上海市嘉定区2024-2025学年八年级下学期期中考试英语试卷

2024学年第二学期八年级英语学科学业质量评估 (评估时间90分钟，总分100分】 (第一部分听)Part One Listening L.Listening Comprehension(听力理解)共21分) A.Listen and choose the right pictures(根据你所到的句子，选出相应的图片)（共5分） 2 B.Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to the question you hear(根据你听到的 对话和问题选择最恰当的答案)供7分) 6.A)No.8 B)No.15. C)No.18. D)No.28. 7.A)One. B)Two. C)Three. D)Four. 8.A)In a restaurant. B)In a shop. C)In a hotel. D)In a hospital. 9.A)At5:50 B)At6:00 CAt6:10. D)At6:15 10.A)Paul. B)Rose. C)Kitty. D)Jenny. 11.A)Sound power. B)Fire power. C)Water power. D)Wind power. 12.A)Bob is a cleaner. B)Bob is a kind person. C)Bob is a rich person. D)Bob is a driver. C.Listen to the passage and tell whether the following statements are true or false(判断下s列 句子是否符合你听到的短文内容，符合的用"T表示，不符合的用"℉表示)共5分) 13.Linda's kids do housework such as watering the plants and cleaning the bathrooms. 14.Tim's kids help with the cleaning every day and it makes the family connect. 15.Linda believes that her kids will know how to do the housework when they need to. 16.Tim thinks schoolwork should be considered more important than housework. 17.Linda and Tim hold different opinions on whether their kids should do housework. D.Listen to the passage and fill in the blanks(听广播节目，完成下列内容.每空格限填一词)】 (共4分) 18.The"rubbish beach"is covered with small pieces of 1/7 19.The group the whole aftemoon,and filled over 100 rubbish bags. 20.Every year,the brings more rubbish to the beach. 21.Jennifer is the huge difference she has made. (第二部分语法和词汇) Part Two Vocabulary and Grammar L.Choose the best answer(选择最恰当的答案)共15分) 22.The7tClE(进博会)was held in Shanghai November,2024. A)in B)at C)on D)for 23.The fruits in this store are much Why don't you come here to buy some? A)cheap B)cheaper C)cheapest D)the cheapest 24.Five students in our school took part in the opening ceremony of the Tourism Festival A)hundred B)hundreds C)hundredth D)hundreds of 25.-Dad,I'll take the dog for a walk this aftemoon.You do it yourself. -Thanks,Alisa.You're a real help. A)can't B)necd由't C)must知't D)should血't 26. amazing news it is that our class has won first place in the singing competition! A)What B)What a C)What an D)How 27.She opened the door,but there was inside,just an empty room. A)something B)anything C)everything D)nothing 28.- can I get my order?I'm in a bit of a hurry. -It'll be ready in about 10 minutes. A)How much B)How long C)How soon D)How often 29.-I don't like this shirt.Do you have one in a different color? -Yes,we have it in blue and green. A)other B)the other C)another D)others 30.In the past five years,our school library a lot,besides having more books. A)change B)changes C)changed D)has changed 31.I suggested the foreign students how to use chopsticks. A)teach B)to teach C)teaching D)taught 32.Dad sometimes goes to the supermarket with us he hates going shopping. A)because B)unless C)until D)though 33.Be careful not to touch the hot water, you will get hurt. A)but B)or C)and D)so 34.The French producer asked Damin A)how often does he go fishing B)how often did he go fishing C)how often he goes fishing D)how often he went fishing 35.-Must I clean the classroom at once? -No,you .You clean it after school. A)needn't;must B)need血'tcan C)must如'tcan D)can't;must 2/7 36.-We should try our best to plant more trees to beautify our environment. A)I can't agree more B)I'm glad to hear that C)That's OK D)I'm afraid I can't III.Complete the following passage with the words in the box.Each word can only be used oce,(将下列单词前的字母填入空格。每个单词只能用一次)（共5分） A.lift B.spread C.light D.hang E.roots F.tie The Origin of Kites Many believe the first kite was inspired by birds.People observed birds flying and tried to create a 37 object shaped like one,hoping it would soar in the sky.Others think kites came from Chinese children playing under a catalpa tree..Its seed pod达（种子'）have"wings"that help them 38 far.Watching the wind 39'the pods,the children got the idea to make their own flying objects.A Chinese legend tells of a farmer whose hat kept blowing away.To solve this,he 40 a string to his hat.When the wind took it,he simply pulled the string to retrieve it. Like the41 of many inventions,kites were born from everyday experiences and observing nature.Keep exploring the world-you might invent something amazing too IV.Fill in the blanks with proper forms of the given words(用所给单词的适当形式填空)共 7分) 42.Jill,a friend of,sent me an invitation to her birthday party last week. 43.China Daily has a large number of in Shanghai and other big cities.(read) 44.I'm very to show you around the whole city.(delight) 45.I will have an apartment and I will livein it.(comfortable) 46.A person always checking his watch could be bored.,or in a hurry.(patient) 47.All of us come to a that we should work better as a team.