无锡市锡山区2022-2023学年八年级上学期期末英语试题（含答案）

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无锡市锡山区2022-2023学年八年级上学期期末英语试题
注意事项：
1. 本试卷分两卷。考试时间为100分钟。试卷满分为100分。
2. 所有答案必须写在答题卡指定区域内相应的位置上。答案写在试卷其它部分无效。
第Ⅰ卷 客观题 （共60分）
一、单项选择 在A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。（本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分）
( ) 1. —How do you like the new film Avatar II?
— Amazing. I have never enjoyed __________ one.
A. a better B. the better C. a worse D. the worse
( ) 2. Wang Yaping, the first woman to enter China’s new space station, is a shining ________ to us students.
A. leader B. sign C. winner D. example
( ) 3. Take an umbrella with you, Simon. It _________ rain any time in London.
A. must B. may C.mustn’t D. can’t
( ) 4. —You were late for the important meeting again!
—I’m terribly sorry, Mr Wang. My car __________ again on my way to work.
A. came down B. fell down C. broke down D. slowed down
( ) 5. —Do you drink as much coffee as before?
—No, __________at all. My sleeping problem is getting worse.
A. none B. little C nothing D. anything
( ) 6. —You’d better _________ some popcorn or soft drinks before the film begins.
—But I think it’s better _________ anything when watching the film.
A. buy; not have B. to buy; not to have
C. to buy; not have D. buy, not to have
( ) 7. —Why would you like to recommend Millie for the Best Student Award?
—She does well in her lessons. __________ , she is kind, helpful and generous.
A. However B. Otherwise C. Instead D. Moreover
( ) 8. —Why are you always in such a hurry?
—So much work. I am ___________________ in the company.
A. freer than before B. as busy as a bee
C. not so busy D. the freest of all
( ) 9. “Trees turn brown in autumn”. The sentence structure is ____________ .
A. S+V+O B. S+V+P
C. S+V+IO+DO D. S+V+DO+OC
( ) 10. —How about going to the library this Saturday afternoon?
—__________. Reading is my favourite.
A. Are you kidding? B. You got me there.
C. Don’t you know? D. You read my mind.
二、完形填空 先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入相应空白处的最佳选项。（本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分）
During summer vacations, I volunteer at the vet’s (兽医诊所), so I have seen a lot of dogs. Minnie was by far the funniest-looking dog. Her thin, curly (卷曲的) hair only covered her body. Her bugged-out (突出的) eyes always made her seem 11 . And her tail looked like a rat’s tail.
Minnie’s owner 12 her out because she didn’t want her any more. I thought Minnie had a sweet personality, though. “No one should judge (判断) her by her 13 ,” I thought. I put a personal ad for Minnie in the local paper: “Funny-looking dog, well-behaved, needs loving family.”
When a young man called, I told him that Minnie was strange-looking. The boy on the phone told me that his grandfather’s 16-year-old dog had just died. They wanted Minnie, no matter what. I gave Minnie a good bath. Then we waited for them to 14 .
15 , an old car drove up in front of the vet’s office. Two children ran to the door. They picked up Minnie into their arms and rushed her out to their grandfather, who was in the car. I hurried 16 them to see his reaction (反应) to Minnie.
Inside the car, the grandfather 17 Minnie in his arms and felt her soft hair. Minnie licked (舔) his face. Her tail moved around so quickly that it looked like it might fly off her body.
“She’s 18 !”the old man said.
I was 19 that Minnie had found a good home. That’s 20 I saw that the grandfather’s eyes were a milky white color —he couldn’t see anything!

( ) 11.A. happy B. surprised C. sweet D. shy
( ) 12.A. kicked B. put C. found D. worked
( ) 13.A. eyes B. fur C. looks D. tail
( ) 14.A. clean B. arrive C. think D. leave
( ) 15.A. At first B. At that time C. At the same time D. At last
( ) 16.A. before B. above C. behind D. below
( ) 17.A. held B. threw C. shook D. caught
( ) 18.A. pretty B. patient C. polite D. perfect
( ) 19.A. helpful B.thankful C. careful D. meaningful
( ) 20.A. when B. why C. what D. how

三、阅读理解 阅读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容，在每小题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项。（本大题共15小题，每小题2分，共30分）
A
Wuxi is a famous city in China. You can see not only beautiful mountains and trees, but also some special old towns in the city. Here’s the travel plan for one-day trip in Wuxi.
08:00— 10:00
Pick you up from the hotel in Shanghai and go to Wuxi by coach.

