2024-2025学年（上）珠海八年级质量检测英语

1、小女孩别无选择，只好去找妈妈帮忙。

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2、His fertile mind keeps turning out new ideas. The underlined part means ________.

A．abundant

B．unbelievable

C．productive

D．generative

3、The students are usually busy ________ their lessons before important exams.

A．spreading

B．connecting

C．wondering

D．reviewing

4、-- ________ bad news!

--Yes, I feel so _________ after hearing it.

A.How; disappointed B.What an; disappointing

C.What; disappointed D.What a; disappointing

5、My classroom is about 5 meters ________ and 10 meters ________.

A．wide; long

B．long; wide

C．wide; deep

D．tall; far

6、-- Would you mind opening the window for me ? It’s so hot outside.

--________.

A. Of course   B. Of course not

C. No, you can’t   D. Yes, please.

7、I thought the job would be a success, but it ________ to be a mess.

A．turned into

B．turned out

C．turned up

D．turned off

8、 — Excuse me, could you please tell me _________?

— Yes, there’s a history museum.

A. if there are any good museums in Yangzhou

B. how often do you go to the history museum

C. are there any good museums in Yangzhou

D. how long it takes to get to the history museum

9、He didn’t realize ____________until he watched the documentary.

A.what poor children can do to support their family

B.how much trouble were poor children having going to school

C.how many problems poor children were facing

D.what is poor children’s life like

10、— Two tickets for the film The Battle at Lake Changjin, please.

—Only one left. Would you like to have _______, sir?

A．one

B．it

C．this

D．that

11、According to the rules, used batteries ________ be dropped in the red bin for harmful wastes.

A．must

B．can

C．may

12、— How do you like the song Chengdu sung by Zhao Lei?

— Oh, I have never enjoyed a _________ one before.

A．worst

B．best

C．worse

D．better

13、Fang Yuan proved herself to be a good heart surgeon ________ hard work.

A．about

B．from

C．of

D．through

14、The girl looked____at the good news.

A.happily  B.happy  C.fine D.sadly

15、— I think the room will look better if we move the picture over there. 

—________. What a nice idea!

A.No way B.My pleasure C.I agree D.I hope not

16、My father spends much money on books,_____he’s not rich.

A. but   B. because C. even though   D. Unless

17、________ a very young age, our parents have told us not to talk to strangers.

A．At

B．From

C．Since

D．Before

18、My trip to Nanjing is an unforgettable experience, Henry.

“An unforgettable experience” in the sentence means ________.

A.something that you will never forget B.something that you will soon forget

C.something that you will forget easily D.something that you will forget finally

19、There are some dangerous fishes in this river, and I’ve warned Jack   here.

A. not to swim B. to not swim

C. swim not to   D. to swim not

20、Very little in the house ____ after the big fire was put out.

A．missed

B．appeared

C．rose

D．remained

21、— Can you write the number five billion, eighty-two million, six hundred and twenty-six thousand?

—Yes, it is   .

A. 5,820,626,000 B. 5,082,626 C. 5,082,626,000

22、请通读下面对话，根据对话内容，从选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有一项为多余选项。

(Robert=R       Jack=J)

J: Hello, Robert. Are you free on Saturday morning?

R: Yes. 【1】

J: There is a basketball match at the Sports Center. Do you want to watch it?

R: Sure. 【2】

J: Our school VS No. 1 Middle School.       

R: 【3】 Let’s go to cheer for our team.

J: Yeah. No. 1 Middle School Team is not easy to beat.

R: So the match will be exciting. 【4】

J: At 8:30. Do you think you can get up on time?

R: Of course. 【5】

J: OK. There will be three school buses waiting for us in front of the library. Let’s meet there at 8:00.

R: All right. See you then.

A．What time does it start?

B．Between which teams?

C．What’s up?

D．Here you are.

E．I’d like to watch the game very much.

F．Great！

23、(Mrs. Poole, a 77-year-old dancer, has just won “Best Ballet（芭蕾舞）Dancer of the city.)

ZHANG HUA: Congratulations! Could I ask you some questions?

