山东省临沂市兰山区第六中学2024-2025学年八年级上学期12月月考英语试题

临沂第六中学八年级英语阶段检测试题 2024.12 (总分100分时间80分钟) 一、阅读理解（共20题，计30分。） A When I was in primary school,my English teacher Miss Green told us a story.Through the story,she wanted to tell us that there is always a solution to every problem,kept that in mind. One day,when I returned home,I found that my father was unhappy.When I asked him why, he told me that he lost his watch when he was working in the garden.He had looked for it everywhere but couldn't find it.He had also asked my two elder brothers to help,but they failed, too. That watch was very important to my father because it was a gift from my grandfather. "Don't worry,Dad.I'll help you find it,"I said.But my father didn't believe it.After all,they all had failed to find it.He said,"if you find it,I'll give you 20 dollars.""Ok.just wait."I said and then went to the garden. Suddenly,I thought of the story that Miss Green had told us.But how could I find the watch? I started thinking and thinking.Then I remembered that watch ticked(发出滴答声).But the ticking was hard to hear.I decided not to look for it here and there as they did.Instead,I put my ear on the ground.And ten minutes later,I found the watch. My father and brothers couldn't believe their ears.They thought I was really lucky.But I shook my head,saying,"No,It wasn't good luck.I just thought before I took action." There is always a solution to every problem.Just think before you take action. 根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。 1.How did the author's father look when he returned? A.Tired.B.happy.C.Sad. 2.Why was the watch important to the author's father? A.Because it was very expensive. B.Because it was a gift from his father. C.Because he had used the watch for many years. 3.How did the writer find the watch? A.By looking here and there. B.By asking his brothers for help. C.By listening carefully. 4.What does the author want to tell us in the passage? A.Think and find a solution to problems B.Help our family when they have problems. C.Listening carefully at times. 第1页/共8页 扫描全能王创建 B On the morning of every Monday,two of my children get ready for school.They each carry a large bag with some clothes,a pair of shoes,lots of food and water.But there isn't any book in it. I drive them to a nearby park instead of sending them to school.They are going to spend the day and have lessons there.Right,my boys go to a forcst school once a week.It is from 8:30 am to3:30pm,A group of kids explore(探索)the forests,lakes and animals in nature(自然界) together. I love the idea of the forest school,but I worried about a few things at first.Would the teachers let the kids play freely?Would my kids be safe outside for that long?Wold they enjoy themselves? The fact is that my boys get used to (the school life quickly.Most of the tirae,they plan their own play,climb tall trees,build fires and do many other interesting things.The teachers never tell them that their play is too high,too fast,or too dangerous.They only follow the kids and help them when something goes wrong. When I pick the boys up at the end of the afternoon,they often look lively,happy and never want to leave.The forest school teaches them to look after themselves and get along well with nature.I think that is important. 根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。 5.How long do the boys spend at the forest school? A.6 hours.B.7 hours.C.8 hours. 6.What is the third paragraph (mainly about? A.What the school life is like. B.Why the writer loves the school. C.The writer's worries about the school. 7.What do we know about the school teachers? A.They often have fun with students. B.They always help students with everything. C.They help the kids when something goes wrong. 8.Who might be the writer? A.A parent. B.A student.C.A teacher. C If you are a nature lover,you''ll enjoy reading A W形alk in the Woods,It's a true comic(喜剧的) story.The writer is Bill Bryson. After 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 about3,500 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. 第2页/共8页 扫描全能王创建 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 middle-aged men tried to climb a mountain but met with a snowstorm ()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 care about the environmental protection.As the website (Book Browse said,the book will become a modern classic of travel literature for sure. 根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。 9.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. 10.