山东省临沂市兰陵县2022-2023学年八年级下学期期末考试英语试题（含解析）

山东省临沂市兰陵县2022-2023学年八年级下学期期末考试英语试题 学校:_____姓名：_____班级：_____考号：_____ 一、阅读单选 Swans(天鹅) are also called the Great White Swans, a major characteristic shape of birds, the greatest length of 1.5 meters and weighing more than 15 kilograms can be. Their wingspans(翼幅) can be over 3.1 meters. Swans usually have white body feathers, a black or yellow mouth and black nose. They have a long thin neck. They are also heavy-bodied, big-footed birds. They are larger than the geese. Immature birds wear mottled(斑驳的) gray or brown feather for two or more years. Adults also have an unfeathered skin between the eyes and mouth. Young swans are able to run and swim for a few hours after they were born, but they also need to be carefully looked after for several months. Swans mature(成熟) in the third or fourth year and may live for 20 years in the wild and 50 years or more in captivity(圈养). 根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。 1．Paragraph 2 is mainly about swans’ _____. A．looks B．abilities C．personalities 2．A swan in the wild may live for _____. A．two years B．more than two years C．20 years 3．Where does the passage probably come from A．A film guide. B．A storybook. C．An animal magazine. ① Can animals talk It is true that they are not able to use words like ours, but most of them can talk in their own way. ② When the cat is happy and pleased, how does she show it She purrs, and this is her way of saying. “I am quite happy now.” If she is unhappy, or in pain,or hungry, she mews. If she is angry, she sets up her back and moves her tail from side to side. If she is treated(对待) in a way she does not like, her tail goes straight up in the air, and she walks out of the room. ③ If your dog is pleased, he puts back his ears, waves his tail, and seems to smile. If he is angry, he growls(咆哮), shows his teeth, puts up his tail and the hair along his back and neck, walks around slowly, and makes himself look very fierce（凶猛的）. This is the dog’s way of saying. “I am mad, I have a mind to bite you.” ④When a hen sees a dog coming near her chickens, have you noticed how she waves her wings, raises her tail, and rushes to the dog This is her way of saying.“Be off, or I will peck you with my hard beak(喙)”. If she sees a hawk（鹰）, she makes a strange noise, and her chickens at once run away and hide themselves. They understand their mother to say.“Quick, get out of sight, dears! There is danger near.”When she finds some nice food, she makes another kind of noise. The chickens know quite well what it means, and run at once to share the food their mother has found for them. ⑤ In such ways as these, animals make themselves understood almost as well as if they could talk like humans. They tell their feelings to one another by acts and by sounds just as we do by words. 根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。 4．A cat’s tail goes straight up in the air when _____. A．she is happy and pleased B．she is hungry or in pain C．she ... ...