1、八年级上学期英语期末培优检测（尖生子专用A）考试时间：90分钟；满分：140分学校:_姓名：_班级：_考号：_试卷说明：本试卷难度系数约0.4,只适合尖子生考前查漏补缺使用。一、听录音，完成第18小题。（共8分）1Why didnt the boy go to watch the basketball game yesterday evening? ABecause he didnt like it.BBecause he felt sick.CBecause he visited his grandpa in hospital.2Wheres the man going? ATo the p
2、ost office.BTo the library.CTo the bank.3When was Shirley born? AIn 2005.BIn 2006.CIn 2007.4Whats the relationship between the two speakers? ATeacher and student.BDoctor and patient.CMother and son.5Whats the size of the nature reserve?A4,530 square kilometres.B4,350 square kilometres.C4,315 square
3、kilometres.6Whats Peters favourite subject?AHistory.BEnglish.CPhysics.7Why cant the girl watch the cartoons?ABecause her mother is working.BBecause her father is reading.CBecause her mother is sleeping.8When did Jim get to school this morning?AAt 7:00.BAt 7: 15.CAt 7:30.二、听长对话，完成第912小题。（共4分）听下面一段对话，
4、回答下列各小题。听两遍。9Where did the woman learn to use the computer last Sunday morning?AAt home.BAt school.CIn the restaurant.10What did the woman and Jane do after lunch?AThey bought some books.BThey did some housework.CThey went home.11What is Amys new neighbourhood like?ADirty.BClean.CQuiet.12How did Amy
5、 use to go to school?AOn foot.BBy bus.CBy car.三、听第一篇短文，完成第1315小题。（共3分）听一篇短文，回答下列小题。请根据内容，完成信息记录表。Learning English OnlineWays tolearn EnglishEnglish magazines, newspapers and radioAll kinds of English learning .Good points oflearning onlinePeople around the world can visit them .People can get answer
6、s at once on the Internet.People can learn what they need anytime and search for useful without leaving home.13AmaterialsBwebsitesCbooks14Aall the timeBevery weekCdaily15AinformationBadviceCtips四、听第二篇短文，完成第16-20小题。（共5分）听对话，回答以下各小题。16Where does Li Lei live?AIn a big house.BIn a small house.CIn a tall
7、 building.17What does Li Leis mother grow in the garden?AVegetables and flowers.BRice and wheat.CApples and pears.18Where is the park?ANear Li Leis house.BNear the bus stop.CNear the centre of the town.19How does Li Lei like to go to the town?ABy car.BBy bike.CBy taxi.20What does Li Lei often do in
8、summer?AHe often goes shopping.BHe often goes fishing.CHe often goes swimming.五、完形填空（共15分）阅读短文，从短文后所给选项 (A、B、C、D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。The driver 21 the back door of the ambulance (救护车) quickly and ran to the front, jumped into his seat, and started the engine (发动机). Inside were the 22 parents, Mr. and M
9、rs. Green. Mother was holding their baby daughter Ally. The little girl had some food stuck in her throat (喉) when having lunch and could hardly breathe (呼吸).The driver, Mr. White, turned 23 his siren (报警器) and flashing light, and started driving towards the 24 hospital. The cars in front of him pul
10、led out of the way when he drove through the 25 . From the back of the ambulance the parents were shouting at him to 26 because Ally almost stopped 27 . In front of him he saw the traffic lights, with the red “STOP” light shining. Mr. White knew that he had 28 time to lose, so he drove straight past
11、 the traffic lights.Coming towards him from his right was a taxi.The driver had the windows up because the car was air-conditioned (开了空调), and he was playing a radio. He did not 29 the ambulance. The lights were 30 , so he drove straight onto the path of the ambulance.Mr. White tried to stop his amb
12、ulance but it was too late. It hit the taxi, but no one was hurt. Mr. White turned to see 31 little Ally was. He was surprised to see joy instead of 32 on the faces of the parents. “Look!” cried Mrs. Green. “She is breathing again. ”“ It must be the 33 .” said her husband. “ It 34 the food out of he
13、r throat. ” The baby was crying in a loud but healthy 35 . They were all happy, and quite forgot about the accident, the taxi, and the lines of cars all around them.21AclosedBopenedCknockDpulled22AboredBsurprisedCworriedDinterested23AonBoffCdownDover24AfarthestBnearestCmost expensiveDmost beautiful2
