精品解析：广东省广州市培正中学2023-2024学年八年级下学期期中英语试题

2023学年第二学期培正集团期中诊断性调研 初二年级英语（学科） 本试卷共9页，56小题，满分90分。考试用时100分钟。 注意事项： 1. 答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号、试室号和座位号填写在答题卡上。 2. 用2B铅笔将考生号、座位号等填涂在答题卡相应位置上。作答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用2B铅笔将答题卡上对应题目选项的答案信息点涂黑；如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案。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内相应位置上；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液、涂改带。不按以上要求作答无效。 4. 考生必须保证答题卡的整洁。考试结束后，将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。 Tonny Blair has loved flying since he was a kid. When he was three years old, his dad took him to ___1___ air show. Tonny loved the sounds of the planes, and he dreamt of ___2___ an airplane pilot some day. As Tonny grew up, he learned ___3___ he could about flying. He wanted to go to flying school as well as university. At that time, pilot training was very expensive. His parents ___4___ pay for it. Later, Tonny became a salesman. He hoped to get lots of money for flying school. He travelled around America for his factory. He liked to travel ___5___ by plane. One morning, Tonny flew to San Francisco. On the plane, after breakfast, he went to sleep. Some time later, he ___6___ up. The two men beside him were talking in a low voice. When Tonny heard the word “hijack” (劫持), he nearly jumped out of his seat, ___7___ he pretended (假装) he was still asleep. Tonny quickly learned ___8___ was happening. They planned to hijack the plane to Cuba. This made Tony very ___9___. He knew he had to stop them ____10____ carrying out their plan. Tonny pretended to use the washroom. On the way he met a hostess and told ____11____ about the coming danger. A moment later, the passengers were told that there was ____12____ wrong with the plane. Soon the plane landed at ____13____ airport. The two men received a surprise because twenty police officers ____14____ for them at the airport. Later Tonny ____15____ free flying training as a reward. Then he became a pilot and flew happily ever since. Now his story is well known in the United States. 1. A. a B. an C. the