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2024 年第二学期期中质量调研八年级英语学科 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. For him, even ________ ordinary outing can be a moment to find joy. A. a B. an C. the D. / 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意：对他来说，即使是一次普通的郊游也可以是寻找快乐的时刻。 考查冠词。a表示泛指“一个”，且用于辅音音素开头的单词前；an表示泛指“一个”，且用于元音音素开头的单词前；the表示特指；/零冠词。根据“even ... ordinary outing can be a moment to find joy.”可知，此处指一次郊游，且ordinary发音以元音音素开头，用an。故选B。 2. How much ________ do you need for the fried vegetable? A. sauce B. mushroom C. potato D. tomato 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：炒蔬菜需要多少酱汁？ 考查名词。sauce酱汁，不可数名词；mushroom蘑菇，可数名词；potato土豆，可数名词；tomato西红柿，可数名词。how much“多少”，后加不可数名词。故选A。 3. Tom cooked dinner for ________ because his mother wasn’t at home. A. he B. his C. him D. himself 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】句意：汤姆自己做晚饭，因为他妈妈不在家。 考查反身代词。he他，人称代词主格；his他的，物主代词；him他，人称代词宾格；himself他自己，反身代词。根据“Tom cooked dinner for ... because his mother wasn’t at home.”可知，妈妈不在家，所以要给自己做饭，himself指Tom自己。故选D。 4. Students can learn from ________ through the school newspaper. A. other B. the other C. another D. one another 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】句意：学生们可以通过校报互相学习。 考查不定代词辨析。other其他的，后接复数名词；the other两者中的另一个；another三者及以上的另一个；one another互相。根据“Students can learn from...through the school newspaper.”可知，此处是指学生们可以通过校报互相学习，应用one another表示“互相”。故选D。 5. He is________ average height, taller than many of his age. A. about B. on C. above D. below 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：他高于平均身高，比许多同龄人都高。 考查介词辨析。about关于；on在……上面；above高于；below在……下面。根据“taller than many of his age”可知，他比许多同龄人都高，说明他高于平均身高，所以应该用above。故选C。 6. Electricity powers our homes, ________ it can be too expensive for some families. A. and B. or C. but D. for 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：电为我们的家庭提供电力，但对一些家庭来说，电费可能太贵了。 考查连词辨析。and和，表示并列或顺承关系；or或者，表示选择关系；but但是，表示转折关系；for因为，表示因果关系。根据“Electricity powers our homes”以及“it can be too expensive for some families”可知，前后句之间存在转折关系，即电虽然为家庭提供电力，但对一些家庭来说电费却很贵。所以应该用but表示转折。故选C。 7. He leads an ________ lifestyle with regular exercise outdoors. A. act B. active C. activity D. actively 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意：他保持着积极的生活方式，经常在户外进行锻炼。 考查形容词。act行动，动词；active活跃的、积极的，形容词；activity活动，名词；actively积极地，副词。此处应用形容词作定语，修饰名词lifestyle，故选B。 8. By joining the school club, he ________ a new hobby. A. took up B. took off C. took out D. took away 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：通过加入学校社团，他养成了一种新的爱好。 考查动词短语。took up开始从事；took off脱掉、起飞；took out拿出；took away拿走。根据“a new hobby”可知，此处指“开始一项爱好”，即养成爱好。故选A。 9. I believe ________ sport events can build our character. A. when B. why C. how D. that 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】句意：我相信体育赛事能够塑造我们的品格。 考查宾语从句的引导词。when何时；why为什么；how怎样，如何；that引导宾语从句时，在从句中不充当任何成分，只起连接作用，且无词义。根据句子结构可知，“I believe”后接宾语从句，且从句“sport events can build our character”成分完整，意思表达清晰，不需要额外的词来补充意思或充当成分，所以应该用that来引导这个宾语从句。故选D。 10. Three fifths of the land in our country ________ used for farming. A. is B. are C. been D. be 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：我国五分之三的土地用于农业。 考查主谓一致和动词的语态。分析句子结构可知，句子缺少谓语动词；根据“Three fifths of the land in our country”可知，句子的主语是“Three fifths of the land”，表示“五分之三的土地”，land是不可数名词，所以谓语动词应该用单数形式，且句子描述的是客观事实，所以应该用一般现在时，因此应该用is。故选A。 11. You’ve dialed the wrong number. The number of our school ________ be 5551234. A. can B. may C. need D. ought to 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】句意：你拨错号码了。我们学校的电话号码应该是5551234。 考查情态动词辨析。can能，会；may可能；need需要；ought to应该。根据“You’ve dialed the wrong number.”可知，此处是在纠正对方拨错了号码，并告知对方正确的号码应该是多少，所以应该用ought to表示“应该”。故选D。 12. The teacher suggested ________ a meeting to discuss the plan. A. have B. has C. having D. to have 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：老师建议开个会讨论一下这个计划。 考查非谓语动词。suggest doing sth表示“建议做某事”，用动名词作宾语。故选C。 13. The lifeguard warned the swimmers not ________ too far from the bank. A. go B. to go C. going D. went 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意：救生员警告游泳的人不要离岸边太远。 考查非谓语动词。warn sb not to do sth是固定搭配，表示“警告某人不要做某事”，故选B。 14. The use of renewable energy ________ worldwide right now. A. increase B. is increasing C. will increase D. increased 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意：目前，可再生能源的使用在全球范围内不断增加。 考查句子时态。根据句中时间状语“right now”，强调当前发生的动作，句子应用现在进行时，表示动作正在进行。故选B。 15. The school newspaper ________ a lot of reports about school events since last semester. A. publishes B. published C. will publish D. has published 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】句意：自上学期以来，校报刊登了许多关于学校事件的报道。 考查现在完成时。根据“since last semester”可知，表示从过去开始并持续到现在的动作，用现在完成时have/has done。故选D。 Complete the following passage with the words in the box. Each can only be used once（将下列单词填入空格。