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湖北省襄阳市谷城县2023-2024学年八年级下学期期末考试英语试卷 一、完形填空（满分15分）阅读短文,从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 One year, my family had a birthday party for my father. ____1____ we sang the Happy Birthday song, my father made a ____2____ and blew out all of the candles. Can you guess ____3____ his wish was? He was going to learn to skate. He said that it was his ____4____ for many years. There is a beautiful ____5____ in our city. In winter, it freezes (结冰) and becomes a wonderful skating place. Dad often walked on the river in winter and ____6____ young people skate. He wanted to learn to skate himself, but he always thought of his age—he thought he was too ____7____. He finally made a decision this time. We bought him a pair of ice skates (溜冰鞋) and helped him ____8____. I showed him how to stand on the ice. My sister told him to ____9____ his body low. Dad learned like a young student, listening ____10____ to us. Watching him walking like a toddler (刚学步的小孩), my sister and I laughed. After the first ten minutes, Dad ____11____ stand on his ice skates. Thirty minutes later, he started to move across the ice slowly. We ____12____ the whole day on the river, having fun watching Dad skate. From that day on, Dad went ____13____ more often than anyone else in our family. A few days later, compared ____14____ others, he was a good skater. Now, we often spend a lot of time skating on the river together because Dad has ____15____ ice skating. 1. A. After B. Until C. Because D. Since 2. A. window B. change C. notice D. wish 3. A. how B. what C. where D. when 4. A. trouble B. voice C. dream D. smile 5. A. square B. ocean C. island D. river 6. A. caused B. offered C. watched D. guessed 7. A. perfect B. old C. clever D. lonely 8. A. give them away B. put them off C. give them out D. put them on 9. A. keep B. copy C. throw D. check 10. A. carefully B. heavily C. cheaply D. loudly 11. A. may B. must C. should D. could 12. A. began B. chose C. spent D. took 13. A. swimming B. skating C. shopping D. fishing 14. A. against B. through C. with D. onto 15. A. given up B. taken down C. fallen in love with D. come up with 【答案】1. A 2. D 3. B 4. C 5. D 6. C 7. B 8. D 9. A 10. A 11. D 12. C 13. B 14. C 15. C 【解析】 【导语】本文主要讲述了在爸爸的生日聚会上爸爸的生日愿望是学会滑冰，于是我们买了滑冰鞋送给爸爸并教爸爸滑冰的故事。 【1题详解】 句意：在我们唱了生日快乐歌之后，我父亲许了一个愿，吹灭了所有的蜡烛。 After在……之后；Until直到；Because因为；Since自从。根据常识可知，先唱生日快乐歌，后吹灭蜡烛。故选A。 【2题详解】 句意：在我们唱了生日快乐歌之后，我父亲许了一个愿，吹灭了所有的蜡烛。 window窗户；change改变；notice通知；wish愿望。根据下文“his wish”可知，此处指许愿。故选D。 【3题详解】 句意：你能猜出他的愿望是什么吗？ how如何；what什么；where哪里；when什么时候。根据下文“He was going to learn to skate.”可知，此处询问愿望的内容。故选B。 【4题详解】 句意：他说这是他多年来的梦想。 trouble麻烦；voice嗓音；dream梦想；smile微笑。根据句意并结合选项可知，此处指学习滑冰是父亲的梦想。故选C。 【5题详解】 句意：我们城市有一条美丽的河流。 square广场；ocean海洋；island岛屿；river河。根据下文“Dad often walked on the river in winter”可知，此处指河。故选D。 【6题详解】 句意：冬天，爸爸经常在河边散步，看年轻人滑冰。 caused导致；offered提供；watched观看；guessed猜测。根据“young people skate”可知，此处指看年轻人滑冰。故选C。 【7题详解】 句意：他想自己学滑冰，但他总是想着自己的年龄——他觉得自己太老了。 perfect完美的；old老的；clever聪明的；lonely孤独的。根据“but he always thought of his age”可知，此处指他觉得自己太老了。故选B。 【8题详解】 句意：我们给他买了一双溜冰鞋，帮他穿上。 give them away把它们扔掉；put them off把它们脱掉；give them out把它们拿出来；put them on把它们穿上。根据“We bought him a pair of ice skates”可知，此处指穿上溜冰鞋。故选D。 【9题详解】 句意：我妹妹告诉他保持降低身体重心。 keep保持；copy复制；throw扔；check检查。滑冰的时候，应该是保持重心降低。故选A。 【10题详解】 句意：爸爸像一个年轻的学生一样学习，认真听我们讲。 carefully认真地；heavily沉重地；cheaply便宜地；loudly大声地。根据“Dad learned like a young student”可知，此处指认真听讲。故选A。 【11题详解】 句意：头十分钟后，爸爸可以站在他的溜冰鞋上了。 may可能；must必须；should应该；could能够。根据下文“Thirty minutes later, he started to move across the ice slowly.”可知，此处说的是十分钟后，爸爸可以站在溜冰鞋上了。故选D。 【12题详解】 句意：我们在河上度过了一整天，看着爸爸滑冰玩得很开心。 began开始；chose选择；spent花费；took拿。根据“the whole day”可知，此处指在河上度过了一整天。故选C。 【13题详解】 句意：从那天起，爸爸去滑冰的次数比我们家其他人都多。 swimming游泳；skating滑冰；shopping购物；fishing钓鱼。根据下文“he was a good skater”可知，此处指滑冰。故选B。 【14题详解】 句意：几天后，与其他人相比，他是一名优秀的滑冰运动员。 against反对；through通过；with和；onto到……之上。compared with…“和……相比”，固定词组。故选C。 【15题详解】 句意：现在，我们经常一起花很多时间在河上滑冰，因为爸爸爱上了滑冰。 given up放弃；taken down取下；fallen in love with爱上；come up with想出。根据句意并结合选项可知，此处指爸爸爱上了滑冰。故选C。 二、阅读理解（满分30分）阅读三篇短文,从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出一个与短文内容相符的最佳选项。 