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2023-2024学年辽宁省沈阳126中学八年级（上）开学英语试卷 一、单项填空. 从A. B. C. D. 中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项. 1. ________ an early age, he showed great intelligence and artistic ability. A. With B. In C. From D. For 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：他从小就表现出极高的智慧和艺术天赋。 考查介词辨析。With和；In在……期间；From自从；For为了。根据“…an early age, he showed great intelligence and artistic ability.”可知，此处用介词from表示从幼年起。故选C。 2. Visitors in Australia can look at the view ________ the Big Merino’s eyes. A. with B. through C. by D. in 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意：在澳大利亚的游客可以通过大美利奴羊的眼睛看风景。 考查介词辨析。with使用工具；through内部穿过或通过；by用方法手段；in用某种语言。这里指的是通过大美利奴羊的眼睛看风景。故选B。 3. Dinosaurs lived on Earth more than________. A. 150 million years B. 150 millions years C. 150 million year D. 150 millions of years 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：恐龙在地球上生活了1.5亿多年。 考查million的用法。million“一百万”，用于基数词后边，不加复数，也不与of连用，后面的名词要用复数形式；150 million years表示“1. 5亿年”。故选A。 4. When you ________ the number 2, you get the number 4. A. double B. ask C. give D. send 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：当你把数字2翻倍时，你就会得到数字4。 考查动词辨析。double(使)加倍；ask询问；give给；send发送。根据“When you...the number 2, you get the number 4.”可知，把2变成两倍时，就得到4，double符合语境。故选A。 5. The young man has ________ gold now, but he wants ________ more. A. a little, a few B. a little, much C. a few, a little D. a few, many 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意：这个年轻人现在有一点金子，但他想要更多。 考查代词的用法。a little一点，后面接不可数名词；a few少数，后面接复数名词；much很多，后面接不可数名词；many很多，后面接复数名词。句子中的gold是不可数名词，应用a little修饰，排除C和D，第二空是修饰比较级more，应用much，故选B。 6. Some dinosaurs were as small as chickens. ________ were as big as ten elephants. A. The others B. The other C. Others D. Other 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：有些恐龙和鸡一样小。有些像十头大象那么大。 考查不定代词辨析。The others其余的（表示在一个范围内的其他全部）；The other（两者中）另一个；Others其他人/物；Other其他的，后接名词复数。根据“Some dinosaurs were as small as chickens. ... were as big as ten elephants.”可知，此处是结构some ... others“一些……另一些……”。故选C。 7. The first computes were bigger than cars ________. A. in 1940s B. in the 1940 C. in the 1940s D. in the 1940s’ 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：20世纪40年代，第一台计算机比汽车还大。 考查年代表达法。表示在某个世纪的几十年代，用“in the+逢十的基数词的复数”。基数词的复数若用阿拉伯数字表示，可直接加s，也可加’s，20世纪40年代可以表达为in the 1940s或in the 1940’s。故选C。 8. Is a computer ________ me? A. so cleverer as B. as clever than C. clever as D. cleverer than 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】句意：电脑比我聪明吗？ 考查比较级。not so...as和as...as之间都是用形容词原级，排除A；BC结构错误；D选项正确。故选D。 9. After the wheel’s invention, travelling became faster and ________. A. comfortable B. much comfortable C. more comfortable D. more comfortably 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：在轮子发明之后，旅行变得更快且更舒适。 考查形容词的比较级。comfortable舒适的，形容词原级；much comfortable错误表达；more comfortable更舒适的，形容词比较级；more comfortably更舒适地，副词的比较级。根据“became faster and”可知此处应用形容词的比较级作表语。故选C。 10. In the past, student ________ to play outside more often. A. use B. used C. were used D. were using me 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意：在过去，学生们常常在外面玩。 考查动词短语。use使用，动词原形；used使用，过去式或过去分词，used to do sth.表示“过去常常做某事”；were used被用来，一般过去时的被动语态；were using me正在使用我，过去进行时。根据“In the past”可知此处讲述过去的事情，句子应用一般过去时，排除A；根据“to play outside more often”可知此处讲述以前的学生们更常在外面玩耍，现在已不再，用used to do sth表示“过去常常做某事”。故选B。 二、完型填空. 阅读短文，掌握大意，从A, B, C, D中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 A long time ago, there was a king in India. The king’s favourite game was ____11____. One day, a wise old man came to the palace and the king ____12____ him to a game. The king promised the old man, “You can have ____13____ prize if you win the game. ” The old man said, “If I win the game, I’d like one grain of rice for the first square of the chessboard, two for the second, ____14____ for the third, and then double the amount for each of the rest of the squares. ” “Is that all?” asked the king, “Wouldn’t you like gold ____15____ silver instead?” “No just rice”, replied the old man. The king and the old man played the game ____16____ a long time. ____17____ the old man won. So the king ordered his men to collect a bag of rice. He put one ____18____ on the first square, two on the second and so on. The king quickly realized the ____19____ —even with all the rice in the country, he would still not have ____20____ rice to put on all the squares! 