1、2023-2024学年度第二学期期末调研测试八年级英语答题注意事项1本试卷共8页，满分120分，考试时间120分钟。2请将答案全部写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。3答选择题时使用2B铅笔，把答题卡对应题号的选项字母涂满、涂黑。如需修改,请用绘图橡皮轻擦干净再选途其他选项。4答非选择题使用0.5mm黑色签字笔，在答题卡上对应题号的答题区域书写答案。注意不要答错位置，也不要超界。第一卷（选择题，共85分）一、听力（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）略二、单项选择（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）1The old man is _ active member of the singing cl
2、ub.AaBanCtheD/2Listen! The rain is beating _ the window.AagainstBacrossCaroundDabove3My fathers new mobile phone can be used to send emails.Is he used _ on such a small screen?Ato writeBwritingCto writingDwrite4All of us _ follow traffic rules because safety comes first.AmayBcouldCcanDmust5Its kind
3、_ him to help me with my English.Yes, he is not only kind but also smart.AforBofCtoDwith6He never refuses _ his classmates.AhelpBhelpingChelpedDto help7Your T-shirt looks beautifulWhen did you buy it?In JuneI _ it for two weeks.AhadBhave hadCbuyDhave bought8The book is quite difficult to understand,
4、 _ for the children under 10.AmostlyBfinallyCespeciallyDhardly9Which tie do you like best, sir?Sorry, I cant decide _.Awhich one to buyBto buy which oneCbuy which oneDwhich to buy one10Our monitor David is _ to organize the Charity Performance well.Acarefully enoughBenough carefulCenough carefullyDc
5、areful enough11Mount Santai National Forest Park is worth visitingI have _ there many times.Abeen toBbeenCgone toDgone12Have you finished your project?Not yetIll finish it if I _ ten more minutes.AgiveBwill be givenCam givenDwill give13Which of the following sentences is an opinion?AThere was once a
6、 steel factory near the river.BMany of MrChens friends have moved away.CThe park in Suqian looks beautiful and modern.DOld people used to play Chinese chess together.14 Could you please look after my plants while Im away on business? _Ill water them on time.AWith pleasureBCome onCMy pleasureDYoure w
7、elcome15If we do it together, it wont be long to clean the classroomYou know, _.Aa friend in need is a friend indeedBput all your eggs in one basketCmany hands make light workDburn the candle at both ends三、完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）One day, a little boy asked his father, “What does the word great mean?
8、 Who are great people and do they become great?”The father asked his son to bring plants and then told him to plant one of them the house and the other outside the houseThe boy did as his father said.The father asked his son, “Which one of the plants do you think will be ? The boy replied, “The plan
9、t inside the house will grow bigger it is safer, while the plant outside the house is not safe at allNo one will be there to the plantAnimals may eat it.”The father smiled and said, “Lets wait We will know the answer.”Then the boy left for study and after four years he came back to his houseHe said
10、to his father, “Look, happens to this plant inside the house and it is safe.”When the boy went outside, he was very to see a big treeThe boy couldnt his eyesHe couldnt understand how the plant outside was able to grow much bigger than the one inside“The plant outside the house faced every season and
11、 many !” the father told his son why the plant outside was bigger“The plant inside was safeIt didnt weather changesAnd it didnt get sunlight, so it didnt become big.”How to be great? Heres the : To become a great person, one must have failed many times, faced many difficulties and those difficulties
12、Only after that he is able to become great.16AhowBwhatCwhenDwhere17AfiveBfourCthreeDtwo18AbesideBoppositeCinsideDoutside19AprettierBbiggerCtallerDgreener20AifBthoughCbeforeDbecause21Acare forBgive upCtake awayDcut down22ArecentlyBpatientlyCquicklyDfinally23AsomethingBnothingCeverythingDanything24Asa
13、dBinterestedCrelaxedDsurprised25AdecideBbehaveCbelieveDremember26AinterviewsBcharitiesCdifficultiesDmanners27AstopBbreakCcauseDexperience28AsoftBhardClittleDenough29AanswerBdreamCmeaningDexample30AsolvedBtravelledCconsideredDlost四、阅读理解（本大题共两节，第一节5165小题，每小题2分，第二节第6670小题，每小题1分，满分35分）第一节阅读短文，从短文后每题所给的A
14、、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。AThe summer holiday is comingHere are three fun courses for you.Pay Attention to LandscapesIf you know a lot about watercolors (水彩画), but are having difficulty with some skills, please join usWe will discuss choice of materials, color mixing and other areas that may be raised.The
15、 day will start with a demonstration (示范), and then we will paint outdoorsAfter a light lunch in the studio with the teachers, there will be more practice.Time: 9:30 a.m.3:00 p.m.Find Your VoiceYou may feel you cant sing, or you may be a good singer and you want to develop singing skillsHere you can
