河北省衡水市安平县八校联考2024-2025学年八年级上学期期中考试英语试卷（含解析）.pdfVIP

河北省衡水市安平县八校联考2024-2025学年八年级上学期期中英语试卷

一．完形填空

1．15分）Once，amanwasgoingthroughhardtimes.Hiswifedivorced（离婚）him.Hewentbankrupt（破

产）1）onlyayearinbusiness.Despite（即使）allofhishardwork，failurewasallthathehad

seen.Strugglingwiththis，he2）everythingbehindandwentintotheforest.There，hemetanoldman

whohadlivedthereforalongtime.He3）hisstorywiththeoldman.Canyougivemeonegood

reasonnotto4）？heaskedtheoldman.

Look，theoldmansaid，pointingtotwoplants.Doyouseethatfern（蕨类植物）andbamboothere？

Yes，themananswered.

WhenI5）thefernandthebambooseed，Itookverygoodcareofthem.Withinashortperiodof

time，thefern6）grewfromtheearth，theoldmanwenton.

7）Iwateredandtookcareofthebambooseedforyears，itdidnotsprout（发芽）.Therewas

nosignof8）.ButIdidnotgiveuponthebambooseedandcontinuedlookingafterit.Inthefifth

year，asmallsproutcameoutoftheearth.Andwithinsixmonths，thetreegrewahundredfeettall.

Thelittlebambootreehadbeengrowingundergroundforthepastfouryears，9）arootsystem

strongenoughforitsgroundgrowthinthefifthyearandbeyond.Ifithadntdonethis，itwouldnotbeas10）

asitisnow.Soyouknow，allthetimeyouwerestruggling，youwereactuallygrowingstrongroots，theoldman

said.

1）A．beforeB．afterC．duringD．until

2）A．tookB．pickedC．leftD．fell

3）A．contactedB．providedC．complainedD．shared

4）A．giveupB．comeoutC．worryaboutD．showoff

5）A．boughtB．kept