[英语][期末]湖南省衡阳市四校2023-2024学年八年级下学期7月期末考试英语试题

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一、第二部分，阅读理解，第一节 阅读选择，阅读下面的材料，从每题所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中，选出最佳选项回答问题 或完成句子。（共 11 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 22 分) (共11题；共22分)
阅读理解
1. The vlunteers need t wrk in the rphanage____.
A . nce a week B . twice a week C . three hurs a week
2. The vlunteers d many things in the rphanage except (除……之外）____.
A . teaching children t read B . giving children mral lessns C . cking fd fr children
3. The vlunteers need t speak ____in the rphanage.
A . Chinese B . Japanese C . English
阅读理解
Almst every child likes sweet things, such as candies, chclate, ice - cream and desserts. But d y knw there is a hliday called Sweetest Day in the USA? Des it mean peple can eat lts f sweets n that day.
Sweetest Day is a ppular hliday fr Americans. Peple celebrate （庆祝）it n the third Saturday in Octber. 0n that day, peple shw their lve t the elderly, children, their gd friends r anyne else they want t help. Orphans (孤儿）and patients(病人) can als enjy peple ' s greetings. In fact, anyne may get a gift n that day. It just a day that ffers peple a chance t shw their lve and care t thers.
Where did the hliday riginate(起源)? Here is a stry. In 1922, a very kind man in Cleveland, a city in Ohi f America, thught that many pr peple in the city needed care frm thers. He wanted them t be happy and he hped they wuld find peple wh always remembered them and cared abut them. S he gave them bxes f sweets r small gifts t shw his lve. He als asked his friends and neighbrs t help him d these things. Many peple thught it was a great idea. After that, mre and mre peple in Cleveland began t d things like him every year. Gradually（逐渐地), it became a ppular hliday fr lts f Americans.
4. What des the underlined wrd "desserts" in Paragraph 1 mean?
A . Eggs B . Beef C . Sweet fd
5. Paragraph 2 mainly talks abut.
A . what Americans d t make friends B . hw Americans celebrate Sweetest Day C . why the elderly and children are helped.
6. Where did Sweetest Day riginate?
A . The UK. B . The USA. C . The UN.
7. Why did mre and mre peple care abut thers like the kind man?
A . Because they agreed with the kind man and fllwed his example. B . Because they thught they wuld als be cared abut if they did s. C . Because they thught they culd be remembered by the pr peple.
阅读理解
Yu must have read r heard f the sad lve stry between Jia Bayu and LinDaiyu. But can yu imagine the tw singing pera in English instead f speaking petic 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). Named as ne f China's Fur Great Classics, the bk has a far -reaching influence n later writers. Nw the bk has been made int an English language pera. After being perfrmed in San Francisc, Us, the perfrmance came t Beijing, Changsha and Wuhan.
Many f the pera's creatrs have backgrunds in bth Chinese and American cultures, including the directr and playwrights (剧作家). Their understanding f bth cultures helped them 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 heartbreaking stry that everyne wuld understand.
The art directr Timmy Yip, frm Hng Kng，China, tried t help freign peple understand the characters using cstumes and stage settings. He cmpared Lint water and gave her a light green cstume. When Lin shwed up, there was usually water arund her n the stage.
The creatrs cnsidered it t be a meaningful jb t intrduce a Chinese classic t Western audiences. Hwang tld China Daily he was happy t " have made a cntributin（(贡献）land where my parents were brn ".
8. Where was the English language pera first perfrmed?
A . In Beijing. B . In Changsha. C . In San Francisc, Us.
9. Hw did the team change a classic int a freign English pera?
A . By adding the number f the characters. B . By making the stry simple. C . By using light music.
10. What d we knw abut A Dream f Red Mansins accrding t the passage?
A . The bk has 120 characters in ttal. B . The bk has a great influence n the later writers. C . The bk is mainly abut the rise and greatness f the Jia family.
11. What sectin f a magazine is the passage prbably frm?
A . Scial Studies. B . Literature and Art. C . Science and Technlgy.
二、阅读理解，第二节．语篇补全(共4小题:每小题2分，满分8分)(共1题；共8分)
阅读下面的短文，从所给的A-E五个选项中，选出正确的答案填空，使短文通
顺，内容完整。其中选项中有一. 项是多余的。
In the Western wrld，Chinese takeut(外卖)is ppular. And it is usually sent t yur huse in small bxes，with sme Chinese fd，such as rice, dumplings, etc. But this kind f Chinese fd isn't very authentic (正宗的). 12
Chinese peple wh live in ther cuntries intrduced (介绍) mst f real Chinese fds t thers. S ver years, real Chinese dishes have becme mre ppular in freign cuntries as well. In the United States ，peple are eating, jianbing and rujiam， 13 Latia is als ppular in freign classrms.
14 . This might be why they are delicius fr freigners. Fr example， rujiam lks like a hamburger. Tanghulu is similar t candy apples, which are belved by children in the US and the UK. 15
But what d freigners really think abut all f these real Chinese fds? T find ut, sme freign wrkers in China tried many kinds f Chinese dishes, including
latia，yutia and rujiam. Sme f these dishes were familiar (熟悉的) t them，while thers were new and mysterius (神秘的)。But ne thing is fr sure: They had a lt f fun eating these fds.
三、第三部分，语言运用，第一节完形填空(共10小题:每小题1. 5 分，满分15分)(共1题；共15分)
通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出一个最佳选项。
After a week f rain, we finally had a beautiful. 16 day utside. My family and I were driving t a nearby twn when my daughter fund a 17 . We saw ld tys, a cuple f guitars and even a piece f furniture (家具) r tw in the yard.
