江苏省苏州市2024-2025学年第一学期八年级 英语期末模拟试卷（五）

这是一份江苏省苏州市2024-2025学年第一学期八年级 英语期末模拟试卷（五），共9页。试卷主要包含了完形填空，阅读理解，信息还原，词汇运用，短文填空，阅读表达，书面表达等内容，欢迎下载使用。
一、完形填空（共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分）
请认真阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
With a birthday usually cmes a party, as well as a cake, presents and wishes frm friends. But beynd these, what des a birthday exactly mean?
One year, I spent my birthday alne in a cmpletely new place. Calls and messages pured in as usual. 1 , I was uncertain what t d. I had nwhere t g; nr did I knw anyne with whm I culd g ut and share the 2 f the event.
At that mment, my mther called me, asking, "What are yu 3 fr yur birthday?"
"I'm nt sure, Mum. There's 4 here," I said in a lw vice.
"Yu dn't always need a lt f peple fr yur birthday. Just fllw yur heart and make this day yurs."What Mum said made me feel less 5 .
Then I picked up a bk and lst myself in it, with music n. I did exactly as my mther tld me and 6 "my wn day". Unexpectedly, I gt cnnected with my inner self. It was a 7 but satisfying day. I realized fr the first time that I had fully grwn-frm the prep schl child wh shared chclate with the whle class n my birthday t smene wh culd nw 8 it with myself.
When I lay in bed that night, I remembered my mther's wrds. "Yu came int ur lives this day," she said. Her vice was filled with jy and 9 fr the cming f my life. And indeed, that is the true meaning f birthday celebratins-the valuable gift f life itself.
I spent a birthday 10 a party. It made me realize the spirit f birthday itself.
1. A. Otherwise B. Hwever C. Instead D. Mrever
2. A. jy B. success C. secret D. luck
3. A. reading B. searching C. planning D. asking
4. A. smene B. everyne C. anyne D. n ne
5. A. unhappy B. tired C. impatient D. scared
6. A. shared B. remembered C. enjyed D. recrded
7. A. hpeful B. painful C. stressful D. peaceful
8. A. understand B. celebrate C. accept D. discuss
9. A. thanks B. regrets C. messages D. excuses
10. A. at B. fr C. except D. withut
二、阅读理解（共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分）
请认真阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
A
Luxiang is an ld beautiful village in Suzhu near Taihu Lake built in the Suthern Sng dynasty （1127-1279）. There were many famus peple living in the village at that time. There are arund 30 ld buildings f the Ming（1368-1644） and Qing（1644-1912） dynasties nw. Peple live a simple life. There are six lanes（小卷） in the village ging t Taihu Lake. Luxiang lks mre beautiful in spring with many tea trees and fruit gardens. This place is famus fr the tea called Biluchun. Many famus mvies have been filmed there. It's a place that is well wrth visiting. The fllwing infrmatin can help yu with yur trip t it.
11. Many famus peple were living in Luxiang _____.
A. frm 1127 t 1279 B. frm 1127 t 1644
C. frm 1279 t 1644 D. frm 1644 t 1912
12. If yu want t save mney t Luxiang, yu can take _____ first.
A. Bus N.634 at Dngshan B. Bus N.627 at Suzhu Train Statin
C. Bus N.502 at Suzhu Train Statin D. Bus N.621 at Mudu Bus Statin
13. Where can we read the passage?
A. In a student's diary. B. In a travel guide.
C. In a sprts magazine. D. In a science bk.
B
Carline wn the shw jumping cmpetitin! She has never wn it befre! Sphie usually wins and she usually cmes secnd. But this time, she did it! Everyne at hme was happy, especially Fred, her brther. Seeing his smile, Carline suddenly remembered Fred said he planned t d "a little help" t Sphie's hrse Blssm befre the match.
"Fred," Carline said, "I need t talk t yu. What did yu mean when yu said ‘with a little help Blssm can be sick’?"
