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2023-2024学年第二学期期中试卷（Z） 八年级英语 注意事项： 1. 此卷分试题卷和答题卡两部分，满分120分，考试时间100分钟。 2. 请用钢笔或圆珠笔在答题卡上答题，答题前请将姓名、准考证号填写清楚。 一、听力理解（20小题，每小题1分，共20分） 第一节 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳答案。每段对话读两遍。 1 What type of books are the two speakers talking about? A. Cooking. B. History. C. Science. 2. How many times has the man been to America? A. Once. B. Twice. C. Never. 3. Where can Mr Zhang be now? A. In the office. B. At home. C. In Nanjing. 4. Which part of the computer doesn’t work? A. The mouse. B. The screen. C. The keyboard. 5. How will the woman go to London? A. By car. B. By train. C. By plane. 第二节 听下面几段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳答案。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听对话，回答以下各小题。 6. Where is the City Library? A. On Long Street. B. On Bridge Road. C. On Green Street. 7. Who did the boy go to the City Library with last week? A. His father. B. His brother. C. His friend. 听对话，回答以下各小题。 8. What does Annie use a computer for? A. Sending emails. B. Writing articles. C. Chatting with her friends. 9. What sports does Annie like? A. Football. B. Volleyball. C. Basketball. 听独白，回答以下各小题。 10. What did the speaker’s grandpa use the old radio for? A. To listen to football matches. B. To listen to the news. C. To listen to English. 11. What does the speaker’s grandpa’s new radio look like? A. It’s small. B. It’s modern. C. It’s big. 12. What does the speaker have now? A. A computer. B. A television. C. A radio. 听对话，回答以下各小题。 13. What does Simon NOT know? A. Where to go. B. How much to pay. C. When to leave. 14. When did Simon go to Suzhou? A. Last week. B. Last month. C. Last year. 15. What will Simon do? A. He will go to Suzhou. B. He will go to Hangzhou. C. He will visit his hometown. 第三节 听下面一篇短文。按照你所听内容的先后顺序将下列图片排序。短文读两遍。 A. B. C. D. E. 16. ________ 17. ________ 18. ________19. ________ 20. ________ 二、阅读理解（20小题，每小题2分，共40分） 阅读下面四篇语言材料，然后按文后要求做题。 A What is the biggest change in your life in 2023? Look at what some people said below. —Betty Alfred| Dec. 30, 2023 I took up cooking this March. It is not as boring as I used to think. And it’s not difficult to learn. Now I can make a good meal for my family within one hour, all by myself. Jean| Dec. 4, 2023 I used to stay at home a lot, but now I love travelling. I’ve taken a lot of short trips with my parents near our home. Camping in the mountains is my favourite. James| Dec. 1, 2023 I get better sleep than before. I used to go to bed at 12:00 am, and sometimes 1:00 am after finishing my homework. Now I fall asleep before 10:00 pm. And I have time to read my favourite book before that. What an enjoyable thing it is! 根据材料内容选择最佳答案。 1. Betty wants to know about people’s ________. A. living habits B. favourite hobbies C. changes in 2023 D. plans for 2023 2. Alfred can ________ this year. A. visit his friends more B. make delicious dishes C get enough sleep D. take a lot of short trips 3. ________ loves travelling now. A. Betty B. Alfred C. Jean D. James 4. James usually went to bed ________ in the past. A. at 12:00 am B. at 1:00 am C. before 10:00 pm D. at 11:00 pm 5. What can we learn from the reading? A. Alfred found cooking difficult at first. B. Jean often travels abroad with her parents. C. James didn’t like reading in the past. D. James loves reading before going to bed. 【答案】1. C 2. B 3. C 4. A 5. D 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇应用文，是Betty询问人们在2023年的最大变化，然后Alfred，Jean，James三个人分别分享了他们自己在2023年的最大变化。 【1题详解】 细节理解题。根据“What is the biggest change in your life in 2023?”可知，Betty想知道人们在2023年的变化。故选C。 【2题详解】 细节理解题。根据“I took up cooking this March. It is not as boring as I used to think. And it’s not difficult to learn. Now I can make a good meal for my family within one hour, all by myself.”可知，Alfred今年可以为家人做一顿美味的饭菜。故选B。 【3题详解】 细节理解题。根据“Jean”和“I used to stay at home a lot, but now I love travelling.”可知，Jean现在喜欢旅行。故选C。 【4题详解】 细节理解题。根据“James”和“I used to go to bed at 12:00 am, and sometimes 1:00 am after finishing my homework.”可知，James过去通常在晚上12点睡觉。故选A。 【5题详解】 细节理解题。根据“James”和“And I have time to read my favourite book before that.”可知，James喜欢在睡觉前阅读。故选D。 B My name is Sara. Chatting online with friends was my favourite thing to do. One day, I got a message from someone called Bradley. He told me he was twelve and lived in New York. He said he wanted to be my secret friend, and I thought that seemed pretty cool. Bradley and I chatted every day. He was interesting and seemed kind of smart—in fact, much smarter than the typical twelve-year-old boys I knew. Bradley told me he would come to my city with his parents and that he would like to have a secret meeting with me. And I agreed. I was so excited that I told Mum that good news. As soon as she heard about my secret Internet friend, my mum started to ask me hundreds of questions. I didn’t understand why my mum was so serious. She even called the police. On the afternoon when Bradley and I were going to meet, the police came with us secretly. It turned out that Bradley wasn’t a twelve-year-old boy. He was a middle-aged man. Bradley wasn’t his real name and he planned to do something bad. I was really afraid when I heard that. This experience made me think more about what my mum said. It’s much safer to spend time outdoors playing sports. 