湖南省岳阳市岳阳楼区2024-2025学年八年级上学期期末考试英语试题
一、阅读理解（本大题共3小题）
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My wife and I will take our nine-year-old son, Jerry to go to New York to visit his grandma. My son wants to sit next to the window. Thank you! Submit Query (上传询问)
1．How many people in the family will go for the holiday
A．Two. B．Three. C．Four.
2．Where will the Naismiths go for the holiday
A．To Australia. B．To America. C．To England.
3．George Naismith will go back home with his family by ________.
A．ship B．train C．plane
Hi, Nina,
How are you I’m Linda. My English teacher told me about you. I asked her for your email address (地址). I hope we can become good friends.
We really have a lot in common. For a start, we were born on the same day — October 17th! Isn’t that amazing Also, just like you I have two elder sisters! We love each other but sometimes we fight with each other. What about you
My mom is a college teacher. She’s very strict. My dad is an engineer. He’s always very busy. What do your parents do
The things that I like doing most are gymnastics (体操) . I do gymnastics five times a week and I practice it really hard. I hope to win a prize in our school gymnastics competition this year.
Well, that’s all for now. Write soon. I’m hungry for news about you!
Yours,
Linda
4．Linda heard about Nina from ________.
A．the Internet B．her English teacher C．a pen friend
5．What does the underlined word “amazing” mean in English
A．Exciting. B．Boring. C．Surprising.
6．Which of the following about Linda’s family is TRUE
A．Linda’s mom is very busy.
B．Linda’s dad is an engineer.
C．One of Linda’s sisters is a university teacher.
7．From the email, we can know that ________.
A．Linda practices gymnastics very hard
B．Linda and Nina both love singing songs
C．Linda and Nina both have three sisters
When I was in primary school, I got into an argument (争论) with a boy in my class. I thought that “I” was right and “he” was wrong—and he thought that “I” was wrong and “he” was right. The teacher decided to teach us a lesson.
She brought us to the front of the class and placed him on one side of her desk and me on the other. There was a large round object on her desk. It was black. But when she asked the boy, he answered, “white.”
I couldn’t believe it! Another argument started, this time about the color of the object.
The teacher told us to change our places. Then she asked me, “ ▲ ” I had to answer, “White.” It was an object with two differently colored sides. From his side it was white and from my side it was black.
Sometimes we need to stand in other persons’ shoes and look at the problem through their eyes.
8．Who taught the writer a lesson
A．His classmate. B．He himself. C．His teacher.
9．How did the writer feel when the boy said the object was white
A．Surprised. B．Worried. C．Happy.
10．Which of the following can be put in “ ▲ ”
A．Is your answer right
B．Do you think he is right
C．What color is the object
11．Why did the object look so different in color
A．Because the boy and the writer had no ideas about colors.
B．Because the object had two different colors on the two sides.
C．Because the boy and the writer liked making arguments with each other.
二、阅读还原（本大题共1小题）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。其中有一项是多余的。
I met Rose, my new classmate, on the first day of college. To my surprise, she was already 87 years old. Like young students, Rose was outgoing, kind and helpful. 12 Soon she became popular in our college. At the end of the term, Rose was invited to give us a speech. I will never forget what she said to us, “There are only four secrets (秘密) to staying young and getting success.”
“First, you have to laugh every day. Then, you need to have a dream. 13 Next, find any chance (机会) to change yourself. Finally, people shouldn’t have regrets (遗憾) for things they didn’t do.”
14 Over 2,000 students went to her funeral (葬礼) to show their love to the wonderful woman.
The great woman didn’t live in this world any longer, but she gave us an unforgettable lesson in life. That is— 15 Don’t you think so
A．Never too old to learn.
B．She never talked with us.
C．When you lose your dream, you die.
D．She always had friends around her.
E．One week after she finished her college, she died in her sleep quietly.
三、完形填空（本大题共1小题）
阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出一个最佳选项。
A man liked puppets (木偶). So he learned from a great puppet-maker. But he wasn’t so smart, and people always said he had no 16 for making puppets. However, he worked very hard to 17 his skills (技能). Even so, there was always something wrong with his puppets. He was 18 but he wasn’t going to give up. After thinking about it, he 19 to spend all his time making just one kind of puppet. Once he found a fault (缺陷), he would start again. Years passed, he was much 20 at making puppets than before, but he kept making improvements. Living 21 that, the man wasn’t making any money.
