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2023-2024学年常州市24中八年级下学期5月考英语试卷 一、单项选择（共 15 小题；每小题1分，满分15分） 1. It’s nice ________ you to provide help ________ people ________ intellectual disabilities. A. of; for; with B. of; with; for C. for, for; with D. for, with; for 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：你为有智力障碍的人提供帮助真是太好了。 考查介词辨析。of……的；for为了；with和，具有。句型it’s+形容词+of/for sb+to do sth“某人做某事是怎么样的”，根据“nice”可知，此处是描述某人的品质，用介词of；根据“provide help ... people”可知，空二处是固定短语provide sth for sb“提供某人某物”，空处用介词for；根据“people ... intellectual disabilities.”可知，此处是表示有智力障碍的人，用with+名词作后置定语。故选A。 2. —Yesterday I read an article about Zhong Nanshan who led to ________ success in fighting the virus. —Yes, I’ve heard about him before. He’s ________ success in the medical field. A. a; / B. а; а C. /; a D. /; / 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：——昨天，我读了一篇关于钟南山成功抗击病毒的文章。——是的，我以前听说过他。他在医学领域是一个成功人士。 考查冠词。第一个空，success表示抽象概念“成功”，不可数，因此为零冠词；第二个空中，success表示“一个成功的人”，抽象名词具体化，可数，因此需用不定冠词a。故选C。 3. —What a thick fog! I went the wrong way at the corner and finally got lost. —It’s easy to make a wrong turn here even under an ideal weather _________. A. introduction B. conclusion C. condition D. communication 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：——好浓的雾！我在路口走错了路，最终迷路了。——即使在理想的天气条件下，在这里也很容易转错弯。 考查名词辨析。introduction介绍；conclusion结论；condition状况，条件；communication交流。根据“under an ideal weather...”可知，表示理想的天气条件下。故选C。 4. —Why isn’t he showing up at the birthday party? —He is racing ________ the clock to finish his report on his project. A. opposite B. over C. against D. through 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：——他为什么没来参加生日派对？——他正在争分夺秒地完成他的项目报告。 考查介词辨析。opposite“在……对面”；over“在……之上”；against“对抗，以……为竞争对手”；through“穿过、凭借”。根据“He is racing ... the clock to finish his report on his project”可知，此处指“与时间赛跑”。故选C。 5. A lot of money________ at the charity show, but the cost of living ________ a lot, so we still need to do much work to help the disabled people. A. was raised; has risen B. was raised; is risen C. rose; has risen D. rose; were raised 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：在慈善展演中许多钱被募捐起来，但生活的花费已经增长了很多，因此我们仍然需要做大量的工作来帮助残疾人。 考查动词词义以及时态和语态。raise筹集，及物动物；rise上涨，不及物动词。第一空“被募捐起来”应用被动语态be raised，排除C和D选项。第二空生活的花费已经上涨应用不及物动词rise，不及物动词无被动语态，排除B选项，故选A。 6. The ________ of new inventions(发明) should be to make life easier, not to make it harder. A. rules B. subjects C. secrets D. purposes 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】句意：新发明的目的应该是使生活更容易，而不是使它更困难。 考查名词辨析。rules规则；subjects主题；secrets机密；purposes目的。根据“The … of new inventions(发明) should be to make life easier”可知，下文讲的是新发明的目的。故选D。 7. The cars have a ________ design that is common nowadays ________ earlier ones, but cost more than before. A. same, as B. same; to C. similar, as D. similar, to 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】句意：这些汽车现在很常见的设计，与早期的汽车相似，但价格比以前高。 考查形容词短语。the same ... as ...“和……相同”，similar ... to“与……相似”。same前不能加不定冠词a，故A和B选项错误；结合similar的固定搭配是similar to，故选D。 8. The aim of education is to teach young people to think for themselves and not follow others________. A. blindly B. unwillingly C. closely D. carefully 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：教育的目的是教年轻人独立思考，不要盲目跟从别人。 考查副词辨析。blindly盲目地；unwillingly不情愿地；closely紧密地；carefully小心地。根据“think for themselves”可知独自思考即不盲目。故选A。 9. Of course, the boy will be recommended to be this year's Top Ten Teenagers in Wuxi， because he is easy-going， smart and ____________ hard-working． A. after all B. above all C. in all D. first of all 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意：当然，这个男孩将会被推荐为今年无锡十佳青年，因为他随和，聪明，尤其是工作努力。 考查介词短语。after all毕竟；above all尤其是；in all总共；first of all首先；根据句意可知，空格处表强调，所以用介词短语above all符合句意，故选B。 10. It was reported that more international charities would be ________ within the next century, which would mean a lot to the people in need. A. set up B. given up C. put up D. opened up 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：据报道，未来一个世纪内将会有更多的国际慈善机构被建立，这对需要帮助的人们来说意义重大。 考查动词短语。set up建立；given up放弃；put up张贴；opened up开放。根据“more international charities”可知，是建立慈善机构。故选A。 11. If the money ________ wisely, you may not have any trouble ________ through the hard times. A. is spent; to live B. will be spent; to live C. is spent, living D. will be spent; living 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：如果钱花得明智，你可能不会在困难时期遇到任何麻烦。 考查动词时态和非谓语动词。is spent被花费（一般现在时的被动语态）；will be spent将被花费（一般将来时的被动语态）；to live去生活（不定式）；living生活（动名词）。分析句子可知，if引导条件状语从句，时态遵循“主将从现”原则，第一空所在句子为从句，用一般现在时，第一空用is spent；have trouble doing sth“做某事有困难”，后接动名词短语作宾语，故用living。故选C。 12. — Do you think the question too hard ________? — I don’t think so. He can answer it easily. A. of Jim to answer B. of Jim to answer it C. for Jim to answer D. for Jim to answer it 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：——你认为这个问题对于吉姆来说是不是太难以至于无法答出来？——我认为不是那样的。他能够很容易地答上来。 考查非谓语动词。answer是及物动词，the question是它的逻辑宾语，所以answer后不需要加it，B、D选项可排除。该句为“too … for/of sb. to do sth.”结构，形容词“hard”此处表示事物特征，故应用介词for。故选C。 13. —Mum, when shall we go to watch the cherry blossoms in Wenfeng Park? —________ your homework ________ tomorrow. A. Until; is finished B. Until; has finished C. Not until; will be finished D. Not until; is finished 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】句意：——妈妈，我们什么时候去文峰公园看樱花？——直到明天你写完作业才会去看。 考查时间状语从句的主将从现和被动语态。根据“...your homework...tomorrow.”可知，本句表达的是写完作业才去看樱花，因此用not until表示“直到……才”，引导时间状语从句，遵循“主将从现”原则；而“homework”和“finish”之间为被动关系，应使用一般现在时被动语态。故选D。 14. “Hi, guys! You know that I have moved into a new house these days. And today let’s take a room tour. Well, this is the living room. Next to it is my bedroom.” In which way does the blogger (博主) show his house? A. General to specific B. Specific to general. C. Time order. D. Space order. 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】句意：“嗨，大家好！你们知道我这几天搬进了新家。今天我们来参观一下房间。嗯，这是客厅。旁边是我的卧室。”博主以哪种方式展示他的房子？ 考查常识。General to specific从一般到具体；Specific to general.从具体到一般；Time order.时间顺序；Space order.空间顺序。根据“this is the living room. Next to it is my bedroom.”可知博主是按照空间顺序来展示房间的。故选D。 15. —I have tried to find a way to solve the problem, but failed. —Why not discuss with Tom? You see, __________. A. great minds think alike B. two heads are better than one C. a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush D. it’s better to think twice before doing something 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意：——我试图找到解决这个问题的方法，但失败了。——为什么不和汤姆商量一下?