江苏省泰州市靖江市2023-2024学年八年级上学期期中考试英语试题

这是一份江苏省泰州市靖江市2023-2024学年八年级上学期期中考试英语试题，共12页。试卷主要包含了听力测试，选择题，完形填空，阅读理解，任务型阅读，短文填空，翻译句子，同义句转换等内容，欢迎下载使用。
（试卷总分：150分 考试时间：120分钟）
第一部分 选择题（共85分）
一、听力测试 （本题共20小题，每小题1分，共20分）
第一部分，听对话回答问题。
1. What did Amy d during her hliday?
A. B. C.
2. Where will the girl g this Sunday?
A. B. C.
3. What was the weather like last Saturday?
A. B. C.
4. What des Peter's father d?
A. B. C.
5. What's the man ging t d first?
A. G ut t dinner. B. Write a reprt. C. G fr a schl trip.
6. When are the tw speakers ging t see the film?
A. In the mrning. B. In the afternn. C. In the evening.
7. What time des the man usually leave hme in the mrning?
A. At7:30: B. At 8:00. C. At 8:30.
8. Where are the tw speakers?
A. In the bkshp. B. In the restaurant. C. At the man's huse.
9. What are the tw speakers talking abut?
A. A film. B. The weather. C. Their family.
10. Hw much is the sweater?
A.15 dllars. B.50 dllars. C.5 dllars
第二部分，听对话和短文回答问题。
听一段对话，回答下面两个小题。
11. Wh are they?
A. A mm and a sn. B. A dctr and a patient. C. A teacher and a student.
12. What are they talking abut?
A. Where t eat lunch.B. Hw t give advice.C. What t d n the playgrund.
听第一篇短文，回答下列各小题。
13. A. wrker. B. fficer C. teacher
14. A. yellw B. black C. glden
15. A.14 B.16 C.18
听一篇短文，回答下列5个小题。
16. Why is a bike smetimes better than a car in the twn?
A. It has a basket n the frnt.
B. It's much cheaper than a car.
C. It's ften faster than a car.
17. Wh can the speaker take t schl and the library by bike?
A. Her little sn. B. Her little daughter. C. Her husband.
18. In what seasn des the speaker use her bike mst?
A. In summer. B. In winter. C. In autumn.
19. When des the speaker's husband use the bike?
A. When he ges fr a picnic.
B. When he ges t his ffice.
C. When he ges t see his friends.
20. What can we learn frm what the speaker said?
A. Riding makes her feel tired.
B. Riding is gd fr her health.
C. Riding saves her a lt f mney.
二、选择题 （本题共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
21.—I hate rain. It never ends.
— Dear, the sund f the rain is like music. Try t be ______ and enjy it.
A. cheerful B. helpful C. useful D. clrful
22. — D yu remember the exciting mment when the Digital Trch Bearer (数字火炬手) was lighting the main trch in Hangzhu.
— Of curse. Wrds can't ______ ur feelings.

A. understand B. describe C. reprt D. clear
23. Lucy likes taking part in different kinds f activities ______ Lily likes reading ______ at- hme alne.
A. as B. while C. when D. if
24. — Did yu take any phts f the baby mnkey?
— I tk ______. I nly tk sme pictures f his mther.
A. nthing B. n ne C. nbdy D. nne
25. AI (人工智能) will surely be a feature f future life, but we ______ use it in a crrect way.
A. can B. may C. culd D. must
26. Vivian wrked very hard at all her lessns. ______, she became the tp student in her class.
A. As a result B. Fr example C. As usual D. In rder t
27. Which sentence has the same structure (结构) as "I find English easy."?
A. I feel excited. B. I met a lt f turists.
C. I bught my father a scarf. D. My teacher makes his class interesting.
28. ______ abut the weather, yu can use an APP called "Mji Weather" and check the weather n it.
