八年级英语期中模拟卷（北京专用）-学易金卷：2024-2025学年初中下学期期中模拟考试

2024-2025学年八年级下学期期中模拟卷（北京专用） 英语 （考试时间：90分钟 试卷满分：60分） 第一部分 一、单项填空(每题0.5分,共6分) 题号 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 答案 B D D D C B D D D D 题号 11 12 答案 D B 二、完形填空(每题1分,共8分) 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 B D A C B C A D 三、 阅读理解(共26分, 每小题2分) （一）信息匹配 21．D 22．A 23．C （二）信息选择 24．B 25．D 26．C 27．B 28．C 29．D 30．C 31．B 32．C 33．D 第二部分 四、 阅读表达(共10分, 第1-3题每小题2分, 第4小题4分) 34．Used items (like clothes or toys). 35．People can just drop them off at Loved Before’s offices or mail them in./By dropping them off at Loved Before’s offices or mailing them in. 36．A school classroom./School classrooms. 37．I think it’s meaningful/helpful because it makes secondhand toys to be loved again and it also donates 50 percent of the profits to charity. I think it’s educational because it teaches children the importance of giving something secondhand a second chance and it also shows a new way to reduce waste. 五、文段表达(10分) 38．例文 Dear Mr. Smith， I’m writing to invite you to take part in our school trip to the Summer Palace this Saturday. We are going to meet at the school gate at 8 a.m. First, we will walk around the Summer Palace and enjoy the ancient Chinese buildings there. After that we will have a picnic. We will share each other’s food. I’m going to take some beautiful photos. I’m sure you will have great fun. We hope to see you, so we can all enjoy this trip together. Please remember to wear comfortable shoes and clothes, as it is a very big park and there will be much walking. You had better bring some simple food for the picnic and enough water, please. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions. I’m looking forward to your early reply. Yours, Li Hua 39．例文 My Favorite Chinese Traditional Festival There are many traditional festivals in China. My favorite Chinese traditional festival is the Mid-Autumn Festival. On the Mid-Autumn Festival, we usually go back home from other cities or places and have a big dinner with the whole family. At night, we often start the tradition of admiring the moon and sharing mooncakes with our families. I like Mid-Autumn Festival best not only because I like the delicious mooncakes but also because it’s family get-together time. I really enjoy the love among our families. 答案第2页，共2页 ( 1 / 2 )学科网（北京）股份有限公司 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$ 2024-2025学年八年级下学期期中模拟卷（北京专用） 英语 注意事项： 1.本试卷分选择题和非选择题两部分。答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。 2.回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。写在本试卷上无效。 3.回答非选择题时，必须用黑色字迹的签字笔或者钢笔将答案写在答题卡相应位置上。写在本试卷上无效。 4. 难度系数：0.65。 5.考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。 第一部分 本部分共33题,共40分。在每题列出的四个选项中,选出最符合题目要求的一项。 一、单项填空(每题0.5分,共6分) 从下面各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选择可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 1．The music ____________ really nice. I want to listen to it again. A．hears B．sounds C．listens D．watches 2．Tree Planting Day is ________ March 12th every year. A．at B．in C．to D．on 3．I am so excited _________ going to Xinjiang this May. A．into B．in C．for D．about 4．I know it’s ____________ to work out the problem, but I will try ____________ on it. A．hard; hardly B．hardly; hard C．hardly; hardly D．hard; hard 5．—Have you ever been to Shenzhen ____________? —Yes. I went there two weeks ____________. It is a modern city. A．yet; before B．just; ago C．yet; ago D．before; before 6．The ice and snow in Harbin are beautiful, so every winter ____________ tourists come here. A．five million of B．millions of C．million of D．five millions 7．It ____________ a lot in summer in Beijing. It is often rainy. A．rain B．rainy C．is raining D．rains 8．—We have lived in this city ____________ 1980. —So you have lived here ____________ over 30 years. A．in; for B．for; since C．in; since D．since; for 9．—Tom, why are you playing computer games again? —I __________ my homework. A．finish B．finishing C．finished D．have finished 10．She couldn’t help __________ when she heard the bad news. A．cry B．to cry C．cried D．crying 11．Jason is good at running. He ________ run 100 meters in 11 seconds. A．must B．should C．need D．can 12．—May I speak to Tom? —Sorry, he ________ America. But he ________ in two days. A．has been to; will come back B．has gone to; will come back C．has gone to; came back D．has gone to; came back 二、完形填空(每题1分,共8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、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。 Never too late That morning Sean checked the email as usual. Then he found an unexpected email in his inbox. Could he realize his dream late? Sean was now nearly 40, alone and poor. He dreamed of being a police officer for a long time and never made it. Was it possibly 13 this time? When Sean was only a 5-year-old boy, his father’s friend Paul once 14 the little boy home in his police car. Sean was interested in the car, the lights and the uniform. He decided to be a hero like Paul. However, a high school teacher 15 his dream. She argued that he had a true gift for writing and should not waste it being a police officer. Sean followed his teacher’s advice and finally, he became a 16 for a newspaper and married. During the years, he changed several jobs but nothing made him really 17 . His heart really wasn’t in the job or marriage. Actually, he had never really given up his childhood dream to become a policeman. His wife could not bear this and left him when Sean was 39 years old. Sean was 18 to move back to St. Ignace, where his dad lived. “I feel like a failure,” Sean says. He was sad and lost 25 pounds in a few months. When his father encouraged him to search for a new job, the opportunity came. Phoenix was in great need of police officers and one of Sean’s old friends emailed him, “Do you still want to be a police officer?” “Phoenix was a world away — 2,100 miles from St. Ignace,” says Sean. “But here, at least, was one more 19 , I felt reborn.” In order to pass the test to enter the police academy (学院), Sean 20 began training, setting a daily running rule of a mile and a half. Three weeks later when he arrived in Phoenix, Sean was a man physically and emotionally changed. Finally, Sean passed the written exam and completed the physical test. On Nov.16, 2015, Sean finished his education in the police academy. The following year, Sean got a prize because of his excellent job. “It took me 35 years. But a promise is a promise. How many people can say they achieved their life’s dream?” Sean says. “I made it. It just proves that it’s never too late.” 13．A．new B．different C．strange D．interesting 14．A．guided B．led C．carried D．drove 15．A．broke B．made C．kept D．supported 16．A．teacher B．driver C．reporter D．manager 17．A．rich B．happy C．famous D．lucky 18．A．invited B．asked C．forced D．ordered 19．A．chance B．time C．job D．dream 20．A．busily B．carefully C．quietly D．immediately 三、 阅读理解(共26分, 每小题2分) A (一)信息匹配。 下面的材料介绍了四种益智玩具。请根据各小题中的图片，找出相应的描述，并将对应的序号填在相应的位置上。 Chinese people have already enjoyed math games and toys for thousands of years. Read and choose the right description (描述) for each picture. A This game has some rings. To win, you must take off all the rings in a special order. For example, to take off the ninth ring, you have to take off the third, fifth, and seventh rings first. B This is named after an old Chinese story. Each piece has a character’s name from the story. To win, you have to move the pieces to free a character named “Cao Cao”. C It’s made of six wooden blocks (块). It’s not easy to get the blocks off, and it’s usually easier to unlock them than to put back the blocks together. D It has seven pieces of different shapes. You need to use all the pieces to make a shape. They can create shapes of animals, people, or things. 21． 22． 23． (二)信息选择。阅读下面的三篇短文, 根据短文内容, 从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中, 选择最佳选项。 