2024-2025学年（上）临沧八年级质量检测英语

1、阅读下面的短文，将短文中画线部分的句子翻译成中文。

Students often have some difficulties in learning some subjects. Some think they will never learn English well and others think physics is the most difficult thing in the world. In fact, 1. not everyone is born with the ability to learn something well. Someone is good at chemistry and someone does well in history. You must know that people are different. So you don’t have to be worried if you can’t learn some subjects well. Please accept the fact and find ways to solve the problem.

Here are some good ideas to help you.

First, connect what you learn with your interests. Some knowledge is difficult and boring. But 2.if it is connected with something interesting, you will find it not boring anymore. For example, if you want to learn Chinese well, you can read good novels.

【1】_______________________

【2】______________________

2、The movie Wolf Warrior Ⅰ is well worth ________. Everyone ________ see it.

A．see; be supposed to

B．seeing; is suppose

C．seeing; is supposed to

D．see; are supposed to

3、—Whose advice should we take?

—_______ .

A. Don't mention it    B. It's your turn

C. I'm sorry     D. Up to you

4、Sue was so _______ her holiday that she couldn’t stop talking about it.

A. sure about   B. serious about   C. excited about   D. worried about

5、Chinese people always treat foreign friends ________ and are well known ________ their kindness in the world.

A．nicely; for

B．friendly; for

C．friendly; as

6、John decided _______ for a walk in the forest.

A. go   B. to go   C. going   D. went

7、Sun Wukong can’t________ himself _________ a person.

A. turn, on   B. turn, off   C. turn, into   D. turn, down

8、—________ your telephone number? —It’s 8588-8607.

A．What

B．What’s

C．Who

D．How much

9、—Where ________ your teacher from?

— Australia.

A. am B. is C. are

10、—Hi, Lucy. Have you finished your homework yet?

—No, just a half. I am really bored with so much homework.

—_____

A.So do I. B.So am I. C.So I do. D.So I am.

11、I haven’t seen you for ________. Where have you been？【高频考点】

A. sometime   B. sometimes

C. some time   D. some times

12、Frank Smith said, "One language sets in a corridor (走廊)for life. Two languages open ________ door along the way."

A．either

B．every

C．each

D．neither

13、 the radio so that I can hear it clearly.

A. Turn on   B. Turn down   C. Turn off   D. Turn up

14、—Listen! I think it ________ be Mr. White singing in the office.

—No. It ________ be him. He left for London just now.

A．must; mustn’t

B．may; mustn’t

C．must; can’t

15、—I wonder how you have improved your spoken English so fast, Li Lei.

—________chatting with my foreign friend，Mike.He's been here for some time, you know.

A. By   B. With   C. On   D. At

16、A direct order like “Daisy, pass me the book’’ sounds rude. We’d better say “_______”

A. Daisy , could you please pass me the book?

B. Daisy , I wonder if can you pass me the book.

C. Daisy , give me the book!

D. Daisy , I wonder you can pass me the book.

17、—Not only I but also my friend   interested in football and Messi is our favourite star.

A. be   B. am   C. is   D. are

18、My father finished his work ___________.

A. in the end   B. by the end   C. at the end   D. for the end.

19、My friend is ________ honest girl. She wants to be ________ useful person when she grows up.

A.a; an B.an; an C.an; a

20、—They seem unhappy. What's up?

—Their parents don't allow them to play with their friends today.

A.feel B.appear C.make

21、—Do you mind my opening the windows?

—________ It's very hot in the room.

A.Yes, I do. B.No, I mind.

C.Yes, please don't. D.No, not at all.

22、填入一个适当的词补全对话，每空一词。

A：Good morning, Ann. You look weak. What’s the 【1】?

B：It’s hard for me to breathe.

A：How long have you been like this?

B：【2】 about two weeks ago.

A：What has happened?

B：There a medicine factory and two paper factories near our home. The air has been polluted and got worse【3】before.

A：Sounds terrible. Pollution always causes so many problems.

B：I’m going to leave here and move to a better place.

A：Well, I think we should write a letter to the newspaper about the problems. 【4】better go to see a doctor as well.

B: Good idea. And I think with the help of media（媒体）, people will pay 【5】to our environment.

A: I can’t agree with you more. Let’s take action.

23、 补全对话（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）

根据语境，用恰当的语言完成对话。

Woman: What are you doing this afternoon, dear?

Liu Yu: 【1】___________________________________．He just got his driver’s license.

Woman: I am sorry．You can’t go to Hualian Supermarket with Wu Peng．I think 【2】______________________________________________.They aren’t serious enough at that age.

Liu Yu: 【3】_________________________________________________．Well, we can go by bus．I have to go to the supermarket．

Woman: What’s the reason?

Liu Yu: 【4】___________________________________

Woman: What kind of coat are you going to buy? Maybe I should go with you.

Liu Yu: Aw, Mom．I am not a child．I think 9【5】_________________________________.

Woman: Well, I just want to be sure you get something nice.

