2024-2025学年（上）合肥八年级质量检测英语

1、根据短文内容和所给中文提示，写出空白处各单词的正确形式．每空限填一词．

In 1911 the small, peaceful village of Hollywood in California   【1】 （成为）part of Los Angeles, because it had problems with the water supply. Today,  【2】 （几乎）ninety years later, this same village changes a lot. It has grown into the home of one of the most  【3】 （著名的）industries（产业）in the world一the American film industry．

With this growth, came many symbols. First, there is the grand Hollywood sign which  【4】  （站立）[above the hills of the town. The first sign was   【5】  （建造）in 1923 and it was changed many times during the next half century. The present one has only been there   【6】  （自从）1978. Then there is the Hollywood Hall of Fame, where great actors and actresses leave their footprints. In  【7】  （三月）of every year actors are still waiting nervously to find out if they have won an "Oscar'. Nowadays it is getting more and more common for films to be made away from Hollywood.  【8】（然而），it remains the home of films and the wonderland for  【9】  （千）of hopeful young actors and writers. They are still coming to“the Dream   【10】  （工厂）”every year.

2、The rain is very heavy, __________ we have to stay at home.

A. but   B. because   C .so D if

3、—Wow! You’ve got ________iPhone6s.

—_______ iPhone6s is the birthday present my father bought it for me.

A. a/ A B. a/ The C. an/ An   D. an/The

4、Skimming and scanning are both often used when we do some reading. Scanning means ________.

A．reading the text slowly to get the main idea

B．reading the text quickly to get the main idea

C．moving our eyes slowly over the text to look for specific information

D．moving our eyes quickly over the text to look for specific information

5、_________ what you do, your parents won’t be angry with you. That’s because they love you so much.

A．In fact

B．No problem

C．No matter

D．At first

6、I should throw into ________.

A．

B．

C．

D．

7、— Are you going anywhere?

— I _________ about visiting my sister, but I have changed my mind.

A. will think   B. think

C. thought D. have thought

8、—Would you like some milk?

—No, thanks. I don't like it, ________I know it’s good for my health.

A.because B.though C.if D.so

9、—When will you return the book to me? —I’ll give it to you___________I finish it.

A. once B. until C. as soon as D. unless

10、Mom always gives me a ________/hʌg / when I get home every day.

A.bag B.hug C.pig D.bug

11、Look,this cup is beautiful and it is______the glass.

A. made of   B. made from   C. made

12、—Sorry, Jane. I took your schoolbag _____.

—It doesn’t matter.

A. by mistake   B. by mistakes

C. by accident   D. by accidents

13、—I’m going to take part in an English competition next week.  —­­­­­­­­­­­­­ .

A、Congratulations. B、Well done.

C、Good luck.     D、It’s a secret.

14、______ his classmates ______ his Maths teacher has gone hiking. You can’t find them at school.

A. Both, and   B. Neither, nor

C. either, or   D. Not only, but also

15、 He made____________ great progress that he ___________.

A. such , was highly thought

B. such a , won high praise

C. so ,won high praise

D. such, was highly thought of

16、______ of them has a watch and _______ one of them keeps good time.

A. Each,every   B. Every,each   C. Each,each   D. Every,every

17、It’s difficult ______me to afford the car. And It’s generous ______you to help me.

A. of, of B. of, for

C. for, of    D. for, for

18、He became a famous writer when he was ________.

A. in his fifty   B. at the age of fifty years old   C. in his fifties   D. in the fifties

19、He   to New York two weeks ago, and he   there three times.

A.has gone; has been B.went; has been

C.went; was   D.was going; went

20、My parents stop me________junk food.

A. eat   B. eating   C. to eat   D. eats

21、Tony felt ________ when he won the second prize in the handwriting competition.

A．please

B．pleasantly

C．pleasure

D．pleased

22、情景交际。从方框中选择适当的句子补全对话(其中有两项是多余的)。将答案写在答题纸的相应位置上。(10分)

A： Hey, Liu Qiang. Our junior high school life has come to an end. What are you going to do this summer vacation?

