浙江省绍兴市越城区2023-2024学年八年级下学期英语期末卷

绍兴市越城区2024八下英语期末卷 二、完形填空（本题有15小题,每小题1分,共计15分） If a cat crosses the street in front of you, turn back. Walking over a cat's way would bring you bad luck. I was taught that when I grew up in India, so I 16 cats and didn’t want anything to do with them. But my wife wanted us to get one. We 17 again and again. Finally, I gave in. Then a lovely and 18 cat with a mix of white, yellow and black came into our life. We named her Bilea. And I found 19 more exciting than watching our kids play with Bilea. 20, I began to like this little animal. That made me begin to 21 my old ideas about cats. Bilea lived for twenty years. Her death was a very 22 event for all of us, like losing a family member. Years later, a friend worked at a cat hospital told us that a cat there was going to die 23 someone took her in. The next minute we jumped and headed for the 24 . We brought the cat home and named 25 Masala. On Masala’s first evening at our home, she jumped on my leg and lay 26 her back. We were happy with life, but then my wife got a big 27 . She fought the illness for three years before she took her last breath. It was a terrible time but it was also the time when I learned the true 28 of cats. Masala stayed by my wife’s bed until she died. Later, she walked around the house for days 29 her. Bilea and Masala gave me a lifelong lesson: We must try to forget our 30 ideas about others. This can develop good relationships with them. （　　）16. A. hated B. washed C. kept D. protected （　　）17. A. competed B. cried C. argued D. pushed （　　）18. A. beautiful B. silly C. tiring D. scary （　　）19. A. everything B. something C. anything D. nothing （　　）20. A. Terribly B. Slowly C. Unluckily D. Mostly （　　）21. A. explain B. forget C. miss D. understand （　　）22. A. small B. warm C. sad D. boring （　　）23. A. unless B. if C. because D. though （　　）24. A. museum B. zoo C. school D. hospital （　　）25. A. it B. me C. her D. him （　　）26. A. with B. about C. on D. for （　　）27. A. success B. illness C. gift D. surprise （　　）28. A. performance B. danger C. progress D. nature （　　）29. A. looking for B. walking into C. talking about D. calling up （　　）30. A. active B. old C. healthy D. Easy 三、阅读理解（本题有15小题,每小题2分,共计30分） 阅读下面短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A VOLUNTEERS WANTED A volunteer project at the Cube is an amazing time to help work in the museum. By spending your time and sharing your talents, you can also learn new things, communicate with visitors and volunteers, and most of all, have fun! How to Apply（申请） If you are ready to begin your journey to become a Cube volunteer, you can start the following steps now! Step 1: Apply online first. Step 2: Send a letter to tell us how excellent you are! But your letter should come from someone that you have worked with. We do not accept letters from friends or family members. In order to get an interview（面试）, please mail us all your materials（材料）we need. Mailing Address: Cube Orange County, 2500 N. Main St. Santa Ana, CA 92705 Step 3: Meet you in person! After you apply online and mail us all your materials, we will call you for an interview. Step4: This is it! During your interview, you will find out a little bit about us, what volunteers do and what we hope. This is also a good time to ask any questions that you might have. If you have any other questions, please feel free to e-mail us at volunteer OC@***.com or call us at 7149-****. 31. What will volunteers do according to the text? A. Help kids learn new things. B. Teach visitors how to apply. C. Help to work in the museum. D. Spend time making a report. 32. Which should you do if you want to be a Cube volunteer? A. Finish applying online first. B. Mail your materials after the interview. C. Ask as many questions as possible. D. Offer a letter from your friend. 33. What is the text? A. A diary. B.An ad. C. A report. D. A story. B My geography teacher, Mrs, Millington, is a really amazing person. She's in her late forties, but she's only been a teacher for the last three years. You’d never know she hasn’t got much experience because she's excellent in the classroom. You'd think she’s been a teacher all her professional life. Students love going to her classes. She never has any trouble from any of them because her lessons are so interesting that everyone just listens to everything she says. She shows a lot of excitement about her subject and she really knows how to make her lessons interesting. The other day we found out her secret, the reason why she's so good. Before she was a teacher, she spent more than 20 years as a war reporter for a newspaper. She spent most of her life reporting from countries all over the world, and she learned so much about these places and the people who live there. She loved her job, but when she was 43 years old, she had a child and decided that her job was too dangerous for a mother. She also wanted to be near her own mother, who wasn't very well. That's when she made the decision to be a teacher. I’m so happy she did it. She's such a warm and positive（积极乐观的） person that when you’re in her lessons you don't even feel you’re at school. 34. How long has Mrs. Millington been a teacher? A. For 3 years. B. For 20 years. C. For 40 years. D. For 43 years. 