2020-2021学年度第二学期期中质量检测三校联考八年级英语试题卷命题学校：白云广雅实验学校本试卷共10页，五大题，满分120分。考试用时120分钟。二、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16~30各题所给的A、B、C、D项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Eachofusfailsfromtimetotime.Ifwearewise,havingenoughexperienceandknowledge,wewillregardthesefailuresas___16___importantpartoflearning.MystudentJeremywasinGradeThree.Hisworry___17___failurekepthimawayfromclassroomgameswhich___18___childrenenjoyed.Heseldomansweredmyquestionsinclass,becausehewasafraidof___19___mistakes.Itriedmybesttobuildhisself-confidence.But___20___changeduntilmidterm,whenanewteacherMarycame.Shewas___21___smartandprettythateveryoneinourschoollovedhenJeremy___22___toheraswell!Oneday,studentsweredoingmathproblemsattheblackboard.Jeremycopiedproblems___23___.Buthemissedthefourthproblemwhichwasquiteeasyandbegantocry.Ididn’tknow___24___todo.Suddenly,asmileappearedonMary’sface.Fromthedeskshegotaboxwhichwas___25___pencils.”Lookatthese,Jeremy”shecontinued,“Theyare___26___.Seehowtheerasersarewon(磨损的)?That’sbecauseImakemistakestoo.___27___Imakeamistake,Ialwayseraseitandtryagain.That’swhatyoumust___28___todo,too.”Shetappedhimontheshoulderandstoodup.“Here,”shesaid,“Iwillleaveoneofthesepencilsonyourdesk,soyouwillrememberthateverybodymakesmistakes,___29___teachers.”Jeremysmiled.ThepencilbecameJeremy’sprize.Itmadehim___30___themeaningofmakingmistakes.It’sallrighttomakemistakes,aslongasyouerasethemandtry.16.A.aB.anC.theD./17.A.forB.ofC.aboutD.to18.A.otherB.anotherC.theotherD.others19.A.makeB.makesC.makingD.made20.A.somethingB.anythingC.nothingD.everything21.A.veryB.quiteC.soD.such22.A.attractsB.attractedC.isattractedD.wasattracted23.AcarefullyB.carefulC.careD.careless24.A.howB.whatC.whyD.when25.A.fullwithB.fillofC.filledwithD.fillwith26.A.myB.meC.ID.mine27.A.UntilB.SoC.BeforeD.When28.A.learnB.tolearnC.learningD.learned29.A.includesB.includingC.includedD.include30.A.understoodB.tounderstandC.understandingD.understand三、完形填空（本题共10小题，每题1分，共10分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从31~40各题所给的A、B、C、D选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上涂黑。Acollegeteacheroncegavealivelyclasstohisstudents.Hebeganbyholdingupaglasswithsomewaterinit.Hehelditupforalltosee,andaskedthestudents,“Howmuchdoyouthinkthisglassweighs?”“50g!”“100g!”“125g!”thestudentsanswered.“Ireallydon’tknowunlessIweighit,”saidtheteacher,“butmy___31___iswhatwouldhappenifIheldituplikethisforafewminutes?”“Nothing,”thestudentssaid.“OK.WhatwouldhappenifIheldituplikethisforanhour?”theteacherasked.“Yourarmwouldbeginto___32___.”saidoneofthestudents.“Youareright.Now,whatwouldhappenifIhelditupfora___33___?”“Youmighthavemuscles(肌肉)stress.Youcould___34___movethearm,”saidanotherone.“Youmighthaveno___35___inthearm,orparalysis(瘫痪),”saidanaughtystudent,“Youmustgotothehospitalforsure!”“Verygood.Butduringthisperiod,didtheweightoftheglass___36___?”askedtheteacher.“No,”thestudentssaid.“Thenwhat___37___thearmacheandthemusclesstress?”Thestudentswereinsilence.“Nooneknows?theteacherasked,“Well,canyoutellmehowto___38___it?”“Puttheglassdown!”saidoneofthestudents.“Exactly!”saidtheteacher.”Theproblemsoflifearesomethinglikethis.Thinkofthemforafewminutesinyour___39___andyou...