注意事項: 2023 學年第一學期期末考試八年級英語 本試卷共四大題,10 頁,滿分 90 分??荚嚂r間 100 分鐘。 答卷前,考生必須用黑色字跡的鋼筆或簽字筆將自己的學校、姓名、班級、座位號和考生號填寫在答題卡相應的位置上,再用 2B 鉛筆把考號的對應數(shù)字涂黑。 選擇題每小題選出答案后,用 2B 鉛筆把答題卡上對應題目的答案標號涂黑;如需改動,用橡皮擦干凈后,再選涂其他答案;不能答在試卷上。 非選擇題必須用黑色字跡的鋼筆或簽字筆作答,答案必須寫在答題卡各題目指定區(qū)域內的相應位置上;如需改動,先劃掉原來的答案,然后再寫上新的答案;不準使用鉛筆或涂改液,不按以上要求作答的答案無效。 考生必須保證答題卡的整潔,考試結束后,將試卷和答題卡一}交回。一、語法選擇(共 15 小題,每小題 1 分,滿分 15 分) 閱讀下面短文,按照句子結構的語法性和上下文連貫的要求,從 1~15 各題所給的 A、B、C 和 D 項中選出最佳選項,}在答題卡上將該項涂黑。 Serena and her family were driving n the rad. Suddenly she heard a lud “POP”. “A flat tire (輪胎)! This is making the bring trip even 1.” she said. “N big deal! We 2 ur adventure sn!” Her dad jumped ut t change the tire. Feeling bred, Serena decided 3 her phne. “Ally is n a real adventure. She 4 Africa! Lk at the pictures f wild animals n her Wechat Mments!” “Amazing!” Tny agreed. “Yu can shw 5, t.” “There’s 6 fun here! Nbdy wuld like t see Dad changing a flat tire in the middle f nwhere!” “7 that’s the great thing abut this whle trip!” Tny cntinued 8, “We dn’t knw what surprises we might have! We’re n a true adventure! And I read that there’s 9 amazing place here. I fund pictures nline.” Serena put dwn her phne and listened t Tny. She lked ut f the windw, and wanted t knw when t get there. But then she held her breath. “We 10 be quiet.”, she said t Tny in a lw vice. Just n 11 side f the rad, was a large grup f wild hrses walking slwly thrugh the grasses. It was her 12 time t see animals like them. “Well, maybe we’re having a real adventure after all,” said Serena as she quickly tk a picture f the hrses 13 the windw. “Exactly!” Tny said. “And all 14 we gt a flat tire. S try t be as 15 as pssible whatever we meet!” “Right. Maybe mre surprises are waiting fr us!” 1. A. bad B. badly C. wrse D. wrst 2. A. cntinue B. cntinued C. will cntinue D. is cntinuing 3. A. t check B. checked C. checking D. has checked 4. A. went t B. will g t C. has gne t D. ges t 5. A. us B. ur C. we D. urs 6. A. smething B. nthing C. everything D. anything 7. A. Or B. But C. And D. S 8. A. excited B. exciting C. excitement D. excitedly 9. A. a B. an C. the D. / 10. A. culd B. may C. had better D. wuld 11. A. anther B. ther C. thers D. the ther 12. A. ne B. the first C. first D. the ne 13. A. thrugh B. acrss C. in D. f 14. 二、完形填空(本大題有 10 小題,每小題 1 分,共 10 分) 通讀下面短文,掌握其大意,然后在每小題所給的四個選項中,選出一個最佳答案。 Once upn a time, there was a king. He was kind-hearted but 16. He always waited fr his men t serve him, such as giving him fd, drinks and s n. He lay n bed all day lng. Eating gd fd and 17 made him fat. Finally, he felt really sick, s he asked many dctrs t cme t his palace t help him. But n ne culd tell the 18. All his peple were srry abut it. 19, a wise man heard the news. He visited the king and said that he culd help him. He asked the king t cme t his huse 20 the palace. And the king had t walk t his huse n his wn. The king 21. After staying in bed fr 20 years, the king walked n the rad again. It was a lng way t walk. When he reached the wise man’s huse, he was really 22. After taking a seat and drinking sme water, the king felt better. The wise man brught ut a special, heavy ball and asked the king t carry the ball with bth hands and walk fr an hur twice a day. “That is the 23 t help yu get well,” he said. The king fllwed the man’s advice. After tw mnths, the king lst a lt f weight and all his sickness 24. Frm then n, the king kept 25 every day. He knew it was the secret t gd health. A. s B. if C. when D. because 15. A. cheerful B. mre cheerful C. mst cheerful D. cheerfully 16. A. silly B. lazy C. slw D. careless 17. A. wrking B. talking C. sleeping D. mving 18. A. reasn B. difference C. feeling D. pinin 19. A. Successfully B. Luckily C. Similarly D. Usually 20. A. in the center f B. next t C. acrss frm D. far frm 21. A. aplgized B. answered C. realized D. agreed 22. A. unhappy B. unhealthy C. uncmfrtable D. unfriendly 三、閱讀(共兩節(jié),滿分 35 分) 第一節(jié) 閱讀理解(共 15 小題;每小題 2 分,滿分 30 分) 閱讀下列短文,從每題所給的 A、B、C 和 D 項中,選出最佳選項}在答題卡上將該項涂黑。 (A) Ants are scial insects. They live tgether in grups. There are mre than 10,000 different kinds f ants. Ants are fund almst everywhere in the wrld. Appearance The bdy f an ant has three parts: the head, the thrax, and the abdmen. The muth is imprtant fr mst ants. It is used fr fighting, eating, carrying fd and ther materials. On the tp f the head there are tw antennae. Ants use them t smell, cmmunicate, and lk fr directins. Life Cycle There are fur stages in the life cycle f the ant. The larvae have n eyes r legs. After the larvae cme ut f the eggs, they drp their skin several times. Mst f them spin a silken ccn (繭) arund their bdies. Then they rest inside and grw int pupae. When a pupa is ready t cme ut f its ccn, ther ants bite a hle at the end f the silken ccn and help the weak little ant leave the ccn. Then they wash and feed it. Mst ants live fr 6 t 10 weeks. Behavir Mst ants live in nests made f many different materials, including sand, wd, and leaves. In each nest there is usually a queen, wrkers, and sldiers. The queen nly spends her life prducing eggs. The wrkers cllect fd, clean the nest, and care fr eggs. Sldiers prtect the nests. Ants have different ways f prtecting themselves. Sme attack their enemies with their muths. Others run away when facing enemies, “play dead,” r send special sunds t tell thers there is danger. 23. A. list 24 B. price C. secret D. intrductin A. disappeared B. cntinued C. returned D. remained 25. A. relaxing B. exercising C. playing D. eating What can an ant d with its muth? Smell and get fd. Fight and carry materials. Cmmunicate and lk fr directins. Eat and find the way. Which f the fllwing shws the grwth f ants? egg—larva—pupa—antB. egg—pupa—larva—ant C. larva—egg—pupa—antD. pupa—larva—egg—ant What can we knw abut ants frm their behavir? Ants prefer living in nests made f sand. There are three ants in each nest. The queen prduces eggs and lks after them. Ants knw hw t keep safe by themselves. What is the purpse (目的) f this article? T shw the imprtance f ants. T ask peple t prtect ants. T intrduce sme facts abut ants. T cmpare different kinds f ants. (B) Class was almst ver. Tm asked ur math teacher, Mr Green, abut the answer t a math prblem. He thught it was 512. But Mr Green said it was 64. Later that day , Tm asked friends, classmates, and ther math teachers. Was it 64 r 512? One f the math teachers they asked was Mr Smith, ur math teacher last year. He said it was 512. Then the fun began. The next day, in Mr Green’s class, Tm tld him Mr Smith’s answer. Mr Green didn’t change his mind. As sn as the class was ver, Tm went t Mr Smith’s ffice. A few minutes later, Tm returned with Mr Smith and fur students frm anther class. And the classrm became an interesting place. Everyne was excited, waiting fr a lng, heated discussin between the tw teachers. We weren’t disappinted. Right then and there, Mr Smith and Mr Green began their argument (爭論). They tried t shw their answers n the blackbard. They used sme math wrds and expressins I had never heard f, but at ne pint, the vcabulary turned simple. “N, ...” Mr