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2024-2025学年进才北校八年级下英语期中考 Part 2 Phonetics, Grammar and Vocabulary (第二部分语音、语法和词汇) Ⅱ. Choose the best answer (选择最恰当的答案) 1. We will have ________ one-week holiday next month. A. / B. a C. an D. the 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意：下个月我们将放假一周。 考查冠词。此处泛指“一周的假期”，one以辅音音素开头，用不定冠词a。故选B。 2. Always keep your dream in your heart, ________ it will come true one day. A. and B. but C. or D. so 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：永远把你的梦想放在心里，总有一天它会实现的。 考查连词辨析。and和；but但是；or否则；so所以。根据空前后句子可知，此处前后句之间表并列关系，使用and。故选A。 3. Our PE teacher always suggest ________ an active part in sports activities. A. take B. to take C. taking D. takes 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：我们的体育老师总是建议积极参加体育活动。 考查非谓语动词。suggest doing sth.“建议做某事”，所以应填“take”的动名词形式“taking”。故选C。 4. We can save water by ________ the tap when we are not using it. A. turn off B. turn on C. turning off D. turning on 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：当我们不用水龙头的时候，我们可以通过关闭水龙头来节约用水。 考查动词短语和动名词。turn off关闭；turn on打开。根据“save water”和“when we are not using it.”可知，节约用水是要在不用水龙头的时候关闭它，by是介词，后加动名词。故选C。 5. The editors need more time to have a ________ discussion about the project. A. far B. farther C. further D. farthest 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：编辑需要更多时间来进一步讨论这个项目。 考查形容词辨析。far远的；farther更远的；further更远的，进一步的；farthest最远的。根据空前“The editors need more time to have a”和空后“discussion”，此处表示更进一步的讨论“a further discussion”。故选C。 6. “I’m afraid Dr. Smith ________ see you now. He is busy today.” said the nurse to the patient. A. mustn’t B. can’t C. needn’t D. shouldn’t 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意：“恐怕史密斯医生现在不能见你。他今天很忙。”护士对病人说。 考查情态动词。mustn’t禁止；can’t不能；needn’t不需要；shouldn’t不应该。根据“He is busy today.”可知，史密斯医生现在“不能”见病人。故选B。 7. ________ exciting news the teacher told us. A. How B. What C. What a D. What an 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意：老师告诉我们多么激动人心的消息！ 考查感叹句。句子是感叹句，中心词是不可数名词news，用感叹句结构what adj. n.+主谓。故选B。 8. We are told that there are quite _________ books in our school library. A. a little B. little C. few D. a few 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】句意：有人告诉我们学校图书馆里有很多书。 考查不定代词辨析。a little一些（修饰不可数名词）；little几乎没有（修饰不可数名词）；few几乎没有（修饰可数名词的复数形式）；a few一些（修饰可数名词的复数形式）。空后的books是可数名词的复数形式，所以排除选项A和B；quite a few意为“相当多”。故选D。 9. It is important for everyone _________ water and electricity in his life. A. save B. to save C. saving D. saved 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意：对每个人来说，在生活中节约用水和用电是很重要的。 考查非谓语动词。It is important for sb. to do sth.意为“对某人来说做某事是重要的”，固定用法。此处用to save作主语。故选B。 10. Mum asked me to hold one end of the rope and she held ________. A. another B. other C. the other D. the others 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：妈妈让我拿着绳子的一端，她拿着另一端。 考查代词辨析。another（三者及以上的）另一个；other另外的，泛指“其他的（人或物）”；the other（两者中的）另一个；the others其他东西，其余的人，特指某一范围内的“其他的（人或物）”。根据“one end of the rope”可知，绳子有两端，此处指两端中的另一端，用the other指代。故选C。 11. Tom’s idea sounds ________ and everyone seems to agree with him. A. lovely B. beautifully C. nicely D. wonderfully 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：汤姆的想法听起来极好，每个人似乎都同意他。 考查词汇辨析。lovely令人愉快的，极好的，形容词；beautifully漂亮地；nicely漂亮地；wonderfully很好地。sounds是感官系动词，其后应跟形容词作表语，四个选项只有A是形容词，其它三项都是副词。故选A。 12. The Walt Disney Company ________ 6 theme parks since it opened its first one in 1955. A. opens B. opened C. has opened D. had opened 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：自1955年开设第一家主题公园以来，华特迪士尼公司已经开设了6家主题公园。 考查动词时态。opens一般现在时三单形式；opened一般过去时；has opened现在完成时；had opened过去完成时。根据“since it opened its first one in 1955”可知，过去的动作一直持续到现在，故用现在完成时。故选C。 13. Judy checked her homework ________ in order to get A grades. A. carefully enough B. careful enough C. enough careful D. enough carefully 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：朱迪为了得到A的成绩，足够仔细地检查她的作业。 考查副词及enough的用法。carefully仔细地，副词；careful仔细的，形容词。此处用副词修饰动词，enough修饰副词时置于其后。故选A。 14. The teacher made the student ________ the lesson. A. review B. to reviewing C. reviewing D. to review 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：老师让学生复习功课。 考查动词不定式。make是使役动词, 意思是“使, 让”，后面跟省略to的动词不定式动作宾补，即make sb/sth do，故选A。 15. Tom asked his mother ________. A. that he would leave for France B. whether could he go out for dinner C. when they will move to their new flat D. where they would go the next day 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】句意：汤姆问他妈妈他们第二天要去哪里。 考查宾语从句。句子是宾语从句，用陈述语序，排除B；根据“asked his mother...”可知整个句子意义不完整，不能用that引导从句，排除A；主句是过去时，故从句也应用过去的时态，排除C。故选D。 Choose the proper words in the box to complete the following passage. Each can be used only once (选择最恰当的选项填入空格。