期末试题 2024-2025学年外研版英语八年级下册

2024-2025学年外研版英语八年级第二学期 期末学情评估 　第一部分　选择题 (共50分) 一、阅读理解(共20小题，每小题2分；满分40分) 第一节 阅读下面语言材料， 从每题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A[新形式·图表与图示] With the rapid development of short videos, a recent study surveyed (调查) 1，000 Chinese people about their short video­watching habits. It found that people might be used to watching short videos so much that they cannot stop. (　)1. What percent of the people hate watching short videos according to the survey? A．8.5%. B．3.8%. C．34.6%. D．53.1%. (　)2. [跨学科·数学]How many people watch short videos for more than 1 hour at one time? A．312. B．588. C．113. D．1，000. (　)3. Who would most probably enjoy watching short videos? A．Teenagers. B．Mums. C．Dads. D．Grandpas. (　)4. Where may this survey come from? A．A poster. B．A newspaper. C．A novel. D．An ad. B My name is Hamiton. I am a pet taxi driver. Two years ago, I started to work as a taxi driver. Why did I choose this job? Here's the story. One day, I visited my friend. While we were talking, my friend's pet dog started vomiting (呕吐). It also had a fever. My friend tried to get a taxi to take the dog to an animal hospital. He stopped three taxis, but none of the drivers agreed to transport (运送) a dog. In the end, my friend borrowed a car from his neighbour and took his dog to the animal hospital. This experience gave me an idea. I decided to start a new service called “Taxi Pet”. I drive a taxi and offer the service to pet owners. My pet passengers are usually dogs, cats, birds and more animals. Pet owners usually ask me to take them and their pets to animal hospitals. I also take them to pet stores, parks, beaches and many other places. I love my job. Why? When pet owners say thanks to me, I am satisfied (满足的) and happy. I also make friends with some pet owners. (　)5. How did the writer's friend take his dog to the animal hospital? A．By taxi. B．By car. C．By bus. D．On foot. (　)6. What's the writer's “Taxi Pet” service? A．To take sick pets to animal hospitals. B．To help pet owners take care of pets. C．To take pets and their owners somewhere. D．To lend his taxi to pet owners when they need it. (　)7. What can we know from the passage? A．The writer never took any birds somewhere. B．The dog of the writer's friend had a bad cold. C．Two drivers agreed to help the writer's friend. D．The last paragraph tells why the writer loves this job. (　)8. What's the best title for the passage? A．My Love for Pets B．A Hospital for Pets C．A Service for Pets D．A Sad Experience C A little boy was spending his Saturday morning playing in his sandbox (沙坑). While he was building roads and houses in the soft sand, he discovered a large stone in the middle of the sandbox. The little boy tried to move it, but every time he thought he had made some progress, the stone fell back into the sandbox. The little boy tried his best, but his only reward (回报) was to have the stone fall back, hitting his fingers. Finally, the boy cried. All that time the boy's father watched him from his living room window. The moment the boy's tears fell, his father came to the boy and the sandbox. Gently but surely he said, “Son, why didn't you use all the strength (力量) that you had？” Sadly, the boy cried back, “But I did, Daddy, I did! I used all the strength that I had！” “No, son，” said the father. “You didn't used all the strength you had. You didn't ask me.” Then the father moved the stone from the sandbox. Do you have “stones” in your life that need to be moved? Are you discovering that you aren't strong enough to lift them? There is ONE who is always ready to give us the strength we need. Isn't it funny how we try so hard to do things ourselves? (　)9. What was the boy doing in the sandbox? A．Digging for treasure. B．Building roads and houses. C．Playing with a big stone. D．Searching for his lost toy. (　)10. What do the father's words suggest? A．The boy should be more hard­working. B．The boy shouldn't move the stone. C．The boy should ask for help. D．The boy should get a tool. (　)11. What does the underlined word “stones” in the last paragraph refer to? A．Actual stones that are difficult to move. B．Difficulties and problems in life. C．Things that are heavy and hard to move. D．People who are not helpful. (　)12. What is the main idea of the passage? A．It's important to be independent. B．It's fun to play in a sandbox. C．Fathers are stronger than children. D．