湖北省孝感市汉川市2024-2025学年下学期期中质量测评八年级英语试卷

2024—2025学年度（下）学期期中质量测评八年级英语试卷 （本试题卷共10页，满分90分，考试时间100分钟） ★祝考试顺利★ 注意事项： 1.答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在试卷和答题卡上，并将准考证号条形码粘贴在答题卡上指定位置。 2.选择题的作答：每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。写在试卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。 3.非选择题的作答：用黑色签字笔直接答在答题卡上对应的答题区域内。写在试卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。 4.考试结束后，请将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。 一、完形填空（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分） 阅读短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 Nowadays many African (非洲的) countries are developing quickly. More and more people are using cars. However, things are ___1___ in Malawi (马拉维). People there like bikes better. And bike riding has become a way to ___2___. ___3___ you visit the poor country, you can see bikes almost everywhere. People use them to ___4___ heavy things. They also use them to carry people, especially (尤其是) ___5___ . These years, more and more travelers from all over the world comes to Malawi. Taking a “bicycle taxi” around Malawi has become quite popular. Travelers can enjoy the beautiful scenery (风景), warm sunshine and fresh air ___6___ this way. They can also ___7___ feel the special culture. As soon as you get out of the station, you’ll find lots of bike taxis ___8___ on the sides of the roads. The riders make the bikes ___9___ for passengers to sit on. You ____10____ jump on a bike taxi and get around at a very low cost. Joan is a 20-year-old student from the U. S. She ____11____ the bike riding a lot. “I really like the bike taxi,” she says. “It’s easy and ____12____.” Joan usually pays just $1 for going shopping in town. 25-year-old John used to make boats for a living, ____13____ that was too hard. About two years ago he began to ____14____ a bike taxi. The young man enjoys his work. “Being a bike taxi rider is ____15____ than making boats. I don’t mind carrying heavy people,” he says. 1. A. same B. different C. common D. exciting 2 A. do sports B. have fun C. make money D. keep healthy 3. A. Because B. When C. Before D. While 4. A. test B. borrow C. carry D. accept 5. A. farmers B. drivers C. travelers D. players 6. A. in B. to C. for D. of 7. A. truly B. quickly C. finally D. hardly 8. A. leaving B. walking C. waiting D. passing 9. A. free B. hard C. comfortable D. special 10. A. must B. can C. should D. need 11. A. enjoys B. hates C. refuses D. mind 12. A. busy B. cheap C. quiet D. careful 13. A. and B. so C. but D. or 14. A. know B. care C. catch D. ride 15. A. easier B. slower C. cleaner D. stronger 二、阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分） 第一节（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分） 阅读三篇短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个与短文内容相符的最佳选项。 A In the age of the Internet, do young people still need to spend time learning some everyday life skills? To find the answer, we did a survey among 1,000 young people. Q:______ Q: What life skills do you want to learn? Q: Why do you spend time learning life skills? Li: We live and learn. It’s fun to learn something new. Wang: I don’t want to ask my parents for help all the time in my life. Su: Learning something new is exciting. It is also a good way to relax. 16. Which of the following can be put in ▲ ? A. What life skill do you have? B. How do young people learn life skills? C. Does the Internet important in your life? D. Do young people need to learn life skills? 17. How many young people want to learn how to shop for food? A. 462. B. 408. C. 339. D. 318. 18. What are the top three most popular life skills? A. ②④① B. ②①③ C. ③①⑤ D. ①④⑤ 19. Why does Wang want to learn life skills? A. To have fun. B. To relax. C. To be independent. D. To help others 20. What can we most probably read the text? A. In a story book. B. In a cook book. C In a life magazine. D. In a travel newspaper. B A little girl walked to and from school every day. Though today it was a rainy day the little girl made her daily trip to school as usual. When school was over, winds became stronger and it rained harder. It was 4:30 p.m. and the mother of the little girl felt worried. Her daughter would be afraid of the heavy rain and the lightning (闪电) when she walked home from school. Following the bright light of lightning, the mother quickly got into her car and drove to her child’s school. The mother drove along the road for twenty minutes and then she saw her little girl walking alone in the rain. She was quite surprised to find that when a lightning came, her daughter stopped, looked up and smiled. Another lightning came and then another followed. With each lightning, the little girl stopped, looked up and smiled. Inside the car, the mother asked her daughter, “What were you doing? Why did you look up and smile when the lightning came?” The little girl answered with a smile, “Mum, you know, God was looking at me. I was not afraid of the lightning because I thought God was playing a game with me and took pictures of me.” 21. How did the little girl go to school every day? A. By car. B. On foot. C. By bus. D. By bike. 22. What was the weather like that morning? A. It was rainy. B. It was fine. C. It was just windy. D. It was only cloudy. 