2024届西安市重点中学英语八下期末调研试题含答案.doc

1、2024届西安市重点中学英语八下期末调研试题满分120分，时间90分钟一、完形填空(10分)1、阅读短文，从每题A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个能填入文章中相应空白处的最佳答案。Coming home from school, I opened the door of the living room. I was _1_ by what I saw. Mother sat on the sofa and she was _2_. I had never seen that. “Mother?” I said. “What happened?” she wiped away tears (擦掉

2、眼泪) and put on a weak smile. “_3_ important. Just that Im going to _4_ the job at the radio station. I cant type(打字) fast enough.” “You have been practicing typing on your green typewriter _5_ and I believe youll catch on,” I said. “You always said you could do anything if you set your _6_ to it.”“I

3、 think I can in most things,_7_ I cant do this,” she said. She put her face _8_ my shoulder (肩膀). Finding Mother in tears, I began very slowly to _9_ the pressure on her. She was still my mother, but she was also a _10_ person like me, capable of(会的)fear, hurt and failure. week later, Mother took a

4、_11_ selling dry goods (商品、货物). But the evening practice on that green typewriter _12_. I had a very _13_ feeling now when I passed her door at night and heard her tapping away. I knew there was something more going on there than a woman learning to type.Several years later, Mother _14_ took up work

5、ing as a newspaper reporter. The green typewriter sits in my office now, unrepaired. When I have trouble writing an article and think about _15_, I will think of my mom, looking at the typewriter. What keeps in my mind then is not her failure, but her will to go ahead.1. A. movedB. shockedC. excited

6、D. interested2. A. cryingB. laughingC. talkingD. kidding3. A. NothingB. EverythingC. SomethingD. Anything4. A. changeB. getC. loseD. achieve5. A. recentlyB. clearlyC. suddenlyD. actually6. A. forceB. mindC. opinionsD. feelings7. A. becauseB. soC. andD. but8. A. againstB. overC. inD. with9. A. hideB.

7、 introduceC. understandD. hold10. A. unusualB. commonC. sweetD. brave11. A. ticketB. hobbyC. jobD. trip12. A. developedB. workedC. stoppedD. continued13. A. crazyB. peacefulC. differentD. same14. A. successfullyB. simplyC. hardlyD. quietly15. A. giving offB. giving upC. giving outD. giving away二、阅读理

8、解（40分）2、配对阅读。左栏是五位同学的旅游需求，右栏是七个公园景点的特色介绍，请将他们的需求和公园景点进行匹配。_1_ Linda will visit her aunt in Guangzhou this summer holiday, and she likes forests very much, so she wants to choose a forest park. _2_ Li Mings friend Mark will come to Shantou this holiday. Mark wants to enjoy sea view and sunset, and he

9、 also wants to take some photos of Shantou landmarks._3_ Wu Fang likes animals very much, and her favorite is the panda. So she wants to choose a national park and she can see pandas there._4_ Lily and her sister Lucy are going to a theme park. They both like dolphins and hope to watch a dolphin sho

10、w. _5_ Jenny likes climbing a mountain. Its hot in Guangdong this summer, so she hopes to find a place with a nice temperature. A. Giant Panda National ParkIt connects pandas habitats (栖息地) in Sichuan, Shanxi and Gansu. There are more than 1,300 wild giant pandas inside the park. B. Wuyi Mountain Na

11、tional Park Wuyi Mountain National Park is in Fujian Province. It is warm all year around, with an average temperature of about 1719. People call it the paradise (天堂) of birds, kingdom of snakes and world of insects. C. Sanjiangyuan (三江源) National ParkIt is the largest national park in China and cov

12、ers 190,700 square kilometers, and it is home to the sources of the Yangtze, Yellow and Lancang rivers. People call it “Chinas water tower”.D. Hainan Tropical Rainforest (热带雨林) National ParkIt has the largest tropical forest in China. There are more than 50 kinds of plants that can only be found in

13、Hainan. The worlds only 35 Hainan gibbons (长臂猴) live there.E. Zhuhai Changlong Ocean Theme ParkIt is in Hengqin New District, Zhuhai, Guangdong Province, and it is the worlds largest marine (海洋) theme park. In the park, you can not only see different kinds of special marine animals, but also see dol

14、phin shows. F. Guangzhou Shimen National Forest ParkIt is in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province and the forest covers 98.9% of its area. It is called an oasis of the Tropic of Cancer (北回归线的一片绿洲). G. Shantou Nanbin ParkThe park is in Haojiang, Shantou. You can put up a tent and drink tea with your family

15、or friends. You can enjoy a sea view and see the sunset. It is really wonderful. When you get there, you must find a landmark (地标) “I LOVE SHAN TOU”, remember to take a photo with it.3、阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有一项为多余选项。After work, you go back home, open an app, place your order and wait for

