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2024-2025学年八年级12月质量检查 英语 （满分120分，考试时间100分钟） 一、听力（15分） 第一节 听力理解（10分） 每段播放两遍。各段后有几个小题，各段播放前每小题有5秒钟的阅题时间。请根据各段播放内容及其相关小题，在5秒钟内从题中所给的A、B、C项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 听下面一段对话，回答以下小题。 1. Why did the woman want to change job? A. She wanted a job as a waitress. B. She wanted more time to study. C. Her pay was too low. 2. What was the result of the interview? A. She got the job. B. She was able to enter the university. C. The man promised her a pay rise. 听下面一段对话，回答以下小题。 3. When are they going to meet? A. On Wednesday morning. B. On Friday. C. On Wednesday evening. 4. What is the probable job of the woman? A. A film star. B. A musician. C. A football player. 5. What does the man invite the woman to do? A. To see a film. B. To have dinner together. C. To enjoy a concert. 听下面一段材料，回答以下小题。 6. What are the two speakers talking about? A. Thunder and sound. B. Thunder and lightning. C. Thunder and science. 7. Why is the man unlikely to see lightning? A. He is asleep. B. He is reading a science book. C. Perhaps lightning is far away. 听下面一段材料，回答以下小题。 8. What are the speakers mainly talking about? A. Helen’s neighbours. B. Helen’s good friends. C. Helen’s birthday party. 9. What has Helen bought home? A. A bottle of wine. B. Plenty of food and drinks. C. Some birthday presents. 10. What can we learn about Helen and her neighbours? A. They get on very well. B. They never visit each other. C. They often have dinner together. 第二节 听取信息（5分） 听下面一段独白，请根据题目要求，从所听到的内容中获取必要的信息，填入空格中。听录音前，你将有15秒钟的阅题时间。录音读两遍，你将有60秒钟的作答时间。 Items Things to do The house is earthquake ________ All pipes should be tied to the wall. Walls should be especially ________ and strong. The building has no ________ windows. Objects in the ________ room can be tied to tables. The kitchen must have strong ________ on all the cupboards. 二、单项选择（10分） 1. —Is there ________ new on the notice board? —No, there is ________. A. anything; nothing B. something; anything C. anything; something D. nothing; anything 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：——布告栏上有什么新消息吗？——不，什么都没有。 anything意为“任何事物”，通常用于疑问句或否定句；something意为“某事，某物”，多用于肯定句中；nothing意为“没有什么”，表否定含义。第一个句子是一般疑问句，故使用anything；根据答语No可知表示否定意义，且句中be动词为肯定形式is，故使用nothing。 2. Fried food is not healthy for you. You had better __________too much of it. A. not to eat B. not eat C. eat not D. not eating 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意：油炸食品对你健康不利。你最好不要吃太多。 考查固定句型。动词eat意为“吃”，结构you had better do意为“你最好做……”，you had better not do意为“你最好不要做……”，这里是劝对方不要吃太多，用you had better not do结构，故选B。 3. __________of tourists in China keeps growing in recent years. A. A number B. The number C. An amount D. The amount 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意：近年来，中国的游客数量一直在增长。 考查固定搭配。a number of为量词短语，表示“许多……”，中心词是这个短语所修饰的复数名词，所以作主语时，谓语动词用复数形式。the number of表示“……的数量”，中心词为number，因此谓语动词用单数，本句中就是指“游客的人数”，an amount of 意为“许多”，后加不可数名词，the amount of意为“……的数量”，修饰不可数名词，tourists是可数名词复数，排除CD，故选B。 4. Lily is a kind girl. She gives me ________ help as she can. A. as many B. as few C. as little D. as much 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】句意：莉莉是个善良的女孩。她尽可能给我多的帮助。 as many 修饰可数名词复数；as much修饰不可数名词；as little修饰不可数名词，表否定含义；as few修饰可数名词复数，表否定含义。help是不可数名词，且根据“Lily is a kind girl.”可知，此处表示“尽可能多的帮助”，应用as much。 5. These kinds of birds have lived on Earth for________ of years. A. four million B. four millions C. million D. millions 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】句意：这些种类的鸟在地球上生存了数百万年了。 考查数词。hundred、thousand、million和billion等词在使用时，其前用基数词时，后面不能加s；当与of连用要加s，如hundreds of 数百的、millions of 数百万的。故选D。 6. ________ schoolboy could do this experiment ________. A. An 8-years-old; success B. A 8-years-old; successfully C. An 8-year-old; successfully D. A 8-year-old; successful 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：一个8岁的男生可以成功地做这个实验。 An 8-years-old表达错误；A 8-years-old表达错误；An 8-year-old八岁的；A 8-year-old表达错误；success成功，名词；successfully成功地，副词；successful成功的，形容词。第一空：“数词-名词单数-形容词”构成复合形容词修饰schoolboy，year需用单数，排除A、B；8 (eight) 以元音音素开头，冠词用An，排除D。第二空：修饰动词do需用副词successfully。 7. Allen spent ________ time ________ his homework but did ________ than Tony. A. little; doing; badly B. less; to do; well C. little; to do; worse D. less; doing; better 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】句意：艾伦花费更少的时间做他的家庭作业，但做得比托尼更好。 根据句末than Tony可知句子含有比较意味，第一空修饰不可数名词time，应用little的比较级less“更少的”；固定搭配spend time doing sth.表示“花费时间做某事”，第二空填doing；第三空修饰动词did且后有than，需用副词well的比较级better。故选D。 8. Have you ________ visited the Summer Palace? I am making a plan to visit it. A. ever B. never C. already D. yet 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：你曾经参观过颐和园吗？我正在计划参观它。 考查副词辨析。ever曾经；never从来不；already已经；yet还。由“Have you…visited the Summer Palace”可知，此处是问对方曾经去参观过颐和园没有。故选A。 9. —Since last week, Jack ________ Guangzhou. —When ________ he ________ there? A. has been to; has; gone B. has gone to; did; go C. has been in; did; go D. have gone to; did goes 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：—自从上周以来，杰克一直在广州。—他什么时候去那里的？ has been to去过某地（现已返回）；has gone to去了某地（还在途中/仍在当地，未返回）；has been in 地点+时间段，意为“待在某地多久”，常和since/for引导的时间段连用。第一空：句中Since last week（自从上周以来）是时间段，表示Jack从上周开始就一直待在广州，要用has been in。主语Jack是第三人称单数，助动词用has，排除D。第二空：When询问过去具体时间点，句子用一般过去时，助动词用did，后接动词原形go。 10. ________ you take a fish out of water for too long, it ________. A. Unless; would die B. If; would die C. Unless; dies D. If; dies 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】句意：如果你把鱼从水里拿出来太久，它会死。 根据句意可知，此处表示假设条件“如果”，应使用If引导条件状语从句，Unless意为“除非”，逻辑不符。且该句陈述客观事实，主从句均用一般现在时，主语it为第三人称单数，谓语动词用dies，would die用于虚拟语气，不符合语境。故选D。 三、语法选择（15分） Just a few days after his 18th birthday, Beijing 2022 gold medal ____11____ Su Yiming received a surprise gift—a letter from Xi Jinping, President of ____12____ People’s Republic of China. In the letter, Xi expressed his congratulations to Su and ____13____ sportsmen in ice and snow sports ____14____ their great achievements at the Beijing Winter Olympics, hoping what they had achieved would encourage young Chinese to aim ____15____. When Su first stepped onto a snowboard at the age of four, a future as a world-class sportsman seemed to be “a dream too big” for him. Little did he know that he ____16____ not only compete for his country ____17____ also take home gold. With the great excitement of winning an Olympic gold medal still fresh in his mind, Su wrote a letter to the president, telling him ____18____ he felt to have made his dream ____19____. Su still remembers what Xi wrote in the reply, “The new era is the time for young people ____20____ their dreams.” “I have always kept those words in my mind,” Su said, “ ____21____ I made up my mind to be a professional snowboarder, I know there is a big gap between my performance (表现)and ____22____ of the top sportsmen in the world. But I have been working hard to realize my dream. Now my story shows the fact that ____23____ will pay off.” Su said. Su believes the sky is the limit. “Find the thing you love, believe in ____24____ and do your ____25____. Finally, your dream will be realized.” Now Su has his strong wish to win all the competitions in his sporting field. 