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绝密★启用前 2023—2024学年度第二学期期中学业水平测试 八年级英语试题（卷）（冀教版） 老师真诚地提醒你： 1.本试卷共8页，满分120分； 2.答卷前请将密封线内的项目填写清楚； 3.书写要认真、工整、规范；卷面干净、整洁、美观。 题号 Ⅰ Ⅱ Ⅲ Ⅳ Ⅴ Ⅵ Ⅶ Ⅷ Ⅸ 总分 得分 第一部分（听力 共30分） Ⅰ.听选答案（共15小题，计20分） 第一节：听下面10段对话，每段对话后有一个问题，读两遍。请根据每段对话的内容和后面的问题，从所给的三个选项中选出最恰当的一项。（共10小题，计10分） 1. A. He has a fever. B. He has a headache. C. He has a stomachache. 2. A. Once a week. B. Once a month. C. Twice a week. 3. A. A snowstorm. B. An earthquake. C. A rainstorm. 4. A. Doing the dishes. B. Doing the homework. C. Cleaning the living room. 5. A. The girl’s sister. B. Li Jun’s sister. C. Li Jun’s mother. 6. A. Because he’s handsome. B. Because he’s clever. C. Because he’s brave. 7. A. Take her temperature. B. Listen to some music. C. Go to the hospital. 8. A. Teacher and student. B. Father and daughter. C. Mother and son. 9. A. Raise money. B. Plant trees. C. Stop killing. 10. A. At 6:45. B. At 7:00. C. At 7:15. 第二节：听下面两段对话，每段对话后有几道小题，请根据对话的内容，从题目所给的三个选项中选出问题的正确答案。每段对话读两遍。（共5小题，计10分） 听第11段对话，回答第11、12小题。 11. Where did the car accident happen? A. At the Green Street. B. In a school. C. In the hospital. 12. What was Lily doing at that time? A. Reading a book. B. Watching TV. C. Watching a film. 听第12段对话，回答第13至15小题。 13. What does Paul think of his work as a volunteer at an animal hospital? A. Interesting. B. Hard. C. Easy. 14. How does Paul often go to the animal hospital? A. By bus. B. By bike. C. On foot. 15. Why does Paul like to be a volunteer at an animal hospital? A. Because he thinks it can help him to get his dream job in the future. B. Because he wants to get much money. C. Because he can play with animals. Ⅱ.听填信息（共5小题，计10分） 本题你将听到一段独白，读两遍。请根据独白内容，用所听到的单词或短语完成下列各题。每空不超过三个单词。 16. Most of children think doing housework is their ______. 17. First, doing housework is a good way to ______. 18. Many children like to spend a lot of time watching TV when they are ______. 19. ______, doing some housework can show our care and love to our parents. 20. Our parents must feel happy if we can help them clean the floor or ______. 第二部分（笔试 共90分） Ⅲ.完形填空（共20小题，计20分） 第一节：阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，从各小题的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，使短文连贯完整。 Protecting wild animals is our duty (义务). Because wild animals are important to us. They live with us on ____1____ earth together. If there are no animals on the earth, ____2____ will not live on, either. So we should look ____3____ them to help us live a healthy life. But some people still don’t realize the importance of protecting wild animals. They often kill wild animals for food or for money. So many wild animals are in ____4____. And lots of wild animals ____5____. We can’t see them any more. Today the number of wild animals ____6____ becoming smaller and smaller. ____7____ we don’t protect them, they will all die out (灭亡). Luckily, more and more people have begun to do many things to protect wild animals. They ask people ____8____ killing wild animals. They get people to know that protecting wild animals is one of the most important things. Now many countries have made ____9____ laws (法律) to protect wild animals. Now that (既然) wild animals are important to man, we ____10____ do our best to protect them. 1. A. a B. an C. the D. / 2. A. ourselves B. our C. us D. we 3. A. after B. out C. for D. from 4. A. danger B. dangerous C. north D. northern 5. A. has disappeared B. have disappeared C. has appeared D. have appeared 6. A. was B. were C. are D. is 7. A. Neither B. Until C. If D. But 8. A. stop B. to stop C. stopping D. to stopping 9. A. much B. few C. some D. any 10. A. couldn’t B. could C. shouldn’t D. should 【答案】1. C 2. D 3. A 4. A 5. B 6. D 7. C 8. B 9. C 10. D 【解析】 【导语】本文论述保护野生动物的重要性，指出当前野生动物面临的威胁，并呼吁人类采取保护措施。 【1题详解】 句意：它们和我们一起生活在地球上。 a一个，表泛指，用于以辅音音素开头的单词前；an一个，表泛指，用于以元音音素开头的单词前；the这个，用于独一无二的事物前；/零冠词。根据“earth”可知，地球是独一无二的天体名词，需用定冠词the修饰。故选C。 【2题详解】 句意：如果地球上没有动物，我们也将无法生存。 ourselves我们自己，反身代词；our我们的，形容词性物主代词；us我们，宾格代词；we我们，主格代词。空处位于动词will前，填主格作主语。故选D。 【3题详解】 句意：所以我们应该照顾他们，以帮助我们过上健康的生活。 after照顾；out外面；for为了；from来自。根据“If there are no animals on the earth, we will not live on, either.”可知，此处指要照顾野生动物。look after“照料”，固定搭配。故选A。 【4题详解】 句意：所以许多野生动物处于危险中。 danger危险，名词；dangerous危险的，形容词；north北方，名词；northern北方的，形容词。be in+名词，表示一种状态，空处填名词。又根据“We can’t see them any more.”可知，野生动物处于危险中。in danger“处于危险中”。故选A。 【5题详解】 句意：并且大量野生动物已经消失。 has disappeared已经消失；have disappeared已经消失；has appeared已经出现；have appeared已经出现。根据“We can’t see them any more.”可知，野生动物消失了。主语为复数的lots of wild animals，助动词用have。故选B。 【6题详解】 句意：如今野生动物数量正变得越来越少。 was是，am和is的过去式；were是，are的过去式；are是；is是。根据“Today”可知，此句时态为一般现在时，主语是the number of wild animals，指动物的数量，be动词用is。故选D。 【7题详解】 句意：如果我们不保护它们，它们将会灭亡。 Neither两者都不；Until直到；If如果；But但是。根据“we don’t protect them”和“they will die out”可知，前后两句是条件和结果关系。前半句为条件，用If引导条件状语从句。故选C。 【8题详解】 句意：他们让人们停止杀害野生动物。 stop停止，动词原形；to stop停止，动词不定式；stopping停止，动名词；to stopping停止，“介词to+动名词”形式。ask sb to do“让某人做某事”，空处填动词不定式。故选B。 【9题详解】 句意：现，许多国家已制定一些法律来保护野生动物。 