广东省广州市白云实验中学2022-2023学年八年级上学期期末英语试卷（含答案）.doc

2022-2023 学广东省广州市白云实验中学八年级（上）期末英

语试卷
一、语法选择（共 15 小题，每小题 1 分，满分 15 分）
1．（15 分）（1） COVID﹣19，students couldn't go to school.As schools tried to prepare

for the new term，they found a new way of（2） ：live streaming （直播）.

While teachers were giving lessons in their own homes，students were watching them on their computers at home.The online class was just like the offline one.The teacher could ask

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questions and communicat（e
（1） the students.Some apps even made i（t
（2） for

the teacher to（5） the students.If someone didn't listen carefully，the teacher could

（6） point the camera at him or her，like（7） him or her out in front of the

whole class.The whole experience was like that in a（8） classroom.

The online classes were more interesting（9） many students liked them.

Then did all the people have the same idea？Actually，some people didn't think it was a good idea.In their opinion，some students didn't listen（10） and it wasn't easy for each
teacher to give lessons in this way.Many elder teachers found it difficult to teach （ 11 ）

their mobile phones.

As a new way of teaching，live streaming has （12） advantages.Unlike traditional

classrooms，online ones allow teachers and students（13） resources（资源） more

easily.They （14） allow teachers use more technologies.

It's hoped that more technologies（ 15 ） classrooms and make teaching more

efficient.Even if everybody has to stay indoors，people can still work，have classes and do most things at home.

（1）A．Since
B．Before
C．When
D．Because of
（2）A．teaching
B．to teach
C．taught
D．teacher
（3）A．about
B．with
C．on
D．For
（4）A．possibly
B．possible
C．impossibly
D．impossible
（5）A．listen to
B．watch
C．look
D．notice

（6）A．usually
B．even
C．always
D．never

（7）A．call
B．called
C．to call
D．calling
（8）A．real
B．reality
C．realize
D．really
（9）A．so
B．when
C．and
D．because
（10）A．careless
B．more careful
C．carefully
D．carelessly
（11）A．in
B．through
C．by
D．on
（12）A．it
B．it's
C．its
D．itself
（13）A．share
B．to share
C．sharing
D．shared
（14）A．too
B．either
C．also
D．as well
（15）A．enter
B．to enter
C．entered
D．entering

二、完形填空
2．（10 分）Burton，the beaver（海狸），was lying in the dirt enjoying the warm rain falling down on his chocolate﹣brown fur by the river.
The rain was coming down hard.Just then a wall of （ 1 ） ran over the top of

him.Burton could hardly breathe as he was picked up by the force of the water and carried down the river.After a few minutes，he was thrown onto a large rock.Burton looked all around and noticed that the river had covered the tall grass and bushes.What's more ， it had （ 2 ）
everything including his home.

Out of the corner of his eye，Burton saw something trying to get out of the water. " It's a tortoise （陆龟），" he realized，and（3） down.Burton came up right（4） the
tortoise.As he floated up，the tortoise found himself safely on Burton's back.

"Thanks，" the tortoise said cheerfully. "My name is Torquil.The water（5） killed

me.What happened？" "There must be（6） rain upriver.Now hold on.Don't let

go.We'll swim along with the flow，" Burton told the tortoise.

"I think that's a good idea.I'll hold on，" Torquil（7） .The rain stopped and the

river became quiet as before.

"Well，I guess it's time to say goodbye." Burton looked up at the tortoise.Torquil though for a while， "I feel very safe to be with you，my friend.Besides，I'm a tortoise and move

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slowly.You are a beaver and move much（8） .May I stay？I can help you build another
（9） then."

Burton answered with a（10） ， "Why not，my friend？"

he two friends swam off as the sun began to shine brightly on the quiet river water.

（1）A.chocolate
B.rock
C.water
D.fur
（2）A.saved
B.enjoyed
C.damaged
D.raised
（3）A.drove
B.dived
C.flew
D.fell
（4）A.under
B.across
C.over
D.forward
（5）A.hardly
B.seldom
C.nearly
D.never
（6）A.terrible
B.quiet
C.little
D.pleasant
（7）A.refused
B.guessed
C.agreed
D.disagreed
（8）A.faster
B.lower
C.harder
D.later
（9）A.tent
B.farm
C.island
D.house
（10）A.fear
B.smile
C.warning
D.problem

三、阅读
3．（10 分）Stephen Hawking，a world famous British physicist，died on March 14，2018．Many people around the world felt so sad about his death ． Hawking once wrote a children's book with his daughter when he was alive．Hawking said the book would be "a bit like Harry Potter" but without the magic． "It explains the wonders of the universe（宇宙），" said Hawking， while he was on a visit to Hong Kong．
Hawking is probably the world's most famous scientist after Albert Einstein．He is an expert on black holes．He has put his whole life into digging into the beginning （and the end） of the universe．
"My goal is simple，" Hawking once said． "It is to completely understand the universe，why

it is as it is and why it is there at all．"

