江苏省常州市金坛区2024-2025学年八年级上学期期中调研英语试卷(无答案)

这是一份江苏省常州市金坛区2024-2025学年八年级上学期期中调研英语试卷(无答案)，共8页。试卷主要包含了11， C， It’s a crab !等内容，欢迎下载使用。
一、听力(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)
(一)听对话回答问题
本部分共有10小题，每道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，你仍有5秒钟的时间选择你认为最合适的备选答案。
1. Where did the wman g last weekend?
A.B.C.
2. What did the man d last Sunday?
A.B.C.
3. Wh is Sam’s brther?
A.B.C.
4. What will the man buy?
A.B.C.
5. What is Julie like?
A. She’s plite. B. She’s helpful. C. She’s funny.
6. Wh is the tallest f the three?
A. Mary. B. Tm. C. Susan.
7. Where was Amy last night?
A. At hme. B. At schl. C. In the cinema.
8. When will they start?
A. At 7 ’ clck. B. At 7:30. C. At 6:30.
9. What des the girl advise the by t d first?
A. T visit sme places f interest.
B. T lk fr sme infrmatin.
C. T buy tickets.
10. What des the girl mean?
A. The by is t strng t carry the bx.
B. The by can’t carry the heavy bx.
C. The by is strng enugh t carry the bx.
(二)听对话和短文回答问题
你将听到一段对话和两篇短文。各听两遍。每段对话或短文后各有几道小题，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秒钟的时间选择你认为最合适的备选答案。听一段对话，回答11-12题。
11. Why des Millie lk s happy tday?
A. Because her friends will cme.
B. Because many singers will cme t give a shw.
C. Because she will get sme presents.
12. Where is Tny ging t see it?
A. At hme. B. In the theatre. C. At schl.
听第一篇短文，回答13-15 小题。
13. A. running B. skiing C. skating
14. A. rain B. snw C. blw
15. A. unhappy B. brave C. excited
听第二篇短文，回答16-20小题。
16. What d the students d after the secnd class?
A. Eat breakfast. B. Watch TV. C. D sme exercise.
17. When d the students have PE lessns?
A. On Wednesday and Friday. B. On Tuesday and Thursday.
C. On Mnday and Wednesday.
18. When d the students have sprts?
A. At 4:30 p. m. B. At 5:00 p. m. C. At 4:00 p. m.
19. What is the mst ppular sprt in the speaker’s schl?
A. Ftball. B. Vlleyball. C. Basketball.
20. Hw many schl teams d they have?
A. Tw. B. Three. C. Fur.
二、单项选择 (共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
21.—Lily, yu have a really great singing ______. I’m sure yu’ll be the winner.
—Thanks, Sarah. I practise a lt every day.
A. vice B. sund C. nise D. shut
22. Which f the fllwing wrds can’t be added with a prefix (前缀) “im-”?
A. plite B. patient C. active D. pssible
23.—Sarah, did yu ______ the virtual (虚拟) ffice meeting rm n time this mrning?
—Yes. I had a little truble finding the right link at first, but I ______ just befre it started.
A. get; arrived B. get t; arrived C. get; arrived at D. get t; arrived at
24. —Hallween is cming, and I have t ______ lts f time making a pumpkin lantern fr the party.
—Plan yur time well. And yu ______ be patient.
A. take; had better B. cst; shuld C. spend; had better D. spend; can
25. Peple in the UK say “hliday” while peple in the USA say“______”.
A. sccer B. ckie C. fall D. vacatin
26. —Did yu hear abut the new electric car that just came ut? They say it can run fr a lng time.
—Yes, I did. I can’t wait ______ hw it des n a lng trip.
A. see B. seeing C. saw D. t see
27. —Bb, it’s amazing that the new rbt can d the husewrk s well.
—That’s cl. My sister bught ne fr ______ last mnth and she’s als ging t buy a new AI chatbt ne day.
A. her B. it C. herself D. itself
28.—They say the BGM in the 19th Asian Games is wnderful! What des BGM mean, Jhn?
—It ______ backgrund music.
A. lks fr B. stands fr C. ges fr D. wrks fr
29. —Hey, Bb. It seems that everyne is trying t be ______.
—Yeah. ______ peple are sitting arund. Instead, they exercise mre and eat less fast fd.
A. mre healthy; Fewer B. healthier; Fewer C. healthier; Less D. mre healthy; Mre
30. —Dn’t keep water running when yu wash hands!
—______.
