安徽省阜阳市太和县2023-2024学年八年级下学期期末英语试题

2023—2024下学期八年级期末监测 八年级英语试卷 注意事项： 1.本试卷共四部分，十大题，试题120分，考试时间为120分钟。 2.全卷包括“试题卷”（8页）和“答题卡”（2页）两部分。 3.请务必在“答题卡”上答题，在“试题卷”上答题是无效的。 第一部分 听力（共四大题，满分20分） Ⅰ.短对话理解（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分） 你将听到五段对话，每段对话后有一个小题。请在每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出一个最佳选项。每段对话读两遍。 ( ) 1. What’s wrong with Gina? A. B. C. ( ) 2. Where does the girl want to go? A. B. C. ( ) 3. How long can Alan watch the talent show? A. For 20 minutes. B. For 30 minutes. C. For 40 minutes. ( ) 4. What did Andy’s elder sister forget to buy? A. Candles. B. Cakes. C. Fruit. ( ) 5. How did the boy get home yesterday afternoon? A. By bike. B. By subway. C. By car. Ⅱ.长对话理解（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分） 你将听到两段对话，每段对话后有几个小题。请在每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出一个最佳选项。每段对话读两遍。 听下面一段对话，回答第6至7小题。 ( ) 6. Where will Peter go first? A. Nanjing. B. Chengdu. C. Lhasa. ( ) 7. Why does Peter go there by high-speed train? A. Because it’s comfortable. B. Because he doesn’t like taking a plane. C. Because it’s kind of cheap. 听下面一段对话，回答第8至10小题。 ( ) 8. What does Trench think of Hawaii? A. Exciting. B. Peaceful. C. Unusual. ( ) 9. What did Trench do every day when he was in Hawaii? A. He went swimming. B. He went fishing. C. He went boating. ( ) 10. How was the weather in Hawaii when Trench was there? A. Cloudy. B. Windy. C. Sunny. Ⅲ.短文理解（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分） 你将听到一篇短文，短文后有五个小题。请根据短文内容，在每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出一个最佳选项。短文读两遍。 ( ) 11. What is Karl? A. A cat. B. A dog. C. A bird. ( ) 12. How often does Mrs. Liu play with Karl? A. Every day. B. Twice a week. C. Three times a week. ( ) 13. When does Mrs. Liu take a walk? A. At 4:00 p. m. B. At 6:00 p. m. C. At7:00 p. m. ( ) 14. What does the shop at the end of the road sell? A. Clothes. B. Animal food. C. Animal books. ( ) 15. Where was Mrs. Liu’s money at last? A. At her home. B. In her wallet. C. In Karl’s mouth. Ⅳ.信息转换（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分） 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，每空仅填一词。短文读两遍。 Starlight Town Past ●He was born there. ●He first lived in the 16 of the town with his parents. ●There were many shops, restaurants, schools, a 17 factory and an old cinema. Now ●The old cinema has 18 to a big park. ●The post office has become 19 than the old one. ●Most shops have moved into a big supermarket. ●About 20 thousand people live in the town. 第二部分 基础知识运用（共三大题，满分35分） V.单项填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分） 从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 ( ) 21. For book lovers, there’s so much ________ in the books they have read. The books make their minds rich. A. information B. treasure C. trouble D. silence ( ) 22. My father ________ goes to work by bike. He only takes a taxi on rainy days. A. usually B. hardly C. finally D. especially ( ) 23. Emma usually wears this silk dress because it feels ________ and comfortable. A. heavy B. wet C. soft D. safe ( ) 24.—________ was the population of Sansha City, Hainan in 2020? —Just 2,300 or so. A. How B. How many C. What D. How much ( ) 25. My schoolbag is too full so I’m going to ________ after school today. A. fix it up B. work it out C. pick it up D. clear it out ( ) 26.—You really have a close relationship with Mr. Chen. —Yes. ________ I go to Beijing, I go to visit him. A. Whatever B. Whenever C. Whoever D. Wherever ( ) 27. My brother and I have been to the city library ________ times. Both of us think it’s a good place for reading. A. a set of B. a pair of C. a couple of D. a piece of ( ) 28. My father ________ for 10 hours, because he was too tired these days. A. falls asleep B. is asleep C. has fallen asleep D. has been asleep ( ) 29.—The Smiths have ________ Hong Kong on vacation. —Oh, really? I’ve never ________ there. A. been to; gone to B. gone to; been to C. been to; gone D. gone to; been ( ) 30.