江苏省泰州市靖江市实验学校2021-2022学年八年级下学期期中英语试题（含答案）

江苏省泰州市靖江市实验学校2021-2022学年八年级下学期期中英语试题（含听力）

学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________

一、听录音选图片

1．Which sign does the man mean?

A． B． C．

二、听短对话选答案

2．How will Tina go to Beijing?

A． B． C．

3．What’s Tom’s brother doing now?  

A． B． C．

三、听录音选图片

4．Where has the woman been?

A． B． C．

四、听短对话选答案

5．How does the man think of the book?

A．Boring. B．Useless. C．Interesting.

6．What are they doing at present?

A．They are learning to cook. B．They are watching a play. C．They are having a party.

7．What would the man like to drink?

A．Tea B．Juice C．Coffee

8．What is Max doing?

A．He is watching TV. B．He is reading a book. C．He is listening to music.

9．Where is the bank?

A．In front of a big market. B．Past a big market. C．Behind the post office.

10．What will the two speakers do first?

A．Find the new shirt and tie. B．Clean the wall. C．Paint the wall.

五、听长对话选答案

听对话，回答下列小题。

11．What happened to the man?

A．His car was hit by another one. B．A dog bit him on the road.              C．His car hit a dog on the road.

12．How did it happen?

A．The driver was trying to avoid the dog.

B．The driver was trying to overspeed.(超速)

C．The driver didn’t see the red light.

六、听录音完成表格（含选项）

听短文，回答下列小题。请根据短文内容，选择正确答案，完成信息记录表。

13．A．patients B．children C．parents

14．A．52 B．62 C．42

15．A．800-565-5756 B．800-555-6856 C．800-555-5756

七、听短文选答案

听短文，回答下列小题。

16．Which festival is coming?

A．The Spring Festival. B．Christmas. C．Thanksgiving Day.

17．How soon will Mary be with her parents?

A．In a week. B．In a month. C．In two days.

18．Where is Mary now?

A．In France. B．In England. C．In America.

19．When will Mary arrive in Paris?

A．In the evening. B．In the morning. C．At lunchtime.

20．Why does Mary ask her parents to meet her at the station?

A．Because she has been ill. B．Because she will bring a lot of things. C．Because she has no money.

八、单项选择

21．The idiom(成语) “Mengzi’s mother makes three moves” tells of a mother who did all she could to provide the best  ________ for her child.

A．experience B．instruction C．environment D．information

22．Coffee in hand, Frank watched the rain beating hard ________ the foggy window.

A．through B．across C．behind D．against

23．—________ will the negotiation(谈判) between the two countries last?    

—________ they reach an agreement(协议), I am not sure.

A．How long; Not until B．When; Not until C．How long; Until D．When; Until

24．— How was your trip to Italy?

— It was ________. Staying at home and watching TV would be more fun.

A．magic B．boring C．relaxing D．dangerous

25．The two sessions(两会) ________ for more than one month and many topics such as “double reduction(双减)” were discussed during that period.

A．have started B．have ended C．have been on D．have been over

26．—Would you please help me look for the old suitcase? I can’t find it.

—I’m not sure, but it ________ be thrown away. It must be somewhere in the house.

A．shouldn’t B．mustn’t C．can’t D．needn’t

27．—I’m sorry to        on you, but there are one or two things I don’t understand.

—It doesn’t matter.

A．cut down B．cut out C．cut in D．cut off

28．The composition is not well written, and ________, there are many spelling (拼写) mistakes in it.

A．however B．otherwise C．moreover D．anyway

29．Please put the following sentences in the correct order to form a short passage.

①We have more subjects.②I spend more time on my homework than before.

③Some subjects are difficult.④It is not easy to get used to the changes of life quickly.

A．①②③④ B．④①③② C．④①②③ D．①③②④

30．—Hi, Ken! I hear you are also going to the concert. May I give you a lift?

—________

A．With pleasure. B．That’s all right. C．What a pity! D．It’s kind of you.

九、完形填空

At thirteen, I was already as tall as I am now, and had a lot of freckles(雀斑). I reached the age when I began to really pay attention to(注意) my looks, and I felt ___31___.

