江苏省南京市秦淮区六校联合2023-2024学年八年级上学期英语期中试卷

这是一份江苏省南京市秦淮区六校联合2023-2024学年八年级上学期英语期中试卷，共9页。

听力（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）（略）
单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
The 19th Asian Games（亚运会）tk place in Hangzhu _______________ Sept 23 t Oct 8, 2023.
inB. nC. frmD. between
----What delicius fd! Mum is really a great ck.
----But it’s nt t my _______________. I dn’t like sweet fd.
A. tasteB. treatC. smellD. style
18. ----What is ging n with the traffic accident in Chngqing?
----The plice find ut _______________ hw the accident happened.
A. nearlyB. mstlyC. reallyD. exactly
19. ----Amy gets the first prize again! I hpe I can be as _______________ as her.
----I think yu shuld be hard-wrking just like her.
A. luckB. luckyC. luckierD. luckily
20. Sme fruit will quickly turn brwn when yu _____________ it in the air fr sme time.
A. letB. stpC. makeD. leave
21. Which f the fllwing wrd can be put in the mind map belw?
A. lksB. patientC. handsmeD. feeling
22. Which f the fllwing wrds has a different prefix t make it have an ppsite meaning?
A. ableB. luckyC. activeD. certain
23. ----Mm, can I play cmputer games this evening?
----_______________ yur hmewrk first, and then we’ll talk abut it.
A. FinishB. FinishedC. Finishing D. T finish
24. ----What wuld yu like t talk tday?
----I _______________ chse “Amazing things arund us”, but I’m nt sure.
A. mayB. needC. mustD. shuld
25. ----Winter is cming. It’s very cld here during winter.
----Yes. Why nt _______________ an air cnditiner (空调) in yur bedrm?
A. put upB. put inC. put utD. put away
26. When smething _______________ yu, yu can ask me fr help.
A. wrryB. wrriesC. wrries abutD. is wrried abut
27. The rm can hld thirty students _______________at a time. There is nt enugh rm fr mre.
A. at firstB. at lastC. at mstD. at least
28. Mary is a kind girl and she never says _______________ abut thers behind their backs.
A. nthing badB. anything badC. smething bad D. everything bad
29. ----Mum, _______________ will Dad cme back frm Shanghai? I miss him very much.
----In three days. We can chat nline with him n WeChat nw.
A. hw farB. hw lngC. hw snD. hw ften
30. ----Why nt g fr a picnic this weekend?
----_______________ I lve getting clse t trees and flwers.
A. I hpe nt.B. I’m afraid nt.C. I dn’t think s. D. I can’t agree mre.
完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文，从各题所给的 A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Last year my mther became badly ill and had an peratin (手术). I felt my whle wrld was dark and I had n ____31____ what I culd d t help her. My eyes were full f tears when I was alne. Last mnth I ____32____ a watch, which was a gift fr my 18th birthday frm my father. I culd nt sleep fr ____33____ nights because I felt sad abut it.
There were many bad things like these in my life. I ____34____ knew what t d with these terrible things till I read If Yu Have a Lemn, Make Lemnade (柠檬水). “Hw can I turn this lemn int lemnade?” the writer wrte.
I suddenly gt the idea that life is ____35____ with ups and dwns, s I need t stay psitive (积极的) all the time. Fr example, when my mther was in hspital, it was better fr me t hld her hands in mine, telling her things wuld get better ____36____ crying and hiding. I think things will change fr the better if we treat them ____37____. A few weeks ag, I tk part in a schl singing cmpetitin. I didn’t ____38____. But instead f feeling sad again, I smiled ____39____ the cmpetitin. I was happy that at least I had gt sme experience (经验).
Life is nt just a bed f rses. There are als thrns (荆棘). But I believe these thrns help us becme ____40____ and brave. S when life gives us a lemn, let’s try t make lemnade.
A. hpeB. ideaC. dreamD. sense
A. gtB. sldC. lstD. fixed
A. fewB. littleC. a fewD. a little
A. neverB. alwaysC. usuallyD. smetimes
A. fullB. happyC. mixedD. filled
A. away frmB. because fC. instead fD. except fr
A. easilyB. secretlyC. suddenlyD. differently
A. winB. lseC. stpD. fail
A. withB. afterC. duringD. befre
A. hnestB. cleverC. strngD. plite
阅读理解（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下列材料，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
A
Which is the best way t keep cl accrding t Paragraph 1?
