江苏省扬州市江都区实验初级中学2024-2025学年八年级上学期12月素养体验英语试题

null1 八年级英语阶段练习 2024.12 第Ⅰ卷 (选择题部分 共 80分) 一、听力（本题共 20 小题; 每小题 1 分, 满分 20 分） 第一部分：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 秒钟的时间选择出你认为最合适的备选答案。在听到“嘀”的信号后, 进 入下一小题。 1. What kind of birds does this woman like best? A. B. C. 2. Where would Sam like to go? A. B. C. 3.How do Ben’s parents and Ben travel? A. B. C. 4. What other tools does Timmy need to make the DIY? A. B. C. 5.How often does Sally go to the English Club? A. Once a week. B. Twice a month C. Twice a week. 6. What time is it now? A. 6:30 B. 6:25 C. 6:20 7. What does the man think of dolphins? A. They dance beautifully. B. They are friendly. C. They are lovely. 8. What does the woman advise the man to do? A. To make a plan. B. To buy tickets. C. To make a decision. 9. What can we know from the dialogue? A. Jim saw the accident. B. Jim hit a tall tree. C. The motorbike hit Jim. 10. Why was 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. 第二部分：听对话和短文回答问题 你将听到一段对话和两篇短文，各听两遍。听每段对话或短文前，你将有时间阅读相关小题，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，回答第 11-12小题。答题完毕，请等待嘀的信号，进入第一篇短文。 2 11. Where does Mary come from? A. Canada. B. Australia. C. America. 12. What are they going to do this afternoon? A.To stay at home. B. To see one of their friends. C. To play in the snow 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。 Seasons Activities Spring On sunny days often goes to the park, sits on the grass reading a book or ___13___ Lies on the grass and tries to get some sleep Autumn Often goes to a square near his 14 to fly a kite Winter Makes snowmen ___15___with his friends 13. A. English B. a newspaper C. a magazine 14. A. school B. home C. aunt’s home 15. A. Has snowball fights B. Goes skating C. Goes skiing 听第二篇短文，回答第 16-20小题。 16. Where does Mike work? A. In a shop near his home. B. In an office of a tall building. C. On a farm far from his home. 17. How does he go to work and back home every day? A. On his bike. B. On foot. C. By bus. 18. How did he feel when he came back home late one day? A. He felt happy because he met an old friend on his way home. B. He felt very hungry and wanted to have supper at once. C. He didn’t feel happy with the price of the bus ticket. 19. How much was the bus ticket last week? A. Three dollars. B. Two dollars. C. One dollar. 20. Which of the following is true according to this story? A. Mike’s wife is unhappy to hear the news. B. Mike likes walking more than taking a bus. C. Mike thinks he’ll save less money than before. 二、单项选择(共 15小题；每小题 1分，计 15分) 从下列各题 A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项 21. -- If I can’t pass the test, can I do it again for ________ better result? -- OK, I agree. You can do it for ________ second time. A. a; the B. the; the C. a; a D. the; a 22. I like learning English because the language sounds beautiful. ________, it is also very useful. A. However B. Otherwise C. Instead D. Moreover 23. The lady in the photo _____ be over fifty. She looks so young. A. must B. mustn’t C. can’t D. can 24. --Do you drink as much coffee as before? --No, _______ at all. My sleeping problems is getting serious. A. no one B. none C. nothing D. anything 25. Would you please ______ the children ________with the snakes? A. to ask; not play B. ask; not to play C. to ask; not to play D. ask; don’t play 26.Many wild animals their lives because of the of living areas. A.lost; lose B. loss; loss C. loss; lost D. lose; loss 27.--What do you think of this book? 3 --I find it quite_________, and I can find out the things I am interested in _________. A. easily;easy B.easily;easily C. easy;easily D. easy;easy 28---Do you think the cost of the trip is_________? ---Yes. Because the food and hotels cost_________. A.too much large;too many B.much too high;too much C.much too expensive;too much D.too much high;too expensive 29.I saw my father_________the film with a_________look when I walked past. A.watch;surprising B. watching;surprised C. watch;surprised D. watching;surprising 30.The birdwatchers bagan to study the changes their numbers a snowy morning. A.to; on B. in; in C. in; on D. to; by 31.