湖南省长沙市长郡集团2023-2024学年八年级下学期期中考试英语试卷

这是一份湖南省长沙市长郡集团2023-2024学年八年级下学期期中考试英语试卷，共5页。
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
( ) 21. When did the Clud Appreciatin Sciety start?
A. In 2006.B. 19 years ag.C. In 2015.
( ) 22. “CludSptter” is .
A. a bkB. a websiteC. an app
( ) 23. Which f the fllwing is TRUE?
A. Yu can cmpete with ther clud lvers in the bk.
B. Yu can talk with ther sptters abut the phts n the website.
C. The app’s library can help yu learn abut furteen different kinds f cluds.
B
A cuple run a small bazi shp in Haiyan cunty, Jiaxing city f East China’s Zhejiang prvince. It’s nrmal fr them t prepare mrning fd in the late night. Just because f this, they helped a tw-year-ld girl return t her parents safely.
At arund 3 a.m. n Octber 29, Yang and her husband Gu were busy making bazi. Suddenly they heard a lud cry near their shp. Then Yang nticed a little girl wh was running bareft (赤脚) n the street alne when she rushed t check ut the situatin. Yang carried the girl int the shp and dressed her in a thick cat. Her husband Gu called the plice right away.
“Are yu lking fr yur mm?” Yang asked. Much scared and with her teeth shaking frm the cld, the girl ndded (点头). After a while, the plice came and tk her t the plice statin. Very sn, the parents picked up their daughter. On their way back hme, they came t the bazi shp t express (表达) their thanks in persn.
The cuple were awarded 5,000 yuan fr helping the lst girl. With the mney, they decided t ffer the cleaners 2,500 ht and free bazi, wh have t wrk in the early mrning. On the first day f the activity n Nvember 13, they handed ut ver 40 bazi. Having run the breakfast shp fr years, they understand the hardships (艰难) f cleaners. S they hpe t pass n the warmth.
After being reprted, the cuple and their shp have becme famus quickly. Their kindness lit up the cld winter.
( ) 24. What may we learn frm Paragraph 1?该试卷源自 每日更新，享更低价下载。 A. The wner f the small bazi shp in Haiyan cunty is a cuple.
B. The cuple always prepare fd in the early mrning.
C. The cuple has a tw-year-ld daughter.
( ) 25. The underlined phrase “lit up” means in Chinese.
A. 指引B. 照亮 C. 露出喜色
( ) 26. What can we infer frm the passage?
A. The little girl in a thick cat was running n the street alne.
B. The little girl’s parents called t express their thanks t the kind cuple.
C. In rder t pass n the warmth, the cuple ffer a lt f ht and free bazi t help thers.
( ) 27. The passage is prbably frm .
A. a life newspaperB. a guide bkC. a science magazine
C
It is hard t imagine a place that’s mre dangerus than Death Valley. Death Valley is the httest and the driest place in Nrth America.
Death Valley isn’t an easy place t live in. It gets less than tw feet f rain year and it’s ht, t. In July, the temperature ften reaches ver 46℃. There is even a lake that has turned int salt crystals (晶体). But it is cld at night. When it gets cld enugh, the water n the grund will turn int very thin ice. Then the strng wind-like a large hand - can mve the rcks alng the icy grund. That is why the rcks can “walk” n their wn in Death Valley.
Althugh the weather is Death Valley is terrible, it is still filled with lives. Nthing can stp plants and animals frm making it their hme. Peple have fund mre than 1,000 kinds f plants there. It als has 51 kinds f mammals (哺乳动物), 6 kinds f fish, and mre than 300 kinds f birds. The animals aren’t all small, either.
Finding water is the biggest challenge fr anything that lives there. Sme plants have rts (根部) that g fifty feet under the grund t find water. Sme animals get the water they need frm flwers.
Death Valley really creates a lt f surprising things!
( ) 28. Which statement is TRUE abut Death Valley accrding t the passage?
A. Death Valley may be the mst dangerus place t live in.
B. Death Valley is the driest place in Suth America.
C. Death Valley gets sme rain in July.
( ) 29. Why can the rcks “walk” n their wn in Death Valley?
A. Because the rcks have turned int thin ice.
B. Because the animals can carry these rcks.
C. Because the wind is strng enugh t mve the rcks.
( ) 30. We can infer frm the passage that animals may get water frm .
