江苏省扬州市邗江中学(集团)北区校维扬中学2024-2025学年上学期八年级英语期中试题

江苏省邗江中学（巢团）北区校维扬中学2024-2025学年度 第一学期初二年级英语期中考试试卷 (满分140分，考试时间110分钟) 命题人：赵小艳 曲新彩 第I卷选择题(80分) 一、听力（共20小题：每小题1分，满分20分） 第一部分听对话回答问题（本大题共10分，每小题1分) 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5秒钟的时间阅读题目。听完后，你还有5秒钟的时间选择你认为最合适的备选答案。在听 到“嘀”的信号后，进入下一小题。 1.What time will the plane arrive in London? A. B. 2.What is Billy probably doing now? A B 3.Which country did Mary travel to? A B 4.Which sign is there? A. B 5.What is Sandy doing? -A.She is watching TV. B.She is reading a book. C.She is listening to music. 6.Whom was the girl sending the card to? A.To her friend. B.To anybody else. C.To nobody. 7.How many times has Jack been to Hong Kong? -·A.Only once. B.Many times. C.Never. 8.How will they make their school more beautiful? A.By buying some flowers. B.By doing some cleaning. C.By planting some trees around their school. 9.Where can the man be? A.At the doctor's. B.In a library. C.In a bookshop. 10.When did the man buy the camera? A.Three years ago. B.Six years ago. .C.Eight years ago. 第二部分听对话和短文回答问题（本大题共10分，'每小题1分） 1 泳 你将听到一段对话和两篇短文，各听两遍。在听每段对话或短文前，你将有时间阅读相关小 题，每小题5秒钟。听完后，你仍有5秒钟的时间选择你认为最合适的备选答案。 听一段对话，回答第11至12小题。 11.What time of day is it? A.In the early moming. B.In the late morning. C.In the afternoon. 12.What'does the man think the woman should eat? A.Some'chocolate. B.Some sweets. C.Some fruit: 听第一篇短文，回答第13一15小题。请根据短文内容，选择正确答案，完成伯息记录表。答题完 毕，请等待“嘀的信号，进入下一篇短文。 Sea Life Centre What is the center like?. 13 What are things like here? Enjoyable and educational How much are the tickets? 4 pounds for adults;2 pounds for children;free for those over 14 What are special attractions for kids? Aquiz and hourly 15 time. 13.A.Amazing B.Relaxing C.Exciting 14.A.sixty B.seventy C.eighty 15.A.singing B.dancing C.feeding 听第二篇短文，回答第16-20小颗。 16.Why did Anna save money at first? A.Because she hoped to buy some toys. B.Because she wanted to help homeless children. C.Because she hoped to go to Disneyland one day, 17.When did Anna know about the Road House? A.At the age of four. B.At the age of eight. C.At the age of twelve. 18.How did Anna know about the Road House? A.From a newspaper. B.On the Internet. C.From a TV programme. 19.What didn't Anna buy in the shop? A.A toy. B.Some socks. C.Some pencils 20.Who did'Anna buy the presents for? A.A homeless child, B.Her.good friend. C.Herself. 二、单项选择（共15小题：每小题1分，计15分） 从下列各题A、B、C、D四个选项中选择，个能填入题千空白处的最佳答案。 21.He is honest boy who always wears smile on his face. A.a;the B.an;an C.an;a D.the;an 22.-Lucy,who helped _make the model plane? -Nobody!I made it all by myself. A.your B.yours. C.yourself D.you 23.When Mr.Green heard his lost son's voice,he_ believe his A.couldn't,eyes B.can't,eyes C.couldn't,ears D.can't,ears 24.The volunteers helped the old man a light in his bedroom and a shelfon the wall. A.put in,put on B put up,put on C.put in,put up D.put on,put up 25. _your English teacher -She is friendly and patient. A.What does,like B.How does,look like C.What's,like D.How's,look 26.Thank you for _me funny jokes.I never feel with you. A.telling,bored B.telling,boring C.saying,bored D.saying,boring 27.-What do you think of the singer? -I think she sings and I never hear yoice. A.beautiful,a better B.beautiful,the best C.beautifully,a better D.beautifully,the best 28.When he walks my desk,he often knocks my books the floor. A.past;off B.past;onto C.through;on D.across;away 29.-Linda is so excited.Did she win the competition? -Yes.She was lucky and she had one minute to complete the special task;no more and no less. A.truly B.possibly C.exactly D.hardly 30.-Dad,can you give me some atvice on the coming English test? -Ok.The you think about the questions,the mistakes you'll make. A.more carefully;less D.more carefully;tewer C.less carefully;less D.less carefully;fewer 31.-Tim,don't forget the bottles water before your trip to the desert. 一Thank you,sir.I know. A.to ful业of B.tof业；with C.filling;with D.filling;of 32.Here comes the bns.Let's A.get on if B.get in it C.to get on it D.to get it on 33.Daniel is one of the top students in his class.He is clever and always works harder than student in-his class. A.other B.the other C.another D.any other 34.-How much time do you spend your homework every night? -About an hour.So I always have half an hour my hobbies. A.for,for B.on,on C.for,on D.on,for 35.-I donated only ten yuan at the charity show.I am afraid that is too little. We can't do great things,but we can do little things with great love.. A.I'm afraid so B.I hope not C.Not at all D.I think so 三、完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，计15分） 阅读下面短文，从文后各题所给的A、B、C、·D.四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。 