湖北省应城市2023-2024学年八年级上学期期末考试英语试题

 —I always feel tired. Can you give me some ____ ?

—Sure. You should take exercise.

—It's impossible to get good grades ____ hard work.

—I agree.

—You're talking too loudly. I'm afraid you will wake up the baby.

—Sorry, I will speak ____.

 —Mary, would you like to go to the movie with me tonight?

—I'd love to, but I am not ____ .I have a piano lesson.

 —Is the man in a blue T-shirt our new math teacher? 

—He ____ be. I'm not sure.

 —There ____ a school sports meeting next Wednesday.

—Thanks for telling me.

 —Where did you go on vacation, Beijing or Shanghai?

—____. We spent a week in Beijing and a week in Shanghai.

 —Look, there are more and more trees on the mountain.

—Yes. We ____ many trees on the mountain every spring.

 —Can you come to my birthday party tomorrow?

—____ I have to study for the English test.

 — When did you ____ yoga as a hobby, Dolly?

— Three years ago.

 — How many birds can you see in the tree?

— I can see____ birds there.

 — In summer, milk will go bad quickly____ it is put into a fridge.

— Yes. So I buy a little every time.

 I ____ to the party if John ____ me an invitation.

 —If people drive ____ cars, there will be ____ air pollution.

—Yes, you're right.

—Eric, don't make noise in class!

— ____

阅读下面材料，掌握其大意，从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。

One day, Tony and his father are fishing by the river. His father catches a fish1 his fishing net (网). 

"Wow, that's cool! The fish is nice," says Tony2 .

"Yes, Let's head home right now. I can't wait to3 this fish," His father says.

4 getting back home, his father puts the fish on the5 and puts up knife. He wants to6 the fish and cook it. However, the fish7 Tony and seems (似乎) to say, "8 me." Tony feels9 and cries, "Daddy, You10 kill it. That's terrible." his father agrees, "OK, son, let's do something good today." Then, they take the fish back to the river and11 it.

"Off you go!" the son says.

12 the fish is back in the river, it swims happily. In no minute another bigger fish swims to it and opens its13 . 

"Oh, no! Poor fish. " Tony14 .

But to their surprise, the small fish swims into and out of the big fish's mouth freely. Father smiles to Tony, "Don't worry. The fish may find his15 . They are like you and me."

阅读理解

Egg Fried Rice

Ingredients (原料)	Instructions（说明）
◆A bowl of cooked rice;  ◆2 eggs;  ◆4 spoons of oil;  ◆Some green onion slices and carrots;  ◆A big teaspoon of mayonnaise (蛋黄酱)	◆Mix rice and mayonnaise really well.  ◆Heat the oil.  ◆Put the eggs into the oil. Remember not to cook them too long.  ◆Add the rice, heat it and mix it well.  ◆Add green onion slices and carrots, and cook them for a few minutes.
Tips Mayonnaise has all the important ingredients for fried rice—oil, salt and sugar. So try mixing them first.

阅读理解

In the Western Han Dynasty (西汉时期), there is a boy named Kuang Heng . He is born in a poor family so he doesn't have enough money to go to school.

Kuang Heng likes reading books very much. But he has to work during the day and can only read books during the night. The only problem is that he has no money to buy a candle. So it often takes him half a month to finish reading a book. He always feels sad and blue. 

One day, he finds that his neighbor has candles, But the man lives next to his house and the light from the candles can't go through his wall. Suddenly, an idea comes to him. "I can make a hole (洞) on the wall so that the light from my neighbor's house can come to mine," he says to himself.

From that day on, Kuang Heng reads books every night until the light goes out (熄灭) . Finally, he becomes a great scholar (学者) . 

阅读理解

Have you ever seen people building houses? To build a house, you need workers. They use their hands, tools (工具) and machines to put things together. Building the International Space Station (国际空间站) is the same. The difference is that the workers are astronauts. They walk in space and use robots' arms and hands to do the work.