根据材料内容选择最佳答案。 6. What was Sara’s favourite thing? A. Doing sports. B. Watching TV. C. Calling her friends. D. Chatting online with friends. 7. What did Sara think of Bradley at first? A. Interesting and smart. B. Outgoing and friendly. C. Quiet but smart. D. Interesting and hard-working. 8. How did Sara’s mum solve the problem of Sara’s “secret friend”? A. She called Bradley’s parents. B. She went to meet Bradley herself. C. She called the police. D. She took Sara’s computer away. 9. How did Sara feel after she learned the fact about Bradley? A. Sorry. B. Afraid. C. Nervous. D. Excited. 10. The main idea of the passage is ________. A. to tell us an interesting story B. to show us how to make friends C. to tell us about Internet safety D. to advise us to stay away from computers 【答案】6. D 7. A 8. C 9. B 10. C 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了Sara在网上与自称Bradley的网友聊天，并计划秘密见面，但在母亲的提醒和警察的介入下，发现Bradley其实是一个中年男子，并非他所说的12岁男孩，且计划做坏事。这一经历让Sara意识到网络交友的危险性。 【6题详解】 细节理解题。根据文章第一段“My name is Sara. Chatting online with friends was my favourite thing to do.”可知，Sara最喜欢的事情是和朋友在网上聊天。故选D。 【7题详解】 细节理解题。根据文章第二段“He was interesting and seemed kind of smart...”可知，Sara最初认为Bradley有趣且聪明。故选A。 【8题详解】 细节理解题。根据文章第四段“She even called the police.”可知，Sara的妈妈通过叫警察解决了Sara的“秘密朋友”问题。故选C。 【9题详解】 细节理解题。根据文章第四段“I was really afraid when I heard that.”可知，Sara在得知Bradley的真实身份和计划后感到害怕。故选B。 【10题详解】 主旨大意题。根据文章内容，Sara通过网络交友险些遭遇危险，最终在母亲的提醒和警察的帮助下脱离危险，这一经历让Sara和读者意识到网络交友的危险性。因此，文章的主旨是告诉我们关于网络安全的知识。故选C。 C I spent a lot of time making a large shelf for my cave (洞穴). I found a big tree and chopped it down. This took three days. Then, I chopped off the branches. This took another two days. After that, I chopped the wood away from one side, and then from the other side. This took more than one month. Altogether it took forty-two days. In England, two men with a good saw (锯) could have made six of these shelves from that tree in half a day. I also spent a lot of time looking after my corn and rice crops. I had to protect them from wild animals and birds, so I made a fence around them. I shot some of the birds and hung them up near the corn. After that, all the other birds stayed away. I used one of the old swords (剑) I had taken from the ship to cut down the corn when it was ready. I was very proud of my corn and rice and worked hard to increase my crops. A few years later, I would have enough corn to make bread. I had to find a way to grind the corn into flour, but the rocks on the island were not hard enough. I finally discovered that a very hard piece of wood would do. I used some cloth to separate the meal from the husks (外壳). Not having an oven (烤箱), I made some square pots with lids (盖子) and covered them with hot ashes (灰烬). This baked the dough, and I had bread! I made my cave bigger again to hold the corn and flour so that I could make bread whenever I needed to. I sometimes wondered how I could get to the land which was visible from the other side of the island. I went to the ship’s boat that was blown onto the beach in the shipwreck. However, I could not get it to the water. It was too heavy. I tried many different ways of doing it, but none of them were successful. 根据材料内容选择最佳答案。 11. From Paragraph 1, we know that the writer ________. A. felt hopeless and couldn’t have made a shelf himself B. spent a long time making a large shelf with a saw C. made a small canoe with the wood he chopped down D. made a foolish mistake in chopping down a big tree 12. The writer ________ to protect his corn and rice. A. watched out for them day and night B. divided the cave into several different parts C. put some old s words from the ship around them D. built a fence and hung some birds’ bodies near the corn 13. In which order did the writer make bread successfully? a. The writer found a way to grind the corn into flour. b. The writer baked the dough with square pots. c. The writer separated the meal from the husks. d. The writer made some square pots with lids. A. a-c-d-b B. a-d-c-b C. b-d-c-a D. c-b-a-d 14. The underlined word “visible” in the last paragraph means “________”. A. can be smelled B. can be heard C. can be seen D. can be touched 15. Why couldn’t the writer get the boat to the water? A. Because it was too big. B. Because it was too heavy. C. Because it was too light. D. Because it was too small. 【答案】11. B 12. D 13. A 14. C 15. B 【解析】 【导语】本文讲述了作者在岛上制作架子、保护庄稼、制作面包以及尝试将船弄到水里的一系列经历，展现了作者在岛上的生活。 【11题详解】 细节理解题。根据文章第一段“I spent a lot of time making a large shelf for my cave (洞穴). This took three days...This took another two days...This took more than one month. Altogether it took forty-two days.”