Althugh it was a very ht summer day, we saw lts f peple talking, 18 sitting and standing in the sunshine.
Seeing all f this brught back memries f my 19 Mst f my clthes back then came frm yard sales, just like the ne my daughter fund。As a pupil, I used t 20 ging t a yard sale with my mm because I thught it was meaningless(无意义的). But n ne special day, when I fund that they als sld ld 21 there, I gt excited abut it. After that, I always lked thrugh the bks until it was time t g hme and smetimes my mm wuld buy me ne, t. Sn my rm became a library full f yard sale bks. T me, it was the best 22 in the wrld.
Why d we have yard sales? We 23 ur ld things and we buy"new ld things". But it isn't just fr mney. It's yard sales that bring us tgether. We talk and catch up with ld friends and new neighbrs。We build a bridge between us and the ld things with 24 and lve.
I think yard sales teach us smething abut life, t. We can't really wn anything 25 All we get is t have the belngings (所属物) fr a shrt time. Then it is time t let them g and pass them n.
16. A . spring B . summer C . autumn
17. A . supermarket B . ty stre C . yard sale
18. A . laughing B . fighting C . shuting
19. A . neighbrhd B . childhd C . friendship
20. A . enjy B . hate C . practice
21. A . bks B . clthes C . furniture
22. A . technlgy B . inventin C . treasure
23. A . part with B . fix up C . put ff
24. A . sadness B . famines C . kindness
25. A . nw B . frever C . mstly
四、第三部分，语言运用，第二节语法填空(共10小题:每小题1分，满分10分)(共1题；共10分)
阅读下面的短文, 在空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号内单词的正确形式(每空最多不超过三个单词)。
What is the mst ppular place 26 (visit) in China? Dali in Yunnan Prvince is certainly ne f them. Dali is a city with 27 lng histry and it lies in the 28 (west) part f Yunnan. It is s beautiful that a lt f 29 (tur) frm hme and abrad wuld like t take a trip there. There are several places wrth visiting。
Cangshan Muntains
The muntains include 19 peaks (山峰), and the highest peak is 4, 122 meters high. 30 it 's very dangerus t climb ，many peple still try t reach the tp. There is a stream between every tw peaks f Cangshan Muntains. They are the famus"Nineteen Peaks and Eighteen Streams"There are mre than 10 kinds f rcks and ver 2, 550 kinds f plants in Cangshan Muntains and it is als hme t abut 330 kinds f animals.
Erhai Lake
One f the biggest fresh water lakes in China 31 (be) Erhai Lake. It's abut 40 kilmeters lng and cvers an area f 251 square kilmeters. Visitrs can see a lt f 32 (amaze) scenery. Peple call 33 (they) "Three Islands, Fur Eyts(河中小岛), Five Lakes and Nine Bays (海湾)"
Dali ld City
The ancient city is getting ppular 34 (recent) because f its delicius fd and lng histry. 35 fact，it was built ver 600 years ag. It was the gateway t the Silk Rad in suthwest China. The wall has a length f 6 kilmeters, a height f 8 meters and thickness f 6 meters. There are fur city gates facing west, east, nrth and suth.
五、第四部分，综合技能，第一节阅读表达(共5小题:每小题2分，满分10分)(共5题；共8分)
阅读下面的短文，按要求完成后面各个小题。
Wuld yu like a marathn (马拉松)?（A）你曾经听过马拉松吗? It is a ppular sprt amng yung peple。Many peple enjy it because it brings them a strng feeling f satisfactin when they finish the lng and difficult race. Hwever， mst peple haven ' t knwn it is as dangerus as muntain climbing. Mst f the time, peple wh take part in a marathn are healthy and have strng wills (意志力).
But still many peple gt hurt r even died because fit.
It is ne f the mst dangerus sprts. The marathn that tk place n May
22nd in Gansu was a difficult race. One hundred and seventy - three runners jined in this marathn and twenty-ne runners died because f it. Amng thse runners wh were alive ，many were seriusly hurt. Accrding t the survey, （B）a lt f reasns caused this accident。including freezing weather cnditins and heavy strms.
Why d s many peple risk their lives? That's because they want t challenge
themselves。
36. Why d many peple enjy the marathn?
37. Is the marathn dangerus?
38. Hw many runners died in Gansu Marathn?
39. 将短文中划线的句子（A）翻译成英文。
40. 将短文中划线的句子（B）翻译成中文。
六、第四部分，综合技能，第二节书面表达(满分15分)(共1题；共15分)
41. 写作。亲爱的同学们，暑期将至，你们打算如何度过呢?请你写一篇短文， 从生活、学习、活动三个方面谈谈你的暑假计划。具体内容可参考以下的提示，也可适当发挥，使文章通顺连贯。1. 生活 锻炼身体，健康饮食，勤做家. . . . 2. 学习完成作业，阅读. . . . 3. 活动旅行:做志愿者……
要求: (1)词数80左右。开头已写好，不计入总诃数:(2)文中不得提及真实的人名、校名等相关信息。
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If yu have n gd plans fr yur hlidays, why nt spend yur time helping thers? I think yu can als learn a lt by giving help.
Vlunteer prject : The vlunteers will wrk in an rphanage (孤儿院) built by a grup f kind wmen by rganizing activities, teaching the kids t read, t write, t speak and als giving them mral (道德的） lessns.
Language : English
Wrking time: Saturday:2:00 p. m. -5:00 p. m. Sunday:9:00. m. -4:00 p. m.
Age: 18 and ver
Accmmdatin （住宿）: Vlunteers will stay at the guest huse near the schl (vlunteers need t pay fr the stay).
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