江苏省南京育英二外2022-2023学年八年级上学期期末英语试卷（有答案）

2022-2023学年度第一学期育英外校期末测试

初二英语

单选题（15分）

16. There are some____________in the public library. For example, you can’t eat or drink inside.

A.jobs    B.reports    C.rules    D.paintings

17. The children are too young to sit____________a long meeting.

A.for    B.through   C.by     D.across

18. The price of petrol（汽油）is not____________that of last year, so more people are planning to buy cars.

A.as expensive as   B.so cheap as   C.as low as   D.so high as

19. —Mike, how about your trip to Guilin?  —Not very good. Our car____________on the way.

A.calmed down  B.turned down   C.broke down   D.cut down

20. —I want to join the Birdwatching Society.

—Good idea. ____________more about birds,  you may read these books.

A.Know    B.knowing   C.To know   D.Knew

21. Lanterns are often red because people think red____________happiness and good luck.

A.cares for   B.asks for   C.stands for   D.hopes for

22. The students had different ideas on their trip to Tibet. ____________, they didn’t make a decision.

A.Instead of   B.As a result   C.Because of   D.By the way

23. —Did Tina finish her report on wild animals?

—I guess not. She____________on it when I walked past her room.

A.was working  B.worked    C.is walking   D.works

24. Which of the following words is formed like “housework”?.

A.dishonest   B.careless   C.speaker    D.pancake 

25. —WeChat really changes people’s daily life

—____________, it’s easier for us to make friends.

A.Mainly    B.Exactly    C.Nearly    D.Suddenly 

26. The sentence structure of “Eating Ice cream makes me feel happy” is____________.

A. S+V+IO +DO  B.S+V+P    C.S+V    D.S+V+DO+OC 

27. —Betty, help____________to some fruits. I just picked them up from my garden.

—Thank you, Millie.

A.yourselves   B.himself    C.herself    D.yourself

28. —I like orange juice, but there is____________in our fridge. Can I buy some on the Internet, Mom?

—Sure. Juice is good for us.

A.none    B.something   C.nothing    D.no one

29. —I’m sorry. We lost the match.

—It’s a pity. ____________, each of you have tried your best and you are still our heroes.

A.Moreover   B.Anyway   C.So     D.Otherwise

30.—It’s important for us to learn about keeping ourselves from danger.  —____________,

A.I don’t think so       B.No way

C.You are welcome       D.I agree with you

完形（10分）

Frank was a very talkative little boy. Whenever he saw a new thing, he asked a great many questions about it. His mother was very ____31____. When there was time to answer his questions, she would do so.

The first time Frank saw an hourglass(沙漏), he was very ____32____, but he did not know what it was. His mother said, “An hourglass is made in the shape of the figure 8. The sand is put in at one end, and runs through a small hole in the____33____. As much sand is put into the glass as will run through in an hour...

Frank watched the little stream of sand. He was very impatient, ____34____ it would not run faster. “Let me____35____ it, Mother.” said he. “It is lazy, and will never get through.”

“Oh yes, it ____36____ my son, said his mother, “The sand moves by little and little, but it moves all the time...”

“At night, the ____37____ in the hourglass has run through twelve times. When you look at the hands of the

clock, you think they go very ____38____, and so they do, but they never stop. The hour hand of the clock has

moved all around its great face. This is because the hands of the clock ____39____ working every minute. They do not stop to think how much they have to do, and ____40____ it will take them to do it.

Frank seemed to understand something

31.A.patient  B.polite  C.honest   D.humorous 

32. A.sad   B.ready  C.bored   D.curious 

33. A.end   B.glass  C. middle   D.beginning 

34.A.and   B.so   C.or    D.because 

35.A.shake  B.repair  C.mix   D.pull

36.A.must  B.cant  C.won’t   D.will 

37.A.air   B.sand  C.clock   D.hand 

38.A.quickly  B.easily  C.slowly   D.quietly 

39.A.keep  B.forget  C.stop   D.dislike 

40.A.how often B.how many C.how much  D.how long

阅读理解（10分）

A

The great sale is coming this weekend. Come on! Choose some interesting books from our online bookstore.

41. How many penguins does Mr popper have in the book?

A. One     B. Twelve   C. Ten    D. Two

42. Which book is about family love?

A.The New Way Things Work     B.Mr Popper Penguins

C.Guess How Much I Love You    D.A Child’s Introduction to Art

43. Where can we see the advertisement？

A.In a storybook   B.In a magazine  C.In a newspaper  D.On the Internet

B

He was the only gray cub(狼崽) of the she-wolf. The other cubs had red in their hair. He was gray like his father. He was the strongest cub. He showed more anger than his brothers and sisters. He made more noises.

He was a carnivorous animal. He came of a breed of meat-killers and meat-eaters.

