海珠区 2020 学年第一学期期末调研测试 八年级英语试卷 （本试卷共四大题，10 页，满分 90 分，考试时间为 100 分钟） 注意事项： 1. 答卷前，考生务必在答题卡上用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔填写自己的考 生号、姓名；填写考场试室号和座位号，再用 2B 铅笔把这两个号码的标号涂 黑。 2. 选择题每小题选出答案后，用 2B 铅笔把答题卡上对应的题目的答案标号 涂黑；如需要改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案；不能答在试卷上。 3. 非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各 题目指定区域内的相应位置上；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新 的答案，改动的答案也不能超出指定的区域；不准使用铅笔、圆珠笔和涂改 液。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。 4. 考生必须保持答题卡的整洁；考试结束时，将本试卷和答题卡交回。 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，选择可以填 在横线上的最佳选项。 Horse-riding is very popular in Europe, especially in England and Germany. It has _____1_____ long history and is one of the traditional sports in England. It _____2_____ one of the Olympic events since 1900. At first, only the rich and the noble _____3_____ this sport. But now, more and more people around the world are _____4_____ in horse-riding. For example, _____5_____ in America and Canada learn to ride a horse at the age of 3 or 4. They ride a horse either for professional（专 业的）match or just for fun. It’s a relaxing way for children _____6_____ a horse on the farm. Do you want to know how to ride a horse? First, _____7_____ onto the horse. Before you started riding a horse, you should move the horse out and learn to walk with it together. Then you can try to get onto _____8_____ horse on the left side or the right side. It’s very important for you. Because when you are in danger, you can jump down on either side as _____9_____ as you can. Next, sit on the horse correctly. When you ride a horse, you’d better _____10_____ a straight through the ear, shoulder, hip（臀部）and heel（脚后跟）. Then, you have to learn how to move up and down _____11_____ the same time as the horse runs. After you learn to walk on the horse around slowly, you can learn to go faster. That will make you feel amazed! Sounds easy? No. It’s _____12_____ to ride a horse well than you think. Riding a horse can be a full experience. _____13_____, it takes a great deal of training and experience. _____14_____ you want to learn to ride a horse well, you should go to a horse-riding school to take the lesson. Does _____15_____ want to have a try? Come on! 1. A. the B. an C. a D. / 2. A. has been B. is C. was D. have been 3. A. play B. have played C. are playing D. played 4. A. interest B. interests C. interested D. interesting 5. A. much B. many C. few D. little 6. A. to ride B. ride C. riding D. rode 7. A. getting B. get C. to get D. got 8. A. you B. your C. yours D. yourself 9. A. quick B. quicker C. quickly D. more quickly 10. A. draw B. drawing C. to draw D. drew 11. A. for B. about C. in D. at 12. A. difficult B. less difficult C. more difficult D. the most difficult 13. A. However B. But C. Also D. So 14. A. Where B. How C. What D. If 15. A. somebody B. anybody C. everybody D. nobody 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，选择可以填在横线上的最佳选项。 In ancient times, people got their food simply by hunting animals and collecting plants. As the population grew bigger and bigger, people didn’t have enough food to eat. From time to time, people were so _____16_____ that they became sick or even died. So people needed _____17_____. Then Shennong was born. He had a _____18_____ appearance. It was said that he had the head of a bull（牛）and the body of the human. When he saw people die of hunger and illness, Shennong decided to help them grow five different kinds of _____19_____. But they grew very _____20_____. So people still didn’t get much food. One day, while watching a boar（野猪）digging the soil with its nose, Shennong had an idea and then _____21_____ many farming tools such as the hoe, ax and sickle. With these tools, people began able to grow all kinds of crops to make a living. People had enough to eat, but they still fell sick from time to time. Where to find the remedy（治疗 法）to help fight against _____22_____? Shennong began to travel around the land and tasted all kinds of plants to find out if he could use them as _____23_____. He tried hundreds of different kinds of herbs（药草）and carefully wrote down their effects. He was poisoned（中毒）many times, but he always found the right way to save himself in time thanks to the fact that he could see how the herbs worked inside his body. He then _____24_____ the Herbal Classic of Shennong, the earliest Chinese medicine collection, including 365 kinds of medicines derived（提取）from herbs, plants, animals and so on. Shennong’s discoveries were the foundation for traditional Chinese medicine, which i