much许多，修饰不可数名词；few很少，修饰可数名词复数；some一些，既可以修饰可数名词复数，也可以修饰不可数名词，常用于肯定句；any一些，既可以修饰可数名词复数，也可以修饰不可数名词，常用于否定句和疑问句。此句为肯定句，根据“to protect wild animals”可知，此处指制定法律保护野生动物，laws是可数名词复数，且表示制定一些法律。故选C。 【10题详解】 句意：既然野生动物对人类很重要，我们应该尽最大努力保护它们。 couldn’t不能；could能，可以；shouldn’t不应该；should应该。根据“wild animals are important”可知，我们应该保护野生动物，这是一种责任和义务，用should。故选D。 第二节：阅读下面短文，理解大意，然后从各小题的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，使短文连贯完整。 When we lived in the countryside, my father and I had a garden. We planted beans, carrots and other ____11____ in it. To us, growing plants was a kind of happiness. We loved the earthy (泥土的) ____12____. The fresh smell made us feel comfortable. Two years ago, my father got a job in the city, so we had to ____13____ the city. We traded our big countryside garden for a small city window box. Dad and I ____14____ the garden in the countryside very much. So we decided to grow a ____15____ in our neighbourhood. First, we dug up soil in the place. Next we ____16____ planted seeds and small plants. We wore gloves ____17____ some plants could easily hurt our hands. This took us back to the ____18____ time before. Soon the flowers came out. The plants filled the air ____19____ its fresh smell. Then, tiny vegetables grew. At last the vegetables became ripe (成熟的), so we picked them. Dad and I ____20____ some tasty vegetables from our city garden. Dad said to me happily, “Our garden comes back again.” 11. A. vegetables B. fruit C. bread D. tomatoes 12. A. sound B. feeling C. smell D. colour 13. A. come out B. blow out C. add to D. move to 14. A. found B. missed C. hated D. received 15. A. garden B. house C. yard D. field 16. A. carefully B. sadly C. nearly D. probably 17. A. until B. because C. or D. so 18. A. hard B. boring C. easy D. wonderful 19. A. at B. in C. with D. of 20. A. made B. enjoyed C. opened D. bought 【答案】11. A 12. C 13. D 14. B 15. A 16. A 17. B 18. D 19. C 20. B 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者和父亲在乡村时拥有花园，种植各种植物，后来搬到城市后，因怀念乡村花园，又在社区重新打造花园的故事。 【11题详解】 句意：我们在里面种豆子、胡萝卜和其他蔬菜。 vegetables蔬菜；fruit水果；bread面包；tomatoes西红柿。由“beans, carrots”可知，此处指蔬菜。故选A。 【12题详解】 句意：我们爱这充满泥土气息的花园。 sound声音；feeling感觉；smell气味；colour颜色。由下句“The fresh smell made us feel comfortable.”可知，此处指泥土的气味。故选C。 【13题详解】 句意：两年前，我父亲在城里找到了一份工作，所以我们不得不搬到城里。 come out出来；blow out吹灭；add to添加到；move to搬到。由“my father got a job in the city”可知，父亲在城里找了工作，所以要搬到城里。故选D。 【14题详解】 句意：爸爸和我都非常想念乡下的花园。 found发现；missed想念；hated讨厌；received收到。根据“So we decided to grow a ...in our neighbourhood.”可知，应是想念乡下的花园，所以决定建一个。故选B。 【15题详解】 句意：所以我们决定在邻居家附近建一个花园。 garden花园；house房子；yard院子；field田地。根据下文“First, we dug up soil in the place. Next we... planted seeds and small plants. ”可知，他们挖土、播种等，所以此处指建一个花园。故选A。 【16题详解】 句意：接下来，我们小心地种下种子和小植物。 carefully小心地；sadly悲伤地；nearly几乎；probably可能。作者与家人很重视重新打造新花园的事，故“小心翼翼”符合语境，本句是说小心地种下种子和小植物。故选A。 【17题详解】 句意：我们戴了手套，因为有些植物容易伤手。 until直到；because因为；or或者；so所以。根据“ We wore gloves ... some plants could easily hurt our hands.”可知，戴手套是为了防止被植物伤手，because表原因，符合语境。故选B。 【18题详解】 句意：这让我们回到了以前的美好时光。 hard艰难的；boring无聊的；easy容易的；wonderful精彩的。由“Our garden comes back again.”可知，花园重现生机，这是一段美好的时光。故选D。 【19题详解】 句意：植物的清新气味弥漫在空气中。 at在；in在……里面；with和；of……的。“fill... with...”意为“用……充满……”，固定搭配。故选C。 【20题详解】 句意：爸爸和我享用了一些美味的蔬菜，它们来自我们的城市花园。 made制作；enjoyed享受；opened打开；bought买。由“some tasty vegetables from our city garden”可知，他们享用了自己种植的蔬菜。故选B。 Ⅳ.阅读理解（共15小题，计20分） 第一节：阅读下面A、B、C三篇材料，从所给的四个选项中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的一个最佳答案。（共10小题，计15分） A We can know about the weather by listening to the weather report. We can also know the weather in some other ways. Let’s see what Li Hua and Li Ming found on the Internet. Li Hua When we see birds fly high out to the sea, we know it is a nice day, because birds don’t like to fly out if it rains. When the weather is bad, the birds will come back to the beach. A big wind may come with a heavy rain. Birds do not like to fly in a big wind. They may sit in a tree when the rain is coming. Li Ming It is a cloudy day. The rain is coming. Chickens are not quiet and they run here and there. Frogs (青蛙) make big noises in the pool. If it is a nice day, the frogs will come out of the water. 21. When can we play beach volleyball? A. When birds fly back to the beach. B. When birds fly high out to the sea. C. When birds hide in their nests. D. When birds sit in a tree. 22. What might chickens do when it is going to rain? A. They run here and there. B. They keep quiet. C. They lay eggs everywhere. D. They fight with each other. 23. If frogs make loud noises, what will the weather be like? A. Sunny. B. Windy. C. Rainy. D. Warm. 【答案】21. B 22. A 23. C 【解析】 【导语】本文告诉我们能通过动物可以知道天气。 【21题详解】 细节理解题。根据“When we see birds fly high out to the sea, we know it is a nice day because birds don’t like to fly out if it rains.”可知，如果我们看到鸟儿在海面上高高飞翔，那就是出去玩的好时机。故选B。 【22题详解】 细节理解题。根据“The rain is coming. Chickens are not quiet and they run here and there.”可知，准备要下雨时，鸡会到处乱跑。故选A。 【23题详解】 细节理解题。根据“The rain is coming. Chickens are not quiet and they run here and there. Frogs (青蛙) make a big noise in the pool.”