Some Information about Chinese Medicine Name: Huoxiang Note: Traditionally, if people vomit (呕吐) and don’t want to eat anything, they can use it. Way to take it: First cook it in water for some minutes and then get the medicine soup. When taking it, you can add some brown sugar to it to make it taste better. Name: Paeoniae Radix Alba (白芍) Note: It’s useful for the stomachache and the headache. Way to take it: First put it in water for 30—60 minutes. Then cook it for some minutes. Finally, get the medicine soup and drink it. Name: Panax notoginseng (三七) Note: People can use it to stop the bleeding (流血) or use it when they have a sore back, a toothache or a sore in other parts of the body. The taste is not terrible. Way to take it: It’s okay to take it after making it into powder (粉末). People can also put it on the sore part of the body. Name: Niuhuang Note: It’s useful for the sore throat and clearing heat-toxin (清热解毒). Way to take it: Take it with water or make it into powder and put it on the sore body part. 16. Which of the following people can take Huoxiang according to the table? A. Mark has a headache now. B. Lisa has a sore back. C. Bob doesn’t want to eat anything these days. D Rose always feels hot these days. 17. Before we cook Paeoniae Radix Alba, we need to ________. A. add some brown sugar to it B. put it in water for some minutes C. make it into powder D. make it as dry as possible 18. People can use ________ to stop losing blood from the body. A. Panax notoginseng B. Niuhuang C. Huoxiang D. Paeoniae Radix Alba 19. What do Panax notoginseng and Niuhuang have in common? A. Both of them taste terrible. B. It’s okay to turn both of them into powder. C. People can use them to stop the stomachache. D. They are not useful for clearing heat-toxin. 20 In which part of the newspaper can we read the table? A. Sports. B. People. C. Travel. D. Health. 【答案】16. C 17. B 18. A 19. B 20. D 【解析】 【导语】本文介绍了四种中药的功效及食用或使用方式。 【16题详解】 细节理解题。根据“Name: Huoxiang；Note: Traditionally, if people vomit (呕吐) and don’t want to eat anything, they can use it.”可知，呕吐或没有胃口的人可以吃藿香。若Bob最近食欲不振，不想吃东西，那他可以吃藿香这味中药。故选C。 【17题详解】 细节理解题。根据白芍的相关内容“Way to take it: First put it in water for 30—60 minutes. Then cook it for some minutes.”可知，在烹煮白芍之前，应先把白芍放在水里泡30至60分钟。故选B。 【18题详解】 细节理解题。根据三七的相关内容“Note: People can use it to stop the bleeding (流血)”可知，三七可用来止血。故选A。 【19题详解】 细节理解题。根据三七的相关内容“It’s okay to take it after making it into powder (粉末).”和牛黄的相关内容“Take it with water or make it into powder”可知，三七和牛黄都可以制成粉末。故选B。 【20题详解】 推理判断题。通读全文可知，本文介绍了四种中药的功效及食用或使用方式，所以文章最有可能出现在报纸上的“健康”版块里。故选D。 Once there was a little boy who became very ill. He had to spend all day in bed, unable to move but look out of the window. Because other children were not allowed to come near him, he could just spend his days feeling sad in hospital. Time passed, and the boy became more and more hopeless. One day he saw a strange shape in the window. It was a panda and it said “Good afternoon” to him. The boy was surprised. He was trying to work out what was the matter. But the panda disappeared. After a while, a tiger showed up. Then more and more crazy—looking characters showed up in the window. The little boy began to laugh. Cheered by these characters every day, the boy’s health was getting better. Soon, he was able to go back to school. There he told his classmates all the strange things in the hospital. Just then, he saw something strange in his friend’s schoolbag. What, they were all those crazy suits (套装)! Only then did he know the fact is that his best friend used them to cheer him up. And from that day on, the little boy never felt lonely and he learned to care for the people around him from his best friend. 21. After being ill, the little boy ________. A. spent all day studying B. was able to move C. was allowed to play with other kids D. felt very upset 22. The word “disappeared” means “ ________” in English according to Paragraph 2. A. woke up B. went away C. showed up D. got up 23. How did the little boy improve his health? A. He was cheered up by the characters. B. He was cared for in hospital. C. He studied at school. D. He talked with his classmates. 24. Who made the big difference in the boy’s life? A. His parents. B. Doctors. C. His best friend. D. His classmates. 25. What is the best title for the passage? A. A Sick Boy B. The Best Friendship (友谊) C. The Interesting School Life D. A Speaking Panda 【答案】21. D 22. B 23. A 24. C 25. B 【解析】 【导语】本文的主要内容是：一个小男孩生病了，躺在床上被伤心。他的朋友用一些套装使他振奋起来，重新返回了学校。 【21题详解】 细节理解题。根据第一段“Because other children were not allowed to come near him, he could just spend his days feeling sad in hospital.”可知，在生病之后，小男孩感到很诅丧。故选D。 【22题详解】 词义猜测题。根据第二段“He was trying to work out what was the matter. But the panda disappeared. After a while, a tiger showed up.”可推测，划线词的意思是“消失”。故选B。 【23题详解】 细节理解题。根据第三段“Cheered by these characters every day, the boy’s health was getting better.”可知，小男孩受到角色的振奋，从而改善了健康。