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2024—2025学年度第一学期期末质量监测 八年级英语试题 注意事项： 1. 本试卷满分共120分，考试时间为120分钟。 2. 不要在本试卷上答题，答案分别填涂、书写在答题卡指定的答题区。 一、听短对话。根据对话内容选择正确的答案，把答案涂在答题卡上1~5小题的后面，录音读两遍（共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分）。 1. Where did Leo go on vacation? A. Harbin. B. Wuhan. C. Nanjing. D. Beijing. 2. What did Bob do during his holiday? A. Saw a movie. B. Read a book. C. Went to the beach. D. Played basketball. 3. What does Alex like doing in his free time? A. Playing tennis. B. Listening to music. C. Practicing drawing. D. Watching TV. 4. How often does the boy play the piano? A. Twice a week. B. Every night. C. Five times a week. D. Every week. 5. Where does the conversation probably take place? A. In the bedroom. B. In the restaurant. C. In the clothes store. D. In the bathroom. 二、听长对话。根据对话内容选择正确的答案，把答案涂在答题卡上6~10小题的后面，录音读两遍（共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分）。 6. What will they do for the Spring Festival? A. Have a dumpling-making party. B. Have a noodle-making party. C. Have a soup-making party. D. Have a juice-making party. 7. Who are the two speakers? A. Teacher and student. B. Father and daughter. C. Mother and daughter. D. Brother and sister. 8. When will they have the party? A. On the day before New Year’s Eve. B. On the day before New Year’s Eve. C. On New Year’s Eve. D. Before New Year’s Eve. 9. What will they prepare for the party? ①beef ②potatoes ③carrots ④bananas A. ①② B. ①③ C. ②③ D. ②④ 10. What’s the main idea of the conversation? A. The food for the Spring Festival. B. The game for the Spring Festival. C. The plan for the Spring Festival. D. The fruit for the Spring Festival. 三、听短文。根据短文内容选择正确的答案，把答案涂在答题卡上11~15小题的后面。录音读三遍（共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分）。 11. When did Jack go to the zoo? A. On Monday. B. On Tuesday. C. On Wednesday. D. On Friday. 12. Where did they go camping? A. Near a zoo. B. Near a park. C. Near a lake. D. Near a museum. 13. How does Jack like camping? A Hard and boring. B. Hard but fun. C. Fun and relaxing. D. Tired and boring. 14. What will Jack do? A. Have a rest. B. See animals and birds. C. Cook food. D. Sing camp songs. 15. Why does Jack write the letter? A. To tell his parents about his friends. B. To tell his friends about his summer camp. C. To tell his parents about his summer camp. D. To tell his friends about his parents. 请同学们把试卷翻到第六题听力填空部分 四、完形填空（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）。 请先阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可填入相应空白处的最佳选项。 As the music begins, a Sichuan opera performer goes onto the stage. She walks, dances and quickly changes face masks (面具). No one notices ____1____ unusual until the last mask is removed (移动), but later, the audience (观众) believe that this performer is kind of ____2____. Yin Qiuhua, the 19-year-old performer, was born with Down syndrome (唐氏综合征). When she was six months old, her mother started to take her to different ____3____ and teach her life skills. “My biggest wish was to ____4____ a good skill for her so she can live her life,” said Zhao, Yin’s mother. They tried almost every ____5____ class in Peng’an County in Nanchong City such as violin, drawing and dance. But Yin didn’t do well in any of them. She didn’t ____6____ what the teacher taught. In 2021, Zhao ____7____ Lin Chun, a traditional Chinese opera teacher. Lin started to teach Yin the face-changing art of Sichuan opera. It was difficult for Yin to ___8___ the skill. Other kids might learn in one minute, ____9____ it might take Yin 10 minutes, or even a day or a week. Yin studies hard and she is good at face-changing now. She can ____10____ change nine masks during a performance (表演). Nowadays, Yin’s performance is popular with many people. 1. A. something B. anything C. everything D. nothing 2. A. popular B. terrible C. different D. beautiful 3. A. schools B. hotels C. stores D. hospitals 4. A. find B. lose C. create D. prepare 5. A. working B. training C. primary D. middle 6. A. understand B. describe C. listen D. take 7. A. called B. helped C. knew D. met 8. A. show B. learn C. use D. remember 9. A. or B. so C. but D. and 10. A. easily B. hardly C. slowly D. sadly 【答案】1. B 2. C 3. D 4. A 5. B 6. A 7. D 8. B 9. C 10. A 【解析】 【导语】本文主要讲述了19岁的Yin Qiuhua，她出生时就患了唐氏综合征，但她没有放弃，最后学会了川剧变脸的故事。 【1题详解】 句意：在最后一个面具被移除之前，没有人注意到任何异常，但后来，观众认为这位表演者有点与众不同。 something一些东西，用于肯定句中；anything一些东西，用于否定及疑问句中；everything一切东西；nothing没有东西。根据“No one notices...unusual”可知，是没有人注意到任何异常，用于否定句中，用anything。故选B。 【2题详解】 句意：在最后一个面具被移除之前，没有人注意到任何异常，但后来，观众认为这位表演者有点与众不同。 popular受欢迎的；terrible可怕的；different不同的；beautiful美丽的。根据“No one notices anything unusual until the last mask is removed (移动), but later,”可知，一开始没有发现任何异常，但是后来发现有点不同。故选C。 【3题详解】 句意：当她六个月大的时候，她的母亲开始带她去不同的医院，教她生活技能。 schools学校；hotels旅馆；stores商店；hospitals医院。根据“was born with Down syndrome (唐氏综合征).”可知，妈妈是带她去不同的医院。故选D。 【4题详解】 句意：“我最大的愿望是为她找到一门好技能，这样她就能过上自己的生活，”Yin的妈妈Zhao说。 find发现；lose失去；create创造；prepare准备。根据“My biggest wish was to...a good skill for her”可知，是为她找到一个好技能。故选A。 【5题详解】 句意：她们几乎尝试了南充市彭安县的所有培训课程，如小提琴、绘画和舞蹈。 working工作；training训练；primary主要的；middle中间的。根据“such as violin, drawing and dance”可知，这些是培训课程。故选B。 【6题详解】 句意：她不明白老师教什么。 understand明白；describe描述；listen听；take拿。根据“But Yin didn’t do well in any of them.”可知，应表达她不明白老师教什么。故选A。 【7题详解】 句意：2021年，Zhao结识了中国戏曲教师Lin Chun。 called叫做；helped帮助；knew认识；met遇见。