精品解析：广东省湛江市雷州市第四中学2022-2023学年八年级下学期期末英语试题

广东省湛江市雷州四中2022-2023学年八年级下学期期末 英语试卷 二、语法选择 （10分） When I was in primary school, I fell in love with reading. The books ___1___ me to a wonderful world. The more I read, the more I wanted to know. However, my parents ___2___ afford so many books. I had to solve the problem myself. There was a bookshop near my home. One day I walked into ___3___ bookshop and picked up a book. I didn’t know whether I could read there ___4___ buying any book. ___5___ sure I wasn’t noticed, I just read a few pages and then put it back. Luckily, no one noticed me. After that, I went there to read every day. Several days later, while I was reading, the owner came up and asked, “You like reading?” I looked down and replied ___6___, “Yes.” “Don’t worry,” he said with a smile. “You may read books here ___7___ you help me clean the shop.” I felt quite surprised. “Really? It’s so kind of you!” I was very happy that I was allowed to read there. From then on, I spent a little time ___8___ the shop. After that, I quietly read there. That way, I read lots of books. I became one of ___9___ writers in our school. I even won some prizes in writing. Now studying in high school, I can borrow books ____10____ the library. My hobby of reading is kept. It will make a big difference to my life. 1. A. brought B. bring C. have brought 2. A. couldn’t B. mustn’t C. needn’t 3. A. a B. an C. the 4. A. without B. against C. for 5. A. Make B. To make C. Making 6. A. nervous B. nervously C. excitedly 7. A. if B. although C. before 8. A. cleaning B. cleaned C. to clean 9. A. good B. the best C. the poorest 10. A. from B. for C. with 【答案】1. A 2. A 3. C 4. A 5. B 6. B 7. A 8. A 9. B 10. A 【解析】 【导语】本文主要讲述了作者很喜欢阅读，但是家里经济状况不太好，无法给作者买很多书，所以作者到书店去看书，并得到了书店老板帮助的故事。 【1题详解】 句意：这些书把我带到了一个奇妙的世界。 brought带来（一般过去时）；bring带来（一般现在时）；have brought已经带来（现在完成时）。根据“When I was in primary school”可知，此处叙述的是过去发生的事，应用一般过去时。故选A。 【2题详解】 句意：然而，我的父母买不起这么多书。 couldn’t不能；mustn’t不得；needn’t不需要。分析“my parents...afford so many books”和选项可知，此处表示作者的父母买不起这么多书，couldn’t afford意为“买不起，负担不起”。故选A。 【3题详解】 句意：一天，我走进那家书店，拿起一本书。 a一（不定冠词，表示泛指，用于辅音音素前）；an一（不定冠词，表示泛指，用于元音音素前）；the这个，那个（定冠词，表示特指）。根据上文“There was a bookshop near my home.”可知，此处特指上文问提到的那家书店，所以空格处应用定冠词the。故选C。 【4题详解】 句意：我不知道我是否可以不买书就在那里看书。 without不；against反对；for为了。根据上文“However, my parents...afford so many books.”可知，作者的父母无法给作者买很多书，所以作者想在这家书店只看书但不买书。故选A。 【5题详解】 句意：为了确保不被注意到，我就随便看了几页，然后就把书放回去了。 Make sure确保（原形）；To make sure为了确保（动词不定式）；Making sure确保（动名词短语）。分析“...sure I wasn’t noticed, I just read a few pages and then put it back.”可知，作者只看几页书就把书放回去的目的是为了确保不被发现，所以此处应用动词不定式作目的状语。故选B。 6题详解】 句意：我低下头，紧张地回答道。 nervous紧张的（形容词）；nervously紧张地（副词）；excitedly激动地（副词）。根据上文“After that, I went there to read every day.”可知，作者每天去书店看书但是不买书，所以当老板问他话时，他很紧张，空前的replied是动词，所以空格处应选副词nervously，用来修饰动词replied。故选B。 【7题详解】 句意：如果你帮我打扫书店，你可以在这里看书。 if如果；although虽然；before在……之前。分析“You may read books here...you help me clean the shop.”可知，作者帮老板打扫书店是老板让他在这里看书的条件，所以空格处应选if引导此条件状语从句。故选A。 【8题详解】 句意：从那以后，我花一点时间打扫书店。 cleaning打扫（动词-ing形式）；cleaned打扫（过去式）；to clean打扫（动词不定式）。根据短语spend time doing sth.“花时间做某事”可知，空格处应选cleaning。故选A。 【9题详解】 句意：我成了我们学校最好的作家之一。 good好的（形容词原级）；the best最好的（形容词最高级）；the poorest最穷的（形容词最高级）。根据下文“I even won some prizes in writing.”可知，作者是一个优秀的作家，再结合“one of the+形容词最高级+可数名词复数形式”结构可知，空格处应填the best。故选B。 【10题详解】 句意：现在我在读高中，我可以去图书馆借书。 from从；for为了；with和。根据短语borrow...from...“从……借……”可知，空格处应选介词from。故选A。 三、完形填空 （10分） When I was young, I was so interested in Chinese movies that I wanted to know more about Chinese culture like kung fu and xiqu. I often ____11____ of going to China one day. Luckily, when I was learning theater at university, I was provided with a chance to study ____12____. There was a program to study Asian theater arts either in China or in India. I ____13____ to go to China and learn Beijing Opera in a Chinese theater school. The school offered me a place to practice. It was good ____14____ I could practice whenever I wanted. Also I had ____15____ lessons-the teacher would give me one-to-one class for three hours. That was the best part of my study in China. I do appreciate (感激) this chance to ____16____ the beautiful art! I got a lot from my study in China. It has greatly ____17____ me and helped me develop into a more skillful ____18____. This Chinese art gives me plenty of ____19____, so I can use them when I perform other shows in Europe. I have ____20____ an art center to teach Beijing Opera. Now there are more fans of Beijing Opera in my country. 