江西省赣州市章贡区2023-2024学年八年级下学期期中考试英语试题（原卷版+解析版）

江西省赣州市章贡区2023-2024学年八年级下学期期中英语试卷 二、单项填空 请阅读下面各题, 从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 1. The bus was broken, so all of the _____ had to get off and wait for the next one. A. passengers B. guests C. players D. drivers 2. —Did you hear someone call you, Kate —No. Bill _____ the music so loudly that I heard nothing. A. is playing B. plays C. will play D. was playing 3. —What do you think of the two singers —I think the boy sings _____. We can understand him better. A. more loudly B. the most loudly C. more clearly D. the most clearly 4. You should talk to your parents _____ they can understand you well. A. untill B. although C. so that D. unless 5. I’d love to go to the English party. But I’m a little _____. They may ask me to sing a song in front of the whole class. A. tired B. sad C. nervous D. pleased 6. This bus doesn’t go to the train station. I’m afraid you’ll have to _____ at the library and take the No.52 bus. A. get off B. put off C. take off D. turn off 7. You are the same age but your hobbies and thoughts are _____ different. A. heavily B. carefully C. completely D. happily 8. —If you always _____ yourself with others, you may have much stress. —I agree.We should believe in ourselves. A. compare B. communicate C. connect D. consider 三、完形填空 请先阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从各小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入相应空白处的最佳选项。 In a small Chinese town lived a poor young man named Liang.He loved ___9___. One night, an old man with a long beard ___10___ Liang in a dream.He gave Liang a paintbrush. “Use this magic paintbrush to ___11___ the poor,” he said, “but don’t use it to help people who are ___12___ and greedy (贪婪的), or the skill will ___13___ your fingers and you will never paint again.” When Liang woke up, he ___14___ the paintbrush on the table by his bed. He painted a butterfly and was ___15___ to see it fly off the page and out of the window. Liang ran out of his little house and started painting things for people. He painted a buffalo (水牛) to help a farmer, food for ___16___ people and clothes for people who were cold. A rich man, however, ___17___ about the paintbrush and asked Liang to paint some gold for him, _____18_____ Liang refused. “If you don’t paint for me I’ll cut your fingers off,” the rich man said.“Then you will _____19_____ paint again.” So Liang painted an island of gold in the middle of a blue _____20_____ . “ _____21_____ will I get there ” asked the rich man. Liang painted a _____22_____ for the rich man, who got in it and went on his way toward the island. But when the rich man was halfway there, Liang painted a hole in the side of the boat.The boat sank(沉)into the water and _____23_____ ever saw him again. 9. A. reading B. painting C. writing D. cooking 10. A. stopped B. saved C. visited D. hit 11. A. help B. find C. teach D. paint 12. A. sad B. poor C. happy D. rich 13. A. cut B. break C. leave D. i ... ...