江苏省南通市崇川区启秀中学2023-2024学年八年级上学期英语暑期作业检测（开学考）（含答案）

南通市启秀中学2023-2024学年度第一学期暑期作业检测

初二英语

第一卷（选择题部分，共65分）

一、听力部分（略）

二、单项选择 (本题共10小题；每小题1分，满分15分)

21. --- How time flies! The work is coming to ________ end. I can go home soon.
--- Yes, but I need to stay here till ________ end of next month.
A. an; the    B. the; an    C. an; an    D. the; the

22. Every morning, Eric jogs ________ the side of Longyou River to keep fit.
A. around    B. along    C. across    D. above

23. Take it easy. There will be ________ two buses coming in five minutes.
A. another   B. other    C. others    D. the other

24. --- It’s getting dark. I have to leave now.

--- Why! I ________ you wanted to stay for the night.
A. think    B. am thinking   C. thought   D. didn’t think

25. --- ________ useful the information on the screen is!

--- Yes, that is why Mr. Wu asked us to write it down just now.

A. What    B. What a   C. What an   D. How

26. --- Could you help us ________ some Christmas lights, Jimmy?
--- No problem. It’s a good idea to set an exciting feeling with colored lights.
A. put out   B. put in    C. put on    D. put off

27. --- ________ I take the book home? I really like it.

--- Sure. But you ________ keep it clean.
A. May; may   B. Can; can   C. May; must   D. Must; may

28. ________ these young people are volunteers from the college.
A. Two hundred  B. Two hundred of  C. Hundreds of  D. Two hundreds of

29. --- What do you think of the film The Battle at Lake Changjin?

--- I think it’s ________ film that I have ever seen.

A. the most exciting B. the most excited  C. a most exciting  D. a most excited

30. --- I don’t think keeping dogs will make you feel lonely.

--- ________ In my opinion, dogs sometimes bring you a lot of trouble.

A. Not exactly.  B. I agree with you.  C. I’m afraid so.  D. That’s a good idea.

二、完形填空 (本题共15小题；每小题1题，满分15分)

There was once a boy called Jack who loved to make a lot of friends. He was always proud that he had so many friends at school.

One day his grandfather said to him, “Jack, you spend much time making friends but are you sure the friends you are    31    of are your true friends? I am afraid that some of them are nothing more than classmates.” However, Jack didn’t    32    it, “We always play happily together.” “Wait a minute,” the old man left, and soon returned as if carrying something in his hands, but Jack could see nothing there.

“Take the    33    chair. It’s rather hard to sit on it because you can’t see it. But if you take it to school and    34    sit on it, you’ll activate its magic. Then you’ll be able to tell    35    your real friends are.”

Jack wanted to know whether it was true or not,    36    he took it to school. At break time, he asked his classmates to make a circle, and he put himself in the middle, with his chair. “Nobody moves, or you    37    see anything amazing.”

Having difficulty    38    the chair, Jack tried to sit on it and fell straight onto his backside. It seemed that everyone around    39    had a pretty good laugh. “Wait! Let me try again.” Jack said. But he missed the    40    again. At the same time, what he heard were just their catcalls. Jack didn’t stop trying. But he kept falling onto the floor… until, suddenly, he was in mid-air …

Jack    41    the “chair”. He saw George, Lucas, and Diana—three of his best friends    42    him up. At the same time, many others he had though as friends had done    43    but make fun of him and enjoying his every fall.

Jack    44    that true friends were those who care for him, but not just those who happened to be passing by. And the one who took    45    in his misfortunes was even less of a friend.

31. A. tired    B. careful    C. proud    D. afraid

32. A. regret   B. believe   C. hope    D. explain

33. A. special   B. valuable   C. beautiful   D. important

34. A. politely   B. usually   C. successfully  D. certainly

35. A. who   B. where    C. why    D. whether

36. A. but   B. because   C. so    D. though

37. A. won’t    B. shouldn’t   C. needn’t    D. mustn’t

38. A. moving   B. seeing    C. making   D. showing

39. A. him   B. her    C. me    D. us

40. A. circle   B. laugh    C. chair    D. truth

41. A. looked after  B. cleaned up   C. took away   D. looked around

42. A. cheering  B. holding   C. picking   D. waking

43. A. something  B. everything   C. anything   D. nothing

44. A. encouraged  B. expected   C. understood   D. suggested

45. A. part   B. pleasure   C. action    D. exercise

四、阅读理解 (本题共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)

A

46. The four people are ________.
A. reporters on the website     B. clerks in different museums
C. businessmen in an organization    D. young readers from different countries

47. What does Krista Chen advise?
A. Museums must be free.      B. Money-raising events should be organized
C. Everyone should offer museums more help. D. People should only pay what they can afford.

