2024-2025学年（下）随州八年级质量检测英语

1、

【1】他去远航了，很长一段时间都没再露面。

He went sailing and never________ ________for a long time．

【2】两个女孩带我们在校园里参观。

Two girls________us________the campus．

2、- Jeff, could you tell me how to order a taxi through "Didi"?

- ________________

A. You're welcome B. Sure C. Take it easy D. It doesn't matter

3、--How many _______ teachers are there in your school? 

--_______ them is over two hundred.

A. woman; The number of   B. women; The number of

C. woman; A number of   D. women; A number of

4、Mary is satisfied with the results of her Maths exam.

A.is interested in B.is happy with C.is confident in

5、—Do you know _____ girl with long hair?

—Yes, she is Mary. She plays _____ basketball very well.

A. a; / B. the; / C. a; the D. an;/

6、--I can’t stop playing computer games.

--For your health, my boy. I’m afraid you _________.

A. can B. may C. must D. will

7、Keep quiet，Tom. Your sister   in her room.

A.studies B.has studied C.is studying D.studied

8、As we all know, good memory_____ memorizing methods as well as daily habits.

A.decides on B.agrees on

C.depends on D.lives on

9、— Your tea smells great!

— It's from India. Would you like________?

A. some B. this C. it D. little

10、I don’t know when he _____ next week. When he_____, please let me know.

A. comes, comes    B. will come, will come

C. will come, comes   D. comes, will come

11、Fifteen-year-olds________to have jobs in China．

A．is not allowed

B．are allowed

C．is allowed

D．are not allowed

12、Perhaps we will live on the food ________ the form of pills in the future.

A．on

B．in

C．at

D．by

13、To solve the traffic problem, more and more bridges ________ across the river every year

in Chongqing.

A. were built   B. will build   C. are built   D. are building

14、I have a little sister. _______ name is Kina.

A．His

B．Her

C．Its

D．My

15、What _______ fine weather it is!

A.a B.an C.the D./

16、The water is clean enough to ________, but impossible to ________.

A．swim; drink

B．drink with; swim

C．swim in; drink

D．drink; swim

17、—Will he ______ come to the party?

—I'm not sure.

A.must B.could C.may D.be able to

18、—Can you tell me________ ?

—As long as two months.

A.how soon a battery will last B.how long will a battery last

C.how often you should change a battery D.how long a battery will last

19、—May I speak to Robert?

—       .

A. I’m Robert    B. Speaking, please

C. It’s 78345190 D.He is Robert

20、—Bob, I want to have a car, but I don’t have enough money. Do you have any good ideas?

—Why not buy a second one? My cousin has one in perfect________.

A.information B.situation C.condition D.communication

21、________of my parents enjoyed the movie, because they were________tired last night. They nearly fell asleep!

A.None; both B.Neither; all C.Neither; both D.None; all

22、A: Excuse me, Madam. You can't park your car here. This is the playground for children.

B: I`m so sorry. I'm not familiar with the neighborhood.【1】

A: There is a parking lot near the shopping mall. I think you can park there.

B:【2】

A: About two kilometers.

B: Thanks.【3】

A: You can use the guide map in your car. It will take you there.

B:【4】Can you help me?

A: Well, you can first download the city map…All right, it's OK now.

B:【5】Thank you so much!

A: That's all right.

A.It's very kind of you.

B.How far is it from here?

C.Can you tell me the way there?

D.But I don't know how to use it!

E.How long does it take me to get there?

F.I can't really find a place to park my car.

G.The guide map will show you the way to the parking lot.

23、从B栏中选出能够回答A栏的应答语。

24、   Fast food chains (连锁)，American—style, are now on the increase all over the world. Most of these places work in a similar way. There is a long counter (柜台）. Above the counter hangs a list (often with pictures) of the food and drink they sell, and behind the counter several people are working. You stand in front of the counter and order your meal. You receive what you order and take it on a tray to a table. You can find straws (吸管）in the straw machine and you have to push the bottom of the machine to get a straw. When you’ve finished your meal, you yourself throw away everything except the tray.

Many fast-food places have drive-in facilities (设施).You order your meal in your car through a microphone and then drive round to a special window to pay and pick your food up. In some places a waiter brings your meal out, and you sit and eat it in the car.

【1】According to the passage, these fast food shops are usually quite     .

