2021-2022学年宁夏吴忠市盐池县八年级(上)期末英语试卷 一、完形填空(本大题共10小题,共10.0分) There was a young painter,he made money by painting portraits (肖像画).His dream was to become one of (1) artists in the field(领域) of art.One day,a rich lady asked him to paint (2) portrait for her and promised to pay him 10,000 dollars. After a week,the lady came to take the painting.The painting was wonderful, (3)she was not happy with it.She told the young painter, "I will buy this painting only for 3,000 dollars." The young painter felt (4) at what she said.Then he talked with the lady,hoping that she would keep her promise. The rich lady said to the painter, "The person in the painting is me. (5) I don't buy this painting, (6) else will buy it.So you have to sell it to me for 3,000 dollars." The young painter said (7), "No,I prefer(更喜欢)not to sell it rather than(而不是) be humiliated(羞辱)by you.Someday,you need to spend 20 times the money (8)the painting,because you break your promise today." After that,the painter worked even (9) than before.Finally,his dream came true and he became very famous in the field of art. The rich lady soon forgot about the artist and what he had told her.But one day,a friend told her, "There is a painter selling a painting called ‘Liar'(说谎的人),for 200,000 dollars.The lady in the painting looks really like you." Then,the rich lady remembered the painter.She quickly went (10) sorry to him and paid 200,000 dollars to buy the portrait. A. the famous B. the most famous C. more famous D. famous A. the one B. first C. the first D. one A. so B. or C. and D. but A. surprise B. surprised C. surprises D. surprising A. If B. Unless C. After D. When A. everybody B. anybody C. nobody D. somebody A. angrily B. angrier C. angry D. more angrily A. on B. of C. for D. in A. hardly B. hard C. harder D. hardest A. say B. said C. to say D. saying 二、阅读理解(本大题共15小题,共30.0分) A Name:Alex Age:ll I fell in love with music four years ago.Now I can play the guit