2020-2021学年浙江省宁波市鄞州区八年级（下）期末英语试卷
一、完形填空（本大题共15小题，共15.0分）
Do you think hard work always pays off？What have you got by working hard？Here is the story about（1） ______ I became successful.
I'm a very smart person who has spent（2） ______ 10 years learning mechanics（机械学），but I have no formal （正式的）education.I always tried my best to make people（3） ______ me.However,I never made it.
I started out this year having just taken another factory job with a little（4） ______ pay than my last one.I was making ＄13.50 an hour at my last job and even had a hard time living.（5） ______ I was paid more,I still lived badly.
But（6） ______ you held on and didn't run away,you would succeed one day.My（7） ______ finally arrived.
Three months ago,my neighbor bought a ud car that everyone thought had some（8） ______ problems.After taking a look at it,I said that I would be able to（9） ______ it.It turned out that I（10） ______ him ＄2，000 that he expected to pay to rebuild it.He was surprid at my work and told many of their friends about me.So I got a lot of new（11） ______ .
In about two months more people came to me for work and I was making great money.
Then luckily I got a job（12） ______ one of my customers （顾客）.I was able to let them believe in me by solving difficult problems（13） ______ .They offered me another job that started even higher.I finally improved my life.
In one year's time I went from being in the worst condition to having customers begging （恳求）me to work for them.Now I can honestly say I feel truly proud of（14） ______ and my skills.
So everyone,remember not to give up your dream easily becau（15用心去感受） ______ will come to you in the end with your hard work.
1. A. what B. how C. where D. when
2. A. still B. quite C. almost D. hardly
3. A. help B. hear快手刷双击自助下单秒刷 C. like D. trust
4. A. less B. better C. heavier D. smaller
5. A. Although B. Unless C. Since D. If
6. A. as quickly as B. as soon as C. as far as D. as long as
7. A. life B. luck C. pay D. job
8. A. rious B. popular C. small D. simple
9. A. citedrive discount rateB. repair C. buy D. ll
10. A. ntold老太ofa B. asked C. saved D. lent
11. A. money B. business C. workers D. cars
12. A. in B. through C. by D. for
13. A. quickly B. quietly C. luckily D. happily
14. A. ourlves japane girl wetB. himlf C. herlf D. mylf
15. A. excitement B. success C. truth D. love
二、阅读理解（本大题共15小题，共30.0分）
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Ways to Reduce （减少）Food Waste
Food bank
Many countries have food banks.People and food stores can give extra （额外的）food to them and they can give the food to tho in need.Shanghai Oasis opened China's first food bank in 2015.In five years,it saved 7 million tons of food and helped 760，000 people,Xinhua reported.
Buy ugly food
Many fruits and vegetables go to waste becau they look ugly.For example,about 25 to 30 percent of carrots don't make it to the store becau of their looks,the UN said So try to buy ugly food next time,as it is just as good as "normal" food.
Order dishes with the "N-l" formula （公式）
野性的呼唤英文读后感Many Chine restaurants are telling people to order dishes by using the "N-l" formula. "N" stands for the number of people in your group.So if you're in a group of six people,you should order five dishes.
16.If you want to have dinner with ten friends in a restaurant in China,you'd better order ______ dishes according to the passage.
A. nine B. ten C. eleven D. twelve
17.Which of the following is true？ ______
A. Shanghai Oasis saved 760，000 tons of food in five years.
B. People don't like ugly fruit becau they are not so good.
C. We have food banks to save food and give it to tho in need.
D. A lot of countries tell people to order dishes by using the "N-l" formula.
18.The purpo of the passage is to ______ .
A. try to buy any fruits and vegetables
howhaveyoubeenB. build as many food banks as possible
C. call on more people to reduce food waste
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D. artdecotell people to order dishes with the "N-1" formula
B
My family and I went to the Superstar Circus last weekend.We went to the last show at nine o'clock.The hors performed first.The hors danced around when the band started to play in order to make everyone happy.
The young acrobats （杂技演员）were up next.They put on the amazing performance on two-legged chairs.The most special one was performed by a fifteen-year-old girl.She rode a bicycle on a rope （绳索），but it was difficult for her to ride the bike on the thin rope.As she tried to ride from one end to the other,she almost fell down twice.The crowd broke into a loud applau （掌声）when she finally finished her performance.
Next,a large elephant stepped carefully on its trainer before walking over him.The people gave them loud applau once again,ll was actually an exciting act!