故选A。 【24题详解】 推理判断题。根据“And from that day on, the little boy never felt lonely and he learned to care for the people around him from his best friend.”可知，小男孩不再感到孤单，从他最好的朋友那里学会了关心身边的人。所以，可以推测，他的最好的朋友对他的生活产生了巨大的影响。故选C。 【25题详解】 推理判断题。本文讲的是小男孩被自己最好的朋友帮助的故事，选项B“最好的友谊”可作最佳标题。故选B。 Communication is a problem for parents and children of all ages. If it’s hard for you to communicate with your parents, don’t worry about it. Here is some advice for you. Don’t argue with your parents. Don’t try to talk about something with your parents when you are angry. Your parents probably won’t listen to you if you are shouting at them. Go somewhere else to cool off. Then think about what you want to say to your parents. If you think you can’t speak to them at the moment, try writing a letter to them. Try to understand your parents. Your parents may think differently from you. Tell your parents what you think, what you care about and why. Perhaps you and your parents disagree on something. Put yourself in their shoes and you may find a better way out. Michael’s mother didn’t agree with him about buying a motorcycle. They argued over it. But they finally came to an agreement. Michael bought the motorcycle, but only drove it on certain days. Show your love to your parents. Try to do some small things at home, like making them a cup of tea, helping do some chores, and so on. It helps to keep your relationship closer. A good relationship with your parents can make you a better and happier person. It is worth having a try. Parents play an important role in our lives, we should try to talk with them correctly (正确地) and patiently (耐心地). 26. The passage mainly talks about the communication problem between ________. A. parents and school teachers B. school kids and their parents C. teachers and their students D. parents and children of all ages 27. Your parents probably won’t listen to you if you don’t ________. A. show your love to them B. often stay with them C. speak to them politely (礼貌地) D. do chores for them 28. The story of Michael shows that it’s important to ________. A. understand each other B. stay away from your parents C. argue with each other D. disagree with your parents 29. Which is the right structure (结构) of the passage? A. B. C. D. 30. What can we learn from the passage? A. How to make us happier. B. How to choose the time of writing a letter. C. How to learn to communicate with parents. D. How to build a good relationship with others. 【答案】26. D 27. C 28. A 29. A 30. C 【解析】 【导语】本文就如何和父母交流提出了几点建议。 【26题详解】 主旨大意题。根据“Communication is a problem for parents and children of all ages. If it’s hard for you to communicate with your parents, don’t worry about it.”可知，主要谈论的是家长和所有年龄孩子之间的沟通问题，故选D。 【27题详解】 细节理解题。根据“Your parents probably won’t listen to you if you are shouting at them.”可知，和父母不礼貌地说话，他们不会听你的，故选C。 【28题详解】 细节理解题。根据“Try to understand your parents.…Michael’s mother didn’t agree with him about buying a motorcycle.… ”可知，Michael的例子说明了彼此理解的重要性，故选A。 【29题详解】 篇章结构题。通读全文可知，第一段引出本文主题，第二段到第四段提出了建议，最后一段总结概括，故选A。 【30题详解】 推理判断题。根据“Communication is a problem for parents and children of all ages. If it’s hard for you to communicate with your parents, don’t worry about it. Here is some advice for you.”可知，从本文可以学到如何和父母交流，故选C。 阅读短文，从所给的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，使短文通顺、连贯。选项中有一项为多余选项。 What will you do if you feel tired and weak or wake up with a headache in the morning? Well, please take Dr. Talbot’s advice and start feeling better. ____31____ Try running or cycling. When we exercise, our body gets excited and we’ll cheer up. Listen to your favorite music and dance to it. That’s exercise, too. Eat healthily. Eat three meals properly every day. Don’t eat too much fast food. ____32____ It tastes great! Go out and enjoy nature. ____33____ Even the smell of your favorite food can change the way you feel! ____34____ When you have a shower, change the temperature of the water—from hot to cold and back to hot again. You’ll feel the difference. Laugh! ____35____ Try to laugh, at least, for three minutes, three times a day. It will make you feel great! A. Keep a diary. B. Wake your body up. C. Get up and move. D. The smell of flowers will make you feel happy. E. Laughter helps to forget troubles. F. Mix fresh fruit juice and low-fat milk together. 【答案】31. C 32. F 33. D 34. B 35. E 【解析】 【导语】本文主要介绍了医生给那些容易感到劳累，身体虚弱，经常头痛的人的一些建议。 【31题详解】 根据下文“Try running or cycling. When we exercise, our body gets excited and we’ll cheer up.”可知，此处与锻炼有关，选项C“起来，动起来。”符合语境。故选C。 【32题详解】 根据上文“Eat healthily.”