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杭州竺可桢学校散育集团2024学年第二学期中学业水平检测 八年级英语 命题人：楼淳英 审核人：莫伟芳 考生须知： 1.本试卷满分120分，考试时间100分钟。 2,答题前，必须在答题卷的密封区内填写校名、班级、姓名、座位号等。 3.所有答案都必须写在答题卷标定的位置上，写在其他地方无效。答题方式详答题纸上的 说明。 4.考试结束后，试题卷和答题纸一并上交。 一、听力（本题有15小题，第一、二节每小题1分，第三节每小题2分，共计20分） 第一节：听下面五段对话，每段对话后有1个小题，请从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出 最佳选项。每段对话仅读一遭。 1.What did Andy watch last night? A.A film. B.ATV program. C.A match. 2.What's the weather like today? A.It's hot B.It's cooL C.It's cold. 3.How much did the man spend on the cap? A.$50 B.$20. C.$40. 4.Who won the first prize in the writing competition? A.Ben. B.Joe. C.Betty 5.What is the probable relationship between the two speakers? A.Doctor and patient. B.Mother and son. C.Teacher and student. 第二节：听下面两段较长对话，每段对话后有2至3个小题，请从题中所给的A、B、C三个选 项中选出最佳选项。每段对话读两遍。 听下面一段较长对话，回答第6一7小题。 6.How long will the girl stay in New York? A.For three days. B.For five days. C.For seven days. 7.How often should Jack feed the dog? A.Every afternoon. B.Twice a day. C.Three times a day. 听下面一段较长对话，回答第8一10小题。 8.Why did Jenny go to Paris? A.To go shopping, B.To visit her friends. C.To go on a vacation. 9.What was Jenry doing when she found her wallet was lost? A.Waiting to buy a ticket.B.Going back to the hotel. C.Travelling on the train alone. 10.How did Jenny get back to the hotel? A.On foot. B.In a taxi. C.In her friend's car. 第三节：听下面一段短文，短文后有5个小题，请从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳 选项。短文读两遍。 11.When did the speaker and Rebecca first meet? A.Two years ago. B.Three years ago. C.Five years ago. 12.What did they do at the speaker's home? 1 杭州竺可横学校教膏集团2024学年第二学期期中学业水平检测八年级英话 第1页共8页 CS扫描全能王 3亿人■在用的扫描A A.They talked about their holidays. B.They listened to music together. C.They took a lot of wonderful photos. 13.Which place did the speaker and Rebecca visit for a holiday? A.The beach in America. B.New York in America. C.A small village in Ireland. 14.What did the speaker think of the holiday? A.Boring. B.Interesting. C.Surprising. 15.How do they communicate with each other now? A.By talking on the phone.B.By writing emails. C.By writing letters. 二、完形填空（本题有15小题，每小愿1分，共计15分） 阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 It was a school trip.My friends and I were 16,trying to record()the beauty of a foreign country.It was getting hotter and hotter.The change in17 had made my contacts(隐形眼镜)dry out quite often,so I was wearing my glasses. But I didn't think the glasses looked good on18,so for any photo I was in,I would take them off.When I took them off in front of Vienna State Opera,I heard a tiny “ping!'”-a screw(w丝)fell off my glasses and they separated in half. Hurriedly,my friends and I began to 19 the tiny screw.We looked everywhere, but it was nowhere to be found.I was so20that I was close to.tears.How could I enjoy the rest of my trip if I could see nothing 21 ? Just at that moment,my friend saw a 22 with a sign in German whose windows were full of various pairs of23.To try our luck,we raced into the store.Not speaking any 24,we did our best to explain the situation.A25 old man smiled gently and took my glasses into the back of the store. After a while,he came back into the room.Smiling softly,he26 the glasses to me,fully fixed.I tried to ask the man how much it would cost.27 the man just smiled at me and said,"For money?No,it's free and you don't need to 28 for it." That is the kindest thing a29 has ever done for me.While I was in a foreign country and unable to even speak his language,this man,with a business to run,30 fixed that tiny and necessary screw for free.I could enjoy my trip with his help,and it has become a special memory to me. 16.A.hanging out B.taking photos C.going shopping D.doing exercises 17.A.weather B.color C.style D.shape 18.A.him B.me C.them D.her 19.A.pick up B.fix up C.look for D.give away 20.A.sad B.excited C.surprised D.moved 21.A.clearly B.happily C.comfortably D.beautifully 22.A.bank B.store C.restaurant D.hospital 杭州竺可枚学校散南集团2024学年第二学期期中学业水平检测八年级英活 第2页共8页 CS扫描全能王 3亿人■在用的扫描Ap 23.A.shoes B.glasses C.gloves D.socks 24.A.German B.French C.Chinese D.English 25.A.friendly B.strange C.serious D.weak 26.A.sent B.handed C.sold D.lent 27.A.f B.So C.Because D.But 28.A.change B.wait C.pay D.prepare 29.A.classmate B.friend C.teacher D.stranger 30.A.never B.always C.still D.only 三、阅读理解（本题有20小题，每小题2分，共计40分） 第一节阅读理解 阅读下面材料，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A In Miss Lee's class,the students are asked to discuss the topic "Do