英语-2022-2023学年八年级下学期开学摸底考试卷（湖南长沙专用，含听力MP3）

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2022-2023学年八年级英语下学期开学摸底考试卷（湖南长沙专用）

英语

第一部分 听力技能（两部分，共20小题，计20分）

第一节  听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题。从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项回答问题。听每段对话前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。(共5小题，计5分)

1．What does Mary think of her dog?

A．It’s helpful. B．It’s friendly. C．It’s old.

2．Who was the man helping when the woman called him?

A．His classmates. B．His family. C．His friend.

3．What happened to Jeff?

A．He stayed up late and had a headache.

B．He studied until late.

C．He watched the basketball game.

4．What was the boy doing at the time of the accident?

A．Watching TV. B．Playing basketball. C．Doing homework.

5．How many books did Amy read during the reading week?

A．Four. B．Five. C．Six.

第二节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

听下面6段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第六段材料，回答第6、7题。

6．Where has Jim gone for his holiday?

A．Hong Kong. B．Beijing. C．Paris.

7．Who did David go to Paris with?

A．His brother. B．His parents. C．His sister.

听第七段材料，回答第8、9题。

8．What would the man like to borrow?

A．Books on science. B．Books on history. C．Books on art.

9．Where can the man find the books he needs?

A．On the sixth floor. B．On the computer. C．On the second floor.

听第八段材料，回答第10、11题。

10．What are they talking about?

A．The weather in a city. B．A kind of food. C．A place to visit.

11．How’s the weather there?

A．Warm. B．Hot. C．Rainy.

听第九段材料，回答第12至14题。

12．Where is Sally going?

A．To the post office. B．To the park. C．To the shop.

13．Whose birthday is next Friday?

A．Dave’s and Sally’s. B．Dave’s and Betty’s. C．Sally’s and Betty’s.

14．What time is Dave’s birthday party?

A．At six o’clock. B．At half past six. C．At seven o’clock.

听第十段材料，回答第15至17题。

15．Where is Anna going next year?

A．To America. B．To Australia. C．To England.

16．What is Dave’s dream job?

A．A tour guide. B．A reporter. C．A pianist.

17．How long does Dave practice the piano every day?

A．For one hour. B．For one and a half hours. C．For 30 minutes.

听第十一段材料，回答第18至20题。

18．Where did Eric go on holiday?

A．Beijing. B．Suzhou. C．Nanjing.

19．Who did the girl travel with?

A．Her friend. B．Her parents. C．Her classmate.

20．Why did the girl travel by train?

A．Because she thought the train was comfortable.

B．Because she could see many funny things.

C．Because she thought taking the train was cheap.

第二部分 阅读（共三节，满分50分）

第一节（共15小题：每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列材料，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A

21．How often do most students of Grade 8 exercise?

A．Every day. B．Once or twice a week. C．Three or four times a week.

22．How many students of Grade 8 exercise at least three times a week?

A．32 B．48 C．80

B

Let’s Go to Camp

Tired of the same camp every year? Why not try something special?

23．How long does Space Camp last?

A．One week. B．Six days. C．Two hours.

24．Which camp can a 10-year-old child join?

A．Martial Arts Camp. B．Movie-Making Camp. C．Space Camp.

25．What do you need to bring if you join Movie-Making Camp and Martial Arts Camp?

A．Sportswear. B．DVD copies. C．The food for lunch.

C

Tina loved to run. She began running at a very young age. She always took part in school races. Winning was very important to Tina. She ran hard every day, but she always came in second or third place.

Another girl named Janice always came in first. Tina just couldn’t get past her. Tina thought to herself, “If I could just get in front of Janice. I would have a chance to win.” Finally, in one race, Tina got the break she wanted.

It began like usual, with Janice in the lead（领头）. Suddenly, Janice caught her foot on a rock and fell over. Tina ran as fast as she could to stay in the lead, but Janice ran even faster and soon passed her. Tina got tired and four more girls passed her. It went on like this until the very last minute.

That day, Tina learned that one can’t depend on the bad luck of others to get ahead in life. Only hard work will take you to the first place.

26．What kind of person was Tina?

