2024-2025学年南京市秦淮区八年级上册英语期末试卷
一、听力（略）
二、单项填空(共10小题； 每小题1分，满分10分)
从A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
1. Which word can we put in the blank in the poem?
At sunset hillside village still seems far;
Cold and lonely the poor houses are.
At wooden gate a dog is heard to bark;
With wind and snow I come when night is ________.
— By Liu Changqing
A. dark B. cool C. long D. deep
2. Li Ziqi’s short videos help people find happiness in life. ________, her videos help people take a closer look at the amazing Chinese culture.
A. Instead B. However C. Moreover D. Otherwise
3. The students ________ morning exercises on the playground when a sudden storm hit at 9 a. m. last Friday.
A. do B. did C. are doing D. were doing
4. —________ did the famous giant panda Hua Hua weigh when it was born?
—It weighed about 200 grams at birth.
A. How much B. How long C. How many D. How heavy
5. I’m afraid the washing machine will ________ some day if you don’t follow the instructions when using it.
A. get lost B. go wrong C. give up D. come down
6. —What exciting news! The 9th Asian Winter Games will take place in Harbin.
—That’s great! We all think Harbin is a(n) ________ place for winter sports.
A. awful B. perfect C. silent D. strange
7. To help people know more about you, you’d better ________ your qualities with some examples.
A. check B. change C. decide D. describe
8. We form the word “________” in a different way from the other three.
A. keyboard B. kindness C. mailbox D. moonlight
9. Which of the following has the same sentence structure as “I see him playing basketball on the playground.”?
A. We will send her a birthday card.
B. They often fly kites on windy days.
C All the classmates find Tom generous.
D. The new idea sounds really wonderful.
10. — I was preparing for the test and missed the red leaves in Qixia Mountain last month.
—________ You have to wait for another year to see them.
A. No problem B. That’s right
C. That’s a pity D. It doesn’t matter
三、完形填空 (共10小题； 每小题1分，满分10分)
阅读下面短文，从各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
PE classes were the most difficult part for Nora, a Grade 8 student. She didn’t ____11____ how tired she would be, but the way her classmates looked at her. In fact, Nora was much bigger than others of her age. A group of students often ran behind her, laughing and talking about ____12____ Nora ran. Nora kept telling herself, “One more ____13____ and I’ll leave the middle school. Then I won’t have to take this stupid PE class.”
But ____14____ changed when a girl named Zoe joined the class. She had short hair, bright eyes, and a long scar (伤疤) on the left side of her face. She introduced herself, “Hi, everyone, I’m Zoe. I love sports and fashion. You might be ____15____ why I had the scar. I got it when I fell off my bike. I think it makes me cool.” Nora listened in surprise. How could the girl speak out her ____16____?
During the lunchtime, Zoe noticed Nora was sitting at her usual table in the corner alone. She was ____17____ enough to walk over to join Nora. Nora couldn’t believe Zoe would like to sit with her. They enjoyed a wonderful time that day. Nora thought Zoe was different from the other classmates, ____18____ she built up the courage (勇气) to share her stories in the PE class with Zoe. “Hug yourself!” said Zoe. Hearing that, Nora ____19____ felt a moment of warmth rushing over her. She seemed to get a lot of energy from Zoe’s words and tried to be herself.
It was time for PE class again, but this time Zoe was with her. Nora became much braver and finally ____20____ that true confidence (自信) came from herself, not from others’ words. In the beautiful sunshine, the two girls walked forward together.
11. A. look after B. care about C. think of D. find out
12. A. how B. why C. when D. where
13. A. day B. hour C. month D. year
14. A. none B. nothing C. anything D. something
15. A. hearing B. knowing C. wondering D. complaining
16. A. plan B. joke C. secret D. dream
17. A. shy B. honest C. friendly D. interesting
18. A. so B. or C. but D. because
19. A. mainly B. usually C. carefully D. suddenly
20. A. taught B. advised C. guessed D. understood
