2024-2025学年（上）葫芦岛市八年级质量检测英语

1、对学生来说阅读是非常重要的. If you are a teenager who has lost interest in reading or never liked it much, here are some ways to encourage you to read.

First, find an example. 2. There are a lot of people like reading. Try to learn from them and copy their behaviors.

Second, prepare your room with different kinds of books. Leave them around so that you can pick up a book whenever you like.

Third, give yourself a certain time to choose your own books. 3. When you are out, remember to go to a bookstore, and probably you can make your own collection of books later.

What’s more, build on your interest. Look for books and articles that you are interested in. Then you may find that 4. reading is much more fun than you thought.

Finally, make reading aloud a natural part of family life. Share an article, a poem, a letter or any page from any book with your family, and you may surprisingly find that 5. 读书能使你和你的家人快乐。

【1】_______________________________________________

【2】_______________________________________________

【3】_______________________________________________

【4】_______________________________________________

【5】_______________________________________________

2、用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，使短文意思完整正确。（每个单词限用一次，每空限填一个单词。)

Chinese New Year is coming and we are all very happy. It’s time for 【1】 to make my New Year’s resolutions. Here are my three important 【2】.

My 【3】 resolution is about improving my relationship with my family. I think I will spend more time 【4】 to them. If I have some problems, I will 【5】 them with my parents because they have a lot of experience.

The second one is about my study. Last term, I didn’t do 【6】 in math. So next year, I’m going to ask my math teacher for help. I hope I can improve it with my 【7】 help next term.

The third resolution is about improving my 【8】 health. I never did sports before and I always ate too much junk food. Now I 【9】 interested in doing sports. I plan to start an exercise program to get more exercise and try to eat 【10】 junk food.

They are my new resolutions in the coming year. Just as the saying goes, “Actions speak louder than words.” So I will try my best to do them.

3、They go climbing every week.  (用next week 改写句子)

They ________  __________ climbing next week.

4、We should know the changes the numbers.

A. at   B. of   C.in   D. on

5、The city is famous ________ its beautiful beaches and many people visit them.

A.to B.at C.of D.for

6、— I feel really tired. —________.

A．Lucky you!

B．You'd better work harder.

C．Congratulations!

D．Why not go and have a rest ?

7、–We went to the Great Wall to be volunteers _________visitors.

–Really? You are so great. What did you help with?

A.because of B.instead of C.such as D.even if

8、Laiwu has changed a lot in the past few years. You will see the changes if you ________.

A．come

B．came

C．will come

D．have come

9、There were quite ________ baby pigs on the farm and they were very cute.

A. little   B. a little

C. a few   D. few

10、—I love pop music ________ folk (民间的) music. 

—I see. But I think folk music is better.

A. because of     B. except for C. instead of

11、Paul is never late for work, but he was two hours late today. That’s ________.

A．strange

B．fair

C．typical

12、Anna is in a hurry because the train is leaving ______ half an hour.

A. for   B. by   C. in   D. on

13、—Did you do ________ in Sanya during your holiday?

—Yes, I did. I took a photo with a foreigner.

A.anything interesting B.something interesting

C.interesting anything D.interesting nothing

14、—Thank you for helping me carry the bag.  — .

A. Of course I do   B. My pleasure   C. With pleasure   D. Yes, that's OK

15、The basket ________ pears.

A．is filled of

B．is full of

C．fills with

D．is full with

16、 —How long have your family lived in the new flat, Jill?

—________ 2011.

A．Before   B．In

C．After D．Since

17、Nowadays, people ________ posting nice photos and words onto the Wechat Moments to share with friends.

A．are able to

B．are afraid of

C．are used to

D．are worried about

18、—I don’t know where to go this summer vacation.

—Why not ______ visiting Mount Tai? There are many places of interest there.

A.wonder  B.consider  C.regard D.been

19、根据下面的对话情景，在每个空白处填上一个适当的句子，使对话的意思连贯、完整。

A: Hi, Lily! You weren’t at school yesterday. 【1】?

B: Oh, I had a terrible headache.

A: Sorry to hear that. 【2】?

B: Yes, I did. The doctor said I was under too much pressure. He advised me to do more exercise. Do you often do exercise?

