北京密云城内学区2024-2025学年八年级下学期期中考试英语试卷

第1页/共10页 2025北京密云城内学区初二（下）期中 英 语 2025.4 考生须知 1. 本试卷共 8 页，考试时间 90 分钟，满分 60 分。 2. 在试卷和答题卡上准确填写学校、班级、姓名和准考证号。 3. 各题均在答题卡上作答，在试卷上作答无效，题号要对应，书写要清楚。 4. 考试结束后，将试卷和答题卡一并交回。 第一部分（共 40 分） 本部分共 33 题，共 40 分。在每题列出的选项中，选出最符合题目要求的一项。 一、单项选择（共 6 分，每题 0.5 分） 从下列各题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选择可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 （ ）1. —Jim, you play the guitar very well. Who taught you? —No one, I just taught . A. yourself B. himself C. herself D. myself （ ）2. We have a history class ______ Friday afternoon. A. to B. at C. in D. on （ ）3. — you give me a hand? I can’t move the box by myself. —No problem. A. Can B. Should C. Must D. Need （ ）4. —______ does the museum open at the weekends? —At 9: 00 am. A. How B. Where C. Why D. When （ ）5. ______ my parents were very worried about leaving me, they had to go away on business for a few days. 第2页/共10页 A. Until B. Unless C. Although D. Since （ ）6. After taking football lessons, Tom is much ______ than last year. A. strong B. stronger C. strongest D. the strongest （ ）7. My grandparents ______ in that city since 2008. A. will live B. live C. have lived D. were living （ ）8. —Tina, what do you usually do at weekends? —I usually ______ swimming with my parents. A. go B. goes C. going D. went （ ）9. I ______ a sweet dream when my friend called me this morning. A. have B. had C. was having D. am having （ ）10. Harry invited me ______ with him when his parents were out of town. A. stay B. stayed C. staying D. to stay （ ）11. If you want to visit the Palace Museum tomorrow, I ______ tickets for you. A. book B. booked C. will book D. was booking （ ）12. —Do you know ______ for Shanghai? —Yesterday afternoon. A. when did Amy leave B. when Amy left 第3页/共10页 C. when Amy will leave D. when will Amy leave 二、完形填空（共 8 分，每题 1 分） 阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选择最佳选项。 Jump Around “Whee!” I could hear kids cheering all around me. It was Nicky's birthday party and we were all having fun in the bounce（弹跳）house. We were jumping up as high as we could, and falling down to let the soft ground catch us. I loved 13 in bounce houses! I wish I could have one in my backyard. I looked up the 14 of a bounce house and found it was too expensive for me. Maybe if all of my friends and I put our money together, we could buy it! I found them playing outside and asked. Jake said, “That would be great!” “Yeah, I'm in,” replied Kate. “Good idea!” said Janie. The next day, we all put our money together and found out we had enough! I talked to my parents about my idea. “That would be a lot of fun for you and your friends. We have space in our backyard, but there are some things that I don't think you've considered （考虑）15. We would have to use our electricity to blow it up every time. That would cost more money, and it would cost money to 16 it if it ever got a hole（洞）in it or anything. Are you going to pay for the electricity and repairs（修理费）yourself?” Dad asked. “You're right. I didn't think about that…” I replied. “Maybe something besides a bounce house would 17 better. What about a big trampoline（蹦床）?” Mom suggested. “That's a great idea! We can buy a trampoline!” I said excitedly. “Great! Before we allow all your friends to use a trampoline, we need to make sure everyone will be 18. We need to buy safety equipment（设备）for the trampoline, and we need to make some rules. Does that make sense?” Dad asked. “Yes,” I said. “I'll talk to my friends tomorrow to make sure we all agree on the 19.” “Perfect!” The next day, we all sat down and came up with rules. We decided that we should not push each other, we should not jump off the trampoline, and we should not land on our heads or necks. Our parents all looked over the rules, and wrote one more: we should have an adult to be outside with us. That seemed fair（公平的）to us, so we 20 our money together and got a trampoline! ( ) 13. A. sitting B. running C. jumping D. standing ( ) 14. A. colour B. space C. size D. price ( ) 15. A. carefully B. directly C. quickly 第4页/共10页 D. hopefully ( ) 16. A. fix B. make C. sell D. clean ( ) 17. A. touch B. list C. connect D. work ( ) 18. A. relaxed B. safe C. active D. polite ( ) 19. A. services B. values C. rules D. goals ( ) 20. A. changed B. pooled C. increased D. found 三、阅读下列短文，根据短文内容，从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选择最佳选项。（共 26 分，每题 2 分） A 阅读下面的三段信息，根据信息内容，从方框中所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选择与其相匹配的信息， 并将字母填写在横线上。 