可知，此处与健康饮食有关，选项F“将新鲜果汁和低脂牛奶混合在一起。”符合语境。故选F。 【33题详解】 根据上文“Go out and enjoy nature.”可知，此处与走出去，享受大自然有关，选项D“花香会让你感到快乐。”符合语境。故选D。 【34题详解】 根据下文“When you have a shower, change the temperature of the water—from hot to cold and back to hot again. You’ll feel the difference.”可知，此处与洗澡有关，选项B“唤醒你的身体。”符合语境。故选B。 【35题详解】 根据上文“Laugh!”可知，此处与大笑有关，选项E“笑有助于忘记烦恼。”符合语境。故选E。 阅读短文，从方框中选出正确的词并用其适当形式填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词，每词限用一次。 as, when, easy, memory, complete, build, change, leave, return, work Many people choose to leave the countryside to search for work in the city. Chen Wei is among these people. He has ____36____ in Hangzhou for almost 13 years. With a busy job in a factory, he doesn’t have time to ____37____ to his village often. On a recent visit, he said, “I’ve always wanted to move back. It has improved so much since I ____38____.” Nowadays, more and more hometowns are ____39____ for the better. Large hospitals and new schools have appeared. And in many places, the government has also ____40____ new roads and bridges. This has made traveling between villages, towns, and cities much ____41____. Thanks to the new roads around his village, Chen Wei can sell delicious food from his hometown. Especially, he is happy that there’s a ____42____ new school with a big library in his village. Chen Wei regards such developments ____43____ important steps for his hometown. Howeverhe believes that one thing will never change. He said, “____44____ I was young, my friend and I liked to play under that big old tree opposite the school.” Yes, no matter what, our hometown has our happy childhood, leaving many sweet ____45____ in our hearts. 【答案】36. worked 37. return 38. left 39. changing 40. built 41. easier 42. completely 43. as 44. When 45. memories 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文，主要讲述陈伟描述他的家乡的变化以及童年的记忆。 【36题详解】 句意：他在杭州工作了将近13年。根据前文“Many people choose to leave the countryside to search for work in the city.”结合备选词可知，此处应该指的是工作，又根据横线后“for almost 13 years”可知，该句的时态为现在完成时，结构为：has+过去分词，work“工作”，其过去分词是worked。故填worked。 【37题详解】 句意：由于在工厂的工作很忙，他没有时间经常回到他的村庄。根据“With a busy job in a factory”结合备选词可知，此处应该填入return，意为“返回”符合语境。动词不定式to后加动词原形。故填return。 【38题详解】 句意：自从我离开后，它进步了很多。根据前文“I’ve always wanted to move back.”结合备选词可知，此处应该表达自从我离开后，它进步了很多，又结合语境可知，时态为一般过去式，所以此处填入leave的过去式left。故填left。 【39题详解】 句意：如今，越来越多的家乡正在变得更好。根据“Nowadays”结合横线前“are”可知，此处时态为现在进行时，结构为：are+现在分词，结合备选词，此处填入change的现在分词changing，意为“改变”符合语境。故填changing。 【40题详解】 句意：在许多地方，政府也修建了新的道路和桥梁。根据横线后“new roads and bridges”结合备选词可知，此处应该表达政府也修建了新的道路和桥梁，结合语境和横线前“has”可知，此处时态现在完成时，结构为：has+过去分词，所以填入build的过去分词built，意为“建造”符合语境。故填built。 41题详解】 句意：这使得乡村、城镇和城市之间的旅行更加容易。根据前文“Large hospitals and new schools have appeared. And in many places, the government has also…new roads and bridges.”结合备选词可知，此处应该表达这使得乡村、城镇和城市之间的旅行更加容易，easy“容易的”，形容词，此处应该填入比较级easier，意为“更容易的”符合语境。故填easier。 【42题详解】 句意：尤其令他高兴的是，他的村子里有一所全新的学校，还有一个大图书馆。根据分析句子“Especially, he is happy that there’s a…new school with a big library in his village.”结合备选词可知，此处应该填入complete的副词形式completely，修饰形容词new，意为“完全地”符合语境。故填completely。 【43题详解】 句意：陈伟把这些发展视为他家乡的重要举措。根据“Chen Wei regards such developments…important steps for his hometown.”结合备选词可知，此处应该填入as，regard…as…，固定搭配，意为“把……视为……”符合语境。故填as。 44题详解】 句意：他说：“当我年轻的时候，我和我的朋友喜欢在学校对面的那棵大树下玩耍。”根据“…I was young, my friend and I liked to play under that big old tree opposite the school.”结合备选词可知，此处应该填入when，意为“当……时候”符合语境，在直接引语中位于句首，首字母要大写。故填When。 【45题详解】 句意：是的，不管怎样，我们的家乡有我们快乐的童年，在我们心中留下许多甜蜜的回忆。根据句意结合备选词可知，此处应该填入memory的复数形式，意为“回忆”，指的是在我们心中留下许多甜蜜的回忆。故填memories。 四、读写结合 （共两节）任务型阅读（满分10分）阅读短文,用英文填空或回答问题（请注意每小题的词数要求）。 One of the world’s most dangerous sports is mountain climbing, and one of the most popular places for this is the Himalayas. The Himalayas run along the southwestern part of China. Of all the mountains, Qomolangma rises the highest and is the most famous. It is 8,844.43 meters high and so is very dangerous to climb. Thick clouds cover the top and snow can fall very hard. Even more serious difficulties include freezing weather conditions and heavy storms. It is also very hard to take in air as you get near the top. Achievements of climbers The first people to reach the top were Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary on May 29,1953. The first Chinese team did so in 1960, while the first woman to succeed was Junko Tabei from Japan in 1975. Spirit of climbers Why do so many climbers risk their lives? One of the main reasons is because people want to challenge themselves in the face of difficulties. The spirit of these climbers shows us that we should never give up trying to achieve our dreams. It also shows that humans can sometimes be stronger than the forces of nature. 