人教版八年级英语下册期中试卷(含答案)

这是一份人教版八年级英语下册期中试卷(含答案)，共17页。试卷主要包含了听力技能，阅读，语言运用，写作技能等内容，欢迎下载使用。
时量： 120 分钟，满分： 120 分
一、听力技能（共两节，满分 20 分）
第一节 听下面 5 段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的 A 、B 、C 三个选项中选
出最佳选项回答问题。 （共 5 小题，计 5 分）
1 ． Hw many English lessns des Alice have every week？
A ．Fur ． B ．Five ． C ．Six .
2 ． What's the rule in the girl's hme？
A ．She is nt allwed t g ut n schl nights .
B ．She is nt allwed t play cmputer games .
C ．She is nt allwed t watch TV n schl nights .
3 ． Why did the man miss the beginning f the new mvie？
A ．Because he was caught in heavy traffic .
B ．Because he didn't get the mvie ticket .
C ．Because he didn't catch the right bus .
4 ． What did the by use t be like？
A ．He used t be serius ． B ．He used t be shy ． C ．He used t be utging .
5 ． Hw did the wman gt schl this mrning？
A ．By bus ． B ．By taxi ． C ．On ft .
第二节 听下面 6 段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有 2—3 个小题，从题中所给的 A 、B、
C 三个选项中选出最佳选项回答问题。
6 ． What is Tm reading？
A ．A magazine ． B ．A newspaper ． C ．A bk .
7 ． Why des Tm like t bean animal trainer？
A ．She is sick .
B ．She wn't be able t g t the schl party .
C ．She is wrrying abut the clthes fr the schl party .
9. What's the man's advice？
A ．Write pems ． B ．D chres ． C ．D dangerus jbs .
A ．Because it's easy ． B ．Because it's fun .
C ．Because it's exciting .
听第七段对话，回答第 8、9 小题。
8. What's the matter with Nancy？
A ．T wear the schl unifrm B ．T wear adress .
C ．T wear jeans .
听第八段对话，回答第 10、11 小题。
10. Hw lng des the rbt shw last？
A ．Fr a week ． B ．Fr half a mnth .
C ．Fr a mnth .
11. What can the red rbt d？
听第九段对话，回答第 12 至 14 小题。
12. What will Peter d this Sunday？
A ．Climb the hill ． B ．Paint the wall ． C ．Repair his huse .
13. Wh has a big farm？
A ．Peter's uncle ． B ．Julia's father ． C ．Julia's uncle .
14. Hw ften des Julia gt the farm？
A ．Abut nce a week ． B ．Abut twice a mnth ． C ．Abut nce a mnth .
听第十段对话，回答第 15 至 17 小题。
15. Why did Lily lksad？
A ．Because she fught with Anna .
B ．Because she failed the math exam .
C ．Because she was ill in bed .
16. Hw lng was Lily away frm schl？
A ．Fr three days ． B ．Fr a week ． C ．Fr a mnth .
17. Hw will the speakers help Lily？
A ．By testing her .
B ．By lking after her .
C ．By studying tgether with her .
听下面的独白，回答第 18 至 20 小题。
18. Why did Zhang Hua's family mve t Guizhu？
A ．Because he wanted t cntinue his studies .
B ．Because his father fund a great jb here .
C ．Because his grandparents needed them .
19. What des Zhang Hua's mther d？
A ．A shp manager ． B ．A nurse ． C ．A scientist .
20. Where is Zhang Hua's sister studying？
A ．In a middle schl ． B ．In a senir high schl ． C ．In a cllege .
二、阅读 (共两节，满分 40 分)
第一节 (共 15 小题;每小题 2 分，满分 30 分)
阅读下面材料，从每题中所给的 A 、B 、C 三个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
A
Student Vlunteers Wanted!
Are yu lking fr smething enjyable and meaningful? Then jin us t be a vlunteer! On May 23, frm 8 a.m. t 4 part., ur schl will hld a Schl Day in the schlyard (校园).
We welcme guests frm all ver the cuntry! The things yu can help with are as fllws:
Task Time Date
Prepare sme talent shws 6 p.m. Frm May 15 t May 22
Make psters and put them up 1 p.m. May 20
Welcme guests 8 p.m. May 23
Perfrm the talent shws 2 p.m May 23
Cleanup the schlyard 4 p.m. May 23
Students wh want t jin us shuld call Miss Zhang. We are lking frward t yur participatin (参与).
