八年级英语下学期期中培优押题卷04（常州专用）

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单项选择 (共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
1.Vice《开讲啦》is _________very ppular TV prgram in China. One f _________ mst famus hsts, Sa Beining, always appears in it.
A．a; /B．the; theC．a; theD．the; /
2.— Why isn’t Jane at the English evening party?
— She is racing ________ the clck t finish her reprt n her prject.
A．beyndB．againstC．thrughD．after
3.—Have the medical teams frm Nantng arrived in Shanxi yet?
—Yes, they ________ until the end f last week.
A．have arrivedB．haven’t arrivedC．arrivedD．didn’t arrive
4.—Dad, I want t buy a Xiami Pad, but I dn’t have enugh mney. D yu have any gd ideas?
—Dn’t waste mney. I have a used iPad in perfect ________.
A．cnditinB．infrmatinC．cmmunicatinD．situatin
5.Sme Chinese gvernment fficers have turned int live streamers（网络主播）t help lcal farmers t sell prducts (产品) and __________ the sales.
A．imprveB．decideC．prvideD．cntinue
Lee ________ Nanjing fr several days and he will cme back tmrrw.
A．has gne tB．has been inC．has been tD．went t
7.The sun was shining brightly, ________ everything there ________ mre beautiful.
A．and made;lkingB．t make; lked
C．and making; be lkedD．making; lk
8.________ useful advice n hw t learn physics well the teachers gave us!
A．What aB．WhatC．Hw aD．Hw
9.I wn’t believe that the little by can s many new wrds in 3 minutes ________ I test him myself.
A．afterB．whenC．ifD．until
10.—I dn’t think keeping cats will make yu feel lnely.
—________. In my pinin, cats smetimes bring yu a lt f truble.
A．Can’t agree mre B．Nt exactlyC．With pleasureD．That’s a gd idea
完形填空 (共12小题；每小题1分，满分12分)
Wuld yu like t d smething fr the earth but dn’t knw hw? These days technlgy is making it 11 fr peple t prtect the envirnment. Fr Bryan f Califrnia, all it takes t make a difference is his phne and a trip t the beach.
The 20-year-ld student 12 diving (潜水) . He als wants t keep the seas 13 . Last June, he 14 turned his hbby int an ec-friendly missin (环保任务).
One day when Bryan was playing with his 15 , a new app called Rubbish caught his eye. The app calls n peple arund the wrld t 16 rubbish in their cmmunities. It rganizes (组织) lcal clean-up activities which may help slve the 17 prblem. Users nly need t cnnect (连接) their phnes with the app and start cleaning. That encuraged Bryan t spend his summer diving fr 18 .
The app helped Bryan 19 what kind f rubbish he was picking up and 0 he was finding it. It als tld him if he walked this place befre. With the app, Bryan fund jy in helping 21 the seas. In fact, Bryan had s much 22 cllecting underwater rubbish that he searched abut 20000 m2 f San Dieg’s beaches!
11．A．cheaper B．easier C．better D．slwer
12．A．practices B．avidsC．enjysD．keeps
13．A．clean B．wide C．peacefulD．plluted
14．A．quietly B．carefullyC．unluckilyD．finally
15．A．pet B．phneC．ty D．dg
16．A．lk up B．make upC．pick upD．put up
17．A．ppulatin B．pllutinC．educatinD．cmmunicatin
18．A．fish B．treasureC．mneyD．rubbish
19．A．spread B．recrdC．recycleD．divide
20．A．hw B．whereC．whichD．what
21．A．clean up B．cut upC．put upD．make up
22．A．time B．experience C．fun D．knwledge
阅读理解 (共14小题；每小题2分，满分28分)
(A)
Having gd mental health is the key t the healthy develpment f every child. Kids need gd mental health nt nly t be able t deal with challenges, but als t feel gd abut themselves.
Schls help prtect kids’ mental health in many ways. Sme states in the US let kids take mental health days. Shuld schls ffer mental health days? Let’s hear what the students say.
23．_________ think schls shuld ffer mental health days?
