2024-2025学年（上）无锡八年级质量检测英语

1、你读得越多,你的阅读速度就越快。

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2、—How about   the tickets   ? It's usually cheaper than you buy there.

—It's a good idea.

A.selling; before you go B.buying; when you get there

C.booking; in advance

3、Jim is a taxi driver, _________he really wants to be a doctor.

A .or B. and   C. so D. but

4、These shoes cost   . What’s more, they are   small for me,

A. much too ; too much B. too much ; much too

C. very much ; very   D. very much ; much

5、Many students study English by aloud in the mornig.

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

6、— He, together with his friends, hardly goes fishing, ____________?

— _________. All of them prefer to watch TV at home.

A．do they; Yes

B．does he; No

C．don’t they; Yes

D．doesn’t he; No

7、---Hold on to your dream and you will succeed one day.

---Thanks for your encouragement. I’ll never give up ________ what difficulties I meet.

A. no matter   B. even though

C. so that   D. as long as

8、—Could you show me how to make a fruit salad?

—________. First, you need to choose some fresh fruit of different colors.

A.It doesn’t matter. B.My pleasure. C.You’re welcome. D.Never mind.

9、Could you help me, Andy? We need ________ tables for the birthday party．

A．most three B．more three

C．three most   D．three more

10、—This is________useful dictionary, I think. So it is. And it's________ unusual one.

A.a, an B.a, a C.an, an D.the, an

11、It will be easier for people to realize their dreams if they____ highly

A. have; educated  B. will; educate

C. are, educated D. were; educated

12、We are not sure ________ he will come here tomorrow or not.

A.that B./ C.if D.whether

13、It’s easy ________ the answer to this question.

A．find

B．finds

C．to find

D．finding

14、Nearly every kid hates exams,   it’s necessary. It helps to check you have learned the knowledge.

A.and; how B.but; if C.so; when D.or; whether

15、--- Is Jane from _______ European country?

---No ,she is ________ American.

A. a ; the   B. a; an   C. an, the

16、—You all went swimming ________ Peter. What was the matter with him?

—He was ill in hospital.

A．beside

B．except

C．besides

D．expect

17、We’ll try our best to do the work better with ________ money and _______ people.

A. few, little B. a few, a little

C. less, fewer  D. fewer, less.

18、We______ a school trip next Wednesday if it is fine.

A. will have   B. have   C. had   D. have had

19、Our hotel was in a central _______ near People’s Square. You won’t miss it.

A．process

B．position

C．period

D．purpose

20、The music from the next door sounded_____. It almost drove me mad.

A.beautiful B.sweet C.awful D.healthy

21、—Can you tell me ______ Miss Brown was so angry?

—Because John's answers were all wrong.

A. why   B. when   C. what

22、补全对话: （只填序号，每空1分，共5分，选项中有两项是多余的.）

A: Where did you go last weekend?

B: 【1】  

A: But you told me you wouldn’t go there. You said it was dirty. 【2】  

B: Er, you know, I didn’t want to go there first. But most of my friends went, so I went with them.

A: I see. 【3】  

B: I told the old people something interesting around us.

A: 【4】  

B: I had fun and felt happy.

A: 【5】     Next time, I’ll go with you.

23、A: Hi, Bob! How was your weekend?

B: Pretty good. 【1】.

A: What did you do last weekend?

B: I played basketball.

A:【2】.

B: Twice a week. I like it very much.【3】

A:I went to the mountains last weekend.

B: 【4】Do you often go to the mountains?

A: Yes. Once a week. Will you go there with us this weekend?

B: 【5】 Maybe next week is OK.

A.I’m afraid I can’t.

B.How often do you play basketball?

C.How did you spend your last weekend?

D.I really had a good time.

E.Do you have any plans for it?

F.We’ll enjoy it.

G.Sounds interesting.

24、Uncle Tom lived in a small log cabin near his master’s house with his wife, Aunt Chloe, and their children. One day, Aunt Chloe was baking a cake on the fire. Two young boys, Mose and Pete, were playing with their baby sister, Polly. Uncle Tom was sitting at the table. He was a large strong man with a kind face and an air of dignity(尊严). He was very busy. He was trying to write the alphabet on a small blackboard. Mr Shelby’s son, young Master George, was teaching him. However, while this was happening in Tom’s cabin, something very different was happening in his master’s house.

When they were getting ready to go to bed. Eliza, a young slave from the house, came to their door.

“Uncle Tom and Aunt Chloe”, she said, “Master sold Uncle Tom!’

“Sold Tom?” said Aunt Chloe. “But why did he do that?”

“Master is in debt, he has to find the money, or he will have to sell the farm and all of us and leave. So he sold Uncle Tom to pay off his debt.”

“Tom, why don’t you run away? The trader will sell you to a plantation, where they kill slaves with hard work and no food! There’s still time. Come on, get up, and I’ll get your things ready.”

Tom looked at her with sad eyes and said “No, I’m not running away. You heard what Eliza said! Master needs money to keep the farm and the people. I’m strong. I’ll be OK. I can go so he won’t have to sell everything. These things happen, Chloe, and Master tried to be good. He’ll take care of you and the children.”

