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2023-2024学年江苏省无锡市八年级（上）期末英语试卷（A卷）
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这是一份2023-2024学年江苏省无锡市八年级（上）期末英语试卷（A卷），共8页。试卷主要包含了单项填空，完形填空，综合阅读，书面表达等内容，欢迎下载使用。
一、单项填空 （本大题共10分，每小题1分）
1. ---D yu enjy the prgram Readershsted by the famus hst Dngqing n CCTV1?
---Yes, it is wnderful. I have never seen a ______ ne.
A. gd B. well C. better D. best
2 ---Why is the wman crying there?---Because she is ___. Her nly sn is lst and n ne can help find him nw.
A. hpeful B. useless C. cheerful D. helpless
3. We cannt wait fr the wind t cme when there is smg (雾霾). ___, we must take actin t make the envirnment better.
A. Mrever B. Otherwise C. Als D. Instead
4. We shuld d what we can ________ the hunters ________ the animals.
A. t prevent; killingB. t prevent; t kill C. prevent; killingD. prevent; t kill
5. —Hw many cranes did yu see n the lake last Sunday? —______. They all flew t the suth last mnth.
A. Nthing B. Nbdy C. N ne D. Nne
6.一Can yu tell me hw t make the ty truck run? 一Why nt read the yurself? My hands are full nw.
A. stry B. instructins C. infrmatin D. reprt
7. The chairpersn received abut three _______applicatins t jin the Bird Watching Club.
A. hundred B. hundreds f C. hundred f D. hundreds
8. D yu want t be healthy? . Smiling can help yu stay healthy.
A. Smile B. Smiling C. T smile D. Smiled
9. When I arrived there, I fund the girl lking at the
A. in danger B. in truble C. in need D. in fear
10. ---Our headteacher is very hard-wrking. He spends mst f his time with us.
---______ He ften talks with ur parents in his free time.
A. I hpe s B. what? C. that’s fr sure D. really?
二、完形填空 （本大题共10分，每小题1分）
My dg, Her, isn’t afraid f mst things. But he is afraid f ne thing——the vacuum cleaner(吸尘器)。Every__1____ mrning, Mther cleans the huse. First she runs the cleaner in the leaving rm, Her __2____ in the kitchen.
“The vacuum cleaner can’t hurt yu.”We laugh and say. ___3___ smetimes I am afraid f things, t. I am afraid t be alne in the dark. And I knw the dark can’t hurt me. I guess it’s the same way with Her. He is afraid withut knwing ____4____.
Last Saturday, Mm was cleaning the huse again. Barbie was sleeping in her rm and Her was in the living rm. Mm began t run the cleaner in the living rm. Her ____5_____ ut frm a chair. He ran twards my rm. But then he stpped. He sat dwn at Barbie’s _____6_____ Mum went n running the cleaner. She ran it clser and clser t Her. But Her didn’t mve! _____7_____ Mum ran the cleaner right up t his frnt feet.
Her shk all ver. He was really afraid. But he didn’t let Mum get by. “Yu can’t take the cleaner int Barbie’s rm,”he _____8_____ t say, “I am taking care f Barbie.”Mum says that Her has the _____9_____ name. He is a really her. He is a brave. “Being brave is nt the same as nt being afraid,”Mum says.
Being brave _____10_____ that yu what yu have t d. Yu d it even if yu are afraid. Her knew what he had t d. He had t take care f Barbie. S he did!
1. A. SaturdayB. SundayC. MndayD. Friday
2. A. playsB. hidesC. arrivesD. lies
3. A. butB. andC. sD. because
4. A. whatB. hwC. whenD. why
5. A. walkedB. drppedC. jumpedD. climbed
6. A. drB. bedC. windwD. table
7. A. nceB. suddenlyC. sadlyD. then
8. A. wantedB. neededC. seemedD. tried
9. A. rightB. wrngC. funnyD. beautiful
10. A. tellsB. hpesC. agreesD. means
阅读理解 （本大题共30分，每小题2分）
A
It was ht in the middle f summer and there were n trees alng the street. Few peple came ut n such a ht day. Mr. Read had anther bad day. The whle day n ne had cme t his small shp t buy anything. He clsed his shp at half past five, and went ut int the street and began walking t the bus stp. He was very fat. The sun shne straight dwn the street and in a few minutes Mr. Read felt ht.
