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2023-2024学年广东省深圳市龙岗区百合外国语学校八年级（上）期中英语试卷 一、Listen to ten short conversations and choose the best answers. Each conversation will be read twice. 1. How many tickets did the boy buy? A. One. B. Two. C. Three. 2. What does the girl have to do? A. Do her homework. B. Look after her sister. C. Watch the swimming race. 3. When will the basketball game begin? A. At 6: 30. B. At 7: 00. C. At 7: 30. 4. What does Jane's father like? A. Potatoes. B. Cabbage. C. Tomatoes. 5. How will they go to the sports center? A. On foot. B. By bus. C. By bike. 6. Who doesn't like Peking Opera? A. Jack. B. Kate. C. Lucy. 7. Why is Tony unhappy? A. Because he argue s with his friends. B. Because he doesn't have any friends. C. Because he doesn't like his friends. 8. When will the man go to Weihai? A. On October 6th. B. On October 16th. C. On October 26th. 9. Where are the two speakers? A. In a restaurant. B. In a museum. C. In a clothes store. 10. What does Rose mean? A. There is no need to do chores. B. Daniel should help her with some chores. C. Children should help their parents do some chores. 二、Listen to a passage and choose the best answers. The passage will be read twice. 11. 1. The boy went to his grandfather because_______. A. he broke the model plane B. school was over C. he bad a fight 2. The good tiger________everything around him. A. is angry with B. is good with C. is interested in 3. Which sentence about the bad tiger is TRUE? A. He fights without any reason. B. He fights because others hate him. C. He fights because others can't think carefully. 4. Why does the good tiger control the grandfather? A. Because the good tiger is kind and friendly. B. Because the grandfather hates the bad tiger. C. Because the grandfather treats the good tiger well. 5. The writer wants to tell us" _______". A. how to feed tigers well B. how to control our feelings C. how to make others like you 三、Listen to a passage and fill in the blanks. The passage will be read twice. Mary's Saturday In the morning She helped her mother to buy some food. Then She went to see her grandparents. They ________ ________for her grandparents. In the afternoon She helped Miss Lee in the school library for an hour. She ________ a lot of old books ________ ________. She ________ ________ with her cousin for two hours. In the evening She went to Gina's ________ ________ with some friends. She felt ________.The party finished at 9: 00 pm. 四、单项选择题,选出一个最佳答案,并将答题卡对应题目所选的项涂黑. 1. The zoo keeper doesn’t allow ________ here. A. smoke B. to smoke C. smoking D. smokes 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：动物园管理员不允许在这里吸烟。 考查动名词作宾语。smoke抽烟，动词原形；to smoke抽烟，不定式；smoking抽烟，动名词；smokes抽烟，第三人称单数形式。根据“allow”可知考查allow doing sth“允许做某事”。故选C。 2. Elizabeth ________ this book ________ she was a teenager. A. has bought; since B. bought; since C. has had; since D. has bought; from 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：伊丽莎白从她是青少年起就有这本书。 考查现在完成时和时间状语从句。第一空根据“Elizabeth…this book”可知，此处是指拥有这本书很久了，应用现在完成时的延续性动词，选项AD“has bought”是瞬时性动词，不符合题意；B选项“bought”是一般过去时，不符合题意；C选项“has had”是延续性动词，符合题意；第二空根据“this book…she was a teenager.”可知，此处是自从她是青少年起，用since引导时间状语从句。故选C。 3. Stephen Hawing, a great scientist, had a strong will. His serious illness never ______ him _______ living a meaningful and colorful life. A. learned;from B. protected;from C. saved;from D. stopped;from 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】句意：史蒂芬霍金，一位伟大的科学家，有着强大的意志力。他严重的疾病从来没有阻止他度过一段有意义且丰富的人生。learn from是从……得知，向……学习，是指从某个地方或者人学到知识，protect…from…表示“保护……免受……”，save A from B 的含义是使A免于受到B的损伤、损失或毁坏，stop sb. from doing sth.意为“阻止某人做某事”。这里是在赞扬霍金，说“他的疾病”没有阻止他度过有意义且丰富的人生，用stop…from结构，故选D。 4. Although we are good friends,it doesn't mean that you can ________ me all the time. A. make jokes about B. laughing at C. make a fun of D. playing tricks on 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：虽然我们是好朋友，但这并不意味着你可以一直拿我开玩笑。 考查短语辨析。make jokes about拿某人开玩笑；laughing at嘲笑；make a fun of错误表达，fun是不可数名词，前面不能加a；playing tricks on捉弄。根据“Although we are good friends,it doesn't mean that you can...me all the time.”可知，此处指的是“拿某人开玩笑”，情态动词can接动词原形，排除B和D，选项C表达错误，故选A。 5. It’s said that ________ of the water around the world ________ polluted. A. two thirds; has B. two thirds; is C. two third; are D. two thirds; have 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意：据说世界上三分之二的水被污染了。 考查分数表达及被动语态。分数表达中分子用基数词，分母用序数词，当分子大于一时，分数要变为复数。表示“三分之二”要用two thirds，排除C；主语water与动词之间是被动关系，应该用被动语态be done，表示“被污染”用be polluted，此处是一般现在时的被动语态，可排除A和D，故选B。 6. Daniel was ________ a bad mood and didn’t talk to ________. A. on; something B. with; anybody C. in; anybody D. in; somebody 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：丹尼尔情绪很不好，不想和任何人说话。 考查不定代词及介词用法。On表示处在一个平面；in表示处于某个范围；with表示伴随；something指的是某物；somebody指的是某人；anybody指的是任何人，一般用于否定句及疑问句。根据“Daniel was... a bad mood”可知，丹尼尔心情不好，英语中表示在某种情绪状态中一般用介词in；再根据“didn’t talk to”可知，他不想和任何人说话，否定句中用anybody。故选C。 7 —Why do you like living in the countryside? —Because there’s ________ noise and fewer cars there. A. little B. less C. few D. fewer 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意：——你为什么喜欢住在农村？——因为那里噪音少，车也少。 考查形容词比较级。little少的，修饰不可数名词；less更少的，为little的比较级，修饰不可数名词；few没多少，修饰复数名词；fewer更少的，修饰复数名词。根据“and fewer cars”可知，此句是说乡下的噪音更少，“noise”为不可数名词，用less修饰，故选B。 8. —Do you know the meanings of these new words? —Sorry, I don’t. Let’s ________ in the dictionary. A. look up them B. look up it C. look them up D. look it up 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：——你知道这些生词的意思吗？——对不起，我不知道。我们查字典吧。 考查动词短语。look up“查阅”，动副短语，代词放中间，排除A、B；由“these new words”可知，应该用them代指，排除D，故选C。 9. All of you went to the zoo ________ Wang Hai. He had to look after his grandma. A. besides B. with C. except D. beside 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：除了王海其他人都去动物园了。他不得不照顾他的奶奶。 考查介词词义辨析。besides除……之外，表示在原有基础上加入一部分；with带有，有；except除……之外，从整体上去除；beside在……旁边。根据“He had to look after his grandma.”可知，王海不包括在其中。故选C。 10. They were all very tired, but _______ of them would stop to take a rest. A. any B. some C. none D. neither 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：他们都累了，但是他们中没人停下来去休息。 考查代词。any任何；some一些；none全无；neither表示两者都不。根据“They were all very tired, but ... of them”可知，指的是三者以上都不。故选C。 11. Our school team ________ the red team from another school and we ________ the game. A. fought; beat B. visited; challenged C. beat; won D. welcomed; beat 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：我们的校队打败了来自另一所学校的红队，我们赢得了比赛。 考查数词。fought打架；beat打败，接对手；visited参观；challenged挑战；win赢，接奖品，比赛等；welcomed欢迎。根据“the red team”可知，此处表示打败红队，第一空用动词beat；根据“Our school team...the red team from another school”可知，我们打败了红队，因此我们赢得了比赛，第二空用动词won，故选C。 