江苏省南京市鼓楼中学2023-2024学年八年级上学期英语期末试题

2024南京市鼓楼中学初二上英语期末试题 一、单项选择（10分） 1. China covers ______ area of about 9,600,000 square kilometers. A. a B. an C. the D. / 2. —What was the ______ of the football match yesterday? —AC Milan won the match. A. reason B. result C. shout D. decision 3. A flood ________ the village away last year. A. moved B. blew C. took D. washed 4. The temperature will be ______. You should put on your warm coat. A. taller B. shorter C. lower D. higher 5. I can’t hear the teacher ______ with so much ______ outside. A. clear, noise B. slowly, noise C. clearly, noise D. clearly, noisy 6. 一Will Dad be back home at 6 o'clock this evening? 一He should, but he not. Sometimes he exercises after work. A. can B. must C. need D. may 7. —What’s the ______ of your sister when she was ______ birth? —She was about 2.5 kg. A. weigh, at B. weight, at C. weighed, at D. weight, born 8. —Sam, do you have the same hobby as Jim? —Not really. I like fishing ________ he likes playing basketball. A. and B. or C. while D. so 9. I often make you ______ because I hope you ______ happy. A. laugh, will be B. laugh, to be C. to laugh, will be D. laughing, to be 10. —Is there any milk in the fridge? —______, but we have juice. Would you like some? A. None B. Something C. Nothing D. Anything 二、补全对话（10分） A: Hello, Peter. I will have a birthday party on Sunday. ____11____ B: Of course I can. ____12____ A: At my house B: ____13____ A: It will begin at 6:00 p.m. B: OK. I will go on time. A: By the way, is your sister Lisa free on Sunday? B: Yes, she is. A: ____14____ B: Certainly. I think she would like to go to your party with me together. A: ____15____ B: You’re welcome. A. Thanks a lot. B. Can you come to my party? C. When will it begin? D Can you ask Lisa to come to my party with you? E. I’m sorry I can’t. F. Where will you have the party? 三、完形填空（15分） 阅读下面的短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可填入空白处的最佳选项，使短文意思完整。 Jim, a successful businessman, told an experience of his childhood. When he was 12, his parents died. He was alone and didn’t ____16____ others. No one showed kindness to him. People always laughed ____17____ him. His only friend was a dog named Bobby. He ____18____ his dog enough to eat and drink, but he was a little rude(粗鲁的) to it sometimes. One day when he was going down the street, he saw a young lady walking in front of him. Suddenly one of her ____19____ dropped(掉落) from her arms. As she stopped to pick it up, she dropped other bags. Jim came to help ____20____. “Thank you, dear! You are a nice little boy!” The lady said kindly and ____21____, smiling. A special feeling came to him. He had ____22____ heard such kind words before. He watched her until she went far away. He was so ____23____ that he whistled(吹口哨) to his dog. “Thank you? dear! You are a nice little boy!” He repeated the woman’s words. Then in a low ____24____ he said to his dog, “You are a nice little dog!” Bobby raised its ears. It seemed that the dog had understood ____25____ he said, “Even a dog likes it!” he thought. “Well, Bobby, I won’t say unkind words to you anymore.” he said. Bobby waved its tails happily. Later, they went directly to the river nearby. When he ____26____ at the riverside, he looked at himself in the river. He saw ____27____ but a dirty boy. He washed his face carefully. After that, he saw a nice ____28____ boy. From then on, he started a new life. After telling this ____29____, the businessman stopped for a while. Then he said, “Ladies and gentlemen, it was that kind woman who planted the first seed of kindness in me. All of us ____30____learn about kindness. What great power it has!” 16. A. get on well with B. look forward to C. keep away from D. take good care of 17. A. at B. on C. in D. to 18. A. lent B. gave C. held D. taught 19. A. books B. boxes C. bags D. hats 20. A. him B. her C. them D. it 21. A. widely B. seriously C. politely D. angrily 22. A. still B. never C. ever D. often 23. A. upset B. worried C. excited D. nervous 24. A. place B. level C. speed D. voice 25. A. what B. how C. where D. when 26. A. arrived B. reached C. got D. moved 27. A. something B. anything C. everything D. nothing 28. A. awful B. dirty C. clean D. ugly 29. A. story B. joke C. news D. note 30. A. dare B. should C. couldn’t D. mustn’t 四、阅读理解（10分） Jerry is a world-famous mountain climber. He has climbed many high mountains in the world. Starting in 2015, he and his friends spent two years on an adventure (探险) in South America, covering 7,800 miles. He was even named “Adventurer of the Year” by a famous geography magazine in 2018. Jerry had great success (成功), but he didn’t feel fulfilled. He asked himself, “Is it enough to climb the highest mountains? Am I doing something helpful? How can I turn my adventures into