江苏省南京市鼓楼区2023-2024学年八年级上学期期末英语试卷+

这是一份江苏省南京市鼓楼区2023-2024学年八年级上学期期末英语试卷+，共9页。试卷主要包含了听力，单项填空，完形填空，阅读理解，语言基础知识，阅读短文，书面表达等内容，欢迎下载使用。

选择题(共50分)
一、听力(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)（略）
二、单项填空(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
请认真阅读下列各题，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
16.—Jhn,yu are ten minutes late.
—Srry!I was leaving ________my phne rang.And it was frm my sister.
A.when B.while C.after D.befre
17.—There will be a talk n natural disasters tmrrw afternn.—Wnderful.But it takes tw hurs.I'm afraid I can't sit ________the whle talk.
A.frm B.acrss C.ver D.thrugh
18.—What des it mean when peple say "Dn't live in fear,just live."?—Never care t much abut the fear.Try t live life t the fullest ____.
A.either B.already C.instead D.tg
19.Reading is imprtant t us because it can make ur minds _______a pl f water.
A.as cl as B.as clear as C.as deep as D.as wide as
20.The ld artist's wrks always _________peple's daily life in the cuntryside.
A.fllw B.write C.discuss D.describe
21.We frm a new wrd "_______"in a different way frm the ther three.
A.firefighter B.nticebard C.impatient D.greenhuse
22.—I called yu yesterday afternn but yu didn't answer.
—Srry.I ________a reprt abut animal prtectin.
A.wrk n B.wrked n C.am wrking n D.was wrking n
23.Which f the fllwing has the same sentence structure as "Miss Li teaches us English."?
A.Miss Li wrks hard all the time. B.Miss Li tells us stries in class.
Hi Sam,
Thanks fr taking me t the cinema last night.I didn't say at the time but I was a bit afraid!I think I need t watch a funny ne next time!
May
C.Miss Li asks us t wrk fr ur dreams. D.Miss Li is the best teacher in my heart.
24.What can we learn frm the nte?
A.May was in fear during the film.
B.May enjyed the film very much.
C.May desn't like watching funny films.
D.May desn't want t see a film with Sam.
25.—There are n tickets left fr The adventure f Shuke and Beita.
一_______.I really want t watch it.
A.N prblem B.It desn't matter C.That's a pity D.That's amazing
三、完形填空(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Every year in Australia,the lng-distance(长距离)runners run mre than 500 miles frm Sydney t Melburne.The cmpetitin 26 mre than five days t finish.Many wrld-famus runners 27 the race(比赛).They becme spkespeple fr sprts gds.
In 1983, 28 ,as the runners waited in a line t start the race,a 61-year-ld farmer jined them,wearing sprts clthes and rubber bts.His name was Cliff Yung.The ther runners thught he was just a watcher.But Cliff tld them 29that he was there t jin the race.He tld them that n his family's sheep farm,he ften had t bring abut 2,000animals tgether by himself.“Smetimes I had t 30 thse sheep fr tw r three days,”he said.
When the race began,the yunger runners flew 31 Cliff.Instead f catching up with them,Cliff ran slwly alng in an unusual way.The ther runners and the watchers thught he wuld never finish the race.But 32 happened.When all the ther runners tk a break t sleep,Cliff kept running.The ther runners caught up t him each mrning,but finally Cliff was t 33 in frnt f them.On the fifth day,the sheep farmer ran int first place.
Cliff gt $10,000 fr winning the race.He didn't knw there wuld be prize mney (奖金),and he gave the mney t runners like him.Ding this 34 him a her in Australia.Since then,many runners have started t use his 35 way f running.N ne sleeps during the race any mre.The farmer changed lng-distance racing and shwed that age and style aren't everything.
B.takes C.csts D.pays
fr B.g thrugh C.lk fr D.lk thrugh
B.hwever C.instead D.therwise
B.suddenly C.clearly D.slwly
after B.pick up C.wait fr D.run after
B.ver C.by D.upn
B.nthing C.smething D.everything
B.late C.near D.far
B.led C.helped D.let
B.free C.usual D.special
四、阅读理解(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
请认真阅读下列材料，从材料后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Mnlight shines in the clear blue sky,
Reflecting the twinkling stars in my eyes.
Gentle breeze flats thrugh the ,
Sweeping thrugh my curly hair.
Sweet music laps gently t my ears,
As my eyes glitter with my tears.
Aye,what a beautiful sight that is,
With my thughts s lst in the mist.
I sit alne by the sea,
Enjying the silence surrunding me.
Sn after I leave the place,
As the dark cluds fill up the space.
Then cmes the puring rain,
Reaching fr the shelter is my aim.
Gdbye silence,gdbye fear,
T hme I return that is s near.
Mini-dictinary;
1.reflect/ri'flekt/ v.反射 2.twinkle /'twinkl/v.闪烁 3.breeze/bri:z/n.微风
4.lap/læp/v.拍打 5.glitter /'glitə/v.闪烁 6.mist /mist/n.薄雾
7.surrund /sə'raʊnd/ v.围绕 8.shelter /ʃeltə/ n.庇护(处)
36.Hw did the writer feel in the pem?
A.Very happy. B.Very excited. C.A bit sad. D.A bit angry.
37.Which f the fllwing wrds can we put in the blank in Line 3?
A.air B.pair C.care D.wear
38.The writer left the place in the end because _______.
A.he was tired B.he felt cld C.it gt dark D.it started t rain
B
