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2023-2024学年八年级下学期开学考试(泰州卷)
英语
注意事项:
1.本试卷分第一部分选择题和第二部分非选择题,满分120分;时间100分钟;
2.答题前,考生务必将自己的学校、姓名、班级、考场号、考试号、座位号用0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔填写在答题卡相对应的位置上,并用2B铅笔认真正确填涂考试证号下方的数字;
3.答选择题时必须用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑.如需改动,请用橡皮擦干净后,再选涂其他答案;答非选择题必须用0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔写在答题卡指定的位置上,不在答题区域内的答案一律无效,不得用其他笔答题;
4.考生答题必须答在答题卡上,答在试卷和草稿纸上一律无效.
一、单项选择 从下列每题所给的四个选项中, 选择一个最佳答案。 (共10小题;每小题1分, 满分10分)
1.July 1st is ________ birthday of the Communist Party of China (CPC).
A.an B.a C.the D./
2.—How about going to Suzhou Museum tomorrow?
—I’d like to, but I ________ not be free.
A.would B.may C.must D.need
3.________ China’s big plane C919 completed all its tests in 2022, I hope to travel on it soon.
A.Since B.Before C.When D.While
4.In China, people drive on the right. It’s different from ________ in the UK.
A.it B.this C.that D.those
5.—It was Grandma’s call. Why didn’t you answer it?
— Sorry, Dad. I ________ my bicycle in the garden.
A.am repairing B.was repairing C.repair D.repaired
6.I have less free time than John, hut Nancy has more free time than John. Among the three of us, I have the ________ free time.
A.less B.least C.more D.most
7.“Flying so high right up in the sky, Looking at all the clouds pass ________. Faster than bicycle, car or train, The fastest of all is an aeroplane!”
Which of the following words is the best for the little poem?
A.away B.off C.through D.by
8.—Did you catch the sparrow?
—No. As soon as the bird saw me, it ________ its wings quickly and flew away.
A.beat B.hit C.crashed D.blew
9.The sentence structure of “Eddie is watching Hobo work.” is ________.
A.S+V+O B.S+V+P C.S+V+IO+DO D.S+V+DO+OC
10.—Do you still remember the science lesson from China’s Tiangong space station last year?
—________ It was so amazing that I will never forget it.
A.Not exactly. B.Certainly not. C.Of course. D.I hope so.
二、完形填空(共15小题;每小题1分, 满分15分)
阅读短文,从每题所给选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
It was a cold, dark, November morning several years ago. My alarm clock had just gone off but I was having 11 getting out of bed.