广东省封开县广信中学2024-2025学年八年级下学期期中考试英语试题

广信中学2024-2025学年度第二学期 八年级英语期中测试卷 （Unit 1 -- Unit 5） (考试时间：90分钟 分数：100分) 学校：________ 班别：________ 姓名：________ 考号：_______ 1、 语法选择（每小题1分，共10分） 通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后按照句子结构的语法和上下文连贯的要求，从每题所给的三个选项中选出一个最佳答案，并将答题卡上对应题目所选的选项涂黑。 Dear Sir or Madam, I am writing to apply for the volunteer position at your organization. I have always been interested in 1 others, and I believe that volunteering is a great way to make a difference in the community. I am a student in Grade 8 at Sunshine Middle School. I am an active 2 outgoing person. I like to communicate 3 different people and work in a team. I think these qualities make me suitable for the volunteer 4 . Last year, I took part in a volunteer activity at an old 5 home. I 6 books to the old people, played games with them and helped them clean their rooms. I really enjoyed 7 there and saw how much my help meant to them. It was 8 unforgettable experience for me. I am available on weekends and can work for about two hours each time. I hope I can get the chance 9 your team. I am sure I will do 10 (good) in the volunteer work. Thank you for your time and consideration. Best regards, Li Hua 1. A. help B. helping C. to help 2. A. and B. but C. so 3. A. to B. at C. with 4. A. work B. works C. working 5. A. people B. peoples C. people’s 6. A. read B. reads C. to read 7. A. me B. my C. myself 8. A. a B. an C. the 9. A. join B. to join C. joined 10. A. well B. good C. better 2、 完型填空（每小题1分，共10分） Traveling can be a happy thing. However, a journey may go wrong sometimes because of something unexpected (始料不及的). I still remember a ____11____ journey that I took 3 years ago. I was going to the airport (飞机场) with my ____12____. We were going to London on holiday and had to be at the airport two hours before the plane left. My friend and I ____13____ home early enough. Usually, it took 40 minutes to go to the airport by ____14____. However, it rained hard that day, so there was a big traffic jam (交通堵塞)! The car couldn’t move at all. After ten minutes, the traffic ____15____ moving slowly. But we couldn’t wait any longer. We ____16____ to run to the airport. However, we weren’t sure of the way and got lost. Finally, we found the ____17____ way and arrived at the airport just 40 minutes before the plane left. Our time was ____18____, so we had to ask an airport worker for help. ____19____, with the worker’s help, we caught our flight (航班) in the end. From this terrible experience, I ____20____ a lesson: Always think more about unexpected things like the weather and traffic. 11. A. good B. wonderful C. difficult D. boring 12. A. friend B. teacher C. classmate D. family 13. A. cleaned B. left C. walked D. went 14. A. bike B. car C. bus D. train 15 A. kept B. continued C. finished D. started 16. A. decided B. liked C. promised D. wished 17. A. long B. right C. same D. easy 18. A. running out B. passing by C. going on D. putting off 19. A. Clearly B. Suddenly C. Luckily D. Normally 20. A. planned B. studied C. shared D. learned 三、阅读理解（每小题2分，共30分） 配对阅读。阅读左栏中的人物信息，从右栏中选择最佳选项与之进行配对。并将答案填涂在答题卡上。 A The Best Pet Hotel ●We care for your pets! We truly understand that you love your pets and you worry that no one can lend you a helping hand when you have to travel, and your neighbors, relatives or close friends are not ready to help take care of them. No worries, you can come to us, The Best Pet Hotel! ●What do we have? The Best Pet Hotel gives pets with wonderful rooms and excellent facilities (设施). Each room comes with an LED TV, a bed and several toy animals. To make your pets feel at home, you can prepare the blankets or toys before they check in. The room is clean, safe and comfortable for our little guests to stay in. ●What can your pets eat and do? You can bring along food you prepare for your pets. Besides, we have a variety of tasty and healthy food for your pets to choose from if you place the order. Dogs will be walked twice a day. We check the rooms every hour to make sure that the pets are in good condition. ●How much does it cost? Regular room: $350 per day Luxury room: $580 per day For more details of other services, please go to our website www.thebestpethotel.com.hk or call 2123-4567. Address: 26B Greeny Street, Kowloon, Hong Kong 21. Each room has the following things except ________. A. a bed B. an LED TV C. a heater D. toy animals 22. How often does the hotel walk a dog? A. Twice a day. B. Once an hour. C. Three times a week. D. Four times a month. 23. Miss Lee wants to book a luxury room for her dog for three days. How much does she need to pay? A. $350. B. $580. C. $1050. D. $1740. 24. You CANNOT find ________ in the passage. A. the website of the pet hotel B. the price of meal in the pet hotel C. the address of the pet hotel D. the phone number of the pet hotel 25. Where can you probably read this passage? A. A life magazine. B. A story book. C. A sports newspaper. D. A movie guide. B You may know about junk food like French fries. But do you know about junk sleep? Recently, a British survey found that electronic products (电子产品) in teenagers’ bedrooms are affecting (影响) their sleep. The survey was done among 1,000 British kids from 12 to 16. It found that 30 percent of them got just 4 to 7 hours of sleep every day. But doctors say they need 8 to 9 hours. Almost a quarter of the kids said they fell asleep more than once a week while watching TV, listening to music or using other electronic products. “This is very worrying.” said Dr. Chris Idzikowski, “We call it junk sleep. It brings two problems—you don’t get enough sleep and the quality (质量) of the sleep is bad, too. If you don’t get good rest, you won’t do well in school the next day.” The survey found that 40 percent of the kids felt tired each day, with girls between 13 and 16 feeling the worst. Nearly all the teenagers have a phone, an iPad or a computer in their bedrooms. And many of them have all three. 