2024-2025学年（上）南通八年级质量检测英语

1、路上车太多了，我们去坐地铁吧。

There’s too much traffic on the road. _______________________________________.

2、阅读下面短文，用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，并把完整的单词填在答题卡相对应的横线上。每词限用一次，每条横线只填一词。

Some students are talking about their vacations last month. Everyone had a great time. What did they do? Let’s have a look. Mary went to Guizhou with her family. They saw Huangguoshu Waterfall. It 【1】 wonderful. And they took quite a few 【2】. They had a good time there. And they wanted to go there next time. Ben didn’t do 【3】 special. Most of the time he just stayed at home to read and relax. He enjoyed reading books 【4】 at home. He could 【5】 about many things alone. As for Alice’s vacation, she 【6】 to go to Sanya with her sister and they did something fun there. It was her 【7】 time to go there, so everything was really interesting. She bought some gifts for 【8】 parents and herself. Her parents liked the gifts very much. Tim went to his 【9】 farm in the countryside with his family. The air was fresh and the sky was clean. They fed some hens and after dinner they walked around the farm. It was 【10】, and he didn’t feel bad although there were no computer games.

3、Susan did a survey on volunteering at the underground station last Sunday. (改成一般疑问句)

________ Susan ________ a survey on volunteering at the underground station last Sunday?

4、—Would you mind cleaning your room?

—.  I'll do it right away.

A. Not at all

B. Yes， of course

C. That's all

5、—Kate, there ________ an important contest in Shaodong next year.

—Wow, that’s great.

A．is going to be

B．has

C．is going to have

6、Sandy’s handwriting is ________, if not better than, Mike.

A．as good as

B．as well as

C．not as good as

D．not as well as

7、 You mustn’t go off on your own, because you______get lost in the mountains.

A. should   B. must   C. need   D. might

8、—Where is Linda? — She may be at home. But I’m not sure   it.

A.at B.about C.with

9、―Look at your cats! _______ are fighting again.

―Ew... It seems that it’s the only communication they have.

A．We

B．You

C．They

10、_____interesting film it is!

A．What   B．What an   C．How D．How an

11、—Could you please take the dog for a walk? I am busy now.

— ________, I also want to take a walk.

A．Yes, I could

B．No problem

C．No way

D．Better not

12、Please be quick, or we will have no time ____ have lunch.

A．to

B．in

C．on

D．/

13、London is a big city _______ lots of _______.

A．has; places of interest

B．with; interesting places

C．there are; places of interest

D．have; interesting places

14、We are encouraged to plant more trees _______ our country will be greener and more beautiful.

A．until

B．unless

C．so that

D．as long as

15、Why not________running and practise________ badminton? You will be healthier and healthier.

A.to keep; play B.to keep; playing C.keep; playing D.keep; to play

16、It was no use talking without ________ any action.

A．to take

B．takes

C．take

D．taking

17、—Tom, why not stop ________ a rest?

—Oh, no, Mum. It’s so exciting that I can’t stop ________ the kite.

A．having; flying

B．to have; to fly

C．having; to fly

D．to have; flying

18、He got ________ before he was famous.

A. a education   B. an education

C. few education   D. any education

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, Tom. You didn’t come to school yesterday. 【1】?

B: I was ill.

A: 【2】?

B: I feel much better. But I still feel weak and tired.

A: 【3】?

B: Yes, I did. The doctor gave me medicine and asked me to stay in bed for a few days.

A: 【4】?

B: Because I’m afraid I miss more lessons.

A: Don’t worry. 【5】.

B: That’s very kind of you.

20、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, Helen! Where did you go during the vacation?

B: I visited Zhengzhou with my parents.

A: It’s a beautiful city. 【1】?   

B: We visited some museums, like the Yellow River Museum. We also ate some delicious food.

A: Sounds good. 【2】?   

B: Yes, I like the food there. It tasted delicious.

A: Did you go to the Zhengzhou Zoo?

B: Yes, we did. We saw monkeys, tigers, lions and some other animals there. It was an interesting tour. 【3】?   

A: Well, I didn’t go anywhere. 【4】.

B: What did you do at home?

A: 【5】. Reading is my favorite hobby.

B: Oh, I like reading, too.

21、Why are dogs our best friends? Maybe because they can understand our words much better than we thought, according to a study in Hungary. It found that dogs understand not only what we say, but also how we say it. “The results were very exciting and surprising,” said researcher Attila Andes, from Eotvos Loran University in Budapest.

For the study, the researchers first trained 13 dogs for months. The dogs had to sit quietly inside machines, so that the researchers could check their brain activity. Then the researchers put headphones on dogs and played people’s voices to them. There were four different voices. Some were positive words, such as “well done”, or negative words like “however”. The words were also in different tones（语气）. Some were positive, some were neutral（中立的）and some were negative.

Brain scans（扫描）showed that the dogs could recognize words, as well as the tones of words, much like people do. The positive words with a positive tone brought the strongest activity in their brains’ reward centers（反应中枢）.” It shows that for dogs, a nice phrase can work very well as a prize, but it works best if both words and tones match,” said Andes.

They also found that dogs deal with meaningful words with the left side of the brain and tones with the right. Human brains work in the same way.

Andes said it gave us a new understanding of language. That is to say, not only do humans understand the meanings in words, but also other species do.”

【1】For the study, researchers did all of the following EXCEPT that ________.

A．they made dogs sit inside machines

B．they played with the dogs

C．they scanned the dog’s brain

D．they played people’s voices to the dogs

【2】For both dogs and humans, which side of the brain deals with tones?

