2024-2025学年（上）绍兴八年级质量检测英语

1、那位会计在40多岁的时候死于癌症。

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2、—Excuse me, but could you tell me ____?

—Certainly, and the earlier, the better.

A．how long it will take to get to London

B．how long can I take the direct flight to London

C．whether I could buy a ticket to London without my passport

D．if I can book a direct flight to London online

3、—__________ bad weather! We can’t go on a picnic.

—What about reading some interesting books at home?

A．What a

B．What

C．How a

D．How

4、If you want two tickets, you’ll have to pay 50 yuan.

A. another   B. other   C. the other   D. more

5、Paul was______ /bɔ:n/ with the ability to sing.

A. ball   B. beat   C. born   D. buy

6、—Could you tell me ________ the test report?

—Sure. After 6 hours.

A．how long I can get

B．when I can get

C．when can I get

7、We are planning to go for a picnic this weekend, but it ________ the weather.

A.keeps on B.puts on C.depends on D.turns on

8、The high­speed trains take different routes, but they all ________ in the same place.

A. give up   B. end up   C. make up

9、—Your sweater looks so nice! Is it made ________ hand?

—Yeah. My mother wove it herself.

A．with

B．of

C．in

D．by

10、 It is   that there are   many visitors today that you can’t find a place to rest.

A. said; so

B. say; so

C. saying; such

11、— Hello, Jack. Do you know the young lady?

— Oh, yes. ______ is my teacher.

A. He B. She C. I D. It

12、With the development of AI, many robots take the place of people to do some dangerous jobs.

A．displace

B．help

C．serve

13、Susan feels like giving away the skirt because__________the color__________the size fits her.

A．neither; nor

B．either; or

C．not only; but also

14、 —What’s your favorite subject?

—My favorite subject is .

A. apples   B. pandas   C. science   D. cabbages

15、（题文）Usually a year __________ a cycle of star signs in the West.

A. divides into   B. is divided into

C. depends on   D. is depended on

16、Mr. Wang used to ________ dinner in the restaurant, but now he is used to ________ every meal with his family at home.

A．have; eat

B．have; eating

C．having; eat

17、Jackie Chan is a ________ actor. He has ________ made some great movies over the years.

A．successful; success

B．success; succeed

C．successfully; successful

D．successful; successfully

18、—Excuse me, _________do you go to the City Library?

—Twice a week.

A．how often

B．how soon

C．how long

D．how far

19、These are white elephants. You can throw them away.

A.necessary things     B.useless things

C.interesting things D.important things

20、 -----_____ all your school things, Jane! I hate them here and there.  -----OK, Mum.

A. Put away   B. Put down

C. Put out D. Put up

21、I won’t have a trip to Mount Huang unless Amy ____, either.

A. will be invited B. invites

C. is invited   D. was invited

22、 他一到加拿大就把电话打了过来。

He called us _______________________Canada.

23、---Mike, do you enjoy your present job?

---   .I just do it for a living.

A.Of course  B.Not really

C.Not likely   D.Not a little

24、Inventions are very important and they can easily change our life. The followings are some great inventions.

【1】Which invention has the longest history?

A．The television.

B．The plane.

C．Credit cards.

D．The pacemaker.

【2】What can we know about the four inventions from the text?

A．People spend more time with their family than watching TV.

B．The invention of the plane does no harm to the environment.

C．People can know what they have bought by credit cards.

D．The pacemaker is not very expensive for people.

【3】What does the underlined word “it” probably refer to?

A．The pacemaker.

B．The invention.

C．The shock.

D．The heart.

【4】What do these four inventions have in common?

A．They are all popular inventions.

B．They have advantages and disadvantages.

C．They are very expensive to use.

D．They have an influence on people’s health.

25、   Thirty-one Chinese firefighters and local officials have died while trying to bring a huge forest fire under control.

The fire broke out in the mountains of Liangshan, Sichuan. It started on the afternoon of March 30. Five helicopters( 直升机)and nearly 700 people were sent to the scene to control the fire.