可知，青蛙在雨天会在池子里发出很大的声音。故选C。 B It is not easy to solve (解决) our worries. However, spending time with animals can make us feel better. Let’s look at how pets can help us to better solve our worries and why it is good to keep a pet. Many people like talking to their pets, and this makes them feel better. Because they can tell their pets about their problems. This helps to reduce a person’s stress (压力). Animals can be good friends to us all, and they help to stop us from feeling alone when we are in troubles (烦恼). Animals help us to take our minds off our problems. Spending time with animals can help us to be more active. It also helps us to put our energies into working with them. People can do activities with their pets or other animals. This will give them a fresh opinion (想法) on things. Most importantly, playing with animals helps to give us the confidence to get through our troubles. Animals can help us to think about the good things in our lives. Playing with animals can help to reduce our worries and stress in all situations. 24. The underlined word “reduce” probably means “______”. A. jump down B. write down C. count down D. cut down 25. Why can talking to pets make people feel better? A. Pets can understand people. B. Pets can answer people’s questions. C. It helps people to talk about their problems. D. It helps to build friendship between pets and people. 26. Playing with animals can help to give people the ______ to get through their troubles. A. talent B. experience C. confidence D. purpose 27. What does the writer think of keeping pets? A. Hard. B. Unlucky. C. Expensive. D. Helpful. 【答案】24. D 25. C 26. C 27. D 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。主要讲述了与动物相处能帮助人们缓解压力和烦恼。 【24题详解】 词句猜测题。根据“Because they can tell their pets about their problems.”可知，告诉宠物自己的问题能减少压力。“reduce”意为“减少”。与D选项意思相近。故选D。 【25题详解】 细节理解题。根据“Many people like talking to their pets, and this makes them feel better. Because they can tell their pets about their problems.”可知，与宠物交谈让人们感觉更好，是因为人们可以告诉宠物他们的问题。故选C。 【26题详解】 细节理解题。根据“Most importantly, playing with animals helps to give us the confidence to get through our troubles”可知，和动物玩可以给人们信心来克服他们的困难。故选C。 【27题详解】 观点态度题。通读全文并根据“Animals can help us to think about the good things in our lives. Playing with animals can help to reduce our worries and stress in all situations.”可知，作者认为养宠物是有帮助的。故选D。 C There are many kinds of plants in the world. I’ll tell you two kinds of them. Rafflesia arnoldii (大王花) People discovered this flower in Sumatra in 1818, and it is the largest flower in the world. It can grow up to one metre in diameter (直径), and as heavy as 11 kg. Though rafflesia arnoldii is a large flower, it is very difficult to find. It takes 9 to 21 months for the plant to develop, but its flower lasts for only five days. The flower can reach up to 6 metres tall and 4.8 metres wide, but it smells awful. Dancing plant Have you ever watched a plant move all by itself? The dancing plant actually moves its leaves. It can grow up to 2 metres tall. The period (时期) of its movements is from 3 to 5 minutes, and when all of the leaves move, it brings a very cool wind. The plant lives in Asia. People can also find it in the South Pacific. It is very wonderful. This plant is famous for being a favourite of Charles Darwin, and it is important in his book The Power of Movement in Plants. 28. What can we know about rafflesia arnoldii? A. It is about 20 metres wide. B. People discovered it in 1922. C. Its flower lasts for 9 to 21 months. D. It is the largest flower in the world. 29. We can find dancing plants in ______. A. Sumatra B. the North Pacific C. Asia D. Europe 30. Where can we read this passage? A. In a storybook. B. In a science magazine. C. In a history book. D. In a travel magazine. 【答案】28. D 29. C 30. B 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。主要介绍了世界上两种特殊的植物：大王花和舞草。 28题详解】 细节理解题。根据“Rafflesia arnoldii (大王花)”和“People discovered this flower in Sumatra in 1818, and it is the largest flower in the world.”可知，大王花是世界上最大的花。故选D。 【29题详解】 细节理解题。根据“Dancing plant”和“The plant lives in Asia. People can also find it in the South Pacific.”可知，舞草主要分布在亚洲和南太平洋地区。故选C。 【30题详解】 推理判断题。通读全文可知，本文介绍了两种植物的科学知识，属于科普类文章，因此最可能出现在科学杂志中。故选B。 第二节：根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。