重庆市巴蜀中学校2023-2024学年八年级上学期期末英语试题

题

学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________

一、单项选择

1．My dream is to be ________astronaut to travel in space when I grow up. A．a

B．an

C．the

D．/

2．Mr. Xi Jinping’s visit to America greatly improved the ________ between two countries. A．information

B．education

C．discussion

D．relationship

3．—Ms.Smart, how can I get better grades in English? —Nothing is impossible ________ our hard work, kid. A．without

B．for

C．of

D．through

4．Miss Zhang is one of ________ I know. A．the most understanding teacher C．the more understanding teacher

B．the most understanding teachers D．the more understanding teachers

5．—Tony, stop playing with your phone. The final exam is coming! —Don’t worry, mom. I’ll ________ it. A．prepare for

B．agree with

C．hear from

D．look for

6．I think our city will have ________ pollution in the future if everyone plays a part in saving the environment. A．fewer

B．less

C．more

D．much

7．— Do you always keep your worries to yourself?

— Of course not! We’ll certainly feel worse ________we talk to someone about our problems. A．because

B．when

C．unless

D．if

8．—What will happen if anyone ________ smart clothes to the party? —Teachers will not let you in. A．will wear

B．wear

C．doesn’t wear

D．don’t wear

9．—We should live a greener life to be friendly to our mother earth.

—I can’t agree more. I think something small like using ________ sides of paper will help. A．each

B．every

C．both

D．all

10．It may take humans ________ years to move to another planet.

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A．hundreds of B．hundred of C．hundred D．hundreds

二、完形填空

根据短文内容，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个能填入相应空格内的最佳答案，并把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。

“Poor Grandma!” Daisy began to talk with her brother Jack when arriving home. “I wish we could do something to make her happy.”

Grandma 11 her leg. The doctor said she would be in bed for six weeks. Grandma likes looking after 12 and taking a rest in her garden, so she would not like sitting in her chair waiting for getting well again. She would be 13 .

“How about a terrarium (栽培盒)?” cried Jack. “Terrariums are little indoor gardens that people can 14 in glass bottles. In this way, Grandma can enjoy a mini-garden in her house 15 the six weeks.”

Daisy agreed. After looking up information online and asking for advice from gardeners, they found terrarium-making wasn’t that difficult, 16 they still got a lot to do. Then they busily began their terrarium-making. First, they needed some materials (材料), so they visited the garden shops nearby, looking for the materials and choosing two of Grandma’s favorite plants 17 .

Then they began to build the terrarium. First, they put some drainage (排水的) materials at the bottom (底部) of the bottle. Next, they 18 some dark, rich soil (土壤). Then they grew the plants in the soil. One was tall with thin, green leaves. 19 was short with bright pink flowers. To make the terrarium more colorful, Daisy placed light yellow rocks and bright green moss. Finally, they watered the plants.

When Daisy and Jack showed Grandma the terrarium, she was really happy. She placed the terrarium in her room and every time she looked at it, she remembered the love and care that her 20 put into it. 11．A．broke

B．fell

C．stood

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D．helped

12．A．animals 13．A．worried 14．A．clean 15．A．during 16．A．so 17．A．quietly 18．A．added 19．A．Another 20．A．sons

B．pets B．bored B．touch B．before B．because B．carefully B．hung B．The other B．friends

C．fruits C．surprised C．build C．after C．though C．cheaply C．bought C．Other C．grandma

D．plants D．comfortable D．cover D．between D．when D．peacefully D．took D．The others D．grandchildren

三、阅读理解

At the end of this term, our school magazine asked students about their favorite subjects. The questions were about what subject they like best, why they like them and how they learn them. Here are the results.

21．25 percent of the students like ________ best.

A．Chinese

B．math

C．English

D．history

22．What percent of the students think their favorite subject is fun?

A．9%.

B．15%.

C．30%.

D．46%.

23．Which is the most common way of learning?

A．Doing exercises. C．Taking notes.

B．Listening to the teachers carefully. D．Working with friends.

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Joel Sartore is a speaker, writer, teacher and National Geographic (国家地理) photographer (摄影师). He is famous for his photos of animals in danger. Here is an interview (采访) with him.

Question: How did you become a National Geographic photographer?

Answer: My first job was for a newspaper. After spending a few years there, I met a National Geographic photographer. He liked my photos and said I should send some to the magazine. So I did. Then I got a one-day job with the National Geographic. And after that, I got a nine-day job, and so on.

Question: What kind of photographer is National Geographic looking for? Answer: To get into the National Geographic team, you have to show them something they don’t have. It’s not enough just to be a great photographer. You also need some special skills (技能). You have to, for example, be a scientist, be able to dive (潜水) under the sea or spend some days in a tree.