Suddenly, the winds changed unexpectedly and caused the deaths. A huge fireball was formed because of the winds. The 31 firefighters and officials were caught up in the fireball. The death number has been the largest for firefighters in China since 2015.

________ Their average(平均) age was only 22.3. One of them was 29-year- old Jiang Feifei. In his last WeChat post, he said, "I am on the way to fight a fire again. Please give me some encouragement. "Those words have touched the hearts of many people. They were spread on Sina Weibo and have received nearly 300,000 comments(评论).

The 31 firefighters and officials have been honored as martyrs. China's Ministry of Emergency Management(应急管理部) has changed its website into black and white to show sadness for them. In Liangshan, tens of thousands of people lined the streets to pay their respect to the victims(罹难者). Some of them even put white scarves and heartshaped-candles on the road

Because of dry weather and rising temperatures, forest fires are very common in China in spring. In Sichuan alone, there have been 59 fires this year. On April 1, Chinese government presented the first red warning for forest fires this year.

【1】What's the main cause of these firefighters and local officials' deaths?

A.The sudden change of winds B.Dry weather and high temperatures

C.The huge forest fire D.Too many people were sent to the scene

【2】Which of the following sentences is the best to be put in the blank of Paragraph 4?

A.The fire caused many deaths. B.Many people liked posting on Sina Weibo

C.The victims were all young D.It's great danger to the firefighters

【3】What can we know from Paragraph 4?

A.The youngest victim was only 23 years old

B.It's the second time for Jiang Feifei to put out a fire

C.Jiang Feifei's post on WeChat has been a hot point

D.Jiang's words made many people have heat diseases

【4】What does the underlined word “martyrs” mean in Paragraph 5?

A.People who are firefighters and officials

B.People who are killed because of strong beliefs

C.People who are from China's Ministry of Emergency Management

D.People who are killed in a forest fire

【5】Why did the government present the red warning for forest fires?

A.Because the government wanted to show sadness for them.

B.Because forest fires are very common in China in spring

C.Because many firefighters have died in the forest fires

D.Because the winds changed unexpectedly in China

26、①Have you ever experienced a quiet carriage (车厢) while traveling by high-speed train in China? According to China State Railway Group, some high-speed trainlines, including the Beijing-Shanghai, Beijing-Guangzhou, and Chengdu-Chongqing lines, have introduced quiet carriage services. The service is popular among travelers and has become a hot topic on Weibo.

②Passengers are able to choose quiet carriages when booking train tickets on 12306.cn—the official train ticket booking system website. On the 12306 App, trains with quiet carriages will have a Chinese character “静” to remind passengers. If you want to buy a second-class ticket with quiet carriages, you can choose “Please first allocate (分配) a quiet carriage seat for me.”

③Upon booking, a friendly reminder will pop up. Passengers in the quiet carriage are expected to follow these agreements, including using headphones when listening to music, turning mobile phones to silent mode, stepping out of the quiet carriage when making or receiving calls, and making sure children remain well-behaved.

④There are clear signs on the doors and walls of the quiet carriages. These remind everyone to keep silent. To further create a quiet environment, the voice announcements (通知) in the quiet carriage are lowered to 30% to 40% of the normal volume (音量).

⑥What’s more, the staff on the train remind each passenger of the arrival information one-on-one. They also provide gentle reminders to the passengers, reminding them to keep a quiet environment within the quiet carriage. The meal service staff will also refrain from introducing products and services within the carriages. If passengers want to order food, they can conveniently scan (扫描) the QR code on the armrest of their seat, then the staff will quickly pick up the order and bring the food to them. The train also provides passengers with eye masks and earphones.

【1】Which of the following is TRUE about “quiet carriages”?

A．They appear in second-class carriages.

B．They appear in any train for passengers.

C．They can only be bought at train stations.

D．They can’t be bought by passengers with children.

【2】What does Paragraph 3 mainly talk about?

A．What passengers think of the service.

B．How passengers book tickets of “quiet carriages”.

C．How the staff on the train keep the carriage quiet.

D．What passengers are required to do in a “quiet carriage”.

【3】The underlined word “These” in Paragraph 4 refers to (指代) “________”.