24、   A

I was driving after school on Monday from Dublin to Drogheda and on my way home, I saw a wallet lying on the roadside. I thought the wallet must belong to the driver in front of me, because he had smoked there. I sounded the horn twice but he didn’t hear. So I stopped and picked up the wallet. I checked the wallet to see if I could get any phone number to call. I found and called two numbers but I was told they were wrong numbers.

Later, I found a driving license and decided to drive to his house in Termonfeckin according to the address on the license. It is a 30-minute drive away from Drogheda. When I got to his house, I saw his wife and the first thing she asked was if I had found a wallet. I started smiling and said yes. The lady was really happy and called her husband. He ran to us at the gate and welcomed me to their house. After giving the wallet to him, he checked to see whether everything was inside. They offered me 20 dollars for gasoline(汽油) but I refused.

【1】What was the writer doing when he saw the wallet?

A.He was driving a car. B.He was smoking on the roadside.

C.He was checking the wallet.

【2】Why couldn’t the writer call up the driver?

A.Because he didn’t know the phone number of the driver.

B.Because the wallet didn’t belong to the driver.

C.Because he wanted to give the wallet to his wife.

【3】How long did the writer spend driving to the driver’s house?

A.For an hour. B.For half an hour. C.For an hour and a half.

【4】What did the driver’s wife do when she saw the writer at first?

A.She checked to see whether everything was inside.

B.She offered the writer 20 dollars for gasoline.

C.She asked if the writer had found a wallet.

【5】Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage?

A.The writer drove to the house of the owner of the wallet.

B.The writer accepted the money the driver offered him.

C.The writer was a warm-hearted person.

25、A well-known poem by Tang dynasty poet Du Mu tells of a scene in early April: “Rains fall heavily as Qingming comes, and passersby with lowered spirits go.”

This scene takes place on Tomb Sweeping Day, also known as Qingming Festival. Tomb Sweeping Day is a traditional Chinese festival. Tomb Sweeping Day is a traditional Chinese festival. It began in the Zhou dynasty, over 2, 500 years ago. Chinese people celebrate it to remember and honor their ancestors(祖先). This year, it falls on April 4. Tomb Sweeping Day became a public holiday in the Chinese mainland in 2008. People have one day off for that day.

On this day. families bring flowers, food and wine to the grave sites(墓地) of their ancestors. They place cakes, fruits in front of the grave and some may bum joss paper as money for the dead. After that, they sweep the tombs and cherish(怀念) the memories of their dead family members.

Tomb Sweeping Day gives us a chance to show respect to our ancestors and family members who have passed away and show that we miss them. This tradition shows that family values are an important part of Chinese culture.

Tomb Sweeping Day is also the beginning of the time for gardening and outdoor activities in China. Families often get together for outings or to fly kites at this time.

【1】The Chinese meaning of the underlined word “passersby” is ______.

A. 行人   B. 陌生人   C. 故人   D. 古代人

【2】 Tomb Sweeping Day is celebrated for people to ______.

A. go out to fly kites

B. B. have a public holiday

C. get together with their families

D. remember and honor their ancestors

【3】What can people take to the grave sites according to the passage?

A. Flowers, food, fruits and umbrellas.

B.  Flowers, food, wine and joss paper.

C. Food, fruits. joss paper and kites.

D. Flowers, wine and pets.

【4】Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?

A. We have one day off for Tomb Sweeping Day.

B. Tomb Sweeping Day began in the Zhou dynasty.

C. People in the world celebrate Tomb Sweeping Day.

D. Family values play an important role in Chinese culture.

【5】What does the passage mainly discuss?

A. People bring many things to the grave site.

B. Du Mu wrote a poem about Qingming Festival.

C. Tome Sweeping Day is a traditional Chinese festival.

D. Qingming Festival is a good time for outdoor activities.

26、Books which give instructions on how to do things are very popular in the United States today. Thousands of these “How to” books are available; in fact, there are about four thousand books with titles that begin with the words "How to". One book may tell you how to earn more money, another may tell you how to save or spend it, and another may explain how to give your money away. Many “How to” books give advice on careers (职业). They tell you how to choose a career and how to succeed at it. If you fail, however, you can buy a book called "How to Turn Failure into Success". If you would like to become very rich, you can buy the book "How to Make a Million". If you never make any money at all, you may need a book called "How to Live on Nothing?"

One of the most popular types of books is one that helps you with personal problems. If you want to have a better love of life, you can read "How to Succeed at Love Every Minute of Your Life?". If you are tired of books on happiness, you may prefer a book called "How to Make Yourself miserable?".

Many of these books help people use their time better. Some people want books which will give them useful information about sports, hobbies, and travel.  Other people use their free time to make repairs and improvements on their homes. They prefer books which give step by step instruction on how to repair things like plumbing (卫生管道工程) and electrical wiring, or on how to redecorate (重新装饰) or enlarge a house.

