四川省成都市实验外国语学校2024-2025学年八年级上学期期中考试英语试卷

成都市实验外国语学校2024-2025学年上期半期考试 八年级英语学科试题 共3张10页 总分：150分 时间：120分钟 A卷（共95分） 第一部分听力（共30分） I.Listen to the sentences carefully and choose the right responses.Each sentence wiil be read twice..(5 scores)听句子，选择合适的答语。每小题念两遍。 1.A.No,thanks. B.Yes,I did. C.Yes,I'd love to. 2.A.Twice a week B.For two hours. C.Tomorrow. 3.A.OK. B.Sounds good. C.I think so. 4.A.Travel around the world. B.A dentist. C.With my best friend. 5.A.In spring. B.I visited a lot of places. C.Jinsha Museum,I think. D.Listen to the sentences carefully and choose the right plctures you hear.Each sentence will be read twice..(侣scores)根据称所听到的句子选努恰当的图片，每小 题念两遍。 D E 6. 7. 9 10. HI.Listen to the dlalogues and choose the correct answers.Each dialogue will be read twice..(10seos)听对话，选锋每个问题恰当的答寨。每小题念两遽， 听第1段对话，回答第11、12题 11.When was Linda born? A.In1992 B.In1993. C.n1995. 12.Where was Linda's brother born? A.In London. B.In Paris. C.In New York. 听第2段对话：回答第13、14题 13.What birthday present do the two speakers want to buy for Alice? A.A book. B.A basketball. C.A football. 14.How much money do the two speakers have in total? A.20 dollars B.14 dollars. C.8 dollars. 1 听第3段对话，回答第15至17题 5.Who will Peter meet at the train station? A.Jane. B.Jane's cousin C.Peter's cousin 16.What does Linda look like? A.She has long hair. B.She is short. C.She has small eyes. 17.When will Frank get to the train station? A.At 9:40 am. B.At 9:50 am. C.At 9:40 pm. 听第4殷对话，回答第18至20题 18.Why did Lily look sad? A.Because she was seriously ill. B.Because she was angry with Anna. C.Because she got terrible test results. 19.How long was Lily away from school? A.For a week. B.For seventeen days.C.For a month 20.How wili they help Lily? A.By taking care of her. B.By giving her some books. C.By learning together with her. TV.Listen to the passage and complete the table.The passage will be read three times. (10gcos)听短文，根据短文内容完成图表中所缺信息。短文念三避。 Suggestions for activites in the holldays Enjoy the great Go out into the fresh air and get some outdoors Meet your friends in a beautiful and enjoyable park,because it's the 22 place in the city. o Ask your parents you to cook a new kind of food; Join a new club to develop a new hobby; Learn a musical instrument ()You can get_25 by your progress if you spend enough time practicing it. 第二部分基础知识运用（共25分） V.Choo3 e the words with different sounds..(5 scores)选出划线部分读音不同的单词。 26.A.information B.erform C.reporter 27.A.champion B.character C.change 28.A.waited B.missed C.decided 29.A.loudly B.enough C.touch 30.A.diary B.magazine C.translator 2 VI.Complete the passage.(10 scores)朴全短文. A.something terrible B.as quiet as C.have a lot in common D.plays a role in 巳.making up Friendship 1 in making our life enjoyable and colorful.My best friend Christine and I32.For example,we both enjoy spending time doing lots of interesting things with each other,like33 some stories,doing sports and playing games.What's more,Christine is _me,so we usually read books together after class and we both take our study seriously.More importantly,we both care about each other when35happens.We have so many similarities that I always feel lucky to have a friend like her. VI.Complete the dialogue.(I0 scores)补全对话。 A:Hello,Susan!The winter holiday is coming.30 B:I plan to go to Hainan.It's awonderful place. A:Sounds great!37 i want to go somewhere cool. B:Where do you plan to go? A:Weihai.It's very cool.38 B:What did she do there? A:39 And there were some other activities. B:What did she think of them? A:40 And I decide to have a trip there. B:Have a good trip! A:The same to you! A.What's your pian? B.She said they were interesting and great. C.She took a boat trip in the sea. D.And Linda went there last week. E. But I think it's much hotter than other places. 第三部分阅读理解（共40分） VTm皿.Cloze test.(20 scores)完形填空。 