2024-2025学年（下）昌江八年级质量检测英语

1、有的科学家认为，将来机器人可以帮助学生解决问题。

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2、

【1】I don't know why Lily ________ shouted at me.

【2】That's ________  —  I'm sure I have put my glasses in my bag but they're not in it.

【3】Alan's school ________ at 8：00 a. m.. and finishes at 3：00 p.m.

【4】My mom asked me to set(设置) the ________ for 7 o'clock.

【5】You can't go out to play football because it is raining ________ outside.

3、I usually wear school uniform at school. (对画线部分提问)

________ ________ you usually wear at school?

4、He closed the door to stop his dog ________ out.

A．from go

B．from going

C．to go

D．of going

5、I think skiing is ______ than running.

A．exciting

B．more exciting

C．most exciting

D．the most exciting

6、His love for _______ is so great that he kept on climbing after the accident.

A. climb mountains   B. climbing mountain

C. mountain climb   D. mountain climbing

7、―Tomorrow is Sunday. How do you spend it?

―I want to go on________ trip to ________Great Wall.

A.a; the B./; the C.the; a D.the; /

8、He ________ a lot of time on schoolwork every day ________ get into a good university.

A.spends;in order that B.takes;in order that

C.costs;in order to D.spends;in order to

9、The houses in this village are built of stones and bricks.

A. most   B. almost   C. mostly   D. nearly

10、　　　　 you, I finished my work on time.

A.Thanks to B.In fact C.In order to

11、— The twins aren't good at math.

— Neither _______ Tom.

A.does B.is C.are

12、He is also _______, but he is still taking care of another _______ man.

A.ill; ill B.sick; ill C.ill; sick D.sick; sick

13、He has studied in our school __________.

A. since five years   B. for five years   C. for five years ago   D. in five years

14、This book is very interesting, so it is worth ____.

A. read B. reading C. to read D. be read

15、On October 28, 2018, a bus in Chongqing fell into the Yangtze River. Unluckily, _________ of the people on the bus were alive.

A．all

B．some

C．any

D．none

16、_____homework is not so difficult.

A.Do B.Does C.Doing D.Did

17、-- Four people were killed in the terrible car accident, a baby __________.

-- I’m very sorry to hear that.

A. added   B. including   C. included   D. adding

18、________of them like to play basketball.

A. Every B. Everyone C. Each D. Both

19、根据下面对话中的情境，在每个空白处填入一个适当的语句，使对话恢复完整。

A: 【1】

B: No, I’m not free this Sunday. I will sing to the sick children in the hospital.

A: Sing to the sick children? 【2】

B: I want to do that because I want to make them happy.

A: 【3】

B: Yes, I’m a volunteer. I always take part in the activities to help people.

A: 【4】

B: Sure. You are good at telling stories. If you go with me, you can share interesting stories with them.

A: That sounds great. 【5】

B: We will meet at 9:00 a. m. at the gate of Children Hospital.

A: Do I have to prepare anything?

B: Take a book with interesting stories.

A: OK.

20、A: Hi, Ms. Wang. What are you doing here?

B: Hello, Ms. Gao. I am taking a walk. I like to walk after dinner here in the park.

A: 【1】 Your shirt looks very beautiful. What is it made of?

B: It’s made of cotton and it feels very comfortable.

A: 【2】

B: It was made in Shanghai. I bought it in the supermarket yesterday.

A: But I like clothes made of silk. What is your ring made of? 【3】

B: It’s made of silver and it’s much cheaper. What about yours?

A: Mine is made of gold and it was made in Guangzhou.

B: 【4】 And your necklace (项链) looks very nice.

A: Thank you. My necklace is made of grass and it only cost me 50 yuan.

B: Wow, I want one like it. 【5】 Can you take me there and buy one?

A: OK. Let’s go.

A．Where was it made?

B．Where did you buy it?

C．It looks quite pretty.

D．Yes, it’s good for health to take a walk.

E．Is it made of gold or silver?

21、The second Sunday in May is Mother’s Day. American children of all ages give their mothers something special. It is on this day that children, the young and the old, try to show their love to mothers. It is the day to celebrate motherhood and to thank her for all small and big things she has done for her children.

England was the first country to set a day for mothers. In the United States, Mother’s Day became an official holiday in 1910. An American girl, Anna, asked her governor to set a festival for mothers for their love. And they set the second Sunday in May as Mother’s Day and a year later all the other states celebrated it.

