广东省梅州市大埔县2023-2024学年八年级上学期1月期末英语试题

这是一份广东省梅州市大埔县2023-2024学年八年级上学期1月期末英语试题，共8页。

(全卷共6页, 满分90分, 考试时间: 70分钟)
说明：
1. 全卷共6页，共51小题，满分为90分，考试用时为70分钟
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笔 试 部 分(90分, 共51题)
一、语法选择(本大题有 10 小题，每小题1分，共 10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，从每题所给的三个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
Tday, I was sitting n a bench (长椅) in a subway statin, eating candies. At this time, a wman came and sat next 1 me. She lked upset. I said hell t her and gave her sme f my candies.She 2 . She said she didn't like candies. She tld me sme unhappy things in her life. I tried t help 3 see the gd sides. When we said gdbye, she seemed 4 a different persn. Asmile (微笑) appeared n her face. She tk ne f my 5 , put it int her muth and said,“Thanks fr talking with me. Yu're 6 understanding girl.”
A few minutes later, I saw a blind man(盲人) cming. I went t him 7 asked if I culd help him. He agreed. Our train came. I helped him get n the train and we talked all the way t his statin. He gave me his name card befre 8 ff the train. I prmised t call him. Maybe we 9 in a park ne day.
Tday I brught smiles and an enjyable(快乐的) time t tw peple, and 10 they als.made my day warmer.
1. A. at B. t C. in
2. A. refuses B. is refusing C. refused-
3. A. her B. hers C. herself
4. A. becming B. became C. t becme
5. A. candies B. candy C. candy's
6. A. a B. an C. the
7. A. r B. and C. s
8. A. get B. gt C. getting
9. A. will meet B. meet C. met
10. A. certain B. certainly C. uncertain
二、完形填空(本大题有 10 小题，每小题1分，共 10 分)
通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。
There's a vide nline: a yung girl, with an ld man sitting n her shulder(肩膀), is watching the natinal flag-raising ceremny(升国旗仪式) at Tian'anmen Square(天安门广场). The girl is ZhangBaige and the ld man is her 11 Zhang Shuangqi.
One day in 1997, n his way hme frm wrk in Luyang, Henan,50-year-ld Zhang Shuangqi 12 a baby girl n the radside. Zhang tk the girl hme and raised(抚养) her as his daughter. He gave her a 13 Zhang Baige.
Zhang had n mney, n family and n experience in raising a child. Raising a baby made his life 14 . The man tk n different jbs at the same time t make a living.
In the pr family, Zhang Baige managed (尽力完成) t 15 . Althugh she did nt g t cllege after high schl, she wrked hard. Nw she can give her father and herself a gd 16 .T spend mre time with her father, wh is nw 75 years ld, Zhang Baige decided t travel arund the 17 with him. He always likes t see places away frm hme.
Last May, Baige and her father 18 their trip. Frm Henan, they traveled thrugh Shaanxi(陕西) and Sichuan, and then t Tibet and Xinjiang. Peple feel tuched by their stry after 19 vides abut their travel. And they are 20 t see that the father and the daughter are living a happy life.
11. A. brther B. father C. uncle D. grandfather
12. A. fund B. hid C. taught D. left
13. A. gift B. name C. card D. bk
14. A. lnger B. shrter C. easier D. harder
15. A. grw up B. turn dwn C. write dwn D. hang ut
16. A. reasn B. idea C. life D. jb
17. A. village B. twn C. cuntry D. wrld
18. A. planned B. started C. described D. fllwed
19. A. watching B. making C. shwing D. preparing
20. A. surprised B. srry C. lucky D. glad
三、阅读理解(本大题有 15 小题，每小题2分，共30 分)
阅读A、B两篇短文，从每小题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。
A.
Duble Ninth Festival (重阳节) 2023
Cme and have fun with us!
Time:Octber 23,1:00 p. m. 一 8:00 p. m.
Place:The Yuth Park
Things fr sale: Chngyang cakes, fruit and drinks
Class: Free cake-making class (call Miss Miller at 4820 2217 t bk(预订) a place)
Activities:
1:00 p. m.—4:00 p. m. Muntain Climbing
5:00 p. m.—6:00 p. m. Talk Shw
6:00 p. m. ---7:00 p. m. Games between the yung and ld
7:00 p. m.—8:00 p. m. Fire Dragn Dance
Ticket prices:
·$10 fr adults(成年人)
·Half price fr children under 12
·Free fr peple ver 65
Fr mre infrmatin, please visit
21. What can yu buy in the Yuth Park n Octber 23?
①fruit ② bks ③drinks ④ cakes
A.①②③ B.②③④ C.①②④ D.①③④
22. When is the game time?
A. Frm 1:00 p. m. t 4:00 p. m. B. Frm 5:00 p. m. t 6:00 p. m.
C. Frm 6:00 p. m. t 7:00 p. m. D. Frm 7:00 p. m. t 8:00 p. m.
23. Befre Cindy ges t the cake-making class, she shuld.
A. write an e-mail B. make a phne call
C.g t the Yuth Park D.visit dubleninth2023.cm
24.8-year-ld Jane wants t jin in the activities. Hw much will she pay fr her ticket?
A.$0. B.$5. C.$10. D.$12.
25. Where may yu read the material?