Smith said. “Yes, ...” Mr Green answered. “N, ...” Mr Smith said again. “Yes, ...” Mr Green repeated. … At first, we were n ur seats listening carefully, trying t fllw their ideas. Later, Tm and sme ther students began t stand tgether arund them. As time passed by, students shwed their supprt fr different teachers and became tw teams. Everyne wrked s hard, just fr the answer t a single math prblem. That’s the pwer f maths! When the schl bell rang, the prblem was still nt slved. “Why nt ask all the math teachers at schl t jin us and have a meeting fr it?” Mr. Smith said. “Hw abut lunch time? ...” Mr. Green replied. “Great! …” All the students shuted … What can we learn abut Tm frm paragraph 1 t 4? Tm is in Mr. Smith’s class this year. Mr Green taught Tm math last year. The writer “I” and Tm are classmates. Tm and fur students are in the same class. In what rder did the stry happen? The students supprted their teachers in tw teams. The tw teachers began their discussin. Mr Smith agreed with Tm’s answer. Tm questined Mr Green abut a math prblem. Tm returned with Mr Smith and fur students. A. d-e-c-a-bB. e-d-c-b-aC. d-c-e-b-aD. e-a-c-d-b What is the best title fr this passage? Tm, a brave schlbyB. A creative maths argument C. Great maths teachersD. An amazing maths prblem What might prbably happen by the end f that day? (C) Are yu ready t speak English like a lcal English speaker? D yu want t travel and make friends in the US? Here are the best language schls in New Yrk City fr yu. Rennert Internatinal(RI) Rennert Internatinal(RI) ffers small classes and uses cnversatinal teaching methds. Its creatr says, “There was very little cnversatin in class in the past, and the large number f students made learning a language difficult. We wanted a different way t teach languages in small classes.” In additin, students can learn abut Dancing, Music and Medicine in English. Other classes help students t enter universities. Brklyn Schl f Languages(BSL) In the Brklyn Schl f Languages(BSL), there are eight t twelve students in each class, s teachers can give persnal care t every student. Students can enjy learning with friendly classmates and taking field trips arund Manhattan City. What’s mre, BSL prvides accmmdatins. Students can chse frm hme-stays and schl flats. They can frm clse friendships by studying and living tgether. New Yrk English Center(NYEC) Here in New Yrk English Center (NYEC), each class has abut five students, s everybdy gets enugh persnalized care. Students can jin in parties and weekly field trips, s they can build clse relatinships with each ther easily. NYEC’s teachers are lcal English speakers with years f experience in teaching in sme f the wrld’s mst well-knwn schls. Students can als get help n prblems with husing and s n. What des the underlined wrd “accmmdatin” mean? an attractin t visitB. a place t live in C. a restaurant t enjy fdD. a speech t listen t What d the three schls have in cmmn (共同點)? Small classes. (D) If yu are lking fr smething t kill yur time, TikTk is just the app. TikTk is a scial media platfrm (社交媒體平臺). There yu can watch, share and create shrt vides. These vides can be abut almst everything, frm persnal lives t the latest news. In February 2021, TikTk has arund 1.1 billin users wrldwide. Almst 60% f the users are between the ages f 16 and 24. Then, why is it s ppular amng yung peple? Firstly, mst vides n TikTk last nly 15 secnds. Smetimes it seems a15-secnd vide can make yu happier than a ne-hur TV shw. It is relaxing fr peple wh lk fr fun