湖南省长沙市湖南师大附中集团2023-2024学年下学期+八年级期末考试英语试题（笔试部分）

这是一份湖南省长沙市湖南师大附中集团2023-2024学年下学期+八年级期末考试英语试题（笔试部分），共7页。
试卷分四个部分，61小题，时量100分钟，满分100分。
= 1 \* ROMAN I．听力（共两节，满分20分）略
= 2 \* ROMAN II．阅读（共两节，满分30分）
第一节 （共11小题；每小题2分，满分22分）
阅读下列材料，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
Are yu ready fr the exhibitin?
21. What d we knw abut the illustratr Ga Yujun?
A. His wrks are clrful.
B. He is very ppular nline.
C. His drawings are mainly abut plants.
22. Hw much will Laura pay if she is an English teacher and ges t the exhibitin with her 6-year-ld sn?
A. 19 yuan.B. 38 yuan. C. 57 yuan.
23. Which f the statements is right accrding t the chart?
A. Visitrs can g t the exhibitin n June 30th.
B. Visitrs can buy cat tys at the exhibitin.
C. Kids aged 5 must get in with their parent.
B
Many yung Chinese peple make their effrt t get a gd night's sleep, accrding t the results f a majr survey published t mark Wrld Sleep Day.
The Chinese Sleep Research Sciety surveyed nearly 60,000 peple aged 10 t 45, and fund that 91 percent f them reprted “nt having enugh sleep” r “still being tired after sleep”. Only abut 5.6 percent f respndents said they felt energetic after sleep. Abut three quarters f respndents said they experienced difficulty falling asleep, and 13 percent said they really struggled t fall asleep. Only abut 11 percent said they culd sleep thrugh the night withut waking up.
Many respndents said that wrk pressure has a main influence n their sleep quality, and culd lead t bad sleep. The survey shwed 60 percent f the respndents wuld chse t wrk instead f sleep.
In general, peple with gd educatin backgrund were cared t be mre self-disciplined (自律的) abut getting enugh sleep, but nly 5 percent f respndents had a rutine (常规的) daily schedule.
Sleep prblems have little direct cnnectin with incme (收入), wrking cnditins r scial status, accrding t the survey. “The part f peple with bad sleep is almst the same in different scial layers,” the reprt stated.
Surveyrs said that stress, wrries, and lw spirits were the main causes in bad sleep, it wuld get wrse because by the bsessin (着魔) with electrnic prducts that culd cause blue light effects breaking sleep. Sme 93 percent said they wuld play with smartphnes befre sleep, watching TV series r shpping nline.
Surveyrs believed that the randm life schedules wuld lead yung Chinese peple t have lw wrk efficiency, lw appetite, but higher cancer risk.
24. Hw many peple in the survey can sleep thrugh the night withut waking up?
A. Abut 60,000.B. Abut 30,000.C. Abut 6,600.
25. What des the wrd “respndents” in the passage refer t?
A. Peple wh take part in this survey.
B. Researchers wh make the survey.
C. Peple with difficulty falling asleep.
26. What mainly influences ur sleep quality?
A. Educatin and stress.
B. Wrk pressure and incme.
C. Wrk pressure and lw spirits.
27. What can we learn frm the passage?
A. Peple wh have much mney are sure t have a gd sleep.
B. Peple frm different scial layers have different sleep prblems.
C. Use smartphnes less befre sleep, r yu’ll have mre sleep prblems.
C
A teacher decided t let her class play a game. The teacher tld each child in the class t bring a bag with a few ptates in it. Each ptat will be given a name f a persn that the child hates, s the number f ptates that a child will put in his/her bag will depend n the number f peple he/she hates.
When the day came, every child brught sme ptates with the name f the peple he/she hated. Sme had 2 ptates; sme 3 while sme up t 5 ptates. The teacher then tld the children t carry with them the ptates in the bag wherever they went (even t the bathrm) fr five weeks.
Days passed by. The rtten (腐烂的) ptates gave ut unpleasant smell and the children started t cmplain (抱怨). Besides, thse having 5 ptates als had t carry heavier bags. After five weeks, the children felt relieved (如释重负的) because the game finally ended.
The teacher asked, “Hw did yu feel while carrying the ptates with yu fr weeks?” The children spke ut their feelings and started cmplaining f the truble that they had because they had t carry the heavy and smelly ptates wherever they went.
Then the teacher tld them the hidden meaning behind the game. “This is exactly the situatin when yu carry yur hate fr smebdy inside yur heart. The unpleasant smell f hate will pllute yur heart and yu will carry it with yu wherever yu g. If yu cannt tlerate (忍受) the smell f rtten ptates fr just five weeks, can yu imagine what it is like t have hate in yur heart fr yur lifetime?”