Why have "How to" books become so popular? Probably because life has become so complex. Today people have far more free time to use, more choices to make, and more problems to solve. "How to" books help people deal with modem life.

【1】“How to” books are welcomed in the United States today because___________.

A. these books are cheap

B. Americans love the writers of these books

C. the readers can get them without paying anything

D. these books can help the Americans deal with their problems in modern life

【2】These “How to” books are written to__________.

A. tell people to love their life

B. earn money

C. give people some good advice on how to

D. say something about America

【3】Before someone wants to find a good job, he .

A. buy a book on "How to Make a Million?

B. read a book on how to choose a career

C. beg bosses or managers for it

D. use his free time to look for it

【4】 If people will not succeed in what he is doing, a book called___________ can give help.

A. “How to” Turn Failure into Success

B. “How to” Make a Million

C. “How to” Succeed at Love Every Minute of Your Life

D. “How to” Make Yourself Miserable

【5】Which headline of the following is the best for this passage?

A.“ How to”Books in America.

B. “How to” Books Are Ordinary in America.

C. Thousands of “How to” Books.

D. Books with Title That Begin with the Words “How to”.

27、Why do people grow green plants on the houses or tall buildings? Cities call it concrete jungles (水泥丛林) or green roofs. In many people’s minds, cities don’t have enough green. Green roofs are great to look at and great for the environment. They also give people fresh food and help people make more money.

Now roof gardens are becoming popular in New York City. Some people plant fruit and vegetables on the roof, like tomatoes, eggplants, and watermelons.

“I water my vegetables every morning and sell them in the afternoon, so they are very fresh,” said Zaba, a shopkeeper in New York. In fact, he started planting fruit and vegetables on the roof 15 years ago. Half the food in his shop comes from his roof garden.

Some people even keep bees on their roofs. Kurt has 250 boxes of bees. He says the little bees are good for cities. They can not only pollinate plants, but also clean the city’s air. Of course, they can give people honey, too.

Judge the following sentences true (T) or false (F) according to the passage.

【1】Green roofs are bad for the city environment.

【2】Green roofs give people fresh food and help people make money.

【3】People in New York City like roof gardens very much.

【4】A shopkeeper named Zaba lives in New York City.

【5】In New York City, some people even keep bees in their houses.

28、根据短文内容和所给的中文提示，在空白处写出单词的正确形式，每空限填一词。

Scott has an interesting job. He works at a radio 【1】 (电台). He needn’t get up early because he goes to work in the evening. It is about twenty 【2】 (分钟) walk from his home to the work place. He has many hobbies. Not only can he dance 【3】 (好) but also he is a member of a 【4】 (游泳) club.

Scott is good with old people. Every Saturday, he tells them 【5】 (故事) and plays games with them at the old people's home. So he is very popular there.

Besides, he is always ready to help others. Molly, an eleven-year-old girl, is one of his fans(迷). She lives in a small 【6】 (村庄). There is a very big river 【7】 (介于……之间) her school and her home. Every school day, she 【8】 (横过) the river to school. It is hard and takes a lot of time. She has a dream that one day there will be a 【9】 (桥) over the river, so that the people there can go out easily. Scott feels sorry to hear that and now he is helping Molly to raise money (筹钱) to make her dream come 【10】(实现).

29、There was a beautiful peacock (孔雀) out on a rainy day. He looked at himself in the water. He said, “How beautiful I am!” But when he heard his own _______, he became sad. Then, he heard a nightingale (夜莺) _______ in the trees.

Listening to the nightingale’s sweet song, he began to cry. “Why don’t I have such a beautiful voice?” At that moment, the goddess Juno _______. She went to the peacock.

“Why are you _______?” Juno asked.

The peacock told her about his _______ voice. “Why does the nightingale get such a beautiful voice? My voice sounds like rocks rolling over sand.”

Then Juno said, “Every living thing is _______ in its own way. The nightingale has a beautiful voice, but you have beautiful _______! The nightingale told me he wants to _______ you. He is sad about his brown color.”

The peacock stood up thinking for a while, “You’re right,” he said. “I have the most beautiful color in the forest. The nightingale has the sweetest voice. We are both great in our own ways.”

The peacock didn’t _______ his voice at all. “You can’t have it all,” he thought. _______, he remembered what made him special.

Cherish what you have and make yourself a better one.

【1】

A．voice

B．speech

C．record

D．noise

【2】

A．crying

B．shouting

C．speaking

D．singing

【3】

A．followed

B．left

C．appeared

D．apologized

【4】

A．unhappy

B．bored

C．surprised

D．afraid

【5】

A．beautiful

B．rough

C．loud

D．deep

【6】

A．interesting

B．sweet

C．cheerful

D．special

【7】

A．legs

B．eyes

C．colors

D．footprints

【8】

A．look like

B．play against

C．take photos of

D．make friends with

【9】

A．show off

B．worry about

C．satisfy with

D．search for

【10】

A．Still

B．Successfully

C．Instead

D．Besides