安徽省阜阳市太和县2023-2024学年八年级上学期期末英语试题

2023—2024学年度第一学期期末质量检测试卷 八年级英语试卷 注意事项： 1．本试卷共四部分，十大题，试题120分，考试时间为120分钟。 2．全卷包括“试题卷”（8页）和“答题卡”（2页）两部分。 3．请务必在“答题卡”上答题，在“试题卷”上答题是无效的。 第一部分 听力（共四大题，满分20分） Ⅰ．短对话理解（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分） 你将听到五段对话，每段对话后有一个小题。请在每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出一个最佳选项。每段对话读两遍。 1．How will the man get to Hefei? A． B． C． 2．What did Holly get from Wendy? A． B． C． 3．What does Lisa want to be? A．A scientist B．A doctor. C．An astronaut. 4．What’s the man going to do on Saturday morning? A．Go shopping. B．Play the violin. C．Watch a concert. 5．Where are the speakers? A．In a hospital. B．In a hotel. C．In a library. Ⅱ．长对话理解（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分） 你将听到两段对话，每段对话后有几个小题。请在每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出一个最佳选项。每段对话读两遍。 听下面一段对话，回答第6至7小题。 6．How was Tony’s weekend? A．Great. B．Busy. C．Boring. 7．What did Tony’s sister do on Sunday? A．She studied at home. B．She played soccer. C．She visited the zoo. 听下面一段对话，回答第8至10小题。 8．What will William have for breakfast tomorrow? A．Bread and butter. B．Corn soup. C．Pancakes with honey. 9．What does William love to drink? A．Milk. B．Coffee. C．Yogurt. 10．Where is William’s car key? A．On the table. B．On the sofa. C．In the bookcase. Ⅲ．短文理解（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分） 你将听到一篇短文，短文后有五个小题。请根据短文内容，在每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出一个最佳选项。短文读两遍。 11．Who is Lin Tao? A．Jim’s brother. B．Jim’s friend. C．Jim’s cousin. 12．Where did Jim go with Lin Tao last Saturday? A．To the park. B．To the sports center. C．To the shopping center. 13．How old is Lin Tao now? A．10. B．11. C．12. 14．How was the weather yesterday? A．Sunny. B．Cloudy. C．Snowy. 15．What did Jim buy for Lin Tao? A．A kite. B．A bike. C．A bat. Ⅳ．信息转换（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分） 你将听到一篇短文。请根据短文内容，写出下面表格中所缺的单词，每空仅填一词。短文读两遍。 Alan’s summer vacation activities When What Morning Doing some 16 every day Afternoon Doing his homework and reading 17 books every day Evening ●Watching 18 movies on the Internet ●Playing 19 with his dad ●Going to the supermarket 20 a week 第二部分 英语知识运用（共三大题，满分35分） Ⅴ．单项填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分） 从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 1. —Jim, can you tell me the ________ between the two cups? —Sorry, I can’t. I think they look the same. A. difference B. activity C. problem D. surprise 2. —Wow! There are so many books on your desk. —But ________ of them are mine. They’re all my sister’s. A. all B. either C. none D. both 3. Thank you, Ms. Xiang! I couldn’t improve my English so much ________ your help. A. from B. without C. through D. for 4. —There’s a robot in the new restaurant. —I know. You ________ told me that yesterday. A. already B. even C. hardly D. never 5. —Are dumplings the ________ food of the Spring Festival? —Yes, and we also eat fish. A. possible B. personal C. similar D. traditional 6. Because of poor health Ann ________ the invitation to her friend’s party. A. put away B. waited for C. turned down D. made up 7. —It seems that you love reading a lot. —Yes. I’m not happy ________ I read every day. A. unless B. if C. when D. because 8. —There ________ a basketball game in my school tomorrow. Would you love to watch it with me? —Sure, I’d love to. A. be B. has C. is going to have D. is going to be 9. —Is there ________ you want us to do? —Yes. Could you please take out the rubbish when you leave? A. else anything B. anything else C. else something D. something else 10. —I’m afraid I can’t go to the museum with you this afternoon. I’ll have a guitar lesson. —That’s too bad. ________. A. I’m afraid not B. I really hope so C. It’s a good idea D. Maybe another time Ⅵ．完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分） 阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。 