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扬州中学树人教育集团2024-2025学年第一学期期末考试
八年级英语
(总分:140分,时间:110分钟)
2025.1
第I卷(选择题80分)
一、听力部分(共20小题:每小题1分,计20分)
A)听对话回答问题
本部分共有10道小题,每小题你将听到一段对话,每段对话听两遍。在听每段对话前,你
将有5秒钟的时间阅读题目:听完后,你还有5秒钟的时间选择你认为最合适的备选答案。在听
到“滴”的信号后,进入下一小题。
1.What number should the woman call for help on?
A.120
B.110
C.11
2.What animal will they see first?
3.How is the weather in Nanjing?
4.What's Amy's advice?
5.Where may this dialogue happen?
A.In the classroom.
B.In the library.
C.In the bookshop
6.What's the size of the nature reserve?
A.3,140 square kilometres.
B.3,401 square kilometres.
C.3,410 square kilometres.
7.How are they going to the supermarket?
A.On foot.
B.By bus.
C.By underground.
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8.What does the man ask the woman to do?
A.He asks her to chat with his pet.
B.He asks her to look after his parrot.
C.He asks her to take a holiday with him
9.What does the man think of dolphins?
A.They dance beautifully.
B.They are friendly.
C.They are lovely.
10.Why is the woman moving to a new house?
A.Because she wants to listen to songs.
B.Because the next room is noisy.
C.Because the new house is more beautiful
B)听对话和短文答题
你将所到
段对话和两篇短文,各听两遍。听每段对话或短文前,你将有时间阅读
关小题
每小题5秒钟听完后,每小题你仍有5秒钟时间选择你认为最合适的备选答案。
听一段对话,回答11-12小题。答题完毕,请等待“滴”的信号,进入第一篇短文。
11.What will the weather be like tomorrow?
A.Cloudy.
B.Rainy
C.Sunny.
12.What may the boy do tomorrow?
A.Have a picnic
B.Read books.
C.Play the piano.
听第一篇短文,
回答第13-15小题。请根据短文内容,选择正确答案,完成信息记录表。答
题完毕,请等待“滴”的信号,进入下一篇短文。
My best friend Jimmy
tall and strong with black hair
Appearance
a round face with 13 and smiling eyes
generous
Character
14
smart
smart and musical
Ability
good at 15
13.A.big
B.small
C.bright
14.A.honest
B.kind
C.helpful
15.A.sharing things
B.reading books
C.playing football
听第二篇短文,回答第16-20小题,
16.What is a giant panda like?
B.Clever.
mapandns areivng in forein contresw?
C.Beautiful.
A.100
B.23.
C.12
18.How many kilos of bamboo does a giant panda eat at least every day?
A.10.
B.18.
C.20
19.What can't Giant pandas do?
A.Catching fish.
B.Swimming
C.Climbing trees.
20.Where is the biggest panda rese
A.Shan'xi.
B.Heilongjiang.
C.Sichuan
二、单项选择(共15小题:每小题1分,计15分)】
在下列各题A、B、C、D四个选项中选择一个能填入题干空白处的最佳答案。
21.-How do you like
nature reserve you visited last week?
-It's wonderful.It is an ideal home for wildlife.-
A.the
B A
C.an
D./
22.They left the picnic place in the park without putting out the fire,so it
weekend.Luckily.no one was hurt.
a big fire last
A.happened
B.kept on
C.started with
D.led to
23.-Mom,can you give me some salad eream?I want to make a fruit salad.
is left.We need to buy some.
A.None
B.Nothing
C.Anything
D.Something
24.-Why would you like to recommend Henry for this year's Best Student Award,Amy?
-Because he is a straight A student.
A.Otherwise
B.However
he is kind hearted and helpful.
C.Moreover
D.Instead
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25.-Mum,I called home before dinner,but nobody answered.
-Well.I was cooking in the kitchen your father was watching a match in his bedroom.
.as
B.while
C.before
D.after
26.
birds have come back because the environment here becomes better and better.