Wendy Murphy was watching the news.The year was 1985,and a terrible earthquake hit Mexic City.A hspital fell dwn.Wendy watched as rescue wrkers tried t carry babies ut f pieces f bricks and stnes.The little babies were sleeping in the hspital's incubatrs,a place t keep them warm and alive.
Wendy saw the babies being carried n stretchers.The stretchers were t big and nt suitable fr the little babies.Wrkers had t hld the babies dwn nt the stretchers t keep them frm falling ff.This made it harder t mve and mre difficult t g fast.Watching this,Wendy thught,“There has t be a better way.”
Wendy wrked at a hspital fr sick children.Watching the news,she started thinking abut a stretcher that wuld be just fr babies.She designed a stretcher with three pckets.Each pcket culd hld tw babies.The babies culd nt fall ut f the pckets.
When Wendy designed her stretcher,she lked at all types f materials.She finally chse a heavy material.Peple used such materials t make special bags t deliver pizzas.They culd help keep pizzas warm!
Tday,Wendy's stretchers are used all arund the wrld.Thanks t Wendy's design,we can rescue babies,and we can mve babies safely and keep them warm,t.
Mini-dictinary:
1.rescue /'reskju:/n.&v.营救 2.stretcher /'stretʃə(r)/n.担架
39.What was Wendy ding when the earthquake happened?
A.She was helping the babies ut. B.She was watching the news.
C.She was designing a new stretcher. D.She was wrking in the hspital.
40.The wrd“deliver”in Para.4 means“_______”.
A.send B.buy C.ffer D.sell
41.The writer writes the article t ____.
A.ask peple t design their wn stretchers
B.intrduce Wendy's stretchers t the public
C.describe the heavy earthquake in Mexic city
D.tell the public t prtect babies in earthquakes
C
In December 2006,a plar bear,Knut,was brn at the Berlin Z in Germany.The zkeepers didn't knw that this cute baby bear wuld cause such big changes fr the z.
Knut was different frm ther plar bears in tw ways.First,his mther wuld nt care fr him r feed him.S Knut was raised by humans.Secnd,he was quite playful with peple and very easy t take phts with.Knut became the star f the z.Because f Knut,the z made mre mney in 2007 than in any ther year.Many visitrs came t see Knut and bught tys,DVDs,and bks abut him.Newspapers called him "Cute Knut",and there were phts f him n magazine cvers wrldwide.
As time passed,Knut grew bigger.He wasn't as cute as befre.The nce-cute baby bear became a full-size bear,weighing mre than 300 punds!And as Knut grew,his prblems came t.He began t cry if nbdy std near his pen.This was a sign that he became t accustmed t having a grup f peple arund him.Als,zkeepers culd nt get clse t Knut any mre.They were wrried that he wuld hurt them by accident.Knut went n t live at the z,but he was n mre a star.
Nbdy knws what the future hlds fr Knut.Sme peple think he shuld have a plar bear t live with.Sme peple wrry that his unusual way f grwing up will keep him frm living a nrmal life.At the same time,zkeepers g n t lk fr ways t keep Knut safe and happy.
Mini-dictinary:
1.pen n.围栏 2.accustmed t习惯于 3.nrmal /'nɔ:məl/adj.正常的
42.Hw was the early years f Knut?
A.He was brn in the wild. B.His mther cared fr him a lt.
C.He helped the z make much mney. D.He was afraid f getting clse t visitrs.
43.Hw was Knut when he grew up?
A.He was as cute as befre. B.He was nt ppular any mre.
C.He was accustmed t being alne. D.He weighed less than 300 punds.
44.What may happen t Knut in the future?
A.N plar bear will live with him. B.He wn't be happy and cry ften.
C.N ne is sure abut his future life. D.He wn't be able t have a nrmal life.
45.Which f the fllwing wuld the writer agree with?
A.The z shuld send Knut int the wild.
B.Zkeepers will nt take gd care f Knut.
C.The z shuld nt let visitrs take phts with Knut.
D.Zkeepers will try t make Knut live safely and happily.
D
In 1849,when Jhn Muir was 11 years ld,he and his family mved frm Sctland t the United States.They lived in Wiscnsin,and right away Jhn fell in lve with the prairies, wetlands,ak frests,and lakes.He called it the "beautiful Wiscnsin wilderness".
1 The hard wrk like plwing fields and digging a well made him strng in bth mind and bdy.In his free time,Jhn caught turtles and frgs in the rivers and lakes.
2 He enjyed the lvely wildflwers that grew n the prairies.He lved learning,t,and at night he studied and read abut many subjects.
3 As a yung man,Jhn tried different kinds f wrk.He built clcks and designed machines that made farming easier. 4 He tk classes at the University f Wiscnsin.He travelled thrugh Canada and then Flrida,studying nature.But at age 29,he had a serius eye prblem.He almst lst his visin.He was afraid that he wuld never see again.S when his visin returned,Jhn knew he needed t fllw his dream f studying nature,
A year later,when Jhn saw the Sierra Nevada muntains in Califrnia fr the first time,he began t understand that he fund his calling in life.“I came t life in the cl winds and the clear waters f the muntains,"he wrte.Jhn spent the rest f his life prtecting the wild places he lved s much.He was a gifted writer and wrte abut the beauty f the land.In 1892,Jhn Muir started the Sierra Club.This ld rganizatin still wrks t prtect the envirnment.
