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2024学年度第二学期八年级英语学科期中考试试题 2025.4 Part 1 Listening(第一部分 听力)20分 I. Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to the question you hear: (根据你听到的对话和问题，选出最恰当的答案)10% 1. A To the cinema. B. To the bank. C. To the market. D. To the post office. 2. A Rainy days. B. Cloudy days. C. Snowy days. D. Sunny days. 3. AShe has a warm heart. B. She works very hard.C She cares about her son's feelings. D. She looks after her son well. 4. A. On foot. B. By car. C. By bike. D. By bus. 5. A. To do John a favour. B. To do the woman's work.C. To meet John for her. D. To meet her friend with her. 6. A. Maths. B. Chemistry. C. Chinese. D. English. 7. A. A postman. B. A salesman. C. A secretary. D.A tourist guide. 8. A. 60 Yuan. B.30 Yuan. C. 20 Yuan. D. 13 Yuan. 9. A. At the airport. B. In a supermarket. C. In a book store. D. At the railway station. 10. A. Kevin's mum is ill. B. Kevin is telling a lie. C. Kevin's dad got up too late this morning. D. It is the first time for Kevin to be late for school. II. Listen to the passage and tell whether the following statements are true or false (判断下列 句子是否符合你听到的短文内容，符合的用“T”表示，不符合的用“F”表示)5% 11. Every dolphin has a name just like human beings. 12. Dolphins communicate with each other through sounds and body language. 13. Although dolphins live in groups, they play alone. 14. Dolphins help fishermen catch fish by sending signals. 15. Dolphins are not as smart as humans but more like cats and dogs. III. Listen to the passage and complete the following sentences(听短文, 完成下列内容。每空格限填一词)5% 16. The more time the phone is in water, the more likely it is to be too damaged to . 17. Never turn on the phone when you get it out of water, for doing so is the thing you cou do at this point. 18. By shaking the phone, any water inside has a to come out. 19. Be after you leave the phone in a plastic box or bag. 20. When it's time to take the phone out, you might be lucky and find it is well. Part2 Vocabulary and Grammar(第二部分 词汇和语法)42分 IV. Choose the best answer(选择最恰当的答案): 17% 1. Can you show me how to connect the printer ________ the computer? A. through B. into C. across D. to 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】句意：你能告诉我如何把打印机连接到电脑上吗？ 考查介词辨析。connect...to...意为“把……与……相连”，此处应用介词to。故选D。 2. The teacher always makes every word on the blackboard so ________ that students can see them ________. A. clear, easy B. clearly, easy C. clear, easily D. clearly, easily 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：老师总是把黑板上的每一个字都写得那么清楚，学生们都能很容易地看到。 考查形容词和副词辨析。clear清晰的，形容词；clearly清晰地，副词；easy容易的，形容词；easily容易地，副词。根据“makes every word on the blackboard so...”可知，此处使用形容词clear作宾语补足语；根据“students can see them...”可知，此处使用副词easily修饰动词see，表示“学生们都能很容易地看到”。故选C。 3. Every month, you pay ________ money for ________ energy you use from different companies. A. an amount of, the amount of B. the amount of, an amount of C. an amount of, an amount of D. the amount of, the amount of 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：每个月，你都要为不同公司的能源使用量支付一笔钱。 考查数量表达。an amount of许多；the amount of……的数量。根据“Every month, you pay...money for...energy you use from different companies.”以及选项可知，第一空应选an amount of，表示支付一笔钱，an amount of money一笔钱；第二空应选the amount of，表示不同公司的能源使用量。故选A。 4. Mr. Li’s job is________this company. A. in charge of B. take charge of C. to be in charge of D. be in charge of 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：李先生的工作是管理这家公司。 考查短语辨析。in charge of负责，介词短语；take charge of负责，动词短语；to be in charge of负责，动词不定式；be in charge of负责，动词短语。此处应用动词不定式表示李先生的工作是管理这家公司。故选C。 5. I forgot ________ the key ________him this morning. Therefore, he can’t enter the flat now. A. providing, with B. providing, for C. to provide, for D. to provide, with 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：我今天早上忘记把钥匙给他了。因此他现在不能 进公寓。 考查非谓语动词和介词辨析。providing动名词或现在分词形式；to provide动词不定式形式；with和；for为了。forget to do sth忘记去做某事，forget doing sth.忘记做过某事，根据“Therefore, he can’t enter the flat now.”可知，第一空应选to provide，表示我忘记把钥匙给他了，事情还没有做，所以排除选项A和B；provide sth for sb/provide sb with sth把某物提供给某人，所以第二空选for。故选C。 6. There ________ be something wrong with my car. It doesn’t work. A. ought B. must C. need D. can 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意：我的车一定是出问题了，它启动不了了。 考查情态动词。ought应该；must一定；need需要；can可能。根据“There...be something wrong with my car. It doesn’t work.”可知，车启动不了，所以此处表示十分有把握的肯定推测，用must。故选B。 7 Peter as well as his group members ________ the topic of the speech. A. agrees with B. agree with C. agrees on D. agree on 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：Peter和他的组员都同意演讲的主题。 考查动词短语和主谓一致。agrees with同意某人的意见，第三人称单数形式；agree with同意某人的意见；agrees on同意某事，第三人称单数形式；agree on同意某事。本题中是同意演讲的主题，因此排除A和B选项；as well as连接两个主语时，谓语动词与前面的主语保持一致，Peter是第三人称单数，因此谓语动词要用第三人称单数形式，排除D选项。故选C。 8. Mrs. Black warned her son ________ in the sea alone. A. never to swim B. don’t swim C. to not swim D. not swim 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：布莱克夫人警告她的儿子不要独自在大海里游泳。 考查非谓语动词。warn sb. not/never to do sth.意为“警告某人不要做某事”，动词短语。故选A。 9. More and more students start to consider ________ abroad, but experts suggest they ________ it over. A. to study; think B. studying; thinking C. to study; thinking D. studying; think 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】句意：越来越多的学生开始考虑出国留学，但专家建议他们三思而后行。 考查非谓语动词和虚拟语气。consider doing sth.“考虑做某事”，动词短语，第一空应用studying；根据“experts suggest they…it over”可知，suggest表示“建议”时，后接的宾语从句需用虚拟语气，即“should do”，should可以省略，第二空应用think。故选D。 10 It’s dishonest ________ him ________ low-quality goods to customers. A. for, selling B. for, to sell C. of, selling D. of, to sell 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】句意：他把劣质商品卖给顾客是不诚实的。 考查固定句型 It’s + 形容词 + of/for sb. + to do sth. 的用法。区别： 当形容词描述的是人的 品质或性格（如 dishonest, kind, clever, silly, rude 等）时，用 of，强调 “某人具有某种特质”； 当形容词描述的是事物的性质或特征（如 easy, difficult, important 等）时，用 for，强调 “做某事具有某种属性”。 句中 “dishonest”（不诚实的）是描述人的品质，因此第一空用 of；第二空需用动词不定式 “to sell”，构成完整句型。故选D。 11. Tom kept working on the math problem ________ he found the answer. A. when B. after C. unless D. until 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】句意：汤姆一直努力做这道数学题，直到他找到答案。 