A little boy selling magazines walked up to an old house,whose-owner 36 came out.When he did,he wouldn't say hello to 37 or passers-by. The boy 38 on the door and waited.As he was about to leave,the door39 opened. What do you want?” "Sir,I am selling these magazines,and I was 40 if you would like to buy one." The old man just looked at the boy.The boy could see the old man 41 dog figurines )on the fireplace inside the house."Do you collect dogs?"the little boy asked. "Yes,they.are my family here.They are 42 I have." The boy then felt 43 for the man,as he was a very lonely soul()."Well,I do have a magazine here for 44.And I also have one about 45 since you like dogs so much." The old man was ready to 46 the door and said:"No,boy,I don't need any magazines of any kind,now goodbye." Sad for the old,47 man in the big house,the boy thought of a little dog figurine he got from an aunt.He headed back to the old man's house with it.He knocked on the door again and this time the old man came right to the door."Boy,I'thought I told you no 48."The boy 49 him the figurine,and the old man's face lit up: From that day on,the old man started coming out of the house and meeting people.This 50 nice act changed the old man's life forever. 36.A.sometimes B.often C.seldom D.always 37:A:parents B.neighbors C.friends D.kids 38.A.knocked B.touched C.pushed D.hit 39.A.suddenly B.nearly C.slowly D.naturally 40.A.hoping B,wondering C.deciding D.counting 41.A.put B.carried C.had D.decorated 42.A.a few B.a little C.all D.some 43.A.sorry B.happy C.unsure D.afraid 3 44.A.visitors B.men C.collectors D.fans 45.A.birds B.cats C.dogs D.fishes 46.A.keep B.open C.close D.fill 47.A.glad B.crazy C.empty D.lonely 48.A.pets B.magazines C.photos D.toys 49.A.handed B.sent C.bought D.made 50.A.big B.great C.simple D.hard 列、阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，计30分） 阅读下列短文，从文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。 A Liverpool is cal恤gl The LFC Stadium Visit No trip to the city of Liverpool is great without a visit to LFC Stadium,home of Liverpool Football Club.The LFC Stadium Trip is a surely unforgettable experience for all people,whether you're a lover of soccer game or just interested in the city. Open from 11 a.m.to 5 p.m.,Monday through Friday Adult:620 Student:f12 Children under 6:free Knowsley Safari Start your day with a trip of over 2.2 square kilometers Safari Drivo.You can see animals like pandas,lions,tigers and rhinos from your car window.Knowsley Safari promises you a safe and enjoyable day. Adult:E18 Student:E10 Children under 3:Free The Beatles Trip Take a trip you'll never forget!The two-hour trip takes visitors to see many places about the Beatles by bus!People will see where the singers John,Paul,George and Ringo grew up,met and made up the band(乐队).It made them wel-k如own in the world. Adult:E18.95 Student:f15 Children under 6:f10 51.How much does it cost for a student and her parents to go on the Safari Drive A.30. B.f46. C.36. D.54. 52.Which of the following is TRUB from the passage? A.The ticket to the LFC Stadium is free for children under 8. B.The trip to Knowsley Safari is dangerous because of wild animals. C.The Beatles trip takes visitors about an hour by bus. D.You can know the history of a music band from the Beatles trip. 4 53.The passage probably comes from the column(栏目)of a maga2zine, A.Music B.Sports C.Travel D.Animal B Are you able to hang(悬挂)clothes?Are you able to put a nail(钉子)into the'wall?For many people,doing these things is quite easy.But how do people who have trouble using their hands do these things?WeL,they can use artificial(人造的hands to help them out. In Suzhou,some engineers are busy making a special hand better.The special hand is helpful and". people can control it with the electrical signals(which come from their bodies, These engineers hope to make it much better for Xu Min,who lost her right forearm in an accident in 1992.The woman wore the hand to take part in the Cybathlon Challenges in February.She finished. tasks like banging clothes,putting a nail into the wall and taking a nail out of the wall. "These things are common in our daily lives and people want to test if the special hand,which was created by humans,can work just like a real hand,"Xu said.Because she won the competition (in February,she was more confident about entering the October global finals-Cybathlon 2024 in Zurich, Switzerland. Cybathlon is the top event in the area.The event was first held in 2016.It takes place every four years.The competition tries to create a world without difficulty for people.like Xu.In October,the competition drew many teams from across the world. Xu was a little nervous about competing with other people and companies from her country and other places.However,she and her team wanted to show their new product and how humnans and machines could work together.Xu said she couldn't wait to get the hand ready and start the training. 