A. Of curse B. I’m afraid nt C. Srry, I wn’t D. It’s nthing
三、完型填空(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
Few wuld guess what kind f animal my pet is. It lives in a tank, but it’s nt a fish. It can live ut f water, but it’s nt a turtle. It has eight legs and tw red claws (鳌). It’s a crab (蟹)!
This crab caught my eye when I visited a pet shp three years ag. It was s cute! I brught it hme 31 a secnd thught. After a hard day at wrk, 32 my crab really makes me happy. Crabs aren’t picky eaters. Frm rice t small dried fish, my pet seems t enjy everything. It carefully cuts the fd int 33 pieces with its tw large claws and then greedily (贪婪地) puts them int its muth. The crab gets afraid easily. Its eyes are like tw little searchlights (探照灯), always 34 . When it senses 35 , it hides. As a shy by, I smetimes feel like my pet is a lt like me.
My friends culdn’t believe their ears 36 I first tld them abut my pet crab. Mst peple usually have a pet dg r cat. These fur-legged animals seem t be mre 37 and enjyable t be with. Last weekend, my friend Helene celebrated her 30th birthday at hme. 38 , her crgi (柯基犬) kept barking and running abut like an excited little child when she was cutting her cake. Maybe it was trying t wish my friend a happy birthday.
We keep different animals as pets, and yu can find 39 in just watching yur pet eat r sleep. When yu are sad, yu can als try talking t it. Unlike yur human friends, it’ll 40 listen and never judge (评价). In n time, yu’ll frget yur trubles.
31. A. with B. withut C. fr D. under
32. A. playing B. shwing C. feeding D. calling
33. A. bigger B. smaller C. lnger D. shrter
34. A. lking arund B. lking fr C. lking ut D. lking up
35. A. danger B. wind C. light D. nise
36. A. befre B. and C. when D. because
37. A. humrus B. clever C. beautiful D. patient
38. A. Surprisingly B. Luckily C. Plitely D. Slwly
39. A. secrets B. truble C. jy D. hpe
40. A. never B. smetimes C. just D. ften
四、阅读理解(共8小题；每小题2分，满分16分)
A
The Water-Splashing Festival (泼水节) is a really fun time fr the Dai peple in Yunnan, China. It happens every spring, arund April, when the weather is just right.
It began in Persia (波斯) and became a custm f the Dai peple in the 12th century. The festival is als celebrated in ther cuntries like Thailand, Las, Cambdia, and Myanmar.
Peple clean their hmes, cut their hair, and take a bath befre the festival. Activities include sending lanterns int the air and watching bat races n the Lancang River. There are als clrful parades where peple wear traditinal (传统的) Dai clthes, dance, and sing sngs. It’s a special time fr families and friends t get tgether, eat gd fd, and give gifts. At night, they write wishes n lanterns and flew them up int the sky alng the river.
The best part f the festival is, f curse, water splashing. Kids, adults, everyne jins in. They use buckets, water guns, and even big hsepipes. They fill the streets, chasing and playing with each ther. It’s s much fun, with lts f laughter and excitement. Everyne gets wet frm head t ft. They think the water washes away bad luck and brings gd things.
The festival is very imprtant t the Dai peple because it’s a way t remember their ancestrs (祖先) and ask fr gd luck. By splashing water, they’re cleaning themselves and asking fr blessings (祝福). The wetter, the better!
41. What may the weather be like during the Water-Splashing Festival?
A. Cld. B. Warm. C. Ht. D. Snwy.
42. Peple d all the fllwing activities fr the festival except (除了) ______.
A. Wearing traditinal clthes. B. Flying up lanterns int the sky.
C. Having meals with families r friends. D. Watching swimming races n the Lancang River.
43. Which f the fllwing sentence is TRUE accrding t the passage?
A. The Water-Splashing Festival is nly celebrated in China.
B. Peple always have fun playing with water during the festival.
C. The Water-Splashing Festival came frm Dai at first.
D. They splash water t take a gd bath.
44. What can be inferred (推断) frm the underlined sentence “The wetter, the better”?
A. Maybe they will catch a cld.
B. They may becme mre ppular amng the peple.
C. Maybe they will get mre blessings.
D. Maybe they will win mre prizes (奖赏).
B
Babu was a clever ptter in India, wh lved making beautiful jars and pts. His sn was getting married, and Babu wanted t keep the traditin f riding an elephant thrugh twn after the wedding (婚礼). But elephants were expensive t buy, s he decided t rent (租) ne frm Purna, his rich neighbr, wh wasn’t very nice.
