2024-2025学年（下）塔城地区八年级质量检测英语

1、我们能推迟制定计划吗?

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In 490 BC there was a big war between the Persians and the Greeks.

Persia was a strong country, much 【1】 than Greece. It wanted to beat Athens. There were 100, 000 Persian soldiers and only 10, 000 Greek soldiers. It was very 【2】. The Greeks sent Pheidippides, a soldier to Sparta to get help. But the Spartans would not 【3】 until there was a full moon. Pheidippides returned to Marathon alone.

The Greeks could not wait and attacked the Persian army. 【4】, they defeated the Persians. The Persians ran to 【5】 ships and tried to escape. They went to Athens to catch the Greek women, 【6】 and old people waiting there. Pheidippides now had another job. He ran more than 40 kilometres to Athens to tell the Greeks that they had won and to tell them that the Persians were 【7】.

He arrived at the city gates very tired. “Great news. We won!” he 【8】. Then he died. From this great event, the 【9】 marathon race of the modern Olympic Games was run in 1896. It was won by a Greek runner, Spyridon Louis. And, like Pheidippides a long time before, he also carried 【10】. He was a postman.

3、When will Lucy arrive? Please tell us. (改为宾语从句)

Please tell us ________ Lucy ________ arrive.

4、With the coming of e-commerce companies (电商) like Pupu, people _______ go to stores to shop.

A．shouldn’t

B．needn’t

C．mustn’t

5、Alice is my classmate. She ________ in our school since 2017.

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

6、I couldn’t believe that such an  expensive car was ________ and crashed into another car.

A. without controlling B. out of control

C. under the control D. out of the control

7、He is too lazy to________ the trash.

A.take out B.take over C.take up

8、—Would you mind  ________?

—Go ahead.

A.I opening the window B.my opening the window

C.your opening the window D.to open the window

9、—I have a bad cough in the evening and I have to go to _________ doctor today, mom.

—Judy is _________ unusual woman doctor. Let’s go in a minute.

A．the, a

B．/, a

C．an, the

D．a, an

10、People in China are always dressed ____ their best clothes _____ New Year’s Day.

A. at, in   B. to, on   C. in, on   D. in, at

11、He is an experienced driver and he is used to ______ in all kinds of weather.

A.driving B.drive

C.drove D.drives

12、There is something interesting in today's newspaper.It makes him ________ very happy.

A.feel B.to feel C.feels D.felt

13、—Have you ________ that 5G network is on the way?

—Yes, our teacher ________ us about it three months ago.

A．hear; has told

B．heard; told

C．heard; has told

14、People ________ many trees last year.

A．cut down

B．looked down

C．turned down

D．put down

15、We must ________ ourselves and ________ our work.

A．be strict with; in

B．be strict in; with

C．strict in; with

D．strict with; in

16、I’m making some signs to put ______ around the school.

A. off B. up C. out D. down

17、---Do you mind if I borrow your dictionary?       ---________.I’m using it now.

A．Yes, you may

B．No, you can

C．No, help yourself

D．You’d better not

18、（题文）"One Belt, One Road' will serve to markets for China as well as other countries along.

A. set up   B. put up   C. take up   D. open up

19、A) 补全对话

A: Hello, Frank.

B: Hello, Bob. You don’t look well.【1】?

A: I’ve got a terrible cough, and I cough day and night.

B: I’m sorry to hear that.【2】?

A: About two weeks. the doctor said the cough was caused mainly by air pollution.I think we should do something to protect environment .

B: 【3】. What should we do?

A: First, we’d better drive cars less and walk to work more often.

B: All right! But my home is far from my workplace.

A: How far is it?

B: 【4】?

A: Why don’t you take a subway to work?

B: You’re right! From now on, I’ll do as you said.

A: 【5】.

B: We can plant more trees．

A: OK! Let’s do it!

A.Yes, it’s very far.

B.What else can we do?

C.What’s the matter?

D.I think so.

E.You’re welcome.

F.It’s about 10 kilometers away.

G.How long have you been like this?

20、用合适的句子补全对话。

A：Jim.I am still thinking about Dreams of Alicia.

B：Oh，I only know a little about it.Have you seen Dreams of Alicia?

A：Yes，I saw it last night.It was amazing！But I like the book better.

B：So the movie was a book first?

A：Yes.But the movie skips(略过) some parts of the book.

B：Oh，does it？Now I want to read the book，too.(in the office)

C：Hey，Jim【1】

B：I'm reading Dreams of Alicia.It's so interesting that I can't put it down.

C： 【2】

B：The hero meets Alicia.He is taking her to his castle(城堡)．

C： 【3】

B：It's more than 500 pages long.It's more exciting than the movie.There is this part when…

C：Wait！ 【4】 I will read it after you have finished it.

B：OK.You'll really like it.

C： 【5】

21、

根据材料内容选择最佳答案。

【1】Who will have a birthday party on 11th June?

A．Judy.

B．Adam.

C．Jack.

【2】How much are one sweater and two T-shirts in Little Star Clothes Store?

A．115 yuan.

B．80 yuan.

C．60 yuan.

【3】If Lucy wants to join the school sports team, she should call ________.

A．233-4615

B．883-4092

C．876-5239

【4】The running time of Moana is ________.

A．87 minutes

B．97 minutes

C．107 minutes

【5】Which of the following is TRUE according to the material?

A．The school sports team wants students who are good at swimming.

B．Both Judy and Adam live in Hong Kan Building.

C．You can buy clothes from Little Star Clothes Store online.

22、When the two brothers were old enough to marry, their father was not happy because their family wasn’t so rich that the brothers often argued with each other about some small interest and he really didn’t know how they would quarrel when they broke up the family and lived apart.

