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2024-2025学年第二学期八年级期中学情调研 英语（试题卷） 注意事项： 1．本试卷共四部分，十大题，满分120分，考试时间为120分钟。 2．请务必在“答题卷”或“答题卡”上答题，在“试题卷”上答题无效。 3．考试结束后，请将“试题卷”和“答题卷”或“答题卡”一并交回。 第一部分 听力（共四大题，满分20分） Ⅰ．短对话理解（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分） 你将听到五段对话，每段对话后有一个小题。请在每小题所给A、B、C三个选项中选出一个最佳选项。每段对话读两遍。 1．What’s the matter with the boy? A． B． C． 2．What sign are they talking about? A． B． C． 3．What’s the boy looking for? A．A knife. B．Some apples. C．Some pears. 4．How is the boy’s sister now? A．She is deaf. B．She is healthy. C．She is blind. 5．Where are they talking now? A．In the hospital. B．In the school. C．In the store. Ⅱ．长对话理解（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分） 你将听到两段对话，每段对话后有几个小题。请在每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出一个最佳选项。每段对话读两遍。 听下面一段对话，回答第6至7小题。 6．How will the boy go to the old people’s home? A．By car. B．By bike. C．By bus. 7．What will the girl do in the old people’s home? A．Do some cleaning. B．Tell stories. C．Sing songs. 听下面一段对话，回答第8至10小题。 8．When will the movie start? A．At 7:10. B．At 7:20. C．At 7:30. 9．What will the speakers do after the movie? A．Do his homework. B．Drink coffee. C．Have dinner. 10．What day is it today? A．It’s Friday. B．It’s Saturday. C．It’s Monday. Ⅲ．短文理解（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分） 你将听到一篇短文，短文后有五个小题。请根据短文内容，在每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出一个最佳选项。短文读两遍。 11．Where did the car accident happen? A．Near a shop. B．Near a restaurant. C．Near a bank. 12．What was Bill doing at that time? A．Drinking coffee. B．Having dinner. C．Doing the shopping. 13．Who was Lucy buying a shirt for? A．Her father. B．Her brother. C．Her mother. 14．Where is Sally? A．In a coffee shop. B．In a clothes shop. C．In a book store. 15．Who called 110 and 120? A．Bill. B．Sally. C．A man. Ⅳ．信息转换（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分） 你将听到一篇短文。请根据短文内容，写出下面表格中所缺的单词，每空仅填一词。短文读两遍。 Dave’s problem What happened Dave 16 with his sister this morning. Teacher’s advice 17 to say sorry to her. Look after her while she is 18 . Think about everything on her 19 . Show 20 to her at any time. 第二部分 英语知识运用（共三大题，满分35分） Ⅴ．单项填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分） 从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 1. Although Jimmy is often ________, his few words can always show his ideas are important and clever. A in common B. in fact C. in silence D. in half 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：虽然吉米经常沉默，但他的几句话总能表明他的观点是重要而且聪明的。 考查介词短语。in common共有；in fact事实上；in silence沉默地；in half分成两半。根据“his few words”可知，吉米经常保持沉默。故选C。 2. —Which do you like better, art or music? —I like ________. They make me feel very bored. A. neither B. none C. both D. all 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：——你更喜欢哪一个，艺术还是音乐？——两个都不喜欢。它们让我感觉非常无聊。 考查代词辨析。neither两者都不； none三者或三者以上都不；both两者都；all三者或三者以上全都。根据“They make me feel very bored.”可知，艺术和音乐两者都不喜欢。故选A。 3. —Using English more often in our daily lives can improve our English ________ greatly. —That’s for sure. Use it or lose it. A. places B. plans C. tests D. skills 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】句意：——在日常生活中多使用英语可以大大提高我们的英语技能。——那是肯定的。用进废退。 考查名词辨析。places地点；plans计划；tests测试；skills技能。根据“Using English more often in our daily lives can improve our English…greatly.”可知，在日常生活中多使用英语可以大大提高我们的英语技能。故选D。 4. As everyone knows, driving while playing mobile phones can ________ lots of accidents. A. break B. cause C. refuse D. stand 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意：众所周知，开车时玩手机会导致很多事故。 考查动词辨析。break打破；cause导致；refuse拒绝；stand站立。根据“driving while playing mobile phones can...lots of accidents.”以及生活常识可知，开车时玩手机会“导致”很多事故。故选B。 5. —You look terrible. What happened? —The rain beat my window ________ so I couldn’t sleep well last night. A. cheaply B. heavily C. luckily D. quietly 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意：——你看起来很糟糕。发生什么事了？——雨重重地打在窗户上，所以我昨晚没能睡好。 考查副词辨析。cheaply便宜地；heavily重重地；luckily幸运地；quietly安静地。根据“so I couldn’t sleep well last night”可知，没睡好应是因为雨打在窗户上的声音，所以应是重重地打在窗户上。故选B。 6. The man is ________, because there is something wrong with both of his eyes. A. blind B. deaf C. fine D. glad 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：这个男人是失明的，因为他的两只眼睛都有问题。 考查形容词辨析。blind失明的；deaf聋的；fine令人满意的；glad高兴的。根据“because there is something wrong with both of his eyes”可知，这个男人是失明的。故选A。 7. Grace always carefully ________ what teachers say in class and that’s why she can do well in the tests. A. looks after B. cares for C. works on D. takes down 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】句意：格蕾丝总是认真记下老师在课堂上说的内容，这就是为什么她能在考试中取得好成绩的原因。 考查动词短语。looks after照顾；cares for照料；works on从事于；takes down记下。根据“Grace always carefully…what teachers say in class”可知，她总是认真记下老师说的内容。故选D。 8. Susan told the exciting news to her parents ________ she got to know it. A. as long as B. so that C. as soon as D. because of 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：苏珊一知道这个令人兴奋的消息就把它告诉了她的父母。 考查连词辨析。as long as只要；so that以便；as soon as一……就……；because of因为。根据语境可知，此处表示“苏珊一知道这个消息就把它告诉了父母”，应该用as soon as引导时间状语从句。故选C。 9. When Sandy and Cindy got to my home, we ________ TV in the living room. A. will watch B. were watching C. watched D. watch 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意：当桑迪和辛迪到我家的时候，我们正在客厅看电视。 考查过去进行时。根据“When Sandy and Cindy got to my home”可知，动作发生在过去，且“看电视”的动作是桑迪和辛迪到达那一刻正在发生的，用过去进行时。故选B。 10. —Why don’t you ask your friend for help? —________. A. Sounds great B. No problem C. That’s right D. Never mind 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：——你为什么不向你的朋友求助呢？——听起来不错。 考查情景交际。Sounds great听起来不错；No problem没问题；That’s right没错，就是那样；Never mind不要紧。根据“Why don’t you ask your friend for help?”可知，答语应该回应他人的建议，Sounds great符合题意。故选A。 Ⅵ．完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分） 阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。 