根据“Zhao...Lin Chun”可知，应表达Zhao遇见了Lin Chun。故选D。 【8题详解】 句意：Yin很难学会这项技能。 show展示；learn学会；use使用；remember记住。根据“Other kids might learn in one minute, but it might take Yin 10 minutes, or even a day or a week.”可知，Yin很难学会这项技能。故选B。 【9题详解】 句意：其他孩子可能在一分钟内学会，但Yin可能需要10分钟，甚至一天或一周。 or或者；so因此；but但是；and和。根据“Other kids might learn in one minute,...it might take Yin 10 minutes, or even a day or a week.”可知，前后是转折关系，用but连接。故选C。 【10题详解】 句意：她可以在表演中轻松更换九个面具。 easily轻松地；hardly几乎不；slowly缓慢地；sadly悲伤地。根据“Yin studies hard and she is good at face-changing now.”可知，应表达她现在可以轻松地更换九个面具。故选A。 五、阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分） 阅读下面四篇短文，从26~40各题所给的四个选项（ABCD）中，选出最佳选项。 A A good breakfast is the best way to start your day. In China, people in different places usually eat different kinds of food for breakfast. In many southern places, there are many breakfast foods made from rice. As we know, southern China has grown rice for thousands of years. Rice is widely (广泛地) planted there. However, in the north of China, people usually eat breakfast foods made from wheat (小麦) because the north grows wheat. Different people like different tastes. Some people love to eat porridge (粥) and baozi. Some people love to eat youtiao and drink soy milk (豆浆). There are also some famous breakfast foods in China. For example, people in Hunan love to eat rice noodles. They especially love spicy (辛辣的) rice noodles. Do you know jianbing guozi? It is a popular breakfast food in Tianjin. But now, people in other places can buy it easily. 11. Why do people in southern China usually eat breakfast foods made from rice? A. Because they are easy to make. B. Because they can be bought easily. C. Because rice is widely grown there. D Because there are very few other foods. 12. From the passage, we can learn that ________. A. jianbing guozi can only be bought in Tianjin B. rice noodles are very popular in Hunan C. Chinese people always eat the same breakfast foods D. Chinese people only love to eat food made from rice 13. The passage is written to introduce (介绍) ________. A. three meals in China B. why the Chinese cat different breakfast foods C. how to make a healthy breakfast D. some Chinese breakfast foods 【答案】11. C 12. B 13. D 【解析】 【导语】本文介绍了中国不同地区的早餐文化，特别是南方和北方在早餐食物上的差异。 【11题详解】 细节理解题。根据文中“southern China has grown rice for thousands of years. Rice is widely planted there”可知，南方人通常吃米饭做的早餐是因为那里广泛种植水稻。故选C。 【12题详解】 细节理解题。根据文中“people in Hunan love to eat rice noodles”可以得出，湖南人喜欢吃米粉，且“jianbing guozi”在天津很受欢迎并且其他地方的人也可以买到。因此，B选项正确。故选B。 【13题详解】 主旨大意题。文章主要介绍了中国不同地方的早餐食物，目的是介绍中国的早餐文化和不同地方的早餐食品。故选D。 B On Wednesday, China’s Deng Yawen won the BMX freestyle (自由式小轮车) at the Paris Olympic Games. The reporter talked with her after the final (决赛). Deng felt very excited and happy. She thanked all her coaches for teaching her carefully. She was happy that she made a good decision seven years ago. “Looking back, I think it was surely the best decision of my life,” said Deng. She chose to join the new Chinese BMX freestyle program in 2017. “It was not easy to make the decision. It is kind of dangerous to do the sport. I thank myself for being brave enough to make the decision. I’m proud that I have tried my best,” she said. “I practice hard every day. I want to master some of the world’s most difficult tricks (技巧). I often get many falls. And I have bruises (淤伤) here and there. I still feel afraid today. That fear helps me stay as careful as I need to be. It also keeps me quick in the game,” said Deng. “I hope more people will become interested in BMX. I hope that more young people will try it and make it more popular,” said Deng. 14. What does the underlined word “coaches” in Paragraph I mean? A. Drivers. B. Doctors. C. Scientists. D. Teachers. 15. It was difficult for Deng to decide to join the BMX freestyle program because ________. A. it cost her much money B. it is not safe to do the sport C. it is not easy to find a good coach D. it was really a new sport for her then 16. What can we infer from the last paragraph? ①Many people will show their love for Deng. ②Deng will show thanks to her coaches. ③The BMX freestyle may become more popular. ④More young people may join the BMX freestyle A. ①② B. ①③ C. ③④ D. ②④ 【答案】14. D 15. B 16. C 【解析】 【导语】本文主要介绍了中国选手邓雅文在巴黎奥运会上赢得自由式小轮车比赛后对这一重要决策的回顾和感慨，表达了她对教练的感谢以及对这项运动的热爱和推广的期望。 【14题详解】 词义猜测题。根据“She thanked all her coaches for teaching her carefully.”并结合她参加的是体育项目可知，coaches在这里是“教练”的意思，也就是Teachers“老师”。故选D。 【15题详解】 细节理解题。根据“It is kind of dangerous to do the sport.”可知，她觉得这个运动不安全。故选B。 【16题详解】 推理判断题。根据“‘I hope more people will become interested in BMX. I hope that more young people will try it and make it more popular,’ said Deng.”可知，最后一段提到Deng希望更多的人对BMX感兴趣，更多的年轻人会尝试参与，由此可推断出BMX freestyle可能会变得更受欢迎以及更多年轻人会加入该运动。故选C。 C In China, many young people work in the day, and take classes at night. Night schools are popular in big cities across the country. In March, a night school in Shanghai started 680 subjects, and 730,000 students went to the online classes. In May, Wuhan Youth Night School had over 8,000 night school students. They had 228 subjects. Young people can learn music, dance, street photography, cooking, painting and more there. The learning environment of night schools is relaxing. Young people can learn something new there, and they can make friends there, too. Night school classes are very cheap. Most of them are less than 100 yuan an hour. At night schools, young people can learn helpful skills. AI application (人工智能应用) is popular. More and more young people realize that only by keeping learning can they do well in their work and stay away from anxiety. “I don’t know if I can learn something important at night schools. However, learning something is certainly better than watching too many short videos at home,” said a night school student. 