山东省烟台市蓬莱区（五四制）2023-2024学年八年级下学期期中考试英语试卷(含答案)

这是一份山东省烟台市蓬莱区（五四制）2023-2024学年八年级下学期期中考试英语试卷(含答案)，共13页。试卷主要包含了阅读理解，短文填空题，完形填空，写作题等内容，欢迎下载使用。


一、阅读理解
1．Hw lng will the students spend getting t the aquarium frm the schl?
A. Ten minutes.B. A quarter.C. Half an hur.D. An hur.
2．What will the students d at the aquarium?
① Observe fish.
② Have lunch
③See a mvie
④Finish a wrksheet.
A. ①②③B. ①③④C. ①②④D. ②③④
3．What des Miss Brwn write the text fr?
A. Parents.B. Students.C. Teachers.D. Aquarium wrkers.
Wh is the greatest teacher in Chinese histry? Many peple wuld think f Cnfucius (孔子), whse birthday was n September 28. Althugh he lived ver 2,000 years ag, peple still remember and respect (尊重) him fr his cntributin (贡献) t the educatin tday.
Cnfucius lived in the State f Lu, which lies in Shandng Prvince. He lived during the Spring and Autumn Perid. He had a hard childhd. His father died when he was nly three. His mther brught him up. As a child, he had t wrk t help his mther, but yung Cnfucius didn’t give up studying. He visited many famus teachers and learned music, histry, petry and sprts.
Later, he became a teacher and started the first private schl in Chinese histry. At that time, nly children frm nble families culd g t schl, but Cnfucius believed everyne shuld g t schl if they wanted t learn. He had abut 3,000 students in his lifetime.
Tday, peple still fllw Cnfucius’ lessns. He tld us that we all have smething wrthy t be learned. “When I am with three peple, ne f them must be better than me in sme areas. I chse their gd qualities (品质) and fllw them.”
He als taught us that thinking is very imprtant in study. “All study but n thinking makes peple puzzled (困惑). All thinking but n study makes peple lazy.”
Cnfucius is nt nly a great teacher, but als a famus thinker with wise thughts abut the wrld and the sciety. His mst imprtant teachings are abut kindness and gd manners. “A persn shuld be strict with himself, but be kind t thers,” he said.
4．Hw was Cnfucius’ life when he was a child?
A. Rich.B. Hard.C. Easy.D. Free.
5．What des the underlined wrd “nble” in Paragraph 3 mean?
A. Pr.B. Bright.C. Rich.D. Cute.
6．Which f the fllwing is NOT mentined in the passage?
A. N ne has smething wrthy t be learned.
B. All study but n thinking makes peple puzzled.
C. All thinking but n study makes peple lazy.
D. A persn shuld be strict with himself, but be kind t thers.
7．Why d peple tday still respect Cnfucius?
A. He lived a pr life in his childhd.
B. He traveled with his students frm state t state.
C. He lived during the Spring and Autumn Perid.
D. He had wise thughts and great pinins abut educatin.
Recently I had a trip t Sydney with my parents. We visited the Wildlife Park.
The Wildlife Park has lts f different animals. Sme are native (当地的) t Australians and can nly be fund there. There are mre than 500 animals there, including kangars (袋鼠), kalas and crcdiles (鳄鱼). They are living in their natural envirnment. I like the Wildlife Park better than a z. In zs, mst f the animals are kept in cages (笼子).
We first spent sme time with the kangars. We culd tuch and feel them. It was very exciting t be s clse t them. There were kalas there t. They lked very cute. Althugh we culdn’t carry kalas, I culd take a pht with ne. It is a wnderful suvenir (纪念品) f my hliday in Sydney.
The Wildlife Park has plenty f freshwater crcdiles and saltwater crcdiles. Sme f them are very big and scary with huge teeth! I did nt want t get t clse t them.
There was als a bird shw. The keepers shwed us different kinds f birds. I saw an ld parrt (鹦鹉). It culd “talk” and be funny.
I enjy the trip very much. There was s much t see.
8．What is a wnderful suvenir f the writer’s hliday?
A. A pht with a kala.B. A chance t feed a kala.
C. A parrt that culd talk.D. Fd fr the kangars.
9．Which f the fllwing is TRUE?
