2024-2025学年（上）扬州八年级质量检测英语

1、复兴号（Fuxing bullet train）以每小时350公里的速度行驶。

________________

2、－   your teachers strict you ?

－Yes.

A. Do, with   B. Is, with

C. Are, with D. Are, in

3、—Larry, can you go to the concert with me this Wednesday evening?

  —Sure! _________.

A. Catch you on Wednesday B. Congratulations

C. Welcome to my concert D. I'm afraid not

4、—Quan Hongchan won the gold medal in Games of the Tokyo Olympic.

—So it is. Everyone ________ the 14-year-old girl.

A．is proud of

B．is known for

C．is afraid of

D．is used to

5、—The plane ________ on the ground for 2 more hours because of the bad weather.

—Yes. Many people had to change their air tickets.

A．ran

B．moved

C．shook

D．remained

6、If our government loses  ________ of food safety , our health will be in_________.

A. controlling; dangerous

B. control; danger

C. controlling; danger

D. control; dangerous

7、I don’t like my school rules. They are too strict. I think they _____.

A. are changing    B. should be changed

C. should change D. Changed

8、The environment of the city is very good, You can see many trees on________side of  the street.

A.either B. Both C. all D. some

9、The box ________ collecting books now, but my brother ________ put his toys in it.

A.used to; is used for B.is used to; used to C.is used for; used for D.is used for, used to

10、________ Miss Wu ________ Miss Liu ________ in Grade Nine though they know a little about the new teaching materials.

A．Both, and, remain

B．Not only, but also, remain

C．Either, or, remains

D．Neither, nor, remains

11、The population of China is larger than ________ of Japan.

A. the one   B. that C. it D. /

12、________ advice you have given to me!

A．What a good

B．What good

C．How a good

D．How good

13、—Thank you for offering a great deal of _________ to me in my research.

—It was my great pleasure.

A. information   B. ideas   C. thoughts   D. suggestions

14、Look at the fog, _________ bad weather it is!

A．How

B．How a

C．What

D．What an

15、—Would you please come to the dancing party with me tonight?

—__________. I suppose we shall have a wonderful night.

A．Never mind

B．Have a good time

C．Not exactly

D．With pleasure

16、—______ do you spell the word “box”?  —B-O-X．

A．How B．What

C．Which D．Where

17、—Lisa looked unhappy in the meeting and didn't give any suggestions.

—Yes.She was ________ angry ________ say a word.

A．too；to

B．as；as

C．either；or

D．so；that

18、The dog entered the room, ____.

A. following after his master B. following his master

C. followed with his master D. followed his master

19、 —Do you like Jane’s new dress?

—Yes, very much. I’ll ask Mom to buy   for me.

A. that   B. it   C. one   D. any

20、—Can you come and play football with me?

— .I have a lot of work to do.

A.Excuse me B.I hope so C.I’m afraid not D.It’s a pleasure

21、I don’ t mind _____the door.

A. you open   B. your open

C. your opening D. yours opening

22、补全对话； 从所给的句子中选择恰当的句子完成下面对话（有两项是多余的）（5分）

(Mr. Black and his wife are talking about shopping.)

W：【1】___________________

M： Shopping is always boring.

W： Yes. But without you I can’t decide what to buy. 【2】_______________ I need your help.

M： Last Sunday we spent a whole day shopping， but came back with nothing.

W： Sorry. 【3】__________________________

M： I’m really afraid to hear you say， “【4】____________________________________ ”

W： Don’t laugh at me， please.

M： I think you’d go by yourself this time. 【5】________________________________

23、A: Hello, may I speak to Steven?

B: 【1】

A: Hi, Steven. This is Sam. Would you like to go shopping with me tomorrow?

B: To the shopping center? I prefer to do it online. 【2】

A: Well, then why not watch live commerce(直播带货) together? We can see the sellers praise how good their products are.

B: Sounds interesting! But we should be more careful about this kind of business now.

A: Why do you say that?

B: On March 15th this year, many problems related to this kind of business were mentioned.

A: Really? 【3】

B: There are many people who think alike. However, a lot of products from such live commerce are fake (假的) and even harmful to users according to the reports.

A: 【4】

B: They just make use of their fans’ trust in them. People will never think their idols will cheat them.

A: What a pity! These stars don’t take their fame seriously.

B: Yeah. More rules are expected to be set in order to prevent the stars from selling fake things.

A: 【5】

A．I can’t agree with you.

B．I think live commerce is fine because many stars also do it.

C．Who are you?

D．I can’t agree with you more.

E．Speaking, please.

F．Many people shop this way now.

G．How can the stars do such things?

