河南省平舆县第二初级中2022-2023学年上学期期末考试八年级英语试卷及答案

2022—2023学年度第一学期期末素质测试

八年级英语

(满分120分，考试时间100分钟)

一、听力理解（20小题,每小题1分，共20分）

第一节 听下面5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答案。每段对话读两遍。

( )1. Where will the woman turn left?

A. At the third turning.  B. At the second turning. C. On the right of the hospital.

( )2. How often does the man go to the gym?

A. Every day.    B. Once a week.   C. Twice a week.

( )3. Who is answering the phone?

A. Ann.     B. Kate.     C. Kate’s dad.

( )4. How does Dora like yogurt(酸奶）？

A. She doesn’t like it. B. She likes it very much.  C. She likes it a little.

( )5. What did the girl do last Sunday?

A. She washed her clothes by herself.

B. She played games on the Internet.

C. She helped her mother with the housework.

第二节 听下面几段对话或独白。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答案。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听下面一段对话，回答第6至第7两个小题。

( )6. What can’t Julia do on the Internet?

A. Buy things.    B. Chat with friends.   C. Do her homework.

( )7. What does Julia think of the Internet?

A. It makes her lazier.  B. It makes her healthier.  C. It makes her life easier.

听下面一段对话，回答第8至第9两个小题。

( )8. What did the woman use to look like?

A. She had long hair.  B. She was strong.    C. She was thin.

( )9. What sport did the man use to play?

A. Ping — pong.   B. Soccer.     C. Basketball.

听下面一段独白，回答第10至第12三个小题。

( )10. Harry wants to take guitar lessons. How much will the lessons cost him each month?

A. ¥360.      B. ¥460.     C. ¥560.

( )11. Diana is free every Saturday afternoon, what lessons can she take?

A. Piano lessons.    B. Guitar lessons.   C. Violin lessons.

( )12. How long does each drum lesson last?

A. Two hours.    B. Three hours.    C. Four hours.

听下面一段对话，回答第13至第15三个小题。

( )13. How is the weather today?

A. It’s windy.    B. It’s sunny.    C. It’s rainy.

( )14. How does Bill know about the weather?

A. By watching TV.   B. By reading the newspaper. C. By asking his friend.

( )15. What does Bill know about the typhoons?

A. Some plants die when they happen.

B. Some people move to other places because of them.

C. Many people are hurt or die because of them every year.

第三节听下面一篇短文。根据短文内容，将动物们按照获奖名次正确排序。短文读两遍。

16.    17.    18.    19.   20.

二、阅读理解(20小题，每小题2分，共40分）

阅读下面四篇语言材料，然后按文后要求做题。

Activities for the New Year Celebration!

To celebrate the coming of a new year, Boise Trade Union will hold different kinds of activi ties. Here are some of them. Read and find out your favorite. Come and enjoy this special mo ment with us!

根据材料内容选择最佳答案。

( )21. Boise Trade Union holds these activities to______ .

A. help people know the city better

B. celebrate the coming of the new year

C. know the singing of the band

D. learn about the history and culture

( )22. How much should an adult and two 6 – year- old kids spend on the concert tickets?

A. $39.   B. $42.   C. $54.   D. $60.

( )23. The weekend hike lasts for       .

A. five hours  B. six hours  C. seven hours  D. eight hours

( )24. If you want to visit the city museum, you must bring     .

A. a history book     B. your ID card

C. a bottle of water    D. a pair of sports shoes

( )25. Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?

A. There are four musicians in the band.

B. People needn’t take water during the hike.

C. The band will give the money to the poor students.

D. People can ’ t visit the city museum on Mondays.

B

In the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, there were only two players with a chance to win the gold medal in the final of the long jump. One was Lutz Long, a German long jumper, and the other was Jesse Owens, a black American.

At the beginning of the competition, Jesse Owens had some problems because he stepped(踩） over the white line twice. Everybody in the stadium(体育场）thought that Lutz Long was going to win. But then something surprising happened. Lutz Long went to talk to Owens to help him. Owens listened to what Long told him. In his next jump, Owens didn’t step over the line and his jump was good. The next two jumps were very exciting. Finally, with his last jump, Owens beat Long by 27cm and won the gold medal. This was the second of the four gold medals that Jesse Owens won in the 1936 Olympics.

The first person to shake hands with Owens was Lutz Long. The two men became good friends, and they stayed friends after the Olympics.

A short time before he died in 1979, Jesse Owens talked about what happened in the Berlin Olympic. He said, “I won four gold medals in Berlin, but I won something much better and more important than that: Lutz Long ’ s friendship.

根据材料内容选择最佳答案。

( )26. Where does Jesse Owens come from?

