海珠区 2021 学年第一学期八年级英语质量监测本试卷共四大题, 9 页, 满分 100 分;考试时间 100 分钟一、语法选择（共两部分, 15 小题;每小题 1 分, 满分 15 分）阅读下面两篇短文, 按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求, 从 115 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。(A)It is important to exercise your brain. For example, you 1 do new things and change your daily habits. If you walk a different way to school or take a different bus, you 2 your brain active. You can try to memorize 3 new. You can try a Maths puzzle. You can also try to learn new skills or study a foreign language. Your brain gets lots of regular exercise if you do any of these things.If you live a healthy life, your memory will work 4 . You must have a balanced diet. You must give your brain enough time to rest. 5 you get enough sleep every night, you will not remember things well.1. A. willB. canC. used toD. have to2. A. keepB. are keepingC. have keptD. will keep3. A. anythingB. somethingC. nothingD. everything4. A. betterB. bestC. the bestD. good5. A. IfB. WhenC. BecauseD. Unless(B)I want to share my life in China. I have been a doctoral student in the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China 6 2017. My study in China gives me a chance to explore a country which is 7 from the one Ive learned from TV and books.I am very happy with my decision to come to study here. However, things didnt go as 8 as I expected in the beginning. The first difficulty was the Chinese language. When I 9 in China I felt lonely and had trouble with the language. Later on, my Chinese friends introduced me 10 a rich culture during the Spring Festival. Some numbers such as six and eight are believed to be lucky by Chinese people. While 11 like the number four and fourteen are disliked by people. For example, 666is seen as an excellence and a wish for good luck in China.In daily life, I was impressed by Chinas transportation system. It is worth 12 by other countries, especially shared bicycles and electric motor bikes. 13 addition, China is one of the countries with the largest number of smartphone users. Internet is widely used everywhere. It is said that the phone is 14 sense for every Chinese.I 15 a great time in China for these years. I can only pray for a long stay in this country11and hope for more chances to learn about the fantasy land-China.6. A. inB. forC. fromD. since7. A. differenceB. differentC. differentlyD. differences8. A. wellB. goodC. betterD. best9. A. have arrivedB. arrivesC. arrivedD. arriving10. A. withB. aboutC. toD. of11. A. anotherB. otherC. the otherD. others12. A. to learnB. learningC. learnD. learns13. A. OnB. AtC. InD. From14. A. the sixB. the sixthC. sixD. sixth15. A. haveB. hadC. have hadD. are having二、完形填空（共 10 小题;每小题 1 分, 满分 10 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。A long time ago in ancient China, there lived an emperor and his wife. The emperor built his wife a very beautiful garden. She 16 much of her time there, sewing and chatting with her ladies in waiting. One day, 17 she was in her garden, a cocoon fell into her tea. She was just about to pour the teaaway when she noticed something 18 ! The cocoon was unraveling（解开）!It seemed to be a thread. She 19 fished it out of her teacup and called for her dressmaker. Together, they found that the thread could be made into soft, strong cloth. It was very beautiful. Everyone 20 silk to wear. But it took time for silkworms to make enough silk thread. To save the silkworms, the emperors wife asked the emperor to tell the people that 21 could only be worn by the royal family.No one knows if the story is true, but it is true that only the royal family could wear silk clothes for a very long time. Later, nobles（贵族）began wearing silk but businessmen and farmers were still not 22 to wear silk.Silk became a 23 product for trade. Emperors, princes, queens and nobles all wanted silk. They were 24 to pay a very high price to get it. Even people from around the world traded it for gold and silver. In order to protect the skill, the ancient Chinese did their best to keep it a 25 for many years.16. A. wastedB. spentC. savedD. lost17. A. whenB. afterC. unlessD. if18. A. sillyB. amazingC. stupidD. usual19. A. hardlyB. finallyC. carefullyD. suddenly20. A. boughtB. madeC. wantedD. got21. A. cocoonB. threadC. dressD. silk22. A. allowedB. introducedC. orderedD. chosen23. A. valuableB. luckyC. heavyD. cheap24. A. unhappyB. gladC. easyD. angry25. A. truthB. storyC. factD. secret三、阅读（共两节, 满分 35 分）第一节 阅读理解（共 4 篇, 每小题 2 分, 满分 30 分）阅读下列短文, 从 2640 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。(A)The topic of this years English Week was Learning about Writers. Each class chose a famous writer as th