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桐城市2023-2024学年上学期11月期中考试 八年级英语试题 第一部分 听力(共四大题，满分20分) Ⅰ.短对话理解(共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分) 你将听到五段对话，每段对话后有一个小题。请在每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出一个最佳选项。每段对话读两遍。 1. Which character does the boy like better? A. B. C. 2 What sport can Sam's sister play well? A. B. C. 3. Who is the tallest girl? A. Kate. B. Lily. C. Tina. 4. What does the boy think of sitcoms? A. Interesting. B. Relaxing. C. Exciting. 5. How often does Peter exercise? A. Once a week. B. Twice a week. C. Three times a week. Ⅱ.长对话理解(共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分) 你将听到两段对话，每段对话后有几个小题。请在每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出一个最佳选项。每段对话读两遍。 听下面一段对话，回答第6、7题。 6. What competition did Gina take part in? A. A dancing competition. B. A writing competition. C. A singing competition. 7. Where do the two speakers want to go? A. To the beach. B. To the cinema. C. To the library. 听下面一段对话，回答第8至10题。 8. Where is Lisa now? A. In China. B. In Canada. C. In Australia. 9. How does Jim feel? A. Surprised. B. Excited. C. Scared. 10. How is the weather there? A. Cool. B. Hot. C. Warm. Ⅲ.短文理解(共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分) 你将听到一篇短文，短文后有五个小题。请根据短文内容，在每小题所给的 A、B、C三个选项中选出一个最佳选项。短文读两遍。 11. What did Linda love to do on her phone? A. To shop. B. To do her homework. C. To watch shows. 12. When did Linda usually go to bed? A. Before 9:00 pm. B. Before 10:00 pm. C. After 10:00 pm. 13. What happened to Linda this morning? A. She got up late. B. She broke her hands. C. She couldn't see things clearly. 14. Where did Linda go later? A. To the hospital. B. To the school. C. To the market. 15. What did Linda plan to do? A. To relax. B. To read. C. To travel. Ⅳ.信息转换(共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分) 你将听到一篇短文。请根据短文内容，写出下面表格中所缺的单词，每空仅填一词。短文读两遍。 A Trip to Moscow When Bill and Alan wanted to spend their vacation in________. How long They worked for________ month(s). Why They couldn't________because of a heavy rain. How The hotel was quite________. What For breakfast there was only bread and________. 第二部分 英语知识运用(共两大题，满分30分) V.单项填空(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分) 从每小题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出一个可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 1. —Who is the ________ of the 400 meter race? —Helen. She was the first to reach the finishing line. A. singer B. winner C. actor D. teacher 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意：——谁是400米比赛的冠军？——Helen。她是第一个到达终点线的人。 考查名词词义辨析。singer歌手；winner获胜者；actor演员；teacher老师。根据“She was the first to reach the finishing line.”可知，这里问的是比赛的获胜者。故选B。 2. —Where did you get this kite? — I made it by________. A. yourself B. herself C. himself D. myself 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】句意：——你在哪里得到这个风筝的？——我自己做的。 考查反身代词。yourself你自己；herself她自己；himself他自己；myself我自己。根据“I made it”可知，此处是“我自己做的”，所以空格处用反身代词myself。故选D。 3. —My tooth is killing me. I can’t ________ it. —You’d better go to the dentist right now. A. stand B. share C. swing D. study 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：——我的牙快疼死了。我忍不了了。——你最好立刻去看牙医。 考查动词词义辨析。stand站立，忍受；share分享；swing摇摆；study学习。根据“My tooth is killing me.”可知，无法忍受牙痛，故选A。 4. —I hear your parents will move to the village. —Yes. The countryside is more ________ than before. A. terrible B. boring C. comfortable D. crowded 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：——我听说你父母要搬到乡村去。——是的。乡村比以前更舒适了。 考查形容词辨析。terrible糟糕的；boring无聊的；comfortable舒适的；crowded拥挤的。根据“I hear your parents will move to the village.”可知，搬到乡村住，是因为那里更舒适，故选C。 5. —Would you like some coffee? —No, thanks. I ________ drink it. I think water is the best. A. always B. usually C. often D. hardly 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】句意：——你想来点咖啡吗？——不用了，谢谢。我从不喝咖啡。我认为水是最好的。 考查副词辨析。always总是；usually通常；often经常；hardly从不。根据“No, thanks...I think water is the best.”可知，此处表示拒绝，指的是“从不喝咖啡”，故选D。 6. You will find the answer to the question ________ you keep trying. A. as long as B. though C. before D. because 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：只要你不断努力，你就会找到这个问题的答案。 考查连词辨析。as long as只要；though尽管；before在……之前；because因为。“you keep trying”是“You will find the answer to the question”的肯定条件，用as long as引导条件状语从句，故选A。 7. Miss Li is an excellent Chinese teacher. She knows how to ________ her students’ interest in Chinese. A. make up B. bring out C. dress up D. blow out 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意：李老师是一位优秀的语文老师。她知道如何激发学生对汉语的兴趣。 考查动词短语。make up编造；bring out激发；dress up打扮；blow out吹灭。根据“ She knows how to …her students’ interest in Chinese.”可知，此处指的是激发学生的学习兴趣。故选B。 8. Travelling by train is slower than by plane. But it’s ________ than by plane. A. interesting B. less interesting C. more interesting D. most interesting 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：乘火车旅行比乘飞机慢。但它比坐飞机更有趣。 考查形容词比较级。interesting有趣的，原形；less interesting不那么有趣；more interesting更有趣的；most interesting最有趣的。根据“than”可知此处用比较级，排除AD；根据“Travelling by train is slower than by plane. But it’s...than by plane”可知虽然火车比较慢，但是它更有趣。故选C。 9. —Peter, is Eric in the teachers’ office now? —I’m not sure. He ________ be there. A. can B. need C. must D. may 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】句意：——Peter，Eric现在在老师办公室吗？——我不确定。他可能在那里。 考查动词辨析。can能够；need需要；must必须；may可能。根据“I’m not sure”可知，不确定，可能在那里，故选D。 