江苏省南京市金陵中学河西分校2022-2023学年八年级下学期期中考试英语试题

这是一份江苏省南京市金陵中学河西分校2022-2023学年八年级下学期期中考试英语试题，共12页。试卷主要包含了听力，单项选择，完形填空，阅读理解，填空，任务型阅读，首字母填空，书面表达等内容，欢迎下载使用。

第一卷 (共55分)
一、听力 (共15小题; 每小题1分, 满分15分)
第一部分听对话回答问题本部分共有5道小题, 每小题你将听到一段对话, 每段对话听两遍。在听每段对话前, 你将有5 秒钟的时间阅读题目; 听完后, 你还有5 秒钟的时间选出你认为最合适的备选答案。
1. Where did the wman visit?
A. B. C.
2. Hw des the man g t wrk tday?
A. B. C.
3. Where didn’t the girl visit in her hliday?
A. B. C.
4. Hw des Jim want t spend his vacatin?
A. B. C.
5. What did the girl d n the farm?
A. B. C.
第二部分 听对话和短文回答问题
你将听到一段对话和一篇短文, 各听两遍。听每段对话或短文前, 你将有时间阅读相关小题, 每小题5秒钟; 听完后, 每小题你仍有5秒钟的时间选出你认为最合适的备选答案。听一段对话, 回答第6 至7小题。
6. Why is Sam s excited?
A. Because he will g t dinner with his friend.
B. Because his parents will take him t Hng Kng.
C. Because he will g t a cncert tnight.
7. When is he ging t leave?
A. On June17.B. On July 27.C. On July 29.
听一篇短文, 回答第8 至10小题。请根据短文内容, 选择正确答案, 完成信息记录表。
8. A. seaB. muntainC. river
9. A. sunshineB. sunrisesC. sunsets
10. A. English and FrenchB. English and JapaneseC. French and Japanese
听第二篇短文, 回答第11 至15小题。
11. Where was the speaker ging when the accident happened?
A. T a hspital.B. T a plice statin.C. T a cinema.
12. Hw did the speaker decide t g there?
A. By bike.B. By bus.C. On ft.
13. Hw did the accident happen?
A. The wman didn’t stp at a stp sign.
B. The bus was ut f cntrl.
C. The man was eating while he was driving.
14. What were the tw drivers ding when the plice came?
A. Drinking cffee.B. Arguing badly.C. Calling fr help.
15. Wh was badly hurt in the accident?
A. The car driver.B. The bus driver.C. Nbdy.
二、单项选择 (共15小题; 每小题1分, 满分15分)
16. —D yu knw which bk desn’t belng t the tur great classical Chinese nveis?
—Of curse I knw, it’s ________.
A. Jurney t tree WestB. A Dream f Red Mansins
B. The Rmance f the Three KingdmsD. Madame White Snake
17. Everyne except Tm and Mike ________ Lndn befre.
A. has gne tB. have been tC. has been tD. have gne t
18. Lucy hit her head ________ the wall when reading the message n the phne. Luckily, she wasn’t hurt.
A. abveB. ppsiteC. nD. against
19. —I’m afraid the class has begun. —Dn’t wrry It ________ until the bell ________.
A, desn’t begin; ringsB. wn’t begin; will ringC. wn’t begin; ringsD. desn’t begin; will ring
20. —I am nt sure which tie t wear fr the party.
—Gd! I have n idea, ________.
A. tB. neitherC. eitherD. als
21. —________ have yu staved in this htel?
—Nt lng, just ________ this Wednesday.
A. Hw sn; sinceB. Hw lng; since C Hw sn; frmD. Hw lng; frm
22. —Lk at the perfrmer playing the guitar upside dwn n the stage. Is it Jim?
—It ________ be him. He tld me he wuld surprise us.
A. mustn’tB. can’tC. mustD. may
23. —Yur new phne really has a big screen. Can yur use it fr ________?
—Sure. I ften check and write my reprt n it.
