广东省广州市花都区2022-2023学年八年级下学期期中考试英语试卷

2022年花都区八年级第二学期期中测试卷 一、语法选择 An old man lived in a nice house with a large garden. He 1 care of his flowers all the time. One day a young man went past the garden. 2 at the beautiful flowers made him think, “How happy I would be 3 I could live in this beautiful place.” Then, suddenly he found the old gardener was blind. He was very 4 about this and asked, “You can't see these flowers. 5 are you busy taking care of them every day?” 6 old man smiled and said, “I can tell you 7 reasons. First, I was a gardener when I was young, and I really like this job. Second, 8 I can't see these flowers, I can touch them. Third,I can enjoy the nice smell 9 them. As to the last one, that's you.” “Me？But you don't know me,”said the young man. “Yeah, it's true that I don't know you. But flowers are angels（天使）to everyone. Happiness 10 by beautiful flowers. We all 11 that.” The blind man's work opened our eyes and pleased our hearts. It also made his life happier and 12 . It was just like Beethoven. He became deaf 13 his later life and wrote many great musical works. Beethoven 14 couldn't hear his wonderful music, but his music has taught millions of people 15 their difficulties bravely. Isn't it one kind of happiness? 1.A.take B.takes C.is taking D.took 2.A.Look B.Looking C.Looks D.Looked 3.A.if B.because C.when D.until 4.A.surprise B.surprised C.surprising D.surprisingly 5.A.When B.What C. Why D.Which 6.A.A B.An C.The D./ 7.A.some B.any C.few D.little 8.A.and B.so C.but D.though 9.A.with B.of C.for D.about 10.A.brings B.brought C.is brought D.are brought 11.A.enjoy B.enjoyed C.have enjoyed D.are enjoyed 12.A.easy B.easier C.easiest D.the easiest 13.A.in B.at C.on D.to 14.A.him B.his C.himself D.he 15.A.face B.facing C.faced D.to face 二、完形填空（共 10 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 10 分） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从 16-25 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。 When a large woman took the seat beside me on a plane, I felt