河北省保定市定州市2022-2023学年八年级下学期期中考试英语试题

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本试卷共120分，考试时间90分钟。
Ⅰ.单项选择（共15小题，每小题1分，计15分）
选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
（ ）1.—The air here is much fresher than befre.
—Exactly! We a lt f trees in the past few years.
A. Planted B. were planting C. have planted D. will plant
（ ）2.I am thirsty. Culd yu give me water?
A. Sme B. any C. little D. ther
（ ）3.—Please ur pet dg when we’re away. Thank yu s much!
—N prblem!
A. lng fr B. lk after C. hld n D. take ff
（ ）4. Can yu that dictinary t me? I want t lk up a wrd.
A. g past B. pass n C. wrk n D. pass by
（ ）5.N matter busy he is, he wn’t give up his hbby.
A. where B. hw C. what D. wh
（ ）6. Our hmetwn a lt in recent years.
A. have changed B. have been changedC. has changed D. has been changed
（ ）7.My shes were made s they are very expensive.
A. in hand B. with hand C. by hand D. n hand
（ ）8.The plice the whle huse but didn’t find any clues.
A. searched fr B. lked C. fund ut D. searched
（ ）9.Nthing is difficult yu put yur heart int it.
A. if B. thugh C. that D. s
（ ）10.Dn’t yur parents t much, yu have grwnup.
A. depend B. depend n C. lk after D. lk at
（ ）11.We must medicine frm children. They may take it by mistake.
A. hide B. cheat C. lead D. get
（ ）12. It is raining , but all f my classmates cme t schl as usual.
A. heavily B. quickly C. easily D. luckily
（ ）13.—I’m wrrying abut ur English test these days.
—There is nthing t wrry abut yu wrk hard.
A. until B. s that C. as sn as D. as lng as
（ ）14.Every mrning, my alarm clck always at 6:00.
A. wakes me up B. wakes up me C. wke me upD. wke up me
（ ）15. —Did yu the invitatin t Mike’s birthday party?
—Yes. But I didn’t g.
A. shw B. give C. send D. receive
Ⅱ.完形填空（共10小题，每小题1分，计10分）
In a very cld winter, there was a grup f mnkeys living in a frest and they were lking fr fire t get warm.
One night, they saw a firefly(萤火虫) and thught that it was 16 .Tw mnkeys tried t catch the firefly 17 it escaped. In the next evening, the mnkeys caught a few fireflies successfully. They 18 the fireflies in a hle and tried t blw the fireflies.
An wl was watching the 19 f the mnkeys. He reached the mnkeys and tld them, “Hey, thse are nt fire! They are fireflies. Yu wn’t be able t use them t 20 a fire.” The mnkeys laughed at the wl. The wl 21 the mnkeys a few times again. But the mnkeys still kept blwing the fireflies.
At last, the wl tld the mnkeys, “G t find a cave(洞穴) t stay. Yu can save 22 frm the cldness!” The mnkeys still didn't listen t the wl. And they didn’t stp their 23 activities. Until midnight, they were very tired and realized that the wl was crrect.
They decided t find a cave. And 24 , they escaped frm the cldness. This stry tells us that we may g wrng smetimes and shuld accept thers’ 25 .
（ ）16.A. fire B. wind C. rain D. snw
（ ）17.A. and B. but C. r D. s
（ ）18.A. put B. cut C. turned D. rdered
（ ）19.A. families B. wrds C. activities D. ambitins
（ ）20.A. fly B. make C. catch D. shake
（ ）21.A. warned B. missed C. asked D. answered
（ ）B. yurselves C. myselfD. urselves
（ ）B. brave C. cmmnD. pretty
（ ）24.A. recently B. finally C. nearly D. already
（ ）25.A. questin B. habit C. advice D. hbby
Ⅲ.阅读理解（共15小题，每小题2分，计30分）
阅读A、B、C、D四篇材料，然后从各小题给出的选项中选出最佳答案。
A
We talk every day. When we have gd news, we like t share it with ur gd friends and when smething terrible happens, we will let thers knw sn. But d yu knw that a tree can talk and share news? It sunds strange, but it’s true that sme trees can als cmmunicate with each ther. Of curse, n tree mves lips and says wrds just as peple d.
