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2024-2025学年第二学期期中学情调研 八年级新剑桥试题卷 时间：100分钟 分值：120分 命题人：安露、陈冰 审核人：朱叶 亲爱的同学： 欢迎参加八年级新剑桥调研！本调研卷分试题卷和答题卡两部分。调研时间100分钟。请首先阅读试题卷及答题卡上的文字信息，然后在答题卡上作答，在试卷上作答无效。交卷时只交答题卡。 一、根据汉语提示填空 (每题1分，共10分) 1 We are always pleased to ________ ________ our customers. (收到……来信) 2. It’s ________ ________ ________ ________ to run for half an hour every morning—we are already used to that. (不是什么大事) 3. Li Hua ________ ________ ________ ________ change his bad eating habits three hours ago. (决定去做……) 4. We are asked to ________ ________ ________ about school rules. (做报告) 5. It’s normal to ________ ________ in life, but the important thing is to learn from them and grow. (犯错) 6. She really didn’t want to ________ ________ ________ the whole family thing. (被牵扯进……) 7. I found out an old photo album while cleaning my room ________ ________. (偶然) 8. Thousands of people have joined the activity and ________ ________ for gorillas. (筹钱) 9. He promised to help, but he didn’t show up ________ ________. (终究) 10. In no way can you ________ ________ or stick your chopsticks into your food because it’s regarded as rude. (发出噪音) 二、用所给词的适当形式或者虚词填空 (每题1分，共20分) 11. When she finally fell ________, she began to dream. (sleep) 12. My good father is a professional doctor who is full of ________. (patient) 13. He’s been hit by a succession of (一系列) ________ since he joined the team. (injury) 14. This movie is so ________ that it is not allowed children to watch it. (frighten) 15. My phone screen is ________, so I need to get it repaired before my trip. (break) 16. It’s ________ to interrupt someone while they’re speaking. (polite) 17. The small coastal town is known for its ________ beaches and clear blue waters. (attract) 18. “Wow, the emperor is not wearing clothes!” shouted an ________ boy. (dishonest) 19. Saimir Strati is one of the world’s most well-known modern mosaic (马赛克) ________. (art) 20. I found the job ________ at first but I soon got used to it. (tired) 21. She trained for months to prepare for the national piano ________. (compete) 22. He may have lost the race, but he’s still a ________ in my eyes. (win) 23. We had an ________ with the waiter about the bill. (argue) 24. He wasn’t ________ about losing the game, he just wanted to enjoy the process. (worry) 25. David was ________ at the beauty of the scenery. (amazing) 26. Can you imagine ________ on a trip around the world? (go) 27. If you have ________ a trip during summer holiday, certainly you will want to share some photos on WeChat. (plan) 28. As the storm began, everyone ________ on the playground. (appear) 29. His dream is to become a ________ table tennis player. (profession) 30 She made a formal ________ to the professor to speak at the university’s graduation ceremony. (invite) 三、完形填空。 (每题1分，共15分) 先通读短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个可以填入相应空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 Kimi was a middle school student. He had always been attracted by Chinese culture. He loved learning about the ____31____, traditions, and customs of his country. One day, while looking through the Internet, he noticed some information ____32____ Western culture. He was surprised to find that there were many differences between Chinese and Western ____33____. Kimi couldn’t believe what he was reading. He found it ____34____ to understand why people in the West did things so differently from people in China. He thought that Western culture was strange. He decided to ____35____ about it with his best friend, Jack. “Jack, have you ever noticed how different Western culture is from Chinese culture?” Kimi asked. “Yeah, I have,” Jack replied. “But that doesn’t mean we should think it’s strange. We should try to ____36____ and appreciate (欣赏) it.” “But ____37____ do they do things so differently?” Kimi asked. “Well, different cultures have ____38____ values,” Jack explained. “For example, in the West, individualism (个人主义) is ____39____ valued, while in China, collectivism (集体主义) is more important.” Kimi thought about what Jack had ____40____. He found that he had been too quick to judge (评价) Western culture. He decided to learn more about it. Over the next few weeks, Kimi tried many ____41____ to help himself understand Western culture, such as reading books and watching movies about it. And he had learned a great deal. He knew that things could not be said to be strange and bad just because they were different from yours. Kimi ____42____ that it was very common to find differences. Everyone is different, so how could two countries with totally different backgrounds be the same? In the end, Kimi changed ____43____ attitude (态度) towards Western culture. By learning about the differences, he could understand the ____44____ better and become a more open-minded person. He was ____45____ to continue learning about different cultures and exploring the world around him. 31. A. art B. math C. science D. history 32. A. about B. with C. for D. like 33. A. songs B. pictures C. cities D. cultures 34. A. hard B. special C. brave D. safe 35. A. think B. talk C. learn D. worry 36. A. imagine B. explain C. understand D. receive 37. A. what B. where C. why D. When 38. A. similar B. different C. common D. important 39 A. lightly B. slowly C. highly D. totally 40. A. made B. said C. looked D. asked 41. A. ways B. skills C. plans D. moments 42 A. heard B. realized C. suggested D. guessed 43. A. their B. his C. her D. its 44. A. life B. world C. nature D. mood 45. A. happy B. sorry C. moved D. surprised 四、阅读理解 (每题2分，共40分) 阅读下面四篇语言材料，然后按文后要求做题。 