广东省广州市番禺区祈福英语实验学校2022-2023学年八年级上学期期末插班考试英语试题.docx

广东省广州市番禺区祈福英语实验学校2022-2023学年八年级上学期期末插班考试英语试题学校:姓名：班级：考号：一、完形填空Do you feel nervous while taking a test? Anne White, a girl studied at Colorado University first had a problem taking tests when she began college. “Once I was well prepared for my English test. But when I took 2 test, I was almost unable to think. I found I could not answer the questions 3 because of nervousness and fear. My low grade did not show 4 to my teacher.The same experience happened to 5 student, Tom Smith. He said, "My first chemistry test was very 6 Then, on the second test, I sat down to take it 7 nervous that I was shaking. It was hard to hold my pencil with my hands 8 up and down quickly. I knew the material and I knew the answers. Yet I couldn't write 9 down.These two young students were experiencing something called test anxiety （焦虑）. Because when a student worries about a test, his or her mind does not work 10 as it usually does. The student fails to write or think with a clear mind because of nervousness. 11 poor grades are often a result of poor study habits, sometimes test anxiety causes the low grades too.Experts are trying to help these students 12 teaching them how to do with test anxiety. At some universities, students take tests to measure （测量）their anxiety. If the testsshow their anxiety is high, the students can take short lessons 13 them deal withtheir nervousness. They 14 to become calm and relax their bodies. If they controltheir nervousness, their minds can work better. Learned information then 15 out on atest in a much easier way.1. A. what2. A. a3. A. correctB. whomB. anB , correctly4. A. what did I learntB. what I learntC. whoC. theC. more correctlyC , what do I learnD. whichD. /D. correctnessD. what I learnYouhim. It will make him feel bad.54 .通常，从这开车到广州图书馆需要大约30分钟。In general,about 30 minutes to Guangzhou library.55 .另外，这本书值得一读。, the book is.六、材料作文56 .“直播进校园，精彩等你来！ ”学校正在筹备校园直播节目，请为节目单补充相 关内容，并为直播节目写一篇宣传稿，向学生会投稿。School online shows节目名称节目内容名人堂(GreatMinds)令讲述名人故事A目的：向名人学习悦读会(HappyReading)令分享好书»目的：解忧吧(HelpfulAdvice)令倾听烦恼»目的：健康馆(HealthyLife)令内容：A目的：注意:1 .词数80-120个左右(文章开头已给出，不计入词数，请根据要点适当发挥)；2 .不得透露学校、姓名等任何个人信息，否则不予评分。School online showsIn order to make our school life more colourful, our school plans to hold some online shows. Here I will introduce some of them.First, we will have a show called Great Minds.6. A. difficultyB.difficultlyC. difficultD. more difficult7. A. tooB.quiteC. suchD. so8. A. movingB.movesC , to moveD. moved9. A. theyB.themC. theirD. theirs10. A. as goodB.so wellC so goodD. very well11. A. UnlessB.HoweverC. AlthoughD. Because12. A. fromB.forC. ofD. by13. A. to helpB.helpsC. helpD. helping14. A. trainB.have trainedC. is trainedD. are trained15. A. comesB.comeC , cameD. would comeIt happened when I was a little girl. I can remember neither the beginning nor the end, but whenever I think of it, tears run down my face.When I was young, my family led a（n） 16 life in the country. As you can imagine, many country roads are difficult to walk on. One evening after visiting some relatives, the weather got very bad. It began to 17 on our way back home. Dad carried me on his back. Mom gave her overcoat to my brother. We walked together through the rain for more than an hour.I was heavy at that time and Dad must be 18 to hold me for such a long time. He almost fell down many times. In hope of 19 my father's burden （负担），I tried to walk by myself, but I achieved nothing since I was just a little kid.When we arrived home, the inside of our house was 20 with rain water. The rain had come through our leaky （有裂缝的）roof and water was everywhere. Mom put bowls all around the house to try to 21 the rain. Then she put me and my elder brother to bed, carefully placing us on the remaining 22 place. I fell asleep soon. When I opened my eyes, I found Dad and Mom 23 in chairs, both having caught bad colds.This is my very earliest 24 , That evening has long passed and now we live a much better life, but I won't forget the rain we went through together. The rain, that evening25, will stay in my mind forever.16.A.hardB.unhappyC.interestingD.rich17.A.blowB.shineC.rainD.snow18.A.worriedB.tiredC.angryD.excited19. A. reducingB , increasingC. producingD. bringing20. A. providedB , coveredC. mixedD. crowded21. A. pourB saveC stopD. catch22. A. dryB. wetC. beautifulD. broken23. A. talkingB. sleepingC. laughingD. eating24. A. decisionB , choiceC. thoughtD. memory25. A. wishB . fearC. loveD. regret二、阅读单选。