广东省广州市越秀区2023-2024学年八年级上学期期末英语试题.doc

2023 学年第一学期期末诊断性调研八年级英语学科
本调研卷共 13 页，满分 120 分。建议完成时间：100 分钟。
注意事项： 1. 答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号和座位号填写在答题卡上。2. 用 2B铅笔将考生号、座位号等填涂在答题卡相应位置上。作答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用 2B铅笔将答题卡上对应题目选项的答案信息点涂黑； 如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案。答案不能答在试卷上。
71. 非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内相应位置上； 如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新答案； 不准使用铅笔和涂改液、涂改带。不按以上要求作答无效。
72. 考生必须保证答题卡的整洁。考试结束后，将试卷和答题卡一并交回。
第 I 卷 选择题（共 85 分）听力部分（15 分）
一、听力理解（共 10 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 10 分）
听四段对话，请根据所听到的内容选择正确的答案，并涂在答题卡的相应位置。每段对话播放两遍。
听下面一段对话，回答小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】

A. What’s the matter with Jimmy?

• He lost his watch yesterday.

• He can’t remember things well.

• He is looking for his English book now.

B. When will Jimmy get to the school hall this afternoon?

• 4:30 p.m. B. 2:00 p. m. C. 1:45 p. m.

听下面一段对话，回答小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】

C. According to their talk, which of the following is the key word of the dialogue?

• Number. B. Abacus. C. Counting.

4 What can we know from the dialogue?

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A The woman hasn’t used abacus before.

• Mike is counting numbers with fingers.

• Abacus are more convenient than calculators.

听下面一段对话，回答小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】

73. What’s Jennet’s favourite story?

• The Trojan horse.

• T he story of 100,000 arrows.

• The story of Sai Weng and his lost horse.

74. What does Jennet think of Sai Weng?

• He is a wise man.

• He is hard-working.

• He is not clever enough.

75. Which of the following shows Tim’s opinion?

• Tricks are wonderful.

• Many people die in wars.

• He likes the Trojan horse best.

听下面一段对话，回答小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】

76. What is the dialogue about?

• Harry Potter. B. Spelling Competition. C. English Week.

77. How many books did Mike buy in the book fair?

A. 5. B. 3. C. 2.

78. What can we learn about Judy?

• She played the role of Harry Potter.

• She hopes the next English Week will come soon.

• She doesn’t agree with Mike about the English Week.
二、听取信息（共 5 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 5 分）
听下面一段独白，请根据题目要求，从所听到的内容中获取必要的信息，并把答案填入空格中，每横线不限填写一个单词。录音读两遍。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】

Different kinds of 11
Who
What
Description
Lily
A 12 computer
Tell the time, take photos, 13 and mark steps
Sophie
An e-book
14 new words
Andy
A 15 robot
Have lessons, sing songs and play games

笔试部分（70 分）说明：1. 本部分共五大题，请检查题数；
2. 笔试部分所有的试题为客观性选择题，请在答题卡上按规定用 2B 铅笔作答。三、单项选择（共 10 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 10 分）
请在下列各题的四个选项中选择一个最佳答案。
16. —Would you like coffee?

—Sure, I’d like to drink . It’s very cold outside.

A. some; anything hot B. some; something hot

C. any; anything hot D. any; something hot

17. Our school has built a new building. There are floors in this building and my classroom is on

floor.

A. six; the fifth B. sixth; fifth C. six; fifth D. sixth; the fifth

18 —What do you think of the exam?

—It is not as as before. I think I need to study harder.

A. easy B. easily C. easier D. the easiest

58. —When your dad this car?

—In 2013. He this car for ten years. He loves it very much.

A. has; bought; has had B. has; bought; has bought

C. did; buy; has bought D. did; buy; has had

59. —Have you ever any other country before?

—Yes. I Australia last year. I’ve stayed there for two weeks.

A. been to; gone to B. been to; went to

C. gone to been to D. gone to; went to

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21. There are stars in the sky but we can only see about six stars.

A. a large amount of; thousand B. a large number of; thousand

C. a large amount of; thousands D. a large number of; thousands

55. You do more exercise you want to be stronger.

A. had better; if B. had better; unless

C. had better not; if D. had better not; unless

56. Ben sings but he draws than his brother.

A. bad; worse B. bad; better

C. badly; worse D. badly; better

57. I bought a bottle of juice and drank half of it just now. The of it in the fridge now.

A. other; is B. other; was

C. rest; is D. rest; are

58. —There are 45 students in my class. I can remember all their birthdays.

— .

A. I don’t agree with you B. You are so amazing

C. Take it easy D. That’s a good idea
四、语法选择（共 10 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 10 分）
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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A teacher was giving a lesson to his students. He raised a glass of water and asked, “How heavy do you think this glass of water is?”
The students’ answers ranged from 20g to 500g.