B：  【1】The scenery there is very beautiful.

A： Sounds great. It’s considered as the Treasure Island of China.  【2】

B： I’ll go to Mount Ali, Sun Moon Lake and some other tourist attractions. And I want to see Tuantuan and Yuanyuan．

A：  【3】

B： By ship. You know the policy is much better than before. People from the mainland can fly or take a ship there. I prefer to go there by ship.

A：  【4】  Well, it’s reported the farmers can sell their fruits to the mainland. It not only helps the farmers earn money，but also makes a contribution to the communication between Taiwan and the mainland.

B： That’s right.  【5】

A： Me, too. How soon will you start?

B： In half a month. My parents will go with me.

A： Well, don’t forget to bring back some delicious fruits from Taiwan.

B： Of course not.

23、

A: Uncle Bill, Do you know anything about electric cars?

B: Well, they're not very common. 【1】

A: Yes. I really take an interest in them. Tesla is making a new kind of electric cars this year.

B: Is there anything special about it?

A: Yes. 【2】

B: It must be expensive.

A: Actually, it will be their least expensive car.

(Ten minutes later)

B: Alan, I did some research on Tesla's new car.

A: Really? 【3】

B: Many people are excited about its design(设计). Look at this picture.

A: 【4】 It looks so cool! But I still think electric cars are too expensive.

B: True. But they are cheap to drive because they don't use gas(汽油).

A: 【5】

B: Yeah. If more people have the electric car, it will change the world.

A.What is it made of?

B.Wow, its top is all glass.

C.What did you find out?

D.Was it made in America?

E.Are you interested in them?

F.This also means less air pollution.

G.It can drive a lot farther than most electric cars.

24、“Life is speeding up. Everyone is becoming unwell.” This may sound like something someone would say today. But in fact, an unwell person who lived in Rome in AD (公元) 53 wrote it.

We all love new inventions. They are exciting, amazing and can even change our lives.

But have all these developments really improved the quality of our lives?

Picture this: You’re rushing to finish your homework on the computer. Your mobile phone rings, a QQ message from your friend appears on the screen, the noise from the television is getting louder and louder. Suddenly the computer goes blank and you lose all your work. Now you have to stay up all night to get it done.

Inventions have speeded up our lives so much that they often leave up feeling stressed and tired. Why do you think people who live far away from noisy cities, who have no telephones, no cars, not even any electricity (电) often seem to be happier? Perhaps because they live simpler lives.

One family in the UK went “back in time” to see what life was like without all the inventions we have today. The grandparents, with their daughter, and grandsons Benjamin, 10 and Thomas, 7, spent nine weeks in a 1940s house. They had no washing machine, microwave, computer or mobile phones.

The grandmother, Lyn, said, “The more things you have, the more difficult life becomes.” The boys said they fought less. Probably, they said, because there was less to fight over, such as their computer. Benjamin also noticed that his grandmother had changed from being a trendy, beer-drinking granny, to one who cooked things.

【1】The writer uses the quote (引号) at the beginning of the story to ________.

A. tell us a truth about our lives

B. tell us what life was like long time ago

C. point out what causes such a thing to happen

D. point out that you experience some big problems and they may be the same

【2】In the passage the writer describes a picture to show that new inventions _______.

A. have stopped our lives

B. have improved the quality of our lives

C. may make people feel very happy

D. may bring people some trouble

【3】The family chose to spend some time in a 1940s house because _______.

A. they loved to live simple lives

B. they wanted to know how people lived without modern inventions

C. they were troubled by modern inventions

D. living in a different time would be a lot of fun for them

25、   Money is what people use to buy things they need or want. A long time ago, people didn’t use money. So how did they get the things they wanted? Well, there is a long and interesting story about this.