Fred tld Carline abut Blssm and the sleeping pills.
"Lk! I'm srry abut Sphie and all that, but I did it fr yu."
"Fred!"Carline cried. "D yu think I want t win like that? D yu really think that?"
"But I nly wanted t help yu. Lk! Everyne is happy. Yu are, Mum and Dad are, yur hrse Apple is happy t. I think Sphie and Blssm will be kay in a few weeks."
"Fred! Sphie was lucky that she nly brke a rib（肋骨）. Thank gdness she didn't break
mre. Thank gdness she's nt dead!"
Fred started crying. "I'm srry. I'm really srry. I didn't think …""That's alright, Fred," Carline
said. "I knw yu did it fr me. But we have t tell everyne the truth. I dn't want the cup. Nt like this!"
"But Carline, if yu tell the truth, Dad will sell Apple.""I knw," said Carline. And then she started crying.
The next day at the stables（马厩）, Carline talked t Mr Mrley, the manager f the cmpetitin.
"S yu see, sir. I didn't win because I was the best. I wn because f the sleeping pills. I'm very srry, sir. I didn't knw anything abut it. And my brther is very srry, t. He did it t help me. And he’ll never d it again. I can't accept the cup. I dn't want t win the cup like this."
"This is a very serius matter," said Mr Mrley."Yu knw Fred cmmitted a crime. If Sphie's parents g t the plice, yur brther will be in real truble. Thank yu fr telling me, Carline … "
- Adapted frm The Spring Cup
14. Hw did Fred help Carline win the cmpetitin?
A. By making Sphie's hrse ill.
B. By keeping encuraging Carline.
C. By stpping Sphie frm taking part in the match.
D. By talking t Mr Mrley.
15. Which f the fllwing is true abut Carline?
A. She always wins the cmpetitin.
B. She was very grateful fr Fred's help.
C. She didn't like the way she wn the cmpetitin.
D. She didn't care abut the result f the cmpetitin at all.
16. What feeling can be inferred frm the underlined sentences?
A. Sad. B. Angry. C. Surprised. D. Excited.
17. What can we learn frm Fred's mistake?
A. We shuld be careful with animals.
B. Family members shuld help each ther.
C. Telling the truth can make yu feel better.
D. Hnesty is mre imprtant than winning r lsing.
C
A yung by is crying because his ear hurts. Then a man cmes ut f the frest.
He carries sme juice frm a white fungus. Carefully, he drips the juice int the by's
ear. In sme rainfrest villages f Suth America, that's hw earaches are cured!
Rainfrest dctrs, called shamans, use many kinds f plants as medicine. They make tea frm ne type f red vine（藤蔓）. It cures stmachaches. Yellw flwers frm anther plant are used t treat snakebite. Lcal shamans have used the curing pwer f plants fr thusands f years.
______
Tday, scientists frm all ver the wrld want t learn what these shamans knw abut plant medicines. They are racing t find the secrets f the rainfrest befre the plants disappear fr gd. And the rainfrests are disappearing fast. Every year, peple cut dwn an area f rainfrests as large as Flrida. Smetimes they want t use the land fr farming. Smetimes they cut dwn the trees and sell the wd.
Nw the scientists travel by bat, air, and n ft t tiny rainfrest villages. Then they spend lng hurs making their way thrugh the ht and humid jungle（丛林）with the lcal shamans. The shamans shw the scientists which plants can be used as cures.
Saving the Rainfrest
One USA cmpany has already fund an imprtant new medicine. It cmes frm a plant fund in the rainfrests f Ecuadr. This medicine may sn be used t cure lung infectins in kids. Rainfrest plants might cure many bad diseases, such as cancer and AIDS. S medicine cmpanies are wrking t save the rainfrests. When peple buy medicines made frm the rainfrest plants, part f the mney will g t help save the rainfrests. If the rainfrests survive, sme day yu may find cures in yur hme that were made frm white fungus and red vines.
