2022-2023学年安徽省安庆市潜山县八年级下学期期末英语试题

2022-2023学年安徽省安庆市潜山县八年级下学期期末英语试题
1. — Did you take any photos?
—No, I didn’t. I left my ________ at home.
A．stick B．umbrella C．camera D．sign
2. —The little girl ______ her seat to an old man on the bus.
—What a kind girl!
A．brought B．offered C．gave D．lent
3. The student called her teacher for help because she couldn’t solve the problem by ________.
A．himself B．herself C．yourself D．themselves
4. Millie’s research paper isn’t up to standard_________ she has worked at it for two weeks.
A．since B．unless C．if D．although
5. If you ________ the last word, the sentence is right.
A．cut off B．cut out C．cut up D．cut down
6. Don’t talk to anyone about the bad news __________ not my mother.
A．hardly B．usually C．especially D．simply
7. I’m pretty good at tennis. Actually, I’m probably ________ in the club.
A．worse B．good C．better D．the best
8. I’m sorry I’m late. I should get here 10 minutes ________.
A．early B．earlier C．the earlier D．the earliest
9. When Jane’s mother came in, she ________ her homework.
A．is doing B．has done C．was doing D．will do
10. —Is Jame at home?
—No. He ________ Beijing to be a volunteer.
A．is going to B．was going to C．has been to D．has gone to
阅读下列短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

