江苏省淮安市盱眙县2023-2024学年下学期八年级期末测试英语试题

...... 肝始县2023~2024学年度第二学期期末考试 八年级英语试题 (满分:150分,考试时间:120分钟 第I卷 选择题 (共75分) 一、听力测试(共20小题:每小题1分,满分20分) 第一部分 听对话,回答问题。 本部分共有10道小题,每小题你将听到一段对话,每段对话听两遍。在听每段对话前 你将有5秒钟的时间阅读题目;听完后,你还有5秒钟的时间选择正确答案。 ___ ) 1.Which sign are the two speakers talking about? A. B. C. ,__ ) 2. What type of book does the boy like? 舌类上的中回 B. _ C. 2进 _ 篇泽承传 ,_ )3. Which organization will they donate money to? B. C. OXFAM ORBlS ,__ )4.How many books can Mary borrow at most now? A B. C. ( )5.Who wants to stay in bed on rainy days? A.Kitty. B. Daniel. C. Neither of them __ ) 6.Where may the dialogue take place? A. In a museum B. In a cinema C. In a bookstore )7. What time did the boy get to the class this morning? A.At7:30. B.At8:10. C.At8:30 八年级英语试卷第1页共12页 _ )8.How long will the man spend on the journey? B. 15 days. A. week. C. Amonth __ )9. Has Mr Wu been at school since 1997? A. Yes, he has. B. No, he hasn't C. We don't know __ ) 10. Why do the workers wear thick clothes and glasses? A. To keep their ears safe B. To keep their eyes safe C. To make themselves look cool. 第二部分 听对话和短文回答问题。 你将听到一段对话和两篇短文,各听两遍。听每段对话和短文前,你将有时间阅读 相关小题,每小题5秒钟;听完后,你还有5秒钟的时间选出最佳选项。 听第一段对话,回答第11至12小题。 ( ) 11. What is Amy's new neighbourhood like? A.Dirty. B. Clean. C.Quiet. __ ) 12. How did Amy use to go to school? A. On foot. B.Bybus. C. By car. 听第一篇短文,回答第13至15小题。请根据所听内容从A、B、C三个选项中选择正确 答案,完成信息记录表 Why is hiking popular? Reason 1 Because it's healthy and relaxing Because it's good 13 without hurting your body Reason 2 Because it's simple and cheap Because what you need to do is to wear a pair of trainers and a 14 on your face Because it can help you get away from your 15 life. Reason3 Because it can make you have a clear mind and be confident )13.A. activity B. exercise _____ C. sport B. surprise )14.A. smile C.mask B. recent )15.A. tired C.daily 听第二篇短文,回答第16~20小题。 ( ) 16. Where does Alice come from? A.Canada. B. India. C.America. _ )17. What's Alice's job? A.A. driver B.Adoctor. C.Anurse. 八年级英语试卷第2页 共12页 #。 ) 18. How old is she now? B. 24 years old A. 23 years old. C. 22 years old ) 19. How does she go to work every morning? B. By car. A. By bus. C. By train. 。 ) 20. How does Alice like her job? A. She likes her job very much. B. She doesn't like her job at all C. She thinks it's a hard job 二、单项选择(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分) 在下列各题A、B、C、D四个选项中选择一个能填入题干空白处的最佳答案。 )21. Earth is only home to everyone. Let's try to make it greener world to live in B. an; a C. an; the A. the; a D. the: the . ) 22. President Xi said a happy life is achieved hard work of all the Chinese people B. above C. through A. against D.below C ) 23. It is brave _the man to take part in the competition B.for C.to A.of D. with ( ) 24. Xuyi, a city in Jiangsu Province, for its crayfish(龙虾) since 20oo A. is famous B. was famous C. will be famous D. has been famous ( ) 25. Peter tried on three jackets, but of them fitted him well A.all B. both C.none D. either _ ) 26. ---My father's new mobile phone can be used emails. -Is he used _on such a small screen? A. to send. to write B. to send, to writing C. for sending, to write D. to sending, to writing ( )27. --Mum, could I join the Summer Camp? --Of course. You are to decide things by yourself. B. too young A. too old C. old enough D. enough old ( ) 28. If both drivers and pedestrians (行人) are careful enough, many accidents can _ C.prevent A. protect B. be protected D. be prevented ) 29. Which of the following actions is NOT part of green life? A. Planting trees in spring B. Walking or riding bikes to school C. urning rubbish in the open air. D. Taking a shopping basket when shopping 八年级英语试卷第3页共12页 )30.----Jane got an "A" in the maths test. -----__. She works the hardest in our class A. Many hands make light work B. No pain, no gain C. Don't put all your eggs in one basket D. It never rains but it pours 完形填空(共15小题;每小题1分,满分15分) People should have good manners in public and at home. So we are going to (31) a talk on good table manners. The purpose of the talk is (32) students (33) for eating. 