广东省广州市番禺区2023-2024学年八年级上学期期末英语试题（答案）.docx

广东省广州市番禺区 2023-2024 学年八年级上学期期末英语试卷
— 单项选择
从各题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 项中, 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
1. My grandpa is nearly years old.We will celebrate his birthday next month.

A. seventy; seventy B. seventy; seventieth

C. seventieth; seventy D. seventieth; seventieth

【答案】B
【解析】

【详解】句意：我的外公近乎 70 岁。我们下个月将会为他庆祝他 70 岁生日。

本题数词的用法。seventy 七十，基数词；seventieth 第七十，序数词。表达年龄应用基数词 seventy；第 70

个生日应用序数词 seventieth。故选 B。

2. My parents have worked in Guangzhou November 2016. I have studied in Guangzhou

several years.

A. since; for B. for; since C. since; since D. for; for

【答案】A
【解析】

【详解】句意：我父母从 2016 年 11 月起就在广州工作，我在广州学习好多年了。

考查介词。since 自从……以来，后面接时间点，常与现在完成时连用；for 长达……，后面接时间段。第一个空后面 November 2016 是一个时间点，用 since，第二个空后面 several years 是一个时间段，用 for。故选A。
3. I’m sure that you will succeed one day you don’t give up easily.

A. unless B. or C. but D. if

【答案】D
【解析】

【详解】句意：我相信如果你不轻易放弃，总有一天你会成功的。

考查连词辨析。unless 除非，如果不；or 否则；but 但是；if 如果。“you don’t give up easily”是“you will succeed one day”的条件，应用 if“如果”引导条件状语从句。故选 D。
4. I really need to help me carry the heavy box, but I can't find here.

A somebody; nobody B. somebody; anybody

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C. anybody; somebody D. nobody; anybody

【答案】B
【解析】

【详解】句意：我真的需要某人帮我搬那个重箱子，但是我在这里找不到任何人。

考查复合不定代词。somebody 某人，用于肯定句；anybody 任何人，用于否定句或疑问句；nobody 没有人。根据“I really need... to help me carry the heavy box”是肯定句，可知是需要某人帮助，用 somebody；根据“but I can’t find ...here.”是否定句，可知是没有任何人帮忙，用 anybody。故选 B。
5. The air in Beijing is getting much now than a few years ago．

A. clean B. cleaner C. cleanest D. the cleanest

【答案】B
【解析】

【详解】句意：北京现在的空气质量比几年前好多了。

考查形容词的比较级。clean 干净的、清洁的，形容词原级；cleaner 形容词比较级；cleanest 形容词最高级， 前面一般需要加定冠词 the；the cleanest 形容词最高级。由题干中的 much 及 than 可知，此处应用形容词的比较级，故选 B。
6. You had better football near the street. It’s very dangerous.

A. not to play B. don’t play C. not play D. to not play

【答案】C
【解析】

【详解】句意：你最好不要在街道附近踢足球。这很危险。

考查 had better 的用法。had better not do sth.“最好不要做某事”，因此用动词原形 play，其前加 not。故选C。
7. Listening is just as as speaking in language learning.

A. important B. more important

C. most important D. the most important

【答案】A
【解析】

【详解】句意：在语言学习中，听和说同样重要。

考查同级比较。as……as，和……一样，用于同级比较，前一个 as 后面接形容词或者副词原形，故选 A。

8. Li Ming the book for many years since he it as a prize in the competition.

A. kept; got B. has kept; has got C. has kept; get D. has kept; got

【答案】D
【解析】

【详解】句意：自从李明在比赛中得到这本书作为奖品以来，他已经保存了它很多年了。

考查现在完成时。根据“for many years”可知，第一空应用现在完成时，结构为 has/have done，keep 的过去 分词为 kept；根据“since he...it as a prize in the competition.”可知，since 引导的时间状语从句，用一般过去时态，get 的过去式为 got。故选 D。
9. —Have you been to the Canton Tower?

—No, I have been there before. I hope I can visit it soon.

