廣東省廣州市黃埔區(qū)黃埔廣附教育集團(tuán)2024-2025學(xué)年八年級(jí)上學(xué)期期中

考試英語(yǔ)試題

一、語(yǔ)法選擇閱讀下面短文，按照句子結(jié)構(gòu)的語(yǔ)法性和上下文連貫的要求，從各題所給的A、B、C和D

項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng)。

1.(15分)PaulBartonisnowlivinginThailand.Heis(1)Britishmusicianwholikesshooting

videos.Inhisonlinevideos,heplaysthepianofbrcIcphants.He(2)nearly700thousandfollowers

onYouTubesofar.Inhismostwatchedvideo,anearly-blindelephantnamedAmpan(3)listensto

himplayingclassicalmusic.

Ampanisan(4)elephantandlivesatElephantsWorld,whichisanorganization--torescue

elephants.Therelive35elephantslikeAmpan.Beforetheywererescued,they(5)toperformfbr

tourists.NowElephantsWorldprovidesthesebeautifulanimals(6)acomfortablesanctuary(庇護(hù)

所),Sofbrtherestoftheirlives,they(7)liveahappyandpeacefullifethere.

Paulstartedtoplaythepianofbrelephantstherefrom(8)fiftiethbirthday.Hctalkedwiththe

managerthereintoallowinghimtobringapianointothesanctuary.However?carryingaheavypianowas(9)

thanheexpected.lttookhimalmosttwohours(10)thepianodeepintothesanctuaryinthewild.

"Theseelephantshaveworkedfbrhumansalltheirlifeandmanyareblindordisabled,soIwantedtocarry

(11)heavyfbrthem,"Paulsaid."sawthattheelephantswere(12)hungrythattheywere

eatingallthetime.(13)wheneverIstartedplaying.Ifoundaspecialthing.Oneblindelephantwould

alwaysstoptolistenwhile(14)inthesanctuarywerestilleating.Werealizedthatthiselephant,even

inaworldof(15),Icvcdmusic."

(1)A.aB.anC.theD./

⑵A.ownsRownedCisowningD.hasowned

(3)A.calmB.cahncrC.calmnessD.calmly

(4)A.80yearsoldB.80-years-oldC.80-year-oldD.80yearold

(5)A.forcedB.arcforcedC.wcreforcedD.wercforcing

(6)A.toB.withC.forD.in

(7)A.shouldB.mustC.canD.nccd

(8)A.heB.hisC.himD.himself

(9)A.hardB.harderC.hardestD.thehardest

(10)A.getsB.gettingC.toget□got

(11)A.somethingB.everythingC.nothing□.anything

(12)A.veryB.quiteC.soD.such

(13)A.OrB.ThoughC.BecauseD.But

(14)A.anotherB.theotherC.othersD.theothers

(15)A.darkB.darknessC.darker0.darken

二、完形填空閱讀下面短文，掌握大意，然后從各題所給的A、B、C、D項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。

2.(1()分)Hikingwithsomefriendsprovidedachancetorelaxoursclves.Coldwithamixtureofsunandsnow

(1)aquickerstepthanusualonthemountain.Ontheway,wemetsomeboyscouts(男童子軍)

andtheirfamiliesheadingdownaswell.Mostofthemwerequicklywellaheadandoutof(2).

Leftbehindwereaboyandhismother.Wesloweddowntotalkwiththembeforewefinallypassed

them.Theycaughtupagainwhenmyfriend(3)totiehershoe.Theboyatthatmomentfelldown.Luckily,

myfriendcaughthimasherolleddownthepath.

Helpedup,theboywascryinginhismother'sarms.Iaskedif1couldhelpandexplainedIwasadoctor.Aftcr

aquick(4),Icouldtellthatmorethananythinghewasscared,hismomaswell.Askingiftheyneeded

anythingbeforewecontinuedon,Iturnedtogo(5)sittingonarock.

