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2024-2025学年八年级英语上学期期中模拟卷（广州）
本试卷共12页，四大题，满分90分。考试用时100分钟。
注意事项：
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4.考生必须保持答题卡的整洁，考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
5. 测试范围：八年级上册Units 1~4（牛津广州深圳版）。
6. 难度系数：0.65。
一、语法选择（15分）
Many years ago, people lived a different life because they had no computers. For example, if people wanted to send letters to ___1_____ friends, they 2 to write down the letters first. Then they went to a post office 3 them. If they wanted to buy something, they had to go out to look for 4 thing they wanted in the street. It took them ____5____ time. If they wanted to know what happened in ____6____ places, they couldn’t know it at once. They had to 7 until(直到) somebody told them sometime later .
After _____8_____ the computer, our lives became 9 than before. With the help 10 computers , don’t have to post letters through the post office. They just get on the Internet 11 send emails to their friends. 12 they want to buy something, they don’t have to go out to look for them 13 . They can click(点击) the mouse and order what they want 14 the Internet. If they want to know what 15 around the world now, they just search the Internet.
1 A. them B. them C. their D. theirs
2 A. need B. were needing C. needed D. had needed
3 A. to send B. sending C. sent D. sends
4 A. a B. an C. the D. /
5 A. too many B. much too C. too much D. many too
6 A. other B. others C. another D. the other
7 A. wait B. waits C. waited D. waiting
8 A. invent B. inventing C. invented D. invents
9 A. easily B. more easy C. easier D. the easiest
10 A. about B. under C. by D. of
11 A. however B. after C. and D. so
12 A. But B. If C. Or D. Because
13 A. also B. either C. too D. as well
14 A. on B. in C. at D. to
15 A. happened B. will happen C. is happening D. to happen
【答案】1-5 CCACC 6-10 AABCD 11-15 CBBAC
【解析】
1.C考查代词用法。句意：如果人们想给他们的朋友写信。名词前面用形容词性的物主代词。答案选C
2.C考查动词用法。都是叙述过去发生的事情，用一般过去时态。答案选C
3.A考查不定式用法。去邮局发信。表示目的用不定式。答案选A
4.C考查冠词用法。句意：如果他们想买东西，他们必须出去在街上寻找他们想要的东西。这里thing特指。答案选C
5.C考查词语辨异用法。Too much修饰不可数名词。Too many 修饰可数名词。答案选C
6.A考查代词辨异用法。句意：如果他们想知道其他地方发生了什么，他们不能马上知道。Other后面接名词，表示泛指“别的，其它的”答案选A
7.A考查情态动词用法。had to+动词原形。答案选A
8.B考查非谓语动词用法。句意：发明了计算机后，我们的生活比以前更轻松了。after接动词用Ving形式。答案选B
9.C考查形容词比较级用法。句意：发明了计算机后，我们的生活比以前更轻松了。Than比较级标志。答案选C
10.D考查固定搭配用法。With the help of。。。。在。。。帮助下。答案选D
11.C考查连词用法。上网和发邮件，并列关系用and连接。答案选C
12.B考查连词用法。句意：如果他们想买东西，他们也不必出去找。前后句子条件关系。用if连接。答案选B
13.B考查词语辨异用法。句意：如果他们想买东西，他们也不必出去找。否定句“也”用either。答案选B
14.A考查介词用法。在网上用“on”答案选A
15.C考查用法。句意：如果他们想知道世界各地正在发生什么，他们只需搜索互联网。表示正在发生的事情用现在进行时态。答案选C
二、完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16 25各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选 出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Once upon a time, there was a young kid named Rohit. He came from a poor family. He was passing through the forest 16 some wood one day. He came to an elderly man who was starving (挨饿). Rohit wanted to feed him, but he didn’t have enough 17 for himself. As a result, he continued on his journey.
On his journey, he came upon a 18 deer. He wanted to give the deer some water, but he couldn’t since he didn’t have any. As a result, he continued on his journey. Then he came upon a man who wanted to set up his camp but didn’t have any 19 . Rohit asked about his condition and handed him some wood. The man offered him some food and water in return. Rohit 20 to the elderly man and fed him, as well as giving the deer some water. The deer and the elderly man were happy. Rohit then cheerfully continued on his journey.
One day, Rohit slid (滑落) down the slope (斜坡) 21 when he was walking in the forest. He was so 22 that he couldn’t move and no one could help him. However, when the old man he helped before noticed Rohit, he arrived at once and 23 him up the slope. His legs were full of wounds. When the deer whom Rohit had given water noticed his wounds, it ran to the 24 quickly and returned with some herbs. His wounds were covered after a while. They were all joyful because they were able to help one another.
From the story, we can learn that if you help others, they will help you. When we are in need, all of the love and support we 25 for others will undoubtedly come back to us tenfold (十倍地). So, my children, always try to help others to make the planet a better place to live.