你知道的，两个人的智慧胜一人。 考查常识谚语。great minds think alike英雄所见略同；two heads are better than one两个人的智慧胜一人；a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush双鸟在林不如一鸟在手；it’s better to think twice before doing something做某事之前最好三思而行。根据前句句意“我试图找到解决这个问题的方法，但失败了。为什么不和弗兰克商量呢？你知道的……”，可知，要回答“两个人的智慧胜一人”，其它选项语意不通；故答案选B。 二、完形填空(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分) The Yellow Crane Tower, a famous place of interest in Wuhan, is standing on the Snake Hill. From the west to the east, it ____16____ an area of 133, 330 square metres and it is 51.4 metres in ____17____ with five floors. In the Three Kingdoms Period, the Yellow Crane Tower was built at the corner of Xiakou to protect the city. Later, the tower was changed into a place for local people to visit ____18____ the whole country was unified ( 统 一 ). With the development of the city, this tower was becoming a place of interest, ____19____ in the Tang Dynasty. A lot of famous people have come here, ____20____ plenty of famous poems for people all over the world to read. From the year 223 when the Yellow Crane Tower was first built to the year 1985 when it was last built, 1762 years ____21____ . During these years, it was damaged ( 损坏 ) and built for 12 times. Again and again, the famous tower was ____22____ to the ground in the wars and fires, but after each time it was built by the people of Hubei. Now, the Yellow Crane Tower is known ____23____ one of the three famous towers in South China. With classical poems and modern beauty, the tower has a ____24____ meaning of climbing mountains and getting close to nature. Standing on the fifth floor of the tower, you can not only see the fantastic ____25____ of Wuhan city and the Yangtze River, but also feel the history and culture behind it, relaxing your body and mind at the same time. 16. A. fills B. covers C. takes D. costs 17. A. top B. size C. weight D. height 18. A. if B. so C. before D. after 19. A. especially B. usually C. recently D. really 20. A. leaving B. throwing C. forgetting D. carrying 21. A. moved B. passed C. entered D. returned 22. A. cut B. hurt C. lost D. burnt 23. A. for B. to C. as D. from 24. A. smaller B. bigger C. deeper D. lower 25. A. signs B. views C. senses D. memories 【答案】16. B 17. D 18. D 19. A 20. A 21. B 22. D 23. C 24. C 25. B 【解析】 【导语】本文主要介绍了黄鹤楼的历史和意义。 【16题详解】 句意：从西到东，占地133330平方米，高51.4米，共五层。 fills充满；covers覆盖；takes拿，取；costs花费。根据“an area of 133, 330 square metres”可知，此处表示一个面积，推测此处应表示黄鹤楼占地多少。固定短语cover an area of...“占地面积……”。故选B。 【17题详解】 句意：从西到东，占地133330平方米，高51.4米，共五层。 top顶端；size尺码；weight重量；height高度。根据“it is 51.4 metres”可知，此处表示黄鹤楼的高度。固定短语in height“在高度方面”。故选D。 【18题详解】 句意：后来，在全国统一后，塔被改为当地人参观的地方。 if如果；so因此；before在……之前；after在……之后。根据“the tower was changed into a place for local people to visit”以及“the whole country was unified ( 统 一 ).”可知，先国家统一，然后黄鹤楼才从保卫作用变为观赏作用。故选D。 【19题详解】 句意：随着城市的发展，这座塔逐渐成为人们关注的地方，尤其是在唐代。 especially尤其是；usually通常；recently最近；really真正的。根据“A lot of famous people have come here,”可知，黄鹤楼在唐代很受欢迎，这是对前文“成为名胜古迹”举的一个例子，应用“尤其是”表示突出。故选A。 【20题详解】 句意：许多名人来到这里，留下了大量的名诗供全世界的人阅读。 leaving离开；throwing扔；forgetting忘记；carrying携带。根据“ plenty of famous poems for people all over the world to read.”可知，留下了诗篇，游客才能看到并解读。故选A。 【21题详解】 句意：从223年黄鹤楼第一次建成到1985年最后一次建成，1762年过去了。 moved移动；passed经过；entered进入；returned返回。根据“From the year 223 when the Yellow Crane Tower was first built to the year 1985 when it was last built, 1762 years”可知，此处是指1762年过去了。故选B。 【22题详解】 句意：这座著名的塔在战争和大火中一次又一次地被烧毁，但每次都是湖北人建造的。 cut切；hurt伤害；lost丢失；burnt烧焦。根据“to the ground in the wars and fires,”可知，此处是指被烧毁。固定短语burn to the ground“全部烧毁”。故选D。 【23题详解】 句意：现在，黄鹤楼被誉为中国南方三大名塔之一。 for为了；to到，朝；as作为；from来自。根据“the Yellow Crane Tower is known...one of the three famous towers in South China.”可知，此处是指黄鹤楼作为三大名塔之一。固定短语be famous as“作为……而出名”。故选C。 【24题详解】 句意：这座塔有古典诗词和现代美，具有更深层的登山和亲近自然的意义。 smaller更小的；bigger更大的；deeper更深的；lower更低的。根据“the tower has a...meaning of climbing mountains and getting close to nature.”可知，此处是指有着更深刻的意义，故选C。 【25题详解】 句意：站在塔的五楼，你不仅可以看到武汉城和长江的奇观，还可以感受到它背后的历史文化，放松身心。 signs迹象；views风景；senses感觉，观念；memories记忆。根据“Standing on the fifth floor of the tower,”可知，站在楼的第五层，你就可以看到好的视野。故选B。 三、阅读理解 （共 11 小题；每小题 2分，满分22分） A THE CAMBERWELL NEWS The news you want—the way you want it. Monday, 24 May 2021 CHILDREN IN NEED On Friday 21 May, the children and staff at Camberwell Grammar School dressed up as heroes and superheroes to raise money for children in need. The money we raised will go to charities across the country to help and support children who are less fortunate than us. In total, more than $300 has been raised. 26. The picture above is part of ________. A a club newspaper B. a school newspaper C. a club advertisement D. a school advertisement 27. The children dressed up ________. A. on 21 May B. on 22 May C. on 23 May D. on 24 May 28. The children took part in ________. A. a sports event B. a game show C. a charity event D. a fashion show 【答案】26. B 27. A 28. C 【解析】 【分析】本文是一则新闻信息，主要关于坎伯威尔文法学校的师生们扮成英雄和超级英雄为贫困儿童筹款。 【26题详解】 细节理解题。根据标题“THE CAMBERWELL NEWS”以及“On Friday 21 May, the children and staff at Camberwell Grammar School dressed up as heroes and superheroes to raise money for children in need.”可知，本文来自于坎伯威尔文法学校的校报。故选B。 【27题详解】 细节理解题。根据“On Friday 21 May, the children and staff at Camberwell Grammar School dressed up as heroes and superheroes to raise money for children in need.”可知，5月21日孩子们装扮成英雄和超级英雄为贫困儿童筹款。故选A。 【28题详解】 细节理解题。根据“The money we raised will go to charities across the country to help and support children who are less fortunate than us.”可知，孩子们筹集的钱将捐给全国各地的慈善机构，所以他们参加的是慈善活动。故选C。 