2024-2025学年（下）定西八年级质量检测英语

1、David如此爱好阅读以至于他每天在这方面花一个小时。

_______________________________________

2、We bought ______ a present, but _______ didn’t like it.

A.they, them B.them, they

C.themselves, their D.theirs, they

3、A _________ place means there isn’t anything or anybody to live or grow at all.

A．lively

B．worthless

C．lifeless

4、—I don’t think it is a(n) _________ solution to the problem. It won’t work out.

—Maybe we should ask our teacher for help.

A.impossible B.terrible C.practical

5、She finds ________ difficult to remember all the new words.

A.this B.that C.them D.it

6、—Any successful book like Harry Potter ________reading.

—Yes, and most readers of the books can't wait  ________what happens next in these magical stories.

A.needs, seeing B.needs, to see C.need, to see

7、Dali which _________ its beautiful scenery makes me really excited.

A．is known as

B．regards as

C．is famous for

D．considers as

8、I also ________ my computer a lot these days. I use it to write reports, and to get on the Internet too.

A.focus on B.keep on C.depend on D.look on

9、(2012四川广安)—Dad，why should I stop________computer games？

—For your health，my boy．

A．to play

B．playing

C．play

10、People often go swimming in ____ summer.

A. /   B. a   C. an   D. the

11、Don't worry. The meeting room ________ with everything necessary for the ceremony.

A.is decorated B.decorated C.has been decorated D.had been decorated

12、— Sandy wants to be a volunteer in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.

— ________.

A.So shall I B.So am I C.So do I

13、This kind of bicycle________in Tianjin．

A．is made

B．are made

C．made

D．makes

14、She put back the book she had taken________mistake．

A．in

B．up

C．to

D．by

15、—Tell us something about Canada, OK?

—I’m sorry. _______ Jack _______ I have ever been there.

A．Either; or

B．Not only; but also

C．Both; and

D．Neither; nor

16、This photo often makes me __________ of my teachers in primary school.

A. think   B. thinks   C. to think   D. thinking

17、His monthly salary has increased ________ 30% compared with that of two years ago.

A.by B.to C.with D.of

18、—What a heavy rain!

—So it is. I prefer ________ at home rather than ________ on such a rainy day.

A.watch TV; to go out B.watch TV; go out

C.to watching TV; going out D.to watch TV; go out

19、—There are fourteen stories in this book.

一 Let's read the ________________one.

A.thirteen B.twelfth C.sixteen D.seventeenth

20、This is the most interesting storybooks ________ I have ever read.

A．what

B．which

C．that

D．it

21、They are going to London next month．They are________visiting the Buckingham Palace．

A. looking at

B. looking for

C. looking forward to

D. looking over

22、根据对话内容，从方框中选用适当的句子完成对话。其中两项为多余选项。

Mr. Crum is talking with his doctor. A is for Mr. Crum; B is for the doctor.

B: Mr. Crum, please.

A: Hello, doctor.

B. How are you?

A: I'm fine, thank you, doctor, but I need your advice. I want to give up smoking.

B: That's a good idea. Smoking is very bad for your health. 【1】

A: I started smoking when I was 22 .That's 25 years ago.

B: 【2】

A: Yes, I’ve tried several times, But I always start smoking again. Now, my daughter has asked me to give it up, and I want to try again. 【3】 And I want to succeed this time.

B: Well, let's see. I'll listen to your breathing, and do some tests. Have you got a cough?

A: 【4】 And I'm not fit. I get a lot of colds.

B: Well, it's really a good idea to stop smoking. Smoking causes many illnesses, not only cancer.

A: 【5】.

B:One thing you can do is to join a group. That often works, because you have other people to help you.

A．Yes, I have.

B．When did you start smoking?

C．No, I haven't.

D．She's afraid I'll get cancer（癌症）.

E．What other illnesses does smoking cause?

F．And have you tried to give up?

G．How can I give it up

23、根据下面的对话内容，从方框内的选项（ A、B、C、D、E 或 F ）中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将选项涂黑。选项中有一个为多余选项。

Mother: You look a bit worried, Tom.【1】

Son: I seem to be getting heavy these days.

Mother: That's a problem. Can I offer you some advice?

Son: 【2】 , What do you think I should do?

Mother: On one hand, you should stop eating too much; on the other hand,  【3】

Son: Some of my friends have told me the same thing, but I'm too busy to exercise.

Mother: Then why not join a club on weekends?

Son: But 【4】？

Mother: You can join the swimming club. You want to learn to swim, don't you?

Son: That's a good idea. Thank you, Mum.

Mother: 【5】 I hope it will help you.

A. what club can I join?

B. Of course.

C. How do you know that?

D. What's wrong with you?

E. You're welcome.

F. you should take more exercise.

G. Thank you all the same.

A. what club can I join?

B. Of course.

C. How do you know that?

D. What's wrong with you?

E. You're welcome.

F. you should take more exercise.

G. Thank you all the same.

24、   Mount Qomolangma, located at the China-Nepal border(边境), known as Mount Everest in the West, is the world's highest peak(峰). A Chinese surveying team reached the top on Wednesday morning to make serious surveys there.