At first, they would exchange something they had for what they needed. For example, if the shoemaker needed some bread, he would give the baker shoes and the baker would give him bread. This was called “bartering”(易货). Bartering worked fine for a while. But after the baker had too many shoes, the shoemaker still needed more bread. What could they do? The solution to this problem was money.

There were many earlier forms of money, such as cattle(牛), salt, grain and shells(贝壳). But it was not easy to move them to far-away places or store them. So coins began to take the place of things.

Coins had a fixed(固定的) value and could be stored. It became possible for people to trade in a standardized(标准的) way. Different coins are worth different amounts. Metal money was used in China as early as 1000 BC.

About three hundred years ago, paper money came into wider use. Paper money is cheaper to make than coins. It is also easier to carry around. Now people use paper money and coins in most countries.

Cash(现金) has been the most popular form of money. But these days, it seems that things have changed. Cashless payment has come into our lives and changed our world. China was the first country in the world to use paper money. Now, centuries later, it may become the first cashless society soon. Cashless payment apps such as Alipay(支付宝) and WeChat Pay are becoming more common in China. The buyer just scans the QR code (扫描二维码) of the seller, or the other way around. No real money is needed at all. Is tomorrow already there?

【1】The underlined word “It” in Para 5 refers to ______.

A.Bartering B.coins C.paper money D.cashless payment

【2】We can see the passage in ______.

A.a story book

B.an ad. of a health center

C.Chinese govermment work report

D.a social magazine

【3】Nowadays ______ becoming more common in China.

A.Bartering B.coins C.paper money D.Alipay and WeChat Pay

【4】The best title of the passage should be ______.

A.The First Country Use Paper Money.

B.Where is Our Money

C.The Progress of Money

D.Cashless Payment Come True

26、How do you feel about nature? After spending hours indoors, do you feel better when you visit your local park? Most people think that nature is good for our bodies and brains. However, humans are spending more time inside and less time outside. For example, the number of visitors to Canada’s national parks is getting lower every year. And in countries such as the USA, only 10% teenagers can spend time outside every day. Many doctors feel this is a problem in the 2lst century.

As a result, some doctors are studying the connection between nature and health: one example of this is the work of Dr. Matilda in Sweden. The doctor gave people a maths test. During the test, their heart rates(心率) were fast. After the test, one group of people sat in a 3D-vitual-reality(虚拟现实) room for fifteen minutes with pictures and sounds of nature. Their heart rates were slower than people’s in the other group. The virtual touch with nature helped them feel more relaxed.

Another good example of how nature is good for health comes from Canada. In Toronto, researchers studied 31,000 people living in the city. In general, they found that healthier people lived near parks.

Because of studies like these, some countries and cities want nature to be part of people’s everyday life. In Dubai, for example, there are plans for a new shopping center with a large garden so shoppers can relax outside with trees, plants and water. In Switzerland, “forest schools” are popular. Many children study their subjects in the forests and do lots of exercise outside.

And South Korea is another good example: it has new forests near its cities and around 13 million people visit these forests every year. So after building cities for so long, perhaps it’s now time to start rebuilding nature.

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。

【1】The writer starts the passage by ________.

A．asking questions

B．comparing numbers

C．telling stories

【2】Which of the following is NOT TRUE?

A．In Switzerland, many children study in the forests and do lots of exercise outside.

B．In South Korea, about 13 million people visit new forests near the cities every year.

C．In Dubai, a new shopping center with a large garden has been built already.

【3】We can infer (推理) from the passage that ________.

A．fewer and fewer Canadians will live near parks

B．people used to break the rule of nature to develop cities

C．people’s heart rates get quicker in a 3D-virtual-reality room

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

（①=Para. 1（自然段）②-Para. 2 ③-Para. 3 ④=Para. 4 ⑤=Para. 5）

A．

B．

C．

27、Sleep is very important. A person who does not sleep dies faster than a person who does not eat. We spend about a third (1/3) of our lives sleeping. That’s about 121 days a year!

