湖南省长沙市青竹湖湘一外国语学校2024-2025学年八年级上学期期末考试英语试卷

这是一份湖南省长沙市青竹湖湘一外国语学校2024-2025学年八年级上学期期末考试英语试卷，共8页。试卷主要包含了阅读理解，阅读还原，完形填空，短文填空，任务型阅读，书面表达等内容，欢迎下载使用。
1．When may carbn emissins in China reach the tp?
A．In 2024B．In 2030C．In 2060
2．What shuld we d t make the wrld greener?
A．We shuld stp using running water.
B．We shuld nt use lights when wrking.
C．We shuld ride bicycles r walk mre.
Bertha and Grace were gd friends at the same schl. Bertha was bright and ppular, while Grace was quiet and alne because her parents died in an accident (事故) nt lng ag.
As the term ended, Bertha gt an e-mail frm Aunt Meg.
Dear Bertha,
I want yu t spend yur summer hliday at my hme. Mary, Luise and Lily are cming, t. S there is just rm fr ne mre, and that ne must be yu. Yu always get n well with them, right? Yu girls can d just as yu like. I’ll feed yu n all the tasty fds that girls lve. And we’ll have parties happily and play vlleyball n the beach.
Aunt Meg
Bertha was happy t accept the invitatin. Hw abut Grace? She planned t wrk at Clarkman’s bkstre during the summer vacatin t make mney fr her next term’s study. Bertha thught Grace needed a rest. But Grace said that she had n place t g.
Bertha felt bad abut Grace’s difficulties and wanted t help. She wrte t Aunt Meg, telling her abut Grace’s stry. She asked help frm Aunt Meg, hping she culd allw Grace t spend summer in her huse. Aunt Meg agreed t invite her.
That day, Bertha said t Grace, “I wn’t be available t g t Aunt Meg’s hme. Wuld yu like t g there instead?” Grace said yes gladly.
Summer passed quickly, and Bertha received tw e-mails.
One was frm Aunt Meg and the ther was frm Grace.
Aunt Meg wrte: “I adpted Grace. She’s the sweetest girl, and I’m grateful (感激的) yu sent her t me. I always want a daughter like her.”
Grace wrte: “I had a great time. Guess what? Aunt Meg wanted me t be a part f her family. I have a new hme nw!”
Bertha smiled. That was really a gd result fr everyne.
3．What happened t Grace?
A．She lst her parents.
B．She gt an e-mail frm Aunt Meg.
C．She wrked at Clarkman’s bkstre,
4．Why did Bertha write a letter t Aunt Meg?
A．T find her a new friend.
B．T turn dwn her invitatin.
C．T advise Meg t invite Grace.
5．What des the underlined sentence “I adpted Grace.” prbably mean?
A．Aunt Meg changed Grace.
B．Aunt Meg made friends with Grace.
C．Grace became a family member f Meg’s.
6．What can we learn frm the stry?
A．A gd friend is like a mirrr.
B．Small acts f kindness can change smene’s life.
C．Try yur best and then yu can be anything yu want.
When yu lk at a muntain with snw n tp, yu may think it is s beautiful and wnderful. But is it still amazing when an avalanche happens?
An avalanche is snw, ice and rcks mving tgether quickly dwn a muntain. Different things can make avalanches. Fr example, when snwfall (降雪) is at its greatest, it happens easily. Als, abut 90 percent f avalanches have t d with humans, like climbers and skiing (滑雪). Besides, strng winds, earthquakes (地震) and even animal activities like running and fighting can als make them happen.
Avalanches are mst cmmn during the winter, frm December t April. But they d happen all year rund. Mst f them are small, with nly little snw. But in high muntains, such as the Alps and the Himalayas, they can be huge (巨大的) and dangerus. Sme places in France, Austria, Switzerland, and Italy see the greatest number f avalanches and deaths every year. When an Avalanche happens, the fast-mving snw, ice, and rcks can sweep away everything n the way. They bury (埋) skiers and muntain climbers alive. And the snw is s heavy that climbers ften die f being breathless (窒息的). When an avalanche stps, the snw becmes t hard t mve. That can make peple under die f cldness.
But what can we d t keep us in safe when an Avalanche happens? Educatin and right training (训练) n avalanches can help. Learn abut dangers f Avalanches befre ging ut. Als bring useful tls like a beacn (信标) t help thers find yu and a shvel t help save thers.
7．Hw des the writer start the passage?
A．By giving examples.B．By asking a questin.C．By sharing an idea.
8．What may make avalanches happen?
①the height f muntains ②great snwfall
③human activities like skiing ④ a running deer in the snw
A．①②③B．①③④C．②③④
9．What can we knw frm paragraph 3?
A．Where small avalanches happen.
B．Hw climbers die in avalanches.
C．What t d t stp avalanches.
10．What’s the writer’s purpse (目的) f writing this passage?
A．T tell us never g near high muntains with snw.
B．T give ways t keep safe when meeting avalanches.
C．T intrduce sme facts and infrmatin abut avalanches.
二、阅读还原（本大题共1小题）
阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
D yu knw the her’s jurney (英雄之旅)? In many bks and mvies, a her starts an adventure (冒险) and gets ver many difficulties alng the way. In the end, the her becmes a better persn and cmes back hme. In a new study, scientists fund that seeing yur life as a her’s jurney is gd fr yur mental health (心理健康). It can make yu feel much better and mre pleased (满意的) with yur life. Hw can yu start “yur her jurney”? 11
Make a list. Write dwn yur answers t these questins: What makes yu wh yu re tday? (Yu can think abut the imprtant events in yur life.) 12 What challenge (挑战) are standing in yur way?
