上海市进才中学北校2024-2025学年八年级下学期期中考试英语试卷（笔试部分）

2024-2025学年进才北校八年级下英语期中考 Part 2 Phonetics, Grammar and Vocabulary (第二部分语音、语法和词汇) Ⅱ. Choose the best answer (选择最恰当的答案) 1. We will have ________ one-week holiday next month. A. / B. a C. an D. the 2. Always keep your dream in your heart, ________ it will come true one day. A. and B. but C. or D. so 3. Our PE teacher always suggest ________ an active part in sports activities. A. take B. to take C. taking D. takes 4. We can save water by ________ the tap when we are not using it. A. turn off B. turn on C. turning off D. turning on 5. The editors need more time to have a ________ discussion about the project. A. far B. farther C. further D. farthest 6. “I’m afraid Dr. Smith ________ see you now. He is busy today.” said the nurse to the patient. A. mustn’t B. can’t C. needn’t D. shouldn’t 7. ________ exciting news the teacher told us. A. How B. What C. What a D. What an 8. We are told that there are quite _________ books in our school library. A. a little B. little C. few D. a few 9. It is important for everyone _________ water and electricity in his life. A. save B. to save C. saving D. saved 10. Mum asked me to hold one end of the rope and she held ________. A. another B. other C. the other D. the others 11. Tom’s idea sounds ________ and everyone seems to agree with him. A. lovely B. beautifully C. nicely D. wonderfully 12. The Walt Disney Company ________ 6 theme parks since it opened its first one in 1955. A. opens B. opened C. has opened D. had opened 13. Judy checked her homework ________ in order to get A grades. A. carefully enough B. careful enough C. enough careful D. enough carefully 14. The teacher made the student ________ the lesson. A. review B. to reviewing C. reviewing D. to review 15. Tom asked his mother ________. A. that he would leave for France B. whether could he go out for dinner C. when they will move to their new flat D. where they would go the next day Choose the proper words in the box to complete the following passage. Each can be used only once (选择最恰当的选项填入空格。每空格限填一词，每词只能填一次) A. run out B. protects C. destroys D. a huge amount of E. mainly F. reach Traditional energy sources like oil, coal and natural gas have been important sources of energy around the world since the 1900s, and are ____16____ used for electricity and transport. Are they going to disappear in the future? Many countries believe renewable energy (可再生能源) is the best solution. It is energy made from natural sources that will never ____17____, such as wind, waves and sun. Iceland and Norway have already produced nearly 100% of their energy from renewable resources and Denmark aims to ____18____ that goal by 2050. Why should we use renewable energy? For so many reasons, first of all pollution! Oil use produces ____19____ harmful gas, which makes it extremely polluting. Renewable energy ____20____ our health because it doesn’t produce harmful pollution. Secondly, because it is free. Any country which has waves, sunshine or wind can make use of these resources. Renewable energy can be especially useful for developing countries. The question really should be, why not? 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完成下列句子，每空格限填一词) 21. Many visitors come to Tibet every year because of its ________ (nature) environment. 22. We should speak to the old as __________ (polite) as possible, young man. 23. She would never forget those pleasant ________ while working in China. (experience) 24. The customers are getting ________ at having to wait so long. (patient) 25. It is not easy to keep the fish ________ without water for long. (live) 26. After the teacher’s ________, I am beginning to understand the cause of global warming. (explain) 27. Li Hui has already checked his bag ________, but there is no sign of his English book. (two) 28. We can make a new ________ with the help of this machine. (produce) Ⅴ. Rewrite the following sentences as required (根据要求改写句子) 29. Every day, Tom has to write an e-mail after school.(改为否定句) Every day Tom ________ ________ to write an e-mail after school. 30. Ivan takes charge of different sections of our school newspaper. （保持原句意思） Ivan is ________ ________ different sections of our school newspaper. 