广东省梅州市大埔县2023-2024学年八年级上学期期中英语试题

大埔县2023年秋季期中教学质量监测 八年级英语试卷 说明： 1.全卷共6页，共51小题，满分为90分，考试用时为70分钟。 2.答卷前，考生务必用黑色字迹的签字笔或钢笔在答题卡填写自己的姓名、准考证号，并贴上个人条形码。 3.选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目选项的答案信息点涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案，答案不能答在试卷上. 4.非选择题必须用黑色字迹钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内相应位置上；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。 5.考生务必保持答题卡的整洁。考试结束时，将答题卡交回. 笔试部分 (90分，共51题) 一、语法选择(本大题有10小题，每小题1分，共10分) 阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，从每题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。 My name is Wang Juan. I am from Guilin, Guangxi. Many people know about Guilin for its ___1___ mountains and rivers. But Guilin also has many historical sites. Lingqu Canal (灵渠运河) is one of ___2___ . Lingqu Canal is one of ___3___ canals in China. It connects (连接) the Xiang River and the Li River. It is one of the world’s earliest practices (实践) in connecting two rivers through a canal. Qin Shi Huang ___4___ Shi Lu to build it. He wanted to build a canal for grain transport (粮草运输). At the same time, it would help people go to Lingnan much more ___5___ . It could also help farmers get enough water to their farmlands and grow more food. Lingqu Canal has a great name in ___6___ world history of canals. It is a great example of old canals in China and ___7___ Chinese people’s great talent to the world. Now, it is getting more and more popular with visitors. Summer is the best time ___8___ the canal. You can walk on the streets along the canal, see old ___9___ and buildings, or take a boat ride. There is a lot to do ____10____ fun. 1. A. beauty B. beautiful C. beautifully 2 A. they B. their C. them 3. A. old B. older C. the oldest 4. A. ordered B. will order C. is ordering 5. A. easy B. easily C. uneasy 6. A. a B. an C. the 7. A. is showing B. shows C. will show 8. A. enjoy B. enjoying C. to enjoy 9. A. bridges B. bridge C. bridge’s 10. A. at B. on C. for 二、完形填空(本大题有10小题，每小题1分，共10分) 通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。 Alice and Katie were twins from London. They looked the same and they were best friends. But the twins had different interests. Alice liked ____11____, so she was in the soccer club. Katie liked Chinese. She once went to summer camp in ____12____ . Alice wasn’t interested in Chinese, so she didn’t go. She was angry that Katie wanted to ____13____ the summer away from her. Two months later, Katie came back. When Alice ____14____ Katie about China, Katie didn’t say much. It made Alice angrier because they always ____15____ each other everything in the past. Over the weeks, the sisters didn’t ____16____ much to each other. One month later, it was the twins’ birthday. That night, Alice came into Katie’s room. “I’m ____17____ that I didn’t speak much to you these days,” said Katie. “I see. You have new friends now,” said Alice. “For some time, I thought my new friends were ____18____ than you. But I was wrong. You’re my sister, and you’ll always be my best friend,” said Katie. Alice said, “I’m sorry, too. It’s ____19____ for twins to like different things. We can ____20____ be best friends although we don’t stay together all the time.” 11. A. music B. food C. sports D. animals 12 A. China B. India C. Australia D. America 13. A. take B. spend C. study D. describe 14. A. told B. taught C. asked D. called 15. A. looked after B. helped out C. laughed at D. talked with 16. A. pay B. speak C. turn D. write 17. A. happy B. lucky C. sorry D. shy 18. A. noisier B. healthier C. more boring D. more exciting 19. A. difficult B. natural C. useful D. important 20 A. still B. never C. soon D. ever 三、阅读理解(本大题有15小题，每小题2分，共30分) 阅读A、B两篇短文，从每小题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。 A Saturday, September 24 Hello! I want to tell you about my trip to Buffalo, USA. I stayed there for a week. Mom, Dad, my cousin Siobhan and I arrived in Buffalo at eleven o’clock on Friday night. I was very tired, but very excited. We took a taxi to the Holiday Hotel. It’s in the center of the city, so it was easy to find. Our hotel was nice and clean. But it was expensive. Dad wasn’t very happy about that! The next day, on Saturday, we took a trip to the Niagara River. It was a forty-five-minute trip and it was great. Siobhan doesn’t like ferries (渡船), so she didn’t have fun at all! She likes shopping, so after the trip we went to a big shopping center. I bought a nice T-shirt for myself. It has a picture of Buffalo on it. I also got some postcards (明信片) for my best friend, Safi. Siobhan bought a schoolbag and two dresses. There were visitors everywhere and it was a great day. I’m feeling tired now. More tomorrow! 