A. ever; yet B. ever; never C. already; never D. yet; ever

【答案】B
【解析】

【详解】句意：——你去过广州塔吗？——不，我从来没去过那里。我希望不久后我能去参观它。

考查副词辨析。ever“曾经”；never“从不”；already“已经”；yet“仍然”。根据否定回答可知，从未去过广州塔，

have never been to“从未去过”。故选 B。

10. Every year, we give away books to the children in the countryside.We gave away books to them last month.
A. thousands of; seven hundred B. thousand of ; seven hundred

C. thousands of; seven hundreds D. thousand of; seven hundreds

【答案】A
【解析】

【详解】句意：每年，我们给农村的孩子们送去成千上万本书。上个月我们向他们赠送了 700 本书。

考查大数表达法。thousand 千；hundred 百。它们与 of 连用表示泛指时，需要加复数词尾-s，thousands of“数千的”；与数字连用表示具体数量时，通常不加复数词尾-s。故选 A。
二.语法选择
阅读下面短文, 按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求, 从各题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 项中选出最佳选项。
Zhu Yangzhu is the spaceflight engineer for the Shenzhou XVI mission (使命). He 11 in love with the blue sky and flying at an early age.
When he was 12 middle school student, Zhu often did exercise. Because he worked very hard and got good scores, he 13 enter the National University of Defense Technology in Changsha in the summer of 2005 and remained there for the following years. In 2015, Zhu graduated from the university and took 14

first engineering job.

In 2018, Zhu heard about the selection (进选) of China’s third﹣generation astronauts. He decided 15 a try. In September 2020, Zhu 16 joined the group of eighteen astronauts, including six 17 flight engineers.
However, for an engineer who had no air flight experience, the training tasks were really difficult. For example, and they had to do many tests on a computer. That needed great perseverance (毅力). Zhu completed the hard training himself 18 he also played a role in 19 the team relaxed and helping others in his team stay clear﹣headed by singing and telling jokes.
Last year, all his hard work paid off (得到回报) 20 he was chosen to carry out the Shenzhou XVI

mission.

11.
A. fall

B. fell

C. has fallen

D. falls
12.

A. a

B. an

C. the

D. /
13.

A. could

B. must

C. should

D. may
14.

A. he

B. him

C. his

D. himself
15.

A. have

B. to have

C. having

D. had
16.

A. succeed

B. success

C. successful

D. successfully
17.

A. another

B. other

C. the other

D. others
18.

A. or

B. but

C. because

D. and
19.

A. making

B. make

C. to make

D. made
20.

A. unless

B. if

C. when

D. before
【答案】11. B
12. A
13. A
14. C
15. B
16. D
17. B
18. D 19. A 20. C

【解析】

【导语】本文主要介绍了航天员朱扬柱的个人事迹。

【11 题详解】
句意：他很小就爱上了蓝天和飞行。

fall 降落，动词原形fell 过去式；has fallen 现在完成时； falls 第三人称单数。根据“at an early age”可知， 时态应为一般过去时，动词用过去式。故选 B。
【12 题详解】
句意：当朱还是一名中学生时。

a 一个，用在以辅音音素开头的单词前；an 一个，用在以元音音素开头的单词前；the 特指某人或某物；/ 不填。根据“middle school student”可知，此处表示泛指，且 middle 是以辅音音素开头的单词。故选 A。
【13 题详解】

句意：因为他学习非常努力，他能够在 2005 年夏天进入位于长沙的国防科技大学。

could 能够；must 必须；should 应该；may 也许。根据“Because he worked very hard and got good scores”可知朱学习很努力并且能够取得很好的分数，所以他能够进到很好的学校。故选 A。
【14 题详解】

句意：2015 年，朱从大学毕业，开始了他的第一份工程工作。

he 他，主格；him 他，宾格；his 他的，形容词性物主代词；himself 他自己，反身代词。根据“ first engineering job”可知，此处应用形容词性物主代词 his 修饰。故选 C。
【15 题详解】
句意：他决定试一试。

have 有，动词原形；to have 动词不定式；having 动名词；had 过去式。决定做某事“decide to do sth.”。故选B。
【16 题详解】

句意：2020 年 9 月，朱成功加入了由 18 名宇航员组成的小组，其中包括另外 6 名飞行工程师。

succeed 成功，动词；success 成功，名词；successful 成功的，形容词；successfully 成功地，副词。修饰动词“joined”应用副词，故选 D。
【17 题详解】

句意：2020 年 9 月，朱成功加入了由 18 名宇航员组成的小组，其中包括另外 6 名飞行工程师。

another 另一个（三者及以上）；other 另外的；the other 另一个（两者中）；others 其他。根据“flight engineers”

可知，此处指其他六名飞行工程师，修饰名词复数用 other。故选 B。

【18 题详解】

句意：朱自己完成了艰苦的训练，并通过唱歌和讲笑话来帮助团队中的其他人保持清醒。

or 或者；but 但是；because 因为；and 并且。前后句构成顺承关系，应用 and 连接，表示自己完成训练的情况下还能够帮助到队友。故选 D。
【19 题详解】
句意：朱自己完成了艰苦的训练，并通过唱歌和讲笑话来帮助团队中的其他人保持清醒。

making 使，动名词；make 动词原形；to make 动词不定式；made 过去式。“play a role in doing sth”意为“在做某事中发挥作用”。故选 A。
【20 题详解】

