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2023-2024学年度第二学期期末教学质量检测 八年级英语科试卷 说明：全卷共8页，考试时间为90分钟，满分120分。 听说应用（30分） 一、听句子（本题共5小题，每小题1分，共5分） 根据所听内容，选择符合题意的图画回答问题，并将最佳选项的字母编号填写在题前括号内。每个句子听两遍。 1. What does Joe want to be? 2. When did the speaker’s dad get home tonight? 3. Which is Jack’s favorite animal? 4. What is Sally doing? 5. What sport is Bob doing? 二、听对话（本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分） 请根据每段对话的内容回答问题，从每小题所给的三个选项中选出一个最佳答案，并将其字母编号填写在题前括号内。每段对话听两遍。 6. What would the man like to order? A. Milk. B. Coffee. C. Juice. 7. How will the weather be this afternoon? A. Windy. B. Cloudy. C. Sunny. 8. Who has been to the Chimelong Water Park? A. The boy. B. The girl. C. Neither of them. 9. How many labor classes(劳动课) does Jim have a week? A. One. B. Two. C. Three. 10. How much was the cat? A.220 yuan. B. 200 dollars. C.220 dollars. 听第六段对话，回答第11-12 小题。 11. What is James going to do this summer holiday? A. Visit his grandparents. B. Visit his friends. C. Visit some cities in the west. 12. How soon will James return? A. In about a week. B. In about ten days. C. In about half a month. 听第七段对话，回答第13-15小题。 13. What was Susan doing when Robert called her last night? A. She was reading. B. She was singing. C. She was watching a film. 14. Why can’t Susan climb the Xihu Mountain tomorrow morning? A. Because she’ll have to stay at home and study. B. Because she’ll see a film in the cinema. C. Because she’ll call up Robert. 15. How will they get there? A. By bike. B. By bus. C. By taxi. 三、听短文（本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分） 请根据所听内容，在每小题所给的三个选项中选出一个最佳答案，并将其字母编号填写在题前括号内。短文听两遍。 16. What was William Shakespeare good at writing? A. Plays and news. B. Plays and poems(诗歌). C. plays and novels(小说). 17. Which of the following Shakespeare’s works is not mentioned in the passage? A. Hamlet. B. Romeo and Juliet. C. A Midsummer Night’s Dream. 18. How could William Shakespeare make money? A. By writing plays. B. By writing poems. C. By acting. 19. When did Shakespeare die? A. In 1585. B. In 1616. C. In 1564. 20. How many plays did Shakespear e write in his lifetime? A. About 38. B. About 49. C. About 52. 四、听填信息（本大题共5小题，每小题1分，共5分） 你将听到一则关于聊天机器人“喝”水的介绍，请你根据所听内容填写下面的思维导图卡，并将答案写在相应题目的答题位置上。短文听两遍。 Big water use in building ChatGPT! 21.________ 22. ________23. ________24. ________25. ________ 五、情景对话(本大题共5小题，每小题1分，共5分) 请通读下面对话，根据对话内容，从下面的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有一项为多余项。 Ms. Brown: Good morning! Roy. I haven’t seen you for a long time. ____1____ Roy: Good morning, Ms. Brown. I went to China last year. Ms. Brown: ____2____ Roy: My parents. Ms. Brown: Why did your family go there? Roy: ____3____ Ms. Brown: In which city did you live when you were in China? Roy: Guangzhou. It’s a big city and it’s modern, too. Ms. Brown: ____4____ Roy: It’s not too cold in winter but it’s very hot in summer. Ms. Brown: Do you like the weather there? Roy: ____5____ But I like the city very much. A. No, I don’t. B. Where have you been? C. How do you feel about living in Guangzhou? D. Who did you go there with? E. Because my parents went there to work. F. What’s the weather like in Guangzhou? 【答案】1. B 2. D 3. E 4. F 5. A 【解析】 【导语】本文是Ms. Brown和Roy讨论Roy去年去中国的经历的对话。 【1题详解】 根据“I haven’t seen you for a long time.”和“I went to China last year.”可知，空处应问对方去了哪里，B选项“你去哪里了？”符合语境。 故选B。 【2题详解】 根据“My parents.”可知，空处应问和谁一起去的，D选项“你和谁一起去的？”符合语境。 故选D。 【3题详解】 根据“Because my parents went there to work.”可知，空处应回答为什么去中国，E选项“因为我父母去那里工作。”符合语境。 故选E。 【4题详解】 根据“It’s not too cold in winter but it’s very hot in summer.”可知，空处应问广州的天气如何，F选项“广州的天气怎么样？”符合语境。 故选F。 【5题详解】 根据“Do you like the weather there?”和“But I like the city very much.”可知，空处应是否定回答，A选项“不，我不喜欢。”符合语境。故选A。 六、语法选择（本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分） One of the hottest movies this Spring Festival was YOLO. The main actress is Jia Ling. She ____6____ 50 kilograms for the movie. With the help of “weight loss and boxing (拳击)”, Jia Ling wants to tells us the idea of “love yourself well”. That’s why the English name of the movie is “YOLO”.____7____ meaning is “YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE”. ____8____ do kind people find themselves and learn to love themselves? Leying gives the answers in the film. After leaving school, Leying only stayed at home for many years and she had ____9____ to do. One day, because of some jokes of fate (命运), she decided ____10____ in a different way. She met many ____11____. But she faced them and became ____12____ than before. Finally, she made it. There are many cheerful sentences in the movie. For example,“ In order to win, I want to give it ____13____ try”. “You only live once, it’s okay to want to cry, and it’s okay to fail.” “People have to have dreams and work hard ____14____them, don’t they?” YOLO makes us understand that ____15____ we work hard and love ourselves well, we can succeed one day. 6. A. lose B. lost C. is losing 7. A. Its B. It’s C. It 8. A. What B. How C. Where 9 A. anything B. something C. nothing 10. A. to live B. living C. lived 11. A. difficult B. difficulties C. difficulties’ 12. A. bravest B. more bravely C. braver 13. A. a B. an C. the 14. A. for B. on C. to 15. A. as far as B. as well as C. as long as 【答案】6. B 7. A 8. B 9. C 10. A 11. B 12. C 13. A 14. A 15. C 【解析】 【导语】本文主要介绍了其中一部最热门的电影《热辣滚烫》，这个电影告诉我们应该做些什么来真正爱自己。 