B It is believed in some ways that the daughter is father’s lover. But my experience has taught me in a different way. For a long time, my father has been a very vague (模糊的) figure to me. He was a man of few words, tall but slim and nothing else. When I was in primary school, my father was never there to pick me up, and he never came to any of my parent-teacher meetings. He was always busy doing projects. I remember when I was in middle school and my head was badly hurt in a PE class. During my operation, my father was still busy with his work. This hurt me most. At that moment, I thought my father as a cold-blooded man who did not care about me at all. But things seemed different. I would give a speech at my high school graduation ceremony (毕业典礼). My father, once again, couldn’t attend it because he had a business trip in a place outside the city. “Don’t come. I will be nervous if I see you.” I told him. I remember my speech was successful. After the ceremony, I was about to leave. I suddenly noticed a man sitting in a corner of the hall. It was my father! I was so surprised that I rushed to him with tears running down my face. “Well done.” he said. His eyes were also filled with tears. Later, I knew that my father had managed to finish his work by staying up late, and he drove for eight hours to get back. He sat in the corner because he didn’t want me to see him. My father remembered every word in my speech. For much of my life, I described my father was a cold-blooded man who only cared about his work. But when I thought deeply about this, it was clearly not true. At my graduation ceremony I could feel my father’s deep love. The fact is that seeing is not believing, and seeing may not be the fact if we don’t perceive (感知) the world with our hearts and minds. Life is full of love, but sometimes our eyes have trouble seeing it. 29. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? A. The writer’s father was in the hospital during her operation. B. The writer’s father attended her high school graduation ceremony. C. The writer’s father sometimes picked her up when she was in primary school. D. The writer’s father went to parent-teacher meetings when she was in primary school. 30. The writer rushed to her father with tears running down her face because _________. A. she gave a speech successfully B. the graduation ceremony was over C. she was so nervous that she couldn’t help crying D. she was touched to find her father cared about her 31. What does the underlined word “this” in the last paragraph refer to (指代)? A. That my father was always doing projects. B. That my father was a cold-blooded man. C. That my father sat in the corner of the hall. D. That my father’s eyes were filled with tears. 32. What’s the best title of the passage? A. My busy father B. Life is full of love C. Seeing is not believing D. A wonderful speech 【答案】29 B 30. D 31. B 32. C 【解析】 【导语】本文主要讲述作者以为自己的父亲是位冷酷无情的，对自己毫不关心的人，可事实上父亲是非常爱作者的。这告诉我们眼见未必为实，如果我们不用心感知这个世界，看到的可能不是事实。 【29题详解】 细节理解题。根据“After the ceremony, I was about to leave, I suddenly noticed a man sitting in a corner of the hall. It was my father!”可知，作者的父亲参加了她的高中毕业典礼。故选B。 【30题详解】 细节理解题。根据“At that moment, I thought my father as a cold-blooded man who did not care about me at all.”和“After the ceremony, I was about to leave, I suddenly noticed a man sitting in a corner of the hall. It was my father! I was so surprised that I rushed to him with tears running down my face.”可知，作者以为父亲对自己是毫不关心的，但是没想到父亲千里迢迢地赶来了自己的毕业典礼，这表明父亲还是关心作者的，于是作者对此感动到流泪。故选D。 【31题详解】 词义猜测题。根据“For much of my life, I described my father was a cold-blooded man who only cared about his work. But when I thought deeply about this, it was clearly not true.”可知，过去作者一直认为父亲是个冷血的人，经过毕业典礼的事后，作者意识到父亲的冷血并不是真的，由此可知此处“this”指代“我父亲是个冷血的人”。故选B。 【32题详解】 最佳标题题。通读全文可知，本文主要讲述作者以为自己的父亲是位冷酷无情的，对自己毫不关心的人，可事实上父亲是非常爱作者的。这告诉我们眼见未必为实，如果我们不用心感知这个世界，看到的可能不是事实；由此可知选项C“眼见未必为实”最适合作为本文标题。故选C。 C There are 8 billion humans on Earth. The sun is 150 million kilometers away. The universe (宇宙) may have 200 billion trillion (万亿) stars... As scientists explore the world with more and more advanced (先进的) tools, the numbers used are also becoming bigger. Recently, scientists added four new names for really big and really small measurements (度量): ronna (1027), quetta (1030), ronto (10-27) and quecto (10-30). Do you find these numbers too big to make sense (有意义)? Don’t worry. Almost all human brains have a problem dealing with big numbers. “While living and evolving (进化), our ancestors (祖先) had no need to develop such a skill,” US mathematician Spencer Greenberg told the science website Gizmodo. Early humans only needed to understand small quantities (数量), like the number of people in the clan (族群), or how many animals they had caught. “So it’s not important to differentiate large from very large from an evolutionary perspective (进化的角度).” However, there are some methods that can help us better understand big numbers. One way is to turn big numbers into something you are familiar with. For example, if imagining 400, 000 people is too hard, you can think that an average soccer stadium can hold around 40, 000 people. Then 400,000 people mean 10 soccer stadiums of people. Or if you have 1, 000 yuan, then a millionaire (百万富翁) has 1, 000 times more money than you. Needless to say, there are limits to these methods. “This is why we often just ‘do the math’,” said Greenberg. “We can work with large numbers in calculations (计算) and get useful answers. We just can’t necessarily understand the numbers throughout that process (过程). 33. What might one quetta refer to? A. One followed by 30 zeros. B. A decimal point (小数点) followed by 26 zeros. C. One followed by 27 zeros. D. A decimal point (小数点) followed by 29 zeros. 34. According to Paragraph 3 we can learn that _________. A. there were no large numbers in ancient times B. ancient people didn’t need to understand big numbers C. human brains don’t have a problem dealing with big numbers D. big numbers appear throughout human evolution 35. According to the story, we can understand big numbers by ________. A. comparing the numbers to money B. imagining how many people there are on Earth C. thinking about how many soccer stadiums we have D. turning them into something we are familiar with 36. What can we infer from the story? A. Math is the best subject for us to understand the world. B. People cannot understand numbers by doing calculations. C. Extremely large numbers cannot be calculated. D. Calculations help us deal with large numbers. 【答案】33. A 34. B 35. D 36. D 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。主要讲述了科学家如何通过引入新的度量单位来描述极大和极小的数字，并探讨了人类大脑在处理大数字时的局限性以及一些帮助理解大数字的方法。 【33题详解】 细节理解题。根据“quetta (1030)”可知，“quetta”表示的是1后面跟着30个零的数字。故选A。 【34题详解】 细节理解题。根据“While living and evolving, our ancestors had no need to develop such a skill”可知，古代人不需要理解大数字。故选B。 【35题详解】 细节理解题。根据“One way is to turn big numbers into something you are familiar with”可知，理解大数字的方法之一是将它们转化为熟悉的事物。故选D。 【36题详解】 细节理解题。根据“We can work with large numbers in calculations and get useful answers”可知，计算可以帮助我们处理大数字。故选D。 