广东省中山市2023-2024学年八年级下学期期末水平测试英语试卷
展开(全卷听说25分,笔试95分,满分120分,本卷在70分钟内完成。)
一、语法选择(本大题共10小题,每小题1分, 共10分)
请通读下面短文,掌握其大意,根据语法和上下文连贯的要求,从每题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案,并将答题卡上对应题目所选的选项涂黑。
Alice Wang is a children's bk writer. Wang didn't grw up like ther kids. She was 1 nly Asian American in her class.“I felt like bks were my 2 ,”she tld the reprter.“Bks never made me feel strange abut wh I was.”
Wang started making bks f her wn 3 she was yung.“Whenever there was a schl prject, I always made a bk,”Wang says. In middle schl, ne f Wang's teachers encuraged her 4 in a bk-making cmpetitin. That time, Wang wn 5 place.The cmpetitin shwed that she culd becme a children's bk writer. S far, she 6mre than 20 bks.
Wang's bks are abut her life and family. 7 A Rabbit Lantern fr Little Star is ne f her favrites. The bk was inspired (启发) by her daughter and was chsen as ne f 8children's bks f the year.
Wang wants kids t see themselves 9 her bks. She hpes kids can find a friend that 10 want t keep frever when they read her bks. And that is the mst imprtant thing.
1. A. a B. an C./ D. the
2. A. friend B. friends C. friend’s D. friends’
3. A. when B. befre C. until D. since
4. A. jin B. t jin C. jined D. jining
5. A. fur B. the fur C. furth D. the furth
6. A. wrte B. writes C. has written D. will write
7. A. But B. And C. Or D. S
8. A. gd B. better C. best D. the best
9. A. in B. n C. at D. fr
10. A. them B. they C. their D. theirs
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二、完形填空 (本大题共15小题,每小题1分,共15分)
请通读下面短文,掌握其大意,从每小题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案,并将答题卡上对应题目所选的选项涂黑。
Zhaji is a 58-year-ld expert in animal husbandry (畜牧业). He and his 11 have been wrking n the big ranches(牧场) in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (青藏高原) fr 38 years.They have been ding research n the 12 . They als taught lcal villagers hw t 13the animals.
Difficult wrking envirnment left him many 14 memries.“When I started my wrk, there were nly dangerus muntains, stne rads with 15 huses and wild trees alngside. We did research during the day and 16 in tents at night. The wet smell even stayed in my dream,”Zhaji said.
Althugh the wrking envirnment was pr, Zhaji 17 kept lve fr his wrk. Over these years, he has made great differences t his hmetwn.“Seeing the great imprvements, Ifeel satisfied with my wrk,”he said 18 .
At a very yung age, Zhaji became interested in 19 s he chse t study animal husbandry at cllege. He nce had a chance t wrk in the cllege as a 20 f animal husbandry, but he refused it and went back t hmetwn. In 1995, he was surprised with the latest 21 f raising farm animals when he studied abrad. S he decided t bring them back t his hmetwn.
Over the years, Zha ji and his team have 22 18 natinal husbandry technlgy statins. They have als 23 skill training lessns t thusands f families. 24 , the farmers’living cnditins are greatly imprved.“Taking gd care f the ranches is t help lcal peple live a 25 life. Hw culd we nt put all f ur heart in it?”he said.
11. A. family B. band C. team D. class
12. A. plants B. wrkers C. villagers D. animals
13. A. lk thrugh B. lk fr C. lk at D. lk after
14. A. special B. sweet C. shrt D. fresh
15. A. ugly B. mdern C. brken D. cmfrtable
16. A. sang B. cked C. slept D. exercised
17. A. really B. still C. just D. even
18. A. sadly B. wrriedly C. excitedly D. surprisedly
19. A. gegraphy B. bilgy C. math D. histry
八年级英语试卷 第 2 页 共 8 页20. A. teacher B. painter C. librarian D. musician
21. A. technlgies B. perfrmances C. messages D. decisins
22. A. given away B. wrked ut C. set up D. taken dwn
23. A. lent B. ffered C. returned D. sld
24. A. Suddenly B. Thankfully C. Usually D. Strangely
25. A. peaceful B. healthy C. safe D. rich
三、阅读理解(本大题共15小题,每小题2分,共30分)
请阅读A、B两篇短文,从每小题所给的四个选项中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案,并将答题卡上对应题目所选的选项涂黑。
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QBG Vlunteer Days
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Cme and jin QBG Vlunteer Days t make ur cmmunity(社区) a better place. On QBG farm, yu can learn gardening skills and
make new friends.