A small by came ut f anther shp in the street and fllwed Mr. Read. He stayed very near him all the time, and he stepped n Mr. Read’s shes several times. Mr. Read lked at him angrily each time.
After the furth time, Mr. Read stpped, turned rund and said t the by, “What are yu ding? Stp fllwing me like that! Yu’re ging t hurt my feet.”
“I’m srry, but dn’t stp me, please!”The small by said, “It’s very ht tday and there isn’t any shade anywhere else in the street.”
1. Why did n ne cme t buy things in Mr. Read’s shp?
A. Because the shp was small.B. Because it was t ht.
C. Because he clsed it t early.D. Because he was t fat.
2. Which f the fllwing wrds can best describe the by?
A. Kind.B. Helpful.C. Fun.D. Ppular.
3. The by fllwed Mr. Read s that ________.
A. nbdy wuld see himB. he culd hurt Mr. Read’s feet
C. he culd find the bus stpD. the sun wuldn’t shine n him
B
Tday, abut 50% f peple in the wrld wear glasses. But hw much d yu knw abut them?
N ne knws wh made the first set f glasses. Hwever, it's sure that they were first made in 13th century. Glasses shwed up arund the same time in nrthern Italy and China. Early glasses weren't made f glass. That's because mst glass at that time was nt clear, s it wuldn't have wrked well fr glasses.
Glasses didn't lk much like mdern glasses until the 1700s. That's when peple put ear stems(耳柄)t keep glasses n their faces. Arund this time, reading and writing became mre ppular.
Peple didn't start seeing eye dctrs fr glasses befre the 1800s. At that time, they just tried n different pairs f glasses befre they fund ne t make their eyesight better. Then eye dctrs shwed up and changed that. They gave an eye test fr peple t tell whether(是否)r nt they needed a pair f glasses.
★ One big change was bifcal(双光眼镜)in 1784.This made glasses help peple see things that are bth far away and very near. Sunglasses are abut as ld as glasses. Peple in China started wearing sunglasses in the 12th century. Tday, many peple als wear cntact lenses(隐形眼镜), but they are cmfrtable t wear all day nw.
Hwever, yu shuld always take yur cntact lenses ut at night. And sme peple wear glasses with n lenses at all. This is called fashin glasses. They cme in many shapes and sizes t fit anyne's persnal style.
4. Hw many kinds f glasses des the passage talk abutin the passage?
A. Three. B. Fur. C. Five. D. six.
5. What made peple wear glasses mre ften in the 1700s?
A. Wearing glasses made peple lk better.
B. Mre and mre peple liked reading and writing.
C. Peple used ear stems t keep glasses n their faces.
D. Peple had better eyesight with the help f eye dctrs.
6. Which sentence can be put in ★ ?
A. New glasses cme ut every year.
B. Glasses have really changed ur lives.
C. It's imprtant t chse the right glasses.
D. Glasses have changed since a lng time ag.
7. What is the main purpse(目的)f this passage?
A. T tell us the histry f glasses.
B. T teach us hw t chse glasses.
C. T shw different kinds f glasses.
D. T make us knw the imprtance f eyesight.
C
Three hurs later, her parents walked up t the tree. Her mther was carrying a tray with a glass f range juice and a bwl f rganic(有机的) cereal. Her father was wearing a suit. He was ready t g t wrk.
“Hlly, I’ve gt sme breakfast fr yu,”her mther said.
Hlly lked ut f the windw. She had dark rings under her eyes.
“Oh, daring, yu lk terrible!”
“Thanks, Mum,”Hlly replied.
“Nw Hlly,”her father said, “I’m ging t the ffice nw. And when I cme hme, I want t see yu back in the huse.”
That evening her father walked acrss the lawn(草坪) twards the end f the garden fr the secnd time that day. He lked dwn at the empty glass and breakfast bwl, then he lked up at the tree.
“Hlly!”he called ut. “Are yu up there?”
“Yes,”said Hlly. She was in the tree huse. She didn’t want t see him.
“Hw lng are yu ging t cntinue with this ridiculus behaviur(行为)?”He asked. His face was ging red.
“It depends,”said Hlly.
“I’m nt ging t change my mind,”her father said, “I need a new ffice.”
“And I’m nt ging t change mine either,”said Hlly.
Hlly was playing with Ec, rlling a ball acrss the flr fr Ec t catch, when she heard a different vice. Her sister’s!
“Hlly,”Sphie said.
Hlly waited.
And then she heard, “Mmmm, this is s cld.”
