吉林省第二实验（高新、远洋）学校2024-2025学年八年级下学期期中考试英语试卷

吉林省第二实验（高新、远洋）学校

2024—2025学年度下学期八（1）年级期中考试

英语试卷

命题人:吴雨伦  审题人:赵嵩

一、基础知识（共10分）

Ⅰ.单项选择。（10分）从每小题所给的四个选项中,选出一个最佳答案。

1. Peter returned the wallet to the police. He was _______ honest boy.

A. a B. an C. the D. /

2. —How long have you had that book?

 —I’ve had it _______ three years.

A. in B. since C. for D. before

3. Sometimes, being in a_______ can make us miss some good things in life. So let’s slow down and notice the beauty around us.

A. situation B. rush C. relationship D. fight

4. Before the music festival, organizers warned people _______ rubbish on the ground.

A. to sell B. not to sell C. to throw D. not to throw

5. —_______ does Helen teach her students at the special school to speak?

—By teaching them one-to-one and letting them feel how to make a sound.

A. How B. When C. Why D. Where

6. My parents always tell me to choose friends _______ since they think good friends will bring out the best in me.

A. wisely B. quickly C. easily D. quietly

7. ________ helpful your advice is! I’ve improved a lot in English writing.

A. What B. How C. What a D. How a

8. Helen _______ be interested in cooking, but now she hardly cooks.

A. was used to B. wasn’t used to C. didn’t use to D. used to

9. Excuse me, could you tell me _______?

A. if it is the way to the supermarket B. how can I go to the restaurant

C. where can I buy some medicine D. when does this band start playing today

10. —I tried this song once, but I couldn’t get it right.

—Don’t be too hard on yourself. _______. Keep trying and you’ll see progress.

A Live and learn B. Use it or lose it

C. Practice makes perfect D. Many hands make light work

二、阅读（共50分）

Ⅱ. 完形填空。（15分）

When Confucius (孔子) was a young boy, his family was poor. He couldn’t go to a good ___11___ like rich kids, but he loved learning and got knowledge through self-study. Whenever he had trouble ___12___  something, he asked people for help, and it didn’t matter if they were young or old. By the age of thirty, Confucius had learned a lot and become famous for his ___13___ in his town.

Back then, people didn’t have paper like we do now. Instead, they used ___14___ to make books. They cut the bamboo into thin pieces, dried them with fire, and then ___15___ on them. These pieces were “bamboo slips”, or zhujian in Chinese. Each slip was long and ___16___ , and people could only write one line on each slip. To ___17___ a whole book, they needed lots of these bamboo slips. They tied (绑) them together with cowhide strings (牛皮绳子) so they could read the book ___18___ . It was a lot of work! Some books, like The Book of Changes, were ___19___ because they had too many bamboo slips.

Confucius didn’t begin studying The Book of Changes until his later years. It was a difficult book to understand, ___20___ Confucius worked hard to read it. However, he only ___21___ what the book was mainly about when he read it for the first time. So, Confucius read it ___22___ and then understood the important ideas this time. Next, he read it a third time and finally understood the deep meaning. After that, he ___23___ reading The Book of Changes many more times. Since he read it so many times, the cowhide strings holding the bamboo slips together ___24___ several times, and Confucius had to use new ones to tie the bamboo slips. Even though he read it many times, Confucius didn’t think he fully understood the ___25___ . “If I could live a bit longer,” he said, “I would understand everything in The Book of Changes.”

11. A. hospital B. museum C. restaurant D. school

12. A. collecting B. discovering C. searching D. understanding

13. A. childhood B. education C. knowledge D. pressure

14. A. bamboo B. paper C. leaves D. trees

15. A. held B. printed C. walked D. wrote

16. A. big B. small C. wide D. thin

17. A. make B. open C. buy D. borrow

18. A. slowly B. easily C. quietly D. bravely

19. A. difficult B. heavy C. important D. popular

20. A. but B. since C. until D. whenever

21. A. arrived at B. agreed with C. improved on D. learned about

22. A. again B. too C. together D. anyway

23. A. enjoyed B. considered C. kept D. got

24. A. broke B. died C. happened D. shook

25. A. book B. story C. reason D. question

Ⅲ. 阅读理解。（35分）

（A）

Traditional Chinese Festivals
Yuanxiao, the Lantern Festival, is on the 15th day of the first month in the Chinese calendar. People watch lanterns and eat sweet dumplings.	Qingming, the Tomb Sweeping Day, is around April 5. People from home and abroad go to the graves (墓) in memory of the dead
Qixi, the Qixi Festival, is on the seventh day of the seventh. month in the Chinese calendar. It’s the Chinese version (版本) of Valentine’s Day.	Duanwu, the Dragon Boat Festival, is on the fifth day of the fifth month in the Chinese calendar. People eat rice dumplings and have dragon boat races in memory of the poet Qu Yuan.
Zhongqiu, the Mid—Autumn Festival, is on the 15th day of the eighth month in the Chinese calendar. Families enjoy moon cakes and tell the story of Chang’e.	Chongyang, the Double Ninth Festival, is on the ninth day of the ninth month in the Chinese calendar. It’s the date to pay respect to the old.

根据材料内容选择最佳答案。

26. The Mid-Autumn Festival is _______ in the Chinese calendar.

A. on August 15th B. on July 7th C. on January 15th D. on May 15th

27. What do Chinese people eat at the Dragon Boat Festival?

A. Dumplings. B. Mooncakes. C. Rice dumplings. D. Sweet dumplings.