洪山区2023-2024学年度八年级下学期期中英语试卷（word版含标答）

这是一份洪山区2023-2024学年度八年级下学期期中英语试卷（word版含标答），共11页。试卷主要包含了 4， 认真阅读答题卡上的注意事项等内容，欢迎下载使用。
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1. 本卷共4页， 7大题，满分120分。考试用时120分钟。
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第Ⅰ卷 选择题 (共 80 分)
第一部分 听力部分 (满分25分)
一、听力测试 (共三节，满分25分)
第一节 (共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分)
听下面5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. She has a cld. B. Her nse is big. C. He desn’t feel well.
2. A. Very sad. B. Watching a mvie. C. The city parks.
3. A. Dn’t wrry B. Nthing interesting. C. D the dishes.
4. A. Yes, I d. B. I think s. C. Beautiful.
5. A. Srry t hear that. B. At the museum. C. Scared.
第二节 (共7小题，每小题1分，满分7分)
听下面 7 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秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
6. Why des Tim lk tired?
A. Because he did t much hmewrk.
B. Because he watched a sccer game until late.
C. Because he caught a bad cld.
7. Where are they talking?
A. At hme. B. In the supermarket. C. In the library.
8. What was Mike ding?
A. Writing. B. Reading. C. Sleeping.
9. Hw did the man g t Guangzhu?
A. By air. B. By bus. C. By car.
10. What prbably des the man d?
A. A dctr. B. A student. C. A fireman.
11. What will the by d?
A. B. C.
12. What may the girl give her mther?
A. A kiss. B. A bk. C. A CD.
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邀。听下面一段对话，回答13至15三个小题。
13. What did Lucy d last night?
A. Watched her favrite TV shw. B. Played cmputer games. C. Tk a shwer.
14. What des Tm think f Lucy?
A. She has a bad habit. B. She isn’t a gd friend. C. She is angry.
15. Hw lng will Lucy finish her hmewrk?
A. 30 minutes. B. 15 minutes. C. 40 minutes.
听下面一段对话，回答16至18三个小题。
16. Wh has a prblem?
A. Mary’s mther. B. Mr. Li. C. Mary.
17. What des Mr. Li think f an iPad t Mary?
A. Useless. B. Necessary. C. Imprtant.
18. What will the mther d if Mary says srry t her?
A. Get angry. B. Be glad. C. Buy her an iPad.
听下面一段对话，回答19至22四个小题。
19. What day is it tmrrw?
A. Wednesday. B. Thursday. C. Friday.
20. Wh will be tgether with the man tmrrw?
A. The man’s friend. B. The wman. C. The man’s sister.
21. What will the man d n Friday?
A. Ck a dish. B. Have a special dinner. C. G dancing.
22. What d we knw abut the wman frm the cnversatin?
A. She is an expert in cking.
B. She wants t shw ff her cking.
C. She wants t try a new Chinese dish.
听下面一段独白，回答23至25三个小题。
23. What did Dave’s parents want him t be when he grew up?
A. A dctr. B. A teacher. C. A cleaner.
24. Hw many days did cleaners wrk a week?
A. Only ne day. B. Fur days. C. Five days.
25. What can we knw abut Jack frm this stry?
A. He was als nt clever. B. He wanted t be a teacher. C. He did well in his lessns.
第二部分 笔试部分
二、选择填空 (共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分)
从题中所给的A、 B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。将代表该答案的字母在答题卡上相应的位置涂黑。
26. —Excuse me, Mr. Ken, may I ask yu sme questins abut yur latest reprt?
—Sure. ____________.
A. G ahead B. My pleasure C. That’s it D. Never mind
27. —Sally, wuld yu like t cme t my birthday party this Saturday mrning?
—____________. The last wrd ges t my mther— she must agree first.
A. Of curse B. Srry, I can’t C. I’m nt sure D. With pleasure
28. —I am ging t give a talk in frnt f the whle schl tday. I can feel my vice shaking nw.
—____________. Yu prepared fr it last week, and yu will give us an exciting talk.
A. Take it easy B. What a pity C. Srry t hear that D. N way
29. —It’s nt enugh t learn English within the classrm.
—Right. The best way f learning a language is thrugh using it in real life ____________.
A. psitins B. situatins C. events D. experiences
30. —It’s hard t make a decisin between the tw rads.
