2024学年第一学期广州期中考试
八年级 英语
第 I 卷（共 65 分）
语音辨析：请选出划线部分发音与其他不同的一项（每小题1分，共5分）
1. A. Italian B. gram C. calculate D. carriage
2. A. human B. number C. instruction D. suddenly
3. A. down B. double C. mouse D. however
4. A. correctly B. century C. create D. accident
5. A. checked B. challenged C. developed D. typed
1. 【答案】A
【解析】本题考查元音字母的发音。在选项A中，“Italian”里的“a”发/ /音；选项B“gram”中“a”发/ /音；选项C“calculate”中第一个“a”发/ /音；选项D“carriage”中“a”发/ /音。所以发音与其他不同的是A。
2. 【答案】A
【解析】本题考查元音字母在不同单词中的发音。选项A“human”中“u”发/ju /音；选项B“number”中“u”发/ /音；选项C“instruction”中“u”发/ /音；选项D“suddenly”中“u”发/ /音。故答案为A。
3. 【答案】B
【解析】本题考查字母组合“ou”的发音。选项A“down”中“ow”发/a /音；选项B“double”中“ou”发/ /音；选项C“mouse”中“ou”发/a /音；选项D“however”中“ow”发/a /音。所以选B。
4. 【答案】C
【解析】本题考查字母“c”的发音。选项A“correctly”中“c”发/k/音；选项B“century”中“c”发/s/音；选项C“create”中“c”发/k/音；选项D“accident”中第一个“c”发/k/音，第二个“c”发/s/音，但整体来看与其他不同的是B，这里主要是考查“c”在不同情况下的发音规则，在字母“e”“i”“y”前常发/s/音，其他情况一般发/k/音，所以答案是C。
5. 【答案】D
【解析】本题考查动词过去式词尾“ed”的发音。选项A“checked”中“ed”发/t/音；选项B“challenged”中“ed”发/d d/音；选项C“developed”中“ed”发/t/音；选项D“typed”中“ed”发/d/音。因为在清辅音后“ed”发/t/，在浊辅音和元音后发/d/，在/t/、/d/音后发/id/，所以答案是D。
二、句子选择：请选择符合语境的一项（每题1分，共5分）
1. __________ Some students spend too much time watching them and not enough time studying. Some videos on them have a bad effect on students too.
A. Short video apps can cause problems.
B. Short videos are 15 seconds to a few minutes long.
C. Many teens like to share the fun things with others through short videos.
D. Douyin locks the app if someone uses the app for over two hours a day.
2. Companies use big data. __________ For example, one company uses weather data to see when people eat the most ice creams.
A. Big data can be used in many ways.
B. Hospitals use big data to predict if a baby will get sick.
C. Some schools use big data to understand which children may need help.
D. It helps them understand when people buy their products.
3. New mobile services provide local weather information to help farmers plan their work __________.
A. They have already helped many people to start small businesses.
B. They are having a great effect on poor countries.
C. Fishermen now use them to find the best market for their fish.
D. They can also get advice on farming ways and farm product price information.
4. Google is the most popular Internet search engine in the world, __________.
A. Its first office was in a friend's garage.
B. They also borrowed money from family and friends.
C. It was invented by two students, Larry Page and Sergey Brin.
D. People loved it because it was fast, easy and correct.
5. __________ Facial expressions and body language can show far more than words online.
A. Real friendships need face-to-face communication.
B. People always sit together but just look at their phones without speaking.
C. We should keep away from some bad habits when we use smart phones.
D. Today's smart phones can do almost anything.
1. 【答案】A
【解析】本题考查对语境的理解及主旨句选择。题干描述学生因短视频耗费过多学习时间，且部分短视频对学生有不良影响，重点在短视频应用引发的问题。A选项“Short video apps can cause problems.”精准概括，符合语境；B选项说的是短视频时长，与题干问题无关；C选项强调青少年分享行为，并非短视频问题；D选项只是抖音的限制措施，不能涵盖整体。所以选A。
2. 【答案】D
【解析】本题考查依据实例判断主旨大意。句意：公司使用大数据，大数据可用于多方面，如一家公司用天气数据了解人们何时吃最多冰淇淋。前文说公司使用大数据，后文举例公司用天气数据看人们何时吃最多冰淇淋。A说大数据有多种用法，太空泛；B是医院用大数据，C是学校用大数据，主体都不是公司。D选项“它（大数据）帮助公司了解人们何时购买他们的产品”，既承接公司用大数据，又和后文例子中公司了解人们行为相呼应，所以选D。
3. 【答案】D
【解析】本题考查句子逻辑连贯性。句意：新移动服务提供天气信息帮农民规划工作，他们还能获取耕种方式和农产品价格信息建议。前句说新移动服务为农民提供天气信息助其规划工作。D选项“They can also get advice on farming ways and farm product price information.”用“also”递进，表明在天气信息基础上还能获取其他信息，与前句逻辑紧密；A选项与农民工作无关；B选项话题宽泛；C选项主体是渔民。所以选D。
4. 【答案】D
【解析】本题考查句子因果逻辑。句意：谷歌是世界最受欢迎搜索引擎，人们因它快速、简单、准确而喜欢它。前半句指出谷歌是最受欢迎搜索引擎，后面应解释原因。D选项“People loved it because it was fast, easy and correct.”用“because”说明谷歌受欢迎是因其快速、简单、准确；A选项说的是办公地点；B选项与受欢迎原因无关；C选项是发明者信息。所以选D。
5. 【答案】A
【解析】本题考查根据后句推断前句主旨。句意：真正的友谊需要面对面交流。面部表情和肢体语言在现实中比网络文字表达更多。后句强调面部表情和肢体语言在现实中比网络文字表达更多，突出面对面交流重要性。A选项“Real friendships need face-to-face communication.”与后句主旨契合；B选项说的是人们使用手机的不良行为；C选项是使用手机的习惯问题；D选项是智能手机功能。所以选A。
三、语法选择（每题1分，共10分）
There once lived in China a very stupid king and queen. One day the queen had 1 baby daughter. When they saw their baby, they both cried out, "My goodness! 2 small it is! It's hairless and toothless! It's a monster!" They sent for all the doctors in the country and ordered them 3 some medicine for her.
"When she drinks your medicine, she must grow to the right size and have hair and teeth." The king said to the doctors, " 4 you don't do this, I'll kill you."
The doctors thought it impossible, but they couldn't say 5 against the king's order. Just then, one of
6 came up. "Oh, we shall certainly follow your 7 " he said, "but it 8 time. We have to dig for something to make a little medicine from the KunLun Mountains when the snow melts for the second time. The snow melts on those mountains only once in six years. So we need twelve years to 9 make the medicine."