每空格限填一词，每词只能填一次) A. run out B. protects C. destroys D. a huge amount of E. mainly F. reach Traditional energy sources like oil, coal and natural gas have been important sources of energy around the world since the 1900s, and are ____16____ used for electricity and transport. Are they going to disappear in the future? Many countries believe renewable energy (可再生能源) is the best solution. It is energy made from natural sources that will never ____17____, such as wind, waves and sun. Iceland and Norway have already produced nearly 100% of their energy from renewable resources and Denmark aims to ____18____ that goal by 2050. Why should we use renewable energy? For so many reasons, first of all pollution! Oil use produces ____19____ harmful gas, which makes it extremely polluting. Renewable energy ____20____ our health because it doesn’t produce harmful pollution. Secondly, because it is free. Any country which has waves, sunshine or wind can make use of these resources. Renewable energy can be especially useful for developing countries. The question really should be, why not? 【答案】16. E 17. A 18. F 19. D 20. B 【解析】 【导语】本文主要介绍了可再生资源。 【16题详解】 句意：自20世纪以来，石油、煤炭和天然气等传统能源一直是世界各地的重要能源，主要用于电力和运输。根据“are...used for electricity and transport”可知这些资源主要用于电力和运输，选项E“主要”符合语境。故选E。 【17题详解】 句意：它是由永远不会耗尽的自然资源制成的能源，如风、波浪和太阳。根据“It is energy made from natural sources that will never ”可知可再生资源永远不会耗尽，选项A“用完”符合语境。故选A。 【18题详解】 句意：丹麦的目标是到2050年实现这一目标。根据“that goal”可知是实现目标，选项F“实现”符合语境。故选F。 【19题详解】 句意：石油的使用会产生大量的有害气体，造成极大的污染。根据“produces...harmful gas”可知是产生大量的有害气体，选项D“大量的”符合语境。故选D。 【20题详解】 句意：可再生能源保护我们的健康，因为它不会产生有害的污染。根据“our health”以及所给词可知可再生资源保护我们的健康，选项B“保护”符合语境。故选B。 Ⅳ Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms (用括号中所给单词的适当形式完成下列句子，每空格限填一词) 21. Many visitors come to Tibet every year because of its ________ (nature) environment. 【答案】natural 【解析】 【详解】句意：每年都有许多游客因为西藏的自然环境来到西藏。空处位于名词environment前，填形容词作定语。natural“自然的”。故填natural。 22. We should speak to the old as __________ (polite) as possible, young man. 【答案】politely 【解析】 【详解】句意：年轻人，我们应该尽可能礼貌地和老人说话。as … as possible“尽可能”，两个as中间用形容词原形或副词原形；分析句子可知，设空处修饰动词“speak”，需用副词；提示词polite“礼貌的”是形容词，对应的副词是politely。故填politely。 23. She would never forget those pleasant ________ while working in China. (experience) 【答案】experiences 【解析】 【详解】句意：她永远不会忘记在中国工作时那些愉快的经历。根据“those”可知，这里应使用“experience”的复数形式来表示多个经历。故填experiences。 24. The customers are getting ________ at having to wait so long. (patient) 【答案】impatient 【解析】 【详解】句意：顾客们对不得不等这么长时间感到不耐烦了。根据“having to wait so long”可知，等太久所以没有耐心，应用形容词patient的反义词impatient“不耐烦的”。故填impatient。 25. It is not easy to keep the fish ________ without water for long. (live) 【答案】alive 【解析】 【详解】句意：在没有水的情况下让鱼长时间存活是不容易的。“keep sth.+ adj”表示“使某物处于某种状态”，因此这里用形容词alive，意为“活着的”。故填alive。 26. After the teacher’s ________, I am beginning to understand the cause of global warming. (explain) 【答案】explanation 【解析】 【详解】句意：经过老师的讲解，我开始了解全球变暖的原因了。根据空前的teacher’s可知，空格处应填名词，结合提示词，空格处应填名词explanation“解释”。故填explanation。 27. Li Hui has already checked his bag ________, but there is no sign of his English book. (two) 【答案】twice 【解析】 【详解】句意：李辉已经检查了两次他的包，但没有他的英语书的痕迹。two“二”，基数词；根据“Li Hui has already checked his bag”可知，此处指检查了两次包，应用副词twice“两次”。故填twice。 28. We can make a new ________ with the help of this machine. (produce) 【答案】product 【解析】 【详解】句意：我们可以借助这台机器制造新产品。根据“a new”和“with the help of this machine”可知此处应用produce的名词product表示“产品”，且应用其单数形式。故填product。 Ⅴ. Rewrite the following sentences as required (根据要求改写句子) 29. Every day, Tom has to write an e-mail after school.(改为否定句) Every day, Tom ________ ________ to write an e-mail after school. 【答案】 ①. doesn’t ②. have 【解析】 【详解】句意：每天，汤姆放学后都要写一封电子邮件。句子 是一般现在时，主语Tom是单数名词，改为否定句助动词用doesn’t，后接动词原形。故填doesn’t；have。 30. Ivan takes charge of different sections of our school newspaper. （保持原句意思） Ivan is ________ ________ different sections of our school newspaper. 【答案】 ①. responsible ②. for 【解析】 【详解】句意：伊万负责我们校报的不同版面。takes charge of“负责”，与be responsible for“负责”同义，故填responsible；for。 31. The president of the university gave some advice to the graduates. (改为被动语态) Some advice _________ _________ to the graduates by the president of the university. 【答案】 ①. was ②. given 【解析】 【详解】句意：大学校长给毕业生们提了一些建议。主语“Some advice”是动作“give”的承受者，时态是一般过去时，所以用一般过去时的被动语态，advice是不可数名词，be动词用was。故填was；given。 32. The staff needed to elect an experienced accountant to keep the accounts of the company. (划线提问) ________ ________ the staff need to elect an experienced accountant? 【答案】 ①. Why ②. did 【解析】 【详解】句意：员工们需要选举一位有经验的会计来管理公司的账目。题目要求划线提问。本题划线部分是“to keep the accounts of the company”，to keep使用不定式表目的，用why提问，用于句首需大写首字母；过去时的一般疑问句结构是“did +主语+动词原形+宾语”。故填Why；did。 33. Tom hardly sleeps with the windows open at night. (改为反义疑问句) Tom hardly sleeps with the windows open at night, _______ ________? 【答案】 ①. does ②. he 【解析】 【详解】句意：Tom几乎不会在晚上开着窗睡觉。反义疑问句的结构是：肯定的陈述句+否定的附加疑问句；否定的陈述句+肯定的附加疑问句。附加疑问句的结构是：be动词、助动词或情态动词+人称代词。反义疑问句前后两部分的主语在人称和数方面要保持一致，be动词、助动词或情态动词也要保持一致。分析题干可知，陈述句含有hardly“几乎不”，所以表示否定意义，附加疑问句则要用肯定式，陈述句包含实义动词sleeps，所以时态是一般现在时，主语是Tom，为男性，所以第一空填助动词does，第二空填he。故填does；he。 34. last weekend, was, a friend, happy, to hear from, in America, my father (连词成句) ________________ 【答案】My father was happy to hear from a friend in America last weekend 【解析】 【详解】根据所给的词和标点，可知本题为陈述句，且为一般过去时态。My father是主语；谓语动词是was；be happy to do sth.“高兴干某事，因干某事而高兴”；hear from a friend“收到一个朋友的来信”；in America“在美国”修饰a friend，last weekend“上周末”时间状语置于句末。故答案为My father was happy to hear from a friend in America last weekend“上周末我父亲很高兴收到一封美国朋友的来信”。 