山东省潍坊市安丘市2022-2023学年八年级下册期中英语试卷

2022-2023学年山东省潍坊市安丘市八年级（下）期中英语试卷 一、阅读理解（每小题6分）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。 1．（6分）AI makes our lives easier and better.Let's see the amazing AI. Cool driverless bus A bus door opens and you get on.Wait，where is the driver？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 a17﹣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 invented in 2018.It looks and speaks just like a real person. Popular AI artist This beautiful painting was at an auction（拍卖）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. C.It can report some news. D.It can create 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. 2．（8分）Do you like shopping online？How do you pay for the things？Reading the table will help you to learn something. Payment ways Alipay Tenpay Yeepay WeChat pay Appearing time Dec.12，2004 Sep.9，2005 Aug.8，2003 Jan.12，2011 Companies Taobao Tencent Yeepay