内容正文:
2023-2024学年度第一学期期末考试
八年级英语试卷
(本试卷共45道题 满分100分 考试时间90分钟)
第一部分 选择题(共55 )
一、阅读理解(共20小题,每小题2分;满分40分)
第一节 阅读下面语言材料,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
Film: The Battle at Lake Changjin Ⅱ
Kind: War/History
Actors: Wu Jing, Yi Yangqianxi
Running Time: 149 minutes
Storyline: This is the sequel (续集) of The Battle at Lake Changjin. It tells the story of Chinese People’s Volunteer Army fighting in an important battle in Shuimenqiao during the Korean War (1950-1953).
Prices: Mon.—Fri.: ¥40 ¥20 (Kids under 7)
Sat. &Sun.: ¥50 ¥25 (Kids under 7)
We can see it on Iqiyi, Tencent and Youku now!
1. The Battle at Lake Changjin Ⅱ is a movie about ________.
A. education B. history C. science D. sports
2. This movie lasts for ________.
A. less than two hours B. more than two hours
C. more than three hours D. more than four hours
3. Mrs Wang wants to take her 5-year-old son to see the movie on Sunday, they should pay ________.
A. ¥60. B. ¥100 C. ¥75. D. ¥80
4. Where can we NOT see the movie according to the passage?
A. On Mango TV. B. On Tencent. C. On Iqiyi. D. On Youku.
B
Have you ever heard about the story of The Old Man and the Sea? It was written by American writer Hemingway in 1952. The story is about an old fisherman (渔民) who has been fighting for a long time with a huge marlin (枪鱼).
The old man went fishing every day but he hadn’t caught a fish for eighty-four days. In the first forty days, there was a boy with him. The old man taught the boy to fish. But after forty days without a fish, the boy’s parents told him that the old man was unlucky. The boy then was asked to work on another boat.
After the boy left, the old man went fishing alone. One day the old man caught a huge marlin. He was greatly tested. Unluckily, the marlin’s blood attracted a lot of sharks. The old man was weak but fought against the sharks hard. Finally, he went back with a huge fish skeleton (骨架). Although the old man didn’t bring back the fish, he won.
Hemingway showed us that people are