11. A. football B. chess C. baseball D. piano 12. A. wanted B. challenged C. promised D. asked 13. A. any B. a C. some D. many 14. A. six B. five C. four D. three 15. A. and B. or C. as well D. but 16. A. for B. since C. in D. during 17. A. At first B. At last C. At least D. At most 18 A. piece B. bar C. bunch D. grain 19. A. thing B. question C. matter D. problem 20. A. many B. any C. enough D. every 【答案】11. B 12. B 13. A 14. C 15. B 16. A 17. B 18. D 19. D 20. C 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了印度的一个国王很喜欢下棋，一天一个老人来到皇宫与他下棋，国王说如果他能赢，什么条件都答应他，老人的要求就是棋盘的第一个格子一粒米，第二个格子两粒米，第三个格子四粒米，依此类推，每多一个格子米粒的数量都是上一个格子的两倍。国王觉得这是小事一桩，后来老人赢了，国王才意识到就算倾全国的力量，也不够付所有的米。 【11题详解】 句意：国王最喜欢的游戏是国际象棋。 football足球；chess国际象棋；baseball棒球；piano钢琴。根据下文“I’d like one grain of rice for the first square of the chessboard”，可知，提到了棋盘，故这个国王很喜欢下棋。故选B。 【12题详解】 句意：一天，一个老人来到王宫，国王向他挑战，要和他来一场比赛。 wanted想要；challenged挑战；promised承诺；asked问。根据“the king promised the old man”可知，老人来到王宫，国王向他挑战。故选B。 【13题详解】 句意：如果你赢了比赛，你可以拥有任何奖励。 any任何；a 一个；some一些；many许多。根据“if you win the game.”可知，如果老人赢了比赛，就可以获得任何奖励。故选A。 【14题详解】 句意：老人说：“如果我赢了，我想在棋盘的第一个方格放一粒米，第二个方格里放两粒米，第三个方格里放四粒米，然后在剩余的每个方格里放两倍的米。” six六；five五；four四；three三。根据“for the first square of the chessboard, two for the second”可知，第一格放一粒米，第二个放两粒米，故第三个放四粒米。故选C。 【15题详解】 句意：你不想要金子或者银子来代替吗？ and和；or或者；as well也；but但是。根据上文可知，国王认为大米的要求很简单，问智者要不要用黄金或者银子来代替。故选B。 【16题详解】 句意：国王和老人比赛了很长时间。 for长达；since自从；in在……里；during在……期间。根据“...a long time”f可知，需介词for，for a long time表示“一段长的时间”。故选A。 【17题详解】 句意：最后老人赢了。 At first起初；At last最后；At least至少；At most最多。根据“the old man won.”可知，老人最后获胜了。故选B。 【18题详解】 句意：他在第一个方格上放一粒，在第二个方格上放两粒，以此类推。 piece块；bar条；bunch串；grain粒。根据上文可知，在方格里放大米粒。故选D。 【19题详解】 句意：国王很快意识到了这个问题——即使用上国家所有的大米，他仍然没有足够的大米放进格子里。 thing事情；question问题；matter事情；problem问题。根据“he would still not have...rice to put on all the squares!”可知，这个国家的大米都不够给老人，因此国王意识到了这个问题。故选D。 【20题详解】 句意：国王很快意识到了这个问题——即使用上国家所有的大米，他仍然没有足够的大米放进格子里。 many许多；any任何；enough足够的；every每一个。根据“even with all the rice in the country”可知，即使是国家所有的大米，仍然不够给老人。故选C。 三、选择阅读. 阅读短文，根据短文内容，从各题所给的四个选项中选择一个最佳选项。 Do you know Laszlo Biro? Maybe you do not, but you probably use his invention every day, and you may even have it in your hand right now! Biro (1899-1985) was the inventor of the ballpoint pen. He was born in Budapest (布达佩斯), Hungary (匈牙利). In the 1930s, when he worked as a newspaper editor, he used a fountain pen almost every day. However,be had to refill it all the time. The ink also did not dry easily, and it sometimes made a mess on the paper. Biro wanted a better pen. His brother, George, helped him develop a special ink. The ink dried easily. Then they developed a new type of pen. There was a tiny ball at the tip of the pen The ball rolled ink onto paper as it moved. They called it the “ballpoint” pen. The ballpoint pen was a great success. Everyone loved it. Now millions of people use it all over the world every day. People will always remember Biro for his invention. Today in many English-speaking countries, people still use the word “biro” to refer to any kind of ballpoint pen. 21. What was Biro? A. A scientist. B. An inventor. C. A teacher. D. An educator. 22. When was Biro born? A. In 1899. B. In 1985. C. In 1895. D. In 1799. 23. What helped the pen dry easily? A. A newspaper. B. A special ink. C. A special fountain. D. A tiny pen. 24. Which of the following statements is TRUE? A. Biro was a newspaper seller. B. George invented the ballpoint pen. C. The ballpoint pen was a great success. D. People will always remember George. 【答案】21. B 22. A 23. B 24. C 【解析】 【导语】本文主要介绍了圆珠笔的发明以及它的两位研发人。 【21题详解】 细节理解题。根据第二段“Biro (1899-1985) was the inventor of the ballpoint pen.”可知，比罗是圆珠笔的发明者。故选B。 【22题详解】 细节理解题。根据第二段“Biro (1899-1985) was the inventor of the ballpoint pen.”可知，Biro出生于1899年。故选A。 【23题详解】 细节理解题。根据第二段“His brother, George, helped him develop a special ink. The ink dried easily.” 可知，他弟弟用一种特殊的墨水让这个笔更容易干。故选B。 【24题详解】 细节理解题。根据第四段“The ballpoint pen was a great success.”可知，圆珠笔是一个伟大的成功。故选C。 Foreign teachers, English songs and films and more! Sunny English Club For students 16:00—18:00 every Saturday 200 yuan a month 9 Huanghe Street Tel: 86522903 State Theatre Performing Arts Camp Summer Camp in Hedley Village The State Theatre offers performing arts classes including music, dance, and drama. Ages: 13—19 Cost: 250 yuan (including all meals) Tel: 65784177 Ocean Museum 9:00—17:00 from Thursday to Sunday Ticket: 50 yuan 321 Changjiang River Street Tel: 88394715 Show you a full picture of sea lives! Health Centre 9:00—17:30 16 Huaihe Street Tel: 38001451 Free examination for those over 70 Give you good advice to keep healthy! 