In the space station, astronauts are comfortable. The temperature there is about 21℃. But outside of the station, it can be too hot or cold for people. In the sunlight, it's about 120℃. In the shadow (暗处) of the station, it's about -85℃. So when astronauts walk in space, they have to wear heavy clothes—spacesuits.

These suits also keep astronauts safe from flying rubbish in space. Each time people go into space, they leave rubbish there. So astronauts should be careful because there's a lot of rubbish, and some rubbish goes many times as fast as a plane!

Space walking is not easy, and it can be dangerous. So getting ready for it takes a lot of time to learn. Astronauts will need to do 160 space walks to finish their work in the space station. That will take about 1,900 man-hour work.

阅读下面一段对话，根据对话内容，从方框中选择恰当的句子将对话补充完整（选项中有两项是多余的）。(提示：每个选项只用一次，选项中有一项为多余选项)

A：Let's talk about the future. It always makes us excited.

B：OK. 

A：I think every home will have a car.

B：

A：I disagree with you. Cars in the future will be green ones.

B： Do you think people will have more free time in the future? 

A：Yes. That's because there will be more robots. They'll help people do most of the work.

B：I think so.

A：No, I think more people will live in the countryside in the future.

B：

A：Because the air in the countryside is very clean. It's good for people's health.

B：You are right.

A. Sounds great. B. What's your prediction about the future? C. There will be fewer people on the earth. D. Why do you think so? E. But I think more cars will bring more pollution. F. Do you think there will be more people living in the city?

阅读下面短文，根据上下文，所给首字母或括号内单词等提示，在空白处填入适当的单词。（每空不超过两个词。）

Many students have hobbies, such as reading, painting, growing vegetables and looking animals. Some hobbies are relaxing and others are active. Hobbies can make you grow as person, develop(培养) your interests and help you learn new skills.

David Smith is a student, and one of his （hobby) is writing. During the summer of 2010, he (spend) four weeks at a summer camp. As well as the usual activities, such as a sailing and climbing, there was a writing class. "The teacher was a ( write), and she asked us (talk) about our lives and tell interesting stories. Then she encouraged (鼓励) us to write about our experiences at the camp."

Back at school, David wrote a story about the life of sixteen–year–old boy, and it came out as a book in 2012. Many young people love his book, and as a result, David has become  (success). 

David is very lucky because his hobby has brought him pleasure and success. writing is not his only hobby. He is also interested many other things. "I like playing volleyball, too," says David. "I spend some of my free time (play) volleyball for my school team. Maybe I'll write about my volleyball team in my future books."

 明天是星期天，我想和你去商场闲逛。(hang)

Tomorrow is Sunday, I want to  with you in the mall.

 我最好的朋友能够帮我激发出自己的所能。（bring）

My best friend helps to  the best in me.

 那些机器人能够和孩子们玩游戏。（be）

Those new robotsplay games with children.

 木兰女扮男装 ， 替父从军。(dress)

Mulan like a boy and takes his father's place to fight.

 校长下周将要为这场开幕式做准备。(prepare)

The headmaster  the opening next week.

 彼得打开了电视机，并开始观看晚间新闻。(turn)

Peter the TV and began to watch the evening news.

 客人们正盼望着尼克家的这场乔迁聚会。(look)

Guests are Nike's housewarming party.

踔厉奋发，笃行不怠。凡事预则立，不预则废。2024年开始了，新的一年你有怎样的计划？为什么要做这样的计划？你怎样最终让计划实现呢？请你围绕新年的一个计划，写一篇文章。

提示：(1) What do you want to do in the new year?(2) Why do you want to do that?(3) How are you going to do that?(4) ......

要求：(1)短文必须包括所有提示内容，可适当发挥。(2)短文中不得出现真实的人名、校名和地名。(3)词数80个左右。

New Year's Plans