B Maya was a high school student from a small village. When she was a child, Maya had a dream—to become an astronaut and explore (探索) space. However, the people around her all thought it was a joke. Although people didn’t believe she could make it, Maya put all her effort into her studies at school. She read books on astronomy, joined science camps, and looked for guidance from teachers. Maya’s interest in space grew stronger with each passing day, encouraging her to deal with any difficulty in her path. In her final year of high school, an opportunity came—a scholarship (奖学金) would offer a chance to study astrophysics at a famous university. The selection (选拔) was strict, testing students’ knowledge, skills, and ability. Maya tried her best to prepare for it and she spent hours on it every day. When the day of the scholarship interview arrived, Maya faced a group of professors in the field. Nervously, she answered their questions and shared her love for space exploration. Although the interview was challenging, Maya tried her best until the last moment. Weeks turned into months and there weren’t any results. Maya had doubts (怀疑) and uncertainty, but she didn’t let worries stop her journey. Finally, the day of the announcement (公告) arrived. Maya’s heart raced as the names were called one by one. As the last name was reported, Maya’s heart broke—it wasn’t hers. She failed! Although she was disappointed, Maya continued to explore other opportunities in the field of space exploration. Years passed, and Maya’s perseverance (坚持) paid off. She attracted the attention of a famous astronaut who guided her on a new journey. Maya got hands-on experience, took part in research projects, and lost herself in the world of space exploration. She finally made her childhood dream come true. 24．What did people around Maya think of her dream? A．Funny. B．Impossible. C．Meaningful. D．Awful. 25．What did Maya do after she lost the chance in the selection? A．She kept reading books on astronomy. B．She answered questions in an interview. C．She doubted the results of the announcement. D．She continued to explore other opportunities. 26．What can we learn from Maya’s story? A．Opportunity waits for no man. B．Two heads are better than one. C．Perseverance is the key to success. D．Don’t waste life in doubts and fears. C Do you have good friends? Do you sometimes feel so close to them that they are like family to you?     It turns out that this isn’t just an expression. A study by Yale University has found that you and your friends have more genes (基因) in common than strangers do. Researchers looked at the genes of 1,932 people and compared them in pairs of unrelated friends and strangers. They found that friends have 1% of genes that match.     “1% of genes may not sound like much to the layperson (外行), but to geneticists (遗传学家) it is a larger number,” Professor Nicholas Christakis of Yale University told Discovery News. In fact, this is the same amount of genes you share with your fourth cousins, those who have the same great-great-great-grandparents as you.     So do you happen to become friends with people who share your genes? Not at all. In fact, it is evolution (进化) that brings you together.    “People who share certain genes also share skills and have similar likes and dislikes,” researchers said. In ancient times, it was important that people who were alike stayed together. For example, people who had a similar susceptibility (易感性) to the cold were more likely to help each other build a fire, giving them a better chance to stay alive.     Researchers also found that among all the genes studied, those producing a change in sense of smell were the most similar in friends. This is probably because people who smell things in the same way are more easily drawn to similar environments. For example, people who like the smell of coffee may hang out at cafes (咖啡馆) more often and as a result are more likely to meet and become friends with each other.     With their findings, the team has developed an interesting test called the “friendship score”. It can help tell how big the chances are that two people will be friends by studying their genes.     So, here is a question for you: would you like to take this test and know in advance (提前) who your friends are going to be, or would you still prefer to learn about it by yourself and let time be the judge? 27．From the passage, we know that friends _______. A．look like our cousins B．share 1% of genes with us C．feel close to our family D．can help us when we feel cold 28．The writer takes the example of ancient people in Paragraph 5 to _______. A．study how ancient people dealt with the cold B．predict that similar environments lead to friendship C．prove that it is the evolution that brings friends together D．explain why ancient people gave each other a chance to keep alive 29．Which of the following would be the best title for the passage? A．Friendship: Its Influence on People and Behavior. B．Friendship: Its Benefits to Teens and Decision Making. C．Friendship: Is It Necessary to Be Judged by Time? D．Friendship: Is It Possible to Be Influenced by Genes? D The way we spend our time can be divided into three "bottles". These are the Necessary Tasks Bottle, the Voluntary Tasks Bottle and the Happiness Bottle. Every day, we spend time filling the Necessary Tasks Bottle with useful things, like making money, doing housework, buying food and paying bills. We then fill another bottle with Voluntary Tasks. These are things that we do for others, we may not enjoy, but we do them anyway This bottle gets filled with tasks like taking children to activities, cooking family meals, and washing clothes for family members, Those bottles are very important if we don't fill them each day. However, we often forget to fill the third bottle-the Happiness Bottle. This is the bottle that we fill with activities that make us happy. Is your Happiness Bottle sometimes empty at the end of the day? Between doing all the Necessary and Voluntary Tasks, time flies by, and before we know it. It is time for bed. We all have days like that. This is why each day we have to make an effort(努力) to fill our Happiness Bottle. Most days, I fill mine by going to the dancing class. And I always leave classes more happily than when I enter. This week, I had the pleasure of taking part in a guitar practice in my neighborhood. We showed our musical talent and practiced music for charity(慈善). It was a time of fun, friendship, and music-making. At the end of the evening, my Happiness Bottle was filled to the top. The challenge(挑战)for each of us is to not let the day go by without filling our Happiness Bottle. That takes some planning. Many of us probably need to pencil happiness activities into our schedule(日程表) or we will fill our schedule with those Necessary and Voluntary Tasks. This week. Think about how your time is being spent. Are you doing enough activities that bring joy to your life? Or are the Necessary and Voluntary Tasks using up all your time? At the end of the day. Hopefully we've done all we can to make sure that our Happiness Bottle is filled. 30．Which activity belongs to(属于) a Necessary Task according to the passage? A．Having fun with your good friend B．Preparing a big dinner for your family. C．Going to work although it is raining heavily. D．Sending your son to a piano lesson on Sunday. 31．People can fill the Happiness Bottle by________. A．planning our schedule without any Voluntary Tasks B．spending time on activities that make us happy C．using up all the time to find happiness. D．doing more things for other people 32．What can we learn from the passage? A．People often fill the Happiness Bottle at bedtime. B．People are happy to fill the Voluntary Tasks Bottle each day C．It is necessary for people to plan happy activities on the schedule. D．It is OK if we don't fill the Necessary Tasks or Voluntary Tasks Bottle. 33．What is the writer's main purpose in writing this passage? A．To describe what the Happiness Bottle is like B．To introduce ways to fill the Harness bottle C．To share the experience of filling the Happiness Bottle D．To tell people to spend time filling the Happiness Bottle 第二部分 本部分共5题, 共20分。根据题目要求, 完成相应任务。 