专题10.八年级下学期英语期末测试模拟试卷一（广州专用）

2023-2024学年八年级下学期英语期末测试模拟试卷一（广州专用） 满分90分，完成时间：100分钟。 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。 Music always plays an important part in Chinese people’s life. People enjoy ___1___ to music at home and in concert halls. As time ___2___, music changes. Traditional music is part of our culture, ___3___ it often stays with us for a long time. Many of the traditional Chinese songs ___4___ around us for many years. Young musicians learn these songs from older musicians and the music changes only very little. Modern Chinese music, however, especially pop music, ___5___ by many young people. That means the songs will be popular for a short time and then replaced by new songs. Today’s musicians write new songs every year and we hear new songs ___6___ the radio every day. Before the invention of radio and TV, we could only hear live music. People had to go to places where musicians gave performances. The well-known musicians usually worked ___7___ and the tickets cost too much, so there were only ___8___ chances for people to hear really good music. For most people, ___9___ chance to hear good music was during a festival or at a wedding. Today, ____10____ is common and easy for people to hear music all the time. Radio and TV play songs every day and night and sometimes you can even hear people ____11____ music on the street. One thing that hasn’t changed very much is what the songs are about. ____12____ modern and traditional Chinese songs are about love and life. Some songs tell stories about the past and some are about the news nowadays or the future. Every one of the songs ____13____ something to do with it means to be a human being. Music, traditional or modern, Chinese or international, seems to be ____14____ world language. Music changes and styles come and go, but nothing changes ____15____ love for good music. Music makes our lives wonderful. Do you agree? 1. A. listen B. listens C. to listen D. listening 2. A. was pas