Hlly was feeling very ht.
And finally she heard, “Mmmm, it’s delicius!”
Hlly was feeling hungry. She lked dwn. Sphie was hlding an enrmus ice-cream.
“It’s strawberry,”said Sphie, “yur favurite flavur. It’s a pity yu can’t have any.”
“I dn’t want any,”Hlly said angrily. And she lked at the ice-cream again. It really did lk delicius.
“Oh, by the way. Hlly, this is Jasn.”
A tall gd-lking by with dark hair std next t Sphie.
“Jasn’s my new friend.”
“Hi,”said Jasn. He smiled at Hlly.
“Jasn,”said Sphie, “this is my sister Hlly. Isn’t she funny? She desn’t live in a huse like nrmal peple. She lives in a tree. She’s s weird.”
—Adapted frm Hlly the Ec Warrir
8. The underlined sentence “It depends”means _________ in Chinese.
A. 看情况B. 我随便C. 我不放弃 D. 我不妥协
9. Why did Hlly live in the tree huse?
A. Because she liked the tree.
B. Because her father wanted t cut dwn the tree fr an ffice.
C. Because she liked t live in the tree huse.
D. Because she wanted t make her parents angry.
11. Accrding t the passage, Ec was a _________.
A. chickB. hrseC. dgD. dll
12. Which f the fllwing is nt true accrding t the passage?
A. Hlly’s mther ffered breakfast fr her.
B. Hlly’s father didn’t lve her.
C. Hlly didn’t sleep well in the tree huse.
D. Hlly’s father wanted t see Hlly back in the huse.
D
One Saturday,Maria and I had a 30-mile bike ride. It seemed gd. We started at 7:00 a. m. in beautiful spring weather. At 10:30 a. m., when we stpped fr a rest, we bth felt wnderful. And then a strng wind came. That was when ur perfect day began t change.
By nn, we knew a serius thunderstrm was blwing ur way. Dark cluds rlled up ut f the suth-west. A strng wind burned ur faces. There was n way t stay ut f the strm. We wuld have t wait it ut, but where?
Then ▲ . We felt the sudden cldness. I lked up and saw the sky turned dark green. Trees and crps were bent ver(被吹弯)by the wind. We culdn’t see anyanimals.
Then a blue car stpped beside ur bikes. The driver shuted, “Get in!” She lked afraid, and s did we. We did as she said. That was when the hail (冰雹) started. Ice, the size f glf balls, hit the windws f the car.
She drve fast t the nrth. Maria and I lked back at the black sky. Maria screamed, “Trnad (龙卷风)!”It was s clse that I culd see trees, drs and all kinds f ther things themnster swallwed (吞).
My heart mved up t my thrat and was beating s hard. I neverfelts afraid. We culdnever run faster than the trnad! The driver turned t us and said calmly (平静地), “There’s an verpass (立交桥) ahead. We’ll stay under it fr prtectin.”
When we stpped the car, we jumped ut f the car and ran t the wall f the verpass. Befre I culd cunt t 20, there came a lud nise. Then, suddenly, it was ver. We made it.
We were still shaking (发抖)but laughed with relief (轻松).What an amazingstry I wuld tell at schl!
13 What happened first when the trnad began?
A. Dark cluds rlled up.B. The hail came suddenly.
C. The sky turned dark green.D. Trees and crps were bent ver.
14. Which f the fllwing is suitable fr ▲ ?
A. we fund a safe placeB. the strm stpped
C. it seemed t get betterD. things went wrse
15. Hw did the writer feel when the trnad was all ver?
A. Afraid but excited.B. Tired and afraid.
C. Wrried but angry.D. Sad and surprised.
单词拼写（本大题共10分，每小题1分）
根据括号中所给的汉语写出单词，使句子意思完整正确。
1 He _____________(碰) my bk nt the grund when he walked past my desk.
2 She is a tall girl with lng____________(笔直的) hair.
3 Never tell ____________(谎言). Yu shuld be hnest.
4 Her __________(微笑的) eyes make her lk sweet.
5.He ften ___________( 讨论 ) prblems with his classmates after class.
根据句子意思，用括号中所给单词的适当形式填空。
6. It is____________ (nature) that teenagers may smetimes quarrel with their parents.
7. ______________ (human) can use the languages very well, but animals can’t.