A: Yes, every day. What exercise do you like?

B: 【3】.

A: I like it too. Let’s exercise together.

B: 【4】!

A: What about starting tomorrow?

B: OK. We only have time in the afternoon.

A: That’s true. 【5】?

B: For half an hour. We can exercise a little longer if we have more time.

A: I agree with you.

20、根据所给对话从A至F中选择最佳回应。将选项填到相应的题号横线上，每个选项只能用一次。

(Meimei wants to buy a cake for her brother’s birthday. Now she is talking with the Salesman in the shop.)

S: Can I help you?

M: I want to buy a cake for my brother. His birthday is coming.

S: Oh, good! Here are some cakes. Which one do you like?

M: 【1】

S: $20.

M: It is the best of the three, but it’s too dear. 【2】

S: Well, this one is the cheapest. 【3】

M: Yes, it’s quite cheap, but it’s too small.

S: 【4】 It’s $15.

M: Let me have a look! Oh, good! This one is bigger than that one and it is also cheaper than the first one. I’ll take it.

S: Happy birthday to your brother!

M: 【5】 Here is the money. Bye-bye!   

S: Bye!

A．I have not enough money.

B．It’s only $10.

C．Hello!

D．How much is the biggest one?

E．What about this one?

F．Thank you!

21、   Now some women are spending a weekend at Mother’s Camp(营地). There, husbands and children are not allowed. Why would a woman want to take a vacation without her family? Some women say they need time to be alone.

At Mother’s Camp a woman has room for herself. She can sleep, read or watch TV, and no one will bother her. No children will ask, ＂Mom, what’s for dinner?＂ No husband will say, ＂Oh, dear, I can’t find any clean socks.＂ In fact almost 50% of women in the United States work outside the home. Many of them work full-time and then come home for a second job — taking care of their homes and families. These working women say one of their biggest problems is housework.

In the United States, working wives do about 75% of the housework. Many of their husbands say they want to help. But then they burn the rice or they can’t find the pans. They ask so many questions that their wives decide it is easier to do the job themselves.

Some women go to Mother’s Camp just to get a break from housework. For two days they don’t cook, they don’t clean and they don’t look after their children and husbands. What do they do? They enjoy warm, sunny weather, walking, swimming or boating in a clear blue lake and sing songs around the campfire. They relax away from home. They have a really wonderful vacation at Mother’s Camp.

【1】From this passage we can see _________ in the United States.

A. women want to work outside the home

B. working wives do most of the housework

C. husbands do as much housework as their wives

D. women do not like to stay at home with their families

【2】At Mother’s Camp, women can’t _________.

A. watch TV B. read newspapers

C. swim in the lake D. bring their husbands and children

【3】Why would some mothers like to be alone? Because _________.

A. they don’t like their husbands and children B. they have to work full-time

C. they are too busy to relax themselves D. they want a new life

【4】_______ is one of the biggest troubles for working wives in the United States.

A. Housework B. Working outside the home

C. When to take a vacation D. Looking after their children

【5】What’s the best title of this passage?

A. Busy Working Mothers B. How to Buy Gifts for Mothers

C. Mothers Relax Away From Home D. Mothers in the US

22、Once an old man was walking in a street with his horse. It was raining hard. The old man was cold because he was walking in the rain. He wanted to go a restaurant. It was a quarter past three in the afternoon. The old man got to a small restaurant. There were lots of people in it. The old man couldn’t come near the fire. He thought and thought. At last he got an idea. He said to the waiter,  “ Take some fish to my horse.” The waiter and the people were very surprised. The waiter said, “ A horse doesn’t eat fish.” The old man told the waiter, “This horse is very interesting. It can sing, dance and does all kinds of things. It can eat fish, too.”  So the waiter brought the horse some fish.

All the people in the restaurant ran out to see the horse eat except(除…之外) the old man. So the old man sat beside the fire. After a moment the waiter came back and said, “ Your horse didn’t eat any fish.” The old man said, “ All right. Take the fish back and put it on the table. I’ll eat it.”

【1】The old man felt very cold because ___________.

A. it was a windy day

B. it was snowing heavily

C. he was walking in the heavy rain

D. he was hungry

【2】 All the people in the restaurant ran out except the old man because ________.