Teenagers' Problems Problems Advice Peter I always get bad marks in math. I'm very worried about it. A. Maybe you could try dropping a few hints（提示）here and there first. Something like, “Sorry, I'm too poor.” If it doesn't work, you can talk to him so that he will remember to give back the money. Amy 第5页/共10页 I'm afraid of speaking in public. I feel so nervous that I can't say a word. B. It's always upsetting to get a grade that's lower than what you hoped for, but it's important not to let it get you down. Try to learn from your mistakes and work harder to do better in the future. Seek advice from classmates. They may give some good suggestions. Tom My best friend, Jack, borrowed money from me without returning it. C. Practice makes perfect. Why don't you practice speaking in a park every day? The more you practise, the better you speak. When you are used to facing so many people, you will feel less nervous. D. Don't be shy. Remember you should just be yourself. We must be confident enough to face pressure. If you don't have enough confidence, you will feel too stressed out to dance well. For questions 1—3, match the person's problem with the right advice (A—D). ( ) 21. Peter's problem A. Advice A ( ) 22. Amy's problem B. Advice B ( ) 23. Tom's problem C. Advice C D. Advice D B New Year's Eve is a time for people to buy presents for friends or relatives. It marks the start of the new year and it is the busiest season for the shops and stores. Stores crowd with holiday gift buyers. But some people celebrate the New Year in meaningful ways. For example, they volunteer to serve meals for the homeless or visit old people in nursing homes. To them, this is the right time to help others. As New Year is coming, students at Jefferson Middle School are busy wrapping（包裹）gifts. “I have a new order,” a student calls out to her classmates from the front door. Other students jump into action. “The Wrapping Service is part of the school's RISE program. Students in the program learn life skills and vocational（职业的）skills,” their teacher Jenny told the local newspaper reporter. Before New Year's Eve, the students at Jefferson Middle School had a class meeting. Howard talked with the students about how they could give back to the community. At last, they decided to do a real fundraiser（筹款活 动）. They could do some work and raise money for Love Coffee because some disabled（残疾的）people are working in this coffee shop. Students could wrap gifts, handle orders at the front desk, answer phones and do all kinds of work there. Nathan carefully cut the paper with scissors. He is good at wrapping gifts. “I like to be organized at home,” Nathan said. “I wrapped presents a lot.” Olive Werth, 12, said she liked working with people at the front desk. “I check people in,” Olive said. “I give them gift tags. Sometimes I send emails for pickup.” “The students have been busy,” Howard said. “In the last two days, we've wrapped over 70 gifts and raised over 100 for Love Coffee.” The students do the project during the school day to learn what a job is like. “There's nothing better than learning to run a business, and I really like this project,” said Nathan. ( ) 24. The students in Jefferson Middle School are busy ______ when New Year is coming. A. buying gifts B. cooking food for the homeless 第6页/共10页 C. wrapping gifts D. having a party ( ) 25. The students worked in the coffee shop because they wanted to ______. A. help the disabled people there B. help young students in a school C. help old people in their community D. help people in a homeless center ( ) 26. What do the students think of the project? ______ A. Useful but boring. B. Busy and harmful. C. Interesting but difficult. D. Meaningful and useful. C As we know, diseases such as colds or flu can move from one person to another. But do you know that feelings, like being stressed（压力）, can be passed on too? Sometimes we feel very busy and stressed not only because of our own work but also because of the feelings and problems of people we are close to. The psychologist Stephanie Preston from the University of Michigan led his team to design a study. They wanted to check if stress was passed on. In the study, people were asked to give a speech to a group of watchers. Those watchers didn't show any feelings during the speech. That made the speakers even more stressed than if they got bad comments（评价）. After a while, even the researchers started