Question: Many people want to be a photographer. Do you have any advice for them?

Answer: Advice? Well, work hard. Take lots of pictures in different places. Look at others’ photos carefully and learn from them. And keep curious (好奇的) about the world. There’s something to photograph everywhere. Be a photographer for the right reasons. If you do it for the money, you won’t be happy. But do you want to make the world a better place? If so, you’ll find your work more enjoyable and meaningful. 24．Joel Sartore is not a ________.

A．speaker

B．photographer

C．doctor

D．writer

25．How long did Joel Sartore first worked for National Geographic?

A．For one day.

B．For nine days.

C．For a month.

D．For a few years.

26．Who can most probably get into the National Geographic team?

A．Greg, a young man who is good at paragliding. B．Laura, a photographer who has worked for 20 years.

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C．Vince, a young reporter who is a man of high education. D．Steve, a great photographer who is good at climbing mountains. 27．According to Joel Sartore, what makes a photographer enjoy his work better?

A．Making much money.

B．Taking lots of pictures.

C．Trying to make the world a better place. D．Being a scientist and diving under the sea.

The old gentleman looked out at the station as the train came in. He saw a little girl running to his carriage (车厢). He stood up and leaned (身体倾斜) out of the window.

“Please read this.” the girl said, and put a letter into his hand.

The train left the station. The old gentleman sat down and read the letter. Dear Mr. We do not know your name,

Mother is ill and the doctor says she needs some things. But she says she doesn’t have the money. She has to buy food for us. We do not know anyone here and Father is away, and we do not know where he is now. Father will pay you, or if he has no money, I will pay you when I am a man. I promise you. Could you please be kind to get all the things on the list at the end of the letter and give them to the Station Master?

The letter was signed (署名) Peter, Roberta, and Phyllis.

The old gentleman read the letter and smiled. Then he put it in his bag and started to read his newspaper again.

That night the children got a bag full of everything on the list. And there were also many things they didn’t ask for, such as chicken and apples. There was a letter, too. Dear Peter, Roberta and Phyllis,

Here are the things on your list, and I hope your mother will soon be better. When she asks where the things come from, tell her they are from a friend. When she is well, you can tell her the truth. She may say that you were wrong to ask a stranger (陌生人) for these things, but tell her that I think you were quite right.

The letter was signed “G. P”. (Adapted from The Railway Children)

28．What’s the children’s purpose (目的) of writing the letter?

A．To make a new friend. home.

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B．To invite the old gentleman to their

C．To describe how poor they were. D．To ask for help.

29．What does the underlined word “it” refer to?

A．The bag.

B．The letter.

C．The money.

D．The newspaper.

30．Which is the right order of the following events? a. The old gentleman read the letter.

b. The girl put a letter into the old gentleman’s hand. c. The old gentleman gave a bag to the Station Master.

d. Peter, Roberta, and Phyllis read the letter from the old gentleman.

A．a-b-d-c

B．a-d-b-c

C．b-a-c-d

D．b-c-d-a

31．Which of the following best describes the old gentleman?

A．Kind.

B．Funny.

C．Outgoing.

D．Clever.

When do you become an adult (成年人)? The answers are different from country to country. In modern China, adulthood for both boys and girls starts at the age of 18. By the time most people reach 18, they have finished high school and are ready for university. So a person’s 18th birthday often means a celebration of both adulthood and the start of college life.

Did children in ancient (古代的) China become adults at 18? In fact, boys in ancient China became adults at 20 and girls at 15. And there was a ceremony (仪式) to celebrate this time. After the ceremony, a young person could be called an “adult”.

For girls, the ceremony was called Ji Li. “Ji” is a kind of hairpin (发夹). In ancient times, only girls from rich families could have this ceremony. It was simple and didn’t take much time. Before the ceremony, a girl would tie (系) her hair on the top of her head. At the ceremony, a woman in the family would put a hairpin on a girl’s hair. It meant she was now an adult. After the ceremony, she needed to learn a lot, like the right way to speak and dress.

For boys, the ceremony was called Guan Li. ________ Before the ceremony, a boy’s family often chose a lucky day and invited many guests. On that day, the boy needed to dress up. The father would wash hands and put three hats on the boy’s head, one by one. Then the

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boy would change into another set of clothes to go with the color of the hats. After these steps, the boy would become a “man”.

32．When did a person become an adult in ancient China?

A．At the age of 18 for both boys and girls. B．At the age of 18 for boys and 15 for girls. C．At the age of 20 for boys and 15 for girls. girls.