26. This passage is mainly about ________. A. junk food B. junk sleep C. electronic products D. the importance of sleep 27. ________ of the children in the survey sleep only 4 to 7 hours a day among 1,000 kids. A. 200 B. 300 C. 500 D. 1,000 28. What can you know from what Dr. Chris Idzikowski said? A. He is worried about where to sleep. B. Adults’ sleep is worrying. C. The only problem of junk sleep is not enough time. D. You won’t do well in work if you don’t get good sleep. 29. Junk food and junk sleep are like each other in the way that ________. A. they are poor in quality B. they are both made in factories C. people enjoy both in their free time D. they are both good for people’s health 30. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? A. Teenagers need 4 to 7 hours of sleep each day. B. Few of the teenagers have a phone in their bedrooms. C. Teenagers spend too much time on electronic products. D. Girls between 15 and 16 spend the least time on electronic products. C 配对阅读。左栏是五个人的信息介绍，右栏是七则留言。请为每个人选择一个合适的留言，并将答题卡上对应题目所选的选项涂黑。 ___31___Sarah has some problems in her English study. She tries her best, but she is still poor at English. She doesn’t know what to do. ___32___ John has trouble in falling asleep at night. He can’t go to sleep though he is tired. This makes him tired and nervous. ___33___Tim likes eating junk food very much, such as hamburgers. As a result, he becomes fatter and fatter. ___34___ Grace is very sad because she has a quarrel with her best friend. She doesn’t know whether they can be good friends again. ___35___ Tina is a shy girl. She is afraid of speaking in public. She becomes nervous when she speaks in front of other people. She doesn’t know what to do. A. I think a good talk with your friend is necessary for you. If it is you who make the mistake, you should say “sorry” to her. Communication is the best way to solve the problem. B. Practice makes perfect. If you want to learn English well, you should practice more. Watching English movies is helpful. And you can remember English words before sleeping or after getting up. C. You should drink much more water. You’d better have a day off and have a good rest. If necessary, a doctor can help you. D. Don’t get too excited before going to bed. You can drink a glass of milk but not coffee. If it doesn’t work, you’d better go to see a doctor. E. You’d better have a good plan for your study. Make a good schedule according to all the subjects that you learn. Listen to the teachers carefully when you are having lessons. F. You should pay more attention to your eating habits. You shouldn’t eat much junk food. Instead, you should eat more fruit and vegetables. Doing exercise every day can also help you. G. You should be more self-confident. Try to join some clubs, take part in some parties, and make more friends. I’m sure you will not be so nervous as before. 四、短文填空（本题有10小题，每小题1.5分，共15分） 请从方格内选择适当的词并用其正确的形式填空，使文章完整连贯。注意每词一空，每词仅使用一次，有两词为多余项。 feeling with strong decision they but excited so should change when hurt Tom was a small boy who lived in a single house with his parents and younger sister. He was always ____36____ about space. He loved to watch stars and he was interested in studying ____37____. He dreamt about going to space. One day, his mum saw Tom playing his favorite space game and asked, “Tom, my dear, ____38____ you grow up, what do you want to be?” Tom thought for a while, and he came up ____39____ an idea. He answered, “I want to be an astronaut (宇航员), mum.” He looked at his mum with a wide smile on his face. He already made a ____40____. Years passed, and Tom was much taller and ____41____. He still remembered the day he told his mom about his dream. His dream never ____42____. He was still the same boy who wanted to touch the stars. His ____43____ towards space turned into a passion (热情). It was not easy, ____44____ Tom was ready to take it. He knew he ____45____ face all the difficulties and never gave up his dreams. 六、读写综合（本大题分为A、B两部分，共25分） A.阅读下面这篇文章，根据所提供的信意，回答5个问题。要求所写答案语法正确、语义完整。 Nowadays, more and more teenagers (青少年) have too much pressure. They think they should be allowed to practice their hobbies. But their parents think the hobbies can get in the way of their schoolwork. Lucy，a fifteen-year-old girl, is a singing star at school. She always wants to be a famous singer when she grows up. However, her parents don’t want her to practice singing because they think it is a waste of time. In order to get good grades, her parents send her to many different after-school classes. She always feels tired when she returns home after school. “She needs to spend more time on her homework because it’s difficult to become a singing star.” says her father. But Lucy really disagrees, “I know my parents care about me. And they hope that I will have a better life. But I am serious about singing. These days I can only practice singing for half an hour every day. I should be allowed to make my own decision. Only then will I have a chance (机会) to achieve my dream.” says Lucy. It is important for parents to have the correct attitude (正确态度) towards children’s hobbies. They need to help children become less stressed. 46. How old is Lucy? ______________________________ 47. What does Lucy want to be in the future? ______________________________ 48. How does Lucy feel when she returns home after school? ______________________________ 49. Why does Lucy’s father think she needs to spend more time on homework? ______________________________ 50. How long can Lucy practice singing every day? ______________________________ B.书面表达。 假如你是李华，你的美国笔友Tom想了解中国学生参加课后服务的问题。请你根据以下要点提示，给他写一封电子邮件介绍相关情况。(课后服务：after - school services ） 要点提示： 1. 阐述你们学校开展了那些课后服务； 2. 大部分同学选择了什么课后服务,为什么? 3. 表明你对课后服务的观点，应不应该参加课后服务，理由是什么，至少两点。 要求： 1. 包含所有要点提示，可适当发挥； 2. 语句连贯，词数：80词左右。电子邮件的格式、开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。3.不能照抄原文：不得在作文中出现学校的真实名称和考生的真实姓名。 Dear Tom, How’s it going? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________I’m looking forward to hearing from you. Yours, Li Hua 7 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$