阜新市某中学2023-2024学年八年级下学期7月期末考试英语试卷含答案

阜新市实验中学2023-2024学年八年级下学期7月期末考试英语试卷

学校：___________姓名：班级：___________考号：

一'阅读理解

SomeFunandInterestingFacts

♦Doyouthinkwhatcolororangesare?Thecommonanswertothisquestionis

“Orange”.However,thefirstorangesfromSoutheastAsiawereactuallygreen.Uptonow,

orangesinwarmerareaslikeVietnamandThailandstillstaygreenwhentheyarefullygrown

♦TherewasamannamedJohnChapmanwhoplantedthousandsofappletrees.But

theapplesonthosetreesweremuchmorebitter（苦的）thantheonesyou'dfindinthe

supermarkettoday.Johndidn'texpecthisapplestobeeatenwhole,butrathermadeintohard

applecider（苹果酒）.

♦Likemostfour-leggedanimals,catshavefivetoesonthefrontpaws（脚爪）,buttheir

backpawsonlyhavefourtoes.Scientiststhinkthefour-toebackpawsmighthelpthemrun

faster.Doyouknowanyotherfunfactsaboutcats?

rC。八

♦WaltDisneymighthavebeenthefirsttoputglovesonhischaracters,asthestar

MickeyMousein1929'sTheOpryHouse（《奥普里之屋》）.Besidesbeingeasierto

interest,there'sanotherreasonwhyDisneydidso:"Wedidn'twanthimtohavemousehands

becausehewassupposedtobemorehuman."Disneyoncesaid.

1.Whatdoestheunderlinedword"they"referto?

A.WarmerareasB.Orangesinwarmerareas

C.ThefirstorangesD.PeoplefromVietnamandThailand

2.Johnexpectedhisapplestobe.

A.knownbymorepeopleB.soldinthesupermarket

C.eatenonlybyhimselfD.madeintohardapplecider

3.DisneyputglovesonMickeyMouseinorderto.

A.makehimlookmorehumanB.protecthishands

C.helphimtorunfasterD.makehimfeelmorecomfortable

4.WhichisNOTafactaccordingtotheinformationabove?

A.Thefirstorangesweren'toranges.

B.John'sApplesweren'tsweetenough

C.WaltDisneyputglovesonhischaracterstointerestpeople.

D.Catshavefewertoesontheirfrontpawsthantheonesontheirbackpaws.

In1987,asmallcompanynamedHuaweiwasstartedinShenzhen.Aftermorethan30

yearsofdevelopment,thecompanyhasnowbeatenAppleandbecometheworld'ssecond-

largestmakerofsmartphonesbehindKorea'sSamsung.Ithasalsobecometheworld'slargest

supplier（供应商）of5G.

Butrecently,Huaweifacedsomedifficulties.TheU.S.governmentorderedaban（禁令）

onitssalesinAmerica.AmericanofficialssaidHuaweigaveinformationthatitcollectedto

theChinesegovernment.Atthesametime,theU.S.governmentplannedtostopsellingparts

andservicestoHuawei,whichwasbelievedthatHuawei'sbusinesswouldbehurt.

“WehaveneverreceivedsucharequestfromtheChinesegovernmentandwehave

nevertriedtogetintoothersystemstocollectinfbrmation.^^RenZhengfei,Huawei'sfounder

（仓U办者）andpresidentsaid."ThisbanfromtheU.S.wouldhavelittleeffectonourcompany.

Huaweihasenoughabilitytodealwiththeproblems.^^Renadded.

Inaninterviewseveralyearsago,RenZhengfeisaid,“IstartedHuaweiwithonly

£4,000atthebeginning,butnowithasbecomea$100billioncompany.Theexperiencewas

notasromantic（浪漫的）asyouimagine.”

