广州市增城区东江外语实验学校2023-2024学年八年级下学期开学考试英语试题

2024年春季开学检测试题 八年级英语科目 注意事项： 1. 答卷前，考生务必在答题卡上用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔填写自己的考生号、姓名等信息；再用2B铅笔把相应信息点涂黑。 2. 选择题的答案用2B铅笔请按题号填涂在答题卡上选择题答题区内。 3. 非选择题答案必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔写在各题目指定区域内的相应位置上；不准使用铅笔、圆珠笔和涂改液。 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1～15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项，并在答卷上将该项涂黑。 Pyramids（金字塔）are one of the most interesting buildings in the world. Many of the pyramids still survive along the Nile River in Egypt today for us 1.______and study. In modern days, people look at them and ask, “Who built 2.______? Why? When? What is inside?” 3._____years ago, some kings of Egypt created the pyramids. They 4.______them as tombs（坟墓）.They thought the pyramids 5.____ help people remember them as important persons. The oldest pyramid we know today 6.______about 5,000 years old. Some of them are huge. 7.______pyramid is the Pyramid of Khufu. It is about 144 metres high and it is made 8._______ 2,300,000 stones. The stones are 9.______big and heavy. Most of them are taller than 10.______ person. Scientists estimate（估计）it took at least 100,000 workers over 20 years to build the pyramid. As one of the Seven Wonders of the World, the Pyramid of Khufu is a very popular place of interest. Every year, travellers from all over the world 11._____to visit it. How did ancient people build the pyramids? 12.____did they carry and lift up the large stones? Each stone fits with one another so well, 13._____the people didn't have modern machines at all!Now scientists are working 14._____to study the pyramids.However, 15._____ can say how ancient people built them. 1 A. to see B. seeing C. saw D. sees 2 A. they B. them C. their D. theirs 3 A. Thousands with B. Thousand with C. Thousands of D. Thousand of 4 A. built B. building C. build D. are building 5 A. will B. could C. should D. may 6 A. is B. are C. was D. were 7 A. Large B. Larger C. Largest D. The largest 8 A. from B. by C. of D. with 9 A. very B. such C. much D. too 10 A. a B. an C. the