2023—2024学年辽宁省抚顺市望花区八年下学期期末英语试卷.doc

2023—2024学年辽宁省抚顺市望花区八年下学期期末英语试卷一、阅读理解(★★★) Nature FUN for Summer Holiday! Are you interested in the nature? Want to spend your summer vacation doing something interesting and useful? Take the CHANCE (机会)! We have two three-day summer programs for you. Join us and you can learn more about the nature. More information is as follows: Program AAge: 8—12Date: July 5th～7th, 2024Activities: day 1: visiting the farmday 2: mountain climbingday 3: forest picnicProgram BAge: 13—16Date: August 15th ～17th, 2024Activities: day 1: visiting the night zooday 2: camping by the seaday 3: fishing and picnic Cost: ￥366 for Program A including (包含) personal insurance (保险) ￥6 ￥466 for Program B including (包含) personal insurance (保险)￥6 TEL: 024-668716881. Who can take part in Program B? A．An 11-year-old boy and his classmates.B．A 16-year-old boy and his 8-year old sister.C．A 14-year-old girl and her parents.D．A 14-year-old girl and her twin (双胞胎) sister.2. What is the time to visit the night zoo? A．July 6th.B．July 7th.C．August 15th.D．August 17th.3. The activity on July 7th is ________. A．Fishing and picnic.B．Forest picnic.C．Visiting the farm.D．Visiting night zoo.4. 8-year-old Mary wants to take part in the program, how much should she pay? A．￥366.B．￥466.C．￥832.D．￥100. (★★★) There is a homeless cat named Bob. He lives in London. One day, he meets a man named James Bowen. Bowen takes Bob home. Bowen is poor. He lives by busking (街头卖艺). It is hard for him to keep Bob. But Bob is very cute. He attracts (吸引) more people to Bowen’s performances, helping him make more money. Later, they do many things together. This is the story of a book, A Street Cat Named Bob. It’s an autobiography by British writer James Bowen. In the book, Bowen tells about his life with Bob, as well as what things were like before he met the cat. He talks about his own hard life. A movie based on (基于) the book came out in 2016. Reading this book changed how I feel about homeless people. It helped me understand that each of them has a story to tell. Now I want to help the homeless.5. In which country does Bob meet Bowen? A．The United States.B．The United Kingdom.C．Australia.D．Canada.6. What happens to Bowen after he takes Bob home? A．He becomes homeless.B．He makes more friends.C．He makes more money.D．He starts to perform on the streets.7. According to Paragraph 2, what might the underlined word “ autobiography” mean? A．A book of pictures from real life.B．A book full of letters to famous people.C．A book about a famous person’s life.D．A book about the writer’s real life.8. How does the book change the writer of the passage? A．The writer wants to try busking.B．The writer becomes interested in cats.C．The writer starts to write about homeless people’s stories.D．The writer’s feelings about homeless people change. (★) About 400 years ago in China, there was a traveler. He spent over 30 years traveling across China. His name was Xu Xiake. Xu Xiake was from Jiangsu Province. When he was a child, Xu enjoyed reading books about the mountains and rivers in China. He was interested in them and he made a wish to see them when he grew up. At that time, many children studied hard to become officials. But Xu’s father never made him take any of these exams. He let his son go out to explore (探索). His mother made him a hat for traveling. Xu traveled to 21 provinces and over 100 cities in China. He climbed thousands of mountains and explored over 350 caves (山洞). Xu was the first person to find the highest peak (峰) of Mount Huangshan. Xu traveled mostly on foot. He slept and ate in the wild (野外). Sometimes he fell into rivers or ran into dangerous animals. But Xu was brave and he always enjoyed traveling. The book The Travel Diary of Xu Xiake is still popular today!9. Xu Xiake spent over ________ years traveling in China. A．10B．20C．30D．4010. What did Xu enjoy when he was a child? A．Climbing mountains.B．Traveling.C．Taking exams.D．Reading.11. Where did Xu sleep when he traveled? A．In the wild.B．In the cave.C．In the hotel.D．In the sleeping bag.12. What would be the best title of the passage? A．The Travel Dairy of Xu Xiake.B．A Cool Traveler in Ancient China.C．A Famous Writer in China.D．A Story of Xu Xiake’s Family. (★★★) One day, a little boy and a little girl were playing together in their neighborhood. The boy showed the girl his beautiful marbles (弹珠). In return (交换) their things—he would give her all of his marbles if she handed over all of her candy. The girl agreed. The boy gave the girl his marbles but secretly kept the most beautiful one in his pocket (口袋). The girl kept her promise and gave all her candy to the boy. That night, the girl felt really happy about the exchange. She went to bed with a big 。