精品解析：湖南省长沙市华益中学2023-2024学年八年级下学期期末英语试题

华益—2023-2024-2学年度初二下期末卷 第二部分 阅读（共三节，计30分） 第一节 （共11小题，每小题2分，满分22分） 阅读下列材料，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出最佳选项。 A Free Activities This Weekend ★ Rock Concert at University Park Saturday from 9:00 p.m. to midnight Come to enjoy some great music. Five wonderful student bands are going to play. Bring your own food and drink. ★ Library Lecture in City Library Auditorium (礼堂) Saturday at 10:00 a.m. How to find the job you really want? Two-hour lecture (讲座). Advice on getting the right job for you. Sandwiches and cola are sold. ★ City Museum Travel Movies Saturday and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. Do you want to travel, but don’t have enough money? See movies about Japan, Indonesia, Brazil, Italy and Australia. There are only 100 seats, so come early. 1. What do we know about the Rock Concert? A. It is at City Museum. B. Students can bring food and drink there. C. It is open to people from different countries. 2. What is the lecture in City Library Auditorium about? A. Jobs. B. Music. C. Traveling. 3. We can probably read this material in a ________. A. letter B. magazine C. storybook 【答案】1. B 2. A 3. B 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇应用文。主要介绍了三个周末活动：大学公园摇滚音乐会、参加图书馆讲座和城市博物馆旅行电影。 【1题详解】 细节理解题。根据“Rock Concert at University Park... Bring your own food and drink.”可知，学生们可以自己带食物和饮料去摇滚音乐会。故选B。 【2题详解】 细节理解题。根据“Library Lecture in City Library Auditorium (礼堂)…How to find the job you really want? Two-hour lecture (讲座). Advice on getting the right job for you.”可知，城市图书馆礼堂的讲座是关于工作的。故选A。 【3题详解】 推理判断题。通读全文可知，本文主要介绍了这个周末的一些免费活动，包括摇滚音乐会、图书馆讲座和城市博物馆的旅行电影。所以这篇材料可能在杂志上读到。故选B。 B Today, many people celebrate (庆祝) birthdays in the same way. There’s a birthday cake, balloons, candles, and maybe some gifts. Do you know how and where these birthday celebrations started? Birthday cake The link (联系) between cakes and birthday celebrations may start in ancient Roman times (古罗马时代). In the 15th century, Germans (德国人) began to spread (传播) the idea of eating cakes on birthdays, and then birthday cake was born. Birthday candles Some people think that the history of putting candles on a cake began in ancient Greece (古希腊). People put candles on a cake to show their love for the moon goddess (女神), Artemis. They made round cakes and put candles on the cake to make it glow (发亮) like the moon. Then they made wishes before blowing out the candles. They thought that the smoke (烟雾) from the candles could bring their wishes to the gods and goddesses. Today, many think that the birthday person must make a wish before blowing out the candles. If they blow out all the candles in one go, the wish will come true. Birthday song If there’s one thing that lets someone know it’s your birthday, it’s the Happy Birthday Song. So where did the song come from? People think the song’s melody (旋律) came from a school teacher’s greeting song called Good Morning to All. American sisters Mildred and Patty Hill wrote it in 1893. Now that you know a lot about the history of birthday celebrations, it’s time to get the party started! 4. How did Germans contribute to (贡献) the birthday celebrations? A. They had cakes on their birthdays. B. They put candles on a cake. C. They thought of the idea of giving birthday gifts. 5. Why did people in ancient Greece blow out the candles on the cake? A. To make it look like the moon. B. To show their love for Artemis. C. To tell gods and goddesses their wishes. 6. Who wrote the melody of the Happy Birthday Song? A. A school teacher. B. Some children. C. Mildred and Patty Hill. 7. What does the text mainly tell us? A. Why people celebrate birthdays. B. Some popular activities on birthdays. C. The history behind some birthday celebrations. 