江苏省昆山、太仓、常熟、张家港市2023-2024学年下学期八年级英语期末试卷

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If yu pay a visit t Bach's bread shp during wrking hurs, yu will find smething unusual. The kitchen is especially 21 except the sund f the machine. The quiet envirnment is nt the 22 f the strict rules, but because all the wrkers are deaf. They use sign language t cmmunicate frm time t time.
Bach's shp is in Changsha City, Hunan Prvince. It 23 many kinds f German bread, cakes and cffee. It is very ppular fr the stry f the German cuple wh pened it.
Over twenty years ag, Uwe Brutzer and his wife 24 a Chinese public prject. It prvided language training fr the disabled children, but it was shrt f trainers in Changsha. S they came t China in 2002 with a wish t d smething 25 in life.
In Changsha, tgether with ther Chinese 26 , they helped children imprve their hearing and language prnunciatin (发音). Every little prgress (进展) each child made was great 27 t them, and they achieved their dream in life.
After ten years f wrking fr this prject, they fund that the disabled adults culdn't make a living. Then Brutz er and his wife 28 a bread shp t teach these peple hw t make bread. With their help, all f them were able t 29 n their wn.
Luckily, they have als gt the supprt frm the lcal gvernment. Mre peple jin them and understand that disabled peple can wrk as 30 as thers when they have the same chances.
“We are prud that mst peple cme here because f ur bread, instead f feeling srry fr the disabled peple.”Brutz er said.
21. A. quiet B. nisy C. dirty D. clean
22. A. way B. end C. reasn D. result
23. A. buys B. lends C. sells D. brrws
24. A. lked fr B. handed ut C. gave up D. heard abut
25. A. difficult B. classical C. meaningful D. cmfrtable
26. A. hsts B. trainers C. engineers D. fighters
27. A. pain B. resurce C. treatment D. pleasure
28. A. set ut B. set ff C. set up D. set dwn
29. A. live B. match C. rganize D. describe
30. A. well B. fast C. happily D. differently
三、阅读理解(共17小题；每小题2分，满分34分)
请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卷上将该项涂黑。
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A
Daily News
Envirnment Wrld News 26th June 2024
E-waste
Electrnic waste (e-waste) cmes frm cmputers, cameras, phnes, fridges, TVs and s n.
What can we d with e-waste?
E-waste is harmful t the envirnment. Repeat the three wrds in ur life: reduce, reuse and recycle. Here are sme examples.
Junichi Kawanishi turned abut 79, 000 tns f e-waste int medals.
Mixed Reality Lab designed educatinal tys with e-waste fr pr kids.
Alex Lin recycled abut 136 tns f brken cmputers int nes that can be used again.
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31. Which year prduced the least e-waste?
A. 2014. B. 2017. C. 2020. D. 2023.
32. What did Mixed Reality Lab d with e-waste?
A. They made medals. B. They separated e-waste.
C. They designed tys. D. They recycled cmputers.
33. In which part f a website can we read the page?
A. Fd. B. Health. C. Travel. D. Envirnment.
B
Mrse cde (密码) is a system f cmmunicatin that uses dts (·),dashes(一), and spaces t represent(代表) the letters and numbers. In Mrse cde, letters used ften (such as“E”) gt a simple cde, while thse nt ften used (such as“Q”) gt a lnger and mre cmplex cde.Fr example, letter A is ne dt and ne dash, letter E is ne dt, and letter I is tw dts. While letter Q is tw dashes, ne dt and ne dash, and letter
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Z is tw dashes and tw dts.
The very first message using Mrse cde was sent by Samuel Mrse, ne f its inventrs, t Alfred Vail n May 24th, 1844. The tw men were 40 miles apart at the time. Frm then n, the way t cmmunicate with peple in far-ff places was changed.
Mrse cde is a highly dependable cmmunicatin methd, even in difficult and nisy envirnments.It can be sent by sunds, light, r in ther unexpected ways. Jeremiah Dentn Jr. was a prisner(犯人) f war between 1965 and 1973. As a high-ranking fficer, he was frced t take part in a televisin interview n May 2nd, 1966. During the bradcast, which went ut live in the US, Dentn Jr.pretended(假装) t be blinded by the camera lights in rder t blink (眨眼) a Mrse cde message t thse watching back hme.
