广东省深圳高级中学（集团）2023—2024学年八年级下学期期末考试英语试卷

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I. 完形填空(10分)
通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的四大选项中，选出一个最佳答案，并将
答题卡上对应题目所选的选项涂黑。(共10小题，每小题1分)
Smepeple cmplain(抱怨)abut technlgy because it takes up t much f
their time.This isn't true fr me.Let me tell yu why.
I'm the yungest in my family.Because my brthers are at cllege,I ften feel 1 .Thanks t technlgy,I can see and talk t them by using vide 2 - Smetimes I will talk with their classmates and rmmates if they happen t be
arund.
I can see what their cllege 3 and what they're ding in their free time.They can see what I'm ding at hme r in ther places.I 4 much mre abut my brthers in this way.One f them is really gd at taking phts,
while the ther 5 lves t be taken phts f.
One f my brthers 6 _a chat grup just fr us.I ften send messages t them,and they usually answer when they are 7 .I ften share my
prblems with them and they ften give me sme advice.
Besides,my brthers insist(坚持)that I shuld always write in gd English,r they'll nt 8 my messages.I've been writing s much that I'm becming
quite gd at it.Even my teachers have nticed that my 9 has imprved.
In a wrd,I think that technlgy is very helpful.Fr my brthers and me,
technlgy has brught us 10 .Whether technlgy can bring us smething
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IⅡ.阅读理解(40分)
第一节阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项，并在答题
卡上将相应字母编号涂黑。(共15小题，每小题1.5分)
A
It's nt easy t advertise a thing everyne knws in a new way.But Pippi's Place Pet Rescue,a vlunteerrganizatin frm America,makes it.Pippi was a street cat and then fund a lving family.But when she was 1 year ld,Pippi was hit by a car and died.Pippi's Place Pet Rescue then was established .The rganizatin runs nt
fr mney,but fr helping mre street cats find a hme.Hw des it d this?
On its website,peple can learn abut the cats'ages,clrs and ther infrmatin.This is really helpful.Lts f peple becme interested in these cats.
Smepeple give mney t help these cats live better.
Peple give these cats a hme,and the cats help make peple happy t.A little girl has gt a cat frm the rganizatin. This makes her feel safe and warm. A wman sees her cat as a gd friend.The“friend”always walks behind her and makes her laugh.D yuwant t take a cat frm the rganizatin?Well,befre ding
it,yu'd better learn mre abut keeping a cat as a pet.
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gd r nt is up t hw we use it.
( ) B.lnely
C.angry
D.sleepy
( ) B.tapes
C.stres
D,rders
( ) at B.lks up
C.lks after
D.lks like
() B.spread
C.learn
D.treat
( ) B.cmfrtably
C.carefully
D.suddenly
( ) B.bught
C.created
D.fund
( ) B.busy
C.necessary
D.unhappy
() up B.reply t
C.run after
D.stick t
( ) B.speaking
C.reading
D.listening
( ) B.safer
C.clser
D.farther
()11.Hw is Pippi nw?
A.Dead. B.Well: C.Sick. D.Hungry.
()12.What des theunderlined wrd“established”in Paragraph 1 mean?
A.Invented. B.Decided.
()13.What is the gal f the rganizatin?
A.T raise mney. B.T make an advertisement t sell cats.
C.T help mre street cats find a hme. D.T help lnely peple.
()14.What can yu learn abut the cats n the website f the rganizatin?
A.Ages and clrs. B.Parents and clrs.
C.Hbbies and characters. D.Hbbies and ages.
( )15.Which is the best fr“ ”in the last paragraph?
A.Then she sleeps with it every desn't feed it n time.
C.But she desn't like playing with thinks it's a gd pet.
B
Sme peple believe that humans culd live n the planet Mars by the year 2100.Our wn planet,the Earth,is becming mre and mre crwded and plluted.It is hped that peple culd start all ver again and build a better wrld n Mars.Here
is what life there culd be like.
At present,ur spacecrafts are t slw t carry large numbers f passengers t Mars—it wuld take mnths.With the develpment f technlgy,by the year 2100, the jurney might nly take abut 20 minutes in spacecraft that travel at the speed f light!Hwever,the spacecraft wuld travel really fast,s the jurney t Mars might
be quite uncmfrtable.Many peple wuld feel ill.