【答案】4. A 5. C 6. C 7. C 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。主要讲述了一些常见生日庆祝方式的起源和历史。 【4题详解】 细节理解题。根据“In the 15th century, Germans (德国人) began to spread (传播) the idea of eating cakes on birthdays, and then birthday cake was born.”可知，德国人在生日的时候吃蛋糕，推动了生日庆祝活动的发展。故选A。 【5题详解】 细节理解题。根据“People put candles on a cake to show their love for the moon goddess (女神), Artemis…Then they made wishes before blowing out the candles. They thought that the smoke (烟雾) from the candles could bring their wishes to the gods and goddesses.”可知，古希腊人吹灭蛋糕上的蜡烛是为了告诉神灵他们的愿望。故选C。 【6题详解】 细节理解题。根据“People think the song’s melody (旋律) came from a school teacher’s greeting song called Good Morning to All. American sisters Mildred and Patty Hill wrote it in 1893.”可知，《生日快乐歌》的旋律是米尔德里德和帕蒂·希尔写的。故选C。 【7题详解】 主旨大意题。通读全文可知，文章分别介绍了生日蛋糕、生日蜡烛、生日歌的起源和相关历史，也就是一些生日庆祝活动背后的历史。故选C。 C Do you want to travel around the world? Lexie Alford, from California, America, finished traveling to every country in the world at the age of 21. Lexie Alford comes from a traveling family. Her mother began her own travel business at a young age, and always took Lexie with her on all of her travels. When she was only 18 years old, Lexie visited 70 countries. That made her want to visit the other parts of the world. In October 2017, Lexie began a trip to visit all 195 countries in the world. Two years later, she finished it. Lexie used planes, boats and trains to get around. But she liked to travel by train most. “Traveling on trains is slow travel. I can watch the changing views (风景) from the window,” she said. For Lexie, traveling is the best. Even in the hard times, she never thought of giving up (放弃). “I’m lucky I made it at last. I felt tired, but it was still an exciting trip. I learned quite a lot from the lovely and friendly people in each country,” she said. “And I learned a lot about the world. The world would be so boring if everything was the same everywhere.” Lexie hopes others, especially (尤其) women and young people, can go out and see the world. We live in such a big and beautiful world. Why not spend some time traveling just like Lexie? 8. How does the writer start the text? A. By telling a story. B. By asking a question. C. By showing numbers. 9. When did Lexie finish the travel to all countries in the world? A. In 2017. B. In 2019. C. In 2021. 10. What’s the main idea of Paragraph 4? A. What Lexie learned from the trip. B. Why Lexie enjoyed different culture C. What problems Lexie met along the way. 11. Why does the writer write the text? A. To encourage (鼓励) us to see the world. B. To show us some beautiful countries. C. To tell an American girl’s school life. 【答案】8. B 9. B 10. A 11. A 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了美国女孩Lexie Alford在21岁时完成环球旅行的事迹，包括她的旅行经历、感悟以及对其他人的鼓励。 【8题详解】 细节理解题。根据“Do you want to travel around the world?”可知，作者以提问的方式开篇。故选B。 【9题详解】 细节理解题。根据“October 2017, Lexie began a trip to visit all 195 countries in the world. Two years later, she finished it.”可知，她完成旅行的时间是2019年。故选B。 【10题详解】 主旨大意题。根据“I learned quite a lot from the lovely and friendly people in each country…And I learned a lot about the world.”并通读本段可知，本段主要讲Lexie从旅行中学到的东西。故选A。 【11题详解】 主旨大意题。根据“Why not spend some time traveling just like Lexie?”可知，作者写本文是为了鼓励读者探索世界。故选A。 第二节 （共4小题，每小题2分，满分8分） 阅读下面短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。每个选项仅使用一次。 September 28 is Good Neighbor Day. Do you want to be a good neighbor? What can we do to make the neighborhood a great place? ___12___ Talk with your neighbors. You can do one simple thing: to be a good neighbor-stop and talk with your neighbors when you are all free. After saying hello talking about the weather or their pet dogs is also useful for being friendly.