八年级英语暑期返校自主检测试题卷

八年级英语暑期返校自主检测试题卷 2015.7 一．语法填空：（10%） Once there lived a r ich man who wanted to do something for the people of his town. 1_____first he wanted to find out whether they deserved(值得) his help. In the centre of the main road into the town, he put 2_____very large stone. Then he 3_____(hide) behind a tree and waited. Soon an old man came along with his cow. “Who put this stone i n the centre of the road ” said the old man, but he did not try 4_____(remove) the stone. 5_____, he passed around the stone and continued on his way. 6_____ man came along and did the same thing; then another came, and another. All of them complained about the stone but nobody remove 7_____. Late in the a fternoon a young man came along. He saw the stone, 8_____(say) to himself: “The night 9____(be) very dark. Some neighbours will come along later in the dark and will fall against the stone.” Then he began to mo ve the stone. He pushed and pulled to move it. At last, he was so 10____(surprise) to find a bag of money under the stone. 二．完形填空（15%） Once there was a little girl who came to live in an orphanage(孤儿院). As Christmas time was 11 , all of the other children 12 telling the little girl about the beautiful Christmas 13 that would appear in the hall downstairs on Christmas morning.. After their usual 14 , each child would be given their only Christmas gift, a small orange. The headmas ter of the orphanage was very 15 with the kids. So on Christmas Eve, when he 16 the little slipping down the stairs to take a look at the much-heard-o f Christmas tree, he declared that the little girl would not receive her Christmas orange 17 she had been so curious(好期的) as to disobey the rules. The little girl ran back to her room broken-heard, 18 at her terrible fate. The next morning as the other children were going 19 for breakfast, the little girl stayed in her bed. She couldn’t 20 the thought of seeing the others receive their gifts while there would be none for her. Later, as the children came back upstairs, the little girl was surprised to be 21 a napkin(餐巾).As she carefully opened it, there, to her 22 , was an orange all peeled and sectioned(分瓣). “ How could this be ” she asked. Then , she 23 how each child had taken one section from their orange for her so that she, 24 ,would have a Christmas orange. What an example of the true meaning of Christmas those orphan children showed that morning! How I 25 the world would show the same kind of concern for others, not only at Christmas, but throughout the year! ( )11.A . passing by B. running away C. drawing near D. moving out ( )12. A. stop ped B. began C. hated D. forgot ( )13. A. oran ge B. tree C. light D. card ( )14. A. br eakfast B. lunch C. dinner D. break ( )15.A. patien t B. satisfied C. angry D. strict ( )16. A. cau ght B. took C. held D. kept ( )17. A. befo re B. until C. because D. though ( )18. A. smiling B. laughing C. looking D. crying ( )19. A. up B. outdoor C. inside D. ... ...