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2024年下学期期中考试八年级英语考试试卷答 封 不 内 线 封 密 考生注意：1．请在试题卷首填写好准考证号及姓名。 2．请将答案填写在答题卡上，填写在试题卷上的无效。 3．本学科试题卷共6页，3部分，满分100分，考试时量100分钟。 第一部分 听力技能（共两节，满分20分） 做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。 第一节 听力辨识（共5小题，每题1分，满分5分） 听每段小对话，从A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，回答问题。 ( )1. A B C ( )2. A B ( )3. A B C ( )4.What does the woman want to buy? A.A schoolbag. B.A skirt. C.A T-shirt. ( )5.Who is shy? A.Tina. B.Paula. C.We don't know.第二节 听力理解（共15小题，每题1分，满分15分） 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 听对话或独白，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳答案。 听第6段对话，回答第6-7小题。 ( )6.What is Tom drawing? A.A map of China. B.A map of Australia. C.A map of America. ( )7.What does the map look like? A.A cat. B.A horse. C.A chicken. 听第7段材料，回答第8-9小题。 ( )8.Where should the woman turn left? A. At the first crossing. B.At the second crossing. C.At the third crossing. ( )9.How far is the post office? A.A5-minute walk. B.A 15-minute walk. C.A 50-mintue walk 听第8段材料，回答第10-11小题。 ( )10.How often does the man swim? A.Twice a week. B.Three times a week. C.Four times a week. ( )11.When will they go swimming together? A. Next morning. B.Tonight. C. Next Monday 听第9段材料，回答第12-14小题。 ( )12.Where did Mark go last Sunday? A.To the beach. B.To the bank. C.To the museum. ( )13.What did Gina do all day last Sunday? A.She did homework.B.She did housework. C.She did nothing. ( )14.Who had a good time? A.Mark. B.Gina. C.Gina's mother. 听第10段对话，完成第15-17小题。 ( )15.What's the best movie theater to go to? A.City Cinema. B.Big Screen. C.Town Cinema. ( )16.Is Town Cinema close to home? A.Yes,it is. B.No, it isn't. C. I don't know. ( )17.Why can they buy tickets the most quickly? A. It's difficult to get the tickets. B. It's the closest to home. C.There are a lot of people working there. 听第11段独白，完成第18-20小题。 ( )18.How many close friends does Ken have? A.3. B.4. C.5. ( )19.Who lives near a park? A.Anna. B.John. C.Lisa. )20.Where does Lisa like spending her weekend? ( A.At home. B. In the park. C.In the library 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 第二部分阅读技能（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）g. 阅读下面的材料，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出最佳选项问答问题。 A Cough MedicineTake it three times each day before meals. Age（年龄） Dosc（用药量） Adults 3 pills 12~15 2 pills 6~11 1 pill Not right for children below the age of 5. Put it in a cool and dry place. Use it before Oct Ist,2021. ( )21. Tony is 13 years old. How many pills should he take each day? A.3 pills. B.6 pills. C.9 pills. ( )22.The medicine should be kept in A.a cool and dry place B.any place C.hot water B If you have no special plans for your holidays, why not spend your time helping others?Don't listen to people who say the young people today often think only of themselves. It＇s not true at all.More and more people in the USA volunteer（志愿者）to spend their school holidays working for others. And they don't do it for money. Here are some of their stories. Alice Hamilton,17 I'm going to help the Forest Centre build new hiking paths in the mountains. It's going to be terrific.I'll spend the whole summer living in the tent and breathing the clean mountain air. I'm going to sleep under the stars. It'll be a nice sport, and I'll be able to do something good at the same time. Jason Moore,18 This summer, I'm going to volunteer with Special House Program. They build good, low-cost houses and sell them to families that are not very rich. They'll teach me what to do, so I'll help people and also have a chance to learn how to build houses. Trish Anderson,16 I'm going to teach kids who have trouble reading. I'll work for a program called Reading For Life. Everyday, I'm going to help kids choose and read books that they like. I want to be a teacher and I love children and reading, so this is going to be a great experience for me. 23.Young people in the USA volunteer to spend helping others. A.school holidays B.weekdays C.every morning 24.From the passage, we know that Special House Program helps . A.children in poor families B.workers who build houses C.poor families who can't buy houses 25. wants to be a teacher. A.Alice Hamilton B.Jason Moore C. Trish Anderson 26.Which is the most possible title for this passage? A.Special House Program B.Young American Volunteers C.The Forest Centre C Monday,October 2,2023 I went to New York with my family on vacation during the National Day holidays.It was sunny and warm. Everything is so great here! People