something that can help the world?” Jerry learned that scientists (科学家) need pants, rocks and water samples (样本) from the places far away to do research (研究). But scientists can’t get there themselves because such places are hard to reach—only the bravest adventurers can make it. Jerry thought he could do something to help. He then had an idea. He set up (成立) a team of top adventurers to collect samples for scientists. By studying the samples, scientists could know more about the Earth and find ways to protect it. Recently Jerry and his adventurer friends have found a special plant life of Mountain Qomolangma. The samples they brought back have helped scientists study how plants live in extreme (极端) conditions. For Jerry, this kind of adventure is most satisfying. “Such adventures had made us see life in a different way. Now, being the best climber isn’t important for me. What matters is doing something helpful while climbing the mountains. There is still much more we can do.” Jerry said to a newspaper. 31 The underlined word “fulfilled” in Paragraph 2 means ______. A. 满足的 B. 耐心的 C. 担心的 D. 放松的 32. Jerry set up a team of top adventurers in order to ______. A. make friends B. help scientists collect samples C. climb many high mountains D. find ways to protect plants 33. We can learn from the passage that ______. A. the scientists are too busy to climb the mountains B. doing research has brought Jerry joy and success C. Jerry has climbed all the high mountains in the world D. Jerry’s adventures have changed his understanding of life 34. Which is the best title for the passage? A. Dangerous Mountain Climbing B. Knowing More about the Earth C. Plants Found on High Mountains D. Adventures Turned into Something Greater 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑，选项中有一项为多余选项。 If you give money to a stranger on the street, does that make you a nice person? Do you always offer to help someone with heavy bags? ____35____ You may consider yourself to be a nice person, but you’re probably not as nice as you think. This is a new study carried out by professors from the University of London. ____36____ During the study, participants (参与者) were given a list of “nice” activities and asked which ones they often do. ____37____ 98 percent of us consider ourselves to be among the nicest 50 percent of the population. The most common practices were giving directions to strangers, holding doors open and giving up seats on public transport. However, three fourths said that they seldom helped people carry heavy shopping bags. ____38____ Just a quarter donated blood often or helped someone cross the road. Though our thoughts of ourselves didn’t match up with scientific research, this nicer-than-others thought may do good to us. In the study led by Freeman, those who thought themselves as “nice” were likely to be richer, healthier and happier. ____39____ Our study shows that participants who report that they are ‘nice’ scored higher on emotional intelligence (智商). It can help them deal better with stress and troubles in their lives. A. I want to help more and more people. B. Do you often donate blood? C. The study looked into whether there is a link between nice people and their levels of health, wealth and happiness. D. “Nice” people are almost three times more satisfied with their lives and make more money. E. The result was surprising. F. Only one sixth often gave money to strangers. 六、选词填空（10分） 阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词，每词限用一次。 used need being elderly pass how help chance homeless pocket Many of my classmates want to do something to support charity. But they don’t know ___40___. Some of them even complain that they don’t have enough chances to offer ___41___ hands. I just think ___42___ are everywhere. We can do a lot to support charity in our daily lives. Maybe we can’t do great things, but we can do small things with great love. For example, it is true that we can’t build houses for ___43___ people. But we can donate some of our ___44___ money to them like my cousin Mike. Mike says he is ___45___ to saving some money every month. He donates it to people in ___46___. You can also show your love by ___47___ volunteers in your community centre. You can also be helpful by offering your seats on the bus to the ___48___. In a word, I think supporting charity means that we show our love and ___49___ it on. When we all have a loving heart, the world will be like a garden full of beautiful flowers. 