湖北省武汉市东西湖区2023-2024学年八年级下学期期中考试英语试题

这是一份湖北省武汉市东西湖区2023-2024学年八年级下学期期中考试英语试题，共7页。
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第Ⅰ卷 客观题
第Ⅰ卷的注释
一、选择填空 (共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分)(共10题；共10分)
1. —Yu lk sad, Betty. What's the matter with yu?
— ____.
2. —Well, this week I gt fired, I hurt my left ft, I crashed my car and I gt my wallet stlen.
—____. But at least yu are still alive.
3. —Thank yu fr ffering me s much useful advice, Mr. Sigmund.
—____.
4. —Which is yur car amng the mst beautiful nes?
—____. Mine is under repair.
5. —Dn't let children swim in the river, We dn't knw hw deep it is.
—Yung kids aren't ____ enugh. It culd be dangerus.
6. —Wetlands are birds' best hme.
—Yeah! They ____ birds with nt nly fd but als cver.
7. —We need t ____ a guest rm fr yur cusin. He is cming next night.
—Hw abut sharing a rm with me?
8. —Our class wn the first place in the cmpetitin again!
—Great. Everyne's spirit ____ at the news.
9. —Mike, hw can I make prgress in English?
—Take every ____ yu get t practice it.
10. The famus pem "Every grain f fd is the fruit f hard wrk" tells us ____.
第Ⅱ卷 主观题
第Ⅱ卷的注释
二、完形填空 (共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分)(共1题；共15分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
It was a rainy, windy Octber afternn. Garth std utside his huse with a wide smile. This was 11 weather fr testing his new inventin—Umbrella Hat. He culd hardly wait t see whether it culd keep the rain ff. He carefully 12 the hat n his head and started walking carefully alng the street. It 13 !
Suddenly, three bys in his neighbrhd appeared and 14 him. Tdd, the biggest ne, pulled his Umbrella Hat ff his head.
"What's THIS?" he asked.
"It's an Umbrella Hat yu can wear it n rainy days and..." Garth said,
The bys 15 , "Will anyne wear that stupid thing?" Tdd threw the hat nt the grund and they ran ff.
Garth picked up his Umbrella Hat frm the grund in tears. "Maybe Tdd was 16 ... in reality, wh wuld ever need this inventin?" He lwered his head and thught t himself.
Suddenly he 17 and saw a lady lking at him. "I was just leaving my huse 18 I saw yu and thse bys. Are yu kay?" Then she saw the 19 Umbrella Hat and asked "Er.. what's that?"
"It's my Umbrella Hat, I thught f it and make it myself ..." answered Garth.
"What a creative 20 yu have! Dn't ever let stupid bys put yu dwn! Keep inventing and ne day yu will 21 smething really great!" said the lady.
"And yu have given me a wnderful 22 ." she cntinued, "I have a gadget (小器具)shp—Gadgets4U—and I'd like t hld a 23 t find the best yung gadget inventr in it. I will display (展示) three best inventins in my shp. I'm sure yu will have a(n) 24 f winning a prize." Garth was very 25 . Gadgets4U was ne f his favrite places and the thught f having his inventin displayed in that wnderful place was t exciting fr wrds. He suddenly felt much better and culd already feel lts f new ideas cming ut, waiting t spring int life!
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三、阅读理解 (共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分)(共15题；共30分)
阅读下面材料，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
26. In which SECTION f the newspaper can we read the news? A . SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY B . FUNNY WORLD C . AMAZING INVENTION D . CAR INDUSTRY
27. What wuld be the best heading fr the secnd piece f news? A . The largest duty-free stre at sea B . Adra Magic City: The take-ff f the cruise industry C . Mbile 5G netwrk at sea—A dream Cme True D . Rich and Clrful Activities n Cruise
28. Which ne is true accrding t the first piece f news? A . The six sea-based launches all failed. B . The Smart Dragn 3 has n difference frm ther carriers. C . China has been ahead f ther cuntries in space technlgy. D . A slid-prpellant engine makes the rcket lift ff.
29. Which f the fllwing best describes the fficial feeling abut the future f the Adra Magic City? A . Peaceful. B . Wrried, C . Hpeful. D . Excited.
30. It is clear that ____. A . the Smart Dragn 3 is the first sea-based launch B . peple nw can use 5G netwrk n the Adra Magic City C . Xiami wants t prduce the best electric cars D . in 2040, Xiami might realise its gal if making great effrts
阅读下面材料，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
Shen Yun's kitchen in Shanghai is a place f magic, where fd desn't fill the stmach but feeds the eyes. She is a fd stylist wrking fr TV and mvies. Her jb is t make fd lk their best in phts and vides.
"We are what we eat," she laughs, "But in my line f wrk, we lve t eat what we feel. That's what makes my jb interesting." Fr Shen, fd is mre than things we need t stay alive. It is a cllectin f feelings r memries. Grwing up in a typical Chinese family, her mst valuable memries always cme frm fd. A slice f pizza calls up a jyful day at the z, while wntns (云吞) are grandma's cmfrting hugs in a bwl f warm sup.