12. —Where’s Peter? —He ________ Egypt. He has already ________ there for two months. A. has gone to; been B. has been to; went C. has gone to; gone D. has been in; gone 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：——彼得在哪里？——他去了埃及。他已经在那里两个月了。 考查动词时态。第一空根据“He…Egypt.”可知，此处表示彼得去了埃及还没有回来，用“has gone to”；第二空根据“He has already…there for two months.”可知，此处表示他已经在埃及待了两个月，用“been”表示持续状态。故选A。 13. Can you imagine what life will be like in ________ time? A. 20 years’ B. 20 year’s C. 20-years’ D. 20-year 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：你能想象20年后的生活会是什么样子吗？ 考查名词所有格。此处修饰名词time，表示“20年的时间”，应用名词所有格；year前有“20”修饰，所以用复数形式，复数名词所有格直接加’即可，故选A。 14. —Why don’t you like winter in Beijing? —Because it is __________ winter in Guangzhou. A. as cold as B. much colder than C. not so clod as D. not colder than 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意：因为它比广州的冬天冷的多。 根据题干，本句的意思是“因为它比广州的冬天冷的多。”A选项的意思是说北京和广州一样冷，很明显不正确；CD选项的意思是北京不如广州冷，也是错误的；所以本题选B。 【点睛】对于形容词的比较级，需要弄清比较级的结构以及所表达是意义；就本题而言，需要弄清题干的意思，然后根据常识加以选择。 15. Laws should be passed to protect tigers. Otherwise, they are certain to ________. A. die out B. die of C. die away D. die down 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：应该通过法律来保护老虎。否则，它们肯定会灭绝。 考查动词短语。die out灭绝；die of死于；die away消失；die down减弱。根据“Laws should be passed to protect tigers. Otherwise, they are certain to...”可知是指要通过法律保护老虎，不然老虎会灭绝。故选A。 16. Nanning isn't so large Shanghai; however, it's the second city in East China. A. like; largest B. as; largest C. like; large D. as; large 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意：南宁不如上海大，然而，它是华东第二大城市。 考查形容词原级比较、最高级。like当介词意为“像……”、当动词意为“喜欢”；形容词的原词比较结构是“as+ adj.+as”意为“和……一样……”，其否定是“not as/so+ adj.+as”意为“没……那么……，不如……”，所以排除A、C；空格（2）受到序数词的限定，判断用形容词最高级，故选B。 17. has Mr. White been a member of Greener China since he to China? A. How soon, comes B. How often, got C. How long, came D. How far, arrived 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：格林先生自从来到中国，成为绿色中国中的一员多长时间了？ 考查动词辨析，时态和疑问词。how soon多久，指某个动作还有多久发生，常用于一般将来时中；how often多久一次，提问频率；how long多长，提问一段时间；how far多远，问距离；arrive in/at到达；get to到达；come来；主句中用的是现在完成时，指成为绿色中国中的一员多长时间了，所以用how long提问；since从句要用过去时，故选C。 18. I usually forget ________ the door. But I remembered________ it when I left home yesterday. A. to close, to close B. closing, closing C. closing, to close D. to close, closing 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】句意：我通常忘记关门，但我记得昨天离开家时关上了。 考查非谓语动词用法。forget to do sth.表示“忘记去做某事”；remember doing sth.表示“记得做过某事”，前半句表示通常忘记去做某事，后半句表示记得做过某事。故选D。 19. Zhao Lan ________ already ________ in this school for two years. A. was; studying B. will; study C. has; studied D. is; studying 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：赵兰已经在这所学校学习了两年。 考查现在完成时。was; studying过去进行时；will; study一般将来时；has; studied现在完成时；is; studying现在进行时。根据句中“already”和“for two years”可知，此处应用现在完成时。故选C。 20. Lily looked forward to ________ full grades sometimes, but her parents expected her ________ full grades every time. A. getting; getting B. getting; to get C. get; getting D. get; to get 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意：莉莉有时期待得满分，但她的父母希望她每次都得满分。 考查非谓语动词。look forward to doing sth.“期待做某事”，第一空用动名词；expect sb. to do sth.“希望某人做某事”，第二空用动词不定式。故选B。 五、完形填空 阅读短文,从所给的四个选项A、B、C、D中，选出可以入空白处的最佳选项并将答题卡对应题目所选的选项涂黑。 As a university student, I decided to learn French. For some reason I really liked the language, but I was not very good at learning it. The grammar ____21____ me a lot and even drove me crazy. My only advantage was ____22____—I got an A in every word test I took. After two years of studies, I struggled to communicate in ____23____ French and signed up to study in France to complete my degree. It was the ____24____ term I would ever have. The moment I arrived in France, I felt like I was starting from scratch (从头开始). The French I’d learned in university wasn’t practical for everyday conversations. It is difficult for me to get around, read emails and talk with my classmates. I was often nervous at school, worried about ____25____ I could understand my teachers in class. I only ____26____ a little around my eight roommates, who were willing to speak French slowly to me and didn’t seem to mind my ____27____. I chose to study three courses—reading & writing, grammar and history. The history class was a big challenge for me. The teacher spoke so ____28____ that almost everything he said flew right over my head. I sat in the front, took notes and even recorded every single word he said in class, but ____29____ helped. I had no idea what the class was really about. Years have passed, but I never forget how hard _____30_____ was for me to manage to get my degree. I think my failure that term taught me just as much as my success. 21. A. gave B. helped C. troubled D. offered 22. A. listening B. spelling C. speaking D. writing 23. A. perfect B. poor C. beautiful D. pure 24. A. hardest B. easiest C. happiest D. shortest 25. A. what B. whether C. that D. since 26. A. relaxed B. feared C. wondered D. questioned 27. A. purposes B. mistakes C. progress D. task 28. A. slowly B. quickly C. clearly D. fluently 29. A. something B. anything C. everything D. nothing 30. A. that B. it C. this D. those 【答案】21. C 22. B 23. B 24. A 25. B 26. A 27. B 28. B 29. D 30. B 【解析】 【导语】本文讲述了作者学习法语的经历。 【21题详解】 句意：语法使我很困扰，甚至使我发疯。 gave给；helped帮助；troubled麻烦；offered提供。根据“even drove me crazy”可知，语法使我发疯，因此它困扰着我，故选C。 【22题详解】 句意：我唯一的优势是拼写——每次单词测试我都得A。 listening听；spelling拼读；speaking说话；writing书写。根据“I got an A in every word test I took.”可知，此处表示每次单词测试得了A，因此表示我擅长拼写单词。故选B。 【23题详解】 句意：经过两年的学习，我努力用蹩脚的法语与人交流，并报名去法国学习完成我的学位。 perfect完美的；poor贫穷的，差的；beautiful漂亮的；pure纯的。根据“I really liked the language, but I was not very good at learning it.”可知，我的法语很差，故选B。 【24题详解】 句意：这是我经历过的最艰难的一学期。 hardest最辛苦的；easiest最容易的；happiest最高兴的；shortest最短的。根据“It is difficult for me to get around, read emails and talk with my classmates.”可知，对我来说，四处走动，阅读电子邮件和与同学交谈是很难的，因此这是很困难的一学期。故选A。 【25题详解】 句意：在学校我经常很紧张，担心在课堂上我是否能听懂老师的话。 what什么；whether是否；that那个；since自从。根据“The French I'd learned in university wasn't practical for everyday conversations.”可知，我在大学里学的法语在日常对话中并不实用，因此我担心在课堂上是不是能听懂老师的对话。故选B。 【26题详解】 句意：只有在我的八个室友身边，我才放松了一点，他们愿意慢慢地和我说法语，似乎并不介意我的错误。 relaxed使放松；feared害怕；wondered想知道；questioned质疑。根据“my eight roommates, who were willing to speak French slowly to me”可知，我的室友愿意慢慢地和我说法语，因此这让我放松，故选A。 【27题详解】 句意：只有在我的八个室友身边，我才放松了一点，他们愿意慢慢地和我说法语，似乎并不介意我的错误。 purposes目的；mistakes错误；progress进步；task人物。根据“I only...a little around my eight roommates, who were willing to speak French slowly to me”可知，他们愿意慢慢地和我交流，因此不介意我的错误。故选B。 【28题详解】 句意：老师讲得太快了，他说的几乎每件事我都不知道。 slowly缓慢地；quickly迅速地；clearly清楚地；fluently流畅地。根据“almost everything he said flew right over my head”可知，他说的几乎每件事我都不知道，因此表示老师讲得很快，故选B。 【29题详解】 句意：我坐在前排，记笔记，甚至录下他在课堂上说的每一个字，但无济于事。 something某物；anything任何事；everything一切；nothing没什么。根据“I had no idea what the class was really about.”可知，我不知道这节课是关于什么的，因此我在课上做笔记、录下老师说的每个人，这些都没有帮助，故选D。 