17. Which word can best describe night schools in Paragraph 2? A. Cheap. B. Popular. C. Terrible. D. Expensive. 18. Which question can best help us know about Paragraph 3? A. Who set up night schools? B. When do night schools open? C. Why do young people go to night school? D. How do young people study at night schools? 19. Which one is closest in meaning to the underlined word “anxiety”? A. Worry. B. Disease. C. Health. D. Surprise. 20. The night school student thinks that ________. A. he would like to spend time on short videos B. it costs him much time to go to night school C. young men don’t have to go to night school D. going to night school is helpful 【答案】17. B 18. C 19. A 20. D 【解析】 【导语】本文主要介绍了在中国夜校的流行并介绍了夜校的课程、环境、费用及价值。 【17题详解】 推理判断题。通读第二段内容可知，第二段描述了上海和武汉夜校的火爆程度，popular“受欢迎的”符合题意。故选B。 【18题详解】 推理判断题。根据“The learning environment of night schools is relaxing. Young people can learn something new there, and they can make friends there, too. Night school classes are very cheap.”可知，第三段主要讲述了夜校的学习环境、内容和费用，这些都是年轻人选择夜校的原因。选项C“年轻人为什么要上夜校”符合题意。故选C。 【19题详解】 词义猜测题。根据“More and more young people realize that only by keeping learning can they do well in their work and stay away from anxiety.”可知，越来越多的年轻人意识到只有不断学习才能把工作做好，远离焦虑。因此“anxiety”与“worry”语义相近。故选A。 【20题详解】 推理判断题。根据“I don’t know if I can learn something important at night schools. However, learning something is certainly better than watching too many short videos at home,”可推知，夜校的学生认为上夜校很有帮助。故选D。 D Baizhifang is a historical place in Beijing. It is said that the eponymous (同名的) Baizhifang Lion Dance came out in 1740. The special dance quickly became popular with people. To this day, the Baizhifang Lion Dance still stands out among its kind. It is blend (融合) of history, culture and great skill. However, the dance is slowly going away. Few people would like to practice it. “I have to ask people to learn it,” Yang Jingwei, and inheritor (继承人) of this special lion dance, said. On May 12, Yang met some students. They would like to learn the dance from Yang. Thinking back of his childhood life, he knew it was important to help children learn about it. “Interest is a must. If children are interested in the dance, I’ll be happy to teach them,” Yang said. Now, Yang tries to make more people know about the lion dance. He takes the dance team to kindergartens, primary schools, middle schools and universities. He also tries his best to help people know more about the dance. Many reporters talk with Yang. Some students and dance lovers also visit him. Yang carefully introduces the Baizhifang Lion Dance to everyone. And more and more people want to learn the dance. 21. How old is the Baizhifang Lion Dance? A. About 100 years old. B. About 300 years old. C. About 400 years old. D. About 500 years old. 22. What is TRUE about Paragraph 2? A. It’s difficult to learn the lion dance. B. The lion dance is popular all over the country. C. Yang is good at the Baizhifang Lion Dance. D. Yang is happy with the number of his students. 23. Yang believes that ________ is the most important thing for a child to learn the dance. A. smartness B. hard work C. a dream D. interest 24. How does Yang make more people know about the dance? A. By making movies. B. By teaching online. C. By visiting schools. D. By meeting dancers. 25. What can we infer from the last paragraph? A. The future of the Baizhifang Lion Dance is bright. B. Some reporters want to talk with the dance lovers. C. Fewer people will be interested in the dance. D. Yang will perform the dance to everyone. 【答案】21. B 22. C 23. D 24. C 25. A 【解析】 【导语】本文主要介绍了北京的历史名胜白芝坊及其同名的白芝坊舞狮。 【21题详解】 细节理解题。根据“It is said that the eponymous (同名的) Baizhifang Lion Dance came out in 1740.”可知，白芝坊舞狮始于1740年，截至当前年份2025年，接近300年。故选B。 【22题详解】 细节理解题。根据“‘I have to ask people to learn it,’ Yang Jingwei, and inheritor (继承人) of this special lion dance, said.”可知，杨京伟是白芝坊舞狮的传承人，所以他擅长白芝坊舞狮。故选C。 【23题详解】 细节理解题。根据“‘Interest is a must. If children are interested in the dance, I’ll be happy to teach them,’ Yang said.”可知，杨京伟认为兴趣对孩子学习舞狮是最重要的。故选D。 【24题详解】 细节理解题。根据“He takes the dance team to kindergartens, primary schools, middle schools and universities.”可知，杨京伟通过拜访学校的方式让更多人了解舞狮。故选C。 【25题详解】 推理判断题。根据“Many reporters talk with Yang. Some students and dance lovers also visit him. And more and more people want to learn the dance.”可知，越来越多的人想要学习舞狮，由此可推断出白芝坊舞狮的未来是光明的。故选A。 E 七选五 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入1~5小题横线上的最佳选项。 