A You never know where life will take you. When I was a young boy, I got ____11____ up my nose one time. After that I ____12____ wanted to get in the water again. I thought swimming was not for me. One day, I ____13____ my skateboard and broke my leg so badly, and the doctors said I could never really skateboard again. They said swimming was the only ____14____ that would be good for me. Well, I gave it a ____15____. Every week, I got a little ____16____ and hated swimming a little less. I worked at it so much that one day my high school swimming coach (教练) asked me to ____17____ the school team. That made me and my family feel surprised ____18____ I was so afraid of the water before! Much to everyone’s surprise, I won third place in the city finals. ____19____ is a big part of my life now. You never know which road life will take you down. Look at me—a swimmer! For this reason, I say: don’t break your choice (选择). And ____20____ life is a swimming pool. Jump in and start swimming! You might be surprised where you end up. 11. A. water B. sand C. juice D. air 12. A. still B. never C. also D. even 13. A. got on B. looked at C. waited for D. fell off 14. A. exercise B. story C. housework D. journey 15. A. visit B. hand C. try D. call 16. A. better B. slower C. higher D. heavier 17. A. check B. catch C. join D. invite 18. A. though B. because C. if D. until 19. A. Skating B. Swimming C. Jumping D. Running 20. A. find B. forget C. think D. remember 【答案】11. A 12. B 13. D 14. A 15. C 16. A 17. C 18. B 19. B 20. D 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要介绍了开始的时候，我认为游泳不适合我，但是阴差阳错，我只能游泳，后来加入校队，还获得了第三名。 【11题详解】 句意：当我还是个小男孩的时候，有一次我把水弄到了鼻子里。 water水；sand沙子；juice果汁；air空气。根据“get in the water again”可知是水进鼻子里了。故选A。 【12题详解】 句意：从那以后，我再也不想下水了。 still仍然；never从不；also也；even甚至。根据上文水进鼻子里了，可知再也不想进入水里了。故选B。 【13题详解】 句意：有一天，我从滑板上掉下来，腿伤的很重，医生到说我再也不能真正玩滑板了。 got on上车；looked at 看；waited for等待；fell off落下，跌倒。根据“broke my leg so badly”可知作者受伤了。故选D。 【14题详解】 句意：他们说游泳是唯一对我有益的运动。 exercise练习；story故事；housework家务；journey旅程。根据“They said swimming”可知他们说游泳是唯一对我好的运动。故选A。 【15题详解】 句意：我试了一下。 visit参观；hand手；try尝试；call打电话。根据上文游泳是唯一对我好的运动，可知决定尝试一下。故选C。 【16题详解】 句意：每一周，我都有所进步，对游泳的厌恶也有所减轻。 better更好的；slower更慢的；higher更高的；heavier更重的。根据“hated swimming a little less”可知我好多了。故选 A。 【17题详解】 句意：我如此努力，以至于有一天，我高中的游泳教练邀请我加入校队。 check检查；catch抓住；join加入；invite邀请。根据“school team”可知是加入校队。故选C。 【18题详解】 句意：这让我和我的家人非常惊讶，因为我以前是如此害怕水。 though即使；because因为；if如果；until直到。分析句子可知空格前说大家惊讶，空格后说我以前害怕水，所以空格后是对空格前原因的解释，是原因状语从句。故选B。 【19题详解】 句意：游泳现在是我生活中的一大部分。 Skating滑板；Swimming游泳；Jumping跳；Running跑步。根据“Look at me-a swimmer!”可知游泳是我生活的一部分。故选B。 【20题详解】 句意：记住，生活就一个泳池。 find找到；forget忘记；think认为；remember记得。根据“Jump in and start swimming！”可知，让我们记住，生活就是泳池，让我们跳进去游泳。故选D。 B At the age of six, our kids began to help us with the housework. They helped to ____21____ their pets and clean the house. Now my daughter Cindy can do many ____22____ of housework. Last week, she even helped me cook dinner. We were happy because it was very ____23____. I think doing housework is a good way for them to learn a lot of life skills. I like getting kids to start doing housework early for a few ____24____. Firstly, it is fun for kids to help. Kids like to work together with their parents. They don’t want their parents to ____25____ everything for them. Sometimes they like to do things by themselves. It’s a good idea to ____26____ them help you when you are busy. Secondly, it’s never too ____27____ for them to learn something new. However, having kids do chores doesn’t ____28____ taking away their time for playing. It’s to let them feel the joy of working ____29____ with family. _____30_____, it works well. Now our children always help us with the housework and they feel happy about it. 21. A. look after B. look at C. look for D. look up 22. A. differences B. kinds C. ways D. boxes 23. A. serious B. clean C. terrible D. delicious 24. A. words B. reasons C. lessons D. ideas 25. A. prepare B. ask C. sweep D. repair 26. A. borrow B. let C. drive D. serve 27. A. early B. popular C. important D. easy 28. A. raise B. teach C. mean D. think 29. A. quickly B. together C. alone D. only 30. A. Finally B. Especially C. Probably D. Seriously 【答案】21. A 22. B 23. D 24. B 25. A 26. B 27. A 28. C 29. B 30. A 【解析】 【导语】本文讲述了作者认为让孩子们和家长一起做各种家务，能使孩子们感到快乐，能让孩子学到各种生存技能。 【21题详解】 句意：他们帮助照顾他们宠物并打扫房子。 look after照顾；look at看；look for寻找；look up查阅。根据“At the age of six, our kids began to help us with the housework.”可知，孩子们做家务，照顾宠物，故选A。 【22题详解】 句意：现在我的女儿Cindy会做许多种家务活。 differences不同；kinds种类；ways方式；boxes盒子。many kinds of表示“各种各样的”。故选B。 【23题详解】 句意：我们很高兴，因为它非常美味。 serious严肃的；clean干净的；terrible糟糕的；delicious美味的。根据“Last week, she even helped me cook dinner. We were happy because it was very”可知，“我们”很高兴，因为饭菜很美味。故选D。 【24题详解】 句意：我喜欢让孩子们早做家务有几个原因。 words单词；reasons原因；lessons功课；ideas主意。根据“Firstly, it is fun for kids to help. ... Secondly, it’s never too ... for them to learn something new.”可知，首先对孩子们来说，帮助做家务很有乐趣，第二他们可以学些新东西。可见这是在说让孩子早做家务的原因。故选B。 【25题详解】 句意：他们不希望父母为他们准备一切。 prepare准备；ask询问；sweep打扫；repair修理。根据“Sometimes they like to do things by themselves.”可知，有时他们喜欢自己做一些事情，因此是不希望父母为他们准备一切。故选A。 【26题详解】 句意：当你忙的时候让他们帮助你是个好主意。 borrow借；let让；drive驾驶；serve服务。let sb. do sth.表示“让某人做某事”，故选B。 【27题详解】 句意：第二，对他们来说学点新东西永远不会太早。 early早的；popular受欢迎的；important重要的；easy容易的。too...to表示“太……而不能”，根据“I like getting kids to start doing housework early”可知，喜欢让孩子们早点开始做家务。故选A。 【28题详解】 句意：然而，让孩子们做家务并不意味着占用他们玩的时间。 raise提高；teach教；mean意味着；think认为。根据“having kids do chores doesn’t ... taking away their time for playing”可知，让孩子们做家务并不意味着占用他们玩的时间，mean doing sth.表示“意味着做某事”。故选C。 【29题详解】 句意：让他们感觉和父母在一起劳动的快乐。 quickly迅速地；together一起；alone单独；only仅仅。根据“Kids like to work together with their parents.”及“feel the joy of working ... with family.”