31. The president of the university gave some advice to the graduates. (改为被动语态) Some advice _________ _________ to the graduates by the president of the university. 32. The staff needed to elect an experienced accountant to keep the accounts of the company. (划线提问) ________ ________ the staff need to elect an experienced accountant? 33. Tom hardly sleeps with the windows open at night. (改为反义疑问句) Tom hardly sleeps with the windows open at night, _______ ________? 34. last weekend was, a friend, happy, to hear from, in America, my father (连词成句) ________________. Part 3 Reading and Writing (第三部分 阅读和写话) Ⅵ. Reading comprehension(阅读理解) A. Choose the best answer (选择最恰当的答案) Choose the best answer（根据以下内容，选择最恰当的答案） Newspapers and television news programs always seem to report about the bad things happening in the society. However, there is a place where readers can find some good news. That place is a website called HappyNews. HappyNews was created by Byron Reese, who was the founder and CEO of PageWise. Reese once said about HappyNews, “Since the news media is giving people an unbalanced (偏颇的) view of the world, it’s our duty to make a difference. Traditional media often focuses on negative (消极的) stories, but our personal experience is usually different from that. Generally, most people are good and try to help each other. Most people are honest.” Not everyone agrees with Reese’s view, though. Many people think that news sources have a responsibility to provide news that is helpful to people. People need to know about issues or problems in today’s society. Then people are better able to make decisions about the things that influence their daily lives. According to this, Reese said, “HappyNews is not trying to stop people from learning about issues or problems. Instead, it is just trying to provide a balanced picture of today’s world.” By the end of its first month online HappyNews had more than 70,000 readers. About 60 percent of them were women. Something else unique makes HappyNews different from any of the other news or information websites that are on the Internet. Unlike many other websites, HappyNews gets fan mails from its readers on a daily basis. A reader said in one of them, “From HappyNews, I’ve realized that the world is not as bad of a place as I have been trained to believe.” In the world of HappyNews, there is no bad or ugly, only good. 35. According to Reese, how is HappyNews different from other news sources? A. It gives a balanced view of the world. B. It focuses on negative news stories. C. It tells Reese’s personal experience. D. It provides people with helpful news. 36. Some people don’t like HappyNews probably because ________. A. HappyNews doesn’t seem like traditional media B. HappyNews doesn’t report international news C. HappyNews doesn’t tell important issues or problems D. HappyNews doesn’t attract men readers 37. The underlined word “unique” in paragraph 4 probably means ________. A. special B. interesting C. strange D. awful 38. Which of the following is TRUE about HappyNews after its first month online? A. It had about seven thousand readers. B. Most of its readers were women. C. Its readers sent in bad letters every day. D. Reese used it to create other websites. 39. Which of the following news items can probably be found on HappyNews? A. Plastic pollution in the ocean B. Luke Smith wins competition C 3 injured in serious car crash D. The great Garden Bank robbery 40. What can be the best title for the passage? A. How to Be Happy B. Why Women Like HappyNews C. Newspapers vs. Online News D. Not the Normal News B. Choose the words and complete the passage (选择最恰当的单词，完成短文) Choose the best answer and complete the passage (选择当的选项完成短文) Specializing (专门从事) in teaching English to senior high school students, Dong Yuhui has tutored about 500,000 students over the eight years since he joined New Oriental eight years ago. After the “Double-Reduction” policy was introduced, he ____41____ his new job at Dongfang Zhenxuan as a host. “I was pretty sad knowing that I could no longer teach. It took a while for me to adjust to the new role,” he said. “Former (昔日的) teacher, current (现在的) ____42____” is how he describes himself on his personal Douyin account. When Dong Yuhui first started to host livestreams (直播) selling all kinds of products on the company’s Douyin channel, he often only saw