山东省烟台市莱州市2022-2023学年八年级下学期期末考试英语试题（含答案）

2022—2023学年度第二学期期末学业水平测试 初三英语试题 注意事项： 1．本试卷共90分；考试时间100分钟。考试结束后，请将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。 2．答题前，务必用0.5毫米黑色签字笔将自己的姓名、准考证号、座位号填写在试卷和答题卡规定的位置上。 3．选择题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把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。 4．非选择题必须用0.5毫米黑色签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡指定区域内相应位置；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案；不能使用涂改液、胶带纸、修正带。 5．在试卷上和答题卡指定区域外的答案无效。 第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分35分） 第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 A Thanks to the ancient Silk Road, the lands of Italy and China have been connected for more than 2,000 years. Tourists from China and every corner of the world come to visit Italy every year. Here are four famous cities of Italy. Rome is the birth place of science, culture and of course, art in Europe. It is the perfect combination（结合）of the modern and the classical. When one walks around the city, one can see many museums. Of course, Rome is also considered as the fashion（时尚）centre of the world now. The Rome Coliseum is today considered one wonder（奇迹）of the modern world. Pisa is a small city. It is famous for the leaning tower of Pisa. If you think that Pisa has only one leaning tower, you may just be wrong. This city has three leaning towers. Home of the famous scientist Galileo, Pisa is also known for its universities because the city is home of some of the most important universities in Europe. Florence is one of the most important provinces around Italy. Shopping here, you’ll find David, the most famous statue（雕像）of Michelangelo. If you are planning to spend a couple of days in Florence, you likely will not want to lose the opportunity to see and enjoy Arnolfo Tower, it will be open on Sunday and Monday from 9 to 6 pm.（closed in case of rain）. Venice is a city over a hundred islands. You can visit most interesting places of the city by walks or by the famous gondolas. Art exhibitions, film festival s and famous carnival（狂欢节）make Venice a place that can be visited any time of the year. 1．According to the passage, _____ is considered as a fashion center of the world now. A．Rome B．Pisa C．Florence D．Venice 2．We can visit Arnolfo Tower _____. A．at 8 am on Sunday B．at 9 am on Tuesday C．at 9 pm on Saturday D．at 10 am on Monday 3．According to the passage, which one of the following is NOT true A．Pisa has three leaning towers. B．You’ll find David when you go shopping in Florence. C．You can visit most interesting places of Venice by walks or by bus. D．Every year, thousands of tourists all over the world come to visit Italy. B Once upon a time, animals were experiencing hunger（饥荒）on a land. There was dry land everywhere. They tried many ways to grow plants. Yet they didn’t succeed. A rabbit was walking sadly across the land because ... ...