___13___ ___14___ It’s okay for you to watch TV or listen to music at your own home in the late evening. But you need to turn them down in the neighborhood. If you don’t live on the first floor, do not play basketball or dance in the house. Otherwise (否则), your neighbors will think you’re a terrible person. Be helpful. ___15___ You can give a hand if you see an old crossing the road or carrying heavy bags. If you are good at playing ball games, you can teach some children how to play them. These small acts can help you make more friends. Following these tips, you will be a good neighbor for sure. A. Everyone can do this very easily. B. Don’t be noisy. C. Good neighbors are always happy to help each other. D. Smile at neighbors more often. E. Here are some helpful ideas for you. 【答案】12. E 13. A 14. B 15. C 【解析】 【导语】本文主要介绍了在9月28日“好邻居日”的背景下，如何成为好邻居以及让邻里社区变得更好的一些方法和建议。 【12题详解】 根据前文“Do you want to be a good neighbor? What can we do to make the neighborhood a great place?”提出了如何成为好邻居以及让社区变得更好的问题，后文又具体介绍了一些做法，所以这里应该是引出一些有用的想法。E选项“这里有一些对你有帮助的想法。”符合语境。故选E。 【13题详解】 根据前文“You can do one simple thing: to be a good neighbor-stop and talk with your neighbors when you are all free. After saying hello, talking about the weather or their pet dogs is also useful for being friendly.”可知，此处讲述了和邻居交谈这个简单的事情，A选项“每个人都可以很容易地做到这一点。”。故选A。 【14题详解】 根据后文“It’s okay for you to watch TV or listen to music at your own home in the late evening. But you need to turn them down in the neighborhood. If you don’t live on the first floor, do not play basketball or dance in the house. Otherwise (否则), your neighbors will think you’re a terrible person.”可知，此处主要讲了在社区里不要太吵闹，要控制好电视、音乐音量，不在室内进行会产生较大噪音的活动。B选项“不要吵闹。”符合语境。故选B。 【15题详解】 根据该段小标题“Be helpful.”以及后文“You can give a hand if you see an old crossing the road or carrying heavy bags. If you are good at playing ball games, you can teach some children how to play them.”可知，此处讲的是要乐于助人，C选项“好邻居总是乐于互相帮助。”符合语境。故选C。 第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分25分） 第一节 （共10小题，每小题1.5分，计15分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 There lives a farmer in a village. On his farm, there is a(n) ____16____ tree. When the farmer was a little kid, he played with the tree and ____17____ quite a lot of apples. But now the tree is old and has no fruit. “Why must I ____18____ it?” says the farmer. “Now the tree is not ____19____. I should cut it down.” after hearing this, some birds come to speak to him, “Please don’t cut it down! We have no other places to live. We can ____20____ for you. Our songs will fill the air with love and joy, making your world wonderful.” “please don’t cut it down! All my family live in it,” a squirrel (松鼠) also says, “This tree is our ____21____. We love the happy life here.” But the farmer doesn’t ____22____ them. At this time, he finds a beehive (蜂巢) in the tree. He takes a little honey (蜂蜜) from it and puts it in his mouth. The taste of the honey is ____23____ and wakes the little boy up in his heart. He ____24____ his happy childhood (童年). He stops cutting and thinks, “The tree doesn’t have fruit but is home to these animals. And the music of birds and honey are the best gifts.” “Sorry. The tree is still ____25____, I will never cut it down and you can live here,” the farmer tells them. 16. A. pear B. apple C. orange 17. A. grew B. bought C. picked 18. A. keep B. plant C. cut 19. A. popular B. useful C. beautiful 20. A. work B. pay C. sing 21. A. home B. school C. garden 22. A. look at B. listen to C. worry about 23. A. expensive B. delicious C. terrible 24. A. remembers B. describes C. spends 25. A. special B. important C. different 【答案】16. B 17. C 18. A 19. B 20. C 21. A 22. B 23. B 24. A 25. B 【解析】 【导语】本文主要讲述了一位农民想要砍掉农场里一棵不再结果的老苹果树的故事。 【16题详解】 句意：在他的农场里，有一棵苹果树。 pear梨；apple苹果；orange橙子。根据下文“When the farmer was a little kid, he played with the tree and … quite a lot of apples.”可知，树上结苹果，所以是苹果树，故选B。 