33．Which of the following can be put in _________.

A．It was usually in May. C．It was the same as Ji Li. name.

34．What can we infer (推测) from the passage?

A．People saw a boy’s Guan Li as an important celebration. B．On a boy’s Guan Li, the father put three hats on his son’s head. C．All boys and girls had a ceremony to celebrate their being an adult. D．People expected boys to speak and dress in a right way after they grew up. 35．In which magazine can you most probably read this article?

A．Nature Future

①Have you heard of a computer program that can understand what you say and answer you in a human-like way? Well, ChatGPT, one of the most powerful AIs of its kind, has excited the world.

①People have tested how ChatGPT works. A teacher asked ChatGPT to write answers to exam questions. It could almost get perfect grades. A mom took a picture of the food in her kitchen and sent it into ChatGPT. It was able to tell her what dishes she could make and how to cook them. A father asked ChatGPT to think up ideas of a birthday party for his son. It could give a plan combining (结合) the kid’s two favorites, pandas and soccer.

①What’s more, when people ask ChatGPT questions, it can find mistakes. If you ask what happened when Columbus arrived in America in 2023, older AIs might give a story. But ChatGPT will tell you that Columbus got to America in the 1400s. Also, ChatGPT will not provide information on dark and bad things. For example, if you ask it for advice on stealing (盗窃) a car, it will say that this can bring serious results and you can choose to take a bus.

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B．Science News

C．China in Culture

D．Life in the

B．“Guan” is a kind of hat.

D．After Guan Li, the boy would have a new

D．At the age of 20 for boys and 18 for

①ChatGPT might help in many ways, but there are still some worries. Open AI said its users had better be careful about the information given by ChatGPT, because it is trained (训练) using information from the Internet, but some may not be right. Also, some think that people will use ChatGPT to copy others’ work and sell it as their own.

①It’s still too soon to say what kind of effect (影响) ChatGPT will have on our lives. Let’s hope that, if ChatGPT does become bigger and more popular, its effects are mostly good.

36．In Paragraph 2, the writer describes how ChatGPT works by _________.

A．giving examples questions

B．telling a story

C．answering

D．showing differences

37．Which is most probably a conversation (对话) between you and ChatGPT？

A．I: What kind of plant is it in this picture?

AI: Sorry, I am not able to understand pictures. I can only understand words. B．I: Find something as a gift for my cousin’s birthday. He likes dogs and basketball. AI: There is no such gift.

C．I: Is Li Bai, a writer from Japan, famous all ovr the world? AI: Yes, because his writing is fantastic.

D．I: To make turkey, a traditional food for Chinese New Year, what do I need? AI: For your information, turkey is a traditional food for Thanksgiving. And you need to prepare a turkey, cornbread, onions and gravy.

38．How is the passage organized? (①=Paragraph 1, ①=Paragraph 2... )

A． B．

C． D．

39．What’s the best title of this passage?

A．Say No to ChatGPT!

B．Get Success with ChatGPT!

C．ChatGPT is Catching the World’s Eyes! D．Can ChatGPT Take the Place of Humans?

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四、补全对话

阅读下面对话，从下面7个选项中选择5个恰当的句子完成此对话，并把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。

Peter: Hi, Kate! Lauren invites me to her home party this Saturday. Kate: Wow, sounds like fun.

Peter And she says everyone will take one dish to her home to share. You know I’m a green hand for cooking. 40 Kate: Sure. Do you like vegetable salad?

Peter: 41 It’s healthy and I often eat it. Is it easy to make?

Kate: Yes, I usually make it by myself at home. Let me show you how to make it now. Peter: Great! 42 Kate：We need two small tomatoes, a cucumber (黄瓜) and some salad dressing (调料). Peter: 43 Kate: About three spoons. Then, cut the vegetables into small pieces. Peter: OK. 44

Kate: Put them into a bowl. Then, add the salad dressing and mix them together. Peter: Wow, so easy. You are really my life saver. Thanks a lot! Kate: You’re welcome. Have fun! A．Would you like to come with me? B．What’s next? C．What do we need? D．How do you make it? E．I think so.

F．Could you please teach me how to cook something? G．How much salad dressing do we need?

五、任务型阅读

阅读下面短文，根据短文内容，完成下列各题。

A farmer had a fine orchard (果园). He was hard-working all his life, but his three sons

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disliked farm work. They were only interested in getting rich quickly and easily.

When the farmer was old and knew he was going to die soon, he called the three sons to him and said, “My sons, there is a pot of gold (金子) hidden (隐藏) in the orchard. Dig for it, if you want it.” The sons wanted to know where the farmer hid the gold, but he said nothing more.