25. You will pay ________ if you want to stay in the English Club for a year. A. 200 yuan B. 600 yuan C. 1,200 yuan D. 2,400 yuan 26. If you want to know more about the Summer Camp, you should call ________. A. 86522903 B. 65784177 C. 88394715 D. 38001451 27. If you are interested in the life of fish, you should go to ________. A. Sunny English Club B. Hedley Village C. Ocean Museum D. Health Centre 28. One can get free examinations in health centre if he is ________. A. 13 B. 19 C. 68 D. 75 【答案】25. D 26. B 27. C 28. D 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇应用文，介绍了阳光英语俱乐部、表演艺术夏令营、海洋博物馆和健康中心的相关信息。 【25题详解】 细节理解题。根据“200 yuan a month”可知，阳光英语俱乐部一个月的费用是200元，一年需要200×12=2400元。故选D。 【26题详解】 细节理解题。根据“State Theatre Performing Arts Camp...Tel: 65784177”可知，如果想了解更多关于夏令营的信息，应拨打65784177。故选B。 【27题详解】 细节理解题。根据“Ocean Museum...Show you a full picture of sea lives!”可知，如果对鱼的生活感兴趣，应该去海洋博物馆。故选C。 【28题详解】 细节理解题。根据“Free examination for those over 70”可知，70岁以上的人可以在健康中心免费体检。故选D。 Is that our dress ringing? It could be if you’re wearing an M-dress. It is a special dress. It can work as a phone. You can use your M-dress to call your friends. Isn’t it amazing? A company named Cute Circuit in the United Kingdom made this kind of dress. Many people are studying clothes technology. Jane Mccann is one of them. She predicts that clothes will have all kinds of functions (功能) in the next 10 years. Many clothes companies began to make their clothes with special functions a few years ago. A famous clothes designer, Angel Chang works in New York She made some beautiful clothes that could change colours. Your clothes might change shapes according to your own size. They might help you find your way. They might tell you whether you are fit or not. They could tell you where someone is asking you to meet him or her, or tell you what’s on at a movie theatre. You might want your clothes to play music. It could be possible in the future. 29. According to the passage, we can know Cute Circuit is ________. A. a dress B. a company C. a designer D. a kind of technology 30. From the passage, we can learn that Jane Mccann ________. A. likes fashionable clothes B. is a teacher C. is studying clothes technology D. is good at designing clothes 31. The Chinese meaning of the word “designer” in this is probably “ ________ ”. A. 建筑师 B. 设计师 C. 化妆师 D. 摄影师 32. Which is the best title of the passage? A. Clothes in the future. B. Famous clothes designers. C. Predictions (预言) about the future. D. Clothes comprimes. 【答案】29. B 30. C 31. B 32. A 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文，主要讲述了未来的衣服设计技术，衣服会带有很多功能并智能化。 【29题详解】 细节判断题。根据文章第一段“A company named Cute Circuit in the United Kingdom made this kind of dress.”（在英国的一个叫可爱的电路的公司做了这样的裙子。）可知，“Cute Circuit”是一家公司的名字，故选B。 【30题详解】 细节判断题。根据文章第二段“Many people are studying clothes technology. Jane Mccann is one of them.”（许多人正在研究衣服技术。简麦肯就是其中之一。）可知，简麦肯正在研究衣服技术，故选C。 【31题详解】 词句猜测题。根据第二段“A famous clothes designer, Angel Chang works in New York She made some beautiful clothes that could change colours.”（Angel Chang是一位著名的服装……在纽约工作。她做了一些可以改变颜色的漂亮衣服。）可知，Angel Chang是一位著名的服装设计师，在纽约工作。她做了一些可以改变颜色的漂亮衣服。可知“designer”的意思为“设计师”。故选B。 【32题详解】 最佳标题题。根据文章第一段“Is that our dress ringing? It could be if you’re wearing an M-dress. It is a special dress. It can work as a phone. You can use your M-dress to call your friends. Isn’t it amazing? A company named Cute Circuit in the United Kingdom made this kind of dress.”（是我们裙子在响吗？如果你穿一个M-裙，这可能是。它是一种可以作为一个电话的特殊裙子。 你可以用你的M-裙打电话给你的朋友。这难道不神奇吗？你知道谁制作的吗……在英国的一个叫可爱的电路的公司做了这样的裙子。）以及下文提到的很多人正在研究未来衣服的技术，未来的衣服会具有很多功能，譬如打电话，根据你的体型改变形状，指引方向，播放音乐等等，可知文章主要讲述了未来的衣服，故选A。 Long ago, stories were passed on by word of mouth. Since the invention of printing, stories have been part of the world’s literature (文学). Lewis Carol, the author of Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland, called stories “love gifts”. Aesop’s Fables (寓言) Aesop was a storyteller who lived in ancient Greece. Animals are main characters in his stories. They showed how a problem is solved and a moral (道德) or lesson is learned. Aesop’s stories include The Boy Who Cried Wolf and The Tortoise and the Hare. They were the first written around 300 B. D. . Andersen’s Fairy Tales Hans Christian Andersen lived in Demark in the 19th century. He was considered an ugly child and had no friends, so he lived in a dream world. He liked reading about the lives of famous men who had risen from poverty (贫穷) to fame. At age 14, when his father died, he moved to Copenhagen and tried to become an actor. When he was nearly 30, he decided to try writing down the tales he had been telling children when he travelled around the countryside. Some of his stories are The Emperor’s New Clothes, The Ugly Duckling and The Princess and the Pea. Grimm’s Fairy Tales Jacob and William Grimm were brothers who lived in Germany. After their parents died, the brothers travelled about the country and collected stories. When they published these tales in the early 19 century, they became famous. Their collection includes Hansel and Gretel and Snow White and Seven Dwarfs. 