精品解析：广东省广州市天河区华南师范大学附属中学2023-2024学年八年级上学期期中英语试题

2023-2024学年第一学期期中教学检测 初二年级英语 本试卷分选择题和非选择题两部分，共8页，满分90分，考试用时100分钟 注意事项： 1.答卷前，考生务必用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将自己的校名、姓名、考号、座位号等相关信息填写在答题卡指定区域内，并用2B铅笔填涂相关信息。 2.选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑；如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案；不能答在试卷上。 3.非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内的相应位置上；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。 4.考生必须保持答题卡的整洁。 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，并在答题卡上将该选项的编号涂黑。 The giraffe（长颈鹿）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 ___11___. About 20 minutes after being born, the baby giraffe learns to stand. Then it begins drinking ___12___ milk from its mother. A few hours later, it can run as ___13___ as those who have been born for weeks. ___14___ amazing! The baby giraffe only stays 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 of B. thousand C. thousands of D. thousands 2. A. long B. longer C. longest D. the longest 3. A. they B. them C. their D. theirs 4. A. a B. an C. the D. / 5. A. in B. at C. on D. to 6. A. need B. should C. must D. can 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. therefore D. so 10. A. it B. it’s