广东省深圳市福田区红岭中学2023-2024学年八年级上学期期末英语试题（含答案）

红岭教育集团2023—2024学年度第一学期
八年级期末考试
英语试卷
（说明：本试卷考试时间为70分钟，满分为75分）
Ⅰ．完形填空（10分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。（共10小题，每小题1分）
One day, I went swimming with some friends in a lake. Beside the water was a huge rock as tall as a house.
My friends thought it would be 1 to jump into the water from it. I had a fear of heights, so I had no 2 in jumping off the rock. And I had never told them about my fear. I just got in the water and swam around. I was the best swimmer, so I was ready to 3 anyone if something went wrong.
Everyone jumped off the rock many times, except me.
“Hey, John! You haven’t jumped yet. Are you 4 ” said one of the girls.
Soon, they were all shouting, “Jump! Jump! Jump!”
I didn’t want them to know my fear, so I 5 the rock. Everyone was watching me. Only Wendy, my best friend, was swimming in the water far below.
Suddenly I 6 Wendy was struggling（挣扎）in the water. I called her, but she didn’t answer. I was the 7 person to her and the best swimmer at the time. I knew she needed help. I had no 8 .
I jumped into the water, got close to her and took her to the beach. 9 , she was fine.
I still don’t like heights, but I’m proud of what I did. You never know what you’re 10 to do when someone needs your help.
（ ）1．A．comfortable B．strange C．dangerous D．fantastic
（ ）2．A．difficulty B．interest C．fun D．luck
（ ）3．A．push B．advise C．protect D．follow
（ ）4．A．tired B．afraid C．interested D．sure
（ ）5．A．set up B．sat at C．climbed up D．looked at
（ ）6．A．noticed B．promised C．realized D．doubted
（ ）7．A．closest B．cleverest C．funniest D．youngest
（ ）8．A．plan B．advantage C．advice D．choice
（ ）9．A．Naturally B．Luckily C．Sadly D．Certainly
（ ）10．A．ready B．glad C．able D．free
Ⅱ．阅读理解（40分）
第一节 阅读下列短文，从下面每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。（共15小题，每小题1.5分）
A
难度系数：★★★
Have you ever seen chipmunks（花栗鼠） They look very much like squirrels（松鼠）, but they spend much of their time on the ground. People name this animal chipmunk because they make the special chip-chip sound. There are as many as 25 kinds of chipmunks, and most live in North America. A wild chipmunk can live for 2 to 5 years.
Chipmunks are very small, and they enjoy living alone. When they are two months old, they leave their mothers to live by themselves. They build their own homes and start collecting food there all by themselves. They do not like living or making friends with other chipmunks much.
Unlike other hibernating（冬眠的）animals, chipmunks do not live on body fats during winters. They collect and keep food during summers and eat it during winters. In winter, they don’t sleep all the way through the winter. They are light sleepers and wake up every few days to eat food.
Chipmunks may not be as popular as pet dogs or pet cats, but they can be good ones. They can feed on many things from vegetables and fruits to nuts（坚果）and bird eggs. They sleep at night, so you don’t have to look after them during night time. But you have to remember one thing—chipmunks have trust problems, so it takes time for them to become close to you.
（ ）11．What can we learn about the chipmunks from the first paragraph
A．Some of their relatives. B．Their living place.
C．How they live in the wild. D．Their number in the wild.
（ ）12．How old are chipmunks when they begin to live alone
A．2 months old. B．5 months old. C．2 years old. D．5 years old.
（ ）13．What does the third paragraph mainly talk about
A．Where chipmunks keep their food. B．How chipmunks go through winter.
C．What chipmunks eat during winters. D．Why chipmunks are special animals.
（ ）14．If you want to have a pet chipmunk, you have to
A．buy it lots of food B．look after it at night
C．give it time to trust you D．keep it away from your dog
（ ）15．Where can we read the text
A．In a student’s diary. B．In a movie advertisement.
C．In a noticeboard at school. D．In an encyclopaedia of animals.
B
难度系数：★★★★
A simple honk（汽车喇叭声）from the bus is one part of a secret code（代码）between the driver and students living in a far-away village in Wanzhou district, Chongqing.
Seeing a schoolbag hanging from the doorknob of an old house along the road, the bus driver drives towards the roadside and makes a honk to answer the “code”. Then a boy runs outside, takes the school bag, and gets on the bus.
The boy’s parents work far from home, leaving him in the care of his grandmother. The boy is in the ninth grade this year. He comes home every Friday and goes back to school in the city every Sunday. To make the journey easier, he and the driver, Cheng Lin, have developed a special “code”. When the boy’s schoolbag is hanging outside the house, it “tells” Mr Cheng. “Today, it’s time to go back to school. I need to catch the bus.”
The parents of the boy are deeply touched when they know this. They show their heartfelt thanks to Mr Cheng and feel comfortable that there is someone taking care of their son while they are away.
