精选优质文档-倾情为你奉上2016-2017学年第一学期海珠区期末调研测试八年级英语试卷（本试卷共四大题，9页，满分110分；考试时间120分钟）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。 ( A )Almost everyone has a favourite number. John loves the number three. It is _1_ number from one to nine. John was born on March 3, 1983. Helives now in Three Crosses near Swansea. He works _2_ a teacher at Number Three Loyal School. He always says, “Can you think of any number _3_ than three?” John has _4_ the amazing things about the number three since he was a child. For example, in fairy tales, people always get three wishes. His favourite story is Three Little Pigs. He cant think about _5_ bad about the number three. Three is really Johns favourite number.1. A. thirdB. the thirdC. threeD. the three2. A. asB.byC. ofD. out3. A. goodB. wellC. betterD. the best4. A. studyB. studiesC. studiedD. studying5. A. anythingB. somethingC. everythingD. nothing ( B )Great inventions change peoples lives. Vending machine (自助贩卖机) is perhaps one of _6_ ones. Starting from snacks to drinks, vending machines provide as _7_ things as you can think of. Of course, you wont get anything _8_ you put money in it.The story of vending machines started with the earliest vending machine in Greek temples foe selling water. Over a hundred years ago, people _9_ to sell post cards with vending machines in London. Later in Philadelphia, a new vending machine called “coin operated restaurant” appeared. The company made the restaurant a big _10_. In fact, such restaurants have been popular _11_ many years, even today. Vending machines have introduced people _12_ different shopping experiences. They offer help when people have trouble _13_ time for shopping. A 24-hour store can solve the time problem as well. _14_, it takes time to build a store. Moreover, at least one person has to stay at the store all day long. We _15_ really thank the inventor of the vending machine because it has made life easier and more convenient.6. A. practical B. More practicalC. more practically D. the most practical 7. A. many B. much C. moreD. most8. A. if B. when C. unlessD. after9. A. begin B. began C. will beginD. have begun10. A. successB. succeed C. successfulD. successfully11. A. in B. for C. sinceD. with12. A. byB. at C. toD. into13. A. save B. saved C. to saveD. saving14. A. OrB. So C. And D. However15. A. can B. may C. shouldD. have to 二、完形填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1625各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Once some rabbits lived happily together in a forest. A wise old rabbit said to the others, “There is a tiger in our area. You should not _16_ your homes while the tiger is around.”The rabbits followed his _17_. They never played or ate in the area where the tiger appeared. The tiger had been there for several days, but he didnt find any animal. Feeling _18_, the tiger walked tiredly.But a young rabbit saw the tiger. He thought, “The tiger looks thin and _19_. He isnt really dangerous.The next morning, the rabbit came to the same _20_, waiting for the tiger. The tiger had actually noticed the young rabbit but it was too far. So the tiger _21_.Nothing happened. The third day, the young rabbit became braver. He walked _22_ to the tiger. The tiger still didnt make any move because of the long distance.On the fourth day, the rabbit ate on the grassland. Luckily, the tiger was _23_ that day, so he didnt want to eat the rabbit. The rabbit thought, “The tiger doesnt hurt rabbits at all.”On the fifth day, as the tiger was resting quietly, the young rabbit _24_ went to him. When the foolish young rabbit was close enough, the tiger caught him and made him a _25_.When other rabbits heard about this, they were all frightened. The old rabbit sighed, “If the young rabbit had listened to me and didnt appear in the area where the tiger returned, he wouldnt have died.”16. A. comeB. goC. leaveD. stay17. A newsB. adviceC. promiseD. information18. A. livelyB. hungryC. happyD. frightened19. A. weakB. strongC. wiseD. strict 20. A. roomB. houseC. homeD. place21. A. leftB. cameC. rushedD. jumped22. A. lowerB. higherC. fartherD. closer23. A. quietB. fullC. excitedD. hungry24. A. sadlyB. luckilyC. tiredlyD. confidently25. A. mealB. grassC. smileD. noise 三、阅读（共两节，满分45分）第一节：阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。( A )A young man applied for the job of the “office boy” at Microsoft. The HR manager interviewe