14、5Abusy trafficBempty streetCopen airDdark place26AhurryBstopCleaveDdrive27AeatingBbreathingCcryingDplaying28AmuchBanyCnoDsome29AnoticeBdriveChitDride30AredBgreenCyellowDblue31AhowBwhatCwhereDwho32AsorryBfearCsadDangry33AtemperatureBradioCcrashDlove34AtookBpickedCknockedDlooked35AsoundBvoiceCshoutDno
15、ise六、阅读理解（共30分）A Penguin (企鹅) Robot Toy Penbo Blue Price: $59Penbo Blue is a real robot for girls. Penbo Blue loves to talk and sing. You can play 5 kinds of games with Penbo Blue. There are four different colors, purple, green, pink and blue. For children aged 4 years old and up. Robot Dog Price: $
16、1,657It can take pictures. You can move it to the left, right, front and back by the remote control (遥控器). It does not like you to touch its sides. It will fall asleep if you dont pay attention to (注意) it for five minutes. 36If you want to buy two Penguin Robot Toys, you should pay _.A$59B$118C$148D
17、$17737Penbo Blue is a real robot for _.AboysBgirlsCmenDwomen38When you touch Robot Dogs sides it will be _.AsurprisedBhappyCangryDtired39Which of the following is TRUE?ARobot Dog is much more expensive than Penbo Blue.BMrs. Green bought a yellow Penbo Blue for her kid.CYou can play with Robot Dog wi
18、thout the remote control.DYou can give Penbo Blue to a three-year-old girl as a gift.BImagine (想象) there is a glass on a table in front of you. It has water in it but it is not full. How do you describe the glass? Do you say it is half full or half empty?If you say half full, you might be an optimis
19、t (乐观主义者). If you say half empty, you might be the opposite (相反的)a pessimist.A new study suggests that your level of optimism may affect (影响) your health. People who are optimistic (乐观的) may live longer than those who are pessimistic (悲观的).Researchers at Harvard Universitys of Public Health in Bosto
20、n did the study. They compared (作比较) women “with a general expectation that good things will happen” with women who were less optimistic. They found that the optimists had a much lower risk of getting several deadly (致命的) diseases (疾病), including cancer and heart disease.Kaitlin Hagan, a study leade
21、r says optimists can take better care of themselves by exercising, eating healthy food and getting enough sleep.She also says earlier studies show that a person can use simple, low-cost ways to increase optimism. She says each night we can plan to do two or three simple and enjoyable activities. The
22、y might be watching the sun rise, visiting a friend, dancing to a favorite song or reading a story with your child.40From the passage, we can know _.Awe should drink a glass of water every dayBoptimists may live shorter than those who are pessimisticCwe should make more friends to be optimisticDwe c
23、an do some simple things to make ourselves optimistic41According to Kaitlin Hagan, we can do the following things to make ourselves optimistic EXCEPT _.Adrinking a lot of waterBenough sleepCeating healthy foodDexercising42Whats the best title for the passage?AHow to reduce the risk of getting cancer
24、BHow to be healthyCHow to be hard-workingDHow to be more optimistic43Whats the writing style of the passage?ANarrative (记叙文)BArgumentation (议论文)CExpository writing (说明文)DPractical writing (应用文）C Have you ever wondered what animals are talking about? With the development of AI, we may be able to unde
25、rstand their languages! In Professor Karen Bakkers new book, The Sounds of Life: How Digital Technology Is Bringing Us Closer to the Worlds of Animals and Plants, she talks about how AI is helping us to make an animal version (版本) of Google Translate, then we can understand animals better.All around
26、 the animal kingdom, there are sounds that we can hardly pick up and decipher (破译). Elephants, for example, talk with each other using infrasound (次声波)far below our human hearing range. Coral in the ocean also sends sound waves to attract (吸引) baby coral to safer areas to grow. This is surprising be
27、cause coral doesnt have any ears! Scientists have placed listening equipment (设备) into these environments to pick up the sounds that humans cannot hear. After the sounds are recorded, AI can study their meaning, according to the news website Vox. For example, Israeli researchers used AI to translate