five viewers at a time. “For a period of time, I felt quite ____43____ because I couldn’t see the point of making the effort. Those were the darkest hours and now the dawn has come. I am glad that I didn’t give up selling vegetables online,” said Dong, 29, who’s now famous on social media. Over the weekend, videos of Dong introducing steaks in both Chinese and English went viral (走红) on social media as people began to ____44____ that the channel was very different from others. While talking about the quality of the steak, Dong also taught the viewers how to order steak in English at a restaurant. ____45____ learning some English, the viewers were also impressed with his views on different literary works including those of William Shakespeare. “I am in my comfort zone when talking about books. I can air my views about them non-stop for three days,” Dong said. After China Daily posted the story of Dong’s ____46____ transitioning (转型) on its official WeChat account, Dong left a comment saying that“ as someone who had first started reading the paper while in university, it’s really unexpected to now see myself appearing in it.” 41. A. came up B. looked up C. made up D. took up 42. A. cook B. farmer C. salesman D. writer 43. A. bored B. disappointed C. lucky D. shy 44. A. notice B. observe C. trust D. wonder 45. A. As B. Besides C. Except for D. In addition 46. A. changeable B. familiar C. independent D. successful 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，是其内容通顺，每空格限填一次，首字母已给) 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。 A Letter from 2070 Hi, This is the year 2070. I have just turned 50, but I look like a person of 85. I suffer from serious kidney(肾脏) problems because I don’t have enough water to drink. I’m afraid I don’t have much time left to live. I am already one of the o___47___ people in this society. I remember when I was five years old, everything was very different. There were lots of trees in the parks. I could enjoy a shower for half an hour. At that time, women had beautiful hair. Now, we have to shave our heads to keep them clean w___48___ the use of water. I remember there were “Save Water” warnings in many public places, but nobody paid attention. We believed water would last forever. Now, all the rivers and lakes are e___49___ dry or polluted. Water is much more expensive than gold and diamonds. Without water, almost all factories are closed. Most people are unemployed. Those who have a job work in desalination (海水脱盐) plants and are paid with drinkable water rather than with money. In the past, doctors s___50___ adults drink eight glasses of water a day. Nowadays, I am only allowed half a glass. Most people are weak. Young people in their early 20s look as if they were in their 40s. Because there are f ___51___ trees, we don’t have enough oxygen. We have to pay for air. The air is not of very good quality, but at least we can breathe. Poor people die young. The average life expectancy (预期寿命) is 40 years. When my son asks me about my childhood, I tell him about how p___52___ it was to fish in the rivers and how healthy people were. When he asks, “Why is there no clean water now?”，I feel guilty. I belong to the generation who turned a blind eye to all the warnings. I wish this letter could travel back in time and it would make people living in the 2020s t___53___ understand the importance of saving water. Best, Natalie D. Read the passage below and answer the following questions(根据文章内容回答下列问题) Answer the questions（根据短文内容回答下列问题） Saving the Well Once upon a time, in a vast desert, there was a small village that depended on a single well for water. The well was not only a source of life for the villagers but also for the travelers who passed through the desert. One year, a really bad drought hit the village. The plants died, animals moved away, and the well’s water level started to drop. The villagers grew worried, knowing that they needed the well to live. Among them was a young boy named Amir. He noticed that while everyone was worried, very few were taking action to save the precious water. Amir decided to make a difference. He started by using less water for his daily needs and collected rainwater in pots. He also suggested planting drought-resistant (抗旱) plants around the well to keep the