--You should be careful when . -- Yes, I will. I'd like to know when to have a rest. A. driving; stopping B. driving; to stop C. to drive; stopping D. to drive; to stop 32.The number of pandas is becoming ________ because there are ________ living areas for wild animals. A. fewer and fewer; less and less B. smaller and smaller; less and less B. fewer and fewer; smaller and smaller D. smaller and smaller; fewer and fewer 33.---I’ll drink half of the milk.The rest_________for you,Jane. --- Only for us two?__________the rest going to be unhappy? A.is;Are B.are;Is C.is;Is D.are;Are 34.We should do what we can ________our eyes from the sun and the screen ________ wear thick glasses. A. to prevent;in order not to B. to protect;in order not to C. prevent;in order to not D. protect;in order to not 35.--Reading is the best way to pass the time on the train. -- . I never go travelling without a book. A.You’re joking B. With pleasure C. That’s true D. It sounds like fun 三、完形填空(共 15小题；每小题 1分，计 15分) Jamie’s not at home so Jan and Tom go to Pauly’s house. They ring the doorbell and Jamie opens the door. He looks at Jan. “What’s she doing here?” Tom 36 Jamie's eyes. “Why did you take the time capsule?” “Because it’s 37 —not yours.” “It’s not ours. It belongs to Jan.” Tom says. Pauly calls from the top of the stairs. “Let them in,Jamie.” Although Jamie is unwilling to let them into the house, he follows them 38 the stairs to Pauly’s room. There are musical instruments 39 . There’s a Spanish guitar, an electric guitar, some drums and an electric piano. Jan 40 believe it and asks, “Wow, Pauly. Can you play all these instruments?” “Yeah.I play and Jamie sings.” Pauly replies. There are two shelves 41 LP records(密纹唱片)and albums. Jan starts looking at some of the covers. “There are some really 42 classics here!” she says. Jamie and Pauly exchange looks. Pauly says, “They’re all new albums,Jan. You don’t know much about music, do you?” “I know 43 you think.” Jan says. Then she takes the first album from the 44 . The first track on side A starts 45 . It’s Mamma Mia. “ I love this song,” Jan says, “Now listen and 46 . This technique (技术) is called ‘scratching’.” Jan puts her hand on the side of the record and moves it backwards and forwards, creating a new rhythm and sound. “You’re breaking the 47 ! Don’t!” Jamie shouts at Jan. Pauly interrupts. “No. Listen, Jamie. It sounds amazing.” Jan smiles at Pauly. “It sounds really good 48 you rap too. Can you rap, Jamie?” “I don’t know. How do you rap?” Jamie asks. “You don’t sing—you speak to a rhythm and try to make your words 49 ? Wait.” Jan stops the record and starts a rhythm, making percussion(打击乐器)sounds 50 her voice. She stops and explains. “This is called beatboxing. Can you try it, Pauly?” Jan starts beatboxing and Pauly beatboxes too. 36.A. looks into B. looks up C. looks down D. looks for 37. A. theirs B.ours C.yours D. hers 38. A. through B. down C.up D.across 39.A. everywhere B.somewhere C.nowhere D. anywhere 40.A. can B.couldn’t C. could D.can’t 4 41. A. covered with B. busy with C. filled with D. angry with 42. A. wonderful B. good C. new D. old 43. A. more than B.less than C. fewer than D.better than 44. A. desk B. shelf C. table D. sofa 45.A. singing B. dancing C. playing D. reading 46.A. watch B. hear C.speak D.say 47.A. side B. sound C.hand D.record 48. A. before B.until C.if D.unless 49.A. rhyme B.go C.speak D.run 50.A. in B.with C.by D. through 四、阅读理解(共 15小题，每小题 2分，计 30分) A Oats (燕麦 ) are healthy food. Many families have them for breakfast. The following is the instructions of Golden Oats from America. Cooking Ways Oat Snacks Servings (份) Golden Oats Water Oatmeal Cookies 1/2 cup brown sugar 1/2 cup butter 1 cup flour 1 egg 1 spoon milk 1/4 tablespoon salt 1/2 cup Golden Oats 6 2 cups 6 cups 3 1 cup 3 cups 1 1/3 cup 1 cup Stove Boil the water. Add Golden Oats to the water. Cook for 5 minutes and stir occasionally. Remove from the heat. Microwave Put Golden Oats and water in a bowl. Cook for 4 minutes. Stir and let stand 1 minute. Oatmeal Apple Crisp 1 apple 1/3 cup butter 2/3 cup brown sugar 1/2 cup flour 1/2 cup Golden Oats 51. To make six servings of oats, we need cups of water. A. one B. two C. three D. six 52. Both