山东省淄博市博山中学（五四制）2023-2024学年八年级下学期期中考试英语试题

博山中学2023-2024第二学期期中考试 初三英语试题 一、听力 第一部分 听短对话回答问题（共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分） 你将听到五组对话，每组对话听一遍。听对话前，你有20秒钟时间阅读所有小题。听完每组对话后，你还有5秒钟的时间选出你认为最合适的备选答案。在听到“嘟”的提示音后，进入下一小题。 1. When was Jane’s favorite singer born? A. In 1979. B. In 1989. C. In 1999. 2. How long does Frank spend reading new words every morning? A. 10 minutes. B. 20 minutes. C. 30 minutes. 3. How does the girl feel in front of strangers? A. Nervous. B. Free. C. Bored. 4. Which country would the woman like to visit? A. China. B. England. C. Singapore. 5. How often does Bob go to the sports club? A. Once a week. B. Three times a week. C. Five times a week. 第二部分 听长对话回答问题（共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分） 你将听到一段对话，对话听两遍。听对话前，你有20秒钟时间阅读所有小题。听完对话后，每小题你还有5秒钟的时间选出你认为最合适的备选答案。在听到“嘟”的提示音后，进入下一小题。 6. What’s the weather like today? A. It’s hot. B. It’s cool. C. It’s cold. 7. When is the girl’s train leaving? A. At 8:45. B. At 9:00. C. At 9:15. 8. Who will perform in the Grand Theater? A. Some violinists. B. Some pianists. C. A rock band. 9. What does the girl think of traveling to Russia now? A. Convenient. B. Cheap. C. Interesting. 10. Where are the two speakers probably talking? A. In a theater. B. At a bus station. C. At the boy’s home. 第三部分 听短文回答问题（共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分） 你将听到一篇短文，短文听两遍。听短文前，你有20秒钟时间阅读所有小题。听完短文后，每小题你还有5秒钟的时间选出你认为最合适的备选答案。在听到“嘟”的提示音后，进入下一小题。 11 When was Emma born? A. In 1993. B. In 1994. C. In 1995. 12. Where does Emma teach English? A. In a primary school. B. In a junior high school. C. In a university. 13. What does Emma often encourage her students to do? A. Read English novels. B. Talk in English more. C. Make friends with foreign students. 14. What did Emma do two months ago? A. She went on a trip to Beijing. B. She went to Hangzhou to visit her parents. C. She took her parents to visit Hangzhou. 15. Where will Emma go with her Chinese friends next year? A. Canada. B. America. C. Japan. 二、完形填空（共10小题，满分10分） 阅读下面短文，从每小题A、B、C、D中选出一个能填入文章中相应空白处的最佳答案。 Once upon a time, a young man traveled to a foreign place alone. While he was walking through a forest, he ____1____. Then he spent half a day finding the way. Feeling tired and thirsty (渴的), he sat down under a tall tree and decided to get some ____2____ first. Just then, the man ____3____ that small drops of water were falling from the tree. He was so ____4____. He soon picked some leaves (叶子) to make a bowl and collected water with it. It took a long time to fill that bowl. But when the young man was about to drink the water, a bird flew near him and knocked the bowl over (打翻). He felt sad and could only start filling that bowl ____5____. After some time, when the bowl was filled, the ____6____ thing happened. This time he got so angry with the bird. He wanted to ____7____ it, but he didn’t. The young man made ____8____ calm down (平静下来). Then he decided to find where the water was from, ____9____ he was afraid that the bird would knock the bowl over again. He climbed the tree and found a snake sleeping up there. It was its venom (毒液) dropping down. At that time, he learned that the bird was just ____10____ him. He was glad that he didn’t hit the bird or make any mistakes when he was angry. 1. A. fell down B. got lost C. came back D. grew up 2. A. water B. money C. food D. advice 3. A. thought B. expected C. noticed D. promised 4. A. patient B. bored C. nervous D. excited 5. A. too B. again C. already D. suddenly 6. A. same B. usual C. lovely D. strange 7. A. touch B. hit C. shake D. save 8. A. itself B. ourselves C. himself D. themselves 9 A. if B. so C. although D. because 10. A. protecting B. missing C. inviting D. believing 三、阅读理解（共16小题，满分32分） 阅读短文A、B、C、D、E，并做每篇后面的题目，从每小题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。 