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广州中学2024-2025学年八年级下学期初二期中英语试题 （满分90分，考试时间100分钟） 一、语法选择（共 15小题；每小题1分，满分15分） Diana Nyad was born in New York City. She ____1____ great talent and love for swimming from an early age. Later she ____2____ by her coach, an Olympic swimmer, and set new records in many long-distance swimming competitions. At 28, Diana set ____3____ unusual goal. She tried to swim from Cuba to Florida for the first time. The high winds were so strong that she had to give up the journey. After ____4____ serious health problems, Diana felt the need for new challenges beyond the pool. At 30, she found a new job, but deep in her heart, there still lived her goal. After 30 years of no swimming, Diana began training. This time, she wished to finish ____5____ she started. In 2011, she tried to swim from Cuba to Florida again. But ____6____, the swim was full of danger. There ____7____ terrible storms and deadly sea animals during the long and tiring journey. ___8___ she failed many times, she was ready to fight back. In 2012, after 60 hours in the water, a lightning storm and some ____9____ problems stopped her for the fourth time. In 2013, 35 years after her first try, Diana planned _____10_____ from Cuba to Florida for a fifth time. After almost 53 hours, the _____11_____ Diana completed the historic swim with the help of _____12_____ team on September 2nd. She finally became the first person to achieve the goal which seems almost impossible. It’s so courageous _____13_____ her to overcome so many difficulties. She was indeed one of _____14_____ in history. “We _____15_____ stick with our dreams. Going after your dreams is never too late.” Diana said in her book. 1. A. is showing B. showed C. shows D. has shown 2. A. trained B. has trained C. was trained D. has been trained 3. A. a B. an C. the D. / 4. A. experience B. experienced C. experiences D. experiencing 5. A. what B. who C. where D. how 6. A. lucky B. luckily C. unlucky D. unluckily 7. A. are B. had C. were D. have 8. A. Because B. Although C. Unless D. But 9. A. other B. another C. the other D. others 10. A. to swim B. swimming C. swim D. swam 11. A. 64-years-old B. 64 years old C. 64 years’ old D. 64-year-old 12. A. her B. she C. herself D. hers 13. A. for B. of C. with D. from 14. A. the greater athlete B. the greater athletes C. the greatest athlete D. the greatest athletes 15. A. may B. have to C. should D. ought 【答案】1. B 2. C 3. B 4. D 5. A 6. D 7. C 8. B 9. A 10. A 11. D 12. A 13. B 14. D 15. C 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了游泳运动员Diana Nyad从小展现游泳天赋，历经多次失败后，最终在64岁时成功完成从古巴到佛罗里达的游泳壮举的故事。 【1题详解】 句意：Diana从小就展现出对游泳的极大天赋和热爱。 is showing现在进行时；showed一般过去时；shows一般现在时；has shown现在完成时。根据“from an early age”可知，小时候的事情应是过去的事情，用一般过去时。故选B。 【2题详解】 句意：后来，她由一位奥运游泳运动员教练训练，并在许多长距离游泳比赛中创造了新纪录。 trained一般过去时；has trained现在完成时；was trained一般过去时的被动语态；has been trained现在完成时的被动语态。根据“set new records”可知，此句也用一般过去时，结合“by her coach”可知，此处表被动，应用一般过去时的被动语态。故选C。 【3题详解】 句意：28岁时，Diana设定了一个不寻常的目标。 a不定冠词，表泛指，用于以辅音音素开头的单词前；an不定冠词，表泛指，用于以元音音素开头的单词前；the定冠词，表特指；/不填。此处泛指“一个不寻常的目标”，且“unusual”以元音音素开头，应用不定冠词an。故选B。 【4题详解】 句意：在经历了严重的健康问题后，Diana感到需要在泳池之外寻找新的挑战。 experience经历，动词原形；experienced过去式；experiences动词第三人称单数形式；experiencing动名词。介词“After”后接动名词作宾语。故选D。 【5题详解】 句意：这次，她希望完成她开始的事情。 what什么；who谁；where哪里；how如何。分析“This time, she wished to finish...she started.”可知，连接词在从句中作宾语，表示“她开始的事情”，应用连接代词what引导该宾语从句。故选A。 【6题详解】 句意：但不幸的是，这次游泳充满了危险。 lucky幸运的，形容词；luckily幸运地，副词；unlucky不幸的，形容词；unluckily不幸地，副词。根据“the swim was full of danger.”可知，游泳中充满了危险应是不幸的事情，应用副词unluckily修饰整个句子。故选D。 【7题详解】 句意：在漫长而疲惫的旅程中，有可怕的风暴和致命的海洋生物。 are用于一般现在时；had有，过去式；were用于一般过去时；have有，动词原形。根据“There...terrible storms and deadly sea animals during the long and tiring journey.”可知，此句是there be句型，表示“旅程中有风暴和致命的海洋生物”；根据“In 2011”可知，此句用一般过去时。故选C。 【8题详解】 句意：尽管她失败了很多次，但她准备反击。 Because因为；Although尽管；Unless除非；But但是。分析“...she failed many times, she was ready to fight back.”可知，前后句为让步关系，应用although引导让步状语从句。故选B。 【9题详解】 句意：闪电风暴和其他一些问题第四次阻止了她。 other其他的，常修饰复数名词；another另一个，修饰单数名词；the other（两者中的）另一个；others其他的人或物，代词。根据“a lightning storm and some...problems stopped her”可知，此处指闪电风暴和其他一些问题阻止了她，修饰复数名词“problems”应用other。故选A。 【10题详解】 句意：2013年，Diana计划第五次从古巴游到佛罗里达。 to swim动词不定式；swimming动名词；swim动词原形；swam过去式。plan to do sth.“计划做某事”，为固定搭配。故选A。 【11题详解】 句意：9月2日，经过近53个小时的努力，64岁的Diana在她的团队的帮助下完成了这次历史性的游泳。 64-years-old复合形容词应用单数形式，为错误表达；64 years old64岁；64 years’ old为错误表达；64-year-old64岁的。此处修饰名词“Diana”，应用复合形容词64-year-old作定语。故选D。 【12题详解】 句意：9月2日，经过近53个小时的努力，64岁的Diana在她的团队的帮助下完成了这次历史性的游泳。 her她/她的，人称代词/形容词性物主代词；she她；herself她自己；hers她的，名词性物主代词。修饰名词“team”应用形容词性物主代词her。故选A。 【13题详解】 句意：她克服这么多困难是如此勇敢。 for为了；of……的；with和；from来自。此处是“It is+形容词+for/of sb.+to do sth.”的句式，意为“对某人来说做某事怎么样”，形容词“courageous”与人的性格特点有关，应用介词of。故选B。 【14题详解】 句意：她确实是历史上最伟大的运动员之一。 the greater athlete更伟大的运动员（单数）；the greater athletes更伟大的运动员（复数）；the greatest athlete最伟大的运动员（单数）；the greatest athletes最伟大的运动员（复数）。此处是“one of the+最高级+复数名词”结构，表示“最……之一”。故选D。 【15题详解】 句意：我们应该坚持我们的梦想。 may可能；have to不得不；should应该；ought应当，需接to再接动词。根据“We...stick with our dreams.”可知，此处是Diana给我们的建议，应用should表建议。故选C。 二、完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分） In 1994, the Brazilian photographer Salgado went back to his homeland in Minas Gerais, Brazil. He was eager to see the land run by his family. The thick forest there was once a paradise (乐园) for him and his friends, bringing them ____16____ memories. To his shock, he saw a totally different ____17____. Only 0.5% of the land was covered with trees. “The land was as sick as a serious patient—everything was destroyed due to deforestation (砍伐森林),” Salgado said ____18____ during a meeting on climate change in Paris. Salgado ____19____ that he should do something about it. Then he thought up the bold (大胆的) idea of replanting trees on the land, which beyond his expectations, received ____20____ from his wife and relatives. Soon the whole family ____21____ and the results are remarkable. Gradually, the land is changing: It is covered with green trees again and some of the insects, birds and animals living in the land before ____22____. The land has been brought back to life. The devoted family’s hard work also impressed people around them. They ____23____ cutting down trees and began to protect the environment. “The work over the years is quite difficult but well worth the ____24____ and I think every little bit of work ____25____,” said Salgado. Therefore, everyone should play a part in protecting the environment. 