【17题详解】 句意：当这个农民还是个小孩的时候，他在这棵树下玩耍并且摘了很多苹果。 grew种植；bought买；picked采摘。根据“played with the tree”和“apples”可知，农夫小时候采摘苹果，故选C。 【18题详解】 句意：“我为什么必须留着它呢？”这个农民说。 keep保留；plant种植；cut砍。根据下文“I should cut it down.”可知，这里农民在思考为什么还要留着这棵树，他觉得应该砍了它，所以此处是“保留”意思，故选A。 【19题详解】 句意：现在这棵树没用了。 popular受欢迎的；useful有用的；beautiful美丽的。根据上文“But now the tree is old and has no fruit.”可知，这棵树老了不结果实了，所以农民觉得它没用了，故选B。 【20题详解】 句意：我们可以为你唱歌。 work工作；pay支付；sing唱歌。根据下文“Our songs will fill the air with love and joy, making your world wonderful.”可知，鸟说它们的歌声会让世界美好，所以这里是说可以为农民唱歌，故选C。 【21题详解】 句意：这棵树是我们的家。 home家；school学校；garden花园。根据上文“All my family live in it,”可知，松鼠一家都住在树上，所以这棵树是它们的家，故选A。 【22题详解】 句意：但是这个农民没有听它们的话。 look at看；listen to听；worry about担心。根据上文鸟儿和松鼠都劝农民不要砍树，以及下文“At this time, he finds a beehive (蜂巢) in the tree.”可知，农民一开始没听它们的话还是准备砍树，所以这里是“听”的意思，故选B。 【23题详解】 句意：蜂蜜的味道很美味，唤醒了他心中那个小男孩（的回忆）。 expensive昂贵的；delicious美味的；terrible糟糕的。根据“He takes a little honey (蜂蜜) from it and puts it in his mouth.”以及“wakes the little boy up in his heart”可知，蜂蜜的味道应该是好的，才会让他回忆起童年，所以是“美味的”，故选B。 【24题详解】 句意：他记起了他快乐的童年。 remembers记得；describes描述；spends花费，度过。根据上文蜂蜜的味道唤醒了他心中那个小男孩，可知，这里是记起了童年，故选A。 【25题详解】 句意：这棵树仍然很重要，我永远不会砍它了，你们可以住这里。 special特别的；important重要的；different不同的。根据上文“The tree doesn’t have fruit but is home to these animals. And the music of birds and honey are the best gifts.”可知，这棵树虽然不结果实了，但却是动物们的家，还有鸟儿的歌声和蜂蜜，所以对农民来说这棵树仍然很重要，故选B。 第二节 （共10小题，计10分） 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 Dear Mom and Dad I hope you are well. We ___26___ (arrive) in London this morning. The train was thirty minutes late and we went straight to the hotel. The hotel is very nice, ___27___ it’s a little noisy. We can hear a lot of traffic noise. The weather was bad. It rained heavily. ___28___ (lucky), our teacher got umbrellas (雨伞) for us. She bought ___29___ (they) from a supermarket for 3 dollars each. Our ___30___ (one) visit to the British Museum was great. We saw many wonderful collections (收藏品) from different ___31___ (country) and ages in the museum. After that, we sat down at a street restaurant for lunch and I had some pancakes. They ___32___ (be) really delicious. Later, we went to Covent Garden by subway. There were many market stalls (摊位). We had fun visiting them there. And I bought some nice gifts ___33___ you. At 6:00 p.m., we came back to the hotel. I had a hamburger for dinner and it was delicious. The cook came out of the kitchen ___34___ (talk) to us. She said her hamburgers were the best in ____35____ UK. So much for today! Bedtime for me now. Goodbye Mom and Dad. Marilina 【答案】26. arrived 27. but 28. Luckily 29. them 30. first 31. countries 32. were 33. for 34. to talk 35. the 【解析】 【导语】本文是写给爸爸妈妈的一封信，介绍了作者在伦敦的行程。 【26题详解】 句意：我们今天上午到达伦敦。根据“We…(arrive) in London this morning.”可知，时态为一般过去时，应用动词arrive“到达”的过去式。故填arrived。 【27题详解】 句意：这家旅馆很好，就是有点吵。根据“The hotel is very nice, …it’s a little noisy.”可知，前后为转折关系，应用连词but“但是”连接。故填but。 【28题详解】 句意：幸运的是，我们的老师给我们买了雨伞。根据“…(lucky), our teacher got umbrellas (雨伞) for us.”可知，此处修饰后面的整个句子，应用lucky的副词形式luckily“幸运地”，位于句首首字母大写。故填Luckily。 【29题详解】 句意：她从超市买的，每把3美元。根据“She bought…(they) from a supermarket for 3 dollars each.”可知，此处位于动词后，应用they的宾格形式them表示“他们”。故填them。 【30题详解】 句意：我们第一次参观大英博物馆非常棒。根据“Our…(one) visit to the British Museum was great.”可知，此处是指第一次参观，应用one的序数词first表示“第一”。故填first。 【31题详解】 句意：我们在博物馆里看到了许多来自不同国家和不同时代的精彩收藏品。根据“We saw many wonderful collections (收藏品) from different…(country) and ages in the museum.”可知，位于形容词different后应用名词复数形式countries表示“国家”。故填countries。 【32题详解】 句意：他们真的很美味。根据“They…(be) really delicious.”可知，时态为一般过去时，主语为复数，be动词应用were。故填were。 【33题详解】 句意：我给你们买了一些不错的礼物。根据“And I bought some nice gifts…you.”可知，此处为固定短语buy sth for sb“给某人买某物”。故填for。 【34题详解】 句意：厨师从厨房出来与我们交谈。根据“The cook came out of the kitchen…(talk) to us.”可知，此处应用动词talk“交谈”的不定式表目的。故填to talk。 