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 would lose his life. 11.What happened to Bryson and his friend when they tried to climb a mountain? A.They met with a snowstorm. B.They came across bears. C.They couldn't find their way. 12.Which of the following can best describe the book? A.Interesting but meaningless.B.Scary and funny. C.Funny and serious. D Chinese New Year is coming!Are you ready to celebrate (it? When is this Chinese New Year?This year,the Chinese New Year will be on February 10th. It is celebrated by around 1.5 billion people in the world,mainly in east Asian (countries like China,South Korea,and Singapore. How is Chinese New Year celebrated?People celebrate it differently in different countries. For example,people in Singapore usually have a 2-day holiday:They visit friends with 2 oranges as a gift.That is to show"good things come in pairs".People in Japan buy each other a "lucky bag".They believe the bag will bring good luck in the coming year.In China,we usually get together for a big dinner with traditional food,like dumplings and rice cakes.We play firecrackers (鞭炮)to keep off evil spirits(年辔).Parents and grandparents give children lucky money.My friend Lin Wei and Wang Ling plan to write spring couplets and put them on both sides of the front door. How do people decide the date of Chinese New Year?In China,it changes with the traditional Chinese calendar.It usually starts between January and February,lasts for 15 days,and 第3页/共8页 扫描全能王创建 ends on the day of the Lautern Festival(元宵节). Chinese New Year is the most important festival in China.How will you spend it this year? 根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。 13.What do people in Singapore do to celebrate the Chinese New Year? A.They play firecrackers. B.They send two oranges C.They eat dumplings. 14.In Paragraph 3,the writer shows how to celebrate Chinese New Year by A.telling stories B.asking questions C.giving examples 15.The underlined word "it"in Paragraph 4 refers to A.the date of Chinese New Year B.the activity in Chinese New Year C.the food of Chinese New Year 16.Which is the structure of the passage? B 3 E In English,we say that sharing a problem is like cutting it in half. Are you the only child in the family?If so,you are the most important in your family.Parents are the closest people to you in the world.However,a lot of middle school students have a problem with their parents.1 They don't think their parents are fair to them. Some students say that their parents often say a lot to them,but never listen to them.Others say their parents don't let them play computer games when other classmates are playing that. _8Some students even decided to leave home because they were afraid to tell their parents they did badly in exams.Then they think running away is the best choice.19 Problems are parts of life.Here is some advice for you: Find a good chance to talk with your parents.20 Get help from others like good friends or teachers. Keep a diary to help you understand more about yourself and your feelings. Show your parents you are growing up.Then they will feel you are no longer a small child. If you follow the advice,you will have a happy life and never think of running away. 根据短文内容，从下列选项中选出能填入文中空白处的最佳选项，选项中有一项为多余选项。 第4页/共8页 扫描全能王创建 A.These make them very unhappy. B.But they don't know running away may bring them more problems. C.Students feel happy about it. D.Don't be afraid to tell them your feelings. E.They feel they're not close to their parents any more. 二、完形填空（共10题，计10分。） 根据短文内容，从方框中选出恰当的单词或短语填空，使语意通顺完整。每框有一项 剩余。 A.college B.primary school C.feel like D.competition E.traditional F.video Please look at the girl in the picture.She is Qin Yuqing and she is 19 years old.And now she is studying at21.In August,many people knew her because of an online22 In the video,the girl was wearing the clothes of Dunhuang flying apsaras (in a roller skating 23.She wore the special clothes to join the competition because she wanted to show Dunhuang's24 culture to more people."She looks so cool.She made me25 she could fly,"one man said after watching her show. A.won B.although C.plan D.upset E.around the world F.so far Qin Yuqing started to learn roller skating when she was just 6 years old.She had lessons in the daytime so she had to practice in the evening.She never stopped practicing26she got hurt(受伤) At the age of 11,Qin started to join the competitions.Sometimes she couldn't be the winner but she wasn't27.She believed that she could win some day.In 2021,she finally 28a roller skating competition. Now she has a 29 for the future."I expect to be ambassador (of China.I want more people30to know about Chinese culture through the sport-roller skating," she said. 三、词汇（共10题，计10分。） 根据提示，完成正确的单词。 31.Shen Teng is a creat)performer. 32.Liu Qian is a famous magic). 33.I'm going to make a new week)plan. 34.Robots in the moyies are usually like human (service). 35.Some friends of mine like to eat sandwich)with onions. 