Q 今 It is necessary for students to learn some team skills like developing relationships, communicating well with others and working out problems. Here are two fun team activities for students to develop thein team skills.Activity 1:Water RelayTools:Two large buckets are used to hold water. One is at the front and the other is at the back. Each team memberneeds a small bucket.Instructions:Fill one large bucket with water; Make holes at the bottom of the small buckets; Team members line up between the two large buckets; Use small buckets to pass the water from one large bucket to the other. Try to keep as much water as possible within a given time.Why it is FUN:It is fun to work out a way to lose as little water as possible.Activity 2:Truth and LieI_Truth wTools:No tools are required.Instructions:Team members sit together.Have each team member think of three pieces of information about themselves, and one of them is a lie.Each team member tells the group all the three pieces of information. Let the other team members guess which is the lie.Why it is FUN:Students love talking aboutIt is water! Isn't it fun to get wet on a hot summer day?themselves and this gives them a chance to do so.Members can learn about eachother.Members will be surprised at some facts about the speakers.If you are interested in the games, click here < i and join us!26. If two teams of six students take part in the Water Relay together, how many buckets do they need in total?A. 8.B. 12.C. 14.D. 16.27. Which is NOT mentioned about the activity of Truth or Lie?A. They can talk about themselves.B. They can learn how to tell lies.C. Members may get to know each other better.D. Members may find something unexpected about others.28 . Where can you most probably find this article?A. On a local newspaper.B. On a school website.C. In a sports magazine.D. On a school poster.David, a famous scientist, has made several important medical breakthroughs （突破）. Many people were dying to know the secrets to his fantastic achievements. To work out the mystery, a reporter interviewed him asking why he was able to be so much more creative than most people.David said that it all came from an experience with his mother that happened when he was about four years old. He tried to remove a bottle of milk from the fridge and it fell, spilling the milk all over the kitchen floor-a real sea of milk!Instead of shouting at him, giving him a lecture or punishing him, his mother said, “David, what a great and wonderful mess you have made! Well, the damage has already been done. Would you like to get down and play in the milk for a few minutes before we clean itup?”Indeed, he did. After a few minutes, his mother said, "You know, David, whenever you make a mess like this, in the end you have to clean it up and restore all the things to its correct order. Now, which do you prefer to use, a sponge, a towel, or a mop?” He chose the sponge and together they cleaned up the floor.His mother then said, “You have a failed experiment in how to successfully carry a big milk bottle with two tiny hands. Let's go out in the back yard and fill the bottle with water and see if you can discover a way to carry it without dropping it." The little boy then learned that if he held the bottle at the top near the lip with both hands, he could carry it without dropping it.This famous scientists said he had learnt a lot from that little accident. It was at that moment that he knew mistakes were not something bad at all. Instead, he learned that mistakes were just chances for learning something new, which is, what scientific experiments are all about. Even if the experiment doesn't work, we still can learn something valuable from it.29. What is NOT true about David?A. He is a well-known scientist in medicine. B. He is considered to be unusually creative. C. He keeps his fantastic achievements as secrets. D. Many people wonder how he got his success.30. Which picture can best describe the underlined word “spilling" in Paragraph 2?A.B.31.D.After the milk accident, his mother did the following EXCEPTA.asking him to play in the milkB , cleaning up the floor with himC.encouraging him to find a new wayD. teaching him how to carry a big bottle32. What would be the best title for the passage?A. A wise motherB. A wonderful lesson C. A fantastic scientist D. A failedexperimentMy father was always drunk and angry. He beat me every day. He always locked the door when he went away and kept the key in his pocket. One day I found an old saw （锯子） that he hid in the roof. When I was alone in the house, I started to make a hole with the saw on the wooden floor under the big table.The next day my father said, “Huck, go to the river and catch some fish for breakfast. Be quick! And don't try anything. Remember, Tm watching you!While I was fishing by the river. I saw an empty boat nearby. "A boat!” I thought happily. “This is my chance to escape. Til hide the boat near some trees and use it tonight!”When my father went to town that afternoon, I got my saw and started to work on the hole. It was late afternoon when I finished making it.