16. A. pleasant B. embarrassing C. painful D. simple 17. A. direction B. description C. plan D. scene 18. A. calmly B. nervously C. sadly D. lightly 19. A. accepted B. realized C. agreed D. proved 20. A. doubts B. permissions C. support D. suggestions 21. A. took care B. took place C. took action D. took effect 22. A. escaped B. returned C. approached D. died 23. A. forgot B. stopped C. avoided D. missed 24. A. effort B. promise C. offer D. spirits 25. A. increases B. matches C. improves D. matters 【答案】16. A 17. D 18. C 19. B 20. C 21. C 22. B 23. B 24. A 25. D 【解析】 【导语】本文主要讲了Salgado发现了自己儿时的天堂——茂密的森林，由于森林砍伐，病入膏肓。Salgado一家人通过自己的努力，使它再次被覆盖上了绿色的树，之前生活在这片土地上的一些昆虫，鸟类和动物也回来了。 【16题详解】 句意：茂密的森林曾经是他和他的朋友的乐园，给他们带来了美好的回忆。 pleasant美好的；embarrassing使人尴尬的；painful痛苦的；simple简单的。根据“The thick forest there was once a paradise (乐园) for him and his friends, bringing them...memories.”可知，此处应该表示茂密的森林给他们带来了美好的回忆。故选A。 【17题详解】 句意：令他惊恐的是,他看到了一个完全不同的景象。 direction方向；description描述；plan计划；scene景象。根据“Only 0.5% of the land was covered with trees.”可知，此处应该表示他看到了一个完全不同的景象。故选D。 【18题详解】 句意：“这片土地病入膏肓——由于森林砍伐 , 一切都被破坏了。”Salgado在巴黎举行的气候变化会议上悲伤地说。 calmly冷静地；nervously紧张地；sadly难过地；lightly轻松地。根据“The land was as sick as a serious patient—everything was destroyed due to deforestation (砍伐森林),”可知，土地被严重破坏，此处应该表示Salgado“悲伤地”描述现状。故选C。 【19题详解】 句意：Salgado意识到他应该做点什么。 accepted接受；realized意识到；agreed同意；proved证明。根据“The land was as sick as a serious patient...deforestation.”和“Then he thought up the bold (大胆的) idea of replanting trees on the land, which beyond his expectations, received support from his wife and relatives.”可知，这里意思是Salgado意识到他应该做点什么。故选B。 【20题详解】 句意：后来,他想出了一个大胆的主意，在这片土地上重新植树，这出乎他的意料，得到了妻子和亲戚的支持。 doubts怀疑；permissions允许；support支持；suggestions建议。根据“Soon the whole family took action and the results are remarkable.”可知，他的主意被家人支持。故选C。 【21题详解】 句意：很快，整个家庭都采取了行动，效果显著。 took care照顾；took place发生；took action采取行动；took effect生效。根据后半句“and the results are remarkable”可知，此处表示整个家庭都采取了行动。故选C。 【22题详解】 句意：它再次被覆盖上了绿色的树，之前生活在这片土地上的一些昆虫，鸟类和动物也回来了。 escaped逃跑；returned返回；approached接近；died死亡。根据“The land has been brought back to life.”可知，此处表示之前生活在这片土地上的一些昆虫，鸟类和动物也回来了。故选B。 【23题详解】 句意：他们停止砍伐树木，开始保护环境。 forgot忘记；stopped停止；avoided避免；missed错过。根据后半句“and began to protect the environment”可知，停止砍伐树木和后文保护环境相呼应。故选B。 【24题详解】 句意：多年来的工作非常困难，但值得努力，而且我认为每一点工作都很重要。 effort努力；promise承诺；offer提供；spirits精神。根据“The devoted family’s hard work also impressed people around them.”及“The work over the years is quite difficult but well worth the...and...”可知，Salgado一家做这项工作很辛苦，但是它是值得努力的。故选A。 【25题详解】 句意：多年来的工作非常困难，但值得努力，而且我认为每一点工作都很重要。 increase增加；matches匹配；improves改善；matters要紧。根据“Therefore, everyone should play a part in protecting the environment.”可知，这里意思应该是我认为每一点工作都很重要。故选D。 三、阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分） A When Boris left school, he could not find a job. He tried hard and pestered (纠缠) his relatives, but they had problems of their own. He answered advertisements until he could not afford to buy any more stamps. Boris grew annoyed, then depressed, then a little hardened. Still he went on trying and still he failed. He began to think that he had no future at all. “Why don't you start your own business?” one of his uncles told him. “The world is a money-locker. You'd better find a way of opening it.” “But what can I do？” “Get out and have a look round,” advised his uncle in a vague sort of way. “See what people want; then give it to them, and they will pay for it.” Boris began to cycle around the town and found a suitable piece of a waste ground in the end. Then he set up his business as a cycle repairer. He worked hard, made friends with his customers and gradually managed to build up his goodwill and profit. A few months later, he found that he had more work than he could deal with by himself. He found a number of empty shops but they were all no good: in the wrong position, too expensive or with some other snag. But at long last, he managed to find an empty shop on a new estate（土地）where there were plenty of customers but no competition. Boris and his assistant taught themselves how to repair scooters and motorcycles. Slowly but surely, the profits increased and the business developed. At last, Boris had managed to open the money-locker and found bank notes and gold coins inside. 26. The writer starts the passage ________. A. by explaining the reasons B. by giving a proper example C. by describing the character’s personalities D. by providing background information 27. Boris started his career by________. A. cycling around the town B. developing a waste ground C. repairing cycles D. buying empty shops 28. Boris finally chose an empty shop on a new estate because________. A. it was not so expensive B. he had a lot of old customers there C. he could make good use of his skills there D. there were good opportunities there 29. We can infer from the last paragraph that Boris________. A. still couldn't make good profits B. set off in a successful career C. found a lot of gold coins by accident D. had great difficulty running his business 【答案】26. D 27. C 28. D 29. B 【解析】 【导语】本文讲述了Boris在失业的情况下如何通过自己努力创业，从修理自行车做起，最终走上成功之路的故事。 【26题详解】 推理判断题。根据第一段内容“he could not find a job... Still he went on trying and still he failed”可知，作者从Boris毕业后的困境开始讲起，交代了故事背景，故选D。 