Mrse cde's heyday(全盛时期) is lng gne. It was replaced first by the telephne, then the fax machine, and finally by the Internet. But isn't it fun t send a message in Mrse cde t yur friends?Give it a try!
34. What des the underlined wrd“cmplex ”mean?
A. nt gentle r careful B. crrect in all details
C. nt easy t understand D. easily r clearly seen
35. What is the purpse fr writing Jeremiah Dentn's stry in the article?
A. T shw hw Mrse cde was used in a talk shw.
B. T shw hw Mrse cde wrked in a difficult situatin.
C. T shw hw Mrse cde helped catch a prisner f war.
D. T shw hw a Mrse cde message was sent by sunds.
36. Accrding t the article, what can we knw abut Mrse cde?
A. It is still widely used abrad nwadays.
B. It can hardly be used in difficult r nisy envirnments.
C. It changed the way we cmmunicate with peple in faraway places.
D. It was used t replace the telephne, the fax machine and the Internet.
37. Daniel, wh is learning Mrse cde, wants t write“hi”in Mrse cde. Which f the fllwing is crrect?
A. -…… · B.…… --- C. …… D. --. - . -
C
Every year n my birthday, frm the time I turned 14, a bunch f white gardenias was delivered (投递) t my huse. N card came with it. Calls t the flwer shp were nt helpful at all. After a while I stpped trying t find ut the sender's name and was just pleased with the beautiful white flwers wrapped(包裹) in sft pink paper.
I never stpped imagining wh the giver might be, thugh. Sme f my
happiest mments were spent daydreaming abut the sender. My mther
encuraged these daydreams. She'd ask me if I had been especially kind t smene. Perhaps it was ne
f my classmates. Perhaps it was the ld man wh lived acrss the street. I'd delivered his mails during
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the winter.
One mnth befre my high schl graduatin (毕业), my father died. I was s sad that I became cmpletely uninterested in my upcming graduatin dance, and I didn't care whether I had a new dress r nt. My mther, in her wn sadness, hwever, wuld nt let me miss any f thse things. She wanted me t feel lved. In fact, my mther wanted me t see myself much like the gardenia: lvely, strng and perfect with perhaps a bit f mystery (神秘).
I gt married at the age f 25. My mther died ten years after I was married. That was the year the gardenias stpped cming.
38. The writer gt a bunch f white gardenias as a present n her birthday.
A. seventh B. tenth C. twelfth D. furteenth
39. When the writer first received the present, .
A. she didn't knw wh sent her the flwer
B. she fund a card tgether with the flwer
C. she called the sender and thanked him a lt
D. she didn't make any calls t the flwer shp
40. The writer thught the ld man might be the sender f the gardenias because .
A. he lived just acrss the street B. she nce delivered his mails
C. the ld man was very kind t her D. the ld man ften encuraged her
41. Accrding t Paragraph 3, the writer was very sad because .
A. she missed her high schl graduatin dance
B. she didn't knw wh sent her the white flwer
C. her father died ne mnth befre her graduatin
D. she didn't have a new dress fr the graduatin dance
42. The best title fr the passage wuld be .
A. A Childhd Dream B. A Graduatin Party
C. A Mther's Lve D. A Special Birthday
D
We chse fd t eat every day. We might knw sme f the reasns fr the chices(选择), but fd scientist Dr. Brian Wansink has fund that we are unknwn f 90% f ur fd decisin. Here are sme“big ideas”in his research n the hidden pwer that drives ur eating.
Fd fr thught
In ne f the studies, Dr. Wansink made vlunteers eat chclate ygurt(酸奶) in a dark rm.He tld them the ygurt was with a taste f strawberry even thugh they were all eating chclate.Finally, 65% f vlunteers described the ygurt as having a“nice strawberry flavr(口味)”!
The research shws that ur mind has an effect n ur taste. If yu expect sme fd t taste gd,it will. S take a mment befre yu eat yur unpleasant healthy fd t remind yurself that yu are eating smething delicius.
Our eyes eat first
Hw yur fd lks is just as imprtant as hw it tastes. Dr. Wansink gave cakes t three grups f peple. The cakes were exactly the same but served (提供) in different ways.
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① Grup One gt the cake n a nice plate.
② Grup Tw gt the cake n a paper plate.
③ Grup Three gt the cake n a piece f paper.
Dr. Wansink then asked the peple hw much they wuld pay fr each cake.