I couldn’t help thinking about how to make my skin perfect and life different. Then, in a fashion magazine, I found the ___32___: an ad for a freckle-remover cream(祛斑霜). I knew I could afford it if I saved money. And I ___33___ it. In the following days, I went to the mail box every day secretly. Finally, after three weeks of ___34___, my package(包裹) came.

I went to my room with it, sat on bedside, and opened it ___35___ as if it was a treasure. I was sure that it would remove(除去) my freckles, ___36___ I smeared(胡乱涂抹) the cream all over my body. Later that day I went ___37___ in the field. But there was something important that I didn’t ___38___ about freckle remover. That is, if you wear it in the sun, it seems to have a(n) ___39___ effect(效果). Instead of developing a perfect skin, you just get more and darker freckles.

When I returned from the field, my mother, knowing ___40___ about the cream, began to say things like, “I’ve never seen you with that many freckles before.” Looking at ___41___ in the mirror(镜子), I cried and hid in the bathroom.

My mother came and ordered me to ___42___ and eat. I ignored(忽视) her order, opened the door and ran ___43___ her, to the garden, crying. My grandfather came, and I told him about the freckle remover. I felt so unconfident. He looked at me in surprise and said, “But child, all kinds of flowers are ___44___.” I cried, “I’ve ___45___ seen a pretty flower with freckles!” and ran back to my room.

I cried myself to sleep that night. When I opened my sticky eyes the next morning, the first thing I saw was a tiger lily (虎皮百合), pretty even with all the freckles!

31．A．sad B．weak C．bored D．tired

32．A．truth B．reason C．purpose D．answer

33．A．shared B．managed C．reported D．understood

34．A．working B．trading C．waiting D．trying

35．A．calmly B．bravely C．carefully D．generously

36．A．or B．so C．for D．but

37．A．dancing B．fishing C．farming D．swimming

38．A．dream B．realize C．wonder D．decide

39．A．difficult B．active C．similar D．opposite

40．A．something B．anything C．nothing D．everything

41．A．myself B．herself C．himself D．yourself

42．A．get up B．dress up C．read out D．come out

43．A．by B．to C．over D．after

44．A．fresh B．useful C．important D．beautiful

45．A．always B．never C．just D．recently

十、阅读单选

Teen (青少年的) Writing Competition

Do you love writing? Do you want to show your great talent(天赋）for writing to others? Then we have a competition just for you!

This competition is for children between 14-16 years old. You need to write an English passage of 500 words at most.

For all writers:

①. Your passage must be your very own work.

②. Only one passage each person, please.

③. You should fill in an entry form(参赛表格) with your name, age, email and the title of your passage.

④. The competition will start on 30th April 2022. You should email your passage and the form to 2022teenwritingcompetition@ew.com no later than 30th June 2022, the closing date.

⑤. The result of the competition will come out on 31st October 2022.

⑥. For more information about the competition and the entry form, visit www.teenwritingcompetition.org.

46．Who can join in the competition?A．Dave, 15 years old. B．Jill, a college student.              C．Jack, 11 years old.              D．Dora, an English teacher.

47．What do we know about the prizes?

A．Every writer will get a trophy. B．Every writer will receive a book.

C．There will be three 3rd place winners. D．The 1st place winner can get 1, 000 yuan.

48．All the passages for the competition should ________.

A．be the writers’ own work B．be longer than 500 words

C．have the writers’ name and age D．talk about the writers’ own experience

49．People can know the result of the competition ________ months after the closing date.

A．five B．four C．three D．two

50．Where is the passage probably from?

A．A teacher’s notebook. B．A class report. C．A book about writing.              D．A magazine for teens.

New York is 3 hours ahead of(在……前) California,

but it does not make California slow.

Someone finished school at the age of 22,

but waited 5 years before getting a good job!

Someone became a CEO at 25,

and died at 50.

While another became a CEO at 50,

and   ▲   to 90 years.

Someone is still single(单身的),

while someone else got married.

Obama(奥巴马) retires(退休) at 55,

but Biden(拜登) starts at 78.

Everyone in this world works in their own Time Zone(时区).

People around you might seem to go ahead of you,

some might seem to be behind you.

But everyone is running their own race, in their own time.

Don’t envy(嫉妒) them or laugh at them.

They are in their Time Zone, and you are in yours!

