广东省广州市2022-2023学年第一学期荔湾区美华中学八年级期末考试（PDF版，无答案）

2022 学年上学期期末八年级英语检测题
一、语法选择（共 1小题；每小题 15分，满分 15分）
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，从小题所给的 A、B、C
和 D项中选出最佳选项。
Gillian Lynne is one of the most famous dancers in the world. Since 2000， she（1） on
many famous musical shows such as Cats and Phantom of the Opera. （2） many years
ago， Gillian Lynne never did well in school as a child. She couldn't（3） quietly and
often moved around. Her mother was so nervous about her（4） she took Lynne to a
doctor. For 20 minutes， she talked about the problems Lynne was having in school. Then（5）
__ doctor said to Lynne， "I need to speak to your mother first. Wait here."
As they left the room，the docto（r 6） on the radio. He then said to Lynne's mother，
"Just stand and watch her." The minute they got out（7） the room， Lynne was on her
feet， dancing to the music on the radio.
The doctor then turned to Lynne's mother and said， "Mrs. Lynne， your daughter isn't
sick. She's a dancer. You（8） take her to a dance school."
So she did. There were（9） students in Lynne's new dance school. They all worked
very（10） to achieve their dreams. Lynne later went to the Royal Ballet School， one of
the world's（11） dance schools， and became a great dancer.
After（12） the school， she worked on some of the most successful musicals in
history.（13） lucky she was! It is hard to believe what happened to her many years ago.
Everybody else would just put（14） on medication （药物治疗） and tell her to calm
down.
It is important（15） out what you're good at. If you can find it out， keep on doing
it.
（1）A. is working B. has worked C. worked D. works
（2）A. So B. And C. Then D. But
（3）A. sat B. sit C. sitting D. to sit
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（4）A. before B. when C. after D. that
（5）A. the B. an C. a D./
（6）A. turned B. turns C. has turned D. will turn
（7）A. at B. of C. in D. on
（8）A. would B. might C. should D. must
（9）A. hundred B. hundreds C. hundred of D. hundreds of
（10）A. hard B. hardly C. harder D. hardest
（11）A. great B. greater C. greatest D. the greatest
（12）A. leave B. leaving C. left D. to leave
（13）A. How B. What C. What a D. What an
（14）A. she B. herself C. hers D. her
（15）A. finding B. found C. to find D. find
二、完形填空（共 1小题；每小题 1分，满分 10分）
通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后每小题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。
More than 700 years ago， Scotland （苏格兰）was fighting against England. The king of
England wanted to（16） Scotland. England had a strong army so it was （17） for
the Scots people to fight. They lost many times. King Robert of Scotland had to run away from
the English army.
One rainy day. King Robert lay in an old house. He thought that he was not good enough
to be a king. He was so （18） that he didn't even see a spider（蜘蛛）above him. When
he（19） ， he saw the spider climbing. It was trying to climb up its web at the top of the
house but it fell down.
"How sad!" thought King Robert. "The spider is like me. It's not（20） enough." He
watched it while the spider climbed up again. It fell down a second time.
"Be careful， little spider，（21） you might die." he said. "Life is so hard， you
will never get back to your web. But the spider （22） again and again. King Robert
watched as it（23） climbed back to its web. After an hour， the spider got back to the
web.
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"You are such a great spider，" he said. "If you can keep trying， I can too. I must keep on
fighting. I won't let the English win." His （24） grew strong and they （25） the
English army. Scotland was free.
（16）A. leave B. capture C. help D. visit
（17）A. hard B. interesting C. important D. fantastic
（18）A. bored B. cheerful C. worried D. surprised
（19）A. looked at B. looked out C. looked up D. looked for
（20）A. old B. strong C. fast D. free
（21）A. because B. and C. so D. or
（22）A. tried B. fell C. practised D. cheered
（23）A. fast B. easily C. slowly D. suddenly
（24）A. army B. feelings C. opinions D. family
（25）A. kept B. helped C. joined D. stopped
三、阅读（共两节，满分 30分）
第一节 阅读理解（共 4篇；每小题 2分，满分 30分）
阅读下面短文或图表内容，从各题所给的 A、B、C和 D选项中选出最佳选项.
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（6 分）The topic of this year's English Week was "Learning about Writers". Each class chose a
famous writer as the key topic of the English Week，so a series of English Week activities were
also related to the work of this writer.
English Week highlights：
1 Mr. Green， a British famous writer，visited us again to bring wonderful stories to the
children.
2 Dress up Friday，children took the chance to go into the world of the book，and acted as
characters in the work of their class' selected writer，enjoying a special and exciting day.