Hawking had a bad illness that stopped him from moving or talking．For a period of time，he had no way to communicate except by blinking（眨眼）．

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He sat on a wheelchair with a computer by his side．To communicate，he moved two fingers
to control the computer's mouse．He selected his words from the screen，which are then spoken
by a
voice synthesizer（音响合成器）．I have had the disease for most of my life，" Hawking once
said． "yet it has not stopped me from being successful at my work．"
Although Hawking was such a disabled man，he made great achievements．He received many
awards and prizes for his work over the years ． This includes winning the Albert Einstein

Award．It is the highest achievement in theoretical physics（理论物理）．

A. What is the book that Stephen Hawking wrote like？

（2） It's the same as Harry Potter

（3） It is quite different from Harry Potter．

（4） It is about the magic

（5） It is about science

B. What can we learn from the passage？

• Hawking is more famous than Einstein．

• Hawking is less famous than Einstein．

• Both Hawking and Einstein are very famous．

• Neither Hawking nor Einstein is famous．

C. What does the underlined word "it" stand for in paragraph2？

• The goal．

• The magic．

• The universe．

• The book．

D. According to the text，which of the following is TRUE？

• Hawking has received many awards and prices except the Albert Einstein Award．

• The illness keeps him from moving and talking．

• He communicates with others by speaking．

• The illness stopped him from being successful． 40．What is the best title for the text？
A. Stephen Hawking

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B．A Famous Book
C．Live as Hawking Does
D．A Clever Man
4．（10 分）A young man wanted to find a job.He went into the company Microsoft.The manager of
the company asked him some questions and then watched him cleaning the floor as a test.
"You are in，" he said. "Give me your e﹣mail address and I'll send you the information
you need to write down，as well as date when you may start."

The man replied， "But I don't have a computer，neither an e﹣mail."

"I'm sorry，" said the manager." If you don't have an e﹣mail，you are not living in the world.So you cannot have the job."
The man left with no hope at all.He didn't know what to do with only ten dollars in his pocket.He then decided to go to the supermarket and buy 10 kg tomatoes.He then sold the tomatoes from door to door.In less than two hours，he doubled his money.He continued to do it
a few times，and returned home happily with 60 dollars.

The man realized that he could live in this way.Then he started to go every day earlier， and return late.So his money doubled and doubled every day.In a short time，he bought a cart
（手推车），then a truck，and then he had his own team.Five years later，the man is one of the biggest food retailers （销售商） in the US.
One day the man was having a talk with a businessman.

When the conversation finished ， the businessman asked him his e ﹣ mail.The man replied， "I don't have an e﹣mail."
The businessman answered surprisedly， "You don't have an e﹣mail，and yet have done such a successful job.Can you imagine what you could have been if you had an e﹣ mail？" The man thought for a while and replied， "Yes，I'd be an office boy at Microsoft!"

（2） The manager asked the young man to .

• send him the address

• create a new e﹣mail address

• give him the e﹣mail address

• write down the date he wanted to start work

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（2）The young man made by selling tomatoes on the first day.
A.10 dollars
B.20 dollars
C.50 dollars
D.60 dollars
（3）What did the businessman mean in the last paragraph？
A.He didn't believe that the young man had no e﹣mail.
B.He wanted the young man to work at Microsoft.

C.The young man would not be successful if he had an e﹣mail.

D.The young man would be more successful if he had an e﹣mail.

a. From the article we can know the man was .

• smart and hardworking

• patient and helpful

• popular and friendly

• brave and honest

b. Which of the following is true according to the article？

• The man is one of the biggest food retailers in the world.

• The man still didn't have an e﹣mail when he was successful.

• The man started his career by selling tomatoes in the supermarket.

• The man still wanted to work at Microsoft.

5．（10 分）Harry and Peter lived in the same village.They were both hard﹣working and had a happy life with other villagers.
But that year ， a serious drought happened in their village.Their fields were all dry and their crops were dying.They couldn't get enough water for their crops until a visitor from a village nearby came.The visitor told them that there was a spring on the mountain near their
village and it had a large amount of water to water their fields.So Harry went to find it with two big buckets at once and later he began to carry water for his field every morning.He carried water from morning to night，but that wasn't enough for his field.
Peter also went to find the spring with Harry，but he didn't carry water the next day.He

also left the village in the early morning and then came back at night.Three days passed.Many

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villagers didn't see Peter in the daytime so they began to ask him where he went.Peter smiled
and just told them to wait for his good news.Then the next day，at noon，Peter and a line of
pieces of bamboo appeared in front of his field.When he joined the last piece of bamboo from
the mountain with another one's end，water ran along them into his field.With Peter's help，all
the other fields got water by joining pieces of bamboo and the fields were saved.And Harry
needn't carry water with two heavy buckets，either.
There's no doubt that being hard﹣working is a good quality，but hard work with good
ideas is much better.