四、 阅读表达(共10分, 第1-3题每小题2分, 第4小题4分) Charlotte Liebling was volunteering at a thrift shop in London, England, in 2016. Thrift shops sell used items like clothes or toys. Often, they donate the money they make to people in need. Liebling noticed that many people dropped off old soft teddy bears, rabbits, and other stuffed animals in good condition. Some were sold. But most were thrown away. Liebling loves stuffed animals and she knew these stuffed animals were once special toys for the owners. “I was sad to learn most of them ended up in the garbage,” she said. In 2019, Liebling created a company called Loved Before. It is a soft-toy adoption agency. It cleans up donated stuffies. Then, it resells them online. It charges between 10 to 15 pounds for each stuffed animal. She has donated 50 percent of her profits (利润) to charity. In the past five years, Liebling has collected more than 60,000 stuffies —people can just drop them off at Loved Before’s offices. They can also mail them in. Lauren Sergi donated her collection of stuffed toys to Loved Before. “They deserved better than staying in boxes for decades,” she said. The stuffed animals are cleaned with high-temperature steam. Liebling works on 50 to 100 stuffed animals every day. She gets help from three workers and three volunteers. Each stuffie takes between one and five hours to clean up. Donors (捐赠人) are asked to send a brief story about their stuffed animals. The company uses the information to create a life story for the toys. Sometimes, a stuffie comes in without a story. “We’ll pass them over to a school classroom,” Liebling said. “The children will take them on adventures and write the stories. They help teach children the importance of giving something secondhand a second chance.” Liebling has big hopes for each Loved Before toy. “Our second-chance toys are very valuable. It’s because of the love and adventure they’ve already experienced. I love that we can give them a second chance to be loved. Besides, we contribute to environmental sustainability (可持续性) by reducing the waste and showing a new way of recycling.” 34．What do thrift shops sell? 35．How can people give the stuffies to Loved Before? 36．Where will the company pass the stuffies without stories over to? 37．What do you think of the company Loved Before? Why do you think so? (Give at least 2 reasons) 五、文段表达(10分) 从下面两个题目中任选一题, 根据中文和英文提示, 完成一篇不少于50词的文段写作。文中已给出内容不计入总词数。所给提示词语仅供选用。请不要写出你的校名和姓名。 38．假如你是李华，你们班在本周六将要组织一次去颐和园(the Summer Palace)的春游活动，你打算邀请外教Mr. Smith参加。请你用英语写—封邮件，告诉他春游集合的时间和地点，在那做什么，以及他需要带什么。 提示词语：school gate, enjoy, picnic, food 提示问题： •When and where will you meet? •What are you going to do there? •What should Mr. Smith bring? Dear Mr. Smith, I’m writing to invite you to take part in our school trip to the Summer Palace this Saturday. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ I’m looking forward to your early reply. Yours, Li Hua 39．中国有悠久的历史文化，中国节日是传统文化的重要组成部分。现在某校英语网站正在以“My Favorite Chinese Traditional Festival”为题进行征文活动。请你用英语写征文，介绍—个你最喜欢的中国传统节日春节、端午节、中秋节等，以及节日期间的传统活动和你的感受。 提示词语：the Spring Festival, put up, prepare, dinner, set off, wish, happy 提示问题： •What’s your favorite Chinese traditional festival? •What do you do during the festival? •How do you feel? My Favorite Chinese Traditional Festival ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 试卷第6页，共7页 1 / 15 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$ 2024-2025学年八年级下学期期中模拟卷（北京专用） 英语 注意事项： 1.本试卷分选择题和非选择题两部分。答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。 2.回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。写在本试卷上无效。 3.回答非选择题时，必须用黑色字迹的签字笔或者钢笔将答案写在答题卡相应位置上。写在本试卷上无效。 4. 难度系数：0.65。 5.考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。 第一部分 本部分共33题,共40分。在每题列出的四个选项中,选出最符合题目要求的一项。 一、单项填空(每题0.5分,共6分) 从下面各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选择可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 1．The music ____________ really nice. I want to listen to it again. A．hears B．sounds C．listens D．watches 【答案】B 【详解】句意：这首音乐听起来很好听。我想再听一遍。 考查动词辨析。hears听见；sounds听起来，连系动词，后跟形容词；listens听；watches看。根据“really nice.”可知，音乐听起来不错，系动词+形容词，故选B。 2．Tree Planting Day is ________ March 12th every year. A．at B．in C．to D．on 【答案】D 【详解】句意：植树节在每年的3月12日。 考查介词的用法。at用于具体的时间点前；in用于年代，月份前；to到；on用于具体的某一天前。根据“March 12th”可知，3月12日是具体的某一天，所以时间介词用on。故选D。 3．I am so excited _________ going to Xinjiang this May. A．into B．in C．for D．about 【答案】D 【详解】句意：我很兴奋今年五月能去新疆。 考查介词辨析。into进入；in在……里；for为了；about有关。be excited about“对……兴奋”，故选D。 4．I know it’s ____________ to work out the problem, but I will try ____________ on it. A．hard; hardly B．hardly; hard C．hardly; hardly D．hard; hard 【答案】D 【详解】句意：我知道解出这道题很难，但我会努力去做的。 考查词汇辨析。hard困难的，形容词；hard努力地，副词；hardly几乎不，副词。根据“I know it’s...to work out the problem, but I will try...on it.”可知，第一空作is的表语，指“解出这道题很难”，用形容词hard；第二空用副词修饰动词try，指“努力去做”，也用hard。故选D。 5．—Have you ever been to Shenzhen ____________? —Yes. I went there two weeks ____________. It is a modern city. A．yet; before B．just; ago C．yet; ago D．before; before 【答案】C 【详解】句意：——你曾经去过深圳吗？——是的。我两周以前去那里了。它是一个现代城市。 考查副词辨析。yet还，用于否定句和疑问句；just只是；before在以前；ago以前，常用于一段时间+ago。根据“Have you ever been to Shenzhen?”可知，是疑问句，第一空用yet。根据“I went there”可知，时态是一般过去时，ago符合句意，故选C。 6．The ice and snow in Harbin are beautiful, so every winter ____________ tourists come here. A．five million of B．millions of C．million of D．five millions 【答案】B 【详解】句意：哈尔滨的冰雪很美，因此每年冬季几百万游客来这里。 考查数词的用法。当million与数词连用时，million不用复数，后面不接of；当million与of连用时，要用millions。故选B。 7．It ____________ a lot in summer in Beijing. It is often rainy. A．rain B．rainy C．is raining D．rains 【答案】D 【详解】句意：北京夏天雨很多。经常下雨。 考查动词时态及主谓一致。根据“It ... a lot in summer in Beijing.”可知，此处是描述客观事实，时态用一般现在时，主语It是三单，谓语动词也用三单rains。故选D。 8．—We have lived in this city ____________ 1980. —So you have lived here ____________ over 30 years. A．in; for B．for; since C．in; since D．since; for 【答案】D 【详解】句意：——自从1980年以来，我们一直住在这个城市。——所以你们在这里住了超过30年。 考查介词辨析。in+时间段，通常用于一般将来时态；since+时间点，通常用于现在完成时态；for+时间段，通常用于现在完成时态。根据题干可知，两个句子时态都为现在完成时。第一空后1980为时间点，应使用since；第二空后over 30 years为时间段，应使用for。故选D。 9．—Tom, why are you playing computer games again? —I __________ my homework. A．finish B．finishing C．finished D．have finished 【答案】D 【详解】句意：——Tom，为什么你又玩电脑了？——我已经做完作业了。 考查现在完成时。根据“my homework”可知，作业已经完成了，所以才玩电脑，故选D。 10．She couldn’t help __________ when she heard the bad news. A．cry B．to cry C．cried D．crying 【答案】D 【详解】句意：她听到这个坏消息时忍不住哭了起来。 考查非谓语动词。can’t help doing sth“情不自禁做某事”，故选D。 11．Jason is good at running. He ________ run 100 meters in 11 seconds. A．must B．should C．need D．can 【答案】D 【详解】句意：杰森擅长跑步。他能在11秒内跑完100米。 考查情态动词。must必须；should应该；need需要；can可以。根据“He…run 100 meters in 11 seconds.”可知，此处强调能力，故选D。 12．—May I speak to Tom? —Sorry, he ________ America. But he ________ in two days. A．has been to; will come back B．has gone to; will come back C．has gone to; came back D．has gone to; came back 【答案】B 【详解】句意：——我可以跟Tom说话吗？——抱歉，他去了美国。但他在两天之后回来。 考查动词时态。has been to去过某地（已回来）；has gone to去了某地（未回来）。根据“Sorry”可知，他去了美国还没回来，故第一空应填has gone to，排除A选项。根据“in two days”可知，此处应用一般将来时will do的结构，故选B。 二、完形填空(每题1分,共8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、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。 