七、首字母填空（10分） Do you think rabbits are cute? If you ask an Australian this question, he will s___50___ his head. For Australians, rabbits are d___51___ animals, because they have almost destroyed (毁坏) the nature of Australia. In the 18th century, Europeans (欧洲人) came to Australia. They took the f___52___ rabbit to Australia. After that, the number of rabbits increased q___53___. One of the reasons is that there were no foxes or wolves in Australia at that time. Another reason is that the natural e___54___ of Australia was good for rabbits. The ground was very soft. As a result, the rabbits could dig holes easily. Some holes were as deep as 1.5 metres. And there was delicious grass everywhere, s___55___ the rabbits could get enough food. By the time of 1926, there were about 10 billion rabbits in Australia. James is a farmer in Australia. He u___56___ to have a very large field. But there were so many rabbits there that most of the grass was eaten by them. W___57___ grass, the land quickly became dry. Many sheep and horses fell into rabbits’ home and hurt t___58___. That’s w___59___ Australians don’t think rabbits are cute. 八、读写综合 A. 阅读并回答问题。（10分） 阅读短文，回答下列问题 Jim is on holiday in Australia. There are bushfires in the area where he is staying. He is telling his friend Mark about the fires. Mark: We saw the news about the bush fires. Are they close to you? Jim: Yes. They are very close. The weather is hot and windy. The conditions are ideal for bush fires and once they get started they spread quickly. Yesterday the temperatures hit 44°C and there were reports of over 50 fires in the area. It will take days to put them out. Mark: Have you seen any fires? Jim: Yes, I have. I’m staying with my uncle Ted. He’s a volunteer firefighter. He says the fires have killed a lot of animals, but no people. He says that the safest thing is to stay inside unless your house catches fire! Mark: Is it safe where you are? Jim: We’re fine. We listen to the radio to keep up to date with the latest news. So we know if a fire is coming our way. One got very close yesterday. Three houses nearby caught fire. Luckily, the families put the fires out before they did too much damage. Mark: Are you worried? Do you think you will need to move to a safer place? Jim: It’s a normal part of summer in Australia. Bush fires are a fact of life here. It’s a bit scary, but I am sure I’ll be fine. Mark: Well, you look after yourself! We don’t want you to be the first human victim of the year! 回答下面5个问题，每题答案不超过6个词。 60. Where is Jim on holiday? ______________________________________________ 61. What’s the weather like today? ______________________________________________ 62. What was the highest temperature yesterday? ______________________________________________ 63. What problems have the fires caused? ______________________________________________ 64. How do people get the latest news about the bush fires? ______________________________________________ B. 书面表达。（15分） 65. 阜宁，一个让人向往的地方。近些年，我们家乡阜宁发生了翻天覆地的变化。请你根据以下信息，以“Changes in My Hometown”为题，写一篇短文，谈谈阜宁这些年的变化。 What was Funing like in the past? What changes have taken place in Funing? What do you think of these changes? 要求： 1. 表达清楚，语句通顺、流畅，意思连贯。 2. 文章必须包括所有要点，并作适当的发挥。 3. 词数不得少于80个词。（题目和开头已给出，不计入总词数） Changes in My Hometown My hometown, Funing, has changed a lot over the years. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2024南京市鼓楼中学初二上英语期末试题 一、单项选择（10分） 【1题答案】 【答案】B 【2题答案】 【答案】B 【3题答案】 【答案】D 【4题答案】 【答案】C 【5题答案】 【答案】C 【6题答案】 【答案】D 【7题答案】 【答案】B 【8题答案】 【答案】C 【9题答案】 【答案】A 【10题答案】 【答案】A 二、补全对话（10分） 【11~15题答案】 【答案】11. B 12. F 13. C 14. D 15. A 三、完形填空（15分） 【16~30题答案】 【答案】16. A 17. A 18. B 19. C 20. B 21. C 22. B 23. C 24. D 25. A 26. A 27. D 28. C 29. A 30. B 四、阅读理解（10分） 【31~34题答案】 【答案】31. A 32. B 33. D 34. D 【35~39题答案】 【答案】35. B 36. C 37. E 38. F 39. D 六、选词填空（10分） 【40~49题答案】 【答案】40. how 41. helping 42. chances 43 homeless 44. pocket 45. used 46. need 47. being 48. elderly 49. pass 七、首字母填空（10分） 【50~59题答案】 【答案】50. (s)hake 51. (d)angerous 52. (f)irst 53. (q)uickly 54. (e)nvironment 55. (s)o 56. (u)sed 57. (w)ithout 58. (t)hemselves 59. (w)hy 八、读写综合 A. 阅读并回答问题。（10分） 【60~64题答案】 【答案】60. In Australia. 61. It’s hot and windy. 62. It was 44℃. 63. They have killed lots of animals./ They have killed many animals. 64. By listening to the radio./ They listen to the radio. B. 书面表达。（15分） 【65题答案】 【答案】例文 Changes in My Hometown My hometown, Funing, has changed a lot over the years. In the past, my hometown was very small, and people lived a poor life. The houses were old and small. Pollution was very serious, and there was rubbish everywhere. The roads were dirty and narrow in the past, so few visitors came here. Great changes have taken place in my hometown these years. People live a richer life than before. Many new and tall buildings have been built. The environment has improved a lot. The streets are getting cleaner and wider. There are trees and flowers everywhere. I think the changes are good. I believe that my hometown will be better and better in the future. 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$