【30题详解】 句意：许多年过去了，但我永远不会忘记获得学位对我来说有多难。 that那个；it它；this这个；those那些。It was+形容词+for sb+to do sth表示“对某人来说，做某事是……的”，it是形式状语，to do sth是真正主语，故选B。 六、阅读理解. Almost all animals need to sleep to stay healthy. But sleeping can also be dangerous because other animals may hurt those who are sleeping. This leads to many different ways of sleeping that help them stay safe. Some of these ways may surprise you! Almost all bats sleep upside down. They hang from a branch of a tree or the ceiling of a cave. Up high, bats are safe from most other animals. If they are in danger,they just fly away. A dolphin sleeps with just half its brain at a time. It must stay awake to breathe and to watch for danger. Dolphin mothers and babies can go without sleep for as long as two months to stay safe. Some ducks sleep with just half their brains, too. These ducks often sleep in a line. The ducks at both ends help to keep the group safe. They keep one eye open to watch for danger. The ducks in the middle sleep deeply with both eyes closed. Seals breathe air, but that doesn’t stop some of them from sleeping underwater. They hold their breath and dive deep to sleep for up to twenty minutes at a time. Sleeping deep underwater helps these seals stay safe from animals that hunt them near the surface. Horses often sleep standing up. Their legs lock in place so they don’t fall over. If a horse is lying down, it needs a long time to get up. A horse can run from danger more quickly if it is already standing. Some seabirds can sleep while they fly. These large birds spend most of their lives over the ocean. They are in danger on the water, but they are safe in the air. They fly for many hours without flapping（拍打）their wings. Sometimes they sleep while they are flying. Would you like to sleep how they sleep? 31. The animals that sleep with half their brains are ________. A. ducks and seals B. dolphins and ducks C. bats and dolphins D. horses and sea birds 32. Horses often stand up when they sleep because ________. A. they car run from danger quickly B. they are afraid of falling over C. this helps them to sleep deeply D. it takes them a long time to go to sleep 33 The underlined word “hunt” probably means ________. A. offer to help B. come to teach C. want to kill D. refuse to protect 34. Which of the following statements is true? A. Dolphins actually do not need to sleep. B. Ducks can sleep with their eyes closed. C. Seals can sleep for over twenty minutes at a time. D. Seabirds can sleep with the help of their wings. 35. What is the best title for the passage? A. Sleep as animals do B. Sleep to stay healthy C. How animals sleep D. What sleeping animals are like 【答案】31. B 32. A 33. C 34. B 35. C 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文，介绍了动物需要睡眠来保持健康，但睡眠可能是危险的，因为其它动物可能会伤害那些正在睡觉的动物。文章详细介绍了一些动物的睡眠方式，通过这个方式来保护自己的安全。 【31题详解】 细节理解题。根据第三段“A dolphin sleeps with just half its brain at a time.”和第四段第一句“Some ducks sleep with just half their brains, too.”可知海豚和鸭子只用一半的大脑睡觉，故选B。 【32题详解】 细节理解题。根据第六段“A horse can run from danger more quickly if it is already standing.”可知马站着睡觉是为了能更快的逃离危险，故选A。 【33题详解】 词句猜测题。根据第五段“Sleeping deep underwater helps these seals stay safe from animals that hunt them near the surface.” 推测，此处应理解为睡在深水下能帮助海豹远离那些在水面捕杀它们的动物，hunt意为“捕猎”，选项C符合语境。故选C。 【34题详解】 细节理解题。根据第四段“The ducks in the middle sleep deeply with both eyes closed.”可知鸭子可以闭着眼睛睡觉，选项B描述正确。故选B。 【35题详解】 最佳标题题。根据文章大意及第一段“This leads to many different ways of sleeping that help them stay safe. Some of these ways may surprise you!”可知，文章主要说的是动物如何睡觉，故选C。 Time passes. Wendy cooks for the boys. She is very busy, but she likes being their mother. She doesn’t worry about her mother and father, but she worries about John and Michael. They are starting to forget their old life. Perhaps this is because there are so many exciting adventures in Neverland. One night, for example, the Indians attack their house. Some of the Indians go into the holes in the trees and can’t get out again. The other Indians have to pull them out, like works (瓶塞) from bottles. Another day Peter saves Tiger Lily, an Indian princess, from Captain Hook. The Indians become Peter’s friends after that. They guard the entrances to the house under the ground and protect the Lost Boys from the pirates (海盗). Then another day the pirates try to kill the boys with a poisoned (有毒的) cake. Luckily Wendy takes it from them in time. But then the “Night of Nights” arrives. The children don't know it, but this is the last evening on Neverland. In the house under the ground, Wendy puts John and Michael and the Lost Boys to bed. She starts to tell them their favorite story. Usually Peter puts his hands over his ears because he doesn’t like this story, but tonight he sits and listens with the others. “In this story there is a man,” says Wendy, “and his name is Mr. Darling. And there is a woman and her name is Mrs. Darling. They are married, and they have…” 36. Why do John and Michel start to forget their old life? A. Because the Indians attack their house. B. Because they experience a lot of adventures. C. Because their old life is not good. D. Because they are happy to stay with Wendy. 37. What does Peter do to make him and the Indians become friends? A. He pulls the Indians out of the holes. B. He protects the Lost Boys from the pirates. C. He saves Tiger Lily from the pirates. D. He helps the Indians kill the pirates. 38. Where is Wendy’s and the boys’ house? A. In the tree. B. In the holes. C. Under the ground. D. In the bottles. 39. How many exciting adventures are mentioned in the part? A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. D. Five. 40. What can we infer from the passage? A. John and Michel feel unhappy on Neverland. B. Peter doesn’t want Wendy to go home. C. Wendy doesn’t miss her parents at all. D. The Indians are bad people. 【答案】36. B 37. C 38. C 39. B 40. B 【解析】 【导语】本文主要讲述了温迪和她的孩子回忆在Neverland经历的冒险之旅。 【36题详解】 细节理解题。根据“They are starting to forget their old life. Perhaps this is because there are so many exciting adventures in Neverland.”可知，是因为他们经历了很多冒险。故选B。 【37题详解】 细节理解题。根据“Another day Peter saves Tiger Lily, an Indian princess, from Captain Hook. The Indians become Peter’s friends after that.”可知，彼得救了虎莲公主之后，他和印第安人成为了朋友。故选C。 【38题详解】 细节理解题。 根据“In the house under the ground, Wendy puts John and Michael and the Lost Boys to bed.”可知，温蒂和男孩们的家在地下。 故选C。 【39题详解】 细节理解题。 根据“One night, for example, the Indians attack their house.”和“Another day Peter saves Tiger Lily, an Indian princess, from Captain Hook.”以及最后一段“Then another day the pirates try to kill the boys with a poisoned (有毒的) cake.”可知，文章提到了3次激动人心的冒险。故选B。 【40题详解】 推理判断题. 