每空格限填一词，每词只能填一次） A. take the place of B. design C. carefully D. talent E. take charge of F. product G. proud I had always dreamed of being involved in a big event at school, and this year, my chance finally came. Last month, our school had a ____16____ show, and I was really excited to be a part of it. As the event came closer, I understood how important the music was for creating the right mood and helping the performers feel excited. With that in mind, I volunteered to ____17____ all the music for the performances. It was a big job, but I was ready for the challenge. To start, I had to process the requests from my classmates, who wanted a mix of pop and classical music. I spent extra time in the music room, making sure everything was ready and ____18____ checking the sound. During the event, I managed the sound equipment and worked with the performers to make sure everything went smoothly. To make the event even more special, our school decided to create a souvenir brochure with photos from each performance. I helped ____19____ it and printed the brochures. We selected the best images that captured the most exciting moments of the show. The final ____20____ was a beautiful brochure that everyone loved. It was a fun way to remember the event. After the show, I felt very ____21____ that I helped make the event a success. I was also happy to learn a lot about teamwork and how to organize a big project. 【答案】16. D 17. E 18. C 19. B 20. F 21. G 【解析】 【导语】本文主要讲述了作者在学校上个月举办的才艺表演中，负责音乐工作、参与设计纪念手册，最终为活动成功感到自豪并从中收获团队合作和组织项目经验的事。 【16题详解】 句意：上个月，我们学校举办了一场才艺表演，我很兴奋能参与其中。根据“show”及语境可知，此处需表示“有才艺”表演，备选词talent“才艺”符合，“talent show”为固定短语“才艺表演”。故填D。 【17题详解】 句意：考虑到这一点，我自愿负责所有表演的音乐。根据“all the music for the performances”可知，此处表示“负责”音乐相关工作，备选词take charge of“负责”符合语境。故填E。 【18题详解】 句意：我在音乐室花了额外时间，确保一切准备就绪，并仔细地检查音效。此处需用副词修饰“checking”，备选词carefully“仔细地”符合，强调认真检查音效。故填C。 【19题详解】 句意：我帮助设计它并印刷了手册。根据“create a souvenir brochure”及“printed the brochures”可知，此处表示“设计”手册，备选词design“设计”符合语境。故填B。 【20题详解】 句意：最后产品是一本大家都喜欢的精美手册。根据“a beautiful brochure”可知，此处指最终的“产品”，备选词product“产品”符合，这里指制作完成的手册。故填F。 【21题详解】 句意：演出结束后，我为帮助活动取得成功而感到非常自豪。根据语境可知，此处表示“自豪的”，备选词proud“自豪的”符合，“feel proud that...”为固定用法“为……感到自豪”。故填G。 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） 22. I need to buy new ________ for my remote control because the old ones are dead. (battery) 【答案】batteries 【解析】 【详解】句意：我需要为我的遥控器买新电池，因为旧的没电了。battery“电池”，根据“the old ones are dead”可知，其中“ones”是复数代词，指代前文提到的物品，这表明空格处应填入复数形式。故填batteries。 23. He is one of the greatest scientists in the ________ century. (twenty) 【答案】twentieth 【解析】 【详解】句意：他是20世纪最伟大的科学家之一。根据空格前“the”和空格后“century”和提示词可推知，此处表达在二十世纪，此处需要使用序数词，表示“第二十”。twenty对应的序数词twentieth“第二十”，故填twentieth。 24. These days, you can find many short videos on social media ________. (day) 【答案】daily 【解析】 【详解】句意：如今，你每天都能在社交媒体上找到短视频。根据“These days, you can find many short videos on social media…”可知，句子需要一个副词来修饰动词find，表示动作发生频率。提示词day为名词，其副词形式daily“每天；日常地”，符合语境。故填daily。 25. We saw several ________ changes happening in the experiment. (chemistry) 【答案】chemical 【解析】 【详解】句意：我们在实验中看到了几种化学变化。根据“changes”及提示词可知，此处需要使用形容词作定语，修饰changes。chemistry“化学”，名词，形容词为chemical“化学的”。故填chemical。 26. Eating too much fast food is ________ for your body. (healthy) 【答案】unhealthy 【解析】 【详解】句意：吃太多快餐会使你的身体不健康。根据“Eating too much fast food is ... for your body.”及所给单词提示可知，此处表示快餐不利于健康，空格处需填入形容词作表语，healthy的反义词unhealthy“不健康的”符合句意。故填unhealthy。 27. We shouldn’t ________ the land and oceans with plastic waste. (pollution) 【答案】pollute 【解析】 【详解】句意：我们不应该用塑料垃圾污染陆地和海洋。“shouldn’t”是“should not”的缩写，意思是“不应该”，是情态动词，后接动词原形。故填pollute。 28. It’s ________ to hold the door for the people behind you. (politely) 【答案】polite 【解析】 【详解】句意：为后面的人扶门是礼貌的。根据“It’s...to hold the door for the people behind you.”及提示词可知，此处考查固定句式：It’s+形容词+to do sth.“做某事是……的”，表示为后面的人扶门是礼貌的，politely“礼貌地”，副词，形容词为“polite”。故填polite。 29. She helps children with ________ problems develop social skills. (behave) 【答案】behavior##behaviour 【解析】 【详解】句意：她帮助有行为问题的孩子发展社交技能。分析句子可知，设空处需要填入一个名词修饰“problems”，“behavior/behaviour problems”是一个短语，意为“行为问题”，故填behavior/behaviour。 V. Rewrite the following sentences as required (根据要求改写句子) 30. He could hardly get his words out. (改为反意疑问句) He could hardly get his words out, ________ ________? 【答案】 ①. could ②. he 【解析】 【详解】句意：他几乎说不出话来，是吗？反意疑问句遵循“前肯后否，前否后肯”，陈述句中含有hardly，是否定意义，故疑问部分用肯定形式；根据“He could...”可知疑问部分借助情态动词could，后加主语he。故填could；he。 31. They are trying to find out which things were switched on. (对划线部分提问) ________ ________ they trying to find out? 【答案】 ①. What ②. are 【解析】 【详解】句意：他们试图找出哪些东西被打开了。划线部分是事物，用疑问词what“什么”，放句首，首字母要大写；其次，再把are放到主语they前。故填What；are。 32. You are not allowed to play in the fountains. (保持句意基本不变) You ________ ________ in the fountains. 【答案】 ①. mustn’t ②. play 【解析】 【详解】句意：你不被允许在喷泉里玩耍。根据“You are not allowed to play in the fountains.”可知。