24、Plunk! I dropped another pecan (山核桃) into my basket. Then a gentle autumn wind blew some more off the tree. I ran to pick them up. Whew! Pecan picking was hard. My basket was only half full.

I was visiting my grandpa’s farm in Kansas, and Grandpa sent me into the woods to pick up pecans for our family to enjoy later. I wasn’t about to let him down. Then something caught my eye: a squirrel picked up a pecan, climbed up a tree and disappeared into a large hole. A moment later, the squirrel climbed down to the ground to pick another pecan. Once again, he took the pecan back to his secret hiding place inside the hollow (洞) of the tree.

Not so secret anymore, I thought. I ran over to the tree and found the hollow was filled with sweet pecans. They were right there for the taking. This was my chance. Handful by handful, I took all the pecans from the hole. Now the basket was full!

I was so proud of myself. I couldn’t wait to show Grandpa all of the pecans I’d collected.

“Look, Grandpa,” I shouted, “look at all of the pecans I found!”

Grandpa took a look at my basket. “Well, well, how did you find so many, Jimmy?” I told him how I’d followed the squirrel and taken the pecans from his hiding place. Grandpa congratulated me on finding out something about the squirrel’s habits. Then he did something that surprised me. He handed the basket back to me and put his arm gently around my shoulders.

“That squirrel worked very hard to collect his winter food,” he said. “Now that all of his pecans are gone, don’t you think that little squirrel will be very hungry when it gets cold?”

“I didn’t think about that,” I said. “I know,” Grandpa said. “But a good man should never take advantage of someone else's hard work, even the squirrel’s.”

Suddenly I felt as hollow as that old tree. The image of that hungry squirrel wouldn’t leave my mind. There was only one thing I could do...

【1】Which of the following can best describe Grandpa?

A．Kind and wise.

B．Caring and humorous.

C．Shy and friendly.

D．Patient and hard-working.

【2】What is the possible ending of the story?

A．The writer sent the pecans to his neighbors.

B．The writer put all the pecans back into the hole.

C．The writer hid the pecans in his grandpa’s house.

D．The writer enjoyed all the pecans with his family.

【3】What is the best title for the text?

A．An unusual tree

B．The stolen pecans

C．A smart squirrel

D．The magic basket

25、   The pencil is a very simple object. However, it took hundreds of people over centuries to make it what it’s like today.

The story of the pencil starts with graphite(石墨). People cut it into small sticks and use them to write or draw. Around 1560, an Italian couple named Simoni and Lyndiana Bemacotti added wood holders to the graphite sticks. However, since the graphite is too soft, the pencils were easy to break. In 1795, in France, Nicolas-Jacques Conte worked out a method of mixing graphite powders with clay(黏土). In this way, people made strong pencil core(铅笔芯). To this day, the method is still used in making pencils.

It was Henry David Thoreau who came up with the grading scale(分级量表) for different hardnesses of pencils. It was graded one through four, and grade two is the proper hardness for general use. The softer the pencil is, the more graphite it has in it, and the darker the line is. The harder the pencil is, the more clay it has, and the lighter the line is. Nowadays, pencils marked 2B are usually used in exams to mark answers. Pencils marked HB are usually used in daily writing. People usually use pencils of different hardness and blackness to draw different parts of a picture.

When pencils were handmade, they were made round. Then an American Joseph Dixon developed machines to make pencils. Later people found out it was easier and less wasteful to make a pencil which has six sides.

There is a pencil for everyone and every pencil has a story. The Blackwing 602 is famous for being used by a lot of writers. And then, you have the Dixon pencil company. It’s what people think of when they think of a pencil and what they most probably will buy when their children are about to write.

In my opinion, there’s nothing that can be done to make the pencil better than it is.

【1】Who improved the hardness of pencils?

A.Joseph Dixon. B.Nicolas-Jacques.

C.Henry David Thoreau. D.Simoni and Lyndiana Bemacotti.

【2】What can we learn about pencils?

A.Pencils of great hardness are less useful.

B.Their hardness and blackness decide their uses.

C.Round pencils were first made by machines.

D.Pencils with six sides are comfortable to use.

【3】What does Paragraph 5 tell us?

A.Pencils are the best writing tool. B.There are many kinds of pencils.

C.The Blackwing 602 is very expensive. D.Dixon pencils are popular with people.

【4】What does the underlined word “it” mean in Paragraph 4?

A.The grading scale. B.The story of the pencil.

C.To make the pencil round. D.To make a pencil which has six sides.

【5】What’s the text mainly about?

A.The development of pencils. B.The main inventors of pencils.