根据“She starts to tell them their favorite story. Usually Peter puts his hands over his ears because he doesn’t like this story, but tonight he sits and listens with the others. ‘In this story there is a man,’ says Wendy, ‘and his name is Mrs. Darling. And there is a woman and her name is Mrs. Darling. They are married, and they have…’”可知，彼得一改常态，认真地听故事，可见他不想让温蒂回家。故选B。 请阅读下面短文，根据语篇内容，从所给的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，使短文意思通顺，选项中有一项为多余项。 Courage is often thought to be one of the important spirits everyone needs. Then what is courage? ___41___ One isn’t necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential(潜力). Kids build courage as they are growing up. Many people talk about connections between courage and fear. ___42___ If there is no fear, there is no need for courage. That is to say, courage is the ability to do what makes you feel afraid. Courage doesn’t only mean great actions such as saving one’s life or taking a big risk. ___43___ For example, we show courage when we raise our hand to answer a hard question during class or try a new sport. Courage is in everyday choices we make. Can you be kind to the new kid in class? ___44___ Or can you stand up for someone in need? Often, these things don’t come with praise, but they need courage. ___45___ When we become brave enough to face failure, we’ll be more willing to try new things and try again after we fail. Courage doesn’t always shout. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says, “I’ll try again tomorrow.” A. You should learn to speak in public. B. It is the ability to do something difficult. C. Courage always stands side by side with fear. D. Can you listen to the new person in your group? E. Learning to fail is another important part of courage. F. Courage also means the smaller actions of our everyday lives. 【答案】41. B 42. C 43. F 44. D 45. E 【解析】 【导语】本文介绍勇气是在我们生活中的各种情况下都能勇敢面对的能力。在该文中作者就如何才能建立起我们的勇气给出了一些建议。 【41题详解】 根据“ Then what is courage?”可知，此处应该介绍勇气的含义，选项B“它是做困难事情的能力。”符合语境，故选B。 【42题详解】 根据“If there is no fear, there is no need for courage.”可知，如果没有恐惧，就不需要勇气，所以二者是共存的，选项C“勇气总是与恐惧并肩而行。”符合语境，故选C。 【43题详解】 根据“Courage doesn’t only mean great actions such as saving one’s life or taking a big risk.”可知，勇气不仅意味着挽救生命或冒大风险等伟大的行动，选项F“勇气也意味着我们日常生活中的小事。”符合语境，故选F。 【44题详解】 根据“Can you be kind to the new kid in class? ...Or can you stand up for someone in need?”可知，此处也应是一个Can开头的一般疑问句，选项D“你能听听小组里新来的人的声音吗？”符合语境，故选D。 【45题详解】 根据“When we become brave enough to face failure, we’ll be more willing to try new things and try again after we fail.”可知，当我们变得足够勇敢面对失败，我们会更愿意尝试新事物，并在我们失败后再次尝试。 此处强调勇气与失败的关系，选项E“学会失败是勇气的另一个重要组成部分。”符合语境，故选E。 八、阅读匹配. 下面的材料A-F分别介绍了六项志愿者的工作内容，请根据John, Lily, Becky, Andy, Jenny五位同学的意愿，帮助他们选择合适的志愿者工作。 ___46___. John: I want to do something meaningful. I love keeping pets and I’m good at taking care of them. ___47___. Lily: I hope I can listen to music while I’m working. I’ll be happier if I can see famous singers. It’s my big dream. ___48___. Becky: I’m a book lover. How I wish I could work in a place full of books! That will give me a chance to read books. ___49___. Andy: I like playing sports and I can play all kinds of sports. I think they are fun and important. I hope to teach someone to play sports. ___50___. Jenny: I once watched a film about a girl whose parents died when she was young. I felt sorry for her and decided to go somewhere to help children in need. A. The holiday is coming soon. As more people will come to the Central Library, we need some helpers to sort (整理) the books and put them in order on the shelves. B. Beautiful World is a charity shop. It raises money by collecting old clothes and selling them to help sick people. It needs volunteers to help tidy the clothes. C First Children’s Home welcomes students who are kind and careful. We hope you will enjoy sharing your love and joy with the lonely children. D. Sunshine Pets Centre is looking for volunteers to help look after the pets. It will be better if you have experience of keeping pets. You will also learn a lot about keeping pets here. E. Exercise Together needs an assistant (助理) to guide people to exercise. But you must love sports and be patient with people. F. A lot of volunteers are needed for the Leeds Festival. It is a large music festival that will be held at the end of August. Many singers will take part in it and thousands of fans will be there. So we need you. 【答案】46. D 47. F 48. A 49. E 50. C 【解析】 【导语】本文是五位同学的医院和六项志愿工作介绍，根据不同的意愿匹配出不同的志愿服务。 【46题详解】 根据“John: ... I love keeping pets and I’m good at taking care of them.”可知，约翰喜欢养宠物，比如狗狗和猫猫，他擅长照顾它们。D选项“阳光宠物中心在寻找志愿者帮助照顾宠物，如果有养宠物的经验更好，你还会学到很多关于养宠物的知识。”与之对应。故选D。 【47题详解】 根据“Lily: I hope I can listen to music while I’m working. I’ll be happier if I can see famous singers. It’s my big dream.”可知，莉莉希望工作时可以听音乐，如果可以亲自看到出名的歌手她会更开心，因为是她的梦想。F选项“利兹音乐节需要很多志愿者……许多歌手将参加，成千上万的歌迷将会到场。”与之对应。故选F。 【48题详解】 根据“Becky: I’m a book lover. How I wish I could work in a place full of books! That will give me a chance to read books.”可知，贝基是个书迷，希望能在一个充满书的地方工作。A选项“假期马上就要到了，由于来中央图书馆的人越来越多，我们需要一些帮手把书分类，并把它们整齐地放在书架上。”与之对应。故选A。 【49题详解】 根据“Andy: I like playing sports and I can play all kinds of sports. I think they are fun and important. I hope to teach someone to play sports.”可知，安迪喜欢做运动，会做各种运动；他认为有趣又很重要，希望教某人做运动。E选项“一起锻炼需要一个助手来指导人们锻炼。但是你必须热爱运动，对人要有耐心。”与之对应。故选E。 【50题详解】 根据“Jenny: I once watched a film about a girl whose parents died when she was young. I felt sorry for her and decided to go somewhere to help children in need.”可知，珍妮受电影启发，决定去某个地方帮助有需求的孩子们。C选项“第一儿童之家欢迎善良细心的学生。我们希望你能与孤独的孩子们分享你的爱和快乐。”与之对应。故选C。 九、语法填空. AI (人工智能) makes our lives easier and better. Let’s see some amazing AI products. A cool driverless bus A bus door opens and we get on. Wait Where is the driver? Here is a new kind of driverless bus ____51____ (call) Apolong. It has 14 seats and doesn’t need a driver. The bus follows traffic rule ____52____ (care). It stops as soon as it sees a stop light. An AI friend This is Xiaobing, a chat robot. It speaks like a 17-year-old girl. ____53____ we feel lonely, we can talk with it. It is good at singing, writing poems and ____54____ (tell) stories. It wants to be our friend! An AI anchor (主播） Hey, look! The famous Chinese anchor Qiu Hao ____55____ (report) the news for us. However, is “he” really Qiu Hao? The answer is “no”. This is the world’s ____56____ (one) AI anchor. It looks and speaks just like ____57____ real person. It can work 24 hours and doesn’t make any mistakes. We might see it on TV soon. An AI painting This ____58____ (value) painting was at an auction (拍卖) in 2020. It attracted a lot of people. It is not a work by a famous painter, such as Vincent van Gogh. It was painted by an AI artist. Three ____59____ (Germany) created the AI artist. It studied over 15,000 paintings. ____60____ this way, it learnt to paint. 【答案】51. called 52. carefully 53. If 54. telling 55. is reporting 56. first 57. a 58. valuable 59. Germans 60. In 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。