We should ask for help when needed. D The guitar is one of the most popular musical instruments in the world. Many different cultures have played instruments like the guitar for over 3, 000 years. The oldest instrument that we can see today comes from Ancient Egypt. You can see this guitar in a museum in Cairo. It belonged to(属于) a singer who sang for the Egyptian queen Hatshepsut. This type of guitar has a long neck and only three strings (弦). The lute is also an ancient instrument similar to a guitar, but it has a short neck and a body like half a pear. It usually has more strings than a guitar and they are in pairs. From 1100 to 1500, travelling singers and story tellers played the lute to go with their songs. Guitars sometimes had pairs of strings like the lute, but the guitar changed over time to use single strings. People used guitars with six single strings for the first time in the 1600s in Italy, but the most important change happened in the 1850s. The Spanish guitar maker Antonio Torres Jurado made the guitar's body bigger. His idea made the sound of the guitar louder and better. Most of today's classical guitars follow his design. The first electric guitars appeared in the 1930s. The electric guitars have a solid body and can make many different sounds. We also find them in many different shapes and sizes. Some electric guitars don't look like guitars at all! (　)13. Which of the following is a lute? (　)14. What does the underlined word “them” in Paragraph 4 refer to? A．Guitars. B．Sounds. C．Shapes. D．Sizes. (　)15.[新考法·时间排序] In which order did the following happen? a．The first electric guitars appeared. b．People used guitars with six single strings in Italy. c．Antonio Torres Jurado made the guitar's body bigger. d．Travelling singers played the lute to go with their songs. A．d－b－c－a B．a－c－d－b C．d－a－c－b D．c－d－a－b (　)16. Why does the writer write the text? A．To discuss the invention of the guitar. B．To introduce the shapes of the guitar. C．To compare the players of the guitar. D．To show the development of the guitar. 第二节 阅读短文，从下面所给选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，其中有一个多余的选项。 Who help you most in your everyday life, families, charities, or friends? Don't forget about your neighbours! Neighbours help you more than anyone else in your daily life. 17. ________ What does it take to be a good neighbour? Here is some advice： 18. ________ One of the most important things in being a good neighbour is to respect(尊重) a person's privacy (隐私). If you go rushing over as soon as new neighbours move in, they may think you are going to come over at all hours of the day, not respecting their privacy. It is always a good idea to be friendly to everyone in the neighbourhood. This can not only help you get on with them, but will also be a kind of protection for your family and home. 19. ________ If you are friendly to them, they are much more likely to watch out for anything wrong going on around your home while you are out and let you know if anything happens. Another way of being a good neighbour is to be helpful in their hour of need. If you see that they are in need of a helping hand, it is good to offer your help. 20. ________ In a word, if you respect a person's privacy, treat them kindly and be helpful when you see they are in need, you will be a great neighbour and anyone would be happy to have you next door! A．Good fences (栅栏) make good neighbours. B．They will do the same if you are in trouble. C．So it is important to have good neighbours. D．Surely you need to find a way to get in touch with the neighbour if you are in trouble. E. If you offer a friendly hello while they are out to work, they will think you respect them. 二、完形填空(共10小题，每小题1分；满分10分) 阅读短文，理解其大意，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 The youngest daughter of Emperor Yan loved watching the sunrise. She once asked her father where the sun__21__. Her father said it was in the Eastern Sea. She got very excited and she asked her father to take her there, but he thought she was too __22__to go there. One day, the little princess went to the Eastern Sea alone__23__telling anyone. She jumped into the sea and planned to swim there.__24__， there was a strong wind in the sea and she died because of it. After her death, she turned into a beautiful bird and people called her “Jingwei”. Jingwei__25__the sea very much because it took away her life. The small bird decided to fill up the sea in order to keep others from falling into it. From then on, Jingwei flew__26__the mountain and the Eastern Sea, carrying little sticks (木棍) and stones and dropping them into the sea. Day after day, she never__27__. The sea laughed at Jingwei and said, “Stop doing that, poor little bird. It is__28__for you to fill me up.” “I'll fill you up no matter how hard it is，” replied Jingwei. The brave little bird__29__doing this without taking a rest. Now we often use the story to__30__people who will not give up until their dreams come true. (　)21. A．came B．rose C．shone D．got (　)22. A．young B．angry C．excited D．busy (　)23. A．by B．with C．against D．without (　)24. A．Perhaps B．Surely C．Recently D．Suddenly (　)25. A．hated B．enjoyed C．cheated D．helped (　)26. A．in B．across C．through D．up (　)27. A．stopped B．finished C．laughed D．began (　)28. A．nervous B．important C．impossible D．exciting (　)29. A．called on B．kept on C．depended on D．agreed on (　)30. A．remember B．imagine C．promise D．describe 第二部分　非选择题 (共40分) 三、语篇填空(共10小题，每小题1分；满分10分) 阅读短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或用括号内所给词的正确形式填空，使短文通顺、连贯。 