湖南省衡阳市南岳区实验中学2022-2023学年八年级下学期4月期中英语试题

2023年上学期期中教学质量检测试题 八年级 英语试卷 总分：100分 时量：90分钟 第一部分 阅读技能（70分） Ⅰ.完形填空。（10分） People 1 the world have different 2 habits. In North America, Australia and Europe, there are two or more 3 for every meal and people use knives and forks 4 . In the southern part of China, people eat rice a lot, 5 in the north people often eat noodles. In the central and 6 parts, people are far away 7 the sea, so they don’t eat much seafood. But all Chinese people use chopsticks to eat. In parts of India, people use their fingers to 8 the food. In Thailand, people eat with a spoon and a fork and they don’t use knives 9 . In Korea, people use spoons or chopsticks to eat , but it is not polite to use 10 them at the same time. ( )1. A. on B. to C. around ( )2. A. to eat B. eat C. eating ( )3. A. course B. dish C. courses ( )4. A. to eat B. eat C. eating ( )5. A. so B.while C. because ( )6. A. west B. western C. east ( )7. A. in B. on C.from ( )8. A. pick B. pick up C. up ( )9. A. at B. at all C. all ( )10. A. both B. both of C. of Ⅱ.阅读理解（60分） (A) A man has a cat. He likes her very much. At mealtime（进餐时间） the cat sits at the table with him. The man eats with a knife and a fork, but the cat eats from her plate. Sometimes, when she finishes her dish, her master（主人） will give her a bit of (一点)his food. He shares his meal with her. One day the cat is not at the table at mealtime. “Ah! Where is my cat?” asks the man..His wife says, “Can’t you eat without her?” So the meal begins without the cat. Before lunch is over, the cat rushes into the room and jumps into the chair quickly. She has two mice in her mouth, and before anyone can stop her, she drops(扔下) one into her own plate, and the other into her master’s plate. “Dear me!” cries the woman, “A mouse is in your plate!” “Hush(安静)!” says her husband. “