10. —Do you want to eat out or stay in? —________. Either is OK for me. A. It’s up to you B. I don’t think so C. Have a good day D. Of course not 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：——你想出去吃还是待在家里？——这由你决定。我都可以。 考查口语交际。It’s up to you你说了算；I don’t think so我不这么认为；Have a good day祝你过得愉快；Of course not当然不。根据下文“Either is OK for me.”可知，这里是说取决于对方，故选A。 Ⅵ.完形填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分) 阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。 Last Saturday was sunny. Harry and his sister Emma went for a walk up a mountain. They took their ____11____ Jack with them. On the way up, they sang together and they were very happy. At the top of the mountain, they ____12____ some food and took some photos. After that, they decided to go home. When they were walking down the mountain, Emma fell over and hurt her leg. She couldn’t ____13____. “Oh dear,” she said. “What should we do?” Harry said, “Don’t worry, Emma. Jack is a ____14____ dog and he can go for help.” Harry turned to Jack, pointed down the ____15____ and said loudly, “Jack, go home and get help.” Jack looked at Harry and then he looked at Emma. Then he ran down the mountain as fast as he could. Harry ____16____ with Emma on the mountain. After two hours, it started to get dark and the children were very ____17____. Then they heard their ____18____. Emma shouted excitedly, “Dad, we’re here.” Dad walked ____19____ to them and said, “I’m so happy to find you both. When Jack came back without you, I knew you had ____20____!” Dad and Harry took Emma down the mountain and to the hospital. Luckily, Emma was fine. 11. A. cat B. dog C. pig D. cow 12. A. cut B. met C. sat D. ate 13. A. walk B. read C. draw D. live 14. A. young B. famous C. smart D. happy 15. A. beach B. mountain C. bridge D. hospital 16. A. waited B. jumped C. picked D. turned 17. A. sorry B. hungry C. friendly D. afraid 18. A. terms B. songs C. names D. hours 19. A. quickly B. usually C. luckily D. only 20. A. messages B. problems C. competitions D. differences 【答案】11. B 12. D 13. A 14. C 15. B 16. A 17. D 18. C 19. A 20. B 【解析】 【导语】本文主要讲述了Harry和Emma带着狗Jack去爬山，下山的路上Emma弄伤了腿无法走路。Harry让Jack回家求助，最后爸爸看到Jack自己回来了，猜到他们遇到了问题，于是上山找到了Harry和Emma。 【11题详解】 句意：他们带着他们的狗杰克。 cat猫；dog狗；pig猪；cow牛。根据“Jack is a… dog”可知，Jack是一只狗，故选B。 【12题详解】 句意：在山顶，他们吃了一些食物，拍了一些照片。 cut切；met遇见；sat坐；ate吃。根据“some food”可知，吃了一些食物，故选D。 【13题详解】 句意：她不能走了。 walk步行；read阅读；draw画画；live居住。根据“Emma fell over and hurt her leg”可知，伤了腿所以不能走了，故选A。 【14题详解】 句意：Jack是一只聪明的狗。 young年轻的；famous出名的；smart聪明的；happy开心的。根据“he can go for help”可知，Jack可以向别人求助，可见他是一只聪明的狗，故选C。 【15题详解】 句意：Harry转向Jack，指着山下大声说。 beach海滩；mountain山；bridge桥；hospital医院。根据“Jack, go home and get help”及“Then he ran down the mountain as fast as he could”可知，让Jack下山求助，故选B。 【16题详解】 句意：Harry和Emma在山上等着。 waited等待；jumped跳跃；picked拾起；turned转向。根据“Emma fell over and hurt her leg”可知，Emma受伤了，所以Harry陪着Emma在山上等着，故选A。 【17题详解】 句意：两个小时后，天开始变黑了，孩子们非常害怕。 sorry抱歉的；hungry生气的；friendly友好的；afraid害怕的。根据“it started to get dark”可知，天变黑了，孩子们害怕了，故选D。 【18题详解】 句意：然后他们听到了他们的名字。 terms学期；songs歌曲；names名字；hours小时。根据“Emma shouted excitedly, ‘Dad, we’re here.’”可知，听到了有人在呼唤他们的名字，故选C。 【19题详解】 句意：爸爸快步走到他们面前说。 quickly快速地；usually通常；luckily幸运地；only只有。根据“I’m so happy to find you both”可知，爸爸找到了他们很激动，所以快速地走到他们面前，故选A。 【20题详解】 句意：我知道你们遇到了问题。 messages信息；problems问题；competitions比赛；differences区别。根据“When Jack came back without you”可知，看着Harry和Emma没有和Jack一起回来，就猜到他们遇到了问题，故选B。 What do you think of computers? Are they good or bad for us? Computers can do many kinds of work. For example, computers can ____21____ us to solve a lot of problems quickly. Some problems are too ____22____ for us, but they are easy for computers. People can even ask the computer some questions, and the computer can ____23____ them on the screen. Computers are so ____24____ that many parents buy computers for their children. They hope ____25____ can help their children to improve their studies at school, ____26____ some children don’t do what their parents want them to do. They ____27____ computers to play computer games or watch films. So ____28____ parents think computers can’t help them to study but make them fall behind. In many factories, computers can do some work instead of workers, so many workers ____29____ their jobs. They think computers bring them a lot of trouble. Will computers ____30____ bring trouble to people or will they bring people happiness? It will be decided by today’s students themselves! 21. A. find B. help C. know D. take 22. A. expensive B. important C. exciting D. difficult 23. A. answer B. follow C. become D. choose 24. A. small B. cheap C. useful D. heavy 25. A. teachers B. computers C. parents D. schools 26. A. so B. or C. and D. but 27. A. use B. buy C. pay D. win 28. A. our B. their C. your D. her 29. A. make B. come C. lose D. keep 30. A. really B. clearly C. loudly D. easily 【答案】21. B 22. D 23. A 24. C 25. B 26. D 27. A 28. B 29. C 30. A 【解析】 【导语】本文介绍了使用电脑的好处以及在使用中出现的问题。 【21题详解】 句意：例如，计算机可以帮助我们快速解决很多问题。 find找到；help帮助；know知道；take带走。根据“us to solve a lot of problems quickly”可知，帮助我们快速解决很多问题，故选B。 【22题详解】 句意：有些问题对我们来说太难了，但对计算机来说很容易。 expensive昂贵的；important重要的；exciting令人兴奋的；difficult困难的。根据“but they are easy ”可知，此空应填easy的反义词difficult，故选D。 【23题详解】 句意：人们甚至可以问电脑一些问题，电脑可以在屏幕上回答他们。 answer回答；follow跟随；become成为；choose选择。根据“ask the computer some questions”可知，此处指回答人们问的问题，故选A。 【24题详解】 句意：电脑是如此有用，以至于许多父母给他们的孩子买电脑。 small小的；cheap便宜的；useful有用的；heavy沉的。根据“many parents buy computers for their children”可知，电脑有用，所以父母给孩子们买电脑，故选C。 