2021-2022 学年广东省广州市黄埔区八年级（上）期末英语试卷一、语法选择（15 分）阅读短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，选出最佳选项。You want to know about my staying in America, dont you? Well, to tell you the truth, it is really1eye-opening experience to study here.In China, I had English classes five times a week since2grade. However, I didnt know how difference textbook English could be from everyday English until I came to Hotchkiss School, Conmecticut.When I first studied English, I was told to say, “I am fine.” when people said “How are you?” But in the USA, I3that people said, “I am good.” or “I am tired.”One day,4greeted me with “Whats up?” It made me confused. I thought for a moment and then smiled because I didnt know what to say. Since then, I5more and more differences6Chinese and US cultures.To my7, US girls spend a lot of time staying in the burning sun8a tan (晒黑). However,in China, girls try every possible way to get their skin paler or “whiter”. I am also surprised by how9US students study. Before that, I think only students in China study hard. But after coming here, I know a “good” student10get good grades, do a lot of the public and play sports or music if he wants to go to a top university. The kids here are so talented, I am starting to be sorry that I gave up playing the piano at an early age and that I have never thought about sports.1. A. aB. anC. theD. /2. A. the fiveB. fiveC. the fifthD. fifth3. A. findB. foundC. findsD. was finding4. A. someoneB. anyoneC. nobodyD. anybody5. A. discoveredB. are discoveringC. will discoverD. have discovered6. A. fromB. besideC. betweenD. among7. A. surprisedB. surpriseC. surprisingD. surprises8. A. getB. to getC. gettingD. got9. A. hardB. harderC. hardestD. hardly10. A. shouldB. wouldC. are able toD. may二、完形填空（15 分）第 9页/共 10页阅读短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 项中，选出最佳选项。By 2019, Grade 11 students in Russia can take Mandarin（普通话）as a subject on the United State Exam（国家统一考试）. They must11this exam so that they can go into college.Besides English, German, French and Spanish, Mandarin will become the fifth12for students to choose to be tested in the Russian College Entrance Exam. In recent years, trade and cultural exchange between China and other countries like Russia, have13increased and more and more people have come to work or study in China. As a result, the study of Mandarin has also become14. The number of Mandarin 15in Russia has increased from 17, 000 in 2007 to 56, 000 in 2017.“We have not got the16number of the students who will choose Mandarin yet. But according to my experience, there will be thousands of students17the Mandarin test.” said education official.The government made full18for the exam for over three years. The whole work19designing spoken and written tests, collecting reference materials（参考资料）and talent reserves（储备）.Russian experts believe that students who do well in study and are good at Mandarin can20find jobs on the job market with the fast development（发展）of China.11. A. takeB. supportC. passD. drop12. A. languageB. cultureC. activityD. hobby13. A. slowlyB. a bitC. greatlyD. a little14. A. popularB. uselessC. difficultD. serious15. A. learnersB. teachersC. loversD. designers16. A. wrongB. actualC. differentD. large17. A. holdingB. stoppingC. passingD. attending18. A. experimentsB. interviewsC. preparationsD. instructions19. A. encouragedB. includedC. comparedD. practised20. A. suddenlyB. hardlyC. carelesslyD. easily三、阅读（满分 30 分）阅读短文, 从每题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 项中选出最佳选项。The love story between Niulang and Zhinv is one of the most famous Chinese folk love stories. The earliest record of this myth was over 2600 years ago.Niulang was an honest and kind cowherd who lived by himself farming. One day he met a beautiful girl named Zhinv, the seventh daughter of the Goddess, who had come to the earth to look for fun. Zhinv soon fell in love with Niulang and came down secretly from the heaven to the earth and married him. They lived a happy life and gave birth to two children. Unfortunately, the Goddness soon found out the fact that her daughter married ahuman being（凡人）. She was very angry and took Zhinv back to the heaven soon.Niulang was very sad after his wife Zhinv left him. His ox began to talk and help him fly to heaven to meet his wife. When he was about to catch up with his wife, the Goddess found Niulang and used her hairpin to slash it across the sky and created the Milky Way to stop him. Then Zhinv became the star Vega and Niulang the star Altair. They were separated（分开）on the two banks and could only cried with tears. Moved by their love, lots of magpies（喜鹊）formed a bridge for the couple to meet each other. The Goddess was also touched by their love and finallyallowed them to meet on the 7th of the 7th lunar