广东省广州市越秀区2020-2021学年八年级下学期期末考试英语试题

2020学年第二学期学业水平调研测试 八年级英语试卷 本试卷共12页，四大题，满分90分。考试用时100分钟。 注意事项： 1. 答卷前，考生必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将自己的学校、班级、姓名、座位号和考生号填写在答题卡相应的位置上，用2B铅笔将考生号、座位号填涂在答题卡相应位置上。 2. 选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑；如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案；不能答在试卷上。 3. 非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答。答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内的相应位置上；如需改动。先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案；不准使用铅笔或涂改液。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。 4. 考生必须保持答题卡的整洁。考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。 一、语法选择（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分） 阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，从1~15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 Last year, I took part in my first marathon and I trained hard for it. However, a month before it, my left ankle (踝关节) ___1___ by a bike and this meant not running for weeks, leaving me only two weeks to train. But I decided to continue. I remember back to my ___2___ in school. In my first P.E. class, the teacher required us ___3___ laps and then hit a softball. I didn’t do either well. He later told me that I was “not good at sports”. ___4___ idea that I was “not good at sports” stayed in my mind for years. When I started running in my 30s, I realized that running was a challenge to myself，not about competition or whether I was good at sports. It was all about the challenge to my own body and mind. A test of wills (毅力)! The night before my marathon, I ___5___ that I couldn’t even find the finish line. I woke up sweating and nervous, ___6___ ready to show that I could make it. Shortly alter ___7___ the stat line, my shoe laces (鞋带) became united. So I stopped to tie ___8___. Not the start I wanted! At mile 3, passed a sign: “Go FOR IT,RUNNERS!” By mile 17, I became out of breath and me left ankle hurt very ___9___. I walked for a while and then ran again ___10___ I was in a lot of pain. By mile 21, I felt terribly hungry! As I was close ___11___ mile 23, I could see my wife waving a sign. She is my ___12___ fan of all. She never minded the alarm clock sounding at 4 a.m. or asked questions about the money I spent on running. I was one of the final ___13___ to finish. But l finished as ___14___! And I got a medal. In fact, I got the s