江汉区2023-2024学年度八年级下学期期中英语试卷（word版含答案）

这是一份江汉区2023-2024学年度八年级下学期期中英语试卷（word版含答案），共11页。试卷主要包含了听力测试部分，选择填空，完形填空，阅读理解，词与短语填空，连词成句，用所给词的正确形式填空，综合填空等内容，欢迎下载使用。
一、听力测试部分 (共三节，满分25分)
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. I’d lve t. B. Srry, I can’t. C. Sure.
2. A. Listen t music. B. Take after-schl classes. C. Stay up late.
3. A. I am reading. B. I was ding my hmewrk. C. She was sleeping.
4. A. At 10 ’clck. B. On the playgrund. C. Lisa.
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。听完每个对话后，你都有 10 秒钟的时间来作答和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
5. What’s the matter with Jim?
A. He has a sre back. B. He has a sre thrat. C. He has a sre neck.
6. Hw many waiters and waitresses in the restaurant can speak a freign language?
A. 6. B. 8. C. 12.
7. Hw did the by g t schl this mrning?
A. On ft. B. By bike. C. By bus.
8. When is the baseball game?
A. On Thursday. B. On Friday. C. On Saturday.
9. Where was the man at seven ’clck last night?
A. In the gym. B. At hme. C. On the street.
10. What wuld the man prbably say next?
A. Cme n. That’s nt very nice.
B. I see. Yu’ve made the right decisin.
C. OK. It’s nrmal t say s.
11. Which picture can they best describe the thing they are talking abut?
A. B. C.
12. Hw is the wman’s business?
A. Even wrse. B. Nthing changed. C. A little better.
第三节 (共 13小题；每小题1分，满分13分)
听下面的 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。听每段对话和独白前，你都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。
听第 13 段材料，回答 13 至 15 三个小题。
13. Hw was the weather yesterday?
A. It was cludy. B. It was rainy. C. It was windy.
14. What’s the relatinship between Bb and Jack?
A. Cusins. B. Neighbrs. C. Classmates.
15. What did Jack d yesterday?
A. Went fr a drive. B. Went camping. C. Cleaned the yard.
听第 14 段材料，回答 16 至 18 三个小题。
16. Where are they prbably talking?
A. At the repair shp. B. At Linda’s hme. C. On the phne.
17. When will the man get t Linda’s huse?
A. Tmrrw mrning. B. Befre lunch. C. After dinner.
18. Wh brke the windw last week?
A. Mrs. Green, B. The dg. C. Kids.
听第15段材料，回答19至22四个小题。
19. What are they mainly talking abut?
A. Vacatin plans. B. Village experiences. C. Vlunteer grups.
20. What des Mike think f Linda’s vacatin plans?
A. Exciting. B. Meaningless. C. Bring.
21. What did Linda vlunteer t d in a pr village?
A. She bught them sme clthes.
B. She helped them with their lessns.
C. She gave them sme mney.
22. What will Mike d this summer hliday?
A. He will jin the girl t d sme vlunteer wrk.
B. He will raise sme mney fr disabled kids.
C. He will take part in a scial activity with his parents.
听第 16 段材料，回答 23 至 25 三个小题。
23. In many cuntries, wh are usually expected t d sme chres at hme?
A. Yunger children. B. Teenagers. C. Grandparents.
24. What kind f chres will a 6-year-ld girl prbably d?
A. D the laundry. B. Ck meals fr parents. C. Clean her bedrm.
25. Which can best describe chres in parents’ eyes?
A. Chres are must-d things fr children.
B. Children shuld be well paid fr chres.
C. Children arc free f chres.
二、选择填空 (共10题；每小题1分，满分10分)
从A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。
26. —We went t see “YOLO” (《热辣滚烫》) yesterday afternn.
—What a pity! I ____________ my hmewrk.
A. d B. was ding C. am ding D. wuld d
27. —Culd yu please lk after my dgs while I’m away, please?
—____________. I’ll walk and feed them n time.
A. With pleasure B. I am afraid nt C. It desn’t matter D. Yu’re welcme
28. —I hear Peter will travel alne during summer vacatin.
