2024-2025学年江苏省宿迁市沭阳县怀文中学八年级（上）期末英语试卷
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得分
一、单选题：本大题共10小题，共10分。
1.—Did you see the movie called Hi, Mom last night —Yes, it’s so great. I have never seen a ________ one.
A. worse B. good C. better D. bad
2.________ the teachers in their school is 208 and one fifth of them are ________ teachers.
A. A number of; women B. A number of; woman
C. The number of; women D. The number of; woman
3.—Must I take some medicine at once if I have a cold —No, you ________. You can drink some water and do some exercise.
A. needn’t B. can’t C. may not D. mustn’t
4.The water in the river ________ a lot and we should ________ money to repair (修缮) the broken bridge as soon as possible.
A. raises; rise B. rises; raise C. rises; rise D. raise; rises
5.We went to watch the swans in Shijiu Lake last Sunday. But we saw ________ of them in the morning because of the thick fog.
A. nothing B. no one C. nobody D. none
6.I didn’t hear you clearly just now. The children ________ a lot of noise.
A. were making B. are making C. made D. will make
7.The structure of the sentence “I saw him crossing the street” is ________.
A. S+V+O B. S+V+P C. S+V+DO+OC D. S+V+IO+DO
8._________ I got home, my mother was cooking _________ my father was watching TV.
A. When; while B. When; when C. While; while D. While; when
9.—Amy never gets up early, ________ she —________. She always goes to school early.
A. is; Yes, she is B. is; No, she isn’t
C. does; Yes, she does D. does; No, she doesn’t
10.— I will arrive at ten a.m. tomorrow. Will you please meet me at the airport —________ .
A. My pleasure B. Never mind C. No trouble D. With pleasure
二、完形填空：本大题共15小题，共22.5分。
It was getting dark as the sun was dropping down the mountain far away. Peter came back home unhappily. “What’s wrong, Peter 11 ’s your trip ”, his mother asked 12 a caring smile.
“I didn’t make it. Although (尽管) the mountain is so high and fills with big or small stones on the way, I 13 moving on. But I was too tired to walk any further, and it was so 14 that I had to come back.” Peter cried.
“It doesn’t matter, Peter. You are only fourteen years old. You will have 15 chance.” His mother said.
“ 16 standing at the top of the mountain is my dream!” Peter replied.
Peter’s father came over and asked him. “Did you 17 the green trees on your way to the mountain ”
“ 18 , and there were a lot of beautiful flowers and green trees by the side of the road.” Peter answered.
“I think you must enjoy yourself on the way. Did you 19 the birds singing ” His father continued.
“Many kinds of birds were singing in the trees, 20 the sound was very sweet.” Peter said.
“Did you feel the 21 of nature ” His father asked.
“Yes, the blue sky, the white clouds, the green trees and the colorful flowers made a 22 picture.” Peter answered.
“That’s enough!” His father smiled and said, “Please remember, my son. For often, getting 23 you want is not the most important thing. 24 you didn’t reach the top of the mountain, you got a lot on the way.”
It is believed that not every job will end up with a success, and not every dream will 25 . The most beautiful scenery is on the way.
11.A. What B. How C. When D. Which
12.A. with B. on C. in D. for
13.A. stopped B. kept C. forgot D. finished
14.A. quick B. slow C. late D. early
15.A. other B. else C. another D. others
16.A. But B. And C. So D. Or
17.A. plant B. notice C. look D. paint
18.A. Sure B. No C. Sorry D. OK
19.A. listen B. sound C. hear D. feel
20.A. but B. and C. if D. since
21.A. trouble B. fear C. beauty D. rule
22.A. free B. wrong C. boring D. wonderful
23.A. when B. what C. where D. why
24.A. And B. Although C. Because D. But
25.A. come up B. come down C. come on D. come true
三、阅读理解：本大题共15小题，共30分。
A
Lost A black and white cat is called Lizie. She is 17 months old, and she is friendly. Any information about Lizie is needed. You will receive $50 as a reward. Phone Peter at 555-4140 in the evenings. Help Wanted Do you love travel Join us as a tour guide, please. You are supposed to work full time, and you must speak English! You will get $12 per hour. If you are interested in this job in our travel company, please email: guidehr@ Rent We have good rooms for girls. Double: $185 a month Single: $35 a week Call John at 555-0698 if you want to rent one.
