云南省曲靖市2023-2024学年八年级上学期期末考试英语试题

绝密★启用前 曲靖市 2023-2024学年秋季学期期末考试 八年级英语试题卷 （试卷分第Ⅰ卷和第Ⅱ卷，共8页。满分70分，考试用时120分钟） 注意事项： 1.本卷为试题卷。考生必须在答题卡上解题作答。答案应书写在答题卡的相应位置上，在试题卷、草稿纸上作答无效。 2.考试结束后，将试题卷和答题卡一并交回。 第Ⅰ卷 选择题（满分50分） 第一部分 英语知识运用（共二节，满分20分） 第一节 单项填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分） 从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并将所选答案涂到答题卡的相应位置上。 1. This kind of dance was very popular in ________ 2010s. A. a B. an C. the D. / 2. After my grandfather took up his new ________, he enjoyed his life better than before. A. result B. reason C. resolution D. hobby 3. —________ do you think of the movie last night? —Fantastic! I was deeply moved. A. Which B. What C. How D. Why 4. Linda is similar to her father, but she is quite different ________ her mother. A. with B. to C. from D. for 5. If we ________ find a better way, we’ll finish the work on time. A. must B. can C. should D. would 6. Bill is ________ Sue. He can always think up a better idea. A. smarter than B. less smart than C. as smart as D. not as smart as 7. Mark decided ________ some delicious Chinese food for dinner. A. trying B. try C. tried D. to try 8 — You can ________ the key points in your notebook if you can’t remember well. — OK, thank you. A. write down B. cut down C. fall down D. turn down 9. —I don’t know how I can become a writer. —Don’t worry. As long as you keep writing, you ________ closer to your dream. A. are B. were C. will be D. was 10. ________ it is hard for me, I still expect to do the job. A. As B. Because C. If D. Although 第二节 完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分） 从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并将所选答案涂到答题卡的相应位置上。 Last Wednesday, our teacher Mr. White held up an apple. First he stood on the platform (讲台) and said, “Please smell (闻) it ____11____ the air, and…” One of my classmates Alice put up her hand and said ____12____, “I can smell it. It is the smell of an apple.” She is always the top student in my class. My teacher said ____13____ and he just walked down from the platform, went by each of us and said, “Smell again to see if the smell of the ____14____ is still in