若要保持句意基本不变，需从否定含义的角度转换，mustn’t play表示“禁止玩耍”，与原句肯定含义一致，故填mustn’t；play。 33. It was foolish of him to believe such an old excuse. (改为感叹句) ________ ________ he was to believe such an old excuse! 【答案】 ①. How ②. foolish 【解析】 【详解】句意：他竟然相信这么老的借口，真是太愚蠢了。感叹句结构：How + 形容词/副词 + 主语 + 谓语！；What + (a/an) + 形容词 + 名词 + 主语 + 谓语！句中“foolish”是形容词“愚蠢的”，修饰主语“he”，需用How引导感叹句。故填How；foolish。 34. be responsible for, should, they, haven’t agreed on, who, this project ______________________________. 【答案】They haven’t agreed on who should be responsible for this project 【解析】 【详解】分析所给单词和标点，该句是陈述句。主语They；谓语动词haven’t agreed；介词on后接宾语从句；引导词who；谓语动词should be；表语responsible；状语for this project，为介词短语，说明责任范围。故填They haven’t agreed on who should be responsible for this project“他们还没有就谁来负责这个项目达成一致意见”。 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） Fitness Today presents Big Bear Run 2025 Back by popular demand after last year’s successful event at Bay Park. Here’s what’s new! Stay healthy and join this fun experience with your family and friends! Fantastic prizes await the winners, and all runners will receive a bear key chain. Registration (注册) ends on 12 June, 2025 Details of the Run Date: 9 July, 2025 Time: 8:30 am Distance: 5km Place: East Coast Park This event is open to ALL! Cost: $45 for adults $25 for children below the age of 12 Winner Announced Winners will be announced at East Coast Car Park F and notified by post Register online now at www.bigbcarrun2025.com Early bird discount (折扣) till 1 June, 2025 Prizes for Top 3 Runners 1st prize: 3N stay at 5 star hotel 2nd prize: $300 cash 3rd prize: a gym membership card Race Pack Collection You can collect your race pack from 24 to 26 June from 9:30 am to 5:30 pm at City Sports Arena. You MUST bring along: Your printed email confirmation (证明) Your identity card This event is proudly supported by Fitness Today Active Motion Company 35. When will the Big Bear Run take place? A. On 12 June, 2025 B. On 9 July, 2025. C. On 24 June, 2025. D. On 1 June, 2025 36. Where did the last year’s successful event take place? A. At Bay Park. B. At East Coast Park C. At City Sports Arena. D. At the gym. 37. You can only collect the race pack with ________. A. your identity card and bear key chain. B. your email confirmation and some cash. C. your membership card and bear key chain. D. your email confirmation and identity card 38. Which of the following is True? A. The first prize for the runner is $300 cash. B The run is free for the children below 12 . C. Active Motion Company supports this event. D. The pack can only be collected in the morning. 39. How can people enter for this event? A. By buying tickets. B. By registering online. C. With key chains. D. With membership cards. 40. What is the main purpose of the text? A. To introduce race information. B. To explain about Fitness Today. C. To suggest race packs. D. To report last year’s event. 【答案】35. B 36. A 37. D 38. C 39. B 40. A 【解析】 【导语】本文是一则赛事公告，详细介绍了活动日期、地点、报名费用、奖品设置、活动包领取要求等信息，旨在宣传和邀请人们参与这一健康活动。 【35题详解】 细节理解题。根据“Details of the Run”中“Date: 9 July, 2025”可知，赛事日期2025年7月9日。故选B。 【36题详解】 细节理解题。根据“Back by popular demand after last year’s successful event at Bay Park.”可知，赛事地点在Bay Park。故选A。 【37题详解】 细节理解题。根据“Race Pack Collection”部分的“Your printed email confirmation (证明) Your identity card”可知，明确要求携带打印的邮件确认函和身份证。故选D。 【38题详解】 细节理解题。根据“This event is proudly supported by…Active Motion Company”可知，本次活动由Active Motion公司赞助。故选C。 【39题详解】 细节理解题。根据“Register online now”中的注册网址可知，人们可以在线注册。故选B。 【40题详解】 主旨大意题。通读全文可知，全文围绕活动信息展开，旨在介绍赛事详情，故选A。 Choose the words and complete the passage (选择最恰当的单词，完成短文) It was I am on Sunday 2 September, 1666. The city was sleeping. In a small bakery, Thomas and his workers were busily making bread when, suddenly, a fire broke out. Just four days later, thousands of houses had been destroyed and countless people were homeless. How did this happen? And why was the ____41____ so huge? For a fire to start, three things are needed: a spark, fuel and air. In the bakery, a worker didn’t watch the ovens attentively. They got too hot and the burning pieces began to fly. The weather was extremely hot. It hadn’t rained for months. And winter was coming, people had ____42____ lots of food and oil. Houses were full of wood, coal and other winter supplies. A strong wind was blowing from the east. The situation provided the perfect conditions for fire to spread quickly. What followed was one big ____43____. The fire spread quickly, but it was also extremely difficult to fight. It started in a poor area of the city, where houses were very ____44____ each other. Tens of thousands of people were living in very small space. As the fire struck, people were horrified. Some broke down the doors to get out of their homes. All people were trying to escape from the city. But fire or fallen things ____45____ the streets. People had no way out. The fire had been going on for almost four days when the Duke of York put a plan into action. His soldiers broke down a paper mill to rob the fire of more fuel. At about this time, the wind also changed direction, driving the fire back into itself. At last, the fire was finished. Although surprisingly few people lost their ____46____, at least 13,000 houses 80 per cent of the city’s buildings had been destroyed. Thousands of people had become homeless and had lost everything they owned. Gradually, houses were rebuilt in the ruins, but this took several years. Many Londoners moved away from their city and never returned. 