C.What pencils are made out of. D.Why pencils are widely used.

26、“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

27、On March 20, 2021 the Sanxingdui Ruins in Guanghan, Sichuan drew the world’s attention. Chinese experts said that they had found more than 500 cultural relics （文物）in six places at the site. It can date back over 3, 200 years. The relics include bronzeware（青铜器）, gold and bronze masks, ivory, jade and textiles.

Experts first discovered the Sanxingdui Ruins in 1929 and believed that they are the remains of the ancient Shu Kingdom. This kingdom was a center of civilization along the Yangtze River. In 1986, experts discovered two places that were used for sacrificial ceremonies. At that time, over 1, 000 relics were found, including bronzeware, face masks and bronze trees.

The discovery of Sanxingdui raised an important question about the beginning of Chinese civilizatlon. The ancient Shu civilization that built Sanxingdui is believed to be one of the earliest examples of Chinese civilization. The site, along with the Liangzhu and Shijiahe sites along the Yangtze River, shows that it might not only be along the Yellow River Basin in the north of China.

The newly-discovered relics are similar to those found in 1986, as they also include bronze trees and bronze masks. They further support the idea that they were used for sacrificial purposes.

New kinds of cultural relics have also been dug up. For example, experts found a kind of special relic, zun, which was used for holding water or wine. They also found cong—a relic commonly found at the 5, 000-year-old Liangzhu Ruin in Zhejiang Province.

“These relics show that the Sanxingdui site had a close connection with Central China, but it also marks an original ancient civilization in Sichuan with strong creativity,” said Chen Xiandan, a member of the project. Now, more and more people are interested in studying the Sanxingdui Ruins and all of us hope that people can find out more new things and explain the secrets about it. So people can have a better understanding about the history of China.

【1】The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 3 means _______.

A．the Sanxingdui site

B．Chinese civilization

C．bronzeware

D．the ancient Shu Kingdom

【2】What might ancient people use to have water or wine?

A．Bronze masks.

B．Cong.

C．Zun.

D．Bronze trees.

【3】What can we learn from the last paragraph?

A．Chen likes studying the Sanxingdui Civilization.

B．Chen thinks Chinese civilization is important.

C．Chen speaks highly of the Sanxingdui civilization.

D．Chen thinks people in Sichuan are creative.

【4】What can be the best title of this passage?

A．New Discoveries in Sanxingdui Ruins

B．The Beginning of Chinese Civilization

C．The History of Chinese Rellcs

D．The Ancient Shu Kingdom

28、You’re standing with yours classmates. Everyone is talking except you. Perhaps you’re afraid they will laugh at when you say. Maybe you just aren’t .____________ (brave) enough to speak. When I was in high school, I was so shy that I wouldn't talk to anyone. If a s________ asked me the way to a local shop, it was as if I'd forgotten how to talk. One summer, I got a job in a restaurant and that helped a lot.

     You may be ________ young to find a part-time job. But you can look for other c_______ to speak with people. You can offer to help an old woman carry her heavy bag. Or you can go to get a newspaper for your family. If you do these things for a while, the s_______(shy) will soon begin to leave you alone.

【1】【1】__________________

【2】【2】__________________

【3】【3】__________________

【4】【4】__________________

【5】【5】__________________

29、   Bill and Cathy wanted to go on a holiday. They chose a place called Maldives. And they decided to ______ there for two weeks in spring, because they heard that the weather there was perfect at that time. They worked very hard for several months. Finally, they made enough money for their dream ______. But their trip was more like a nightmare.

The problem ______ when the flight was put off because of bad weather. They could not leave until night. They finally got on the plane twelve hours later! But they could not fly to Maldives because there was a storm. They had to fly to the capital city ______.There they stayed in a small hotel near the airport.

The hotel was next to the sea, but the sea was ______ dirty. That they could not swim in it. And the hotel swimming pool was full of leaves. The food was awful, too. For breakfast there was ______ bread and milk! The worst part was when the storm came they felt really ______. Because of the bad weather, they had to stay for ______ night in a small hotel. And they had ______ to do. It was so boring. Finally, they ______ in Maldives three days later. And someone told them the weather there had been wonderful all the time!

【1】A.run B.work C.stay D.see

【2】A.trip B.job C.college D.clothes

【3】A.finished B.jumped C.chose D.began

【4】A.already B.yet C.still D.instead

【5】A.hardly B.much C.very D.enough

【6】A.only B.many C.few D.any

【7】A.full B.quiet C.happy D.terrible

【8】A.other B.another C.more D.others

【9】A.something B.anything C.nothing D.everything

【10】A.reached B.arrived C.got D.moved