（共5小题，计5分） Some people often read e-books on personal computers or e-book readers. ____31____. At first, e-books were just for a certain group of readers and most of them were about only a few subjects. With the development of the Internet, ____32____. This is why the e-book business is rising quickly. E-books have many advantages. First of all, they save time. ____33____. We can find the topic we want to know about on the Internet, and then we can quickly get many e-books on this topic. ____34____. Some e-books cost us little money, and there are many thousands of e-books on the Internet. Besides, they can help to protect environment, ____35____. Also, e-books make reading more convenient. You can carry a whole library of hundreds of books with you in a small computer, mobile phones or any e-book reader, without worrying about their weight. But e-books have certain disadvantages. They need a personal computer, a mobile phone or an e-book reader, and the information can be lost if the reader’s computer doesn’t support its file format (文件格式). However, e-books give us a new way of reading. That is really good. A. Second, e-books save money B. We can read paper books anywhere C. And some people like to read e-books on their mobile phones D. we don’t need so many trees to make paper books E. knowledge and answers to a lot of questions mainly come from e-books F. we need so many paper books G. We don’t need to go to a bookstore to buy books 【答案】31. C 32. E 33. G 34. A 35. D 【解析】 【导语】本文主要介绍了电子书的发展、优势和劣势。 31题详解】 根据前文“Some people often read e-books on personal computers or e-book readers.”可知，此处应是补充人们阅读电子书的其他设备情况。选项C“并且一些人喜欢在他们的手机上阅读电子书”符合语境。故选C。 【32题详解】 根据前文“With the development of the Internet”以及后文“This is why the e-book business is rising quickly.”可知，此处应是互联网发展对电子书的影响。选项E“知识和许多问题的答案主要来自电子书”符合语境。故选E。 【33题详解】 根据前文“E-books have many advantages. First of all, they save time.”可知，此处应是介绍列举电子书的优势。选项G“我们不需要去书店买书”符合语境。故选G。 【34题详解】 根据前文提到电子书优势，以及后文“Some e-books cost us little money”可知，此处应是另一个关于省钱的优势——省钱。选项A“第二，电子书省钱”符合语境。故选A。 【35题详解】 根据前文“Besides, they can help to protect environment”可知，此处应是说明电子书环保的原因。选项D“我们不需要那么多树来制作纸质书”符合语境。故选D。 Ⅴ.完成句子：根据所给汉语意思，用单词或短语完成下列英文句子。（共5小题，计10分） 36. 这里的天气既不太热也不太冷。 The weather here is neither too hot ______ too cold. 【答案】nor 【解析】 【详解】对照中英文可知，缺少“也不”。“既不……也不……”可以用neither…nor…。故填nor。 37. 这个女孩为她的洋娃娃手工制作了一条连衣裙。 The girl made a dress ______ for her doll. 【答案】by hand 【解析】 【详解】对照中英文可知，缺少“手工”，用by hand，介词短语作状语。故填by hand。 38. 不要害怕在公众面前讲话。 Don’t be ______ speaking in public. 【答案】afraid of 【解析】 【详解】根据英汉句子可知，空格处缺少“害怕”的英文。“害怕”常见表达为“be afraid of...” 。其中“afraid”是形容词，“of”是介词，后接动词 -ing形式。故填afraid of。 39. 当你遇到一个新单词的时候，试着猜测它的意思。不要一直依赖字典。 When you meet a new word, try to guess its meaning. Don’t ______ the dictionary all the time. 【答案】depend on 【解析】 【详解】根据英汉句子可知，空格处缺少“依赖”的英文。“depend on”表示“依赖，依靠”，由句中“Don’t”可知，这是一个否定祈使句，其后接动词原形。故填depend on。 40. 我确信你会成为一名出色的歌手。 I ______ that you’ll be a great singer. 【答案】make sure##am sure 【解析】 【详解】中英文对照可知，空处表示“确信”，用动词短语make/be sure表示，主语是I，时态是一般现在时，谓语动词用原形，be动词用am。故填make/am sure。 Ⅵ.短文填空：用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，使短文完整正确。（每个单词限用一次，每空限填一个单词。）（共10小题，计10分） be they nothing seed plant happy mean water later excite Planting flowers is my favourite hobby. I can learn something new from it. Last week I bought a flower pot and some flowers ____41____ in the market. Then I ____42____ some seeds in the pot. After a few days, nothing happened, but I didn’t give up ____43____ them. Another ten days ____44____, I saw some young plants come out. I felt very ____45____ because I could grow something. Just like growing flowers, we can also plant happiness. Our life is just like a pot with ____46____ in it. We have lots of things to do, but sometimes we don’t do ____47____. We may miss many important chances. That ____48____ we lose many things. What ____49____ the lost things? They’re the seeds of hope, love and dreams. What should we plant in life? If we plant negative thoughts (消极的思想) inside our hearts, we will feel sad in the future days. If we plant seeds of hope, we will get a lot of ____50____. 【答案】41. seeds 42. planted 43. watering 44. later 45. excited 46. nothing 47. them 48. means 49. are 50. happiness 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者种花的经历，并由此引发对生活的思考，阐述了在生活中应种下希望的种子等观点。 【41题详解】 句意：上周我在市场上买了一个花盆和一些花种子。根据语境和空前的“some flowers”和备选词可知，这里需要一个表示花相关事物的名词，“seed”表示“种子”，且“some”后接可数名词复数，“seeds”符合语境。故填seeds。 【42题详解】 句意：然后我在花盆里种植了一些种子。根据语境和前文提到买种子，这里需要一个表示种植动作的动词，“plant”表示“种植”，由“Last week”可知时态为一般过去时，备选词“planted”符合要求。故填planted。 【43题详解】 句意：几天后，什么都没发生，但我没有放弃给种子浇水。根据语境和前文种花，这里需要一个与种花相关的动作，备选词“water”表示“浇水”，“give up doing sth.”是固定搭配，意为“放弃做某事”，所以用“watering”。故填watering。 【44题详解】 句意：又过了十天之后，我看到一些幼苗长出来了。根据语境，这里需要一个表示时间先后顺序的词，备选词“later”表示“后来；以后”符合语境，“another ten days later”表示“又过了十天”。故填later。 【45题详解】 句意：我感到非常兴奋，因为我能种出东西了。根据语境，种出东西会让人心情好，这里需要一个表示心情的形容词，备选词“excite”的形容词形式“excited”表示“兴奋的，激动的”，用来形容人，符合语境。故填excited。 【46题详解】 句意：我们的生活就像一个里面什么都没有的花盆。根据语境和后文提到错过机会失去很多东西，这里需要一个表示否定意义的词，备选词“nothing”表示“没有什么”，符合语境。故填nothing。 【47题详解】 句意：我们有很多事情要做，但有时我们不做这些事情。这里指代前文的“lots of things”，在否定句中作宾语，需要一个代词，备选词“they”的宾格形式“them”符合语境。故填them。 【48题详解】 句意：那意味着我们失去很多东西。根据语境，这里需要一个表示“意味着”的动词，备选词“mean”表示“意味着”符合语境，主语“That”是第三人称单数，一般现在时中动词用第三人称单数形式“means”。故填means。 【49题详解】 句意：丢失的东西是什么？这里需要一个be动词来构成主系表结构，主语“the lost things”是复数，一般现在时中用“are”。故填are。 【50题详解】 句意：如果我们种下希望的种子，我们会得到很多幸福。根据语境和前文提到种下消极思想会难过，这里种下希望种子会得到好的东西，备选词“happy”的名词形式“happiness”表示“幸福，快乐”，“a lot of”后接名词，符合语境。故填happiness。 Ⅶ.任务型阅读：阅读下面短文，根据短文内容，完成下列各题。