2023-2024学年八年级第一学期期中测试英语试卷

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2. —What do you think of today’s newspaper?
—There’s ________ new. I like it!
A. nothingB. everythingC. something
3. Sarah loves sports and she really expects ________ the sports meeting.
A. winB. winningC. to win
4. Hoping to ________ why John was always late for class, Mr. White called John’s mom.
A. find outB. look forC. bring out
5. — How was your vacation in America?
Now people in Delhi plan to make more roads and houses. We all hope that the city will become a ____10____ place to live in.
1. A. slowB. freeC. old
2. A. parksB. hospitalsC. stores
1. A. freshestB. healthiestC. most special
2. A. funB. interestC. problem
3. A. similar toB. different fromC. the same as
4. A. tasteB. smellC. look
5. A. spendB. takeC. pay
2023-2024学年八年级第一学期期中测试英语试卷
考试时间120分钟。
A卷(共70分)
第一部分基础知识运用(共30小题；计40分)
一、选择填空(共15小题；计20分)
A.从以下各题的A、B、C三个选项中选择最佳选项。(共10小题；每小题1分，计10分)
1. I paid 30 yuan for the 3 cabbages. It is really ________ unusually high price!
B
I live in Delhi, India. It is a very ____1____ city with a history of more than 2000 years. Delhi has two parts — Old Delhi and New Delhi. It is also a very large city with people from all over the world.
Delhi is a bigbusiness(商业) center. There are lots of ____2____ and supermarkets. And a lot of traders from all over the world come here to do business. Delhi is also an ____3____ center. There are many great schools with quite a few students studying in them.
A. keeps droppingB. kept droppingC. kept to drop
8. —Is your friend Jack still in America?
—I don’t know. I have ________ information about him because we haven’t seen each other for ________ years.
8. A. neighborhoodB. hotelsC. hills
9. A. easilyB. quicklyC. late
10. A. betterB. slowerC. richer
第二部分阅读理解(共15小题；计30分)
阅读下面短文，根据短文内容判断句子正误。正确的涂“A”，错误的涂“B”。
—Yes. He has already worked ________ this term than before.
A. higher; more harderB. highest; much hardestC. highest; much harder
7. Dennis ________ the balls when juggling. He was terrible.
B补全对话根据对话内容，选出适当的选项补全对话。
A: Hi, Connie! Is that your classmate?
B: Yes. Helen is one of my best friends in our class.
A: ____1____ Both of you have long hair. She is as tall as you.
A. a little; a fewB. little; a fewC. a few; a little
9. —I’m afraid I can’t get good grades on the semi-final (半期) test.
—Don’t worry. You will do it well as long as you check (检查) your answers ________.
— Oh, I dislike it. I ________ want to talk about it.
A. B. alwaysC. hardly
6. —Tom did a good job. He got the second ________ points in the school.
B: ____5____
A: That’s true. Maybe we can ask Helen’s opinion.
B: Let’s go!
A. But Helen is more outgoing and friendlier than me.
B. I think it is the best in our city.
3. A. educationalB. sportsC. shopping
4. A. knowB. leaveC. come
5. A. successfulB. commonC. little
6. A. neverB. alwaysC. still
7. A. fantasticB. cheapC. expensive
C. You two look similar.
D. I think quality is more important than price.
E. How about inviting her to watch movies together?
二、完形填空阅读下面两篇短文，根据短文内容，从A、B、C三个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。(共15小题；计20分。A篇每小题2分，计10分；B篇每小题1分，计10分)
A
Onions may be one of the ___1___ vegetables in the world, they are pretty good for our body. However, cutting them is no ___2___.
It will make you cry. However, your teary-eyed (眼含泪水的) days in the kitchen may come to an end. A Japanese company created the first kind of onions that will change this kind of things.
Japanese researchers (研究人员) spent 20 years doing this. The onion wouldn’t make people cry when they cut it, and it is a new kind of onion: the Smile Ball. It looks like the common onions we see. But it is a bit ___3___ the common ones. It doesn’t have the same ___4___ as the onion we bought before. When it’s eaten raw(生的), it tastes sweet(甜的), like an apple. More importantly, when you cut it, it puts a smile on your face. But the price was not low. You have to ___5___ 450yen, or about 28yuanfor a pair, twice as expensive as the common ones.
A. careful enoughB. carefully enoughC. enough carefully
10. — What do you think of the restaurant, dear?
— ________. I can’t find a better one.
A. I don’t mind itB. So badC. Pretty good
New people ____4____ here every day, so Delhi becomes bigger and bigger.Traffic jams(交通拥堵) are very ____5____ in Delhi because the roads are notwide(宽阔的) enough for so many people and cars. There are ____6____ lots of people waiting for the buses before bus stops.