江苏省锡山高级中学实验学校2021-2022学年八年级下学期期中测试英语试卷（含答案）

这是一份江苏省锡山高级中学实验学校2021-2022学年八年级下学期期中测试英语试卷（含答案），共10页。试卷主要包含了听力测试略，单项选择，完形填空，阅读理解，词汇运用，动词填空，任务型阅读，完成句子等内容，欢迎下载使用。
一、听力测试（共20分）略
二、单项选择（本大题共14小题，每小题1分，共14分）
21.I wn't believe that the little by can read five thusand wrds_________I test him myself.
A.afterB.whenC.ifD.until
22.—Des he have_________ f managing a farm?
—Yes,he des.But he had sme terrible_________ in the beginning.
A.experiences;experienceB.experience;experiences
C.experience;experienceD.experiences;experiences
23.An nly-child family is_______six adults and ne child,which makes the child stressed a lt.
A.made fB.made up fC.made inD.made frm
24.—Dad,I want t buy a HUAWEI MateBk 14,but I dn't have enugh mney.D yu have
any gd ideas?
—Dn't waste mney.I have a used laptp in perfect_________.
A.situatinB.infrmatinC.cmmunicatinD.cnditin
25.Wuxi Sunac Land_________ fr three years,but I _________there.
A.has pened;haven't gneB.has been pen;haven't been
C.has been pen;haven't gneD.has pened;haven't been
26.Lucy hit her head_________ the wall when reading the message n the phne.Luckily,she
wasn't hurt.
A.againstB.ppsiteC.n D.abve
27.Bys,we are in big truble!The English teacher has asked all f us t meet him in his ffice,ne_________ .
A.at timesB.at a timeC.all the timeD.every time
28—I bught the geese tw weeks-ag.
—Oh,yu mean yu_________ them_________ half a mnth ag.
A.have kept;sinceB.have bught;fr
C.have had;sinceD.have had;fr
29.There_________ a large car park n this site.But nw yu can nly see tall buildings.
A.used t have B.is used t havingC.was used t beD.used t be
30.The man in a black jacket_________ his hme lcated in Shanghai fr half a mnth.
A.hasn't been away B.hasn't leftC.didn't leaveD.wn't leave
31.I called 119 as sn as I saw thick smke_________ frm my neighbr's huse.
A.riseB.raiseC.raisingD.is rising
32.—I'm lking frward t the latest Wlf Warrirs III._________will it be n?
—_________next summer hliday.
Hw sn;Nt until B.Hw lng;Nt until
C.Hw sn;UntilD.Hw lng;Until
33._________ne and a half mnths since the Russian sldiers_________ Ukraine.
A.There're;arrivedB.It is;reached
C.It is;have been in D It has been;gt
34.—D yu mind my pinting ut yur mistakes?
—_________.Yur advice is imprtant t me.
Nt at all.B.Yu'd better nt.
C.It's my pleasure.D.Of curse.
三、完形填空（本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分）
It was the best f times;it was the wrst f times. It was the seasn f light; it was the seasn f darkness.It was the___35____f hpe;it was the winter f sadness.It was the year ne thusand seven hundred and seventy-five.
In France there was a King and a Queen,and in England there was a King and a Queen.They believed that___36____wuld ever change.But in France things were bad, and getting wrse.The peple were pr,___37____ and unhappy.The King made paper mney and spent it, and the peple had nthing t eat.Behind clsed drs in the hmes f the peple,vices spke in whispers___38____ the King and his nblemen;they were nly whispers,but they were the ___39____ whispers f desperate（绝望的）peple.
Late ne Nvember night,in that same year 1775,a___40____ ging frm Lndn t Dver,stpped at the tp f a lng hill.The hrses were tired,but as they___41____,the driver heard anther hrse cming fast up the hill behind them.The rider stpped his hrse beside the cach and shuted:
“I want a ___42____,Mr.Jarvis Lrry,frm Tell Sn's Banking Lndn.”
“I am Mr.Jarvis Lrry,"said ne f the passengers, putting his head ut f the windw.
“What d yu want?”
"It's me! Jerry,Jerry Cruncher,frm Tell Sn's Bank,sir,”cried the man n the hrse.
“What's the matter,Jerry?"called Mr.Lrry.
“A ___43____fr yu,'ve gt t wait at Dver fr a yung lady."
"Very well,Jerry,"said Mr.Lrry."Tell them my answer is CAME BACK TO LIFE.”
It was a strange message, and a stranger answer. N ne in the cach___44____ what they meant.
