2023—2024学年度第二学期阶段性随堂练习八年级英语（本试卷共45小题满分90分考试时长90分钟）考生注意：所有试题必须在答题卡指定区域内作答，在本试卷上作答无效第一部分选择题（共50分）一、阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分；满分40分）第一节阅读下面语言材料，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A2024 Chinese Food FestivalGreen Square will have the Chinese Food Festival on June 1". It will begin at 5 pm and end at 9 pm. You can enjoy food and drinks from more than twenty cities. There will also be five interesting cultural shows . Come taste and have fun!Food passport （护照）After you arrive at the square, go to the red hous e to pick up your free “food passport”. As you visit the eight regional cuisine（八大菜系）stations. collect a stamp （邮票）of each station. After collecting all eight stamps, you will win a nice present!More tipsTake warm clothes for the cool evening.Don't push your way and avoid accidents.Watch people eat food from different cities. Just do as they do.1. The festival will offer food and drinks from over __________ cities.A.5B.7C.13D.202. To win a nice present, you need to __________ in the festival.A. collect all the stampsB. get to the square on timeC. cook the eight regional cuisinesD. pick up the free passport3. When it's 6:30 pm in the festival, you can enjoy __________.A. magic showsB. tea artC. Beijing OperaD. traditional dance4. People are advised to __________ in the festival.A. eat as they likeB. be polite and safeC. wear something beautifulD. cook by themselvesBThe Internet is useful, but it can also be bad. So being a good digital citizen（数字公民）is important. It means that you have the online social skills to take part in online life in a right way.•Why does Internet safety matter （重要）?You use Internet for everyday activities like keeping in touch with friends on social media, relaxing and doing schoolwork. You also go online to look for help for health problems, and sometimes to experience different ways of showing yourselves.•What does being safe online mean?Being safe online means when you are playing games, you know who you're playing with; when looking up information, you use trusted sources（可信的来源）; and if you see something that makes you worried or sad, you know what to do about it and where to find help.•How to be safe online?Don't give out information about yourself.Don't share personal things online like your full name, address or phone number. Someone could try to use the information to find you. Choose a fun nickname instead!•______________When using social media （社交媒体）, you may meet some strangers who come to talk to you.Remember, only add（添加）your friends in real life. Tell your parents first before you talk with people you don't know.•Think carefully before you press send.You can get in trouble with the police if you send wrong photos of yourself or other people. You can also get in trouble if you bully（欺负）someone or talk about hurting them.•Be careful when you buy online.Some things on the Internet need money like playing games or shopping. Always ask your parents beforespending money online!5. According to the picture, what should you do when getting an unkind message online?A. Find its writer.B. Send it to others.C. Answer it quickly.D. Delete it or tell parents.6. Internet safety is very important because it can __________.A. improve social skillsB. make daily life go wellC. avoid fighting with othersD. get others'personal information7. Which of the following can be put on“_________”?A. Don't talk to strangers.B. Remember to make friends in real life.C. Don't use social media.D. Try to help strangers as much as possible.8. What's the purpose（目的）of the text?A. To introduce the Internet.B. To explain the importance of safety.C. To share ways to keep safe online.D. To talk about everyday activities online.CIf you stay in space for a long time, will you become a different person? Mark Kelly and Scott Kelly from the USA will give you the answer.Mark and Scott are twin brothers. They were once great astronauts in NASA（美国国家航空航天局）. From 2015 to 2016, Scott spent 340 days at the International Space Station. But Mark still stayed on the earth. Scientists wrote down some information about the twins before, during and after the space travel. They used it to study how different a person was after the long space travel.The full results of the studies will come out in a year or two. But scientists showed us some early findings. When Scott came back from space, he changed a lot. He was 5 cm taller than before. His eyesight became worse. He found that he couldn't see things clearly. Another change was that he couldn't move his legs easily just like before. Scientists also found that after Scott came back to the earth, it took him much longer to understand things. As for Mark, he could do so as well as before.Scientists say when people grow old, their telomeres（染色体端粒）will get shorter. Mark's telomeres kept getting shorter. However, during Scott's stay in space, his telomeres got longer.Further studies on the twins are still going on. NASA plans to send humans to Mars in the 2030s, and the twins' studies could help them get ready for those space trips.9. Scott has been at the International Space Station for __________.A. one monthB. half a yearC. almost a yearD. two years10. What happened to Scott after the space travel?A. He could see nothing.B. It was hard for him to move legs.C. He became a bit shorter.D. He understood things more easily.11. The last paragraph mainly tells us __________.A. the fun of space travelB. the future travel to MarsC. the success of NASA's planD. the reasons of the twins'research12. Which of the following can be the best title （标题）for the text?A. The twins'space travelB. Anstronauts’ life in spaceC. How space travel changed peopleD. How to prepare for space travelDDid you watch the Chinese cartoon movie Chang'an last summer holiday? The movie is so popular with people of all ages. It has made not only Chinese fans but also the world enjoy the beauty in Chinese poetry （诗歌）.Named after the ancient city of Xi’an in Shanxi province, the movie showed us ama zing life of poet Li Bai in fact. It also brought us back to the golden age in Chinese history—Tang Dynasty. Tang poems in the movie helped us get closer to a real Li Bai and his dreams. When Li Bai enjoyed nature, he said, “Its torrent dashes down three thousand feet from high; As if the Silver River fell from the blue sky （飞流直下三千尺, 疑是银河落九天）.”When he got into trouble, he said, “Heaven gave me talent for a reason; Spent now, riches return in season（天生我才必有用, 千金散尽还复来）.”Everyone in the cinema couldn't help spe aking them out loudly when they heard these classical poems again.Many parents brought their kids to watch the movie. After watching it, children had a better understanding of the poems in the textbooks. And poems from Li Bai gave them energy（能量）to get over the difficulties in life. Li Bai's lifelong friendship with Gao Shi also touched their heart and taught them to cherish（珍惜）friends around them.Li Bai has been away from us for a long time, but he is always the “immortal” in our hearts with his great poems. And we will let more people fall in love with fantastic Chinese poems and culture some day.13. __________ in the cartoon movie Chang'an has/ have won the hearts of people.A. Funny heroesB. Different languagesC. The beauty of Chinese poetryD. The interesting story14. How did Li Bai feel when saying “Its torrent dashes down three thousand feet from high; As if the Silver River fell from the blue sky”?A. worriedB. calmC. lonelyD. excited15. What does the underlined word “immortal” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?A.不朽的B.无惧的C.无价的D.有才的16. What can we infer（推断）about the cartoon movie Chang'an from the text?A. It's a special gift just for Chinese children.B. It mainly tells the history of Chinese poetry.C. It helps people understand Li Bai and his works better.D. It teaches children how to write poems with different feelings.第二节阅读短文，从方框内所给的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，其中有一个多余的选项。