28、 bats 15,000 calls. They found that more than 60 percent of the sounds were arguments (争吵) about four things: food, sleeping ways, the loss of personal space, and unwanted disturbance (打扰).This technology can not only understand the animals but communicate back to them. For example, bees use dances
29、to communicate with each other. A research team in Germany, therefore, put the bee language AI system into a robot bee. They asked the robot to create a dance routine (路线) to tell the bees where the nectar (花蜜) was, Vox reported.44Karen Bakkers new book shows us that _.Awhy AI can help people resear
30、ch animalsBwhy animals need help from human beingChow AI helps people do translations betterDhow AI helps people better understand animals45What do we know about the sounds made by animals?AThey can help animals get used to their environments.BMost communications among animals are infrasound.CSome o
31、f the sounds cannot be heard by humans directly.DMore than 60 percent of the animal sounds are arguments.46How did scientists tell bees where the nectar was?ABy asking a robot bee to teach them a new language.BBy training other bees and showing them the way there.CBy making a new sound with the AI s
32、ystem to help them.DBy making a robot bee to tell the bees the route by dancing.47What is the best title of the passage?AListening to animalsBTalking to animalsCPicking up animal soundsDRecording animal soundsD Last week, Class 1 went on a trip to London Zoo. They had a wild day out! Almost all the
33、students found their favourite animals. The trip also gave Class 1 something else to talk about. They argued(争论) about whether(是否) zoos are cruel(残酷的). The zoo animals are from all around the world. How can they all be comfortable?Lucy, one of our reporters, was with Class 1 students and she intervi
34、ewed Tom.Lucy: What s your favorite animal, Tom?Tom: Giraffes.Lucy: Why?Tom: They look so strange! They have such long, long necks! And they have really long legs, too.Lucy: They do look strange. How tall do they grow?Tom: About 18 feet tall. They can run fast too, because their legs are so long. Th
35、ey can run up to 35 miles an hour.Lucy: That s pretty fast! They must eat a lot to be able to run that fast. Do they eat a lot of meat?Tom: NO, they dont eat any meat. They eat leaves. Thats the only thing they eat.Lucy: Do giraffes live all over the world, too?Tom: No, they dont. They live only in
36、Africa.Lucy: But Africa is a lot hotter than Europe! Dont you think its cruel to bring giraffes over from Africa to Europe? Don t you think its cruel to keep them in the zoo?Tom: Well, I enjoyed seeing them today. But in Africa they would have miles and miles of grassland to live on and here they on
37、ly have the giraffe houses. Im sure the zoo looks after them very well. But I dont think they should be in zoos.48What does the underlined word interviewed in Line 5 mean?A面试B会见C采访D回答49What can we learn about giraffes according to(根据) the passage(文章)?AGiraffes look strange as they have long necks an
38、d short legs.BGiraffes can run fast because they eat different kinds of food.CGiraffes live in the wild all over the world and enjoy grassland.DGiraffes in London Zoo can only live in the giraffe houses.50Which of the following opinions(观点) may Tom agree with?AIts good to keep animals in the zoo bec
39、ause children enjoy seeing them there.BIts good to keep animals in the zoo because the zoo looks after them well.CIts cruel to keep animals in the zoo because animals need to live in the wild freely.DIts cruel to keep animals in the zoo because they dont have enough to eat there.七、单项选择（共15分）51None o
40、f them have _ pity on the poor. What _ shame it is!A/, aBa, aCa, /Da, an52The radio says there will be much _ next week and maybe we will have _ off.Arainier, two daysBrain, two daysCrainier, two daysDrain, two days53Hurry up, Mark! Youd better _ the road as quickly as possible.No, you _. Dont you s
