2024-2025 学年江苏省无锡市宜兴市八年级（上）期末考试英语试卷 C. The children finally found the lost dog.
D. Jogging brings the man much happiness.
题号 一 二 三 四 五 六 七 八 总分 10.—How about this blue shirt It’s your size. —Great! That’s ________ what I am looking for. Let me try it on.
得分 A. mainly B. exactly C. nearly D. clearly
一、单选题：本大题共 14 小题，共 14 分。 11.Not only Tim but also Sue and I ________ interested in DIY. We often make nice things.
1.My brother often plays ________ baseball with his friends after school. A. am B. are C. was D. were
A. a B. an C. / D. the 12.John had to walk to his office this morning because his car ________ on the halfway.
2.—________ are you looking for, Ms King —I can’t find my key ring. How can I open the door without the key A. came down B. fell down C. turned down D. broke down
A. Where B. What C. When D. Who 13.He didn’t listen carefully in class. ________, he couldn’t do his homework well.
3.Look at the picture below. How long is Yixing Library open on Wednesday afternoon A. As usual B. In fact C. As a result D. For example
14.—Hi, Jack. I can’t go birdwatching with you next weekend. —Oh, ________ I will miss you very much.
A. what a shame! B. no problem. C. no way. D. why not
二、完形填空：本大题共 10 小题，共 15 分。
A. 3 hours. B. 3.5 hours. C. 4 hours. D. 7 hours,
4.—No one helped me. I did it all ________ myself. —Really You are so great, Nick.
A. for B. of C. by D. about
5.My best friend Lucy is good at writing. I’m sure she will get a good place ________ she takes part in the writing competition.
A. if B. while C. because D. before
6.—Guess what The company has accepted my application. —Wow! That’s ________ news I’ve heard this year, Wilson!
In my teen years, my dad taught me things I’d need to know to survive in the real world. This was our relationship, I
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asked him questions and he told me the 15 .
A. a worse B. a better C. the worst D. the best
When I moved out on my own, I called him at least once a week, usually when something broke in my flat and I needed
7.For our own safety, we’d better not stand under bigger trees on ________ days in summer.
to know how to 16 it.
A. sunny B. cloudy C. rainy D. foggy
But then, day after day, I needed him less. I got married, and my husband had lots of 17 about everything.
8.Doubao app is really free and you ________ pay money for it.
I didn’t know when it happened, but when I 18 back, our conversations went like that. “Hi, Dad, ” I said.
A. may B. must C. shouldn’t D. needn’t
And he said, “Hi, sweet, here’s Mom.”
9.Which of the following sentences has the same structure as “I find the book interesting.”
I loved my dad, of course, but sometimes I was not sure if he had already shared everything I needed to know. Maybe I’d
A. Autumn leaves turn brown.
heard all his stories. Maybe, after knowing him for 40 years, there was nothing left to say.
B. We should keep our classroom clean.
Then, this past summer, my husband, our four kids, and I moved in with my parents for three weeks 19 our house
was being repaired. They own a lake house, and Dad asked me to help him rebuild the bulkhead (隔板) at their dock.
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It was 20 work. We got wet and sandy. As we put the new bulkhead together piece by piece, my dad knew
exactly 21 went where. I looked at him and said, “How do you know how to build the bulkhead ”
”I spent a summer in college building them on the Jersey Shore.“
“You did ” I thought I knew everything about my dad—all his part-time jobs. I knew about the apple orchard where he
worked, the restaurant where he learned how to make the best pancake, but I 22 knew this.
”Yep.Now come up here and let me teach you how to use this circular saw.“
As he explained the reason of not setting the blade (刀片) too deep, I realized that maybe it was not that there was
nothing left to 23 . Maybe it was just that I’d spent my life asking him the wrong questions.
A few weeks later, after my family and I moved back into our own house, I called my parents. Dad answered. “Hi, sweet,”
he said, “here’s Mom.”
“Wait, Dad,” I said. “How are you ” We ended up talking about the consulting things he was working on, and a new battery
he’d bought for his boat. Nothing life-changing, nothing earth-shattering. To 24 else, it would sound like a normal
conversation between a dad and his daughter. But to me, it was a new beginning. I spent the first part of my life needing to talk
to my dad. Now I talk to him because I want to.
15.A. jokes B. stories C. answers D. differences
16.A. fix B. make C. use D. follow
17.A. information B. knowledge C. messages D. experiences
18.A. turned B. wrote C. called D. went
19.A. though B. when C. until D. while
20.A. useful B. useless C. easy D. hard
25.The pictures above are ________.