Willw trees(柳树) are the best-knwn f these trees. When insects(昆虫) begin eating a willw tree, the tree gives ut a special smell at nce. This smell tells the ther willw trees that insects are cming near. All f them quickly make a chemical(化学物质) in their leaves. This chemical is bad fr the insects. The insects d nt like it and they fly away sn. In this way, the willw trees keep themselves away frm the insect.
Next time when yu take a walk near the trees, maybe the trees are “talking” t each ther quietly. And when smene says that trees cannt “talk”, please tell them that even trees can “talk” t each ther, t.
（ ）26.Willw trees cmmunicate with each ther thrugh .
A. wrds B. winds C. smells D. sunds
（ ）27.The underlined wrd “lips” in the first paragraph means “ ”
A.树干B.嘴唇C.枝条D.手势
（ ）28. make(s) the insects flyaway.
A. The leaves n the willw trees
B. The “talk” between the willw trees
C. The special smell that willw trees give ut
D. The chemical that willw trees make in their leaves
（ ）29.Accrding t the passage, which f the fllwing is the right rder?
a. The willw tree gives ut a smell.
b. The willw trees make a chemical in their leaves.
c. Insects flyaway because f the chemical.
d. Insects begin eating a willw tree.
A. d-a-b-e B. d-b-a-c C. a-b-c-d D. d-c-b-a
B
Flw like the river f change
Little stream ran dwn frm a high muntain thrugh many villages and frests. Then it reached a desert. “I went thrugh s many difficulties. I shuld have n prblem crssing the desert,” she thught. As she started, she fund herself slwly disappearing int the sand. After many tries, she still failed. “Maybe I can’t reach the cean,” she said sadly t herself.
At this time, a deep vice said, “If a breeze(微风) can crss the desert, s can a river.” It was the vice f the desert. But the little stream answered, “That’s because a breeze can fly, but I cannt.”
“That’s because yu can’t give up what yu are. Let yurself evaprate(蒸发) int the breeze, and it can take yu acrss, said the desert. “Give up what I am nw? N! N!” The little stream culd nt accept this idea. “The breeze can carry the vapr(蒸汽) acrss the desert and let it leave as rain. The rain will frm a river again,” said the desert. “And whether yu’re a river r vapr, yur nature never changes.” Hearing this, the little stream went int the pen arms f the breeze. It carried her t the next stage f her life.
The curse f ur lives is like the experience f the little stream. If yu want t g thrugh difficulties in yur life t head fr success, yu shuld als change the way yu are.
（ ）30.The little stream aimed t reach .
A. the frest B. the cean C. the desert D. the river
（ ）31.At first, the little stream didn’t accept the desert’s advice because .
A. she failed many times
B. she was afraid f the breeze
C. she wasn’t able t fly
D. she wuldn’t give up what she was
（ ）32.The little stream finally crssed the desert by .
A. evaprating int the breezeB. frming a river
C. disappearing int the sand D. changing her nature
（ ）33.What des the stry mainly tell us?
A. The rad t success is nt always easy and smth.
B. Whatever thers say, we shuld always be urselves.
C. T succeed, we shuld change the way we are if necessary.
D. We may experience difficulty in life just like the little stream.
C
Why d plants grw in sme places and nt in thers? Why des sme land have s much grwing n it, while ther land has almst n plants grwing n it at all?
T grw, plants need several things. One is warmth. In very cld places almst nthing grws. Plants als need water. In very dry parts f the Earth nly a few unusual plants can grw. That’s why dry deserts everywhere are almst nt cvered by trees r grass.
Plants must als have a place in which t put dwn their rts and grw. They find it difficult t grw n hard land. The twn is built(被建造) n hard land. The plants here have nly the sil fund between the cracks f the stnes t grw in.
Anther thing plants must have befre they can grw is fd.
What will happen if we try t make things grw n the sandy beach? A few plants, such as beach grass, will grw in sand, but mst plants wn’t. Even if the weather is warm enugh and we water the plants each day, many f them will die because the sand n the beach has al-mst n fd fr plants.
（ ）34. Accrding t the passage, plants need things t grw well.
A. tw B. three C. fur D. five
（ ）35.Frm the passage, we can knw it is fr plants t grw in dry places.