【27题详解】 细节理解题。根据第二段和第三段内容“Then he set up his business as a cycle repairer”可知，Boris是从修自行车开始他的事业的，故选C。 【28题详解】 细节理解题。根据“where there were plenty of customers but no competition”可知，Boris选这家店是因为那里顾客多但没有竞争，对他来说是个好机会，故选D。 【29题详解】 推理判断题。根据最后一段内容“Slowly but surely, the profits increased and the business developed”可知，Boris的事业逐渐发展，取得了成功，故选B。 B Body language is the quiet, secret and most powerful language of all! It is said that our body movements communicate about 93 percent of what we really mean while words only express 7 percent. So, while your mouth is closed, your body is just saying. Arms. How you hold your arms shows how open and receptive you are to people you meet. If you keep your arms to the sides of your body or behind your back, this suggests you are not afraid of taking on whatever comes your way. Outgoing people generally use their arms with big movements, while quieter people keep them close to their bodies. If someone upsets you, just cross your arms to show you’re unhappy! Head. When you want to appear confident, keep your head level. If you are a monitor in class, you can also take on this position when you want your words to be taken seriously. However, to be friendly in listening or speaking, you must move your head a little. Legs. Your legs tend to move around a lot more than normal when you are nervous or telling lies. If you are at interviews, try to keep them still! Posture. A good posture makes you feel better about yourself. If you are feeling down, you normally don’t sit straight, with your shoulders inwards. This makes breathing more difficult, so it can make you feel nervous or uncomfortable. Mouth. When you are thinking, you often purse your lips. You might also do this when you feel a little angry. 30. When someone isn’t telling the truth, from what body parts can you tell? A. His/Her posture or legs B. His/Her mouth or face C. His/Her legs or face D. His/Her legs or mouth 31. What can we infer from the passage? A. People in different countries have the same understanding of the same body movement. B. Body language can express more meanings than words do in communication. C. We cannot communicate with others without words. D. It’s not polite to use body language in formal communication. 32. Which of the following can be the best title of the passage? A. Body language, the most commonly used language B. Arms can tell more than legs C. Facial language tells the truth D. One simple movement lets slip secrets of mind 【答案】30. A 31. B 32. A 【解析】 【导语】本文介绍了肢体语言的重要性，分别从手臂、头部、腿部、姿势、嘴巴等身体部位的动作所传达的含义进行阐述，强调肢体语言在交流中能传递大量信息。 【30题详解】 细节理解题。根据“Legs. Your legs tend to move around a lot more than normal when you are nervous or telling lies.”以及“Posture. A good posture makes you feel better about yourself. If you are feeling down, you normally don’t sit straight, with your shoulders inwards.”可知，从姿势和腿能判断一个人是否说谎。故选A。 【31题详解】 细节理解题。根据“It is said that our body movements communicate about 93 percent of what we really mean while words only express 7 percent.”可知，在交流中肢体语言比言语能表达更多含义。故选B。 【32题详解】 最佳标题题。通读原文可知，文章开篇点明肢体语言是最强大的语言，并围绕肢体语言不同部位动作传达的信息展开，A选项“肢体语言，最常用的语言”符合主旨。故选A。 C Xie Hongxing, 40, was born and raised around Wuyi Mountain. As a bamboo weaving (编织) artist, he has been working on it for 22 years. Recently, he has become popular on the Internet because of building a mini bamboo Tiangong space station. On Douyin, a popular short-video app, Xie surprised many Internet users by using a knife to quickly cut bamboo into pieces of the same width. He said it took 46 days to finish his mini bamboo space station. He used more than 12 kinds of local bamboo to show the beauty of the space station. Xie began to learn bamboo weaving when he was a teenager. “I found that bamboo weaving is interesting. With a rich imagination, you can almost make anything. So I decided to study this skill,” he said. In 2006, he started to learn bamboo weaving from a master in Sichuan Province. As his parents didn’t support him, he decided to leave home and take a train on his first long-distance journey alone. First, it took him seven hours to figure out how to weave a small national flag of China. After years of hard work, in February 2022, Xie achieved his dream. He successfully turned the bamboo weaving of Wuyi Mountain into a provincial intangible cultural heritage (省级非物质文化遗产). However, it is not easy for Xie to pass on the art, but he is trying his best. In 2018, he set up a museum of bamboo weaving in which visitors can watch and take photos of his works. At his studio in the Wuyi Mountain, people can learn how to make earrings or bags from bamboo. 33. What does Xie Hongxing do? A. A bamboo seller. B. A Douyin worker. C. A bamboo weaving artist. D. An astronaut. 34. What’s NOT true about Xie’s mini bamboo space station? A. He spent 46 days on it and created a surprising work. B. He began to do it since he was a teenager. C. He made the beautiful space station with over 12 kinds of local bamboo. D. He posted a video about this online and attracted many fans. 35. What is the correct order of the following things? ① Xie succeeded in making bamboo weaving of Wuyi Mountain a provincial intangible cultural heritage. ② Xie set up a museum of bamboo weaving to pass on this art. ③ Xie left home to learn bamboo weaving from a master. ④ Xie studied hard to make a small national flag of China with bamboo. A. ④③①② B. ④②③① C. ③④①② D. ③④②① 36. What’s the last paragraph mainly about? A. Where Xie can teach people bamboo weaving. B. What people can see in the museum of bamboo weaving. C. What Xie does for passing on bamboo weaving. D. Why people should remember traditional arts. 【答案】33. C 34. B 35. D 36. C 【解析】 【导语】本文主要介绍了武夷竹编非遗艺术传承人谢宏星。 【33题详解】 细节理解题。根据第一段“As a bamboo weaving (编织) artist”可知，他是一名竹编艺术家。故选C。 【34题详解】 细节理解题。根据第二段“Xie began to learn bamboo weaving when he was a teenager. ”可知，谢先生青少年时期就开始学习竹编，并不是青少年时期开始制作迷你竹制天宫空间站的，故选项B表述错误。