A truck (卡车) company became famous on the Internet. ____26____ The truck drivers spent four days driving 3,300 kilometers from Harbin to Guangdong Province. They started on January 28, 2024, passing through Jilin, Henan, Hubei, and Jiangxi. ____27____ The next morning, the children, their parents, and the teachers had fun with the snow. “____28____ We want them to play in the snow and make snowmen,” one of the drivers said. A teacher said, “Many of our children are unhealthy and unable to travel to Harbin. For many of them, it was the first time they had seen snow. ____29____” The story touched (感动) many people online. “What the truck drivers brought was not snow, but love!” said someone online. “____30____” said another. A. It was a nature lesson. B. They really had a great time! C. It cost them about 200,000 yuan. D. They finally arrived on the evening of January 31. E. The snow may be cold, but everyone’s heart is warm! F. We want to give the snow to the kids in the south. G. It gave three truckloads of snow to a special school in Guangzhou. 【答案】26. G 27. D 28. F 29. B 30. E 【解析】 【导语】本文讲述了一个卡车公司给广州的一所特殊学校运送了三卡车雪，让孩子们感受到了雪的故事。 【26题详解】 根据“A truck (卡车) company became famous on the Internet.”可知，接下来应该介绍这家卡车公司在互联网上名声大噪的原因。选项G“它给广州的一所特殊学校送去了三卡车的雪。”符合语境。故选G。 【27题详解】 根据“They started on January 28, 2024, passing through Jilin, Henan, Hubei, and Jiangxi.”可知，此处介绍了送雪卡车的出行时间及路线。选项D“他们终于在1月31日晚上到达。”符合语境。故选D。 【28题详解】 根据“We want them to play in the snow and make snowmen,”可知，空处应该介绍这些雪是送给谁的。选项F“我们想把雪送给南方的孩子们。”符合语境。故选F。 【29题详解】 根据“For many of them, it was the first time they had seen snow. ”可知，对于很多南方的孩子们来说，这是他们第一次看到雪。选项B“他们真的玩得很开心！”符合语境。故选B。 【30题详解】 根据“What the truck drivers brought was not snow, but love!”可知，人们认为卡车司机带来的不是雪，而是爱。选项E“雪可能很冷，但每个人的心都是温暖的！”符合语境。故选E。 六、听力填空。听下面一段短文，请根据所听内容完成下面的填空。每个空不超过三个单词，把答案写在答题卡46~50小题的横线上（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）。 Information Sheet Activity Monkey Around: A new 46________ show Place The Lux Theatre: a 47________ place in Pablo’s town Time Pablo and his parents watched the show at 48________ o’clock in the afternoon. Feelings After watching the show, they all felt 49________. Spending time with family brought much 50________ and happiness to Pablo. 七、选词填空。 阅读下面短文，选择适当的词填入空白处。把答案写在答题卡1-10小题的横线上。 sells useful from her when well teacher years to buy an Can you speak good English? The language may not easy to learn, but it is very ____31____ when it comes to communication (交流). Xie Hongying is a 50-year-old fruit seller. She ____32____ fruits near the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Sichuan. A video of Xie became popular online in which a tourist ____33____ Malaysia was buying some fruits from her. Xie told the foreign customer about ____34____ fruits in English. The tourist said that she spoke very good English. “____35____ I was a middle school student, I liked English very much. And I did ____36____ in the subject. At that time, I dreamed to be an English ____37____,” said Xie. But after middle school, she didn’t go to high school. She decided to learn English by herself a few ____38____ ago. One day, a foreigner wanted ____39____ fruits from her. She found it difficult to understand the man’s words. So, she started to learn English by using ____40____ English-Chinese dictionary. As time went by, she could speak fluent English. And now, she is a star near the base. 【答案】31. useful 32. sells 33. from 34. her 35. When 36. well 37. teacher 38. years 39. to buy 40. an 【解析】 【导语】本文主要讲述了水果摊主谢红英的故事。 【31题详解】 句意：这门语言可能不容易学，但在交流方面它非常有用。根据所给词和“when it comes to communication (交流)”可知，此处指英语虽然难学，但在交流时很有用，useful“有用”，形容词，此处用作表语。故填useful。 【32题详解】 句意：她在四川成都大熊猫繁育研究基地附近卖水果。根据所给词和“fruit seller”可知，谢红英是水果摊主，此处是说她卖水果，sell“售卖”，动词，主语She为第三人称单数，句子时态为一般现在时，要用三单形式sells。故填sells。 【33题详解】 句意：谢的一段视频在网上走红，在视频中一位来自马来西亚的游客正在从她那里买一些水果。根据所给词和“Malaysia”可知，此处表示游客来自马来西亚，from“来自”，介词。故填from。 【34题详解】 句意：谢用英语向这位外国顾客介绍了她的水果。根据所给词和“fruits”可知，此处指谢红英向顾客介绍她的水果，her“她的”，形容词性物主代词，修饰名词fruits。故填her。 【35题详解】 句意：当我是一名中学生时，我就非常喜欢英语。根据所给词和“I was a middle school student”可知，此处是说当她是中学生的时候，她就喜欢英语，when“当……时”，引导时间状语从句，注意句首单词首字母要大写。故填When。 【36题详解】 句意：并且我在这门学科上学得很好。根据所给词和“did ... in the subject”可知，此处是说她英语学得好，do well in“在……方面做得好”，固定短语。故填well。 【37题详解】 句意：那时，我梦想成为一名英语老师。根据所给词和“to be an”可知，此处是说梦想成为一名英语老师，teacher“老师”，可数名词，不定冠词an后用名词单数。故填teacher。 【38题详解】 句意：几年前她决定自学英语。根据所给词和“a few”可知，此处表示时间，a few years ago“几年前”，固定搭配。故填years。 【39题详解】 句意：一天，一位外国人想从她那里买水果。根据所给词和“a foreigner wanted ... fruits from her”可知，此处指外国人想买水果，to buy“买”，不定式作动词wanted的宾语。故填to buy。 【40题详解】 句意：所以，她开始用一本英汉词典学习英语。根据所给词和“English-Chinese dictionary”可知，此处指一本词典，an“一”，不定冠词表泛指。故填an。 八、语法填空。 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词或括号内所给单词的适当形式。 Twelve-year-old Daya Modayur joins in a learning camp in Dartmouth. She makes a postcard for her grandmother ____41____ forgets to stamp it. “I forget to put the stamp on when I take it out. I want ____42____ (send) the postcard ____43____ my grandmother to show my love for her,” Daya tells reporters. Knowing about the missing stamp, ____44____ camp teacher writes a note and puts it in a nearby Canada Post mailbox. The note ____45____ (read): “Dear postal worker, at our camp we make postcards and one girl sends one to ____46____ (she) grandma without a stamp. If you find it, can you please return it to our camp or use the stamp on the back of this page? Thanks a lot.” At ____47____ (one), the note doesn’t get an answer. A few days later, an answer comes out on the same note. “Find it and stamp it. Have a great day!” read the ____48____ (word) from a Canada Post worker. Reporters ____49____ (late) find the truth. Christine Fong, the postal worker, says she finds Daya’s postcard. To find it, she spends hours in bags of mail carefully ____50____ (look) for it. 