2023-2024学年度第一学期期末教学质量检测(基础卷三)-【冲刺吧期末】2023-2024学年八年级上册英语（外研版）

冲刺吧期末 初中英语·八年级上册 45 2023—2024学年度第一学期期末教学质量检测(基础卷三) 八年级英语 题号 Ⅰ Ⅱ Ⅲ Ⅳ Ⅴ Ⅵ 总分 得分 (本试卷共6页,满分90分,考试时间90分钟) 第Ⅰ卷 选择题(共37分) Ⅰ./星★改编/完形填空(本题共10小题,每小题1分,共10分) 阅读下面短文,理解其大意,然后从各题所给的四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 There was once a company in the US and it said that it would offer a large amount of money to anyone who could find a white marigold(金盏花). Most marigolds are either golden or brown. It is very 1 to find a white one. Twenty years later, the company received a letter from an old woman. She 2 100 white marigold seeds(种子) along with the letter. The woman was a fan of 3 . Her father was a florist(花商) and she learned many skils from him. When she first heard the company􀆳s offer 20 years ago, she got very 4 . She thought she could grow her own white marigolds. But her children doubted(怀疑) her. She knew nothing about seed genetics(遗传学), after al. So her dream of growing white marigolds was just a 5 . Stil, she didn􀆳t give up and 6 to make it happen. She planted some common marigold seeds and took good care of them. A year later, when the marigolds bloomed(开 花), she 7 one of the faintest(最浅的) flowers and took its seeds. She planted these seeds and waited another year for them to bloom. Day after day, year after year, through many seasons, her life 8 . Her husband died, her children moved away, and many other things happened. But her desire(愿望) to grow white marigolds remained 9 in her heart. Finaly, after 20 years, she went out to her garden and found a marigold that was not just white—it was as 10