[英语]广东省广州市二中教育集团2023-2024学年八年级下学期英语期中监测试卷

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第Ⅰ卷 客观题
第Ⅰ卷的注释
一、单项选择（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）(共5题；共5分)
1. My mther makes me ____ up my rm at weekends.
2. ____ bdy language crrectly makes him mre welcme in his cmpany.
3. We have ____ eggs left in the fridge. We must buy sme at nce, r we will nt have enugh eggs fr tnight's dinner.
4. Amy enjys ____ bks when she is free.
5. T be healthier we g running ____ the early mrning.
第Ⅱ卷 主观题
第Ⅱ卷的注释
二、语法选择（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）(共1题；共10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16～25各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项。
Kites have a lng histry. At first, nly the army used kites t measure distances and ther peple never used kites. During the Ming Dynasty (朝代), kites became ppular in China 6 many peple began making kites themselves. Kites are made f bamb. There are traditinal Chinese paintings n them such as the pictures f Mnkey King and Ne Zha.
Yang Hngwei is a kite maker. She 7 t make kites frm her grandfather since she was a child. Her grandfather is strict with her, s she makes kites very 8 . After practising 9 skill fr 10 years, she started her shp. In the shp, she sells kites t peple.
Pictures like butterflies, birds and famus characters can 10 n Yang's kites. She has a kite in the shape f a phenix (凤凰). On each side f the phenix, there are pictures f 50 famus wmen frm Chinese histry. Every wman's picture is different frm 11 pictures. Yang spends lts f time 12 histry bks and talking with friends abut the stries.
In her free time, she als travels t different cuntries including Germany, Australia and the United State 13 Chinese kites t the wrld.
" 14 is imprtant fr me t let mre peple arund the wrld knw mre abut China. And I really hpe t keep this traditinal skill 15 ." She says.
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三、完形填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）(共1题；共15分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从26～35各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项。
Last Saturday, Du Juan came t a park in her city as usual. She put a bard saying "Free Haircuts" beside a red 16 . Then a man in his 60s, came and sat dwn.
Du Juan tk the 17 in her hand and started t wrk. They talked happily like ld friends. Du Juan spke f sme 18 things in her life and the ld man shared his funny nes, t. Twenty minutes later, "OK, dne," said Du Juan. The ld man lked at himself in a mirrr. "I lk gd. Thank yu!"
This actin began after Du Juan suffered frm an illness. She used t have lts f hair, but nw it is quite 19 . Fr a lng time, she was wrried that smene might laugh at her, s she didn't g t cut her hair. Luckily, a prfessinal barber (理发师) appeared. "He chatted with me and didn't 20 me as a persn with illness. I felt cared abut and relaxed. That day, he changed my 21 and mre imprtantly, he changed my mind," Du Juan said.
"I learned the haircut skills and later became a barber. I lve listening t peple's stries f sadness and happiness. I can't 22 their prblems, but I can help them feel encuraged fr a mment." She added. In 2018, she 23 the Red Chair Prject s that she culd help mre peple arund the 24 besides her neighbrs. Du Juan believes acts f 25 as simple as this can make a big difference.
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四、阅读，第一节 阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）(共15题；共30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。
Fr a century, Disney has captured the hearts and imaginatins f millins wrldwide.
Frm a small animatin (动画) studi t a glbal cmpany, Disney has created a miracle that has lasted fr s many years.
Over the years, Disney has cntinued t push the develpment f creativity and technlgy. Walt Disney, the great funder, greatly changed the animatin industry with the creatin f Mickey Musein 1928, and it is cnsidered the wrld's first cartn with bth sund and clr. In 1937, Disney put n the wrld's first full-length animated film, Snw White and the Seven Dwarfs, and made Disney as a leader in animatin. This big win als helped push the way fr the future f stry films in cinema, including The Lin Kingand Frzen.
