山东省高青县2023～2024学年8年级下学期期末考试英语试题

2023-2024学年第二学期期末检测 八年级英语试题 注意：请将答案写在答题纸的相应位置！满分120分。 一、听力选择（共15小题，满分15分） 第一部分 听短对话回答问题 你将听到5组对话，每组对话听两遍。然后从每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出能回答问题的最佳答案。 1. How will the woman go to London next week? A. By ship. B. By plane. C. By bus. 2. What should the boy do? A. Do more sports. B. Drink more water. C. Relax himself. 3. What does Mike want his mother to buy? A. Some juice. B. Some hamburgers. C. Some fruit. 4. When will the meeting begin? A. At 9: 00. B. At 9: 15. C. At 9: 30. 5. Who are they talking about? A. Tom Sawyer. B. Oliver Twist. C. Robinson Crusoe. 第二部分 听长对话回答问题 你将听到一段对话，对话听两遍。然后从每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出能回答问题的最佳答案。 6. Why does Mike look worried? A. Because he is not interested in English. B. Because he lost his bag. C. Because he's having trouble learning English. 7. How should Mike improve his pronunciation? A. By watching TV. B. By listening to the teacher's tapes. C. By listening to the radio. 8. What should Mike do with the new words? A. Write them in his notebook and study them. B. Read them at any time. C. Write them on the blackboard. 9. When does the English club meet? A. On Tuesday. B. On Friday. C. On Tuesday and Friday. 10. What should Mike do to practice his writing? A. Find a pen pal. B. Keep diaries. C. Join the English club. 第三部分 听短文回答问题 你将听到一篇短文，短文听两遍。然后从每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出能回答问题的最佳答案。 11. Is Switzerland a small country with mountains, pine trees and blue lakes? A. Yes, it is. B. No, there are none of these. C. No, it isn't. 12. What's the weather like in winter there? A. The sun is bright, and the air is warm. B. The sun is bright, but the air is cold. C. There's little sunlight, and it's cold. 13. Where are the hotels? A. In the valleys. B. On the sides of the mountains. C. Both A and B. 14. What can tourists do in winter? A. Ski (滑雪) and skate. B. Walk in the forests. C. Water-ski. 15. In summer what can tourists do in the lake? A. Fish and sail. B. Swim, sail and water-ski. C. Surf and dive. 二、完形填空（共10小题，满分10分） 阅读下面短文,从每小题A、B、C、D中选出一个能填入文章中相应空白处的最佳答案。 Ken is a good boy. He listens to his parents, studies ____16____ and is nice to everyone. People love him very much. However, that makes other boys envious (嫉妒) of him because they aren’t as ____17____ as Ken. There is ____18____ boy named Ben in the same class as Ken. Unlike Ken, he is bad at studies and always likes to play during school hours. He beats his classmates and ____19____ listens to his parents. He always laughs at Ken before other kids. ____20____ Ken doesn’t really care and his grades get better. On his eighth birthday, Ken got a nice ____21____ as a gift from his parents. He took it to school so that he could use it to write down the notes in class. When Ben saw it, he was very envious of Ken because the bad boy hardly ever got his _____22_____ gift. So he decided to steal (偷) the pen. When everyone was out of the classroom, Ben opened Ken’s bag and took the pen away. Later, Ken couldn’t find his pen and told his teacher about that. The teacher checked everyone’s bag and soon found the pen. Ben had _____23_____ to say but cried. Ken was so kind that he said it didn’t matter. At that moment, Ben knew _____24_____ kind Ken was. Now, Ken and Ben become _____25_____ and Ben is as good as Ken. Don’t hurt anyone even if he hurts you. Be good to all and you can change someone in some ways. 16. A. early B. hard C. slowly D. badly 17. A. healthy B. lazy C. quiet D. popular 18. A. others B. other C. another D. the other 19. A. often B. always C. usually D. hardly 20. A. But B. If C. Or D. And 21. A. eraser B. pen C. book D. ball 22. A. friends’ B. brothers’ C. parents’ D. sisters’ 23. A. something B. nothing C. anything D. everything 24. A. how B. what C. that D. which 25. A. classmates B. brothers C. students D. friends 三、阅读理解（共14小题，满分28分） A 阅读下面短文，从各题A、B、C、D中选出能回答问题的最佳答案。 