（共5小题，计10分） How often do you use the computer? What do you usually do on the computer? About these questions different people have different answers. Here are some people’s answers. Lisa is 30 years old. She is an office woman. She uses the computer every day. She checks her e-mails, makes her work plans and gets much information every day. She wants to use her computer to listen to music and watch movies, but she is too busy every day. She doesn’t have time for fun. David is a math teacher. He’s 35 years old. He uses his computer to prepare (准备) for his lessons. He uses her computer to go online. He can get much information about math on the Internet. Mary is a housewife (家庭妇女). She likes shopping, but she doesn’t want to go out. She uses her computer and the Internet for shopping. Her computer and the Internet make her life easy. Xiao Gang is a student from a middle school student. His parents bought a computer for him. He likes it very much. He uses his computer to do his homework. 51. How often does Lisa use the computer? She uses the computer ________________________. 52. What does David do? He’s a(n) ______________________________. 53. What does Mary like doing online? She likes ________________________ online. 54. What does the underlined word “it” refer to (指的是)? It refers to ________________________. 55. What do you usually do on your computer? I usually ______________________________. 【答案】51. every day 52. math teacher 53. shopping 54. the computer 55. write e-mails/chat online with friends (答案不唯一，合理即可) 【解析】 【导语】本文围绕人们使用电脑的频率和用途展开，介绍了丽莎、大卫、玛丽和小刚使用电脑的情况。 【51题详解】 根据第二段“She uses the computer every day.”可知，丽莎每天使用电脑，故填every day。 【52题详解】 根据第三段“David is a math teacher.”可知，大卫的职业是一名数学老师，故填math teacher。 【53题详解】 根据第四段“She uses her computer and the Internet for shopping.”可知，玛丽喜欢在网上购物，like后接动词-ing形式，故填shopping。 【54题详解】 根据第五段“His parents bought a computer for him. He likes it very much.”可知，这里的“it”指代提到的父母买的电脑，即“the computer”，故填the computer。 【55题详解】 开放性作答，结合实际，言之有理即可。参考答案为：write e-mails/chat online with friends。 Ⅷ.补全对话（共5小题，计5分） 根据下面对话中的情境，在每个空白处填入一个适当的语句，使对话恢复完整。 A: _________56_________. Can you tell me the time, please? B: Sure, it’s eight thirty-eight. A: The buses are getting late these days. B: I hope it won’t be too late today. I must get back to school before 9 o’ clock. A: I hope you don’t mind my asking you. ____________57____________? B: I’m from Shanghai. I’m studying here. A: ____________58____________? B: I’m studying history. A: ____________59____________? B: Yes, it’s warm in spring in Shanghai. A: Ah. Here’s the bus. Well, have a good day and I hope you make progress in your study. B: ____________60____________. 【答案】56. Excuse me 57. Where are you from 58. What are you studying 59. Is it warm in spring in Shanghai 60. Thanks/Thank you 【解析】 【导语】本文是一段对话，A先询问时间，随后双方围绕B的相关信息展开交流，包括来自哪里、学习什么专业以及上海春天天气等内容。 【56题详解】 根据下文“Can you tell me the time, please?”可知，A要向B询问时间，在询问他人事情前通常用礼貌用语“Excuse me”，表示“打扰一下” 。故填Excuse me。 【57题详解】 根据下文“I’m from Shanghai.”可知，此处应询问对方来自哪里，“Where are you from?”意为“你来自哪里？”。故填Where are you from。 【58题详解】 根据下文“I’m studying history.”可知，此处应询问对方在学习什么，“What are you studying?”意为“你在学习什么？”。故填What are you studying。 【59题详解】 根据下文“Yes, it’s warm in spring in Shanghai.”可知，此处应是询问上海春天天气是否暖和的一般疑问句，“Is it warm in spring in Shanghai?”符合语境。故填Is it warm in spring in Shanghai。 【60题详解】 根据上文“Here’s the bus. Well, have a good day and I hope you make progress in your study.”可知，A向B表达祝福，B应表示感谢，“Thanks”或“Thank you”都可表示“谢谢” 。故填Thanks/Thank you。 Ⅸ.书面表达（共1题，计15分） 61. 动物是我们人类的朋友，在我们的生活中占很重要的位置。请你以“Mountain Gorillas”为题，参考以下表格，写一篇英语短文简单介绍一下山地大猩猩，并呼吁人们保护动物。 Mountain gorillas (山地大猩猩) Habitat (栖息地) central Africa Situation in great danger Characters gentle and clever Dian Fossey (a scientist) be interested in mountain gorillas; do a lot for the animals; write books 要求： 1. 参考提示内容，可适当发挥； 2. 文中不得出现你的任何真实信息 (姓名、校名和地名等)； 3. 词数：不少于70词，开头已给出，不计入总词数。 Mountain Gorillas The wild mountain gorillas live in the central Africa. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】One possible version: Mountain Gorillas The wild mountain gorillas live in the central Africa. The big animals are in great danger. Many people believe that mountain gorillas are fierce. But in fact, gorillas are both gentle and clever. They use their strength only when they want to protect their families or groups. Dian Fossey is interested in the animals. She has learned a lot about the gorillas. She has done a lot for the animals. She has also written many books so that people can do something to protect the animals. I think we should do something like Dian Fossey to protect the animals. 【解析】 【详解】[总体分析] ① 题材：本文是一篇材料作文； ② 时态：时态为“一般现在时”； ③ 提示：写作要点已给出，考生写作时注意要按表格提示的要点写，不要遗漏表格中“山地大猩猩的栖息地、现状、性格特点，以及科学家Dian Fossey对它们的关注”等要点，根据实际情况可适当添加细节，并突出写作重点。 [写作步骤] 第一步，承接开头，介绍山地大猩猩栖息地、现状、性格特点等要点，纠正人们对其凶猛的错误认知； 第二步，讲述科学家Dian Fossey对山地大猩猩的关注及所做之事； 第三步，发出呼吁，表明我们应像Dian Fossey一样保护动物。 [亮点词汇]    ① in great danger 处于极大危险中 ② in fact 事实上 ③ be interested in 对……感兴趣 ④ learned a lot about 学习大量有关于…… ⑤ so that 以便，为了 [高分句型] ① They use their strength only when they want to protect their families or groups. (时间状语从句) ② She has also written many books so that people can do something to protect the animals. (目的状语从句) ③ I think we should do something like Dian Fossey to protect the animals. (宾语从句) 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$ 绝密★启用前 2023—2024学年度第二学期期中学业水平测试 八年级英语试题（卷）（冀教版） 老师真诚地提醒你： 1.