2024-2025学年（上）揭阳八年级质量检测英语

1、我们应该在学业和爱好之间取得平衡。

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2、He was very happy because he   act in a Hollywood film.

A. chose to   B. was chosen to

C. was chosen   D. has chosen to

3、The teacher told us that the light _________ faster than the sound.

A．travel

B．was traveling

C．traveled

D．travels

4、— Do you think I can pass the test?

— Of course. Why don’t you just   your abilities?

A. stick to   B. believe in

C. show up    D. end up

5、—What made Lucy so ________?

—She was made ________ in China for a year as an exchange student.

A．excitedly, to study

B．excited, to study

C．excite, study

6、―We should take action to ________ the use of new energy.

―I agree. Also, we should use our natural resources wisely, or they will run out soon.

A．push in

B．push away

C．push on

D．push for

7、—Has Jacob decided to enter the speech competition?

—Not yet. But I think he will if he ________.

A.is encouraged B.was encouraged C.will be encouraged D.has been encouraged

8、The movie My People, My Hometown is ________ interesting ________ many people have watched it.

A．enough; to

B．such; that

C．so; that

D．too; to

9、The program The Reader interests ________ people.

A．thousand

B．thousands

C．thousand of

D．thousands of

10、Zhang wenhong, ________ head of Shanghai COVID-19 medical team, said in ________ interview during two sessions that Chinese people should get vaccinated (疫苗) to deal with the possible risks.

A．/, the

B．/, an

C．the, the

D．the, an

11、Draw a mind map of the information you get when you have class. _________,you're sure to forget some easily.

A.Anyway. B.Otherwise. C.However D.Therefore

12、Thanks to the Internet, different kinds of information _____ in a short time.

A. can be learned B. has been learned

C. can learn       D. has learned

13、Now children in that school ________ more time to read and play sports instead of simply learning.

A．give

B．are given

C．are giving

D．were given

14、The book is so interesting that it is worth ________ a second time.

A．to read

B．read

C．reading

D．to reading

15、Will you please tell us _______ before you came to our City?

A．where do you work  B．where did you work

C．where you worked  D．where you are working

16、The boy has practiced________the guitar for a long time.

A.played B.plays C.to play D.playing

17、It’s an important event in history. Who knows _________?

A. when does it happen B. when it happens

C. when did it happen D. when it happened

18、The old man likes collecting things to remember ________ in his life.

A．anything important

B．important something

C．something important

D．important anything

19、The story Nuwa Fixes the Sky shows that you can do great things when you put your ________ into the process.

A．effort

B．wisdom

C．talent

D．reward

20、—How nice the T-shirt looks! Maybe it belongs to Jerry’s.

—It ____________ be Jerry’s. It’s much too small for him.

A. must   B. can’t   C. can

21、--Would you like tea or coffee?   --_______. I really don't mind.

A. Both   B. None

C. Either D. Neither

22、任务型阅读。

下面文章中有五处需要添加标题。请从以下选项(A、B、C、D、E和F)中选出符合各段意思的小标题及符合文本大意的总标题。选项中有一项是多余选项。

A. We value your opinion

B. For your children

C. For your pleasure time

D. For your safety and convenience

E. Meals and drinks

F. History and culture

We welcome you aboard Air China Flight and will do our best to make your trip comfortable and enjoyable.

【1】 ________

To begin the trip, we would like to draw your attention to some safety. Seat belts must remain fastened while the “Fasten seatbelts” sign is on. It is advisable to keep them fastened at all times while seated. All flights are non-smoking. The use of mobile telephones is now allowed when the airplane is on the ground and “the fasten seatbelts” sign is turned off. During the flight the use of CD and DVD players is now allowed.

【2】_________

To help you enjoy your trip, we provide newspapers and magazines. On our MD-11 and Boeing aircraft, we are also pleased to provide music and video programs. On Air-bus A321/320/319, aircraft route maps and short videos are shown.

【3】________

Special reading material is provided for children and on longer flights there are also video programs for them. On long-distance flights, first-time flyers between the ages of 2 and 15 can join our Kid Club.

