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广东省广州市白云区2023-2024学年八年级下学期7月期末英语试题
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这是一份广东省广州市白云区2023-2024学年八年级下学期7月期末英语试题，共8页。试卷主要包含了 A， A， A， A等内容，欢迎下载使用。
本试卷共四大题， 8页， 满分90分。考试时间 100分钟。
注意事项：
1. 答卷前， 考生务必在答题卡上用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔填写自己的考生号、学校、班别、姓名、试室号、座位号，再用2B铅笔把对应的号码的标号涂黑。
2.选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需要改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案。不能答在试卷上。
3.非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域的相应位置上；如需要改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案，改动的答案也不能超出指定的区域；不准使用铅笔、圆珠笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。
4. 考生必须保持答题卡的整洁，考试结束，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
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1~15各题所给的 A、B、C 和D项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
As a medical student, I always kept silence and was lst in studying. Last mnth, I 1 visiting lcal hspitals t cllect data(数据) fr my reprt.
One cld evening, I 2 fr the final patient t cmplete my study. The recrd shwed 3 43-year-ld patient, Ms. Aragn, was in the sickrm still recvering(恢复) frm 4 illness, n relatives r friends with her. When I sat dwn n a chair and 5 tld her my plan, she agreed. The questinnaire (问卷) was simple and 6 went well.
Just befre I culd get up after 7 it, the lady spke up in her weak vice,“Dctr, d yu think I 8 get back t my nrmal life?”
Hw I wished I were her dctr!“Well, althugh I dn't knw much abut yur illness, I can tell yu what I 9 abut it,”I replied.
But Ms. Aragn seemed 10 n attentin t my wrds.“My husband died and my pay as a cleaner is nly enugh fr my kids.”
Lking int her eyes, I didn't knw what t say. I just sat quietly, hlding her hand 11 she talked n and n.
As time went n, I suddenly realized that she was nt expecting any answer 12 me! She just wanted me t listen. All I did was ndding my head as a way f shwing my agreement.
Finally, she stpped,“I'm very srry fr keeping yu here, 13 I feel relaxed nw!”
八年级英语 第 1 页 共 8 页
“It's OK, madam. It's part f my duty (职责)!”I smiled.
Ms. Aragn taught me ne f 14 lessns a dctr can learn. Smetimes, patients d nt need expensive medicine. They just need smene with patience and willingness t lend an ea r and spare 15 their time.
1. A. start B. started C. will start D. have started
2. A. am lking B. was lking C. have lked D. will lk
3. A. a B. an C. the D. /
4. A. she B. hers C. herself D. her
5. A. quietly B. quiet C. quieter D. quietness
6. A. smething B. nthing C. everything D. thing
7. A. finish B. finishing C. t finish D. finished
8. A. have t B. need C. must D. can
9. A. learn B. was learning C. have learned D. will learn
10. A. t pay B. paying C. pays D. paid
11. A. befre B. while C. after D. until
12. A. at B. t C. fr D. frm
13. A. s B. thugh C. but D. because
14. A. imprtantly B. imprtant C. mre imprtant D. the mst imprtant
15. A. a little B. little C. a few D. few
二、完形填空(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从16~25各题所给的A、B、C、D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
We ften hear that sme famus men can d great things. But d yu knw even a six-year-ld kid can d a wnderful thing?
Last Mnday, six-year-ld Beanie was having lunch at schl. Her friend Aniyah sat by her, 16 an apple. Suddenly, Aniyah was chked (被噎住). She culdn't say anything but just pinted t her thrat.The prblem was that a piece f apple was in her thrat. It was really 17 at that time. N ne knew hw t 18 the girl. Quickly, Beanie had a great idea in mind. She gt up and std behind Aniyah.Then Beanie put her 19 arund the girl. Then she put her hands n Aniyah's stmach. She pressed (压) in and up hard n Aniyah. The piece f apple finally 20 ! Aniyah culd speak again. Beanie nce saw such a life-saving shw n TV and she saved her friend's life with the 21 in it. Hw clever Beanie was!“I never thught I wuld give first aid, but I'm very glad that I knw what t d,”Beanie said. We smetimes 22 this kind f situatin(情况) in ur life. S it's 23 t learn smething abut first aid. We may 24 smene arund us sme day by using that. Maybe yu will have a 25 t save smene's life, t.