Traditional Chinese Festivals Yuanxiao, the Lantern Festival, is on the 15th day of the first month in the Chinese calendar. People watch lanterns and eat sweet dumplings. Qingming, the Tomb Sweeping Day, is around April 5. People go to the graves (墓) in memory of (纪念) the dead. Duanwu, the Dragon Boat Festival, is on the fifth day of the fifth month in the Chinese calendar. People eat rice dumplings and have dragon boat races in memory of the poet Qu Yuan. Qixi, the Night of Sevens, is on the seventh day of the seventh month in the Chinese calendar. It’s the Chinese version (版本) of Valentine’s Day. Zhongqiu, the Mid-Autumn Festival, is on the 15th day of the eighth month in the Chinese calendar. Families enjoy mooncakes and tell the story of Chang’e. Chongyang, the Double Ninth Festival, is on the ninth day of the ninth month in the Chinese calendar. It’s the date to pay respect (尊敬) to the old. 26. The Mid-Autumn Festival is ________ in the Chinese calendar. A. on August 15th B. on July 7th C. on January 15th D. on May 15th 27. Chinese people eat ________ at the Dragon Boat Festival. A. dumplings B. mooncakes C. rice dumplings D. sweet dumplings 28. The Chinese version of Valentine’s Day is ________. A. the Lantern Festival B. the Night of Sevens C. the Spring Festival D. the Tomb Sweeping Day 29. At the Tomb Sweeping Day, people go to the graves in memory of ________. A. Qu Yuan B. the elderly C. Chang’e D. the dead 30. At the Double Ninth Festival, people usually ________. A. watch lanterns B. pay respect to old people C. visit their relatives D. get together to tell stories B 阅读短文B，根据短文内容，从短文后面的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有一项是多余。 Adolexcence（青春期）is important in everyone's life. It includes a lot of big changes. The most common change is the physical change. During this stage（阶段），teenagers start to grow more quickly. They can find that they are much taller than before. They also begin to notice other body changes, like the change of their voice. Appearance（外貌）is very important in life .____31_____.They usually spend much time looking in the mirror and dressing themselves. Teenagers have an increasing need for private space. They don't want their parents to go into their rooms.____32_____. If their parents want to know some secrets about them by reading their diaries, they usually become very angry and even argue with their parents. ____33_____. Since teenagers means of thinking changes. They hope to be treated as an adult and get respect（尊重） and trust. They want to make their own decisions on some things such as deciding whether to go abroad or not. Some of them even want to get away from their family and experience a different life. Teenagers develop friendships.____34_____. They used to share everything with parents，but now they like to share everything with friends better. Friendship is very important to them. ( A. They become more independent than before. B. Teenagers at this time always put their friends first. C. When meeting something，they like keeping diaries. D. Teenagers meet all kinds of problems during their adolescence. E. They care a lot about what clothes they wear and what hairstyles they have. ) C 以下是对中国文化感兴趣的五位外国学生和中国传统文化活动的简介,请为每一位学生选择一个合适的活动。 35. John is interested in Chinese writing with brushes. He wants to learn it well and help to write couplets(对联) for his Chinese friends during the Spring Festival. 36. Jenny likes traditional Chinese paintings very much and she wants to learn how to paint bamboo with brushes. 37. Ann is a Canadian girl living in Guangdong. She loves traditional Chinese opera. She hopes to take a class about the local opera. 38. Susan loves Chinese paper cutting. She wants to make a Chinese “fu” to put up on her window during the Spring Festival. 