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2023-2024学年八年级下学期期中考试(广州专用)
英语
本试卷共四大题,满分90分。考试时间100分钟。
注意事项:
1. 答卷前,考生务必在答题卡上用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔填写自己的考生号、姓名、试室号、座位号,再用2B铅笔把对应这两个号码的标号涂黑。
2. 选择题每小题选出答案后,用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需要改动,用橡皮擦干净后,再选涂其他答案。不能答在试卷上。
3. 非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答,答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域的相应位置上;如需要改动,先划掉原来的答案,然后再写上新的答案,改动的答案也不能超出指定的区域;不准使用铅笔、圆珠笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。
4. 考生必须保持答题卡的整洁,考试结束,将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
一、语法选择(共15小题;每小题1分,满分15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1〜15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Once upon a time, there lived a tricky fox. He used to speak to 1 animals sweetly and gain their trust before playing tricks on them.
One day the fox met 2 easy-going stork on his way home. He acted 3 her good friend. He wanted to play a trick on the stork, so he asked her to have dinner with him later. The stork accepted the invitation 4 .
The day of the dinner came, and the stork went to the fox’s house with 5 . She thought it was a delicious feast. But to her surprise, there 6 only some soup in a plate! “Come and have a taste! 7 took me the whole afternoon to cook the soup.” The fox smiled. Because of her long beak, the stork had difficulty having the soup. But the fox licked the soup up in no time. After finishing the dinner, the fox asked the stork, “Does it taste 8 ?”
The hungry stork replied, “Oh, it is wonderful. Thanks for your dinner.” She added, “But I could only taste a little 9 I don’t feel well today. I can’t take any more!” The fox pretended to feel sorry for that. Then 10 later, the stork invited the fox to have dinner with 11 and went home.
The next day, the fox got to the stork’s house on time. On the table, some soup 12 and put in two narrow jars with long necks. This time, the stork found it easy to have the soup. However, the fox 13 taste it.
After dinner, the stork asked the fox, “How is the soup?” “I am sorry for what 14 , I feel ashamed of myself. I think I’d better 15 now.” the fox answered. Th