21. Which thing shuld student vlunteers finish befre the Schl Day?
A. T make psters and putting them up.
B. T perfrm the talent shws.
C. T cleanup the schlyard.
22. Frm the infrmatin abve, we CANNOT knw that .
A. This maybe a ntice r a pster in a schl.
B. The vlunteers shuld d sme tasks in the evening.
C. It yu want t be a vlunteer, yu need t send an e-mailt Miss Zhang.
B
Chinese kung
fu
1,000
Abing
Er Quan Ying
Yue
the ld
5,000
Wang Xizhi
Lantingji Xu
peple at any age
200
Mei Langfang
The Drunken
Beauty
the ld
1,500
Hu Yuanjia
the yung
Name
Histry
Famus character
Famus wrk
Peple wh like it
Peking Opera
Calligraphy
Erhu
23. What d bth the ld and the yung like?
A. Erhu. B. Calligraphy. C. Chinese kung fu.
24. Which f the fllwing has the lngest histry?
A. Erhu B. Pricing Opera. C. Chinese kung fu.
25. Which f the fllwing is true accrding t die frm?
A. The yung peple prefer Peking Opera.
B. Calligraphy has a histry f 50 centuries.
C. Mei Lanfang was fnd ferhu and chinese kung fu.
C
Smetimes peple make histry. Gerge Washingtn became the first president f the United States and made histry. Smetimes wars make histry. The tw Wrld Wars are examples.
Smetimes nature even becmes part f histry.
Sixteen years ag, nature caused just such a histry-making event. In August 2005, Hurricane (飓风) Katrina hit the cast (海岸) in New Orleans, Luisiana. The serius strm flded (淹没) New Orleans. Befre Katrina, n ther big American city was ever flded in the histry f the cuntry. This natural disaster (灾害) caused great harm and death.
New Orleans is belw sea level. It was a great danger. Peple built Levees (防洪堤) t prtect New Orleans frm the sea. (A levee is like a wall between the city and the sea.) When Hurricane Katrina came, water mved ver the levees int the city. Flding made it necessary fr
everyne t leave the city. Befre Katrina, the US gvernment never made everyne leave a city.
Peple in New Orleans had t find shelter (避难所) quickly. Sme had t stay at the Superdme
Sprts Centre.
Sme rde n buses t ther twns. Thusands f peple drve their cars t get away frm
the strm. The rads and shelters were filled up quickly.
The lessn we can learn frm Katrina was that cities must be better prepared fr big strms and ther terrible disasters caused by nature. Being prepared might have kept mre peple safe. Hurricane Katrina is ne f the histry-making events that will be remembered frever. Tday,
histry is still being made that will shape the future.
26. Which f the fllwing is mentined (提到) abut making histry?
A. Accident. B. Science. C. Peple.
27. What des the writer tellus abut New Orleans?
A. It was hit by the Hurricane Katrina sixty years ag.
B. It was the first big city that was flded in American histry.
C. It was built abve sea level.
28. What can we learn abut the levees?
A. They helped peple leave New Orleans quickly.
B. They were almst useless fr fighting Katrina.
C. They kept New Orleans safe in the fld.
29. Which f the fllwing may NOT be the writer’s advice fr the gvernment?
A. T keep mre peple safe.
B. T make everyne leave the city.
C. T try t get ready fr natural disasters.
30. What is the best title fr the passage?
A. Katrina Makes Histry. B. Flds Shape Luisiana. C. Histry Makes Heres.
D
This Mnday, acrss the USA, kids are nt ging t schl but ging t wrk with their parents.They'll be making cpies, sending faxes (传真) and sweeping flrs. This is because April 28 is Take Our Sns and Daughters t Wrk Day all ver the USA. This hliday shws lads what
it means t be a grwn-up in the wrking wrld.
I still remember when this day started, I was very happy. Nt nly did I have the chance t miss schl, bet I als gt t sit in my dad's taxi all day lng and we wuld g t a restaurant fr
lunch.
But after nly 20 minutes f driving arund the city, I was very bred. I culdn't read my bk in fe car as I wuld get carsick and my dad didn't like t turn n the radi. I gt ht and uncmfrtable. Peple wuldn't get int his taxi because they thughthe already had a passenger 一 me, s nthing happened. It seemed years befre we went ut fr lunch. I actually started t
miss schl.
While fe pint f the day is t give kids a chance t experience real-life jbs, I gt smething cmpletely different frm the day. I learned t value schl. Where else d yu get t
play with yur friends, d science experiments, read great bks and write stries all in ne day?
Just as yu'll have t learn t lve yur jb later in life, lam t lve schl nw.