“It 26 matter on the real weight. It depends on how long you hold it. If I hold it for a minute, it is OK.

If I hold it for an hour, I will have an ache in my arm. If I hold it for a day, you will have to call an ambulance. It is

27 same weight, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes.”

“If we carry our burdens (负担) all the time, sooner or later, we will not be able to carry on, and the burden will

28 become much heavier.”

“The 29 thing to do is to put the glass down , rest for a while before 30 it up again.”

We have to put down the burden from time to time 31 we can be refreshed (恢复精力) and are able

to carry on. So, before you return home 32 school tonight, put down the burden of today. Don’t carry it

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45. A. clean
B. empty
C. dirty
D. full
六、阅读理解（共 15 小题；每小题 2 分, 满分 30 分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

33 burdens you are having now on your shoulders, let them down for a moment if you 34

Life is short. Just 35 it!

59.

A. isn’t B. aren’t C. don’t D. doesn’t 27.
A. a B. an C. the D. / 28.
A. slow B. slowly C. slowing D. slowness 29.
A. wise B. wisely C. wiser D. wisest 30.
A. hold B. held C. holding D. to hold 31.
A. while B. because C when D. so that 32.
A. to B. from C. with D. in 33.
A. Whatever B. Whenever C. Whichever D. Wherever 34.
A. should B. must C. can D. have to 35.
A. enjoy B. to enjoy C. enjoyed D. enjoying
五、完形填空（共 10 小题; 每小题 1.5 分，满分 15 分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的 A、 B、 C 和 D 项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Long ago, there lived an old clock-maker named Geppetto. “Tick-tick-TOCK Tick-tick TOCK!” went all the

36 in his shop. When Geppetto worked, he felt happy. But when he rested, a 37 feeling came

over him. “Ah!” he would think “All my life I have no child for my own!” So, one day Geppetto made a puppet of wood in the shape of a 38 .
He made the arms and 39 of the puppet so it could move. He cut and sewed nice clothes for it, as if it

were a real boy. “I will call you Pinocchio,” said Geppetto. That night, Geppetto 40 the wooden puppet

down onto the bed. Geppetto looked out the window to the star and said, “If I could make one 41 , it

would be for a real boy of my own.” But of course, he knew that was not 42 . That night, a Blue Fairy

flew over to the bed. “Little wooden puppet,” said the Blue Fairy. “In the morning, you will be able to walk and talk like a real boy.” She tapped the puppet one time with her wand. “And if someday you can 43 that you
are brave and true, you may become a real boy.” Pinocchio’s eyes 44 slowly. And with that, the Blue

Fairy went swoosh and was gone, out of the window and up into the night sky.

When Geppetto woke up the next morning, he said, “I will go take my puppet out of bed.” But the bed was

45 !

“Here I am, Father! ”said Pinocchio from the other side of the room.

36. A. children
B. clocks
C. toys
D. wood
37. A. difficult
B. cold
C. sad
D. strange
38. A. clock
B. baby
C. star
D. boy
39 A. legs
B. face
C. ears
D. body
40. A. threw
B. put
C. fell
D. dropped
41. A. plan
B. word
C. sentence
D. wish
42. A. possible
B. good
C. bad
D. right
43. A. say
B. tell
C. show
D. grow
44. A. shone
B. watered
C. closed
D. opened

（ A ）
Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein was a physicist who developed the general theory of relativity (广义相对论). He is one of the most famous and important scientists of the 20th century.
Einstein was born on March 14, 1879, in Germany. His father was a salesman and engineer. He built a company to produce electrical machines. Little Einstein showed great interest in those machines made in the company. Einstein’s mother ran the family housework. Einstein had one sister, Maja, born two years after him.
Towards the end of the 1880s, Max Talmud, who sometimes had dinner with the Einstein family, became a family teacher to young Einstein. Talmud had introduced Einstein to a children’s science book. It led Einstein to his dream about the science of light.
In 1905, Einstein wrote four papers in the Annalen der Physik, one of the best-known physics newspapers at that time. Before that, at his age of 21, he had written his first famous article. Later in 1921, Einstein won the Nobel Prize for Physics. But because some other scientists still had questions about his ideas, he didn’t get the prize that year until the following year.

As a physicist, Einstein had many famous findings, but he is perhaps best known for E=mc², which leads to the development of atomic power and the atomic bomb (原子弹).
Einstein died on April 18, 1955, aged 76. When he was badly ill, he was taken to the hospital but he didn’t want to get an operation. He believed that he had lived his life. “I want to go when I need to,” he said at the time. “I have done my share and it is time to go.”
51. What made Einstein interested in science?