8. The temperature _________ (drp) again in Nrtheast China. The rivers and lakes were frzen.
9. I can’t hear yu clearly . Can yu speak much ____________(lud), please?
10.The _____________ (science) are having a discussin in the next rm.
五、综合阅读
第一节 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。（本大题共10小题，每题1分）
In the USA, there are many kinds f restaurants.
Fast fd restaurants are very famus. Yu can find McDnald’s and Kentucky Fried Chicken in many cuntries arund the wrld. Yu lk at a menu n the cunter（柜台）), and say what yu’d like t eat. Yu pay the persn wh brings fd t yu. Yu take yur fd and sit dwn r take it away. There’s n need t leave a tip（小费）.
In cffee shps, yu sit at the cunter r at a table. Yu dn’t wait fr the waitress t shw yu where t sit. She usually brings yu cffee when yu sit dwn. Yu tell her what yu’d like t eat and she brings it t yu. Yu pay the cashier（收银员）as yu leave.
In family restaurants, the waitress leads yu t yur table. Often the waitress tells yu her name, but yu dn’t need t tell her yurs. If yu can’t finish eating everything, yur waitress gives yu a bag t take the rest f fd hme. Yu shuld add fifteen per cent t the bill（账单）as a tip.
In tp class restaurants, yu had better rder befre yu cme, and yu need t arrive n time. The waiter shws yu where t sit. If there is wine there, he may ask yu t taste it. Yu can nly refuse（拒绝）it if it tastes bad. When yu get yur bill, check it and then add fifteen t twenty per cent t it as a tip fr the waiter.
阅读下面短文，然后根据短文内容回答问题。（本节共5小题，每题2分）
If yu live in the United States, the law says yu can't have a full-time jb until yu are 16 years ld. At 14 r 15, yu can wrk part-time after schl r n weekends, and during summer vacatin yu can wrk 40 hurs each week. Des all that mean that if yu are yunger than 14, yu can't earn(赚) yur wn mney? Of curse nt! Kids wh are between the ages f 10 and 13 can earn mney by ding lts f things.
Valerie, 11, tld us that she made mney by cleaning up ther peple's yards. Lena, 13, makes mney by knitting(织) dg sweaters and selling them t her neighbrs, and Riesa said she had started taking art classes and shwing her wrk t peple. Peple have asked her t draw pictures fr them and they pay her fr them. Jasmine, 13, writes articles fr different magazines!
Earning is learning. By wrking t earn yur wn mney, yu are learning the skills yu will need t succeed(成功) in life. These skills can include things like getting alng with thers, using technlgy and using yur time. Sme peple think that asking fr mney is a lt easier than earning it; hwever, when yu make yur wn mney, yu dn't have t depend n smene else. The five dllars that yu earn will prbably make yu feel a lt better in yur hand than the twenty dllars yu ask fr.
1. When can kids have full-time jbs?
______________________________________________________________________________
2. When can a 15-year-ld kid wrk t earn mney?
_____________________________________________________________________________
3. Hw des Riesa make mney?
_____________________________________________________________________________
4. What skills can kids learn while earning mney?
_____________________________________________________________________________
5. What kind f part-time jb wuld yu like t have t make mney?
_____________________________________________________________________________
六、书面表达（本大题共20分）
英国牛津尖塔中学的师生来紫石中学参观。你与Suzy成为好朋友。请以“My English friend”为题，根据所给信息,介绍你的新朋友。
My English Friend
Suzy is my English friend. _____________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
The Restaurants in the USA
What yu can d
Tips
Fast fd restaurants
Yu can lk at the menu and then rder yur fd.
Yu can 1 yur fd there r take it away.
Yu can leave the restaurant 2 a tip.
In cffee shps
After 3 at the cunter r at a table, the waitress will bring yu cffee.
Yu pay the cashier as yu leave.
In family restaurants
The waitress shws yu 4 yu can sit.
She tells yu her name, but yu needn’t.
Yu can take away the rest f fd.
If yur bill is $100, yur tip is $15.
In tp class restaurants
Yu had better rder first, but dn’t be 5 .
Yu can refuse the wine if it desn’t taste gd.
If yur bill is $200, yu can give the waiter a tip frm $30 t $40.