Humans can't live withut water,air r fd.S far,nbdy knws whether
there wuld be enugh water r airn Mars fr peple.
Cmpared with life n the Earth,life n Mars wuld be better in sme ways. Peplc wuld have mre space.They might livc in huscs with huge cmfrtable rms.Als,rbts wuld d mst f their wrk s that they culd have mre time t relax.There wuld prbably be n schls n Mars.Every student wuld study at
nline schls with“e-teachers”.
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Life n Mars wuld be interesting and challenging(具有挑战性的), it may take hundreds f ycars t make it truc.S the mst imprtant thing we need t
d nw is t prtect ur beautiful blue planet—the Earth!
( )16.Peple wuld mve t Mars because
A.flying t Mars wuld be fun B.plants culd grw better there
C.the Earth is crwded and plluted D.they want t challenge themselves
( )17.What des the underlined wrd“it”in paragraph 2 refer t
A.spacecrafts B.the jurneyt Mars
C.passengers D.technlgy
( )18.What wuld the flight t Mars be like by the year 2100?
A.Slw and bring. B.Fast and enjyable.
C.Slw but cmfrtable. D.Fast butuncmfrtable.
( )19.What can we learn frm the passage?
A.Peple wuld be busy with wrk n Mars.
B.There wuld be enugh water and air n Mars fr peple.
C.The writer thinks living n Mars wuld be full f challenges.
D.Fd n Mars wuld be mre delicius than that n the Earth.
( )20.What's the best title fr the passage?
A.Life n Mars B.Fd n Mars
C.Schls n Mars D.Envirnment n the Earth
C
①That future is almst here.“I think it's ging t happen in ten hpefully much,much faster,”said Sebastian Thrun in 2021.At that time,his yung cmpany Kitty Hawk Crpratin was wrking n develping a flying car knwn as
eVTOL,r Electrnic Vertical Take-Off and Landing vehicle(车辆).
②Flying t wrk r schl sunds unbelievable.Nt nly is it fun t fly,but “there wuld never be traffic again,bccause thc sky is very,very large,”says Thrun. He als thinks eVTOLs culd be greener than cmmn cars.“We g much faster,we
g in a straight line,we fly nless energy,”he says.
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③S far,thugh,flying cars haven't taken ff as a prduct.Will their day cme? Thcrc arc still many prblcms t slvc.Thcir high pricc mcans mst pcplc wn't bc able t affrd ne.S,sme cmpanies are develping them as air taxis that peple culd pay t ride.The main prblem with flying cars is safety.Accidents in the air are dangerus t bth the passengers and anyne n the grund beneath.T make eVTOLs safer,many develpers are aiming t make them self-flying—n human pilt
required.
④Anther prblem is space.Mst aircraft need lng runways t take ff and land.Lifting straight up and dwn like a helicpter slves this prblem.But eVTOLs still need special spaces,called vertiprts,fr take-ff and landing.Finding places t put these culd be tricky(棘手的),especially in crwded cities.But maybe sme
culd g n tp fbuildings.
⑤What d yu think?Wuld yu enjy riding t schl r t visit a friend in a self-flying taxi?Are flying cars a gd idea,r shuld we find ther ways t get
arund in the near future?
( )21.Hw des the writer lead int the tpic?
A.By asking questins. B.By giving suggestins.
C.By shwing pinins. D.By sharing experiences.
( )22.Which f the fllwing are the challenges fr the develpment f
flying cars?
①high price ②take-ff and landing space
③air traffic jam ④safety
A.①②③ B.②③④ C.①②④ D.①③④
()23.Why are sme cmpanies develping flying cars as air taxis?
A.T slve safety prblems. B.T make them cheaper.
C.T prvide rides fr peple. D.T cmpete with cmmn cars.
( )24.What is thc pssiblc structurc f the passagc?
(①=Paragraph 1 ②=Paragraph 2,…)
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B.
C.②③ ④D.②
( )25.What is prbably the best title f the passage?
A.Is a Flying Car Yur Dream Car?
B.Will Future Flying Cars Need Drivers?
C.The Exciting Wrld f Electric Taxis
D.The Histry f Air Travel Technlgies
第二节阅读还原(共5小题，每小题2分)
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该
项涂黑。选项中有一项为多余选项。
A.Help save the sharks!
B.They are in great danger nw.
