2024-2025学年（上）肇庆八年级质量检测英语

1、句子翻译（共5小题：每小题3分，满分15分）

将下列句子译成英语，并将所译句子写在答题卡标有题号的横线上。

【1】昨天我向他买了两件艺术品。

【2】你认为谁是当主演的最佳人选？

【3】百分之八十的钱款正被寄往贫困地区。

【4】科技使得人们的生活更丰富多彩。

【5】这是他第一次成功报道音乐节。

2、You’d better give up taking that kind of medicine. It may be   to your health.

A. harmful   B. similar   C. important   D. friendly

3、The Green Great Wall can stop the wind ________ blowing the earth away.

A.to B.against C.from

4、Would you please tell me_____________________ ?

A.when did he come home

B.where he would play football

C.if he had seen the film

D.why he didn’t watch the game

5、As a driver, you can’t be   careful on the road.

A. so     B. very   C. more   D. too

6、Come to my office after school, ________ I will give you a big surprise.

A.or B.and C.while

7、—Dad, I did best in our group discussion today.

—Well done, Emily! I am ________ you.

A．friendly to

B．patient with

C．proud of

D．good for

8、—Do you know that the road to ________ is very difficult?

—Yes, I do. But I won’t give up ________ my best.

A．succeed; try

B．succeed; trying

C．success; trying

9、—I don’t know which high school to choose.

—Whatever your choice is, we are _________ you all the way.

A．under

B．over

C．against

D．behind

10、--A: It’s raining hard outside. Would you like me to call a taxi for you?

--B: _________.

A.Yes, I’d love to. B.That’s all right.

C.No, thanks. I can manage myself. D.Never mind.

11、You’re always welcome. I’ll discuss the problem with you ________ you like.

A．whenever

B．as soon as

C．after

D．before

12、There ___ a basketball match between Class Three and our class in ten minutes.

A. is   B. was   C. has been   D. is going to be

13、The missing boys were last seen ______ near the river.

A. to play   B. play C. to be playing   D. playing

14、The little boy _______ something from behind his back and handed it to his mother. It was a flower.

A. lifted   B. showed   C. searched   D. pulled

15、Everyone knows that a desk is made wood and paper is made wood, too.

A. of , of B. of , from C. from , from

16、 He’s such _______ honest boy that everyone likes him.

A．a   B．an   C．the   D．/

17、Tom likes telling the truth. He is ________ honest boy.

A．an

B．a

C．/

D．the

18、The ________ things I saw in the museum that day made me ________.

A．amazed; surprised

B．amazing; surprised

C．amazing; surprising

D．surprised; amazing

19、Jenny was late this morning________ the bus didn’t come.

A.or B.so C.but D.because

20、— Have you cleaned your room   ?

— Yes, I’ve   cleaned it.

A. already; already B. yet; already C. already; yet

21、It's more ______ if you ask for a direction beginning with “Excuse me.”

A. polite   B. politely   C. impolite

22、A: How excited to see you, Lucy! How was your first day of school?

B: Me too. It was great. I had a really good time.

A: It sounds great. 【1】?

B: Well, I had English from 9:00 to 9: 40, art from 10:00 to 10:40, and math from 11: 00 to 11:40.

A: 【2】?

B. To be honest, I like all of them, but I like my math teacher best. 【3】.

A: You're so lucky. How is your English teacher? Are you able to understand everything that she says?

B: 【4】. She speaks very clearly and doesn't use very difficult words so that it is easy for us to understand her.

A: She sounds like a good teacher. How about your classmates?

B: 【5】. How about you?

A: Wow, lucky you! I also like my English teacher. She is patient, kind, caring, and yet strict, too.

B: It seems that we both have good English teachers. I think we can make great progress in English.

23、阅读下面对话，从下面7个选项中选择5个恰当的句子完成此对话，并把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。

A: Hi, Amy! The cat in the photo is so cute. Whose is it?

B: 【1】

A: Look at its fluffy head, I just love it. 【2】

B: We call it Lazy.

A: How come?

B: Because it’s really lazy. 【3】

A: Then that’s a perfect name for it. 【4】

B: Three years old. By the way, what about you, do you have a pet?

A: 【5】My mother said keeping a pet means a lot of work and we don’t have time for it.

B: That’s for sure. Pets are troublesome but also pleasant, I hope you’ll get one in the future.

A．It usually curls up on the sofa for a whole day.

B．No, but I wish I had one.

C．It belongs to my grandma.

D．It’s kind of lazy.

E．Yes, I do. I have a pet.

F．What’s its name?

G．How old is it?

24、Most people have a place to call home on Earth. What about in outer space? The International Space Station (ISS) became our first “home” in space in 2000. It welcomed its first scientist that year, designing the way for 20 years of future research.