可知，是和家人一起劳动的快乐。故选B。 【30题详解】 句意：最后，它也非常起作用。 Finally最后；Especially尤其；Probably可能；Seriously严肃地。根据前文“First, it is fun for kids to help ... Second, it’s never ...”可知，此处指叙述的最后一条，需用Finally“最后”。故选A。 Ⅶ．补全对话（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分） 根据对话内容。从方框内的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。其中有两个为多余选项。 A: Susan, where were you yesterday evening? B: I was at home the whole evening. A: At home? I called you several times, but nobody answered the phone. B: Oh, sorry. ____31____ A: What was your brother Martin doing? B: He was taking a shower so he didn’t hear the phone ring, either. A: ____32____ B: They were visiting my aunt and uncle. ____33____ A: Mary and I wanted to ask you to go to Holly’s birthday party. B: What a pity! ____34____ A: At a restaurant near her home. B: ____35____ A: Sure. Everyone was happy. B: Though it’s late, I must say "Happy birthday" to her. A. Did you call me again? B. I was listening to music with earphones (耳机). C. Where did you have the party? D. Did you have a good time at the party? E. When did you have the party? F. What were your parents doing then? G. What did you call me for? 【答案】31. B 32. F 33. G 34. C 35. D 【解析】 【分析】本文是A打电话给Susan，询问对方昨天打电话给她的时候，她和家人正在做什么，并告知对方自己昨天打电话的目的是什么。 【31题详解】 根据“I called you several times, but nobody answered the phone”及“Oh, sorry”可知，此处应介绍自己在对方打电话那个时候正在做什么，B选项“我戴着耳机听音乐”符合，故选B。 【32题详解】 根据“They were visiting my aunt and uncle”可知，此处询问某几个人正在做什么，F选项“那时你的父母在干什么”符合，故选F。 【33题详解】 根据“Mary and I wanted to ask you to go to Holly’s birthday party”可知，询问对方打电话是为了什么事情，G选项“你打电话给我干什么”符合，故选G。 【34题详解】 根据“At a restaurant near her home”可知，询问举办派对的地点，C选项“你们在哪里举办派对”符合，故选C。 【35题详解】 根据“Sure. Everyone was happy”可知，询问玩得开心吗，D选项“你们在派对上玩得开心吗”符合，故选D。 第三部分 阅读（共两节，满分40分） Ⅷ．阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分） 第一节 阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。 A Mr. Brown once worked in an emergency (急救) center. He wrote reports every day and the following are four reports from him. Name: Brain Morton Telephone: 3827-0834 Date of birth: 5/29/1982 Accident: His car hit a tree on the road after trying not to hit a dog at 10:45 a.m. Injuries (伤害)：His head was bleeding. Name: Steven Lee Telephone: 3654-4924 Date of birth: 1/31/1979 Accident: He was at home alone and his house was on fire at 5:30 p.m. Injuries: He had problems in breathing. Name: Norman Bailey Telephone: 7836-4923 Date of birth: 11/22/2002 Accident: He fell down while playing football in the park at 3:40 p.m. Injuries: He had a very bad pain in his left arm. Name: Tracy White Telephone: 3728-3890 Date of birth: 2/7/2010 Accident: She went for a picnic with her parents in a forest. A snake bite (咬) her at 4:00 p.m. Injuries: Her right foot got hurt. 36. What happened to Brain Morton? A. His head got hurt. B. He broke his left arm. C. He had problems in breathing. D. He had a pain in his foot. 37. Where was Steven Lee when the accident happened? A. On a road. B. In a forest. C. In his own house. D. In a park. 38. Why did Tracy White go to the emergency center? A. Because a snake bit her. B. Because she fell off her bike. C. Because she had a car accident. D. Because she ate the wrong food. 【答案】36. A 37. C 38. A 【解析】 【导语】本文是布朗先生在急救中心工作时所写的四份报告，分别记录了四位患者（Brain Morton、Steven Lee、Norman Bailey、Tracy White）的个人信息、遭遇的意外事故以及受伤情况。 【36题详解】 细节理解题。根据“Accident: His car hit a tree on the road after trying not to hit a dog at 10:45 a.m. Injuries (伤害)：His head was bleeding.”可知，他的车为了避让狗撞到了树上，头部受伤出血，也就是他的头部受伤了。故选A。 【37题详解】 细节理解题。根据“Accident: He was at home alone and his house was on fire at 5:30 p.m.”可知，事故发生时他独自在家，房子着火了。故选C。 【38题详解】 细节理解题。根据“Accident: She went for a picnic with her parents in a forest. A snake bite (咬) her at 4:00 p.m. Injuries: Her right foot got hurt.”可知，她和父母在森林里野餐时被蛇咬了，右脚受伤，所以去了急救中心。故选A。 B Hu Yingfu and Wang Zhangmin are famous as “Running Star Couple (夫妇)”. Although Hu is 86and Wang is 77, they have been in over 100 marathon (马拉松) races. This makes them very healthy. So far, they have won at least 200 medals (奖牌) from all kinds of sports meets. There is even a special room in their home to show them. Over 20 years ago, Wang followed her friend’s advice to run. She felt it’s quite good for her health, so she asked Hu to run with her in 1997. However, it was not easy for them to start running at such age. They had to run one to two hundred meters in the beginning. Little by little, they could run farther and farther. In 2004, they joined the running competition at the National Masters Games for the first time. To their surprise, Wang won the fourth prize. From then on, they often appeared in all kinds of sports meets and won many prizes. Later, they started to think about running marathons. In April 2011, they joined their first marathon race and finished it successfully. So far, they have run over 40,000 kilometers. They also make many friends through running and ask lots of young people to join them. Hu says, “Life is a marathon.” 39. What does the underlined word “them” refer to (指的是)？ A. The races. B. The medals. C. The sport meets. D. The runners. 40. What might Hu and Wang think of running at first? A. It’s easy. B. It’s hard. C. It’s funny. D. It’s boring. 41. What’s the right time order (顺序) of the following events? ①Hu and Wang started to join the marathon. ②Wang started to run. ③Wang won a prize. ④Hu started to run. A. ②③④① B. ④②③① C. ②④③① D. ④②①③ 42. In which part of a newspaper can we read the text? A. Sports. B. Culture. C. Science. D. Family. 【答案】39. B 40. B 41. C 42. A 【解析】 【导语】本文讲述了一对老年夫妇因为经常参加跑步，并给他们带来了健康的生活的故事。 【39题详解】 词义猜测题。根据“So far, they have won at least 200 medals (奖牌) from all kinds of sports meets. There is even a special room in their home to show them.”可知，他们已经在各种运动会上获得了至少200枚奖牌，他们家里甚至还有一个特别的房间展示它们，故此处划线部分them指代“奖牌”。