23. At first, the mother felt worried because ______. A. she couldn’t help her daughter B. her daughter didn’t take her umbrella C. she had something more important to do D. her daughter might be afraid of the lightning 24. What did the little girl do when the lightning came? A. She cried loudly. B. She asked somebody for help. C. She ran fast and hid under a tree. D. She stopped, looked up and smiled. 25. According to the article, we can know that the little girl was ______. A. careful B. shy C. clever D. crazy C ①Parents don’t want a pet at home for some reasons. For example, there’s just a lot of work to do to keep a pet clean, healthy and happy. However, there are a lot of good sides of keeping a pet, too—it can add more family time you spend together, teach you to be responsible (有责任心的) and make everyone a little happier to come home. ②Before you ask your parents if you can keep a pet, you should plan what you say and do. Follow these steps: ③First, look for information about how to look after the kind of pet you want. Does it need lots of outdoor space? What about its eating habits? How much water does it need a day? The more you know about the pet, the more likely (可能地) your parents may agree. ④What’s more, your parents need time to think about it and it may take a week or longer. If they refuse, keep silent about it for a few days. ⑤Then, act maturely (成熟地) at home. Finish your homework carefully in time, do housework as much as possible, and keep the house clean. ⑥Last, find out the reason why they don’t let you have a pet. You may have an answer to their worry. Is it because that there isn't enough space? Start a clean-up! 26. What is NOT a good side of having a pet at home? A. Being happy. B. A lot of work. C. Family time. D. Being responsible. 27. According to Paragraph 3, you should ______ if you want to keep a pet. A. buy some food for your pet B. find out how to look after the pet C. play with pets at the pet store first D. tell your parents why you love pets 28. The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 4 refers to ______. A. studying hard B. choosing a pet C. doing housework D. keeping a pet 29. Who may get a “yes” from his or her parents most likely? A. Jim—he loves playing on the Internet. B. Kate—she is too lazy to do any housework. C. Bill—his parents never worry about his schoolwork. D. Lucy—her parents are not happy about her untidy room. 30. How is the text organized?（①=Paragraph1 ②=Paragraph2,…） A. B. C. D. 第二节（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分） 阅读短文，从所给的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，使短文通顺、连贯。选项中有一项为多余选项。 Flu season is coming! Are you prepared? Here are answers to your question! ·When did the flu first appear? The flu is a virus (病毒). ____31____ And it passes easily from person to person. ____32____ Differences between the flu and a cold are clear. In fact, they come from different viruses. Although the symptoms (症状) can be almost the same, flu symptoms are more serious. Cold symptoms only last about seven days while the flu can last two weeks. · ____33____ The seasonal flu is very common around the world. Children, old people and people in poor health catch the flu easily. In the United States, seventy-five percent of the people get the flu every year. ·Why is the flu dangerous? The flu is pretty dangerous. It can give you fever. ____34____ Every year in the U. S., 36,000 people die because of the seasonal flu. ·How to keep us away from the flu? There are many things you can do to keep healthy and stay away from the flu. ____35____ And don’t touch your eyes, noses or mouth with your dirty hands. A. The flu is away. B. Who gets the flu? C. And it can even cause death. D. For example, wash your hands often. E. What’s the difference between the flu and a cold? F. Usually it appears in winter and the rainy season. 三、短文填空（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分） 阅读短文，从方框中选出正确的词并用其适当形式填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词，每词限用一次。 sad at idea raise what much although feel start first Jane is a warm-hearted girl. She is only ten years old, but she has a great ____36____ of helping other kids. Jane took part in a winter camp ____37____ the age of eight. During her stay in the camp, she went to visit some kids in poor areas and was ____38____ to notice that the kids there didn’t have new clothes to wear and toys to play with. After she came back home, she kept thinking about ____39____ to do to help those kids. One morning, Jane saw some elder kids selling lemon juice by the street. They wanted to ____40____ money to help their friends. Then she had a good idea. Jane’s mom understood her and helped her to set up her ____41____ lemonade stand (柠檬水摊位). In a week, it made $52 in all. ____42____ it was only a little money, she helped 12 kids with it! She ____43____ very happy when she saw smiles on their faces. After that, her mother helped her start a program called Jane’s Lemonade for Love. Up to now, she has already raised ____44____ than $17,000 to the poor kids! She will spend the money on clothes, toys and books. A big thing always ____45____ with many small things. When we are starting doing something small, we are making a big difference to this world. 