On Mother’s Day morning some American children serve their mothers breakfast in bed. Other children give their mothers presents which they have made by themselves or have bought in stores. Adults give their mothers red carnations(康乃馨 ), the official Mother’s Day flower. If their mothers left the world they may bring white carnations to their grave sites(基地 ). This is the busiest day of the year for American restaurants. On this special day，family members do not want Mom to cook dinner!

【1】Which country set Mother’s Day first?

A．China.

B．England.

C．America.

D．France.

【2】All the states in America began to celebrate Mother’s Day in ________.

A．1901

B．1910

C．1911

D．1921

【3】What color of carnations an American mother may see at home on Mother’s Day?

A．Red.

B．Orange.

C．Yellow.

D．White.

【4】According to the passage, American restaurants’ busiest day of the year is ________.

A．New Year’s Day

B．Christmas Day

C．Thanksgiving Day

D．Mother’s Day

【5】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Only young children buy presents for their mothers.

B．Anna wanted to set the festival for only the best mother.

C．Not all the states want to celebrate Mother’s Day.

D．Some mothers can eat breakfast in bed on Mother’s Day.

22、Burl Ives was born in June, 1909 in Illinois, the USA. He began learning songs when he was very young. He loved making music and wanted other people to get pleasure from the music he made.

As a young man, Burl wanted to teach history. So, he began attending Eastern Illinois Teachers’ College in 1927. But he was not a very good student. The president of his college told him he would never be a very good teacher. Then, he took his guitar and began travelling around the United States.

Burl Ives went to New York City in the early nineteen-thirties. He went to the famous Julliard School of Music to study. He also got jobs in New York. He sang in small eating and drinking places. He sang the songs he had learned. In 1938 he began performing in theatres. He also sang on the radio. He began recording the folk songs he had learned.   His songs like Big Rock Candy Mountain could be heard on the Burl Ives program each week. The radio program was first broadcast in 1940. His song It’s Just My Funny Way of Laughing earned him a Grammy Award. He also did lots of movie work. Burl Ives won an Oscar in 1958 for the movie The Big Country.

Burl Ives also recorded many songs for children. His most famous songs are two Christmas songs, Rudolph the Red Nosed Raindeer and Frosty the Snowman. These songs were used in cartoon movies first shown on American television in the nineteen-fifties and sixties. Burl Ives provided the voice of some of the animals and people. He also sang most of the songs.

Burl Ives was a large, friendly man who loved to make people happy with his acting and especially with his music. Burl died of cancer (癌) on April 14, 1995.

【1】Burly Ives wanted to be a(n) ________ when he was young.

A．artist

B．movie star

C．history teacher

D．famous singer

【2】Burly Ives traveled around America with his guitar after he was told ________.

A．he was a good student

B．he would never be a good teacher

C． he would be a famous singer

D．he was a top traveler

【3】In the early nineteen-thirties, Burly ________ in New York City.

A．taught history

B．went to school of music and got jobs

C．attended a teacher’s college

D．recorded songs for children

【4】In 1958 Burly Ives won an Oscar for the movie ________.

A．It’s Just My Funny Way of Laughing

B．Big Rock Candy Mountain

C．The Big Country

D．Frosty the Snowman

【5】From the passage we learn that ________.

A．Burly only wrote songs for children

B．Burly once provided the voice for cartoon movies

C．Burly was the director of many cartoon movies

D．Burly seldom did movie work

【6】The passage is mainly about ________.

A．the American actor and singer Burly Ives

B．how to be a history teacher

C．Burly Ives’ hard life in 1938

D．a successful young man

23、   For many animals, the sea is a dangerous place. Overfishing and pollution are killing many sea animals. But the number of cephalopods (头足类动物) – sea animals that include octopi (章鱼) and squid (鱿鱼) – has been growing for the past 60 years. 

Zoe Doubleday is a scientist and she did a study of cephalopods. She says cephalopods’ special abilities made their numbers to grow.

① These animals can change their colour and body shape. They grow fast and live for only one or two years. “This allows them to get used to changing environments more quickly than other sea animals,” Doubleday said.

② What’s more, rising sea temperatures might make animals age faster, she says. They might be growing faster and giving birth to more babies.

③ So people can find them in both cold and hot places. Because they can easily get used to their environment, they are known as the “wild grass of the sea”.