MRS. POOLE: 【1】

ZHANG HUA: When did you start to learn ballet?

MRS. POOLE: 【2】

ZHANG HUA: It must be very difficult to become a good dancer. Did you think of giving up?

MRS. POOLE: Yes, it was in my thirties.

ZHANG HUA: 【3】

MRS. POOLE: Because I thought I was too old for ballet, but I’m still dancing now.

ZHANG HUA: Cool! 【4】

MRS. POOLE: It is not only a kind of dance, but also a lifelong job. Ballet is my life.

ZHANG HUA: How you love it! 【5】

MRS. POOLE: Certainly not. Do what you love to do. It’s the secret to success.

ZHANG HUA: Thank you! Nice talking with you!

A．Sure, you can.

B．I started at the age of seven.

C．I really can’t agree with you.

D．What does ballet mean to you?

E．Why did you want to stop dancing then?

F．Would you mind giving me some advice?

24、   Twenty years ago, I drove a taxi for a living. One night, I went to pick up a passenger at 2:30a.m. When I arrived to collect my passenger, I saw a small woman in her eighties standing before me. I took her suitcase to the car and then returned to help the woman. She took my arm and we talked slowly toward the car.

She kept thanking me for my kindness. “It’s nothing,” I told her. “I just try to treat my passengers the way I would want my mother treated.”

“Oh, you’ re such a good man,” she said. When we got into the taxi, she gave me an address, and then asked, “Could you drive me throughout the downtown?”

“It’s not the shortest way,” I answered quickly.

“Oh, I’m in no hurry,” she said, “I’m on my way to hospice. I don’t have any family left. The doctor says I don’t have very long time.” I quietly shut off the meter(计价器). For the next two hours, we drove through the city. She showed me the building where she had once worked, and the neighborhood where she had lived. Sometimes she asked me to slow down in front of a special building and would sit staring into the darkness, saying nothing.

As the day broke, she suddenly said, “I’m tired. Let’s go now.”

We drove in silence to the address she had given me.

“How much shall I give you?” she asked.

“Nothing,” I said.

“You have to make a living,” she answered. “Oh, there are other passengers,” I answered.

Almost without thinking, I bent down and gave her a hug. She held onto me tightly and said, “You gave an o ld woman a little moment of happiness.”

【1】When did the story happen?

A.In an early morning twenty years ago. B.In a late afternoon twenty years ago.

C.When the driver was twenty. D.A few days ago.

【2】Why did the old woman ask the writer to drive her throughout the downtown?

A.Because she was quite sick and wanted to go to the hospital.

B.Because she got lost in the city and couldn’t find her way home.

C.Because she wanted to find an excuse to ask sympathy from the writer.

D.Because she couldn’t live long and wanted to see the city with the last look.

【3】Which is Not true according to the passage?

A.It took them about 2 hours to drive through the city.

B.The writer made a living by driving a taxi.

C.The old woman was a relative of the writer.

D.The old woman was happy because of the writer’s kindness.

【4】Why didn’t the taxi driver take any money from the old woman?

A.He wanted to help her. B.He shut off the meter by mistake.

C.Others had paid for her. D.He was in a hurry to take other passengers.

【5】What can we learn from the story?

A.Giving will always be rewarded. B.People should respect each other.

C.An act of kindness can bring people pleasure. D.We should help the old.

25、Jaime, a new immigrant （移民）, decided to see his daughter’s first performance in a school play. His daughter, Carol, was eight years old. She was a student at the primary school in the neighborhood. She was playing a rain cloud in the school play about the weather in California.

Before the show began, Mr. Copper, the head teacher, made a short talk. At the end of the talk, Mr. Copper said, “Let’s give the school staff and students a hand.”

Jaime stood up when Mr. Copper said this. He knew that when people said “to give someone a hand” they meant they needed help. Jaime always wanted to help, especially at his daughter’s school. Jaime thought maybe they needed help backstage（在后台）.

