河北省保定市第十七中学2024-2025学年八年级下册期末英语试卷

第二部分语言运用（满分25分） V.完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分) Every summer,Serena spent two weeks at Green Farm's horseback riding camp.Last year, Serena and her favorite horse Piper finished second in the obstacle course(障碍赛赛道) race."I can't wait to ride Piper,"Serena told Rose,her coach.Rose smiled and said,"Sorry,but we need to save Piper for our newer31 this year.She's one of the best-behaved horses. How about trying riding Harley?" Serena felt32 and was a little scared (at the sight of Harley,the tallest horse,but she stayed hopeful.As she was trying to ride Harley,he went up on his back legs, throwing Serena off.She landed on the hard ground,her eyes33 tears."I'm scared of Harley,and he's too hard to 34"Serena told Rose."Harley is in a new place with a new person on his back,"Rose explained."I'm sure he's pretty scared,too.But 35 you trust him,he will trust you." Serena decided that it was time for a fresh 36."I know you're afraid of me. We're still strangers,and it's up to me to make sure that we become friends,"she talked to Harley 37 After a while,Harley calmed down,and Serena realized that she was also feeling calmer..She then led Harley for a walk around the ring(圆形场地)so that he could get used to being with her and following her directions. Soon,Serena and Harley made progress togethera their confidence in each other 38.By the end of the first week,they had complerek the obstacle course together. On the final day of the camp was the big race.Sge 39 climbed onto Harley. Harley,sensing (the excitement of the daw xan(hfough the course like a madman and easily won.The other horses were just no match for atley. Rose handed Serena the winner's trophv.)with a wink ()Serena suddenly realized that Rose had wanted her to 1f)>herself to be a better rider,even though she would have had a nice time with Piper.Serena gave Rose a hug and then took the trophy,and a carrot,over to Harley. 31.A:leaders B.riders C. climbers D. drivers 32.A stupid B.disappointed C. comfortable D.lucky 33.. filled with B ent down g depended on D.stood out 34.A.refuse B、raise C. cheat D.control 35.A.f B.so C. because D.unless 36.A.answer B.memory C. start D topic 37.A.angrily B softly c rudely D.sadly 38.A.fell B.returned C. grew D.remained 39.A.gently B.nearly confidently D.tightly 40.A.advise B.accept C. choose D.challenge VI. 短文填空（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分)· 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入适当的单词（有提示词的，填入所给词的适当形式） Lanshina,an exchange student()from Russia,has been crazy about Chinese calligraphy(书法)since she41 (arrive)in Hainan Province one year ago.Lanshina 42. (study)at Hainan College of Software Technology now. The girl has 43. lovely Chinese name-Lin Wan.Each character has a special meaning."Lin 44. (mean)'forest'in Chinese.I chose it 45. I have a deep love for nature.The character Wan 46. (introduce)by my Chinese friends.Wan has a similar meaning to 'gentle',"she said. Most foreign students think Chinese is one of the most challenging 47 (language).What's more,Chinese calligraphy 48. (real)looks like a painting."I've been.interested in Chinese,and I even 49. take)calligraphy lessons at school in Moscow when I was 14,"Lanshina said.At the college,she has made great progress in calligraphy 八年级英语试题第3页（共8页） 50. the help ofher teacher. In the future,Lanshina 51. (continue)learning Chinese calligraphy and wants 52. (pass)a Chinese exam to have better communication with Chinese people.In fact,Lanshina is not the 53. (one)Russian exchange student at the college.Over 100 Russian students have achieved excellent 54. (perform).They also take an active part 55. cultural activities about Chinese ea culture,Chinese calligraphy,and Chinese music. 第三部分阅读（满分40分） Vm.阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分） 阅读A、B、C、D四篇材料，然后从各小题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项。 From:Laura From:Irene To:Irene;Shirley To:Laura;Shirley Sent:3 June 11:13 Sent:3 June 11:18 Subject: Subject: Hi girls! I am definitely still interested in Right,we need to start planning our going away together!How about summer or all the holidays will be Greece?I was looking at my friend's booked up...Are you both still up for photos today and it looks great.I going away together somewhere? can't do Auguis,because I'm going to July is no good for me because I'm Rome,but4 ntignt be free at the start working but I can do August.Is of September. August good for you two?We talked Shirley;avnat are your plans? about somewhere hot and sunny, In:n didn't we?But where? Laura From:Shirley From:Laura To:Irene;Laura To:Irene;Shirley Sent:3 June 14:12 Sent:3 June 14:22 Subject: Subject: Oh,Greece is a great idea!I'mi going Yes,I can do the first week of to visit friends in Denmark in July,but September. the first week of September is good Greece!Wow,beautiful country, for me.Laura,can you do September? interesting history,delicious Let's get together next week to plan it. food...We're going to have such a good So excited! time！ Love Let's discuss the details next week! Shirley Laura 56.What is Laura worried about? A.She has to work in July. B.The weather will turn hot soon. C.She and her friends can't travel together. D.She is worried about not having enough time for the trip. 57.Why does Irene suggest Greece? A.The weather there is cool. B. She will stay nearby then. C.Her friend's photos interest her. D.Her friend lives there: 八年级英语试题第4页（共8页) 58.What's the best subject for the group emails? W A.Holiday plans. B.Favorite countries. t C.Free time activities. D.Holiday jobs B Instruments Brought Back to Life! u Richard Blackson,the director of an US art gallery,visited 23 schools in Philadelphia.He found a room full of broken musical instruments (at each school.The schools said the instruments had been there for a long time.But Blackson also found that 1,000 of the broken 61 instruments could be repaired. In fact,many public schools in the United States don't have enough musical instruments because of budget cuts(预算削减).Several students often have to share one instrument..Thus, Blackson started a project called“Symphony（交响乐)for a Broken Orchestra(管弦乐团)”， aiming to repair broken instruments for students. To raise money,he reached out to David Lang,a Pulitzer Prize-winning US musician.The musician Lang came up with the idea of writing a symphony for the broken instruments.On November 23,400 students and professional musicians held a concert.They performed Lang's Symphony for a Broken Orchestra,which shares its name with the repair project. People can now go online to see profiles (of all of the broken instruments and donate money to“adopt(领养)”one or more instruments The-project has..raised.ower$237,000. (1.5 million yuan)so far,The New York Times reeorted.in the fall semester of this year, Philadelphia students will receive the repaired instruments! High school student Evelyn Mitka,16,played a yiolin that was missing a string ( during the concert.She told Dogo News that the psrformance taught her a lesson."You can learn music in an untraditional way." 59.Why didn't the schools repair the brokes instruments? A.Because the students will break them again. B.Because they didn't have epough money. C.Because they planned te buy new instruments. D.Because the students didu't use them at all. 60.What do we know from the New York Times report? A.The project failed because they couldn't raise enough money. B.Each person can only adopt one instrument. C.People can't find any information about the project online. D.Much money has been donated to the project. 61.What do we know about Evelyn Mitka? A.She likes broken instruments. B.She thinks broken instruments are still useful. C.She learned that there are other ways to learn music. D.Her violin was not broken. C If you get angry many times in a day,it is time for you to think about how to deal with it. Here are some of my suggestions. When you are angry,try to tell yourself through another voice that you are-angry and that it is not a bad thing.It just shows that you have different ideas.Accept that many things are not 100%right or wrong.In our communication with others,the final purpose is not to decide-who is right and who is wrong,but to look for something in common. If you still feel strong anger,try taking a deep breath and let anger out of your body along 八年级英语试题第5页（共8页) with the breath.Don't say angry words when you are very angry,for you will regret saying them when you cool down. Discussing with a third party is helpful.It is hard for the two parties in anger to understand each other,,but the idea or an outsider can help both parties to get mutual（相互的) understanding. Anger is just one of the many emotions (that make us human,and to well manage it adds to our ability to truly understand the world. 62.What is the final purpose of communication with other people? A.To show different ideas. B.To look for something in common. C.To accept useful suggestions. D.To decide whether one is right or not. 63.What does the writer advise us to do when we can't cool down? A.Say angry words. B.Try taking a deep breath. C.Control our voices. D.>Stop talking with others 64.What does the underlined word"party"in paragraph 4 mean? A.An activity.B.A visitor. C.Aperson. D.Ameeting. 65.What is the text mainly about? A.How to manage anger. B.How to show feelings. C.How to deal with regrets. D.How to understand the world.. D So far,China has successfully sent a large number of satellisas.()and spaceships into space,Space scientists have been greatly inspired(赋予灵感？