Oatmeal Cookies and Oatmeal Apple Crisp need . A. butter B. eggs C. white sugar D. milk 53. According to the instructions, we must . A. cook the oats before adding water B. cook the oats for at least 4 minutes C. choose the microwave to cook the oats D. add fruits to the oats when cooking them B Donald Trump won the 2024 US presidential election! According to the media, Trump received at least 270 electoral votes, which is more than half of the 538 votes needed to win. Trump's victory was supported by a strong base of voters who admired his economic policies, such as tax cuts and job creation,and his tough attitude on immigration. Do you know electoral system（选举制度）in the United States？ In the U.S., people don't directly vote for the President. Instead, they vote for "electors" who represent their state, which called the “Electoral College”. Each state has a certain number of electors, based on how many senators（参议员)）and representatives it has in Congress. There are 538 electors in total. To become President, a candidate（候选人）needs to win more than half of these electors’ votes, which is 270 votes. Most states have a "winner-takes-all" rule. This means the candidate who gets the most votes in that state 5 wins all of its electors. Before the election, each party holds primaries to choose their candidate. People vote in these primaries to say who they want to represent their party. Then, the candidates from the two main parties, Democrats（民主党） and Republicans（共和党）, campaign（竞选）across the country. They tell people why they should be President. On Election Day, people go to polling places to vote. Some states also allow early voting or mail-in voting. After all the votes are counted, we know who the electors will vote for. Then, in January, the electors meet and cast their votes for President. The person who gets the most elector votes becomes the President. They take office on January 20th,the day after Inauguration Day, and promise to follow the Constitution. This system has been used in the U.S. since the18th century to make sure every state's voice is heard in choosing the President. 54.How many electoral votes are needed to win the U.S. presidential election? A.250 B.260 C.270 D.280 55.What is the "winner-takes-all" rule in most U.S.states? A.The candidate with the most votes nationwide wins all the electors. B. Each candidate gets some electors based on their votes. C.The candidate who gets the most votes in a state wins all of its electors. D. All candidates share the electors equally. 56.Which is the correct order of the U.S. presidential election process? ①The electors meet and cast their votes for President. ②People go to polling places to vote. ③Each party holds primaries to choose their candidate. ④The candidates campaign across the country. A. ②①④③ B.③④②① C.①④②③ D.④③②① 57. What is the main purpose of the U.S. electoral system? A.To make the election process faster. B.To reduce the cost of elections. C. To be sure that every state's voice D.To increase the number of voters C Benjamin sat on the porch of the old family house, thinking about his father. After Ethan passed away, Benjamin was the only person in the house. They once lived happily together in the house. But one night, Ethan and Benjamin had a fight. Benjamin walked out of the room angrily, he said no more to his father that night. For days, neither man talked to the other when they came back from work, and they did not even eat together any more. Days became months, the heavy silence between the two men continued. They still lived under the same roof , but they did not talk, or even look at each other. Eight more years passed, still they had nothing to say to each other. Ethan was getting very old. One night, Benjamin looked at his father for the first time in weeks. Father looked tired and lonely in his armchair. He said to himself, “We are together, even though we do not talk. I am lucky to have someone here with me. Without father this could be a cold and lonely house. Thanks for being here with me.” Another winter came, father lying sick in bed. Benjamin drove him to the hospital. After waiting in the hall for hours, Benjamin went