上海市存志学校2023-2024学年八年级上学期期末英语试题

8A期末考试 听力+答案 Ⅰ. Listen and choose the right picture（根据你听到的内容，选择相应的图片） 1. Mr Lee is in a hurry because time is running out. 2. Paul let out a cry of pain when he stepped onto a trap. 3. His job is to make repairs on people’s cars. 4. What I can never forget is the figure of my dad’s back. 5. The captain and crew welcome you aboard. Ⅱ. Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to the question you hear（根据你听到的对话和问题，选出最恰当的答案） 6. A: Can I help you, madam? B: I want to mail this parcel to my friend. How much should I pay? A: Oh, we’ll weigh it first. Seventeen yuan. Q: Where are the two speakers? 7. A: I’m moving to a new place tomorrow, Lucy. Could you possibly do me a favour? B: Sure. Why not ask some more people in the office if they are free, too? Q: What does Lucy mean? 8. A: Excuse me, can you tell me where Shanghai Grand Theater is? I lost my way here. B: Turn right at the corner. It’s next to city hall, and opposite the museum, on People’s Avenue. A: Thank you so much. Q: Where is Shanghai Grand Theater actually? 9. A: Jane. Christmas is coming. What present do you want from your parents? B: I want a pair of new shoes. But I’m afraid that my mother will buy me an encyclopedia. A: An encyclopedia is full of knowledge and knowledge is power. B: But the knowledge cannot help me walk comfortably. Q: What present does Jane want at Christmas? 10. A: What were you doing at the time? B: My friends and I were playing in the park. I was standing on a hill. From there, I heard a loud bang and saw a young man with an axe chasing another man. A: What was the young man wearing? B: He was wearing a blue jacket and jeans. Q: Who are the two speakers? Ⅲ. Listen to the passage and tell whether the following statements are true or false（判断下列句子是否符合你听到的短文内容，符合的用“T”表示，不符合的用“F”表示） Every year around this time, the agricultural fields of South West England turn into giant works of art overnight. They usually restarts the age-old debate of whether the crop circles are man-made creations or the work of aliens trying to send us a message. This year's first crop circle was created on a field in Wiltshire, on May 7th. The beautiful circular piece of art is just one of many that will start to show up as the summer goes on. Crop circles or patterns are not new to this or other parts of the world. They have been around for years. The earliest ones recorded date back to the 17th century. However, they have gotten increasingly complex over the years. While some are man-made, the ones in South West England , appear mysteriously overnight, and have become the topic of many debates. Some people believe that thanks to modern technology, it is possible to create such complicated designs in the middle of the night. However, others say that most crop circles appear on 'ley' lines, which are straight lines that connect many important ancient sites. So the circles must be the work of alien superpowers. One thing everybody does agree on, is that they have been wonderful for the local economy, since they attract thousands of visitors each year. What do you think? Be sure to let us know by adding your comments below. Ⅳ. Listen to the passage and fill in the blanks to complete the sentences（听短文，用听到的单词完成下列内容。每空格限填一词） The American space agency NASA says a spacecraft has entered the sun's outermost atmosphere for the first time. The Parker Solar Probe traveled through the solar atmosphere's outer edge–known as the corona–in April, scientists announced this week. They said it took them a few months to examine data from the spacecraft and to confirm the result. Unlike Earth, the sun does not have a solid surface. Instead, it is a superheated ball of material held together by gravity and magnetic forces. Some solar material escapes and is released into space in what is known as the solar wind. The Parker Solar Probe was launched in 2018 with a main goal of studying the solar wind. Scientists say being able to study the solar wind and the corona close up can help them better understand how solar activities influence Earth. NASA has described the spacecraft's entry into the outermost atmosphere as successfully "touching" the sun. The spacecraft will keep getting closer to the sun and diving deeper into the corona until its final orbit, planned for 2025. 参考答案： Part One: Listening Ⅰ. 1-5 DCFAB Ⅱ. 6-10 CCDAB Ⅲ. 11-16 F T F T T F Ⅳ. 17. traveled through 18. examine data 19. solid surface 20.main goal 21. diving deeper Part Two: Phonetics, Grammar and Vocabulary Ⅰ. 22-26 CBADC 27-32 AADCBB Ⅱ. 33. decision 34. frightening 35. silently 36. exceptions 37. boarded Ⅲ. 38. didn't hit 39. broke into 40. so that 41. Don’t panic or you will be killed by the monster! Ⅳ. 42-45 EDAB 46-491 AEBC Part Three: Reading and writing Ⅰ. 50-53 CBCA Ⅱ. 54-59 DAABDA Ⅲ. 60. sadness 61. nowhere 62. Besides 63. wet 64. against 65. down 66. explorers Ⅳ. 67. First contact means the first meeting between two previously unknown cultures. 