广东省广州市增城区2023-2024学年八年级下学期期末考试英语试题（原卷版）

这是一份广东省广州市增城区2023-2024学年八年级下学期期末考试英语试题（原卷版），共9页。试卷主要包含了语法选择，完形填空，阅读，写作等内容，欢迎下载使用。
一、语法选择（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，从各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
If there are many chices, hw will yu make a decisin? A ____1____ kid walked int a candy stre with his dad. He ____2____ by s many candies n sale. “It’s amazing. Where shuld I begin?” he asked ____3____.
“Hurry up, sn! I have t attend ____4____ imprtant meeting.” his dad said. “These are all my favurite and I dn’t knw ____5____ t d.” He ____6____ up sme bags and then put them back. He ____7____ make up his mind. “We have n time.” his dad said. Then the by ran arund the stre ____8____ again. His eyes mved ____9____ ne bag t anther. All f the sweets lked s gd and it’s hard ____10____.
Finally, the dad was nt ____11____ enugh t wait. He caught his sn by the hand and they walked ut f the stre empty-handed. The by cried. He wanted them all, ____12____ ended up with nthing.
____13____ f us are like that by. The wrld is that candy stre. Smetimes we end up empty-handed abut ur jbs, educatin, relatinships, marriage r ther imprtant things ____14____ ur fear. Smetimes we are afraid f ____15____ the wrng chice. If we regret the directin that we take, is it t late t g back?
1. A. six-year-ldB. six-years-ldC. six years ldD. six year ld
2. A. attractB. attractedC. is attractedD. was attracted
3. A. heB. himC. himselfD. his
4. A. aB. anC. theD. /
5. A. whyB. hwC. whereD. what
6. A. pickB. picksC. pickedD. will pick
7. A. needn’tB. shuldn’tC. mustn’tD. culdn’t
8. A. wrriedB. wrriedlyC. mre wrriedD. mst wrriedly,
9. A. frmB. inC. atD. with
10. A. chseB. chseC. t chseD. chsing
11. A. patienceB. patientC. patientlyD. mre patiently
12 A. butB. sC. andD. r
13. A. SmeB. EachC. NneD. Either
14. A. becauseB. frC. sinceD. because f
15. A. makeB. makingC. t makeD. made
二、完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
My sn Tm was brn with club feet (畸形脚) . The dctrs said that with their help, he wuld be ____16____ t walk, but wuld never run very well. He spent years in hspital. By the time he was eight, yu wuldn’t knw he had a ____17____ when yu saw him walk.
Children f ur neighbrs always ran arund during their play, and Tm wuld jump and run and play, t. We never tld him that he prbably culdn’t run as ____18____ as the ther children. S he didn’t knw.
In Grade Seven, he decided t ____19____ the schl running team. When he trained, he ran mre than any f the thers, because nly the tp seven runners wuld be chsen t run fr the ____20____. We didn’t tell him he prbably wuld never make it, s he didn’t knw.
He ran fur t five miles every day. Once he had a fever. I was wrried, s I went t ____21____ him after schl. I fund him ____22____ n the playgrund. I asked him hw he felt. “Okay!” he said. He had tw mre miles t g. S he kept running.
Tw weeks later, the ____23____ f the team members were shwn in public. Tm was number six. He was ____24____. He was in Grade Seven, and the ther six team members were all in Grade Eight. We never tld him he culdn’t d it, s he didn’t knw. He just ____25____ it.
16. A. ableB. afraidC. shyD. serius
17. A. presentB. planC. purpseD. prblem
18 A. simplyB. quietlyC. quicklyD. carefully
19. A. leadB. jinC. helpD. reach
20. A. cuntryB. familyC. schlD. grade
21. A. lk thrughB. lk atC. lk intD. lk fr
22. A. sleepingB. runningC. readingD. playing
23. A. teachersB. namesC. articlesD. clubs
24. A. excitedB. frightenedC. bredD. wrried
25. A. refusedB. clickedC. madeD. sld
三、阅读（共两节；满分35分）
第一节 阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从26~40各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
(A)
Wrking as a vet (兽医), I met a family wh taught me an unfrgettable lessn.
