山东省泰安市肥城市2024-2025学年八年级下学期7月期末考试英语试题

2024~2025学年度下学期期末考试 八年级英语试题 本试卷共12页。满分150分。考试用时120分钟。考试结束后，将本试卷和题卡一并 交回。 注意事项： 1,答题前，考生务必用0.5毫米黑色签字笔将自己的姓名、准考证号和座号填写在答 题卡和试卷规定的位置上。 2.选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑；如需 改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。答案写在试卷上无效。 3.非选择题必须用0.5毫米黑色签字笔作答，答案须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内相 应的位置，不能写在试卷上；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案： 不能使用涂改液、胶带纸、修正带。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。 第一部分听力 (一)听句子，选择适当的应答语。每个句子读两遍。 1.A.In a store. B.On July 25th. C.A beautiful dress. 2.A.It's my pleasure. B.Don't mention it. C.I'm relaxing myself. 3.A.A superstar. B.Kind of serious. C.Playing volleyball. 4.A.Silver. B.In Thailand. C.Last year. 5.A.Chocolate is my favorite. B.I'm glad that you enjoyed it. C.By looking through the Internet. (二)听五段对话，选择正确答案。每段对话读两遍。你将有20秒钟的时间阅读下面5个小题。 6.What is the probable relationship between the speakers? A.Mother and son. B.Teacher and student. C.Policewoman and driver. 7.Which place are they talking about? A.The middle school. B.The bank. C.The hospital. 8.How does Kate feel when she sees a movie on the mobile phone? A.Relaxing. B.Uncomfortable. C.Happy. 八年级英语试题第1页（共12页） 9.What does the woman mean? A.Mr.Black is free. B.Mr.Black is out. C.Mr.Black is busy. 10.How are the paper cuttings made? A.By hand. B.By machine. C.By robot. (三)听两段长对话，选择正确答案，每段对话读两遍。听每段对话前你将有10秒钟的时间阅读对 应的3个小题。 听第一段对话，回答11~13小题。 11.How many members are there in Sarah's dragon boat team? A.11. B.12. C.23. 12.Where will Sarah's team go after the race? A.Arestaurant. B.Their school. C.Their teacher's home. 13.How does Alex know about the festival? A.By reading the newspaper.B.By watching TV. C.By listening to the radio. 听第二段对话，回答14-16小题。 14.What does Julia do? A.A pianist B.A violinist. C.A music teacher. 15.What are the speakers probably going to do next week? A.Visit Ms.Li. B.Have a party. C.Meet their friends. 16.Which word can best describe Julia's music teacher? A.Humorous. B.Patient. C.Strict. (四)听短文，回答下面4个问题，选择正确答案，短文读两遍。你将有20秒钟的时间阅 读下面4个小题。 17.Who loved Mickey Mouse? A.Young people. B.Old people. C.Almost all the people. 18.What did Mickey use to do in his early life? A.Make mistakes. B.Clean the house. C.Make new friends. 19.Who has been a beautiful and clever star? A.Donald Duck. B.Pluto. C.Mickey. 八年级英语试题 第2页（共12页） 20.Which of the following statements is NOT true? A.People don't like real mice. B.Mickey was always clever. C.Mickey is welcomed by the people all over the world. (五)听短文，根据短文内容填表格。短文读两遍。你将有20秒钟的时间阅读下面表格。答 题完毕后，请将答案填写在答题纸相应位置。 Mary's Changes She used to get nervous (21) and her face turned red when Used to be like she spoke wit地(22)】 She liked nothing but reading in her free time. Mary is so brave and outgoing that she is not afraid of speaking out in Now (23)】 any more. She has lots of(24) such as singing,writing,and dancing. Conclusion(结论) Change ourselves and(25) to be the best of ourselves. 第二都分完形填空 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出能填入短 文相应空白处的最佳选项。 Before,I was not a confident person.That was because I was fat and others often 26 me. As a result,I became very shy.I was too scared to say hello to strangers,let alone (talk to or hang out with them.I was afraid to ask simple questions or speak loudly 27 others.I felt afraid of 28 in my life.I used to believe that I would be like this all my life. But one day,my friend Paul's words changed my mind.He 29 me to change myself.He said,"If you can give it a try,you still have a 30 to make a change.But if you 31 try, your life is only going to get worse."I was cheered by what he said.After all,I had nothing to lose. Why not have a try? The first thing I did was to lose weight.I followed a 32 diet and exercised every day. After six months,I lost ninety pounds.This taught me that I could change myself. A few months later,I heard about a speech competition at my university.I plucked up the courage(鼓起勇气)to sign up for the