3 There were also different interesting competitions ， such as Reading photography
competition，English cartoon competition，etc.
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Visit of a famous foreign writer
We invited Mr. Green to share his reading experience with all teachers and students on
November 6th and 7th.At the same time，he also gave a speech on reading for parents on
November 6th，with the title of "Why we need to read aloud to children and how to do it well".
Interesting English Week activities
Photo competition
We invited parents to take a picture of their children while they were reading a book. It
must be one of the works of their class's elected writer. The more creative the photo was，the
more likely it was to win.
Dress up competition
All the students dressed up as characters in a novel written by the writer chosen by their
class. On Friday，we also presented the best costume award and the best class achievement
award.
There were many other wonderful activities during English Week，such as English cartoon
competition and English speaking competition.
We hope every student enjoyed the fun of learning English through this wonderful English
Week activity，and will continue to fall in love with English reading.
（26）Which activity could you take part in if you were interested in acting？
A. Dress up Friday. B. Photo competition.
C. English speaking competition. D. English cartoon competition.
（27）What does the underlined word "It" in Paragraph 4 refer to？
A. The book. B. The picture.
C. The speech. D. The photo competition.
（28）Why does the writer write the passage？
A. To introduce English reading. B. To introduce Mr. Green.
C. To introduce Dress up Friday. D. To introduce English Week.
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（8 分）Wang Yaping is chosen to take part in the Shenzhou﹣13 crewed mission，with the
spaceship launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on
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Oct.16th.She becomes the first woman to enter China's space station core module Tianhe.
Wang was born in 1980 in Shandong Province. She loved jogging and was a basketball
player in the school team.
"When I was young，my world was small， "Wang recalled. "My dream was much more
simple：to go out of the village and to pay back all that my parents had given me. "
Her space dream started in 2003 when China sent its first taikonaut Yang Liwei into space.
"I watched the bright rocket set on fire on TV，and an idea came into my mind：China now has
a male taikonaut，when will there be a female one？" Wang said. At that time，she has been a
transport aircraft pilot for two years in the People's Liberation Army Air Force. After finishing
safe flights for 1，600 hours over nine years，Wang was chosen into the second batch of
Chinese taikonauts in 2010 and became a strong candidate（候选人） for China's first flight as
a female taikonaut.
However， she did not pass her final tests and Liu Yang was named the "first female"
taikonaut. Wang did not lose heart but trained even harder. The candidate always ran three
circles more than others in physical courses，and she asked to train in the pressure room for
extra 30 minutes each time.
Her efforts finally came to success. Wang became a crew member of the Shenzhou﹣10
space mission in 2013，and she earned the title of China's first space teacher after giving a
lesson to students from an orbit more than 300 km above the Earth's surface.
Wang's ponytail，smiling face and soft﹣spoken voice attracted millions of hits on social
media，where she has been known as a "space heroine. "
（29）In what order did the following events take place？
a. Wang took part in the Shenzhou﹣10 space mission.
b. Wang joined the People's Liberation Army Air Force.
c. Wang gave a lesson to students from space in 2013.
d. Wang became a crew member of the Shenzhou﹣13 crewed mission.
e. Wang became a member of the second batch of Chinese tikonauts.
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A. b﹣e﹣a﹣c﹣d B. b﹣a﹣e﹣d﹣c
C. a﹣b﹣e﹣c﹣d D. a﹣b﹣c﹣e﹣d
（30）What can we know about Wang Yaping from the passage？
A. Wang Yaping was named the "first female" taikonaut.
B. Wang Yaping was born in a city in Shandong Province.
C. Wang Yaping has taken part in the Shenzhou mission twice.
D. Wang Yaping took part in the Shenzhou﹣13 mission when she was 37.
（31）What does the underlined word "extra" in paragraph 5 mean？
A. about B. fewer C. more D. less
（32）What can be the best title of the passage？
A. The "first female" taikonaut B. Wang Yaping and Liu Yang
C.A space heroine﹣Wang Yaping D. The Shenzhou﹣13 crewed mission
C
（8分）Once，there was a spoilt（被宠坏的） little prince. He wouldn't let anybody have a new
toy if he didn't have it first. So，if any child in the land wanted a new toy，they had to buy two
and give one to him first.
One day a toymaker came to the land. The prince liked his toys so much that he invited
him to stay a year，provided him with a lot of money and asked him to make a new toy every
day.
"I just want to find a good owner to play with my lovely toys." said the toy maker. "Will
you promise to spend time with each one every day？""Of course." replied the little prince.
