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浙江省慈溪市附海初级中学2019-2020学年八年级上学期英语12月月考测试卷

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    Once there was an old farmer. He had a horse and the horse was almost as old as himself. One morning he set out(出发) with his young son to sell the horse before it died.

    The father and the son walked because the farmer did not want the horse to be too tired. They met two men on the road. They said, "Why are you walking, farmer? You have a horse. It's a long way to get to the market. "The farmer knew that this was true, so he rode on the horse while his son walked.                                          

    Then they met two old ladies. "What are you doing up there, farmer? Can't you see how tired your son is? "So the farmer got down, and let his son ride on it. Twenty minutes later, three old men stopped them. One said, "Why are you walking, farmer? Get up. It's too hot for an old man like you to walk today. "So the farmer got up behind his son and they went on riding.                                                      

    Sometime later, a young woman passed them. "Why aren't you walking?"She asked, "It isn't far to the market. Give your poor old horse a rest. " So the farmer and his son got down once again. It is a fact that you cannot please (使…高兴) all the people all the time.

(1)、The farmer was ____.
A、nearly the same age as his horse B、almost always older than his horse C、not quite as old as his horse D、a little older than his horse
(2)、The two men on the road ____.
A、asked how far it was to the market  B、said they thought the horse looked very tired C、asked why the farmer was not riding on his horse D、told the farmer's son to get off the horse and walk
(3)、The farmer got up behind his son because ____.
A、the old man said it was too hot for him to walk  B、the three old men stopped them on the road C、he did not know why he was walking D、his son could not ride the horse by himself
(4)、What did the writer really want to tell us? ____.
A、The old man was a fool B、The horse was old and was going to die    C、It is not right to listen to others D、It is impossible for a man to make everyone satisfied(满意)all the time.
举一反三
 阅读短文,掌握其大意,然后从A、B、C、D中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

I used to have little passion (激情) in my life. But what happened the other day changed my 1 It was then that I learned how important it is to have a 2 in life. 

That day I went home in Mom's car. When Mom stopped at a red light, someone on the side of the road 3 my eye. It was a man dressed in rags (破旧衣服). He was homeless. That didn't 4 me, because I had seen many like him before. Those people usually looked unhappy and hopeless. 

But this man was 5 in some way. He was not sitting down with a sad 67 , he had a radio in his hand and was dancing 8 to the music. The radio seemed to be the most precious (珍贵的) thing he had. "Mom, why does that man have a 9 ? He's homeless?" I asked. 

"He bought it," she replied. 

"But why doesn't he 10 the money to buy food or clothes? He owned something that he didn't 11 . "

"Well, Sarah, sometimes food and clothes aren't the most important."

That man must care so much about music 12 he bought a radio instead of food or clothes. I soon 13 that happiness is the key to life. 

Since then I am always thinking of what is truly important in life, A home, a meal, clothes—these things are 14 part of the life. What we often 15 is that we all need a joy, a light in a dark day. We all need a passion which gives a person the happiness they need to keep going.

 阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。

Cindy and Anna were 1 friends. Some days they could spend hours happily together without any argument, but other days they just could not 2 on what to do.

One day they decided to play in the garden near their school. "Come on! Let's play chess." Anna said.

"I don't want to play chess." Cindy replied.

"We always do what you want to do, Cindy. It's my turn to make 3 ." Anna said. She was getting a little unhappy and 4 , leaving Cindy alone.

Cindy was very angry. 5 she got home, she found she still had Anna's notebook in her schoolbag. "Well, I'm not giving it back to her today. I'm too mad 6 her." Cindy thought.

The next day at school, their teacher Mrs. Stone asked for their notebooks. But Anna didn't have hers, and she looked 7 . Cindy knew she should tell Mrs. Stone that she had the notebook, but she was 8 angry with Anna.

When it was time for lunch, Cindy finally told Mrs. Stone the 9 . "Thank you for being honest, Cindy. I'm sure Anna will be thankful that you have given me her notebook." said Mrs. Stone.

Later, Mrs. Stone asked the two girls together and talked with them. Mrs. Stone helped them 10 that it was a good idea to take turns to decide the activity. They became best friends again.

 在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。

Getting through the darkest days

A "dark moment" refers to the most difficult time in your life. Have you experienced any dark moments before? How did you get through it?

Liu Yifei, 14, Shaanxi 
    When I got to Grade Seven, I was sad to know that all of my classmates had studied everything before the class started. During class, everyone knew the answers {#blank#}1{#/blank#} to our teacher's questions but I did not. 

{#blank#}2{#/blank#}I studied hard, I couldn't get good grades. I came last in the {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (one) test. To catch up with my classmates, I looked for ways of learning online. For example, for history, drawing the timeline(时间线) on paper helped me a lot. What's more, for English, I {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (try) keeping English diaries. My grades then got a lot better. I'm very happy for {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (I). 

Lai Yijiang, 14, Sichuan 
    When I was in the sixth grade, I moved to {#blank#}6{#/blank#} new city. At that time, I felt bad every day and I began to {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (like)going to school. My classmates all knew each other and had their small groups. I had no friends and lost interest in everything. {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (slow), I wasn't serious about my study. My grades also became the {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (bad)in the class. Those were my darkest days. Later, I made a friend. A{#blank#}10{#/blank#} (say) goes that a true friend reaches for your hand and touches your heart. He made me open up, and I started to talk to more people. Also, I came to get used to the weather in this city. Step by step, I got better and better. 

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