21.A. who B. what C. when D. where
A. a comic strip B. a news report C. a poster D. a notice
22.A. often B. seldom C. never D. sometimes
26.What does the lady feed the birds for
23.A. say B. tell C. talk D. speak
A. Selling tasty cookies, B. Showing her kindness.
24.A. somebody B. anybody C. nobody D. everybody
C. Catching lovely birds. D. Taking amazing pictures.
27.What does Dad think of helping birds
三、阅读理解：本大题共 13 小题，共 26 分。
A. It may be meaningless, B. It should be a selfless act.
A C. It may cost much money. D. It should be done for fun.
B
The Seasons
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is lower in the sky and the slanting rays have to go through more atmosphere. Atmosphere is important to living things on the
earth. Without the atmosphere, it would be burning hot every day and freezing cold every night.
During the day, the atmosphere is like a filter. It keeps the hottest rays of the sun from reaching the Earth. At night, the
atmosphere is like a blanket. It traps the heat radiated from the Earth, preventing it from escaping into space too quickly.
28.Which part of a magazine is the passage most probably taken from
A. Health. B. Fashion. C. Culture. D. Science.
Many countries have four seasons each year. What causes these seasons We get our warmth from the sun. The Earth
29.Which word is the most suitable for ▲
takes one year to go around the sun. It is always tilted to one side. When the North Pole is tilted towards the sun, the northern
A. High B. Low C. Daily D. Different
part of the world has summer and it is winter in the south. The in-between times are spring and autumn.
30.What can we learn from the passage
In some parts of the world, the weather is always hot, and winter never comes. These are the countries around the equator.
A. It doesn’t have any ice on the top of mountains in Africa.
Do you know anything about equator It is a line drawn around the middle of a globe of the Earth. It is halfway between the two
B. Countries around the equator only have one season, cold winter.
poles.
C. When the South Pole is tilted towards the sun, the northern part has winter.
What Affects Temperature
D. If the temperature at sea level is 20℃, it is 15℃ in a place which is 3000 meters above.
C
Temperatures get colder the higher you go. If you climbed a mountain, you would be much colder than if you were at sea
level. For every 1,000 metres we climb, the temperature drops about 6° Celsius.
Even mountains in very hot parts of the world may have snow or ice on them all year round. Tanzania is a country in Babu lived in India and worked as a potter (陶工). He spent his days using wet clay to shape jars and big pots. Babu
Africa that lies on the equator. Mt Kilimanjaro is its highest mountain at 5,900 metres high and it has some ice on the top right loved making beautiful pottery, but he was not a rich man.
through the year—though not as much as it used to have. Babu’s son was getting married soon, and his whole family was excited. In India, the new husband and wife sometimes
▲ Temperatures rode through town on an elephant on their wedding (结婚) day.
Babu was too poor to buy an elephant. Babu’s neighbour, Puma, was a rich man who owned many elephants. Babu
wanted to rent (租) one.
Babu paid most part of his money but got an elephant that had a cut on his leg. It was time to ride the elephant through
town. The happy pair climbed on the elephant and rode through the center of town waving to their friends. Suddenly, the
Does the time of day affect the temperature Yes. In the middle of the day, it is usually warmer because the sun is more elephant fell to the ground, and the husband and wife fell to the ground, too.
directly overhead. In the morning and again in the evening, it is often cooler than in the middle of the day. It is because the sun
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The elephant saw his chance to get away from Puma. He rose to his feet and ran down a nearby street. Babu went to D
Puma’s home and told him what had happened.
“I will give you until Wednesday to return the runaway elephant or bring the full price all at once.” Puma said, “If you
cannot do that, I will put you in jail (监狱).”
Babu went back home, he thought and thought and thought, an idea suddendly came into his mind. He worked day and
night for two days to make many pots, jars, and bowls. He also painted old designs that he remembered seeing many years ago
on the pottery. The old designs made the new pottery look old.
On Wednesday morning, Puma knocked on Babu’s shop door very early. Nobody answered. Puma knocked harder.
There are so many different kinds of chocolate! What is your favourite Do you want to know more about chocolate
When he tried to open the door, it was locked. He leaned back and gave the door a big kick with his foot. It didn’t open. Puma
If chocolate grew on trees
stepped back a few steps, ran at the door, and kicked it even harder.
Where do you get your chocolate Can you believe that chocolate grew on trees. Yes, it does! Chocolate comes from the
The wooden door broke, and crashed into the shop, taking Puma with it. As he fell, there was more crashing. It sounded
seeds of the cocoa tree. This tree grows in warm areas around the world, like Central and South America, the Caribbean, and
like pottery breaking. The door must have knocked over a shelf, Puma picked up a piece of the broken pottery which looked old
parts of Africa and Asia.
and expensive. He got up to run away.