过进准 It will take place (34) 10 a.m., on 12 May at the school hall. There will be a lot of rules (35) table manners. We hope you will find them useful. (36) , when you are sitting at the table, you should not start eating (37) everyone is : ready, and it is(38)to make (39)noise while eating or drinking. You should not eat with your mouth (4o) or talk with food in your mouth. (41) , do not reach .2 (42) someone's plate for something. Before you leave, wait for everyone to finish. These rules are important (43) we should make sure that (44) guests and hosts are (45) at the table. B. hold C. have )31.A.held D. had B. teaching C. to teach )32. A. teach D. taught B. habits C. ways )33.A.rules D. advice C. at B.on )34.A.in ,_ D.to B.to C. at )35.A.in D.on C.Inall B. Above all )36.A.All inall D. In conclusion C. until )37.A. before B. after D. when C. politely B. impolite )38.A. polite D. impolitely B.many )39.A. too many C. too much D.much too C. close B. opened )40.A.open D. closed C.Also )41.A. However B. Otherwise -1_{ D. For example C. on B. above )42.A. over D. between C. but )43.A.so B. because D. and C.all B.your )44.A. whole D. both _ C. uncomfortable B. comfortable )45.A.confident D. relaxed 四、阅读理解(共四篇阅读材料,15小题;每小题2分,满分30分) 阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A In traditional Chinese performing arts, there are many classic roles, like sheng, dan, jing, mo and chou. Most people usually pay little attention to chou. However, it is a very important 八年级英语试卷第4页 共12页 part in traditional Chinese operas. The reason is that it joins beauty and ugliness together perfectly. In the past, the chou performer was the first one to get dressed and have his make-up done. Usually there are two kinds of chou on the stage, wen chou and wu chou. Wen chou often has a white patch(小块) painted around his nose and takes the roles of fisherman, boatman servant and so on.The other kind is wu chou.Wu chou performers often wear tight clothing(紧身 衣)and move quickly.They are good at martial arts(武术)and can jump several meters high.They usually express themselves in loud voices and play humorous roles, for example, kind m: thieves. Chou performers often make people laugh by their spoken parts and body language. instead of singing skills. Whether they look ugly or beautiful, whether the roles they play are officials or thieves on the stage, chou roles are all humorous characters in funny faces. They use the roles of chou to bring out the good qualities in people. Maybe it is the charm(魅 力)of 2: traditional Chinese operas , Next time, when you are enjoying a traditional Chinese opera, you can probably 2 understand the different beauty behind it )46. Why does the role of chou play an important role in traditional Chinese operas? *: A. Most people usually pay much attention to it B. It joins beauty and ugliness together perfectly C. The chou performer was the first to get dressed D. It is funny and makes people laugh and happy ,__ )47. Which picture is the role of chou in traditional Chinese operas? B. _ )48. What do Chou performers often use to make people laugh on the stage? A. Dancing skills and spoken parts B. Spoken parts and body language C. Painting skills and spoken parts D. Singing skills and body language )49. What can be the best title of the passage? A. Chou in Chinese Operas B. Roles in Chinese Operas C. Stares in Chinese Operas D. History in Chinese Operas 八年级英语试卷第5页 共12页 B The next two days it rained and it was very windy so Mary couldn't go outside. Then, on the third morning when she opened her eyes and looked out of the window, she had a big surprise She called to Martha,"Martha! Come and look at the moor (荒野)!" There was no wind or rain and the sky was deep blue. "Yes."said Martha with a smile. "The spring's coming." After breakfast Martha went to visit her mother for the day, Mary felt lonely in the house without her so she went outside into the bright sunshine. She ran round and round the fountain ten times and soon she started to feel better. Ben Weatherstaff was in the vegetable garden. He didn't look angry that day so she went to speak to him. "The spring's coming," he said to her, "Can you see those green points in the earth?" Mary looked. "What are they?" she asked "They're spring flowers crocuses, snowdrops and daffodils."The robin (知更 鸟) appeared and sat on the ground near them "Is spring coming in the secret garden, too?"Mary asked Ben. "Or are all the flowers dead?" "Ask the robin."said Ben Weatherstaff,"He's the only one who knows."And he went back to wbrk. The robin was hopping around on the ground. Mary was watching him when she saw something on the earth. It was an old key. "The key to the secret garden!" She whispered excitedly. ----------adapted from the Secret