A. similar B. different

C. cheap D. expensive

【2】When you go to these fast food shops, what will you do?

A. Use knives and forks to eat the fast food.

B. Get a menu and write down the fast food.

C. Carry the fast food on the tray to the table.

D. Sit at the table and wait for the fast food.

【3】What is a “tray”?

A. Something you can eat.

B. Something you can drink.

C. Something you throw away.

D. Something you use for carrying things.

【4】If you are driving your car, how can you order your fast food?

A. Stop the car and go to the restaurant.

B. Order a meal in the restaurant.

C. Take the food to the office.

D. Go to the drive-in facilities.

【5】What does the writer want to tell us?

A. Why fast food is popular.

B. Where to buy fast food.

C. How fast food chains work.

D. How to buy food.

25、 Mark began to introduce the guest speaker to the listeners，but then stopped for a while.  He had forgotten her name.

Barbara hid her valuable things when she went on vacation.  When she came back，she couldn't remember where she'd put them.

Perhaps you've had such experiences like these.  Most people have.  But most of them haven't realized that they have a memory problem.  Neither do they know a simple but important fact： Memory can be improved.  If you'll just accept that， the following will show you how.

First，relax.  If you are over worried about remembering something，you'll forget it.  If you keep telling yourself that your memory is bad，your mind will come to believe it and you won't remember things.  When you forget something， don't follow up with sayings like“Oh，my God !  I always forget things !” Such words will have a bad result on you and your memory.

But relaxing isn't enough.  To improve your memory，you'll need to take an active role.  Like your body， your memory can be made strong through exercise.  Look for opportunities(机会)to exercise your memory.  For example，if you're learning a language，try to actively remember a lot of new words.

If you don't take notice of things actively，you won't remember them.  So，  you can make pictures of what you see in your mind every day.  For example，don't just put your keys down! If you want to find them again， make a mind picture of the place where you're putting them.

【1】The first two paragraphs just tell us .

A.  Barbara was a very rich person

B.  Mark often forgot his friends' names

C.  examples of memory problems

D.  language problems of two persons

【2】When you forget things，you   .

A.  must be too careless

B.  shouldn't lose heart about your memory

C.  must accept the fact

D.  shouldn't take notice of the result

【3】According to the passage，   can make your memory better.

A.  realizing your memory problems

B.  talking to your friends

C.  making mind pictures of what you see

D.  doing sports every day

【4】The purpose of the passage is to help you .

A.  to improve your memory

B.  to introduce the guest

C.  to remember new words

D.  to forget unhappy things

26、A Man of Vision(视觉)

In 1809, Louis Braille was born in a small town in France.When he was three years old, he accidentally hurt one of his eyes.The sickness spread to his other eye. Later, Louiswas unable to see.

Louis’s parents took him out of schooltwo years later. They thought that there was nothing more for him to learn there. He could not read or write.

When he was ten years old, Louis’s parents sent him to a special school inParis. It was one of the first schools for blind people in the world. Louis learned many skills at this school. Oneof them was reading.

Back then, blind people read by feeling raised letters on the paper. But it was difficult. Too many letters felt the same, for they had similar shapes.

Louis wantedto find a better way for blind people to read. He tried to create a touch system for reading and writing. He believed a system of raised dot（小点）could help. Night Writing-a writing system for soldiers was used. But he didn’t think it was good enough. This system did not allow the fingertip（指尖）to cover a whole letter. The readers had to move their fingers to feel theletter.

After years of hard work, he invented a shorter, easier form of this touch system. He used six dots to form each letter. It allowed a personto feel a whole letter without moving. Blind people could read much faster and easier.

Today, we call this form of written language Braillein honour of Louis Braille.

Louis died in 1852. However, his form of communication lives on. Though he became blind at a young age,he insisted a lot. Instead, he overcame the difficulty, and madea big difference.

【1】 When Louis was three years old, he __________.

A. was sent to a special school

B. moved to a town in France

C. was takenout of school

D. hurt one of his eyes

【2】For blind people, feeling raised letters on the paper was difficult because _________.

A. they neededto learn special skills

B. they couldn’tfeel a whole letter

C.they could not see them clearly

D.too many letters felt the same

【3】 With Louis’s system, blind people could read _________.

A. slower  B.easier  C. harder  D. louder

【4】 According to the passage, what can we learn from Louis?