(conclude) 48.The earth is made of iron and silicon and things like that.(main) V.Rewrite the following sentences as required(根据所给要求完成句子，每空格限填一词) 共12分) 49.The little boy set up his first website at the age of ten.(做为否定句) The little boy up his first website at the age of ten. 50.We can learn about responsibility from keeping pet do整.（对划线部分提问】 you lear about responsibility? Sl.Scientists have hardly found any animals or plants on the island.(改为反义疑问句j Scientists have hardly found any animals or plants on the island, 52.The workers'salary in that company has been raised twice since2022.(对划线部分是问) has the workers'salary in that company been raised twice? 53.Lily asked her grandfather,.“Do you find it dif压cult to use the E-book?"(改为宾语从句) Lily asked her grandfather he it difficult to use the E-book 54.more responsible,helps,.become,us,keeping pet dogs(连词成句) 3/7 (第三部分读写)Part3 Reading and Writing共40分) VL.Reading comprehension:(阅读理解) A.Choose the best answers(选择最恰当的答案)（共6分） Like many lovers of books,Mary and her husband,Richard Goldman,seldom walked past a bookstore without stopping to look inside.They often talked of opening their own store one day. When Mary was in hospital with heart trouble in 1989,they decided it was time to get serious Richard,who worked for a business company,wanted to work for himself,and Mary needed to slow down from her job. After Mary's recovery,they started by talking to bookstore owners and researching the industry."We knew it had to be a specialty store because we couldn't match the big chains dollar for dollar,"says Mary.One figure caught her attention:She'd read somewhere that roughly 20 percent of books sold were mysteries(推理小说)，and many buyers spent more than s300 a year on books.She and Richard were themselves mystery readers. On Halloween 1992,they opened the Mystery Lovers Bookshop and Cafe near their home. With three children in college,the couple could not spend all the family's money to start a shop. To cover the whole 100.000 cost,they drew some of their savings,borrowed from relatives and from a bank. The store broke even in its first year,with only 120,000 in sales.But Mary was always coming up with new ways to attract customers.The shop had a coffee bar and it offered gifts to mystery lovers and served dinners for book clubs that met in the store.She also invited dozens of writers to discuss their stories. Today Mystery Lovers makes sales of about 420,000 a year.After paying taxes,business costs and the six part-time sales clerks,Richard and Mary together earn about S 34,000. "The job you love may not go hand in hand with a million-dollar income,"says Richard. "This has always been about an enjoyable life for ourselves,not about making a lot of money." 55.Mary and his husband always stopped to look inside when they passed a bookstore because A.they often talked of opening a bookstore B.they were lovers of books C.Richard Goldman was eager to work for himself D.Mary had heart trouble 56.When Mary was in hospital,the couple realized that A.they had to make some chariges to their work B.health was more important than money C.heart trouble was a serious illness D.they both needed to stop working 57.After Mary got well from her illness they began A.to study industrial management(工业管理) B.to buy and read more mystery books C.to do market research on book business D.to work harder to save money for the bookstore 58.The underlined phrase"broke even"means" A不赚不赔 B.大有盈余 C.入不数出 D.被逼关门 59.Mary had the following ways to attract customers except A.offering presents to mystery lovers B.taking care of children for customers 4/7 C.serving dinners for book clubs that met in the storo D.inviting many writers to discuss their storics 60.According to Richard,the main purpose(of running the bookstore is A.to pay for children's education B.to get to know more writers C.to set up more bookstores D.to do what they like to do B.Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage(选择最恰当的单词或词语完 成短文)（共7分） Stephen Hawkins was born in Oxford,England on 8th January,1942.He went to school in St. Albans--a small city near London.Although he did well,he was61top of his class.Aftcr leaving school,Hawking went first to Oxford University where he studicd physics,and then he went to Cambridge University where he studied cosmology()As he himself62,he didn't work hard.He was a very lazy student,and did very little work.However,he still got good marks. It was at the age of 20 that Hawking first noticed 63 was wrong with him.He started to bump into things.When he visited his family at Christmas time,his mother was 64 she made him see a doctor.Hawking was sent to hospital for tests.Finally,the result came back. Hawking had motor neuron disease,an incurable illness which would make him unable to speak, breathe or move65 