江西丰城中学2023-2024学年八年级下学期开学考试英语试卷(含答案)

这是一份江西丰城中学2023-2024学年八年级下学期开学考试英语试卷(含答案)，共15页。试卷主要包含了单选题，完形填空，填空题，阅读理解，七选五，写作题等内容，欢迎下载使用。

一、单选题
1．Cllege graduates are in a ________ between finding jbs and getting further educatin. They find that it’s hard t make decisins.
A. balance B. prmise C. secret D. situatin
2．—I can give yu a lift if yu wait fr ten minutes.
—N, I’ll walk. Thanks, ________.
A. anyway B. therefre C. hwever D. prbably
3．—Why dn’t yu ask Tm t d it?
—I dn’t knw whether he is ________ t. He smetimes makes things wrse.
A. kind B. able C. afraid D. easy
4．Tm talked ________ last night and didn’t drink enugh water. He has a very sre thrat nw.
A. much t B. s many C. t many D. t much
5．—D yu like talking with yur friends n the telephne r n WeChat?
—________. I enjy talking with them face t face.
A. Either B. Bth C. Neither D. Nne
6．—Did yu catch the early bus this mrning?
—Yes. The bus started t mve ________ I gt n it.
A. thugh B. befre C. as sn as D. as if
7．—Hw is yur grandma?
—She is fine. She used t ________ TV at hme after supper. But nw she is used t ________ ut fr a walk.
A. watch; g B. watching; g C. watching; ging D. watch; ging
8．Our city is getting cleaner and cleaner day by day. We _______ a natinal mdern and civilized hygiene (文明卫生) city.
A.create B. are creating C. created D. were creating
二、完形填空
Tm Cstell was nce afraid f hmeless Americans. That changed seven years ag 1 his wife, a vlunteer at a hmeless shelter, asked him t help with a hliday dinner fr shelter residents ( 居民). Cstell remembers ging t a 2 and buying scks fr the residents. He knew many f them were in 3 f clthing. At the shelter, Cstell said, he drpped a pair f 4 int a bag fr a wman. She asked him 5 she culd have scks fr a friend wh wasn’t with her that day. He gave 6 anther pair. “She started t cry and tld me that 7 had ever given her scks befre.” Cstell said.
That 8 at the shelter helped Cstell end his fear f the hmeless. It als led him t set up a grup called The Jy f Sx. The Jy f Sx cllects scks frm dnatrs and gives them mstly t 9 peple. It has been expanding its reach. The 10 nw prvides scks t shelters in 21 states and three cuntries.
11 scks? Cstell explained that sme Americans gave fd, cats and ther clthing t shelters. But dnating scks was nt smething 12 peple thught abut. And, he said, scks were very 13 at keeping peple warm, in cld weather. A man named Kiwi, wh has lived in hmeless shelters, explained that scks were imprtant t peple wh spend a lt f time 14 . Kiwi said mst f the time he culd find enugh fd thrugh shelters and sup kitchens 15 scks were much mre difficult t get, he nted.
Cstell said his hpe fr “The Jy f Sx” was fr it t be the best sck charity in the wrld.
9．A. after B. befre C. since D. until
10．A. shelter B. hspital C. restaurant D. stre
11．A. truble B. case C. dubt D. need
12．A. scks B. glves C. shes D. glasses
13．A. thatB. if C. what D. wh
14．A. me B. her C. us D. it
15．A. smebdy B. anybdy C. nbdy D. everybdy
16．A. cnfidence B. difference C. imprtance D. experience
17．A. deaf B. blind C. hmeless D. disabled
18．A. cuntry B. state C. grup D. family
19．A. Hw B. Why C. What D. Which
20．A. mst B. half C. few D. n
21．A. harmful B. thankful C. helpful D. beautiful
22．A. indrsB. here C. utdrs D. there
23．A. And B. But C. S D. As
三、填空题
24．请先阅读下面短文，掌握其大意,然后从方框所给的词的适当形式填空。每个词限用一次。
When I was in the first year f high schl, I began t d sme part-time jbs. But I quickly gt tired f my first jb and decided①_______ a change.
Then, a clse friend f mine②_______me with a jb at a sandwich shp in my twn. It paid better and had better wrking hurs. But I③_______it, t. Hwever, I gt t wrk t make mney, s I kept wrking there④_______a year.
Then at my last high schl year, my best friend brught me t a farm. At that time, the farm⑤_______needed sme peple t help with farm chres. S I tk this jb⑥_______I still wrked at the sandwich shp.