26.What can you do if you have some information about Lizie
A. We can write an email to Peter.
B. We can phone Peter at 9: 00 a.m.
C. We can call Peter at 555-4140 at 7: 00 p.m.
D. We can get fifty pounds as a reward.
27.What is the necessity for the job in the travel company
A. Experience. B. Humour. C. Language. D. Imagination.
28.Where can we most probably read the material above
A. In a travel guide. B. On a notice board.
C. In an animal magazine. D. In a sports newspaper.
B
Do you find that you learn things faster than your parents You could be right!
Scientists in the USA have found that school-aged children learn new things and skills faster than grown-ups. This has something to do with a chemical (化学物质) called GABA in our brains (大脑). It makes brain noise less so that we can learn things more easily. It also makes new information stay longer in our heads.
The scientists studied the brains of children (8—11 years old) and adults (18—35 years old) before, during and after doing a learning task. The finding shows that when children learn new things, the amount (数量) of GABA increases (增加) quickly. But there’s little change in adults’ brains. This tells us why children are better learners than adults.
The scientists said the finding is useful. It tells teachers and parents to let children learn anything in their childhood, from riding a bike to playing an instrument (乐器). It could also help adults learn faster by increasing the amount of GABA in their brains.
29.Why do children learn faster than adults
A. Because children’s brains have more GABA than adults’.
B. Because teachers and parents help children learn faster.
C. Because GABA in children’s brains increases while learning.
D. Because there’s no change in adults’brains when they learn.
30.Which of the following about GABA is right
A. It helps children learn things in their childhood.
B. It makes information stay shorter in adults’ brains.
C. It makes brain noise to make learning more easily.
D. It is useless to help adults learn new things and skills.
31.What is the article mainly about
A. Why children learn faster than adults.
B. What scientists are studying.
C. How scientists help children learn.
D. What the chemical GABA is.
32.What can we learn from the passage
A. Practice makes perfect. B. Start learning as early as you can.
C. You are never too old to learn. D. Great hopes make a great man.
C
Many people know that rubbish is a big problem on planet Earth. What many people don’t know is that junk (垃圾) has become a problem in outer space too.
According to BBC News, there are more than 22,000 pieces of space junk floating around the earth.And these are just the things that we can see from the surface of the earth by telescopes (望远镜). There are also millions of smaller pieces of junk that we can’t see.
Objects (物体), like bits of old space rockets or satellites, move around the planet at very high speeds. They are so fast that even a very small piece can break important satellites or become a danger to astronauts. If the tiniest piece of junk crashed into a spaceship, it could damage the spaceship.
To make things worse, when two objects in space crash, they break into many smaller pieces. For, example, when a U.S. satellite hit an old Russian rocket in 2009, it broke into more than 2,000 pieces , increasing the amount of space junk.
To reduce additional space junk, countries have agreed that all new space tools can only stay in space for 25 years at most. Each tool must be built to fall safely into the earth’s atmosphere (大气层) after that time. In the upper parts of the atmosphere, it will burn up.
Many scientists are also suggesting different ways to clean up space junk. In England scientists are testing a metal net that can be fired into space junk. The net catches the junk and then pulls it into the earth’s atmosphere to burn up. The Germans are building robots that can collect pieces of space junk and bring them back to Earth to be safely destroyed.
“The problem is becoming more challenging because we’re sending more objects into space to help people use their mobile phones and computers,” says Marco Castronuovo, an Italian space researcher.
“ The time to act is now. The longer we leave the problem, the bigger it will become,” he says.
33.What does the underlined word “these” in Paragraph 2 refer to
A. Telescopes. B. Satellites.
C. Pieces of space junk. D. BBC News reports.
34.Why is space junk considered a problem
A. It burns up after it reenters the atmosphere.
B. It often stops the view of telescopes on Earth.
C. It could force (迫使) new space tools to travel at slower speeds
D. It may crash into other space tools causing damage or death.
35.Countries want future space tools to be able to fall back into the earth’s atmosphere so that ________.