A．The left side for both dogs and humans.

B．The left side for dogs and the right side for humans.

C．The right side for both dogs and humans.

D．The right side for dogs and the left side for humans.

【3】What is the main idea of the passage?

A．Dogs are humans’ best friends.

B．Dogs are talented in learning humans’ language.

C．Dogs can understand the meaning and emotion in words.

D．Dogs can also learn human’s language.

22、We always celebrated Dad’s birthday on Thanksgiving Day, even after he entered a nursing home. When we knew it might be his last birthday, the whole family decided to come together for a huge birthday celebration at the nursing home.

Dad was a good storyteller. But this time I told Dad that it was now his turn to listen to some stories for a change. One after another, people told old stories from their hearts, while Dad listened with tears in eyes. People recalled kinds of stories-stories about when they were little, stories about when Dad was young, and stories that shared family treasures.

Everyone seemed to have more than one story. Even the little grandchildren couldn’t wait to tell Dad why they loved him. For a man who had been kind to so many hundreds of people in his life, here was a chance to tell him how much we love him. A few months later, at Dad’s memorial service, we more fully realized what we had given to Dad that night. Those are the stories people normally tell at a funeral(葬礼)after a loved one is no longer alive to hear his life, and we had told them through laughter, together with hugs and joy. He had them to hold and enjoyed them from time to time in his mind during his last days and months.

That’s the way to give back love and that’s our chance to celebrate to a person in his or her life.

【1】The whole family decided to have a huge birthday celebration because ________

A．Dad was to leave the hospital.

B．It might be Dad’s last birthday.

C．They would celebrate Thanksgiving Day.

D．Dad was at the nursing home.

【2】They celebrated Dad’s birthday by ________.

A．listening to Dad about his story.

B．singing and dancing at the party.

C．telling stories about Dad from hearts.

D．sharing family presents with Dad.

【3】The writer fully realized what they had given to his father that night ________.

A．when Dad was still alive

B．at Dad’s memorial service

C．from time to time in his life

D．after Dad entered a nursing home

【4】Father enjoyed the memories of love and held them in his last days, didn’t he?

A．Yes, he did.

B．No, he didn’t

C．Yes, he didn’t

D．No, he did.

【5】We can learn from the passage that ________

A．We can tell stories to celebrate Thanksgiving Day.

B．We should show our love to those people we love in his or her life.

C．We should tell our love to those people we love when they are dying.

D．We should give back love to those people we love after their death.

23、A little girl was enjoying the beauty of the garden in her home. Her father had several precious（珍贵的）plants. He grew them with great care.

The girl was amazed by a plant full of fine flowers. She went near the plant and enjoyed the beauty of its flowers. Suddenly she noticed that the plant was growing in a heap of filth（污垢）. She could not stand the presence of dirt at the bottom of the plant with such beautiful flowers.

She worked out a plan to clean the plant. She pulled the plant with all her strength and uprooted（连根拔起）it. She then carried it to the room and washed the roots in water till all traces of dirt were washed away. She then placed the plant on a clean stone and went away, thinking that she had done a great thing.

Later, her father came to the garden and saw the uprooted plant. Its flowers and leaves had wilted（枯萎）and the plant had almost died in the sun. His little daughter ran to him to show him her achievement. “I have cleaned it, Daddy,” she said happily. “It was planted in dirty soil. Now it is clean.”

The father showed her how her treatment had almost killed the plant. He told her that he had collected the filthy soil and used it to cover the plant’s roots, as it was the best way to grow that plant. It could grow up healthily and produce fine flowers only if grown in filthy soil. So he put the plant into the dirt again. The girl was sad that the plant had suffered and withered by her cleaning.

【1】What is the right order for the following events?

①The girl cleaned the plant.

②The girl enjoyed the beauty of the flowers.

③The girl’s father came to the garden.

④The plant was put back into the dirt.

A．③①②④

B．①②④③

C．②①③④

D．①②③④

【2】How did the father respond to his daughter’s behavior?

A．He criticized and punished her.

B．He taught her how to protect plants.

C．He explained to her what she had done was wrong.

D．He told her to grow the same plant again.

【3】Why did the girl feel sad?

A．She should have followed her father’s advice.

B．She shouldn’t have washed the dirty soil away.

C．She should have helped her father collect the soil.

D．She shouldn’t have been so careless.

【4】What would be the best title for the passage?

A．A Girl’s Great Achievement

B．A Poor Father and His Daughter

C．A Little Girl and Her Plant

D．A Plant In Dirty Soil

24、根据短文内容及所给提示，在文中的空白处填写一个正确的单词。

Chinese schools are very different from British schools. In Britain（英国）, students have fewer classes.t【1】 in China. In Britain, classes s【2】 at about 9:00 a.m. and finish at about 3:30 p.m. British students also have  【3】(little) homework than Chinese students. This gives British students 【4】 (much) free time to go to school clubs.

In Britain, students【5】 (usual) wear a skirt or trousers, a jacket and a tie. Some people think this 【6】 (look) very smart, but others don’t think their【7】(uniform) look very nice. In Britain, students study the【8】 subjects as in China. Just like in China, different 【9】 (student) have different opinions（观点）about schools in Britain. Some students think that school is very【10】 ( interest), but some students think it is very boring.

25、假如你是李明。母亲节就要到了。请你用英语给妈妈写一张节日卡。表达一下你对妈妈的感激之情和美好的祝愿。

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