【6题详解】 句意：为了这部电影她减了50公斤。 lose减去，动词原形；lost减去，动词过去式；is losing正在减去，现在进行时。结合“She...50 kilograms for the movie.”可知，这里是指她减了50公斤，为一般过去时，该空缺乏谓语动词。故选B。 【7题详解】 句意：它的意思是“你只活一次”。 Its它的，形容词物主代词；It’s它是；It它，主格或宾格。结合“meaning”可知，这里是指它的意思，所以该空要填“Its”，作定语。故选A。 【8题详解】 句意：善良的人如何找到自我并学会爱自己的？ What什么；How如何；Where在哪里。结合“...do kind people find themselves and learn to love themselves”和“Leying gives the answers in the film.”可知，这里是指如何寻找自我。故选B。 【9题详解】 句意：离开学校后，乐莹只待在家里很多年，而且她没有什么可以去做的。 anything任何事物，用于疑问句和否定句；something某事物，用于肯定句或询问建议的疑问句；nothing没有任何事物。结合“Leying only stayed at home for many years and she had...to do.”可知，这里是指只待在家里并无所事事。故选C。 【10题详解】 句意：有一天，因为一些命运的玩笑，她决定以一种不同的方式生活。 to live去活，动词不定式；living活，现在分词；lived活，过去式。结合“decide to do决定去做某事”是固定搭配，所以该空要填不定式“to live”，作宾语。故选A。 【11题详解】 句意：她遇到了很多困难。 difficult困难的，形容词；difficulties困难，复数名词；difficulties’困难的，名词所有格。结合“many”可知，该空要填一个复数名词，作宾语。故选B。 【12题详解】 句意：但她面对它们，变得比以前更勇敢了。 bravest最勇敢的，形容词最高级；more bravely更勇敢地，副词最高级；braver更勇敢的，形容词比较级。结合“became”是系动词，后接形容词，而结合“than”可知，该空要填一个形容词比较级。故选C。 【13题详解】 句意：例如，“为了赢，我想试一试”。 a一个，接泛指单数名词，接辅音音素；an一个，接泛指单数名词，接元音音素；the这，定冠词，表特指。结合固定搭配“give it a try试一试”可知，该空要填“a”。故选A。 【14题详解】 句意：人必须有梦想并为了它们而努力，不是吗？ for为了；on关于；to到。结合“work hard...them”可知，这里是指为了梦想而努力，所以该空要填“for”，表目的。故选A。 【15题详解】 句意：《热辣滚烫》让我们明白，只要努力，好好爱自己，总有一天我们会成功的。 as far as和……一样远；as well as和，也；as long as只要。结合“...we work hard and love ourselves well, we can succeed one day.”是一个复合句，空处接条件状语从句，所以填“as long as”，表条件。故选C。 七、完形填空（本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分） What should you do when you get lost in a forest? Xiao Rui’s ____16____ tells you something useful. A year ago, Xiao Rui and his classmates went to a summer camp in a forest. Everything seemed new. They ____17____ fresh air and played happily. After some time, Xiao Rui saw a beautiful butterfly. Without thinking too much, he ran to follow it. But he couldn’t ____18____ it. Finally, he didn’t know how ____19____ he ran and where he was. There were just a few tall trees. And he couldn’t see any paths (小路) around him. Then he knew he was lost! At first, he felt afraid and had no ____20____ of what to do. Later, he remembered what his teacher said, “If you get lost in a forest, don’t keep worrying but keep quiet. Then try to think of some ways.” ____21____ he breathed deeply and thought about how to do it. Soon, he had a plan. First, he tried to remember when he left. Next, he ____22____ watched everything around. He was lucky to find his footprints (脚印). Then, he ____23____ the footprints and walked back slowly. An hour later, he finally saw a path. Walking along it for a few ____24____, he heard his classmates shouting for him. At that time, he got so ____25____ that he cried. He successfully saved himself! 16. A. story B. condition C. communication D. independence 17. A. took down B. took in C. took care of D. took out 18. A. taste B. play C. help D. catch 19. A. long B. high C. deep D. far 20. A. time B. money C. idea D. color 21. A. Although B. But C. Because D. So 22. A. sadly B. easily C. happily D. carefully 23. A. followed B. started C. wanted D. planned 24. A. minutes B. days C. weeks D. months 25. A. bored B. interested C. excited D. kind 【答案】16. A 17. B 18. D 19. D 20. C 21. D 22. D 23. A 24. A 25. C 【解析】 【导语】本文讲述了肖瑞在森林中迷路后，如何冷静思考并成功找到回去的路的故事。 【16题详解】 句意：肖瑞的故事告诉你一些有用的东西。 story故事；condition情况；communication交流；independence独立。根据下文“A year ago, Xiao Rui and his classmates went to a summer camp in a forest.”可知，介绍了肖瑞的故事。故选A。 【17题详解】 句意：他们呼吸新鲜空气并开心地玩耍。 took down记下；took in吸入；took care of照顾；took out取出。根据“fresh air”可知，是指呼吸新鲜空气，故选B。 【18题详解】 句意：但他抓不到它。 taste品尝；play玩耍；help帮助；catch抓住。根据“Xiao Rui saw a beautiful butterfly.”可知，他抓不到蝴蝶，故选D。 【19题详解】 句意：他不知道自己跑了多远，在哪里。 long长；high高；deep深；far远。根据“Finally, he didn’t know how...he ran and where he was”可知，他迷路了，不知道自己跑了多远。故选D。 【20题详解】 句意：他感到害怕，不知道该怎么办。 time时间；money钱；idea主意；color颜色。根据At first, he felt afraid”可知，他不知道该怎么办，have no idea“不知道”。故选C。 【21题详解】 句意：所以他深呼吸并思考如何做。 although尽管；but但是；because因为；so所以。空后是前句的结果，应用so连接。故选D。 【22题详解】 句意：接下来，他仔细观察周围的一切。 sadly悲伤地；easily容易地；happily高兴地；carefully仔细地。根据“watched everything around”可知，应该是仔细地看，故选D。 【23题详解】 句意：然后，他跟随脚印慢慢走回去。 followed跟随；started开始；wanted想要；planned计划。根据“he footprints and walked back slowly”可知，他跟随脚印慢慢走回去。故选A。 【24题详解】 句意：沿着小路走了几分钟，他听到同学们在喊他。 minutes分钟；days天；weeks周；months月。根据“he heard his classmates shouting for him. ”和上文“An hour later”可知，应该是走了几分钟后，他听到同学们在喊他。故选A。 【25题详解】 句意：他感到非常激动，以至于哭了。 bored无聊的；interested感兴趣的；excited激动的；kind善良的。根据语境可知，肖瑞迷路后，终于和同学相遇了，所以很激动。故选C。 八、阅读理解（本大题共15小题，每小题2分，共30分） A Finally, you finish all your schoolwork and sit back in your chair. Suddenly you feel a headache and realize your eyes are sore. What’s going on? Doctors say that many students are spending too much time in front of screens, especially during vacations. The following might be of some help to you. THE 20-20-20 RULE This gives your eyes a break from long screen time. It suggests looking at something at least 20 feet away for 20 seconds after 20 minutes of work on the screen. You can then go on working. ★Studies show that people blink (眨眼睛) less often when looking at a screen. Keep your eyes wet by blinking often or using eye drops. ★Sit up straight about an arm’s length (长度) away from the screen. Make sure you’re looking down at your screen. Stand up and exercise often to relax your neck and shoulders. ★What about blue light blacking glasses (防蓝光眼镜)? They may look cool, but study shows that blue light isn’t the biggest cause of eye tiredness. So ask doctors about computer glasses before putting them on. 26. Who is the text written for? A. Parents. B. Students. C. Doctors. D. Patients 27. What are the key words in the 20-20-20 rule? A. 20 minutes 20 feet, 20 times. B. 20 seconds, 20 times, 20 feet. C. 20 feet, 20 seconds, 20 minutes D. 20 times, 20 minutes, 20 seconds. 