精品解析：北京市东城区2023-2024学年八年级上学期期末英语试题

东城区2023—2024学年度第一学期期末统一检测 初二英语 2024.1 考生须知 1.本试卷共10页，共两部分，六道大题，38道小题，满分60分，考试时间90分钟。 2.在试卷和答题卡上准确填写学校、班级、姓名和教育ID号。 3.试题答案一律填涂或书写在答题卡上，在试卷上作答无效。 4.在答题卡上，选择题用2B铅笔作答，其他试题用黑色字迹签字笔作答。 5.考试结束后，请将答题卡交回。 第一部分 本部分共28题，共36分。在每题列出的四个选项中，选出最符合题目要求的一项。 一、单项填空（每题0.5分，共4分） 从下面各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 1. It’s my birthday today. My brother gave _________ a new storybook. A. her B. him C. you D. me 2. Some animals are in danger, ________ we need to do a lot to save them. A. or B. but C. so D. for 3. The building is not safe. You _________ stay away from it. A. can B. must C. need D. may 4. —_________ do you go to school, Mary? —My home is near school, so I ride a bike. A. How B. When C. Where D. Why 5. Playing tennis is _________ than watching matches on TV. A. exciting B. more exciting C. most exciting D. the most exciting 6. The students _________ when the teacher came into the classroom. A. are talking B. talk C. talked D. were talking 7. Sally is very fit. She _________ running in the park every day. A. goes B. is going C. went D. will go 8. My brother and I _________ our grandparents last weekend. A. visit B. will visit C. visited D. are visiting 二、完形填空（每题1分，共8分） 阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。 The All-City Maths Contest (竞赛) would be in two weeks. It was open to fifth and sixth graders. But Wilson, a fourth grader, would like to join in it. He decided to speak to his ___9___. “Ms. Jones?” he began. “I want to enter the maths contest.” “That’s wonderful, Wilson, but this contest is for fifth and sixth graders only,” Ms. Jones said. “Besides, it will be too difficult for you.” “But you know I’m good at maths!” Wilson said. “I always do maths problems with my brother—and he’s in sixth grade!” “You are a very good maths student, Wilson, but rules (规则) are rules.” Wilson was ____10____. When he came home, he told his mom about the contest. “It’s just not reasonable (合理的), Mom,” he complained. “I know I could do well on it. Why won’t they let me?” “Someti