After a few days f wrking n the farm, I culd d many chres by⑦_______and I really enjyed the jb! Anyway, I had⑧_______ding tw jbs as well as studying at schl. S I⑨_______made the decisin t give up the jb at the sandwich shp.
⑩_______I liked the farm wrk, I thught it was really a right decisin. And 1 gt sme f the⑪_______experiences f my life n the farm.
四、阅读理解
25．Accrding t the text, when may children get the flu easily?
A. In May. B. In July. C. In August. D. In December.
26．What can we learn abut the flu accrding t the text?
①It’s a kind f cld.
②It is a cmmn illness.
③It can cause serius illnesses.
④It can pass frm ne persn t anther.
A. ①③④ B. ②③④ C. ①②③ D. ①②④
27．Which f the fllwing is NOT the symptm f the flu?
A. Sleeping a lt. B. Cughing a lt.
C. Having a headache. D. Having a high temperature.
Have yu tried t run r walk fr exercise and then given up? If yu answered yes, yu shuld try a new kind f exercise: aquatic (水中的) exercise. Aquatic exercise is like exercise n land, but yu d it in a swimming pl. Mre and mre peple are trying aquatic exercise.
Aquatic exercise feels easier than exercising n land. Why? Yu weigh abut 90% less in the pl. It is better fr yur knees than running r walking. Water is abut 1,000 times thicker and heavier than air. T mve thrugh the water, yur bdy has t wrk fur times as hard. S yu can burn (燃烧) mre calries (卡路里).
In fact, mst peple say they feel mre relaxed in the water. They stp thinking abut the wrrying things. The cl, quiet envirnment makes them feel gd.
But what if yu are afraid f the water? N prblem! There is nthing t wrry abut. Aquatic exercise is safe and easy t learn. It desn’t need any special skills. Yu dn’t even need t knw hw t swim. Aquatic exercise is fr everyne.
28．What d mst peple think f aquatic exercise?
A. Relaxing. B. Wrrying. C. Interesting. D. Bring.
29．Which is true abut aquatic exercise?
A. It is dne in grups. B. It is fit fr everyne.
C. It is difficult t learn. D. It is dne with special skills.
30．What is Paragraph 2 mainly abut?
A. Difference between air and water.
B. Weight change f ne’s bdy.
C. The advantages f aquatic exercise.
D. The ways t d aquatic exercise.
31．In which part f a magazine can we read the text?
A. Culture. B. Health. C. Nature. D. Travel.
32．What is the main idea f this passage?
A. We shuld keep n exercise. B. Exercise is imprtant.
C. Aquatic exercise is gd. D. Hw t d aquatic exercise.
①Animal behavir (行为) is an interesting and attractive study. Scientists research the ways animals use t lk fr fd. They study hw animals prtect themselves frm their predatrs, and which animals kill ther animals fr fd. All f these help us understand hw useful animals can be.
②Each cuntry r culture raises sme animals fr fd. In the United States, peple mainly eat meat frm cws and chickens. In ther cuntries, peple might raise sheep r buffal fr meat. These differences cme in part frm weather and ther envirnmental cnditins. Peple arund the wrld eat all kinds f fish and shellfish frm ceans and rivers. In sme cuntries, peple dn’t always chse sme animal grups, such as dgs, fr fd while in ther cuntries such animals may becme peple’s favrite fd.
③In West Africa, animals prvide humans with mre than fd. They have been helping peple d daily wrk fr thusands f years. Hrses, xen, and ther wrk animals pull heavy things. Elephants, camels, and ther animals carry peple and things frm place t place. Carrier pigens (信鸽) have been used t send messages.
④Peple als receive health benefits (利益) frm animals. Fr example, dgs and cats can help calm peple dwn. This is helpful fr peple in fighting illnesses. Animals can als reduce stress, helping peple t draw their attentin t learning new infrmatin, such as reading. When peple are walking their dgs, it encurages exercise.
⑤Animals and humans share space n Earth, s keeping a healthy relatinship with animals arund us is in ur best interest.
33．What is the passage mainly abut?
A. Where animals live and hw they lk fr fd.
B. The relatinship between animals and humans.
C. Different things animals can d in different cuntries.
D. What humans shuld d when cmmunicating with animals.
34．What des the underlined wrd “predatrs” in Paragraph 1 prbably mean?
A. Neighbrs. B. Friends. C. Children. D. Enemies.
35．Which f the fllwing is true accrding t the passage?