四、读写结合（共两节，满分25分） 第一节 任务型阅读（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分） 阅读短文，用英文填空或回答问题(请注意每小题的词数要求)。 I can still remember that day clearly. It happened on a cold Friday. But on that day, I didn’t feel any cold at all. I only felt nervous. I got up early in the morning. After washing up, I went to school without breakfast because I did not feel like eating anything. At school, I saw some of my classmates talking at a corner so I went over to join them. They were just as nervous as I was. After a few minutes, my class teacher, Miss Anne, came out from the teachers’ office. In her hands were the school reports. As she was handing out the reports, my heart beat fast. Soon, it was my turn. My legs were shaking badly as I walked over to my teacher. There was a big smile on her face and she showed me my report. I could not believe my eyes when I saw my report! I got A in the final exam! I couldn’t help (情不自禁地) jumping up and down in excitement. It was an unforgettable day to me as I was not a smart girl. However, I did not give up. I kept working harder to improve my grades. With all my sweat (汗水), my hard work has finally paid off. To students like me, I would say: ________. 46. These things happened on ________. (3个词以内) 47. Fill in the blanks according to Paragraph 2. Before getting the report After seeing the report ·The writer felt ________ (仅限一词). ·His heart beat very fast ·His legs were shaking badly The writer felt________ (仅限一词). ·He could not believe his eyes. ·I couldn’t help ________ (6词以内). 48. What would the writer say at the end of the text? ____________________________________________________________ (20个词以内) 第二节 书面表达（共1题，满分15分） 49. 俗话说“家和万事兴”。和睦的家庭能给每一位家庭成员带来温暖、快乐、健康、智慧和前进的力量。英语课上，你们班开展了一次以“What can we do to make home a happier place?”为主题的讨论，同学们交流了自己的想法。请结合以下要点，用英语写一篇短文，向校刊English Learning投稿。 What can we do to make home a happier place? 要求：1.短文应包含卡片上的观点，可适当发挥； 2.文中不能出现真实的人名、校名； 3.词数80左右，开头已给出，不计入总词数。 What can we do to make home a happier place? Recently, we have had a discussion about what we can do to make home a happier place in our English class.____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2024—2025学年度（下）学期期中质量测评八年级英语试卷 （本试题卷共10页，满分90分，考试时间100分钟） ★祝考试顺利★ 注意事项： 1.答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在试卷和答题卡上，并将准考证号条形码粘贴在答题卡上指定位置。 2.选择题的作答：每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。写在试卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。 3.非选择题的作答：用黑色签字笔直接答在答题卡上对应的答题区域内。写在试卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。 4.考试结束后，请将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。 一、完形填空（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分） 阅读短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 【1~15题答案】 【答案】1. B 2. C 3. B 4. C 5. C 6. A 7. A 8. C 9. C 10. B 11. A 12. B 13. C 14. D 15. A 二、阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分） 第一节（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分） 阅读三篇短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个与短文内容相符的最佳选项。 A 【16~20题答案】 【答案】16. D 17. D 18. A 19. C 20. C B 【21~25题答案】 【答案】21. B 22. A 23. D 24. D 25. C C 【26~30题答案】 【答案】26. B 27. B 28. D 29. C 30. B 第二节（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分） 【31~35题答案】 【答案】31. F 32. E 33. B 34. C 35. D 三、短文填空（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分） 【36~45题答案】 【答案】36. idea 37. at 38. sad 39. what 40. raise 41. first 42. Although 43. felt 44. more 45. starts 四、读写结合（共两节，满分25分） 第一节 任务型阅读（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分） 【46~48题答案】 【答案】46 a cold Friday 47. ①. nervous ②. excited ③. jumping up and down 48. Believe yourself and never give up, you will succeed in the end. 第二节 书面表达（共1题，满分15分） 【49题答案】 【答案】one possible version: What can we do to make home a happier place? Recently, we have had a discussion about what we can do to make home a happier place in our English class. There are several things we can do to make home a happier place. First, spending more time with family makes our relationship closer. For example, we can have dinner together every day. Second, talk about happiness and problems. This helps us understand each other better. Sharing such moments doubles happiness. Third, help with housework. This small act clearly shows we care about our family. Finally, we can plan fun family activities like weekend picnics. These steps can surely fill our home with happiness. 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$