【4】________

During most flights we serve you a tasty meal with drinks. Beer, wine and other drinks are served free of charge. Coffee, tea and juice are served free of charge on all flights of over 35 minutes.

【5】________

In this magazine you’ll find a special form for your comments about our service. Kindly return the form to our crew or any Air-China office. You can also fax it (+358-(0)89819-7729) or send your comments by e-mail to feedback@airchina.com. We are pleased to answer your questions during the flight whenever possible.

23、词形转换,用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空，每空格限填一词。

【1】How can we become good _______________ (learn)?

【2】Everything that you learn becomes a part of you and changes you, so learn __________ (wise) and learn well.

【3】Scrooge now treats everyone around him with kindness and ______________(warm).

【4】Please turn left, and then go up to the ___________________ (seven) floor.

【5】If we want to get some requests for _____________ (direct), we should learn to be polite.

【6】You can never imagine how difficult the road to ________________ (successful) is.

【7】He found it _______________ (interest) that so many products in the local shops in the USA were made in China.

【8】Sky lanterns are seen as bright symbols of ______________ (happy) and good wishes.

【9】The pioneers of different _________________ (invent) were listed there on the website.

【10】I should be allowed to make this choice _________________ (my).

24、You either have it, or you don’t—a sense of direction. But why is it that some people could find their way across the Sahara without a map while others can lose themselves in the next street? 

Scientists say we’re all born with a sense of direction, but it is not properly understood how it works. One theory(理论) is that people with a good sense of direction have simply worked harder at developing it. Research being carried out at Liverpool University supports this idea and suggests that if we don’t use it, we lose it.

“Children as young as seven have the ability to find their way around,” says Jim Martland, research director of the project. “However, if they are not allowed out alone or are taken everywhere by car, they never develop the skills.”

Jim Martland also emphasizes that young people should be taught certain skills to improve their sense of direction. He makes the following suggestions:

If you are using a map, turn it to the way you are facing.

If you leave your bike in a strange place, put it near something like a big stone or a tree—something easy to recognize(辩认). Note landmarks(地标) on the route as you go away from your bike. When you return, go back along the same route.

The simple way of finding your direction by using lines such as streets in a town, streams, or wells in the countryside to guide you. Count your steps so that you know how far you have gone and note any landmarks such as tall buildings or hills which can help to find out where you are.

Now you will never get lost again!

【1】Children have the ability to find the way around when they are ______ years old.

A. 5   B. 6   C. 7   D. 8

【2】Which of the following things cannot be used as landmarks?

A. Tall buildings.   B. Hills.   C. Wells.   D. Bikes.

【3】What does the underlined word “emphasize” mean in the passage?

A. To give special importance to something.   B. To express thanks for somebody.

C. To understand or realize a fact.   D. To admire somebody.

【4】Scientists believe that __________.

A. some babies are born with a sense of direction

B. people learn a sense of direction as they grow older

C. people never lose their sense of direction

D. everybody has a sense of direction from birth

【5】What may be the best title of the passage?

A. A research on direction.   B. The sense of direction.

C. People’s ability of finding the way.   D. Scientists’ research on skills.

25、The other day I came across a few local musicians and happened to hear them talking:

"I hate all the terrible pianos in this town. I hate that rubbish they play on the radio. They can't even understand a bit of music."

"I'm never playing in that club again. Too many drunks and nobody listens to us."

But one younger musician said, "There are a few clubs that book my band (乐队) a few nights a month, and I'm trying to find other places to play. I'm also looking forward to booking a few summer festivals this year."

It's said that you are the average (平均) of the five people whom you spend the most time with, or to put it another way, you are who your friends are.

Attitudes（态度） are important. Whether they're positive(积极的)or negative (消极的), they're rubbing off on you. If you're always around people who complain about short of work and about other musicians or say bad words about others, and you play the role of a victim, it's possible that you will start to as well. So it's time to take a look at the people you call "friends", as what kind of friends you have decides what kind of life you are going to live.

This is an easy exercise: Make a list of the people who you often go out with, and simply stop spending time with the negative people on your list. Set a new standard for yourself and don't become friends with people who fall below that standard.