41. A. cause B. damage C. difference D. crowd 42. A. used B. wasted C. stored D. sold 43. A. mistake B. change C. disaster D. decision 44. A. close to B. different from C. covered with D. made up of 45. A. swept B. blocked C. cleared D. broke 46. A. way B. jobs C. trust D. lives 【答案】41. B 42. C 43. C 44. A 45. B 46. D 【解析】 【导语】本文主要讲述了1666年9月伦敦一场由面包店起火引发的大火，因天气、房屋布局及风向等因素迅速蔓延，虽伤亡较少却导致大量建筑被毁、民众流离失所，灾后重建缓慢且许多人永久离开。 【41题详解】 句意：为什么这次损害如此巨大？ cause原因；damage损害；difference差异；crowd人群。根据前文“thousands of houses had been destroyed and countless people were homeless”可知，此处询问火灾造成的损害为何如此严重，故选B。 【42题详解】 句意：冬天即将来临，人们储存了大量食物和油。 used使用；wasted浪费；stored储存；sold出售。根据“winter was coming”及“houses were full of wood, coal and other winter supplies”可知，人们为过冬储备物资，故选C。 【43题详解】 句意：接下来发生的是一场巨大的灾难。 mistake错误；change改变；disaster灾难；decision决定。火灾导致房屋被毁、民众无家可归，这是一场灾难，故选C。 【44题详解】 句意：火灾始于城市的贫困地区，那里的房屋彼此非常靠近。 close to靠近；different from不同于；covered with覆盖；made up of由……组成。贫困地区房屋密集，彼此距离近，利于火势蔓延，故选A。 【45题详解】 句意：但大火或掉落的物品堵塞了街道。 swept清扫；blocked堵塞；cleared清理；broke打破。根据“people had no way out”可知，街道被障碍物堵住，人们无法逃生，故选B。 【46题详解】 句意：尽管令人惊讶的是，很少有人失去生命。 way道路；jobs工作；trust信任；lives生命。根据“13,000 houses...destroyed”可知，火灾中丧生人数较少，故选D。 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) “The Match!” That’s the name of our school newspaper! Margie and Betty Shewmake wrote this in March 1946. Since then, the newspaper has never s____47____ being published at Collegiate School. Now, it is only available o____48____, but it first started as a paper copy. To celebrate its 78th anniversary last month, we had a chance to read its first issue in the school library. The old, yellow pages are typed and include interesting things like poems, jokes, sports updates, and even gossip. The articles can be f____49____ too. One of them says, “Basketball season has started. Collegiate is playing now. The spirit is really great and the scores ... well, we’re still trying.” These early pages didn’t have pictures because photographs weren’t added until 1954. Later, it began to look more like a real newspaper and won many award since then. The paper is completely run by students. Rives Fleming, a student from the Class of 1983, worked on it for many years. His best m____50____ are about the strong relationships be built with the other staff. “It was a really close group, almost like a s____51____ team, but we ’played’ all year,” said Fleming with a smile. Sometimes, the twelve of them would stay until midnight to catch up on delayed work, and even after all these years, he still misses those late night and the close friendships they formed. My mother, who graduated in 1993, was an editor of the paper. Even before I started at Collegiate, I had heard stories from her about the excitement of seeing her picture in the newspaper. I had always wanted to f____52____ her way and write for The Match, and last year, my dream finally came true. I have really enjoyed writing for the paper because I can c____53____ what to write about, unlike the usual school work where you’re told what to do. For 78 years, The Match has been an important part of our school community. I hope it will keep going for another 78 years or more. 【答案】47. (s)topped 48. (o)nline 49. (f)unny 50. (m)emories 51. (s)ports 52. (f)ollow 53. (c)hoose 【解析】 【导语】本文主要介绍了Collegiate 学校报纸《The Match》78 年的发展历程、学生运营模式及它对师生的意义，还讲述了相关人员与该报的故事。 【47题详解】 句意：从那以后，这份报纸在Collegiate学校从未停止过出版。根据“Since then, the newspaper has never...being published”及首字母提示可知，此处指停止出版，stop“停止”，动词；has后接过去分词构成现在完成时。故填(s)topped。 【48题详解】 句意：现在，它只在线上可用，但它最初是以纸质版开始的。根据“but it first started as a paper copy”及首字母提示可知，此处指在线上，online“在线的”，形容词。故填(o)nline。 【49题详解】 句意：这些文章也可以很有趣。根据“include interesting things like poems, jokes”及首字母提示可知，此处指有趣的，funny“有趣的”，形容词。故填(f)unny。 【50题详解】 句意：他最好的回忆是关于他与其他工作人员建立的牢固关系。根据“about the strong relationships he built with the other staff”及首字母提示可知，此处指回忆，memory“回忆”，可数名词，由are可知用复数形式。故填(m)emories。 【51题详解】 句意：这是一个非常亲密的团队，几乎就像一个运动队，但我们一整年都在“比赛”。根据“but we ’played’ all year”及首字母提示可知，此处指运动队，sports“运动”，名词作定语。故填(s)ports。 【52题详解】 句意：我一直想追随她的脚步，为《The Match》写作，去年，我的梦想终于实现了。根据“her way and write for The Match”及首字母提示可知，此处指追随，follow“追随”，动词；want to do sth.