11. A. heard B. died C. knew D. dreamed 12. A. here B. inside C. abroad D. online 13. A. failed B. decided C. regretted D. continued 14. A. until B. though C. unless D. because 15. A. easy B. private C. boring D. social 16. A. learn B. expect C. test D. celebrate 17. A. influenced B. troubled C. guarded D. controlled 18 A. writer B. doctor C. actor D. pilot 19. A. orders B. clothes C. tools D. poems 20. A. kept off B. broken into C. pointed out D. set up 【答案】11. D 12. C 13. B 14. D 15. B 16. A 17. A 18. C 19. C 20. D 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文，作者向我们介绍了自己在中国学习戏剧的经历。 【11题详解】 句意：我经常梦想有一天能去中国。 heard听说；died死亡；knew知道；dreamed梦想。根据“When I was young, I was so interested in Chinese movies that I wanted to know more about Chinese culture like kung fu and xiqu.”可知，从小对中国电影、文化感兴趣，所以梦想去中国。故选D。 【12题详解】 句意：幸运的是，当我在大学学习戏剧的时候，我得到了一个出国学习的机会。 here这里；inside里面；abroad在国外；online在线地。根据后文作者去了中国可知，是出国学习，study abroad“出国留学”。故选C。 【13题详解】 句意：我决定去中国，在一所中国戏剧学校学习京剧。 failed失败；decided决定；regretted后悔；continued继续。根据“to go to China and learn Beijing Opera in a Chinese theater school”可知，是作者决定做的事情。故选B。 【14题详解】 句意：这很好，因为我可以随时练习。 until直到；though虽然；unless除非；because因为。“I could practice whenever I wanted”是“It was good”的原因，用because引导原因状语从句。故选D。 【15题详解】 句意：我也有私人课程——老师会给我一对一上三个小时的课。 easy容易的；private私人的；boring无聊的；social社会的。根据“the teacher would give me one-to-one class”可知，是私人课程。故选B。 【16题详解】 句意：我非常感谢有这个学习美丽艺术的机会！ learn学习；expect期待；test测试；celebrate庆祝。根据“the beautiful art”可知，是学习艺术。故选A。 【17题详解】 句意：它极大地影响了我，帮助我发展成为一个更有技巧的演员。 influenced影响；troubled麻烦；guarded保卫；controlled控制。根据“It has greatly… me and helped me develop into a more skillful…”可知，中国的学习影响到了作者。故选A。 【18题详解】 句意：它极大地影响了我，帮助我发展成为一个更有技巧的演员。 writer作家；doctor医生；actor演员；pilot飞行员。根据“so I can use them when I perform (表演) other shows in Europe”可知，是演员。故选C。 【19题详解】 句意：这种中国艺术给了我很多工具，所以我可以在欧洲表演其他节目时使用它们。 orders命令；clothes衣服；tools工具；poems诗。根据“so I can use them when I perform (表演) other shows in Europe”可知，是表演工具。故选C。 【20题详解】 句意：我建立了一个艺术中心来教授京剧 kept off不接近；broken into闯入；pointed out指出；set up建立。根据“an art center to teach Beijing Opera”可知，是建立了一个艺术中心。故选D。 四、阅读理解 阅读短文, 从每小题所给的四个选项中, 选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。 A A river is a flowing（流动的）, moving stream of water. Usually a river feeds water into an ocean, lake, pond, or even another river. Rivers can differ in size and there is no strict rule on how big a flow of water must be to be called as a river. Here are the five longest rivers in the world. The Nile River The Nile River is 4,135 miles long. It is located in the continent of Africa, mostly in the countries of Egypt and Sudan. It flows north into the Mediterranean Sea. The Amazon River The Amazon River is 3,980 miles long. It is located in the continent of South America and flows through several countries including Brazil, Venezuela, Bolivia, and Ecuador. It ends at the Atlantic Ocean. The Yangtze River Located in China, the Yangtze River is 3,917 miles long and flows into the East China Sea. The Mississippi River and the Missouri River The river system of the Mississippi River and the Missouri River is the longest river system in North America at 3,902 miles. It flows south into the Gulf of Mexico. The Yenisei River The Yenisei River starts in Mongolia and flows through Russia to the Kara Sea in the Arctic Ocean. It’s 3,445 miles long. There are 76 rivers in the world over 1,000 miles long. A lot of people think that rivers always flow south, but 4 of the 10 longest rivers in the world flow north. The United States alone has around 3.5 million miles of rivers. Four of the top 10 longest rivers flow through China at some point. 