内容正文:
2022—2023学年度(下)学期期中质量检测
八年级英语试卷
考试时间: 90分钟 试卷满分:90分
※考生注意:请在答题卡各题目规定答题区域作答,答在本试卷上无效。
★第一卷(选择题部分 共35分)
Ⅰ. 单项选择(共10小题,每小题1分,共10分)
从A、B、C、D中选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。
1. The ______ of the high-speed railway (高铁) makes it easier for people to travel around.
A. height B. importance C. role D. development
2. It’s ______ of you to give oranges to some of the children and not to the others.
A. unlucky B. unfair C. clever D. kind
3. I didn’t go to the cinema yesterday. ______, I went to the museum with my sister.
A. Instead B. Still C. Also D. Secondly
4. — Were you at home at 3:00 yesterday afternoon?
— Yes. I ______ computer games with my little brother at that time.
A. play B. played C. was playing D. am playing
5. ______ is very difficult for a three-year-old child to learn to play chess.
A. It B. This C. That D. He
6. — ______ you please order two tickets for the movie?
— Sure. I’ll order them online.
A. Must B. Could C. Need D. Should
7. — Remember to call me when you get to Mount Tai.
— OK. I’ll call you ______ I arrive there.
A. although B. so that C. as soon as D. because
8. My mother always asks me ______ my own decision.
A. make B. making C. to making D. to make
9. — The police ______ a plan to look for the lost boy.
— I hope they can find him soon.
A. came up with B. ran out of C. looked forward to D. got out of
10. — I didn’t pass the exam and I feel very sad.
— ______. I believe you can do well next time.
A. You are right B. You are kidding
C. I don’t think so D. It’s not a big deal
Ⅱ. 完型填空(共10小题,每小题1分,共10分)
阅读短文,掌握其大意,从A、B、C、D中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
One day, a man was walking in the street with her servant. They saw a beautiful 11 . The man liked it very much. So he went to the owner and asked him if he could buy it.
The owner said yes and sold the horse 12 a good price. When the man went back home, he asked his servant to take the saddle (马鞍) away. To t