① Grup One wh gt the cake n a nice plate wuld pay $3.
② Grup Tw wh gt the cake n a paper plate wuld pay $2.
③ Grup Three wh gt the cake n a piece f paper wuld pay $1.
Take sme time t make yur healthy fd lk amazing. Cut yur fruit int a flwer shape and put yur clrful vegetables n nice plates. This wrks really well fr yur appetite (胃口).
Out f sight, ut f stmach
Dr. Wansink als fund that when peple sat at the table full f snacks, they ate 71% mre f snacks a day than thse sitting near a clear table. We eat what we see. As a result, put all the unhealthy fd in yur fridge. Hide it and make it really hard t get. The clser bad fd is, the mre yu eat it.
43. Hw many“big ideas” are mentined in the passage?
A. 2. B. 3. C. 4. D. 5.
44. Why did the vlunteers say the y gurt had a strawberry flavr?
A. They didn't like chclate ygurt.
B. The y gurt had a taste f strawberry.
C. The y gurt was made frm strawberries.
D. They believed they ate strawberry ygurt.
45. Hw can we make urselves eat mre vegetables we dn't like?
A. Have the same vegetable every day.
B. Serve vegetables n lvely plates.
C. Put vegetables n a piece f paper.
D. Eat vegetables as sn as they are cked.
46. T avid eating t many snacks, we shuld NOT .
A. hide them B. put them in frnt f ur eyes
C. leave them in the fridge D. make them really hard t get
47. What is the passage mainly abut?
A. Useful skills n selling fd.
B. Ways t make healthy eating easier.
C. The research n peple's favurite fd.
D. Ideas abut hw t avid t many snacks.
四、信息还原 (共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分)
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卷上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。
In ancient China, during the Tang Dynasty, there was a pr schlar(秀才)wh traveled t the city f Xianyang in Shaanxi. 48 Inside, he heard the lud“biang, biang”sund f the ndles being slapped (拍打) n the bard. 49 After wlfing it dwn, he realized he had n mney t pay the bill.Sensing truble with the ck, the schlar thught fast.
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“D yu knw hw t write the character biang?”
50
“Then I'll teach yu hw and my ndles can be free f charge(收费)!”
Befre the ck had the chance t say anything, the schlar quickly picked up the brush and wrte dwn the character. 51 Everyne in the restaurant std up and cheered.
Frm then n, the ndles were knwn as“Biangbiang ndles”. 52
A. Excited, he asked fr ne bwl.
B. What d yu call yur ndles?
C. His hunger led him t a ndle shp.
D. It is an interesting stry behind the special ndle dish.
E. The ck shk his head, having never thught abut it.
F. The“Biang”character als became a symbl f Shaanxi culture.
G. It includes a hrse, a mn, a knife and a heart plus ther parts.
五、词汇运用(共20 小题；每小题1分，满分20分)
第一节 根据下列句子所给汉语注释、音标和首字母，在答题卷标有题号的横线上，写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。每空限填一词。
53. Xia Ming was ▲ (惩罚) because he brke the schl rules n purpse.
54. These prblems are a ▲ (直接的) result f pr planning.
55. Every clud has a ▲ (银) lining. There are still things t enjy in every sad mment.
56. Feeling ▲ (孤独的) than ever, she ran thrugh the empty streets at midnight.
57. An eye-catching cver f a bk can easily win ▲ ( 读者) attentin, but it is nt right t judge a bk nly by its cver.
58. Time never cmes back. We shuld never leave what we can d tday ▲ /tIl/ tmrrw.
59. When yu feel tired after wrk, a ht shwer can help yu ▲ /rI'læks/.
60. Parents and teachers wrk ▲ /'kləʊslI/ t supprt children's develpment.
61. His face turned ▲ /peIl/ when he heard the terrible news.
62. Spending time with lved nes can be the best ▲ /'medsn/ fr a brken heart.
63. Dn't fear difficulties. Remember: A kite rises a ▲ the wind rather than with it.
64. His f ▲ danced acrss the pian keys, creating beautiful music that filled the rm.
65. My life has changed in a better way s ▲ I gt t understand the meaning f grwth.
66. T stay healthy and fit, she wasn't a ▲ t eat sweets by her dctr.
67. Each ne f us can make a d ▲ t the envirnment, fr example by using clth bags.
第二节 请认真阅读下面短文，从方框中选择适当的单词或短语，在答题卷标有题号的横线上填入其正确形式。每个单词或短语仅用一次。
be brn well instead f clean up hbby
Mum and Dad are tw f the mst imprtant peple in yur life. Over yur lifetime, they may influence(影响) yu mre than anyne else. S if yur mum lves t read, yu just might grw up carrying a bk wherever yu g. But parents d a lt mre than just pass n their 68 . Mums and Dads need t care fr their kids the minute their kids 69 . They will prvide nt nly material supprt but als spiritual (精神的) guidance. Hwever, the relatinship between parents and children is nt always smth sailing.
