四川省绵阳市涪城区2022-2023学年八年级上学期11月期中英语试题

2022-2023学年八年级（上）期中教学质量监测试卷 英语 一．完形填空（共30分） 1．Cars are very popular in America． When kids are fourteen years old， most of them dream of having their own （1）　 　． Many students do part﹣time jobs after school to （2）　 　 a car． In most places young people began （3）　 　to drive in high school． They have to（4）　 　 a driving test to get a license（执照）． Learning to drive and getting a driver's license may be the most （5）　 　things in their lives． Americans seem to love their cars （6）　 　than anything else． They would like（7）　 　their cars to a "hospital" even because of a small problem． At weekends， people （8）　 　most of their time washing and waxing（打蜡）their cars． For some families， one car is not enough． They often have two （9）　 　even three． Husbands need cars to go to work． Housewives need cars to go shopping or to take the children to school or （10）　 　 activities． （1）A． cars B． computers C． bikes D． houses （2）A． borrow B． buy C． lend D． sell （3）A． learn B． learned C． learnt D． to learn （4）A． make B． spend C． pass D． keep （5）A． angry B． exciting C． boring D． active （6）A． more B． much C． less D． few （7）A． take B． make C． to make D． to take （8）A． cost B． finish C． spend D． pay （9）A． and B． or C． so D． but （10）A． other B． another C． others D． the other 2．To many Sichuanese，a hot pot can solve almost any problem. I was born and grew up in Sichuan.Hot pot is a（n）（1）　 　part of my life.We usually eat hot pot in some big celebrations.（2）　 　 ，after I came to the UK，I found that it took more than 100 yuan per person to have hot pot in town.And the local people knew nothing about hot pot. So I（3）　 　 an idea，which was to invite some foreign friends to a hot pot dinner.I wanted to introduce（介绍）the Chinese（4）　 　to them，such as Sichuan people's love for spicy food，and Chinese table manners（餐桌礼仪）.It also gave me a chance（机会） to make（5）　 　 friends. I first cooked a hot pot dinner for my best friend Gina，a Ger