2023-2024学年江苏省盐城市建湖县八年级（下）期中英语试卷

这是一份2023-2024学年江苏省盐城市建湖县八年级（下）期中英语试卷，共8页。
听力部分（共20分）
听力测试（共20小题，每小题1分, 计20分）
第一部分 听对话回答问题。本部分共有10道小题，每小题你将听到一段对话，每段对话读两遍。在听每段对话前，你将有5秒钟的时间阅读题目；听完后，你将有5秒钟的时间从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项。
1. What did Mike usually d in the evening in the past?
A. B.C.
2. Which picture is frm the city Tny visited last weekend?
A. B. C.
3. What are the tw speakers ding nw?
A. B. C.
4. Which f the fllwing is Lucy reading nw?
A. B. C.
5. Hw lng has Simn been in Sunshine Twn?
A. Fr 5 years.B. Fr 10 years.C. Fr 15 years.
6. What are the tw speakers ding nw?
A. Climbing a muntain. B. Watching a match.C. Having a rest.
7. Hw is Lily ging t travel?
A. By plane.B. By bus. C. By train.
8. What is the man ding nw?
A. Playing cmputer games.B. Ding sme husewrk.C. Writing a reprt.
9. Where will Amy g befre she ges hme?
A. T her friend’s hme.B. T the library.C. T the park.
10. Why didn’t the man catch the train?
A. Because he didn’t start early.
B. Because the traffic was t heavy.
C. Because he lst his way t the statin.
第二部分 听对话和独白回答问题。本部分共有 10 道小题，每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听一段对话，完成第11至12小题。
11. Which bk des the man shw t the girl?
A. Hamlet.B. The Twelfth Night.C. Rme and Juliet.
12. Why des the girl want t brrw a bk written by Shakespeare?
A. Because she likes writing bk reviews.
B. Because she has t finish her hmewrk.
C. Because she ften reads Shakespeare’s wrks.
听第一篇独白，完成第13至15小题。
13. A. striesB. websitesC. bks
14. A. every mnthB. every weekC. every day
15. A. infrmatinB. waysC. tips
听第二篇独白，完成第16至20小题。
16. Where is Li Kang frm?
A. A rich village. B. A pr village. C. A big city.
17. Hw ld is Li Kang’s sister?
A. She is 4. B. She is 8. C. She is 12.
18. Why did Li Kang’s parents leave him behind?
A. They wanted t make mney.B. They didn’t lve him. C. They’re t ld.
19. Hw ften d Li Kang’s parents give him a call?
A. Every day. B. Once a week.C. Once a mnth.
20. Hw des Li Kang feel nw?
A. He feels lnely. B. He feels happy. C. He feels excited.
笔试部分（共100分）
一、单项选择（共10小题，每小题1分，计10分）
从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个可以填入句中空白处的最佳答案。
21. — Simn always reads fr half an hur befre bedtime every day.
— That’s a gd . Reading makes a full man.
A. dream B. wish C. planD. habit
22. Sally sat Harry and they had lunch face t face.
A. besideB. ppsiteC. next tD. behind
23. Old Mr. Green desn’t feel ______ because sme students visit him frm time t time.
A. sadly B. gently C. lnely D. angrily
24. I am srry I haven’t finished the husewrk ______.
A. yetB. alreadyC. everD. never
25. — Did James invite yu t his party? — Yes. But I had t ______ it because I was ill.
A. receive B. remember C. return D. refuse
26. Hurry up! The basketball match ______ fr ten minutes.
A. began B. has begun C. has been n D. is beginning
27. — It’s a lng time ______ we last met. Hw is everything?
— Nt bad, but I am always missing yu.
A. when B. since C. befre D. while
28. Gd bks help us relax and als ______ a whle new wrld t us.
A. pen up B. grw up C. put up D. lk up
29. We need clear air and water, s we ______ prtect the envirnment.
A. canB. mayC. mustD. might
30. — Mr Wu has recmmended many bks. Have yu decided ______ first？
— Yes. The ld man and sea.
A. hw t read B. which t read C. where t read D. when t read
二、完形填空（共15小题，每小题1分，计15分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
Think f the ways yu use yur eyes every day. Imagine(想象) yur life 31 sight. Cver yur ears, and imagine being deaf(聋的) and blind(瞎的) fr the rest f yur life. Think abut the sngs, the vices, the music yu will never 32 again.
Fr the first 19 mnths f her life, Helen Keller was 33 t see and hear. But then a sickness struck her. She became cmpletely blind and deaf. Fr the rest f her life, she was 34 t see r hear. She didn’t have memries f sight r 35 . And the sickness struck her when she was a baby befre she learned t talk. 36 Helen Keller became a teacher and writer. She was in the hearts f millins f peple.