His father and mother lived wholly upon meat. In his first months of life, he lived on mother’s milk, which was transformed directly from meat. And now, at a month old, when his eyes had been open for but a week, he was beginning himself to eat meat.　

There came a time when there was no meat. For many days the cubs did not eat. They were too weak and tired to play. One-Eye, the cub’s father, was killed in the fight over food. Even the she-wolf left the cave to find meat, but there was nothing. One by one, the cubs died. Only the she-wolf and the gray cub were left.

One day the gray cub ran out of the cave to hunt for his own food. He met a weasel（黄鼠狼）of his size. The rat-like animal ran at him and bit his throat. He was nearly dead when the she-wolf arrived just in time to kill and eat it.

The gray cub was not good at hunting yet, and still needed food from his mother. One day, the she-wolf brought him a lynx（猞猁）kitten. While eating, he heard great noise. The kitten’s mother had followed the she-wolf here. The she-wolf and the she-lynx started to fight, and they would fight to the death. This was enough to give the she-wolf the chance she needed. The lynx was dead, but the she-wolf was badly hurt. For a week, she did not move. The gray cub had to find food for both of them.

Without his mother to take care of him, he learnt what life was about. Without meat there was no life. Animals had to eat other animals to survive. The law was: EAT OR BE EATEN.

(—Taken from White Fang)

44. The gray cub was ______________ than his brothers and sisters.

A. stronger and redder      B. weaker and grayer

C. stronger and grayer      D. weaker and quieter

45. What does the underlined word "This" in Paragraph 5 mean?

A. The she-wolf and the she-lynx started to fight.

B. The gray cub saw they would fight to the death.

C. The gray cub had to find food for Mother and himself.

D. The gray cub ran forward and bit one of the lynx's legs.

46. According to the passage, we can infer（推测）that____________________.

A. the law of meat was to eat all the other animals

C. the gray cub was good at hunting weasels and lynx kittens

C. the gray cub's brothers and sisters died from fights

D. life was difficult for the she-wolf and the gray cub

C

What do you usually do in your free time? Do you watch short videos on some apps? According to the China Internet Network Information Center, the number of short video users reached 773 million in March, 2020. That is, about 86% of all Chinese Internet users are watching or making short videos, or both! If you say short videos are only popular in China, you're wrong. TikTok has more than 800 million users around the world.   

Many users like short videos. They say the videos not only make them relax, but also teach them useful skills. “I love watching Lao Qiao’s short videos on my phone,” Francis, one of the short video users, says. “Lao Qiao is a famous cook and his videos are my favourite ones. From his videos, people can learn how to make Shanxi noodles in no time at all.” However, quite a few people think short videos aren't that good. “There are many other ways to relax, like watching movies, reading books and playing sports,” they say. “All of them are more meaningful to people.”

What’s more, if people start watching the short videos, they can hardly stop. There are always new ones waiting for them, so they always spend hours on them. Some educators say people shouldn’t spend much time on short videos. "Most of them are just for fun," they say. “They don’t teach people to think or to improve themselves. It’s not good for the people, and not good for society, either.”

47. From the first paragraph, we know that _________.

A. children around the world like watching short videos.

B. short videos are popular around the world.

C. people spend much time watching short videos.

D. TikTok is the first short video app in China.

48. The writer talks about Francis in Paragraph 2 to _________.

A. describe how much he loves using his phone

B. show people can learn something through short videos.

C. ask readers to watch Lao Qiao's short videos.

D. tell readers how he learns to make videos.

49. The underlined word "ones" in Paragraph 3 refers to _________.

A. short videos    B. other ways to relax

C. useful skills     D. movies and books

50. What do the educators ask us to do? 

A. Make full use of short videos to have fun.

B. Try not to spend much time on short videos.

C. Use short videos to do something meaningful for society.

D. Make some short videos about life by ourselves.

五、语言基础知识（共20小题，每题1分，共计20分）

A)   根据括号种的所给的中文写出单词。

51. ____________________（令人遗憾的是）, some people died in this terrible accident.
52. Tina saw a snake and shouted in__________________（害怕）.
53. The temperature__________________（下降）below zero and everyone wore more clothes to keep warm.
54. I listen to music when I feel__________________（孤独的）.
55. Thank you for___________________（提供）some useful advice for me.

B)   根据句意，用括号所给的单词适当形式填空。

56. The_______________(care) you listen to the teachers, the better grades you will get.
57. Tom and Mary have been _______________(marry) for 10 years.
58. The _______________(silent) was broken by a loud cry.
59. He _________________(shake) his head and told me that he didn’t know the answer.
60. It’s__________________(possible) for us to finish the homework in two hours because it’s too hard.