21. The writer arrived in Buffalo _________. A. by taxi B. by plane C. at night D. on Saturday 22. The writer’s dad was not happy with _________. A. the ferries B. the hotel price C. the weather D. the shopping center 23. Who disliked the trip to the Niagara River? A. The writer. B. The writer’s dad. C. The writer’s cousin. D. The writer’s mom. 24. What did the writer buy for Safi? A. A T-shirt. B. A schoolbag. C. Two dresses. D. Some postcards. 25. The writer will _________ tomorrow. A. go shopping B. meet his best friend C. show visitors around Buffalo D. write more about his trip to Buffalo B Yan Mingyou is 93 years old, but he still works as a music teacher in Anhui Province. Yan is from a small town of Anhui. He worked there as a rural (乡村的) music teacher for about 40 years. In 1990, he retired. But after he learned some rural schools were short of music teachers, he decided to go on teaching. “I usually have six music lessons at a school and five lessons at another school every week,” the man said. To make his lessons more interesting, Yan started to learn to play the piano in 2006 when he was 77 years old. At the age of 80, Yan felt that he was too old to teach music. But the children wanted him to stay. “Students wanted me to teach music. So I decided to go on teaching,” Yan said. He doesn’t stop there. Yan also uses some of his money to help students in need. Liu Dandan is one of the students he helped. About ten years ago, Liu, then a student in Grade 5, had to stop schooling because her family didn’t have enough money. When Yan heard about that, he helped the girl. “Try my best to help children in need,” the old man said. “I feel happy to teach music,” Yan said. “For children in rural schools, music is a way to help them make their dreams come true.” 26. What does the underlined word “retired” in Paragraph 2 mean in Chinese? A. 移民 B. 面试 C. 退休 D. 毕业 27. When did Yan Mingyou start to learn to play the piano? A. At the age of 40. B. At the age of 77. C. At the age of 80. D. At the age of 93. 28. The writer wrote Liu Dandan’s story to show _________. A Yan Mingyou works hard B. Yan Mingyou’s students are excellent C. Yan Mingyou is popular with students D. Yan Mingyou uses his money to help students 29. What may the students want to say to Yan Mingyou? A. Good luck! B. Thank you! C. Have a good trip! D. Tomorrow is another day! 30. What’s the best title for the passage? A. A great teacher B. Love for music C. Children’s big dreams D. Rural schools in China C 配对阅读：阅读信息，然后找出最合适的配对(有两个多余项) ___31___After seeing fireflies (萤火虫) for the first time at a park, Mrs. Wang’s son is so crazy about them that he wants to see them again. ___32___ Cathy learnt about the Liangzhu culture there last week. But it was a pity that she couldn’t take any photos. ___33___ Lily enjoys reading. She finds a quiet place to kill her time. Every Sunday, she goes there to read her favorite books. ___34___Li Han finds a good place to spend his weekend. He often goes boating with his friends there. They enjoy themselves every time. ___35___ Judy is a lovely girl. She likes going shopping with her friends. She does the shopping twice a week. A. The Guangzhou Railway Museum is open to people on May 1st. There are many exhibitions about the history of Guangzhou’s railway development. You can have a close look at carriages. B. Huaqiangbei Business Street is a shopping heaven (天堂) for girls. It has many great clothes shops with many beautiful clothes. Most importantly, they are not expensive but of good quality. C. Qingyuan Huanglong Gorge is a great place to have fun. You can cool yourself in the hot summer. Please avoid coming on weekends because there are lots of people. D. Reading Mi Bookstore is a nice place for book lovers. You will lose yourself in all kinds of interesting books in such a quiet place. E. Yuexiu Park is an excellent place to spend your weekend with your good friends. Here, you can play games, go boating, swim and sometimes enjoy soccer games. F. Nanyue King Museum has some exhibition s of Liangzhu culture. You can learn a lot here. No photos or videos in the museum.10 yuan per person. Half price for students. G. Fireflies are becoming a beautiful sight in many parks. Recently fireflies have come back to Baiyun Mountain. A great number of fireflies have lightened up the night. 四、短文填空(本大题有10小题，每小题1.5分，共15分) 阅读短文，从方框中选择恰当的词并用其适当形式填空，使短文完整、通顺。 