广东省深圳市罗湖外语初中2024-2025学年八年级上学期期中考试英语试卷

罗湖外语初中学校2024一2025学年度第一学期 八年级期中考试英语试题 命题人：陈智勒 审题人：秦玲 说明：1.本学科试题从第1页至第6页，共6页。满分75分，考试时间70分钟。 2.答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的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。 3.考生务必保持答题卡的整洁。考试结束时，只交回答题卷，本卷自行保管。 第一部分选择题（共50分） L.完形填空(10分) 阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选 项，并在答题卡上将相应的字母编号涂黑。（共10小题，每小题1分) Once there was a very helpful man.He would help anyone 1 wanting anything in return. One day,when walking along a dusty road,the man saw a wallet,so he2 the wallet. But he found it was 3.Suddenly a woman and a policeman appeared and caught him.The woman kept on asking where her wallet was,but the man answered,"It was empty4 I found it.”The woman shouted at him,“Please give it back to me,and it's my son's tuition(学).” The woman felt sad,so the man handed over all his money.Then she left and the policeman asked him more 5. One day while the woman was going to her son's school,she noticed that 6 was walking behind her.She thought that he 7 rob her,so she walked to a policeman. He was the same policeman that helped her before.The woman told him that a man was following her.They ran to him,and found that he was the same man that they caught a few days ago. He looked very weak and the woman was8.The policeman said to the woman,"He wasn't the thief that day,.but having heard about your situation(情况)，he gave you his money..” Then the man told the woman,I saw you and 9 you to make sure that nobody would steal your money again."The woman was too moved to say anything. Life may give you a strange experience:sometimes it shocks you,but sometimes it may also surprise you.Be kind 10 learn to appreciate (what you are given. 1.A.by B.without C.for D.with 2.A.threw away B.put down C.looked for D.picked up 3.A.empty B.dirty C.heavy D.cheap 4.A.after B.when C.until D.unless 5.A.questions B.advice C.reasons D.examples 6.A.everyone B.anyone C.someone D.nobody 7.A.should B.couldn't C.mustn't D.might 8.A.happy B.excited C.surprised D.angry 9.A.helped B.followed C.promised D.took 10.A.for B.so C.and D.but 八年绍期中老状蓝语#娄笛1而止上而 L.阅读理解(40分) 第一节阅读下列短文，从下面每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项， 并在答题卡上将相应的字母编号涂黑。（共15小题，每小题1.5分） A Some problems are difficult to solve in our life.However,there are a lot of number expressions (that can help.Today,I will talk about expressions about numbers. Sometimes we can"kill two birds with one stone".That is to say,we can complete two goals with only one effort or action.But we must remember that "two wrongs don't make a right".If someone does something bad to you,you should not do the same to him. When I was a young child in school,I liked learning Maths.My teacher used to "give me three cheers"when I did well in Maths,praising (my hard work and good grades. When I was in high school,some of my friends once had trouble doing their schoolwork.In fact,they did not care if they could finish high school.But it seemed that they really got a surprise when they completed their studies and graduated from high school.They were on cloud nine. Nine times out of ten,students who do well in school often find good jobs.Some people work in an office doing the same things every day at nine-to-five jobs.However,it's good to know happiness at work isn't just about money. 11.What does the second paragraph mainly tell us? A.The ways to find answers. B.Two problems are difficult to solve. C.The importance of working together. D.The meanings of two expressions about numbers. 12.When we walk instead of driving,we can save money and protect the environment.Which expression can we use here? A.Put two and two together. B.Two heads are better than one. C.Kill two birds with one stone. D.Two wrongs don't make a right. 13.What do the underlined words "on cloud nine"mean? A.Sad. B.Happy. C.Angry. D.Afraid. 14.Which of the following is TRUE? A.Students who study well often find good jobs. B.When someone hurts you,you should hurt him back. C.All problems can be solved easily with number expressions. D.The writer was not good at learning math when he was young. 