Part 3 Reading and Writing (第三部分 阅读和写话) Ⅵ. Reading comprehension(阅读理解) A. Choose the best answer (选择最恰当的答案) Choose the best answer（根据以下内容，选择最恰当的答案） Newspapers and television news programs always seem to report about the bad things happening in the society. However, there is a place where readers can find some good news. That place is a website called HappyNews. HappyNews was created by Byron Reese, who was the founder and CEO of PageWise. Reese once said about HappyNews, “Since the news media is giving people an unbalanced (偏颇的) view of the world, it’s our duty to make a difference. Traditional media often focuses on negative (消极的) stories, but our personal experience is usually different from that. Generally, most people are good and try to help each other. Most people are honest.” Not everyone agrees with Reese’s view, though. Many people think that news sources have a responsibility to provide news that is helpful to people. People need to know about issues or problems in today’s society. Then people are better able to make decisions about the things that influence their daily lives. According to this, Reese said, “HappyNews is not trying to stop people from learning about issues or problems. Instead, it is just trying to provide a balanced picture of today’s world.” By the end of its first month online, HappyNews had more than 70,000 readers. About 60 percent of them were women. Something else unique makes HappyNews different from any of the other news or information websites that are on the Internet. Unlike many other websites, HappyNews gets fan mails from its readers on a daily basis. A reader said in one of them, “From HappyNews, I’ve realized that the world is not as bad of a place as I have been trained to believe.” In the world of HappyNews, there is no bad or ugly, only good. 35. According to Reese, how is HappyNews different from other news sources? A. It gives a balanced view of the world. B. It focuses on negative news stories. C. It tells Reese’s personal experience. D. It provides people with helpful news. 36. Some people don’t like HappyNews probably because ________. A. HappyNews doesn’t seem like traditional media B. HappyNews doesn’t report international news C. HappyNews doesn’t tell important issues or problems D. HappyNews doesn’t attract men readers 37. The underlined word “unique” in paragraph 4 probably means ________. A. special B. interesting C. strange D. awful 38. Which of the following is TRUE about HappyNews after its first month online? A. It had about seven thousand readers. B. Most of its readers were women. C. Its readers sent in bad letters every day. D. Reese used it to create other websites. 39. Which of the following news items can probably be found on HappyNews? A. Plastic pollution in the ocean B. Luke Smith wins competition C. 3 injured in serious car crash D. The great Garden Bank robbery 40. What can be the best title for the passage? A. How to Be Happy B. Why Women Like HappyNews C. Newspapers vs. Online News D. Not the Normal News 【答案】35. A 36. C 37. A 38. B 39. B 40. D 【解析】 【导语】本文介绍了HappyNews，它致力于报道正面新闻，与传统媒体侧重负面报道形成对比。 【35题详解】 细节理解题。根据“Since the news media is giving people an unbalanced (偏颇的) view of the world, it’s our duty to make a difference.”可知，HappyNews与其他新闻来源的不同之处在于它提供了一个平衡的世界观。故选A。 【36题详解】 细节理解题。根据“HappyNews is not trying to stop people from learning about issues or problems. Instead, it is just trying to provide a balanced picture of today’s world.”可知，有些人不喜欢HappyNews，可能是因为其不讲述重要的事件或问题。故选C。 【37题详解】 词句猜测题。根据“Something else unique makes HappyNews different from any of the other news or information websites that are on the Internet.”可知，“unique”意味着HappyNews与其他任何互联网新闻或信息网站都不同，这表明HappyNews具有独特性，因此“unique”与“special”语义相近。故选A。 【38题详解】 细节理解题。根据“By the end of its first month online, HappyNews had more than 70,000 readers. About 60 percent of them were women.”可知，HappyNews上线后的第一个月后，它的大多数读者是女性。故选B。 【39题详解】 推理判断题。根据“However, there is a place where readers can find some good news. That place is a website called HappyNews.”可知，HappyNews专注于报道正面新闻。故可推知，选项B“卢克·史密斯赢得比赛”可能会在HappyNews上报道出来。故选B。 【40题详解】 最佳标题题。通读全文内容可知，本文介绍了HappyNews，它致力于报道正面新闻，与传统媒体侧重负面报道形成对比。故选项D“不寻常的新闻”适合作为本文标题。故选D。 B. Choose the words and complete the passage (选择最恰当的单词，完成短文) Choose the best answer and complete the passage (选择当的选项完成短文) Specializing (专门从事) in teaching English to senior high school students, Dong Yuhui has tutored about 500,000 students over the eight years since he joined New Oriental eight years ago. After the “Double-Reduction” policy was introduced, he ____41____ his new job at Dongfang Zhenxuan as a host. “I was pretty sad knowing that I could no longer teach. It took a while for me to adjust to the new role,” he said. “Former (昔日的) teacher, current (现在的) ____42____” is how he describes himself on his personal Douyin account. When Dong Yuhui first started to host livestreams (直播) selling all kinds of products on the company’s Douyin channel, he often only saw five viewers at a time. “For a period of