Never too late That morning Sean checked the email as usual. Then he found an unexpected email in his inbox. Could he realize his dream late? Sean was now nearly 40, alone and poor. He dreamed of being a police officer for a long time and never made it. Was it possibly 13 this time? When Sean was only a 5-year-old boy, his father’s friend Paul once 14 the little boy home in his police car. Sean was interested in the car, the lights and the uniform. He decided to be a hero like Paul. However, a high school teacher 15 his dream. She argued that he had a true gift for writing and should not waste it being a police officer. Sean followed his teacher’s advice and finally, he became a 16 for a newspaper and married. During the years, he changed several jobs but nothing made him really 17 . His heart really wasn’t in the job or marriage. Actually, he had never really given up his childhood dream to become a policeman. His wife could not bear this and left him when Sean was 39 years old. Sean was 18 to move back to St. Ignace, where his dad lived. “I feel like a failure,” Sean says. He was sad and lost 25 pounds in a few months. When his father encouraged him to search for a new job, the opportunity came. Phoenix was in great need of police officers and one of Sean’s old friends emailed him, “Do you still want to be a police officer?” “Phoenix was a world away — 2,100 miles from St. Ignace,” says Sean. “But here, at least, was one more 19 , I felt reborn.” In order to pass the test to enter the police academy (学院), Sean 20 began training, setting a daily running rule of a mile and a half. Three weeks later when he arrived in Phoenix, Sean was a man physically and emotionally changed. Finally, Sean passed the written exam and completed the physical test. On Nov.16, 2015, Sean finished his education in the police academy. The following year, Sean got a prize because of his excellent job. “It took me 35 years. But a promise is a promise. How many people can say they achieved their life’s dream?” Sean says. “I made it. It just proves that it’s never too late.” 13．A．new B．different C．strange D．interesting 14．A．guided B．led C．carried D．drove 15．A．broke B．made C．kept D．supported 16．A．teacher B．driver C．reporter D．manager 17．A．rich B．happy C．famous D．lucky 18．A．invited B．asked C．forced D．ordered 19．A．chance B．time C．job D．dream 20．A．busily B．carefully C．quietly D．immediately 【答案】13．B 14．D 15．A 16．C 17．B 18．C 19．A 20．D 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。肖恩的梦想是成为一名警察，然而老师认为肖恩在写作方面有天赋，所以不该把天赋浪费，肖恩听从了老师的建议，但后来的生活和工作都没能让他感到真正的快乐，肖恩在父亲的鼓励下开始寻找新工作，他抓住了机会，最终成了一名警察，实现了自己的梦想。 13．句意：这次会不会不一样？ new新的；different不同的；strange奇怪的；interesting有趣的。根据“He dreamed of being a police officer for a long time and never made it. ”可知，他一直梦想成为一名警察，但从未实现，这次会不会不一样，故选B。 14．句意：当肖恩还是个5岁的孩子的时候，他父亲的朋友保罗有一次开着他的警车送小男孩回家。 guided引导；led领导；carried携带；drove驾驶。根据“in his police car”可知，是开车送这个男孩回家，故选D。 15．句意：然而，一位高中老师打破了他的梦想。 broke打碎；made制造；kept保持；supported支持。根据“She argued that he had a true gift for writing and should not waste it being a police officer.”可知，老师认为他不应该浪费时间在如何成为一名警察上，所以是打破了他的梦想，故选A。 16．句意：肖恩听从了老师的建议，最终成为了一家报社的记者，并结了婚。 teacher老师；driver司机；reporter记者；manager经理。根据“She argued that he had a true gift for writing”及“for a newspaper”可知，为报社工作，且有写作的天赋，应是一名记者，故选C。 17．句意：这些年来，他换了好几份工作，但没有一份能让他真正开心。 rich富有的；happy开心的；famous著名的；lucky幸运的。根据“His heart really wasn’t in the job or marriage”可知，他的心思不在工作或婚姻上，可见他并不开心，故选B。 18．句意：肖恩被迫搬回了他父亲住的圣伊格纳斯。 invited邀请；asked询问；forced迫使；ordered预订。根据“His wife could not bear this and left him”可知，妻子离开了他，所以他被迫搬回了他父亲住的圣伊格纳斯，故选C。 19．句意：但现在，至少还有一次机会。 chance机会；time时间；job工作；dream梦想。根据“Phoenix was a world away — 2,100 miles from St. Ignace”可知，还有机会成为一名警察，故选A。 20．句意：为了通过进入警察学院的考试，肖恩立即开始训练，设定了每天跑一英里半的规则。 busily忙碌地；carefully仔细地；quietly安静地；immediately迅速地。根据“In order to pass the test to enter the police academy (学院), Sean …began training”可知，为了通过考试，立即开始训练，故选D。 三、 阅读理解(共26分, 每小题2分) A (一)信息匹配。 下面的材料介绍了四种益智玩具。请根据各小题中的图片，找出相应的描述，并将对应的序号填在相应的位置上。 Chinese people have already enjoyed math games and toys for thousands of years. Read and choose the right description (描述) for each picture. A This game has some rings. To win, you must take off all the rings in a special order. For example, to take off the ninth ring, you have to take off the third, fifth, and seventh rings first. B This is named after an old Chinese story. Each piece has a character’s name from the story. To win, you have to move the pieces to free a character named “Cao Cao”. C It’s made of six wooden blocks (块). It’s not easy to get the blocks off, and it’s usually easier to unlock them than to put back the blocks together. D It has seven pieces of different shapes. You need to use all the pieces to make a shape. They can create shapes of animals, people, or things. 21． 22． 23． 【答案】21．D 22．A 23．C 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章根据各小题中的图片，找出相应的描述并与之相匹配。 21．根据图片可知，此处指七巧板，选项D“它有七块不同的形状。你需要用所有的板块来做一个形状。它们可以创造动物、人或东西的形状。”符合语境。故选D。 22．根据图片可知，此处指九连环，选项A“这个游戏有一些环。要赢，你必须按特殊顺序摘下所有的环。例如，要取下第九环，你必须先取下第三、第五和第七环。”符合语境。故选A。 23．根据图片可知，此处指鲁班锁，选项C“它是由六个木块组成的。把木块拆下来并不容易，而且通常解锁比把木块重新组装起来更容易。”符合语境。故选C。 (二)信息选择。阅读下面的三篇短文, 根据短文内容, 从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中, 选择最佳选项。 B Maya was a high school student from a small village. When she was a child, Maya had a dream—to become an astronaut and explore (探索) space. However, the people around her all thought it was a joke. Although people didn’t believe she could make it, Maya put all her effort into her studies at school. She read books on astronomy, joined science camps, and looked for guidance from teachers. Maya’s interest in space grew stronger with each passing day, encouraging her to deal with any difficulty in her path. In her final year of high school, an opportunity came—a scholarship (奖学金) would offer a chance to study astrophysics at a famous university. The selection (选拔) was strict, testing students’ knowledge, skills, and ability. Maya tried her best to prepare for it and she spent hours on it every day. When the day of the scholarship interview arrived, Maya faced a group of professors in the field. Nervously, she answered their questions and shared her love for space exploration. Although the interview was challenging, Maya tried her best until the last moment. Weeks turned into months and there weren’t any results. Maya had doubts (怀疑) and uncertainty, but she didn’t let worries stop her journey. Finally, the day of the announcement (公告) arrived. Maya’s heart raced as the names were called one by one. As the last name was reported, Maya’s heart broke—it wasn’t hers. She failed! Although she was disappointed, Maya continued to explore other opportunities in the field of space exploration. Years passed, and Maya’s perseverance (坚持) paid off. She attracted the attention of a famous astronaut who guided her on a new journey. Maya got hands-on experience, took part in research projects, and lost herself in the world of space exploration. She finally made her childhood dream come true. 24．What did people around Maya think of her dream? A．Funny. B．Impossible. C．Meaningful. D．Awful. 25．What did Maya do after she lost the chance in the selection? A．She kept reading books on astronomy. B．She answered questions in an interview. C．She doubted the results of the announcement. D．She continued to explore other opportunities. 26．What can we learn from Maya’s story? A．Opportunity waits for no man. B．Two heads are better than one. C．Perseverance is the key to success. D．Don’t waste life in doubts and fears. 【答案】24．B 25．D 26．C 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述Maya的梦想是成为宇航员并探索太空，尽管选拔失败，但是并没有放弃，而是坚持梦想，最终获得成功的故事。 24．细节理解题。根据第一段中的“However, the people around her all thought it was a joke.”可知，她周围的人都认为她的梦想是不可能实现的。故选B。 25．细节理解题。根据倒数第二段中的“Although she was disappointed, Maya continued to explore other opportunities in the field of space exploration.”可知，Maya在落选后继续探索其他机会。故选D。 26．推理判断题。根据倒数第二段中的“Years passed, and Maya’s perseverance (坚持) paid off.”并通读全文可知，文章主要讲述Maya的梦想是成为宇航员并探索太空，尽管选拔失败，但是并没有放弃，而是坚持梦想，最终获得成功的故事，所以C项符合。故选C。 C Do you have good friends? Do you sometimes feel so close to them that they are like family to you?     It turns out that this isn’t just an expression. A study by Yale University has found that you and your friends have more genes (基因) in common than strangers do. Researchers looked at the genes of 1,932 people and compared them in pairs of unrelated friends and strangers. They found that friends have 1% of genes that match.     “1% of genes may not sound like much to the layperson (外行), but to geneticists (遗传学家) it is a larger number,” Professor Nicholas Christakis of Yale University told Discovery News. In fact, this is the same amount of genes you share with your fourth cousins, those who have the same great-great-great-grandparents as you.     So do you happen to become friends with people who share your genes? Not at all. In fact, it is evolution (进化) that brings you together.    “People who share certain genes also share skills and have similar likes and dislikes,” researchers said. In ancient times, it was important that people who were alike stayed together. For example, people who had a similar susceptibility (易感性) to the cold were more likely to help each other build a fire, giving them a better chance to stay alive.     Researchers also found that among all the genes studied, those producing a change in sense of smell were the most similar in friends. This is probably because people who smell things in the same way are more easily drawn to similar environments. For example, people who like the smell of coffee may hang out at cafes (咖啡馆) more often and as a result are more likely to meet and become friends with each other.     With their findings, the team has developed an interesting test called the “friendship score”. It can help tell how big the chances are that two people will be friends by studying their genes.     So, here is a question for you: would you like to take this test and know in advance (提前) who your friends are going to be, or would you still prefer to learn about it by yourself and let time be the judge? 27．From the passage, we know that friends _______. A．look like our cousins B．share 1% of genes with us C．feel close to our family D．can help us when we feel cold 28．The writer takes the example of ancient people in Paragraph 5 to _______. A．study how ancient people dealt with the cold B．predict that similar environments lead to friendship C．prove that it is the evolution that brings friends together D．explain why ancient people gave each other a chance to keep alive 29．Which of the following would be the best title for the passage? A．Friendship: Its Influence on People and Behavior. B．Friendship: Its Benefits to Teens and Decision Making. C．Friendship: Is It Necessary to Be Judged by Time? D．Friendship: Is It Possible to Be Influenced by Genes? 【答案】27．B 28．C 29．D 【导语】本文是一篇说明文，介绍了“基因对一个人交友选择的影响”的研究成果。 27．细节理解题。根据“They found that friends have 1% of genes that match”可知，朋友之间有1%的基因是相同的。故选B。 28．推理判断题。根据“In fact, it is evolution (进化) that brings you together...People who share certain genes also share skills and have similar likes and dislikes”可知，作者举古人的例子是为了证明，是进化把朋友聚集在了一起。故选C。 29．最佳标题题。通读全文可知，本文介绍了“基因对一个人交友选择的影响”的研究成果，以D选项“友谊：有没有可能受到基因的影响”为标题最合适。故选D。 D The way we spend our time can be divided into three "bottles". These are the Necessary Tasks Bottle, the Voluntary Tasks Bottle and the Happiness Bottle. Every day, we spend time filling the Necessary Tasks Bottle with useful things, like making money, doing housework, buying food and paying bills. We then fill another bottle with Voluntary Tasks. These are things that we do for others, we may not enjoy, but we do them anyway This bottle gets filled with tasks like taking children to activities, cooking family meals, and washing clothes for family members, Those bottles are very important if we don't fill them each day. However, we often forget to fill the third bottle-the Happiness Bottle. This is the bottle that we fill with activities that make us happy. Is your Happiness Bottle sometimes empty at the end of the day? Between doing all the Necessary and Voluntary Tasks, time flies by, and before we know it. It is time for bed. We all have days like that. This is why each day we have to make an effort(努力) to fill our Happiness Bottle. Most days, I fill mine by going to the dancing class. And I always leave classes more happily than when I enter. This week, I had the pleasure of taking part in a guitar practice in my neighborhood. We showed our musical talent and practiced music for charity(慈善). It was a time of fun, friendship, and music-making. At the end of the evening, my Happiness Bottle was filled to the top. The challenge(挑战)for each of us is to not let the day go by without filling our Happiness Bottle. That takes some planning. Many of us probably need to pencil happiness activities into our schedule(日程表) or we will fill our schedule with those Necessary and Voluntary Tasks. This week. Think about how your time is being spent. Are you doing enough activities that bring joy to your life? Or are the Necessary and Voluntary Tasks using up all your time? At the end of the day. Hopefully we've done all we can to make sure that our Happiness Bottle is filled. 30．Which activity belongs to(属于) a Necessary Task according to the passage? A．Having fun with your good friend B．Preparing a big dinner for your family. C．Going to work although it is raining heavily. D．Sending your son to a piano lesson on Sunday. 31．People can fill the Happiness Bottle by________. A．planning our schedule without any Voluntary Tasks B．spending time on activities that make us happy C．using up all the time to find happiness. D．doing more things for other people 32．What can we learn from the passage? A．People often fill the Happiness Bottle at bedtime. B．People are happy to fill the Voluntary Tasks Bottle each day C．It is necessary for people to plan happy activities on the schedule. D．It is OK if we don't fill the Necessary Tasks or Voluntary Tasks Bottle. 33．What is the writer's main purpose in writing this passage? A．To describe what the Happiness Bottle is like B．To introduce ways to fill the Harness bottle C．To share the experience of filling the Happiness Bottle D．To tell people to spend time filling the Happiness Bottle 【答案】30．C 31．B 32．C 33．D 【分析】这篇文章主要介绍了我们生活中的三个“瓶子”。他们是必要的任务瓶，志愿任务瓶和幸福瓶。我们应该试图找到方法来实现如何填补三瓶之间的平衡。在一天结束的时候，希望我们已经做了所有我们可以做的，确保我们的瓶子都是满的。 30．细节理解题。根据“Every day, we spend time filling the Necessary Tasks Bottle with useful things, like making money, doing housework, buying food, and paying bills.”每一天，我们花时间做有用的事情来填满必要的任务瓶，如赚钱，做家务，买食物和付账单。结合选项可知C选项意思为虽然雨下得很大，但还是要去上班。这属于一个必要的任务。故选C。 31．细节理解题。根据“Most days, I fill mine by going to the dancing class. And I always leave classes more happily than when I enter. This week. I had the pleasure of taking part in a guitar practice in my neighborhood. We showed our musical talent and practiced music for charity(慈善) It was a time of fun, friendship, and music-making. At the end of the evening, my Happiness Bottle was filled to top.”大多数时候，我都去上舞蹈课。我总是比进教室时更快乐地离开课堂。本周。我很高兴在附近参加了吉他练习。我们展示我们的音乐天赋，为慈善机构练习音乐。这是一个充满乐趣、友谊和音乐创作的时代。晚上结束时，我的幸福瓶子装满了。可知，人们可以把时间花在让我们快乐的活动上，来填满幸福的瓶子。故选B。 32．推理判断题。根据“The challenge(挑战)for each of us is to not let the day go by without filling our Happiness Bottle. That takes some planning. Many of us probably need to pencil happiness activities into our schedule(日程表) Or, we will fill our schedule with those Necessary and Voluntary Tasks.”对我们每个人来说，挑战是不要让一天没有填满幸福的瓶子就过去了。这需要一些计划。我们中的许多人可能需要把快乐的活动写进我们的日程表中，或者，我们会用那些必要的和自愿的任务来填满我们的日程表。可以推知：这篇文章是告诉人们要按计划安排自己的幸福活动。故选C。 33．推理判断题。根据“This week. Think about how your time is being spent. Are you doing enough activities that bring joy to your life?”本周。想想你的时间是怎么度过的。你是否做了足够的活动给你的生活带来快乐？以及句子“At the end of the day. Hopefully, we've done all we can to make sure that our Happiness Bottle is filled.”一天结束的时候。希望我们已经尽力确保我们的幸福瓶子装满了。可以推知作者写这篇文章的主要目的是告诉人们要花时间填满幸福的瓶子。故选D。 第二部分 本部分共5题, 共20分。根据题目要求, 完成相应任务。 四、 阅读表达(共10分, 第1-3题每小题2分, 第4小题4分) Charlotte Liebling was volunteering at a thrift shop in London, England, in 2016. Thrift shops sell used items like clothes or toys. Often, they donate the money they make to people in need. Liebling noticed that many people dropped off old soft teddy bears, rabbits, and other stuffed animals in good condition. Some were sold. But most were thrown away. Liebling loves stuffed animals and she knew these stuffed animals were once special toys for the owners. “I was sad to learn most of them ended up in the garbage,” she said. In 2019, Liebling created a company called Loved Before. It is a soft-toy adoption agency. It cleans up donated stuffies. Then, it resells them online. It charges between 10 to 15 pounds for each stuffed animal. She has donated 50 percent of her profits (利润) to charity. In the past five years, Liebling has collected more than 60,000 stuffies —people can just drop them off at Loved Before’s offices. They can also mail them in. Lauren Sergi donated her collection of stuffed toys to Loved Before. “They deserved better than staying in boxes for decades,” she said. The stuffed animals are cleaned with high-temperature steam. Liebling works on 50 to 100 stuffed animals every day. She gets help from three workers and three volunteers. Each stuffie takes between one and five hours to clean up. Donors (捐赠人) are asked to send a brief story about their stuffed animals. The company uses the information to create a life story for the toys. Sometimes, a stuffie comes in without a story. “We’ll pass them over to a school classroom,” Liebling said. “The children will take them on adventures and write the stories. They help teach children the importance of giving something secondhand a second chance.” Liebling has big hopes for each Loved Before toy. “Our second-chance toys are very valuable. It’s because of the love and adventure they’ve already experienced. I love that we can give them a second chance to be loved. Besides, we contribute to environmental sustainability (可持续性) by reducing the waste and showing a new way of recycling.” 