可知，作者花费了很长时间用砍下的木头制作了一个大架子，但并没有提到使用锯子，而是通过砍、削等动作完成。故选B。 【12题详解】 细节理解题。根据文章第二段“I had to protect them from wild animals and birds, so I made a fence around them. I shot some of the birds and hung them up near the corn.”可知，作者为了保护玉米和稻谷，在它们周围建了一道篱笆，并射杀了一些鸟，把它们挂在玉米附近。故选D。 【13题详解】 推理判断题。根据文章第二段“I had to find a way to grind the corn into flour...I used some cloth to separate the meal from the husks (外壳)...I made some square pots with lids (盖子)...This baked the dough, and I had bread!”可知，作者制作面包的顺序是：先找到将玉米磨成面粉的方法（a），然后用布将面粉与外壳分离（c），接着制作了一些带盖子的方形锅（d），最后用方形锅烤面团（b）。因此，选项A“a-c-d-b”符合文意。故选A。 【14题详解】 词句猜测题。根据文章最后一段“I sometimes wondered how I could get to the land which was visible from the other side of the island.”可知，作者有时想知道怎样才能到达从岛的另一边可以看到的陆地。根据句意和常识可知，这里“visible”的意思是“可以看到的”。故选C。 15题详解】 细节理解题。根据文章最后一段“I went to the ship’s boat that was blown onto the beach in the shipwreck. However, I could not get it to the water. It was too heavy.”可知，作者去查看那艘在船难中被吹到海滩上的船的船，但他无法把它弄到水里，因为它太重了。故选B。 D Tony Wheeler was born to travel. ___16___ For the first 16 years of his life, Tony and his family lived in many different countries. In the early 1970s, Tony met a young woman named Maureen. ___17___ Before getting jobs, Tony and Maureen went travelling. They took a year-long trip from London, through Asia to Australia. On the trip, they visited places like India, Iran and Afghanistan. ___18___ To answer these questions, Tony wrote a guidebook called Across Asia on the Cheap. The book told people about different countries’ weather, customs (习俗) and places to see. Unlike other travel guides in the 1970s, Tony’s guidebook also talked about the places most tourists did not go. He also wrote about unusual things to see and do. ___19___ Tony and Maureen continued travelling. Later they started a company called Lonely Planet. ___20___ So far, the company has printed over 150 million copies of guidebooks. Some guidebooks even have more than one version. 根据材料内容，从下面五个选项中选出能填入文中空缺处的最佳选项，使短文意思通顺、内容完整。 A. They soon married. B. The book was very popular. C. His father worked for an airline. D. They went on writing guidebooks for each place they visited. E. When Tony and Maureen arrived in Australia, people asked many questions about their trip. 【答案】16. C 17. A 18. E 19. B 20. D 【解析】 【导语】本文主要介绍了托尼·惠勒的旅行经历以及他和妻子莫琳共同创建的“孤独星球”公司。 【16题详解】 根据“Tony Wheeler was born to travel.”可知，此处应是介绍托尼·惠勒出生与旅行有关的情况，选项C“他父亲在一家航空公司工作。”符合语境。故选C。 【17题详解】 根据“In the early 1970s, Tony met a young woman named Maureen.”可知，此处应是介绍托尼和莫琳相识后发生的事情，选项A“他们很快就结婚了。”符合语境。故选A。 【18题详解】 根据“To answer these questions, Tony wrote a guidebook called Across Asia on the Cheap.”可知，此处应是引出这些问题，选项E“当托尼和莫琳到达澳大利亚时，人们问了许多关于他们旅行的问题。”符合语境。故选E。 【19题详解】 根据“Tony’s guidebook also talked about the places most tourists did not go. He also wrote about unusual things to see and do.”可知，此处应是说托尼的旅行指南的情况，选项B“这本书很受欢迎。”符合语境。故选B。 【20题详解】 根据“Tony and Maureen continued travelling. Later they started a company called Lonely Planet.”可知，此处应是介绍托尼和莫琳继续旅行后发生的事情，选项D“他们继续为他们访问的每个地方撰写旅行指南。”符合语境。故选D。 三、完形填空（15小题，每小题1分，共15分） 先通读短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案。 Stepping (迈入) inside a good bookshop can feel like stepping outside of time. Melissa Caruso recently visited such a shop, and she shared her ____21____ with her followers (粉丝) on the Internet. “Welcome to Lyrical Ballad Bookshop,” Melissa wrote on the Internet. Melissa writes novels and ____22____ exploring (探索) new bookshops. So when her daughter told her about Lyrical Ballad, she couldn’t ____23____ to check it out. Once Melissa walked into it, she was glad to ____24____ so many books! She loved the details hidden in the shelves, from tiny books to rare children’s books. It was so ____25____! Melissa then found a room. It led readers deeper into the bookshop to reach six more rooms. “At this time, you realize you are going to ____26____ here for a long time,” Melissa wrote. As Melissa stepped deeper, she ____27____ the books inside. She forgot to check the ____28____ of the rooms. But she was sure that there were more than six. They were full of ____29____ of all shapes, sizes and colours. Some were ____30____ and others were 100 years old or more. Melissa ____31____ one of them and saw a bookmark (书签) inside. “____32____ put it there 130 years ago,” she described. “It was surprisingly not expensive, ____33____ I bought it. Then I continued and wondered ____34____ the last room looked like.” Even as she got near to the end of the shelves, she still wanted to know if the shop had an end. Maybe Melissa’s trip to Lyrical Ballad gives her an idea for her next ____35____! You just never know what magic you’ll find around the next corner. 