When styling fd, Shen is meticulus, taking care f the smallest things. Fr a clse-up pht f Chinese tea eggs, she had t use a brush in rder t perfect the brwn patterns n the eggs. Steam (蒸汽) helps t make the eggs lk fresh and ht, s she put a cup f ht water under the eggs. All the careful wrk desn't make real fd, but makes her phts inviting fr the eyes. When lking at her wrk, the viewers will feel like they are in a cmfrtable mrning in a Chinese hme.
Shen says the real challenge is t keep the balance. "Making fd lk beautiful is easy, but the real skill lies in making it bth inviting and real. It takes patience and lve t create and catch that mment f fd."
31. Shen Yun's jb is t ____. A . t prepare meals fr big families B . t make fd lk delicius C . t direct films and TV ads D . t write stries abut her grandma
32. Why des Shen think her jb is interesting? A . Peple can eat whatever they feel like eating. B . She can shw her talent t her family. C . Her wrk calls up wnderful memries. D . It teaches peple t eat and live healthily.
33. What des the wrd "meticulus" in Para 3 prbably mean? A . careful B . quick C . easy D . relaxed
34. In paragraph 3, which f the fllwing are in Shen's kitchen?
①brush ②fd ③viewers ④Chinese family ⑤camera
A . ①②④ B . ②③⑤ C . ③④⑤ D . ①②⑤
35. What's the best title fr the passage? A . Hw t Make Delicius Fd. B . Memries n a Plate. C . Life and Art f a Fd Stylist. D . Catch Patience and Lve.
阅读下面材料，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
Mre and mre car makers are intrducing smart cars that can drive themselves. But as these cars take t the streets, we have t ask: are aut-pilt (自动领航) cars a step int a better future, r are they a step we're nt ready t take?
Nt lng ag, cars that drive themselves were just a dream. But nw, with smart car makers like XPeng, Tesla and Xiami, that dream is clser t reality. Supprters f aut-piltcars say that they can make ur rads much safer and make it easier t travel. Mst car accidents happen because peple make mistakes r get sleepy, but the cmputers n cars dn't get tired. Many believe that self-driving cars can als help traffic mve better and give peple mre time t d fun things while traveling.
Hwever, even car makers admit that self-driving technlgy is nt perfect—especially with the busy streets, traffic lights, and all ther different drivers it has t deal with. Peple wrry abut the decisins smart cars wuld make in uncmmn situatins. Sme think it is easier fr human drivers t frget the pssible danger in driving. ★ Many drivers still remember the accident in 2021, where a human driver fell asleep behind the wheel and the aut pilt made a wrng decisin. What's mre, they are nervus abut the persnal infrmatin these cars might cllect.
The discussin abut self-driving cars is abut technlgy, safety, and hw we'll live in the future. We'll keep discussing if they're gd fr us. Will self-driving cars becme cmmn, r will they remind us t be careful with new technlgy? We'll see what the future hlds.
36. What's the main idea f Paragraph 2? A . The histry f aut-pilt cars. B . Supprters' pinins abut aut-pilt cars. C . Aut-pilt cars are a dream cme true. D . The pssible danger f self-driving cars.
37. Accrding t paragraph 3, self-driving cars might ____. A . make bad decisins in difficult situatins B . stp all kinds f car accidents frm happening C . make driving fun and relaxing fr mst drivers D . keep ur persnal infrmatin safe
38. Which f the fllwing can be put in ____? A . The technlgy is t expensive fr mst peple. B . Peple believe in these cars t much smetimes. C . Aut-pilt technlgy makes drivers tired. D . Self-driving cars d nt make many mistakes.
39. The underlined wrd "they" refers t____. A . human mistakes B . the discussins C . cmputers n cars D . self-driving cars
40. What's the purpse (目的) f this passage? A . T shw different pinins. B . T give useful advice. C . T stp peple frm mistakes. D . T tell us abut new things.
四、词与短语填空 (共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分)(共1题；共10分)
阅读下面短文，用方框中所给的单词或短语填空，使短文在结构、句意和逻辑上正确。(提示：方框中有二个单词或短语是多余的。)
We talk every day. When we have gd news, we like t share it with ur gd friends. Even when smething 41 happens, we will make it knwn t thers sn. But can yu 42 that a tree can talk and share news t? Thugh, it may sund strange, sme trees try t 43 with each ther.
Willw tree sends ut a special smell when nibbled (叮咬) by insects. This smell tells the ther willws that harmful insects are cming near. All f them make a chemical (化学物质) in their leaves 44 . The insects d nt like it and they fly away sn. In this way, the willw trees 45 themselves frm the insects. S trees can talk and give messages t each ther.