A. watching videsB. sending emailsC. playing gamesD. ding wrd prcessing
24. As China ________ the market t the West, I think peple will be able t spend mre mney n ________ freign gds.
A picks upB. puts upC. makes upD. pens up
25. —Yu ________ t me. Kitty isn’t here!
—Hw cme? I just saw her ________ n the grass a minute ag. prmise.
A. lied; liedB. lies; layC. lied; lyingD. lay; laying
26. Dn’ t put the fd beynd his ________ if yu leave. It’s difficult fr him t mve with his brken legs.
A. reachB. feelC. tasteD. tuch
27. Peple in Nanjing ________ walk r ride bikes, but nw they ________ taking me bus r driving cars.
A. used t; used tB. were used t; used tC. were used t; are used tD. used t; are used t
28. —Did yu miss the shw?
—N. I have a strng sense f time and always shw up ________.
A. n timeB. at a timeC. sme timesD. frm time t time
29. Learning English in a classrm is imprtant, but using English in real ________ will imprve skills greatly.
A. cnditinsB. situatinsC. eventsD. psitins
30. —D yu mind if I sit here? —________. It is fr my friend Mary.
A. Nt at allB. N, I dn’t mindC. Better ntD. That’s all right
三、完形填空 (共10小题; 每小题1分, 满分10分)
Sit With Us
Yu’re at yur new schl. It’s lunch time, but yu dn’t have anyne t sit with. Yu want t jin smene at their table, 31 yu’re nt sure if they’re friendly. What d yu d? Natalie’s 32 f slving the prblem was t create an app. She knws what it feels like t be alne at a new schl. She fund it difficult t make new friends and had t 33 a new table at lunch every day. If she sat 34 , she felt lnely. But if she asked t jin smene and was 35 , she felt embarrassed. She created a lunch-planning app t help students like her find peple t have lunch with.
The app—called Sit With Us—is simple. If a student is having lunch in the afternn, he r she can create an invitatin. Other students can pen the app and 36 that invitatin. They can then use the app t decide when and where t 37 . This allws students t make plans nline instead f face-t-face. This is the reasn why it wrks s 38 : it lwers the risk f being refused, and the embarrassment that ges alng with it.
Natalie is happy t see that peple are replying t her app actively — especially thse wh suffer frm bullying (遭受欺凌). Sn after she made her app available t the public, she wn a prize fr it. She als appeared in many news stries.
Natalie was even asked t speak at a university. In her 39 , Natalie wanted peple t knw that yu dn’t have t d smething 40 t change lives. Smetimes, a simple thing — like having a friend t enjy lunch with-can make all the difference.
31. A. sB. rC. frD. but
32. A. habitB. curseC. methdD. questin
33. A. search frB. fix upC. give utD. get away frm
34. A. n timeB. in a hurryC. by herselfD. in public
35. A. calledB. refusedC. discussedD. believed
86. A. missB. makeC. sendD. accept
37. A. stpB. studyC. meetD. exercise
38. A. lateB. wellC. hardD. ludly
39. A. bkB. talkC. schlD. picture
40. A. bigB. newC. similarD. enjyable
四、阅读理解 (共15小题; 每小题1分, 满分15分)
A
Jane, a reprter, is cllecting infrmatin fr the lcal newspaper. She is interested in the fllwing things intrduced in a magazine.
Smart Schlbag
Frget t pack the bks yu need int yur schlbag in the mrning rush?
A schlby aged 11 has invented a schlbag. It tells yu which bks t pack. A small cmputer and a scanner (扫描装置) are fixed in the bag. As each bk is put int the bag, it is checked by the scanner. If any bk is missing, a message will be shwn n the cmputer screen t remind yu.
Weather Sweets
Can yu eat weather?
A university makes that happen. It uses a 3D printer t create sweets based n the weather infrmatin f a certain day.
The shapes f the sweets are affected by wind speed. The clrs f the sweets are decided by temperature. The sweets act as a weather recrd f the day when they are made.
Sunrise Bed
It’s hard fr yu t get up in the mrning, isn’t it?