A. England.   B. Germany.   C. The USA.   D. Canada.

( )27. Everyone in the stadium believed that Lutz Long was going to win because                 .

A. he was the only German player in the long jump

B. the other player had some problems

C. someone was helping him

D. he was one of the best long jumpers in the world

( )28. Jesse Owens won  gold medals in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin.

A. two    B. four    C. six    D. eight

( )29. Which is the right order according to the text?

①       Jesse Owens beat Long and won the gold medal.

②        Lutz Long talked to Jesse Owens.

③       Lutz Long went to shake hands with Jesse Owens.

④        Jesse Owens stepped over the white line.

A.④②①③   B.④③②①   C.②④①③   D.②④③①

( )30. Which is the best title for the text?

A. The Start of a Great Friendship.

B. The Final Competition between Two Long Jumpers.

C. The Greatest Event in the 1936 Olympics.

D. Jesse Owens - Olympic Gold Medals Winner.

C

What do you usually do in your free time? Play sports? Watch TV? How about reading books? You must know the Chinese saying“Read thousands of books, travel thousands of miles”. Books are important in our life. Reading books is good for us. It can help us know and understand the world better. It can help us get a lot of knowledge. It brings us a new and different world that we have never been to before. Almost all the great men like reading, like Chairman Mao and Madame Curie.

In a word, books are treasures and we must love them. But before you read, remember to choose a good one. Ask your parents or teachers about what books to read. Be sure you are interested in them. There are many different kinds of books. I like biographies because I can learn something from the characters.

What about you, young friends? Please love books and read them. They are very helpful to you.

根据材料内容选择最佳答案。

( )31. Which of the following is TRUE?

A. Madame Curie doesn’t like reading at all.

B. We shouldn’t ask teachers about what books to read.

C. Reading books can give us little knowledge.

D. We have to choose a good book before we start to read.

( )32. What does the underlined part “Read thousands of books, travel thousands of miles” mean in Chinese?

A.读书百遍，其义自见  B.读万卷书，行万里路

C.滚石不生苔    D.读数千本书就能行数千里路

( )33.Reading books can help people     .

A. to get more sleep   B. to know little about themselves

B. to get money from others D. to understand the world better

( )34. What kind of books does the writer like?

A. story books.   B. Comic books.   C. Biographies.   D. Novels.

( )35. Which is not mentioned(提到）in the passage?

A. Reading brings us a colorful life.

B. Reading helps us know and understand the world better.

C. Reading can help us get a lot of knowledge.

D. Reading brings us a new and different world.

D

Do you remember the public advertisement(广告）on CCTV? It’s about protecting wild animals. 36 .It’s true that people kill wild animals all around the world for many reasons.

37 In the past, there was not enough food to eat. People had to kill wild animals to get food. But they always kept the younger ones so that they could get more food when they grew up. But now, some people think the meat of wild animals is more delicious than that of farmed animals. However, it is dangerous and illegal(不合法的）to eat the meat of wild animals because they may carry deadly viruses(病毒）.              38

People killed wild animals for their fur and bones, too. In old times, people didn’t have enough materials to make clothes, so they made clothes with the fur of wild animals. 39 .Besides, some people think the bones of wild animals can be used as medicine. In fact, scientists say it is a stupid idea.

40 If we don’t do something to protect them, they all will die one day. If this happens, we won’ t live any longer because we live on each other.

根据材料内容，从下面五个选项中选出能填入文中空缺处的最佳选项，使文章意思通顺、 内容完整。

A. People killed wild animals for their meat.

B. But now, some people wear clothes made of fur just to show how rich they are.

C. Today the number of wild animals is becoming smaller and smaller.

D. It says“No buying, no killing. ’’

E. SARS is a terrible example. 

36.   37.   38.   39.   40. 

三、完形填空(15小题,每小题1分，共15分）

先通读短文，掌握其大意,然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案。

We live in a “computer age(计算机时代）”.People  41 scientists, teachers, writers, and 42 students use computers to do  43  work. But more than 30 years ago,  44  couldn’t do much work and they were big and expensive. Very  45  people were interested in them or knew  46  to use them. Today computers are smaller and  47              . They can do much work and many people like  48 them. Many people have them at home.

Computers become very important because they can work 49  than man and make fewer  50. Computers can  51  people do a lot of work.              52  now use computers to write. Teachers use them to teach and children use them to play games. Computers can also remember what you put  53 them. Computers are very  54              and helpful. They are our good friends.

Would you like to  55  a computer?

