山东省淄博市张店区第六中学2024-2025学年八年级上学期12月月考英语试题

2024年 张店第六中学 初三12月月考 英语试卷 一.完形填空（共10'） African elephants are endangered.That means the number of elephants is very （1）_____.Its very hard（2）______elephants.Onthe one hand,elephants need a lot of food and they can eat about 220 to 440 pounds of plants every day. On the other hand, finding places that are large enough for them is difficult because they are （3） _____ than any other wild animal. A group called Save the Elephants Foundation （基金会） is working to help elephants. This foundation has made great （4）_____ Scientists wanted to find out why elephants would enter （进入） into dangerous places. Maybe there is something special for them.（5）_____ know（ing） more about that, the group put special circles（圆圈） around the necks of some elephants to track（追踪） them and do some （6）_____. Before long, they learned that elephants often left the reserve （保护区） during the dry seasons.（7）_____there was little rain,the elephants couldnt find enough food to eat. They needed to find delicious food on a farm.（8）_____ this reason, the foundation finally （9）_____ in giving them food during the dry seasons. The destroy of natural environment is （10）_____ reason for endangered animals. So everyone in the world should pay more attention to protecting the environment. That's the key to saving endangered animals. （1）A.large B.small C.many D.much （2）A. find B. to find C. protect D. to protect （3）A.huger B. wider C. more stupid D. fatter （4）A.condition B. achievement C. technology D. invention （5）A.In the face of B. Instead of C. In order to D. As for （6）A.exercise B. chores C. research D.performance （7）A.While B. When C. But D.And （8）A.In B. By C. With D. For （9）A.took B. handed C. cut D. succeeded （10）A.other B. the other C. another D. the others 二.阅读理解（共40） A In the world today, all of the people need to have fun when they are free. We can't work all the time if we are going to keep healthy and enjoy life. Everyone has his own way of relaxing. Perhaps the most popular form （形式） is to take part in sports. There are team sports, such as basketball and football. There are also individual （个人的） sports, such as swimming and running. Skating and mountain climbing are the most popular recreation （消遣） for people who like to be outdoors. Not everyone who enjoys sports likes to take part in them. Many people like watching them on TV or listening to them on the radio. So many people like some indoor relaxation, such as watching TV, singing and dancing. It doesn't matter if we like indoor recreation or take part in outdoor sports. It is important for everyone to relax from time to time, and enjoy some themselves. （11） People want to take part in sports to _____. A. keep healthy and enjoy life B. make friends C. find a good job D. have a good time （12） Indoor recreation dcesn't include _____. A. singing and dancing B. listening to the radio C. skating and mountain climbing D. watching TV （13） The passage mainly tells us that _____. A. basketball is a kind of team sports B. different people have different ways of relaxing C. indoor recreation is not as important as outdoor sports D. the most popular form of recreation is sports B If you have a question, you may want to get a quick answer online. Some technology companies are working to make this come true by developing chatbots. They are computer programs that can communicate with people by phone, on messaging apps or on websites. Chatbots can look up information, answer questions and collect information from users. They are also used for online shopping to help people decide, what to buy. There are two kinds of chatbots: open and closed. A closed chatbot may or may not use AI （人工智能） to understand messages for users. An open chatbot uses Al both to know what people want and to create a reply. Open chatbots are able to learn from their conversations and then improve their ability to communicate over time. This means that open chatbots can answer a wider range （范围） of questions, compared with closed chatbots. One important advantage（优势） of chatbots is that they are available all the time, even at midnight. What's more, one chatbot can serve many users at once.This means that people can get answers quickly instead of waiting for the reply or à human agent （代理人）. However, ciuatuois caut i iake tiue piacc of luunan ageuits. Sunculo inas iv priogiaun üle ciattuuis ai tue beginning and train them. Sometimes, open chatbots cant give answers to certain questions: Besides, many people prefer speaking to a human rather than a chatbot. （14） What is the chatbot? _____ A. A robot. B. A messaging app. C. A technology company. D. A computer program. （15） What can chatbots do according to the second paragraph? _____ A. Keep personal information safe. B. Answer the questions of their users. C. Buy necessary things for their users. D. Help people make learning decisions. （16） What is the difference between open chatbots and closed chatbots? A. Open chatbots reply more quickly. B. Closed chatbots