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2024-2025学年河南省鹤壁市八年级（上）期末英语试卷

一、完形填空：本大题共15小题，共15分。

DuringtheWarringStatesPeriod（475～221BC），KingZhaooftheStateofYan（燕昭王）hadabigdream.He（1）______tomakehisstatestrongerandknewthatheneeded（2）______peopletoworkforhim.（3）______，itwasnteasytofindthosereallytalentedpeople.

Oneday，hewenttoaskascholar（学者）namedGuoWeifor（4）______.GuoWeithentoldhimaninterestingstory.

Therewasonceakingwhohadaspecial（5）______.Helikedqianlima.Sohe（6）______manypeopletolookforthesehorsesandbuythemforhim.Butafterthreeyears，（7）______couldfindsuchahorseforhim.

Later，aman（8）______tohelp.Injustthreemonths，hegotthenewsthattheremightbeaqianlima.Hequicklywentto（9）______it.Sadly，whenhearrived，thehorsehadalreadydied.Butthemandidntgiveup.Instead，he（10）______thebonesofthehorsewith500piecesofgold.

Whenhebroughtthebones（骨头）backtotheking，thekingwasvery（11）______.WhatIwantisalivehorse，notthebonesofadeadhorse!heshouted.

Themanrepliedcalmly，YourMajesty，justthinkaboutit.Yourewillingtopaysuchahighpriceforadeadhorse.Thenpeoplewillknowthatyou（12）______wanttobuythehorses.Justwaitandthehorsesyouwantwillcomeverysoon.

（13）______，whatthemansaidwasright.Withinayear，many（14）______ofqianlimabroughttheirhorsestotheking.

Afterhearingthestory，GuoWeitoldKingZhaothathecould（15）______himselfasthebonesofthehorse.IfIamvaluedbyyou，moretalentswillbewillingtoservethestate，GuoWeisaid.KingZhaounderstood.HebuiltnicehousesforGuoWeiandsawhimasarespectedteacher.Andasexpected，soonmoretalentedpeoplecametohelpthekingandmadetheStateofYanstronger.

1.A.decided B.refused C.continued D.helped

2.A.talented B.kind C.perfect D.beautiful

3.A.Since B.Although C.However D.Because

4.A.people B.advice