（1） What is true about Harry and Peter？

A. They were brothers.

B. They worked together.

C. They lived in the same place.

D. They lived an unhappy life.

（2） What is the correct order of the following events？

（1） A visitor came to the village.

（2） People went to find the spring.

（3） The crops were dying.

（4） The fields were saved.

（5） Peter used bamboo to get water. A.dabec
B.acdbe C.cabed D.ebacd
（3） What can we infer（推断）from the passage？

A.With Harry carrying water，his field was saved.

B. Bamboo was used as a tool to carry water by Peter.

C. Peter only saved his own field.

D. Other villagers did nothing for saving their fields.

（4） What is the main idea of the passage？

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A.No pains，no gains.
B.A friend in need is a friend indeed.
C.Practice makes perfect
D.Work hard and think cleverly.
第二节、阅读填空
6．（5 分）Do you know what dish is the most popular in the cold winter in China？（1） No
matter in the north or in the south，people all like hot pot very much and every place has its
local specials.（2） Usually，there is a metal hot pot in the middle of table.When the

soup in the pot is kept simmering（慢煮），dishes are put into the pot.Beef，mutton，fish and vegetables are the main dishes.It is very popular in winter because it can keep the dishes warm all the time.During the Spring Festival，friends and family members have a special meal — hot pot.
36. They sit down together to chat happily.It is a good way to relax.

37. But what are the differences？Hotpot is NOT hot pot.China has hot pot in

two words but English hotpot is written in one word.（5） They are meat，potatoes and

onions.People put it in the oven（烤箱）all day in a heavy pot on a low heat.It is easy to cook.

Chinese hot pot tastes delicious，and English hotpot tastes fine.Which do you like，hot pot or hotpot？

（2） For example，Sichuan hot pot is hot while Guangdong hot pot is famous for its fresh taste.

（3） The main dishes of English hotpot are simple.

（4） The answer can be hot pot.

（5） And the atmosphere（氛围） is hot，too.

（6） There is also hotpot in England.
四、语篇填词（共 5 小题，每小题 1 分，满分 5 分）
7．（5 分）Lionel Andrés Messi，who was （1）b on June 24，1987 in the city of

Rosario，Argentina，is known as the best football player in the world.In the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar，he helped his team （2）w the World Club Championship.
Messi grew up playing football.He showed great （3）a in playing football at his

early age.He joined his first club when he was five.At the age of eight，he signed up for the

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famous Newell's Old Boys' youth team.

Unfortunately ， his career nearly ended when his doctors found out he suffered from a growth hormone deficiency（生长激素缺乏症）.Someone （4）a him to give up his
career，but he chose to stick to his profession and seek treatment actively.Finally，he made a great （5）s around the world.He is such a fantastic football player that we should
learn from his persistence.
五、完成句子（每题 2 分，共 10 分）
8．（2 分）我花了一整个星期学习英语。

I the whole week English.

9．（2 分）派对很成功，除了食物以外。

The party was a great success， the food.

10．（2 分）我从来没有去过英国。 I Britain.
11．（2 分）提高记忆力的一个好方法是训练你的大脑。

A good improve memory exercise your brain.

12．（2 分）电影《寻梦环游记》很值得一看。 The film Coco is .
六、书面表达（共 1 小题，满分 15 分）
13．（15 分）假如你是李华，你们学校正在举办英语嘉年华活动，请你根据下面的内容提示，用英语写一篇有关英语嘉年华的通知。词数 80 左右。
【内容提示】

• 时间：周二到周五

• 地点：学校的运动场

• 活动：英语戏剧表演，丰富学生的校园生活；书展，有各种有趣的图书；各类英语竞赛，提高学生对英语的兴趣；还有很多有趣的游戏，如 crossword puzzle 等。
• 可进行适当拓展。

English Carnival

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2022-2023 学年广东省广州市白云实验中学八年级（上）期末英语试卷
参考答案与试题解析
一、语法选择（共 15 小题，每小题 1 分，满分 15 分）
1．（15 分）（1） D COVID﹣19，students couldn't go to school.As schools tried to prepare for

the new term，they found a new way of（2） A ：live streaming （直播）.

While teachers were giving lessons in their own homes，students were watching them on their computers at home.The online class was just like the offline one.The teacher could ask questions and communicate（3） B the students.Some apps even made it（4） B for
the teacher to（5） B the students.If someone didn't listen carefully，the teacher co