2022-2023学年广东省韶关市武江区广东北江实验学校八年级上学期期末英语试题

2022-2023学年广东省韶关市武江区广东北江实验学校八年级上学期期末英语试题
1. There was once a boy who was playing in a field with his friends. As they were playing, the boy saw a stone that looked interesting. It was different _______ the other ones. It was a little shining, but it was quite dirty. The boy picked it up and _______ to polish（擦亮）it. His friends laughed at _______ for this. They said, “Why are you polishing that dirty old stone? It isn’t worth（值得）
_______ .” But every day, when they went out to play, the boy would bring the stone and polish it whenever they took a rest. Then one day, the boy left his home _______ with his friends as usual. When he showed them the stone, they were all _______. It was, in fact, not a stone at all. It was
_______ beautiful diamond（钻石）. The boy had stayed up all night, polishing it until it was completely clean. _______ beautiful diamond it was!
There will _______ many times in your life when people try to say something bad to you. They will tell you that you’re spending your time on something that is useless and you’d better stop doing i t. But you will get something good _______ you don’t give up and keep doing what you think is right.
1.
A．from B．between C．among D．with
2.
A．decides B．decided C．decide D．has decided
3.
A．himself B．his C．he D．him
4.
A．nothing B．something C．anything D．everything
5.
A．play B．to play C．playing D．played
6.
A．surprise B．surprising C．surprised D．surprisedly
7.
A．a B．an C．the D．/
8.
A．What B．What a C．How D．What an
9.
A．have B．has C．are D．be
10.
A．if B．though C．and D．but
2. Lillian Hanson, a college student, will graduate(毕业) in about two years. Mrs. Hanson is not
_________ her classmates because of her age. She is 73 years old!
After graduating from high school, Mrs. Hanson went to a _________ to borrow some money for fur ther education. Unluckily, the banker didn’t agree. He didn’t think that a country girl like her should go to college. He thought she should be at home doing _________ or should work on the farm. Lillian could do nothing but go home and later _________ a family of nine children, one after another, for many years.
_________, Mrs. Hanson didn’t forget the dream of getting higher education. When all of her children _________, she tried again and succeeded. On her first day in class, when Mrs. Hanson
_________ herself and told her classmates about her dream, all the other students stood up and gave a warm _________ to her.
Mrs. Hanson found that it was _________ to sit in class for a long time at her age. But she said “I will keep trying and __________ give up.”
Mrs. Hanson set a good example of “never too old to learn” to us.
1.
A．the same as B．come from C．popular with D．similar to
2.
A．restaurant B．farm C．bank D．store
3.
A．homework B．housework C．exercise D．business
4.
A．took care of B．took up C．took down D．took part in
5.
A．However B．Although C．So D．And
6.
A．got up B．grew up C．dressed up D．made up
7.
A．taught B．enjoyed C．helped D．introduced
8.
A．welcome B．service C．surprise D．promise
9.
A．comfortable B．unlucky C．difficult D．normal
10.
A．just B．still C．already D．never
3.
A 4-DAY TOUR OF GUILIN
Price
Adults & children over 15: ￥1, 500
Children under 15:￥800 Including:
★ Round-trip plane ticket between Guangzhou and Guilin
★ Bus service around Guilin
★ Three nights' stay in good hotels
★ Best tour guide service
Place to go
★ The first day—The Li River: You will enjoy the natural beauty of the Li River by taking a boat. Plenty of dramatic hills are around you.
★ The second day—Yangshuo: A wonderful place for sightseeing and a place without
pollution.
★ The third day—The Silver Rock: A nice experience to see the amazing stones.
★ The fourth day—Other places of interest and shopping
Business hour
Monday—Friday（9:00 am—8:00 pm）
Saturday and Sunday（9:00 am—4:00 pm）
Tel*************
1. If you take a tour of Guilin on October 1, you will visit on October 3.
A．The Li River B．Yangshuo C．the Silver Rock D．other places of
interest
2. The price of the tour doesn't include .
D．the bus service A．meals B．hotels C．the tour guide
service
3. You can't book the tour .
A．at 10:00 on Tuesday morning B．at 4:00 on Thursday afternoon
C．at 4:30 on Sunday afternoon D．at 10:30 on Saturday morning
4. If your parents will take you, a 14-year-old student, to Guilin, how much will you pay for the tour in all?
A．￥1, 500 B．￥800 C．￥2, 300 D．￥3, 800
5. This is most probably taken from a（n）______ .
A．encyclopaedia B．advertisement C．report D．notice
4. Can you imagine turning your school into a farm? This is what students did at Zhengzhou Foreign Language Middle School.
Under the “double reduction” policy （双减政策）, students have many new clubs and after-school activities. One of the most popular clubs is the Happy Farming Club.
“At first I thought I could just learn to grow some vegetables here,” said Zhang Xin, a club member. “But later I found that I also learned a lot about agriculture （农业）and biology.”
Students looked up the information about vegetables on the internet. After studying on line, students got the chance to grow them. “My gro up tried growing leeks（韭菜）”, said Zhang. “We put the roots underground, after that we covered them with a thin layer of soil and watered them. After doing all this, we had a great sense of achievement. We hope the leeks can grow strong!”
Other groups grew different things such as tomatoes and potatoes. To tell them apart students set up boards with the vegetables’ names on them. The campus looks like a small farm now.
“In the 38 years of our school’s history, we are the first to grow vegetables,” said Zhang“This is really a special experience!”
1. Under the “double reduction” policy, students have ________.
A．more homework B．no homework C．no changes D．more after school
activities
2. In the club, Zhang Xin learned many things EXCEPT ________.
A．growing vegetables B．making a cake
C．something about agriculture D．something about biology
3. According to Zhang, the right order to grow leeks is ________.
①water the leeks ②cover them with a thin layer of soil ③put the root underground
A．①②③B．②①③C．③①②D．③②①
4. What does the underlined word “achievement” mean in Chinese?
A．成就感B．失败感C．饥饿感D．羞耻感
5. What do the students and teachers think of the Happy Farming Club according to the passage?
A．It is really a great experience.
B．It is a waste of time to grow vegetables.
C．They can only learn how to grow vegetables.
D．They don’t like it because it’s not easy to grow vegetables.
5. 左栏是五个人的需求，右栏是七个提供服务的机构。

