宁夏固原市第五中学2022-2023学年八年级下学期期中考试英语试题

这是一份宁夏固原市第五中学2022-2023学年八年级下学期期中考试英语试题，共6页。试卷主要包含了完形填空，阅读理解，语法填空，单词拼写，综合填空，任务型阅读，书面表达等内容，欢迎下载使用。
 
固原五中 2022-2023 学年（下）中期考试八年级英语试卷一、完形填空。阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。（共 10 小题，共 10 分）My daughter, Amy, is six years old. She does some chores at home. They are all easy to do   1 Amy is so young.The number one chore she does is to    2  the rubbish. She does it well and never 3 to do it. Sometimes, if the rubbish bag is   4     heavy to carry, I will help her.Amy often helps me clean the floor. I   5  mopping（用拖把拖洗） the floor. After Ifinish the work, I often have  a serious   6  , because there is something wrong 7  my back. But Amy loves it,     8    she likes playing with water.Amy also knows how to put empty dinner plates into the dishwasher（洗碗机）. Sheeven helps me 9  the dirty clothes into the washing machine  10  I am doing some  washing. Amy is really helpful at home.（ ）1.A.although B. so that C. unless D.until（ ）2.A.take off B. take care of C. take out D.take after
Mike is a factory worker. He is often very tired after a day's work. His wife, Jenny, has no job, so she stays at home to cook the meals. Every day he can have his dinner when he gets home from his factory.One day, Mike came home very late because he was very busy in the factory. He was very hungry when he got home. He was not happy when he found his dinner was not ready. He was very angry with his wife. He shouted at her, "I'm going out to eat in a restaurant." "Wait for five minutes，" said his wife. "Why? Do you think that dinner will be ready in five minutes?" asked Mike."Of course not," she answered. "But I can be ready to go with you in five minutes."（    ）11.Mike works in        .A. a factory B. an office C. a school D. a hospital（    ）12. Jenny stays at home because        .A. she likes cooking B. she loves her husband very muchC. she doesn't have a job D. she doesn't want to work（    ）13. One day, Mike came home very late because        .A. he wanted to have dinner in a restaurant B. he had a lot of work to doC. he was angry with his wife D. his wife didn't cook dinner（    ）14. Mike was        when he found his dinner was not ready.A. happy B. glad C. hungry D. not happyB
       二、阅读理解。阅读下列短文，掌握其大意，然后从 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最合适的答案。（共 20 小题，共 40 分）A
Dear Seth,You’re only three years old, and at this age in your life you can’t read, much less understand what I’m going to try to tell you in this letter. But it is good for you sooner or later（迟早）.Don’t hate it! You are young, and there are a lot of difficulties in everyday life. For this,be thankful.Life can be cruel! There will be a lot of people in your life. Some people will not be very nice. So you will choose friends. They will be kind to you. They will care about you.Be open to life anyway! Be open to new things, new people. And they will make you learn a lot.
 
Love should be your rule. You will love your children, your parents, your friends. And most of all, love yourself. Learn not to be so hard on yourself.I know you do not understand the letter. But I know you will do better for this letter.Love, Dad（ ）15.Who writes the letter to Seth?A. His mother B. His teacher. C.His father. D. One of his good friends.（  ）16.How many pieces of advice are there in the letter? A.Three. B. Four. C.Five. D.Six.（ ）17.What does the underlined phrase “be hard on ” mean?A.苛刻的 B.坚硬的 C.艰难的 D.努力的（ ）18.. Can Seth read the letter?A. Yes, he can. B. No, he can’t. C. Yes, he can’t. D.No, he can. C （ ）19.Which kind of children need help in Nepal?
The children who don’t live with parents.The children who have lost their parents or whose parents are poorThe children who live with parents.The children who have poor education.（ ）20.If you want to be a volunteer in Nepal, how long will you stay there at least?A.One week B. Two weeks C. Three weeks D. Four weeks.（ ）21.If you want to be a volunteer in Nepal for 5 weeks, how much will it cost at least?A.$210 B.$240 C.$280 D.$300（ ）22. What’s the passage about?A.Teachers wanted B. Volunteers wantedC. Welcome to Nepal D. The story about NepalD Erin,14,ParisMy desk-mate, Lana, often asks me questions in class, so I can’t hearwhat the teacher is saying. Other students are quite angry with us.May,13,BeijingI am going to take the mid-term exam next month. Will I do well in it?Will my parents be angry if I don’t? I am really worried. I can’t eat well and I am not sleeping well.Mary,14, WashingtonAlice,my good friend, will have her 15 birthday party next week. Shehas invited me to it, but I don’t have money to buy her a gift. What should I do?Betty,12, ChicagoJohn often borrows books from me, but sometimes he loses them ormakes them dirty. I don’t want to lend him any books anymore. How should I say this to him?（ ）23.What is the best advice for Erin?A. Try to relax.  B.You should buy her a gift. C.Argue with her desk-mate. D.Tell her to ask questions after class.（ ）24.         has too much stress and should learn to relax.A. Erin B. Mary C. May D.Betty
 