21. The Nile River is _________ longer than the Yangtze River. A. 155 miles B. 218 miles C. 233 miles D. 690 miles 22. Which is the second longest river in the world? A. The Nile River. B. The Mississippi River. C. The Yangtze River. D. The Amazon River. 23. The Mississippi River ends at _________. A. the Mediterranean Sea B. the East China Sea C. the Gulf of Mexico D. the Arctic Ocean 24. According to the passage, how many rivers are there in the world over 1,000 miles long? A. 10. B. 76. C. 4. D. 35. 25. What is the last paragraph mainly about? A. Fun facts about world rivers. B. In which direction most rivers flow. C. Rivers over 1,000 miles long in the world. D. Four longest rivers flowing through China. 【答案】21. B 22. D 23. C 24. B 25. A 【解析】 【分析】本文主要介绍了世界上最长的五条河流——尼罗河、亚马孙河、长江、密西西比河和叶尼塞河，以及一些河流的有趣事实。 【21题详解】 细节理解题。根据“The Nile River is 4,135 miles long.”和“the Yangtze River is 3,917 miles long”可知，尼罗河比长江长218英里，故选B。 【22题详解】 细节理解题。根据“Here are the five longest rivers in the world.”和“The Amazon River”可知，本文按顺序介绍世界上五条最长的河，所以亚马孙河是世界上第二长河，故选D。 【23题详解】 细节理解题。根据“It flows south into the Gulf of Mexico.”可知，密西西比河向南流入墨西哥湾。故选C。 【24题详解】 细节理解题。根据“There are 76 rivers in the world over 1,000 miles long.”可知，世界上有76条超过1000英里长的河流。故选B。 25题详解】 主旨大意题。本文主要介绍了世界上最长的五条河流以及一些河流的事实。选项A“关于世界河流的有趣事实”符合主题，故选A。 B A king (国王) kept a peacock (孔雀) named Percy. He loved the bird so much that he decided to use a special cake to celebrate the bird’s birthday. Then he sent out invitations to all the bakers (糕点师) and said, “If you can make the most beautiful cake, you will be the Best Baker.” On Percy’s birthday, many bakers came with their cakes. The king liked one of them best, because it was like Percy a lot. So he said to the man, “Mark, you’re the Best Baker now.” “But how does it taste?” A little girl asked. “You cannot say that if you haven’t even tasted his cake.” Then the king cut the cake and found it was made of paper and sponge (海绵). He shouted, “Are you trying to kid me?” Then the king said to the girl, “Now there is no cake for the party. What should I do?” “Percy is lovely, but birds don’t eat cakes like we do. So I made this for him to eat,” the girl said and showed the king a small cupcake made of bird food. “Who is this special day for? Only a truly kind heart will care about that,” the king said. “This is the best cake for Percy, and you’re the Best Baker.” 26. Who is Percy? A. The king’s son. B. The king’s baker. C. The king himself. D. The king’s bird. 27. Why did the king choose Mark’s cake at first? A. Mainly because of its colour. B. Mainly because of its look. C. Mainly because of its taste. D. Mainly because of its price. 28. What does the underlined word “kid” mean in the passage? A. play a joke on B. child C. beat D. shout at 29. Why did the king name the girl the Best Baker? A. Because her cake tasted the best. B. Because her cake was really for the bird. C. Because her cake was the cutest of all. D. Because her cake looked like Percy a lot. 30. Which can be the best title of this passage? A. Never too old to learn. B. Actions speak louder than words. C. You cannot eat your cake and have it. D. The best gift always comes from the heart. 【答案】26. D 27. B 28. A 29. B 30. D 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文，主要讲述了国王请糕点师们为他养的鸟Percy做蛋糕来庆祝它的生日，只有一个女孩是真心为Percy制作蛋糕，最后她成为最佳糕点师。 【26题详解】 细节理解题。根据“A king (国王) kept a peacock (孔雀) named Percy. He loved the bird so much that he decided to use a special cake to celebrate the bird’s birthday.”可知，Percy是国王养的鸟。故选D。 【27题详解】 细节理解题。根据“The king liked one of them best, because it was like Percy a lot.”可知，因为它很像Percy。故选B。 【28题详解】 词义猜测题。根据“Then the king cut the cake and found it was made of paper and sponge.”可知，国王切开蛋糕，发现它是纸和海绵做的。所以国王认为Mark是在戏弄他，play a joke on sb“跟某人开玩笑”。故选A。 【29题详解】 推理判断题。根据“Only a truly kind heart will care about that...This is the best cake for Percy, and you’re the Best Baker.”可知，因为她的蛋糕是为Percy而制作的。故选B。 【30题详解】 最佳标题题。根据全文可知，本文主要讲述了国王请糕点师们为他养的鸟Percy做蛋糕，只有一个女孩是真心为Percy制作生日蛋糕，最后她成为最佳糕点师的故事。