“想要做某事”，用动词原形。故填(f)ollow。 【53题详解】 句意：我真的很喜欢为这份报纸写作，因为我可以选择写什么，不像通常的学校作业那样有人告诉你该做什么。根据“what to write about, unlike the usual school work where you’re told what to do”及首字母提示可知，此处指选择，choose“选择”，动词；can后接动词原形。故填(c)hoose。 Read the passage below and answer the following questions (根据文章内容回答下列问题) It was a clear morning with no clouds in sight. We arrived at a large open field, where a colourful piece of cloth was spread out on the ground. Connected to it was a giant picnic basket. A feeling of excitement and nervousness filled me. What an unusual way to spend a Sunday! We climbed into the large basket, and as the fire was lit, the cloth on the ground slowly began to rise and take shape. The basket was lifted into the air, and we floated up into the sky. Below, the field became smaller and smaller until it looked like a small box in my hand. From up in the basket, we could see the sunrise. The sky changed from pink to orange and them to blue. As it became brighter, we saw just how high up we were. Our stomachs turned with nervousness, and we held onto the side of the basket tightly. After a while, we got used to the feeling of flying. A calmness filled me as my shoulders relaxed and I breathed easily. There was no noise from car engines or people talking, just complete silence. It felt like time had stopped, and everything was frozen. The balloon took us higher, and soon the neighbourhood looked tiny below us. I could see all the cars on the busy roads, the houses, and the shops. I even noticed my own house with its red roof and the soccer goals in the garden. Eventually, it was time to come back to the ground. The balloon slowly started to lower, and I felt a little sad. The quiet, peaceful feeling I had up in the sky was ending, and I had to return to a busy, noisy day. The hot air balloon ride was a wonderful experience, and I will always remember the calm I felt while floating in the sky. 54. Did the story happen on a Sunday afternoon? ___________________________________________________________________ 55. What shape did the cloth slowly make in the air? ___________________________________________________________________ 56. How did the storyteller feel at the beginning of the hot air balloon ride? He felt ________ and ________. 57. What’s the storyteller’s house like? ___________________________________________________________________ 58. Why did the storyteller feel a little sad at the end? ___________________________________________________________________ 59. What do you like most about the hot air balloon ride? Why? ___________________________________________________________________ 【答案】54. No, it didn’t. 55. It slowly took the shape of a balloon. 56. ①. excited ②. nervous 57. It has a red roof and soccer goals in the garden. 58. Because the quiet, peaceful feeling in the sky was ending, and he had to return to a busy, noisy day. 59. I like the feeling of calm and the beautiful view most. Floating in the sky, away from the noise and busyness on the ground, makes me feel relaxed and offers a unique perspective of the world below. 【解析】 【导语】本文讲述了作者的热气球之旅。 【54题详解】 根据“It was a clear morning with no clouds in sight.”可知，事件发生在周日早晨，而非下午。故填No, it didn’t. 【55题详解】 根据“the cloth on the ground slowly began to rise and take shape.”可知，形成热气球的标准形状，故填It slowly took the shape of a balloon. 【56题详解】 根据“A feeling of excitement and nervousness filled me.”可知，开始时的情感是兴奋和紧张。故填excited；nervous。 【57题详解】 根据“I even noticed my own house with its red roof and the soccer goals in the garden.”可知，房子特征为红屋顶和花园中的足球门。故填It has a red roof and soccer goals in the garden. 【58题详解】 根据“The quiet, peaceful feeling I had up in the sky was ending, and I had to return to a busy, noisy day.”可知，伤心是因为那种宁静、祥和的感觉即将结束并需回归忙碌生活。故填Because the quiet, peaceful feeling in the sky was ending, and he had to return to a busy, noisy day. 【59题详解】 开放性问题，言之有理即可。参考答案为I like the feeling of calm and the beautiful view most. Floating in the sky, away from the noise and busyness on the ground, makes me feel relaxed and offers a unique perspective of the world below. 60. Write at least 60 words according to the given situation. （根据所给情境写一篇不少于60个词的短文，标点符号不占格）假设你是李华，你注意到学校中存在一些浪费水、电等资源的行为。请写一封信给校长反映情况，信件内容须包括： ✓ 描述你在学校观察到的浪费水、电等资源的行为； ✓ 你对这些行为的看法和感受； ✓ 你对学校提出的减少资源浪费的具体建议。 