红岭教育集团2023—2024学年度第一学期 八年级期末考试 英语试卷 （说明：本试卷考试时间为70分钟，满分为75分） Ⅰ．完形填空（10分） 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。（共10小题，每小题1分） One day, I went swimming with some friends in a lake. Beside the water was a huge rock as tall as a house. My friends thought it would be 1 to jump into the water from it. I had a fear of heights, so I had no 2 in jumping off the rock. And I had never told them about my fear. I just got in the water and swam around. I was the best swimmer, so I was ready to 3 anyone if something went wrong. Everyone jumped off the rock many times, except me. “Hey, John! You haven’t jumped yet. Are you 4 ” said one of the girls. Soon, they were all shouting, “Jump! Jump! Jump!” I didn’t want them to know my fear, so I 5 the rock. Everyone was watching me. Only Wendy, my best friend, was swimming in the water far below. Suddenly I 6 Wendy was struggling（挣扎）in the water. I called her, but she didn’t answer. I was the 7 person to her and the best swimmer at the time. I knew she needed help. I had no 8 . I jumped into the water, got close to her and took her to the beach. 9 , she was fine. I still don’t like heights, but I’m proud of what I did. You never know what you’re 10 to do when someone needs your help. （ ）1．A．comfortable B．strange C．dangerous D．fantastic （ ）2．A．difficulty B．interest C．fun D．luck （ ）3．A．push B．advise C．protect D．follow （ ）4．A．tired B．afraid C．interested D．sure （ ）5．A．set up B．sat at C．climbed up D．looked at （ ）6．A．noticed B．promised C．realized D．doubted （ ）7．A．closest B．cleverest C．funniest D．youngest （ ）8．A．plan B．advantage C．advice D．choice （ ）9．A．Naturally B．Luckily C．Sadly D．Certainly （ ）10．A．ready B．glad C．able D．free Ⅱ．阅读理解（40分） 第一节 阅读下列短文，从下面每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。（共15小题，每小题1.5分） A 难度系数：★★★ Have you ever seen chipmunks（花栗鼠） They look very much like squirrels（松鼠）, but they spend much of their time on the ground. People name this animal chipmunk because they make the special chip-chip sound. There are as many as 25 kinds of chipmunks, and most live in North America. A wild chipmunk can live for 2 to 5 years. Chipmunks are very small, and they enjoy living alone. When they are two months old, they leave their mothers to live by themselves. They build their own homes and start collecting food there all by themselves. They do not like living or making friends with other chipmunks much. Unlike other hibernating（冬眠的）animals, chipmunks do not live on body fats during winters. They collect and keep food during summers and eat it during winters. In winter, they don’t sleep all the way through the winter. They are light sleepers and wake up every few days to eat food. Chipmunks may not be as popular as pet dogs or pet cats, but they can be good ones. They can f ... ...
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