湖北省武汉外国语学校2024-2025学年八年级上学期期中考试英语试题

这是一份湖北省武汉外国语学校2024-2025学年八年级上学期期中考试英语试题，共10页。试卷主要包含了 A， B等内容，欢迎下载使用。
卷面分值： 120分 考试时间：120分钟
Part One (共 80 分)
I. Listening. (1’×25)
第一节 (共4小题，每小题1分，满分4分)
听下面4个问题，每个问题后有三个答语，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每个问题后，你都有5秒钟的时间来作答和阅读下一小题。每个问题仅读一遍。
1. A. With my friend. B. In a mnth. C. Last weekend.
2. A. They are exciting. B. Sure, I’d lve t. C. In the USA
3. A. A fashin magazine. B. It’s Ann’s. C. Five dllars.
4. A. Once a week. B. Every day. C. Fr tw hurs.
第二节 (共8小题，每小题1分，满分8分)
听下面8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秒钟的时间来作答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
5. When will the film end?
A. At 8: 30. B. At 9: 00. C. At 9: 30.
6. Where are the speakers?
A. In a restaurant. B. In the ffice. C. In a supermarket.
7. What will the wman d this afternn?
A. Give the man a lift. B. Visit the museum. C. Visit the man.
8. What des the wman mean?
A. She has made her vacatin plans.
B. She is t busy t take a vacatin.
C. She shuldn’t wrk during vacatin.
9. Why will they have a few days ff?
A. Because f the by’s birthday. B. Because f the teacher’s absence. C. Because f the ht weather.
10. What’s the relatinship between the speakers prbably?
A. Father and daughter. B. Brther and sister. C. Waiter and custmer.
11. Which picture is mentined in the talk?
A. B. C.
12. What will the wman prbably say?
A. Well dne! B. Never mind. C. That’s very kind f yu.
第三节 (共13小题，每小题1分，满分13分)
听下面4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。
听下面一段对话，回答13至15三个小题。
13. Why is Kate clring a card?
A. Because her brther’s birthday is cming.
B. Because she wants t make her brther happy.
C. Because her teacher asked her t d s.
14. What clr des Kate use?
A. Green. B. Yellw. C. Orange.
15. Wh tld Kate that clrs can change peple’s mds?
A. Her teacher. B. Her brther. C. Her friend.
听下面一段对话，回答16至18三个小题。
16. What fd des Mm like?
A. Eggs. B. Ptates. C. Milk shake.
17. What’s in the refrigeratr?
A. Milk. B. Chicken. C. Bread.
18. Which wrd can best describe the tw speakers?
A. Friendly. B. Gentle. C. Caring.
听下面一段对话，回答19至22四个小题。
19. What are they mainly talking abut?
A. A TV prgram. B. A tennis match. C. Their dreams.
20. Hw did the wman feel when she frgt the date f the match?
A. Srry. B. Excited. C. Calm.
21. What can we knw abut the wman in the cnversatin?
A. She is a tennis player. B. She desn’t like tennis at all. C. She’s als a tennis fan.
22. Which is right accrding t the cnversatin?
A. Zheng Qinwen wn the final match in Wuhan.
B. Zheng Qinwen has already becme wrld number ne.
C. N Chinese has ever wn the tennis Olympic gld medal befre.
听下面一段独白，回答 23 至 25 三个小题。
bull-fight: a traditinal public entertainment, ppular especially in Spain
23. Why did the American draw a cw n a piece f paper?
A. Because he wanted t watch a bull-fight.
B. Because he wanted sme milk.
C. Because he liked drawing cws.
24. Finally the tw Americans gt
A. sme milk B. a cw C. tw tickets
25. Which f the fllwing is true?
A. The waiter culd nt hear anything.
B. The tw Americans didn’t get milk.
C. The tw Americans read ‘milk’ in Spanish.
II. Multiple chice. (1’×10)
从题中所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白区的最佳选项。
26. —Frank, d remember t take the reprt t the teacher’s ffice tmrrw mrning.