本试卷共8页，满分120分； 2.答卷前请将密封线内的项目填写清楚； 3.书写要认真、工整、规范；卷面干净、整洁、美观。 题号 Ⅰ Ⅱ Ⅲ Ⅳ Ⅴ Ⅵ Ⅶ Ⅷ Ⅸ 总分 得分 第一部分（听力 共30分） Ⅰ.听选答案（共15小题，计20分） 第一节：听下面10段对话，每段对话后有一个问题，读两遍。请根据每段对话的内容和后面的问题，从所给的三个选项中选出最恰当的一项。（共10小题，计10分） 1. A. He has a fever. B. He has a headache. C. He has a stomachache. 2. A. Once a week. B. Once a month. C. Twice a week. 3. A. A snowstorm. B. An earthquake. C. A rainstorm. 4. A. Doing the dishes. B. Doing the homework. C. Cleaning the living room. 5. A. The girl’s sister. B. Li Jun’s sister. C. Li Jun’s mother. 6. A. Because he’s handsome. B. Because he’s clever. C. Because he’s brave. 7. A. Take her temperature. B. Listen to some music. C. Go to the hospital. 8. A. Teacher and student. B. Father and daughter. C. Mother and son. 9. A. Raise money. B. Plant trees. C. Stop killing. 10. A. At 6:45. B. At 7:00. C. At 7:15. 第二节：听下面两段对话，每段对话后有几道小题，请根据对话的内容，从题目所给的三个选项中选出问题的正确答案。每段对话读两遍。（共5小题，计10分） 听第11段对话，回答第11、12小题。 11. Where did the car accident happen? A. At the Green Street. B. In a school. C. In the hospital. 12. What was Lily doing at that time? A. Reading a book. B. Watching TV. C. Watching a film. 听第12段对话，回答第13至15小题。 13. What does Paul think of his work as a volunteer at an animal hospital? A. Interesting. B. Hard. C. Easy. 14. How does Paul often go to the animal hospital? A. By bus. B. By bike. C. On foot. 15. Why does Paul like to be a volunteer at an animal hospital? A. Because he thinks it can help him to get his dream job in the future. B. Because he wants to get much money. C. Because he can play with animals. Ⅱ.听填信息（共5小题，计10分） 本题你将听到一段独白，读两遍。请根据独白内容，用所听到的单词或短语完成下列各题。每空不超过三个单词。 16. Most of children think doing housework is their ______. 17. First, doing housework is a good way to ______. 18. Many children like to spend a lot of time watching TV when they are ______. 19. ______, doing some housework can show our care and love to our parents. 20. Our parents must feel happy if we can help them clean the floor or ______. 第二部分（笔试 共90分） Ⅲ.完形填空（共20小题，计20分） 第一节：阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，从各小题的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，使短文连贯完整。 Protecting wild animals is our duty (义务). Because wild animals are important to us. They live with us on ____1____ earth together. If there are no animals on the earth, ____2____ will not live on, either. So we should look ____3____ them to help us live a healthy life. But some people still don’t realize the importance of protecting wild animals. They often kill wild animals for food or for money. So many wild animals are in ____4____. And lots of wild animals ____5____. We can’t see them any more. Today the number of wild animals ____6____ becoming smaller and smaller. ____7____ we don’t protect them, they will all die out (灭亡). Luckily, more and more people have begun to do many things to protect wild animals. They ask people ____8____ killing wild animals. They get people to know that protecting wild animals is one of the most important things. Now many countries have made ____9____ laws (法律) to protect wild animals. Now that (既然) wild animals are important to man we ____10____ do our best to protect them. 1. A. a B. an C. the D. / 2. A. ourselves B. our C. us D. we 3. A. after B. out C. for D. from 4. A. danger B. dangerous C. north D. northern 5. A. has disappeared B. have disappeared C. has appeared D. have appeared 6. A. was B. were C. are D. is 7. A. Neither B. Until C. If D. But 8. A. stop B. to stop C. stopping D. to stopping 9. A. much B. few C. some D. any 10. A. couldn’t B. could C. shouldn’t D. should 第二节：阅读下面短文，理解大意，然后从各小题的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，使短文连贯完整。 When we lived in the countryside, my father and I had a garden. We planted beans, carrots and other ____11____ in it. To us, growing plants was a kind of happiness. We loved the earthy (泥土的) ____12____. The fresh smell made us feel comfortable. Two years ago, my father got a job in the city, so we had to ____13____ the city. We traded our big countryside garden for a small city window box. Dad and I ____14____ the garden in the countryside very much. So we decided to grow a ____15____ in our neighbourhood. First, we dug up soil in the place. Next we ____16____ planted seeds and small plants. We wore gloves ____17____ some plants could easily hurt our hands. This took us back to the ____18____ time before. Soon the flowers came out. The plants filled the air ____19____ its fresh smell. Then, tiny vegetables grew. At last the vegetables became ripe (成熟的), so we picked them. Dad and I ____20____ some tasty vegetables from our city garden. Dad said to me happily, “Our garden comes back again.” 11. A. vegetables B. fruit C. bread D. tomatoes 12. A. sound B. feeling C. smell D. colour 13. A. come out B. blow out C. add to D. move to 14. A. found B. missed C. hated D. received 15. A. garden B. house C. yard D. field 16. A. carefully B. sadly C. nearly D. probably 17. A. until B. because C. or D. so 18. A. hard B. boring C. easy D. wonderful 19. A. at B. in C. with D. of 20. A. made B. enjoyed C. opened D. bought Ⅳ.