48. Which of the following is right?
A. This is a discussion about education.   B. Half of them agree with free entrance.

C. The website is generally for young people. D. A Chinese student supports the idea of low prices.

B

Has anyone ever told you that eating carrots will help you see in the dark? This is just one of many incorrect beliefs you may have heard. Below, TEENS has picked out scientific explanations for three mistakes that people make about their eyes. Let’s take a look.

Can eating carrots improve your eyesight?

Carrots are rich in vitamin A, which helps the eyes to turn light into information for your brain. This allows people to see in darker places. However, eating more carrots won’t help you see better. A certain minimum amount will help, but a large number of carrots will not give you superhuman vision.

If your parents have bad eyesight, will you have bad eyesight, too?

Myopia (近视) can be passed from parents to children. A study by the American Optometric Association found that if both parents are myopic, there’s a 33 to 60 percent chance that their child will be. For children who have one parent with myopia, the chance is 23 to 40 percent, and it’s down to 6 to 15 percent for kids with non-myopic parents. So if your eyesight is bad, your children might still have good vision.

Do color blind people see the world in black and white?

Color blindness doesn’t usually mean that people see the world like an old movie. They usually can’t tell certain colors apart, especially green and red. Another commonly confused pair of colors is yellow and blue. Our eyes have cone cells (视锥细胞) that sense different wavelengths (波长) of light. If these cells don’t work properly, color blindness occurs.

There are different levels of color blindness. Some people are only color blind in low light.

However, in the most serious form of color blindness, everything is shades of gray.

49. According to the article, eating carrots ________.

A. stops the brain from seeing     B. doesn’t help you see better at all

C. will help you see clearly in the dark    D. is good for your eyes to some degree

50. If both parents have myopia, their child’s chance of having good eyesight is ________.

A. 40—67%   B. 33—60%    C. 23—40%    D. 6—15%

51. What is the cause of color blindness, according to the text?

A. Watching movies for too long.     B. Getting too little exercise.

C. Cone cells not working properly.    D. Changes in the wavelength of light.

52. What is the purpose of the article?

A. To offer some advice on protecting your eyes.

B. To clear up some misunderstandings about our eyes.

C. To provide help for improving your vision.

D. To explain how bad eyesight and color blindness form.

C

Do you like birthdays? Do you like going to church (教堂)? Do you enjoy parties? Do you like seeing everyone in the neighborhood? Do you feel happy when you get lots of gifts? Do you like to dance? If so, then you would probably like to have a quinceanera.

The word quinceanera is Spanish (西班牙语). A quinceanera is a special ceremony (典礼) and birthday party. The birthday girl can also be called a quinceanera.

Only birthday girls who are 15 are called quinceaneras. Fifteen is an important age for girls who speak Spanish. When they turn 15, they are no longer children.

A quinceanera begins with a ceremony at church. The ceremony is important to the people around. After the ceremony, there is a beautiful party. People around take part in the party, too. It is happy. Everyone dances. They give the birthday girl presents and tell her that she looks pretty.

The birthday girl is like Cinderella. She wears a pink dress. She has shoes with high heels (跟). Her clothes are symbols. They tell everyone that the birthday is special. She is an adult now. She can now dance in parties. Like Cinderella at her bail, the birthday girl dances at her quinceanera party.

Some places in America don’t have quinceaneras. Many Americans organize parties when kids turn 18. Those events are like quinceaneras, but they are not the same. But people in America who speak Spanish may have quinceaneras. They may have a ceremony and organize a big party for the people around when their girls turn 15.

