广州市江南外国语学校2020学年第二学期综合练习（二）
八年级英语科问卷
（考试时间：100分钟；总分100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，按句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，选择填在横线上的最佳选项。
Fish live in the water and they can’t fly.This is our common n so is very strange for people ___1___that fish fall from the sky.However,it really took place in a small Australian town. ___2___fish began falling from the sky!People called their friends___3___them about the strange event,but nobody believed it.
There have been similar events of“raining animals”all over the world.It___4___in Singapore,Canada,the Philippines,and other places.In2009,the animals that fell from the sky in Japan were frogs.In Hungary in2010frogs___5___to fall from the sky too.Throughout history there have also been reports of falling jellyfish,spiders,and worms.
You probably won’t be___6___to know that this kind of event can cau a lot of panic（恐慌）. When this happens,people often believe that the world___7___,or that something el terrible is happening.However,although this ems crazy and___8___,we now know why fish and other animals sometimes fall from the sky.
The answer___9___this question is the weather.Sometimes,tornado（龙卷风）sucks up water from pond,river,and oceans.When this happens,the tornado often sucks up fish and other animals ___10___.The tornado carries the unlucky animals for a short distance,and then drops them in ___11___place.When fish fall from the sky,they are often still alive___12___tornado doesn’t carry the fish very far.
Scientists have never been able___13___this theory.However,almost everyone___14___ that weather caus the raining animals.
___15___some photographs if you are outside and it starts to rain animals.Otherwi,how can anyone el believe you?
()1.A.hear B.heard C.to hear D.hearing
()2.A.Hundred of B.A few hundreds C.A few hundred of D.Hundreds of
() tell B.telling C.tells D.told
()4.A.happen B.happens C.happened D.was happened
()5.A.saw B.en C.were en D.were eing
()6.A.surprising B.surprid C.surprisingly D.surpri
() end B.ending C.ended D.is going to end副班主任
()8.A.possible B.impossible C.possibly D.impossibly
() B.with C.of D.off
()10.A also B.as well C.either D.as well as
()her B.another C.the other D.others
()12.A.becau B.so C.but D.although
()st B.testing C.to test D.tested
()14.A.agree B.agrees C.agreed D.to agree
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()15.A.Take B.Taking C.To take D.Have taken
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。
Early one morning,a crow sat in a tall tree.She had a big piece of meat in her beak（鸟喙）. She thought it would be nice breakfast for her baby.
A fox came by.He was quite hungry becau he could not find anything to eat.As he walked by,he___16___and saw the crow up in the tree with the meat.Since he wanted the meat for himlf,he began to think very hard about___17___he could take it from the crow.The fox could not climb the tree,so he would have to find a way to make the crow drop the meat.
First,he___18___called up to the crow,and asked how she and her baby were.
The fox then told the___19___that since she was very beautiful,she must have a beautiful voice and he___20___hear her sing.
The crow was quite___21___and thought that the fox was very kind,so she___22___to sing for him.She opened her___23___and let out an awful“Caw!Caw!Caw!”
The meat fell___24___her beak,and the fox happily jumped up and caught it in his mouth. He immediately ate___25___and ran away.
()16.A.stood up B.woke up C.got up D.looked up
()17.A.when B.why C.how D.if
()18.A.quickly B.politely C.parately D.angrily
()w B.baby C.fox D.tree
()20.A.ought to B.had better C.had to D.would like to
()21.A.worried B.plead C.unhappy D.lonely
()22.A.decided B.continued C.appeared D.forgot
()s B.arms C.mouth D.mind
()24.A.across B.into C.from D.towards
() B.it C.her D.himlf
三、阅读（共两节，满分45分）
第一节阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下列短文，根据短文内容选择最佳选项。
(A)
Every morning,Johnson would take the subway to Central London.There he would collect scrap（废品）.