—Nt really. ____________ way may reach Rme t a willing heart, yu knw.
A. All B. Each C. Either D. Bth
31. — This is the third time that Billy makes it t the tp in the final exams.
—He is such a ____________ kid that he can learn anything well in a shrt time. But mre imprtantly, he always wrks hard.
A. light B. quick C. bright D. silly
32. —Didn’t yu hear the drbell ringing?
—Srry. I ____________ cmputer games with my earphnes n.
A. am playing B. was playing C. will play D. played
33. — T make ur city mre beautiful, we shuld take dwn thse ld buildings.
—I have a different view. Althugh they are quite ld, they culture ____________ and shuld be prtected.
A. remember B. carry C. lie D. mean
34. — D yu knw that “dragn” is n lnger fr the Chinese zdiac (生肖) “Lng” but “Lng” instead?
—Of curse. It’s an imprtant symbl and ____________ us Chinese peple.
A. stands fr B. turns dwn C. sets up D. puts ff
35. The saying “an idle yuth, a needy age” tells us ____________ as teenagers.
A. wh we shuld learn frm B. what can we d
C. when is the best time D. why we need t wrk hard
三、完形填空 (共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分)
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。
D yu knw the saying “Many hands make light wrk”? Well, my sister Pippa and I understand that in a very 36 way.
We lve t skate, s when Mm said that she was taking us t the indr ice-skating rink (冰场), we were excited. The next 37 saw us racing utside and ran quickly t get int the car.
“I’m sure I’m still faster than yu,” I 38 at Pippa, reminding (提醒) her f the last time at the rink when she fell far behind and was clse t cry.
“Yu 39 . I’ve been practicing n my inline skates every day fr weeks, and I’m certainly faster than yu nw,” she replied cnfidently (自信地) . 40 was secnd nature t us.
“Yu tw always 41 with each ther fr yur wn gd, and if yu decide t race, then yu can stay away frm me,” Mm said.
We shuld have listened. But Pippa and I culdn’t 42 t shw wh was faster.
“Let’s warm up first.” I advised.
Then we danced, turned rund and rund quickly and did anything we 43 t shw ur excellent skills. But sn we gt 44 .
“Race yu t Mm,” I shuted t Pippa 45 I skated faster. Skates flying, we raced acrss the ice, me 46 in frnt, then Pippa, then me, then. . .
BANG! We smashed (撞击) straight int Mm!
We three 47 at the hspital.
When we gt hme, Mm said, “Yur unreasnable cmpeting gt us int this 48 , s yu can just 49 tgether fr nce and find ut hw t get us ut f it.”
We weren’t 50 and asked her at the same time, “What d yu mean?”
“I bviusly can’t mve arund very well,” she said, “s yu tw can start by washing clthes, and then we’ll prepare dinner tgether.”
36. A. serius B. bad C. strange D. funny
37. A. secnd B. week C. mnth D. time
38. A. arrived B. called C. laughed D. came
39. A. think B. dream C. knw D. wish
40. A. Discussing B. Arguing C. Agreeing D. Fighting
41. A. cmpete B. play C. catch D. fight
42 A. start B. try C. stp D. wait
43. A. wuld B. culd C. might D. shuld
44. A. relaxed B. wrried C. bred D. surprised
45. A. as B. because C. unless D. thugh
46. A. standing B. sitting C. keeping D. walking
47. A. gave up B. ended up C. shwed up D. std up
48. A. matter B. risk C. mess D. prblem
49. A. wrk B. rest C. study D. play
50. A. crazy B. happy C. srry D. clear
四、阅读理解 (共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分)
阅读下面三篇材料，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
51. In which SECTION f the newspaper can we read the news?
A. Science & Nature B. Human & AnimalC. Educatin & Culture D. Fd & Health
52. That the elephant hit the pipes may be because ____________.
A. it was hurt B. it wanted t sleep C. it was tied D. it gt scared
53. The best heading fr the secnd news wuld be ____________.
A. Her Muse Wins Prize B. A Well-Trained Muse
C. Sniffing Out Mines D. African Mice Save Lives
54. The underlined wrds “d the same jb” may mean “____________ in a tennis curt area”.
A. have training B. sniff ut gld medals C. find ut mines D. make decisins
55. It’s clear that kangars are able t ____________.
A. cmmunicate with peple B. ask dmestic animals fr help
C. becme dmestic animals D. attack peple by scratching
B
Wang Fang, a wman frm Suzhu, puts her whle heart int Kunqu Opera. She started t learn the traditinal art frm frm a yung age.
