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answered. Answer the questions:80. Why did the three brothers send their mother expensive presents?81. What did John decide to buy for his mother?82. Why did so many people phone John? 83. What happened to the bird at last?84. How do you think John would feel after his mother answered his phone call?85. What mistake do you think John had made?XI. Fill in the blanks in the passages with proper words chosen:(A)Mr Johnson was a 86 old man. He lived in a beautiful house in the country with lots of servants (仆人),but his wife was dead, and he did not have any children. Then he 87 suddenly, and people said, “His servants killed him, because they wanted his money.”But the servants said, “No, he killed himself.”The police came and asked a lot of questions, and after a few 88 , there was a big trial (審訊). There were two famous lawyers and several important witnesses(證人). “Tell me,” one of the lawyers said to a witness, “Did Mr Johnson often talk to 89 when he was alone?”“I don’t know,” the witness answered at once.“You don’t know?” the lawyer 90 angrily, “You don’t know? 91 you were his best friend, weren’t you? Why don’t you know?” “But I was 92 with him when he was alone, ” the witness answered. 86. A) kind B) rich C) poor D) boring 87. A) left B) disappeared C) died D) started88. A) minutes B) moments C) seconds D) weeks 89. A) others B) somebody C) himself D) you 90. A) shouted B) repeated C) retold D) realized 91. A) So B) For C) Since D) But92. A) never B) always C) usually D) sometimes(B)Dear Dennis, We just wanted to say thank you for putting us up b 93 we caught the plane last week. It was a lovely evening, and we enjoyed meeting your friends, Date and Sarah. We m 94 to get to the airport with plenty of time to spare (空出). We even tried to get an e 95 flight, but it wasn’t possible. We had a wonderful holiday in Spain (西班牙). We just loved to drive through the countryside, we often stopped to walk round a mountain v 96 . We met our friends, Bill and Sue, and they invited us to have a meal with them, but we couldn’t, a 97 we had already booked a hotel. The weather was fantastic (好極了). The sun didn’t stop s 98 all the time we were there. Leaving Spain was very sad. It made me feel like crying. Anyway, we’re looking forward to h 99 from you, and hope to see you soon. Let us know if you’re ever in the area.You must call in,Best wishesSandraXII. Complete the following dialogue with proper sentences in the box:t. Yes, it’s mine.u. Anything else?v. The taxi driver found it and brought it here.w. That’s right.x. Just a moment.y. About 5,000 US dollars.z. May I help you?A: Good morning, Madam. 100 B: Yes. I’m afraid I left my handbag on a taxi this morning on arrival at the hotel.A: What’s in your handbag?B: 101 .A: 102 . B: Yes, my ID(身份)card, I think. A: What’s your name? B: Linda Smith. A: 103 … Is this your handbag?B: 104 . A: 105 .B: Oh, thank you so much.A: That’s all right.XIII. Writing106. Write at least 60 words on the topic “Improve Our Eyesight”.8 初三英語(yǔ)試卷第 頁(yè)