【答案】41. but 42. to send 43. to 44. a 45. reads 46. her 47. first 48. words 49. later 50. looking 【解析】 【导语】本文讲述了12岁的Daya Modayur在参加学习营时给祖母做了一张明信片，但忘记贴邮票就寄出去了。邮局工作人员花费了几个小时帮助她找到了这张明信片。 【41题详解】 句意：她给祖母做了一张明信片，但忘了贴上邮票。根据“She makes a postcard for her grandmother…forgets to stamp it.”可知，空处前后表示转折，应该用连词but连接。故填but。 【42题详解】 句意：我想把这张明信片寄给我的祖母，以表达我对她的爱。want to do sth.“想要做某事”。故填to send。 【43题详解】 句意：我想把这张明信片寄给我的祖母，以表达我对她的爱。send sth. to sb.“将某物寄送给某人”。故填to。 【44题详解】 句意：得知邮票丢失的消息后，一位夏令营老师写了一张纸条，并把它投进了附近的加拿大邮政信箱。根据“…camp teacher”可知，此处表示泛指，应填不定冠词，camp以辅音音素开头，不定冠词a符合题意。故填a。 【45题详解】 句意：纸条上写着。根据语境可知，此处是一般现在时，主语The note是第三人称单数，谓语动词用三单形式。故填reads。 【46题详解】 句意：亲爱的邮局工作人员，在我们的夏令营里，我们制作明信片，有一个女孩没有贴邮票就寄给了她的祖母。空处修饰名词grandma，应该用she的形容词性物主代词her。故填her。 【47题详解】 句意：一开始，留言没有得到回复。at first“起初”，固定短语。故填first。 【48题详解】 句意：“找到它，贴上邮票。祝你今天愉快！” 一位加拿大邮政工作人员写道。此处用可数名词的复数表示泛指。故填words。 【49题详解】 句意：记者后来发现了真相。根据“Reporters…(late) find the truth.”可知，此处表示“记者后来发现了真相”，later“后来”，副词修饰动词find。故填later。 【50题详解】 句意：为了找到它，她花了几个小时在一袋邮件里仔细寻找。spend time doing sth.“花费时间做某事”。故填looking。 九、回答问题。读下面的文章，在答题卡的71~75 每个题目下回答问题（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）。 Bruhat Soma is a 12-year-old boy from Florida. He became the first of the 96th Scripps National Spelling Bee (拼字比赛) on May 30. The event was outside Washington, DC, and was on show online. The Scripps National Spelling Bee began in 1925. It is open to students under 16 or under the ninth grade. In the event, spellers take turns trying to spell a word no one else has tried. First they must pronounce it right, and then they have two minutes to spell it out loudly. If they spell it right, they keep staying in the spelling bee. Soma is a seventh grader. He enjoys reading and playing basketball, badminton, ping-pong, and the drum. He joined in the spelling bee twice before. In 2022, he got 163rd place, and last year he got 74th place. He got $50,000 for his win this year. Soma and Faizan Zaki, from Texas, went to the final round. Soma got the first place by spelling 29 words right, seven more than the earlier winner in 2022. Zaki won the second by spelling 20 words. “I’m really excited,” Soma said. “I’m happy my dream comes true.” 51. Where did Bruhat Soma join in the spelling bee? _________________________________ 52. When was the first Scripps National Spelling Bee? _________________________________ 53. How much time do spellers have to spell a word out loudly? _________________________________ 54. What are Soma’s hobbies?（举两例即可） _________________________________ 55. How many words did the winner in 2022 spell? _________________________________ 【答案】51. Outside Washington, DC. 52. 1925. 53. Two minutes. 54. Reading and playing basketball.（答案不唯一，符合文章即可） 55. 22/Twenty-two. 【解析】 【导语】本文讲述了12岁的Bruhat Soma在第96届全国拼字比赛中获得第一名的事。 【51题详解】 根据“The event was outside Washington, DC, and was on show online.”可知，Bruhat Soma在华盛顿特区外参加的拼字比赛。故填Outside Washington, DC. 【52题详解】 根据“The Scripps National Spelling Bee began in 1925.”可知，第一届斯克里普斯全国拼字比赛始于1925年。故填1925. 【53题详解】 根据“First they must pronounce it right, and then they have two minutes to spell it out loudly.”可知，他们有两分钟的时间大声拼出来。故填Two minutes. 【54题详解】 根据“He enjoys reading and playing basketball, badminton, ping-pong, and the drum.”可知，他喜欢读书、打篮球、羽毛球、乒乓球和打鼓。故填Reading and playing basketball.（答案不唯一，符合文章即可） 【55题详解】 根据“Soma got the first place by spelling 29 words right, seven more than the earlier winner in 2022”可推知，2022年的获胜者拼了22个单词。故填22/Twenty-two. 十、书面表达（满分15分，书写占2分）。 56. 假如你是李华，你的朋友Mike非常喜欢打篮球，但是他的父母担心他的学业，所以不允许他花费太多的时间在打篮球上，为此他很苦恼，向你寻求帮助。请你针对他的问题，给他写一封80词左右的英文信，提出你的建议，并给他一些安慰和鼓励。 要求：语句通顺、符合逻辑，书写规范；可适当发挥。 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】例文 Dear Mike, I’m sorry to hear that you have problems with your parents. As for your problems, I have two pieces of advice. First, listen to the teachers carefully in class and finish your homework on time every day. Make sure that you won’t fall behind. Second, have a talk with your parents. You should let them know that doing sports won’t take up your study time. Instead, it’s good for your study and health. Just be patient with your parents, I think they will understand you. Yours, Li Hua 【解析】 【详解】[总体分析] ①题材：本文是一篇书信作文； ②时态：时态“一般现在时”； ③提示：写作要点已给出，考生应注意不要遗漏“信息提示”，适当增加细节，并突出写作重点。 [写作步骤] 第一步，表达自己的安慰。 第二步，具体阐述你的建议和方法。 第三步，书写结语，建议和父母好好沟通，和谐解决问题。 [亮点词汇] ① two pieces of advice两条建议 ②on time准时 ③take up占据 [高分句型] ①Make sure that you won’t fall behind. (that引导的宾语从句) ②Instead, it’s good for your study and health.(it is+形容词+to do sth做某事是……) 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$ 2024—2025学年度第一学期期末质量监测 八年级英语试题 注意事项： 1. 本试卷满分共120分，考试时间为120分钟。 2. 不要在本试卷上答题，答案分别填涂、书写在答题卡指定的答题区。 一、听短对话。根据对话内容选择正确的答案，把答案涂在答题卡上1~5小题的后面，录音读两遍（共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分）。 1. Where did Leo go on vacation? A. Harbin. B. Wuhan. C. Nanjing. D. Beijing. 2. What did Bob do during his holiday? A. Saw a movie. B. Read a book. C. Went to the beach. D. Played basketball. 3. What does Alex like doing in his free time? A. Playing tennis. B. Listening to music. C. Practicing drawing. D. Watching TV. 4. How often does the boy play the piano? A. Twice a week. B. Every night. C. Five times a week. D. Every week. 5. Where does the conversation probably take place? A. In the bedroom. B. In the restaurant. C. In the clothes store. D. In the bathroom. 二、听长对话。根据对话内容选择正确的答案，把答案涂在答题卡上6~10小题的后面，录音读两遍（共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分）。 