精品解析：山东省烟台市福山区2023-2024学年八年级下学期期中英语试题

2023—2024学年度第二学期期中学业水平考试 初三英语试题（100分钟，90分） 考生注意： 1.答题前请把答题卡密封线内的项目填写清楚。 2.请把所选的所有试题的答案涂在（用2B铅笔）或填写在（用0.5毫米黑色签字笔）答题卡上。考试结束只收交答题卡，在试卷上和答题卡指定区域外的答案无效。 第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分25分） 第一节（共20小题：每小题1分，满分20分） A “It is never too late and you are never too old to start something new!” says Englishtown student Ellen Rema. Ellen began to learn English at the age of sixty, and in just a few years, she has made great progress! Ellen chose to study on Englishtown because no evening classes were offered in the German country side where she lives. On Englishtown, she has conversation classes online and speaks with native English-speaking teachers “Englishtown is a wonderful place for study” she says. Ellen began with the first level of Englishtown and quickly progressed. “I spent hours and hours studying,” she said. “Maybe I wanted too much in a short time. I finished all my courses after 2 years, but I still had grammar difficulties.” Instead of giving up, she chose to continue. After another two years on Englishtown, she’s still studying in the online classroom. “Studying online is never boring, but you need d practice, practice, practice!” Ellen says studying English isn’t all about hard work. It should a so be fun. I really like the online conversation classrooms,” “I have learned so much about other cultures and traditions.” Ellen has be enable to put her English to use by visiting England five times! “I’m very thankful to Englishtown because my life has improved because of it” Ellen says. 1. When did Ellen start to learn English? A. 60 years ago. B. When she was 60 years old. C. When she was young. D. When she was a high school student. 2. Why did Ellen study English on Englishtown? A. She lived faraway from school. B. She had no free time during the day. C There were no evening classes near her home. D. Englishtown was a famous website to learn English. 3. What difficulty did Ellen have while learning English? A. On grammar. B. On pronunciation. C. On writing. D. On listening. 4