重庆市巴蜀中学校2023-2024学年下学期八年级英语期末试题

英 语 Ⅰ卷 (共90分) Ⅰ. 听力测试 (共30分) 第一节 听句子，选出正确的应答语，听一遍。(1.5分×6) 1. A. Thank you. B. You are welcome. C. Nothing. 2. A. It doesn't matter. B. It's heavy. C. Yes, please. 3. A. I feel sick. B. He feels better. C. She has a cold. 4. A. It's cloudy. B. Yes, I'd love to. C. You are right. 5. A. Me, too. B. Have fun. C. Good idea. 6. A. Yes, I have. B. No, you haven't. C. Yes, I am. 第二节 听对话，选出正确的选项，听一遍。(1.5分×6) 7. A./'pi:sful/ B./ni:d/ C./best/ 8. A. Outside the park. B. Near the hospital. C. In the city. 9. A. Prepare for the final exam. B. Go to the museum. C. Do homework. 10. A. One. B. Two. C. Three. 11. A. Rock music. B. Country music. C. Classical music. 12. A. 第三节 听两段长对话，根据其内容选出正确答案，听两遍。(1.5分×4) 听下面一段材料，回答13和14小题。 13. How many times has the man been t ọ Disneyland? A. Once. B. Twice. C. Three times. 14. What does the man like best in Disneyland? A. The shops. B. The food. C. The sky wheel. 听下面一段材料，回答15和 16 小题。 15. How long is the trip to New York? A.7 days. B.8 days. C. 9 days. 16. When will Frank leave for New York? A. Next Monday. B. Next Thursday. C. Next Saturday. 第四节 听短文，选出正确答案，听两遍。(1.5分×4) 17. What were people's ' lives like in the past? A. Simple. B. Lonely. C. Clear. 18. Why are there fewer trees? A. Because of the tall buildings. B. Because of the buses and cars. C. Because of the development of the town. 19. What pollution is getting more and more serious? A. Air and light. B. Air and water. C. Water and light. 20. According to the writer, what is the treasure? A. Money. B. Nature. C. Tall buildings. 英语 第 1 页 (共 10 页) Ⅱ.语法选择。(10分, 1分×10) The bell rang and the exam ended. I went out of the classroom with 21 .After all, I couldn't believe that I probably wouldn't pass the exam again. The sky was covered with dark clouds and the wind was blowing hard, which made me feel 22 worse. On the way home, I kept my eyes on the ground. As soon as I entered my home,my mom came to ask me 23 the exam with great expectation. I told her 24I didn't want to talk and then walked toward my bedroom. Lying on the bed, I couldn't stop 25 about how Mom and the teacher would be angry with me and began to cry. Maybe Mom 26 what had happened to me. She opened 27 door and asked me to go to the yard with her. She ponted to a flower, which was suffering (遭受) from a large storm. 28 leaves and petals(花瓣) were shaking hard. It seemed that it would be broken into pieces. But to my surprise, the small flower was still standing strong, smiling against the wind and rain. I finally understood. Although there are many 29 , we always have to go on and fight bravely. After the storm, we'll see the brightest rainbows. That flower,which blooms(盛放) in my heart, is 30 one that I've ever seen. 21. A. sad B. sadness C. sadly 22. A. very B. even C. so 23. A. about B. for C. to 24. A. that B. if C. how 25. A. think B. thinking C. to think 26. A. knows B. knew C. has known 27. A. a B. an C. the 28. A. It B. Itself C. Its 29. A. difficulty B. difficulties C. difficulties’ 30. A. the most beautiful B. more beautiful C. beautiful III. 完形填空。(10分, 1分×10) The popular talent show Riding Wind 2024 came out on April 19. There are 36female(女性的) 31 from around the world. They are successful in singing,dancing, acting and so on. One of them is Chen Lijun, a young Yueju Opera actress. 32 performing her song Destiny, the 32-year-old mixed opera singing with sword dancing(舞剑) to show the courage of Chinese women. Born and Raised in Shengzhou, Zhejiang, the home of Yueju Opera, Chen began studying the art form at 13. Yueju Opera is famous 33 its female characters, as most of its performers are women. But as for Cheng, because she is tall and sometimes similar to a man in many ways, Chen's teachers 34 her to play xiaosheng or young male(男性的) characters. Chen is known and loved by people for her reversed(反串的) role in New 英语 第 2 页 (共 10 页) Dragon Gate Inn, a Yueju Opera show. In the show, Chen 35 the role of Jia Ting. Called the“Jade-faced Man”, Jia has a handsome look. In her acting, Chen 36 the best in her and other actresses. With just one arm, she can turn another actress around 37 . Chen has successfully made her role a mix of female and male characters and that gives her a feeling of 38 . It makes young people crazy about her. Her performance is helping bring 39 life to this ancient art.“Traditional Chinese opera must be passed on(传承). More 40 , we need to bring it to more people,”Chen wrote online on April 12. 31. A. stars B. singers C. dancers D. actors 32. A. Before B. After C. While D. As 33. A. for B. as C. to D. with 34. A. ordered B. allowed C. encouraged D. caused 35. A. has B. likes C. decides D. plays 36. A. puts out B. tries out C. carries out D. brings out 37. A. heavily B. easily C. loudly D. happily 38. A. safety B. achievement C. shame D. fear 39. A. strange B. meaningful C. new D. truthful 40. A. importantly B. luckily C. successfully D. quickly IV. 