Lks
明亮的笑眼，使得看起来可爱。
Persnality
彬彬有礼；乐于助人。
Schl life
最喜欢法语，觉得学外语有趣，有大量的时间进行课外活动。
A travel experience
两周前，乘飞机抵达中国；参观一些名胜古迹。
A DIY jb
享受生活；对DIY很着迷。
Her hpe
成为爱熊猫俱乐部（Panda Lver Club）的一员，因为……
一、单项填空 （本大题共10分，每小题1分）
1. ---D yu enjy the prgram Readershsted by the famus hst Dngqing n CCTV1?
---Yes, it is wnderful. I have never seen a ______ ne.
A. gd B. well C. better D. best
2 ---Why is the wman crying there?---Because she is ___. Her nly sn is lst and n ne can help find him nw.
A. hpeful B. useless C. cheerful D. helpless
3. We cannt wait fr the wind t cme when there is smg (雾霾). ___, we must take actin t make the envirnment better.
A. Mrever B. Otherwise C. Als D. Instead
4. We shuld d what we can ________ the hunters ________ the animals.
A. t prevent; killingB. t prevent; t kill C. prevent; killingD. prevent; t kill
5. —Hw many cranes did yu see n the lake last Sunday? —______. They all flew t the suth last mnth.
A. Nthing B. Nbdy C. N ne D. Nne
6.一Can yu tell me hw t make the ty truck run? 一Why nt read the yurself? My hands are full nw.
A. stry B. instructins C. infrmatin D. reprt
7. The chairpersn received abut three _______applicatins t jin the Bird Watching Club.
A. hundred B. hundreds f C. hundred f D. hundreds
8. D yu want t be healthy? . Smiling can help yu stay healthy.
A. Smile B. Smiling C. T smile D. Smiled
9. When I arrived there, I fund the girl lking at the
A. in danger B. in truble C. in need D. in fear
10. ---Our headteacher is very hard-wrking. He spends mst f his time with us.
---______ He ften talks with ur parents in his free time.
A. I hpe s B. what? C. that’s fr sure D. really?
二、完形填空 （本大题共10分，每小题1分）
My dg, Her, isn’t afraid f mst things. But he is afraid f ne thing——the vacuum cleaner(吸尘器)。Every__1____ mrning, Mther cleans the huse. First she runs the cleaner in the leaving rm, Her __2____ in the kitchen.
“The vacuum cleaner can’t hurt yu.”We laugh and say. ___3___ smetimes I am afraid f things, t. I am afraid t be alne in the dark. And I knw the dark can’t hurt me. I guess it’s the same way with Her. He is afraid withut knwing ____4____.
Last Saturday, Mm was cleaning the huse again. Barbie was sleeping in her rm and Her was in the living rm. Mm began t run the cleaner in the living rm. Her ____5_____ ut frm a chair. He ran twards my rm. But then he stpped. He sat dwn at Barbie’s _____6_____ Mum went n running the cleaner. She ran it clser and clser t Her. But Her didn’t mve! _____7_____ Mum ran the cleaner right up t his frnt feet.
Her shk all ver. He was really afraid. But he didn’t let Mum get by. “Yu can’t take the cleaner int Barbie’s rm,”he _____8_____ t say, “I am taking care f Barbie.”Mum says that Her has the _____9_____ name. He is a really her. He is a brave. “Being brave is nt the same as nt being afraid,”Mum says.
Being brave _____10_____ that yu what yu have t d. Yu d it even if yu are afraid. Her knew what he had t d. He had t take care f Barbie. S he did!
1. A. SaturdayB. SundayC. MndayD. Friday
2. A. playsB. hidesC. arrivesD. lies
3. A. butB. andC. sD. because
4. A. whatB. hwC. whenD. why
5. A. walkedB. drppedC. jumpedD. climbed
6. A. drB. bedC. windwD. table
7. A. nceB. suddenlyC. sadlyD. then
8. A. wantedB. neededC. seemedD. tried
9. A. rightB. wrngC. funnyD. beautiful
10. A. tellsB. hpesC. agreesD. means
阅读理解 （本大题共30分，每小题2分）
A
It was ht in the middle f summer and there were n trees alng the street. Few peple came ut n such a ht day. Mr. Read had anther bad day. The whle day n ne had cme t his small shp t buy anything. He clsed his shp at half past five, and went ut int the street and began walking t the bus stp. He was very fat. The sun shne straight dwn the street and in a few minutes Mr. Read felt ht.
A small by came ut f anther shp in the street and fllwed Mr. Read. He stayed very near him all the time, and he stepped n Mr. Read’s shes several times. Mr. Read lked at him angrily each time.
