浙江省宁波市2022-2023学年上学期八年级期末考试英语试卷(含答案)

2022-2023学年度上学期八年级期末考试 英 语 试 题 班级：________ 姓名：________ 得分：________ 试题卷I 一、完形填空（本题有15小题，每小题1分，共计15分） 阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 An old farmer lived with his grandson. Each morning, the ____1____ got up early and read his Bhagavad Gita《薄迦梵歌》. One day the grandson asked, “Grandpa! I try to read the book like you ____2____ I can’t understand it, and I forget it easily. What’s the ____3____ of reading it?” The grandfather said, “Take this coal (煤炭) basket down to the ____4____ and bring me back a basket of water.” The boy did as his grandfather ____5____, but all the water ran ____6____ he got home. The grandfather laughed, “You’ll have to move faster next time.” This time the boy ____7____ faster, but again the basket was empty. He told his grandfather that is was ____8____ to carry water in a basket. He wanted to use a bottle instead, but the old man said, “I just want a ____9____ of water. You’re not trying hard enough.” The boy wanted to show his grandfather that the water would surely run. He again put the _____10_____ into the river and ran hard. But there wasn’t anything in it again. He said _____11_____, “Look, grandpa, it’s useless!” “Watch the basket.” said the grandfather. For the first time the boy _____12_____ the basket was different. It had changed from a dirty old coal basket into a _____13_____ one, inside and out. “Boy, you might not understand or remember _____14_____ when you read the book, but when you read it, you will be _____15_____, inside and out. That’s what you got from it.” ( )1．A．son B．father C．grandfather D．grandmother ( )2．A．so B．but C．or D．and ( )3．A．time B．place C．use D．habit ( )4．A．house B．beach C．lake D．river ( )5．A．said B．saw C．liked D．did ( )6．A．as B．after C．until D．before ( )7．A．ran B．rode C．drove D．flew ( )8．A．easy B．interesting C．impossible D．unimportant ( )9．A．bottle B．basket C．box D．bowl ( )10．A．hand B．bottle C．basket D．coal ( )11．A．sadly B．hopefully C．excitedly D．happily ( )12．A．forgot B．realized C．believed D．remembered ( )13．A．white B．clean C．new D．black ( )14．A．someone B．something C．anything D．anyone ( )15．A．different B．relaxed C．curious D．worried 二、阅读理解（本题有15小题，每小题2分，共计30分） 阅读下面材料，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 （A） DAY DESCRIPTION HIGH/LOW PRECIP(降雨) WIND HUMIDITY(温度) MON NOV12 Showers 8℃/4℃ 40% N 11mph 82% TUE NOV13 Partly cloudy 8℃/5℃ 20% NE 12mph 84% WED NOV14 Partly cloudy 9℃/6℃ 20% ESE 11mph 81% THU NOV15 PM Showers 9℃/5℃ 40% SSE10 mph 84% FRI NOV16 AM Showers 8℃/3℃ 50% SSW 9 mph 84% London, England, UK 5 Day Weather ( )16．What is the weather like on Monday? A．Rainy. B．Partly cloudy. C．Snowy. D．Sunny. ( )17．What’s the humidity on November 15? A．81%. B．82%. C．83%. D．84%. ( )18．The lowest temperature may be on ________. A．Monday B．Wednesday C．Thursday D．Friday （B） Students aiming to enter Tsinghua University this year had better be able to swim or be prepared to learn swimming and pass a swim test since the top university will not grant bachelor’s degrees if they cannot swim. This September, would-be freshmen at Tsinghua University will have to take swimming courses if they fail a swimming test at the beginning of their university life, and they won’t receive their degrees if they cannot swim before their graduation, according to a message at a university staff meeting days ago, the Beijing Daily reported on Monday. Potential freshmen with chronic diseases, skin disease or hydrophobia, once examined and affirmed by medical staff, don’t need to take the required test or course. Plans are for freshmen to take the test during their military training. In the test, students will pass the test if they can swim 50 meters, no matter whether they choose the breaststroke, butterfly, stroke, freestyle or backstroke. Those failing the test have to take a compulsory swimming course. “Now Tsinghua University will test students in long-distance running and swimming, so students with poor sports performance will have to overcome a lot of difficulties once they enter the university,” said a student surnamed Zhang from the Second High School Attached To Beijing Normal University. However, students don’t need to worry much, since Liu Bo, head of the Division of Sports Science and Physical Education, said relevant statistics showed that 90 percent of students can swim after taking the compulsory swimming course in their second year of university, and the remaining 10 percent will receive instruction after class provided by teachers, without paying extra tuition. And seeing the ability to swim as a must for students to earn their degrees is not something new in Tsinghua University, as this ability was listed on its school regulations in the early 20th century. “As early as 90 years ago, Tsinghua University required that students cannot graduate from the university or study overseas if they cannot swim, though the requirement didn’