河北省唐山市乐亭县2023-2024学年八年级下学期期末考试英语试题

.......... 2023-2024 学年度第二学期期末质量检测 八年级英语试卷 m Iv y vI v v I 总分 第一部分听力(30分) 1.听句子,选出句子中所包含的信息。(共6小题,每小题1分,共计5分) ()1. A. an museum B. a park C. an exam . A. catch animals B. do researches C. sing songs ( )3. A. put into B. turn into C. turn down ( )4. A. We should share our dreams with others. B. We should give up when we have difficulties C. We should keep on trying to make our dreams come true ( )5 A. The boy dreamed about flying a kite. B. The boy flew like a bird in his dream. C. The boy talked about flying like a bird I.听句子,选出该句的最佳答语。(共5小题,每小题1分,共计5分) )6. A. Forget it. B. Not bad. 7. A. nthe sea. C. Thank you. B. They're not fish. C. By eating smallfish. )8. A. I've read it before. B.I read it in the library. ( C. It's very boring )9. A. Once. B. No, never. C.I went to the Palace Museum ( )10. A. By plane. B. Three days ago. C. Since three days ago III.听对话和问题,选择适当的选项。(共5小题,每小题1分,共计5分) 请听第一段对话,回答第11题。 ( )11.How does Jane like country music? B. It's classical. A. It's fantastie. C. It's not fantastic. 请听第二段对话,回答第12题。 ( )12.Where are the two speakers probably? A. In a restaurant. r B. At a concert. C. In a flower shop. 请听第三段对话,回答第13-15题。 ( )13. When did Peter come back? 1B. Last month A. Last year. C. Last week. ( )14. What is Susan's advice? A. Giving Peter a big surprise. B. Telling Peter about their visit first C. Having dinner with Peter at home ( )15. Why can't Jim call Peter? A. Because he has lost his mobile phone. B. Because Peter doesn't have a mobile phone. 八年级英语第1页 共8页 C. Because he forgot Peter's telephone number IV.听语段和问题,选择正确答案。(共5小题,每小题2分,共计10分) ()16. Where did Lucy go? A.Amall. B.A store. )17.What was not in the wallet? C.A supermarket A. Money. B. Keys. ( )18. What was the man doing when he saw the wallet? C. Cards. A. He was walking into the mall. C. He was paying for the goods(商品). B. He was driving home. )19.How did the man go to Lucy's house? A. By taxi. B. On foot. C. By car. ( )20. How did Lucy feel at last? A. Upset. B. Lucky. C. Angry. V听短文填空。你将听到一篇短文。请根据短文内容,写出下面表格中所缺的 单词。(共5小题,每小题1分,共计5分) Li lei's English study When How What In the By doing many exercises His English wasn't past. 21. He changed his 22 Last year of learning English. By using it. He has improved his Goes to the English club after school English a lot. on Monday, 23._L and Friday. He can even use Now Writes e-mails to his pen pal in English to 24. with other Watches English movies on the people. Internet. 第二部分:语言运用(25分) V1.完形填空。(共15小题,每小题1分,共15分) One day, a king was traveling in his own land. He saw a farmer who was working 26 hard that he didn't notice a snake coiling around(缠绕着) his leg. The king 27."Farmer, there is a snake on your leg!" The farmer shook the snake off and 28 his work The king was surprised 29 this and asked,"Don't you know that the snake can 3o you? Your work more important than your life?" The farmer said, "Your Majesty(陛 ) 31I don't work hard, my family willstarve(挨饿)to death! Thar's the only thing that 1 am 32 of." The king was moved and 33 to reward(奖励) the farmer with a lot of money. 八年级英语第2页 共8页 A year later,.the king hetghillressed and lookedleekng nge on hiight hand. The king asked him, "What 36to your hand?" heor Mayhmdy ng hndRhki)by a thom (When yothdf skbe. Bt w yoytht you need to 39 after being pricked by a thorn!" The farmcr said."Your Majesty. perhaps you've never 40the saying: That was then. this is now!"" B. such C. so D. quite C. agreed )26.A.very B. shouted 1 D. laughed 127. A. asked C . continued B. changed D. finished )28.A. stopped C. with B.to. 1 poteg D. for )29.A.by B. help 30. A.hurt C. eat B. or C.so 131.A.unless C.afraid B. bored loed D. sad 132. A. tired B. decided 133.A.refused C. reported B. even Ct00 34.A.still C. short B. fat D all 135.A.thin B. turned D. belonged )36.A.happened B. take after D. take care of 37.A.look up 138.A.famous B. poor 139.A. work B. rest B. listened to ( )40.A. watched D. noticed VII短文填空。阅读下面短文,在空白处填人一个适当的单词(有提示词的,填入 所给单词的正确形式)。(共10小题,每小题1分,共10分) How soon can we build a new house? It usually 4L.t about six months or more. But each year, 42 (thousand) of people work together to build new homes in just four months. Who does this wonderful work? Habitat for Humanity, 43. organization that builds homes for families in need. It has branches (分部) in different places around the United States. This group works all over the world, 44. Volunteers help build the homes. They are unpaid workers who do all the work for 45.f . Habitat for Humanity has built more than 3oo,ooo houses. More than 1.5 million people live in these houses. Building a home is hard-work. Volunteers learn how to 46.p up walls. They use many materials and tools. These selfless (无私,的) volunteers work with the family that will live in the houses, Everyone works together to make the families dreams come47.t Suruchi Srikanth 48. 