10:00 — 11:00
Visit Huishan Town. It has been listed as a national key park. You can take a walk in the park or enjoy a cup of tea by the river here.

11:00 — 12:00
Visit Nanchan Temple. Try some local food.

12:00 — 13:00
Lunchtime.

13:00 — 14:00
Visit Yuantouzhu. It is a peninsula (半岛) in the north of Taihu Lake, and the shape is like a swimming turtle raising its head, that is the reason why it is named Yuantouzhu.

14:00 — 16:00
Visit Wuxi Three Kingdoms Film and Television City. Many famous movies and TV series (电视剧) have been shot (拍摄) here.

16:00 — 18:00
Return to Shanghai.

How to book (预订)：
☆ You must book by email. Tell us your information and wait for our confirmation (确认) email.
☆ Our tour guide will call you the night before the tour and tell you when and where we will meet the next morning.
( ) 21. The writer must be a _______.
A. visitor B. waiter C. tour guide D. travel agent (代理人)
( ) 22. The tourists will visit ______ places in Wuxi.
A. three B. four C.five D. six
( ) 23. If you want to book, you must________.
A. go to their office B. call the tour guide
C. search for more information D. send them an email
B
If you’re worried about being a self-centered person, that shows you’ve already taken an important step towards change. Here is a useful list of simple things you can try that can help you focus (关注) less on yourself and more on the needs of others. Even small changes in your daily life can make a big difference!
Focus on listening instead of talking. Give others your full attention (注意力) and really hear them out. Self-centered people often make conversations go around themselves and they are easy to get bored when the focus isn’t on them. If this sounds like you, you can break that habit! Give others a chance to speak and do your best to show that you’re really listening.
Put yourself in someone else’s shoes. Imagining (想象) yourself in their situations (情形) helps you understand them better. If your friends are telling you about something that happened to them, you can try to ask yourself how you’d feel and what you’d need if you were them. Then, keep those things in mind when you reply to your friend.
Use fewer “I” and “me” sentences. Don’t always want to talk about yourself in every conversation. You can’t focus on anyone else if you’re always talking about yourself. Try to actively lower the number of “I” and “me” sentences you make in daily conversations. Studies show that talking about yourself less often can make you happier and healthier, so try to remind (提醒) yourself of that.
( ) 24. How can you focus on listening instead of talking?
A. Never be bored with others.
B. Let others hear you out carefully.
C. Give others a chance to speak and really hear them.
D. Always make the conversations go around others.
( ) 25.The underlined (下划线) sentence in Paragraph 3 means __________.
A. others’ shoes are more comfortable
B. care about others’ feelings and needs
C. others’ situations are better than yours
D. tell friends you care about them when replying
( ) 26.Which sentence is NOT advised to start a conversation according to Paragraph 4?
A. You look great today! B. I had a wonderful weekend!
C. The weather is nice, isn’t it? D. Let’s go outside for a walk, shall we?
( ) 27.What’s the passage mainly about?
A. Ways to stop being self-centered.
B. Ways to make others like you.
C. A small change can make a big difference.
D. You should change your habit as soon as possible.
C
I’m Black Beauty. My hoof (蹄) was badly hurt. I could not work. I stayed in a field. Ginger came into the field. She was sick and angry.
“You can’t work,” she said, “and I can’t breathe (呼吸).”
“The lord’s son made me race, he is very heavy, and I’m too old to race. He kept beating me. I nearly died.”
A week later, the lord and York came into the field. They watched me move. “That horse is useless, and we cannot keep him here. We must sell him,” the lord said.
A week later, York led me away.York’s friend who lived in another city bought me. I was very sad and so was Ginger.
My new owner had many horses and coaches. Many of the drivers were not very good. Some of them made us wear tight (紧的) reins (缰绳).
I now worked with Peggy. She was a beautiful horse, but she walked strangely.
“My legs are short,” she told me, “My first owner sold me to a new owner. The new owner was not good. He did not care about me. He cared only about going quickly.”
My next owner was Mr. Barry. The name of his stableman (马夫) was Fletcher.
At first, Fletcher gave me food. Then he stopped giving me good food. He gave me only grass. He took my food away and gave it to his rabbits.
One day, Mr. Barry’s friend came to see him.
“Your horse doesn’t look well,” he said. “He’s too thin. He’s not getting enough to eat.” “I buy a lot of good food for him.” Mr. Barry said.
“Perhaps your stableman is stealing your horse’s food.” Mr. Barry’s friend said. Mr. Barry found out the truth, and he sent for the police. They took Fletcher away.
Soon a new stableman came. He was very lazy, and never cleaned the stable (马厩). He covered old, dirty straw (稻草) with clean straw.
“I can’t trust stablemen,” Mr. Barry said, “I shall not keep a horse.”
( ) 28. Who walked strangely?
A. Ginger. B. Peggy. C. Black Beauty. D. Fletcher.
( ) 29. Why didn’t Mr. Barry want to keep a horse?
A. Because the horse was thin. B. Because the horse was dirty.
C. Because the stablemen were bad. D. Because the horse had no food to eat.
( ) 30.Which is the right order according to the passage?
a. York sold Black Beauty to his friend. b. Ginger was sick and angry.
c. The police took Fletcher away. d. Black Beauty came to Mr.Barry’ s house.
A. a-b-d-c B. b-a-c-d C. a-c-d-b D.b-a-d-c
( ) 31. What can we infer (推断) from the story?
A. Black Beauty will become strong enough. B. Black Beauty will be sold again.
C. Ginger may work with Black Beauty. D. Fletcher will live a happy life.

