2024-2025学年（下）定安八年级质量检测英语

1、你认为哪个学科是最有意思的？

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2、 阅读下面的短文，从方框中选择合适的词组，并用其适当形式填空。

have a better future, donate money, because of, carry on with, set up

The Spring Bud Project is a charity to help poor girls. In China, many children have to leave school 【1】 poverty (贫困). And about 65% of them are girls. The Chinese government has done a lot to support those girls. In 1989, the Spring Bud Project was 【2】. It has raised about 9 million yuan since then. The project has built more than 1,000 schools so far. The Spring Bud Project hopes to help poor girls return to school or train poor women to make it possible for them【3】. Many people have supported the Spring Bud Project by【4】 or doing voluntary work.

But there are still millions of poor girls in need of help. To【5】 the project, more support is needed. If you’re willing to help, please contact us on 010-65103491.

3、She was making a banana milk shake.（对划线部分提问）

________ was she ________?

4、—________is the boy using his mobile phone________?

—________for information.

A.Why; / ; Search B.Why; for; To search

C.What; for; Searching D.What; for; To search

5、 The number of the cars in our neighborhood is about eight , and of them are new cars.

A．hundred; two thirds

B．hundred; two third

C．hundreds; two thirds

D．hundreds; two third

6、—I have never been to the Water World.

—________.

A.Me too B.Me neither C.Me also D.Me both

7、单项选择

— have you been like this?—Since last week.

A. How soon   B. How often  

C. How long   D. How many times

8、Next week, Jane’s new book ________. I can’t wait to read it.

A.will publish B.will be published C.will be come out D.come out

9、— I’m tired of cleaning the house.

— Sweeping robots ________ more and more widely today. Why not buy one?

A．are used

B．were used

C．are using

D．used

10、He has told me that he ________ an engineer.

A．was

B．is

C．were

D．been

11、If you want to make yourself ________, you must work harder than others.

A．stand for

B．stand up

C．stand out

D．stand behind

12、The boy fell off his bike and he's taking the _________ to see whether his arm is broken or not.

A. medicine B. X-ray C. temperature

13、There is ________ in today’s newspaper. It’s dull.

A．nothing new

B．new nothing

C．everything new

D．everywhere new

14、Your composition is similar _________ your brother’s.

A．of

B．for

C．about

D．to

15、I’ve looked_______but I still can' t find the map.

A. somewhere B. nowhere C. anywhere D. everywhere

16、I took the subway and ____ at the downtown station.

A. got on B. got off C. get up

17、—I have bought a nice dress．

—Where________you________it？

A．have；bought

B．did；buy

C．will；buy

D．do；buy

18、(2019原创) The students planned to sell old books to________ money to help the new student.

A.raise B.rise C.save D.lend

19、根据对话内容，从方框中选择恰当的选项补全对话，其中有两项多余。

A. Of course.

B. Have you read the article about him?

C. I went to his concert last week.

D. I agree.

E. Have you listened to the song called “Take Five”?

F. Because his music is exciting.

G. I think it’s amazing

A: Hey, Susan! 【1】

B: No. What’s it like?

A: 【2】 It’s my favorite.

B: Can I listen to it on your CD player?

A: 【3】

B: It’s really a good jazz (爵士) piece. But I still like rock music best.

A: Who is your favorite singer?

B: Cui Jian. 【4】

A: Why do you like him?

B: 【5】

A: I see.

20、根据对话内容，从方框内的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。有两项多余。

A: Hello, Lucy. Long time no see. How are you?

B: Fine, thank you. 【1】

A: I’m very well. What are you busy with these days?

B: 【2】

A: The Voice of China? This program is very popular in China.

B: Yes. More and more foreigners take part in it. 【3】

A: Great. Which song will you sing?

B: My Heart Will Go On. 【4】  I like it very much.

A: Then when is your show time?

B: Next Friday. At 10:00 p.m.

A: Good luck to you!

B: 【5】

A. I’d like to have a try.

B. You are welcome.

C. How about you?

D. Nice to meet you.

E. The song is so beautiful.

F. Thank you very much.

G. I’m getting ready for The Voice of China.

21、   Tina woke up at midnight .She looked out of her window and saw a yellow light in the sky. It suddenly flew towards the ground. She heard a noise and saw a red light.

The next morning, Tina told it to her brother Tom. "I'm sure something landed in the forest near the mountains as I heard a loud noise last night," she said. "Let's find out after school."

At 6 p.m. Tina and his brother reached the forest. They heard some voices speaking a strange language, so they hid behind some little trees and kept quiet then they saw an alien(外星人) It was tall, with a round head and a shining grey-white colored body. It was standing next to a long spaceship. There was something wrong with the spaceship.

The children were scared .Suddenly, another alien appeared from the little trees in front of them. It found them and made terrible noise!

The next morning Tina and Tom told their parents about what they saw yesterday. "They were very ugly. They had some hair, but they didn't have any feathers (羽毛)," said Tina.

“There was something written on the spaceship,” said Tom. “It looked like this .I wonder what it means.” He drew something on a piece of paper.

But dad said, "Since no one else saw these aliens, I refuse to believe you .Now go to school!”

The children opened their wings ( 翅膀) and flew to school together.

Dad looked at the piece of paper with the strange word on it. “It looks strange.” he said, as he looked at the word “EARTH”.

【1】According to the passage, ______first found that the aliens landed in the forest.

A.Tom B.Tina's friend C.Tina D.Tina's father

【2】Which of the following statement is NOT true according to the passage?

