浙江省绍兴市柯桥区鲁迅外国语学校2024-2025学年上学期12月份独立测试英语试题

鲁迅外国语学校教育集团八年级独立作业英语学科 试题卷 温馨提示： 1.本卷满分100分，.答题时间120分钟： 2. 试卷答案统一答到答题卷对应位置，否则不得分。 第一部分听力（共三节，满分20分) 第一节听小对话，从A、B、C三个选项中选出正确的选项，回答问题。 (共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分) 1.Where did Nelly go last vacation? .A.Shanghai. B.Hangzhou. C.Beijing. 2.What's in the sandwich? A.Lettuce and butter. B.Lettuce and onions. C.Lettuce and tomatoes. 3.How often does Jenny do sports? A.Every day. B.Once a week. C.Twice a week. 4.Who is friendlier? A.Sally. B.Rose. C.Their best friend. 5.What kind ofTV show is Tom watching? A.Sports shows. B.Talk shows. C.Talent shows. 第二节听长对话，从A、B、C三个选项中选出正确的选项，回答问题。 (共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分) 听下面一段较长对话，回答6、7两个问题。 6.What are the two speakers talking about? A.Where to play games. B.How to have a school party. C.When to invite the teacher. 7.Who will organize the games? A.John. B.Mona. 听下面一段较长对话，回答8~10三个问题。 C.Jeff. 8.What is Mary going to do this afternoon? A.Play football. B.Climb a mountain. 9.How does Peter feel when playing football? C.Go to the swimming club. A.Relaxed. B.Tired. C.Dangerous. 10.When are the speakers going to climb a mountain? A.On Friday afternoon.B.On Wednesday afternoon. C.On Saturday morning. 第三节听下面一段独白，从A、B、C三个选项中选出正确的选项，回答问题。 (共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分) 11.What is Helen's dream job? A.A worker. B.A teacher. 12.Why will Helen feel worried? C.A scientist. A.Because there will be more pollution. B.Because there will be more health problems. C.Because the robots will take the place of humans. w。 13.How will Helen solve the problem? A.By improving people's lives. B.By teaching students well. C.By saving the environment. 1 14.What does Helen think of the future life? A.Greener. B.More meaningful. C.More common. 15.What does Helen mainly tell us? A.The problems in her life.B.Her life in 20 years. 第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分35分） C.The environment around her. 第一节阅读理解（共15小题，每小题2分，满分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 Fun activities in September at Xinghai International School School Trip Monday,September 16th 9:00 a.m.to 3:00p.m. For the third-grade students Mr.White will take you to the City Zoo and see many different animals.You can leam interesting things about them. Let's Play Friday,September 20th 9:00 a.m.to5:00 p.m. For the third-grade students You will have a fun sports meeting on the school playground.Remember to bring your water! Art Workshop Tuesday,September 24th 10:00 a.m.to 11:30a.m. For the second-grade students Ms.Black will guide you in making beautiful paintings in the art room.You can have fun with colors. And we will put your paintings in the school hall for others to watch. Listen and Share(分享) Wednesday,September 25th 11:00 a.m.to 12:00 p.m. For the fourth-grade students You can share your favorite stories and listen to others'in the school library. 16.When is the fun sports meeting? A.On September 16th. B.On September 20th. C.On September 24th. D.On September 25th. 17.Where may Ms.Black be on the morning of September 24th? A.In the zoo. B.In the library. C.In the art room. D.In the school hall. 18.Where can we find the material? A.In an art book B.In a dictionary. C.In a sports magazine. D.In a school newspaper. B Once upon a time,there was a lion.He was too old to kill any animal for his food.One day,he said to himself,“I must eat something or I will die of starvation(饥饿).” He kept thinking and at last an idea came to him.He decided to lie down in a cave (and pretended to be ill.Then,those who came to ask about his health would become his food.The old lion put his plan into practice and it started working.Many of his visitors got killed. One day,a fox came to visit the sick lion.As foxes are clever by nature )the fox stood at the mouth of the cave and looked about.His sixth sense (worked and he came to know the truth.So he called out to the lion from outside and said,"How are you,sir?""I am not feeling well at all.But why don't you come inside?"answered the lion."I would love to go inside,sir!"said the fox."But on seeing all the footprints()going into your cave and none coming out,I'm probably better off here."Then the fox went off to tell the other animals. 