A king got two baby eagles.He loved them very much and invited a caretaker(照看人)io look after ther. As time passed,both eagles grew 41 and the king wished to see them42.However,as he let them out,one eagle flew high into the sky while the other getting back to its starting branch 枝)_43一flying a few meters. The king asked why.The caretaker answered,"This eagle always has this 44 3 It just won't fly high."The king feels sorry for it.So he told all people in the country that 45- who could help the second eagle fly high would get some money. Many smart people came,but no one succeeded.The king almost lost hope. Then one day,something-46 happened.The king saw both eagles flying high in the sky.He was so47 that he called the caretaker over.The caretaker said that a 48 made it.Theu he brought the man to the king. The king asked,"How did you do this while those smart men couldn't?" The man answered,"I simply 49 the branch on which the eagle always sits, like what I usually do on my farm.With no branch,it could only fly 50" So it's important to find out where the problem actually comes from. 41.A.bigger B.fatter C.taller 12.A.dance B.fly C.sing 43.A.after B.before C.when 44.A.accident B.problem C.question 45.A.someone B.everyone C.anyone 46.A.bad B.unexpected C.usual 47.A.excited B.stressed C.worried 48.A.doctor B.farmer C.teacher 49.A.put up B.give away C.cut down 0.A.along B.outside C.away IX.Read the following passages and choose the best answers according to the passage. (20 scorea3)阅读下面的短文，根据短文内容选择最佳选项。 A a 6 Shanghai built many 15-minute At a market in Ningbo, neighborhood life circles,which means Zhejiang Province,there is a it only takes you less than 15 minutes screen showing the latest to get the services you need. vegetable prices and the kinds of vegetables. Last year,a farmer's market in one of those The use of this new technology(技术)makes circies developed a WeChat mini--program(小程 information more through which people can order something from the circle,saving shopping time. c d At a farmer's market in Chongqing, In Wuhan,Hubei,a market customers will get a payment receipt( shows real-time rankings(排名) 据)printed with a QR code(二维码)on it each of best-selling things with the help of an app. time they buy something.When they find a safety In this way,sellers can see which vegetables problem with the thing they bought,they can find and fruits are selling well in this market.This out where it came from through the code. makes their daily work much easier. 51.In which part of a newspaper can we see this reading? A.Trade Culture.B.Health Safety. C.Science Life. 52.What can we find on the screen at the market in Ningbo? A.How much the vegetables are. B.What the popular vegetables are. C.Where the vegetables come from. 53.Which word can be used to fill in the blank in passage b? A.sericus B.open C.creative 54.Which is right about the app used in the market in Wuhan? A.Mrs.Su:Great!I can ouy safe and healthy food from it. B.Miss Li:Now I can know the cheapest vegetables in the market. C.Mr.Huang:It is quite useful!I don't need to worry about what to sell. 5.What do the four markets have in common? A.They all make people's life easier. B.They are all in a 15-minute neighborhood life circle. C.People need to enjoy all the services in the markets with their phones. B Les Choristes is a heart-warming French fiim.The film tells the story of a music teacher Clement Mathieu and his students. Musician Ciement Mathieu arrives at an old boarding school to work as a music teacher for problem boys.He feels like a failure.The middle-aged man wasn't sure how long he can work in this school,facing these naughty(顽皮的)boys. Mathieu soon finds that some of the boys can sing.So he begins a choir (and let the boys sing some musical pieces LES CHORTSTES he wrote with him One of the students Pierre is a trouble-maker in the school. But Mathieu finds that the boy has a great talent for singing,and then he tells him to join the choir.This makes the boy's mom very happy. What's more,Mathieu cares very much about his students. Pepinot is a boy who lost his parents.Other boys don't like him and never make friends with him,so the teacher Mathieu always gives him affection and care.This makes the boy feel very warm. Les Choristes was a successful movie in France and was the French entry(参赛作品) in the Oscar Awards for Best Foreign Language Film of 2005.Christophe Barratier,the director of the film,said he hoped that the film could show the healing power (of music and the big difference good teachers can make to their students. 5 56.How does Mathicu feel about teaching at first in this school? A.Upset. B.Bored. C Excited】 57.What does Mathieu do to help the students? A.He starts to write music. B.He asks their parents for help. C.He teaches them to sing in a choir. 