A. Hrses can help peple fight illnesses.
B. Peple arund the wrld eat all kinds f fish.
C. Elephants encurage humans t d mre exercise.
D. Africans mainly eat meat frm cws and chickens.
36．What des the underlined wrd “This” mean in Paragraph 4?
A. Animals can reduce stress.
B. Animals can encurage exercise.
C. Animals can be regarded as peple’s fd.
D. Dgs and cats can help t calm peple dwn.
37．Which f the fllwing is the structure (结构) f the passage?
A. ①/②/③④⑤B. ①/②③④⑤C. ①/②③④/⑤D. ①/②③/④⑤
Yu must have read r heard f the sad lve stry between Jia Bayu and Lin Daiyu. But can yu imagine the tw singing pera in English instead f speaking petic (诗意的) Chinese?
Jia and Lin are tw characters frm the classic Chinese nvel A Dream f Red Mansins (《红楼梦》), written by Ca Xueqin(1715-1763). Sme artists made the bk int an English-language pera. They first put the pera n the stage in September, 2016 in San Francisc, US. And the next year it came t Beijing, Changsha and Wuhan.
Many f the pera’s creatrs have backgrunds ( 背景) in bth Chinese and American cultures. Their understanding f bth cultures helped them t change a Chinese classic int a freign-language pera.
The bk, which cvers the rise and fall f the Jia family, has 120 chapters and hundreds f characters. But pera writer David Henry Hwang cut dwn the number f characters t just seven. Hwang, a Chinese-American, fcused n the lve stry between Jia and Lin and tried t write a heartbrken tragedy (悲剧) s that everyne wuld understand it.
The art directr Timmy Yip, frm Hng Kng, tried t help freigners understand the characters by using cstumes and stage settings (布景). He cmpared Lin t water and gave her a light green cstume. When Lin shws up n stage, there is usually water arund her n the stage.
The creatrs cnsider it t be a meaningful jb t intrduce a Chinese classic t western audience (观众). Hwang tld China Daily, “I am happy t have made a cntributin t the land where my parents were brn.”
38．When did the English-language pera A Dream f Red Mansins cme t China?
A. In 1715. B. In 1763. C. In 2016. D. In 2017.
39．Which f the fllwing is NOT a difference between the bk and the pera?
A. The language used. B.The sad lve stry.
C. The number f characters. D. The whle family’s stry.
40．Why did the creatrs make the bk int an English-language pera?
A. Because they hped t help thers learn English.
B. Because they have backgrunds in American culture.
C. Because they thught the bk was nt gd enugh.
D. Because they wanted westerners t knw abut the Chinese nvel.
41．What’s the meaning f the underlined wrds in the last paragraph?
A. Hwang was very prud f being a Chinese.
B. Hwang was glad t d smething useful fr his parents.
C. Hwang’s parents were very happy t see his achievements (成就).
D. Hwang was glad t d smething gd fr his parents’ mtherland.
42．What’s the best title f the passage?
A. A heartbrken tragedy
B. The rise and fall f the Jia family
C. The pera abut the classic Chinese nvel
D. Cstumes and stage settings fr the pera
五、七选五
43．Let’s face it—all f us have ur wn bad habits. We may bite ur nails (咬指甲). Others might break int thers’ wrds ften. Yung peple always stay up at night. ①_________ Have n fear (害怕)! Tday I will teach yu t beat yur bad habits.
②_________ Thse bad habits wuld prduce bad influences and wuld finally lead t bad results. S pay attentin t yurself n persnal develpment and build yur scial circle.
Recgnize (辨认) the bad habit yu want t break. ③_________ If yu dn’t believe yu have a bad habit r yu dn’t knw why sme things just keep happening t yu ver and ver, get answers frm the peple arund yu. They may help recgnize whether (是否) yur habit is bad r nt.
Decide hw serius yu are abut breaking the habit. If yu knw it clearly, yu will be able t achieve yur gal. Yu can write dwn when, where and why yu d the habit. ④_________ Think abut what yu wrte.
Think abut a healthy habit that culd take the place f yur bad habit. ⑤_________ Catch yurself ding the bad habit and stp yurself. Practice the healthy habit instead. Practice this as ften as yu want. The mre yu practice a behavir, the sner it will becme a habit.
44．A: Hell, Li Ming. What’s yur plan fr this summer hliday?
B: I have n idea. ①_______________
A: I’ll take part in a scial activity with my sister.
B: It sunds exciting. ②_______________
A: N. I have been a vlunteer in a pr village. The children there dn’t have mney t buy bks.
