上海市中国中学2024-2025学年八年级下学期期中英语试卷

中国中学2024学年第二学期初二期中考试 英语学科试卷 (满分100分,考试时间:90分钟) (考生注意:本卷有7大题,所有答案务必按照规定在答题纸上完成,做在试卷上不给分) Part 1 Listening (第一部分听力) I. Listening comprehension (听力理解) (共25分) A. Listen andchoose the right picture (根据你听到的内容,选出相应的图片)(5分) 1 K 1.2.3.4.5. B. Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to the question you hear (根据你听 到的对话和问题,选出最恰当的答案):(5分) B)Cola. C) Hot coffee 6. A) Iced water D)Juice. 7. A)A reporter B) A TV presenter. C)A director D) A history professor 8. A) In a restaurant B) In a company. C) In a hotel. D) In a sports centre 9. A) Visiting landmarks. B) Trying local food C) Shopping at markets D) Meeting local people 10. A) Jim saved his report in time. B) Jim has just lost his job C) There was a power cut last night D) Jim's computer broke down C. Listen to the passage and tell whether the following statements are True or False (判 断下列句子是否符合你听到的内容,符合的用“T”表示,不符合的用“F”表示) (5分) 11. By the age of 16, Tony had lived in many countries with his parents. 12. Tony and Maureen found a job as tourist guides after they got married 1/8 扫描全能王 创建 13. Tony's first guidebook was about their trip through some Aaian countries. 14. The couple stopped travelling after they started a company called Lonely Planet 15. Today Lonely Planet is a big company with 4oo members and over 65o guidebooks D. Listen to the passage and complete the following sentences(听短文,完成下列句子 每空格限填一词)(10分) 16. Whencver someone or needed something, Tom was there to offar his help. 17. Jack was a and hardly put in much effort to grow his vegetables 18. One night Jack to Tom's land and it made Tom lose most of his vegetables 19. Tom rode to the town _ away to find an experienced doctor for Jack's son. 20. Jack was__ by Tom's kindness and started to change himself Part 2 Vocabulary and Grammar (第二部分词汇和语法)(共39分) II. Choose thebest answer.(选择最恰当的答案)(16分) 1. This morning I read a piece of news about ___ lonely elderly man living in a village in the mountains C. the A./ B.an D.a 2. As to the lost ancient treasures, the Chinese government's opinion is to ask _ the return of them. C. in B. with A.to D. for 3. It's an air-cleaning machine connected a bicycle and is part of the Smog Free Project. B.to C. at A. for D. in 4. It is said that homework sometimes may not help students learn better. A. a large number of B. huge amounts of C. several D. too many 5. Use the strongest niter cream wnen in the sunlngnt, or your skin be hurt. B.may C. should A. must ). ought to 6. The government is keen to encourage native factories _ green energy, such as solar and wind power C. to develop B. develops A. developing D. develop 7. Sarah, as well as her classmates, _expecting the school trip to the historical museum. B. are C. has A.is D. have 8. Please ask the teacher during the class you have any questions about the project C. while B. because A. unless D.if 9. The firefighters worked tirelessly to keep the hope of finding people __. B. living C. alive A. lively D. live 2/8 扫描全能王 创建 0. Before students organized a volunteer activities, they asked parents to helr _ manage the schedule. B their C. theirs A. themselves D. them 11. The birds flew out of the nest one after , spreading their wings and disappearing into the sky. C. other B. the other A. another D. others 12. Although it was hot outside, the temncrature in the room staved _ througnout the day. B. comfortable A. comfort C. comfortably D. uncomfortably 13. Steven came to China ten months ago and he __ as an engineer since then C. worked B. is working A. had worked D. has worked 14. Students who enjoy cross-cultural studies could conside to study abroad after leaving high school. B. to go C.go A. going D. went 15. The two boys __ along the lake when they heard a loud cry for help. B. were walking A. walk C. will walk D. have walked 16._ can you be ready and set off? - In about 20 minutes. B. How soon C. How often A. How long D. How fast III. Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each can only beusedonce.(将下列单词或词组填入空格。每个单词或词组只能填一次。)