34．What do thrift shops sell? 35．How can people give the stuffies to Loved Before? 36．Where will the company pass the stuffies without stories over to? 37．What do you think of the company Loved Before? Why do you think so? (Give at least 2 reasons) 【答案】34．Used items (like clothes or toys). 35．People can just drop them off at Loved Before’s offices or mail them in./By dropping them off at Loved Before’s offices or mailing them in. 36．A school classroom./School classrooms. 37．I think it’s meaningful/helpful because it makes secondhand toys to be loved again and it also donates 50 percent of the profits to charity. I think it’s educational because it teaches children the importance of giving something secondhand a second chance and it also shows a new way to reduce waste. 【导语】本文主要介绍Charlotte Liebling在英国伦敦的一家旧货店做志愿者的经历。 34．根据“Thrift shops sell used items like clothes or toys.”可知，旧货店出售旧物品，如衣服或玩具。故填Used items (like clothes or toys). 35．根据“people can just drop them off at Loved Before’s offices. They can also mail them in”可知，人们可以把它们放在Loved Before的办公室，也可以邮寄过来。故填People can just drop them off at Loved Before’s offices or mail them in./By dropping them off at Loved Before’s offices or mailing them in. 36．根据“We’ll pass them over to a school classroom”可知，把它们送到学校的教室，故填A school classroom./School classrooms. 37．本题属于开放性试题，言之有理即可。参考答案： I think it’s meaningful/helpful because it makes secondhand toys to be loved again and it also donates 50 percent of the profits to charity. I think it’s educational because it teaches children the importance of giving something secondhand a second chance and it also shows a new way to reduce waste. 五、文段表达(10分) 从下面两个题目中任选一题, 根据中文和英文提示, 完成一篇不少于50词的文段写作。文中已给出内容不计入总词数。所给提示词语仅供选用。请不要写出你的校名和姓名。 38．假如你是李华，你们班在本周六将要组织一次去颐和园(the Summer Palace)的春游活动，你打算邀请外教Mr. Smith参加。请你用英语写—封邮件，告诉他春游集合的时间和地点，在那做什么，以及他需要带什么。 提示词语：school gate, enjoy, picnic, food 提示问题： •When and where will you meet? •What are you going to do there? •What should Mr. Smith bring? Dear Mr. Smith, I’m writing to invite you to take part in our school trip to the Summer Palace this Saturday. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ I’m looking forward to your early reply. Yours, Li Hua 【答案】例文 Dear Mr. Smith， I’m writing to invite you to take part in our school trip to the Summer Palace this Saturday. We are going to meet at the school gate at 8 a.m. First, we will walk around the Summer Palace and enjoy the ancient Chinese buildings there. After that, we will have a picnic. We will share each other’s food. I’m going to take some beautiful photos. I’m sure you will have great fun. We hope to see you, so we can all enjoy this trip together. Please remember to wear comfortable shoes and clothes, as it is a very big park and there will be much walking. You had better bring some simple food for the picnic and enough water, please. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions. I’m looking forward to your early reply. Yours, Li Hua 【详解】[总体分析] ①题材：本文是一篇电子邮件； ②时态：时态以“一般将来时”为主； ③提示：写作要点已给出，注意不要遗漏要点，可适当添加细节，并突出写作重点。 [写作步骤] 第一步，说明写作目的，提出邀请； 第二步，具体阐述春游集合的时间和地点，在那做什么，以及需要带什么； 第三步，书写结语，总结全文。 [亮点词汇] ①ancient古代的 ②have a picnic去野餐 ③have great fun玩得非常开心 [高分句型] ①I’m sure you will have great fun.（宾语从句） ②Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.（if引导的条件状语从句） 39．中国有悠久的历史文化，中国节日是传统文化的重要组成部分。现在某校英语网站正在以“My Favorite Chinese Traditional Festival”为题进行征文活动。请你用英语写征文，介绍—个你最喜欢的中国传统节日春节、端午节、中秋节等，以及节日期间的传统活动和你的感受。 提示词语：the Spring Festival, put up, prepare, dinner, set off, wish, happy 提示问题： •What’s your favorite Chinese traditional festival? •What do you do during the festival? •How do you feel? My Favorite Chinese Traditional Festival ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】例文 My Favorite Chinese Traditional Festival There are many traditional festivals in China. My favorite Chinese traditional festival is the Mid-Autumn Festival. On the Mid-Autumn Festival, we usually go back home from other cities or places and have a big dinner with the whole family. At night, we often start the tradition of admiring the moon and sharing mooncakes with our families. I like Mid-Autumn Festival best not only because I like the delicious mooncakes but also because it’s family get-together time. I really enjoy the love among our families. 【详解】[总体分析] ①题材：本文是一篇材料作文； ②时态：一般现在时； ③提示：写作要点已给出，考生注意不要遗漏要点，并适当添加细节，突出重点。 [写作步骤] 第一步，介绍最喜欢的节日； 第二步，介绍节日活动以及你的感受。 [亮点词汇] ①share sth. with sb.和某人分享某物 ②not only…but also不仅……而且 [高分句型] I like Mid-Autumn Festival best not only because I like the delicious mooncakes but also because it’s family get-together time.（原因状语从句） 试卷第6页，共7页 1 / 15 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$null■■■ 1■ 2024-2025学年八年级下学期期中模拟卷（北京专用) 答题卡 姓 名 缺考 准考证号： 标记 条码粘贴处 注意事项 1. 答题前，考生先将自己的姓名、准考证号码填写清楚，并认真检查监考员所粘贴的条形码。 2.选择题必须使用2B铅笔填涂；非选择题必须用0.5mm黑色字迹的签字笔填写，字体工整。 3.请按题号顺序在各题的答题区内作答，超出答题区域范围的答案无效，在草纸、试卷上作答无效， 4.保持卡面清洁，不要折叠、不要弄破、弄皱，不准使用涂改液、刮纸刀。 5.正确填涂 选择题（请用2B铅笔填涂） 一、 单项填空（每题0.5分，共6分） LJAIIBIICIIDI 2.IAIIBIICIIDI 3.JAIIBIICIIDI 4.1AIBIICIIDI 51AIIBIICIIDI 6.1AIIBIICIIDI 7A1IBIICIIDI 8AIIBIICIIDI 9AIIBIICIIDI 10.JAIIBIICIIDI 11JAIIBIICIIDI 12.JAIIBIICIIDI 二、完形填空（每题1分，共8分） 13.JAIIBIICIIDI 14.JAIIBIICIIDI 15.JAIIBIICIIDI 16.JAIIBIICIIDI 17JAIIBIICIIDI 181AIIBIICIIDI 19.AIIBIICIIDI 20.JAIIBIICIIDI 三、阅读理解（共26分，每小题2分） 21.JAIIBIICIIDI 22.JAIIBIICIIDI 23.JAJIBIICIIDI 24.JAIIBIICIIDI 25.1AIIBIICIIDI 26.1A]IBIICIIDI 27.A11B11C11D1 28A11B1IC11D1 291AIBIICIIDI 30.1AlIBIICIIDI 31JAJIBIICIID] 32.JAIIBIICIIDI 33.JAIIBIICIIDI 55 请在各题目的答题区域内作答，超出黑色矩形边框限定区域的答案无效！ 英语第1页（共2页） ■ 请在各题目的答题区域内作答，超出黑色矩形边框限定区域的答案无效！ 非选择题（请在各试题的答题区内作答） 四、 阅读表达（共10分，第1-3题每小题2分，第4小题4分） 34. 35. 36. 37. 五、文段表达(10分) 请在各题目的答题区域内作答，超出黑色矩形边框限定区域的答案无效！ 英语第2页（共2页） ■ ( ………………○……………… 外 ………………○……………… 装 ………………○……………… 订 ………………○……………… 线 ………………○……………… ) ( ………………○……………… 内 ………………○……………… 装 ………………○……………… 订 ………………○……………… 线 ………………○……………… ) ( 此卷只装订 不密封 ) ( ………………○……………… 内 ………………○……………… 装 ………………○……………… 订 ………………○……………… 线 ………………○……………… ………………○……………… 外 ………………○……………… 装 ………………○……………… 订 ………………○……………… 线 ………………○……………… … 学校： ______________ 姓名： _____________ 班级： _______________ 考号： ______________________ ) 2024-2025学年八年级下学期期中模拟卷（北京专用） 英语 注意事项： 1.本试卷分选择题和非选择题两部分。答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。 2.回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。写在本试卷上无效。 3.回答非选择题时，必须用黑色字迹的签字笔或者钢笔将答案写在答题卡相应位置上。写在本试卷上无效。 4. 难度系数：0.65。 5.考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。 第一部分 本部分共33题,共40分。在每题列出的四个选项中,选出最符合题目要求的一项。 一、单项填空(每题0.5分,共6分) 从下面各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选择可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 1．The music ____________ really nice. I want to listen to it again. A．hears B．sounds C．listens D．watches 2．Tree Planting Day is ________ March 12th every year. A．at B．in C．to D．on 3．I am so excited _________ going to Xinjiang this May. A．into B．in C．for D．about 4．I know it’s ____________ to work out the problem, but I will try ____________ on it. A．hard; hardly B．hardly; hard C．hardly; hardly D．hard; hard 5．—Have you ever been to Shenzhen ____________? —Yes. I went there two weeks ____________. It is a modern city. A．