2024-2025学年（上）乐山八年级质量检测英语

1、他没有选择，只能接受新的挑战。

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2、No matter   , you must follow the school rules.

A. where are you  B. what do you do

C. who are you   D. who you are

3、Long long ago, there was_______emperor, and________ emperor liked beautiful clothes very much.

A.an; an B.a; an C.a; a D.an; the

4、 —It will be my turn. I feel a little nervous.

—______ You can make it!

A. Congratulations!     B. Take it easy.

C. Look out!   D. Have a good time.

5、—I think Mr. Li is a ________ person

—Oh, no, he is a quite easy-going person.

A．lucky

B．single

C．humorous

D．serious

6、There ____ a number of students in the hall and the number of

them ___ over 300.

A. are, is   B. is, are   C. are, are   D. is, is

7、After a 2-month summer vacation, students usuallysome weight when they return to school.

A. put awayB. put up C. put on D. put off

8、________ the boy’s parents ________ the boy himself shows great interest in the result of the match. They are all football fans.

A．Either; or

B．Both; and

C．Neither; nor

D．Not only; but also

9、I________the worst,but hope for the best.

A.am prepared for B.get interested in C.take care of D.look forward to

10、—Jenny，do Chinese people celebrate ______ Easter Day?

—No.This is the first time I've celebrated ______ festival.

A．the，the   B．the，a   C．/，the   D．/，a

11、You may ___ here until the rain stops.

A. leave   B. come   C. reach   D. stay

12、 —What can you see _________ the bridge, Millie?

—Oh, an elephant is standing over there. Let’s go and see it.

A. across B. through   C. above   D. Over

13、It’s not the right time to argue about who should be blamed. We’d better ________ and come up with a new way as soon as possible.

A. stay up B. give up C. calm down   D. look down

14、What about playing tennis ________ me in the new sports center?

A．to

B．of

C．with

D．from

15、—More and more tourists from all over the world come to visit the Three Gorges（三峡）in Chongqing.

—That’s true. It has become the ________ of Chongqing.

A．effort

B．praise

C．courage

D．pride

16、—Could you help the twins with their homework after supper?

—Sorry, I ________. I will prepare a speech on the history of the Party tonight.

A．couldn’t

B．can’t

C．needn’t

D．shouldn’t

17、-- How long have you _______ the house?

-- ______ 2011.

A. had; Since   B. had; For   C. bought; Since

18、Two engineers in the company started a new project while ________ were finishing the old one.

A. other B. others C. the other D. the others

19、一The famous Notre Dame Cathedral caught a big fire on April 15,2019.

一What a pity! I wonder how much difficulty French people may have _________it.

A.repair B.to repair C.repairing D.repaired

20、It’s necessary for you _____ exercise every day.

A.taking  B.to take C.take  D.takes

21、The rain kept_______until the sea was filled and the land was covered.

A.fall B.falling C.to fall D.to fall in

22、母亲节快到了，我们去给她买个礼物吧！

Mother’s Day is coming. ________ and buy a present for her.

23、Mary: Have you ever heard of Martin Luther King?

Betty: No, I haven't. 【1】

Mary: He was the most famous leader of the American Civil Rights Movement(民权运动).

Betty: 【2】

Mary: He was born on 15th January 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. He studied for four years in Boston University.

Betty: Did he get married?

Mary: Certainly. He married in 1953 and had four children. For peace he made many kinds of movements.

Betty: 【3】

Mary: He made a famous speech at the Lincoln Memorial in 1963. He got the Nobel Peace Price in 1964.

Betty: I've read the speech in many books. It's really nice. The most famous sentence in the speech is "【4】"

Mary: Yes. But he died on 4th April 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee.

Betty: Why? 【5】

Mary: It was said that he was killed in the end. And he was remembered on the third Wednesday of January every year.

24、

Do you know a traditional toy called taiping nijiaojiao? It is a clay toy and also a whistle（哨子）in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu with a history of over 1,000 years.

Taiping nijiaojiao is made of the mud from the local mountain. It takes more than ten steps to make the clay toy, and the key step is to knead it with your hands. You can knead the clay toy into anything, like animals and plants. The blowhole is the most difficult part to make, for the size of the blowhole makes a difference to the sound. While coloring, you can use traditional cultural elements（元素）that carry good meanings. It’s hard to make taiping nijiaojiao. But when you finally make it, you will feel proud of yourself.

Zhou Baokang, a lover of folk art, learned how to make the clay toy from local artists about 20 years ago. He wants more people to know about it, so he has opened a museum to introduce the clay toy. He teaches kids how to make the clay toy, too.

There are many traditional art forms in China, but some of them have been lost. Luckily, the traditional clay toy taiping nijiaojiao is kept to this day.

【1】What is taiping nijiaojiao?

A．A plant.

B．An animal.

C．A whistle.

D．A museum.

【2】What is the most important step when you make taiping nijiaojiao?

A．Coloring the clay toy.

B．Making the blowhole.

C．Kneading the clay toy.

D．Choosing the elements.

【3】Who does Zhou Baokang teach to make taiping nijiaojiao?

A．Artists.

B．Teachers.

C．Masters.

D．Children.

【4】What’s the best title for the passage?

A．A Traditional Clay Toy

B．Elements of a Clay Toy

C．Popularity of a Clay Toy

D．Steps of Making a Clay Toy

25、Do you get angry when your friends sing loudly while you are trying to work or when your best friend does not wait for you after school?

If you do, you need to take control of your feelings. Getting angry with others can cause you to 1ose friends.

Gary Egeberg, an American high school teacher, has written My Feelings Are Like Wild Animals to help you control your feelings. It tells how to stay cool when bad things happen.

The book says that getting angry only makes problems worse. It can never make them better.

“Getting angry is not a natural way to act,” the book says. It is just a bad habit, like smoking.

The book says you can control your anger easily...all you have to do is to tell yourself not to be angry.

The book gives many suggestions to help you if you get angry easily. Here are the top three.

·Keep a record. Every time you get angry, write down why you are angry. Look at it later and you will see you get angry too easily.

·Ask your friends to stop talking to you when you get angry. This will teach you not to be angry.

·Do something different. When you get angry, walk away from the problem and go somewhere else. Try to laugh.

【1】If you often get angry, ________.

A. nobody will wait for you after school   B. you will do worse in your study

C. smoking can be a good help   D. you will have fewer friends．

【2】Gary Egeberg is someone who________.

A. knows how to control your feelings   B. makes a living by writing books

C. likes keeping wild animals   D. gets angry easily with his students

【3】According to the book, one can put anger under control by ________.

A. staying away from other people   B. never talking with your friends

C. making yourself know not to get angry   D. singing loudly and dancing

【4】From the first suggestion we can make the conclusion(结论)that ________.

A. writing helps to control one's feelings

B. one's anger is built upon one's experience

C. a good habit helps to take away a bad one

D. people think better when they are cool

【5】Which is the best title of the passage?

A. How to make more friends.   B. How to keep cool when angry.

C. What to write about anger.   D. When to stop getting angry.

26、Chinese astronauts Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping and Ye Guangfu gave a science lecture (讲座) from China’s space station to students on Earth on December 9th, 2021. The class began at 3:40 p.m., with a total of 1, 420 students attending the lecture from five classrooms across China. The primary classroom is in China Science and Technology Museum. Classrooms have also been set up in Nanning, Wenchuan, Hong Kong and Macao. Tens of millions of students across China watched the hour long televised event.

Shenzhou-13 members gave the students a tour of the living and working areas of the space station. They showed the students how to increase their strength with their exercise equipment (设备), introduced a specially designed spacesuit and performed experiments. Ye, who is on his first spaceflight, showed how he moved in the weightless environment. They also answered questions from students during the lecture.

It was the first lecture of the Tiangong Class. More lectures will be held and presented by Chinese astronauts. Such activities are held to spread knowledge and encourage a love for science among young people.

Shi Yi, a physics teacher in Beijing, said the space lecture was an eye-opening experience that would ignite (点燃) students’ interest in science.

Wang Yihan, a fifth-grade student, said,   “The experiments really surprised me. I have great interest in spaceflight and would like to take part in our country’s space program in the future.”

Vincent Wong, headmaster of Hong Kongs Pui Kiu College, said “The event gave Hong Kong students an opportunity to communicate with the astronauts. It also helped to strengthen their national identity (认同) as they saw the rapid development of our country’ s space technology, ” he said.

【1】The astronauts held the live class ________.

A．in China Science and Technology Museum

B．in five classrooms across China

C．on China’s space station

【2】What can we know about the astronauts from the second paragraph?

A．They design a special spacesuit.

B．They show how they live and work.

C．They are in space for the first time.

【3】The underlined word “presented” in paragraph 3 means ________.

A．given

B．driven

C．watched

【4】Why does the writer mention the three viewers in the last three paragraphs?

A．To explain why viewers attend the class.

B．To show that the class is meaningful.

C．To voice viewers different ideas.

【5】Where is the passage probably from?

A．A science fiction.

B．An art magazine.

C．A news website.

27、People are different. So are friends. Some friends are patient and helpful while some friends are cheerful and caring. The following are some kinds of friends. You can read it and find out what kinds of friends you have. This will help you to improve your relationships with them and help you to find new friends.

Animal Friends

Many people keep animals as pets at home. It is right to say that animals are wonderful creatures (生物). They can be with you whenever you need them. Some people say they will feel lonely without their pets. Dogs are considered as people’s best friends.

Internet Friends

The Internet has become a very important part of our lives. It is not only helpful for people to work, but also a good way to make friends. Internet friendship has become more and more popular recently. More and more people begin to make online friends. Online friends are those who know each other through the Internet. They can talk about everything with each other online. Making Internet friends is similar to making pen pals.

Pen Friends

Pen friends, also known as pen pals, are quite popular with people who like writing. Pen friendship is mainly developed by writing to each other. It was a popular way of making friends in different parts of the world before the Internet came into being. Mostly, pen friends aim to share different cultures with each other.

【1】According to the passage, the Internet is a good way for people to ______.

A. keep healthy B. make friends

C. travel   D. play games

【2】Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. Animal friends can be with you whenever you need them.

B. Internet friends can talk about everything online.

C. Nowadays nearly no one likes to make pen friends.

D. Pen friends can talk about different cultures with each other.

【3】The passage mainly tells us ______.

A. how to make friends     B. different people

C. some kinds of friends D. the importance of friends

28、   A farmer had a donkey. One day it fell into a deep dry well. The poor animal cried for hours. The farmer tried hard to pull it out but f【1】. Finally, he thought the animal was too old, so it just wasn't worth trying to save it. He then invited his neighbors to help him bury the old donkey so its pain would end.

They began to cover the well with dirt. Realizing what was happening, the donkey felt upset and cried sadly and l【2】. But as more dirt fell into the well, slowly it became quiet. The farmer looked down into the well and was s【3】 by what he saw. When the dirt hit its back, the donkey shook it off and took a step up on the new layer of dirt. It a【4】 that the dirt would bury the donkey at first, but it actually helped it successfully later.

Each one of our troubles in life is a stepping stone. We can deal with d【5】 by not stopping, never giving up!

29、阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。

We all have days when we are down, tired and unhappy. That’s OK. You need days like this, or how can you know you are happy? Even if _______ is part of life, let’s try to make it small. Here are a few ways to help you feel _______ when you are feeling sad.

Stand up straight and this helps your energy flow. When your energy is flowing _______, you can flow too.

Smile! It’s easy to do and it has good _______. This way can not only leave you in a good mood but also bring others a good mood.

Listen to music. It can be your favorite music. Some kinds of music _______ better than others, so try and find out what kind of music works the best for you.

Take some “me” time. You can find _______ in reading a book, watching a sunrise or having a hot bath, or something like that.

_______. Even something as simple as taking a walk will make your blood flow. It’s a great way to clear your mind of anything that makes you sad.

These ways will cheer you up when you are _______, but don’t just use them when you are sad. Try and practice them every day to make them a (n) _______ way in your life. You will be surprised to ________ that these simple ways will keep your sadness away. But if you are in the deep depression, go to see a doctor.

【1】

A．happiness

B．sadness

C．illness

【2】

A．faster

B．slower

C．better

【3】

A．freely

B．confidently

C．probably

【4】

A．reasons

B．excuses

C．results

【5】

A．remain

B．improve

C．work

【6】

A．pleasure

B．permission

C．courage

【7】

A．Share

B．Exercise

C．Think

【8】

A．shy

B．kind

C．down

【9】

A．regular

B．lifeless

C．impossible

【10】

A．forget

B．learn

C．refuse