How much sleep do we need? We are all different. A baby needs 16 hours of sleep every day. Children 6 to 12 years old need an average (平均) of 10 to 12 hours of sleep. Teenagers need 9 to 10 hours of sleep. An adult needs an average of 7 to 8 hours a night. There are some people who need only 3 hours of sleep. Others need 10 hours of sleep. After the age of 50, the average sleep time goes down to 6.5 hours a night. We need less sleep as we get older.

About one in three Americans has a problem with sleep. Many of these people can’t fall asleep. The name of this problem is insomnia. Some people say, “I didn’t sleep all night.” But that’s not really true. They may sleep lightly and wake up several times. In the morning, they only remember the times they were awake (醒着), so they think they were awake all night.

This is not a new problem. Many famous people in history had insomnia. Some of these people had special ideas to make them sleep. Benjamin Franklin had four beds. He moved from one to another to fall asleep. Mark Twain had a different way. He lay on his side (侧卧) across the end of the bed!

【1】 If you are thirteen years old, you need at least ______ hours of sleep.

A. 16 B. 12   C. 9 D. 7

【2】 What does the underlined word “insomnia” mean in this passage?

A. Being unable to sleep.   B. Good sleep.

C. Slow sleep. D. Sleep with many dreams.

【3】 Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A. We will die soon if we don’t sleep well.

B. The older we get, the less sleep we need.

C. We can’t tell a person’s age from his sleep time.

D. Famous people move from one bed to another to fall asleep.

【4】Which would be the best title for this passage?

A. Sleep More! B. Go to Sleep!

C. Sleep Time   D. Famous People

28、缺词填空

根据短文内容和首字母提示，在下文空格处填入适当的词使短文完整。（每空一词）

It was my first day at school. I felt nervous and a【1】 . I went to all my classes with no friends. I l 【2】 anxiously(焦虑的) to all the lessons and waited for lunch break at one. Then finally the bell rang announcing the time to talk and have f【3】 .

In the lunch line I met a new friend with a hijab (头巾) on her head,  and though I am Jewish. We got

a【4】 well, and I was so relaxed when she said, “Sit with us, at our table.” I agreed, took my dish and was about to walk with her w【5】 I felt a soft push on my shoulder. “Hey,” said a tall girl in a long skirt. “I see your Jewish star necklace. You should sit with us.”

At that moment I looked around, and that’s when I noticed, to my surprise, the nations of the world, separating themselves from o【6】. That’s what I saw through my own e【7】) . The Spanish only sat with Spanish, the Russians always with the Russians, but the Arabs n【8】 with the Jews.

I saw the r【9】why war gets started. Everyone sticks to their own kind. The lunchroom was a map of the world. Why was everyone so blind? So I turned down this girl, and went with the first. I b【10】a bridge between two worlds when I sat with those different from me!

29、完形填空。

  阅读短文，从每小题所给的四个选项中选出能够填入每个空白处的最佳答案，使短文意思完整。

One day two brothers went fishing. They had a dog     them. When they came near the river, they threw their     on a big stone and went to the     bank to   fish. It was cold that day, and soon they began to wish for(想要) their caps. They told the dog to go back for    .

When the dog arrived there, he tried to take     caps together(一起) in his mouth at once. It was very difficult. Then the dog noticed that one of the caps was smaller than   . He put the smaller cap into the larger one, got it down     his foot and then he could     both caps at the same time. You see     clever the dog was.

【1】A. forB. withC. to D. of

【2】A. shoesB. capsC. shirtsD. fish

【3】A. riverB. seaC. waterD. land

【4】A. get outB. look after  C. look for  D. wait for

【5】A. it B. themC. himD. fish

【6】A. allB. bothC. oneD. no

【7】A. the other  B. another  C. the others  D. other

【8】A. withB. in C. onD. by

【9】A. eatB. fishC. carryD. borrow

【10】A. whatB. what aC. how aD. how