八年级英语 第 2 页 共 8 页
16. A. washing B. drawing C. buying D. eating
17. A. difficult B. interesting C. dangerus D. ppular
18. A. save B. find C. lift D. pass
19. A. legs B. arms C. feet D. cars
20. A. gt up B. grew up C. came ut D. stayed up
21. A. stick B. skill C. sprt D. smell
22. A. taste B. change C. check D. meet
23. A. necessary B. successful C. nisy D. exciting
24. A. lk B. encurage C. help D. try
25. A. mind B. chance C. risk D. habit
三、阅读 (共两节；满分35分)
第一节 阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从26~40各题所给的A、B、C、D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
(A)
Make the Internet a friend by using sme f the great resurces (资源) n it. There are many
stries nline that children can read. We’ve gt yur library started with the best nline stries fr
children t read.
When the Grumpy Bug ges ut, he finds that nbdy wants t play
with him because he is grumpy. Finally, he becmes gd-tempered and
has many friends t play with! This interesting stry with cute characters
was written by Rbert Scull.
Ziggity Zm has a gd stry fr children wh lve pirates(海盗).
My Little Pirate was written by Sharn Pierce McCullugh. I lve My
Little Pirate. It tells abut the exciting trips f a little pirate and his friends.
It's ne f the best nline stries fr children t read.
Artie Knap p has written a funny stry abut Owen, a turtle, wh is
afraid f strms. Later, his elder sister helps him vercme his fear f
strms. The Shell Shcked Turtle is a stry every child wh faces fear can
refer t. I'm sure children can learn smething imprtant frm the stry.
八年级英语 第 3 页 共 8 页
26. Hw can we make the Internet a friend accrding t the passage?
A. By using great resurces n it. B. By watching mvie s all day.
C. By playing cmputer games. D. By talking with gd friends.
27. In which stry can children experience very exciting trips?
A. The grumpy Bug B. The Little Girl
C. The Shell Shcked Turtle D. My Little Pirate
28. Where may yu read these stries accrding t the passage?
A. In a magazine. B. In a strybk.
C. On the Internet. D. In a newspaper.
(B)
Even thugh I just had lunch nt lng ag, I was feeling hungry again. I went fr smething t eat.That was when I discvered the pudding in the fridge. It was made frm milk, sugar, eggs and fruits, and it lked s yummy. I nticed that there was nly ne left.
I was putting the pudding n a plate when my brther came int the kitchen. He fund the pudding and asked fr it.“It's mine! I was the nly ne wh fund it!”I shuted.“Yu are my elder brther. Yu shuld give it t me!”said he. Then he started pulling the plate twards himself and I did the same.
Suddenly, the plate mved t ne side and the pudding slipped (滑动) ut f the plate. It landed n the flr and turned int yellw mess. My brther and I bth lked at each ther, feeling amazed and disappinted at the same time. It was such a waste!
T my surprise, Ollie, ur pet dg, walked ver t the mess n the flr. It began t lap up the pudding happily, within minutes, the mess n the flr was gne. Ollie licked (舔) its lips when it was dne.
After watching Ollie finishing the whle pudding by itself, we realized hw flish we had been. If bth f us had shared the pudding, we wuld bth have gt t eat half f it. It was because f ur greed(贪婪)that we ended up with nthing. That day, my brther and I learned a gd lessn.
