湖南省永州市冷水滩区第十六中学2022-2023学年八年级下学期4月期中英语试题

2023年上期第十六中学期中质量检测

八年级英语试题卷

命题人： 阳老师    满分：  120 分   时量： 100分钟

  第一部分  听力技能（共两节，满分20分）

做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案写到答题卡上。第一节（共5小题。每小题1分，满分5分）。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。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。

 (   ) 1. What's the matter with Mary's brother?

A.                  B.                            C.

(   ) 2. What does Helen always do for old people?

A.                     B.                         C.

(   ) 3. Which of the following will the boy clean up?

A.                     B.                         C.

(   ) 4. What advice did Peter have for Amy?

A.                     B.                         C.

(   ) 5. What natural disaster are they talking about?

A.                       B.                         C.

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2-3个题，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。

听下面一段对话，回答第6和7小题。

(   ) 6. What does the man think of first aid?

A. Difficult to learn.   B. Interesting.      C. Useful.

(   ) 7. What should people do first when they find someone lying on the ground?

A. Find out what's wrong with him.

B. Make him comfortable.            

C. Make sure he's warm.

听下面一段对话，回答第8和9小题。

(   ) 8. Where was Tom last summer?

A. In a children's hospital. B. In a children's home.     C. In a children's library.

(   ) 9. How did Tom help out there?

1. By telling stories.  B. By cleaning rooms.  

C. By raising money.

听下面一段对话，回答第10和11小题。

(   ) 10. What does Steve's mother want him to do?

A. Do the dishes. B. Wash the clothes. C. Make dinner.

(   ) 11. Who is good at math?

A. Steve.   B. Steve's mother.   C. Steve's brother.

听下面一段话，回答第12至14小题。

(   ) 12. Where does Anna want to go this afternoon?

A.To the library.   B. To the cinema.  C. To the park.

(   ) 13. How long can she keep the bike?

A. A day.  B. An afternoon.   C. A morning.

(   ) 14. What is she going to see there?

A. A film.  B. An art show.     C. A picture.

听下面一段对话，回答第15至17小题。

(   ) 15. What are they making?

A. Tomato and egg noodles.     B. Meat noodles.    C. Vegetable noodles.

(   ) 16. How many tomatoes do they need?

A. One.   B. Two.   C. Three.

(   ) 17. Where does the dialogue take place?

A. In a restaurant.   B. In a supermarket.   C. At home.

听下面一段独白，回答第18至20小题。

(   ) 18. Where did the earthquake happen?

A. In Wenchuan.  B. In Tangshan.  C. In Taiwan, China.

(   ) 19. What was Hu Yingying doing when the earthquake happened?

1. She was sleeping.  B. She was reading a book.  

C. She was playing.

(   ) 20. Hu Yingying was frightened and hid _____.

A. under the bed B. behind the door  C. under the table

第二部分   阅读技能（共两节，满分50分）

第一节 阅读选择（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）阅读下面的图表和短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出最佳答案，并在答题卡上写上该编号字母。

A

(   ) 21. On the second floor, Mrs. Zhang can buy clothing for her      .

1.  father    B. husband   C. daughter

(   ) 22. You can invite your friends to       or drink tea on the top floor.

A. have lunch   B. watch films  C. play games

B

My Volunteering

We are middle school students and we are busy with our lessons. So some people think we should pay more attention to our studies. If we volunteer to help others, it’s a waste of time. But I think volunteering is great.

I not only feel good about helping others, but also get to spend time doing what I love to do. And from volunteering I have learned many things that I have never learned in class. So if I have an opportunity, I’d like to visit old people’s houses to clean up for them. I’d also like to help sick kids in hospital. I love kids and I plan to put my love to good use by working in hospital.

In a word, I will help people who need help. If everyone helps out a bit, the world will be more colorful.

(   ) 23. The writer thinks volunteering is      .

A. great  B. a waste of time   C. not good

(   ) 24. Which is NOT mentioned as the volunteering?

A. Cleaning up for old people .

B. Playing chess with old people.  

C. Helping sick kids in hospital.

 (   ) 25.According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?

A. Primary school students are busy with their lessons.

B. The writer only feels good about helping others.

C. The world will be more colorful if everyone helps out a bit.

C

Most children don’t enjoy doing chores. They like playing computer games rather than cleaning the rooms. But in Australia, Jim and Robert’s mother, Mrs. Black, has good and proper methods to get their children to do housework.

Here is an example.

“Mom, have you worked out next week’s chores? Let Jim and me choose the cards. I can’t wait. It’s fun! ”

When Robert shouted out, his mother had already put all the cards on their big table. On the cards, there are some words like these, “sweep the floor, clean your bedroom, help mom cook, wash vegetables, make beds, feed the fish, cut the wood, clean the bathroom” and many others, Jim and Robert chose two cards for each day from Monday to Friday. Then they would hang them on the weekday task board. Jim likes to clean the bathroom, so he picked up the card “clean the bathroom”. Robert loves to make the bed so he picked up his favorite card. Jim again  picked up “wash vegetables” and Robert chose “feed the fish”. Soon the two boys were happy to take away all the cards.