46. The first paragraph of this article mainly talks about ________ about Mount Qomolangma. (4个词以内) 47. What does the writer think of mountain climbing? The writer thinks mountain climbing is ________. (8个词以内) 48. According to Paragraph 1, complete the chart. (一空一词，4个词) List four dangers for climbers ________ ________ snow hard freezing weather conditions ________ ________ 49. Why do so many people try to climb Mt. Qomolangma even though it is dangerous? Because ________.（12个词以内） 50. What does the spirit of the climbers tell us? ________. (15个词以内) 【答案】46. introduction 47. one of the world’s most dangerous sports 48. ①. thick ②. clouds ③. heavy ④. storms 49. people want to challenge themselves in the face of difficulties 50. We should never give up trying to achieve our dreams/humans can sometimes be stronger than the forces of nature 【解析】 【导语】本文主要介绍了世界最高峰——珠穆朗玛峰和攀登珠穆朗玛峰的危险及登山者的成就和精神。 【46题详解】 根据“One of the world’s most dangerous sports is mountain climbing, and one of the most popular places for this is the Himalayas...It is also very hard to take in air as you get near the top.”可知第一段主要是关于珠穆朗玛峰的介绍。故填introduction。 【47题详解】 根据“One of the world’s most dangerous sports is mountain climbing, and one of the most popular places for this is the Himalayas.”可知作者认为登山是世界上最危险的运动之一。故填one of the world’s most dangerous sports。 【48题详解】 根据“Thick clouds cover the top and snow can fall very hard. Even more serious difficulties include freezing weather conditions and heavy storms. It is also very hard to take in air as you get near the top.”可知珠穆朗玛峰上厚厚的云层覆盖着山顶，雪下得很大。更严重的困难包括冰冻天气和暴风雨。当你接近山顶时，也很难吸入空气。故填thick; clouds; heavy; storms。 【49题详解】 根据“One of the main reasons is because people want to challenge themselves in the face of difficulties.”可知其中一个主要原因是因为人们在面对困难时想要挑战自己。故填people want to challenge themselves in the face of difficulties。 【50题详解】 根据“The spirit of these climbers shows us that we should never give up trying to achieve our dreams. It also shows that humans can sometimes be stronger than the forces of nature.”可知这些登山者的精神告诉我们，我们永远不应该放弃实现梦想的努力。人类有时可以比自然力量更强大。故填We should never give up trying to achieve our dreams/humans can sometimes be stronger than the forces of nature。 八、书面表达 （任选一个任务进行写作,满分15分） 51. 任务一：Sunday Mail杂志在线邀请同学们参与“在家承担力所能及的家务”的话题讨论，假如你是魏华，请根据栏目提示要求，给Sunday Mail写一封信。 As a member of the family, we live in one house with our parents, we should know that everyone should do their part in keeping it clean and tidy. We do what we can do. Who does the housework in your home? What chores do you often do to help your parents? Do you think children should do chores at home? Why or why not? 要求： （1）书信内容须涵盖所有的提示问题；问题2和4至少写三点； （2）文中不得出现个人真实的姓名和校名； （3）词数80词左右。 Dear Sir, ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours truly Wei Hua 【答案】例文 Dear Sir, My mother does the housework in my family. When I have time, I will help her, too. I usually help her take out the rubbish, sweep the floor and wash the dishes. I think we should help our parents with housework. First of all, they work and cook for us every day, they are very hard. Secondly, by doing housework, we can also learn some life skills. We can also develop our hands-on skills. Of course, it can also help us improve our relationship with our parents. So I think we should help our parents with housework. Do you agree with me? I look forward to hearing from you. Yours truly Wei Hua 【解析】 【详解】[总体分析] ①题材：本文是一篇书信作文； ②时态：时态为“一般现在时”； ③提示：根据所给提示完成写作，注意标点符号及大小写等问题，不要犯语法错误。注意上下文之间的逻辑关系，语意连贯。 [写作步骤] 第一步，介绍家里做家务的是谁； 第二步，介绍你在家帮助父母做什么家务 第三步，阐述孩子们在家是否应该做家务及原因并书写结语。 [亮点词汇] ①sweep the floor扫地 ②first of all首先 ③hands-on动手的 ④agree with同意 ⑤look forward to期待 ⑥hear from sb.收到某人的来信 [高分句型] When I have time, I will help her, too. (when引导时间状语从句) 52. Sunday Mail杂志在线邀请同学们参与“读书伴我们成长”的话题讨论，请以“I enjoy reading”为题，根据栏目提示要求，写篇短文投稿。 Reading plays an important role in our life. Why do you like reading? Which book have you read before? What’s it about? What can you learn from it? 要求： 1）短文内容须涵盖所有的提示问题；问题1和4至少写两个点； 2）文中不得出现个人真实的姓名和校名； 3）词数80词左右。 I enjoy reading __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】例文 I enjoy reading I love reading because it opens up a world of knowledge and imagination. Another reason I enjoy reading is that it’s a peaceful escape from the noise of daily life, allowing me to relax. One book that has left a deep impression on me is “The Alchemist” by Paulo Coelho. It’s a story about Santiago, a boy who starts a journey to achieve his Personal Legend, discovering the true treasures of life along the way. The book teaches me that it’s important to follow one’s dreams and that the world can help those who work hard. The book also inspires me to keep studying towards my goals, even when the future seems uncertain or difficult. 