八年级上学期英语期中试卷

这是一份八年级上学期英语期中试卷，共14页。
听力部分（30分）
听对话，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选择最佳选项。每个对话读两遍。
1、What des Linda lk like?
A. Tall and fat. B. Tall and thin. C. Shrt and thin.
2、What fruit did Daniel frget t buy?
A. Apples. B. Strawberries. C. Pears.
3、What is Linda's father ging t buy?
A. A bag. B. A bike. C. Sme bks.
4、When did Paul play tennis?
A. Last Saturday mrning. B. Last Sunday mrning. C. Last Sunday afternn.
5、Hw much is ne glass f milk?
A.＄1. B.＄2. C.＄3.
阅读理解
A
In America：There are many mre cars than in China．Maybe the number f cars in Califrnia is the same as the number in China．But there are fewer traffic jams and accidents in America than in China．We hardly see traffic plice in the street，but all cars bey traffic rules strictly，and peple hardly find that a car des nt bey traffic rules in the street．
Abut America traffic rules，there are many better terms，such as：
1．Stp line：There are stp line in all crssing withut traffic lights（sme have tw stp lines and thers have fur stp lines）； all cars must stp while meeting the stp lines．
2．Traffic lights：There are traffic lights in the crssing f the rad．Cars may almst turn every directin．the traffic lights can give signals step by step including u﹣turn．There is a kind f middle lane f turning left．When a car wants t turn left in the rad，he may enter int the middle lane（车道） f turning left and give a signal f turning left．When he thinks being safe he may turn left．
3．Specific item：Such as parking，there are three kinds f lines （its clrs are white，blue r red） in the radside．Every line may park different kinds f cars．There are streets in sme residential（住宅区） areas，and n car can park at any time r any perid time．
4．Abut the pririty f passengers and cars：At any case，passengers have the pririty t cars．But nly after passengers have passed the rad and gtten the tp f sidestep，cars may g ahead．In general，traffic rules f America are very specific，cnvenient and safe．
1．Accrding t the passage，we can knw ．
A．there are mre traffic jams and accidents in America than in China
B．traffic plicemen are ften seen in the street in America
C．Califrnia may have as many cars as China
D．Yu can easily find that a car des nt bey traffic rules in the street in America
2．What des the underlined wrd"pririty"mean？
A．优先权 B．利益 C．权利 D．竞争
3．This passage mainly talks abut
A．the pririty f passengers and cars B．the traffic lights
C．the stp line D．American traffic rules．
B
A healthy lifestyle keeps ur brain yung and memry sharp．First f all，it is necessary t have a healthy diet．Eating mre fd rich in B vitamins and vitamin E，such as vegetables and lean meat，helps yu have a better memry．Ding exercise can keep yur brain alive，t．Prper exercise prvides much xygen fr the brain．Running，riding a bike，swimming and even walking tw r three times a week are helpful．Mrever，getting enugh sleep is imprtant．Only when yur brain gets a gd rest，can it wrk well．The healthier yur lifestyle is，the better yur memry will becme．But d nt expect a sudden change﹣it takes a lng time t make a difference．
Memry stills help yu remember things better．The fllwing three are the mst widely used．Chunking is a way f remembering a piece f infrmatin by cutting it int small nes．Fr example，t memrize a ten﹣digit telephne number 2127983630，yu can divide the digits int three grups：first 212，then 798，and lastly 3630．This methd is far mre effective than remembering a string f 10digits．Organizatin means rganizing infrmatin int grups f the same kind．Fr example，trees，grass and flwers are plants； tigers，pandas，hrses and cws are animals．Imagery is remembering newly learnt infrmatin by using yur imaginatin and cnnecting it with smething that yu are familiar with．
Hwever，memry skills will hardly wrk if yu dn't understand the infrmatin．What's mre，nly a regular review can make the memry last lng．That is why students are always advised t g ver what they have learnt and then use it as regularly as pssible．
Human brains are like muscles that needs nutrients and exercise t becme strnger．If yu make a few lifestyle changes and try sme memry skills，yu can certainly imprve yur memry．
Hw many ways f keeping a healthy lifestyle are mentined in the passage？
A．Tw．
B．Three．
C．Fur．
D．Five．
5．Which f the fllwing examples is the use f the skill"rganizatin"？
A．Remembering the wrd"sad"by putting it int the grup f"feeling"．
B．Remembering the meaning f the wrd"red"by cnnecting it with"fire"．
C．Remembering a lng and difficult passage by understanding its meaning．
D．Remembering the number 0708591by dividing it int 070and 8591．
6．Accrding t the passage，why shuld we review what we've learnt？
A．T use it better every day．
B．T understand it in a better way．
C．T imprve memry stills．
D．T remember it fr a lnger time．