At last the king agreed and the doctors took away the little princess. On her 10 birthday, they brought her back to her parents with long black hair and beautiful teeth. The king and queen were very happy and gave the doctors many presents.
1. A. a B. an C. the D. /
2. A. What B. Why C. How D. Who
3. A. prepare B. prepared C. preparing D. to prepare
4. A. However B. Because C. If D. So
5. A. something B. anything C. nothing D. everything
6. A. older doctor B. the oldest doctor C. the older doctors D. the oldest doctors
7. A. advice B. advices C. advise D. advises
8. A. take B. takes C. took D. was taking
9. A. correct B. more correct C. correction D. correctly
10. A. twelve B. twelfth C. the twelve D. the twelfth
【答案】A
【解析】本题考查不定冠词的用法。句意：一天，王后生下了一个女婴。“baby daughter”是首次提及，且表示“一个”的概念，“baby”以辅音音素开头，所以用不定冠词“a”。故本题答案为：A。
【答案】C
【解析】本题考查感叹句的引导词。句意：我的天哪！她是多么小啊！感叹句结构为“What+(a/an)+形容词+名词+主语+谓语！”或“How+形容词/副词+主语+谓语！”。此句中“small”是形容词，后面直接跟“itis”（主语+谓语），符合“How+形容词+主语+谓语！”结构，所以用“How”引导。故本题答案为：C。
【答案】D
【解析】题考查非谓语动词中的动词不定式作宾语补足语。句意：他们派人请来了国内所有的医生，并命令他们为她准备一些药物。“order sb. to do sth.”为固定搭配，意为“命令某人做某事”，这里“to prepare some medicine for her”作宾语“them”（指代医生们）的补足语，表示命令医生们去做的事情。故本题答案为：D。
【答案】C
【解析】本题考查连词的用法。句意：国王对医生们说：“当她喝了你们的药，她必须长到合适的大小，并且长出头发和牙齿。如果你们做不到，我就杀了你们。”根据语境，国王说“如果你们做不到这个（让公主喝药后长到合适大小、有头发和牙齿），我就杀了你们”，这里表示一种假设的条件，“if”引导条件状语从句，意为“如果”。“However”表示转折，“Because”表示原因，“So”表示结果，均不符合语境。故本题答案为：C。
【答案】B
【解析】本题考查不定代词的用法。句意：医生们认为这是不可能的，但他们不能说任何反对国王命令的话。在否定句中，用“anything”表示“任何事情”。句子“They couldn't say... against the king's order.”为否定句，意思是医生们不能说任何反对国王命令的话。“something”用于肯定句，“nothing”本身表示否定，与“couldn't”重复，“everything”不符合语境。故本题答案为：B。
【答案】D
【解析】本题考查形容词最高级及名词复数的用法。句意：就在这时，最年长的医生中的一位站了出来“oneof+the+形容词最高级+名词复数”表示“最……之一”。这里说“最年长的医生之一”，“old”的最高级是“oldest”，且“doctor”要用复数形式“doctors”。故本题答案为：D。
【答案】D
【解析】本题考查名词的用法。句意：“哦，我们当然会听从您的建议，”他说。“advice”是不可数名词，意为“建议”，没有复数形式。“advise”是动词“建议”，“advises”是“advise”的第三人称单数形式。此句中“follow your...”后面需要接名词作宾语，所以用“advice”。故本题答案为：D。
【答案】B
【解析】本题考查一般现在时中动词的第三人称单数形式。句意：“但这需要时间。”句子“but it... time.”陈述的是客观事实，用一般现在时，主语“it”是第三人称单数，所以谓语动词“take”要用第三人称单数形式“takes”。故本题答案为：B。
【答案】D
【解析】本题考查副词的用法。句意：我们必须在昆仑山的雪第二次融化时挖掘一些东西来制作一点药物。那些山上的雪每六年才融化一次。所以我们需要十二年才能正确地制作出药物。“make the medicine”是动词短语，需要用副词来修饰，“correctly”是副词，意为“正确地”，表示正确地制作药物。“correct”是形容词，“more correct”是比较级形式，“correction”是名词，均不符合语法要求。故本题答案为：D。
【答案】B
【解析】本题考查序数词的用法。句意：在她十二岁生日时，他们把留着长长的黑发、有着漂亮牙齿的她带回给了她的父母。国王和王后非常高兴，给了医生们许多礼物。表示“在她12岁生日时”，要用序数词，“twelve”的序数词是“twelfth”，且前面有“her”修饰，不需要再加定冠词“the”。故本题答案为：B。
四、完形填空（每题1分，共10分）
Do you use a smart phone every day What do you usually do with your phone Phones are very 1 in our daily lives. However, they can cause some 2 . It can be 3 to stay focused these days. When working on your homework, you might sometimes find that your smart phone is distracting (使分心) you. 4 , your smart phone can distract you while you are doing other things, such as having dinner, staying with friends, reading books and so on.
A (n) 5 called Forest can help you stay focused. You can download the app if you want to stay away from your 6 and focus on more important things. When you set a new task in the app and set a certain quantity of time to finish it, a tree seed will be "planted" in the app. If you keep doing your task 7 , the seed will grow into a tree. But if you close the app and play with your phone 8 , the tree will wither and even die. Once you
9 the task, your tree will be "planted" in the app. If you keep trying, you will have a 10 some day! You can share your achievements with your friends and try to "plant" different kinds of trees.
I already have a whole forest in the app. Whenever I see my trees, I think about the effort I've made to grow them.
