广东省广州市白云区2021-2022学年八年级上学期期末英语试题

2021学年第一学期期末教学质量检测 八年级英语（试题） 本试卷共四大题, 8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 铅笔把对应号码涂黑。 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。 Thomas Edison lit up the world with invention of the electric light. Without him, the world might still be 1 dark place. However, the electric light was not his only 2. He invented over 1, 20 things. About every two weeks he created 3. Thomas Edison 4 born in Ohio, America, on February11, 1847. He went to school 5 only two months. His mother taught him only 6 things, but most of the time Thomas taught himself. His natural curiosity 7 him to make all kinds of experiments at a young age at home. 8 he was 12 years old, he got his fist job. He became a newsboy on a train. He set up a laboratory in a baggage car of the train. 9 his first work experience did not end well. Thomas then worked 10 a telegraph operator for five years. He continued to spend much of his time 11 experiments. He got his first patent（专利）in 1868. Thomas Edison was deaf in one ear and hard of hearing in 12, but he thought of his deafness as a blessing in many ways. I kept conversations short, so that he could have 13 time for work Every day he worked 16 out of every 24 hours. Sometimes he worked so intensely（专注地）that 14 wife had to remind him to sleep and eat. Thomas Edison died at the age of 84 15October 18, 1931. He left a lot of inventions that improved the quality of life all over the world. 1. A. a B. an C. the D. / 2. A. invent B. inventing C. inventor D. invention 3. A. new something B. something new C. new anything D. anything new 4. A. is B. be C. was D. were 5. A. in B. for C. at D. on 6. A. a little B. a bit of C. a few