2022-2023学年牛津译林版八年级英语下册期末冲刺练习2（含答案）

2023 8B 期末冲刺练习二
一、单项选择
( )1.—My feelings for you have not changed .
—But you have changed .You are not as you .
are B. used to be C. will be D. have been
( )2.Do not give up easily, for you can never tell close you may be to success.
A. what B. how C. why D. where
( )3.---My parents and I plan to watch the animal migration(迁徙) in Africa this summer.
---Wow,! Bet it be an unusual experience !
A. may B. can C. need D. must
( )4.The destiny (命运) of the youth is always connected with the times. We have always believed that the future of our nation depends on the youth.
A. equally B. exactly C. clearly D. closely
( )5.—Kids from happy families are more confident.
— That’s true. A happy family provides a loving for its children.
A. environment B. activity C. expression D. condition
( )6.My grandma lives actively. She says youth is a time of life, a state (状态) of mind.
A. either; or B. neither; nor C. both; and D. not: but
( )7. It is generous_____ them to donate money to UNICEF. They think it important ____ them to help poor children go to school.
A. to; for B. for; of C. of; to D. of; for
( )9.—Don't punish him. He's only two years old.
—A kid is never learn good manners.
A. too old to B. too young to C. old enough to D. young enough to
( )10.The weather report says it will be cloudy with a slight of rain later tonight.
A. sense B. influence C. change D. chance
( )11.—When will the women's football match between China and South Korea begin on TV
—Oh, it for ten minutes, ending in 4:3. China won the game.
A. has finished B. has been on C. has been over D. has begun
( )12.—What a thick fog! I went the wrong way at the corner and finally got lost.
—It's easy to make a wrong turn here even under an ideal weather________.
A. conversation B. conclusion C. condition D. communication
( )13.—Do you agree with her idea
—No, I'm strongly riding an electric bike to school. That's too dangerous.
A. for B .on C. off D. against
( )14.—Lisa, I know you’re confident about getting that job but remember __________. So why don’t you send your application forms to a few more companies
—Sounds good!
A. don’t put all your eggs in one basket B. the early bird catches the worm
C. actions speak louder than words D. every dog has its day
( )15.—Can you offer me some advice What do you think of that online lending app
—I’m just passing through. I just want to say, “_____________”.
A. Don’t fall for it. B. Don’t count on me C. Don’t let me down D. Don’t get me wrong
二、完形填空
It was party time. Christmas was so close, and so was her birthday. Ann wished she could get a new dress as a Christmas gift. But she did not want to ask her mom for that. She knew how 1 her mom worked to support the whole family.
Her classmates were talking only of Christmas 2 .
“My rich aunt is surely going to give me a pretty branded doll again.” said Ria.
“I have been talking about that costly watch to my parents. Surely they will gift that to me.” told Tessi.
Ann felt left out in those 3 . She neither had rich parents nor rich aunt or uncle to give her expensive gifts.
The days passed and soon it was Christmas Eve. In everyone’s, 4 Ann’s house, a Christmas tree stood in the living room. In the kitchens there was the lovely smell of freshly baked cakes and turkey. But 5 lovely was being cooked in Ann’s house. Ann went to bed with a 6 heart. She knew that there would be no gifts for her.
Ring…. Ring…. Ann jumped, hearing the alarm.
She suddenly 7 that it’s Christmas day. Without much hope Ann looked if there were any gifts for her. Wonder of wonders! There laid a beautiful red box.
Ann excitedly opened the package. It was a pretty white dress. She 8 it. It was soft and silky.
A small piece of paper fell out from the package.
“Dear Ann, This dress is given to you for being a good girl. Hope you 9 to do good things and help your mother.
Santa Claus”
There was something familiar about this note. Ann looked into the note carefully. 10 she realized that this handwriting was similar to her mother’s. Her mother had worked overtime to save money to buy this expensive gift. Ann was happy beyond words. She knew that she was the luckiest girl to have such a wonderful mother as a wonderful Christmas gift.
( )1. A. far B. fast C. well D. hard
( )2. A. trees B. dresses C. gifts D. stories
( )3. A. games B. plays C. competitions D. conversations
( )4. A. including B. except C. through D. opposite
( )5. A. something B. anything C. nothing D. everything
( )6. A. light B. heavy C. cold D. warm
( )7. A. forgot B. imagined C. remembered D. reminded
( )8. A. studied B. touched C. checked D. washed
( )9. A. continue B. begin C. promise D. learn
( )10. A. Luckily B. Suddenly C. Slowly D. Clearly
三、阅读理解
A
( )1.When will the swimming pool open again
A. Tuesday, 24th February from7am B. Thursday, 25th February from 7am
C. Thursday, 24th February from 7am D. Tuesday, 24th February from 7pm
( )2.What should the members do if they have questions about the sports center
A. Call 018961821. B. Send a letter to sport@
C. Get in touch with their coaches. D. Go to the help desk from 8am to 8pm.
( )3. The center sends this email to tell the members that______________________.
