郑州外国语中学2023-2024学年下学期期末考试
八年级(1 - 7班)英语试卷
时间：90分钟分值：120分
一、听力理解(20小题, 每小题1分, 共20分)
第一节
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题, 从所给的A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳答案。每段对话读两遍。
1. What's Linda's father doing now
A. Watching TV. B. Playing football. C. Cleaning the house.
2. What's the relationship between the two speakers
A. A patient and a doctor. B. A daughter and a dad.
C. A student and a teacher.
3. What makes the earth colorful and beautiful
A. Rivers B. Plants. C. Animals.
4. Where will the woman go
A. To a party. B. To a hospital. C. To a clothing store.
5. How is John feeling these days
A. Angry. B. Happy. C. Sad.
第二节
听下面几段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题, 从所给的A、B、 C 三个选项中选出最佳答案。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听下面一段对话, 回答第6至第7两个小题。
6. Who will the man probably buy books for
A. His daughter. B. His wife. C. His mother.
7. How much will he pay
A. 4 dollars. B. 8 dollars. C. 16 dollars.
听下面一段对话, 回答第8至第9两个小题。
8. What will the boy do this evening
A. Practise the guitar. B. Wash a car. C. Go to a football match.
9. When will the boy help his mother. wash the ca
A. On Sunday. B. On Monday. C. On Saturday.
听下面一段对话, 回答第10至第12小题。
10. How many languages does the man learn
A. One. B. Two. C. Three.
11. What does the man probably do
A. He is a salesman. B. He is a student. C. He is a reporter.
12. Why did the man give up Chinese halfway
A. The grammar is too difficult. B. He doesn't have enough time.
C. The Chinese characters are difficult to practice.
听下面一段独白, 回答第13至第15三个小题。
13. Where is the hometown
A. In the north of Guangxi Province.
B. In the south of Guangdong Province.
C. In the south of Guangxi Province.
14. What is the weather like in spring
A. Rainy. B. Windy. C. A little hot
15. In autumn, what do people usually do
A. Go swimming. B. Go for an outing C. Go for a picnic.
第三节
听下面一篇短文, 根据短文内容, 按照你所听到的顺序将下列图片排序。 短文读两遍。
二、阅读理解(20小题, 每小题2分, 共40分)
阅读下面四篇语言材料, 然后按要求做题。
A
www. rosiebridgeschool. org It is necessary for middle school students to learn some team skills like developing relationships, communicating well with others and working out problems. Here are two fun team activities for students to develop their team skills.
Activity 1: Water Relay (接力赛) Tools: Two large buckets are used to hold water. One is at the front and the other is at the back. Each team member needs a small bucket. Instructions: Fill one large bucket with water; Make holes at the bottom of the small buckets; Team members line up between the two large buckets; Use small buckets to pass the water from one large bucket to the other. Try to keep as much water as possible within a given time Why it is FUN: It is fun to work out a way to lose as little water as possible. It is water! Isn't it fun to get wet on a hot summer day Activity 2: Truth and Lie Tools: No tools are required. Instructions: Team members sit together. Have each team member think of three pieces of information about themselves, and one of them is a lie. Each team member tells the group all the three pieces of information. Let the other team members guess which is the lie. Why it is FUN Students love talking about themselves and this gives them a chance to do so. Members can learn about each other. Members will be surprised at some facts about the speakers.
If you are interested in the games, click here and join us.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
21. Who will probably try these activities
A. Sally, aged 3, being crazy about water games
B. Monty, aged 13, being good at running
C. Tony, aged 33, being good at communicating
D. Mike, aged 53, being interested in writing teen stories
22. If two teams of six students take part in the water relay together, how many small buckets do they need in total
A. 8. B. 12 C. 14. D. 16.
23. Which is NOT mentioned about the activity of Truth or Lie
A. They can learn how to tell lies.
B. They can talk about themselves.
C. Members may get to know each other better.
D. Members may find something unexpected about others.
24. What can we infer(推断)from the passage
A. Summer is a good time to have the water relay.
B. Students have no team skills.
C. Students tell lots of lies.
D. People have to go to classes to learn to do these activities.
25. Where can you most probably find this article
A. In a local newspaper. B. On a teen website.
C. In a sports magazine D. On a school poster
B
On Monday, I stopped my car in front of my daughter Juliet's middle school. She jumped in the front seat, feeling down. She asked me to help her study for her science test.