A. the raindrpsB. the flwersC. the lakes
( ) 31. What can be the best title fr the passage?
A. Different kinds f animals in Death Valley
B. Death Valley - a dangerus but surprising place
C. Hw t travel safely in Death Valley
第二节 （共4小题，每小题2分，满分8分）
阅读下面短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。每个选项仅使用一次，有一项为干扰项。
In China, when yu refuse smene, he r she might say he r she eats a bwl f dr-clsing thick sup. In Chinese, it is called “Bi Men Geng”. 32 ?
It is said that during the Tang Dynasty, there lived a beautiful wman named Shi Feng. Many yung men wanted t marry her. But Shi was hard t please. She asked her admirers (追求者) t write pems and shw them t her. 33 .
If she liked smene’s pems, she wuld agree t meet him. If she didn’t, she wuldn’t meet him. 34 .
“Geng” is a type f thick sup. It is usually made with grain, fruit and vegetables.
As time passed, “eating a bwl f thick sup” came t mean “being refused”. 35 , since Shi wuld nt pen her dr fr the peple wh received the dish.
But there is a twist (转折) t this stry. “Dr-clsing thick sup” was said t be s tasty that peple started cming t Shi’s dr-nt t marry her but t have a taste f the sup!
32. 33. 34. 35.
第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分25分）
第一节 （共10小题，每小题1.5分，计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。
When Rbinsn Cruse came back t England frm the island, many things were different. He felt like a 36 in the cuntry. And few peple remembered him. He returned t Yrk, but his parents were dead, and als his tw 37 . He nly fund his tw nephews. They were the sns f his brthers. They were 38 t knw the Rbinsn was luckily alive.
After sme mnths, Rbinsn decided t g dwn t Lisbn (里斯本) in Prtugal (葡萄牙). His friend Friday came with him. He was always a true friend t Rbinsn. In Lisbn he fund a captain (船长). They knew each ther in Brazil many y ears ag and the captain helped Rbinsn t 39 his land in Brazil, because he needed the mney. Sn he was ready t g hme again by land that time. N mre risks 40 dangers by sea fr him!
It was a lng and 41 jurney. Rbinsn and Friday had t crss the muntains between Spain and France in winter, and the snw was deep. Pr Friday was 42 f the snw. In his cuntry it was always ht, and he did nt like cld weather.
Back in England Rbinsn began t live a quiet life 43 he didn’t really like it. After a while he married, and had three children, tw sns and a daughter. His tw nephews came t live with him. The yunger ne wanted t be a sailr, s Rbinsn fund him a(n) 44 n a ship. He was nw the captain f a ship.
Several years later, the yunger nephew came hme t see him. “I have a fine ship, Uncle. I’m ging ut t the East India, Malaya, and the Philippines (菲律宾). Why dn’t yu cme with me?”
In 1694, Rbinsn Cruse went t sea again, and had many mre 45 . Perhaps ne day he’ll write a bk abut them.
( ) 36. A. vlunteerB. strangerC. leader
( ) 37. A. parentsB. brthersC. sisters
( ) 38. A. excitedB. interestedC. wrried
( ) 39. A. brrwB. sellC. buy
( ) 40. A. whileB. butC. and
( ) 41. A. hardB. safeC. lnely
( ) 42. A. tiredB. prudC. afraid
( ) 43. A. ifB. becauseC. thugh
( ) 44. A. ideaB. jbC. member
( ) 45. A. accidentsB. experiencesC. news
第二节 （共10小题，计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。
Keep Yur Pets Cl
On a warm and sunny day, taking yur pets fr a lng walk can lead t danger and smetimes heatstrke (中暑). It’s imprtant t keep 46. (yu) and yur pets cl during summer mnths.
Here is hw t keep yur animal friends cl during ht days and hw t keep away frm heatstrke.
First, n ht days, remember 47. (keep) the air cnditiner (空调) running, r pen the windws. Yu’d better 48. (wait) until yur car reaches prper temperature if yu bring yur pets alng with yu in the car.
Yu als need t prvide yur pets 49. fresh water at all times. As 50. result, it’s necessary t bring enugh clean water befre yu g utdrs with yur pets.