A. easy B. difficult C. impssible D. imprtant
（ ）36.The reasn why mst plants can’t grw n the sandy beach is that .
A. there isn’t enugh sunlight B. there is t much water
B. it is t nisy there D. it has little fd fr plants
D
Different weather makes peple feel different. It influences(影响) health, intelligence (智力) and feelings.
In August, it is very ht and wet in the suthern part f the United States. Peple there have heart truble and ther kinds f health prblems during this mnth. In the nrtheast and the middle west, it is very ht smetimes and very cld smetimes. Peple in these states have mre heart truble after the weather changes in February r March.
The weather can als influence intelligence. Fr example, in a 1983 study by scientists shwed that the IQ f a grup f students was very high when a very strng wind came, but after the strng wind, their IQ was 10% lwer. The wind can help peple have mre intelligence. Very ht weather, n the ther hand, can make it lwer. Students in many schls f the United States ften d wrse n exams in the ht mnths f the year (July and August).
Weather als has a strng influence n peple’s feelings. Winter maybe a bad time fr thin peple. They usually feel cld these mnths. They might feel unhappy during cld weather. But fat peple may have a hard time in ht summer. At abut 18℃, peple becme strnger.
Lw air pressure(气压) may make peple frgetful. Peple leave mre bags n buses and in shps n lw-pressure days. There is “gd weather” fr wrk and health. Peple feel best at a temperature f abut 18℃.
Are yu feeling sad, tired, frgetful, r unhappy tday? It maybe the weather’s fault.
（ ）37. can have a bad effect n health.
A. Ht and wet weather B. Gd weather C. Warm weather
（ ）38.Peple may have mre intelligence when cmes.
A. a rain B. very ht weather C. a wind
（ ）39. In “gd weather” f 18℃, .
A. peple are in better healthB. peple are very sadC. peple can’t d their wrk well
（ ）40.What is the best title f the passage?
A. Weather Influences Peple’s Health
B. Weather and Peple’s Lives
C. Temperature and Peple’s Intelligence
Ⅳ.任务型阅读（共5小题，每小题2分，计10分）
阅读短文，按要求完成下面问题。
Surfing the Internet can help pen students’ eyes and get mre knwledge. As a teacher, I encurage my students t use the Internet. In class thse students wh surf the Internet understand lessns better than the thers. Besides, peple can use the Internet t write letters r stries and send e-mails. Many students cmmunicate with their friends nline. Yu can als make friends by chatting n QQ. It is cheaper than calling smebdy faraway and it’s als much quicker. Nearly ne third f yung peple surf the Internet fr fun. They like t listen t music, watch films, and g t their favurite stars’ websites.
But can the Internet cause prblems? Sme f my students wh used t study well at schl are nw failing exams. Because they spend a lt f time playing cmputer games.
41题完成句子；42、43题简略回答问题；44题找出并写下第一段的主题句；45题将文中画线句子译成汉语。
41. The writer encurages his/her students t .
42. Hw can yu make friends n the Internet?
?
43. Hw many yung peple surf the Internet fr fun?
44.
45.
V.选出发音不同的选项。（共5小题，每小题1分，计5分）
（ ） B. easternC. termD. enter
（ ）B. appearC. clearD. ear
（ ） B. belwC. fllwD. lw
（ ）B. keybardC. keysD. key
（ ）B. dirtyC. tinyD. shy
Ⅵ.补全对话（共5小题，每小题2分，计10分）
Vince: Hell, may Is peak t Susan, please?
Susan: Speaking.
Vince: Hell, Susan! This is Vince speaking. It’s Sunday tmrrw.51.
Susan: Nthing much. D yu have any ideas?
Vince: Spring has cme. I hear many flwers in the park blming tgether. It must be very beautiful.52.
Susan: Gd idea. My sister Lucy als likes flwers very much. Let’s invite her t cme with us.
Vince: Why nt? 53. S we can take sme wnderful phts.
Susan: Great. I like taking phts.54.
Vince: Let’s meet utside the library at half past nine in the mrning.
Susan: Hw shall we g there?
Vince: Let’s g there by bike.
Susan: Oh, my bike is brken. 55.
Vince: All right. See yu!
