广东省佛山市顺德区大良顺峰初级中学2023-2024学年八年级上学期期中英语试卷

广东省佛山市顺德区大良顺峰中学2023-2024学年八年级上学期期中英语试卷（解析版） 一 语法选择 通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后按照句子结构的语法和上下文连贯的要求，从每题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，并将答题卡上对应题目所选的选项涂黑。 1．（10分）Stephen Hawking was a British scientist.Many people think he was one of the greatest scientists in the （1）　 　 century.In 2018，the world famous scientist （2）　 　 in Cambridge. Hawking is named the King of the Universe.He wrote books to help more people understand the universe much （3）　 　.A Brief History of Time is one of （4）　 　 popular books.He also spent plenty of time （5）　 　 black holes.And he thought that the universe started with the Big Bang and would end in black holes （6）　 　. Hawking lived a （7）　 　 life.When he studied at Oxford University，he became seriously ill.Without the help of machines，he was not able to speak or breathe.However（8）　 　 excellent scientist.At first，he was very nervous.But later he found that there were lots of things he wanted （9）　 　. Hawking's unusual experience shows an important lesson （10）　 　 us，we should not lose hope，no matter how bad the situation is. （1）A.twenties B.twentieth C.twenty （2）A.die B.dies C.died （3）A.well B.best C.better （4）A.he B.his C.him （5）A.to study B.studying C.studied （6）A.slowly B.slower C.slow （7）A.hard B.hardly C.harder （8）A.a B.an C.the （9）A.to do B.do C.doing （10）A.for B.with C.to 二 完形填空 通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案，并将答题卡上对应题目所选的选项涂黑。 2．（10分）Each of us makes mistakes from time to time.In fact，we can get a lot from our mistakes. Donnie was a （1）　 　 student and he never answered questions in class.He was afraid that he would （2）　 　.He never finished his homework because he didn't want to make any mistakes.Nothing changed until Mary，a teacher，came to our class. One morning，Mary asked David to answer some （3）　 　.After a while，he was in tears because he made a mistake.（4）　 　，Mary got a box filled with erasers from the desk. "Look，Donnie，"she said（5）　 　 you，"She took out the erasers，one at a time，Donnie？"she continued