句意：去年，当他被选中去执行神州 16 号任务的时候，他所有的辛勤工作都得到了回报。

unless 除非；if 如果；when 当……的时候；before 在……之前。根据“all his hard work paid off”可知，他所有的努力都得到了回报，是因为他被选中了去执行任务，此处为时间状语从句，when 符合语境。故选 C。三 完形填空
阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从各题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 选项中选出最佳选项,。
Long time ago, there lived a king. He was irresponsible (不负责任的). He 21 cared about his country and people. All his people were unhappy about this.
One day, the king went hunting in the forest. After some time, he felt 22 . He came to a lake. When he drank water from the lake, he saw a swan (天鹅) 23 on a big stone nearby. “I want to catch the swan!” he thought.
As soon as he held up his bow (弓), the swan was gone. To his surprise, he heard a sweet voice, “You must come to the wonderland.”
The king said, “Please 24 me the way to the wonderland!” “Do good things for your people, and I will come and 25 you there,” the voice replied. With this in mind, the king dressed up and went out into the streets. He gave some 26 to a poor old man. After the old man accepted it happily, he began to chat with the king. When they talked about people’s life in the country the old man became 27 and said, “Do you know why I’m so poor? It’s because of our king! He has done 28 for us.”
29 , the king heard the swan’s voice again. “Listen! It seems that you are doing something good only because you want to go to the wonderland. That’s not enough. You should always take care of all your people and be kind to them,” the swan said.
The king realized this was 30 . He became responsible and worked very hard. Finally, he understood that making his country a great place was like making a wonderland of his own.
21.

A. always
B. usually

C. often
D. seldom
22.

A. full
B. thirsty

C. hungry
D. tired
23.

A. standing
B. running

C. swimming
D. riding
24.

A. as
B. invite

C. show
D. join
25.

A. improve
B. lead

C. find
D. pull
26.

A. water
B. time

C. money
D. knowledge
27.

A. angry
B. cheerful

C. shy
D. clever
28.

A. everything
B. nothing

C. anything
D. something
29.

A. Luckily
B. Certainly

C. Suddenly
D. Happily
30.

A. impossible
B. funny

C. true
D. popular
【答案】21. D
22. B 23. A
24. C 25. B
26. C
27. A 28. B 29. C 30. C
【解析】

【导语】本文讲述了一个不负责任的国王，被天鹅和贫穷老人劝导批评以后，开始变得负责任，最后把自 己的王国打造成了一个仙境之地的故事。
【21 题详解】
句意：他很少关心自己的国家和人民。

always 总是；usually 通常；often 经常；seldom 很少。根据上文“He was irresponsible (不负责任的).”可知， 他很少关心国家和人民，故选 D。
【22 题详解】
句意：过了一会儿，他觉得渴了。

full 饱的；thirsty 口渴的；hungry 饥饿的；tired 累的。根据下文“He came to a lake. When he drank water from the lake”可知，国王口渴了，故选 B。

【23 题详解】
句意：当他喝湖里的水时，他看到一只天鹅站在附近的一块大石头上。

standing 站立；running 跑；swimming 游泳；riding 骑。根据“on a big stone nearby”可知，天鹅是站在石头上， 故选 A。
【24 题详解】
句意：请告诉我去仙境的路！

as 作为；invite 邀请；show 展示；join 参加。根据“Please ... me the way to the wonderland!”可知，是让天鹅给他指路，show sb. the way to sp.“给某人指去某地的路”，故选 C。
【25 题详解】
句意：为你的人民做好事，我会来带领你到那里。

improve 改善；lead 引导，带领；find 找到；pull 拉。根据“Do good things for your people, and I will come and ... you there”及语境可知，天鹅表示如果国王为人民做好事它就会带国王去仙境，lead sb. to sp.“带某人去某地”， 故选 B。
【26 题详解】
句意：他给了一个贫穷的老人一些钱。

water 水；time 时间；money 钱；knowledge 知识。根据“He gave some ... to a poor old man.”可知，是给穷人一些钱，故选 C。
【27 题详解】
句意：当他们谈到这个国家人们的生活时，老人生气地说。

angry 生气的；cheerful 高兴的；shy 害羞的；clever 聪明的。根据下文“Do you know why I’m so poor? It’s because of our king!”可知，老人很生气，故选 A。
【28 题详解】
句意：他没有为我们做任何事。

everything 每件事；nothing 没有事；anything 任何事；something 某事。根据上文“He was irresponsible (不负责任的).”可知，国王不负责，所以是什么事都没有为人民做，故选 B。
【29 题详解】
句意：突然，国王又听到了天鹅的声音。

Luckily 幸运地；Certainly 当然地；Suddenly 突然地；Happily 开心地。根据“... the king heard the swan’s voice again”及语境可知，此处指天鹅的声音又突然响起，故选 C。
【30 题详解】
句意：国王意识到这是正确的。

impossible 不可能的；funny 有趣的；true 正确的；popular 流行的。根据下文“He became responsible and worked very hard. Finally, he understood that making his country a great place was like making a wonderland of his own.” 可知，国王开始改变，所以他意识到天鹅说的是正确的，故选 C。
四 阅读
阅读短文, 从每题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 项中, 选出最佳选项。
A
Today is my birthday and I am having a great time at the zoo with my dad.