soil wet and reduce water evaporation (蒸发). At first, only a few villagers took him seriously, but as the well’s water even got lower, more started to listen. Amir taught the villagers how to create small basins around the plants to catch more rainwater and how to cover the ground with stones and leaves to reduce evaporation. He also organized teams to clean up around the well and dig small channels to direct any rainwater into the well. As the weeks passed, the villagers noticed a change. The water in the well didn’t go down as much, and the plants around it began to grow well. The efforts to save water paid off, and the village was able to make it through the drought. 54. What happened to the village one year? ________________________________ 55. A lot of villagers took action to save the precious water at the very beginning, didn’t they? ________________________________ 56. Where did Amir collect rainwater at first? ________________________________ 57. When did the villagers start to take Amir’s suggestions seriously? ________________________________ 58. How did Amir and the villagers direct rainwater into the well? ________________________________ 59. What can you learn from the story? ________________________________ Ⅶ. Writing 60. The World’s Earth Day is celebrated on April 22nd every year. This year, the school will hold four activities. Choose one of your favourite activities and tell your reasons. （每年的4月22日是世界地球日。今年，学校将在这天举行四项活动。请选择一项你最想参加的活动，并给出理由。以“我在地球日最喜欢的活动”为题，写一篇不少于60个词的短文，标点符号不占格） ACTIVITIES MY CHOICE 1 Protecting Mr. Tree 2 Saving One More Drop of Water 3 Good Ideas to Save Electricity 4 Let’s Make a Recycling Bin The following questions are for reference. (以下问题仅供参考) √ Which activity will you choose?   √ Why will you choose this activity? √ What will you do in this activity? My Favourite Activity on World’s Earth Day ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2024-2025学年进才北校八年级下英语期中考 Part 2 Phonetics, Grammar and Vocabulary (第二部分语音、语法和词汇) Ⅱ. Choose the best answer (选择最恰当的答案) 【1题答案】 【答案】B 【2题答案】 【答案】A 【3题答案】 【答案】C 【4题答案】 【答案】C 【5题答案】 【答案】C 【6题答案】 【答案】B 【7题答案】 【答案】B 【8题答案】 【答案】D 【9题答案】 【答案】B 【10题答案】 【答案】C 【11题答案】 【答案】A 【12题答案】 【答案】C 【13题答案】 【答案】A 【14题答案】 【答案】A 【15题答案】 【答案】D 【16~20题答案】 【答案】16. E 17. A 18. F 19. D 20. B 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完成下列句子，每空格限填一词) 【21题答案】 【答案】natural 【22题答案】 【答案】politely 【23题答案】 【答案】experiences 【24题答案】 【答案】impatient 【25题答案】 【答案】alive 【26题答案】 【答案】explanation 【27题答案】 【答案】twice 【28题答案】 【答案】product Ⅴ. Rewrite the following sentences as required (根据要求改写句子) 【29题答案】 【答案】 ①. doesn’t ②. have 【30题答案】 【答案】 ①. responsible ②. for 【31题答案】 【答案】 ①. was ②. given 【32题答案】 【答案】 ①. Why ②. did 【33题答案】 【答案】 ①. does ②. he 【34题答案】 【答案】My father was happy to hear from a friend in America last weekend Part 3 Reading and Writing (第三部分 阅读和写话) Ⅵ. Reading comprehension(阅读理解) A. Choose the best answer (选择最恰当的答案) 【35~40题答案】 【答案】35. A 36. C 37. A 38. B 39. B 40. D B. Choose the words and complete the passage (选择最恰当的单词，完成短文) 【41~46题答案】 【答案】41. D 42. C 43. B 44. A 45. B 46. D 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，是其内容通顺，每空格限填一次，首字母已给) 【47~53题答案】 【答案】47. (o)ldest 48. (w)ithout 49. (e)ither 50 (s)uggested 51. (f)ew 52. (p)leasant 53. (t)ruly D. Read the passage below and answer the following questions(根据文章内容回答下列问题) 【54~59题答案】 【答案】54. A really bad drought hit the village. 55. No, they didn’t. 56. In pots. 57. When the well’s water even got lower. 58. By digging small channels. 59. We should reduce daily water consumption and save water in our daily life. Ⅶ. Writing 【60题答案】 【答案】例文 My Favourite Activity on World’s Earth Day This year, our school will hold four activities on the World’s Earth Day. I will choose to save one more drop of water. Water is important to all living things. All animals and plants need water. Without water, there will be no life on the earth. So we should do our best to save and protect our water. First of all, we must turn off the tap after we use it. Second, we should take a shower quickly. Third, when we wash clothes, we should use as little water as possible. We must save every drop of water in everyday life and tell our parents and friends about it. I think it’s our duty to save water. 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$