the help of a machine.Doctors said they had no way to help him.He would die before he was 23. At first,Hawking became very sad,after a while,though.he began to see his life in a different way.As he later wrote,"Before my illness was diagnosed ()I had been very 66 life.There not seemed to be anything worth doing.But shortly after I came out of hospital,I suddenly realized that there were a lot of worthwhile things I could do."Hawking married,found a job at Cambridge University,and had three children.He also went on to do some of the most important scientific research. Today,Hawking still works at Cambridge University as a professor.He strongly believes that his story shows that nobody,67 bad their situation is,should lose hope."Life is not fair, "he once said."You just have to do the best you can in your own situation." 61.A.always B.possibly C.never D.also 62.A.allows B.admits C.declares D.makes sure 63.A.something B.anything C.everything D.nothing 64.A.too worried to B.so worried that C.worried enough that D.not worried enough to 65.A.except B.besides C.with D.without 66.A.positive about B.familiar to C.interested in D.bored with 67.A.no matter how B.no matter what C.no matter when D.no matter 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)（共6 《AppI Top Cherts A想App时 分) Puid Aces China's homegrown AI model,DeepSeek,has made a big splash.It has risen to the t68 of the free app 1 DeopSeek-Nl Assistunt download charts in the US area of the Apple App Store, beating the once-popular ChatGPT.It's also ranked first in 2 ChatGPT China's free app 169. 517 On Jan 20,the Chinese Al firm DeepSeek launched its 《阳 排行槽 有Ace new model,DeepSeek-R1,aiming to cnwith A具钟 OpenAI's o1 off伍cial version(英国人工智能研究中心的最 新模型ol).In tests on Friday,DeepSeek-R1 anked third 1D4eS4k✉N智关手 overall on the interational large model leaderboard, . Arena(l智能各种模型比对测试的网站).In the style control model(StyleCtrl)category,it tied with ol for first place,scoring 1,357,a bit h 71 than ol's 1,352. What's more,DeepSeek-RI is fully open-source and achieved this at a low c_ surprising the US tech industry.An expert said it could c the AI race.Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg plans to spend big on a data center for its new Al model.Meanwhile,Nvidia's shares dropped due to worries about an AI bubble. D.Answer the questions(根据短文回答问题)（共7分） Encouragement is necessary for humans to develop and work hard.It helps people keep going.Here is a story of a simple note of praise.This note helped many people understand the importance of giving praise to other people. Robert Brooks is a psychologist(心理学家)now,He remembers the time when he was just a young man.He was in training to be a psychologist.He had to give a speech in front of a large group of people.And,he was very nervous.He did not like speaking in front of people.But his speech was very important. Robert gave his speech.He did a good job.But,he did not have the chance to hear what other people thought.Later that same day Robert looked into his mail box and found a small note there. The note simply said,"You did a great job today,Robert."Robert was very surprised and happy to see the note.It made him feel very good.And,Robert believes that that small note helped him through the rest of his training.He felt like he was able to do a good job. Now as a psychologist,he teaches the importance of giving praise to other people.He tells them the story of the simple note that he received.He tells them that the words on the note had power.Those words helped him to continue doing a good job.One day,a businessman,who had attended Robert's lecture,decided to take Robert's ideas to heart. The more this businessman encouraged his workers,the happier they were."The atmosphere in our company changed.We enjoyed working.We began to encourage each other too,"said one of the workers."People seemed happier.But,most important of all,a greater spirit of team work developed,"the businessman added. 74.Robert Brooks liked speaking in front of people when he was young,didn't he? 75.How did Robert feel when he had to give a speech in front of people? 76.Where did Robert find the note of praise after the speech? 77.What did Robert think the note gave him? 6/7 78.When did the businessman begin to encourage and praise his workers? 79.What changes took place in the company after the workers were encouraged?(Give at least two changes X.Writing(作文)：（共14分） A.Translate the following sentences into English(将下列句子翻译成英语)(4 分) 80.她甚至不知道电是什么。(cvcn,eleetricity) 81.李老师建议我们开一次班会并出版一期班报。(suggest,.publish) 82.B.Writing(10分) Write at least80 words according to the given situation.(根据以下情境写一篇至少80字 的短文，标点符号不占格。) 学校英语校报正在举办主题为“A good decision”的专题征文活动，请写一篇短文投稿，描 述你曾做过的一个重要决定，说明这个决定给你带来的积极影响，分享你从中获得的感栖， (注意：文中不得出现任何姓名、校名及其他相关信息，否则不予评分，) 717