浙江省初中英语八年级上学期期中考试模拟试卷（2）一、完形填空1.完形填空 Tom was a student. He was a healthy and strong boy. He loves sports, and football is his _1_. Tom had never felt ill, but yesterday he didnt get up until his mother _2_him up. His mother asked him to eat breakfast quickly and not to be late for school. But Tom told her that he felt very ill and had a bad headache. He said he couldnt go to school. Toms mother took him to _3_. The doctor looked _4_the young man carefully and asked him a few questions. Tom told the doctor that he _5_like this for a whole night. He felt tired and coughed terribly. The doctor found Toms _6_was not high and he got to know Tom had just a big breakfast. Toms mother worried about her son. But the doctor said it was _7_serious. It seemed that Tom only had a cold. After _8_some medicine Tom could soon be _9_enough to go to school. When his mother was just trying to take him to school, Tom cried and said he was feeling _10_worse. Because he didnt want to go to school，in fact there would be a world cup of football match on TV .（1）A . bestB . favoriteC . interestD . friend（2）A . wokeB . keptC . tookD . told（3）A . the hospitalB . restaurantC . schoolD . home（4）A . afterB . forC . upD . over（5）A . had beenB . has beenC . beenD . looked（6）A . headacheB . coughC . temperatureD . ill（7）A . somethingB . nothingC . anythingD . everything（8）A . bringingB . buyingC . takingD . eat（9）A . goodB . wellC . niceD . kind（10）A . muchB . moreC . lessD . bad二、阅读理解2.阅读理解 Wales is one of the countries in Britain and theUnited Kingdom. Its a small country in the southwest of the UK with England tothe east. Wales has got a 1,680-kilometre long coast, which means there are alot of beaches! It has some of the most beautiful beaches in the UK and is apopular place for holidaymakers and water sports fans. As well as beaches,there are a lot of mountains in Wales. Snowdonia National Park is one of thethree national parks in Wales. It is in north Wales and its highest mountain,Snowdon, is about 1,085 metres. The population of Wales is just over three million,around 5% of the total UK population. Most Welsh people live in south Wales inthe capital city, Cardiff, and other big cities: Swansea and Newport. InCardiff you can go shopping, visit the castle, go to the museum or go to aconcert at the famous Millennium Stadium. The Welsh language is an old Celtic languagewhich is very different from English. For example, the Welsh name for“Wales is“Cymru,“Good morning” Is “Bore da” and How areyou? is“ Sut wyt ti?. It is one of the oldest languages in Europe andaround 20% of people in Wales speak Welsh. The official languages of Wales areEnglish and Welsh. Everyone speaks English, but if you go to school in Wales,you have to learn Welsh until you are 16. Street signs are written in Welsh andEnglish, and villages, towns and cities have an English name and a Welsh name,for example, the capital city is Cardiff or Caerdydd.（1）The passage mainly tells us something about _.A . BritainB . EnglandC . WalesD . Scotland（2）Which is WRONG about Wales according to the passage?A . Its in the southwest of the UK.B . It has a long coast.C . It has the highest mountain in the UK.D . Its a small country.（3）Whats the population of the UK?A . Over three million.B . Over sixty million.C . About thirty million.D . About thirteen million.（4）_ is the capital city of Wales.A . SwanseaB . NewportC . LondonD . Cardiff（5）What can we know from the passage?A . About 600,000 people in Wales speak Welsh.B . English is the only official language in Wales.C . “How are you?” has different meaning from“ Sut wyt ti?.D . Everyone in Wales must speak Welsh.3.阅读理解 Beijing Opera is also called Peking Opera. Itcame into being after 1790 when the four famous Anhui opera troupes(戏班) came to Beijing. Its music and singing(唱腔)come from Xipi and Erhuang in Hubei and Anhui. Its costumes(服装) are all fascinating and artistic. It is the highest expression ofthe Chinese culture. Its full of famous stories, beautiful facial paintingsand wonderful gestures(姿势) and fights. This kind ofopera is very popular with Chinese. There are four main roles in Beijing Opera：Sheng, Dan, Jing and Chou. Sheng is the leading male role. Forexample, a Wusheng is a soldier or a fighter. A Xiaosheng is a young man. ALaosheng is an old man. Dan is the leading female role. Jing, mostly male, isthe face-painted role and Chou is the comedy actor or the clown. Stories in Beijing Opera are veryinteresting. Some of them are from history books, but most of them are from theliterature, especially some famous novels. The people in the story usually have