Cut dwn exercise and utdr 51. (activity) during ht days. A recent study shws that thirty minutes 52. (be) enugh fr dg wners t walk their pets in summer. Radways can be s ht 53.
they can seriusly burn yur pets’ feet.
Heatstrke 54. (typical) happens when a pet’s bdy temperature is ver 104 degrees Fahrenheit (华氏摄氏度). Cmmn signs include breathing quickly and ludly, drling (流口水) r feeling unable t d anything. When yur pets shw any f these signs, please ask yur vet (兽医) fr 55.
(medicine) advice.
第四部分 读写综合（共两节，满分25分）
第一节 （共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）
阅读下面的短文，根据短文内容回答问题。
Mr. Hatch lived a lnely life. He walked alne t wrk every day and ate his lunch alne in a crner. He never smiled. He never talked t anyne n his way hme. In the evening, he wuld read a newspaper and g t bed early.
On day when he gt a heart-shaped bx with a piece f paper in it, his life changed. It said, “Smebdy lves yu.” At first, he culdn’t believe it, but as he read the message, he began t laugh and dance arund. The message pened his heart t the pwer f lve. Sn he fund himself being cheerful. He became a jy at wrk and began t help ut peple in the neighbrhd. As the days and weeks went by, his laughter, smiles, kindness, happiness and lve tuched everyne arund him.
Later, Mr. Hatch fund ut that the heart-shaped bx wasn’t his. It was a mistake. He felt sad and went back t his ld ways. When his neighbrs fund ut, hwever, they decided nt t lse the light he shared. They surprised him with a party and a lng banner (横幅) that read, “Everybdy Lves Mr. Hatch.” Mr. Hatch cried when he knew everybdy lved him after all. Then he laughed, smiled and hugged his friends.
We all have a little bit f Mr. Hatch in us. At times we all feel unlved and unlvable. Hwever, smebdy des lve us.
56. What changed Mr. Hatch’s life?
57. Hw did Mr. Hatch feel after reading the message?
58. Did Mr. Hatch feel lved by thers all the time?
59. Why did Mr. Hatch cry?
60. What will yu d if yu get a heart-shaped bx with the sentence “Smebdy lves yu.”?
第二节（满分15分）
61. 假如你是Henry，近期你在“树洞聊天室”看到一则Nancy发布的留言，谈到自己在学习和生活方面遇到的问题，如学习压力大、课外班多、与朋友发生争吵等。请你结合下面的图示，给她写一封邮件，帮助她克服焦虑情绪，轻松、快乐地学习和生活。
注意：
必须包含图示中的所有要点，可适当发挥；
语意通顺，逻辑清晰，书写工整；
文中不得出现真实的人名、校名和地名等相关信息；
80词左右（开头已给出，不计入总词数）。
Dear Nancy,
I’m srry t hear abut yur prblems.
Yurs truly,
Henry
参考答案
第二部分 阅读
21-23 BCB24-27. BCA28-31. ACBB32-35. BAED
第三部分 语言运用
36-40 BBABC 41-45 ACCBB
46. yurself/yurselves 47. t keep48. wait 49. with 50. a
5l. activities 52. is 53. that 54. typically55. medical
第四部分 读写综合
56. A heart-shaped bx with a piece f paper in it./A piece f paper.
57. He became cheerful.
58. N. he didn't./N.
59. Because he knew everybdy lved him.
60.I will hug my friends/laugh./…言之有理即可
61.略。The Clud Cllectr’s Handbk
This bk is handy t carry arund. It is written by Gavin Pretr Pinney, the funder (创始人) f the Clud Appreciatin Sciety (协会) in the UK. Yu can write dwn different things in it, such as when and where yu spt (发现) a kind f clud.
The Clud Appreciatin Sciety website
The sciety started in 2005 and nw it has clud sptters frm 120 cuntries and regins. They ften pst their clud phts n the website. Yu can talk with ther sptters abut the phts there.
Clud Sptter
The app’s library can help yu learn abut the 40 different kinds f cluds. When yu pst clud phts, yu can get “stars”. Yu can als cmpete with ther clud lvers wrldwide.
A. She did this t see hw talented they were
B. What is the stry behind this saying
C. The sup became ppular amng wmen
D. The dish was als called “dr-clsing thick sup”
E. But then, t be plite she wuld at least give him a bwl f “geng” t eat