A Labor education is required in China with the purpose of developing students’ independence. Since this fall term, students in primary and middle schools have been taking at least one class every week to learn basic household skills like cooking and cleaning. What should you learn in labor education? First and second graders in primary schools *Do basic cleaning. *Wash vegetables and peel fruit. *Learn to raise one or two kinds of plants or small animals. Third and fourth graders in primary schools *Wash underwear, socks and shoes. *Clean classrooms. *Learn how to make cold dishes and use simple home appliances（家用电器）. *Try planting vegetables or keeping animals. Fifth and sixth graders in primary schools *Cook two or three common dishes, like fried eggs. *Learn to make a nutritional（有营养的）recipe. *Raise one or two kinds of common local vegetables or animals. Middle school students *Cook three or four dishes independently. *Take part in local productive labor like potting plants. *Learn to repair some home appliances. *Learn how to make one or two kinds of traditional things by hand. *Get firsthand experience in farming, industrial production or the modern service industry. 根据材料内容选择最佳答案。 46. Who is the text written for? A. Teachers. B. Parents. C. Farmers. D. Students. 47. What should Eric, a boy in Grade Five, learn in labor education? A. He should learn to do the dishes. B. He should learn to fix up some home appliances. C. He should learn to make dishes. D. He should learn to make a traditional handicraft. 48. Which is not included in the labor education according to the text? A. B. C. D. 49. What is the text mainly about? A. It’s about the purpose of labor education. B. It’s about the way to get labor education. C. It’s about the reason why labor education is important. D. It’s about what to learn in labor education. 50. In which part of a magazine can you find the text above? A. Health B. Education C. Culture D. Volunteer B If you could have any animal as a pet, real or imaginary, what would it be and why? At the beginning of the school year, each student would be given a special job for which they would be responsible ( 负责的) for the whole term. Rita,a quiet and hard-working girl, hoped for an exciting task, like taking care of the class plants. Instead, she received a small box with sand and a small ant. Even though the teacher said that this task was very special, Rita could not help feeling disappointed. However, she decided to do her best with her new responsibility. She began to study and care for the ant, learning about its habitat (栖息地) and needs. She made the box a comfortable home for the ant, and it grew much bigger than anyone expected. Rita’s efforts caught the attention of her science teacher, Mr. Thompson. He turned her work into a class project, and Rita became an expert on ants in her class. Her hard work helped the whole class learn about the behavior and habitats of ants. They even built a small ant farm in the classroom to watch the ant closely. As the school year progressed, Rita’s classmates became more and more interested in the ant project. They started asking her questions and finding out the ant’s behavior themselves. Rita felt proud to share her knowledge and see her classmates so interested. She even organized a presentation (报告) where she shared her findings with the whole school during the science fair. At the end of the year, the school recognized Rita’s class as the best of the year. They praised Rita for her hard work and how she turned a small responsibility into something big. Rita learned that every task, no matter how small, could make a big difference. She also learned that sometimes the most unexpected things can lead to great success. 根据材料内容选择最佳答案。 51. Which word can describe Rita’s feeling when she received the task? A. Excited. B. Helpless. C. Unhappy. D. Proud. 52. According to the text, which of the following is TRUE? A. Her classmates lost interest in the project as time went on. B. She became the most popular student in the school. C. The project became a class-wide learning opportunity. D. She kept her findings to herself and did not share them with anyone. 