2025-2026学年广东省广州八十九中八年级（上）期中英语试卷 一、语法选择：本大题共15小题，共15分。 Leonardo da Vinci（1452-1519）was an Italian painter，inventor，musician，engineer and scientist.He was extremely intelligent and unusually talented. (1) paintings and inventions changed the way we think about art and science.Da Vinci was born in the countryside in Italy.From (2) early age，he showed great intelligence and artistic talent.As he grew older，he (3) to do many different things.His paintings are very famous，and one，the Mona Lisa，is perhaps (4) painting in the world.He also had (5) inventions in his notebooks，including drawings of flying machines and other vehicles. 1.A. He B. Him C. His D. / 2.A. a B. an C. the D. / 3.A. learn B. learns C. learnt D. will learn 4.A. famous B. more famous C. most famous D. the most famous 5.A. many B. much C. few D. a little A long time ago，there was a king in India.One day，the king (1) a wise old man to a game of chess.He promised (2) the old man any prize if he won the game.The old man said that (3) he won the game，he would like one grain of rice for the first square of the chessboard，two for the second，four for the third， (4) then double the amount for each of the rest of the squares.The king was (5) to hear that.After (6) about it for a moment，the king agreed.They played the game (7) a long time.Finally，the old man won.So the king ordered his men (8) a bag of rice.The king's men put one grain on the first square，two on the second，and so on.After (9) squares，the king realized the problem-even with all the rice in the country，he would still not (10) enough rice to put on the chessboard! 6.A. challenge B. challenges C. challenged D. will challenge 7.A. give B. gave C. giving D. to give 8.A. if B. before C. although D. because 9.A. and B. or C. but D. so 10.A. surprise B. surprises C. surprised D. surprising 11.A. think B. thought C. thinking D. to think 12.A. for B. in C. on D. at 13.A. collect B. collected C. to collect D. collecting 14.A. few B. a few C. little D. a little 15.A. have B. had C. having D. to have 二、阅读五选五：本大题共5小题，共5分。 Not many years ago，the world had no smartphones.No iPhones，no Androids.It was a simpler time with face-to-face talks，paper maps，and alarm clocks.（1）_____. First，communication was different.People used pens to write letters.Getting a handwritten letter was exciting.Calling someone meant pressing real buttons and waiting.No emojis existed，so words alone showed feelings. Next，let's talk about travelling.（2）_____Finding the right way was fun，but if lost，you asked a stranger for help.Getting directions was part of the adventure. （3）_____There was no Xiaohongshu or Bilibili.People read books，played games like chess，or went outside. "Angry birds" were just noisy animals in trees. "Tweeting" meant bird sounds，not sharing online. People also had a different relationship with time.People wore watches and used wall clocks.（4）_____Import ... ...
