廣州市第七十五中學(xué)2024學(xué)年第二學(xué)期期中考試

八年級英語試卷

本試卷分第1卷和第II卷兩部分，共90分?？荚嚂r間100分鐘。

第I卷（選擇題共60分）

注意事項：

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一、語法選擇（共15小題；每小題1分,滿分15分）

閱讀下面短文，按照句子結(jié)構(gòu)的語法性和上下文連貫的要求，從A、B、C、D中選出最佳選項。

TheBeijing2022WinterOlympicssawtheriseofnewChinesesportsstars.1post-OOsat

hleteschallengedthemselvesandshowedlovefortheirsports.

GuAilingwontwomedalsfromherfirsttwoevents-onegold,onesilver.The___2girl

wontheWomen'sFreeskiBigAireventwithanamazingjumpshehadnevertriedbefore.Theteenager

was3excitedthatshecriedafterjump."Thetearsweremostlyjoy,“shesaidafterwards.Guwant

s4amessagetoyoungwintersportslovers."Justgoforit,"shesaid.

SuYiming,agd18,agreeswithGu.Hc5wonagoldmedalandasilvermedal.Susaidhewas°t

ooexcited"todescribestandingonthepodium（領(lǐng)獎介）with6childhoodidols-Canadiansnowboard

ersMaxParrotandMarkMcMorris.”'IwanttosaytoallChinesesnowboardersthattheyshouldkeep_

7hardandnevergiveupbecausedrcamscancome8/hesaidafterhiswin.

Morethanaskier,GuAilingisapart-timefashionmodel.Sheisalsogoodatplaying9piano.Shc

willstudyatStanfordUniversityinfall.

SuYimingusedtobeanactor.10theageof10,heplayedtheroleofskierShuanziinthefil

mTheTakingofTigerMountain.

GuandSuaregoodfriends.Theycheerfbreachother.Theirfriendshipstartedyearsago.In2017,Sua

ndGuappearedinadocumentary（鄉(xiāng)己錄片）aboutskiing.Thcyoungathleteshaveencouragedmany_H___

_people,includingtheyoung.AlexTani,23,ajournalistfromtheUKsaiditwasgreatJ2_____peopleof

asimilaragetoachievesomuchattheWinterOlympics.He13totryskiing

byGuAiling.

PeoplethinkhighlyofGuAilingandSuYiming.We'vegottoknowthat14wekeepdoing

whatwelove,wecanachievewhatwewant.Allyoungpeoplecan15theirexamp

lesandfightfbrtheirdrcams.

()l.A.MuchB.ManyC.FewD.Little

()2.A.18yearsoldB.18-years-oldC.18yearoldD.18-year-old

()3.A.tooB.suchC.soD.as

()4.A.tosendB.sendC.sendingD.sent

()5.A.neitherB.alsoC.eitherD.luo

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

()7.A.workB.workedC.toworkDworking

()8.A.trueB.truerC.trulyD.moretruly

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

()lO.A.InB.OnC.AtD.By

()11.A.otherB.othersC.theotherD.theothers

()12.A.seeingB.toseeC.seeD.saw

()13.A.encouragesB.isencouragedC.encouragedDwasencouraged

()14.A上ecauseB.asC.ifD.since

()15.A.followB.followingCbefollowedD.tofollow

二、完形填空（共10小題;每小題1分，滿分10分）

閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，從A、B、C、D中選出最佳選項。

Haveyouheardofnutcarving(核雕)inWeifang?Itisa(n)16_andtraditio

nalskillthatstartedintheQingDynasty.In1955,itwas17_toforeignfriendsas

anationalgiftduringanoverseasvisit.Thismovenotonlyshowsitsartisticvalue,b

utalsoplaysanimportantrolein18andexchangingbetweencountries.

Peopleusetheir19toturnthepeachpit(核桃)intodifferentthings,suchasear

ringsandstamps.To20thesebeautifulartworks,peopleneedtohavehigh-levelca

rvingskills.TanWanhaiisanexcellentcraftsman(TE).Hehasstudiedcarvingnuts

forthepast25years.Andhehasdonemanyamazingthings.However,hesaysifsn

oteasytousethisskill.Eachpeachpitisnotthesame,justlikeleaves.Craftsmenh

avetostudyeachpeachpit21_tomaketheirartworks.Nutcarvingcraftsmenalson

eedtoknowalotaboutotherthings.Theyhavetolearnskillsinpainting,carvingan

dwritingfrommanytraditionalcultures.Theyneedtoreadmanybookstoget

TomandJerryarecharactersintheAmericananimatedseriesofcomedy

shortfilmsTomandJerry.WilliamHannaandJosephRarberacreatedthemin

1940.Tomisagreyandwhitecat.Althoughheislargerandmoreenergetic,

heisnotassmartasJerry.Asaresult,TomcanhardlycatchJerry.Although

theyalwaysfightagainsteachother,theysaveeachotherwhentheyarein

danger.