competition.For the first time,I was able to_33_my 八年级英语试题第3页（共12页） story and speak loudly in front of dozens of (people. After the competition,I made a to-do list and started changing in a very short time.I tried my best to 34 the things on the list one by one.When working on them,I became more and more confident. I am still 35 now.And I will never stop. 26.A.came round B.laughed at C.depended on 27.A.in front of B.according to C.at the end of 28.A.nobody B.whoever C.everything 29.A.created B.avoided C.encouraged 30.A.chance B.comer C.process 31.A.used to B.never C.sometimes 32.A.strict B.lifelong C.unsure 33.A.discover B.review C.share 34.A.explain B.finish C.spread 35.A.feeling convenient B.correcting mistakes C.making progress 第三部分阅读理解 第一节阅读下列短文，然后从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 A Some animals can easily find their way home after a long joumey.How do they make it? Scientific research shows that they are bom with certain unusual abilities for direction. A certain kind of ants,for example,can count their steps to avoid getting lost.They can go as far as 110 meters and bring food home.These ants live in the open desert,so they have nothing to guide them along the way.It's like someone walking six kilometers through a dark forest Some fish have an unbelievable sense (of smell ()They can smell even a drop of their home water in a large sea area.Some sea birds have a similar ability.They are able to make a smell map of their flying area. Some animals can feel the earth's magnetic field )while humans can't.This magnetic field guides a certain kind of fish when they swim a long way to a place and then back.How can this kind of fish do that?It is still a mystery.Scientists have no good answers yet. 八年级英语试题第4页（共12页） However,animals with such unusual abilities still have difficulty dealing with environmental changes caused by human activities.For example,many birds depend on stars for direction,but they get lost easily at night when city lights are kept on all night.To solve this problem,we can simply tum off some lights at night.Clearly,one small act of humans may mean a lot to animals. 36.Where is this passage most probably from? A.An art magazine. B.A travel magazine. C.A culture magazine. D.A science magazine. 37.How can a certain kind of ants find their way? A.By imagining the way. B.By counting their steps. C.By walking through a forest. D.By smelling the home water. 38.What does the underlined word"mystery"in Paragraph 4 probably mean? A.Secret. B.Choice. C.Reason. D.Surface. 39.Which can be the best title for the passage? A.Help Animals in Forest B.Animals'Sense of Smell C.Animals'Sense of Direction D.How Animals Travel in Desert & Club Activities for Students Date:Nov.8th and 20th,2025 Place:The Sun Hall Time:8:30a,m.-5:00p.m Fee:￥210 Debate(辩论) Debate in groups to help you express your ideas clearly and have a quick Club mind. Call 38746393 or send e-mails to debater@126.com. Date:Dec.8th and 19th,2025 Place:Top Score Academy English Speech Time:8:30a.m.-4:00p.m, Fee:￥145 Club Leam to speak with more confidence and improve your spoken English. Call 87733982 or send e-mails to speaker@126.com. Date:Nov.20th and 22nd,2025 Place:The third teaching building Time:10:30a.m.一6：00p.m. Fee:￥260 Host Club Lear to organize school shows and have more experience on the stage. Call 33398829 or send e-mails to 448927482@qq.com. 八年级英语试题第5页《共12页) Date:Dec.22nd and 26th,2025 Place:The Sun Hall Time:8:30a.m.