阅读理解。 (35分, 5篇阅读, A篇1分×3, B篇-E篇2分×16) A With the rapid development of short videos, a recent study surveyed(调查)1,000 Chinese people about their short video-watching habits. It found that people might be used to watching short videos so much that they cannot stop. 41. What percent of people hate watching short videos according to the survey? A.8.5%. B.3.8%. C.34.6%. D. 53.1%. 42. How many people watch short videos more than I hour at one time? A.312. B.588. C.113. D.1000. 43. Who would most probably enjoy watching short videos? 英语 第 3 页 (共 10 页) A. Teenagers. B. Mom. C. Dad. D. Grandpa. B China has a long history that goes back more than 5,000 years. So there are a lot of cool places with amazing historical stories. You will read about four of the most amazing sites(遗址) in China. The Sanxingdui Ruins '. The Sanxingdui Ruins are near Guanghan City, Sichuan Province. A farmer found it by accident back in the 1920s. They tell us the stories of the Shu Kingdom from at least 4.800 years ago. The Grand Canal(大运河) The Grand Canal has a history of more than 2,500 years. Running 3,200 km, it's the longest man-made waterway in the world and goes across 27 cities. The can al is still very important today, useful for protecting the environment and spreading local culture. The Longmen Grottoes These amazing grottoes are in Luoyang, Henan Province. People started to build them in the late 5th century. The Longmen Grottoes include the finest examples of Chinese Buddhist(佛教的) art botween the late Northern Wei Dynasty(386-534) and the Tang Dynasty(618-907). The Erlitou Site The site, in Henan Province, was the capital city for the middle and late periods of the Xia Dynasty, which was there about 3500-3800 years ago. It's really important for learning about how Chinese culture began and how ancient capital cities were set up. 44. According to the passage, where will you go to know about the Shu Kingdom? A. Sichuan. B. Henan. C. Beijing. D. Hangzhou. 45. How long is the Grand Canal? A.2,500 km. B.3,200km. C.4,000km. D.3,500 km. 46. Which of the following sites has the longest history? A. The Sanxingdui Ruins. B. The Grand Canal. C. The Erlitou Site. D. The Longmen Grottoes. 47. In which part of a magazine can you probably read the passage? A. Science. B. Art. C. Sports. D. History. C You can be anything, but you must try, So never give up, REACH for the sky.You could be a doctor and look after the sick, Or a builder building beautiful houses.You could be a singer and sing to a crowd,Have everyone crying your name out aloud. 英语 第 4 页 (共 10 页) You can be anything, but you must try, So never give up, REACH for the sky. You could be an actor and dress up all day,Pretend(假装) to be different, whoever you may. You could be a barber and cut people's hair,Cut all sorts of shapes, whatever you dare! You can be anything, but you must try, So never give up, REACH for the sky. You could be a firefighter and save others' lives, Putting big fires out, trom morning till night. You could be a policeman walking on the roads, You could be a scientist making medicines,Finding new medicines that help treat the ill. It doesn't matter whatever you choose, As long as you try hard, you will never lose. 48. How many kinds of jobs are mentioned in the poem(诗歌)? A. Six. B. Seven. C. Eight. D. Nine. 49. Which of the following pictures probably shows the job of a barber? 50. Which of the following sentences can be put in ▲ ? A. Making people feel at home. B. Giving weather report to people. C. Keeping the world safe from bad people. D. Explaining how the washing machine works. 51. What's the purpose(目的) of writing this poem? A. To encourage us to work hard for our dreams no matter what we want to be. B. To warn(警告) us to choose our jobs carefully when we grow up. C. To tell us we can be anything we want in the future. D. To advise us to enjoy our jobs as much as possible. D Recently, a Douyi n influencer(网红) named“Xiao Zhang the worker”has got popular because of her“How-to”videos. In the videos, she teaches the simplest life Skills, such as how to see a concert and how to take the subway. She has quickly won over 2 million followers on Douyin. In some way, the rising popularity of“How-to”videos shows that young people's search habits have changed. More and more people turn to social media(媒 英语 第 5 页 (共 10 页) 体) like Douyi n and Bilibili for information. Li Zhouzi, a 14-year-old from Shanxi, likes to search on Bilibili. She says that by doing this, she gets information more quickly and easily. For example, when using traditional search engines(搜索引擎) for something about math, she will always lose her way because of too much difficult information. Instead, videos by creators on Bilibili can offer clearer explanations than those she can find in other ways. Being able to communicate with real people can also give searchers a strong feeling of trust. Hu Tian is a 13-year-old girl from Sichuan. She likes searching for how to cook on Xiaohongshu. She can see photos and words by people who also like it.