13 Why d yu like that character? He may teach yu imprtant lessns because f his psitives (积极的品质). Keeping them in mind can help yu see yurself in a mre heric way.
Change the way yu lk at prblems. 14 Yu can see yur prblems as challenges (挑战). Think f them as chances t develp yur strength (发挥优势) and be the her f yur wn stry.
G n mre heric adventures. We grw frm new experiences, s try new things in yur life. 15 Or it als can be creative, like brrwing a bike and riding it t schl.
A．Scientists have sme tips fr yu.
B．It can be simple, like grwing a new plant.
C．Think abut yur favrite character frm a mvie r bk.
D．Are yu having prblems and experiencing a difficult time?
E．What’s yur persnality (个性) like?
三、完形填空（本大题共1小题）
A daughter cmplained (抱怨) t her father that life was hard and she didn’t knw hw t make it. Her father tk her t the 16 , filled three pts with water and placed each n fire.
When the pts biled (沸腾), he 17 ptates in ne pt, eggs in the secnd pt and cffee beans in the third pt. After twenty minutes, he tk the ptates and the 18 ut, then pured the cffee in a cup. He asked his 19 t tuch the ptates, shell the eggs (剥鸡蛋) and taste the cffee. She did all these things and 20 the ptates were sft (软的), the eggs became hard and the cffee tasted gd.
“Father, what des this mean?” she asked. He explained (解释) that althugh the three things faced the same difficulty—the biling water (沸水), each f them replied 21 . The ptates were strng and hard at first, but became 22 and weak (弱的) later. The eggs were sft but the inside f them became hard after being biled. The cffee beans were unique (独一无二的). They changed (改变) the water and 23 smething new. He asked his daughter, “When 24 kncks (敲) n yur dr, hw d yu reply? Are yu a ptat, an egg, r a cffee bean? Are yu brave enugh t face the prblems in frnt f yu? Always remember, success wn’t cme t yu 25 yu g t it.”
16．A．kitchenB．living rmC．bedrm
17．A．peeledB．mixedC．placed
18．A．ptatesB．eggsC．cffee
19．A．fatherB．daughterC．sn
20．A．fund utB．helped utC．lked fr
21．A．slwlyB．similarlyC．differently
22．A．sftB．badC．salty
23．A．createdB．fundC．caught
24．A．happinessB．difficultyC．chances
25．A．ifB．becauseC．unless
四、短文填空（本大题共1小题）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Red is a natinal clr in China. It has 26 (true) influenced (影响) Chinese culture and traditins. Peple use it a lt, frm celebratins and festivals t everyday life.
The use f red started lnglng ag. There is a statue (塑像) f the Yellw Emperr (Huangdi in Chinese) in Beijing. We can see the Emperr wears a red rbe (长袍). During the Han Dynasty (朝代), red shwed hw imprtant smene was. And peple ften used it in sme big 27 (celebrate). In the Tang Dynasty, red 28 (becme) a ppular clr fr clthing.
In Chinese culture, red is a special clr. It means a lt f gd things and feelings. It’s a clr f happiness and gd luck. Peple use it t bring 29 (they) happiness and drive bad things away. It’s cmmn 30 (see) it at weddings (婚礼), n birthdays, and during the Chinese New Year. It’s a clr f wealth and health, 31 peple ften wear r carry smething red. It’s als a clr f pwer and energy.
Tday, red still plays 32 imprtant rle in Chinese culture and sciety (社会). The Natinal Flag (国旗) f the China is red 33 five yellw stars n the tp left. And nw, red is als a 34 (ht) clr than befre. These days, if yu g t a wedding party, yu 35 (see) mre yung peple wearing traditinal red wedding dresses. Red als appears in phrases. Fr example, “Mianhng erchi” means t be angry.
五、任务型阅读（本大题共1小题）
阅读下面短文，根据短文内容回答问题并翻译句子。
A 24-year-ld yung lady, Ssina Challa, lives in Ethipia, in eastern Africa. When she was abut 16, she and her friends saw a grup f bys skatebarding (玩滑板) in a parking lt. “I never gt the chance t try skatebarding. S I just asked them t let me give it a try,” she says. “It was fun!”
At the time, skatebarding was still smething new in Ethipia and the sprt was male-dminated (男性主宰的). But Challa became interested in it and she wanted mre girls t experience skatebarding. S in 2020, she and her friend Micky Asfaw started a club called Ethipian Girl Skaters (EGS). Frm then n, the club has given free skatebarding lessns fr mre than 150 students and all f them are girls r yung wmen.
“The club is nt just abut skatebarding,” Challa says. “We try t build a cmmunity (社区).” Club members (成员) have different needs here. Sme need help paying fr schl, while thers need mental (心理) health help. “It’s nt just what we give them. Everyne in the cmmunity helps each ther. S skatebarding is like a bridge. It links (连接) us tgether,” says Asfaw.
Skatebarding didn’t get ppular here until abut 10 years ag. “It’s been grwing fast,” Asfaw says. “When I started skatebarding,” Challa says, “there were n girls actively taking part in the cmmunity because girls have t stay hme and help their parents in Ethipia.” Tday, sme f Challa’s first students teach at the Saturday lessns.
Challa even pened the first skatebarding cmpany (公司) t help mre girls enjy the sprt. They believe mre peple in Ethipia can feel the jy frm skatebarding.
36．When did Ssina Challa first try skatebarding?