16. A. carrying B. selling C. hiding D. finding
17. A. money B. water C. milk D. food
18. A. thin B. thirsty C. strong D. hungry
19. A. cotton B. bamboo C. plastics D. wood
20. A. moved B. drove C. returned D. rode
21. A. carelessly B. slowly C. seriously D. early
22. A. painful B. helpful C. harmful D. thankful
23. A. held B. woke C. pulled D. picked
24. A. zoo B. shop C. hospital D. forest
25. A. buy B. lend C. make D. provide
【答案】16. A 17. D 18. B 19. D 20. C 21. A 22. A 23. C 24. D 25. D
【导语】本文讲述了罗希特帮助一位老人和一只鹿，之后又收到回报的故事，这篇文章告诉我们要帮助我们身边的人，让世界变得更加美好。
16. 句意：一天，他带着一些木头穿过森林，他遇到了一位饥饿的老人。
carrying携带；selling卖；hiding躲藏；finding找。根据“some wood one day.”以及后文提到的“Rohit asked about his condition and handed him some wood.”可知，他是携带木头穿过森林。故选A。
17. 句意：罗希特想给他吃的，但他自己没有足够的食物。
money钱；water水；milk牛奶；food食物。根据“Rohit wanted to feed him, but he didn’t have enough”可知，前文提到老人饿了，这里应说他没有足够的食物。故选D。
18. 句意：在他的旅途中，他遇到了一只口渴的鹿。
thin瘦的；thirsty渴的；strong强壮的；hungry饿的。根据“He wanted to give the deer some water,”可知，应说遇到了一只口渴的鹿。故选B。
19. 句意：结果，他继续他的旅程，然后他遇到了一个人想要搭起他的营地，但没有任何木头。
cotton棉花；bamboo竹子；plastics塑料；wood木头。根据“Then he came upon a man who wanted to set up his camp but didn’t have any”可知，是要搭建营地，但是没有木头。故选D。
20. 句意：罗希特回到老人身边，喂他吃东西，并给鹿喝了一些水。
moved移动；drove驾驶；returned返回；rode骑。根据“The man offered him some food and water in return.”可知，是带着水和食物返回，去找老人和鹿。故选C。
21. 句意：一天，罗希特在森林里散步时不小心滑下了斜坡。
carelessly粗心地；slowly缓慢地；seriously 认真地；early提早。根据“Rohit slid (滑落) down the slope (斜坡)”可知，应说不小心滑下了斜坡。故选A。
22. 句意：他痛得动弹不得，没有人能帮助他。
painful痛苦的；helpful有帮助的；harmful有害的；thankful感激的。根据“that he couldn’t move”可知，应说痛得无法动弹。故选A。
23. 句意：然而，当他之前帮助过的老人注意到罗希特时，他立刻赶到，把他拉上了山坡。
held举行；woke唤醒；pulled拉；picked挑选。根据“him up the slope.”可知，应说把他从斜坡拉了上来。故选C。
24. 句意：罗希特喂水的那只鹿注意到他的伤口后，迅速跑到森林里，带着一些草药回来了。
zoo动物园；shop商店；hospital医院；forest森林。根据“quickly and returned with some herbs.”可知，是跑到森林去带了草药回。故选D。
25. 句意：当我们有需要的时候，我们给予别人的爱和支持毫无疑问会以十倍的回报给我们。
buy买；lend借；make做；provide提供。根据“all of the love and support we…for others”可知，是提供给别人的爱和支持，将会回报给我们。故选D。
三、阅读（共两节，满分35分）
第一节阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从26 40各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项，并在 答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
With the development of technology, our city life is becoming more and more “smart”. Here are some great technologies that make our cities “smart”.
Sensors (传感器) Sensors are like eyes in every corner of the city. They can see and feel things by collecting data (数据) on people and the environment.
Internet of things It is like the blood vessels (血管) of a city, connecting everything to the Internet. Imagine when you are nearly home, and your smart watch can tell your home to turn on the lights. This can become a reality with the Internet of things.
5G 5G provides high-speed wireless Internet. It is what makes the Internet of things possible. The speed of 5G can be up to 10 GB per second. With such a speed, we can download a film in just a few seconds.
Artificial intelligence (AI) AI can also help to deal with data. More importantly, it learns from the data and becomes a smart helper for us. AI can work as a delivery person, a tour guide, or even help design cars and make people’s work safer.
Online maps Baidu Map and Gaode Map are two typical online maps. They help people find their way from one place to another. Some online maps can update real-time data on cities. With their help, people can find out the busiest road and plan the best route when traveling.
26. What can AI be used for according to the passage
① Dealing with data. ② Collecting data. ③Working as a tour guide.
④ Helping design cars. ⑤Making people healthier.
A. ①②⑤ B. ②③④ C. ①③④ D. ③④⑤
27. Which of the following is Not true according to the passage
A. Sensors can see and feel things like eyes.
B. You can turn on your lights out of your home one day.
C. We can download a film in a few minutes with 5G.
D. People can avoid heavy traffic with Baidu Map.
28. What’s the purpose of the passage
A. To introduce some technologies. B. To ask people to buy cars.
C. To show what the city life is like. D. To tell people how to use technologies.
【答案】26. C 27. C 28. A
【解析】本文介绍了使我们的生活更智能的几项科技。
26. 细节理解题。从第五段“AI can also help to deal with data.”和“AI can work as a delivery person, a tour guide, or even help design cars...”可知，人工智能可以帮助处理数据、做导游和帮助设计汽车，故选C。
27. 细节理解题。从第四段“With such a speed, we can download a film in just a few second.”可知，我们可以在几秒钟内下载一部电影，而不是几分钟。故选C。
28. 主旨大意题。通读全文并根据第一段“Here are some great technologies that make our cities ‘smart’.”可知，本文的目的是介绍几种科技，故选A。
B
Ivan was a poor farmer. He and his daughter, a very clever girl, lived in a small house. Ivan had a horse. As he didn’t have a place to keep it, he had to keep the mother horse in the neighbor’s garden.
One day, the neighbour found a newly born baby horse under the tree. Surely, Ivan’s horse was the mother of the baby horse.
Later, the neighbour told Ivan about the baby horse. He told Ivan that the tree was the mother of the baby horse because it was born under the tree. The baby horse belonged to him.
Ivan was angry and wanted the horse back.