Hwever, Disney's success ges far beynd the cinema screen. In 1955, the pening f Disneyland changed Disney frm a successful animatin studi t a glbal entertainment (娱乐) cmpany. It cmpletely changed the idea f family entertainment and explred theme park experiences by intrducing the wrld t a wnderful kingdm where dreams cme true, making Disney's a leader in the entertainment business. Later, Disney's buying f ther entertainment cmpanies, such as Pixar and Marvel, allwed Disney t bring characters like Wdy and Buzz Lightyear, Irn Man and Captain America int its family, cnnecting stries and experiences acrss different medias (媒体), frm films t televisin t vide games.
Walt Disney nce said, "We keep mving frward, pening new drs, and ding new things." And this spirit has been the key t the cmpany's success. Disney's stry shws the pwer f dreams, creativity, and the idea that anything is pssible. Nwadays, Disney has becme the tp f success, a shining example f what can be set up when imaginatin knws n bunds.
26. Which wrk started Disney's leading rle in the animatin industry?
A . Mickey Muse. B . Snw White and the Seven Dwarfs. C . The Lin King. D . Frzen.
27. What is the crrect rder f the fllwing events?
a. Disney bught ther entertainment cmpanies, such as Pixar and Marvel.
b. Mickey Muse was created successfully.
c. Snw White and the Seven Dwarfs was put n.
d. Disney develped int a leader in the entertainment business.
e. It pened the glbal theme park Disneyland.
A . b-e-c-d-a B . d-b-c-e-a C . b-c-e-d-a D . d-a-b-c-e
28. What is the key t Disney's success accrding t the last paragraph?
A . Creative spirits. B . Strng determinatin (决心). C . Gd business ideas. D . Great animatin technlgy.
29. What is the purpse f the passage?
A . T attract mre peple t visit Disneyland. B . T encurage peple t create new things. C . T intrduce the develpment f Disney. D . T explain the reasns why peple like Disney.
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。
Being a place where yu can't speak the lcal language can be difficult fr yu t live. Is it pssible fr us t take a dictinary all the time? Of curse, n! It's nly natural t cmmunicate thrugh bdy language. Hands can shw smething easily, but their meanings are different in different places.
Trying t call smene t cme t yu can nt be understd easily. Because it depends n where yu are. The same gesture may mean very different things in different places. Westerners d it with a hked (弯曲的) frefinger and a raised palm (手掌). Asians d it in an ppsite way and they dn't like the westerner's way t ask fr cming. In their pinin, they ften d this t call the dg. Instead, when calling smene t cme, Asians turn the palm dwn and wave all fingers tgether, and this is hw Western peple tell smene t g away.
Even the simplest hand mvement can cause crss-cultural prblems. In the West, a thumb up has a gd meaning and a thumb dwn a bad ne. Hwever, yu might be surprised t knw that in the Middle East, a thumb up has a negative meaning and a thumb dwn has n meaning at all.
Bdy language may be a natural and gd chice when yu can't cmmunicate in lcal language. Sme simple mvements gestures r even a blink f yur eye may wrk just fine. Even if yu dn't understand the wrds at all, it is still funny and useful t try bdy language.
30. Which might cause bad feelings t an Asian persn traveling in the West?
A . Shwing a thumb up t express smething gd. B . Making a "peace" sign when his r her picture is taken. C . Using a dictinary t speak t smene. D . Calling Asians t cme in the Western way.
31. What des the writer advise us t d when traveling in a new place?
A . Try t use as much bdy language as pssible. B . Always remember t take a dictinary with yu. C . Bdy language is mre preferred than the lcal language. D . The lcal meanings f bdy language shuld be learnt earlier.
32. Hw des the writer feel abut using gestures t cmmunicate?
A . He thinks it's wrrying. B . He's angry abut it. C . He wuld like t use it. D . He thinks it's simple t use.