—Oh, I have almst frgtten, but ___________.
A. it’s my pleasure B. n prblem C. n need D. never mind
27. —Jasn, let’s take a break and have a cup f tea in the tearm.
—___________? We have been wrking fr hurs.
A. Pardn B. What fr C. Why nt D. Hw cme
28. —Excuse me, may I use the Wi-Fi here?
—___________. Here is the key t it. Yu can stay here as lng as yu can.
A. Never mind B. I’m afraid nt C. That’s a deal D. Be my guest
29. —A by with glasses at the railway statin gave JK Rwling the ___________ fr Harry Ptter.
—Oh, that’s interesting.
A. traditin B. infrmatin C. inspiratin D. cnditin
30. —It seems that yu appreciate Peter very much.
—He used his great sense f humr t ___________ my spirits.
A. pen B. lift C. increase D. rise
31. —Many children and wmen were killed in the air attack and peple had t leave their hmes in the middle east.
—What sad news! Peple there must have a ___________ f a wrld with lve and peace.
A. perspective B. message C. visin D. tale
32. —It’s said that the latest Yueju Opera, New Dragn Gate Inn, has been a real hit.
—That’s true. It interests yung peple t have a ___________ lk at the traditinal Chinese art frm.
A. careful B. fresh C. friendly D. quick
33. —D yu knw where the last tw paintings went?
—A billinaire bught ___________ f them. He thught they were wrth.
A. either B. each C. nne D. bth
34. —Yu’ve gt it all wrng. We need t ___________ a time t have a talk nw!
—What abut tmrrw? I am t busy tday.
A. put up B. fix up C. use up D. lk up
35. The pem “Grwn frm the same trees, why bil us s ht?” tells us that ___________
A. we can’t pllute by burning trees
B. we need mre trees t prevent the sun frm biling us
C. as brthers, we shuldn’t hurt each ther
D. peple like t hurt their neighburs when they grw up
III. Clze. (1’x15)
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
“I’ve had enugh!”, I shuted. “Why shuld I be a big sister?”
Winnie, my five-year-ld sister and I culdn’t seem t live tgether in 36 Since her birth, she’d almst taken everything away, 37 all ur parents’ lve. Every time we had a fight they were always n her 38 .
That night I decided t leave. Mm fund this and asked, “Are yu ging t 39 .”
I made n 40 .
“S yu will g t Grandma’s? I culdn’t believe she culd just 41 my mind. But withut a (an) 42 , I rushed ut.
When I finally gt t Grandma’s hme, the dr was 43 pened. “Dn’t yu knw it’s 44 t cme here alne at night, dear? Yur mm is wrried abut yu.” Grandma said. Oh, mm had called her!
“Is that 45 ? She nly cares abut Winnie.” I sadly cried.
Just then mm arrived. “Dear, why have yu left?” she wiped my tears sftly.
“Yu knw 46 !” I shuted ut, “All the time with Winnie, I felt unhappy. . .”
Hlding my face in her hands, mm said, “ 47 it’s that hard fr yu, I will call the rphanage (孤儿院) and send her away!”
Thinking f my 48 withut Winnie, I suddenly cried, “N, dn’t d that!”
Seeming unwillingly, mm 49 .
After that, whenever I shuted “Mm, I 50 Winnie.” again, Mm smiled, “Yu had yur chance, remember?”
