内容正文:
2022—2023学年度(下)学期期中质量检测
八年级英语试卷
考试时间: 90分钟 试卷满分:90分
※考生注意:请在答题卡各题目规定答题区域作答,答在本试卷上无效。
★第一卷(选择题部分 共35分)
Ⅰ. 单项选择(共10小题,每小题1分,共10分)
从A、B、C、D中选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。
1. The ______ of the high-speed railway (高铁) makes it easier for people to travel around.
A. height B. importance C. role D. development
2. It’s ______ of you to give oranges to some of the children and not to the others.
A. unlucky B. unfair C. clever D. kind
3. I didn’t go to the cinema yesterday. ________, I went to the museum with my sister.
A. Instead B. Still C. Also D. Secondly
4. —Were you at home at 3:00 yesterday afternoon?
—Yes. I ______ computer games with my little brother at that time.
A. play B. played C. was playing D. am playing
5. ______ is very difficult for a three-year-old child to learn to play chess.
A. It B. This C. That D. He
6. —______ you please order two tickets for the movie?
—Sure. I’ll order them online.
A. Must B. Could C. Need D. Should
7. —Remember to call me when you get to Mount Tai.
—OK. I’ll call you ______ I arrive there.
A. although B. so that C. as soon as D. because
8. My mother always asks me ______ my own decision.
A. make B. making C. to making D. to make
9. —The police ________ a plan to look for the lost boy.
—I hope they can find him soon.
A. came up with B. ran out of C. looked forward to D. got out of
10. —I didn’t pass the exam and I feel very sad.
—______. I believe you can do well next time.
A. You are right B. You are kidding
C. I don’t think so D. It’s not a big deal
Ⅱ. 完型填空(共10小题,每小题1分,共10分)
阅读短文,掌握其大意,从A、B、C、D中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
One day, a man was walking in the street with her servant. They saw a beautiful ____11____. The man liked it very much. So he went to the owner and asked him if he could buy it.
The owner said yes and sold the horse ____12____ a good price. When the man went back home, he asked his servant to take the saddle (马鞍) away. To their ____13____, there was a small bag under the saddle. ____14____ the servant opened the bag,