33. What is the best title f this passage?
A . The Bad Descriptin f Travellers B . Same Bdy Language, Different Meanings C . Strange Effects f Bdy Language D . Funny Cultures in the Wrld
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。
The library f Brke's schl needed sme new bks and cmputers. But Mrs. Jrdan, the librarian, tld Brke that there wasn't enugh mney fr these things. Brke decided t ask if the schl culd have a fund-raising party fr the library. She talked t Mrs. Archer, head f the schl, and she agreed.
Brke wrked with her friends and Mrs. Jrdan t prepare fr the party. They first gt permissin t use sme f the rms. They wuld use ne rm t shw mvies. There was even ging t be ppcrn. There wuld be games in anther rm, with prizes fr the winners. There wuld als be a rm full f fd and drinks.
Then they publicized the party. Brke and her friends psted ntices in the streets and called everyne they knew. They psted ntices in the newspaper, t, and called sme f the radi statins t ask them t help tell peple abut the party.
The big day finally came. The party was t start at 1:00 p.m., but when Brke gt t schl at 12:30, there were already peple waiting! She knew then that her idea had wrked.
The fund-raising party raised hundreds f dllars fr the library. Befre lng, the library was able t buy new bks and cmputers. Brke was happy abut that.
34. Wh gt the idea f the fund-raiding party?
A . Brke. B . Mrs. Jrdan. C . Mrs. Archer. D . Brke's friends.
35. What des the underlined wrd "publicized" mean in paragraph 3?
A . Started. B . Held. C . Advertised. D . Prepared.
36. Which f the fllwing best describes Brke?
A . Kind and creative. B . Brave and careful. C . Careless but helpful. D . Funny and hardwrking.
37. What is the main lessn f the stry?
A . Helping thers is helping yurself. B . Teamwrk can help yu d things better. C . It's imprtant fr us t take actin t help. D . It's a gd chice t hld a party t raise funds.
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。
38. Which f the fllwing is TRUE?
A . Paper-cutting has a lng histry f arund 500 years. B . In a wedding, peple usually paste paper cuttings f "Fu" n their windws. C . Ancient Chinese peple lved the clr red because it means lve. D . Five pieces f paper-cuttings are usually put tgether in Yuxian.
39. What is the main reasn fr using black paper-cuttings in Shanzhu?
A . Because Shanzhu is a dry place and black means the wish fr water. B . Black is thught t be a symbl f wealth and pwer in Shanzhu. C . Shanzhu is a place with rich resurces f black-clred paper. D . Artists in Shanzhu prefer darker clrs in their art wrks.
40. Where can we find this article?
A . On a culture website. B . In a stry bk. C . In a fashin magazine. D . In a science bk.
五、阅读填空（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）(共1题；共10分)
阅读短文及文后A-E选项，选出可以填入1～5各题空白处的最佳选项。
We can see circles, squares and triangles (三角形) everywhere in ur daily life. 41 Much like clrs, different shapes can tell us smething abut the characters.
The rund shape ften brings us the idea f things in nature, like the Sun, flwers, raindrps and s n. 42 All these things make us feel happy and warm. This is why s many cartn characters bdies — heres, kids, gd peple — are rund in shape, because circles mean gdness, happiness and friendliness.
Squares shw smething man-made r ld-fashined. In the cartn called Up (飞屋环游记), Carl, an elderly man, has a square face and wears square glasses, while Russell, an 8-year-ld by with a rund face, always wears rund medals. 43 Carl is stubbrn (执拗的) and lnely while Russell is cute and full f energy.
The angriest shape is the triangle. Lk at the bad guys in cartns. 44 Because triangles dn't easily fall dwn characters designed in this way are usually difficult t deal with.