29. The writer's brther thught he shuld get the pudding because .
A. he fund it by himself B. he made it by himself
C. He was lder D. he was yunger
30. What des the underlined wrd“it”in paragraph 2 refer t?
A. The dg. B. The pudding. C. The plate. D. The fridge.
31. What d the underlined wrds“lap up”in Paragraph 4m ean?
A. share B. mve C. eat D. pull
32. The tw brthers wuld learn t frm then n.
A. share things with each ther B. make pudding
C. wash the plates D. clean the rm
八年级英语 第 4 页 共 8 页
(C)
Benjamin West, the father f American painting, shwed his talent fr art when he was nly six years f age. But he did nt knw abut brushes befre a visitr tld him he needed ne. In thse days, a brush was made frm camel's hair. There were n camels nearby. Benjamin decided that cat hair wuld wrk instead. He cut sme fur frm the family cat t make a brush.
The brush did nt last lng. Sn Benjamin needed mre fur. Befre lng, the cat began t lk ragged(蓬乱). His father said that the cat must be sick. Benjamin was frced t tell his father what he had been ding.
The cat's situatin was abut t imprve. That year, ne f Benjamin's cusins, Mr. Penningtn, came t visit. He was impressed with Benjamin's drawings. When he went hme, he sent Benjamin a bx f paint and sme brushes. He als sent six engravings(版画) which were drawn by an artist. These were the first pictures and first real paint and brushes Benjamin had ever seen.
In 1747, when Benjamin was nine years ld, Mr. Penningtn returned fr anther visit. He was amazed at what Benjamin had dne with his gift. He asked Benjamin's parents if he might take the by back t Philadelphia fr a visit.
In the city, Mr. Penningtn gave Benjamin materials fr creating il paintings. The by began a land-scape(风景) painting. William Williams, a well-knwn painter, came t see him wrk. Williams was im-pressed with Benjamin and gave him tw classic bks n painting t take hme. The bks were lng and dull. Benjamin culd read nly a little, having been a pr student. But he later said,“Thse tw bks were my cmpanins(伙伴) by day, and under my pillw at night.”While it is likely that he understd very little f the bks, they were his intrductin t classical paintings. The nine-year-ld by decided then that he wuld be an artist.
33. What is the passage mainly abut?
A. Benjamin's visit t Philadelphia.
B. Williams's influence n Benjamin.
C. The beginning f Benjamin's life as an artist.
D. The friendship between Benjamin and Penningtn.
34. What can we infer(推断) frm the paragraph 3?
A. The cat wuld be clsely watched.
B. The cat wuld get sme medical care.
C. Benjamin wuld leave his hme shrtly.
D. Benjamin wuld n lnger use the cat's fur t make a brush.
35. What did Penningtn d t help Benjamin develp his talent?
A. He gave him sme painting materials.
B. He tk him t see painting shws.
C. He sent him t a schl in Philadelphia.
D. He taught him hw t make engravings.
八年级英语 第 5 页 共 8 页
36. Williams's tw bks helped Benjamin t .
A. master the use f paints B. make up his mind t be a painter
C. get t knw ther painters D. appreciate landscape paintings
(D)
If the eyes are the windws f the sul, then the bdy is the mirrr f ur feelings. If we are feeling great, we may give ur bdy signals(信号). If we lk at smene else's bdy, we can ften tell hw they are feeling by their bdy signals. S reading bdy language signals is a great tl in daily cmmunicatin.
If yu dn't think that learning hw t read and use bdy language is imprtant, here are sme numbers fr yu. 7% f the infrmatin we receive is frm what peple actually say and 38% f the infrmatin we receive is frm the tne and the speed f their vice; while 55% f the infrmatin we receive is frm their bdy language.
These nn-verbal(非口头的) signals will help yu a lt, but yu still need t fcus n what peple are saying. If yu fcus t much n their bdy language signals, yu and the persn may feel uncmfrtable.It's useful t be able t read peple's language, but it's useful t learn hw t send the right signals and avid the wrng signals t. Bdy language may be given several explanatins. Many signals have different meanings, depending n the persn and the situatins(情况). Be sure f it when yu are trying t read a bdy language signal.