—That’s true. ____________ his mther ____________ his father will g with him.
A. Neither; nr B. Bth; and C. Either; r D. Neither; and
29. —Jhn will mve t Shanghai with his parents.
—He may have t make a cmplete ____________ with the past.
A. reprt B. independence C. difference D. break
30. —Culd yu please tell me hw t make beef ndles?
—____________. It’s just a piece f cake.
A. Yu’d better nt. B. It’s hard t say. C. I can’t agree mre. D. N prblem.
31. —Did Lily find her parents back when she gt hme?
—N. She nly saw a nte ____________ n the table.
A. lying B. placing C. laying D. drpping
32. —Yu dn’t lk well. Are yu OK?
—I feel really ____________ befre the perfrmance.
A. surprised B. nervus C. strange D. shcked
33. —Many primary schl students g t after-schl classes n weekends.
—Parents ____________ their kids s hard.
A. push B. pull C. press D. raise
34. We lst the basketball game t Class Tw yesterday. Hwever, we tried hard t ____________ a bright face.
A. put up B. put ut C. put n D. put ff
35. The famus saying “Time and Tide wait fr n man.” tries t tell us ____________.
A. what can we d t be successful
B. hw imprtant it is t be quick and active
C. hw we can get n well with thers
D. what was it written fr
三、完形填空 (共 25 小题；每小题 1 分，满分25分)
阅读下面文章，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。
A
The bus driver, 24-year-ld Wang Ping, stpped the bus withut thinking twice. He 36 and asked the wman what happened. She said that the man had a heart prblem and shuld g t the hspital. Mr. Wang knew he had t 37 quickly. He tld the passengers that he must 38 the man t the hspital. He 39 mst r all f the passengers t get ff and wait fr the next bus. But t his 40 , they all agreed t g with him. Sme passengers helped Mr. Wang t mve the man 41 the bus.
Thanks t Mr. Wang and the passengers, the man was 42 by the dctrs in time. “It’s 43 _that many peple dn’t want t help thers because they dn’t want any _ 44 ,” says ne passenger. “But the driver didn’t 45 himself. He nly thught abut saving a life.”
36. A. gt ff B. gt n C. gt up D. put dwn
37. A. run B. speak C. act D. ride
38. A. put B. get C. bring D. take
39. A. expected B. missed C. hped D. tk
40. A. sadness B. surprise C. imaginatin D. satisfactin
41. A. dwn B. in C. nt D. ff
42. A. saved B. fed C. built D. tld
43. A. bring B. exciting C. happy D. sad
44. A. difficulty B. wrry C. truth D. truble
45. A. think up B. think abut C. think f D. think ver
B
Dris was a yung girl. She had a prblem in her life. She was easy t be 46 r impatient with everything arund her. She always felt bad and 47 a negative (消极的) thinking.
One day she felt s bad that she asked her dad fr 48 . Her father cmfrted her and tk her t the 49 . He asked Dris t take a ptat, an egg and tw spns f tea leaves. Dris was cnfused and asked her father, “D yu want me t 50 ?”
“N,” her father answered.
He then tk three pts (锅) and 51 sme water int each pt. The pts were 52 n the fire. Once the water started t bil (煮沸), he 53 the ptat in a pt, the egg in the secnd ne and the tea leaves in the third ne.
“Why are yu ding all these things?” Dris asked, really gt angry with her father.
“Just wait fifteen minutes, please,” said her father.
Finally, the impatient daughter managed t 54 arund fifteen minutes.
Nw, he placed the tw plates, ne with the ptat and the ther with the egg, and the cup f tea in frnt f Dris.
Dris asked, “What des it 55 , Dad? I d nt understand!”
“Each bject faced similar challenges, but reacted 56 . The ptat, when we put it in biling water, became very weak. The sft egg became very 57 when we put it in biling water. And the tea leaves changed the water itself, it 58 a nice smell! It gave us smething 59 .” Dris nw understands that we can create smething wnderful even when we 60 sme challenges. S, what are yu? A ptat, an egg, r tea leaves?