A. The writer watched a bird shw.
B. The writer went t see kalas first.
C. The writer traveled t the Wildlife Park alne.
D. The kangars are kept in cages in the Wildlife Park.
10．Why did the writer like the Wildlife Park?
A. There are all kinds f animals in it.
B. The writer likes kangars and kalas best.
C. Animals are living in the natural envirnment.
D. Peple can watch the bird shw and buy suvenirs.
11．Hw did the writer feel after visiting the Wildlife Park?
A. Bred.B. Unhappy.C. Excited.D. Hpeless.
D yu use hand gestures when yu talk? D yu pen yur muth and eyes wide when yu are surprised? These are all examples f bdy language. Hw imprtant can it be? Fllw Teens and have a lk.
Bdy language des nt use wrds It uses the mvement r psitin f yur bdy t shw certain meanings.
Accrding t American scientist Edward T. Hall, in a cnversatin between tw peple, 65 percent f cmmunicatin is bdy language. In sme cases yu even express yurself withut wrds. Fr example, if yur friend asks yu t jin him in a picnic, yu will give him an "OK" gesture t say: "Yes, sunds great!" Smetimes, yur wrds say ne thing, but yur bdy language says anther. Yu may d things uncnsciusly(无意识地) like tuching yur face while telling a lie.
In different cultures, the same bdy language means different things. In the US, making eye cntact(眼神交流) with smene means yu are interested in what the persn is saying. While in sme Asian cuntries, it is rude t lk int a persn's eyes during a cnversatin.
Smetimes, different bdy language expresses the same meaning. Take "hell" fr example. French peple kiss cheeks (脸颊) t say hell. Japanese peple bw (鞠躬). Maris in New Zealand, hwever, tuch nses in greeting.
What are yu trying t say?
Bdy language is imprtant t teenagers. Understanding this language helps yu t cmmunicate better with thers.
12．What des bdy language use t shw meanings?
A. Wrds.B. Sentences.C. Letters.D. Mvement r psitin.
13．What des an American mean if he makes eye cntact with smene?
A. He is bred with the persn.B. He is interested in the persn.
C. He is angry with the persn.D. He desn't want t say anything.
14．Whm might this passage be written fr?
A. Old peple.B. The disabled.C. Adults.D. Teenagers.
15．Which f the fllwing is TRUE?
A. The same bdy language always means the same thing.
B. Different bdy language can express the same meaning.
C. Asian peple like making eye cntact.
D. Japanese peple kiss t say hell.
D yu want t be a ftball cach r a pliceman? If yu culd d any jb fr a day, what wuld it be? Takever Day ffers yung peple this chance.
Takever Day is an event fr yung peple t “take ver” the day frm adults. Of curse, it’s difficult t give smene the jb f a film star r a mdel! Hwever, Takever Day has ffered yung peple jbs as news reprters, teachers and even pliticians. There are tw purpses.
First, it gives yung peple experience in different kinds f jbs. Secnd, adults can learn frm yung peple’s pinins and fresh ideas.
Here is what sme students say abut their Takever Day.
Simn, 15, went t a ftball club. He became a cach f the ftball team fr a day. “It was an imprtant experience,” said Simn. “If I had the chance, I wuld d this jb every day.”
Sally, 14, became the head teacher f her schl. She learned a lt. “I’d g crazy if I were a head teacher! S many meetings!” she said. “My favrite part f the day was meeting the schl ck and imprving the schl menus fr the week. It was a great chance t tell her what we really like eating!”
Paul, 13, spent the day with an imprtant plitician. He even went t a meeting at Buckingham Palace! Paul thught that if everyne had the chance t fllw a plitician fr a day, they wuld be surprised. “It isn’t a nine-t-five jb. It’s 24 hurs a day r 7 days in a week,” he said. “We even had n time fr lunch.”
16．What is Takever Day?
17．List ne f the purpses f Takever Day.
18．What may Simn chse t be in the future?
19．What des Paul think f the jb as a plitician?
20．Hw d yu like Takever Day?
