2024-2025学年（下）贺州八年级质量检测英语

1、桂林是一个如此美丽的地方。（such）

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2、根据短文内容，用方框中所给词语的适当形式填空，使文章通顺、完整。（每词限用一次）

Dear Cindy,

       How are you? I had a great time last Tuesday May 30th, 2020. It was a traditional Chinese festival 【1】 Dragon Boat Festival that day.

This festival is in memory of Qu Yuan, one of the 【2】 Chinese poets. He killed himself by 【3】 into the Miluo River on May 5th of the lunar calendar, 278 BC. People there rowed the boats 【4】 him. But it was too late. They were very sad and then 【5】 rice into the river to feed the fishes so that they would stay away from his body.

From then on, every year on this day, people enjoy 【6】 zongzi which is made of rice with meat, eggs and so on. In the past we ate it only once a year, but now we regard it as our everyday food. We can have it at any time we like.

Have you ever 【7】 the dragon boat race on TV? It is another important part of this festival. Several teams row their dragon-shaped boats as 【8】 as they can. The first team to reach the finish line 【9】.

If you have a plan to visit China next year, would you like 【10】 this festival with us?

Best wishes!

Yours,

Shen

3、Stephen had a very exciting trip last month.（改为感叹句）

________________ ________________ exciting trip Stephen had last month!

4、Don't talk about this to anyone, ________  your mother, or she will be worried.

A.actually B.especially C.suddenly D.simply

5、Come here. I’ll tell you ________ about your study.

A．anything important

B．something important

C．important anything

D．important something

6、She is ________ poor ________ afford the expensive suit.

A．so; that

B．enough; to

C．too; to

7、The little boy has finished doing the cleaning ______.

A.since two hours B.for two hours ago C.two hours ago D.for two hours

8、Look at the sign! It warns us ________ more careful!

A．be

B．to be

C．being

D．not be

9、He likes drawing pictures and wants to be _______ artist.

A．a

B．an

C．the

10、—Can you tell me whom the play ________ in the 1990s?

—Sorry, I don’t know.

A．was written by

B．was written

C．is written

D．is written by

11、—Where is Dr Chen?       

—He ________ to Japan.

A．went

B．has gone

C．will go

D．goes

12、—Could I your bike?

— With pleasure. But you mustn’t it to others.

A．lend, borrow

B．borrow, lend

C．lend, lend

D．borrow, borrow

13、—I have great ________ in finishing the work by myself. Could you help me?

—No problem.

A．fun

B．success

C．advice

D．difficulty

14、Let me ________ some information about it on the Internet for you.

A．looked for

B．to look for

C．find out

D．to find out

15、Li Chen _____football an hour ago.

A. has been playing   B. has played   C. plays   D. played

16、The old man ________with his wife, but now he ________alone after his wife died.

A.used to live; is used to live B.used to live; is used to living C.used to living; is used to live

17、—My flowers need ________ every day. Did you forget to water them?   — No. I didn’t.

A．water

B．to water

C．watering

18、My little sister is afraid to stay at home alone.

A.sometimes B.lonely C.all the time D.by herself

19、A: Wow, I’m so glad to see you again, Linda. 【1】 You don’t know how much I miss you.

B: Me too. Do you often go back to your hometown?

A: Yes. 【2】

B: I’m glad to hear that. 【3】

A: Yes, but now it’s becoming more and more beautiful.

B: 【4】

A: I love it very much. And I’m proud of it.

B: I look forward to having a look at your hometown.

A: 【5】

B: Thank you. I will go there one day.

A．Welcome to my hometown!

B．Did it use to be poor?

C．It has been a long time since we met last time.

D．How do you like your hometown?

E．It has changed a lot in recent years.

20、用所给词的适当形式填空

The young man dived to a________（deep）of 40 feet．

21、"Earworms", some people call them. Songs that get stuck in your head go round and round, sometimes for days, sometimes for months. For no clear reason you cannot help yourself from humming or singing a tune by Lady Gaga.

