吉林省长春市九台区2023-2024学年八年级下学期期末教学质量监测英语试题

2023——2024学年度第二学期期末教学质量监测 八年级英语试题 本试卷为笔试部分，共8页。满分90分，考试时间为80分钟。考试结束后，将试卷和答题卡一并交回。 注意事项： 1．答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、学校填写在答题卡上，并将条形码准确粘贴在条形码区域内。 2．答题时，考生务必按照考试要求在答题卡上的指定区域内作答，在草稿纸、试卷上答题无效。 一、基础知识（共10分） Ⅰ．单项选择。（10分） 1. —Can you tell me a story? —OK! Once upon ______ time, an old man lived in the forest. A. a B. an C. the D. / 2. —Excuse me, can you repair the radio? —Sorry, I can’t ______. It’s too old. A. fix up them B. fix them up C. fix it up D. fix up it 3. Nobody can hear you ______ you speak in louder voice. A. if B. unless C. when D. after 4. ______ you are, the better grades you will get. A. The more careful B. More careful C. Careful D. The most careful 5. — ________ is the mountain in the village? — It’s about 2,000 meters high. A. How wide B. How old C. How long D. How high 6. —Have you got the letter from your pen pal? —Not ______. A. yet B. all C. ever D. much 7. When I got to my house, I saw my daughter running ______ me happily. A. about B. around C. with D. towards 8. How nice the ice cream looks! I can’t wait ______ it. A. taste B. tasting C. to taste D. tasted 9. The movie is so interesting that ______ people have seen it in the past few days. A. two million B. two millions C. two million of D. two millions of 10. —Oh, it’s raining. We can’t go skating on the square. —______ A. How wonderful! B. Well done! C. You’re welcome! D. What a shame! 二、交际运用（共5分） Ⅱ．根据对话内容，运用方框中所给的句子补全对话。选项中有一项是多余的。（5分） A: Hello, Li Ming. What’s your plan for this summer holiday? B: I have no idea. ____11____ A: I’ll take part in a social activity with my sister. B: It sounds exciting. ____12____ A: No. I have been a volunteer in a poor village. The children there don’t have money to buy books. B: ____13____ A: Yes. I bought them 30 books with my pocket money. B: What else did you do there? A: ____14____ And now we are good friends. B: Wow! ____15____ I’d like to join you. A: Great! I’m sure we’ll have a meaningful holiday. A. Can you tell me something about it? B. Have you sent books to them? C. I helped them with their lessons. D. She raised some money for them. E Is it your first time to join in such activities? F. It was a wonderful experience! 三、阅读部分（共45分） Ⅲ．完型填空。（15分） A father and his son went to a kite-flying festival. When they ____16____ there were many parents and their children playing in the park. The son was happy when he saw the sky filled with ____17____ kites. He wanted to fly a kite, too, ____18____ they went to a kite shop and bought a beautiful one. The father was good ____19____ flying kites. Soon the kite was high up in the sky. After a while, the son said, “Dad, it ____20____ that the string (线) is stopping the kite from flying higher. If we cut it, it will be free and fly ____21____ higher. Can we cut it?” The father said ____22____ but just cut the string off. The kite really went higher. This made the little boy happy. But then after a few minutes, the kite started to ____23____ slowly. It soon fell onto the ground in the end. The son was ____24____ to see this. He asked his father, “I thought that after cutting the string, the kite would fly higher. _____25_____ did it fall down?” The father smiled and said, “The _____26_____ of the string was not stopping the kite from going higher, but was helping it stay in the sky, because the kite _____27_____ can’t fly up. You helped the kite go up in the ____28____ direction (方向) by using the string. But when you cut the string, it could no longer support (支撑) the kite.” In our life, we _____29_____ sometimes feel like there are certain things that are holding us back and stopping us from growing. But in fact, these might be the things that support us the most. We can really _____30_____ and become better by knowing the importance of these things. 