feeling stressed from just watching the speeches. This made them curious, so they decided to study more. They looked at spit samples（唾液样本）to see the stress hormone—cortisol（皮质醇激素）. While speakers were stressed and had a lot of cortisol, watchers were stressed too and had a lot of cortisol as well. They named this effect（效果）“physiological resonance”. It means the speakers' stress was passed on to the watchers. Though they prove that stress can move from one person to another, there is still one question. Studies have looked into the speakers' voices and faces, but they haven't figured out how someone's behavior causes another's stress. When we talk or hang out with other people, we notice different signs showing their feelings. Those help us know if there's something wrong around us. If our neighbour seems stressed, we should watch out as it might affect （影响）us too. This ability to sense stress comes from our long history of living in groups. It is not just humans who do this; animals can also tell when others around them are stressed. For example, if a deer senses stress in its pack, it may run away to avoid danger. So quickly spotting（发现）stress in others can help us. It keeps us away from problems before they get worse. ( ) 27. How did Preston's team find that stress could move from one person to another? A. By looking at faces. B. By listening to voices. C. By talking about feelings. D. By checking cortisol in spit. 第7页/共10页 ( ) 28. What can we learn from the passage? A. People feel stressed only because of their own work. B. Only humans can sense when someone else is stressed. C. Researchers feel stressed when preparing for the research. D. Noticing stress in others early may help us avoid trouble. ( ) 29. Which of the following is the best title for the passage? A. Can Stress Help Us Avoid Trouble? B. Can Stress Move from One to Another? C. How Does Action Cause Others' Stress? D. How to Give A Speech without Stress? D Living and dealing with kids can be a difficult job these days, but living and dealing with parents can be even more difficult. If I have learned anything in my 16 years, it is that communication is very important, both when you disagree and when you get along. With any relationship, you need to let the other person know how you are feeling. If you are not able to communicate, you drift apart. When you are mad at your parents, or anyone else, not talking to them doesn't solve anything. Communication brings with the concerns（关心）of another. It means that you can't just come home from school, go up to your room and take no notice to anyone. Even if you just say “Hi”, and see how their day was for five minutes, it is better than nothing. If you look up the word “communication” in a dictionary, it will say “expressing ideas and feelings or giving people information: a letter or a message”. To keep a good relationship with your parents, you must keep communication strong. Let them know how you feel, even if it's just by writing a note. When dealing with parents, you always have to make them feel good about how they are doing as a parent. If you are trying to make them see something as you see it, tell them that you'll listen to what they have to say, and ask them politely to listen to you. Shouting or walking away only makes the situation worse. Here is an example: one night, Sophie went to a street party with her friends. She knew she had to be home by midnight after the fireworks, but she didn't feel she could just ask to go home. That would be rude. After all, they had been nice enough to take her along with them. Needless to say, she was late getting home. Her parents were mad at first, but when Sophie explained why she was late, they weren't as mad and let it go. Communication is the key here. If Sophie's parents had not been willing to listen, Sophie would have been in a lot of trouble. Communication isn't a one - way matter; it goes both ways. Just remember: if you get into a situation like Sophie's, telling the other person how you feel—listening is the key to communication. ( ) 30. The underlined words “drift apart” in Paragraph 1 mean ______. A. are different from others B. get close to each other C. keep away from others D. become interested in new ideas （ ）32. Paragraph 2 is mainly about ______. 