广东省东莞市松山湖中学2021-2022学年八年级上学期期中英语试题

2021-2022学年度第一学期期中考试 八年级英语试卷 考试时间：75分钟 分值：90分 （出卷人：任国平 审卷人：张娟娟） 一、语法选择（共10小题，每小题1分，共10分） Once upon a time there was a poor farmer. He dreamed of ____1____ rich every day. One day, when the man was working on the farm with his wife, ____2____ leaf fell on his head. “I am going to be rich!” the man said. His wife couldn’t understand. “The leaf is green. It can help the mantis (螳螂) to catch insects ____3____ the insects can’t see him!” “So ____4____ can that make you rich?” his wife said. “I ____5____ the leaf. Then nobody can see me too!” the man answered excitedly. A few days ____6____, the man found a leaf beside a mantis. He was so happy that he held up the leaf in front of his eyes. “Can you see me?” he asked. This time, his wife was so angry that she didn’t tell the ____7____. Instead, she said, “Oh! Where are you? I can’t see you at all.” The man was excited ____8____ ran to the market at once. He held the green leaf in front of his eyes. Then he took some buns and walked away ____9____. Suddenly, the shop keeper shouted, “Stop! Thief!” Finally, the police officer caught him and listened to his story. He thought the farmer was one of ____10____ men in the world! He looked at the farmer sadly and said, “A leaf before your eyes makes you blind to Mount Tai!” 1. A. become B. became C. becoming D. to become 2. A. a B. an C. the D. / 3. A. unless B. because C. if D. whether 4. A. what B. why C. how D. when 5. A. found B. will find C. finds D. is found 6. A. late B. lately C. latest D. later 7. A. true B. truly C. trust D. truth 8. A. but B. so C. and D. or 9. A. happy B. happily C. happiness D. unhappy 10. A. foolish B. more foolish C. most foolish D. the most foolish 二、完型填空（共10小题，每小题1分，共10分） A young woman in her 20s was sitting on the train, next to her mother. They both looked tired ___11___ excited. The young woman was looking out of the train’s window. Suddenly, she shouted: “Mom, look! The trees are behind us!” Her voice was so ___12___ that ever