FacingthebanoftheU.S.,Huaweiisgrowing.Huawei'ssmartphonesalesaroundthe

worldrose50percentcomparedtothefirstthreemonthsof2019.Atthesametime,sales

frombothSamsungandApplefell.Sofar,Huaweihasgrownintotheworld'slargest

telecommunicationequipment（电信设备）supplier,sellingin170countries.Itmaybeat

Samsungasthelargestsmartphonemakerinthenearfuture.

5.Whichcompanyisthelargestsupplierof5Gintheworld?

A.Apple.B.Samsung.C.Huawei.D.Nokia.

6.WhydidtheU.S.orderabanonHuawei?

A.Huawei'ssalesinAmericaweregrowingfasterthanApple.

B.HuaweirefusedtosupplyservicestotheU.S.government.

C.Theydidn'twantAppletosellpartsandservicestoHuawei.

D.TheythoughtHuaweicollectedinformationfortheChinesegovernment.

7.TheunderlinedsentenceinParagraph4means.

A.Huawei'sdevelopingexperiencewashard

B.itisromantictostartacompanywith$4,000

C.theromanticexperiencewasalargeamountofwealth

D.peoplecanunderstandHuawei'sdevelopingexperienceeasily

8.Whatdoesthewriterwanttotellusinthelastparagraph?

A.Huaweiwillgrowslowly.

B.Huaweiisfullofhope.

C.Huawei9ssaleswillbedoubled.

D.Huaweiisthelargestsmartphonemaker.

Doyouwanttobeanewsreaderorapresenter?Byreadingthisyou'llknowhowto

takethefirststeptobeone!Makingaradioprogrammeisfun.

Themostimportantthingyouneedtodoistodecidewhatkindofprogrammeyouare

goingtooffer.HaveyoualwayswantedtobeaDJjusttoplaymusic?Ifso,whatkindof

music?Andwillotherswanttolistentothemusicyouwanttoplay?

Maybeit'snotmusicbutinformationthatyouwanttooffer.Youmaywanttodoatalk

showaboutaspecialsubject.Ifso,great!Choosingsomethingyou'reinterestedinwillmake

itagreatexperienceforyou.Ifyou'regoodatasubject,you'llbeknownasagreatpresenter.

Or,maybeyouwouldliketomakeaprogrammelikeaninterviewwithothers.

Programmeslikethisareeasytolistentoandalwaysinterestingtomakebecauseyou'll

neverknowwhataguestisgoingtosayandmaybeyoursubjectwillchange.

9.Thewriterthinksit'stomakearadioprogramme.

A.boringB.hardC.funD.difficult

10.Themostimportantthingyouneedtodoistodecide.

A.whentoofferB.whattoofferC.howtoofferD.wheretooffer

11.Whatdoesthewriterthinkofaprogrammelikeaninterviewwithothers?

A.Easytolistentoandinterestingtomake.

B.Hardtolistentobutinterestingtomake.

C.Easytolistentobutboringtomake.

D.Hardtolistentoandimpossibletomake.

12.Whatdoesthepassagemainlytalkabout?

A.TheimportantthingofmakingaTVprogramme.

B.Howtopractiseyourlisteningskills.

C.Thewaysoflisteningtoradioprogrammes.

D.Howtomakeyourownradioprogramme.

Whatdidpeopledotocommunicateinancienttimes?Herearesomeveryinteresting

answerstothisquestion.

Alphorns（B可尔卑斯长号）wereonceusedtocommunicateinthemountainsinSwitzerland.

Theyareverylongandtheyareveryheavy,too.So,alphornsarehardtoblow.Thenwhydo

peopleusethem?Well,theymakealoudsoundwhichtravelsmuchfurtherthanthehuman

voice.Herdsmen（牧民）usedthemtocallcowsinthedistanceformilking.Atsunset,

alphornswerealsousedtosendamessagedowntovillagersthatallwentwell.Thesedays,

they'remostlyusedasmusicalinstruments.