Life is about waiting for the right moment to act.

So, relax.

You’re not late.

You’re not early.

You’re very much on time, and in your Time Zone.

51．We can know that when it’s 7 p.m. in New York, it’s ________ in California.

A．10 a.m. B．4 a.m. C．10 p.m. D．4 p.m.

52．The best word for the blank in the poem is ________.

A．born B．grew C．lived D．married

53．If someone is ahead of or behind you, you shouldn’t ________ them.

A．be worried about B．feel happy with C．get angry with D．envy or laugh at

54．Why does the writer mention(提及，提到) Biden?

A．To show he is good at managing time. B．To show the writer’s ideas about time.

C．To show readers an example. D．To show he is hard-working.

55．What can we learn from the poem?

A．Obama starts at 55, but Trump retires at 70. B．Life is all about waiting for time zones.

C．The earlier we succeed, the better we will be. D．Don’t hurry and take your own action.

Tom: You enjoy playing computer games, don’t you, Peter?

Peter: Yes, why?

Tom: Well, you know my friend Sam. All he does is to talk about computer games. When I go to his house he is always playing. I mean I enjoy the games too but not every day.

Peter: Well, tell him he should get a life!

Tom: I can’t say that. He’s my friend.

Peter: Well, it sounds like you need to say something!

Tom: What can I do? I’m getting bored with going to his house. When he asks me to go round, I pretend(假装) there is a reason that I can’t go. He is addicted(成瘾). He can’t stop!

Peter: Well, the trouble is, the more you play, the more you want to improve. So sometimes it’s difficult to stop. Does he like doing anything else? He must have other things he likes to do.

Tom: Well, he used to like playing bowling(保龄球).

Peter: That’s easy then.. why not go to the bowling club? Take some of your other friends. If a big group of you go to play, I am sure you will have a laugh.

Tom: Do you think that will help?

Peter: If you make him go out and do other things with you, he will have less time to play his computer games, he will enjoy other things and may stop wanting to play the games so much.

(A couple of weeks later, Tom talks with Peter again.)

Peter: So how are things with Sam?

Tom: Better now. I told him I didn’t want to play computer games all the time. I advised going to the bowling club with some other friends.

Peter: And did he want to go?

Tom: He wouldn’t come with us the first time, but then we all told him we had a good time. So the next time he said he would come along.

Peter: He didn’t want to miss the fun!

Tom: It’s great, and now Sam has started to go out more. We’ve been to the club a few times and he loves playing bowling. Next week a big group of us is going skating. He doesn’t talk about computer games as much as he used to!

56．What does the underlined phrase “get a life” probably mean?

A．be sent to school B．live a full and rich life C．be sent to hospital              D．live a terrible life

57．Why does Tom hate going to Sam’s house? Because ________.

A．they don’t share the same interest B．Sam always plays and talks about computer games

C．Sam doesn’t care about their friendship D．Tom dislikes playing computer games

58．What’s Peter trying to do?

A．To break the friendship between Tom and Sam. B．To ask Tom to be friendly to Sam.

C．To offer Tom some advice. D．To ask Tom to go to the bowling club.

59．With the help of his friends, Sam has started to change ________.

A．his time of getting up B．his work style C．his way to study              D．his lifestyle

60．What can you learn from the passage above?

A．No pain, no gain. B．When in Rome, do as Romans do.

C．Every dog has its day. D．A friend is a true treasure.

Have you ever entered a tropical rainforest(热带雨林)? Rainforests make up only a small part of the Earth’s surface(表面), about six percent, but there are more kinds of trees than any other area in the whole world.

Tropical rainforests are in Africa, Asia, Central and South America, Australia, and on the Pacific islands(太平洋岛屿). The largest tropical rainforest is the Amazon (亚马逊)Rainforest in South America, which covers almost five million square kilometres. The second largest rainforest is in Western Africa.

Rainforests provide us with many things. In fact, the Amazon Rainforest is the “lungs(肺) of the Earth” because it produces(生产) 20% of the world’s oxygen(氧气). Also, a quarter of the world’s fresh water is found in the Amazon Rainforest. What’s more, one half of the world’s kinds of animals, plants and insects live in the Earth’s rainforests. 80% of the food first grew in the rainforest. 25% of the medicines are made of plants that grow only in rainforests. Some of these medicines are even used to fight and cure cancer(癌症).