53. Why does the writer write so many questions in the first paragraph?

A. To explain why girls have a quinceanera.    

B. To ask people to take part in a quinceanera.

C. To show how to organize a party like a quinceanera. 

D. To show what a quinceanera is like.

54. What does the number 15 mean to a Spanish girl?

A. It means the girl can stop studying at school.   

B. It means the girl can get married.

C. It means the girl becomes an adult.   

D. It means the girl can start to organize a party.

55. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Only families can take part in the quinceaneras,

B. People in Spain organize quinceanera parties at home.

C. You can know if it is a quinceanera through the girls clothes.

D. All the girls in America become adults when they are 18.

56. In which paragraph does the writer tell us about what a quinceanera girl can do?

A. In Paragraph 2.  B. In Paragraph 5.  C. In Paragraph 3.  D. In Paragraph 6

57. What is the best title for the passage?

A. A special event for Spanish girls.   B. Birthday parties in church.

C. When to become adults.     D. Quinceaneras in different countries.

D

Twelve Dancing Princesses is a German fairy tale. It is included in the Children’s and Household Tales (《格林童话》) by the Grimm Brothers.

Tramper could feel the stony road through the holes in his boots. A newspaper blew by. Tramper picked it up and sat down to cover the holes in his boots with the paper.

A weak old lady stared at him.

“You think you have shoe troubles!” she said. “The King has twelve girls and all of them have holes in their slippers!”

The old lady’s feet were bare (光脚的), cut and purple from the cold. Tramper felt sorry for her, so he gave her his shabby boots. To thank him, she gave Tramper her dirty cloak (斗篷). As she walked away down the road, she called, “Stay awake. Drink no drop. Taste no cup.”

“A strange way to say goodbye,” thought Tramper.

It rained. Tramper put on the cloak and tried to read what was left of the wet newspaper. As it fell apart in his hands he read:

“Why not?” thought Tramper. “I bet I could solve the mystery. I’ve got nothing to lose. I don’t even have any boots.” And when he looked down, his feet were gone too. His feet, legs and body had gone. He was invisible. “The cloak is magic!” he said.

The king’s twelve daughters were a mystery. Each night they took off their silk slippers and went to bed. But each morning their silk slippers were full of holes, and the girls were tired out.

How could it happen? The girls’ bedroom door was locked, so they could not get out. How could it go on? (to be continued...)

58. Which of the following is TRUE about the old lady?

A. She gave Tramper a newspaper.   B. She worked for the king.

C. She was rich.       D. She gave her cloak to Tramper.

59. The Palace Notice wanted to find someone who ________.

A. got the newspaper      B. stole the princesses’ slippers

C. knew the reason for the worn slippers  D. the princesses fell in love with

60. What does the underlined word “invisible” mean?

A. Can’t move.  B. Can’t be seen.  C. Can’t walk.   D. Can’t change.

61. What happened to the twelve princesses every day?

A. Their slippers always had holes in them when they woke up.

B. Somebody went into their living rooms every evening.

C. They went out of the palace every night.

D. Their bedroom door was forced open at night.

E

Can plants talk? Modern research has found something amazing: they do communicate with each other.

It has been known for some time that plants use chemicals to communicate with each other. This happens when a plant gets attacked by insects. The plant gives out chemicals from the leaves that are being eaten. This is like a warning, or a call for help: “I’m being attacked!” When another plant gets the chemicals, it starts to give out its own, different chemicals. Some of these chemicals drive insects away.

More surprisingly, plants also use sound to communicate. People can’t hear these sounds; but plants are making them. Some plants make noises with their roots. Corn and chili plants do this. Some trees make clicking noises when there is not enough water.

Most surprisingly of all, plants have an amazing system of communication that can link nearly every plant in a forest. Scientists call this system the “wood wide web”. The wood wide web is linked underground by fungi (霉菌). It links the roots of different plants to each other. It is in some ways similar to the Internet we use. Using the wood wide web, plants can share information and even food with each other. However, it may lead to bad effects. Plants may use it to steal food from each other, or spread chemicals to attack other plants.

Scientists are learning more every day about the secret ways in which plants talk to each other. Maybe one day we will know enough about plant communication to be able to “talk” with them ourselves.

62. What does the word “leaves” in Paragraph 2 mean in Chinese?

A. 遗弃    B. 准许    C. 假期    D. 叶子

63. How are the wood wide web linked by fungi?

A. By connecting the roots of different plants to each other.

B. By sharing food and information with each other.

C. By making noises with their roots.

D. By spreading chemicals to each other.

64. What is the writer’s intention (意图) of the last paragraph?

A. To give people hope for further studies.

B. To praise scientists for their great achievements.

C. To call on people to protect the plants on Earth.

D. To inspire people to communicate with plants.

65. What is the structure of the passage?

A.  B.   C.   D.

第二卷（非选择题部分，共35分）

五、词汇 (本题共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
A. 请根据括号中的中文提示、英文释义或句意，写出句中所缺单词，使句子通顺。
66. Our teachers told us that a good ____________ (开始) is half done.

