2024-2025学年（下）自贡八年级质量检测英语

1、学英语最好的方法是尽可能地多说。（way, as…as）

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2、—Natural disasters are dangerous!

—Yes, ______ earthquake that happened in that area killed ______ number of people.

A. the; the B. the; a C. an; the D. an; an

3、— have you been married ?       —For twenty years .

A．How far

B．How often

C．How long

D．How soon

4、—I don’t know why Jim quarreled with his brother.

—______.

A．Nor don’t I

B．Neither do I

C．I don’t neither

D．I don’t also

5、“Thanks for inviting me, but ballet isn’t really my cup of tea.” —This really means ________.

A. I don’t like a cup of tea.   B. I prefer something else to tea.

C. Ballet is my favourite.   D. I don’t like ballet.

6、Our teacher often sets tests _________ our progress in learning English.

A.check B.checked C.checking D.to check

7、—Why didn't you give the wallet to the man at once?

—Because he ________before I realized it was his.

A. had been disappeared

B. has disappeared

C. had disappeared

8、---What did the manager mean?

---He wondered____________________.

A. what ’s your phone number

B. what did you do last weekend

C. how long it took you to get to work

D. what the weather is like

9、— You won the first prize in the Physics competition.

— _________. I made several terrible mistakes.

A. I think so   B. You must be joking  C. You are welcome     D. It doesn’t matter

10、Mr Smith drove by and gave me a________on the way home．

A．flight

B．run

C．walk

D．ride

11、I don’t like the people ________ don’t help others when they are in trouble.

A．who

B．which

C．whose

D．what

12、—Where is Tom?

—He is practicing _____ English _____ he can win the speech competition.

A. to speak; in order to   B. speaking; so that

C. speaking; in order to   D. to speak; so that

13、—All the students in our class went to the cinema ________Li Ping.Why?

—Because he had a stomachache.

A．with  B．beside  C．except  D．After

14、Before asking a question, please ________ your hand.

A．turn up

B．give up

C．put up

D．rise

15、Who were the shoes with special heels invented________？

A．with

B．of

C．for

D．by

16、—You may have a point, but I prefer to work by myself.

—You may be strong, but WE are stronger. Remember: ________.

A.Practice makes perfect B.Every dog has its day

C.Actions speak louder than words D.Many hands make light work

17、The witness told the judge Tony ______ the thief who broke into the villa, because they were watching a movie together ______ that dark night.

A. couldn’t be; on   B. must be; on   C. couldn’t be; in   D. may be; in

18、The air is badly ________.And there’s more water _______ in the world.

A. pollution, pollute B. polluted, pollution

C. pollution, pollution D. pollute, polluted

19、The 33-year-old singer Yao Beina died ________ cancer. We all felt sorry for her ________.

A．from; death

B．of; dead

C．from; dead

D．of; death

20、The 24th Winter Olympic Games________ in Beijing and Zhangjiakou in 2022, from February 4th to 20th.

A．is held

B．will be held

C．was held

21、---How did you find your visit to Qingdao, Joanna?

--- ________________.

A. Oh, wonderful indeed   B. I went there alone

C. First by train and then by ship   D. A guide showed me the way

22、补全对话

根据对话内容，从方框内选择恰当的句子将对话补充完整。（选项中有两项是多余的）

Daming： Hi， Steven!

Steven： Hi， Daming.

Daming： Are you free next Sunday evening?

Steven：   【1】  Why?

Daming： Would you like to come to my house for supper?

Steven： Oh， thanks. I’d love to.   【2】

Daming： We have dinner at half past six.   【3】

Steven： I have a lot of homework to do. I must do that first. 【4】  May I come then?

Daming： Sure. Work must come first. Well， would you like dumplings?

Steven： Oh， yes.

Daming： OK. We’ll cook dumplings with seafood for you.

Steven： 【5】 See you then.

Daming： See you.

23、A: Hey, Jack. I haven't seen you for a few weeks. 【1】?