36. A. peace B. turn C. persn D. shape
37. A. ever B. yet C. stillD. even
38. A. part B. team C. side D. way
39. A. fall dwn B. take up C. lk fr D. run away
40. A. questin B. answer C. plan D. rule
41. A. find B. search C. read D. fill
42. A. example B. reasn C. meaning D. wrd
43. A. never B. hardly C. always D. already
44. A. dangerus B. simple C. necessary D. unlucky
45. A. freign B. right C. pssible D. cmmn
46. A. wh B. why C. hw D. when
47. A. If B. S C. Althugh D. Hwever
48. A. sea B. earth C. wrld D. space
49. A. disagreed B. agreed C. minded D. expected
50. A. miss B. allw C. dislike D. prmise
IV. Reading. (2’x15)
A
51. In which sectin f the newspaper can we read the news?
A. FASHION B. HEALTH C. SPORTS D. SCI-TECH
52. The best heading fr the first piece f news wuld be ____________.
A. The prblem in the ffice B. T take shrt naps
C. Standing upright D. “Nap Bxes” fr ffice wrkers
53. It is clear that mn walkers ____________.
A. wrk just like rller skatesB. can hardly cme t a full stp
C. help peple walk much faster than they canD. can’t g upstairs r nt buses
54. The idea behind “human washing machine” is t ____________.
A. help refresh peple’s bdy and minds
B. suggest enjying nice music and vides t relax while bathing
C. encurage peple t use AI in their daily life
D. intrduce a new, quick way t get a wash
55. What can we learn frm the material?
A. One shuld learn hw Mnwalkers wrk befre wearing them.
B. The “nap bx” can prvide a cmfrtable envirnment fr the users t nap.
C. Prject Usyar will make its first public appearance in 2024.
D. Peple in Japan always wrk lng hurs withut breaks.
B
Sme animals can easily find their way hme after a lng jurney. Hw d they make it? Scientific research shws that they are brn with certain unusual abilities fr directin.
A certain kind f ants, fr example, can cunt their steps t avid getting lst. They can g as far as 110 metres and bring fd hme. These ants live in the pen desert, s they have nthing t guide them alng the way. It’s like smene walking six kilmetres thrugh a dark frest.
Sme fish have an unbelievable sense f smell. They can smell even a single drp f their hme water in a large sea area. Sme sea birds have a similar ability. They are able t make a smell map f their flying area.
Sme animals can sense the earth’s magnetic field (磁场), while humans can’t. This magnetic field guides a certain kind f fish when they swim a lng way t a place and then back. Hw can this kind f fish d that? It is still a mystery. Scientists have n gd answers yet.
Hwever, animals with such unusual abilities still have difficulty dealing with envirnmental changes caused by human activities. Fr example, many birds depend n stars fr directin, but they get lst easily at night when city lights are kept n all night. T slve this prblem, we can simply turn ff sme lights at night. Clearly, ne small act f humans may mean a lt t animals.
56. The questin “Hw d they make it?” in paragraph 1 is raised t ____________.
A. surprise the readers B. express the writer’s pinin
C. make the readers think D. intrduce the backgrund f the stry
57. Hw can a certain kind f ants find their way?
A. By imagining the way. B. By cunting their steps.
C. By bringing fd tgether. D. By walking thrugh a frest.
58. What des the underlined wrd “mystery” in paragraph 4 prbably mean?
A. Secret. B. Chice. C. Reasn. D. Feeling.
59. What are peple advised t d accrding t the last paragraph?
A. T help animals. B. T travel at night.
C. T keep city lights n. D. T develp unusual abilities.
60. Which can be the best title fr the passage?
A. Birds’ Sense f Light B. Fish’s Sense f Smell
C. Animals’ Sense f Directin D. Animals’ Sense f Magnetic Field
C
Many teachers fear students will use the AI tl ChatGPT t write their reprts r cheat n hmewrk. ★
Danny in Kentucky, is just ne f them. He instructed his Grade 5 students t try and beat the tl that was ding writing tasks. “My jb is t prepare students fr a wrld where knwledge f AI will be required.” said Danny, wh described ChatGPT as just the newest technlgy in his 17 years f teaching. “As teachers, we haven’t wrked ut the best way t use the AI tl yet, but it’s cming, whether we want it r nt.
One exercise in his class was a writing game between students and the machine. Danny asked all his 23 students t “Find the Bt”. Each student wrte a shrt reprt abut the bxer Ali, then try t find ut which was written by ChatGPT.
After a few runds f “Find the Bt”, Danny asked his class what skills it helped them learn. “Hw t prperly summarize (总结) and crrectly capitalize wrds and use cmmas (逗号),” said ne student. Anther felt that sentences written by students had a little mre feeling.
