精品解析：广东省茂名市高州市2023-2024学年八年级上学期期末英语试题

高州市2023—2024学年度第一学期期末教学质量监测 八年级英语试卷 注意事项：所有答案必须填写到答题卡相应的位置上 一、语法选择。（本题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分） 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。 As a foreigner, the first time I ate hot pot (火锅) was in Chongqing, China. The hot pot restaurant was one of ___1___ and busiest places for meals in the city. In the restaurant, ___2___ people were crowded into one large room. My friend and I sat at a table with a large pot in the middle. It was ___3___ amazing experience. I really couldn’t forget it. We were talking while we ___4___ at that time. Today, the hot pot is one of the most popular ___5___ of cooking in China, and nearly every town and city has some hot pot restaurants. Some people might ask how hot pot becomes so popular. ___6___ a hot pot, you can put in any food that you like. The same pot can serve any number of different meals to the people sitting around the table ___7___. Everyone can eat as much as they want and no one is left out. This is one of the values of Chinese culture. Finally, not only does hot pot taste wonderful, but it is the perfect way ___8___ time with others. In China, people often joke (开玩笑) that there’s no problem that a hot pot can’t solve. Over a hot pot, people can talk about not just food, but friendship. People may soon forget the food, but the friendship ___9___ with us forever. Even today, I remember all the good times I spent with ___10___ friends in Chongqing. How happy we were! 1. A. larger B. largest C. the largest 2. A. hundred B. hundred of C. hundreds of 3. A. a B. an C. the 4. A. eat B. ate C. were eating 5. A. way B. ways C. way’s 6. A. For B. To C. With 7. A. happy B. happily C. happiness 8. A. spent B. spend C. to spend 9. A. stayed B. will stay C. are staying 10 A. my B. me C. mine 二、完形填空（本大题有10小题，每小题1分，共10分） 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，并将答题卡对应题目所选的选项涂黑。 13-year-old Jim was always asking his parents for an iPhone. So on his birthday morning he was very ____11____ to find one on his desk.