A. Family teaching.

B. His father’s job.

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C. Experiences in his father’s company.
D. A children’s science book Max Talmud introduced.
47. Why didn’t Einstein win the Nobel Prize for his theory of relativity in 1921?
A. Nobody knew his ideas.
B. He was not famous at that time.

C. He didn’t want to take the prize at all.

D. Some scientists still didn’t fully understand his ideas.

48. In what order did the following happen in Einstein’s life?

a. He won the Nobel Prize.

b. He didn’t want to get an operation.

c. He wrote his first famous science article.

d. He began to show interest in science of light.

e. He wrote four papers in a famous newspaper.

A. d-e-c-a-b B. d-c-e-a-b C. e-c-b-d-a D. e-d-c-b-a
（ B ）
When you use a computer, how do you get your cursor (光标) to go where you want it to go? “By using a mouse,” most people would say. But, back in the early days of computing, there were no mice. The user could only use the keyboard to get things done.
The world’s first computer mouse appeared in 1964. It was created by Douglas Engelbart, a scientist in California. The mouse looked like a wooden box with two metal (金属) wheels on the front and the left side and a single button on the top, Engelbart called it the “Bug”. But the long cable on the back made it look more like a
“Mouse”, and the nickname quickly became popular and well known among users. Engelbart’s mouse looked simple, but it changed the way people used computers.
The first improvement came eight years later, in 1972. Bill English, an American computer engineer, changed the wheels into a ball at the bottom of the mouse. The “Ball Mouse” was easier to use. It was such a success that it could be found in almost every office in the 1980s and 1990s. This product also had its problems, though. For example, dirt and dust would collect and jam the mouse over time, making it difficult to use.
The next big change came in 1980. The optical mouse didn’t need the ball. But because it was more expensive, people didn’t widely use it until the early 2000s.
The mouse has come a long way since Engelbart’s “Bug”. Thousands of scientists have tried their best to make more user-friendly mice. And now you may be thinking about how to make the computer mouse even better.

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What will mice look like in the future?
49. What can we know about the first mouse?
A. It was only made of wood.
B. It was important in computer using.
C. Its name the “Bug” became famous.
D. It was called “Mouse” by the inventor.
50. Which may be the mouse in Paragraph 3?

A. B. C. D.

46. What does the underlined word “jam” mean in Paragraph 3?

A. To let ... full of people. B. To push ... somewhere.

C. To make ... unable to work. D. To get ... out of trouble.

47. What is the passage mainly about?

A. The success of the mouse. B. The inventor of the mouse.

C. The importance of the mouse. D. The development of the mouse.
（ C ）
In my local land of Italy, pasta and pizza were on everyone’s lunch table. Everyone who had such a lunch was fair-skinned (浅色皮肤) and spoke Italian.
Surprisingly, a few years later, as I stood in the crowd waiting for lunch in a school in Brooklyn, the city I

grew up after I came to the US, I realized things were no longer that easy. My classmates were so different. Some had fair skin (皮肤) and large blue eyes. Others had rich brown skin and dark hair. The food they chose was almost as different as the students. In front of me was a number of foods I couldn’t even name in my mother language.
Worrying that I would pick out something terrible, I tried to ask the boy before me for some suggestions. Unluckily, between us stood the problem of language. Well, my school experience in Brooklyn feels like a century ago, but the lessons I have learned will be in my mind forever.
For the past three summer holidays, I have taken a part-time job in New York. People from different countries were just like the little girl in the crowd waiting for lunch. I often had to be a helper for the Italian-speaking ones.
As I was working as a bridge of language connection, I always thought of the time before I learned English. I suddenly felt how lucky I was to be able to speak two languages.
In my work there, I’ve learned about different cultures that I didn’t know before. This work showed me a new world. I knew that it was impossible to learn that inside the four walls of a classroom. Walking through the streets of Brooklyn today, I will no longer feel difficult to understand this city’s sounds and smells. Instead, I enjoy the

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C. People were very different. D. English was very important.

22. Who is “the little girl in the crowd waiting for lunch” in Paragraph 3?

A. The writer herself. B. The writer’s classmate.

C. The writer’s Italian teacher. D. A worker in the writer’s office.

23. How did the summer job help the writer?

A. It made her dream come true. B. It allowed her to learn English.

C. It opened her eyes to a different world. D. It helped find out her ways more quickly.
（ D ）
Here are some favorite books introduced by readers of our school.

Name Book
of
the

The Go-Giver

Writer
Bob Burg and John David Mann
I didn’t even realize that such a short book could make a huge difference in my opinion towards life. It encourages readers to be an active giver, which also helps improve ourselves.

Name Book
of
the

Tao Te Ching

Writer

Lao Zi
Tao Te Ching is one of the finest books wr