28. Which of the following picture best explains the meaning of the underlined sentence? A. B. C. D. 29 Which of the following isn’t looking at a screen? A. Reading books. B. Watching TV. C Playing chess on iPad. D. Playing computer games. 30. In which part of a magazine can you read the text? A. Health. B. Sports. C. Culture. D. Travel. 【答案】26. B 27. C 28. D 29. A 30. A 【解析】 【导语】本文主要讲述了长时间使用屏幕对眼睛的影响，并提供了一些保护眼睛的方法。 【26题详解】 推理判断题。根据“Finally, you finish all your schoolwork and sit back in your chair.”和“The following might be of some help to you.”可知，文章主要讨论学生在屏幕前花费太多时间的问题，并提供了一些建议，因此是写给学生的。故选B。 【27题详解】 细节理解题。根据“It suggests looking at something at least 20 feet away for 20 seconds after 20 minutes of work on the screen.”可知，三个二十分别指的是：二十英尺，二十秒，二十分钟。故选C。 【28题详解】 推理判断题。 根据“Sit up straight about an arm’s length (长度) away from the screen. Make sure you’re looking down at your screen. Stand up and exercise often to relax your neck and shoulders.”可知，坐直，离屏幕大约一个手臂长。确保你正低头看屏幕，图片D最符合这个描述。故选D。 【29题详解】 细节理解题。根据“Reading books. Watching TV. Playing chess on iPad. Playing computer games.”可知，选项A(读书)不涉及看屏幕，而其他选项都涉及。故选A。 【30题详解】 推理判断题。本文主要讲述了长时间使用屏幕对眼睛的影响，并提供了一些保护眼睛的方法，文章讨论的是健康问题，因此最可能出现在健康部分。故选A。 B Family means “家” in Chinese. It’s a pictographic character (象形文字). The “宀” looks like the roof of the house, and the “豕” is a pictographic character for “pig”. The picture shows the development of “家”. The word “家” with a pig under the roof of a house may show the importance of domestic animals (家畜) to traditional Chinese families. There is a strong feeling between parents, children and other family members. The father is usually very strict with their children. Parents work very hard to set a good example for their children, while children study hard. Brothers and sisters in the family are very friendly and helpful to each other. All the family members try their best to live a happy life. Our ancestors (祖先) will be part of our life forever. _____ We remember our ancestors just to make our feelings more active. Whenever we think of them, they make us stronger inside. Everyone has the idea of “making all the members of the family happy”. We should all have this same idea as the great “China dream”. There are thousands of families in China, just because every family goes well, China is getting better and better. 31. How does the writer explain the development of “家”? A. By giving an example. B. By showing a picture. C. By telling a story. D. By listing some data. 32. What do the family members try their best to do? A. To live a happy life. B. To become very strict. C. To help other families. D. To set a good example. 33. What can we learn from the passage? A. Domestic animals were not important in traditional Chinese families. B. China’s development depends little on every family. C. Each family member wants to make all the members of the family happy. D. There is a strong feeling only between parents and children. 34. Which of the following sentences may be put in “________”? A. Every family has their own warm houses. B. We would like to live and study in the past. C. People always get together to celebrate the day. D. They get all the family members together. 35. What is the best title of the passage? A. Important pigs B. Traditional ideas C. Strong feelings D. Chinese families 【答案】31. B 32. A 33. C 34. D 35. D 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文，主要讲述了“家”字的演变及其所体现的中国的家庭观。 【31题详解】 细节理解题。根根“the picture shows the development of ‘家’”可知，作者通过展示图片来解释“家”的发展。故选B。 【32题详解】 细节理解题。根据“All the family members try their best to live a happy life”可知，家庭成员尽力过上幸福的生活。故选A。 【33题详解】 细节理解题。根据“Everyone has the idea of ‘making all the members of the family happy’”可知，每个人都有“让所有家庭成员都快乐”的想法。故选C。 【34题详解】 推理判断题。根据“We remember our ancestors just to make our feelings more active. Whenever we think of them, they make us stronger inside.”可知，祖先让我们内心更强大，选项D“他们让所有的家庭成员聚在一起。”符合语境。故选D。 【35题详解】 最佳标题题。文章主要讲述了中国家庭的传统观念和家庭成员之间的关系，因此最佳标题为“Chinese families”。故选D。 C 配对阅读。左栏是五个人的情况介绍，右栏是七个成语及其解释。请为每个人选择一个合适的成语描述他/她的情况。 ____36____ James began to fall in love with space technology at the age of 4. He likes to talk to his friends about it. But his friends never understand what he says. ____37____ David, a 9-year-old boy, has to take many after-school classes. His parents believe they are good for him. But David thinks it’s too much and things would become worse. ____38____ Sunny thinks that women only need to raise kids at home while men just need to work hard to make money. ____39____ Anita is not good at math. She decides to do many exercises. However, she doesn’t leave herself some time to think about them. So her math doesn’t seem to improve. ____40____ Jason is a very clever boy. He likes to try something new. But he will give up as soon as he finds it difficult. A. Looking at the Sky from the Bottom (底部) of a Well (井). People say it when they want to talk about someone with a closed mind on things. B. Playing the Qin to a cow. We use it to describe a situation which someone talks to the wrong listeners or says something that the listeners don’t understand. C. Climbing Trees to Catch Fish. When someone climbs trees to catch a fish, they are taking the wrong ways to do something. D. Adding Feet to a Snake. It means that something is destroyed (破坏) by overdoing or adding unnecessary things. E. Adding Eyes to a Dragon. It means when writing or speaking, add bright words to the key points in order to make it more lively. F. Giving up Halfway. If things seem too challenging, some people will simply give up. G. Giving the Seedlings (禾苗) a Hand. It means that if you want your plants to grow, you shouldn’t pull the seedlings or do too much because it will make things worse. 【答案】36. B 37. G 38. A 39. C 40. F 【解析】 【导语】本文左栏为五个人的情况介绍，右栏是七个成语及其解释。 【36题详解】 根据“James began to fall in love with space technology at the age of 4. He likes to talk to his friends about it. But his friends never understand what he says.”可知，说的是James喜欢和他的朋友谈论太空技术，但是他的朋友们从来不明白他在说什么，选项B“对牛弹琴。我们用它来描述一种情况，某人和错误的听众说话，或者说了一些听众不理解的话。”与之对应。故选B。 【37题详解】 根据“David, a 9-year-old boy, has to take many after- school classes. His parents believe they are good for him. But David thinks it’s too much and things would become worse.”可知，说的是David不得不参加许多课外班，他的父母认为这样有好处，但是大卫认为太多了事情会变得更遭，选项G“拔苗助长。这意味着，如果你想让你的植物生长，你不应该拔幼苗或做太多，因为这会让事情变得更糟。”与之对应。故选G。 【38题详解】 根据“Sunny thinks that women only need to raise kids at home while men just need to work hard to make money.”可知，Sunny认为女人只需要在家带孩子，而男人只需要努力工作赚钱，选项A“井底之蛙。当人们想谈论一个对事情持封闭态度的人时他们会这么说。”与之对应。故选A。 【39题详解】 根据“Anita is not good at math. She decides to do many exercises. However, she doesn’t leave herself some time to think about them. So her math doesn’t seem to improve.”可知，Anita不擅长数学，她决定做很多练习，但她没有给自己留一些时间去思考这些问题，选项C“缘木求鱼。当有人爬树捕鱼时，他们做某事的方式是错误的。”与之对应。故选C。 【40题详解】 根据“Jason is a very clever boy. He likes to try something new. But he will give up as soon as he finds it difficult.”可知，Jason喜欢尝试新事物，但他一发现困难就会放弃，选项F“半途而废。如果事情看起来太有挑战性，有些人会干脆放弃。”与之对应。故选F。 九、完成句子，每空一词。（本大题共5小题，每小题1分，共5分） 41. 说实在的，我没听懂，你能再说一遍吗？ ________ ________ ________, I didn’t get it. Can you say it again? 【答案】 ①. To ②. be ③. honest 【解析】 【详解】根据句意可知，此处表示“说实在的”，用“to be honest”，且位于句首，首字母需大写。故填To；be；honest。 42. 尽管风势正在逐渐减弱，雨还是下个不停。 It kept raining although the wind was ________ ________. 【答案】 ①. dying ②. down 【解析】 【详解】die down表示“逐渐减弱”，动词应用现在分词和was构成过去进行时。故填dying；down。 43. 不要拿你自己的孩子跟别人比较作比较。 Don’t ________ your own children ________ others. 【答案】 ①. compare ②. with 【解析】 【详解】根据中英文对照可知，空处缺少了“与……相比”，英文表达为compare...with...，固定搭配，Don’t后面加动词原形。故填compare；with。 44. 参观博物馆之前，你可以在网上浏览它的信息。 You can ________ ________ the information about the museum online before visiting it. 【答案】 ①. look  ②. through 【解析】 【详解】根据中英文对照可知，look through表示“浏览”，动词短语。can是情态动词，后跟动词原形。故填look；through。 45. 你可以做一些好的事情影响别人的生活。 You can do something good to ________ ________ ________ to others’ lives. 【答案】 ①. make ②. a ③. difference 【解析】 【详解】根据中英文对照可知，make a difference表示“有影响”，空前有动词不定式符号to，动词用原形。故填make；a；difference。 十、短文填空（本大题有10小题，每小题1分，共10分） 选词填空。 请阅读下面短文，在方框内选择适当的词填在空格上，注意形式，其中有两项是多余。 live, get, stay, dig, easy, weak, although, so, with, mean, ancient, very Do you know the boy in the picture? He is Kuang Heng. Kuang Heng ____46____ more than 2,000 years ago in China. From the picture we can see at that time, he was in worn (旧的) clothes, and sitting at a table ____47____ many books on it. A little ____48____ light came in through a small hole in the wall. He was reading carefully. This is the famous story from the ____49____ Chinese idiom (成语). Kuang Heng was ____50____ poor that he couldn’t even buy a candle, so he ____51____ a hole in the wall to “steal” light from his neighbor’s house to read at night. The ____52____ of the story tells us that we should try our best to learn knowledge, but never lose heart ____53____. Of course, ____54____ things are quite different today, we should remember that hard work ____55____ good results sooner or later. Remember: No pains, no gains. 【答案】46. lived 47. with 48. weak 49. ancient 50. so 51. dug 52. meaning 53. easily 54. although 55. gets 【解析】 【导语】本文讲述了中国古代一个名叫匡衡男孩，他家境贫寒，买不起蜡烛，于是凿墙借光读书的故事。这个故事告诉我们要努力学习，不要轻易放弃，并且强调了“没有付出就没有收获”的道理。 【46题详解】 句意：匡衡生活在2000多年前的中国。根据“Kuang Heng...more than 2,000 years ago in China”可知，匡衡生活在2000多年前的中国。句子是一般过去时，应用动词live的过去式lived，表示“生活”。故填lived。 【47题详解】 句意：从图片中我们可以看到那时他穿着破旧的衣服，坐在一张桌子旁，桌子上有很多书。根据“many books on it”可知，桌子上有很多书，应用介词with，表示“有”。故填with。 【48题详解】 句意：一点微弱的光从墙上的小洞里透进来。根据“light came in through a small hole in the wall”结合选词可知，应用形容词weak，表示“微弱的”。故填weak。 【49题详解】 句意：这是一个来自古代成语的著名故事。根据“Chinese idiom”可知，空处应填形容词作定语修饰名词。结合选词可知，ancient“古代的”符合语境。故填ancient。 【50题详解】 句意：匡衡非常穷，甚至买不起蜡烛。so...that“如此……以至于”，引导结果状语从句。故填so。 【51题详解】 句意：所以他在墙上挖了一个洞，从邻居家“偷”光来晚上读书。根据“a hole in the wall”可知，他在墙上挖了一个洞。句子是一般过去时，应用动词dig的过去式dug，表示“挖”。故填dug。 【52题详解】 句意：这个故事的寓意告诉我们，我们应该尽最大努力学习知识，但永远不要灰心。根据“of the story tells us that we should try our best to learn knowledge”结合选词可知，指的是故事的寓意，应用名词meaning。故填meaning。 