6. What will they do for the Spring Festival? A. Have a dumpling-making party. B. Have a noodle-making party. C Have a soup-making party. D. Have a juice-making party. 7. Who are the two speakers? A. Teacher and student. B. Father and daughter. C. Mother and daughter. D. Brother and sister. 8. When will they have the party? A. On the day before New Year’s Eve. B. On the day before New Year’s Eve. C. On New Year’s Eve. D. Before New Year’s Eve. 9. What will they prepare for the party? ①beef ②potatoes ③carrots ④bananas A. ①② B. ①③ C. ②③ D. ②④ 10 What’s the main idea of the conversation? A. The food for the Spring Festival. B. The game for the Spring Festival. C. The plan for the Spring Festival. D. The fruit for the Spring Festival. 三、听短文。根据短文内容选择正确的答案，把答案涂在答题卡上11~15小题的后面。录音读三遍（共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分）。 11. When did Jack go to the zoo? A. On Monday. B. On Tuesday. C. On Wednesday. D. On Friday. 12. Where did they go camping? A. Near a zoo. B. Near a park. C. Near a lake. D. Near a museum. 13. How does Jack like camping? A. Hard and boring. B. Hard but fun. C Fun and relaxing. D. Tired and boring. 14. What will Jack do? A. Have a rest. B. See animals and birds. C. Cook food. D. Sing camp songs. 15. Why does Jack write the letter? A. To tell his parents about his friends. B. To tell his friends about his summer camp. C. To tell his parents about his summer camp. D. To tell his friends about his parents. 请同学们把试卷翻到第六题听力填空部分 四、完形填空（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）。 请先阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可填入相应空白处的最佳选项。 As the music begins, a Sichuan opera performer goes onto the stage. She walks, dances and quickly changes face masks (面具). No one notices ____1____ unusual until the last mask is removed (移动), but later, the audience (观众) believe that this performer is kind of ____2____. Yin Qiuhua, the 19-year-old performer, was born with Down syndrome (唐氏综合征). When she was six months old, her mother started to take her to different ____3____ and teach her life skills. “My biggest wish was to ____4____ a good skill for her so she can live her life,” said Zhao, Yin’s mother. They tried almost every ____5____ class in Peng’an County in Nanchong City such as violin, drawing and dance. But Yin didn’t do well in any of them. She didn’t ____6____ what the teacher taught. In 2021, Zhao ____7____ Lin Chun, a traditional Chinese opera teacher. Lin started to teach Yin the face-changing art of Sichuan opera. It was difficult for Yin to ___8___ the skill. Other kids might learn in one minute, ____9____ it might take Yin 10 minutes, or even a day or a week. Yin studies hard and she is good at face-changing now. She can ____10____ change nine masks during a performance (表演). Nowadays, Yin’s performance is popular with many people. 1. A. something B. anything C. everything D. nothing 2. A. popular B. terrible C. different D. beautiful 3. A. schools B. hotels C. stores D. hospitals 4. A. find B. lose C. create D. prepare 5. A. working B. training C. primary D. middle 6. A. understand B. describe C. listen D. take 7. A. called B. helped C. knew D. met 8 A. show B. learn C. use D. remember 9. A. or B. so C. but D. and 10. A. easily B. hardly C. slowly D. sadly 五、阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分） 阅读下面四篇短文，从26~40各题所给的四个选项（ABCD）中，选出最佳选项。 A A good breakfast is the best way to start your day. In China, people in different places usually eat different kinds of food for breakfast. In many southern places, there are many breakfast foods made from rice. As we know, southern China has grown rice for thousands of years. Rice is widely (广泛地) planted there. However, in the north of China, people usually eat breakfast foods made from wheat (小麦) because the north grows wheat. Different people like different tastes. Some people love to eat porridge (粥) and baozi. Some people love to eat youtiao and drink soy milk (豆浆). There are also some famous breakfast foods in China. For example, people in Hunan love to eat rice noodles. They especially love spicy (辛辣的) rice noodles. Do you know jianbing guozi? It is a popular breakfast food in Tianjin. But now, people in other places can buy it easily. 11. Why do people in southern China usually eat breakfast foods made from rice? A. Because they are easy to make. B. Because they can be bought easily. C. Because rice is widely grown there. D. Because there are very few other foods. 12. From the passage, we can learn that ________. A. jianbing guozi can only be bought in Tianjin B. rice noodles are very popular in Hunan C. Chinese people always eat the same breakfast foods D. Chinese people only love to eat food made from rice 13. The passage is written to introduce (介绍) ________. A. three meals in China B. why the Chinese cat different breakfast foods C. how to make a healthy breakfast D. some Chinese breakfast foods B On Wednesday, China’s Deng Yawen won the BMX freestyle (自由式小轮车) at the Paris Olympic Games. The reporter talked with her after the final (决赛). Deng felt very excited and happy. She thanked all her coaches for teaching her carefully. She was happy that she made a good decision seven years ago. “Looking back, I think it was surely the best decision of my life,” said Deng. She chose to join the new Chinese BMX freestyle program in 2017. “It was not easy to make the decision. It is kind of dangerous to do the sport. I thank myself for being brave enough to make the decision. I’m proud that I have tried my best,” she said. “I practice hard every day. I want to master some of the world’s most difficult tricks (技巧). I often get many falls. And I have bruises (淤伤) here and there. I still feel afraid today. That fear helps me stay as careful as I need to be. It also keeps me quick in the game,” said Deng. “I hope more people will become interested in BMX. I hope that more young people will try it and make it more popular,” said Deng. 14. What does the underlined word “coaches” in Paragraph I mean? A. Drivers. B. Doctors. C. Scientists. D. Teachers. 