2023—2024学年河南省许昌市襄城县八年级下学期期末英语试卷.doc

2023—2024学年河南省许昌市襄城县八年级下学期期末英语试卷一、阅读理解(★) Volunteers Are NeededClean the People’s Park!We need five people who are strong and can help clean up the People’s Park. We need help to collect rubbish. If you are free for four hours this weekend, come and join us!Tel: 0398-8651518Email: park699@Teach Music!We need three volunteers to work as music teachers in SOS Children’s Village. You need to be good at singing and dancing. You also need to be glad to accept different opinions. That is to say, you need to be open-minded with a loving heart.If you are free for two hours every weekend, join us!Tel: 0398-8858518Email: lovekids@Help Old People!We need four volunteers to help at Xinxin Nursing Home. You need to be good with old people. Your job is to wash clothes for them. If you can spare three hours on May 6th, come and join us!Tel: 0398-8656869Email: homelove@根据材料内容选择最佳答案。

1. What are volunteers asked to do in the People’s Park? A．Teach music.B．Learn music.C．Collect rubbish.D．Wash clothes.2. What does the underlined word “open-minded” mean in Chinese? A．思想开明的B．乐于助人的C．性格外向的D．积极主动的3. If you want to help at Xinxin Nursing Home, you can call ________. A．0398-8651518B．0398-8656869C．0398-8858518D．0398-86566894. How many volunteers are needed in total according to the text? A．Three.B．Four.C．Five.D．Twelve.5. Where can we probably read the text? A．In a textbook.B．In a storybook.C．In a newspaper.D．In a science report. (★★★) A friend wrote me a letter a few weeks ago. He felt upset and ended his letter with the words, “We can’t really change the world we live in, can we?” I replied to him and started my letter with the sentence (句子), “Yes, we certainly can!” I can still remember someone who changed me. She was the music teacher at my primary school. She was good at playing the guitar. I wanted to impress (给……留下好印象) her. However, I didn’t know how to play the guitar. One day, she let me try playing her guitar. I did my best, but I couldn’t play it well. I put my head down and felt unhappy. “I think I’m not talented,” I told her. She looked at me with a kind smile and said, “We’re all good at something. You just need to find out what you’re good at. Then you can share it with the world.” Those simple words changed me. They planted a seed (种子) in my mind and it continues to grow now. They made me know that I could do well in something. I just had to find it and share it. Can we change the world? Yes, we can. We can make it a little different through one idea or kind act at a time. All we need to do is try our best.根据材料内容选择最佳答案。

6. What can we know about the writer’s music teacher? A．She often wrote to the writer.B．She changed the writer a lot.C．She taught the writer to play the guitar.D．She was good at playing all kinds of guitars.7. How did the writer feel after playing the guitar? A．Excited.B．Relaxed.C．Sad.D．Surprised.8. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? A．The music teacher was very friendly.B．The writer played the guitar very well.C．The music teacher shouted at the writer.D．The writer didn’t like his music teacher.9. What can we learn from the fourth paragraph? A．You’re the best and the strongest in the world.B．You can do anything well as long as you try your best.C．Everyone should smile at life although he/she meets with difficulties.D．Everyone is good at something and he needs to find it and share it.10. What’s the best title for the passage? A．One Simple ActB．My Favorite TeacherC．Making the World DifferentD．How to Be a Successful Man (★★★★) The elephant is the biggest and strongest animal on land now, but on earth the biggest animal is the blue whale (鲸鱼). They live in the oceans around the world. Most blue whales can live for more than 80 years. But now, sadly, many whales are dying from one thing: plastic (塑料). Human beings use too much plastic. People are polluting the oceans. When you throw plastic away, it doesn’t just disappear. Over 90 percent of the world’s plastic doesn’t get recycled (循环). A lot of plastic ends up in the ocean. Most of the whales do not know the danger of plastic. They think it is food. But in fact, plastic is poisonous (有毒的). Last year, a whale died with 40 kilograms of plastic in his stomach. Worse still, whales can easily become entangled (缠住) in plastic in the ocean, such as waste fishing net s and rubbish. They can cause hurt. Whales have to spend lots of energy swimming with those heavy loads (负载). It’s important for us to protect blue whales. Please stop using too much plastic! Maybe one plastic bag or one coffee cup won’t make a big difference. However, when all the people all over the world start to use a little less plastic, it will make a huge difference to whales and, one day, to humans as well!根据材料内容选择最佳答案。

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