11. A. win B. won C. winner D. winning 12. A. a B. an C. the D. / 13. A. other B. another C. others D. the others 14. A. in B. for C. at D. with 15. A. high B. highly C. height D. heights 16. A. will B. would C. can D. may 17. A. so B. or C. and D. but 18. A. so lucky B. so luckily C. how lucky D. how luckily 19. A. come true B. coming true C. come truly D. come truth 20. A. realize B. realizing C. to realize D. realized 21. A. When B. While C. How D. Than 22. A. it B. that C. one D. a 23. A. work hard B. hard works C. hard-working D. hard work 24. A. your B. yourself C. yours D. you 25. A. good B. well C. better D. best 【答案】11. C 12. C 13. A 14. B 15. A 16. B 17. D 18. C 19. A 20. C 21. A 22. B 23. D 24. B 25. D 【解析】 【导语】本文讲述了北京冬奥会金牌得主苏翊鸣收到习近平主席的回信，以及他追逐梦想、努力奋斗的故事。 【11题详解】 句意：在他18岁生日后几天，北京2022年冬奥会金牌得主苏翊鸣收到了一份惊喜礼物——来自中华人民共和国主席习近平的一封信。 gold medal winner意为“金牌得主”，名词短语作定语修饰Su Yiming。win是动词；won是过去式；winning是现在分词或动名词。 【12题详解】 句意：在他18岁生日后几天，北京2022年冬奥会金牌得主苏翊鸣收到了一份惊喜礼物——来自中华人民共和国主席习近平的一封信。 the People’s Republic of China是专有名词，需用定冠词the。 【13题详解】 句意：在信中，习主席向苏翊鸣以及其他冰雪运动员表示祝贺。 other意为“其他的”，修饰名词sportsmen；another“另一个”后接单数；others是代词，不能直接修饰名词；the others特指其余全部。 【14题详解】 句意：祝贺他们在北京冬奥会上的巨大成就。 固定搭配congratulations to sb. for sth.，表示“因某事向某人祝贺”，介词用for。 【15题详解】 句意：希望他们所取得的成就能够激励中国年轻人志存高远。 aim high为固定短语，意为“胸怀大志”。highly“高度地”；height“高度”，均不符合固定搭配。 【16题详解】 句意：他几乎不知道他不仅能为国参赛，还能带回金牌。 主句谓语是Little did he know，时态为一般过去时，宾语从句中表示过去将来，用would。will用于一般将来时；can“能”；may“可能”。 【17题详解】 句意：他不仅能为国参赛，而且还能带回金牌。 not only...but also...固定搭配，意为“不仅……而且……”。 【18题详解】 句意：苏写了一封信给主席，告诉他梦想成真他感到多么幸运。 此处为感叹句作tell的宾语，感叹形容词lucky用how，结构为“how+形容词+主语+谓语”。 【19题详解】 句意：告诉他自己实现梦想感到多么幸运。 make one’s dream come true为固定短语，意为“使某人的梦想成真”。 【20题详解】 句意：新时代是年轻人实现梦想的时候。 固定句型It’s time for sb. to do sth.，意为“是某人做某事的时候了”，因此用不定式to realize。 【21题详解】 句意：当我下定决心成为一名职业单板滑雪运动员时，我知道我的表现与世界顶尖运动员还有很大差距。 When“当……时”，引导时间状语从句；While“而/当……时”，但侧重对比；How“如何”；Than“比”。 【22题详解】 句意：我知道我的表现和世界顶尖运动员的表现之间有很大差距。 that指代前文的performance，避免重复；it指代同一事物；one泛指一个；a不恰当。 【23题详解】 句意：现在我的故事证明了这样一个事实：努力会有回报。 hard work意为“努力工作”，不可数名词作主语；work hard是动词短语；hard works错误；hard-working是形容词。 【24题详解】 句意：找到你热爱的事情，相信自己，尽你最大的努力。 believe in yourself“相信自己”，主语为you，用反身代词yourself。 【25题详解】 句意：找到你热爱的事情，相信自己，尽你最大的努力。 do one’s best为固定短语，形容词性物主代词your后接best，意为“尽你最大努力”。 四、完形填空（本题有10小题，每小题1分，共10分） 阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。 For many years I have been a proud dreamer. I could get lost in the clouds for hours, dreaming of ____26____ to far away countries and enjoying different cultures there. My dream ____27____: a bestselling author, changing people’s hearts with my words, or a reporter, serving the people and giving ____28____ to those who have not been heard for centuries. I spend most of my time on dreaming. What’s the problem with spending so much time dancing among sunset-painted cotton candy clouds? Well, the ____29____ is that my bare feet seldom kiss the earth, and by being lost in my dreams often, I become ____30____ from my own real life and out of touch with the people I love. “Stop dreaming. Be a doer not a dreamer,” the famous television producer Shonda Rhimes described in her ____31____ for the graduating class of Dartmouth. “You just have to keep doing something, catching the next chance, staying open to ____32____ something new. It doesn’t have to satisfy your imagination of the perfect job or the perfect life. Perfect is boring and dreams are not ____33____. Just…DO.” One of the hardest lessons a dreamer has to learn is that in order to have the type of life we imagine so often, we must match our dreams with action. Otherwise, as Shonda puts it, “Dreamers often end up living in the basement (地下室) of relatives.” Another hard truth that we dreamers must know is that by being lost in dreaming, we overlook (忽视) ourselves. We usually dream of becoming ____34____ else. We dream about the person who is not us, and this is a problem because it means we would rather be others instead of ourselves. So, this is me waving goodbye to my cotton candy clouds. I am challenging myself to meet my dreams with action. It won’t be easy. Those light and soft clouds have been a great source of comfort through the endless thunder storms that have disrupted (打扰) my life. It’s comfortable. However, as my best friend often ____35____ me, good things don’t always bring comfort, even hell (地狱) can get comfortable if you stay there long enough. The best thing for us is challenging. It is a lot more meaningful than those cotton candy clouds. 26. A. turning B. leading C. listening D. travelling 27. A. standard B. job C. holiday D. situation 28. A. voice B. ability C. surprise D. space 29. A. advice B. reason C. difficulty D. problem 30. A. separate B. present C. close D. different 31. A. meeting B. speech C. novel D. diary 32. A. refusing B. believing C. offering D. trying 33. A. surprising B. important C. real D. lovely 34. A. everyone B. nobody C. someone D. anyone 35. A. encourages B. reports C. helps D. reminds 【答案】26. D 27. B 28. A 29. D 30. A 31. B 32. D 33. C 34. C 35. D 【解析】 【导语】本文主要介绍了作者作为一个梦想家，常常沉浸在幻想中，梦想去远方旅行、成为畅销书作家或记者，但意识到光有梦想而不行动会让人脱离现实和所爱之人。通过引用电视制作人Shonda Rhimes的演讲和朋友的话，作者认识到梦想必须与行动相匹配，并决定告别虚幻的“棉花糖云”，用行动去迎接挑战，因为挑战比幻想更有意义。 【26题详解】 句意：梦想着去遥远的国家旅行，体验不同的文化。 根据“to far away countries”可知，这里指“去……旅行”，travelling to符合语境。turning to“转向”，leading to“导致”，listening to“听”，均不符合。 【27题详解】 句意：我的梦想职业是：一位畅销书作家，用文字打动人们的心。 根据后文“a bestselling author, a reporter”可知，这些都是职业，job意为“工作，职业”，符合。standard“标准”，holiday“假期”，situation“情况”，均不符合。 【28题详解】 句意：给那些几个世纪以来未被倾听的人发声的机会。 give voice to为固定搭配，意为“为……发声，表达”。ability“能力”，surprise“惊讶”，space“空间”，均不能与give…to构成此意。 【29题详解】 句意：问题在于我的赤脚很少接触大地。 上文问“沉浸于幻想有什么问题？”，此处回答“问题是……”，problem意为“问题”，符合。advice“建议”，reason“原因”，difficulty“困难”，均不符合。 【30题详解】 句意：我变得与自己的真实生活分离，与所爱之人脱节。 become separate from意为“与……分离”，符合上下文。present“在场的”，close“亲近的”，different“不同的”，虽可说different from，但句意强调脱离而非不同。 【31题详解】 句意：著名电视制作人Shonda Rhimes在她给达特茅斯毕业班的演讲中描述道。 根据“for the graduating class”可知，这是毕业演讲，speech意为“演讲”。meeting“会议”，novel“小说”，diary“日记”，均不符合。 【32题详解】 句意：保持开放，尝试新事物。 try something new意为“尝试新事物”，符合语境。refusing“拒绝”，believing“相信”，offering“提供”，均不符合。 【33题详解】 句意：完美是无聊的，梦想不是真实的。 根据后文“Just…DO.”可知，Shonda强调行动，认为梦想若不付诸行动就不真实。real意为“真实的”，符合。surprising“令人惊讶的”，important“重要的”，lovely“可爱的”，均不符合。 【34题详解】 句意：我们通常梦想成为别人。 someone else意为“其他人，别人”，符合常见表达。everyone else“其他所有人”，nobody else“没有别人”，anyone else“任何其他人”，均不贴切。 【35题详解】 句意：正如我最好的朋友经常提醒我的那样。 后文朋友说“好事并不总是带来舒适，即使地狱待久了也会舒服”，这是提醒作者不要贪图舒适。remind意为“提醒”，符合。encourages“鼓励”，reports“报告”，helps“帮助”，均不符合。 五、阅读理解（30分） A TICKET TYPE: EDINBURGH CASTLE—Family (2 adults, 2 children) VISIT DATE: 9 July 2023, 9:30-17:00 For more information, please contact us: Website: www.edinburghcastle.gov.uk Phone: +44 (0)1312259846 Email: hs.ticketing@scotland.gsi.gov.uk ▲ HOW TO USE IT: 1. Please bring this ticket with you when you visit Edinburgh Castle. 