(5分) C. as D. raised E. while □A.lost B/cost F. brea Rubber band skipping(跳皮筋) was popular in my primary school which was only fo girls. We played at school during the 1or in my neighbourhood in the afternoons. We spent hours playing it, and we never got tired of it because we had such a good time. Rubber band skipping is a low 2_ game. We only need some rubber bands. However, it can help children practise their jumping skills, develop coordination, and also meet lots of friends When we get three players together, we can start our game. Two players, one in each corner, takes charge of a rubber band and the rest play. If the jumping player 3, she had to change places with one of the girls who was holding the rubber band. The level of jumping get higher and higher 4 me gamo went on. A player started by jumping the rubber band at ankle. Then the player 5 it to the middle of the leg: then to the knees, the hips the waist, the chest, the shoulder the neck, and the head. In the last level called heaven, the rubber band was held up with arms. The game was fun, and I think it taught us competition and cooperation 4._) IV. Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms.(用括号中所给单 词的适当形式填空,每空格限填一词)(8分) 1. A. recent study shows that two in suncream can enter the human body even after 3/8 扫描全能王 创建 just using it for one day. (chemicaD 2. Scientific research shows that white noise can make people and sleepy. (relax) 3. Finally, he could successfull nis own sports magazine oalled Yes Sport. (product) 4. Electricicy can food in cookers and cool it in refrigerators. (heat 5. The doctor told Tom to double his exercise, so now he chnnges channels with both hands.(day) 6. Both boys had good manners and shook hands. _.(polite) 7. It's unbelievable that Mike set up his own company uis ___ __(rwenty) 8. Finally, we came to thc that we should arrive at the airport early. (conclude) V. Complete the following sentences as reauired.(根据所给要求完成下列句子,每空格 限填一词)(10分) 1. I sped down the mountain into the Yangtze River. (改为否定句) down the mountain into the Yangtze River 2. He went to the store early in the morning to buy some fresh bread.(对划线部分提问) _he go to the store early in the morning? 5. A.fter Lisa's boss explained the importance of the conference to her, she then realized her mistake.(保持句意基本不变) Lisa -realize her mistake her boss explained the importance of the conference to her 4. They are so wonderful singers that everyone admires their talent. (改为感叹句) singers they are! Everyone admires their talent 5. he. the party, don'1 know, last-night. sehurriedly. left. why. (连词成句) Part3 Reading and Writing (第三部分 读写 VI. Reading Comprehension(阅读理解)(共26分) A. Choose the best answer(选择最恰当的答案)(7分) (A) When I was thirteen years old, I became very interested in shopping. After a while being just a buyer, I wanted to sell something. I had many things around the house from my childhood that I no longer needed. 1 knew, with the help of my father, I could make money So for months and months I enjoyed myself by selling things on my dad's account(账户) On December 9, 2017. 1 opened my own account and began to start my own business Things were going great and then 1 realized that selling things around house wasn't making me the kind of money that I wanted to make, so I decided to turn my business into a resale shop, I went around to the the garage sale( l旧货 出售处)and bought items at low prices and sold them at higher prices later Last November, I went to a garage sale that was a little bit different. A single lady had many nice items that I knew I would sell quickly. I went up to her and started a conversation 扫描全能王 创建 ,._ with her. Throogh the conversation. I knew she was jobless at the momont and needed money to support her family. I decided to scll any of her things for her to help her out. She looked at me for a momert and then broke into tears. I took away some of her things and over the next month l mado over $1.soo for her! She was so thankful for all of my help. I have never felt so happy to belp someone in my life. 1 felt as if 1 had made a difference in this world and tha my skills could be used to help somcone who would really need it. 1.At first.