Every morning the prince got a new toy，but day by day，there were too many toys. So，
one day the prince put a few toys to one side，hoping to just "forget" about them. However，
when the prince was ready to go to bed，those toys lined up in front of him and，one by one，
asked for their daily playtime. That night， the little prince just couldn't get to sleep until
midnight. The next day，the tired prince slept very late but he still had to get to know a new toy
and then play with all the others.
From then on， every day was a little bit harder. The prince was so tired and sleepy.
▲ .Later，the prince had less and less time and had to play while eating，talking，bathing and
even sleeping. He was terribly tired until one day，as he was looking out of his window，he saw
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some children playing with a stone.
"Hmmmm，I have an idea!" he said，and he sent for the children.He shared his toys and let the
children take home the toys they liked the most.
The idea worked. The prince could enjoy himself without having too many toys to play
with. Even better，he had new friends. From then on，he did the same thing and invited more
children.
At the end of the year the 365 fantastic toys had all been shared out and the palace had
turned into the best playroom in the kingdom.
（33）In Paragraph 4，the prince put some toys to one side because .
A. he didn't like them at all
B. he forgot to play with them
C. the toys were not as good as the others
D. he didn't have enough time to play with all of them
（34）In Paragraph 5，which of the following can be put in"▲".
A. Luckily, the prince finally found a good way to spend time playing with all the toys.
B. However，even with all the time he had，he still didn't had enough time to play with every
toy.
C. To make things worse， the toys were getting more and more angry because of the less
playtime.
D. Then the toymaker came and took back some of the toys so that the prince could have
enough time.
（35）The toymaker might want to teach the prince to .
A. learn to share B. use time in a better way
C. change his hobby D. make good toys for others
（36）What can be the best title of this passage？
A. The Best Playroom B. The Cleverest Toymaker
C. The Prince and the Toys D. The Spoilt Prince and the Children
D
（8分）Who is smarter？A human being or artificial intelligence （人工智能）？
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The question was asked around the world when a computer program called AlphaGo beat
the world top Go（围棋）player，South Korean Lee Se﹣del，4﹣1.In fact，before the match，
most people believed that Lee would certainly be the winner because they didn't think that Al
was good enough to be better than the human mind.However，as a machine，AlphaGo would
never get tired，while Lee Se﹣del was only a human and humans must have some weaknesses.
So，what comes next？
Some people have been thinking that artificial intelligence，or AI in short，will be a bad
thing for humans. In an interview with the BBC in 2014，the UK scientist Stephen Hawking
showed his opinion that development of full artificial intelligence could mean the end of the
human beings.
So，are we really about to live in the world controlled by AI or robots？
Not quite. After all，it 's not hard to get a computer program to remember and produce
facts. What is hard is getting computers to use their knowledge in everyday fields（领域）.
"We think that，for the human being， things like seeing and moving，are natural and
common in our life." Thomas Johnson，founder of Motion Figures，a company that is bringing
AI to toys，told the newspaper. "But for a robot，to walk up and down just like human beings
needs a great number of things to be done every second，and it's really difficult to do. We have
a long way to go before AI can truly begin to be like the human brain ， even though the
technology can be great. "
But，who believes much has to be done to improve AI？
John Markoff of The New York Times said that researchers should build artificial
intelligence to improve people's life." Our fate is in our own hands， " he wrote." "Since
technology depends on the ideas of its creators，we can choose to use technology to improve
the world."
（37）The match between AlphaGo and Lee Se﹣del is mentioned at the beginning of the
article mainly to .
A. show howAI is usually tested
B. get the readers to think about AI
C. draw the readers' attention to AlphaGo
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D. tell the readers AI has been over the human brain
（38）Most people believed Lee would be the winner because they thought that .
A. computers were not so smart as a human
B. computers had weaknesses and also got tired
C. AlphaGo had never beaten a human Go player
D. the Go game was too difficult for the computer program
（39）What does Thomas Johnson probably agree with？
A. Robots do better than humans in most fields.
B. We should use AI to help us finish difficult work.
C. Some easy things may be hard for robots to finish.
D. The development of robots could be harmful one day.
（40）Which sentence has the closest meaning to the underlined sentence？
A. Our lives depend on technology. B. We should do our own things by hand.
C. Our future is in the control of ourselves. D. Technology will totally change our world.
第二节 阅读填空（共 1小题；每小题 5分，满分 5分）
阅读短文内容及文后 A～E选项，选出可以填入各题空白处的最佳选项。
This happened two years ago but remains a lively memory. We sang My Motherland and
Me before a huge stage in Beijing Grand Theater. It was my first time in a gathering attended
by local officials.（41） I was so excited.
（42） I was on a local bus when I first heard it. I couldn't understand the words
but I could follow the tune from memory.（43） We just practised My Motherland and
Me until we could remember the Chinese words.