故选B。 【35题详解】 推理判断题。通读全文，他先是对竹编工艺很感兴趣，然后离开家跟四川的师傅学习，接着花了7个小时弄清楚如何编织一面小中国国旗；2018年，他建立了竹编博物馆，游客可以在里面观看他的作品并拍照；2022年他使武夷山竹编成功申报省级非物质文化遗产。故正确顺序为：③④②①。故选D。 【36题详解】 段落大意题。根据最后一段“However, it is...people can learn how to make earrings or bags from bamboo.”可知，主要讲了他为传承竹编所做的事情。故选C。 D Sam Hill is really bad at finding his way from place to place. The world is full of people like Hill—and their opposites, who always seem to know exactly where they are and how to get where they want to go. It has proved hard to explain why. However, with the development of technology, there’s new excitement happening in the research world. An experiment was carried out in 2022 to find out what might influence way finding ability. Researchers developed an online game in which players travel by boat to find where a lot of checkpoints lie. The game asked players to provide basic background information , and nearly four million people worldwide did so. Through the game, the researchers were able to judge navigational (辨识方向的) ability by looking at how far each person traveled to reach all the checkpoints. Then they compared players’ performance with their background information. The researchers found that Northern Europeans seemed to be better navigators, perhaps because they love orienteering (定向越野), a sport which involves cross- country running and navigation. And those from cities with more disorganized street networks (网状系统) did better than those from cities with orderly ones. Perhaps people of planned cities don’t need to build complex maps in their minds. Research results like these suggest that people’s life experience decides how well they find their way. In fact, experience may even explain a popular belief that men are more likely to perform better than women. It turns out that this difference is more a question of culture and experience than of inborn ability. Northern Europeans, for example, show almost no gender (性别) difference in navigation. However, men do much better than women in places where women face cultural limits on exploring their environment on their own. That finding is also supported by studies on the Tsimane, a community living in a forest in South America. Researchers put GPS units on 305 Tsimane people to check their daily movements over a three-day period, and found no difference between men and women in navigational ability. Even children performed very well—a result, researchers think, of growing up in an environment that encourages children to explore the forest. 37. Why was an experiment carried out in 2022? A. To develop an online way finding game. B. To improve the players’ way finding ability. C. To pick out people who are weak in way finding. D. To find out why people are different in way finding ability. 38. According to the passage, who is probably the best at finding their way? A. A woman who often explores nature. B. A girl who studies South American culture. C. A man who runs on a sports ground every morning. D. A boy who lives in a city with an orderly street network. 39. What does the underlined word mean in paragraph 3? A. 有序的 B. 特别的 C. 复杂的 D. 相似的 40. What can we learn from the passage? A. Good navigators are mostly made, not born. B. Navigation skills differ between the genders. C. Navigation skills are passed down, never lost. D. Good navigators bring developments in technology. 【答案】37. D 38. A 39. C 40. A 【解析】 【导语】本文主要介绍了关于人类方向识别能力差异的研究。 【37题详解】 细节理解题。根据“An experiment was carried out in 2022 to find out what might influence way finding ability.”可知，实验目的是找出人们在方向识别能力上存在差异的原因。故选D。 【38题详解】 推理判断题。根据“men do much better than women in places where women face cultural limits on exploring their environment on their own”及“growing up in an environment that encourages children to explore the forest”可推知，经常探索自然的女性可能更擅长找路。故选A。 【39题详解】 词义猜测题。根据“And those from cities with more disorganized street networks (网状系统) did better than those from cities with orderly ones. Perhaps people of planned cities don’t need to build complex maps in their minds.”可推知，也许计划城市的人不需要在脑子里建立复杂的地图，因此划线单词“complex”意思是 “复杂的”。故选 C。 【40题详解】 推理判断题。根据“people’s life experience decides how well they find their way”及“experience may even explain...than of in born ability”可推知，优秀的方向识别能力主要是后天培养的，而非天生。故选A。 第二节 阅读填空（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分） 阅读短文及文后A-E 选项，选出可以填入1~5各题空白处的最佳选项，使上下文意思连贯。 Disney is a big family that has a lot of cartoon stars such as Mickey and Minnie Mouse. ___41___ From the beginning, the famous cartoonist Walt Disney created Donald Duck as a foil (陪衬) to Mickey Mouse. ___42___ The duck is a funny character with the wildest dreams. Donald Duck is known for his funny speech and his kind heart. ___43___ Since 1934, Donald Duck has tried to do more than 100 different jobs, but failed in them all. Donald always seems to be short of cash and make a habit of getting into all kinds of troubles. ___44___ “He’s a loser, not a quitter, and he’ll go on fighting,” wrote the Disney company in its description of the character on their website. And the achievement that would probably please Donald most is that he has appeared in 128 films more than Mickey Mouse. ___45___ A. But no matter how often he fails, Donald Duck keeps moving on—that’s the reason why he has so many fans. B. Donald Duck is the most bad-tempered one among them, but has got lots of fans around the world during these years. C. His first show on the movie was in 1934 in a short cartoon film called Little Wise Hen. D. Now, Donald Duck turns 85 and he still wins the heart of lots of people around the world. E. While Mickey is most loved by children, Donald Duck has more adult fans. 【答案】41. B 42. E 43. C 44. A 45. D 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。主要介绍了迪士尼家族成员唐老鸭的来历，以及他深受观众喜爱的原因。 【41题详解】 根据前文“Disney is a big family that has a lot of cartoon stars such as Mickey and Minnie Mouse.”