广东省茂名市茂南区部分学校2024-2025学年八年级上学期期中考试英语试题
广东省茂名市茂南区部分学校2024-2025学年八年级上学期期中考试英语试题
一、语法选择（本大题有10小题，每小题1分，共10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1-10各题所给的A、B、C中选出最佳选项。
There are two young brothers, Simon and Pedro. They dream of going to university. They want 1． engineers. There is one problem. They come from 2． poor family in a small town. It is far from any university. The only one way to solve the problem is that one of 3． works first. So he can pay for 4． going to school. Therefore, they flip a coin. Simon won, but he said, " I can't go. You are much 5． than me!" But Pedro let him go.
Simon studies hard and becomes the most hard-working students there. Unluckily, his brother has a car accident and 6． work any more. Without money, Simon has to leave school. He takes care of his brother in their little village. Luckily, with the help of the university, the 7． brothers are going back to study.
They become great engineers 8． help build many buildings in their country. They 9． help others from their little town to go to school. Working together, hard work and a dream are the keys 10． a great future! Let's learn from them.
1．A． become B． to become C． becoming
2．A． a B． an C． the
3．A． they B． them C． themselves
4．A． other B．the other C． another
5．A． smart B． smarter C． smartest
6．A． can't B． mustn't C． needn't
7．A． two B． second C． twice
8．A． and B． but C． so
9．A． too B． either C． also
10．A． of B． for C． to
二、完形填空（本大题有10小题，每小题1分，共10分）
阅读下面短文，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。
I was born in Canada, so I learned my Chinese in Canada. When I first learned 11． , I made a funny mistake.
In my first class, the teacher wanted to make us know about each other well, so she let us talk about 
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12． names, hobbies or other things to our classmates. I introduced myself and then said, "I have a lot of friends, and they are all mu." I knew the 13． mu because I had a female（雌性的）dog. My teacher said, "When you talk about people, you cannot say mu. You should say nü." "OK." I nodded. 14． I felt confused（困惑的）, because in English, "female" is just one word.
Later that class, the teacher let everyone make a word group and 15． the word group on the notebook then share it on the blackboard. I was the first one to go up. I tried to do well and 16． wrote "nü sheep". The teacher looked at the words and then asked the students, "Do you all 17． the words?" All he students answered, "Yes." The teacher asked "Why do all of you know, but I don't? What do they mean?"
"Female sheep," 18． answered together.
The teacher laughed and said, "Please remember that Chinese and English are 19． . The word nü is only used for people."
I sometimes make jokes（玩笑）about my 20． as I am learning Chinese. These funny mistakes help me a lot. For example, from that time on, I remembered that mu and nü are different, and I will never mix them up again.
11．A． English B． Chinese C． German D． Japanese
12．A． our B． her C． your D． their
13．A． word B． letter C． sentence D． spelling
14．A． So B． But C． And D． Because
15．A． look up B． think of C． look after D． write down
16．A． politely B． quickly C． carefully D． carelessly
17．A． remember B． pronounce C． understand D． say
18．A． nobody B． anyone C． someone D． everyone
19．A． same B． easy C． different D． difficult
20．A． mistakes B． lessons C． teachers D． classmates
三、阅读理解（本大题有15小题，每小题2分，共30分）
阅读材料。从每小题所给的四个选项中，选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。
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21．If Lucy wants to visit Shaanxi History Museum, she'd better arrive ____.
A．at 8: 30 a.m. on Friday B．at 9: 30 a.m. on Monday
C．at 9: 00 a.m. on Friday D．at 5: 30 p.m. on Tuesday
22．Who can get the souvenir?
A．Lucy who has paid 120 yuan for the ticket.
B．Daming who will arrive by bus.
C．Tony is the No.46 person who signed up this activity.
D．Betty will come with her mom.
23．Daming is a middle school student . If he comes with his parents and his 2-year-old sister, his family should pay____.
A．￥120 B．￥240 C．￥300 D．￥360
24．John can get to the Xiaozhai Station by the following ways except ____.
A．
B．
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