A Taotao was born with cerebral palsy (脑瘫). He couldn’t go to school like other children. To make him live like a normal person, his mother kept trying to train him. As Taotao grew up, his mother taught him to make popcorn at home and helped him set up a stall (摊位) in Hangzhou, Zhejiang. “Taotao, take it easy if no one comes to buy,” his mother said to him and stood aside. She wanted him to work independently. To give him hope, the mother even paid someone to buy popcorn from her son’s stall. A few months later, the 17-year-old boy became more outgoing, and he could run the stall by himself. Feeling happy about Taotao’s changes, the mother shared videos of his popcorn selling story online. They received a lot of likes. Some people even traveled from far away to buy Taotao’s popcorn. Many people wanted to donate (捐赠), but the mother refused. After learning Taotao’s situation, some special education teachers offered him free door-to-door teaching. On November 19th, 2023, Taotao started to have classes at home. He learns life skills, language and so on. He loves studying and he is looking forward to learning more. 11. How did Taotao’s mother encourage him? A. By making lots of videos. B. By leaving him alone at the stall. C. By teaching him to make popcorn. D. By paying people to buy his popcorn. 12. What does the underlined word “They” refer to? A. The videos about Taotao. B. Taotao and his dad. C. Taotao’s changes. D. Friendly people. 13. What does the last paragraph mainly talk about? A. Taotao’s school life. B. Taotao’s teachers. C. Taotao’s studying at home. D. Taotao’s New Year resolutions. B Have you ever heard of “the first cup of milk tea in autumn”? Do you often have milk tea while you’re going out with your friends? Well, drinking milk tea has become a habit of many young people these days. In fact, it was the people from Xizang, China that first drank tea by putting some milk into it. They thought the tea with milk tasted better. Later, the idea came to India and Europe. Then around the 1940s, somebody in Taiwan invented bubble tea, a famous drink that we all know. In the mid-1990s, many companies opened their tea-shops in China. Later, they developed many kinds of milk tea for customers to choose from. In recent years, milk tea has become more and more popular in China. However, researchers in China have warned (警告) that drinking too much milk tea can be bad for health. The study was done among more than 5,200 college students in Beijing. Researchers asked them about how often they drank milk tea, as well as their health conditions. At last, it showed that almost 77% of these students drank milk tea at least 6-11 cups in 2023. And they were more likely to have health problems. According to the study, the caffeine (咖啡因) and sugar in milk tea could lead to addiction (瘾). What’s worse, the milk tea addiction has something to do with a higher risk of depression (抑郁) and anxiety (焦虑). And it might also cause health problems like heart disease. 14. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in Paragraph 2? A. The price of milk tea. B. The history of milk tea. C. Who first drank milk tea. D. When bubble tea was invented. 15. In the study, _________ students drank milk tea at least 6-11 cups in 2023. A. no more than 2,000 B. less than 4,000 C. more than 4,000 D. over 5,200 16. What can we know from the study? A. Not all milk tea has caffeine in it. B. Milk tea is good for depression and anxiety. C. The study was done among college students all over China. D. The milk tea addiction may increase the risk of health problems. 17. What is the best title for the passage? A. The great future of milk tea B. Milk tea: a great invention or a bad addiction? C. Enjoy the first cup of milk tea in autumn D. Milk tea—the magic medicine of young people 阅读短文，根据短文内容，从短文后面的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有一项为多余选项。 Last weekend, I read an article about fruit-picking robots. The robots are helpful, but they make me sad and worried. I’m afraid that my grandchildren won’t be able to know how people grow food or experience the joy of fruit-picking. I once spent a few days with my friends on a farm in New Zealand. There we met about 50 fruit-pickers. ____18____ At night, they told us about their interesting experiences of picking apples and pears. Life on the farm was not easy. The rooms were small and dark. There was only a bed and a shower in each room. However, the trip left me with many good memories. When my son was little, I used to take him to a farm out of town every few weeks. ____19____ My little boy showed great interest in it. He was excited about the smell