可知文章开头主要介绍迪士尼家族成员，选项B“唐老鸭是他们中脾气最差的一个，但是这些年来他在全球有很多粉丝。”符合语境。故选B。 【42题详解】 根据前文“From the beginning, the famous cartoonist Walt Disney created Donald Duck as a foil (陪衬) to Mickey Mouse.”可知此处介绍的是迪士尼家族成员广受欢迎，选项E“虽然米老鼠广受孩子们的喜爱，但是唐老鸭有更多成年粉丝。”符合语境。故选E。 【43题详解】 根据前文“Since 1934, Donald Duck has tried to do more than 100 different jobs, but failed in them all.”可知此处介绍唐老鸭角色起源于1934年，选项C“1934年，唐老鸭在卡通短片《聪明的小母鸡》中首次亮相。”符合语境。故选C。 【44题详解】 根据后文“‘He’s a loser, not a quitter, and he’ll go on fighting’ wrote the Disney company in its description of the character on their website.”可知唐老鸭虽然是失败者，但是从不放弃努力，选项A“但是无论失败了多少次，唐老鸭都继续前进——这就是他有那么多粉丝的原因。”符合语境。故选A。 【45题详解】 根据前文“And the achievement that would probably please Donald most is that he has appeared in 128 films more than Mickey Mouse.”可知此处描述的是唐老鸭的成就，选项D“如今，唐老鸭已经85岁了，但是他仍赢得了全球各地许多人的心。”符合语境。故选D。 四、写作（共三节，满分30分） 第一节 语篇填词（共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分） 根据下列篇章的意思及所给首字母写出所缺单词。在填写答案时，要求写出完整的单词。（每空限填一词。） My name is Johnny. I have s____46____ from over weight for many years. I felt unhappy all the time. One day, my friend suggested that I should have a h____47____ lifestyle. It means practicing my body by doing some simple exercises, such as jogging, swimming, climbing mountains and so on. Exercising regularly not only improves my physical fitness, but also makes my a____48____ look better. Little by little, I found small changes happened to me. Finally, I lost weight s____49____ in half a year. Most importantly, it helps r____50____ my spirits. Now, I feel happier and more peaceful in mind. 【答案】46. (s)uffered 47. (h)ealthy 48. (a)ppearance 49. (s)uccessfully 50. (r)aise 【解析】 【导语】本文主要讲述了健康生活方式对改善体重、外貌和精神状态的积极影响，最终使他变得更快乐、心态更平和。 【46题详解】 句意：我多年来一直受体重过重之苦。根据“I have…from over weight for many years. I felt unhappy all the time.”及首字母提示可知，此处表达“受体重过重之苦”，suffer from“遭受……之苦”，动词短语，并且句子为现在完成时，结构为have/has done。故填(s)uffered。 【47题详解】 句意：一天，我的朋友建议我应该有一个健康的生活方式。根据“One day, my friend suggested that I should have a…lifestyle.”及首字母提示可知，此处表达“应该有一个健康的生活方式”，空处应用形容词作定语；healthy“健康的”，形容词。故填(h)ealthy。 【48题详解】 句意：经常锻炼不仅能提高我的身体素质，还能让我的外表更好看。根据“Exercising regularly not only improves my physical fitness, but also makes my…look better.”及首字母提示可知，此处表达经常锻炼能让我的外表更好看，空处应用名词作宾语；appearance“外表，外貌”，不可数名词。故填(a)ppearance。 【49题详解】 句意：最后半年内减肥成功。根据“Finally, I lost weight…in half a year.”及首字母提示可知，此处表达成功地减肥，空处应用副词修饰动词；successfully“成功地”，副词。故填(s)uccessfully。 【50题详解】 句意：最重要的是，它有助于提升我的精神。根据“Most importantly, it helps…my spirits.”及首字母提示可知，此处表达“它有助于提升我的精神”，help do sth.“帮助做某事”，动词短语；raise“提升”，动词。故填(r)aise。 第二节 完成句子（共5小题 20 空；每空 0.5 分，满分10分） 51. 上周，我的老师要求我就如何正确使用肢体语言发表演讲。 Last week, I ________ ________ ________ ________ a speech about how to use body language properly by my teacher. 【答案】 ①. was ②. required ③. to ④. give 【解析】 【详解】根据英汉对照可知，需要补充内容“被要求做某事”以及“发表演讲”，be required to do sth.“被要求做某事”，give a speech“发表演讲”，时间是“上周”，时态为一般过去时，且主语是I，be动词变为was。故填was；required；to；give。 52. 为了给同学们留下好印象，我在周末精心准备。 ________ ________ a good ________ ________ my classmates, I was preparing for it carefully during the weekend. 【答案】 ①. To ②. make ③. impression ④. on 【解析】 【详解】根据中英文对照可知，空处缺少内容“给某人留下……印象”，make a good impression on sb“给某人留下好印象”，分析句子可知，此处应用动词不定式作目的状语。故填To；make；impression；on。 53. 然而，起初我很难记住演讲的所有步骤。我感到很紧张。 However, at first, I ________ ________ ________ all the ________ of my speech. I felt nervous. 【答案】 ①. had ②. difficulty ③. remembering ④. steps 【解析】 【详解】have difficultly doing sth“做某事有困难”，时态是一般过去时，动词have用过去式has；remember“记住”；step“步骤”，空前有all，此处应用复数形式。故填had；difficulty；remembering；steps。 54. 我最好的朋友莉莉提醒我要和听众有眼神交流。她说沟通不仅仅是说话。 My best friend Lily ________ me ________ ________ eye contact with the audience. She said ________ was more than just speaking. 【答案】 ①. reminded ②. to ③. make ④. communicating 【解析】 【详解】根据下句中she said可知，句子的时态为一般过去时，第一空用动词过去式；remind提醒，第一个空填reminded；又根据固定短语remind sb to do sth“提醒某人做某事”；make eye contact“眼神交流”；第二空填to；第三个空填make。根据句意和句子结构可知，第四个空是动名词作主语，communicate动词，交流；用动名词形式communicating。故填reminded；to；make；communicating。 55. 她的建议真是太有用了！我最后成功了！ ________ ________ her advice was! Finally, I ________ ________! 【答案】 ①. How ②. useful##helpful ③. made ④. it 【解析】 【详解】有用的：useful/helpful，形容词作表语，用感叹句句式“how adj.+主谓”；成功：make it，句子用一般过去时，动词用过去式made。故填How；useful/helpful；made；it。 第三节 书面表达（满分15分） 56. 假如你是李华，你们学校开展了丰富多彩的拓展课，你的英国朋友 Jerry 对此很感兴趣，请你根据下面的内容提示，写一封邮件向他介绍你和班级同学参加的拓展课活动，以及参加这些课程的收获与感受。 注意： 1. 可在内容提示的基础上适当拓展信息； 2. 词数 80 词左右（邮件的开头已给出，不计入词数）； 3. 不得透露班级、姓名等任何个人信息，否则不予评分。 Dear Jerry, I am glad to share with you the colorful extracurricular lessons in our school. The students can choose different lessons.  __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】例文 Dear Jerry, I am glad to share with you the colorful extracurricular lessons in our school. The students can choose different lessons. Some classmates attended the Lesson for Traditional Chinese Skills, where they learned paper-cutting. Following the teacher’s instructions, they carefully cut the red paper into beautiful patterns, such as lively flowers, lovely animals and so on. They became more interested in traditional culture. I chose the Lesson for Making Cartoons. We first learned how to design characters. Then, we used software to make the characters move. It was challenging but really exciting. There’s also a Lesson for DIY Handicrafts. Students made their own small wooden boxes. They learned some basic skills and were proud of their unique works. These extracurricular lessons are really wonderful. They not only make us relax our mind, but also develop our practical skills. We all enjoy them a lot. Best wishes, Li Hua 【解析】 【详解】[总体分析] ①题材：本文是一封邮件； ②时态：时态为一般过去时和一般现在时； ③提示：写作要点已给出，考生应注意不要遗漏要点，适当添加细节，并突出写作重点。 [写作步骤] 第一步，引出话题； 第二步，介绍你和班级同学参加的拓展课活动； 第三步，介绍参加这些课程的收获与感受。 [亮点词汇] ①such as例如 ②and so on等等 [高分句型] Some classmates attended the Lesson for Traditional Chinese Skills, where they learned paper-cutting. (where引导的非限制性定语从句) 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $ 广州中学2024-2025学年八年级下学期初二期中英语试题 （满分90分，考试时间100分钟） 一、语法选择（共 15小题；每小题1分，满分15分） Diana Nyad was born in New York City. She ____1____ great talent and love for swimming from an early age. Later she ____2____ by her coach, an Olympic swimmer, and set new records in many long-distance swimming competitions. At 28, Diana set ____3____ unusual goal. She tried to swim from Cuba to Florida for the first time. The high winds were so strong that she had to give up the journey. After ____4____ serious health problems, Diana felt the need for new challenges beyond the pool. At 30, she found a new job, but deep in her heart, there still lived her goal. After 30 years of no swimming, Diana began training. This time, she wished to finish ____5____ she started. In 2011, she tried to swim from Cuba to Florida again. But ____6____, the swim was full of danger. There ____7____ terrible storms and deadly sea animals during the long and tiring journey. ___8___ she failed many times, she was ready to fight back. In 2012, after 60 hours in the water, a lightning storm and some ____9____ problems stopped her for the fourth time. In 2013, 35 years after her first try, Diana planned _____10_____ from Cuba to Florida for a fifth time. After almost 53 hours, the _____11_____ Diana completed the historic swim with the help of _____12_____ team on September 2nd. She finally became the first person to achieve the goal which seems almost impossible. It’s so courageous _____13_____ her to overcome so many difficulties. She was indeed one of _____14_____ in history. “We _____15_____ stick with our dreams. Going after your dreams is never too late.” Diana said in her book. 1. A. is showing B. showed C. shows D. has shown 2. A. trained B. has trained C. was trained D. has been trained 3. A. a B. an C. the D. / 4. A. experience B. experienced C. experiences D. experiencing 5. A. what B. who C. where D. how 6. A. lucky B. luckily C. unlucky D. unluckily 7. A. are B. had C. were D. have 8. A. Because B. Although C. Unless D. But 9. A. other B. another C. the other D. others 10. A. to swim B. swimming C. swim D. swam 11. A. 64-years-old B. 64 years old C. 64 years’ old D. 64-year-old 12. A. her B. she C. herself D. hers 13. A. for B. of C. with D. from 14. A. the greater athlete B. the greater athletes C. the greatest athlete D. the greatest athletes 15. A. may B. have to C. should D. ought 二、完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分） In 1994, the Brazilian photographer Salgado went back to his homeland in Minas Gerais, Brazil. He was eager to see the land run by his family. The thick forest there was once a paradise (乐园) for him and his friends, bringing them ____16____ memories. To his shock, he saw a totally different ____17____. Only 0.5% of the land was covered with trees. “The land was as sick as a serious patient—everything was destroyed due to deforestation (砍伐森林),” Salgado said ____18____ during a meeting on climate change in Paris. Salgado ____19____ that he should do something about it. Then he thought up the bold (大胆的) idea of replanting trees on the land, which beyond his expectations, received ____20____ from his wife and relatives. Soon the whole family ____21____ and the results are remarkable. Gradually, the land is changing: It is covered with green trees again and some of the insects, birds and animals living in the land before ____22____. The land has been brought back to life. The devoted family’s hard work also impressed people around them. They ____23____ cutting down trees and began to protect the environment. “The work over the years is quite difficult but well worth the ____24____ and I think every little bit of work ____25____,” said Salgado. Therefore, everyone should play a part in protecting the environment. 16. A. pleasant B. embarrassing C. painful D. simple 17. A. direction B. description C. plan D. scene 18. A. calmly B. nervously C. sadly D. lightly 19. A. accepted B. realized C. agreed D. proved 20. A. doubts B. permissions C. support D. suggestions 21. A. took care B. took place C. took action D. took effect 22. A. escaped B. returned C. approached D. died 23. A. forgot B. stopped C. avoided D. missed 24. A. effort B. promise C. offer D. spirits 25. A. increases B. matches C. improves D. matters 三、阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分） A When Boris left school, he could not find a job. He tried hard and pestered (纠缠) his relatives, but they had problems of their own. He answered advertisements until he could not afford to buy any more stamps. Boris grew annoyed, then depressed, then a little hardened. Still he went on trying and still he failed. He began to think that he had no future at all. “Why don't you start your own business?” one of his uncles told him. “The world is a money-locker. You'd better find a way of opening it.” “But what can I do？” “Get out and have a look round,” advised his uncle in a vague sort of way. “See what people want; then give it to them, and they will pay for it.” Boris began to cycle around the town and found a suitable piece of a waste ground in the end. Then he set up his business as a cycle repairer. He worked hard, made friends with his customers and gradually managed to build up his goodwill and profit. A few months later, he found that he had more work than he could deal with by himself. He found a number of empty shops but they were all no good: in the wrong position, too expensive or with some other snag. But at long last, he managed to find an empty shop on a new estate（土地）where there were plenty of customers but no competition. Boris and his assistant taught themselves how to repair scooters and motorcycles. Slowly but surely, the profits increased and the business developed. At last, Boris had managed to open the money-locker and found bank notes and gold coins inside. 