【正文】 very 44 .“Thank you for 45 me. You are so kind. I will make any of your dreams e true.” said the fairy.The little girl thought for a moment and then said, “I want to be 46 !”The fairy said, “Very well. I will help you.” And she said something in the little girl’s ear. Then the fairy disappeared.As the kind little girl grew up, she was 47 ready to help people in need and was popular among the villagers. No one in the village was as happy as she was. Everyone asked her the 48 of her happiness. She always smiled and 49 , “The secret of my happiness is that I listened to a kind 50 when I was a little girl.”When the kind girl became a very old woman and was dying, the neighbours in the 51 all gathered around her bed because they were 52 that her secret of happiness would die with her. They asked, “Please tell us 53 the kind fairy said.”The lovely old woman still 54 and said, “She told me that everyone needed me, no matter how safe they seemed, no matter how rich or poor, no matter how old or 55 . She said that helping others would make me happy all my life.”41. A. thought B. found C. sounded D. felt42. A. butterfly B. bird C. snake D. squirrel43. A. so B. or C. but D. as44. A. surprised B. tired C. crazy D. nervous45. A. catching B. hearing C. killing D. saving46. A. smart B. happy C. rich D. famous47. A. always B. never C. seldom D. hardly48. A. problem B. secret C. power D. lesson49. A. asked B. hoped C. answered D. spoke50. A. king B. fairy C. ghost D. princess51. A. village B. town C. city D. world52. A. excited B. pleased C. glad D. afraid53. A. when B. what C. how D. why 54. A. shouted B. cried C. smiled D. jumped55. A. young B. great C. nice D. quiet四、閱讀理解 閱讀下列短文，根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容選擇最佳答案 （共15小題；每小題2分，滿分30分）AA little stream (小溪) ran down from a high mountain through many villages and forests. Then it reached a desert, “I went through so many difficulties. I should have no problem crossing the desert,” she thought. As she started, she found herself slowly disappearing into the sand. After many tries, she still failed.At this time, a deep voice said, “ if a breeze (微風(fēng)) can cross the desert, so can a river.” It was the voice of the desert. But the little stream answered, “that’s because a breeze can fly, but I can’t.”“That’s because you can’t give up what you are. Let yourself evaporate (蒸發(fā)) into the breeze, and it can take you across.” said the desert.“Give up what I am now? No! No!” The little stream could not accept this idea.“The breeze can carry the vapor (水蒸汽) across the desert and let it leave as rain. The rain will form a river again.” said the desert. “And whether you’re a river or vapor, your nature never changes.”Hearing this, the little stream went into the open arms of the breeze. It carried her to the next stage (階段) of her life.56. What did the stream think when she reached a desert?A. She thought she couldn’t cross the desert.B. She believed she could cross the desert.C. She thought she knew well about the desert.D. She started to worry about herself.57. What does the underlined word “it” refer to (指的是)?A. The desert. in order to38. The price of petrol(汽油) is not _______ that of last year, so some more people are planning to buy cars.A. as expensive as B. so cheap as C. as low as D. so high as39. I went to the classroom to ______ the door yesterday. But as soon as I was _______ to the classroom, I found it already _______.A. close。 are。 be。 a D. a。聽下面一段對話，回答第1112小題。20162017學(xué)年度第一學(xué)期期末考試八年級英語試題(考試時間：120分鐘 滿分：150分)請注意：本試卷分第一部分選擇題和第二部分非選擇題。聽對話或短文前，你將有時間閱讀相關(guān)小題，每小題5秒鐘；聽完后，每小題你仍有5秒鐘的時間選出你認(rèn)為最合適的備選答案。 an C. an。 fine D. How。 two hundreds D. The number of。 D. instead of。 close。 (請在答題卡上寫出完整單詞) （共10空；每空1分，滿分10分）Suppose you find a bright yellow bike on a street corner in the city. You hop(跳) on it and r 101 away. But waitisn’t this stealing? No one shouts, “Stop! Thief!” That’s b 102 this free ride is just fine with the city. You can find h 103 of free yellow bikes in some U. S. cities. The idea began in Portland, Oregon, in 1994. People saw a need for f 104 transportation(交通), and they wanted to help s 105 pollution. So, to get citizens o 106 of their cars and onto pollution free bikes, they started the Yellow Bike Project. People p 107 the public bike bright yellow and put them throughout the city. People can hop on a yellow bike and ride to work to school, or to run errands(差事). They then leave the bike for the n 108 rider. Sometimes the bikes are stolen, but most people follow the r 109 . What would be the point of stealing something that’s already free?Portland’s i 110 quickly became popular. Similar programs were set up in cities in six other states within two years.九、書面表達（滿分20分）近年來，世界多地自然災(zāi)害頻發(fā)，引起了全球?qū)Νh(huán)境保護以及動物保護的思考。s rights. They try to make things fair and safe for everyone. Good citizens work together to solve problems. Children can be good citizens by solving problems together in their school or munity. They may follow proper steps to deal