After the furth time, Mr. Read stpped, turned rund and said t the by, “What are yu ding? Stp fllwing me like that! Yu’re ging t hurt my feet.”
“I’m srry, but dn’t stp me, please!”The small by said, “It’s very ht tday and there isn’t any shade anywhere else in the street.”
1. Why did n ne cme t buy things in Mr. Read’s shp?
A. Because the shp was small.B. Because it was t ht.
C. Because he clsed it t early.D. Because he was t fat.
2. Which f the fllwing wrds can best describe the by?
A. Kind.B. Helpful.C. Fun.D. Ppular.
3. The by fllwed Mr. Read s that ________.
A. nbdy wuld see himB. he culd hurt Mr. Read’s feet
C. he culd find the bus stpD. the sun wuldn’t shine n him
B
Tday, abut 50% f peple in the wrld wear glasses. But hw much d yu knw abut them?
N ne knws wh made the first set f glasses. Hwever, it's sure that they were first made in 13th century. Glasses shwed up arund the same time in nrthern Italy and China. Early glasses weren't made f glass. That's because mst glass at that time was nt clear, s it wuldn't have wrked well fr glasses.
Glasses didn't lk much like mdern glasses until the 1700s. That's when peple put ear stems(耳柄)t keep glasses n their faces. Arund this time, reading and writing became mre ppular.
Peple didn't start seeing eye dctrs fr glasses befre the 1800s. At that time, they just tried n different pairs f glasses befre they fund ne t make their eyesight better. Then eye dctrs shwed up and changed that. They gave an eye test fr peple t tell whether(是否)r nt they needed a pair f glasses.
★ One big change was bifcal(双光眼镜)in 1784.This made glasses help peple see things that are bth far away and very near. Sunglasses are abut as ld as glasses. Peple in China started wearing sunglasses in the 12th century. Tday, many peple als wear cntact lenses(隐形眼镜), but they are cmfrtable t wear all day nw.
Hwever, yu shuld always take yur cntact lenses ut at night. And sme peple wear glasses with n lenses at all. This is called fashin glasses. They cme in many shapes and sizes t fit anyne's persnal style.
4. Hw many kinds f glasses des the passage talk abutin the passage?
A. Three. B. Fur. C. Five. D. six.
5. What made peple wear glasses mre ften in the 1700s?
A. Wearing glasses made peple lk better.
B. Mre and mre peple liked reading and writing.
C. Peple used ear stems t keep glasses n their faces.
D. Peple had better eyesight with the help f eye dctrs.
6. Which sentence can be put in ★ ?
A. New glasses cme ut every year.
B. Glasses have really changed ur lives.
C. It's imprtant t chse the right glasses.
D. Glasses have changed since a lng time ag.
7. What is the main purpse(目的)f this passage?
A. T tell us the histry f glasses.
B. T teach us hw t chse glasses.
C. T shw different kinds f glasses.
D. T make us knw the imprtance f eyesight.
C
Three hurs later, her parents walked up t the tree. Her mther was carrying a tray with a glass f range juice and a bwl f rganic(有机的) cereal. Her father was wearing a suit. He was ready t g t wrk.
“Hlly, I’ve gt sme breakfast fr yu,”her mther said.
Hlly lked ut f the windw. She had dark rings under her eyes.
“Oh, daring, yu lk terrible!”
“Thanks, Mum,”Hlly replied.
“Nw Hlly,”her father said, “I’m ging t the ffice nw. And when I cme hme, I want t see yu back in the huse.”
That evening her father walked acrss the lawn(草坪) twards the end f the garden fr the secnd time that day. He lked dwn at the empty glass and breakfast bwl, then he lked up at the tree.
“Hlly!”he called ut. “Are yu up there?”
“Yes,”said Hlly. She was in the tree huse. She didn’t want t see him.
“Hw lng are yu ging t cntinue with this ridiculus behaviur(行为)?”He asked. His face was ging red.
“It depends,”said Hlly.
“I’m nt ging t change my mind,”her father said, “I need a new ffice.”
“And I’m nt ging t change mine either,”said Hlly.
Hlly was playing with Ec, rlling a ball acrss the flr fr Ec t catch, when she heard a different vice. Her sister’s!
“Hlly,”Sphie said.
Hlly waited.
And then she heard, “Mmmm, this is s cld.”
Hlly was feeling very ht.
And finally she heard, “Mmmm, it’s delicius!”
