精品解析：广东省中山市教学共进联盟2023-2024学年八年级上学期期中英语试题

八年级期中英语练习卷 一、语法选择（本题共10小题，每题1分，共10分） Elliot Tanner lives in Minneapolis. He is ___1___ 13-year-old boy. Now, he ___2___ physics at he University of Minnesota. ___3___ amazing thing it is! “Many students were surprised to see me at first, ___4___ I was too young to go to university. It became a usual thing ___5___,” Elliot said. Elliot’s mom said, “Elliot started reading ___6___ the age of 3. He spent two years ___7___ high school lessons when he was 9.” “Some people say that he doesn’t get to be a kid, or that he grows up too fast,” she added. “He is still a kid. The only difference is that he goes to school in a ___8___ building.” A few months ago, Elliot went into the University of Minnesota’s Physics PhD program. The program takes about five to six ___9___. When he completes the program, he hopes to work in a school. “____10____ dream is to become a teacher,” he said. “I’ll feel happy if I spread（传播）some of this joy of physics to others.” 1. A a B. an C. the 2. A. studies B. studied C. will study 3. A. How B. What a C. What an 4. A. but B. because C. so 5. A. slow B. slowly C. slowness 6. A. at B. in C. on 7. A. finish B. to finish C. finishing 8. A. different B. more different C. most different 9. A. year B. years C. year’s 10. A. I B. Me C. My 二. 完形填空（本题共10小题，每题1分，共10分） In the United States, there is a 19-year-old boy called George Dennehy. ____11____ George is armless, he doesn’t let that stop him from pursuing (追求) his dream and sharing his passion (热情) with the world. Born without arms, the young boy was abandoned (遗弃) by his parents. Luckily, a warm-hearted couple adopted (收养) him and ____12____ him. However, his new parents never allowed him to use his disability as an excuse to be ____13____. When George was eight, they ____14____ him to sign up for cello (大提琴) lessons. The instrument is ____15____ to play even for people who have their hands, so it was even more challenging for George, who had to learn to play it with his feet. Thanks to