There are four different levels of trees in a rainforest. The forest floor is the lowest layer(层) full of animal life and receives the least amount(数量) of light. The under storey is the dark, cool environment under the leaves but over the ground. The canopy layer is the upper parts of most of the trees. The emergent layer contains a small number of very tall trees.

These different parts of a rainforest exist(存在) together to provide an ecosystem(生态系统) for many animals, plants and people.

61．The Amazon Rainforest provides us with ________ percent of the world’s oxygen.

A．twenty B．twenty-five C．fifty D．eighty

62．Where can we probably find a tropical rainforest according to the passage?

A．In France. B．In China. C．In Canada. D．In Britain.

63．Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A．Rainforests make up about six percent of the Earth’s surface.

B．The largest tropical rainforest is the Amazon Rainforest in Western Africa.

C．50% of the world’s kinds of animals, plants and insects live in the rainforests.

D．Rainforests can provide people food and medicine.

64．Which is the right picture to show four different levels of trees in a rainforest?

A． B． C． D．

65．This passage is mainly about ________.

A．kinds of forest B．where rainforests are

C．facts about rainforests D．how much oxygen rainforests make

十一、阅读填表

请根据短文内容，完成信息记录表，每空一词。

Five Tricks to Make Your Memory Better

Remembering things, like names, dates, and other fine details is just like playing basketball. It’s also a skill that we can practice. The five memory tricks below can help train your memory.

Imagine(想象) what you want to take before you get it

When walking into another room or passing through a doorway, something changes our short-term(短期的) memory and makes us forget what we went there for. Think about your purpose before you leave the present room, you’ll increase(增加) your chances of remembering what you want.

Learn the chunking technique(组块技术)

We can only remember a small number of things for a short time—about four to seven different items. The chunking technique is helpful for us to get past this limitation(限制). We can group some items into a larger whole, then we can remember a large number of things at a time.

Make good use of the power of music

We forget names and numbers so easily, except our favorite songs or nursery rhymes(儿歌) from childhood. Music helps us remember things well. If you want to learn a foreign language, try training with music videos with words of this language. In a word, singing can help us remember things.

Create(创造) mnemonic pegs(助记符) to remember long lists

Even without the music background, you can use rhyme to remember things like shopping lists. You can build a connection(联系) between the items and the things that rhyme. For example, 1 rhymes with a gun, 2 rhymes with a shoe, and so on.

Take care of your health and learn new skills

Sadly, our memory falls as we get older. Taking care of our basic health, though, can help you brain work in a proper way. That means exercising and staying fit, and keeping your brain healthy too by learning new skills.

Follow one trick that works for you, and you can make your memory better and better.

十二、语法填空

语篇填空

“The milk tea in this store is ... ‘YYDS’! I can’t help but stomp(跺) my ‘jiojio.’ Oh, and the ice cream! Ah! Ah! Ah! It’s ‘juejuezi’!”

This paragraph is not long, ____76____ some people (your parents and grandparents, for example) may have problems understanding these words. What are the ____77____ (mean) of “YYDS” and “juejuezi”? Was the writer happy with the milk tea and the ice cream? Or was she trying to complain ____78____ them?

If people know little about online buzzwords (流行语), it’s hard for them ____79____ (enjoy) the happiness of visiting the Internet these days. In some ways, these buzzwords have made a difference to China’s social media(媒体). You might say it’s just a fad(一时的风尚). The problem is that you may depend(依赖) too much on these buzzwords and giving up ____80____ (use) your own brain(大脑).

Just think about it: How would you describe delicious food? You might use “YYDS” or “juejuezi”. How would you describe ____81____ favorite English newspaper? You might still use “YYDS” or “juejuezi”. It seems that you can never think of a ____82____ (good) way to describe things when using these buzzwords.

Let’s take a look at how ____83____ (success) writers describe their favorite things. The Chinese writer Lu Yao once ____84____ (write) about a full moon: “The moon appears quietly from behind the mountains. It sprinkles(撒) its pale light on the fields... Everything appears hazy(朦胧的), as if veiled(以纱遮盖).” The description is so wonderful that the readers can ____85____ (easy) think of the beauty of the moon.