【解析】 【详解】[总体分析] ①题材：本文是一篇材料作文； ②时态：时态以“一般现在时”为主； ③提示：根据所给提示完成写作，注意标点符号及大小写等问题，不要犯语法错误。注意上下文之间的逻辑关系，语意连贯。 [写作步骤] 第一步，介绍自己喜欢阅读的原因； 第二步，介绍自己以前读过的一本书； 第三步，介绍自己从这本书中所得到的收获并书写结语。 [亮点词汇] ①open up打开 ②escape from逃离 ③leave a deep impression on sb.给某人留下深刻印象 ④inspire sb. to do sth.激励某人做某事 [高分句型] It’s a story about Santiago, a boy who starts a journey to achieve his Personal Legend, discovering the true treasures of life along the way.(who引导定语从句) 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$ 湖北省襄阳市谷城县2023-2024学年八年级下学期期末考试英语试卷 一、完形填空（满分15分）阅读短文,从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 One year, my family had a birthday party for my father. ____1____ we sang the Happy Birthday song, my father made a ____2____ and blew out all of the candles. Can you guess ____3____ his wish was? He was going to learn to skate. He said that it was his ____4____ for many years. There is a beautiful ____5____ in our city. In winter, it freezes (结冰) and becomes a wonderful skating place. Dad often walked on the river in winter and ____6____ young people skate. He wanted to learn to skate himself, but he always thought of his age—he thought he was too ____7____. He finally made a decision this time. We bought him a pair of ice skates (溜冰鞋) and helped him ____8____. I showed him how to stand on the ice. My sister told him to ____9____ his body low. Dad learned like a young student, listening ____10____ to us. Watching him walking like a toddler (刚学步的小孩), my sister and I laughed. After the first ten minutes, Dad ____11____ stand on his ice skates. Thirty minutes later, he started to move across the ice slowly. We ____12____ the whole day on the river, having fun watching Dad skate. From that day on, Dad went ____13____ more often than anyone else in our family. A few days later, compared ____14____ others, he was a good skater. Now, we often spend a lot of time skating on the river together because Dad has ____15____ ice skating. 1. A. After B. Until C. Because D. Since 2. A. window B. change C. notice D. wish 3. A. how B. what C. where D. when 4. A. trouble B. voice C. dream D. smile 5. A. square B. ocean C. island D. river 6. A. caused B. offered C. watched D. guessed 7. A. perfect B. old C. clever D. lonely 8. A. give them away B. put them off C. give them out D. put them on 9. A. keep B. copy C. throw D. check 10. A. carefully B. heavily C. cheaply D. loudly 11. A. may B. must C. should D. could 12. A. began B. chose C. spent D. took 13. A. swimming B. skating C. shopping D. fishing 14. A. against B. through C. with D. onto 15. A. given up B. taken down C. fallen in love with D. come up with 二、阅读理解（满分30分）阅读三篇短文,从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出一个与短文内容相符的最佳选项。 Some Information about Chinese Medicine Name: Huoxiang Note: Traditionally, if people vomit (呕吐) and don’t want to eat anything, they can use it. Way to take it: First cook it in water for some minutes and then get the medicine soup. When taking it, you can add some brown sugar to it to make it taste better. Name: Paeoniae Radix Alba (白芍) Note: It’s useful for the stomachache and the headache. Way to take it: First put it in water for 30—60 minutes. Then cook it for some minutes. Finally get the medicine soup and drink it. Name: Panax notoginseng (三七) Note: People can use it to stop the bleeding (流血) or use it when they have a sore back, a toothache or a sore in other parts of the body. The taste is not terrible. Way to take it: It’s okay to take it after making it into powder (粉末). People can also put it on the sore part of the body. Name: Niuhuang Note: It’s useful for the sore throat and clearing heat-toxin (清热解毒). Way to take it: Take it with water or make it into powder and put it on the sore body part. 16. Which of the following people can take Huoxiang according to the table? A. Mark has a headache now. B. Lisa has a sore back. C. Bob doesn’t want to eat anything these days. D. Rose always feels hot these days. 17. Before we cook Paeoniae Radix Alba, we need to ________. A. add some brown sugar to it B. put it in water for some minutes C. make it into powder D. make it as dry as possible 18. People can use ________ to stop losing blood from the body. A. Panax notoginseng B. Niuhuang C. Huoxiang D. Paeoniae Radix Alba 19. What do Panax notoginseng and Niuhuang have in common? A. Both of them taste terrible. B. It’s okay to turn both of them into powder. C. People can use them to stop the stomachache. D. They are not useful for clearing heat-toxin. 