考查连词辨析。when当……时候；after在……之后；unless除非；until直到……为止。根据“Tom kept working on the math problem”以及“he found the answer.”可知，此处表达“一直做题，直到找到答案”，应用until引导时间状语从句。故选D。 12. The number of Chinese Weibo users ________ 600 million in recent years. A. has reached B. have reached C. reached D. will reach 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：近年来，中国微博用户的数量已经达到了6亿。 考查时态及主谓一致。根据“in recent years”可知，时态为现在完成时“have/has done”，且主语“The number of Chinese Weibo users”是第三人称单数形式，故助动词应用has。故选A。 13. My cousin ________ the piano when I knocked at the door this morning. A. played B. was playing C. has playing D. had played 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意：今天早上我敲门时，我的表弟正在弹钢琴。 考查动词时态。根据“when I knocked at the door this morning”可知，空处表示敲门时候正在弹钢琴，即过去某一时刻正在做某事，用过去进行时：主语+was/were+doing sth。故选B。 14. It was a difficult time, but in the end things ________ all right. A. turned up B. turned out C. turned over D. turned on 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意：那是一段困难的时期，但最终一切都好了。 考查动词短语。turned up出现；turned out结果是，最终是；turned over移交，翻阅；turned on打开。根据“It was a difficult time, but in the end things...all right.”可知，此处表示最终一切都好了，应用turned out“最终是”。故选B。 15. Since you have ________ the tennis club, why not ________ the tennis match? A. joined; join B. joined in; join in C. joined; join in D. joined in; join 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：既然你已经加入了网球俱乐部，为什么不参加网球比赛呢？ 考查动词用法。join加入，后接组织或人；join in参加，后接活动。根据“Since you have...the tennis club, why not...the tennis match?”以及选项可知，第一空应用joined，表示加入了网球俱乐部这个组织；第二空应用join in表示参加网球比赛这一活动。故选C。 16. The national flag ________ by us every morning. A. raises B. rises C. is raised D. is risen 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：我们每天早晨都升起国旗。 考查一般现在时被动语态。raises升起，及物动词；rises上升，不及物动词；is raised被升起；is risen错误表达。根据“The national flag...by us ”以及选项可知，此处须用被动语态，表示国旗被我们升起。故选C。 17. Would you please tell me ________? A. when did he come home B. where he would play football C. why he didn’t watch the game D. if he had seen the film 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：你能告诉我他什么不看比赛吗？ 考查宾语从句的用法。根据题意可知，这是一个宾语从句，从句应用主+谓的陈述句语序，排除A；B项语境提示应用一般将来时；D项过去完成时不对。C选项时态为一般过去时，陈述句语序，是正确的表述。故选C。 V. 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)：8% 18. All new __________ will be on show at the exhibition this weekend. (produce) 【答案】products 【解析】 【详解】句意：所有新产品都将在本周末的展览会上展出。根据“All new...will be on show at the exhibition”以及所给单词可知，此处表示所有新产品。product“产品”，All new后接复数。故填products。 19. You shouldn’t speak _________ to your teachers. (polite) 【答案】impolitely 【解析】 【详解】句意：你不应该对你的老师说话不礼貌。根据“You shouldn’t speak…to your teachers.”可知，此处表示不应该对老师说话不礼貌，用副词修饰动词speak，impolitely意为“不礼貌地”，副词。故填impolitely。 20. He scratched his head and there was a ________ look on his face.(puzzle) 【答案】puzzled 【解析】 【详解】句意：他挠了挠头，脸上露出困惑的表情。分析句子可知，此处需要形容词来修饰名词“look”，描述脸上的表情状态；puzzled“困惑的”，形容词作定语。故填puzzled。 21. So far Tom hasn’t ________ why he was late yesterday. (explanation) 【答案】explained 【解析】 【详解】句意：到目前为止，汤姆还没有解释他昨天为什么迟到。根据“So far”可知，该句子为现在完成时的否定句，其结构为haven’t/hasn’t+动词的过去分词，explanation“解释”，名词，其动词的过去分词形式为explained。故填explained。 22. It’s ________ that you may feel nervous when you make a speech for the first time. (nature) 【答案】natural 【解析】 【详解】句意：当你第一次进行演讲时，感到紧张是很自然的。此处需要用形容词作表语，“nature”的形容词形式是“natural”，意为“自然的”。故填natural。 23. We are planning to _________ our views on that matter at tomorrow’s meeting. (change) 【答案】exchange 【解析】 【详解】句意：我们计划在明天的会议上交换我们对那件事的看法。交换“exchange”；plan to do sth.意为“计划做某事”，固定搭配，所以此处应用动词原形。故填exchange。 24. Think twice before making a decision rather than jump to ________. (conclude) 【答案】conclusions 【解析】 【详解】句意：在做出决定之前要三思，而不是匆忙下结论。jump to conclusions“匆忙下结论”，此处应用名词“conclusions”作为“jump to”的宾语。故填conclusions。 25. ________ it with French bread, please. (service) 【答案】Serve 【解析】 【详解】句意：请用法式面包来搭配它吃。根据“...it with French bread, please.”和提示词可知，此处是祈使句，以动词原形开头，service的动词形式是serve，serve sth. with sth.“用……搭配……吃”，句首首字母大写。故填Serve。 VI. Rewrite the following sentences as required(根据所给要求, 改写下列句子):13% 26. We should save the planet by leading a zero-waste lifestyle. (划线部分提问) ________ ________ we save the planet? 【答案】 ①. How ②. should 【解析】 【详解】句意：我们应该通过零浪费的生活方式来拯救地球。划线部分指方式，应用how来提问，结合原句，how后接should。故填How；should。 27. There’s almost no water left in the bottle, is there? (保持句意不变) There’s ________ ________ water left in the bottle, is there? 【答案】 ①. hardly ②. any 【解析】 【详解】句意：瓶子里几乎没有水了，是吗？原句使用了“almost no”，表示“几乎没有”，可以转化成hardly any，两者均表示部分否定。故填hardly；any。 28. The students can do nothing except sitting in the classroom all day. (保持句意不变) The students have no________ ________ to sit in the classroom all day. 【答案】 ①. choice ②. but 【解析】 【详解】句意：学生们整天坐在教室里什么也做不了。can do nothing except doing sth“除了做某事什么也做不了”，其同意表达为have no choice but to do sth“除了做某事别无选择”。故填choice；but。 29. The doctor felt relieved after the sick boy came to life. (保持句意不变) The doctor ________ feel relieved ________ the sick boy came to life. 【答案】 ①. didn’t ②. until 【解析】 【详解】句意：这个生病的男孩苏醒后，医生感到如释重负。保持句意不变，not...until...“直到……才……”符合句意。原句是一般过去时，改写句也应用一般过去时，feel为实义动词，其前加didn’t构成否定句。故填didn’t；until。 30. Could you tell me? When does our school hold the art festival every year? (两句并一句) Could you tell me ________ our school ________ the art festival every year? 【答案】 ①. when ②. holds 【解析】 【详解】句意：你能告诉我吗？我们学校每年什么时候举办艺术节？两句并一句，将特殊疑问句“When does our school hold the art festival every year?”变为“Could you tell me”的宾语从句。宾语从句用陈述句语序，要把助动词“does”去掉，主语是our school，动词变为单三形式holds。故填when；holds。 31. Thomas didn’t throw the old magazines away yesterday. (改为被动语态) The old magazines ________ ________ away yesterday. 【答案】 ①. weren’t ②. thrown 【解析】 【详解】句意：托马斯昨天没有扔掉旧杂志。原句是一般过去时的否定句，the old magazines是动词throw的承受者，构成被动关系，故用一般过去时的被动语态was/were+过去分词，主语是复数，此处应用否定形式weren’t，throw的过去分词是thrown。故填weren’t；thrown。 32. it, to play small tricks on, is, friends, on, fun, April Fool’s Day(连词成句) ________________________________________________. 【答案】It’s fun to play small tricks on friends on April Fool’s Day 【解析】 【详解】根据所给标点可知应用陈述句的形式，分析所给单词，it作形式主语，位于句首，首字母大写；is作连系动词；fun作表语；to play small tricks on friends作真正的主语；on April Fool’s Day作状语，位于句末。故填It’s fun to play small tricks on friends on April Fool’s Day“愚人节跟朋友开些小玩笑很有趣。” VII. Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each word or phrase can only be used once:(五选四)4% A. remained B. realized C. surprised D. carefully E. shook F. sound My mother used to ask me what the most important part of the body was. I got different answers at different ages. When I was young, I thought ____33____ was very important to us, so I said, “My ears, Mum.” But she ____34____ her head and said no. Several years passed, and she asked me again. I believed that I got the right answer after thinking about it ____35____. So I told her, “Sight is very important to everyone, so it must be our eyes.” But she told me I was wrong. I tried many times after that, but her answer was always the same. Till last year, my grandma died. Everybody was crying. Everybody was hurt. My mum looked at me and asked me with tears in her eyes, “Do you know the answer now?” I was ____36____ when she asked me this question then. “My son, the answer is your shoulder (肩膀) . Everyone needs a shoulder to cry on.” Finally I realized what she said. She hopes I can have enough love and friends so that I will have a shoulder to cry on when I need it. 【答案】33. F 34. E 35. D 36. C 【解析】 【导语】本文主要讲述作者的母亲告诉作者人的身体最重要的部分是肩膀的故事。 【33题详解】 句意：当我小的时候，我认为声音对我们很重要，所以我说：“我的耳朵，妈妈。”根据“My ears”可知，作者认为声音很重要，备选词sound“声音”，名词，符合语境。故选F。 【34题详解】 句意：但是她摇摇头说不。根据“said no”可知，妈妈应该是边摇头边说不，备选词shook“摇”，动词，符合语境。故选E。 【35题详解】 句意：经过仔细考虑，我相信我得到了正确的答案。根据“thinking about it”可知，此处指仔细考虑，备选词carefully“仔细地”，副词，符合语境。故选D。 【36题详解】 句意：那时，她问我这个问题的时候，我很惊讶。根据“I was...”及备选词可知，此处指我感到惊讶，surprised“惊讶的”，形容词，符合语境。故选C。 Part 3 Reading and Writing(第三部分 读写)38分 VIII. Reading comprehension A. Choose the best answer(根据短文内容, 选择最恰当的答案)5%: I was an unlucky nurse who had to work on Christmas Day. It was always quiet in the emergency room on this day, so I was not expecting any patients. When I was complaining about working on such a beautiful festival, a pale woman and four small children showed up at my desk. “Are you all sick?” I asked suspiciously because they seemed all right. “Yes,” the woman answered in a low voice and lowered her head. But when it comes to their problems, things got a little strange. Two of the children had headaches, but they didn’t hold the head. Two children had earaches, but neither of them could tell me which ear was in pain. The mother complained of a cough, but she seemed to be pretending. Something was wrong. I didn’t say anything but explained that it might take a while before a doctor could meet them. “Take your time, please,” the mother answered. I checked their charts-no address. Suddenly I knew, they were homeless and the hospital was warm. I looked out at the family, sitting together under the Christmas tree, smiling and chatting with each other sweetly. Quietly, I went back to the nurses’ station and told them that they had a homeless family in the waiting room. The nurses’ station suddenly came back to life. All the nurses came into action, just as we did when there was a real medical emergency. But this one was a “Christmas emergency.” We took out our meals for our Christmas “patients”. We also put together oranges and apples as presents. Usually we just tried to meet the physical needs of our patients. But today, we worked hard to exceed the needs of a family who only wanted a warm place on Christmas Day. Later, when the family was leaving, the four-year-old girl ran back and gave me a kiss. “Thanks for being our angel today,” she whispered in my ear. 37. The writer felt ________ when she had to work on Christmas Day. A. excited B. unhappy C. surprised D. interested 38. How many people came to the emergency room? A. four B. five C. three D. six 39. The family came to the emergency room because ________. A. the mother was coughing B. there was something wrong with two children’s heads C. two children had earaches D. they were homeless and the hospital was warm 40. What does the underlined word “suspiciously” mean in the second paragraph? A. Feeling there was something strange. B. Feeling there was something frightening. C. Noticing there was something interesting. D. Noticing there was something dangerous. 41. All the nurses in the emergency room did the following except ________ when they heard about the family. A. They took out their meals for their Christmas “patients”. B. They also put together oranges and apples as presents. C. They did as they usually did in a medical emergency. D. They provided a warm place for the family. 【答案】37. B 38. B 39. D 40. A 41. C 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了无家可归的一家人为了躲避严寒，躲进了医院取暖。聪明的护士了解了她们的情况后为她们准备了礼物及食物让她们度过了幸福的一个圣诞节。 【37题详解】 细节理解题。根据文中“I was an unlucky nurse who had to work on Christmas Day.” 可知，当她不得不在圣诞节工作时，这位作家感到不高兴。故选B。 【38题详解】 细节理解题。根据文中“When I was complaining about working on such a beautiful festival, a pale woman and four small children showed up at my desk.”可知，一个脸色苍白的女人和四个小孩出现在我的办公桌旁，因此有五人来急诊室。故选B。 【39题详解】 细节理解题。根据文中“Suddenly I knew, they were homeless and the hospital was warm.”可知，一家人来到急诊室是因为他们无家可归，医院很暖和。故选D。 【40题详解】 词义猜测题。结合上下文及“‘Are you all sick?’ I asked suspiciously because they seemed all right.”可知，划线部分suspiciously是“感觉有点奇怪，怀疑”的意思。故选A。 【41题详解】 细节理解题。根据文中“We took out our meals for our Christmas…needs of a family who only wanted a warm place on Christmas Day.”可知，他们为圣诞节的“病人”准备了饭菜，还把桔子和苹果放在一起作为礼物。这些事情是除了他们在医疗紧急情况下通常做的以外的事情。故选C。 B. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage: (选择最恰当的单词或词组完成短文)6% Students' life in Cambridge Cambridge is a small city about 50 minutes north of London on the train. With two universities in the city-the University of Cambridge and Anglia Ruskin University, students make up about a fifth of Cambridge's population and are an ___42___ part of the community. As a result, Cambridge is a great place to be a student. Somewhere to live At Cambridge, students are allowed to live on the campus for at least three years. The college is also where students do a lot of their studying and socializing, and for most it provides ___43___ and friendships that will last a lifetime. Colleges have a variety of rooms available-from the medieval to practical modern. Any student can have his choice. Somewhere to eat There's a great selection of places around Cambridge to eat. Better still, your Cambridge student card will get you discounts and special deals at different restaurants and cafes. The colleges ___44___ students to have dinner together-it's a chance to have a break, catch up with friends, and meet new people. All colleges provide dining facilities where you can buy cafeteria-style meals as well as more formal dinners at a reasonable price. In addition, there are ___45___ cooking tools on the campus, so you can cook for yourself. Somewhere to study When you need a book, a computer or just somewhere quiet to work, you won't need to go far as all of the colleges provide a library and computer room. The university of Cambridge has 114 libraries ___46___ and enough computing facilities to help you with your academic work. Somewhere to play Cambridge ___47___ likes to keep its people and students happy and interested. There are four theatres, three cinemas, and two major entertainment centers, offering various programs which include comedy, drama, dance, concerts and club nights. 42 A. unusual B. interesting C. exciting D. important 43. A. experiments B. exercises C. experiences D. exhibitions 44. A. allow B. encourage C. enable D. require 45. A. amazing B. basic C. wonderful D. attractive 46. A. at all B. after all C. in all D. above all 47. A. certainly B. completely C. actually D. exactly 【答案】42. D 43. C 44. B 45. B 46. C 47. A 【解析】 【分析】文章大意：本文主要介绍了剑桥作为学生生活、饮食、学习和游玩的优点。 【42题详解】 句意：剑桥大学和盎格鲁拉斯金大学是剑桥市的两所大学，学生约占剑桥人口的五分之一，是社区的重要组成部分。 考查形容词。unusual不寻常的；interesting有趣的；exciting令人兴奋的；important重要的；根据前面“students make up about a fifth of Cambridge's population”结合句意可知，此空是“重要的”意思，应填important，故选D。 【43题详解】 句意：这所大学也是学生们进行大量学习和社交活动的地方，对大多数人来说，它提供的经历和友谊将持续一生。 考查名词。experiments 实验；exercises练习；experiences经历；exhibitions展览。根据前面“The college is also where students do a lot of their studying and socializing,”结合句意可知，此空是“经历”的意思，应填experiences，故选C。 【44题详解】 句意：大学鼓励学生们一起吃晚饭，这是一个休息、结识朋友和认识新朋友的机会。 考查动词。allow允许；encourage鼓励；enable使能；require需求。根据句子结构可知，此句缺少谓语动词，根据上句“Better still, your Cambridge student card will get you discounts and special deals at different restaurants and cafes.”结合句意可知，此空是“鼓励”的意思，应填encourage，故选B。 【45题详解】 句意：此外，校园里还有一些基本的烹饪工具，所以你可以自己做饭。 考查形容词。amazing神奇的；basic基本的；wonderful神奇的；attractive迷人的。根据后半句“so you can cook for yourself.”结合句意可知，此空是“基本的”意思，应填basic，故选B。 【46题详解】 句意：剑桥大学共有114个图书馆和足够的计算设施，可以帮助你完成学业。 考查介词短语。 at all全然，根本；after all毕竟，居然；in all共有，总计；above all首先; 尤其是。根据空前“The university of Cambridge has 114 libraries”，结合句意可知，此空是“共有，总计”的意思，此空应填in all，故选C。 【47题详解】 句意：剑桥大学当然喜欢让人民和学生保持快乐和兴趣。 考查副词。certainly当然；completely完全地；actually事实上；exactly确切地。根据后面“There are four theatres, three cinemas, and two major entertainment centers,”，结合句意可知，此空是“当然”的意思，应填certainly，故选A。 【点睛】完形填空，它集阅读理解、语法、词法、句法于一体，是难度最大的题，重点考查语言综合运用的能力。解题的方法第一要带着空，通读文章，搞清事件发生的背景。紧紧抓住上下文语境所提供的信息,充分利用各种线索，语法知识,以及句子之间的关系，词的搭配，结合上下文背景语境，结合句意选择适合语境的选项。做完型填空时，首先要通读课文，明白主旨大意，然后再做题。例如第1小题，句意：剑桥大学和盎格鲁拉斯金大学是剑桥市的两所大学，学生约占剑桥人口的五分之一，是社区的重要组成部分。考查形容词。unusual不寻常的；interesting有趣的；exciting令人兴奋的；important重要的；根据前面“students make up about a fifth of Cambridge's population”结合句意可知，此空是“重要的”意思，应填important，故选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, 使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给)9% Recently, many people think it’s dangerous to use credit card numbers online. However, from time to time, we all use passwords and ID numbers on the Internet. We think we are safe, but that may not be t____48____! A new kind of attack is being used by dishonest people to steal IDs and credit card numbers from web surfers. This new kind of attack is called “phishing”. Phishing sounds the same as the word “fishing”, and it means that a thief is trying to trick people into giving away valuable information. Like real fishermen, phishers use bait (诱饵) in the form of great online deals or services. For example, phishers might use false emails and websites to trick people into revealing (透露) credit card numbers, account usernames, and passwords. They imitate (模仿) well-known banks, online sellers, and credit card companies. Successful phishers may make as many as 5% of the people believe and give away their p____49____ information. It’s really a big p____50____! Actually, tricking 5% of the online population is huge. Now more than 4.6 billion people have access (进入权) to the Internet, and 75% of those Internet users live in the wealthiest countries on Earth. It has been reported that phishers send more than 40 billion false m____51____ each year. Even by tricking only 5% of the people, phishers can make a lot of money. Amy, 18, from California, received an email. A man told Amy that she could get a million dollars in her account as a r____52____ if she sent a thousand dollars to him. Amy did as the man said at once. The “thief” used Amy’s Social Security number to get credit cards in her name and transferred (转移) her money. How can people a____53____being cheated online? Above all, they have to learn to recognize the email that has been sent by a phisher. Always be careful with any email with urgent (紧急的) requests for personal information. Phishers typically write upsetting or exciting, but false, statements in their emails so that people will reply right away. Never give out personal information to phishers. And if an offer sounds too good to be true, it is. 【答案】48. (t)rue 49. (p)ersonal 50. (p)roblem 51. (m)essages 52. (r)eward 53. (a)void 【解析】 【导语】本文介绍了网络钓鱼这一网络诈骗行为以及人们应如何避免被骗。 【48题详解】 句意：我们认为自己是安全的，但那可能不是真的！根据“We think we are safe, but that may not be...”和首字母可知，此处表达那可能不是真的，true“真实的”符合句意。故填(t)rue。 【49题详解】 句意：成功的网络钓鱼者可能会让多达5%的人相信并泄露他们的个人信息。根据“Successful phishers may make as many as 5% of the people believe and give away their...information.”和首字母可知，此处表达泄露的是“个人的”信息，personal“个人的”符合句意。故填(p)ersonal。 【50题详解】 句意：这真是个大问题！根据“It's really a big...! Actually, tricking 5% of the online population is huge.”和首字母可知，网络钓鱼骗了5%的网民，这是个大“问题”，problem“问题”符合句意。故填(p)roblem。 【51题详解】 句意：据报道，网络钓鱼者每年发送超过400亿封虚假邮件。根据“It has been reported that phishers send more than 40 billion false...each year.”