33. Stories called “love gifts” were written by ________. A. Aesop B. Andersen C. Lewis Carroll D. William Grimm 34. Which of the following works belong to Andersen’s Fairy Tales? A. The Emperor’s New Clothes. B. Hansel and Gretel. C. The Boy Who Cried Wolf. D. Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland. 35. The famous brother tale writers lived in ________. A. Greece B. Germany C. Denmark D. America 36. What can we infer (推断) from the passage? A. Animals are the main characters in all fairy tales. B. All story tellers experienced a hard childhood. C. All the fairy tales were published in the 19th century. D. The literature spread all over the world because of the invention of printing. 【答案】33. C 34. A 35. B 36. D 【解析】 【导语】本文介绍了《伊索寓言》、《安徒生童话》和《格林童话》这三本故事书的作者的故事。 【33题详解】 细节理解题。根据第一段“Lewis Carol, the author of Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland, called stories ‘love gifts’.”(《爱丽丝梦游仙境》的作者刘易斯•卡罗尔称故事为“爱的礼物”。)可知是刘易斯•卡罗尔写的。故选C。 【34题详解】 细节理解题。根据第五段“Some of his stories are The Emperor’ New Clothes, The Ugly Duckling and The Princess and the Pea.”(他的一些故事是《皇帝的新装》、《丑小鸭》和《豌豆公主》。)可知《皇帝的新装》属于《安徒生童话故事》。故选A。 【35题详解】 细节理解题。根据最后一段“Jacob and William Grimm were brothers who lived in Germany.”(雅各布•格林和威廉•格林是住在德国的兄弟。)可知格林兄弟住在德国。故选B。 【36题详解】 推理判断题。根据第一段“Since the invention of printing, stories have been part of the world’s literature (文学).”(自从印刷术发明以来，故事就成为世界文学的一部分。)可推测由于印刷术的发明，文学传播到了世界各地。故选D。 阅读下面短文，从短文的五个选项中选出可填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有一个为多余选项。 Mr. White looks out of his window. ____37____ The boy takes some bread out of a bag and begins eating it. There is a very thin dog in the street too. The boy says to it, “I’ll give you some bread.” The dog is hungry and goes to the boy, ____38____ He kicks the dog. ____39____. Then Mr. White comes out of his house and says to the boy. “I’ll give you a shilling(先令).” The boy is happy and says “Yes.” “Come here,” Mr. White says. The boy goes to him, but Mr. White does not give him a shilling. He hits him with a stick. ____40____ “Why do you hit me? I do not ask you for any money.” “No,” Mr. White says, “and the dog does not ask you for any bread, but you kick it.” A. The boy cries and says, B. but he does not give it any bread. C. There is a boy at the other side of the street. D. It runs away, and the boy laughs. E. The boy feels very sorry! 【答案】37. C 38. B 39. D 40. A 【解析】 【导语】本文主要讲述了一个男孩打了狗，然后怀特先生把他打了一顿的故事。 【37题详解】 根据“Mr. White looks out of his window...The boy takes some bread out of a bag and begins eating it.”可知窗外有一个男孩，选项C“在街的另一边有一个男孩”符合语境，故选C。 【38题详解】 根据“I’ll give you some bread”以及“He kicks the dog”可知男孩没有给狗面包，还打了它，选项B“但他没有给它任何面包”符合语境，故选B。 【39题详解】 根据“He kicks the dog”可知男孩打了狗，此处应说狗的反应，选项D“它跑开了，男孩笑了”符合语境，故选D。 【40题详解】 根据“The boy goes to him, but Mr. White does not give him a shilling. He hits him with a stick.”以及“Why do you hit me?”可知怀特先生打了男孩，选项A“男孩哭着说”符合语境，故选A。 四、阅读填空. 阅读短文，然后用短文括号中所给词的适当形式填空。 Jim, a young ____41____ (farm), was once put into prison. One day, he got a letter from his mother. “I’m so ____42____ (worry) about our farm,” she wrote. “It’s time to plant ____43____ (potato). I can’t dig all the fields by ____44____ (I).” Jim read the letter and became sad. “What can I do?” he thought. Then he had a good idea. He wrote to his mother, “Don’t dig the fields. There’s a pot of money in the earth.” Some days later, Jim got another letter from his mother. It said, “Two days ago, about ten ____45____ (man) came to our farm and ____46____ (dig) all our fields. I can’t understand it. It looks as if they were looking for something. What shall I do?” Jim smiled when he read his ____47____ (mother) letter. He wrote a letter to his mother at once. It was very short. Guess what it would say? 【答案】41. farmer 42. worried 43. potatoes 44. myself 45. men 46. dug 47. mother’s 【解析】 【导语】本文主要讲述了吉姆通过一个小妙招解决了他母亲不能独自翻土种土豆的问题。 【41题详解】 句意：吉姆，一个年轻的农民曾经被关进监狱。根据“Jim, a young…was once put into prison.”可知，吉姆是人名，他应该是个农民，用名词farmer表示。故填farmer。 【42题详解】 句意：我很担心我们的农场，她写道。根据“I’m so…(worry) about our farm,”可知，此处为固定短语be worried about意为“担心”。故填worried。 【43题详解】 句意：是时候种土豆了。