To help the children do chores, their mother thought hard and came up with this idea. Of course, the parents did the chores at weekends and left Jim and Robert two days free.

(   ) 26. From the passage we know that most children like      .

1. doing chores   B. playing computer games  

C. playing cards               

(   ) 27. Jim and Robert are       to choose the cards and do the chores on them from Monday to Friday.

A.worried   B. excited  C. angry

(   ) 28. Jim likes to　　　　.

1. clean the bathroom   B. make the bed    

C. feed the fish              

(   ) 29. The underlined phrase “came up with” in the last paragraph probably means“       ”.

A. thought of  B. gave up   C. looked at               

(   ) 30. Who did the chores at weekends?

A. Jim.   B. Robert.    C. The parents.          

D

The car was invented (发明) over 100 years ago. You may know all kinds of cars’ names, but many people don’t know who was the inventor of the first car. The first car was invented not by a German, but by an American. His name was Henry Ford. Henry was born in a poor family. He was the eldest of six children. When he was a boy, he became interested in repairing watches and machines. When he was twelve years old, his mother died. Soon he had to work in a machine shop for two dollars and fifty cents a week. In the evenings he repaired watches for another dollar a week. The hard life made him strong and able.

At that time there was another interest in the life of the young ford. He dreamed(梦想) to make a machine. It could run without a horse, so named “horseless carriage.” He over-came(克服) a lot of difficulties and in April 1893, the “horseless carriage” was finally finished. It was the first car.

Later Henry Ford founded the Ford Motor Company(福特汽车公司). He was really the first inventor of the car in the world.

(   )31. Who really invented the car first? _____.

A. A German   B. An American   C. Frenchman 

(   )32. From this story we can know the car was invented_____.

A. more than 100 years ago      B. less than 100 years ago

C. just 100 years ago           

(   )33. Henry Ford must have_____.

A. six brothers and sisters       B. four brothers and sisters

C. five younger brothers         

(   ) 34. How many dollars did young Ford earn(挣) every week?

A. 2.5 dollars   B. 3.5 dollars     C. 3 dollars  

(   ) 35. Which is not true? _____.

A. He repaired watches in the evenings for fun

B. He enjoyed repairing watches and machines when he was very young.

C. He met with a lot of difficulties in the invention.

E

I would like to share one thing that made a big difference to my life. When I came home from school, I met a street performer who has no arms. The young man was drawing with his feet. It seemed that he was talented in drawing. I was touched so much that I gave him some money. I wondered if he did all the things with feet, like washing faces, answering the telephone, carrying things and so on.

After that, I went home and thought of myself. Sometimes I complained about my life. “Why am I not handsome? Why am I not rich? Why is the weather so bad? How stupid I am! At least I am healthy and I have the basic needs. Since I can’t change my face, why not smile? Since I can’t change the weather, why not change my mood（心情）?” From now on, I would never complain my life anymore. I would be thankful for everything in my life, like family, food, water and so on. I must study hard and be happy. I should offer to do more jobs around my house because my parents are too tired and busy. And I will do my best to help people in need. What a beneficial lesson I have learned!

(   )36. Where did the writer meet the young man?

A.On the way to school.   B. On the way home.  

 C. On the way to office.

(   )37. What was the street performer doing?

1. Drawing with his hands.   B. Drawing with his feet.

C. Playing the piano with his feet.

(   )38. What does the underline word “beneficial” mean in paragraph 2 mean?

A. crazy     B. usual      C. useful

(   )39. What can we learn from this passage?

A. The writer never complains about his life.

B. The disabled should get help from others.

C. The writer would be thankful for everything in his life from now on.

(   )40. What’s the best title of this passage?

1. We shouldn’t complain about our life 
2. My meaningful experience                    

C. A disabled man without arms

第二节  阅读匹配（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）阅读下面的短文，从所给的A～F六个选项中，选出正确的答案填空，使短文通顺，内容完整，并在答题卡上写上该编号字母，其中选项中有一项是多余的。

How to Improve Your Reading Skills

When you learn English, listening, speaking and writing are important. 41.__________

When you read, you not only learn some new words, but also learn how to use them in sentences which are good examples for writing. 42. __________

First, try to read something that you can understand. If you need to stop every three words to use a dictionary, it means you still have a long way to go to improve your English.

43. __________If there are four or five new words on a page, write them in your notebook. But don't write them while you are reading. 44. __________Then come back when you have finished reading to look them up in a dictionary and write them in your own vocabulary book. Then try to remember them.

Third, read what you think is interesting. Choose a book or a magazine about a theme that you like, 45. __________You can also read newspapers because there are always popular themes for you to choose.