Then he looked at his sleeping children and he covered his face and started to cry.

【1】How many children did Tom have?

A．One.

B．Two.

C．Three.

D．Four.

【2】How did Tom feel when he heard the news that he was sold?

A．Surprised.

B．Angry.

C．Afraid.

D．Sad.

【3】Why did Mr Shelby want to sell Tom?

A．Because all the other slaves didn’t like Tom.

B．Because Tom was so lazy that he could do nothing.

C．Because Mr Shelby was in debt and he needed money.

D．Because Tom asked Mr Shelby’s son to teach him the alphabet.

【4】Which of the following best described Tom?

A．Loyal.

B．Modest.

C．Strict.

D．Curious.

25、   Which hand do you use to write your name? Which foot do you use to kick a ball? You probably use the same hand or foot. That’s called your dominant side.

About 90 percent of humans are right-handed. Scientists want to know if other animals also have dominant sides. So they give simple challenges to zoo animals and pets.

At first, chimpanzee (大猩猩) appeared to be left-handed. Dr. Hopkins watched chimpanzees as they went “ants fishing”, using sticks to pull ants out. Most of the chimps did the job with their left hand. However, when chimpanzees ate butter from a narrow pipe, they tended to use the left hand to do the easy part (hold the pipe) and a finger on the right hand to do the hard part (reach in for the treat).

Does that mean chimpanzees are left-handed for some tasks and right-handed for others? That’s not likely. Dr. Hopkins says the chimps may have used the weaker hand to pull out the ants and the dominant hand to hit the insects and put them in mouths.

But how about other animals? Dr. Wells wondered if cats are right-or left-pawed. At the beginning, he gave the cats the simple task of moving across the floor. The cats showed no preference; they used either paw. Dr. Wells also made the cats perform given movements. The researcher dropped a small fish into a can and wrote down which paw each cat used to fish out the treat. All of the female cats except one used the right paw. For males, 19 out of 21 used the left paw. Dr. Wells tested each cat many times to make sure it really preferred to use one paw instead of the other.

【1】In Paragraph 1, the word “dominant” can be replaced by ________.

A．gentle

B．powerful

C．opposite

D．unique

【2】What can we learn from Dr. Hopkins’ research?

A．Chimpanzees use right hands for tough tasks.

B．About 10 percent humans are left-handed.

C．Chimpanzees get the treat with the weaker hands.

D．Left hands are more important in getting the butter out

【3】Dr. Wells probably agreed that ________.

A．moving across the floor was a challenging task for cats

B．various foods were necessary to carry out a scientific study

C．cats used different paws each time in the repeated tests

D．male and female cats had the opposite choice to get the fish

【4】As to “if other animals also have dominant sides”, the two scientists ________.

A．saw eye to eye with each other

B．discovered it was not a simple yes or no

C．raised different animals to seek the truth

D．worked together to perform experiments

26、Choose the best answer (根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案）

Suppose you are 17 and live alone with no money. Years ago, that was my dad. His father died when he was 10, and as the oldest of five, he had to take care of his brothers and sisters. When his mother remarried, my dad had to leave home. With few choices, he joined the army, and worked as hard as he could for a job, a nice house, and a family. Having a dad like him has made me different from other people; with his help and advice, I set and meet my goals.

When I wanted to play basketball, my dad said, “Don’t let anyone tell you what you can or can’t do.” People thought I was too small to play, but he let me know I could. Looking back now, I know why my dad said this to me: it was something his father and mother never told him.

Time flew by. It was time for me to look for a job. A department store offered me a job as cart assistant. For the whole day, I pushed shopping carts. It was so cold that I couldn’t move my hands. But my dad wouldn’t let me give up, even though I wanted to. He kept saying it would get better, and he was right. I’ve worked there for a year now and I do much more than just push carts.

My dad helped me grow into the person I’m becoming. When I was younger, I was small. The other boys called me “____Nicky”. I hated it. I went to my dad for a help. He encouraged me and helped me make an exercise plan and I got to work.

In my life, there are different roads. My dad helped me get on the one I continue on today. I know I am just at the beginning. There will be difficulties. But there will always be my dad. Even when he is not physically here for me, his words won’t leave my mind.

【1】At the age of ________, my father had to care for his brothers and sisters.

A. 5   B. 10   C. 15   D. 17

【2】My first job, as a cart assistant, was rather________, so I wanted to give it up.

A. interesting   B. cold   C. tiring   D. good

【3】The underlined word “Lil” in the fourth paragraph probably means ________.

A. smart   B. small   C. black   D. strong

【4】My father’s words will be on my mind, _______.

A. so he will die peacefully

B. though he has left me

C. even when he is dead

D. when he is not at home

【5】My father helped me _______.

A. move my hands

B. play basketball

C. give up

D. make an exercise plan

【6】Which of the following is the best topic for the passage?