So Ivan and his neighbour went to the king.
The king listened to words on both sides patiently and said, “The truth is hard to tell. I’ve decided to set you two e back in four days and give me your answers. The person who answers the questions honestly shall win.”
The questions were as follows:
What’s the richest and fattest thing in the world And what’s the sweetest thing
The neighbour went to her grandmother for help.
His grandma said, “The richest and fattest thing is our pig. And the sweetest thing in the world is our little grandson.”
Ivan went back to his house, looking upset. His little girl asked what happened, and he told her all about the king’s questions.
She said, “The richest and fattest thing in the world is the earth. It gives us all our food. And the sweetest thing in the world is love.”
Four days later, Ivan, with his daughter, came to the king. And so did the neighbor.
The king listened to their answers, and turned to the neighbour.
“Who helped you with your answers ”
“Nobody, Sir,” said the neighbor. “I found out the answers all by myself.”
The king did not believe him, and turned to Ivan.
“And who helped you with your homework ”
“I asked my daughter. She is really a smart girl, Sir.”
“I see you are very clever, little girl,” the king said to Ivan’s daughter. “You and your father seem very poor. How do you live ”
“Well, Sir,” said the girl. “Papa catches the fish living in trees.”
“What ” asked the king. “That’s impossible because fishes don’t live in trees.”
“Yes, Sir,” replied the wise girl. “And a tree can’t be the mother of a baby horse.”
29. Which word best describes (描述) the neighbour in the story ________
A. Wise. B. Poor. C. Patient. D. Dishonest.
30. Why did the king leave questions to Ivan and the neighbour
A. He wanted to know about the fattest thing in the world.
B. He wanted to learn about the sweetest thing in the world.
C. He wanted to show who was the honest one between them.
D. He wanted to see who was the wisest person in the country.
31. What’s the correct order of the following events
a. The king gave two questions.
b. Ivan went to the king with his daughter.
c. The neighbour wanted to keep the baby horse.
d. The girl told Ivan the answers to the two questions.
e. Ivan kept the mother horse in the neighbor’s garden.
A. e, c, a, d, b B. d, e, a, b, c C. e, c, b, a, d D. d, e, b, a, c
32. The girl said the underlined words in the last paragraph to ________.
A. tell how she and her father lived
B. teach the king knowledge about a tree
C. tell the horse couldn’t be the neighbor’s
D. show she’s the smartest person in the world
【答案】29. D 30. C 31. A 32. C
【解析】本文是一则寓言故事。本文主要讲述了农民伊凡聪明的女儿机智地回答了国王的问题的故事。
29. 细节理解题。根据第九段“The neighbor went to her grandmother for help.”和第十五段 “‘Who helped you with your answers ’”以及第十六段“‘Nobody Sir,’ said the neighbor. ‘I found out the answers all by myself.’”可知，邻居是不诚实的。故选D。
30. 细节理解题。根据第六段“I’ve decided to set you two e back in four days and give me your answers. The person who answers the questions honestly shall win.”可知，国王这样做的目的是他想弄清农民和邻居之间谁是诚实的。故选C。
31. 细节理解题。根据第一段“As he didn’t have a place to keep it, he had to keep the mother horse in the neighbor’s garden.”可知，e项“伊凡把母马养在邻居的花园里。”排第一；根据第三段“Later, the neighbor told Ivan about the baby horse. He told Ivan that the tree was the mother of the baby horse because it was born under the tree. The baby horse belonged to him.”可知，c项“邻居想把这匹小马驹占为己有。”排第二；根据第六段“I’ve decided to set you two questions.”可知，a项“国王给了两个问题。”排第三；根据第十二段“She said, ‘The richest and fattest thing in the world is the earth. It gives us all our food. And the sweetest thing in the world is love.’”可知，d项“女孩把这两个问题的答案告诉了伊万。”排第四；根据第十三段“Four days later, Ivan, with his daughter, came to the king.”可知，b项“伊凡带着他的女儿去见国王。”排第五，正确顺序为e, c, a, d, b。故选A。
32. 推理判断题。根据上文“That’s impossible because fishes don’t live in trees.”可知，国王认为，鱼不可能生活在树上，据此可以推断女儿说她和父亲靠捕树上的鱼为生，目的就是想让国王的明白树不可能生小马驹的事实，以此证明小马驹不是邻居的而是她们家的。故选C。
C
Foxes with nine tails, animals with human faces and fish bodies, turtles with bird heads and snake tails...these magical animals are from Shan Hai Jing (The Classic of Mountains and Seas). This old book played an important role in the world and inspired today’s works. Let’s learn more about it!
Shan Hai Jing took shape before the Qin Dynasty (221—206 BC). Like an encyclopedia, it writes about the world in the eyes of people at that time. The 30, 000-word book records about 40 states, 550 mountains, 300 rivers, more than 100 people in history and 400 interesting animals.
Shan Hai Jing had a deep influence on the culture of mythology (神话学) in the world. It was taken to Japan during the Sui (581—618) and Tang (618—907), or much earlier. In Japan, it was popular. People there once saw it as a guidebook for traveling in China. The book’s monsters were also popular.
Shan Hai Jing has inspired many works. Liu Siliang is a teacher at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He said the book inspired the writing of Journey to the West and Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio. Pop culture works also borrow ideas from the book. Some of animals in the book even go into movies, such as Zouwu, the star monster in Shan Hai Jing. It has a tiger-body with stripes of five colors. Its tail is longer than its body. It can travel 1, 600 kilometers in a day. We can see it in the popular movie Fantastic Beasts II in 2021.