( )41.A. as  B. from  C. like   D. for

( )42.A. also  B. still   C. well   D. even

( )43. A. a lot  B. many  C. very much D. all kinds of

( )44.A. scientists B. students  C. teachers  D. computers

( )45.A. few  B. little  C. a few  D. a little

( )46.A. what  B. how   C. where  D. when

( )47.A. cheap  B. cheaper  C. expensive D. more expensive

( )48.A. use  B. uses   C. to use  D. used

( )49.A. slow  B. fast   C. slower  D. faster

( )50.A. cakes  B. mistakes  C. rooms  D. excuses

( )51.A. help  B. make  C. use   D. stop

( )52.A. Workers B. Writers  C. Singers  D. Scientists

( )53.A. at  B. on   C. into   D. up

( )54.A. useful  B. beautiful C. careless  D. heavy

( )55.A. pay  B. sell   C. have  D. lend

四、语篇填空(15小题,每小题1分，共15分）

第一节阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使短文通顺、意思完 整。每空限填一词，每词限用一次。

Mr. Jiang is a doctor in a big hospital. He is always busy  56  he doesn’t have any time to relax. “If I have a robot(机器人），I will have  57  free time than before. ’’Mr. Jiang thought. So he bought one from a robot shop.

The robot made  58  life much easier. When he got up in the morning, the robot made  59  for him and the lunch box was ready(准备好）.He is  60  happy to see that.

When Mr. Jiang got back home from work, the house would look as good as new, and the  61 dinner would be ready for him. So Mr. Jiang had time to do something he liked. He would watch TV or do some reading.

After a few  62 , things started to go wrong. The robot couldn’ t work well. It 63  to make stupid mistakes. Sometimes it woke  64  Mr. Jiang at four o’clock in the morning. When Mr. Jiang got home, he would find：food was on the bed, books were everywhere and so on. Mr. Jiang didn’t know how to  65  it.

In the end, Mr. Jiang decided to give the robot back to the robot shop.

56.  57.  58.  59.  60. 

61.  62.  63.  64.  65. 

第二节阅读短文，根据语篇要求填空，使短文通顺，意思完整，每空限填一词。

Now in some places of our country, many people are cutting down the trees in the forests. They need more wood  66  build houses and more farmland to grow crops and so on. The areas of forests are getting smaller 67 smaller. Some scientists say that there 68 be no big forests in 20 or 30 years. It is really a terrible thing. 69 the forests, we will have sandstorms (沙尘暴）often. The weather will get dry and hot. The earth will become a big desert(沙漠）.A lot of plants and animals will die. Crops will not grow anywhere. Life will be difficult for all of us.

So we 70 do our best to protect our living environment and keep our mountains green, the water clean, and the sky blue.

66.  67.  68.  69.  70. 

五、补全对话(5小题,每小题2分，共10分）

根据下面的对话情景,在每个空白处填上一个适当的句子，使对话的意义连贯、完整。

A： Tim, you look worried. 71._________ ?

B： My father has a bad cough recently.

A： 72. ________________. Does your father smoke?

B:  Yes. He often smokes.

A:  That’s too bad. Smoking is bad for his health. 73.            ?

B： Yes, he did. The doctor told him to take more exercise and give up smoking.

A： I think he should take the doctor’s advice.

B： 74.               . Now my father thinks the doctor is right and he begins to do what the doctor told him.

A： 75.                  .

B： Thank you.

六、书面表达(20分）

青少年是国家和民族的希望,是建设社会主义现代化的未来栋梁。拥有一个有意义、有价 值的人生，对青少年和整个民族都具有重要意义。作为新时代的青少年,你想怎样度过更好的 人生？请从运动、健康饮食、良好生活习惯及业余爱好等方面，以“How to live a better life”为 题写一篇英语短文。

要求:意思连贯，符合逻辑,80个词左右。

How to live a better life

参考答案

一、    听力理解（略）

二、    阅读理解

21-25BAABD 26-30CBBAA 31-35DBDCA 36-40DAEBC

三、完形填空

41-45CDDDA 46-50BBCDB 51-55ABCAC

四、语篇填空

56.and  57.more  58.his  59.breakfast  60.really

61.delious 62.weeks 63.began 64.up   65.solve

66.to  67.and  68.will  69.Without  70.should

五、补全对话

71.What’s the matter?/What’s wrong

72.I am sorry to hear that.

73.Did he see a doctor?

74.You’re right.

75.I hope he will be better soon.

六、书面表达

How to live a better life

As we know, it is important for us to keep healthy and have a healthy life. How to keep fit?

First, we should eat healthy food, such as apples, vegetables and so on. We mustn't eat junk food, which is bad for our health.

Second, to do sports is necessary for us. We can run and play ball games. Last, it is useful for us

to have a good living habit.

What's more, We should go to bed early and get up early. We must wash our hands before meals. we should brush our teeth twice a day.