2021-2022学年湖南省常德市安乡县八年级（上）期末英语试卷
发布：2024/11/30 0:0:1
一、阅读下面的材料，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出最佳选项回答问题。
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（1）Rita could go to the cinema onWelcome to Womei Cinema! New Movies 
The Battle at Lake Changjin
007 — No Time to DieKind War film Action movie Time 2：30pm，4：30pm & 6：30pm 12：15pm，3：15pm & 7：15pm Dates September 30th — October 29th October 29th — November 22nd Notice：
▲Please show your "Health Code" before going into the cinema.
▲Masks（口罩） are necessary before，during and after movies.
▲Please visit www.wmcinema.jye.ai for more information and visit Maoyan APP to buy tickets.if she is interested in action movies.
A．September 29th
B．October 30th
C．November 29th
（2）We CANNOT findin the reading.
A．the ticket prices
B．the name of the cinema
C．the showing time of the movies
（3）Which of the following is TRUE according to the poster？
A．The cinema will check the "Health Code" during and after movies.
B．You can the visit the website if you are interested in the movies.
C．We can put off the mask after getting into the cinema.组卷：2引用：2难度：0.6 -
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（1）When do Americans usually eat turkey？
Do you know turkey？People in England and the USA enjoy eating it on Thanksgiving Day or Christmas.It tastes so delicious.Let me tell you how to cook it.Then you can have a try in your kitchen.Ingredients A big turkey，some pepper（胡椒），some salt，butter or oil，some onions，some beer，some honey and some fruit. Cooking steps First，wash the turkey with water and make it clean enough.
Next，put some salt and pepper all over it and onions and beer in it.
Then，put it into a pot and steam it for at least half an hour.
After that，take it out of the pot.Be careful not to hurt yourself because it's too hot.Then put some butter or oil on the turkey.If you enjoy a sweet taste，you can put some honey on it.
Finally，put some fruit around it on the plate.
A．On Easter.
B．On New Year's Day.
C．On Thanksgiving Day.
（2）How long must we steam the turkey at least？
A．For 15 minutes.
B．For 30 minutes.
C．For 60 minutes.
（3）How many cooking steps are mentioned in the passage？
A．Three.
B．Four.
C．Five.
（4）The text may be from a.
A．cookbook
B．poster
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3．There are four people in my family.They're my grandfather，my parents and me.My grandfather exercises every day.He never uses the Internet.He eats vegetables three times a day，but he hardly ever drinks milk.And he watches TV every night.My father is a taxi driver.He is very busy.He never exercises，but he sometimes surfs the Internet.He watches TV on Saturday and Sunday evening.He often eats vegetables and drinks milk.My mother is a housewife（家庭主妇）.She watches TV twice a day.She never surfs the Internet.She sometimes eats vegetables，but she drinks milk three times a week.Exercise？Of course she does.She exercises every day by doing housework.I'm a middle school student.I go to school from Monday to Friday.I often exercise.But on Saturday and Sunday，I don't exercise because I have too much homework to do.I watch TV only on Sunday evening.But I surf the Internet twice a week.I drink milk every day，but I don't like vegetables.My mother often says to me， "Why do you eat so much meat，Mike？It's not good for your health." But I like it very much.
（1）sometimes surf the Internet in his family.
A．Mike and his father
B．Mike and his mother
C．Mike's parents
（2）watch TV every day in his family.
A．Mike's parents
B．Mike and his grandfather
C．Mike's mother and grandfather
（3）What does Mike's father do？
A．He always stays at home.
B．He never surfs the Internet.
C．He is a taxi driver.
（4）Why doesn't Mike exercise on Saturday and Sunday？
A．Because he has too much homework to do.
B．Because he wants to surf the Internet.
C．Because he wants to watch TV.
（5）Mike likes eatingvery much.
A．milk
B．meat
C．vegetables组卷：1引用：1难度：0.4 -
4．Dear Andrew，
I write this letter to tell you something exciting.We had a sports meeting in our school last Friday!
At about 8：00 am，all the students arrived at the playground.I took part in the first event—the 100-metre race.Steve got first place.My classmate David took part in the long jump and Lisa took part in the high jump.
The tug-of-war（拔河） between Class Three and Class One was the most interesting event in the morning.It was at 11：00 am.And Class Three won it.The events in the afternoon were the 400-metre race，bicycle race，basketball game and tennis game.My classmate Maria took part in the 400-metre race.But she fell down and could not move.Frank is the best basketball player in our school.He helped his team win the basketball game.
The sports meeting ended at 5：00 pm.All of the students were excited.We looked forward to the next sports meeting in our school.
Jerry
（1）Last Friday the sports meeting in our school lastedfor hours.
A．9
B．8
C．7
（2）____ took part in the long jump and ____ took part in the high jump.
A．Steve；Jerry
B．David；Lisa
C．Lisa；Andrew
（3）Which was the most interesting event in the morning？
A．The 100-metre race.
B．The bicycle race.
C．The tug-of-war.
（4）Which of the following is NOT true？
A．Frank fell down and could not move.
B．There were four events in the afternoon.
C．Steve won first place in the 100-metre race.组卷：2引用：1难度：0.9 -
5．From hill to hill no bird in flight.
From path to path no man in sight.
A lonely fisherman afloat.
Is fishing snow in lonely boat.