33. Why did the writer talk about the strange animals in Paragraph 1
A. To answer some questions. B. To give some examples.
C. To interest the readers. D. To make a conclusion.
34. The underlined word “inspired” in Paragraph 1 has similar meaning to the underlined word in ________.
A. We need someone to inspire the team.
B. He inspired many young people to take up basketball.
C. His driving hardly inspires confidence (信心).
D. His book was inspired by the story of a little girl.
35. Which of the following can you find in Shan Hai Jing
①states ②mountains ③rivers ④plants ⑤monsters
A. ①②③④ B. ①②③⑤ C. ②③④⑤ D. ①③④⑤.
36. What is the main idea of the last paragraph
A. Many works borrow ideas from Shan Hai Jing.
B. Shan Hai Jing includes many special monsters.
C. Some monsters in the book go into movies.
D. Shan Hai Jing inspires Pop culture works.
【答案】33. C 34. D 35. B 36. D
【解析】本文主要是讲述了中国的《山海经》启发了世界的许多作品。
33. 推理判断题。由第一段句子“Foxes with nine tails, animals with human faces and fish bodies, turtles with bird heads and snake tails...these magical animals are from Shan Hai Jing (The Classic of Mountains and Seas)”可知，作者提到这些奇怪的动物是为了吸引读者，故选C。
34. 词句猜测题。根据“This old book played an important role in the world and inspired today’s works.”可知这本书在世界上发挥了重要作用，并启发了今天的作品，故此处划线部分意为“启发”，和选项D“他的书是被一个小女孩的故事所启发的”中的inspire意义相近。故选D。
35. 细节理解题。由第二段句子“The 30, 000-word book records about 40 states, 550 mountains, 300 rivers, more than 100 people in history and 400 interesting animals.”可知《山海经》提到了国家、山、河、人以及动物，故选B。
36. 主旨大意题。根据“Shan Hai Jing has inspired many works...”可知本段主要介绍了《山海经》启发了很多作品。故选D。
D
How are animals communicating with each other In the past, we could only study this by watching animals carefully or teaching them human language. But now with the help of AI and machine learning, we may be able to understand their languages!
All around the animal world, there are sounds that we can hardly pick up and understand. Elephants, for example, talk with each other using infrasound—too low for humans to hear. Bats communicate with ultrasound—too high for humans to hear. However, by putting field recorders in trees, on mountaintops, and even on the backs of whales and birds, scientists can collect their sounds.
After the sounds are recorded, AI can study their meanings. For example, a team of Israeli scientists used AI to get the meanings of bats’ 15,000 calls. They found that more than 60% of them were fights and disagreements about four things: food, sleep positions, personal space, and unwanted advances. This is surprising as bats are thought to be quiet animals!
The new technology can not only understand animal talks, but also communicate back to them. For example, scientists in Germany studied how bees used sounds and dances to speak. Then they put the bee language system into a robot bee, and hid it in a bee hive where bees live. The robot gave orders to the other bees, like “quiet down” or “stop”, and they would follow.
Why is it important to understand animals’ words It is the first step to give other kinds of creatures on Earth a chance to express themselves. The natural world is full of conversations. But we are only able to understand one of them. By using AI, we are better able to listen to them, especially those in faraway places like deep seas and mountain tops.
Though AI has proved itself to be useful, we have to think about the problems it may bring. What problems would there be if one day we could use animal robots to “talk” to real animals Will humans use the technology to control or hurt the animals What can we do to stop these We’d better think about these problems before we act.
37. How can AI and machine learning help people understand animals
a. By teaching human language to animals.
b. By picking up sounds humans cannot hear.
c. By working out the meaning of animals’ sounds.
d. By teaching animals to understand robots’ words.
e. By learning animal languages to talk with them.
A. a, b, c B. a, c, d C. b, c, e D. c, d, e
38. What does the underlined word “This” refer to in paragraph 3
A. The group of Israeli scientists. B. The study on bats’ disagreements.
C. The number of bats’ calls. D. The finding on bats’ calls.
39. Why is it meaningful to understand animals’ languages
A. It makes it possible for animals to be heard.
B. It proves human’s ability to understand and control animals.
C. It helps discover more animals in the faraway places.
D. It allows humans to listen to animals more clearly.
40. What does the writer think of the technology
A. He is surprised at it. B. He is afraid of it.
C. He is careful about it. D. He is satisfied with it.
【答案】37. C 38. D 39. A 40. C
【解析】本文是一篇说明文。介绍的是AI如何辅助破解动物语言。
37. 细节理解题。根据“However, by putting field recorders in trees, on mountaintops, and even on the backs of whales and birds, scientists can collect their sounds.”、“After the sounds are recorded, AI can study their meanings.”和“The new technology can not only understand animal talks, but also communicate back to them.”可知，在理解动物语言方面，AI和机器能帮助人们拾到人类听不见的声音、弄清楚动物声音的含义和与动物进行对话。故选C。
38. 推理判断题。根据“For example, a team of Israeli scientists used AI to get the meanings of bats’ 15,000 calls. They found that more than 60% of them were fights and disagreements ...”可知，科学家团队蝙蝠大部分的叫声是关于打斗和争吵的，这一发现和人们之前以为蝙蝠是安静的动物大为不同。故选D。
39. 细节理解题。根据“Why is it important to understand animals’ words It is the first step to give other kinds of creatures on Earth a chance to express themselves. ”可知，理解动物的语言之所以重要，是因为这使得动物被听见成为可能。故选A。
40. 观点态度题。根据“Though AI has proved itself to be useful, we have to think about the problems it may bring. What problems would there be if one day we could use animal robots to “talk” to real animals Will humans use the technology to control or hurt the animals What can we do to stop these We’d better think about these problems before we act.”可知，作者认为要谨慎对待这项科技，因为如果机器人和动物对话或人类用这项科技控制或伤害动物，后果会很严重。故选C。
第二节 阅读填空 (共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分)
阅读短文及文后A~E选项，选出可以填入41~45各题空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Do computers stop us from learning and developing Do they make us stupid A recent study at Columbia University in New York looked at this question, in particular how computers change our memory. 41
First, the scientists did study on what happens when people are asked difficult questions. They found that what we think has changed when we hear difficult questions because of websites like Google. When people were asked difficult questions in the past, scientists believe they tried to think of the answers to the questions. 42 They don’t try to answer it themselves. For example, they think about what they might put into Google, but in the past they thought about the question itself.