To a psychologist, the most interesting thing about earworms is that they show a part of our mind that is clearly outside of our control. Earworms arrive without permission and refuse to leave when we tell them to. They are parasites (寄生虫) living in a part of our minds.

If you have got an earworm you can suffer an attack of it simply by someone mentioning the tune, without having to hear it. This proves that earworms are a part of long-term memory. Humans have an "inner ear", for remembering phone numbers, for instance. When it gets infected with earworms, rather than review our plans for the day, or lists of things to remember, the inner ear gets stuck on a few short bars of music or a couple of phrases from a song. A part of us that we normally do not have to think about, that should just do what we ask, has been turned against us, upsetting us with a request that we never asked for. The mind is an inner world which we do not have complete knowledge of, or have control over.

Fortunately psychology can provide some advice on how to deal with an uncontrollable mind. Consider the famous "don’t think of a white bear" problem, which tells you to try not to think about white bears, or to do something else, to avoid both thinking of the white bear and not thinking of the white bear. For earworms, the solution may be the same. Our inner ear has become infected with an earworm. This is a part not under our control, so just sending in instructions to "shut up" is unlikely to be of much help (and has been shown to make it worse). Much better is to employ the inner ear in another task. If your mind is poisoned by Brittany Spears’ Toxic, for instance, then try singing Kylie Minogue’s Can’t Get You out Of My Head. Let me know if it works!

【1】According to the passage, earworms are ______.

A.songs that keep going round in our mind

B.worms that live in a part of our brain

C.tunes by pop singers like Lady Gaga

D.parasites clearly under our control

【2】Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A.Singing songs may get earworms out of your head.

B.Earworms are used for keeping long-term memory.

C.Humans do not have complete control over their mind.

D.You won’t suffer from earworms unless you hear the song.

【3】What does “it” in the last paragraph refer to?

A.The instruction to shut up your mind.

B.“Don’t think of the white bear” problem.

C.Kylie Minogue’s Can’t Get You out Of My Head.

D.Using the earworm-infected inner ear in another task.

【4】What is the passage mainly about?

A.The causes and influences of earworms.

B.What earworms are and how to deal with them.

C.How to clear earworms out of your head.

D.The relation between earworms and popular songs.

22、

【1】It seems that visitors ________ in Bangkok.

A．often feel hungry

B．can always find cheap things

C．can’t take any photos

D．can enjoy themselves

【2】The diaries above show that the writer stayed in Thailand for ________ days.

A．3

B．7

C．15

D．30

【3】The people in the village ________.

A．are friendly to others

B．like to speak English

C．are very weak

D．hope to live in the cities

【4】Which of the following is TRUE?

A．Chiang Mai is a beautiful city in the south of Thailand.

B．The writer left Chiang Mai for Chiang Rai by bus.

C．Chiang Rai is a boring city in the mountains.

D．The writer is traveling alone in Thailand.

【5】The best title of this article is ________.

A．My First Travel

B．The Outside World

C．Traveling in Thailand

D．A Country on the Train

23、   You may not know him as well as a movie star or a pop singer,but chances are that you have visited or walked by at least one of his works.The East Building,National Gallery Of Art in Washington D.C.,US,the Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong and the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha,Qatar,are just a few of his many creations.

The man behind these great buildings is Chinese—American architect*(建筑师)Leoh Ming Pei.Born on April 26th,917 in a rich family in Guangzhou,China,and raised in Hong Kong and Shanghai,Pei had the chance to enjoy,lots of dreamy Chinese gardens and mountainside temples.These have always been the most important inspiration (灵感)to me as an architect,"said Pei.When he was just a young boy,Pei realized that he loved design and it led to a dream of him becoming an architect and engineer.

At the age 18,he began studying architecture in the United States.He got his degree from MIT in 1939.Because of the start of World War II,he was unable to return to China.He stayed in the U.S.and completed his master's degree from Harvard.After starting his own architectural company in 1955,he went on to design such well—known buildings as the Kennedy Library in Boston and the glass pyramid at the Louvre Museum in Paris.In 1974,he returned to China for the first time."Though I have lived in the US for nearly forty years,I'm still Chinese."Pei said when yisiting his hometown.

