广东省广州市第四十一中学2021-2022学年八年级下学期期中考试英语试题

广州市第四十一中学2021学年第二学期期中考 八年级英语学科试题 班别______ 姓名______ 学号______ 一、语法选择(共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分) 【A】 Debbie and Simon are students. They have part-time jobs at a travel company. Simon can’t understand why customers always choose Debbie instead of ___1___. Mr Yang reminds him that the problem ___2___ be the way he communicates. He tells Simon about body language. Debble does it quite well: she holds her head up; she always smiles and looks ___3___. So customers go to her for help. But Simon looks down, never smiles, and doesn’t turn his head towards people. His gestures and expression don’t make a good impression ___4___ people. Then, Simon starts to sit up straight and tries ___5___ at people. 1. A. him B. he C. his D. himself 2. A. should B. must C. may D. need 3. A. friendliness B. friend C. friendly D. friendlily 4. A. to B. on C. with D. at 5. A. smiled B. smiles C. smile D. smiling 【B】 It’s not easy to be a driver, especially a taxi driver. As a taxi driver, you would ___6___ get tired and often stay up late driving. But such a boring job might bring you some surprises. Wu Jiaqi, a taxi driver in Wuhan, Hubei Province, ___7___ well-known to more and more Internet users since he began posting videos online to tell stories about his passengers. “Driving a taxi is a great chance to meet different kinds of people and hear their stories,” Wu said. Whenever taking tourists around Wuhan, he tells them stories about Wuhan and introduces some delicious local food to them. He loves being a taxi driver. For him, being a taxi driver can help him ___8___ the culture and history of his home town. After several trips, Wu ___9___ some short videos to tell the stories of his passengers. He posted the videos ____10____ the Internet. He also shared one of ____11____ experiences with us. “I once picked up an old grandma,” he said. According to her request (要求), Wu had to send her into her community. Usually a taxi would not enter a community ____12____ It’s hard to get out if it’