Second, scientists found that computers have changed the type of information we remember. 43 On one hand, it seems that people now forget facts. On the other hand, it is true that they can clearly remember where to find the fact. 44 Most of the students couldn’t remember the facts, but they were able to remember the files and the where the facts is.
45 Scientists believe that we are spending time remembering where and how we can find things, but we’re not trying to remember the information itself any more.
A. This change can be both good and bad.
B. They wanted to find out if computers have changed the way we remember information.
C. So it seems that computers are not making us stupid, but they are making us lazy!
D. However, because of modern technology, the first thing people think about now is how to find the answer.
E. In one test, scientists told university students some facts and also where the facts were saved in a file.
【答案】41. B 42. C 43. A 44. E 45. D
【解析】本文主要讲述了电脑是否会让我们变傻，最后得出结论是不会，但是会让我们变懒。
41. 根据前文“A recent study at Columbia University in New York looked at this question, in particular how computers change our memory”可推测，此处介绍研究的目的，选项B“他们想知道计算机是否改变了我们记忆信息的方式”符合语境。故选B。
42. 根据后文“They don’t try to answer it themselves. For example, they think about what they might put into Google, but in the past they thought about the question itself.”可知，他们会通过谷歌来思考问题，而不是通过自己思考问题，所以，他们没有变笨，而是变懒了。选项C“所以，似乎电脑并没有让我们变得愚蠢，而是让我们变得懒惰！”符合语境。故选C。
43. 根据后文“On one hand, it seems that people now forget facts. On the other hand, it is true that they can clearly remember where to find the fact.”可知，这种变化有好的一面和不好的一面，选项A“这个变化有好有坏”符合语境。故选A。
44. 根据后文“Most of the students couldn't remember the facts, but they were able to remember the files and the where the facts is”可知，此处表达学生找事实和相关的文件，选项E“在一项测试中，科学家告诉大学生一些事实，以及这些事实被保存在一个文件中的地方”符合语境。故选E。
45. 根据后文“ Scientists believe that we are spending time remembering where and how we can find things, but we’re not trying to remember the information itself any more.”可知，此处表明人们的变化，选项D“然而，由于现代科技的发展，人们现在首先想到的是如何找到答案”符合语境。故选D。
四、写作 (共三节，满分30分)
第一节 语篇填词 (共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分)
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。
Long, long ago there was no zero. To write the number sixty-three people wrote 63. To write six hundred and three, people wrote 6 3. The space between six and three was there to mean “not any” tens. Sometimes people did not (46) r___________ the space. It was not easy to see and (47) r___________. Later people used a point to hold the space. Six hundred and three looked like this 6.3. But the point was still (48) h__________ to see. So people put a circle around it like this 6⊙3. Then people could see the point. They remembered the space. At last, only the circle around the point was used. It was like a zero. This is one (49) s__________ of how the zero came to be used. Now zero has many (50) i__________ uses. Can you tell some other ways of using zero
【答案】46 remember 47 read 48 hard 49 story 50 important
第二节 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）
51. 伟大的发明改变了世界，它们帮助人们过上更好的生活。
Great inventions change the world, and they help people _______ _______ ________ .
【答案】live a better life
52. 手机能让人们随时随地保持联系。
Mobile phones allow people to________ _______ ________ ________each other anytime, anywhere.
【答案】keep in touch with
53. 有了灯泡，人们可以在夜里做和白天一样多的事情。
With light bulbs, people can do_______ _______ ________ in the evenings they can in the daytime.
【答案】 as many things as
54. 电脑是一项多么有用的发明啊！
_______ ________ ________ ____________the computer is!
【答案】What a useful invention
55. 我们期待在未来有更多的发明。
We________ ________ ________ ________ more inventions in the future.
【答案】look forward to having
第三节 书面表达（共1题，满分15分）
发明改变了世界，改变了人们的生活。因为各种各样的发明，我们的生活变得越来越舒适与便捷。假设你是李华，最近你和同学在校园里做了一项关于“我最喜爱的发明”的调查，请你写一篇英语短文，报告此次调查的结果，并谈谈你心目中最喜爱的发明是什么及其原因，短文需包括以下要点：
Invention computer smartphone car air conditioner
Number of students 45% 32% 13% 10%
Reasons do important jobs chat with friends travel anytime anywhere keep the air cool
Your opinion （请补充）
要求：
1. 约80词左右, 开头已经给出, 不计入总词数。
2. 可适当发挥，但要注意语言通顺，流畅，准确。
3. 不得透露班级、姓名等任何个人信息，否则不予评分。
There are many inventions in history and some of them have greatly changed the world. Recently, we did a survey on “What’s your favorite invention” in our school, and here is the result.
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【答案】例文
There are many inventions in history and some of them have greatly changed the world. Recently, we did a survey on “What’s your favorite invention” in our school, and here is the result.
