精品解析：广东省广州市花都区2023-2024学年八年级上学期期末英语试题

广东省广州市花都区2023-2024学年八年级上学期期末英语试卷（解析版） 一、语言知识及运用（共三节, 满分 25 分）第一节 语音知识（5小题, 重读和语调每小题5分, 意群1分, 共5分） 请默读以下小语篇，完成相应任务: Before the invention of the light bulb, people had to use oil lamps, gas lamps or candles to see at night. With light bulbs, people can do as many things in the evenings as they can in the daytime. Can you imagine living without them? 1. 用“'”在文中划线单词invention和candles标记重音。 ________；________ 2. 分别用“↑”、“↓”在第二句和第三句的句末标记升降调 (语调)。 ________；________ 3. 用“/”把标下划线的句子划分成三个意群。 ____________________________________________________ 第二节 语法选择（满分 10分）阅读下面短文, 按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求, 从所给的 A、B、C 和 D 项中选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 On 8 February, 2005, Ellen MacArthur arrived back in England after sailing around the world. She was ____4____ person to sail around the world alone. It took her 71 days, 14 hours, 18 minutes and 35 seconds ____5____ the journey. To make the journey shorter, she kept ____6____ without any stop on land. She was just 28 years old then. Around 8,000 people were waiting at the harbour to say congratulations to her when she finished her amazing journey. She left England on 28 November 2004, and travelled around 43 countries. “I ____7____ a long time preparing both my body and my mind for it since I decided to do it,” said Ellen MacArthur before she started her long journey. During the journey, she only let herself sleep for ____8____ minutes every time. That’s because she had to make sure that ____9____ bad was happening to the boat. As she didn’t have any ____10____ people to talk to, the 71 days must have been very lonely (孤独的). She had ____11____ small cooker to heat the cold meals. She had to sail ____12____ to keep safe. She faced dangerous storms from time to time, but she never thought of giving up. Ellen is now famous all over the world. Her story shows us that you may not succeed ____13____ you face challenges bravely and never give up. 4. A. quick B. quicker C. the quickest D. quickest 5. A. finish B. to finish C. finishing D. finished 6. A goin