2. If you are unable to visit the Castle on the Visit Date, you can use it for up to two days before or after the date. 3. After arriving at the gate, show this ticket to the workers and they will scan (扫描) it before you can go in. And they may ask you for a photo ID. ▲ TERMS AND CONDITIONS: 1. The bar code (条形码) can only be used once. 2. You may not copy or resell this ticket. 3. You may not use photos of this ticket instead. 4. Visitors must wear masks indoors and keep a distance. 36. This is a ticket to Edinburgh Castle for ________. A. a member B. a visitor C. a family D. a class 37. With this ticket, the visitors can’t visit the Castle on ________. A. July 7 B. July 9 C. July 11 D. July 13 38. Which is the right way to go into the Castle? A. Show a photo of a ticket to the workers. B. Show the ticket for the workers to scan it. C. Get into the Castle with the same ticket twice. D. Show a copy of the ticket to the workers. 【答案】36. C 37. D 38. B 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇应用文，介绍了爱丁堡城堡一张家庭门票的相关信息，包括票种、参观日期、使用方法及条款条件。 【36题详解】 票种信息显示：“EDINBURGH CASTLE—Family (2 adults, 2 children)”，直接说明这是一张面向家庭（2名成人+2名儿童）的门票。 【37题详解】 使用规则中提到：“If you are unable to visit the Castle on the Visit Date, you can use it for up to two days before or after the date”，结合参观日期“9 July 2023”，可使用日期范围为7月7日至11日，因此7月13日无法使用。 【38题详解】 入园要求说明：“After arriving at the gate, show this ticket to the workers and they will scan it before you can go in”，明确入园需向工作人员出示门票并由其扫描。 B Gever Tulley is a computer scientist from California. In 2005, he started a summer program called Tinkering School for children: The idea was that children can learn important skills for life by building things together. Gever Tulley and his team help the children to think big and create plans for innovative (有创造性的) things they want to build. Children have made fantastic things since the school started. They have built a cabin. They have made tree houses, wooden motorbikes and boats. At Tinkering School, children get all kinds of materials like wood, metal, plastic and ropes. They get lots of real tools too, such as knives, hammers and power drills. Tinkering School has been around for many years now, but nobody has ever suffered a serious injury in all these years. This is because there are strict health and safety rules they must follow. The children always learn how to use the tools safely and they must wear the right clothing and protection at all times. Gever Tulley’s ideas have worked very well. A lot of children have gone to his summer school over the years. Since it started, Tinkering School has been written about a lot. Most of those articles have been very positive. They have praised the quality of the school. They have found the children are more motivated than at many other schools. The students at Tinkering School seem to love their school. We spoke to 12-year-old Tina Cooper. She has been a student at the school for 2 months. “Since I started here, I’ve never sat in a ‘normal’ class with a teacher,” she told us. “But it’s been a very exciting experience. I’ve worked hard at my new school for 2 months now, and there hasn’t been one single moment when I found it boring. Before I started here. I was bored quite often.” 39. Gever Tulley started Tinkering School to ________. A. raise money for his research B. develop children’s skills for life C. acquire the ability to work in a group D. help children make their dreams come true 40. What does the third paragraph mainly talk about? A. Children are very good at using different tools. B. The school has developed greatly during these years. C. Children must follow strict health and safety rules. D. The school offers children different kinds of materials. 41. The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 4 refers to ________. A. the idea B. the school C. the rule D. the summer 42. From what Tina Cooper said, we know that ________. A. the teachers hardly stay with her in the new school B. she studies hard and feels ashamed of herself there C. she is getting more and more bored in her new school D. she is happy with the experiences in her new school 【答案】39. B 40. C 41. B 42. D 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文，主要介绍了Gever Tulley创办的修补学校，讲述了这所暑期学校的创办初衷、提供的材料工具、安全规定、办学成效以及学生的真实感受。 【39题详解】 第一段指出创办初衷：“The idea was that children can learn important skills for life by building things together”，说明创办这所学校是为了培养孩子们的生活技能。 【40题详解】 根据第三段“This is because there are strict health and safety rules they must follow.”以及后文介绍孩子们学习安全使用工具、穿戴防护装备可知，本段主要介绍学校要求孩子们遵守严格的健康和安全规定。 【41题详解】 第四段提到“A lot of children have gone to his summer school over the years. Since it started, Tinkering School has been written about a lot”，结合上下文可知此处“it”指代前文出现的Tinkering School（这所学校）。 【42题详解】 根据最后一段“It’s been a very exciting experience.”以及“there hasn’t been one single moment when I found it boring”可知，Tina认为在新学校的经历非常令人兴奋，从未感到无聊。由此可推知，她对新学校的经历很满意、很开心。 C Not long ago, two of my grandchildren came over for Sunday night family dinner. They walked in and made straight for the sofa to lie down. Aged 10 and 12, they pulled out their smartphones and started gaming. It saddens me to watch them, and so many other kids today, consider gaming as play. When I was a kid, I knew how to play. When I wanted a metal pedal car (踏板车) like some of my rich friends, my father made me one out of wood. It had wooden wheels and was pushed along the sidewalk using a broken hockey stick on the back. At first, I was ashamed of the homemade toy. But I soon began to like it when my friends all wanted a ride. Dad also built a huge playhouse and several tree houses. When I was older, he made me a high jump stand. Dad just loved building things or he really loved me, or maybe a little of both. In my neighbourhood, we didn’t have much to play with. For entertainment, we had to get creative. We put up tents in the backyard and camped out. At night, we looked for adventures on the streets. We once went on a week-long bike trip to Lake Huron. My grandchildren have no idea how much fun these activities can be. That Sunday night, after dinner, I decided to take them outside to show them “something different”. The first response was, ① “Why did we have to put our shoes on and go outside?” “Because I wanted to show you something,” I said and picked up my frisbee (飞盘). “I thought we could go outside and throw the frisbee around.” ② I got a slow and unwilling “Sure” for my efforts. ③ With some further unwillingness, we walked out into the street. Then we began throwing the frisbee back and forth badly. “Bend your wrist,” I instructed helpfully. Slowly, we got the hang of it and hit the neighbour’s car only three times. It’s amazing how much a frisbee hurts when your fingers are cold, but we were making progress. ④ My grandson found three excuses to go inside. Each time, however, his grandma kicked him back out. ⑤ We played until the neighbour came to check on his car. It was a great success, I think, but alas, you cannot win a war by winning just one battle. 