A Once a wolf (狼) called Howler lived in a forest. There were lots of fruit trees, but the most delicious fruit was on the tall trees and Howler couldn’t ____11____ it. In the forest, a man named Martin had a few fruit trees. He ____12____ the trees very carefully. But he was too old to pick the fruit. One day, when Martin saw Howler jump up and down to reach the fruit on the tree, he had a great idea. “Let me give you some ____13____. Why not help me pick the fruit? If you help me, you’ll get half of the fruit you pick,” he told Howler. And Howler ____14____ happily. Then Martin gave Howler a ladder (梯子). Howler worked hard. Soon, he was ____15____ and he didn’t want to give Martin his share. So he ____16____ ran away with the ladder. He went to other trees for more ____17____. Later, Howler went to see Martin. He found the old man sitting under a tree, sad. “I shouldn’t ____18____ him. I thought we could be friends and help each other,” the old man said to ____19____. Hearing this, Howler felt ____20____. He learned that one shouldn’t trick (欺骗) others and that one should always keep the promise. 11. A. buy B. reach C. use D. take 12. A. looked after B. cut down C. looked for D. worried about 13. A. food B. time C. advice D. news 14. A. accepted B. refused C. replied D. served 15. A. tired B. angry C. sad D. bored 16. A. clearly B. seriously C. really D. quickly 17. A. money B. water C. fruit D. meat 18. A. catch B. trust C. save D. leave 19. A. himself B. herself C. themselves D. ourselves 20. A. comfortable B. sorry C. unlucky D. happy B It often takes astronauts days to go to the moon. But will people live there? Will people ____21____ a city on the moon? Some people think it’s ____22____. But it won’t be easy. There isn’t any oxygen (氧气) on the moon. Spaceships will need to bring oxygen from the earth. ____23____ will be a problem, too. How will people grow vegetables? There isn’t any water, ____24____ scientists think that they may find some ice. The energy (能量) for the city won’t be a problem—it will ____25____ the sun. Who will go to the moon? Maybe ____26____ will go there. The moon is a(n) ____27____ place for them. It’s never cloudy or rainy on the moon, so it’s a good place to study the ____28____ and planet. We may build a university for them. We’ll ____29____ build a restaurant and a hospital for visitors, too. People can walk on the moon and take photos of the earth. Will it ____30____? Maybe. But one thing is true: A visit to the moon hotel will be very expensive! 21. A. draw B. build C. pollute D. share 22. A. difficult B. simple C. careless D. possible 23. A. Food B. Houses C. Air D. Clothes 24 A. or B. if C. because D. but 25. A. come from B. look like C. get to D. think about 26. A. engineers B. workers C. scientists D. pilots 27. A. interesting B. important C. serious D. dangerous 28. A. weather B. stars C. sea D. mountains 29. A. luckily B. easily C. probably D. cheaply 30. A. play B. expect C. arrive D. happen Ⅶ．补全对话（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分） 根据对话内容，从方框内的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，其中有两个为多余选项。 根据对话内容，从选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 A: Are you free next Saturday? B: Yes. ____31____ A: I'm wondering if you’d like to go to watch a football game with Jack and me. I have some tickets. B: Sure, I’d love to! Thanks. A: ____32____ B: I’m doing my homework. I still have a lot to do. A: Me too. ____33____ B: I’m sorry. I don’t think I can. A: Why? We can do our homework together B: My mom is not at home. ____34____I don’t think I can finish dinner early. A: _____35_____ B: Can I? That would be very nice of you. Thank you. A. I believe so. B. I’m afraid not. C. I have to cook dinner myself. D. You can have dinner at my home. E. By the way, what are you doing now? F. I must finish my homework before nine. G. Would you like to come to my home this evening? 第三部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分） Ⅷ．阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分） 第一节阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。 A What do you want to be when you grow up? Ms. Green asked her students about their dreams in class today. Here are the results. I want to be a doctor like my father. Doctors play an important role in saving sick people. They make sick people live in hope. I began to play the violin when I was 4, and I’m quite good at it. My dream is to give excellent performances to people around the world. Mike I’d like to be a computer programmer. It’s a hot job these days. Some people think computer science is more boring than computer games, but I don’t think so. What about you? 36. What do most of the girls in Ms. Green’s class want to be? A. A musician. B. A scientist. C. A doctor. D. A teacher. 