15. It was difficult for Deng to decide to join the BMX freestyle program because ________. A. it cost her much money B. it is not safe to do the sport C. it is not easy to find a good coach D. it was really a new sport for her then 16. What can we infer from the last paragraph? ①Many people will show their love for Deng. ②Deng will show thanks to her coaches. ③The BMX freestyle may become more popular. ④More young people may join the BMX freestyle. A. ①② B. ①③ C. ③④ D. ②④ C In China, many young people work in the day, and take classes at night. Night schools are popular in big cities across the country. In March, a night school in Shanghai started 680 subjects, and 730,000 students went to the online classes. In May, Wuhan Youth Night School had over 8,000 night school students. They had 228 subjects. Young people can learn music, dance, street photography, cooking, painting and more there. The learning environment of night schools is relaxing. Young people can learn something new there, and they can make friends there, too. Night school classes are very cheap. Most of them are less than 100 yuan an hour. At night schools, young people can learn helpful skills. AI application (人工智能应用) is popular. More and more young people realize that only by keeping learning can they do well in their work and stay away from anxiety. “I don’t know if I can learn something important at night schools. However, learning something is certainly better than watching too many short videos at home,” said a night school student. 17. Which word can best describe night schools in Paragraph 2? A. Cheap. B. Popular. C. Terrible. D. Expensive. 18. Which question can best help us know about Paragraph 3? A. Who set up night schools? B. When do night schools open? C. Why do young people go to night school? D. How do young people study at night schools? 19. Which one is closest in meaning to the underlined word “anxiety”? A. Worry. B. Disease. C. Health. D. Surprise. 20. The night school student thinks that ________. A. he would like to spend time on short videos B. it costs him much time to go to night school C. young men don’t have to go to night school D. going to night school is helpful D Baizhifang is a historical place in Beijing. It is said that the eponymous (同名的) Baizhifang Lion Dance came out in 1740. The special dance quickly became popular with people. To this day, the Baizhifang Lion Dance still stands out among its kind. It is blend (融合) of history, culture and great skill. However, the dance is slowly going away. Few people would like to practice it. “I have to ask people to learn it,” Yang Jingwei, and inheritor (继承人) of this special lion dance, said. On May 12, Yang met some students. They would like to learn the dance from Yang. Thinking back of his childhood life, he knew it was important to help children learn about it. “Interest is a must. If children are interested in the dance, I’ll be happy to teach them,” Yang said. Now, Yang tries to make more people know about the lion dance. He takes the dance team to kindergartens, primary schools, middle schools and universities. He also tries his best to help people know more about the dance. Many reporters talk with Yang. Some students and dance lovers also visit him. Yang carefully introduces the Baizhifang Lion Dance to everyone. And more and more people want to learn the dance. 21. How old is the Baizhifang Lion Dance? A. About 100 years old. B. About 300 years old. C. About 400 years old. D. About 500 years old. 22. What is TRUE about Paragraph 2? A. It’s difficult to learn the lion dance. B. The lion dance is popular all over the country. C. Yang is good at the Baizhifang Lion Dance. D. Yang is happy with the number of his students. 23. Yang believes that ________ is the most important thing for a child to learn the dance. A. smartness B. hard work C. a dream D. interest 24. How does Yang make more people know about the dance? A. By making movies. B. By teaching online. C By visiting schools. D. By meeting dancers. 25. What can we infer from the last paragraph? A. The future of the Baizhifang Lion Dance is bright. B. Some reporters want to talk with the dance lovers. C. Fewer people will be interested in the dance. D. Yang will perform the dance to everyone. E 七选五 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入1~5小题横线上的最佳选项。 