广东省韶关市武江区广东北江实验学校2022-2023学年八年级上学期期末英语试题

广东北江实验学校 2022-2023学年度第一学期期末考试 八年级英语科试卷 说明：本试卷共六大题，考试时间为70分钟，满分90分。 一、语法选择(本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分) There was once a boy who was playing in a field with his friends. As they were playing, the boy saw a stone that looked interesting. It was different ___1___ the other ones. It was a little shining, but it was quite dirty. The boy picked it up and ___2___ to polish（擦亮）it. His friends laughed at ___3___ for this. They said, “Why are you polishing that dirty old stone? It isn’t worth（值得） ___4___ .” But every day, when they went out to play, the boy would bring the stone and polish it whenever they took a rest. Then one day, the boy left his home ___5___ with his friends as usual. When he showed them the stone, they were all ___6___. It was, in fact, not a stone at all. It was ___7___ beautiful diamond（钻石）. The boy had stayed up all night, polishing it until it was completely clean. ___8___ beautiful diamond it was! There will ___9___ many times in your life when people try to say something bad to you. They will tell you that you’re spending your time on something that is useless and you’d better stop doing it. But you will get something good ___10___ you don’t give up and keep doing what you think is right. 1. A. from B. between C. among D. with 2. A. decides B. decided C. decide D. has decided 3. A. himself B. his C. he D. him 4. A. nothing B. something C. anything D. everything 5. A. play B. to play C. playing D. played 6. A. surprise B. surprising C. surprised D. surprisedly 7. A. a B. an C. the D. / 8. A. What B. What a C. How D. What an 9. A. have B. has C. are D. be 10. A. if B. though C. and D. but 二、完形填空(本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分) 通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在各小题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。 Lillian Hanson, a college student, will graduate(毕业) in about two years. Mrs. Hanson is not ____11____ her classmates because of her age. She is 73 years old! After graduating from high school, Mrs. Hanson went to a ____12____ to borrow some money for further education. Unluckily, the banker didn’t agree