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】 Dear Headmaster, I am Li Hua, a student from Class 3, Grade 8. I’m writing to tell you something important. Recently, I have seen some students wasting water and electricity in our school. For example, some forget to turn off the taps after washing hands, and others leave the lights on in empty classrooms. I feel very sad about this. Water and electricity are precious resources. Wasting them is bad for our environment and costs the school money too. To help solve this problem, I have some suggestions. First, we could put up posters reminding everyone to save water and electricity. Second, teachers or student volunteers could check classrooms during breaks to turn off unused lights and fans. Finally, maybe we could have short talks or lessons about saving resources. Thank you for reading my letter. I hope we can all work together to make our school greener. Yours, Li Hua 【解析】 【详解】[总体分析] ①题材：本文是一篇书信作文； ②时态：一般现在时； ③提示：写作要点已给出，考生注意不要遗漏要点，并适当添加细节，突出重点。 [写作步骤] 第一步，描述你在学校观察到的浪费水、电等资源的行为； 第二步，针对存在浪费和破坏各类资源的情况介绍你的看法和感受； 第二步，提出解决问题的具体行动。 [亮点词汇] ①recently最近 ②turn off关掉 ③for example例如 ④be bad for对……有害 [高分句型] ①Wasting them is bad for our environment and costs the school money too. (动名词短语作主语) ②I hope we can all work together to make our school greener. (省略that的宾语从句) 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$ 2024 年第二学期期中质量调研八年级英语学科 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. For him, even ________ ordinary outing can be a moment to find joy. A. a B. an C. the D. / 2. How much ________ do you need for the fried vegetable? A. sauce B. mushroom C. potato D. tomato 3. Tom cooked dinner for ________ because his mother wasn’t at home. A he B. his C. him D. himself 4. Students can learn from ________ through the school newspaper. A. other B. the other C. another D. one another 5. He is________ average height, taller than many of his age. A. about B. on C. above D. below 6. Electricity powers our homes, ________ it can be too expensive for some families. A. and B. or C. but D. for 7. He leads an ________ lifestyle with regular exercise outdoors. A. act B. active C. activity D. actively 8. By joining the school club, he ________ a new hobby. A. took up B. took off C. took out D. took away 9. I believe ________ sport events can build our character. A. when B. why C. how D. that 10. Three fifths of the land in our country ________ used for farming. A. is B. are C. been D. be 11. You’ve dialed the wrong number. The number of our school ________ be 5551234. A. can B. may C. need D. ought to 12. The teacher suggested ________ a meeting to discuss the plan. A. have B. has C. having D. to have 13. The lifeguard warned the swimmers not ________ too far from the bank. A. go B. to go C. going D. went 14 The use of renewable energy ________ worldwide right now. A. increase B. is increasing C. will increase D. increased 15. The school newspaper ________ a lot of reports about school events since last semester. A publishes B. published C. will publish D. has published Complete the following passage with the words in the box. Each can only be used once（将下列单词填入空格。每空格限填一词，每词只能填一次） A. take the place of B. design C. carefully D. talent E. take charge of F. product G. proud I had always dreamed of being involved in a big event at school, and this year, my chance finally came. Last month, our school had a ____16____ show, and I was really excited to be a part of it. As the event came closer, I understood how important the music was for creating the right mood and helping the performers feel excited. With that in mind, I volunteered to ____17____ all the music for the performances. It was a big job, but I was ready for the challenge. To start, I had to process the requests from my classmates, who wanted a mix of pop and classical music. I spent extra time in the music room, making sure everything was ready and ____18____ checking the sound. During the event, I managed the sound equipment and worked with the performers to make sure everything went smoothly. To make the event even more special, our school decided to create a souvenir brochure with photos from each performance. I helped ____19____ it and printed the brochures. We selected the best images that captured the most exciting moments of the show. The final ____20____ was a beautiful brochure that everyone loved. It was a fun way to remember the event. After the show, I felt very ____21____ that I helped make the event a success. I was also happy to learn a lot about teamwork and how to organize a big project. 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） 22. I need to buy new ________ for my remote control because the old ones are dead. (battery) 23. He is one of the greatest scientists in the ________ century. (twenty) 24. These days, you can find many short videos on social media ________. (day) 25. We saw several ________ changes happening in the experiment. (chemistry) 26. Eating too much fast food is ________ for your body. (healthy) 27. We shouldn’t ________ the land and oceans with plastic waste. (pollution) 28. It’s ________ to hold the door for the people behind you. (politely) 29. She helps children with ________ problems develop social skills. (behave) V. Rewrite the following sentences as required (根据要求改写句子) 30. He could hardly get his words out. (改为反意疑问句) He could hardly get his words out, ________ ________? 