One day, their father was sick,lying in bed and staring at nothing,when the elder son came over to wish him good health. His father said,” Ask your brothers to come here,and I have something to say.”

The younger brother arrived. Their father sat up and said,”I don’t know how the disease(疾病）hit. I’m feeling terribly unwell.”The brothers persuaded（劝说）their father not to worry about it ,but he shook his head,”In fact I don’t worry about this disease because I manage it ,but if you are in discord with each other in the future, it will be our family’s ‘disease’ and no one can deal with it .”The brothers felt ashamed.

The father got out of the bed,pointed to some chickens in the yard and said,”Look at them sitting there in peace with each other, isn’t it good?”Then their father brought out a bowl of corns,went quietly behind the house and spread most of them on the ground.Then he went back to the yard with only a few corns left and flung at (扔向)the chickens.As soon as they saw the corns,the chickens jumped up,quacked their wings and fought for it .The peaceful world was now filled with”smoke of gunpowder”for some coins.

The brothers smiled and understood what their father was driving at .

Their father added,”Both of you saw more corns are behind the house...”

Actually,aren’t many troubles in life because God scattered(撒)some corns before us?

【1】What was the old man worried about ?

A. The elder son would make trouble with the younger one .

B. His family was too poor to leave them anything.

C. The two sons would fight over some small things.

D. The corns in his house was not enough for them to live on.

【2】How did the old man think of his illness?

A. It was serious ,but he could go through it .

B. It was serious ,he couldn’t live long.

C. It was not serious ,and he thought it as nothing.

D. It was serious,and he could hardly stand it .

【3】The underlined phrase”are in disorder”in paragraph 3 means_____here.

A. agree with each other B. get on badly with each other

C. make friends with each other D. are impolite to each other

【4】Why did the old man spread most of corns on the ground ?

A. Because the chickens had already had enough.

B. Because he wanted his sons to grow more corns next year.

C. Because he wanted the chickens to found the rest.

D. Because he wanted to show the terrible scene to his sons.

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

A. We should fine new ways to deal with troubles in life .

B. There are always bad things in our life which we should face.

C. The disease of a family is more serious than the disease of a person.

D. People should be hard-working and live peacefully together.

23、Doing a part-time job is a good way for teenagers to make money if they don’t have pocket money. In England, about 15% of teenagers do part-time jobs in their free time. Popular part-time jobs for teens are handing out newspapers to houses, washing the dishes in a restaurant and so on.

On schooldays they can work for at most two hours a day but not during school hours. On weekends and during school holidays, they can work longer hours.

I look after babies for my neighbors. The parents are busy with their work and I enjoy playing with their kids. Looking after young children is a popular job for teenagers. I get three pounds an hour. I can buy new clothes with the money.

阅读短文，根据短文内容，判断句子正（T）误（F）。

【1】In England, half of the teenagers do part-time jobs in their free time.

【2】Teenagers like handing out newspapers and washing the dishes to make money.

【3】It’s necessary for teenagers to work for at least two hours a day on schooldays.

【4】The writer makes money by looking after his neighbors’ kids.

24、Researchers found that people who go to live concerts and museums live longer than those who do not. Experts from a London university looked at over 6,700 British people for 15 years. They examined how often the people went out and where they went. They found that over-50s who regularly went to concerts were around 30 percent less likely to die in the next 14 years. The over-50s could lengthen their lives by looking at “beautiful arts”. These include art centers, concerts, museums, and the opera and theater. In addition, people who often go to concerts could have more fun.

The lead researcher said money was important in whether or not people went to concerts. She wrote, “Over 40 percent of people in the least wealthy group reported that they never took part in cultural activities.” The UK Health Secretary believes the research. He said arts and culture could improve things like mental health, ageing and loneliness. The UK’s National Health Service will use the arts to improve people’s happiness and health. The researcher said, “I hope more and more people will have more chances to go to concerts, museums, art centers and so on.”

【1】What does the first paragraph mainly tell us?

A．People who go to live concerts and museums live longer.

B．People who often go to concerts could have more fun.

C．Experts from a London university studied over 6,700 people.

D．The over-50s could lengthen their lives by looking at “beautiful arts”.

【2】What’s the Chinese meaning of the underlined word “lengthen”?

A．度过

B．延长

C．缩短

D．加强

【3】What can arts and culture improve?

①people’s mental health

②people’s ageing and loneliness

③people’s happiness and health

④people’s abilities to make money

A．①②③

B．②③④

C．①③④

D．①②④

【4】Why did more than 40 percent of people never take part in cultural activities?

A．Because they weren’t healthy enough.

B．Because they were not interested in them.

C．Because they were not rich enough.

D．Because they had mental illness.

【5】The passage may come from ________.

A．a concert notice

B．a mental report

C．a travel magazine

D．a research report

25、阅读短文，根据上下文和所给的首字母写出所缺单词。注意使用正确形式，每空限填一词。答卷时，要求写出完整单词。

One morning I got up very early. I wanted to go to see my teacher. I was walking along the street when I heard a strange sound coming from the sky. I held up my head and saw strange animal with a big head and small body flying around. It has beautiful f【1】, its eyes were as big as a bulb, its mouth was like a pan, and its nose was too small to be seen. “It must be an a【2】” I said to myself, “Great!Great!” I was so p【3】 and excited that I stopped to watch it carefully. It walked into a shop, the assistant in the shop was very scared. Then she called the police. When it heard the police whistle, it rushed o【4】 of the shop and got into a UFO. The UFO flew away q【5】.

26、假设你是Mike，你有一件很喜欢的物品，而且保存了很久。请根据下列提示，写一篇80词左右的英语短文，介绍这件物品的来历以及你喜欢的原因。

提示：1. What is the thing that you like best and how long have you kept it?

2. Who gave it to you?

3. Does it have special meaning to you? Why?

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