in and saw the old man asleep. “He might die soon,” said the doctor, “You should talk to him now. It will be your last chance.” Suddenly the old man opened his eyes and looked at his son. He smiled weakly at Benjamin, and Benjamin smiled back. Then Ethan opened his mouth, trying to talk. Benjamin quickly muffled his father’s mouth with his hand. The old man did not try to talk any more. His eyes closed again and passed away in peace. The doctor said, “He wanted to say something before he died. Why did you stop him?” Benjamin answered, “It was my father who first made the decision that we should not talk. I did not want to hear him say he was sorry. I did not want him to ever think he was wrong.” When he entered the old quiet house that night, everything seemed strange. He said to himself, “This will be a lonely house now.” 6 58. How did Benjamin feel when seeing father sitting in the armchair in Paragraph 2? A. Cheerful. B.Thankful. C. Sad. D. Stressed. 59. What does the underlined word“muffle”in Paragraph 4 refers to ________. A. move B. cover C. open D. touch 60. What can be inferred from Benjamin’s words in Paragraph 5? A. He loved and respected his father. B. He was angry about what his father did. C. He complained about his father’s decision. D. He couldn’t believe his father passed away. 61. Which of the following can be the best title? A. A silent father B. A lonely house C. In the hospital bed D. Under the same roof D Have you ever wondered what animals are talking about? With the development of AI, we may be able to understand their languages! In Professor Karen Bakker’s new book, The Sounds of Life: How Digital Technology Is Bringing Us Closer to the Worlds of Animals and Plants, she talks about how AI is helping us to make an animal version of Google Translate, then we can understand animals better. All around the animal kingdom, there are sounds that we can hardly pick up and decipher (破译). Elephants, for example, talk with each other using infrasound (次声波)—far below our human hearing range. Coral in the ocean also sends sound waves to attract baby coral to safer areas to grow. This is surprising because coral doesn’t have any ears! Scientists have placed listening equipment into these environments to pick up the sounds that humans cannot hear. After the sounds are recorded, AI can study their meaning, according to the news website Vox. For example, Israeli researchers used AI to translate bats’ 15,000 calls. They found that more than 60 percent of the sounds were arguments about four things: food, sleeping ways, the loss of personal space, and unwanted disturbance . This technology can not only understand the animals but communicate back to them. For example, bees use dances to communicate with each other. A research team in Germany, therefore, put the bee language AI system into a robot bee. They asked the robot to create a dance routine to tell the bees where the nectar (花蜜) was, Vox reported. 62．Karen Bakker’s new book shows us that ________. A．why AI can help people research animals B．why animals need help from human being C．howAI helps people do translations better D．howAI helps people better understand animals 63．What do we know about the sounds made by animals? A．Corals have ears that can hear all animal sounds B．Most communications among animals are infrasound. C．Some of the sounds cannot be heard by humans directly. D．More than 60 percent of the animal sounds are arguments. 64. What is paragraph4 mainly about? A. The arguments of bats B. The recording of animal sound C. The findings of AI translation D. The contents of the new website 65．How did scientists tell bees where the nectar was? A. By asking a robot bee to teach them a new language. B. By training other bees and showing them the way there. C. By making a new sound with the AI system to help them. D. By making a robot bee to tell the bees the route by dancing. 第Ⅱ卷 (非选择题 60分) 五、词汇运用，毎空一词(共 10空；每空 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) 7 66. Our parents told us that a good ____________ (开始) is half done. 67. How greatly the Chinese _________(政府) makes our country stronger and stronger. 