【25题详解】 句意：他们希望电脑可以帮助他们的孩子提高他们在学校的学习成绩，但是有些孩子不做父母想让他们做的事情。 teachers老师；computers电脑；parents父母；schools学校。根据“many parents buy computers for their children”可知，家长给孩子购买电脑，是希望电脑能够帮到孩子们，故选B。 【26题详解】 句意：他们希望电脑可以帮助他们的孩子提高他们在学校的学习成绩，但是有些孩子不做父母想让他们做的事情。 so因此；or或者；and和；but但是。空格前后是转折关系，故选D。 【27题详解】 句意：他们用电脑玩电脑游戏或看电影。 use使用；buy买；pay支付；win赢得。根据“computers to play computer games or watch films”可知，用电脑玩电脑游戏或看电影，故选A。 【28题详解】 句意：所以他们的父母认为电脑不能帮助他们学习，而是让他们落后。 our我们；their他们的；your你的；her她的。此空指学生们的家长，所以此空应填their，故选B。 【29题详解】 句意：在许多工厂，电脑可以代替工人做一些工作，所以许多工人失去了工作。 make制造；come来；lose失去；keep保持。根据“computers can do some work instead of workers,”可知，电脑可以代替工人做一些工作，所以人们就失去了自己的工作，故选C。 【30题详解】 句意：电脑真的会给人们带来麻烦还是会给人们带来幸福？ really真正地；clearly清楚地；loudly大声地；easily容易地。根据“Will computers…bring trouble to people or will they bring people happiness”可知，此句询问电脑真的会给人们带来麻烦还是会给人们带来幸福，故选A。 第三部分 阅读理解(共两大题，满分45 分) Ⅶ.补全对话(共5 小题；每小题1分，满分5分) 根据对话内容，从选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，其中有两个为多余选项。 A: You laughed loudly just now. ____31____ B: Oh, nothing serious. I was watching a TV show. A: ____32____ B: It’s a talk show. Do you like talk shows? A: ____33____ They are too boring. B: Then what do you like best? A: ____34____ B: You must love traveling. A: Yeah, and that’s why I like travel shows. B: ____35____ A: I don’t mind cooking shows, but I always feel hungry when I watch them. B: Me, too! A I like travel shows best. B. What happened? C. Traveling is a good way to relax. D. What kind of show is it? E. What do you think of cooking shows? F. Cooking shows are quite popular now. G. No, I can’t stand them. 【答案】31. B 32. D 33. G 34. A 35. E 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇关于喜欢的电视节目的对话。 【31题详解】 根据“You laughed loudly just now.”及“Oh, nothing serious. I was watching a TV show.”可知此处应问对方刚才笑得很大声是发生了什么事，选项B“发生了什么”符合语境，故选B。 【32题详解】 根据“It’s a talk show.”可知应问是什么样的节目，选项D“它是什么样的节目”符合语境，故选D。 【33题详解】 根据“Do you like talk shows?”及“They are too boring.”可知不喜欢脱口秀，选项G“不，我不能忍受它们”符合语境，故选G。 【34题详解】 根据“Then what do you like best? ”可知此处应回答最喜欢的节目，选项A“我最喜欢旅游节目”符合语境，故选A。 【35题详解】 根据“I don’t mind cooking shows, but I always feel hungry when I watch them.”可知此处讨论烹饪节目，选项E“你认为烹饪节目怎么样”符合语境，故选E。 Ⅷ.阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分) 阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。 36. If you are free on Sunday night, which concert can you attend? A. Rock. B. Jazz. C. Folk. D. Country music. 37. How much will Mr Miller pay if he goes to the country music concert with his two kids? A. £ 10. B. £ 20. C. £ 30. D. £ 40. 38. Which date is suitable for modern jazz lovers? A. June 23. B. June 24. C. June 25. D. June 26. 【答案】36. A 37. B 38. C 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇应用文，介绍音乐节的相关内容。 【36题详解】 细节理解题。根据“Rock...Time: Sunday 7 PM-9 PM”可知，如果你周日晚上有空，你能去听摇滚音乐会，故选A。 【37题详解】 细节理解题。根据“Country music...£10 Adult £5 Children”可知，如果米勒先生带他的两个孩子去乡村音乐会，他要付10+5+5=20英镑，故选B。 【38题详解】 推理判断题。根据“June 23, Thursday-June 26, Sunday”和“Jazz...Time: Saturday 6 PM-8 PM”可知，爵士音乐会是在星期六，是6月25日，故选C。 One day, I picked up my daughter Lingling from school and went to the supermarket for a few things. I was hoping to be in and out quickly. I found a short line with just one person in front of me. It was an old woman, and she was paying for her things with only coins. After a long day at work, I thought the woman was very terrible. But then I watched a young salesman. He helped her count her coins, ever so kindly taking them from her shaking hands. I listened to him repeatedly say to her: “Yes, ma’am.”When she asked if she had enough money to buy a bag, he told her she did. Then he walked over two lines and got one for her. This salesman wasn’t angry at all. He was patient and kind. As I was watching him, I saw Lingling was too. I realized my daughter was learning an important lesson from a stranger. When the woman was finished, the salesman began ringing up my things and thanked me for my patience. I thanked him too. I found the manager and told him about the salesman’s kindness and patience. Then we left the supermarket with a full basket, but also with a heart full of thankfulness for such an important lesson. 39. How was the old woman in the writer’s eyes at first? A. Strict. B. Kind. C. Awful. D. Lazy. 40. What can we learn from the third paragraph? A. The old woman lived a comfortable life. B. The old woman might not have much money. C. The old woman was a friend of the salesman’s. D. The old woman didn’t want to pay for her things. 41. Who gave the writer an important lesson? A. The salesman. B. The manager. C. The old woman. D. The writer’s daughter. 42. What’s the best title for the text? A. A Kind Stranger B. An Old Woman C. Shopping in the Supermarket D. Teaching a Lesson in Line 【答案】39. C 40. B 41. A 42. D 【解析】 【导语】本文主要讲述了作者和女儿去超市排队买东西时，看到售货员对老妇人很耐心，作者和女儿都从中学到了很重要的一课。 【39题详解】 细节理解题。根据“After a long day at work, I thought the woman was very terrible.”可知，作者眼中的老妇人最初是令人不快的。故选C。 【40题详解】 推理判断题。根据“When she asked if she had enough money to buy a bag, he told her she did.”可推知，这位老妇人应该没有多少钱。故选B。 【41题详解】 推理判断题。根据“I realized my daughter was learning an important lesson from a stranger.”及“This salesman wasn’t angry at all. He was patient and kind.”可推知，是推销员给作者上了重要的一课。故选A。 【42题详解】 最佳标题。根据“Then we left the supermarket with a full basket, but also with a heart full of thankfulness for such an important lesson.”可知，本文讲述作者排队过程中所上的 “一堂课”，选项D“在排队中学到的一课”符合题意。故选D。 