Putting n hats.B. Using a gd fan.
C. Wearing light clthing.D. Staying at a cl place
42. Why is quality paper gd fr making a fan?
A. It is light.B. It is clrful.C. It lasts lngD. It lks beautiful.
43. Frm the last paragraph, we can tell that making a paper fan is _______________.
A. quickB. bringC. strangeD. difficult
B
Yan:What d yu d as a rcket designer?
Shi:My jb has tw parts: One is wrking in Beijing, where I need t read materials abut rcket design and wrk n design plans. The ther is t d launch missins (发射任务). During the missins, I need t fllw the instructins t make sure that everything is OK.
Yan:Hw many times d yu take part in China’s manned launch missins?
Shi: In 2021, I started t be a rcket designer. I have jined in three launch missins.
Yan:What’s the mst imprtant quality fr a rcket designer?
Shi: In the wrld f rcket making, being very careful is really imprtant. S we always have a plan B. When peple are ging up int space in rckets, we can’t make any mistakes because we can’t put peple’s lives in danger. It’s a jb where we have t be perfect all the time.
Yan:Hw d yu make a balance between wrk and life?
Shi: Our wrk is hard, but jy and laughter still always fill ur ffices. On weekends, I enjy muntain climbing with friends. And many designers like t d sprts, such as playing basketball r tennis after wrk.
44. What des Shi Yaxin d?
A. A student.B. A teacher.C. A tennis player.D. A rcket designer.
45. In which part f the newspaper can yu find this passage?
A. Dream Jbs.B. Sprts Time.C. Science Study.D. Amazing Wrld.
46. Which f the fllwing statements is nt true accrding t this passage?
A. Yan Zihan shws great interest in space explratin.
B. Rcket designers have lts f time t relax themselves.
C. As a rcket designer, yu can never make any mistakes.
D. It is imprtant t fllw instructins during the missins.
C
A lng time ag, when all the grandfathers and grandmthers f tday were little bys
and little girls r very small babies, r maybe nt even brn, Dad, Mum, Mary, Laura and Baby Carrie left their little huse in the Big Wds f Wiscnsin. They drve away and left it
lnely and empty in the pen field amng the big trees, and they never saw that little huse
again. They were ging t the Indian cuntry. Dad said there were t many peple in the Big
Wds nw. Later, the path by the little huse became a rad. Almst every day, Laura and
Mary stpped their playing and watched in surprise at a wagn (四轮马车) slwly passing by
n the rad.
Wild animals wuld nt stay in a cuntry where there were s many peple. Dad als did nt like t stay. He liked a cuntry where the wild animals lived withut being afraid. He liked t see little fawns (小鹿) and their mthers lking at him frm the wds, and the fat, lazy bears eating sweet fruits there. In the lng winter evenings, he talked t Mum abut the Western cuntry. In the west the land was level (平坦的), and there were n big trees. The grass grew high and thick. There the wild animals ran and fed freely. It seemed that they were in a grass and there were n settlers (移民). Only Indians lived there.
(Adapted frm Little Huse n the Prairie)
47. Where did Dad want t mve?
A. The Indian cuntry.B. A little huse in the city.
C. A little huse in the cuntry.D. The Big Wds f Wiscnsin.
48. Accrding t Paragraph 1, why did the path by the little huse becme a rad?
A. Because there were t many peple in the Big Wds.
B. Because there were t many wild animals in the Big Wds.
C. Because sme peple built a rad instead f a path fr themselves.
D. Because sme peple built a rad instead f a path fr Laura’s family.
49. What did Dad want t d?
A. Dad wanted t live a rich life.B. Dad wanted t live a free life.
C. Dad wanted t live a pr life.D. Dad wanted t live a clean life.
50. What may the writer talk abut in the next paragraph?
A. The life in their little huse.B. The life f wild animals.
C. Their preparatin fr ging east.D. Their preparatin fr ging west.
D
Feel sad? Hug a tree! Recently, many Chinese yung peple turn t trees t help with their prblems. Maybe it sunds strange, but there’s a science behind the tree-hugging.