Hw did this miracle(奇迹) happen? Fr the first seven years f her life she was almst like a 37 animal. Her mther and father did nt knw hw t 38 her. She screamed, kicked and cried. She wanted very much t have thers understand her, but there was n 39 she culd d. Finally her parents decided t send fr a family 40 t treat her. Sme went away shrtly after they spent a few days with her, until the 41 ne—Annie Sullivan came, fr during the rest f Helen’s life, she stayed with Helen t vercme a lt f unthinkable 42 .
Sullivan was a lvely yung wman with great patience and imaginatin. She was a brn teacher, dreaming f 43 a deaf-blind creature(生物) int a useful human being. It was this teacher that did nt let Helen’s wrld be 44 . Thrugh the teacher’s hands and fingers, Helen heard the sunds that ne can hear n a 45 , the nises made by cws, hrses, chickens and pigs.
Lking back n thse years, Helen nce said, she was greatly struck by her teacher’s wisdm and she was very grateful t her teacher.
31. A. withutB. byC. withD. thrugh
32. A. seeB. playC. hearD. ntice
33. A. happyB. ableC. gdD. glad
34. A. smetimesB. ftenC. usuallyD. never
35. A. smellB. feelingC. tasteD. sund
36. A. ButB. AndC. SD. r
37. A. strngB. cleverC. wildD. silly
38. A. mveB. leaveC. tuchD. treat
39. A. planB. wayC. dutyD. fact
40. A. memberB. teacherC. dctrD. nurse
41. A. firstB. secndC. lastD. nly
42. A. thughtsB. mmentsC. surprisesD. difficulties
43. A. puttingB. carrying C. turningD. cming
44. A. nisyB. silentC. prD. bright
45. A. farmB. streetC. treeD. grund
阅读理解 （共20小题，每小题2分，计40分)
A
Have yu ever been t the Natinal Museum f China(NMC)? If yu want t have a visit there, the infrmatin belw may help yu.
Opening hurs: 9:00 a. m. ~ 5:00 p. m.
It pens t the public frm Tuesday t Sunday and clses n Mnday (except fr public hlidays) .
Price: Fr free.
Entry: All visitrs must make an appintment in advance(提前预约) . Visitrs with ID cards, student cards and ther valid certificates(有效证件) can enter. Befre entering, visitrs must g thrugh security(安全) checks. Children under 14 need t visit with their parents.
Getting here:
Bus Rutes:
N.1, N.2, N.52, N.82, N.120 buses, r Sightseeing Line 2, Turist Bus Line 1 and Line 2 and get ff at Tian’an men East Statin.
Metr:
Metr Line 1, get ff at Tian’anmen East Statin, and exit the statin thrugh Exit C r D.
Rules:
● If yu want t take phts f the shw, dn’t use the flash.
● T keep the museum clean, yu can’t bring any fd r drinks here. Dn’t eat r drink here.
● Dn’t talk ludly when yu enjy the culture and art. It’s nisy fr everyne.
Fr mre infrmatin, please visit
46. Which f the fllwing is a right time t have a visit t NMC?
A. At 10:00 a. m. n Mnday, May 22nd.B. At 9:00 a. m. n Mnday, Octber 1st.
C. At 6:00 p. m. n Tuesday, May 23rd.D. At 8:00 a. m. n Mnday, May 1st.
47. If 16-year-ld Tina wants t visit the NMC, she _______.
A. needs t g there with her parentsB. must take her student card with herC. can take Metr Line 2 t g thereD. needn’t make an appintment
48. Which f the fllwing signs may yu see in the museum accrding t the text?
A. ①②B. ②④C. ③④D. ②③
49. Wh might be interested in the text?
A. Fd lvers. B. Pet lvers.C. Culture lvers.D. Bk lvers.
B
Nw many peple g t wrk and schl n buses, trains and bikes. Hwever, sme peple dream f a day when they can fly in the sky.
In Singapre, a cmpany has shwed a flying taxi. When sme peple travel in flying taxis, there will be fewer cars n the rads. It can be less crwded. In the 3D space f the sky, cars culd mve arund each ther withut bridges r rads. The taxis can als take ff and arrive n rftps. That will save parking space n the grund. And flying is fun. It’s cl and interesting t fly in the sky every day n the way t wrk.
Hwever, sme peple dn’t like flying cars. A famus scientist has a rcket cmpany and a car cmpany. It seems that he can make flying cars, but he says, “If the sky is full f flying cars, it will be nisier. Smething may fall n peple’s heads mre easily. It’s dangerus.” He thinks it’s much better t build lts f tunnels(隧道)undergrund.
Are flying cars r taxis a gd idea? Shall we find ther ways t slve the traffic prblems?