Garder _ )50. What is Ben Weatherstaff? A. He is Mr Craven's housekeeper B. He is a gardener C. He is a servant D. He works for Mr Craven _ )51. Why does Martha realize the spring is coming A. There was no wind or rain and the sky was deep blue B. Mary told her so and she believed her C. The next two days it rained and it was very windy so Mary couldn't go outside D. She lived on the moor for a long time and she was certain →_ )52. How will Mary feel when she gets the key? A. Unhappy. B. Excited. C.Afraid. D.Comfortable 八年级英语试卷第6页共12页 ,_ )53. Do you think what would happen after Mary got the key? A. She went on talking with the robin B. She went away lonely C. She skipped around the garden D. She opened the door and went into the Secret Garden C Recently, a new kind of tourism has begun in China. called "special forces style tourism(特 种兵式旅游)”. It features visiting many places of interest in a short period, most often on weekends. Most of these visitors are college students, reported China Youth Daily Fu Xingya in Shanghai University of Accounting and Finance is one of them. The 22-year-old started her tour in March after being deeply touched by such experiences of Xiaohongshu travel bloggers( 博 主). "Tapped in school for almost 3 years because of COVID-19, I'm now hungry to take trips." said Fu ① Most of her trips were started from her daily life, such as a chat with friends. "But making a plan carefully for the trip is important," Fu said. She found lots of information before travelling. That would help save time when travelling and enjoy the places better ② Her last trip was to Shanghai. Starting at 7 am, the 22-year-old visited nine local places. "That day, I walked almost 30,ooo steps,"Fu said, "Though it's a bit tiring, I enjoy this trip as much as days-long trips." ③ Unlike Fu travelling in nearby cities, Wang Jiajia, a doctoral (博士学位的) student in Shanghai, likes to travel far to get herself free from schoolwork. In April, the 24-year-old took a two-day trip to Xi'an, Shaanxi. During her trip, she visited all the famous places in the city "Such a trip can bring a bright colour to my busy life!" said Wang ④ "It's labor-consuming(消耗体力的).Visitors try to see as many places as possible in a short period," Wang said. In some ways, such trips are not as flexible(灵活的) as days-long trips because you can't change your plan. "So, enough energy and a clear mind are necessary for this tour."said Wang )54. Which of the following examples is a kind of "special forces style tourism"? A. Jack, a manager in a company, travels to Suzhou with his wife for about a month B. Nancy, a middle school student, travels to Nanjing with her classmates on Friday C. Mike, a college student, travels to many places in Hangzhou with his friend on Saturday. D. Mary, a high school teacher, travels to Hainan with her husband during summer holiday. 八年级英语试卷第7页共12页 .................................... _ )55. Why does Fu Xingya use the word "hungry" in paragraph 2? A. To record her love of travelling on Xiaohongshu. B. To express her great interest in going on trips again C. To explain that she didn't have meals for a long time D. To show her pity because of staying at school for a long time _ )56. The sentence "But such kind of tourism may not be proper for everyone." should be put in A.① C.③ B.② D.④ :游 __ )57. Where may this passage come from ? A. A comic book B. A novel report C. A film review D. A travel magazine 2 Japan started putting nuclear-contaminated water (核污染水) into the ocean on Aug 24. 线 History will never forget this day. A tsunami(海啸) hit the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant(福岛第一核电站)in Japan in 2011.It broke the nuclear reactors (核反应堆), so the reactors became very hot. Since then, workers have been using a lot of water to keep them cool. The water touches the reactors. .) so it has a lot of radioactive materials (放射性物质). Nuclear wastewater (核废水) is different. It's the waste from a normal power plant. The rules on whether or not the wastewater can be put into the ocean are clear. So processed (处理过 :: 的) nuclear wastewater is often seen as safe. But nuclear-contaminated water is not. Japan tries to mix the idea of the two kinds of water. The country says that the contaminated * water goes through a special purifying process(过滤程序), and that it doesn't hurt people's health. However, the water has more than 60 kinds of radioactive materials. Many