of the plants, the feel of the soil (土壤) and the way of guessing which piece of fruit would be the most delicious. ____20____ Through those trips, I wanted him to understand the effort (努力) that people need to grow food. Now there are more and more fruit-picking robots. And many people just enjoy washed and sliced (切好的) fruit salad. ____21____ However, it has already started to destroy (毁掉) our understanding of how people grow food. And we can’t experience the joy of fruit-picking. Is it really a good thing? A. He could pick strawberries there. B. Also, he saw where the fruit came from. C. In the daytime, we learned to pick fruit from them. D Will robots become more and more popular in the future? E. It is true that our life is becoming more convenient. 阅读部分的材料，将各小题中五位来自一所国际学校的学生接受采访时被问的问题与他们的回答A-E进行匹配。 ____22____ Do you have any plans for the coming holiday? What would you like to do? ____23____ What do you want to be when you grow up? And how are you going to make your dream come true? ____24____ Chinese is a famously difficult language to learn. How do you keep on learning? Do you have any secrets to share? ____25____ There are many people who deserve (值得) our admiration. Who is the person you admire most? Why? ____26____ Many people find it difficult to make small talk. Some say they hate it. They think it is a waste of time. How do you feel about small talk? A. I think it’s important. These small conversations can open doors that may lead to larger and more meaningful conversations. Small talk also gives you the chance to decide if you want to get to know that person better or not. And like anything, getting good at making it takes practice. B. Yes, I’d like to go traveling with my parents. We’d like to visit Taiyuan, the capital of Shanxi province. One of the places that I’d like to visit there is the Taiyuan Northern Qi Dynasty Mural Museum. I heard it’s the first of its kind in China. C. William Shakespeare. He was an English poet and playwright (剧作家). He is regarded as one of the greatest writers in the English language and in Western literature. He wrote more than thirty plays in his life. Two of his famous works are Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet. I like them very much. D. My parents are both musicians, so I became interested in music as a child. I am a big fan of Evgeny Kissin and I dream of becoming a wonderful pianist like him. I’m going to study hard to get into the Curtis Institute of Music. I hope to achieve my dream through hard work. E. The biggest secret is interest. Interest is the best teacher. I’m really interested in the language. I learn it in many different ways. For example, I watch Chinese movies with subtitles, practice writing characters daily, and chat with native speakers online. 四、选词填空（共10小题，满分10分） 根据短文内容，选择适当的单词填空，使短文意思完整。每个选项只用一次，有两项剩余。 kind if repeating strangers receive supposed safe as conversation between besides therefore A few years ago, my daughter Meghan went to college in Germany. I felt a little worried ____27____ Meghan decided to go there by herself. “Meghan is quite independent, so we are ____28____ to trust her,” said my husband. Meghan called us after she got off the plane. She told us her luggage (行李) hadn’t arrived yet. As a result, she had to stay in Munich. “Don’t worry. I meet a very ____29____ lady named Carol and she invites me to rest in her apartment before my luggage arrives.” Then she told us the lady’s telephone number and rang off. As days went by, we didn’t ____30____ a phone call from Meghan. I started to feel afraid and ____31____ I called the phone number. A woman answered. When I asked about Meghan, she said Meghan had left. And then she told me the whole story ____32____ them. They both arrived in Munich by air at night in the same situation—Neither of their luggage arrived. Carol had a short ____33____ with Meghan and got to know that she went there alone to study. “It’s not ____34____ for a young girl to stay outside late at night in a foreign country, so I took her to my apartment,” Carol told me. Of course, Meghan remembered our warnings (警告) about going with ____35____. But she accepted her invitation after feeling Carol’s kindness. Hearing the whole story, I kept ____36____ my thanks for Carol’s kindness over and over again. Since then, I’ve also tried to give a helping hand to people who are new to our city. 