time, I felt quite ____43____ because I couldn’t see the point of making the effort. Those were the darkest hours and now the dawn has come. I am glad that I didn’t give up selling vegetables online,” said Dong, 29, who’s now famous on social media. Over the weekend, videos of Dong introducing steaks in both Chinese and English went viral (走红) on social media as people began to ____44____ that the channel was very different from others. While talking about the quality of the steak, Dong also taught the viewers how to order steak in English at a restaurant. ____45____ learning some English the viewers were also impressed with his views on different literary works including those of William Shakespeare. “I am in my comfort zone when talking about books. I can air my views about them non-stop for three days,” Dong said. After China Daily posted the story of Dong’s ____46____ transitioning (转型) on its official WeChat account, Dong left a comment saying that“ as someone who had first started reading the paper while in university, it’s really unexpected to now see myself appearing in it.” 41. A. came up B. looked up C. made up D. took up 42. A. cook B. farmer C. salesman D. writer 43. A. bored B. disappointed C. lucky D. shy 44. A. notice B. observe C. trust D. wonder 45. A. As B. Besides C. Except for D. In addition 46. A. changeable B. familiar C. independent D. successful 【答案】41. D 42. C 43. B 44. A 45. B 46. D 【解析】 【导语】本文介绍了新东方前英语教师董宇辉成功转型，成为一名当红抖音主播的故事。 【41题详解】 句意：“双减”政策出台后，他在东方甄选开始从事一份做主持人的新工作。 came up出现；looked up查找(信息)；made up编造；took up开始从事。由下文“his new job at Dongfang Zhenxuan as a host...”可知，他离开教师岗位开始从事一份做主持人的工作，took up符合语境。故选D。 42题详解】 句意：“曾经是老师，现在是售货员”，这是他在自己的抖音账户上对自己的描述。 cook厨师；farmer农民；salesman售货员；writer作家。由下文“When Dong Yuhui first started to host livestreams selling all kinds of products...”可知，他后面从事的工作就是卖货，故salesman符合语境。故选C。 【43题详解】 句意：有一段时间，我感到很沮丧，因为我看不到努力的意义。 bored无聊的；disappointed失望的；lucky幸运的；shy害羞的。由下文“because I couldn’t see the point of...now the dawn has come.”可知，他有一段时间看不到努力的意义，应是感到失望。故选B。 【44题详解】 句意：董宇辉用中英文介绍牛排的片段在社交媒体上疯传，因为人们开始注意到该频道与其他频道截然不同。 notice注意到；observe观察；trust信任；wonder想知道。董用中英文介绍牛排，人们开始注意到他的频道与众不同，notice符合语境。故选A。 【45题详解】 句意：除了学一些英语，他对包括莎士比亚在内的不同文学作品的看法也给观众留下了深刻印象。 As随着；Besides除……之外还有；Except for除去，指除去整体中的某个细节；In addition此外，后加宾语时需要与介词to连用。此处表示除了学一些英语之外，还对他的不同文学作品的看法印象深刻，Besides符合语境。故选B。 【46题详解】 句意：《中国日报》在其官方微信公众号上发布了董成功转型的故事后，董在评论中说：“作为一个在大学期间第一次开始阅读该报的人，现在看到自己出现在上面真的很意外。”changeable可改变的；familiar熟悉的；independent独立的；successful成功的。由上文中“...said Dong, 29, who’s now famous on social media.”可知，董现在已经非常出名，证明他成功转型了，successful符合语境。故选D。 C. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words (在短文的空格内填入适当的词，是其内容通顺，每空格限填一次，首字母已给) 在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给。 A Letter from 2070 Hi, This is the year 2070. I have just turned 50, but I look like a person of 85. I suffer from serious kidney(肾脏) problems because I don’t have enough water to drink. I’m afraid I don’t have much time left to live. I am already one of the o___47___ people in this society. I remember when I was five years old, everything was very different. There were lots of trees in the parks. I could enjoy a shower for half an hour. At that time, women had beautiful hair. Now, we have to shave our heads to keep them clean w___48___ the use of water. I remember there were “Save Water” warnings in many public places, but nobody paid attention. We believed water would last forever. Now, all the rivers and lakes are e___49___ dry or polluted. Water is much more expensive than gold and diamonds. Without water, almost all factories are closed. Most people are unemployed. Those who have a job work in desalination (海水脱盐) plants and are paid with drinkable water rather than with money. In the past, doctors s___50___ adults drink eight glasses of water a day. Nowadays, I am only allowed half a glass. Most people are weak. Young people in their early 20s look as if they were in their 40s. Because there are f ___51___ trees, we don’t have enough oxygen. We have to pay for air. The air is not of very good quality, but at least we can breathe. Poor people die young. The average life expectancy (预期寿命) is 40 years. When my son asks me about my childhood, I tell him about how p___52___ it was to fish in the rivers and how healthy people were. When he asks, “Why is there no clean water now?”，I feel guilty. I belong to the generation who turned a blind eye to all the warnings. I wish this letter could travel back in time and it would make people living in the 2020s t___53___ understand the importance of saving water. Best, Natalie 【答案】47. (o)ldest 48. (w)ithout 49. (e)ither 50. (s)uggested 51. (f)ew 52. (p)leasant 53. (t)ruly 【解析】 【导语】本文是一封来自2070年的信，信中描述了人们在2070年因缺水而过的悲惨生活，呼吁现在的人们节约用水，保护自然资源。 【47题详解】 句意：我已经是这个社会最老的人之一。根据前句“I don’t have much time left to live.”可知作者年事已高，另外“one of the...”后要填以o开头的形容词最高级。故填(o)ldest。 【48题详解】 句意：现在，由于没有水，我们不得不剃头保证头部干净。根据本段中过去和现在状况的对比，可知是现在是没有水用的。故填(w)ithout。 【49题详解】 句意：现在，所有的河流湖泊不是干涸就是被污染了。根据今昔对比，可知现在河流湖泊面临的严重问题，用“either...or...”结构。故填(e)ither。 【50题详解】 句意：以前，医生建议成年人每天喝八杯水。