2024-2025学年人教版英语八年级上册期末测试(含答案)

八年级上学期期末考试
英语
（时间：120分钟满分：120分）
一、完形填空。

（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，根据短文内容，从 A 、B、C、D 三个选项中选出可以填入空白处的正确答案。

A
Do you like the emperor penguins? Maybe yes! 1. _______, these cute animals may almost die out by the year2100. That's mainly the result of the temperatures' going up.
As we know, emperor penguins 2. _______ part of the year living on sea ice. The sea ice plays an important part in their lives. But with temperatures getting warmer, the sea ice may break earlier than usual. So the babies may 3. the water and die.
A study looked at five emperor penguin groups last year. It found that 80 percent of their babies died. Peter Fretwell, the 4. behind the study, said this was the first time that so many penguin babies died 5. there was less sea ice, and maybe it's time to take action to save them.
1. A. Normally B. Quickly C. Sadly D. Luckily
2. A. take B. spend C. use D. cost
3. A. fall into B. fall down C. fall over D. fall behind
4. A. reporter B. scientist C. movie maker D. singer
5.A. because B. why C. how D. if
B
Michael always loved playing basketball with his brother Scott. They lived next to a 1_______, and they went there to play basketball every day. They both wanted to join the school team. But the 2______was different from what they expected. One day, when they played basketball, Michael found that a man was 3______them. When Michael and Scott finished playing, the man went up to them.
"You two have some skill(技巧)," the man said. After thinking for some time, Michael 4______knew who the man was. It was Charles King, a famous basketball player. Charles told them that he once played basketball at the park too when he was young. Charles asked them if they played 5. ________.They said "Yes, but we didn't make it." "I had a similar6. ______" Charles said.
Charles asked the brothers if they wanted to play a game of 2 on 1, and they happily said yes. Charles 7. ______of course, but he told the brothers that they were really good. Charles then told the brothers that he was8.________a basketball camp at his old high school. And Charles invited them to join it for free. The brothers said that they would love to join. "We just have to ask our mother," Scott said. Charles laughed, and said, " Of course, you don't want to get Mom 9. ______." The two brothers ran back home, and they told their mom about what happened at the park. She told them that
they could join 10. ______they kept up with their homework and classes. The brothers
agreed and went back to the park to practice.
1. A. park B. road C. school D. hospital
2. A. plan B. solution C. advice D. result
3. A. drawing B. watching C. following D. dancing
4. A. finally B. clearly C. nearly D. certainly
5. A. for fun B. for school C. for work D. for sure
6. A. idea B. service C. hobby D. experience
7. A. won B. lost C. tried D. interested
8. A. serving B. expecting C. loving D. organizing
9. A. sad B. happy C. angry D. tired
10. A. unless B. although C. as long as D. of course
二、阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。

