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1、山东省潍坊市诸城市2023学年八年级上学期期末英语试题一、阅读单项选择1. 1What time do western people usually have dinnerA.At 5: 00 in the afternoon.B.After midday.C.Around 7 pm or even later.D.Before 7: 00 in the afternoon. 2What will a host主人 probably say to a guest at the start of a mealA.Eat slowly!B.Can I help youC.Can you serve
2、 meD.Help yourself! 3Which of the following is helpful when youre in the west according to the posterA.The fork is held in your right hand and the knife in your left. can leave as soon as youve finished eating.C.You cant eat chicken legs with your fingers.D.If you dont know what to do, just watch th
3、e others and do as they do.2. Itis most difficult for parents to decide to have a second child. Someone says that a single child is likely to be a lonely child. There are no other children in the family for the child to talk or play with. An only child is not able to get along well with children of
4、his age. Some parents regretted懊悔making the decisions to have only one child.Butthe number of parents choosing to have only one child is increasing in many parts of the world. In the US, for example, more than 14 percent of women between 18 and 34 plan to have just one child. The same can be seen in
5、 the UK. In Japan, the average number of children born per family had gone down to 1.42 by 1996.Forsome single child parents, especially who are busy working every day, time and energy seem to be overwhelming势不可挡的 They dont have enough time and energy to share with more children. For other people, m
6、oney is their first consideration考虑. Many couples in Japan choose not to have large families because the cost of supporting a child up to the age of 18 reaches around US $ 160,000. 1According to the passage, why is a single child likely to be lonelyA.Because he doesnt have holidays.B.Because his par
7、ents dont love him.C.Because there are other children in the family.D.Because he doesnt have a brother or a sister to talk or play with. 2What do people not think about when they choose to have a second childA.Food.B.Time.C.Energy.D.Money. 3Which of the following is true according to the passageA.Ma
8、ny couples in Japan love to have large families.B.It is not easy to make a decision to have a second child.C.Less than 14% of women in the UK plan to have just one child.D.All parents feel confident about having a second child. 4The main idea of the passage is. cant share their time and energy with
9、more children.B.the cost of supporting a child is so high.C.the reasons for parents not to have a second child.D.some parents regretted making the decisions to have only one child.3. Avery important world problem is the growing population on the earth. The population of the world today is more than
10、7,400,000,000. That is a great number and we know it quite well. The important thing is not how large the population of the world is now, but the rate of the growth. It is about 1.63 percent every year.Every second, 4.2 babies are born in the world. Another baby! Another baby! Another baby! You can
11、not speak quickly enough to keep up with the birth rate. The population is growing faster and faster. In one day, people have to find food for over 350,000 mouths. The rapid growth of population will make a big problem by the year 2025. There will be as many as 8.1 billion people on the earth! So th
12、is is one of the biggest problems that you are going to see in your life. 1The population of the world is increasing by about_every yearA.one fifthB.350,000C.20 percentD.1.63 percent 2Whats the meaning of the word rate in the passage 3From the passage, we know there are about_new babies to be born i
13、n one minute in the worldA.350B.4C.250D.14,400 4Which of the following is NOT trueA.The problem of the large population will be solved by 2025B.The population of the world is very largeC.The large population may cause sorts of problemsD.The growing population will be a big problem in our life二、补全短文5
14、选44. 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最正确选项。选项中有一项为多余选项。Everybody talked about the weather. For example, people may say to others Isnt it a nice day Do you think it is going to rain or I think it is going to snow.1_Many people think they can tell what the weather is going to be like.2_ One man may say, Do yo
15、u see how cloudy it is in the east It is going to rain tomorrow. But another man may say, Yes, its cloudy in the east. So we are going to have a fine day tomorrow.3_ When a farmer needs water, he looks for something to tell him it is going to rain, he wont believe other things. When people are having a picnic but it begins to rain, they will be so sure about something that shows the weather is going to be fine very quickly.4_Almost everyone listens to what the weatherman says. But he does not always