“I did a good job,“ I thought, looking at the hole. "Now I'll get my father's gun.”I looked outside the window and there was nobody there. 1 quickly climbed out through the hole. Then I ran into the woods to hunt a wild pig. To my great joy, I found one. I shot it and took it back to the house and let the pig's blood foil on the wooden floor of the house. Then I pulled some of my hair out and put it on my father axe （斧子）with some of the pig's blood. I took the pig's body outside and put it in a big bag with some rocks, and threw it into the river.“This way people will think !” I thought. "They'll come and look for my body in the river." This idea made me smile.I waited until it was dark and got into the boat and went to Jackson's Island. I knew about Jackson's Island because Tom, Ben, Joe and I had a lot of fiin adventures there.-Adapted from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain 33. Whafs the correct order of the following?Huck found a boat when fishing. Huck discovered a saw in the roof.Huck finished making the hole. ©Huck killed a wild pig.Huck set out to Jackson's Island. Huck came out of the house.A.B.C.D.34. Which of the following is the best to fill in the " ”?A. my father went away and I'm sadB , the pig's blood is mine and I'm deadC. I killed the wild pig and I'm braveD. my friends helped me and I'm happy35. This time Huck went to Jackson's Island mainly because he wanted toA. meet his friendsB. look for treasureC , take an adventureD. get away from his father36. According to the passage, what is Huck like?A. Adventurous and smart.B. Creative and honest.C Brave but careless.D. Funny but stupid.Tomatoes taste great. With a lot of vitamins, they are good for you, too! People all over the world enjoy this amazing fruit.Not all tomatoes are red. They can be yellow, orange, pink, or white. All tomatoes are green before they turn into their true color. Thafs when people can eat them.Tomatoes first grew in the Americas. The Incas grew them over 1,000 years ago. The Spanish introduced them to Europe in the early 16th century. The Spanish and Italians seem to have been the first Europeans to accept them as food. In France, people grew tomatoes in the garden just to enjoy their beauty. Many people there thought tomatoes would make them sick. It was years before some of them would eat tomatoes.Tomatoes are fruit. They grow from seeds. They won't grow in cold weather. But with water, sunlight and warmth, tomatoes grow fast. They can grow in pots or in the ground. As the plant grows taller, people may tie it to a stick. Next is the blooming stage. Flowers appear. The flowers turn into fruit. Some kinds of tomatoes can be picked in about six more weeks. Some tomatoes are large. One kind of tomato can weigh as much as two pounds.You can eat raw tomatoes. First, wash them. Then, cut them up for salads or sandwiches. Tomatoes can be cooked, too. They can be grilled, boiled, or even fried. Do you use ketchup? It is made from tomatoes. Tomatoes don't have a smell. But they taste great in foods around the world. Many dishes from India use tomatoes. Spaghetti sauce and pizza from Italy use them, too. Raw tomatoes are also used in a Mexican sauce-salsa.37. From the passage, we know that.A. tomatoes are in different colorsB tomatoes grew in Europe firstC. French people first planted tomatoes for foodD. tomatoes are harmful to people38. The underlined phrase "some of them“ in Paragraph 3 refers toA. some people in AmericaB. some people in FranceC. some people in ItalyD. some people in Spain39. Which of the following best shows the structure of the passage?40. Whafs the purpose of this passage?A. To suggest people eat more tomatoes.C. To tell people how to plant tomatoes.B. To explain the value of tomatoes.D. To introduce a kind of fruit-tomatoes.三、阅读还原5选5阅读短文及文后选项，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,。The Little Prince, written by Anoine de Saint-Exupery, tells the story of an unlikely friendship. The story is about a prince from another planet and a pilot. The Little Prince is one of the most popular stories around the world. 41 It was chosen as the best book of the 20th century in France. The story of the book has been produced in many different forms over the years. 42The book's French author wrote it in 1942 during World War II. Much of Europe had been destroyed and it was a time of great sadness. The writer himself once crashed his plane in the Sahara Desert. He later decided to set his famous story there. 43 He soon realized he only had enough water to last a week. While working on his plane, he saw a golden-haired boy coming towards him. The pilot discovered that the boy was an alien prince. 44 Over the next seven days, the two went on to learn something wonderful and understand the