31. That day, fe writer was happy at first because .
A. she culd read bks in the car.
B. she wuld wrk as a grwn-up.
C. she didn't have t g t schl.
32. Why didn't peple get int the writer's father's taxi?
A. Because her father didn't like t turn n fe radi.
B. Because they thught the writer was a passenger.
C. Because her father 's car was ht and uncmfrtable.
33. Which f the fllwing is the purpse f Take Our Sns and Daughters t Wrk Day?
A. T teach kids t value schl.
B. T give kids a chance t knw abut real-life jbs.
C. Tb help their parents make mney fr their family,
34. Which f the fllwing is TRUE accrding t the passage?
A. We can d many interesting things at schl.
B. We shuld lve ur jbs better than ur schl nw.
C. The writer will leave schl t wrk with her father again.
35. What did the writer learn that day?
A. It's hard t make mney.
B. Wrking with Dad is fun.
C. Schl life is wnderful.
第二节 (共 5 题；每小题 2 分，满分 10 分)
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。
Mst f us want t be happy, but d yu really knw hw t find happiness? Mney and success d nt bring lasting (永久的) happiness. Aristtle (亚里士多德), a great thinker said,
“Happiness depends upn urselves.” In ther wrds, we make ur wn happiness. 36
• The first secret (秘诀) t happiness is t enjy the simple things in life.
T ften, we spend s much time thinking abut the future — fr example, getting int a gd university r getting a gd jb - that we fail t enjy the present (当下). 37
Things like reading a gd bk, listening t yur favrite music, r spending time with friends are gd fr yu. Peple wh have several clse friends ften live happier and have healthier
lives,
• Anther secret t living a happy life is t be active.
Many peple usually dance r play sprts. Peple can frget abut their prblems and nly think abut the activities. 38 . Because being alne and having nthing t d may make
yu feel bred r unhappy:
• 39
Studies shw that peple feel gd when they spend their time helping thers. If yu want t feel happier, d gd things fr smene. Yu can help a friend with his r her studies, g shpping t buy fd fr an elderly persn, r simply help ut arund the huse by washing the
dishes.
As yu can see’, there are many ways that can make yu happier than befre.
40 Let’s be a happy persn frm nw n.
A. Dn’t just stay at hme and d nthing.
B. Finally,many peple find happiness in helping thers.
C. Here is sme advice t help yu find happiness.
D. Yu shuld find small pleasures in life.
E. Life is shrt, s enjy it t the fullest.
三、语言运用 (共三节，满分 35 分)
第一节 (共 10 小题;每小题 1.5 分，满分 15 分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的 A 、B 、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最
佳选项。
D yu want t be successful in everything yu d? If s, then 41 can yu achieve the
gal?Here is an example.
There was a farmer wh grew cm all his life. Each year he tk his cm t the market Then
each time his cm was chsen as the 42 and wn the first prize.
One year a newspaper reprter interviewed him and learned 43 surprising abut hw he
grew it The farmer ffered his seed (种子) cm t his neighbrs.
“Hw can yu share yur best seed cm with yur neighbrs?" the reprter asked.“Yu knw they are taking part in the 44 with yu each year."“Why, sir," said the frmer, “didn't yu knw? The 45 picks up pllen frm the cm and mves it quickly frm field t field. If my neighbrs grw bad cm, crss- pllinatin (异花传粉) will affect the quality f my cm. S if I want t
grw gd cm, I must 46 my neighbrs t grw gd cm.”
The farmer knws much abut the cnnectin (联系) f life. His cm cannt imprve unless his neighbr's cm imprves. As a great man says, “We make a living by what we 47 ;we make a life by what we give," “We can't live withut fd, clthes, and many ther things. Hwever, a meaningful life is nt decided by hw much we can get, 48 by hw much we can give thers.”Giving, instead f taking, makes us 49 ther animals. S thse wh chse t live well must help thers t live well, and thse wh chse t be happy must help thers t find 50
in their life.
41. A. why B.hw C.when
42. A. cheapest B. wrst C. best
43. A. nthing B. anything C. smething
44. A. training B. cmpetitin C. jurney
45. A. wind B. water C. farmer
46. A. teach B. cause C. help
47. A. d B. wn C. get
48. A. and B. but C. r
49. A. different frm B. similar t C.the same as
50. A. happiness B. satisfactin C. difficulty
第二节 (共 10 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 10 分)
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入 1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Fr a lng time, I have truble in 51. (take) part in any class activities. It’s hard fr
me t remember my wrds while I was giving a speech.
Hwever, things began t change ne day. A week befre my schl’s English Festival, my teacher prvided a chance 52. me t give a speech in frnt f the whle schl. I didn’t want t, 53. my teacher advised me t think abut it 54. (careful) and gave me afrtune ckie (幸运饼干) When I pened it, I fund a piece f paper that read: “The first step t success is the willingness (意愿) t try, and the key t it is t wrk hard.” I was encuraged by
this and decided 55. (give) it a try.
I 56. (spend) a day finishing my first speech draft (草稿) and practiced it during my lunch breaks. I als asked my teacher fr 57. (advice). As 58. result, my speech was a success. Since then, I’ve becme 59. (utging) than befre. Als, I began t have an interest in speaking in public (当众). I ask and answer questins in class mre ften
and I jin in many different after-schl activities.