I’m Mary. I’m a movie lover and I want my kids to like movies, too. The first time I took my daughter, Lily, to the movie theater, she was six years old and the movie was Bambi. I chose it because I thought a cartoon movie would be good to her. Everything was going just fine and Bambi was so lovely. However, when a man killed Bambi’s mother, my daughter became very sad and asked to go home. So we left in the middle of the movie. Later I chose movies more carefully and my daughter watched many great ones. Luckily, she likes movies as much as I do now. My worry is: Are cartoons really safe for kids? Once I sat on the sofa to watch a carton with my 8-year-old son, Bill. I got dumbfounded when I saw a cartoon character was bleeding in front of us. The cartoon was like an action movie for adults! The next time you take a kid to the movie theater, be careful! Maybe a cartoon isn’t the best. You should take the time to watch it first (It’s a habit with me). Or the kid may get messages he or she isn’t ready to get yet. 43. Lily wanted to leave in the middle of Bambi because ________. A. it was a boring movie B. she felt quite tired C. the movie made her feel sad D. she found Bambi was not lovely 44. What does the underlined word “dumbfounded” in the text mean in Chinese? A. 平静 B. 惊呆的 C. 激动的 D. 惭愧的 45. Before Mary takes her kids to the movie theater, she will ________. A. watch the movie first B. ask about her kids’ favorite C. make sure the movie theater is safe D. tell her kids what they will watch 46. What does Mary want to tell the readers? A. Most cartoons are not safe for kids. B. Young kids shouldn’t go to the movie theater. C. Parents should watch cartoons with their kids. D. Parents should choose movies carefully for their kids. 【答案】43. C 44. B 45. A 46. D 【解析】 【导语】本文以作者带孩子看卡通电影的例子告诉我们：在为孩子选择电影时要谨慎。 【43题详解】 细节理解题。根据“However, when a man killed Bambi’s mother, my daughter became very sad and asked to go home.”可知电影让她感到很伤心，所以她想回家。故选C。 【44题详解】 词义猜测题。根据“I got dumbfounded when I saw a cartoon character was bleeding in front of us. The cartoon was like an action movie for adults!”可知，作者看到一个卡通人物在我们面前流血，觉得这动画像是成年人该看的而不应该是小孩子，所以才会惊呆了。故选B。 【45题详解】 细节理解题。根据“You should take the time to watch it first (It’s a habit with me)”可知，下次带孩子去电影院的时候，一定要小心，应该先花时间看一下。故选A。 【46题详解】 推理判断题。根据“The next time you take a kid to the movie theater, be careful”可知，父母应该为孩子谨慎选择电影。故选D。 Volleyball is very popular. Today there are over 46 million Americans playing volleyball. About 800 million players around the world play volleyball about once a week. Do you like playing volleyball? Let’s talk a little about it. Volleyball started in America. In 1895, William G. Morgan blended basketball, baseball, tennis and handball to make a game for his students. He was a teacher at the Young Men’s Christian Association in Holyoke, Mass. At first, he just wanted to let the older students in his class exercise. And it wasn’t called volleyball at that time. Someone told Morgan that the players volleyed the ball over the net again and again. Now, volleyball is the second most popular sport in America. Chinese people are also good at playing volleyball. The China Women’s National Volleyball Team is one of the best teams in the world. They got first place in the Olympic Games three times (1984, 2004 and 2016). 47. Where did volleyball start? A. In China. B. In France. C. In the UK. D. In the US. 48. How many times did the China Women’s National Volleyball Team get first place in the Olympic Games? A. Once. B. Twice. C. Three times. D. Four times. 49. What’s the text mainly about? A. How to play volleyball. B. Something about volleyball. C. When volleyball started. D. Volleyball in America and China. 【答案】47. D 48. C 49. B 【解析】 【导语】本文主要讲的是排球，介绍了排球的历史，以及它的发展情况。 【47题详解】 细节理解题。根据“Volleyball started in America.”可知，排球起源于美国。故选D。 【48题详解】 细节理解题。根据“They got first place in the Olympic Games three times (1984, 2004 and 2016).”可知，中国女排三次在奥运会上获得冠军，故选C。 【49题详解】 主旨大意题。根据“Volleyball is very popular. Today there are over 46 million Americans playing volleyball.”并通读全文可知，本文主要讲的是有关排球的情况，故选B。 The Horsetail Fall is one of Yosemite National Park’s most amazing views. Around the second week of February, the setting sun hits the Horsetail Fall at just the right angle to light the upper parts of the waterfall. And when conditions are right, the Horsetail Fall becomes orange and red at sunset. It is like red-hot lava pouring down from the top of the El Capitan. So, it got the name“firefall”. The firefall is a perfect match of the weather, the fall, the time and the watching place. It usually appears on dry, warm and cloudless days. There must be enough flowing water to make a firefall too. So there must be enough snow on the mountain top, and it turns into water on warm afternoons. The sun goes to the best place before the fall in late February. And the best time to watch the fall is 5 to 15 minutes before the sunset. Only at this time can visitors see the firefall. The El Capitan Picnic Area is the best place to watch, because it is close to the fall and is perfect to set up cameras and tents. Every year in February, thousands of photographers come to watch the firefall. Although the view may appear just minutes before sunset, many of them have to come hours earlier to get a right place to set their cameras in time. “I’m just saying that the Yosemite Firefall is something you don’t want to miss during the winter,” says Kate Moore, a traveller. 