37. How many students want to be a pilot in the class? A. Five. B. Four. C. Three. D. Two. 38. Which of the following is TRUE? A. Most boys want to be a scientist. B. Cindy dreams of being a great violinist. C. Mike spends lots of time playing computer games. D. The reading tells us how we can make our dreams come true. B Nita loves birthday parties. But she doesn’t have birthday parties often. She only has a birthday party every four years. “Mom, why do my friends celebrate their birthdays every year, but I don’t?” Nita asks her mother. “Nita, your birthday is on February 29th,” Mom says. “It only comes once in a leap year (闰年). And this year is a leap year. I’m sure you’ll have a great birthday party.” Two weeks later, Nita’s birthday comes! She’s very thrilled. Her parents make a big fruit cake for her and give her a colorful birthday hat. And all her friends come to her home. They bring her some books and sing Happy Birthday for her. After eating the cake, all people play games and dance. They all have a good time. Nita is very happy to get 12 years old and have a great birthday party! 39. How many birthday parties may Nita have until this year? A. One. B. Two. C. Three. D. Four. 40. What does the underlined word “thrilled” mean? A. Glad. B. Free. C. Healthy. D. Talented. 41. What do people do at Nita’s birthday party? A. They watch TV. B. They make a cake. C. They sing and read books. D. They play games and dance. 42. What’s the best title for the passage? A. A different leap year B. Nita’s special birthday C. Different birthday parties D. Nita’s good family and friends C Do you like Harry Potter books? Hailey is an 18-year-old girl from the US. She’s a big fan of Harry Potter. She likes reading Harry Potter books very much. Hailey finishes her high school year this term. She wants to do something great for her prom party (毕业舞会). So she wants to make a nice skirt with some Harry Potter books. Hailey buys some old Harry Potter books from a shop. Then she starts her work. It takes her about four days to make the skirt. “It’s not easy to make it,” Hailey says. “But when the skirt comes out, I think what I do for it is worthwhile (值得的).” Hailey goes to the prom party in her nice skirt. All her classmates like it very much. They all want to take pictures with Hailey. Hailey feels very happy. “I can’t sell my skirt after the party. I will keep it,” says Hailey. “And I know we must learn to do something nice when we’re young.” 43. What does Hailey want to make a prom skirt with? A. CDs. B. Books. C. Cards. D. Pictures. 44. What does the underlined word “it” refer to? A. The book Harry Potter. B. The shop. C. The skirt. D. The prom party. 45. What can we know from the last paragraph? A. Hailey doesn’t go to the party in her skirt. B. Hailey’s classmates like the skirt very much. C. Hailey’s classmates don’t want to take photos with her. D. Hailey is happy because she sells her skirt at a good price. D There are more than 8,000,000,000 people on the earth. But is there food for all of them? Many people on the earth can’t get the food they need. And some of them can only have one or two kinds of food. They can’t get the nutrition (营养) they need to be healthy. But don’t worry. Scientists are trying to find a good way to help. A red seaweed (海藻) called dulse can be a food for people. It’s very easy to grow dulse. It doesn’t need too much work. And Chris Langdon, a scientist, finds new ways to grow it fast. For bananas and pears, you can only eat their fruit. But for dulse, you can eat all of it. Dulse tastes like bacon (培根). Food scientists may tell you to make a sandwich with it. Cook it and put it in bread with lettuce and tomatoes. You don’t need bacon now! 46. What problem does Paragraph 2 show? A. Some food isn’t healthy. B. Scientists can’t find new food. C. There are too many people on the earth. D. Many people don’t have the food they need. 47. What does Chris Langdon find? A. A new kind of fruit. B. A new red seaweed. C. New ways to grow fruit. D. New ways to grow dulse fast. 48. Why does the writer talk about bacon? A. To show dulse is healthy. B. To show dulse is popular. C. To show dulse tastes good. D. To show dulse has good nutrition. 