B.summerC.autumnD.winter
B.everybdyC.nthingD.nbdy
B.warmC.hungryD.thirsty
B.withC.againstD.by
B.afraidC.excitedD.satisfied
B.cachC.busD.train
B.restedC.layD.slept
B.passengerC.riderD.leader
B.newsC.nteD.message
B.understdC.mistkD.wndered
四、阅读理解（本大题共13小题，每小题2分，共26分）
A
The graphic（图表）abve shws the weather frecast fr Washingtn，D．C．n Sept．26 and the fllwing seven days.Please finish the questins 45-47 accrding t the graphic.
45.When will the highest temperature be in Washingtn,
A.Arund 11:00 a.m.B.Arund nn.
C.Arund 1:00 p.m. D.Arund 2:00 p.m.
46.If Mary plans t have a picnic next Wednesday,what d yu advise her t take?
47.The graphic tells us that____________________.
A.It’s 3:26 in the mrning right nw and the temperature is arund 21℃ r 22℃.
B.there’s little pssibility (可能)f rain in the mrning tday but it’ll turn rainier after 4 p.m.
C.it will be mainly sunny the fllwing week and temperatures change mst n Oct,2
D.the lwest temperature will reach t 14°C n Saturday and it'll be much htter after that day
B
T imprve yur reading，yu can try the frm f readers＇theatre，a frmatted play（排好的剧本）fr readers t read alud. It＇s s interesting！
Cast f Characters:Narratr,Kayla,Ms.Lee,Zack
Narratr: On a sunny day in suthern Texas,Ms.Lee's students gathered in the schl playgrund.
Ms.Lee：Tmrrw is the day f the sidewalk（人行道）chalk-art festival.The principal has allwed us t practise ur wet-chalk drawing n the playgrund sidewalk. Remember,whenever yu want t draw n a sidewalk, always ask an adult in charge fr permissin befre yu draw.Nw let's review the steps f wet-chalk drawing.What d we d first?
Narratr: As the students tld her the steps in rder, Ms.Lee wrte them n a large pad f paper.When she finished writing, she pulled the paper ff the pad and shwed the directins s everyne culd read them.Then the students chse and saked（浸湿）their pieces f chalk.Meanwhile,Kayla and Zack planned their drawing.
Kayla:Let's draw a jungle feast.Parrts can be eating all kinds f fruit.
Zack:I'll draw a mdel train carrying fd t the birds.
Narratr:The students remved their pieces f chalk frm the water and drew. As Zack drew a sweeping curve f train track,his hand kncked ver the jar f water. He and Kayla watched water streak acrss their drawing.
Zack：Our drawing is ruined（毁坏）！
Kayla:Dn't be s wrried! Quick,mix the water and the chalk tgether! Nw let's use mre chalk and smear（涂抹）it arund.
Narratr:Kayla and Zack wrked quickly.The smeared clurs lked glrius,like rich,thick frsting n a cake.
Ms.Lee:That lks great! That's a special methd yu're using, kids.Are yu tw interested in taking part in the chalk-art festival tmrrw? The timetable fr the festival says that drawing starts at 9:00 a.m.
Kayla and Zack:Sure!
Kayla:Tmrrw we’ll pur water ver ur drawing n purpse（故意）.
Zack:Then we'll knw just what t d!
48.What d we knw abut readers' theatre?
A.A place fr readers t enjy plays.
B.A reading material fr peple t read alud.
C.A series f steps fr children t draw n the sidewalk.
D.A number f peple gathering tgether t play games.
49.What des the underlined wrd “streak" in the passage mean?
A.rise rapidlyB.mve quicklyC.disappear suddenlyD.swim slwly
50.The narratr in the readers' theatre____________________.
A.helps the actrs understand the stryB.gives instructins t the actrs
C.tells the whle stry in a silent wayD.tells the places and events
51.What des the underlined sentence"Tmrrw we'll pur water ver ur drawing n
purpse." at the end f the passage mean?
A.Kayla and Zack will ruin their drawing with water fr fun.
B.Kayla and Zack will find the steps by accident by themselves.
C.Kayla and Zack will draw as well as their teacher by puring water.
D.Kayla and Zack will draw pictures using the way they fund tday.
C
Every by wants t find treasure.And Tm was nt different. One summer day Tm tld Huck abut his idea.
“Where can we lk fr treasure?” asked Huck.
“It’s hidden n islands，under dead trees， but mstly under the flrs in haunted（闹鬼的）huses."
S,ne Saturday afternn Tm and his friend went t lk fr treasure at the haunted huse n Cardiff Hill.It was a quiet and lnely place,which made the bys feel very frightened.They entered quietly,and explred dwnstairs.There were cbwebs everywhere and everything was ld and brken.Then they threw their tls in a crner and walked upstairs, but there was nthing there.They were just abut t g dwnstairs and start digging when Tm stpped.
“What is it?"whispered Huck,ging white with fear.
"Keep quiet!There's smene dwnstairs."