39. Jim is an exchange student. He likes traditional Chinese art. He wants to make some beautiful things by hand and send them to his friends as gifts. A. Paper cutting sounds simple but it is difficult to do. Bring red paper and learn the making of paper cutting. You can take home the paper cutting you make in class. B. Chinese calligraphy(书法) is an art of writing. Our local calligraphers will teach you how to write couplets and “fu” with brushes. You can come and join us. C. Chinese knot(中国结) is a traditional art. It is usually made by hand. With beautiful looks, it's a good choice to send them to friends as gifts. D. Cantonese Opera is a traditional opera in Guangdong, China. We have prepared many wonderful classes for you. E. Traditional Chinese painting is a form of art in Chinese culture. In our training classes, Mr. Wang will teach you how to paint bamboo with brushes step by step. 四、选词填空（共10小题，满分10分） 根据短文内容，选择适当的单词填空，使短文意思完整。每个选项只用一次，有两项剩余。 everyone nose weak higher selling However speed left face lower until enjoyed Isaac Newton was born in Woolsthorpe, England, on December 25, 1642. He was born early and he was very ____40_____. No one believed he could continue to live. But he surprised ____41_____. He had one of the most powerful minds in history. And he lived ____42_____he was 84. Newton's father died before he was born. His mother married again a few years later. She ____43_____Newton with his grandmother. The boy was not a good student. Yet he was curious(好奇的) and liked to make things, such as kites, clocks and simple machines. Newton also ____44_____finding new ways to answer questions or solve problems. As a boy, for example, he wanted to find a way to measure(测量) the ____45_____of the wind. On a windy day, he measured how far he could jump with the wind at his back. Then he measured how far he could jump with the wind in his ____46_____. From the difference between the two jumps, he made his own measure of the power of the wind. Strangely, Newton became a much better student after a boy kicked him in the stomach. The boy was one of the best students in the school. Newton decided to get even(报复) by getting ____47_____marks than the boy who kicked him. In a short time, Newton became the top student at the school. Newton left school to help on the family farm. ____48_____, the boy was not a good farmer. He spent his time solving math problems, instead of taking care of the farm. He spent hours visiting a book-store in town, instead of ____49_____ his vegetables in the market. An uncle believed that Newton would do better as a student than as a farmer. So he sponsored(资助) the young man into Cambridge University to study math. 40._________ 41. _________ 42. _________ 43. _________44. _________ 45. _________46. _________ 47. _________ 48. _________49. _________ 五、语法填空（共10小题，满分10分） 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。 Last week, my father and I went back to my hometown-Zibo ____50____ (try) Zibo barbecue (烧烤). Recently, the local food has become ____51____ popular that people all over China travel there to taste it. One the way to Zibo, my father told me ____52____ unusual story. Last year during the COVID-19 pandemic, ____53____ (thousand) of college students were stuck in Zibo. The local government helped students and offered a great barbecue dinner when the quarantine (隔离) was over. The government officers also invited the students to come ____54____ to Zibo again when spring came. They would give the students a warm welcome. I ____55____ (move) when I heard this. At 5 p.m., we arrived at the restaurant. My father had booked a table two days ____56____ (early). Or there wouldn’t be any seats for us. People in the restaurant didn’t know each other before. But we just talked naturally about ____57____(day) life and sang together. Some local people even put off ____58____ (they) orders when they heard there weren’t enough seats. They wanted tourists from other places to have the chance to eat. After eating the delicious food, I kept ____59____(think) why Zibo became popular. Is it the promise between the government and the college students? Or the special tasty food, or the warmhearted people? 50._________ 51. _________52. _________53. _________ 54. _________ 55. _________56. _________57. _________ 58. _________59. _________ 六、阅读表达（共10小题，满分20分） 阅读下面两篇短文,根据要求完成下面各小题。 