A.Thousands of
B.Thousand of
C.Two thousands
D.Two thousand of
27.-Tommy,did you hear what I said just now?
-Sorry,Lora.I
the World Cup with my brothers.
A.watch
B.am watching
C.will watch
D.was watching
28.Our lives would not be possible without animals.So we should try all kinds of ways.
the
wild animals.
A.protect
B.to protect
C.protecting
D.protected
29.Li Ming read a report
ildlife
danger on the newspaper.
A.about;on
B.in;with
C.to:from
30.
D.on;in
Soy,you」
I borrow the paintings from you,Miss Chen?
These are only for members of the Art Club.
A.Could;could
B.May;can't
31.Many helpful people
C.Can;shouldn't
D.Can;needn't
lots of schoolbags
the poor students last year.
A.provides:for
B.provides;with
C.provided;for
32.The huge noise like bombs made people
D.provided;with
A.run in all direction
B.to run in all directions
C.run in all directions
D.to run in all direction
33."Birdwatching"is a compound word.Which word in the sentence"Humans should treat wildlife as
priceless treasure"is also a compound word?
A.humans
B.wildlife
C.priceless
D.treasure
34.Which of the following has the same sentence structure as"He bought his son some interesting
books."?
A.The news made all of us happy.
C.Mr.Li is teaching us a new English song.
B.The children are reading some books.
D.He felt really tired out after a hard day's work.
35.-I will have an online meeting this weekend,so I can't go to the cinema with you.
A.No problem
I thought we could have a nice time together.
B.I'm afraid so
C.You're welcome
三、完形填空(共15小题:每小题1分,计15分)
D.What a pity
阅读下列短文,从文后各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案,
Long long ago,there was a king.He loved animals very much.One day he got
36 nice falcons from his son.He had never seen such
37
He loved them so much and he ordered the best falconer (to
falcons before.
y
38 them to
After several months,the king came to see39 the training was going on.He
found that one falcon had already been able to fly high in the sky,while
the branch(树枝)of a tree quietlv
40 was staying on
The king called all his talconers together and ordered them to
41
to make the other falcon fly.But none of them
every way they could
42.One day,while the king was taking a walk
in the forest,an idea came to his43.Maybe someone who knew the natural environment well
could
44
to train it at once.
this problem.Then he invited a45who lived in the forest into his palace
The next moming,the king saw the other falcon flying in the sky freely.He felt very surprised.
"It is unbelievable!"shouted the king."How could you 46
The farmer replied,"It is very_
47
it happen?"
no place to rest.Then it had to 48
.Ijust cut off the branch where the falcon rested.It had
It is always the same to human beings.We all have"two flying wings"in our hearts as well.
But it seems that we don't notice them and stay in a place where we just feel49
comfortable.We won't realize we can fly so high and freely until the branches we are resting on
and
50.Do you think so?
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D.five
A.two
B.three
C.four
A.crazy
B.clever
C.large
D.beautiful
A.allow
B.ask
C.train
D.want
A.what
B.when
C.where
D.how
D.another
A.other
B.the other
C.others
B.lead
C.decide
D.catch
A.try
A.made
B.shone
C.found
D.succeeded
A.body
B.mind
C.face
D.hear
44
A.answer
B.know
C.realize
D.solve
A.scientist
B.doctor
C.farmer
D.worker
A.make
B.keep
C.ask
D.drive
A.expensive
B.hard
C.easy
D.slow
48
A.jump
B.fly
C.run
D.walk
A.peaceful
B.interesting
C.dangerous
D.meaningful
50.
A.leads
B.breaks
C.flies
D.rises
阅读理解(共15小题:每小题2分,计30分)
阅读下列内容,从每小题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。A
Many animal babies start out small and helpless.Mum and Dad are there!Animals grow up in the
ove of their parents.
The baby penguins cannot find food by themselves.So they need to get food from their
parents.The mother penguin tries her best to find enough food for the baby The father
penguin keeps the baby penguin warm
24
The baby swans love to be on their mother's back.Sometimes there will be three or four
baby swans on the mother swan's back.The baby swan plays on the mother swan's back
during the day and sleeps on the back at night.