D
Throughout history, humans have played some kinds of kicking games. What the world now calls football — or soccer in the US — began as far back as 2500 B.C.E. with the Chinese game of cuju. However, the sport we know today started from Britain. In the 1840s, England’s Football Association (协会) made a set of rules, and the modern game was born. Today, more than 200 million players all over the world take part in the game, truly making soccer the world’s sport.
So, why is soccer so popular? Maybe it’s the game’s spirit: the feeling that the team on the field is your team, their winning makes you happy, and their losing makes you sad. Or maybe it’s the game’s international (国际的) quality. In countries like France, England, Spain and Brazil, most teams have players from many different nations, and these clubs now have fans all over the world. Or perhaps it’s the promise of great wealth (财富). A number of professional (专业的) soccer players, including Brazil’s Neymar and Nigeria’s Victor Moses, come from poor families. Today, both of these players make much money every year.
Soccer is popular for those reasons above, but finally, the main reason for its appeal (吸引力) may be this: It’s a simple game. It can be played anywhere with anything — a ball or a can (罐头). And anyone can play it. “You don’t need to be rich to play soccer.” says Peter Alegi, “You just need a flat space and a ball.” Soccer takes less equipment (设备) than some other sports, so it’s not very expensive for a kid to join a soccer team.
It is this simplicity that makes soccer the most popular sport. In Africa, even in rural areas far from the bright lights and big stadiums (体育场), children and adults play the game, often with handmade balls.
( ) 32. What’s the main idea of Paragraph 1?
A. Soccer comes from ancient China.
B. England people made rules for soccer.
C. People have played lots of kicking games.
D. Soccer has a long history and it is also popular now.
( ) 33. The writer uses the examples of Neymar and Victor Moses in Paragraph 2 to show _________.
A. even poor people can also play soccer
B. some professional players can become rich
C. people from different countries love to play soccer
D. they play soccer because they need lots of money
( ) 34. What is the most important reason for the popularity (流行) of soccer？
A. The game’s spirit. B. The game is not difficult.
C. The promise of great wealth. D. The game’s international quality.
( ) 35.Where can you find this article?
A.In a storybook. B.In a news report.
C.In a sports magazine. D.In a soccer advertisement.

四、七选五阅读 根据文章内容，从选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，其中有两个为多余选项。（本大题共5题，每小题2分，共10分）
As we all know, animals are important in our daily life. For example, dogs can be good helpers to humans. What about monkeys? 36 Yes. They can do a great job, too. Monkeys can help disabled(残疾) people live a better life just as dogs do.
37 One difference is that monkeys live longer than dogs. This means that a monkey’s “childhood” is also longer than a dog’s. So it may take them four to six years before they are ready to begin training. It’s said that it is almost as much work as raising a young child!
After monkeys begin training, it usual takes them about a year to learn enough tasks to be good helpers. 38 For example, if a person wants to have the lights turned on, he or she may give the order “sun”. 39 The monkey will know what its owner wants when it hears these orders, and it will complete the tasks.
As the monkeys get better at completing their tasks, they learn new and more difficult ones.
40
Can you imagine(想象) that in the future some disabled people keep monkeys as their pets and at the same time the moneys can help them to make their life easier?
A. Some monkeys can even learn how to use a computer!
B. Monkeys can play with people when they are free.
C. Can they also help humans?
D. One important thing that they need to learn is how to follow orders.
E. If the owner has dropped something, he or she might say “fetch”.
F. Like dogs, monkeys need lots of training to be human helpers.
G. Unlike dogs, monkeys don’t need lots of training to be human helpers.
第Ⅱ卷 主观题 （共40分）
五、词汇运用 根据句意和中文注释，在答卷的相应的横线上，写出所给单词的正确形式（本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分）
41. There is a report showing that women are more _______________(勤奋的) than men.
42. The boy is too young to sit ______________(从头到尾) a live show.
43. I have a new pet Poppy. He follows me ____________(到处), shaking his tail.
44. Timmy is a bit weak and he always ____________(咳嗽) when the season changes.
45. —How can you send the delivery(快递) so fast?
—Maybe because I have remembered all the ____________(地址).
46. When Tom held the cat tightly, it pulled ______________(it) free and ran off right away.
47. Her wet clothes ____________(stick) to her body because of the sudden rain just now.
48. Please speak ____________(clear) in front of the whole class.
49. It’s a great pity that we missed the _____________(begin) of the movie.
50. —Tesla is said to be one of the ___________(safe) e-cars in the world.
—Really? I don’t think so.