A
What was the life like in the past? Let's have a look together!
Today people usually enjoy two-day weekends. Did people in ancient China have
a weekend? No. But they had their own way to relax. During the Han Dynasty, after
people worked for five days, they could relax for a day. During the Tang Dynasty, they
had to work for another five days and then they could have one day to relax. From then
on, people could relax on special festivals. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, people
could even relax on the emperors' birthdays.
In summer, it's easy for us to stay cool and comfortable with an air conditioner (空
调). How did people get through hot summer in the past? As early as the Zhou Dynasty,
some workers' job was to find ice in winter and keep them for next summer. When it
came, people could use them to make their rooms cooler. The ice could also be used to
make cold drinks.
Are takeouts new? Of course not. People in the Song Dynasty already had it. The emperor Xiaozong liked to order takeouts late at night. His servants would go and find
dishes and bring them back to him. Common people also ordered takeouts. Restaurant
waiters would go on streets and tell people about the dishes they could order that day.
After ordering food, customers could wait for the dishes at home.
1. In which sentence can we put in the underlined word ancient in the passage?
A. Everyone should play a part in saving the_______ environment.
B. The painting Along the River During the Qingming Festival showed us a picture of ___________life.
C. It's __________ to visit museums often and open up our eyes.
D. She was _________ to be chosen for the team.
2. How often did people in the Tang Dynasty relax?
A. Almost twice a month.
B. Almost 3 times a month.
C. Almost 4 times a month.
D. Almost 5 times a month.
3. Which question is answered in the passage?
A. Why could people relax on the emperors' birthdays?
B. How did people in ancient times keep ice for next summer?
C. Who would order takeouts from restaurants in the Song Dynasty?
D. Where could people go in ancient times in summer?
4. Which sentence could show the feeling of students after reading the passages?
A. How poor were the ancient people!
B. What a poor life people lived in the past!
C. Life in the past was more wonderful than I thought.
D. Oh, I look forward to living a life like them one day!
5. In which part of a magazine can we read these passages?
A. Travel around the World
B. Food and Holiday
C. History and Culture
D. Education
B
Asli Samanci is always interested in science. Her job as a food scientist is important. "It has something to do with everything," she told reporters. "Biology, microbiology, and chemistry, all together." Now Samanci runs a company called Bee & You. It sells health products made from propolis（蜂胶）.
Samanci started her business because of her son.
He was often in poor health as a young child. A doctor told her to use propolis to fight bacteria. But Samanci wasn't happy with the products she found on the market. * So she decided to work with a beekeeper. They made the product her son needed together.
Samanci still works with beekeepers. They keep bees in a scientific way. Her beekeeping partners started by running about 50 hives （蜂箱）.In 10 years, they are running 300 or 400 hives. "As they develop, they look after more bees. This means we are growing the number of bees in the world," she says. "And that's good for nature."
Samanci runs a successful company and she loves nature. It is "a win-win business model". She advises all businessmen and scientists to find the win-win model. "It is good to yourself. It is good to nature. That’s how life should go on,” she says.
1.What is Asli Samanci?
A. She is a food seller.
B. She is a family doctor.
C. She is a food scientist.
D. She is a biology teacher.
2. Why did Samanci start her business?
①Because her son was in very poor health.
②Because she would like to make more money.
③Because she wanted to use propolis to fight bacteria.
④Because she couldn't find good products on the market.
A. ①②③
B.①③④
C. ①②④
D.②③④
3. Which paragraph shows that Samanci's business is growing?
A. Paragraph 1.
B. Paragraph 2.
C. Paragraph 3.
D. Paragraph 4.
4. What does Samanci tell us to do in the last paragraph?
A. Eat something healthy.
B. Live and work in nature.
C. Find the win-win model.
D. Drink something from bees.
5. In which part of a magazine can we read this passage?
A. People.
B. Art.
C. History.
D. Travel.
C
I’m Mike. One day, I was so angry with my parents that I left home, saying I would never go back. I was angry because my parents didn’t want to buy me a bike.
I didn’t even realize that I had taken both my father’s shoes and his wallet. As I made my way to the bus station, I felt some pain in my foot. I found that the shoe had a hole in it.
There were no buses around. Not knowing what to do, I looked in my dad’s wallet. To my surprise, there wasn’t much money inside. I also found a note from his manager. It asked him to wear nicer-looking shoes to the office.
I remembered my mother asking him to buy a pair of new shoes, but he said that his shoes should last another six months at least.
I started to walk home. I then realized that when I left, my dad’s motorbike was not there. I wanted to cry. I ran home as fast as I could.
When I got home, my dad was there waiting for me. I couldn’t help crying. I hugged him tightly and said, “I’m sorry, Dad. I don’t need a bike.”
That’s when I realized just how much pain and hardship (艰难) our parents go through sometimes, and how great their love for us is. Everyone should do a better job of remembering this from time to time.
1．Mike was angry with his parents because ________.
A．they didn’t want to buy him new clothes B．they didn’t want to buy him a bike C．they said he should study harder D．they didn’t love him very much 2．After he saw the note in the wallet, Mike knew ________.
A．his father didn’t work for a long time
B．his father didn’t care about wearing nicely
C．his father bought himself a pair of new shoes
D．their family was going through a hard time
3. From the note of the manager we can infer that ___________.
A. Mike’s father didn’t like his job.
B. Mike’s father wasn’t friendly.
C. Mike’s father didn’t wear nice shoes.
D. Mike’s father was often late for work.
4．The underlined word “him” here refers to “________”.
A．Mike B．Mike’s father C．the manager D．Mike’s brother
5．Mike wants to tell us that ________.
A．it is important to understand and love our parents
B．good parents will buy anything for their children
C．we should always keep our hardship in mind
D．we can’t ask our parents to buy anything at all
三、阅读还原（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)
根据短文内容，将下面方框内的句子还原到文中空白处，使短文完整、通顺。

（有两项多余）。

Shen Shizhao is a teacher at Harbin Institute of Technology（哈尔滨工业大学).
Last year, he gave his savings of 3 million yuan to the institute.1. _________ "It is important for me to do something helpful for the institute with my savings," Shen said. "I have studied and worked at the institute for 70 years. 2__________ "
Shen was born in Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province in 1933. After finishing his studies at Tongji University in Shanghai in 1953, he studied at Harbin Institute of Technology as a graduate student. 3. _________Then he stayed at the institute to keep teaching and doing his research work.
4._________ He spoke highly of Shen. "He has worked at the institute for so many years. He is one of the best teachers at the institute. He keeps on doing difficult work and has made great contributions（贡献）”
"Shen is the head of a science research team. He has taught a lot of scientific talents. He
has made contributions to our country's important projects," said Xiong. " 5._______ It will help young students to study science."
A. So it is like my home.
B. He finished his studies in 1956.
C. Shen went to school at the age of seven.
D. He wanted to help the institute do better.
E. Xiong Sihao is one of the institute's heads.
F. The institute will make good use of the money.
G. Shen stops working and won't come to the institute.
1.________
2.________
3.___________
4.__________
5._____________
四、首字母填空。

