2021-2022學(xué)年山東省煙臺(tái)市招遠(yuǎn)市八年級(jí)（上）期末英語(yǔ)試卷（五四學(xué)制）

第一部分 閱讀理解（共兩節(jié)， 滿分30分）第一節(jié) （共4小題； 每小題8分， 滿分30分）閱讀下列短文， 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容從每題所給的A、B、C和D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中， 選出最佳選項(xiàng)。

• 1．The problem：Two in ten children in the US are fat and three in five adults in the US are fat，too.
     The solution（解決方案）：Turning off the TV is a great way to improve the health of you and your family.There are two ways to be healthy ——exercise and healthy eating.Watching less TV can help you with both.
     _______：Don't have time to exercise？You are not alone.Americans do not get enough exercise.According to a report，60 percent of Americans do not get enough exercise to stay healthy and 25 percent don't do any exercise at all.But many of us have more time than we think.Children in the US watch almost three hours of television each day，and adults watch over four hours.Cutting back the TV time is a great way to find the time to play outside，take a walk，or pick up a new sport.
     Eat better：Watching TV not only keeps you sitting for a long time，but also makes you eat unhealthily.A report shows that the more television children watch，the more junk food they will eat between meals.
     Turning it off helps keep the weight off!A study shows that turning off the television really helps make kids healthier.
  
  （1）What is the problem？

  
  A．More and more people like eating junk food.
  B．More and more people like watching TV.
  C．More and more people stay up late every day.
  D．A lot of children and adults get fat.
  （2）What can be put back into the blank （空白處）？

  
  A．Healthy eating
  B．Exercise more
  C．Turn on the TV
  D．Become fat
  （3）Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage？

  
  A．If you want to improve your health，you should talk to your doctor.
  B．Children in the US watch almost 21 hours of television each week.
  C．All the children in the US eat junk food between meals.
  D．All the children in the US like watching TV every night.
  （4）Why did the writer write this passage？

  
  A．To tell us some ways to exercise.
  B．To tell us how to find time to relax.
  C．To encourage us to turn off the TV.
  D．To teach us how to be a better cook.
  組卷：0引用：1難度：0.8

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• 2．Edith Wharton was born into a rich family in 1862 in New York City，America.From 1866 to 1872，her family visited France，Italy，Germany and Spain.During her travels，young Edith studied at home instead of going to school.
     Some people think Edith began writing because she found the people around her so boring.Others say she put pen to paper when her husband became sick.But the fact is that she thought of herself as a writer when she was a child.Writing gave her a feeling of staying away from the control of her social class.
     Writing was just one of the things she liked.She had poetry and books on a number of subjects in her lifetime.Also，she was interested in designing and caring for gardens.
     In 1899，her collection of stories The Greater Inclination appeared.When she was in London，she visited a bookstore.The owner didn't know who she was and gave her the book and said to her， "This is what everyone in London is talking about now."
     Three years later，her first novel The Valley of Decision came out.Three years after that，her novel The House of Mirth （《歡樂之家》）came out.In 1920，she published The Age of Innocence and it won the 1921 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.The novel was made into a movie in 1993.Edith died in 1937 in France.
  
  （1）Why did Edith Wharton begin writing？

  
  A．To make money to look after her sick husband.
  B．To run away from the control of her social class.
  C．To make her boring life interesting.
  D．To make herself famous in the world.
  （2）What can we learn from the underlined sentence？

  
  A．Edith was the first American writer to become famous in London.
  B．People in London began to show interest in novels.
  C．Her collection of stories was a great success in London.
  D．There were no other books on sale in the bookstore.
  （3）When did The House of Mirth come out？

  
  A．In 1896.
  B．In 1899.
  C．In 1902.
  D．In 1905.
  （4）Why did the writer write this passage？

  
  A．To introduce an American writer.
  B．To advise us to read more books.
  C．To ask us to learn to write books.
  D．To introduce his favorite writer.
  組卷：1引用：1難度：0.9

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• 3．With the development of China，many traditional ink paintings （水墨畫） about poverty alleviation （扶貧） show the changes in southern Chinese villages.
     Shang Xinzhou，a painter from the Guangxi Art University，has been creating traditional ink paintings for many years.His paintings show the life in poor areas.
     "Thanks to my experience in Duomai Village，I can make the paintings much lovelier，" said the painter，who has spent two and a half years working there.
     Shang's paintings show the progress in the fight against poverty.His works show changes from difficult local conditions and people's hard times to better conditions and happy lives.
     "I like drawing people's real lives，and paintings can be a bridge for communication between the local people and me，" said Shang.
     During his stay，he put his paintings about the local life on the Internet to help villagers sell their products.To make the nightlife there richer，he sold paintings to buy streetlights，so people could enjoy square dancing in the evening.
     Shang's excellent works were popular in the village. "I love his paintings and they show great changes in our village，" said a farmer.
     In recent years，more artists have traveled to mountain villages to record the development of China's poor areas，telling stories of the country's fight against poverty.
     "I've seen the local poverty alleviation.I want to record the changes of the poor areas and create more works about people，" said Shang.
  
  （1）What made Shang's paintings lovelier？

  
  A．His happy family.
  B．His experience in a village.
  C．His hobbies and interests.
  D．His experience in a university.
  （2）What can we learn from the last paragraph？

  
  A．Why Shang created the paintings.
  B．When Shang started to paint.
  C．How Shang's life was in the village.
  D．Where Shang will work in the future.
  （3）What's the main idea of the passage？

  
  A．A painter spent his whole life fighting against poverty in his city.
  B．A painter tried to show the world Chinese traditional ink paintings.
  C．A painter used his paintings to record the changes in poor areas.
  D．A painter found the easiest way to make himself famous in his country.
  組卷：1引用：1難度：0.8

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第三部分 書面表達(dá)（共兩節(jié)， 滿分10分）第一節(jié) 閱讀表達(dá)（共1小題；每小題10分， 滿分10分）閱讀下面的短文， 完成短文后的問題。

• 8．●Facebook is an American social media company with more than 2.8 billion users.Recently，it took a new name：Meta.
      ●Along with the new name is the company's plan to build a "metaverse".So what is a metaverse？
      ●Simply put，it's a virtual （虛擬的） world.People wear VR headsets （頭戴設(shè)備） to visit it.It will feel real because the technology can simulate （模擬） our senses：sight，hearing，touch and even smell.
      ●What can you do inside of the metaverse？Perhaps anything you want!For example，you can meet other people wherever they are.Your location will no longer matter，said VOA News. "People would be connected （連接的） at all times."So，if you can't find any friends to play basketball with，don't worry.Just jump into the metaverse and join a game.
      ●The metaverse can also create （創(chuàng)造） new places.Are you tired of visiting the same beach every year？Forget Sanya.Meet your friends in the metaverse and go to a beach on the moon— or anywhere else you can imagine.You can fly over the sand or dive （潛水） into the sea.
      ●Some people may argue that these experiences are not real.But Cathy Hackl，an expert in metaverse technology，said her son's first concert was inside of a video game. "Just because it happened in a video game，it didn't make it less real for him，" she said.
      ●Perhaps the metaverse will change our idea of reality itself.
  
  （1）How can people visit the metaverse？
  

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  （2）When can people try to connect to each other in the metaverse？
  

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  （3）What is Paragraph 5 mainly about？
  

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  （4）What does Cathy Hackl mean by mentioning her son's experience？
  

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  （5）Do you want to visit the metaverse？Why or why not？
  

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  組卷：1引用：1難度：0.8

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第二節(jié) 寫作（滿分20分）

• 9．2021年10月16日，神舟十三號(hào)載人飛船成功發(fā)射。這是激發(fā)同學(xué)們學(xué)科學(xué)、用科學(xué)的好時(shí)機(jī)。因此，你所在學(xué)校本周六準(zhǔn)備組織學(xué)生參觀中國(guó)科學(xué)技術(shù)博物館（China Science and Technology Museum）。假如你是李華，需要你通知因事缺席的韓梅參加。請(qǐng)用英語(yǔ)寫一封不少于80詞的電子郵件告知她相關(guān)信息。
  要點(diǎn)：（1）When and where will you meet？
  （2）What will you do there？
  （3）What should she prepare？
  __________.
  組卷：2引用：1難度：0.1

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