江苏省扬州中学教育集团树人学校2023-2024学年八年级上学期期末英语试卷(1)

这是一份江苏省扬州中学教育集团树人学校2023-2024学年八年级上学期期末英语试卷(1)，共8页。

(满分：140 分；考试时间：110 分钟；命题：审核：)
第 I 卷 选择部分（80 分）
一、听力（本大题共 20 分，每小题 1 分）
I. 听对话，回答问题。（10 分）
本部分共有 10 道小题，每小题你将听到一段对话。在听每段对话前，你将有 5 秒钟的时间 阅读题目；听完后，你还有 5 秒钟的时间选出你认为最合适的备选答案。听两遍。
1. What time is it nw?
A. B. C.
2. Hw d Ben’s parents and Ben travel?
A. B. C.
3. What animal will the speakers g t see first?
A. B. C.
4. What’s the weather like tmrrw?
A. B. C.
5. Hw ften des the girl g t the sprts club?
A. Once a week.B. Twice a week.C. Three times a week.
6. What can we knw frm the dialgue?
A. Jim saw the accident.B. Jim hit a tall tree.C. The mtrbike hit Jim.
7. Where’s the man ging?
A. T the pst ffice.B. T the library.C. T the bank.
8. Wh is Lucy waiting fr?
A. Mr. Smith.B. Mrs. Smith.C. Mr. and Mrs. Smith.
9. What d we knw abut the bag?
A. It is t heavy.B. There are many tys in it. C. Jane can carry it.
10. Why didn’t the by g birdwatching with his classmates yesterday?
A. Because he didn’t like it. B. Because he felt sick.C. Because he visited grandpa in hspital.
第二部分 听对话和短文回答问题
II. 你将听到一段对话和两篇短文，各听两遇，听每段对话成短文前，你将有时间阅读相关小
您看到的资料都源自我们平台，家威鑫 MXSJ663 低至0.3/份 题，每小题 5 秒钟：听完后，每小题你仍有 5 秒钟的答题时间。（10 分） 听一段对话，回答 11-12 小题。
11. Hw many stries did Mr. Brwn tell Jenny?
A. TwB. ThreeC. Fur
12. When did Mr. Brwn tell the stry abut pandas?
A. On Thursday.B. On Friday.C. On Saturday.
听第一篇短文，回答第 13-15 小题。请根据短文内容，选择正确答案，完成信息记录表
13. A. ￥8B. ￥18C. ￥80
14. A. It’s abut the wild animals in danger.
B. It’s abut wh prtect the wild birds.
C. It’s abut wildlife’s danger and ways t prtect them.
15. A. On Mnday.B. On Tuesday.C. On Wednesday.
听第二篇短文，回答第 16-20 小题。
16. What is the news abut?
A. A traffic accident.B. The bad weather.C. A schl bus.
17. What happened t the schl bus?
A. It caught fire.B. It didn’t wrk.C. A truck hit it.
18. Wh gt badly hurt?
A. 15 girls frm Mary Girls’ Schl. B. The bus driver and 15 students.
C. The truck driver and 15 students.
19. What did the plice tell drivers t d?
A. T drive mre carefully.B. T drive fast n the rad. C. T be careful abut the students.
20. Which f the fllwing is WRONG accrding t the passage? A. The weather will be bad fr sme days.
B. The truck driver drank and caused the accident.
C. Yu can get mre infrmatin frm 11 ’clck news.
二、单项选择（共 15 小题, 每小题 1 分，计 15 分）
21. Many wild animals are still being hunted fr their fur and bnes. Nne f the hunters have
pity n them. What shame it is!
A. /, aB. a, aC. a, /D. a, /
22. —What will the weather be like in Yangzhu this weekend?
—It will snw and the temperature will drp zer.
A. verB. underC. belwD. abve
23. —Oh dear, hw can I finish the task in such a shrt time?
—Yu need t , and then make a plan first.
A. cme dwnB. calm dwnC. get dwnD. slw dwn
24. —Many peple are killing sharks(鲨鱼) fr mney.
