精品解析：广东省深圳市福田区红岭中学2023-2024学年八年级上学期期末英语试题

红岭教育集团2023—2024学年度第一学期 八年级期末考试英语试卷 命题人：谢陶 审题人：徐镮宁 （说明：本试卷考试时间为70分钟，满分为75分） Ⅰ. 完形填空（10分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。 One day, I went swimming with some friends in a lake. Beside the water was a huge rock as tall as a house. My friends thought it would be ___1___ to jump into the water from it. I had a fear of heights, so I had no ___2___ in jumping off the rock. And I had never told them about my fear. I just got in the water and swam around. I was the best swimmer, so I was ready to ___3___ anyone if something went wrong. Everyone jumped off the rock many times, except me. “Hey, John! You haven’t jumped yet. Are you ___4___?” said one of the girls. Soon, they were all shouting, “Jump! Jump! Jump!” I didn’t want them to know my fear, so I ___5___ the rock. Everyone was watching me. Only Wendy, my best friend, was swimming in the water far below. Suddenly I ___6___ Wendy was struggling (挣扎) in the water. I called her but she didn’t answer. I was the ___7___ person to her and the best swimmer at the time. I knew she needed help. I had no ___8___. I jumped into the water, got close to her and took her to the beach. ___9___, she was fine. I still don’t like heights, but I’m proud of what I did. You never know what you’re ____10____ to do when someone needs your help. 1. A. comfortable B. strange C. dangerous D. fantastic 2. A. difficulty B. interest C. fun D. luck 3. A. push B. advise C. protect D. follow 4. A. tired B. afraid C. interested D. sure 5. A. set up B. sat at C. climbed up D. looked at 6. A noticed B. promised C. realized D. doubted 7. A. closest B. cleverest C. funniest D. youngest 8. A. plan B. advantage C. advice D. choice 9. A. Naturally B. Luckily C. Sadly D. Certainly 10. A. ready B. glad C. able D. free Ⅱ. 阅读理解（40分） 第一节 阅读下列短文，从下面每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。（共15小题，每小题1.5分） A Have you ever seen chipmunks (花栗鼠)? They look very much like squirrels (松鼠), but they spend much of their time on the ground. People name this animal