53. From the experience of the ant project, Rita learned ________. A. some tasks are not worth the effort B. however small the task is, it can make a big difference C. unexpected tasks always lead to disappointment D. the success of a project depends on luck, not hard work 54. What is the correct order according to the text? a. Rita tried her best to learn something about how to look after the ant. b. Rita was received a task she was less interested in. c. Mr. Thompson paid attention to Rita’s efforts. d. Rita became popular in her school. A. a-b-c-d B. c-a-b-d C. b-c-a-d D. b-a-c-d 55. How does the writer lead the topic into the text? A. By asking a question. B. By telling a joke. C. By using an old saying. D. By making a survey. C We can see circles, squares and triangles everywhere in our daily life. Have you thought about their meanings in films? Much like colors, different shapes can show different features (特征) of characters in the scenes. Circles represent (代表) things that are soft and natural. The round shape reminds us of things that appear in nature, like the sun, flowers, raindrops and so on. We can also connect circles with beautiful eyes, babies’ round faces...All these things make us feel happy and warm. This is why so many cartoon characters’ bodies-heroes, kids, good people—are round in shape, because circles represent goodness, happiness and friendliness. Squares show things that are unnatural or man-made, or things that are boring or old-fashioned. In Up, Carl, an elderly man, has a square face and wears square glasses, while Russell, an 8-year-old boy with a round face, always wears round medals. These shapes show the characters’ personalities. Carl is stubborn (执拗的) and lonely, while Russell is lovely and full of energy. The angriest shape is the triangle. Every kid who draws a monster with sharp teeth draws a row of triangles, don’t they? That’s because the shape represents fear, distrust and doubt in some way. Look at the bad guys in cartoons—they are all drawn with plenty of points and triangles, like Shen Gongbao in Ne Zha. And triangles are stable (稳固的) and don’t easily fall down. In films, this feature makes bad people difficult to deal with. Not only in cartoons, but also in other kinds of films, different shapes are used for the same purpose. So ,next time you see a film, try to find the hidden shapes and you will know what the characters are like. 根据材料内容选择最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 56. The writer explains the relationship between squares and personalities of cartoon characters by ________. A. telling a story B. giving an example C. raising a question D. showing the results of a study 57. Why is Shen Gongbao mentioned in Paragraph 4? A. Because kids think he is a monster. B. Because he has a row of sharp teeth. C. Because he is a bad guy in the film. D. Because he is not easy to deal with. 58. What does the underlined word “triangle” refer to? A. B. C. D. 59. Which of the following is the structure of the passage? A. B. C. D. 60. What does the passage mainly talk about? A. Why different shapes represent different things. B. What makes heroes in films have great charm. C. What different shapes represent in films. D. How to make cartoons with different colors and shapes. D Some believe that people are either smart or dumb. And if they are smart, everything is easy for them. ____61____ But they can improve the skills they have and develop new ones. What’s your opinion? In fact, this is related to one’s mindset (思维模式). Dr. Carol Dweck, a psychology (心理) professor at Stanford University, has discovered that people with a fixed mindset solve problems in a much different way from those with a growth mindset. Dr. Dweck found people with a fixed mindset care about grades. When they make mistakes, they think it means they’re not smart. ____62____ They’re afraid of challenges, because if they don’t do well, they may look dumb. People with a growth mindset, on the other hand, care about learning, not grades. They learn from mistakes by trying different ways to solve problems or asking for help. ____63____ They discovered that students with a growth mindset do better in math; those with a fixed mindset do worse. Why? Kids with both mindsets do well in primary school, but middle school math is much harder. So while the growth-mindset kids accept the challenge and work harder, the fixed-mindset kids may just give up. ____64____ But Dweck’s team discovered something even more important than that. They found that, with some work, kids can choose to have a growth mindset and do better in school. Everyone has some of each type of mindset. ____65____ When you hear your fixed mindset voice telling you that you’re dumb, or that you’ll look stupid if you ask for help, or that learning a new skill is hard, talk back to it! Then you really can get smarter by working hard, practicing and challenging yourself! 根据材料内容，从下面五个选项中选出能填入文中空缺处的最佳选项，使文章意思通顺、内容完整，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A. As a result, their grades drop. B. They also care about how smart they look. C. Some hold the belief that not everyone can become a genius (天才). D. They are just like two kinds of voices in your head. E. Dweck and her team did a research among middle school students. 