50. The first paragraph mainly tells us________. A. how the firefall got its name B. why it’s easy to see the firefall C. who was the first to find the firefall D. on which day we can visit the firefall 51. What can we know about the firefall? A. It lasts for half an hour before the sunset. B. It usually appears on wet, warm and cloudy days. C. Rivers provide enough flowing water to make a fall. D. Its best watching place is the El Capitan Picnic Area. 52. In which part of a magazine can we read the text? A. Science. B. Weather. C. Nature. D. Health. 【答案】50. A 51. D 52. C 【解析】 【导语】本文主要介绍了马尾瀑布上独特的美景以及最佳观赏时间。 【50题详解】 主旨大意题。根据“So, it got the name ‘firefall’”以及整段的介绍可知，第一段主要介绍了它的名字的由来，故选A。 【51题详解】 细节理解题。根据“The El Capitan Picnic Area is the best place to watch, because it is close to the fall and is perfect to set up cameras and tents”可知，埃尔卡皮坦野餐区是观看的最佳地点，故选D。 【52题详解】 推理判断题。本文主要介绍了马尾瀑布上独特的美景，应在杂志的自然部分，故选C。 阅读下面短文，并用英语回答问题(请注意每小题后面的词数要求)。 Once, a father and his son were on their vacation in Europe. The son was driving and the father was sitting next to him. After a while, some dark clouds came and it started to rain heavily. The son noticed that many people stopped their cars and waited for the dark clouds to pass. So he said to his father, “Dad, what should we do? Should we stop the car?” The father answered,“Just keep driving the car.” After some time, the rain stopped and the sun came out. Then the father asked the son to stop the car and look back. When the son looked back, he found they had come out of the dark clouds and that those people who stopped their cars were still in the rain. “If you had done the same as those people, you would be in the rain too.” the father said.“The hard time often comes in our life. If you keep going, you’ll get through the difficult time at last.” 53. How did the father and the son travel in Europe?(不超过10个词) ________________________________ 54. Why did many people stop their cars?(不超过15个词) ________________________________ 55. What lesson can we learn from the story?(不超过 15 个词) ________________________________ 【答案】53. They traveled by car. /By car. 54. Because they wanted to wait for the dark clouds to pass. 55. If we keep going, we’ll get through the difficult time at last. 【解析】 【导语】本文讲述了一个父亲和儿子在欧洲度假时遇到大雨的故事。儿子看到许多人停车等待雨停，而父亲却坚持继续前行。最终，他们成功穿过了雨云，而停车等待的人们仍然被雨困住。故事以此为例，向读者传达了在困难面前坚持前行的重要性。 【53题详解】 根据文章第一段“Once, a father and his son were on their vacation in Europe. The son was driving and the father was sitting next to him.”可知，父亲和儿子在欧洲度假时是开车旅行的，故填They traveled by car. /By car. 【54题详解】 文章第二段提到“The son noticed that many people stopped their cars and waited for the dark clouds to pass.”，即儿子注意到很多人停车等待乌云过去，因此很多人停车的原因是想要等待乌云过去，故填Because they wanted to wait for the dark clouds to pass. 【55题详解】 文章最后一段父亲对儿子说：“The hard time often comes in our life. If you keep going, you’ll get through the difficult time at last.”，即生活中常常会遇到困难，但只要我们坚持下去，最终会度过难关。因此，我们可以从这个故事中学到“如果我们坚持下去，最终会度过难关”的道理，故填If we keep going, we’ll get through the difficult time at last. 第四部分 写(共两大题，满分25分) IX.单词拼写(共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分) 根据首字母及汉语提示，完成下列单词的拼写，使句意明确，语言通顺。 56. Don’t forget to g________ (给) this ruler to Sam after school. 【答案】(g)ive 【解析】 【详解】句意：放学后别忘了把这把尺子给萨姆。give“给”，give sth to sb“把某物给某人”，forget to do sth“忘记做某事”，此空应填动词原形，故填(g)ive。 57. Every person has two a________ (手臂), the right one and the left one. 【答案】(a)rms 【解析】 【详解】句意：每个人都有两只手臂，右臂和左臂。arm“手臂”，根据two可知，此空应填复数形式，故填(a)rms。 58. This is a very s________ (简单的) job, so you can do it well. 【答案】(s)imple 【解析】 【详解】句意：这是一项非常简单的工作，所以你可以做好。simple“简单的”，形容词作定语，故填(s)imple。 59. We played well in that game and got sixteen p________ (得分) in the end. 【答案】(p)oints 【解析】 【详解】句意：那场比赛我们打得很好，最后得了16分。point“得分”，根据“sixteen”可知，此空应填复数形式，故填(p)oints。 60. Nick enjoys skating, but he d________ (不喜欢) swimming. 【答案】(d)islikes 【解析】 【详解】句意：尼克喜欢滑冰，但他不喜欢游泳。dislike“不喜欢”，根据enjoys可知，此句是一般现在时，根据he可知，动词用三单，故填(d)islikes。 X.书面表达(共1 小题；满分20分) 61. 你们英语老师布置了一项社会实践作业，要求你们调研家庭所在地的三家超市，并根据以下信息图中所列的比较项目，评出你心目中最好的一家超市。词数80~100，开头已给出，不计入总词数。 I did a survey on three supermarkets around my home.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】例文 I did a survey on three supermarkets around my home. For me, the best supermarket is Huimin Supermarket. You must wonder why I think so. First of all, it’s the largest supermarket in my hometown, and I can buy almost everything there, from food to clothes. Also, it’s the closest to my home. It only takes me ten minutes to walk there. What’s more, I can always buy things cheaply there as there is usually a sale on. Last but not least, the service there is the best. I can always ask the workers for help and they are the friendliest. All these points make shopping in Huimin Supermarket an enjoyable thing. So I like to shop there best. 【解析】 【详解】[总体分析] ①题材：本文是一篇材料作文。 ②时态：时态为“一般现在时”； ③提示：写作要点已给出，考生应注意不要遗漏“信息提示”中你将给的所有要点信息，适当添加细节，并突出写作重点。 [写作步骤] 第一步，表明写作意图，指出最喜欢的超市是哪家； 第二步，具体阐述喜欢这家超市的原因； 第三步，总结并结束文章。 [亮点词汇] ① do a survey做调查 ③ ask for help请求帮助 ④ like to do喜欢做某事 [高分句型] ① You must wonder why I think so. （why引导的宾语从句） ② It only takes me ten minutes to walk there. （It takes...表花费的句型） 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$ 桐城市2023-2024学年上学期11月期中考试 八年级英语试题 第一部分 听力(共四大题，满分20分) Ⅰ.短对话理解(共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分) 你将听到五段对话，每段对话后有一个小题。请在每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出一个最佳选项。每段对话读两遍。 