43. How did the writer’s feelings change when he saw the wooden pedal car in Paragraph 3? A. sad → excited B. excited → sad C. ashamed → excited D. excited → ashamed 44. What does “something different” refer to? A. Pulling out smartphones and starting gaming. B. Going outside and throwing the frisbee around. C. Making a high jump stand for his grandchildren. D. Building a huge playhouse and several tree houses. 45. Which of the underlined sentences show grandchildren’s unwillingness? A. ①② B. ①②③ C. ①②③④ D. ①②③④⑤ 46. What will the writer be most likely to do later according to the passage? A. He will buy a metal pedal car for grandchildren. B. He will ask grandchildren to enjoy more outdoor fun. C. He will join them pulling out smartphones and gaming. D. He will keep throwing frisbee and hitting the neighbour’s car. 【答案】43. C 44. B 45. C 46. B 【解析】 【导语】本文主要讲述了作者看到孙子孙女沉迷手机游戏，回忆了自己童年丰富的户外游戏经历，并尝试带他们去户外玩飞盘，希望他们能体会到不一样的乐趣。 【43题详解】 根据第三段中“At first, I was ashamed of the homemade toy. But I soon began to like it...”可知，作者起初对自制玩具感到羞愧（ashamed），但当朋友们都想搭便车时，作者很快就开始喜欢上了。选项C符合这一情感变化。 【44题详解】 根据第五段作者决定带他们出去展示“something different”，紧接着第六段提到“I thought we could go outside and throw the frisbee around”可知，这里“不同的东西”指的是出去扔飞盘这项户外活动。 【45题详解】 分析划线句子：①孙子问为什么要穿鞋出去，表现出不解和抗拒；②提到得到的是“unwilling”（不情愿）的回答；③提到带着“further unwillingness”（进一步的不情愿）走到街上；④孙子找借口想进屋，表现出不想继续玩。⑤描述玩到邻居来检查车，结合后文“great success”可知此时已投入其中。因此①②③④体现了不情愿。 【46题详解】 根据文章最后一句“you cannot win a war by winning just one battle”（不能只赢一场战斗就赢得战争），暗示作者认为仅一次成功不够，未来会继续努力引导孙子享受户外乐趣，改变他们沉迷手机的习惯。 D The Internet lets everyone share their ideas, seemingly creating a more open and colorful world. However, have you ever felt like you’re in your own small world? Everything you hear or see just makes you more sure of what you already think. In fact, most people are now in what is called an “echo chamber”—also known as an information cocoon—a place where your own ideas keep coming back to you, and you don’t hear any different ones. This isn’t something new and it’s happening a lot more now. Echo chambers are like “rooms” on the Internet where everyone agrees with you. Think about how people used to sit around a fire, telling stories that made everyone else all nod and smile. The Internet is our modern-day fire. Social media platforms know exactly what we like. That’s thanks to very smart algorithms (算法). These algorithms watch what we do on the Internet to show us more information that matches our interests. Being in an echo chamber makes us feel good. However, this can make our opinions and thinking very rigid (僵化的) and make it hard for us to understand people who think differently. Luckily, there are ways to break free from echo chambers. One big step is to challenge ourselves by looking for information from different sources. Also, ask questions about where the information you’ve found comes from, double-check facts and be open-minded. 47. What does an “echo chamber” do to people? A. It sends different voices to people. B. It makes people look and think much more widely. C. It helps people improve their ideas. D. It mirrors their beliefs and prevents new thoughts. 48. How do “echo chambers” come into being? A. Different people never think the same when facing problems. B. Internet users don’t like new information provided by the Internet. C. Online platforms destroy people’s interests by means of algorithms. D. Algorithms pick information that matches people’s preferences. 49. What is the last paragraph mainly about? A. How to meet challenges online. B. How to stay away from the Internet. C. Ways to get out of echo chambers. D. The bad sides of echo chambers. 50. What is one way to break out of an echo chamber, according to the article? A. Only talk to the people who agree with you on various matters. B. Pay no attention to the ideas that are fairly different from yours. C. Get information from different sources and check if it’s true. D. On all occasions just follow what most of the people think. 【答案】47. D 48. D 49. C 50. C 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍网络时代下“回音室效应”（信息茧房）的含义、形成原因、带来的负面影响，同时给出了跳出回音室的相关解决办法。 【47题详解】 文章第二段对回音室作出解释：“an ‘echo chamber’—also known as an information cocoon—a place where your own ideas keep coming back to you, and you don’t hear any different ones”，第五段补充该现象会让人们思维僵化，无法理解不同观点。说明回音室只会复刻人们本身的想法，隔绝差异化新思想。 【48题详解】 文章第四段表明：“That’s thanks to very smart algorithms. These algorithms watch what we do on the Internet to show us more information that matches our interests”，点明社交媒体平台的算法会根据用户网络行为，筛选并推送符合用户喜好的信息，由此催生回音室效应。 【49题详解】 文章最后一段首句“Luckily, there are ways to break free from echo chambers”为段落主旨句，后续内容具体列举两项解决办法，整段内容围绕摆脱回音室的方法展开。 【50题详解】 文章最后一段给出解决方法：“One big step is to challenge ourselves by looking for information from different sources. Also, ask questions about where the information you’ve found comes from, double-check facts and be open-minded”，对应从多元渠道获取信息并核实信息真伪。 六、阅读填空（5分） A Frenchman, Niepce, needed pictures for his business. But he was not a good artist. ____51____ He put it in a window of his house and took a picture of his garden. That was the first photo. The next important date in the history of photography was in 1837. That year, Daguerre, another Frenchman, took a picture of his reading room. ____52____ In his picture, you could see everything very clearly, even the smallest thing. In 1840, photography was developed once more. Then photographers could take pictures of people and moving things. ____53____ So it’s not easy to take pictures. With the development of science and technology, a Chinese young man Wang Mengqiu, invented Hover Camera (无人相机). It can record people and things more wonderfully. He once studied at Stanford University in the United States. He became famous overnight because of the invention. Hover Camera records movements with a 13MP camera and takes 4K videos. You can use a smartphone to control it. It can follow you, flying or staying in mid-air. ____54____ It is the best choice for weddings, sports games and holidays because Hover Camera is convenient for users to carry. It can be folded, so it can be put into a small bag. ____55____ In the future, cameras will be designed better and better. People can take more lively photos and videos. A. He used a new kind of camera in a different way. B. In this way, it can get the perfect pictures. C. But the photographers had to carry many machines. D. When the power is low, it can land safely. E. So he invented a very simple camera in 1826. 【答案】51. E 52. A 53. C 54. B 55. D 【解析】 【导语】本文介绍了摄影技术的发展历史以及每个历史阶段的重要人物。 【51题详解】 上文提到Niepce需要照片但不会画画，下文说他把相机放在窗边拍了花园。此处应说明他发明了相机。E项“So he invented a very simple camera in 1826.”符合逻辑。 【52题详解】 上文提到Daguerre拍了阅读室的照片，下文说在他的照片里一切都很清晰。此处应说明他使用了不同的相机方式。