A. the swimming pool will be opened again. B. swimming here will cost more money.
C. there is a new sport in the sports center. D. more people will become members of the sports center.
B
For many people, having a cup of coffee right out of bed is the best way to start a day. But a report from Asap Science says otherwise.
It says the worst time for coffee is soon after we get up. When we wake up, our bodies start to make cortisol(皮质醇). Cortisol helps us to think clearly and be quick to understand and act. The cortisol levels（浓度）rise after we wake up and climb to the highest in about an hour. So there are two problems when we drink coffee during this time: our bodies will make less cortisol, and the cortisol will make coffee less useful. And that’s why some of us drink more and more coffee.
Then, when’s the best time to have coffee When the cortisol levels are going down, the report says. Cortisol levels are usually highest between 8 a.m. and 9 a.m., between noon and 1 p.m., and between 5:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. So if you want to have coffee, enjoy it after these times, and this popular drink will help you the most.
( )4.Which idea is talked about in the passage
A. How often we should drink coffee B. What happens when we have too much coffee.
C. How to help the body make the cortisol we need. D. What happens when we have coffee at the wrong time.
( )6.The picture below shows how the cortisol levels rise and fall during the day. From the passage, which is a good time for coffee
A B.B C.C D. D
( )7.What is cortisol
A. It is something that can help us think clearly and be quick to understand and act.
B. It rises after we wake up and climb to the highest in half an hour.
C. It can make 2 problems.
D. It makes coffee less useful.
C
I was walking down the street in Beijing the other day and passed a couple sitting on a bench. “She must be 180 centimeters tall, "I heard the woman say to the man. I turned to look at them straight in the eye at once. I felt angry and sad that they were talking about me and staring. The woman suddenly said, “Oh, she must understand Chinese.” “Yes, I do,” I replied. Then, they both smiled and laughed, and so did I.
This was yet another time in China when strangers stared or talked about my appearance. It's either because of my unusually tall height as a woman or because I am a foreigner. As a shy person, this makes me feel quite uncomfortable. I just want to fit in! I usually just try to pay no attention to such people, but this time, as soon as I talked to the couple, they went from judgemental strangers to people I just shared a warm and funny moment with.
It reminded me how important it is to have the right attitude（态度）and to be understanding. There aren't that many foreigners in China, so it's only natural that Chinese people will feel curious about foreigners and how they look different. Although when people stare at you it feels a bit unfriendly, most people are simply curious and may even want to chat with you.
In short, I can't change this situation. The only thing I can change is my attitude toward it. Life is too short to be influenced by the little things. We need to enjoy each moment with a positive（积极的）and open attitude!
( )9. How did the author deal with this kind of situation before
A. She just laughed back. B. She talked to the people.
C. She gave no attention. D. She shared a smile with them.
( )10. In Paragraph 3, the author.
A. expressed her anger again B. described her life in a foreign country
C. put herself in other people's shoes D. explained why she became hostile
( )11. What has the author learned from her experience
A. Being a foreigner is not an easy thing. B. Don't judge people by their looks.
C. Don't talk about others' appearance in public. D. We should have a positive and open attitude.
D
The Chinese language differs from Western languages in that, instead of an alphabet (字母表), it uses characters(汉字) which stand for ideas, objects or deeds. Chinese words are formed by putting together different characters. In many cases, a single character can also
make up a word. As one kind of the most ancient characters, Chinese characters have played an important part in the development of Chinese culture. At first, ancient Sumerian and ancient Egyptian symbols existed (存在), but only Chinese characters are still in use today. The history of the Chinese language can be examined by looking at how these characters developed.
Chinese writing began thousands of years ago. According to an ancient story, a man named Cang Jie invented Chinese writing. One winter day while he was hunting, he saw the footprints of animals in the snow and noticed that the appearance of each one was different. Then he had the idea that he could use different shapes to represent different objects. The first Chinese characters were drawings of physical objects. Some characters have been simplified (简化) and others have been made more difficult over time.
However, as a whole, the characters have developed from drawings into standard forms. The character for a mountain was at first three mountaintops together. This became one mountaintop and three lines, and over time turned into the character used nowadays.
Sometimes to express ideas, some characters were made by putting two or more characters together. For example, “rest” was made up of the characters for a man and a tree. The character “prisoner” was formed with a “man” inside a square. Other characters were developed for directions and numbers. It is easy to distinguish (区别) their meanings by looking at them, for example, the characters for “up” and “down”, which are opposites of each other.
Though these kinds of characters show meanings, one of their shortcomings is that they do not show how they should be pronounced(发音). Therefore, a way was developed to have one part of a character represent the meaning and the other suggest the pronunciation. Many Chinese characters used today were made this way.
