八年级（上）英语期末复习题.doc

八年级（上）英语期末复习题 缪老师 一、首字母填词。 （A） Papa looked s 1 when Mama told him that Sister had failed in her final exams. “It’s unbelievable!” he said. “She has always been so p 2 of her good grades!” “Yes, she has,” said Mama. “But it’s not u 3 . It just shows how b 4 she wanted off the swimming team.” “Wanted off the swimming team?” said Papa. “She n 5 said anything about that to me.” “Of course she didn’t,” said Mama. “She was a 6 you’d blow your top. You already asked her to get a swimming scholarship to college and to win gold m 7 at the Olympics. Can you imagine how much pressure she must have f 8 ? But she had no fun on the team.” “Oh, my God!” Papa said. “I’ve been so stupid! I just thought she’d want to be a c 9 swimmer because she’s so good at it.” “It’s like anything else, dear,” said Mama. “No matter how good at it you are, if it stops being f 10 , you won’t want to do it anymore.” Papa put his head in his hands. “She must be really mad at me,” he said. “M 11 I should say sorry to her.” Sister’s f 12 could be heard on the stairs. She came into the kitchen and looked h 13 up at her parents. “Honey,” said Mama with a smile, “your papa and I have d 14 that you could be off the swimming pool if you don’t want to.” Sister’s face lit up like a Christmas tree. “Yippee!” she cried. “And,” a 15 Papa, “you needn’t practice anymore. I’ m sure your grades will be u 16 again all by yourself.” Sister ran to Papa and gave him a big hug. “I’m going to play cards with Lizzy!” she said. “See you later!” From the kitchen window, Mama and Papa watched their daughter run down the sunny road toward Lizzy’ s house. “It’s good to see her happy a 17 ,” said Mama. “It surely is,” Papa a 18 . “As for the swimming team, there’s always next year,” “If?” Mama said. “Oh, right,” said Papa. “If she wants to.” Mama s 19 . “At least you’re learning, dear,” she said. She kissed him. “Well, you know w 20 they say,” Papa said. “Better late than