Hlly was feeling hungry. She lked dwn. Sphie was hlding an enrmus ice-cream.
“It’s strawberry,”said Sphie, “yur favurite flavur. It’s a pity yu can’t have any.”
“I dn’t want any,”Hlly said angrily. And she lked at the ice-cream again. It really did lk delicius.
“Oh, by the way. Hlly, this is Jasn.”
A tall gd-lking by with dark hair std next t Sphie.
“Jasn’s my new friend.”
“Hi,”said Jasn. He smiled at Hlly.
“Jasn,”said Sphie, “this is my sister Hlly. Isn’t she funny? She desn’t live in a huse like nrmal peple. She lives in a tree. She’s s weird.”
—Adapted frm Hlly the Ec Warrir
8. The underlined sentence “It depends”means _________ in Chinese.
A. 看情况B. 我随便C. 我不放弃 D. 我不妥协
9. Why did Hlly live in the tree huse?
A. Because she liked the tree.
B. Because her father wanted t cut dwn the tree fr an ffice.
C. Because she liked t live in the tree huse.
D. Because she wanted t make her parents angry.
11. Accrding t the passage, Ec was a _________.
A. chickB. hrseC. dgD. dll
12. Which f the fllwing is nt true accrding t the passage?
A. Hlly’s mther ffered breakfast fr her.
B. Hlly’s father didn’t lve her.
C. Hlly didn’t sleep well in the tree huse.
D. Hlly’s father wanted t see Hlly back in the huse.
D
One Saturday,Maria and I had a 30-mile bike ride. It seemed gd. We started at 7:00 a. m. in beautiful spring weather. At 10:30 a. m., when we stpped fr a rest, we bth felt wnderful. And then a strng wind came. That was when ur perfect day began t change.
By nn, we knew a serius thunderstrm was blwing ur way. Dark cluds rlled up ut f the suth-west. A strng wind burned ur faces. There was n way t stay ut f the strm. We wuld have t wait it ut, but where?
Then ▲ . We felt the sudden cldness. I lked up and saw the sky turned dark green. Trees and crps were bent ver(被吹弯)by the wind. We culdn’t see anyanimals.
Then a blue car stpped beside ur bikes. The driver shuted, “Get in!” She lked afraid, and s did we. We did as she said. That was when the hail (冰雹) started. Ice, the size f glf balls, hit the windws f the car.
She drve fast t the nrth. Maria and I lked back at the black sky. Maria screamed, “Trnad (龙卷风)!”It was s clse that I culd see trees, drs and all kinds f ther things themnster swallwed (吞).
My heart mved up t my thrat and was beating s hard. I neverfelts afraid. We culdnever run faster than the trnad! The driver turned t us and said calmly (平静地), “There’s an verpass (立交桥) ahead. We’ll stay under it fr prtectin.”
When we stpped the car, we jumped ut f the car and ran t the wall f the verpass. Befre I culd cunt t 20, there came a lud nise. Then, suddenly, it was ver. We made it.
We were still shaking (发抖)but laughed with relief (轻松).What an amazingstry I wuld tell at schl!
13 What happened first when the trnad began?
A. Dark cluds rlled up.B. The hail came suddenly.
C. The sky turned dark green.D. Trees and crps were bent ver.
14. Which f the fllwing is suitable fr ▲ ?
A. we fund a safe placeB. the strm stpped
C. it seemed t get betterD. things went wrse
15. Hw did the writer feel when the trnad was all ver?
A. Afraid but excited.B. Tired and afraid.
C. Wrried but angry.D. Sad and surprised.
单词拼写（本大题共10分，每小题1分）
根据括号中所给的汉语写出单词，使句子意思完整正确。
1 He _____________(碰) my bk nt the grund when he walked past my desk.
2 She is a tall girl with lng____________(笔直的) hair.
3 Never tell ____________(谎言). Yu shuld be hnest.
4 Her __________(微笑的) eyes make her lk sweet.
5.He ften ___________( 讨论 ) prblems with his classmates after class.
根据句子意思，用括号中所给单词的适当形式填空。
6. It is____________ (nature) that teenagers may smetimes quarrel with their parents.
7. ______________ (human) can use the languages very well, but animals can’t.
8. The temperature _________ (drp) again in Nrtheast China. The rivers and lakes were frzen.
9. I can’t hear yu clearly . Can yu speak much ____________(lud), please?
10.The _____________ (science) are having a discussin in the next rm.