21. A. guide B. business C. experience D. knowledge 22. A. enjoys B. advises C. finishes D. stops 23. A. choose B. wait C. start D. wish 24. A. sell B. buy C. write D. find 25. A. delicious B. amazing C. boring D. easy 26. A. stay B. live C. leave D. fall 27. A. was afraid of B. was angry about C. was surprised at D. was careful with 28. A. review B. waste C. information D. number 29. A. books B. cards C. clothes D. toys 30. A. longer B. deeper C. newer D. bigger 31. A. dressed up B. picked up C. showed up D. put up 32. A. Nobody B. Anybody C. Everybody D. Somebody 33. A. so B. or C. because D. but 34. A. when B. how C. what D. why 35. A. song B. novel C. diary D. play 【答案】21. C 22. A 23. B 24. D 25. B 26. A 27. C 28. D 29. A 30. C 31. B 32. D 33. A 34. C 35. B 【解析】 【导语】本文主要讲述了Melissa Caruso最近参观了这样一家商店，她在网上与她的追随者分享了她的经历。 【21题详解】 句意：梅丽莎·卡鲁索最近参观了这样一家商店，她在网上与她的追随者分享了她的经历。 guide导游；business生意；experience经历；knowledge知识。根据前半句“Melissa Caruso recently visited such a shop”可知，她分享了她的经历。故选C。 【22题详解】 句意：梅丽莎写小说，喜欢探索新书店。 enjoys喜欢；advises建议；finishes完成；stops停止根据后一句“So when her daughter told her about Lyrical Ballad, she couldn’t …to check it out.”可知，她喜欢探索新书店。故选A。 【23题详解】 句意：因此，当她女儿告诉她关于抒情歌谣的事情时，她迫不及待地想去听听。 choose选择；wait等待；start开始；wish希望。根据句意，结合选项可知，此处考查：couldn’t wait to do sth，意为“迫不及待想做某事”符合语境。故选B。 【24题详解】 句意：梅丽莎一走进去，她很高兴能找到这么多书！ sell出售；buy买；write写；find发现。根据“Once Melissa walked into it, she was glad to…so many books!”可知，此处应该表达梅丽莎一走进去，她很高兴能找到这么多书！故选D。 【25题详解】 句意：太神奇了！ delicious美味的；amazing神奇的；boring无聊的；easy容易的。根据前文“She loved the details hidden in the shelves, from tiny books to rare children’s books.”可知，此处应该表达太神奇了！故选B。 【26题详解】 句意：“在这个时候，你意识到你将在这里待很长时间，”梅丽莎写道。 stay待；live居住；leave离开；fall掉下。根据空格后“for a long time”可知，此处指的是将在这里待很长时间。故选A。 【27题详解】 句意：随着梅丽莎越走越深，她对里面的书感到惊讶。 was afraid of害怕；was angry about对……感到生气；was surprised at对……感到惊讶；was careful with小心。根据前文“She loved the details hidden in the shelves, from tiny books to rare children’s books. It was so…!”可知，此处应该指的是她对里面的书感到惊讶。故选C。 【28题详解】 句意：她忘了检查房间的数了。 review复习；waste垃圾；information信息；number数字。根据后文“But she was sure that there were more than six.”可知，此处应该指的是她忘了检查房间的数了。故选D。 【29题详解】 句意：他们装满了各种形状、大小和颜色的书。 books书；cards卡；clothes衣服；toys玩具。根据前文“As Melissa stepped deeper, she…the books inside. She forgot to check the…of the rooms.”可知，次粗指的是书店里装满了各种形状、大小和颜色的书。故选A。 【30题详解】 句意：有些较新，有些有100年或更久了。 longer更长的；deeper更深的；newer更新的；bigger更大的。根据空格后“others were 100 years old or more.”可知，此处指的是有些较新。故选C。 【31题详解】 句意：梅丽莎拿起其中一本，看到里面有一个书签。 dressed up乔装打扮；picked up拿起，捡起；showed up出现；put up张贴。根据空格后“saw a bookmark (书签) inside.”可知，此处应该指的是拿起其中一本。故选B。 【32题详解】 句意：“130年前有人把它放在那里，”她描述道。 Nobody没人；Anybody任何人；Everybody每一个人；Somebody某人。根据前文“Melissa…one of them and saw a bookmark (书签) inside.”可知，30年前有人把它放在那里。故选D。 【33题详解】 句意：出奇的不贵，所以我买了。 so所以；or或者；because因为；but但是。根据分析句子“It was surprisingly not expensive,… I bought it.”可知，前后构成因果关系，前因后果，所以此处应该填入so，引导结果状语从句。故选A。 【34题详解】 句意：然后我继续，想知道最后一个房间是什么样子的。 when什么时候；how如何；what什么；why为什么。根据空格后“the last room looked like.”可知，此处应该指的是她想知道最后一个房间是什么样子的。故选C。 【35题详解】 句意：也许梅利莎的抒情歌谣之旅给了她创作下一部小说的灵感！ song歌曲；novel小说；diary日记；play表演，剧。根据第二段中“Melissa writes novels and…exploring (探索) new bookshops.”可知，此处应该表达梅利莎的抒情歌谣之旅给了她创作下一部小说的灵感！故选B。 四、语篇填空（分两节，15小题，每小题1分，共15分） 阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词，每词限用一次。 we, return, popular, leave, careful, wife, take, how, receive, be It was a Sunday morning. My daughter Lori was ___36___ drawing a picture in the garden. My ___37___ and I were digging holes to plant more flowers. Suddenly, Lori asked, “Why are there more pictures of Lisa than of me?” Lisa is our elder daughter. Lori ___38___ the room angrily. Why? After a few minutes’ silence, my wife said, “When Lori was born, videos became ___39___. You used a video camera to record our life instead of ___40___ photos. Lori was too young to remember.” Later that day, I turned on the computer and found videos about Lori. When I watched the videos, all the sweet memories ___41___. “What ___42___ you doing?” My wife asked. “Lori’s birthday is coming. Let’s make an album (相册) for her. She will know ___43___ important she is to us!” On 7 June, when passing Lori’s room, I opened the door and put the album inside. It was about eight o’clock when my office telephone rang. I picked it up. “Dad, I love you! That’s the best gift I have ___44___,” Lori shouted excitedly. I knew she got ____45____ gift. 【答案】36. carefully 37. wife 38. left 39. popular 40. taking 41. returned 42. are 43. how 44. received 45. our 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了父亲因小女儿Lori抱怨家庭照片中姐姐Lisa出镜更多而意识到问题，最终通过制作视频相册作为生日礼物弥补她的故事。 【36题详解】 句意：我的女儿Lori正在花园里认真地画画。根据“drawing a picture”可知，此处表示认真地画画，careful“认真的”符合语境。空格修饰动词“drawing”，需用副词形式。故填carefully。 【37题详解】 句意：我和妻子正在挖洞种花。根据后文“my wife said”可知，此处指“妻子”。故填wife。 【38题详解】 句意：Lori愤怒地离开了房间。根据“Lori...the room”可知，此处表示Lori离开房间，leave“离开”符合语境。描述过去的动作，动词需用过去式。故填left。 【39题详解】 句意：当Lori出生时，视频变得流行起来。空格作表语，说明主语“videos”的状态，popular“流行的”符合语境。故填popular。 【40题详解】 句意：你开始用摄像机记录生活，而不是拍照。take photos“拍照”，动词短语。“instead of”后接动名词。故填taking。 【41题详解】 句意：观看视频时，所有甜蜜的回忆涌上心头。根据“all the sweet memories”可知，此处表示所有甜蜜的记忆都回来了，return“返回”符合语境。描述过去的动作，用一般过去时态。