【35题详解】 句意：她说，她的汉堡包是英国最好的。根据“She said her hamburgers were the best in…UK.”可知，此处应用定冠词the修饰专有名词。故填the。 第四部分 读写综合（共两节，满分25分） 第一节 （共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分） 阅读下面的短文，根据短文内容回答问题。 What do you usually do in your free time? Many young people grow vegetables on the balcony (阳台). Let’s see what the two young people think of that. Zhang Chao, a 17-year-old boy, is one of the “balcony farmers”. He likes to grow tomatoes at home when he is free. His love for that comes from his grandfather. When he was small, he lived in the countryside with his grandparents. And he learned to grow vegetables from his grandfather at that time. For Zhang, growing vegetables at home is not easy work, but it is important. Fang Minke is a girl student from Shenzhen. She likes growing vegetables on the balcony, too. She started to do that last year. For her, growing vegetables on the balcony is a good way to relax, and it brings her much fun. “When I see the nice colors and enjoy the clean air, I feel relaxed and close to nature!” she said. 36. What vegetables does Zhang Chao like to grow at home when he is free? ____________________________________ 37. Who did Zhang Chao learn to grow vegetables from? ____________________________________ 38. When did Fang Minke start to grow vegetables on the balcony? ____________________________________ 39. What does Fang Minke think of growing vegetables on the balcony? ____________________________________ 40. Do you like growing vegetables? Why or not? ____________________________________ 【答案】36. He likes to grow tomatoes at home. 37. He learned to grow vegetables from his grandfather. 38 She started to do that last year. 39. She thinks growing vegetables on the balcony is a good way to relax and it brings her much fun. 40. Yes, I do. Because it can make me feel close to nature and I can enjoy the fresh vegetables I grow. /No, I don’t. Because I think it takes a lot of time and energy and I’m too busy to do that.（答案合理即可） 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了在空闲时间许多年轻人会在阳台上种菜这一现象，并具体介绍了两位“阳台菜农”的情况。 【36题详解】 根据“He likes to grow tomatoes at home when he is free.”可知，张超空闲时喜欢在家种西红柿。故填He likes to grow tomatoes at home. 【37题详解】 根据“And he learned to grow vegetables from his grandfather at that time.”可知，张超从他的爷爷那里学习种菜。故填He learned to grow vegetables from his grandfather. 【38题详解】 根据“She started to do that last year.”可知，方敏可去年开始在阳台上种菜。故填She started to do that last year. 【39题详解】 根据“For her, growing vegetables on the balcony is a good way to relax, and it brings her much fun.”可知，方敏可认为在阳台上种菜是一种放松的好方式，并且给她带来很多乐趣。故填She thinks growing vegetables on the balcony is a good way to relax and it brings her much fun. 【40题详解】 这是一个开放性问题，答案不唯一。参考答案：Yes, I do. Because it can make me feel close to nature and I can enjoy the fresh vegetables I grow. /No, I don’t. Because I think it takes a lot of time and energy and I’m too busy to do that.（答案合理即可） 第二节（满分15分） 41. 每年，学校都会组织学生进行研学活动，走出课堂，走进大自然；在实践中感受自然之美，增长见识，培养观察力和思考能力。本学期，学校组织学生进行了一次常德桃花源 (Peach Blossom Paradise in Changde) 之行。请你根据下面的提示，写一篇短文介绍本次活动，并谈谈自己的感受。 要求： 1. 80词左右 (开头已给出，不计入总词数)； 2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯； 3. 文中不得出现真实人名和校名。 This term, we had a school trip in Peach Blossom Paradise in Changde. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】例文 This term, we had a school trip in Peach Blossom Paradise in Changde. We traveled there by school bus for about two hours. The weather was cloudy but warm. We had a great time boating on the river, taking photos of the beautiful scenery, and watching a wonderful show. We also tasted some local snacks, which were delicious. Through this trip, I learned about nature and local culture. It helped us open our minds and develop our observation and thinking skills. Everyone felt excited and happy. I will never forget this wonderful trip. 