46. A. angry B. sad C. nervus D. excited
47. A. hated B. carried C. prvided D. cpied
48. A. hand B. help C. rest D. pressure
49. A. bedrm B. living rm C. kitchen D. bathrm
50. A. ck B. rest C. sleep D. guess
51. A. mixed B. pured C. drank D. changed
52. A. thrwn B. caught C. carried D. placed
53. A. drpped B. beat C. rse D. cut
54. A. pick up B. take dwn C. wait fr D. cut ut
55. A. hide B. take C. argue D. mean
56. A. differently B. simply C. similarly D. quietly
57. A. prper B. icy C. hard D. typical
58. A. went ff B. gave ff C. gave away D. tried ut
59. A. strange B. strng C. wrng D. new
60. A. experience B. realize C. beat D. push
四、阅读理解 (共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)
阅读下面材料，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。
A
61. In which SECTION f the newspaper can we read the news?
A. SPORTS. B. ROBOTS. C. PEOPLE. D. BUSINESS.
62. In New Yrk, plice make rbts help them ____________.
A. at night at a subway statin B. all day n the street
C. ask peple questins D. find a big and strng bear
63. What wuld be the best title fr the third piece f news?
A. Make a Teapt Rbt B. Meet Sme Odd Rbts
C. British Artist’s Idea Never Wrks D. Dn’t Thrw Away the Old Rbts
64. What may Mark Haig use t make his rbts?
①unneeded bxes ②cameras ③a buttn
④new phnes ⑤ld cups ⑥useless bwls
A. ①②⑤ B. ②③⑥ C. ①③④ D. ①⑤⑥
65. Frm the news abve, we can knw that ____________.
A. all f Mark’s rbts are decratinsB. used things are never useful
C. Whizzy has fur big “legs”D. K5 has tw eyes n its head
五、词与短语填空 (共 5 小题；每题 2 分，满分 10 分)
先阅读短文，然后用下面方框中所给的单词或短语填空，使全文在逻辑上正确。 (提示：选项中有两个单词或短语是多余的。)
help ut / jurney / herself / try ut / realize / read / cme true
Mary is a bk lver. She culd read by ___________ (66)at the age f fur. Last year, she decided t ___________ (67) fr a vlunteer after-schl reading prgram. She still wrks there nce a week t help kids learn t ___________ (68). “The kids are sitting in the library, but yu can see in their eyes that they’re ging n a different ___________ (69) with each new bk. Vlunteering here is a dream ___________ (70) fr me. I can d what I lve t d and help thers at the same time.
六、连词成句 (共 5 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 10 分)
请将所给单词按照横线后提供的标点组成一个意思完整的句子。注意句首字母大写。
71. I, put, n, medicine, shuld, sme, it
_______________________________________________________________?
72. think, t, d, they, what, abut, fun, fr
_______________________________________________________________.
73. take, culd, please, yu, the, ut, rubbish
_______________________________________________________________?
74. brrws, Mike, withut, things, my, returning, them
_______________________________________________________________.
75. fr, every, I, hurs, day, practiced, fur
_______________________________________________________________.
七、用所给词的正确形式填空 (共10 小题；每小题 1分，满分10分)
根据句意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正确形式。
76. Many peple dn’t want t help thers because they dn’t want ____________ (sme) truble.
77. Mst peple tday are nly wrried abut getting gd jbs ____________ (make) lts f mney.
78. Arn tells f the imprtance f making gd ____________ (decide).
79. This means ____________ (be) in a difficult situatin that yu cannt seem t get ut f it.
80. Husewrk is a waste f ____________ (they) time.
81. The earlier kids learn t be ____________ (dependence), the better it is fr their future.
82. My parents ____________ (nt allw) me t hang ut with my friends n weekdays.
83. He finally ____________ (fall) asleep when the wind was dying dwn at arund 2: 00 a. m.
84. When he wke up, the sun was ____________ (rise).
85. My parents did nt talk after that, and we finished the rest f ur dinner ____________ silence.
第Ⅱ 卷 (共 50 分)
八、阅读理解 (共 10 小题；每题 2分，满分20分)
阅读下面材料，从每题所给A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。
Feng Bya and Meng Shuqi fund their city library didn’t have enugh Braille (盲文) bks fr blind peple and many f the Braille bks were utdated.
