广东省广州市白云区华新学校2022-2023学年八年级上学期期末考试英语试题

这是一份广东省广州市白云区华新学校2022-2023学年八年级上学期期末考试英语试题，共8页。试卷主要包含了 语法选择，完形填空，阅读，写作等内容，欢迎下载使用。

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本试卷共四大题，满分 100 分。考试时间 90 分钟。
一、 语法选择 (共 15 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 15 分)
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，从 13～27 各
题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 项中选出最佳选项。
We live in the “Cmputer Age”. Just 35 years ag, cmputers culdn’t d s
much. They were big
were interested
much difficult wrk. Cmputers becme imprtant
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expensive. They used a lt f energy. Only a few peple
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them. Tday cmputers are
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and cheaper. They can d
many reasns. They wrk
6 s much infrmatin. A
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than man and make fewer mistakes. They can
cmputer can wrk ut
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prblems in a few secnds. A persn might need years
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ut s many prblems.
Peple nw use cmputers in
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every kind f wrk—finding
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things, guiding trains and planes, managing telephne calls and traffic lights, and
11 begin t use small cmputers in schls and hmes.
Cmputers are very
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and the use f cmputers is
13 . Mre
cmputers mean mre jbs fr many peple
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peple need t run and repair
15 .
( )1. A. until
( )2. A. n
B. and
B. f
C. but
C. t
D. when
D. in
( )3. A. small
( )4. A. fr
( )5. A. fast
B. smaller
B. abut
B. faster
C. smallest
C. with
C. much fast
D. mre smaller
D. frm
D. the fastest
( )6. A. remember
( )7. A. millin f
( )8. A. wrks
( )9. A. near
( )10. A. lse
( )11. A. t
( )12. A. use
( )13. A. grws
( )14. A. if
B. remembers C. remembered
B. millins f C. tw millins
D. remembering
D. tw millin f
D. t wrking
D. nearest
D. are lst
D. neither
D. useful
D. grwing
D. unless
B. wrking
B. nearer
B. lst
C. t wrk
C. nearly
C. lsing
C. either
C. using
C. grew
B. als
B. used
B. grwn
B. but
C. because
C. their
( )15. A. they
B. them
D. theirs
二、完形填空 (共 10 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 10 分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从 16～25 各题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 项
中，选出最佳选项。
Many peple are superstitius(迷信的) abut numbers. They think that there are
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lucky numbers and
The number 13 is ften cnsidered(被认为) unlucky. In
wrld, buildings dn’t have the 18 flr. Peple g frm the twelfth t the
furteenth 19 . Sme dr numbers are like that 20 .
In Japan, the number 4 is cnsidered unlucky because in Japan the wrd “fur” is
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numbers.
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parts f the
prnunced the same as the wrd “death”. The Japanese
knives, fur napkins r fur f anything.
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give gifts f fur
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are lucky numbers? 7 is a lucky number in many places, and 8 is
cnsidered a lucky number bth in Japan and China. In China, businesses ften pen
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August 8, and many cuples get married at 8: 08 n August 8. Sme peple
lucky numbers very deeply. They wuld like t get a telephne number with “8”
r “6” in it, althugh it
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them much mre mney. They think that the lucky
numbers can really bring them gd luck, and, at least n evidence(证据) says they
can nt.
( )16. A. true
B. bad
B. any
C. wise
C. sme
C. thirty
C. rm
C. fr example
C. smetimes
C. When
C. at
D. unlucky
D. all
D. thirtieth
D. flr
D. as thugh
D. never
D. Hw many
D. n
( )17. A. every
( )18. A. thirteen
( )19. A. amunt
( )20. A. as well
( )21. A. usually
( )22. A. What
( )23. A. in
B. thirteenth
B. number
B. and s n
B. always
B. Why
B. with
( )24. A. realize
( )25. A. csts
B. discuss
B. spends
C. believe
C. pays
D. prmise
D. takes
三、阅读（共两节，满分 45 分）
第一节 阅读理解 （共 20 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 40 分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 项中，选出最佳选项，并在答
题卡上将该项涂黑。
(A)
Places t visit in Lndn
★The Thames
It runs thrugh Lndn, dividing (分割) the city int tw parts. It’s interesting t
take a trip n the river. This way, yu can see almst every place f interest f
Lndn.