Keep successful people around you and your own chances for success will be much better. Ask them how they do it and learn from them. Ask if they will help you get the work you're looking for, or maybe give you some advice to help you on your career path.

【1】The musicians' words at the beginning are written mainly to show_______.

A. the musicians live a poor life

B. people have poor taste in music

C. people have different attitudes towards the same thing

D. young people have greater chances of succeeding

【2】The underlined sentence "they'll rubbing off on you" in Paragraph 6. means_______.

A. they'll push you ahead

B. they'll have an influence on you

C. they'll cover your feelings

D. they'll help you succeed

【3】By taking the exercise mentioned in Paragraph 7, you can_______.

A. improve a lot in making more friends

B. plan the time with your friends properly

C. develop a better relationship with your friends

D. come to the right way of making friends

【4】Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?

A. You are who your friends are.

B. How to make friendship long.

C. A friend in need is a friend indeed.

D. Friends are the most important in one's success.

26、To us, it seems so natural to put up an umbrella to keep the water off when it rains. But in fact the umbrella was not invented as protection against the rain. Its first use was as a shade(遮蔽)against the sun.

Nobody knows who first invented it, but the umbrella was used in very ancient times. Probably the first to use it were the Chinese, back in the eleventh century BC.

We know that the umbrella was used in ancient Egypt and Babylon as a sunshade. And there was a strange thing connected with its use : it became a symbol of honor and power(权力). In the Far East in ancient times, the umbrella was allowed to be used only by those in high office or by royal people such as the kings or queens.

In Europe, the Greeks were the first to use the umbrella as a sunshade. The umbrella was in common use in ancient Greece, but it is believed that the first people in Europe to use the umbrella as protection against the rain were the ancient Romans. During the middle ages in Europe, the use of the umbrella almost disappeared. Then it appeared again in Italy in the late sixteenth century. And again it became a symbol of power.

Umbrellas have not changed much in style during all this time, though they have become much lighter in weight. It wasn't until the twentieth century that the umbrellas for women began to be made in all kinds of colors.

【1】According to this passage, the umbrella was probably first invented in ancient_______.

A．China B．Egypt C．Greece D．Rome

【2】Which of the following statements is not true about the umbrella?

A．No one exactly knows who the inventor of the umbrella was

B．The umbrella was first invented to be used as protection against the sun.

C．The umbrella changed much in style in the eighteenth century

D．In Europe, the Greeks were the first to use the umbrella as a sunshade.

【3】A strange feature of the umbrella’s use is that it was used as__________.

A．protection against rain

B．a symbol of honor and power

C．a shade against the sun

D．women’s decoration

【4】In Europe, the umbrella was first used against the rain_______________.

A．during the Middle Ages B．in Rome

C．by the 18th D．in Greece

【5】This passage talks mainly about_______________.

A．when and how the umbrella was invented

B．why the umbrella was so popular in Europe

C．the development of the umbrella

D．The history and use of the umbrella

27、Every artist knows in his heart that he is saying something to the public. Not only does he want to say it well, but he wants it to be something that has not been said before. He hopes the public will listen and understand what he wants to teach them, and what he wants them to learn from him.

  What visual(视觉的)artists like painters want to teach is easy to make out but difficult to explain,

because painters translate their experience into shapes and colours, not words. They seem to feel that a

certain selection of shapes and colours, out of countless billions of, is exceptionally interesting for them and worth showing to us. Without their work we should never have noticed these particular Shapes and colours. or have felt the delight which they brought to the artist.

Most artists take their shapes and colours from the world of nature and from human bodies in motion and at rest; their choices indicate(指示)that these aspects of the world are worth looking at, that they contain beautiful sights. Contemporary(当代的)artists might say that they merely choose subjects that provide an interesting pattern, that there is nothing more in it. Yet even they do not choose entirely without reference to the character of their subjects.

  If one painter chooses to paint a decaying(腐烂)leg and another a lake in moonlight, each of them is directing our attention to a certain aspect of the world. Each painter is telling us something, showing us something, emphasizing something-all of which means that, consciously(有意识地)or unconsciously, he is trying to teach us.