本文通过介绍无人驾驶巴士、聊天机器人、第一个人工智能主播和人工智能画家四种人工智能技术的应用，说明了人工智能使我们的生活更轻松、更好。 【51题详解】 句意：这是一种叫做Apolong的新型无人驾驶巴士。根据“Here is a new kind of driverless bus...(call) Apolong.”可知，空格部分作定语，Apolong与call之间构成被动关系，因此用过去分词called作后置定语。故填called。 【52题详解】 句意：这辆公共汽车严格遵守交通规则。修饰动词follows需用副词，care“关心”的副词形式为carefully。故填carefully。 【53题详解】 句意：如果我们感到孤独，我们可以和它说话。 根据空前后关系可知，需用If引导条件状语从句，位于句首首字母大写。故填If。 【54题详解】 句意：它擅长唱歌、写诗和讲故事。空格部分作介词at的宾语，与singing和writing构成并列关系，因此用动名词形式。故填telling。 【55题详解】 句意：中国著名主持人邱昊正在为我们报道新闻。根据“Hey, look!”可知，此处用现在进行时，用“am/is/are doing”结构，主语为第三人称单数，因此be动词用is。故填is reporting。 【56题详解】 句意：这是世界上第一个人工智能主播。 根据“This is the world’s...(one) AI anchor.”可知，可知空处表示“第一个”，因此用序数词形式，one为基数词，其序数词为first。故填first。 【57题详解】 句意：它看起来和说话就像一个真人。根据“like...real person.”可知，person在此处表示泛指，前面加不定冠词，real以辅音音素开头，因此需冠词a。故填a。 【58题详解】 句意：这幅非常名贵的画是在2020年的一次拍卖会上拍的。 根据“This...painting”可知，这是一幅名贵的画，因此用形容词valuable“有价值的，珍贵的”，作定语修饰名词painting。故填valuable。 【59题详解】 句意：三个德国人创造了人工智能艺术家。根据“Three... created...”可知，此处指三个德国人创造了人工智能艺术家，因此用German“德国人”，数词Three后面用复数形式。故填Germans。 【60题详解】 句意：以这种方式，它学会了画画。in this way为固定搭配，意为“以这种方式”，位于句首首字母大写。故填In。 十、翻译. 61. 我们应该鼓励他们而不是嘲笑他们。 We should encourage them ________ ________ laughing at them. 【答案】 ①. instead ②. of 【解析】 【详解】根据中英文对照可知，instead of表示“而不是”，为固定短语。故填instead；of。 62. 她信守了承诺，定期去看望姑妈。 She ________ her ________ to visit her aunt regularly. 【答案】 ①. kept ②. promise 【解析】 【详解】keep one’s promise“信守诺言”，固定短语；由题干可知时态用一般过去时，动词keep应用过去式。故填kept；promise。 63. 他弹吉他，还自己创作歌曲。 He plays the guitar. ________ ________, he writes his own songs. 【答案】 ①. In ②. addition 【解析】 【详解】根据中英文对照可知，空处缺少“还”，用介词短语in addition“此外”表示，空前为句号，此处介词in首字母应大写。故填In；addition。 64. 如果我是你，我就远离网络。 If I were you, I would ________ ________ the Internet. 【答案】 ①. keep ②. off 【解析】 【详解】keep off“远离”，would后接动词原形，故填keep；off。 65. 这个社区依靠旅游业维持生活. The community ________ ________ the tourism for its survival. 【答案】 ①. depends ②. on 【解析】 【详解】depend on“依靠”，此句是陈述事实，主语是单数形式，动词用三单，故填depends；on。 十一、写出所给词的正确形式. 66. This game is not ________ (challenge) enough for Kate. It makes her bored. 【答案】challenging 【解析】 【详解】句意：这个游戏对凯特来说挑战性不够。这让她很无聊。空处作表语，应用形容词形式，challenge“挑战”，名词或动词，形容词是challenging“挑战性的”，故填challenging。 67. The new bridge is ________ different from the old one. （total） 【答案】totally 【解析】 【详解】句意：这座新桥和那座旧桥完全不同。空处修饰剧中的形容词，应用副词，故填totally。 68. There are many _________ (different) between living in a big city and living in the country. 【答案】differences 【解析】 【详解】句意：居住在大城市和居住在乡村之间有很多不同之处。many“许多”后面跟可数名词复数，different“不同的”，形容词，名词形式是difference，复数是differences。故填differences。 69 They dealt with the trouble things ________ (intelligence). 【答案】intelligently 【解析】 【详解】句意：他们聪明地处理了这些麻烦事。intelligence是名词，意为“智力、智慧”，需要变成副词intelligently，表示“聪明地、机智地”来修饰动词。故填intelligently。 70. Edison is one of the greatest ________ (invent) in the world. 【答案】inventors 【解析】 【详解】句意：Edison是世界上最伟大的发明者之一。根据常识可知，Edison是发明家，one of+the+形容词最高级+名词复数，表示“最……之一”，invent“发明”为动词，inventors意为“发明家”。故填inventors。 71. The old teacher still works hard though he is in his ________ (sixty). 【答案】sixties 【解析】 【详解】句意：这位老教师虽然已经六十多岁了，但仍然努力工作。短语in one's＋基数词复数，表示在某人多少岁时，为固定用法。故填sixties。 72. If an invention is not ________ (practice), it’s useless and meaningless. 【答案】practical 【解析】 【详解】句意：如果一项发明不实用，它毫无用处，毫无意义。practice“实践”，是动词，practical“实用的”，是形容词，作为系动词is的表语，用形容词，故填practical。 73. I question the ________ (wise) of giving a child so much money. 【答案】wisdom 【解析】 【详解】句意：我怀疑给孩子这么多钱是否明智。句子中定冠词the后面跟名词形式，wise的名词是wisdom。故填wisdom。 74 He ________ (success) in swimming across the river when he was young. 【答案】succeeded 【解析】 【详解】根据题干可知“他年轻时成功地游过了这条河”，其中划线处缺一个动词作谓语。由“when he was young”可知该句用一般过去时，结构是：主语+动词过去式。success表示成功，名词，其动词是succeed，过去式是succeeded。succeed in doing sth表示“成功做到某事”。故填succeeded。 75. How much time do you spend ________ (play) basketball every week? 【答案】playing 【解析】 【详解】句意：你每星期花多少时间打篮球？spend time doing sth.“花费时间做某事”，故此处应用动名词playing。故填playing。 十二、默写. 76. 默写 Leonardo da Vinci was ________, inventor, musician, engineer and scientist. Da Vinci was born ________. From an early age, he showed great intelligence and ________. ________ older, he learnt to do many different things. His paintings are very famous, and one, the Mona Lisa, is perhaps ________ painting in the world. He also ________. For example, ________ some interesting drawings of flying machines. 【答案】 ①. an Italian painter ②. in the countryside ③. artistic ability ④. As he grew ⑤. the most famous ⑥. had many inventions ⑦. his notebooks include 【解析】 【详解】解析略，可根据教材原文得出答案。 77. What can we do with computers? We can use computers to calculate. They can calculate at ________ than we can and almost never ________. We can also ________ things with them. In addition, computers can do important jobs like ________ and flying planes and spaceships. Is a computer ________ me? The answer is “No”. Your brain can ________ but computers cannot. However, one day computers may ________ do a better job than human beings. 【答案】 ①. a faster speed ②. give wrong answers ③. type and draw ④. operating railways ⑤. cleverer than ⑥. produce new ideas ⑦. be able to 【解析】 【详解】解析略，可根据教材原文得出答案。 78. That night, in the main square of the city, all the Trojans celebrated. They ________ around the horse, and made jokes about the stupid Greeks. “I haven’t laughed like this ________,” the captain said. After the party, they locked all the gates of the city and then all ________. By midnight, the main square was empty, ________ the huge horse. Suddenly a secret door opened on the side of ________. The horse ________ Greek soldiers! They quietly climbed out of the horse one by one. 【答案】 ①. sang and danced ②. since my childhood ③. went to sleep ④. except for ⑤. the wooden horse ⑥. was full of 【解析】 【详解】解析略，可根据教材原文得出答案。 十三、作文. 79. 上一周,学校开展了以“远离网游，走近经典”为主题的校园活动。假如你是学校英语电台的记者，请你按照所提示的要点，写一篇英语新闻报道。 活动目的 1. 帮助学生培养良好的阅读习惯； 2. …… 活动内容 1. 邀请了专家介绍网游的危害； 2. 召开了班会讨论阅读的重要性； 学生的感受 自由发挥，至少一点。 要求： 1. 80词左右，开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数内； 2. 文中不得出现真实姓名和校名； 3. 可适当增加细节，以使条理清除、行文连贯； 4. 标点正确，书面整洁。 参考词汇： 远离 stay away from 养成习惯 get into a habit of Last week, our school held a themed activity “Stay away from online games and get close to classic books”. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】例文: Last week, our school held a themed activity “Stay away from online games and get close to classic books”. Here are some exact details towards it. It is not only to help students with getting into a better habit of reading but also foster students to learn more about Chinese classic stories which also benefit them of broadening their horizons. During this period of time, our school invited some experts to explain the dangers behind playing the online games. And also, the importance of reading had been discussed in our meeting after the seminar. All the students were astonished by these invisible risks and determined to control the time frame of using the internet. We overwhelmingly welcome this activity and are looking forward to the next series of themed programs. 