T help yu get up, a cmpany has created a “tl”—a sunrise bed.
It wakes yu up gently as a sunrise des. Lights built int the bed turn n and start t get brighter and brighter. When the lights are fully n, sft music will begin t play. It will be luder and luder until yu turn it ff. The cmpany explains, “The gentle light tells yur bdy that it is mrning, s it stps prducing a chemical that helps yu sleep.”
41. What can the smart schlbag d?
A. Help yu repair cmputers.B. Tell yu when t pack bks.
C. Teach yu hw t fix screens.D. Remind yu f the missing bks.
42. ________ affect (s) the shapes f the weather sweets.
A. ClrsB. Wind speedC. TemperatureD. 3D printers
43. Which f the fllwing shws hw a sunrise bed wakes yu up?
A. lights n→music n→lights brighter→music luder
Bi music n→music luder→lights n→lights brighter
C. lights n→lights brighter→music n→music luder
D. music n→lights n→music luder→lights brighter
B
Yu might have heard f Bear Grylls. He is a famus traveller frm the UK. He likes t travel t beautiful and dangerus places arund the wrld. But mre than 400 years ag in China, there was a traveller even cler than Bear Grylls. He spent 30 years travelling acrss China. His name was Xu Xiake.
Where did Xu g?
Xu travelled t 21 prvinces and ver 100 cities in China. He climbed thusands f muntains and fund mre than 350 caves. ① He was the first persn t find the highest peak f Huangshan Muntain. He was als the first t find lts f karst caves (喀斯特溶洞). What’s mre, he first fund ut the Yangtze River’s headwater.
Xu travelled mstly n ft. He ften slept and ate in the wild. On his way, he was rbbed (被抢劫) three times. Smetimes he fell int rivers r ran int dangerus animals. But he never gave up and enjyed his jurney. ②
Hw did Xu start his jurney?
Xu Xiake was brn in Jiangsu Prvince. When he was a child, Xu enjyed reading bks abut Chinese muntains and rivers. ③
At that time, many kids were studying hard t becme fficials (官员). But Xu’s father never made him take any exams. Instead, he encuraged his sn t g utside and find ut the new wrld. Xu began his jurney when he was abut 20 years ld. ④
Xu’s travel ntes
Xu always kept a diary while travelling. The Travel Diary f Xu Xiake is still ppular amng peple tday.
44. Hw many “first things” did Xu d?
A. Five.B. Fur.C. Three.D. Tw.
45. Where can the sentence “He decided t see them when he grew up.” be put?
A.①B. ②C. ③D. ④
46. Which f the fllwing is TRUE abut Xu Xiake?
A. He was Bear’s gd friend.
B. He dreamt f becming an fficial.
C. He started travelling at the age f abut 20.
D. He rde hrses t travel arund China.
47. What is the best title fr this passage?
A. A wrld famus diaryB. A cl Chinese traveller
C. Xu Xiake’s favurite fdD. The trip t big muntains
C
It’s a ht time fr Chinese language learning acrss the wrld, nt nly because f China’s higher psitin in the wrld but als because f the increasing ecnmic (经济的) and cultural cnnectins between China and ther cuntries. Fr example, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) (阿拉伯联合酋长国) plans t pen Chinese language curses in 200 public primary and middle schls, s experienced Chinese teachers are needed.
Other Chinese curses pened acrss the wrld shw the increasing need fr Chinese-speaking talent. Mandarin (普通话) became an elective (可选择的) freign language in Russian cllege entrance exam. Fllwing English, German, French and Spanish, Mandarin has becme the fifth elective test subject fr the exam.
Spain has mre than 40,000 peple learning Chinese. Last year, abut 8,000 peple tk the Chinese Prficiency Test (HSK) exam. The number f peple wh tk the test was the biggest, accrding t Xinhua News Agency.
In the US, learning Chinese has been thriving fr many years and is nw a ppular chice fr American children, especially thse wh were brn in gd families. The children begin t, learn Chinese at an early age because their parents believe that learning Chinese will help them build successful internatinal careers (职业).