故选B。 【40题详解】 细节理解题。根据“However, it was not easy for them to start running at such age”可知，他们一开始认为跑步是不容易的。故选B。 【41题详解】 细节理解题。根据“Over 20 years ago, Wang followed her friend’s advice to run”可知20多年前，王听从朋友的建议开始跑步，②排第一位，排除BD；根据“so she asked Hu to run with her in 1997”可知胡开始和王跑步，④排第二位，排除A。故选C。 【42题详解】 推理判断题。通读全文可知，本文讲述了一对老年夫妇因为经常参加跑步，并给他们带来了健康的生活的故事，因此主题是与“运动”有关。故选A。 C Are you looking for something fun and would you like to help others in your free time? Then join us to be a volunteer! We’re a non-profit (非营利的) organization. We have volunteer jobs for all ages. Anyone, from twelve-year-old children to people in their seventies, can become a volunteer. You can help people in many ways. Schools need help in taking care of children while their parents are working. Hospitals need volunteers to look after children while their parents are seeing a doctor. Animal lovers can help take care of dogs and cats without homes. There is something for everyone. “As a volunteer, I don’t want to get anything. Seeing the children’s happy faces, I’m happy, too,” said Carla Domingo, an old woman of 62. “I often played computer games in my free time before. Now I help older people learn how to use computers,” said another volunteer aged 18. If everyone helps out a bit, we’ll have a better world to live in. Interested? Call us at 1-800-555-5756 or visit our website: www.activol.com. 43. When do the volunteers help others? A. At weekends. B. In their free time. C. On weekdays. D. In the evenings. 44. What does Carla Domingo want to get as a volunteer? A. Money. B. Computers. C. Everything. D. Nothing. 45. Who does Carla Domingo do volunteer work with? A. Animals. B. Children. C. Computers. D. Older people. 【答案】43. B 44. D 45. B 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇志愿者招聘广告，介绍志愿者工作时间，可以在很多方面帮助别人。 【43题详解】 细节理解题。根据“Are you looking for something fun and would you like to help others in your free time?”可知，志愿者在业余时间可以去帮助别人。故选B。 【44题详解】 细节理解题。根据“As a volunteer, I don’t want to get anything.”可知，Carla Domingo不想要任何回报。故选D。 【45题详解】 推理判断题。根据“As a volunteer, I don’t want to get anything. Seeing the children’s happy faces, I’m happy, too,”可知，看到孩子们的笑脸也会开心，由此可知Carla Domingo是和孩子们一起工作。故选B。 D Experts call on everyone to care about their sleep health on March 21, World Sleep Day. World Sleep Day started in 2007. People celebrate it every year. China’s medical (医学) expert, Hang Fang says about 300 million (百万) people have trouble sleeping. And half of them need medicine to help them. He says, “The sleep problem can cause physical problems like high blood pressure. They must ask doctors for help.” From a study, we can find that many people’s sleep is becoming worse and worse. Among of them,60.4% of them have sleep problems. Ann is a mother of a patient with narcolepsy (嗜睡症). She says this kind of illness really brings lots of troubles. “My child started to have sleep problem six years ago. He would take his senior high school exam at that time. He often suddenly fell asleep in classes and exams. Luckily, his teachers were kind to him. His situation improved day by day.” “Rare Dream” is an excellent and popular fair (展会). It’s a painting show about the persons’ sleep problems. The patients with narcolepsy painted them mainly. Hang hoped these activities could help those people with sleep problems. He also hoped people could care more about their own sleep health. 46. Which is TRUE about World Sleep Day? A. It’s on 21st March. B. It started twenty years ago. C. About 200 million people have trouble sleeping now. D. It calls on people to care about their healthy eating. 47. What happens to half of those people with sleep problems? A. They have high blood pressure. B. They have heart problems. C. They fall asleep in classes. D. They need medicine to help them. 48. What does the underlined word “patient” mean in Chinese? A. 专家 B. 患者 C. 药物 D. 困难 49. What’s the main idea of the last paragraph? A. The terrible illness. B. A special fair. C. The poor persons. D. A beautiful painting. 【答案】46. A 47. D 48. B 49. B 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文，文章强调睡眠健康的重要性，揭示中国睡眠问题的普遍性及危害，并介绍社会活动，以呼吁公众关注。 【46题详解】 细节理解题。根据“on March 21, World Sleep Day”可知世界睡眠日在3月21日。故选A。 【47题详解】 细节理解题。根据“And half of them need medicine to help them.”可知有睡眠问题的一半人需要药物来帮助他们。故选D。 【48题详解】 词义猜测题。根据后面的内容“这种疾病”，以及句中的“嗜睡症”，可知这里指的是患病的“患者”。故选B。 【49题详解】 主旨大意题。根据“‘Rare Dream’ is an excellent and popular fair (展会).”可知，最后一段主要介绍了Rare Dream是一个以睡眠问题为主题的绘画展会，主要由嗜睡症患者创作。选项B“一场特殊的展会”，符合本段主要内容。故选B。 E An old woman often sold oranges on Jill’s way to work. Jill often bought oranges from her. Whenever he bought, he would pick one from what he bought and taste a piece of it, “This one isn’t sweet (甜的).” After saying this, he would give it to the old woman and seemed to leave unhappily. His wife (妻子) usually came with him. She couldn’t understand Jill’s meaning and asked, “These oranges are always sweet. Why do you do this?” Jill smiled, “That old woman sells very sweet oranges but she never eats them herself. That’s why I leave that orange for her.” A man usually sold vegetables next to the old woman and saw what Jill did every time. One day, he asked the old woman, “This young man complains (埋怨) so much. But you always give him more oranges while you were weighing (称重) oranges. Why?” The old woman replied, “He doesn’t complain about oranges but wanting to feed me an orange. In fact, I understand his love. It’s also love that I give more oranges to him.” 50. What were the old woman’s oranges like? A. They were bad. B. They were nice. C. They were cheap. D. They were terrible. 