The baby whales need to leam how to breathe )The mother whale teaches the baby
how to make the old air out from the body and get the new air.The mother also shows the
baby how to swim up and catch the fish
Every mother kangaroo has a pouch ()It is like a big bag and carries the kangaroo
babies in it.The pouch is warm,and the babies can eat there.The mother kangaroo keeps
her babies in her pouch wherever she goes,so it's very safe for the babies.
51.Which word can best describe (the mother penguin?
A.Interesting
B.Caring
C.Beautiful
D.Happy
52.Which animal likes to play on its mother's back?
A.The baby penguin.
B.The baby swan.
C.The baby kangaroo.
D.The baby whale
53.What is the theme of the text?
A.Health.
B.Travel.
C.Sports.
D.Animals.
B
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home!
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illages and ate farmers'com.But no one blamed ()them.
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Scientists guessed that the elephants were losing their habitat.so they might go north to look for a
new home with more food.Or the group might lose its way because its leader had no expenence!
To help the elephants gei home and protect them.the goverment used 76 police cars and trucks.as
well as nine drones (Police and scientists closely watched them.They watched the groups
movement and sent wamings(topeople on the road not to get close to the elephants.They also
helped them with food and drink Finally.theelephants ended their tripsafey and happilyafter 17months
and a 500-kilometer joumev.
The Asian elephant is the iargest land animal in Asia.Yunnan is the only habitat for wild Asian
elephants in China.The province has built 11 nature reserves.However,there are only 300 Asian
elephants left in China.The WWF is working hard to save them.
54.What does the underlined word"habitat"in paragraph 3 mean?
A.Food.
C.Way
D.Home.
55.What did the goverment do to help the elephants?
A.Built a new home for them.
B.Gave them food and drink
C.Used 76 trucks and drones
D.Sent warnings to all the people.
56.Which is the right order (according to the passage?
(DThe hungry elephants ran into villages and ate farmers'com.
2The government did something to protect wild Asian elephants
3A family of wild Asian elephants started their joumey to the north.
4These elephants came back home safely and happily.
A.①②③④
B.①②④③
C.③0②④
D.④②①③
57.Which is the best title for the passage?
A.Welcome Back Home!
B.Elephants are on the Wayl
C.Elephants are Our Friends!
D.Find a New Home!
C
According to a recent study,the Middle East is warming almost twice as fast as the rest of the
world Without a doubt,high temperatures will have deep influences on the development of the area
That shows the growing risk to humans caused by extreme (weather.with more and more
extreme weather events,we must find better techniques to make predictions about them.
Al is a powerful tool.It can deal with information and provide advice to help us better understand
and make predictions about the weather.Traditional weather models use information from satellites (p
)But these models have their disadvantages:they are not very exact.They also fail to discover
complex conditions of the air around the earth
Al can overcome (these disadvantages ov using the technology of deep leaming.It can leam
from historical and real-time information and produce trustworthy predictions.Al can also deal with
information from different places,such as satellite photos or online posts,to provide clearer pictures of
the weather situation.A paper on the Pangu-Weather Al model has drawn a lot of attention.Pangu-
Weather is the first AI prediction model that is more exact than traditional weather prediction methods.
This model can increase the prediction speed by 10,000 times,making global weather prediction time
drop to seconds.
In May 2023,Typhoon Mawar appeared in the Pacific Ocean.According to the China
Meteorological Administration.Pangu-Weather made exact predictions about the direction of Mawar
five days before it changed its way in the eastem waters of the islands of Taiwan.
58.Which of the following is TRUE?
A.High temperatures will have few influences on the area.
B.The Middle East is warming faster than the rest of the world.
C.Traditional weather models can discover complex conditions of the air around the earth.
D.Traditional weather models use information from satellites and are very exact.
59.How can Al overcome the disadvantages of traditional weather models?
A.By using information from satellites.
B.By only leaming from real-time information.
C.By using the technology of deep leaming.