Mini-dictinary:
1.prairies /'preəriz/n.草原 2.wilderness /'wildənəs/n.荒野 3.plw/plaʊ/v.耕(地)
4.dig/dig/v.挖 5.visin/'viʒən/n.视力；远见 6.gifted/'giftid/adj.有天赋的
46.We can put the sentence “Jhn wrked hard n his father's farm.”in Blank ___.
A.1 B.2 C.3 D.4
47.What is the right rder f what happened in the passage?
a.Jhn mved t Wiscnsin with his parents at 11.
b.Jhn tried different wrk and studied many subjects.
c.Jhn set up an rganizatin in rder t prtect nature.
d.Jhn had a serius eye prblem and almst lst his visin.
e.Jhn travelled t the Sierra Nevada muntains in Califrnia.
A.a-b-c-d-e B.b-a-e-d-c C.a-b-d-e-c D.b-e-a-d-c
48.Which f the fllwing is NOT true abut Jhn?
A.He was a gifted writer with wide interests.
B.He bught machines t help with the farm wrk.
C.He wrte t call peple t prtect the envirnment.
D.He decided t study nature when he gt his visin back.
49.Which "calling"has the same meaning as the"calling"in Para.4?
A.I heard smene calling my name. B.I enjy the sweet calling f birds.
C.He's calling t ask abut the meeting. D.His calling is t help ther peple.
50.What is the best title fr the passage?
A.Beauty f Nature B.Humans and Nature
C.Jhn Muir,a Gifted Writer D.Jhn Muir,a Nature-lver
非选择题(共50分)
五、语言基础知识(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
A)请根据括号中所给的汉语写出单词，使句子意思完整正确，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为51—55的相应横线上。
51.The dishes in the restaurant are very special.I ▲ (建议)yu t have a try.
52.They can't wait t knw the ▲ (结果)f the basketball game.
53.With the help f nline infrmatin,I can ▲ (容易地)finish the prject.
54.If yu have a high fever and ▲ (咳嗽)a lt,g t hspital at nce.
55.It was her first time t speak in frnt f the class,but she didn't feel ▲ (紧张的).
B)请根据句子意思，用括号中所给单词的适当形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为56—60的相应横线上。
56.Jhn didn't sleep well last night because f his ▲ (nise)neighburs.
57.Nancy felt s ▲ (happy)abut what Tny said.She just sat dwn and cried.
58.Max is a clever by and has many ideas.But he seldm puts his ideas int ▲ (act).
59.Mre and mre peple begin t understand the ▲ (imprtant)f envirnment.
60.The climbers failed ▲ (reach)the tp f the muntain because f the weather.
六、请根据短文内容，从下面方框中所给的六个选项里选出五个可以填入空白处的最佳选项，使短文意思通顺，并将句子序号填写在答题卡标号为61—65的相应横线上。(共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分)
A.Cars and trucks are useless.
B.This cuntry includes ver 17,000 islands.
C.Big elephants can handle the difficult jurney.
D.It's hard fr peple t get t muntains and frests.
E.Tw weeks later,the camels return with new bks.
F.These special libraries cme and bring mre than bks.
In the small villages f Kenya,Africa,mst kids want t read bks.But n rads lead t their hmes,nly miles and miles f sand. 61 S library bks arrive n the backs f camels.Camels can handle(处理)the sand and the bks.At each village,the librarian sets up the tent and shws the bks inside. 62
Sme peple in nrthern Thailand live n muntains and in frests.Their “libraries”are carried n the backs f elephants. 63 Because f their size,they can carry heavy bks in metal (金属)bxes t prtect the bks frm the heavy rain.
Indnesia has its wn challenges (挑战). 64 S mst peple travel by bat,and s d their library bks.A library bat hlds abut 500 bks in bxes.When villagers finish reading the bks,new bks will arrive a few weeks later.
Many peple live in a faraway area and can't get t a library. 65 They bring a whle wrld f infrmatin.
七、阅读短文(共15小题；第66—70小题每小题2分；第71—80小题每小题1分，满分20分)
A)请认真阅读下面短文，根据短文内容用英语回答5个问题。要求所写答案语法正确、语义切题，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为66—70的相应横线上。
注意：答案不超过6个单词。
There were many great mments in the Hangzhu Asian Games.Li Qian's dance,Painting f Petry,is amng them.Her dance was a big success at the pening ceremny(开幕式).In a lng green dress,she danced beautifully n tw famus “paintings”frm the Sng Dynasty.
The dress was mre than five metres lng and weighed ver 50 kils.A mnth befre the ceremny,Li Qian culdn't even dance in it.Its heavy weight made it hard t dance.Her team made sme changes t help her,but it was still difficult.During ne rehearsal (彩排),Li culdn't keep her balance(平衡)and fell t the grund.But she kept wrking hard and finally became the winner.
Li Qian was already famus befre the Asian Games.She has danced at CCTV's Spring Festival Gala sme times.In the 2023 gala,she shwed the beauty f silk in her dance.
Li Qian is als famus fr her rle(角色)in the successful dance drama Dream f the Red Chamber.She played the imprtant rle f Wang Xifeng.It was nt easy fr her at all.“Wang wants ther peple t listen t her,but I am a bit quiet in my life.”
S what made Li accept the rle?She hped t see different sides t herself by trying different rles.
It's hard t believe that this excellent dancer nce stpped dancing.She stayed at hme fr a few years.Luckily,she came back in the end.She said dance helped her find herself again.Fr her fans,her return was great news.Wh desn't want t find beauty in her dances?
66.Hw was Li Qian's dance at the pening ceremny?