On a rainy day, they came t my animal hspital with their dying dg Belker. I examined Belker carefully and fund he was really ld and had a serius illness. I tld the family that we culdn’t d anything fr Belker, and euthanasia (安乐死) wuld be best fr the dg.
At that time, their little by Shane, wh was nly 6 years ld, seemed s calm. Instead f questining, yelling r crying, he kept n petting the ld dg fr the last time. I wndered if he understd what was ging n with Belker. The little by seemed t accept Belker’s death withut any difficulty. We sat tgether fr a while after Belker’s death, saying that animals’ lives are shrter than human lives.
Shane, wh was listening quietly, said, “I knw why.”
He said, “Peple need a lifetime t learn hw t live a gd life, like lving everybdy all the time, enjying delicius fd, travelling t see beautiful scenery and being nice, right?” He cntinued. “Well, dgs have already knwn hw t d that, s they dn’t have t stay as lng.”
I’ve never heard a mre sft-hearted explanatin as t why animals’ lives are s shrt. It has changed the way I live. Nw I see every day as the day that my life culd be easily taken away, s I try t live my life t the fullest.
26. What des the underlined wrd “examined” mst prbably mean in Paragraph 2?
A. checkedB. askedC. tuchedD. trained
27. In what rder did the fllwing happen?
a. The vet gt an unfrgettable lessn.
b. The dg Belker was sent t the hspital.
c The vet said euthanasia wuld be best fr the dg.
d. The vet fund the dg suffered frm a serius illness.
e. The by accepted Belker’s death and shared his reasn.
A a-b-e-c-dB. a-d-b-c-eC. b-d-c-e-aD. b-d-a-e-c
28. What is the unfrgettable lessn fr the writer?
A. Hw t deal with a serius illness.B. Human lives culd be easily taken away.
C. Hw t make the dg feel better when it is ill.D. Shane’s pinin t why animals’ lives are s shrt.
29. What can we infer frm the passage?
A. The writer will keep mre dgs.B. The writer is thankful t Shane.
C. Belker’s death made Shane cry.D. Belker had an accident befre it died.
(B)
On a warm summer afternn, Tina is wrking clse t the grund. Wet sil has gtten n her clthes and her hair. Tina smiles a lt when she is wrking in the crner f the Hanapepe salt patch (盐场) n the west side f Kauai.
Tina drives abut an hur t get here. “It’s hard wrk. But fr me, it’s als play,” Tina said, adding with a laugh, “I play in the mud all day.” Tina’s family is ne f 22 families that have devted themselves t prmte the cultural traditin f “paakai”, the Hawaiian wrd fr salt.
This is ne f the last remaining salt patches in Hawaii. The salt prduced here can be traded r given away, but it is nt t be sld. Hawaiians use it fr cking, healing and prtectin. Hwever, this place has been suffering many kinds f threats (威胁) ver the past decade, including scial develpment, pllutin frm a nearby airprt, and sand ersin frm vehicle traffic and rubbish thrwn by visitrs.
Besides, climate change pses a big threat t salt-making with rising sea levels and changing weather situatins. In 2023, the salt-making seasn lasted nly three mnths, frm July t September, because it rains a ft. During a gd year, wrk ften begins in May and ends in Nvember.
Malia Nbrega-Olivera is an educatr wh leads effrts t prtect centuries-ld traditins. Her grandfather played a great rle in frming a grup f salt-making families called Hui Hana Paakai. “The rganizatin’s gal”, Malia said, “is t prtect the traditinal practice f prducing salt by hand, which has been passed dwn fr many years.”