和首字母可知，网络钓鱼者发送的是虚假“邮件”，message“邮件，信息”，此处应用复数形式。故填(m)essages。 【52题详解】 句意：一个男人告诉艾米，如果她寄一千美元给他，她就可以在她的账户里得到一百万美元作为回报。根据“A man told Amy that she could get a million dollars in her account as a...if she sent a thousand dollars to him.”和首字母可知，寄一千美元会得到一百万美元作为“回报”，reward“回报”符合句意。故填(r)eward。 【53题详解】 句意：人们如何避免在网上被骗？根据“How can people...being cheated online?”和首字母可知，此处表达“避免”被骗，avoid“避免”，且前面有情态动词can，所以此处用动词原形。故填(a)void。 D. Answer the questions (根据短文内容, 回答下列问题): 7%(最后一题2%) Weighing too much can damage your health, and obesity is a growing problem for both kids and adults around the world. Sleep might be one answer to the problem. A new study has found that elementary school students who slept too little were more likely to gain pounds. Past studies have shown a link between sleeping less and weighing more, but scientists have had a hard time deciding “which came first, the chicken or the egg,” says Julie C. Lumeng of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. In other words, it hasn’t been clear whether kids who weigh too much have trouble sleeping, or whether sleeping less leads to weight gain. Both scenarios (情境) seemed equally possible. To get a better idea of which causes which, Lumeng and colleagues interviewed the parents of 800 third graders from around the United States. The parents answered questions about how well their kids slept that year. Three years later, the parents answered the same questions. By sixth grade, about 18 percent of kids interviewed in the study were overweight. The scientists found no relationship between weight and the students’ race or gender. It also didn’t matter how strict their parents were, or whether they were boys or girls. Obesity struck all of these groups equally. Instead, sleep seemed to be the key factor. Over the 3 years of the study, the children averaged a healthy 9.5 hours of sleep a night. Some kids, however, slept a lot more--or less--than others. For the sixth graders, every hour of sleep above the 9.5-hour average was linked to a 20 percent lower risk of being overweight. Sleep appeared doubly important for the third graders. Every extra hour of sleep they got was linked to a 40 percent drop in obesity by sixth grade. “I expected we would find that this (sleep link with obesity) was just a bunch of bunk,” says Lumeng, a pediatrician (儿科医师). But their findings were believable. No matter how her team looked at the link, “we couldn’t make it go away.”— Emily Sohn. 54. According to the passage, is sleeping a growing problem for both children and adults? ______________________________________________ . 55. What does “Which came first, the chicken or the egg,” mean in the passage? It means that scientists can’t decide __________________________. 56. Why did Lumeng and her colleagues interview the parents of 800 third graders from the whole nation? _______________________________________________ 57. There was no relationship between weight and the students’ race or gender, was there? _______________________________________________ 58. According to paragraph 6, how can children lower the risk of being overweight? _______________________________________________ 59. What does the phrase “a bunch of bunk” in the last paragraph probably mean, a lie or a truth? How do you know that? ________________________________________________ 【答案】54. No, it isn’t. 55. whether kids who weigh too much have trouble sleeping or whether sleeping less leads to weight gain. 56. They interviewed the parents to better understand whether lack of sleep causes weight gain or if being overweight causes sleep problems. 57. No, there wasn’t. 58. By sleeping more. 59. A lie. Because Lumeng expected it to be untrue but the findings were believable. 【解析】 【导语】本文主要讲述了儿童睡眠不足可能导致肥胖，研究表明多睡可降低超重风险。 【54题详解】 根据第一段“obesity is a growing problem for both kids and adults around the world”可知，对于世界各地的儿童和成人来说，肥胖是一个日益严重的问题，而不是睡眠。故填No, it isn’t. 【55题详解】 根据第二段“In other words, it hasn’t been clear whether kids who weigh too much have trouble sleeping, or whether sleeping less leads to weight gain.”可知，科学家们还不清楚是体重太重的孩子睡眠有问题，还是睡眠不足导致体重增加。故填whether kids who weigh too much have trouble sleeping or whether sleeping less leads to weight gain. 【56题详解】 根据第三段“To get a better idea of which causes which, Lumeng and colleagues interviewed the parents of 800 third graders from around the United States.”可知，为了更好地了解是什么原因导致了什么，梦露和他的同事采访了美国800名三年级学生的家长。故填They interviewed the parents to better understand whether lack of sleep causes weight gain or if being overweight causes sleep problems. 【57题详解】 根据第四段“The scientists found no relationship between weight and the students’ race or gender.”可知，科学家发现体重和学生的种族或性别之间没有关系。故填No, there wasn’t. 【58题详解】 根据第六段“every hour of sleep above the 9.5-hour average was linked to a 20 percent lower risk of being overweight”可知，每超过9.5小时的平均睡眠时间，超重的风险就会降低20%。故填By sleeping more. 【59题详解】 根据最后一段“I expected we would find that this (sleep link with obesity) was just a bunch of bunk...But their findings were believable. No matter how her team looked at the link, ‘we couldn’t make it go away.’”可知，他们的发现是可信的。所以a bunch of bunk意为“胡说八道，不可信的”。故填A lie. Because Lumeng expected it to be untrue but the findings were believable. IX. Writing(作文):(共 11 分) 60. Write a passage of at least 60 words on the topic “Two sections should be on the front page of our school newspaper”. 我们学校的校报，记录着我们学校发生的大事，也反映着我们学生的日常生活。我们可以读到同学们的中英文习作，欣赏同学们的美术画作，了解各种社团的活动信息和精彩瞬间，被幽默故事或玩笑逗乐，还可以看到师长的殷殷期语和专家对于我们生活、心理的指导。假设你是校报的主编，你决定在校报的首页上设立两个栏目，请说明栏目的名称和内容，并谈谈放在首页的理由。 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】例文 As the editor-in-chief of our school newspaper, I propose adding two new columns to the front page: “Campus Highlights” and “Student Voices”. “Campus Highlights” will showcase major school events, achievements, and interesting activities, offering a snapshot of our vibrant campus life. We believe that placing it on the front page ensures everyone stays informed about the latest happenings. “Student Voices” will feature students’ creative writings, opinions, and experiences, fostering a sense of community and encouraging student engagement. Highlighting it on the front page emphasizes the value we place on student expression. These columns will enrich our newspaper and strengthen our school spirit. 