In the 1950s the Chinese government introduced simplified Chinese characters in the hope to make learning to read and write more understandable to a large number of people, which would increase literacy (读写能力) across the country. And now they have widespread use in China’s mainland.
( )12.The writer introduced the Chinese characters by .
A. giving examples B. providing causes C. expressing opinions D. comparing(比较) facts
( )13.The following sentence would best be placed at the beginning of .
Not all characters were developed from drawings of objects.
A. Paragraph 5 B. Paragraph 4 C. Paragraph 3 D. Paragraph 2
( )14.Which Chinese character used the underlined (下划线的) way
A. B. C. D.
( )15.What can we learn from the passage
A. Chinese characters have turned into standard forms, which are easier than before.
B. Chinese characters we use today have been accepted by large numbers of people.
C. Chinese characters existed at the very beginning and are still in use today like other ancient symbols.
D. Chinese words and English words are both formed by putting alphabets and characters together.
( )16.What might be the best title for the passage
A. The difference between Chinese and Western language B. How to form Chinese characters
C. The development of Chinese characters D. The history of the Chinese language
四、词汇运用
1. Tom has a __________ (谈话) with his teacher about his study problem.
2. What’s the __________ (符合习俗的) way to greet people in Africa
3. There is little rain in some areas in __________ (西北方) China.
4. I don’t like the man who ____________ (乱扔垃圾) in our beautiful school.
5.The garden is very beautiful, _________ (特别是) when the sky is blue and the sun shines.
6. Our parents are the __________ (close)people to us in the world.
7. Please talk to the old people as __________ (polite) as you can.
8.There is only one thing that makes a dream (possible)to achieve: the fear of failing.
9. ---How is your father now --- He is still under __________(treat) in hospital.
10. Too much traffic is ________ (harm) to the environment.
五、综合填空
Shaoshan is a small city close to Changsha, Hunan. It is famous for the hometown of Mao Zedong, the founding father of People’s Republic of China. So far tourism 1. (become) the leading industry(产业) in Shaoshan. It receives 2. (million) of visitors every year. Among numerous scenic spots, Mao Zedong Boyhood Residence(住宅) and Mao Zedong Bronze Status(青铜像) Square are much 3. (busy) than others.
Mao Zedong Boyhood Residence faces north, and the building structure(结构) is 4. a Chinese character “凹”. On the east, it belongs to(属于) Mao’s family, while 5. other side of the house is Mao’s neighbor’s. The central room 6. (share) by the two families. On December 26, 1893, Mao was born in the house.
Mao Zedong Bronze Status Square gets its name 7. of the Mao Zedong bronze statue in the square. The bronze statue is 10.1 meters in 8. (high). This number stands for the National Day on October 1 as well as the great founder of New China. It took a long time for designers and workers 9. (complete) the whole bronze. 10. (certain), the statue has reproduced the people’s leader Chairman Mao at the founding ceremony of New China.
六、阅读短文，回答问题
Flora and her dad are moving to a new house soon. Next week, workers will turn the yard of the old house into a car park. The yard is full of beautiful flowers grown by Flora and Dad.
“My poor flowers,” Flora complains in a low voice, looking at the bright purple blooms(花朵) sadly. She sits outside, selling things she doesn’t want to take to the new house. Beside her hangs a sign that says Yard Sale. Several of her neighbours come to have a look.
Dad comes out, holding some snacks in his hands. “Here’s a snack for everyone,” he says. Flora’s dad loves sharing things.
Occasionally(偶然地), Flora digs her heels(鞋后跟) deep into the grass. Then she feels the soft earth move under her heels, and she knows what she can do.
She whispers her plan to Dad. He nods with a smile. Flora takes out some flowerpots(花盆) happily and finds a tool to dig with. Carefully she digs up the flowers with some earth and puts them into the pots.
She lines up the pots near her sign. Now she is ready to be a generous person, just like her Dad.
“How much is a pot ” asks Ana from next door.
“Zero cents!” she smiles and says, “Pick any pot you like!”
回答下面5个问题，每题答案不超过8个词。
1．What will happen to the yard
____________________________________________
2．Why does Flora feel sad at first
____________________________________________
3．What is written on the sign
____________________________________________
4．Where are the flowers in the pots from
____________________________________________
5．What do you think of Flora’s Dad according to the passage
____________________________________________
参考答案
一、BBDDA DDBDC CCDAA
二、DCDBC BCBAB
三、CDA DDA CCD ABDBC
四、conversation/proper/north-west/litters/especially/closest/politely/impossible/treatment/harmful
五、1.has become 2.millions 3. busier 4. like 5. the
6.is shared 7.because 8. height 9. to complete 10.Certainly
六、It will be turned into a car park
Because she doesn’t want to leave the flowers.
Yard sale.
From the yard.
He is generous and kind.