A．Nugg Canales and Hailey Yung B．Nugg Canales and Bibi Tren
C．Jhnny Gabel and Bibi Tren D．Jhnny Gabel and Hailey Yung
24．What des Nugg Canales d t feel gd abut himself?
A．Play games at schl. B．Have a gd sleep.
C．Finish schlwrk n time.D．Listen t sft music.
25．The text is mainly abut ________ .
A．wh has mental health prblems
B．the imprtance f having gd mental health.
C．hw t deal with different mental prblems at schl
D．sme pinins n whether t ffer mental health days
(B)
Mst peple dn’t like raches. Nt Ry Ritzmann. He thinks they are great. “They can run very fast,” he says. Ritzmann is a scientist. He is helping ther scientists t build rbts. They are using insects (昆虫) as mdels!
Rbts as we knw them started ut as films abut future. But they are nw changed frm films int fact. Scientists are lking clsely at insects, lbsters (龙虾) and s n. The reasn is that they have all the right mves! Their bdies let them live in different places. Their many legs help the animals mve easily ver bumpy grund (不平的地面). A rach has antennas (触须) and little hairs. These help it feel things arund it clearly when smething becmes different, s that it can change its way. Scientists are wrking t build rbts with animal-like parts. The parts wuld make the rbts mre useful.
These animal-like rbts can help t lk fr peple under the buildings. They can als climb r swim int dangerus places. Scientists studied real lbsters t build a RbLbster. The RbLbster will swim in the sea and lk fr useful things fr peple. Rbts may als g int space. A rbt based n lbsters and raches will als travel t Mars. These rbts may lk strange but ne day, they may surprise yu and wrk fr yu!
26．We can knw that _________ frm Paragraph 2?
A．rbts nly appear in films abut future B．scientists are studying insects’ living places
C．scientists wrk t make peple like insects D．antennas make raches feel things clearly
27．These animal-like rbts can’t ________.
A．mve buildings B．swim in the sea C．g int space D．save peple in need
28．What can be the best title fr the text?
A．Dangerus Animals B．Special Animals C．Surprising Rbts D．Cmmn Rbts
(C)
When my friends discuss their cming trips with me, they ask similar questins: “D I need t learn the lcal language t rder fd?” r “I’m nervus abut finding my way arund, will peple speak English?”—they care much abut language. My answer is nt t expect everyne t speak English. After all, yu’re the ne visiting their cuntry.
Languages fr me are a wnderful insight (见解) t a place we’re visiting. I try my hardest t learn at least a greeting and hw t thank smene. Peple will answer with kindness when yu try t speak their language. It’s nt abut perfecting the prnunciatin. Just try and cnnect with the lcal peple. When I lived in Italy, pizza, pasta, cia (hell) and grazie (thanks) were mst ften spken by me. Hwever, languages have never been smething that I’ve thught t be difficulties during my stay in Italy. I lve this place.
Even thugh yu try, I wn’t say it will be easy. On the trip in China, my bathrm light wuldn’t turn ff. I called dwn t the frnt desk and the lady thught I was asking fr laundry（洗衣）service. I tried t express things differently like “husekeeping”, hping they wuld send smene up and fix it up. It’s nt always easy t be understd abrad, but when I lk back n, it still makes me laugh heartedly.
S be patient while traveling, be pen t learning ther languages and cultures and be kind t peple if they dn’t understand yu. A smile, sme practice and sme understanding can get yu far!
29．The lcals will be __________ when yu try t speak their language.
A．relaxedB．kindC．angryD．nervus
30．The secnd paragraph mainly tells us _________.
A．We shuld speak with gd prnunciatin
B．It is difficult fr the writer t learn Italian
C．Knwing hw t greet in ther languages is enugh
D．Language is a gd way t understand a freign place
31．The writer called the frnt desk t find smene t ____________.
A．wash the clthes B．repair the light C．clean the rm D．watch the shw
32．What can be inferred (推断) frm the passage?
A．The writer ate a lt f pizza during his stay in Italy.
B．The writer’s friends will visit an English-speaking cuntry.
C．The writer nce lived in a Chinese htel with gd service.
D．The writer has a gd attitude (态度) twards mst f the trips.