Babu went t Purna and ffered half f his savings t rent an elephant. Purna, being greedy (贪婪的), tk all the mney and gave Babu a limping elephant. Babu felt srry fr the elephant and put medicine (药) n its cut. The wedding was wnderful, but during the ride, the elephant fell dwn and then ran away.
Purna said that Babu stle (偷) the elephant and tld him that he wuld put Babu in jail (监狱) if he didn’t return the elephant r pay the full price at nce. Babu thught hard and gt a clever plan at last.
He wrked day and night making pts, jars, and bwls, then baked them in his kiln. He painted ld designs n them t make them lk expensive. He left a nte fr Purna t cme t his pttery shp the next day t get his elephant.
When Purna arrived, he was s angry and brke dwn the dr, making pttery fall nt the grund. He picked up a piece f the brken pttery, which lked ld and expensive. He was afraid and wanted t run away. At that time Babu came and he lked sad and asked his“expensive” pts back, threatening (威胁) t call the plice if he didn’t get them back.
Purna, wrried abut ging t jail, ffered t frget abut the elephant if Babu frgt abut the pts. Babu agreed at last.
Later, as Babu cleaned up the brken pttery, he thught that the elephant was the real winner. It was nw safe frm its bad master, Purna, wh culd n lnger (不再) hurt it.
45. Hw did Purna react (反应) when Babu fund that he brke the“expensive” pttery?
A. He laughed and walked away.
B. He ffered t help clean up.
C. He was wrried and ffered t pay fr his mistake.
D. He was angry and ran away, but gt caught.
46. Which is the right rder f the fllwing sentences accrding t the stry?
a. Babu wanted t keep the traditin f riding an elephant after his sn’s wedding.
b. Babu rented an elephant frm his neighbur Purna, but Purna gave him a limping elephant.
c. Babu made sme ptteries and left a nte t ask Purna t cme t get his elephant.
d. Purna said that he wuld put Babu in jail if Babu culdn’t return the elephant r pay the full price.
e. Babu thught that the real winner was the elephant because it was safe frm its master.
A. a-b-d-c-e B. b-a-c-d-e C. a-d-b-c-e D. a-b-c-e-d
47. What can be inferred (推断) abut the elephant?
A. It was returned t Purna. B. Babu still culdn’t find it.
C. Babu culd take gd care f it. D. It ran away during the wedding ride.
48. Which is the best title f the stry?
A. One Runaway Elephant B. Babu’s Clever Plan
C. The Greedy Neighbur D. Old and Expensive Pttery
五、还原句子(共4小题；每小题1.5分，满分6分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的六个选项中选出四个可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Vanuatu is an island cuntry (岛国) in the Suth Pacific. It has fur main islands and many smaller nes. 49 Besides swimming and snrkeling, visitrs can d sme mre special things. They can visit vlcanes and watch land diving (陆地俯冲).
Vlcan eruptins (火山喷发)
50 The mst famus ne is Munt Yasur n Tanna Island. This vlcan rises abut 300 meters int the sky. It erupts almst every day, smetimes even a few times a day. Turists can watch the eruptins frm a safe distance.
Land diving
Bungee jumping (蹦极) is very ppular nw, but did yu knw that it started n Pentecst Island in Vanuatu? The activity is first called land diving. 51 In land diving, a man ties tw tree vines (树藤) t his legs. He needs t climb a wden twer abut 20 t 30 meters high. Then, he crsses his arms and jumps headfirst. This is t land clse t the grund--withut breaking the vines r hitting the grund hard. Tday, lcal bys and men still take part in the amazing activity every spring. Many visitrs cme t the island t watch this ld traditin (传统).
Want t try these activities in Vanuatu? 52
A. Out f the eight vlcans in Vanuatu, five are still active.
B. It is a small cuntry, but Vanuatu has a lt t ffer.
C. Isn’t it exciting t hear abut it?
D. It has a histry f abut 1,500 years.
E. Cme t this amazing island cuntry as sn as pssible!
F. Many peple are afraid t watch vlcan eruptins.
六、阅读短文，回答问题。前3题每题答案不超过10个词(共4小题；每小题2分，满分8分)
Shi Chen is a detective nvelist (推理小说家). The 37-year-ld man has written fifteen detective nvels. He even pened a bkstre fr this kind f bks. The stre, called Mystery Bks, is in Yangpu, Shanghai.