16、 learn how to sing correctly and how to find your voiceIf you are the children between seven and twelve years old, please join us and each time you will have a wonderful experienceEveryone can sing and its great funTime: 1:00 p.m.3:00 p.m.Drawing for FunYou will learn some basic skills of using soft
17、 pencilsWe will provide pencils and different types of paper for youJust bring yourself and have a tryIt can make you have a better handwriting.Time: 2:00 p.m.5:00 p.m.31Who may take the course Find Your Voice?AA music teacher.BA five-year-old boy with good voice.CA nineteen-year-old famous singer.D
18、An eight-year-old girl who likes singing very much.32What can we know about the three fun courses?AYou cannot paint outdoors in Pay Attention to Landscapes.BAll the courses start in the afternoon.CYou dont need to bring pencils to Drawing for Fun.DYou need to have lunch with teachers in Find Your Vo
19、ice.33Where can we read this passage?AIn a newspaper.BIn a textbook.CIn a story book.DIn a novel.BIn the past few years, a video of young Chinese doing Baduanjin has been played for more than 10 million times on BilibiliNo one could have expected that Baduanjin has become so popular among Chinese yo
20、ung people.Baduanjin, also called “eight-section brocade (锦缎)”, is a kind of slow-moving qigong created over 800 years ago during the Song Dynasty (960-1276)It shows how the eight movements make the human body as fluid as silk.The health of the body is achieved during exerciseIt has many benefits (益
21、处)By practicing Baduanjin, you can expect to improve your health, strengthen your spirit and live longer“I have been doing Baduanjin for about four months and I am thankful for Baduanjin since it gives me a much healthier lifestyle,” a young man said.Unlike more physically demanding (体力需求) sports su
22、ch as the ball games, Baduanjin is slow and usually done with soothing music, so it used to be seen as the sport for the eldersIn fact, its perfect for office workers because they often have pains in back and neck due to sitting in front of the computer for hoursBut not all people are fit for practi
23、cing BaduanjinPeople who fall easily should not take up this exercise and people should always put safety first when doing Baduanjin.34According to Paragraph 1, its _ that Baduanjin becomes so popular among Chinese young people.AunfairBsillyCunbelievableDsimple35The writer mainly talks about _ in Pa
24、ragraph 3.Athe steps of BaduanjinBthe benefits of BaduanjinCthe development of BaduanjinDthe history of Baduanjin36What does the underlined word “soothing” mean?AExciting.BBoring.CTouching.DCalming.37Baduanjin is not fit for _.Aa woman living in a small roomBa man busy with workCan office worker wit
25、h a sore backDan old man who falls easilyCWhat would you like for lunch? Maybe, a battery (电池)? Although it sounds unusual, this has already been realized by scientists as they develop electronic (电子的) things you can eat.Robofood, led by Dario Floreano from a Swiss Institute, has created a new drone
26、 (无人机) with scientists from Wageningen University, the NetherlandsHalf of the parts inside can be eaten! The program aims to (旨在) make robots that can be eaten and foods that act like robots by mixing food science and robots in a new way.The drones wings are made from rice cakes glued together with
27、oil and chocolateIt can find missing people or animals in emergencies (紧急情况) and send food or medicineParts of the drone can be eaten because they meet food safety standards for emergencies set by the United Nations.However, the main challenge is finding stronger edible (可食用的) materials for the dron
28、es wings to prepare for bad weather and high temperaturesof course, the chocolate may melt (融化) easily.Robofood also developed an edible sensor (感应器) to help monitor stomach sicknessIts eaten by the patient to check the conditions insideIts different from other sensors because its easy for your body
29、 to digest (消化), so it wont leave any remains inside the body.The invention of Robofood also helps with environmental protectionThere are batteries that you can fully eatThey are made from natural things like Vitamin B2 and elements found in fruitsThis helps the environment because you wont have to
30、throw them away like other batteries.38What is Robofoods main goal?ATo develop smart drones.BTo create edible electronic things.CTo help check stomach disease.DTo put sensors on drones.39What problem does Robofoods drone have?AThe drone can easily lose its way during flying.BThe drone cannot take of
31、f in bad weather.CThe materials are not strong enough.DThe materials cannot easily melt.40Compared to other sensors for checking the stomach, Robofoods sensors _.Acan be easy to digestBcan check more carefullyCcan stay in the human body longerDcan be taken as medicine41Why is Robofoods battery good