【解析】 【详解】[总体分析] ① 题材：本文是一篇新闻报道； ② 时态：时态为“一般过去时”； 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，开门见山，引出主题； 第二步，阐述此次活动的目的及活动内容； 第三步，表达学生的感受，结束文章。 [亮点词汇] ①not only... but also...不但……而且……； ②look forward to期待；盼望； [高分句型] ①Here are some exact details towards it. (here be引导的倒装句) ②It is not only to help students with getting into a better habit of reading but also foster students to learn more about Chinese classic stories which also benefit them of broadening their horizons. (which引导的定语从句) 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$ 2023-2024学年广东省深圳市龙岗区百合外国语学校八年级（上）期中英语试卷 一、Listen to ten short conversations and choose the best answers. Each conversation will be read twice. 1. How many tickets did the boy buy? A One. B. Two. C. Three. 2. What does the girl have to do? A. Do her homework. B. Look after her sister. C. Watch the swimming race. 3. When will the basketball game begin? A. At 6: 30. B. At 7: 00. C. At 7: 30. 4. What does Jane's father like? A. Potatoes. B. Cabbage. C. Tomatoes. 5. How will they go to the sports center? A. On foot. B. By bus. C. By bike. 6. Who doesn't like Peking Opera? A. Jack. B. Kate. C. Lucy. 7. Why is Tony unhappy? A. Because he argue s with his friends. B. Because he doesn't have any friends. C. Because he doesn't like his friends. 8. When will the man go to Weihai? A. On October 6th. B. On October 16th. C. On October 26th. 9. Where are the two speakers? A. In a restaurant. B. In a museum. C. In a clothes store. 10. What does Rose mean? A. There is no need to do chores. B. Daniel should help her with some chores. C. Children should help their parents do some chores. 二、Listen to a passage and choose the best answers. The passage will be read twice. 11. 1. The boy went to his grandfather because_______. A. he broke the model plane B. school was over C. he bad a fight 2. The good tiger________everything around him. A is angry with B. is good with C. is interested in 3. Which sentence about the bad tiger is TRUE? A. He fights without any reason. B. He fights because others hate him. C. He fights because others can't think carefully. 4. Why does the good tiger control the grandfather? A. Because the good tiger is kind and friendly. B. Because the grandfather hates the bad tiger. C. Because the grandfather treats the good tiger well. 5. The writer wants to tell us" _______". A. how to feed tigers well B. how to control our feelings C. how to make others like you 三、Listen to a passage and fill in the blanks. The passage will be read twice. Mary's Saturday In the morning She helped her mother to buy some food. Then She went to see her grandparents. They ________ ________for her grandparents. In the afternoon She helped Miss Lee in the school library for an hour. She ________ a lot of old books ________ ________. She ________ ________ with her cousin for two hours. In the evening She went to Gina's ________ ________ with some friends. She felt ________.The party finished at 9: 00 pm. 四、单项选择题,选出一个最佳答案,并将答题卡对应题目所选的项涂黑. 1. The zoo keeper doesn’t allow ________ here. A. smoke B. to smoke C. smoking D. smokes 2 Elizabeth ________ this book ________ she was a teenager. A. has bought; since B. bought; since C. has had; since D. has bought; from 3. Stephen Hawing, a great scientist, had a strong will. His serious illness never ______ him _______ living a meaningful and colorful life. A. learned;from B. protected;from C. saved;from D. stopped;from 4. Although we are good friends,it doesn't mean that you can ________ me all the time. A. make jokes about B. laughing at C. make a fun of D. playing tricks on 5. It’s said that ________ of the water around the world ________ polluted. A. two thirds; has B. two thirds; is C. two third; are D. two thirds; have 6. Daniel was ________ a bad mood and didn’t talk to ________. A. on; something B. with; anybody C. in; anybody D. in; somebody 7. —Why do you like living in the countryside? —Because there’s ________ noise and fewer cars there. A. little B. less C. few D. fewer 8. —Do you know the meanings of these new words? —Sorry, I don’t. Let’s ________ in the dictionary. A. look up them B. look up it C. look them up D. look it up 9. All of you went to the zoo ________ Wang Hai. He had to look after his grandma. A. besides B. with C. except D. beside 10. They were all very tired, but _______ of them would stop to take a rest. A. any B. some C. none D. neither 11. Our school team ________ the red team from another school and we ________ the game. A. fought; beat B. visited; challenged C. beat; won D. welcomed; beat 12. —Where’s Peter? —He ________ Egypt. He has already ________ there for two months. A. has gone to; been B. has been to; went C. has gone to; gone D. has been in; gone 13. Can you imagine what life will be like in ________ time? A. 20 years’ B. 20 year’s C. 20-years’ D. 20-year 14. —Why don’t you like winter in Beijing? —Because it is __________ winter in Guangzhou. A. as cold as B. much colder than C. not so clod as D. not colder than 15. Laws should be passed to protect tigers. Otherwise, they are certain to ________. A. die out B. die of C. die away D. die down 16. Nanning isn't so large Shanghai; however, it's the second city in East China. A. like; largest B. as; largest C. like; large D. as; large 17. has Mr. White been a member of Greener China since he to China? A. How soon, comes B. How often, got C. How long, came D. How far, arrived 18. I usually forget ________ the door. But I remembered________ it when I left home yesterday. A. to close, to close B. closing, closing C. closing, to close D. to close, closing 19. Zhao Lan ________ already ________ in this school for two years. A. was; studying B. will; study C. has; studied D. is; studying 20. Lily looked forward to ________ full grades sometimes but her parents expected her ________ full grades every time. A. getting; getting B. getting; to get C. get; getting D. get; to get 五、完形填空 阅读短文,从所给的四个选项A、B、C、D中，选出可以入空白处的最佳选项并将答题卡对应题目所选的选项涂黑。 