Ⅱ. 至少选用下列单词或词组中的五个,写一个完整的短文。
feel blue, on top of the world, in low spirits, enter, everybody, decision, proud, coach, repeat, joyful, normal, remain

Last term, our school held a basketball match. At first, we lost two games in a row. I felt blue and was in low spirits. I even wanted to give up, but our coach talked to me patiently. He told me it was normal to have failures and encouraged me to remain brave. With his help, I made a decision to keep practicing. Every day, I repeated the basic skills again and again. Finally, our team won the championship. Everybody was joyful, and I felt on top of the world. Our coach was also proud of us.

选取校园篮球比赛的成长经历为写作主题，合理融入多个指定词汇，通过讲述从比赛失利后情绪低落到在教练鼓励下坚持训练、最终夺冠的过程，用符合八年级英语水平的句式完成短文创作，满足至少使用五个给定单词或词组的要求。

Ⅰ. 完形填空。
On a farm lived a father and a son. The father always got up early to read books. One day, the 1 asked, "Dad, I read books at night but 2 most of them the next morning. What's the meaning of reading?"
The father didn't answer his question at once. He passed him a 3 and said, "Get some water from the river with the basket and then I'll tell you the answer."
The son felt 4 but he did as his father said. He tried many times 5 every time the water leaked (漏出) from the basket.
An hour later, the son 6 with the empty basket and told his father it was impossible 7 water with the basket. The father said with a smile, "Yes, you are right, my son. The basket can't hold water. But did you notice the basket was 8?" The son found the dirty basket had become clean. The father continued, "Reading is like holding water 9 the basket. Although we can't remember all we read, we have 10 changed while reading."
()1. A. father
B. daughter
C. son
D. mother
()2. A. remember
B. forget
C. admire
D. punish
()3. A. book
B. box
C. bag
D. basket
()4. A. excited
B. exciting
C. surprised
D. surprising
()5. A. but
B. and
C. because
D. so
()6. A. came out
B. came up
C. came from
D. came back
()7. A. hold
B. to hold
C. holding
D. held
()8. A. different
B. same
C. private
D. absent
()9. A. to
B. in
C. with
D. at
()10. A. politely
B. loudly
C. hardly
D. exactly

1.C 2.B 3.D 4.C 5.A 6.D 7.B 8.A 9.C 10.D