“I trust them more than the information I get on search engines,”she said to Teens. Like Hu, many young people search for more relaxing topics on social media.They leave the more serious topics to traditional search engines. Zhou Yaokai , a Junior 3 student from Chongqing is one of them. He turns to social media for preparations for trips, while Baidu for government news reports. 52. How does the writer begin the passage? A. By asking a question. B. By telling a story. C. By comparing two facts. D By listing numbers. 53. What can we learn from the experience of Xiao Zhang? A. Xiao Zhang makes Douyi n get more and more popular. B. People used to know nothing about living skills. C. People's searching habits don't always stay the same. D. A lot of people are interested in making“How-to”videos. 54. What can you infer(推断) from the passage? A. Xiao Zhang now has more than 2m illions on Douyin. B. Peoplenever talk about heavier topics on Douyin or Bilibili. C. Hu Tian thinks people trust real people more than unknown ones online. D. Video-teaching is an easier way to understand difficult explanations online. 55. What's the best title for this passage? A. Different Kinds of Searching Engines B.“How-to”Videos C. A New Way to Search for information D. Douyi n Changes Your Life E ①You probably know that thinking is good for the brain.It helps you do things like making plans and controlling your feelings. It can help you do better in different areas like school, sports and work. ②Do you sometimes talk to yourself when you think? It can be really awkward (尴尬的) if someone sees you talking to yourself. But don't feel bad about it! Talking to yourself is 英语 第 6 页 (共 10 页) good for you in many ways. ③When encouraging words come out of your mouth, it adds to self-confidence (自信心). A 2009 study invited 72 tennis players to take part in some matches.Researchers put the players into two groups: one group that said nothing while playing, and the other that talked to themselves while playing. They found that the self-talkers showed more confidence and played better than those in the silent group. ④Talking to yourself, especially in the third person, can also help you deal with bad feelings.“Refer ring to (指代) yourself in the third person leads you to think about yourself more similar to how you think about others,”said Jason Moser , a professor from Michigan State University, the US. I his can help you see things in a different way, especially when you're feeling sad or angry. ⑤Self-talk also helps improve memory. Researchers tested four different ways to remember things: reading silently, readıng aloud, listening to someone else read and listening to a recording of oneself reading. Those who read out loud could think of the information the best, researchers said in their study published(发布) in the magazine Memory. 56. For the brain, which of the following does thinking not help with? A. Planning a trip. B. Being good at basketball. C. Controlling feelings. D. Talking to yourself. 57. According to paragraph 3, what can self-talk help to do? A. Find out who the best players are. B. Develop a player's skills. C. Improve one's confidence. D. Change a person's habits. 58. Which way of self-talk can help people deal with bad feelings? A.“Is there anything we can do for her?” B.“I have tried my best. Just do what I can.” C.“What can Annie do to make the situation better?” D.“You are the strongest person I've ever met.” 59. Which of the following shows how the passage goes? 英语 第 7 页 (共 10 页) V. 补全对话, 七选五。(5分, 1分×5) A. You must make a good plan for it. B. How long will you stay there? C. What places are you going to visit? D. What's it about? E. Is there any good news? F. You're welcome to Xinjiang. G. Don't miss the horse race. A: Hi, Wendy, you look so excited today. 60 . B: Yes. Guess what? All my family are going on a trip to Xinjiang Province. A:That's great. 61 . B: Well, maybe Urumqi, Altay and Ili. A: You're going to Altay? 62 . B: The horse race? When is it then? A:It's in July. A: 63 . B: The people there will ride horses to have a competition. B: That's cool. A: 64 . B: OK. I'll go online and find more information about it. Oh, I can't wait for it. Ⅱ卷 (共60分) VI. 任务型阅读。