B: ③_______________
A: Yes. I bught them 30 bks with my pcket mney.
B: ④_______________
A: I helped them with their lessns. And nw we are gd friends.
B: Ww! ⑤_______________ I’d like t jin yu.
A: Great! I’m sure we’ll have a meaningful hliday.
六、写作题
45．某英文网站正在开展以“我和家长一起锻炼” 为主题的征文活动。假如你是李华，请你用英语写一篇短文投稿，谈谈你和家长经常一起做什么锻炼, 锻炼的时间和地点, 以及这种锻炼给你们带来的好处。
写作要点：
1. What sprts d yu and yur parent(s) ften d tgether?
2. When and where d yu and yur parent(s) exercise?
3. What benefits have yu gt frm ding s?
要求：
1．短文应包括所有的写作要点，条理清晰，行文连贯，可适当发挥；
2．文中不能出现自己的姓名和所在班级的名称；
3．词数80 左右。
A persn wh takes exercise regularly will have a healthy bdy and be full f energy.
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参考答案
1．答案：D
解析：大学毕业生在找工作和接受进一步教育之间左右为难。他们发现很难做决定。此处指学生处于左右为难的“处境”中,用situatin。
2．答案：A
解析：根据答语中的“N. I'll walk.”可知,此处表示“仍然感谢你”, anyway“无论如何”,故选A。
3．答案：B
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4．答案：D
解析：该空修饰动词talked，应为有副词作用的短语。选项D,意思是“非常，太多”，相当于副词。故选D。
5．答案：C
解析：A选项，Either 两者中的任何一个;B选项，Bth 两者都;C选项，Neither，两者都不;D选项，Nne全都不，用于三者或三者以上。根据后文“I enjy talking with them face t face”(我喜欢和他们面对面聊天)可知，前文“打电话”和“微信”聊天两种方式都不喜欢，用"Neither",故本题选C。
6．答案：C
解析：thugh尽管，引导让步状语从句，,befre在……之前,as sn as一……就……, as if好像，似乎;根据句意"是的.我一上车，公共汽车就开动了"和语法可知，要填"一……就……",其它选项语意不通.故选:C.
7．答案：D
解析：第一个空,used t d sth"过去常常做某事"固定搭配.填动词原形watch"观看".第二个空,be used t ding sth"习惯于做某事"固定搭配.填动名词ging"去".故选:D.
8．答案：B
解析：根据Our city is getting cleaner and cleaner day by day.可知我们正在创建全国现代文明卫生城市。时态是现在进行时。故选:B。
9．答案：A
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10．答案：D
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11．答案：D
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12．答案：A
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13．答案：B
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14．答案：B
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15．答案：C
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16．答案：D
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17．答案：C
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18．答案：C
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19．答案：B
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20．答案：A
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21．答案：C
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22．答案：D
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23．答案：B
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24．答案：①t make②prvided③hated④fr⑤wner⑥while⑦myself⑧difficulty⑨finally⑩Since⑪greatest
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25．答案：D
解析：细节理解题。根据“Children easily catch the flu in winter mnths.”可知，冬季孩子容易得流感，十二月份属于冬季。故选D。
26．答案：B
解析：细节理解题。根据第一段中的“The flu is a cmmn illness.”, “It can pass frm ne persn t anther very quickly.”和“In fact, it can cause serius illnesses.”可知，流感是一种普通的疾病，它传染性强，也能导致严重的疾病。故选B。
27．答案：A
解析：细节理解题。根据“Symptms: ◆a fever ◆a cugh ◆a headache ◆a sre thrat feeling tired”可知，睡眠很多不是流感的症状。故选A。
28．答案：B
解析：细节理解题。根据“In fact, mst peple say they feel mre relaxed in the water.”可知，大多数人认为在水中做运动能让人放松。故选B。
29．答案：B
解析：细节理解题。根据“Aquatic exercise is fr everyne.”可知，水中运动适合所有人。故选B。
30．答案：C
解析：主旨大意题。根据“Aquatic exercise feels easier than exercising n land. Why? Yu weigh abut 90% less in the pl. It is better fr yur knees than running r walking. Water is abut 1,000 times thicker and heavier than air.”可知，第二段主要讲了水上运动 能够更轻松更安全地减重，也就是讲了水上运动的好处。故选C。
31．答案：B
解析：推理判断题。根据整个文章的理解可知， 主要是介绍水中做运动的情况，是与运动健康有关的，应该是在杂志的健康版块能看到，故选B。
32．答案：C
解析：主旨大意题。通读文章可知，本文主要介绍了水中做运动的好处。选项C“水上运动很好。”符合。故选C。
33．答案：B
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34．答案：D