—I didn’t go on the school trip because I had a fever. —________. It was fantastic. We visited a farm and picked some strawberries there. A. That’s right B. I’m not sure C. It’s a shame D. It’s no big deal Ⅵ.完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分） 阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。 A There was a rich old man. He had no wife or children. He decided to leave his 31 to one of his nephews (侄子). How could he find whether they were excellent? He thought hard and made a 32 . He sent a box to each of his nephews. In each box, there was a seed (种子) and a letter. The letter said: 33 this seed. Do your best to grow a beautiful plant. After three months, bring it to me. One nephew was 14-year-old Ping. He put his seed into a pot and 34 the pot with good earth. He looked after the seed 35 every day and waited for it to grow into a beautiful plant. However, the seed didn’t grow at all. Ping then put the seed into a bigger pot and added richer earth. He continued to 36 the seed. Three months passed, but nothing happened. When the time came, Ping went to the old man’s house with nothing. But his 37 arrived with beautiful plants. They laughed at Ping. Ping felt 38 . To everyone’s surprise, the old man said Ping was the proper person. “ 39 I gave you the seeds, I cooked them, so they wouldn’t grow. Ping is the only 40 person here, so I’ll give my money to him,” he explained. ( ) 31. A. food B. video C. house D. money ( ) 32. A. plan B. deal C. dream D. joke ( ) 33. A. Throw B. Weigh C. Check D. Plant ( ) 34. A. fixed B. filled C. mixed D. covered ( ) 35. A. luckily B. quickly C. carefully D. loudly ( ) 36. A. look after B. think about C. cut up D. bring out ( ) 37. A. classmates B. parents C. cousins D. friend ( ) 38. A. scared B. upset C. excited D. stupid ( ) 39. A. If B. Because C. Before D. Although ( ) 40. A. serious B. creative C. clever D. honest B A health y living place must be in balance (平衡). What does this mean? As a 41 , rabbits eat plants. The rabbits keep the plants under control. Tigers eat rabbits. They 42 there aren’t too many rabbits. This is 43 the nature stays balanced. But sometimes, things can get out of balance. A swamp (沼泽) in Florida isn’t in balance. What’s the 44 ? There are too many large snakes. The snakes didn’t 45 in the swamp at first. Why? Because some pet keepers let their pet snakes stay in the swamp. Their numbers become bigger and bigger. There are too many large snakes now. They eat rabbits and other small animals, 46 the wildlife (野生动物) in the swamp. So they’re bad for the 47 environment there. In the end, there’s less food for large fish and wild cats. Now all of the wildlife in the swamp is becoming 48 . To stop this problem, some people are trying to 49 the snakes and take them away from the swamp. But it’s not easy because the snakes are very good at 50 . We need to be careful about what animals we bring into different environments so that we don’t break the balance of nature. ( ) 41. A. rule B. sport C. size D. way ( ) 42. A. wait for B. look into C. make sure D. bring away ( ) 43. A. who B. how C. what D. where ( ) 44. A. answer B. problem C. condition D. interest ( ) 45. A. end B. lose C. live D. join ( ) 46. A. especially B. finally C. recently D. probably ( ) 47. A. small B. clean C. perfect D. natural ( ) 48. A. beautiful B. healthy C. lovely D. hungry ( ) 49. A. raise B. save C. catch D. protect ( ) 50. A. pushing B. controlling C. searching D. hiding Ⅶ.补全对话（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分） 根据对话内容，从方框内的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，其中有两个为多余选项。 A: Hey, Matt. Did you ride your bike to school? B: Yes, I did. But there’s something wrong with it. A: 51 B: I heard a strange sound coming from the back wheel. The ride is OK, but I’m not sure whether it’s safe or not. A: Why don’t you take your bike to a bike repair shop? 52 B: Well. 53 A: Yes. There’s one called Ben’s Bikes. I have been there twice. B: 54 A: Excellent. The repairmen there were friendly. B: Sounds great. 