Students Olivia and Katherine, bth 10, said they culd see the gd and bad parts f wrking with the AI tl. “It can help students wh have truble putting their thughts int writing. Use it fr suggestins, but d yur wn wrk.”…
61. Which f the fllwing can be put in ★ ?
A. But ther teachers are inviting it t class.
B. The best way t use AI is t put it in the classrm.
C. Students believe the tl can imprve their writing skills.
D. ChatGPT can just cause the pssibility f cheating
62. What d we knw abut Danny?
A. He is a teacher f a primary schl. B. There are 23 Grade 6 students in his class.
C. He has been a teacher fr 18 years. D. He has fund ut the best way t use AI.
63. The underlined wrd “it” in paragraph 2 refers t ____________.
A. the pssibility f cheating B. knwledge f AI
C. a writing game D. ChatGPT
64. Accrding t students Olivia and Katherine, the using f ChatGPT may ____________.
A. help them t cheat n their hmewrk B. lead them t play vide games well
C. help them t write dwn their thughts D. limit their interest in their classwrk
65. What wuld Katherine prbably add at the end f the passage?
A. Yu will get everything frm ChatGPT if yu use it ften.
B. Yu can use ChatGPT whenever yu need help.
C. Yu wn’t learn much if yu just type and get the answer.
D. Yu shuldn’t make use f ChatGPT mst f the time.
Part Tw (共 40分)
V. Fill in the blanks with the given wrds. There are tw wrds that yu dn’t need. (2’×5)
cnditinal / disappinted / brilliant / lse / crazy / chance / pems
Li Bai was ne f the celebrated pets in the Tang Dynasty f China. He was thught t be ‘the petic genius’ fr his ____________ (66) talent in writing pems. Mst f his ____________ (67) were prduced in the rise and fall perid f the Tang Dynasty. He is ne f the greatest pets in the histry f China. Li Bai lived a wandering life all his life. He had talent but n ____________ (68) t use it. He was very ____________ (69) and feeling bitter. He entertained himself by drinking wine and writing pems.
Hwever, maybe we have t thank his miserable plitical life, r we will ____________ (70) a great frtune in petry.
VI. Fill in the blanks with prper frms r tense f the given wrds. (1’x5)
71. She was prbably the mst highly ____________ (educatin) directr f this century.
72. The theatre cmpany that they started is still in ____________ (exist) tday.
73. ____________ (rigin) it was a bedrm, but we turned it int a study.
74. —Beethven is a ____________ (talent) musician. His Ninth Symphny is a fantastic piece f music.
—He created it thugh he culdn’t hear anything.
75. —What’s up, Sandy?
—Lk! What a mess! Smebdy ____________ (break) that windw.
VII. Translatin. (1’x5)
76, 科学家对这个理论的态度是相当消极的。
Scientists have a fairly ____________ attitude t the thery.
77. 列出建议来帮助解决此问题。
Make a list f suggestins t help ____________ this prblem.
78, 这是世界上一年中大部分时间都完全黑暗的地区。
This is an area f the wrld that is ____________ dark fr a lt f the year.
79. 孩子们最喜欢的科目是常识课。
The children’s favrite subject is ____________ Knwledge.
80. 因为成百上千年前，人们普遍矮一些。
Because ____________ f years ag, peple were shrter.
VIII. Cmprehensive blank filling. (1’×10)
On February 1st, 2024, after spending 136 days at the Shenzhen Wildlife Rescue Center, a lepard cat cub (豹猫仔) finally went back int the wild. The cub’s jurney began last September when smene ____________ (81) (find) it in a city park and called the center. Lepard cats are prtected animals in China, s the wrkers at the center decided t take in ____________ (82) cub and lk after it.
When the cub first arrived, it was small and weak. The wrkers had t put it in an incubatr (保温箱). ____________ (83) (help) it grew strnger, they fed it milk every tw hurs.