—If peple keep killing sharks, there any f them in the sea sme day. A. may nt beB. will nt have C. dn’t haveD. aren’t
25. The sentence structure f “We find Alice in Wnderland interesting.” is .
A. S+VB. S+V+OC. S+V+IO+DOD.S+V+DO+OC
26. I’m busy with my wrk nw and have n time t swim with yu. , the water is t cld. A. MreverB. OtherwiseC. InsteadD. Hwever
27. Peple are afraid that the three-child plicy will cause the huses prices . A. riseB. t riseC. risingD. rse
28. —D yu want t g t the evening party? —N, my mther desn’t allw me at night.
A. t g utB. ging utC. g utD. went ut
29. The number f the giant pandas is becming because there is living space fr them. A. fewer and fewer, less and lessB. fewer and fewer, smaller and smaller
C. smaller and smaller, fewer and fewerD. smaller and smaller, less and less
30. Nne f us felt because the meeting was t lng and .
A. exciting; bringB. excited; bringC. exciting; bredD. excited; bred
31. celebrate the Spring Festival, we decrate ur huse with new clurful lights and
spring festival cuplets (春联).
A. As a result; put upB. In rder t; put inC. As a result; put inD. In rder t; put up
32. I culd nt see anything and I didn’t knw if was arund me.
A. smeneB. everyneC. nbdyD. anyne
33. There are bks in the library, and abut f them are in English. A. thusands f；tw hundredsB. thusand f；tw hundred
C. thusands f；tw hundredD. thusand f；tw hundreds
34. — did the rainstrm cme? — While we a Physics lessn yesterday. A. When; have hadB. While;are havingC. When; were havingD. While; have
35. —Reading is a gd way t pass the time n the high-speed railway!
— . I never g travelling withut a bk.
A. Yu are jkingB. I am afraid sC. I dn’t think sD. That’s true
三、完形填空（共 15 小题, 每小题 1 分，计 15 分）
Unlike traditinal（传统的）carpenters（木匠）, An Xu fcuses n（专注）making wden wrks
abut traditinal Chinese culture and many little things that can be used in daily life. He has
36 nearly 9 millin nline fllwers in just tw years.
An, 26, f Lngshan village, Fenggang cuntry, Guizhu prvince, 37 ut f high schl in 2011. He then left hme and tried several jbs in sme big cities, but 38 f them was fit fr him. In 2019, taking the 39 f his parents, he decided t be a carpenter and sn he fell in lve with it.
Over the past tw years, An has kept n learning new skills 40 bks and websites. When faced with difficulties, he wuld 41 teaching vides n the Internet and practice ver and ver again. Then he als psted the prcess f making wden wrks nline.
In 2020, An made a wden wrk first built by Lu Ban, a Chinese wdwrker wh lived arund
2,500 years ag. He then began t design mre wrks abut 42 Chinese culture. An has
43 mre than 100 wrks in the past tw years. Nw he is trying t make 44 wden wrk—a mdel f Wenfeng Twer which has hundreds f 45 f histry in his hmetwn. Influenced by him, mre peple have started t take an 46 in ancient crafts and culture.
“My vide that has the mst views nline shwed the bracelet（手镯）I made fr my mther. My
mm 47 bught herself a bracelet, s I wanted t make ne fr her,” says An, adding that he hpes the viewers will better lve their 48 after watching the vide.
T 49 his wrk, his parents even quit their wrk and became frequent (频繁的) guests in
his vides. With the help f his family, he has made mre than 400, 000 yuan thrugh his vides and sales f the wden handicrafts (手工艺品) s far.
“While ding my favrite wdwrk, I bring mney and cmpany 50 my family. In my eyes, it is the best way f life.” An said.
36.A. cllectedB. guidedC. gtD. allwed
37.A. drppedB. livedC. triedD. studied
38.A. anyB. nneC. n neD. nthing
39.A. lveB. adviceC. hpeD. skill
40.A. thrughB. withC. byD. in
41.A. search frB. deal withC. talk withD. wait fr
42.A. publicB. activeC. traditinalD. medical
43.A. describedB. decratedC. discussedD.designed
44.A. the therB. therC. antherD. thers
45.A. yearsB. mnthsC. daysD. weeks
46.A. influenceB. interestC. intrductinD. imprtance
47.A. seldmB. usuallyC. ftenD. always
48.A. friendsB. familiesC. teachersD. students
49.A. sellB. supprtC. makeD. add
50.A. frmB. tC. frD. ff
四、阅读理解（共 15 小题；每小题 2 分，计 30 分） 阅读下列内容，从每小题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出一个最佳答案
A
Knwing the city by walking
Frm July 2022 t July 2023, city walkers in China tgether cvered ver 320, 000 kilmeters. That’s like circling Earth 8 times.