“adults drink eight glasses of water a day”是医生过去对人的建议，用suggest的过去式。故填(s)uggested。 【51题详解】 句意：由于树木少，我们没有足够的氧气。树木能吸收二氧化碳产生氧气，而句中说“we don’t have enough oxygen”，可知树木是越来越少的。故填(f)ew。 【52题详解】 句意：当我的儿子问我的童年，我告诉他那时在河里钓鱼多么快乐，那时的人们是多么健康。作者在童年时水源充足，人们能在河边钓鱼是令人愉快的事情。故填(p)leasant。 【53题详解】 句意：我希望这封信能回到过去，让生活在21世纪20年代的人真正懂得节约用水的重要性。根据句意可知这里要填一个副词来修饰“understand the importance of saving water”表达“真正地”。故填(t)ruly。 D. Read the passage below and answer the following questions(根据文章内容回答下列问题) Answer the questions（根据短文内容回答下列问题） Saving the Well Once upon a time, in a vast desert, there was a small village that depended on a single well for water. The well was not only a source of life for the villagers but also for the travelers who passed through the desert. One year, a really bad drought hit the village. The plants died, animals moved away, and the well’s water level started to drop. The villagers grew worried, knowing that they needed the well to live. Among them was a young boy named Amir. He noticed that while everyone was worried, very few were taking action to save the precious water. Amir decided to make a difference. He started by using less water for his daily needs and collected rainwater in pots. He also suggested planting drought-resistant (抗旱) plants around the well to keep the soil wet and reduce water evaporation (蒸发). At first, only a few villagers took him seriously, but as the well’s water even got lower, more started to listen. Amir taught the villagers how to create small basins around the plants to catch more rainwater and how to cover the ground with stones and leaves to reduce evaporation. He also organized teams to clean up around the well and dig small channels to direct any rainwater into the well. As the weeks passed, the villagers noticed a change. The water in the well didn’t go down as much, and the plants around it began to grow well. The efforts to save water paid off, and the village was able to make it through the drought. 54. What happened to the village one year? ________________________________ 55. A lot of villagers took action to save the precious water at the very beginning, didn’t they? ________________________________ 56 Where did Amir collect rainwater at first? ________________________________ 57. When did the villagers start to take Amir’s suggestions seriously? ________________________________ 58. How did Amir and the villagers direct rainwater into the well? ________________________________ 59. What can you learn from the story? ________________________________ 【答案】54. A really bad drought hit the village. 55. No, they didn’t. 56. In pots. 57. When the well’s water even got lower. 58. By digging small channels. 59. We should reduce daily water consumption and save water in our daily life. 【解析】 【导语】本文主要讲述了个名叫阿米尔的小男孩保护一口井的故事。 【54题详解】 根据第二段“One year, a really bad drought hit the village.”可知，有一年一场严重的干旱袭击了这个村庄。故填A really bad drought hit the village. 【55题详解】 根据第二段“He noticed that while everyone was worried, very few were taking action to save the precious water.”可知，许多村民不是一开始就采取行动节约宝贵的水资源。故填No, they didn’t. 【56题详解】 根据第三段“Amir decided to make a difference. He started by using less water for his daily needs and collected rainwater in pots.”可知，阿米尔最初是用壶收集雨水的。故填In pots. 【57题详解】 根据第三段“At first, only a few villagers took him seriously, but as the well’s water even got lower, more started to listen.”可知，当井水越来越低时，村民们开始认真对待阿米尔的建议。故填When the well’s water even got lower. 【58题详解】 根据第四段“He also organized teams to clean up around the well and dig small channels to direct any rainwater into the well.”可知，阿米尔和村民们是通过挖掘小通道将雨水导入井里的。故填By digging small channels. 【59题详解】 开放性作答，结合实际，言之有理即可。参考答案为We should reduce daily water consumption and save water in our daily life. Ⅶ. Writing 60. The World’s Earth Day is celebrated on April 22nd every year. This year, the school will hold four activities. Choose one of your favourite activities and tell your reasons. （每年的4月22日是世界地球日。今年，学校将在这天举行四项活动。请选择一项你最想参加的活动，并给出理由。以“我在地球日最喜欢的活动”为题，写一篇不少于60个词的短文，标点符号不占格） ACTIVITIES MY CHOICE 1 Protecting Mr. Tree 2 Saving One More Drop of Water 3 Good Ideas to Save Electricity 4 Let’s Make a Recycling Bin The following questions are for reference. (以下问题仅供参考) √ Which activity will you choose?   √ Why will you choose this activity? √ What will you do in this activity? My Favourite Activity on World’s Earth Day ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】例文 My Favourite Activity on World’s Earth Day This year, our school will hold four activities on the World’s Earth Day. I will choose to save one more drop of water. Water is important to all living things. All animals and plants need water. Without water, there will be no life on the earth. So we should do our best to save and protect our water. First of all, we must turn off the tap after we use it. Second, we should take a shower quickly. Third, when we wash clothes, we should use as little water as possible. We must save every drop of water in everyday life and tell our parents and friends about it. I think it’s our duty to save water. 