【解析】 【详解】[总体分析] ①题材：本文是一篇材料作文； ②时态：时态以“一般过去时”为主； ③提示：写作要点已给出，注意不要遗漏要点，可适当添加细节，并突出写作重点。 [写作步骤] 第一步，表明写作意图。根据文章已给出的开头，引出“常德桃花源之行”的主题； 第二步，具体阐述旅行中的交通工具、天气及活动等； 第三步，书写结语，谈谈自己的感受。 [亮点词汇] ①have a great time玩得开心 ②take photos拍照 ③learn about学习 [高分句型] We also tasted some local snacks, which were delicious. (which引导的定语从句) 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$ 华益—2023-2024-2学年度初二下期末卷 第二部分 阅读（共三节，计30分） 第一节 （共11小题，每小题2分，满分22分） 阅读下列材料，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出最佳选项。 A Free Activities This Weekend ★ Rock Concert at University Park Saturday from 9:00 p.m. to midnight Come to enjoy some great music. Five wonderful student bands are going to play. Bring your own food and drink. ★ Library Lecture in City Library Auditorium (礼堂) Saturday at 10:00 a.m. How to find the job you really want? Two-hour lecture (讲座). Advice on getting the right job for you. Sandwiches and cola are sold. ★ City Museum Travel Movies Saturday and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. Do you want to travel, but don’t have enough money? See movies about Japan, Indonesia, Brazil, Italy and Australia. There are only 100 seats, so come early. 1. What do we know about the Rock Concert? A. It is at City Museum. B. Students can bring food and drink there. C. It is open to people from different countries. 2. What is the lecture in City Library Auditorium about? A. Jobs. B. Music. C. Traveling. 3. We can probably read this material in a ________. A. letter B. magazine C. storybook B Today, many people celebrate (庆祝) birthdays in the same way. There’s a birthday cake, balloons, candles, and maybe some gifts. Do you know how and where these birthday celebrations started? Birthday cake The link (联系) between cakes and birthday celebrations may start in ancient Roman times (古罗马时代). In the 15th century, Germans (德国人) began to spread (传播) the idea of eating cakes on birthdays, and then birthday cake was born. Birthday candles Some people think that the history of putting candles on a cake began in ancient Greece (古希腊). People put candles on a cake to show their love for the moon goddess (女神), Artemis. They made round cakes and put candles on the cake to make it glow (发亮) like the moon. Then they made wishes before blowing out the candles. They thought that the smoke (烟雾) from the candles could bring their wishes to the gods and goddesses. Today, many think that the birthday person must make a wish before blowing out the candles. If they blow out all the candles in one go, the wish will come true. Birthday song If there’s one thing that lets someone know it’s your birthday it’s the Happy Birthday Song. So where did the song come from? People think the song’s melody (旋律) came from a school teacher’s greeting song called Good Morning to All. American sisters Mildred and Patty Hill wrote it in 1893. Now that you know a lot about the history of birthday celebrations, it’s time to get the party started! 4. How did Germans contribute to (贡献) the birthday celebrations? A They had cakes on their birthdays. B. They put candles on a cake. C. They thought of the idea of giving birthday gifts. 5. Why did people in ancient Greece blow out the candles on the cake? A. To make it look like the moon. B. To show their love for Artemis. C. To tell gods and goddesses their wishes. 6. Who wrote the melody of the Happy Birthday Song? A. A school teacher. B. Some children. C. Mildred and Patty Hill. 7. What does the text mainly tell us? A. Why people celebrate birthdays. B. Some popular activities on birthdays. C. The history behind some birthday celebrations. C Do you want to travel around the world? Lexie Alford, from California, America, finished traveling to every country in the world at the age of 21. Lexie Alford comes from a traveling family. Her mother began her own travel business at a young age, and always took Lexie with her on all of her travels. When she was only 18 years old, Lexie visited 70 countries. That made her want to visit the other parts of the world. In October 2017, Lexie began a trip to visit all 195 countries in the world. Two years later, she finished it. Lexie used planes, boats and trains to get around. But she liked to travel by train most. “Traveling on trains is slow travel. I can watch the changing views (风景) from the window,” she said. For Lexie, traveling is the best. Even in the hard times, she never thought of giving up (放弃). “I’m lucky I made it at last. I felt tired, but it was still an exciting trip. I learned quite a lot from the lovely and friendly people in each country,” she said. “And I learned a lot about the world. The world would be so boring if everything was the same everywhere.” Lexie hopes others, especially (尤其) women and young people, can go out and see the world. We live in such a big and beautiful world. Why not spend some time traveling just like Lexie? 8. How does the writer start the text? A. By telling a story. B. By asking a question. C. By showing numbers. 9. When did Lexie finish the travel to all countries in the world? A. In 2017. B. In 2019. C. In 2021. 10. What’s the main idea of Paragraph 4? A. What Lexie learned from the trip. B. Why Lexie enjoyed different culture C. What problems Lexie met along the way. 11 Why does the writer write the text? A. To encourage (鼓励) us to see the world. B. To show us some beautiful countries. C To tell an American girl’s school life. 第二节 （共4小题，每小题2分，满分8分） 阅读下面短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。每个选项仅使用一次。 September 28 is Good Neighbor Day. Do you want to be a good neighbor? What can we do to make the neighborhood a great place? ___12___ Talk with your neighbors. You can do one simple thing: to be a good neighbor-stop and talk with your neighbors when you are all free. After saying hello, talking about the weather or their pet dogs is also useful for being friendly.___13___ ___14___ It’s okay for you to watch TV or listen to music at your own home in the late evening. But you need to turn them down in the neighborhood. If you don’t live on the first floor, do not play basketball or dance in the house. Otherwise (否则), your neighbors will think you’re a terrible person. Be helpful. ___15___ You can give a hand if you see an old crossing the road or carrying heavy bags. If you are good at playing ball games, you can teach some children how to play them. These small acts can help you make more friends. Following these tips, you will be a good neighbor for sure. A. Everyone can do this very easily. B. Don’t be noisy. C. Good neighbors are always happy to help each other. D. Smile at neighbors more often. E. Here are some helpful ideas for you. 第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分25分） 第一节 （共10小题，每小题1.5分，计15分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 There lives a farmer in a village. On his farm, there is a(n) ____16____ tree. When the farmer was a little kid, he played with the tree and ____17____ quite a lot of apples. But now the tree is old and has no fruit. “Why must I ____18____ it?” says the farmer. “Now the tree is not ____19____. I should cut it down.” after hearing this, some birds come to speak to him, “Please don’t cut it down! We have no other places to live. We can ____20____ for you. Our songs will fill the air with love and joy, making your world wonderful.” “please don’t cut it down! All my family live in it,” a squirrel (松鼠) also says, “This tree is our ____21____. We love the happy life here.” But the farmer doesn’t ____22____ them. At this time, he finds a beehive (蜂巢) in the tree. He