广州市荔湾区2016八年级下英语期末考试试题和答案.docVIP

广州市荔湾区2016-2017学年八年级下学期英语期末测试 第I卷（满分65分） 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。 My teenage son Karl became quiet after his father died. As a single parent，I tried to do my best ??1 ?to him. But the more I tried, ??2 ??he refused to make a change. ??3 ??his report card arrived during his first junior year, it said that he had been absent (缺课) 95 times from classes and ??4 ??six falling grades for the year. In this way he would never finish his studies. I sent him to the ??5 ??of the school. I hoped that he could help my son. But nothing changed! I was at work one day when I got a phone call. A man introduced ??6 ??as the headmaster. “I want to talk to you about Karl’s absences.” Before he could say ??7 ??word, I started to cry and began to feel disappointed and ??8 ??for Karl. “I love my son, but I just don’t know ??9 ??to do. I’ve tried everything to get Karl to go back to school ??10 ??it didn’t work. It’s out of my hands”. For a moment there was silence on the other end of the line. Finally the headmaster ??11 ??said, “Thank you for your time”，and he hung up. Karl’s next report card showed a great improvement in his grades. ??12 ??his last year, I attended a parent-teacher meeting with Karl. I noticed that his teachers were ??13 ??at the progresses he had made. On our way home, he said, “Mum，do you ??14 ??that call from the headmaster last year. That was me. I wanted to play ??15 ??joke. But when I heard what you said，I felt I was hurting you so much. At that moment I knew I had to make you proud.” 1. A. talk B. talked C. to talk D. talking 2. A. many B. much C. more D. the more 3. A. When B. While C. Before D. If 4. A. has B. have C. had D. having 5. A. advice B. advising C. advisement D. adviser 6. A. him B. himself C. me D. myself 7. A. other B. the other C. another D. others 8. A. sad B. sadder C. sadly D. more sadly 9. A. where B. how C. why D. what 10. A. so B. but C. as D. or 11. A. serious B. more serious C. serious