18. What des the underlined wrd "He" in Paragraph 1 mst prbably refer t?
A. The by's father. B. The by's teacher.
C. A rainfrest scientist. D. A rainfrest dctr.
19. What d the first tw paragraphs mainly talk abut?
A. Many rainfrest plants are used as medicines.
B. The rainfrests in the USA are disappearing fast.
C. Lcal shamans can cure different kinds f diseases.
D. There are many plants in the frest f Suth America.
20. Which f the fllwing can be put in "_____"?
A. Lsing the Rainfrest B. Lking fr the Medicines
C. Learning frm the Shamans D. Walking thrugh the Rainfrest
21. What is the best title fr the passage?
A. Rainfrest Dctrs B. Rainfrest Medicines
C. The Medicine Cmpanies D. The Surviving Rainfrest
D
A bat and a ball cst $1.10 in all. The bat csts $1.00 mre than the ball. Hw much des the ball cst? If yu answered 10 cents, yu're nt alne-mst peple give the same answer （the crrect answer is 5 cents）. It's an example f hw we ften rely n intuitive（直觉的） respnses-answers we feel are true. "Peple give answers that pp int their mind," says scientist Steven Slman. "We dn't spend much time thinking and checking whether the answer is right r wrng."
The bat and ball questin helps explain why we ften believe fake news. "It is part f human nature t believe," says Slman."But the trick with fake news is t knw t verify-in ther wrds, t stp and check what yu knw."
In ne experiment, Slman invented a discvery called helium rain. They tld a grup f vlunteers abut it, but admitted they culd nt fully explain what it was. They then asked the vlunteers t rate （划分等级） their wn understanding f helium rain. Mst vlunteers rated themselves 1 ut f 7, meaning they did nt understand it.
The researchers then tld anther grup f vlunteers abut the discvery. This time, they said that scientists culd fully explain hw it wrked. When asked t rate their understanding, the vlunteers gave an average answer f 2. "The scientists' cnfidence gave the vlunteers an increased sense f their wn understanding," Slman says.
"Anther explanatin fr the spread f fake news is ‘mtivated reasning’," writes Adam Waytz, a prfessr at the Kellgg Schl. We are naturally mre likely t believe things that cnfirm ur existing pinins. If yu already have a negative（负面的） pinin abut smene, yu’re mre likely t trust damaging stries abut them. Over time, Waytz argues, "Mtivated reasning can lead t a false scial cnsensus（共识）."
S, in a wrld where misleading infrmatin is cmmn, is there a way t prtect urselves? "I dn't think it's pssible t train individuals t verify everything that they face," Slman admits. "It is just t human t believe what yu’re tld."
"Hwever, training peple t care abut fact-checking is imprtant," he argues, "especially in nline cmmunities. Think f the headlines and stries that are shared n yur scial media every day.
Prbably these fit in with yur wn wrld view-but perhaps nt all f them are true."
"Develp a standard in yur cmmunity that says,‘ We shuld check things and nt just take them at face value,’" Slman says. "Verify befre yu believe."
22. What des the underlined wrd "verify" mean in this passage?
A. T take a clse lk at smething. B. T think abut smething fr a lng time.
C. T check if smething is true. D. T express an pinin abut smething.
23. Which f the fllwing is an example f "mtivated reasning"?
A. Yu pst a message nline that gives yur pinin abut a news stry.
B. Yu understand why yur classmate is late every day because he has many excuses.
C. Yu believe the negative news abut a player because he plays fr the team yu hate mst.
D. Yu're nt sure if a stry n scial media is true, s yu search nline fr mre infrmatin.
24. The fllwing paragraph can best g after _____.
Accrding t Slman, studies shw that knwledge spreads like a disease. "If everyne arund yu is saying they understand why a well-knwn persn is lying, then yu're ging t start thinking that yu understand, t," Slman says.