58.What do we know about Pierre? A.He is very good at singing. B.His mother is always happy with him C.Other students don't make friends with him. 30.What does the underlined word"affection"probably mean? A.Difference. B.Love. C.Luck. 60.What can we know about the film from the passage? ①Ending. ②Characters.. ③Success. A.①② B.①③ C.②③ B卷（共55分） I. Fill in the blanks with the right forms of the words glven.(⑤scores)用所给单诃的 正确形式填空。 1.After school,the students want to enjoy in a park.(they) 2. Which student takes his homework in your class?(seriously) 3.With a better living habit,Jerry is much than before.(healthy) 4.Nancy hopes more classmates to join her birthday party.(invitation) 5.Our school gives us quite a few of after-school ciubs this year.(choose) II.Complete the passage according to the lessons you learned.The first letter of the word is given,(10 scores)填单词，补全短文，单词的首字母已给出。 How do you spend your free time?The answers from students can be very different. Jane likes traveliing,so she went to Malaysia with her family this summer.They wanted to walk up to the top of Penang Hill,but it startedr6a little so they changed their plan.When they finally got to the top,the weather was even worse,so they couldn't see anything b? Henry likes watching TV in his free time.His favourite cartoon role is Mickey.Although Mickey was u8and had many problems,he was always ready to try his best. So people liked to go to the cinema to watch the"litile man"w9.They wanted to be like him. Mark is a m 10.He is trying very hard to join in the school talent show next month,because the winner can get a very good p11.But who sings the most b 12?Who plays the piano best?That's up to the audience to judge. Students also enjoy spending free time with their friends.Larry,for example,likes 6 playing tennis with his friend,Huang Lei.He often helps Huang Lei to b 13 out the best.They are quite different.Larry thinks it's not n14 to be the same for friends,though. Many other students like to go online or watch TV in the free time.But we think the best way to relax is through e15.Start organizing your time well before it's too late! III.Choose the words from the box and use the right forms to complete the passage. Each word can only be used once,.(10分)12选i0. beautiful culture die he important luck perform make save scary through wear Peking Opera is one of the main traditional operas in China and it has become a 16 symbol.If you have watched any,you may notice the colorful faces. In Peking Opera,17 use colorful facial makeup to show different characters.Different colors of facial makeup have different meanings.We can know what a character is like18 his special makeup.Let's leam some facts. Red is a 19 color in China.Chinese people believe red things means the coming of good things.In Peking Opera,red usually means honesty and bravery.In Chinese history,Guan Yu was a hero who was brave enough to go to his enemy's diuner party by20 with only a knife.His facial Guan Yu makeup is red. White means purity in Western culture,so most women expect 21 a long white dress for their wedding ()But in China,there is always a relationship between white and22,so you can never see this color at a traditional Chinese wedding.And a character in Peking Opera with white facial makeup is usually a bad person. Black is not quite popular in China because it makes us feel stressed and 23 .However,black in Peking Opera means fairness ()The facial makeup of Bao Zheng is always black.Although many think rich people are 24 than poor people,Bao Zheng doesn't think so.He always tries his best Bao Zheng 25 all kind people. If you plan to watch some traditional shows next time,try Peking Opera! IV.Choose the sentences and compiete the passage.(5 scores)65. When young people want to travei,one problem they have is that they don't have money. During summer vacations and weekends,they can do part-time jobs.26For example,traveling to Australia from Taiwan can be quite expensive just for a plane ticket. 