A. they wanted to see the old man

B. they wanted to see the horse eat the fish

C. they wanted to see the horse

D. there was no fire over the stove

【3】In fact, the horse couldn’t _________.

A. walk or eat      B. sing or sleep

C. sing or eat fish D. talk or drink

【4】Why did the old man ask the waiter to take some fish to his horse?

A. Because he was cold.

B. Because his horse liked eating fish.

C. Because he wanted to sit by the fire.

D. Because he also liked eating fish.

【5】What’ s the best title of the passage?

A. A horse that can eat fish B. A good idea

C. An old man and a horse   D. An old man

23、A man once said how useless it was to put advertisements in the newspaper. “Last week,” he said, “my umbrella was stolen(偷) from a London church(教堂). As it was a present, I spent twice its worth(价值) in advertising, but I didn’t get it back.”

“________” asked one of the listeners, a businessman. “Here it is,” said the man, taking out of his pocket, a piece of paper cut from a newspaper. The other man took it and read, “Lost from the City Church last Sunday evening, a black silk umbrella. If any gentleman finds it and leaves it at No.10 Broad Street, he will receive ten pounds.”

“Now,” said the businessman, “I often advertise, and find that it pays me well. But the way in which an advertisement is expressed (表达) is very important. Let us try for your umbrella again, and if it fails, I’ll buy you a new one.”

The businessman then took a piece of paper out of his pocket and wrote: “If the man who was seen to take an umbrella from the City Church last Sunday evening doesn’t wish to get into trouble, he will return the umbrella to No. 10 Broad Street. He is well known.”

This appeared in the newspaper, and on the following morning, the man was astonished when he opened the front door. In the doorway lay(放) at least twelve umbrellas of all sizes and colours, his own was among them. Many of them had notes with them saying that they had been taken by mistake, and begging(乞求) the loser not to say anything about the matter.

【1】From the first advertisement, we could know anyone who ________ would receive ten pounds.

A．lost the umbrella

B．left the umbrella at No. 5 Broad Street

C．left the umbrella in the loser’s house

D．left the umbrella at the City Church

【2】Which of the following sentences can be filled at the beginning of Paragraph 2?

A．How did you write your advertisement?

B．Where did you write in the newspaper?

C．Who wrote the advertisement?

D．When did you write your advertisement?

【3】Which of the following words has the closest meaning to “astonished”?

A．happy

B．afraid

C．surprised

D．sad

【4】Who probably took the umbrella?

A．The businessman.

B．Someone we don’t know.

C．The man himself.

D．The man’s friend.

【5】The story mainly tells us ________.

A．how useless it was to put advertisements

B．how to make the advertisements come into use

C．why the man wanted to get his umbrella back

D．what the businessman did for the umbrella owner

24、   Wang Yuan was born in Chongqing, 2000. He is a 【1】(著名的) singer and actor now, also a member of the group TFBOYS. He takes his shows 【2】（认真地) .When he was a little boy, he became 【3】（有才能的) in singing. He 【4】 (希望) to be a singer. So his father took him to a singing school and told him, “If you work hard, your dream will come true. ” Wang Yuan was 【5】（辛勤的）and strict with himself. At the age of five, he took part in a singing 【6】（比赛). And he 【7】（贏）the first prize. He went to get further study when he was only thirteen. During his study at school, he always did his homework 【8】(细致地), he 【9】（几乎不）went back home. Finally, he reached the top. At the beginning of 2017, Wang went to ECOSOC Youth Forun2017（联合国经社理事会2017青年论坛）He said, “My passion for 2030 is that every young person can get good quality education.” At that time, many young people in China planned to go to his 2018 New Year’s Concert. “ 【10】(任何人）can be successful as long as they put their heart into it.” He added.

25、你校正在举行以“My good friend”为主题的英语演讲比赛，请你根据下表写一篇英文演讲稿。

注意：

1.词数：80—100。

2.可以适当增强加细节，以使行文连贯，但文中不能出现真实的人名、地名等；

3.开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数。

                                                                                                                               My good friend

I have a good friend called Suzy. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

I hope you will make friends with her one day.