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2023-2024学年八年级下学期期中考试(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;
3. 答选择题必须用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑,如需改动、请用橡皮擦干净后、再选涂其他答案;答非选择题必须用0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔写在答题卡指定的位置上,不在答题区域内的答案一律无效,不得用其他笔答题;
4. 考生答题必须答在答题卡上、答在试卷和草稿低上一律无效。
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)
先通读下面的短文,掌握其大意,然后在每小题所给的四个选项中,选出可以填入相应空白处的最佳选项,并将答案写在答题卷上。
Now, more and more young people are becoming too proud (骄傲) and over-confident (自信). They think they can do 1 . And I used to be one of them, but I changed my mind greatly 2 my father told me a story.
Once, there was a young man. He looked down on the old. He always thought that the old were 3 because their lives were becoming worse and worse. He also did this to his father. One day, the son took a 4 with his father together. As they walked, the son pointed to one of the 5 flowers and said, “We young people are like this nice flower, so healthy, and full of spirit. What about the old? Just like the falling 6 from a dying tree.” After hearing this, the father smiled 7 said nothing. They continued walking quietly. When they 8 a flower shop, the father stopped and went in, he bought a walnut (胡桃木) and showed it to his 9 , and then he said, “We old are like this walnut. We have experienced many hard things in life.”
From then on, I always keep this story in my 10 . We have to know that our parents aren’t useless lives or falling leaves but are experienced walnuts.
1.A.nothing B.something C.everything D.anything
2.A.after B.before C.while D.until
3.A.boring B.useless C.dangerous D.tiring
4.A.seat B.trip C.ride D.walk
5.A.biggest B.ugliest C.prettiest D.smallest
6.A.sticks B.flowers C.fruits D.leaves
7.A.so B.but C.while D.or
8.A.went to B.arrived at C.walked past D.left for
9.A.son B.father C.mother D.grandpa
10.A.school B.mind C.desk D.book
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