六、完成句子（本大题共5句，每句1分，共5分）
51. 世界杯每四年举办一次，今年的比赛结果非常出人意料。
The World Cup _________ every four years, and the results were really surprising this year.
52. 老师一直建议我们不要犯相同的错误。
Teachers keep ______________________________________________the same mistake.
53. 江泽民主席因病于2022年11月30日逝世。
President Jiang ______________________________________ on 30 November, 2022.
54. —你难道一点也不紧张吗？—有点儿。
—Aren’t you _________________________________________________________?
—A little bit.
55. 洗衣机坏的时候，他们都在努力修理。
When the washing machine went wrong, they________________________________.

七、综合填空 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。（本大题共10小题，每题1分，共10分）
Long ago, there lived a king. He was quite lazy. He never carried out his duties(职责). His people complained about this.
One day, the king went into the forest 56 (hunt). After some time, he became
t 57 . Luckily, he saw a lake in front of him. While he 58 (drink) from the lake, he saw a swan land on a rock nearby. “I should catch the swan!” he thought.
H 59 , as soon as he held up his bow(弓), the swan was gone. Then the king heard a voice, “I am the swan. I 60 you want to catch me, you must come to heaven(天堂).”
Surprised, the king said, “Please show me the way to heaven.” “Do good deeds, serve your people and a messenger(信使) from heaven will come to you,” the voice replied. With this in mind, the king dressed 61 (he) up and went out into the streets. He tried to give some money to a poor old man. But the old man was angry and said, “Do you know w 62 I’m like this? It’s because of our king! He has done nothing for us.”
Suddenly, the king heard the swan’s voice. “It seems that you’re doing good only because you want to go to heaven. That’s selfish(自私的). You m 63 do good for the goodness of your heart,” the swan said.
The king understood that this was true. After that, he became a great king and knew that 64 (make) his kingdom a happy place to live was like making a heaven of his o 65 .


八、书面表达 （15分）
校英文报进行My best friend征稿，请根据思维导图的提示，用英语写一篇短文。
注意事项：
1．内容涵盖所有要点，语言通顺连贯，条理清晰，书写规范；
2．词数80字左右，文章开头已给出，不计入总词数；
3．文中不得出现真实的人名、校名、地名等相关信息。




My best friend
I’d like to introduce my best friend Suzy to you. __________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

参考答案
一、选择
1-5 ADBCA 6-10 DDBBD
二、完型填空
11-15 BACBD 16-20 CADBA
三、阅读理解
21-23 DBD 24-27 CBBA 28-31 BCDB 32-35 DBBC
四、从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
36-40 CFDEA
五、词汇运用
41. hard-working 42. through 43. everywhere 44. coughs 45. addresses
46. itself 47. stuck 48. clearly 49. beginning 50. safest
六、完成句子
51. takes place 52. advising us not to make 53. died of illness / died because of illness
54. nervous at all 55. were trying to fix/ repair it
七、综合填空
56. to hunt 57. thirsty 58. was drinking 59. However 60. If
61. himself 62. why 63. must 64. making 65. own
八、书面表达
My best friend
I’d like to introduce my best friend Suzy to you. Suzy has big eyes and long straight hair. Everyone thinks she is pretty. Suzy is sweet. She smiles often and never says a bad word about others.She is also a true friend. When something worries me, I can always go to her.
Summer is Suzy’s favourite season because she enjoys lazy afternoons by a pool. Moreover, Suzy is an animal-lover. She helps others understand the importance of protecting birds. Last year, she went to Yancheng Nature Reserve to watch birds. （80字）