2020-2021学年广东省广州市香江中学八年级上学期期中考试英语试题（含答案）

广州市香江中学2020-2021学年度第一学期期中测试 初二年级英语科试题 出卷：初二英语备课组 审核：初二英语备课组 本试卷共四大题，7页，满分90分。考试时间100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，并在答卷上将该项涂黑。 A traveler was in a large desert, planning to walk across it in one month. Twenty more ___1___ passed, the journey had been going on well. “Soon I’ll be able to walk out of this desert,” he thought ___2___. But the desert was never friendly to travelers. In a short time, there came a ___3___ sandstorm. He hurriedly covered his head ___4___ the clothes, prostrated (俯卧) on the sand. After about ___5___ minutes, the sandstorm stopped. He shook the clothes and ___6___ up. At that moment, he found ___7___ in a hopeless situation the backpack with food and water was blown away by the sandstorm. As we know, it seems impossible ___8___ the desert without food or water. Luckily, he had a pear left. He held it in his hands tightly, “Not too bad, at least I had a pear. I believe I ___9___ walk out of the desert.” Days and nights went by quickly, ___10___ the desert still looked endless. Besides, hunger, thirsty and fear of ___11___ were always around him like ghosts. However, each time he was close ___12___ hope, he forced himself to stare at the pear that he had been keeping, “Not too bad, at least I have a pear.” A small pear became the hope for his survival. Three days ___13___, as soon as he saw a village not far away, he laughed with excitement. He felt completely ___14___ the “pear” brought him back to life. To keep hope is ___15___ best weapon (武器) for victory, so never tell you “nothing”, because only if you try to search, you can always find a “pear” that pulls you out of trouble. 1