辽宁省大连市瓦房店市2023-2024学年八年级下学期期末考试英语试题.docx

1、辽宁省大连市瓦房店市2023-2024学年八年级下学期期末考试英语试题一、单项选择1下列句子中，使用升调朗读的是_.AHave you ever won any prizes before?BLets do a sound check.CHe can fly through sky and fight bad people.DWhat clothes should I take to LA?2下列四个句子，划线重读不正确的一项是 _。AI think theres a lesson there!BIt smells too strong and it tastes a bit sour.CHa

2、ve you entered a competition? No, I havent.DIve made a model spaceship for our school project.3The flowers in the garden _ sweet.AsoundBlookCfeelDsmell4Mr Li, thank you for showing _ around Radio Beijing.AweBusCourDours5Lucy doesnt like making speeches. She feels _ when talking in front of the class

3、.AangryBexcitedCsurprisedDnervous6The reporter is excited because hes got a chance to do _ with Gu Ailing.AinterviewsBsuggestionsCarticlesDskills7Have you watched Tom and Jerry?Yes. I _ it three times.AwatchBwatchedChas watchedDhave watched8Daming _ an excuse for being late for the school this morni

4、ng.Awrote aboutBcounted downCmade upDdreamed of9Do you know _?At 9:00 tomorrow morning.Awhere the video meeting will beginBwhere will the video meeting beginCwhen the video meeting will beginDwhen will the video meeting begin10My pizza is done. Would you like to try some?_ It smells delicious.AWell

5、done.BNo, thanks.CYou are welcome.DYes, please.二、阅读理解Look at the instructions (用法说明) on the bottle of the medicine and then choose the right answers.Jack is ten years old. He had a bad cold and coughed day and night. He went to see a doctor. The doctor gave him sore cough medicine.11Jack should take

6、 _ a day.A2 teaspoonfulsB3 tea spoonfulsC1/2 tea spoonfulD1 tea spoonful12We need to keep the medicine in _.Aa fridgeBhot waterCany placeDthe sun13John should _ before he takes it.Ashake the medicine wellBeat somethingCdo some exerciseDdrink a cup of tea14In which part of a newspaper can you read th

7、e text?ASports.BHistory.CHealth.DCulture.You may think you cannot live through summer without air conditioners (空调). But in ancient China, hand fans were almost the only help for people to drive the heat away.Chinese people started to use hand fans over 2,000 years ago. The fans came in different sh

8、apes, such as round and square. They were also made from all kinds of materials (材料). Palm leaf fans were cheap and easy to make. Feather (羽毛) fans showed the owners high status (地位). Sandal wood (檀香) fans could send out a sweet smell.Later, hand fans became even more popular because they were seen

9、as artworks. At that time, tuanshan (round fans) and zheshan (folded fans) were the most common.In the shape of a full moon, tuanshan was usually made of silk. They had beautiful embroidery (刺绣) of birds and flowers on them. Women, especially those in the palace, liked to use them. Poets in ancient

10、China often compared a womans abandoned (被抛弃的) fate to tuanshan. Nalan Xingde wrote during the Qing Dynasty, “If only life were as beautiful as when we first met, why should the autumn wind bother to pity deserted painted fans.”However, men, especially the literati (文人), used zheshan, or folded fans

11、. The literati liked them because zheshan were usually made of paper and they could paint and write poems on them. It was a way for them to show off their talents in literature, painting and calligraphy (书法). Almost anything can be painted on zheshan, but the most popular ones are usually landscapes

12、.Today, Chinese people still use these fans. They have already become a symbol of Chinese culture and also a part of our everyday life. So the next time you use a fan, you may think of the stories behind it.15According to this passage, which of the following may be Wang Xizhis favorite hand fan?abcd

13、AacBadCbcDbd16Which of the following is the Chinese translation of the underlined sentence in Paragraph 4?A人生若只如初见，何事秋风悲画扇。B银烛秋光冷画屏，轻罗小扇扑流萤。C舞低杨柳楼心月，歌尽桃花扇底风。D奉帚平明金殿开，暂将团扇共徘徊。17What do we know about hand fans?AThey can be made from different materials.BThey become less popular in recent years.CThere