30. Hw des Tina feel when wrking?
A. Happy.B. Angry.C. Bred.D. Tired.
31. What d Paragraph 3 and Paragraph 4 mainly talk abut?
A. Salt is sld widely in Hawaii.B. The place has suffered a lt f threats.
C. Rubbish is thrwn everywhere.D. The weather situatins have changed a lt.
32. Hw lng can the salt-making seasn last during a gd year?
A. 5 mnths.B. 6 mnths.C. 7 mnths.D. 8 mnths.
33. What’s the purpse f writing this passage?
A. T imprve the skills f prcessing salt by hand.
B. T help the cuntry fight against climate changes.
C. T intrduce the ld traditin t different visitrs.
D. T call n peple t prtect the traditin f making salt.
(C)
Cncept cars (概念车) are mdel cars created by car makers t shw new ideas and designs. With cncept cars, the future has never lked s beautiful. Even thugh mst f us can’t affrd such unbelievable cars, we still like their beautiful design, if they were built. We wuld lve t see them n the streets.
Car makers create creative designs which pave the way fr their future gals. Hwever, mst cncept cars may never g int prductin. They serve as a surce f inspiratin (灵感) and creativity fr future mdels. Cl cncept cars are ften displayed at shws in rder t receive suggestins frm custmers. Then, the designers can imprve their plans and technlgies.
Nwadays, cars are ften valued fr being practical, safe, and affrdable. As the suburbs (郊区) have grwn, many peple have t spend mre time n their way t wrk. This change has made cars becme mre imprtant. Hwever, sme peple have argued that cars at present have als becme verly bring.
Have ur cars becme bring? Have we lst the creativity Henry Frd nce shwed? The futuristic designs f the 1970s have becme a thing f the past, and ppular standard mdels are ften shrt f imaginatin. Hwever, there is a wide range f cncept cars that have been prduced. Sme were wild and crazy, and sme f them never made it. Hwever, cncept cars pave the way fr the future.
34. What d we knw abut cncept cars?
A They are self-driving cars.B. They are very cheap t buy.
C. They are ppular n the streets.D. They are mdel cars t shw creativity.
35. The underlined wrd “They” refers t _________ in Paragraph 2.
A. car makersB. mst cncept carsC. future galsD. creative designs
36. Why are cncept cars ften shwn?
A. T cllect custmers’ advice.B. T imprve their selling amunt.
C. T test the perfrmance f cars.D. T shw car designers’ imaginatin.
37. Which f the fllwing can be the best title fr the passage?
A. The beauty f cncept carsB. The number f cncept cars
C. The intrductin f cncept carsD. The argument f cncept cars
(D)
38. Emjis designed with a ________ are NOT matching the tpic f this cntest.
A. lanternB. dragn batC. hamburgerD. dumpling
39. ________ can take part in the emji cntest.
A. Emji lversB. Chinese art lversC. Chinese culture lversD. Prfessinal emji designers
40. What can we knw accrding t the requirements?
A. Wrks can’t be handed in n the mailbx.
B. The size f each grup shuld be within 100K.
C. Wrks shuld be handed in with 6 emjis in a grup.
D. It’s nt allwed t hand in fur wrks by ne persn.
第二节 阅读填空（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）
阅读短文及文后A~E选项，选出可以填入1~5各题空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Cartns are like a windw that lets us see the culture f a cuntry. Fr example, the ppular Japanese cartn Narut shws us life abut ninjas. ____41____ US cartns such as Superman pened up the wrld t superher culture. They als shw many different themes: frm family lve and teamwrk t herism.
If yu talk t yur parents abut their favurite cartns, yu’ll find their chices are quite different frm yurs. ____42____ They were arts f il painting, paper cutting r puppets. Tday’s cartns are made with cmputers. They have mre exciting sund and pictures which amaze peple.
What’s happened t cartns ver the past years in China? ____43____ Little Tadple Lking fr Mm (1961) was China’s first ink-painting cartn, tgether with puppet cartn such as The Magic Bush (1955). After the refrm and pening up in 1978, mre freign cartns came t China. ____44____ Over the next twenty years, China made many excellent cartns, such as Mr. Black (1984), Calabash Brthers (1986), The Big Head Sn and Smal Head Father (1995).
____45____ China has its Internatinal Cartn Festival in Hangzhu every year. Fr example, Big Fish & Begnia and many ther Chinese cartns wn prizes at internatinal film festivals.