48. Why is Chinese language learning s ht?
A. Because many freigners like Chinese culture.
B. Because China has the highest psitin in the wrld.
C. Because China helps a lt f cuntries t develp.
D. Because China has mre internatinal influence arund the wrld.
49. The fllwing languages are elective test subjects in Russia EXCEPT ________.
A. FrenchB. SpanishC. JapaneseD. Mandarin
50. What can we knw abut Chinese learning arund the wrld?
A. The UAE needs experienced English teachers.
B. All American children learn Chinese at an early age
C. Abut ne-fifth f the Spanish learning Chinese tk the HSK in 2018.
D. The Mandarin exam must be taken befre ging t Russian clleges.
51. The main idea f the passage is ________.
A. mre peple in the UAE begin t learn Chinese
B. Chinese language learning is ppular arund the wrld
C. sme freign cuntries want mre Chinese teachers
D. many American children are learning Chinese nw
D
The strytellers’ secrets
Find ut hw writers and artists create their exciting wrks.
Great stries dn’t just happen. Smetimes they can require years f wrk and effrt. Fr example, J. K. Rwling first had the idea fr the Harry Ptter series while stuck n a train in 1990—and the first bk didn’t cme ut until 1997. If yu have ever wndered hw great stry tellers cme up with their ideas, nw yu can find ut. Frm September 24 t September 26, the Stries Festival will bring tgether lts f interesting peple t talk abut their wrk at Picturehuse Central, in Lndn.
One f thse will be the authr and illustratr (插画家), Rb Biddulph, wh will discuss his new bk Peanut Jnes and the illustrated City. He says the key t making the mst f a stry idea is t jt it dwn. “I find that ideas leave my head almst as quickly as they enter,” says Bildulph. “s I have t make a nte f them immediately, therwise they will be gne frever.”
Sme stry tellers at the event—such as Hlly Smale, Elle McNicll (she wn the Waterstnes’ Children’s Bk Prize) and the authr and illustratr Abigail Balfe—are sharing their thughts n why it’s imprtant that peple with disabilities are represented in fictin. “Every child deserves (应该) t see themselves reflected psitively in stries,” says McNicll.
Finally, if yu find it hard t cme up with ideas by yurself, yu might want t listen t Christ Smith, the bestselling authr f the Kid nrmal series. discussing his new bk The Great Dream Rbbery. “I lve being silly and cming up with ideas tgether,” he says, “s it is a cmplete jy t get t write them int a stry that will utlive us.”
T find ut mre abut the festival, g t tinyurl.cm/TWJ—stries2021.
52. What is the purpse f giving the example f J. K. Rwling in the first paragraph?
A. T intrduce the wrld famus bk—the Harry Ptter series.
B T explain that hw great writers cme up with their ideas.
C. T tell the readers that it is nt easy t create great stries.
D. T shw the readers hw lng it tk J. K. Rwling t finish the bk.
53. Which can best explain the underlined phrase in Paragraph 2?
A. Speak it ut.B. Put it n,C. Hand it in.D. Write it dwn.
54. Which f the fllwing is Christ Smith’s newest bk?
A. The Kid Nrmal series.B. Peanut JnesC. The Great Dream Rbbery. D The illustrated City.
55. Wh might be very interested in the passage?
A. Bk sellers.B. Art teachers.C. Writing beginners.D. Famus directrs.
第二卷 (共45分)
五、填空 (共15小题; 每小题1分, 满分15分)
(A) 根据括号中的中文提示写出单词, 使句子意思完整正确。每空只填1个单词。
56. Sme experiments have prved that dgs are skilled in understanding ▲ (交流) frm humans.
57. Dn’t frget t take the ▲ (护照) with yu when yu travel arund the wrld by yurself.
58. The gvernment requires schls t prvide free after-schl service fr bth ▲ (小学教育的) and secndary schl students.
59. In his wrks, he paid special attentin t the “little man” at the ▲ (底部) f sciety in the UK, which deeply mirrred the scial reality at that time.