【解析】 【详解】[总体分析] ①题材：本文是一篇材料作文。 ②时态：时态为“一般现在时”和“一般将来时”。 ③提示：写作要点已明确给出，考生需注意要点齐全，并适当补充细节使内容更丰富。 [写作步骤] 第一步，表明写作意图，要在校报首页新增两个栏目。 第二步，具体阐述写作内容。分别介绍“校园亮点”和“学生心声”两个栏目的内容、目的及意义。 第三步，书写结语。强调这些栏目将丰富校报内容，增强学校精神。 [亮点词汇] ①showcase展示 ②vibrant充满活力的 ③foster培养 ④engagement参与 [高分句型] We believe that placing it on the front page ensures everyone stays informed about the latest happenings. (that引导的宾语从句) 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $ 2024学年度第二学期八年级英语学科期中考试试题 2025.4 Part 1 Listening(第一部分 听力)20分 I. Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to the question you hear: (根据你听到的对话和问题，选出最恰当的答案)10% 1. A To the cinema. B. To the bank. C. To the market. D. To the post office. 2. A Rainy days. B. Cloudy days. C. Snowy days. D. Sunny days. 3. AShe has a warm heart. B. She works very hard.C She cares about her son's feelings. D. She looks after her son well. 4. A. On foot. B. By car. C. By bike. D. By bus. 5. A. To do John a favour. B. To do the woman's work.C. To meet John for her. D. To meet her friend with her. 6. A. Maths. B. Chemistry. C. Chinese. D. English. 7. A. A postman. B. A salesman. C. A secretary. D.A tourist guide. 8. A. 60 Yuan. B.30 Yuan. C. 20 Yuan. D. 13 Yuan. 9. A. At the airport. B. In a supermarket. C. In a book store. D. At the railway station. 10. A. Kevin's mum is ill. B. Kevin is telling a lie. C. Kevin's dad got up too late this morning. D. It is the first time for Kevin to be late for school. II. Listen to the passage and tell whether the following statements are true or false (判断下列 句子是否符合你听到的短文内容，符合的用“T”表示，不符合的用“F”表示)5% 11. Every dolphin has a name just like human beings. 12. Dolphins communicate with each other through sounds and body language. 13. Although dolphins live in groups they play alone. 14. Dolphins help fishermen catch fish by sending signals. 15. Dolphins are not as smart as humans but more like cats and dogs. III. Listen to the passage and complete the following sentences(听短文, 完成下列内容。每空格限填一词)5% 16. The more time the phone is in water, the more likely it is to be too damaged to . 17. Never turn on the phone when you get it out of water, for doing so is the thing you cou do at this point. 18. By shaking the phone, any water inside has a to come out. 19. Be after you leave the phone in a plastic box or bag. 20. When it's time to take the phone out, you might be lucky and find it is well. Part2 Vocabulary and Grammar(第二部分 词汇和语法)42分 IV. Choose the best answer(选择最恰当的答案): 17% 1. Can you show me how to connect the printer ________ the computer? A. through B. into C. across D. to 2. The teacher always makes every word on the blackboard so ________ that students can see them ________. A. clear, easy B. clearly, easy C. clear, easily D. clearly, easily 3. Every month, you pay ________ money for ________ energy you use from different companies. A. an amount of, the amount of B. the amount of, an amount of C. an amount of, an amount of D. the amount of, the amount of 4. Mr. Li’s job is________this company. A. in charge of B. take charge of C. to be in charge of D. be in charge of 5. I forgot ________ the key ________him this morning. Therefore, he can’t enter the flat now. A. providing, with B. providing, for C. to provide, for D. to provide, with 6. There ________ be something wrong with my car. It doesn’t work. A. ought B. must C. need D. can 7. Peter as well as his group members ________ the topic of the speech. A. agrees with B. agree with C. agrees on D. agree on 8. Mrs. Black warned her son ________ in the sea alone. A. never to swim B. don’t swim C. to not swim D. not swim 9. More and more students start to consider ________ abroad, but experts suggest they ________ it over. A. to study; think B. studying; thinking C. to study; thinking D. studying; think 10. It’s dishonest ________ him ________ low-quality goods to customers. A. for, selling B. for, to sell C. of, selling D. of, to sell 11. Tom kept working on the math problem ________ he found the answer. A. when B. after C. unless D. until 12. The number of Chinese Weibo users ________ 600 million in recent years. A. has reached B. have reached C. reached D. will reach 13. My cousin ________ the piano when I knocked at the door this morning. A. played B. was playing C. has playing D. had played 14. It was a difficult time, but in the end things ________ all right. A. turned up B. turned out C. turned over D. turned on 15. Since you have ________ the tennis club, why not ________ the tennis match? A joined; join B. joined in; join in C. joined; join in D. joined in; join 16. The national flag ________ by us every morning. A. raises B. rises C. is raised D. is risen 17. Would you please tell me ________? A. when did he come home B. where he would play football C. why he didn’t watch the game D. if he had seen the film V. 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)：8% 18. All new __________ will be on show at the exhibition this weekend. (produce) 19. You shouldn’t speak _________ to your teachers. (polite) 20. He scratched his head and there was a ________ look on his face.(puzzle) 21. So far Tom hasn’t ________ why he was late yesterday. (explanation) 22. It’s ________ that you may feel nervous when you make a speech for the first time. (nature) 23. We are planning to _________ our views on that matter at tomorrow’s meeting. (change) 24. Think twice before making a decision rather than jump to ________. (conclude) 25. ________ it with French bread, please. (service) VI. Rewrite the following sentences as required(根据所给要求, 改写下列句子):13% 26. We should save the planet by leading a zero-waste lifestyle. (划线部分提问) ________ ________ we save the planet? 27. There’s almost no water left in the bottle, is there? (保持句意不变) There’s ________ ________ water left in the bottle, is there? 