题型：阅读选择 题类： 难易度：普通
广东省汕头市潮南区2023-2024学年八年级上学期1月期末英语试题（音频暂未更新）
Dear penfriend, My name is Cheryl. I am from Perth, Australia. I am in Grade 8 at Newman Junior HighSchool. There are 5 people in my family: Dad, Mom, David(my older brother), Michelle(my younger sister) and me. David is shy but Michelle and I are outgoing. I have a pet dog called Lucky. How many people are there in your family? Do you have any pets? My family loves playing sports. I play badminton better than they do. I also love reading. I read almost every day. What do you love to do? Am I asking too many questions? Bye! Cheryl |
Dear Cheryl, My name is Claire. I am from the UK. But I live in Thailand now. I'm 12 years old. I'm tall and thin. I have 4. dogs,9 fish and 1 cat. There are 7 people in my family. I love going camping with my friends. I am good at playing badminton, too. Maybe we can play together one day. Can you give me a picture of you? Claire |
A Californian company wants to build a hotel in orbit (天体等运行的轨道). The space hotel will open in 2027. It will be able to carry up to 400 people. The space hotel will be shaped like a large wheel, with 24 space pods (舱) around the outside of the 200-meter-wide structure. The pods will be used for restaurants, bars, gyms, rooms for tourists, laboratories for research and so on. ▲
A UK company Seedlip has released (发布) a gift box that uses packaging (包装材料) made from mycelium (菌丝体). Seedlip is working with Magical Mushroom Company to make the packaging. Magical Mushroom adds mycelium to natural materials that farmers no longer need. As the mycelium tries to break the materials down, it grows threads (线) that form a strong and light material that can be used as packaging. And after being used, it breaks down naturally in about 40 days in a garden. |
The Millers work in Shenzhen. They need two bedrooms two bathrooms, a sitting room and a kitchen. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} Jane is moving to her new house. She will have workers make some furniture. So she needs to buy some good wooden materials (材料) in the store. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} Sarah needs a round dining table. But she has no time to go to the stores to buy one. And she thinks it is very tiring to go to the shops. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} There is often a bad smell which is bad for our health in a newly painted house. Mr Li wants to buy something to help solve (解决) this problem. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} Sophia is a lovely girl. Now she wants to make her room beautiful and cute. She would like to buy some lovely toys or cartoon characters. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} | A. Dongshen Market In our market you can buy all kinds of furniture materials. And also the price here is lower than that in any other market. B. House for Sale A new house with 2 bedrooms and 1 bathroom, 100 square meters is for sale in Shenzhen. This house is quite comfortable for a family of three. C. Xinyun Gift Shop Many cute things are on sale in our shop, including toy animals and different kinds of cartoon characters. You can buy them for your friends or yourself. D. Furniture Online (在线) I know more and more people enjoy online shopping. We sell clothes, shoes, furniture and many other things on our website. It can save you much time and money. E. How to Paint Your Room The book gives you advice on how to wonderfully paint your room without bad smells. It just costs 5 yuan. F. Great House for Sale A house with 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, a kitchen and a sitting room is for sale in Shenzhen city center. Call 13613712100 for more information. |
After learning Unit 6, Zhang Peng checked how well he mastered listening, speaking, reading, and writing by himself. His teacher would give him some advice according to his self-check.
Self-check Unit 6 When was it invented? Name: Zhang Peng Score:25/32 | ||||
Listening | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
★I can listen for the useful information in the listening tasks. | ✔ | |||
★I can take some notes while listening. | ✔ | |||
Speaking | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
★I can talk about the history of inventions. | ✔ | |||
★I can use the passive voice correctly. | ✔ | |||
Reading | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
★I can find out the main ideas of the passages quickly. | ✔ | |||
★I can draw mind-maps according to the passages. | ✔ | |||
Writing | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
★I can write a description of an invention with the help of the mind-map. | ✔ | |||
★I can use the passive voice correctly in the writing. | ✔ | |||
Comments 28~32 Excellent! 24~27 Very Good! 15~23 Not bad! Below 14 Work harder! | ||||
试题篮
A Space Hotel Will Open Soon
Researchers at Fudan University in Shanghai have made a new type of cloth that can be used as a digital display (数字显示) . Professor Peng Huisheng and his team have spent 10 years trying to make "digital cloth" with a silver-plated yarn (银镀纱) and a kind of thread. The cloth could allow a driver to view a GPS map on their arm while driving. It could also help people communicate better if they have language barriers or disabilities. 
A Gift Box Made from Mycelium