As a university student, I decided to learn French. For some reason I really liked the language, but I was not very good at learning it. The grammar ____21____ me a lot and even drove me crazy. My only advantage was ____22____—I got an A in every word test I took. After two years of studies, I struggled to communicate in ____23____ French and signed up to study in France to complete my degree. It was the ____24____ term I would ever have. The moment I arrived in France, I felt like I was starting from scratch (从头开始). The French I’d learned in university wasn’t practical for everyday conversations. It is difficult for me to get around, read emails and talk with my classmates. I was often nervous at school, worried about ____25____ I could understand my teachers in class. I only ____26____ a little around my eight roommates, who were willing to speak French slowly to me and didn’t seem to mind my ____27____. I chose to study three courses—reading & writing, grammar and history. The history class was a big challenge for me. The teacher spoke so ____28____ that almost everything he said flew right over my head. I sat in the front, took notes and even recorded every single word he said in class, but ____29____ helped. I had no idea what the class was really about. Years have passed, but I never forget how hard _____30_____ was for me to manage to get my degree. I think my failure that term taught me just as much as my success. 21 A. gave B. helped C. troubled D. offered 22. A. listening B. spelling C. speaking D. writing 23. A. perfect B. poor C. beautiful D. pure 24. A. hardest B. easiest C. happiest D. shortest 25. A. what B. whether C. that D. since 26. A. relaxed B. feared C. wondered D. questioned 27. A. purposes B. mistakes C. progress D. task 28. A. slowly B. quickly C. clearly D. fluently 29. A. something B. anything C. everything D. nothing 30. A. that B. it C. this D. those 六、阅读理解. Almost all animals need to sleep to stay healthy. But sleeping can also be dangerous because other animals may hurt those who are sleeping. This leads to many different ways of sleeping that help them stay safe. Some of these ways may surprise you! Almost all bats sleep upside down. They hang from a branch of a tree or the ceiling of a cave. Up high, bats are safe from most other animals. If they are in danger,they just fly away. A dolphin sleeps with just half its brain at a time. It must stay awake to breathe and to watch for danger. Dolphin mothers and babies can go without sleep for as long as two months to stay safe. Some ducks sleep with just half their brains, too. These ducks often sleep in a line. The ducks at both ends help to keep the group safe. They keep one eye open to watch for danger. The ducks in the middle sleep deeply with both eyes closed. Seals breathe air, but that doesn’t stop some of them from sleeping underwater. They hold their breath and dive deep to sleep for up to twenty minutes at a time. Sleeping deep underwater helps these seals stay safe from animals that hunt them near the surface. Horses often sleep standing up. Their legs lock in place so they don’t fall over. If a horse is lying down, it needs a long time to get up. A horse can run from danger more quickly if it is already standing. Some seabirds can sleep while they fly. These large birds spend most of their lives over the ocean. They are in danger on the water, but they are safe in the air. They fly for many hours without flapping（拍打）their wings. Sometimes they sleep while they are flying. Would you like to sleep how they sleep? 31. The animals that sleep with half their brains are ________. A. ducks and seals B. dolphins and ducks C. bats and dolphins D. horses and sea birds 32. Horses often stand up when they sleep because ________. A. they car run from danger quickly B. they are afraid of falling over C. this helps them to sleep deeply D. it takes them a long time to go to sleep 33. The underlined word “hunt” probably means ________. A. offer to help B. come to teach C. want to kill D. refuse to protect 34. Which of the following statements is true? A. Dolphins actually do not need to sleep. B. Ducks can sleep with their eyes closed. C. Seals can sleep for over twenty minutes at a time. D. Seabirds can sleep with the help of their wings. 35. What is the best title for the passage? A. Sleep as animals do B. Sleep to stay healthy C. How animals sleep D. What sleeping animals are like Time passes. Wendy cooks for the boys. She is very busy, but she likes being their mother. She doesn’t worry about her mother and father, but she worries about John and Michael. They are starting to forget their old life. Perhaps this is because there are so many exciting adventures in Neverland. One night, for example, the Indians attack their house. Some of the Indians go into the holes in the trees and can’t get out again. The other Indians have to pull them out, like works (瓶塞) from bottles. Another day Peter saves Tiger Lily, an Indian princess, from Captain Hook. The Indians become Peter’s friends after that. They guard the entrances to the house under the ground and protect the Lost Boys from the pirates (海盗). Then another day the pirates try to kill the boys with a poisoned (有毒的) cake. Luckily Wendy takes it from them in time. But then the “Night of Nights” arrives. The children don't know it, but this is the last evening on Neverland. In the house under the ground, Wendy puts John and Michael and the Lost Boys to bed. She starts to tell them their favorite story. Usually Peter puts his hands over his ears because he doesn’t like this story, but tonight he sits and listens with the others. “In this story there is a man,” says Wendy, “and his name is Mr. Darling. And there is a woman and her name is Mrs. Darling. They are married, and they have…” 36. Why do John and Michel start to forget their old life? A. Because the Indians attack their house. B. Because they experience a lot of adventures. C. Because their old life is not good. D. Because they are happy to stay with Wendy. 37. What does Peter do to make him and the Indians become friends? A. He pulls the Indians out of the holes. B. He protects the Lost Boys from the pirates. C. He saves Tiger Lily from the pirates. D. He helps the Indians kill the pirates. 38. Where is Wendy’s and the boys’ house? A. In the tree. B. In the holes. C. Under the ground. D. In the bottles. 39. How many exciting adventures are mentioned in the part? A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. D. Five. 40. What can we infer from the passage? A. John and Michel feel unhappy on Neverland. B. Peter doesn’t want Wendy to go home. C. Wendy doesn’t miss her parents at all. D. The Indians are bad people. 请阅读下面短文，根据语篇内容，从所给的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，使短文意思通顺，选项中有一项为多余项。 Courage is often thought to be one of the important spirits everyone needs. Then what is courage? ___41___ One isn’t necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential(潜力). Kids build courage as they are growing up. Many people talk about connections between courage and fear. ___42___ If there is no fear, there is no need for courage. That is to say, courage is the ability to do what makes you feel afraid. Courage doesn’t only mean great actions such as saving one’s life or taking a big risk. ___43___ For example, we show courage when we raise our hand to answer a hard question during class or try a new sport. Courage is in everyday choices we make. Can you be kind to the new kid in class? ___44___ Or can you stand up for someone in need? Often, these things don’t come with praise, but they need courage. ___45___ When we become brave enough to face failure, we’ll be more willing to try new things and try again after we fail. Courage doesn’t always shout. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says, “I’ll try again tomorrow.” A. You should learn to speak in public. B. It is the ability to do something difficult. C. Courage always stands side by side with fear. D. Can you listen to the new person in your group? E. Learning to fail is another important part of courage. F. Courage also means the smaller actions of our everyday lives. 八、阅读匹配. 下面的材料A-F分别介绍了六项志愿者的工作内容，请根据John, Lily, Becky, Andy, Jenny五位同学的意愿，帮助他们选择合适的志愿者工作。 ___46___. John: I want to do something meaningful. I love keeping pets and I’m good at taking care of them. ___47___. Lily: I hope I can listen to music while I’m working. I’ll be happier if I can see famous singers. It’s my big dream. ___48___. Becky: I’m a book lover. How I wish I could work in a place full of books! That will give me a chance to read books. ___49___. Andy: I like playing sports and I can play all kinds of sports. I think they are fun and important. I hope to teach someone to play sports. ___50___. Jenny: I once watched a film about a girl whose parents died when she was young. I felt sorry for her and decided to go somewhere to help children in need. A. The holiday is coming soon. As more people will come to the Central Library, we need some helpers to sort (整理) the books and put them in order on the shelves. B. Beautiful World is a charity shop. It raises money by collecting old clothes and selling them to help sick people. It needs volunteers to help tidy the clothes. C. First Children’s Home welcomes students who are kind and careful. We hope you will enjoy sharing your love and joy with the lonely children. D. Sunshine Pets Centre is looking for volunteers to help look after the pets. It will be better if you have experience of keeping pets. You will also learn a lot about keeping pets here. E. Exercise Together needs an assistant (助理) to guide people to exercise. But you must love sports and be patient with people. F. A lot of volunteers are needed for the Leeds Festival. It is a large music festival that will be held at the end of August. Many singers will take part in it and thousands of fans will be there. So we need you. 九、语法填空. AI (人工智能) makes our lives easier and better. Let’s see some amazing AI products. A cool driverless bus A bus door opens and we get on. Wait Where is the driver? Here is a new kind of driverless bus ____51____ (call) Apolong. It has 14 seats and doesn’t need a driver. The bus follows traffic rule ____52____ (care). It stops as soon as it sees a stop light. An AI friend This is Xiaobing, a chat robot. It speaks like a 17-year-old girl. ____53____ we feel lonely, we can talk with it. It is good at singing, writing poems and ____54____ (tell) stories. It wants to be our friend! An AI anchor (主播） Hey, look! The famous Chinese anchor Qiu Hao ____55____ (report) the news for us. However, is “he” really Qiu Hao? The answer is “no”. This is the world’s ____56____ (one) AI anchor. It looks and speaks just like ____57____ real person. It can work 24 hours and doesn’t make any mistakes. We might see it on TV soon. An AI painting This ____58____ (value) painting was at an auction (拍卖) in 2020. It attracted a lot of people. It is not a work by a famous painter, such as Vincent van Gogh. It was painted by an AI artist. Three ____59____ (Germany) created the AI artist. It studied over 15,000 paintings. ____60____ this way, it learnt to paint. 十、翻译. 61. 我们应该鼓励他们而不是嘲笑他们。 We should encourage them ________ ________ laughing at them. 62. 她信守了承诺，定期去看望姑妈。 She ________ her ________ to visit her aunt regularly. 63. 他弹吉他，还自己创作歌曲。 He plays the guitar. ________ ________, he writes his own songs. 64. 如果我是你，我就远离网络。 If I were you, I would ________ ________ the Internet. 65. 这个社区依靠旅游业维持生活. The community ________ ________ the tourism for its survival. 十一、写出所给词的正确形式. 66. This game is not ________ (challenge) enough for Kate. It makes her bored. 67. The new bridge is ________ different from the old one. （total） 68. There are many _________ (different) between living in a big city and living in the country. 69. They dealt with the trouble things ________ (intelligence). 70. Edison is one of the greatest ________ (invent) in the world. 71. The old teacher still works hard though he is in his ________ (sixty). 72. If an invention is not ________ (practice), it’s useless and meaningless. 73. I question the ________ (wise) of giving a child so much money. 74. He ________ (success) in swimming across the river when he was young. 75. How much time do you spend ________ (play) basketball every week? 十二、默写. 76. 默写 Leonardo da Vinci was ________, inventor, musician, engineer and scientist. Da Vinci was born ________. From an early age, he showed great intelligence and ________. ________ older, he learnt to do many different things. His paintings are very famous, and one, the Mona Lisa, is perhaps ________ painting in the world. He also ________. For example, ________ some interesting drawings of flying machines. 77. What can we do with computers? We can use computers to calculate. They can calculate at ________ than we can and almost never ________. We can also ________ things with them. In addition, computers can do important jobs like ________ and flying planes and spaceships. Is a computer ________ me? The answer is “No”. Your brain can ________ but computers cannot. However, one day computers may ________ do a better job than human beings. 78. That night, in the main square of the city, all the Trojans celebrated. They ________ around the horse, and made jokes about the stupid Greeks. “I haven’t laughed like this ________,” the captain said. After the party, they locked all the gates of the city and then all ________. By midnight, the main square was empty, ________ the huge horse. Suddenly a secret door opened on the side of ________. The horse ________ Greek soldiers! They quietly climbed out of the horse one by one. 十三、作文. 79. 上一周,学校开展了以“远离网游，走近经典”为主题的校园活动。假如你是学校英语电台的记者，请你按照所提示的要点，写一篇英语新闻报道。 活动目的 1. 帮助学生培养良好的阅读习惯； 2. …… 活动内容 1. 邀请了专家介绍网游的危害； 2. 召开了班会讨论阅读的重要性； 学生的感受 自由发挥，至少一点。 要求： 1. 80词左右，开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数内； 2. 文中不得出现真实姓名和校名； 3. 可适当增加细节，以使条理清除、行文连贯； 4. 标点正确，书面整洁。 参考词汇： 远离 stay away from 养成习惯 get into a habit of Last week, our school held a themed activity “Stay away from online games and get close to classic books”. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$