16、 your food to be delivered (投递) to your home. This is how many young people eat in China these days. There is the latest report from the China Internet Network Information Center. _1_ Thats just half of the total number of Internet users in China.Which group of people is ordering food online the mos

17、t? _2_ A recent report by Meituan (美团), a food delivery service, showed that 86.3% of the services users are between 5 and 34 years old. These people are the main force driving the development of the food delivery industry (产业).Small families depend largely on food delivery services. _3_ In 502, onl

18、y 7.7% of families have only one person. But this number increased to 15.6% in 52. Two-person families rose from 3.4% in 502 to 27.2% in 52. For small families, cooking always takes a lot of time and energy. _4_The improvement of Chinas food delivery services has also made more customers interested.

19、 According to Meituans report, the average (平均的) time it takes to make a food delivery dropped from 38 minutes in 51 to 29 minutes in 55. _5_ Delivering products, like fruit, vegetables, medicine and even flowers, is also the service of these apps. As their services continue to improve, its certain

20、that the food delivery industry will keep growing in the future.A. For sure, it is mainly young people.B. So, ordering food online has become more popular.C. Many delivery apps are also offering more services.D. You can never imagine how many people are using these apps.E. 421 million Chinese people

21、 use online food delivery services.F. Chinese families have changed in size over the past fifteen years.4、The lovely panda YaYa arrived in Shanghai from the United States at 4:26 p.m. (Beijing Time) on Thursday April 27, 2023, according to the National Forestry and Grassland Administration. Along wi

22、th some animal doctors and some other workers, YaYa walked towards a special quarantine (隔离) site set up by the Shanghai Zoo, where she will stay for a month. Groups of people in Shanghai rushed to the airport to welcome YaYa. They cheered when they saw the flight carrying YaYa landing, just like th

23、ousands of fans seeing their favorite star appearing. For panda lovers who could not make it to the Shanghai airport, they sent an online “pickup” for YaYa.1. When did YaYa returned to China?A. At 4:26 p.m. on Tuesday April 26, 2023.B. At 4:26 a.m. on Tuesday April 27, 2023.C. At 4:26 p.m. on Thursd

24、ay April 27, 2023.D. At 4:26 a.m. on Thursday April 26, 2023.2. How long will YaYa live in a special quarantine site in Shanghai?A. For two months.B. For two weeks.C. For four weeks.D. For a week.3. People felt _ when they saw the flight carrying YaYa landing.A. sadB. excitedC. relaxedD. down5、You m

25、ay find it easy and fun to use smartphones. But for many old people, it takes much time and hard work, and more importantly, older people can easily forget what theyve learned. Liu Siyuan from Beijing 101 Middle School noticed the problems and tried to solve them with a guidebook. The 16-year-old bu

26、ilt a volunteer group called SilverHair. Its seven members spent around half a year writing a 300-page guidebook called May I Show You How to Use Smartphones.The group talked with many old people and found out what the older people cared most about with smartphones. “How to use WeChat” topped the li

27、st. This became one part of the book. The other nine parts include the basic functions（功能） of phones, online shopping, using online maps and more.To make the book more friendly to older readers, Liu also made the pages light yellow and the Chinese characters big. “The old people can look in the book

28、 any time they need, just like using a dictionary,” said Liu.The SilverHair members have printed out 500 copies of the guidebook using their own money and handed them out. Theyll soon work on the second book, which will have more guidance. But they hope that people can give money to them so that the

29、y can print more copies and help more old people.1. What do old people think of using smartphones?A. Convenient.B. Fun.C. Unimportant.D. Hard.2. How long did the volunteer group spend finishing the guidebook?A. Around 3 months.B. Around 6 months.C. Around 9 months.D. Around 2 months.3. What makes th

30、e guidebook friendly to older people?A. Its low weight.B. Its few pages.C. Its green colour.D. Its big characters.4. What will the volunteers do next?A. Give money to the old.B. Write a new guidebook.C. Copy other guidebooks.D. Sell the book for money.5. What can we know from the passage?A. Old peop

31、le need more care.B. WeChat is difficult to use.C. Printing books is expensive.D. Smartphones are helpful.三、补全对话（10分）6、根据下面的对话情景，在每个空白处填上一个适当的句子，使对话的意思连贯、完整。A: Hi, Bella! Long time no see. _1_?B: Hi, Nancy! Im going to watch our school fashion show this Sunday. Would you like to go with me?A: Yes, I

32、d like to. Why are you going to have the school fashion show?B: To raise money for poor children.A: _2_. How can we go there?B: Its not far from here. _3_?A: Good idea! Remember to bring your camera. B: OK.A: _4_?B: Lets meet at the school gate at 7:00 a.m. tomorrow .A: Great! _5_. B: See you.四、短文填空