ThepeopleofLaGomera,anislandinEurope,havetheirownspecialwayofsending

messagesfrommountaintomountain.Theyuseawhistled（口哨的）languagecalledelsilbo,

whichcomesfromtheirlanguageSpanish.Whistlingcanbeheardwithinfivekilometers,

whichmeansitcanbeusedacrossmuchgreaterdistancesthanshouting.Elsilbocanbeused

forallkindsofmessages,includinggreetingsandannouncements.Elsilboisusedalotless

thanitusedtobe,buttheprimaryschoolstudentsinLaGomerahavetolearnit.

Didyouknowit'salsopossibletosendmessageswithoutmakinganoise?Thisiscalled

visualcommunication,anditincludestheuseofflagsandevensmoke.Longago,soldiers

alongtheGreatWallofChinausedsmokeasawarning.Iftheynoticedtheenemyfromtheir

signal（信号）tower,theylitasmokyfire.Whensoldiersinothertowerssawthesmokesignal,

theylitfirestoo.Inthisway,messagesabouttheenemy'sarrivalcouldtravelasfaras800km

injustafewhours.

13.Whatarealphornsmostlyusedfortoday?

A.Communicatinginthemountains.

B.Callingcowsformilking.

C.Sendingmessagesdowntovillagers.

D.Playingakindofmusic.

14.WhydothepeopleofLaGomerauseelsilbotocommunicate?

A.Becauseitcansendmessagestoanimals.

B.Becauseitisdifferentfromtheirlanguage.

C.Becauseitcanbeheardatagreatdistance.

D.Becauseitisasubjectforyoungstudents.

15.HowdidsoldiersalongtheGreatWallgetwarningmessagesbetweentowers?

A.Bylistening.B.Bywhistling.

C.Byshouting.D.Bywatching.

16.Whichofthefollowingbestshowsthestructureofthetext?（P=Paragraph）

Osmanthus（桂花）isoneofthemostbelovedautumnflowers.Itiswidelyplantedin

China,withaverylongplantinghistoryofmorethan2,500years.Thisfamousplanteven

appearedinTheClassicofMountainsandSeas（《山海经》）.AndthecityofHangzhou.

Suzhou,andGuilinseetheflowerastheircityflower,

Thename“osmanthus"comesfromtheGreek（希腊语）wordosma,meaning“sweet”

andanthos,meaning“flower”.Sincetheancienttimes,osmanthushasbeenasymbolofgood

things,likepeace,loveandhappiness.

Legend（传说）hasitthatthereisanosmanthustreeonthemoon.AmannamedWu

Gangisorderedtocutitdown.However,thetreecangrow.Wuhastokeeponcuttingit

againandagainonthemoon.

OsmanthusflowersbetweenSeptemberandOctober,anditiswhentheMid-Autumn

Festivaliscelebrated.Soosmanthushasbecomethebestflowerforpeopletoenjoywitha

fullmoon.Ithasbeenlovedbymanypoets,includingLiQingzhaoandYangWanlifromthe

SongDynasty.Yangwrotethatthesweetnessofosmanthusissocleanandrichthatifshard

tobelieveitcomesfromnatureandnotthemooninheaven.

TheChinesepeople'sloveforosmanthushasbecomeapartoftheirfoodculture.

OsmanthuswineandteaarepopulartraditionalChinesedrinks.Forthosewhohaveasweet

tooth,therearemanydifferentkindsoffoodmadewithosmanthusflowers.Theflowerof

osmanthuscanalsobecollectedtomakehoneyandjam.

17.HowlonghaveChinesepeopleplantedosmanthus?

18.Whyisosmanthusconsideredthebestflowertoenjoywithafullmoon?

19.Whatdrinkscanosmanthusflowersbemadeinto?

20.Whatflowerdoyoulikebest?Why?Write30wordsormore.

二、完形填空

Bike-sharingisanewchoiceforshortjourneysincities.Itisgoodtothe1

developmentofthebigcities.

A2byacompanyfoundthatsharedbikesstartedthenation's3forbikesagain.