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Here are sme ways yu can build a strng relatinship with yur parents.
Spend time tgether.
70 playing cmputer games, ask yur mum and dad t play with yu. G utside tgether, r d sme reading.
Be kind.
Little things might mean a lt t yur parents. Yu can brighten a parent's day with a hug(拥抱),a card, r a jke. It's als lvely when a kid 71 his r her rm withut being asked.
D yur 72 at whatever yu d.
Yu dn't have t be perfect, but when yu wrk hard, yu make yur parents prud.
六、短文填空 (共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
请认真阅读下面短文，在答题卷标有题号的横线上，填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
In the Spring and Autumn Perid f China, there was a Duke 73 (call)Jin Ping in the State f Jin. He had a famus blind musician, Shi Kuang.
One day, Duke Jin Ping culdn't help 74 (let) ut his true feelings in frnt f Shi Kuang, “I'm already seventy years ld. Isn't it a little t late t study?”
Shi Kuang replied,“I've 75 (hear) the sayings. Yuths wh want t
study are like the mrning sun, full f energy. Adults wh are willing t study are like 76 sun at
nn, illuminating(照耀) everything n the earth with 77 (it) brightness. Cmpared with them,
the elderly wh like 78 (study) are like a candle. But having a little light has t be better than
bumping arund in 79 (dark), right?”
Duke Jin Ping 80 (agree),“Yu are right! These sayings are great!”
81 then n, Duke Jin Ping began t make use f every chance t learn 82 never stpped asking questins f schlars he saw.
七、阅读表达(共3小题; 83题2分, 84题2分, 85题2分, 满分6分)
请认真阅读下面短文，回答短文后的问题，并将答案写在答题卷标有题号的横线上。
Flrence Nightingale was the wrld's first great nurse. She was brn in a rich family in 1820, in Flrence, Italy. She culd have lived an easy,cmfrtable life. But she chse t wrk hard and care fr the sick. Because she is ne f the wrld's greatest nurses, every year n her birthday, May 12,peple celebrate Internatinal Nurses Day t remember the lve and help that she gave t s many peple.
When she was 24, she tld her parents she wanted t be a nurse. But they
didn't like the idea. The family had lts f mney, s they thught it wuld be better if she didn't wrk.
Nurses were nt very well respected(尊敬) at that time. But Nightingale went n with her dream. She
went t Germany t learn t be a nurse. There were n nursing schls at that time. She had t learn by
practicing. During a war in 1854, Nightingale and a team f 38 nurses frm England went t care fr
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sldiers near Turkey. She made the hspitals much cleaner there. At night, she wuld lk after the sldiers. She carried a lamp with her, and sldiers began t call her“The Lady with the Lamp”. In 1860, after the war, Nightingale pened the first nursing schl. She als wrked t make hspitals better and make rules fr nurses.
Nightingale died in 1910 in Lndn, England at the age f 90. Nightingale's birthday became Internatinal Nurses Day in 1974.
83. When is Internatinal Nurses Day?
84. Why did the sldiers call Nightingale“The Lady with the Lamp”?
85. Describe the mst imprtant quality f being a gd nurse in yur mind and explain yur reasn.
八、书面表达 (共1题;满分25 分)
生活从不缺少美，而是缺少发现美的眼睛。美无处不在，那些寻常不过的瞬间、朴实无华的人、平凡无奇的事物, 也都蕴藏着无尽的美。请以“Life is Full f Beauty”为题, 根据自己的经历或者见闻，用英语写一篇发言稿，和同学们分享你在生活中发现的美以及你的感受。
注意：
1. 词汇: 100左右;
2.可适当发挥，使行文连贯；
3.文中不得出现与考生相关的真实校名和姓名等信息。
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