60. Risking his life, Je jumped back int the cld water and ▲ (设法完成) t pull his dad up nt sme rcks.
(B) 根据句子意思, 用括号中所给单词的适当形式填空。
61. The schlar’s influence is still strng thugh he ▲ (die) fr frty years.
62. Wrds appear t have any different meanings, and there’s n perfect ▲ (translate).
63. Peple in ▲ (nrth) China usually have dumplings and muttn sup at the beginning f winter.
64. Andersen’s fairy tales can bring peple a lt f pain and ▲ (please).
65. The pr by was brn with an illness that made him ▲ (able) t hear and see.
(C) 根据短文内容, 从下列方框中选择适当的单词或短语填空, 使短文内容完整正确。
My father’s Dragn is a children’s nvel by Ruth Stiles Gannett. It tells a mving stry abut friendship. Nw the stry has been 66 a film.
Jacb Tremblay, 16, is the vice f Elmer Elevatr. Elmer mves t a new city after his mther lses the family stre. Elmer wants t help his mm s much that he runs ff t Wild Island 67 Bris the dragn, viced (配音) by Gaten Matarazz. Elmer hpes the dragn can help him make sme mney fr his mm.
The relatinship between Elmer and Bris is at the heart f the film. Jacb said that his favurite part f vicing Elmer was wrking side-by-side in the studi with Matarazz. “T 68 Matarazz was s pwerful. He is such a gd actr, and he’s 69 ,” he says.
Elmer and Bris meet many different animals tgether. Each has its wn persnality. One is a whale named Sda. If Jacb culd vice anther character in the film, which ne wuld he 70 ? “I’d lve t play Sda,” he says. “she’s just s lively and fun while Elmer is kind f serius.”
六、任务型阅读 (共10小题; 每小题1分, 满分10分)
阅读下面短文, 根据所读内容, 在文章后的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。
注意: 每个空格只填1个单词。
Nw, mre and mre children take mbile phnes. As a result, they spend mst f their time n screen. It has been a big prblem which always wrries parents. Here are sme suggestins n hw parents can balance screen time with playtime.
Make rules arund screen time early n
Befre giving yur child their first smart phne, make sure that bth yu and yur child learn abut nline prtectin, like hw t step away frm bad apps. These basic but imprtant rules can lead yur child t infrm yu if they receive any texts frm smene they dn’t knw and nt t share their persnal infrmatin nline.
Make a cntract (约定) fr the whle family
Cme up with the cntract tgether-it culd cver everything, such as hw lng the child can spend in frnt f screen, what games he can play withut supervisin (监管) and hw t be punished if he breaks the family law.
Lead by example
When making cntracts with yur child, remember they will be mre willing t fllw rules if yu d, t. As a parent, it’s imprtant t be a gd mdel fr yur child, nt nly with regards t technlgy but within everyday life. When stepping away frm technlgy, it ffers a chance fr yu all t spend quality time tgether, knwing ne anther better.
Find the value f physical play
It’s clear that yu can’t keep children frm enjying screen time. Yu shuld find a happy way t help kids t be kids, als let them keep up with, and feel a part f the mdern wrld. Yu can replace screen time with play and physical activity, and even reward yur child with items they enjy if they reduce the time they spend n screen.
七、首字母填空 (共10小题; 每小题1分, 满分10分)
根据短文内容和首字母提示, 填写所缺单词。
He is ften called “the father f mdern Chinese literature”. His (81) w________ are in textbks fr Chinese classes. He is a husehld (家喻户晓的) name in China.
This year marks the 140th anniversary f Chinese writer Lu Xun’s birth. Brn n Sept 25, 1881, his (82) r________ name was Zhu Shuren.
Lu Xun used t be a medical student in Japan. (83) H________, seeing Chinese sciety in the early 20th century, he threw away his dctr’s white cat t pick up a (84) p________. At the time, China experienced years f freign aggressin (侵略) and unrest (动荡不安). He wanted t use his writings t inspire peple.