1. A. safe B. important C. harmful D. boring
2. A. problems B. danger C. discussion D. words
3. A. possible B. necessary C. hard D. terrible
4. A. However B. Sadly C. Instead D. Also
5. A. book B. app C. magazine D. film
6. A. homework B. phone C. game D. textbook
7. A. project B. housework C. task D. shopping
8. A. instead B. happily C. finally D. soon
9. A. top B. finish C. start D. choose
10. A. forest B. gift C. farm D. tree
【主旨大意】文章指出手机在日常生活中重要却易使人分心，介绍了能帮助人们专注的Forest应用。在应用中设定任务及时间，坚持完成任务，树种子会长成树，反之树会枯萎。持续努力能拥有森林，还可分享成果，作者也分享了自己的使用成果与感受。
【答案】B
【解析】本题考查语境判断之忠实主旨。句意：手机在我们的日常生活中非常重要。文章开篇提及人们日常使用手机，后面虽指出手机会带来问题，但整体围绕手机在生活中的作用展开。结合常识，手机在日常生活中起着重要作用。“safe”安全的；“important”重要的；“harmful”有害的；“boring”无聊的。所以“important”符合语境，答案为B。
【答案】A
【解析】本题考查语境判断之对应原文（同义转化）。句意：然而，它们会引发一些问题。前句说手机重要，“However”表转折，意味着手机虽重要但也有负面情况。后面提到手机使人分心，这属于手机带来的问题。“problems”问题；“danger”危险；“discussion”讨论；“words”话语。“problems”与后文描述手机负面影响的内容相呼应，故答案为A。
【答案】C
【解析】本题考查语境判断之感彩。句意：如今保持专注可能很困难。从后文“your smart phone is distracting you”可知，手机让人分心，所以现在要保持专注是困难的。“possible”可能的；“necessary”必要的；“hard”困难的；“terrible”糟糕的。“hard”体现出负面的感彩，符合语境，答案为C。
【答案】D
【解析】本题考查语境判断之逻辑关系（逻辑连接词）。句意：此外，在你做其他事情时，比如吃饭、和朋友在一起、读书等等，你的智能手机也会分散你的注意力。前文说做作业时手机使人分心，此句说做其他事时手机也会使人分心，是并列补充关系。“However”然而，表转折；“Sadly”悲伤地；“Instead”相反；“Also”也，表并列补充。所以“Also”符合逻辑，答案为D。
【答案】B
【解析】本题考查语境判断之对应原文（原词复现）。句意：一款名为Forest的应用程序可以帮助你保持专注。后文紧接着提到“You can download the app”，可知这里说的是一款叫Forest的应用程序。“book”书；“app”应用程序；“magazine”杂志；“film”电影。“app”原词复现，答案为B。
【答案】B
【解析】本题考查语境判断之对应原文（同义转化）。句意：如果你想远离手机，专注于更重要的事情，你可以下载这款应用程序。文章主要讲手机分心问题，这款应用是帮助人们远离手机专注重要事情。“homework”作业；“phone”手机；“game”游戏；“textbook”课本。“phone”与文章主题手机相呼应，答案为B。
【答案】C
【解析】本题考查语境判断之对应原文（原词复现）。句意：如果你持续做你的任务，种子就会长成一棵树。前文提到“When you set a new task in the app”，这里说如果持续做这个任务，种子就会成长，“task”原词复现。“project”项目；“housework”家务；“task”任务；“shopping”购物。所以答案为C。
【答案】A
【解析】本题考查语境判断之逻辑关系（逻辑连接词）。句意：但如果你关闭应用程序，转而玩手机，树就会枯萎甚至死亡。前句说持续做任务种子会成长，此句说关闭应用玩手机，树就会枯萎甚至死亡，是相反的情况。“instead”反而，表转折；“happily”开心地；“finally”最后；“soon”很快。“instead”符合逻辑，答案为A。
【答案】B
【解析】本题考查语境判断之对应原文（同义转化）。句意：一旦你完成任务，你的树就会被“种植”在应用程序中。前文说设定任务，这里说一旦完成任务，树就会被“种植”在应用里。“top”顶部；“finish”完成；“start”开始；“choose”选择。“finish”与前文设定任务相对应，表示完成任务，答案为B。
【答案】A
【解析】本题考查语境判断之对应原文（原词复现）。句意：如果你不断努力，有一天你将会拥有一片森林！前文提到这款应用叫Forest（森林），持续努力种树，最后会有一片森林。“forest”森林；“gift”礼物；“farm”农场；“tree”树。“forest”原词复现，答案为A。
五、阅读理解（每题2分，共30分）
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Many people know the names Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Edison. However, most people don't know the name of the man who invented the television, Philo Farnsworth.
Philo Farnsworth was born in 1906 and grew up on a potato farm. As a boy, he loved to learn about science, and he read a lot of science books. When he was only thirteen years old, he drew a picture of a machine that could send pictures as radio sends sounds. He got the idea from the way the potatoes were planted in the field. The potatoes grew in long lines, side by side. This made a shape in Philo's mind. This shape helped Philo think of a way to send the TV picture onto a piece of glass. But he was poor, so Philo could not try to make his idea into a machine at that time.
Later, Philo worked at many different jobs. He worked with trees. He worked on broken radios. He worked on trains. He also worked as a street cleaner. At last, two rich men heard about his idea for television, and they gave him the money to make it. On September 7th, 1927, they watched Philo test the machine he built. When Philo turned on the machine, a small line could be seen on the glass. Philo said, "There you have it, electric television."
Later, a big company, RCA, said they had made the first television. Philo had to spend a lot of money on lawyers to fight them. Finally, he won. Then, World War Two started in 1939. During the war, Philo spent a lot of money helping the US army instead of building up his television company. After the war, other bigger, richer companies started making televisions. In the end, Philo had to sell his company.
1. Philo Farnsworth got the idea of TV from .
A. the radio B. science books C. potato fields D. a machine
2. According to the text, how old was Philo when he finished his invention of TV
A. 21 years old. B. 27 years old. C. 33 years old. D. 39 years old.
3. The underlined phrase "building up" in the last paragraph probably means “ ”.
A. inventing B. advertising C. introducing D. developing
4. Which is the correct order of the following events
a. Two rich men gave Philo money to do experiments.
b. Philo sold his own company.
c. Philo beat RCA in law.
d. Philo fixed broken radios.
e. Philo drew a picture of machine.
A. e-d-a-c-b B. d-a-e-c-b C. e-a-d-c-b D. a-c-b-d-e
5. The best title for this article is .
A. The importance of television B. A successful scientist
C. Philo Farnsworth D. How to make a television
【主旨大意】本文是记叙文，主要讲述了电视机发明者Philo Farnsworth的故事。他自幼对科学感兴趣，13岁时从土豆田获得灵感，画出能像无线电传声一样传图的机器草图。后来在两位富人资助下完成电视机测试，还在与RCA的官司中获胜。但因二战及战后其他公司竞争，最终他不得不卖掉自己的公司。
【答案】C
【解析】本题属于细节题之单一细节题。考查获取事实性信息的能力。根据题干“Philo Farnsworth got the idea of TV from”可定位到文中“He got the idea from the way the potatoes were planted in the field.”，可知他的灵感来自土豆田，答案选C。
【答案】B
【解析】本题属于细节题之单一细节题。考查简单的计算推理能力。文中提到“Philo Farnsworth was born in 1906”以及“On September 7th, 1927, they watched Philo test the machine he built.”，通过计算1927-1906=21，可知发明第一台电视时他21岁，答案选B。
【答案】D
【解析】本题属于猜词题之短语。考查根据上下文推测词义的能力。根据“During the war, Philo spent a lot of money helping the US army instead of building up his television company”，结合语境可知战争期间他把钱花在帮助军队上，而不是发展他的电视公司，“building up”意思是“发展”，与“developing”相近，答案选D。
【答案】A
【解析】本题属于细节题之多细节题。考查对事件顺序的梳理能力。根据文章内容“When he was only thirteen years old, he drew a picture of a machine”（e）；“He worked on broken radios”（d）；“At last, two rich men heard about his idea for television, and they gave him the money to make it”（a）；“Philo had to spend a lot of money on lawyers to fight them. Finally, he won”（c）；“In the end, Philo had to sell his company”（b），可知正确顺序是e-d-a-c-b，答案选A。
【答案】C
【解析】本题属于标题题目。考查对文章主旨的把握能力。通读全文可知，文章围绕电视机发明者Philo Farnsworth展开，讲述了他的发明历程和相关经历，所以“Philo Farnsworth”作为标题最合适，答案选C。
（B）
Kids learn to count on their fingers, because they're so, well, handy (方便)! And it makes sense - most number systems originally developed as people counted using their fingers.