★Big Ben
July 11, 2019 is the 160th birthday f the largest fur-face clck in the
wrld—Big Ben. It isn’t the name f the twer itself but the bell inside it. Every hur,
it “bngs” the number f the hur t tell the time.
Places t visit in Liverpl
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★Music：The Beatles Stry
If yu lve the Beatles (英国甲壳虫乐队)—the wrld famus 1960s music
grup, cme here!
Open every day except Dec.25 and 26
Adults: £ 16.00
Under 16 years ld and students: £ 12.00
Children under six: Free
★Sprt: Liverpl FC
D yu lve ftball? Visit Anfield Ftball Center. The stadium has been the
hme f Liverpl’s favrite ftball team since its pening in 1893.
Clsed n Sat. & Sun.
Adults: £15.00
Under 16 years ld and students: £ 9.00
Children under six: Free
★Museum: Liverpl Museum
Yu can learn all abut the histry and culture f Liverpl here. It was set up in
1851, and mved t the new building in 2011.
Open daily
Free entry!
26. What’s the best way t see the mst places f interest in Lndn in ne day?
A. By ship.
B. By bus.
C. By bike.
D. By taxi.
27. David, a music fan, wants t g t his favrite place in Liverpl with his
9-year-ld daughter and his baby sn. Hw much shuld he pay?
A. £ 12.
B. £ 24.
C. £ 28.
D. £ 40.
28. Which f the fllwing has a histry f less than 100 years?
A. Big Ben.
C. Anfield Ftball Center.
B. The Beatles.
D. Liverpl Museum.
29. Which is TRUE accrding t the advertisement (广告)?
A. Big Ben “bngs” nce at 9 a.m. every day.
B. Liverpl FC is ne f the famus ftball teams.
C. Liverpl Museum shws the develpment (发展) f the city.
D. We can visit tw f the three places in Liverpl any day.
30. What’s the best title fr the advertisement?
A. Travel arund England
C. Watch a ftball match
B. Travel arund Liverpl
D. Visit Liverpl Museum
(B)
Wh is yur her? Why d yu like the persn? Cl lks? Mney? A lt f
talent? Shanghai teenagers say they lk fr mre than that. Mst f them say their
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heres are hard-wrking and brave.
NBA star Ya Ming was the N. 1 Chinese her with 48 percent f all vtes (投
票) . Zheng Hua, a 13-year-ld by frm Shanghai, tld us that it was hard fr him t
g all the way t the NBA. He’s a big star. Mst f us think he is still kind and lves
thers after he becmes a famus star. He als helps disabled (残疾的) children.
Jay Zhu frm Taiwan is the teen’s mst favrite star. Liu Yan frm a high schl
f Shanghai is ne f Jay’s big fans. In her sight, Jay is nt just a pp star. “Jay’s s
kind t his mther and grandma. He takes gd care f them. ” said Liu Yan.
Wang Ha, frm a high schl f Guangdng, said he liked Zhu Enlai. “He’s
great. He lved his peple. He saw peple as his wn children. And he never thught
he was different frm thers. ”
Shanghai students als like the US businessman Bill Gates. Mre than half
cnsider him as their her. One teenager frm Beijing wh likes Gates said, “Bill was
nt brn rich. He wrked hard. And he desn’t like t tell everyne hw rich he is. He
als has curage (勇气) . He left schl t start his wn business. ”
31. Mst f the teenagers think their heres must be ________.
A. hard-wrking and brave
C. talent and gd-lking
B. rich and gd-lking
D. brave and talent
32. The underlined wrd “him” refers t ________ in the third paragraph.
A. Zheng Hua
33. Where is Wang Ha frm, wh thught Zhu Enlai was great?
A. Shanghai. B. Guangdng. C. Beijing.
B. Ya Ming
C. Jay Zhu
D. Zhu Enlai
D. Taiwan.
34. Teenagers see Bill Gates as their her because _________.
A. he wrks hard and becmes very rich
B. he has curage and has a big cmpany
C. he wrks hard and he has curage
D. he left schl and later became famus
35. Which f the fllwing is NOT true?
A. Mst f the teenagers think their heres must be rich and gd-lking.
B. 48% f the teenagers see NBA star Ya Ming as their her.
C. Teenagers think Zhu Enlai was very kind t his peple.
D. Mre than half f the teenagers see Bill Gates as their her.
(C)
“Whaaaat’s uppppp?” Did yu see anyne write like this? Nw mre and mre
kids are using these kinds f wrds in phne messages r ther nline messages.