WinniethePoohisafictional(虛構(gòu)的)teddybear.Thefirstcollectionof

storiesaboutitwasthe1926bookWinnie-the-PoohbyA.A.Milne.Hewrote

thesecondbookaboutWinniethePooh,theHouseatPoohCornertwoyears

later.PeopletranslatedWiniethePoohstoriesintomanylanguages.Inthe

1960s,WaltDisneyProductionsmadeaseriesofanimatedfilmsaboutWinnie

thePooh.

()26.HowdoesBugsBunnymakemoney?

A.Bysellingfruit.B.Byplayingsports.

C.Bygrowingvegetables.D.Byinventinganewthing.

()27.WhendidA.A.MilnewriteTheHouseatPookCorner?

A.ln1940.B.In1930.C.In1928.D.In1926.

()28.Whatcanwelearnfromthematerial?

A.BugsBunnyistallbutaliulefai.

B.BugsBunnyappearedearlierthanJerry.

C.WinniethePoohfirstappearedinafilm.

D.Thewritertellsusaboutthreecartooncharacters.

(B)

Someresearchersfindthatlessthanhalfofaspokenmessage'srealmeaningisinthewordsused

inthemessage.Theysaythatmostofamessage'smeaningcomesfromunderstandinghowthespeaker

usesthingslikebodylanguage.

Justastherearemanydifferentlanguagesspokenaroundtheworld,therearemanydifferentwaysf

orpeopletousebodylanguage,too.Forexample,gesturesmayshowdifierentmeaningsindifferent

□.Turningyourbodytofacethespeaker.

()32.Howdocsthewritersupporthis/herideasinthispassage?

A.Byshowingnumbers.B.Bygivingexamples.

C.Bydescribingacourse.D.Byusingtimeorder

(C)

QianXucscnwasborninShanghaionDecember11th,1911.Heisknownas"thefather

of,China'sspaceprogram"and"thekingoftherocket.^^

Whenhewas24yearsold,QianwenttoAmericaforfurtherstudy.Aftergraduation,he

workedinAmericafbrafewyearswherehisworkingconditionswerebetter.Intheearly1950

s,heheardNewChinahadbeenfoundedanddecidednottostayinAmericaanylonger.He

succeededincomingbacktohismotherlandin1955thoughtheAmericangovernmenttriedto

stophim.

QianalsoplayedanimportantroleindevelopingChina'sfirstman-madesatellite(人造衛(wèi)

星).In1956,QianXuesensuggestedsettingupaspecialorganization,whichlaterbecamethele

adlingorganizationfbrChina'srocketandairtravelprogram.InJune1964,Chinasuccessfilllycr

eateditsfirstmediumrocket.OnApril24,1970,4fcDongfanghong-lnwassuccessfullysentintoth

eair.

In1964,ayoungmanwroteQianXuesenaletterandpointedoutamistakeinhispublish

edarticle.Qianimmediatelyansweredtheletterandencouragedtheyoungmantov/riteanarticl

eoutthemistake.

ZhuYilin,whowassaidtobethelaststudentofQianXuesen,oncesaid,“l(fā)earnedaloto

fprofessionalknowledgeasthespiritandattitudethatascientistshouldhavefromMr.Qian,cspcci

allyhisdeeploveforthemotherland.Withoutthathecouldn'thavehelpedtodevelopscienceand

technologywhenNewChinawasbadlyinneedofscientistsforitsdevelopment.Withoutthathe

wouldnothavemadethegreatcontribution(貢獻(xiàn))toindustryinthelate1950sandtheearly1

960swhenconditionsinChinaweretoohard/*

Mr.Qianhasbeendeadfbrmorethantenyears,buthewillliveinthememoryofChinese

peopleforever.

()33.WhydidQianXuesengotoAmericawhenhewasyoung?

A.Tofindanewjob.B.Toreceivefurtherstudy.

C.Tomeetwithhisparents.D.Tofindbetterworkingconditions.

()34.Whichisthecorrectorderaboutthefollowingevents?

a.QianXuesencamebacktothemotherland.

b.ThefirstChina'smediumrocketwascreated.

c.QianXuesenwenttoAmericafbrfurtherstudy.

d/Dongfanghong-r*wassentintotheairsuccessftilly.

e.AspecialorganizationfbrChina*srocketandairtravelprogramwassetup.

A.a-c-e-b-dB.c-e-a-d-bC.a-e-c-b-dD.c-a-e-b-d

（）35.WhatdoesParagraph3mainlytellus?

A.ThewayQianXuesentriedtoreturntoChina

B.Thereasonwhyaspecialorganizationwassetup.

C.TheroleQianXuesenplayedinmakingthesatellite.

D.ThecontributionQianXuesenhasmadetoChina.

（）36.InZhuYilin'sopinion,whatmadeQianXuesenworkhardfbrhismotherland?

A.Hislovefbrthemotherland.B.Hisprofessionalknowledlge.

C.Hisworkingexperience.D.HisangertowardsAmerica.

（D）

ImagineopeningyourhistorytextbookandseeingConfucius,LeonardodaVinci,or

MarieCuriestepoutofthepagestotalktoyou!Thankstoartificialintelligence（AI）,thi

sdreamisbecomingrealityinclassroomsaroundtheworld.

