广东省茂名市第一中学2024-2025学年八年级上学期期中考试英语试题

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一、语法选择(本大题有10小题，每小题1分，共10 分)
通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后按照句子结构的语法和上下文连贯的要求，从每题所给的三个选项中选出一个最佳答案，并将答题卡上对应题目所选的选项涂黑。
Last year, I did nt like my English class. Every class was like a bad dream. The English teacher spke 1 quickly that I didn’t understand her mst f the time. Her class was very bring. I was afraid t ask questins because I didn't knw 2 t prnunce the new wrds crrectly. I just hid(隐藏) behind my textbk and 3 nthing.
This term, I have a new English teacher called Jenny. She is strict but nice. 4 her English class is always interesting and we have great fun, I lve her class. Smetimes she tells us sme useful 5 and teaches us sme gd English sngs like Big Big Wrld and Yesterday Once Mre.
One day, she shwed us 6 English mvie called Titanic. I fell in lve with this rmantic mvie when I watched it! Then I began t watch ther English mvies, t. Althugh I culd nt understand everything the characters(角色；人物) said, their bdy language and the expressins n their faces helped me t get the meaning. My prnunciatin imprved a lt 7 listening t the cnversatins in English mvies. I fund that 8 t smething interesting is the secret t language learning. I als learned many useful sentences. I did nt understand these sentences at first. But because I wanted t understand the stry, I lked them up in a dictinary.
Nw I really enjy my English class. I want 9 new wrds and mre grammar s that I can have a 10 understanding f English mvies than befre. Yu shuld always remember：Practice makes perfect．
( )1. A. s B. veryC. t
( )2. A. what B. hwC. why
( )3. A. say B. saysC. said
( )4. A. Until B. BecauseC. Befre
( )5. A. advise B. advices C. advice
( )6. A. an B. aC. the
( )7. A. with B. byC. against
( )8. A. listened B. listenC. listening
( )9. A. learning B. t learnC. learned
( )10. A. better B. wellC. best
二、完形填空（本大题有10小题，每小题1分，共10分）
通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的四个选项中， 选出一个最佳答案，并将答题卡上对应题目所选的选项涂黑。
Tasha lives in a small twn with her parents. She is always shy, s it is 11 fr her t g ut alne. Last Sunday, her parents were busy, s Tasha decided t take the 12 t the village t visit her grandparents alne. Her parents 13 her at first, but they thught she shuld learn t be independent(独立的). S they let her g there.
On that day, Tasha gt n a bus. A kind man said, “Yu can take my seat(座位).” Tasha thanked him but she decided t 14 . Then mre and mre peple gt n the bus. The bus became very 15 , but the peple still talked happily. Seeing this, Tasha felt excited and started a small 16 with the girl next t her.
Abut half an hur later, the bus was getting clse t her stp. Tasha tried her best t make her way t the back 17 , but there were t many peple. She was 18 she wuldn’t get ff at the right place. Luckily, a wman saw her prblem and she shuted 19 t the ther peple t let her pass. Then everyne made rm fr Tasha t get ff.
When her grandparents picked her up, they asked Tasha hw the bus 20 was. Tasha said, “This trip is much mre enjyable than I thught.”
( )11. A. easy B. fun C. kind D. hard
( )12. A. taxi B. bus C. train D. bike
( )13. A. lked at B. heard frm C. waited fr D. wrried abut
( )14. A. stand B. relax C. sit D. return
( )15. A. safe B. clean C. crwded D. strange
( )16. A. class B. talk C. jb D. bk
( )17. A. dr B. hill C. garden D. street
( )18. A. pleased B. excited C. afraid D. srry
( )19. A. early B. rudely C. ludly D. exactly
( )20. A. stp B. cmpany C. driver D. jurney
三、阅读理解（本大题有15小题, 每小题2分, 共30分）
阅读A、B两篇短文，从每小题所给的四个选项中，选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案，并将答题卡上对应题目所选的选项涂黑。
A
The Craig Theatre Cmpany will have a theatre festival this Nvember. Cme and enjy the great plays!
( )21. Hw lng will the theatre festival be?
A. 6 days. B. 8 days. C. 10 days. D. 13 days.
( )22. Where can peple watch the plays?
A. In Fifth Theatre. B. In Green Cinema. C. In Hill Theatre. D. In City Theatre.
( )23. Which play can peple watch n 10 Nvember?
A. As Yu Like It. B. Dctr Faustus. C. Our Twn. D. Leiyu (Thunderstrm).
( )24. Wh were frm the UK?
A. Thrntn Wilder and Ca Yu.
B. Thrntn Wilder and Christpher Marlwe.
C. William Shakespeare and Thrntn Wilder.
D. William Shakespeare and Christpher Marlwe.
( )25. 17-year-ld Jane and her parents will g t the festival n 11 Nvem-
ber. Hw much shuld they pay?
A. €13.5. B. €18.C. €22.5. D. €27.
B
When yu travel in many cities in Eurpe, yu can see a special kind f street shw—living statue(活人雕塑) shw.
This kind f shw has a lng histry. It started in Paris, France. The perfrmers(表演者) put n lts f makeup(化妆品) and are usually dressed as famus peple.
It’s nt easy t be a living statue. The perfrmers have t stay cmpletely still(完全静止) fr hurs. If yu want t ask them smething, yu will prbably nt get an answer, because they never speak.
S why d they d such a tugh jb? Well, sme d it simply fr fun. But fr mst, it’s a way t make mney. If peple lve their perfrmance, they ften give the perfrmers sme mney. Really gd perfrmers have als gt a prblem. Because they perfrm very well, peple may just pass them, thinking they’re real statues. S nw the perfrmers let themselves make small mvements(动作).