A．The signs

B．The staff

C．The doors and walls

D．The quiet carriages

【4】What does the underlined phrase “refrain from introducing” probably mean in the passage?

A．be encouraged to introduce

B．ask for more money to introduce

C．not be allowed to introduce

D．use body language while introducing

27、Fraser Island(费沙岛) is in Queensland, Australia. it’s the largest sand island in the world. There’s no airport on the island, but there’s a long beach.

The sand makes unusual shapes. There are hills made of sand. Nothing grows on them. They move one or two meters a year from the northwest towards the southeast of the island, getting bigger and bigger. What’s more, the sandy rocks there have different colors. Sometimes the rocks are so brown that they turn the sea brown.

Surprisingly, the sandy island has lots of plants and animals. There are dark forests, beautiful flowers and over a hundred lakes. There are many kinds of birds. There are many animals there, such as flying foxes and wild dogs.

About 500,000 people visit the island every year to see the island’s beauty and nature. People enjoy camping and hiking(徒步) there. Unluckily, the visitors create problems. They damage plants and frighten animals. Their sun cream(防晒霜) makes the water dirty. So it is necessary to manage the visitors. For example, people may not use motor boats or go fishing in the lakes, and they need official papers to drive there.

【1】What does the underlined word “They” in Paragraph 2 refer to?

A．Wild dogs.

B．Sandy hills.

C．Sandy rocks.

D．Flying foxes.

【2】Visitors may not be allowed to ________ on Fraser Island according to the passage.

A．camp and walk

B．see beautiful flowers

C．take planes on the beach

D．drive without official papers

【3】What's the passage mainly about?

A．The shape of Fraser Island.

B．The nature of Fraser Island.

C．The history of Fraser Island.

D．Everyday life on Fraser Island.

28、短文填空。根据短文内容和首字母提示，补全空格内单词，使文章完整通顺。

Owning a robot at home is helpful at the moment. Mr. Jiang is too b___【1】____ to have any time to relax. So he o__【2】__ a robot from a robot shop last month.

The robot changed Mr. Jiang’s life a lot. When he got up in the morning, his business suit was s__【3】__ ironed. When he returned home from work, his flat would look as good as new. That a___【4】___ Mr. Jiang to do whatever he liked. It seemed that the robot could satisfy Mr. Jiang n__【5】___.

Unluckily, after a few c__【6】__ weeks, the robot started to go wrong. It couldn’t work p_【7】__. When Mr. Jiang got home, he would find his home in a m___【8】___. For example, coins, bills and private papers were s_【9】_ all over the floor. Mr. Jiang didn’t know what to do with it. Although robots can help people a lot, they can also be too much t__【10】___.

In the end, Mr. Jiang decided to return the robot to the robot shop.

29、完形填空

阅读下面短文, 从每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。

What comes to your mind when you talk about donations (捐赠)? You probably     a group of people with boxes in hand asking people to donate money. But my school came up with a   way of raising money—Fun Night.

Fun Night is like a party. Students money to get in and have dinner at school. The money will be used to help poor children in need.

Two months ago, I took part in Fun Night. There were all kinds of   in Fun Night. The most popular game was the “jousting ring”(夺环). I “jousted” with several of my and managed to knock plenty of them off the ring. However, they attacked (进攻) me   I was ready. It would usually be considered as cheating, but we didn't care and   playing. After all, it was just a game, not a competition.

The best of Fun Night was not the fun activities. The fact was that we raised a lot of money ________  having a good time. A lot of students at my school wouldn't donate money if they were asked to hand it over. But this kind of event not only made them glad to give   allowed them to have a great time playing games with friends. I realized that charity (捐助) can be fun. We raised 2,000 yuan on that night.

【1】A. think of   B. look for     C. talk with

【2】A. strange     B. common   C. different

【3】A. pay   B. cost    C. take

【4】A. drinks B. games   C. people

【5】A. cousins B. relatives  C. friends

【6】A. after B. before C. until

【7】A. continued   B. stopped   C. began

【8】A. for   B. on     C. by

【9】A. quickly     B. simply C. nearly

【10】A. but   B. and   C. so