Johnson has collected scrap for20years.His hou was dirty,and a bad smell came out of the hou.The neighbors couldn’t stand the smell any more,so they called the police officers.The officers opened the door and cleaned the hou.They found some money in his hou.The police soon knew that Johnson was not a poor man becau he could live a normal（正常的）life with the money.They decided to try to stop him collecting scrap.
In the evening,the police found Johnson near his hou.The officers told him that there was no need for him to collect scrap anymore.Johnson went back to his hou without saying anything.
The next morning he woke up as usual and continued collecting scrap.
Some days later,the police knew that Johnson had to nd much money to his old parents. They were badly ill for many years in a small village.Although they could get relief（救济金）from the government,Johnson refud.He believed he could make money by his own hands.After knowing the truth,the offices told the neighbors the fact.All of them understood and respected Johnson.
Johnson had no great dreams all his life.He won respect from others becau he kept independent in his mind.
过黄河()26.Why did Johnson go to Central London every day?
A.For working.
B.For travelling.
C.For collecting scrap.
D.For visiting his parents.
()27.Why did the police officers go to Johnson’s hou?
A.To catch Johnson.
B.To find money.
C.To e what happened.
D.To stop him collecting scrap.
()28.According to the cond paragraph,what did the police officers think of Johnson?
A.He was very poor.
B.He was not poor.
C.He was a lazy man.
D.He was very busy.
()29.Why did Johnson not want to get relief from the government?
A.Becau he wanted to make money by his own hands..
B.Becau he thought the relief was too little for his parents’illness.
C.Becau he had enough money for his parents’illness.
D.Becau he didn’t want his neighbors to make fun of himlf.
()30.What can we learn from the passage?
A.Everyone should give some money to parents.
B.An ordinary person can also win respect.
C.Try to live as simply as you can.
D.Try to be independent when in trouble.
(B)
Who is the tallest man in the world?And who is the fastest man?To find out the answers,you can open Guinness（吉尼斯）World Records.It began to record the finest human achievements（成就）in1954.
Since then,the book has told strange and wonderful things.Now more than100million copies of the book have been sold in almost40languages,and a new edition（版本）comes out every year.
Guinness World Records was first published by Jim Pattison Group in Canada.
From then on,many people have wanted to get into the book.There are50,000applications （申请）from174countries every year according to the Guinness Organization.
Anyone with a very special skill or talent can apply for a Guinness record.After that,the Guinness Organization will check your information.If your information is proved（证明）correct, after their many rounds of checking,they will finally nd you an official Guinness World Record certificate（证书）!
The person with the most Guinness World Records is Ashrita Furman from the USA.Furman
holds125records.班组管理培训
But there are many records that Guinness won’t accept.For example,they do not accept any activity that could harm people or animals.
()31.What is the topic of the passage?
A.Guinness World Records.
B.The Guinness Organization.
C.Guinness World Record certificates.
D.The finest human achievements.
()32.Jim Pattison Group may run a________.
B.publishing hou
C.paper factory
D.science college
()33.The Guinness Organization will accept a record________.
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A.before they prove the information from the applicants（申请人）correct
C.after the applicants prove their information correct by themlves
D.right after they receive an application
()34.Where does the person with the most Guinness World Records come from?
A.China.
B.Japan.
C.America.
D.Russia.
()35.Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A.The Guinness Organization has received50,000applications so far.
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B.The Guinness World Records books have been translated into nearly40languages.
C.The Guinness Organization never accepts a new record in a hurry.
D.Anyone with a very special skill or talent can apply for a Guinness record.
(C)
Qian Xuen was born in Shanghai on December11th,1911.He is known as“the father of China’s space program”and“the king of the rocket”.票发
When he was24years old,Qian went to America for further study.After graduation,he worked in America for a few years where his working conditions（条件）were better.In the early 1950s,he heard New China had been founded and decided not to stay in America any longer.He succeeded in coming back to his motherland in1955though the American government tried to stop him.青椒炒胡萝卜
Qian also played an important role（作用）in developing China’s first man-made satellite.In