7．The passage is written t tell us ．
A．nt everyne has a gd memry
B．memry skills are nt difficult t learn
C．memry can be imprved in sme ways
D．it is imprtant t have a healthy lifestyle．
C
Life is full f surprises and yu never knw hw things will turn ut．Sir Jhn Gurdn．Is a gd example f this．As a by，he was tld he was hpeless at science and finished bttm f his class．Nw，aged 79，the very same Gurdn shared the 2019Nbel Prize in Medicine with Japanese stem cell （干细胞） researcher Shinya Yamanaka．
Like s many scientists，Gurdn shws us where the pwer f curisity and perseverance （坚持）can lead．
At the age f 15in 1948，Gurdn ranked last ut f the 250bys at his high schl in bilgy and every ther science subject．Gurdn's high schl science teacher even said that his dream f becming a scientist was quite"ridiculus"．
In spite f his teacher's criticisms，Gurdn fllwed his curisity and kept wrking hard．He went t the labratry earlier and left later than anyne else．He experienced thusands f failures．
"I believe that we will，in the end，understand everything abut hw cells actually wrk．，"Gurdn said．
In 1962，Gurdn tk a sell frm an adult frg and mved its genetic （基因的）infrmatin int an egg cell．The egg cell then grwn int a clne f the adult frg．This technique later helped t create Dlly the sheep in 2019，the first clned mammal in the wrld．
In 2019，Gurdn's wrk was develped by Yamanaka t shw that a sample （样本） f a persn's skin can be used t create stem cells．Using the technique，dctrs can repair a patient's heart after a heart attack．
"Luck prefers the prepared mind．"Gurdn tld the Nbel Prize rganizatin．"Ninety percent f the time things dn't wrk，but when they d，yu have t catch the chance．"
8．In what rder are the fllwings mentined in the passage？
a．create the sheep Dlly
b．take a cell frm an adult frg
c．use a persn's skin t create stem cells
d．mve the frg's genetic infrmatin int an egg cell
e．grwn int a clne f a frg
A．b﹣a﹣c﹣d﹣e
B．b﹣d﹣e﹣a﹣c
C．b﹣d﹣a﹣c﹣e
D．b﹣e﹣d﹣a﹣c
9．What des the underlined wrd"ridiculus"mean？
A．可能的
B．现实的
C．奇妙的
D．荒谬的
10．Accrding t the passage，which statement is True？
A．As a by，Jhn Gurdn was tld he was hpeful．
B．Jhn Gurdn ranked first at his high schl in bilgy．
C．It's impssible fr the dctrs t repair a patient's heart after a heart attack．
D．In spite f his teacher's criticism，Jhn Gurdn kept wrking hard．
11．What's the main idea f the passage？
A．Ninety percent f the time things dn't wrk．
B．Luck prefers the prepared mind．
C．Life is full f surprises．
D．Hw t knw cells actually．
D
Nt lng ag ,peple thught babies were nt able t learn things until they were five r six mnths ld .Yet dctrs in the united states say babies begin learning n their first day f life .
Scientists nte that babies are strngly influenced by their envirnment .they say a baby will smile if her mther des smething the baby likes .A baby learns t get the best care pssible by smiling t please her mther r ther caregiver .This is hw babies learn t cnnect and cmmunicate with ther human beings .
ne study shws that babies can learn befre they are brn .The researchers placed a tape recrder n the stmach f a pregnant (怀孕)wman .Then ,they played a recrding f a shrt stry .On the day the baby was brn ,the researchers tried t find if he knew the sunds f the stry repeated while in his mther .they did this by placing a device (装置)in the muth f the newbrn baby .
The baby wuld hear the stry if he mved his muth ne way .If the baby mved his muth the ther way ,he wuld hear a different stry .The researchers say the baby clearly liked the stry he heard befre he was brn . They say the baby wuld mve his muth s he culd hear stry again and again .
Anther study shws hw mthers can strngly influence scial develpment and language skills in their children .
Researchers studied the children frm the age f ne muth t three years .The researchers tried t measure the sensitivity (敏感度)f the mthers .The wmen were cnsidered sensitive if they supprted their children’s activities and did nt interfere (干涉)unnecessarily .They tested the children fr thinking and language develpment when they were three years ld .Als ,the researchers bserved the wmen fr signs f depressin(抑郁).
The children f depressed wmen did nt d as well in tests as the children f wmen wh did nt suffer frm depressin .The children f depressed wmen did prly in tests f language skills and understanding what they hear .
These children als were less cperative and had mre prblems dealing with ther peple .The researchers nted that the sensitivity f the mthers was imprtant t the intelligent develpment f their children .Children did better when their mthers were caring ,even when they suffered frm depressin .
12.Accrding t the passage ,which f the fllwing is NOT the fatr that influences intelligence develpment in babies ?