45 S, next time yu see a film, pay attentin t the shapes and yu will knw what the characters are like.
六、写作，第一节 语篇填词（共5空；每空1分，满分5分）(共1题；共3.5分)
阅读短文，根据上下文和所给的首字母写出所缺单词。每空限填一词。在答卷上要求写出完整单词。
Li Hua is a warm-hearted girl. She is always r 46 t help thers. One day, n her way t schl, she saw a man in need f help at the bus stp. When Li Hua came clser t him, she fund he had d 47 cmmunicating with thers because he culdn't hear r speak. Li Hua knew sme bdy language and __ 48 t help. Li Hua cmmunicated with the man with sme gestures and fund ut that he wanted t g t the hspital t see his daughter. Li Hua shwed him the way and wished him gd l 49 . The man thanked her with a big smile n his face. A 50 Li Hua was late fr schl, she still felt prud and happy.
七、完成句子（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）(共5题；共10分)
51. 为了准时到达那所学校，我昨天很早就起床了。
____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ the schl n time, I gt up early yesterday.
52. 我看到了学校里面有几棵古树，它们给我留下了好印象。
I saw sme ld trees in the schl. They ____________________ a ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ me.
53. 古树种植于一百多年前，它们一直提醒着我们这所学校的悠久历史。
The ld trees ____________________ ____________________ ver a hundred years ag. They ____________________ us ____________________ the lng histry f the schl all the time.
54. 我也学习了怎样才能照顾好这些古树。
I als learned ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ the ld trees well.
55. 这所学校多么迷人啊！
____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ it is!
八、书面表达（共1题；满分15分）(共1题；共15分)
56. 你是校志愿队队长李华。你校将于下周六组织一次Vlunteer Day (志愿者日) 活动，交换生Sam也报名参加。请你根据以下内容写一封电子邮件，向他介绍活动的安排。
要求：（1）可在内容提示的基础上适当拓展信息；（2）词数80词左右 (邮件的开头已给出，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。
Dear Sam,
Thank yu fr jining us in ur vluntary wrk next Saturday. Best wishes,
Yurs,
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A . t clean
B . cleaning
C . clean
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A . Use
B . Using
C . Used
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A . few
B . a few
C . little
D . a little
A . read
B . reading
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A . in
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A . because
B . s that
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A . learns
B . learned
C . has learned
D . is learning
A . careful
B . carefully
C . mre careful
D . mst carefully
A . a
B . an
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A . see
B . saw
C . be seeing
D . be seen
A . thers
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A . read
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A . shw
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A . It
B . Its
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A . alive
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A . table
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A . bard
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A . interesting
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C . surprising
D . bring
A . lng
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A . learn abut
B . wrry abut
C . think f
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A . gesture
B . appearance
C . bdy
D . illness
A . slve
B . share
C . face
D . change
A . lked up
B . put up
C . started up
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A . hspital
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A . patience
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Paper Art
Paper-cutting is ne f the traditinal flk arts in China. It has a histry f abut 1,500 years. With just simple tls such as sme paper, scissrs and knives, an artist can bring yu amazing art wrks yu wuld never imagine.
Because f the symbl f happiness and luck they bring, paper cuttings with characters such as "Fu" are ften seen n the windws f mst Chinese families during the Spring Festival.
Why red?
In ancient times, farming mainly depended n the Sun t bring better harvest (收成). Peple see read, the clr f the Sun, as the symbl f hpe and life. Nw, yu can see red everywhere in China. The walls f ld palaces, lanterns, weddings and s n.
Black in Shanzhu
Shanzhu is in Henan prvince. Different frm mst f the ther places, the paper-cuttings there are black! It represents (代表) the cludy sky when raining. Shanzhu is a dry place. Peple make black paper-cuttings with the wish fr rain in their hearts.
Clrful paper-cuttings
Paper-cuttings are clrful in Yuxian, Hebei prvince. Artists there put five pieces f paprt-cuttings tgether. They just paint the first piece with a heavy brush f clr and let it g thrugh, making every ther piece lk special.
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A. These shapes shw differences between the characters.
B. But have yu thught abut their meanings in cartns?
C. They are all drawn with plenty f pints, like Shen Gngba in Ne Zha.
D. We can als cnnect circles with beautiful eyes and babies' rund faces.
E. In fact, in ther kinds f films, different shapes are used fr the same purpse.
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