中小学教育资源及组卷应用平台 2018-2019学年度第二学期八年级期末预测卷（二） 1、语法填空（共15小题；共15分） 阅读下列短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连续的要求，从1－15各题所给的A、B、C和D中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 The tradition of birthday parties started a long time ago. There are some traditions _____1_____ you can find almost anywhere, anytime, such _____2_____ sending birthday cards, _____3_____ out the candles on a birthday cake and singing the 'Happy Birthday' song. Others are only _____4_____ for certain ages and in certain countries. In China, _____5_____ a child's second birthday, family members put many things on the floor around the child. According to Chinese tradition, the first thing that the child picks up _____6_____ you what profession the child will choose later in _____7_____. For Japanese children, _____9_____ third, fifth and seventh birthdays are _____8_____ important. At this age, there is a special celebration Shichi-Go-San (seven, five, three in Japanese) when children go to the temple wearing a new kimono (和服). The priest (僧侣) gives them special sweets, and the parents usually organize a party for their friends in their home. In Argentina, Mexico and several _____10_____ Latin American countries, girls have a special birthday celebration _____11_____ they reach the age of fifteen. After a special ceremony, the girls dance a waltz with their father and other boys. Eighteen is the traditional 'coming of age'一the age when (in many countries) you have the right to vote, join the army and (in Britain) drink alcohol _____12_____ buy a house. In many English-speaking countries, a _____13_____ birthday cake often has a key on top, or the cake itself is sometimes in the shape of a key. The key means that the young person _____14_____ now _____15_____ to leave and enter the family home at any time they want to! 1. A.where B.what C.that D.when 2. A.for B.like C.so D.as 3. A.blow B.blowing C.to blow D.blown 4. A.find B.finds C.found D.finding 5. A.on B.in C.at D.to 6. A.telling B.told C.will tell D.tells 7. A.life B.lives C.living D.live 8. A.a B.an C.the D./ 9. A.especial B.especially C.more especial D.most especial 10. A.the other B.another C.others D.other 11. A.when B.before C.since D.because 12. A.and B.but C.or D.so 13. A.twenty-one B.twenty-first C.twentieth-one D.twentieth-first 14. A.has B.was C.have D.is 15. A.old enough B.young enough C.enough old D.enough young 二、完形填空（共10小题；共10分） There is good news for the children in the countryside. We may still remember the girl with big eyes. Her big eyes are _____16_____ us her dream: I wish to _____17_____! In China, there are still a lot of girls and boys like her. They want to go to school, but their _____18_____ are too poor. If the family has two or three children, it is harder to _____19_____ the money for all the children. So the parents often ask _____20_____ to stay at home, and boys to go to school. Now they needn't _____21_____ the money ... ...
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