根据“It’s time to plant…(potato).”可知，potato“土豆”为可数名词，前面没有限定词，所以此处要用名词的复数形式表示泛指。故填potatoes。 【44题详解】 句意：我一个人挖不完所有的地。根据“I can’t dig all the fields by…(I).”可知，此处为固定短语by oneself意为“独自”，主语为I，用反身代词myself表示。故填myself。 【45题详解】 句意：两天前，大约十个人来到我们的农场，挖了我们所有的地。根据“Two days ago, about ten…(man) came to our farm…”可知，man“男人”为可数名词，前面有数词ten，所以此处要用名词的复数形式men表示。故填men。 【46题详解】 句意：两天前，大约十个人来到我们的农场，挖了我们所有的地。根据“…came to our farm and…(dig) all our fields.”可知，时态为一般过去时，所以动词用过去式dug“挖”表示。故填dug。 【47题详解】 句意：吉姆读他妈妈的信时笑了。根据“Jim smiled when he read his…letter.”可知，此处应用名词所有格的形式mother’s，修饰名词letter。故填mother’s。 五、回答问题. 阅读以下材料，然后根据内容回答所提问题。 Roman numbers The ancient Romans had a different way of writing numbers. They used letters from their alphabet. For example, the number 12 is “XII” (10+1+1). I＝1 V＝ 5 X＝10 L＝50 C＝ 100 D＝ 500 M＝ 1,000 Today we still see Roman numbers in many places for example, on clock faces, on buildings or in books. 48. What does the article mainly talk about? _______________________________________ 49. Which number does letter M stand for 100 or 1,000? _______________________________________ 50. How do you write 11 in Roman numbers? ________________________________________ 51. Is it ten past ten by the clock? _________________________________________ 【答案】48. Roman numbers. 49. 1000. 50. XI. 51. Yes. 【解析】 【导语】本文主要介绍了罗马数字不同的书写方式及应用。 【48题详解】 根据“The ancient Romans had a different way of writing numbers. They used letters from their alphabet. ”可知，文章介绍了罗马数字的相关信息。故填Roman numbers. 【49题详解】 根据“M＝1,000”可知，M代表1000。故填1000. 【50题详解】 根据“I＝1” “X＝10”可知，I代表1，X代表10，所以11是XI。故填XI. 【51题详解】 根据钟表所示及“I＝1” “X＝10” 可知，现在是十点十分，应作肯定回答。故填Yes. 六、任务型阅读. 阅读短文，然后按要求完成下面小题。 Australia’s big attractions Australia is a very big country. It also has many big attractions. The Big Banana The Big Banana is in Coffs Harbour. (A) John Landy made it in 1964. Landy wanted something to make people come to his fruit shop, (B) _____ he built the Big Banana. The idea worked. Many people visited his fruit shop and took pictures of the Big Banana. Soon people all over Australia began making big things. The Big Merino The Big Merino is in the city of Goulburn. Merinos are a (C) type of sheep. (D) 它们可以生活在干燥天气里. Some places in Australia are very dry,so these sheep are very important (E) _____ the farmers there. Inside the Big Merino, there is a small museum about the history of wool in Australia. (F) Visitors can also climb up to the Big Merino’s head and look at the view through its eyes. 52. 将文中画线部分(A) 改写成：It was ________ in 1964 ________ John Landy. 53. 在文中(B) 和(E) 的空白处填入适当的单词：________ ________ 54. 写出文中画线部分(C) 和(F)的同义词或近义词：________ ________ 55. 将文中(D) 部分翻译成英语：________________________________________ 56. 从文中找出澳大利亚的两个大型景观：________________ ________________ 【答案】52. ①. made ②. by 53. ①. so ②. to 54. ①. kind ②. Travelers 55. They can live in dry weather. 56. ①. The Big Banana ②. The Big Merino 【解析】 【导语】本文主要介绍了澳大利亚的两个出名的大型景点。 【52题详解】 根据“John Landy made it in 1964.”可知，本句时态为一般过去时，为主谓宾结构，可用一般过去时的被动语态改写，其结构为were/was+done，make的过去分词为made，by“被”用于被动语态。故填made；by。 【53题详解】 根据前句“Landy wanted something to make people come to his fruit shop”以及后句“he built the Big Banana.” 可知，前后句是因果关系，前因后果，需用so，表示“所以”，故 (B) 处填so；be important to sb. 表示“对某人重要”，为固定搭配，故 (E) 处填to，故填so；to。 【54题详解】 type意为“类型”，其同义词是kind；visitors意为“游客”，其同义词是travelers，位于句首，单词首字母大写。故填kind；Travelers。 【55题详解】 它们：They，作主语，位于句首，单词首字母大写；可以：can，后跟动词短语；生活在：live in；干燥的天气里：dry weather。故填They can live in dry weather. 【56题详解】 根据第三段“The Big Banana is in Coffs Harbour.”以及最后一段“The Big Merino is in the city of Goulburn. ”可知，澳大利亚的两个大型景观分别是大香蕉和大梅里诺。故填The Big Banana；The Big Merino。 七、书面表达. 57. 近年来，电脑成为了我们生活的一个重要部分，甚至和我们的学习生活息息相关，某校英文杂志社开辟中学生专栏，交流体会，请你以The greatest invention—the computer为题写篇短文，为该杂志社投稿。 内容包括： 1. 电脑是伟大发明的原因； 2. 电脑的用途（包括：可以学习、上网查资料；可以听音乐、看电影使自己放松；可以发送邮件与别人保持联系）； 3. 倡议中学生正确使用电脑。 要求： 1. 词数80词左右； 2. 短文必须包括所给的内容，可以适当增加细节，使行文连贯； 3. 文中不许出现真实的班级和姓名。 The greatest invention—the computer In modern society, we can not imagine living in a world without computers. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】例文 The greatest invention—the computer In modern society, we can not imagine living in a world without computers. The computer is one of the greatest inventions and is becoming more and more important in our daily life. It is widely used to search for information and get more new knowledge. The computer can help us study and look for information. Listening to music or watching movies on the computer is also good for relaxing. We can also make friends from all over the world and keep in touch with others through emails. But we should not use it for too long every day. Remember not to spend too much time playing computer games. I think that using a computer is helpful. But we should use computers correctly, or it will influence our study. 