四、信息还原（共4小题；每小题2分，满分8分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项（选项中有两项为多余选项） Since everyone likes to be around people with good manners, one can never learn too much about manners. Here are some rules that may help you become a politer person. In public, it is kind to hold the door open for others, especially when you see someone with arms full or who might have difficulty getting in. Never allow a door to shut heavily on anyone following you. But avoid holding a door open when someone is a bit far away. ____37____ Be kind to people who work for you, such as waiters, shopkeepers and postmen. It is kind to smile and say “Thank you” to them when they are easily forgotten by most people. They work hard so that we can enjoy our lives. ____38____ Take off your headphones（耳机） before you speak to someone. At the end of a phone call with people older than you, it’s proper to make sure they end the phone call first. ____39____ Loud noise is always unwelcome and may even cause fight. ____40____ Hear them out before expressing your own opinion. Allow them to voice their opinions, even when you don’t agree with them. Use your communication skills instead of raising your voice to express yourself. A. Don’t cut in on people when they talk. B. This might cause them to hurry up for the door. C. It’s important to let them know their work is seen by us. D. Always remember to use words instead of fight to work out problems. E. It’s wise to get to the meeting room 15 minutes before the meeting starts. F. When in public, don’t play music or watch videos loudly on your mobile phones. 【答案】37. B 38. C 39. F 40. A 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。这篇短文介绍了4种让你成为一个更有礼貌的人的方法。 【37题详解】 根据上一句“But avoid holding a door open when someone is a bit far away.”可知避免当那个人还在很远的地方就把门打开，说明这样做会有不好的结果。选项B“这可能会让他们因为门开着赶紧赶过来。”符合题意。故选B。 【38题详解】 根据上一句“They work hard so that we can enjoy our lives”可知这些人认真工作，这样我们才能享受生活，说明我们要让他们的工作得到认可。选项C“让他们知道他们的工作被你看见是非常重要的。”符合题意。故选C。 【39题详解】 根据下一句“Loud noise is always unwelcome and may even cause fight.”可知大声嘈杂问题不受欢迎的，甚至可能会引发争斗，说明在公众场合，要注意控制音量。选项F“当在公众场所的时候，不要在你的手机上播放音乐或者很大声地观看视频。”符合题意。故选F。 【40题详解】 根据下一句“Hear them out before expressing your own opinion.”可知在表达你自己的看法前先听听他们说什么，说明要注意不要随意打断别人的话。选项A“当人们说话的时候，不要随意插话。”符合题意。故选A。 Have you ever tasted a kind of snack, which is also of the traditional Chinese of forms of art—sugar painting. Sugar painting started from the Ming Dynasty and became popular in the Qing Dynasty. At that time, many people made a living through sugar painting, setting up stalls(货摊)in crowded streets, in front of theatres and busy public places. And now it can still be found in many areas of China. The sugar painters usually sit before a wooden table. On the side, there is a wooden plate with a revolvable arrow(可旋转箭头)on it. The plate is painted with different pictures such as a dragon, a bird, a flower and so on. After paying, the customers turn the arrow and wait till it stops. The picture pointed by the arrow is the one the painters will make. Sugar painting is very different from normal painting. The sugar painters use syrup(糖浆)as the material, a spoon as the “paintbrush”, and a smooth slab(台面)as the “paper”. To make the syrup, they have to make sugar hot before painting. Since the syrup may become solid(固体的)if it cools, the painters have to produce the work very quickly. They move the spoon full of the syrup up and down, left and right. Soon a sugar painting of an animal, a flower or a bike is done. The number of sugar painters is getting smaller. However, some of them still insist on this art. They make their efforts to hold different activities such as offering classes and giving speeches. Now, sugar painting has already been listed as National Non-Material Culture Heritage. 根据上面短文的内容回答问题（每个答案不超过6个单词） 41. Did sugar painting become popular in the Ming Dynasty? ____________________________________________________________ 42. Where do the sugar painters usually sit? ____________________________________________________________ 43. When do the customers turn the arrow? ____________________________________________________________ 44. How do sugar painters make the syrup before painting? ____________________________________________________________ 45. Why do some of the sugar painters hold different activities? ____________________________________________________________ 【答案】41. No, it didn’t. 42. Before a wooden table. 43. After paying. 44. By making sugar hot. 45. To insist on this art. 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文，介绍了糖画发展及制作。 【41题详解】 根据“Sugar painting started from the Ming Dynasty and became popular in the Qing Dynasty.”可知，糖画在清朝变得流行，不是在明朝。故填No, it didn’t. 【42题详解】 根据“The sugar painters usually sit before a wooden table.”可知，糖画师傅通常坐在一张木桌前。故填Before a wooden table. 【43题详解】 根据“After paying, the customers turn the arrow and wait till it stops.”可知，付款后，顾客转动箭头。故填After paying. 【44题详解】 根据“To make the syrup, they have to make sugar hot before painting.”可知，糖画师傅通过让糖变热来制作糖浆。故填By making sugar hot. 【45题详解】 根据“However, some of them still insist on this art. They make their efforts to hold different activities”可知，一些糖画师傅举办不同的关于糖画的活动，是为了坚持这项艺术。故填To insist on this art. 六、词汇运用（共 10 小题；每小题1分，满分10分） 46 He is not so good at _________ (解释) grammar rules to his students. 【答案】explaining 【解析】 【详解】句意：他不太擅长向学生解释语法规则。explain“解释”，介词at后接动名词。故填explaining。 47. Dr. Ma as well as his ________ (医疗) team cured many cases of blindness last year. 【答案】medical 【解析】 【详解】句意：去年，马医生和他的医疗团队治愈了许多失明病例。考查形容词作定语。根据汉语提示和空后的名词team可知，应填“medical医疗的”，形容词，作定语，符合句意。故填medical。 48. The speech draft may be one of those _________ (采访者). The name on it is familiar to me. 【答案】interviewers’ 【解析】 【详解】句意：演讲草稿可能就是这些采访者中的一个。上面的名字我很熟悉。根据中文提示，interviewers“采访者”符合语境，句子表示“演讲稿属于那些采访者中的一个”，因此需用复数名词所有格形式，故填interviewers’。 49. We will have a little trouble _________ (达到) success in a short time if none supports us. 【答案】achieving 【解析】 【详解】句意：如果没有人支持我们，我们很难在短时间内取得成功。have trouble (in) doing“做某事有困难”，空处填动词ing形式。根据“success”可知，此处指取得成功，achieve success“取得成功”，achieve“达到”，动词，ing形式为achieving。故填achieving。 50. It’s hard for us to start a _______________ (谈话) when we meet some people for the first time. 【答案】conversation 【解析】 【详解】 句意：对我们来说，当第一次遇到一些人时，很难开始谈话。有不定冠词a修饰，故用单数名词，conversation“谈话”符合句意；故填conversation。 51. Many people went to the concert, _________ (include) his teachers and parents. 【答案】including 【解析】 【详解】句意：许多人去听了音乐会，包括他的老师和父母。动词include表示“包括”，此处需用其介词形式including作状语，表示伴随。故填including。 52. Children should be taught to spend their free time _________ (wise). 【答案】wisely 【解析】 【详解】句意：应该教孩子们明智地利用空闲时间。此处应用副词修饰动词spend，wise的副词形式是wisely“明智地”。故填wisely。 53. We were really thankful to our English teacher’s __________ (mean) advice. 【答案】meaningful 【解析】 【详解】句意：我们真的很感激我们英语老师有意义的建议。