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35．答案：B
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36．答案：D
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37．答案：C
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38．答案：D
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39．答案：B
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40．答案：D
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41．答案：D
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42．答案：C
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43．答案：ADFEG
解析：我们每个人都有自己的坏习惯，那我们怎么克服自己的坏习惯呢？作者提出了一些建议。
①根据前文“We may bite r nails(咬指甲). Others might break int thers’ wrds ften. Yung peple always stay up at night.”我们可能咬指甲，其他人可能经常打断别人的话，年轻人总是熬夜。可知这里列举了一些坏习惯。结合选项，A项“所有这些坏习惯都很难改掉。”符合上下文语境，these habits指代上文出现的坏习惯。故选A。
②根据下文“Thse bad habits wuld prduce bad influences(影响) wuld finally lead t bad results.”可知，这里段首应该是总结性的句子，结合选项，D项“认识到坏习惯会产生影响和结果。”符合上下文语境。故选D。
③根据段首句“Recgnize(辨认) the bad habit yu want t break.”辨认出你想改掉的坏习惯。可知这里表示的内容围绕“认识到自己的坏习惯”，结合选项，F项“了解你的坏习惯将有助于你控制它。”符合上下文语境。故选F。
④根据“Yu can write dwn when, where and why yu d the habit.”你可以写下你何时、何地以及为什么养成这个习惯。可知下文涉及关于“写下来坏习惯”。结合选项，E项“写下来能让你更多地了解这个习惯。”符合上下文语境。故选E。
⑤根据“Think abut a healthy habit that culd take the place f yur bad habit.”想一个可以取代你坏习惯的健康习惯。可知下文内容应该是关于好习惯。结合选项，G项“选择你想养成的好习惯。”符合上下文语境。故选G。
44．答案：AGCBD
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45．答案：
A persn wh takes exercise regularly will have a healthy bdy and be full f energy. S my parents and I ften exercise tgether. We run tgether arund the neighbrhd every mrning n weekdays. I play basketball with my father n the weekend. Smetimes my parents and I g swimming tgether in the swimming pl in the evening.
Exercising tgether imprves ur relatinship and mutual understanding. Our family is becming happier and happier. Exercise makes us healthier.
解析：[总体分析]
①题材:本文是一篇材料作文;
②时态:时态为“一般现在时”;
③提示:根据所给提示完成写作，注意标点符号及大小写等问题，不要犯语法错误。注意上下文之间的逻辑关系，语意连贯。
[写作步骤]
第一步，根据提示，介绍和父母经常做的锻炼;
第二步，根据提示，介绍锻炼的时间和地点;
第三步，介绍锻炼的好处。
[亮点词汇]
①n weekdays在工作日
②g swimming去游泳
[高分句型]①Exercising tgether imprves ur relatinship and mutual understanding. (and表并列)
②Our family is becming happier and happier.(比较级+and+比较级)
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The flu is a cmmn illness. Children easily catch the flu in winter mnths. It can pass frm ne persn t anther very quickly. Smetimes the flu is just like a cmmn cld. In fact, it can cause serius illnesses. But dn’t wrry. Mst peple can be all right withut any prblems.
Symptms:
◆a fever ◆a cugh ◆a headache ◆a sre thrat ◆feeling tired
What t d:
If yur child gets the flu:
●Make him/her have a rest.
●Ask him/her t drink mre ht water.
●Take his/her temperature ften.
Dn’t give medicine t children under 6 years ld. G t the dctr first. When the fllwing happen t yur child, yu must take him/her t the hspital right away.
▲His/Her illness gets wrse.
▲He/She has a severe (严重的) cugh r a bad headache.
▲He/She has truble breathing.
▲He/She has a fever and is 3 mnths ld r yunger.
A. All these bad habits are hard t break.
B. Create as many great habits as pssible.
C. Habit changing always takes a lng time.
D. Realize bad habits have influences and results.
E. Writing makes yu knw mre abut the habit.
F. Knwing yur bad habit will help yu cntrl it.
G. Chse the gd habit yu wuld like t practice.
A. What abut yu?
B. What else did yu d there?
C. Have yu sent bks t them?
D. It was a wnderful experience!
E. She raised sme mney fr them.
F. Can yu tell me smething abut it?
G. Is it yur first time t jin in such activities?