fr a few minutes after busy days. The algrithm (算法) f the app is anther reasn. Whenever yu pen the app, the first page yu see is the “Fr Yu” page. By using algrithm, TikTk can knw yur interest and prvide vides yu may like n the “Fr Yu” page. If yu “heart” the vides yu lve, similar nes will keep shwing up. TikTk als encurages everyne t becme a creatr. Creatrs can make vides in any way they want. If they want their vides t appear n the “Fr Yu” page f many ther users, they shuld make them attractive. That encurages vide creatrs t keep prducing mre. As TikTk has grwn, mre and mre yung peple becme addicted t shrt vides. Yu may find yurself spending an hur r tw n hundreds f shrt vides withut realizing it. Maybe yu just plan t relax a while befre finishing yur wrk but end up ding nthing except fr scrlling dwn the screen the whle afternn. 37 What can we knw abut TikTk? TikTk ffers any news yu want. Yung peple are gd at using TikTk. TikTk helps yung peple make vides. TikTk helps mre yung peple grw up. What des the writer prbably agree with? Yung peple shuld learn t use TikTk. Using TikTk makes yung peple famus. Using TikTk has bth gd and bad effects. Using TikTk is harmful t peple’s health. 第二節(jié) 閱讀填空(共 5 小題,每小題 1 分,滿分 5 分) 閱讀短文及文后選項,選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項, 并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。 D yu have truble creating a big idea? 41 Scientists have fund a cnnectin between daydreaming and creative prblem-slving. 42 They had t think f as many ways as they culd. Then, befre slving the difficult prblem again, they chse t d ne f the fllwing things: wrk ut a difficult prblem, wrk ut an easy ne, r take a 12-minute break. 43 Many students reprted that they were daydreaming when ding the easy task. S the scientists believed that daydreaming might help them becme mre creative. But hw culd daydreaming help the brain think creatively? 44 Even when yu are nt actively wrking n a prblem , it is still in the back f yur mind. Yur brain is still thinking abut it, but yu are unaware f it. Great ideas never cme easily, but that des nt mean yu always have t wrk hard t get them. 45 Surprisingly, the best grup was the ne that chse the easy prblem. Just d what yu want and let yur mind feel free. Perhaps yu can try daydreaming. The plays were w47watching. One f my favurite plays was The Rbin Hd. Our classmates a 48 it ut perfectly with their wnderful vices and feelings. Besides, the dancing party fr all was full f jy. Because f the heavy rain n Friday afternn, we had a night party i49. I saw students dancing happily t the sweet music at almst every crner f the schl. And the English singing cmpetitin made the festival mre exciting. This year, 18 grups sang fr us. They nt nly gt p50 and presents, but als became famus singing stars in ur schl. I can’t wait t have anther art festival! 第二節(jié) 完成句子(共 5 小題,每小題 2 分,滿分 10 分) 根據(jù)所給的漢語內容,用英語完成下列句子。(每空限填一詞,縮寫算一詞) Peter 去年成功贏得了國際象棋比賽。 Peter the internatinal chess game last year. Peter 平時認真練習。如果沒有生病,他都會看視頻,抄寫有用的下象棋方法。 Peter practises hard. he sick, he will watch vides and sme useful methds fr chess. 下周,Peter 將會來我們學校做志愿老師。 Next week, Peter will cme t ur schl t a vlunteer teacher. 我們期盼這一天已經(jīng)好幾個星期了。 We this day fr weeks. 這是多么棒的機會啊! it is! 第三節(jié) 書面表達(共 1 小題,滿分 15 分) 假如你是李華,上個月你到英國 Rsic Schl 參加了教育交流活動,當?shù)氐耐瑢W對中國學生的校園生活非常感興趣。請根據(jù)以下圖示,寫一份匯報,介紹你在學校參加過的兩項活動和感受。 要求:(1)短文應包括圖中要點,可適當補充。 (2)詞數(shù) 80—110 左右,短文開頭已經(jīng)給出,不計入總字數(shù),文中不得出現(xiàn)個人信息。 It is my hnr t share my clurful schl life in China with yu.