The counting system of native Greenlanders not only uses all ten fingers, but all ten toes as well! Here's how it works. The Greenlandic word for the number seven translates as, "second hand, two." That means you count five on the first hand and add two from the second, to make seven. After you run out of fingers, go for the toes. Thirteen translates as "first foot, three". That means you add ten fingers plus three toes.
The counting system we use has a base of ten. Larger numbers are simply multiples of ten. For example, ten tens make one hundred. We're so used to our base ten system that it may seem like the only possibility. But the Greenlandic number system has a base of twenty, and other have a base of five. Of all the number systems ever invented, five, ten, and twenty are the most common bases.
It's no coincidence (巧合) that these bases match the number of fingers on one hand, or two hands, or all of our fingers and toes. The connection between fingers and counting is so close that several languages have just one word means both "hand" and the number five. For example in English, the word "digit" means a number or a finger. So if anyone teases you for counting on your fingers, just tell them you find your digits quite handy!
1. The native Greenlanders may use if their fingers are not enough for counting.
A. toes B. stones C. arms D. nothing else
2. Which number translates as "second foot, one" .
A. 6 B. 11 C. 16 D. 21
3. The writer mentioned all the following number systems except .
A. a base of 2 B. a base of 5 C. a base of 10 D. a base of 20
4. What can we infer from the passage
A. Greenlanders are much cleverer than others.
B. The connection between fingers and counting is a coincidence.
C. Digit means five and hand in English.
D. People with the number system of Base 5 probably used one hand to count in the past.
5. What's the best title for the passage .
A. The magic of numbers
B. What can we learn from Greenlanders' way of counting
C. It's convenient to count using fingers
D. The fun of kids' fingers
【主旨大意】本文是说明文，主要介绍了孩子们用手指数数的原因，以及以格陵兰原住民的计数系统为例，阐述了不同的计数系统，如以五、十、二十为基数的计数系统，还说明了手指与计数之间的紧密联系。
【答案】A
【解析】本题属于细节题之单一细节题。考查获取事实性信息的能力。根据题干“if their fingers are not enough for counting”可定位到文中“After you run out of fingers, go for the toes.”，可知当格陵兰原住民手指不够用的时候会用脚趾计数，答案选A。
【答案】C
【解析】本题属于细节推断题。考查根据文本信息进行推理的能力。文中提到“Thirteen translates as‘first foot, three’.That means you add ten fingers plus three toes.”，即“first foot”表示十个手指，由此推断“second foot,one”表示十个手指加上第一只脚的脚趾（五个），再加第二只脚的一个脚趾，总共是16，答案选C。
【答案】A
【解析】本题属于细节题之单一细节题。考查对文本信息的筛选能力。根据文中“The counting system we use has a base of ten”“But the Greenlandic number system has a base of twenty”“other have a base of five”可知，文中提到了以10、20、5为基数的计数系统，没有提及以2为基数的计数系统，答案选A。
【答案】D
【解析】本题属于推理判断题。考查根据文本内容进行合理推断的能力。文中提到“the Greenlandic number system has a base of twenty, and other have a base of five”，且说明了格陵兰人的二十进制是用两只手的手指和两只脚的脚趾计数，由此可以推断出以五进制计数的人过去可能用一只手计数，答案选D。
【答案】B
【解析】本题属于标题题目。考查对文章主旨的概括能力。文章以格陵兰人的计数方式为例，介绍了不同的计数系统以及手指和计数的关系，探讨了我们能从格陵兰人的计数方式中学到什么，“What can we learn from Greenlanders' way of counting ”作为标题最合适，答案选B。
（C）
Many parents make their children do chores around the house. For some families, teaching children what to do and how to do chores is easy. But in other families, getting children to do some housework can be a very big problem.
What makes this difference To find the reasons, we did a survey. We interviewed 4,000 teenagers in China. Half of them come from big cities like Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. The others are from small villages. We made a diagram of the result of our survey. Let's have a look at it.
Chores Teenagers in small villages Teenagers in big cities
Take out the rubbish 1,600 1,000
Sweep the floor 1,200 850
Make the bed 1,400 600
Do the dishes 1,100 1,500
Fold the clothes 900 750
We found that teenagers from small villages do more chores than those from big cities. We suggest that parents should give their children some chores to do. Chores are good for children, even very young ones. Because the skills and value from doing chores will be good for children all their life. For example, doing chores can teach children many important skills like working together. Chores also teach children what is fair. All family members must work together to make house clean, and each person must do his or her share of the work. We can do this by starting a plan of chores and responsibilities when children are young.