Their peers (同龄人) B.The envirnment
Mther’s sensitivity D.Educatin befre birth
13.What is the purpse f the experiment in which newbrn babies heard the stries ?
T prve that babies can learn befre they are brn
T prve that babies can learn n the first day they are brn
T shw that early educatin has a deep effect n the babies’ language skills
T shw mthers can strngly influence intelligence develpment in their babies
14.Which grup f children did the wrst in tests f language skills ?
Children with high cmmunicatin abilities
The children f depressed but caring mthers
The children f wmen wh did nt suffer frm depressin
The children f depressed mthers wh cared little fr their children
15.What is the main idea f the passage ?
Scientific findings abut hw babies develp befre birth
Scientific findings abut hw intelligence develps in babies
Scientific findings abut hw the stries have effects n babies’ intelligence
A study shws babies are nt able t learn things until they are five r six mnths ld
任务型阅读
When we think summer，mst f us think f fun in the utdrs．S it seems easy t lse weight ver the summer．In fact，thugh，it's quite pssible fr us t put n weight．The gd news is that we can avid these prblems if we knw these ways．
Here are sme ways t keep summer weight away．
家庭是幼儿语言活动的重要环境，为了与家长配合做好幼儿阅读训练工作，孩子一入园就召开家长会，给家长提出早期抓好幼儿阅读的要求。我把幼儿在园里的阅读活动及阅读情况及时传递给家长，要求孩子回家向家长朗诵儿歌，表演故事。我和家长共同配合，一道训练，幼儿的阅读能力提高很快。（16）
When we dn't have a plan，it's easy t spend summer mving frm bed t the cmputer．S it is necessary t make a wrk r study plan，like learning a new skill r wrking at a jb．
（17）
Because we dn't have t g t schl，it's easy t sleep late，watch t much TV and eat mre snakes as usual．S it's necessary t make sure yur summer days fllw a schedule﹣getting up at the same time each day and eating meals as usual times．
（18）
Whenever yu're free，find smething special t d，like making a dinner fr yur family．
But remember：limit yur screen time，n mre than tw hurs a day．
（19）
If it's t ht utside r yu dn't like ging t a gym，yu can d yu exercise indrs．If yu lve being utdrs，try swimming，running r playing sccer in the early mrning r evening．Anyway，dn't let the heat stp yur exercise plans．
（20）
Dn't eat t much meat．Chse sme fresh fruit．It's better t put yur fcus n talking with yur family and friends，nt n fd．Als，dn't eat t many frzen things like ice cream．
A．Beat the heat B．Make a wrk r study plan
C．Think abut what t eat D．Stay busy E．Put everything in a schedule．
三．完形填空
四．语法填空
When I was 5years ld，I went t the USA with my mm．I can still remember the first Hallween hliday I had in the USA．
On Hallween，we paid a visit t a pumpkin farm in the mrning．Each f us （36）
（bring） a pumpkin t schl．I used the pumpkin t make a lantern which had tw triangle（三角的） eyes and a scary muth．In the afternn，we put n the Hallween cstumes and went n parade in schl．Sme f the cstumes were nice，（37） sme f them lked scary．I chse t wear a suit f Superman's clthes．
I did a lt f things n that day，but the part I liked best was"trick r treat"in the evening．
After dinner，I went utside with an empty bag．I hped （38） （get） a lt f candies frm peple．At first，I was a little （39） ，s when I kncked at the dr，my heart was
（40） （beat） very fast．A lady came ut，and I said（41）_______ （careful） t her，"Trick r treat"．My vice was very lw，and even I myself culd hardly hear it．T my （42） ，the lady was s kind t give me tw candy bars．I was deeply（43） （mve） by it..I culdn't remember hw many huses I visited，but I culd remember hw many candies I gt﹣﹣I gt 91pieces f candy that day．I was s（44） （pride）f myself
（45） a happy Hallween I had! And I wish that we culd have a Hallween every mnth!
