精品解析：山东省威海荣成市实验教学联盟（五四制）2023-2024学年八年级上学期期末考试英语试题

初三英语试题 注意事项： 1.本试卷共8页，共80分。考试时间90分钟。考试结束后，只上交答题卡。 2.答题前，考生务必用0.5毫米黑色签字笔将自己的姓名、考生号、座号填写在答题卡规定的位置上。 3.需要涂卡的小题，选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑；如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号，答案选在试卷上无效。 4.非选择题必须用0.5毫米黑色签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡指定区域内相应的位置，写在试卷上的答案无效；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案；不能使用涂改液、胶带纸、修正带，不按以上要求作答的答案无效。 一、阅读理解（共20小题，1-15每小题1分，16-20每小题2分，计25分） 阅读A、B两篇短文，从文后每小题A、B、C选项中选择最佳答案。 A As many as 110 middle and high school students from more than 90 countries and regions (地区) took part in the 16th “Chinese Bridge” Chinese Proficiency Competition for Foreign Secondary School Students (外国中学生汉语水平竞赛). The competition ran from Oct 16 to Oct 30, 2023 in Beijing and Yunnan. In it, they took cultural trips and answered questions about Chinese characters (汉字) and Chinese culture. ●Attracted by Chinese dramas Folke Borgstrom is an 18-year-old from Sweden. When he visited Beijing for the competition, he bought a jade necklace (玉石项链). Borgstrom said he knew about jade from a Chinese TV show. “A main character in the TV show wears jade and it makes him look cool. Jade can have many colors like green, red and white,” said Borgstrom. He became interested in it and started to learn more about it. Borgstrom also enjoyed watching popular short dramas. “Most Sweden TV shows tell of boring everyday life,” he said, “But Chinese shows have interesting stories.” ●Amazed by a Chinese host Many of the students hoped to learn more about Chinese culture on the trip, but Ai Akasaki, from Japan, wanted to meet her idol, Sa Beining. Sa is a well-known host in China. The 16-year-old girl watches the Spring Festival Gala (春晚) every year and likes the funny Sa. “I also watched other shows Sa hosts, like Everlasting Classics (《经典咏流传》). In those beautiful songs, I found Chinese poetry (诗) is as beautiful as Japanese haiku (俳句),” said Ai. Unluckily, she didn’t meet Sa this time. But she wants to be a journalist (记者) in China and work with Sa one day. ●Surprised by Chinese art Luise Maralda from Germany has been studying art for 12