1. The first paragraph tells us EXCEPT .
A. what problem the survey is about
B. why the writer did this survey
C. how many interviewees joined in this survey
D. where the writer comes from
2. According to the passage, which is TRUE
A. Only half of the teenagers in big cities choose to take out the rubbish.
B. More than half of the teenagers in small villages fold the clothes.
C. Teenagers in big cities prefer making the bed to doing the dishes.
D. There are 2,000 teenagers sweeping the floor in total in this survey.
3. What does the underline word "fair" means in Para. 2 mean
A. equal B. united C. hard–working D. meaningful
4. What does the writer suggest
A. Parents should ask their children to do chores when they are old enough.
B. Doing chores can help to develop children's skills and responsibilities.
C. Children should do all the chores by themselves in order to be responsible.
D. Teenagers from big cities should do more chores than those from small villages.
5. The passage may be from .
A. a diary B. an advertisement C. a newspaper D. a story book
【主旨大意】本文是一篇关于孩子做家务情况的调查报告。很多家长让孩子做家务，不同家庭在让孩子做家务方面存在差异。作者通过对4000名中国青少年（来自大城市和小村庄）的调查，展示了不同地区青少年在倒垃圾、扫地等各项家务上的参与情况，发现小村庄的青少年做家务更多，还阐述了做家务对孩子的好处。
【答案】D
【解析】本题属于细节题之多细节题。考查对第一段信息的筛选能力。第一段提到“getting children to do some housework can be a very big problem”说明了调查的问题（A选项）；“To find the reasons, we did a survey”表明了做调查的原因（B选项）；“We interviewed 4,000 teenagers in China”说明了参与调查的人数（C选项）。文中未提及作者来自哪里，答案选D。
【答案】D
【解析】本题属于细节题之多细节题。考查对调查数据的分析能力。A选项，大城市中倒垃圾的青少年有1000人，总调查人数是4000人，大城市青少年是2000人，不是只有一半选择倒垃圾，A错误；B选项，小村庄叠衣服的青少年有900人，小村庄青少年是2000人，不到一半，B错误；C选项，大城市中整理床铺的青少年有600人，洗碗的有1500人，青少年更喜欢洗碗而不是整理床铺，C错误；D选项，小村庄扫地的青少年有1200人，大城市有850人，总共2050人，超过2000人，D正确。答案选D。
【答案】A
【解析】本题属于猜词题之词汇。考查根据上下文推测词义的能力。根据后文“All family members must work together to make house clean, and each person must do his or her share of the work”可知，所有家庭成员都要一起工作，每个人都要做自己那份工作，这体现的是公平、平等，“fair”意思与“equal”（平等的）相近，答案选A。
【答案】B
【解析】本题属于细节推断题。考查对作者观点的理解能力。根据文中“We suggest that parents should give their children some chores to do. Chores are good for children, even very young ones. Because the skills and value from doing chores will be good for children all their life”可知，作者建议家长让孩子做家务，因为做家务能培养孩子的技能和责任感，对孩子一生有益，B选项正确；A选项与原文“when children are young”不符；C选项“do all the chores by themselves”过于绝对；D选项文中未提及大城市青少年应比小村庄青少年做更多家务，答案选B。
【答案】C
【解析】本题属于文章出处或读者对象题。考查对文章体裁和发布渠道的判断能力。本文是关于青少年做家务的调查及分析，属于调查类文章。A选项日记主要记录个人日常经历和感受；B选项广告是为了推销产品或服务；D选项故事书以讲故事为主。文章更有可能出现在报纸上，答案选C。
第 II 卷（共 25 分）
六、阅读填空（每题1分，共5分）
Encyclopaedia Britannica used to be the king of encyclopaedias. It hopes to become the most important encyclopaedia again.
1 It moved to Chicago in 1935. In 1990, the company sold more than 100,000 sets of books. 2 . Book sales dropped during the time of the Internet because people stopped getting information only from books.
3 .
Some online encyclopedias started in the early 21st century. It was the beginning of the end of Encyclopaedia Britannica books. Several years ago, the company stopped publishing the books. It put the whole encyclopaedia on the Internet. 4 . One reason is that some online encyclopedias have millions of articles, but Britannica has only 106,000. About half of Britannica's articles are free while almost all of the articles on other online encyclopaedias are free.
Still, some readers believe that Britannica's articles are more trustworthy. 5 . They make sure the articles are correct. The president of Britannica has a plan. He wants to offer all of the encyclopaedia online for free. The company hopes more people will read it.
A. This was Britannica's best year. B. They began getting it online as well. C. Britannica began in Scotland nearly 250 years ago. D. It's said that each Britannica article is checked by experts. E. Sadly, Britannica online is less popular than some other online encyclopaedias.
【主旨大意】本文主要讲述了曾经的百科全书之王《大英百科全书》的发展历程。
【答案】CABED
【解析】本题考查上下文逻辑衔接。通过对后文“It moved to Chicago in 1935”（它在1935年搬到芝加哥）的分析可知，在此之前需要先阐述《大英百科全书》的起源情况。C选项“Britannica began in Scotland nearly 250 years ago”（《大英百科全书》大约250年前起源于苏格兰），明确介绍了其起始地点，能够自然地引出下文关于其后续迁移等内容，所以应选C。
【解析】本题考查对上文信息的总结归纳。前文“In 1990, the company sold more than 100,000 sets of books”（在1990年，该公司售出了超过10万套书籍）详细描述了《大英百科全书》在这一年的销售业绩。A选项“This was Britannica's best year”（这是《大英百科全书》最好的一年），准确地对上文这一销售佳绩进行了总结，突出了1990年对于该百科全书来说是一个销售成绩突出的年份，所以答案是A。
【解析】本题考查段落之间的过渡衔接。上一段着重讲述了在互联网时代的背景下，《大英百科全书》书籍销售出现下降的状况，而这一段开头便提及一些在线百科全书在21世纪初出现。B选项“They began getting it online as well”（他们也开始在网上获取信息），其中的“they”指代人们，很好地体现了人们获取信息的方式从仅仅依赖书籍逐渐转变为也在网上获取，起到了承上启下的过渡作用，所以应选B。
【解析】本题考查对下文内容的概括提炼。后文“One reason is that some online encyclopedias have millions of articles, but Britannica has only 106,000. About half of Britannica's articles are free while almost all of the articles on other online encyclopaedias are free”（一个原因是一些在线百科全书有上百万篇文章，但《大英百科全书》只有10.6万篇。《大英百科全书》大约一半的文章是免费的，而其他在线百科全书上几乎所有的文章都是免费的），从文章数量以及免费文章比例等方面，清晰地阐述了《大英百科全书》在线版相较于其他一些在线百科全书不受欢迎的原因。E选项“Sadly, Britannica online is less popular than some other online encyclopaedias”（遗憾的是，《大英百科全书》在线版不如其他一些在线百科全书受欢迎），能够精准地概括下文所表达的核心内容，所以答案为E。
【解析】本题考查对前文观点的支撑论证。前文“Still, some readers believe that Britannica's articles are more trustworthy”（然而，一些读者认为《大英百科全书》的文章更值得信赖）提出了部分读者对于《大英百科全书》文章的信任观点。D选项“It's said that each Britannica article is checked by experts”（据说《大英百科全书》的每一篇文章都由专家审核），通过说明文章由专家审核这一原因，合理地解释了为什么这些文章更可靠，从而有力地支撑了前文所提到的观点，所以应选D。
七、语篇填词（每题1分，共5分）
People call Molly's grandmother a "walking encyclopedia" because she knows a large a 1 of knowledge. How can she do that
The first secret is that she has a colorful life. When she was young, she went to different parts of the world. After her son was born, she lived in a village and began taking care of her kid in the c 2 instead of travelling everywhere.
