2022-2023学年广东省东莞市东城中学八年级下学期期中英语试题
1. Respecting teachers has always been a tradition in China. During the Northern Song Dynasty, there lived a young man _________ Yang Shi. One day, he and his schoolmates had different opinions on a question. _________ a correct answer, he went to visit his teacher, Cheng Yi, the famous philosopher (哲学家). At Cheng’s house, however, the guarding kid told him that Mr. Cheng was meditating (冥想) in his room. So he decided to wait for him outside instead _________ waking him up.
After a while, it began to snow _________ . The guarding kid invited Yang to warm _________ in the house. But Yang kept standing in the snow and waiting outside.
After a long time, Cheng finished meditating, he looked out of the window, Yang _________ outside at that time. The snow was more than a foot deep _________ Yang stood still without moving. “_________ excellent the young man is!” Cheng took Yang to the room at once. He was _________ moved that he taught Yang all his philosophical thoughts. That made _________ big difference to Yang’s life. Later, Yang really learned a
lot and made great contributions (贡献) to his country.
1.
A．called
B．call
C．calling
2.
A．Get
B．To get
C．Getting
3.
A．of
B．to
C．for
4.
A．hardly
B．harder
C．hard
5.
A．himself
B．him
C．he
6.
A．is waiting
B．was waiting
C．waited
7.
A．because
B．and
C．but
8.
A．What
B．What an
C．How
caber
9.
A．very
B．so
C．too
10.
A．a
B．the
C．/
2. Do you answer your teachers’ questions actively in class? Why or why not?
Once day in class, the teacher held up an apple, stood at the front of the class and said, “Please ________ the smell in the air!”
One student ________ hand and said, “I can smell it. It is the smell of an apple.”
The teacher passed by each of the ________ and said, “Smell again to see if the smell of the apple is still in the air.”
Half of the students raised their hands to ________ that they could smell it. The teacher ________ to the front of the classroom and asked again if the students could smell the apple. Everyone raised their hand, ________ there was one little girl who didn’t raise her hands. The teacher came to the girl and asked, “You can’t ________ smell the apple?”
The girl answered confidently, “No, I can’t smell it. I don’t think it’s a real apple.”
The teacher smiled at the girl and said to the class, “ She is ________! This is not a real apple.”
All of the other students’ ________ were wide open. They also might have thought that the apple was not real, but they didn’t have the self-confidence(自信) to speak up. They just ________ the first student. What a brave little girl! We should learn from her to share your ideas bravely.
1.
A．smell
B．taste
C．look
D．sound
2.
A．set up
B．put up
C．clean up
D．fix up
3.
A．parents
B．teachers
C．students
D．friends
4.
A．show
B．speak
C．understand
D．offer
5.
A．went through
B．went to
C．went off
D．went back
6.
A．so
B．and
C．although
D．but
7.
A．seriously
B．probably
C．really
D．suddenly
8.
A．wrong
B．right
C．safe
D．nervous
9.
A．mouths
B．eyes
C．ears
D．throats
10.
A．developed
B．explained
C．listened
D．followed
3. Four interesting sports
Our most unusual sports from around the world
Every country has a national sport and some popular sports are now played across the world. However, in most countries people also play unusual sports, with strange or interesting rules. Here are our top four unusual sports from around the planet.
Man Vs. Horse Marathon
This race takes place in a small town in Wales, about 200 miles from London. It’s called a marathon(马拉松), but it’s actually 35.4 km, not 42.2 km like a usual marathon. People race against horses across the hills and mountains. It started in 1981, but a human did not win until 2004.
Camel Wrestling
In Turkey, camel(骆驼) wrestling is a very old sport. The largest camel wrestling competiti
on takes place every year and thousands of people come. In the sport, two camels fight against each other. Sometimes the camels do not want to fight and they run through the crowds, which can be dangerous.
Caber Toss
In this sport, players compete to throw a large piece of wood called a caber as far as they can. There is no rule about the size of the caber, but it’s usually the size of a small tree. It’s an ancient Scottish sport. Visitors to the UK can check it out.
Dragon Boat Racing
Every year in China, thousands of people watch dragon boat races. A dragon boat is a traditional Chinese boat with a painted dragon’s head on one end. There can be up to 36 people or more racing in each boat in the water. Dragon boat racing is also popular in some other Asian countries.
1. What can we learn about Man Vs. Horse Marathon?
A．It is an outdoor sport.
B．It first started 19 years ago.
C．No human has ever won the game.
D．It follows the rules of a usual marathon.
2. Which of the following is mentioned(提到) about Camel Wrestling?

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