—5:30p.m. Fee:￥180 Reading Club Leam to read and enjoy the wonderful pleasure of reading classics. Call 93880393 or send e-mails to 157893248@qq.com. 40.Which two clubs will have activities at the Sun Hall? A.Reading Club and Host Club. B.Debate Club and Reading Club. C.Host Club and English Speech Club.D.English Speech Club and Debate Club. 41.Mike is going to do a club activity on Dec.19th.He will probably A.practice debating B.read a classic C.practice on the stage D.learn to speak English 42.Which club's activity last the longest? A.Reading Club. B.Host Club. C.Debate Club. D.English Speech Club. 0 Mr.White is sixty years old.He always talks about how fast things have changed,and he often says that life in the past was better than it is these days... Now cities are full of cars.Some families even have two or more cars,so parking is becoming a big problem.The traffic (in some cities is getting worse and worse,too.Car drivers nowadays drive so fast that there are more traffic accidents. More and more people are always looking at their mobile phones with their heads down.Mr. White often sees people in the restaurant eating face to face while looking at their own mobile phones.He thinks it is strange that they don't talk to the people who sit opposite to them during the meal.Some of them even have fun chatting (with others on the phone. Most families own computers now.A study found that children use the Internet more and more.The number of children using the Internet has grown by three times in the past three years. Mr.White's grandson is a middle school student.He often stays up late playing computer games on the Intemet.He falls asleep in the early hours of the momning and spends less time doing homework.His teacher told Mr.White that his grandson failed (another test.Mr.White got very angry with him. Mr.White thinks that life was simple and happy,but now it has changed a lot. 八年级英语试题第6页（共12页） 43.What does Mr.White think of the life now? A.He thinks the life now is very simple. B.He thinks the life now is worse than it was. C.He thinks the life is the same as it was. D.He thinks the life now is more comfortable. 44.Why do people say nothing face to face during a meal in the restaurant? A.Because it is strange. B.Because they don't know each other. C.Because they don't sit opposite each other. D.Because they are busy in looking at their phones. 45.Which statement (is WRONG according to the passage? A.Mr.White got angry with the teacher. B.Mr.White's grandson often plays computer games. C.Some people like chatting with others on the phone. D.The traffic in some cities is getting worse and worse. 46.What can we infer(推测)from the passage? A.Mr.White is a worker in a factory. B.Mr.White's grandson is not interested in the Interet. C.Mr.White is worried about his grandson. D.Mr.White likes today's life more than that of the old days. D Egg carving(蛋雕)is often called the most fragile(易碎的art,as it requires great care before,during and even after the carving.Yu Wen,the granddaughter of a famous local painter in Dandong,Liaoning Province,has been practicing egg carving for about 25 years. Yu has used more than 10,000 eggs,and years of hard work has left many thick calluses() on her hands.Sometimes she can't even hold chopsticks properly after a long day of holding the carving knife.But in Yu's opinion,the difficult process makes egg carving twice as exciting."If you carve off too much,the work is broken and there is no way to deal with it.That makes the sense of achievement even greater when you finish a piece,"said Yu. 八年级英语试题第7页（共12页) Yu's love for egg carving started with a local tradition.In northeast China,when a baby is bom,friends and parents often give eggs colored red as gifts,and some may carve auspicious 利的）words on them.The character“fiu"is a popular one to be carved onto eggs.Yu carves with not only popular characters or traditional patters,but also Peking Opera masks and wall paintings.Her egg carving is just as much about eggs as it is about Chinese culture. Now Yu teaches egg carving at a local university.In recent years,she has seen more people coming from across the country leam the art."I hope I can better combine (the art with traditional culture in the future,"Yu said. 47.What is most needed during the process of carving an egg? A.Much money. B.Much attention. C.Colored eggs. D.Carving knives. 48.