山东省诸城市2022-2023学年八年级英语下学期期中英语试卷

八年级英语试题 (时间：90分钟满分：110分) 2023.4 一、 阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分） 聚 阅读下面短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A AI makes our lives easier and better.Let's see the amazing Al. Cool driverless bus A bus door opens and you get on.Wait,where is the driver? 如 Here is a new kind of driverless bus called Apolong.It was produced in 2018.It can seat 14 people and doesn't need a driver.The bus follows traffic rules. Your close friend Hi,everyone.I'm Xiaoice,a chat robot.I was "born"in 2014. My voice sounds sweet,just like a 17-year-old girl.If you feel lonely, you can talk with me.I'm good at singing and telling stories.I want to be your friend！ World's first AI presenter Hey,look!The famous Chinese presenter Qiu Hao is reporting the news for us.But,is“he”really Qiu Hao? The answer is"no".This is the world's first AI presenter.It was 崭 invented in 2018.It looks and speaks just like a real person. Popular AI artist This beautiful painting was at an auction (in 2018.It sold for about 3,000,000 yuan!But 'it is not a work by a famous painter, such as Vincent Van Gogh.It was painted by an AI artist.Three Frenchmen created the AI artist in 2017. 1. What can Apolong do? A.It can tell the interesting story. B.It can follow the traffic rules well. 八年级英语试题第1页（共8页） 蜜蜂试卷 C.It can report some news. D.It can creat some beautiful paintings. 2.How old is the chat robot "Xiaoice"? A.About seventeen years old. B.About twelve years old. C.About nine years old. D.About seven years old. 3.What can we know from the passage? A.Xiaoice can draw pictures for us. B.Vincent Van Gogh was painted by three Frenchmen. C.The driver of Apolong is especially careful with safety. D.The first AI presenter looks and speaks like a real person. B Cai Yangiu,a'man from China,has spent about 7 years travelling around the country. However,he is not enjoying the scenery along the way.He is helping homeless people he meets. Cai's journey started in 2016.One day when Cai was on the street,he saw a homeless man pass by.That man remind