Lu Xun is (85) k________ fr satirical bservatins (讽刺性观察) f early 20th century Chinese sciety. Sme say his writings are like weapns as they are very pwerful.
One f his mst famus wrks, Call t Arms (《呐喊》), is a bk f shrt stries written frm 1918 t 1922. Tw f the stries are famus. A Madman’s Diary (《狂人日记》) shws the (86) р________ f traditinal values. The madman in the stry sees a “man-eating” sciety. It is als the first mdern wrk t be written ttally in the vernacular (白话文), the (87) d________ language spken by peple.
In The True Stry f Ah Q, (《阿Q正传》), Ah Q (88) s________ fr thusands f Chinese farmers and rdinary Chinese peple in his time. Thrugh Lu Xun, we can (89) c________ see the ignrance (无知) f sme Chinese peple back then.
His writings shw the (90) d________ sides f sciety and human nature and have had a large influence in the cuntry. Chairman Ma Zedng called him “the sage (圣人) f mdern China”, while writer Lin Yutang said, “He is a warrir (战士) mre than a ‘literary man (文人)’”.
八、书面表达 (满分10分)
中国有一句俗话: “读万卷书, 行万里路。”你的英国笔友Jack不太理解这句话, 写信向你询问。假如你是李华, 请根据来信内容给他写一封回信:
Dear Li Hua,
Recently I have read a bk abut China. In the bk, there is an ld Chinese saying “Read 10,000 bks and travel 10,000 miles.” What des it mean? Wuld yu tell me abut it?
I knw Chinese students are ften busy with their hmewrk. When d yu usually d sme reading? D yu like reading? Why d yu like it r nt? D yu als enjy travelling in yur free time? Culd yu tell me smething abut yur favurite trip?
I hpe t hear frm yu sn.
Yurs,
Jack
要求:
1. 文章必须包含所提供的主要信息, 并适当发挥;
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Dear Jack,
Thanks fr yur letter. I’m very glad t tell yu smething abut the Chinese saying “Read 10,000 bks and travel 10,000 miles.”
Yurs,
Li Hua
参考答案
二、单项选择
16-20 DCDCC 21-25 BCDDC 26-30 ADABC
三、完形填空
31-35 DCACB 36-40 DCBBA
四、阅读理解
A篇 DBC
B篇 CCCB
C篇 DCCB
D篇 BDCC
五、填空
(A) 56. cmmunicatin 57. passprt 58. primary 59. bttm 60. managed
(B) 61. has been dead 62. translatin 63. nrthern 64. pleasure 65. unable
(C) 66. made int 67. in search f 68. wrk with 69. humrus 70. pick
六、阅读填空
任务型阅读
71. cntrl 72. suggestins tips advice 73. aviding 74. strangers 75. family
76. spent 77. brken 78. clser 79. impssible 80. less
首字母填空
81. wrks 82. real 83. hwever 84. pen 85. knwn
86. prblems 87. daily 88. stands 89. clearly 90. dark
Visit t Mauritius (毛里求斯)
Cuntry
Mauritius is an island cuntry with 8 arund it.
Activities
Beach vlleyball, fishing and swimming. Enjying its white beaches, beautiful 9 and clear seas.
Languages
10
humrus in search f pick wrk with made int
Hw t 71 yur children’s screen time
Parents are wrried that their children spend mst time n screen.
Sme
72 fr
parents
Make rules
early
Learn t prtect yurselves nline, like 73 bad apps.
With the rules, yur child will
• infrm yu when receiving texts frm 74 .
• never share his persnal infrmatin nline.
Make a 75 cntract
Each member shuld jin in.
Everything culd be cvered:
• the time 76 frnt f the screen.
• the games played with supervisin.
• the punishment if the family law is 77 .
Lead by example
• Parents shuld be gd mdels fr yur children.
• Stepping away frm technlgy can help yu all be 78
Find the value f physical play
• It is 79 fr yu t stp them enjying screen time, but yu can replace screen time with play and physical activity.
• Reward children if they spend 80 time n screen.