S, they teamed up t help the blind by fixing the prblem. Feng and Meng bth studied at N. 37 Middle Schl in Taiyuan, Shanxi prvince. They invented a new kind f Braille reader. Their wrk wn the first prize in a natinal cmpetitin aiming t nurture creative thinking by encuraging yuths t slve scial prblems. The inventin was als granted a natinal patent (获得国家专利).
When cnnected t a cmputer, their Braille reader can turn wrds int raised dts (凸起的点). Blind peple can read by tuching the dts, which are magnets (磁铁). This is the first Braille reader that uses magnets.
“We fund that tday’s Braille readers are very difficult and expensive,” Feng said. “S, we decided t develp a user-friendly prduct, especially fr yung blind children frm grades 1 t 3. Mrever, it nly csts abut 2, 000 yuan.”
After making their first machine, Feng and Meng visited a schl fr the blind t get advice and imprved it based n the students’ needs, like changing the size f the screen and the amunt f space between the dts.
“We hpe the inventin will be ppularized in the future t help thse blind peple wh can’t affrd the Braille reader nw,” Meng tld Taiyuan News.
86. Why did the tw students invent a new kind f Braille reader?
A. T get a natinal patent. B. T hld a reading cmpetitin.
C. T encurage kids t slve prblems. D. T make mre Braille bks available.
87. What des the underlined wrd “nurture” in Paragraph 2 mean?
A. develp B. stp C. imagine D. shw
88. Which f the fllwing is TRUE abut the new Braille reader?
A. It is big and expensive. B. It is the first t use magnets.
C. It needs t be cnnected t a phne. D. It is designed especially fr ld peple.
89. What did Feng and Meng d t imprve the machine?
a. visited the blind fr advice b. changed the number f the dts
c. changed the size f the screen d. ppularized the cmputer
A. a and b. B. a and c C. b and d D. c and d
90. Which culd be the best title fr the passage?
A. Yung Adults, Believable Helpers
B. Raised Dts, Raised Hpes
C. the Smarter Reader, Ppular fr the Blind
D. the User-friendly Inventin, Available fr Everyne
B
Humans and dgs have been living and wrking tgether fr thusands f years. Because f their prtective (保护的) and playful nature, peple ften get dgs as pets fr children. Tday, because f their natural curisity and excellent sense f smell, many dgs are being trained t help with different kinds f search and rescue (救援) jbs, fr example, when a skier is lst in a snwy wilderness area r a child disappears in a frest.
The first knwn use f dgs t help rescue peple tk place in the Great St. Bernard Pass, a rute (路线) in the muntains between Switzerland and Italy. There, hikers ften became lst during bad winter weather. Fr many centuries, a grup f mnks (僧人) ran a small htel there where travelers culd spend the night. In the 17th century, the mnks began taking dgs with them when they went ut t rescue lst travelers. They knew the dgs culd use their sense f smell t find peple, but they sn discvered that the animals als had an excellent sense f directin, even when it was impssible t see anything thrugh the heavy snw. Using dgs fr search and rescue jbs became cmmn during the First Wrld War.
★ . They have t g thrugh strict training. The training can last up t tw years, and trainers lk fr fur qualities in the animals they chse: being able t cmmunicate well with humans; fcusing n ne thing fr a lng time; enjying playing games since the training includes ding the same thing ver and ver again; finally, it must fllw rders all times r it might fight back. Dgs with these have becme a valuable part f many life-saving teams arund the wrld.
91. Dgs are chsen as pets because they ____________.
A. are easy t be trained B. have gd sense f smell and directin
C. can prtect and have fun with wners D. are useful when g hunting
92, Accrding t the writer, which event happened first?
