河北省石家庄外国语教育集团2024-2025学年下学期八年级英语第一次月考试卷

石家庄外国语教育集团 2024—2025学年度第二学期八年级英语新思维结业考试 时间：60分钟 满分：120分 I. 完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分） In China, more and more young people are becoming interested in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). One thousand young people took part in a survey by China Youth Daily. The survey ____1____ that more than 90% of them had tried different TCM treatments. Between Western Medicine and TCM, young people often ____2____ TCM because it can be a more accurate (精准的) treatment for different patients. Today TCM is getting popular with foreigners. Alex, a young Frenchman, is one of them. He is a big ____3____ of TCM. He came to China to learn TCM at Peking University of Chinese Medicine. Studying TCM has ____4____ Alex’s mind and lifestyle. He realizes keeping the balance of yin and yang is ____5____ and that everyone should follow the rules of nature. He used to be interested in electronic products and often ____6____ late at night. But now, he lives a ____7____ life, practicing good living habits. He enjoys ____8____ some classical works about ancient Chinese culture and playing Tai Chi. When he plays Tai Chi, he can feel more relaxed and breathe better. Besides, he ____9____ drinking icy water after doing sports. For him, learning the knowledge and skills of TCM is not about becoming a(n) ____10____ but about having a new lifestyle. Alex also uses his knowledge to ____11____ his family. For example, he often provides his family members with some advice about staying ____12____ after he checks their faces or tongues online. Over time, his family ____13____ understand his dream about TCM. He said, “The more I study TCM, the better I understand ____14____ TCM is a treasure of Chinese culture.” He plans to ____15____ a traditional Chinese clinic (诊所) in France after graduation. He will serve as a bridge between the two countries and spread TCM and Chinese culture. 1. A. advised B. enjoyed C. risked D. showed 2. A. choose B. describe C. pass D. save 3. A. fan B. hero C. problem D. speaker 4. A. made B. started C. decided D. changed 5. A. exciting B. fair C. hard D. important 6. A. get up B. wake up C. stay up D. clean up 7. A. balanced B. careful C. sad D. lonely 8. A. checking B. reading C. painting D. writing 9. A. likes B. keeps C. stops D. tries 10. A. doctor B. teacher C. actor D. worker 11. A. help B. miss C. refuse D. visit 12. A. calm B. healthy C. lucky D. active 13. A. finally B. easily C. simply D. hardly 14. A. what B. why C. when D. which 15. A. break B. close C. leave D. run Ⅱ. 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分） A Many people order take-away food on apps. They can choose their favorite food there at good prices, and they can get the food in less than half an hour. Here is a web about food. Fast Food Hamburgers: ¥12 for one, ¥20 for two French fries: ¥8 for a bag (from Monday to Friday), ¥6 for a bag(on weekends) Coke: ¥4 for a can Best Chinese Dishes Dumplings: ¥12 for a plate Gongbao chicken: ¥20 for a plate Vegetable soup: Free Rice: ¥2 for a small bowl, ¥3 for a big bowl Hot Noodles Chicken noodles: ¥15 for a bowl Egg noodles: ¥12 for a bowl Lanzhou noodles: ¥15 for a bowl Please leave a message if you have any questions. 16. The text may be from ________. A. a film B. a book C. a poster D. an app 17. We can get the food from the app in ________. A. 20 minutes B. 40 minutes C. 50 minutes D. 60 minutes 18. Xiao Ya buys a bag of French fries and a can of coke on Sunday. How much does she pay? A. ¥4. B. ¥6. C. ¥10. D. ¥12. 19. People can ________ to ask questions. A. leave a message B. make a call C. come to the shop D. send a card 20. Which of the following is TRUE? A. Rice is 2 yuan for a big bowl. B. Two hamburgers are 24 yuan. C. All of the food is traditional Chinese food. D. You don’t have to pay for vegetable soup. B Guinness World Records is full of all kinds of interesting and strange records. These records show the amazing abilities of people and some unusual things in the world. One of the most interesting records is about the largest collection of rubber ducks. A man from Hong Kong has collected over 1,000 rubber ducks in different shapes, sizes, and colors. Some of them are very special. He started collecting rubber ducks when he was a child. Now his collection has become a world-famous