Mr Cheng has been driving the Luotian to Wugiao Nan Station bus for many years. There are many left-behind children on this bus line. Realizing the importance of his role in their lives, he has paid more attention on Fridays and Sundays.
The driver’s kindness to the student touches the hearts of many people. One wrote online. “He is a good driver. The schoolbag is their code, with love inside.”
（ ）16．What do we know about the boy
A．He lives in the city B．He is in high school
C．He lives with his parents D．He lives far away from school
（ ）17．How does the boy go to school or come home from school
A．By car. B．On foot. C．By riding a bike. D．By taking the bus.
（ ）18．What will the boy do when he needs to take the bus
A．Call the bus driver and tell him.
B．Wait outside for the bus coming.
C．Hang his schoolbag outside the house.
D．Let his grandma wait for the bus and tell him.
（ ）19．What do we know about Cheng Lin
A．He works far away from home.
B．He is understanding and helpful.
C．He works only on Friday and Sunday.
D．He lives in Wanzhou district, Chongqing.
（ ）20．In which part of the newspaper can we see the text
A．Touching Story. B．New Invention. C．Famous People. D．Big Events.
C
难度系数：★★★★★
Over the last year, 30 students between the ages of 21 and 25 from the Netherlands took a year off from university to work on developing a solar-powered car. The car is called Stella Terra.
In order to create a car that could deal with the kind of tough driving the team was planning for, the students had to design the car from top to bottom.
On top, of course, were the solar panels（嵌板）.Most solar panels are only about 20% efficient（有效的）.That means they waste about 80% of the sunlight they get. But the Stella Terra’s solar panels are 97% efficient.
Like most electric cars, Stella Terra stores energy in a battery. Thanks to its powerful solar panels and its battery, when it’s sunny, the car can run for 440 miles a day. Stella Terra can carry two people, and has a top speed of 90 mph. The car weighs just 2.600 pounds. That’s about two-thirds the weight of a common car.
On the bottom, the team designed a system to help the car deal with heavy shaking that comes when driving over rough（粗糙的）surfaces.
The team recently took the car on its biggest test—a challenging 620-mile test drive across Morocco. The car had to travel through forests as well as dry riverbeds. It had to drive across desert sand and up mountain roads. The car succeeded in doing all of this.
The team is very proud of their car, and they won’t be upset if car companies start to copy their ideas. In fact, they hope that other car companies try to work on similar projects.
（ ）21．What does the author NOT mention in the first paragraph
A．The name of the car. B．The team behind the car.
C．The time for making the car. D．The good points of Stella Terra.
（ ）22．What can we learn about Stella Terra’s solar panels
A．They are less efficient. B．They are made by scientists.
C．They waste far less sunlight. D．They can take in 80%of sunlight.
（ ）23．What’s the fourth paragraph mainly about
A．Some basic information on Stella Terra.
B．The way the solar panels work to run the car.
C．Difficulties the students met in making the car.
D．Stella Terra’s differences from most electric cars.
（ ）24．What do we know about the test
A．The car ran 600 miles in total.
B．It was a really successful test.
C．It was taken in the students’ country.
D．The car ran all kinds of roads for the test.
（ ）25．What’s the writer’s purpose in writing the text
A．To ask car companies to speed up. B．To introduce some creative students.
C．To show a new solar-powered car. D．To encourage students to follow the team.
第二节 短文填空
以下是一则短文。请阅读短文，并从下列方框里的六个句子中选择五个还原到原文中，使原文的意思完整、连贯。（共5小题，每小题2分）
Do you feel anxiety（焦虑）during a big test In fact, a little anxiety can be useful. (26) ______ However, if you have too much anxiety, it will influence your performance. Here are some ways for you.
Answer the easy questions first.
Just start by putting your name on the paper. You have to start somewhere. Take a quick look at the test. (27) ______
Cross out the wrong answers first.
Start by finding the answers you don’t think are correct. You might not know the correct answer right away, but you can look at the answer choices and find one or two that you know to be wrong.
(28) ______
Circle or mark these questions so you know to come back to them. Taking this step is actually progress. Knowing you’re making progress on a question reduces anxiety about it.
Keep calm.
(29) ______ Look around and notice each of your five senses. Name something you see, hear, smell, feel and taste. This might sound like a woo-woo method but it reduces anxiety in the moment.
Use 4-7-8 breathing.
Breathe in through your nose for 4 seconds, hold your breath for 7 seconds, and breathe out through the mouth for 8 seconds. Repeat this 3 to 4 times until your heart rate（心率）slows down. Actually count. (30) ______
A．Tick questions that you don’t know. B．It will help you perform at your best. C．Then answer the easy questions first. D．That’s what makes this method magic. E．Start writing down everything you know. F．Stop your test for a moment and survey the room you’re in.
