精品解析：辽宁省沈阳市杏坛中学2023-2024学年八年级下学期4月月考英语试题

笔试部分 （共45题 满分90分） 第一部分 选择题（共50分） 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 Boys and girls, let’s do an experiment in today’s lesson. Materials: Instructions: 1. Fill the glass about 2/3 full with water. 2. Drop the egg carefully into the glass and watch it go down towards the bottom. 3. Add about 5 spoons of salt the water. Test to see if your egg floats (漂浮). 4. Add more salt if the egg is still at the bottom. The science behind it: Things go down in the water when they are denser (稠密的) than the water. By adding salt we make the water denser. Once the water is denser than the egg, it goes up. You can also try other things to see if you can have the same result. 1. What kind of lesson are the students having? A. Math. B. Biology. C. Physics. D. Geography. 2. Which of the following is the result you can see before adding salt to the water? A. B. C. D. 3. According to the experiment, we can learn that ________. A. The experiment needs more than four materials. B. Pour the water into the glass and keep the 2/3 distance from the top of it. C. Nothing else can goes up except the egg in this experiment. D. If the egg doesn’t rise, you can add one more spoon of salt. 4. The text above is probably taken from ________. A. a science magazine B. a social app C. a travel guide D. an encyclopedia B Are you still doing the V sign for victory? It’s out. The latest popular hand gesture is to curl (卷曲) both of your hands and put them together to make a heart shape. Known as “hand heart”, many young stars in the US including Justin Bieber, Blake Lively and Taylor Swift have done the move in recent photos. “The heart-hand gesture means something between ‘I love you’ and ‘thank you’” said the country singer Taylor Swift, “It’s a sweet, simple message which you can send without saying a word.” Taylor Swift often puts her hands above her head in the heart shape at her concerts. And she is believed to be the first to make the gesture popular. Last mo