50. What d the underlined wrds “n rftps” mean?
A. under the seasB. under the grund
C. inside the buildingsD. n the tp f the buildings
51. What is the scientist’s idea?
A. It’s difficult t slve traffic prblems.
B. It’s necessary t make lts f flying cars.
C. It’s better t develp undergrund traffic.
D. There will be less nise if we use flying cars.
52. What’s the best title fr the text?
A. Shuld Peple Chse Flying Cars?B. What Is the Danger f Flying Cars?
C. D Peple Really Knw Flying Cars?D. When Can Peple Have Flying Cars?
C
During the Warring States Perid (475-221 BC), King Zha f the State f Yan wanted t gather talented peple t make the state strng. He asked the schlar Gu Wei fr advice. Gu tld the king a stry.
In ancient times, there was a king wh wanted a special kind f hrse. This hrse culd run 1,000 li a day. It was called qianlima. He sent many peple t find these hrses and buy them fr him. After three years, nbdy fund him such a hrse.
One day, smene new vlunteered t help. In three mnths, he heard abut a qianlima. He rushed t find it, but the hrse was already dead. Still, he bught the bnes f the hrse with 500 pieces f gld.
The king was very angry. “What I want is a live hrse, nt the bnes f a dead hrse!”
The man answered calmly, “Imagine this. Yu’re willing t pay a high price fr a dead hrse, let alne a live ne. This shws peple yu truly wish t buy the hrses. Just wait and the hrses yu want will cme very sn.”
Indeed, within a year, many qianlima wners brught their hrses t the king.
Gu tld the king that he culd see himself as the bnes f the hrse. “If yu value(重视)me, mre talent will be willing t wrk fr the state,” he said. The king built huses fr Gu and treated him as a teacher. Sn, talented peple acrss the state came t help the king. His state finally beat the State f Qi.
What did King Zha f the State Yan really want t have?
A. The bnes f a qianlima. B. Talented peple. C. Sme gd hrses. D. Mre gld. 54. What was the man’s reasn fr buying the bnes f a dead hrse?
A. It culd help the king gather mre talented peple.
B. Hrse wners wuld see the king’s need fr qianlima.
C. Mre peple wuld kill their hrses t sell hrse bnes.
D. The king culd tell qianlima frm cmmn hrses this way.
55. What des the passage mainly tell us?
A. A kind king can make the state strng again.
B. Hrses are imprtant fr a state in ancient times.
C. Gld can help the king make his dream cme true.
D. Peple shuld think further instead f sme mney.
D
But lve did nt cme in a day. At first White Fang liked his new master, and did things fr him, like prtect his huse at night. But as the days passed, with petting and caressing and gentle talk, like started t change int lve.
In late spring truble came withut warning(警告). His lve-master disappeared. The days passed. White Fang became s sick that Matt tk him inside the huse, where he lay by the stve and did nthing. And when he wrte t his emplyer. Then ne night, the dr pened and Sctt walked in.
“Where’s the wlf?” he asked.
Then he saw White Fang and walked acrss the rm, calling t him. White Fang went t him, quickly. Sctt knelt dwn and petted him. White Fang was s happy that he mved his head between Sctt’s arm and bdy, rubbing against him.
The tw men lked at each ther. Sctt’s eyes were shining.
One night, the tw men were playing cards, when they heard snarling and a scream utside. “The wlf’s gt smebdy,” Matt said.
They ran utside. White Fang was attacking(袭击) a man wh was trying t prtect his thrat(喉咙), with bld(血) running dwn bth arms. Sctt pulled White Fang away, and Matt helped the man t his feet. They saw that it was Beauty Smith. Then they nticed that n the grund there was a large club(棍棒) and a steel chain.
“Tried t steal yu, did he?” said Sctt t White Fang, patting his head. “And yu didn’t want t g! Well, he made a mistake, didn’t he?”
—Taken frm White Fang
56. Wh is the new master f the wlf?
A. Beauty. B. Matt. C. Sctt. D. White.
57.When did the stry happen?
A. In spring. B. In summer. C. In autumn. D. In winter.
58. What des the underlined sentence mean?
A. Sctt didn’t like playing with White Fang at first.
B. Sctt liked talking with White Fang gently at hme.
C. White Fang liked ding mre things fr his master nw.
D. White Fang shwed much mre lve t Sctt than befre.
59. What des the underlined wrd “snarling” in paragraph 6 prbably mean?
A. smiling B. barking C. whispering D. crying
60. Which f the fllwing is TRUE accrding t the passage?
A. White Fang became very sick after Sctt left hme.
B. Beauty Smith’s arms gt hurt by the wlf very badly.
C. Sctt ran t the wlf at nce when he gt hme again.
D. White Fang wished t live in the wild with ther wlves.
（二）阅读下面短文，从所给选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，使短文通顺，结构完整，其中有一项是多余选项。
Reading is a lifelng jurney. Put yurself int a wrld f bks and get lst in anther wrld —but where d yu start? 61
◆ Ask a librarian(图书管理员).