During QBG Vlunteer Days, yu can take part in different kinds f educatinal activities,including feeding farm animals, grwing vegetables, picking fruits, and learning hw t build a green envirnment and grw healthy crps(农作物).
Wh Can Jin us?
This activity is ONLY fr the peple wh live in ur cmmunity. Vlunteers must be 15years ld r lder. If yu are under 15 years ld, yu need t be guided by an adult. Hwever,n pets are allwed n the farm.
When t Jin?
9:30 a. m. t 6:00 p. m. Every Tuesday and Wednesday frm April t September.
Hw t Jin?
Register (注册) nline.
What t Bring?
Suitable(合适的) clthing, sun hats, clsed-ted shes, water bttles and snacks.
Fr mre infrmatin, please call 686-8830 r visit ur website. We lk frward t seeing yu there!
八年级英语试卷 第 3 页 共 8 页26. What activities can vlunteers d during QBG Vlunteer Days?
A. Feeding chickens. B. Selling crps.
C. Picking vegetables. D. Grwing flwers.
27. Wh can jin QBG Vlunteer Days?
A. Alice, a 14-year-ld student.
B. Steve, a turist frm Australia.
C. Jack, a gardening lver with his dg.
D. Jessica and her 13-year-ld daughter.
28. When can a vlunteer take part in the activity?
A. At 9:30 a. m. n a March Tuesday.
B. At 10:00 a. m. n a May Wednesday.
C. At 1:00 p. m. n a July Thursday.
D. At 5:00 p. m. n a September Friday.
29. Hw can peple sign up fr the activity?
A. By ging t the farm. B. By sending an e-mail.
C. By visiting the website. D. By making a phne call.
30. Where is the article prbably frm?
A. A stry bk. B. A travel guide.
C. A science magazine. D. A cmmunity ntice bard.
B
Having a bigger brain (大脑) must be useful, right? After all, large brains help with thinking skills, prblem slving and scial abilities. They are gd fr dealing with infrmatin,t. Hwever, mst animals have small brains. That's because brains need a lt f energy (能量)and large brains take lnger t fully develp. This may have stpped many animals frm grwing larger brains.
S hw d sme animals grw big brains? T find ut the answer, scientists did research n birds. They cllected infrmatin n 1,176 kinds f birds. The infrmatin includes where the birds live, what they eat, hw lng the parents care fr their babies and hw big their brains are.Scientists fund that parental care has a much bigger effect (影响) n brain size than ther things.
The study shws that sme birds like chickens need little feeding r care frm their parents and have small brains when they grw up. While sme birds, like sngbirds and parrts,
八年级英语试卷 第 4 页 共 8 页are usually blind at birth. They are dependent n their parents fr weeks r even mnths, and they have larger brains as adults. This is because parental care prvides yung animals with enugh energy and time t grw big brains.
We smetimes think that thinking, prblem slving, r scial skills drve the evlutin f the human brains. Our human brains grw greatly with these abilities. But the research n birds shws differently. Parental care has the largest effect n birds'brain sizes. Over the last several millin years, parental care fr ur children has grwn greatly. This culd have made great grwth in ur brain size.
31. Why is having big brains useful?
A. Because big brains save energy.
B. Because big brains help t slve prblems.
C. Because big brains develp musical ability.
D. Because big brains imprve physical health.
32. What has the biggest effect n the birds'brain size?
A. What they eat.
B. Where they live.
C. Hw big their bdies are.
D. Hw lng their parental care is.
33. Which birds might be mre independent when grwing up?
A. Chickens. B. Sngbirds.
C. Parrts. D. Penguins.
34. What des the underlined wrd“evlutin”in the last paragraph mean?
A. Preparatin. B. Argument.
C. Cmmunicatin. D. Develpment.
35. What might be the best title fr the passage?
A. Brain Size and Parenting
B. Bird Brains and Parenting
C. Brain Size and Thinking Skills
D. Human Brains and Scial Abilities
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配对阅读。左栏是五位大学师生的兴趣与计划,右栏是大学业余活动介绍,请为每个人选择一个合适的业余活动,并将答题卡上对应题目所选的选项涂黑。
八年级英语试卷 第 6 页 共 8 页36. Tm plans t run a small business after university and he wants t make new friends t learn business experience frm them.
Lucy studies fashin
design.She is willing t d sme charity wrk t help students befre leaving cllege.
Da ming is a mvie fan. He set up a film-making
club with his classmates. He ften spends free time serving in the club.