__ helped her make money by selling things. A. the writer's bank B. the writer's father C. the writer's teacherD. a single lady 2. The writer went to the garage sale to A. mcct singlc ladics B. sell things she no longer needed C. help others D. buy things for her resale shop. 3. The writer decided to help the lady sell her things becausc ___ A. the lady's items were nicc B. the lady lived a hard life. C. she liked the lady very much D. the lady asked the writer for help 4. Which of the following might be the best title for this passage? A. A Whizz Kid B. A Good Way to Make Money C. A Helpful Skill D. Love Around Us (B) On a hill 6oo feet above the surrounding land, we watch the lines of rain move across the scene, the moon rise over the hills, and the stars appear in the sky. The views invite a long look from a comfortable chair in front of the wooden house. Every window in our wooden house has a view, and the forest and lakes seldom look the same as the hour before. Each look reminds us where we are. (Paragraph 2) There is space for our three boys to play outside, to shoot arrows, collect tree seeds build earth houses and climb trees. Our kids have learned the names of the trees, and with the names have come familiarity and appreciation. As they tell all who show even a passing interest, maple(枫树) makes the best fighting sticks and white pines are the best climbing trees The air is clean and fresh. The water from the well has a pleasant taste, and it is perhaps the healthiest water our kids will ever drink. Though they have one glass a day of juice and the rest is water, they never say anything against that. The seasons change just outside the door. We watch the maples turn every shade of yellow and red in the fall and note the poplars (杨树) putting out the first green leaves of spring. The rainbow smelt fills the local steam as the ice gradually disappears, and the wood frogs start to sing in pools after being frozen for the winter. A family of birds rules our sky and flies over the lake 5.From Paragraph 2, we can learn that A. The scenes are colorful and changeable B. There are many windows in the wooden house 5/8 扫描全能王创建 C. The views remind us that we are in a wooden house. D. The lakes outside the windows are quite different in color. 6.By mentioning (提到) the names of the trees. the writer wants to show that A. the kids like playing in trees B. the kids are very familiar with trees C. the kids have learned much knowledge D. the kids find trees useful learning tools 7. The writer writes the text in order to A. describe the beauty of the scene around the house B. introduce her children's happy life in the forest C.show that living in the forest is healthful D.share the joy of living in the nature B. Choose the best words or phrases to complete the passage.(选择最恰当的单词或词组 完成短文)(6分) In the early 19oOs, American chemist Harvey W. Wiley led the famous "Poison Sauad" experiment, which showed the dangers of uncontrolled food additives(添加剂) and made people realize the importance of knowing what was in the food they bought. However, it wasn't until almost 90 years later that a law asked companies to display what was really 1_ the boxes, cans, and bags in American grocery stores. Then, consumers(消费者) had clear information to help them make healthier choices Today, it's hard to imagine walking around a supermarket without these labels. Yet when we browse the internet - another necessary marketplace in our lives - there is 2 information about what we are "consuming" with each click. We're taking in huge amounts of digital information, often without any idea of its "nutritional" content Just like nutrition labels (营养标签) that help you make better choices about what enters your body, content labels can help you take control of what gets into your 3. This will reduce harmful behavior such as useless surfing and time wasted on meaningless browsing. With social media platforms under attack for creating bad feelings, a content labeling system could offer users a much-needed tool to make healthier digital choices 4 , U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy recently suggested warning labels for online platforms. Much like cigarette packages, they should tell users about the 5of browsing harmful content. What's more, that's not enough - we also need instructions Content labels provide those. They offer a way for users to control their "diets" on the Internet. With the help of these tools, we could 6 content labels before diving into a news article or blog post. B. inside C. outside 1.A.on D. under C. little 2.A.many B.much D.few C. action 3.A. heart B. mouth D.mind 6/8 扫描全能王 创建 C. In a word B. However 4. A. In fact D. After all C. reasons B. risks 5. A. advantages D. uses B. create C. check 6. A. follow D. notice C. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words. (在短文的空格内填入适当 的词,使其内容通顺。