Since my mother moved to live with us in the city, she has been much heavier than before. As time went by, he health got ________. So I had to take her to see a ________. My mother was told to lose weight by doing exercise every day. She had no choice but to follow ________ the doctor said. I told her that I would exercise with her every morning.
On the first morning, she got up very early ________ ran with me in our neighborhood（街区，临地）. I tried to run slowly so that she could follow me. After ________ for some minutes, I told her
the proper ways of exercise and the importance of eating healthy food. She listened to me carefully. It made me ________ that she told me everything very patiently（耐心地）when I was a kid. On the second morning, I praised（称赞）her for keeping running with me.
But after two weeks, she wanted to ________ running because she thought the two-week exercise didn’t work at all. To encourage（鼓励）her, I taught her how to use the facilities（设施）for exercise in our ________. She began to exercise again.
With my help, it ________ her one month to develop a good habit of daily exercise. “Thank you, my dear daughter. Exercise brings health and happiness to me. I will ________ worry about my health.” Her words touched my heart deeply. I felt happy to make a big difference to my mother’s life.
11.
A．better B．stronger C．worse D．thinner
12.
A．teacher B．waiter C．nurse D．doctor
13.
A．that B．what C．which D．where
14.
A．and B．but C．so D．or
15.
A．swimming B．running C．playing D．eating
16.
A．act B．cry C．forget D．remember
17.
A．give up B．keep on C．set up D．take up
18.
A．school B．hospital C．neighborhood D．cinema
19.
A．cost B．spent C．took D．paid
20.
A．never B．ever C．sometimes D．always
In recent years, with more and more cars on the road, flying robots are used to deliver(递送) mails. Flying robots can ___mails to people's houses without having to deal with heavy_____.But they will
spend too much time in returning. A research center is trying to improve its flying robots with
the____of homing pigeons(信鸽).
Homing pigeons are pigeons that are____trained to fly home from somewhere else. In tests, researchers____that homing pigeons were____efficient(高效的) than flying robots at returning to their home. So the research center is trying to use a flying robot, together with a____, to deliver mails. After the robot finishes its tasks, it can____the pigeon back in the shortest possible time.
Although it will cost more money to____pigeons, the research center says that it can____time. And the time it saves will make up for the cost.
21.
A．invite B．carry C．blow D．kick
22.
A．traffic B．rain C．fire D．pollution
23.
A．help B．luck C．treat D．interest
24.
A．poorly B．carelessly C．specially D．musically
25.
A．promised B．joked C．planned D．found
26.
A．less B．more C．little D．much
27.
A．homing pigeon B．big house C．leading person D．heavy car
28.
A．train B．knock C．follow D．steal
29.
A．dress B．paint C．clean D．raise
30.
A．expect B．show C．kill D．save
补全对话
A: Hello, Kate! We’ll have a long summer vacation after this exam. 31
B: Yes, I plan to visit my grandparents with my father. 32 I miss them a lot. What about you?
A: I just want to keep healthy. You know, nothing is more important than health.
B: 33 How are you going to do that?
A: I am going to run in the park for 20 minutes every morning. What’s more, 34
B: Junk food? Sounds difficult for you.
A: Maybe you are right. 35 Wait and see!
B: Well, hope your dream will come true.
You learn all kinds of things from books. Books open up a whole new world to you. They can make you smile and comfort you when you are sad.
You must have many hobbies, reading, painting and so on. One day, you happen to see a poster, “World Book Day”. Int erested, you stop and read the poster.
Hello and welcome to World Book Day
World Book Day is here to change lives through a love of books and shared reading, and
bring books to the children who need them most. World Book Day is an excellent chance for everyone to celebrate the joy of reading.
•Share A Story Live—our exciting digital events programme beaming authors (作家) straight into your school.
•Raising money, Raising readers—our fundraising ideas to help us change lives through
reading.
•World Book Day Book Club—a new online reading community.
•Share A Story Corner—stories to encourage families to read together.
Happy World Book Day!
For up-to-date information, visit our website worldbookday. com!
36. World Book Day is a special day for people to ________.
A．celebrate the joy of reading
B．change lives by raising money
C．meet famous authors at home
D．enjoy writing in local communities
37. According to the poster, if you want to read stories with your parents, you can join ________.
A．Share A Story Live
B．Share A Story Corner
C．World Book Day Book Club
D．Raising money, Raising readers
38. The designer uses words and pictures in the poster to ________.
A．catch readers’ attention
B．encourage families to write books
C．help readers form reading habits
D．recommend different types of books
If you live in the United States, you can’t have a full-time job until you are 16 years old. At 14 or 15, you can work part-time after school or on weekends, and during the summer vacation you can work 40 hours each week. Does all that mean that if you are under 14, you can’t make your own money? Of course not! Kids, between the ages of 10 and 13 can make money by doing lots of things.
Valerie, 11, makes money by cleaning up other pe ople’s yards. Lena, 13, makes money by knitting (织) dog sweaters and selling them to her neighbors. Reisa, 12, is taking art classes and she often shows her pictures to people. Many people have asked her to draw pictures for them and they paid her for them. Jasmine, 13, writes articles for different magazines.
Making money is learning. By working to make your own money, you can learn some useful skills. They can help you succeed in the future. These skills can include things like getting on with others, using technology and using your time. Some people think that asking for money is a lot easier than making it. However, if you make your own money, you won’t have to depend on others. The five dollars that you make will make you feel a lot happier than the twenty dollars you ask for.
39. Kids can have full-time jobs at the age of ________ in the US.
A．17 B．14 C．13 D．10
40. If you are 15 years old, you can’t work ________.
A．after school B．on weekends C．during the
summer vacation D．on Monday morning
41. Reisa makes money by ________.
A．cleaning up other people’s yards B．drawing pictures for others
C．writing articles for different magazines D．knitting dog sweaters and selling them to
her neighbors
42. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?
A．Kids can make money by doing lots of things.
B．American children who are 15 can work after school
C．Making your own money is better than asking for money from others.
D．Kids don’t need to get on with others when making money.
43. From the passage we know that ________.
A．parents won’t let their children make their own money in the US
B．it’s hard for kids under 14 years old to make money in the US
C．kids can learn skills if they try to make money on their own
D．if kids try to make money, they won’t have enough time to study
China has named the nation’s first Mars rover（火星车）ZhuRong. For all of us, Zhu Rong is a well-suited name.
In an ancient Chinese story, Zhu Rong had the face of a man and the body of an animal. H rode on two dragons. When he had a big fight with Gong Gong, the god of water, Zhu Rong won. But after the fight, the human world came into complete darkness. Then he brought fire from heaven（天国）to the world.
“Zhu Rong is regarded as the earliest god of fire in traditional Chinese culture,” a space official said. “The first Mars rover was named Zhu Rong. The name symbolizes（象征）light and hope for space exploration（探索）in our country, and means to guide humans to continue exploration.”
After leaving the earth last summer, Zhu Rong circled Mars for several months and landed on it in May. In recent years, our country has sent up the world’s first quanturn satellite（量子卫星）, and Chang’e-4 has made a soft landing on the moon. We have made great progress in space technology and will soon start building our own space station.
44. What Zhu Rong brought from heaven to the world was ________.
A．fire B．wars C．water D．animals
45. For China’s space exploration, the name Zhu Rong symbolizes ________.
A．a big fight B．complete
C．light and hope D．Chinese culture
darkness
46. The underlined word “it” in the last paragraph refers to “________”.
A．the earth B．Mars C．the moon D．the sun
47. According to the passage, we can infer that ________.
A．Zhu Rong is a bad person in an ancient Chinese story
B．China has made great progress in space technology
C．the writer is proud of China’s space technology
D．the official doesn’t like the name Zhu Rong
From an early age, we were taught that if we wanted to be successful, we had to study hard and get good results at school. In fact, good students may just end up doing jobs they don’t like, and some even lead an unhappy life. Why is it like that?
In some parents’ eyes, school grades matter most for their kids. In reality, there are many things to consider (考虑) besides the school subjects, for example, how to be a happy person, what to do to keep healthy, and how to get along well with others. That is to say, school is not just enough if you want to have a great life.
Doing well in school is different from doing well in life. Studies show that people who failed at school may not end up failing in life. You may have already known that some famous people, like Thomas Edison (爱迪生) and Steve Jobs (乔布斯), didn’t do very well at school or even failed to finish school. In fact, there are a lot more than just the big shots who are successful in life without finishing school. They seize (抓住) every chance to learn and finally make it to the top.
Life is really a long lesson, so long that you can’t define (界定) a person’s success by just one section (部分) of it. If you have already finished school, keep learning because what you have learned at school will never be enough to live a satisfying life. If you are still studying, whether you are good or bad at school, don’t take your sch ool results too seriously as long as you have put your heart into it. Keep learning to make the most of your talents (天赋). That’s how you can live a happy and successful life.
48. What’s the writer’s main purpose (目的) of writing Paragraph (段落) One?
A．To introduce a topic. B．To give examples.
C．To provide a solution. D．To ask a question.
49. In some parents’ eyes, what’s the most important for their kids based on Paragraph Two?
A．Being happy. B．Staying healthy.
C．Getting good grades. D．Getting along well with others.
50. What does the underlined expression “big shots” in the third paragraph mean?
A．好学生B．神枪手C．大人物D．大款
51. According to the passage, which sentence may agree with the writer’s idea?
A．It takes money to be successful.
B．School grades aren’t everything.
C．Successful people never finish school.
D．It’s not necessary to go to school.
52. What can we infer (推断) from the text?
A．Old habits die hard.
B．It’s too late to learn after school.
C．Good grades always promise a successful life.
D．Learning is a lifelong journey.
阅读下面的短文，并用英语回答问题（请注意每小题的词数要求）。