【解析】 【详解】[总体分析] ①题材：本文是一篇话题作文； ②时态：时态为“一般现在时”； ③提示：写作要点已给出，注意不要遗漏。可适当添加细节，突出重点。 [写作步骤] 第一步，指出最伟大的发明——电脑的重要性； 第二步，重点介绍电脑的用途； 第三步，号召大家正确使用电脑。 [亮点词汇] ① be widely used to被广泛用于 ② be good for对……有益 ③ spend time doing sth.花时间做某事 [高分句型] ①Remember not to spend too much time playing computer games. (祈使句) ②I think that using a computer is helpful. (that引导宾语从句) 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$ 2023-2024学年辽宁省沈阳126中学八年级（上）开学英语试卷 一、单项填空. 从A. B. C. D. 中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项. 1. ________ an early age, he showed great intelligence and artistic ability. A. With B. In C. From D. For 2. Visitors in Australia can look at the view ________ the Big Merino’s eyes. A. with B. through C. by D. in 3. Dinosaurs lived on Earth more than________. A. 150 million years B. 150 millions years C. 150 million year D. 150 millions of years 4. When you ________ the number 2, you get the number 4. A. double B. ask C. give D. send 5. The young man has ________ gold now, but he wants ________ more. A. a little, a few B. a little, much C. a few, a little D. a few, many 6. Some dinosaurs were as small as chickens. ________ were as big as ten elephants. A. The others B. The other C. Others D. Other 7. The first computes were bigger than cars ________. A. in 1940s B. in the 1940 C. in the 1940s D. in the 1940s’ 8. Is a computer ________ me? A. so cleverer as B. as clever than C. clever as D. cleverer than 9. After the wheel’s invention, travelling became faster and ________. A. comfortable B. much comfortable C. more comfortable D. more comfortably 10. In the past, student ________ to play outside more often. A. use B. used C. were used D. were using me 二、完型填空. 阅读短文，掌握大意，从A, B, C, D中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 A long time ago there was a king in India. The king’s favourite game was ____11____. One day, a wise old man came to the palace and the king ____12____ him to a game. The king promised the old man, “You can have ____13____ prize if you win the game. ” The old man said, “If I win the game, I’d like one grain of rice for the first square of the chessboard, two for the second, ____14____ for the third, and then double the amount for each of the rest of the squares. ” “Is that all?” asked the king, “Wouldn’t you like gold ____15____ silver instead?” “No, just rice”, replied the old man. The king and the old man played the game ____16____ a long time. ____17____ the old man won. So the king ordered his men to collect a bag of rice. He put one ____18____ on the first square, two on the second and so on. The king quickly realized the ____19____ —even with all the rice in the country, he would still not have ____20____ rice to put on all the squares! 11. A. football B. chess C. baseball D. piano 12. A. wanted B. challenged C. promised D. asked 13. A. any B. a C. some D. many 14 A. six B. five C. four D. three 15. A. and B. or C. as well D. but 16. A. for B. since C. in D. during 17. A. At first B. At last C. At least D. At most 18. A. piece B. bar C. bunch D. grain 19. A. thing B. question C. matter D. problem 20. A. many B. any C. enough D. every 三、选择阅读. 阅读短文，根据短文内容，从各题所给的四个选项中选择一个最佳选项。 Do you know Laszlo Biro? Maybe you do not, but you probably use his invention every day, and you may even have it in your hand right now! Biro (1899-1985) was the inventor of the ballpoint pen. He was born in Budapest (布达佩斯), Hungary (匈牙利). In the 1930s, when he worked as a newspaper editor, he used a fountain pen almost every day. However,be had to refill it all the time. The ink also did not dry easily, and it sometimes made a mess on the paper. Biro wanted a better pen. His brother, George, helped him develop a special ink. The ink dried easily. Then they developed a new type of pen. There was a tiny ball at the tip of the pen. The ball rolled ink onto paper as it moved. They called it the “ballpoint” pen. The ballpoint pen was a great success. Everyone loved it. Now millions of people use it all over the world every day. People will always remember Biro for his invention. Today in many English-speaking countries people still use the word “biro” to refer to any kind of ballpoint pen. 21. What was Biro? A. A scientist. B. An inventor. C. A teacher. D. An educator. 22. When was Biro born? A. In 1899. B. In 1985. C. In 1895. D. In 1799. 