《2025年天下中考八年级英语下册》

五、完形填空
At our school, every student in Years 6 to 12 takes part in a yearly arts competition called House Chorals. This year, I __1__ my school’s instrumental team.
We decided to perform three __2__ of music from the ballet Swan Lake. Our team leader checked to see __3__ many people would be able to play and what instruments they had. There were only a few woodwinds (木管乐器), so our leader tried to give __4__ parts to each person. Then we __5__ our parts during the holiday before starting our official rehearsals (排练).
The very first rehearsal turned out to be __6__— most of us had no experience playing in a group before. Our leader, who was also our conductor (指挥), had to keep us playing at the __7__ speed by clapping (拍手) loudly so that everyone could __8__ her while playing. After a few rehearsals, we finally sounded like a __9__.
The next step was to add more dynamics (力度变化) that is differences in loudness between notes. Dynamics make music interesting, __10__ they can be hard to remember. Although there were some notes on our sheet music (乐谱), we still had to understand dynamics well. Our leader told us the story of Swan Lake to help us __11__ understand the music. A prince falls in love with a princess who is turned into a __12__ by a witch’s curse (诅咒). We played the waltz (华尔兹), which is heard when the prince plans to marry the princess. The music should be grand and __13__. We used some percussion instruments (打击乐器) __14__ drums to add to the effect. In the final competition, we stood __15__ and came in first place!
( ) 1. A. found B. saw C. took D. joined
( ) 2. A. sets B. pieces C. strips D. pairs
( ) 3. A. what B. which C. how D. why
( ) 4. A. different B. same C. difficult D. all
( ) 5. A. needed B. practiced C. heard D. bought
( ) 6. A. independent B. unforgettable C. wonderful D. unsuccessful
( ) 7. A. wrong B. different C. right D. difficult
( ) 8. A. listen B. hear C. sound D. touch
( ) 9. A. whole B. family C. team D. friend
( ) 10. A. and B. or C. but D. so
( ) 11. A. harder B. more C. slow D. better
( ) 12. A. swan B. duck C. bird D. swallow
( ) 13. A. sad B. quiet C. lively D. noisy
( ) 14. A. in B. for example C. as D. like
( ) 15. A. up B. out C. by D. for

答案： 1～5 DBCAB 6～10 DCBAC
11～15 DACDB