B: Pretty good. I am preparing for the senior high school entrance exam. With the help of my teachers and classmates, I have made great progress.

A: Oh, that must be a pleasant thing.【2】?

B: Yes, I have. And I know that Liu Xin and Trish will have a second discussion about the trade between China and America.

A: 【3】?

B: I think Liu Xin is so wise and knowledgeable. Her spoken English is very fluent and clear.

A: 【4】? I can't wait to see the next discussion.

B: Liu Xin replies to Trish that Chinese people are spending the Dragon Boat Festival, so the discussion will be held again after the festival. You know the traditional festival is so important to every Chinese.

A: In order to make their conversation smoother, I advise them to use 5G from Huawei.

B: Haha! 【5】! I totally agree with you.

24、People often say that an Englishman’s home is his castle. They mean that the home is very important and personal. Most people in Britain live in houses rather than in flats, and many people own their homes. They can paint and change them in any way they like. In a crowded city everyone knows that he or she has private space that is only for himself or herself and for invited friends.

People usually like to mark their space. Are you sitting on a beach or a train or in a library? If you are on the beach you may have spread your sands around you; on the train you may have put your coat or a small bag on the seat beside you; in a library you may have one corner or chair which is your own.

Once I was traveling on a train to London. I was in a section for four people and there was a table between us. The man sitting opposite me had his bag on the table. There was no space on my side of the table at all. I was made rather angry. Maybe he thought that he owned the whole table! I took some newspapers out of my bag and put them on his. When I did this he sat up straight at once, opening his eyes wide. I had invaded（侵占）his space! A few minutes later, I took my newspapers off his bag in order to read them. He at once moved his bag to his side of the table.

【1】The English call their homes “castles” because ____________.

A. they don’t make friend with others

B. they are very important persons

C. they don’t want to stay with others

D. homes provide them with their own space

【2】The word “private”  in the first paragraph means _____________.

A. 私人的   B. 公共的   C. 相邻的   D. 隐蔽的

【3】According to the passage, if an Englishman is on the beach, he will probably ________ to show his own space to others.

A. cover himself with sands

B. sit in another person’s chair

C. spread sands around him

D. talk loudly with his friends

【4】Why did the writer get angry ? Because ____________

A. the man’s bag fell on the writer’s foot.

B. the man’s bag was on the writer’s seat.

C. the man didn’t leave space for the writer on the table.

D. the man’s bag prevented the writer looking out of the window.

【5】The writer put his newspapers on the man’s bag in order to ___________.

A. invade the man’s space

B. let the man move his bag to his side

C. take the man’s seat

D. let the man read the newspaper

25、One August afternoon, Richard Allen dropped off his last passenger, Mrs. Carey. Lifting two grocery bags, he followed her across the yard and stood on the step of her house. Glancing up, he saw a large wasp (黄蜂) nest under the roof. Allen had heard that wasps can become more likely to sting in summer. He mentioned this to Mrs. Carey, who had opened the door.

“Oh, they don’t bother me,” she said lightly. “I go in and out all the time.”

Anxiously, Allen looked at the nest again—to see the wasps flying straight at him. “Hurry!” he shouted to Mrs. Carey. “Get in!”

She stepped quickly inside. Allen ran for his mini-bus. Too late; they were upon him. Just as he jumped aboard, half a dozen red spots showed on his arm, and he felt more on his back and shoulders.

As he was driving down the road, Allen felt as if something was burning at the back of his neck, and the “fire” was spreading forward toward his face. And immediate anxiety took hold of him. Allen knew that stings could cause some persons to die. But he had been stung the previous summer and the after-effects soon passed. However, what he didn’t know was that the first sting had turned his body into a time bomb waiting for the next to set off an explosion.