yet; before B．just; ago C．yet; ago D．before; before 6．The ice and snow in Harbin are beautiful, so every winter ____________ tourists come here. A．five million of B．millions of C．million of D．five millions 7．It ____________ a lot in summer in Beijing. It is often rainy. A．rain B．rainy C．is raining D．rains 8．—We have lived in this city ____________ 1980. —So you have lived here ____________ over 30 years. A．in; for B．for; since C．in; since D．since; for 9．—Tom, why are you playing computer games again? —I __________ my homework. A．finish B．finishing C．finished D．have finished 10．She couldn’t help __________ when she heard the bad news. A．cry B．to cry C．cried D．crying 11．Jason is good at running. He ________ run 100 meters in 11 seconds. A．must B．should C．need D．can 12．—May I speak to Tom? —Sorry, he ________ America. But he ________ in two days. A．has been to; will come back B．has gone to; will come back C．has gone to; came back D．has gone to; came back 二、完形填空(每题1分,共8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、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。 Never too late That morning Sean checked the email as usual. Then he found an unexpected email in his inbox. Could he realize his dream late? Sean was now nearly 40, alone and poor. He dreamed of being a police officer for a long time and never made it. Was it possibly 13 this time? When Sean was only a 5-year-old boy, his father’s friend Paul once 14 the little boy home in his police car. Sean was interested in the car, the lights and the uniform. He decided to be a hero like Paul. However, a high school teacher 15 his dream. She argued that he had a true gift for writing and should not waste it being a police officer. Sean followed his teacher’s advice and finally, he became a 16 for a newspaper and married. During the years, he changed several jobs but nothing made him really 17 . His heart really wasn’t in the job or marriage. Actually, he had never really given up his childhood dream to become a policeman. His wife could not bear this and left him when Sean was 39 years old. Sean was 18 to move back to St. Ignace, where his dad lived. “I feel like a failure,” Sean says. He was sad and lost 25 pounds in a few months. When his father encouraged him to search for a new job, the opportunity came. Phoenix was in great need of police officers and one of Sean’s old friends emailed him, “Do you still want to be a police officer?” “Phoenix was a world away — 2,100 miles from St. Ignace,” says Sean. “But here, at least, was one more 19 , I felt reborn.” In order to pass the test to enter the police academy (学院), Sean 20 began training, setting a daily running rule of a mile and a half. Three weeks later when he arrived in Phoenix, Sean was a man physically and emotionally changed. Finally, Sean passed the written exam and completed the physical test. On Nov.16, 2015, Sean finished his education in the police academy. The following year, Sean got a prize because of his excellent job. “It took me 35 years. But a promise is a promise. How many people can say they achieved their life’s dream?” Sean says. “I made it. It just proves that it’s never too late.” 13．A．new B．different C．strange D．interesting 14．A．guided B．led C．carried D．drove 15．A．broke B．made C．kept D．supported 16．A．teacher B．driver C．reporter D．manager 17．A．rich B．happy C．famous D．lucky 18．A．invited B．asked C．forced D．ordered 19．A．chance B．time C．job D．dream 20．A．busily B．carefully C．quietly D．immediately 三、 阅读理解(共26分, 每小题2分) A (一)信息匹配。 下面的材料介绍了四种益智玩具。请根据各小题中的图片，找出相应的描述，并将对应的序号填在相应的位置上。 Chinese people have already enjoyed math games and toys for thousands of years. Read and choose the right description (描述) for each picture. A This game has some rings. To win, you must take off all the rings in a special order. For example, to take off the ninth ring, you have to take off the third, fifth, and seventh rings first. B This is named after an old Chinese story. Each piece has a character’s name from the story. To win, you have to move the pieces to free a character named “Cao Cao”. C It’s made of six wooden blocks (块). It’s not easy to get the blocks off, and it’s usually easier to unlock them than to put back the blocks together. D It has seven pieces of different shapes. You need to use all the pieces to make a shape. They can create shapes of animals, people, or things. 21． 22． 23． (二)信息选择。阅读下面的三篇短文, 根据短文内容, 从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中, 选择最佳选项。 B Maya was a high school student from a small village. When she was a child, Maya had a dream—to become an astronaut and explore (探索) space. However, the people around her all thought it was a joke. Although people didn’t believe she could make it, Maya put all her effort into her studies at school. She read books on astronomy, joined science camps, and looked for guidance from teachers. Maya’s interest in space grew stronger with each passing day, encouraging her to deal with any difficulty in her path. In her final year of high school, an opportunity came—a scholarship (奖学金) would offer a chance to study astrophysics at a famous university. The selection (选拔) was strict, testing students’ knowledge, skills, and ability. Maya tried her best to prepare for it and she spent hours on it every day. When the day of the scholarship interview arrived, Maya faced a group of professors in the field. Nervously, she answered their questions and shared her love for space exploration. Although the interview was challenging, Maya tried her best until the last moment. Weeks turned into months and there weren’t any results. Maya had doubts (怀疑) and uncertainty, but she didn’t let worries stop her journey. Finally, the day of the announcement (公告) arrived. Maya’s heart raced as the names were called one by one. As the last name was reported, Maya’s heart broke—it wasn’t hers. She failed! Although she was disappointed, Maya continued to explore other opportunities in the field of space exploration. Years passed, and Maya’s perseverance (坚持) paid off. She attracted the attention of a famous astronaut who guided her on a new journey. Maya got hands-on experience, took part in research projects, and lost herself in the world of space exploration. She finally made her childhood dream come true. 24．What did people around Maya think of her dream? A．Funny. B．Impossible. C．Meaningful. D．Awful. 25．What did Maya do after she lost the chance in the selection? A．She kept reading books on astronomy. B．She answered questions in an interview. C．She doubted the results of the announcement. D．She continued to explore other opportunities. 26．What can we learn from Maya’s story? A．Opportunity waits for no man. B．Two heads are better than one. C．Perseverance is the key to success. D．Don’t waste life in doubts and fears. C Do you have good friends? Do you sometimes feel so close to them that they are like family to you?     It turns out that this isn’t just an expression. A study by Yale University has found that you and your friends have more genes (基因) in common than strangers do. Researchers looked at the genes of 1,932 people and compared them in pairs of unrelated friends and strangers. They found that friends have 1% of genes that match.     “1% of genes may not sound like much to the layperson (外行), but to geneticists (遗传学家) it is a larger number,” Professor Nicholas Christakis of Yale University told Discovery News. In fact, this is the same amount of genes you share with your fourth cousins, those who have the same great-great-great-grandparents as you.     So do you happen to become friends with people who share your genes? Not at all. In fact, it is evolution (进化) that brings you together.    “People who share certain genes also share skills and have similar likes and dislikes,” researchers said. In ancient times, it was important that people who were alike stayed together. For example, people who had a similar susceptibility (易感性) to the cold were more likely to help each other build a fire, giving them a better chance to stay alive.     