The bys lay dwn,lking thrugh the hles in the wden flr. There were tw men dwnstairs.One was an ld Spaniard in a wide smbrer（宽边帽）hat and the ther was dirty and unpleasant-lking.
Tm and Huck shk with fear when they heard the Spaniard speak because they fund it was Indian Je.He said.
"It's time fr us t mve,partner.What will we d with the $650 frm the rbbery?”
"Let's keep $30 each and leave the bag here."
The dirty man went t the fireplace and mved a stne.Then he lifted ut a bag full f mney and tk ut sme cins.The tw bys frgt all their fears when they saw there was real treasure dwnstairs.Then Indian Je started digging a hle with his knife and the knife hit smething.
“What is it?” asked the ther man.
"It's a bx,"said Indian Je.And he put in his hand and pulled ut a handful f gld cins.
The ther man fund the bys' tls,and they sn pulled ut the bx.
"There's much mney,thusands f dllars in there,"said Indian Je.
“The Murrell Gang used this area ne summer,"said his partner.
"They must have hidden their mney here."
“What will we d with this，Je？Will we bury（埋）it again？”
“N，smene might find it，” said Indian Je.“Let’s bury it in the number tw den（窝点）：”
Tm and Huck gt up as sn' as the tw men left.They decided t watch ut fr the “man in the smbrer" when he came t twn and find ut where the number tw den was.
52.Wh des the underlined wrd"He"refer t?
A.Tm.B.Huck.C.Indian Je.D.The dirty man.
53.Which is the right rder f what happened in the stry?
a.The tw bys threw their tls in a crner.
b.The dirty man lifted ut a bag full f mney.
c.Tm and Huck went t lk fr treasure ne day.
d.Indian Je fund a bx full f gld cins.
e.The Murrell Gang hid their mney in the huse.
A.e-c-a-b-dB.e-c-a-d-bC.c-a-b-d-eD.c-d-b-e-a
54.What can we infer frm the passage?
A.The real treasure was $ 650 in the bag.
B.The man in the smbrer was Indian Je.
C.Tm wuld jin Indian Je and be a rbber.
D. Tm and Huck wuld try t get the treasure.
D
Everybdy has a brain,but nt many peple knw hw the brain wrks.Sme peple believe that the brain is like the hard disk f a cmputer. We use it t stre files---pictures,language(wrds,texts,sunds) and s n.Others think the brain t be a huge cupbard with lts f shelves and bxes in it.We put infrmatin int these bxes and hpe t find it again later.
The brain is nt a cmputer disk.And it isn't a cupbard.Lk at the picture here. It lks a bit like weeds（杂草）in a garden，desn't it? The picture actually shws a child's necrtex ---a part f the brain that cntrls sight and hearing.Yu can guess what happens---mre“weeds" grw as the child gets lder.Scientists call these neurnal（神经元的）netwrks.The netwrks grw arund ur neurns.
What makes them grw? Learning!“Learning is brain change,” says Prfessr James Zull frm Case Western University in Cleveland,Ohi,USA."Withut learning,nthing changes in the brain. Fr every new wrd yu learn in yur English lessn, every prblem yu slve in maths, every new sng yu learn t sing,a neurnal netwrk grws in yur brain and the brain changes.”
The mre neurnal netwrks we grw, the better we can think and the better we remember.Yu may wnder if there is anything yu can d t make the netwrks in yur brain grw better.Prfessr Zull says yes,there is.He says that brain change is strngest when yu are interested in and like what yu are learning,yu are in cntrl f what yu learn and yu get challenging tasks that make yu think hard.Understanding a challenging task makes yu feel gd and develps yur brain.
55.What's the main idea f Paragraph 1?
A.The brain---a fantastic cmputer.B.What peple believe abut the brain.
C.Hw t make yur brain strnger.D.Our brain---a grwing system.
56.Which f the fllwing things cannt make ur brain grw better?
A.Learning new wrds in yur favrite English class.
B.Being the first t wrk ut a math prblem.
C.Singing ld sngs when yu are feeling bad.
D.Drawing a mind map after reading a new stry.
57.What's the best title fr the passage?
A.Interest is the best teacherB.G t meet life's challenges!
C.Never t late t learnD.Learning really makes peple clever?
第II卷（主观题共40分）
五、词汇运用（本大题共8小题，每小题1分，共8分）
（A）根据词意和汉语注释，写出单词的正确形式。
58.A lt f furniture and ther necessary gds are brught frm__________（国外）.
59．Wrkers in Frd went n strike（罢工），asking fr better pay and_________（条件）.
60.Clarissa culd think f nthing t say_________（除了）that she was s srry.
61.The tw men were cmplete_________（对立的人）Simn tall and fair，Clive
shrt and dark.
（B）根据句意，写出括号内所给单词的适当形式。
62.When the head teacher finished,there was_________ (die) silence in the meeting rm.