These kinds f wrds are called “stretchable” wrds (可拉伸单词).
Yunger peple especially like using stretchable wrds because these wrds seem
playful and interesting. They are interested in the new and creative spelling f wrds.
Als, stretchable wrds can help them t shw strng feelings withut the use f
emjis (表情符号).
Fr example, ne f the mst cmmn stretchable wrds is “ha”. Because it’s
shrt, it can be easily stretched. If smething is just a little funny, yu might just type
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“haha”. But if smething is really funny, yu might type “hahahahaha”.
Anther example is “yeeeesssss”. When yu type “yes”, it might sund like yu
are just fine with an idea. But if yu use “yeeeesssss”, it shws that yu are very
excited abut it.
Tyler Gray, a teacher in a university, studies hw peple use stretchable wrds
nline. The title f his article, “Hahahahaha, Duuuuude, Yeeessss!” has three different
examples f stretchable wrds.
Althugh stretchable wrds are ppular nline, many parents and teachers dn’t
want children t use them t ften. They think the stretchable wrds may make a
difference t their schlwrk. We knw that mre frmal ( 正 式 的 ) writing is
necessary in schl. S if yu like using them when talking with friends, remember
nt t use them in yur hmewrk!
36. Mre and mre children use stretchable wrds ________.
A. in the test
C. in the hmewrk
B. in phne messages
D. in diaries
37. Yunger peple like using stretchable wrds because they ________.
A. have n use t shw strng feelings
B. are gd fr schlwrk
C. bring them a lt f fun
D. are lng enugh t be stretched
38. Which f the fllwing will yu use if yu’re really excited abut an idea?
A. Hahahahaha.
C. Duuuuude.
B. Yeeeesssss.
D. Heellllp.
39. Which f the fllwing is NOT true abut using stretchable wrds?
A. It’s ppular amng kids.
B. Tyler Gray is interested in hw peple use them.
C. It’s necessary in frmal writing.
D. Sme parents have different ideas frm kids.
40. In which part f the newspaper can we find the passage?
A. Everyday Sprts.
C. Fantastic Shw.
B. Great Phts.
D. Fun Language.
(D)
In China, the traditinal Chinese lunar calendar (阴历 ) divides a year int 24
slar terms (节气), which were created by peple thusands f years ag t guide
agricultural prductin (农业生产). But the slar term culture is still useful tday in
guiding peple’s lives.
Spring
Equinx
It is the furth slar term f the year. Days begin t be lnger than
nights after this day. As fr activities, flying kites is a cmmn
activity during this time. Peple ften write gd wrds n their
kites. They all hpe that their wishes will cme true when the kites
are flwn high in the sky.
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Great
It is the 12th slar term f the year. During this time, mst parts f
China enter the httest seasn f the year and the sunshine, high
temperatures, and heavy rainfalls are gd fr the plants. But many
natural disasters (灾害) als happen.
Heat
大暑
Frst’s
Descent
It is the 18th slar term f the year, the last slar term f autumn,
during this time, the weather becmes much clder than befre and
the temperature changes greatly frm day t night. The
chrysanthemums (菊花) are in blm (盛开) .
Majr Snw
It is the 21st f the slar terms, and the third ne f winter, marking
the arrival f mid-winter. The temperature drps day by day, as the
year is cming t an end. The snw in Nrth China may last a
whle day, and heavy snw brings us a fantastic ice wrld f pure
white.
大雪
41.Hw many slar terms have been intrduced in the passage?