(9分, 前3题各2分, 第4题3分) Bob's mother was a teacher who loved reading. To share his mother's love for reading with others, he decided to build a wooden box and fill it with books. Bob put the box of books in his front yard. On the box was a sign that read“Free Books”.This was the beginning of the Little Free Library. Soon Bob's neighbors noticed this tiny red box. They began taking the books and replacing(代替) them with their own books. The tiny library was always open,so people didn't need a library card to read the books there. People could read whenever they wanted. One of his friends, Rick Brooks, believed that Bob's little libraries could help more than just local friends and neighbors. With this in mind,Bob and Brooks thought up a plan to build more than 2,500 Little Free Libraries around the world. But this library didn't just provide books. As more and more people visited Bob's little library, they began talking with one another. Everyone loved the library.They shared thoughts, ideas, and stories. They got to know one another. Today there are more than 15,000 little libraries around the world. So, why not build some in your neighborhood? 65. Where did Bob put the box of books? 66. Did people need à library card to read the books there? 英语 第 8 页 (共 10 页) 67. How could the Little Free Libraries help people? 65. Summer vacation is coming. Will you choose to read books at home or go out to see the world? Please explain. Ⅶ.根据首字母或句意用所给单词的正确形式填空。(7分，1分×7) 69. It's too late. Why not consider (take) a taxi to go home? 70. Jack doesn't want to study an) , because he will really miss his hometown. 71. The boys are so happy that we can hear their outside the classroom. 72.---Where is Mary? ---She (go) to the library. 73. As h students, we must always tell the truth. 74. He shouted with excite) as soon as he saw his favourite movie star. 75. Feel free (ask) me anything on today's school trip. VIII. 按要求进行句型转换, 每空一词。(8分, 1分×8) 76. Tom has already finished all the homework.(变为否定句) Tom finished all the homework . 77. They were watching the World Cup when I called? (对划线部分提问) were they when you called? 78. I bought the bike five years ago. (同义句转换) I the bike for five years. 79.即使你失去了一切，也不要失去希望。 You shouldn't lose hope you lose everything. IX. 原文填空 (共5分, 1分×5) Country is a traditional kind of music from the southern states of America.Nashville Tennessee is the home of country music. Many songs these days are just about 80 Jife in the US, such as the importance of money and success, but not about 81 to igroup. However, country music brings us back to the“good old.days”when people were kind to each other and trusted one another. It 82 us that the best things in life are free——laughter, friends, family, and the beauty of nature and the countryside. Have you ever tried Chinese food outside of China? Maybe you fear that you won't be able to find 83 good to eat when you travel. In Singapore, however,you'll find a lot of food from China; you won't have any problem getting rice,noodles or dumplings. Singapore is also an excellent place to try new food. 84you like Indian food, Western food or Japanese food, you'll find it all in Singapore. X. 短文填空。(16分, 2分×8) One day, 60 people were listening to a speech(演讲). The speaker was talking about happiness, but people started to lose their attention(注意力) after a few hours.The speaker came up 85 am idea. He stopped his speech and asked all of the people to take part in a group activity. He gave each person a balloon(气球) in the room and asked them'to write his 英语 第 9 页 (共 10 页) or her name on the balloon with a pen. Then his helper c 86 all of the balloons and moved them to another room. When all the 60 people walked into the room, the speaker told them to find the balloon that had their 87 name written on it. Everyone ran around, crazily looking for theirawn balloon. Many people even fell over. What a m 88 ! 89 , after about five minutes of searching, nobody could find their own balloon. After seeing this, the speaker asked each person to take a balloon and try to find the person whose name was written on it. Everyone started talking to each other and 90 each other's names. After just a few minutes, everyone had his or her own balloon. . "Can you see what has 91 ?" the speaker said. "The balloons are like the happiness we look for in our own lives. Everyone is busy looking for their own happiness, not caring what happens to 92 : But sometimes the best way to find happiness is to help others. Help them find happiness and you can find your own." XI. 书面表达。(15 分) 没有健康的心理，就没有健康的人生。保持心理健康是人的一种重要能力。请借助图片内容和参考信息写一篇英语文章，向报社投稿，告诉中学生应该如何保持心理健康。 要求： 1. 80-120 字; 2.文中不能出现自己的姓名和所在学校的名称。 英语 第 10 页 (共 10 页) 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$