2024-2025学年（上）茂名市八年级质量检测英语

1、这对老夫妻已婚半个世纪。

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2、阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词，每词限用一次。

As a man was passing the elephants, he suddenly stopped. To his surprise, he found that a small rope (绳子) 【1】 each of the elephants’ front legs together. They were not in cages (兽笼). It was 【2】 that the elephants could break away from the rope but for some reason, they did not.

He saw a trainer and went to ask 【3】 these elephants didn’t try to leave. “Well,” the trainer said, “when they were very young and much smaller, we used the rope in the same 【4】 to tie them. At that time, it was hard enough to hold them. As they grow up, they 【5】 the rope can still hold them, so they never try to break free.”

The man 【6】 very surprised. These elephants could break free from the rope at any time 【7】 because they believed they couldn’t, they just stayed right where they were.

【8】 the elephants, how many of us fail to do something simply because we didn’t 【9】 in doing it once before?

Failure (失败) is part of learning. We should 【10】 give up fighting.

3、Tom is the most popular student in our class. （改为同义句）

Tom is ________ popular ________ any other student in our class.

4、They often had a great time_______sports before. But now they have no time_______

any sports.

A. doing; doing   B. to do; doing   C. to do; to do   D. doing; to do

5、—Danny went to the gym yesterday.        

—_____________.

A．So Jenny did

B．So did Jenny

C．Jenny did so

D．So did Danny

6、I prefer ________ to ________ .

A．swim, skating.

B．to swim, skate.

C．swimming, skating.

7、—What do you think of the TV program?

—________

A．I don’t think so.

B．I can’t stand it.

C．I agree with you.

8、—Is this photo taken in Yunnan?

—Yes, you can see beautiful snow mountains in the ________ of the photo.

A．environment

B．background

C．subject

D．introduction

9、—My brother’s never been late for work, ______?

—______. He is a hard-working man.

A．is he; Yes, he is

B．isn’t he; No, he isn’t

C．has he; Yes, he has

D．has he; No, he hasn’t

10、—Bruce, do you skate ?

—No, seldom.

A. many B. much C. more D. most

11、—I love the Internet. I can make many friends on it.

—________. Few of them would become our real friends.

A．That’s for sure

B．You’d better not be so sure

C．I couldn’t agree more

D．I’m happy to know that

12、 The air in Taizhou is getting ________ cleaner now than a few years ago.

A. very   B. more

C. quite          D. much

13、It will take us too long hours to drive from Shijiazhuang to Guangzhou, so let’s fly ________.

A．alone

B．instead

C．perhaps

D．lonely

14、Jackie told me not ________ too much noise because the little baby was sleeping.

A. make B. to make C. making D. made

15、—How long may I ________ the book?

—Just one day, I will return it to Mary tomorrow.

A．keep

B．borrow

C．lend

D．kept

16、Sixty percent of the students often   the Internet, but none of them   it for studying.

A.use, uses B.uses, uses C.uses, use D.use, used

17、Our Chinese teacher advised us ________ up even if we made mistakes in our writing work.

A. not to give   B. not giving   C. doesn’t give

18、We may lose the game we don't work together.

A. until B. since C. if D. unless

19、C）根据句子内容，从下面方框中选择适当的短语填空，使句子内容完整正确。

A: What did you do during the May Day Holiday?

B: Believe it or not, I 【1】 the marathon in our city.

A: Sounds great! What did you do then?

B: First, we 【2】. Then we were able to 【3】 for foreign athletes.

A: What 【4】 it was! Why were you willing to give up your spare time?

B: Because it is better to give than to take. Moreover, athletes and volunteers 【5】 felt like part of one big family.

20、A: What’s wrong with you, young man?

B: Doctor, I’ve got a bad headache and I have a cold.

A:【1】

B: I don’t know.

A: Well. I’d better take your temperature.

B: Is it serious?

A: No. 【2】It’s nothing serious. You’ve had a bad cold.

B: 【3】

A; Yes, Take this medicine three times a day and drink a lot of water.

B: Shall I come again?

A: Yes.【4】

B: Shall I go to a party this afternoon?

A: 【5】 Stay in bed and take a good rest.

A. Should I take any medicine?

B. fine, I’m well.

C. You’d better not.

D. Do you have a fever?

E. I’m sorry to hear that.

F. I’m sure you’ll be all well in a day or two.

G. Don’t worry.

21、

Dear Dongdong,

I have been in Hong Kong for a whole week and I will stay here for another week. Hong Kong is really a great place to visit. There is so much to see and do here. And I have done so many wonderful things.