The “biphilia hypthesis(亲生命假说)” tells us the reasn. It was frm US scientist Edward Wilsn in 1984. He said that ur humans (人类) are brn t lve being arund ther living things. Humans’ lve fr nature (自然) is “in ur DNA”. This idea helps us knw abut why peple chse green, natural places instead f city views. It’s als ne f the reasns why peple lve cute pets.
Sme studies shw why tree-hugging can help with ur health. A study in 2021 reprted that the activity can increase xytcin (催产素). It has smething t d with ur feelings. The higher the level (水平) f xytcin is, the happier yu may be. Hugging trees fr nly 21 secnds can bring mre xytcin in ur bdy.
What’s mre, when a persn is angry, sad r very anxius, mre crtisl (皮质醇) cme ut. Hugging trees helps make crtisl less and less, which makes us feel better.
The activity is helpful t us, but it’s imprtant t remember that we shuldn’t hurt nature when ding it. Trees are imprtant because many small animals live n the trees. Yu may want t be gentle when hugging trees - just like hw yu hug a friend!
51. What d peple lve accrding t Paragraph 2?
A. Peple lve planting trees.B. Peple like living in mdern cities.
C. Peple like ding exercise.D. Peple lve staying in green places.
52. What des the wrd increase in Paragraph 3 mean?
A. make smething mreB. make smething less
C. make smething betterD. make smething wrse
53. Accrding t the article, which f the fllwing is true?
A. We shuld plant mre trees fr the small animals.
B. We may feel sadder with a lwer level f crtisl.
C. Hugging friends is much better than hugging trees.
D. We may be happier with a higher level f xytcin.
54. Hw des this article shw its idea?
① By telling a stry.② By using numbers.
③ By giving reasns.④ By shwing sme studies.
A. ①②③B. ①②④C. ②③④D. ①②③④
55. What des the article mainly tell us?
A. We shuld nt hurt trees and animals in nature.
B. There are many ways t feel happy and relaxed.
C. We shuld plant mre trees t have green views.
D. Hugging trees in the right way helps us feel better.
第二卷（非选择题）（共50分）
填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
根据括号中所给的汉语写出单词，使句子意思完整正确。
Her _______________(微笑的) eyes make me feel warm and cmfrtable.
I _______________ (曾经) cked a dish fr my mther and it tasted gd.
Chinese is ne f the mst ppular _______________(语言) in the wrld.
59. My classmates ften _______________(主动提出) me help when I meet truble.
60. It tk them tw hurs t _______________(到达) the Sprts Centre by bus this mrning.
根据句子意思，用括号中所给单词的适当形式填空。
61. Hearing the gd news, the lcal villagers were _______________(cheer).
62. Yu’d better _______________(nt eat) t much. It’s nt gd fr yur health.
63. The ld man _______________(stick) the stamp and put it int the mailbx hpefully.
64. ----Hw d yu feel, dear?
----Even _______________(ill), and I decide t g t hspital nw.
My sister is unhappy with her _______________(weigh), s she runs fr thirty minutes every day.
根据对话内容，从下面方框中选择适当的单词或短语填空，使对话内容完整正确。
patient Finallyshining instructinsculdn’t wait t
During this summer hliday, I traveled t Hainan t learn surfing, ne f the mst ppular water sprts. On the first day, the sun was __________(66) brightly in the sky. I learnt sme easy skills. First, put the surfbard int the waves (海浪), then lie dwn n the surfbard and wait fr the waves t cme. __________(67), when the waves cme, let the surfbard “catch” the waves and try t stand n it.
After practicing a few times n the beach, I __________(68) fllw the cach（教练）t the sea. But I failed t fllw the cach’s __________(69) f standing up at the right time. I fell int the sea and ended up drinking a lt f seawater. But the cach was very __________(70) and tld me my mistakes.
After falling int the sea many times, I was excited that I culd std up fr the first time with the rushing waves.
阅读填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，根据所读内容，在文章后71-80小题的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。
注意：每个空格只填1个单词。
China’s 15-year-ld Chen Ye wn gld (金牌) in the men’s park final f skatebarding (滑板男子碗池决赛) at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhu n Sept 25.
Chen started getting int skatebarding in 2016 and he shwed great interest in it. “I remember ne day I went t a sprts stre, and by chance, I saw a skatebard. I decided t give it a try,” Chen tld China Yuth Daily. It was really hard t stay n the bard at first, but Chen fund it very interesting. “Every time I did sme difficult skills, I felt the jy f making breakthrughs (突破),” said Chen.
