浙江省杭州市西湖区2023-2024学年八年级上学期期末英语试卷

浙江省杭州市西湖区2023-2024学年八年级上学期期末英语试卷（解析版） 三、完形填空（共15 小题，每小题 1分，满分15 分） 9．（15分）It was a sunny day in Barrie，and nine﹣year﹣old Stephanie Boddy and her friend Samantha Quinn were （1）　 　 on the grass near their apartment building and having a picnic（野餐） on an old blanket（毯子）.Little did they know，this （2）　 　 day would soon become a story of bravery（勇敢）. While making sandwiches and talking about school，Stephanie and Samantha saw（3）　 　unusual above them.（4）　 　，they noticed four﹣year﹣old Skyler Christou hanging out of a fourth floor window，almost（5）　 　.Without thinking，the girls took the（6）　 　from under their picnic and ran to catch him.They were really scared，（7）　 　they kept going.As Skyler fell，he turned over and over，and the girls kept their blanket（8）　 　."We moved back and forth as he came down，"Stephanie said，"I was really scared."Skyler fell into the center of the blanket，and then fell onto the ground.（9）　 　，he wasn't seriously hurt，all thanks to the blanket that（10）　 　him. The people in the town were happy for the（11）　 　who did something great.Samantha's mom felt（12）　 　and said，"I'm so proud（自豪） of the girls."Barrie's police officer heard about it and praised（表扬） the girls，saying they were really（13）　 　. The whole town celebrated Stephanie and Samantha's heroic（英雄的） act，and the news shared their （14）　 　.The two friends became local heroes and made people talk about child safety.They were really happy that a quick（15）　 　turned a common day into a meaningful one. （1）A.running B.swimming C.sitting D.jumping （2）A.common B.dangerous C.creative D.famous （3）A.everything B.something C.nothing D.anything （4）A.Looking down B.Looking around C.Looking about D.Looking up （5）A.singing B.dancing C.falling D.speaking （6）A.plant B.blanket C.sandwiches D.school （7）A.but B.so C.or D.because （8）A.wet B.hard C.clean D.open （9）A.Luckily B.Sadly C.Simply D.Normally （10）A.covered B.shook C.saved D.improved （11）A.mother