《2025年中学生世界八年级英语上册沪教版五四制》

B. Choose the best answers and complete the passage.
Cathy's favourite was a Barbie doll. Cathy took it everywhere with her.
1, Cathy took it to the park. She was going to have a picnic there with her friend, Carol. Cathy put her doll on a bench to prepare food and drinks. Carol saw the lovely doll and picked it up to have a closer look. Cathy did not want Carol to touch her doll. She tried to get it back from Carol. Carol was 2 about this.
"I just want to take a look," she said.
She wouldn't like to return the doll to Cathy. Cathy was mad! She walked nearer and held the doll 3. Neither of the girls would let go the doll. They were pulling the doll when there was a breaking noise! The doll broke in two. Carol felt very sad for what she had done. She said "Sorry" to Cathy again and again. Cathy just didn't want to talk to her any more. She ran back home in 4.
The next day, Carol visited Cathy's house with a new doll. 5 it was not as lovely as the one Cathy used to have, she was still excited to see the new one. She was sure that Carol had 6 all her pocket money on it. She was no longer angry and the two girls became friends again.
( )1. A. At least
B. At first
C. At once
D. At last
( )2. A. unhappy
B. happy
C. uninterested
D. interested
( )3. A. carelessly
B. gently
C. slightly
D. tightly
( )4. A. years
B. pears
C. tears
D. bears
( )5. A. As soon as
B. Although
C. Because
D. When
( )6. A. earned
B. lost
C. spent
D. saved

答案： 1. B 2. A 3. D 4. C 5. B 6. C

C. Fill in the blanks with proper words.
Long, long ago, in a small village, a place was famous as the House of 1,000 mirrors.
A small, happy little dog heard of it and d 1 to visit. When he arrived, he jumped up the stairs to the doorway of the house. He looked through the doorway with great i 2, wagging his tail from side to side happily.

Much to his surprise, he found 1,000 other happy little dogs staring at him with their tails wagging in the same way as he. He smiled broadly, and the other dogs r 3 by smiling just as broadly as he had done. As he left the house, he thought to himself, "This is a wonderful place. I will come back and visit it r 4."
In the same village lived a 5 little dog, who was not as happy as the first one. He also planned to visit the house. He slowly climbed the stairs and hung his head low as he looked i 6 the door. When he saw the 1,000 unfriendly - looking dogs staring back at him, he barked at them and was frightened to see 1,000 little dogs barking back at him.
As he left, he thought to himself, "That is a t 7 place, and I will never return here."
1. ______ 2. ______ 3. ______ 4. ______
5. ______ 6. ______ 7. ______

答案： 1. decided 2. interest 3. responded 4. regularly 5. another 6. into/inside 7. terrible