A. the tools can be reused later
B. the tools don’t become space junk
C. the earth’s atmosphere can stay clean
D. the effects of space flight can be studied
36.How do the Germans plan to deal with space junk
A. Catch it with nets. B. Use robots to collect it.
C. Burn it ‘in the earth’s atmosphere. D. Send it further away from the earth.
D
①Chinese characters (文字) are one of the oldest characters in the world, with a history of more than 6 thousand years. More than 1,600,000,000 people use them in the world, the number is larger than the other characters.
②“I fall in love with the shape of Chinese characters, it’s beautiful and it is a kind of an art—the art of calligraphy (书法), although it’s too difficult for me to speak it well, haha,” says Anna, from Thailand.
③“Chinese characters have the largest amount (量) of information. In the UN documents (文献), if we turn the same book into different languages, the Chinese version (版本) must be the thinnest of all,” says Robert from the UN.
④Last year, a piece of news reported ▲ . It also showed more than 24 characters aren’t right in the 400-word letter for a job. To wake up people’s love for writing of Chinese characters, the Ministry (部) of Education in China have asked people to spend more time writing Chinese characters six times. More and more people take part in it.
⑤Most of the schools in China have calligraphy classes. Mr. Tan, a Chinese teacher from a primary school in Chongqing, has calligraphy classes for his students on weekends for free as a hobby. And he always writes Spring Festival couplets (对联) and sends them to his students. Some supermarkets in Wanzhou also started to do so last Spring Festival.
⑥ Chinese characters show the beauty of Chinese culture. As Chinese, let’s improve our calligraphy ability together.
37.Some supermarkets in _______ started to send Spring Festival couplets last year.
A. Chongqing B. Wanzhou C. the UN D. Thailand
38.The writer mentioned (提及) Anna to tell us ________.
A. how beautiful Chinese characters are
B. how easy it is to speak Chinese
C. where Chinese characters are difficult
D. why Chinese characters are easy
39.We can put “________” in the ▲ in Para. 4.
A. students’ calligraphy ability is growing up in China
B. students’ calligraphy ability is falling down in China
C. more and more people like Chinese characters
D. Chinese characters will be better and better
40.The structure of the passage may be ________.
A. ①//②③④⑤//⑥ B. ①②//③④//⑤⑥ C. ①②//③④⑤//⑥ D. ①②③//④//⑤⑥
四、任务型阅读-简答：本大题共1小题，共10分。
41.It is believed that the best time to learn a foreign language is at a young age. However, the story of 50-year-old Xie Hongying may change the idea.
Born in Jianyang, Xie Hongying moved to Chengdu twelve years ago and then became a fruit seller. In 2018, she started to sell fruit near the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding.
One day in 2019, Xie met a foreign customer (顾客). She couldn’t speak English and the man couldn’t speak Chinese, so they had to use body language to communicate (交流). Later, Xie found there were more and more foreign tourists. She thought, “If I can talk with them in English, my fruit will sell out quickly.” Then she started her English learning.
Xie began by learning some simple words and sentences for selling fruit. She often looked up new words in the dictionary (字典) and remembered them. Soon, she could have a short talk with foreigners. “Talking with foreigners is one of my ways to practice English. I’m not afraid of making mistakes. Foreign tourists can often help me correct them” Xie said.
Now Xie is famous for speaking English well. To show her friendliness, Xie often gives her customers some extra (额外的) fruit for free. Many foreign tourists like to buy her fruit. Her story tells us one is never too old to learn.
回答下面 3个问题，每题答案不超过6个词。
(1) How old was Xie Hongying when she moved to Chengdu _______________________________
(2) How did Xie communicate with her first foreign customer in 2019 _______________________________
(3) What is Xie Hongying like _______________________________
五、阅读填空：本大题共1小题，共10分。
42.Much of the music we listen to today is a mixture of styles from different 1 (country) and time periods. Traditional, or folk music has been collected for years. Younger generations are often praised by elders for collecting traditional music when they learn these songs from them in 2 (they) spare time.