“You just have this impression that we’re all citizens (公民) of not a country, but of the planet,” former NASA astronaut Scott Kelly told National Geographic about working in ISS. “We’re all in this thing called humanity（人类）together.”

Over the past 20 years, the ISS has mainly been used as a science lab, hosting 241 people from 19 countries, according to NASA. They have gone on spacewalks, done research on how space affects the human body, and even grown plants in space.

_________ For example, the station’s water purification （简化）technology has been used in poor areas to provide clean drinking water. The station also helps to warn us of natural disasters (灾难), such as earthquakes.

However, after being our home in space for over 7.000 days, the station is starting to get old. It has leaked （泄露） air a few times. Scientists think that the station can keep working until 2024. After that, scientists will bring it down to Earth. It is believed that Earth’s atmosphere（大气）will burn up most of the station. Other debris （残骸）will fall into the Pacific Ocean.

In the future, space will be home to more stations like the ISS. NASA is building a space station that is smaller than the ISS near the moon. Also, China will have its own space station up in 2022.

【1】The International Space Station (ISS) has been our first “home” in space for over ________ years.

A．20

B．200

C．2,001

D．7,001

【2】The astronauts have ________ while working in ISS.

a. gone on spacewalks

b. provided clean water for poor areas

c. stopped earthquakes

d. learned how space affects the human body

e. grown plants

A．abc

B．abd

C．ade

D．bde

【3】Which of the following sentences can be put in the ________ in Paragraph 4?

A．We don’t know why we call the ISS our first “home”.

B．The station has also done something good to us on earth.

C．You want to know who has visited the ISS over the years.

D．People may wonder how scientists live on the station.

【4】If we put the passage into three parts, which of the following is the best?

(Para.1=① Para.2=② Para.3=③ Para. 4=④ Para. 5=⑤ Para.6=⑥)

A．①；②③；④⑤⑥

B．①；②③④；⑤⑥

C．①②；③④⑤；⑥

D．①②；③④；⑤⑥

25、Vocational education（职业教育）in China

Vocational education is hoped to grow fast in China as the government continues to encourage high—quality（质量）development. China Youth Daily did a survey on April 29. They asked 1000 parents about their attitudes（态度）towards vocational education. Here are the results.

根据语篇内容，选择最佳选项。

【1】When was the survey done by China Youth Daily?

A．On April 9.

B．On April 19.

C．On April 29.

【2】What did the survey show?

A．100 parents didn’t take part in the survey.

B．240 parents didn’t know anything about vocational education.

C．Most parents could accept that their children received vocational education.

【3】How many students were there in secondary vocational schools in China in 2022?

A．13,118,100.

B．12,161,663.

C．3,950,427.

【4】What does the underlined word “ones” refer（指代）to?

A．Schools.

B．Majors.

C．Jobs.

【5】Where does this text probably come from?

A．A newspaper.

B．A travel magazine.

C．A storybook.

26、阅读理解。

Think about the different ways that people use the wind. You can use it to fly a kite or to sail a boat. Wind is one of our cleanest and richest power sources, as well as one of the oldest. Something shows that windmills(风车) began to be used in ancient Iran back in the seventh century BC. They were first introduced to Europe during the 1100s, when armies returned from the Middle East with knowledge of using wind power.

For many centuries, people used windmills to make wheat into flour(面粉) or get water from deep underground. When electricity was discovered in the late 1800s, people living in faraway areas began to use them to produce electricity. This allowed them to have electric lights and radio. However, by the 1940s when electricity was available to people in almost all areas of the United States, windmills were hardly used.

During the 1970s, people started becoming more cared about the pollution that is created when coal and gas are burned to produce electricity. People also realized that the supply of coal and gas would run out one day. Then, wind was rediscovered, though it means higher costs. Today, there is a global movement to supply more and more of our electricity through the use of wind

【1】From the first paragraph, what can we know about wind and windmills?

A. Wind is the cleanest, richest and newest power source.

B. Windmills were first introduced to Middle East during 1100s.

C. Windmills were used in ancient Iran in the 7th Century BC.

D. Armies used windmills in Europe and the Middle East.

【2】What did people use windmills to do for many centuries?

A. To help make flour from wheat.

B. To help get water from the river.

C. To help make electric lights.

D. To help dig wells in faraway areas.

【3】When were the windmills used to produce electricity in some places?

A. In the 1100s B. In the 1940s

C. In the 1970s D. In the 1800s

【4】Why was wind rediscovered during the 1970s?

A. Because coal and gas had been used up.

B. Because it was cheaper to produce electricity.

C. Because it’s cleaner than other sources.

D. Because it could only be used in faraway areas.

【5】What is the best title for this passenger?