37．D the girls pay fr the lessns in Ethipian Girl Skaters?

38．What is skatebarding like accrding t Asfaw?

39．Why didn’t girls enjy skatebarding 10 years ag?

40．What d yu think will happen after Challa pened their cmpany?

六、书面表达（本大题共1小题）
41．来自埃塞俄比亚的Aberash了解到EGS这个社团后深受启发，也想学习滑板。但由于父母不允许，她深感苦恼，于是她向Challa写了一封电子邮件求助。假如你是Challa，请仔细阅读邮件内容，并给Aberash回信。
要求：
（1）至少给出两条建议；
（2）文章分段，卷面工整；
（3）80词左右（开头结尾已给出，不计入总词数）；
（4）文中不得出现真实人名和校名。
Dear Aberash,
I nce had the same experience s I knw exactly hw yu feel.
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Hpe my advice will be helpful fr yu!
Yurs,
Challa
参考答案
【答案】1．B 2．C
【答案】3．A 4．C 5．C 6．B
【答案】7．B 8．C 9．B 10．C
【答案】11．A 12．E 13．C 14．D 15．B
【答案】
16．A 17．C 18．B 19．B 20．A 21．C 22．A 23．A 24．B 25．C
【答案】26．truly 27．celebratins 28．became 29．them 30．t see 31．s 32．an 33．with 34．htter 35．will see
【答案】36．When she was abut 16. 37．N, they dn’t. 38．It is like a bridge. 39．Because girls have t stay hme and help their parents in Ethipia. 40． I think mre girls will have the pprtunity t enjy skatebarding.
41．【答案】例文
Dear Aberash,
I nce had the same experience s I knw exactly hw yu feel. Here is my advice.
First f all, yu can shw yur parents hw EGS helps girls like yu. Yu can shw them that skatebarding can help yu reduce stress and enjy yurself. What’s mre, yu shuld ffer t d yur hmewrk first. Shw them yu can balance between study and skatebarding. At last, start with shrt practice time and see hw it ges. If yu can keep n ding it, yu can tell yur parents that yu really like it.
Hpe my advice will be helpful fr yu!
Yurs,
Challa
Let’s Build a Greener Wrld!China hpes t make carbn neutrality (碳中和) cme true by 2060. Everyne shuld try their best t reach this gal (目标).
 China’s gal by 2060
Carbn emissins (碳排放) f ne year will reach the highest pint in 2030 and then begin t drp.
 Hw can we cut dwn carbn emissins?● Stp the water frm running all the time.
● Turn ff the lights (灯) in time.
● Stick t (坚持) green travel.
By Sunshine Cmmunity
Dear Chaila,
Hearing the stry f EGS, I feel like writing t yu. It’s always my dream t learn skatebarding. Hwever, my parents think it’s nt fr girls. Als, they say if I spend much time n skatebarding, I’ll get pr grades in my study. I feel s upset. What shuld I d? Can yu give me sme advice?
Aberash