C)   选词填空

In the past 200 years, more than 130 kinds of animals have become extinct（灭绝的）. One of these extinct kinds is the passenger pigeon. At one time there were______61_______ these birds in North America, but now there are none. The last one ______62______in the Cincinnati Zoo in 1914. another extinct animal is the cape lion. The animal has been extinct since 1860. What ______63______ animals to become extinct? Too much hunting is one cause, and pollution is ______64______. Governments around the world have begun to ______65______ in danger. In the United States, the US Fish and Wildlife Service is responsible for endangered animals. It has listed nearly 200 kinds of endangered animals in North America.

D)   根据所给汉字提示完成下列句子。

66. 去奶奶6月份一场大暴雪袭击了我的家乡。（hit）

____________________________________________________________________last June.

67. 因为大暴雪，张老师叫我们早点回家。（ask）

____________________________________________________because of the heavy storm.

68. 在回家的路上，我看到一些人在雨中摔倒了。（fall over）

_____________________________________________________________on the way home.

69. 大雨下了一整夜。（keep）

_________________________________________________________the whole night.

70. 第二天，街道上全是水。（be filled with）

________________________________________________________the next day.

六、任务型（10分）

Shaunese Alexander and her four children — Destiny, Trinity, Serenity, and Joshua live in Maryland, the US. They are the founders (创始人) of Popcorn Munchies, one of the fastest-growing popcorn brands in the country.

It all started when the kids, especially Joshua, realized that they loved eating popcorn while watching movies at home. Their mom finally bought a popcorn machine so that they could make popcorn similar to how it’s done in movie theaters by themselves.

Shortly after, they were experimenting with recipes (食谱) and decided on the best one, caramel (焦糖), “It was so good,” Shaunese says, “that we decided to share it with neighbors, friends, and family. They loved it so much that we began receiving more and more requests to make it.”

When the COVID-19 pandemic began, the kids had no other choice but to stay at home and be bored. But Shaunese did not let their valuable time go to waste. She encouraged them to improve their skills and learn the whole process from start to finish. Shaunese also encouraged them to start their own popcorn business and learn to be little entrepreneurs.

Not long after, Popcorn Munchies was born!

When their business officially started, it went well. They quickly began receiving orders from all over the country and sending the popcorn to customers. They also made personal deliveries (递送) to local customers living nearby. So far, the business has been a success with so many orders. For the children, it has especially been a good thing to work with their mom and also to see their hard work pay off. And no doubt, the business lessons they are learning will turn them all into future entrepreneurs a bigger level when they get older.

七、首字母（10分）

New in inventions make our life better

Seeing brightly

When you wear sunglasses, you may find the world becomes less colorful. But Spy Optic won’t give you that r______81______. It uses AI technology to enhance（增强）colors by 30 percent more than what you can see w______82______ the naked（裸的）eye. That could m______83______ better visibility（能见度）when cycling and doing other outdoor activities. It could e______84______ lift your mood! You can also have fun with it by seeing things like a rosebush（玫瑰丛）exploding（炸开）with many red flowers. It’s l______85______ having a movie’s special effects in real life.

Making light and sound

Creating a piece of technology that’s also a w______86______ of art isn’t easy. But Teno, created by US company Lumio has d______87______it. Teno puts a lamp and a speaker inside its stone-like shell. Just crack（敲）it open, and the light and sound pour out. Teno has no buttons（按钮）. simply slide your fingers up and d______88______ along its side to control the volume（音量）. Piece it back together to turn it off. It is USB-charged. When the battery(电量) gets l______89______, there’s no beeping. You’ll hear raindrops i______90______.

八、作文（10分）

假如你是来自阳光中学的Jane,看到红山动物园要招募志愿者，想要加入，请根据下方表格的提示，写一封自荐信，加入动物园俱乐部，以便更好地贡献自己的力量。

注意事项：1.自荐信必须包括表格种所有提示内容，适当发挥，使短文连贯、通顺。

2.词数在80词左右，开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

3.文中不得 提及真实的人名、校名等相关信息。

Dear chairperson,

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours sincerely

Jane

参考答案

单选

CBDCC  CBADB  DDABD

完形

ADCDA  DBCAD

阅读

BCD  CDD  BBAB

五、

A)

Sadly;     fear;    dropped;    lonely;    providing

B)

more carefully;   married;    silence;    shook;    impossible

C)

millions of;    died;    causes;    another;    protect wild animals

D)

A heavy storm hit my hometown

Mr. Zhang asked us to go home early

I saw some people fall over in the rain

The heavy rain keep falling

The streets were filled with water

六、任务型

broke;   watching;  waste;   improve;    order;

alone;   well;   results/influence/effects;   successful\popular;   paid

七、首字母

feeling;   with;   mean;   even;    like

work;   done;   down;   low;    instead