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? A.Yu's love for egg carving comes from her grandfather. B.Yu thinks the difficult process makes egg carving less exciting. C.Now Yu teaches egg carving at a university in Liaoning Province. D.Egg carving is the most fragile art because it only requires care during the carving. 49.According to the passage,what does Yu Wen carve onto eggs? ①Babics'pictures.②Traditional patters.③Peking Opera masks.④Wall painting. A.①②③ B.①②④ C.①③④ D.②③④ 50.What can we leamn from the passage? A.Yu Wen loves egg carving very much. B.Yu Wen works at a primary school now. C.Yu Wen started to carve eggs at the age of 25. D.There is something wrong with Yu Wen's eyes. 第二节阅读填空。请先阅读下面短文，举握其大意，然后从下面方框的五个选项中，选择 还原到文章中，使短文意思通顺、结构完整。 Mary was waiting for the airplane to take off.She was happy to have a seat by herself.Just then,an air hostess (came up to her and asked,"Would you mind changing your seat?"The hostess pointed out the girl behind Mary,who had a black-and-blue face and a sad expression. 八年级英语试题第8页（共12页） “(51)】 Hearing this,,Mary immediately(立即)thought,“Idon't want to sit there."But the soft voice came again."She needs help."(52) The girl was named Emily.She had been in a car accident and now was on her way for treatment(治疗) When the snacks and juice arrived,(53) Mary considered offering to feed her but hesitated ()as it seemed too impolite to offer service to a stranger.But then Mary realized that Emily's need was more important.(54) Although it made Emily uncomfortable,she agreed.They became closer and closer in a short time.By the end of the five-hour trip,Mary's heart had warmed,and the time was really better spent than if she had just sat by herself. (55) Love sometimes goes beyond human border (and removes (the fears that keep people away.When we reach our hands to serve another,we grow to live in a larger and more rewarding(有回报的)world.. A.Mary offered to help her eat. B.She has broken arms and needs help. C.Finally,Mary moved to that seat. D.Mary was very glad that she had sat next to Emily and fed her. E.Mary realized that Emily could not feed herself. 第四部分书面表达（共四节） 第一节词汇运用 (一)单词拼写 根据句意、首字母或汉语提示，写出所缺单词的正确形式。 56.-The report is so difficult for your cousin. -Yes,I am wondering w he can finish it by himself. 57.The poem"As the bright moon shines over the sea,from far away you share this moment with me"tells us how much the writer missed his r on the Mid-Autumn Festival. 58.A TV reporter. (采访)my grandfather last night. 八年级英语试题第9页（共12页） 59.-What languages are (讲)in Germany? -Mostly German,and English is pretty common too. 60.A baby's first month birthday is a special event in China and it is c with a special party. (二)综合填空 根据短文内容，用方框中所给词语的适当形式填空，使文章通顺、完整。（每词限用一次） together,make,happiness,although,wide,complete,directly,south,taste,who China's first Artificial Intelligence (AI)coffee shop made its first appearance.It is in the (61)】 Chinese city of Shenzhen,showing that AI has walked closer to people's life, (62) it was only opened for visitors to experience during Shenzhen (International) Science Film Week in 2017. Service in this coffee shop is (63) offered by robots.It is a creative place built (64)】 by IngDan from China and the robot design company Rethink Robotics from the United States. Visitors are surprised to see robot coffee masters(65) coffee and robot waiters serve.Things such as voice-controlled lights and music playing also make them excited. Customers make orders by (66) speaking to the robots.These machine waiters can understand not only Putonghua,but also Cantonese,a dialect (spoken by the local people.They can understand English too. The AI coffee shop has attracted many people (67) want to experience robot services,and some joked that coffee made there had the (68) of intelligence.The robot can also communicate with customers and express (69) if their services are praised. "Artificial Intelligence is being used in (70) fields today,"said a person in the experience center.It is expected that AI restaurants,bedrooms,study rooms,and other products will come out in the near future. 八年级英语试题第10页（共12页）