The cocoa tree can grow up to forty feet high with large pods. Inside the pods are big seeds. These seeds are used to make
Then Babu came into the shop. “What happened here How did my jars get broken And the door is broken, too.”
the chocolate that we drink and eat. But they do not taste like chocolate at first. There is a special way to give them that taste.
“I’m so sorry. I broke your old and expensive pottery.” Puma said, “I’ll pay you for the jars.”
Making chocolate
Babu pointed at the mess. “I want my broken pots back.They were SPECIAL. If I don’t get my pots back, I’ll call the
Chocolate is made very carefully. First, people put the seeds into big containers (容器). The seeds ferment for a while.
police and put you in jail.”
“Ferment” means the seeds break down and change a little. This gives the seeds a new flavor. They start to have a chocolate
“ Let’s make a deal. I will forget about the elephant,” Puma said, “if you will forget about the valuable pots.” Babu put out his
taste.
hand to Puma, smiled and said, “OK, it’s a deal.”
Second, when the seeds are ready, they are dried in the sun. After the seeds are dried, they are roasted (烘烤). Then, the
31.When Puma broke the door and fell into Babu’s shop, he most probably felt _______.
shells are removed. Finally, they are turned into cocoa powder and chocolate.
A. tired B. excited C. relaxed D. afraid
The chocolate we eat today has sugar in it. But for thousands of years, people ate chocolate that was not sweet at all.
32.Which of the following shows the right order of the story
________
a. Babu and Puma agreed to forget about the elephant and the pottery.
People have been drinking cocoa for at least 2, 000 years. Cocoa was very special to the people of Central America. They
b. Babu rent an elephant from Puma for his son’s wedding.
made cocoa to drink. They drink it like coffee. They didn’t put milk or sugar in it.
c. Puma broke the wooden door of Babu’s shop.
When the Spanish arrived in Central America, the Aztec people gave them cocoa. It was a special treat. The Spanish
d. The elephant ran away on the wedding day.
took the cocoa back home. Kings and queens across Europe loved the bitter cocoa drink. It was very expensive. Only part of
A. a-d-c-b B. b-c-d-a C. b-d-c-a D. a-c-d-b
rich people can buy it. Later chocolate makers added sugar to make it sweet. Now people all over the world eat chocolate
33.Which is the best title for the story
whenever they want. It is not hard to see why kings and queens loved it so much.
A. A Clever Potter B. A Broken Door
C. A Runaway Elephant D. A Special Wedding
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Now they are abundant in a store, white chocolates and dark chocolates, milk chocolates and bittersweet chocolates, chocolate In the book the main character Robinson Crusoe describes his life on an island in the Caribbean Sea.
sauce and chocolate bars. You can get yours easily! At the age of 19 Robinson left home to see the world. He was on a ship from Brazil to Africa when it sank in a storm.
34.Which of the picture means “shell removing” Robinson survived because he was able to swim to an island. He soon understood that he was alone there. He tried to make his
life safe and comfortable. He built a strong house. He caught small animals and birds for food. He learnt how to make bread and
cheese. But he was always alone and he never stopped thinking about how to leave the island.
A. B. Many years later, he found that cannibals (食人者) often visited his island. They brought their prisoners (囚犯) there,
killed them and then ate them. Robinson saved one of their prisoners, a young man. He called him Friday and he taught him to
speak English. Friday helped Robinson with his work and they became good friends. Finally Robinson started to enjoy his life
on the island. Then one day the captain of an English ship arrived and Robinson’s dream of returning to England finally
C. D. happened.
Many people think that Defoe thought of the character of Robinson Crusoe when he read about a Scottish sailor called
Alexander Selkirk (1676-1721). Selkirk spent more than four years alone on an island near the coast of Chile.Robinson spent
35.Which of the following would be most suitable for ________
28 years on his island.
A. Where did you get that chocolate B. Who found chocolate
(1) When did Robinson leave home to see the world ________________
C. Why did rich people love chocolate D. When was chocolate made
(2) How could Robinson survive after the ship sank _______________
36.What does the underlined word “ abundant” mean in this passage
(3) Why did Robinson start to enjoy the life on the island in the Caribbean Sea _______________
A. Less than enough. B. Getting less tastes.
(4) How long did Robinson stay on the island _______________
C. More than enough. D. Getting more tastes.
(5) What do you think of Robinson Crusoe _______________
37.What can we learn about chocolate
五、单词拼写-单句：本大题共 5 小题，共 5 分。
A. Chocolate comes from the big seeds of forty-foot-high cocoa trees.
39.Don’t talk too much, and keep (寂静的). Silence is gold.
