江苏省苏州市2022-2023学年八年级下学期4月期中英语试题

2022~2023学年第二学期阶段性学业水平阳光测评

                      初二英语                  2023.04

一、听力部分（共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分）

A.听对话回答问题

本部分共有10道小题,每小题你将听到一段对话,每段对话听两遍。在听每段对话前,你将有时间阅读题目;听完后,请从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。

1. How will the girl go to Hangzhou?

 

 

 

 

 

2. Which website may the boy like to visit?

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. What does Daniel like to read?

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. When did the plane take off?

 

 

 

 

 

5. Where did the man go just now?

A. To the office.               B. To the post office.          C. To the museum.

6. Who keeps the book now?

A. Mary.                     B. Daniel.                  C. Sandy.

7. How old is Mr. Wang now?

A. 22 years old.               B. 25 years old.              C. 28 years old.

8. What will Peter do tonight?

A. Go to the theatre.            B. Move house.              C. Do the housework.

9. What is the box like?

A. It's big but light.             B. It's big and heavy.          C. It's small and light.

10. What was Mike doing this morning?

A. Driving to the airport.        B. Flying to the UK.           C. Travelling in the UK.

B.听对话和短文回答问题

你将听到两段对话和一篇短文,各听两遍。听每段对话或短文前,你将有时间阅读相关小题;听完后,请从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。

听对话,回答11-12小题。

11. What's wrong with the boy?

A. He has a fever.              B. He has a headache.         C. He has a cold.

12. Why can't the boy sleep well these days?

A. Because he does a lot of sports.

B. Because he watches too much TV.

C. Because he studies for the English exam.

听第一篇短文,回答13-15小题。请根据短文内容,从A、B、C三个选项中选择正确的选项,完成信息记录表。

 

Keep good eyesight
First	After you have studied for  13   or so, have a rest by looking in the long distance.
Second	Keep the book away from your eyes for about a foot. Don’t read  14   or in a poor light. Don’t read in bed or in a moving bus.
Third	Do  15   every day.

13. A. half an hour              B. one hour               C. one and a half hours

14. A. in the sun                B. in the car               C. in the evening

15. A. morning exercises         B. after- school activities     C. eye exercises

听第二篇短文,回答第16-20小题。

16. What happened to the three boys on a cold day?

A. They lost their way.

B. They couldn’t find the big house.

C. They had to spend the night in the open air.

17. What did the three boys ask the farmer to do?

A. To give them some water and food.

B. To let them stay in his house for a night.

C. To tell them the way to walk out of the forest.

18. Why did one of the boys have to sleep in the big house?

A. The farmer didn't like the third boy.

B. One of the boys made a loud noise when he slept.

C. There wasn't enough room in the farmer's house.

19. Who was the first to sleep with the horses?

A. Tom.                   B. Mike.                  C. Jack.

20. Why were all the horses outside at the house door?

A. Because the horses didn’t like to stay with people at night.

B. Because the smell in the big house was really terrible.

C. Because someone drove them out of the house.

二、完型填空（共15小题;每小题1分,满分15分）

阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项, 并在答题卷上将该项涂黑。

 

Late one night, Gulliver received a warning that some nobles（贵族）wanted

to kill him. Even the emperor（皇帝）of Lilliput wanted to give him less food to

save   21  . It was true that Gulliver's food was very expensive.

Quickly, he wrote a letter to the emperor, "I'm   22   for Blefuscu, as I promised（承诺）." Then he hurried down to the sea between Lilliput and Blefuscu.

 

The king of Blefuscu himself came out to   23   him. "Stay as   24   as you like, my friend!” cried the king.

Walking on the bench a week later, Gulliver was   25   to see a full- sized small boat on the sea.   26   it was upside down（底朝天）in the water.

Gulliver rushed to ask the king for help. "Can you help me gel the boat? Maybe it can help me go home!"

"Of course," said the king."Take some ships to help you."

Gulliver swam out to the boat, holding ropes from each of the   27  .

With the ships pulling and Gulliver pushing, the boat finally reached the beach   28  .

Gulliver and the king's men started fixing the boat for his long journey home. Soon, the boat was finished.

"I’d like to leave now," Gulliver told the king. "But no one at home will   29   my story.

Could I take some of your people with me?"

"That seems to be   30   ," said the king."But you may take some   31   and a sheep." He also gave Gulliver filly bags of gold coins."I don't want you to go,'' he said."But I understand why you have to."

"Thank you," said Gulliver."I’ll never   32   you all."

After only a few days at sea in his boat, Gulliver saw a ship. He shouted and waved wildly.

He was   33  ! One sailor found him. The ship sailed over and picked up Gulliver."Where

have you come from?" asked the captain."A place called Lilliput," said Gulliver and he showed the captain the   34   from the king.

The captain was so surprised. For a few gold coins and a   35   of cows, he agreed to take Gulliver all the way home.

---Adapted from Gulliver’s Travels

21. A. life             B. time            C. money            D. space

22. A. going           B. coming          C. leaving           D. walking