When he was an old man, his puppet was 22 wonderful. Finally, he finished his puppet, and said, “ 23 wrong with it this time. It’s perfect (完美的)”. And this time, he didn’t throw his puppet and felt so happy.
The man’s name was Geppetto. 24 he made the perfect puppet, he was happier than any other famous puppet-maker. His 25 tells us it is important to keep on something that you really enjoy.
16．A．mistake B．talent C．ticket
17．A．improve B．appear C．cover
18．A．excited B．upset C．careless
19．A．disagreed B．refused C．decided
20．A．bigger B．smaller C．better
21．A．before B．than C．like
22．A．truly B．hardly C．quietly
23．A．Everything B．Nothing C．Something
24．A．So B．Though C．Because
25．A．future B．advice C．experience
四、短文填空（本大题共1小题）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。
How do you celebrate the New Year I celebrated the New Year 26 (two) last year, once in the United States and once in China.
On December 31, 27 (we) city had a celebration to welcome the New Year. Just before midnight, everyone went to the park. Then came my favorite part, the thing I liked 28 (much). Pop! Pop! Pop! Fireworks (烟花) like a shower of colorful lights sprinkled (撒) down from the sky.
Then my family took a plane to China 29 (celebrate) Chinese New Year with Grandma. This celebration is different 30 that in the United States. It lasts for fifteen days, not just one night. After we arrived at Grandma’s house, she surprised me with new red clothes. She said red could bring good luck. On New Year’s Eve, we had a family dinner together. One of the main 31 (dish) was tasty dumplings.
Later that week we watched the Chinese lion dance. We 32 (true) enjoyed it. I hadn’t seen anything like it before. The lion dancers 33 (wear) fancy lion costumes (服装). On the last day of Chinese New Year, we went to the Lantern Festival. 34 moon in the sky was like a balloon. Everyone made paper lanterns. The paper lanterns lit up the night.
The two celebrations were different, 35 they had one thing in common. They were both exciting family celebrations to welcome the New Year!
五、任务型阅读（本大题共1小题）
阅读下面短文，根据短文内容回答问题或翻译画线部分。
Dear Michael,
How’s everything going In your last letter, you told me your dream—to be a famous singer. (4) I’m glad because you have a talent for singing. You asked me how to become a famous singer. I hope the advice below can help you.
First, try to use YouTube. You can show your singing talent to people all over the world through it. Many people became famous in this way. Second, send some videos to music companies (公司). Don’t choose old songs. Most music companies like new songs. Third, practice hard every day. You should have a music teacher. All famous singers have one. He or she can help you a lot with your singing.
(5) 我希望你的梦想能实现。By the way, I’ll have a birthday party next Friday. I’ll be very happy if you can come.
Yours,
Kate
36．What does Michael want to be when he grows up
37．How many pieces of advice did Kate give him
38．Do you think Kate’s advice will help Michael Why or why not
39．将短文中画线句子翻译成中文。
40．将短文中画线句子翻译成英文。
六、书面表达（本大题共1小题）
41．同学们，八年级上学期很快就要结束了，丰富多彩的学校生活一定给你留下了许多美好的回忆。请你根据以下图表提示，选择一次你最喜欢的活动进行描述，描述此次活动的过程及你的感受，并把你的文章投到我校的英文网站上。
要求：
1、 语句通顺，语意连贯；
2、80词左右（开头已给出，不计入总词数）。
My school life
This term is coming to an end. During it, I took part in lots of interesting activities.
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参考答案
【答案】1．B 2．B 3．C
【答案】4．B 5．C 6．B 7．A
【答案】8．C 9．A 10．C 11．B
【答案】12．D 13．C 14．E 15．A
【答案】
16．B 17．A 18．B 19．C 20．C 21．C 22．A 23．B 24．C 25．C
【答案】26．twice 27．our 28．most 29．to celebrate 30．from 31．dishes 32．truly 33．wore 34．The 35．but
【答案】36．He wants to be a famous singer. 37．Three. 38．Yes, because her advice is very practical. 39．我很高兴，因为你有唱歌的天赋。 40．I hope your dream can come true.
41．【答案】例文
My school life
This term is coming to an end. During it, I took part in lots of interesting activities.
Of them, I’d like to share with you the soccer game. On October 25th, we had a soccer game. At the beginning, we played really well. However, Joe fell down. He hurt his legs so badly that he couldn’t stand up. We had to go on playing without him. We were really worried that we would lose the game. Joe heard this and told us not to think about the result. Then we tried our best and finally won the game.
This experience told me anything is possible if we try.