The perfrmers may have sme tricks(小把戏) t make peple give them mney. If smene gives them sme mney, they may lift a hat, hand ver a flwer r reach ut their hand t tuch the persn.
( )26. Where did the living statue shw start?
In France. B. In China. C. In England. D. In America.
( )27. What shuld the perfrmers d t lk like real statues?
①Wear heavy makeup. ②Put n cmmn clthes.
③Keep still fr a lng time. ④Dress up as smene else.
A. ①②③ B. ①③④ C. ①②④ D. ②③④
( )28. What des the underlined wrd “tugh” prbably mean?
A. Bring. B. Relaxing. C. Difficult. D. Dangerus.
( )29. What desn’t a living statue perfrmer d when he / she gets mney?
A. Sing a sng. B. Lift a hat. C. Tuch yu. D. Give yu a flwer.
( )30. What is the best title f the passage?
Hw t Be a Living Statue B. The Histry f the Living Statue
C. The Sad Life f a Living Statue Perfrmer
D. A Ppular Street Shw—Living Statue Shw
C
配对阅读。左栏是五个人的英语学习情况，右栏是英语学习网站。请根据这五个人的情况介绍，配对其最适合的英语学习网站配对，其中两项多余。
四、短文填空（本大题共10小题，每小题1.5分，共15分）
请从方框内选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使文章完整连贯。注意每空一词，每词仅用一次，有两词为多余项。
East r west, Guilin’s landscape(景观) is the best in the wrld. Guilin is a beautiful (36)________ f Guangxi Zhuang Autnmus Regin. The (37)_________ f Guilin is abut 5, 046, 000. The climate(气候) there is very great. It is a gd place t spend (38) free time. It is famus fr its green hills and (39)___________ water in the wrld. Yu can enjy its natural scenery(风景). Every year, (40)____________ f visitrs cme here t spend their hlidays.
I tk a trip t Guilin with my parents last summer hliday. We went there (41)________ train. I (42)__________ there with my parents fr five days. At the htel we culd enjy the sunshine and see the beautiful green muntains when lking ut f the windw. Besides, Guilin is a ppular turist city, s we went (43)_____________. We tk a bamb raft(竹筏) alng the Li River and saw the wrld-famus Elephant Trunk Hill(象鼻山). We (44)_____________saw sme strange caves made f stnes. What a beautiful view! Of curse, we als ate the mst ppular Guilin fd---rice ndles. They were really delicius. It was a wnderful and memrable trip. I wuld like t visit it again (45)___________I have anther chance.
I hpe yu can g t Guilin sme day!
五、读写综合（本大题分为A、B两部分, 共25分）
A. 回答问题（本题有5小题，每小题2分，共10分)
请阅读下面这篇短文。根据所提供的信息，回答5个问题。要求所写答案语法正确、语义完整，并把答案写在答题卡指定的位置。
46. Hw ld was Zeke when his parents tk him t his first basketball game?
___________________________________________________________
47. What present did Zeke’s parents buy him?
___________________________________________________________
48. Hw lng des it take Zeke t practise a sht?
___________________________________________________________
49. Hw many fans des Zeke have n the Internet？
___________________________________________________________
50. What is Zeke’s favurite thing?
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B. 书面表达（本题15分）
最近你校英文论坛的热点话题是My Favurite Sprt，请你用英语写一篇短文介绍你最喜欢的一项运动，然后发表在该论坛上。
内容包括：
要求：
(1) 语句通顺、意思连贯、语法正确；
(2) 包含所有提示内容，80词左右；
(3) 能写一句含比较级的句子。
参考词汇：truble 烦恼；teamwrk团队合作
My Favurite Sprt














___( )31. Kelly is studying English in Canada. But she can’t get gd grades in the exams(考试). What can she d t pass the exams？She desn't care hw much mney she has t spend.
( )32. Linda is fnd(喜爱) f stries. She wants t read mre English stries. But she is a student and she desn't have much mney. She wants t read them fr free.
( )33. Jim likes English. But he isn't gd at grammar. Smetimes he makes lts f mistakes in the exam. Hw can he imprve his grammar？
( )34. Henry can’t get gd grades in the English listening exams. He wants t imprve his listening skills，but he desn't want t pay fr the curses.
( )35. Mlly likes t cmmunicate with all kinds f peple，but her spken English isn't very gd. She can't cmmunicate well with English-speaking peple. She wants t practice her spken English mre.
A. www.English-zne.cm
A website teaching English grammar. There are lts f grammar exercises in ur website. Yu have t pay fr them.
B.
ESL （English as a Secnd Language） links, “Learn English free” is its slgan and very gd at helping students imprve their writing skills. Yu can write sme sentences r cmpsitins(作文) in ur website in China. All is free fr yu.
C.
Directry(名录)f "English as a secnd language" websites in the United States，Canada，Australia，New Zealand，Great Britain and Ireland. Here yu will be easy t pass sme exams. All is nt very expensive fr students.
A free English curse using materials frm the web and catering fr(迎合) all levels，and it's very gd at helping students imprve their listening skills.
E. www.rg-chnang.cm
Hundreds f ESL links fr yu t g t. Here yu can imprve yur speaking English. But the curses are a little expensive.
F. www.fashin-nline.cm
A wide variety f English，fashin(时尚) resurce links，especially famus fashin magazines all ver the wrld. If yu like fashin, yu can cme t ur website and read sme infrmatin abut the fashin magazines. All the magazines will be translated(被翻译成) int English. S yu must pay fr them. But it's nt very expensive.
G.
D yu like reading？If yu d，ur website is gd fr yu. Yu can read lts f English stries and find sme infrmatin abut the famus English stries. We have many free reading materials fr yu.
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