Ionlytookafewstepsforwardbefore(6)thattherewasmoreIcoulddo.I(7)tomyfriends

fbrslowingthemdown，thenturnedandaskedtheboyandhismotheriftheywantedustowaitandhikedown

withthemwhentheywere(8).1couldseetherelief(放心，壓力緩解)washoverthemother'sfaceas

shesaid"ycsHandthey(9)stooduptocontinueon.

Autumnhadleftthepath(10)withslippciy(滑的)leaves.Sowcwentslowlytomakesureofsafe

footsteps.IrealizedthatIwasgiftedwithmoretimetotakeinthebeautyofthemountain,conversationwith

friendsandconnections.

(1)A.encouragedB.changcdC.decidedD.stopped

(2)A.sightB.orderC.breathD.touch

(3)A.continuedB.beganC.stoppedD.tried

(4)A.lookB.checkC.chat□.interview

(5)A.teamB.groupC.pairD.crowd

(6)A.forgettingB.realizingC.reportingD.hoping

(7)A.shoutedB.repliedC.apologizedD.ordered

(8)A.thankfulB.comfbrtableC.strongD.ready

(9)A.almostB.evenC.suddenlyD.quickly

(10)A.filledB.coveredC.connected0.provided

三、閱讀

A.閱讀理解閱讀下面短文，掌握大意，然后從各題所給的A、B、C、D項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。

3.(6分)

LeedsBikeRides

JoinabikeridearoundLeeds.Joinourfamilyfriendlybicycleride!

Moreandmorepeoplearcchallengingthe

car-dominatedcultureofourcitics.Andwhy

not?Urbancyclingisfunandhealthy.ltletsyou

seeyourtowninanewandinterestingway.Our

bikeridesareperfectfbrallthefamilymembers：

mumanddad,childrenagedfourandover,and

,everyday,9am-12noon

grandparentstoo!

?1stApril—30thSeptember

Ourgroupsarcsmall--betweenfourandten

Winter

riders.Rideoneofourfantasticbikeswithabell,a

,Friday,SaturdayandSunday,

lightandabasket,ifyouwantone.Wealsogive

9a.m.-1p.m.

youahelmet

,1stOctober—31stMarch

Ridedownquietstreets,acrossbigsquaresand

alongpathsthroughthebeautifiilparksofLeeds?

andsecmanyfamousplacesinrhecityccntre.Thc

rideincludesstopswherewe'lllistenanddanceto

livemusic.Youcanalsotryfoodfrompopular

localrestaurantslikeAckccBambooJamaican

CuisineorAdassa,sBreakfastCafe.

Remembertoridewithtraffic，notagainst

it.Usebikelaneswheneveryouseethem.Obeythe

roadrules.Rideinasingleline.Makesureyou

gestureeverytimebeforeyoumakeaturn.

Tickets：￡20fbradults：￡10fbrchildren；FREEfbrseniorsover60yearsold.Buyyourticketsonour

websiteoratLeedsBikeRiders,nearMiddletonTrainStation

(1)WhencanyoujoinabikeridearoundLeeds?

A.At8a.m.onSundayinMarch.

B.At11a.m.onMondayinJuly.

C.At2p.m.onFridayinDecember.

D.At10a.m.onWednesdayinNovember.

(2)HowmuchshouldhepayifMrBrownjoinsthebikeridewithhistwo6-year-olddaughters)hiswife

and70-year-oldfather?

A.￡60.

B.￡70.

C.￡80.

D.￡90.

(3)Inwhichsectionofthenewspaperwouldyouprobablyreadthisarticle?

A.Sports.

B.Fashion.

C.Education.

□.Environment.

4.(8分)Forher85thbirthday,IgavemymotherSusananiPad.She'dneverusedacomputer.Shehadatrying

relationshipwithherTVremotecontrolandapainfulexperiencewithhermobilephone.However,thistime

shewasdyingtoleaniabouttheiPad.Shebelievedthatifshedidn'tkeepupwithtechnology

Ourfirsttaskwasemail.Shequicklylearnedthebasicnilesbutcouldn'tunderstandwhyshehastoemail

otherswhenshecouldphoneorvisitinperson.