（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分)
根据句意和首字母提示完成单词。

1.To let others understand you easily, it's better to speak as c as you can.
2.The tradition of c Spring Festival makes people know Chinese culture better.
3. After learning the lesson, students will have a better u__________ of Chinese culture.
4.To make a great dish, p_____________ like choosing foods and knowing the recipe are necessary.
5. The weather was fine so the man d__________ to go hiking.
五、语法填空。

（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)
阅读短文，根据括号内所给单词写出单词的正确形式，使短文完整、连贯。

Li Baoguo was a college teacher in Hebei Province. But he wasn't happy just to give lessons in a classroom. Li played a part in helping farmers and
1.____________(improve) their agricultural techniques (农业技术) in all his life. In 2016, the year he died, President Xi said he was like the “old man Yugong on the Taihang Mountains”.
In fact, Li did one of his 2. ______________(important) things in the Taihang Mountains. He heard that there were many poor people in the villages. Li knew that the villagers wanted to do something good to the lifeless mountains but had 3.
________(difficult) growing crops and trees there.4. _________(solve)this, he started teaching the villagers to dig the land and grow apple trees and other crops. When Li first started working with the villagers, they were 5. ________(sure) about some of his techniques. So, he 6. _________ (organize) more than 800 training sessions (课程) and wrote books to show them how his ideas could help them. Slowly, people started to believe him and follow his 7. ________ (advise) on farming. After 1981, it took him more than 200 days of every year to work with the villagers. Through his hard work, people there covered the mountains with trees and crops 8.
__________(success), which helped the villagers make money. Li worked in the countryside for 35 years and helped about 100,000 farmers get 9.___________(they) out of poverty (贫穷).
In 2018, a film about him, called The Taste of Apple, was made. When it showed one of the villages he helped, people cried. They will remember the man because he
10. __________ (one) did something meaningful for them! What a great man!
六、完成表格。

（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分)
阅读下面短文，根据其内容，完成表格中所缺的信息。

The Iron Age(铁器时代)was a time in early human history when people began to use tools and weapons made of iron. The Iron Age started and ended at different times in different places. The earliest Iron Age probably took place in the Middle East and southeastern Europe. It started there in about 1200 BC.
Iron made life easier for people back then. They could do more things and spend more time with their families because farming tools made life easier. Iron farming tools helped people have enough food so that they could live longer lives.
Some families used the time when they were not busy with work to make salt, sew clothes, and craft jewelry (制作首饰). They traded these things with people in other areas.
Iron Age people had many different beliefs. These beliefs got into their everyday life activities, like farming or cooking or metalworking.
Sometimes people showed these beliefs through ceremonies. People made offerings (祭品) in many ways, like offering special things at their homes, fields, hills, and rivers.
There were groups of things that were buried. Some of them were things like tools and other things like gold and silver jewelry. Most people buried the things there for safety, but some might give those things to gods.
The people's life in the Iron Age
The Iron Age It was a time when people began to use tools made of1__________. The earliest Iron Age probably took place in the Middle East and southeastern Europe.
It started there in about 2._______________.
The people's life Iron farming tools helped people have3._____________ to eat. People could trade 4.___________ with people in other areas. They sometimes held ceremonies to 5._______________.
They buried things for safety, and some might give those things to gods.
七、书面表达(共1小题；满分25分)
假如你是李华，你们学校将举办一场关于健康生活的线上分享活动，请你根据以下提示及要求给你们班的交换生彼得（Peter）发一封电子邮件，邀请他参加此次活动。

提示：
1.这项活动举行的时间及地点；
2.学校举办这项活动的目的；
3.你在活动中将做些什么事。

要求：
1.习作须包含提示要点，可适当发挥；
2.语句通顺、逻辑连贯；
3.80词左右（邮件格式和开头已给出，不计入总词数）。

提示词汇：hold举行
Dear Peter,
I’m glad to invite you to join in our Healthy Life Sharing Activity online.
_____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ Yours,
Li Hua
答案
一、完形填空。

1-5 CBABA
1-5 ADBAB 6-10 DADCC
二、阅读理解
1-5 BBCCC
1-5 CBCCA
1-5 BDCBA
三、阅读还原
1-5 DABEF
四、首字母填空
1. clearly
2. celebrating
3. understanding
4. preparations
5. decided
五、语法填空
1. improving
2. most important
3. difficulty
4. to solve
5. unsure
anized
7. advice
8. successfully
9. themselves 10. once
六、完成表格。

1. iron
2. 1200BC
3. enough food
4. salt, clothes and jewelry
5. show their beliefs
七、书面表达
略。