五．单词填空
46. Yu need t c yur printer with yur cmputer．
47. Our teacher ften w us nt t swim in the river..
48. When swimming，yu shuld put s first．
49．Can yu help me t this English pem int Chinese？
50．When yu failed， dn't be d ．
51．It snwed heavily last night．The grund was c______ with snw．
52．A t ur recrds，yu shuld return the bks t the library tday．
53．Jhn did his best but he f in the end．
54．Ann kept s all day because his little brther brke her ty bear．
“教书先生”恐怕是市井百姓最为熟悉的一种称呼，从最初的门馆、私塾到晚清的学堂，“教书先生”那一行当怎么说也算是让国人景仰甚或敬畏的一种社会职业。只是更早的“先生”概念并非源于教书，最初出现的“先生”一词也并非有传授知识那般的含义。《孟子》中的“先生何为出此言也？”；《论语》中的“有酒食，先生馔”；《国策》中的“先生坐，何至于此？”等等，均指“先生”为父兄或有学问、有德行的长辈。其实《国策》中本身就有“先生长者，有德之称”的说法。可见“先生”之原意非真正的“教师”之意，倒是与当今“先生”的称呼更接近。看来，“先生”之本源含义在于礼貌和尊称，并非具学问者的专称。称“老师”为“先生”的记载，首见于《礼记?曲礼》，有“从于先生，不越礼而与人言”，其中之“先生”意为“年长、资深之传授知识者”，与教师、老师之意基本一致。55．It is p t say"thank yu"when smene has helped yu．
家庭是幼儿语言活动的重要环境，为了与家长配合做好幼儿阅读训练工作，孩子一入园就召开家长会，给家长提出早期抓好幼儿阅读的要求。我把幼儿在园里的阅读活动及阅读情况及时传递给家长，要求孩子回家向家长朗诵儿歌，表演故事。我和家长共同配合，一道训练，幼儿的阅读能力提高很快。六．书面表达
唐宋或更早之前，针对“经学”“律学”“算学”和“书学”各科目，其相应传授者称为“博士”，这与当今“博士”含义已经相去甚远。而对那些特别讲授“武事”或讲解“经籍”者，又称“讲师”。“教授”和“助教”均原为学官称谓。前者始于宋，乃“宗学”“律学”“医学”“武学”等科目的讲授者；而后者则于西晋武帝时代即已设立了，主要协助国子、博士培养生徒。“助教”在古代不仅要作入流的学问，其教书育人的职责也十分明晰。唐代国子学、太学等所设之“助教”一席，也是当朝打眼的学官。至明清两代，只设国子监（国子学）一科的“助教”，其身价不谓显赫，也称得上朝廷要员。至此，无论是“博士”“讲师”，还是“教授”“助教”，其今日教师应具有的基本概念都具有了。1．假如最近你们学校就"初中毕业后是否应该出国留学"这一话题进行了讨论．现请根据同学们的观点和你的观点写一篇短文．
注意：1．开头部分已经写好，只需接着写．
2．所写内容必须包括表中各观点及你自己的至少两个观点．
3．词数：80个词左右．（开头部分次数不计在内）
补充词汇：独立的：independent
In recent years，mre and mre students g abrad fr further study after graduating frm junir middle schl．In ur schl we did a survey n whether students shuld g abrad at that early age． ．One mrning a student was walking with his teacher when they nticed a
pair f ld shes by the radside.
The wner f the shes was wrking in a field nearby, and he had nearly
finished his wrk. The student said t his teacher,"Let's play a trick n the man:
we'll 21 his shes, and wait t see what he des when he can't find them.""My
yung friend, we shuld never have 22 by tricking thers like that," answered
the teacher. " Instead, let's put a 23 in each f the shes, and watch what he
will d." The student did s, and then they 24 nearby.
The man sn came back t get his 25 , but when he slipped his ft int
ne f his shes, he felt smething 26 in it. He bent dwn and fund the cin.
Surprise appeared n his face. He lked at the cin fr a minute, and then 27 ,
but nbdy culd be seen. He then went n t put n the ther she, but he was
even mre surprised t find the 28 cin.
He then knelt dwn (跪下), lked up t heaven and said 29 alud, in
which he spke f his wife, 30 and helpless, and his children withut bread.
The student was deeply 31 , and his eyes were filled with tears. " Nw," said
the teacher, "yu must be much happier than if yu had played yur 32 ."
The by replied, “Yu have taught me a lessn which I’ll never 33 . I feel
nw the truth f these wrds, which I didn't 34 befre:"It is mre blessed
(神圣的) t 35 than t receive."
( )21. A. hide
( )22. A. lessns
( )23. A. stne
( )24. A. hid
( )25. A. lunch
( )26. A. terrible
( )27. A. lked up
( )28. A. strange
( )29. A. gdbye
( )30. A. hmeless
( )31. A. amazed
( )32. A. trick
( )33. A. learn
( )34. A. hear
( )35. A. wrk
B. wash
B. experience
B. cin
B. std
B. cat
B. ht
B. lked arund
B. secnd
B. yes
B. lively
B. excited
B. rle
B. take
B. understand
B. refuse
C. sell
C. fun
C. sweet
C. wrked
C. drink
C. hard
C. lked dwn
C interesting
C. hell
C. careless
C. pleased
C. game
C. frget
C. remember
C. advise
D. repair
D. games
D. clip
D. rested
D. shes
D. sft
D. lked ut
D. lst
D. thanks
D. sick
D. mved
D. cards
D. accept
D. write
D. give
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能学习独立，不再依赖父母
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