The best peple t thrw yur questins are librarians! 62 If yu tell a librarian what yu’ve read befre and what yu liked r disliked abut it, they will suggest sme pssible bks fr yu t try.
◆ Make a change.
63 Yu may get used t reading histry bks r yu just take an interest in science fictins. What abut the bks abut culture? Yu’ll never knw until yu try. Give a new style a chance and yu may enter a whle new wrld f reading.
◆ Read reviews.
Bk reviews can help yu decide if a bk is fr yu. There are usually shrt reviews n the cvers f bks. 64 Sme websites prvide bk advice frm writers, parents and teachers. Sme peple’s ideas abut the bks are very interesting. Their ideas may help yu get a right pick.
◆ 65
Reading smething cmfrtable might be yur first chice. But why nt challenge(挑战) yurself t read smething mre difficult? It is a gd way f pushing yurself t imprve yur reading skills.
四、词汇 （共10小题，每小题1分，计10分）
（一）根据句意和汉语提示写出单词，完成句子。
66. My uncle is interested in nthing writing. (除了)
67. Hw lng is it since yu left yur schl? (小学的)
68. The meeting has been fr abut half an hur. (结束)
69. Nbdy knew when t start until the made an intrductin. (导游)
70. Sme students didn’t the imprtance f study until they left schl. (意识到)
（二）根据句意用所给单词的适当形式填空。
71. He didn’t mind me with my English. (help)
72. When the cat is away, the will play. (muse)
73. I’m afraid I’ll be t attend the meeting tmrrw. (able)
74. Quasimd was than thers, but he was the kindest. (ugly)
75. The teacher asked us t answer these questins in six wrds. (exact)
五、读写综合
（一）阅读并回答问题。（共5小题，每小题2分，计10分）
Yu may have heard a lt abut the wrd “clud”. The name might make yu think that it’s just like real cluds. But in fact, it is nt the cluds in the sky, but the “clud” that stres yur phts, emails, mvies, music and s n.
The “clud” is made f millins f hard drives, cmputer servers and fiber-ptic cables (光纤电缆). When yu pen a website nline, yu are actually asking a server t give yu data(数据). The data may travel thusands f kilmeters frm a data center t yur cmputer thrugh undergrund cables.
Where are these data centers? In China, mst are nw in big cities like Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhu. They take up lts f land and energy. Recently, China has made plans t build 10 data center grups in the right areas. Many are in western and nrthern regins like Ningxia, Gansu, Inner Mnglia and Guizhu. There is mre land in these areas. They als have mre green energy like wind and slar energy. This can make the data centers mre envirnmentally friendly.
Building data centers can als help the develpment f these areas. Nw big data has becme a key industry in Guizhu.
回答下面5个问题，每题答案不超过7个词。
76. What is the “clud” in the passage used fr?
77. What des paragraph 2 mainly tell us?
78. Where are the date centers in China nw?
79. What plans abut data center grups has China made recently?
80. Hw many reasns are there fr China t build data center grups in areas like Guizhu?
（二）书面表达（共1题，计15分）
81. 在科技发达的时代，人们有多种多样的阅读方式，比如看纸质书、报纸和杂志，在线阅读或者使用app听书等。你最喜欢哪一种阅读方式呢？请以“My favrite way f reading”为题写一篇英文短文。
提示问题：1. What’s the imprtance f reading？
2. What’s yur favrite way f reading?
3. Why d yu chse this way? (至少写出2点理由)
注意事项：(1) 词数：90词左右（文章开头已给出，不计入总词数）；
(2) 文中不能出现真实姓名、校名等信息；
(3) 文章必须包含所选两个方面的全部要点，可适当发挥，使短文连贯、通顺。
My favrite way f reading
Tday, reading has becme an imprtant part f everyday life. __________________________
__________________________________▲______________________▲____________________Learning English nline
A way t learn English
There are many kinds f English learning 13 n the Internet.
Gd pints f
learning nline
▲ Peple arund the wrld can visit them 14 .
▲ Peple can get answers at nce n the Internet.
▲ Peple can learn anytime and search fr useful 15 withut
leaving hme.
A. Challenge yurself.
B. They are cl bk brains.
C. Yu can als read reviews nline.
D. Here are sme tips t pick a great bk.
E. Let me tell yu hw t write bk reviews.
F. Changing int a new style f bk is nt easy.