结合空格后的名词“advice”可知，此处应填入形容词作定语，结合“We were really thankful to our English teacher’s”可知，mean的形容词形式meaningful“有意义的”，符合语境。故填meaningful。 54. It’s __________ (proper) to ask women about their weight in many areas. 【答案】improper 【解析】 【详解】句意：在许多地区询问女性的体重是不合适的。根据“to ask women about their weight in many areas.”可知，在很多地区询问女性的体重是不合适的，空处用proper的反义词improper“不合适的”作表语。故填improper。 55. We are quite _________ (pride) that he has made such great progress this term. 【答案】proud 【解析】 【详解】句意：我们非常自豪他在这个学期取得了如此大的进步。be proud“感到自豪”，故填proud。 七、动词填空(共6小题；每小题1分，满分6分) 56. —Look! Someone _________ (break) the window. It’s so cold. —It wasn’t me. I didn’t do that. 【答案】has broken 【解析】 【详解】句意：——看！有人打碎了窗户。太冷了。——不是我。我没做那件事。根据“It’s so cold.”可知，因为有人打碎了窗户，所以很冷，这里表示过去的动作对现在的影响，应用现在完成时have/has done，主语是someone，助动词用has。故填has broken。 57. Last year, some English teachers in our school _________ (invite) to go abroad for further education. 【答案】were invited 【解析】 【详解】句意：去年，我们学校的一些英语老师应邀出国深造。主语some English teachers与谓语动词invite之间是动宾关系，故用被动语态，且由last year可知时态是一般过去时，故此处是一般过去时的被动语态was/were done，主语是复数，be动词用were，invite的过去分词是invited。故填were invited。 58. —How do you like Changzhou? —Wonderful! I _________ (stay) here for another two years. 【答案】will stay##am going to stay 【解析】 【详解】句意：——你觉得常州怎么样？——太棒了！我将在这里再待两年。根据“for another two years”可知，此处是指计划再待两年，表示将来的动作，用一般将来时will do/be going to do，主语是I，be动词用am。故填will stay/am going to stay。 59. He spends more time than he used to _________ (organize) activities. 【答案】organizing 【解析】 【详解】句意：他花费比以往更多的时间来组织活动。分析句子可知此处结构是spend time doing sth“花时间做某事”。故填organizing。 60. He will pass the driving test if he _________ (not be) so careless. 【答案】is not##isn’t 【解析】 【详解】句意：如果他不那么粗心的话，他会通过驾驶考试的。此句为if引导的条件状语从句，时态遵循“主将从现”。空处位于从句，用一般现在时。careless为形容词，从句为主系表结构，指如果他不是粗心的。主语为第三人称单数的he，“是”用is，表示否定在is后加not，缩写为isn’t。故填is not/isn’t。 61. The clothes _________ (wash) easily, so you can wash them by hand. 【答案】wash 【解析】 【详解】句意：这衣服洗起来很容易，所以你可以手洗。wash easily表示clothes的属性，用主动语态，且此处是一般现在时，主语是复数，动词用原形。故填wash。 八、综合运用 （共10 小题；每小题1分，满分10分） Have you ever heard of a famous charity called Operation Smile? Let me tell you something about it. Operation Smile is ____62____ international children’s medical charity, working with a team of medical volunteers who provide safe and effective operations for children born with facial deformities (畸形). It ____63____ (start) by a doctor and his wife. In 1982, together with some volunteers, they went to Philippines. They wanted to help those children ____64____ cleft lip and cleft palate (唇腭裂). It was very difficult for them to eat and drink. These volunteers worked very hard. But they worried that they could not continue the work ____65____ they were short of money. Then they decided to start a charity so that they could help the children in need. They called it Operation Smile. The charity works in more than twenty ____66____ (develop) countries and has cured over 10,000 children who have problems with their mouths. Operation Smile has won many prizes for its work and in 1999 they even started a special event called “The World Journey of Hope”. 5,000 children in 18 countries ____67____ (cure) during the event. On the other hand, Operation Smile trains local doctors and nurses in poor countries so that they can carry on ____68____ (help) children when Operation Smile has left. As to the children with much more serious problems, they will send them to America for ____69____ (far) treatment. There are a lot of children who need your help. We expect that more people ____70____ (join) us to help them. Please show your ____71____ (kind) and generosity to the needy children now. You can send your donation to Operation Smile at local banks. Because of you, many children can get the precious gift of smile. 【答案】62. an 63. was started 64. with 65. because 66. developing 67. were cured 68. helping 69. further 70. will join 71. kindness 【解析】 【导语】本文主要介绍了国际儿童医疗慈善组织“微笑行动”的成立背景、工作内容及其取得的成就。 【62题详解】 句意：微笑行动是一个国际儿童医疗慈善机构，与一支医疗志愿者团队合作，为患有面部畸形的儿童提供安全有效的手术治疗。charity为可数名词，此处表示泛指，前用不定冠词修饰。空处位于以元音音素开头的单词international前，用an。故填an。 【63题详解】 句意：它由一位医生和他的妻子创立。描述过去的事情用一般过去时。主语It和动词start是逻辑上的动宾关系，用一般过去时态的被动语态，结构为was/were done。主语为第三人称单数的It，be动词用was；start“开始”，动词，过去分词为started。故填was started。 【64题详解】 句意：他们想帮助那些患有唇裂和唇腭裂的儿童。根据“cleft lip and cleft palate”可知，此处表示患有唇裂和唇腭裂的，用介词with“有”，构成介词短语作后置定语，修饰children。故填with。 【65题详解】 句意：但他们担心他们无法继续工作，因为他们缺钱。分析句子结构可知，前后两句话为因果关系，前半句是果，后半句是因。因为缺钱，所以担心。空处填连词because“因为”，引导原因状语从句。故填because。 【66题详解】 句意：该慈善组织在二十多个发展中国家开展工作，并治愈了一万多名口腔问题儿童。空处位于名词countries前，填形容词作定语。根据“Operation Smile trains local doctors and nurses in poor countries”和提示词可知，此处指发展中国家。develop“发展”，动词，形容词为developing“发展中的”。故填developing。 【67题详解】 句意：在这次活动中，18个国家的5000名儿童得到了治愈。描述过去的事情用一般过去时。主语children与动词cure是逻辑上的动宾关系，用过去时态的被动语态，结构为was/were done。主语为复数的children，be动词用were；cure“治愈”，动词，过去分词为cured。故填were cured。 【68题详解】 句意：另一方面，“微笑行动”会在贫困国家培训当地的医生和护士，这样当“微笑行动”离开后，他们仍能继续帮助那些孩子。carry on doing sth“继续做某事”，空处填动词ing形式。help“帮助”，动词，其ing形式为helping。故填helping。 【69题详解】 句意：对于问题更严重的儿童，他们将把他们送到美国接受进一步治疗。空处位于名词treatment前，填形容词作定语。根据“As to the children with much more serious problems”和提示词可知，此处指进一步的治疗。far“远的”，形容词，further“进一步的”，形容词。故填further。 【70题详解】 句意：我们期望更多的人加入我们，帮助他们。分析句子结构可知，此句为宾语从句，时态遵循“主现从不限”，空处位于从句，且表示的是还没发生的愿望，用一般将来时，结构为will do；join“参加”，动词。故填will join。 【71题详解】 句意：现在请向需要帮助的儿童展示你的善良和慷慨。空处位于形容词性物主代词your后，填名词作宾语。kind“友好的”，形容词，名词为kindness“善良”，不可数名词。故填kindness。 九、完成句子（共6小题；每小题1.5分，满分9分) 72. 昨天那场演出的目的是与当地的一些企业更加密切地合作。 The purpose of the show yesterday ________ some local businesses. 【答案】was to work more closely with 【解析】 【详解】对照中英文可知缺少“是与……更加密切地合作”。“目的是做某事”the purpose is to do sth，由yesterday可知是一般现在时，be动词用was；“与……密切合作”work closely with，closely的比较级是more closely。故填was to work more closely with。 73. 可惜的是，这家公司无法支付继续这项课题的费用了。 It’s a pity that the company ________ the project. 【答案】can’t carry on with the cost of 【解析】 【详解】can’t“不能”，后跟动词原形；carry on with“继续……”；the cost of“……的费用”。故填can’t carry on with the cost of。 74. 你在巴黎期间有机会去参观卢浮宫吗？ Did you ________ the Louvre during your stay in Paris? 【答案】have a chance to visit 【解析】 【详解】根据中英文对照可知，句中缺少“有机会去参观”的英文表达。根据句意，“有机会去参观”可以用“have a chance to visit”表示，结合一般过去时助动词“Did”，动词用原形“have”。故填have a chance to visit。 75. 孩子们在街上向人们分发传单。 ________ people in the street by some kids. 【答案】Leaflets are handed out to 【解析】 【详解】对照中英文可知缺少“分发传单”，由“by some kids”可知谓语动词应用被动语态be done，“传单”作主语。“传单”leaflet，此处是复数表示多个；“向……分发”hand out sth to sb，被动语态为sth be handed out to sb，时态是一般现在时，be动词用are。故填Leaflets are handed out to。 76. 我想知道去年特奥会中包含什么赛事。 