“Dad, I need to memorize ( 记 住 ) a unit about the Reproductive Cycle of Plants. And I can hardly make it. "
"You know memorizing seems like the best way to study, but in fact you can do better in tests if you work on trying to understand the material (材料). ”
Juliet was open to my advice. It was Monday afternoon and we had two nights to study before the test on Wednesday. I suggested a plan. "Tomorrow night, you are going to teach the material to me. Tonight, read the unit. Prepare to teach. ”
Asking her to teach me was an unusual idea but I decided to do it. Studies show teaching somebody else is a very useful way to learn. Even if you don't do the teaching, the act of preparing to teach leads to more leaning than just trying your best to memorize the material.
On Tuesday afternoon, Juliet sat down with her science book facing me and said, “Okay Dad, let's study. ”I wanted her to teach me. But false starts (起步失误) happened. I couldn't be too hard on her. So instead we started with me asking her some simple questions. She knew some but not others. When she didn't know the answers, I encouraged her to check the book.
She started checking things that she didn't understand. And she was actively trying to test her understanding. I was happy to see it. She wasn't memorizing, she was trying to understand things, which was exactly what I had hoped she would do.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
26. Why did Juliet feel down
A. Because she failed her science test.
B. Because she had trouble memorizing a unit.
C. Because she knew nothing about planting.
D. Because she couldn't understand her teacher.
27. In the writer's opinion, which was the key to best learning
A. Memorizing B. Testing C. Questioning. D. Understanding
28. What does the underlined word "it" in paragraph 5 refer to
A. making her check the book B. using simple questions to test her
C. encouraging her to read the unit D. asking her to teach me the unit
29. How did the father feel when false starts happened .
A. patient B. worried C. nervous D. tired
30. Which can be the best title for the passage
A. A Hardworking Father B. An Unexpected Test
C. Learning from Teaching D. Preparing for Teaching
C
Time flies when you play on your smartphone. But when you get down to the real business of work and study, one hour feels like a year. Why are we so attracted by smartphones but easily bored by studying
It all boils down to something small and hard to see: dopamine(多巴胺). Dopamine is a “pleasure chemical” that makes people feel good. Our brains give it out when we eat yummy food, after we exercise or when we get a prize.
Compared with studying, playing on smartphones causes our brains to give out more dopamine. For example, checking your phone for a text leads to a 400 % increase in dopamine. But why
When we visit social media on the phone, we don't know what we'll see next, or who will give opinions about things we post(发布). This “magic of maybe”, makes the dopamine system active. We get excited wondering if we have messages from our friends. When our expectations are met, dopamine is given out.
And to find more dopamine, we continue checking our phones. Studying doesn't provide such magic. Without this excitement, we get bored much more easily.
Can we do something to change that According to scientists, apps can become less attractive if we turn off notifications(通知)or change the screen colors to black and white. We can also set time limits (限制)on apps to avoid using them too much.
As for studying, you could check your progress daily or weekly and reward (奖励)yourself for it, said Daniel Wong, writer of The Happy Student. You could also search for interesting topics connected with your textbook. Use what you've learned to make an influence in the real world. This will make knowledge much more interesting to learn.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
31. According to the article, what are students like when they study
A. They get very attracted.
B. They are getting happier.
C. They feel time pass more slowly.
D. Their brain gives out more dopamine.
32. What might the phrase “boils down to” mean in Paragraph 2
A. works out B. finds out C. leads to D. results from
33. When do people have more dopamine
A. When they know what will happen next.
B. When they stay in a familiar environment.
C. When their expectations(期望)are met.
D. When they sleep in bed.
34. What is Paragraph 4 about
A. It introduces a way to get more messages from our friends.
B. It gives an example of spending time happily on social media.
C. It describes how scientists discover the way dopamine works.
D. It explains why playing on smartphones causes more dopamine.
35. What's Daniel Wong's advice on making learning interesting
A. Setting time limits on everything you do.
B. Stopping playing on your smartphone.
C. Using what you learn from textbooks to do things in real life.
D. Reading the interesting part in your textbooks before reading the others.
D
We may feel angry or guilty (内疚的)about the things we did or didn't achieve, about the things we can't have, and many other things. 36 __________Over time, they can be heavy weights on our shoulders.
These bad emotions don't do anything good for us at all. So you might ask yourself -is it possible to put down this heavy weight and give yourself a break
It is quite possible. 37_________ How do they get inside of us Why do we carry them for so long instead of putting them down Can we live without them
By thinking about our bad emotions, we can find healthy ways to deal with them. Unhealthy behaviors(行为)are not the way to do this. They provide no better feelings. 38 __________ One of the best ways is forgiveness (原谅).
39____________ We should forgive ourselves first and then forgive others who have made us guilty or angry. This is not always easy. But when we learn to forgive ourselves, it becomes easier to forgive others as well.
There is nothing good about carrying years of emotional weights. By forgiving ourselves and others, we can drop our heaviness and feel better about ourselves. 40_________And you'll be much happier with your life.
根据材料内容, 从下面五个选项中选出能填入文中空缺处的最佳选项, 使短文意思通顺、内容完整。
A. Forgiveness is a great tool.
B. Instead, there are better ways to face them.
C. But guilt cannot help us, anger can't, either.
D. Start by looking at your feelings honestly.
E. The moment you do this, you'll feel much lighter.
三、完形填空(15小题, 每小题1分, 共15分)
先通读短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出一个可 以填入相应空白处的最佳答案。
On the way home from school, Jack always passes a park. His mother said it was 41 . to pass by the park at night, but it is the fastest way home. Whenever Jack feels 42. following him, he always runs as fast as he can. Today, after finishing soccer practice, Jack was walking 43. the park gate as usual.
Suddenly, Jack heard someone 44 him, “Excuse me! ”Jack turned around, and there was an old woman. “Yes, ma'am. ”Jack answered politely. “Don't pass by the park tonight. ”Her voice was weak and 45. “Okay, ma'am, "said Jack carelessly. The old woman held Jack's hand strongly, and said, “I 46. it! ”Jack felt the 47 on his neck stand up. As soon as the lady let go of his hand, he started to run. This time, he ran so fast that he didn't have time to think 48 he was going.
When he stopped, he 49 he was in the middle of the park. He remembered what the old woman had said. 50 it was too late. He thought, “It would be okay if I run really fast. ”Suddenly, he heard someone scream (尖叫) .
Jack was too frightened to wonder who 51 was. He breathed as deep as possible. The screaming continued. He heard some fast footsteps coming near, so he 52. It was the old lady! She walked toward him, and shouted “I told you not to come here! "
Frightened to death, Jack screamed 53 and ran home like an arrow(箭). He thought he heard not only the old lady, but also some other people shouting at him, and it made him more 54. As soon as Jack saw his mother, Jack said, “Mom! Do you know what just happened at the park ”Jack's mother 55 and said, “Yes, I know. A group of people are making a movie tonight in the park”
41. A. strange B. dangerous C. funny D. interesting
42. A. someone B. anyone C. no one D. everyone
43. A. in B. across C. past D. toward
44. A. helping B. watching C. stopping D. calling
45. A. sweet B. dry C. pleasing D. exciting
46. A. show B. make C. mean D. say
47. A. hairs B. dirt C. scarf D. button
48. A. how B. what C. where D. why
49. A. realized B. learned C. forgot D. imagined
50. A. or B. but C. and D. so
51. A. he B. she C. it D. the voice
52. A. came around B. hung around C. ran around D. turned around
53. A. sharply B. slowly C. angrily D. softly
54. A. excited B. surprised C. scared D. tired
55. A. nodded B. refused C. wondered D. agreed
四、语篇填空(15小题, 每小题1分, 共15分)
第一节阅读短文, 从方框内选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空, 使短文通顺、 意思完整。每空限填一词, 每词限用一次。
turn, before, success, tell, close, compete, well, try, be, run,
I was cycling and saw a person about 250 meters ahead of me. I could 56. ________ he was cycling a little slower than me and I decided to try to catch up with him. I had about a kilometer to go on the road 57_________. I turned off the road.
I started cycling faster and faster, so I got just a little bit 58.________ to him. After a few minutes I was only about 100 meters behind him, so I really picked up the pace(速度) and 59.______ my best.