27Because although young people can go on working trips in many countries,they can get more money and jobs in these two countries.A young person only needs to take some paper money for use ifhe wants to get a working trip.28 That money can help him live there. Many of the jobs need little or no experience ()such as picking fruit or working on a busy farm in the countryside.Some of the jobs need more experience.29 You don't need to worry about this,because there is always something to do if you really want. 30 If you are looking for a way to make a little money and sec the world, they might give you a way to make it come true. A.But the money they make is just not enough. B.Many students tried this way and became rich there. C.There are many ads on the Internet for a working trip D:Because after he gets there,he can make some money from the job. E.If students want to travel to Australia and New Zealand,they are lucky. F.Most people cannot have it,such as being a teacher working in a school. V.Read the passage and complete the chart..(5 scores)完成图袋。根据短文内容， 完成图表中所缺信息。 The 2025 World Games will start on August 7th in Chengdu next year.No other cities on the Chinese mainland had the event before. Usually,no more than 380u players take part in the World Games,but in 2025 in Chengdu,this number will be much bigger.The sports include flying disc(),sport climbing,American footbail and so on. The slogan and mascots(口号和吉样物)for the Chengdu World Games appeared on August6h.They are a symbol of sports spirit and Chinese culture. The slogan is "Boundless Sports,Countless Wonders".People decided to use it because it can show our strong love for sports and life. The mascots,,Shu Bao”and“Jin Zai',come from two rare(稀有的)animals in Sichuan:the panda and the golden snub-nosed monkey(川金丝s猴).People choose them as the mascots because it lets us know the importance of learning about these rare animals and protecting nature.The two mascots'names show one of the traditional cultures in Sichuan- “Shu jin”. The World Games is a good time for the city to show its culture and beauty to the world. On the other hand,players always dream of taking part in big sports events,and the World Games gives them a way. 8 It is a good time for the city to show its culture and beauty to the world. .Many players can realize their dreams by35the World Games. Meaning The Chengdu 2025 World Gares Information Place:Chengdu will be the31Chinese Slogen:Boundless Sporte. Mnseofs:Shu Bao and Jin Zai Countless Wonders. mainland city to hoid(举办)il. .Time:It staris on Aug 7th,2025. It cnshow peoplo's Players:Much32 players wlli compete 33 for choosing them It is 34for people strong love for sport in It in 2025 than usuaL to leam aboutnm and life. Sports:There will be 35 kinds. and proteet nre. VL.Read恤e passage and answer the question3.(5 scores)任务型阅接。根据短文内 容，按要求回答问题。 in most places of the worid,a five-day work week is common.But in some places, people are starting to pay workers the same money for working just four days a week. The idea isn't new but businesses have been slow to try it.They may be worried about getting less work for their money.But the result of a last year's test shows the change may be good for both businesses and workers. Last June,51 UK companies agreed to take part in the four-day work week test.In July, another 10 companies joined,too.They paid their workers the seme money and told their workers to try to do as much in four days as they usually did in five.It took six months to do the test,and the result was good for most businesses.During the test,some companies had fewer meetings,or made sure they were shorter.Others used technology to help workers to finish their work quickly..Some companies created a“ocus time(专注时间)”s0 workers could work on just one thing.So,workers worked faster and better.What's mcre,the companies made more money. Most workers were pleased with the four-day work week.Some people said they could get more training and take care of things at homc.Othors said they could spend more time with their families. At the end of the test,ninety-two percent of the companies taking part in the test said they planned to keep the four-day work week. 9 36.What does the result of the last year's test show?(no more than 12 words) 37.How many companies agreed to do the test?(no more than 3 words) 38.What does the word“they"in Paragraph3 refer to(指代)？(no more than5 words) 39.How did most workers feel about the four-day work week?(no more than 3 words) 40.What do you think of the four-day work week?Why? VL.Writing,(15 scores)书面表达. 适当的放松有利于身心健康。为帮助同学们缓解学习压力，学校英语社团开展了 征文活动，邀请大家以“ustrelax!"为题投稿。请根据下图提示，说明放松的重要性， 并分亭有效的解压方法。 Importance? Just relax! Ways Wby? Why? Why? Why? 注意： 1.词数80词左右： 2.文中不能出现真实姓名及学校名称。 10