④ Will octopi and squid take over the world one day? According to Doubleday, that won’t happen. The growth of cephalopods could slow down if the animals run out of food and start eating each other. Overfishing could also change their numbers.

For now, the cephalopod growth is good news for other sea animals. “The growing number of cephalopods could be good for sea animals and birds that eat cephalopods,” Doubleday said.

【1】According to the first paragraph, what is happening to sea animals?

A.They are getting used to dirty water.

B.They are running out of food.

C.They are being killed by overfishing and pollution.

D.They are being caught and kept in zoos.

【2】What helped the number of cephalopods to grow?

A.Their ability to change their colour and body shape.

B.Their ability to grow more slowly than other animals.

C.Their ability to change their body temperature.

D.Their ability to eat other sea animals.

【3】“Cephalopods live in all of the world’s seas.” The sentence can be put in ________.

A.① B.② C.③ D.④

【4】According to the article, the cephalopod growth now ________ .

A.makes the sea full of wild grass B.makes the sea full of cephalopods

C.harms some sea animals D.is good for some sea animals

24、When Justin Tong was a child, other kids felt sorry for him. His parents always had him doing lots of housework such as taking out the rubbish and sending newspapers. But when he grew up, he was better than his childhood friends and lived a happier and healthier life.

This is the finding of a 40-year study than followed the lives of 456 children in London. It showed that the children who worked hard in childhood had a richer and a happier future. “Children who worked in the home in childhood got more abilities and came to feel they were important members of society.” said Daniel Brown, the psychologist (心理学家)who made the study. “And because they felt good about themselves, and others felt good about them.”

Brown’s study followed these children in great information. They made the study about the children at ages 25, 31 and 47. Under Brown, the researchers compared (比较)the children’s mental-health scores with their childhood-activity scores. The children got more points for part-time jobs, housework, effort in school, and ability to deal with problems.

Working at any age is important. Childhood activities help a child develop responsibility, independence, confidence and ability—the underpinnings (基础)of emotional (情感的) health. They also help him understand that people must work together and work toward common goals. The mast competent (合格的) adults are those who know how to do this.

Yet work isn’t everything. As Tolstoy once said, “One can live great in this world if one knows how to work and how to love, to work for the person one loves and to love one’s work.”

【1】What do we know about Justin Tong?

A．He enjoyed a happy life.

B．He felt sorry for the other kids.

C．He always sold newspapers.

D．He hardly collected rubbish.

【2】Who will probably succeed in the future according to Paragraph 2?

A．Children who enjoy happier and richer lives.

B．Children who work in the home in childhood.

C．Children who take part in Daniel Brown’s study.

D．Children who feel good about people around them.

【3】How did Brown follow the children in his study?

A．By giving housework and praise.

B．By interviewing and giving scores.

C．By setting goals and showing love.

D．By solving problems and testing them.

【4】What’s the purpose of the passage?

A．To talk about an interesting study.

B．To introduce Justin Tong’s success.

C．To tell us about childhood activities.

D．To hope children to work hard.

【5】The passage is mainly about ________.

A．working is helpful for children’s growth

B．every child should help work at home

C．a child should do more and more work

D．working can help solve many problems

25、There are so many i【1】 places to go on vacation,such as Lijiang. Last summer,my family and I had a 7-day trip to Lijiang,Yunnan. On the f【2】 day,we flew to Kunming. It is a beautiful city full of all k【3】 of flowers. People call it “Spring City” because the weather is never too hot or too c【4】. The next day,we visited the Stone Forest.

On the t【5】 day,we reached Lijiang. It was really a nice place. The r【6】 there were so clear that we could see the water plants and the fish. There were a lot of o【7】 buildings. We enjoyed walking a【8】 the town. We tried many d【9】 kinds of foods in small restaurants. Everything tasted really good. Everywhere we went,we t【10】 photos. We also bought a lot of special things for our friends. On the last day,we decided to go back by train to enjoy the wonderful scenery along the railway. What a fantastic trip we had!

26、假如你是李华，最近收到外国好友Andrew的电子邮件，请你根据该邮件内容给Andrew回复。

Hi, Li Hua,

I’m going on holiday to your country in July with my family.

What’s the weather like at that time? I’m just planning what I need to take. What clothes do you think I need to pack? Could you tell me something about one kind of traditional Chinese art, such as paper cutting, Chinese clay art…?

Thanks for your help.

Andrew

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