20. In which part of the newspaper can we read the table? A. Sports. B. People. C. Travel. D. Health. Once there was a little boy who became very ill. He had to spend all day in bed, unable to move but look out of the window. Because other children were not allowed to come near him, he could just spend his days feeling sad in hospital. Time passed, and the boy became more and more hopeless. One day he saw a strange shape in the window. It was a panda and it said “Good afternoon” to him. The boy was surprised. He was trying to work out what was the matter. But the panda disappeared. After a while, a tiger showed up. Then more and more crazy—looking characters showed up in the window. The little boy began to laugh. Cheered by these characters every day, the boy’s health was getting better. Soon, he was able to go back to school. There he told his classmates all the strange things in the hospital. Just then, he saw something strange in his friend’s schoolbag. What, they were all those crazy suits (套装)! Only then did he know the fact is that his best friend used them to cheer him up. And from that day on, the little boy never felt lonely and he learned to care for the people around him from his best friend. 21. After being ill, the little boy ________. A. spent all day studying B. was able to move C. was allowed to play with other kids D felt very upset 22. The word “disappeared” means “ ________” in English according to Paragraph 2. A. woke up B. went away C. showed up D. got up 23. How did the little boy improve his health? A. He was cheered up by the characters. B. He was cared for in hospital. C. He studied at school. D. He talked with his classmates. 24. Who made the big difference in the boy’s life? A. His parents. B Doctors. C. His best friend. D. His classmates. 25. What is the best title for the passage? A. A Sick Boy B. The Best Friendship (友谊) C. The Interesting School Life D. A Speaking Panda Communication is a problem for parents and children of all ages. If it’s hard for you to communicate with your parents, don’t worry about it. Here is some advice for you. Don’t argue with your parents. Don’t try to talk about something with your parents when you are angry. Your parents probably won’t listen to you if you are shouting at them. Go somewhere else to cool off. Then think about what you want to say to your parents. If you think you can’t speak to them at the moment, try writing a letter to them. Try to understand your parents. Your parents may think differently from you. Tell your parents what you think, what you care about and why. Perhaps you and your parents disagree on something. Put yourself in their shoes and you may find a better way out. Michael’s mother didn’t agree with him about buying a motorcycle. They argued over it. But they finally came to an agreement. Michael bought the motorcycle, but only drove it on certain days. Show your love to your parents. Try to do some small things at home, like making them a cup of tea, helping do some chores, and so on. It helps to keep your relationship closer. A good relationship with your parents can make you a better and happier person. It is worth having a try. Parents play an important role in our lives, we should try to talk with them correctly (正确地) and patiently (耐心地). 26. The passage mainly talks about the communication problem between ________. A. parents and school teachers B. school kids and their parents C. teachers and their students D. parents and children of all ages 27. Your parents probably won’t listen to you if you don’t ________. A. show your love to them B. often stay with them C. speak to them politely (礼貌地) D do chores for them 28. The story of Michael shows that it’s important to ________. A. understand each other B. stay away from your parents C. argue with each other D. disagree with your parents 29. Which is the right structure (结构) of the passage? A B. C. D. 30. What can we learn from the passage? A. How to make us happier. B. How to choose the time of writing a letter. C. How to learn to communicate with parents. D. How to build a good relationship with others. 阅读短文，从所给的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，使短文通顺、连贯。选项中有一项为多余选项。 