广东省广州市第二中学2024-2025学年八年级上学期期中考英语试题（含答案）

2024-2025学年第一学期广州市第二中学初二上期中考英语 满分120分 I卷（共90分） 一、听力部分（略） 二、单项选择（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分） 1. In _____ 1990s, some Chinese people started to play _____ chess in their free time. A /; / B. the; / C. /; the D. the; the 2. Alexander Graham Bell is perhaps not the most famous _____ in the world. But his _____ changes our lives. A. invention; inventor B. invention; invention C. inventor; inventor D. inventor; invention 3. —There isn’t _____ meat in the fridge! —Would you like me to get _____ at the nearest shop A. some, any B. any, some C. some, some D. any, any 4. He was unaware _____ these problems at that time. A. of B. at C. in D. to 5. The boy in the picture is my elder brother. He is _____ years older than me. Tomorrow is his _____ birthday. A. two; twelve B. second; twelfth C. two; twelfth D. second; twelve 6. Nowadays, some computers are better than workers at _____ their jobs. A. do B. to doing C. to do D. doing 7. This maths problem is as _____ as that one. A. easily B. easy C. easier D. easiest 8. Our shop sold 306 computers in June. In July, the number _____ to 512 and then _____ to 435 in August. A. rise; fall B. rose; fall C. rise; fell D. rose; fell 9. Ella used to work _____ a waiter in a restaurant. Now she works _____ a computer company. A. as; for B. for; as C. for; for D. as; as 10. 9 _____ 3 is 6. A. plus B. minus C. multiplied by D. divided by 三、 语法选择（每题1分，共10题，共10分） In some science fiction movies, the robots are just like humans. They are much ____11____ than humans at doing their jobs. Some scientists believe that there will be such a kind of robot in the future. ____12____, they agree it needs time to make it come true. It may take ____13____ years. With the fast development of science and technology some scientists believe that robots will be able ____14____ to people in 25 to 50 years. In addition, some of the robots may be able to do as many things ____15____ people can at that time. In the near future there will be more robots everywhere, and humans will have much ____16____ work to do. New robots will have many different shapes. Some will look like humans, and ____17____ might look like snakes. After an earthquake (地震), a snake robot can help ____18____ people under buildings. That may not seem (似乎) possible now, but computers, space rockets and even electric toothbrushes seemed impossible a few thousand years ago. ____19____ knows what the world will be like in the future. Are you looking forward to ____20____ in a world with robots 11. A. good B. well C. better D. best 12. A. But B. So C. However D. While 13. A. hundreds of B. a hundred of C. hundreds D. hundred 14. A. talk B. talking C. to talk D. to talking 15. A. like B. as C. to D. for 16. A. little B. less C. few D. fewer 17. A. another B. the others C. other D. others 18. A. look up B. look for C. look at D. look down 19. A. Everybody B. Anybody C. Somebody D. Nobody 20. A. live B. lives C ... ...