【53题详解】 句意：这个故事的寓意告诉我们，我们应该尽最大努力学习知识，但永远不要轻易灰心。空处应填副词修饰动词。结合选词可知，是指不要轻易灰心，easily“轻易地”符合语境。故填easily。 【54题详解】 句意：当然，虽然今天的情况大不相同，我们应该记住，努力工作迟早会有好结果。根据“hings are quite different today, we should remember that hard work”可知，前后句是让步关系，应用although引导让步状语从句。故填although。 【55题详解】 句意：当然，虽然今天的情况大不相同，我们应该记住，努力工作迟早会有好结果。根据“remember that hard work...good results sooner or later.”可知，努力工作迟早会得到好结果。句子是一般现在时，主语是第三人称单数，应用动词get的第三人称单数形式gets，表示“得到”。故填gets。 十一、读写综合（本大题分为A、B两部分，共25分） 回答问题 请阅读下面短文，根据所提供的信息，回答5个问题。要求所写答案语法正确、语义完整。 Xi Zhinong was born in a town in Yunnan. When he was young, he moved to Kunming with his mother. But he disliked the busy and crowded city life and looked forward to nature. In 1983, after helping make a documentary (纪录片) about birds, he began to learn photography (摄影) and take photos of flying birds. In the 1980s, the Internet was not popular in China and cameras were expensive. He borrowed a camera and kept studying how to use it. During that time, he often went to the library to read some magazines about nature. It opened a door for him to get close to nature. In 1992, he joined in a study program to protect a kind of unusual monkeys in China. Usually the home of these monkeys has half-a-year- long winters. It brought great challenges for Zhinong’s work, but he never gave up. He went into the snow mountains six times just to take the monkeys’ photos. Three years later, his works won international prizes. In order to call on more people to protect wildlife with cameras, he started “China Wildlife Photography Training Camp”. What a meaningful thing he does! 56. Why did Zhinong dislike the city life? ________________________________________________ 57. When did he start to take photos of flying birds? ________________________________________________ 58. What does the underline word “It” refer to (指代)? ________________________________________________ 59. How many times did he go into the snow mountain s to take the monkeys’ photos? ________________________________________________ 60. Why did he start “China Wildlife Photography Training Camp”? ________________________________________________ 61. 书面表达 水滴石穿，绳锯木断。奚志农用相机记录野生动物，长期坚持做好一件有意义的事情，成就更好的自己。请你以 “One Meaningful Thing I Keep Doing”为主题，根据以下思维导图，用英语写一篇演讲稿，参加学校英语俱乐部的心得分享活动，用自身的积极改变，鼓励身边的小伙伴。 注意： (1) 可在思维导图内容提示的基础上适当拓展。 (2) 语句连贯，词数80左右（短文首句已给出，不计入总词数），文中不得透露个人信息。 One Meaningful Thing I Keep Doing Good morning, everyone! I am very happy to be here to give a speech today. Today I want to share one meaningful thing I keep doing. It is __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ That’s all. Thank you! 【答案】56. Because he didn’t like the busy and crowded city life and looked forward to nature. 57. He started to take photos of flying birds in 1983, after helping make a documentary about birds. 58. “It” refers to reading some magazines about nature at the library. 59. He went into the snow mountains six times to take the monkeys’ photos. 60. He started “China Wildlife Photography Training Camp” in order to call on more people to protect wildlife with cameras. 61. One Meaningful Thing I Keep Doing Good morning, everyone! I am very happy to be here to give a speech today. Today I want to share one meaningful thing I keep doing. It is reading books. Xi Zhinong documenting wildlife with his camera, I’ve used books to explore the world of knowledge and ideas. I started reading books when I was in primary school. Every day I spent at least an hour in reading differetn kinds of books, such as science, history, and psychology. This habit not only expands my knowledge but also sharpens my mind and enhances my thinking skills. In a word, just as dropping water can shape a stone, the habit of reading has shaped me. I hope you can also have one meaningful thing that you keep doing. It’s helpful to do one meaningful thing persistently. That’s all. Thank you! 【解析】 【导语】本文介绍了奚志农用相机记录野生动物的故事，并告诉我们长期坚持做好一件有意义的事情，成就更好的自己。 【56题详解】 根据“But he disliked the busy and crowded city life and looked forward to nature.”可知，奚志农不喜欢城市生活的原因但是他不喜欢繁忙拥挤，渴望亲近自然。故填Because he didn’t like the busy and crowded city life and looked forward to nature。 【57题详解】 根据“In 1983, after helping make a documentary (纪录片) about birds, he began to learn photography (摄影) and take photos of flying birds.”可知，他开始学习摄影并拍摄飞鸟的照片是在1983年，在协助拍摄了一部关于鸟类的纪录片后。故填He started to take photos of flying birds in 1983, after helping make a documentary about birds。 【58题详解】 根据“he often went to the library to read some magazines about nature. It opened a door for him to get close to nature.”可知，他经常去图书馆阅读一些关于自然的杂志。它为他打开了一扇亲近自然的大门，此处“It”指代的是阅读一些关于自然的杂志。故填“It” refers to reading some magazines about nature at the library。 【59题详解】 根据“He went into the snow mountains six times just to take the monkeys’ photos.”可知，他六次走进雪山，只是为了拍摄猴子的照片。故填He went into the snow mountains six times to take the monkeys’ photos。 【60题详解】 根据“In order to call on more people to protect wildlife with cameras, he started “China Wildlife Photography Training Camp”.”可知，为了呼吁更多人用相机保护野生动物，他发起了“中国野生动物摄影训练营”。故填He started “China Wildlife Photography Training Camp” in order to call on more people to protect wildlife with cameras。 【61题详解】 ［总体分析］ ① 题材：本题是一篇演讲稿； ② 时态：本文用一般现在时和一般过去时； ③ 提示：描述自己长期坚持做的一件有意义的事，需要遵照所给要求写作，适当补充细节，理由充分合理，三观正确。 ［写作步骤］ 第一步，说明自己长期坚持做的一件有意义的事，引出下文； 第二步，介绍自己开始这件事情的时间，感受，要注意理由充分合理，价值观正确，具有真情实感； 第三步，总结，呼吁鼓励同学们做一件有意义的事。 ［亮点词汇］ ① explore 探索 ② expand 增长 ③ thinking skills 思考能力 ［高分句型］ ① I started reading books when I was in primary school.（时间状语从句） ② I hope you can also have one meaningful thing that you keep doing.（宾语从句和定语从句） 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$ 2023-2024学年度第二学期期末教学质量检测 八年级英语科试卷 说明：全卷共8页，考试时间为90分钟，满分120分。 听说应用（30分） 一、听句子（本题共5小题，每小题1分，共5分） 根据所听内容，选择符合题意的图画回答问题，并将最佳选项的字母编号填写在题前括号内。每个句子听两遍。 1. What does Joe want to be? 2. When did the speaker’s dad get home tonight? 3. Which is Jack’s favorite animal? 4. What is Sally doing? 5. What sport is Bob doing? 二、听对话（本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分） 请根据每段对话的内容回答问题，从每小题所给的三个选项中选出一个最佳答案，并将其字母编号填写在题前括号内。每段对话听两遍。 6. What would the man like to order? A. Milk. B. Coffee. C. Juice. 7. How will the weather be this afternoon? A. Windy. B. Cloudy. C. Sunny. 8. Who has been to the Chimelong Water Park? A. The boy. B. The girl. C. Neither of them. 9. How many labor classes(劳动课) does Jim have a week? A. One. B. Two. C. Three. 10. How much was the cat? A220 yuan. B. 200 dollars. C.220 dollars. 听第六段对话，回答第11-12 小题。 11. What is James going to do this summer holiday? A. Visit his grandparents. B. Visit his friends. C. Visit some cities in the west. 12. How soon will James return? A. In about a week. B. In about ten days. C. In about half a month. 听第七段对话，回答第13-15小题。 13. What was Susan doing when Robert called her last night? A. She was reading. B. She was singing. C. She was watching a film. 14. Why can’t Susan climb the Xihu Mountain tomorrow morning? A. Because she’ll have to stay at home and study. B. Because she’ll see a film in the cinema. C. Because she’ll call up Robert. 15. How will they get there? A. By bike. B. By bus. C. By taxi. 三、听短文（本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分） 请根据所听内容，在每小题所给的三个选项中选出一个最佳答案，并将其字母编号填写在题前括号内。短文听两遍。 16. What was William Shakespeare good at writing? A. Plays and news. B. Plays and poems(诗歌). C. plays and novels(小说). 17. Which of the following Shakespeare’s works is not mentioned in the passage? A. Hamlet. B. Romeo and Juliet. C. A Midsummer Night’s Dream. 18 How could William Shakespeare make money? A. By writing plays. B. By writing poems. C. By acting. 19. When did Shakespeare die? A. In 1585. B. In 1616. C. In 1564. 20. How many plays did Shakespear e write in his lifetime? A About 38. B. About 49. C. About 52. 四、听填信息（本大题共5小题，每小题1分，共5分） 你将听到一则关于聊天机器人“喝”水的介绍，请你根据所听内容填写下面的思维导图卡，并将答案写在相应题目的答题位置上。短文听两遍。 Big water use in building ChatGPT! 21.________ 22. ________23. ________24. ________25. ________ 五、情景对话(本大题共5小题，每小题1分，共5分) 请通读下面对话，根据对话内容，从下面的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有一项为多余项。 Ms. Brown: Good morning! Roy. I haven’t seen you for a long time. ____1____ Roy: Good morning, Ms. Brown. I went to China last year. Ms. Brown: ____2____ Roy: My parents. Ms. Brown: Why did your family go there? Roy: ____3____ Ms. Brown: In which city did you live when you were in China? Roy: Guangzhou. It’s a big city and it’s modern, too. Ms. Brown: ____4____ Roy: It’s not too cold in winter but it’s very hot in summer. Ms. Brown: Do you like the weather there? Roy: ____5____ But I like the city very much. A. No, I don’t. B. Where have you been? C. How do you feel about living in Guangzhou? D. Who did you go there with? E. Because my parents went there to work. F. What’s the weather like in Guangzhou? 六、语法选择（本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分） One of the hottest movies this Spring Festival was YOLO. The main actress is Jia Ling. She ____6____ 50 kilograms for the movie. With the help of “weight loss and boxing (拳击)”, Jia Ling wants to tells us the idea of “love yourself well”. That’s why the English name of the movie is “YOLO”.____7____ meaning is “YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE”. ____8____ do kind people find themselves and learn to love themselves? Leying gives the answers in the film. After leaving school, Leying only stayed at home for many years and she had ____9____ to do. One day, because of some jokes of fate (命运), she decided ____10____ in a different way. She met many ____11____. But she faced them and became ____12____ than before. Finally, she made it. There are many cheerful sentences in the movie. For example,“ In order to win, I want to give it ____13____ try”. “You only live once, it’s okay to want to cry, and it’s okay to fail.” “People have to have dreams and work hard ____14____them, don’t they?” YOLO makes us understand that ____15____ we work hard and love ourselves well, we can succeed one day. 6. A. lose B. lost C. is losing 7. A. Its B. It’s C. It 8. A. What B. How C. Where 9. A. anything B. something C. nothing 10. A. to live B. living C. lived 11. A. difficult B. difficulties C. difficulties’ 12. A. bravest B. more bravely C. braver 13. A. a B. an C. the 14. A. for B. on C. to 15. A. as far as B. as well as C. as long as 七、完形填空（本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分） What should you do when you get lost in a forest? Xiao Rui’s ____16____ tells you something useful. A year ago, Xiao Rui and his classmates went to a summer camp in a forest. Everything seemed new. They ____17____ fresh air and played happily. After