ay the old stories and ancient famous people when giving them names. Since thousands of years ago,Chinese people thave dreamed of going to the moon. Chang'e Flies to the Moon is one of the most ponular stories.As you can see,China's first man-made satellite to circle around the moon was named Chang'e I.More interestingly,the moon rover (was named after the Jade Rabbit,who is the partner of Chang'e in the story.These old stories carry people's.best wishes and dreams.With the development of science and technology,our scientists have made them come true. Kua Fu Runs After the Sun is.anether story to show how much ancient Chinese people wanted to know about the unknown,world.Now,Kua Fu is going with the scientists to"visit" the sun,because we have-a-space ptoject called KuaFu Mission. Besides the ancient stories,space scientists also get ideas from ancient famous people.For example,Mozi,an ancient scientist,discovered that light travels in a straight line over 2,000 years-ago.His discovery made space study take a big step at that time.So,China's first quantum (science satellite was named Mozi,making China the-first-country in the world to achieve quantum communication between satellites and the ground. From such simple things as giving names to the satellites,we can see how great our traditional culture is and what influence it has on our modern science and technology. 66.In China,space scientists get ideas from _when naming satellites. eld stories 2traditional projects 3ancient famous people popular inventions A.①② B.①③ C.②④ D.③④ 67.What do we know about Chang'e I according to the passage? A.It moves around the moon. B.It protects the Jade Rabbit. C.It"visits"the sun with the scientists.D.It is the world's first man-made satellite. 68.How does the writer support his opinion in Paragraph 4? A.By listing numbers. B.By comparing facts. C.By giving an example. D.By reporting a result. 八年级英语试题第6页（共8页） 69.Which is the right structure of the passage? (①=Paragraph1②=Paragraph2,.） 2 ④ ②③④⑤ ②③④⑤ A B C D 70.What's the writer's main purpose of writing the passage? A.To spread the traditional Chinese culture. B.To explain how our scientists develop the space industry. C.To introduce the achievements in our science and technology. D.To tell how traditional Chinese culture influences our space science. VⅢ.阅读表达（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分） 阅读短文，并按要求完成71~75题。 Using science to make the world a better place A science project can be a job or a fun hobby.But doime research can also be a chance to help others and make the world a better place.Here's an inter,tew with two teen scientists who took part in this year's science competition,Sally and Aliea. Can you introduce your project? Sally:The machine is powered by the sut's energy.It can not only find litter but also put litter into different groups. Allen:I developed an app to recommend(songs.It records someone's.heart rate( while listening to music.The information is then used to recommend other music that can help the person relax. How did you get the idea to start the project? Sally:When I volunteered at our local litter clean-up,I saw how much litter pollution there was,and I knew that I aad to fix this problem. Allen:When people are listening to my music,they all have different feelings.So that's where I got the idea to start this project. What was your favourite part of this project? Sally:Building the robot.I have never had any experience in robotics before,so it was a completely new experience. Allen:My favourite part was finding out proper music.It was something that I really liked. Any advice for science project beginners? Sally:I made a litter-collecting robot.Everyone's worried,"Oh no,what if I mess this up?" In fact,making mistakes is part of learning. Allen:Follow the scientific rules.It might seem difficult at times,but if you stick to this and change just one variable (at a time,you'll finally make it. 71~75题简略回答问题。 71.What can Sally's machine do? 72.How did Allen get the idea to start his project? 八年级英语试题第7页（共8页） 73.Why did Sally like building the robot best in her project 74.What is Sally's advice for science project beginners? 75.Whose project do you like better,Sally's or Allen's?Why? 第四部分情景交际（满分10分) X.补全对话（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分) 根据下面对话中的情境，在每个空白处填入一个适当的语句，使对话恢复完整。 (Two students,Carl and Jack,are talking about visiting a museum online.) Carl:Hi,Jack.This is Carl.76. Jack:I'm visiting a museum online now. Carl:Visiting the museum online?77. Jack:I think it's quite amazing.I can take a 360-degree look at the museum just by sitting in front of the computer. Carl:That sounds cool.I've never tried it before.78. Jack:You can find it by visiting the official website of the National.Museum of China. Carl:I've got it.By the way,there will be a speech on modern in entns in the city library this afternoon.79. Jack:I'd love to,but I can't.My cousin is coming to visit u:i soaitteed to meet him at the airport with my parents this afternoon. Carl:80. Maybe ne.ststime. Jack:OK. 第五部分写作（满分15分） X.书面表达（满分15分） 81. 漫步街头、公园，探寻城市的变述品尝美食，感受烟火气息；游览古街、名胜， 探索历史文化。假如你是文旅十使者，请你写一篇导游文案，介绍保定的城市概况 及特色，变化和未来。让更多的人爱上保定，感受到古城的魅力。 area:22,000 square kilometers; 1.The introduction of Baoding population:11,49 million; places of interest and special food 2.The changes of Baoding the streets,.. 3.The future of Baoding 要求：（1)短文需包含所有提示内容，可适当发挥。 (2)短文中不能出现真实人名，地名。 (3)词数：80个词左右。开头已给出，不计入总词数。 参考词汇：the Ancient Lotus Pond(古莲花池)，Zhili Governor's Office(直隶总督署)，West Streets(西大街)；donkey burger(驴肉火烧) My hometown,Baoding,is a city with a long history. 八年级英语试题第8页（共8页）