2020-2021学年广东省广州市从化区八年级上学期期中考试英语试题(含答案)

2020学年第一学期中调研测试题 八年级英语 说明：1、本试卷总分90分，考试时间100分钟。 2、所有答案必须写在答题卡上，写在试卷上无效。 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，选出最佳选项。 There once lived in China a very foolish king and queen. One day the queen had ___1___ baby daughter. When they ___2___ their baby, they both cried out, “My goodness! ___3___ it is! It’s hairless and toothless! It’s a monster（怪兽）!” They sent for all the doctors in the country and ordered them ___4___ some medicine for her. “When she ___5___ your medicine, she must grow to the right size and have hair and teeth,” the king said to the doctors, “If you don’t do this, I’ll kill you.” The doctors thought it impossible, but they couldn’t say ___6___ against the king’s order. Just then, one of ___7___ came up. “Oh, we shall certainly follow your ___8___,” he said, “but it ___9___ time. We have to dig for something to make ___10___ medicine from the KunLun Mountains when the snow melts（融化） for the second time. The snow melts on those mountains only once in six years. ___11___ we need twelve years.” At last the king agreed and the doctors took ___12___ the little princess. On her ___13___ birthday, they brought her back to her parents ___14___ long black hair and beautiful teeth. The king and queen were very ___15___ and gave the doctors many expensive presents. A. a B. an C. the D. / A. see B. sees C. saw D. is seeing A. What small B. How small C. What a small D. How a small A. prepare B. prepared C. to prepare D. preparing A. drink B. will drink C. drank D. drinks A. something B. anything C. nothing D. everything A. older doctor B. the oldest doctor C. the older doctors D. the oldest doctors A. advice B. advices C. an advice D. a advice A. take B. takes C. took D. was taking A. a few B. a little C. few D. little A. However B. But C. Because D. So A. out B. up C. off D. away A. twelve B. twelfth C. the twelve D. the twelfth A. for B. to C. with D. of A. happier B. happ