Shi’s lve fr detective stries began in his secnd year f middle schl. At that time, he started t read The Cmplete Sherlck Hlmes. He really lved detective nvels and began writing his wn stries. His first shrt stry came ut in a magazine when he was a cllege student.
After leaving cllege, Shi didn’t stp writing. He spent abut tw hurs writing stries every day after wrk. In 2011, his first bk, Criminal Fragment came ut. This lng nvel tells a stry abut a campus crime (校园犯罪).
When COVID-19 came, Shi left his jb. He started t write bks full-time and prepared t pen the bkshp at the same time. With the pening f the stre, mre and mre peple take great interest in detective nvels. The stre has wrks by writers frm different cuntries. Shi really lves prmting (推广) Chinese detective nvels. There is even a special crner in his shp fr Chinese writers.
“I’ll keep writing and running the shp as lng as pssible,” said Shi. “I hpe t make mre Chinese detective writers knwn t mre peple!”
53. Where did Shi Chen pen the bkstre fr detective nvels?
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54. When did his first shrt detective stry cme ut?
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55. What des Shi d t prmte Chinese detective nvels in his bkshp?
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56. If yu can, what will yu d t help make mre Chinese detective writers knwn t mre peple?
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七、综合填空(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
In 354 BC, Wei attacked (攻击) Zha and surrunded its capital. The attack was t much fr Zha t deal with, s they asked Qi fr help.
King Wei f Qi (齐威王) wanted t make Sun Bin the cmmander (统师). “Yu are the 57 (gd) persn fr the jb,” the king said.
“My lrd, I’m nt the right persn,” he said. “Pang Juan 58 (hurt) me and cut my feet. I’m nt able t lead ur army (军队).”
The king then gave the jb t Tian Ji. Sun Bin culdn’t walk by 59 (he). Instead, he wrked as 60 advisr and traveled arund in a wheelchair. The tw made their plans tgether.
But when Tian Ji wanted t mve his army directly t Zha, Sun Bin didn’t agree. “T stp a fight, it’s n use being part f it,” he said. “We shuld keep away frm Wei’s main frces (主要力量) and attack their weak pints.”
“Gd thinking! But what are their weak pints?” Tian Ji asked.
“Their strngest men have traveled lng and far t Zha,” Sun Bin said 61 a smile. “They must be very tired nw. Thse wh stay at hme are lder and weaker.”
“Ah, I see,” Tian Ji said gladly. “And that’s the last thing they wuld like us t knw. S, instead f 62 (fight) their main frces, we can mve ur army t Daliang. Then, Wei’s army 63 (stp) attacking Zha sn.”
“That’s true. They will hurry back 64 (save) their capital. We can save Zha 65 make Wei weak at the same time,” Sun Bin said with a nd.
Tian Ji fllwed this plan. Wei’s army sn retreated frm Zha. On their way hme, they met Qi’s army, but the Wei sldiers were s tired and 66 (help). They ended up failing in the fight at last.
八、词汇运用(共4小题；每小题1分，满分4分)
根据句意及提示，写出单词的正确形式。
67. Yu’re getting fatter. Why nt learn hw t lse yur ______ (weigh)?
68. ______ (final), Fan Zhendng became the winner thrugh his hard wrk.
69. Few things can make me ______ (着迷的) right nw than that.
70. The little girl always ______ (主动提供) help t thers in need.
九、根据所给中文完成句子(共4小题；每小题1.5分，满分6分)
71. 吉姆从来不犯同样的错误。
Jim ________________________.
72. 看到如此多的名胜真是太令人兴奋了。
It is exciting ________________________.
73. 汤姆比他班里其他任何一个学生跳得都远。
Tm ________________________ in his class.
74. 马克斯总是讲有趣的笑话使我们发笑。
Max always ________________________.
十、书面表达(共1题；满分10分)
Betty在校表现优秀，被评选为八年级优秀学生。你作为Betty最好的朋友，请根据以下内容写一篇有关Betty的文章展示在校园风采栏上。
1.文中不得出现你的真实姓名和学校名称；
2.省略部分要补全，并作适当发挥；
3.词数90左右；文章开头已为你写好，不计入总词数。
Betty is an excellent student _________________________________________________________________
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Suzy and Peter
Planning a 13 trip fr this weekend
Weather reprt
Friday is ging t be cld and cludy. It’s ging t 14 n Friday night.
Saturday and Sunday are ging t be clear, cld and sunny.
Feeling
They are 15 . They are ging t have a wnderful weekend in the muntains.