Tp five ppular cities in China fr city walking
1st: Shanghai 2nd: Beijing 3rd: Xiamen 4th: Qingda 5th: Guiyang
Ages f the city walkersThree main reasns fr city walking under 16: 15%16-18: 2%·T reduce stress
19-28: 50%29-33: 29%ver 34: 4%·T have a cheaper way t travel
·T knw a city better
51. Which is the third mst ppular city fr city walking?
A. Beijing.B. Shanghai.C. Guiyang.D. Xiamen.
52. Half f the city walkers are aged .
A. 16-18B. 19-28C. 29-33D. 34-50
53. In which part f the magazine can we read the text?
A. Travel.B. Art.C. Technlgy.D. Histry.
B
The cmputer scientist Alan Turing is n the UK’s new £50 nte（纸币）. The Bank f England made the decisin in 2019, and the nte became available in June 2021.
Brn n June 23rd, 1912, Turing was a talented student. He shwed a natural gift fr math and science frm a yung age. When Wrld War II brke ut, he played an imprtant rle in breaking
German cdes（密码）. He develped a machine, ne f the wrld’s earliest cmputers, t help with
this. His wrk brught the war t an early end and saved millins f lives.
After the war, Turing cntinued his wrk with cmputers. He als gt the ball rlling n artificial intelligence (AI). S, peple call him “the father f AI”.
Althugh Turing lived a shrt life f 42 years, he made great cntributins （ 贡 献 ） t the
develpment f cmputer science and ther fields. And that’s why he was chsen fr the £50 nte, n which there are pictures f him and his wrk and ne f his qutes. It is truly a meaningful way t
memrize（纪念） the great scientist.
54. What did Turing d during Wrld War II?
A. He wrked n breaking German cdes.B. He wrked as a math and science teacher. C. He raised the idea f AI.D. He invented the wrld’s first cmputer.
55. What des the underlined wrd “this”in Paragraph 2 refer t?
A. Develping a machine.B. Wrking ut German cdes. C. Starting a war.D. Making UK’s new £50 nte.
56. What des the underlined sentence mean in Paragraph 3?
A. Turing was against AI.B. Turing liked playing ball.
C. Turing was given a ball t play.D. Turing started the research（研究） f AI.
57. What is the authr’s main purpse f writing the passage?
A. T memrize a great persn.B. T intrduce the develpment f cmputer science. C. T draw attentin t AI.D. T make us develp interest in cmputer science.
C
Bamb is a wnderful plant fr many peple arund the wrld. There are ver 1,000 uses fr it. Peple make tables, clthes, medicine, and musical instruments（乐器）with it. Pandas may eat
bamb every day, and peple can als eat it.
The fastest grwing plant in the wrld is bamb. Sme bamb grws s quickly that peple say they can watch it grw. The speed f grwth depends n the type f bamb, the earth and the
seasn. Nrmal bamb grws 3—10 cm a day. It usually grws in trpical (热带的) areas. It can als
be fund in ther parts f the wrld. Bamb plants are fund in Asia, Australia, parts f Africa, and
Suth America.
One f the wrld’s ldest building materials is bamb. Like tday, peple use it because it’s very strng. They use it t build huses, bats, and bridges. The Chinese made a bamb bridge ver the Min River in Sichuan, China almst 1,000 years ag. Yu can still visit it tday. Als, bamb is still used t build huses tday, especially in China and Philippines.
As a part f histry, bamb is very imprtant. The great scientist Thmas Edisn did nt invent the light bulb (灯泡), but he made it perfect. He wanted the material inside t burn fr a lng perid
f time. He tried ver 1,000 different types f materials. Hwever, nne wrked very well. One day, he tried t use a piece f bamb and the light bulb lit up fr ver a thusand hurs. This inventin helped ther scientists t make the mdern light bulb we use tday.
