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顺义区2023—2024学年度第二学期八年级教学质量检测
英语试卷
考生须知 1. 本试卷共10页，共两部分，共38题， 满分60分，考试时间90分钟。 2. 在答题卡上准确填写学校、班级、姓名和准考证号。 3. 试题答案一律填涂或书写在答题卡上， 在试卷上作答无效。 4. 在答题卡上， 选择题用2B铅笔作答， 其它试题用黑色字迹签字笔作答。 5. 考试结束， 请将答题卡交回。
第一部分
本部分共33题，共40分。在每题列出的四个选项中，选出最符合题目要求的一项。
一、单项填空 (每题0.5分，共6分)
从下面各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
1. Mrs Zhang's birthday is comIng. We want to make a cake for .
A. her B. him C. you D. them
2. The Shenzhou-17 astronauts returned to Earth safely April 30, 2024.
A. in B. at C. to D. on
3. — you remind Sally not to wear her school uniform for the picnic tomorrow
— OK. I' ll tell her.
A. Must B. Should C. Can D. Need
4. After taking basketball classes, David is much than last year.
A. strong B. stronger C. strongest D. the strongest
5. It was cloudy yesterday, we enjoyed ourselves in the park.
A. or B. so C. but D. for
6. —— do you visit your grandparents with your parents, Grace
— Twice a month.
A. How often B. How much C. How long D. How soon
7. — Where is Peter
— Look! He his father water the flowers in the yard.
A. helps B. will help C. has helped D. is helping
8. — Lucy, is your aunt a teacher
— Yes, she is. She English in this school for nearlv 20 years.
A. teaches B. is teaching C. has taught D. will teach
9. — What did you do last Sunday, Tina
—1 some volunteer service in the nursing home with my friends.
A. do B. did C. will do D. was doing
10. I a poster in my study when you called me.
A. make B. made C. am making D. was mak ng
11. If you do one thing at a time and stick to your plan, you some day.
A. will succeed B. succeed
C. succeeded D. have succeeded
12. — I missed the last English class. Could you tell me
— Yes. We talked about a detective story.
A. what did you discuss B. what you discussed
C. what will you discuss D. what you will discuss
二、完形填空 (每题1分，共8分)
阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。
“ Where could Michael be ”I wondered aloud.
Michael was my classmate. He liked playing pranks (恶作剧) on others.
He once put a sign that said “ Sing to Me!” on my back. It was terrible. Everywhere I went, people I didn't even know started 13 to me. When I realized what was happening, I got really angry.
Another time, he embarrassed (使尴尬) Nicole during sharing time. Nicole was shy. She never shared; she always said,“ Pass.” But what did Michael do when it was his turn to share He asked,“ Did everybody 14 how Nicole’s new blue dress matches her eyes ”Nicole s face turned bright red. Poor Nicole!
It was Children's Day that day. We always made cards for each other on that day. I was sure Michael was up to something somewhere, because he always was. No way was I going to let him pull a prank — 15 someone's Children's Day.
I looked for him everywhere. The lunch break was almost over. I must find him and stop him. When I got to the classroom, there was Michael Peterson, at Michael Rogers's desk, 16 his box!
“ Hurry and help me,” said Michael as soon as he saw me.
At first, I thought he was stealing Children's cards from Michael Rogers's box. However, the more I watched, the more 17 I became. He was putting some cards in.
Seeing my expressions, he told me that he found Michael Rogers's box was empty when he was passing
out his Children's cards. Michael Rogers was new and Mrs Karcher must have forgotten to put his 18 on the list, so nobody made him a card.
I suddenly realized I had also forgotten to prepare a card for Michael Rogers.
“ But everyone made one for me,” Michael continued, “ So I'm giving him my 19 since we' ve got the same name— Michael.”
I stood there, not quite believing what I was hearing. “ Is Michael Peterson the one who always pulled pranks on us ”I asked myself. Maybe he was kind of 20 ... n a hidden sort of way.