15.What's the main purpose of the passage? A.To encourage us to study hard. B.To show different meanings of“two”. C.To introduce some interesting number expressions. D.To tell us some ways of solving some Maths problems. B Recently,a video game named Black Myth:Wukong has been a great hit all over the world. Black Myth is China's first AAA video game.Why is it so popular?It is the Chinese culture inside it. Wukong is a main character from Journey to the West,a Chinese classic god-evil novel written 500 years ago."Chinese god-evil stories are fantastic themselves.No one would dislike them once they start to learn about them.And my game just opens a window."Said Feng Ji,the game's producer.For this reason,although players from other countries were not fans of Chinese culture, they are now "hard-working"on every detail of the novel.For almost the first time,the world tries actively to understand Chinese culture. The beautiful scenes in the game are also attractive.Among the 36 places that appear in the game,27 are real in Shanxi Province.Take the Hanging Temple for example.It was built nearly 1,600 years ago and truly hangs on a steep cliff )Players are amazed when they realize it is a true attraction. An American player said,"China is rich in culture and stories.I hope we can get more like this. I would love to go to China some day." 16.What makes the game so popular? A·The AAA quality. B.The excellent game design. C.The Chinese culture. D.The beautiful scenes. 17.Why does the world try to understand Chinese culture for the first time? A.Because game players are attracted by the Chinese culture in the game. B.Because Journey to the West has fans from all over the world. C.Because players from other countries are always hard-working D.Because the game's producer has won popularity with game players. 18.What does the underlined word"it"in Paragraph 3 refer to? A.Shanxi Province. B.The steep cliff. C.The Black Myth. D.The Hanging Temple. 19.What's the structure of this passage? ① CPD 02 PI ② 3 円 A.4 B C. 网 D.②四⊙ 20.What is the best title for the passage? A.The hit of Journey to the West. B.The way to be top game players. C.The first AAA video game. D.Chinese culture in a popular video game. c On a video online,fish-shaped lanterns move in the air as if they are swimming in the water.A group of teenagers in Shenzhen Yangang Middle School brought life to the fish lanterns with built-in AI system. "The fish-lantern dance is a long-standing tradition in Shenzhen.Dancers carry lanterns and try to make them move like real fish in their performance,and this calls for lots of practice,"says Jiang Jiahan,one of the lantern's inventors.So his team wants to lower the threshold with an AI-driven fish lantern that can move on its own,so that more people can take part in the traditional performance art. 八年级期中考试英语试卷第3页，共6页 Tan Wenbo,another inventor,explains that a sensor (on the head of a lantern will identify(识别)different pictures on the screen and give the result to a circuit board(电路板).The board,connected with two small motors (on the lantern's head and tail,will drive the paper fish to perform different moves.According to Jiang,the rules of the moves follow the habits of real fish."If a fish sees its food,it may dance more often in excitement.If it finds a good place to hide among,it feels relaxed and will move lower." "The old lantern model was made of card paper,but it weighed too much,"Jiang says.Then he made the latest lanterns with xuan paper(a classic paper used for Chinese painting)and iron wiring (铁线). Jiang says this experience makes him want to learn more about AI in the future.So does Tan. 21.The of inventing the AI-fish lanterns is mentioned in Paragraph 1. A.time B.team C.way D.cost 22.In Paragraph 2,the team lowers the threshold to encourage more people to A.join in the fish-lantern dance B.learn about the lantern history C.study the habits of real fish D.build the AI system 23.Which of the following can read different pictures on the screen according to Paragraph 3? A.The board B.The motor C.The sensor D.The paper 24.The latest AI-fish lanterns are made of A.card paper and Chinese paintings B.card paper and iron wiring C.xuan paper and Chinese paintings D.xuan paper and iron wiring 25.Which of the following statements is TRUE? A.The AI system works outside the lanterns. B.The fish-lantern dance has a short history. C.AI makes the lantern move follow the habits of fish. D.The old lantern model was light and paper-made. 第二节：短文填空。 请阅读下列短文，并从下列方框里的六个句子中选择五个还原到原文中，使原文的意思 完整、连贯。