NowmoreandmoreChinesepeopleare4bikesinsteadofcarstomakeshortjourneysin

cities.

Anengineerofthatcompanysaysthatsincethe5ofsharedbikes,peoplehavemade

fewertripsbycar.Theloveforsharedbikesisnotonlyamong6people,whowerebom

inthe1980sand1990s,butalsoamongpeopleoversixty.

Atweekends,thenumberoftheridersinShenzhenreachesthe7ofallcities.On

weekdays,thenumberofpeoplewhousesharedbikestotraveltoworkis8inShanghai.

Itissaidthatbike-sharingwillhelp9thecities9environment.Itnotonlyhelpssolve

thetrafficproblems,butalsowillhelptomakemoreuseof10incities.TakeBeijingas

anexampleifmorepeoplechoosesharedbikes,anareaoffiveBird'sNeststadiums（体育

场）willbesaved.

21.A.slowB.healthyC.harmfulD.sudden

22.A.ruleB.planC.reportD.suggestion

23.A.searchB.worryC.preparationD.love

24.A.choosingB.pushingC.repairingD.locking

25.A.endB.startC.controlD.fall

26.A.strongB.weakC.oldD.young

27.A.topB.sideC.comerD.line

28.A.comingoverB.puttingoffC.goingupD.givingaway

29.A.discoverB.separateC.experienceD.improve

30.A.airB.timeC.spaceD.money

三、短文填空题

31.Noonewakesupfeelinghappyeveryday.Veryhappypeoplearenotdifferent.

Theyneverstoptryingtobehappy.Herearesomeofthehabitsofhappypeople.

♦Theyslowdown.

Sometimeswethinktoomuch®,Happypeopleknowhowtoenjoythetasteof

theirmeal,enjoytheworld'scolors,evenjuststepoutsidetoenjoyfreshair.

.②______

Gettingyourbodymovingforaslittleas10minutescanmakeyouhappy.Happy

peopleexerciseregularlyandfollowthroughonitbecausetheyknowitwillhelpthemgetin

goodmood（情绪）andstayingoodmood.

♦Theyspendmoneyonotherpeople.

Researchshowsthatspendingmoneyonothersmakesyoumuchhappierthanspending

itonyourself.Thisisespeciallytrueofsmallthingsthatshoweffort,suchasgoingoutof

yourwaytobuyyourfriendabookthatyouknowheorshewilllike.

♦Theygetenoughsleep.

（3）Yourenergy,attentionandmemoryallgodownwhenyoudon'tsleepwell.

Happypeoplemakesleepafirstthingofall.

♦Theyhavedeepconversations.

Happypeopleknowthathappinessanddepthgohand-in-hand.Theyavoidsaying

mean（亥!J薄的）thingsaboutpeople.④Theytalkwithothersonadeeperlevel,

becausetheyknowdoingitfeelsgoodandisaninterestingwaytolearn.

A.Theyexercise.

B.Happinessmakesyoucreative.

C.Wedon'thavetimetolookaround.

D.Instead,theyfocusonmeaningfulrelationships.

E.Whenyousleep,yourbrainrestartsandcleansitself.

32.Mostplantswilldieiftheydon'thaveenoughwater.Butoneplant,①

（call）theresurrection（复丫舌）plantseemstocomebacktolife®theydie.This

plantcanstillbethereafteralongtimeofterribledrought（久旱）becauseittravelstolook

forwater.Manypeoplesaythatonedifferencebetweenplants®animalsisthat

animalsmovefromplacetoplace(4)(find)foodandwater,whileplantscannot.

Butinthedesert(沙漠)areasofAmericanWest,theresurrectionplantcanmovearoundto

getwhatitneeds.

Whenthere©(be)lotsofrain,theresurrectionplantgrowslikeanyother

plant.Itsendsroots什艮)downinto⑥groundandhasgreenleaves.Butwhenthere

islittlewater,theresurrectionplantpullsitsrootsbackupand©(dry)up.Itturns

toabrownballofseeminglydeadrootsandleaves.Thisbrownballgoesthroughthedesert

withthehelpofthewind.