请为每个人选择符合其需求的机构，并将其字母编号写在题号前的横线内。

1 Grace is a little bit heavy. Her new plan is to do more exercise. She wants to know how to keep slim and healthy.
2 Miss Brown is studying Chinese in a university in China. She hopes to find a job as
a Chinese language teacher after graduation.
3 Mr. and Mrs. Green don’t go to work this weekend. They would like to relax by watching a game show or seeing a movie.
4 Nancy is interested in robots. She wants to know what the future robots will be like.
5 Mr. Wang has a 15-day winter holiday. He likes traveling around the world. And this time he wants to go somewhere warm. A. Ours is a high school in New Jersey, the USA. We need three teachers. You must be familiar with Chinese and have the experience of studying in China.
B. Are you free this weekend? Welcome to Youth Volunteer Club. Here you can join us to visit the old people’s home. You can do whatever to help them.
C. Do you want to keep slim and look beautiful? Why not come to our club? We have great plans for you to lose weight.
D. Would you like to take a trip and spend a warm winter vacation? Our travel agency can help you. Call us at 542-1564.
E. Are you free on weekends? Do you want to relax in a cinema? We have the newest movies from America and France. Welcome to enjoy them with your family.
F. Do you like traveling to a cold world? Do you want to play with a snowman or go skating? Then you can join our trip to Harbin. Youth Agency is waiting for you. Call us at 325-5468.
G. Do you want to know about robots and people’s life in the future? The exhibition can meet your need. It will open on September
14th and last for a week.
6. 健康和运动有关系吗？
Does health ________ ________ ________ ________ sports?
7. 树木将会更少，环境将极其危险。

There will be fewer trees and the ________ will be ________ ________ ________.
8. 他把那个盒子里塞满玩具，然后用纸把它盖住。

He ______ the box ______ toys and ______ it ______ paper.
9. 我期盼收到你们所有人的答复。

I ________ ________ ________ ________ from you all.
10. 环游世界是件极好的事情。

It’s a fantastic thing to ________ ________ ________ ________.
11. 阅读下面短文，并借助上下文补充所缺信息，每个空格只能填写一个形式正确，与短文内容意思相符的英语单词。

Tom Brown was a good boxer. He had a pair of strong fists(拳头). 1 he only used them in boxing. He was so great 2 he had won the first prize many times.
One day, he went to a small town 3 car. He happened to(碰巧) see two men attacking(侵犯) a young woman 4 he was driving his car along a dark street. Mr. Brown 5 his car at once and rushed out. “Get into my 6 ! Drive to the police station. Quic k!” he shouted to her.
When the 7 came, they found the two men had run away, and Mr. Brown was 8 on the ground. He was black and blue(遍体鳞伤) all over.
“Why? This is Mr. Brown, our great boxer.” One of the police knew him.
“Why 9 you fight back but let them hit you like this?” asked another. “You are strong enough to fight against with your fists.”
“But I haven’t got my gloves,” answered Mr. Brown. “A boxer must go to fight 10 his gloves on. This is one of our rules.”
12. A. 回答问题
请阅读下面这篇文章，根据所提供的信息，回答 5 个问题。

要求所写答案语法正确、语义完整，并把答案写在答题卡指定的位置。

Four students are talking about the future after class.
_________________________________________________________________
2. According to Liu Gang will people be able to go to the moon for a holiday?
_________________________________________________________________
3. What will we do on other planets?
_________________________________________________________________
4. What will be used in many ways by the year 2050?
_________________________________________________________________
5. Will there be wars in the year 2050?
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6. B. 书面表达
请根据要求完成短文写作，并将作文写在答题卡指定的位置。

每个人都希望自己的未来美好幸福。

请根据以下提示要点写一段话描绘你二十年后的生活展望，约80词。

要点包括：
1.你将生活的城市及理由；
2.你将从事的工作及理由；
3.你未来的家状况；
4.表达你为美好生活努力的决心。

I think I will live a beautiful life in twenty
years.____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________。