五、综合阅读
第一节 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。（本大题共10小题，每题1分）
In the USA, there are many kinds f restaurants.
Fast fd restaurants are very famus. Yu can find McDnald’s and Kentucky Fried Chicken in many cuntries arund the wrld. Yu lk at a menu n the cunter（柜台）), and say what yu’d like t eat. Yu pay the persn wh brings fd t yu. Yu take yur fd and sit dwn r take it away. There’s n need t leave a tip（小费）.
In cffee shps, yu sit at the cunter r at a table. Yu dn’t wait fr the waitress t shw yu where t sit. She usually brings yu cffee when yu sit dwn. Yu tell her what yu’d like t eat and she brings it t yu. Yu pay the cashier（收银员）as yu leave.
In family restaurants, the waitress leads yu t yur table. Often the waitress tells yu her name, but yu dn’t need t tell her yurs. If yu can’t finish eating everything, yur waitress gives yu a bag t take the rest f fd hme. Yu shuld add fifteen per cent t the bill（账单）as a tip.
In tp class restaurants, yu had better rder befre yu cme, and yu need t arrive n time. The waiter shws yu where t sit. If there is wine there, he may ask yu t taste it. Yu can nly refuse（拒绝）it if it tastes bad. When yu get yur bill, check it and then add fifteen t twenty per cent t it as a tip fr the waiter.
阅读下面短文，然后根据短文内容回答问题。（本节共5小题，每题2分）
If yu live in the United States, the law says yu can't have a full-time jb until yu are 16 years ld. At 14 r 15, yu can wrk part-time after schl r n weekends, and during summer vacatin yu can wrk 40 hurs each week. Des all that mean that if yu are yunger than 14, yu can't earn(赚) yur wn mney? Of curse nt! Kids wh are between the ages f 10 and 13 can earn mney by ding lts f things.
Valerie, 11, tld us that she made mney by cleaning up ther peple's yards. Lena, 13, makes mney by knitting(织) dg sweaters and selling them t her neighbrs, and Riesa said she had started taking art classes and shwing her wrk t peple. Peple have asked her t draw pictures fr them and they pay her fr them. Jasmine, 13, writes articles fr different magazines!
Earning is learning. By wrking t earn yur wn mney, yu are learning the skills yu will need t succeed(成功) in life. These skills can include things like getting alng with thers, using technlgy and using yur time. Sme peple think that asking fr mney is a lt easier than earning it; hwever, when yu make yur wn mney, yu dn't have t depend n smene else. The five dllars that yu earn will prbably make yu feel a lt better in yur hand than the twenty dllars yu ask fr.
1. When can kids have full-time jbs?
______________________________________________________________________________
2. When can a 15-year-ld kid wrk t earn mney?
_____________________________________________________________________________
3. Hw des Riesa make mney?
_____________________________________________________________________________
4. What skills can kids learn while earning mney?
_____________________________________________________________________________
5. What kind f part-time jb wuld yu like t have t make mney?
_____________________________________________________________________________
六、书面表达（本大题共20分）
英国牛津尖塔中学的师生来紫石中学参观。你与Suzy成为好朋友。请以“My English friend”为题，根据所给信息,介绍你的新朋友。
My English Friend
Suzy is my English friend. _____________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
The Restaurants in the USA
What yu can d
Tips
Fast fd restaurants
Yu can lk at the menu and then rder yur fd.
Yu can 1 yur fd there r take it away.
Yu can leave the restaurant 2 a tip.
In cffee shps
After 3 at the cunter r at a table, the waitress will bring yu cffee.
Yu pay the cashier as yu leave.
In family restaurants
The waitress shws yu 4 yu can sit.
She tells yu her name, but yu needn’t.
Yu can take away the rest f fd.
If yur bill is $100, yur tip is $15.
In tp class restaurants
Yu had better rder first, but dn’t be 5 .
Yu can refuse the wine if it desn’t taste gd.
If yur bill is $200, yu can give the waiter a tip frm $30 t $40.
Lks
明亮的笑眼，使得看起来可爱。
Persnality
彬彬有礼；乐于助人。
Schl life
最喜欢法语，觉得学外语有趣，有大量的时间进行课外活动。
A travel experience
两周前，乘飞机抵达中国；参观一些名胜古迹。
A DIY jb
享受生活；对DIY很着迷。
Her hpe
成为爱熊猫俱乐部（Panda Lver Club）的一员，因为……
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