广东省广州市番禺区南村中学2022-2023学年八年级上学期期中考试英语试题

2022学年第一学期南村中学英语期中训练卷 英 语 试 题 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。 You may know the song Happy Birthday very well. But do you know about its writer? It was written by an __1__ girl. And she __2__ a very rich woman now. When she was a child，She was poor. Once her friend Joan __3__ her to a birthday party. She was very __4__ but sad because she didn’t have money __5__ a present for her. “The party is coming soon. But now I have __6__ money,” said her and tears ran down her face. Late that night, she was in bed, thinking about the presents when the door opened and came in her grandma. ” What happened?” her grandma asked. Hearing the girl’s story, she said, “Don’t __7__ . I think I can help you. How about __8__ a song together? Happy birthday to Joan.” __9__ beautiful the song was! They sang and sang. Suddenly, she woke up. Though it was a dream, she decided to write it down at once and sang it to __10__ friend at the party. __11___ she sang the song at the party the next day, people who attended the party were very happy. “You sing so __12___! I have never heard such a song before. Thank you __13___ giving me the special present,” said Joan. And they learnt to sing __14__song together. A few years __15__, the girl became well known in America. 1. A. America’s B. American’s C. America D. American 2. A. will become B. becomes C. became D. become 3. A. invite B. invites C. invited D. will invite 4. A. the happiest B. happiest C. happier D. happy 5. A. buy B. buying C. to buy D. bought 6. A. little B. a little C. few D. a few 7. A. worried B. worry C.to worry D. worrying 8. A. sing B. to sing C. singing D. sang 9. A. How B. What C. What a D. How a 10