some time, Xiao Rui saw a beautiful butterfly. Without thinking too much, he ran to follow it. But he couldn’t ____18____ it. Finally, he didn’t know how ____19____ he ran and where he was. There were just a few tall trees. And he couldn’t see any paths (小路) around him. Then he knew he was lost! At first, he felt afraid and had no ____20____ of what to do. Later, he remembered what his teacher said, “If you get lost in a forest, don’t keep worrying but keep quiet. Then try to think of some ways.” ____21____ he breathed deeply and thought about how to do it. Soon, he had a plan. First, he tried to remember when he left. Next, he ____22____ watched everything around. He was lucky to find his footprints (脚印). Then, he ____23____ the footprints and walked back slowly. An hour later, he finally saw a path. Walking along it for a few ____24____, he heard his classmates shouting for him. At that time, he got so ____25____ that he cried. He successfully saved himself! 16. A. story B. condition C. communication D. independence 17. A. took down B. took in C. took care of D. took out 18. A. taste B. play C. help D. catch 19. A. long B. high C. deep D. far 20. A. time B. money C. idea D. color 21. A. Although B. But C. Because D. So 22. A. sadly B. easily C. happily D. carefully 23. A. followed B. started C. wanted D. planned 24. A. minutes B. days C. weeks D. months 25. A. bored B. interested C. excited D. kind 八、阅读理解（本大题共15小题，每小题2分，共30分） A Finally, you finish all your schoolwork and sit back in your chair. Suddenly you feel a headache and realize your eyes are sore. What’s going on? Doctors say that many students are spending too much time in front of screens, especially during vacations. The following might be of some help to you. THE 20-20-20 RULE This gives your eyes a break from long screen time. It suggests looking at something at least 20 feet away for 20 seconds after 20 minutes of work on the screen. You can then go on working. ★Studies show that people blink (眨眼睛) less often when looking at a screen. Keep your eyes wet by blinking often or using eye drops. ★Sit up straight about an arm’s length (长度) away from the screen. Make sure you’re looking down at your screen. Stand up and exercise often to relax your neck and shoulders. ★What about blue light blacking glasses (防蓝光眼镜)? They may look cool, but study shows that blue light isn’t the biggest cause of eye tiredness. So ask doctors about computer glasses before putting them on. 26. Who is the text written for? A. Parents. B. Students. C. Doctors. D. Patients 27. What are the key words in the 20-20-20 rule? A. 20 minutes, 20 feet, 20 times. B. 20 seconds, 20 times, 20 feet. C. 20 feet, 20 seconds, 20 minutes D. 20 times, 20 minutes, 20 seconds. 28 Which of the following picture best explains the meaning of the underlined sentence? A. B. C. D. 29. Which of the following isn’t looking at a screen? A. Reading books. B. Watching TV. C. Playing chess on iPad. D. Playing computer games. 30. In which part of a magazine can you read the text? A. Health. B. Sports. C. Culture. D. Travel. B Family means “家” in Chinese. It’s a pictographic character (象形文字). The “宀” looks like the roof of the house, and the “豕” is a pictographic character for “pig”. The picture shows the development of “家”. The word “家” with a pig under the roof of a house may show the importance of domestic animals (家畜) to traditional Chinese families. There is a strong feeling between parents, children and other family members. The father is usually very strict with their children. Parents work very hard to set a good example for their children, while children study hard. Brothers and sisters in the family are very friendly and helpful to each other. All the family members try their best to live a happy life. Our ancestors (祖先) will be part of our life forever. _____ We remember our ancestors just to make our feelings more active. Whenever we think of them, they make us stronger inside. Everyone has the idea of “making all the members of the family happy”. We should all have this same idea as the great “China dream”. There are thousands of families in China, just because every family goes well, China is getting better and better. 31. How does the writer explain the development of “家”? A. By giving an example. B. By showing a picture. C. By telling a story. D. By listing some data. 32. What do the family members try their best to do? A. To live a happy life. B. To become very strict. C. To help other families. D. To set a good example. 33. What can we learn from the passage? A. Domestic animals were not important in traditional Chinese families. B. China’s development depends little on every family. C. Each family member wants to make all the members of the family happy. D. There is a strong feeling only between parents and children. 34. Which of the following sentences may be put in “________”? A. Every family has their own warm houses. B. We would like to live and study in the past. C. People always get together to celebrate the day. D. They get all the family members together. 35. What is the best title of the passage? A. Important pigs B. Traditional ideas C. Strong feelings D. Chinese families C 配对阅读。左栏是五个人的情况介绍，右栏是七个成语及其解释。请为每个人选择一个合适的成语描述他/她的情况。 ____36____ James began to fall in love with space technology at the age of 4. He likes to talk to his friends about it. But his friends never understand what he says. ____37____ David, a 9-year-old boy, has to take many after-school classes. His parents believe they are good for him. But David thinks it’s too much and things would become worse. ____38____ Sunny thinks that women only need to raise kids at home while men just need to work hard to make money. ____39____ Anita is not good at math. She decides to do many exercises. However, she doesn’t leave herself some time to think about them. So her math doesn’t seem to improve. ____40____ Jason is a very clever boy. He likes to try something new. But he will give up as soon as he finds it difficult. A Looking at the Sky from the Bottom (底部) of a Well (井). People say it when they want to talk about someone with a closed mind on things. B. Playing the Qin to a cow. We use it to describe a situation which someone talks to the wrong listeners or says something that the listeners don’t understand. C. Climbing Trees to Catch Fish. When someone climbs trees to catch a fish, they are taking the wrong ways to do something. D. Adding Feet to a Snake. It means that something is destroyed (破坏) by overdoing or adding unnecessary things. E. Adding Eyes to a Dragon. It means when writing or speaking, add bright words to the key points in order to make it more lively. F. Giving up Halfway. If things seem too challenging, some people will simply give up. G. Giving the Seedlings (禾苗) a Hand. It means that if you want your plants to grow, you shouldn’t pull the seedlings or do too much because it will make things worse. 九、完成句子，每空一词。（本大题共5小题，每小题1分，共5分） 41. 说实在的，我没听懂，你能再说一遍吗？ ________ ________ ________, I didn’t get it. Can you say it again? 42. 尽管风势正在逐渐减弱，雨还是下个不停。 It kept raining although the wind was ________ ________. 43. 不要拿你自己的孩子跟别人比较作比较。 Don’t ________ your own children ________ others. 44. 参观博物馆之前，你可以在网上浏览它的信息。 You can ________ ________ the information about the museum online before visiting it. 45. 你可以做一些好的事情影响别人的生活。 You can do something good to ________ ________ ________ to others’ lives. 十、短文填空（本大题有10小题，每小题1分，共10分） 选词填空。 请阅读下面短文，在方框内选择适当的词填在空格上，注意形式，其中有两项是多余。 live, get, stay, dig, easy, weak, although, so, with, mean, ancient, very Do you know the boy in the picture? He is Kuang Heng. Kuang Heng ____46____ more than 2,000 years ago in China. From the picture we can see at that time, he was in worn (旧的) clothes, and sitting at a table ____47____ many books on it. A little ____48____ light came in through a small hole in the wall. He was reading carefully. This is the famous story from the ____49____ Chinese idiom (成语). Kuang Heng was ____50____ poor that he couldn’t even buy a candle, so he ____51____ a hole in the wall to “steal” light from his neighbor’s house to read at night. The ____52____ of the story tells us that we should try our best to learn knowledge, but never lose heart ____53____. Of course, ____54____ things are quite different today, we should remember that hard work ____55____ good results sooner or later. Remember: No pains, no gains. 十一、读写综合（本大题分为A、B两部分，共25分） 回答问题 请阅读下面短文，根据所提供的信息，回答5个问题。要求所写答案语法正确、语义完整。 Xi Zhinong was born in a town in Yunnan. When he was young, he moved to Kunming with his mother. But he disliked the busy and crowded city life and looked forward to nature. In 1983, after helping make a documentary (纪录片) about birds, he began to learn photography (摄影) and take photos of flying birds. In the 1980s, the Internet was not popular in China and cameras were expensive. He borrowed a camera and kept studying how to use it. During that time, he often went to the library to read some magazines about nature. It opened a door for him to get close to nature. In 1992, he joined in a study program to protect a kind of unusual monkeys in China. Usually the home of these monkeys has half-a-year- long winters. It brought great challenges for Zhinong’s work, but he never gave up. He went into the snow mountains six times just to take the monkeys’ photos. Three years later, his works won international prizes. In order to call on more people to protect wildlife with cameras, he started “China Wildlife Photography Training Camp”. What a meaningful thing he does! 56. Why did Zhinong dislike the city life? ________________________________________________ 57. When did he start to take photos of flying birds? ________________________________________________ 58. What does the underline word “It” refer to (指代)? ________________________________________________ 59. How many times did he go into the snow mountain s to take the monkeys’ photos? ________________________________________________ 60. Why did he start “China Wildlife Photography Training Camp”? ________________________________________________ 61. 书面表达 水滴石穿，绳锯木断。奚志农用相机记录野生动物，长期坚持做好一件有意义的事情，成就更好的自己。请你以 “One Meaningful Thing I Keep Doing”为主题，根据以下思维导图，用英语写一篇演讲稿，参加学校英语俱乐部的心得分享活动，用自身的积极改变，鼓励身边的小伙伴。 注意： (1) 可在思维导图内容提示的基础上适当拓展。 (2) 语句连贯，词数80左右（短文首句已给出，不计入总词数），文中不得透露个人信息。 One Meaningful Thing I Keep Doing Good morning, everyone! I am very happy to be here to give a speech today. Today I want to share one meaningful thing I keep doing. 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