19.What problem did the lion have? A.He had no friends to play with. B.Other animals fought against him. C.Other animals took away his food. D.He was so old that he couldn't find food. 20.From Paragraph 2,we learn that A.the lion was seriously ill B.no one cared about the lion C.the lion's plan failed D.the lion killed his kind visitors 21.The fox did the following things EXCEPT ( A.going into the cave to visit the lion B.finding out that the lion was telling a lie C.realizing that the lion had killed many animals D.telling the truth to other animals 22.What does the story tell us? A.Lions are dangerous animals. B.The fox is much cleverer than other animals. C.Think carefully before doing something. D.Believe what you hear. C Artificial intelligence(Al)can now do amazing things.ChatGPT is an AI that can answer questions, tell stories,and do much more.But it's very"thirsty",said a new study. When ChatGPT works,its“home”data(数据)centers around the world--gets very hot.Workers then have to use water to cool them down.Cold water goes into pipes()near the computers at these centers.Because the computers are very hot,the water turns into vapor()and goes into the air. The water needs to be super (clean.If they use seawater,it can eat away the pipes. If you ask ChatGPT 20 to 50 questions,it needs to"drink"a 500-milliliter bottle of water.When people trained ChatGPT,it used 700,000 liters of water,said the study.This is the amount that is needed to make about 370 cars. ChatGPT is not the only one that needs data centers.Everything you do on the internet needs data centers to work.There are more than 8,000 data centers in the world,said a report in 2021.The number is still growing.If AI keeps using a lot of water,we may have to "fight"with Al for water. 23.What does the writer mean by using"thirsty"? A.ChatGPT works just like people's mouths.B.ChatGPT needs water while working. C.ChatGPT keeps learning to answer questions.D.ChatGPT can do many things at the same time. 24.Why can't people use seawater to cool down data centers? A.Because seawater is bad for the pipes. B.Because it is hard for seawater to become vapor. C.Because living things in seawater may eat the pipes. D.Because seawater is too hot to cool down the centers. 25.How does the writer set out her idea in Paragraph 3? DBy comparing one thing with another. 2By thinking of a thing as a person. 3By guessing an idea from certain information. 4By giving examples to make the point clear. A.②③④ B.①②③ C.①②④ D.①③④ 26.What can we learn from the last paragraph? A.AI will stop using water someday to let people have enough. B.AI may start a war against humans to get more water in the future. C.People should control the number of data centers to save water. D.There may be a competition for water use between Al and humans. 。 D Three pope ere routabeBra Homuch o you thinko hem tipped(给小费)？ The Briton asked,"It's common to tip 10 percent,right?" The American woman cried,"Oh,I was planning to leave 20 percent!" The Chinese woman asked,“What's a tip?” Although it isnota tradition to tip in China,tipping isa big deal in the United Statcs.There,itis common to tip about 15 to 20 percent of the bill. Usually,people give tipstoa waiter or waitress when they cat in a restaurant.The US tops thelist of tippingwaiters and waitresses are expecting to get 15-25 percent of the bill.So if youorderSin food,you are expected to pay your waiter at least $15,making your payment $115 in all. Why is this??Many waiters and waitresses get paid below the US minimum wage(最低工资，and tips make up for that.Some states pay their servers only $2.13 per hour. It is not just for waiters,either.Hotel workers,hairdressers and taxi drivers also expect tips. Tipping is also popular in some Southeast Asian countries,like Indonesia and Thailand.However, in Japan there is a no-tipping culture.If you try to give a waiter or waitress money,you may actually upset him or her. 27.What did the Chinese woman mean? A.She didn't want to give any tip. B.She thought 20 percent was not enough. C.She didn't know anything about tipping. D.She believed tipping should be very little. 28.Why is tipping a big deal in the United States? A.Because there are too many serving jobs in the US. B.Because waiters and waitresses get very low wages. C.Because it is not a tradition for servers to get payment. D.Because the US sets a minimum wage for every person. 29.Which country does not have a culture of tipping? A.Japan. B.Britain. C.Indonesia. D.Thailand. 30.What is the text mainly about? A.Shared service traditions. B.How Americans eat out. C.Why high tips are expected. D.Tipping culture worldwide. 第二节任务型阅读（共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分） After staying in space for six months,Zhai Zhigang,Wang Yaping and Ye Guangfu came back to the earth at last.31 They flew to the Tiangong space station by Shenzhou XIII spacecraft( 飞船)on October 16 th last year. 32 During the Shenzhou XIlI mission ()Zhai and Wang had two spacewalks,and it took them more than 12 hours.33 The three astronauts also gave two science ssonsto Chinese students.They showed us how they lived and worked in the big space station.Wang used a Bing DwenDwen toy to show us how things flew in the space station."am feeling very good. We want to report to the motherland and the people that we successfully finish the Shenzhou xIl mission,"said Zhai.Wang said she wanted to tell her little daughter that34Ye was excited.He said his dream of flying to space came true. A.Wang became China's first woman spacewalker. B.The astronauts did a lot of work in space. C.It was 9:56 A.M.on April,16th this year. D.Mom would return after reaching for the stars. 