Brn with a sweet vice, Wang lved t sing and dance and the Suzhu Kunqu Opera Trupe (剧团) (SKOT) chse her when she was in middle schl. Hwever, her parents refused the trupe’s invitatin, saying that her studies were mre imprtant. After members f the trupe visited the parents again and again, Wang’s parents finally agreed. Learning the traditinal art frm was never easy. She started t learn hw t prnunce and sing wrds, and hw t make prper mvements (动作) . She gt wet thrugh when practicing mvements in summer, while in winter she ften had chilblains (冻疮) n her hands. “N matter hw difficult, I always gt up early the next mrning t practice,” Wang says.
Wang says she did nt lve Kunqu at first, but in her early 20s, when she watched the shw by Zhang Jiqing, a master (大师) f the art frm, it clicked. “Her every mvement was full f beauty. Each f her wrds and sngs was perfect. I was tuched by the beauty f Kunqu fr the first time, and I decided t stay with it all my life.” says Wang.
Wang nce said in a talk, “First yu must be a dreamer, then a der, and nly then can yu be a master. I believe it - it shuld be this way and that I am this way,” Nw, Wang is a master f Kunqu. Peple f different ages lve her shws and she helps the art frm becme mre ppular with yung peple.
56. Wang Fang’s parents finally allwed her t jin the SKOT because ____________.
A. she shwed great interest in art B. learning Kunqu Opera was easy
C. her studies were less imprtant D. trupe members tuched them
57. The main idea f paragraph 3 is that Wang ____________.
A. wrked hard in learning Kunqu B. learned different skills
C. was gd at learning art D. tried t develp Kunqu
58. The underlined wrds “it clicked” prbably mean Wang ____________.
A. explained it B. fund the museC. became clear f it D. disliked it mre
59. Wang’s shws ____________.
A. are creative and wnderful B. are similar t Zhang Jiqing’s
C. are nly welcmed by the elderly D. interest mre and mre yung peple
60. Which f the fllwing might Wang agree?
A. Lve me, lve my dg. B. First think and then speak.
C. Where there is a will, there is a way. D. It’s never t ld t learn.
C
Ppcrn has had a relatinship with cinemas and films fr as lng as we can remember. But where did this relatinship begin and will it cntinue?
Ppcrn became a ppular snack in Nrth America in the 19th century fr its delicius smell when ppped ★ . Cinema wners wanted t prtect the expensive carpets (地毯) that they had put in their cinemas. They were als wrried that the sund f peple eating snacks wuld cause truble t ther peple. S, salesmen set up ppcrn machines utside the cinemas.
As mre and mre peple began buying ppcrn n their way int the cinema, cinema wners started t understand that they culd make mney frm the ppular snack. As a result, they allwed the salesmen t pay t sell ppcrn in the cinema. Finally, cinemas began selling snacks themselves.
Tday, ppcrn is still imprtant t cinemas and it is cheap t make. Yet, sme peple think ppcrn in cinemas may disappear smeday. In recent years, luxury (豪华) cinemas have becme mre and mre ppular. These cinemas try t give peple a mre enjyable experience by serving different kinds f fd.
Hwever, ppcrn wn’t disappear cmpletely frm cinemas. Fr many f us, eating ppcrn has becme a part f the experience f watching a film. Even when we watch a film n TV at hme, we ften make urselves sme ppcrn. Old habits, it seems, are hard t break.
61, The writer starts the passage by ____________.