InWuhanGangchengNo.4MiddleSchool,studentsaskquestionstoa3D-animatedC

onfucius（孔子）.Onestudentonceasked,"Does'ren7（kindness）stillmatterina

worldfullofcompetition?"ThedigitalConfuciussmiledandexplainedhowkindnesshel

pspeoplelivetogetherpeaceftilly.Thisisn'tmagic-it,sAI!UsingtoolslikeJimeng（即

夢AI）andKcling（可靈AI）,teacherscanturnflattextbookpicturesintolivelycharacte

rs.TheseAItoolsadddetailstooldpaintings,makethecharactersmove,andevenletth

emspeak.Forexample,Aristotlecannowexplainlogicwithhandgestures,andLiQingz

hao（李清口復(fù)）canreciteherpoemswithgentleexpressions.

AIisn'tjustfun;it'schanginghowwestudy.InNanjing'sStoneShadowArtMuseum,

AlturnsancientChinesepaintingsintomodemartstyles.Whenvisitorsuseaspecialfla

shlight,ink-and-washmountainsbecomecolorfulimpressionistscenes（E[l象）/風(fēng)景）.Thismi

xofoldandnewhelpsusunderstandculturebetter.Inclassrooms,AIhelpsstudentsIcar

nattheirownpace.Asmartsystemcangivestudentsdifferentlearningmaterialsbasedo

ntheirquestions.AnAIwrong-answernotebook（tlAl錯題本“）findsmistakesandmakesp

racticeplans.InahistoryclassabouttheMayacivilization（瑪雅文明），studentsexplore

howclimatechangeaffectedcitiesthrouighAl-madevideos."Historyisn'tjustdatesanym

ore,*'saysstudentWuBoyu."It'sliketouchingthepast.”

However,thereareproblems.SomepeopleuseAItochangehistorycharactersinbad

ways.Weneedrulestostopthis.Also,whileAlhelpsuslearn,teachersremindusnotto

forgetthehumansideoflearning-likesharingideasface-to-face.Lookingahead,AIwill

domore.StudentsmightuseAI

tounderstandartorcreatedigitalexhibitions.Asoneteachersays,"Technologyisn't

thegoal.It'sawaytohelpeverystudentshine.H

Fromoldbookstosmartscreens,learningisalwaysevolving(演化).WithAl,

textbookcharactersaren'tjustwordsanymore-theyVefriendswhoguideusthrought

heamazingjourneyofknowledge.

()37.WhatcanthenAIwrong-answernotebook"?

A.ReplacehumanteachersB.Makchistoryvideos

C.FindmistakesandcreatestudyplansD.Writehomeworkforstudents

()38.WhydoesWuBoyusayHistoryisn'tjustdatesanymore**?

AHistorybookshavecolorfulpicturesnow

B.Historyexamsbecameeasier

C.AImakeshistoryaboutfamouspeople

D.AIhelpsstudentsexperiencehistoryvividly

()39.WhatdoestheflashlightexampleinNanjingmuseumshow?

A.AImakesartexhibitionsbrighter

B.Technologyconnectstraditionalandmodemculture

C.Visitorspreferimpressionistpaintings

□.Flashlightsareimportantformuseumtours

()40.Whatisthearticlemainlyabout?

A.FamousAIcompaniesinChina

B.Thehistoryofdigitaltextbooks

C.Whymuseumsneednewtechnologies

D.HowAImakeslearninginteractiveandevolving

第二節(jié)閱讀填空(共5小題；每小題1分，滿分5分)

閱讀短文及文后選項，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項。

Today,anincreasingnumberofpeoplearealwayslookingattheirmobilephoneswith

theirheadsdown.Thesepeoplearecalled"Heads-downTribe^^(低頭族).(41)

Heads-downtribemembersnowcanbeseeneverywhere.

(42)Alsomoreandmoreinterestingandstrangefactshappentothe“Heads-

downTribe”.Let'shavealookataninterestingTVreport.AmaninAmericakeptu

singhismobilephoneonhiswayhome.Asaresult,heranintoabiglostbearont

hestreet.Whenheliftedhiseyesfromthephone,(43)Anotherfactisthatwe

canoftenseepeopleintherestauranteatingfacetofacebutlookingattheirownmo

bilephones.(44)Someofthemevenhavefuncommunicatingwithothersonthephone.

nrecharactersintheAmerican

Mobilephonesarehelpfulandnecessarytoolsformodernlife.Aremobilephonesgoodorbad?

(45)Lct*sbehealthyusersandtrytobethe"Heads-upTribe.',

A.hewassoscaredthatheturnedaroundandranawayasquicklyaspossible.

B.Usingmobilephonesmaycauseaccidentsandevencostalotofmoney.

C.Areyouaheads-downtribemember?

D.Itdependsonhowpeopleusethem.

E.It'sstrangethattheydon'ttalktotheoneswhositoppositetothemduringthemeal.

第H卷(非選擇題共30分)

四、寫作

第一節(jié)語篇填詞(共5題；每小題1分，滿分5分)

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容及首字母提示，填寫所缺單詞。(每空限填一詞)

IusedtoworkasacollegeteacherinEngland.(46)AitwasagoodjobandIli

kedmystudents,Ifelttired