From then on, she started to read many different kinds of books, i 3 story books, magazines, guide books, dictionaries and so on. They are p 4 because the knowledge in them helps her solve many problems in daily life. Sometimes, books are too e 5 for her to buy. Then she will borrow them from others.
That's why Molly's grandmother knows everything.
【答案】(a)mount
【解析】本题考查固定搭配与语境理解。根据前文“People call Molly's grandmother a "walking encyclopedia"（人们称莫莉的奶奶为‘活的百科全书’）”，可知她知识储备丰富。“a large amount of”是固定搭配，意为“大量的”，后接不可数名词，“knowledge（知识）”为不可数名词，结合首字母a，故答案为(a)mount。
【答案】(c)ountryside
【解析】本题考查词汇理解与语境推断。根据“she lived in a village（她住在一个村庄）”，可知她是在乡村照顾孩子，“in the countryside”表示“在乡村”，结合首字母c，故答案为(c)ountryside。
【答案】(i)ncluding
【解析】本题考查词汇用法与语境判断。根据“she started to read many different kinds of books（她开始读许多不同种类的书）”以及“story books, magazines, guide books, dictionaries and so on（故事书、杂志、指南书、字典等等）”可知，后面是在举例说明读的书的种类，“including”意为“包括”，符合语境，结合首字母i，故答案为(i)ncluding。
【答案】(p)ractical
【解析】本题考查词汇理解与语境分析。由“because the knowledge in them helps her solve many problems in daily life（因为书中的知识帮助她解决日常生活中的许多问题）”可知，这些书是实用的。“practical”意思是“实用的”，符合语境，结合首字母p，故答案为(p)ractical。
【答案】(e)xpensive
【解析】本题考查词汇理解与逻辑推理。从“Then she will borrow them from others（然后她会从别人那里借书）”可推断出，前面说的是书太贵她买不起。“expensive”表示“昂贵的”，符合语境，结合首字母e，故答案为(e)xpensive。
八、完成句子（每题2分，共10分）
1. 以前，很多父母都没有意识到运动的重要性。
Many parents __________ __________ __________ the importance of sport in the past.
2. 他们都认为运动不如学习重要。
They all thought sport was __________ __________ __________ __________ study.
3. 所以他们会阻止学生们运动，让他们去学一些更有用的东西。
So they would stop students from doing sports and made them__________ __________ __________
__________.
4. 但现在很多家长和学生都期待着能通过运动拥有一个健康的身体。
But now, many parents and students are __________ __________ __________ __________ a healthy body by
doing sports.
这是多么大的一个改变啊！
__________ __________ __________change it is!
【答案】didn't realize the
【解析】本题考查谓语动词及时态以及固定搭配。对照中英文，横线处缺少“没有意识到”的英文表达。“意识到”常用“realize”，这是一个实义动词；根据“in the past（在过去）”可知，句子时态为一般过去时，一般过去时的否定句需要借助助动词“didn't”，其后的动词用原形，所以“没有意识到”应表达为“didn't realize”，“the importance of”是固定搭配，表示“……的重要性”，故答案为didn't realize the。
答案：less important than that
解析：本题考查比较级及代词的用法。“不如……重要”，“important（重要的）”是多音节词，比较级用“less important than”。句子比较的是“运动的重要性”和“学习的重要性”，为避免重复，用“that”指代“the importance”，所以应填“less important than that”。
【答案】learn something more useful
【解析】本题考查固定搭配及不定代词的用法。对照中英文，横线处缺少“学一些更有用的东西”的英文表达。“让某人做某事”常用“make sb. do sth.”结构，所以“学”用动词原形“learn”；“一些东西”用“something”，它是不定代词；“更有用的”要用形容词“useful”的比较级“more useful”，当形容词修饰不定代词时，要放在不定代词的后面，故答案为learn something more useful。
【答案】looking forward to having
【解析】本题考查固定短语及非谓语动词。对照中英文，横线处缺少“期待着拥有”的英文表达。“期待做某事”常用“look forward to doing sth.”，“to”是介词，其后接动词的-ing形式；根据“现在”以及“are”可知，这里要用现在进行时，其结构是“be+动词的现在分词”，“look”的现在分词是“looking”，“拥有”用“have”，其-ing形式是“having”，故答案为looking forward to having。
【答案】What a big
【解析】本题考查感叹句的结构。对照中英文，横线处缺少引导感叹句的词以及“大的”英文表达。感叹句常见结构有“What+(a/an)+形容词+名词+主语+谓语！”和“How+形容词/副词+主语+谓语！”。这里“change（改变）”是可数名词单数，“big（大的）”是形容词，所以要用“What a+形容词+可数名词单数+主语+谓语！”的结构，故答案为What a big。
九、书面表达（每题10分，共10分）
发明改变了世界。我们的生活越来越舒适与便捷，这都依赖于各式各样的发明。假设你是李华，最近你和同学在校园里做了一项关于“你最喜欢的现代发明”的调查，请你写一篇英语短文，报告此次调查的结果，并挑选其中一个发明谈谈你的看法，短文需包括以下要点：
Invention Electric car Smartphone Computer
Percentage of supporting students 23% 32% 45%
Reasons 1. 让短途旅行更舒适快捷； 2. 用电而不是汽油，不会污染空气。 1. 远距离联系朋友很方便； 2. 能随时随地上网查信息 1. …… 2. ……
Your opinion ……
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 modern invention" in our school, and here is the result.
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【例文】
There are numerous inventions throughout history, and some of them have brought about significant changes to the world. Recently, our school conducted a survey on "What's your favorite invention," and here is the outcome.
45%of the students regard the computer as their favorite invention since they can utilize it to carry out many crucial tasks. Thirty-two percent of the students favor smartphones as they can use them to communicate with friends. Thirteen percent of the students consider the car their top choice, as it enables them to travel at any time and to any place. Ten percent of the students like air conditioning best because it can maintain a cool environment. In my opinion, the Internet is the most significant invention. Thanks to it, the world has become increasingly interconnected. We are able to stay informed about the latest global events anytime and anywhere.2024学年第一学期广州期中考试
八年级 英语
第 I 卷（共 65 分）
语音辨析：请选出划线部分发音与其他不同的一项（每小题1分，共5分）
1. A. Italian B. gram C. calculate D. carriage
2. A. human B. number C. instruction D. suddenly
3. A. down B. double C. mouse D. however
4. A. correctly B. century C. create D. accident
5. A. checked B. challenged C. developed D. typed
二、句子选择：请选择符合语境的一项（每题1分，共5分）
1. __________ Some students spend too much time watching them and not enough time studying. Some videos on them have a bad effect on students too.