A．She didn’t like running. B．She didn’t work hard. C．She loved to run in races.

27．What does the underlined sentence Tina got the break she wanted mean（意思是） in Paragraph 2?

A．Tina could rest during the race.

B．Tina broke the rules and won the race.

C．Tina had the chance to get in front of Janice.

28．What happened to Janice in the race?

A．She got first place again. B．She got tired and fell over. C．She stopped running.

29．Which place did Tina get?

A．Sixth place. B．Fifth place. C．Second place.

30．What lesson did Tina learn from her experience?

A．It’s hard to get past oneself.

B．Only hard work can help you win.

C．You can win by depending on others to lose.

D

What’s going to happen in the future? Will robots control our planet? Will computers become smarter than us? Not likely. But here are some things that scientists say are most likely to happen in 10-30 years from now, according to the BBC．

Digital (数字) money

We used to pay with cash (现金) for everything we bought. Now when we use a Wechat Pay or Alipay to shop, money is spent without us seeing it. That means we are already using digital money. People only need to take a mobile phone wherever they go. Using these ways is much easier than searching our pockets for change. It is also safer than carrying a lot of cash.

It is reported that people in Sweden completely stopped using cash last year, and the US might be next.

Self-driving cars

Unlike a human driver, a self-driving car won’t be influenced by a phone call, the radio or something outside the window. Sensors (探测器) and cameras on the car would allow it to follow the rules of the road and keep a safe space from other cars. This would greatly make the number of road accidents smaller. You could even take a rest while the car drives itself. In the future, driverless cars would be widely accepted.

31．Which of the following payments is NOT mentioned in this passage?

A．Cash. B．Wechat Pay. C．Credit card.

32．Which of the following is WRONG about digital money?

A．People in the USA don’t like to use digital money.

B．It is much safer than carrying a lot of cash.

C．It is much easier than searching our pockets for change.

33．From the report, we can learn some information about _______.

A．industry and farming. B．science and technology (科技). C．traffic and journey.

34．This passage tells us that _______.

A．Digital money only appears in Sweden and the US.

B．Computers must become smarter than people.

C．There will be fewer road accidents if self-driving cars are used.

35．We can infer (推断) _______ that from the passage.

A．there would be a number of self-driving cars on the road.

B．robots would control the world.

C．people from all over the world won’t need money to buy things.

第二节 (共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)

阅读下面短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。每个选项仅使用一次

Many children don’t like doing chores, because they think it’s boring. Some children think they just need to learn their subjects well and there is no need for them to do chores. ___36___

First, doing chores can teach children certain skills. ___37___ Washing clothes and doing dishes may seem boring, but knowing how to do them well will help children a lot. If children can successfully handle (处理) the chores at home,  they will live a better life.

___38___ Some chores like sweeping the floor and cleaning the room are a kind of physical exercise. Children should not study all the time. A healthy life needs balance (平衡).

___39___ Nowadays it’s common for both parents to work. When they get home from work, they are often tired. So they don’t have much time or energy to do chores.

___40___ And children can also find great pleasure (快乐) in helping their parents.

A．If children can help their parents with some simple housework, their parents will be happy.

B．Children can learn classification (分类) skills when they pick up their toys and put them away.

C．But in fact, doing chores is good for children.

D．Last but not least, everyone in the family will be happy to share chores at home.

E．Parents often ask children to do chores at home.

F．Second, doing chores can help children keep healthy.

第三节 （共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

阅读下面的短文，根据短文内容回答问题。

Chinatown is the name of an area (地区) in the middle of London. It is a large Chinese Community (社区) with a lot of Chinese restaurants, Chinese surpermarkets and shops.

In the 1950s, it was a poor area and everything was very cheap. At the same time, the world rice Market became bad and thousands of farm workers in Hong Kong lost their jobs. They began going to London to look for work. They found jobs in the restaurants in this area.

These restaurant workers often worked 17 hours a day and had no time to learn English. As more Chinese arrived, more shops and businesses grew up. Women came to join their husbands and children came to join their fathers. The community grew, and Chinatown was born.