After the farmer died, the sons went to dig for the gold. They did not know where it was, so they decided to begin from one end of the orchard and stop when one of them could find the gold.

They dug and dug. They turned up the earth from one end of the orchard to the other, around the trees and between them. But they couldn’t find the pot. They were really sad to have all their work for nothing.

When the next autumn came, the three sons found more fruit on the trees than ever. They sold the fruit and surprisingly got a whole pot of gold. When they saw the gold, they finally understood what their father really meant, “There is a pot of gold hidden in the orchard. Dig for it, if you want it.”

45．Did the farmer’s three sons like farm work?

46．How did the three sons feel when they finished digging the orchard?

47．Why did the trees have more fruit than ever in the next autumn? 48．What did the three sons finally understand?

六、单词拼写

49．At the b of a year, people always make New Year’s resolutions. 50．It’s d to meet online friends who you don’t know very well without telling your parents. 51． (没有一个) of this would be possible without your help. 52．As long as you take your study (serious) enough, you will get good grades. 53．Yangzi River is (long) than any other river in China. 试卷第10页，共13页

54．I refused (accept) his flowers because I was not interested in him at all. 55．Gina is looking forward to (see) her boyfriend. 56．Not everyone (know) how to eat healthily every day. 57．Jack London wrote many stories about dogs and (send) them to newspapers. 58．There (be) lots of food and drinks available at the party tomorrow.

七、完成句子

59．People will use paper money in 100 years.（变为否定句） People paper money in 100 years. 60．We need three bananas to make a milk shake. (对划线部分提问) bananas do we need to make a milk shake? 61．The buildings fell down. People were inside the buildings.（两句合并为一句） The buildings fell down people . 62．Because the weather was bad, we couldn’t go paragliding that day. (改为同义句) the bad weather, we couldn’t go paragliding that day. 63．谷爱凌的成功与她的努力以及对滑雪的热爱有关系。 Eileen Gu’s success has to her hard work and love for skiing.

八、课内填空

．Robert Hunt students about common problems. He feels the same way as Laura. “It’s best not to run away our problems. We should always try to solve them.” He thinks the first is to find someone you trust to talk to. This person doesn’t need to be an expert like himself. Students often forget that their parents have more , and are always there to help them. In English, we say that sharing a problem is like it in half. So you’re halfway to solving a problem just by talking to someone about it!

九、短文填空

根据下面短文内容，在短文的空格处填上一个恰当的词，使短文完整、通顺。请将完整的单词填写在答题卡上对应的位置。

On December 18th, an earthquake (地震) happened in Gansu Province. Usually people have no 65 about what to do before, during and after an earthquake. To keep you

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safe (安全的), here is some advice.

An earthquake usually happens in a short time and can be very serious, so it is n 66 to prepare yourself and your family for it. Make sure all family members know 67 to turn off gas (天然气), water and electricity (电). They should also know some important telephone 68 like 120 and 119.

During an earthquake, keeping calm (冷静的) is important. If you are indoors, move to a safe place in the room quickly, for example, 69 a strong desk or table. By doing this, you can save yourself when something 70 down from higher places. Remember to stay away from windows or heavy pictures. If you are cooking, turn off the gas at once. If you are outdoors, move to a clear area like a playground. Get away from buildings, bridges and trees. If you are driving, 71 the car as soon as possible and then just stay inside. Don’t try to drive through an active earthquake.

After an earthquake, don’t run out of the building at once. You’d better stay in your safe place 72 the shaking stops for 1 or 2 minutes. Make sure if there is anybody else around you, then help the people who are in need.

十、书面表达

73．近几年，中学生生涯规划正悄然兴起。著名哲学家尼采曾经说过：“聪明的人只要认识自己，便什么也不会失去。”而了解“我是谁”，“我要到哪里去”，“我将怎么到达那里”三个问题，能帮助我们找到人生的方向。请你结合自己的性格，爱好，擅长的事等，谈一谈你对未来的规划，比如：你理想中的职业是什么？你想去哪里发展，为什么？你将怎么去实现你的梦想？ 要求： 1.词数：80-120词； 2.文中不能出现自己的姓名和学校名称； 3.开头已给出，不计入词数，可适当拓展。 参考信息： Knowing about yourself: Personalities: outgoing, shy quiet, confident, hard-working, … Hobbies: be interested in…, enjoy… Strengths: be good at…, have talent for. … 试卷第12页，共13页

Planning for the future: What, where, why: be going to, will, move to… How: take… lessons, study…hard, learn to…, practice… People never know what will happen in the future. But as long as we know ourselves well and make plans, things will be clear and easy.

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