54.How did the writer start the passage? …A.By telling a story. B.By asking questions. C.By showing numbers. D.By showing famous people's words.. 55.What does the underlined'word."it"in Paragraph 3 refer to? A.Suzhou. B.The signal. C.The body. D.The special hand. 56,What does the fitth paragraph mainly tell us? 。 A'Some rules about Cybathlon. B.Some information about Cybathlon. C.The places where Cybathlon was held. D.The importance of taking part in Cybathlon. 57.Match the time with tho ovent.. an1992.b.n2016.c.n2024. ①The first Cybathlon. 2The October global finals, 3Xu lost her right forearm. A.①b,②-c,⑧-a B.①-a②-c,③-b C①c,②b,③-a D.①-b,②-a,③-c C A young man went to an expert on gems (and wanted to learn from him.The expert shook his head.He worried that the young men wouldn't have the patience to learn.In his opinion,they were always in a hurry. .-The young man asked the expert many times to let him have a try.Finally the expert said,"Be here tomorrow.” The next morning the expert put a jade (storie in the man's hand and told him to hold it.The expert then went on his work,cutting,weighing and setting gems.The man sat and waited excitedly. The following morning the expert again placed the jade stone in the man's hand and told him to hold it. On the third,fourth,and fifth day the expert repeated the action. On the sixth day the young man still had to hold the jade stone,but he could no longer stand the silence."Sir,"he asked"when am I going to leam something?" ▲”the expert replied. Several more days went by.The man became more and more impatient.However,when the expert -placed a stone in his hand one morning,the young man shouted without looking at it,"This is not the same jade stone!" "You have begun to learn,"the expert said with a smile. 5 58.How lone.did the man hold the jade stone without asking anything? A.For three days. B.For five days C.For seven days. D.For half a month 59.Why did the expert ask the man to hold a stone for days? A.It was a way of learning. B.He was,too busy to teach the man. C.It was the most valuable gem he had. D.There was no other work for the man to do. 60.Which of the following can be put in the ▲7 A.You should go home B.You will learn C.It is all that I could give you D.It was yesterday 61.How did the young man's feeling change? A.worried-unhappy-nervous. B.worried-nervous-unhappy. C.excited-nervous-worried. D.excited->unhappy++surprised. D ONow many schools have more P.B.'classes.This is in response.to (China's new standard (on P.E.classes.The standard asks schools to make sure that 10 to 11 percent of all class time must be P.E.classes,third only to Chinese and math. 2Along with easy exercise like running and long jump,the standard also asks schools to give students other popular sports to do. '3Ma Jiajun,17,from Jilin,.set a new world record (for "the most consecutive jump rope triples(连续三摇跳绳)"wih70 1 times..His teacher Chen Peng said that the school always keeps an eye on P.E.With Ma as a model (now,students are more hard-working on not only jump rope but also other kinds of sports. All the students need to do Tai Chi,and there's a Tai Chi contest every year for students. "Different from ball games,Tai Chi relaxed my body and mind,making me have a happy mood ( for the next class,"said Gao Yuxiang from a middle school of Shandong. 5I really enjoy hip-hop dance,"Ren Jianing,a high school student,said."The class doesn't need any experience,so anyone can leamn it."Every class they practice a part of the dance and in the next class put the parts together into a dance."Our shirts are all wet after class on the coldest days of winter," said Ren. 62.Which of the following is TRUE? A From the new standard,we know that P.E.is more important than math and Chinese. B.With Ma as a model,students are only hard-working on jump rope. C.Students with no experience can't leatn the hip-hop dance class. D.Tai Chi may relax students and make them happy to have the next'class. 63.What can we infer(推断)from the passage? 奶 A.Ren Jianing really enjoys hip-hop dance. B.There is a Tai Chi contest for students. C.Students may be hard-working in hip-hop classes. D.Schools must teach fewer ball games. 64.The best structure of this passage is A.①/②③④/⑤ B.①②③④⑥ C.①②/③④⑤ D.①②/③/④⑤ 65.Which is the Dest title of this passage? A.P.E.Gets More and More Important. B.How to be healthy in P.E.class? C.China's New Standard on Classes. D.What was the P.E.class like? 