37. The numbers mentined in the secnd paragraph are t .
A. explain what bdy language is
B. shw the imprtance f bdy language
C. tell us bdy language is less used than verbal language
D. tell us bdy language is the nly tl in cmmunicatin
38. Accrding t the writer, bdy language is very .
A. simple t learn B. negative t be used
C. hard t understand D. helpful in cmmunicatin
39. Accrding t the passage, which f the fllwing is TRUE?
A. Bdy language is uncmfrtable.
B. What peple are saying is nt imprtant.
C. Bdy language can shw yur feeling.
D. T send wrng signals is nt bdy language.
40. We can infer(推断) that the writer will'mst prbably talk abut next.
A. what the wrng bdy language signals are
B. examples f hw t understand bdy language crrectly
C. numbers abut hw many peple wrngly use bdy language
D. an analysis(分析) f why peple wrngly understand bdy language
八年级英语 第 6 页 共 8 页
第二节 阅读填空 (共 5 小题；每小题1分、满分 5分)
阅读短文及文后选项、选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项， 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
D yu have the habit f eating breakfast? 41 Many studies all ver the wrld shw that students can think well and give mst f their attentin t their study if they eat breakfast n time every day. 42 What's the relatinship between the students' breakfast and their grades in schl exams?
T help students cme t knw that it's imprtant t have healthy eating habits and t find the answers t these questins, scientists made a new study. 43 Hannah Littlectt rganized(组织) the study by himself. Hannah Littlectt and ther scientists thught that there was a clse relatinship between students'breakfast and their grades.
44 Here is the result (结果): students will get better grades in schl exams if they have a gd breakfast eating habit.
Accrding t the study, a healthy breakfast has fruit, vegetables, milk and bread, while an unhealthy breakfast has things like ptat chips r high-sugar fd. 45 S fr yur health and study, d nt g t schl withut eating breakfast any mre, chse the right fd fr yur breakfast and say n t junk fd(垃圾食品).
A. S can eating breakfast really make yu d better in exams?
B. The study shws that their idea is right.
C. Frm the study, we knw that eating healthy breakfast is really imprtant.
D. What d yu usually eat fr breakfast?
E. 5,000 students aged nine t eleven at ver 100 schls tk part in the study.
四、写作 (共三节；满分30分)
第一节 语篇填词(共5空；每空1分，满分5分)
阅读短文，根据上下文和所给的首字母写出所缺单词。注意使用正确形式，每空限填一词。答卷时，要求写出完整单词。
Every Saturday, Wang Weifang and his friends put n a special play in a small twn near Xi’an. The audience can nly hear them, but they cannt see them. That is because they are putting n a shadw play.
Shadw puppets are made f(46) h leather. The leather is cut ut in the (47)s f a persn, an animal r an bject. Each puppet is painted in (48)b clurs and put n a stick. Sme puppets have mvable arms and legs.
In the play, Wang stands behind a white screen with a light behind it. The audience sits in frnt f this screen. Wang and his friends (49)h the puppets clse t the screen s that their shadws are clear.They (50) m the puppets arund and d the character's vices themselves.
Shadw puppetry is an ld Chinese art. But nw, it isn't as ppular as befre. But Wang and his friends want t keep this ld art frm alive. They believe it's imprtant t save these traditins fr future generatins t enjy.
八年级英语 第 7 页 共 8 页
第二节 完成句子(共5小题； 每小题2分，满分10分)
根据所给的汉语内容，用英语完成下列句子。(每空限填一词)
51. 昨天李教授给我们做了一个关于濒危动物的讲座。
A lecture n endangered animals t us by prfessr Li yesterday.
52. 他说濒危动物的数量变得越来越少了。
He said that the number f the endangered animals was getting .
53. 由于人们砍伐树木， 以至于一些动物没有足够的食物吃。
Because peple cut dwn trees , sme animals haven't gt .
54.人们购买由濒危动物制成的产品是不对的。
t buy prducts made frm end anger animals.
55.有人猎杀非洲大象以盗取他们的牙齿。多么残忍啊！
Sme peple kill Asian elephants fr their teeth. they are!
第三节 书面表达(共1小题；满分15分)
你校正在举办以题为“Schls f the future”的英语征文比赛，请你根据以下的内容提示，用英语写一篇短文参加比赛。
注意：1.可在思维导图内容提示的基础上适当拓展信息；
2.词数80左右 (短文的开头已给出，不计入词数)；
3.不得透露学校、姓名等任何个人信息，否则不予评分。
Schls f the future
In the future, schls will lk very different.