28. The students can do nothing except sitting in the classroom all day. (保持句意不变) The students have no________ ________ to sit in the classroom all day. 29. The doctor felt relieved after the sick boy came to life. (保持句意不变) The doctor ________ feel relieved ________ the sick boy came to life. 30. Could you tell me? When does our school hold the art festival every year? (两句并一句) Could you tell me ________ our school ________ the art festival every year? 31. Thomas didn’t throw the old magazines away yesterday. (改为被动语态) The old magazines ________ ________ away yesterday. 32. it, to play small tricks on, is, friends, on, fun, April Fool’s Day(连词成句) ________________________________________________. VII. Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each word or phrase can only be used once:(五选四)4% A. remained B. realized C. surprised D. carefully E. shook F. sound My mother used to ask me what the most important part of the body was. I got different answers at different ages. When I was young, I thought ____33____ was very important to us, so I said, “My ears, Mum.” But she ____34____ her head and said no. Several years passed, and she asked me again. I believed that I got the right answer after thinking about it ____35____. So I told her, “Sight is very important to everyone, so it must be our eyes.” But she told me I was wrong. I tried many times after that, but her answer was always the same. Till last year, my grandma died. Everybody was crying. Everybody was hurt. My mum looked at me and asked me with tears in her eyes, “Do you know the answer now?” I was ____36____ when she asked me this question then. “My son, the answer is your shoulder (肩膀) . Everyone needs a shoulder to cry on.” Finally I realized what she said. She hopes I can have enough love and friends so that I will have a shoulder to cry on when I need it. Part 3 Reading and Writing(第三部分 读写)38分 VIII. Reading comprehension A. Choose the best answer(根据短文内容, 选择最恰当的答案)5%: I was an unlucky nurse who had to work on Christmas Day. It was always quiet in the emergency room on this day, so I was not expecting any patients. When I was complaining about working on such a beautiful festival, a pale woman and four small children showed up at my desk. “Are you all sick?” I asked suspiciously because they seemed all right. “Yes,” the woman answered in a low voice and lowered her head. But when it comes to their problems, things got a little strange. Two of the children had headaches, but they didn’t hold the head. Two children had earaches, but neither of them could tell me which ear was in pain. The mother complained of a cough, but she seemed to be pretending. Something was wrong. I didn’t say anything but explained that it might take a while before a doctor could meet them. “Take your time, please,” the mother answered. I checked their charts-no address. Suddenly I knew, they were homeless and the hospital was warm. I looked out at the family, sitting together under the Christmas tree, smiling and chatting with each other sweetly. Quietly, I went back to the nurses’ station and told them that they had a homeless family in the waiting room. The nurses’ station suddenly came back to life. All the nurses came into action, just as we did when there was a real medical emergency. But this one was a “Christmas emergency.” We took out our meals for our Christmas “patients”. We also put together oranges and apples as presents. Usually we just tried to meet the physical needs of our patients. But today, we worked hard to exceed the needs of a family who only wanted a warm place on Christmas Day. Later, when the family was leaving, the four-year-old girl ran back and gave me a kiss. “Thanks for being our angel today,” she whispered in my ear. 37. The writer felt ________ when she had to work on Christmas Day. A. excited B. unhappy C. surprised D. interested 38. How many people came to the emergency room? A. four B. five C. three D. six 39. The family came to the emergency room because ________. A. the mother was coughing B. there was something wrong with two children’s heads C. two children had earaches D. they were homeless and the hospital was warm 40. What does the underlined word “suspiciously” mean in the second paragraph? A. Feeling there was something strange. B. Feeling there was something frightening. C. Noticing there was something interesting. D. Noticing there was something dangerous. 41. All the nurses in the emergency room did the following except ________ when they heard about the family. A. They took out their meals for their Christmas “patients”. B. They also put together oranges and apples as presents. C. They did as they usually did in a medical emergency. D. They provided a warm place for the family. B. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage: (选择最恰当的单词或词组完成短文)6% Students' life in Cambridge Cambridge is a small city about 50 minutes north of London on the train. With two universities in the city-the University of Cambridge and Anglia Ruskin University, students make up about a fifth of Cambridge's population and are an ___42___ part of the community. As a result, Cambridge is a great place to be a student. Somewhere to live At Cambridge, students are allowed to live on the campus for at least three years. The college is also where students do a lot of their studying and socializing, and for most it provides ___43___ and friendships that will last a lifetime. Colleges have a variety of rooms available-from the medieval to practical modern. Any student can have his choice. Somewhere to eat There's a great selection of places around Cambridge to eat. Better still your Cambridge student card will get you discounts and special deals at different restaurants and cafes. The colleges ___44___ students to have dinner together-it's a chance to have a break, catch up with friends, and meet new people. All colleges provide dining facilities where you can buy cafeteria-style meals as well as more formal dinners at a reasonable price. In addition, there are ___45___ cooking tools on the campus, so you can cook for yourself. Somewhere to study When you need a book, a computer or just somewhere quiet to work, you won't need to go far as all of the colleges provide a library and computer room. The university of Cambridge has 114 libraries ___46___ and enough computing facilities to help you with your academic work. Somewhere to play Cambridge ___47___ likes to keep its people and students happy and interested. There are four theatres, three cinemas, and two major entertainment centers, offering various programs which include comedy, drama, dance, concerts and club nights. 