68. Because it tells ET that we are friendly. / Because it can make sure we don’t accidentally be rude to ET. 69. Because these ideas were too expensive to try. 70. No, they can’t. 71. An alien life form. / Alien life forms. / Alien beings. / Beings from other planet.（答到外星生命形式或者外星生物即可） 72.(Any reasonable answers are OK.) Hello! We are intelligent beings on Earth and we want to make friends with you. Looking forward to hearing from you!（打招呼+表达结识的意愿，不能有不礼貌的语言） Ⅴ. Writing Ben and I were on our way to school. I was riding my bicycle and Ben was skating. We were talking happily to each other when suddenly two cars crashed into each other on the street corner. A pedestrian was walking in front of me on the zebra crossing. He was carrying some big boxes and he didn’t see me. The terrible noise caused by the crash scared me and made me notice the man in front of me. I stopped my bike immediately. Luckily, I didn’t knock the man down. What a narrow escape! I sighed with relief. Ben was also frightened. We both think that we shouldn’t chat on the road next time. Road safety is very important to us. 参考难度系数：0.75 1 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $ 8A期末考试 （满分：100分） Part One: Listening（共26分） Ⅰ. Listen and choose the right picture（根据你听到的内容，选择相应的图片）5分 A. B. C. D. E. F. 1.__________ 2. __________ 3. __________ 4. __________ 5. __________ Ⅱ. Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to the question you hear（根据你听到的对话和问题，选出最恰当的答案）5分 6. A. In a bank. B. In a school. C. At a post office. D. In a supermarket. 7. A. Move to a new flat right now. B. Go and join the people in the office. C. Find more people to help with the move. D. Move to a new place at free time. 8. A. At the left corner. B. Next to museum. C. Opposite the city hall. D. On People’s Avenue. 9. A. A pair of shoes. B. An encyclopedia. C.Enough power. D. Useful knowledge. 10. A. Teacher and student. B. Policewoman and witness. C. Shop assistant and customer. D. Doctor and patient. Ⅲ. Listen to the passage and tell whether the following statements are true or false（判断下列句子是否符合你听到的短文内容，符合的用“T”表示，不符合的用“F”表示）6分 11. Giant works of art in the agricultural fields often start new debates. 12. As the summer goes on, a lot of crop circles will show up. 13. People around the world are unfamiliar with crop circles. 14. Modern technology makes it possible to create complex designs overnight. 15. Some people believe that crop circles are the work of aliens because most of them appear on ‘ley’ lines. 16. The long-running debate over the creation of crop circles has come to an end. Ⅳ. Listen to the passage and fill in the blanks to complete the sentences（听短文，用听到的单词完成下列内容。每空格限填一词）10分 17. Scientists announced this week that the Parker Solar Probe ______________ ______________ the solar atmosphere's outer edge – known as the corona (日冕). 18. It took scientists a few months to ______________ ______________ from the spacecraft and to confirm the result. 19. Unlike Earth, the sun does not have a ______________ ______________. 20. The Parker Solar Probe was launched in 2018 with a ______________ ______________ of studying the solar wind. 21. The spacecraft will keep getting closer to the sun and ______________ ______________ into the corona until its final orbit. Part Two: Phonetics, Grammar and Vocabulary（共32分） Ⅰ. Choose the best answer（选择最恰当的答案）11分 22.Which of the following underlined parts is different from the others in pronunciation? A.trouble B. blood C. footprint D. interrupt 23.How many syllables does “especially” have? A.Three. B. Four. C. Five. D. Six. 24.I will get off ____________ Fuzhou Road Underground Station. I live nearby. A.at B. on C. from D. by 25.The desk is ____________ the corner of the room near the room. A.on B. at C. under D. in 26.Our room is always a mess. My roommate never puts ____________ away. A.everything B. something C. anything D. nothing 27.____________ important water is in our life! A.How B. What C. How the D. What an 28.They had to leave at midnight, ____________? A.didn’t they B. hadn’t they C. weren’t they D. wouldn’t they 29.I ____________ too fat these days. From now on I ____________ exercise every day to keep fit. A.get, will do B. am getting, has done C. has got, has gone D. am getting, will do 30.The guards are ____________ every visitor carefully for food or drinks at the gate. A.looking for B. looking up C. searching D. finding 31.The teacher asked the students ____________. A.when was Albert Einstein born B.if they were interested in dinosaurs C.what they will do with the computers D.how many trees they have planted 32.