B. People have eaten chocolate with different tastes for thousands of years.
40.A real man must learn to (面对) many problems in life bravely.
C. Kings and queens across Europe loved chocolate just because it was expensive.
41.Beijing Opera is a traditional Chinese art (形式) which is famous all over the world.
D. American people are only just starting to grow and make chocolate for a few years.
42.Although many stray cats are accepted by families, (令人遗憾地), others are not.
四、任务型阅读-简答：本大题共 1 小题，共 10 分。
43.The number of the wolves (下降) fast, because people often kill them for safety.
38.阅读下面短文，然后根据短文内容回答问题，每小题答案不超过 6 个单词。
六、单句语法填空：本大题共 10 小题，共 10 分。
44.We are looking for somebody with a clear sense of (direct).
45.Write down your name and address (clear) in the space provided.
46.Don’t keep the windows (close) all day long. Open it for some fresh air.
47.The film Coco helps viewers understand the (important) of family and dream.
48.There’s nothing better than a cup of cold coffee on a (sleep) summer afternoon.
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49.You (pass) the exam next Monday if you study hard all the time. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________
50.I think the soup needs more water. It (taste) too salty. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________
51.In cold winter, birds fly far away (find) a warm and sunny place. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________
52.I (read) my favourite book when someone knocked on the door. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________
53.The poor old man (stay) in hospital for two weeks last month. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________
七、完成句子：本大题共 5 小题，共 10 分。 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________
54.北方人通常以诸如面条、面包等小麦制品为主食。People in North China usually wheat, such as noodles, bread ________________________________________________________________________________
and so on.
55.因天气炎热，今年的桂花开得比往晚。 , the osmanthus flowers are later than usual this year.
56.这阵子的白果巷很漂亮，整条道路都被金色银杏叶覆盖着。Baiguo Lane is beautiful now. The whole road golden
ginkgo leaves.
57.扎龙自然保护区是世界上适合珍稀鸟类的最重要的湿地之一。Zhanglong Nature Reserve is for rare birds.
58.午饭后小睡片刻有助于我们下午学得更好。 after lunch can help us learn better in the afternoon.
八、书面表达：本大题共 1 小题，共 15 分。
59.假设你是张华，你班留学生 Simon 在学习了教材第六单元的 Birdwatching 之后，对我国的濒危鸟类金雕非常感兴
趣，他写了一封邮件向你询问相关信息，请根据邮件正文内容和所给的回信提示给 Simon 写一封回信。
注意事项：
1.邮件内容须自拟，要求语句通顺、意思连贯、符合题意；
2.词数不少于 80 个，邮件的开头与结尾已给出，不计入总词数；
3.邮件中不得使用真实的个人姓名或学校名称；
4.邮件必须写在答题卡指定的位置上。
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1.【答案】C 39.【答案】silent
2.【答案】B 40.【答案】face
3.【答案】A 41.【答案】form
4.【答案】C 42.【答案】sadly
5.【答案】A 43.【答案】is declining
6.【答案】D 44.【答案】direction
7.【答案】C 45.【答案】clearly
8.【答案】D 46.【答案】closed
9.【答案】B 47.【答案】importance
10.【答案】B 48.【答案】sleepy
11.【答案】B 49.【答案】will pass
12.【答案】D 50.【答案】tastes
13.【答案】C 51.【答案】to find
14.【答案】A 52.【答案】was reading
15~24.【答案】C、A、B、C、D、D、B、C、A、B 53.【答案】stayed
25~27.【答案】A、D、B 54.【答案】live on
28~30.【答案】D、C、C 55.【答案】Because of the hot weather
31~33.【答案】D、C、A 56.【答案】is covered with
34~37.【答案】D、C、C、A 57.【答案】one of the world’s most important wetlands
38.【答案】【小题 1】 /one of the most important wetlands in the world
At 19./ At the age of 19. 58.【答案】Sleeping for a while
【小题 2】 59.【答案】Dear Simon,
He swam to an island. Thank you for your email. I’m glad to hear about your interest in birdwatching, especially golden eagles.
【小题 3】 Golden eagles are magnificent birds with broad wings and brown feathers. They are known for their sharp eyesight and
Because he had a friend. hunting skills. Unfortunately, they are facing several problems, such as reduced living space and a lack of food. Human
【小题 4】 activities like deforestation and hunting have also threatened their survival. To help protect them, we should work towards
28 years. creating more forests and enforcing strict regulations against hunting. Educating people about the importance of these birds can
【小题 5】 also make a difference.
Brave./Smart./He was brave and clever. I hope this information helps. Feel free to ask if you have more questions.
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Best regards,
Zhang Hua
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