A bird went to look for its happiness in the distance(远方). It flew and flew when it 31. ________ (sudden) saw a little wilting(凋谢的)flower，and its face was full 32. ________ smiles. Not knowing why, the bird asked the little flower, “You're going to die. Why are you still so happy？” “Because my dream 33. ________ (come) true，” said the little flower. “What kind of dream do you have？” “To bear delicious fruit.” Then the little bird saw it: 34. ________ ( happy ) is a hope in the heart. The little bird kept flying. It flew and flew when it suddenly saw a lame(跛的) duck which was singing a song. Not knowing why, it 35. ________ (ask) the duck, “The fate treats you so unfairly. Why are you still so happy with 36. ________(you)？” “Because I saw a little duck fall，”said the duck. “So are you happy because you saw it trip over itself？” “No, I'm happy because I helped it stand up again.” Then the little bird saw it: happiness is a love in the heart. The bird kept flying. It flew and flew when it suddenly saw a spider 37. ________(climb)up a slippery wall. The spider fell off the wall midway, 38. ________ it kept climbing again and fell off again. This didn't discourage (使灰心) the spider. It kept climbing over and over again. Not knowing why, the little bird asked the spider, “ You failed again and again. Why don't you have pain but happiness on your face？” “As long as I keep 39. ________(make) my efforts , there is still hope to climb up it. Because of this, I'm so happy，” said the spider. The little bird saw it: happiness is a faith in the heart. So 40. ________ little bird looked for happiness no longer because it had seen the truth：happiness is not in the distance but in your own heart. 四、阅读与表达(共4小题， 41～43小题， 每小题2分， 44小题4分； 满分10分) 阅读短文，然后根据内容回答问题。 Students may want to feed street cats in school, but they may not know where the cats are. Now, at Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU), students can use their phones to find school cats and get to know them. To give school cats a better life, students of the university made a WeChat mini­program (小程序)—Beiwai Cats. On it, every cat in the university has an “ID card”. The cards show the cats' photos and also have stories about them. Cat lovers can also adopt (收养) school cats on the mini­program. Zhou Hengxiao, 20, helped make the mini­program. He is a member of the BFSU Love Cats Group. He says it is useful for both the students and the cats. Through the mini­program, students can learn more about the cats. The group is also active on Weibo, Bilibili and Xiaohongshu. “We share the culture of our university through the cats. When we make money from these platforms (平台), we will use it to feed the cats and help with their illnesses，” he says. The group hopes to add more cats near the university to Beiwai Cats. “Some people think it's a little dangerous for students to feed the cats, but we just want to do our best to give every small life a home，” says Zhou. “Students can learn how to take care of others, too.” 41. What do the “ID cards” show about cats? _________________________________________________________________ 42. Why does Zhou Hengxiao think the mini­program is useful? _________________________________________________________________ 43. How do these platforms help the cats? _________________________________________________________________ 44. Do you think it is good for students to feed the cats? Why or why not? Write 30 words or more. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 五、书面表达(满分20分) 45. 假设你是李辉，你的英国笔友Tom在来信中告诉你，他因转入新学校后还没有交到新朋友而感到很苦恼。请你用英语给他写一封回信。 内容包括： 1．表达安慰； 2．提出建议； 3．给予鼓励。 注意： 1．词数80－100，开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数； 2．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯； 3．信中不能出现真实姓名及学校名称。 Dear Tom, I'm so sorry to hear that you have trouble making friends at your new school._________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Best wishes! Yours, Li Hui 答案 一、1～4: BBAB　5～8: BCDC 　9～12: BCBD 13～16: BAAD　17～20: CAEB 二、21～25: BADDA　26～30: BACBD 三、31. suddenly　32. of　33. will come/is coming 34. happiness　35. asked　36. yourself　37. climbing 38. but　39. making　40. the 四、41. The cats' photos and stories. 42. Through the mini­program, students can learn more about the cats. 43. Through the platforms, students make some money, and they will use it to feed the cats and help with their illnesses. 44. Yes，I think it is good for students to feed the cats. First, students can learn to be kind to cats. Second, students can make friends with cats and won't feel lonely. 五、45. One possible version： Dear Tom, I'm so sorry to hear that you have trouble making friends at your new school. You don't have to worry too much about this, because it's very common. I hope the following advice can help you. First of all, we should know how to share. We can share delicious food, books and interesting things with others. Sharing can give us pleasure. Second, we should be helpful. When we are in trouble, we should help each other. We should be willing to help others. Finally, we can't say bad words about others so that we can get on well with each other. We should keep secrets. At the same time you have to believe in yourself. You will make a lot of new friends. I hope these suggestions can help you. Best wishes! Yours, Li Hui 11 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$