Next,wcdealtwithNetflix,thewidely-usedvideowebsite.Momisamovieloverandshewassurprisedby

thenumberofmoviesthatNetflixcanoffer.OneSaturday(登錄)Netflix.Isuggesteditmightrequirean

updatc/'Thcyprobablyhavefewerpeopleworkingasit'salongweekend,"shetoldme.

Later,shetaughtherselftolearnFaceTiineandstartedherexperiinentswithpodcasts?andevenstarted

emailinghergrandchildren.

Asshebecamemorefamiliar,shebeganwonderingaboutalltheicons(圖標(biāo))，sowesetupaweekly

lecture,eachofuswithouriPads.Oneday,Itriedfbr45minutestohelpherfindthesearchbar?Itlookslikea

magnifyingglass(放大鏡)，sheasked："Youmeanthefryingpan?"

Unexpectedly,shemadegreatprogress.NowshebecomesinterestedinE-booksandevencheckthemoutin

themiddleofthenight.ShewatchesTVseriesandknowswhat'spopular.Ifsgreattoseehowmuchherconfidence

hasgrown.Yesterday,sheFaceTimedme."I'vemadeadecision,Istillcan'twailfbrthedaywhenwecansitdown

inpersonandsurftheInternettogether.

(1)WhydidSusandecidetolearntouseaniPad?

A.Tokeepupwiththetimes.

B.Toconnectwithherfamily.

C.Tobettercontrolherkitchen.

D.Tofollowherfriends*advice.

(2)WhichofthefollowingshowsthecorrectorderofSusan'sexperience?.

a.Shebeganemailinghergrandchildren.

b.Sheaskedtheauthoraboutthesearchbar.

c.ShcreceivedaniPadasabirthdaypresent.

d.Shcmetdifficultiesinloggingontothevideowebsite.

e.Shedecidedtolearnaboutthetechnologiesintheapartment.

A.c-d-a-b-e

B.c-d-e-a-b

C.e-c-d-a-b

D.e-a-d-b-c

(3)WhichsentencebestdescribesSusan?

A.Sheispleasedwithherapanment.

B.Sheiswillingtohelppeople.

C.Sheisinterestedinnewthings.

D.Sheiscreativeinherdailylife.

（4）Whatcanwelearnfromthestory?

A.Everycoinhastwosides.

B.Timeandtidewaitfbrnoman.

C.Actionspeakslouderthanwords.

D.It*snevertoolatetolean.

5.（8分）?"Whydon'tyoueverlisten?"

"Youjustdon'tunderstandme!"

"You'reofnohelpatall!"

（2）Soundfamiliar?Whenyou'rehavingadifficultconversationwithyourparents

orfriends,accusatorywordslikethosecanstopadiscussion.Assoonasonefeels

attacked,thedefensive（防御的）wallscomeup,withoutspendingtimethinkingabout

andtellingwhywc'rcfeelinghurt.Hereliethedifferencesbetween"I"and"you"

statements.

③An"I-statement"isasentencebeginningwiththeword""thattellsanother

personhowyouarefeelinginaclearway.Forexample,youmightsay,"Ifeel..."or"I

becomenervouswhen.."I-statementsareapowerfultooltohelpyouexpressyourfeelingstosomeoneelse

withoutblaming（責(zé)怪），"suchasthoselistedabove,arestatementsthatbeginwiththeword"you"

（4）WhyareI-statementsimportant?Whenyoustartaconversationbytalkingabouttheotherperson's

actions,you'resendingthemessagethatthcy*rctheproblcm.Formostpeople,thisimmediatelyleadstothem

becomingdefensiveandtryingtothrowblamebackontoyou.Ilowcvcr>andstopsotherpeoplefeeling

blamcd.Thiscanbeseeninthecasewhenyoufeelleftout.Insteadofsaying"Youalwaysleavemeout",youcan

say"IfeelhurtwhenI'mnotinvitedbecauseitfeelslikeI'mnotwelcome'1.WiththisI-statement,butyou'renot

presentingthemassomethingtheotherpersondidtoyou.Asaresult,thelistenertendstoexperiencethisasmore

friendly

（5）It'sasimplechange,butbybeingalittlemorecarcfiilofhowyouexpressyourself,youmayfindpeople

arcmorelikelytopositivelylistentoyouandunderstandmoreaboutwhatyouarctryingtosay.