A. Paragraph 4 B. Paragraph 5 C. Paragraph 6 D. Paragraph 7
25. What is the writer's attitude（态度） tward intuitive respnses?
A. Supprtive. B. In different（不关心的）. C. Wrried. D. Unknwn.
三、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。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Hw much d yu knw abut terraces（梯田） in China? Imagine muntains held in silver water, shining in the spring sun. Summer sees the muntains turn green with grwing rice. During autumn, these same muntains are gld, and in winter they are cvered with white frst. 26. _____
These terraces were built by the lcal Zhuang and Ya peple in Guangxi. It was hard wrk when they as far as the eye can see, these terraces cver tall muntains, ften frm the bttm t the very tp.
28._____Firstly, building the terraces means that they can increase mre fields t grw rice.
Secndly, the flat terraces catch the rainwater and stp the sil frm being washed away.
Peple have wrked in harmny with nature t make these terraces. The terraces have hundreds f waterways that cnnect with each ther. During the rainy seasn, rainwater mves dwn the muntains alng these waterways and int the terraces. 29._____This frms cluds and then rain falls dwn nt the muntain terraces nce again.
Thugh mdern technlgy culd help prduce mre crps, these terraces still mean a lt t the lcal peple. 30._____ This knwledge is passed n thrugh families, which means that peple will cntinue t use ancient methds f farming t keep the terraces. Tday, the Lngij Rice Terraces receive high praise fr being a great wnder created by peple and nature wrking tgether.
四、词汇运用（共13小题;每小题1分,满分13分）
第一节 根据下列句子所给汉语注释或首字母,写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。每空限填一词。
31. It's really crazy f yu t drive s fast n such a _____（有雾的） day. Slw dwn.
32. Life is like an active spring and always _____（使充满）with new hpes and chances.
33. In the face f difficulties, s many _____（登山者） risk their lives t challenge themselves.
34.When the time came, peple let ff firecrackers and the lanterns _____（照耀） brightly.
35. - As I knw, yur new friend Cathy is very h_____.
- Yes. She is the funniest persn I knw.
36. Bks can't change the wrld, but peple can change the wrld by changing t_____ thrugh reading.
37. -I lve Suzhu, even thugh I was nt brn here.
- It is a p _____ place t live.
38. Dn't talk t much, and keep s_____. Silence is glden.
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,填入其正确形式。每个单词或短语仅用一次。
One day, my father came back hme and gave me a little bird. It fell frm its nest and gt hurt.
It culd nt fly back. I 39. _____ the little bird and decided t take care f it.
I made it a warm nest with a napkin（纸巾） 40._____ it culd live cmfrtably. I als prepared fd and water fr it. Tw days later, it was full f 41. _____ and it culd even fly a shrt distance.
A few mnths later, it grew up. I knew that I shuld let it g back t 42. _____. Even thugh I didn't want t leave it, I let it fly away ne sunny day.
I am s happy that I saved a life. And I will never frget the wnderful mments I had with that little bird. This will always be ne f my mst precius（珍贵的）43._____. It tuched my heart and encuraged me t help ther peple and animals in need, whenever I can.
五、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,填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Have yu ever gt a lt dne nly t find that yu were nt clser t yur main gal（目标）? Yu spend t much f yur time ding things that yu think are imprtant. 44. _____ in fact, they really aren't. That's what I want t talk abut.
I remember ding a lt f little 45. _____（use） things in my days as a salespersn. The main key t becming gd at sales is t spend mst f yur time selling. But what did I spend my time ding? I rganized my desk, 46. _____（meet） nn-decisin makers, learnt mre sales skills, etc. 47._____ dubt, I failed in being a salespersn.
One f the keys t success is t take actin. And yu prbably already knw this and really take actin. The prblem is that yu may d things that just keep yu busy instead f 48. _____（bring）
yu clser t yur gals.