The day of the event we all wore red and stood on stage.（44） Our performance
would be followed by a group of children who sang Be Brave，a pop song. I love that song too.
After the program， all the performers were called back to the stage. The head of the local
community gave each of us a prize. I went home with my prize，bags of fruits and candies than
my two hands could carry. When my mother arrived home from work，I greeted her，"（45）
_________
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A. For several days，we didn't have lessons.
B. Before singing，we were introduced and warmly welcomed.
C. You're not going to believe what happened to me today!
D. My Motherland and Me is a song with beautiful melody.
E. It was also my first time to taste tanghulu，candied haws on a stick.
四．配对阅读：左栏是五组人员的情况介绍，右栏是七则旅游资讯。请为左栏的每组人员
找到他们需要的资讯。 （共五小题，每小题 1分，共 5分）
A.Alex Center Hotel is 300 meters away from the center
square. It has many modern and large rooms. It also has a
(46) Mr.& Mrs. Smith live in a noisy
business center，meeting rooms，a car park and several
street. They are going to the
restaurants.
beach for a weekend. They dream
B. Youth Hotel provides more than a hundred rooms. The
of eating seafood by the sea and
rooms are not big but clean. No noise can be heard from
spending a quiet night. They also
the streets. There is an outdoor barbecue that everyone
hope the hotel rooms are not so
loves.
expensive.
C. Holiday Village is built in a beautiful valley. You can
(47) Jack is a businessman. He is
have your own house with a small garden. The restaurant
looking for a modern hotel with
in it has delicious food and all kinds of wine，ready for you
good service in the center of the
in the evening，but it may cost much.
city.
D. Seafood Hotel is near the beach. It's famous for
(48) The Lees are having a three-day
different kinds of seafood. And the beach is also beautiful.
holiday. They aren't rich and they
We provide good service and of course the rooms are
enjoy a simple life. The family all
expensive.
like swimming.
E. Holiday Inn is great for its value. It's lying at the foot of
(49) Jim and Susan are planning a trip
the mountain. It provides basic conditions，but the room
after wedding（婚礼）.They want
are clean and big enough for a dance. It has a nice
to choose a hotel with natural
swimming pool.
environment，comfortable rooms
F. Karin's Hotel is on an island. It is famous for its
and good service.
wonderful natural views，nice rooms and its service.
(50) A group of college students are
Staying here can make your trip a pleasant one.
having their holiday. They want a
G. Fishermen's Home is built by the sea. You don't need to
quiet place where they can have
spend much money staying here. Walking along the
their BBQ.（烧烤） They don't
beach，you can see many fish. You can go fishing on the
care the room size.
boat，too. Of course，you can end with your
friends in the restaurant.
五．语篇填词 阅读下面短文， 掌握其大意， 用所给单词的首字母写出所缺单词。在填写
答卷时， 要求写出完整单词。（每空限填一词）（共 5小题，每小题 1分，共 5分）
A good memory can help you a lot. You won't easily forget what you have seen before and you
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can think of things in your（51）m quickly. Memory is a kind of exercise. If you
practise hard，you can easily（52）d your ability to remember things well.
（53）H ，sometimes your memory may play tricks on you. Sometimes the
things you remember really did not happen. For example，I remembered I filled the bottle with
water，but later I found no water in the bottle，it was （54）e .Also，you may
remember not doing something and then come to know that you did. For example，a farmer
wanted to （55）s his fresh vegetables，but when he came to his farm，he found
nothing there. He sold them the week before.
六．完成句子（共 5小题：每小题 2分，满分 10分）
根据所给的汉语内容，用英语完成下列句子。（每空限填一词）
56．《西游记》这本书他已经读过两遍了。
He already the book Journey to the West twice.
57．你最好不要玩太多电脑游戏。
You _______computer games too much.
58．和电脑下象棋很有趣。
very chess with computers.
59．艾玛是家里最细心的人。
Emma is person in ______ family.
60．除非我们锻炼大脑，否则我们没有好的记忆力。
we the brain，we a good memory.
七．书面表达 （共 10分）
你是羊城中学的一名学生，上周你们参加了学校各社团组织的英语周活动，请根据以下内
容和提示要求写一篇英语短文，汇报你们小组成员参与的活动并分享你参与的社团及收
获。
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要求：
（1）短文应包括表格中的所有内容，可适当发挥。
（2）语言表达准确、通顺和连贯。
（3）词数 80左右，短文开头已经给出，不计入总字数，文中不得出现个人信息。
Last month，we had a successful English Week. There were many exciting moments in
different clubs.___________
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