I learned rad t success is difficult and we need t have curage (勇气), believe in 60.
(we) and try ur best. As they say, Rme was nt built in a day.
第三节 (共 5 小题;每小题 2 分，满分 10 分)
阅读下面的短文，将划线部分译成英文或中文。
Ding snic husewrk, making an English vide t intrduce a Chinese custm and reading alud Hme Letters by Fu Lei, these things are part f the winter hliday hmewrk f Ma Miyang,an eighth-grader frm Zhengzhu, Henan. 61. she has mre time t help with husewrk
nw instead f always spending her time learning.
“62. I felt mre relaxed this hliday. since the hmewrk is much less and mre enjyable.”
said Ma. With mre free time, Ma said she culd als develp new hbbies.
63.让我们惊讶的是有=些学生对这些改变感到担心。“I used t take many tutring classes,
64.但是现在我盖要依靠我自己”said ninth-grader Zhu Xiuwei frm Nanjing, Jiangsu.“I felt
mre stressed this hliday/'
Accrding t Wang Jian, directr f the educatin department at Shanghai Nrmaln University, is t let students learn mre efficiently (有效地) and develp all-rund-abilities, “65. It's difficult fr students t be independent learners. hwever, this will help them think fr
themselves and find their true talents.” Wang tld Xinmin Weekly.
61. 62. 63. 64.
65.
四、写作技能 (共两节，满分 25 分)
第一节 (共 5 小题，每小题 2 分，满分 10 分)
阅读下面的短文，根据短文内容回答问题。
Once upn a time, there was a little child. Befre he was ready t be brn, he went t ask
Gd, “They tell me yu are sending me t the earth, but being s small and helpless, hw am I ging t live there? ”
“Amng the many angels, I chse the best ne fr yu. She will be waiting fr yu and will take care f yu. ” Gd replied.
“Here in heaven, I d nthing else but sing and smile everyday! That ’s enugh frme t be happy. ”
Gd said, “Yur angel will sing and smile fr yu everyday. And yu will feel yur angel ’
s lve and yu ’ll be happy. ”
The child said, “And hw am I ging t be able t understand when peple talk tme when I dn ’t knw the language that men speak? ”Gd tld the child, “Dn ’t wrry, my kid. Yu will learn the mst beautiful and sweetest wrds frm yur angel s that yu will understand what
peple say. She will teach yu with much patience and care. ”
The child said, “I ’ve heard that n the earth there are bad men, wh will prtect me? ”
Gd said, “Yur angel will prtect yu even if it means risking her life. ”
“But I will always be sad because I will nt see yu anymre. ”
“Yur angel will always talk t yu, and in fact, I will always be next t yu. ”
At the mment there was much peace in Heaven, but vices frm the earth culd already be heard, and the child, in a hurry, asked, “Oh, Gd, since I am abut t leave nw, please tell me
my angel ’sname! ”
“It is nt hard t remember, ” Gd replied quietly. “Yu will call yur angel Mmmy.
66.When did the little child gt ask Gd?
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Yurs,
Alex
67.Where wuld Gd send the little child t?
68.Did the little child d nthing in heaven every day?
69.Hw can the little child understand peple ’slanguage?
70.What ’s the name f the little child ’sangel?
第二节 (满分 15 分)
71.假如你是英文校刊 Vice f Teenagers 学生栏目的主编 Alex，最近收到了学生 Mary 的来 信。 Mary 在信中提到她刚刚转学到了一所新学校，她想尽快融入集体，但不知道如何与同
学们相处，为此感到很苦恼。请你根据 Mary 的来信予以回信。
要求：
1、根据来信内容提出针对性的建议， 80 词左右；
2、可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3、文中不得出现真实人名和校名。
Dear Mary,
Thankyu fr telling me yur prblem. I am srry t knw that yu feel
参考答案
一、听力技能
1—5 CACBB 6—10 ABCAB 11—15 AACBB 16—20 BCBBC
二、阅读
21—25 ACBCB 26—30 CBBBA
31—35 CBBAC 36—40 CDABE
三、语言运用
41—45 BCCBA 46 —50 CCBAA
51.Taking 52.fr 53. but 54. carefully
55.t give 56. spent 57.advice 58.a
59.mre utging 60.urselves
61.她现在有更多的时间帮忙做家务而不是总花时间来学习。
62.因为家庭作业少了很多且更有趣，所以这个假期我感觉更轻松。
63. T ur surprise, sme students are wrried abut these changes/ T ur surprise, sme students
wrry abut these changes.
64. but nw I need t depend n myself.
65.对于学生而言成为独立的学习者很难。
四、写作技能
66. Befre he was ready t be brn.
67. (t) the earth.
68. N.
69. By learning the mst beautiful and sweetest wrds frm his angel.
70. Mmmy.
71.略