精品解析：广东省珠海市香洲区珠海市第九中学2023-2024学年八年级下学期期中英语试题

2023—2024学年度第二学期 八年级期中教学质量检测试卷（英语） 说明： 1. 全卷共有7页。满分为90分，考试用时70分钟； 2. 全部答案一律写在答题卡上。考试结束时，上交答题卡。 一、语法选择（本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分） 通读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在各小题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案，并将答题卡上对应题目所选的选项涂黑。 I have three children and they all play a great part in sharing chores. A few months ago, a friend of mine saw the housework list in my home for ___1___ first time. Then she talked with my kids. “I think you are all great helpers for your parents.” She said. “Yes, Mom and Dad are so tired after work, so we offer ___2___ some chores for our family.” Replied my kids. “That’s right, my children. I am so proud of you!” I couldn’t help clapping my hands ___3___. I am glad that my children ___4___ their duty in the family. Two years ago, they ___5___ do few chores at home. The changes have been made little by little. We put our chores into two groups-everyday chores and paid chores. Here are the everyday chores-clearing the table and chairs and doing the ___6___ after each meal. We also pay our kids to do chores ___7___ some of them are difficult, such as washing the car and mowing the lawn. We don’t usually give them lots of instructions (指示) ___8___ they do the chores. They can find out how things work themselves. When they have more experience, we will ask them to do better and ___9___. And we’re glad they can look after ____10____. It’s helpful for them to lead a bright future. 1 A. a B. an C. the 2. A. do B. to do C. doing 3. A. happiness B. happy C. happily 4. A. knew B. know C. were knowing 5. A. used to B. are used to C. were used to 6. A. dish B. dishes C. dishes’ 7. A. so B. but C. because 8. A. before B. after C. unless 9. A. fast B. faster C. the fastest 10. A. they B. them C. themselves 二、完形填空（本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分） 通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在各小题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案，并将答题卡上对应题目所选的选项涂黑。 On August 23rd, 2017, the strongest typhoon named Hato (天鸽) hit Zhuhai seriously. Do you still remember how ____11____ it was? It seemed people all over the city stayed at home to ____12____