are better at communicating. C. Open chatbots answer questions on more topics. D. Open chatbots don't use AI to understand questions. （17） What can we learn from the passage? _____ A. Human agents are more popular than chatbots. B. One chatbot can only serve one person at a time. C. Chatbots have been widely used in our life. D Many people prefer speaking to a chatbot rather than a human. C If you are a nature lover, you'l enjoy reading A Walk in the Woods. It's a true comic（ 喜剧的） story. The writer is Bill Bryson. A fter staying in the UK for 20 years, Bryson decided to return to the US to know about his hometown by hiking （徒步旅行） the Appalachian Trail （阿巴拉契亚山道）, which is about 3, 500 kilometers long. This book describes many beautiful scenes, such as quiet forests and beautiful lakes. Bryson was not alone, but with his old friend, Stephen. As a writer with comic talent, he often found joy all the way. Lots of things happened along the way. At the beginning, Bryson felt the dangers of the wild and stayed awake for hours each night, because he was worried that he would be killed by animals. Later the two midiie - aged men iricd io ciinnio a mouniaiu bui mei wiun a snowsiorm. It was dangerous. The book is not just about funny hiking. Bryson also talks about the environmental problems. It is a mix of the funny and the serious, using a fresh way of getting readers to actually care about the environmental protection. As the website （网站） Book Browse said, the book will become a modern classic of travel literature（文学）for sure. （18） How did Bryson learn about his motherland? _____ A. By climbing mountains. B. By hiking the Appalachian Trail. C. By meeting with old friends in the US. D. By writing books describing American scenes. （19） Why did Bryson stay awake at night at the beginning of the trip? _____ A. Because he worried about meeting with a snowstorm.B. Because he worried that he would get lost. C. Because he worried that he lost money. D. Because he worried that he lost his life. （20） Which of the following can best describe the book? A. Boring but meaningful. B. Funny and serious. C. Scary and funny. D. Interesting but meaningless. （21） Which part of the website does the passage probably come from? _____ A. Food. B. Music. C. Sports. D. Travel. D One of the world's most dangerous sports is mountain climbing. Chinese mountain climber Dong Hongjuan has climbed all 14 mountains above 8, 000 meters on earth. （22） _____ Dong, 42, successfully reached the top of the 8, 027 - meter Mount Shisha pang ma on April 26. （23） ________ They care about true summits （顶点）. The international mountaineering summit（登山登顶）website 8000 ers.com.run , by mountain climbers, collects summit information of the world's 14 mountains over 8, 000 meters. And its confirmation 认证） is widely recognized（认可） in the international mountaineering community （社区）. There are only 14 mountains above 8, 000 meters on earth, but Dong climbed them 19 times. In fact, Dong had climbed Mt Shisha pang ma in 2018, but later she realized that she had only reached the central （ （高峰） （24） _____ According to the 8000 ers com wwhkitels needs. Dong alimhed Manach1: Broad, Annapurna, D haul a giri and Shisha pang ma twice. It was hard for Dong in the past ten years. But everything has paid off. （25） _____ "This honor belongs to my motherland. I love you China!" E 阅读以下五个人的旅行需求,从下面五个选项中选出适合上面人物度假地方的选项。 （26）_____Zhang Ting is a student from Hainan.She seldom sees snow in her hometown.So she is looking forward to going to a place where she can play with snow, make snowmen, ski and skate. （27）_____Helen is from Canada. She hopes to visit China during the winter vacation. She is interested in the history of China. She wants to go to a city with a long history. （28）_____Liu Hua likes climbing.He wants to climb mountains with his wife.He enjoys the beauty of the mountains. （29）_____Li Ping wants to travel with his son to an educational place. There his son will remember history and love peace. （30）_____Grace would like to see the beautiful sea and he also wants to see many sea animals and their shows. ANanjing is a suitable place if you want to educate your students or children. There are many places you can go the Peace Square, Nanjing Museum and so on. B.Beijing is one of the historical and cultural cities, with the Great Wall, the Palace Museum and some other ancient buildings. You can learn about the history and culture of China in different periods there. C: Harbin is China's "ice city". It is famous for its Ice and Snow World. Thousands of visitors from all over the world come here this winter. The travelers from the south of China make up a large part of the tourism crowd. D. If you like the sea and sea animals, Oingdao is a wonderful place to visit. There are many beautiful beaches and sea world. You will have fun there. E. Mount I luang s baar lies in the south of Anhui. While you are climbing the mountain, you can enjoy the sea of clouds, pines （松树） and unique rocks around you. It's really a nice place to visit. 