68. Please write down your names and ___________(地址) on your postcards. 69. Thank you for _________(描述) the beauty in the area to us. 70. Such strong sunshine made the traveller feel even ________(口渴的) after the long walk. 71. Jerry felt so sad because he answered most of the questions ________(correct). 72. The fog ________(lead) to this car accident last week. 73. The TV programs _______ (they)are good for children, but they take too much time. 74. (luck), the police failed to find the lost girl. 75. Look! the boats by the river must be those__________(fish). They make a living by fishing. 六 、阅读表达((共 5题；每题 2分，计 10分) 阅读短文，回答下面 5个问题。(每题答案不超过 10个词) Many people believe sharks are one of the most dangerous animals in the world. But according to a report, humans bring a far greater danger to sharks than they do to us. Shark attacks do happen, however they are not very often. On the other hand, every hour, about 11,000 sharks are killed by humans. It is time that we should take action to stop many kinds of sharks from dying out. Why should we save sharks? Because killing sharks is a problem for the whole world. Sharks are on the top of food chain. They eat other species (物种 ), but few species eat them. As sharks die off, the number of other species will increase. This, in turn, means the food that other species eat will become less. So how can you help save sharks? Don’t use shark products. Pet foods, energy drinks, leather products can be made from shark parts. And shark meat is sold around the world. Most sharks killed worldwide are hunted for their fins (鳍), which are used to make shark fin soup. The process is unfriendly and cruel. Fishermen often cut the shark’s fins off and then drop the shark back into the water, still alive. Sharks breathe by swimming. So if a shark can’t swim with its fin, it will die. If you eat seafood, make sure the food you eat comes from fisheries (渔场 ) that care for the sea. Many organizations try to protect sharks. They give us advice on how to keep them alive. No buying, no killing! Maybe that is the best way to save sharks. 76．How many sharks are killed per hour? 77．What will happen, if sharks die off? 78．Can sharks live without fins? Why? 79．What do the organizations do to protect sharks? 80．What can we do to protect sharks? 七、缺词填空(共 10空；每空 1分，计 10分) As an old saying goes, “Eyes are the windows of our mind.” Eyes are very important to us. However, it seems that many people don’t know the importance of p 81 their eyes. Nowadays, many people live a busy life and they have l 82 time to take care of their “windows”. Even when the eyes have something w 83 , telling their owners that they are dry and uncomfortable, these people may just not care about them, and go on with their work. Study takes students a lot of time and they don’t have time to take care of their eyes, either. What’s worse, some of them often do eye exercises c 84 . We all know that eyes work like a camera. When we use a camera to take photos, we adjust the focus (焦距) to make our photos become c 85 . In our eyes, there are also lenses (晶状体) like cameras. But these lenses can’t collect light on their o 86 . They need the ciliary muscles (睫状肌) to adjust the lenses’ shape. When you work with your eyes too long, the ciliary muscles will feel t 87 .As a result, they won’t be able to help the lenses w 88 properly and we won’t be able to see things clearly. If we often use our eyes too much, we will likely get different eye i 89 , such as shortsighted. 8 Many students have got such eye problems. They spend so much time doing their homework or playing computers that their ciliary muscles can’t get enough rest. As a result, more and more t 90 have to wear glasses. Let’s take good care of our eyes now. 八、书面表达(计 30分) A.翻译句子(每题 2分，计 10分) 91.蜜蜂总是记得按原路返回。 92.父母最好不要为孩子们提供昂贵的衣服。 93.不但我，而且我的表弟也经常花很多时间研究鸟类。 94.老师建议我们随身携带笔记本，以便写下我们所看到的。 95.我们同情大熊猫，因为它们在野外正面临严重的问题。 B.作文(满分 20分) 注意： 1. 短文应包含以上思维导图中所有的信息，层次清楚，表达连贯，可以适当发挥。 2. 词数 100 词左右，开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数。 3. 短文中请勿提及真实校名及姓名。 Dear Chairperson, I would like to join ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ I am looking forward to your reply. Yours sincerely, Sally