题型：完形填空 题类：常考题 难易度：困难
江苏省无锡市新吴区2018-2019学年八年级下学期英语期中测试试卷
Before the day I stepped into junior high school, I had always thought that as long as I could read, speak, and listen well, English will be a "no problem" 1 for me, and that English grammar was a piece of cake. My father 2 to tell me the importance of grammar but I just wouldn't listen. I didn't understand what's so important about the whole "grammar" thing.
This misunderstanding didn't last long. Something unexpected happened. It was only 3that day, and I would never forget that day. I was just a young and seventh grader when our English teacher 4 to give us a quiz on English grammar. We had to fill in blanks. After I read the sentence in question number one, different kinds of answers which I thought were possible came into my mind. All of them seemed right and made sense to me, but there was only one 5 answer to it, but I didn't know which one exactly. I was shocked, but I said to myself "never mind", and went on to question number two. Unexpectedly, the same trouble that just happened, appeared right in front of me again, and it just kept happening again and again until I heard our teacher say 6"Time's up." I had to turn in my answer sheet 7 so many unsure answers on it.
I was really sad about the whole thing. And since then, I've 8 that in English, writing grammar is quite different from spoken grammar. My father had been trying to tell me the important role grammar plays in learning English. Well, it's 9 too late to learn anything, including ENGLISH! So, I started to work on my grammar skills, and thanks to that bad 10, I really learned a lot from it! Now, I'm still on my journey of learning grammar, and I am enjoying it.
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①A tree has roots(根). People have roots too. If you get to the root of a problem, you will solve it. It's the same thing with words.
②As readers, especially those reading in a second language, we need to deal with the text as if we were detectives(侦探)looking for information to discover the unknown. Like any good detective arriving on the crime scene, the first thing to do when meeting a new and difficult word is to look at everything that is known and see if it helps us to
understand what it means.
③As you know, prefixes (前 缀) and suffixes(后缀) can be added to the beginning or end of words to change the meaning. Know them, and you will be able to build the word. But root words are the key. Take time to learn a few of these and remember them, and you will become good at guessing the meaning of words.
④Let's look at one common root word used in English. "Alter"from the Latin word means "other". When you meet this root word, you know that the bigger word has something to do with "other". Examine the word "alternate".Can you find the Latin root in it?
●If you and your friend like to eat out, first you pay and the other pays the next time. You are alternating paying. ●If you go to the movies on alternate Saturdays, you go on one Saturday, but not the other Saturday. ●If you have no alternative, you have no other choice. |
⑤Learn as many root words as possible in the language you are studying. Then use your "rooting for words"skills, Like any new skill, practice and hard work are always paid back.
Do you know Dragon King in the novel Journey to the West? He can control rain. When he sneezes, it rains.
Dragons are common in Chinese culture. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}. How often do your parents say "wang zi cheng long"? They say it because they want you to be successful. That means you not only have the ability to control your life but also have much time to have fun.
Chinese dragons are not real. They usually have fantastic power like controlling the weather. The Chinese emperors liked dragons very much. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}. They hoped they could have the power, too.
{#blank#}3{#/blank#}. In the West, there is a bad dragon. It has seven heads and eats babies! Western dragons look like dinosaurs. They don't have moustaches, but do have wings. In stories, they spit out (吐出) fire and catch women. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}. In one of the Harry Potter stories, Harry Potter has to kill a deadly dragon to get a gold egg.
Because of this, some Chinese experts have advised changing the English word for Chinese dragons to "Loong". They believe the word "dragon" makes western people think badly about China. But some don't agree. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}. Most western people already know the differences between Chinese dragons and western dragons.
A. They think we have our own culture. B. They wore clothes with dragon pictures. C. A man usually becomes a hero after killing a dragon. D. Dragons are huge animals with strong bodies and long tails. E. We Chinese call ourselves "the descendants (传人) of the dragon". F. However, in western countries, people think differently about dragons. |
The following is a discussion from Mr. Knowall's BBS. The topic of the discussion is about the ways of students' keeping their private (秘密的) things.
( The first floor) Sunshine : {#blank#}1{#/blank#} But my mother often read my diaries. To stop her, I began writing diaries in English a year ago. I know she can't read in English at all. So I can keep my private things. And,I also find my English becomes better. |
( The second floor) Tell me why:{#blank#}2{#/blank#} Teachers always say we should ask our parents to look at them and sign(签名) their names, but sometimes I don't do that. When I have bad grades on the exams,I " help" my parents sign the reports. |
( The third floor) Grassroot King:My parents always ask me what I am doing in front of the computer. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} I set a password(设置密码) for my computer so they can't start it and find my private things. |
( The fourth floor) Happy Smile :{#blank#}4{#/blank#} Since then, I always show my feelings to my friends in the blog, but not with my parents. They know nothing about the Internet. I always tell them that I look for some information for study. In this way, I keep my private things. |
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( The … floor) Mr. Knowall:I disagree some of your ideas. In my opinion, there is a great way of keeping your private things. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} If your parents know that you are safe, they' ll let you keep your private things. |
A. I think school reports are private. B. I started my blog two years ago. C. Do you enjoy keeping diaries? D. Why not talk to your parents? E. Diary is a good place to keep my private things. F. I don't want them to know my private things. |
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