一(work) with Habitat for Humanity for four years. She 49. (begin) volunteering in high school. She has built many homes with 50.o volunteers. She takes her responsibilities( 责 任)seriously. Volunteers know if they don't help, homes may not get built: They are good citizens(公民) who care about other people. 八年级英语第3页 共8页 第三部分 阅读(40分) VI.阅读理解。(共15小题,每小题2分,共30分) A salt seller (盐商) used to carry big bags of salt on his donkey's back as he made his way to the market every day. On the way there, they had to cross a river. One day, the donkey(户) took a sudden fall into the river. The big bags of salt also fell into the water. Some of the salt dissolved(溶解) in the water, making the bags much lighter to carry, but the salt seller didn't notice. The donkey realized this and felt much more comfortable on his way to the market. The next day, the donkey did the same thing, except this time, he fell in the water on purpose(故意). Again, the bags were lighter and easier to carry. The salt seller soon found out what was going on and decided to teach his donkey a lesson. The next day, he put two big bags of cotton(棉花) on the donkey's back. Again the donkey played the same trick( 夜俩), hoping that the bags would become even lighter. But the cotton that fell into the water instead became very heavy to carry. The donkey learned a lesson and didn't play this trick anymore after that day. ( )51. What happened to the big bags of salt, according to Paragraph 2? A. The bags fell into the water. B. One of the bags fell into the river. C. There was a big hole in one of the bags. D. The salt seller took some salt out of the bags. )52. The donkey fell into the river again because A. he hoped to find the missing salt B. he wanted to make the bags lighter C. he wanted to swim across the river D. he thought it was comfortable in the water ( )53. What did the salt seller do after finding out what the donkey was doing? A. He replaced(代替) salt with cotton in the bags. B. He added some cotton to the bags of salt. C. He taught the donkey how to cross the river. D. He put two bags of wet cotton on the donkey B I was on the train one afternoon. Our carriage was almost empty, just a few people. At one station, a drunk man suddenly entered the train. He shouted and swung his fists (拳 头) at a woman holding a baby. Luckily the baby wasn't hurt. Then he tried to kick(踢) an old woman. Everyone was scared. 'd been learming kungfu for the past three years. But I'd never fought in real life As students of kungfu, we are not allowed to start a fight. "Kungfu," my teacher always told us,"is about resolving conflict(解决冲突), not starting it." I decided that this was my moment. If I didn't do something fast, somebody might get hurt. So I stood up, ready to fight. Just then, someone shouted, "Hey!" It was an old man. He was smiling at the drunk man. "What have you been drinking?" he asked. "I've been drinking wine(葡萄酒), but it's none of your business!" said the drunk man angrily. "Oh, that's wonderful," said the old man. Then he told how he loved drinking wine with his wife and eating watermelon. 八年级英语第4页 共8页 have no wife, no home, no job. "Oh, that is so difficult. Sit down here and tell me about it." said the old man. As I got offthe train, I realized 'd just seen real kungfu in acton. This was the real spirit of how to resolve conflict. ( )54. What can we learn from the kungfu teacher's words? A. Srudents shouldn't learm kungfu. B. kungfu is not used to start fights. C. Using kungfu may start conflicts. D. kungfu can't actually resolve conflicts )55. What was the drunk man's situation in life? A. His business went broke. C. He was living a great life. B. He had no place to live. ( )56. What does the writer mean in the last paragraph? D. He had a wonderful wife A. If we meet conflict. we must fight. B. The real spirit of kungfu is to start conflict. C. Fighting is not the only way to resolve conflicts D. Everyone should learn kungfu to protect themselves. My father lives alone. He is 92 and has slow movement. We rang him yesterday to check in after the wild weather. After making sure he was okay, we asked about his life recently. He said: "I've got something to tell you." He then told us how he had gotten his groceries (食品余货) to his car. A young gentleman (could be anyone from I2 to 70 when you are 92) stopped and said, "I will help you take your groceries to your car." Dad wasn't sure at first but said thank vou. The man then unloaded(卸货) the groceries and made sure they were secure (稳固的). He then took the cart 手推 王)back to the supermarket too. After a litle talk, Dad said thank you again. The man just said, "No problem." A few days later, Dad was at the bank in the line, The "young" man behind him said. "I will hold your place while we wait. There is a chair over there. Go and sit down for a while." Dad said," Oh, why? Was I shaking or looking weak?" "No," was the reply."I know my dad would find it hard to stand for