陕西省韩城市新城区第四初级中学2023-2024学年八年级下学期3月月考英语试题（含解析）

陕西省韩城市新城区第四初级中学2023-2024学年八年级下学期3月月考英语试题 学校:_____姓名：_____班级：_____考号：_____ 一、完形填空 Andy was not as good as his sister Sarah in many ways. People didn’t usually 1 who Andy was. They only knew he was Sarah’s brother. It seemed that Andy 2 always in Sarah’s shadow (阴影). When Andy was a kid, he once choked on water (呛水). From then on, he was afraid 3 water and never liked swimming. Swimming was not for him. He was quite sure about that. But Sarah was a swimming 4 in their family. Andy was in her shadow again. One year ago, Andy fell down from his skateboard and 5 his leg so badly. The doctors said that he could never 6 skateboard again. They advised him to practice swimming! So Andy had to give it a try. He practiced 7 . Every day, he got a little 8 and hated swimming a little less. Andy worked at it so much that one day his school swimming teacher asked Andy to join the school team. You can guess how surprised Andy was! Much to everyone’s surprise, Andy won the third prize for 9 team in the competition. Later he kept on swimming. It’s a part of his life now. As a saying goes, “Life is like 10 box of chocolate, you never know what you are going to get.” Only you eat it can you enjoy its real taste. 1．A．know B．to know C．forget D．to forget 2．A．is B．was C．are D．were 3．A．of B．in C．at D．on 4．A．strangers B．stranger C．stars D．star 5．A．breaks B．broke C．will break D．has broken 6．A．sold B．sell C．played D．play 7．A．carefully B．careful C．proudly D．proud 8．A．worse B．bad C．better D．good 9．A．he B．his C．him D．himself 10．A．/ B．the C．an D．a My best friend Ally and I are volunteers (志愿者) for BuddyBall. It’s a 11 that helps disabled kids do sports and make new friends. So what does a buddy do At the moment, I am a buddy for an eleven-year-old boy Tom. He is in a wheelchair and is a good 12 player, but just like any kids, he feel sad when he can’t play well. He starts to cry and doesn’t want to play. Sometimes he even wants to 13 playing basketball. So, as his buddy, I encourage him. Now we’re working on our basketball skills together. It’s great to see how he 14 and he doesn’t feel sad so easily. Ally is a buddy for Clara, a kid with very few language skills. She is also a bit naughty (调皮的)! She 15 running away (逃跑). Ally has learned how to work with Clara and to get her to join in the 16 . Now she loves baseball and has more friends. Next week, she’s going to 17 in a team. Her parents are 18 happy about BuddyBall and they say that Clara becomes better and better. BuddyBall is a great chance (机会) for everyone! We realize that we’re all just kids and we love 19 . I love doing BuddyBall because I know I’m doing something 20 ! 11．A．decision B．subject C．program D．message 12．A．football B．tennis C．ping-pong D．basketball 13．A．like B．remember C．stop D．start 14．A．dreams B．improves C．moves D．cries 15．A．forgets B．finishes C．misses D．e ... ...