第Ⅱ卷非选择题 (60分) 五、词汇运用（共10小题：每小题1分，计10分） 根据句子意思，用括号中所给汉语提示或英语单词的适当形式填空。（每空一词） 66.He cut out a picture of a lovely dog and (粘住)it on the cover of his notebook. 67.It is important to look (从头至尾)the questions before you answer them. 68.People in the UK use the word"holiday",but in America people often use"A ”(假期 instead. 69.Amy thinks learning foreignA(语言)is fun. 70.Who has the. ▲_（少）rice.Jim,Kate or I.cy? 71.Most of us feel (terrible)cold because of the strong wind. 72.The coat is ane of the (climber)there.Let's give it back to him. 73.He is very A (humor)and always makes me happy. 74.They wanted to keep the secret to (they),but at last we all knew it. 75.There is not enough water to meet the(day)needs of the whole city. 六、阅读表达（共5小题，每小题2分，计10分） 阅读短文，回答下面5个问题。（每题答案不超过10个单词） Jeans are so common,and you may want to know its history and who invented them.Jeans were invented by a German named Levi Strauss.He went to the U.S.in 1847 and followed the Gold Kush to San Francisco.He carried many kinds of tabric (to sell.Levi quickly became a successful businessman.The miners (L)in California had a problem with their pants.When they found gold or ore(f石)，they carried it in their pockets..But the metal was heavy,and the pockets ripped(撕开).n 1873,Jacob and Levi made the first jeans-tough pants.The miners loved them,and the jeans quickly became popular. At the beginning,Levi's jeans were work pants.Many workers wore them all the time.But a gentleman wouldn't think of wearing jeans.Women didn't wear pants at all.But this changed when Western movies became popula.All the cowboys were in jeans.People thought the cowboys looked cool.But jeans still weren't proper for places like schools and ottices.Back in the U:S.,fashions changed.Movie stars wore jeans in their films.Teenagers everywhere loved them.Some schools banned (辏止)jeans hecause of their“rebel"”(叛逆)image.But casual clothing including jeans,became popular for more and more occasions.Eventually,jeans were so common.that it became okay for anyone to wear them.You can even find pictures of the president wearing jeans. Today,all kinds of people around the world wear jeans.People wear them everywhere.Jeans are popular today for the same reasons they were popular when Levi Strauss first made them. They look good,they last long,and they are comfortable.That's probably.why you own a pair or two,or seven,yourself. 76.Who invented jeans? 77.Whe was the first jeans-tough pants made? 78.Did gentleman and women wear jeans at the beginning? 79.What did people think of the cowboys in jeans? 80.Why were jeans banned in some schools? 七、首字母填空（共10小题；每小题1分，计10分） Beth had scarlet fever,and she was very ill.She was worse than Hannah or the doctor expected.Jo and Meg didn't know much about 1 81 arrer ill people so Hannah looked after Beth.She was an e82 nurse.Jo helped.She sat next to Beth's bed day and night and watched her.The doctor came twice a day,but Beth didn't'get b83.She got worse.Meg wanted to write and tell their mother to come home but Hannah said,"No,don't say anything to your mother yet.We don't want to w84 het” A letter a 85 from Washington.Their father was ill again.Their mother had to stay and look 7 after him.She couldn't come home. The days seemed very dark now and the house seemed empty.It was very q 86.Nobody laughed.Nobody sang.Meg and Jo worked and w_ .with heavy hearts.They.missed their sweet, unselfish little sister.Everybody missed the little girl.Mr Laurence locked his giand p 88 because nobody came to play it.The milkman,the baker,the grocer and the butcher all asked about her.The n89 sent all kinds of nice things for her and their good wishes.Even poor Mrs Hummel came to the house to say sorry.The girls were s90 to discover how many friends shy little Beth had.On the first day of December a cold wind blew and it snowed. -Taken from-Little Women 八、书面表达（计30分） A句子翻译（共5小题，每小题2分，计10分） 91.八年级的学生们迫不及待要上DY的课程。 92你最好为她保密而不是讲她的坏话。 93.不仅他的父母而且他都痴迷于看外国电影。 94.因为他很忙，所以他的爱好比他弟弟的少。 95这些社会工作者们花了多长时间阅读这个说明？ B.写作（计20分） 96.假设你叫李华，你的英国朋友No想要在中国结交更多的朋友。她在下面的信息中提了 一些问题，请你仔细阅读，根据内容用英语把你最好的朋友Ly介绍给她。 You study in a mixed school and you have different kinds of subjects to learn.You have'a 'colorful and interesting school life because you have a lot of good friends.I want to make friends with them. Would you please tell me more about your best friend? What does your best friend look like? What makes her so special?Can you give me an example? Does she work hard at all the subjects?And what is her favourite subject? She likes DIY in her free time,can you tell me what she did for her family? What future plan does she have?Why? 注意：1)短文必须包括所有要点。2)词数90左右，可适当增加细节，使句子通顺连贯。 8