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D.By dealing with information from the same places.
60.Why is Typhoon Mawar mentioned?
A.To show how exact Pangu-Weather's predictions are.
B.To tell us about the risks of extreme weather.
C.To talk about how useless traditional weather models are.
D.To express that the problems of extreme weather have been solved completely.
61.What might be the best title of the text?
A.The Risks of Extreme Weather
B.The Pangu-Weather Al Model
C.The Climate Change in the Middle East
D.Al-The Powerful Tool of Weather Prediction
D
Mary began to like her life here.Every moming.she went outside after breakfast and spent most
of the day in the grounds.The cold wind brought pink to her face.And she finished all of her food each
evening.She was much healthier.After dinner,she liked sitting near the fire and talking to Martha.
"Why does Mr.Craven hate the locked garden?"Mary asked once.
"It was Mrs.Craven's garden and she loved it.She looked after the flowers together with Mr.
Craven.No gardeners were allowed in."
"But what happened?"Mary asked,
"There was an old tree in the garden with a branch like a seat,Mrs.Craven often sat there,
reading and talking.One day,the branch broke and she fell down.She was badly hurt and died soon.
Mr.Craven locked the garden and never talked about it.'
Mary seldom felt sorry for anyone,but now she understood how sad her uncle must be.
The wind roared around the house,and the doors and windows banged.Mary listened,and
through the noise she thought that she heard a child crying
"Can you hear someone crying?"she asked Martha.
Martha seemed pretty nervous."No,"she answered."It's only the wind or the servant who works
in the kitchen.She's got a toothache.Perhaps she's crying.I'm going to check if she needs any help"
After the woras.Martha left the room quickly.
When Martha left her alone.Mary decided to explore the house.She went quietly along corridors
and up and down stairs.In the silence of the house she heard again the sound of a child crying.She
stopped to listen at a door,but then another door opened and Mrs.Medlockcme out,"What are you
doing here?"she said,and she took Mary by the arm and pulled her away."Get back to your room at
once,"
-Adapted from The Secret Garden
62.From Paragraph One,we know
A.Mary seldom went outside
B.Mary didn't like Martha
C.Mary felt bored with the life
D.Mary became much healthier
63.Mr.Craven
after his wife died.
A.locked himself in the garden
B.never talked about the garden
C.cut down the tree in the garden
D.didn't talk to anyone
64.Why did Mary explore the house after Martha left?
A.To find where the crying came from.
B.To know the house better
C.To help the servant in the kitchen.
D.To listen at a door of the house.
65.What can you infer(推断)from the passage?
A.Mr.Craven would leave home.
B.Martha didn't tell the truth.
C.Mary knew her uncle well.
D.Mrs.Medlock was very kind.
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五、词汇运用(共10小题:每小题1分,计10分)
根据句子意思,用括号中所给汉语提示或英语单词的适当形式填空。(每空一词)
66.The tour guide needs to take care of those
(淪民)bags while they are away.
67.After taking the final examination,she isn't
(紧张不安的)any more,.
68.Thanks for
(描述)he wild animals to us!
69.He didn't feel well this moming.
,(然而),he went to school as usual..
70.Mary left school because of
(疾病)last year..We all miss her very much
71.She often takes a walk in the park and enjoys the
beauty there.(nature)
72.The price of houses
(rise)a lot in Yangzhou in 2018,but it dropped a little after that.
73.It will be a hot day again today,with temperatures in the
(thirty).
74.When the season changes,many people catch a cold
(easy).
75.Jerry tried to keep warm by
(cover)his body with scarves in the wind.
六、
阅读表达(共5小题:每小题2分,计10分)
阅读短文,回答下面了个问题。(每题答案不超过10个词)
I(Robinson)showed him a pallet and a blanket and he fell quickly asleep.When waking up in the
moming.he greeted me,down on his knees,with hands on his head.At first.we communicated primarilv
by body languages Soon my new servant showed him much better at learning my language than I was
tearing at his.I studied him,and soon he could say his name,"Master"Yes"and "No",and the names
for vanous items.How good it was to hear a man's voice again!
