2020-2021学年广东省广州市天河中学八年级上学期期中考试英语试题

2020学年第一学 期天河中学期中考试试卷(问卷) 八年级英语 本试卷共8页，分四部分，共56小题，满分90分。考试用时120分钟。 注意事项： 1. 答卷前，考生务必在答题卡上用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔填写自己的考生号、姓名、试室号、座位号，再用2B铅笔把对应这两个号码的标号涂黑。 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。如需要改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案。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的相应位置上；如需要改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案，改动的答案也不能超出指定的区域；不准使用铅笔、圆珠笔和涂改液。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，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。 A wise man was on his long journey with a young man. Night was falling, ___1___ they decided to find a place to stay. They found a poor family lived in a tiny old house. The people in the family ___2___ in old clothes. They gave the two visitors a warm welcome and prepared a simple meal for them including fresh milk and cheese. After the meal, the wise man asked how ___3___ a living in such a poor place. “We have a cow. We sell ___4___ milk to our neighbors. Sometimes we keep ___5___ for ourselves to make cream and cheese.” the husband replied. The next morning, the two visitors continued their journey. After walking a few miles, the wise man ordered the young man ___6___ back and push the cow off the cliff (悬崖). “Why? Without the cow, they ___7___ nothing.” asked the young man. However, the wise man repeated his order, “Go back and just ___8___ it.” The young man was worried ___9___ the future of the family. But finally he returned to the old house and did as the wise man told him. Five years later, the young man travelled on the same road. He visited the family again. To his ___10___, he saw a large house with a beautiful garden there. He knocked on the door and a ___11___ boy answered it. He was the son of the family. He looked well-dressed. The boy showed the young man around his house ___12___ and told him how their life changed. “You know, we had nothing but a cow to keep alive years ago. But one day the cow fell off the cliff and ___13___. We had to come up with new ways of making a living. We bought ___1