58. What can yu learn abut the bamb?
A. It has at mst 1,000 uses.B. Animals and peple live n it.
C. It is the wrld’s fastest grwing plant.D. It is n lnger used t build bridges.
59. What des the speed f grwth depend n?
a. the earthb. the seasnc. the temperatured. the type f bamb
A. abcB. acdC. bcdD. abd
60. What des the underlined wrd “burn” in Paragraph 4 mean?
A. 燃烧B. 烫伤C. 发光D. 着火
61. What’s the best title f the passage?
A. The Histry f BambB. A traditinal building material
C. A Wnderful Plant—BambD. A Great Inventin
D
On the first day f schl, ur teacher intrduced himself and challenged（挑战） us t get t knw smene new. I std up t lk arund when a gentle hand tuched my shulder. I turned rund t find an ld lady lking up at me with a smile. She said, “Hi, handsme! I’m Rse. I’m 87
years ld. Can I give yu a hug?” I laughed, “Of curse! Why are yu in cllege at such a ‘yung’
age?” I asked. She jkingly replied, “I’m here t meet a rich husband, get married （结婚）, have children and then travel arund.” “Are yu serius?” I asked. I wndered why she challenged herself
such a thing at this age. “I always dreamed f having a cllege educatin, and nw I’m getting ne.”
she tld me.
We became friends. Wherever she went, she was ppular amng yung students. She lved t talk with us and enjyed all the attentin（注意）frm thers. Listening t this human “time machine” was s interesting, when she shared her years f wisdm (智慧) and experience with us.
At the end f the term, we invited Rse t speak at a meeting. I’ll never frget what she tld us. “We d nt stp playing because we are ld; we grw ld because we stp playing. There are nly a few secrets t staying yung. Yu have t laugh and find humr every day. Yu’ve gt t have a dream. When yu lse yur dreams, yu die.” she said.
“There is a huge difference between grwing lder and grwing up. Anybdy can grw lder. That desn’t need any talent （才能）r ability,” she added. “But grwing up requires finding the chance in change. Have n regrets（遗憾）. Peple usually dn’t have regrets fr what they did, but fr
things they did nt d.”
At the year’s end, Rse finished the cllege educatin she had begun all thse years ag. One week later, Rse died peacefully in her sleep.
62. Why did Rse challenge herself t g t cllege at such a ‘yung’ age?
A. Because she wanted t meet a rich husband and get married. B. Because she enjyed staying with yung peple.
C. Because she wanted t realize her dream.
D. Because she planned t share her wisdm and experience with yung peple.
63. Accrding t the passage, which f the fllwing wrds can NOT describe the ld lady? A. humrusB. hard-wrkingC. braveD. handsme
64. What is the crrect rder f the fllwing events?
a. Rse explained why she went t cllege.b. Rse gave an inspiring（鼓舞人心的） speech. c. Rse finished cllege.d. Rse intrduced herself t the writer.e. Rse died in her sleep. A. d-a-c-b-eB. d-a-b-c-eC. a-d-b-c-eD. a-d-c-b-e
65. What can we learn frm Rse’s speech?
A. The mre yu laugh, the yunger yu will be. B. Dreams can help peple stay yung.
C. If we have n talents r abilities, we wn’t grw ld.
D. Old peple seldm have regrets.
第Ⅱ卷 非选择题（60 分）
五、词汇运用（共 10 小题；每小题 1 分，计 10 分）
66. A reprt shws that the price f new huses (rise) by 20% last year.
67. This year’s Spring Festival (fall) n a Saturday.
68. I was late fr the mvie and missed the (begin).
69. After a night’s wrk withut sleep, he lked very (sleep).
70. She slved the prblem s （easy）that everyne was shcked.
71. Simn is （描述）the details f the accident t the plice.
72. My uncle lives in a twn （十四）kilmeters away frm Yangzhu.
73. There are lts f lcal （渔民）living in this small village.
74. What an （糟糕的）day! I lst my mney and keys again.
75. I think these children are t yung t sit （自始至终）the whle meeting..
六、回答问题（共 5 小题，每小题 2 分，计 10 分） 阅读下列短文，根据短文内容回答问题，答案不超过 10 个词。
A large rse-tree std near the entrance f the garden; the rses grwing n it were white, but there were three gardeners at it, busily painting them red. Suddenly their eyes happened t fall upn Alice, as she std watching them. “Wuld yu tell me, please,” said Alice, a little timidly, “why yu are painting thse rses?”