39. Y y is a music lver. She is talented in playing the guitar and pian. She wants t be a music teacher in the future.
40. Jhn is a PE teacher. He is gd at training students t exercise. He hpes t hld sprts events t bring students tgether.
A. Music festival is a gd chice fr everyne t have fun.Playing musical instruments (器械) can lwer stress and bring teachers and students clser.
B. Art festival is a gd way t bring peple tgether and share great ideas. Creative painting wrks are shwn in the art center. It's als a gd chance t bring ut yur talents.
C. Business evening is designed t bring like-minded students and businessmen tgether t share experiences. This can lead t business relatinships, but it's just abut having a drink tgether smetimes!
D. Talent shw is a gd way fr students and teachers t shw talents. It's als a great chance fr yu t enjy yurselves.
E. The fashin shw wrks well n a smaller field. It is a great way t intrduce yung designers’ wrks and imprve yur creativity. It's als a fun way t raise mney fr pr students.
F. A race can be any kind f cmpetitive event, usually running, cycling, r swimming. It can imprve the student's physical health and develp team spirit thrugh training.
G. Screening Day is a gd chance fr yu t enjy classic mvies frm all ver the wrld fr free! Members can watch the mvies in the club r at the service center f the schl.
四、短文填空 (本大题共10小题,每小题1.5分,共15分)
请从方框内选择适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。请将答案写在答题卡对应题目的答题位置上。
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Lin Wei is a cleaner n Yulng Snw Muntain. Every day, he starts 41 wrk at the height f arund 4,500 meters. As 42 winds blw, he and his team begin the wrk f keeping the muntain clean.
Lin's jb is t 43 bttles and xygen tanks (氧气罐) left by turists. He climbs up the muntain 44 nly a clamp (夹钳), a rubbish bag and a 150-meter safety rpe. Then he 45 the rpe t g t places that are hard t reach. He has t face many 46 , such as the thin air, bad weather and dangerus height.
Yulng Snw Muntain cvers an area f 415 square kilmeters and rises t 5,596 meters.And it 47 a natinal scenic spt(风景区) in 1988. During the past years f develpment,the number f turists has increased a lt. The increasing 48 smetimes lead t rubbish prblems. During the busy turist seasns, like the Natinal Day hliday in Octber, wrkers here can fill 49 200 rubbish bags a day.
This is the eighth year that Lin is wrking at the scenic spt. And he is happy, 50 the rubbish prblem here becmes less serius. Things are getting better!
五、读写综合(本大题分为A、B两部分,共25分)
A. 回答问题(本题有5小题,每小题2分,共10分)
请阅读下面这篇文章,根据所提供的信息,回答5个问题。要求所写答案语法正确、语义完整切题,并把答案写在答题卡对应题目的答题位置上。
A reprt abut teenagers' reading habits in Shanghai came ut n April 23,2024. Frm the reprt, we can see sme findings.
Accrding t the reprt, mre than 284,000 kids under 16 years ld regularly(定期) visited the libraries acrss the city. These
yung readers brrwed bks ver 15 millin times frm public libraries.Surprisingly, kids aged 7 t 9 visited libraries mst ften, fllwed by thse aged 10 t 11 and 5 t 6.
The reprt als mentined what kids in Shanghai liked t read. Mst f them enjyed literature bks, then art and language bks. Anther surprising finding is that children frm47 different cuntries and areas made use f Shanghai's libraries. And ver 80% f kids in Shanghai spent at least 30 minutes reading every day.
Why d teenagers in Shanghai like t brrw bks frm public libraries? It has t d
八年级英语试卷 第 7 页 共 8 页with the nline bk brrwing service. The service made it easier fr kids t brrw bks.On the nline platfrm (平台), teenagers can chse the bks they like, and then the bks will be sent t them the fllwing day.
51. When did the reprt abut teenagers' reading habits in Shanghai appear?
52. Accrding t the reprt, wh visited libraries mst ften?
53. Which kind f bks did kids in Shanghai like best?
54. Hw lng did mst f the kids in Shanghai spend reading every day?
55. What made it easier fr kids in Shanghai t brrw bks?
B. 书面表达 (本题15分)
请根据要求完成短文写作,并将写作内容写在答题卡对应题目的答题位置上。
56.假设你是李华,某英语杂志开展主题为“I Lve Reading”的征文活动,你准备投稿参加活动,请写一篇英语短文。内容包括:
(1)读书的益处 (至少两点);
(2)你最喜欢的一本书的名称及主要内容等;
(3)你喜欢这本书的原因(至少两点)。
作文要求:
(1)不能照抄原文;不得在作文中出现学校真实名称和考生的真实姓名。
(2)语句连贯,词数70个左右。
I Lve Reading
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