五、语法填空（共10小题，满分10分） 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入适当的内容 (不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。 Sime Nkemeni Darrin was born in Cameroon in 1991. When he was ____37____ child, he developed an interest in kung fu. He dreamed of learning it and ____38____ (visit) China one day. After learning Chinese for a year, Darrin ____39____ (arrive) in Henan in 2017 as a language student at the University of Henan. Darrin chose Henan ____40____ (main) because of the famous Shaolin Temple, which is widely known for its kung fu. “I achieved ____41____ (I) dream when I saw the kung fu shows. I was told that kung fu is more than the powerful movements (有力的动作)；it’s about a way of life,” says Darrin. Of all the different kinds of Chinese kung fu, Darrin chose to learn and practice Tai Chi. So far, he has taken part in many kung fu ____42____ (competition), especially for Tai Chi, and won a number of awards (奖). Darrin is also learning ____43____ (perform) Yu Opera. After watching a Yu Opera performance, Hua Mulan, in 2017, he fell ____44____ love with the opera. He then began to learn it from the famous artist—Li Shujian. It has been about six years ____45____ Darrin left his home country. He has been showing his family, through video calls, his ____46____ (act) life in China and two of his favorite things he has learned: Tai Chi and Yu Opera. “My family are happy that I’m doing what I love in China,” says Darrin. 六、阅读表达（10分） 阅读下面短文，根据短文内容回答问题。 Logan Ober, a teenager in Canada, started a project to give people free computers in 2022. Logan is young, but he is good with computers. One day, there was something wrong with his teacher’s computer. He helped repair it and this made him happy. Then the boy decided to use his skill to help others. In his free time, Logan often collects broken, old and unused computers from schools and office buildings. Then he fixes them and gives them away to poor people. By now, he has helped more than one hundred people. However, this project is not always easy. Sometimes Logan has to spend a few days fixing one computer. But he never feels bored. When people ask him why he started the project, Logan says it is computers that have changed his life. “I used to feel a lot of anxiety (焦虑) about all kinds of things in life. However, the love for computers helped me overcome (克服) it, so I wanted to do something for people in need. Some people are too poor to buy computers. Some people have old computers but they have no idea what to do with them. I just do my part to make them useful again,” he said. Logan thinks a man’s rubbish can be another man’s treasure. The boy says he will keep repairing old computers and giving them to people in need. He will try his best to make the world better. 47. Who did Logan help repair the computer in Paragraph 2? _______________________________________ 48. How does Logan deal with the collected computers? _______________________________________ 49. Why isn’t this project always easy for Logan? _______________________________________ 50. What made Logan overcome anxiety? _______________________________________ 51. What can you learn from the reading? _______________________________________ 七.翻译短语（15分） 将下列短语翻译成汉语： 52. get in trouble ________ 53. drop out of school ________ 54. call on ________ 55. try every means to do ________ 56. Lu Xun Literature Prize ________ 57. break up ________ 58. wait in line ________ 59. break the ice ________ 60. take it easy ________ 61. in general ________ 62. as soon as possible ________ 63. hold on to ________ 64. look up ________ 65. pay attention to ________ 66. be born with ________ 八、书面表达（18分） 67. 来自广西桂林的“栓Q哥”刘涛因为独特的英语口音而受到很多网友的喜爱。这位70后农民因家境贫寒而中途辍学，但是后来他通过自学英语成为了一名英语导游。假如你是桂林以An English guide’s English learning ways为题，写一篇新闻稿，发表到你校英文报刊。 学习英语的方法： 1.每天说英语。他经常找外国游客聊天。他建议大家不要害羞，也不要害怕犯错。 2.熟能生巧。他建议大家把对话写在笔记本上，并反复练习每个句子来加深记忆。 3.多读多写。坚持阅读和写作。 要求： 1.包含所给提示信息，可适当发挥； 2.条理清楚，意思连贯，语句通顺，语法正确； 3.80词左右 (开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数)。 