C.This is nt nly cruel,but als harmful t the envirnment.
D.If their numbers drp t lw,it will bring danger t all cean life.
E.They have even asked gvernments t develp laws t stp the sale f shark fins.
F.But in fact,arund 70 millin sharks are caught and traded in this industry every
year.
Many have heard f shark fin sup.But d yu realize that yu're killing a
whle shark each time yu enjy a bwl f shark fin sup?
When peple catch sharks,they cut fftheir fins and thrw the sharks back int the cean. 26 _Withut a fin,a shark can n lnger swim and slwly dies. Sharks are at the tp f the fd chain in the cean's ecsystem. 27 _Many believe that sharks can never be endangered because they are the strngest in their fd chain. The numbers f sme kinds f sharks have fallen by ver 90
percent in the last 20 t 30 years.
Envirnmental prtectin grups arund the wrld,such as Wild Aid and the WWF,are teaching the public abut “finning” . 29 S far,n scientific studies
have shwn that shark fins are gd fr health,s why eat them?
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第三节信息匹配(共5题，每小题1.5分)
左边是五个人在生活中遇到的问题，右栏是六个“中国新发明”,请为左栏的每个人选择与
之相匹配的信息。
Ⅲ.语法填空(10分)(共10小题，每小题1分)
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31 Tm is a student
studying in a middle schl in
Guangzhu.He needs t ride a bike t
the subway entrance after schl
every day.
32 It is raining nw. Mike is hungry but he desn't want t g utside.He wants t eat at hme in
a shrt time.
33 Jack has t g t
Shanghai frm Guangzhu,but the
flight has been stpped because f
bad weather.
34 Mary thinks sme clthes n mvie stars are beautiful But she desn't want t g t the shpping mall because she is a little
busy.
35 Kate desn't like
t g shpping with cash(现金)
because she thinks it is nt safe and
the thieves may steal it.
A.With lw cst and quick transprt,China has built the wrld's lngest high-speed rail netwrk.HSR runs at a very high speed even
in bad weather
B.China has been the wrld's largest
e-cmmerce market.Yu can buy many
things withut ging ut by visiting the
websites.
C.Alibaba Grup is a large cmpany.It is lcated in Hangzhu,Zhejiang Prvince.It is
set up t make it easy t d business
anywhere.
D.In these years,there are a lt f
bike-sharing cmpanies in China.These
cmpanies wrk arund millins f bicycles
fr shared use t peple.Yu can see them in
lts fChinese cities.
E.Users can buy and sell things n internatinal websites and apps with Alipay.
Online and mbile payment is ppular tday.
F.Small families deeply depend n fd
delivery(递送)service.Cking always
takes a lt f time and energy,s many custmers are interested in rdering fd
nline.
读下面材料，在空白处填入适当内容或括号内所给词的正确形式。
Scientists think that there has been life 36 the earth fr hundreds f
millins f years.Hwever,we have nt fund life n any ther planets yet.
The earth is 37 planet and it gcs arund thc sun.Sevcn ther plancts als g arund the sun.Nne f them has an envirnment like that f the earth, 38 scientists d nt think they will find life n 39 (they).The sun and its planets 40 (call)the slar system,and ur slar system is a small part f a much 41 (large)grup f stars and planets,called the Galaxy r the Milky Way.There are 42 (billin)f stars in the Galaxy,and ur sun is
nly ne f them.
Scientists have als 43 (discver)many ther galaxies in the universe. They are very far away and their light has t travel fr many years t reach us.S hw large is the universe?It is 44 (pssible)t imagine.Scientists have sent spaceships t the planet Mars t take 45 (pht).They have even sent
spaceships t travel utside the slar system.
IV. 书面表达(15分)
46. 随着科技的发展，未来人们的生活将会发生很大的变化，校英文社团 正开展以“My future life”为主题的征文活动，请根据以下提示写一篇英语短文投 稿，内容包括要点：
(1)交通不再拥挤，因为人们拥有可以飞的车；
(2)越来越多的人去月球度假；
( 3 ) 越来越多的机器人为我们服务；
(4)为了未来的美好生活，你会做些什么准备。
要求；至少80词，开头已给出，不计入总词数；文中不得出现真实学校和姓名；
可适当增加细节。
With the
develpment
My Future Life
f science and
technlgy,peple's lives
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