Jaime’s wife, Julie, put her arm in front of her husband. “Where are you going?” she asked Jaime quietly. “Weren’t you listening? Mr. Copper just told us to give the school staff and students a hand.” Jaime replied. “So I’m going to help them out.” “No, you are not,” Julie said. “Please, sit down.” Then she explained that “to give someone a hand” could mean something else. “They don’t need help. Mr. Copper wants us to clap （鼓掌）,” Julie said. Jaime felt a little embarrassed （尴尬的）. He sat back down and began clapping, along with the rest of the teachers and parents.

Jaime thought to himself that the English language was hard to understand. How could one phrase （习语） mean two different things? He thought he needed a hand with that.

【1】What was Carol’s role in the school play? ________

A．A sad girl.

B．An eighth grader.

C．A rain cloud.

D．An immigrant’s daughter.

【2】Why did Jaime stand up after Mr. Copper gave the talk? ________

A．Because it was his turn to give a talk.

B．Because he decided to offer his help.

C．Because the head teacher came to shake his hand.

D．Because he wanted to get Mr. Copper’s attention.

【3】Jaime felt embarrassed when ________.

A．he realized his mistake

B．he was asked by his wife

C．his wife put her arm in front of him

D．his wife was ready to clap Mr. Copper

【4】Which fact about Jaime is the most important to the story? ________

A．He was not good at English.

B．He wanted to help Mr. Copper.

C．He went to his daughter’s school.

D．He sat down and began clapping.

26、It was Monday morning in the Carlton family. Tim Carlton sat down for breakfast and started to help himself to cereal（麦片）.His younger brother and sister were arguing loudly over a piece of toast. The television was blaring in the background as usual. As he was eating his cereal, Tim heard a newsflash on the television. He turned in his seat to watch.

"We interrupt this broadcast to bring you news of a mysterious high﹣street robbery. In the early hours of this morning, several high﹣street stores were robbed by a secret man. He even broke into their safe boxes. The security（安全）cameras in several shops show a masked figure with a red and green cape（披肩）leaving with the goods..."

"Ultra Boy wears a red and green cape. Do you think he robbed the shops?" asked Tim's brother, Freddie.

“Don’t be stupid. Ultra Boy always catches thieves for the police,”said his sister.

“Maybe this time, he got sick of helping the police and decided to make some money by stealing expensive things,” joked Freddie.

Tim didn’t say anything. He got up and went out of the house. Waiting for him at the school bus stop was his best friend Greg.

“Have you heard the news? Everyone thinks that Ultra Boy was the thief.”

“I don't know, but I am going to find out, “ replied Tim. “Tonight, I am going to watch the high﹣street and see if someone tries to break into any shop.”

Apart from Greg, no one knew that Tim Carlton was also the crime-fighting Ultra Boy.To all the other kids and teachers, he was just Tim Carlton, an average student with average looking, certainly not a young superhero. But two years ago, Greg accidentally found out things were rather different.

Later that evening, Tim and Greg were hiding behind a rubbish bin on the high﹣street watching for anything unusual. Suddenly, they saw a man going into an Apple Store.He was wearing a mask. ...

【1】What happened on Monday morning according to the story?

A．Tim's brother and sister were arguing over a bowl of cereal.

B．Tim saw a secret man stealing in different shops.

C．Tim was enjoying some cereal and a piece of toast.

D．Tim went out of the house after he heard a newsflash on TV.

【2】What does the underlined word "he" （in Paragraph 5）refer to?

A．Greg.

B．Tim.

C．Ultra Boy.

D．A secret man.

【3】Which of the following sentences is NOT true?

A．Nobody knew who the Ultra Boy was.

B．Greg found that Tim was a special boy.

C．Maybe there are three children in Mr. Carlton's family.

D．Ultra Boy was someone who always helped the police to catch thieves.

【4】There is a missing ending for the story. What would it probably be?

A．The secret man stole a rubbish bin.

B．Tim helped the police catch the secret man.

C．The police caught Tim and Greg finally.

D．The secret man became a young hero.

27、Many people who work in London prefer to live outside it, and to go in to their offices or schools every day by train, car or bus, even though this means they have to get up early in the morning and reach home late in the evening.