I wondered what ________ in the Special Olympics World Games last year. 【答案】events were included 【解析】 【详解】根据对照中英文可知缺少“赛事”和“包含”。“赛事”event，此处应用复数；“包含”include，what events作主语，与动词include之间是动宾关系，故用被动语态be done，主句是一般过去时，所以此处从句应用一般过去时，be动词用were，include的过去分词是included。故填events were included。 77. 许多人已放弃他们的闲暇时间为残疾人提供支持。 An army of people ________. 【答案】have given up their spare time to provide support for the disabled 【解析】 【详解】give up“放弃”，此处时态是现在完成时have/has done，主语是复数，助动词用have，give用过去分词given；their spare time“他们的闲暇时间”；provide sth for sb“为某人提供某物”，此处用不定式作目的状语；support“支持”；the disabled“残疾人”。故填have given up their spare time to provide support for the disabled。 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$ 2023-2024学年常州市24中八年级下学期5月考英语试卷 一、单项选择（共 15 小题；每小题1分，满分15分） 1. It’s nice ________ you to provide help ________ people ________ intellectual disabilities. A. of; for; with B. of; with; for C. for, for; with D. for, with; for 2. —Yesterday I read an article about Zhong Nanshan who led to ________ success in fighting the virus. —Yes, I’ve heard about him before. He’s ________ success in the medical field. A. a; / B. а; а C. /; a D. /; / 3. —What a thick fog! I went the wrong way at the corner and finally got lost. —It’s easy to make a wrong turn here even under an ideal weather _________. A. introduction B. conclusion C. condition D. communication 4. —Why isn’t he showing up at the birthday party? —He is racing ________ the clock to finish his report on his project. A. opposite B. over C. against D. through 5. A lot of money________ at the charity show, but the cost of living ________ a lot, so we still need to do much work to help the disabled people. A. was raised; has risen B. was raised; is risen C. rose; has risen D. rose; were raised 6. The ________ of new inventions(发明) should be to make life easier, not to make it harder. A. rules B. subjects C. secrets D. purposes 7. The cars have a ________ design that is common nowadays ________ earlier ones, but cost more than before. A. same, as B. same; to C. similar, as D. similar, to 8. The aim of education is to teach young people to think for themselves and not follow others________. A. blindly B. unwillingly C. closely D. carefully 9. Of course, the boy will be recommended to be this year's Top Ten Teenagers in Wuxi， because he is easy-going， smart and ____________ hard-working． A. after all B. above all C. in all D. first of all 10. It was reported that more international charities would be ________ within the next century, which would mean a lot to the people in need. A. set up B. given up C. put up D. opened up 11. If the money ________ wisely, you may not have any trouble ________ through the hard times. A. is spent; to live B. will be spent; to live C. is spent, living D. will be spent; living 12 — Do you think the question too hard ________? — I don’t think so. He can answer it easily. A. of Jim to answer B. of Jim to answer it C. for Jim to answer D. for Jim to answer it 13. —Mum, when shall we go to watch the cherry blossoms in Wenfeng Park? —________ your homework ________ tomorrow. A. Until; is finished B. Until; has finished C. Not until; will be finished D. Not until; is finished 14. “Hi, guys! You know that I have moved into a new house these days. And today let’s take a room tour. Well, this is the living room. Next to it is my bedroom.” In which way does the blogger (博主) show his house? A. General to specific B. Specific to general. C. Time order. D. Space order. 15. —I have tried to find a way to solve the problem, but failed. —Why not discuss with Tom? You see, __________. A. great minds think alike B. two heads are better than one C. a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush D it’s better to think twice before doing something 二、完形填空(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分) The Yellow Crane Tower, a famous place of interest in Wuhan, is standing on the Snake Hill. From the west to the east, it ____16____ an area of 133, 330 square metres and it is 51.4 metres in ____17____ with five floors. In the Three Kingdoms Period, the Yellow Crane Tower was built at the corner of Xiakou to protect the city. Later, the tower was changed into a place for local people to visit ____18____ the whole country was unified ( 统 一 ). With the development of the city, this tower was becoming a place of interest, ____19____ in the Tang Dynasty. A lot of famous people have come here, ____20____ plenty of famous poems for people all over the world to read. From the year 223 when the Yellow Crane Tower was first built to the year 1985 when it was last built, 1762 years ____21____ . During these years, it was damaged ( 损坏 ) and built for 12 times. Again and again, the famous tower was ____22____ to the ground in the wars and fires, but after each time it was built by the people of Hubei. Now, the Yellow Crane Tower is known ____23____ one of the three famous towers in South China. With classical poems and modern beauty, the tower has a ____24____ meaning of climbing mountains and getting close to nature. Standing on the fifth floor of the tower, you can not only see the fantastic ____25____ of Wuhan city and the Yangtze River, but also feel the history and culture behind it, relaxing your body and mind at the same time. 16. A. fills B. covers C. takes D. costs 17. A. top B. size C. weight D. height 18. A. if B. so C. before D. after 19. A. especially B. usually C. recently D. really 20. A. leaving B. throwing C. forgetting D. carrying 21. A. moved B. passed C. entered D. returned 22. A. cut B. hurt C. lost D. burnt 23. A. for B. to C. as D. from 24. A. smaller B. bigger C. deeper D. lower 25. A. signs B. views C. senses D. memories 三、阅读理解 （共 11 小题；每小题 2分，满分22分） A THE CAMBERWELL NEWS The news you want—the way you want it. Monday, 24 May 2021 CHILDREN IN NEED On Friday 21 May the children and staff at Camberwell Grammar School dressed up as heroes and superheroes to raise money for children in need. The money we raised will go to charities across the country to help and support children who are less fortunate than us. In total, more than $300 has been raised. 