36.Mike was so _.care)that he made some mistakes in English exams. 37.At the. begin)of each class,our teacher sings English songs. 第5页/共8页 扫描全能王创建 38.Thank you for your _invite),I had a good time. 39.She must be-_-.----- surprise)to see you here. 40.Welcome to the open)of our new bookshop. 四、语法填空（共20题，计20分。） 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 A Do you have breakfast every morning?There is a famous 41 (say)in the west,“Eat breakfast like a king ()."It shows breakfast should be the 42 _(important)meal of the day.Why?The answer is in _word "breakfast"itself. Breakfast means "breaking of the fast ()."There (be)about twelve hours between supper and breakfast,45 it's important to eat breakfast.The food for breakfast will give you energy(能量)during the day. It is important to have a good breakfast,but not everyone 46(have)good eating habits.In the US,about 66%of the people have(they)main meal in the evening. They eat too much food for dinner.But now.scientists think (different).They say that what you eat is more important when you eat.They say people should eat low-fat (f meals every day.Eating healthy food like vegetables,fish and fresh fruit is a good way 50(keep)healthy. B In the age of Internet,receiving (handwritten letters (is becoming less and less common,but not for lifelong pen pals(终生的笔友)Patsy Gregory and Carol Ann Krause. Gregory,from England,and Krause,from New York,started sending letters to each other in 1955.They51(be)both 12 years old at that time.They soon became friends and agreed to send_least one letter to'each other every two53(month).Little did they know that they would be pen pals for 68 years. However,they never met each other54Gregory told her daughter that one of her wishes was meeting her pen pal Krause. _(help)Gregory,her daughter used social media(社交媒体)to find her pen pal's family in America.Gregory's daughter asked if they would be interested in56(organize)a meeting for the two.They agreed.On her 80th birthday, her daughter57(surprise)Gregory with a ticket to South Carolina,where Krause now lives.Gregory met her lifelong friend on July 14."Thanks to my daughter.It is58 (possible)for us to meet without her help."Gregory said excitedly. they now keep in touch more on social media than through letters,Gregory still advises people to have a pen pal."You _(have)much fun if you have a lovely pen pal," Gregory said. 第6页/共8页 扫描全能王创建 五、阅读表达（共5题，计10分。） 根据短文内容，回答下列问题。 During their three-month stay in the Tiangong space station.the Chinese astronauts had over 120 different kinds of food to choose from.There was gongbao chicken,fresh fruit and vegetables, and even ice-cream.The astronauts could also have some drinks like tea and juice.They hardly nceded to eat the same thing twice in one week.Cooks made the food to meet the astronauts' tastes before they went into space. In the space station,there was a food icebox to put fruit and vegetables in,and the astronauts could also heat (their food.The astronauts'food needs to be healthy and at the same time,it should be easy to eat and make little waste ()So apples are better food than oranges in space. Apples are nutritionally rich(营养丰富)and can keep fresh for a long time,and they are also conven:ent to eat.The food waste usually went into special bags in the space station and ended up burning up(被烧掉)， Life in the Tiangong space station was much better than that in the earlier Chinese spacecraft (字宙飞船)，The astronauts are now able to enjoy fresh food even in space.. 61.How long should the Chinese astronauts stay in the Tiangong space station? 62.Where can the astronauts put the fruit and vegetables? 63.Who prepared the food for the astronauts before they went into space? 64.What is the best fruit in space according to the article? 65.How was the life in the Tiangong space station? 六、补全对话（共5题，计5分。） 根据对话内容，在空白处填入适当的句子，使对话意思完整。 (S:Susan L:Laura V:Vince M:Mom) S:Hello!May I speak to Laura? L:Hi,this is Laura speaking. S:Hi,Laura.It's Susan here. 66 L:Your birthday party?Sure,I'd love to. 67 S:It will start at around 6:00 p.m.this Saturday afternoon.See you then. L:See you then. S:Hi,Vince.This is Susan speaking.Are you available this Saturday afternoon?I want to invite you to my birthday party. 第7页/共8页 扫描全能王创建 V:Hi,Susan. 68 I have to prepare for an exam next week.It's very important for me S:What a pity!Maybe next time. (Ten minutes later.) S:Mom,I want to make fruit salad for my birthday party 69 、2 M:Of course,dear.First,we need some apples,bananas,oranges,watermelons,honey and yogurt. A:How many bananas do we need? B:We need three bananas. A: 70 B:We need two cups of yogurt. A:OK 六、.书面表达（共计15分。） 假如你是李华，最近你的英国朋友Sm在学习上有问题，他这几次的考试成绩 都不理想，他感到很焦虑，因此来信向你求助。请你给他写一封回信，内容包括： (1)对Sam的问题的看法； (2)提出建议（至少两条）： (3)给予鼓励。 第8页/共8页 扫描全能王创建