you do housework at home?"in groups.Here's what the students of Group One say. Tommy:No,I have no time.Schoolwork almost takes all of my time!How can I spend such precious(宝贵的)time doing housework? Helen:I help my mother with our housework,but she must pay me.I don't enjoy doing that. It doesn't do any good to me in any way. Linda: Doing some housework not only helps my parents but also helps myself.It is a chance for me to take a break from my schoolwork and to learn some skills for my future.Also, it's a chance to show my love and care for my parents. Emily: To tell you the truth,I hardly ever do housework at home.My parents say a nice girl should learn to do housework if she wants to be a good wife()in the future,butI don't think so.Why can'tIhire（雇佣)a housekeeper then? 31.Who likes doing housework at home? A.Tommy. B.Helen. C.Linda. D.Emily. 32.What does Helen do housework for? A.To get some money. B.To learn to be a good wife in the future. C.To leamn some skills D.To show her love and care for her parents. 33.Which of the following is TRUE? A.Linda isn't interested in her schoolwork at all. B.Tommy spends almost all of his time on schoolwork. C.Emily says she will learn to do housework in the future. D.Emily's parents think housework is the most important for a wife. B Volunteering means spending some of your free time helping others.You may volunteer to help other people,but you can also volunteer to do something good for animals,the environment or any other things that you care about.Volunteering can help others,and it can also help yourself. If you are worried about something that's happened,doing something about it can be a great 杭州竺可枚学妆救宵集团2024学年第二学期期中学业水平检测八年级英语 第3页共8页 CS扫描全能王 亿人■在用的扫描Apn way to deal with your feelings.Volunteering can help you see your own life in new ways. Sometimes it's easy to worry about things like grades or get angry because you don't have the most expensive shoes or the newest computer game.Volunteering lets you spend some time focusing on others. Doing volunteer work is a great way to have fun with your family.Here are some ideas on how you can do the work together: Clean up a park or a road along a river. Do some housework for the elderly or the sick. Serve food at a shelter for the homeless. ☆Plant trees or flowers in your communi女y. Clean up a school or other public buildings. Now some schools ask kids to spend some time helping others.Volunteering can make kids feel needed by some people.Volunteering can also help kids to learn important things about themselves.A volunteer job can even help kids to understand what to do when they grow up.So what are you waiting for? 34.What does volunteering mean according to the passage? A.It means giving more money to the poor. B.It means sending more books to the children in mountain areas. C.It means spending some of your free time helping others. D.It means spending all of your time helping other people. 35.Doing volunteer work can help you to A.see your own life in new ways B.relax in your spare time C.know more great people D.spend some time on yourself 36.As a volunteer,you can do some housework for A.parents B.the elderly or the sick C.Friends D.the homeless 37.Why does the writer write this passage? A.To tell people what volunteering is. B.To tell people how to do volunteer work. C.To tell people where to do volunteer work. D.To call on more people to take part in volunteering. C In many people's eyes,plants are quiet.They can't talk.They can't walk.And they can't think like us. Or can they?A new TV show gives us a new look at plants.Shown on Jan.10 on Bilibili,it tells the secret lives of plants,and the wonderful and unbelievable ways that plants work. A.In the rainforests,different kinds of plants race for sunlight.The forest floor is described as a "battlefield"().Only two percent of the sunlight gets through it.Some plants spread (their big leaves to reach light.But other plants may catch them up and get a lift. 杭州竺可放学校妆青集团2024学年第二学期期中学业水平检测八年级英语 第4页共8页 CS扫描全能王 亿人在用的扫描Ap明 Finally,they are both overtaken (by a fast-growing tree.Similarly,some trees may give out something to protect themselves. Plants also help each other and even communicate.In deserts,if a tree finds water,it will share it with others.Studies also show that plants use fungus (in the soil as a way to "talk" to each other.It's kind of like how Wi-Fi works.If a tomato plant gets a leaf disease(),it can tell nearby plants about it. The TV show not only makes us amazed at the plant world but pushes us to understand that plants are important."Plants are the needs of all life,including ourselves.We depend upon them for every mouth of food that we eat and every lungful of air that we breathe,"said David,the director of the show.It's time to look after wild plants just as carefully as our houseplants. 