A. The clean and rich wind power

B. Windmills were used everywhere

C. The development of the wind power

D. Windmills and the heavy pollution

27、For a long time we have learned about the 3 Rs, but now there are two more in the mix. 5 Rs are Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Repurpose, Recycle in that order. The order of the Rs is also important. The closer to the start of the list, the better we should take. Let’s start from our home!

Refuse

Our lives are full of things we don’t need, and each of them has an environmental cost. Think it over when buying. Just deciding not to spend ＄100 on things, our family doesn’t want can save 100 kg greenhouse gas pollution!

Reduce

To reduce is to use fewer resources. Before buying for children, give yourself at least a day or two to cool off. Only buy them what is necessary to them. Always ask your children to turn off the lights or computers when they are not using them.

Reuse

Almost everything we throw away in our daily lives will become litter and harm the planet in other ways. We can save resources by reusing. Reuse means using again. Have you given away your children’s clothes to others? We can use the cloth napkins and empty cans once again or more.

Repurpose

Simply take something you are no longer using and alter it for another more practical use. Think, help your children use old newspapers for art projects.

Recycle

To recycle is to make new things from old things. In our home, anything made from metal, wood, paper and most plastics is possible to be recycled.

【1】Which of the 5 Rs is the most important?

A．Refuse.

B．Reuse.

C．Repurpose.

D．Recycle.

【2】How should we deal with our children’s small clothes?

A．Throw them away.

B．Put them away.

C．Give them to other children.

D．Ask our children to still wear them.

【3】What’s the meaning of the underlined word “alter” in paragraph 5?

A．Spend

B．change

C．break

D．print

【4】From the passage, we learn that ________.

A．we ought to buy things for children

B．old newspapers are useless after we reading them

C．repurpose means to use again

D．we can recycle plastic bottles to grow something

28、阅读短文，首字母填空。

Life has gone mostly online for many people around the world. With more people going online during the pandemic, global (全球的) internet traffic has become a big problem. Between January and late March, a quarter of major cities experienced (经历) an i【1】 in internet traffic.

Video meetings, online c【2】 and stay-at-home entertainment have become a lifeline to the outside world. This increase in traffic is testing the internet’s strength. In March, major phone networks in the UK experienced mass outages (断供). People were not able to take calls, receive texts o【3】 use mobile data (数据).

In the US, major telecommunications (电信) companies like AT&T said traffic was up 21% month over month. Video streaming services like YouTube, Netflix and Facebook have cut their picture qualities and download (下载) speeds. This is being done to r【4】 network traffic jams (拥挤).

C【5】 with the end of 2019, China has seen an internet traffic increase of around 50 percent. The country’s network speeds went d【6】 greatly in early February, reported Xinhua. However, they r【7】 to normal (正常) soon afterwards and have worked well.

This is due to (由于) China’s work in building network infrastructure (基础设施), e【8】 5G technology. By the end of February, 164,000 5G base stations had been built all over the country. This has given Chinese networks the power to withstand (承受) increased traffic. “Without the d【9】 of the internet network field, people could hardly enjoy such a colourful life at home. Online working and teaching could never be realized so e【10】,” Wen Ku, an official with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, told Xinhua.

29、   Almost everyone knows Ma Yun. He became one of the _______ men in China when his company Alibaba went on the stock(股票)market in 2014.What an amazing thing it is! Here are some stories about him on the way to_______

Ma Yun made his first trip to the US in 1995 and used the Internet for the first time. After searching for "beer", he found that_______results came up about Chinese beer. Then he searched for "China" and still found no results. He decided to _______a Chinese website. From then on, Alibaba was born.

Ma Yun said he suffered many failures in his life. He_______the College Entrance Examination in China two times and few companies offered him jobs, including one at KFC. And he _______by the famous Harvard University 10 times.

Because of the poor conditions, learning English was not easy when Ma Yun was a teenager .But he found a good way to learn English well_______giving tourists free guides in Hangzhou. He kept it for nine years. Ma Yun said that tourists opened up a new world for him. Everything they said and did was so different from _______ he had been taught at school and by his parents.

Ma Yun is the very person who never gives up. In 2015,he made a _______at the World Economic Forum in Davos. He said, "Life is________ challenges. You never know what you are going to get tomorrow."

Do as Ma Yun does.Follow your dream and your dream will come true one day.

【1】A.strangest B.funniest C.richest D.strongest

【2】A.power B.health C.success D.mystery

【3】A.no B.any C.some D.many

【4】A.set up B.take up C.get up D.show up

【5】A.passed B.failed C.compared D.influence

【6】A.was cheated B.was treated C.was accepted D.was refused

【7】A.in B.by C.of D.with

【8】A.what B.that C.which D.how

【9】A.mistake B.difference C.decision D.speech

【10】A.sure of B.full of C.proud of D.afraid of