八年级英语 第 8 页 共 8 页
本试卷共四大题， 8页， 满分90分。考试时间 100分钟。
注意事项：
1. 答卷前， 考生务必在答题卡上用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔填写自己的考生号、学校、班别、姓名、试室号、座位号，再用2B铅笔把对应的号码的标号涂黑。
2.选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需要改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案。不能答在试卷上。
3.非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域的相应位置上；如需要改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案，改动的答案也不能超出指定的区域；不准使用铅笔、圆珠笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。
4. 考生必须保持答题卡的整洁，考试结束，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
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1~15各题所给的 A、B、C 和D项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
As a medical student, I always kept silence and was lst in studying. Last mnth, I 1 visiting lcal hspitals t cllect data(数据) fr my reprt.
One cld evening, I 2 fr the final patient t cmplete my study. The recrd shwed 3 43-year-ld patient, Ms. Aragn, was in the sickrm still recvering(恢复) frm 4 illness, n relatives r friends with her. When I sat dwn n a chair and 5 tld her my plan, she agreed. The questinnaire (问卷) was simple and 6 went well.
Just befre I culd get up after 7 it, the lady spke up in her weak vice,“Dctr, d yu think I 8 get back t my nrmal life?”
Hw I wished I were her dctr!“Well, althugh I dn't knw much abut yur illness, I can tell yu what I 9 abut it,”I replied.
But Ms. Aragn seemed 10 n attentin t my wrds.“My husband died and my pay as a cleaner is nly enugh fr my kids.”
Lking int her eyes, I didn't knw what t say. I just sat quietly, hlding her hand 11 she talked n and n.
As time went n, I suddenly realized that she was nt expecting any answer 12 me! She just wanted me t listen. All I did was ndding my head as a way f shwing my agreement.
Finally, she stpped,“I'm very srry fr keeping yu here, 13 I feel relaxed nw!”
八年级英语 第 1 页 共 8 页
“It's OK, madam. It's part f my duty (职责)!”I smiled.
Ms. Aragn taught me ne f 14 lessns a dctr can learn. Smetimes, patients d nt need expensive medicine. They just need smene with patience and willingness t lend an ea r and spare 15 their time.
1. A. start B. started C. will start D. have started
2. A. am lking B. was lking C. have lked D. will lk
3. A. a B. an C. the D. /
4. A. she B. hers C. herself D. her
5. A. quietly B. quiet C. quieter D. quietness
6. A. smething B. nthing C. everything D. thing
7. A. finish B. finishing C. t finish D. finished
8. A. have t B. need C. must D. can
9. A. learn B. was learning C. have learned D. will learn
10. A. t pay B. paying C. pays D. paid
11. A. befre B. while C. after D. until
12. A. at B. t C. fr D. frm
13. A. s B. thugh C. but D. because
14. A. imprtantly B. imprtant C. mre imprtant D. the mst imprtant
15. A. a little B. little C. a few D. few
二、完形填空(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从16~25各题所给的A、B、C、D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
We ften hear that sme famus men can d great things. But d yu knw even a six-year-ld kid can d a wnderful thing?
Last Mnday, six-year-ld Beanie was having lunch at schl. Her friend Aniyah sat by her, 16 an apple. Suddenly, Aniyah was chked (被噎住). She culdn't say anything but just pinted t her thrat.The prblem was that a piece f apple was in her thrat. It was really 17 at that time. N ne knew hw t 18 the girl. Quickly, Beanie had a great idea in mind. She gt up and std behind Aniyah.Then Beanie put her 19 arund the girl. Then she put her hands n Aniyah's stmach. She pressed (压) in and up hard n Aniyah. The piece f apple finally 20 ! Aniyah culd speak again. Beanie nce saw such a life-saving shw n TV and she saved her friend's life with the 21 in it. Hw clever Beanie was!“I never thught I wuld give first aid, but I'm very glad that I knw what t d,”Beanie said. We smetimes 22 this kind f situatin(情况) in ur life. S it's 23 t learn smething abut first aid. We may 24 smene arund us sme day by using that. Maybe yu will have a 25 t save smene's life, t.