第三节 信息匹配
下面的材料A-F分别是某百科全书中的六条信息，请根据五位同学的描述，选择他们感兴趣的内容，并将其标号填入题前括号内。（共5小题，每小题1.5分）
A B C
As one of the most dangerous fish in the ocean, the shark deserves the title. There are many I kinds of sharks, such as great white sharks, hammerhead sharks and tiger sharks. They mainly feed on meat. Do you know hummingbirds As the smallest bird in the world, even t the largest one is only about 20cm long and weighs only 20g. Hummingbirds are small, but they can fly about 45 kilometers in an hour. The animal is the fastest land animal in the world. It is the member of the cat family. Most of the cheetahs live in Africa. How fast are they Their running speed can be up to about 115 kilometers per hour.
D E F
They are lazy t because they can sleep up to 22 hours a day. They spend most of their lifetime staying in trees. The koalas don’t drink water like most animals do. They get water from the tree leaves. People hate the insect because it likes to bite them However, most of them don’t know that only female（雌性的）mosquitoes bite people. And according to studies, they prefer to bite people with Type blood. The animal lives in the mountain forests of the Himalayas. It mainly feeds on bamboo, fruit and insects. The body length of the wild red panda is usually between 50 cm and 75 cm.
（ ）31．Kate: I’m interested in sea animals, especially sharks. I want to know more about them.
（ ）32．Peter: Nicknamed “Little Cheetah（猎豹）”, I am the fastest runner in my class. But I know little about cheetahs.
（ ）33．Betty: I don’t know why mosquitoes love to bite me most. Because of them, I don’t like summer at all.
（ ）34．Mary: During my journey to Australia, I saw some koalas. They were so funny.
（ ）35．Kevin: today I got to know a new kind of bird—hummingbird. It looks cute and I want to know more about the bird.
第二部分（非选择题 25分）
Ⅶ．语法填空（10分）
阅读下面短文，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。（共10小题，每小题1分）
This is a Chinese myth about the fantastic bird Jingwei. People (36) ______ (talk) about it for many many years.
The Yan Emperor has a younger daughter (37) ______ (name) Nuwa. Nuwa is a lively girl and she loves playing in the sea. One day, Nuwa goes to the Eastern Sea (38) ______ (have) some fun. As she goes further away from the shore, the water becomes more and (39) ______ (violence). Big waves come one after (40) ______ (other). Nuwa does not know how to deal with it. Help! she cries, but no one is there to save her. After a serious fight against the angry sea, the little girl loses all of her(41) ______ (strong) and drowns.
(42) ______ Nuwa dies, her spirit turns into a bird called Jingwei. Unlike usual birds, Jingwei looks like a crow with a white beak and red feet. It makes the sad sound: Jingwei and gets its name from the sound. Jingwei lives in Fajiu Mountain which is full if fruit trees. The little bird has (43) ______ strange habit. It (44) ______ (regular) carries small branches and stones from the Western Mountains to fill up the Eastern Sea. Why does Jingwei do that There are many ideas. Some people think Jingwei wants to punish the sea for taking her life. Some people argue that Jingwei does it to keep other people from drowning. No one knows the real answer but everyone (45) ______ (praise) Jingwei for its strong will to change something as unchangeable as the Eastern Sea.
Ⅷ．书面表达（15分）
假设你是李华，你的英国笔友Michael上周给你写了一封邮件，信中与你分享了他对于人工智能的一些观点，并表示他对于人工智能即将代替人类的担忧。请你根据以下提示给他写一封回信。要点如下：
1．建议Michael不要过分忧虑；
2．在信中阐述人工智能的优点；
①可以代替人类从事危险工作，从而保证人类安全。
②可以代替人类进行单调重复的工作。
③……
3．总结你对人工智能的看法。
要求：
1．词数80左右（开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数）；
2．要点齐全，可适当发挥；
3．条理清楚，语句通顺，意义连贯，书写规范。
参考词汇：
人工智能AI（Artificial Intelligence） 优点advantage 代替take the place of
Dear Michael,
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Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
2023-2024福田八年级红岭中学期末真题卷答案
I．完形填空（10分）
【答案】1．D 2．B 3．C 4．B 5．C 6．A 7．A 8．D 9．B 10．C
Ⅱ．阅读理解（40分）
A 11．B 12．A 13．B 14．C 15．D
B 16．D 17．D 18．C 19．B 20．A
C 21．D 22．C 23．A 24．B 25．C
第二节 短文填空
26．B 27．C 28．A 29．F 30．D
第三节 信息匹配（共5小题，每小题1分）
31．A 32．C 33．E 34．D 35．B
第二部分 非选择题（25分）
III．语法填空（10分）
36．have talked 37．named 38．to have 39．more violent 40．another 41．strengths 42．After
43．a 44．regularly 45．praises
Ⅳ．书面表达 略