call New York "The city that never sleeps". Another popular name for it is “the Big Apple". First we went to the Central Park. It's really wonderful. Then we went to the Times Square. Times Square is called "the crossroads of the world". It is very flourishing. There are so many shops and so many people there. You can almost buy everything you want there. Tuesday,October 3,2023 Today is our last day in New York. Tomorrow we will go to Washington D.C.Today we first went to the Empire State Building（帝国大厦），which is 381 meters high. We went right up to the top and looked out across New York. How fantastic it was! After that I bought the biggest hamburger I have ever seen! After lunch we went shopping. Although it is a big city, you can't get lost because most of the streets have numbers. For example, if you are in Thirty-fourth Street, it's easy to find Thirty-ninth Street. ( )27.Who did the writer go with to New York on vacation? A.His friends. B. His family. C.No one else. ( )28.Which place did the writer go first in New York? A. The Times Square.B. The Central Park. C. The Empire State Building. ( )29.What does the underlined word "flourishing" mean in Chinese? A.繁荣的 B.贫困的 C.安静的 ( )30.How did the writer feel about the vacation in New York? A. Expensive. B.Boring. C.Exciting. D There was once a king（国王）who had a great palace（宫殿） with a wonderful garden（花园）.In the garden，there lived all kinds of animals. All of them enjoyed living there. There was only one thing in the garden that the king hated: an old tree in the center of the garden. It was so old and dry. This made the king so angry（生气） that he finally asked some people to cut it down and turned the place into a swimming pool （游泳池）. However. after the tree was cut down， the animals left the garden.Without the animals, the garden was not so beautiful as before. The king was sad,but he didn't know what had happened. A young man went to the king， and said he could explain（解释）what had happened. "This was because you cut the old tree down." said the young man."There were thousands of moths（飞峨） which lived in the tree. Birds needed the moths to eat and then they produced（生产） wastes for plants to grow. The plants then attracted many other animals to your garden. So your garden became very beautiful. But as you cut the tree down, the animals had to leave.""Excellent!"said the king,"I'll make you rich and you will try to make my garden beautiful again." "I'm afraid it will take many years to finish. It will take many years for the natural balance（生态平衡） to get back again，＂said the young man. The king was sad, but all he could do was just to wait. （ ）31．Why did the king cut down（砍伐） the old tree？ A. Because he hated the old and dry tree. B. Because he wanted to plant a young tree there. C. Because he didn't want moths to live in the tree. ( )32. What was the result after the tree was cut down? A. The garden was more beautiful than before. B. The animals left the garden. C.The king was very happy. ( )33. The underlined word "attracted" in Paragraph 3 probably means""in Chinese. A.驱赶 B.利用 C.吸引 ( )34.If the young man made the garden beautiful again, the king would A.be very angry B.make him rich C. order him to lcave ( )35.The story tells us that A.it will take many years for the natural balance to get back again B. it's easy for us to keep the balance of nature C.old trees should be cut down 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 E "Early to bed and early to rise make a man healthy, wealthy and wise. "This is an old English saying. It means that when we go to bed early, we can get up early the next morning. Then we will become healthy. We will also become rich and clever. This is true. To keep healthy. We must have enough sleep. Experts（专家）say that adults should get seven to eight hours of sleepa night. Teenagers need nine to ten hours. And school-aged children may need more than ten hours of sleep. Children who do not have enough sleep can't do their work very well. They won't be wise and they may not become wealthy! We also need exercise. Walking, running, swimming and playing games are all exercise. Exercise keeps us strong. It also helps the blood to move around the body.This is very important. Our blood takes the nutrition（营养）from food to all parts of our body. The head also needs blood. So exercise that moves the blood to our head helps us think better! ( )36. If we get up early and go to bed early,we'll A.have more time B.be healthy C. have more work to do ( )37.Who needs most hours of sleep to keep healthy? A.Adults. B.Teenagers. C.School-aged children. ( )38.A child when he does not have enough sleep. A.can't study well B. will be wise C. will be active in class ( )39.A person needs exercise because A.he is not strong enough B. it helps make him healthy C. it can bring him much blood ( )40.Which of the following is NOT true? A. Exercise is good for a person's head. B. If we have enough blood, we'll be wise. C. It's good for us to get up early and go to bed early. 