of them are 过( still unprocessed. "The materials will in the end hurt people's health." Wang You, a Chinese ocean scientist, told CCTV News China started to stop buying seafood from Japan on Aug 24. Restaurants must not buy or use such seafood As of Aug 28,both Russia and Thailand said that they were testing the seafood from Japan. _ )58.Which one is NOT true? A.Nuclear wastewater is the waste from a normal power plant B. Nuclear-contaminated water is different from nuclear wastewater C. Nuclear-contaminated water doesn't hurm people's health after purifying D. The processed nuclear wastewater can be put into the ocean 八年级英语试卷第8页共12页 -_ )59. How did the nuclear-contaminated water in Japan come into being? A. Japan put no rules on the wastewater from normal power plants B. Japan used water to make the nuclear reactors work C. A tsunami brought water to Japan's nuclear power plants D.Japan used water to cool down nuclear reactors )60. What is the last paragraph mainly about? A. The foods from Japan that are unsafe B. What China is doing after Japan's actions C. Which countries have stopped eating fish from Japan D. Japan's actions to sell their seafood 第II卷 非选择题 (75分) & 五、信息还原题(共5小题;每小题2分,满分10分) Should parents ask their children to do chores(家务)?(1) They think that children 1 are too young to cook or clean for themselves or their parents. But many people believe that children can learn a lot from doing regular chores. Parents should help children learn to do the 2 housework that they will have to do when they live on their own. (2) _ Most experts(专家) do agree.(3) Parents shouldn't, of course, ask a schoolboy to 2 cook when he is doing his homework. If the child has activities after school, the time left to do chores may be short on weekdays.(4)_ What's more, being "lazy" sometimes is necessary. If parents keep a clean house, childrer 1 won't find any reason to do chores. (5)_When a child does what his parents ask him to do happily, he will probably have the feeling of growing up. Chores can be useful. They are a 2 teaching tool (工具).Parents use the tool to teach children so that they can care for themselves some day. A. And doing chores also gives children a sense of responsibility and confidence B. Parents must make children understand how hard they work C. However, the chores and the time of doing them should suit (适合于) children D. Some believe that children should not do chores ........................... E. Doing chores can help children get better grades F. Perhaps more chores on weekends can be helpful 八年级英语试卷第9页共12页 六、词汇运用(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分) A根据句子意思,在下列选用恰当的单词或短语填空(多余一个选项)。 give a helping hand Moreover push in However carry on with cut in 6. More money is needed to our work. 7. Mr Li, I'm sorry to_. But I do have a very important question to ask. 8. Ifall of us can to others, the world will become better and better 9. Trees can help keep the air clean. . they can make the city cooler in hot summer 10. The British people think it's rude to before others while queuing B 根据句意,用括号中所给单词的正确形式填空。 11. More trees__ (cut) down if more paper is needed in the future 12. It's wrong to leave the tap _ (run) after you wash your hands. 13. As a doctor, we can't afford (make) any mistakes while doing an operation 14. In the UK, we should avoid (talk) about subjects like age, money or weight 15. These are the (read) letters to express love to their favorite writers 七、完成句子(共5小题;每空1分,满分10分) 16. 如果你每天坚持练习说英语,你会说得更好。 Ifyou keep _speaking English. you will be atit. 17. 对这些志愿者们来说,在做任务前接受训练是有必要的。 It was. __for these volunteers _ training before doing the tasks. 18. 她没有以前那么有钱了,但她认为自己的生活更有意义了。 She does not have before, but she thinks her life is 19. 这些新型能源不仅成本非常低廉,而且用之不尽。 These new types of energy __and will never 20. 我爸爸去成都出差,他是做直达飞机去的。 _and he took a My dad went to Chengdu fligmt 八、任务型阅读(共5小题;每小题2分,满分10分) 根据短文的内容,回答问题。(每题答案不超过八个单词) Nowadays, job interviews are playing an important part in deciding whether a person can get a job finally. But job interviews aren't the same all over the world. An interviewer's "body language" and questions, and the forms of an interview can be very different from country to country. If you're at a job interview in Japan, don't look directly into the eyes of the interviewer. It is considered impolite and make the interyiewer unhappy. But if you're at an interview in the US 八年级英语试卷第10页 共12页