(D)
On a Sunday, a caterpillar (毛虫) is brn. It is s hungry that it eats an apple n Mnday. Still hungry, it eats tw pears n Tuesday, three plums (李子) n Thursday, fur strawberries n Friday and five ranges n Saturday. After eating mre fd, it finally turns int a butterfly.
This is the stry f the children’s picture bk The Very Hungry Caterpillar. The bk’s authr and illustratr (插画家) was Eric Carle, wh passed away in 2021 at the age f 91.
Carle illustrated mre than 70 children’s bks which have sld mre than 170 millin cpies. The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Carle’s mst ppular bk, has sld 40 millin cpies and been translated int 60 languages. Besides answering the questin f where butterflies cme frm, it als teaches children abut different kinds f fd, as well as hw t cunt.
Carle didn’t start creating children’s bks until he was nearly 40. But he fund great inspiratin in his wn childhd. Brn in New Yrk. US. Carle was intrduced t the wnders f living creatures thanks t his father.“He wuld shw me wrms, bugs, bees and ants and explain their lives t me. It was a very lving relatinship.” Carle said. These animals became the characters in his bks.
“The unknwn ften brings fear with it.” Carle said. “In my bks I try t cunteract (抵消) this fear, t replace it with a psitive message.”
In his wn wrds, The Very Hungry Caterpillar is “a bk f hpe”. “ ,” he said. “Yu—little insignificant caterpillar—can grw up int a beautiful butterfly and fly int the wrld with yur talent.”
33．The writer starts his text by ________.
A．telling a stry B．listing reasns C．giving examples D．cmparing facts
34．_______ cpies f The Very Hungry Caterpillar were sld.
A．120 millin. B．70 millin.C．60 millin.D．40 millin.
35．What d we knw abut Eric Carle?
A．He is the main character in his bks.
B．He wrte mre than 70 children’s bks.
C．He is a famus writer as well as an illustratr.
D．He began t create children’s bks when he was yung.
36．What des the writer try t express in the text? ________
A．A lving father is a must f success. B．It’s imprtant t g ut t enjy nature.
C．Caterpillar is such a cute and lvely insect. D．Face the fear bravely t make a big difference.
阅读还原 (六选四 共4小题；每小题1.5分，满分6分)
In rder t succeed in language learning, yu need t have a lt f mtivatin. 37
I lst a bit f mtivatin in my language learning recently. Fr me, I think it was because f the fact that the better I gt, the mre I realized I didn’t knw! When yu’re a beginner at learning a language, yu feel prud abut hw much yu can understand and say. 38 This can lead t demtivatin（动机衰退）. And there are many ther reasns why yu might lse mtivatin t.
Hwever, I really want t cntinue my language learning, s I’m beginning t rediscver my mtivatin. S here is my advice if yu share the same prblem.
●Think back t why yu started learning the language. 39 Writing dwn these reasns will help yu reflect n and remember why. Yu might even cme up with sme new reasns t!
●Have a lk back at yur ld wrk. 40 Remember hw little yu knew when yu were just a beginner? Hpefully seeing yur prgress will make yu realize hw far yu have cme, and hw much better yu will get if yu keep leaning mre!
●Try smething new. Smetimes ding the same ld thing, like memrizing wrds after wrds, can be really bring. Try t find a new activity which will make things interesting again. Why nt make a mind map with pictures and clrs t help yu learn new wrds?
A．Language is a useful tl.
B．Hwever, smetimes we may find that it is gne.
C．Yu will prbably see a great change in yur ability.
D . The strnger yur wrk ability, the mre yu will learn.
E. Then, when yu get even better, yu realize that there is actually s much that yu still have t learn.
F．There must have been at least a few reasns why yu want t learn a whle new language.
综合填空 (共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
Bing Dwen Dwen, the cute masct (吉祥物) f the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, has been selling like htcakes. Why is the ice-glazed panda s ppular? What are the ideas behind its design?
Prfessr Ca Xue, wh is in charge f the design team, tld us the stry. Ca Xue 41 (clear) remembers the exciting day f September 17th, 2019.