31. They are trying to find out which things were switched on. (对划线部分提问) ________ ________ they trying to find out? 32. You are not allowed to play in the fountains. (保持句意基本不变) You ________ ________ in the fountains. 33. It was foolish of him to believe such an old excuse. (改为感叹句) ________ ________ he was to believe such an old excuse! 34. be responsible for, should, they, haven’t agreed on, who, this project ______________________________. 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） Fitness Today presents Big Bear Run 2025 Back by popular demand after last year’s successful event at Bay Park. Here’s what’s new! Stay healthy and join this fun experience with your family and friends! Fantastic prizes await the winners, and all runners will receive a bear key chain. Registration (注册) ends on 12 June, 2025 Details of the Run Date: 9 July, 2025 Time: 8:30 am Distance: 5km Place: East Coast Park This event is open to ALL! Cost: $45 for adults $25 for children below the age of 12 Winner Announced Winners will be announced at East Coast Car Park F and notified by post. Register online now at www.bigbcarrun2025.com Early bird discount (折扣) till 1 June, 2025 Prizes for Top 3 Runners 1st prize: 3N stay at 5 star hotel 2nd prize: $300 cash 3rd prize: a gym membership card Race Pack Collection You can collect your race pack from 24 to 26 June from 9:30 am to 5:30 pm at City Sports Arena. You MUST bring along: Your printed email confirmation (证明) Your identity card This event is proudly supported by Fitness Today Active Motion Company 35. When will the Big Bear Run take place? A. On 12 June, 2025 B. On 9 July, 2025. C. On 24 June, 2025. D. On 1 June, 2025 36. Where did the last year’s successful event take place? A. At Bay Park. B. At East Coast Park C. At City Sports Arena. D. At the gym. 37. You can only collect the race pack with ________. A your identity card and bear key chain. B. your email confirmation and some cash. C. your membership card and bear key chain. D. your email confirmation and identity card 38. Which of the following is True? A. The first prize for the runner is $300 cash. B. The run is free for the children below 12 . C. Active Motion Company supports this event. D. The pack can only be collected in the morning. 39. How can people enter for this event? A. By buying tickets. B. By registering online. C. With key chains. D. With membership cards. 40. What is the main purpose of the text? A. To introduce race information. B. To explain about Fitness Today. C. To suggest race packs. D. To report last year’s event. Choose the words and complete the passage (选择最恰当的单词，完成短文) It was I am on Sunday 2 September, 1666. The city was sleeping. In a small bakery, Thomas and his workers were busily making bread when, suddenly, a fire broke out. Just four days later, thousands of houses had been destroyed and countless people were homeless. How did this happen? And why was the ____41____ so huge? For a fire to start, three things are needed: a spark, fuel and air. In the bakery, a worker didn’t watch the ovens attentively. They got too hot and the burning pieces began to fly. The weather was extremely hot. It hadn’t rained for months. And winter was coming, people had ____42____ lots of food and oil. Houses were full of wood, coal and other winter supplies. A strong wind was blowing from the east. The situation provided the perfect conditions for fire to spread quickly. What followed was one big ____43____. The fire spread quickly, but it was also extremely difficult to fight. It started in a poor area of the city, where houses were very ____44____ each other. Tens of thousands of people were living in very small space. As the fire struck, people were horrified. Some broke down the doors to get out of their homes. All people were trying to escape from the city. But fire or fallen things ____45____ the streets. People had no way out. The fire had been going on for almost four days when the Duke of York put a plan into action. His soldiers broke down a paper mill to rob the fire of more fuel. At about this time, the wind also changed direction, driving the fire back into itself. At last, the fire was finished. Although surprisingly few people lost their ____46____, at least 13,000 houses 80 per cent of the city’s buildings had been destroyed. Thousands of people had become homeless and had lost everything they owned. Gradually, houses were rebuilt in the ruins, but this took several years. Many Londoners moved away from their city and never returned. 