An English guide’s English learning ways Liu Tao, from Guilin, Guangxi, was a farmer, but he became a good English guide by teaching himself English. How did he learn English well? Here are his ways of learning English. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Liu really set a good example for every English learner. Let’s try to learn from him! 博山中学2023-2024第二学期期中考试 初三英语试题 一、听力 第一部分 听短对话回答问题（共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分） 你将听到五组对话，每组对话听一遍。听对话前，你有20秒钟时间阅读所有小题。听完每组对话后，你还有5秒钟的时间选出你认为最合适的备选答案。在听到“嘟”的提示音后，进入下一小题。 1. When was Jane’s favorite singer born? A. In 1979. B. In 1989. C. In 1999. 2. How long does Frank spend reading new words every morning? A. 10 minutes. B. 20 minutes. C. 30 minutes. 3. How does the girl feel in front of strangers? A. Nervous. B. Free. C. Bored. 4. Which country would the woman like to visit? A. China. B. England. C. Singapore. 5 How often does Bob go to the sports club? A. Once a week. B. Three times a week. C. Five times a week. 第二部分 听长对话回答问题（共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分） 你将听到一段对话，对话听两遍。听对话前，你有20秒钟时间阅读所有小题。听完对话后，每小题你还有5秒钟的时间选出你认为最合适的备选答案。在听到“嘟”的提示音后，进入下一小题。 6. What’s the weather like today? A. It’s hot. B. It’s cool. C. It’s cold. 7. When is the girl’s train leaving? A. At 8:45. B. At 9:00. C. At 9:15. 8. Who will perform in the Grand Theater? A. Some violinists. B. Some pianists. C. A rock band. 9. What does the girl think of traveling to Russia now? A. Convenient. B. Cheap. C. Interesting. 10. Where are the two speakers probably talking? A. In a theater. B. At a bus station. C. At the boy’s home. 第三部分 听短文回答问题（共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分） 你将听到一篇短文，短文听两遍。听短文前，你有20秒钟时间阅读所有小题。听完短文后，每小题你还有5秒钟的时间选出你认为最合适的备选答案。在听到“嘟”的提示音后，进入下一小题。 11. When was Emma born? A. In 1993. B. In 1994. C. In 1995. 12. Where does Emma teach English? A. In a primary school. B. In a junior high school. C. In a university. 13. What does Emma often encourage her students to do? A. Read English novels. B. Talk in English more. C. Make friends with foreign students. 14. What did Emma do two months ago? A. She went on a trip to Beijing. B. She went to Hangzhou to visit her parents. C. She took her parents to visit Hangzhou. 15. Where will Emma go with her Chinese friends next year? A. Canada. B. America. C. Japan. 二、完形填空（共10小题，满分10分） 【1~10题答案】 【答案】1. B 2. A 3. C 4. D 5. B 6. A 7. B 8. C 9. D 10. A 三、阅读理解（共16小题，满分32分） 阅读短文A、B、C、D、E，并做每篇后面的题目，从每小题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。 A 【11~13题答案】 【答案】11. D 12. A 13. C B 【14~17题答案】 【答案】14. A 15. C 16. D 17. B 【18~21题答案】 【答案】18. C 19. A 20. B 21. E 【22~26题答案】 【答案】22. B 23. D 24. E 25. C 26. A 四、选词填空（共10小题，满分10分） 【27~36题答案】 【答案】27. as 28. supposed 29. kind 30. receive 31. therefore 32. between 33. conversation 34. safe 35. strangers 36. repeating 五、语法填空（共10小题，满分10分） 【37~46题答案】 【答案】37. a 38. visiting 39. arrived 40. mainly 41. my 42. competitions 43. to perform 44. in 45. since 46. active 六、阅读表达（10分） 【47~51题答案】 【答案】47. His teacher. 48. He fixes them and gives them away to poor people. 49. Because sometimes Logan has to spend a few days fixing one computer. 50. His love for computers. 51. Helping others and recycling resources can make the world better./We should use our own skills to help others. 七.翻译短语（15分） 【52~66题答案】 【答案】52. 惹上麻烦 53. 辍学 54. 呼吁、号召 55. 竭尽全力去做 56. 鲁迅文学奖 57. 结束 58. 排队 59. 打破沉默 60. 别紧张 61. 一般说来 62. 尽快 63. 抓住 64. 查找 65. 注意 66. 与生俱来 八、书面表达（18分） 【67题答案】 【答案】例文 An English guide’s English learning ways Liu Tao, from Guilin, Guangxi, was a farmer, but he became a good English guide by teaching himself English. How did he learn English well? Here are his ways of learning English. First he speaks English every day. He often chats with foreign tourists who speak English and encourages others not to be shy or afraid of making mistakes. Second, practice makes perfect. He writes down conversations in a notebook and repeats each sentence many times to improve his memory. Third, he reads and writes regularly. By keeping this habit, he improves his vocabulary and grammar naturally. Liu’s journey proves that with determination and the right methods, anyone can master English well. Liu really set a good example for every English learner. Let’s try to learn from him! 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$