“That day ur design was chsen _____42_____ the masct f the Beijing Winter Olympic Games. We were 43 excited that we jumped up with jy.” After 44 (discuss), the masct gt a new name — “Bing Dwen Dwen”.
Bing Dwen Dwen is a panda with its full-bdy “shell” (壳) made ut f ice. Ca said 45 idea came frm traditinal Chinese snack “ice-sugar gurd”, als 46 (knw) as tanghulu.
In rder t make the panda lk mre pleasant, Ca and his team members 47 (fly) t Sichuan Prvince t watch pandas. They fund that the rati (比例) f a baby panda’s head t bdy is different frm 48 f an adult panda’s, making them 49 (cute) and mre playful. S they imprved the image based n the baby panda.
As fr Bing Dwen Dwen’s ppularity, Ca said he expected (预料) it 50 (be) ppular, but did nt expect it t becme s ppular. “Its ice shell is cld, but the image lks warm and lvely. I believe this kind f warmth can be smething everybdy feels,” said Ca.
六、词汇运用 (共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
51.Mre yung (夫妇) g t sme famus islands t spend their hneymn.
52.Mr. Chen never feels (孤单的) when he is with his friends.
53.At present, peple have much better living (环境，条件) than befre.
54.Which f my hands d yu think lks (丑陋)?
55.Risking his life, Je jumped back int the cld water and (设法完成) t pull his dad up nt sme rcks.
56.Andersen’s fairy tales can bring peple a lt f pain and (please).
57.The engineer has (try) every pssible way, but still can’t get the cmputer started.
58.—Ann has gne t Singapre fr her hliday.
—Oh, hw nice! D yu knw when she (start)?
59.I hpe yu can ffer me sme useful (advise).
60.The law is designed t prtect (wife) and children.

七、完成句子 (共6小题；每小题1.5分，满分9分)
61.每次我去鼋头渚看樱花，都忍不住拍照。
Every time I enjy cherry blssms in the Turtle Head Park, I .
62.Tm已经设法按时上交了它。
Tm already.
63.毕业后记得要和老师同学们保持联系。
Remember the teachers and yur classmates after yu graduate.
64.未来人们将习惯于网上聊天而不是写信来保持联系。
Peple by chatting n the Internet instead f writing in the future.
65.我叔叔离开家乡多年，他怎能不思念父母？
My uncle his hmetwn fr years. Hw can he stp missing his parents?
66.Lucy给了你搜索信息的建议了吗？
Did Lucy infrmatin?
书面表达 (共1题，满分15分)
请你根据下面的提示，以“Changes t my hmetwn”为题，用英语写一篇100词左右的短文。
内容：
1. 过去：至少举两例说明；
2. 现在：从环境、交通、通讯、生活等方面；
3. 对家乡未来的畅想（至少一句）。
要求：
1）表达清楚，语法正确，上下文连贯；
2）必须包括表格中所有的相关信息，并适当发挥；
3）词数：100词左右（短文的开头已给出，不计入总词数）；
4）不得使用真实姓名、校名和地名等。
Changes t my hmetwn
My hmetwn has changed a lt ver the past years.
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Bibi Tren, 11
Schls shuld have a day ff fr mental health. Because it is an imprtant part f verall (整体的) health. Kids get stressed with lng schl days. And, kids dn’t have much experience dealing with mental health crises (危机).
Nugg Canales, 13
We need mental health days ff frm schl. Smetimes, we need t stay at hme and play games t calm ur minds r have a gd sleep t fcus n (集中于) urselves. I need sft music t make me feel gd abut myself and the wrld. Then I can have a better md t face different prblems.
Hailey Yung, 12
Weekends give us time ff, and we students need t learn t better manage ur time. We hardly get ur schlwrk dne in the five schl days we get. S we need mre time t finish schlwrk. Anther thing is that, fr sme kids, schl might be safe.
Jhnny Gabel, 16
I dn’t think schls shuld give students days ff fr their mental health. Having t many days ff can have a bad influence n grades. And many students’ parents have t g t wrk. If students get t many days ff, they might get left hme t much. This culd make sme students mental health prblems wrse.