八年级英语 第 2 页 共 8 页
16. A. washing B. drawing C. buying D. eating
17. A. difficult B. interesting C. dangerus D. ppular
18. A. save B. find C. lift D. pass
19. A. legs B. arms C. feet D. cars
20. A. gt up B. grew up C. came ut D. stayed up
21. A. stick B. skill C. sprt D. smell
22. A. taste B. change C. check D. meet
23. A. necessary B. successful C. nisy D. exciting
24. A. lk B. encurage C. help D. try
25. A. mind B. chance C. risk D. habit
三、阅读 (共两节；满分35分)
第一节 阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从26~40各题所给的A、B、C、D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
(A)
Make the Internet a friend by using sme f the great resurces (资源) n it. There are many
stries nline that children can read. We’ve gt yur library started with the best nline stries fr
children t read.
When the Grumpy Bug ges ut, he finds that nbdy wants t play
with him because he is grumpy. Finally, he becmes gd-tempered and
has many friends t play with! This interesting stry with cute characters
was written by Rbert Scull.
Ziggity Zm has a gd stry fr children wh lve pirates(海盗).
My Little Pirate was written by Sharn Pierce McCullugh. I lve My
Little Pirate. It tells abut the exciting trips f a little pirate and his friends.
It's ne f the best nline stries fr children t read.
Artie Knap p has written a funny stry abut Owen, a turtle, wh is
afraid f strms. Later, his elder sister helps him vercme his fear f
strms. The Shell Shcked Turtle is a stry every child wh faces fear can
refer t. I'm sure children can learn smething imprtant frm the stry.
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26. Hw can we make the Internet a friend accrding t the passage?
A. By using great resurces n it. B. By watching mvie s all day.
C. By playing cmputer games. D. By talking with gd friends.
27. In which stry can children experience very exciting trips?
A. The grumpy Bug B. The Little Girl
C. The Shell Shcked Turtle D. My Little Pirate
28. Where may yu read these stries accrding t the passage?
A. In a magazine. B. In a strybk.
C. On the Internet. D. In a newspaper.
(B)
Even thugh I just had lunch nt lng ag, I was feeling hungry again. I went fr smething t eat.That was when I discvered the pudding in the fridge. It was made frm milk, sugar, eggs and fruits, and it lked s yummy. I nticed that there was nly ne left.
I was putting the pudding n a plate when my brther came int the kitchen. He fund the pudding and asked fr it.“It's mine! I was the nly ne wh fund it!”I shuted.“Yu are my elder brther. Yu shuld give it t me!”said he. Then he started pulling the plate twards himself and I did the same.
Suddenly, the plate mved t ne side and the pudding slipped (滑动) ut f the plate. It landed n the flr and turned int yellw mess. My brther and I bth lked at each ther, feeling amazed and disappinted at the same time. It was such a waste!
T my surprise, Ollie, ur pet dg, walked ver t the mess n the flr. It began t lap up the pudding happily, within minutes, the mess n the flr was gne. Ollie licked (舔) its lips when it was dne.
After watching Ollie finishing the whle pudding by itself, we realized hw flish we had been. If bth f us had shared the pudding, we wuld bth have gt t eat half f it. It was because f ur greed(贪婪)that we ended up with nthing. That day, my brther and I learned a gd lessn.
29. The writer's brther thught he shuld get the pudding because .
A. he fund it by himself B. he made it by himself
C. He was lder D. he was yunger
30. What des the underlined wrd“it”in paragraph 2 refer t?
A. The dg. B. The pudding. C. The plate. D. The fridge.
31. What d the underlined wrds“lap up”in Paragraph 4m ean?
A. share B. mve C. eat D. pull
32. The tw brthers wuld learn t frm then n.
A. share things with each ther B. make pudding
C. wash the plates D. clean the rm
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(C)
Benjamin West, the father f American painting, shwed his talent fr art when he was nly six years f age. But he did nt knw abut brushes befre a visitr tld him he needed ne. In thse days, a brush was made frm camel's hair. There were n camels nearby. Benjamin decided that cat hair wuld wrk instead. He cut sme fur frm the family cat t make a brush.