- Would you like me to book a ticket for you? - ____________. A. You’d better not. B. That’s very kind of you. C. Yes, I like it very much. D. I’m glad to hear that. Ⅱ. Fill in the blanks with the given words in their proper forms（用括号中所给单词的适当形式完成下列句子，每空格限填一词）5分 33. The government will make a final ______________ in four months. (decide) 34. It's ______________ to think that something like this can happen in America today. (fright) 35. He noticed Ryan standing ______________ by the window. (silence) 36. With very few ______________, private schools get the best exam results. (except) 37. They ______________ the plane and flew to Chicago. (aboard) Ⅲ. Rewrite the sentences as required（根据所给要求，改写下列句子。每空格限填一词）8分 38. The robbers hit him hard in the stomach. (改为否定句) The robbers ____________ ____________ him hard in the stomach. 39. Someone entered our house by force while we were away. (保持句意不变) Someone ____________ ____________ our house while we were away. 40. Jane cleaned out her house. She could have a party inside. (两句合并为一句) Jane cleaned out her house ____________ ____________ she could have a party inside. 41. don’t, monster, by, you, killed, the, be, or, panic, will (连词成句) ___________________________________________________________________________. Ⅳ. Complete the following two passages with the words or phrases in the box. Each word can only be used once（将下列单词或词组填入空格。每空格限填一词，每词只能填一次）8分 A.obvious B. disagreed C. agreed D. shortly E. strange On 8th July, 1947, an army officer reported a crash at the Roswell base in New Mexico, USA. Although the area was an air field, the details of the crash sounded _______42_______. Within hours, people from the base were saying a UFO had crashed there. They said there were pieces of UFO at the base. But later the same day, other army officers denied the UFO story and said it was a weather balloon that had crashed. Even though some officers said they had seen bodies of aliens _______43_______ after the crash, few believed the UFO story. ‘It’s _______44_______ ... the wreckage must be from a balloon. We know what those balloons are made of and the material is the same,’ one person from the base said at the time. However, in 1978 the story appeared again when a UFO expert interviewed some people who had been at the bases at the time of the crash. Several of them still said it couldn’t have been a UFO that crashed. But one man _______45_______. He said it was a UFO and that the officers at Roswell had tried to hide the evidence. Slowly, other witnesses started agreeing with him, saying there were bodies of aliens hidden at the base. In spite of investigations, we still don’t know what really happened on that day in 1947. A.as soon as B. true C. confused D. impossible E. expected A friend of mine worked at the Roswell Army Air Field in New Mexico in the 1940s. He was a young officer there in 1947, at the time of the UFO crash. I say UFO crash because, even though people at the time said it was a balloon that crashed, my friend knows it wasn’t. This is what he told me: ‘I remember the crash very well. It was July, 1947, and _______46_______ we heard about the crash we rushed to see what had happened. We _______47_______ to see aeroplane wreckage as the base was used for experimental planes. But, no - what we saw was from a UFO. No doubt about it. And, the wreckage was hidden away really quickly. Then the officers told the media that an air balloon had crashed. It is _______48_______ that at the time, the base was sending up balloons to spy on other countries. However, my friends and I actually saw the bodies of aliens! Later the officers said we were _______49_______, but we weren’t. And, when a ufologist - you know, a UFO expert - came and interviewed me years later, I told him what I’d seen. In spite of it all sounding very weird, he believed me!’ Even though there have been further investigations, we still don’t know what really happened at Roswell that day. Part Three: Reading and writing（共42分） Ⅰ. Choose the best answer（根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案）8分 Hi, It’s Venus. Please leave us alone! After a scientific breakthrough, a message from a faraway neighbour. ATTENTION PEOPLE OF EARTH ① Fine. The big secret is out. Your finest scientists have discovered there is life tens of millions of miles away - here, on the beautiful planet of Venus. ② Congratulations on the big discovery. We have a polite requirement: ③ Stay away. We’re serious. No missions to Venus, no exploratory spacecraft. That goes for your space-crazed