67. The volunteers often ____________ money for the children in poor areas.

68. We should do more things to help people realize the ____________ (重要) of protecting wild animals.

69. The police are ____________ (look carefully for something) for the lost boy in the forest.

70. The ____________ (气温) stays above 30 ℃ in summer in the southern part of China.

B. 请根据句意从方框中选择合适的单词，并用其适当形式填空，使句子通顺。

71. The old man is healthy. He even runs for an hour every day in his ____________.

72. He is a ____________ man. He often tells jokes to make us laugh.

73. ____________, thousands of people lost their lives in the earthquake.

74. The bags are those ____________. They are too heavy. Let’s help them.

75. He failed to join the school basketball team simply because of his ____________.

C. 请根据句意从方框中选择合适的动词，并用其适当时态填空，使句子通顺。

76. Who will hold the parents’ meeting if Mr. White ____________ free tomorrow?

77. --- Will you go to the party?
--- If you don’t, I ____________ either.

78. His father once ____________ Maths in that school for ten years in the 1990s.

79. The students ____________ their trip to Shanghai tomorrow. Let’s go and join them.

80. --- I called you at 3:00 yesterday afternoon, but no one answered.

--- Sorry, I ____________ my mother do the housework.

六、单词填空（本题共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

（一）根据课文内容填空（10分）

81. Near the end of the week, we discuss the books with our classmates in class. Time ____________ to go faster when we are reading interesting books.

82. My friends Tony is in the 12th grade. He often listens carefully to my problems and ____________ me help. He is my here.

83. The song and dance shows were also wonderful. We learnt a lot about different ____________.

84. We finally arrived at the park. All of us couldn’t ____________ to get off the bus. Soon the whole world was there in front of us.

85. He once tried to put in a brighter light in his bedroom, but he made a ____________. Then his whole house had a power cut.

86. I bought some books about DIY for him and I also advised him to take a ____________ in DIY. But this just made him angry --- he says he already knows everything about it.

87. Sadly, giant pandas face ____________ problems in the wild. For example, it is very difficult for pandas to have babies.

88. There are now only about 1600 pandas in the wild. If we do nothing, soon there may be ____________ left!

89. Zhalong Nature Reserve is one of the world’s most important wetlands. The area ____________ food and cover for a lot of wildlife.

90. My friends and I love playing outside in winter. It is exciting to have big snowball fights. We ____________ snowballs at each other, screaming and laughing.

（二）、首字母填空  (10分)

阅读短文，根据短文内容及首字母提示，在空白处填入一个适当的单词。

Years ago, if a teenager has some problems in his life, he might write them in his d    91    . Now a teenager with the same problems might get on the Internet and write them in his blog. In many ways, a diary and a blog are almost the same. So, what makes a blog different from a diary?

The biggest d    92     is that a blog is much more public than a diary. Usually, a teenager likes hiding his diary book and treats it as one full of secrets. Both diaries and blogs tell what h    93     to the writer that day.

A blog has both good and bad points. The biggest problem is that anyone can r    94     what you write in your blog. If you are not satisfied (满意的) with a friend during school and write something b    95      about him in your diary, he will never know it. However, i    96     you do this on the Internet, that friend may read your blog and get angry. So we have to be c    97     of what we write.

A blog has good points, of course. People choose to write in blogs, and they know that their friends will read what they write. If you feel sad one day and write in your diary, n    98     will know about it. If you write the same words in your blog, your friends may quickly write back to comfort you or o    99      their help. Blogs help people stay in close contact (联系) and let them know what their friends are doing. Though i    100     a good way to write blogs about everyday life, I still prefer my old diary.

91. __________ 92. __________ 93. __________ 94. __________ 95. __________

96. __________ 97. __________ 98. __________ 99. __________ 100. __________

参考答案

单选    ABACD   BCBAA

完形   CBACA  CABAC   DBDCB

阅读    DAC   DACB    CCCBA    DCBA     DAAD

词汇

beginning; raise; importance; searching; temperature

nineties; humourous; Unluckily; Canadians’; height

aren’t; won’t go; taught; are planning; was helping

课文内容填空

seems; offers; cultures; wait; mistake

course; serious; none; provides; throw

首字母填空

diary; difference; happened; read; bad

if; careful; nobody; offer; it’s