(1)Whatdocstheunderlinedphrasc"accusatorywords"mcan?

A.Wordsthatattackothers.

B.Wordstoexplainreasons.

C.Wordsthatsoundfamiliar.

D.Wordstostartconversations.

(2)Whichofthefollowingm.ghtbean"I-statement',?

A.Iknowthateveryoneinthefamilyisbusy.

B.lamanxiouswheneverythingisinamess.

C.Ithinkyouarcrightbytellingmethetruth.

D.Ifeelsadbecauseyoudon'tlistentomecarefully.

(3)HowdoesthewritersupporthisideainParagraph4?

A.Byusingsayings.

B.Byaskingquestions.

C.Bytellingastory.

D.Bygivinganexample.

(4)Whydocsthewriterwritethispassage?

A.ToencouragepeopletouseI-statements.

B.ToexplainwhenI-statementsshouldbeused.

C.Toshowthedisadvantagesofyou-statements.

D.Tosuggestbeingcarefulofothers'you-statements.

6.(8分)Doyouhavetroubletryingtocreatethenextbigidea?Sometimestheanswer

isn,ttojustforceanideaoutofyourmind.Instead,youmightwanttotrysittingback,

relaxingandlettingyourmindwander(走神)，youheardthatcorrectly.Ifyouarein

needofanewidea,trydaydreaming.

Daydreamsallowyourmindtorunfreelyandevenincreaseproductivityinsome

cases.Daydreamingdevelopscreativitywhichiswhyyouhaveanah-hamomentand

suddeninsightaboutasituation.Daydreamingallowsyoutouncoverthoughtsandideasyoudidnotrealizeyou

evenhadandgetthethoughtshiddenunderthesurface.

ResearchersfromtheUniversityofCalifornia.SantaBarbara,foundanassociation(聯(lián)系)(參與者)first

doan"unusual-usetask".Theyhadtotrytocomeupwithasmanydifferentwaystouseanobjectastheycould.

Then,theparticipantschosetodooneofthefollowingfourthingsbeforedoingthe"unusual-usetask"

again；completeadifficulttask,takea12-minutebreak?orskip(樹(shù)K過(guò))

Surprisingly，thegroupthatperformedbestwastheonethatcompletedtheeasytask.Manyparticipants

reportedthattheyweredaydreamingwhileperformingtheeasytask.Sotheresearchersbelievedthatthis

daydreamingmighthavehelpedunlocktheircreativity.

Buthowcoulddaydreaminghelpthebraincomeupwithcreativeways?Theanswerissomethingknownas

"unconsciousthought**.Evenwhenyouarcnotactivelyworkingtosolveaproblem,itisstillinthebackofyour

mind.Yourbrainisstillthinkingabouttheproblem,butinamuchmoresubtle(不易察覺(jué)的)

Whenyoudaydream?yourm：ndisallowedtothinkinwaysitnormallywouldnot.

Becauseitisfreeofcontrol?itcancreatecompletelynewandout-of-the-boxideas.

Greatideasnevercomeeasily,butthatdoesnotmeanyoualwayshavetoworkhardtogetthem.Feelfreeto

dowhatyouwantandletyourmindwander.

(1)The"unusual-usetask**includedhavingparticipants.

A.completeaverysimpletask

B.achieveaverydifficulttask

C.haveabreakfor12minutes

D.findvarioususesfbranobject

(2)Thosewhocompletedtheeasytaskperlbnnedbestbecause.

A.theyworkedharderontheeasytask

B.theysavedtimefbrthefollowingtask

C.theychosetostayawayfromthedifficulttask

D.theycameupwithmoreideaswhiledaydreaming

(3)Thewords"unconsciousthought"inParagraph6probablymean"

A.wanderinasubtlewayunderyourcontrol

B.knowclearlywhatyou'rethinkinganddoing

C.thinkaboutaproblemwithoutevenknowingit

D.stopprocessinginformationfromtheoutsideworld

(4)Thepassagemainlytellsusthat.