One advantage of living outside London is that houses are cheaper. Even a small flat in London without a garden costs quite a lot to rent. With the same money, one can get a little house in the country with a garden of one's own.

Then, in the country one can really get away from the noise and hurry of busy working lives. Even though one has to get up earlier and spend more time in trains or buses, one can sleep better at night and during weekends and on summer evenings, one can enjoy the fresh, clean air of the country. If one likes gardens, one can spend one's free time digging, planting, watering and doing the hundred and one other jobs which are needed in a garden. Then, when the flowers and vegetables come up, one has got the reward together with those who have shared the secret of nature.

Some people, however, take no interest in country things： for them, happiness lies in the town, with its cinemas and theatres, beautiful shops and busy streets, dance-halls and restaurants. Such people would feel that their life was not worth living if they had to live it outside London. An occasional (偶尔的) walk in one of the parks and a fortnight's (two weeks) visit to the sea every summer is all the country they want： the rest of the country they are quite prepared to spend with those who are glad to get away from London every night.

【1】Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. People who love nature prefer to live outside the city.

B. People who work in London prefer to live in the country.

C. Some people enjoying city life prefer to work and live inside London.

D. Many nature lovers, though working in London, prefer to live outside the city.

【2】One can use the same money for _______ to buy a little house with a garden in the country.

A. getting a small flat with a garden

B. having a small flat with a garden

C. renting a small flat without a garden

D. buying a small flat without a garden

【3】People who think happiness lies in the town would feel that _______ if they had to live outside London.

A. their life was meaningless

B. their life was invaluable

C. they didn't need a happy life

D. they couldn’t sleep late in the morning

【4】What does the writer think of the life in London?

A. He likes living in the city centre.

B. He prefers to live in the countryside.

C. It isn’t mentioned in the passage.

D. He enjoys working in the garden at weekends.

28、现在越来越多的人使用手机或电脑来刷“抖音”，“抖音”因为娱乐搞笑、内容生动诱人而深受很多人欢迎。但是，青少年过长时间刷“抖音”也会带来新的问题。请根据上下文，将短文补充完整。（每空词数不限）

29、阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中，选出可以填入空白处

的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Kellie is my sister Chris’ daughter. When she was four years old, she was _______ beyond （超出）her age. She knew she could make people agree with her by looking at them with her big brown eyes or even telling a lie. She loved to argue（争论）with her mother and was _______ that she could win if she told a lie. Then Chris had to come up with a way to _______ Kellie to tell the truth. She decided to tell Kellie that whenever she lied, a black dot（点）would appear on her tongue （舌头）that only Mum and Dad could see.

Then Chris _______ her trick a few times when she knew Kellie was lying to her. Kellie quickly believed that her mom was _______. A black dot would surely appear on her tongue as long as she lied. Soon after, if Chris felt that Kellie was trying to cheat, she would say, “Stick out （伸出）your tongue.” And, sure enough, Kellie would either _______ stick out her tongue, or just stick out the tip （尖）of her tongue. Sometimes, she would keep her mouth shut （紧闭的）and shake her head.

As time went by, the _______ became a family story. Kellie is a mother now. One day, I was helping look after Kellie’s boys Landen and Gavin when she was at work. There was a disagreement between the two _______ a mess of biscuits on the floor. Gavin said, “Grandaunt Char, I didn’t _______ the biscuits. See!” He stuck out his tongue, looking up at me with those same _______ eyes, and said, “There’s no black dot on it.” I couldn’t help laughing. The story of the black dot was back.

【1】

A．patient

B．serious

C．smart

D．brave

【2】

A．certain

B．sorry

C．thankful

D．surprised

【3】

A．trouble

B．teach

C．allow

D．advise

【4】

A．tested

B．learned

C．changed

D．realized

【5】

A．strict

B．correct

C．honest

D．modest

【6】

A．sadly

B．secretly

C．proudly

D．shyly

【7】

A．trick

B．game

C．excuse

D．conversation

【8】

A．instead of

B．because of

C．so that

D．thanks to

【9】

A．eat

B．lose

C．throw

D．sell

【10】

A．brown

B．watery

C．small

D．bright