You may continue using “YYDS” or “juejuezi” when you are chatting with your friends. But you’d better not depend on these buzzwords. Do some serious reading and think about how you can add more details to the descriptions of your favorite things.

十三、用所给单词的正确形式填空

86．The three astronauts(宇航员) ________ (win) lots of high praise(赞扬) since they returned to earth on April 16, 2022.

87．Do you still remember the excitement about the Winter Olympic Games? It’s time to get excited again—the ________ (twenty) Provincial Games(省运会) are now just on the way to Taizhou.

88．Look, the little cat is enjoying ________ (it) meal under the table.

89．These ________ (fisherman) homes are no longer in the boats because of the government’s no fishing law on Yangtze River.

90．Because of COVID-19, many office workers in Shanghai are used to ________ (work) online at home.

十四、同义句转化

91．Amy often donates money to charities.She is helpful.(保持句意基本不变)

It is ________ ________ Amy to donate money to charities.

92．Avatar is such a popular movie that it catches many people’s attention.(注意力). (同义句转换)

The movie Avatar is ________  ________ to catch many people’s attention.

93．You can’t borrow books from the library without a membership card(会员卡). (同义句转换)

You can’t borrow books from the library ________ you ________ have a membership card.

94．In 2000 a company in Japan put a camera in a mobile phone. And the camera phone appeared(出现). (同义句转换)

A ________ company made the camera phone in the early 21st ________.

95．Controlling(控制) the children too much is harmful(有害的) to them. Parents should try not to do it. (同义句转换)

Controlling the children too much is ________ for them. Parents should ________ doing it.

十五、电子邮件

96．假如你是林涛，你校爱尔兰外教Johnson因病回国休假，请你给他写一封电子邮件，主要内容包括：

1.询问Johnson近况；

2.告诉Johnson你校上周五举行的活动并谈一谈你的感受；

3.从下周五的两项活动中选择你准备参加的一项，说明理由，与Johnson分享。

要求：

1. 所写内容必须包括题目要求的所有信息；

2. 文章不少于80词，开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数；

3. 语意通顺，意思连贯，条理清楚，书写规范；

4. 文中不得出现真实的姓名、校名等信息。

Dear Johnson,I’m Lin Tao. I can’t tell you how sorry I felt when I heard that you had to return to Ireland on sick leave. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

I hope you will get well soon and I’m expecting your early return to China.

Yours sincerely,

Lin Tao

参考答案：

1．B

2．B

3．C

4．C

5．C

6．C

7．B

8．B

9．A

10．B

11．A    12．A

13．B    14．B    15．C

16．B    17．A    18．B    19．C    20．B

21．C

22．D

23．C

24．B

25．D

26．C

27．C

28．C

29．B

30．D

31．A    32．D    33．B    34．C    35．C    36．B    37．C    38．B    39．D    40．C    41．A    42．D    43．A    44．D    45．B

46．A    47．B    48．A    49．B    50．C

51．D    52．C    53．D    54．C    55．D

56．B    57．B    58．C    59．D    60．D

61．A    62．B    63．B    64．D    65．C

66．improve    67．Introduction    68．getting    69．why    70．help    71．music    72．hard##difficult    73．worse    74．properly    75．following

76．but    77．meanings    78．about    79．to enjoy    80．using    81．your

    82．better    83．successful    84．wrote    85．easily

86．have won

87．twentieth

88．its

89．fishermen’s

90．working

91．     helpful     of

92．     popular     enough

93．     if     don’t

94．     Japanese     century

95．     bad     avoid

96．例文

Dear Johnson,

I’m Lin Tao. I can’t tell you how sorry I felt when I heard that you had to return to Ireland on sick leave. I’m wondering whether you feel much better these days.

 We have organized many activities recently. Last Friday, we held a Reading Day in the classroom and it included a short play. Some of my classmates took part in it and had a good time. I also thought it was great fun. Next Friday, there will be two activities in our school. I prefer to listen to a talk about good manners in the City library. After the talk, we can also have a chance to communicate with the speaker. It will be very meaningful.

I hope you will get well soon and I’m expecting your early return to China.

Yours sincerely,

Lin Tao