38.We can learn from the passage that plants. A.can't talk with each other B.aren't able to walk C.can help each other in need D.are in great danger 39.From the passage we know that A.plants with small leaves get sunlight more easily B.about 2%of plants can live in rainforests C.plants in desert keeps water all by themselves D.plants will know about the closer plants'illnesses 40.Which is probably the sentence in the blank“▲"？ A.Plants need water to live better B.Plants can get sunlight from other plants C.Plants compete against each other to live D.Plants can share everything with each other 41.In the last paragraph,David probably agrees that A.plants are difficult to study B.plants play a big role in our lives C.houseplants also need our care D.many wild plants are endangered D Disasters(灾难)can happen when people fly a drone(无人驾 驶飞机)without k知owing how to really control it.A drone flyi血g into an airspace could cause a great disaster if it hit a jet plane. Some have become tangled()in power lines,costing thousands of dollars to get them down.If people try to remove the drone themselves,they could be killed by electricity().A falling drone can do great damage (to buildings and people One terrible accident happened when an operator lost control of a drone.The drone pilot was flying it by his home when its rotors(hit a tree.The drone went out of control,falling into a neighbor's yard where a young child was playing.Sadly,this little boy lost his sight in one eye. While drones can be harmful(有售的)，they can also be very helpful.At a sports event, 杭州竺可按学技救有集团2024学年第二学期期中学业水平检测八年级英语第6页共8页 CS扫描全能王 3亿人■在用的扫描Ap drones can be used to give people a view from above or help coaches see how their players are doing.They are also becoming a useful tool for firefighters,helping them notice wildfires.Drones can closely watch populations of animals in the wild,especially endangered ones.In some very far-away places in the world,drones are the fastest way to take medicine to people who need it. After the Nepal earthquake,the sky was filled with drones.They were fitted with cameras and their role was to fly over roads blocked by landslides to find people who are hurt or record any damage to bridges or buildings.The photos provided important information. Some people think drones should be only used by governments()to help when needed. Others think that as long as the rules are followed,there should be little risk to people.Drone makers say drones are exciting new technology and the future will be dominated()by them. 42.What does the underlined word"them"in Paragraph 1 probably refer to()? A.The drones.B.The pilots. C.The jet planes. D.The power lines. 43.The writer develops Paragraph 2 mainly by A.giving an example B.giving reasons C.making a discussion D.listing numbers 44.Which advantages(优点)of drones are mentioned(提到)in the passage? a.To pay attention to the populations of wild animals. b.To send information to people in far-away places. c.To look for people trapped in the earthquake. d.To fly into the air to notice the jet plane. e.To help coaches see their players from above. A.a,b,c B.a,b,d C.a,c,e D.c,d,e 45.Which Is the best title of the passage? A.Disasters Caused by Drones. B.The Future of Drones. C.A Terrible Drone Accident. D.Drones-Helpful or Harmful? 第二节任务型阅读（本题有5小题，每小题2分，共计10分） 请阅读下面的材料，从下面所给的AB五个选项中选择正确的选项（其中一项是多余 选项)，将其序号填入46-49题，并回答50题。 Recently,many people around the world have tried ChatGPT（人工智能聊天机器人程序). 46 ChatGPT is a conversational AI language model.You can chat with ChatGPT by asking it qucstions and it will quickly answer them in human-like natural language based on its training. 4 47 The model was trained on many different Internet texts,allowing it to have knowledge (on a wide range of topics,including history,science,sports,and much more. 48 According to Andreas Schleicher,an official from Organization for Economic 杭州竺可放学妆数青集团2024学年第二学期期中学业水平检测八年领英语第6页共8页 CS扫描全能王 3亿人■在用的扫描A Co-operation and Development,.(OECD),the chatbot(聊天机器人)will become a very powerful tool in the development of education.As a device,ChatGPT is going to make learning much more interesting and powerful. 