What will you do if you feel tired and weak or wake up with a headache in the morning? Well, please take Dr. Talbot’s advice and start feeling better. ____31____ Try running or cycling. When we exercise, our body gets excited and we’ll cheer up. Listen to your favorite music and dance to it. That’s exercise, too. Eat healthily. Eat three meals properly every day. Don’t eat too much fast food. ____32____ It tastes great! Go out and enjoy nature. ____33____ Even the smell of your favorite food can change the way you feel! ____34____ When you have a shower, change the temperature of the water—from hot to cold and back to hot again. You’ll feel the difference. Laugh! ____35____ Try to laugh, at least, for three minutes, three times a day. It will make you feel great! A. Keep a diary. B. Wake your body up. C. Get up and move. D. The smell of flowers will make you feel happy. E. Laughter helps to forget troubles. F. Mix fresh fruit juice and low-fat milk together. 阅读短文，从方框中选出正确的词并用其适当形式填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词，每词限用一次。 as, when, easy, memory, complete, build, change, leave, return, work Many people choose to leave the countryside to search for work in the city. Chen Wei is among these people. He has ____36____ in Hangzhou for almost 13 years. With a busy job in a factory, he doesn’t have time to ____37____ to his village often. On a recent visit, he said, “I’ve always wanted to move back. It has improved so much since I ____38____.” Nowadays, more and more hometowns are ____39____ for the better. Large hospitals and new schools have appeared. And in many places, the government has also ____40____ new roads and bridges. This has made traveling between villages, towns, and cities much ____41____. Thanks to the new roads around his village, Chen Wei can sell delicious food from his hometown. Especially, he is happy that there’s a ____42____ new school with a big library in his village. Chen Wei regards such developments ____43____ important steps for his hometown. However,he believes that one thing will never change. He said, “____44____ I was young, my friend and I liked to play under that big old tree opposite the school.” Yes, no matter what, our hometown has our happy childhood, leaving many sweet ____45____ in our hearts. 四、读写结合 （共两节）任务型阅读（满分10分）阅读短文,用英文填空或回答问题（请注意每小题的词数要求）。 One of the world’s most dangerous sports is mountain climbing, and one of the most popular places for this is the Himalayas. The Himalayas run along the southwestern part of China. Of all the mountains, Qomolangma rises the highest and is the most famous. It is 8,844.43 meters high and so is very dangerous to climb. Thick clouds cover the top and snow can fall very hard. Even more serious difficulties include freezing weather conditions and heavy storms. It is also very hard to take in air as you get near the top. Achievements of climbers The first people to reach the top were Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary on May 29,1953. The first Chinese team did so in 1960, while the first woman to succeed was Junko Tabei from Japan in 1975. Spirit of climbers Why do so many climbers risk their lives? One of the main reasons is because people want to challenge themselves in the face of difficulties. The spirit of these climbers shows us that we should never give up trying to achieve our dreams. It also shows that humans can sometimes be stronger than the forces of nature. 46. The first paragraph of this article mainly talks about ________ about Mount Qomolangma. (4个词以内) 47. What does the writer think of mountain climbing? The writer thinks mountain climbing is ________. (8个词以内) 48. According to Paragraph 1, complete the chart. (一空一词，4个词) List four dangers for climbers ________ ________ snow hard freezing weather conditions ________ ________ 49. Why do so many people try to climb Mt. Qomolangma even though it is dangerous? Because ________.（12个词以内） 50. What does the spirit of the climbers tell us? ________. (15个词以内) 八、书面表达 （任选一个任务进行写作,满分15分） 51. 任务一：Sunday Mail杂志在线邀请同学们参与“在家承担力所能及的家务”的话题讨论，假如你是魏华，请根据栏目提示要求，给Sunday Mail写一封信。 As a member of the family, we live in one house with our parents, we should know that everyone should do their part in keeping it clean and tidy. We do what we can do. Who does the housework in your home? What chores do you often do to help your parents? Do you think children should do chores at home? 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What can you learn from it? 要求： 1）短文内容须涵盖所有的提示问题；问题1和4至少写两个点； 2）文中不得出现个人真实的姓名和校名； 3）词数80词左右。 I enjoy reading __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$