A.The children were afraid when they saw the aliens.

B.The aliens came from the earth.

C.Tina, Tom and their parents lived on the earth.

D.The children had wings and they could fly.

【3】What does the underlined word they in Paragraph 5 refer to (指的是)?

A.Aliens. B.Tina and his brother. C.Tina's parents. D.The children.

【4】What's the best title for this passage?

A.Don't Lie to Your Parents B.A Happy Family and Aliens

C.Aliens Fought Humans D.Aliens Arrived

22、Peter's uncle lived in the country. Once Peter went to stay with him for a few weeks. When they went for a walk or for a drive in the car and they passed somebody ,his uncle waved. Peter was surprised and said, “Uncle George, you know everybody here. Where did you meet them all?”

“I don't know all these people,” said his uncle 

“Then why do you wave to them?” asked Peter. 

“Well, Peter,” answered his uncle, “when I wave to someone and he knows me, he is happy. He goes on his journey with a happier heart. But when I wave to some one and he doesn't know me, he is surprised and says to himself, ‘Who is that man? Why did he wave to me?’ So he has something to think about during the rest of his journey, and that makes his journey seem shorter. So I make everyone happy.

【1】Peter was surprised that his uncle _______

A. waved to everybody they passed B. knew everybody there

C. said hello to everyone   D. didn't know all the people they passed

【2】“I don't know all these people” means ________.

A.I know none of these people B.I know some of these people

C.I don't know any of these people  D.I know most of these people

【3】When Uncle George waved to his friends, they became ________.

 A. worried B. happy   C. sad   D. surprised

【4】Some people didn't know Uncle George. When he waved to them, they ________.

A. became angry with him   B. thought that he must be a friend

C. thought why he was waving to them  D. didn't look at him

【5】Uncle George waved to everyone so that ________.

A. he could make some more friends B. he could surprise everyone

C. everyone would remember him D. he would make everyone happy

23、

【1】Besides (除了) your picture, you must write about ________.

A．why you like the place so much

B．why drawing is your favorite hobby

C．whether you think you can win

【2】According to the ad, all winners can get ________.

A．a $30 prize

B．a $70 prize

C．their pictures on show

【3】The competition is organized by ________.

A．an art teacher

B．LCPS Art Department

C．Lucky Books and Stationery

24、Someday in the future we may not need to have money in our pockets. Is life easier when people don’t need to carry any money at all? Is money heavy to carry? Is it safe to carry money? Maybe in the future each of us will have only one small credit card(信用卡). We will use it instead of money to buy all the things.

Of course we may still have some of the same problems with cards we now have with money. For example, we lose money from time to time. Maybe we will lose the cards. Maybe someone will take the cards. Someone may even make a card that looks like our cards. Since we can’t buy anything without our cards, the credit cards may be no better than money.

Is there something easier to use than credit cards? Each of us has a thumbprint(拇指指纹). No two thumbprints are the same. Maybe someday the government will keep people’s thumbprints with a number. When you want to buy something, you will put your thumb on a machine or a computer. Each store or business will posses one. Everyone’s thumbprints will be in the computer. It will be difficult to lose our thumbprints! It will be difficult for someone to steal it or to make one like it.

【1】The writer probably agrees that credit cards are ________ to carry than money.

A. heavier B. easier C. more difficult D. more expensive

【2】What may be a problem with credit cards in the future?

A. We may lose the cards from time to time.

B. We won’t be able to make enough cards.

C. We may not know how to use the cards.

D. We may make cards like others.

【3】Someday the government may keep people’s thumbprints with a ________.

A. sign B. note C. number D. symbol

【4】The underlined word “posses” probably means “________” in English.

A. lend B. have C. sell D. make

25、Many years ago, there was a Greek king named Midas. King Midas loved gold very much. He had more gold than any other king in the world, 【1】 he still wanted more.

One day, a beautiful fairy(仙子) came to his palace. “Midas, you are the richest man in the world,” said the fairy. “Yes,” said the king, “but I want more gold because gold is the most wonderful thing in the world!” “Your wish will be r【2】,” said the fairy. “From tomorrow morning, you can turn everything you touch 【3】 gold.”

King Midas got up very early the next morning. He wanted to see 【4】 his wish could really come true. He touched his bed with 【5】 (he) finger and the bed was turned into gold. The king was 【6】 (excite). He ran around his palace and touched every o【7】 he saw. Everything became gold!

The king felt hungry after running around for a long time. He decided to have his breakfast. However, when he touched a bowl of milk, the bowl, together with the milk in it, was turned into gold. In the end, the poor king ate n【8】 .

King Midas was 【9】 (sit) hungrily at the dinner table when his little daughter ran to him. He hugged her and the little girl became a gold statue (雕塑) 【10】 (sudden). The king felt afraid. “Fairy,” he shouted, “take away this terrible gift! Give me back my little girl! I have learnt a lesson.” Then the fairy sprinkled(洒) the little girl and everything he touched with the spring water. Soon, the little girl came back to life and everything was turned back to real things.

26、音乐可以展现人的内心世界，听音乐也是人们辛苦之余最简单、最有效的缓解疲劳的妙策。你平时喜欢听音乐吗？你最喜欢的歌手是谁？他/她的哪首歌是你百听不厌的呢？请你以“My favorite song”为题写一篇80词左右的英语短文，介绍你最喜欢的一首歌。

提示词：melody旋律；曲调

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