北京市二中教育集团2023-2024学年八年级下学期期中考试英语试题（原卷版+解析版）

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1. The music ____________ really nice. I want t listen t it again.
A. hearsB. sundsC. listensD. watches
2. Tree Planting Day is ________ March 12th every year.
A. atB. inC. tD. n
3. I am s excited _________ ging t Xinjiang this May.
A. intB. inC. frD. abut
4. I knw it’s ____________ t wrk ut the prblem, but I will try ____________ n it.
A. hard; hardlyB. hardly; hard
C. hardly; hardlyD. hard; hard
5. —Have yu ever been t Shenzhen ____________?
—Yes. I went there tw weeks ____________. It is a mdern city.
A. yet; befreB. just; ag
C. yet; agD. befre; befre
6. The ice and snw in Harbin are beautiful, s every winter ____________ turists cme here.
A. five millin fB. millins f
C. millin fD. five millins
7. It ____________ a lt in summer in Beijing. It is ften rainy.
A. rainB. rainy
C. is rainingD. rains
8. —We have lived in this city ____________ 1980.
—S yu have lived here ____________ ver 30 years.
A. in; frB. fr; since
C. in; sinceD. since; fr
9. —Tm, why are yu playing cmputer games again?
—I __________ my hmewrk.
A. finishB. finishing
C. finishedD. have finished
10. She culdn’t help __________ when she heard the bad news.
A. cryB. t cryC. criedD. crying
11. Jasn is gd at running. He ________ run 100 meters in 11 secnds.
A. mustB. shuldC. needD. can
12. —May I speak t Tm?
—Srry, he ________ America. But he ________ in tw days.
A. has been t; will cme backB. has gne t; will cme back
C. has gne t; came backD. has gne t; came back
二、完形填空（共8分,每小题8分）阅读下面的短文,掌握其大意,然后从下面各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选择可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Rmain Rlland nce said, “There is nly ne kind f herism in the wrld, and that is t still lve life after recgnizing the truth f life.” Cai Lei, a patient with ALS (渐冻症), perfectly ____13____ this sentence.
Cai Lei was nce the vice president f Jingdng Grup, with a ____14____ jb and a happy family.
But wh wuld have thught that at the age f 41, he was diagnsed (诊断) with ALS and culd nly watch his bdy “frzen” until he culd nt breathe.
The illness gave him a fatal (致命的) wund but he didn’t want t bw t it. He began t think abut ____15____ he culd d fr the peple with ALS in the remaining days.
After much thught, Cai Lei ____16____ an idea: he wants t prduce medicine that is gd fr the treatment f ALS.
When Cai Lei tld thers abut this idea, everyne thught he was ____17____. Yu knw medicine develpment takes at least 10 years. ____18____, the perid frm diagnsis t death f patients with ALS is n mre than 5 years. Allwing patients at the mment t use medicine is impssible.
What’s wrse, many peple in sciety still misunderstand him. That misunderstanding is like a ____19____, burning Cai Lei’s heart.
Althugh he is heartbrken, he never says anything fr himself. He devtes himself t the research and develpment f the ____20____. He believes: “Even if we can’t use this medicine, we shuld let ur future generatins use it.”
13. A. explainedB. testedC. nticedD. taught
14. A. badB. prC. gdD. sad
15. A. whatB. hwC. whereD. which
16. A. wrried abutB. came up withC. made upD. heard f
17 A. excitedB. satisfiedC. crazyD. brave
18. A. EspeciallyB. SuddenlyC. LuckilyD. Hwever
19. A. hpeB. niseC. lessnD. fire
20. A. waysB. inventinsC. medicineD. lives
三、阅读下列短文,根据短文内容,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选择最佳选项。（共24分,每小题6分）
Here are sme picture bks.
Match each ne with the chices (A﹣D). There is ne yu d nt need.
21. Jack ________ I am interested in insects. I want t learn abut the life f butterflies thrugh a picture bk.
22. Amy ________ I want t read a picture bk which is written in the secnd persn and full f imaginatin.
23. Kevin ________ I want t read an interesting picture bk with an animal as the main character. And I hpe it’s lnger than usual picture bks.
The Mga Caves are a very special place in China, which are lcated in Dunhuang, Gansu Prvince. The Mga Caves are thusands f years ld and were listed as a wrld heritage (遗产) site by UNESCO in 1987.
Many peple, including archaelgists (考古学家) and researchers, wrk hard t take care f the Mga Caves and learn mre abut them. Fan Jinshi is ne f them.
Fan was brn in Beijing n July 9,1938. Her father was a graduate f Tsinghua University and had a strng interest in Chinese classical art and culture.
Influenced by her father Fan liked visiting museums when she was in middle schl. With the great lve f Chinese culture, she studied in the archaelgy department in Peking University and graduated in 1963. Then she started wrking at Dunhuang and has wrked there ever since. She spends almst 60 years taking care f Dunhuang. Peple call her the “Daughter f Dunhuang”.