—— by Tang Dynasty （618-907）poet Liu Zongyuan The translator of those classic lines，renowned Peking University professor Xu Yuanchong died at the age of 100 in Beijing on Jun.17th，2021.He was widely known in China as"the first person able to translate Chinese，English and French classics".
Born in 1921，Xu went to the National Southwestern Associated University to study English in 1938，where his love for translation was lighted.
Xu started his career in 1958 by translating poems by Mao Zedong into English and French.But most of his translations were published after 1983，when he started working at Peking University.
At the age of 93，he started translating Shakespeare.Before he died，he had been working on The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James at the speed of 1，000 words a day.
In nearly forty years，Xu published more than 150 translation works and theories （理论），covering translations from Chinese to English，English to Chinese，French to Chinese and Chinese to French.
Xu's passion for translation continued until the end of his life，just like the epigraph of The Peony Pavilion （牡丹亭题词），that he translated —"Love once begun，will never end".
（1）What is the name of the poem mentioned in the passage？
A．Return to Nature.
B．Fishing in Snow.
C．Happy Rain on a Spring Night.
（2）When did Xu Yuanchong translate his first work？
A．In 1921.
B．In 1938.
C．At the age of 37.
（3）What does the underlined word "passion" mean in the last paragraph？
A．热情，热爱
B．悲伤，难过
C．厌倦，厌烦
（4）What may be the title for the passage？
A．A well-known writer.
B．Excellent classics.
C．The fall of a great translator.组卷：2引用：1难度：0.5
二、第二部分知识运用第一节完形填空（共1小题；每小题15分，满分15分）
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6．A rich man asked an old man to advise his son to keep away from his bad habits.The old man took the son for a slow walk through a（1）
.Stopping suddenly he asked the boy to pull out a （2）plant growing in the garden.
The boy held the plant between his two fingers and （3）pulled it out.The old man then（4）him to pull out a little bigger plant.The boy pulled hard and the plant came out （5）the roots（根）. "Now pull out that one，" said the old man， （6）the biggest plant.The boy had to （7）all his strength （力量）to pull it out.
Next，the old man，pointing to a big（8），said， "Now，take this out ." The boy held it and（9）to pull it out.But the tree would not move. "It's （10），"said the boy ，out of breath （呼吸）.
"So it is like bad（11），" said the old man. "When they are young，it is easy to pull them out.（12）when they take hold，they cannot be controlled（控制）."The old man's words （13）the boy's life.
From the story above，the（14）we can learn is：Don't wait for bad habits to grow in us.Drop them while we are in control of them，（15）they will control us.（1） A．park B．forest C．garden （2） A．small B．strong C．beautiful （3） A．hard B．easily C．happily （4） A．asked B．helped C．led （5） A．of B．with C．on （6） A．pointing to（指着） B．waiting for C．looking after （7） A．have B．help C．use （8） A．flower B．tree C．bamboo （9） A．tried B．learned C．had （10） A．dangerous B．easy C．hard （11） A．habits B．ideas C．plans （12） A．And B．But C．So （13） A．saved B．hurt C．changed （14） A．word B．lesson C．subject （15） A．so B．and C．or 组卷：3引用：1难度：0.2
三、第二节语法填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分） 阅读下面的材料，在空白处填入适当内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式（1个或几个单词），使句子通顺正确。
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7．I went to two beautiful
（beach） with my friends last month.组卷：1引用：1难度：0.7 -
8．His parents work in the
（center） part of the city.组卷：0引用：1难度：0.7
五、阅读下面材料，然后根据材料内容简要回答下列问题。
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23．There will be a kind of new cars in the future.The car is as small as a bike，but it can carry two people in it.People will like this kind of small cars better than the big ones.Everybody can drive the car easily，just like riding a bike.Even children and old people can drive them to schools or parks.
If everyone drives such cars in the future，there will be less pollution in the air.There will be more space for all the cars in cities，and there will also be more space for people to walk in the streets.
The little cars of the future will cost less money to buy and to drive.These little cars can go only 65 kilometers an hour，so driving will be safer.The cars of the future will be fine for going around the city，but they will not be useful for a long trip.
This kind of cars can save a lot of gas （汽油）.They will go 450 kilometers，and then they have to stop for more gas.They are nice cars，aren't they？
（1）How many people can this kind of new cars in the future carry？.
（2）Why will people like this kind of small cars better than the big ones？
Please list at least two reasons..
（3）If you drive this kind of new cars for four hours，how far can you probably go at most？.
（4）When you go for a long trip，is it wise（明智的） for you to drive this small car？.
（5）Why do these small cars have to stop after going 450 kilometers？.组卷：2引用：1难度：0.5
六、第三节 基础写作（共1小题，满分15分）
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24．未来总是让人充满幻想，譬如上文中提到的老人小孩都可以驾驶的小汽车。请根据上文中所了解到的未来生活中的很多可能，以"The Life in the Future"为题写一篇80个词左右的英语短文，谈一谈你心目中未来的生活会是什么样子，你可以具体介绍一下你想象中的未来生活：很多事情都由电脑和机器人完成。例如：料理家务、购物、看病，孩子们通过网络把课堂搬到家里，人们可以活到200岁等；为了未来的生活，我们现在应该努力学习，实现理想。
要求： （1）语句通顺，内容完整，语法正确；
（2）不要逐字翻译提示的内容，想象内容要合情合理。
The Life in the Future .组卷：1引用：1难度：0.1