【1】 An artist hopes that the public will   .

A. understand him and learn from him 

B. notice only shapes and colours in his work

C. teach him something 

D. believe what he says in his work

【2】It is hard to explain what a painter is saying because he/she   .

A. does not express himself/herself well 

B. uses unusual words and phrases

C. uses shapes and colours instead of words

D. does not say anything clearly

【3】 The writer points out that the contemporary artists might say their choices of subject   .

A. carry a message to the public

B. only provide interesting pattern

C. have no pattern or form

D. teach the public important truths

【4】What do you know from the passage?

A. A painting is more easily understood that music.

B. Art is merely the arranging of shape and colours.

C. Every artist tries to say something consciously to the public.

D. One must look beyond shape and colour to find what the artist is saying.

28、根据所给汉语意思及文章内容，写出单词的正确形式。

There was a time when you wouldn’t see a woman doctor anywhere. That was before Elizabeth Blackwell 【1】 (收到) her degree from Geneva Medical College on January 23rd, 1849. During that special time, she became the first woman doctor in the United States.

Elizabeth Blackwell was born in England in 1821. Her family moved to America when she was11 years old. However, her father died soon because of tiredness. The 【2】 (痛苦的) experience made up her mind to be a doctor. Her 【3】 (目标) in life was to save the people like her father. Everybody told her that the old-fashioned medical schools wouldn’t accept a woman. However, Blackwell 【4】 (羡慕) doctors and fought on. Finally, the boy students of Geneva Medical College agreed to give her the chance to take 【5】 (课程) after a discussion. Many thought Blackwell would 【6】 (失败). She did just the opposite. She was an excellent student and graduated at the head of her class.

At first, 【7】 (某人) didn’t believe in her, so few patients would come to her. But Dr. Blackwell treated poor families for free. Gradually, she became 【8】 (广泛) known for her kindness among the poor. She founded a hospital for women and children. She also succeeded in 【9】 (创办) a medical college for women. By 1910, when Dr. Blackwell died, more than 7,000 women in 【10】 (总共) were practicing medicine in the United States. Her exploration for knowledge paved the way for the millions of women doctors who have followed in her footsteps.

29、阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Tears filled my eyes when I stood in our room. I was washing new jeans and a shirt of my 16-year-old stepson, Brett. He drank a lot last night. The clothes was already ________ .

I was tired. The clothes were just one thing. He had already kicked a large hole ________ his bedroom wall. Many windows were ________ because of his breaking in to steal ________. Brett came to live with us when he was 12 years old. During those _______ years I had dealt with Brett as ________ as possible, but inside I was feeling sad. Later, I cheered up again and continued raising Brett. Still, Brett did not change his behavior. ________ Brett was nearly 18, my husband and I decided to ________ Brett to a boarding school that had very good result with troubled teenagers

At the graduation ceremony the graduates stood one by one to ________ those who had helped them. Each graduate held a ________ and gave it to the person who had meant the most to him or her.

Brett ________ lovingly to ________, “You did so much, you always there, no matter what happened. You always ________ me such love. And I want you to know that I love you for it.”

________, I stood as Brett placed the white rose in my hand and hugged me hard. At the moment I realized the ________－although I had been angry in my heart toward my stepson, Brett had seen only my actions.

【1】

A．clean

B．new

C．dirty

D．old

【2】

A．on

B．in

C．over

D．above

【3】

A．stolen

B．open

C．closed

D．broken

【4】

A．money

B．food

C．things

D．books

【5】

A．three

B．four

C．five

D．six

【6】

A．completely

B．politely

C．patiently

D．awfully

【7】

A．If

B．Unless

C．After

D．When

【8】

A．send

B．take

C．bring

D．carry

【9】

A．call

B．thank

C．meet

D．admire

【10】

A．plant

B．banana

C．rose

D．card

【11】

A．spoke

B．shouted

C．reported

D．advised

【12】

A．her

B．me

C．you

D．him

【13】

A．showed

B．got

C．lent

D．made

【14】

A．Embarrassed

B．Excited

C．Surprised

D．Interested

【15】

A．purpose

B．sign

C．dream

D．truth