35. Why did she make the decision to give up her job as a war reporter? A. Because she didn't love the job anymore. B. Because she needed to take care of her families. C. Because it was her dream to be a geography teacher. D. Because she enjoys being popular among her students. 36. What does the writer think of Mrs. Millington's decision to be a teacher? A. Exciting. B. Unbelievable. C. Reasonable. D. Impossible. 37. What is the best title for the passage? A. A Wonderful Mother B.An Amazing Teacher C. A Great Reporter D.A Good Daughter C ①"Money doesn’t grow on trees,"as the saying goes, and learning how to spend money properly is a useful lesson we should all learn. Some young people in China have started to learn that lesson and found that frugality（节俭） is not only a good act, but also can be fun. ②These young people are sharing ways to save money and to become smart buyers. They call themselves "koukouzu". For these people, spending money on big name brands（品牌）or buying milk tea every day after school is wasteful. Some are also deleting shopping apps in order not to buy unnecessary things. Some of these "super savers" have also set up online groups to share information and tips. ③Another way people are saving money is to buy used things. I haven't seen a lot of secondhand shops in Shanghai, but they're very popular in North America. Goodwill and the Salvation Army are two organizations which accept old things that people no longer want-from clothes to books. You can always find some good cheap things there and the best part is that the money you spend is used to help poor people. ④ Another good point of buying secondhand things is that it's good for the environment. Secondhand things can have a longer life and be used and enjoyed by new owners. Books are a good example of this. I love buying used books because they are passed from hand to hand, perhaps for many years, and it makes me communicate with all the earlier readers. ⑤ Frugality has been taught since the time of Confucius（孔子）. But what Confucius probably didn’t know is that frugality can also be fun! 38. What can we learn from the saying in Paragraph 1? A. Money can help trees grow better. B. It's necessary to learn to spend money properly. C. Money is very important to our life. D. Young people need to try hard to make money. 39. Which of the following is the way of "koukouzu"to save money? A. Drink milk tea every day. B. Set up a shopping app on the phone. C. Buy clothes with big name brands. D. Share information among online groups. 40. Why does the writer mention that he loves buying used books in Paragraph 4? A. To encourage us not to throw used books away. B. To express how much he loves reading books. C. To introduce a creative way to save much money. D. To show it is good for environment to buy used things. 41. What is the structure of this passage? A.① /② ③ /④ /⑤ B.① ② ③ /④ /⑤ C.① ② /③ ④ /⑤ D.① /② ③ /④ ⑤ D A woman named Dani Glaeze caught everyone’s eyes after sharing a video of her house she bought in 2024. Dani's isn’t the house you may find in your neighborhood. It was built by a 3D printing machine. It only took the couple a month before they bought the four-bedroom, three washroom house with a guest room and two offices for both Dani and her husband. They also have a big living room, a kitchen and a garden. Dani is still decorating（装饰） the house. "It's been kind of hard to decorate. Since this home is so special, not everything goes with it,"Dani said. One of the special parts is that the walls of the house aren’t flat（平坦的） but have lines. "I know that some people were worried about dust（灰尘） collecting in the lines of the walls, which makes it difficult to clean up. But as of right now, we haven' 't had a problem with that,"Dani said. "I can also make walls flat if I wish. But I believe that the lines of the walls can make the home more special. " The top of her house is made of metal（金属）. Could a really strong wind or a storm destroy the house? Dani doesn’t think so. The material that they use is a very special mix. It doesn’t break apart easily and can continue to be used for a long time. Yet, there are a few things to consider before moving into a 3D-printed home. "I do know that we have an echo（回声） problem," Dani says. "However, as we continue to live in this home, I believe that will make the sound less strong." 42. Why did Dani's house catch people's eyes? A. Because it was so big with many rooms. B. Because Dani spent a whole month buying it. C. Because it was built by a 3D printing machine. D. Because Dani shared some pictures of the house. 43. What can we learn from Paragraphs 2 and 3? A. Dani wanted to make the walls flat. B. Dani liked the special lines of the walls. C. Dani had problems cleaning the walls. D. Dani thought it easy to decorate the house. 44. What does the underlined word "destroy"probably mean? A. Move. B. Build. C. Repair. D. Break. 45. Which column of a magazine is the passage probably taken from? A."Science". B."History". C."Education". D."Culture". 四、词汇运用（本题有15小题,每小题1分,共计15分） A.用方框中所给词语的适当形式填空,每词仅用一次。 modern, against, check out, her, German 46. Mom has ____________ ideas about educating her children. 