51. Why did Jill taste a piece of the orange? A. He wanted to know whether (是否) it’s sweet. B. He disliked the old woman’s oranges. C. He wanted to get more oranges from the old woman. D. He wanted to leave it to the old woman to eat. 52. What’s the best title (标题) for the text? A. How to buy oranges at good prices B. Giving to each other is a kind of love C. Let’s care more about the old people D. People should understand each other 【答案】50. B 51. D 52. B 【解析】 【导语】本文讲述了吉尔每次从一位老妇人那里买橘子都从中挑一个尝一片并抱怨不甜，实际上是为了让老人也尝尝橘子。为了回馈这份关爱，老妇人称重时都会多给他橘子。 【50题详解】 细节理解题。根据“‘These oranges are always sweet.’”及“‘That old woman sells very sweet oranges but she never eats them herself.’”可知，橘子是甜的。故选B。 【51题详解】 细节理解题。根据“‘That old woman sells very sweet oranges but she never eats them herself. That’s why I leave that orange for her.’”可知，他这样做的目的是想让老人吃个橘子。故选D。 【52题详解】 最佳标题题。根据“‘He doesn’t complain about oranges but wanting to feed me an orange. In fact, I understand his love. It’s also love that I give more oranges to him.’”以及吉尔与老妇人之间的做法可知，本文主题为互相赠送也是一种爱。故选B。 第二节 阅读下面短文，并用英语回答问题（请注意每小题后面的词数要求）。 F A cat and a fox were good friends. They used to have a good time together. However, the fox always thought he was much cleverer than the cat. The cat cared about their friendship (友谊) and never said anything. One day they were resting under a tree. The fox said, “If a dangerous animal wants to kill us, what can we do?” The cat said he only knew one way. The fox laughed at once, “Just one way! I know a thousand ways. I can understand it is hard for you to learn more ways, because you are not clever enough.” The cat felt upset and said, “I have been using the same way till now to help me out of danger.” Suddenly, a lion ran towards them. Both the cat and the fox got scared and knew if they didn’t find a way to escape (逃离), it would kill them right there. The cat climbed on a tree quickly. The fox knew a thousand ways, but he couldn’t decide on which way. At that moment, he came to know it’s better to have one plan you have tried and it works well than a hundred you know but never try. 53. What were the cat and the fox talking about?（不超过15个词） ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 54. How did the cat feel after hearing the fox’s words?（不超过15个词） ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 55. What did the cat do to escape from the lion?（不超过10个词） ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】53. They were talking about how to escape from danger. 54. The cat felt upset. 55. The cat climbed on a tree quickly. 【解析】 【导语】本文主要讲了一只猫和一只狐狸面对危险所采取不同的办法的故事，告诉我们有一个你尝试过并且行之有效的计划，比一百个你知道但从未尝试过的计划要好。 53题详解】 根据第二段“The fox said, ‘If a dangerous animal wants to kill us, what can we do? ’ ”可知，他们在讨论如何逃离危险。故填They were talking about how to escape from danger. 【54题详解】 根据第三段“The cat felt upset”可知，猫听到狐狸的话后感到难过。故填The cat felt  upset. 【55题详解】 根据第四段“The cat climbed on a tree quickly. ”可知，猫为了逃离狮子，迅速爬上了树。故填The cat climbed on a tree quickly. 第四部分 写（共两大题，满分25分） Ⅸ．单词拼写（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分） 根据首字母及汉语提示。完成下列单词的拼写。使句意明确。语言通顺。 56. Now more and more old people feel l________ (孤独的) so we must care for them. 【答案】(l)onely 【解析】 【详解】句意：现在越来越多的老人感到孤独，所以我们必须照顾他们。“孤独的”lonely，形容词作表语，故填(l)onely。 57. Feifei is honest and she always tells the t________ (实情). 【答案】(t)ruth 【解析】 【详解】句意：菲菲很诚实，她总是说真话。空格处应填名词作宾语，结合汉语及首字母提示可知，此处应用truth表示“实情”。故填(t)ruth。 58. Can you e__________ (解释) why you arrived late for school this morning? 【答案】(e)xplain 【解析】 【详解】句意：你能解释一下你今天早上上学迟到的原因吗？根据汉语及首字母提示可知，此处应用explain表示“解释”，情态动词后用动词原形。故填(e)xplain。 59. Your room is in a m________ (凌乱). Please tidy it up. 【答案】(m)ess 【解析】 【详解】句意：你的房间一团糟。请整理一下。mess“凌乱”，in a mess“一团糟”。故填(m)ess。 60. After he p________ (按) the key on the computer, the door opened. 【答案】(p)ressed 【解析】 【详解】句意：他按下电脑上的键后，门开了。根据汉语和首字母“p”提示可知，此处考查press“按”，动词；又根据“the door opened”可知，句子时态为一般过去时，谓语动词应用过去式pressed。故填(p)ressed。 Ⅹ．书面表达（共1小题；满分20分） 61. 假如你是李华，你的英国好友Cathy因为学习压力与父母相处不融洽，请你根据要点提示，给她写封邮件提一些意见。 内容提示： 1. 帮父母做一些家务； 2. 与父母一起锻炼； 3. 了解父母的爱好。 要求： 1. 短文必须包含以上信息； 2. 内容可适当发挥，以保证内容丰富与完整； 3. 文章不可出现真实的人名、地名及校名； 4. 词数：60—80。作文开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。 Dear Cathy, I’m sorry to hear that you often get study pressure from your family. Now here is some advice from me. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ I hope these can help you. With my best wishes! Yours, Li Hua 【答案】One possible version: Dear Cathy, I’m sorry to hear that you often get study pressure from your family. Now here is some advice from me. At home, you may try to help your parents to do some housework. Then you can make a relaxing air to well communicate with each other. Of course, you can follow them to take exercise when you are free. At that time, you’ll have a good chance to talk about your situations in a more relaxing way. They won’t push you hard on your study. It’s also a good idea to know about your parents’ hobbies. This can help you start a good talk with them. Last but not least, you should make your parents know you are always studying hard and will never give up. I hope these can help you. With my best wishes! Yours, Li Hua 【解析】 【详解】[总体分析] ①题材：本文是一封电子邮件； ②时态：时态主要为“一般现在时”； ③提示：根据所给要点提示完成写作，注意标点符号及大小写等问题，不要犯语法错误。注意上下文之间的逻辑关系，语意连贯。[写作步骤] 第一步，表明写作意图； 第二步，给Helen提供一些建议； 第三步，书写结语。 [亮点词汇] ①communicate with交流 ②take exercise做运动 ③give up放弃 [高分句型] Of course, you can follow them to take exercise when you are free. (when引导条件状语从句） 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$ 2024-2025学年第二学期八年级期中学情调研 英语（试题卷） 注意事项： 1．本试卷共四部分，十大题，满分120分，考试时间为120分钟。 2．请务必在“答题卷”或“答题卡”上答题，在“试题卷”上答题无效。 3．考试结束后，请将“试题卷”和“答题卷”或“答题卡”一并交回。 第一部分 听力（共四大题，满分20分） Ⅰ．短对话理解（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分） 你将听到五段对话，每段对话后有一个小题。请在每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出一个最佳选项。每段对话读两遍。 1．What’s the matter with the boy? A． B． C． 2．What sign are they talking about? A． B． C． 3．What’s the boy looking for? A．A knife. B．Some apples. C．Some pears. 