故填returned。 【42题详解】 句意：“你在做什么？”妻子问道。直接引语为现在进行时，主语“you”，be需用are。故填are。 【43题详解】 句意：她会知道自己对我们有多重要！根据“...important she is to us!”可知，中心词为形容词important，应用感叹句结构“how + adj. + 主语 + 谓语”。故填how。 【44题详解】 句意：“这是我收到过最好的礼物！”Lori兴奋地喊道。根据“That’s the best gift I have ...”可知，此处表示我收到的最好礼物，为现在完成时结构“have + 过去分词”。receive“收到”的过去分词为received。故填received。 【45题详解】 句意：我知道她收到了我们的礼物。根据“I knew she got...gift.”可知，此处表示收到我们的礼物，“we”的形容词性物主代词为our，修饰名词“gift”。故填our。 阅读短文，根据语篇要求填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词。 When I was a little child, my father always said, “Hometown is your root (根) wherever you go. You’d better keep it in mind.” I grew up in the town, so I feel very glad ___46___ see its changes over the years. My brother left our town to study abroad in 2020. However, he ___47___ returned since then for some reason. “I miss everything in the town, ___48___ I’m not sure when to go back,” he wrote to me in an email. Maybe in the future, I ___49___ work in a big city. But the days I spent in the town are always unforgettable. Our town always welcomes all her children ___50___ open arms. 【答案】46. to 47. hasn’t 48. but 49. will 50. with 【解析】 【导语】本文讲述作者和哥哥对家乡的思念，表达了对家乡的热爱与归属感。 【46题详解】 句意：我为看到这些年来它的变化感到高兴。根据“feel very glad...see its changes”可知，glad后接动词不定式，结构为“be glad to do sth”，表示“高兴做某事”，故填to。 【47题详解】 句意：自那以后他就再也没有回来过。根据“since then”可知，此句使用现在完成时，主语是he，否定结构为“hasn’t returned”，表示“自从那时起他就没有回来”，故填hasn’t。 【48题详解】 句意：我想念家乡的一切，但我不确定什么时候回去。根据“I miss everything in the town”与“not sure when to go back”之间是转折关系，应用连词but连接，故填but。 【49题详解】 句意：也许将来我会在大城市工作。根据“Maybe in the future”可知是一般将来时，主语为I，助动词用will，表示“我将会在大城市工作”，故填will。 【50题详解】 句意：我们的家乡总是张开双臂欢迎她的孩子们。此处表达用她的双臂，用介词with。表示“张开双臂”，是介词短语作方式状语，故填with。 五、补全对话（5小题，每小题2分，共10分） 根据下面的对话情景，在每个空白处填上一个适当的句子，使对话的意思连贯、完整。 A: Do you have any hobbies? B: Yes. I like travelling. A: ___51___ ? B: Because travelling helps me learn more about the world. A: ___52___? B: At least once a year, sometimes twice or more times a year. A: Which is your favourite way of travelling? B: Driving my car. A: Don’t you think it’s tiring to drive for a long journey? B: ___53___. But I can stop for a rest when I feel tired. It’s convenient (方便的) for me to go to any place I like at any time by car. A: ___54___? B: Yes. When I am tired and don’t want to drive, I usually take the high-speed train. It’s really comfortable to go travelling by high-speed train. A: Taking the high-speed train is also safer than driving the car. B: ___55___ . Maybe I need to take the high-speed train more often in the future. 【答案】51. Why do you like travelling 52. How often do you travel 53. Yes, it is 54. Do you take the high-speed train when you travel 55. You are right 【解析】 【导语】本文是两个人在谈论爱好的对话。 【51题详解】 根据“Because travelling helps me learn more about the world.”可知，此处应该是询问对方喜欢旅行的原因，故填Why do you like travelling。 【52题详解】 根据“At least once a year, sometimes twice or more times a year.”可知，此处应该是询问对方多久旅行一次，故填How often do you travel。 【53题详解】 根据“Don’t you think it’s tiring to drive for a long journey?”以及“But I can stop for a rest when I feel tired.”可知，此处应该先回答开车长途旅行是累的，故填Yes, it is。 【54题详解】 根据“Yes. When I am tired and don’t want to drive, I usually take the high-speed train.”可知，此处应该是询问对方除了开车是否还有其他旅行方式，故填Do you take the high-speed train when you travel。 【55题详解】 根据“Taking the high-speed train is also safer than driving the car.”以及“Maybe I need to take the high-speed train more often in the future.”可知，此处应该表示同意对方的观点，故填You are right。 六、书面表达（20分） 56. 假如你是李华，你校英语俱乐部本周主题是My reading habits。请你根据下面表格中的提示，写一篇英文短文，向俱乐部成员介绍自己的读书习惯。 My reading habits When you became interested in reading in Grade 1 How long you read every day 2 hours Favourite types of books history books, novels Ways of getting books school library, Internet, bookshops Reasons for reading joy; gain knowledge; open up a new world 要求： 1. 文中应覆盖所有要点，可适当拓展； 2. 条理清晰，语句通顺，语法正确，书写规范； 3. 70词左右（开头已给出，不计入总词数）。 Hello, everyone! ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】例文 Hello, everyone! I’m Li Hua. I became interested in reading when I was in Grade 1. Every day I spend about 2 hours reading books. My favorite types are history books and novels because they are both educational and interesting. I usually get books from three places: the school library, the Internet and bookshops. Reading not only brings me joy, but also helps me gain knowledge. More importantly, it opens up a whole new world for me. Let’s enjoy reading together! 【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：根据表格提示内容介绍自己的阅读习惯，可适当发挥，注意要点齐全，重点突出，行文连贯。 [写作步骤] 第一步，从对阅读感兴趣的时间、每天阅读时长、喜欢的阅读类型及获得书的方法等方面介绍自己的阅读习惯； 第二步，介绍自己阅读的原因并号召大家一起阅读。 [亮点词汇] ①spend time doing花时间做某事 ②more importantly更重要的是 ③open up打开 [高分句型] ①I became interested in reading when I was in Grade 1. (when引导的时间状语从句) ②My favorite types are history books and novels because they are both educational and interesting. (because引导原因状语从句) 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$ 2023-2024学年第二学期期中试卷（Z） 八年级英语 注意事项： 1. 