26. The writer starts the passage ________. A. by explaining the reasons B. by giving a proper example C. by describing the character’s personalities D. by providing background information 27. Boris started his career by________. A. cycling around the town B. developing a waste ground C. repairing cycles D. buying empty shops 28. Boris finally chose an empty shop on a new estate because________. A. it was not so expensive B. he had a lot of old customers there C. he could make good use of his skills there D. there were good opportunities there 29. We can infer from the last paragraph that Boris________. A. still couldn't make good profits B. set off in a successful career C. found a lot of gold coins by accident D. had great difficulty running his business B Body language is the quiet, secret and most powerful language of all! It is said that our body movements communicate about 93 percent of what we really mean while words only express 7 percent. So, while your mouth is closed, your body is just saying. Arms. How you hold your arms shows how open and receptive you are to people you meet. If you keep your arms to the sides of your body or behind your back, this suggests you are not afraid of taking on whatever comes your way. Outgoing people generally use their arms with big movements, while quieter people keep them close to their bodies. If someone upsets you, just cross your arms to show you’re unhappy! Head. When you want to appear confident, keep your head level. If you are a monitor in class, you can also take on this position when you want your words to be taken seriously. However, to be friendly in listening or speaking, you must move your head a little. Legs. Your legs tend to move around a lot more than normal when you are nervous or telling lies. If you are at interviews, try to keep them still! Posture. A good posture makes you feel better about yourself. If you are feeling down, you normally don’t sit straight, with your shoulders inwards. This makes breathing more difficult, so it can make you feel nervous or uncomfortable. Mouth. When you are thinking, you often purse your lips. You might also do this when you feel a little angry. 30. When someone isn’t telling the truth, from what body parts can you tell? A. His/Her posture or legs B. His/Her mouth or face C. His/Her legs or face D. His/Her legs or mouth 31. What can we infer from the passage? A. People in different countries have the same understanding of the same body movement. B. Body language can express more meanings than words do in communication. C. We cannot communicate with others without words. D. It’s not polite to use body language in formal communication. 32. Which of the following can be the best title of the passage? A. Body language, the most commonly used language B. Arms can tell more than legs C. Facial language tells the truth D. One simple movement lets slip secrets of mind C Xie Hongxing, 40, was born and raised around Wuyi Mountain. As a bamboo weaving (编织) artist, he has been working on it for 22 years. Recently, he has become popular on the Internet because of building a mini bamboo Tiangong space station. On Douyin, a popular short-video app, Xie surprised many Internet users by using a knife to quickly cut bamboo into pieces of the same width. He said it took 46 days to finish his mini bamboo space station. He used more than 12 kinds of local bamboo to show the beauty of the space station. Xie began to learn bamboo weaving when he was a teenager. “I found that bamboo weaving is interesting. With a rich imagination, you can almost make anything. So I decided to study this skill,” he said. In 2006, he started to learn bamboo weaving from a master in Sichuan Province. As his parents didn’t support him, he decided to leave home and take a train on his first long-distance journey alone. First, it took him seven hours to figure out how to weave a small national flag of China. After years of hard work, in February 2022, Xie achieved his dream. He successfully turned the bamboo weaving of Wuyi Mountain into a provincial intangible cultural heritage (省级非物质文化遗产). However, it is not easy for Xie to pass on the art, but he is trying his best. In 2018, he set up a museum of bamboo weaving in which visitors can watch and take photos of his works. At his studio in the Wuyi Mountain, people can learn how to make earrings or bags from bamboo. 33. What does Xie Hongxing do? A. A bamboo seller. B. A Douyin worker. C. A bamboo weaving artist. D. An astronaut. 34. What’s NOT true about Xie’s mini bamboo space station? A. He spent 46 days on it and created a surprising work. B. He began to do it since he was a teenager. C. He made the beautiful space station with over 12 kinds of local bamboo. D. He posted a video about this online and attracted many fans. 35. What is the correct order of the following things? ① Xie succeeded in making bamboo weaving of Wuyi Mountain a provincial intangible cultural heritage. ② Xie set up a museum of bamboo weaving to pass on this art. ③ Xie left home to learn bamboo weaving from a master. ④ Xie studied hard to make a small national flag of China with bamboo. A. ④③①② B. ④②③① C. ③④①② D. ③④②① 36. What’s the last paragraph mainly about? A. Where Xie can teach people bamboo weaving. B. What people can see in the museum of bamboo weaving. C. What Xie does for passing on bamboo weaving. D. Why people should remember traditional arts. D Sam Hill is really bad at finding his way from place to place. The world is full of people like Hill—and their opposites, who always seem to know exactly where they are and how to get where they want to go. It has proved hard to explain why. However, with the development of technology, there’s new excitement happening in the research world. An experiment was carried out in 