42. A. unusual B. interesting C. exciting D. important 43. A. experiments B. exercises C. experiences D. exhibitions 44. A. allow B. encourage C. enable D. require 45. A. amazing B. basic C. wonderful D. attractive 46. A. at all B. after all C. in all D. above all 47. A. certainly B. completely C. actually D. exactly 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, 使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给)9% Recently, many people think it’s dangerous to use credit card numbers online. However, from time to time, we all use passwords and ID numbers on the Internet. We think we are safe, but that may not be t____48____! A new kind of attack is being used by dishonest people to steal IDs and credit card numbers from web surfers. This new kind of attack is called “phishing”. Phishing sounds the same as the word “fishing”, and it means that a thief is trying to trick people into giving away valuable information. Like real fishermen, phishers use bait (诱饵) in the form of great online deals or services. For example, phishers might use false emails and websites to trick people into revealing (透露) credit card numbers, account usernames, and passwords. They imitate (模仿) well-known banks, online sellers, and credit card companies. Successful phishers may make as many as 5% of the people believe and give away their p____49____ information. It’s really a big p____50____! Actually, tricking 5% of the online population is huge. Now more than 4.6 billion people have access (进入权) to the Internet, and 75% of those Internet users live in the wealthiest countries on Earth. It has been reported that phishers send more than 40 billion false m____51____ each year. Even by tricking only 5% of the people, phishers can make a lot of money. Amy, 18, from California, received an email. A man told Amy that she could get a million dollars in her account as a r____52____ if she sent a thousand dollars to him. Amy did as the man said at once. The “thief” used Amy’s Social Security number to get credit cards in her name and transferred (转移) her money. How can people a____53____being cheated online? Above all, they have to learn to recognize the email that has been sent by a phisher. Always be careful with any email with urgent (紧急的) requests for personal information. Phishers typically write upsetting or exciting, but false, statements in their emails so that people will reply right away. Never give out personal information to phishers. And if an offer sounds too good to be true, it is. D. Answer the questions (根据短文内容, 回答下列问题): 7%(最后一题2%) Weighing too much can damage your health, and obesity is a growing problem for both kids and adults around the world. Sleep might be one answer to the problem. A new study has found that elementary school students who slept too little were more likely to gain pounds. Past studies have shown a link between sleeping less and weighing more, but scientists have had a hard time deciding “which came first, the chicken or the egg,” says Julie C. Lumeng of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. In other words, it hasn’t been clear whether kids who weigh too much have trouble sleeping, or whether sleeping less leads to weight gain. Both scenarios (情境) seemed equally possible. To get a better idea of which causes which, Lumeng and colleagues interviewed the parents of 800 third graders from around the United States. The parents answered questions about how well their kids slept that year. Three years later, the parents answered the same questions. By sixth grade, about 18 percent of kids interviewed in the study were overweight. The scientists found no relationship between weight and the students’ race or gender. It also didn’t matter how strict their parents were, or whether they were boys or girls. Obesity struck all of these groups equally. Instead, sleep seemed to be the key factor. Over the 3 years of the study, the children averaged a healthy 9.5 hours of sleep a night. Some kids, however, slept a lot more--or less--than others. For the sixth graders, every hour of sleep above the 9.5-hour average was linked to a 20 percent lower risk of being overweight. Sleep appeared doubly important for the third graders. Every extra hour of sleep they got was linked to a 40 percent drop in obesity by sixth grade. “I expected we would find that this (sleep link with obesity) was just a bunch of bunk,” says Lumeng, a pediatrician (儿科医师). But their findings were believable. No matter how her team looked at the link, “we couldn’t make it go away.”— Emily Sohn. 54. According to the passage, is sleeping a growing problem for both children and adults? ______________________________________________ . 55. What does “Which came first the chicken or the egg,” mean in the passage? It means that scientists can’t decide __________________________. 56. Why did Lumeng and her colleagues interview the parents of 800 third graders from the whole nation? _______________________________________________ 57. There was no relationship between weight and the students’ race or gender, was there? _______________________________________________ 58. According to paragraph 6, how can children lower the risk of being overweight? _______________________________________________ 59. What does the phrase “a bunch of bunk” in the last paragraph probably mean a lie or a truth? How do you know that? ________________________________________________ IX. Writing(作文):(共 11 分) 60. Write a passage of at least 60 words on the topic “Two sections should be on the front page of our school newspaper”. 我们学校的校报，记录着我们学校发生的大事，也反映着我们学生的日常生活。我们可以读到同学们的中英文习作，欣赏同学们的美术画作，了解各种社团的活动信息和精彩瞬间，被幽默故事或玩笑逗乐，还可以看到师长的殷殷期语和专家对于我们生活、心理的指导。假设你是校报的主编，你决定在校报的首页上设立两个栏目，请说明栏目的名称和内容，并谈谈放在首页的理由。 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $