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2022-2023学年八年级下学期期末考试(广州专用)
英语
本试卷共四大题,满分90分。考试时间100分钟。
注意事项:
1. 答卷前,考生务必在答题卡上用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔填写自己的考生号、姓名、试室号、座位号,再用2B铅笔把对应这两个号码的标号涂黑。
2. 选择题每小题选出答案后,用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需要改动,用橡皮擦干净后,再选涂其他答案。不能答在试卷上。
3. 非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答,答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域的相应位置上;如需要改动,先划掉原来的答案,然后再写上新的答案,改动的答案也不能超出指定的区域;不准使用铅笔、圆珠笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。
4. 考生必须保持答题卡的整洁,考试结束,将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
一、语法选择(共15小题;每小题1分,满分15分)
阅读下面短文,按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求,从1〜15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。
The world’s population is still going up and scientists are ___1___ that there will not be enough food for everybody in the middle of this century. One plant from Madagascar, the Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi, may ___2___. It absorbs (吸收) carbon dioxide (二氧化碳) at night and it needs 10 times ___3___ water than corn and similar plants. This means it can grow in the desert.
It is dangerous ___4___ this plant, but scientists can study two things: ___5___ it absorbs carbon dioxide at night when ___6___ plants only do this ___7___ the day, and why it is so good at living in the desert. There will be less land for growing food in the future. Deserts are growing as Earth’s climate gets warmer. ___8___ food in deserts will be more and more important.
There are two ___9___ directions for further research. _____10_____ growing a desert plant to eat will be difficult, it isn’t impossible. One way is to use the genes (基因) from this plant and put _____11_____ into plants we eat, like beans or cereals.
The other direction is to grow this type of plant for fuel (燃料). _____12_____ the moment, people are asking why good land _____13_____ to grow plants for fuel and not for food. If we use desert land, we _____14_____ this problem in a way.
The world’s climate is changing and the population is still increasing, but one strange plant could be ___15__ answer to our future food or energy needs.
1.A.worry B.worries C.worried D.to worry
2.A.helps B.help C.helping D.helped
3.A.least B.little C.less D.the least
4.A.to eat B.eating C.eat D.ate
5.A.what B.when C.