黑龙江省哈尔滨市巴彦县2023-2024学年八年级下学期期末调研英语试题

黑龙江省哈尔滨市巴彦县2023-2024学年八年级下学期期末调
研英语试题
一、单项选择
1．— ________ is the mountain in the village?
— It’s about 2,000 meters high.
A．How high B．How wide C．How long
2．—Let’s go out to enjoy the soft wind and the sweet flowers ________ such a sunny morning.—Sounds great!
A．in B．on C．at
3．—________ rapid progress our country is making in science and technology!
—So it is. Thanks to the development of modern technology, we are living a happy life.
A．How B．What C．What a
4．—Did you visit the zoo last weekend?
—Yes. I saw several ________ there.
A．fox B．foxs C．foxes
5．—________ you please come to my party tomorrow?
—I’d love to.
A．Could B．Should C．Must
6．—Dad, about ________ of my classmates wear glasses.
—That’s terrible.
A．fourth three B．three fourth C．three fourths
7．—Why do you like reading books by Lu Xun?
—Because his books always encourage me ________ hard.
A．study B．studying C．to study
8．—Hello. May I speak to Amy?
—Sorry. She ________ the science museum.
A．has gone to B．has been to C．has been in
9．—I think science is more useful than art.
—I disagree. I think art is ________ science.
A．not so useful as B．as useful as C．less useful than
10．Tom loves his toy car very much and he doesn’t want to ________ it.
A．part with B．come up with C．get on with
二、完形填空
David is a tall man with a bright smile. He has visited 11 interesting places in China. Now he is teaching in Dongxiang, in Gansu (甘肃) 12 . People there who know him well usually call him Ding Dawei.
David has been a primary school teacher there 13 2000. He is a volunteer and he helps the children with their English. When I first met him, I was 14 that he could speak Chinese so well.
David was born in Cleveland, Ohio (俄亥俄州). 15 he was a junior student in college, he came to China and studied in Peking University. One year later he 16 to the US. In 1994, he came to China again and found a job. Before 17 to Dongxiang, he had worked as an English teacher in a university for seven years.
“I have been to many places in China. But I like working in Dongxiang, 18 with children in school like this,” said David.
I remember that David was once invited to a popular live TV program. On the program, he
19 the Chinese flag (国旗) from his backpack. He said that he always carried it with him—just to remind 20 that he was in China and he should speak more Chinese. He said, “Every time I see the flag, I will say to myself, ‘You are a Chinese teacher now’.”
根据短文内容选择最佳答案
11．A．many B．little C．much
12．A．Country B．Province C．Village
13．A．in B．for C．since
14．A．certain B．afraid C．surprised 15．A．Though B．When C．If
16．A．regarded B．returned C．held
17．A．come B．to come C．coming
18．A．especially B．completely C．mostly 19．A．took out B．cleared out C．cut out 20．A．myself B．itself C．himself
三、阅读理解
根据语言材料选择最佳答案。

21．We can find the passage ________.
A．on the Internet B．in a magazine C．in a dictionary 22．There is/are a lot of ________ in Steve’s hometown.
A．cars B．people C．rain
23．Every year Jane goes to her hometown to ________.
A．spend the summer B．see her parents C．enjoy different food 24．What do Saskatchewan and Crown City have in common?
A．They are beautiful places.
B．They are not very big.
C．The people are friendly.
25．Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage?
A．The houses in Steve’s hometown are cheap.
B．There is lots of history in Larry’s hometown.
C．Three people like their hometowns.
Baby frogs (青蛙) went on a picnic in the forest. Getting out of the pond (池塘) for the first time, they sang happily.
Then, they saw a cow eating grass (草). “Oh, my god! What is that?” “It is so big!” All of them wanted to know what kind of animal it was. “Let’s ask Daddy.”
They went back home quickly and shouted, “Daddy, we saw a strange animal.” “What kind of animal was it?”
“It had large horns (角) and his body was much bigger than you.”
The father was curious (好奇的) what the animal looked like. “Really? Was it bigger than my belly (肚子)?”
“Yes. Much bigger than that.” baby frogs answered.
The father frog blew up his belly, “Look, now, I’m bigger, right?”
“No, you are as big as the animal’s foot.” baby frogs said. The father blew up his belly greatly. “How about now, huh?”
“No, not even.”
The father frog blew up his belly as big as he could. Right at that moment, the father frog’s belly burst (爆炸) with a bang and he said good bye to the world.
The father frog should do things depended on his abilities (能力), and can only do what they can.
根据短文内容判断正误。