阅读理解（共15小题，计20分） 第一节：阅读下面A、B、C三篇材料，从所给的四个选项中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的一个最佳答案。（共10小题，计15分） A We can know about the weather by listening to the weather report. We can also know the weather in some other ways. Let’s see what Li Hua and Li Ming found on the Internet. Li Hua When we see birds fly high out to the sea, we know it is a nice day, because birds don’t like to fly out if it rains. When the weather is bad, the birds will come back to the beach. A big wind may come with a heavy rain. Birds do not like to fly in a big wind. They may sit in a tree when the rain is coming. Li Ming It is a cloudy day. The rain is coming. Chickens are not quiet and they run here and there. Frogs (青蛙) make big noises in the pool. If it is a nice day, the frogs will come out of the water. 21. When can we play beach volleyball? A. When birds fly back to the beach. B. When birds fly high out to the sea. C. When birds hide in their nests. D. When birds sit in a tree. 22. What might chickens do when it is going to rain? A. They run here and there. B. They keep quiet. C. They lay eggs everywhere. D. They fight with each other. 23. If frogs make loud noises, what will the weather be like? A. Sunny. B. Windy. C. Rainy. D. Warm. B It is not easy to solve (解决) our worries. However, spending time with animals can make us feel better. Let’s look at how pets can help us to better solve our worries and why it is good to keep a pet. Many people like talking to their pets, and this makes them feel better. Because they can tell their pets about their problems. This helps to reduce a person’s stress (压力). Animals can be good friends to us all, and they help to stop us from feeling alone when we are in troubles (烦恼). Animals help us to take our minds off our problems. Spending time with animals can help us to be more active. It also helps us to put our energies into working with them. People can do activities with their pets or other animals. This will give them a fresh opinion (想法) on things. Most importantly, playing with animals helps to give us the confidence to get through our troubles. Animals can help us to think about the good things in our lives. Playing with animals can help to reduce our worries and stress in all situations. 24. The underlined word “reduce” probably means “______”. A. jump down B. write down C. count down D. cut down 25 Why can talking to pets make people feel better? A. Pets can understand people. B. Pets can answer people’s questions. C. It helps people to talk about their problems. D. It helps to build friendship between pets and people. 26. Playing with animals can help to give people the ______ to get through their troubles. A. talent B. experience C. confidence D. purpose 27. What does the writer think of keeping pets? A. Hard. B. Unlucky. C. Expensive. D. Helpful. C There are many kinds of plants in the world. I’ll tell you two kinds of them. Rafflesia arnoldii (大王花) People discovered this flower in Sumatra in 1818, and it is the largest flower in the world. It can grow up to one metre in diameter (直径), and as heavy as 11 kg. Though rafflesia arnoldii is a large flower, it is very difficult to find. It takes 9 to 21 months for the plant to develop, but its flower lasts for only five days. The flower can reach up to 6 metres tall and 4.8 metres wide, but it smells awful. Dancing plant Have you ever watched a plant move all by itself? The dancing plant actually moves its leaves. It can grow up to 2 metres tall. The period (时期) of its movements is from 3 to 5 minutes, and when all of the leaves move, it brings a very cool wind. The plant lives in Asia. People can also find it in the South Pacific. It is very wonderful. This plant is famous for being a favourite of Charles Darwin, and it is important in his book The Power of Movement in Plants. 28. What can we know about rafflesia arnoldii? A. It is about 20 metres wide. B. People discovered it in 1922. C. Its flower lasts for 9 to 21 months. D. It is the largest flower in the world. 29. We can find dancing plants in ______. A. Sumatra B. the North Pacific C. Asia D. Europe 30. Where can we read this passage? A. In a storybook. B. In a science magazine. C. In a history book. D. In a travel magazine. 第二节：根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。