Assoonasittoucheswater,theresurrectionplantbeginstoactlikeanormal(正常的)

plantagain.Its®(leaf)turngreenoncemoreasitstartstogrow.Itisresurrected

orbroughtbacktolifeagaininanewplace.(9)thisplantcanlivealongtimewith

nowater,it⑩(become)apopularhouseplantuntilnow.Foranyonewhoalways

forgetstowaterhisorherplants,theresurrectionplantcanbeafantasticgift

四、写作题

33.良好的习惯对于青少年的成长与成功发挥着重大的作用。学校论坛正在就此

话题在同学中展开调查。请你写一篇英语短文，向该论坛投稿，描述你的一或两种个

人习惯，并谈谈它(们)给你的成长与成功带来怎样的影响。

写作要求：

1.文中不得出现真实的人名、校名和地名；

2.语言准确，行文连贯，层次清晰，书写规范；

3.词数在80—100左右。

参考答案

1.答案：B

解析：词义推测题.线索句为:orangesinwarmerareaslikeVietnamandThailandstillstay

greenwhentheyarefullygrown.意为"如越南和泰国等更温暖的地方，那里的橙子在它

们完全成熟的时候仍然是绿色的."，结合句意可知，这里的they代指的是前面的

oranges,故选:B.

2.答案：D

解析：细节理解题，线索句为:Johndidn'texpecthisapplestobeeatenwhole,butrather

madeintohardapplecider（苹果酒），意为"约翰不期待他的苹果都能吃，而是想把它们

做成苹果酒”，结合句意可知，约翰期待他的苹果做成苹果酒，故选:D

3.答案：A

解析：细节理解题，线索句为:Wedidn'twanthimtohavemousehandsbecausehewas

supposedtobemorehuman,意为"我们不想要它长着老鼠的四肢因为他应该要更像人

类”，结合句意可知，让米老鼠带上手套，是为了使其不带着老鼠的四肢，继而显得更

像人类，故选:A.

4.答案：D

解析：细节理解题.A选项中提到，第一批橙子不是橙色的，在文中也有提及，即the

frstorangesfromSoutheastAsiawereactuallygreen（第一批来自东南亚的橙子实际上是绿

色的，），故排除A;B选项中提及，约翰的苹果不够甜，在文中有所提及，即the

applesonthosetreesweremuchmorebitter（苦的）thantheonesyou'dfindinthe

supermarket（那些树上的苹果比超市的更苦），故排除B;C选项中提及，沃尔特，迪士

尼给他的角色戴手套，是为了吸引人们的兴趣，这一点在文中有所提及，即Besides

beingeasiertointerest,there'sanotherreasonwhyDisneydidso（除了更容易使人感兴趣之

外，还有另一个目的）故排除C;而D选项中提及，猫前爪的脚趾比后爪的要少，这一

点不符合文意，文中提到catshavefivetoesonthefrontpaws（脚爪）,buttheirbackpaws

onlyhavefourtoes.（猫的前爪各有五个脚趾，但是它们的后爪各自只有四个脚趾），故

选:D.

5.答案：C

解析：细节理解题。线索句为:Inl987,asmallcompanynamedHuaweiwasstartedin

Shenzhen.Aftermorethan30yearsofdevelopment,Ithasalsobecometheworld'slargest

supplier（供应商）of5G.意为“1987年，深圳的一个叫做华为的小公司起步了，在30多

年的发展之后，它已然成为了世界最大的5G供应商。”，由此可见，华为目前是世界

上最大的5G供应商。故选:C。

6.答案：D

解析：细节理解题。线索句为:AmericanofficialssaidHuaweigaveinformationthatit

collectedtotheChinesegovernment.意为“美国高官表示，华为为中国政府采集信息”，

可见，美国政府给华为颁布禁令，是因为他们认为华为会为中国政府采集信息。故

选:D.