A篇 When I was 5 years old, I went to the USA with my mom. I can still remember the first Halloween holiday I had in the USA. On the morning of Halloween, we paid a visit to a pumpkin(南瓜) farm. Each of us brought a pumpkin to school with us. I used the pumpkin to make a lantern which had two triangle eyes and a scary mouth. In the afternoon, we put on the Halloween costumes and went on parade in school. Some of the costumes were nice, but some of them looked scary. I chose to wear a suit of Superman's clothes. I did a lot of things that day, but the part I liked best was“trick or treat”in the evening. After dinner, I went outside with an empty bag. I hoped to get a lot of candies from people. At first, I was a bit nervous, so when I knocked at the door, my heart was beating very fast. A lady came out, and I said carefully to her,“Trick or treat.”My voice was very low, and even myself could hardly hear it. To my surprise, the lady was so kind to give me two candy bars, and I was so excited, thanked the lady and moved on. I couldn't remember how many houses I visited, but I could remember how many candies I got---I got 91 candies that day, and I was so proud of myself. What a happy Halloween I had! And I wish we could have a Halloween every month! 根据短文内容，回答下列问题。 60. When did the writer go to the USA with his or her mother? ____________________________________________________________ 61. Where did they visit on the morning of Halloween? ____________________________________________________________ 62. What did the writer wear on the afternoon of Halloween? ____________________________________________________________ 63. What did the writer take when he or she went outside after dinner? ____________________________________________________________ 64. What should the kids do in the game “trick or treat” ? ____________________________________________________________ B篇 If you want to go on an educational exchange (交换), you need to fill in an application form (申请表). This is a sample (样本) of an application form for an educational exchange. Application form Family name Li Given name Xiaolan Date of birth 22/06/2010 Place of birth Shanghai Nationality Chinese Sex F Address 155 Nanjing Road, Shanghai, China Postal code 200050 Telephone No (8621)3222200 Email xiaolan. li09@xxx.com Educational background Junior High 2 Passport No. G578115 Hobbies reading, swimming, collecting stamps Reasons for applying I’d like to experience life in an English-speaking country and also be able to practice spoken English every day. Duration of study From 30/08/2023 To 05/01/2024 Signature（签名） of the applicant Li Xiaolan Date 23/04/2023 65. When was Li Xiaolan born? __________________________________________________________ 66. Where does Li Xiaolan live now? __________________________________________________________ 67. What grade is Li Xiaolan in now? __________________________________________________________ 68. Why does Li Xiaolan want to go on an educational exchange? __________________________________________________________ 69. How long will Li Xiaolan study in a foreign country? __________________________________________________________ 七、完成句子（每空1分，满分10分） 根据每小题的汉语句子，完成英语句子，每空一词。 70.在春节期间，我们经常拜访我们的亲朋好友。 During the Spring Festival, we often visit our ________ and ________ . 71.根据新闻报道，明天天气会很好。 __________ __________ the news, the weather will be fine tomorrow. 72.春节期间她长胖了3斤。 She __________ __________ 3 kilos during the Spring Festival. 73.在不同的情况下保持礼貌很重要。 It is important to be polite in __________ __________. 74.我对数学有困难。 I __________ __________ with math. 八、书面表达（17分） 假如你是李华，你校微信平台开设了 Teen Voice 栏目，号召同学们将自己生活中的小确幸用英语大声讲出来。请你根据以下所给英文提示，并以"Amazing changes"为题写一篇英语短文。 提示： 1.What did you use to be like？ 2.What are you like now？ 3.What has made you change？ 4. How do you feel now? 5. What will you do in the future? 要求：1.要点齐全，语境通顺，语法正确； 2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯； 3.词数：80～100（短文开头已给出，不计入总词数）； 4.不要出现真实的学校、姓名。 Amazing changes Hello，everyone! I'm Li Hua from Class Three, Grade Nine. I've changed a lot since I ______ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 注意：请将题目的答案写到答题纸上。 八年级英语试题 第10页 (共10页) 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$