精品解析：广东省广州市南武教育集团2021-2022学年八年级下学期期中英语试题

2021-2022学年广东省广州市南武教育集团八年级（下） 期中英语试卷 一、语法选择 When I was a boy, a tree ____1____ by my father. He took me ____2____ the yard, and told me it was a redbud tree.He told me what we could do ____3____ sure the tree would be big and strong one day. “One day,” he said, “your boys ____4____ this tree.” ____5____ I was only eight at the time, I was taller than this tree. Was it going to grow ____6____ enough for my sons to climb? I had to see that! Well, a young boy’s attention（注意力）was drawn here and there easily, so the tree soon “got lost” among many ____7____ things in my inquisitive（好奇的）mind. ____8____ goes by quickly, and I now find ____9____ well beyond my father’s age when we planted that tree. I was always “too busy”, and _____10_____ have those sons who were to climb that tree. As a matter of fact, I’d seldom even thought of the tree in many years. Things have a strange way of coming about. I recently thought of the old neighborhood _____11_____ that tree came to mind. I wanted to see what had happened to it. The neighborhood had changed a lot over the years, but I had no trouble _____12_____ the old house and the tree. That redbud tree was much taller than my house and protected it like _____13_____ umbrella. Although it wasn’t there for “my boys” to climb, there was a swing（秋千）hanging from the big branch of the tree. As I drove away, that visit brought many things I’d forgotten over the years to my mind. But one thought impressed me _____14_____ . I realized I had spent _____15_____ time “being busy” in the course of my life. 1. A. planted B. plants C. was plant D. was planted 2. A. to B. in C. at D. from 3. A. make B. to make C. making D. made 4 A. climb B. climbed C. will climb D. have climbed 5. A. When B. Although C. Because D. If 6. A. tall B. taller C. tallest D. the tallest 7. A. other B. the other C. another D. others 8. A. Times B. Time C. A time D. Timing 9. A. myself B. me C. my D. mine 10. A. needn’t B. shouldn’t C. couldn’t D. mustn’t 11. A. or B