55 I’ll have my bike repaired and I also want to buy a new bike light. A: Of course. A. How’s the shop? B. What’s the problem? C. You can have it checked. D. You can get a new bike there. E. When did you find the problem? F. Is there a bike repair shop near our school? G. Could you tell me the way to Ben’s Bikes? 第三部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分） Ⅷ.阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分） 第一节 阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。 A China National Tea Museum Opened in 1990 in Hangzhou, China National Tea Museum is a museum themed with tea and tea culture in China. You can learn about the culture and history of tea in China there. Best seasons: All seasons Visiting Time: 2~3 hours Opening Hours: 9:00 a. m.~4:30 p. m.(closed on Monday) Tickets: Free Halls Tea History Hall: You can see how tea has developed in China since thousands of years ago. Tea Collection Hall: More than 100 kinds of famous Chinese tea are on show. You’ll see how big the family of tea is. Tea Information Hall: There are some pictures of famous people visiting the museum from home and abroad. Tea Sets Hall: You’ll see tea sets in different times in China and know about the change of their looks and functions (功能). Tea Custom (风俗) Hall: You can get to know the customs of tea tasting in different places, like Yunnan, Sichuan, Fujian and so on. ( ) 56. What can we learn about China National Tea Museum? A. It’s the only tea museum in China. B. We can go there all year round. C. We don’t need to pay to visit there. D. It has been open for about 40 years. ( ) 57. What time can you go there if you want to visit the museum? A. At 8:00 a. m. B. At 2:30 p. m. C. At 4:30 p. m. D. At 5:00 p. m. ( ) 58. Where can people see all kinds of tea like green tea, black tea and white tea? A. Tea History Hall. B. Tea Collection Hall. C. Tea Information Hall. D. Tea Sets Hall. B Once, there was an ugly (丑陋的) girl that no man wanted to marry. Also, she couldn’t get a job. She cut her hair short and put on boys’ clothes. She got a job caring for some sheep. One day, she helped a prince. The king was glad to see the “boy” who saved his son. He gave her a horse named Lulizar. It was fast and strong and could also talk! For the first time in her life, the girl fell in love. She told the king that she wanted to get married to his son. The king found out she was an ugly girl and he was angry. He wanted to murder her, so he sent her to bring back the necklace (项链) of the Devil Mother. She rode to the Devil Mother’s house. Lulizar told her, “As soon as you find the necklace, jump out the window and I’ll catch you.” The girl did it. The Devil Mother saw a boy riding away with her necklace. She pointed to the girl and said, “I curse (诅咒) you, boy! You’ll be a woman!” When the girl got back, she had changed into a beautiful woman! The prince fell in love with her and the king had to keep his promise. ( ) 59. Why did the girl cut her hair short and wear boys’ clothes? A. She wanted to get a job. B. She wanted to look cool. C. She wanted to look like a prince. D. She wanted to scare people away. ( ) 60. What does the underlined word “murder” in Paragraph 3 mean? A. Protect. B. Hate. C. Cheat. D. Kill. ( ) 61. What did the writer say about the Devil Mother? A. She hated the king. B. She could do magic. C. She dressed up as the ugly girl. D. She had many beautiful necklaces. ( ) 62. What’s the possible ending to the story? A. The king drove the girl away. B. The Devil Mother found the girl. C. The prince and the girl got married. D. The girl finally got a better job. C After school, when Aden went past the community center on his way home, he saw a colorful banner (横幅) that read “Come and Celebrate Grandparents’ Day”. He didn’t know it be-fore, but he loved his grandparents and wanted to show his thanks to them. At night, Aden told his parents and grandparents about the banner. “Oh, we’re happy to spend every day with you. We don’t need to