28. What des the number f ptates in each child’s bag depend n?
A. The number f peple he/she hates.
B. The number f students in his/her class.
C. The number f peple he/she likes.
29. Hw lng did each student need t carry the ptates?
A. Fr 4 weeks.B. Fr 5 weeks.C. Fr 6 weeks.
30. Hw did the children feel while carrying the ptates fr weeks?
A. They felt relieved.B. They felt terrible.C. They felt nervus.
31. What can we learn frm the passage?
A. We shuld try learning t end the hate in ur minds.
B. We shuld think highly f the peple arund us.
C. We shuld be kind t ur parents and friends.
第二节（共4小题；每小题2分，满分8分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中一项为多余选项。
32. __________________ Cuntries like France, Brazil and even Japan have their wn hip-hp culture. But where did this strange speaking-singing style cme frm?
Many centuries ag, in West Africa, traditinal strytellers played musical instruments while they were telling stries. When this traditin travelled frm West Africa t the USA, it develped int different musical styles. Fr example, blues and jazz. 33. __________________ And in the 1970s, there were many pr areas in New Yrk. There wasn’t any mney fr music lessns in schls, s kids made their wn music. Teenagers Africa and DJ Here played their recrds utside in the streets. Everybdy jined in. MCs had rapping (说唱) cmpetitins. Every week, there were talented new dancers, new DJs and new MCs. Hip-hp culture was brn.
34. __________________ It was 1980. I was at a party in New Yrk. There was a yung DJ at the party. He was playing recrds. While he was putting a recrd n, a kid picked up a micrphne (话筒) and began tapping. Sme ther kids were break-dancing t the music. It was lud and bring, and I hated it. I preferred jazz.
35. __________________ Tday’s successful American artists like Missy and her friend Tim heard it n the radi when they were grwing up.
The last time I heard hip-hp, I was in West Africa. I was ging t interview a traditinal stryteller when I met a yung hip-hp artist. He tld me there are hundreds f rap grups in Africa tday. We live n a hip-hp planet.
III．语言运用（共两节，满分25分）
第一节 （共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Once 36 a time, a trtise (乌龟) and tw swans (天鹅) lived n a 37 . They were very gd friends. They spent many hurs happily tgether.
T their bad luck, there was n rain that year. The lake became dry. S they had t 38 the lake in search f anther ne t live.
The tw swans culd fly easily, 39 fr the trtise it was difficult. The three f them began t wnder, unsure f what t d next.
At last, the tw swans had an idea. They said t the trtise, “We will place a stick (棍子) in yur muth. We will carry the stick in ur beaks (鸟嘴) n 40 side. This will make us fly tgether. But remember, yu must nt 41 yur muth. If yu d, yu knw what will happen t yu.”
The trtise was sad t leave the lake, but it 42 t the idea happily.
One fine mrning, they were flying ver a large twn. The peple f the twn were surprised at what they saw in the 43 . They were very curius abut it and started shuting excitedly.
The trtise heard the nise and wndered what it was abut. It frgt its prmise and pened its muth t ask curiusly, “Why is there... Ah...!”
Sadly, dwn fell the trtise, and 44 .
The swans had n chance t save it. They were sad t lse their best friend but had t fly away and 45 their new life.
36. A. at B. upn C. in
37. A. lake B. huse C. farm
38. A. stay B. carry C. leave
39. A. and B. but C. then
40. A. bth B. neither C. either
41. A. clse B. wash C. pen
42. A. agreed B. disagreed C. imagined
43. A. lake B. hme C. sky
44. A. lived B. died C. ran
45. A. start B. change C. end
第二节 语法填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
On May 29, 1953, muntaineers Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Nrgay set ft 46. _______ the tp f Qmlangma, the wrld's highest muntain. They were the first ever t reach 47. _______ (it) 8,848-meter tp, which was expected 48. _______ (mark) a big mment in histry. S hw did they d it?
In a 1974 interview, Hillary talked abut the climb. He said that t d 49. _______ climb like this, being skilled and experienced in climbing is nt enugh. Yu als need t have enthusiasm (热忱). “The really gd muntaineers that I knw never lse that sense f enthusiasm," he said. And then, there was the team. Helping Hillary and Nrgay t the tp were n less than 700 peple, said Hillary. Sme f them were helping t carry supplies (物资) int the area. It might be much 50. _______ (easily) these days, with better transprt (交通) and technlgy, 51. _______ back then, a lt f the wrk needed t be dne by peple. “It is a team jb ... The tw men wh reach the tp are ttally 52. _______ (depend) n the whle team," he said.
Even thugh Hillary had a gd team and all he needed, he wasn't sure if they wuld reach the tp. Because f the height, anything can happen, and it can happen really fast. “On a muntain like this... yu can never be 53. _______ (cmplete) cnfident (自信的),” he said.