13. A. dancing B. s ng ng C. smiling D. explaining
14. A. mind B. record C. notice D. decide
15. A. catching B. meeting C. spending D. ruining
16. A. searching B. cleaning C. hiding D. choosing
17. A. excited B. moved C. puzzled D. tired
18. A. secret B. hobby C. address D. name
19. A. signs B. cards C. lists D. desks
20. A. sweet B. shy C. happy D. brave
三、阅读理解 (每题2分，共26分)
(一) 阅读下列学校的课程介绍，请根据人物喜好和需求匹配最适合的课程，并将课程对应的A、B、C、D选项填在相应位置上。选项中有一项为多余选项。
A
School Programs
A Hillbrook School Music Program is offered all year round to students of grades 7–9. You can choose violin lessons or piano lessons. Enjoy our beautiful school with gardens and playgrounds. Tel: 650-968-5957 www. B Emerson School Sports Program for students of grades 4–6 starts in January! Woodshop Program starts on January15th. Students of grades 7–9 are welcome. Tel: 650-903-0986 www.emerson.com
Monarch School Group classes in art are offered every day. Nice and patient teachers are waiting for you. Monthly shows and weekly classes with guest artists. Art Program for beginners only. Tel: 650-720-1677 www. Almaden School Every child can be different and special. Our Development Program helps students of grades 7–9 improve thinking skills through math, science, life skills, cultural activities and fun games. Tel: 650-403-3575 www.almaden.com
I'm interested in group classes in art and I'd like to have classes with patient teachers.
I enjoy beautiful music a lot and want to learn how to play the piano.
I love science and fun games very much and I want to improve my thinking skills.
(二) 阅读下列短文，根据短文内容，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。
B
A Teenage Surfer
My son Leon's passion (热衷的爱好) for surfing began at the age of 13. Before and after school each day, he put on his wet suit, picked up his equipment, swam out beyond the surf line and waited to be challenged by his three- to- six- foot friends.
One afternoon, the lifeguard reported over the phone to my husband Wilson that Leon's eye was badly injured (受伤) by his board. Wilson rushed him to the hospital, where he received 26 stitches (缝针) from the corner of his eye to the bridge of his nose.
I was on an airplane flying home from a meeting while Leon's eye was being stitched. Wilson drove directly
to the airport after they left doctor's office. He greeted me at the gate and told me Leon was waiting in the car.
“ Leon ”I questioned. I remember thinking the waves must have been bad that day.“ He’s been in an accident, but he’s going to be fine,” said my husband. A travelling working mother's worst nightmare (噩梦) had come true. I ran to the car so fast that the heel of my shoe broke off. I s wung open the door to see that my youngest son had a patch (眼罩) over his eye and was leaning toward me crying,“ Oh, Ma,I'm so glad you' re home.”I cried in his arms, telling him how awful I felt about not being there when the lifeguard called.“ It's okay, Mom,” he comforted me.“ You don't know how to surf anyway.”
“ What ”I asked, confused by his logic. “I' ll be fine. The doctor says I can go back in the water in eight days,” said my son. I wanted to tell him he wasn't allowed to go near water again until he was 35, but instead, I bit my tongue and hoped he would forget about surfing. For the next seven days, he kept pressing me to let him surf again. One day after I had repeated“ No” to him for the 100th time, he beat me at my own game.“ Mom, you taught us never to give up what we love,” he said.
And I gave in.
Back then, Leon was just a boy with a passion for surfing. Now he's a man with a passion for surfing. And he's a man with a responsibility. He is one of the top 25profess onal surfers in the world. Passionate people st ck to what they love and never give up.
24. What happened to Leon one afternoon while surfing
A. He lost hu s surfboard.
B. He saved another surfer.
C. He was injured by his board.
D. He was warned by the lifeguard.
25. What did Leon's mother hope after his accident
A. He should find a new hobby.
B. He must take surfing lessons.
C. He would forget about surfing.
D. He could surf again immediately.
26. What can we learn from Leon
A. Always listen to your parents. B. Stay away from danger.
C. Follow the doctor's advice strictly. D. Never give up on what you love.
C
Can plants talk Modern research has found something amazing: they do communicate with each other.