此卷分试题卷和答题卡两部分，满分120分，考试时间100分钟。 2. 请用钢笔或圆珠笔在答题卡上答题，答题前请将姓名、准考证号填写清楚。 一、听力理解（20小题，每小题1分，共20分） 第一节 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳答案。每段对话读两遍。 1. What type of books are the two speakers talking about? A Cooking. B. History. C. Science. 2. How many times has the man been to America? A. Once. B. Twice. C. Never. 3. Where can Mr Zhang be now? A. In the office. B. At home. C. In Nanjing. 4. Which part of the computer doesn’t work? A. The mouse. B. The screen. C. The keyboard. 5. How will the woman go to London? A. By car. B. By train. C. By plane. 第二节 听下面几段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳答案。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听对话，回答以下各小题。 6. Where is the City Library? A. On Long Street. B. On Bridge Road. C. On Green Street. 7. Who did the boy go to the City Library with last week? A. His father. B. His brother. C. His friend. 听对话，回答以下各小题。 8. What does Annie use a computer for? A. Sending emails. B. Writing articles. C. Chatting with her friends. 9. What sports does Annie like? A. Football. B. Volleyball. C. Basketball. 听独白，回答以下各小题。 10. What did the speaker’s grandpa use the old radio for? A. To listen to football matches. B. To listen to the news. C. To listen to English. 11. What does the speaker’s grandpa’s new radio look like? A. It’s small. B. It’s modern. C. It’s big. 12. What does the speaker have now? A. A computer. B. A television. C. A radio. 听对话，回答以下各小题 13. What does Simon NOT know? A. Where to go. B. How much to pay. C. When to leave. 14. When did Simon go to Suzhou? A. Last week. B. Last month. C. Last year. 15. What will Simon do? A. He will go to Suzhou. B. He will go to Hangzhou. C. He will visit his hometown. 第三节 听下面一篇短文。按照你所听内容的先后顺序将下列图片排序。短文读两遍。 A. B. C. D. E. 16. ________ 17. ________ 18. ________19. ________ 20. ________ 二、阅读理解（20小题，每小题2分，共40分） 阅读下面四篇语言材料，然后按文后要求做题。 A What is the biggest change in your life in 2023? Look at what some people said below. —Betty Alfred| Dec. 30, 2023 I took up cooking this March. It is not as boring as I used to think. And it’s not difficult to learn. Now I can make a good meal for my family within one hour, all by myself. Jean| Dec. 4, 2023 I used to stay at home a lot, but now I love travelling. I’ve taken a lot of short trips with my parents near our home. Camping in the mountains is my favourite. James| Dec. 1, 2023 I get better sleep than before. I used to go to bed at 12:00 am, and sometimes 1:00 am after finishing my homework. Now I fall asleep before 10:00 pm. And I have time to read my favourite book before that. What an enjoyable thing it is! 根据材料内容选择最佳答案。 1. Betty wants to know about people’s ________. A. living habits B. favourite hobbies C. changes in 2023 D. plans for 2023 2. Alfred can ________ this year. A. visit his friends more B. make delicious dishes C. get enough sleep D. take a lot of short trips 3. ________ loves travelling now. A Betty B. Alfred C. Jean D. James 4. James usually went to bed ________ in the past. A. at 12:00 am B. at 1:00 am C. before 10:00 pm D. at 11:00 pm 5. What can we learn from the reading? A. Alfred found cooking difficult at first. B. Jean often travels abroad with her parents. C. James didn’t like reading in the past. D. James loves reading before going to bed. B My name is Sara. Chatting online with friends was my favourite thing to do. One day, I got a message from someone called Bradley. He told me he was twelve and lived in New York. He said he wanted to be my secret friend, and I thought that seemed pretty cool. Bradley and I chatted every day. He was interesting and seemed kind of smart—in fact, much smarter than the typical twelve-year-old boys I knew. Bradley told me he would come to my city with his parents and that he would like to have a secret meeting with me. And I agreed. I was so excited that I told Mum that good news. As soon as she heard about my secret Internet friend, my mum started to ask me hundreds of questions. I didn’t understand why my mum was so serious. She even called the police. On the afternoon when Bradley and I were going to meet, the police came with us secretly. It turned out that Bradley wasn’t a twelve-year-old boy. He was a middle-aged man. Bradley wasn’t his real name and he planned to do something bad. I was really afraid when I heard that. This experience made me think more about what my mum said. It’s much safer to spend time outdoors playing sports. 根据材料内容选择最佳答案。 6. What was Sara’s favourite thing? A. Doing sports. B. Watching TV. C. Calling her friends. D. Chatting online with friends. 7. What did Sara think of Bradley at first? A. Interesting and smart. B. Outgoing and friendly. C. Quiet but smart. D. Interesting and hard-working. 8. How did Sara’s mum solve the problem of Sara’s “secret friend”? A. She called Bradley’s parents. B. She went to meet Bradley herself. C. She called the police. D. She took Sara’s computer away. 9. How did Sara feel after she learned the fact about Bradley? A. Sorry. B. Afraid. C. Nervous. D. Excited. 