celebrate,” Aden’s grandfather said with a warm smile on his face. But Aden’s parents thought it would be fun to celebrate the day. The tickets for the celebration were 60 yuan for each, and they bought five. On Grandparents’ Day, Aden got up early. He put the gifts for his grandparents on a table outside their bedroom. He bought a cup for his grandfather with the words “Best Grandpa in the World” and some beautiful flowers for his grandmother. Everyone had a wonderful time that day. Aden’s grandparents loved their gifts. They were happy with the celebration. Everyone told Aden that they were happy that he was such a caring boy. ( ) 63. Why did Aden want to celebrate Grandparents’ Day? A. Because it was his grandparents’ birthday. B. Because his friends were all celebrating it. C. Because his parents asked him to celebrate it. D. Because he wanted to show his thanks to his grandparents. ( ) 64. What gifts did Aden buy? ①A cup. ②A T-shirt. ③A book. ④Flowers. A.①② B.①③ C.②③ D.①④ ( ) 65. What’s the theme of the text? A. Travel. B. Love. C. Science. D. Health. D Do you know there are five great mountains in China? They’re Mount Taishan in Shandong, Mount Huashan in Shaanxi, Mount Hengshan in Shanxi, Mount Songshan in Henan and Mount Hengshan in Hunan. Mount Huangshan isn’t one of the five great mountains, but it is very famous as well. Mount Huangshan is in the southern part of Anhui. It’s said that you won’t want to visit any other mountain after seeing the five great mountains. However, you won’t even want to see the five great mountains after returning from Mount Huangshan. These words may give you an idea of the beauty of Mount Huangshan. Mount Huangshan is famous for its sunrise, rocks and the sea of clouds. The wet climate (气候) is good for planting tea trees, so the mountain is one of the main places to grow tea in China. There are also many great hot springs. The water of the hot spring s is good for people’s health. Being one of the main places for tourists to visit, Mount Huangshan is also popular with photography (摄影) lovers and artists. September to May is the best time to visit the mountain, but you’re welcome to visit it at any time. ( ) 66. What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 1 refer to? A. Mount Huangshan. B. Mount Taishan. C. Mount Songshan. D. Mount Huashan. ( ) 67. According to the text, what can we enjoy when visiting Mount Huangshan? ①Hot springs. ②The sea of clouds. ③Nice tea. ④Delicious food. A.①③④ B. ②③④ C. ①②③ D.①②③④ ( ) 68. What’s the best title for the text? A. The Beauty of Mountains B. Five Great Mountains in China C. The Best Time to Visit Mount Huangshan D. A Famous Mountain—Mount Huangshan ( ) 69. In which unit of a textbook can we read the text? A. Playing Sports. B. Cooking Food. C. Feeling Better. D. Enjoying Nature. E Do you like eating pineapples? Come to enjoy the Eleuthera Pineapple Festival. It has a history of over 30 years. It’s in early June on the Island of Eleuthera. Every year people from all over the Bahamas and other places come here to enjoy this festival. Delicious foods and drinks are here and there at the festival. Everyone can find something to enjoy. Do you know how pineapples grow? Go to the farm to have a look. You may be shocked to find that pineapples don’t grow on trees—they grow out of the ground! There are many different activities during this festival. One fun activity is the pineapple-eating contest (比赛). People can’t use their hands to eat a pineapple. The one who eats up the pineapple first wins. People can also be in the pineapple-cooking contest. They can make different kinds of foods like cakes, pies, juices and ice-cream by using pineapples. Some big people try the food and choose the best one as the winner. You’ll see beautiful artworks made by people there at the festival. There are many other activities at the same time. Some people play music all day and night. You can sing and dance to the music. The Eleuthera Pineapple Festival usually ends with