2022-2023学年广东省广州市越秀区育才实验中学八年级下学期期中英语试卷

2022-2023学年广东省广州市越秀区育才实验中学八年级（下）期中英语试卷 1. Some students offered__________ the classroom after school.（　　） A. clean B. to clean C. cleaning D. to cleaning 2. We must work hard __________ a better life.（　　） A. live B. living C. to living D. to live 3. My teacher often reminds me__________ the importance of study.（　　） A. to B. about C. from D. for 4. Remember __________the newspaper when you finish__________ it.（　　） A. putting away；to read B. to put away；to read C. to put away；reading D. putting away；reading 5. _______he is only a five-year-old child，he can play the piano well.（　　） A. But B. Unless C. Because D. Although 6. He closed the door to stop his dog out.（　　） A. from go B. from going C. to go D. of going 7. Two pandas__________ to the United Kingdom in 2011.（　　） A. sent B. were sent C. were sending D. had sent 8. Everything__________ fine with us in the first three days but later something went wrong.（　　） A. is B. are C. was D. were 9. Your homework should__________ at once.（　　） A. do B. to do C. be done D. to be done 10. —You look so sad.__________ ？ —My car was stolen this morning.（　　） A. How are you B. What's the matter C. Are you sure D. Can you help me Once upon a time，there was a little bird.He （1） ______ to rebel（反叛） against tradition.When it was time to fly south for the winter，he wanted to do （2） ______ different.He decided not to fly south.He stayed behind instead.All（3） ______ birds flew south for the warmer weather.The rebellious（叛逆的） bird （4） ______ alone. Of course，the rebellious bird soon realized that he had made a terrible mistake.Winter came and it became very cold，so he decided to catch up （5） ______ the other birds. He started flying，but he didn't fly very far.The cold north wind began to freeze（6） ______ wings.He had to stop flying.Suddenly，he fell down，down，down...He fell straight down from the sky，through （7） ______ open barn（畜棚） and directly into a fresh pile of cow dung（粪便）. The cow dung was smelly，（8） ______ it was warm