The brush did nt last lng. Sn Benjamin needed mre fur. Befre lng, the cat began t lk ragged(蓬乱). His father said that the cat must be sick. Benjamin was frced t tell his father what he had been ding.
The cat's situatin was abut t imprve. That year, ne f Benjamin's cusins, Mr. Penningtn, came t visit. He was impressed with Benjamin's drawings. When he went hme, he sent Benjamin a bx f paint and sme brushes. He als sent six engravings(版画) which were drawn by an artist. These were the first pictures and first real paint and brushes Benjamin had ever seen.
In 1747, when Benjamin was nine years ld, Mr. Penningtn returned fr anther visit. He was amazed at what Benjamin had dne with his gift. He asked Benjamin's parents if he might take the by back t Philadelphia fr a visit.
In the city, Mr. Penningtn gave Benjamin materials fr creating il paintings. The by began a land-scape(风景) painting. William Williams, a well-knwn painter, came t see him wrk. Williams was im-pressed with Benjamin and gave him tw classic bks n painting t take hme. The bks were lng and dull. Benjamin culd read nly a little, having been a pr student. But he later said,“Thse tw bks were my cmpanins(伙伴) by day, and under my pillw at night.”While it is likely that he understd very little f the bks, they were his intrductin t classical paintings. The nine-year-ld by decided then that he wuld be an artist.
33. What is the passage mainly abut?
A. Benjamin's visit t Philadelphia.
B. Williams's influence n Benjamin.
C. The beginning f Benjamin's life as an artist.
D. The friendship between Benjamin and Penningtn.
34. What can we infer(推断) frm the paragraph 3?
A. The cat wuld be clsely watched.
B. The cat wuld get sme medical care.
C. Benjamin wuld leave his hme shrtly.
D. Benjamin wuld n lnger use the cat's fur t make a brush.
35. What did Penningtn d t help Benjamin develp his talent?
A. He gave him sme painting materials.
B. He tk him t see painting shws.
C. He sent him t a schl in Philadelphia.
D. He taught him hw t make engravings.
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36. Williams's tw bks helped Benjamin t .
A. master the use f paints B. make up his mind t be a painter
C. get t knw ther painters D. appreciate landscape paintings
(D)
If the eyes are the windws f the sul, then the bdy is the mirrr f ur feelings. If we are feeling great, we may give ur bdy signals(信号). If we lk at smene else's bdy, we can ften tell hw they are feeling by their bdy signals. S reading bdy language signals is a great tl in daily cmmunicatin.
If yu dn't think that learning hw t read and use bdy language is imprtant, here are sme numbers fr yu. 7% f the infrmatin we receive is frm what peple actually say and 38% f the infrmatin we receive is frm the tne and the speed f their vice; while 55% f the infrmatin we receive is frm their bdy language.
These nn-verbal(非口头的) signals will help yu a lt, but yu still need t fcus n what peple are saying. If yu fcus t much n their bdy language signals, yu and the persn may feel uncmfrtable.It's useful t be able t read peple's language, but it's useful t learn hw t send the right signals and avid the wrng signals t. Bdy language may be given several explanatins. Many signals have different meanings, depending n the persn and the situatins(情况). Be sure f it when yu are trying t read a bdy language signal.