二、短文填空题
21．In ur class, many students are nt interested in sme subjects at all. They think they dn’t need t use the subjects they dn’t like in their daily life at all. S they shuldn’t study them at schl. Studying the subjects is a waste f time. ①________
Whether r nt we like sme subjects, we can get knwledge frm them. Fr example, the lgical (逻辑的) thinking ability frm math can help us slve sme prblems in ur life. ②________ Maybe sme students think learning English is useless because they dn’t want t get a jb in a big cmpany in a big city and they dn’t want t cmmunicate with a freigner. But if they learn English well nw, it can prve (证明) that they have the ability f learning languages. ③________ If they g t England r America t travel ne day, they will find that knwing abut its culture is imprtant.
④________ Just think abut ne thing: When we fail in a cmputer game, we always want t try it again, because we want t get the highest mark, thugh it is hard fr us t get it. ⑤________ If yu can d, yu’ll make the greatest prgress.
A. Even if we dn’t like math, we shuldn’t drp it.
B. Never give up sme subjects that we are nt interested in.
C. Mst students prefer t play games rather than study subjects.
D. What is the meaning f studying s many subjects at schl?
E. We shuld als learn t face difficulties and try t challenge urselves in ur study.
F. What’s mre, they can learn frm sme Western culture that is different frm Chinese culture.
22．Which is ①_______(difficult), becming a mther f tw, getting a dctrate (博士学位), r flying int space? Astrnaut Liu Yang has already set ②_______ example t wmen. Liu has achieved them all.
On June 5, 2022, Liu set ff n her ③_______ (tw) space missin (任务). She wuld stay in space fr six mnths, wrking with the ther tw astrnauts n China’s space statin.
“My girl and by asked me t take mre ④_______ (pht) f the space s that they culd share them with their classmates. I will als write my blessings (祝福) t them ‘in the stars’ during the space trip,” Liu said befre her new missin.
Liu became China’s first wman astrnaut ⑤_______ went int space in 2012. She spent 13 days in the Shenzhu-9 spaceship. Befre that, she spent tw years ⑥_______ (take) curses and training. She never went shpping r saw a mvie during the tw years. Her hard wrk ⑦_______ (final) paid ff and she became the first wman astrnaut n the Shenzhu-9 missin. After that, she went t study at university and gt her dctrate. Als, she raised tw children while ⑧_______ (carry) n training.
Brn in 1978, Liu didn’t dream f being an astrnaut ⑨_______ a child. She was a pupil chess champin (冠军) when she was yung. She nce dreamed f being a lawyer (律师), a bus driver, r an ffice wrker. ⑩_______, nce she made up her mind t be an astrnaut, she wrked hard fr it. That is what we must learn frm her stry.
三、完形填空
Hw d peple greet ne anther in cuntries arund the wrld? A kiss, a hug, a handshake, r a bw (鞠躬)? It depends n the cuntry and culture. In the USA, as in mst places arund the wrld, the handshake is a 1 greeting t shw friendliness and trust.
In many places in 2 , peple prefer kisses t greeting, and sme f them have very 3 rules abut hw many times may kiss smene’s cheeks (脸颊) and n 4 cheek t start. Parisians (巴黎人) kiss fur times frm cheek t cheek, always with the left cheek first. If yu are in Brittany, a city in the nrthwest f France, kiss three times; and in 5 parts f France, keep it t tw. Tw kisses is 6 the rule in Spain, Austria, Nrway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Iceland. In the Netherlands, peple usually kiss three times; mre kisses are fr the elderly and clse family members. 7 is als a factr (因素) fr Belgians, wh kiss nce fr peple as ld as themselves, and three times fr peple ten years lder.
8 , handshake and kissing are nt the nly ways t say hell arund the wrld. In Japan, peple usually 9 t greet each ther. The different greetings arund the wrld may 10 yu puzzled. But dn’t wrry. When yu are nt sure, remember that a firm (坚定的) but gentle handshake, a smile, and an pen mind wn’t be wrng.