Researchers see music 3 an important part of history. They are expecting that traditional and older kinds of music won’t gradually disappear. Also the younger generations may not find such music much smoother, so once older generations die, the music may die out with them.
Some researchers create “field recordings” 4 (catch) live shows. Researchers also transcribe old music by 5 (listen) to old recordings. They go out of their way 6 (write) out the music so that it can be studied and played by modern musicians.
7 (collect) music is another form of music preservation. Some collectors prefer to spend much time and money looking for some things that have not been produced or sold for many years. They put their efforts into recording music of different 8 (culture) and places.
Now, modern technology makes it much 9 (easy) to collect music because people get used to using smart phones to record music. And the Internet lets us share these recordings and find people 10 similar interests.
六、单词拼写-单句：本大题共8小题，共8分。
43.Kids are putting on (重量) because of changes in their diet and lifestyle.
44.I don’t feel well and need to take my (体温).
45. (指示，说明) are important, so we should read them carefully before we do something new according to experts .
46.It is dangerous to sit on (铁路).
47.All of us know bad weather sometimes causes n disasters.
48.With their help, the mother can get enough food and p milk for her child.
49.There is fog and haze (雾) here these days. What an (very bad) day!
50.He (move quickly from side to side, up and down, etc) the bottle before he opened it.
七、书面表达：本大题共1小题，共15分。
51.中国小动物保护协会( CSAPA)招募志愿者。假如你是阳光中学的一名学生张涛，看到招募公告，你想要参加这个活动。请你根据公告内容和要求写一封申请信，介绍一下自己的情况，并说明申请理由。
个人信息 张涛，阳光中学八年级3班的学生。
外貌、性格 方脸，健康又强壮；有耐心、乐于助人。
喜好 1. 痴迷于DIY，上周给妈妈制作生日卡片； 2. 是观鸟协会的成员，经常帮助濒危鸟类； 3. 最喜欢的季节是冬季；堆雪人，打雪仗……
申请理由 1. 希望人们能采取行动保护动物，因为做点事情保护动物很重要……
注意：
1）内容涵盖所有要点，可适当发挥，语句通顺、意思连贯；
2）文中不得提及真实的人名、校名等相关信息；
3）词数80个左右，短文的开头已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Chairperson,
I would like to join CSAPA．My name is Zhang Tao.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours sincerely,
Zhang Tao
1.【答案】C
2.【答案】C
3.【答案】A
4.【答案】B
5.【答案】D
6.【答案】A
7.【答案】C
8.【答案】A
9.【答案】C
10.【答案】D
11~25.【答案】B、A、B、C、C、A、B、A、C、B、C、D、B、B、D
26~28.【答案】C、C、B
29~32.【答案】C、A、A、B
33~36.【答案】C、D、B、B
37~40.【答案】B、A、B、A
41.【答案】【小题1】
38 years old.
【小题2】
By using body language.
【小题3】
Friendly.
42.【答案】【小题1】
countries
【小题2】
their
【小题3】
as
【小题4】
to catch
【小题5】
listening
【小题6】
to write
【小题7】
Collecting
【小题8】
cultures
【小题9】
easier
【小题10】
with
43.【答案】weight
44.【答案】temperature
45.【答案】Instructions
46.【答案】railways
47.【答案】natural
48.【答案】provide
49.【答案】awful
50.【答案】shook
51.【答案】Dear Chairperson,
I would like to join CSAPA. My name is Zhang Tao.
I’m a student in Class 3, Grade 8 at Sunshine Middle School.
I have a square face. I am healthy and strong. I’m patient and helpful. I’m crazy about DIY. I made a birthday card for my mum last week. I’m a member of the Bird-watching Society and I often help birds in danger.
My favorite season is winter because I can make snowmen with my friends. It’s exciting to have big snowball fights.
I will be very happy if I could be a member of CSAPA. I hope everyone can take action to protect animals. Because it’s important to do something to protect animals.
Yours sincerely,
Zhang Tao
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