（共5小题，计5分） Some people often read e-books on personal computers or e-book readers. ____31____. At first, e-books were just for a certain group of readers and most of them were about only a few subjects. With the development of the Internet, ____32____. This is why the e-book business is rising quickly. E-books have many advantages. First of all, they save time. ____33____. We can find the topic we want to know about on the Internet, and then we can quickly get many e-books on this topic. ____34____. Some e-books cost us little money, and there are many thousands of e-books on the Internet. Besides, they can help to protect environment, ____35____. Also, e-books make reading more convenient. You can carry a whole library of hundreds of books with you in a small computer, mobile phones or any e-book reader, without worrying about their weight. But e-books have certain disadvantages. They need a personal computer, a mobile phone or an e-book reader, and the information can be lost if the reader’s computer doesn’t support its file format (文件格式). However, e-books give us a new way of reading. That is really good. A. Second, e-books save money B. We can read paper books anywhere C. And some people like to read e-books on their mobile phones D. we don’t need so many trees to make paper books E. knowledge and answers to a lot of questions mainly come from e-books F. we need so many paper books G. We don’t need to go to a bookstore to buy books Ⅴ.完成句子：根据所给汉语意思，用单词或短语完成下列英文句子。（共5小题，计10分） 36. 这里的天气既不太热也不太冷。 The weather here is neither too hot ______ too cold. 37. 这个女孩为她的洋娃娃手工制作了一条连衣裙。 The girl made a dress ______ for her doll. 38. 不要害怕在公众面前讲话。 Don’t be ______ speaking in public. 39. 当你遇到一个新单词的时候，试着猜测它的意思。不要一直依赖字典。 When you meet a new word, try to guess its meaning. Don’t ______ the dictionary all the time. 40. 我确信你会成为一名出色的歌手。 I ______ that you’ll be a great singer. Ⅵ.短文填空：用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，使短文完整正确。（每个单词限用一次，每空限填一个单词。）（共10小题，计10分） be they nothing seed plant happy mean water later excite Planting flowers is my favourite hobby. I can learn something new from it. Last week I bought a flower pot and some flowers ____41____ in the market. Then I ____42____ some seeds in the pot. After a few days, nothing happened, but I didn’t give up ____43____ them. Another ten days ____44____, I saw some young plants come out. I felt very ____45____ because I could grow something. Just like growing flowers, we can also plant happiness. Our life is just like a pot with ____46____ in it. We have lots of things to do, but sometimes we don’t do ____47____. We may miss many important chances. That ____48____ we lose many things. What ____49____ the lost things? They’re the seeds of hope, love and dreams. What should we plant in life? If we plant negative thoughts (消极的思想) inside our hearts, we will feel sad in the future days. If we plant seeds of hope, we will get a lot of ____50____. Ⅶ.任务型阅读：阅读下面短文，根据短文内容，完成下列各题。（共5小题，计10分） How often do you use the computer? What do you usually do on the computer? About these questions, different people have different answers. Here are some people’s answers. Lisa is 30 years old. She is an office woman. She uses the computer every day. She checks her e-mails, makes her work plans and gets much information every day. She wants to use her computer to listen to music and watch movies, but she is too busy every day. She doesn’t have time for fun. David is a math teacher. He’s 35 years old. He uses his computer to prepare (准备) for his lessons. He uses her computer to go online. He can get much information about math on the Internet. Mary is a housewife (家庭妇女). She likes shopping, but she doesn’t want to go out. She uses her computer and the Internet for shopping. Her computer and the Internet make her life easy. Xiao Gang is a student from a middle school student. His parents bought a computer for him. He likes it very much. He uses his computer to do his homework. 51. How often does Lisa use the computer? She uses the computer ________________________. 52 What does David do? He’s a(n) ______________________________. 53. What does Mary like doing online? She likes ________________________ online. 54. What does the underlined word “it” refer to (指的是)? It refers to ________________________. 55. What do you usually do on your computer? I usually ______________________________. Ⅷ.补全对话（共5小题，计5分） 根据下面对话中的情境，在每个空白处填入一个适当的语句，使对话恢复完整。 A: _________56_________. Can you tell me the time, please? B: Sure, it’s eight thirty-eight. A: The buses are getting late these days. B: I hope it won’t be too late today. I must get back to school before 9 o’ clock. A: I hope you don’t mind my asking you ____________57____________? B: I’m from Shanghai. I’m studying here. A: ____________58____________? B: I’m studying history. A: ____________59____________? B: Yes it’s warm in spring in Shanghai. A: Ah. Here’s the bus. Well, have a good day and I hope you make progress in your study. B: ____________60____________. Ⅸ.书面表达（共1题，计15分） 61. 动物是我们人类的朋友，在我们的生活中占很重要的位置。请你以“Mountain Gorillas”为题，参考以下表格，写一篇英语短文简单介绍一下山地大猩猩，并呼吁人们保护动物。 Mountain gorillas (山地大猩猩) Habitat (栖息地) central Africa Situation in great danger Characters gentle and clever Dian Fossey (a scientist) be interested in mountain gorillas; do a lot for the animals; write books 要求： 1. 参考提示内容，可适当发挥； 2. 文中不得出现你的任何真实信息 (姓名、校名和地名等)； 3. 词数：不少于70词，开头已给出，不计入总词数。 Mountain Gorillas The wild mountain gorillas live in the central Africa. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$