故选D。 C 配对阅读。左栏是五个人的喜好及需求，右栏是对七个地点的介绍，请为左栏的五个人选择一个合适的地点。 ___31___ Liu Nan likes animals. He wants to draw ten pictures about some animals’ life. He needs to go to a zoo on weekends. ___32___ Tang Li is good at playing sports and he plans to climb a mountain to watch the sunrise next week. ___33___ Li Long wants to relax in a warm and sunny place. He wants to swim in the sea and lie on the beach this winter holiday. ___34___ Zhou Wei likes the north of China. He enjoys walking in the cool forest away from the noise and the traffic in the city. ___35___ He Xin likes to read history books and knows many different places in China. He wants to visit some old buildings with a long history. A. Have you ever visited Mount Tai? You can climb it and watch the sunrise on it. When you climb to the top of Mount Tai, you will feel like you’re in the sky. B. Changbai Mountain is in Jilin Province. The old trees are nearly one thousand years old. There are different plants in the forest. Many people love to come to this quiet place. C. Guangzhou Chimelong Safari Park is the No. 1 national wild zoo in China. There, animals live in open and natural habitats (栖息地). Walking in it, you will be shocked by the great number of wildlife. D. There are some different trees in Beijing Chaoyang Park. Old people often play Tai Chi and take a walk there in the morning. E. Sanya is a beautiful place. There is blue sea and nice beaches with soft sand. You can enjoy the warm sunshine, clean sky and golden beaches in winter. F. Kunming is a beautiful city. It’s never too cold or hot there. You can see flowers and green trees all the year. It is a good place for people to live. G. The Qiao’s Family Compound (乔家大院) is in Shanxi. It is the building that has a long history. It reflects the unique (独特的) style of China’s northern houses in the Qing dynasty. 【答案】31. C 32. A 33. E 34. B 35. G 【解析】 【导语】本文描述了五个人的喜好及需求，并介绍了七个地点与其配对。 【31题详解】 根据“He needs to go to a zoo on weekends.”可知，他要去动物园看动物。选项C“广州长隆野生动物园是中国第一家国家野生动物园。在那里，动物生活在开放和自然的栖息地。走在其中，你会被数量众多的野生动物所震惊。”与之匹配。故选C。 【32题详解】 根据“Tang Li is good at playing sports and he plans to climb a mountain to watch the sunrise next week.”可知，他要去看日出。选项A“你参观过泰山吗？你可以爬上去，在上面看日出。当你爬上泰山之巅时，你会觉得你在天上。”与之匹配。故选A。 【33题详解】 根据“He wants to swim in the sea and lie on the beach this winter holiday.”可知，这个寒假他想去海里游泳，躺在沙滩上。选项E“三亚是一个美丽的地方。这里有蓝色的大海和柔软的沙滩。冬天可以享受温暖的阳光、洁净的天空和金色的沙滩。”与之匹配。故选E。 【34题详解】 根据“Zhou Wei likes the north of China. He enjoys walking in the cool forest away from the noise and the traffic in the city.”可知，他喜欢在森林里安静地散步。选项B“长白山在吉林省。这些老树将近一千岁了。森林里有不同的植物。许多人喜欢来这个安静的地方。”与之匹配。故选B。 【35题详解】 根据“He wants to visit some old buildings with a long history.”可知，他想参观古建筑。选项G“乔家大院在山西。这是一座历史悠久的建筑。体现了清代中国北方民居的独特风格。”与之匹配。故选G。 五、短文填空 （15分） 短文填空。 Everything will change a lot in our daily life. My hometown is ___36___ from what it looked like before. To be exact, it is ___37___ beautiful than before. Great changes have already ___38___ place here in the past ten years. Ten years ago, it used to be a ___39___ village. There was only one mountain path to go there. Only one or two families had bikes or radios. People ___40___ in low straw-thatched cottages (破草房). Now my hometown has changed a lot ___41___ our government began to help us. We have built a new highway. We also built some schools so that the children can receive a good ___42___. Most families have a TV and a car in ___43___ homes. All the villagers are living ___44___ new houses, and some even in tall and large buildings. Every family has saved more and more money. We are living a _____45_____ life now. 【答案】36. different 37. more 38. taken 39. poor 40. lived 41. since 42. education 43. their 44. in 45. happy 【解析】 【导语】本文主要描述了作者的家乡发生的巨大的变化。 【36题详解】 句意：我的家乡和它以前的样子不一样了。be different from“与……不同”。故填different。 【37题详解】 句意：确切地说，它比以前更漂亮了。根据“than before”可知，应用beautiful的比较级more beautiful。故填more。 【38题详解】 句意：在过去的十年里，这里已经发生了巨大的变化。根据“have already”可知，句子应用现在完成时，take place“发生”，动词take的过去分词为taken。故填taken。 【39题详解】 句意：十年前，它曾经是一个贫穷的村庄。