Susan: See yu!
A. When and where shall we meet?
B. What abut ging thereby bus?
C. What are yu ging t d?
D. Let’s take a camera.
E. What abut ging t the park with me?
Ⅶ.句型转换（共5小题， 每小题2分，计10分）
56.不要让网络占据你的大部分时间。
Dn’t let the Internet mst f yur time.
57.他直到七岁才能上学。
He g t schl 7 years ld.
58.在花园里工作是一件很愉快的事。
Yu in yur garden.
59.你在开玩笑，对吧?
Yu , aren’t yu?
60.有的野生动物濒临灭绝。
Sme f the animals are .
Ⅷ.词语运用（共10空，每空1分，计10分）
根据短文内容及首字母或所给词的正确形式填空。
These days, Internet shpping has been strangely ppular and e-cmmerce has exactly changed peple’s lifestyle s that it has 61. (cause) a heated discussin.
It’s a new way f shpping. It has lts f 62. (advantage). One f the mst imprtant advantages is cnvenient. We can shp 63.w we like because the nline shps are pen 24 hurs a day. It is easy t find the things that we can’t buy in the shp. And they are much 64. (cheap). Besides, we can learn lts f 65.i
abut gds.
But “Every cin has tw sides.” S 66. (be) Internet shpping. We can’t see the material bjects r check their quality. Usually the pictures are mre beautiful than the 67. (gd) .S when we get the gds and dn’t like them, they smetimes are nt easy 68. give back. What’s mre, it’s nt safe t pay thrugh the 69. I S we shuld be careful when we 70. (shp) n the Internet.
Ⅸ.基础写作（包括A、B两部分，A部分5分，B部分15分，共计20分）
A）连词成句（共5小题，每小题1分，计5分）
将所给单词或词组连成完整、正确的句子。（单词不得重复使用，标点已给出）
71.a， what， strm， big， is， it
！
72.there， mre， will， be， tests
.
73.I， f， am， afraid， mice
.
74.let’s， by， d， it， ne， ne
.
75.hw， in， can， yu， d， it， secnds
？
B)书面表达（计15分）
76.随着社会的发展，网上购物在我们的日常生活中成为一种流行的购物方式。请根据下表提示，谈谈网上购物的利与弊。提示：
①语句流畅，书写规范。
②包含提示内容，并可适当发挥。
③词数：100左右。
④文中不能出现真实的人名、地名等。


定州市2022—2023学年度第二学期期中质量监测
八年级英语试题参考答案
Ⅰ单项选择 1-15 CABBB CCAAB AADAD
Ⅱ完形填空 16-25 ABACB ABABC
Ⅲ阅读理解 26-40 CBDB BDAC CBD ACAB
Ⅳ任务型阅读 41 use the Internet 42 by chatting n QQ 43. Nearly ne third f them.
44. Surfing the Internet can help pen students’ eyes and get mre knwledge.
45. 因为他们花费大量的时间做游戏。
Ⅴ选出发音不同的选项 46-50 CAAAD
Ⅵ补全对话 51-55 CEDAB
Ⅶ句型转换 56.take up 57. can’t g
58. have fun wrking 59. are jking/kidding 60. in danger
Ⅷ词语运用
61. caused 62. advantages 63. whenever 64. cheaper 65. infrmatin
66. is 67. gds 68. t 69. Internet 70. shp
Ⅸ基础写作
A）连词成句：
71. What a big strm it is!
72. There will be mre tests.
73. I am afraid f mice.
74. Let’s d it ne by ne.
75. Hw can yu d it in secnds?
B）76.One pssible versin:
Shpping nline is quite ppular nw. There are many advantages n shpping nline. First, it is s cnvenient that we dn’t need t g utside t buy things. Secnd, the custmers can buy the gds any time and needn’t wait in line. But there are als many disadvantages n shpping nline. We cannt see the real gds, s we may be cheated by the shp wners. We can’t enjy shpping with ur friends, either.
In my pinin, we can shp nline if the things we want t buy are difficult t find，and we can g shpping with friends if we want t kill time.


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方便(cnvenient)；不用排队；不用出家门
看不见物品；容易受到欺骗(be cheated)；不能享受到和朋友一起购物的乐趣