A. How Dad helped me in my life

B. How Dad achieved success

C. How Dad lived a poor life

D. How Dad helped me find a job

27、任务型阅读（共30分, Passage D、E,F每小题2分）Passage D 阅读短文，完成文后表格

Minoru Yamasaki was a well-known American architect (建筑师). He was born in 1912 in Seattle, Washington. His parents came from Japan. Minoru went to college to study architecture. Every summer he worked in a fish factory to help pay for college. Often he worked from four o'clock in the morning until midnight. He slept in a room with 100 other men. Later in life, Yamasaki remembered these times and was always good to his workers.

Yamasaki sometimes dreamed about his work. Once he woke up at three o’clock in the morning. He remembered a building that was in his dream. He got up and started to draw. Yamasaki used a new design(设计) for the buildings. These buildings are now the Century Plaza Hotel, and Tower in Los Angeles, California.

Yamasaki was different from other architects. His buildings give people a feeling of peace（和平） and happiness. Many of his designs have pools of water, flowers, and windows on the roof to let in light. He always designed buildings to please people. He wanted to give them a place away from the busy ways of modern life.

Yamasaki worked for several companies. But his success began when he started his own company. In 1956, he won the Architect’s First Honor Award for his design of an airport in St. Louis, Missouri. He won two more awards (奖)over the next five years. In 1962, he designed the World Trade Center in New York. It is very famous.

In 1993, a bomb exploded (炸弹爆炸) in the World Trade Center. But the buildings did not fall down because they had a good design.

Yamasaki had strong opinions about his buildings. They had to be built his way. He refused to change the design of his buildings, even if he lost a job.

Minoru Yamasaki died in 1986. He designed more than 300 buildings. People will enjoy the design and beauty of his buildings for a very long time.

28、Last Friday a storm swept through two villages in the New Territories, destroying fourteen homes. Seven others were so badly damaged that their o【1】 had to leave them, and fifteen others had broken windows or broken roofs. One person was killed, several were badly hurt and taken to hospital, and a number of other people received smaller hurt. Altogether over two hundred people were h【2】after the storm. They didn’t know where to go.

A farmer, Bob, said that the storm b【3】 early in the morning and lasted for over an hour.

“I was eating with my wife and children,” he said, “When we heard a loud noise. A few minutes later our house f【4】 down on top of us. We tried our best to climb out but then I saw that one of my children was missing. I went back inside and found him, s【5】but very frightened.” Bob continued, “My boy cried out immediately when he saw me. I wanted to give him a hand It that time, but failed. We both tried and finally he managed to find his way out.”

Mrs. Woo Mei Fong said that her husband had just l【6】 for work when she felt that her house was moving. She ran outside at once with her children. “There was no time to take a【7】,” she said, “A few minutes later, the roof came down.”

Rescue workers helped to take people out of the flooded area and the welfare department brought them food, clothes and shelter.

29、Pierogi is the food that makes me think most of my Nana. Sadly she died of cancer in 2015 when I was 8 years old. Whenever I feel sad or miss her, I think of the special ______ we shared together.

My Nana was Polish. Her parents were born in Poland and came over during the war. Nana was born in one of the Polish camps in Crewe. Food was an important thing that kept the Polish community together.

Meals were often ______ because life was very hard then. The adults and children had to look for potatoes, mushrooms, rabbits and herbs in the woods.

My Nana’s heritage（传承）was very ______ to her. When her cancer was at its worst, she often thought of the time in the Polish camp and ______ the potato dumplings called pierogi she would always lovingly make for me and my mum.

Because of chemotherapy（化疗）, foods she once loved became ______ for her to cook, smell or even eat. My mum and I would make her soups or noodles instead. But when Nana was feeling “well”, there was ______ better than making pierogi that could bring her joy and happiness. I watched and helped. How skillful and happy she was when making these Polish dumplings! The ______ of making this special food with her will always be in my memories.

Towards the ______ of Nana’s life, I knew she was slowly leaving us. So one afternoon, Mum and I made our own pierogi for her. It was one of those meals that I will never ______ . She was excited with our pierogi.

Nana died on June 13th, 2015.

Mum and I ______ make cheese and potato pierogi to this day and treasure the tools that Nana has used. This simple flour, egg and water dough that is made on the wooden board was ______ . We sometimes cheat with ready-made one ______ it is still my most favorite food in the world.

Thank you Nana for giving me the love of food and cooking.

【1】

A．soups

B．noodles

C．potatoes

D．dumplings

【2】

A．rich

B．simple

C．popular

D．delicious

【3】

A．familiar

B．ordinary

C．interesting

D．important

【4】

A．probably

B．finally

C．actually

D．especially

【5】

A．enjoyable

B．valuable

C．impossible

D．necessary

【6】

A．nothing

B．anything

C．something

D．everything

【7】

A．experiment

B．competition

C．experience

D．suggestion

【8】

A．end

B．middle

C．start

D．corner

【9】

A．refuse

B．forget

C．practise

D．avoid

【10】

A．only

B．still

C．even

D．also

【11】

A．his

B．ours

C．mine

D．hers

【12】

A．so

B．or

C．but

D．and