41、ee the light is still red?Across; couldntBto cross; mustntCcross; mustntDto cross; neednt54Our teacher advised us _ the _ carefully before using the new machine.Ato read; introductionBto read; instructionCreading; invitationDreading; information55The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games started _ Febru
42、ary.Yes, Bing Dwen Dwen and Shuey Rhon Rhon were the mascots for it.AonBinCatD/56The number of tigers in the world is becoming _ because people never stop hunting them.Amore and moreBfewer and fewerCless and lessDsmaller and smaller57On December 4th, 2022, the three Chinese astronauts _ came back to
43、 Earth from the Tiangong space station.AsafelyBnearlyCsadlyDsilently58I like cartoons very much, _ my brother thinks they are boring.AasBorCandDwhile59Dont forget _ the bus at the fifth station along the line. You can find the Sports Centre on your right.OK, I wont. Thank you.Agetting onBgetting off
44、Cto get onDto get off60Id like to buy Guo Jingmings Tiny Times.You had better _his books. The stories he tells are far from real life.AreadBnot readCcountDnot count61Are you still reading the book Little Prince?Yes, it is _ long. I still need _ days to finish it.Aa bit; two anotherBa bit of; two mor
45、eCa bit of; another twoDa bit; two more62I _ my homework at 8 p.m. last night.Aam doingBwas doingCdoDdid63I often hear Linda _ next door.Yeah. I also saw her _ the piano when I passed the door just now.Asing; playBsinging; playingCsing; playingDsinging; play64_ Chinas big plane C919 completed all it
46、s tests in 2022, I hope to travel on it soon.ASinceBBeforeCWhenDWhile65Would you mind me opening the window?_. Theres too much smoke in the room.ANo, you cantBNot at allCOf courseDBetter not八、用所给单词的正确形式填空（共5分）66The writer always advises young people (be) brave in the face of pains.67The radio says i
47、t will be much (fog) tomorrow morning.68He was so careless that he spelt some words (correct).69We are too busy for our team to write the report. (cheer)70Its much this year than last year. (snow)九、选词填空（共5分）阅读下面短文，将方框中单词或短语的正确形式填入横线上。每个单词或短语只能填一次。examplecut downsmalltake actionas a resultMany animal
48、s live in a place called the Amazon rain forest. This is a very big forest in South America. Some people are 71 lots of trees there. The rainforest is 72 now than ever before. This means that more animals, like frogs and butter lies, are now in danger. One 73 is the “poison dart” frog (箭毒蛙). These v
49、ery little frogs can be red, yellow or blue and they often have black spots. They use these colors to frighten other animals. But the trees they live in are in danger and 74 so are the frogs. Its very important for people to 75 to protect the rainforest right away.十、完成句子（共10分）76在风中，我丢掉了我的伞，我几乎跌倒。I i
50、n the wind, and I nearly .77春天风和日丽，真是放风筝的好时光！The days of spring are . What a perfect time to !78许多鸟儿长年生活在扎龙，而有些鸟仅去那里作短暂的停留。Many birds live in Zhalong , while some go there only for .79如果我们什么都不做，很快世界上就一只熊猫也不剩了！If we , soon there may be in the world.80以前，洪水冲走了很多房屋。In the past, floods many houses.十一、阅读
51、短文，完成表格，每空限一词。（共10分）任务型阅读What Are Clouds?A Cloud is made of water drops or ice crystals floating (漂浮) in the sky. There are many kinds of cloud. Clouds are of great importance to Earths weather.The sky can be full of water. But most of the time you cant see the water. The drops of water are too smal
52、l to see. They have turned into a gas called water vapor. As the water vapor goes higher in the sky, the air goes cooler. The cooler air causes the water droplets (微滴) to start to stick to things such as bits of dust, ice or sea salt.Clouds get their names in two ways. One way is by where they are f
53、ound in the sky. Some clouds are high up in the sky. Low clouds form closer to Earths surface. In fact, low clouds can even touch the ground. These clouds are called fog. Middle clouds are found between low and high clouds.Another way clouds are named is by their shape. Cirrus clouds (卷云) are high c
