湖北省襄阳市宜城市2023-2024学年八年级上学期期末英语试题（原卷版+解析版）

宜城市2023—2024 学年度上学期期末学业质量测试 八年级英语 (本试卷共6页, 满分90分, 考试时间100分钟) ★祝考试顺利 注意事项: 1. 答卷前, 考生务必将自己的姓名、考试号填写在试题卷和答题卡上, 并将考试号条形码粘贴在答题卡上指定位置。 2. 选择题每小题选出答案后, 用2B铅笔将答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑, 如需改动, 用橡皮擦干净后, 再选涂其它答案标号, 答在试题卷上无效。 3. 非选择题 (主观题) 用0.5毫米的黑色签字笔直接答在答题卡上每题对应的答题区域内, 答在试题卷上无效。 4. 考试结束后, 请将本试题卷自己保留, 答题卡上交。 选择题 (客观题) (共55分) 一、选择填空 (本大题共10小题, 每小题1分, 满分10分) 从每小题A、B、C、D四个选项中, 选出一个可以填入空白处的最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。) 1. —Do you like “A thousand-mile journey begins with the first _____” —Yes. It’s a famous Chinese saying by Laozi. A. step B. mind C. hand D. foot 2. —Do you know the idiom (成语) “Meng’s mother makes three moves” —Yes. It tells that a mother did all she could to offer her child the best _____. A. invitation B. information C. experience D. environment 3. — I heard Guanjiaxiang in Xiangyang opened up the street on the last day of 2023. — Yes. I had fun there to celebrate the _____ of the new year. A. ending B. opening C. beginning D. programming 4. —The live streamer (直播货主) Dong Yuhui _____ to become famous overnight. —In fact, that’s the result of years of his hard work. A. seemed B. planned C. advised D. expected 5. —Do you know that a terrible earthquake (地震) _____ in Ganshu on the morning of December 19th. —Yes. More than 110 people died. A. ended B. shook C. arrived D. happened 6. —I heard both you and your friend bought EVs (新能源车) made in China. Why —We _____ this kind of cars to save money and the earth. A. gave B. hoped C. chose D. advised 7. —China’s homegrow C919 large aircraft test flight (国产大飞机试飞) was successful on May 28th, 2023. —All the Chinese people were _____ excited about it. A. hardly B. truly C. quickly D. beautifully 8. — Granpa, you said you wrote to your friends far away when you were young. Then _____ did you write to them — About twice a month. A. How far B. How often C. How long D. How soon 9. —The Spring Festival is one of the _____ festivals in China. —Not only that now, but it is a United Nations’ holiday! A. best B. earliest C. most expensive D. most traditional 10. —What are your parents doing besides working these days —They are _____ the Spring festival, like cleaning up the house or shopping. A. finding out B. hanging out C. looking for D. preparing for 二、完形填空 (本大题共10小题, 每小题1分, 满分10分) 阅读下面的短文，根据短文内容从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个可以填入空白处的最佳选项，使短文意思完整、句子通顺，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A woman in a small village was not happy with her life. She thought she always had problems. One day, a wise (充满智慧的) old man came and lived in her village. Many people went to him with their problems and asked for ____11____. The woman also ____12____ to vi ... ...