A truck (卡车) company became famous on the Internet. ____26____ The truck drivers spent four days driving 3,300 kilometers from Harbin to Guangdong Province. They started on January 28, 2024, passing through Jilin, Henan, Hubei, and Jiangxi. ____27____ The next morning, the children, their parents, and the teachers had fun with the snow. “____28____ We want them to play in the snow and make snowmen,” one of the drivers said. A teacher said, “Many of our children are unhealthy and unable to travel to Harbin. For many of them, it was the first time they had seen snow. ____29____” The story touched (感动) many people online. “What the truck drivers brought was not snow, but love!” said someone online. “____30____” said another. A. It was a nature lesson. B. They really had a great time! C. It cost them about 200,000 yuan. D. They finally arrived on the evening of January 31. E. The snow may be cold, but everyone’s heart is warm! F. We want to give the snow to the kids in the south. G. It gave three truckloads of snow to a special school in Guangzhou. 六、听力填空。听下面一段短文，请根据所听内容完成下面的填空。每个空不超过三个单词，把答案写在答题卡46~50小题的横线上（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）。 Information Sheet Activity Monkey Around: A new 46________ show Place The Lux Theatre: a 47________ place in Pablo’s town Time Pablo and his parents watched the show at 48________ o’clock in the afternoon. Feelings After watching the show, they all felt 49________. Spending time with family brought much 50________ and happiness to Pablo. 七、选词填空。 阅读下面短文，选择适当的词填入空白处。把答案写在答题卡1-10小题的横线上。 sells useful from her when well teacher years to buy an Can you speak good English? The language may not easy to learn, but it is very ____31____ when it comes to communication (交流). Xie Hongying is a 50-year-old fruit seller. She ____32____ fruits near the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Sichuan. A video of Xie became popular online in which a tourist ____33____ Malaysia was buying some fruits from her. Xie told the foreign customer about ____34____ fruits in English. The tourist said that she spoke very good English. “____35____ I was a middle school student, I liked English very much. And I did ____36____ in the subject. At that time, I dreamed to be an English ____37____,” said Xie. But after middle school, she didn’t go to high school. She decided to learn English by herself a few ____38____ ago. One day, a foreigner wanted ____39____ fruits from her. She found it difficult to understand the man’s words. So, she started to learn English by using ____40____ English-Chinese dictionary. As time went by, she could speak fluent English. And now, she is a star near the base. 八、语法填空。 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词或括号内所给单词的适当形式。 Twelve-year-old Daya Modayur joins in a learning camp in Dartmouth. She makes a postcard for her grandmother ____41____ forgets to stamp it. “I forget to put the stamp on when I take it out. I want ____42____ (send) the postcard ____43____ my grandmother to show my love for her,” Daya tells reporters. Knowing about the missing stamp, ____44____ camp teacher writes a note and puts it in a nearby Canada Post mailbox. The note ____45____ (read): “Dear postal worker, at our camp we make postcards and one girl sends one to ____46____ (she) grandma without a stamp. If you find it, can you please return it to our camp or use the stamp on the back of this page? Thanks a lot.” At ____47____ (one), the note doesn’t get an answer. A few days later, an answer comes out on the same note. “Find it and stamp it. Have a great day!” read the ____48____ (word) from a Canada Post worker. Reporters ____49____ (late) find the truth. Christine Fong, the postal worker, says she finds Daya’s postcard. To find it, she spends hours in bags of mail carefully ____50____ (look) for it. 九、回答问题。读下面的文章，在答题卡的71~75 每个题目下回答问题（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）。 Bruhat Soma is a 12-year-old boy from Florida. He became the first of the 96th Scripps National Spelling Bee (拼字比赛) on May 30. The event was outside Washington, DC, and was on show online. The Scripps National Spelling Bee began in 1925. It is open to students under 16 or under the ninth grade. In the event, spellers take turns trying to spell a word no one else has tried. First they must pronounce it right, and then they have two minutes to spell it out loudly. If they spell it right, they keep staying in the spelling bee. Soma is a seventh grader. He enjoys reading and playing basketball, badminton, ping-pong, and the drum. He joined in the spelling bee twice before. In 2022, he got 163rd place, and last year he got 74th place. He got $50,000 for his win this year. Soma and Faizan Zaki, from Texas, went to the final round. Soma got the first place by spelling 29 words right, seven more than the earlier winner in 2022. Zaki won the second by spelling 20 words. “I’m really excited,” Soma said. “I’m happy my dream comes true.” 51. Where did Bruhat Soma join in the spelling bee? _________________________________ 52. When was the first Scripps National Spelling Bee? _________________________________ 53. How much time do spellers have to spell a word out loudly? _________________________________ 54. What are Soma’s hobbies?（举两例即可） _________________________________ 55. How many words did the winner in 2022 spell? _________________________________ 十、书面表达（满分15分，书写占2分）。 56. 假如你是李华，你的朋友Mike非常喜欢打篮球，但是他的父母担心他的学业，所以不允许他花费太多的时间在打篮球上，为此他很苦恼，向你寻求帮助。请你针对他的问题，给他写一封80词左右的英文信，提出你的建议，并给他一些安慰和鼓励。 要求：语句通顺、符合逻辑，书写规范；可适当发挥。 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$