41. A. cause B. damage C. difference D. crowd 42. A. used B. wasted C. stored D. sold 43. A. mistake B. change C. disaster D. decision 44. A. close to B. different from C. covered with D. made up of 45 A. swept B. blocked C. cleared D. broke 46. A. way B. jobs C. trust D. lives 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) “The Match!” That’s the name of our school newspaper! Margie and Betty Shewmake wrote this in March 1946. Since then, the newspaper has never s____47____ being published at Collegiate School. Now, it is only available o____48____, but it first started as a paper copy. To celebrate its 78th anniversary last month, we had a chance to read its first issue in the school library. The old, yellow pages are typed and include interesting things like poems, jokes, sports updates, and even gossip. The articles can be f____49____ too. One of them says, “Basketball season has started. Collegiate is playing now. The spirit is really great and the scores ... well, we’re still trying.” These early pages didn’t have pictures because photographs weren’t added until 1954. Later, it began to look more like a real newspaper and won many award since then. The paper is completely run by students. Rives Fleming, a student from the Class of 1983, worked on it for many years. His best m____50____ are about the strong relationships be built with the other staff. “It was a really close group, almost like a s____51____ team, but we ’played’ all year,” said Fleming with a smile. Sometimes, the twelve of them would stay until midnight to catch up on delayed work, and even after all these years, he still misses those late night and the close friendships they formed. My mother, who graduated in 1993, was an editor of the paper. Even before I started at Collegiate, I had heard stories from her about the excitement of seeing her picture in the newspaper. I had always wanted to f____52____ her way and write for The Match, and last year, my dream finally came true. I have really enjoyed writing for the paper because I can c____53____ what to write about, unlike the usual school work where you’re told what to do. For 78 years, The Match has been an important part of our school community. I hope it will keep going for another 78 years or more. Read the passage below and answer the following questions (根据文章内容回答下列问题) It was a clear morning with no clouds in sight. We arrived at a large open field, where a colourful piece of cloth was spread out on the ground. Connected to it was a giant picnic basket. A feeling of excitement and nervousness filled me. What an unusual way to spend a Sunday! We climbed into the large basket, and as the fire was lit, the cloth on the ground slowly began to rise and take shape. The basket was lifted into the air, and we floated up into the sky. Below, the field became smaller and smaller until it looked like a small box in my hand. From up in the basket, we could see the sunrise. The sky changed from pink to orange and them to blue. As it became brighter, we saw just how high up we were. Our stomachs turned with nervousness, and we held onto the side of the basket tightly. After a while, we got used to the feeling of flying. A calmness filled me as my shoulders relaxed and I breathed easily. There was no noise from car engines or people talking, just complete silence. It felt like time had stopped, and everything was frozen. The balloon took us higher, and soon the neighbourhood looked tiny below us. I could see all the cars on the busy roads, the houses, and the shops. I even noticed my own house with its red roof and the soccer goals in the garden. Eventually, it was time to come back to the ground. The balloon slowly started to lower, and I felt a little sad. The quiet, peaceful feeling I had up in the sky was ending, and I had to return to a busy, noisy day. The hot air balloon ride was a wonderful experience, and I will always remember the calm I felt while floating in the sky. 54. Did the story happen on a Sunday afternoon? ___________________________________________________________________ 55. What shape did the cloth slowly make in the air? ___________________________________________________________________ 56. How did the storyteller feel at the beginning of the hot air balloon ride? He felt ________ and ________. 57. What’s the storyteller’s house like? ___________________________________________________________________ 58. Why did the storyteller feel a little sad at the end? ___________________________________________________________________ 59. What do you like most about the hot air balloon ride? Why? ___________________________________________________________________ 60. Write at least 60 words according to the given situation. （根据所给情境写一篇不少于60个词的短文，标点符号不占格）假设你是李华，你注意到学校中存在一些浪费水、电等资源的行为。请写一封信给校长反映情况，信件内容须包括： ✓ 描述你在学校观察到的浪费水、电等资源的行为； ✓ 你对这些行为的看法和感受； ✓ 你对学校提出的减少资源浪费的具体建议。 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$