54、louds. They look like feathers. Cumulus clouds are middle clouds. These clouds look like giant cotton balls in the sky. Stratus clouds are low clouds. They cover the sky like bed sheets.Most of the water in clouds is in very small droplets. The droplets are so light that they float in the air. Somet
55、imes those droplets join with other droplets. Then they turn into larger drops. When that happens, gravity (重力) causes them to fall the Earth. We call the falling water drops “rain”. When the air is colder, the water may form snowflakes instead. Freezing rain, sleet or even hail can fall from clouds
56、.Clouds are important for many reasons. Rain and snow are two of those reasons. At night, clouds reflect heat and keep the ground warmer. During the day, clouds make shade that can keep us cooler. Studying clouds helps people have a better understanding of Earths weather. People use satellites in sp
57、ace to study clouds.What Are Clouds?IntroductionClouds are a(n) 81 part in Earths weather, such as rain and snow.Ways of forming clouds 82 drops of water turn into a gas called water vapor.As the water vapor 83 in the sky, the air goes cooler. The cooler air finally causes the small water drops to f
58、orm clouds. 84 of cloudsHigh clouds, middle clouds and low clouds are named by their 85 .According to their shape, clouds also have three names. Cirrus clouds look like feathers while stratus clouds 86 the sky like bed sheets. Those which look like giant cotton balls are called Cumulus clouds.Causes
59、 of rainSmall and 87 droplets float in the air.If they join with each other, they will turn into larger drops.Gravity makes larger drops 88 to Earth.Falling water drops are called “rain”. 89 for studying cloudsClouds can cause rain, snow and so on.Clouds are important for peoples daily life.To help
60、people better 90 Earths weather.十二、阅读短文，完成后面的问题。（共10分）认真阅读下面短文，并根据短文内容回答问题(每题回答字数不超过7个词)。An aged man lived in a nice village with a large garden. People often saw him looking after his flowers all the time. One day a young painter went by this garden. He was attracted (吸引) by the beautiful flowers.
61、Then suddenly he found the old gardener wasnt able to see. The painter asked in surprise, “Why are you busy looking after these flowers which you cant see?”The gardener smiled, answering, “I can tell you the reasons. First, I was a gardener when I was young, and I like this job. Second, although I c
62、ant see these flowers. I can touch them. Third, I can smell the sweetness of them. As to the last one, thats you.”“Me? But you dont know me. ”“Yeah, its true that I dont know you. I know many people who show enthusiasm (热情) in life would stop by and the beauty of my garden will get them into a good
63、feeling. At the same time, it also gives a chance to me to have a word with you here, and to enjoy the happiness these flowers have brought us. ”I believe every flower has eyes with which they can see the kindness of the old mans heart and the sweetness of his soul (灵魂). He grows flowers in his hear
64、t. Although he couldnt see the beauty of blossoming (开花), he surely can hear the voice of it.91Was the gardener able to see? 92Why did the young painter stop? 93How many reasons did the gardener give? 94What did the beauty of the old mans garden get people into? 95What do you think of the gardener?
65、十三、书面表达（共20分）96每年4月1日为“国际爱鸟日”，鸟类是与人类共生共荣的“空中精灵”。学校将开展以“爱鸟始于心，护鸟始于行”为主题的演讲比赛，请你以“Creating a bird-friendly garden or balcony”为题，根据表格中的要点写一篇英语演讲稿，呼吁大家用自己的创造力来表达对鸟类的欣赏和关爱。内容如下：Reasons1.You: love nature.2.People: keep birds as pets.3.Birds: the number.ActionsCreate a bird-friendly garden or a balcony:1.
66、a right place. 2. provide food. 3. cover. 4. water.Purposes (目的)参考词汇：create (创造)feeder (喂食器)food sources (食物来源)要 求：（1）表达清楚，语法正确，上下文连贯；（2）必须包括提示中的所有信息，并按要求适当发挥；（3）词数：100词左右（开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数）；（4）不得使用真实姓名、校名和地名等。Creating a bird-friendly garden or balcony Good afternoon, everybody!Im very glad to share my topic with you. Im Li Lin from Class 1, Grade 8. Today Id like to talk about creating a bird-friendly garden or a balcony._Thats all. Thank you!