45% of students’ favorite invention is the computer because they can use it to do many important jobs. 32% of students’ favorite invention is smartphones because they can use it to chat with friends. 13% of students’ favorite invention is the car because they can travel anytime or anywhere. 10% of students’ favorite invention is air conditioning because it can keep the air cool. I think the Internet is the most important invention. Because of it, the world becomes smaller and smaller. We can keep abreast of the latest events around the world anytime or anywhere.
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本试卷共12页，四大题，满分90分。考试用时100分钟。
注意事项：
1.答题前，考生务必在答题卡上用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔填写自己的考生号、 姓名；将自己的条形码粘贴在答题卡的“条形码粘贴处七
2.选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑； 如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。答案不能答在试卷上。
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4.考生必须保持答题卡的整洁，考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
5. 测试范围：八年级上册Units 1~4（牛津广州深圳版）。
6. 难度系数：0.65。
一、语法选择（15分）
Many years ago, people lived a different life because they had no computers. For example, if people wanted to send letters to ___1_____ friends, they 2 to write down the letters first. Then they went to a post office 3 them. If they wanted to buy something, they had to go out to look for 4 thing they wanted in the street. It took them ____5____ time. If they wanted to know what happened in ____6____ places, they couldn’t know it at once. They had to 7 until(直到) somebody told them sometime later .
After _____8_____ the computer, our lives became 9 than before. With the help 10 computers , don’t have to post letters through the post office. They just get on the Internet 11 send emails to their friends. 12 they want to buy something, they don’t have to go out to look for them 13 . They can click(点击) the mouse and order what they want 14 the Internet. If they want to know what 15 around the world now, they just search the Internet.
1 A. them B. them C. their D. theirs
2 A. need B. were needing C. needed D. had needed
3 A. to send B. sending C. sent D. sends
4 A. a B. an C. the D. /
5 A. too many B. much too C. too much D. many too
6 A. other B. others C. another D. the other
7 A. wait B. waits C. waited D. waiting
8 A. invent B. inventing C. invented D. invents
9 A. easily B. more easy C. easier D. the easiest
10 A. about B. under C. by D. of
11 A. however B. after C. and D. so
12 A. But B. If C. Or D. Because
13 A. also B. either C. too D. as well
14 A. on B. in C. at D. to
15 A. happened B. will happen C. is happening D. to happen
二、完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16 25各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选 出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Once upon a time, there was a young kid named Rohit. He came from a poor family. He was passing through the forest 16 some wood one day. He came to an elderly man who was starving (挨饿). Rohit wanted to feed him, but he didn’t have enough 17 for himself. As a result, he continued on his journey.
On his journey, he came upon a 18 deer. He wanted to give the deer some water, but he couldn’t since he didn’t have any. As a result, he continued on his journey. Then he came upon a man who wanted to set up his camp but didn’t have any 19 . Rohit asked about his condition and handed him some wood. The man offered him some food and water in return. Rohit 20 to the elderly man and fed him, as well as giving the deer some water. The deer and the elderly man were happy. Rohit then cheerfully continued on his journey.
One day, Rohit slid (滑落) down the slope (斜坡) 21 when he was walking in the forest. He was so 22 that he couldn’t move and no one could help him. However, when the old man he helped before noticed Rohit, he arrived at once and 23 him up the slope. His legs were full of wounds. When the deer whom Rohit had given water noticed his wounds, it ran to the 24 quickly and returned with some herbs. His wounds were covered after a while. They were all joyful because they were able to help one another.
From the story, we can learn that if you help others, they will help you. When we are in need, all of the love and support we 25 for others will undoubtedly come back to us tenfold (十倍地). So, my children, always try to help others to make the planet a better place to live.
16. A. carrying B. selling C. hiding D. finding
17. A. money B. water C. milk D. food
18. A. thin B. thirsty C. strong D. hungry
19. A. cotton B. bamboo C. plastics D. wood
20. A. moved B. drove C. returned D. rode
21. A. carelessly B. slowly C. seriously D. early
22. A. painful B. helpful C. harmful D. thankful
23. A. held B. woke C. pulled D. picked
24. A. zoo B. shop C. hospital D. forest
25. A. buy B. lend C. make D. provide
三、阅读（共两节，满分35分）
第一节阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从26 40各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项，并在 答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
With the development of technology, our city life is becoming more and more “smart”. Here are some great technologies that make our cities “smart”.
Sensors (传感器) Sensors are like eyes in every corner of the city. They can see and feel things by collecting data (数据) on people and the environment.
Internet of things It is like the blood vessels (血管) of a city, connecting everything to the Internet. Imagine when you are nearly home, and your smart watch can tell your home to turn on the lights. This can become a reality with the Internet of things.
5G 5G provides high-speed wireless Internet. It is what makes the Internet of things possible. The speed of 5G can be up to 10 GB per second. With such a speed, we can download a film in just a few seconds.
Artificial intelligence (AI) AI can also help to deal with data. More importantly, it learns from the data and becomes a smart helper for us. AI can work as a delivery person, a tour guide, or even help design cars and make people’s work safer.
Online maps Baidu Map and Gaode Map are two typical online maps. They help people find their way from one place to another. Some online maps can update real-time data on cities. With their help, people can find out the busiest road and plan the best route when traveling.
26. What can AI be used for according to the passage
① Dealing with data. ② Collecting data. ③Working as a tour guide.
④ Helping design cars. ⑤Making people healthier.