63.Lking at the_________ (tire) faces f these students, I felt sad and stpped t let
them sleep fr a while.
64.Shirley, and Emma, remember nt t g and see this film if yu dn't have strng _________(stmach).
65.The island t the sutheast f Africa seems the _________(lnely)place in the wrld.
六、动词填空（本大题共6小题，每小题1分，共6分）
66．In believing that writing culd inspire（激励）peple and help save the cuntry，Lu Xun
_________(spend) his life telling thughtful stries.
67.—What's wrng with yu? I was trying t cntact yu n the phne all this mrning.
—I'm srry fr I_________ (nt check) my phne. It was ff this mrning.
68.Sme scientists_________（use）bacteria（细菌）t bring art back t life last mnth.
They haven't finished it yet.
69．Dealing with glbal pverty（贫困）_________(becme) ne f the biggest duties f yung peple in the years t cme.
70．The strich（鸵鸟）_________ (cver) five meters in just ne step---as lng as a car!
71.I think spending time with kids is much better than_________ (cntrl)their mbile
phne.
七、任务型阅读（本大题共5空，每空1分，共5分）
It's imprtant t have sme friends in yur life.The fllwing kinds f friends are just what yu need t keep happy.
A lyal best friend
Smetimes a lyal best friend is the nly thing yu need.He knws all f yur deepest and darkest secrets,but still lves yu all the same.
A friend fr a different culture
Yu can learn custms（习俗），values（价值观），and traditins utside f yur wn culture if yu have a friend frm a different culture.Maybe yu can even learn sme new ways t d things.S dn't be afraid f smene that is frm a different culture.Instead,try t learn abut smething different when getting t knw the persn.
A friendly neighbur
These days，a lt f peple dn＇t knw their wn neighburs. It＇s a pity（遗憾），because sme neighburs can help yu a lt smetimes.If yu are n vacatin,an yu find that yu frget t lck the dr,yu can call up yur neighbur and ask him t lck it fr yu.
A wrk pal（朋友）
D yu knw that with a full-time jb,yu spend at least 50% f yur wrking hurs at wrk?S des yur wrk pal.When smething wrries yu at wrk,yu'll find it much easier t wrk with smene.
With these friends in yur life,yu're sure t live a lng and happy life!
八、完成句子（本大题共6题，每小题1分，共6分）
77．在某些方面，火山冲浪就像在海里冲浪，但在其他方面，它是非常不同的。
_______________________,vlcan surfing is like surfing in the sea,but in ther ways, it's very different.
78．看到花飘落时我们忍不住拍照。
We___________________________________________when we saw the falling flwers.
79.政府已经知道如何对付这种疾病，所以我们有信心战胜困难。
The gvernment_______________________________the illness,s we’re cnfident t vercme difficulties.
80．这个导游与他妻子结婚已经七年了。
Seven years ____________________________________________ t his wife.
81.我认为他当时为这次居家隔离准备的食物不够。
I______________________________________fr the hme quarantine then.
82．唯有到韶华逝去之时，我们才能意识到时间的重要性。
We________________________________________________until we are ld.
九、书面表达（本大题共15分）
自2019年12月，新冠疫情爆发以来，我们的生活发生了很大变化。请你阅读下图，准备一篇英文演讲稿，跟同学们谈谈新冠疫情对你的生活有什么影响。
注意：1．需包含图中提示信息；
2．两处补充部分各需发挥至少一句；
3．词数：90词左右。
参考词汇：新冠病毒 COVID-19；疫情 epidemic；量体温 take ne＇s temperature；
口罩 mask；做核酸 take the NAT；打疫苗 get the vaccine；查健康码 check health cde
Dear classmates,
Since the COVID-19 brke ut in Dec,2019,it has been a huge blw t the wrld,including China.Great changes have taken place in ur life.
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参考答案
二.DBBDB ABCDB AABA
三．ACCCA BBBDB
四．DAA BBDD CAD BCD
五．abrad cnditins except ppsites
dead tired stmachs lneliest
spent hasn’t checked were using will becme cvers cntrlling
everything pssible helpful calling difficulty
In sme ways
culdn’t help taking phts
has knwn hw t deal with
has passed since the guide gt married
didn’t think he prepared enugh fd
wn’t realize the imprtance f time
九．略
Fur kinds f friends yu need t have in yur life
A lyal best friend
He knws ___72____abut yn,but still lves yu all the same.
A friend frm a different culture
It’s____73_____ fr yu t learn t d things in new way.
A friendly neighbur
Neighburs can be the nicest and mst___74______ peple.
If yu’re ut and frget t lck the dr,yu can ask yur neighbur t lck it fr yu by ____75_____him.
A wrk pal
When yu have____76_____ with yu with yur wrk,yu can talk t yur wrk pal.