A. In a diary. B. On a menu. C. In a dictinary. D. In a newspaper.
B
It's never t late t learn.66-year-ld Xu Bakun is a gd example t shw that. The grandma learned t play the drums and gt ppular nline because f her drum playing(打鼓).
Xu cmes frm Guangxi. She is a farmer. When she was yung, she wrked in the fields(田地) all year rund. But, with age, she had sme health prblems. That stpped her frm ging here and there. As a result, she lived a bring life.
Xu's sn teaches thers music in Guangdng Prvince. Last year, he brught a drum set(架子鼓;爵士鼓; 套鼓) hme fr Xu t play. At first, Xu thught playing the drums was t nisy. But after watching her sn play a few times, she became interested in it and decided t learn t play.
Because Xu knew nthing abut music, ▲ . She spent lts f time practicing playing the drums every day. Nw she can play many sngs. What's mre, she is healthier than befre thanks t drum playing.
Xu's sn put her vides(录像) f drum playing nline. T his surprise, Xu quickly gt ppular. NwXu plays at sme weddings(婚礼) and the TV statin. She is anxius befre she plays in frnt f thers,but when she sees the drum set, she knws she will d a gd jb.
“Age is just a number,”Xu said.“I'll learn mre beautiful music t bring happiness t mre peple.”
26. Why did Xu Bakun feel bred?
A. Because she had n friends.
B. Because she lived far frm her family.
C. Because she had sme health prblems.
D. Because she wrked in the fields all year rund.
27. Xu Bakun gt interested in playing the drums
A. tw years ag B. because f a TV shw
C. after she saw a drum set D. after she watched her s n play
28. Which f the fllwing is the best fr“ ▲ ”?
A. she was really lucky B. she became successful
C. she had t wrk very hard D. she shwed great talent fr it
29. What des the underlined wrd“anxius”in Paragraph 5 prbably mean in Chinese?
A. 满意的 B. 感激的 C. 担忧的 D. 愤怒的
30. The writer wrte the passage t .
A. tell the stry f a cl grandma B. ask us t learn t play the drums
C. shw a sn's lve fr his mther D. describe a farmer's everyday life
C
配对阅读：阅读信息，然后找出最合适的配对(有两个多余项)
四、短文填空(本大题有 10 小题, 每小题 1.5分, 共15分)
请从方框内选择恰当的词并用其正确形式填空，使文章完整连贯。注意每空一词，每词仅用一次，有两词为多余项。
as s such because he time help think interest language never hardly
Hu Zhumin is a yung man living in Shanghai. He is utging and can speak eight languages such 36 English, Japanese, German and French. In 2022, he helped lts f freigners when the city was under lckdwn(在封锁中) 37 f COVID-19.
Many freIgners living in Shanghai wrried a lt when the city went int lckdwn. They were 38 afraid that they had n idea what t d. Hu was always there t 39 them ut. The freigners were very thankful t have him at that difficult time.
Hu is 40 in language. Many peple think it is bring t learn a language, but he desn't 41 s. He learnt every language ut f interest. T learn the 42 well, he tk many curses and read lts f bks. He als spent a lt f free 43 watching freign TV prgrams. He nce gt a jb abrad(在国外) and wrked with peple frm different cuntries. In this way, 44 imprved his speaking a lt.
Hu says he 45 ever stps learning. Nw, he is studying Russian. He just wuld like t learn mre, have mre fun and help mre peple in need.
五、读写综合(本大题分为 A、B 两部分，共25 分)
A. 回答问题(共5小题, 每小题2分, 共10分)
There was a saying in ancient China,“The Winter Slstice (冬至) is as imprtant as the SpringFestival(春节).”
The Winter Slstice became a winter festival during the Han Dynasty. On this day, peple wuld have a rest.
The Winter Slstice, the shrtest day f the year, falls n Dec.22 this year. Nrthern China has the traditin f eating dumplings n this day, while peple in suthern China eat tangyuan(汤圆).
The Winter Slstice marks the beginning f deep winter. The imprtant thing during the days f theWinter Slstice is t keep away frm cld. We shuld wear mre clthes t stay warm and try t reduce unnecessary utdr activities.
The Winter Slstice is als a time fr family gatherings. Hwever, Tang Xiaqian, an 11-year-ld girl, will have t spend the festival with nly her grandmther. She hasn't seen her parents fr fur years.In fact, there are lts f children like her in her village. They are grwing up withut their parents. They are called left-behind children(留守儿童).
T make mre mney, a number f parents have t leave their children behind and g t cities t lk fr jbs. They can't g back hme t celebrate festivals with their children and even can't see their children fr years.
46. When did the Winter Slstice becme a winter festival?

