精品解析：安徽省合肥市第四十五中学2023-2024学年八年级上学期期中考试英语试题

2023-2024学年八年级上学期期中考试 英 语 注意事项： 1. 全卷满分100分。考试时间为100分钟。试题包含选择题和非选择题。考生答题全部答在答题卡上，答在本试卷上无效。 2. 请认真核对监考教师在答题卡上所粘贴条形码的姓名、考试证号是否与本人相符合，再将自己的姓名、考试证号用0. 5毫米黑色墨水签字笔填写在答题卡及本试卷上。 3. 答选择题必须用2B铅笔将答题卡上对应的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，请用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案。答非选择题必须用0. 5毫米黑色墨水签字笔写在答题卡的指定位置，在其他位置答题一律无效。 一、单项选择（本题共15小题；每题1分，满分15分） 在下列各题A、B、C、D四个选项中选择一个能填入题干空白处的最佳答案。 1. The city is on ________ River Thames and has ________ population of about 7,500,000. A. a; the B. a; an C. the; an D. the; a 2. Can you give me ________ on it? A. some pieces of advices B. any piece of advices C. any pieces of advice D. some pieces of advice 3. —The air pollution is a big problem in our city. —I agree. If there are ________ people driving, there will be ________ pollution. A. fewer; fewer B. less; less C. less; fewer D. fewer; less 4. Canada is the second ________ country in the world, and it’s ________ than any country in Asia. A. larger; larger B. larger; largest C. largest; larger D. largest; largest 5 Everyone in my class except Tom and Mary ________ to Beijing twice. A. have be B. have gone C. has been D. has gone 6. This is a new word. Please ________. A. write down it B. write it down C. write down them D. writing it down 7. Kelly White loves all sports, ________ skating. A. gradually B. seriously C. especially D. terribly 8. We work every day ________ Sunday, so we can go shopping on Sunday. A. but B. except C. except for D. besides 9. -- Mr. Wang, I have trouble ________ the text. Could you help me? -- Certainly. First, remember _________ it three times at least. Then, I will tell you more. A. to understand; reading B. understanding; reading C. understanding; to read D. to understand; to read 10. It ________ him half an hour to go to school every day. A. takes B. pays C. costs D. spends 11. I often hear the little girl ________ the piano in the next room. A. practicing playing B. practice to play C. practice playing D. practicing to play 12. We all arrive as early as we can ________ we have time to warm up.