35.Think of a title(标题)for the passage.(不多于5个词) 第三部分语言运用（共三节，满分35分) 第一节完形填空（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分） Ordering food online has become part of college life because it only takes a few minutes.However, a university in Southwest China is trying to stop 36 doing it.The ban()not only made students unhappy,but also the Internet users.Some said that the ban made the 37 full of people.There are not enough seats in it,so students have to stand up or squat()when they eat.The 38 dining hall also means that students have to spend more time eating.If students can order online,they can have more time to_39__at noon so that they will be energetic(精力充沛的)in the afternoon.Some even said 40 that the dining hall only prepares a few dishes and almost all of them taste bad. In fact,Chengdu University of Foreign Languages is not the41one to do so.Beijing Language and Culture University and some other universities have already done that.A teacher from Chengdu University of Foreign Languages said that schools stopped students ordering food online 42 the food from outside is not safe for students.Ordering too much food also had a serious 43 problem because there were often many used food boxes left in the school playground after students44 meals. However,in the eyes of Liu Junhai,a teacher at Renmin University of China,universities themselves should solve this problem."If schools make their dining halls better,their students will soon 45 For example,they can prepare more tasty dishes." 36.A.friends B.teachers C.parents D.students 37.A.classroom building B.dining hall C.swimming pool D.school library 38.A.clean B.busy C.modem D.empty 39.A.play B.eat C.think D.rest 40.A.happily B.angrily C.seriously D.hopefully 41.A.earliest B.worst C.slowest D.best 42.A.but B.and C.because D.so 43.A.noise B.air C.rubbish D.water 44.A.finished B.prepared C.started D.cooked 45.A.go away B.come back C.stand up D.look forward 第二节词汇运用（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分） (一)用方框中所给单词或词组的适当形式填空，使短文完整正确。 .them ,invitation hear during 、together After the exam,the winter vacation is coming.What are you going to do 46 your vacation? Iwant tohave healthy and rlain vacation.First I want to get up early and choosn kind ofo to keep fit.Then I want to help my parents with the housework.I hope they can relax.47 as much as possible.After that,I may have a birthday party and48some of my classmates to come. We'll sing,dance and play games49.Finally,I hope to enjoy the life in the countryside with my grandparents.What about you?What do you plan to do in winter vacation?I'm looking forward to 50 from you soon. (二)根据短文内容和所给中文提示，用单词的正确形式完成以下短文。 As the saying goes,,“A smile is the best5L_(药)，”Nothing can help a sick heart better than a warm smile.When you smile,it lets some special chemicals(化学物质)which makes you feel calm and_52_(令人揄快的).The importance of smiling can never be too serious.. People 53()World Smile Day on the first Friday of October every year.It was set up by American artist Harvey Ball.Ball created his 54(yellow smiley face symbol in 1963. Without thinking 55()people began to use in more businesses.Ball 56 (变成)worried that the symbol was losing its original meaning._57_(最后)，he came up with the idea for World Smile Day -to understand the"real"smile. The theme(主题)of the day is“Do an act of kindness.Help one person smile..”This can be as simple as smiling at58()you meet.It would be even better if you could do some volunteer work(义工)，such as cleaning up the city and_59(解决)people's problems..You can also cook a 60()for your parents or give a small gift to your friend.Let's spread laughter and hope on this World Smile Day. 第三节语法填空（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分） 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 mporant to develop healthy habits in oudaily lives Theollw() a lot. 61 (eat)healthily.We should eat three meals-breakfast,nch and supper.epeeially rakfast is the most mporant mealnday.We shoulhvedftere (kind) ofos,such as eges.milk.rice,fish..it,vegetablesand.They cn providle(提供)级 )ith nceary enery,hlp s listen creully in ca and keep(hea)u member that to mch sugar is bad65 the teeth We shouldn't have mnyee ersthey're delicious.xers rearly.Exercise can improvethemod fee Whn we are in a bad mood,we can do exercise.What's6 (much),it'ood for the bomes. There6(be)too many kinds of exercise to do,such6walking.running.playing ball gmeswimming.dancing and so on.We can choose our favorite70 (practice)regularly Weilloeemoractive but think better after doing 第四部分书面表达（共1小题，满分10分） 1.每个人都有自己的梦想，许多人为了实现梦想一直在努力。请根据提示内容，以My Dream” 为题写一篇英语短文。 提示 (1)What's your dream? (2)Why is it your dream? (3)How are you going to make it come true? 要求 (1)短文应包括提示中的所有信息，可适当发挥： (2)80词左右，开头已给出，不计入总词数。 My Dream Everyone has a dream.