广东省广州市第十八中学2023-2024学年八年级上学期期中英语试题（含答案）.docxVIP

2023学年上学期八年级英语学科期中检测试卷 本试卷共四大题，满分90分。考试时间100分钟。 注意事项： 1.答卷前，考生务必在答题卷上用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔填写自己的班级、姓名考号、学号。 2.必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题纸各题目指定区域的相应位置上；如需要改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案，改动的答案也不能超出指定的区域：不准使用铅笔、圆珠笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。 3.考生必须保持答题纸的整洁。 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A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项。 The giraffe is the tallest animal on land. Their interesting shapes attract 1 people to visit them. They have long necks and long thin legs. Their front legs are 2 than their back legs. Some of 3 can be more than five metres tall. They can run very fast—about 30 miles 4 hour. They are usually brown and yellow. Giraffes live 5 Africa. They 6 live up to 25 years in the wild. They spend most of the day 7 . Leaves and fruit are their main food, and they also eat grass or 8 plants. To find food, they travel over a large area, 9 they dont have a fixed (固定的) home. However, when a mother giraffe gives birth to babies, it often returns to 10 birthplace. It only gives birth to one baby every time, and the baby giraffe is cute and can be 1. 8 metres in height. About 20 minutes after being born, the baby giraffe learns 11 . Then it begins drinking 12 milk from its mother. A few hours later, it can run and has no difference with those who have been born for weeks. 13 amazing! The baby giraffe only 14 with its mother after it is born in the first two weeks. When it is strong enough, it 15 its mother and start a new life. 1. A. thousand B. thousands C. thousand of D. thousands of 2. A. long B. longer C. longest D. the longest 3. A. they B. their C. them D. theirs 4. A. a B. an C the D. / 5. A. on B. at C. in D. to 6. A. can B. should C. must D. need 7. A. eating B. to eating C. eat D. to eat 8. A. others B. another C. other D. the others 9. A. until B. but C. or D. so 10. A. it B. its C. itself D. its 11. A. to stand B. stand C. to standing D. stood 12. A. little B some C.