16. A. arrived B. hurried C. reached D. waited 17. A. clear B. careful C. colorful D. awful 18. A. but B. so C. and D. if 19. A. for B. to C. with D. at 20. A. shakes B. seems C. turns D. covers 21. A. very B. little C. even D. many 22. A. everything B. something C. anything D. nothing 23. A. come down B. go up C. cut out D. write down 24. A. angry B. surprised C. relaxed D. excited 25. A. What B. How C. Why D. Where 26. A. string B. length C. seat D. role 27. A. itself B. myself C. yourself D. himself 28. A. wrong B. right C. real D. safe 29. A. must B. should C. can D. may 30. A. grow up B. stay up C. take care D. tidy up Ⅳ．阅读理解。（30分） (A) Eating is an important part of our life. Healthy foods can help our body to grow, run, walk, think, move and sleep. But do you know that some foods can hurt our body? Do you want your body to do its job well? Here is some advice on how to make sure you are getting enough healthy foods. Eat the rainbow (彩虹): Eat as many different ______ as you can at each meal. It’s a fun and good way to make sure you are eating enough fruit and vegetables. Help your parents to pick out the most colorful fruit and vegetables when you go shopping next time. Snack (小吃) time: After a long day at school or an afternoon of playing, your tummy may be telling you that it’s time to eat. But before you reach for that bag of chips, think about choosing some healthier foods instead (代替)： *Instead of cola, drink water or juice; *Instead of chips, have a kind of fruit; *Instead of ice-cream, have milk or yogurt. By making healthy food choices (选择) you will feel better and play better. So start making healthy choices today! 根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。 31. Which of the following can be put in ______? A sizes B. colors C. prices D. shapes 32. What does the underlined word “tummy” mean in Chinese? A. 肾 B. 肝 C. 胃 D. 肺 33. The writer doesn’t think ______ is healthy. A. milk B. yogurt C. ice-cream D. meat 34. Why did the writer write this passage? A. To let us know how to buy healthy foods. B. To advise us to help our parents do some shopping. C. To tell us the importance of healthy eating. D. To show us how to make healthy food choices. 35. The passage probably comes from a ______. A. diary B. travel guidebook C. storybook D. health magazine (B) In life something strange is happening at times and it sounds surprising but it’s true. Nine years ago, Lin Xiaofen went to a hospital in Changchun after getting very sick. When she got there, she went into a coma (昏迷) because of losing too much blood. Luckily, later she was saved after receiving a lot of blood from a strange man. Weeks later, she got better and she has been healthy since then. After Lin left college, she had a good job and now she has a great boyfriend named Lian Zhicheng. The other day, Lin shared her experience with her boyfriend. The man, who often volunteers to donate blood, smiled and said, “Maybe it’s my blood.” Curiously (好奇地), Lin went back to check the records in the hospital. To her surprise, the donor (献血者) who saved her nine years ago was really her boyfriend Lian. When Lian knew the truth, he said with a smile, “Go to donate your blood now, because you might have a chance to bring a girlfriend home.” 根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。 36. Why did Lin go into a coma nine years ago? A. Because she had no food to eat. B. Because she lost too much blood. C. Because she lived in a bad environment. D. Because she had a big fight with her boyfriend. 37. What does the underlined word “donate” mean in Chinese? A. 出售 B. 购买 C. 捐献 D. 接受 38. Who went to the hospital to check the records? A. Lin Xiaofen. B. Lian Zhicheng. C. Lin and her boyfriend. D. Lin and her friends. 39. What do you think of Lian? A. He is serious and brave. B. He is shy and handsome. C. He is brave and smart. D. He is kind and humorous (幽默的). 