A. Tw. B. Three. C. Fur.
42. Which ne is n the 12th f the slar terms?
D. Five.
A. Spring Equinx.
C. Frst’s Descent.
B. Great Heat.
D. Majr Snw.
43. What d peple ften d during the Spring Equinx perid?
A. Peple write sme gd wrds n kites and fly them.
B. Children can make snwmen fr the snw lasts lng.
C. Farmers try hard t prtect plants frm natural disasters.
D. Peple can enjy the blssm f chrysanthemums.
44. What’s the weather like n Majr Snw?
A. Clear and bright.
C. Cld and snwy.
B. Warm and rainy.
D. Sunny and windy.
45. We can learn frm the passage that ________.
A. Frst’s Descent is the 21st slar term f a year
B. Great Heat brings the httest seasn f the year
C. nights begin t be lnger than days after Spring Equinx
D. when Majr Snw cmes, it means the end f the winter
第二节 阅读填空（共 5 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 5 分）
We lk at the sun every day. (46) ________________
On September 2nd, 2021, China’s Fengyun-3E satellite tk its first phts f the
sun. (47) ________________ The pictures taken are very clear. The satellite was sent
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int space n July 5th. And by the end f 2021, China released an album f phts
taken by the satellite.
One f the satellite’s sides faces the sun all the time. (48) ________________
Why is watching the sun s imprtant?
Clear pictures f the sun can help scientists study it mre deeply. Fr example,
scientists can better study slar strms (风暴). These may affect（影响） weather n
Earth. (49) ________________ An astrnaut wuld be in great danger if he r she
was n the mn during the strm. (50) ________________
根据短文，从 A~E 中选出能填人空白处的最佳选项。
A. It used China’s first slar space telescpe (望远镜) t d the jb.
B. By watching the sun clsely, we can take actins t prtect urselves.
C. Big slar strms may als make ur phnes stp wrking.
D. But d yu knw what the sun really lks like?
E. It can watch the sun’s activity withut stpping.
四、写作（共三节，满分 30 分）
第一节 语篇填词（共 5 小题，每小题 1 分，满分 5 分）
Teddy is a middle schl student. He used t be a (51) s__________ by and is
afraid f speaking in public. Hwever, with his teacher’s help, he became braver and
gt a (52) c__________ t take part in a speaking cmpetitin.
At the beginning f the cmpetitin, he was s nervus that he had (53)
t__________ in saying a wrd. He nearly wanted t give up when he suddenly
remembered what his teacher said “Believe in yurself!”. He began t speak
cnfidently and finally (54) w__________ the first prize.
Nw, Teddy is n lnger afraid when speaking in public. He ften (55)
a__________ ther students t speak slwly and cleanly if they want t be gd
public speakers.
第二节 完成句子（共 5 小题，每小题 2 分，满分 10 分）
56. 这个故事不如那个有趣。
This stry is ________ ________ ________ ________ that ne.
57. 迄今为止，她还没去过北京。
S far, she _______ _______ _______ _______ Beijing.
58. 今天堵车严重。你最好不要开车去上班。
There is a terrible traffic jam tday. Yu ________ ________ ________
_______ t wrk.
59. 除非人类停止为了它们的毛皮和骨头而猎杀它们，否则这种情况不会改善。
The situatin _______ _______ better unless humans _______ _______
them fr their fur and bnes.
60. 我告诉她通过航空把那封信寄出去。
I _______ _______ _______ _______ the letter by airmail.
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第三节 书面表达（共 1 题，满分 15 分）
为更好地落实“双减”政策，学校将在下学期初举办一个活动节。假设你是
学生会主席，请从下面表格中选取其中一个活动项目，在校英语报上介绍这个活
动的策划方案及其理由。要点提示如下：
The Science Festival
The Art Festival
 visit a rbt museum
Activities  listen t a talk abut space
 …
 have a singing cmpetitin
 give a clthes shw
 …
 develp thinking ability
（培养思维能力）
 learn mre abut art
 make life mre clrful
 …
Reasns
 have fun in learning science
 …
注意：
1. 从标题所给的方框中选出一个单词，将标题补充完整；
2. 短文必须包括表中你所选项目的所有信息，并适当发挥；
3. 文中不得出现与你身份相关的信息；
4.词数 80—100，标题和开头不计入总词。
The Plan f Our ________ (Science/Art) Festival
At the beginning f next term, ur schl is ging t_______________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
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