A. The mnks discvered that the dgs had a gd sense f directin.
B. The mnks began taking dgs with them t rescue hikers.
C. The mnks pened a htel in the Great St. Bernard Pass.
D. The mnks discvered that the dgs had an excellent sense f smell.
93. Which f the fllwing can be best put in ★ ?
A. Nt every dg can d this difficult and challenging jb.
B. Dgs are brn t be rescue and research helpers.
C. Since then, dgs have been playing an imprtant rle in life-saving.
D. Dgs can nly be trained at special schls r centers.
94. Which dg might be chsen as a rescue dg?
A. Dg Lucky likes t play ball games fr a shrt while every day.
B. Dg Jacky ften helps his wner take ut rubbish when asked t.
C. Dg Jj lses herself in cartns and turns a deaf ear t her wner.
D. Dg Puppet fllws the strangers hme as ffered sme chicken.
95. The main purpse f the passage is t ____________.
A. help chse the best rescue dg
B. shw hw rescue dgs are trained
C. raise children’s interest in keeping pet dgs
D. intrduce the qualities and histry abut rescue dgs
九、综合填空 (共 10 小题；每题 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。
Jin Ying, 25, is a lver f Traditinal Chinese Medicine. She tk part in a three-mnth ___________ (96) (train) curse n acupuncture (针灸) in the winter f 2023 at Beijing University f Chinese Medicine.
Jin’s life has been different since then. She ___________ (97) (change) her life habits after learning the TCM last year. Fr example, she tried nt t sweat (出 汗) t much during exercise in winter because the cld f winter means peple shuld d sprts ___________ (98) (slw) , accrding t TCM. She is nt ___________ (99) unusual example f yung peple becming interested in TCM. A survey by China Yuth Daily shwed that 93. 3 percent ___________ (100) the 1, 000 yung peple wh tk part had tried different TCM treatments.
Between ___________ (101) (west) medicine and TCM, mre and mre yung peple seem likely t chse TCM because it’s gd fr ur bdy. Sme peple questin ___________ (102) TCM treats the same illness with different treatments. A prfessr explained: “This is actually an advantage (优势) f TCM, rather than a shrtcming, as it can be mre accurate (精准的) fr different patients.”
Yunger age are ___________ (103) (welcme) TCM, and, at the same time, TCM is ___________ (104) (true) helping yung peple. As Jin nted, “It helps yung peple ___________ (105) (understand) Chinese medicine better and take it as a treasure f ur Chinese culture.”
十、书面表达 (本题 20 分)
假如你是李华，学校英语角正举办“My Dream: T Be “演讲比赛，邀请同学们讲述自己将来的梦想。请你根据以下内容提示，用英文从梦想的内容、可能的原因以及你将如何实现梦想等方面写一篇演讲稿。
内容提示：
What is yur dream?
Why d yu have this dream?
Hw will yu realize yur dream?
Smething mre abut the dream.
注意：文中不得透露真实的个人信息；词数 100 左右；标题与开头、结尾已经给出，不计入总词数。
My Dream: T Be
Hell, everyne! This is Li Hua. It’s my great hnr t be here and share my dream with yu.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
That’s all. Thank yu.
Plice Have a New Helper
The plice in New Yrk City have a new rbt helper. It is K5. Des it lk like a big and strng bear? K5 wrks in a subway statin between midnight and 6 am. It can recrd vides with a camera n its head. Peple can ask questins r talk t the plice thrugh it.
Delivery Rbt Is n Rad
I am Whizzy, a delivery rbt frm Germany. I am cute and clever. I am sending peple things frm shps. I can bring fd, drinks and sme ther things straight t their dr. Technlgies, such as the 5G netwrk, help me t find my way. Cameras are my “eyes”. Fur big wheels are my “legs”.
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Old cups, brken phnes, useless bwls, unneeded bxés. . . . . every family smetimes has “rubbish” like these. D yu just thrw them away? British artist Mark Haig has a smart idea. He makes dd (古怪的) rbts with used things.
One f his rbts has a “teapt” head. Its feet are made f used cups. Many f his rbts are decratins (装饰). Sme are als useful in life. They wrk as speakers r lights.