It is the third time for the team to head to the world peak within this month. The first two failed due to the change of weather that brought heavy snow.

Since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, Chinese surveyors have done six rounds of measurements(测量) and scientific research on Mount Qomolangma and got the height of the peak twice in 1975 and 2005, 8,848.13 meters and 8,844.43 meters.New technologies were used in the latest survey, such as the Beidou-3 Navigation Satellite System(北斗三号导航卫星系统).

This year is the 60th year of the first successful expedition(远征探索)to Qomolangma and the 45th year of China's first accurate measurement(精准测量) of Qomolangma's height.

【1】Where is the Mount Qomolangma?

A.In China B.In Nepal C.At the China-Nepal border D.In America

【2】How many times had the team failed before they got to the top of the Mount Everest?

A.1 B.2 C.3 D.4

【3】What's the Chinese meaning of the underlined word "founding"?

A.实现 B.找到 C.看见 D.成立

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

A.The People's Republic of China was found in 1494.

B.The Beidou-3 Navigation Satellite System was used during this survey.

C.Chinese surveyors got the height of the peak 8,848.43 meters in 1975.

D.It's been 45 years since our first successful expedition to Qomolangma.

25、阅读理解

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根据表格中所给的信息，选择最佳答案。

【1】Sunny English Club is for________．

A．nurses

B．policemen

C．businessmen

D．students

【2】You will pay________if you want to stay in Sunny English Club for half a year．

A．300 yuan

B．600 yuan

C．1260 yuan

D．2400 yuan

【3】You can visit Ocean Museum________．

A．on Saturday

B．on Wednesday

C．on Monday

D．anytime

【4】One can get free examinations in Health Center if he is________．

A．9

B．17

C．67

D．73

【5】If you become interested in the life of fish，you should go to________．

A．Health Centre

B．Ocean Museum

C．Sunny English Club

D．16 Yong Le Street

26、   Monkeys seem to have a way with numbers.

A team of researchers trained three Rhesus monkeys to associate 26 clearly different symbols made up of numbers and selective letters with 0-25 drops of water or juice as a reward. The researchers then tested how the monkeys combined—or added—the symbols to get the reward.

Here's how Harvard Medical School scientist Margaret Livingstone, who led the team, described the experiment: In their cages the monkeys were provided with touch screens. On one part of the screen, a symbol would appear, and on the other side two symbols inside a circle were shown. For example, the number 7 would flash on one side of the screen and the other end would have 9 and 8. If the monkeys touched the left side of the screen they would be rewarded with seven drops of water or juice; if they went for the circle, they would be rewarded with the sum of the numbers—17 in this example.

After running hundreds of tests, the researchers noted that the monkeys would go for the higher values more than half the time, showing that they were performing a calculation(计算), not just remembering the value of each combination.

When the team studied the results of the experiment more closely, they noticed that the monkeys tended to underestimate(低估)a sum compared with a single symbol when the two were close in value—sometimes choosing, for example, a 13 over the sum of 8 and 6. The underestimation was systematic: When adding two numbers, the monkeys always paid attention to the larger of the two, and then added only a fraction(小部分)of the smaller number to it.

"This shows that there is a certain way number is represented in their brains, "Dr. Livingstone says. “But in this experiment what they're doing is paying more attention to the big number than the little one.”

【1】What did the researchers do to the monkeys before testing them?

A.They fed them. B.They named them.

C.They trained them. D.They washed them.

【2】How did the monkeys get their reward in the experiment?

A.By drawing a circle. B.By touching a screen.

C.By watching videos. D.By mixing two drinks.

【3】What did Livingstone's team find about the monkeys?

A.They could perform basic addition. B.They could understand simple words.

C.They could remember numbers easily. D.They could hold their attention for long.

【4】In which part of a newspaper may this text appear?

A.Science. B.Health. C.Education. D.Entertainment.

27、   Running in Cold Weather Improves Performance

Cold weather during winter months may keep many people from leaving home and running in the open air. However, a new study shows that the drop in temperature is a good reason to run. In fact, researchers say, running in cold weather helps improve one’s performance.

Many people say running in the winter can be difficult. Two reasons are the low temperatures and bitter winds. Yet many runners might find it easier than running in hot weather. That could be because lower temperatures reduce stress on the body. When you run in cold weather, your body loses less water than in warmer conditions. The body needs less water on a cold day than in warm weather. This information comes from sports scientists at St. Mary’s University in London.

John Brewer is a professor of applied sport science at St. Mary’s. For this study, he and other researchers put a group of people into a room they called an “environmental chamber”. The researchers then recreated summer and winter weather conditions in the room. The test subjects were asked to run 10,000meters under both conditions. Brewer says he and his team recorded biological measurements of the runners. “We’ve got a group of subjects into the environmental chamber, we’ve changed the conditions to recreate the summer or winter and we’ve got them to run a 10km under both of those conditions and taken various measurements（测量）on each runner while they’ve been completing their 10km.”.