Gradually, Chen needed a better skatepark (滑板场) fr training. T meet the need, his father decided t make a skate bwl himself. “He wuld wrk n it late int the night, smetimes until three r fur in the mrning,” said Chen. “I’m really thankful fr my father’s supprt.”
As a junir high schl student, Chen needs t find a balance (平衡) between his study and skatebarding. His can be free frm PE classes, during which he can d schlwrk because he needs t practice skatebarding fr hurs after his schl is ver.
Behind his success (成功) is t many times f hard practice and learning. He practices in the mrning, studies in the afternn and smetimes has t have extra (额外的) classes with the teachers’ help. While getting ready fr the cmpetitin this year, Chen even disagreed with his father ver his study plan. He wanted t train fr mre hurs at night after daytime classes.
Lking back at the seven years f learning skating, Chen says he becmes strnger and mre determined (坚定的) t d smething he truly lves.
Chinese 15-year-ld wins gld at the Hangzhu Asian Games
根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词。
I had a dream yesterday. My classmates and I were enjying urselves in the playgrund. Sme f us were playing basketball and running, and __________(81) were just talking. We were happy withut w__________(82) abut ur study.
Suddenly, my alarm wke me up, and it was time t get up. A n__________(83) day started. Fr a by in the middle schl, studying takes up mst f my time.
My real dream is a simple (简单的) ne. I wish I culd have sme time fr m__________(84) every day. I want t have a shrt rest and dream abut what I’d like t be when I g__________(85) up. It’s just like seeing an island (岛屿) after a lng, tiring j__________(86) at sea. I dn’t want t becme a bring by, studying all the time withut any time t play.
L__________(87), ur teachers and parents start t understand us nw. After wrking hard fr a lng time, ur teachers will let us g __________(88) and breathe (呼吸) the fresh air. My parents als lve me and stand b__________(89) me. They smetimes take me ut fr a meal r t enjy the beautiful nature. It’s s wnderful. I’m like a bird flying freely in the c__________(90) and bright sky.
Then I start t find my wn way f studying, and I learn better and better in my study. I want t say, “Enjying yur free time will make yu study better.”
书面表达（满分10分）
假设你是Daniel，最近你们班的张静同学获得“年度之星”称号，请你根据以下流程图为她写一篇简介，介绍其相关情况。
注意:
文中涵盖提示所有内容，并适当发挥，要求语句通顺，意思连贯;
词数 在80 左右，文章开头已给出，不计入总词数;
文中不得提及有关考生个人身份的任何信息，如真实姓名及学校信息等。
Our classmate Zhang Jing wins the “Star f the Year” Award recently. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yurs sincerely
Daniel
参考答案
听力（略）
选择填空 16~20 CADBD21~25 BCAAB26~30 BCBCD
完形填空 31~35 BCCAD36~40 CDABC
阅读理解 41~43 BCA44~46 DAB47~50 AABD51~55 DADCD
填空
56. smiling57. nce58. languages 59. ffer60. reach
61. cheerful62. nt eat63. stuck 64. wrse65. weight
66. shining67. Finally68. culdn’t wait t 69. instructins70. patient
阅读填空
71. age72. seven73. first74. reasns 75. interested
supprts77. have/attend78. ends79. teachers’80. strnger
81. thers82. wrrying83. new84. myself85. grw
jurney87. Luckily88. utside89. behind/beside90. clear
书面表达（略）
Name
Chen Ye
__________(71)
15 years ld
His experience（经历）
Chen Ye learns skating fr __________(72) years. He started t learn skating in 2016.
Chen Ye came __________(73) in the men’s park final f skatebarding at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhu n Sept 25.
Main __________(74) fr his success
When Chen Ye first saw a skatebard in 2016, he was very __________(75) in it.
Chen Ye’s father __________(76) him, s Chen thanks his father a lt.
Chen Ye finds a balance between his study and skatebarding.
He desn’t need t __________(77) PE classes. He usually practices skatebarding fr hurs after his schl __________(78).
He practises and studies during the day and has t have extra classes with the __________(79) help.
His thught（想法）
Many years f learning skating makes him __________(80) and will keep ging after what he truly lves.