三.选词填空（共10） A group of killer whales were running after a gray whale mom and her baby. Oh no! The baby was caught and killed! Later, something amazing （31） _________. A few humpback whales （座头鲸） came to save the mom. They beaat the killer whales with their （32） _______. They swam around the baby to stop the killer whales （33） ______ eating its body. This is not a scene from a movie. In fact, it （34） ________ happened in the US. People have seen over 100 fights like this over the last 60 years. When killer whales look for food, humpback whales always rush to protect other sea animals They are like （35）_______ swordsmen（侠客） from stories. （36）________,humpback whales may not be selfless（无私的）according to scientists.They have their own reasons to （37） ________ killer whales. First, killer whales like to beat humpback whales' babies and eat them.So humpback whales not only save other whales, but protect their own kid. （38）_______,when some humpback whales are young, killer whales always pick on（欺负） them. So when they grow up, they will hate killer whales and want to fight them. Humpback whales are not the only warm - hearted animals in the world. Some other animals, such as dolphins and dogs, also like to help （39） ______. And don't forget us humans. We always help each other and try to make a （40） ______ world! 31.__________32.__________33.__________34.__________35,__________ 36.___________37.___________38.__________39.__________40.________四.语法填空（共10） Harbin （哈尔滨） （41） __________（become） one of the most-visited places since a few months ago. The ice city of Heil on giang province is in Northeast China. 11 （42）______ （child） from Nanning, Guangxi took （43） _______ educational trip to Harbin. People call （44） _____（they） "little tangerines"（小砂糖橘）.This is because（45）_____the orange jackets they wear.The oldest is just six and a half years old, and （46）___________（young） is only three years and five months old. In Harbin, they （47） ______（eat） the local food and watched a firework show. None of them has （48） ______ （be） to Mohe before. It was freezing cold in Mohe, but they felt warm, because they were warmly welcomed by a local travel agency（旅行社）. Moreover, the police officers at the station spent some time （49） ________（make） snowmen and snow sculptures for these children. （50） ______ a meaningful tip for the "little tangerines"! 41.____________42.____________43._________44._________45._________ 46.___________47.___________48.___________49._________50._________五.阅读表达（共10’） There is a kindergarten （幼儿园） in a mountain village of Tongren, Guizhou Province. Rao Si is the only teacher working there for 18 children. Inside the kindergarten, different kinds of plants can be found in a small garden. Walking out of the kindergarten's door,the children can see terraced fields（梯田） in the clouds.It helps them get a better understanding of nature. When she sees children's pictures and artworks with imagination（想象力）on the wall, she finds her work helpful. "Most children in my class don't live with their parents. Their grandparents care for them. They are like my family. We care about each other and grow up together, "Rao says. There were no kindergartens in Tongren when Rao was born there in 1991.Things have become greatly different over the past ten years. Every village has a kindergarten now. In order to make children's learning interesting,Rao gets training and often visits city kindergartens.She watches how the teachers teach and shares teaching experience with them. Though great changes have taken place, there are still some difficulties. For example, they don't have enough musical instruments（乐器） and painting materials."We dont have the material（物质）conditons like those in city schools, but we are close to nature. Nature is the best teacher, "Rao says. （51） How many children are there in Rao Si's kindergarten? ________________________________________________________________ （52） What makes Rae Si find her work helpfinl? ________________________________________________________________ （53） What does Rao Si do when she visits the city kindergartens? _________________________________________________________________ （54） What are the difficulties in Rao Si's kindergarten now? ________________________________________________________________ （55）Rao says, "Nature is the best teacher "Do you agree with her? Why or Why not? _________________________________________________________________ 六、完成句子（10） 56.尽管天下着雨,她依然坚持锻炼。__________ __________ it is rainy, she keeps exercising. 57.从那时起,她就成了美国乡村音乐迷。 ________ ______ then, she has been a fan of American country music. 58.《金银岛》讲的是一个男孩出海并发现了一个满是珠宝的岛的故事。 Treasure Island is about a boy who goes out to sea and finds an Island________________ treasures. 59.她曾去过说英语的国家吗?_________ she ever ________ to an English -speaking country? 60.数以千计的家长总是把自己的孩子与别人的孩子做比较。 _____________ parents are always comparing their own children with others'. 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$