A项“He used a new kind of camera in a different way.”符合语境。 【53题详解】 上文提到摄影师可以拍人和移动物体，下文说“所以拍照不容易”。此处应说明拍照的困难所在。C项“But the photographers had to carry many machines.”与后文“不容易”形成因果关系。 【54题详解】 上文提到Hover Camera可以跟随、飞或停在空中，下文说它是婚礼等的最佳选择。此处应说明这样做的结果。B项“In this way, it can get the perfect pictures.”与后文成为最佳选择呼应。 【55题详解】 上文提到Hover Camera可折叠、放进小包，下文展望未来。此处应补充另一个优点。D项“When the power is low, it can land safely.”是无人相机的安全特性。 七、单词拼写（10分） 第一节 单词填空（根据首字母或所给单词的正确形式填空）（5分） 56. I can say from personal e________ that it’s hard not having a job. 【答案】 experience##xperience 【解析】 【详解】句意：根据我个人的经验，没有工作是很艰难的。空格前有形容词personal修饰，结合首字母e及句意，应填名词experience。from personal experience是常见介词短语，在句中作状语，表示“根据个人经验”。 57. I bought some new shoes which are very s________ to a pair I had before. 【答案】 similar##imilar 【解析】 【详解】句意：我买了一些新鞋，它们和我以前的一双鞋很相似。结合首字母s和句意，此处为固定短语be similar to，意为“与……相似”。similar是形容词，意为“相似的”，在句中作表语。 58. The IOC c________ Atlanta as the site for the 1996 Olympic Games. 【答案】 chose##hose 【解析】 【详解】句意：国际奥委会选定亚特兰大作为1996年奥运会的举办地。句中时间“1996”为过去时间，句子要用一般过去时。结合首字母c及语境，此处表示“选择、选定”，动词choose的过去式为chose。 59. The price is $13,650, not ________ (include) tax. 【答案】 including 【解析】 【详解】句意：价格是13650美元，不含税费。句中此处用来补充说明价格范围，include为动词，空格后接名词tax，需用介词形式including，表示“包含、包括”，not including 意为“不包含”，故填including。 60. Coffee is probably the ________(popular) drink in the world. 【答案】 most popular 【解析】 【详解】句意：咖啡或许是世界上最受欢迎的饮品。句中有比较范围in the world，表示在三者或三者以上中进行比较，需要用最高级，popular是多音节形容词（三个音节），最高级在前面加most，构成most popular。 第二节 语篇填词（5分） 5G is the fifth-generation network. It can connect everyone and everything together. 5G networks will cover many cities in China soon. 5G means super-fast data s____61____ You can download a two-hour movie for fewer than 10 seconds, and it is making our lives more and more c____62____. 5G will make self-driving cars possible. Even airplanes will become “smart” in the near future. Passengers will be able to use 5G networks in the air to connect to the Internet and can o____63____ food and drinks. 5G will be a big help for students who take online classes. Many people live in p____64____ areas in the world where there are no schools. But with 5G, this will change. Students all over the world will be able to see places like the Great Wall w____65____ leaving their rooms. It will be also easier for doctors to treat patients remotely by 5G. It means caring for patients from far away. 【答案】61. speed##peed 62. convenient##onvenient 63. order##rder 64. poor##oor 65. without##ithout 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文，介绍了5G网络的特点及其在多个领域的应用，包括下载速度、自动驾驶、在线教育、远程医疗等，展示了5G对未来生活的巨大影响。 【61题详解】 句意：5G意味着超快的数据传输速度。前文说5G是第五代网络，后文举例“你可以不到10秒下载一部两小时的电影”，因此这里指的是“速度”，根据首字母s可知是speed。 【62题详解】 句意：它让我们的生活变得越来越方便。前文提到下载速度快，后文举例自动驾驶、在线点餐等，这些都是让生活更“方便”，根据首字母c可知是convenient。 【63题详解】 句意：乘客将能够在空中使用5G网络连接互联网，并可以点餐和饮料。“order food and drinks”意为“点餐和饮料”，符合空中服务的语境，根据首字母o可知是order。 【64题详解】 句意：世界上许多贫困地区的人们没有学校。后文说“没有学校”，这些地区往往是“贫困的”，根据首字母p可知是poor。 【65题详解】 句意：全世界的学生将能够足不出户就能看到像长城这样的地方。“without leaving their rooms”意为“不离开他们的房间”，与“足不出户”对应，根据首字母w可知是without。 八、完成句子（10分） 66. 她打开抽屉，拿出一双袜子。 She opened the drawer and ________ a pair of socks. 【答案】 took out 【解析】 【详解】根据中文句意“拿出”，对应的英文固定短语是take out。句中连词and连接两个并列的谓语动作。前一个动词 opened是一般过去时，因此后一个动词也需保持时态一致，使用一般过去时。故最终答案为took out。 67. 她看着他的时候眼里满是泪水。 When she looked at him, her eyes ________ ________ tears. 【答案】 ①. filled ②. with 【解析】 【详解】原句的关键词是“眼里满是泪水”；表示“充满”可用动词短语fill with，主语her eyes与fill之间是主动关系，描述过去事实用一般过去时，fill的过去式为filled，后接介词with。 68. 这是严肃的事情，我希望你不开玩笑。 This is a serious matter. I wish you wouldn’t ________ ________ it. 【答案】 ①. joke ②. about 【解析】 【详解】原句中“开玩笑”是关键词，表达“开玩笑”的动词是joke，空格前“wouldn’t”是情态动词，后接动词原形，第二空应填入介词“about”才能接it。故填joke；about。 69. 他们计划引入立法阻止克隆人类。 They plan ________ ________ legislation ________ ________ human cloning. 【答案】 ①. to ②. introduce ③. to ④. stop##prevent 【解析】 【详解】原句中“计划引入立法阻止”是关键词。表示“计划做某事”的常用固定短语是plan to do sth，不定式结构可表行为目的；introduce legislation是固定搭配意为“引入立法”；表示“阻止”可用stop/prevent，因此依次填入to；introduce；to ；stop/prevent。 70. 我在马德里工作时见过他，从此之后我一直和他保持联系。 I met him when I worked in Madrid, and I ________ ________ ________ with him ever since. 【答案】 ①. have ②. kept ③. in touch 【解析】 【详解】原句的关键词是“一直和他保持联系”；“与某人保持联系”对应英文短语keep in touch with sb.；时间状语ever since提示句子用现在完成时，主语I，助动词用have，keep的过去分词为kept。 71. 我强烈建议你不做这事。 I strongly ________ you ________ ________ this. 【答案】 ①. advise ②. not ③. to do 【解析】 【详解】原句中“建议”和“不做”是关键词，advise sb not to do sth“建议某人不要做某事”，固定搭配；句意提示，该句在表达现在发生的具体动作，时态为一般现在时，主语是“I”，所以谓语动词用原形。故填advise；not；to do。 九、书面表达（共15分） 72. 假如你是李华，学校英文广播站特邀你就“如何提高记忆力”做一个英语演讲，内容包含以下要点： 1. 均衡饮食，充足睡眠； 2. 记忆新内容时，要大声朗读； 3. 及时复习所学知识； 4. 补充一条其他方法。 要求： 1. 100词左右，开头已给出，不计入总词数内； 2. 文中不得出现真实姓名和校名； 3. 可适当增加细节，以使条理清楚、行文连贯； 4. 标点正确，书面整洁。 提示词：大声地loudly；均衡饮食a balanced diet；复习review Hello, everyone! I am so happy to share with you some methods for improving our memory. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】 例文： Hello, everyone! I am so happy to share with you some methods for improving our memory. First, have a balanced diet and get enough sleep. Eating healthy food like vegetables and fruits helps our brains. Sleeping seven to eight hours a night is also important. Second, when you learn something new, read it aloud. This makes your brain work harder and remember better. Third, review what you have learned in time. Don’t wait until the night before an exam. Go over your notes regularly. Finally, do exercise every day. Running, swimming or even walking can make your brain more active and improve memory. Try these simple methods, and you will see a big difference. Thank you for listening! 【解析】 【详解】写作步骤 [第一步：审题立意] 确定文体： 演讲稿，以一般现在时为主 明确要点： 均衡饮食，充足睡眠；记忆新内容时要大声朗读；及时复习所学知识；补充一条其他方法（如：多做运动/使用记忆技巧/保持良好心情/规律作息等） 确定人称： 第一人称（I）和第二人称（you） 注意事项： 100词左右（开头已给出，不计入总词数）；文中不得出现真实姓名和校名；可适当增加细节使条理清楚、行文连贯；标点正确，书面整洁 [第二步：构思布局] 三段式结构： 开头段：承接已给开头，引出演讲主题 主体段： 分点介绍提高记忆力的方法 结尾段：总结鼓励 [第三步：要点展开] 要点一：均衡饮食，充足睡眠 具体说明：a balanced diet/healthy food/get enough sleep/have regular sleep habits/eat more fruits and vegetables/drink enough water/7 to 8 hours of sleep等 要点二：大声朗读新内容 具体说明：read it aloud/read loudly/read new information aloud/repeat loudly after reading/use your ears and eyes together等 要点三：及时复习 具体说明：view in time/go over what you have learned/regular review/review after class/review before sleeping/repeat at different times等 要点四：补充一条其他方法 具体说明：do exercise every day/use mind maps/connect new things with old ones/teach others/stay relaxed/take notes in your own way/use memory tricks等 要点五：总结鼓励 鼓励：Try these simple methods, and you will see a big difference./I hope you can try/if you follow these tips/you will have a better memory等 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $ 2024-2025学年八年级12月质量检查 英语 （满分120分，考试时间100分钟） 一、听力（15分） 第一节 听力理解（10分） 每段播放两遍。各段后有几个小题，各段播放前每小题有5秒钟的阅题时间。请根据各段播放内容及其相关小题，在5秒钟内从题中所给的A、B、C项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 听下面一段对话，回答以下小题。 