【解析】 【详解】[总体分析] ①题材：本文是一篇材料作文。 ②时态：本文应使用“一般现在时”为主。 ③提示：本文是介绍自己在地球日最喜欢的活动，并适当补充，使文章内容充实。 [写作步骤] 第一步，介绍自己选择哪个活动。 第二步，介绍为什么选择这个活动。 第三步，介绍自己会做什么。 [亮点词汇] ①do one’s best尽某人全力 ②turn off关掉 ③as...as possible尽可能 [高分句型] ①Third, when we wash clothes, we should use as little water as possible.（when引导的时间状语从句） ②I think it’s our duty to save water.（宾语从句） 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$ 2024-2025学年进才北校八年级下英语期中考 Part 2 Phonetics, Grammar and Vocabulary (第二部分语音、语法和词汇) Ⅱ. Choose the best answer (选择最恰当的答案) 1. We will have ________ one-week holiday next month. A. / B. a C. an D. the 2. Always keep your dream in your heart, ________ it will come true one day. A. and B. but C. or D. so 3. Our PE teacher always suggest ________ an active part in sports activities. A. take B. to take C. taking D. takes 4. We can save water by ________ the tap when we are not using it. A turn off B. turn on C. turning off D. turning on 5. The editors need more time to have a ________ discussion about the project. A. far B. farther C. further D. farthest 6. “I’m afraid Dr. Smith ________ see you now. He is busy today.” said the nurse to the patient. A. mustn’t B. can’t C. needn’t D. shouldn’t 7. ________ exciting news the teacher told us. A. How B. What C. What a D. What an 8. We are told that there are quite _________ books in our school library. A. a little B. little C. few D. a few 9. It is important for everyone _________ water and electricity in his life. A. save B. to save C. saving D. saved 10. Mum asked me to hold one end of the rope and she held ________. A. another B. other C. the other D. the others 11. Tom’s idea sounds ________ and everyone seems to agree with him. A. lovely B. beautifully C. nicely D. wonderfully 12. The Walt Disney Company ________ 6 theme parks since it opened its first one in 1955. A. opens B. opened C. has opened D. had opened 13. Judy checked her homework ________ in order to get A grades. A. carefully enough B. careful enough C. enough careful D. enough carefully 14. The teacher made the student ________ the lesson. A. review B. to reviewing C. reviewing D. to review 15. Tom asked his mother ________. A. that he would leave for France B. whether could he go out for dinner C. when they will move to their new flat D. where they would go the next day Choose the proper words in the box to complete the following passage. Each can be used only once (选择最恰当的选项填入空格。每空格限填一词，每词只能填一次) A. run out B. protects C. destroys D. a huge amount of E. mainly F. reach Traditional energy sources like oil coal and natural gas have been important sources of energy around the world since the 1900s, and are ____16____ used for electricity and transport. Are they going to disappear in the future? Many countries believe renewable energy (可再生能源) is the best solution. It is energy made from natural sources that will never ____17____, such as wind, waves and sun. Iceland and Norway have already produced nearly 100% of their energy from renewable resources and Denmark aims to ____18____ that goal by 2050. Why should we use renewable energy? For so many reasons, first of all pollution! Oil use produces ____19____ harmful gas, which makes it extremely polluting. Renewable energy ____20____ our health because it doesn’t produce harmful pollution. Secondly, because it is free. Any country which has waves, sunshine or wind can make use of these resources. Renewable energy can be especially useful for developing countries. The question really should be, why not? Ⅳ Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms (用括号中所给单词的适当形式完成下列句子，每空格限填一词) 21. Many visitors come to Tibet every year because of its ________ (nature) environment. 22. We should speak to the old as __________ (polite) as possible young man. 23. She would never forget those pleasant ________ while working in China. (experience) 24. The customers are getting ________ at having to wait so long. (patient) 25. It is not easy to keep the fish ________ without water for long. (live) 26. After the teacher’s ________, I am beginning to understand the cause of global warming. (explain) 27. Li Hui has already checked his bag ________, but there is no sign of his English book. (two) 28 We can make a new ________ with the help of this machine. (produce) Ⅴ. Rewrite the following sentences as required (根据要求改写句子) 29. Every day, Tom has to write an e-mail after school.(改为否定句) Every day, Tom ________ ________ to write an e-mail after school. 30. Ivan takes charge of different sections of our school newspaper. （保持原句意思） Ivan is ________ ________ different sections of our school newspaper. 31. The president of the university gave some advice to the graduates. (改为被动语态) Some advice _________ _________ to the graduates by the president of the university. 32. The staff needed to elect an experienced accountant to keep the accounts of the company. (划线提问) ________ ________ the staff need to elect an experienced accountant? 33. Tom hardly sleeps with the windows open at night. (改为反义疑问句) Tom hardly sleeps with the windows open at night, _______ ________? 