Researchers also found that among all the genes studied, those producing a change in sense of smell were the most similar in friends. This is probably because people who smell things in the same way are more easily drawn to similar environments. For example, people who like the smell of coffee may hang out at cafes (咖啡馆) more often and as a result are more likely to meet and become friends with each other.     With their findings, the team has developed an interesting test called the “friendship score”. It can help tell how big the chances are that two people will be friends by studying their genes.     So, here is a question for you: would you like to take this test and know in advance (提前) who your friends are going to be, or would you still prefer to learn about it by yourself and let time be the judge? 27．From the passage, we know that friends _______. A．look like our cousins B．share 1% of genes with us C．feel close to our family D．can help us when we feel cold 28．The writer takes the example of ancient people in Paragraph 5 to _______. A．study how ancient people dealt with the cold B．predict that similar environments lead to friendship C．prove that it is the evolution that brings friends together D．explain why ancient people gave each other a chance to keep alive 29．Which of the following would be the best title for the passage? A．Friendship: Its Influence on People and Behavior. B．Friendship: Its Benefits to Teens and Decision Making. C．Friendship: Is It Necessary to Be Judged by Time? D．Friendship: Is It Possible to Be Influenced by Genes? D The way we spend our time can be divided into three "bottles". These are the Necessary Tasks Bottle, the Voluntary Tasks Bottle and the Happiness Bottle. Every day, we spend time filling the Necessary Tasks Bottle with useful things, like making money, doing housework, buying food and paying bills. We then fill another bottle with Voluntary Tasks. These are things that we do for others, we may not enjoy, but we do them anyway This bottle gets filled with tasks like taking children to activities, cooking family meals, and washing clothes for family members, Those bottles are very important if we don't fill them each day. However, we often forget to fill the third bottle-the Happiness Bottle. This is the bottle that we fill with activities that make us happy. Is your Happiness Bottle sometimes empty at the end of the day? Between doing all the Necessary and Voluntary Tasks, time flies by, and before we know it. It is time for bed. We all have days like that. This is why each day we have to make an effort(努力) to fill our Happiness Bottle. Most days, I fill mine by going to the dancing class. And I always leave classes more happily than when I enter. This week, I had the pleasure of taking part in a guitar practice in my neighborhood. We showed our musical talent and practiced music for charity(慈善). It was a time of fun, friendship, and music-making. At the end of the evening, my Happiness Bottle was filled to the top. The challenge(挑战)for each of us is to not let the day go by without filling our Happiness Bottle. That takes some planning. Many of us probably need to pencil happiness activities into our schedule(日程表) or we will fill our schedule with those Necessary and Voluntary Tasks. This week. Think about how your time is being spent. Are you doing enough activities that bring joy to your life? Or are the Necessary and Voluntary Tasks using up all your time? At the end of the day. Hopefully we've done all we can to make sure that our Happiness Bottle is filled. 30．Which activity belongs to(属于) a Necessary Task according to the passage? A．Having fun with your good friend B．Preparing a big dinner for your family. C．Going to work although it is raining heavily. D．Sending your son to a piano lesson on Sunday. 31．People can fill the Happiness Bottle by________. A．planning our schedule without any Voluntary Tasks B．spending time on activities that make us happy C．using up all the time to find happiness. D．doing more things for other people 32．What can we learn from the passage? A．People often fill the Happiness Bottle at bedtime. B．People are happy to fill the Voluntary Tasks Bottle each day C．It is necessary for people to plan happy activities on the schedule. D．It is OK if we don't fill the Necessary Tasks or Voluntary Tasks Bottle. 33．What is the writer's main purpose in writing this passage? A．To describe what the Happiness Bottle is like B．To introduce ways to fill the Harness bottle C．To share the experience of filling the Happiness Bottle D．To tell people to spend time filling the Happiness Bottle 第二部分 本部分共5题, 共20分。根据题目要求, 完成相应任务。 四、 阅读表达(共10分, 第1-3题每小题2分, 第4小题4分) Charlotte Liebling was volunteering at a thrift shop in London, England, in 2016. Thrift shops sell used items like clothes or toys. Often, they donate the money they make to people in need. Liebling noticed that many people dropped off old soft teddy bears, rabbits, and other stuffed animals in good condition. Some were sold. But most were thrown away. Liebling loves stuffed animals and she knew these stuffed animals were once special toys for the owners. “I was sad to learn most of them ended up in the garbage,” she said. In 2019, Liebling created a company called Loved Before. It is a soft-toy adoption agency. It cleans up donated stuffies. Then, it resells them online. It charges between 10 to 15 pounds for each stuffed animal. She has donated 50 percent of her profits (利润) to charity. In the past five years, Liebling has collected more than 60,000 stuffies —people can just drop them off at Loved Before’s offices. They can also mail them in. Lauren Sergi donated her collection of stuffed toys to Loved Before. “They deserved better than staying in boxes for decades,” she said. The stuffed animals are cleaned with high-temperature steam. Liebling works on 50 to 100 stuffed animals every day. She gets help from three workers and three volunteers. Each stuffie takes between one and five hours to clean up. Donors (捐赠人) are asked to send a brief story about their stuffed animals. The company uses the information to create a life story for the toys. Sometimes, a stuffie comes in without a story. “We’ll pass them over to a school classroom,” Liebling said. “The children will take them on adventures and write the stories. They help teach children the importance of giving something secondhand a second chance.” Liebling has big hopes for each Loved Before toy. “Our second-chance toys are very valuable. It’s because of the love and adventure they’ve already experienced. I love that we can give them a second chance to be loved. Besides, we contribute to environmental sustainability (可持续性) by reducing the waste and showing a new way of recycling.” 34．What do thrift shops sell? 35．How can people give the stuffies to Loved Before? 36．Where will the company pass the stuffies without stories over to? 37．What do you think of the company Loved Before? Why do you think so? (Give at least 2 reasons) 五、文段表达(10分) 从下面两个题目中任选一题, 根据中文和英文提示, 完成一篇不少于50词的文段写作。文中已给出内容不计入总词数。所给提示词语仅供选用。请不要写出你的校名和姓名。 38．假如你是李华，你们班在本周六将要组织一次去颐和园(the Summer Palace)的春游活动，你打算邀请外教Mr. Smith参加。请你用英语写—封邮件，告诉他春游集合的时间和地点，在那做什么，以及他需要带什么。 提示词语：school gate, enjoy, picnic, food 提示问题： •When and where will you meet? •What are you going to do there? •What should Mr. Smith bring? Dear Mr. Smith, I’m writing to invite you to take part in our school trip to the Summer Palace this Saturday. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ I’m looking forward to your early reply. Yours, Li Hua 39．中国有悠久的历史文化，中国节日是传统文化的重要组成部分。现在某校英语网站正在以“My Favorite Chinese Traditional Festival”为题进行征文活动。请你用英语写征文，介绍—个你最喜欢的中国传统节日春节、端午节、中秋节等，以及节日期间的传统活动和你的感受。 提示词语：the Spring Festival, put up, prepare, dinner, set off, wish, happy 提示问题： •What’s your favorite Chinese traditional festival? •What do you do during the festival? •How do you feel? My Favorite Chinese Traditional Festival ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 试题 第7页（共8页） 试题 第8页（共8页） 试题 第5页（共8页） 试题 第6页（共8页） 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$