10. The main idea of the passage is ________. A. to tell us an interesting story B. to show us how to make friends C to tell us about Internet safety D. to advise us to stay away from computers C I spent a lot of time making a large shelf for my cave (洞穴). I found a big tree and chopped it down. This took three days. Then, I chopped off the branches. This took another two days. After that, I chopped the wood away from one side, and then from the other side. This took more than one month. Altogether it took forty-two days. In England, two men with a good saw (锯) could have made six of these shelves from that tree in half a day. I also spent a lot of time looking after my corn and rice crops. I had to protect them from wild animals and birds, so I made a fence around them. I shot some of the birds and hung them up near the corn. After that, all the other birds stayed away. I used one of the old swords (剑) I had taken from the ship to cut down the corn when it was ready. I was very proud of my corn and rice and worked hard to increase my crops. A few years later, I would have enough corn to make bread. I had to find a way to grind the corn into flour, but the rocks on the island were not hard enough. I finally discovered that a very hard piece of wood would do. I used some cloth to separate the meal from the husks (外壳). Not having an oven (烤箱), I made some square pots with lids (盖子) and covered them with hot ashes (灰烬). This baked the dough, and I had bread! I made my cave bigger again to hold the corn and flour so that I could make bread whenever I needed to. I sometimes wondered how I could get to the land which was visible from the other side of the island. I went to the ship’s boat that was blown onto the beach in the shipwreck. However, I could not get it to the water. It was too heavy. I tried many different ways of doing it, but none of them were successful. 根据材料内容选择最佳答案。 11. From Paragraph 1, we know that the writer ________. A. felt hopeless and couldn’t have made a shelf himself B. spent a long time making a large shelf with a saw C. made a small canoe with the wood he chopped down D. made a foolish mistake in chopping down a big tree 12. The writer ________ to protect his corn and rice. A. watched out for them day and night B. divided the cave into several different parts C. put some old s words from the ship around them D. built a fence and hung some birds’ bodies near the corn 13. In which order did the writer make bread successfully? a. The writer found a way to grind the corn into flour. b. The writer baked the dough with square pots. c. The writer separated the meal from the husks. d. The writer made some square pots with lids. A. a-c-d-b B. a-d-c-b C. b-d-c-a D. c-b-a-d 14. The underlined word “visible” in the last paragraph means “________”. A. can be smelled B. can be heard C. can be seen D. can be touched 15. Why couldn’t the writer get the boat to the water? A. Because it was too big. B. Because it was too heavy. C. Because it was too light. D. Because it was too small. D Tony Wheeler was born to travel. ___16___ For the first 16 years of his life, Tony and his family lived in many different countries. In the early 1970s, Tony met a young woman named Maureen. ___17___ Before getting jobs, Tony and Maureen went travelling. They took a year-long trip from London, through Asia to Australia. On the trip, they visited places like India, Iran and Afghanistan. ___18___ To answer these questions, Tony wrote a guidebook called Across Asia on the Cheap. The book told people about different countries’ weather, customs (习俗) and places to see. Unlike other travel guides in the 1970s, Tony’s guidebook also talked about the places most tourists did not go. He also wrote about unusual things to see and do. ___19___ Tony and Maureen continued travelling. Later they started a company called Lonely Planet. ___20___ So far, the company has printed over 150 million copies of guidebooks. Some guidebooks even have more than one version. 根据材料内容，从下面五个选项中选出能填入文中空缺处的最佳选项，使短文意思通顺、内容完整。 A. They soon married. B. The book was very popular. C. His father worked for an airline. D. They went on writing guidebooks for each place they visited. E. When Tony and Maureen arrived in Australia, people asked many questions about their trip. 三、完形填空（15小题，每小题1分，共15分） 先通读短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案。 