第三部分 知识运用（共两节，满分20分） 第一节 完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分） 阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 Both of Mike's parents are good swimmers. When Mike was four years old, his father 43 to teach him how to swim. After two months of learning,Mike could swim 44 a fish. Each week, Mike has to spend at least 16 hours 45 .He spends two hours practicing swimming every day before school. After morning practice,he goes to school by bike. He likes riding bikes, 46 it is good for his health. On Saturday, he gets up at 7:00 a. m. He swims in the swimming pool for four hours. After that, he goes home to do his homework. He 47 watching movies.so he goes to the cinema every Sunday. "It is 48 to watch movies with my friends," he said. His parents often go to the swimming pool on weekends to encourage（鼓励） 49 when they don＇t have to work． Mike doesn't mind spending a lot of time practicing. "I love swimming, and practice can help me get good 50 in competitions（比赛），”he said． ( )41.A.programs B.habits C.dreams ( )42.A.books B.subjects C.colors ( )43.A.started B.disliked C.forgot ( )44.A.across B.over C.like ( )45.A.practicing B.drawing C.driving ( )46.A.if B.although C.because ( )47.A.enjoys B.finishes C.stops ( )48.A.meaningless B.relaxing C.boring ( )49.A.her B.me C.him ( )50.A.health B.results C.talents 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 第二节 语法填空（共10小题：每小题1分，满分10分） 阅读下面的材料，在空白处填入适当内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式（1个或几个单词），使句于通顺正确。 Scientists have found that people who often exercise are healthier 51 those -who don＇t.According to a survey（调查），Many people believe that doing exercise is.the best way 52 (stay) healthy and relax . Some women even like doing housework Because it can keep 53 (they) moving while getting their houseclean. It is án 54 （enjoy）way to burn calories（卡路里）．As for students，when we ashed them"How many times 55(do) you exercise last week? "The answer is disappointing（令人失望的）.They spent most of their time watching television or using the Internet. 56 fact, exercise is good for students' bodies and minds.Exercise such as 57 (play) sports is fun and they can spend time with their 58 (friend) and family as they play together.And students can learn better and 59 (little) worried when they exercise.So start exercising 60 it's too late. 第四部分 综合技能（共两节，满分20分） 第一节 任务型阅读（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分） 阅读下面短文，按要求完成各小题。 Robert: Hi.Laura,you are a kind girl, you must have a lot of friends,right. Laura: I don＇t think so．I am a little shy．（64）对我来说交朋友不是很容易．But I have two good friends. Robert: Can you introduce one of them to us? Laura No problem.I will talk about my friend Grace. She is a pretty girl. She is tall and of medium build. She has long straight black hair. She has a round face and big eyes.she likes wearing red dresses. Robert: Do you have the same personality（性格）？ Laura: No. we don't. I am a little shy. but Grace is outgoing. She often smiles.Her smile. just like sunshine, can warm people's hearts and solve all 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 difficulties. Robert: I know you like listening to music.Does Grace like it? Laura: Yes, she likes it,too. She also likes singing, dancing and having picnic with her friends. She doesn't like playing table tennis or volleyball. but I like them. Robert: In fact you are different from your friend Grace in some ways. Laura: I don't really care if my friends are the same as me or different. (65)A true friend reaches for your hand and touches your heart. Robert: That's right. Thank you for your introduction. Laura: You are welcome. 61.How about Grace's hair? 62.Do Laura and Grace both like listening to music? 63.Who likes playing volleyball? 64．对我来说交朋友不是很容易 65.A true friend reaches for your hand and touches your heart. 第二节 基础写作（满分15分） 假设你是第二节（任务型阅读）材料中的Laura，请根据任务型阅读中的材料，以“My best friend”为话题写一篇英语短文，向Robert介绍一下你的朋友Grace。 注意：1．要点包括Grace的外貌、性格和爱好等。2．可适当对内容进行扩展。3．对任务型阅读的材料进行改写，不得照抄原文，词数80个左右。4．不得出现姓名和校名等真实信息。 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$