67.What's the weight f the green dress?

68.What did Li Qian shw in her dance in the 2023 Spring Festival gala?

69.Why did Li Qian try different rles in her dance?

70.Hw did dance help Li Qian accrding t the last paragraph?

B)请根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为71—80的相应位置上。
This stry tk place during the Warring States perid(战国时期).At that time,kings wuld ften exchange(交换)each ther's sns as hstages(人质)t p 71 their wn cuntries.
Nw it was the prince(王子)f Wei's turn.He was ging t be a hstage in Handan,the capital f Zha.Pang Cng,a great leader,was ging with him.B 72 they left,Pang Cng said t the king f Wei,"If smene cmes t reprt that he sees a tiger in the market,will Yur Majesty(陛下)believe it?”
“Of curse nt,”the king answered."If a s 73 man cmes t say the same thing,will Yur Majesty believe it?"
“I start t think abut it.”
"Then,if a third man cmes with the same r 74 ,will Yur Majesty believe it?"“think I will believe it is t 75 .”
"Well,we all knw we can't see a tiger in the market.But since three men say the same thing
e 76 nw believes there is a tiger there.Handan is much f 77 frm ur capital than the market is frm here,and mre than three peple will say bad wrds b 78 my back when I am away!
"I knw what t d,"the king said impatiently.
But after Pang Cng left,the king's e 79 were filled with bad wrds abut him.
When Pang Cng returned t Wei with the prince,the king didn't t 80 him anymre.
S,“three men make a tiger”means that if a lie is repeated ften enugh,peple may start t believe it.
八、书面表达(满分15分)
学校英语社团将举办以“Save the Earth”为主题的英语演讲比赛，旨在呼吁学生关注自然，保护环境。请你根据图表中的要点，写一篇英语演讲稿。
注意：
1.内容涵盖所有要点，全文连贯通顺。
2.词数不少于70词(已给出的演讲稿开头不计入总词数)。
3.文中不得提及有关考生个人身份的任何信息，如校名、人名等。
Hell,everyne!Tday I will give a speech here and the title is “Save the Earth”.








参考答案
二、单项填空16-25 ADCBD CDBAC
三、完形填空 26-35 BABCD ACDAD
四、阅读理解
36-38 CAD 39-41 BAB 42-45 CBCD 46-50 ACBDD
五、语言基础知识
51-55 advice; result; easily; cugh; nervus
56-60 nisy; unhappy; actin; imprtance; t reach;
六、61-65 AECBF
阅读短文
A big success.
It weighed ver 50 kils.
She shwed the beauty f silk.
T see different sides t herself.
Dance helped her find her again.
71-80 prtect; Befre;secnd; result; father; behind; ears;trust
八、（略）