4．How is the boy’s sister now? A．She is deaf. B．She is healthy. C．She is blind. 5．Where are they talking now? A．In the hospital. B．In the school. C．In the store. Ⅱ．长对话理解（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分） 你将听到两段对话，每段对话后有几个小题。请在每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出一个最佳选项。每段对话读两遍。 听下面一段对话，回答第6至7小题。 6．How will the boy go to the old people’s home? A．By car. B．By bike. C．By bus. 7．What will the girl do in the old people’s home? A．Do some cleaning. B．Tell stories. C．Sing songs. 听下面一段对话，回答第8至10小题。 8．When will the movie start? A．At 7:10. B．At 7:20. C．At 7:30. 9．What will the speakers do after the movie? A．Do his homework. B．Drink coffee. C．Have dinner. 10．What day is it today? A．It’s Friday. B．It’s Saturday. C．It’s Monday. Ⅲ．短文理解（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分） 你将听到一篇短文，短文后有五个小题。请根据短文内容，在每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出一个最佳选项。短文读两遍。 11．Where did the car accident happen? A．Near a shop. B．Near a restaurant. C．Near a bank. 12．What was Bill doing at that time? A．Drinking coffee. B．Having dinner. C．Doing the shopping. 13．Who was Lucy buying a shirt for? A．Her father. B．Her brother. C．Her mother. 14．Where is Sally? A．In a coffee shop. B．In a clothes shop. C．In a book store. 15．Who called 110 and 120? A．Bill. B．Sally. C．A man. Ⅳ．信息转换（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分） 你将听到一篇短文。请根据短文内容，写出下面表格中所缺的单词，每空仅填一词。短文读两遍。 Dave’s problem What happened Dave 16 with his sister this morning. Teacher’s advice 17 to say sorry to her. Look after her while she is 18 . Think about everything on her 19 . Show 20 to her at any time. 第二部分 英语知识运用（共三大题，满分35分） Ⅴ．单项填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分） 从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 1. Although Jimmy is often ________, his few words can always show his ideas are important and clever. A. in common B. in fact C. in silence D. in half 2. —Which do you like better, art or music? —I like ________. They make me feel very bored. A. neither B. none C. both D. all 3. —Using English more often in our daily lives can improve our English ________ greatly. —That’s for sure. Use it or lose it. A. places B. plans C. tests D. skills 4. As everyone knows, driving while playing mobile phones can ________ lots of accidents. A. break B. cause C. refuse D. stand 5. —You look terrible. What happened? —The rain beat my window ________ so I couldn’t sleep well last night. A. cheaply B. heavily C. luckily D. quietly 6. The man is ________, because there is something wrong with both of his eyes. A. blind B. deaf C. fine D. glad 7. Grace always carefully ________ what teachers say in class and that’s why she can do well in the tests. A. looks after B. cares for C. works on D. takes down 8. Susan told the exciting news to her parents ________ she got to know it. A. as long as B. so that C. as soon as D. because of 9. When Sandy and Cindy got to my home, we ________ TV in the living room. A. will watch B. were watching C. watched D. watch 10. —Why don’t you ask your friend for help? —________. A. Sounds great B. No problem C. That’s right D. Never mind Ⅵ．完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分） 阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。 A You never know where life will take you. When I was a young boy I got ____11____ up my nose one time. After that I ____12____ wanted to get in the water again. I thought swimming was not for me. One day, I ____13____ my skateboard and broke my leg so badly, and the doctors said I could never really skateboard again. They said swimming was the only ____14____ that would be good for me. Well, I gave it a ____15____. Every week, I got a little ____16____ and hated swimming a little less. I worked at it so much that one day my high school swimming coach (教练) asked me to ____17____ the school team. That made me and my family feel surprised ____18____ I was so afraid of the water before! Much to everyone’s surprise, I won third place in the city finals. ____19____ is a big part of my life now. You never know which road life will take you down. Look at me—a swimmer! For this reason, I say: don’t break your choice (选择). And ____20____ life is a swimming pool. Jump in and start swimming! You might be surprised where you end up. 11. A. water B. sand C. juice D. air 12. A. still B. never C. also D. even 13. A. got on B. looked at C. waited for D. fell off 14. A. exercise B. story C. housework D. journey 15. A. visit B. hand C. try D. call 16. A. better B. slower C. higher D. heavier 17. A. check B. catch C. join D. invite 18. A. though B. because C. if D. until 19. A. Skating B. Swimming C. Jumping D. Running 20. A. find B. forget C. think D. remember B At the age of six, our kids began to help us with the housework. They helped to ____21____ their pets and clean the house. Now my daughter Cindy can do many ____22____ of housework. Last week, she even helped me cook dinner. We were happy because it was very ____23____. I think doing housework is a good way for them to learn a lot of life skills. I like getting kids to start doing housework early for a few ____24____. Firstly, it is fun for kids to help. Kids like to work together with their parents. They don’t want their parents to ____25____ everything for them. Sometimes they like to do things by themselves. It’s a good idea to ____26____ them help you when you are busy. Secondly, it’s never too ____27____ for them to learn something new. However, having kids do chores doesn’t ____28____ taking away their time for playing. It’s to let them feel the joy of working ____29____ with family. _____30_____, it works well. Now our children always help us with the housework and they feel happy about it. 21. A. look after B. look at C. look for D. look up 22. A. differences B. kinds C. ways D. boxes 23. A. serious B. clean C. terrible D. delicious 24. A. words B. reasons C. lessons D. ideas 25. A. prepare B. ask C. sweep D. repair 26. A. borrow B. let C. drive D. serve 27. A. early B. popular C. important D. easy 28. A. raise B. teach C. mean D. think 29. A. quickly B. together C. alone D. only 30. A. Finally B. Especially C. Probably D. Seriously Ⅶ．