23．A. specialB. cmmnC. unusualD. wnderful
24．A. EurpeB. AsiaC. AmericaD. Australia
25．A. easyB. relaxingC. strictD. hard
26．A. whatB. thatC. whseD. which
27．A. therB. antherC. thersD. the ther
28．A. alwaysB. alsC. againD. already
29．A. AgeB. HealthC. SexD. Natinality
30．A. Mre imprtantlyB. At last
C. Fr exampleD. Of curse
31．A. bwB. shake handsC. kissD. hug
32．A. takeB. makeC. bringD. carry
四、写作题
33．假如你是Li Hua，你的好朋友Li Ming写信告诉你说他热爱科学，梦想成为一名科学家。但他不知道该怎么做才能实现自己的梦想。请你根据下面的提示给他回一封信，提出你的一些建议。
主要内容：
1. 课堂认真听讲，努力学习所有学科；
2. 参加社团活动，多向别人提问请教；
3. 大量阅读，增长知识，开拓视野。
写作要求：
1. 包括所有内容要点，并适当拓展，以使语言通顺，行文连贯；
2. 文中不能出现真实的校名和姓名等真实信息；
3. 词数在80—120之间。
Dear Li Ming,
I’m glad t knw that yu want t be a scientist when yu grw up.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
I hpe yur dream will cme true.
Yurs,
Li Hua
参考答案
1．答案：B
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2．答案：B
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3．答案：A
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4．答案：B
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5．答案：C
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6．答案：A
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7．答案：D
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8．答案：A
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9．答案：A
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10．答案：C
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11．答案：C
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12．答案：D
解析：细节理解题。根据“It uses the mvement r psitin f yur bdy t shw certain meanings.”可知,肢体语言用身体的动作或者姿势来表达某种意思,故选D。
13．答案：B
解析：细节理解题。根据“In the US，making eye cntact (眼神交流)with smene means yu are interested in what the persn is saying.”可知,如果一个美国人和说话的人有眼神交流,那么表明他对说话者所说的话感兴趣,故选B。
14．答案：D
解析：推理判断题。根据“Bdy language is imprtant t teenagers.”可知,肢体语言对青少年来说是重要的,即此篇文章是写给青少年的,故选D。
15．答案：B
解析：细节理解题。根据“Smetimes，different kinds f bdy language express the same meaning.”可知,有时不同类型的肢体语言表达相同的意思,故选B。
16．答案： Takever Day is an event fr yung peple t “take ver” the day frm adults.
解析：根据“Takever Day is an event fr yung peple t 'take ver' the day frm adults.”可知接管日是年轻人从成年人手中“接管”这一天的活动。故填Takever Day is an event fr yung peple t “take ver” the day frm adults.
17．答案： It gives yung peple experience in different kinds f jbs. /Adults can learn frm yung peple’s pinins and fresh ideas.
解析：根据“First, it gives yung peple experience in different kinds f jbs. Secnd, adults can learn frm yung peple's pinins and fresh ideas.”可知首先，它为年轻人提供了从事各种工作的经验。其次，成年人可以从年轻人的意见和新鲜想法中学习。故填It gives yung peple experience in different kinds f jbs. /Adults can learn frm yung peple's pinins and fresh ideas.
18．答案： He may chse t be a cach f a ftball team.
解析：根据“He became a cach f the ftball team”以及“If I had the chance, I wuld d this jb every day”可知他想成为足球教练。故填He may chse t be a cach f a ftball team.
19．答案： It is very busy.
解析：根据“It isn't a nine-t-five jb. It’s 24 hurs a day r 7 days in a even had n time fr lunch”可知这是一天24小时或一周7天的工作，甚至没有时间吃饭，所以政客是很忙的。故填It is very busy.
20．答案： It is useful fr yung peple because it gives yung peple experience in different kinds f jbs.
解析：开放性试题，言之有理即可。参考答案为It is useful fr yung peple because it gives yung peple experience in different kinds f jbs.