It has been known for some time that plants use chemicals (化学物质) to communicate with each other. This happens when a plant gets attacked (攻击) by insects. The plant gives out chemicals from the leaves that are being eaten. This is like a warning, or a call for help:“I'm being attacked!” When another plant gets the chemicals, it starts to give out its own, different chemicals. Some of these chemicals drive insects away. Others attract the wasps (黄蜂)! The wasps kill the insects that are eat ng the plants. Scientists hope to learn more about this plant warning system, so that we can use it to grow more crops.
More surprisingly, plants also use sound to communicate. People can't hear these sounds, but plants are making them. Some plants make noises with their roots. Corn and chili (辣椒) plants do this. Some trees make click ng noises when there is not enough water.
Most surprisingly of all, plants have an amazing system of communication that can link nearly every plant in a forest. Scientists call this system the“ wood wide web” The wood wide web is linked underground by fungI (霉菌). It links the roots of different plants to each other. It is in some ways similar to the Internet we use. Using the wood wide web, plants can share information and even food with each other. However, it may lead to bad effects. Plants may use it to steal food from each other, or spread chemicals to attack other plants. Perhaps one day sc ent sts will learn how to create a“ firewall” to help prevent these attacks within the wood wide web.
Scientists are learning more every day about the secret ways in which plants talk to each other. Maybe one day we will know enough about plant communication to be able to“ talk” with them ourselves.
27. When plants are attacked by insects, they will .
A. produce chemicals as a warning or a call for help
B. send out chem cals to humans to ask for help
C. control the wasps to kill the insects
D. kill the insects by themselves
28. What's the structure of the passage
29. Which of the follow ng would be the best title for the passage
A. How Plants Give Warnings
B. The Secret Language of Plants
C. Why Scientists Do Research about Plants
D. The Study about the Plant Warning System
D
The Secret of Humans Beating AI
“ Dear Afu, who is Beyonce ”
“ Beyonce is an American singer, songwriter, actress, record producer, and dancer, who set a record with 32 Grammy wins...”
“ Good. Tell me how I can have two girlfriends.”
“ Are you crazy If you do that, your secret won't go undiscovered!”
This was a conversation I had in a WeChat group called“ Talking with your robot”, an account based on Chat Generative Pretrained Transformer technology. To me, the respondent was no different than a real person. ChatGPT as the new- generation talking AI has impressed global users, me included, ever since it surfaced online on Nov 30, 2022.
The new feature (功能) can answer questions, do translations, summarize essays and even draft codes for a computer program. It is as good as a human living inside a computer.
ChatGPT is making life very convenient. A time might come when one hands it content and it produces a well- made PowerPont presentation. That could, however, mean job losses (失业). After all, if a computer program can write code, then it would make a programmer redundant.
That may be a worry, but it is still premature. ChatGPT has more advanced (先进的) learning features, but it still follows the same technological path. Its biggest advantage lies in the ability to carefully examine an ocean of data and rebuild words into a language, but it's still not that creative.
Artificial intelligence (人工智能) can quickly draw a picture, but that picture will be based on pictures it is fed. It can also write science fiction, but based on content about the future that it has read.
In comparison (比较), a human brain imagines the future and then puts in efforts to realize it. AI can imag ne a future with faster spaceships, but it can't imagine a world of space elevators as humans can. So, there is no need to worry too much. By being creative there will be plenty of opportunities for humans to score over AI.
30. What's the purpose of the dialogue in the beginning
A. To introduce the features of ChatGPT.
B. To explore the creative abilities of humans.
C. To explain how artificial intelligence works.
D. To discuss the advantages of having two girlfriends.
31. The word“ redundant” in Paragraph 7 probably means“ ”.
A. unknown B. advanced C. creative D. unneeded
32. What can we learn from the passage
A. AI can paint whatever you want.
B. ChatGPT can create new words by itself.
C. AI can try its best to make its dream come true.
D. ChatGPT can translate one language into another.
33. Which of the follow ng statements would the writer agree with
A. AI can take the place of humans.
B. Humans can beat AI with creativ ty.
C. AI can share its experiences with humans.
D. Humans can imagine a world of space elevators as AI.
第二部分
本部分共5题，共20分。根据题目要求，完成相应任务。
四、阅读表达 (第34-36题每题2分, 第37题4分, 共10分)
阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题。
Teens like to work out in their daily life, like running, playing basketball or soccer. But we don't often think of martial arts as a possible activity, instead, we rule it out because we think it's dangerous, uncommon, and even, impossible.