A. ①②⑤ B. ②③④ C. ①③④ D. ③④⑤
27. Which of the following is Not true according to the passage
A. Sensors can see and feel things like eyes.
B. You can turn on your lights out of your home one day.
C. We can download a film in a few minutes with 5G.
D. People can avoid heavy traffic with Baidu Map.
28. What’s the purpose of the passage
A. To introduce some technologies. B. To ask people to buy cars.
C. To show what the city life is like. D. To tell people how to use technologies.
B
Ivan was a poor farmer. He and his daughter, a very clever girl, lived in a small house. Ivan had a horse. As he didn’t have a place to keep it, he had to keep the mother horse in the neighbor’s garden.
One day, the neighbour found a newly born baby horse under the tree. Surely, Ivan’s horse was the mother of the baby horse.
Later, the neighbour told Ivan about the baby horse. He told Ivan that the tree was the mother of the baby horse because it was born under the tree. The baby horse belonged to him.
Ivan was angry and wanted the horse back.
So Ivan and his neighbour went to the king.
The king listened to words on both sides patiently and said, “The truth is hard to tell. I’ve decided to set you two e back in four days and give me your answers. The person who answers the questions honestly shall win.”
The questions were as follows:
What’s the richest and fattest thing in the world And what’s the sweetest thing
The neighbour went to her grandmother for help.
His grandma said, “The richest and fattest thing is our pig. And the sweetest thing in the world is our little grandson.”
Ivan went back to his house, looking upset. His little girl asked what happened, and he told her all about the king’s questions.
She said, “The richest and fattest thing in the world is the earth. It gives us all our food. And the sweetest thing in the world is love.”
Four days later, Ivan, with his daughter, came to the king. And so did the neighbor.
The king listened to their answers, and turned to the neighbour.
“Who helped you with your answers ”
“Nobody, Sir,” said the neighbor. “I found out the answers all by myself.”
The king did not believe him, and turned to Ivan.
“And who helped you with your homework ”
“I asked my daughter. She is really a smart girl, Sir.”
“I see you are very clever, little girl,” the king said to Ivan’s daughter. “You and your father seem very poor. How do you live ”
“Well, Sir,” said the girl. “Papa catches the fish living in trees.”
“What ” asked the king. “That’s impossible because fishes don’t live in trees.”
“Yes, Sir,” replied the wise girl. “And a tree can’t be the mother of a baby horse.”
29. Which word best describes (描述) the neighbour in the story ________
A. Wise. B. Poor. C. Patient. D. Dishonest.
30. Why did the king leave questions to Ivan and the neighbour
A. He wanted to know about the fattest thing in the world.
B. He wanted to learn about the sweetest thing in the world.
C. He wanted to show who was the honest one between them.
D. He wanted to see who was the wisest person in the country.
31. What’s the correct order of the following events
a. The king gave two questions.
b. Ivan went to the king with his daughter.
c. The neighbour wanted to keep the baby horse.
d. The girl told Ivan the answers to the two questions.
e. Ivan kept the mother horse in the neighbor’s garden.
A. e, c, a, d, b B. d, e, a, b, c C. e, c, b, a, d D. d, e, b, a, c
32. The girl said the underlined words in the last paragraph to ________.
A. tell how she and her father lived
B. teach the king knowledge about a tree
C. tell the horse couldn’t be the neighbor’s
D. show she’s the smartest person in the world
C
Foxes with nine tails, animals with human faces and fish bodies, turtles with bird heads and snake tails...these magical animals are from Shan Hai Jing (The Classic of Mountains and Seas). This old book played an important role in the world and inspired today’s works. Let’s learn more about it!
Shan Hai Jing took shape before the Qin Dynasty (221—206 BC). Like an encyclopedia, it writes about the world in the eyes of people at that time. The 30, 000-word book records about 40 states, 550 mountains, 300 rivers, more than 100 people in history and 400 interesting animals.
Shan Hai Jing had a deep influence on the culture of mythology (神话学) in the world. It was taken to Japan during the Sui (581—618) and Tang (618—907), or much earlier. In Japan, it was popular. People there once saw it as a guidebook for traveling in China. The book’s monsters were also popular.
Shan Hai Jing has inspired many works. Liu Siliang is a teacher at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He said the book inspired the writing of Journey to the West and Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio. Pop culture works also borrow ideas from the book. Some of animals in the book even go into movies, such as Zouwu, the star monster in Shan Hai Jing. It has a tiger-body with stripes of five colors. Its tail is longer than its body. It can travel 1, 600 kilometers in a day. We can see it in the popular movie Fantastic Beasts II in 2021.
33. Why did the writer talk about the strange animals in Paragraph 1
A. To answer some questions. B. To give some examples.
C. To interest the readers. D. To make a conclusion.
34. The underlined word “inspired” in Paragraph 1 has similar meaning to the underlined word in ________.
A. We need someone to inspire the team.
B. He inspired many young people to take up basketball.
C. His driving hardly inspires confidence (信心).
D. His book was inspired by the story of a little girl.
35. Which of the following can you find in Shan Hai Jing
①states ②mountains ③rivers ④plants ⑤monsters
A. ①②③④ B. ①②③⑤ C. ②③④⑤ D. ①③④⑤.
36. What is the main idea of the last paragraph
A. Many works borrow ideas from Shan Hai Jing.
B. Shan Hai Jing includes many special monsters.
C. Some monsters in the book go into movies.
D. Shan Hai Jing inspires Pop culture works.
D
How are animals communicating with each other In the past, we could only study this by watching animals carefully or teaching them human language. But now with the help of AI and machine learning, we may be able to understand their languages!