根据“There was only one mountain path to go there. Only one or two families had bikes or radios.”可知，它曾经是一个贫穷的山庄。形容词poor表示“贫穷的”。故填poor。 【40题详解】 句意：人们住在低矮的茅草屋里。根据“in low straw-thatched cottages”可知，人们住在低矮的茅草屋里，live“居住”，此处在描述过去的事情，谓语动词用过去式。故填lived。 【41题详解】 句意：自从政府开始帮助我们以来，我的家乡发生了很大的变化。根据“our government began to help us”可知，从句时态为一般过去时，用since引导时间状语从句。故填since。 【42题详解】 句意：我们还建了一些学校，以便孩子们能接受良好的教育。根据“We also built some schools”可知，建学校孩子们就能接受良好的教育；形容词good后接不可数名词education作宾语。故填education。 【43题详解】 句意：大多数家庭家中都有电视和汽车。主语为Most families，此处应用形容词性物主代词their修饰名词homes。故填their。 【44题详解】 句意：所有村民都住在新房子里，有些甚至住在高大的楼里。live in+地点，表示“住在某处”。故填in。 【45题详解】 句意：我们现在过着幸福生活。根据上文“Every family has saved more and more money.”以及前文提到的变化可知，我们现在过着幸福的生活，形容词happy“幸福的”修饰名词life。故填happy。 六、读写综合阅读回答问题。（10分） 读写综合 阅读回答问题。 Xiao Lan was a 15-year-old student in Zhuanghua Middle School. Last Friday, when she was riding home after school, a man suddenly jumped out from the roadside and stopped her. The man ordered her to give him all the money, the cell phone and the bike. Xiao Lan did so. Then the man rode the bike to run away quickly with her money and cell phone. Xiao Lan was really frightened, and she didn’t run after the man. She found a telephone and called the police at 110. At that time, she remembered what her teacher told her in a self-protection lesson. She thanked her teacher for giving her such a lesson before so that she could deal with this problem in the right way. According to a survey, about 10 thousand teenagers died in all kinds of accidents in China every year. If each school has self-protection classes and first-aid classes, there will be fewer students who died in the accidents. 46. How old was Xiao Lan? ____________________________________________ 47. What did the man order Xiao Lan to give him? ____________________________________________ 48. What did Xiao Lan do after the man ran away? ____________________________________________ 49. Who did Xiao Lan thank for giving her the self-protection class? ____________________________________________ 50. How many teenagers died in all kinds of accidents in China every year? ____________________________________________ 51. 书面表达 自我保护非常重要，作为中学生我们更应该学会自我保护，但是目前有许多青少年在遇到危险时还不知道如何保护自己，导致了各种各样的安全事故。请你写一篇文章告诉他们在游泳和过马路时应该如何做，才能远离危险。 内容包括： 1. 不要独自下水游泳； 2. 外出时要遵守交通规矩，上街要走人行道 (sidewalk)，不闯红灯等； 3. 遇到危险时要保持镇静，并寻求帮助。 要求： 1. 不能照抄原文，不得在作文中出现学校真实的名称和学生的真实姓名； 2.语句连贯、词数80个左右。作文的标题已经给出，不计入总词数。 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】46. 15 years old. 47. The man ordered her to give him all the money, the cell phone and the bike. 48. She found a telephone and called the police at 110. 49. Her teacher. 50. About 10 thousand. 51. 例文 Everyone has only one life. We should treasure our lives. As a middle school student, learning how to protect ourselves is very important. Here are some suggestions. First, don’t go swimming alone. Because once we are in danger, we can’t be saved in time. Second, when we go out, we must follow traffic rules and walk on the sidewalk. Third, in the face of danger, we should keep calm and remember to ask our parents, teachers or police for help in time. In a word, we should try our best to protect ourselves and value our lives. 【解析】 【导语】本文讲述15岁的中学生小兰在放学路上遭遇劫匪，最后找到电话报警的故事。 【46题详解】 根据“Xiao Lan was a 15-year-old student in Zhuanghua Middle School.”可知，小兰15岁。故填15 years old. 【47题详解】 根据“The man ordered her to give him all the money, the cell phone and the bike.”可知，这名男子命令小兰把她所有的钱、手机和自行车给他。故填The man ordered her to give him all the money, the cell phone and the bike. 【48题详解】 根据“Xiao Lan was really frightened, and she didn’t run after the man. She found a telephone and called the police at 110.”可知，这名男子逃走后，小兰找到一部电话报警。故填She found a telephone and called the police at 110. 【49题详解】 根据“She thanked her teacher for giving her such a lesson before so that she could deal with this problem in the right way.”可知，小兰感谢她的老师给她上过自救课程。故填Her teacher. 【50题详解】 根据“According to a survey, about 10 thousand teenagers died in all kinds of accidents in China every year.”可知，中国每年有大约1万名青少年死于各种事故。