14、were only 2 shapes of hand fans in ancient China.DPeople mainly used fans with sweet smells 2000 years ago.18What does the passage mainly tell us?AThe stories behind fans.BFans developed into art works.CChinese people still use fans.DThe literati liked fans best.On April 21, China showed the worlds

15、first high-definition lunar atlas (高清月球图集). This is the first time since the 1970s that weve seen new maps of the moon. The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS, 中国科学院) is behind the great project. It said that the new maps will help scientists with future moon rescarch.“Weve made great progress in stud

16、ying the moon in recent years,” said Liu Jianzhong from CAS. “But were still using the maps from about half a century ago. Those old maps cant help us with future research.”In 2012, Liu and his partner Ouyang, Ziyuan started making new maps of the moon with a team of great scientists from across the

17、 country. The team mainly used data from Chinas Change Project. They also used information from studies by other countries.The old maps of the moon were provided on a 1:5 million scale (比例). But the new ones with a scale of 1:2.5 million offer more details. They show the exact locations of big disco

18、veries on the moon. These include 17 types of rocks, 14 types of structures and many other things. According to CAS, the new maps will be very helpful to Chinas future efforts to study the moon. For example, they can help us find safe landing places. The new maps are now on the Digital Moon cloud pl

19、atform (数字月球平台). It was built by Chinese scientists. The atlas, however, will soon be used by scientists from all over the world.In a word, theyll be able to better understand the history of the moon with the new maps. They can also use them in their own future moon study.19When did Chinese people s

20、ee the new maps of moon?AOn April 20.BOn April 21.CIn 2012.DIn 1970.20Which of the following is not the advantage of the new maps?AOffering more details.BShowing the exact locations.CFinding safe landing places.DFinding a place to live.21What is the structure of the passage?A/B/C/D/22What is the bes

21、t title of the passage?AThe scientists on the Moon.BThe New Maps of the Moon.CChinas Change Project.DThe Great History of the Moon.73-year-ord Yang Weiyun doesnt sing, dance or sell things on Douyin (抖音). She teaches pinyin (拼音). And many of her students are adults (成年人).Yang worked as Chinese teach

22、er in a primary school for 30 years. Later, she went to work in a kindergarten (幼儿园) and she worked there for 20 years. About four years ago, she left the kindergarten. However, she still wanted to do something meaningful. So in May 2021, she began to teach kindergarten kids pinyin on Douyin.However

23、, she found that many of her students online were adults. Because they are illiterate (不识字的), they feel inferior. They feel they are not as good as the others. They are afraid to go to new places and worried that they cant teach their children. So Yang added special clasess to meet their needs.There

24、 are over 37,0000 illiterate (文盲) adults in our country. Yang offers an easy and private (私人的) way for them to learn to read and write. Now she has nearly 300,000 students online.Han Mei is one of Yangs students. She grew up in the countryside and had never been to school. She moved to the city year

25、s ago. However, illiteracy made her life very hard. She couldnt find a job. After taking Yangs classes, she can read pinyin and knows how to write her name. She has also found a job.Giving clasess online is not an easy thing for Yang, but she tries her best to make her students learn in an easy and

26、interesting way. What a great teacher!23What do we know about Yang from Paragraph 2?AShe left a primary school four years ago.BShe taught Chinese in a primary school.CShe worked in a kindergarten for 30 years.DShe started to teach pinyin online last year.24The wrtier uses the example of Han Mei to s

27、how _.AThere are still many illiterate peopleBYangs lessons are easy to understandCYangs lessons do good to her studentsDOur country needs more teachers like Yang25Which words can we use to describe Yangs clasess?AEasy but boring.BBoring and difficult.CEasy and interesting.DDifficult but intersting.

28、26What does the passage mainly talk about?AA wondeful teacher.BThe importance of pinyin.CHow to learn pinyin well.DHow to get popular online.Kids love to watch television, especially cartoons. It becomes really difficult to move from their seat while kids are watching their favorite cartoon shows. 2

29、7 Let us find out.Cartoons usually tell funny stories. They have nothing to do with the hardships (困难) of real life, out of the world feelings and facts. 28 The power of the main cartoon character makes kids like cartoons very much. Also, the good beating the bad makes kids feel excited.Cartoons for

30、 children are like daily TV plays for women. Special effects and storylines (故事线) not only interest kids but also many adults. Kids love funny things and cartoons provide them all of that. Besides, colors, voices and the exciting experiences all draw the interest of the children.Most of the cartoon