47. I couldn’t really understand what these _____________ said. 48. Jack didn’t want to go ____________ the wishes of his parents. 49. Mrs. Smith is used to making ___________ a cup of coffee every day. 50. While the teacher _____________ the names, Tom appeared before him. B.阅读下面短文,根据括号内所给汉语注释写出单词的正确形式（每空一词）。 Maybe all of you are around 14 years old. This age means you’re not a child anymore. If you do the following, that means you've grown up. · You understand that things 51. ___________（改变） and people come and go in your life. So you enjoy the 52. __________（和平的） time you spend with your family. · You think about the results of some 53. ____________（决定） you’ ve made. You start to plan for 54.___________（任何）you want in the future and your future job. · You have learned how to enjoy your time 55. ___________（独自）. You have realized that life goes by fast. ·"Going out"doesn’t make you as excited as it used to. 56. ___________（事实上）, "staying in"and watching a movie sounds pretty great. · You start to think back sweet memories 57. ___________（深刻地） from your childhood, and you sometimes wonder why you 58.___________（期待） to grow up when you were young. Growing up is about realizing that you are no longer 59. ___________（十四） years old, but you are completely okay with it. You have an amazing journey of being an 60.___________（成人） in front of you, so make the most of it! 五、语法填空（本题有10小题,每小题1分,共计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。 Can you make a big world with only a pen, a small knife and a piece of leaf? Du Wanli is one of the 61. ___________（popular） leaf carvers（雕刻师） in Shandong Province. She brings life to fallen leaves by turning 62. ___________（they） into different shapes. One day in 2001, Du picked up a beautiful leaf on the ground. She tried to carve it and then 63.___________（fall） in love with this art. So far, Du 64. ___________（make） thousands of works including animals and cartoon characters. Although years of practice made Du 65. ___________ talented leaf carver, it is still a difficult art. It takes her a month to make a work by using some 66.___________（tool）. It also needs enough preparations such as collecting,67.___________（count）,cleaning,air drying and storing leaves. "Every piece of leaf has its own venation（叶脉）, so I can’t carve them very 68. ___________ （heavy）,"said Du."It will be broken 69.___________ I am not careful enough. What I carve on the leaf depends 70.___________ the leaf’s shape and venation. But there is always a special story behind every leaf carving work,"she said. 六、任务型阅读（本题有5小题,每小题2分,共计10分） 阅读下面材料,从方框中所给的A-E选项中选出正确选项（其中一项是多余选项）,将其序号填入第71-74小题,并回答第75小题。 If you’ve ever felt like you can't do anything right, that's because you have stress. You might think you’re the only one who has experienced that feeling. 71. ___________ And there are ways to deal with it. Let yourself feel this way. When you’re feeling like you can’t do anything right, take a moment and just let yourself feel that. Once you’re feeling a little cooler, try to search carefully into where the feeling is coming from. 72. ___________. Do something kind. Acts of kindness towards others are also helpful. When you’re feeling good, you’ll realize you do a lot of right things. At the same time, a kind act is also something you did right! 73. ___________. Take a break, 74. ___________ That's because we all need breaks. Taking a break makes you less stressed. When you’re feeling like you can’t do anything right, just stop, and ask yourself if you’d like to take a few minutes off, and see where that leads you. 75. How do you face the stress in your life? （answer with no less than 10 words） 七、书面表达（本题有1小题,共计20分） 76.上周,你校英语社团开展了以"How to improve myself in my free time?"为主题的调查活动向全校学生进行了调查。假设你是李华,请你根据调查结果选择1-2项活动,写一封邮件给负责人,并谈谈你的做法及理由。 要求:（1）邮件必须包含以上所有信息,可适当发挥。 （2）80-100词,开头和落款部分已给出,不计入总词数。 Dear sir, Last week, our school did a survey of "How to improve myself in my free time?"Now I’m glad to share what I usually do with you. Yours, Li Hua （本卷有改编） 16-20 ACADB 21-25 BCADC 26-30 CBDAB 31-33 CAB 34-37 ABAB 38-41 BDDC 42-45CBDA 46.modern47.Germans48.against 49. herself 50. was checking out 51. change 52. Peaceful 53. decisions 54. whatever 55. alone 56. Actually 57. deeply 58. expected 59. fourteen 60. adult 61. most popular 62. them 63. fell 64. has made 65. a 66. tools 67. counting 68. heavily 69. if 70. on 71-74 BEDA 75. I often talk to my parents about my stress. （答案不唯一,言之有理即可） 76. One possible version: Dear Sir, Last week, our school did a survey of "How to improve myself in my free time?"Now I'm glad to share what I usually do with you. Doing chores is a good way to improve myself, because I think it's important for me to develop the relationship with my parents while doing that. Also, it can help to develop my independence and learn how to look after myself. Another activity I often do is to read classics, such as Alice in Wonderland. Every morning, I read or listen to some interesting stories. As an old saying goes, "Reading makes a full man."I believe I’ve improved a lot from what I read. All in all, whether doing chores or reading classics, the most important is to keep doing every day. Yours, Li Hua 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$