广东省东莞市东城街道2023-2024学年八年级上学期期末考试英语试题

2023-2024学年度第一学期期末教学质量检测 八年级英语科 一、语法选择（本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分） 请通读下面短文，掌握其大意，根据语法和上下文连贯的要求，从每小题所给的三 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。 Paul Duriet也isa76-year-old social studies(社会学)teacher from the US.On September 1.he set a Guinness World Record for the world's 1 teaching career().He has been teaching for 53 years-since he was 23 years old. When Paul was just 11 years old,he told his parents:"I2 a social studies teacher in the future."Social studies is 3 study of history,and how people,countries and cultures are connected().He decided to be a social studies teacher 4 his love of history.He became 5 in history after hearing stories from his father,who fought in World War II. He tried to teach6 world history by reading quite a few books. Paul got his 7 teaching job at Woodland Middle School in Gurnee,Illinois in 1970. Ever since then,he's been teaching social studies at the same school.He says he enjoys8 his knowledge of history with students."Teaching is 9 boring,"he says."Every day is different." Things have changed a lot since he began all those years ago.When he started,he wrote 10 a blackboard with chalk,and the students used paper textbooks.These days,he and the students use computers and digital whiteboards. 1.A.long B.longer C.longest 2.A.am going to be B.am C.was 3.A.a B.an C.the 4.A.so that B.even if C.because of 5.A.interest B.interested C.interesting 6.A.himself B.his C.he 7.A.one B.first C.second 8.A.share B.sharing C.to share 9.A.always B.sometimes C.never 10.A.on B.in C.at 第八年级英语1页共8页 二、完形填空（本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分） 请通读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每小题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，井 将答题卡上对应题目所选的选项涂黑。 David worked in a bank and he made a lot of money.He wanted to show his how poor people can be.Soone day,he took his young son onatrip to the countryside.They 12 a day and night in the farm of a very poor family. When they got back from their trip.David asked his son,"how was the trip?" "Very good,dad."his son replied 13,with a smile on his face. "Did you see how poor people can be?"David asked.