A Naughty Monkey
It’s very hot. An old man is asleep on the chair. A fly (苍蝇) comes and sits on the end of the man’s nose.
The old man has a naughty monkey. He chases the fly.
The fly comes back again and sits on the old man’s nose again. The monkey chases it away again and again.
This happens five or six times. The monkey is very angry. He jumps up, runs to the garden and picks up a large stone.
When the fly sits on the old m an’s nose again, the monkey hits it hard with the stone.
He kills the fly and breaks the old man’s nose. Do remember: when we are angry, we should keep calm and think twice.
53. How’s the weather?（不超过 5个词）
________________________________
54. Why does the monkey pick up a large stone?（不超过 15 个词）
________________________________
55. What can we learn from the story?（不超过 15 个词）
________________________________
56. As soon as the fire happened, he decided to sound the a________ (警报).
57. It is ________ (完美的) to do experiments on the moon.
58. The boy can (c)________(数数) from 1 to 10 although he is only two years old.
59. Before the storm came, the family prepared some candles and m________ (火柴).
60. We can’t c________ (抄袭) others’ answers in the exam.
61. 我们要学会用英语讲述中国故事，传播中国文化。

中国自古就有尊师重教，刻苦求学的优良传统，“程门立雪”就是一个典型例子。

假设你参加英语课上组织的“讲中国传统故事”的展示活动，请根据以下提示写一篇故事稿。

可以先简要叙述这个故事，再简单谈谈你的感想。

要求：
1. 注意使用正确的时态和恰当的连词来表达；
2. 词数不少于 70；
3. 短文的开头已给出，不计入总词数。

参考词汇：wake up 醒来 thick 厚的 respect 尊敬
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