They found that the runners lost water by around 30.38% more in those hotter conditions. Besides, Brewer says every movement runners make produces heat. He explains that one way in which we lose heat is by sweating(出汗). He says the body also loses heat by transporting the blood to the surface of the skin. “That heat builds up in the body and can be really damaging unless you can lose that heat. And it’s much harder to lose heat when the environment is warm as well.” And they found how they felt their perception of heat-was around a third lower when they were running in cold conditions. The body does not have to work as hard to pump blood to the skin’s surface  Several websites note that the most important thing for people who run in cold conditions is to wear the right clothing. Keeping as dry as possible is the most important when exercising in low temperatures. So, if you are a runner, don’t let winter weather keep you indoors. Simply get ready for the low temperatures and start running

【1】According to the passage, John Brewer probably agrees that  ________

A.people should run 10,000meters in winter

B.running in winter is good for your heart

C.people who run in winter like to wear thick clothing

D.running in cold conditions is better than in warm

【2】What can we infer from the passage  ________

A.Running can help us lose heat B.Running in cold weather is beneficial to our body

C.The heat can damage our body D.The body does not have to work to pump blood

【3】What is the writer's main purpose in writing this passage ________

A.To introduce a research on running by Brewer

B.To explain why running in winter is difficult for people

C.To encourage people to run outside during winter months

D.To advertise the new websites on running he created

28、阅读下面短文，根据语境、音标或所给单词的提示，在每个空格内填入一个恰当的词，要求所填的词意义准确、形式正确，使短文意思完整、行文连贯。

In Toronto, Canada, There is a Chinese woman. Her husband and son are busy【1】work. They spend very little time at home. The woman feels 【2】 ['ləʊnlɪ].

One day, when she is making steamed buns (包子), one of the buns suddenly【3】(come) alive. The woman sees this bun, named Bao, as her own child. She is pretty happy to be a 【4】again. But as Bao grows up, he wants to leave home and see the world. The mother doesn’t want this to【5】 ['hæpən]. What can she do?

This is the story of Disney- Pixar’s short film Bao. It took home this year’s Oscar award for best Animated Short (最佳动画短片).

Director Domee Shi is a 【6】(Canada). She said the film’s story is much like the story of her own【7】 (live) as she also has a very protective (关切保护的) mother.

“【8】we feel strongly about someone, we don’t want them to leave,” Shi said. “My mother actually said to me once, ‘How I wish I could put you back in my【9】 ['stʌmək]!’”

Shi said she wanted to focus on family relationships with her film. While it is true that children should care for their parents, parents must also realize that their children will leave home one day and live 【10】own lives.

29、   Amy, a popular girl from Hilltop Middle School, had graduated first in her class and was ready for new________in high school.

________, high school was different. In the first week, Amy went to tryouts (选拔赛) for cheer leaders. She was competing against very________girls, and she knew it would be difficult for her to be selected. Two hours later, the judge________a list of the girl for a second tryout. Her heart________as the list ended without her name. Feeling ________, she walked home carrying her schoolbag full of homework.

Arriving home, she started with math. She had always been a good math student, but now she was struggling. She moved on to English and history, and was pleased to find that she didn’t have any trouble with those subjects. Feeling better, she decided not to________math.

The next day Amy went to see Mrs. Smith about being on the school ________. Mrs. Smith wasn’t as interested as Amy. “I’m sorry, but we have________writers for the newspaper already. Come back next year and we’ll talk then. ” Amy smiled ________ and left. “Why is high school so ________?” she sighed.

Later in ________class, Amy tried hard to work on the problems that had given her so much trouble. By the end of class, she understood how to get them________. As she gathered her books, Amy decided she’d continue to try to fit in at her new school. She wasn’t sure if she’d succeed, but she knew she had to ________. High school was just as her mother had said, “You will feel like a small fish in a big pond (池塘) instead of a big fish in a small pond. The challenge is to become the________fish you can be. ”

【1】A.challenges B.decisions C.problems D.examinations

【2】A.Therefore B.However C.Otherwise D.Besides

【3】A.strong B.brave C.talented D.nice

【4】A.brought B.showed C.wrote D.read

【5】A.went down B.jumped down C.came down D.got down

【6】A.strange B.tired C.awful D.nervous

【7】A.take up B.pick up C.hold up D.give up

【8】A.band B.newspaper C.radio D.team

【9】A.no B.more C.few D.enough

【10】A.happily B.weakly C.excitedly D.brightly

【11】A.similar B.common C.different D.outstanding

【12】A.math B.history C.English D.physics

【13】A.wrong B.right C.easy D.perfect

【14】A.manage B.try C.wait D.escape

【15】A.thinnest B.smallest C.best D.heaviest