On May 4, 2023, “Daughter f Dunhuang” Fan Jinshi returned t Peking University and brught back 10 millin RMB dnatins t set up the Fan Jinshi Educatin Fund (基金) t supprt the research f Dunhuang studies at Peking University.
“Mney made shuld be spent in the right way. Peple cannt nly think f themselves,” she said. “Hpefully the setting f the Fund can help Dunhuang studies at the university, s it can make peple knw mre abut Dunhuang and raise cultural cnfidence f the natin.”
24. Hw lng has Fan Jinshi wrked at Dunhuang?
A. Fr almst frty years.B. Fr abut eighty years.
C. Fr almst sixty years.D. Fr ver seventy years.
25. What des the underlined wrd “them” in Paragraph 2 refer t?
A. Archaelgists.B. The Mga Caves.
C. Researchers.D. Wrld heritage sites.
26. Which is NOT the purpse f setting up Fan Jinshi Educatin Fund?
A T supprt the research f Dunhuang at Peking University.
B. T help peple nt t think f themselves.
C. T make peple knw mre abut Dunhuang.
D. T raise cultural cnfidence f the natin.
Talking t yurself isn’t just fr humans—it’s fr rbts t. Italian researchers have develped a rbt that can speak t itself, which enables users t hear its thught prcess (过程) and knw hw the rbt makes decisins.
“If yu were able t hear what the rbts are thinking, the rbts might be mre trustwrthy(可信赖的),” ne f the researchers Antni Chella says. “The rbts will be easier t understand fr peple wh aren’t engineers. In ther wrds, we can cmmunicate and wrk with the rbts better.”
Peple talk t themselves when lking fr clarity and mral (清晰的思维及道德方面的) guidance, and it helps in the decisin-making prcess. The researchers set ut t see hw this culd influence rbts, s they develped ne called Pepper, and they trained it t set a table. They then gave it the ability t say, in simple English, what it was “thinking” when cmpleting a jb.
After studying the rbt, the researchers fund that Pepper was better at slving dilemmas (进退两难的困境) when talking t itself. One experiment saw a user ask Pepper t break table setting rules by putting a frk in the wrng place, which led t the rbt asking itself several self-directed questins. It then decided that the user might be wrng, s it made sure the user didn’t give the wrng rder befre it went n talking t itself: “Emm, this situatin is difficult t me. I wuld never break the rules, but I can’t make him unhappy either, s I’m ding what he wants,” Pepper said while putting the frk in the wrng place. The user can understand Pepper’s thughts as it uses its inner vice t slve a dilemma, which the researchers say culd lead t human-rbt trust.
Cmparing Pepper’s perfrmance with and withut inner speech, Chella discvered that the rbt wrked faster with inner speech, which means when it was talking t itself. “Peple were very surprised by the rbt’s ability,” Chella says. “The research makes the rbt different frm ther machines because it has the ability t reasn, t think. Inner speech culd be useful in all the situatins where we trust the cmputer r a rbt fr evaluatin (评价) f a situatin.”
Althugh hearing the inner vice f rbts enriches the human-rbt interactin (互动的), sme peple might find it inefficient because the rbt spends mre time cmpleting jbs when it talks t itself. The rbt’s inner speech is als just the knwledge that researchers gave it. Still, Chella says their research lays the grundwrk fr mre research int hw self-dialgue can help rbts pay attentin, plan and learn.
27. What can we learn frm the research?
A. Inner speech helps the rbt finish tasks better.
B. The research can help peple understand rbts’ actins.
C. The Italian researchers created a new language fr rbts.
D. The rbt helped study peple’s decisin-making prcess.
28. What des the underlined wrd “inefficient” mean?
A Nt interesting.B. Nt imprtant.
C. Nt right.D. Nt gd.
29. Which f the fllwing wuld be the best title fr the passage?
A. Rbts: Learn t Learn
B. Rbts: Think Out Lud
C. Rbts: Make Better Speeches
D. Rbts: Always Trust Humans
Participatin trphies (参与奖) appeared in children’s sprts cmpetitins abut a century ag. They have been used t encurage and reward children fr participating in funny and healthy activities. The trphies recgnize students’ attendance (到场) and effrt rather than their ability and the cmpetitin results.
Since the 1990s, thugh, there has been an increasingly strng vice that participatin trphies are making the kids “sft”. They ruin kids’ cmpetitive spirit and make children t lazy t wrk hard t get things they want. The thinking ften ges, “Every kid will think they are winners, s they will always feel that they are brn t win, even if they dn’t deserve (值得) t win.”
Hwever, this idea is wrthy f much mre thinking. Des anyne really think that kids are fled int thinking their participatin trphy is a gld medal? Kids are always smarter than that and always mre aware f their scial surrundings. They knw that a participatin trphy just says it was gd fr them t be here having fun. It desn’t say everyne wins the first place.
Kids are learning abut their abilities and strengths every day. The idea that participatin trphies keep kids frm experiencing the “real wrld” is, in my view, ne-sided. Participatin trphies recgnize that kids’ skill sets are wildly different and that we put kids in rganized sprts at yung ages when their skills are still very much in develpment. Participatin trphies celebrate every kid fr being a part f the team r the activity, instead f their skill levels.