49. In what part of a book can we find the passage? A. Health. B. Sports. C. Food. D. Animals. E Hello, my name is Ella. Last Saturday, our class took a trip to a castle (城堡). Before our visit, Mrs. Dean asked us some questions about the castle, and we had to find the answers when we were there. It made the day more interesting. Mrs. Dean asked us to go to the garden (花园) of the castle first and draw a picture of it. Carole said that wasn’t interesting at all. I thought so, too. But Tina said she had lots of fun in the garden. After drawing a picture, she took many photos with her new phone. We had lunch in the castle garden. After that, we walked into the castle. That was my favorite part of the trip. The castle was old but beautiful. We walked around some of the rooms in the castle. We wrote down information and took photos for our schoolwork. I didn’t think anyone lived in castles any more, but to my surprise, there was still a family living in this one. We didn’t really have much time to stay in the castle, so I’ll ask my parents to take me there again. 50. What did Ella think of drawing in the garden? A. Interesting. B. Boring. C. Difficult. D. Easy. 51. What surprised Ella in the castle? A. A family lived there. B. The castle was very old. C. There were many people. D. There were a lot of rooms. 52. What do we know about Ella? A. She didn’t like Mrs. Dean. B. She was happy with her photos. C. She wanted to visit the castle again. D. She didn’t draw a picture of the garden. 第二节 阅读下面短文，并用英语回答问题（请注意每小题后面的词数要求）。 F Mr. Mi often makes clay figurines (泥人) on the street in Sichuan. His works are popular with many people of different ages. In 2003, Mi lost his hands but he didn’t lose hope. He learned to eat and get dressed by himself. “Many of my friends gave me help but I thought I must make a living by myself,” he said. One day, when he saw an artisan (手艺人) making clay figurines on the street, Mi decided to learn from him. But the artisan refused to teach him because he doesn’t have hands. Mi kept talking with him and finally the artisan agreed. The learning process (过程) was difficult. In the beginning, Mi could only make two flowers in an afternoon. And he was really tired after all of the practice. However, he was really hard-working. Now, Mi is pretty good at making clay figurines. It takes him only a few minutes to make one clay figurine. Every day, he can make about thirty and each one is about twenty yuan. His clay figurines sell quickly. “Although I have no hands, I can make a living by myself. I believe that if I work hard, my family will have a happy life,” Mi says. 53. What was Mr. Mi’s idea about his friends’ help? (不超过10个词) _______________________ 54. Why did the artisan refuse to teach Mr. Mi? (不超过 10个词) _______________________ 55. How much money can Mr. Mi make every day? (不超过5个词) _______________________ 第四部分 写（共两大题，满分25分） Ⅸ．单词拼写（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分） 根据首字母及汉语提示，完成下列单词的拼写，使句意明确，语言通顺。 56. The singer invited some of her g________ (客人) to the concert. 57 He decided not to a________ (接受) the new job. 58. Jane goes to the sports club to take exercise a________ (几乎) every day. 59. It’s n________(正常的) to feel tired after such a long trip. 60. Tom was happy that he s________ (解决) the problem at last. X．书面表达（共1小题；满分20分） 61. 假如你是刘梅（Liu Mei），新年来临之际，你校为了激励同学们积极向上，正在开展以“To be a better me”为题的英语演讲比赛。请你根据以下提示和要求，写一篇英语演讲稿谈谈你的新年计划。 提示：1. How do you study and keep healthy? 2. Why do you have a new hobby? 要求：1. 内容须涵盖所有要点，可适当发挥； 2. 语句通顺，意思连贯，语法正确； 3. 80词左右（文章开头已给出，不计入总词数）。 To be a better me Hello, everyone! I’m Liu Mei. The new year is coming soon. To be a better me, I’ll try to improve myself. Here’s my plan on how to do so. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2023—2024学年度第一学期期末质量检测试卷 八年级英语试卷 注意事项： 1．本试卷共四部分，十大题，试题120分，考试时间为120分钟。 2．全卷包括“试题卷”（8页）和“答题卡”（2页）两部分。 3．请务必在“答题卡”上答题，在“试题卷”上答题是无效的。 第一部分 听力（共四大题，满分20分） Ⅰ．