work, do, museum, enjoy, store, wait, what, around, bored, place People spend a lot of time at the airport (机场) when they go on vacation. They have to ____36____ for their plane to take off. What can they do? Some airports have rest areas (休息区). These are quiet ____37____ for people to rest and sleep. A lot of airports have free Wi-Fi. People can ____38____ or talk with friends using Wi-Fi. Big airports usually have many restaurants and ____39____ . People can eat different kinds of food or go shopping. There are quite a few things ____40____ at the airport. Some international (国际的) airports ____41____ the world have something more interesting. An international airport in South Korea a has a skating area. The international airport in Hong Kong, China, has a small golf course (高尔夫球场). An airport in Amsterdam has a(n) ____42____ . You can learn about Dutch art and history. You will never feel ____43____. At the Nashville International Airport in the USA, the live music shows are quite ____44____. Did you have the experience of spending time at an international airport? ____45____ was it like? 五、读写综合(本大题分为A、B两部分，共25分) A.回答问题 Linda was talented in art. She was the most popular girl in her school. She got on well with everyone. She tried very hard to be friendly to everyone. She felt very lucky because no other girl had as many friends as she had at school. But everything changed (改变) on Friendship Day. On that day, everyone had to make three gifts to give to their three best friends. However, by the end of the activity, Linda didn’t get any gifts! She didn’t understand. She tried so hard to make so many friends, and in the end, no one saw her as their best friend. She felt terrible. When she got home that night, Linda asked her mother how she could find true friends. “Linda, my dear, if you want true friends, you will have to give them time and love. True friends must always be there for each other, in good times and bad.” Linda said, “I want to be everyone’s friend.” “There just isn’t enough time for everyone, so you can only have a few true friends.” Hearing this, Linda decided to make a change so that she could have some true friends. Now she has three true friends. They always study together and care about one another. 46 What was Linda talented in? ___________________________________________________________ 47. Why did Linda feel very lucky at first? ___________________________________________________________ 48. On which day didn’t Linda get any gifts? ___________________________________________________________ 49. Who gave Linda some advice on making true friends? ___________________________________________________________ 50. How many true friends does Linda have now? ___________________________________________________________ B.书面表达 51. 在学习和生活中，相信每一位同学都会有朝夕相处的好朋友。请你以“My Good Friends”为题写一篇英语短文，向大家介绍一下你的好朋友们。 内容包括：1.外貌特征；2.性格特点；3.兴趣爱好。 作文要求：1.不能照抄原文；不得在作文中出现真实校名、地名和考生的真实姓名。 2.语句连贯，词数80左右。 My Good Friends ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 大埔县2023年秋季期中教学质量监测 八年级英语试卷 说明： 1.全卷共6页，共51小题，满分为90分，考试用时为70分钟。 2.答卷前，考生务必用黑色字迹的签字笔或钢笔在答题卡填写自己的姓名、准考证号，并贴上个人条形码。 3.选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目选项的答案信息点涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案，答案不能答在试卷上. 4.非选择题必须用黑色字迹钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内相应位置上；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。 5.考生务必保持答题卡的整洁。考试结束时，将答题卡交回. 笔试部分 (90分，共51题) 一、语法选择(本大题有10小题，每小题1分，共10分) 【1~10题答案】 【答案】1. B 2. C 3. C 4. A 5. B 6. C 7. B 8. C 9. A 10. C 二、完形填空(本大题有10小题，每小题1分，共10分) 【11~20题答案】 【答案】11. C 12. A 13. B 14. C 15. D 16. B 17. C 18. D 19. B 20. A 三、阅读理解(本大题有15小题，每小题2分，共30分) 阅读A、B两篇短文，从每小题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。 A 【21~25题答案】 【答案】21. C 22. B 23. C 24. D 25. D B 【26~30题答案】 【答案】26. C 27. B 28. D 29. B 30. A C 【31~35题答案】 【答案】31. G 32. F 33. D 34. E 35. B 四、短文填空(本大题有10小题，每小题1.5分，共15分) 【36~45题答案】 【答案】36. wait 37. places 38. work 39. stores 40. to do 41. around 42. museum 43. bored 44. enjoyable 45. What 五、读写综合(本大题分为A、B两部分，共25分) 【46~51题答案】 【答案】46. Linda/ She was talented in art. 47. Because no other girl had as many friends as she had at school. 48. She didn’t get any gifts on Friendship Day./ On Friendship Day. 49. Her mother gave her some advice on making true friends./ Her mother. 50. Linda/ She has three (3) true friends now./ Three (3). 51. 参考范文 My Good Friends I have two good friends. Their names are Chen Liang and Li Lei. Chen Liang is a little short and he wears glasses. He is outgoing and funny. He often makes us laugh. Li Lei is taller than Chen Liang and he is thin. He is quiet and a little serious. But he is talented in sports. He is good at playing basketball. They both like swimming. But Li Lei swims better than Chen Liang, so he always wins. We usually have great time together. We are good friends. 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$