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2024-2025学年湖南省永州市祁阳市八年级（上）期末英语试卷

一、完形填空：本大题共10小题，共15分。

Joelivedaloneinasmallvillageafterhiswifesdeath.Theonlyfuntimeshehadwerewhenhisgrandchildrenvisitedhimduringholidays.

Once，hecleanedthewholehouseto（1）______hisgrandchildren.Whilehewascleaningthe（谷仓），he（2）______hiswatchonhiswrist（手腕）.Itwasagiftfromhiswife.

Whenhisgrandchildrencame，theyfoundthattheirgrandfatherwas（3）______Theyaskedhimwhatwaswrong.

Joetoldthemthathecouldntfindhiswatch.Thechildrenwantedto（4）______him.TheyaskedJoewhenhehadlastseenhiswatch.Joe（5）______thatthelasttimehesawithewasabouttocleanthebarn.

Thechildren（6）______twohourssearching，butfoundnothing.Then，oneofthechildrenaskedtheotherstoleaveandsaidhewouldlookforthewatchbyhimself.

Minuteslater，thechildbroughtthewatchback.Joeandtheotherchildrenwantedtoknowhowhedidit.Theboysaid，Isatinthebarn（7）______.Afterafewminutes，Iheardatick-ticksoundandfoundthewatch.

Joehuggedthelittleboyand（8）______him.Thatisthe（9）______ofsilence.（10）______westayquiet，wecanfindsolutions（应对措施）moreeasily.

1.A.invent B.welcome C.hold

2.A.bought B.got C.lost

3.A.sad B.glad C.surprised

4.A.teach B.join C.help

5.A.remembered B.discussed C.forgot

6.A.spent B.asked C.paid

7.A.quickly B.politely C.quietly

8.A.encouraged B.thanked C.stopped

9.A.key B.way C.strength

10.A.Or B.Because C.If

二、阅读理解：本大题共11小题，共22分。

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PlayName

Introduction

TheMerchantofVenice

Thisplayisabouttheideathatpeopleusuallygetwhattheydeserve（应得）intheend，goodorbad.Antonio，abusinessman，borrowsmoneyfromShylock，amoneylender.Ifhedoesntpaybackthismoneyintime，Shylockwillcutoffapieceofhisbody.Antoniolosesallhisbusinessandmustpaythisterribleprice.butissavedbylove.

AsYouLikeIt

Thisplayisacomedyaboutromantic（浪漫