2022-2023学年广东省深圳市盐田区八年级（上）期末英语试卷
发布：2025/1/5 10:0:3
1.完形填空（10分）阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。
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1．"The greatest joy on the earth is to introduce the beauty created by a people to the whole world，" said Xu Yuanchong，the most well-known translating（1）
in China.Xu devoted himself to translation for more than 60 years.And he（2）over 100 translated books in Chinese，English and French.Those were popular with millions of（3）around the world.
He was a hard-working person.Every day，he would（4）about 1，000 words into another language.He usually worked until 3 a.m.jye.ai 4 a.m.jye.ai then got up at 6 a.m.jye.ai continue（5）.He often said "The best way to lengthen our days is to steal a few hours from the early（6）.
Xu thought a translated work should be just as（7）as the original（原始的） one.So he used his creativity to make it possible.Instead of（8）translating words from one language to another，he changed the words into more readable ones.
In 2014，Xu won the Aurora Borealis Prize for Outstanding Translation of Fiction Literature，one of the world's（9）prizes for a translator.He is the only Asian winner in the recent 20 years.It's a pity that he（10）at the age of 100 on June 17，2021.But before Xu died，he still kept reading to make his works more perfect.That shows us it is never too old to learn.（1） A．speaker B．manager C．master D．director （2） A．published B．discovered C．chose D．reviewed （3） A．students B．readers C．teenagers D．adults （4） A．correct B．examine C．remember D．translate （5） A．living B．exercising C．working D．searching （6） A．afternoon B．noon C．evening D．morning （7） A．humorous B．beautiful C．helpful D．famous （8） A．badly B．politely C．widely D．directly （9） A．highest B．most believable C．newest D．most expensive （10） A．passed away B．went away C．passed down D．went down 组卷：41引用：2难度：0.4
11.阅读理解（40分）第一节 阅读下列短文，从下面每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
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（1）From the report we know some younger people wish to★Food
Younger people are trying difficult dishes at home.
•One sixth expressed their wish to cook at home.
•More than a quarter of teenagers and young adults are trying new things，like making bread and cakes.
★Health
Teenagers and young adults care more about their health of the mind.
•About one third will continue
to take part in sports.They will exercise twice to three times a day.
•40%join in kinds of clubs and
make many friends through exercise.
•About a quarter of them will depend on creative activities like drawing and writing music to stay happy.
★Shopping
Online shopping will still be
popular.But it will move away from big retailer（零售店）websites to social media（媒
体）and secondhand websites.
•27%of teenagers and young adults are expecting to shop directly through social media websites.
•24%are expecting to shop through special in-app services.
•23%are expecting to shop through secondhand websites.
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A．cook at home
B．refuse difficult dishes
C．eat more bread
D．make shopping lists
（2）The report tells us teenagers and young adults do creative activities to.
A．enjoy music
B．make a lot of friends
C．keep happy
D．take the place of sports
（3）According to the report，are the most popular with young people on shopping.
A．social media websites
B．secondhand websites
C．special in-app services
D．retailer websites
（4）What can we infer from the report？
A．Most teenagers like trying making food.
B．Doing sports helps to improve the health of the mind.
C．Online shops will take the place of retailers.
D．Young people of different generations share the same living habit.
（5）In which part of a website can we probably read the report？
A．Social Life.
B．Shopping Center.
C．Sports World.
D．Science Research.组卷：1引用：1难度：0.5
第Ⅱ卷非选择题（共25分）111.语法填空（10分）阅读下面短文，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。
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7．Jonathan，a Seychelles giant tortoise on the island of Saint Helena，turned 190 years old on 3 December.No one（1）（ know） for sure how old Jonathan is.But pictures taken in 1882 show that Jonathan was full-grown then.
Seychelles giant tortoises take about 50 years to become adults（成年），so animal experts think Jonathan was probably born around 1832.That makes him the world's（2）（ old） land animal.
Saint Helena，an island in the South Atlantic Ocean，isn't actually part of the UK，but Britain supports and protects it.Together with two other （3）（ island），the area has its own government（政府）.
（4）1890，Sir Grey- Wilson became the governor（总督） of Saint Helena.He brought Jonathan along with him to live at the governor's home，called Plantation House.So far，over 30 other governors（5）（ live） at Plantation House，but Jonathan has remained.Now there are three other giant tortoises there living with him.
Saint Helena isn't（6）big place — only about 4，500 people live there — so Jonathan is a star on the island.His picture is already on one of Saint Helena's coins.
It's hard （7）（ understand） how much the world has changed in Jonathan's lifetime.Jonathan was born before the invention of the Internet，computers，TVs，radios，or telephones.Forty different presidents have led the US（8）he was born.
The tortoise is （9）（ real） happy as long as he can sleep and eat.He likes to warm himself by sleeping in the sun.When the weather becomes even colder，he digs（10）（ he） into dry grass to keep warm.
To celebrate Jonathan's birthday，Saint Helena held a three-day party.组卷：3引用：1难度：0.4
IV.书面表达（15分）
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8．假如你是李华，你在劳动技能课上学会了制作贺卡，新年元旦来临，你为你的外国好友Julie亲手做了一张新年卡片作为礼物。请根据下面提示给你的外国好友Julie写一封信，介绍贺卡的制作过程及相关情况。
要点：贺卡的制作过程：
（1）准备卡纸、彩色铅笔和剪刀；
（2）把纸剪成你喜欢的形状，例如▼形，画上漂亮的图画；
（3）表达自己对送这份礼物的感受，并询问对方如何庆祝新年。
参考词汇：卡纸：cardboard剪刀：scissors
要求：
（1）需包含所有内容，可适当发挥；
（2）要点齐全，语句通顺连贯，书写规范。
（3）词数：80左右。（开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数）
Dear Julie，
How's everything？Recently I have learnt how to make greeting cards in the labor class.
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Yours，
Li Hua组卷：0引用：1难度：0.5