one. Then there is the record for the longest fingernails (指甲). A woman in the USA didn’t cut her fingernails for more than 30 years. Her fingernails grew to be very long. It’s really hard to imagine how she could do daily things with such long fingernails. But she was proud of her long fingernails and the record she held. The record for the most people making sandwiches at the same time is also quite amazing. In a big event, thousands of people gathered together to make sandwiches. They wanted to break the previous record. With everyone’s efforts, they finally made it and set a new Guinness World Record. These amazing Guinness World Records not only bring us fun but also let us see the creativity and determination of human beings. 21. What does Guinness World Records mainly show? A. Common things in daily life. B. Easy-to-achieve tasks. C. People’s special abilities and unusual things. D. Useless information. 22. Where is the man with the largest collection of rubber ducks from? A. The UK B. The USA C. China D. Japan 23. How did the woman in the USA feel about her long fingernails? A. Angry B. Upset C. Surprised D. Proud 24. What did thousands of people do to set a new record? A. They collected rubber ducks. B. They grew long fingernails. C. They made sandwiches together. D. They held a big party. 25. What can we learn from the article? A. We love to be creative. B. Only famous people can get these records. C. These records are meaningless. D. We can’t do anything special. C Sugar painting, as the name means, is a painting made of sugar. It’s the sugar for us to taste, and the painting for us to enjoy. Since the Warring States Period (战国时代), people loved sweets and had different ways of making sugar. In the Tang Dynasty, people greatly improved skills of sugar making. So sugar, the precious thing that once could only enter homes of the kings, also went into common people’s homes. During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, people became less interested in only tasting sweetness. In the Ming Dynasty, some people added pictures with good luck to the bowl of sugar, and sugar painting came out. Sugar painting is different from other paintings. Sugar painters use syrup (糖浆) as the material (材料), a spoon as the “paintbrush”, and a smooth table as the “paper”. To make syrup, they have to make sugar hot before painting. Since syrup may become hard if it cools, the painters have to finish the work in a short time. They move the spoon full of syrup up and down, left and right. Soon a sugar painting is finished. ▲ The sugar painting that used to be rich in shapes has become poorer because of fewer needs. What’s worse, only a few old sugar painters are willing to pass on this kind of art. For most people, painting is a kind of art and difficult to understand. However, sugar painting has entered people’s daily lives. Through it, we may see the spiritual support of people across centuries. Now, sugar painting has been an intangible cultural heritage (非物质文化遗产) in China. 26. When did sugar painting come out? A. In the Warring States Period. B. In the Tang Dynasty. C. In the Yuan Dynasty. D. In the Ming Dynasty. 27. Why should sugar painters make the work very quickly? A. To show their good skills. B. To stop syrup becoming hard. C. To protect the spoon and the table. D. To save people’s waiting time. 28. Which sentences can be put in the ▲ ? A. Luckily, more and more young people like it B. It’s strange that fewer people enjoy eating it. C. However, it’s a pity that this folk art is dying recently. D. As time goes on, people create different forms of sugar painting. 29. How might the writer feel about today’s sugar painting according to Paragraph 5? A. Hopeful. B. Angry. C. Unclear. D. Worried. 