31、shows like Mickey Mouse have become quite helpful and popular these days. They provide learning with fun. 29 They help make cartoons popular. 30 The main cartoon character can solve all problems. Cartoons always have a happy ending, unlike movies for adults.Besides all these reasons, kids and cartoo

32、ns are inseparable (不可分离的), so keep enjoying your favorite cartoon show.AWhy do almost all kids love cartoons so much?BDo you know when cartoons became popular with kids?CChildren become part of this kind of educational learning.DCartoons build a world which has something to do with kids.ESuper powe

33、rs that cartoon characters have are also the reason why children enjoy them.三、完形填空阅读短文，理解大意，从所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。One day, a teacher came into the classroom and gave the students a surprise test.She handed out the paper and 31 her students to turn the page and begin. To everyones 32 , there were no

34、 questions, just a black dot (点) in the center of the page.The teacher saw the expression (表情) on everyones 33 and said, “I want you to write what you see there.” The confused (迷惑的) students got started on the 34 task. At the end of the class, the teacher took all the answer papers and started readi

35、ng each one of them. 35 of them described the black dot and tried to explain where it was on the paper.After reading, the classroom was 36 . The teacher began to explain, “I am not going to grade you according to this. I just wanted to give you something to 37 . No one wrote about the white part of

36、the paper. Everyone focused on the black dot. The 38 happens in our lives. We have a white paper to enjoy, “ 39 we always focus on the dark spots. Our 40 is a gift filled with love and care. We always have reasons to celebrate friends that help us or jobs that support our lives.”31AletBmadeCgaveDask

37、ed32AsurpriseBhappinessCsadnessDjoy33ApageBfaceClookDtest34AeasyBunusualCboringDcommon35ANoneBSomeCAllDBoth36AnoisyBcrazyCquietDactive37Athink aboutBworry aboutCwake upDtake up38AdifferentBsameCgoodDunlucky39AbutBifCandDor40AclassBfriendshipCschoolDlife四、短文填空阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。Chin

38、a is a nation with a rich culture in handwriting (书法). “Even though the computer is 41 (wide) used today, Chinese people should not forget the skill of writing with hands,” said a Chinese government officer.So far, the computer 42 (become) a very useful tool to help people to write. As people use co

39、mputers more often than before, many people have forgotten how to write Chinese characters (字). People often makes plenty of 43 (mistake) in writing.The Chinese character test shows that nowadays, many college students handwriting has got even 44 (bad). Many college students do not know how to make

40、words or sentences in Chinese character in the right way. Not only kids but also many adults have met 45 same problem. They might be able to tell the general form of a certain character. However, 46 you ask them to spell out the character correctly, they cant. On the other hand, they can type out th

41、e character on a computer without thinking 47 (two).At present, China is trying its best 48 (solve) this problem. With the use of certain technologies, teachers can write their teaching contents (内容) and the students can reply by writing in the nation language teaching course. We can also write lett

42、ers 49 our relatives and friends instead of sending messages. This can help 50 (we) practice handwriting. Besides, there are many ways that we can try.五、任务型阅读阅读短文，然后根据内容回答问题。Friendship is an important part of life, but not every student is good at making friends. Do you have many friends? Are you go

43、od at making friends? Well, it doesnt matter if you dont, know how to make friends. Here are some helpful suggestions about how to make friends.*Improve your conversational (谈话的) skills. You should learn how to have conversations with others. It is an important skill you should learn. To start a con

44、versation, you can use simple questions like “Whats your hobby?” or “Do you have any pets?” Remember not to ask questions that are too private (私人的). For example, never ask a young lady about her age. Its not polite to do that.*Try to be an outgoing person. It seems that nobody wants to make friends

45、 with shy people. Dont be shy if you want to make more friends. You should try to be outgoing. If you are outgoing, you might be popular among your classmates.*Look for more chances to make new friends. Dont be sad if you dont have many friends. Maybe thats because you dont have enough chances to me

46、et new people. You can try to find more chances to make mew fiends. You can go to new places or join new activities so that you can meet some new people. There you can find some students who have similar hobbies.51What is the passage about? 52What is an important skill you should learn? 53Where can you meet new people? 54Do you think friendship is important in our l