34. last weekend, was, a friend, happy, to hear from, in America, my father (连词成句) ________________. Part 3 Reading and Writing (第三部分 阅读和写话) Ⅵ. Reading comprehension(阅读理解) A. Choose the best answer (选择最恰当的答案) Choose the best answer（根据以下内容，选择最恰当的答案） Newspapers and television news programs always seem to report about the bad things happening in the society. However, there is a place where readers can find some good news. That place is a website called HappyNews. HappyNews was created by Byron Reese, who was the founder and CEO of PageWise. Reese once said about HappyNews, “Since the news media is giving people an unbalanced (偏颇的) view of the world, it’s our duty to make a difference. Traditional media often focuses on negative (消极的) stories, but our personal experience is usually different from that. Generally, most people are good and try to help each other. Most people are honest.” Not everyone agrees with Reese’s view, though. Many people think that news sources have a responsibility to provide news that is helpful to people. People need to know about issues or problems in today’s society. Then people are better able to make decisions about the things that influence their daily lives. According to this, Reese said, “HappyNews is not trying to stop people from learning about issues or problems. Instead, it is just trying to provide a balanced picture of today’s world.” By the end of its first month online, HappyNews had more than 70,000 readers. About 60 percent of them were women. Something else unique makes HappyNews different from any of the other news or information websites that are on the Internet. Unlike many other websites, HappyNews gets fan mails from its readers on a daily basis. A reader said in one of them, “From HappyNews, I’ve realized that the world is not as bad of a place as I have been trained to believe.” In the world of HappyNews, there is no bad or ugly, only good. 35. According to Reese, how is HappyNews different from other news sources? A. It gives a balanced view of the world. B. It focuses on negative news stories. C. It tells Reese’s personal experience. D. It provides people with helpful news. 36. Some people don’t like HappyNews probably because ________. A. HappyNews doesn’t seem like traditional media B. HappyNews doesn’t report international news C. HappyNews doesn’t tell important issues or problems D. HappyNews doesn’t attract men readers 37. The underlined word “unique” in paragraph 4 probably means ________. A. special B. interesting C. strange D. awful 38. Which of the following is TRUE about HappyNews after its first month online? A. It had about seven thousand readers. B. Most of its readers were women. C. Its readers sent in bad letters every day. D. Reese used it to create other websites. 39. Which of the following news items can probably be found on HappyNews? A. Plastic pollution in the ocean B. Luke Smith wins competition C. 3 injured in serious car crash D. The great Garden Bank robbery 40. What can be the best title for the passage? A. How to Be Happy B. Why Women Like HappyNews C. Newspapers vs. Online News D. Not the Normal News B. Choose the words and complete the passage (选择最恰当的单词，完成短文) Choose the best answer and complete the passage (选择当的选项完成短文) Specializing (专门从事) in teaching English to senior high school students, Dong Yuhui has tutored about 500,000 students over the eight years since he joined New Oriental eight years ago. After the “Double-Reduction” policy was introduced, he ____41____ his new job at Dongfang Zhenxuan as a host. “I was pretty sad knowing that I could no longer teach. It took a while for me to adjust to the new role,” he said. “Former (昔日) teacher, current (现在的) ____42____” is how he describes himself on his personal Douyin account. When Dong Yuhui first started to host livestreams (直播) selling all kinds of products on the company’s Douyin channel, he often only saw five viewers at a time. “For a period of time, I felt quite ____43____ because I couldn’t see the point of making the effort. Those were the darkest hours and now the dawn has come. I am glad that I didn’t give up selling vegetables online,” said Dong, 29, who’s now famous on social media. Over the weekend, videos of Dong introducing steaks in both Chinese and English went viral (走红) on social media as people began to ____44____ that the channel was very different from others. While talking about the quality of the steak, Dong also taught the viewers how to order steak in English at a restaurant. ____45____ learning some English, the viewers were also impressed with his views on different literary works including those of William Shakespeare. “I am in my comfort zone when talking about books. I can air my views about them non-stop for three days,” Dong said. After China Daily posted the story of Dong’s ____46____ transitioning (转型) on its official WeChat account, Dong left a comment saying that“ as someone who had first started reading the paper while in university, it’s really unexpected to now see myself appearing in it.” 41. A. came up B. looked up C. made up D. took up 42. A. cook B. farmer C. salesman D. writer 43. A. bored B. disappointed C. lucky D. shy 44. A. notice B. observe C. trust D. wonder 45. A. As B. Besides C. Except for D. In addition 46. A. changeable B. familiar C. independent D. successful C. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words (在短文的空格内填入适当的词，是其内容通顺，每空格限填一次，首字母已给) 在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给。 A Letter from 2070 Hi, This is the year 2070. I have just turned 50, but I look like a person of 85. I suffer from serious kidney(肾脏) problems because I don’t have enough water to drink. I’m afraid I don’t have much time left to live. I am already one of the o___47___ people in this society. I remember when I was five years old, everything was very different. There were lots of trees in the parks. I could enjoy a shower for half an hour. At that time, women had beautiful hair. Now, we have to shave our heads to keep them clean w___48___ the use of water. I remember there were “Save Water” warnings in many public places, but nobody paid attention. We believed water would last forever. Now, all the rivers and lakes are e___49___ dry or polluted. Water is much more expensive than gold and diamonds. Without water, almost all factories are closed. Most people are unemployed. Those who have a job work in desalination (海水脱盐) plants and are paid with drinkable water rather than with money. In the past, doctors s___50___ adults drink eight glasses of water a day. Nowadays, I am only allowed half a glass. Most people are weak. Young people in their early 20s look as if they were in their 40s. Because there are f ___51___ trees, we don’t have enough oxygen. We have to pay for air. The air is not of very good quality, but at least we can breathe. Poor people die young. The average life expectancy (预期寿命) is 40 years. When my son asks me about my childhood, I tell him about how p___52___ it was to fish in the rivers and how healthy people were. When he asks, “Why is there no clean water now?”，I feel guilty. I belong to the generation who turned a blind eye to all the warnings. I wish this letter could travel back in time and it would make people living in the 2020s t___53___ understand the importance of saving water. Best, Natalie D. Read the passage below and answer the following questions(根据文章内容回答下列问题) Answer the questions（根据短文内容回答下列问题） Saving the Well Once upon a time, in a vast desert, there was a small village that depended on a single well for water. The well was not only a source of life for the villagers but also for the travelers who passed through the desert. One year, a really bad drought hit the village. The plants died, animals moved away, and the well’s water level started to drop. The villagers grew worried, knowing that they needed the well to live. Among them was a young boy named Amir. He noticed that while everyone was worried, very few were taking action to save the precious water. Amir decided to make a difference. He started by using less water for his daily needs and collected rainwater in pots. He also suggested planting drought-resistant (抗旱) plants around the well to keep the soil wet and reduce water evaporation (蒸发). At first, only a few villagers took him seriously, but as the well’s water even got lower, more started to listen. Amir taught the villagers how to create small basins around the plants to catch more rainwater and how to cover the ground with stones and leaves to reduce evaporation. He also organized teams to clean up around the well and dig small channels to direct any rainwater into the well. As the weeks passed, the villagers noticed a change. The water in the well didn’t go down as much, and the plants around it began to grow well. The efforts to save water paid off, and the village was able to make it through the drought. 54. What happened to the village one year? ________________________________ 55. A lot of villagers took action to save the precious water at the very beginning, didn’t they? ________________________________ 56. Where did Amir collect rainwater at first? ________________________________ 57. When did the villagers start to take Amir’s suggestions seriously? ________________________________ 58. How did Amir and the villagers direct rainwater into the well? ________________________________ 59. What can you learn from the story? ________________________________ Ⅶ. Writing 60. The World’s Earth Day is celebrated on April 22nd every year. This year, the school will hold four activities. Choose one of your favourite activities and tell your reasons. （每年的4月22日是世界地球日。今年，学校将在这天举行四项活动。请选择一项你最想参加的活动，并给出理由。以“我在地球日最喜欢的活动”为题，写一篇不少于60个词的短文，标点符号不占格） ACTIVITIES MY CHOICE 1 Protecting Mr. Tree 2 Saving One More Drop of Water 3 Good Ideas to Save Electricity 4 Let’s Make a Recycling Bin The following questions are for reference. (以下问题仅供参考) √ Which activity will you choose?   √ Why will you choose this activity? √ What will you do in this activity? 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