Pei is good at bridging differences—ancient and modern,man—made and natural East and West.On May 19th,2019,the great architect left us forever,but his works will last in our mind all.the time.

【1】Leoh Ming Pei is famous because of________

A.the company he started B.the buildings he designed

C.the rich family he was from D.the degree he got from Harvard

【2】Leoh Ming Pei went back to China for the first time________

A.as soon as he became an architect B.in the year he left MIT

C.when he was about fifty—seven years old D.at the beginning of World War II

【3】According to Leoh Ming Pei,he got great inspiration from_________

A.his visit to the US B.modern Western art

C.his return to China D.classical Chinese buildings

【4】Which of the following about Leoh Ming Pei is TRUE?

A.He designed the Louvre Museum.

B.He stayed in the US for less than 30 years.

C."He mixed different things in his works very well.

D.His works were great though there were only a few left.

24、My name is Sam. I joined a club called “passing help” last month. Now let me tell you why I joined it.

One evening this May, on my way home my old car broken down（出故障）. It was 25 miles from my home. I wanted to get a ride（搭便车）, but there was no car. It was also hard to take a taxi. I decided to take a bus home. I went to a bus stop nearby.

After a while, a bus came, but it did not go to my town. The bus driver was a young woman. She was kind and she told me which bus I should take. I waited there for about thirty minutes, but no bus came. At last a car came to me and a woman came out of the car. She was just the bus driver.

“When I reached the bus station, I got to know that the bus to your town couldn’t come, so I returned here. I just can’t leave you here,” she said, “Get in my car and I will take you back to your home.”

“It is a long way.” I said.

“Come on, sir,” she said, “Let’s go.”

On the way she told me a story. A few days ago, there wasn’t gas（汽油）in her car. An old man drove her up to a gas station and then back to her car.

When we got to my home, I wanted to give her some money to thank her, but she didn’t accept it. “I only want to help others and do something nice for somebody. Pass it along.” She said.

【1】What happened to Sam one evening this May?

A．He lost his way.

B．His car broken down.

C．He was hurt in an accident.

D．He couldn’t reach the gas station.

【2】Sam didn’t think of going home__________ that evening.

A．by train

B．by bus

C．by car

D．by taxi

【3】From the passage, we know that the young woman was _________.

A．a club boss

B．a taxi driver

C．a bus driver

D．a gas station worker

【4】The young woman wanted Sam to _________.

A．give her some money

B．get on her bus

C．take her to her house

D．help others just as she did

【5】The best title（题目）of the passage is ________ .

A．A kind old man

B．Getting a ride

C．Passing help

D．A broken car

25、

A. post office B. At C. busy D. talking to

E. pay F. On G. still

Betty Kwan has an unusual new company called ‘It’s Done.’ She does errands (跑腿) for 【1】 people. She’ll mail your letters at the 【2】, pick up your medicine at the drugstore and even go shopping at a supermarket for you. Her customers 【3】 her for each hour of her service.

Betty got the idea for ‘It’s Done.’ while she was working in an office. ‘I never had enough time for all my errands. 【4】 my lunch time, I had to run to the bank, and the post office, and the dry cleaner’s. I was always rushing. I really wished someone could do all those things for me. When I mentioned this to my friends, they all said it sounded a great idea for a business. And that’s how it started.’

Betty is 【5】 very busy. ‘Yesterday, I went to the post office three times and then to the airport. Today I have to buy presents for all the secretaries in a company. But it’s always interesting, and I really love 【6】 my customers.’

26、书面表达

Mario 是个13岁的男孩。他特别爱玩电脑游戏。现在他感觉头疼、背疼，而且很累，以至于不能上学。请写一篇70词左右的短文介绍一下他的情况，并给出你的建议。