40. What does the passage mainly talk about? A. Lin’s school life in Changchun. B. A great volunteer named Lian Zhicheng. C. Donating blood can always bring a girlfriend to a man. D. A surprising love story happened between Lin and Lian. (C) Pandas are very cute animals. In 1972, two pandas named Hsing-Hsing and Ling-Ling were sent from China to the United States as a gift. The National Zoo in Washington, D. C. became the pandas’ new home. Americans fell in love with the two pandas right away. On the first day the two pandas came to the zoo, about 20,000 people visited them. The crowds kept coming year after year. Hsing-Hsing and Ling-Ling were just cubs (幼崽) when they got to the United States. As the years passed, many people hoped the pair would have cubs of their own. Ling -Ling gave birth several times. But none of the babies lived more than a few days. Each time a cub died, people all around the world felt sad. Both of the pandas lived to an old age. Ling-Ling was 23 when she died in 1992. Hsing-Hsing died in 1999 at the age of 28. But they were never forgotten. Following Hsing-Hsing’s death, the zoo received (收到) lots of letters from their fans. The letters showed their love for the pandas and how much they missed them. 根据短文内容，判断下列句子正（T）、误（F）。 41. Hsing-Hsing and Ling-Ling came to the United States in 1975. 42. Ling-Ling gave birth several times, but none of the babies lived long. 43. Ling-Ling died in 1999. 44. After the two pandas died, the National Zoo got lots of letters from their fans. 45. You might see this passage in an animal magazine. (D) In 1812, Charles Dickens was born in Portsmouth, England. Dickens didn’t like playing with other boys when he was young. ____46____ He read a lot of books in his free time. ____47____ He began to work at a factory at the age of 12. Every day, he spent 10 hours washing bottles and polishing (打光) shoes. When Dickens was 16, he became a reporter for a newspaper. During that time, Dickens wrote his first book, The Pickwick Papers (《匹克威克外传》). The book came out in 1836 and made Dickens rich and famous. ____48____ Most of Dickens’ books are about the difficulties of living in Victorian England. ____49____ They usually live a hard life in a boarding school (寄宿学校), or have to work in a factory at a young age. ____50____ He wrote sad and dark stories, but they are always filled with humor (幽默). And most of his stories have happy endings, like in A Christmas Carol (《圣诞颂歌》). It is about a selfish (自私的) man. He finds love and friendship after looking back on his life on Christmas Eve. 阅读短文，把A~E五个句子填入文中空缺处，使短文内容完整。 A. His hard times were at an end. B. However, he loved reading books. C. Childhood was not easy for Dickens. D. However, Dickens’ works are all about hope. E. The characters in his books are often children. (E) You may know the song Happy Birthday very well. But do you know about its writer? It was written by an American girl. And she became very rich after that. When she was a child, she was poor. Once, her friend invited her to a birthday party. She was pleased but sad because she didn’t have enough money to buy a gift for her. “The party is coming soon, but now I have little money.” Tears (眼泪) ran down her face. Later that night she was in bed, thinking about the gift when the door opened and her grandma came in. “What happened?” her grandma asked. Hearing the girl’s story, she said. “Don’t worry. I think I can help you. How about singing a song together? Happy birthday to…” What a beautiful song! They sang and sang. Suddenly she woke up. It was a dream! She decided to write it down at once and sing it to her friends at the party. When she sang the song at the party the next day, her friends were very happy. “How wonderfully you sing! I haven’t heard such a beautiful song before. Thank you for giving me the special gift,” said her friend. And they learned to sing it together. Later the girl became well-known in America. 根据短文内容，回答下列问题。 51. Who wrote the song Happy Birthday? _________________________________________________________ 52. Why was the girl sad? _________________________________________________________ 53. What gift did she give her friend? _________________________________________________________ 54. What did her friend think of the song? _________________________________________________________ 55. Who did the girl sing the song with in her dream? _________________________________________________________ 四、语言运用（共10分） Ⅴ．阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。（10分） Do you like reading? In the modern life, reading is becoming more and more important, because it is one of the ____56____ (great) ways to be successful. I’m a middle school student and I live in the ____57____ (south) part of Shandong Province ____58____ my mother. She always introduces many kinds of ____59____ (book) to me, ____60____ my favorite kind is fiction. I think reading is magical. If you sit down with a good book ____61____ (read), you will go into a different world. If you like reading something about nature, you can ____62____ (enjoy) the beauty of it. If you love reading stories, you will experience different ____63____ (feel) when reading. If you enjoy reading books about music, you may learn more about pop or country music. Most importantly, when you are reading, you can not only relax ____64____ (you) but also learn more things. ____65____ (certain), I will keep my reading habit. 五、书面表达（共20分） （A） 66. 野生动物是人类的朋友。如今它们濒临灭绝。为了唤醒人们保护野生动物的意识，请你写一篇主题为“Let’s Help Animals”的倡议书为动物发声。 内容包括： 1．野生动物的生存危机 (现状和原因)； 2．合理保护动物的措施； 3．呼吁大家保护动物。 Let’s Help Animals We should help and protect animals. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ （B） 67. 某英文报举办“家乡变化”主题征文活动。请你根据以下提示；以“The changes in my hometown”为题，用英语写一篇80词左右的短文。 提示： 过去：生活贫困，房屋破旧。污染严重，垃圾遍地。交通不便，游客很少。 现在：住房宽敞明亮，许多人有了自己的汽车。山更绿了，水更清了，天更蓝了。每年有成千上万来自世界各地的游客。 将来：请你展望家乡的未来。 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2023——2024学年度第二学期期末教学质量监测 八年级英语试题 本试卷为笔试部分，共8页。满分90分，考试时间为80分钟。考试结束后，将试卷和答题卡一并交回。 注意事项： 1．答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、学校填写在答题卡上，并将条形码准确粘贴在条形码区域内。 2．答题时，考生务必按照考试要求在答题卡上的指定区域内作答，在草稿纸、试卷上答题无效。 一、基础知识（共10分） Ⅰ．单项选择。（10分） 【1题答案】 【答案】A 【2题答案】 【答案】C 【3题答案】 【答案】B 【4题答案】 【答案】A 【5题答案】 【答案】D 【6题答案】 【答案】A 【7题答案】 【答案】D 【8题答案】 【答案】C 【9题答案】 【答案】A 【10题答案】 【答案】D 二、交际运用（共5分） Ⅱ．根据对话内容，运用方框中所给的句子补全对话。选项中有一项是多余的。（5分） 【11~15题答案】 【答案】11. A 12. E 13. B 14. C 15. F 三、阅读部分（共45分） Ⅲ．完型填空。（15分） 【16~30题答案】 【答案】16. A 17. C 18. B 19. D 20. B 21. C 22. D 23. A 24. B 25. C 26. D 27. A 28. B 29. D 30. A Ⅳ．阅读理解。（30分） (A) 【31~35题答案】 【答案】31. B 32. C 33. C 34. D 35. D (B) 【36~40题答案】 【答案】36. B 37. C 38. A 39. D 40. D (C) 【41~45题答案】 【答案】41. F 42. T 43. F 44. T 45. T (D) 【46~50题答案】 【答案】46. B 47. C 48. A 49. E 50. D (E) 【51~55题答案】 【答案】51. An American girl. 52. Because she didn’t have enough money to buy a gift. 53. A song. 54. It was beautiful. 55. Her grandma. 四、语言运用（共10分） Ⅴ．阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。（10分） 【56~65题答案】 【答案】56. greatest 57. southern 58. with 59. books 60. but 61. to read 62. enjoy 63. feelings 64. yourself 65. Certainly 五、书面表达（共20分） （A） 【66题答案】 【答案】例文 Let’s Help Animals We should help and protect animals. As we all know, animals are our friends. But now lots of animals are in danger for many reasons. Many wild animals do not have safe places to live, because villages and farms are growing bigger and taking away their land and forests. Besides, there is no enough clean food or water. It’s important for us to protect the wild animals. Firstly, we should let more people know more about the animals in danger. Secondly, we should stop people cutting down the trees. Thirdly, we should set up more nature parks to help animals live in peace. Let’s take actions to protect animals. （B） 【67题答案】 【答案】例文： The changes in my hometown In the past, my hometown was very small and poor. The houses were old. Pollution was very serious, and there was rubbish everywhere. The traffic was not convenient, so few visitors came here. Now great changes have taken place in my hometown. The environment has become more beautiful. The mountains are greener, the rivers are clearer and the sky is bluer. People live a better life. Their houses are large and bright. Many people have their own cars. Every year, there are thousands of visitors from all over the world. My hometown will become more environmental and more beautiful, attract more visitors in the future. I love my hometown. 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$