There are many lovely animals in the zoo, like monkeys, pandas and giraffes. I see some people feeding them with our food. I’m going to fed them. “It is not right to feed them with our food,” he says.
“Why shouldn’t I do so?” I turn to my dad and ask him.

“Because it can make them sick when they are not getting the right food. For example, chocolate is children’s favorite, but it is not good for many animals. So we should protect them and feed them with their own food.” he explains.
“Sorry, Dad. Now I know it is important to understand that animals need to eat right. I won’t do that again because it is bad for them. And thank you for telling me that.”
My dad smiles and says, “Good for you, Jim. I am so happy that you are learning to think about the result before you do something. We can help the animals by being responsible for their health. What’s more, instead of waiting for someone to feed them. I think you should keep in mind that animals are our friends, and we should help them to live freely and naturally.”
I am glad to have such a meaningful conversation with my dad, because he teaches me how to take care of animals.
31. When Jim sees lovely animals, he wants to .

A. keep them B. play with them C. feed them D. take photos of them

32. Jim’s dad stops Jim because .

A. they don't have any food B. it’s too dangerous for him

C. some animals are getting ill D. wrong food is bad for animals

33. What does the underlined word “them” in paragraph 6 refer to?

A. Children. B. Animals. C. Plants. D. Adults.

34. From Jim’s experience, we can learn how to .

A. live freely and happily B. better care about animals

C. keep strong and healthy D. help animals find their food

【答案】31. C 32. D 33. B 34. B
【解析】

【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述作者在生日当天和爸爸在动物园度过的愉快时光以及通过与爸 爸的交谈学会了如何照顾动物。
【31 题详解】

细节理解题。根据第二段“I see some people feeding them with our food. I’m going to fed them.”可知吉姆看到人们喂动物他也想喂。故选 C。
【32 题详解】

细节理解题。根据第四段“Because it can make them sick when they are not getting the right food.”可知没有喂正确的食物可能让动物生病。故选 D。
【33 题详解】

词义猜测题根据第六段“I think you should keep in mind that animals are our friends, and we should help them to live freely and naturally”可知这里 them 指代的是前一句提到的“动物”。故选 B。
【34 题详解】

细节理解题。根据最后一段“I am glad to have such a meaningful conversation with my dad, because he teaches me how to take care of animals.”可知从吉姆的经历我们也可以学到如何更好地照顾动物。故选 B。
B
Yang Zhen was an honest and clean（廉洁的） government officer during the Eastern Han Dynasty.

One day, Yang met his old workmate Wang Mi on a trip. They had fun talking about their life experiences and good wishes for the nation. In the past, Wang’s ability and political ideas were not accepted by the people around him. At that time, Yang saw Wang's talent and promoted（提拔）him.
The chance helped Wang to be successful. Wang never forgot Yang's help and invited him to stay over for the

night.

It was near midnight when Wang knocked on the door of Yang's bedroom. He handed Yang a bag and said, "This is to thank you for teaching me and helping me become who I am today. "Yang looked at the bag. It was full of gold. "Do I look like a person who takes presents from others? I thought you knew me well! ”Yang said angrily.
“It’s late now. No one will know if we keep it a secret. "said Wang. "What do you mean no one will know?

Heaven（天） knows! Earth knows! You know and I know! "said Yang. "You can lie to anyone but not your own heart. " The door was closed and Wang left the room in shame.
35. Why did Wang Mi give Yang Zhen a bag of gold?

A. To move Yang to a higher position. B. To express thanks for Yang's help.

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C. To ask Yang to help other people. D. To help Yang to take a pleasant trip.

36. In what order did the following happen?

a. Yang promoted Wang because of his talent.

b. Wang handed Yang a bag of gold.

c. Yang got angry and didn't take the gold.

d. Yang and Wang met again on a trip.

e. Wang left in shame.

f. Wang invited Yang to stay over for the night.

A. d→f→a→c→e→b B. d→f→a→b→c→e

C. a→d→f→b→c→e D. a→d→f→c→b→e

37. According to paragraph 4, why didn't Yang take the present?

A. Beca