26. The picture above is part of ________. A. a club newspaper B. a school newspaper C. a club advertisement D. a school advertisement 27. The children dressed up ________. A. on 21 May B. on 22 May C. on 23 May D. on 24 May 28. The children took part in ________. A. a sports event B. a game show C. a charity event D. a fashion show B It is believed in some ways that the daughter is father’s lover. But my experience has taught me in a different way. For a long time, my father has been a very vague (模糊的) figure to me. He was a man of few words, tall but slim and nothing else. When I was in primary school, my father was never there to pick me up, and he never came to any of my parent-teacher meetings. He was always busy doing projects. I remember when I was in middle school and my head was badly hurt in a PE class. During my operation, my father was still busy with his work. This hurt me most. At that moment, I thought my father as a cold-blooded man who did not care about me at all. But things seemed different. I would give a speech at my high school graduation ceremony (毕业典礼). My father, once again, couldn’t attend it because he had a business trip in a place outside the city. “Don’t come. I will be nervous if I see you.” I told him. I remember my speech was successful. After the ceremony, I was about to leave. I suddenly noticed a man sitting in a corner of the hall. It was my father! I was so surprised that I rushed to him with tears running down my face. “Well done.” he said. His eyes were also filled with tears. Later, I knew that my father had managed to finish his work by staying up late, and he drove for eight hours to get back. He sat in the corner because he didn’t want me to see him. My father remembered every word in my speech. For much of my life, I described my father was a cold-blooded man who only cared about his work. But when I thought deeply about this, it was clearly not true. At my graduation ceremony I could feel my father’s deep love. The fact is that seeing is not believing, and seeing may not be the fact if we don’t perceive (感知) the world with our hearts and minds. Life is full of love, but sometimes our eyes have trouble seeing it. 29. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? A. The writer’s father was in the hospital during her operation. B. The writer’s father attended her high school graduation ceremony. C. The writer’s father sometimes picked her up when she was in primary school. D The writer’s father went to parent-teacher meetings when she was in primary school. 30. The writer rushed to her father with tears running down her face because _________. A. she gave a speech successfully B. the graduation ceremony was over C. she was so nervous that she couldn’t help crying D. she was touched to find her father cared about her 31. What does the underlined word “this” in the last paragraph refer to (指代)? A. That my father was always doing projects. B. That my father was a cold-blooded man. C. That my father sat in the corner of the hall. D. That my father’s eyes were filled with tears. 32. What’s the best title of the passage? A. My busy father B. Life is full of love C. Seeing is not believing D. A wonderful speech C There are 8 billion humans on Earth. The sun is 150 million kilometers away. The universe (宇宙) may have 200 billion trillion (万亿) stars... As scientists explore the world with more and more advanced (先进的) tools, the numbers used are also becoming bigger. Recently, scientists added four new names for really big and really small measurements (度量): ronna (1027), quetta (1030), ronto (10-27) and quecto (10-30). Do you find these numbers too big to make sense (有意义)? Don’t worry. Almost all human brains have a problem dealing with big numbers. “While living and evolving (进化), our ancestors (祖先) had no need to develop such a skill,” US mathematician Spencer Greenberg told the science website Gizmodo. Early humans only needed to understand small quantities (数量), like the number of people in the clan (族群), or how many animals they had caught. “So it’s not important to differentiate large from very large from an evolutionary perspective (进化的角度).” However, there are some methods that can help us better understand big numbers. One way is to turn big numbers into something you are familiar with. For example, if imagining 400, 000 people is too hard, you can think that an average soccer stadium can hold around 40, 000 people. Then 400,000 people mean 10 soccer stadiums of people. Or if you have 1, 000 yuan, then a millionaire (百万富翁) has 1, 000 times more money than you. Needless to say, there are limits to these methods. “This is why we often just ‘do the math’,” said Greenberg. “We can work with large numbers in calculations (计算) and get useful answers. We just can’t necessarily understand the numbers throughout that process (过程). 33. What might one quetta refer to? A. One followed by 30 zeros. B. A decimal point (小数点) followed by 26 zeros. C. One followed by 27 zeros. D. A decimal point (小数点) followed by 29 zeros. 34. According to Paragraph 3, we can learn that _________. A. there were no large numbers in ancient times B. ancient people didn’t need to understand big numbers C. human brains don’t have a problem dealing with big numbers D. big numbers appear throughout human evolution 35. According to the story, we can understand big numbers by ________. A. comparing the numbers to money B. imagining how many people there are on Earth C. thinking about how many soccer stadiums we have D. turning them into something we are familiar with 36. What can we infer from the story? A. Math is the best subject for us to understand the world. B. People cannot understand numbers by doing calculations. C. Extremely large numbers cannot be calculated. D. Calculations help us deal with large numbers. 