It took Friday time to grow used to the idea of hunting with a gun.I had to shoot several animals
and birds before he stopped running away.For the next three vears.I taught Friday how to use all my
tools.Friday was quick to help with the farming and feeding.He worked hard and was obedient().
One day,I took Friday to the highest point of the island where all the nearby islands could be seen.
Suddenly.Friday began to jump up and down.He seemed quite excited with the sight of his own country
I began to think again about escape.Perhaps together we could leave for his country.But what then.
Would Friday still be my friend,or would his people kill me and eat me?I took Friday to the other side
of the island and showed him my big canoe,though it was quite old."Could you imagine sailing to your
country on it,Friday?Can it be a success?"I asked him."Oh,yes,"he answered."It can carry a lot of
food and drink."
But a moment later,Friday looked very upset."Are you angry with me?"he asked."What have I
done?Why do you want to send me away?"
"But I thought you wanted to go home,"I said.
"Yes.But you must come with me.Kill me if you want,but don't send me away from you!"He
insisted that he would not leave me.
76.Did Robinson often hear a man's voice?
77.Who was better at leaming each other's language,Robinson or Friday?
78.How long did it take Robinson to teach Friday to use tools?
79.Why did Friday feel excited after Robinson took him to the highest point of the island?
80.According to the dialogue between Robinson or Friday.what do you think of Friday?
七、
缺词填空(共10空:每空1分,计10分)
根据短文内容和首字母提示,在下文空格处填入遁当的词使短文完整。(每空一词)
Minor Cold (is the 23rd solar term of the 24 traditional Chinese solar terms.For most areas
of China,it marks the b 81 of the coldest days of the year.This year's Minor Cold f 82 on
January 5.Many Chinese sayings use the weather and climate situation during Minor Cold to predict the
weather in the following s
83
During Minor Cold,most areas in China have entered the bitter cold stage of winter.The ground
and rivers are f84.The cold air from the north moves southward continuously.
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Still.,bitter cold can't prevent people frome 85 their lives.Here are some things that help us
stay warm during Minor Cold.
Doing shopping for New Year
During Minor Cold,people always start b 86 New Year goods,which include Spring
Festival couplets,New Year pictures,paper-cutstodecorate windows,fire racker,incenseand lantems.
Mutton hot pot,.chestnuts(板栗)and baked sweet potato(烤红薯)
The eldersa7young people to eat mutton hot pot.chestnuts and baked sweet potato for
Minor Cold.According to traditional Chinese medicine theories,people need toe88 food that
contains more yang energy to prevent cold from harming their organs.
Eating Laba porridge
A89
important traditional food for Minor Cold is Laba porridge.Many housewives begin
okthe porridge from very early moring.They need to get at least eight things ready for it.What
makes the porridge taste really good is that people can put a90 they like into it Most people like
to put some sugar into it to make it sweet.
八、书面表达(计30分)
A完成句子(共5小题:每小题2分,计10分)
将下列句子译成英语,并将所译句子写在答题卡标有题号的横线上。
91我们应该冷静下来而不是四处乱跑,
2如果我们什么都不做,很快世扑上就一只康猫也不剩了。
明政府需要更多的人来保护鸟类。
4,我正在堆雪人,就在这时一个雪球碰中了我。
甄.春天是放风筝的最佳时间吗?
B.写作(计20分)
朋友圈中总能欣赏到许多关于四季美景的图片,为了留住这些美丽画面,你有感而发就How
can we protect our earth"写了一篇小短文,内容如下:
"my favourite season and the reason
Feelings
people take photos because...
◆wild animals...
Worries
"natural disasters...
Action
◆ve should.
注意事项:
1)短文须包括所给内容要点,要求语句通顺,意思连贯,展开合理想象,做适当发挥:
(2)词数在0个左右,短文的开头已给出,不计入总数:
(3)短文中不得提及真实的人名、校名等相关信息,
How To Protect the Earth?
When talking about seasons,people have different ideas.
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