A. Our cartns started t becme better and better.
B. Nw, the cartn industry (产业) in China is grwing fast.
C. Early cartns were shrt and they were usually made by hand.
D. After 1949, China started t make cartns with its wn character.
E. Chinese cartns shw ur traditinal culture, like ink painting and paper cutting.
四、写作（共三节；满分30分）
第一节 语篇填词（共5小题；每小题0. 5分，满分2. 5分）
根据下面短文及所给单词的首字母写出所缺单词。在填写答题卡时，要求写出完整单词。（每空限填一词）
Janet is a middle schl student. She lives a s____46____ but happy life. Hwever, smething unpleasant has happened t her these days. A few days ag, she wrte a pst n the I____47____ abut “Peple in the future”. She said human beings in the future may put n w____48____ as mre and mre cnvenient tls are invented and peple seldm mve r g ut. But several peple nline disagreed with her and said she was stupid. A____49____ Janet felt unhappy, she still thught she was right. She e____50____ t them why she said s. Her reasns were quite t the pint. They finally realized they were t rude and made an aplgy t her.
第二节 根据所给中文填空（共5小题；每小题0. 5分，满分2. 5分）
51. Can yu use sme wrds t ________ (描述) yur best friends?
52. I wn’t feel ________ (孤独的) any mre while reading my favurite cmic bks.
53. If yu are fllwed by a ________ (陌生人), yu shuld call the plice.
54. They dn’t knw hw t ________ (面对) the health prblems.
55. ________ (最近), I’ve been busy writing a nvel.
第三节 完成句子（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）（每空限填一词）
根据所给的汉语内容，用英语完成下列句子。
56. 杰克有一只狗。他的狗比约翰的狗跑得快。
Jack has a dg. His dg ________ ________ than Jhn’s dg.
57. 杰克说：“有一只宠物狗真好”。
“________________ nice ________________ a pet dg,” Jack says.
58. 如果杰克外出，约翰将照顾他的宠物狗。
If Jack is ut, his pet dg ________ ________ ________ ________ by Jhn.
59. 昨晚杰克出发时，约翰正在看一场篮球比赛。
When Jack set ff last night, Jhn ________ ________ a basketball match.
60. 多么可爱的狗啊！
________ ________ ________ dg it is!
第四节 书面表达（共1题；满分15分）
61. 一系列的“新”已成为大家关注的热词，学校教育也将翻开新的篇章。未来的教室会是什么样呢？请你以“My Dream Classrm”为题，根据思维导图提示写一篇英语短文，向同学们介绍你理想的教室。
注意：1. 可在思维导图内容提示的基础上适当拓展信息；
2. 词数80字左右（短文的开头已给出，不计入词数）；
3. 不得透露学校、姓名等任何个人真实信息，否则不予评分。
My Dream Classrm
Hell, everyne! Let me intrduce my dream classrm t yu.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Emji (表情包) Design Cntest fr Chinese Cultural Symbls
Design yur emjis fr China Daily and win prizes
Which symbl best stands fr Chinese culture in yur eyes? Is it the panda, kung fu r the Great Wall?
Here’s yur chance t decide what emjis best stand fr Chinese culture!
Here we are calling fr yur talent frm all ver the wrld! N matter what the style is, share yur creative ideas with us!
All winning designs will be shared n ur app, and winning designers will receive prizes!
What is the tpic?
The emjis shuld be centered arund the tpic f Chinese culture.
Wh can take part in it?
Anybdy wh lves emjis.
What can yu get?
First prize (10 wrks): 500 yuan/wrk
Secnd prize (50 wrks): 300 yuan/wrk
Third prize (100 wrks): 100 yuan/wrk
Only ne prize will be awarded even if mre than ne wrk by the same designer is chsen.
What are the requirements?
Wrks shuld be handed in nline with required persnal infrmatin. Each persn can hand in three wrks at mst.
Wrks handed in must be a grup, with 8 t 16 emjis in each grup.
Frmats (格式): jpg/pg/gif/jpge. Size: 240×240px.
Each picture shuld be within 100K, and the size f each grup shuld be within 1. 6M.
Welcme t take part in ur cntest!
My Dream Classrm
What will it lk like?
What will make it “new”?
Hw will the students study?
What d yu think f the dream classrm?