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2023-2024学年下学期八年级第一次月考(苏州专用)
英语
注意事项:
1. 本试卷共七大题,满分100分(不含听力口语30分)、考试用时100分钟;
2. 答题前,考生务必将自己的姓名、考点名称、考场号、座位号用0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔填写在答题卡和对应的位置上,并认真校对条形码上的准考号、姓名是否与本人相符合;
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第I卷(客观题 共45分)
第一部分 完形填空(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)
The Chinese high-speed railways have a quality(质量)all on its own. Tier 1 (一线)cities like Beijing have a couple hundred high-speed trains stopping at the 1 every day. China's technology on building the railway is 2 the rest of the world. There is no 3 that any other country could be better than China in near future. I had my first chance to ride the high-speed trains last week 4 I had a business meeting in Zhengzhou.
I 5 with a disdain (偏见)for public transportation. Although I was not sure why the US hated it so much, I was afraid of the experience. I hoped to fly, but was told that it would be much better if I 6 the train.
The train was 7 . I had traveled on a train before in the US and hated how slow it was and how many stops there were. Chinese high-speed trains are on a different 8 . The trains are clean and the seats are huge.
You can’t even feel how fast the train is moving. If there were no windows, I wouldn't be able to tell when we were 9 or when we were traveling at 300 km/h—it is that smooth.
I'm traveling again this week by train and I’m 10 .
1.A.city B.town C.village D.country
2.A.accepting B.leading C.following D.refusing
3.A.flag B.form C.sign D.action
4.A.though B.when C.if D.unless
5.A.got up B.woke up C.gave up D.grew up
6.A.took B.left C.found D.produced
7.A.slow B.wide C.boring D.amazing
8.A.level B.price C.shape D.background
9.A.seen B.heard C.served D.stopped
10.A.busy B.funny C.excited D.careful
第二部分 阅读理解(共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分)
请认真阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
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