Hillary and Nrgay's amazing 54. _______ (achieve) shws the imprtance f enthusiasm and teamwrk. Then, peple 55. _______ (write) their stry abut encuraging many thers t try t climb the muntain in the past few years.
= 4 \* ROMAN IV．读写综合（共两节，满分25分）
第一节 简答（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文，根据短文内容回答问题。
With a rund head and sft face, giant panda Meng Lan at the Beijing Z has again becme a hit fr his naughty behavir (行为).
In December 2021, the lvely panda successfully “brke thrugh” the enclsure (围墙) in the z, surprising visitrs with his “kung fu skills” and attracting many fans.
Meng Lan was brn in July 2015 in Chengdu Research Base f Giant Panda Breeding in Sichuan prvince. He has received much attentin and ppularity fr his famus family. His grandparents are Yang Yang and Lun Lun frm the Atlanta Z in the US. His parents are als “big stars”. His mther Meng Meng is a famus “mvie star” and his father is Mei Lan, als a well-knwn “returnee (海归) panda”.
He came t the Beijing Z in September 2017 and met the public later. As he is the third child f his parents and lives at the z in Xizhimen in Beijing, he has gt the name “the 3rd Prince f Xizhimen”.
Meng Lan has many hbbies like climbing, digging, ding sit-ups (仰卧起坐) and feeding birds. He is smetimes naughty. He nce tried “stealing” keys frm a keeper’s back. He is als very friendly and helpful. Fr example, he “helped” the z keepers check whether the cameras were wrking nrmally. He als “helped” his mther keep balance when she was climbing a tree. His kind actins have wn him many friends in the z.
He is happy these days, as he will welcme his new friend — giant panda Ya Ya.
56. Why has Meng Lan at the Beijing Z becme ppular again?
57. What did Meng Lan surprise the visitrs with in December 2021?
58. Where was Meng Lan brn？
59. Des Meng Lan have a famus family?
60. Hw can yu tell Meng Lan is friendly and helpful?
第二节 书面表达（满分15分）
61. 学校向中学生开展“了解家乡事，厚植家乡情，用世界语言描述家乡”的英语征文比赛！请根据图示，以 “My Charming (有魅力的) Hmetwn” 为题，写一篇短文介绍你的家乡。
（1）短文必须包括图示中的所有要点，可适当发挥；
（2）80 词左右；
（3）文中不得出现真实的人名和校名。








A cat-themed exhibitin (展览)
by Chinese illustratr (插画师) Tang
★ Infrmatin abut the illustratr Real name: Ga Yujun
Achievements: ● Millins f fans nline ● Exhibitins in China, America and France
Style f his cartns:
● Black and white — t shw that the best things in life are the simplest
● Subjects: cats, dgs and yung peple fascinated with mbile phnes
★ Facts abut the exhibitin
● There are 38 cat-related (与猫有关的) wrks.
● Visitrs can enjy cat cartns, play with cat tys and imitate (模仿) cats’ actins.
★ Time
Frm April 3, 2024 t June 26, 2024
Open
Clse
Mnday t Friday
10:00 am
7:00 pm
Weekends & hlidays
10:00 am
9:00 pm
★ Pricing
Age
Price
Under 6
free
6-18
19 yuan
19-60
38 yuan
Over 60
19 yuan
★ Ntes
● Dctrs and teachers can get in at half price, 19 yuan.
● Yu can’t g t the exhibitin 30 minutes befre it clses.
● Children under 6 have t get in with a parent.
A. I remember the first time I heard hip-hp.
B. Yu can find hip-hp everywhere yu g.
C. I was writing a bk abut African-Americans.
D. These styles all started in pr African-American areas.
E. During the 1980s, hip-hp became ppular all ver the USA.
2023-2024-2附中集团八下期末考试
（参考答案）

Ⅰ．听力技能 略
Ⅱ．阅读
第一节 短文理解
21—23 BBC24—27 CACC
28—31 ABBA
第二节 语篇补全
32—35 BDAE
Ⅲ. 语言运用
第一节 词语填空
36—40 BACBC 41—45 CACBA
第二节
46. n 47. its
48. t mark 49. a
50. easier 51. but
52. dependent 53. cmpletely
54. achievement 55. have written
Ⅳ. 读写综合
第一节 简答
56. Because f his naughty behavir. / Fr his naughty behavir.
57. His “kung fu skills”.
58. In Chengdu Research Base f Giant Panda Breeding in Sichuan prvince.
59. Yes (, he des).
60. He “helped” the z keepers check whether the cameras were wrking nrmally.
/ He “helped” his mther keep balance when she was climbing a tree.
第二节 书面表达 略