补全对话（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分） 根据对话内容。从方框内的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。其中有两个为多余选项。 A: Susan, where were you yesterday evening? B: I was at home the whole evening. A: At home? I called you several times, but nobody answered the phone. B: Oh, sorry. ____31____ A: What was your brother Martin doing? B: He was taking a shower so he didn’t hear the phone ring, either. A: ____32____ B: They were visiting my aunt and uncle. ____33____ A: Mary and I wanted to ask you to go to Holly’s birthday party. B: What a pity! ____34____ A: At a restaurant near her home. B: ____35____ A: Sure. Everyone was happy. B: Though it’s late, I must say "Happy birthday" to her. A. Did you call me again? B. I was listening to music with earphones (耳机). C. Where did you have the party? D. Did you have a good time at the party? E. When did you have the party? F. What were your parents doing then? G. What did you call me for? 第三部分 阅读（共两节，满分40分） Ⅷ．阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分） 第一节 阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。 A Mr. Brown once worked in an emergency (急救) center. He wrote reports every day and the following are four reports from him. Name: Brain Morton Telephone: 3827-0834 Date of birth: 5/29/1982 Accident: His car hit a tree on the road after trying not to hit a dog at 10:45 a.m. Injuries (伤害)：His head was bleeding Name: Steven Lee Telephone: 3654-4924 Date of birth: 1/31/1979 Accident: He was at home alone and his house was on fire at 5:30 p.m. Injuries: He had problems in breathing. Name: Norman Bailey Telephone: 7836-4923 Date of birth: 11/22/2002 Accident: He fell down while playing football in the park at 3:40 p.m. Injuries: He had a very bad pain in his left arm. Name: Tracy White Telephone: 3728-3890 Date of birth: 2/7/2010 Accident: She went for a picnic with her parents in a forest A snake bite (咬) her at 4:00 p.m. Injuries: Her right foot got hurt. 36. What happened to Brain Morton? A. His head got hurt. B. He broke his left arm. C. He had problems in breathing. D. He had a pain in his foot. 37. Where was Steven Lee when the accident happened? A. On a road. B. In a forest. C. In his own house. D. In a park. 38. Why did Tracy White go to the emergency center? A. Because a snake bit her. B. Because she fell off her bike. C. Because she had a car accident. D. Because she ate the wrong food. B Hu Yingfu and Wang Zhangmin are famous as “Running Star Couple (夫妇)”. Although Hu is 86and Wang is 77, they have been in over 100 marathon (马拉松) races. This makes them very healthy. So far, they have won at least 200 medals (奖牌) from all kinds of sports meets. There is even a special room in their home to show them. Over 20 years ago, Wang followed her friend’s advice to run. She felt it’s quite good for her health, so she asked Hu to run with her in 1997. However, it was not easy for them to start running at such age. They had to run one to two hundred meters in the beginning. Little by little, they could run farther and farther. In 2004, they joined the running competition at the National Masters Games for the first time. To their surprise, Wang won the fourth prize. From then on, they often appeared in all kinds of sports meets and won many prizes. Later, they started to think about running marathons. In April 2011, they joined their first marathon race and finished it successfully. So far, they have run over 40,000 kilometers. They also make many friends through running and ask lots of young people to join them. Hu says, “Life is a marathon.” 39. What does the underlined word “them” refer to (指的是)？ A. The races. B. The medals. C. The sport meets. D. The runners. 40. What might Hu and Wang think of running at first? A. It’s easy. B. It’s hard. C. It’s funny. D. It’s boring. 41. What’s the right time order (顺序) of the following events? ①Hu and Wang started to join the marathon. ②Wang started to run. ③Wang won a prize. ④Hu started to run. A. ②③④① B. ④②③① C. ②④③① D. ④②①③ 42. In which part of a newspaper can we read the text? A. Sports. B. Culture. C. Science. D. Family. C Are you looking for something fun and would you like to help others in your free time? Then join us to be a volunteer! We’re a non-profit (非营利的) organization. We have volunteer jobs for all ages. Anyone, from twelve-year-old children to people in their seventies, can become a volunteer. You can help people in many ways. Schools need help in taking care of children while their parents are working. Hospitals need volunteers to look after children while their parents are seeing a doctor. Animal lovers can help take care of dogs and cats without homes. There is something for everyone. “As a volunteer, I don’t want to get anything. Seeing the children’s happy faces, I’m happy, too,” said Carla Domingo, an old woman of 62. “I often played computer games in my free time before. Now I help older people learn how to use computers,” said another volunteer aged 18. If everyone helps out a bit, we’ll have a better world to live in. Interested? Call us at 1-800-555-5756 or visit our website: www.activol.com. 43. When do the volunteers help others? A. At weekends. B. In their free time. C. On weekdays. D. In the evenings. 44. What does Carla Domingo want to get as a volunteer? A. Money. B. Computers. C. Everything. D. Nothing. 