2020-2021学年山东省烟台市莱阳市八年级(上)期中英语试卷(五四学制)(附答案详解)

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2020-2021学年山东省烟台市莱阳市八年级（上）期中英语试卷（五四学制）

一、完形填空（本大题共10小题，共10.0分）

Long long ago,the Jade Emperor（玉皇大帝）organized an animal race.He told that the first 12

animals to win could get a(1) in the Chinese Zodiac（十二生肖），and have a year named after

them.

The cat and the mouse both(2) the ox（公牛） to wake them early on the day of the race.That

day,the ox tried to wake them up,but without(3).So the kind ox carried them on his back and

started running when the race began.The mouse woke up just when the ox was going across the

last river.He knew that he could(4)beat the cat.So he pushed the cat off the ox's back.When the

ox reached the other side of the river,the mouse jumped off and ran to the finishing line；just(5)

the ox.The tiger came(6).The poor cat almost(7) in the river.

So the 12-year cycle（循环）(8)with the mouse.The ox comes after him.The tiger(9) the ox.The

rabbit,dragon,snake,horse,goat,monkey,rooster,dog and pig come after them.The cat has no

place in the zodiac.So that's(10) cat kills mice.They can never forget what happened in that race

long long ago!

1. A. place B. prize C. sign D. skill

2. A. promised B. helped C. hated D. asked

3. A. fail B. success C. health D. sleep .

4. A. never B. still C. perhaps D. almost

5. A. for B. against C. before D. after

6. A. first B. second C. third D. fourth

7. A. married B. died C. hided D. hit

8. A. ended B. begins C. puts D. has

9. A. leads B. cheats C. reminds D. follows

10. A. why B. how C. what D. where

二、阅读理解（本大题共15小题，共22.5分）

A

A peacock（孔雀）and a tortoise（龟）were good friends.One day,a bird catcher caught the

peacock and was going to sell him on the market.The peacock asked the bird catcher to allow 第2页，共19页 him to say goodbye to his friend（the tortoise）.The bird catcher agreed.

The tortoise asked the bird catcher to let the peacock go,but he refused.The tortoise then

said,"If I give you a nice gift,will you let my friend go？" "Certainly."answered the bird catcher.

So the tortoise jumped into the river and after some time,he came up with a big pearl（珍珠）.The bird catcher was so surprised.He was so happy that he let the peacock go.

A few days later,the bird catcher,came back to the tortoise.He thought he didn't get enough for

letting the peacock go.He told the tortoise that he would catch the peacock again unless he got

another big pearl.

The tortoise knew the peacock went to a safe place. "Well," said the tortoise, "please return the

pearl that I gave you and I will come back with two."

The bird catcher thought for some time and gave the pearl to the tortoise.Then the tortoise

swam away and said,"I am not so stupid to take one and give two!"The bird catcher could only

stand by the river and feel sorry for being greedy （贪婪的）.

11. What did the peacock want to do before the bird catcher was going to sell him？ ______

A. To give a gift to his friend.

B. To give a gift to his parents.

C. To say goodbye to his friend.

D. To say goodbye to his parents.

12. What did the tortoise promise the bird catcher at first？ ______

A. Lots of fish. B. A nice gift.

C. A larger bird. D. Special skills.

13. The bird catcher came back to the tortoise because he wanted to ______ .

A. sell the tortoise B. catch more birds

C. learn how to catch fish D. get more from the tortoise

14. What did the bird catcher get at last？ ______

A. Nothing. B. Two birds.

C. A big pearl. D. Two big pearls.

15. The passage mainly tells us ______ .

A. we shouldn't be greedy

B. we should be friendly to animals

C. tortoises are clever animals

D. two different animals can be good friends 第3页，共19页 B

Kellie Lenamond is 16.She's from the United States.She has many hobbies.She likes playing

volleyball.She also likes playing the violin,and she loves singing.But Kellie has an unusual

hobby：beekeeping（养蜂）.

Kellie doesn't work with her bees every day.She looks after her hives（蜂房）about twice a

month in spring,summer and autumn.She spends more time with her bees in winter.There aren't

many flowers for the bees to get food from at this time of year.So Kellie feeds the bees sugar

water in winter.

This is a usual day for Kellie when she works with her bees：

8：00 She gets up and eats breakfast.

9：00 She makes sugar water for the bees.

10：00 She does her homework.

11：00 She practices the violin.

12：00 She makes lunch for her brothers and sisters.Then they eat lunch together.

3：00 She goes to volleyball practice.

5：00 She and her mom make dinner.

7：00 After dinner,Kellie dresses herself in special clothes.She feeds the bees sugar water.

Every summer,Kellie takes honey from the hives.Her bees can make a lot of honey in a