23. What helped the pen dry easily? A. A newspaper. B. A special ink. C. A special fountain. D. A tiny pen. 24. Which of the following statements is TRUE? A. Biro was a newspaper seller. B. George invented the ballpoint pen. C. The ballpoint pen was a great success. D. People will always remember George. Foreign teachers, English songs and films and more! Sunny English Club For students 16:00—18:00 every Saturday 200 yuan a month 9 Huanghe Street Tel: 86522903 State Theatre Performing Arts Camp Summer Camp in Hedley Village The State Theatre offers performing arts classes including music, dance, and drama. Ages: 13—19 Cost: 250 yuan (including all meals) Tel: 65784177 Ocean Museum 9:00—17:00 from Thursday to Sunday Ticket: 50 yuan 321 Changjiang River Street Tel: 88394715 Show you a full picture of sea lives! Health Centre 9:00—17:30 16 Huaihe Street Tel: 38001451 Free examination for those over 70 Give you good advice to keep healthy! 25. You will pay ________ if you want to stay in the English Club for a year. A. 200 yuan B. 600 yuan C. 1,200 yuan D. 2,400 yuan 26. If you want to know more about the Summer Camp, you should call ________. A. 86522903 B. 65784177 C. 88394715 D. 38001451 27. If you are interested in the life of fish, you should go to ________. A. Sunny English Club B. Hedley Village C. Ocean Museum D. Health Centre 28. One can get free examinations in health centre if he is ________. A. 13 B. 19 C. 68 D. 75 Is that our dress ringing? It could be if you’re wearing an M-dress. It is a special dress. It can work as a phone. You can use your M-dress to call your friends. Isn’t it amazing? A company named Cute Circuit in the United Kingdom made this kind of dress. Many people are studying clothes technology. Jane Mccann is one of them. She predicts that clothes will have all kinds of functions (功能) in the next 10 years. Many clothes companies began to make their clothes with special functions a few years ago. A famous clothes designer, Angel Chang works in New York She made some beautiful clothes that could change colours. Your clothes might change shapes according to your own size. They might help you find your way. They might tell you whether you are fit or not. They could tell you where someone is asking you to meet him or her, or tell you what’s on at a movie theatre. You might want your clothes to play music. It could be possible in the future. 29. According to the passage, we can know Cute Circuit is ________. A. a dress B. a company C. a designer D. a kind of technology 30. From the passage, we can learn that Jane Mccann ________. A. likes fashionable clothes B. is a teacher C. is studying clothes technology D. is good at designing clothes 31. The Chinese meaning of the word “designer” in this is probably “ ________ ”. A 建筑师 B. 设计师 C. 化妆师 D. 摄影师 32. Which is the best title of the passage? A. Clothes in the future. B. Famous clothes designers. C. Predictions (预言) about the future. D. Clothes comprimes. Long ago, stories were passed on by word of mouth. Since the invention of printing, stories have been part of the world’s literature (文学). Lewis Carol, the author of Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland, called stories “love gifts”. Aesop’s Fables (寓言) Aesop was a storyteller who lived in ancient Greece. Animals are main characters in his stories. They showed how a problem is solved and a moral (道德) or lesson is learned. Aesop’s stories include The Boy Who Cried Wolf and The Tortoise and the Hare. They were the first written around 300 B. D. . Andersen’s Fairy Tales Hans Christian Andersen lived in Demark in the 19th century. He was considered an ugly child and had no friends, so he lived in a dream world. He liked reading about the lives of famous men who had risen from poverty (贫穷) to fame. At age 14, when his father died, he moved to Copenhagen and tried to become an actor. When he was nearly 30, he decided to try writing down the tales he had been telling children when he travelled around the countryside. Some of his stories are The Emperor’s New Clothes, The Ugly Duckling and The Princess and the Pea. Grimm’s Fairy Tales Jacob and William Grimm were brothers who lived in Germany. After their parents died, the brothers travelled about the country and collected stories. When they published these tales in the early 19 century, they became famous. Their collection includes Hansel and Gretel and Snow White and Seven Dwarfs. 33. Stories called “love gifts” were written by ________. A. Aesop B. Andersen C. Lewis Carroll D. William Grimm 34. Which of the following works belong to Andersen’s Fairy Tales? A. The Emperor’s New Clothes. B. Hansel and Gretel. C. The Boy Who Cried Wolf. D. Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland. 35. The famous brother tale writers lived in ________. A. Greece B. Germany C. Denmark D. America 36. What can we infer (推断) from the passage? A. Animals are the main characters in all fairy tales. B. All story tellers experienced a hard childhood. C. All the fairy tales were published in the 19th century. D The literature spread all over the world because of the invention of printing. 阅读下面短文，从短文的五个选项中选出可填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有一个为多余选项。 Mr. White looks out of his window. ____37____ The boy takes some bread out of a bag and begins eating it. There is a very thin dog in the street, too. The boy says to it, “I’ll give you some bread.” The dog is hungry and goes to the boy, ____38____ He kicks the dog. ____39____. Then Mr. White comes out of his house and says to the boy. “I’ll give you a shilling(先令).” The boy is happy and says “Yes.” “Come here,” Mr. White says. The boy goes to him, but Mr. White does not give him a shilling. He hits him with a stick. ____40____ “Why do you hit me? I do not ask you for any money.” “No,” Mr. White says, “and the dog does not ask you for any bread, but you kick it.” A. The boy cries and says, B. but he does not give it any bread. C. There is a boy at the other side of the street. D. It runs away, and the boy laughs. E. The boy feels very sorry! 四、阅读填空. 阅读短文，然后用短文括号中所给词的适当形式填空。 Jim, a young ____41____ (farm), was once put into prison. One day, he got a letter from his mother. “I’m so ____42____ (worry) about our farm,” she wrote. “It’s time to plant ____43____ (potato). I can’t dig all the fields by ____44____ (I).” Jim read the letter and became sad. “What can I do?” he thought. Then he had a good idea. He wrote to his mother, “Don’t dig the fields. There’s a pot of money in the earth.” Some days later, Jim got another letter from his mother. It said, “Two days ago, about ten ____45____ (man) came to our farm and ____46____ (dig) all our fields. I can’t understand it. It looks as if they were looking for something. What shall I do?” Jim smiled when he read his ____47____ (mother) letter. He wrote a letter to his mother at once. It was very short. Guess what it would say? 五、回答问题. 阅读以下材料，然后根据内容回答所提问题。 Roman numbers The ancient Romans had a different way of writing numbers. They used letters from their alphabet. For example, the number 12 is “XII” (10+1+1). I＝1 V＝ 5 X＝10 L＝50 C＝ 100 D＝ 500 M＝ 1,000 Today we still see Roman numbers in many places for example, on clock faces, on buildings or in books. 48. What does the article mainly talk about? _______________________________________ 49. Which number does letter M stand for 100 or 1,000? _______________________________________ 50. How do you write 11 in Roman numbers? ________________________________________ 51. Is it ten past ten by the clock? _________________________________________ 六、任务型阅读. 阅读短文，然后按要求完成下面小题。 Australia’s big attractions Australia is a very big country. It also has many big attractions. The Big Banana The Big Banana is in Coffs Harbour. (A) John Landy made it in 1964. Landy wanted something to make people come to his fruit shop, (B) _____ he built the Big Banana. The idea worked. Many people visited his fruit shop and took pictures of the Big Banana. Soon people all over Australia began making big things. The Big Merino The Big Merino is in the city of Goulburn. Merinos are a (C) type of sheep. (D) 它们可以生活在干燥的天气里. Some places in Australia are very dry,so these sheep are very important (E) _____ the farmers there. Inside the Big Merino, there is a small museum about the history of wool in Australia. (F) Visitors can also climb up to the Big Merino’s head and look at the view through its eyes. 52. 将文中画线部分(A) 改写成：It was ________ in 1964 ________ John Landy. 53. 在文中(B) 和(E) 的空白处填入适当的单词：________ ________ 54. 写出文中画线部分(C) 和(F)的同义词或近义词：________ ________ 55. 将文中(D) 部分翻译成英语：________________________________________ 56. 从文中找出澳大利亚的两个大型景观：________________ ________________ 七、书面表达. 57. 近年来，电脑成为了我们生活的一个重要部分，甚至和我们的学习生活息息相关，某校英文杂志社开辟中学生专栏，交流体会，请你以The greatest invention—the computer为题写篇短文，为该杂志社投稿。 内容包括： 1. 电脑是伟大发明的原因； 2. 电脑的用途（包括：可以学习、上网查资料；可以听音乐、看电影使自己放松；可以发送邮件与别人保持联系）； 3. 倡议中学生正确使用电脑。 要求： 1. 词数80词左右； 2. 短文必须包括所给的内容，可以适当增加细节，使行文连贯； 3. 文中不许出现真实的班级和姓名。 The greatest invention—the computer In modern society, we can not imagine living in a world without computers. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$