（注意：考生将答题卡相应位置涂黑。

正确的涂“A”，错误的涂“B”）
26．The baby frogs sang happily because it was their first time to go out.
27．The baby frogs thought the father frog was bigger than the strange animal.
28．The father frog knew what the strange animal was.
29．The father frog died at last because he blew up his belly too big.
30．From this story, we know that a man can do no more than he can.
The British Museum (大英博物馆) is the biggest museum in the world. Inside, you feel smaller than usual. There are about a hundred things to see.
The story of the British Museum goes back three hundred years to one unusual man, Sir Hans Sloane, doctor to King George II. The doctor collected books, drawings, clothes, money, animals, flowers, things from all over the world. The doctor wanted everything to stay together when he died, so that people could come and have a look. The British Museum began. King George II gave his library, and the museum started to grow.
The British Museum opened in 1759, six years after Aloane died. At first the museum was only open three days a week and only ten people could enter in an hour. There wasn’t much time to see things. Visitors had to run through the rooms.
By about 1800, things began to get better. Wonderful statues (雕塑), three thousand years old, arrived from Egypt (埃及).
King George IV sold all his books to the museum secretly (秘密地). A hundred years ago not only old books but also new ones arrived at the museum, and more people came to read them. Since then many famous men have written and studied there. And the library is growing faster and faster. There are four kilometers of new shelves every year and there are about two million visitors every year.
根据短文内容选择最佳答案。

31．The underlined word “drawings” in the passage means “________”.
A．田地B．海洋C．绘画
32．Sir Hans Sloane was ________.
A．a doctor B．a king C．a reporter
33．When you go inside the British Museum, you feel smaller than usual because ________.
A．the museum is very big B．the museum is empty C．there’re too many things in it 34．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A．King George II sold all his books to the museum.
B．Sir Hans Sloane died in 1753.
C．All famous men have written and studied in the British Museum ever since it opened. 35．What is the passage mainly about?
A．It’s mainly about Sir Hans Sloane.
B．It’s mainly about the history of British Museum.
C．It’s mainly about the books in the museum.
Do you hope to do a lot of homework every evening? Are you interested in your classes? Who do you want to teach you? 36 Well, I want to give you some good advice on these problems.
First, keep calm (平静的). 37 Put your heart into learning, and you can find something you are interested in.
Second, try your best to finish your homework quickly. 38 Do more reading or writing in English. Don’t stay up late, or you can’t study well the next day.
39 If you can remember the words in your way, you can tell your teachers you don’t like the way of copying them again and again. If you are sure you can pass tests well, I think your teachers will agree with you. And they can give you something interesting to do.
School is really a good place for you to learn. 40 You are the best one and you can do everything well.
根据短文内容，将下面的句子还原到文中空白处，每个选项只能用一次，其中有一个选项是多余的。

A．Believe in your teachers and yourself.
B．Maybe you have lots of questions in your mind before school starts.
C．You are popular with classmates.
D．Don’t spend a lot of time on it.
E．Don’t worry about all the questions you have.
F．Third, think of something instead of copying.
四、补全对话
从A-G选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项补全对话。

(选项中有两项是多余的）
A: I didn’t see you for a few days, Barry. 41
B: I’ve been back to my hometown.
A: Where is your hometown?
B: 42 It’s a small city.
A: 43
B: It is an old one.
A: 44
B: Well, there is an old wall and a theatre in the open air.
A: 45
B: They have been there for around 50 years.
A: That sounds fun.
A．Have you been back to your hometown?
B．It’s near Guangzhou City.
C．How long have they been there?
D．What are some of the special places there?
E．Is it a new city or an old one?
F．How did you go there?
G．Where have you been these days?
五、选词填空
阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的词填空，使短文意思完整。