30. What’s the purpose of the article? A. To introduce the history of sugar painting. B. To show different ways of making sugar. C. To explain why sugar painting is popular. D. To tell the difference between sugar painting and other paintings. D Progress means the act of going forward. Making any kind of progress can make us healthy and happy in life. By setting and actively working towards our goals, we can make progress in our life. To make more progress in life, start looking at problems in a different way. Whatever happens, if we think positively, we can make more progress and become stronger. Having confidence is helpful for us to make progress. Confidence comes from different places, such as proper education, training or having good relationships. We should also stay with people who believe in our success and actively support us. These people can help push us towards progress. Slow progress is still progress. Just as the old saying goes, “It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” Progress usually comes a lot more slowly than we expect. Even if progress is slow, try not to be worried. One important thing is that we keep taking steps towards our goals. The road to progress is not always smooth. Most progress often comes with setbacks along the way. Sometimes, maybe it feels like we’re taking one step forward and three steps back, but it won’t always be like that. Keep going towards our goals and we can much more easily make the progress we want. Progress doesn’t always happen in a straight line. As long as we keep working, we will achieve higher levels. 31. What does Paragraph 3 tell us? A. We should support different people. B. Some people can push us to failure. C. Confidence helps us make progress. D. Different schools expect the same progress. 32. What does the writer say about slow progress? A. It often goes smoothly. B. It still means progress. C. It sometimes stops progress. D. It always gives us a clear mind. 33. What does the underlined word “setbacks” mean? A. goals B. difficulties C. reasons D. chances 34. What is the structure of the passage? A. B. C. D. 35. What is the text mainly about? A. Ideas about making progress. B. Keys to speeding up progress. C. Meanings of having confidence. D. Suggestions on relationships. Ⅲ. 阅读表达（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分） On January 20, 2025, a Chinese company named DeepSeek made a new AI called DeepSeek-R1. This AI can do math problems, write computer codes, and answer questions like the best AIs in the world. But it costs much less money to build. The team used only $5.58 million and 2,048 computer parts for two months. This shows that smart ideas are better than just spending a lot of money. DeepSeek-R1 is free to use, and people can even change it. On its first day, more than 19,000 computer experts around the world started using it. A German scientist said, “Using R1 experiments costs only $10, but other AIs need $300.” Even a top scientist from Meta (a big U.S. company) said, “This free AI could change the world.” U.S. companies are now worried because experts say China is becoming a leader in AI very fast. A report in Nature (a famous science magazine) called R1 a “big success”, showing that good ideas are more important than expensive tools. A DeepSeek engineer said, “We want AI to help everyone, not just rich people.” With R1, China shows that great things come from new ideas and hard work, not just money. 36. What can DeepSeek-R1 do? (写出两个答案即可) ___________________________________________________ 37. How much does using R1 experiments cost? ___________________________________________________ 38. Why are U.S. companies worried about DeepSeek-R1? ___________________________________________________ 39. Where do great things come from? ___________________________________________________ 40. How can AI help you with your study? ___________________________________________________ Ⅳ. 词语运用（共30小题；每小题1分，满分30分） A In many foreign countries, teenagers often take part-time jobs to earn some pocket money. It’s a great way for them ____41____ (learn) about the value of hard work. One popular part-time job is babysitting. They look ____42____ young children while the parents are out. To do this job well, they need to be patient and good at ____43____ (play) games with the kids. Another common job is delivering newspapers. Early in the morning, teens ride their bikes around ____44____ neighborhood, leaving the newspapers at each house. It helps them become responsible ____45____ they have to finish the work on time. Some teenagers work in local stores, too. They have to learn how ____46____ (talk) with people politely and solve problems ____47____ (quick). Taking a part-time job also ____48____ (teach) teens how to manage their money. They have to make ____49____ (decision) on what they should buy. For example, they will use the money to buy a new video game or a ____50____ (beauty) skirt. Part-time