S what shuld yu d abut this? 49._____（ne）, yu need t list tw r three things that are the mst imprtant t yur 50. _____（achieve）. Then, plan yur time s that yu are spending at 51. _____（little）70%f yur time dealing with thse things. Anything that isn't part f thse imprtant things shuld be put ff. Yu can push it t 52. _____ end f the day r dn't wrk n it at all if pssible.
Just fcus yur actins n ding the few things that make the biggest influence. Stp wasting yur time in ding lts f things that dn't matter. This way yur gals will be achieved faster and yur life will imprve 53. _____（great）.
六、阅读表达（共3小题;54题2分,55题2分,56题3分,满分7分）
请认真阅读下面短文,用英语回答短文后的问题。
D yu knw that almst each Chinese dish has its wn stry behind it? Nw read the tw stries
abut jiazi-Chinese dumplings.
The earliest recrd f jiazi was frm the Eastern Han dynasty. It is said that Zhang Zhngjing, a famus dctr in Chinese histry, made jiazi fr the first time. He made jiazi t help peple keep healthy in the cld winter.
Anther stry abut jiazi had smething t d with Wang Xizhi, a calligrapher（书法家） in ancient China. When Wang Xizhi was yung, his calligraphy was s wnderful that many peple liked it. Wang thught his calligraphy was gd enugh and he began t spend little time practising it. One day Wang saw an ld wman making jiazi in a restaurant. Her jiazi lked great and tasted delicius. Wang Xizhi asked her hw lng it tk her t make such great jiazi. She said, "Almst my life. If smene wants t be really gd at smething, he needs t spend his life ding that." Hearing that, Wang Xizhi knew that he shuld keep practising calligraphy. He became a great calligrapher finally.
54. When did Chinese peple start eating jiazi?

55. What did Wang Xizhi d after hearing the ld wman's wrds?

56. Can yu think f anther Chinese dish with its wn stry behind it? Tell us the stry with n mre than 30 wrds.

七、书面表达（共1题;满分25分）
57.立足中国大地,讲好中国故事。我们学习英语的目的不仅是要促进中外文化交流,更要树立文化自信,用英语讲好中国故事。近期,你所在的学校将开展以"用英语讲好中国故事"为主题的演讲活动。假如你是李华,想参加此次活动,请根据以下思维导图内容提示,给负责本次活动的王老师写一封自荐信。
写作要求:1.文中须包含思维导图提示的所有信息,可适当发挥;
2.文中不得出现真实姓名和学校名称;
3.词数100左右（已给出部分不计入总词数）。
Dear Mr Wang,
I'm frm Class One, Grade Nine. My name is Li Hua. I really want t take part in the activity "Tell Chinese Stries in English".




Yurs,
Li Hua
★Ticket Price
¥50 fr adults;¥30 fr students; ¥25 fr peple aged ver 60;free fr children
belw 1.2 metres tall and peple aged ver 70.
★Opening Time
All year rund: 8:00 a. m. -17:30 p. m.
★Transprt
*Bus N.502 (every twenty minutes, ticket price: ¥10): Suzhu Train Statin-Dngshan. Then change Bus N.627 (every ten minutes, ticket price: ¥5) t Luxiang Village.
*Bus N. 621 ( every 5-10 minutes, ticket price: ¥7): Mudu Bus Statin-Dngshan. Then change Bus N. 634 (every ten minutes, ticket price: ¥5) t Luxiang
Village.
★Address
Luxiang Village, Dngshan Twn, Wuzhng District, Suzhu.
Telephne number
0512-66394308.
A. Fr them, traditins hld t much value.
B. It is quite useless fr the peple t wrk there.
C. The sun heats the water and turns it int water vapur（蒸气）.
D. Nw, mre and mre turists are attracted by its beauty.
E. These are the amazing clurs f the Lngji Rice Terraces.
F. There are reasns why peple turn the muntains int terraces.
G. Wrking n the terraces tk them hundreds f years frm the Yuan dynasty t the Qing dynasty.
nature s that experience take pity n energy