Miles from the nearest medical assistance, Allen began to feel his tongue thick and heavy and his heartbeat louder. Most frightening, he felt his breathing more and more difficult. He reached for the radio mike (话筒), trying to call the mini-bus center, but his words were hardly understandable. Signals were also poor that far out. He knew a rescue team was on 24-hour duty at the Amherst Fire Department’s north station. So his best chance was to make a run for it.

Rushing down the mountain, Allen tried not to panic, focusing his mind on each sharp turn. He was almost through the last of them when he felt sure he was going into shock (休克). Just then he reached for the radio mike again.

“Call fire station,” he shouted, concentrating to form the words. “Emergency. Bee sting. Emergency. There in ten minutes.”

“Five-ten,” the center replied.

Hold on, Allen thought. Keep your eyes open. Breathe. Keep awake.

At last he reached the station. Two firemen ran out. Allen felt their hands grasped him before he hit the ground. “You made it,” he thought.

【1】Allen didn’t know that if stung by wasps again, he would ________.

A．have no after-effects

B．suffer from sharper pain

C．lose his life

D．become much weaker

【2】Which of the following is NOT true according the story?

A．Allen drove to the fire station because he knew there was a rescue team there.

B．Allen managed to make his request of help clear though he had difficulty talking by then.

C．The mini-bus centre did help in that they got the rescue team ready before Allen arrived.

D．Allen shouldn’t have looked at the wasps when he helped Mrs. Carey.

【3】Which would be the best title for the passage?

A．Allen, A Helpless Driver

B．Wasps, Bloody Killers

C．A Race against Death

D．War against Wasps

26、   Perhaps no one knows the power of imagination better than Chinese sci-fi writer Liu Cixin. Until four years ago, Liu worked full-time as a computer engineer at a power plant in Shanxi province. He only wrote science fiction in his spare time. But it was during this time that Liu's imagination took flight. He did what he might never have the chance to do in real life - wander in space, fight with aliens, and visit far away planets.

But even with such a powerful imagination, Liu, 55, probably didn't expect that he would become the first Asian to win the Hugo Award, science fiction’s highest prize, in 2015. Never did he think that former US president Barack Obama would read his novel The Three-Body Problem, and he would win the 20l8 Arthur C. Clarke Award for Imagination in Service to Society. It’s the first time that a Chinese writer has won the prize.

In his speech, Liu said that his imagination came from Arthur C. Clarke, a famous UK sci-fi writer. He said that reading Clarke’s classic novels had a great effect on him.

But no matter how far away Liu’s imagination takes him, somehow his novels always stay grounded (理性的).

In The Three-Body Problem, Liu tells a tale of aliens invading the earth. But unlike other alien stories, Liu talks more about relationships between people, rules of survival, and the meanings of life. And in The Wandering earth, Liu looks ahead to the day when our solar system comes to an end and humans have to look for a new place to live in. However, all his magination is based on reality. Liu’s works aren’t simply daydreams.

【1】What do we know about Liu Cixin?

A.He became a full-time writer when he was young.

B.He is the first Chinese winner of the Hugo Award.

C.He dreamed about wandering in space from childhood.

D.He is the first Asian to win the Arthur C. Clarke Award.

【2】What can we know from Liu’s speech?

A.His imagination was from Clarke's works.

B.He loves reading science fiction in his spare time.

C.He met a lot of difficulties when he started writing.

D.He has strong interest in the mysteries of the universe.

【3】Why did the writer mention The Three- Body Problem and The Wandering Earth ?

A.To tell the two books are both about real life.

B.To explain how Liu Cixin came up with his ideas.

C.To compare the different writing styles in the two books.

D.To show that Liu Cixin’s works are always based on reality.

【4】What is the main idea of the passage?

A.A new sci-fi style started by Liu Cixin. B.Liu Cixin’s achievement and his writing style.

C.The origin of Liu Cixin's powerful imagination. D.Liu Cixin’s experience of becaming a sci-fi writer.

27、There are several ways you can find out about the countries and places you wish to visit. You can talk to friends who have traveled to the places, you can go and see a color film about them, or you can read travel books.

