广东省广州市第十八中学2023-2024学年八年级上学期期中英语试题

2023学年上学期八年级英语学科期中检测试卷 本试卷共四大题，满分90分。考试时间100分钟。 注意事项： 1.答卷前，考生务必在答题卷上用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔填写自己的班级、姓名考号、学号。 2.必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题纸各题目指定区域的相应位置上；如需要改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案，改动的答案也不能超出指定的区域：不准使用铅笔、圆珠笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。 3.考生必须保持答题纸的整洁。 一、语法选择（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分） The giraffe is the tallest animal on land. Their interesting shapes attract ___1___ people to visit them. They have long necks and long thin legs. Their front legs are ___2___ than their back legs. Some of ___3___ can be more than five meters tall. They can run very fast﹣about 30 miles ___4___ hour. They are usually brown and yellow. Giraffes live ___5___ Africa. They ___6___ live up to 25 years in the wild. They spend most of the day ___7___. The leaves, flowers and fruit are their main food, and they also eat grass or ___8___ plants. To find food, they travel over a large area, ___9___ they don’t have a fixed（固定的） home. However, when a mother giraffe gives birth to babies, it often returns to ____10____ birthplace. It only gives birth to one baby every time, and the baby giraffe is cute and can be 1.8 meters in height. About 20 minutes after being born, the baby giraffe learns ____11____. Then it begins drinking ____12____ milk from its mother. A few hours later, it can run and has no difference with those who have been born for weeks. ____13____ amazing! The baby giraffe only ____14____ with its mother after it is born in the first two weeks. When it is strong enough, it ____15____ its mother and start a new life. 1. A. thousand B. thousands C. thousand of D. thousands of 2 A. long B. longer C. longest D. the longest 3. A. they B. their C. them D. theirs 4. A. a B. an C. the D. / 5. A. on B. at C. in D. to 6. A. can B. should C. must D. need 7. A. eating B. ate C. eat D. to eat 8. A. others B. another C. other D. the others 9. A. until B. but C. or D. so 10 A. it B. its C. itself D. it’s 11. A. to stand B. stand C. stands D. stood 12. A. little B. some C. few D. many 13. A. What a B. What an C. How D. How