A.daydreamsarcgoodfbrpeople'swell-being

B.daydreamingisawaytoimprovecreativity

C.completingtasksisimportanttocreativeideas

D.problem-solvingskillsarcimportantinourlives

B.閱讀填空閱讀短文及文后A?E選項(xiàng)，選出可以填入1?5各題空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將

該項(xiàng)涂黑。

7.(5分)

LivingWellwithOthers

Agoodlifeisonethatisgoodfbrlivingwellwithothers,whilelivingcomfortablyandhonestly.However,

noteveryonecandealwiththerelationshipwellwithothers.Theyarelookingfbrnewwaystomaketheirlife

better.(I)

Smileatothersaroundyou.(2)Researchsuggeststhat'strue.Studiessuggestthatfriendly

engagement(交彳主)withothersimprovehappinesslevels,atleastinpart.Peoplearemorelikelytotreatasmiling

personbetterthananon-smilingperson.

Helpothers.Studieshaveshownthathelpingothershasadirectrelationtoindividualhappiness.(3)

Volunteeringtohelpothershasbeenconnectedtobetterqualityoflife.

(4)Thegoldenruleisstillthemostimportantruleforgettingalongwithothers.Thinkofhowyou

wouldlikeyourfriendstoactaroundyou.Ifyoutreatpeoplewithloveandrespect,theywilltreatyouwiththe

same.

Valueyourfriendshipswithothers.Thequalityofaperson'sfriendshiphasadirecteffectontheirwell-

being.Friendscanincreaseasenseofyoursenseofbelongingandpurpose.(5)

A.It'softenbeensaidthatasmileiscatching.

B.Treatothershowyouwishtobetreated.

C.Theywillalsohelppreventyoufromdevelopingbadhabits.

D.Thisarticlewillcoversomeideasyoumaywanttoconsider.

E.Takingtimetolookafterothershasbeenimportanttounderstand"thegoodlife."

四、寫(xiě)作

A.語(yǔ)篇填詞閱讀短文，根據(jù)上下文和所給的首字母寫(xiě)出所缺單詞。注意使用正確形式，每空限康一詞。

答卷時(shí)，要求寫(xiě)出完整單詞。

8.（5分）JerryandSusan'sfatheri（1）atimemachine.Theywantedtoseedinosaursinthepast,

sotheygotonthetimemachineandflewbacktomorethan200millionyearsago.Atfirst>theysawa

brontosaurus.ltwashuge（2），therecamean/rannosaurus.Thiskindofdinosauratemeat.It

triedtoattackJerry,Susanandtheirfather.Theywerescared.Theyrantothetimemachineandc（3）

themachinetogobackquickly.

WhenJerryandSusancamebackhome,theytoldtheirstorytotheirclassmates.Andthen,manyoftheir

schoolmateslovedtoaskthemalotaboutdinosaurs.Theybecameveryp（4）amongtheir

school.Thetimemachinewonmanyp（5）suchasScientificAwardandTechnicalAward.

B.完成句子根據(jù)所給的漢語(yǔ)內(nèi)容，用英語(yǔ)完成下列句子。（每空限填一詞）

9.（2分）媽媽上周給我買(mǎi)了一臺(tái)新電腦，這是多么大的一個(gè)驚喜?。?/p>

Lastweek,mymotherboughtmeanewcomputer.surprise

itis!

10.（2分）新電腦的運(yùn)行速度比舊電腦快得多，這會(huì)節(jié)省我很多時(shí)間。

Theworkingspeedofthenewcomputeristhatoftheold

onc.ltsavesmealotoftime.

11.（2分）我的英語(yǔ)可以通過(guò)訓(xùn)練聽(tīng)說(shuō)得到提升。

MyEnglishcanbymylisteningandspeaking.

12.（2分）此外，我還可以在網(wǎng)上與朋友保持聯(lián)系。

,IcantouchwithmyfriendsontheInternet.

13.（2分）有了這臺(tái)電腦對(duì)我來(lái)說(shuō)方便了，但我不該太依賴(lài)它。

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