1. Which character does the boy like better? A. B. C. 2. What sport can Sam's sister play well? A. B. C. 3. Who is the tallest girl? A. Kate. B. Lily. C. Tina. 4. What does the boy think of sitcoms? A. Interesting. B. Relaxing. C. Exciting. 5. How often does Peter exercise? A. Once a week. B. Twice a week. C. Three times a week. Ⅱ.长对话理解(共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分) 你将听到两段对话，每段对话后有几个小题。请在每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出一个最佳选项。每段对话读两遍。 听下面一段对话，回答第6、7题。 6. What competition did Gina take part in? A. A dancing competition. B. A writing competition. C. A singing competition. 7. Where do the two speakers want to go? A. To the beach. B. To the cinema. C. To the library. 听下面一段对话，回答第8至10题。 8. Where is Lisa now? A. In China. B. In Canada. C. In Australia. 9. How does Jim feel? A. Surprised. B. Excited. C. Scared. 10. How is the weather there? A. Cool. B. Hot. C. Warm. Ⅲ.短文理解(共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分) 你将听到一篇短文，短文后有五个小题。请根据短文内容，在每小题所给的 A、B、C三个选项中选出一个最佳选项。短文读两遍。 11. What did Linda love to do on her phone? A. To shop. B. To do her homework. C. To watch shows. 12. When did Linda usually go to bed? A Before 9:00 pm. B. Before 10:00 pm. C. After 10:00 pm. 13. What happened to Linda this morning? A. She got up late. B. She broke her hands. C. She couldn't see things clearly. 14 Where did Linda go later? A. To the hospital. B. To the school. C. To the market. 15. What did Linda plan to do? A. To relax. B. To read. C. To travel. Ⅳ.信息转换(共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分) 你将听到一篇短文。请根据短文内容，写出下面表格中所缺的单词，每空仅填一词。短文读两遍。 A Trip to Moscow When Bill and Alan wanted to spend their vacation in________. How long They worked for________ month(s). Why They couldn't________because of a heavy rain. How The hotel was quite________. What For breakfast there was only bread and________. 第二部分 英语知识运用(共两大题，满分30分) V.单项填空(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分) 从每小题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出一个可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 1. —Who is the ________ of the 400 meter race? —Helen. She was the first to reach the finishing line. A. singer B. winner C. actor D. teacher 2. —Where did you get this kite? — I made it by________. A. yourself B. herself C. himself D. myself 3. —My tooth is killing me. I can’t ________ it. —You’d better go to the dentist right now. A. stand B. share C. swing D. study 4. —I hear your parents will move to the village. —Yes. The countryside is more ________ than before. A. terrible B. boring C. comfortable D. crowded 5. —Would you like some coffee? —No, thanks. I ________ drink it. I think water is the best. A. always B. usually C. often D. hardly 6. You will find the answer to the question ________ you keep trying. A. as long as B. though C. before D. because 7. Miss Li is an excellent Chinese teacher. She knows how to ________ her students’ interest in Chinese. A. make up B. bring out C. dress up D. blow out 8. Travelling by train is slower than by plane. But it’s ________ than by plane. A. interesting B. less interesting C. more interesting D. most interesting 9. —Peter, is Eric in the teachers’ office now? —I’m not sure. He ________ be there. A. can B. need C. must D. may 10. —Do you want to eat out or stay in? —________. Either is OK for me. A. It’s up to you B. I don’t think so C. Have a good day D. Of course not Ⅵ.完形填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分) 阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。 Last Saturday was sunny. Harry and his sister Emma went for a walk up a mountain. They took their ____11____ Jack with them. On the way up, they sang together and they were very happy. At the top of the mountain, they ____12____ some food and took some photos. After that, they decided to go home. When they were walking down the mountain, Emma fell over and hurt her leg. She couldn’t ____13____. “Oh dear,” she said. “What should we do?” Harry said, “Don’t worry, Emma. Jack is a ____14____ dog and he can go for help.” Harry turned to Jack, pointed down the ____15____ and said loudly, “Jack, go home and get help.” Jack looked at Harry and then he looked at Emma. Then he ran down the mountain as fast as he could. Harry ____16____ with Emma on the mountain. After two hours, it started to get dark and the children were very ____17____. Then they heard their ____18____. Emma shouted excitedly, “Dad, we’re here.” Dad walked ____19____ to them and said, “I’m so happy to find you both. When Jack came back without you, I knew you had ____20____!” Dad and Harry took Emma down the mountain and to the hospital. Luckily, Emma was fine. 11. A. cat B. dog C. pig D. cow 12. A. cut B. met C. sat D. ate 13. A. walk B. read C. draw D. live 14. A. young B. famous C. smart D. happy 15. A. beach B. mountain C. bridge D. hospital 16. A. waited B. jumped C. picked D. turned 17. A. sorry B. hungry C. friendly D. afraid 18. A. terms B. songs C. names D. hours 19. A. quickly B. usually C. luckily D. only 20. A. messages B. problems C. competitions D. differences What do you think of computers? Are they good or bad for us? Computers can do many kinds of work. For example, computers can ____21____ us to solve a lot of problems quickly. Some problems are too ____22____ for us, but they are easy for computers. People can even ask the computer some questions, and the computer can ____23____ them on the screen. Computers are so ____24____ that many parents buy computers for their children. They hope ____25____ can help their children to improve their studies at school, ____26____ some children don’t do what their parents want them to do. They ____27____ computers to play computer games or watch films. So ____28____ parents think computers can’t help them to study but make them fall behind. In many factories computers can do some work instead of workers, so many workers ____29____ their jobs. They think computers bring them a lot of trouble. Will computers ____30____ bring trouble to people or will they bring people happiness? It will be decided by today’s students themselves! 