内容正文:
2023-2024学年贵州省遵义市播州区八年级(上)
期末英语试卷
第一部分 听力
略
第二部分 完型(共两节)
第一节 (满分5分)
阅读下面短文,从框内6个选项中选出能分别填入5 个小题空白处的最佳选项。
A. until B. because C. poor D. hole E. without F. so
Dug a Small Hole in the Wall to Read Books
In the Western Han Dynasty, there was a man called Kuang Heng. He was born in a ____1____ family. He liked reading books very much. He needed to work in the daytime, so he had to read books during the night. But he was still too poor to buy a candle.
One day, he found his neighbour had candles, but the light couldn’t go through his room. So he dug a small ____2____ in the wall so that he could use the light to read books. From that day, he didn’t stop reading books every night ____3____ the light went out. However, he finished reading all his books and there were no more books for him to read. Then he went to a rich man’s house and worked for him ____4____ payment. The rich man asked, “Why don’t you want the money?” Kuang Heng said that was ____5____ he only wanted to borrow books. The rich man agreed. Kuang Heng could read the books one by one.
Finally, he became a great scholar (学者).
第二节 (共10个小题, 每小题 1. 5分, 满分 15 分)
阅读下面短文, 从短文后各题所给的A、B、C 三个选项中, 选出可以填入各题空白处的最佳选项。
Susan was Cindy’s best friend before, but now things are different. Cindy is a member (成员) of Purple Girl Club and it has some ____6____ about what kinds of friends each member should have. For example, the members must be beautiful and wear nice clothes. Susan isn’t very ____7____ and doesn’t wear cool clothes, so she can’t be in the club. And she doesn’t stay with Cindy often.
Last Friday, Cindy took the ____8____. Three days later, her mum said to her, “Cindy, you didn’t pass your math test this time, and you did ____9____ in other subjects than before. Why? You were ____10____ a very good student!”
After ____11____ her mum’s words, Cindy felt sad. The activities of the club made her have ____12____ time to study. The girls got together almost every day to watch movies or go shopping.
Then C