五、综合填空 (共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分)(共1题；共9分)
阅读下面短文，根据上下文或括号内单词等提示，在空白处填入适当的单词或括号内单词的适当形式。
Accrding t sme ld Chinese stries, there nce was an ancient emperr named Shennng. At that time, there was n medicine t treat illness. Many sick peple culd nly wait fr 46 (die).
T save his peple, Shennng decided 47 (find) and test ut different plants. He and his men set ut n a jurney in search f medicinal plants.
Each time the team fund a new plant, Shennng wuld taste it 48 (he). Sme plants made him feel sleepy, sme caused him t have a stmachache, and sme made him tremble (颤抖) all ver. 49 Shennng searched and tested ver a lng time, he and his men discvered lts f medicinal plants.
As they 50 (cntinue) their search, the team fund a plant with small yellw flwers. Shennng picked ff ne piece 51 the plant in rder t taste it. He said, "It lks like a medicinal plant. I have t test it, 52 sme peple may misuse it."
Suddenly, Shennng's face turned pale and he fell t the grund 53 (heavy). Even after he was given the leaves frm ther medicinal plants, he still 54 (lse) his life. Peple cvered him with thusands f 55 (flwer). Frm then n, they called him "the Emperr f Medicine".
六、书面表达 (共1大题，满分20分)(共1题；共20分)
56. 本学期很快过半，相信你的生活一定发生了一些变化。假如你是李华，根据以下提示问题，从学习状况、课外活动、家务劳动等方面给你的好友Mari写一封信，介绍这学期以来你的生活。
Hw is yur schlwrk? D yu feel stressed?
What d yu d after schl? Hw d yu like it?
Hw d yu share the husewrk?
Smething mre abut it.
注意：文中不得透露个人真实信息；词数100词左右；开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dcar Mari,
Hw's everything ging? Smething has changed in my life this term.
Anything new abut yur life? Best wishes!
Yurs,
Li HuaA . I've gt the first prize
B . Srry t hear that
C . I can't attend the summer camp
D . I can't agree mre
A . It never rains but it purs
B . A gd miss is as gd as a mile
C . It's easy t be wise after the event
D . It is never t ld t learn
A . I think s
B . Hard t say
C . That's right
D . Dn't mentin it
A . Bth
B . Any
C . Nne
D . Neither
A . perfect
B . serius
C . brave
D . anxius
A . prepare
B . prvide
C . ffer
D . give
A . make up
B . fix up
C . use up
D . mess up
A . rse
B . calmed
C . turned
D . shk
A . time
B . care
C . cause
D . chance
A . wh knws the rice
B . whm it was written t
C . where is the fruit
D . hw difficult it is t get fd
A . cld
B . wnderful
C . strange
D . terrible
A . raised
B . placed
C . drpped
D . repaired
A . ran
B . jumped
C . flew
D . wrked
A . guided
B . praised
C . stpped
D . refused
A . replied
B . laughed
C . wndered
D . greeted
A . right
B . angry
C . plite
D . silly
A . came up
B . gave up
C . shwed up
D . lked up
A . while
B . until
C . when
D . after
A . ugly
B . ld
C . small
D . brken
A . mind
B . habit
C . game
D . tl
A . shw
B . meet
C . plan
D . create
A . skill
B . gift
C . idea
D . jb
A . party
B . meeting
C . cmpetitin
D . cnversatin
A . chice
B . chance
C . excuse
D . experience
A . shcked
B . bred
C . relaxed
D . wrried
The Smart Dragn3: Technlgical breakthrugh and innvatin
(创新)
The Smart Dragn 3 carrier rcket lifted ff n early December 6th
mrning frm Yangjiang in Guangdng Prvince. Befre the Smart
Dragn 3 task, China had perfrmed six sea-based launches. The rcket's
pwer cmes frm a special engine, a slid-prpellant engine (固体推进
剂引擎). This rcket has been mre pwerful than cmmn space rckets.
It can quickly cmplete the preparatin and launch within a week. The
develpment f China's space technlgy is an amazing achievement fr
China's space prgram.
China's first hme-grwn large cruise ship (邮轮)—"Adra Magic City" prvides peple n bard with rich and clrful activities. Peple can shp at the wrld's largest duty-free stre n the cruise ship and als enjy musical shws and funny talk shws. What's mre, the Adra Magic City will be cvered by a mbile 5G netwrk. This will allw passengers t get the same netwrk experience as they d n land. "We expect the ship t becme a flating (漂浮的) name card at sea," said a Chinese gvernment fficer.
Xiami SU7: The amazing achievements
Xiami SU7, which was launched n Thursday night in Beijing received mre attentin. It received 50,000 rders fr the SU7 in the first 27 minutes after sales pened at 10 p. m. Beijing time. Lei mentined that Beijing-based Xiami aims t becme ne f the wrld's tp five car makers in the next 15 t 20 years. "There's still a lng way t g fr ur car t becme a Prsche,"he said, "but if Xiami keeps wrking hard fr anther five t ten years, ne day we will finally catch up with and even surpass Prsche."
cmmunicate; keep; scared; right away; imagine; terrible; help