Stepping (迈入) inside a good bookshop can feel like stepping outside of time. Melissa Caruso recently visited such a shop, and she shared her ____21____ with her followers (粉丝) on the Internet. “Welcome to Lyrical Ballad Bookshop,” Melissa wrote on the Internet. Melissa writes novels and ____22____ exploring (探索) new bookshops. So when her daughter told her about Lyrical Ballad, she couldn’t ____23____ to check it out. Once Melissa walked into it, she was glad to ____24____ so many books! She loved the details hidden in the shelves, from tiny books to rare children’s books. It was so ____25____! Melissa then found a room. It led readers deeper into the bookshop to reach six more rooms. “At this time, you realize you are going to ____26____ here for a long time,” Melissa wrote. As Melissa stepped deeper, she ____27____ the books inside. She forgot to check the ____28____ of the rooms. But she was sure that there were more than six. They were full of ____29____ of all shapes, sizes and colours. Some were ____30____ and others were 100 years old or more. Melissa ____31____ one of them and saw a bookmark (书签) inside. “____32____ put it there 130 years ago,” she described. “It was surprisingly not expensive, ____33____ I bought it. Then I continued and wondered ____34____ the last room looked like.” Even as she got near to the end of the shelves, she still wanted to know if the shop had an end. Maybe Melissa’s trip to Lyrical Ballad gives her an idea for her next ____35____! You just never know what magic you’ll find around the next corner. 21. A. guide B. business C. experience D. knowledge 22 A. enjoys B. advises C. finishes D. stops 23. A. choose B. wait C. start D. wish 24. A. sell B. buy C. write D. find 25. A. delicious B. amazing C. boring D. easy 26. A. stay B. live C. leave D. fall 27. A. was afraid of B. was angry about C. was surprised at D. was careful with 28. A. review B. waste C. information D. number 29. A. books B. cards C. clothes D. toys 30. A. longer B. deeper C. newer D. bigger 31. A. dressed up B. picked up C. showed up D. put up 32. A. Nobody B. Anybody C. Everybody D. Somebody 33. A. so B. or C. because D. but 34. A. when B. how C. what D. why 35. A. song B. novel C. diary D. play 四、语篇填空（分两节，15小题，每小题1分，共15分） 阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词，每词限用一次。 we, return, popular, leave, careful, wife, take, how, receive, be It was a Sunday morning. My daughter Lori was ___36___ drawing a picture in the garden. My ___37___ and I were digging holes to plant more flowers. Suddenly, Lori asked, “Why are there more pictures of Lisa than of me?” Lisa is our elder daughter. Lori ___38___ the room angrily. Why? After a few minutes’ silence, my wife said, “When Lori was born, videos became ___39___. You used a video camera to record our life instead of ___40___ photos. Lori was too young to remember.” Later that day, I turned on the computer and found videos about Lori. When I watched the videos, all the sweet memories ___41___. “What ___42___ you doing?” My wife asked. “Lori’s birthday is coming. Let’s make an album (相册) for her. She will know ___43___ important she is to us!” On 7 June, when passing Lori’s room, I opened the door and put the album inside. It was about eight o’clock when my office telephone rang. I picked it up. “Dad, I love you! That’s the best gift I have ___44___,” Lori shouted excitedly. I knew she got ____45____ gift. 阅读短文，根据语篇要求填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词。 When I was a little child, my father always said, “Hometown is your root (根) wherever you go. You’d better keep it in mind.” I grew up in the town, so I feel very glad ___46___ see its changes over the years. My brother left our town to study abroad in 2020. However, he ___47___ returned since then for some reason. “I miss everything in the town, ___48___ I’m not sure when to go back,” he wrote to me in an email. Maybe in the future, I ___49___ work in a big city. But the days I spent in the town are always unforgettable. Our town always welcomes all her children ___50___ open arms. 五、补全对话（5小题，每小题2分，共10分） 根据下面的对话情景，在每个空白处填上一个适当的句子，使对话的意思连贯、完整。 A: Do you have any hobbies? B: Yes. I like travelling. A: ___51___ ? B: Because travelling helps me learn more about the world. A: ___52___? B: At least once a year, sometimes twice or more times a year. A: Which is your favourite way of travelling? B: Driving my car. A: Don’t you think it’s tiring to drive for a long journey? B: ___53___. But I can stop for a rest when I feel tired. It’s convenient (方便的) for me to go to any place I like at any time by car. A: ___54___? B: Yes. When I am tired and don’t want to drive, I usually take the high-speed train. It’s really comfortable to go travelling by high-speed train. A: Taking the high-speed train is also safer than driving the car. B: ___55___ . Maybe I need to take the high-speed train more often in the future. 六、书面表达（20分） 56. 假如你是李华，你校英语俱乐部本周的主题是My reading habits。请你根据下面表格中的提示，写一篇英文短文，向俱乐部成员介绍自己的读书习惯。 My reading habits When you became interested in reading in Grade 1 How long you read every day 2 hours Favourite types of books history books, novels Ways of getting books school library, Internet, bookshops Reasons for reading joy; gain knowledge; open up a new world 要求： 1. 文中应覆盖所有要点，可适当拓展； 2. 条理清晰，语句通顺，语法正确，书写规范； 3. 70词左右（开头已给出，不计入总词数）。 Hello, everyone! ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$