33、（10分）7、阅读短文，根据语篇要求填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词。Sophia is a 16-year-old girl. Last month, she came back from a party, upset and unhappy. _1_ some students said she was a little heavy. Then she made up her mind _2_ lose weight and let herself become more beautiful. She refused to eat and kept on doing exercis

34、e. Sophia was sure that she would look more beautiful if she lost 5 kilograms. However, Sophia is so thin _3_ she always feels sick. Sophias mother, Mrs. Brown, is worried _4_ her daughter. She is trying to ask her daughter to stop losing weight. She wants to tell Sophia not to pay attention to her

35、weight too much. Sophias mother tries to tell her _5_ most common face becomes beautiful when the person is filled with confidence.五、语法填空（10分）8、阅读短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的适当形式。Ershi Wenchuang (儿时文创) is a shop in my hometown Wuhan. _1_ (It) name means “childhood culture”.In the front was an old TV. A s

36、how from the 80s _2_ (play). There was _3_ old bike by the door. A white box _4_ (put) behind the seat. On the box was the Chinese word “popsicles (冰棍)”.Walk in, another old TV would catch your eye. It was connected to a video game: Super Mario! At first, I _5_ (think) the game was boring. But once

37、I found out my parents played it when they were kids, I was really excited _6_ (try) it out. The game was easy _7_ interesting. I was _8_(surprise) at how such a simple game could be so fun.The store sells _9_ (product) from the 70s, 80s and 90s. Theyre mostly snacks and little toys. My parents ofte

38、n talk about the old things and old days. They went through many difficulties. _10_(Lucky), they had a fun childhood.六、阅读表达（10分）9、For a boy from the countryside, a dream job could be anything except(除了) coming back to work in his village. But Jiang Jiaren came back to his village when he finished co

39、llege.Zhuliu village is in Yantai, Shandong Province(省). Jiang opens an art school there. To help develop(发展) the village, he decided to paint the village walls with different themes(主题). He thought it was helpful in bringing in visitors. It was not an easy job. So he asked his classmates for help.

40、They worked together and started painting in June. It took about two months to finish the work.Now more than 8,000 m2 of walls in the village are painted with different themes. You can see Spirited Away(千与千寻), My Neighbor Totoro(龙猫) and many cartoon pictures there.“I dont know what our villages futu

41、re will be, but I will do my best to make it a better place,”Jiang says. His hard work gets a good result. Zhuliu village is famous now. More than 200 visitors come to take pictures of the village every day. Many visitors say the paintings are amazing. They bring them back to their childhood.阅读短文，根据

42、短文内容1. Where is Jing Jiarens hometown?_2. What did Jiang Jiaren do to develop his hometown?_3. Are there any cartoon pictures on the village walls now?_4. What do the visitors think of the paintings on the village walls?_5. What is Jiang Jiarens resolution for the future of his village?_七、书面表达（20分）最

43、近两年，国家要求劳动技能教育进课堂，全国中小学校都要开设劳动技能教育课，中小学生要学会“煮饭做菜”。请你用英语写一种家常菜的做法。要求: 1. 短文必须包含以上内容，可适当发挥；2. 语句通顺，条理清晰；3. 100 词左右。_参考答案一、完形填空(10分)1、1. B2. A3. A4. C5. A6. B7. D8. A9. C10. B11. C12. D13. C14. A15. B【解析】【导语】本文主要介绍了作者的妈妈在失去工作之后，没有放弃，而是继续前进，作者也从妈妈身上学到了很多。【1题详解】句意：我被眼前的景象惊呆了。moved感动的；shocked震惊的；excited兴奋

44、的；interested感兴趣的。根据“I had never seen that”可知以前没有见过，所以第一次看到母亲哭就很震惊。故选B。【2题详解】句意：母亲坐在沙发上哭了。crying哭；laughing笑；talking说话；kidding开玩笑。根据“she wiped away tears”可知母亲在哭。故选A。【3题详解】句意：没什么重要的。nothing没有事；everything所有事；something一些事；anything任何事。根据“important. Just that Im going to”可知是他妈妈说没有什么重要的事情，只是失去了工作。故选A。【4题详解】

45、句意：只是我要失去电台的工作。change改变；get得到；lose失去；achieve实现。根据“the job at the radio station. I cant type(打字) fast enough”可知打字不快，所以会失去工作。故选C。【5题详解】句意：你最近一直在练习用绿色打字机打字，我相信你会跟上的。recently最近；clearly清晰地；suddenly突然；actually事实上。根据“You have been practicing typing on your green typewriter”可知是最近在练习打字。故选A。【6题详解】句意：你总是说只要下定决心，你什么都可以做。force力量；mind思想；opinions观点；feelings感觉。set ones mind to.“下定决心做”。故选B。【7题