精品解析：甘肃省兰州市第五十五中学2023-2024学年八年级下学期开学测试英语试题

2024年寒假作业检测卷 八年级英语 总分：100 分 用时：60 分钟 一、完型填空（共 10 小题∶每小题 1 分，满分 10 分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳答案。 Kate’s brother Danny ____1____ some New Year’s resolutions this year. ____2____, he is going to learn ____3____ the guitar. He is going to take the guitar lessons ____4____ practice every day. Next, he wants to get good ____5____. He is going to study ____6____ and he is going to do all his homework ____7____ he watches TV. Finally, he wants to learn ____8____ new language. He is going to buy some ____9____ CDs and practice _____10_____ at home every morning. 1. A. made B. make C. is make D. making 2. A. First B. Second C. Third D. Last 3. A. play B. playing C. to play D. plays 4. A. but B. or C. then D. and 5. A. lesson B. class C. grades D. record 6. A. harder B. worse C. more beautiful D. cooler 7. A. when B. as C. if D. before 8. A. an B. a C. the D. / 9. A. Japan B. English C. China D. America 10. A. they B. their C. them D. theirs 二、阅读理解（共 15 小题∶每小题 2 分，满分 30 分） 阅读下面三段材料，根据材料内容和要求，从题后选项中选择一个最佳答案。 A You may know the song Happy Birthday very well. But do you know about its writer? It was written by an American girl. And she became very rich after that. When she was a child, she was poor. Once, she was invited to her friend’s birthday party. She was pleased but sad because she didn’t have enough money to buy a gift for her. “The party is coming soon, but now I have little money.” Tears ran down her face. Later that night she was in bed, thinking about the gift when the door opened and her grandma came in. “What happened?” her grandma asked. Hearing the girl’s story, she said, “Don’t worry. I think I can help you. How about singing a song together? Happy birthday to…” What a beautiful song! They sang and sang. Suddenly she woke up. It was a dream! She decided to write it down at once and sing it to her friend at the party. When she sang the song at the party the next day, her friends were very happy. “How wonderfully you sing! I haven’t heard s