1. Why did the woman want to change job? A. She wanted a job as a waitress. B. She wanted more time to study. C. Her pay was too low. 2. What was the result of the interview? A. She got the job. B. She was able to enter the university. C. The man promised her a pay rise. 听下面一段对话，回答以下小题。 3. When are they going to meet? A. On Wednesday morning. B. On Friday. C. On Wednesday evening. 4. What is the probable job of the woman? A. A film star. B. A musician. C. A football player. 5. What does the man invite the woman to do? A. To see a film. B. To have dinner together. C. To enjoy a concert. 听下面一段材料，回答以下小题。 6. What are the two speakers talking about? A. Thunder and sound. B. Thunder and lightning. C. Thunder and science. 7. Why is the man unlikely to see lightning? A. He is asleep. B. He is reading a science book. C. Perhaps lightning is far away. 听下面一段材料，回答以下小题。 8. What are the speakers mainly talking about? A. Helen’s neighbours. B. Helen’s good friends. C. Helen’s birthday party. 9. What has Helen bought home? A. A bottle of wine. B. Plenty of food and drinks. C. Some birthday presents. 10. What can we learn about Helen and her neighbours? A. They get on very well. B. They never visit each other. C. They often have dinner together. 第二节 听取信息（5分） 听下面一段独白，请根据题目要求，从所听到的内容中获取必要的信息，填入空格中。听录音前，你将有15秒钟的阅题时间。录音读两遍，你将有60秒钟的作答时间。 Items Things to do The house is earthquake ________ All pipes should be tied to the wall. Walls should be especially ________ and strong. The building has no ________ windows. Objects in the ________ room can be tied to tables. The kitchen must have strong ________ on all the cupboards. 二、单项选择（10分） 1. —Is there ________ new on the notice board? —No, there is ________. A. anything; nothing B. something; anything C. anything; something D. nothing; anything 2. Fried food is not healthy for you. You had better __________too much of it. A. not to eat B. not eat C. eat not D. not eating 3. __________of tourists in China keeps growing in recent years. A. A number B. The number C. An amount D. The amount 4. Lily is a kind girl. She gives me ________ help as she can. A. as many B. as few C. as little D. as much 5. These kinds of birds have lived on Earth for________ of years. A. four million B. four millions C. million D. millions 6. ________ schoolboy could do this experiment ________. A. An 8-years-old; success B. A 8-years-old; successfully C. An 8-year-old; successfully D. A 8-year-old; successful 7. Allen spent ________ time ________ his homework but did ________ than Tony. A. little; doing; badly B. less; to do; well C. little; to do; worse D. less; doing; better 8. Have you ________ visited the Summer Palace? I am making a plan to visit it. A. ever B. never C. already D. yet 9. —Since last week, Jack ________ Guangzhou. —When ________ he ________ there? A. has been to; has; gone B. has gone to; did; go C. has been in; did; go D. have gone to; did goes 10. ________ you take a fish out of water for too long, it ________. A. Unless; would die B. If; would die C. Unless; dies D. If; dies 三、语法选择（15分） Just a few days after his 18th birthday, Beijing 2022 gold medal ____11____ Su Yiming received a surprise gift—a letter from Xi Jinping, President of ____12____ People’s Republic of China. In the letter, Xi expressed his congratulations to Su and ____13____ sportsmen in ice and snow sports ____14____ their great achievements at the Beijing Winter Olympics, hoping what they had achieved would encourage young Chinese to aim ____15____. When Su first stepped onto a snowboard at the age of four, a future as a world-class sportsman seemed to be “a dream too big” for him. Little did he know that he ____16____ not only compete for his country ____17____ also take home gold. With the great excitement of winning an Olympic gold medal still fresh in his mind, Su wrote a letter to the president, telling him ____18____ he felt to have made his dream ____19____. Su still remembers what Xi wrote in the reply, “The new era is the time for young people ____20____ their dreams.” “I have always kept those words in my mind,” Su said, “ ____21____ I made up my mind to be a professional snowboarder, I know there is a big gap between my performance (表现)and ____22____ of the top sportsmen in the world. But I have been working hard to realize my dream. Now my story shows the fact that ____23____ will pay off.” Su said. Su believes the sky is the limit. “Find the thing you love, believe in ____24____ and do your ____25____. Finally, your dream will be realized.” Now Su has his strong wish to win all the competitions in his sporting field. 11. A. win B. won C. winner D. winning 12. A. a B. an C. the D. / 13. A. other B. another C. others D. the others 14. A. in B. for C. at D. with 15. A. high B. highly C. height D. heights 16. A. will B. would C. can D. may 17. A. so B. or C. and D. but 18. A. so lucky B. so luckily C. how lucky D. how luckily 19. A. come true B. coming true C. come truly D. come truth 20. A. realize B. realizing C. to realize D. realized 21. A. When B. While C. How D. Than 22. A. it B. that C. one D. a 23. A. work hard B. hard works C. hard-working D. hard work 24. A. your B. yourself C. yours D. you 25. A. good B. well C. better D. best 四、完形填空（本题有10小题，每小题1分，共10分） 阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。 For many years I have been a proud dreamer. I could get lost in the clouds for hours, dreaming of ____26____ to far away countries and enjoying different cultures there. My dream ____27____: a bestselling author, changing people’s hearts with my words, or a reporter, serving the people and giving ____28____ to those who have not been heard for centuries. I spend most of my time on dreaming. What’s the problem with spending so much time dancing among sunset-painted cotton candy clouds? Well, the ____29____ is that my bare feet seldom kiss the earth, and by being lost in my dreams often, I become ____30____ from my own real life and out of touch with the people I love. “Stop dreaming. Be a doer not a dreamer,” the famous television producer Shonda Rhimes described in her ____31____ for the graduating class of Dartmouth. “You just have to keep doing something, catching the next chance, staying open to ____32____ something new. It doesn’t have to satisfy your imagination of the perfect job or the perfect life. Perfect is boring and dreams are not ____33____. Just…DO.” One of the hardest lessons a dreamer has to learn is that in order to have the type of life we imagine so often, we must match our dreams with action. Otherwise, as Shonda puts it, “Dreamers often end up living in the basement (地下室) of relatives.” Another hard truth that we dreamers must know is that by being lost in dreaming, we overlook (忽视) ourselves. We usually dream of becoming ____34____ else. We dream about the person who is not us, and this is a problem because it means we would rather be others instead of ourselves. So, this is me waving goodbye to my cotton candy clouds. I am challenging myself to meet my dreams with action. It won’t be easy. Those light and soft clouds have been a great source of comfort through the endless thunder storms that have disrupted (打扰) my life. It’s comfortable. However, as my best friend often ____35____ me, good things don’t always bring comfort, even hell (地狱) can get comfortable if you stay there long enough. The best thing for us is challenging. It is a lot more meaningful than those cotton candy clouds. 