故填About 10 thousand. 【51题详解】 [总体分析] ①题材：本文是一篇材料作文； ②时态：本文应使用“一般现在时”为主； ③提示：写作要点已给出，应注意题干给出的“如何自我保护”，并适当补充，使文章内容充实。 [写作步骤] 第一步，介绍自我保护的重要性； 第二步，根据题干中的要点，详细描述如何自我保护； 第三步，号召大家重视自我保护。 [亮点词汇] ①in time准时 ②in a word总之 [高分句型] ①Here are some suggestions.（倒装句） ②Second, when we go out, we must follow traffic rules and walk on the sidewalk.（when引导时间状语从句，and表并列） 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$ 广东省湛江市雷州四中2022-2023学年八年级下学期期末 英语试卷 二、语法选择 （10分） When I was in primary school, I fell in love with reading. The books ___1___ me to a wonderful world. The more I read, the more I wanted to know. However, my parents ___2___ afford so many books. I had to solve the problem myself. There was a bookshop near my home. One day I walked into ___3___ bookshop and picked up a book. I didn’t know whether I could read there ___4___ buying any book. ___5___ sure I wasn’t noticed, I just read a few pages and then put it back. Luckily, no one noticed me. After that, I went there to read every day. Several days later, while I was reading, the owner came up and asked, “You like reading?” I looked down and replied ___6___, “Yes.” “Don’t worry,” he said with a smile. “You may read books here ___7___ you help me clean the shop.” I felt quite surprised. “Really? It’s so kind of you!” I was very happy that I was allowed to read there. From then on, I spent a little time ___8___ the shop. After that, I quietly read there. That way, I read lots of books. I became one of ___9___ writers in our school. I even won some prizes in writing. Now studying in high school, I can borrow books ____10____ the library. My hobby of reading is kept. It will make a big difference to my life. 1. A. brought B. bring C. have brought 2. A. couldn’t B. mustn’t C. needn’t 3 A. a B. an C. the 4. A. without B. against C. for 5. A. Make B. To make C. Making 6. A. nervous B. nervously C. excitedly 7. A. if B. although C. before 8. A. cleaning B. cleaned C. to clean 9. A. good B. the best C. the poorest 10. A. from B. for C. with 三、完形填空 （10分） When I was young, I was so interested in Chinese movies that I wanted to know more about Chinese culture like kung fu and xiqu. I often ____11____ of going to China one day. Luckily, when I was learning theater at university, I was provided with a chance to study ____12____. There was a program to study Asian theater arts either in China or in India. I ____13____ to go to China and learn Beijing Opera in a Chinese theater school. The school offered me a place to practice. It was good ____14____ I could practice whenever I wanted. Also I had ____15____ lessons-the teacher would give me one-to-one class for three hours. That was the best part of my study in China. I do appreciate (感激) this chance to ____16____ the beautiful art! I got a lot from my study in China. It has greatly ____17____ me and helped me develop into a more skillful ____18____. This Chinese art gives me plenty of ____19____, so I can use them when I perform other shows in Europe. I have ____20____ an art center to teach Beijing Opera. Now there are more fans of Beijing Opera in my country. 11. A. heard B. died C. knew D. dreamed 12. A. here B. inside C. abroad D. online 13. A. failed B. decided C. regretted D. continued 14. A. until B. though C. unless D. because 15. A. easy B. private C. boring D. social 16. A. learn B. expect C. test D. celebrate 17. A. influenced B. troubled C. guarded D. controlled 18. A. writer B. doctor C. actor D. pilot 19. A. orders B. clothes C. tools D. poems 20. A. kept off B. broken into C. pointed out D. set up 四、阅读理解 阅读短文, 从每小题所给的四个选项中, 选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。 