a street parade (游行). Join it and you’ll have lots of fun. ( ) 70. What does the writer talk about the Eleuthera Pineapple Festival? A. It’s in late June. B. It’s a new festival. C. People celebrate it for a week. D. People can enjoy nice foods and drinks at it. ( ) 71. What do Paragraphs 3 and 4mainly talk about? A. Two great activities. B. Why the festival is important. C. A great way to eat pineapples. D. How to use pineapples to make food. ( ) 72. Why did the writer write the passage? A. To talk about a fun festival. B. To ask people to visit an island. C. To show the great use of pineapples. D. To tell people to eat more pineapples. F 第二节 阅读下面短文，并用英语回答问题（请注意每小题后面的词数要求)。 Alex and Jack liked to play catch. It was cold outside, but Jack wanted to try on his new baseball glove. The boys threw the baseball back and forth (向前) a few times in the living room. Then Alex threw the baseball with a spin (旋转). It flew through the room. Jack wanted to catch the ball but it was too late. The ball passed him and hit a plant. The plant pot was broken into pieces. “Now look at what you have done!” Jack shouted. He ran to the plant. Alex hurried to clean up the mess. Jack carefully held the plant while Alex cleaned the broken pieces. Suddenly, Mom went into the room. Mom asked what had happened. “Um, the plant seems too big for its pot,” Jack said. “We thought we needed to plant it again.” “Really? When did you boys start liking plants?” Mom looked at the baseball. Looking at Mom’s eyes, Alex said, “When we were playing catch ball in the house, we broke it. Sorry, Mom.” “OK, I see,” Mom said. “And you two can help me in the yard all next week.” 73. What did the ball hit? (不超过5个词) ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 74. Who cleaned the broken pieces? (不超过5个词) ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 75. What do you think of Alex? (不超过10个词) ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 第四部分 写作（共两大题，满分25分） Ⅸ.单词拼写（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分） 根据首字母及汉语提示，完成下列单词的拼写，使句意明确，语言通顺。 76. Jack joined a s (社交的) club to make new friends yesterday. 77. The English story is very popular a (在……中) young adults. 78. The old photo brings back a very sweet m (回忆). 79. So far, her daughter has worked a (在国外) for two years. 80. The alarm clock r (提醒) me to get up early every morning. X.书面表达（共1小题；满分20分） 人的成长离不开书，读书让我们领悟到了人生的真谛，阅读使我们变化很大。英语课上，老师布置了一个写作任务，以“Reading Has Really Changed Me”为题，要求同学们根据以下提示信息和写作要求，用英语写一篇短文，在下节课上展示。 提示：1. What change(s) did reading bring to you? 2. How do you like the change(s)? 要求：1.习作内容包含以上要点，可适当发挥； 2.语言表达要准确，语意要通顺、连贯，语法要正确； 3.词数100左右（开头已给出，不计入总词数）。 Reading Has Really Changed Me Reading has really changed me. I love reading. _________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2023—2024下学期八年级期末监测 八年级英语参考答案 第一部分 听力（共四大题，满分20分） 1~5 CBBAC 6~10 BCCAC 11~15 BAABC 16. north 17. toy 18. changed 19. bigger 20. thirty/30 第二部分 基础知识运用（共三大题，满分35分） 21~25 BACCD 26~30 BCDDC 31~35 DADBC 36~40 ACBCD 41~45 ACBBC 46~50 ADDCD 51~55 BCFAG 第三部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分） 56~58 CBB 59~62 ADBC 63~65 DDB 66~69 ACDD 70~72 DAA 73. A plant./The plant. 74. Alex./Alex cleaned the broken pieces. 75. I think he’s honest/brave/... 第四部分 写作（共两大题，满分25分） 76. social 77. among 78. memory 79. abroad 80. reminds One possible version: Reading Has Really Changed Me Reading has really changed me. I love reading. I thought reading was meaningless when I was little. I didn’t like reading until my father bought me a book called One Hundred Thousand Whys at my primary school. I read it from the first page to the last page. It showed me that reading could be enjoyable. From the book, I learned a lot about science and since then I’ve had the habit of reading. This change has meant a lot to me. For one thing, reading has become a very important part of my life and for another, every book I read teaches me something new. So I’ll keep reading 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$