（ ）25. Which of the following is TRUE?Erin and Mary are the same age.Betty lives in England.Lana is very popular.Betty is angry with John because he never returns her books.（ ）26. Which is the best title for this text?A. Can I help you? B. What should I do?C. How to make friends. D. Why not tell her?EOn January 27, in order to win the new pneumonia Resistance War（抗击新型肺炎战）, the Ministry of Education issued（公布） a notice on putting off the start time of school in spring 2020. It was said that school should not start before February 17. The exact start time of school will depend on situations and further notices.However, many parents are very worried that putting off the start of school may affect children’s studies. Staying at home for a long time will make them keep eating, sleeping and playing, which seriously affect their physical and mental health.It should be said that such a method is very good. It can not only keep students indoors and not worry about the infection（感染) of the disease, but also make them study at home, improve their learning ability, and truly achieve “no suspension(暂停)of classes”.
children’s study may be affectedparents have no time to look after children（ ）28. Except for learning at home, what is also necessary according to the writer?To keep playing online games.To keep touching different people.To do some physical exercises outside.To teach children about health knowledge.（ ）29.Which is TRUE according to the passage?Students would rather go to school.The date of going to school is decided.Online teaching will help students study.Parents believe children can teach themselves.（ ）30. What’s the best title for this passage?A. A Special Way to Learn at Home B. A Way to PlayC. A Way to Be Happy D. A Method to Make Parents Worried三、语法填空。阅读下面短文，在空白处填入 1 个适当单词或括号内单词的正确形式。（共 10 小题，计分 10 分）Jim,  a  13-year-old  boy,   is   used   to  31           (help) people. He decided
Of course, except for learning at home, I think it is also necessary to teach children
32         
(do) something to help others on weekends. He got onto a bus. But there
about health knowledge. Let children do some physical exercises or some games, which is
were too many 33          
(passenger), and he found nothing to do. Then, he went to
good for physical health at home.（ ）27. Parents worried about putting off the start time of school because      .children have too much homework
Mary’s house to ask for advice. Mary said “Why don’t you 34 (repair) bikes or toys  for small kids? They always  have some 35   (break) toys.  Also, you can volunteer in the animal hospital. Taking care of animals maybe not a 36               (difficulty) thing. ” People ask Jim about the reasons of helping others. Jim said, “Helping
they don’t like the idea of online learning
others could develop  the 37           (independent). In 38         
(I) opinion, the
more you help others, the 39         (happy) you will be. Also. it’s very exciting to be
 
40        control of our own weekends.”四、单词拼写。根据下列短文，写出与各小题所给汉语相对应的英语单词的正确形式。（共 5 小题，计分 5 分）One day, Jim and Mary met on the street. They had a      41   (交流、沟通) .“You look tired. What’s wrong?”, asked by Mary. “ I saw an old man was nearly hit by a little naughty boy, and I helped him. He was a               42                            （游客）.To my surprise, few people want to help others, because they don’t want any trouble.              I could only               43              (依靠) on myself. However, I got a strong feeling of satisfaction when I saw the old man was  OK.” Mary said,              “I’m really proud of you.                            You  really made a proper                            44（决定）.You are really    45    (勇敢的，无畏的) and kind.五、综合填空。从下面方框中选择恰当的词填入短文中，使短文通顺正确。每词只用一次，有些词要用适当的形式。（共 10 小题，计分 10 分） Cinderella's mother died when she was young. Later her father      46      woman who had two daughters. But her stepmother and two     47      weren't kind to her. They made her work as a servant.One day, the prince had a party and   48    all the girls. Cinderella's stepsisters went to the party, but her stepmother didn’t allow her    49     .Cinderella felt sad and began to  cry   50   ，a fairy( 仙 子 ) appeared. She turned Cinderella's old clothes   51   a beautiful new dress. She also gave Cinderella beautiful glass slippers( 水晶鞋).The fairy said,“Cinderella, the   52   will only last( 持 续 )until midnight! You must reach home by then!”    53     Cinderella walked into the palace, the prince saw her. Soon he      54      with  the girl. The prince danced with her all night, but 55  knew the beautiful dancer.  Cinderella was happy that she forgot the time...What happened next? Read the story Cinderella to find out.六、任务型阅读。阅读下面短文，根据短文内容，在每小题句子空白处填入适当词语， 或者回答问题。（共 5 小题，计分 10 分）These days, Chinese children are sometimes busier on weekends than weekdays
because they have to take so many after-school classes. Many of them are learning exam skills so that they can get into a good high school and later a good university. Others are practicing sports so that they can compete and win. However, this doesn’t only happen in China.The Taylors are a typical American family. Life for Cathy Taylor’s three children is very busy. “On most days after school”, Cathy says, “ I take one of my two boys to basketball practice and my daughter to football training. Then I have to take my other son to piano lessons. Maybe I could cut out a few of their activities, but I believe these activities are important for my children’s future. I really want them to be successful.”Why are Chinese children sometimes busier on weekends than weekdays?Does taking so many after-school classes only happen in China?How many children are there in Cathy Taylor’s family?Cathy thinks these activities are             for children’s future. 翻译句子 Many of them are learning exam skills so that they can get into a good high school and later a good university.七、书面表达（共 15 分）Mike 是你的好朋友，请根据以下信息写一篇关于他的短文。昨晚七点给他打电话时，他正在做作业。他周末在养老院做志愿工作。他给老人讲故事，使老人们高兴。但是他最近由于长时间玩电脑游戏，头痛、眼睛不舒服。建议他在电脑游戏上少花时间，可以帮着做家务，并写出至少一条做家务的好处。提示：养老院 Old People’s Home