精品解析：广东省广州市越秀区第二中学2021-2022学年八年级下学期开学考试英语试题

广州市第二中学2021学年第二学期第一阶段学情反馈英语试卷 本试卷共四大题，共10页，考试时间100分钟，满分90分。 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。 A man was going through hard times. His wife divorced him. He went bankrupt(破产) after only a year in business. Despite all of his ___1___, failure was all that he could see. Struggling with this, he left ___2___ behind and went into the forest. There, he met an old man ___3___ lived there for a long time. He shared ___4___ story with the old man.” “Can you give me one good reason ___5___ up?” he asked the old man. “Look,” the old man said, ___6___ to two plants. “Do you see that fern (蕨类植物) and bamboo there?” “Yes,” the man answered. “When I planted the fern and bamboo seeds, I took very ___7___ care of them. Within a short period of time, the fern ___8___ grew from the earth,” the old man went on. “ ___9___ , although I watered and took care of the bamboo seed for years, it did not sprout (发芽). There _____10_____ no sign of growth. But I did not give up on the bamboo seed and continued _____11_____ after it. In the fifth year, a small sprout came out of the earth. And within six months, _____12_____ tree grew a hundred feet tall. “The little bamboo tree had grown underground for the past four years, developing a root system _____13_____ for its ground growth in the fifth year and beyond. If it didn’t do this, it would not be _____14_____ strong as it is now. So you know, all the time you were struggling, you _____15_____ strong roots,” the old man said. 1. A. hard work B. hard works C. hard-working D. working hard 2. A. something B. everything C. anything D. nothing 3. A. who B. whom C. whose D. which 4. A. himself B. his C. he D. him 5. A. not giving B. not give C. to not give D. not to give 6. A. pointed B. points C. to point D. pointing 7. A. good B. well C. better D. best 8. A. quick B. quickly C. quicker D. quickness 9. A. However B. But C. So D. Because 10. A. has been B. have been C. was D. were 11. A. looks B. 1oo