精品解析：广东省广州市天河区第十八中学2022-2023学年八年级上学期期中考试英语试题

2022学年第一学期 八年级英语期中检测试卷 第一节：语法选择（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分） When you use ___1___ computer, do you think about the mouse? With the mouse, using computers becomes so much ___2___ than before. It has a history of nearly 50 years. In 1963, Douglas Engelbart ___3___ a prototype (原型) mouse. ___4___ April 27, 1981, the first computer system with a mouse appeared. This ___5___ an important part in the computer world even today. The ___6___ of the mouse was the beginning of a new age. Before the mouse, computer users had to use difficult tools and systems ___7___ with their computers. Some say the touch screen (触屏) iPad will mean the end of the mouse, ___8___ others believe the mouse will be still around for a while longer. “You can learn it as ___9___ as a piece of cake. And you don’t need to keep your eyes _____10_____ the screen to use it. These are the reasons for _____11_____ long life,” says Ken Perlin, a professor at New York University. Now scientists _____12_____ on adding new things to the mouse. Recently, they made “soft mouse”, a special mouse made of soft plastic. _____13_____ it feels like touching a cat, so some computer users have started calling it a “cat”. There _____14_____ an Internet saying now: “One day the ‘cat’ may _____15_____ the ‘mouse’.” 1. A. a B. an C. the D. / 2. A. conveniently B. more convenient C. most convenient D. convenient 3. A. invent B. invents C. inventing D. invented 4. A. On B. At C. In D. For 5. A. play B. plays C. played D. playing 6. A. invent B. inventor C. invention D. inventing 7. A. connect B. to connect C. connecting D. connected 8. A. and B. so C. but D. / 9. A. easy B. easily C. easier D. the easiest 10. A. from B. by C. on D. off 11. A. it B. its C. it’s D. / 12. A. work B. works C. are working D. working 13. A. Use B. Used C. To use D. Using 14. A. be B. have C. is D. has 15. A. eat B. eats C. ate D. eating 第二节 完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分） Robots seem new to most people. ____16____, they have a long history. The first one was