47. What d peple in suthern China eat n the Winter Slstice?

48. What is the imprtant thing during the days f the Winter Slstice?

49. With whm will Tang Xiaqian spend the Winter Slstice?

50. Why d a number f parents leave their children behind?

B. 书面表达(本题15分)
51. 假如你是张鹏，就读于一所国际学校。冬至快要到了，你打算邀请你班的美国留学生 Ken 来你家吃午饭。请你用英语给他写一封电子邀请函。
内容包括: 1. 日期(12月 22 日 );
2. 活动(做汤圆 make tangyuan);
3. 回复时间(12 月 19 日前)。
作文要求：1. 不能照抄原文；不得在作文中出现真实校名、地名和考生的真实姓名。
2. 语句连贯，词数80左右。作文的开头已经给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Ken,
D yu knw f the Winter Slstice? .
Yurs,
Zhang Peng
31. Darrel and Tanya gt married(结婚) last year. Befre they gt married, Darrel had three sns and Tanya had a daughter. Nw they all live tgether.
32. Hirshi’s wife died tw years ag. He nw raises(抚养) his tw sns Tm and Nick by himself.
33. Jse and Maria live with their three children. Jse’s parents, brther and sister als live with them.
34. Bb and Mary have been married fr tw years. They are bth very successful but dn't plan t have any children.
35. Jack and Betty, wh have been married fr ver 15 years, live with their tw children named William and Christin.
A. This type f family is very typical f the s-called“Generatin Z”. They make pets a part f their lives, almst as if they were their children..
B. In an extended family(扩展了的家庭), different family members such as grandparents, aunts,uneles and cusins live tgether. In many areas f the wrld, this type f family is cmmn.
C. In sme cuntries, cuples chse t have nly ne child because there's a lt f pressure n educating a child well. This type f family is called a single child family.
D. Families with nly ne parent are called single parent families. There are several reasns why this type f family exists. One f the reasns is that ne f the parents died.
E. When the husband r wife in a marriage brings children with them frm a past marriage, this is called a blended family(混合型家庭). They all live tgether.
F. In sme families, cuples hpe t have mre freedm. They chse nt t have children. This type f family is called a childless family.
G. Nuclear families(核心家庭) nly cnsist f(包含) parents and children. There is ne child r mre children. The parents are raising their children tgether in the family hme.