2020-2021学年山东德州市临邑县八年级上学期期末考试英语试卷（外研版）（解析版）

2020-2021学年山东德州市临邑县八年级（上）期末英语试卷（外研版）

二、阅读理解（共4小题，每小题2.5分，计50分）阅读下列短文，然后从每小题A、B、C、D 中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案．

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1. ????Two?men?were?sitting?together?in?a?plane．They?were?on?a?long?journey．One?of?the?men?was?a?businessman．The?other?was?a?farmer．They?sat?without?talking?for?a?while,?then?the?farmer?said,?"Let's?do?something?to?pass?the?time．"

????"What?do?you?want?to?do??"the?businessman?asked．

????"We?can?ask?each?other?riddles,?"the?farmer?said．

????"OK．Let's?make?rules?first,?"the?businessman?said．"If?you?don't?know?the?answer?to?a?riddle,?you?pay?me＄100．And?if?I?don't?know?the?answer,?I'll?pay?you＄100．"

????"That's?not?fair?（公平）．You?are?a?businessman?with?much?knowledge．You?know?more?things?than?I?do．I?am?just?a?farmer,?"the?farmer?said．

????"That's?true,?"the?businessman?said．"What?do?you?want?us?to?do??"

????"If?you?don't?know?the?answer?to?a?riddle,?you?pay?me＄100．And?if?I?don't?know?the?answer,?I'll?pay?you＄50," the?farmer?said．The?businessman?thought?about?this,?then?he?said,?"OK．That's?fair．Who?will?go?first??"

????"I?will," the?farmer?said．"Here?is?my?riddle．What?has?three?legs?when?it?walks,?but?only?two?legs?when?it?flies??"

????The?businessman?thought?for?a?long?time?and?said,?"Mm,?that's?a?good?one．I'm?afraid?I?don't?know?the?answer." He?gave?the?farmer＄100,?then?he?said,?"Tell?me?the?answer．"

????"I?don't?know,?"the?farmer?said,?then?he?gave?the?businessman?＄50.

（1）The?story?happened________．

A.on?a?farm． B.in?a?shop．

C.before?a?long?plane?journey． D.between?two?passengers．

（2）What?does?the?word "riddle" mean?in?this?story？________

A.Something?to?win?money．

B.Something?to?help?to?make?rules．

C.A?difficult?question?to?find?the?answer?to．