21. A. find B. help C. know D. take 22. A. expensive B. important C. exciting D. difficult 23. A. answer B. follow C. become D. choose 24. A. small B. cheap C. useful D. heavy 25. A. teachers B. computers C. parents D. schools 26. A. so B. or C. and D. but 27. A. use B. buy C. pay D. win 28. A. our B. their C. your D. her 29. A. make B. come C. lose D. keep 30. A. really B. clearly C. loudly D. easily 第三部分 阅读理解(共两大题，满分45 分) Ⅶ.补全对话(共5 小题；每小题1分，满分5分) 根据对话内容，从选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，其中有两个为多余选项。 A: You laughed loudly just now. ____31____ B: Oh, nothing serious. I was watching a TV show. A: ____32____ B: It’s a talk show. Do you like talk shows? A: ____33____ They are too boring. B: Then what do you like best? A: ____34____ B: You must love traveling. A: Yeah, and that’s why I like travel shows. B: ____35____ A: I don’t mind cooking shows, but I always feel hungry when I watch them. B: Me, too! A. I like travel shows best. B. What happened? C. Traveling is a good way to relax. D. What kind of show is it? E. What do you think of cooking shows? F. Cooking shows are quite popular now. G. No, I can’t stand them. Ⅷ.阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分) 阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。 36. If you are free on Sunday night, which concert can you attend? A. Rock. B. Jazz. C. Folk. D. Country music. 37. How much will Mr Miller pay if he goes to the country music concert with his two kids? A. £ 10. B. £ 20. C. £ 30. D. £ 40. 38. Which date is suitable for modern jazz lovers? A. June 23. B. June 24. C. June 25. D. June 26. One day, I picked up my daughter Lingling from school and went to the supermarket for a few things. I was hoping to be in and out quickly. I found a short line with just one person in front of me. It was an old woman, and she was paying for her things with only coins. After a long day at work, I thought the woman was very terrible. But then I watched a young salesman. He helped her count her coins, ever so kindly taking them from her shaking hands. I listened to him repeatedly say to her: “Yes, ma’am.”When she asked if she had enough money to buy a bag, he told her she did. Then he walked over two lines and got one for her. This salesman wasn’t angry at all. He was patient and kind. As I was watching him, I saw Lingling was too. I realized my daughter was learning an important lesson from a stranger. When the woman was finished, the salesman began ringing up my things and thanked me for my patience. I thanked him too. I found the manager and told him about the salesman’s kindness and patience. Then we left the supermarket with a full basket, but also with a heart full of thankfulness for such an important lesson. 39. How was the old woman in the writer’s eyes at first? A. Strict. B. Kind. C. Awful. D. Lazy. 40. What can we learn from the third paragraph? A. The old woman lived a comfortable life. B. The old woman might not have much money. C. The old woman was a friend of the salesman’s. D. The old woman didn’t want to pay for her things. 41. Who gave the writer an important lesson? A. The salesman. B. The manager. C. The old woman. D. The writer’s daughter. 42. What’s the best title for the text? A. A Kind Stranger B. An Old Woman C. Shopping in the Supermarket D. Teaching a Lesson in Line I’m Mary. I’m a movie lover and I want my kids to like movies, too. The first time I took my daughter, Lily, to the movie theater, she was six years old and the movie was Bambi. I chose it because I thought a cartoon movie would be good to her. Everything was going just fine and Bambi was so lovely. However when a man killed Bambi’s mother, my daughter became very sad and asked to go home. So we left in the middle of the movie. Later I chose movies more carefully and my daughter watched many great ones. Luckily, she likes movies as much as I do now. My worry is: Are cartoons really safe for kids? Once I sat on the sofa to watch a carton with my 8-year-old son, Bill. I got dumbfounded when I saw a cartoon character was bleeding in front of us. The cartoon was like an action movie for adults! The next time you take a kid to the movie theater, be careful! Maybe a cartoon isn’t the best. You should take the time to watch it first (It’s a habit with me). Or the kid may get messages he or she isn’t ready to get yet. 43. Lily wanted to leave in the middle of Bambi because ________. A. it was a boring movie B. she felt quite tired C. the movie made her feel sad D. she found Bambi was not lovely 44. What does the underlined word “dumbfounded” in the text mean in Chinese? A. 平静的 B. 惊呆的 C. 激动的 D. 