32、for nature?AIt uses less power.BIt can be fully eaten.CIt uses solar power.DIt is made from food waste.DLuckily, the horses accepted me as a superior form of Yahoo and began to treat me kindlyThe first thing they did was to teach me their languageAs you know by now, dear reader, I am very good at la
33、nguagesI soon learnt enough words to communicate quite well and I understood we were in Houyhnhnm Land.The Houyhnhnms continued to be impressed by my wisdom and my clean and smart appearanceMany other Houyhnhnms came to visit meAll of them felt confused (困惑) because I was similar to the YahoosBut I
34、did my very best to show how different I was from these disgusting creatures (令人厌恶的生物).The first grey horse I saw became my master and teacherTogether we had many interesting conversationsI told my master that the greatest ambition for all Yahoos was to have as much money as possible to buy bigger a
35、nd better thingsI also added that it was very difficult to get that much money honestlyAs a result, most of the people lived a poor life while a few people had lots of money.You may think, dear reader, that my description of life in England and Europe was very unfairBut after living with the Houyhnh
36、nms for some time, it became clearer to me how equal their society wasI felt I wanted to live in Houyhnhnm Land for the rest of my lifeIt was such a pleasant place.Over time I even began to copy the appearance of the Houyhnhnms and made myself shoes like theirsI was happy to live with the Houyhnhnms
37、 for the rest of my life but unluckily everything changed on one fatal dayThe Houyhnhnms didnt think it was right that I lived like a Houyhnhnm.Taken from Gullivers Travels42Where was Gulliver in this part?ALilliput.BBrobdingnag.CHouyhnhnm.DThe flying island of Laputa.43What does the underlined sent
38、ence mean in Paragraph 2?AGulliver thought he was better than the Yahoos.BGulliver thought he was weaker than the Yahoos.CThe Yahoos believed Gulliver was their own master.DThe Yahoos hoped Gulliver could treat them differently.44What did Gulliver think of his life in Houyhnhnm Land?ATiring.BPleasan
39、t.CBoring.DImportant.45What may happen after the last paragraph?AGulliver would leave for Laput a in a big boat.BGulliver lived a good life in Houyhnhnm Land.CThe Houyhnhnms would ask Gulliver to stay here.DThe Houyhnhnms would ask Gulliver to leave.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。选项中有两项为多余选项。Now, more
40、 and more people walk to keep healthyDo you know why? 46 Walking makes your heart strong.If you walk more, you can make your heart strongerA 30-minute walk every day helps you to stay away from high blood pressure (高血压). 47 If you walk two miles an hour, you will burn (燃烧) about seventy-five calorie
41、s (卡路里)When you walk three miles an hour, you will burn about ninety-nine caloriesSo its really a good way to keep thin.Walking helps old people not forget things easily.If old people can walk six miles or more every week, they will be able to remember things better.Walking in the sun helps you get
42、enough Vitamin (维生素) D. 48 Taking a walk is a perfect way for you to do sports and get enough Vitamin D at the same time.Walking gives you energy.Walking makes you become stronger and have enough energy 49 Walking makes you relaxed.Walking makes you feel goodYou can feel less worried and more relaxe
43、d if you walk 50 AWe all need to get enough Vitamin D to keep healthy.BWhy do you want to lose weight or get in shape?CHere are some important reasons.DSo why not have a try now?EBut some people dislike go jogging.FWalking helps you become thin.GTo get more energy, you can walk during your spare tim
44、e.第二卷（非选择题，共35分）五、根据句意及所给中文、首字母或英文解释，写出句中所缺单词，每空限填一词。（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）51I hope David will have great_ (成功) in the future.52We should use English as often as we can in daily_ (交流).53I used to stay up late, but I gave up a_ (几个) of months ago.54She is so_ (自豪的) of her son because he has won a prize
45、in the competition.55Linda couldnt stop_ (想念) her families when studying abroad.56Natural resources are important for usAnd we should use them_ (明智地).57The computer is beautiful but expensiveI cant a_to buy it.58The cake that my mother made was very d_Would you like some?59They built the green wall
46、to _ (try not to do something) soil being washed away.60Tom was _ (make someone pay money because he/she has done something wrong) by the police because he parked his car in a wrong place.根据短文内容，用括号内所给词的正确时态或形式填空使短文完整。Friends are important in our life, because no one 61 (want) to be lonelyHowever, some people have difficulty in 62 (make) friends and they often feel lonelyWhats the rea