短对话理解（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分） 你将听到五段对话，每段对话后有一个小题。请在每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出一个最佳选项。每段对话读两遍。 1．How will the man get to Hefei? A． B． C． 2．What did Holly get from Wendy? A． B． C． 3．What does Lisa want to be? A．A scientist. B．A doctor. C．An astronaut. 4．What’s the man going to do on Saturday morning? A．Go shopping. B．Play the violin. C．Watch a concert. 5．Where are the speakers? A．In a hospital. B．In a hotel. C．In a library. Ⅱ．长对话理解（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分） 你将听到两段对话，每段对话后有几个小题。请在每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出一个最佳选项。每段对话读两遍。 听下面一段对话，回答第6至7小题。 6．How was Tony’s weekend? A．Great. B．Busy. C．Boring. 7．What did Tony’s sister do on Sunday? A．She studied at home. B．She played soccer. C．She visited the zoo. 听下面一段对话，回答第8至10小题。 8．What will William have for breakfast tomorrow? A．Bread and butter. B．Corn soup. C．Pancakes with honey. 9．What does William love to drink? A．Milk. B．Coffee. C．Yogurt. 10．Where is William’s car key? A．On the table. B．On the sofa. C．In the bookcase. Ⅲ．短文理解（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分） 你将听到一篇短文，短文后有五个小题。请根据短文内容，在每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出一个最佳选项。短文读两遍。 11．Who is Lin Tao? A．Jim’s brother. B．Jim’s friend. C．Jim’s cousin. 12．Where did Jim go with Lin Tao last Saturday? A．To the park. B．To the sports center. C．To the shopping center. 13．How old is Lin Tao now? A．10. B．11. C．12. 14．How was the weather yesterday? A．Sunny. B．Cloudy. C．Snowy. 15．What did Jim buy for Lin Tao? A．A kite. B．A bike. C．A bat. Ⅳ．信息转换（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分） 你将听到一篇短文。请根据短文内容，写出下面表格中所缺的单词，每空仅填一词。短文读两遍。 Alan’s summer vacation activities When What Morning Doing some 16 every day Afternoon Doing his homework and reading 17 books every day Evening ●Watching 18 movies on the Internet ●Playing 19 with his dad ●Going to the supermarket 20 a week 第二部分 英语知识运用（共三大题，满分35分） Ⅴ．单项填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分） 从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 【1题答案】 【答案】A 【2题答案】 【答案】C 【3题答案】 【答案】B 【4题答案】 【答案】A 【5题答案】 【答案】D 【6题答案】 【答案】C 【7题答案】 【答案】A 【8题答案】 【答案】D 【9题答案】 【答案】B 【10题答案】 【答案】D Ⅵ．完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分） 阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。 A 【11~20题答案】 【答案】11. B 12. A 13. C 14. A 15. A 16. D 17. C 18. B 19. A 20. B B 【21~30题答案】 【答案】21. B 22. D 23. A 24. D 25. A 26. C 27. A 28. B 29. C 30. D Ⅶ．补全对话（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分） 根据对话内容，从方框内的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，其中有两个为多余选项。 【31~35题答案】 【答案】31. A 32. E 33. G 34. C 35. D 第三部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分） Ⅷ．阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分） 第一节阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。 A 【36~38题答案】 【答案】36. D 37. C 38. B B 【39~42题答案】 【答案】39. C 40. A 41. D 42. B C 【43~45题答案】 【答案】43. B 44. C 45. B D 【46~49题答案】 【答案】46. D 47. D 48. C 49. C E 【50~52题答案】 【答案】50. B 51. A 52. C 第二节 阅读下面短文，并用英语回答问题（请注意每小题后面的词数要求）。 F 【53~55题答案】 【答案】53. He thought he must make a living by himself. 54. Because Mr. Mi doesn’t have hands. 55. About 600 yuan. 第四部分 写（共两大题，满分25分） Ⅸ．单词拼写（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分） 根据首字母及汉语提示，完成下列单词的拼写，使句意明确，语言通顺。 【56题答案】 【答案】(g)uests 【57题答案】 【答案】(a)ccept 【58题答案】 【答案】(a)lmost 【59题答案】 【答案】(n)ormal 【60题答案】 【答案】(s)olved X．书面表达（共1小题；满分20分） 【61题答案】 【答案】例文 To be a better me Hello, everyone! I’m Liu Mei. The new year is coming soon. To be a better me, I’ll try to improve myself. Here’s my plan on how to do so. First, I will study harder. I will listen to the teacher carefully in class and do my homework carefully after class. I will also read more books to improve my knowledge. Second, I will keep healthy. I will eat more fruits and vegetables and less junk food. I will also exercise more to keep fit. Third, I will develop a new hobby. I like music, so I will learn to play an instrument, such as the guitar. I think it will be fun and relaxing. I believe that if I work hard and stick to my plan, I will become a better me. Thank you! 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$