26. A. turning B. leading C. listening D. travelling 27. A. standard B. job C. holiday D. situation 28. A. voice B. ability C. surprise D. space 29. A. advice B. reason C. difficulty D. problem 30. A. separate B. present C. close D. different 31. A. meeting B. speech C. novel D. diary 32. A. refusing B. believing C. offering D. trying 33. A. surprising B. important C. real D. lovely 34. A. everyone B. nobody C. someone D. anyone 35. A. encourages B. reports C. helps D. reminds 五、阅读理解（30分） A TICKET TYPE: EDINBURGH CASTLE—Family (2 adults, 2 children) VISIT DATE: 9 July 2023, 9:30-17:00 For more information, please contact us: Website: www.edinburghcastle.gov.uk Phone: +44 (0)1312259846 Email: hs.ticketing@scotland.gsi.gov.uk ▲ HOW TO USE IT: 1. Please bring this ticket with you when you visit Edinburgh Castle. 2. If you are unable to visit the Castle on the Visit Date, you can use it for up to two days before or after the date. 3. After arriving at the gate, show this ticket to the workers and they will scan (扫描) it before you can go in. And they may ask you for a photo ID. ▲ TERMS AND CONDITIONS: 1. The bar code (条形码) can only be used once. 2. You may not copy or resell this ticket. 3. You may not use photos of this ticket instead. 4. Visitors must wear masks indoors and keep a distance. 36. This is a ticket to Edinburgh Castle for ________. A. a member B. a visitor C. a family D. a class 37. With this ticket, the visitors can’t visit the Castle on ________. A. July 7 B. July 9 C. July 11 D. July 13 38. Which is the right way to go into the Castle? A. Show a photo of a ticket to the workers. B. Show the ticket for the workers to scan it. C. Get into the Castle with the same ticket twice. D. Show a copy of the ticket to the workers. B Gever Tulley is a computer scientist from California. In 2005, he started a summer program called Tinkering School for children: The idea was that children can learn important skills for life by building things together. Gever Tulley and his team help the children to think big and create plans for innovative (有创造性的) things they want to build. Children have made fantastic things since the school started. They have built a cabin. They have made tree houses, wooden motorbikes and boats. At Tinkering School, children get all kinds of materials like wood, metal, plastic and ropes. They get lots of real tools too, such as knives, hammers and power drills. Tinkering School has been around for many years now, but nobody has ever suffered a serious injury in all these years. This is because there are strict health and safety rules they must follow. The children always learn how to use the tools safely and they must wear the right clothing and protection at all times. Gever Tulley’s ideas have worked very well. A lot of children have gone to his summer school over the years. Since it started, Tinkering School has been written about a lot. Most of those articles have been very positive. They have praised the quality of the school. They have found the children are more motivated than at many other schools. The students at Tinkering School seem to love their school. We spoke to 12-year-old Tina Cooper. She has been a student at the school for 2 months. “Since I started here, I’ve never sat in a ‘normal’ class with a teacher,” she told us. “But it’s been a very exciting experience. I’ve worked hard at my new school for 2 months now, and there hasn’t been one single moment when I found it boring. Before I started here. I was bored quite often.” 39. Gever Tulley started Tinkering School to ________. A. raise money for his research B. develop children’s skills for life C. acquire the ability to work in a group D. help children make their dreams come true 40. What does the third paragraph mainly talk about? A. Children are very good at using different tools. B. The school has developed greatly during these years. C. Children must follow strict health and safety rules. D. The school offers children different kinds of materials. 41. The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 4 refers to ________. A. the idea B. the school C. the rule D. the summer 42. From what Tina Cooper said, we know that ________. A. the teachers hardly stay with her in the new school B. she studies hard and feels ashamed of herself there C. she is getting more and more bored in her new school D. she is happy with the experiences in her new school C Not long ago, two of my grandchildren came over for Sunday night family dinner. They walked in and made straight for the sofa to lie down. Aged 10 and 12, they pulled out their smartphones and started gaming. It saddens me to watch them, and so many other kids today, consider gaming as play. When I was a kid, I knew how to play. When I wanted a metal pedal car (踏板车) like some of my rich friends, my father made me one out of wood. It had wooden wheels and was pushed along the sidewalk using a broken hockey stick on the back. At first, I was ashamed of the homemade toy. But I soon began to like it when my friends all wanted a ride. Dad also built a huge playhouse and several tree houses. When I was older, he made me a high jump stand. Dad just loved building things or he really loved me, or maybe a little of both. In my neighbourhood, we didn’t have much to play with. For entertainment, we had to get creative. We put up tents in the backyard and camped out. At night, we looked for adventures on the streets. We once went on a week-long bike trip to Lake Huron. My grandchildren have no idea how much fun these activities can be. That Sunday night, after dinner, I decided to take them outside to show them “something different”. The first response was, ① “Why did we have to put our shoes on and go outside?” “Because I wanted to show you something,” I said and picked up my frisbee (飞盘). “I thought we could go outside and throw the frisbee around.” ② I got a slow and unwilling “Sure” for my efforts. ③ With some further unwillingness, we walked out into the street. Then we began throwing the frisbee back and forth badly. “Bend your wrist,” I instructed helpfully. Slowly, we got the hang of it and hit the neighbour’s car only three times. It’s amazing how much a frisbee hurts when your fingers are cold, but we were making progress. ④ My grandson found three excuses to go inside. Each time, however, his grandma kicked him back out. ⑤ We played until the neighbour came to check on his car. It was a great success, I think, but alas, you cannot win a war by winning just one battle. 