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含答案.pdfVIP

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

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。

Pyramids(金字塔)areoneofthemostinterestingbuildingsintheworld.Manyofthepyramidsstillsurvive

alongtheNileRiverinEgypttodayforus___1___andstudy.Inmoderndays,peoplelookatthemandask,“Who

built___2___?Why?When?Whatisinside?”

___3___yearsago,somekingsofEgyptcreatedthepyramids.They___4___themastombs(坟墓).They

thoughtthepyramids___5___helppeoplerememberthemasimportantpersons.

Theoldestpyramidweknowtoday___6___about5,000yearsold.Someofthemarehuge.___7___pyramid

isthePyramidofKhufu.Itisabout144metreshighanditismade___8___2,300,000stones.Thestonesare

___9___bigandheavy.Mostofthemaretallerthan____10____person.Scientistsestimate(估计)ittookatleast

100,000workersover20yearstobuildthepyramid.AsoneoftheSevenWondersoftheWorld,thePyramidof

Khufuisaverypopularplaceofinterest.Everyyear,travellersfromallovertheworld____11____tovisitit.

Howdidancientpeoplebuildthepyramids?____12____didtheycarryandliftupthelargestones?Each

stonefitswithoneanothersowell,____13____thepeopledidn’thavemodernmachinesatall!Nowscientistsare

working____14____tostudythepyramids.However,____15____cansayhowancientpeoplebuiltthem.

1.A.toseeB.seeingC.sawD.sees

2.A.theyB.themC.theirD.theirs

3.A.ThousandswithB.ThousandwithC.ThousandsofD.Thousandof

4.A.builtB.buildingC.buildD.arebuilding

5.A.willB.couldC.shouldD.may

6.A.isB.areC.wasD.were

7.A.LargeB.LargerC.LargestD.Thelargest

8.A.from