And different frm the idea that participatin trphies keep kids frm trying hard things, my pinin is the exact ppsite. They send a message that there’s great value in trying smething that yu dn’t lve r that yu may nt succeed in. Encuraging kids t try and fail at things is the key t building their cnfidence by teaching them that failing is necessary fr grwth and learning. These trphies are a drp in the bucket (桶) fr nw, but their effects may be seen after the kids step int the grwn-up wrld. As kids get lder, their strengths and interests develp mre clearly. At that time, they will jin in mre cmpetitive activities in their prfessinal fields, and they will knw the wrld f, winning and lsing.
Participatin trphies are prtective f children’s mental health, by giving them sft places t land in the rcky jurney f childhd. Kids need kindness frm the adults in their lives. They need t knw that they have inherent (与生俱来的) value and wrth n matter what they achieve r prduce. This view keeps children’s physical and mental well-being frnt and center right frm the start, which culdn’t be mre imprtant if we are t raise mentally healthy children.
30. Accrding t the passage, the participatin trphies have been used t ________.
A. celebrate kids’ ability and their cmpetitin results
B. educate kids that everyne deserves t be a winner
C. encurage kids t wrk hard t get things they want
D. reward kids fr jining the fun and healthy activities
31. The writer wuld prbably agree that ________.
A. participatin trphies recgnize that kids are brn with value
B. kids having participatin trphies believe that they are winners
C. kids having participatin trphies will becme mentally healthy
D. participatin trphies stp kids frm experiencing the real wrld
32. What’s the passage mainly talking abut?
A. The pwer f participatin trphies.
B. The pressure f participatin trphies.
C. The enjyment f participatin trphies.
D. The develpment f participatin trphies.
四、阅读短文,根据短文内容回答问题。（共8分）
Traditinal Chinese tys are part f the traditinal Chinese culture. They make the flk games and sprts activities f China rich and clrful. Here is a traditinal Chinese ty many children like t play—Chinese shuttleccks (jianzi).
Shuttleccks kicking has a histry f mre than 2000 years in China. Since the Han Dynasty, peple have been playing shuttlecck kicking. Even nw, shuttlecck kicking is still ne f the mst ppular utdr activities, nt nly with the children, but als with the ld. Shuttlecck kicking can be played by ne r a circle f peple. Five r six persns may frm a small circle, kicking a shuttlecck. There are als peple wh like playing alne. Even when yu play by yurself, yu can ften attract ther peple and make them want t cme arund and watch yu play.
Making a shuttlecck is quite easy. Yu just need t find tw r three cins with hles, put several feathers in the hle, and then sew dwn the feathers t the cin with clthes strips. The rule f shuttlecck kicking is als simple: keeping the shuttlecck in the air by using any part f yur bdy except yur hands.
33. Hw lng have Chinese peple been playing shuttlecck?
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34. Whm is shuttlecck kicking ppular with?
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35. What is the rule f shuttlecck kicking?
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36. What d yu think f shuttlecck kicking? Why d yu think s?
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五、根据中文意思和提示词完成下列句子。（每小题1分,共4分）
37. 我妈妈上周感冒了。 （catch a cld）
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38. 你去过北京动物园吗？（Beijing Z）
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39. 我来到这个学校两年了。（abut 2 years）
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40. 我发现坚持运动很难。(find)
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六、文段表达 （10分）
41. 请根据中文和英文提示，完成一篇不少于50 词的文段写作。请不要写出你的校名和姓名。友谊在我们的成长中至关重要，我们每个人都需要朋友。假如你是李华，请你写一篇英文演讲稿，内容包括：你的朋友是什么样的人，你们如何成为好朋友的，以及从他/她身上学到了什么。
提示词语：nice, kind, help, share, care
提示问题：What is yur best friend like?
Hw did yu becme friends?
What have yu learnt frm him/her?
My best friend
Gd mrning everyne! I’m Li Hua._____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A
Rm fr Everyne
Writer: Naaz Khan
Mre and mre peple get n the bus n the way t the pretty beach. It seems there can’t be rm, but after sme mving arund and fun, they make enugh rm fr everyne. This is a bk yu will be happy t read again and again because it is full f happiness and energy.
B
Gladys the Magic Chicken
Writer: Adam Rubin
It can help yu share a big laugh with yur family. Set in ancient times, the stry centers arund a chicken named Gladys. With 48 pages, this bk is lnger than usual picture bks, and that makes it lk mre special and amazing.
C
A By Named Isamu
Writer: James Yang
The writer tells the stry in the secnd persn and it seems the bk is talking t yu. Yu can jin the main character in an adventure and use yur imaginatin t explre being alne and being creative. This bk might help everyne understand hw ne might be “alne but nt lnely”.
D
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Writer: Eric Carle
Jin in a clrful adventure with a hungry caterpillar as it munches thrugh different fds. With bright pictures and clever pages, this stry teaches cunting, days f the week, and the butterflies life cycle. Eric Carle’s timeless stry has attracted children fr generatins, making it a must-read fr every little ne.