37. The numbers mentined in the secnd paragraph are t .
A. explain what bdy language is
B. shw the imprtance f bdy language
C. tell us bdy language is less used than verbal language
D. tell us bdy language is the nly tl in cmmunicatin
38. Accrding t the writer, bdy language is very .
A. simple t learn B. negative t be used
C. hard t understand D. helpful in cmmunicatin
39. Accrding t the passage, which f the fllwing is TRUE?
A. Bdy language is uncmfrtable.
B. What peple are saying is nt imprtant.
C. Bdy language can shw yur feeling.
D. T send wrng signals is nt bdy language.
40. We can infer(推断) that the writer will'mst prbably talk abut next.
A. what the wrng bdy language signals are
B. examples f hw t understand bdy language crrectly
C. numbers abut hw many peple wrngly use bdy language
D. an analysis(分析) f why peple wrngly understand bdy language
八年级英语 第 6 页 共 8 页
第二节 阅读填空 (共 5 小题；每小题1分、满分 5分)
阅读短文及文后选项、选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项， 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
D yu have the habit f eating breakfast? 41 Many studies all ver the wrld shw that students can think well and give mst f their attentin t their study if they eat breakfast n time every day. 42 What's the relatinship between the students' breakfast and their grades in schl exams?
T help students cme t knw that it's imprtant t have healthy eating habits and t find the answers t these questins, scientists made a new study. 43 Hannah Littlectt rganized(组织) the study by himself. Hannah Littlectt and ther scientists thught that there was a clse relatinship between students'breakfast and their grades.
44 Here is the result (结果): students will get better grades in schl exams if they have a gd breakfast eating habit.
Accrding t the study, a healthy breakfast has fruit, vegetables, milk and bread, while an unhealthy breakfast has things like ptat chips r high-sugar fd. 45 S fr yur health and study, d nt g t schl withut eating breakfast any mre, chse the right fd fr yur breakfast and say n t junk fd(垃圾食品).
A. S can eating breakfast really make yu d better in exams?
B. The study shws that their idea is right.
C. Frm the study, we knw that eating healthy breakfast is really imprtant.
D. What d yu usually eat fr breakfast?
E. 5,000 students aged nine t eleven at ver 100 schls tk part in the study.
四、写作 (共三节；满分30分)
第一节 语篇填词(共5空；每空1分，满分5分)
阅读短文，根据上下文和所给的首字母写出所缺单词。注意使用正确形式，每空限填一词。答卷时，要求写出完整单词。
Every Saturday, Wang Weifang and his friends put n a special play in a small twn near Xi’an. The audience can nly hear them, but they cannt see them. That is because they are putting n a shadw play.
Shadw puppets are made f(46) h leather. The leather is cut ut in the (47)s f a persn, an animal r an bject. Each puppet is painted in (48)b clurs and put n a stick. Sme puppets have mvable arms and legs.
In the play, Wang stands behind a white screen with a light behind it. The audience sits in frnt f this screen. Wang and his friends (49)h the puppets clse t the screen s that their shadws are clear.They (50) m the puppets arund and d the character's vices themselves.
Shadw puppetry is an ld Chinese art. But nw, it isn't as ppular as befre. But Wang and his friends want t keep this ld art frm alive. They believe it's imprtant t save these traditins fr future generatins t enjy.
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第二节 完成句子(共5小题； 每小题2分，满分10分)
根据所给的汉语内容，用英语完成下列句子。(每空限填一词)
51. 昨天李教授给我们做了一个关于濒危动物的讲座。
A lecture n endangered animals t us by prfessr Li yesterday.
52. 他说濒危动物的数量变得越来越少了。
He said that the number f the endangered animals was getting .
53. 由于人们砍伐树木， 以至于一些动物没有足够的食物吃。
Because peple cut dwn trees , sme animals haven't gt .
54.人们购买由濒危动物制成的产品是不对的。
t buy prducts made frm end anger animals.
55.有人猎杀非洲大象以盗取他们的牙齿。多么残忍啊！
Sme peple kill Asian elephants fr their teeth. they are!
第三节 书面表达(共1小题；满分15分)
你校正在举办以题为“Schls f the future”的英语征文比赛，请你根据以下的内容提示，用英语写一篇短文参加比赛。
注意：1.可在思维导图内容提示的基础上适当拓展信息；
2.词数80左右 (短文的开头已给出，不计入词数)；
3.不得透露学校、姓名等任何个人信息，否则不予评分。
Schls f the future
In the future, schls will lk very different.
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