A. Always follow the rules.

B. Be friendly with our friends.

C. Never give up and work hard.

D. Communicate more with others.

27、

Cai Lun invented paper around 2,000 years ago in China. It is an important invention. Before the invention of paper, people had to remember lots of information or write it on stone, wood, leaves, etc.

Today everyone in the world uses paper. With paper, we can make books and print newspapers. Sharing information is a lot easier with help of paper.

People use paper every day. Students do homework and keep a diary on paper. Paper is a great invention.

Alan Turing was born in London, England, in 1912. He attended Cambridge University from 1931 to 1934. Turing was a mathematician（数学家）and a computer scientist. Many people called Turning the father of computer science. He created the first design（设计）for a modern computer.

Turning wanted to know if a machine could think for itself and trick someone into believing they were having a conversation with another person. This became known the Turning test. In the test, a human talked to two other people through a computer. One was a machine, and the other was a person. This idea is still used today.

【1】When was paper invented by Cai Lun?

A．Around 2,000 years ago.

B．Around 200 years ago.

C．Around 1,000 years ago.

D．Around 100 years ago.

【2】People can do the following things with paper EXCEPT ________.

A．sharing information

B．printing newspapers

C．having the Turning test

D．making books

【3】Many people considered Alan Turing to be ________.

A．the inventor of printing

B．the father of modern education

C．the inventor of paper

D．the father of computer science

【4】In order to have the test, Turning needed ________.

A．three people, one computer and a machine

B．two people, one computer and a machine

C．two people, two computers and a machine

D．one person, one computer and a machine

【5】From the passage, we know Cai Lun’s invention and Turing’s idea are ________.

A．hard to accept

B．not used any more

C．unknown to people

D．still used today

28、阅读短文，完成各题。

My parents were away for a whole week. They were visiting my grandparents in a city almost 200 kilometers away. 【1】How wonderful! I could do everything by myself. I could cook and use the washing machine. I told my parents I would remember to lock the door when I went out. 【2】But something wrong did happen! I was watching television one night when the screen suddenly went black. When I checked, I found that the lights would not work either. 【3】 There was no electricity!

It was too late at night to do anything, so I went to bed and waited till the morning. 【4】My mum told me to take the electricity card to the bank and buy some electricity. I did as my mum told me. When I got back home, I put the card into the electricity meter (电表) and the electricity started working again.

Although I was a bit worried during the night, especially because there were no lights, I was happy that I could solve the problem in the end. 【5】They all said, “Well done!”

根据短文内容，从方框中选出五个句子填入文中空缺处，使短文内容完整正确。

29、   Do you know that the “Happy Birthday to You” song is the first song sung in outer space? Apollo IX astronauts _________ it _________ March 8, 1969. It is one of the most popular English songs of all time. Here is the story behind it.

The song was written by two sisters from Kentucky, Mildred and Patty Smith Hill. It was first published under the _________ of “Good Morning to All” in 1893. It was used as a classroom _________. Teachers sang it each day to welcome their students to the classroom.

The composer (作曲家), Mildred Hill, was a concert pianist. Her sister Patty Smith Hill wrote the original (最初的) lyrics (歌词) for the song while she was a teacher in a kindergarten (幼儿园) in Louisville, _________ Mildred also taught in.

The Hill sisters copyrighted (取得版权) their song on October 16, 1893. However, _________ appeared without their agreement in Robert H. Coleman’s songbook on March 4, 1924. Coleman changed the part of the lyrics to say, “Happy Birthday to You”, _________ the song still had its original title. The song was then published several times over the next ten years, often with small _________ in the lyrics. In 1934, when the song was sung every night in a Broadway Musical, another Hill sister, Jessica, went to court (法院) over the copyright problem of the song. She was _________ about the theft (盗用) of the song. Finally, she won her case (案子). The Hill family owned the rights to the melody (旋律) and had to be paid every time when the song was part of a commercial (商用的) production.

The Hill sisters, who devoted (把……奉献给) their lives to educating children, could never imagine that the simple little song would continue __________ about $2 million every year.

A．saved

B．wrote

C．sang

A．on

B．in

C．at

A．notice

B．title

C．law

A．party

B．greeting

C．test

A．that

B．who

C．what

A．it

B．its

C．that

A．because

B．although

C．after

A．chances

B．tasks

C．changes

A．glad

B．interested

C．angry

A．earn

B．to earn

C．earns