八年级上学期英语期中考试试卷一、完型填空完型填空 One morning, when I was leaving for my business, a middle-aged man came up and asked me for help. He said he had no1to get food for his large family.You look strong. 2dont you work? I asked. Simply because I cant get work, sir. If I give you work, what pay do you want? 3I can get bread for my family, sir. he answered.I decided to find out if he 4meant what he said. OK. Ill give you one pound an hour, 5you can carry a brick(砖)under your arm and walk around the square for five hours without 6. Thank you, sir. I will.I found a brick and started him on his walk before I went to my business. I 7thought he would do what he had promised.When I came back five hours later, I saw him 8walking, with the brick under his arm.I stopped him and gave him9pounds. He10me and told me that some people had offered to help him when they knew why he was doing. He would go and ask 11for work. Before leaving, he asked if I would give him the 12. I did.Several years later, a well-dressed man greeted me on a train. He said that he was the brick man and had his own business now. You know, I still keep that brick and always value it as the most 13thing I have. Because it has brought me14and success.15, it was not the brick that made the man successful, but his faithfulness(坚决) in doing even a very little thing.1. A. courageB. moneyC. planD. time2. A. WhereB. WhatC. HowD. Why3. A. As long asB. As soon asC. Even ifD. Ever since4. A. certainlyB. simpleC. reallyD. usually5. A. soB. ifC. becauseD. unless6. A. stoppingB. runningC. playingD. laughing7. A. alwaysB. oftenC. neverD. sometimes8. A. alsoB. alreadyC. evenD. still9. A. fourB. fiveC. sixD. seven10. A. foundB. forgottenC. thankedD. refused11. A. himB. themC. meD. her12. A. brickB. chanceC. jobD. bread13. A. beautifulB. expensiveC. importantD. interesting14. A. beautyB. healthC. prizeD. luck15. A. As a resultB. At lastC. In a wordD. In fact二、阅读理解阅读以下材料，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最正确选项。 Four women were awarded Nobel prize (诺贝尔奖) of 2021.Andrea M. GhezAndrea Ghez of the US won the Nobel Physics Prize on Tuesday for her research into black holes. Ghez said she hoped her win might inspire other women to enter the fields of astronomy (天文学) and astrophysics (天体物理学). Ghez is just the fourth woman to win the Nobel Prize in Physics, after Marie Curie in 1903.Jennifer DoudnaEmmanuelle CharpentierBiochemist Jennifer Doudna won the 2021 Nobel Prize in chemistry, sharing it with workmate Emmanuelle Charpentier for the co-development of CRISPR-Cas9. Charpentier, 51, and Doudna, 56, are just the sixth and seventh women to receive the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.Louise GluckBorn in 1943, Louise Gluck is an American poet. She was born in New York City and grew up in Long Island. Her father helped invent the X-Acto Knife. Gluck graduated in 1961 from George W. Hewlett High School, in Hewlett, New York. She went on to attend Sarah Lawrence College and Columbia University.16.Who was the third woman to win the Nobel Prize in Physics? A.Andrea M. GhezB.Marie CurieC.Jennifer DoudnaD.Louise Gluck17.Which of the following is TRUE about the four women? A.Louise Gluck is an American scientist.B.Charpentie is older than Doudna.C.Louise Glucks father helped her in some way.D.Jennifer Doudna is the sixth woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Chemistry18.The passage probably comes from the _ column(栏目) of a magazine. A.ScienceB.HealthC.SportsD.Animal阅读理解 Do you know Jack-o-lantern in the Halloween(万圣节)? It is usually made of pumpkins南瓜.There are 2 billion pounds of pumpkins planted in the US each year. Most of them are carved up instead of eaten. Someone often asks a few questions: Are the pumpkins sold for Jack-o-lanterns different from pumpkins sold as food? And are Halloween pumpkins any good to eat?Howden pumpkins are the most common decorative装饰的 pumpkins . They are specifically for carving into Jack-o-lanterns, with a symmetrical round shape, deep orange color.Because theyre for decoration first, carving pumpkins dont taste very good. Uncut carving pumpkins are safe to eat; however, its not the best type to use for cooking, Daria McKelvey tells Mental Floss.Of course, there are also many pumpkin varieties for cooking and eating. These include Sugar Pie, Kabocha, and Cinderella pumpkins. You can shop for these pumpkins at local farms or in the store. They should be easy to tell apart from the carving pumpkins for Halloween: Unlike decorative pumpkins, cooking pumpkins are small and dense(紧实的. This is part of the reason they taste better. McKelvey says，Cooking pumpkins are smaller, sweeter, have a thicker rind(皮) , and ha