第三部分  知识运用（共两节，满分20分）

第一节 词语填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从各小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案，并在答题卡上写上该编号字母。

A few days ago, I sat on the sofa watching TV. Just then, I got a(n)  46  from a friend of mine. I haven’t seen him  47  a very long time. We talked about our schooldays on the phone; then he started talking about his  48  .

His mother was badly ill in hospital. She couldn’t  49  at night and often talked to herself. My friend was  50  with her and asked his  mother to stop talking. Since then, his mother didn’t say anything. The doctor said she had a kind of mental disease(心理疾病). She couldn’t  51  herself like a normal person. My friend was very sad. He thought it was his fault(过错). My friend  52  like a baby on the telephone. He said that he could do  53  if his mother became better.

Do you know that our parents love us and care for us all the time? I think we should also love our parents and  54  them. A good relationship with your parents can make you be a better and  55  person. It is worth having a try!   

(   ) 46. A. letter   B. call    C. e-mail         

(   ) 47. A. in    B. at    C. for             

(   ) 48. A. mother   B. father   C. brother        

(   ) 49. A. sleep   B. speak   C. walk         

(   ) 50. A. happy   B. strict   C. angry             

(   ) 51. A. look for  B. look after  C. look at       

(   ) 52. A. cried   B. smiled   C. shouted        

(   ) 53. A. something     B. anything  C. nothing       

(   ) 54. A. take after B. take pride in C.take care of

(   ) 55. A. smarter  B. braver   C. happier          

第二节 语法填空。（共10分，每小题1分）

阅读下面的材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（限1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式，使句子通顺完整。

56. In  　   　 (me) opinion,she should go to school tomorrow.

57．While Mr．Johnson 　   　（work） in the office，the phone rang．

58．I used to take the bus to school, but now I am used to ______ (take) a walk.

59. Why not           (talk) about these feelings with your family?

60. I invited Jenny and Helen to my birthday party,but _________of them had time to come.

61．My mother doesn’t allow me _________(swim) in the river.

62. The little girl ran so fast ________ her grandmother couldn’t follow her.

63．It’s difficult for my sister _________(understand) this math problem.

64．The earlier kids learn to be independent, the _______ (good) it is for their future．

65 .Sandy borrowed money_________ me just now and I lent 100 yuan to her.

第四部分 写作技能（共三节，满分30分）

第一节 回答问题（共10分，每小题2分）

阅读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容回答问题。

May Day is coming. During the vacation， you can do what you like and prepare yourself well. You’ll enjoy yourself with the help of the following advice.

*Take exercise. After studying hard for months, you must be bored and tired. Taking exercise is the best way to get energy again. All kinds of exercise are good for your health.

*Master some basic life skills. You will live an independent life one day. Therefore, you should learn some necessary and useful basic life skills, such as washing clothes and cooking. At the same time, you should help your parents with housework to express thanks to them.

*Go travelling. The world is a book and those who don’t travel only read one page. Travelling is so interesting. Have you made your own plan? If not, do it at once. During the trip, you will have a chance to get more knowledge. While learning about different cultures and customs, you will also make a lot of friends.

*Enjoy the time with family members. Family members are very important in your life. Because they give you love, care and support all the time. Don’t forget to spend some time together with them. You will find it great to stay with them, talking about dreams, hobbies or anything you like.

As long as you follow the suggestions(建议) mentioned above, you will have a wonderful May Day!

66 How many suggestions are mentioned in the passage?

_______________________________________

67. Which is the best way to get energy according to the passage?

__________________________________________

68. Should we learn some basic life skills according to the passage?

__________________________________________

69. What does the writer think of travelling?

__________________________________________

70. Why are family members very important in your life?

__________________________________________

第二节 语篇翻译（共8分，每小题2分）

阅读下面的短文，然后将划线部分的句子翻译成汉语或英语。

When Wei Fang left university earlier this year, 71.her parents wanted her to look for a job in their hometown. But Wei Fang made a different decision. 72. 她去了一所学校当志愿者。

The school is in a poor village. When Wei Fang got there,73. She noticed that most of the children were living with their grandparents. and many of them didn’t go to school. Every day after school, Wei Fang went to visit those children who didn’t come to school. 74.她告诉他们教育的重要性。She also invited them to work with her to repair the broken desks and chairs at school,and then she made delicious food for them.

Wei Fang tried her best to make the school more like home to those children. Day by day more and more children came to school and they changed a lot. Thanks to Wei Fang, they are happier than before.

第三节  书面表达（共12分）

75. 假如你是中学生李华，压力很大。在学校不能和同学相处融洽，担心自己的考试；在家里，父母想让你成为尖子生（top student），周末让你参加各种课后辅导。你很累，需要时间来放松。请你给你的朋友Dick写一封email向他求助。

写作要求：

1.  80词左右，开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数；

2. 文中应包含以上要点并适当补充；

3. 文中不得出现真实的人名等信息。

参考要点：1. 压力现状（在学校、在家里）；

2. 感觉 (很累，需要时间放松)。

Dear Dick,

Long time no see! I am writing to you for some help.                             

YYours,

Li Hua