takes a little honey (蜂蜜) from it and puts it in his mouth. The taste of the honey is ____23____ and wakes the little boy up in his heart. He ____24____ his happy childhood (童年). He stops cutting and thinks, “The tree doesn’t have fruit but is home to these animals. And the music of birds and honey are the best gifts.” “Sorry. The tree is still ____25____, I will never cut it down and you can live here,” the farmer tells them. 16. A. pear B. apple C. orange 17. A. grew B. bought C. picked 18. A. keep B. plant C. cut 19. A. popular B. useful C. beautiful 20. A. work B. pay C. sing 21. A. home B. school C. garden 22. A. look at B. listen to C. worry about 23. A. expensive B. delicious C. terrible 24. A. remembers B. describes C. spends 25. A. special B. important C. different 第二节 （共10小题，计10分） 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 Dear Mom and Dad, I hope you are well. We ___26___ (arrive) in London this morning. The train was thirty minutes late and we went straight to the hotel. The hotel is very nice, ___27___ it’s a little noisy. We can hear a lot of traffic noise. The weather was bad. It rained heavily. ___28___ (lucky), our teacher got umbrellas (雨伞) for us. She bought ___29___ (they) from a supermarket for 3 dollars each. Our ___30___ (one) visit to the British Museum was great. We saw many wonderful collections (收藏品) from different ___31___ (country) and ages in the museum. After that, we sat down at a street restaurant for lunch and I had some pancakes. They ___32___ (be) really delicious. Later, we went to Covent Garden by subway. There were many market stalls (摊位). We had fun visiting them there. And I bought some nice gifts ___33___ you. At 6:00 p.m., we came back to the hotel. I had a hamburger for dinner and it was delicious. The cook came out of the kitchen ___34___ (talk) to us. She said her hamburgers were the best in ____35____ UK. So much for today! Bedtime for me now. Goodbye Mom and Dad. Marilina 第四部分 读写综合（共两节，满分25分） 第一节 （共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分） 阅读下面的短文，根据短文内容回答问题。 What do you usually do in your free time? Many young people grow vegetables on the balcony (阳台). Let’s see what the two young people think of that. Zhang Chao, a 17-year-old boy, is one of the “balcony farmers”. He likes to grow tomatoes at home when he is free. His love for that comes from his grandfather. When he was small, he lived in the countryside with his grandparents. And he learned to grow vegetables from his grandfather at that time. For Zhang, growing vegetables at home is not easy work, but it is important. Fang Minke is a girl student from Shenzhen. She likes growing vegetables on the balcony, too. She started to do that last year. For her, growing vegetables on the balcony is a good way to relax, and it brings her much fun. “When I see the nice colors and enjoy the clean air, I feel relaxed and close to nature!” she said. 36. What vegetables does Zhang Chao like to grow at home when he is free? ____________________________________ 37. Who did Zhang Chao learn to grow vegetables from? ____________________________________ 38. When did Fang Minke start to grow vegetables on the balcony? ____________________________________ 39 What does Fang Minke think of growing vegetables on the balcony? ____________________________________ 40. Do you like growing vegetables? Why or not? ____________________________________ 第二节（满分15分） 41. 每年，学校都会组织学生进行研学活动，走出课堂，走进大自然；在实践中感受自然之美，增长见识，培养观察力和思考能力。本学期，学校组织学生进行了一次常德桃花源 (Peach Blossom Paradise in Changde) 之行。请你根据下面的提示，写一篇短文介绍本次活动，并谈谈自己的感受。 要求： 1. 80词左右 (开头已给出，不计入总词数)； 2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯； 3. 文中不得出现真实人名和校名。 This term, we had a school trip in Peach Blossom Paradise in Changde. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$