It seems that there are three kinds of travel books. The first are those that give a personal, subjective(主观的) idea of travels which the writer has got himself. These books can be useful if the writers share their traveling experiences with others. The second kind are those books which give objective( 客观的) information of things to be done and seen. If a cultured person has written such a book about the facts of a place, then it is more useful. The third kind are those books which are called "a guide" to some place or other. If they are good, they will describe and explain the place in detail. Like the first kind, they can be interesting and exciting, but their main purpose is to help the reader plan his travel in the most practical way.

Whatever kind of travel book you choose, you must make sure that the book does not describe everything as interesting, exciting or fantastic. You must also keep an open eye on its date of publication(出版) because travel is a very practical matter and many things change quickly in the 21st century. Finally, you should make sure that it's easy to find the useful information for your travel.

【1】This passage was written to introduce_________.

A. travel maps   B. travel books   C. travel films   D. travel places

【2】The writer of the first kind of travel books gave his ideas after he______.

A. traveled   B. read books   C. watched films   D. surfed the Internet

【3】The underlined phrase "a cultured person" means a person with ________.

A. a good appearance   B. a good education

C. a lot of experience   D. a lot of money

【4】The date of publication must be noticed because

A. the prices of travel books may be different

B. the writers of travel books may be different

C. the information in travel books is always the same

D. the information in travel books is always changing

【5】According to the passage, it is best to read _________ before traveling to a place of interest.

A. the first kind of travel books

B. the second kind of travel books

C. the third kind of travel books

D. some travel articles in newspapers

28、针对校园浪费严重的现象，校团委在学校学生微信群里发出了“校园节约，从我做起”的倡议，请将微信的内容补充完整，每空一词。

29、完形填空

When we are unfamiliar with something， we may feel nervous and scared. The help of others is a good   to help us pull through.

 I write for a big newspaper， and I wanted to   a story about parachute jumping(跳伞). To make it a realistic as well as exciting   ， I decided that I had to make a jump myself _   . Unluckily， I’m not good at any   ， let alone(更不用说) parachute jumping.

 My friend Mr. Smith was willing to give me a       . He took me to a ground school. The first day’s   included several hours of instruction but not my first drop from an airplane. For this， I had to wait until the following morning .

 The next morning， I was taken to the airfield.   ， a heavy parachute was put on my back. Then I was asked to make my way to a small plane which had just stopped slowly on the runway. Once on board， the plane was soon   . I began to feel nervous. As we reached one thousand meters， Harry， my teacher， hooked(钩)a line from my parachute to a steel(钢的) ring inside the plane. The line was to pull my parachute after I jumped.

 “Get   ， Henry，” Harry said. I moved carefully to the door. I wanted to   ， “No， no， no!” But no word came.

 “Jump!” Harry called   . “Jump!”

 Away from the plane， and down， down I fell， arms stretched(伸直). It worked. All at once I was very happy. Then I felt a quick   . My big parachute had opened! It was the best   I ever had. I looked down. There were rivers， trees， fields and houses. I heard the soft sound of the air. This was fun.

【1】A. way   B. chance   C. idea   D. value

【2】A. tell B. write   C. read   D. copy

【3】A. film   B. poem   C. story   D. program

【4】A. secretly   B. instead   C. finally   D. first

【5】A. sport   B. driving C. lesson   D. drawing

【6】A. try B. hand   C. gift   D. suggestion

【7】A. jumping B. journey C. training D. entertainment

【8】A. Besides   B. Once   C. There   D. However

【9】A. slowing   B. climbing C. landing D. filling

【10】A. light   B. broken   C. fixed   D. open

【11】A. ready   B. up   C. on   D. away

【12】A. cry B. rest   C. laugh   D. lie

【13】A. softly   B. loudly   C. nervously D. excitedly

【14】A. comfort   B. wind   C. pull   D. push

【15】A. failure   B. experience C. competition D. danger