45. Who does Carla Domingo do volunteer work with? A. Animals. B. Children. C. Computers. D. Older people. D Experts call on everyone to care about their sleep health on March 21, World Sleep Day. World Sleep Day started in 2007. People celebrate it every year. China’s medical (医学) expert, Hang Fang says about 300 million (百万) people have trouble sleeping. And half of them need medicine to help them. He says, “The sleep problem can cause physical problems like high blood pressure. They must ask doctors for help.” From a study, we can find that many people’s sleep is becoming worse and worse. Among of them,60.4% of them have sleep problems. Ann is a mother of a patient with narcolepsy (嗜睡症). She says this kind of illness really brings lots of troubles. “My child started to have sleep problem six years ago. He would take his senior high school exam at that time. He often suddenly fell asleep in classes and exams. Luckily, his teachers were kind to him. His situation improved day by day.” “Rare Dream” is an excellent and popular fair (展会) It’s a painting show about the persons’ sleep problems. The patients with narcolepsy painted them mainly. Hang hoped these activities could help those people with sleep problems. He also hoped people could care more about their own sleep health. 46. Which is TRUE about World Sleep Day? A. It’s on 21st March. B. It started twenty years ago. C. About 200 million people have trouble sleeping now. D. It calls on people to care about their healthy eating. 47. What happens to half of those people with sleep problems? A. They have high blood pressure. B. They have heart problems. C They fall asleep in classes. D. They need medicine to help them. 48. What does the underlined word “patient” mean in Chinese? A. 专家 B. 患者 C. 药物 D. 困难 49. What’s the main idea of the last paragraph? A. The terrible illness. B. A special fair. C. The poor persons. D. A beautiful painting. E An old woman often sold oranges on Jill’s way to work. Jill often bought oranges from her. Whenever he bought, he would pick one from what he bought and taste a piece of it, “This one isn’t sweet (甜的).” After saying this, he would give it to the old woman and seemed to leave unhappily. His wife (妻子) usually came with him. She couldn’t understand Jill’s meaning and asked, “These oranges are always sweet. Why do you do this?” Jill smiled, “That old woman sells very sweet oranges but she never eats them herself. That’s why I leave that orange for her.” A man usually sold vegetables next to the old woman and saw what Jill did every time. One day, he asked the old woman, “This young man complains (埋怨) so much. But you always give him more oranges while you were weighing (称重) oranges. Why?” The old woman replied, “He doesn’t complain about oranges but wanting to feed me an orange. In fact, I understand his love. It’s also love that I give more oranges to him.” 50. What were the old woman’s oranges like? A. They were bad. B. They were nice. C. They were cheap. D. They were terrible. 51. Why did Jill taste a piece of the orange? A. He wanted to know whether (是否) it’s sweet. B. He disliked the old woman’s oranges. C. He wanted to get more oranges from the old woman. D. He wanted to leave it to the old woman to eat. 52. What’s the best title (标题) for the text? A. How to buy oranges at good prices B. Giving to each other is a kind of love C. Let’s care more about the old people D. People should understand each other 第二节 阅读下面短文，并用英语回答问题（请注意每小题后面的词数要求）。 F A cat and a fox were good friends. They used to have a good time together. However, the fox always thought he was much cleverer than the cat. The cat cared about their friendship (友谊) and never said anything. One day they were resting under a tree. The fox said, “If a dangerous animal wants to kill us, what can we do?” The cat said he only knew one way. The fox laughed at once, “Just one way! I know a thousand ways. I can understand it is hard for you to learn more ways, because you are not clever enough.” The cat felt upset and said, “I have been using the same way till now to help me out of danger.” Suddenly, a lion ran towards them. Both the cat and the fox got scared and knew if they didn’t find a way to escape (逃离), it would kill them right there. The cat climbed on a tree quickly. The fox knew a thousand ways, but he couldn’t decide on which way. At that moment, he came to know it’s better to have one plan you have tried and it works well than a hundred you know but never try. 53. What were the cat and the fox talking about?（不超过15个词） ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 54. How did the cat feel after hearing the fox’s words?（不超过15个词） ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 55. What did the cat do to escape from the lion?（不超过10个词） ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 第四部分 写（共两大题，满分25分） Ⅸ．单词拼写（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分） 根据首字母及汉语提示。完成下列单词的拼写。使句意明确。语言通顺。 56. Now more and more old people feel l________ (孤独的) so we must care for them. 57. Feifei is honest and she always tells the t________ (实情). 58. Can you e__________ (解释) why you arrived late for school this morning? 59. Your room is in a m________ (凌乱). Please tidy it up. 60. After he p________ (按) the key on the computer, the door opened. Ⅹ．书面表达（共1小题；满分20分） 61. 假如你是李华，你的英国好友Cathy因为学习压力与父母相处不融洽，请你根据要点提示，给她写封邮件提一些意见。 内容提示： 1. 帮父母做一些家务； 2. 与父母一起锻炼； 3. 了解父母的爱好。 要求： 1. 短文必须包含以上信息； 2. 内容可适当发挥，以保证内容丰富与完整； 3. 文章不可出现真实的人名、地名及校名； 4. 词数：60—80。作文开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。 Dear Cathy, I’m sorry to hear that you often get study pressure from your family. Now here is some advice from me. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ I hope these can help you. 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