四、信息还原（共4小题；每小题2分，满分8分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项（选项中有两项为多余选项） Since everyone likes to be around people with good manners, one can never learn too much about manners. Here are some rules that may help you become a politer person. In public, it is kind to hold the door open for others, especially when you see someone with arms full or who might have difficulty getting in. Never allow a door to shut heavily on anyone following you. But avoid holding a door open when someone is a bit far away. ____37____ Be kind to people who work for you, such as waiters, shopkeepers and postmen. It is kind to smile and say “Thank you” to them when they are easily forgotten by most people. They work hard so that we can enjoy our lives. ____38____ Take off your headphones（耳机） before you speak to someone. At the end of a phone call with people older than you, it’s proper to make sure they end the phone call first. ____39____ Loud noise is always unwelcome and may even cause fight. ____40____ Hear them out before expressing your own opinion. Allow them to voice their opinions, even when you don’t agree with them. Use your communication skills instead of raising your voice to express yourself. A. Don’t cut in on people when they talk. B. This might cause them to hurry up for the door. C. It’s important to let them know their work is seen by us. D. Always remember to use words instead of fight to work out problems. E. It’s wise to get to the meeting room 15 minutes before the meeting starts. F. When in public, don’t play music or watch videos loudly on your mobile phones. Have you ever tasted a kind of snack, which is also of the traditional Chinese of forms of art—sugar painting. Sugar painting started from the Ming Dynasty and became popular in the Qing Dynasty. At that time, many people made a living through sugar painting, setting up stalls(货摊)in crowded streets, in front of theatres and busy public places. And now it can still be found in many areas of China. The sugar painters usually sit before a wooden table. On the side, there is a wooden plate with a revolvable arrow(可旋转箭头)on it. The plate is painted with different pictures such as a dragon, a bird, a flower and so on. After paying, the customers turn the arrow and wait till it stops. The picture pointed by the arrow is the one the painters will make. Sugar painting is very different from normal painting. The sugar painters use syrup(糖浆)as the material, a spoon as the “paintbrush”, and a smooth slab(台面)as the “paper”. To make the syrup, they have to make sugar hot before painting. Since the syrup may become solid(固体的)if it cools, the painters have to produce the work very quickly. They move the spoon full of the syrup up and down, left and right. Soon a sugar painting of an animal, a flower or a bike is done. The number of sugar painters is getting smaller. However, some of them still insist on this art. They make their efforts to hold different activities such as offering classes and giving speeches. Now, sugar painting has already been listed as National Non-Material Culture Heritage. 根据上面短文的内容回答问题（每个答案不超过6个单词） 41. Did sugar painting become popular in the Ming Dynasty? ____________________________________________________________ 42. Where do the sugar painters usually sit? ____________________________________________________________ 43. When do the customers turn the arrow? ____________________________________________________________ 44. How do sugar painters make the syrup before painting? ____________________________________________________________ 45. Why do some of the sugar painters hold different activities? ____________________________________________________________ 六、词汇运用（共 10 小题；每小题1分，满分10分） 46. He is not so good at _________ (解释) grammar rules to his students. 47. Dr. Ma as well as his ________ (医疗) team cured many cases of blindness last year. 48. The speech draft may be one of those _________ (采访者). The name on it is familiar to me. 49. We will have a little trouble _________ (达到) success in a short time if none supports us. 50. It’s hard for us to start a _______________ (谈话) when we meet some people for the first time. 51. Many people went to the concert, _________ (include) his teachers and parents. 52. Children should be taught to spend their free time _________ (wise). 53. We were really thankful to our English teacher’s __________ (mean) advice. 54. It’s __________ (proper) to ask women about their weight in many areas. 55. We are quite _________ (pride) that he has made such great progress this term. 七、动词填空(共6小题；每小题1分，满分6分) 56 —Look! Someone _________ (break) the window. It’s so cold. —It wasn’t me. I didn’t do that. 57. Last year, some English teachers in our school _________ (invite) to go abroad for further education. 58. —How do you like Changzhou? —Wonderful! I _________ (stay) here for another two years. 59. He spends more time than he used to _________ (organize) activities. 60. He will pass the driving test if he _________ (not be) so careless. 61. The clothes _________ (wash) easily, so you can wash them by hand. 八、综合运用 （共10 小题；每小题1分，满分10分） Have you ever heard of a famous charity called Operation Smile? Let me tell you something about it. Operation Smile is ____62____ international children’s medical charity, working with a team of medical volunteers who provide safe and effective operations for children born with facial deformities (畸形). It ____63____ (start) by a doctor and his wife. In 1982, together with some volunteers, they went to Philippines. They wanted to help those children ____64____ cleft lip and cleft palate (唇腭裂). It was very difficult for them to eat and drink. These volunteers worked very hard. But they worried that they could not continue the work ____65____ they were short of money. Then they decided to start a charity so that they could help the children in need. They called it Operation Smile. The charity works in more than twenty ____66____ (develop) countries and has cured over 10,000 children who have problems with their mouths. Operation Smile has won many prizes for its work and in 1999 they even started a special event called “The World Journey of Hope”. 5,000 children in 18 countries ____67____ (cure) during the event. On the other hand, Operation Smile trains local doctors and nurses in poor countries so that they can carry on ____68____ (help) children when Operation Smile has left. As to the children with much more serious problems, they will send them to America for ____69____ (far) treatment. There are a lot of children who need your help. We expect that more people ____70____ (join) us to help them. Please show your ____71____ (kind) and generosity to the needy children now. You can send your donation to Operation Smile at local banks. Because of you, many children can get the precious gift of smile. 九、完成句子（共6小题；每小题1.5分，满分9分) 72. 昨天那场演出的目的是与当地的一些企业更加密切地合作。 The purpose of the show yesterday ________ some local businesses. 73. 可惜的是，这家公司无法支付继续这项课题的费用了。 It’s a pity that the company ________ the project. 74. 你在巴黎期间有机会去参观卢浮宫吗？ Did you ________ the Louvre during your stay in Paris? 75. 孩子们在街上向人们分发传单。 ________ people in the street by some kids. 76. 我想知道去年特奥会中包含什么赛事。 I wondered what ________ in the Special Olympics World Games last year. 77. 许多人已放弃他们的闲暇时间为残疾人提供支持。 An army of people ________. 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$