Well, here's some good news: you' re wrong! Martial arts is much more common than people think, and you can start learning. at any age. Practicing martial arts is a great way to keep in shape( both physically and mentally). And it's much less scary and much less difficult than it's usually portrayed (描绘) as in movies, so worry not, you don't need to be the karate kid to have a blast! Let's look at what you can usually expect from martial arts of any style.
Good martial arts generally requires you to focus on the posIt on and movement of every one of your limbs (四肢), sometimes even your breathing too. Think about it: when you leave the gym, your mental state has improved and you are much calmer. This is because you' ve only paid attention to one activity. It is a great way to clear your head, and practice can help you learn to stay more focused in general ( say, when you start your schoolwork afterwards).
Long series of choreographed moves ( including when to breath in and out) called forms are often described as“ moving meditation (冥想)”; they' re meditative in the same way doing repeated moves is, but much more so. Martial arts practice can be as slow or as intense (激烈的) as you want, but it's always extremely attractive.
Martial arts also improves your coordination (协调性) , and greatly improves your posture. I have personally seen students go from slouching (低头垂肩地站) and knocking things over to walking tall with their shoulders back in just a couple of months.
There are many styles and countless subtypes and mix- ups of martial arts. Whichever one appeals to you, know that all of them are good choices, competitive or not.
34. What is a great way to keep in shape
35. Why are you much calmer when you leave the gym
36. What happens to students slouch ng and knock ng th ngs over in just a couple of months
37. Would you like to work out martial arts after reading the passage Why or why not ( Please give two reasons. )
五、文段表达 (10分)
38. 从下面两个题目中任选一题，根据所给提示，完成一篇不少于50词的英语文段写作。文中已给出内容不计入总词数。所给提示词语仅供选用。请不要写出你的校名和姓名。
题目①
假如你是李华，你的英国笔友 Chr s对中国的传统节日很感兴趣。他给你发来邮件，想了解一下中国的传统节日。请你用英语回复一封邮件，介绍一个你最喜欢的中国传统节日，内容包括你最喜欢的中国传统节日是什么，在这个节日通常都做些什么，以及你喜欢这个节日的原因。
提示词语: the Spring Festival, watch, dumplings, get together, important
提示问题: What's your favorite Chinese traditional festival
What do you usually do dur ng the festival
· Why do you like it
Dear Chris, How is it going I'm glad to introduce my favorite Chinese trad t onal festival to you.
If you want to know more, please let me know. Yours, Li Hua
题目②
某英文网站正在开展以“我最想感谢的人”为主题的征文活动，假如你是李华，请用英语写一篇短文投稿，谈谈谁是你最想感谢的人，他/她是怎样帮助你的，以及你的收获。
提示词语: trouble, encourage, improve, stick to
提示问题: ● Who do you want to thank most
How did he/ she help you
What have you learned from him/ her
In my life, many people helped and influenced me a lot.一、单项填空
1. A
2. D
3. C
4. B
5. C
6. A
7. D
8. C
9. B
10. D
11. A
12. B
二、完形填空
13. B
14. C
15. D
16. A
17. C
18. D
19. B
20. A
三、阅读理解
（一）
21. C
22. A
23. D
（二）
24. C
25. C
26. D
（三）
27. A
28. A
29. B
（四）
30. A
31. D
32. D
33. B
四、阅读表达
34. Practicing martial arts is a great way to keep in shape.
35. Because we've only paid attention to one activity when practicing martial arts and it is a great way to clear our head.
36. They go from slouching and knocking things over to walking tall with their shoulders back.
37. Yes, I would. Because practicing martial arts can help me keep in shape both physically and mentally. Also, it can improve my coordination and posture.

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