All around the animal world, there are sounds that we can hardly pick up and understand. Elephants, for example, talk with each other using infrasound—too low for humans to hear. Bats communicate with ultrasound—too high for humans to hear. However, by putting field recorders in trees, on mountaintops, and even on the backs of whales and birds, scientists can collect their sounds.
After the sounds are recorded, AI can study their meanings. For example, a team of Israeli scientists used AI to get the meanings of bats’ 15,000 calls. They found that more than 60% of them were fights and disagreements about four things: food, sleep positions, personal space, and unwanted advances. This is surprising as bats are thought to be quiet animals!
The new technology can not only understand animal talks, but also communicate back to them. For example, scientists in Germany studied how bees used sounds and dances to speak. Then they put the bee language system into a robot bee, and hid it in a bee hive where bees live. The robot gave orders to the other bees, like “quiet down” or “stop”, and they would follow.
Why is it important to understand animals’ words It is the first step to give other kinds of creatures on Earth a chance to express themselves. The natural world is full of conversations. But we are only able to understand one of them. By using AI, we are better able to listen to them, especially those in faraway places like deep seas and mountain tops.
Though AI has proved itself to be useful, we have to think about the problems it may bring. What problems would there be if one day we could use animal robots to “talk” to real animals Will humans use the technology to control or hurt the animals What can we do to stop these We’d better think about these problems before we act.
37. How can AI and machine learning help people understand animals
a. By teaching human language to animals.
b. By picking up sounds humans cannot hear.
c. By working out the meaning of animals’ sounds.
d. By teaching animals to understand robots’ words.
e. By learning animal languages to talk with them.
A. a, b, c B. a, c, d C. b, c, e D. c, d, e
38. What does the underlined word “This” refer to in paragraph 3
A. The group of Israeli scientists. B. The study on bats’ disagreements.
C. The number of bats’ calls. D. The finding on bats’ calls.
39. Why is it meaningful to understand animals’ languages
A. It makes it possible for animals to be heard.
B. It proves human’s ability to understand and control animals.
C. It helps discover more animals in the faraway places.
D. It allows humans to listen to animals more clearly.
40. What does the writer think of the technology
A. He is surprised at it. B. He is afraid of it.
C. He is careful about it. D. He is satisfied with it.
第二节 阅读填空 (共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分)
阅读短文及文后A~E选项，选出可以填入41~45各题空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Do computers stop us from learning and developing Do they make us stupid A recent study at Columbia University in New York looked at this question, in particular how computers change our memory. 41
First, the scientists did study on what happens when people are asked difficult questions. They found that what we think has changed when we hear difficult questions because of websites like Google. When people were asked difficult questions in the past, scientists believe they tried to think of the answers to the questions. 42 They don’t try to answer it themselves. For example, they think about what they might put into Google, but in the past they thought about the question itself.
Second, scientists found that computers have changed the type of information we remember. 43 On one hand, it seems that people now forget facts. On the other hand, it is true that they can clearly remember where to find the fact. 44 Most of the students couldn’t remember the facts, but they were able to remember the files and the where the facts is.
45 Scientists believe that we are spending time remembering where and how we can find things, but we’re not trying to remember the information itself any more.
A. This change can be both good and bad.
B. They wanted to find out if computers have changed the way we remember information.
C. So it seems that computers are not making us stupid, but they are making us lazy!
D. However, because of modern technology, the first thing people think about now is how to find the answer.
E. In one test, scientists told university students some facts and also where the facts were saved in a file.
四、写作 (共三节，满分30分)
第一节 语篇填词 (共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分)
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。
Long, long ago there was no zero. To write the number sixty-three people wrote 63. To write six hundred and three, people wrote 6 3. The space between six and three was there to mean “not any” tens. Sometimes people did not (46) r___________ the space. It was not easy to see and (47) r___________. Later people used a point to hold the space. Six hundred and three looked like this 6.3. But the point was still (48) h__________ to see. So people put a circle around it like this 6⊙3. Then people could see the point. They remembered the space. At last, only the circle around the point was used. It was like a zero. This is one (49) s__________ of how the zero came to be used. Now zero has many (50) i__________ uses. Can you tell some other ways of using zero
第二节 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）
51. 伟大的发明改变了世界，它们帮助人们过上更好的生活。
Great inventions change the world, and they help people _______ _______ ________ .
52. 手机能让人们随时随地保持联系。
Mobile phones allow people to________ _______ ________ ________each other anytime, anywhere.
53. 有了灯泡，人们可以在夜里做和白天一样多的事情。
With light bulbs, people can do_______ _______ ________ in the evenings they can in the daytime.
54. 电脑是一项多么有用的发明啊！
_______ ________ ________ ____________the computer is!
55. 我们期待在未来有更多的发明。
We________ ________ ________ ________ more inventions in the future.
第三节 书面表达（共1题，满分15分）
发明改变了世界，改变了人们的生活。因为各种各样的发明，我们的生活变得越来越舒适与便捷。假设你是李华，最近你和同学在校园里做了一项关于“我最喜爱的发明”的调查，请你写一篇英语短文，报告此次调查的结果，并谈谈你心目中最喜爱的发明是什么及其原因，短文需包括以下要点：
Invention computer smartphone car air conditioner
Number of students 45% 32% 13% 10%
Reasons do important jobs chat with friends travel anytime anywhere keep the air cool
Your opinion （请补充）
要求：
1. 约80词左右, 开头已经给出, 不计入总词数。
2. 可适当发挥，但要注意语言通顺，流畅，准确。
3. 不得透露班级、姓名等任何个人信息，否则不予评分。
There are many inventions in history and some of them have greatly changed the world. Recently, we did a survey on “What’s your favorite invention” in our school, and here is the result.
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