每空格限填一词,首字母已给。)(7分) Racing into the futnre In 2o24. we saw many new scicntific achievements. What can we expect in 20257 Mind-reading machines In 2025. China plans to make brain-computer interface (BCI. 脑机接 进 口)devices (设备) to help people in different ways, like in medicine and virtual reality(虚拟现实). NEO. one device made by Chinese scientists. is a wircless(无线 的)BCI with eight small parts that connect to the brain. It helps pcople who can't move their hands to use t 1 again AI agents AI. or artificial intelligence, is changing the world a lot. AI agents, which can see what's around them and make choices by themselves, are becoming important. AI agents can help with"easy" jobs like filling out reports. Then, as we make b2ones, they will be able to watch and control systems on their own. For example, an AI agent app can help plan your summer trip by booking flights, hotel rooms, and restaurant tables. It even r 3 that you like hotels with pools. space p_4__ Space traffic this year will be as busy as that in 2o24. China completed its first space mission of the year on Jan 7 with a Long March 3B rocket. In 2025, our country will complete Shenzhou manned missions and Tianzhou cargo (货物) missions to the Tiangong space station. A_5__, China and the European Union will work together to send the SMILE satellite into space in order to study the solar wind and get a deeper understanding of the Sun-Earth relation. Going clean Due to climate change, 2024 was the hottest year on record. Because of this, g6__ technology has become more important than ever. One key technology is carbon capture and storage (CCs. 碳捕获与储存). It works by taking CO2 away from other gases at factories before people r _7 the gases into the air, and transporting the CO2 to an underground site. By October 2024, CCs projects had held about 45 million tons of CO2 every year, equaling the emissions of 10 million cars. In 2025, clean energy is set to be used more for power than coal. 7/8 扫描全能王 创建 D. Answer the questions.(根据短文内容回答问题)(6分) "Hello! I said to myself today that if I did five handstands, it would be an excellent year and I did!" Thus began the 4l-volume (and counting) diary of my life, It was I984 and I was 14, feeling myway through adolescence(青少年时期). Most of the diaries have lair unrcad since I wrote them. Yet every morning. I hold my pen and write up the yesterday You pay more attention to the world when you know you'll be writing it up. I recorded: pony-tailed metalworker from Canada who shared the same singers with me and a middle-aged woman in a waiting room who described to me her lively garden. I want to write about even the dullest day because the ordinary things of today will be tomorrow's history. The past still lives on in those pages, and I can feel it closing over me if I look back on them. Recently, I read every day of my university years. It was like reading a novel about someone else. I read of difficult situations I no longer recalled and of dramas whose endings I had forgotten. Long-lost friends danced to a Swedish pop group in my student room, and long-dead voices spoke again. When I closed the diary, I felt like I went into a different century, a different home and a different family, and surprised at the years that had brought me here. It's a weighty business recording a life, yet it has taught me not to take myself too seriously. When painful moments are written down, I can more easily let them go. Seeing life as a story with an unknown number of chapters to write is both exciting and frightening. plan to record the days until I can no longer hold a pen. The only part of the story I'll never get to write will be the ending 1. When did the writer start writing diaries? (1 分) 2. The writer never writes about uninteresting days, does she?(1 分) 3. How did the writer feel when reading her university years?( 1 分) 4. Why does the writer love keeping diaries so much? (2 分) 5. What does the writer mean by saying "The only part of the story I'll never get to write will be the ending'"?(1分) VII.Writing(写作)(共10分) Write at least 60 words on the given topic " __has changedme”.(以改变了我 为题写一篇不少于60个词的短文,标点符号不占格。) 世间瞬息万变,凡事都在变化,都在发展,我们也在不断地调整、改变自己。某些 物、人、经历改变着我们的心态、行为、价值观、思维方式、生活方式等。请结合题目 和自己的经历,谈一谈自己的改变,以及自己的感受。 (注意:1,短文中不得出现考生的姓名、校名等个人信息,否则不予评分。 2. 照抄阅读语篇不得分。) 8/8 扫描全能王 创建