2020-2021学年浙江省绍兴市上虞区八年级（下）期末英语试卷一、完形填空（本大题共10小题，共10.0分）Last month,I took my son Tom to see his grandparents in the countryside.His grandpa took him out to play.Tom was(1) about everything there. At lunch,Tom told me, Dad,I saw a hen(2). (3) ! I said without thinking, How can a hen fly？ Dad,the dog ran after the hen in the yard.(4) the hen saw no other way out,she suddenly beat her wings（翅膀）and flew up to the roof（房顶）.The hen(5).Dad,I didnt know hens could fly.How can she fly？ my son asked. I thought for a while and said, Maybe because of love.The(6) loves her own life and that helps her fly! Tom nodded.He seemed to have understood. Last weekend,we visited Toms grandparents again.This time I heard Tom shouting from the(7)，Dad!Come and see! I ran out of the house.The hen was running after a group of chickens,followed(8) by the dog.Then the hen suddenly stopped and turned around-she raised up her wings and clucked（咯咯叫）at the dog. I ran over and got between the dog and the hen,shouting at the dog to drive it away. Dad,why didnt the hen fly away？She knows she cant(9) the dog,Tom asked.I thought for a while and said, Maybe because of(10).In her heart,her babies are more than anything in the world. Tom thought for a long time and nodded.He seemed to have understood.1. A. nervousB. crazyC. angryD. careful2. A. runningB. dancingC. flyingD. jumping3. A. BeautifulB. UnfairC. PerfectD. Impossible4. A. AlthoughB. IfC. WhenD. Before5. A. ran awayB. gave upC. fell downD. dressed up6. A. henB. catC. dogD. chicken7. A. holeB. yardC. bedroomD. kitchen8. A. blindlyB. softlyC. closelyD. difficultly9. A. searchB. protectC. trainD. fight10. A. loveB. hopeC. truthD. help二、阅读理解（本大题共15小题，共30.0分）AGift giving is an important practice that can show a number of different meanings.Here are some gift giving traditions from a few different countries. In Zimbabwe In Zimbabwe,it is common to ask for a gift straightly.When a gift has been bought even without asking for it,the worst thing you can do is to refuse the offering,even if the giving family is poor. In Japan The Japanese place a great importance on the act of gift giving.For example,people dont like uncovered money.So whether youre sending money as a gift or just leaving a tip（小费），put your money in an envelope（信封）. In India As left hands are considered unclean in Indian culture,acts such as touching,passing money,or giving gifts must be done with your right hand. In Russia Vodka（伏特加酒） might seem a perfect gift for a Russian,but in fact,a lot of them would see it as an unimaginative gift.Many even think the idea is terrible. In Ireland Dont be astonished if your gift is refused a couple of times in Ireland.This tradition comes from a time when they didnt have enough potatoes to eat in the 1840s,and because of this,the receivers are making sure that you can really part from the thing that you are offering.11. From the passage,we can know that _ .A. its common to refuse gifts in ZimbabweB. Japanese people dont send money as a giftC. Indian people use right hands when giving giftsD. its a great idea to send Vodka to Russian people12. The underlined word astonished in Paragraph 6 most probably means _ .A. peacefulB. excitedC. shockedD. silly13. The writer organized the whole passage by _ .A. asking questionsB. giving examplesC. listing reasonsD. telling stories14. These traditions are probably helpful when people want to _ .A. travel around the worldB. send gifts to friends in ChinaC. make new friends onlineD. learn different gift giving rules15. In which part of the magazine can you find this text？ _ A. Culture.B. Friendship.C. Education.D. Health.BLauren Singer,who studied environmental science at NYU，has hardly made waste in the past two years,showing that a zero-waste lifestyle is possible. Lauren started the zero-waste lifestyle by taking away packaged（包装好的）products（产品）from her life.She says that the past two years hasnt been easy.I stopped buying packaged products and began bringing my own bags to fill with products at the supermarket, she explained. I stopped buying new clothes and shopped for only secondhand things.I said no to things like straws（吸管） in my drinks,or paper bags at stores. Next,she moved onto personal care products.Instead of buying them，she began making them.She also set up her own company（公司），The Simply Co，through which she sells her homemade products. Even though the journey has been hard,Laurens zero-waste life has been meaningful.Lauren says that she now saves a lot of money because she is prepared when she goes shopping and does not buy things blindly.She also eats healthy food because she buys fresh fruits and vegetables instead of packaged foods.She is happy about her present life. The 23-year-old girl has become an e