五、语篇填空 (每题1分，共15分) 阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使短文通顺。意思完整。每空限填一词，每词限用一次。请将答案填写在答题卡的相应位置上。 smile bright why lead grandfather word of recently learn nobody I once saw a TV program about ancient China. A ____66____ in the program caught my attention: Inheritance (传承). “Do you know what inheritance is, Grandpa?” I asked. Grandpa ____67____ but didn’t say anything. He took out a Chinese erhu from a box and played it. Slowly I was ____68____ to a magic place by the beautiful music. “What you saw and heard is inheritance,” he said. When I grew up, I started to ____69____ the piano. My skills were praised by my classmates and teachers after several years’ training. ____70____, a teacher of the folk music club asked me for help. I wondered ____71____ she chose me. In my opinion, folk music was very different from the piano. Well, it turned out that the boy who played erhu in their team was ill, and she thought of ____72____ but me. She hoped I could take his place for a while. “How crazy!” I thought. But I still decided to try. The next day, I joined the team ____73____ these musicians. “Why are you interested in folk music?” I asked them. “I think there must be someone to inherit these things,” one of the players said. Hearing this, I suddenly remembered my ____74____ words. Inheritance isn’t far from us. If everyone takes a part, the future of the historical tradition of China will be much ____75____. It’s never too late to spread the traditional culture. 阅读短文，根据语篇要求填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词。 People often say that the world is like a book. Somebody who never travels may only read one page of it. ___76___ you agree? I like travelling ___77___ it lets me enjoy the great rivers and mountain s in nature. It also brings me knowledge and good friends. During a trip, the beautiful scenery makes me feel great and friendly people make me feel warm. When travelling, I always find something wonderful. ___78___ example, I like the feeling on the road because it makes my life rich and colorful. Getting to different places makes me know how big the world ___79___ . I think an open mind is very important to a person. Travelling is ___80___ good way to get it. In a word, travelling is good for us and it can make us know more about the world. 六、书面表达 (共20分) 81. 学校英语社团公众号计划做一期主题为“榜样人物”的系列推送。请你根据以下内容提示用英文写一篇短文，推荐你心中的一位榜样，并写明推荐理由。 我心中的榜样人物 榜样人物 如：我的同学 推荐他/她的原因 1. 总是乐于助人 2. …… 3. …… 对你的影响 1. 学习上取得进步 2. …… 3. …… (1) 可在上述内容提示的基础上适当拓展信息； (2) 语句连贯，词数80左右。作文的标题和开头已经给出，不计入总词数。 The Role Model in My Heart Everyone has a role model in his or her heart. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2024-2025学年第二学期期中学情调研 八年级新剑桥试题卷 时间：100分钟 分值：120分 命题人：安露、陈冰 审核人：朱叶 亲爱的同学： 欢迎参加八年级新剑桥调研！本调研卷分试题卷和答题卡两部分。调研时间100分钟。请首先阅读试题卷及答题卡上的文字信息，然后在答题卡上作答，在试卷上作答无效。交卷时只交答题卡。 一、根据汉语提示填空 (每题1分，共10分) 【1题答案】 【答案】 ①. hear ②. from 【2题答案】 【答案】 ①. not ②. a ③. big ④. deal 【3题答案】 【答案】 ①. made ②. a ③. determination ④. to 【4题答案】 【答案】 ①. give ②. a ③. report 【5题答案】 【答案】 ①. make ②. mistakes 【6题答案】 【答案】 ①. be ②. involved ③. in 【7题答案】 【答案】 ①. by ②. accident 【8题答案】 【答案】 ①. raised ②. money 【9题答案】 【答案】 ①. after ②. all 【10题答案】 【答案】 ①. make ②. noise 二、用所给词的适当形式或者虚词填空 (每题1分，共20分) 【11题答案】 【答案】asleep 【12题答案】 【答案】patience 【13题答案】 【答案】injuries 【14题答案】 【答案】frightening 【15题答案】 【答案】broken 【16题答案】 【答案】impolite 【17题答案】 【答案】attractive 【18题答案】 【答案】honest 【19题答案】 【答案】artists 【20题答案】 【答案】tiring 【21题答案】 【答案】competition 【22题答案】 【答案】winner 【23题答案】 【答案】argument 【24题答案】 【答案】worried 【25题答案】 【答案】amazed 【26题答案】 【答案】going 【27题答案】 【答案】planned 【28题答案】 【答案】disappeared 【29题答案】 【答案】professional 【30题答案】 【答案】invitation 三、完形填空。 (每题1分，共15分) 【31~45题答案】 【答案】31. D 32. A 33. D 34. A 35. B 36. C 37. C 38. B 39. C 40. B 41. A 42. B 43. B 44. B 45. A 四、阅读理解 (每题2分，共40分) 阅读下面四篇语言材料，然后按文后要求做题。 A 【46~50题答案】 【答案】46. D 47. C 48. A 49. D 50. B B 【51~55题答案】 【答案】51. C 52. C 53. B 54. D 55. A C 【56~60题答案】 【答案】56. B 57. C 58. A 59. A 60. C D 【61~65题答案】 【答案】61. C 62. B 63. E 64. A 65. D 五、语篇填空 (每题1分，共15分) 【66~75题答案】 【答案】66. word 67. smiled 68. led 69. learn 70. Recently 71. why 72. nobody 73. of 74. grandfather’s 75. brighter 【76~80题答案】 【答案】76. Do 77. because 78. For 79. is 80. a 六、书面表达 (共20分) 【81题答案】 【答案】例文： The Role Model in My Heart Everyone has a role model in his or her heart. Mine is my classmate, Li Hua. Li Hua is not only kind but also always ready to help others. He often helps classmates with their studies or other problems. Besides being helpful, he studies very hard and is never afraid of difficulties. He is also very brave and always stands up for what is right. Li Hua influences me a lot. Because of him, I study harder and have made progress in my subjects. I also learn to be braver. Moreover, I try to help others more often now, just like him. I think Li Hua is a great role model for all of us 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$