2024-2025学年（上）来宾八年级质量检测英语

1、阅读下面的短文，将划线部分译成英文或中文。

The year of Rabbit is coming. Maybe it’s the best time to talk about the lovely animal in the eyes of different culture. 1.让我们一起来分享一些关于兔子的有趣的事情吧。

In China

Rabbits are quiet but smart, which is shown by the Chinese expression “dongru tuotu”. The fairy tale about Jade (玉) Rabbit living on the moon is spread widely. Another fact is that rabbits can give birth to many baby rabbits at a time. 2 .So in ancient China, it’s common sense that the more children you had, the luckier you would be. The belief made the rabbit a popular symbol of good luck.

In the West

In the West, rabbits are regarded as a kind of lucky animals. 3. If a hunter can catch a rabbit, it’s also a sign of good luck. Another tradition for good luck found in North America and the UK is to say the word “rabbit” on the first morning of every month. 4 .Rabbits also show up in other areas of western culture. It’s a rabbit that Alice follows in the story of Alice in Wonderland. Rabbits are related to Easter. Although the animal appears in many different places, it’s always seen as an animal to be welcomed.

So with it now being the lucky animal’s turn on the Chinese zodiac (生肖),5.我们相信兔年也会给你带来运气和幸福。

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【2】___________________________________________

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【4】___________________________________________

【5】___________________________________________

2、— I don’t know when ________ the day after tomorrow.

— I’ll call you when ________.

A．he will leave; he will leave

B．will he leave; he leaves

C．he will leave; he leaves

D．he leaves ; he will leave

3、The young man made many mistakes in his work, so the manager _______ the company.

A.called him in B.kicked him off C.picked him up D.woke him up

4、Most young people find ________ exciting to watch football games.

A．one

B．this

C．that

D．it

5、Mr. Wu always spends a lot of time explaining things to us. He is so _______.

A. cool B. patient C. selfish D. unfair

6、 —When shall we go and play basketball?

—Not until the work _______ tomorrow.

A. will finish   B. have finished

C. will be finished D. is finished

7、 —What do you think of __________ idea of taking part in ‘Earth Hour’?

—Wonderful! I’ve never heard of __________ one! We can reduce pollution in this way.

A. an; the better   B. the; a better

C. an; a better   D. the; the best

8、Cheer up! You will get ________ “A” in the listening test.

A. a   B. the   C. an

9、Jack，________ dirty your hands are! Go and wash them quickly.

A. how   B. what

C. what a   D. how a

10、The environment is becoming better and better, so there will be ________ pollution in the future.

A．fewer

B．more

C．less

D．worse

11、What a pity!The concert we are looking forward to   yesterday．

A．cancelling      B．was cancelled

C．being cancelled D．cancelled

12、—Do you like classical Chinese novels?

—Yes. ________ the four great classical Chinese novels, I like reading Journey to the West best.

A．Among

B．Across

C．Above

D．Along

13、Grandpa is getting old and he has trouble   what others say to him.

A.hear B.to hear C.hearing  D.have heard

14、My plump cousin ________ a lot of weight since he went on a diet last year.

A.lost B.has lost C.was losing D.had lost

15、Jim works ____ the chief engineer _____ a big company. He always works ______ high standards.

A. for; as; for   B. as; in; as   C. as; for; to   D. for; in; to

16、Read the quotation（引文）of Lao Tzu and find out it will be useful for someone who wants to ________ .

A．travel abroad but thinks he or she is too old to travel

B．study abroad but is afraid to live in a foreign country

C．take part in an activity but has little time for it

D．learn another language but can't speak one word yet

17、— I believe that I'll get the first place in the long-distance race.

— ________ .You've trained so hard these days.

A.Are you serious? B.So what? C.I bet you can. D.That's impossible.

18、 --- Every year, _______ visitors go to Mount Huang for a visit.

--- That’s right. It is the most beautiful mountain in China.

A. millions of   B. million of   C. million

19、Eddie ______ the classroom with his classmates at that time yesterday.

A. was cleaning   B. cleaned   C. has cleaned   D. is cleaning

20、--- If  I work hard at my lessons from now on. Can I do well in them?

--- Sure.   .

A. All rivers run into sea

B. Every day is not Sunday

C. Better late than never

D. Many hands make light work

21、I have collected __________ information for my project. I hope it will be successful.

A.a great many B.a lot C.a number of D.huge amounts of

22、A：Hi, Li Ming. Will you join the English club?

B：Sorry, I won't. 【1】

A：I think being in the club improves my speaking skills.

B：I think reading aloud helps me. 【2】You always get high grades in English.

A：I talk with my friends at the club. Even though I make mistakes,  【3】

B：You speak very well. 【4】

A：Yes. I think practicing conversations really helps a lot.【5】

B：OK .I'll do it.

A.You can have a try.

B.I think it will be too hard.

C.Are you sure the English club helps you？

D.How do you study for tests？

E.I think my English is getting better every day.

A.You can have a try.

B.I think it will be too hard.

C.Are you sure the English club helps you？

D.How do you study for tests？

E.I think my English is getting better every day.

23、阅读对话，完成第II卷第五大题的1—5小题。

A: Hi, Peter. Glad to meet you.

B: Glad to meet you ,too.

A: _____________________【1】

B: I’ve been in Britain and studying English there.

A: ________________________【2】

B: It’s nice. It has only 200 students.

A: That is very small. Isn’t very young?

B: Yes, it is less than 3 years old.

A: _______________________【3】

B: Yes, at first I couldn’t understand what others said and______________【4】

A: Oh, then ___________________【5】

B: At 9:00.

24、 Scientists have always wanted to know more about the other worlds in space.

Years ago, they knew many facts about the moon. They knew how big it was and how far away it was from the earth. But they wanted to know more about it .They thought and thought. At last they found the only way to know more was to send men to the moon.

The moon is about three hundred and eighty-four thousand kilometers away from the earth. A plane can not fly to the moon because the air reaches only 240 kilometers. Then there is no air. But something can fly even when there is no air. That is a rocket.

How does a rocket fly? There is gas in the rocket. When the gas is made very hot inside the rocket, it will rush out of the end of the rocket, so it can make the rocket fly up into the sky.

Rockets can fly far out into space. Rockets with men in them have already reached the moon. Some rockets without men in them have flown to other planets much farther away than the moon. One day rockets may be able to go to any place.

根据短文内容，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳答案。

【1】What does the underlined word “worlds” refer to?

A. moon B. planets   C. fields  D. sky

【2】The moon is about kilometers away from the earth.

A.384000   B.348000   C.3840 D.3480

【3】A plane can’t fly to the moon because .

A. it’s too far away

B.it can’t fly without air

C. there is no water on the moon

D.it is too small

【4】The hot gas in the rocket is used for .

A. cooking food for the astronauts

B. keeping the man in the rocket warm

C. making the rocket fly up

D. keeping the air in the rocket fresh

【5】Rockets without men in them have reached .

A. another star

B. the sun

C. the moon

D. other planets of the sun

25、By the year 2050 the world’s population may reach nine billion. An interesting question is: what happens when people in poorer countries raise their living standard and demand more meat in their diet? Imagine trying to feed nine billion people with enough meat. In short, it’s simply impossible.

Australian journalist and science writer, Julian Cribb, explains the challenges the world faces in feeding nine billion people by the year 2050. Cribb says there is a major problem in the current food system in the developed world, at least. As more and more people move towards city centers, the less and less they know about where their food comes from. Most think food simply grow on supermarket shelves, and they don’t consider the environmental effects of food production.

Food has many hidden cost: huge volumes of water, energy use and land degradation（退化）. Consumers add their own costs by simply throwing away a lot of food. The number for food waste in the West is staggering.

To solve this problem of public ignorance（无知） about food. Cribb suggests that food should be taught as a subject at primary school. This would help to create a future generation that could better deal with the world’s coming food challenges. This powerful measure can help to raise a generation of educated consumers, more productive farmers, and so on.

Cribb offers other solutions and suggestions as well. One is to increase the funding for agriculture science, which has been falling by the wayside in recent years. He suggested organic（有机的） farming should be understood on a scientific basis, changing people’s thinking to a new form of “environmental agriculture” to get the very best out of organic farming systems. He says we should stop wasting food and learn how to grow food more cheaply. We should use less water, as water is one of the main inputs into food production. Cribb also suggests eating more fruit and vegetables.

【1】In the second paragraph, one problem of the food system in developed countries is ________.

A．increasing ignorance about the ways of food production

B．an increasing number of people moving to city centers

C．food production doing harm to the environment

D．the cost of food production is increasing

【2】What is the meaning of the underlined word “staggering” in the third paragraph?

A．Confusing.

B．Surprising.

C．Puzzling.

D．Pleasing.

【3】According to Julian Cribb, what is the aim of making food a subject at school?

A．To educate students about the food problem.

B．To help students understand the importance of food.

C．To develop agricultural science.

D．To train students into more productive farmers.

【4】The text is mainly about ________.

A．the effects of agriculture on the environment

B．the effect of the world’s population on agriculture

C．food problems in the future and some solutions

D．the development of agriculture in the future

26、   Many people travel to different places in the world by air. Usually it takes a long time, perhaps half a day, for passengers to stay in the plane for a long time. So airlines offer passengers food. But it is common that they feel bad about food taste. Some passengers complain about the food to the airline companies , and some others even refuse to eat them. Do you agree?

To solve this problem, airlines try hard to improve their food. They would like to do so because they don’t want to lose customers.

However, according to scientific research, part of the reason why plane food tastes bad is that at high altitude we can not taste things as well as we do on the ground. Also scientists have found that our noses become very dry even before a plane takes off. As the plane moves up, the change in air pressure reduces one third of the sensibility of our taste buds（味蕾）. So our taste buds become senseless (没有知觉的).  The sad fact, however, is that our noses don’t know it.

All of these help explain why food on the plane tastes so bad. They also help explain why airlines choose to offer passengers salty and spicy food. Without doing so, the food would be tasteless.

Now there are many researches on this. According to one of them, some volunteers are asked to lie with their feet higher than their heads for weeks. And scientists write down their feelings about food taste.

Though scientists try their best, it is not as easy as they thought. Because they can’t deal with the special environment successfully, such as the change in air pressure, making food taste good is still hard for them.

【1】In Paragraph 1, “complain” means ________________ in Chinese.

A.接受 B.投诉 C.讨厌 D.丢弃

【2】What do airlines do to solve this problem ?

A.Get more customers. B.Offer more food.

C.Improve their food. D.Reduce the ticket price.

【3】Our taste buds become senseless because of the following facts EXCEPT____________.

A.a high altitude B.the change in air pressure

C.our noses become dry D.the food goes bad in high altitude

【4】Which of the following is True according to the passage?

A.Scientists have found a way to improve the plane food easily.

B.Airlines offer passengers salty and spicy food to save money

C.In the researches, some volunteers lie with their heads higher than their feet for weeks.

D.Though scientists try hard, they still can’t deal with the change in air pressure successfully.

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

A.Taste of Airplane Food B.Airplane Food

C.Scientific Research on Food D.Our Taste Buds in High Altitude

27、   Many people used to be shy. But they all have overcome(战胜) this problem successfully.

Lucy is a fourteen-year-old girl. Over the last 5 years or so, she has worked very hard at dealing with her shyness. She started by making conversations with “friends’ friends”. It did take a lot of effort(努力) but was useful. Now she can talk to almost everyone.

Peter is thirteen years old. He used to be shy, too. But he had to change since he took part in a baseball club two years ago. He has made many friends there.

Andy was also a shy girl in the past. But a year ago, she started working as a waitress at a restaurant on weekends. That’s really helpful. She has become more outgoing now.

【1】It took Lucy about five years to overcome her shyness.

【2】Lucy overcame her shyness by making conversations with “friends’ friends”.

【3】Peter is 12 years old now.

【4】Peter has many friends now.

【5】Andy started working at a market on weekends a year ago.

28、There is an old man in our neighborhood. He lives alone. His wife died two years ago. And his son works in another city. I can sense his 【1】 (sad). I 【2】(suppose) that he has 【3】 (pain) experiences. So I often go to his home to talk with him. And I want to do something to 【4】 (cheer up; him) . The old man has 【5】 (plenty of) books. And he enjoys reading. Now most people prefer 【6】(watch)TV to 【7】 (read) books. But he 【8】 (stick to ) his hobby for over 40 years. When I go to his home, he always 【9】 (provide) me with his snacks. I like eating them very much.

29、   Free Sweets in His Taxi to Delight and Heal（治愈）

Mansoor Khalid, a 37-year-old electrical engineer from Pakistan, has been driving a yellow taxi in New York City since 1996. In 2010, his son, Saad, was born with a heart disease. Every time Mr. Khalid visited him in the hospital after his day shift（轮班）, he would bring much _________ to drink during nights to take care of his son. He even gave some to the doctors and nurses there, who called him "coffee man".

Last April, Saad died at 18 months old. Although Mr. Khalid was so sad, he had to _________ to work. After his son's death, he got into the habit of buying some sweets for his passengers, which nearly cost him $300 every month.

From his experience in the hospital with his son, Mr. Khalid learned that giving to others could at least _________ his feeling of loss, if not heal it.

"I'd like to buy something for people; I feel _________," Mr. Khalid said. "When you give something from your hand, someone gives a smile to you in return.”

Since then, he has become famous on the Internet. His kind behavior _________ a lot of customers, with more pickups from fans who send their positions to him on Twitter or Facebook.

But he doesn't expect the 13,000 other yellow taxis to do the same. The $300 a month Mr. Khalid spends on candy would _________ help many people to support their families for a time. Actually, it is not a small sum.

"If you think about it, you will _________ why he does it, after all, you don't get that sort of kindness very often." said Juan Miranda, who drives Mr. Khalid's taxi during the nights.

"Everybody is sometimes unhappy and stressed. Living in New York City is not very easy, so when passengers see all the candies, chocolates, they will cheer up in a short time," Mr. Khalid explained. "Some people even start crying with _________."

【1】A.coffee B.tea C.juice D.milk

【2】A.learn B.agree C.forget D.return

【3】A.get B.hide C.increase D.express

【4】A.upset B.bored C.good D.thankful

【5】A.attracts B.prevents C.refuses D.educates

【6】A.simply B.naturally C.differently D.probably

【7】A.promise B.explain C.wonder D.discover

【8】A.imagination B.happiness C.sadness D.disappointment