A. asking a questin B. telling a stryC. giving an example D. making a cmparisn
62. Which f the fllwing can be put in ★
A. Ppcrn sld well at first.
B. Cinema wners liked ppcrn a lt.
C. Salesmen didn’t want t sell ppcrn inside the cinema.
D. Ppcrn was nt sld inside the cinemas at first.
63. Sme peple think ppcrn may disappear frm cinemas because ____________.
A. ppcrn is mre and mre expensive
B. sme cinemas are serving mre fds
C. fewer peple chse t watch films in cinemas
D. mre peple think ppcrn is unhealthy
64. The writer might agree ____________.
A. luxury cinemas shuldn’t sell ppcrn
B. cinema wners shuldn’t make ppcrn
C. ppcrn will disappear frm cinemas sn
D. peple enjy eating ppcrn while watching films
65. What wuld be the best title fr the passage?
A. The Histry f Ppcrn B. Ppcrn and Cinemas
C. What Makes Ppcrn Ppular D. Clever Salesmen
第11卷 (非选择题共40分)
五、词与短语填空 (共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分)
阅读下面短文，用方框中所给的单词或短语填空，使短文在结构、句意和逻辑上正确。 (提示：方框中有两个单词或短语是多余的
cntrl / cmmunicatin / set up / develpment / nervus / make a difference / fair
Nbdy is brn t be gd at speaking. It is cmmn t feel ____________ (66) abut speaking in frnt f the crwds. Hwever, yu can easily ____________ (67) yur wrry thrugh practice. With useful ____________ (68) skills, yu can talk t thers freely. With time, yu’ll understand these skills and every step will ____________ (69) t imprving them. They are quite imprtant t persnal ____________ (70). Remember, grwth takes time, s be slw as yu learn.
六、综合填空 (共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分)
阅读下面短文，根据上下文或括号内单词等提示，在空白处填入适当的单词或括号内单词的适当形式。
Qingmimg ften appears in Chinese cultural wrks. The mst famus ne is the pem ____________ (71) Du Mu, Qingming. Its ____________ (72) (ne) sentences read “A drizzling (洒落) rain falls like tears n the Murning Day; the murner’s (哀悼者的) heart is breaking bn his way.”
Zhang Zeduan’s Riverside Scene at the Qingminmg Festival is anther famus ne abut Qingming. It is ne f the tp ten famus Chinese _____________ (73) (painting) Zhang Zeduan, brm in 1085, spent _____________ (74) (he) early years, in Bianjing (nw Kaifeng) and nce _____________ (75) (serve) in the gvernment. The painting is 24. 8 cm wide and 528. 7 cm lng, ____________ (76) (shw) peple’s life in this city. Many rich peple wished ____________ (77) (keep) it and nw it is in the Palace Museum in Beijing.
Qingming is als imprtant in Chinese tea culture _____________ (78) it is the very day when peple pick the fresh green tea. “Yu Qian Lng Jin”, ne famus type f green tea picked befre Qingming, is f _____________ (79) (high) price. It smells and tastes much better ____________ (80) that picked after Qingming.
七、书面表达 (共1大题，满分20分)
现在越来越多的中学生愿意参与志愿者工作。请你以”Vlunteer Wrk”为题，根据以下内容提示用英文从做什么志愿者工作和时间以及进行志愿者工作的原因等方面写一篇短文。
内容提示：
What vlunteer wrk will yu d?
When can yu d vlunteer wrk?
Why shuld we students d vlunteer wrk?
Smething mre abut vlunteer wrk.
注意：文中不得透露个人真实信息；词数 80 词左右；标题和开头已给出，不计入总词数。
Vlunteer Wrk
Nw mre and mre middle schl students are willing t d vlunteer wrk. _________________________
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Elephant in India saved frm well
An elephant fell int a well in the trees. Luckily, the elephant didn’t seem t be hurt. At first, wrkers frm Indian Frest Service tried t lessen (减少) the water in the well, but the elephant shuted and hit the pipes (水管) used fr getting water ut. Finally, dctrs put the elephant t sleep. That allwed the wrkers t tie (系) elephant’s legs t get it ut f the well.
_____________________________
An rganizatin gave its gld medal t a muse which saved many lives by sniffing (嗅) ut deadly mines (地雷) in the earth fr years. Magawa, an African muse was trained t sniff ut mines frm a very yung age. It nly takes Magawa 30 minutes t search (搜寻) an area as big as a tennis curt. It wuld take a human fur days t d the same jb. He wrks quickly and is easily able t make decisins.
New finding abut kangars
Peple aren’t surprised when dmestic (家养的) animals like dgs, cats, and hrses cmmunicate with them. But will wild animals share this ability? A scientist did a study. He put fd in a plastic bx which kangars culd see thrugh, but culdn’t pen. They lked at the bx and then the human fr a lng time. They were clearly asking fr help. Sme even scratched (抓) at the persn’s knee.