In the 1970s and 1980s, British-born Chinese started to have a better education and this brought economic (经济) success to the area. Many families moved out of Chinatown soon became a popular place for tourists.

Now everyone knows about London’s Chinatown. During the Chinese New Year, the streets are seen with flags and thousands of Chinese go into the streets. For most time of the year, though, Londoners and tourists go there mainly for the food in the Chinese restaurants. The best restaurants are the ones where the Chinese eat.

41．Was Chinatown rich or poor in the 1950s?

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42．Who came to London to look for jobs in the 1950s?

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43．Why didn’t the restaurant workers have time to learn English?

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44．When did British-born Chinese start to have a better education?

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45．What is the main idea of this passage?

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第三部分．语言运用（共三节，满分35分）

第一节 （共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Seven years ago, my father died. My mom had to ___46___ many problems by herself. As summer was coming, one of the problems for us was mowing the lawn（修剪草坪）. ___47___ we had a big yard, it often took us a long time to mow.

The grass grew fast and was up to our ___48___ by the end of May. It was ___49___ for us to get to the other side of the yard. Since I was too young, I wasn’t able to mow the lawn by ___50___.

One day, our neighbor offered to help us mow the lawn. My mom was happy because it would never finish ___51___ his help. My mom tried to pay him, but he didn’t accept the money.

Our neighbor ___52___ to mow our lawn for the rest of the summer. On the last day, my mom invited him to have dinner. While we were eating, he said that he ___53___ his family in an accident a few years ago. So he knew how hard it was to work out things ___54___ without help.

Mowing the lawn may seem like a small thing to our neighbor. But my mother and I won’t forget his ___55___. I hope to pass on it in the future.

46．A．copy B．solve C．throw

47．A．Though B．Because C．Unless

48．A．knees B．wheels C．doors

49．A．difficult B．easy C．unfair

50．A．herself B．myself C．ourselves

51．A．with B．without C．under

52．A．imagined B．allowed C．continued

53．A．served B．saved C．lost

54．A．alone B．together C．instead

55．A．decision B．kindness C．importance

第二节 （共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Do you know Tik-Tok (抖音)? Some people are not actors or ____56____ (actress), but they are real artists in everyday life. They post short videos on Tik-Tok, and it is ____57____ popular app (软件) in China now. It ____58____ (start) to be popular in 2017. Many young children became ____59____ in it. They could make videos w____60____ different music. It gave them a chance (机会) to show themselves.

One day, a student Xiaomen posted a video about practicing dancing on Tik-Tok. To his ____61____, he got 540 thousand fans quickly. After that, Xiaomen a____62____ his friends enjoyed showing their interesting ideas on it. He said he used Tik-Tok as a way to make others happy. He could ____63____ watch others’ videos from it, so it was a good way to hear other people’s voices.

However, if you s____64____ too much time on it, you will miss a lot of excellent things in real life. Try to t____65____ off your phone and go out to enjoy natural things like sunshine and clean air. Be an artist in the real life.

第三节 （共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

阅读下面的短文，将划线部分译成英文或中文。

Do you know what a resolution is? 1.它是一种承诺。 Most of the time, we make promises to other people. 2. However, promise you make to yourself are resolutions and the most common kind is New Year’s resolutions. The start of the year is often a time for making resolutions. When we make resolutions at the beginning of the year, we hope that we are going to improve our lives.  

There are different kinds of resolutions. Some are about physical health. 3.Many resolutions have to do with self-improvement. These are about making yourself a better person. Some people might say they are going to take up a hobby like painting or taking photos, or learn to play the guitar. Some resolutions have to do with better planning, like making a weekly plan for schoolwork.

4. Although there are differences, most resolutions have one thing in common. People hardly ever keep them! There are good reasons for this. 5.有时候决心可能太难而无法坚持。 Sometimes people just forget about them. For this reason, some people say the best resolution is to have no resolutions! How about you—will you make any next year?

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第四部分写作（满分15分）

本学期即将结束，新的一年即将到来。在过去的一学期里，同学们一定有许多收获与遗憾，根据表格内容，写一篇短文。

参考词汇：argue with (与……争论)

写作要点：

1.适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

2.词数：100 词左右。

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