广东深圳坪山区2020-2021学年八年级上学期英语期末试卷

广东深圳坪山区2020-2021学年八年级上学期英语期末试卷 一、完形填空(15分) （2021八上·坪山期末）阅读下面短文。从短文后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。 A group of boys gathered around a tree. "What a tall tree!" they said to each other." It would be 1． to climb to the top!" The group of boys then decided to play a game to see who could climb to the top of the tree first. Their 2． were sitting not far away, looking on at their children as they played. One of the climbers was an 8-year-old boy named David. He was the 3． child in the group. Nobody thought he would win the competition. Then the game started. All of the boys tried their best to 4． as high as they could. Although they all made it halfway up the tree before David did, he reached the top of the tree fastest in the end. His mother was 5． to see this. She asked him, "David, how did you manage to reach the top of the tree so 6． " "It was easy," David said. "The other children kept 7． as they climbed. When they realized how high they were, they got scared and were afraid of falling down. I, however， 8． looked up. When I saw how close I was, I kept going 9． until I reached the top." It is true in life that if we just keep going forward without looking back, we are more likely to reach our goals toward 10． . 1．A．dangerous B．impossible C．stupid D．exciting 2．A．friends B．mothers C．teachers D．classmates 3．A．fastest B．bravest C．shortest D．smartest 4．A．climb B．jump C．throw D．fly 5．A．angry B．sad C．proud D．worried 6．A．quickly B．suddenly C．confidently D．nervously 7．A．having a talk B．seeing their mothers C．looking down D．enjoying the scenery 8．A．only B．sometimes C．seldom D．never 9．A．further and further B．slower and slower C．worse and worse D．higher and higher 10．A．happiness B．success C．peace D．health 二、阅读理解(共15小题，每小题2分) （2021八上·坪山期末）阅读理解 China has built and operated the Beidou Navigation Satellite System (北斗卫星导航系统) independently. On July 31, Beidou started providing global (全球的) services. It provides around the clock, all-weather and highly accurate positioning (精准定位), navigation, timing and messaging services to people around the world. It is one of the four global navigation systems, along with US'GPS, Russia's GLONASS and the European Union's Galileo. Since 2, 000, 59 Beidou satellites have been launched. More than120 countries are using Beidou services. The Beidou system has been used by: 6.6 million taxis, buses and trucks around China more than 70,000 Chinese fishing boats at least 50, 000 farm machines more than 70 percent of Chinese mobile phones 300 general aviation aircraft(航空飞机) 51, 000 postal service vehicles(邮政服务车) Beidou spirit (精神) On July 31, President Xi Jinping called on Chinese people to carry on the spirit of the scientists who developed Beidou. They have been always carrying forward the Beidou spirit of the "independent innovations, unity and collab ... ...