期中培优试题一（广东卷） 2023～2024学年人教版英语八年级下册

2023—2024新目标八年级英语下册期中培优试题一（广东卷） 一、语法选择(本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分) 请通读下面短文，掌握其大意，根据语法和上下文连贯的要求，从每题所给的三个选项中选出一个最 佳答案，并将答案填写在相应位置上。 A cowboy rode into a town and stopped at a cafe for a drink.When he finished his drink,he　1　his horse was stolen (偷窃) .He went back into　2　cafe,held his gun up into the air and fired a shot ( 开 枪 ) even without　3　.“Which one of you stole my horse?”he shouted　4　,but 5 answered.“Alright,”the cowboy said,"I'm going to have　6　beer,and if my horse isn't back outside by the time I finish,I'm going to do what I did　7　Texas!And I don't like to have to do it." Some of the people in the town were very　8　.After the cowboy had one more beer,　9　walked outside.His horse was back!He got on his horse and started to ride off. The waiter went out of the cafe in a hurry and asked,"Tell us10 you go,what happened in Texas?” The cowboy turned back and said,“I had to walk home.” (　　　)1.A.finds B.found C.has found (　　　)2.A.a B.an C.the (　　　)3.A.look B.looking C.looked (　　　)4.A.loud B.loudly C.louder (　　　)5.A.Nobody B.Anybody C.Everybody (　　　)6.A.other B.the other C.another (　　　)7.A.at B.on C.in (　　　)8.A.scared B.scary C.scare (　　　)9.A.he B.him C.his (　　　)10.A.after B.before C.until 二、完形填空(共10小题，每小题1分，共10分) 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出一个最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 Once upon a time, there was a little candle standing in a room filled with candles. Most of other candles were much ____11____ and more beautiful than her. She had no idea why she was there, and the other candles made her feel quite ____12____ and not important. She wanted to ____13____ right away. When the sun went down and the room began to get ____14____, she ____15____ a man walking toward her with a box of matches. She thought that the man was going to set her on fire. “No, no!” she cried. “Don’t ____16____ me, please!” But she knew that she could not be heard, so she got prepared for the pain that would surely follow. To her surprise, the room was full of ____17____. She wondered where the light cam