Finally, I caught up with him and passed him. On the inside, I felt so good. I “beat him”, but he didn't even know we 60. ___________ racing.
After I passed him, I found that I had missed my61.__________, had gone six blocks past it and had to turn around and go all the way back.
Isn't that what happens in life when we race with others, trying to outdo them or trying to show that we are more 62._______ or more important We spend our time and energy 63. _______ after them and we miss out on our own paths.
The problem with unhealthy 64. _________ is that it's a never-ending cycle. There will always be somebody ahead of you in one way or another. What you should do is just to run your own race and wish others 65. __________.
Wherever you go, no matter what the weather is like, always bring your own sunshine.
第二节阅读短文, 根据语篇要求填空, 使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限 填一次。
Pinyin is a modern invention. It was invented in 1958 66______ help illiterate(不识字的)Chinese learn how to read. It worked out quite well. Lots of people learned to read quickly with the help of pinyin.
Pinyin has been useful 67_________ other ways, too. It helps to develop the use of standard Chinese, or Mandarin, so that people who speak different dialects (方 言)can still understand each other.
It also makes 68_________ much easier to type Chinese characters on computers and cellphones.
Pinyin is also finding its place in other languages. The Oxford English Dictionary now includes more than 100 pinyin expressions, such as jiaozi for “dumplings”. 69________. hongguomeng for “Chinese dream”.
Foreign media sometimes use pinyin in reports about China. Now, pinyin is not only a language tool, but also 70________ cultural bridge that connects China to the world.
五、补全对话(5小题, 每小题2分, 共10分)
根据下面的对话情景, 在每个空白处填上一个合适的句子, 使对话的意思连 贯、完整。
A: What seems to be the problem, kid
B: I've got a sore throat, a runny nose, and a headache.
A: 71.________________________________
B: For two days, maybe, since I finished school the day before yesterday.
A: Open your mouth and say “ah…” .
B: 72. ________________________
A: No, nothing serious, just a cold. 73. _______________________________.
B: Thanks. But I'm always weak, can you give me more advice
A: 74. _________________________________
B: That sounds wonderful, I'll have a try.
A: Great! Hold on to it, and you may become stronger.
B: Thank you for your advice.
A: 75.___________________________.
六、书面表达(20分)
某英语杂志社以“我做家务, 我快乐”为主题向中学生开展征文活动。请你根据以下提示, 用英语写一篇短文, 进行投稿。
要点：
1. 分享你最难忘的一次做家务的经历以及这次劳动后的感受；
2. 表达你对家务劳动的认识(至少两点)并发出倡议。
要求：1. 文中不得出现真实姓名和学校名；
2. 词数90 左右。
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八年级(1 - 7班)英语试卷
时间：90分钟分值：120分
一、听力理解(20小题, 每小题1分, 共20分)
1-20略。
二、阅读理解(20小题, 每小题2分, 共40分)
21-25 BBADB 26-30 BDDAC 31-35 CDCDC 36-40 CDBAE
三、完形填空(15小题, 每小题1分, 共15分)
41-45 BADDB 46-50 CACAB 51-55 CDACA
四、语篇填空(15小题, 每小题1分, 共15分)
第一节阅读短文, 从方框内选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空, 使短文通顺、 意思完整。每空限填一词, 每词限用一次。
tell 57. before 58. closer 59. tried 60. were
turn 62. successful 63. running petition 65. well
第二节阅读短文, 根据语篇要求填空, 使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限 填一次。
to 67. in 68. it 69. and 70. a
五、补全对话(5小题, 每小题2分, 共10分)
71.How long have you been like this
72. Is that serious, doctor
73. It will be better soon.
74. Why not do some exercise
75. You’re welcome. / My pleasure....
六、书面表达(20分)
Last weekend, I got up early and cooked noodles for my parents. First, I boiled some water .Then I put some noodles into the pot. About five or six minutes later, I placed them in the bowls and added some salt and oil. When my parents got up, they were surprised and praised me with a big smile.
It was the first time for me to cook for them. A little bit tired but happy, I felt proud of myself because I could take care of my parents. From this unforgettable experience, I've also got a deeper understanding of my parents
I think it's our duty to share some housework. Besides, doing some hard housework is a kind of physical exercise. As teenagers, we should take action to help around the house!

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