jobs are an important part of a foreign ____51____ (teenager) life. They not only bring some pocket money, ____52____ also give valuable life lessons. They learn many ____53____ (use) skills such as communication skills and time management. That’s ____54____ more and more teenagers want to find part-time jobs. So, if you’re a teen thinking about getting ____55____ part-time job, go ahead! It could be an amazing experience for you. B The United Kingdom is known for its rich culture and special manners. Understanding these can help you get on ____56____ (good) with British people. When meeting someone for the ____57____ (one) time, it’s common to shake hands. But hugs or kisses are usually only for close friends or family ____58____ (member). Also, eye contact is important, but don’t watch too long, because it might make others feel ____59____ (comfortable). The British love small talk. The weather is always ____60____ safe topic. They also enjoy talking about their hobbies, such as gardening or ____61____ (read). However, it’s not a good idea to ask about age, salary ____62____ politics. This is impolite. If you’re invited to a party or a meeting, it’s better ____63____ (arrive) on time. Being a few minutes late is acceptable, but being too late is rude. When visiting a British home, it’s polite to bring a small gift. If you’re offered food or a drink, it’s polite to accept ____64____ least a little. And remember to say “please” and “thank you” often. At the dinner table, the ____65____ (old) person often takes the main seat first. Remember to use your knife and fork properly. Don’t forget ____66____ (say) “please” and “thank you”. It’s also polite to keep your mouth ____67____ (close) while eating. In public, they always wait ____68____ buses in line. Pushing in line is not allowed. And if you cough or sneeze, cover your mouth ____69____ say “excuse me”. In a word, British manners show their respect and politeness. By ____70____ (follow) these rules, you’ll surely have fun in the UK. V. 补全对话（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分） A: Welcome to our restaurant. What would you like for dinner? B: _____________71_____________. A: OK, pasta with tomato sauce. _____________72_____________? Our steaks and fish are both delicious. B: I’ll have the steak. A: _____________73_____________? We have juice and yoghurt. B: Yes, I’d like some yoghurt. Do you have any strawberries? I’d like some strawberries in my yoghurt. A: _____________74_____________. But we have oranges, you can have a try. B: _____________75_____________. I’ll try the yoghurt with oranges. A: Got it. Is that all? B: Yes, thanks. A: You’re welcome. 石家庄外国语教育集团 2024—2025学年度第二学期八年级英语新思维结业考试 时间：60分钟 满分：120分 I. 完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分） 【1~15题答案】 【答案】1. D 2. A 3. A 4. D 5. D 6. C 7. A 8. B 9. C 10. A 11. A 12. B 13. A 14. B 15. D Ⅱ. 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分） A 【16~20题答案】 【答案】16. D 17. A 18. C 19. A 20. D B 【21~25题答案】 【答案】21. C 22. C 23. D 24. C 25. A C 【26~30题答案】 【答案】26. D 27. B 28. C 29. A 30. A D 【31~35题答案】 【答案】31. C 32. B 33. B 34. A 35. A Ⅲ. 阅读表达（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分） 【36~40题答案】 【答案】36. This AI can do math problems, write computer codes, and answer questions. (选择其中两个即可) 37. (It costs/Using R1 experiments costs only) $10. 38. Because (experts say) China is becoming a leader in AI very fast. 39. (Great things come from) new ideas and hard work, not just money. 40. I can use AI to search for some information. I can use AI to look up some new words. I can search for some ideas from AI. (本题是开放性试题，答案不唯一) Ⅳ. 词语运用（共30小题；每小题1分，满分30分） A 【41~55题答案】 【答案】41. to learn 42. after 43. playing 44. the 45. because 46. to talk 47. quickly 48. teaches 49. decisions 50. beautiful 51. teenager’s 52. but 53. useful 54. why 55. a B 【56~70题答案】 【答案】56. well 57. first 58. members 59. uncomfortable 60. a 61. reading 62. or 63. to arrive 64. at 65. oldest 66. to say 67. closed 68. for 69. and 70. following V. 补全对话（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分） 【71~75题答案】 【答案】71. I’d like pasta with tomato sauce. 72. What else would you like?/What else do you want? 73. Would you like something to drink?/Would you like some drinks? 74. Sorry, we don’t. 75. OK./Sounds great./Sounds good. 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $