北京市大兴区2022-2023学年八年级上学期期中英语试题(含答案)

北京市大兴区2022-2023学年八年级上学期期中英语试题

学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________

一、单项选择

1．— How was your vacation, Tina ?

— ________ was wonderful.

A．He B．She C．We D．It

2．The cartoon Steamboat Willie came out ________ November 18, 1928.

A．on B．at C．in D．to

3．—What ________ you learn from sitcoms?

—I can learn some great jokes.

A．must B．need C．can D．will

4．I think nothing is ________ than a glass of water when you are thirsty.

A．good B．better C．best D．the best

5．—________ do you go to movies, Tony?

—Once a month.

A．How long B．How often C．How much D．How far

6．Mr. Green is too heavy, ________ he decides to take some exercise to keep fit.

A．or B．but C．so D．for

7．— Look! It ________ heavily.

—That’s great. It’s too hot these days.

A．rain B．rains C．rained D．is raining

8．—When did you arrive in Penang?

— We ________ there yesterday morning.

A．arrive B．arrived C．arriving D．arrives

9．I plan________a sports show this Sunday because I like all kinds of sports.

A．watch B．watching C．to watch D．watched

10．Jim often ________ history books and learns a lot about Chinese culture.

A．reads B．read C．will read D．is reading

11．My parents often tell us P.E. is as ________ as the other subjects.

A．important B．more important

C．most important D．the most important

12．—Did you do ________ last weekend?

—Yes, I did. I went to Tian’anmen.

A．something fun B．nothing fun C．everything fun D．anything fun

二、完形填空

Jenny was English. She was a good girl but she was often late for school. One morning she was ___13___ again. Mr. Black, her teacher, was angry with her when she came into the classroom.

“I’ll write to your father if you aren’t here on time tomorrow,” he told her. Jenny didn’t want him to do that because her ___14___ were very strict with her. The next day she got up very early and went to school without breakfast. She hurried to school. Just before she reached the school gate, she stopped. She found a small ___15___ lying on the ground. She picked it up and she decided to give it to the headmaster（校长）. When she hurried into the classroom, Mr. Black was already having his lessons.

“Jenny White,” he said as soon as he saw her, “I’ve told you not to come late, but you’re late again.”

“I’m sorry, sir,” Jenny said. “I was late because I found a small…”

“I won’t listen to any excuse,” Mr. Black ___16___ her. “Because you can’t get here on time, I’ll write to your father.” Jenny could say no more. She sat down ___17___. She couldn’t keep back her tears.

As soon as the bell rang, the door opened. Mr. Smith, the headmaster, came in. He was holding a small bag in his hand. “Excuse me, Mr. Black,” he said. “Is this yours?” “Why, yes. It is mine, but I didn’t know I ___18___it.” Mr. Black was surprised.

“Jenny White found it just before school started. She gave it to me and asked me to ___19___ out who had lost it.” Mr. Smith said.

Mr. Black’s face turned red. He looked at Jenny and said, “I’m sorry, Jenny. I ___20___ back what I said.”

13．A．exciting B．enjoyable C．serious D．late

14．A．friends B．teachers C．parents D．classmates

15．A．book B．bag C．cake D．bird

16．A．stopped B．touched C．chose D．minded

17．A．quietly B．carefully C．successfully D．happily

18．A．bought B．shared C．lost D．won

19．A．help B．bring C．reach D．find

20．A．come B．take C．pay D．call

三、阅读单选

Tony is a 15-year-old student. He and his parents are going to travel around Beijing this summer. Below is some information that he has got.

21．Where can Tony go if he is interested in animals?A．Beijing Zoo. B．The Palace Museum.

C．The Summer Palace. D．The Badaling Great Wall.

22．Tony and his parents can’t go to visit the Palace Museum on ________.

A．Monday B．Tuesday C．Saturday D．Sunday

23．Tony and his parents want to visit the Summer Palace and the Badaling Great Wall, so they will pay ________ for the tickets.

A．￥105 B．￥140 C．￥175 D．￥210

Tom was a shopkeeper. He had a small corner shop. It was open from seven in the morning until eleven at night and sold many different things. Tom worked so hard in his shop that he had good sales. He was very happy.

Then a supermarket opened across the street. The supermarket was ten times the size of Tom’s shop.

The manager（经理）of the supermarket wanted to take people away from Tom. He found out what Tom’s prices were and then made his lower than Tom’s.

People quickly stopped buying things from Tom’s shop. They bought everything from the supermarket instead. Soon Tom’s business was very bad and he was angry.

“It’s not fair,” Tom thought, “I must do something to teach that supermarket manager a lesson.”

The price of steak（肉排）in the supermarket was $5.00 a pound. Tom put a sign（标牌）in his window, “Steak—$4.50 a pound.”

The next day the price of steak in the supermarket was $4.25 a pound, Tom changed the sign in his window, “Steak- $4.00 a pound.”

An hour later, the sign in the supermarket said, “Steak— $3.75 a pound.”

Ten minutes later the sign in Tom’s window said, “Steak— $3.50 a pound.” Five minutes later the sign in the supermarket said, “Steak—$2.50 a pound.” Twenty seconds later the sign in Tom’s window said, “Steak— $1.00 a pound.”

The manager of the supermarket ran across the road into Tom’s shop. “This must stop,” he said, “Steak is costing me $4.00 a pound. I’m selling it at $2.50 a pound. I’m losing money every minute!”

“I’ll stop cutting all my prices,” Tom said, “if you stop cutting all yours.” The supermarket manager agreed, and the two men shook hands.

Tom smiled. He didn’t lose any money on the steak. He didn’t sell any steak at all.

24．Before the supermarket opened, Tom was happy because ________ .

A．he liked hard work B．his prices were high

C．he had good sales D．he wanted to meet more people

25．How did the manager of the supermarket take people away from Tom?

A．His shop was bigger than Tom’s.

B．His prices were lower than Tom’s.

C．He told them bad things about Tom.

D．His shop sold more things than Tom’s.

26．What does the underlined phrase “price cutting” mean?

A．Making your prices the same as others’.

B．Making your prices lower than others’.

C．Making your prices higher than others’.

D．Losing money every minute.

While the mobile Internet is changing the way we live, more and more old people in China are getting in on the digital (数字) world, though they still have some trouble.

Yang Su, a 61-year-old micro vlogger (微视频博主), is one of them. He has more than 2.3 million fans on China’s famous short video (视频) app “Douyin”.

“Three years ago, my son put a short video of me playing the piano at home on ‘Douyin’, and hours later it was played over 1 million times,” Yang remembered. After that, he had more and more fans and became very popular.

After graduating from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music (音乐学院), he was a pianist of the Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra (交响乐团). The Internet has opened a door to a whole new world for him. In the past three years, he filmed over 700 short videos and taught fans online piano lessons.

It’s not easy for him to learn how to film a video, something that might not be easy even for young people. Spending a long time staring at the sheet music (活乐谱) always causes eye problems, and he needs to play through the music because he doesn’t know how to edit (编辑) and cut videos. His child helps him a lot later.

“The Internet has opened the door to a new world,” Yang said. “I always keep myself busy and feel very young at my age.”

However, do other old people get used to the digital world like Yang? Ding Qiulin is a 73-year-old man from Hunan. “I got my smartphone more than one year ago, but I only use WeChat for video calls,” he said. Ding finds it hard to learn to use other apps.

_________ Luo Xu, a young volunteer, joined a non-profit organization (非盈利组织) in Beijing nine years ago to teach old people how to use the Internet.

“While I am helping people aged between 50 and 90 years old, I have a strong feeling of satisfaction (满足),” Luo said.

27．How did Yang Su become famous at first?

A．He had online piano lessons.

B．He showed pictures on “Douyin”.

C．His son taught him to make videos.

D．His son put his video on “Douyin”.

28．Which of the following can we put in “ ________”?

A．Luckily, the young are building a bridge between the digital world and the old.

B．As a result, old people have to spend much time learning to use the smartphone.

C．However, many young people find it hard to teach the old to use the Internet.

D．In fact, many other old people have the same feeling as Ding Qiulin.

29．The writer wrote the passage ________.

A．to tell us we should learn to make short videos like Yang Su

B．to explain why the mobile Internet is popular in our country

C．to ask young people to spend more time caring for their parents

D．to show the mobile Internet makes a great difference to the old

In the park, you see a group of people, all looking up at the sky. Without thinking about it, you look upwards, too. Why? In the theater, someone begins to clap hands and suddenly the whole room joins in. You do, too. Why?

Sometimes we feel we are acting correctly when we do the same as others. The more people follow an idea, the better or truer we think the idea is. It’s the social proof（社会认同感）that works.

The scientist Asch carried out an experiment（实验）. It shows how social proof can influence us. In a room, a man sees Line 1, and next to it are three lines (A, B, C). A is longer, C is shorter and B is as long as Line 1. He must tell which of the three lines is as long as Line 1. When the man is alone, he gives the correct answer B．Then, five other men go into the room, and each of them gives the answer C as they were told to. Now the man changes（改变）his idea and gives the answer C．Asch got the same result many times among different people.

Why do we act like this? Well, in the past, following others was a way to keep away from danger. Suppose that 5,000 years ago you were hunting（打猎）with friends. Suddenly, they all ran away. What would you have done? Would you have stayed? No, you would have run, too. We are descendants（后代）of those who copied others’ action. It is so deeply planted in our mind that we still use it now.

Social proof has special power. For example, people often make use of it in their ads. So be careful when someone says his product（产品）is “the most popular”.

30．At the beginning of the passage, the writer leads in the topic by ________.

A．telling a story B．giving examples

C．answering questions D．showing a map

31．According to Paragraph 3, the experiment by Asch shows ________.