49 However,New York City's Department of Education announced a ban (on the wildly popular chatbot ChatGPT-which may help more student cheat ()-from its schools'devices and networks. What do professors and students think of ChatGPT? A latest survey among educators and students shows as following: 72%of college professors are worried about its impact on cheating;Over a third(34%) of all educators believe that ChatGPT should be banned in schools and universities;66% support students to use it;Over 89%of students have used ChatGPT to help with a homework assignment;53%had it to write an essay () A.What problems may ChatGPT cause? B.Why can ChatGPT answer different questions? C.What is ChatGPT? D.Who developed ChatGPT? E.What may it bring to education? 50.Do you think students should use ChatGPT for learning?Why or why not?(20 四、语言运用（共25小题，每小题1分，共25分） 第一节词汇运用 A.用方框中所给词语的适当形式填空，每词仅用一次。（每空1分，满分5分）。 neither,carry,impossible,illness,cheer up 51.Please the heavy box to the other room carefully. 52.We believe in telling the truth so we lie nor hide the facts to others. 53.Eating vegetables and fruits can help us keep away from many common 54.It's for me to finish the work in one day and I still need more time. 55.1 my good friend Lucy by telling her a funny joke when she felt sad. B.根据短文内容和所给中文提示，在空白处写出单词的正确形式。每空限填一词。 If an old man suddenly56()down in front of you,will you help him This is a situation that many of us might come across.Most of us would choose to help him because we know it's the right thing to do.But others might not do so.In my 57 )there is no reason not to help the strangers who are in trouble. I've had an experience like this before.One day,I saw a woman walking with a baby in her arms while it was raining_58(在很大程度上；大量地).They were both wet because they didn't have an umbrella.I held out my umbrella for them at once.I walked several miles with them59()they got home.The woman thanked me a lot for what I did for them.At that moment,I felt so proud of 60()!I had such a strong feeling of satisfaction. Now I often_6l__(住动提出)a lot of help to the people in need.I think helping the people in need can make them feel really_62_(温暖的).And_63_(也许)one day we 杭州竺可被学牧救宵集团2024学年第二学期期中学业水平检测八年额英语 第7页共8页 CS扫描全能王 3亿人■在用的扫描Ap will become the one who needs help.So why don't we just reach out a helpful hand whenever we can?The more we trust and help each other,the better it is for the 64()of the society.It is a high time for us to show our 65 (to others. 第二节语法填空（本题有10小题，每小题1分，共10分。） 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。 My name is Lucas and I live in Sheffield.Now I work full-time as a nurse at a hospital here. I am interested in art and history of the city.I enjoy66 (visit)art museums and historic places.As a young child,my dream was to work in 67 art museum. To make the dream 68(come)true,I thought about doing some volunteer work at the Sheffield Museum.Last summer,I decided to go for it.I got the telephone number of the museum through the Internet.A few days later,the museum called 69 (D when I was preparing for the interview.On July 10,I started doing some two-hour shifts()70(two) a week.I helped the Visitor Experience team21(welcome)visitors and do some surveys.72November,I joined the "Talking Tables".There were some selected items （(选定的物品).Visitors could touch them and ask questions while they__73__(go)around the museum.My job is to look after these items. During my74 (month)of volunteering at the museum,I felt trust and love.The volunteers there are very 75 (friend).I will never forget the experience that helped me grow. 五、书面表达（共1小惠，共计20分） 76.假如你是李平，你的朋友王芳给你发了一封邮件。请仔细阅读邮件内容，并给她回一封 邮件，词数80词左右。可适当增加细节，使行文连贯。 Dear Li Ping, I'm not happy these days.I hurt my leg badly while playing basketball last week.And I will have to stay at home for around a month.Because of this,my parents don't allow me to play pasketball later.So I argue with them about it.Also,I feel worried about the lessons that will be missing.What should I do? I am looking forward to your reply. Yours, Wang Fang Dear Wang Fang, Yours, LiPing 杭州竺可横学妆救育桌团2024学年第二学期期中学业水平检测八年复英语 第8页共8页 CS扫描全能王 3亿人■在用的扫描Ap 参考答案： 听力：CABBA, CBCAC, CBCBB 完型：BABCA, ABBAA, BDCDC 阅读： A:CAB, B:CABD C: CDCB D:AACD 任务型：CBEA, 50.No,because it may make students become dishonest. 选词填空： carry, neither, illnesses, impossible, cheered up 单拼：fals, opinion, heavily, until, myself offer, warm, perhaps, development, kindness 语法填空：visiting, an, come, me, twice, to welcome, In, were going, months, friendly C5扫描全能王