A. Short video apps can cause problems.
B. Short videos are 15 seconds to a few minutes long.
C. Many teens like to share the fun things with others through short videos.
D. Douyin locks the app if someone uses the app for over two hours a day.
2. Companies use big data. __________ For example, one company uses weather data to see when people eat the most ice creams.
A. Big data can be used in many ways.
B. Hospitals use big data to predict if a baby will get sick.
C. Some schools use big data to understand which children may need help.
D. It helps them understand when people buy their products.
3. New mobile services provide local weather information to help farmers plan their work __________.
A. They have already helped many people to start small businesses.
B. They are having a great effect on poor countries.
C. Fishermen now use them to find the best market for their fish.
D. They can also get advice on farming ways and farm product price information.
4. Google is the most popular Internet search engine in the world, __________.
A. Its first office was in a friend's garage.
B. They also borrowed money from family and friends.
C. It was invented by two students, Larry Page and Sergey Brin.
D. People loved it because it was fast, easy and correct.
5. __________ Facial expressions and body language can show far more than words online.
A. Real friendships need face-to-face communication.
B. People always sit together but just look at their phones without speaking.
C. We should keep away from some bad habits when we use smart phones.
D. Today's smart phones can do almost anything.
三、语法选择（每题1分，共10分）
There once lived in China a very stupid king and queen. One day the queen had 1 baby daughter. When they saw their baby, they both cried out, "My goodness! 2 small it is! It's hairless and toothless! It's a monster!" They sent for all the doctors in the country and ordered them 3 some medicine for her.
"When she drinks your medicine, she must grow to the right size and have hair and teeth." The king said to the doctors, " 4 you don't do this, I'll kill you."
The doctors thought it impossible, but they couldn't say 5 against the king's order. Just then, one of
6 came up. "Oh, we shall certainly follow your 7 " he said, "but it 8 time. We have to dig for something to make a little medicine from the KunLun Mountains when the snow melts for the second time. The snow melts on those mountains only once in six years. So we need twelve years to 9 make the medicine."
At last the king agreed and the doctors took away the little princess. On her 10 birthday, they brought her back to her parents with long black hair and beautiful teeth. The king and queen were very happy and gave the doctors many presents.
1. A. a B. an C. the D. /
2. A. What B. Why C. How D. Who
3. A. prepare B. prepared C. preparing D. to prepare
4. A. However B. Because C. If D. So
5. A. something B. anything C. nothing D. everything
6. A. older doctor B. the oldest doctor C. the older doctors D. the oldest doctors
7. A. advice B. advices C. advise D. advises
8. A. take B. takes C. took D. was taking
9. A. correct B. more correct C. correction D. correctly
10. A. twelve B. twelfth C. the twelve D. the twelfth
四、完形填空（每题1分，共10分）
Do you use a smart phone every day What do you usually do with your phone Phones are very 1 in our daily lives. However, they can cause some 2 . It can be 3 to stay focused these days. When working on your homework, you might sometimes find that your smart phone is distracting (使分心) you. 4 , your smart phone can distract you while you are doing other things, such as having dinner, staying with friends, reading books and so on.
A (n) 5 called Forest can help you stay focused. You can download the app if you want to stay away from your 6 and focus on more important things. When you set a new task in the app and set a certain quantity of time to finish it, a tree seed will be "planted" in the app. If you keep doing your task 7 , the seed will grow into a tree. But if you close the app and play with your phone 8 , the tree will wither and even die. Once you
9 the task, your tree will be "planted" in the app. If you keep trying, you will have a 10 some day! You can share your achievements with your friends and try to "plant" different kinds of trees.
I already have a whole forest in the app. Whenever I see my trees, I think about the effort I've made to grow them.
1. A. safe B. important C. harmful D. boring
2. A. problems B. danger C. discussion D. words
3. A. possible B. necessary C. hard D. terrible
4. A. However B. Sadly C. Instead D. Also
5. A. book B. app C. magazine D. film
6. A. homework B. phone C. game D. textbook
7. A. project B. housework C. task D. shopping
8. A. instead B. happily C. finally D. soon
9. A. top B. finish C. start D. choose
10. A. forest B. gift C. farm D. tree
五、阅读理解（每题2分，共30分）
（A）
Many people know the names Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Edison. However, most people don't know the name of the man who invented the television, Philo Farnsworth.
Philo Farnsworth was born in 1906 and grew up on a potato farm. As a boy, he loved to learn about science, and he read a lot of science books. When he was only thirteen years old, he drew a picture of a machine that could send pictures as radio sends sounds. He got the idea from the way the potatoes were planted in the field. The potatoes grew in long lines, side by side. This made a shape in Philo's mind. This shape helped Philo think of a way to send the TV picture onto a piece of glass. But he was poor, so Philo could not try to make his idea into a machine at that time.
Later, Philo worked at many different jobs. He worked with trees. He worked on broken radios. He worked on trains. He also worked as a street cleaner. At last, two rich men heard about his idea for television, and they gave him the money to make it. On September 7th, 1927, they watched Philo test the machine he built. When Philo turned on the machine, a small line could be seen on the glass. Philo said, "There you have it, electric television."
Later, a big company, RCA, said they had made the first television. Philo had to spend a lot of money on lawyers to fight them. Finally, he won. Then, World War Two started in 1939. During the war, Philo spent a lot of money helping the US army instead of building up his television company. After the war, other bigger, richer companies started making televisions. In the end, Philo had to sell his company.
1. Philo Farnsworth got the idea of TV from __________
A. the radio B. science books C. potato fields D. a machine
2. According to the text, how old was Philo when he finished his invention of TV
A. 21 years old. B. 27 years old. C. 33 years old. D. 39 years old.
3. The underlined phrase "building up" in the last paragraph probably means “__________”.
A. inventing B. advertising C. introducing D. developing
4. Which is the correct order of the following events
a. Two rich men gave Philo money to do experiments.
b. Philo sold his own company.
c. Philo beat RCA in law.
d. Philo fixed broken radios.
e. Philo drew a picture of machine.
A. e-d-a-c-b B. d-a-e-c-b C. e-a-d-c-b D. a-c-b-d-e
5. The best title for this article is __________
A. The importance of television B. A successful scientist
C. Philo Farnsworth D. How to make a television
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Kids learn to count on their fingers, because they're so, well, handy (方便)! And it makes sense - most number systems originally developed as people counted using their fingers.
The counting system of native Greenlanders not only uses all ten fingers, but all ten toes as well! Here's how it works. The Greenlandic word for the number seven translates as, "second hand, two." That means you count five on the first hand and add two from the second, to make seven. After you run out of fingers, go for the toes. Thirteen translates as "first foot, three". That means you add ten fingers plus three toes.
The counting system we use has a base of ten. Larger numbers are simply multiples of ten. For example, ten tens make one hundred. We're so used to our base ten system that it may seem like the only possibility. But the Greenlandic number system has a base of twenty, and other have a base of five. Of all the number systems ever invented, five, ten, and twenty are the most common bases.
It's no coincidence (巧合) that these bases match the number of fingers on one hand, or two hands, or all of our fingers and toes. The connection between fingers and counting is so close that several languages have just one word means both "hand" and the number five. For example in English, the word "digit" means a number or a finger. So if anyone teases you for counting on your fingers, just tell them you find your digits quite handy!
1. The native Greenlanders may use __________ if their fingers are not enough for counting.
A. toes B. stones C. arms D. nothing else
2. Which number translates as "second foot, one" __________
A. 6 B. 11 C. 16 D. 21
3. The writer mentioned all the following number systems except__________
A. a base of 2 B. a base of 5 C. a base of 10 D. a base of 20
4. What can we infer from the passage __________
A. Greenlanders are much cleverer than others.
B. The connection between fingers and counting is a coincidence.
C. Digit means five and hand in English.
D. People with the number system of Base 5 probably used one hand to count in the past.
5. What's the best title for the passage __________
A. The magic of numbers
B. What can we learn from Greenlanders' way of counting
C. It's convenient to count using fingers
D. The fun of kids' fingers
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Many parents make their children do chores around the house. For some families, teaching children what to do and how to do chores is easy. But in other families, getting children to do some housework can be a very big problem.
What makes this difference To find the reasons, we did a survey. We interviewed 4,000 teenagers in China. Half of them come from big cities like Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. The others are from small villages. We made a diagram of the result of our survey. Let's have a look at it.
Chores Teenagers in small villages Teenagers in big cities
Take out the rubbish 1,600 1,000
Sweep the floor 1,200 850
Make the bed 1,400 600
Do the dishes 1,100 1,500
Fold the clothes 900 750
We found that teenagers from small villages do more chores than those from big cities. We suggest that parents should give their children some chores to do. Chores are good for children, even very young ones. Because the skills and value from doing chores will be good for children all their life. For example, doing chores can teach children many important skills like working together. Chores also teach children what is fair. All family members must work together to make house clean, and each person must do his or her share of the work. We can do this by starting a plan of chores and responsibilities when children are young.
1. The first paragraph tells us EXCEPT __________
A. what problem the survey is about
B. why the writer did this survey
C. how many interviewees joined in this survey
D. where the writer comes from
2. According to the passage, which is TRUE
A. Only half of the teenagers in big cities choose to take out the rubbish.
B. More than half of the teenagers in small villages fold the clothes.
C. Teenagers in big cities prefer making the bed to doing the dishes.
D. There are 2,000 teenagers sweeping the floor in total in this survey.
3. What does the underline word "fair" means in Para. 2 mean
A. equal B. united C. hard–working D. meaningful
4. What does the writer suggest
A. Parents should ask their children to do chores when they are old enough.
B. Doing chores can help to develop children's skills and responsibilities.
C. Children should do all the chores by themselves in order to be responsible.
D. Teenagers from big cities should do more chores than those from small villages.
5. The passage may be from __________
A. a diary B. an advertisement C. a newspaper D. a story book
第 II 卷（共 25 分）
六、阅读填空（每题1分，共5分）
Encyclopaedia Britannica used to be the king of encyclopaedias. It hopes to become the most important encyclopaedia again.
1 It moved to Chicago in 1935. In 1990, the company sold more than 100,000 sets of books. 2 . Book sales dropped during the time of the Internet because people stopped getting information only from books.
3 .
Some online encyclopedias started in the early 21st century. It was the beginning of the end of Encyclopaedia Britannica books. Several years ago, the company stopped publishing the books. It put the whole encyclopaedia on the Internet. 4 . One reason is that some online encyclopedias have millions of articles, but Britannica has only 106,000. About half of Britannica's articles are free while almost all of the articles on other online encyclopaedias are free.
Still, some readers believe that Britannica's articles are more trustworthy. 5 . They make sure the articles are correct. The president of Britannica has a plan. He wants to offer all of the encyclopaedia online for free. The company hopes more people will read it.
A. This was Britannica's best year. B. They began getting it online as well. C. Britannica began in Scotland nearly 250 years ago. D. It's said that each Britannica article is checked by experts. E. Sadly, Britannica online is less popular than some other online encyclopaedias.
七、语篇填词（每题1分，共5分）
People call Molly's grandmother a "walking encyclopedia" because she knows a large a 1 of knowledge. How can she do that
The first secret is that she has a colorful life. When she was young, she went to different parts of the world. After her son was born, she lived in a village and began taking care of her kid in the c 2 instead of travelling everywhere.
From then on, she started to read many different kinds of books, i 3 story books, magazines, guide books, dictionaries and so on. They are p 4 because the knowledge in them helps her solve many problems in daily life. Sometimes, books are too e 5 for her to buy. Then she will borrow them from others.
That's why Molly's grandmother knows everything.
八、完成句子（每题2分，共10分）
1. 以前，很多父母都没有意识到运动的重要性。
Many parents __________ __________ __________ the importance of sport in the past.
2. 他们都认为运动不如学习重要。
They all thought sport was __________ __________ __________ __________ study.
3. 所以他们会阻止学生们运动，让他们去学一些更有用的东西。
So they would stop students from doing sports and made them__________ __________ __________
__________.
4. 但现在很多家长和学生都期待着能通过运动拥有一个健康的身体。
But now, many parents and students are __________ __________ __________ __________ a healthy body by
doing sports.
这是多么大的一个改变啊！
__________ __________ __________change it is!
九、书面表达（每题10分，共10分）
发明改变了世界。我们的生活越来越舒适与便捷，这都依赖于各式各样的发明。假设你是李华，最近你和同学在校园里做了一项关于“你最喜欢的现代发明”的调查，请你写一篇英语短文，报告此次调查的结果，并挑选其中一个发明谈谈你的看法，短文需包括以下要点：
Invention Electric car Smartphone Computer
Percentage of supporting students 23% 32% 45%
Reasons 1. 让短途旅行更舒适快捷； 2. 用电而不是汽油，不会污染空气。 1. 远距离联系朋友很方便； 2. 能随时随地上网查信息 1. …… 2. ……
Your opinion ……
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 modern invention" in our school, and here is the result.
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