浙江省外研版初中英语八年级下学期期中模拟试卷（4）

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    One morning，Sue was riding her bike to school. She was late，so she decided to take a short cut（捷径）. But she made a mistake and1into a one-way street. The street was not very2. A car was coming from the other direction. The driver quickly drove to one side and drove into a shop window. The shop assistant was greatly3! There was4everywhere. Sue rode into the other side of the street and5a man, then an apple cart. The apple cart turned over and the apples went in all directions.

    A group of students were having6in a small restaurant. Quickly they ran7the street. With their help, all the apples were8and put back on the cart. Luckily,9Sue nor the driver of the cart was hurt. A policeman came by and saw what happened. He10Sue from riding to school and asked her some questions, so Sue was even later for school.

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Momotaro	One day, an old woman found a peach（桃子）in the river and took it home. She and her husband found a child in the peach when they were trying to eat it. They called him Momotaro. When Momotaro grew up, he started to fight bad men. With the help of a dog, a monkey and a bird, Momotaro beat them and went back home safely.
Pinocchio	A kind old man created（创造）Pinocchio from wood and treated（对待）him as his son. Instead of doing right things like going to school, Pinocchio liked hanging out. One day, a whale（鲸）ate the old man. Pinocchio went into the sea and risked his life to save his father. The brave act made him become a real man.

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    One day an American went to a small town in South America for his holidays. Few people went there because it was far away from the cities. He fell ill（生病） and wanted very much to see a doctor.

    The American went to find out how he could find a fine doctor there. A man told him, "That's very easy. If there is a patient（病人） that a doctor can't cure（治愈）, the doctor has to put a balloon over his clinic（诊所）. "

    The American thought, "The fewer balloons are, the finer the doctor is." He began to look for the finest doctor along the street. First he found a clinic. There were 20 balloons. After a few minutes he found another one-30 balloons. He thought neither doctor was fine.

    At last he found the third clinic. Only 5 balloons were there. He was very happy and went in.

    "Wait a minute," said the doctor. "I'm too busy, you know. This clinic opened only yesterday." The American was very much surprised（感到吃惊的） and said to himself, "Where can I find the finest doctor?"

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    I work in a very busy office in a primary school.One morning, I got a phone call from a man.

“Please help me, Mrs. Black！” the man said on the phone.“My girl's teacher asked her to spell ten words.Could you please help her to finish the homework？”

    Of course, that wasn't my job, but I still asked，“Do you want me to do the homework？”

    “Yes, it won't take you long to finish it，” the man said.

    “Well, that was not really why the teacher gave her the homework.She needs to learn to spell the words by herself，” I explained.

    “So what should I do then？” the man asked.

I told him to bring his daughter to the library.There she could look up the words in a dictionary.The man said he would like to go there.I put down the phone and shook my head.

    Fifteen minutes later, I was surprised to see my father walk to my office and put a piece of paper in front of me, saying, “This was your homework twenty years ago, Jenny.Let's go to the library to finish it now.”

用方框中的短语的适当形式填空，每组短语仅用一次。

make the bed    work on    stay out    take out    do chores

There is something wrong with both my (脚).

Emily picked up the bag on the (地面) for the old man. He thanked her a lot.

The girl's (声音) is so sweet and her songs sound very beautiful.

There's no bank in this (地区), but there are many hotels.

— Mom, little Jane made my skirt dirty.

— Alice, it's not a big (交易).Your sister is only two years old.

(几个) boys are swimming in the river.

Jack learnt to take (冒险) when he was a little boy.

Good students should not（欺骗，作弊）in the exam.

The news（报道） that 209 people died in the ship accident.

Mr. Li is friendly and he often helps his （邻居） around.

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适合的单词或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。

    Once upon a time, there （live） a monkey in the forest. The monkey （climb） up a tree and looked down at the river every day.

    One day, the monkey saw a fisherman （throw） net（网） into the river. Then the fisherman caught fish.

    Two hours later, the fisherman （leave） to have lunch. The monkey climbed down from the tree. He planned （catch） fish like the fisherman did.

    The monkey was quite sure of himself because he good at imitating（模仿）. However, the net wound（缠住） itself around him as soon as he （touch） it. When he tried to get out, he （fall） into the river.

    The monkey should learn how （use） the net before touching it. But it was too late. At last, the monkey （die） in the river.

从下面五个选项中选出能填入文中空缺处的最佳选项。

    Have you heard of the story ofTheLegendofWhiteSnake(《白蛇传》)? It's a love story between White Snake and Xu Xian. It has a connection (联系) with the Dragon Boat Festival in China.

    Once upon a time, there were two snakes, White Snake and Green Snake. They had magical powers and turned into two beautiful young ladies. White Snake quickly fell in love with him. They got married soon and lived happily.

    The Dragon Boat Festival came. On that day, people drank realgar wine (雄黄酒). If she drank the wine, she would turn into the snake again. However, Xu Xian didn't know anything about it, so he asked his wife to drink realgar wine. When Xu Xian entered the room, he couldn't find his wife. He only saw a huge white snake on the bed. Later, White Snake recovered (恢复). In order to save her husband, she went to steal the magical herb (药草). In the end, the god was so moved by her true love that he saved Xu Xian. What a moving love story!

A. He was scared to death. B. But it was dangerous for White Snake to drink this kind of wine. C. It's a very famous Chinese story. D. Soon White Snake became badly ill and went into her room. E. At the West Lake of Hangzhou, they met a man called Xu Xian.

假如你是王峰，你的笔友Xiao Hui最近沉迷于手机游戏，为此你非常担心。请你根据下面的提示给Xiao Hui写一封信，谈谈你的看法。

提示：1）Xiao Hui过去成绩很好，积极参加学校的各项活动；2）Xiao Hui现在对学习没兴趣，上课不专心；3）你的看法(至少两点)。

要求：90词左右，开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

参考词汇：be crazy about…对……着迷；have no interest in…对……没兴趣；make a balance between…and…平衡……和……

Dear Xiao Hui,

    I hear that you lose yourself in mobile games. I really feel worried about you.

    Best wishes to you.

Yours,

Wang Feng