Five and Seven said nthing, but lked at Tw. Tw began, in a lw vice, “Why, the fact is, yu see, Miss, this here shuld have been a red rse-tree, and we put a white ne in by mistake; and, if the Queen was t find it ut, we shuld all have ur heads cut ff, yu knw. S yu see, Miss, we’re ding ur best, befre she cmes, t—” At this mment, Five, wh had been anxiusly lking acrss the garden, called ut, “The Queen! The Queen!” and the three gardeners immediately threw themselves flat upn their faces. There was a sund f many ftsteps and Alice lked rund, eager t see the Queen. First came ten sldiers carrying clubs, with their hands and feet at the crners: next the ten curtiers; these were decrated all ver with diamnds. After these came the ryal children; there were ten f them, all decrated with hearts. Next came the guests, mstly Kings and Queens, and amng them Alice recgnized the White Rabbit. Then fllwed the Knave f Hearts, carrying the King’s crwn n a crimsn velvet cushin; and last f all this grand prcessin came THE KING
AND THE QUEEN OF HEARTS. When the prcessin （队伍） came ppsite t Alice, they all
stpped and lked at her, and the Queen said seriusly, “Wh is this?” She said it t the Knave f Hearts, wh nly bwed and smiled in reply. “My name is Alice, s please Yur Majesty,” said Alice very plitely, but she added t herself, “Why, they’re nly a pack f cards, after all!”
76. Where did Alice meet the three gardeners?
77. What were the gardeners ding?
78. Wh came last f all this grand prcessin?
79. Did Alice knw anyne in the prcessin?
80. If yu were Alice, wuld yu be afraid f these peple? Why?
七、缺词填空（共 10 空, 每空 1 分，计 10 分）
Many earthquakes happen every year. Sme f these earthquakes are very strng. When they happen in cities, they can be very s 81 . Many peple are hurt r even d 82 in the earthquakes. Knwing sme ways t prtect y 83 will help t keep yu safe in the earthquake.
If yu are indrs when the earthquake happens, the safest place is under a strng table r desk. Sitting n the flr in a drway r clse t a wall is s 84 than standing in the middle f a rm. Remember t c 85 yur head and neck with yur arms. Stay away frm windws, tall furniture and pictures r a 86 that may fall n yu. D nt try t run ut f the building.
If yu are utdrs, mve t clear areas. Get away frm buildings and trees. Be very careful f fallen pwer lines.
The d 87 is nt ver when the strng shaking stps. There will be sme shcks a 88 mst earthquakes. We call them aftershcks and they smetimes can be mre dangerus than the first earthquake.
When it is safe fr yu t mve arund, check the peple near yu. Sme may need h 89 .Yu may feel afraid, but yu shuld try t stay c 90 . That is the mst imprtant thing t d in the earthquake.
八、书面表达（计 30 分）
A．句子翻译（共 5 小题；每小题 2 分，计 10 分）
91. 我认为每个人都应该行动起来保护野生动物。
92. 当地震发生时我正在看电视。
93. 打雪仗堆雪人很令人兴奋。
94. 我们正邀请一些游客来帮助我们数鸟。
95. 如果我们的楼房着火，我们应该尽快出去。
B．写作（计 20 分）
假如你是来自阳光中学的 Jane，看到茱萸湾动物园寒假要招募志愿者，你也想要加入，请根据 下方表格的提示，写一封自荐信，申请加入动物园俱乐部，以便更好地贡献自己的力量。
New Members Wanted!
Supprt ur wrk by becming a vlunteer.
Zhuyuwan Z is lking fr sme vlunteers t jin the Animal Club. If yu want t jin it and d smething fr wild animals, please write an applicatin letter t ur chairpersn. Be sure t include:
✦intrductin f yurself
✦the reasns why yu chse the club and what yu can d
✦hw yu deal with dangerus situatins(such as fire, earthquake...)
✦yur free time and hw t cntact yu
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 100 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 chairpersn
Yurs sincerely
JaneMan and wildlife
Price
13
Fit fr
Middle schl students
Main idea
14
Time t discuss
15