7.答案：A

解析：细节理解题。线索句为:Theexperiencewasnotasromantic（浪漫的）asyouimagine.

意为“这单经历不像你们想象的那般浪漫”，由此可见，这段奋斗的经历一定是艰苦

的、漫长的。故选:A。

8.答案：B

解析：段落把握题。线索句为:FacingthebanoftheU.S.Huaweiisgrowing.Itmaybeat

Samsungasthelargestsmartphonemakerinthenearfuture.意为''面对美国的禁令，华为仍

在进步，它也许会击败三星成为世界最大的手机制造商。”结合句意可知，华为面对困

境，仍然保持进步，可见其是一个充满希望的公司。故选:B。

9.答案：C

解析：细节理解题。根据Makingaradioprogrammeisfun!（制作一个广播节目很有趣!）

可知，作者认为制作广播节目很有趣。故选C。

10.答案：B

解析：细节理解题。根据Themostimportantthingyouneedtodoistodecidewhatkind

ofprogrammeyouaregoingtooffer.（你需要做的最重要的事情是决定你要提供什么样的

节目。）可知，是决定你要提供什么样的节目。故选B

11.答案：A

解析：细节理解题。根据Programmeslikethisareeasytolistentoandalwaysinteresting

tomakebecauseyou'llneverknowwhataguestisgoingtosayandmaybeyoursubjectwill

change.（像这样的节目听起来很容易，做起来也很有趣，因为你永远不知道一位客人会

说什么，也许你的话题会改变。）可知，作者认为像采访别人这样的节目既简单又有

趣。故选A。

12.答案：D

解析：主旨大意题。根据Doyouwanttobeanewsreaderorapresenter?Byreadingthis

youwillknowhowtotakethefirststeptobeone[Makingaradioprogrammeisfun!（你想成

为新闻播音员还是主持人?读了这篇文章，你就会知道如何迈出成为一个优秀的人的第

一步!制作广播节目很有趣!）以及通读全文可知，本文主要介绍了如何制作自己的广播

节目。故选D。

13.答案：D

解析：细节理解题。根据"Thesedays,they'remostlyusedasmusicalinstruments."可知，阿

尔卑斯长号现在大多被当作乐器使用。

14.答案：C

解析：细节理解题。根据"Whistlingcanbeheardwithinfivekilometers,which..."可知选

C项。

15.答案：D

解析：细节理解题。根据第四段的内容可知,长城沿线的士兵在信号塔之间通过观察获

取警告信息。

16.答案：A

解析：推理判断题。文章第一段引出“古代人的交流方式”这一话题，第二段介绍阿尔卑

斯长号，第三段介绍口哨语言，第四段介绍长城的狼烟，所以这篇文章是“总分结构”。

17.答案：Chinesepeoplehaveplantedosmanthusformorethan2,500years.

解析：

18.答案：BecauseosmanthusflowersbetweenSeptemberandOctober,anditiswhenthe

Mid-AutumnFestivaliscelebrated.

解析：

19.答案：Osmanthusflowerscanbemadeintoosmanthuswineandtea.

解析：

20.答案：Ilikerosesbest.Becausetheyarebeautifulandhaveawonderfulfragrance.

Theyalsosymbolizeloveandromance.

解析：

21.答案:B

解析：形容词辨析。A缓慢的，B健康的，C有害的，D突然地，根据developmentof

thebigcities（城市的发展），所以是健康的发展，故选B。

22.答案：C

解析：名词辨析。A规则，B计划，C报告，D意见，根据byacompanyfoundthat（公

司发现），所以是从公司的报告中发现，故选C。

23.答案：D

解析：名词辨析。A寻找，B担心，C准备，D热爱，根据sharedbikes（共享单车），由

此可知是唤醒了人们对自行车的喜爱之情，故选D。

24.答案：A

解析：动词辨析。A选择，B推，C修补，D锁上，根据insteadofcarstomakeshort

journeysincities（