so long." So, Dad thankfully went and sat down. When the time came for Dad to get to the front of the line, a nod (点头) of the head and a smile came his way. Dad said to us, "I'm happily surprised by the respect(尊 重) and care shown by these two'young' men." ( )57. What did the gentleman at the supermarket do for the writer's father? A. He bought groceries. B. He unloaded groceries. C. He drove the writer's father home. D. He helped the writer's father find a cart. ( )58. What happened to the writer's father at the bank? A. He cut in the line because he is old. B.A young man cut in line in front of him. C. He shook a lot after standing for too long D. A young man kept his place in the line so that he could sit down. ( )59. What do we know from reading the story? A. The dad cannot live alone. 八年级英语第5页 共8页 B. The "young" men are the writer's friends. C. The dad is stillableto drive around by himself. D. The fwo young men were actually the same person. y60. What does the story teach us? A. Rules are not always followed. B. Old people don't think they are old. C. Your care for others willbe remembered. D. Old people shouldn't depend on their age for help D "If there's something in your life that makes you happy, do it! Don't care what others say." his is from the movie Heidi, which is one of the most popular movies since it came out. The story took place in Alps. It's about a little girl named Heidi. Heidi lost her parents at an early age. She had an aunt. Her name is Dete, She had to take care of Heidi. Later, her aunt wanted to work in other places. Heidi's grandfather lived in Alps. She had to go there and turn to Heidi's grandfather. Heidi's grandfather was eccentric. He never talked to others and disagreed with the villagers. He lived alone in the wooden house in the mountain area. At first, Heidi's grandpa didn't want to accept her. One day, Heidi found her grandpa's deep feelings. The old and the young depended on each other. Heidi was very happy to live with her grandpa Heidi received the love of the villagers because of her loveliness and kindness. At that time she also made friends with Peter. They played among the mountains and the green fields. Heidi had a happy life with her grandfather. But the good time did not last long. Heidi left her grandfather and the boy and went to a rich lady's house to be her playmate. Heidi found happiness for the rich lady. What would happen in the end? You can find the answer by watching this movie ( )6l. Why did Heidi go to her grandfather's home? A. Because her parents were lost. B. Because her grandfather missed her. C. Because she wanted to live in the mountain. D. Because her aunt wanted to work in other places )62. Which of the following can best describe Heidi? C.Strict. D. Shy. A. Cool. B. Kind. )63. What does the underlined word" eccentric"in Paragraph 2 mean in English? C. friendly D. honest A. strange B. outgoing )64. Which picture shows Heidi's grandfather's house? )6s.The text is probably a work diary B. medical report A C. film introduction D. family introduction 八年级英语第6页 共8页 IX.阅读表达。(共5小题,每小题2分,共10分) 阅读短文,并按要求完成66-70题 Some people hworthredifetwes vryay.Bu why didpeople read newspapers? Five hundredyers ago news ofimpotant events-ate, kingso rules统治 者) another. It passed by word of mouth Withr they ple could read abou important things in faraway countries soon after they happened. Besides news from all over the world.newspaers gave a lot of other useful information. There were weather reports and guides for watching TV and film. There were also book reviews, stories, and of course. advertisements(广告). Advertisers paid the newspapers a large number of dollars for space on each page. For those who made newspapers, advertisements were also very important. Money from advertisements made profits (利益)for publishers(发行人) and helped keep prices low for readers. 66、67题完成句子;68-69题简略回答问题;70把划线句子翻译成汉语。 different newspapers every day. 66.20 years ago, some people had 67.500 years ago. important news passed by 68. How many kinds of information did newspapers give to the people? 69. How did advertisements benefit(使受益) readers? 第四部分 情景交际(10分) X.补全对话。(共5小题,每小题2分,共10分) A:Hi. Steve. 71. B:I'm reading Tom Sawyer. A: Oh, this is the book our teacher asked us to read last month B:Right. 72. A:Yes, I have already finished reading it. B:73. . I have just finished reading half of it. 1 think it is really interesting. A:Yes. Most of our classmates like it very much B:74 A:No, I haven't. But I have done the most difficult part of the book report B:How great you arel 75. We must finish the book report in a week. tir 八年级英语第页 共8页 第五部分 写作(15分) X1.学校举办“家乡的变化”主题征文活动。请你参考以下提示以"The changes in my hometown”为题,用英语写一篇80词左右的短文。 过去:生活贫困,房屋又小又旧。污染严重垃圾遍地,去别的地方很困难,游 客很少。 现在:住房宽敞明亮,许多人有了自己的汽车。环境越来越好了。每年有成千 上万的游客来参观这里。 将来:请你展望家乡的未来。 注意:1.短文须包括提示中的所有要点,可适当发挥; 2.文中不得出现真实的地名,校名和人名; 3.词数80个左右(开头已给出,不计入总词数)。 八年级英语第8页 共8页