billionaires as well as your governments. If we wake up one morning and look out and see Elon Musk (the founder of SpaceX and Tesla) wandering around in a spacesuit, we’re going to be really ticked off. ④ We mean no harm. We’re actually a very nice planet. It’s just that we’re scared by what you’ve done down there. Earth looks like a mess. You’ve got health crises, environmental crises, political crises. You keep fighting about face masks. No wonder so many of you want to leave Earth for another planet. ⑤ Leave us alone. Stay right where you are. We know you’d like it here. That’s what scares us. You’d all move to Venus in a minute. We’ve got beautiful weather, little traffic, a proper cost of living. On Venus, you can buy a three-bedroom for, like, $135,000. ⑥ Crazy, right? In all fairness, you’ve got some good stuff over there, too. Earth does have its desirable qualities. We’re jealous of the Grand Canyon, the Amazon rainforest, and the Great Wall. We’d give anything to meet Beyoncé. ⑦ But we live in a fragile (脆弱的) solar system. We can only deal with so much. If we start having you all up here, pretty soon, the Martians and Jupiterians are going to want to come, too. Trust us: you don’t want them sleeping on your couch, drinking all your beer. ⑧ We’ve been there before, and they left this place a mess. Cool your enthusiasm. We’re not your escape plan. Venus is not Earth 2. ⑨ We wish you the best in saving your planet. If not, try Pluto (冥王星). They’re pretty lonely and bored out there. Sincerely, Venus 50. The underlined phrase “ticked off” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ___________. A.frightened B. excited C. angry D. interested 51. What can we learn from paragraph 5? A. The cost of living on the Earth is very high. B. The living conditions on Venus are very good. C. The housing prices on Venus are very expensive. D. The space on Venus is not enough. 52. Venus wants Earth’s people to stay away because ____________. A. Venus’ people are jealous of Earth’s people B. Venus’ people are afraid of Martians and Jupiterians C. Earth’s people will ruin Venus like they have ruined Earth D. Earth’s people have explored space too much 53. Who probably wrote this article? A. An environmentalist who insists on saving the Earth. B. A scientist who specializes in life in space. C. A businessman who runs a space transport company. D. An astronaut who has made a few journeys into space. Ⅱ. Choose the best words or expressions to complete the passage（选择最恰当的单词或词语完成短文）6分 A murder will take place this weekend in the peaceful seaside town of Langley, Washington. In fact, a murder has been taking place there every February for the past 37 years. But don’t worry! It’s all part of the town’s _______54_______ Mystery Weekend. The event began in 1984 and now attracts visitors from all over the US and even abroad. Would-be detectives arrive and check in at the visitor center on Saturday. There, they receive an envelope, containing a newspaper with details about the _______55_______ and information telling where to find clues. Visitors who take part in the event then travel to various shops, restaurants and other locations in the town, picking up clues as they go. Along the way, they meet and interview suspects played by local townspeople. Most Langley local people _______56_______ the Mystery Weekend in some way, a true community event. Amateur detectives should solve the crime at 4:00 p.m. on Sunday and give their results. Then as everyone gathers, the murderer is found and arrested, and prizes are awarded for the correct answers. It’s the perfect _______57_______ for a murder mystery and huge fun for those who get to play detectives. For visitors, Mystery Weekend is not only fun but also a great introduction to the beauty of Langley. It’s a very attractive community with historic buildings, exciting ocean views and above all, friendly people. Since Langley is on an island, a fun way to get there is taking a car ferry to the nearby town of Clinton and then _______58_______ the rest of the way. Langley has a good selection of inns with bed and breakfasts that are open all year round. And activities in Langley aren’t limited to Mystery Weekend. There is also great hiking, cycling, golfing and diving to enjoy. And for a special _______59_______, visitors can book one of the whale-watching ships that leave nearby harbors each day. ( ) 54. A. daily B. weekly C. monthly D. yearly ( ) 55. A. case B. event C. detective D. murderer ( ) 56. A. take part in B. get along with C. keep away from D. follow up to ( ) 57. A. beginning B. ending C. setting D. turning ( ) 58. A. hitchhiking B. walking C. swimming D. driving ( ) 59. A. adventure B. gift C. task D. offer Ⅲ. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words（在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给）7分 Being an astronaut sounds cool, doesn’t it? In space, they can do some pretty amazing things, like floating in zero gravity. However, there are also plenty of things that astronauts can’t do because of their weightless environment, and that’s very sad. What’s worse, they can’t even let their s_______60_______ show - because it’s impossible to cry in zero gravity. Of course, astronauts can still have tears. But crying is much more difficult in space. Without gravity, tears don’t flow downward out of the eyes like they do on the earth. This means that when you cry in space, your tears have n_______61_______ to go - they just stick to your eyes. In May 2011, astronaut Andrew Feustel experienced this during one of his spacewalks. “Tears,” he said, “don’t fall off your eyes. They just stay there.” B_______62_______ making your vision unclear, this can also cause physical pain. Back on the earth, tears are supposed to bring comfort to the eyes. But that’s not the same in space. The space environment dries out astronauts’ eyes, and when tears suddenly w_______63_______ the eyes, it can cause pain rather than comfort. “My right eye is painful like crazy.” Feustel told his teammate during the walk. Since gravity doesn’t work in space, astronauts need some extra help to get rid of the tears. Feustel chose to rub his eyes a_______64_______ his helmet to wipe the tears away. Another choice is to just wait - “When the tears get big enough, they simply break free of the eye and float around,” astronaut Ron Parise said. There are lots of small things - things like crying that we are so used to on the earth. We usually take them for granted, until they become a problem in a completely different environment, like space. There, astronauts can’t talk to each other directly. They can’t eat or drink in normal ways. They can’t even burp (打嗝), because there is no gravity to hold the food d_______65_______ in their stomachs. If they do burp, they just end up throwing up everything in their stomachs, according to the UK National Space Center. Thus, perhaps it’s only space e_______66_______ who can honestly say: “Gravity, you’re the best.” Ⅳ. Answer the questions（根据短文内容回答下列问题）12分 First Contact First contact is the term used to describe the first meeting between two previously unknown cultures. Imagine being the one to make first contact with an intelligent extraterrestrial (ET). How do you tell it that you are friendly? How do you make sure you don’t accidentally be rude to it? Scientists decided that the best way to get an ET’s attention is to use the language of mathematics. In the early 1800s, one mathematician suggested cutting down parts of the dense forest in Siberia, Russia, in order to make giant patterns. Seen from space, they would show that intelligent beings lived on Earth. Another scientist proposed digging canals in the Sahara Desert. He wanted to make geometric (几何的) shapes visible even at night. Unfortunately, these ideas were too expensive to try. In 1953, a scientist named Lancelot Hogben created Astroglossa. This is a system of communication sort of like Morse code. It uses long and short pulses (脉冲) to represent math equations. This might get an ET’s attention, but it’s only good for talking about math. Then astronomers Frank Drake and Carl Sagan thought up a way to send pictures made of zeros and ones using on and off radio pulses. When the patterns of pulses and silences are arranged on a grid (坐标网格) - like the lit and unlit pixels (像素点) on a computer screen - it makes an image like the one on the left. We have sent pictures, recordings, and special radio messages into space to introduce ourselves to the rest of the universe. Maybe someday soon an alien life form will answer. 67. What does ‘first contact’ mean? 68. Why is using the language of mathematics the best way to get an ET’s attention? 69. Why didn’t scientists cut down parts of the forest in Siberia or dig canals in The Sahara Desert? 70. Scientists can’t use Astroglossa to talk about the history of earth, can they? 71. Who do we expect to receive answers from by sending messages into space? 72. Look at the image of the radio message. What do you think it is trying to say? Write at least two sentences. Ⅴ. Writing（作文）9分 73. Suppose you are May. You and your friend Ben met with an accident on the road yesterday. In 80-120 words, write about your experience according to the given picture. (假设你是May，你和你的朋友Ben昨天在路上遇到了一个交通事故。 根据所给图片，用80-120个词，写写你的经历。) 注意： 短文中不得出现选考生的姓名、校名以及其他相关信息，否则不予评分。 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $