八年级英语上学期期末考试（苏州专用）-2023-2024学年八年级英语上册单元重难点易错题精练（牛津译林版）

2023-2024学年上学期八年级期末考试（苏州专用） 英语 注意事项： 1. 本试卷共七大题，满分100分（不含听力口语30分）、考试用时100分钟； 2. 答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考点名称、考场号、座位号用0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔填写在答题卡和对应的位置上，并认真校对条形码上的准考号、姓名是否与本人相符合； 3. 答选择题必须用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如需改动、请用橡皮擦干净后、再选涂其他答案；答非选择题必须用0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔写在答题卡指定的位置上，不在答题区域内的答案一律无效，不得用其他笔答题； 4. 考生答题必须答在答题卡上、答在试卷和草稿低上一律无效。 第I卷（客观题 共45分） 第一部分 完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分） Last year, a group of elephants made a decision(决定): go north! After months of traveling, they 1 it 500 kilometers away from their home in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan. And it seems that they are not going to 2 their trip anytime soon. “Asian elephants often stay within certain areas. It’s very 3 to see them travel such a long way,” said Chen Mingyong, a life sciences professor at Yunnan University. Scientists are 4 not sure why they are doing this. Some believe it’s because they are looking for better food. According to Zhao Huaidong from the International Fund for Animal Welfare, the number of Asian elephants is 5 because of human protection efforts(努力). So their old homes might not have enough food for them. Meanwhile, the crops, vegetables and fruit that people grow are quite attractive to elephants. 6 possibility, according to Chen, is that they have lost their way. Some scientists also believe that they are traveling due to migratory instinct(迁徙本能). Recent solar activity has changed Earth’s magnetic field(磁场). This might make the elephants think that they 7 migrate. During their long journey, the 15 elephants have already damaged 561,333 square meters of crops and caused economic losses of nearly 6.8 million yuan. But since they are 8 Class-A protection in China, the same as the giant panda, we need to protect them. To ensure the safety of both humans and the elephants, people have fed them tons of food to guide them 9 from towns and cities. Seventy-six police cars and trucks and nine drones(无人机) have been used to keep an 10 on the elephants. Scie