每空限填一词，每词限用一次。

方框中有一个词为多余项。

I’m Eric. I love my hometown, California. That place has many sweet childhood 46 for me.
When I was a small boy. I had to get up 47 sunrise (日出) to work on the farm. At
sunrise I could see a house with golden (金色的) windows far 48 from the farm. Every day I wondered 49 the house looked like inside. To be 50 , I really wanted to live there! I often said to myself, “Someday I will 51 house like that.”
One day, I 52 to the house with golden windows. I walked for a 53 and then I stopped in front of the house. To my surprise, there were no 54 golden windows. I was very upset. Later I learned that the windows were not golden at all. It was the sunrise that made 55 look golden.
六、任务型阅读
根据短文（B）内容回答问题。

Beijing is famous for the hutong. A hutong is a small road between the outer (外围的) walls of siheyuan.
Walk in one, and you can get a feel for the heart of Old Beijing.
In the hutong, you can see older people playing cards or Chinese chess. The hutong is an important culture of Beijing. There are a lot of hutong in Beijing. Most of them are hundreds of years old. The hutong shows the life of ordinary (普通的) Beijing people. People in hutong used to enjoy a big dinner with their neighbors. And a shout is enough for them to call their friends. 56．What is a hutong?
.
57．What can you get a feel for when walking in the hutong in Beijing?
.
58．How old is the hutong?
.
59．Does the hutong show the life of ordinary people?
.
60．Why is the hutong important in Beijing?
.
根据短文内容，完成句子，每空一词。

John Logie Baird (约翰·洛吉·贝尔德) was one of the most famous inventors in the world. He was famous for inviting the first working television. People call him “The Father of Television.”
John was born in 1888 in Helensburgh in the west of Scotland. He was the fourth and youngest child in his family.
He built telephones to keep in touch with his friends near his house. In Hastings in 1924 he sent pictures over the distance of 10 feet.
Baird’s first public show of television was in 1925 in Selfridge’s shop in London. The show is filled with fun. A year later, he invited members of the Royal Institution (皇家协会) and showed his television to them.
At the age of 43, John Logie Baird married Margaret Albu in New York. They had a couple of children—Diana and Malcolm. In 1946, Baird had a peaceful death at home.
61．John Logie Baird the Father of Television was the most famous inventors in the world.
62．John was born in the nineteen in Helensburgh in the part of Scotland. 63．He up telephones to be to his friends near his house.
64．Baird’s public show of television of fun was in 1925 in Selfridge’s shop in London.
65．John Logie Baird had children and died at home in 1946.
七、短文填空
根据内容填写所缺单词或用所给单词的正确形式填空，使语篇意思完整。

每空限填一词。

When I’m in trouble, I always take out a book and read quietly. I put my heart into it so 66 I can forget all the unhappy things. I have 67 (develop) a habit of reading in this way.
When I was a little boy, I showed 68 (interested) in comic books and storybooks. When I grew older and went to 69 middle school, I began to read novels, plays, essays (散文) and so on. I found I could get much 70 them. Reading The Emperor’s New Clothes makes me laugh a lot because of the 71 (emperor) silly and funny behavior. The Little
Match Girl makes me feel 72 (sadly) because she lives a hard life.
My favorite book is The story of My Life because I’m 73 (deep) moved by Helen Keller’s spirit of being strong and never giving up. Besides these, books also tell me other thing —how to be a man and how to tell the difference between right and wrong. In 74 (I) opinion, a good book are just like my best friend. In order to 75 (success) in the future, I must keep reading, thinking and practicing. Reading has become part of my life.
八、书面表达
76．假如你是李平，你的朋友Peter询问你的家乡的变化情况。

请根据以下提示，给他写一封回信。

并谈谈中学生如何让家乡变得更好。

写作要点：
1. 对于Peter想了解你的家乡感到激动。

2. 介绍你家乡的变化情况：
（1）过去，我的家乡不是很大，人们过着贫穷的生活，房屋破旧。

（2）现在，我的家乡公路变宽了，许多人有他们自己的车。

3.谈谈中学生如何让家乡变得更好。

写作要求：
1. 不得使用真实的姓名和学校名。

2. 可适当加入细节，使内容充实，行文连贯。

3. 字迹工整，语言精练，表达准确，条理清晰。

4. 至少80词。

Dear Peter,
How are you doing? _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________
Best wishes!
Yours,
Li Ping
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