A A river is a flowing（流动的）, moving stream of water. Usually a river feeds water into an ocean, lake, pond, or even another river. Rivers can differ in size and there is no strict rule on how big a flow of water must be to be called as a river. Here are the five longest rivers in the world. The Nile River The Nile River is 4,135 miles long. It is located in the continent of Africa, mostly in the countries of Egypt and Sudan. It flows north into the Mediterranean Sea. The Amazon River The Amazon River is 3,980 miles long. It is located in the continent of South America and flows through several countries including Brazil, Venezuela, Bolivia, and Ecuador. It ends at the Atlantic Ocean. The Yangtze River Located in China, the Yangtze River is 3,917 miles long and flows into the East China Sea. The Mississippi River and the Missouri River The river system of the Mississippi River and the Missouri River is the longest river system in North America at 3,902 miles. It flows south into the Gulf of Mexico. The Yenisei River The Yenisei River starts in Mongolia and flows through Russia to the Kara Sea in the Arctic Ocean. It’s 3,445 miles long. There are 76 rivers in the world over 1,000 miles long. A lot of people think that rivers always flow south, but 4 of the 10 longest rivers in the world flow north. The United States alone has around 3.5 million miles of rivers. Four of the top 10 longest rivers flow through China at some point. 21. The Nile River is _________ longer than the Yangtze River. A. 155 miles B. 218 miles C. 233 miles D. 690 miles 22. Which is the second longest river in the world? A. The Nile River. B. The Mississippi River. C. The Yangtze River. D. The Amazon River. 23. The Mississippi River ends at _________. A. the Mediterranean Sea B. the East China Sea C. the Gulf of Mexico D. the Arctic Ocean 24. According to the passage, how many rivers are there in the world over 1,000 miles long? A. 10. B. 76. C. 4. D. 35. 25. What is the last paragraph mainly about? A Fun facts about world rivers. B. In which direction most rivers flow. C. Rivers over 1,000 miles long in the world. D. Four longest rivers flowing through China. B A king (国王) kept a peacock (孔雀) named Percy. He loved the bird so much that he decided to use a special cake to celebrate the bird’s birthday. Then he sent out invitations to all the bakers (糕点师) and said, “If you can make the most beautiful cake, you will be the Best Baker.” On Percy’s birthday, many bakers came with their cakes. The king liked one of them best, because it was like Percy a lot. So he said to the man, “Mark, you’re the Best Baker now.” “But how does it taste?” A little girl asked. “You cannot say that if you haven’t even tasted his cake.” Then the king cut the cake and found it was made of paper and sponge (海绵). He shouted, “Are you trying to kid me?” Then the king said to the girl, “Now there is no cake for the party. What should I do?” “Percy is lovely, but birds don’t eat cakes like we do. So I made this for him to eat,” the girl said and showed the king a small cupcake made of bird food. “Who is this special day for? Only a truly kind heart will care about that,” the king said. “This is the best cake for Percy, and you’re the Best Baker.” 26. Who is Percy? A. The king’s son. B. The king’s baker. C. The king himself. D. The king’s bird. 27 Why did the king choose Mark’s cake at first? A. Mainly because of its colour. B. Mainly because of its look. C. Mainly because of its taste. D. Mainly because of its price. 28. What does the underlined word “kid” mean in the passage? A. play a joke on B. child C. beat D. shout at 29. Why did the king name the girl the Best Baker? A. Because her cake tasted the best. B. Because her cake was really for the bird. C. Because her cake was the cutest of all. D. Because her cake looked like Percy a lot. 30. Which can be the best title of this passage? A. Never too old to learn. B. Actions speak louder than words. C. You cannot eat your cake and have it. D. The best gift always comes from the heart. C 配对阅读。左栏是五个人的喜好及需求，右栏是对七个地点的介绍，请为左栏的五个人选择一个合适的地点。 ___31___ Liu Nan likes animals. He wants to draw ten pictures about some animals’ life. He needs to go to a zoo on weekends. ___32___ Tang Li is good at playing sports and he plans to climb a mountain to watch the sunrise next week. ___33___ Li Long wants to relax in a warm and sunny place. He wants to swim in the sea and lie on the beach this winter holiday. ___34___ Zhou Wei likes the north of China. He enjoys walking in the cool forest away from the noise and the traffic in the city. ___35___ He Xin likes to read history books and knows many different places in China. He wants to visit some old buildings with a long history. A. Have you ever visited Mount Tai? You can climb it and watch the sunrise on it. When you climb to the top of Mount Tai, you will feel like you’re in the sky. B. Changbai Mountain is in Jilin Province. The old trees are nearly one thousand years old. There are different plants in the forest. Many people love to come to this quiet place. C. Guangzhou Chimelong Safari Park is the No. 1 national wild zoo in China. There, animals live in open and natural habitats (栖息地). Walking in it, you will be shocked by the great number of wildlife. D There are some different trees in Beijing Chaoyang Park. Old people often play Tai Chi and take a walk there in the morning. E. Sanya is a beautiful place. There is blue sea and nice beaches with soft sand. You can enjoy the warm sunshine, clean sky and golden beaches in winter. F. Kunming is a beautiful city. It’s never too cold or hot there. You can see flowers and green trees all the year. It is a good place for people to live. G. The Qiao’s Family Compound (乔家大院) is in Shanxi. It is the building that has a long history. It reflects the unique (独特的) style of China’s northern houses in the Qing dynasty. 五、短文填空 （15分） 短文填空。 Everything will change a lot in our daily life. My hometown is ___36___ from what it looked like before. To be exact, it is ___37___ beautiful than before. Great changes have already ___38___ place here in the past ten years. Ten years ago, it used to be a ___39___ village. There was only one mountain path to go there. Only one or two families had bikes or radios. People ___40___ in low straw-thatched cottages (破草房). Now my hometown has changed a lot ___41___ our government began to help us. We have built a new highway. We also built some schools so that the children can receive a good ___42___. Most families have a TV and a car in ___43___ homes. All the villagers are living ___44___ new houses, and some even in tall and large buildings. Every family has saved more and more money. We are living a _____45_____ life now. 六、读写综合阅读回答问题。（10分） 读写综合 阅读回答问题。 Xiao Lan was a 15-year-old student in Zhuanghua Middle School. Last Friday, when she was riding home after school, a man suddenly jumped out from the roadside and stopped her. The man ordered her to give him all the money, the cell phone and the bike. Xiao Lan did so. Then the man rode the bike to run away quickly with her money and cell phone. Xiao Lan was really frightened, and she didn’t run after the man. She found a telephone and called the police at 110. At that time she remembered what her teacher told her in a self-protection lesson. She thanked her teacher for giving her such a lesson before so that she could deal with this problem in the right way. According to a survey, about 10 thousand teenagers died in all kinds of accidents in China every year. If each school has self-protection classes and first-aid classes, there will be fewer students who died in the accidents. 46. How old was Xiao Lan? ____________________________________________ 47. What did the man order Xiao Lan to give him? ____________________________________________ 48. What did Xiao Lan do after the man ran away? ____________________________________________ 49. Who did Xiao Lan thank for giving her the self-protection class? ____________________________________________ 50. How many teenagers died in all kinds of accidents in China every year? ____________________________________________ 51. 书面表达 自我保护非常重要，作为中学生我们更应该学会自我保护，但是目前有许多青少年在遇到危险时还不知道如何保护自己，导致了各种各样的安全事故。请你写一篇文章告诉他们在游泳和过马路时应该如何做，才能远离危险。 内容包括： 1. 不要独自下水游泳； 2. 外出时要遵守交通规矩，上街要走人行道 (sidewalk)，不闯红灯等； 3. 遇到危险时要保持镇静，并寻求帮助。 要求： 1. 不能照抄原文，不得在作文中出现学校真实的名称和学生的真实姓名； 2.语句连贯、词数80个左右。作文的标题已经给出，不计入总词数。 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$