（共5小题，每小题2分，共10分） A.This habit is also bad for our eyes. B.A man in America kept using his mobile phone on his way home. C.Some even have fun communicating with others on the phone. D.Heads-down tribe(低头族)members now can be seen everywhere. E.More drivers might use mobile phones while driving. F.Whether they are good or not depends on how people use them. Today,an increasing number of people are always looking at their mobile phones with their heads down.These people are called the"Heads-down Tribe".26. There are more and more traffic accidents happening because of mobile phones.27 In order to make drivers pay more attention to driving,some new traffic rules have been made. As we can see above,using mobile phones may cause traffic accidents.Also,more and more interesting and strange facts happen to the "Heads-down Tribe".28 As a result,he knocked into a big lost bear.When he lifted his eyes from the phone,he was so afraid that he turned around and ran away as quickly as possible. 八午仍担由老试茧语试卷算4而，共6而 Another fact is that we can often see people in the restaurant eating face to face but looking at their own mobile phones.It's strange that they don't talk to the ones who sit opposite them during the meal. 29 Mobile phones are helpful and necessary tools for modem life.30Let's be"healthy" users and try to be the“Heads-up Tribe'”. 第三节，信息匹配。 请阅读以下六位名人的介绍，为Jim,Tom,Lily,Tony和Lucy选择一个最符合他们要求的 介绍，并将其字母编号写在答题卡相应的位置上。（共5小题，每小题1.5分，共7.5分） A.Mark Twain is one of the greatest American writers.His books are about American places, everyday language and memorable American characters. B.Mozart is one of the greatest musicians in the world.He was only 35 when he died,yet he composed(创作)more than600 pieces of music. C.Neil Armstrong was a US astronaut.On 20th July,1969,he took the Apollo 11 into the space and became the first person to step onto the moon. D.American inventor Thomas Edison changed the way people lived when he invented the first light bulb in the late 1800s.It was just one of his many inventions. E.Donald John Trump was an American businessman and the 45th president of the United States. He is one of the richest people in the world. F.Abdul Jabbar is a US basketball player.He helped his teams get six NBA titles.He created a record of scoring 38,286 and was chosen as MVP for six times. 31.Jim's favourite American writer is Mark Twain.He wants to know how his great books were written. 32.Tom likes playing basketball very much.He wants-to know about some famous basketball players in the history of NBA. 33.Lily is a lover of light music.Her favourite musician is Mozart.She wants to know more information about him. 34.Tony has a great interest in space science.He wants to know something about the astronauts who have walked on the moon. 35.Lucy shows an interest in American history.She wants to know about some American inventors best. 第二部分非选择题（共25分） I.语法填空(10分) 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。（共10小题， 每小题1分) Lang Lang was born on June 14,1982 in Shenyang,Liaoning Province.He is one of 36 (famous)musicians in the world.He is popular because of his intelligence and love for music. When Lang Lang was two and a half years old,he liked a famous cartoon,Tom and Jerry.One day,he watched Tom playing the piano on TV,and then he became interested in it.From then on,he enjoyed 37- (play)his father's old piano.Soon he could play a short tune (by 38(he).His father was39(real)surprised and began to make him take piano lessons. 八年级期中考试英语试卷第5页，共6页 When he was three,Lang Lang leamned to play the piano 40 Zhu Yafen,a famous music teacher.Two years later,he took part in 41 competition for the first time and won first prize.After that,he 42 (give)the first concert of his life.In his 43(twenty), Mr.Obama invited him to play the piano at the White House.Lang Lang played the song My Motherland.When the concert was over,he said to the reporter,"I chose this song44I love China..” Now,lots of people love his beautiful music.He is really a born 45(art)!We are all proud of him.More importantly,Lang Lang encourages millions of young people to learn classical music(古典音乐)！ V.书面表达(15分) 深圳因科技和创新而闻名。为了培养学生对科技的兴趣，你的学校上周五举行了科技节。 假设你是李华，你给校英语报投稿，介绍你们科技节的情况。写作要点如下： 1.活动目的 2活动项目：上午：①邀请科学家讲述深圳科技发展史。②… 下午：①参观科技产品展，如：家务机器人，外卖无人机。②. 3.活动感受 要求： 1.词数80左右，开头已给出，不计入总词数： 2.可围绕要点适当发挥，使行文连贯： 3.分段合理，要点齐全，书写工整美观： 4.文中不能出现和本人相关的信息。 参考词汇： 科技发展technological development 展览exhibition 家务机器人housework robot 外卖无人机delivering drone ve exhii0七 The Science Festival in our School Shenzhen is famous for its technology and innovation.Last Friday. 八年级期中考试英语试卷第6页，共6页