A．following others is always right

B．social proof may change people’s ideas

C．it’s difficult to carry out the experiment

D．people can study better if they are alone

32．The underlined word “It” in Paragraph 4 refers（指代）to ________.

A．running with others B．hunting with friends

C．copying others’ action D．doing something different

33．According to the passage, we can infer（推断）that ________.

A．products in the ads are the best

B．it’s important to run with others anytime

C．we mustn’t copy others’ action to keep safe

D．we need to think twice before following others

四、阅读回答问题

If you like unusual places, you should visit the Hebrides Islands（岛）. Not many people live on these islands in the northwest of Scotland. The land is not good for farming. It’s only good for keeping sheep. The winters are long, cold, and wet. It’s hard to make a living on the Hebrides, but for a visitor, these islands can be very special.

They’re not for everyone, however. Even in summer it is cool and windy. The water is too cold for swimming. There are no forests, and there are only a few trees and green fields. Instead of fields, there are just rocks（岩石）and small plants. The hills, too, are just piles of rocks. Sometimes the view（风景）looks like pictures of the moon.

But there is beauty in this place. From the beach you can often see all the way to the rocky hills. From the hills you can see far out to other islands and the open ocean（海洋）. The colors, too, are special. Blue is everywhere. It’s in the sky and in the ocean. It is in the tiny flowers that grow on the hills. In the spring there is also green in the hills. In the summer and fall the hills are more purple. Often the air is soft and gray with clouds and rain.

On these islands you can forget about the rest of the world. The evenings are quiet. The restaurants close early, and there isn’t any nightlife. Visitors stay at a guest house or a Bed and Breakfast. This is the best way to learn about life on the islands. The islanders are often friendly, and they like to talk.

If you want to meet islanders, you can also try the pubs（酒吧）or even the shops. People are in no hurry here. They like to chat about the weather or the fishing. There are also some tourist shops, but not many. They sell the usual tourist things. They also sell some beautiful clothes made of wool from the islands.

Do not come to the Hebrides for shopping. Come to walk in the clean, cool air. Come for the quiet beauty and for the views.

34．Are there many people living on the Hebrides Islands?

________________________________________________________________

35．How is the weather on the Hebrides Islands in summer?

________________________________________________________________

36．Where can you see other islands and the open ocean?

________________________________________________________________

37．What do the islanders like to chat about?

________________________________________________________________

38．What attracts（吸引）you most on the Hebrides Islands? Why?

________________________________________________________________

五、电子邮件

39．假如你是李华，你的笔友Mike对中国卡通片非常感兴趣，想了解中国传统卡通人物及其相关故事。请你给Mike写一封电子邮件，向他推荐一个你最喜欢的中国传统卡通人物并说明喜欢的原因，以及他或她都做过什么。

提示词语：character, traditional (传统的), overcome (克服), smart

提示问题：

• What is your favorite Chinese cartoon character?

• Why do you like him/her so much?

• What did he/she do?

Dear Mike,

I’m glad to know that you’re very interested in Chinese cartoons.___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

I hope you will like this Chinese cartoon character. What’s your favorite cartoon character?

Yours,

Li Hua

六、材料作文

40．某英文网站正在开展以“我最喜欢的运动”为主题的征文活动。假如你是李华，请用英语写一篇短文投稿，谈谈你在生活中最喜欢的一种运动是什么，平时你是如何参与该运动的，以及从中你有什么收获。

提示词语：attend（参与），skills（技巧），strong，healthy

提示问题：

What’s your favorite sport？

How do you attend the sport？

What do you get from doing it？

Doing sports is important for everyone. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

参考答案：

1．D

2．A

3．C

4．B

5．B

6．C

7．D

8．B

9．C

10．A

11．A

12．D

13．D    14．C    15．B    16．A    17．A    18．C    19．D    20．B

21．A    22．A    23．C

24．C    25．B    26．B

27．C    28．A    29．D

30．B    31．B    32．C    33．D

34．No, there aren’t.    35．It is cool and windy.    36．From the hills.    37．The weather or the fishing.    38．The weather. Because the summer it is cool and windy.

39．例文

Dear Mike,  

    I’m glad to know that you’re very interested in Chinese cartoons. My favorite traditional Chinese cartoon character is Sun Wukong. It plays an important role in Journey to the West. Sun Wukong is smart, kind-hearted and has a sense of justice. So many people like him very much. On his journey to the Western Heaven, Sun Wukong overcame many difficulties. He helped Tang Ceng reach the Western Heaven successfully. He is always the hero of the children. I hope you will like this Chinese cartoon character. What’s your favorite cartoon character?

Yours,

Li Hua

40．例文

Doing sports is important for everyone. My favorite sport is playing basketball.

I join in a basketball club. Every Thursday I practice playing basketball with other students. The teacher teaches us some skills patiently. I practice hard. And I often watch basketball games to learn from other great players.

I feel relaxed when I play basketball. I also understand what team work really means. By playing basketball, I become stronger and healthier, even more outgoing. In a word, playing basketball makes me healthy and happy.