第8页/共10页 A. how you get along well with your parents B. when you start to communicate with your parents C. what good parents should do to deal with problems D. why you should make your parents feel good （ ）33. What can we learn from the passage? A. Writing a letter is the best way of communication. B. Keeping silent is a good way for you to solve problems. C. Asking your parents for help is the best way to communicate. D. Communication helps us build a good relationship with our parents. （ ）34. The writer uses Sophie's example to show that ______. A. playing outside late is dangerous B. communication is the key to problem - solving C. Sophie should be polite to her parents D. Sophie's parents should listen to her explanation 第二部分（共 20 分） 四、阅读表达（共 10 分） 阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题。 The world is developing fast because of technology and its uses in our lives. This means that the jobs we have now are changing, and that there will be new jobs in the future. What's more, you won't be in the same job your whole working life—you'll be more likely that you will change jobs every few years—especially when you're early in your job. There are ways to be prepared for future jobs by building different job skills. It's a good idea to start developing these skills early, so you will be ready to jump into these future jobs as they appear. Understanding Digital（数字的）Information Everything is becoming more digital, which means understanding digital information will be important to succeed in the future jobs. You need to know how to understand and use digital technologies—both software, and hardware—as well as knowing how to read and understand online information. If you can understand and use digital information, you will be able to learn it quickly and use it to solve problems and make decisions. Being Creative（独创的） No technology can match the creativity of the human mind, and many future jobs will need people to come up with new ideas and put these ideas into real use. This means it is very important to think creatively about problems. If you can imagine ways to solve problems and make new products, you are more likely to be successful in the future jobs. 35. What are the changes in jobs because of the development of technology? 36. How can people be prepared for future jobs according to the passage? 37. What is the possible result of not adapting to the changes in future jobs? 38. Which skill do you want to develop for the future job? Why?（Give at least two reasons） 五、文段表达（10 分） 第9页/共10页 39. 从下面两个题目中任选一题，根据中文和英文提示，写出意思连贯、符合逻辑、不少于 50 词的短文。 所给英文提示词语仅供选用。请不要写出你的校名和姓名。 题目一 随着现代科技日新月异的发展，现如今网络成为了我们学习知识、交流思想、休闲娱乐的重要平台。在日 常生活中，你都通过网络做些什么事情呢？你的收获是什么？ 提示词语：education, achieve, culture, knowledgeable, successful 提示问题： ● What do you often do on the Internet? ● What have you learnt from doing so? 题目二 我国的传统节日源远流长，越来越多的外国友人也开始热衷于了解中华传统节日。假如你是李华，你校学 校正在举办 “一起向未来，用英语讲好中华传统节日” 的活动。请你以 “My Favourite Chinese Traditional Festival” 为题，向外国友人介绍你最喜欢的一个传统节日。并描述过节当天可以做哪些活动，你的感受如 何。 提示词语：celebrate（庆祝）, lanterns, traditional, mooncake, couplets（对联） 提示问题： ● What is your favourite Chinese traditional festival? ● What do you often do on that day? ● How do you feel? 第10页/共10页 参考答案 一、 单项选择 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 D D A D C B C A C D C B 二、 完形填空 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 C D A A D B C B 三、 阅读下列短文，依据短文内容，从短文后各题所给的 ABCD 四个选项中选择最佳选项。 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 B C A C A D D D B C A D B 四、 阅读表达 34. The jobs we have now are changing and that there will be new jobs in the future. 35.There are ways to be prepared for the future jobs by building different job skills. 36.Those who can't or won't adapt to these changes will simply get left behind. 37.I want to develop keeping learning because it spends time researching and studying up on things that interest your all will be useful for you future jobs. 五、文段表达 38. In today's world, the Internet plays an important role in our lives. As for me, I often do many meaningful things online. First, I use it for education. I take online courses and watch teaching videos to improve my knowledge. These help me learn new skills and understand difficult school subjects better. Second, communicate with friends from different places. By chatting with them, I learn about different cultures, which makes me more open - minded. Besides, I also read e - books and watch news online to explore the world without leaving home. From using the Internet properly, I become more knowledgeable. The Internet not only enriches my life but also helps me grow into a more successful person.