I’ve taken the cable car(缆车) to The Peak Galleria(山顶广场). I’ve been to Hong Kong Racing Museum. I’ve learned a lot about horse racing there. I’ve also visited Ladies’ Street. In the street, I bought some beautiful clothes for my mother. Last night, I went to a Chinese concert.

Chinese traditional music has always been my favourite. This morning I went to Hong Kong Ocean Park and watched the dolphin show there. Dolphins are so clever. They can jump from the water to touch a ball, sway(摇摆) their bodies to the music, kiss people and even do maths. Mr. Host is going to take me to an Italian film festival in Hong Kong Cultural Center tomorrow. I’m so excited because I have never seen an Italian film before.

That’s all. Hope to hear from you soon.

Yours,

Daming

【1】Daming hasn’t been to ________ yet.

A．The Peak Galleria

B．Hong Kong Racing Museum

C．the Italian film festival

D．the Chinese concert

【2】In ________, Daming learned something about horse racing.

A．Hong Kong Ocean Park

B．Hong Kong Racing Museum

C．Hong Kong Cultural Center

D．Ladies’ Street

【3】Dolphins can’t ________.

A．ride bicycles

B．kiss people

C．do maths

D．dance

【4】According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

A．Daming has planned to stay in Hong Kong for two weeks.

B．This morning Daming went to watch the dolphin show.

C．Daming likes Chinese traditional music very much.

D．Daming has seen an Italian film before.

【5】The passage mainly talks about ________.

A．a trip to Hong Kong

B．an Italian film festival

C．the horse racing in Hong Kong

D．a trip to The Peak Galleria

22、

In 2003, China sent its first astronaut, Yang Liwei, into space. Since then, 13 Chinese astronauts have “reached for the stars”. Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping and Ye Guangfu are three of them. They carried out the latest Shenzhou XIII mission. And they gave us a wonderful live class from the Chinese space station on 9th this month. Have you ever dreamed of becoming an astronaut like them? How did they get there?

To be an astronaut, you need to be very healthy. Good eyesight, a strong heart and lungs are important. You’d better not have other small problems. For example, a decayed tooth could get worse in space and bring trouble to astronauts, as Pang Zhihao, a space scientist, told the Beijing Morning Post.

You also need to become stronger with hard training. You must fly more than 600 hours without accidents. Besides, you need to build your muscles as strong as athletes by running and swimming. You will also wear a 200-kilogram suit and do tasks underwater for six or seven hours without eating or going to the toilet. This is like doing tasks during a spacewalk.

Knowledge is important as well. Astronauts take 60 courses to get ready for a mission, including math, English, spacecraft design, physics and many more. So they will know what to do when emergencies happen during the mission.

【1】Among all the 13 Chinese astronauts, ________ is the first astronaut into space.

A．Yang Liwei

B．Zhai Zhigang

C．Wang Yaping

D．Ye Guangfu

【2】Who can most probably be an astronaut?

A．Mary—She is healthy and just has a decayed tooth.

B．Tom—He flies 1000 hours with only one accident.

C．James—He is able to do tasks underwater for more than eight hours with no stop.

D．John—He is good at music and physics.

【3】Which of the following shows the structure (结构) of the passage?

A．

B．

C．

D．

【4】In the following part after this text, what will the writer most probably talk about?

A．How to keep healthy.

B．How to train hard.

C．How to deal with emergencies.

D．How to get to the space.

23、MOVIE GUIDE FRIDAY

【1】What kind of movies is Chang An ?

A．Comedy.

B．Cartoon.

C．Action movie.

D．Science Fiction.

【2】________ shows an old Chinese story about a brave girl.

A．Mulan.

B．Chang An

C．Hi, Mom

D．The wandering Earth

【3】________ wrote “Hi, Mom”.

A．Li Bai

B．Mulan

C．Jia Ling

D．Li Huanying

【4】You can see the movie “The Wandering Earth” at ________.

A．9:00 a.m.

B．11:00 a.m.

C．1:00 p.m.

D．2:00 p.m.

24、   Last August,our class 【1】 (决定) to do something special .We went to Mount Tai. After 3 hours，my legs were 【2】 tired that I wanted to stop. My classmates. told me to keep 【3】 (go). At last，we spent 5 hours 【4】 (climb)to the top. we j.【5】 up and down in excitement. What a happy day we had.

25、你的外国朋友来中国看望你，刚好碰到疫情，被隔离在酒店20 多天，情绪非常低落，给你发了一份E-mail，请你根据信件的内容，给他写一封回信。（80 词，要点提示 1.健康饮食 2. 规律运动 3.……，注意书信格式。）

Dear Tom,

I’m so upset these days. I don’t feel like eating. What’s worse, I can’t sleep well at night.

What can I do? What can affect you feelings? What do you often do when you are sad?

Hope to see you soon.

Yours,

David

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