惭愧的 45. Before Mary takes her kids to the movie theater, she will ________. A. watch the movie first B. ask about her kids’ favorite C. make sure the movie theater is safe D. tell her kids what they will watch 46. What does Mary want to tell the readers? A. Most cartoons are not safe for kids. B. Young kids shouldn’t go to the movie theater. C. Parents should watch cartoons with their kids. D. Parents should choose movies carefully for their kids. Volleyball is very popular. Today there are over 46 million Americans playing volleyball. About 800 million players around the world play volleyball about once a week. Do you like playing volleyball? Let’s talk a little about it. Volleyball started in America. In 1895, William G. Morgan blended basketball, baseball, tennis and handball to make a game for his students. He was a teacher at the Young Men’s Christian Association in Holyoke, Mass. At first, he just wanted to let the older students in his class exercise. And it wasn’t called volleyball at that time. Someone told Morgan that the players volleyed the ball over the net again and again. Now, volleyball is the second most popular sport in America. Chinese people are also good at playing volleyball. The China Women’s National Volleyball Team is one of the best teams in the world. They got first place in the Olympic Games three times (1984, 2004 and 2016). 47. Where did volleyball start? A. In China. B. In France. C. In the UK. D. In the US. 48. How many times did the China Women’s National Volleyball Team get first place in the Olympic Games? A. Once. B. Twice. C. Three times. D. Four times. 49. What’s the text mainly about? A. How to play volleyball. B. Something about volleyball. C. When volleyball started. D. Volleyball in America and China. The Horsetail Fall is one of Yosemite National Park’s most amazing views. Around the second week of February, the setting sun hits the Horsetail Fall at just the right angle to light the upper parts of the waterfall. And when conditions are right, the Horsetail Fall becomes orange and red at sunset. It is like red-hot lava pouring down from the top of the El Capitan. So, it got the name“firefall”. The firefall is a perfect match of the weather the fall, the time and the watching place. It usually appears on dry, warm and cloudless days. There must be enough flowing water to make a firefall too. So there must be enough snow on the mountain top, and it turns into water on warm afternoons. The sun goes to the best place before the fall in late February. And the best time to watch the fall is 5 to 15 minutes before the sunset. Only at this time can visitors see the firefall. The El Capitan Picnic Area is the best place to watch, because it is close to the fall and is perfect to set up cameras and tents. Every year in February, thousands of photographers come to watch the firefall. Although the view may appear just minutes before sunset, many of them have to come hours earlier to get a right place to set their cameras in time. “I’m just saying that the Yosemite Firefall is something you don’t want to miss during the winter,” says Kate Moore, a traveller. 50. The first paragraph mainly tells us________. A. how the firefall got its name B. why it’s easy to see the firefall C. who was the first to find the firefall D. on which day we can visit the firefall 51. What can we know about the firefall? A. It lasts for half an hour before the sunset. B. It usually appears on wet, warm and cloudy days. C. Rivers provide enough flowing water to make a fall. D. Its best watching place is the El Capitan Picnic Area. 52. In which part of a magazine can we read the text? A. Science. B. Weather. C. Nature. D. Health. 阅读下面短文，并用英语回答问题(请注意每小题后面的词数要求)。 Once, a father and his son were on their vacation in Europe. The son was driving and the father was sitting next to him. After a while, some dark clouds came and it started to rain heavily. The son noticed that many people stopped their cars and waited for the dark clouds to pass. So he said to his father, “Dad, what should we do? Should we stop the car?” The father answered,“Just keep driving the car.” After some time, the rain stopped and the sun came out. Then the father asked the son to stop the car and look back. When the son looked back, he found they had come out of the dark clouds and that those people who stopped their cars were still in the rain. “If you had done the same as those people, you would be in the rain too.” the father said.“The hard time often comes in our life. If you keep going, you’ll get through the difficult time at last.” 53. How did the father and the son travel in Europe?(不超过10个词) ________________________________ 54. Why did many people stop their cars?(不超过15个词) ________________________________ 55. What lesson can we learn from the story?(不超过 15 个词) ________________________________ 第四部分 写(共两大题，满分25分) IX.单词拼写(共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分) 根据首字母及汉语提示，完成下列单词的拼写，使句意明确，语言通顺。 56. Don’t forget to g________ (给) this ruler to Sam after school. 57. Every person has two a________ (手臂), the right one and the left one. 58. This is a very s________ (简单的) job, so you can do it well. 59. We played well in that game and got sixteen p________ (得分) in the end. 60. Nick enjoys skating, but he d________ (不喜欢) swimming. X.书面表达(共1 小题；满分20分) 61. 你们英语老师布置了一项社会实践作业，要求你们调研家庭所在地的三家超市，并根据以下信息图中所列的比较项目，评出你心目中最好的一家超市。词数80~100，开头已给出，不计入总词数。 I did a survey on three supermarkets around my home.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$