43. How did the writer’s feelings change when he saw the wooden pedal car in Paragraph 3? A. sad → excited B. excited → sad C. ashamed → excited D. excited → ashamed 44. What does “something different” refer to? A. Pulling out smartphones and starting gaming. B. Going outside and throwing the frisbee around. C. Making a high jump stand for his grandchildren. D. Building a huge playhouse and several tree houses. 45. Which of the underlined sentences show grandchildren’s unwillingness? A. ①② B. ①②③ C. ①②③④ D. ①②③④⑤ 46. What will the writer be most likely to do later according to the passage? A. He will buy a metal pedal car for grandchildren. B. He will ask grandchildren to enjoy more outdoor fun. C. He will join them pulling out smartphones and gaming. D. He will keep throwing frisbee and hitting the neighbour’s car. D The Internet lets everyone share their ideas, seemingly creating a more open and colorful world. However, have you ever felt like you’re in your own small world? Everything you hear or see just makes you more sure of what you already think. In fact, most people are now in what is called an “echo chamber”—also known as an information cocoon—a place where your own ideas keep coming back to you, and you don’t hear any different ones. This isn’t something new and it’s happening a lot more now. Echo chambers are like “rooms” on the Internet where everyone agrees with you. Think about how people used to sit around a fire, telling stories that made everyone else all nod and smile. The Internet is our modern-day fire. Social media platforms know exactly what we like. That’s thanks to very smart algorithms (算法). These algorithms watch what we do on the Internet to show us more information that matches our interests. Being in an echo chamber makes us feel good. However, this can make our opinions and thinking very rigid (僵化的) and make it hard for us to understand people who think differently. Luckily, there are ways to break free from echo chambers. One big step is to challenge ourselves by looking for information from different sources. Also, ask questions about where the information you’ve found comes from, double-check facts and be open-minded. 47. What does an “echo chamber” do to people? A. It sends different voices to people. B. It makes people look and think much more widely. C. It helps people improve their ideas. D. It mirrors their beliefs and prevents new thoughts. 48. How do “echo chambers” come into being? A. Different people never think the same when facing problems. B. Internet users don’t like new information provided by the Internet. C. Online platforms destroy people’s interests by means of algorithms. D. Algorithms pick information that matches people’s preferences. 49. What is the last paragraph mainly about? A. How to meet challenges online. B. How to stay away from the Internet. C. Ways to get out of echo chambers. D. The bad sides of echo chambers. 50. What is one way to break out of an echo chamber, according to the article? A. Only talk to the people who agree with you on various matters. B. Pay no attention to the ideas that are fairly different from yours. C. Get information from different sources and check if it’s true. D. On all occasions just follow what most of the people think. 六、阅读填空（5分） A Frenchman, Niepce, needed pictures for his business. But he was not a good artist. ____51____ He put it in a window of his house and took a picture of his garden. That was the first photo. The next important date in the history of photography was in 1837. That year, Daguerre, another Frenchman, took a picture of his reading room. ____52____ In his picture, you could see everything very clearly, even the smallest thing. In 1840, photography was developed once more. Then photographers could take pictures of people and moving things. ____53____ So it’s not easy to take pictures. With the development of science and technology, a Chinese young man Wang Mengqiu, invented Hover Camera (无人相机). It can record people and things more wonderfully. He once studied at Stanford University in the United States. He became famous overnight because of the invention. Hover Camera records movements with a 13MP camera and takes 4K videos. You can use a smartphone to control it. It can follow you, flying or staying in mid-air. ____54____ It is the best choice for weddings, sports games and holidays because Hover Camera is convenient for users to carry. It can be folded, so it can be put into a small bag. ____55____ In the future, cameras will be designed better and better. People can take more lively photos and videos. A. He used a new kind of camera in a different way. B. In this way, it can get the perfect pictures. C. But the photographers had to carry many machines. D. When the power is low, it can land safely. E. So he invented a very simple camera in 1826. 七、单词拼写（10分） 第一节 单词填空（根据首字母或所给单词的正确形式填空）（5分） 56. I can say from personal e________ that it’s hard not having a job. 57. I bought some new shoes which are very s________ to a pair I had before. 58. The IOC c________ Atlanta as the site for the 1996 Olympic Games. 59. The price is $13,650, not ________ (include) tax. 60. Coffee is probably the ________(popular) drink in the world. 第二节 语篇填词（5分） 5G is the fifth-generation network. It can connect everyone and everything together. 5G networks will cover many cities in China soon. 5G means super-fast data s____61____ You can download a two-hour movie for fewer than 10 seconds, and it is making our lives more and more c____62____. 5G will make self-driving cars possible. Even airplanes will become “smart” in the near future. Passengers will be able to use 5G networks in the air to connect to the Internet and can o____63____ food and drinks. 5G will be a big help for students who take online classes. Many people live in p____64____ areas in the world where there are no schools. But with 5G, this will change. Students all over the world will be able to see places like the Great Wall w____65____ leaving their rooms. It will be also easier for doctors to treat patients remotely by 5G. It means caring for patients from far away. 八、完成句子（10分） 66. 她打开抽屉，拿出一双袜子。 She opened the drawer and ________ a pair of socks. 67. 她看着他的时候眼里满是泪水。 When she looked at him, her eyes ________ ________ tears. 68. 这是严肃的事情，我希望你不开玩笑。 This is a serious matter. I wish you wouldn’t ________ ________ it. 69. 他们计划引入立法阻止克隆人类。 They plan ________ ________ legislation ________ ________ human cloning. 70. 我在马德里工作时见过他，从此之后我一直和他保持联系。 I met him when I worked in Madrid, and I ________ ________ ________ with him ever since. 71. 我强烈建议你不做这事。 I strongly ________ you ________ ________ this. 九、书面表达（共15分） 72. 假如你是李华，学校英文广播站特邀你就“如何提高记忆力”做一个英语演讲，内容包含以下要点： 1. 均衡饮食，充足睡眠； 2. 记忆新内容时，要大声朗读； 3. 及时复习所学知识； 4. 补充一条其他方法。 要求： 1. 100词左右，开头已给出，不计入总词数内； 2. 文中不得出现真实姓名和校名； 3. 可适当增加细节，以使条理清楚、行文连贯； 4. 标点正确，书面整洁。 提示词：大声地loudly；均衡饮食a balanced diet；复习review Hello, everyone! 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