21．答案：DAFBE
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22．答案：①the mst difficult②an③secnd④phts⑤wh/that⑥taking⑦finally⑧carrying⑨as⑩Hwever
解析：本文是一篇记叙文，主要介绍了宇航员刘洋努力拼搏的人生，值得我们学习。
①句意:哪个是最困难的，成为两个孩子的母亲，得到博士学位，还是飞向太空?根据“becming a mther f tw, getting a dctrate (博士学位), r flying int space”可知此处是在三者之间比较，用最高级mst difficult，最高级前加定冠词the。故填the mst difficult。
②句意:宇航员刘洋已经给女士树立了榜样。set an example t sb.“给某人树立榜样”，固定短语。故填an。
③句意:在2022年6月5号，刘启程进行她的第二次太空任务。此处指第二次太空任务，表示顺序用序数词，故填secnd。
④句意:我的女儿和儿子让我多拍一些空间的照片，这样他们就可以和同学们分享了。mre后加可数名词复数phts“照片”。故填phts。
⑤句意:2012年，刘成为中国首位进入太空的女宇航员。句子是定语从句，先行词是wman astrnaut，关系词在从句中作主语，用wh/that引导定语从句。故填wh/that。
⑥句意:在那之前，她花费两年时间上课和训练。spend time (in) ding sth.“花费时间做某事”，此处动词应用动名词形式，故填taking。
⑦句意:她的艰苦工作终于得到回报，她成为神舟九号任务中的第一位女宇航员。此处修饰动词paid ff用副词finally“终于”。故填finally。
⑧句意:另外她边抚养两个孩子边继续训练。while引导的从句省略了主语和be动词，故此处用现在分词。故填carrying。
⑨句意:刘洋出生在1978年，在儿童时她并没有梦想着成为宇航员。根据“Liu didn't dream f being an child”可知是当小孩的时候，她梦想成为宇航员，as“作为”。故填as。
⑩句意:然而一旦她下定决心成为宇航员，她就努力为了梦想奋斗不止。此处和前句是转折关系，空后有逗号，用hwever连接。故填Hwever.
23．答案：B
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24．答案：A
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25．答案：C
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26．答案：D
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27．答案：A
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28．答案：B
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29．答案：A
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30．答案：D
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31．答案：A
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32．答案：B
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33．答案：
Dear Li Ming,
I’m glad t knw that yu want t be a scientist when yu grw up. In yur letter, yu asked me t give yu sme suggestins t help yu realize yur dream. Here are my ideas.
First, yu shuld listen t the teachers carefully in class and take sme ntes as well. And yu must wrk hard at all yur subjects because a scientist needs wide knwledge. Besides, yu shuld jin different kinds f club activities and yu’d better ask yur teachers fr help r discuss with yur classmates when yu have sme difficulties. At last, yu shuld read a lt f bks t increase yur knwledge and braden yur hrizns.
I hpe yur dream will cme true.
Yurs,
Li Hua
解析：[总体分析]
①题材:本文是一篇应用文，为书信作文;
②时态:时态为“一般现在时”;
③提示:根据提示内容给对方一些建议，告诉他如何实现自己的梦想，适当增加细节。
[写作步骤]
第一步，引出话题，表示要给对方一些建议;
第二步，根据提示内容详细介绍自己的建议;
第三步，表达希望。
[亮点词汇]
①listen t听
②different kinds f各种各样的
③ask sb. fr help向某人寻求帮助
[高分句型]
①And yu must wrk hard at all yur subjects because a scientist needs wide knwledge.(because引导的原因状语从句)
②Besides, yu shuld jin different kinds f club activities and yu'd better ask yur teachers fr help r discuss with yur classmates when yu have sme difficulties.(when引导的时间状语从句)
Dear parents,
Next Wednesday, May 1st, we’ll g n a field trip t the aquarium (水族馆). We’ll meet at the schl gate at 8:00 am, and then take the schl bus t the aquarium. At the aquarium, students will watch a shrt film abut sea animals. Then students will be divided (分) int grups f 5—7 t watch all kinds f fish. Each grup will be given a wrksheet (活页练习题) t fill ut while bserving (观察).
Please prepare the fllwing things fr yur child:
$20 (the ticket)
Lunch and water
A pen (fr filling ut the wrksheet)
Please sign (签名) at the bttm (底部) f this page and return it befre Mnday, April 29. Withut this nte, yur child wn’t be allwed t attend the field trip.
Yurs,
Miss Brwn
Timetable
8:00 am
Meet at the schl gate
8:15 am—8:30 am
Take the schl bus t the aquarium
8:40 am—11:40 am
D activities at the aquarium
12:00 pm—12:30 pm
Leave the aquarium fr lunch
12:40 pm—12:55 pm
Take the schl bus back t schl
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I give Lily Smith permissin (允许) t attend the field trip.
Parent signature: Jack Smith
Phne: 347-466-XXXX
Date: April 28th, 2024