After abut 20 days, the cub was healthier. S the wrkers started feeding it meat. They then mved the cub t a special place with trees t get it ready fr life in the wild. They tried nt t make cntact with the cub t much, s it wuldn’t get used t being arund peple.
By the end f December, the wrkers started ____________ (84) (train) it t hunt small animals like chickens, mice and fish. Once the cub culd catch ____________ (85) (it) wn fd and stay ____________ (86) (safety), the wrkers knew it was ready t g back int the wild.
Befre letting the cub g, the wrkers fed it a little mre fd than usual in case it culdn’t find any right away. “I’m happy ____________ (87) we’ve raised it well and nw it can live in the wild, have a hme, and ____________ (88) (hpeful) have babies n its wn.” said ne f the ____________ (89) (wrker).
What a ____________ (90) (tuch) stry f humans and animals!
IX. Writing. (10’)
金秋时节，学校正在开展”书香校园”读书节活动。现在你受邀参加一个读书分享会，请你根据以下内容提示，结合自己的阅读喜好，阅读习惯和收获等做一次分享。
内容提示：
What kind f bks d yu ften read?
Hw lng d yu spend in reading bks?
What can yu learn frm reading?
Smething mre abut reading.
注意：文中不得透露个人真实姓名和学校；词数60左右；开头已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear fellw students,
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武汉外国语学校2024-2025学年度上学期期中考试
初中二年级 英语试题 参考答案
I. Listening. (1’×25)
略
II. Multiple chice. (1’×10)
26-30 BCDCB31-35 CBDBC
III. Clze. (1’x15)
36-40 ADCDB41-45 CDDAB46-50 BACAA
IV. Reading. (2’x15)
51-55 DDCAB56-60 CBAAC61-65 AADCC
V. Fill in the blanks with the given wrds. There are tw wrds that yu dn’t need. (2’×5)
66. brilliant67. pems68. chance69. disappinted70. lse
VI. Fill in the blanks with prper frms r tense f the given wrds. (1’x5)
71. educated72. existence73. Originally74. talented75. has brken
VII. Translatin. (1’x5)
76. negative77. slve78. cmpletely79. General80. hundreds
VIII. Cmprehensive blank filling. (1’×10)
81. fund82. the83. T help84. training85. its
86. safe87. that88. hpefully89. wrkers90. tuching
IX. Writing. (10’)
Dear fellw students,
It's a pleasure t share my reading habits with yu. I enjy science fictin and fantasy, which spark my imaginatin and ffer new perspectives. I usually read fr at least an hur daily, immersing myself in different wrlds. Reading enhances my fcus, vcabulary, and critical thinking. It als teaches empathy and cultural awareness. Bks have enriched my life immensely, ffering wisdm and emtinal depth. I recmmend everyne t explre the transfrmative pwer f reading.
Thank yu.________________
T help slve the prblem f lng ffice hurs and verwrking, tw Japanese cmpanies are wrking tgether t develp a “nap bx” where users can sleep standing upright. The nap bx will prvide cmfrt in the head, knees and back fr users wh dn’t have t wrry abut falling ver when they are in it. The tw cmpanies think it will give peple a healthier chice when they want t take shrt naps in the ffice.
Speedy shes
Mnwalkers, regarded as “the wrld’s fastest shes”, have been prduced by a US cmpany. The shes can increase yur walking speed by up t 250%. Pwered by batteries (电池), Mnwalkers have ten wheels (轮子) and clever brakes (刹车) that let yu stp fr stairs, drs and buses. The funder and CEO f the cmpany said, “Mnwalkers might lk like rller skates, but yu dn’t skate them, yu walk. Yu dn’t have t learn hw t use them, the shes learn frm yu.”
An AI Bath in future
Scientists in Japan are develping a human washing machine that can clean, massage and dry yur bdy in 15 minutes while playing relaxing music and vides chsen fr yu by AI. The prduct called Prject Usyar is t be cmpleted by 2024 and then appear in 2025. Its gal is t “wash” the user’s mind as well as the bdy by creating the mst cmfrtable experience pssible.