2022 to find out what might influence way finding ability. Researchers developed an online game in which players travel by boat to find where a lot of checkpoints lie. The game asked players to provide basic background information , and nearly four million people worldwide did so. Through the game, the researchers were able to judge navigational (辨识方向的) ability by looking at how far each person traveled to reach all the checkpoints. Then they compared players’ performance with their background information. The researchers found that Northern Europeans seemed to be better navigators, perhaps because they love orienteering (定向越野), a sport which involves cross- country running and navigation. And those from cities with more disorganized street networks (网状系统) did better than those from cities with orderly ones. Perhaps people of planned cities don’t need to build complex maps in their minds. Research results like these suggest that people’s life experience decides how well they find their way. In fact, experience may even explain a popular belief that men are more likely to perform better than women. It turns out that this difference is more a question of culture and experience than of inborn ability. Northern Europeans, for example, show almost no gender (性别) difference in navigation. However, men do much better than women in places where women face cultural limits on exploring their environment on their own. That finding is also supported by studies on the Tsimane, a community living in a forest in South America. Researchers put GPS units on 305 Tsimane people to check their daily movements over a three-day period, and found no difference between men and women in navigational ability. Even children performed very well—a result, researchers think, of growing up in an environment that encourages children to explore the forest. 37. Why was an experiment carried out in 2022? A. To develop an online way finding game. B. To improve the players’ way finding ability. C. To pick out people who are weak in way finding. D. To find out why people are different in way finding ability. 38. According to the passage, who is probably the best at finding their way? A. A woman who often explores nature. B. A girl who studies South American culture. C. A man who runs on a sports ground every morning. D. A boy who lives in a city with an orderly street network. 39. What does the underlined word mean in paragraph 3? A. 有序的 B. 特别的 C. 复杂的 D. 相似的 40. What can we learn from the passage? A. Good navigators are mostly made, not born. B. Navigation skills differ between the genders. C. Navigation skills are passed down, never lost. D. Good navigators bring developments in technology. 第二节 阅读填空（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分） 阅读短文及文后A-E 选项，选出可以填入1~5各题空白处的最佳选项，使上下文意思连贯。 Disney is a big family that has a lot of cartoon stars such as Mickey and Minnie Mouse. ___41___ From the beginning, the famous cartoonist Walt Disney created Donald Duck as a foil (陪衬) to Mickey Mouse. ___42___ The duck is a funny character with the wildest dreams. Donald Duck is known for his funny speech and his kind heart. ___43___ Since 1934, Donald Duck has tried to do more than 100 different jobs, but failed in them all. Donald always seems to be short of cash and make a habit of getting into all kinds of troubles. ___44___ “He’s a loser, not a quitter, and he’ll go on fighting,” wrote the Disney company in its description of the character on their website. And the achievement that would probably please Donald most is that he has appeared in 128 films more than Mickey Mouse. ___45___ A. But no matter how often he fails, Donald Duck keeps moving on—that’s the reason why he has so many fans. B. Donald Duck is the most bad-tempered one among them, but has got lots of fans around the world during these years. C. His first show on the movie was in 1934 in a short cartoon film called Little Wise Hen. D. Now, Donald Duck turns 85 and he still wins the heart of lots of people around the world. E. While Mickey is most loved by children, Donald Duck has more adult fans. 四、写作（共三节，满分30分） 第一节 语篇填词（共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分） 根据下列篇章的意思及所给首字母写出所缺单词。在填写答案时，要求写出完整的单词。（每空限填一词。） My name is Johnny. I have s____46____ from over weight for many years. I felt unhappy all the time. One day, my friend suggested that I should have a h____47____ lifestyle. It means practicing my body by doing some simple exercises, such as jogging, swimming, climbing mountains and so on. Exercising regularly not only improves my physical fitness, but also makes my a____48____ look better. Little by little, I found small changes happened to me. Finally, I lost weight s____49____ in half a year. Most importantly, it helps r____50____ my spirits. Now, I feel happier and more peaceful in mind. 第二节 完成句子（共5小题 20 空；每空 0.5 分，满分10分） 51. 上周，我的老师要求我就如何正确使用肢体语言发表演讲。 Last week, I ________ ________ ________ ________ a speech about how to use body language properly by my teacher. 52. 为了给同学们留下好印象，我在周末精心准备。 ________ ________ a good ________ ________ my classmates, I was preparing for it carefully during the weekend. 53. 然而，起初我很难记住演讲的所有步骤。我感到很紧张。 However, at first, I ________ ________ ________ all the ________ of my speech. I felt nervous. 54. 我最好的朋友莉莉提醒我要和听众有眼神交流。她说沟通不仅仅是说话。 My best friend Lily ________ me ________ ________ eye contact with the audience. She said ________ was more than just speaking. 55. 她的建议真是太有用了！我最后成功了！ ________ ________ her advice was! Finally, I ________ ________! 第三节 书面表达（满分15分） 56. 假如你是李华，你们学校开展了丰富多彩的拓展课，你的英国朋友 Jerry 对此很感兴趣，请你根据下面的内容提示，写一封邮件向他介绍你和班级同学参加的拓展课活动，以及参加这些课程的收获与感受。 注意： 1. 可在内容提示的基础上适当拓展信息； 2. 词数 80 词左右（邮件的开头已给出，不计入词数）； 3. 不得透露班级、姓名等任何个人信息，否则不予评分。 Dear Jerry, I am glad to share with you the colorful extracurricular lessons in our school. 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