A. Learn B. LearningC. T learn D. Learned
29. Which f the fllwing wrds is the best fr ▲ in the pem n the right?
A. leaves B. butterfliesC. flwers D. huses
30. — N phts here, please. We must learn t keep secrets fr the safety f ur mtherland.
—______ I frgt teachers tld us.
A. N way! B. Srry, I wn't. C. Why nt? D. That's all right.
三、完形填空（本题共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）
I had little passin (激情) in my life. But what happened the ther day changed my mind. At that time, I learned hw 31 it is t have a passin in life.
That day I went hme in Mm's car. When Mm 32 at a red light, smene n the side f the rad caught my eye. It was a man 33 pr clthes. He was hmeless. I wasn't interested in that, because I saw 34 like him befre. Thse peple usually lked unhappy and hpeless.
But that man was 35 in sme ways. He was nt sitting dwn, feeling 36 . Instead, he had a 37 in his hand and was dancing happily t the music. The radi seemed t be the mst precius (珍贵的) thing he had.
"Mm, why des that man have a radi 38 he's hmeless?" I asked.
"He 39 it," she replied.
"But why desn't he use the mney t buy fd r clthes? He 40 smething that he didn't need."
"Well, Sarah, smetimes fd and clthes aren't the mst imprtant."
That man must care s much abut 41 that he bught a radi instead f fd r clthes. I sn knew that 42 is the secret f life.
Since then I am always thinking f 43 is truly imprtant in life. A hme, a meal, clthes — these things are 44 part f the life. What we ften frget is that we all need a jy, a light in a 45 day. We all need a passin which gives us the happiness we need t keep ging.
31. A. strange B. imprtant C. dangerus D. difficult
32. A. stpped B. walked C. std D. exercised
33. A. in B. n C. at D. f
34. A. nne B. few C. all D. many
35. A. usual B. different C. plite D. rude
36. A. sad B. afraid C. mad D. happy
37. A. hat B. phne C. scarf D. radi
38. A. thugh (尽管) B. because C. until D. unless (除非)
39. A. brrwed B. made C. fixed D. bught
40. A. asked fr B. waited fr C. paid fr D. lked fr
41. A. stries B. music C. news D. languages
42. A. kindness B. health C. happiness D. practice
43. A. wh B. what C. where D. when
44. A. nly B. bth C. als D. never
45. A. warm B. ht C. dark D. interesting
四、阅读理解（本题共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
A
Hw much free time d yu have n the weekend? What d yu usually d in yur free time? We did a survey f students in N.10 Middle Schl. Let's see the results.
46. Hw much free time d 66% f the students have each weekend?
A. A whle day. B. Abut half a day,
C. Less than fur hurs. D. Mre than a day.
47. What wuld mst bys like t d in their spare time?
A. T play sprts. B. T d vlunteer wrk.
C. T d husewrk. D. T play vide games.
48. Why des Nick ften fight with his mther?
A. Because he ften hurts his legs. B. Because he des badly in his exams.
C. Because he can't play sccer again. D. Because he desn't want t g t schl.
49. What did Mary d n Sunday afternn?
A. She played tennis. B. She washed sme clthes.
C. She did her hmewrk. D. She cleaned the park with her classmates.
50. Where can yu see the material?
A. A strybk. B. A guidebk.
C. A histry reprt. D. A schl newspaper.
B
Everyne knws that sme large animals are dangerus, but nce yu start t lk at plants, yu may find sme f them are dangerus, t. If yu visit shws f plants, yu will see sme meat- eating (食肉) plants. Is it amazing?
Bladderwrts, a kind f such plants, lk s small and grw in quiet pls. They are the famus killers f the plant kingdm (王国). They' re able t eat a small insect quickly, using a trap (陷阱).
The trap is attractive (有吸引力的). It has bright clrs and a beautiful half- clsed dr. Insects are very interested in the trap. They cme clse, take a drink and fall int the trap. The dr clses and the insects can never get ut.
Once the trap dr clses, digestive enzymes (消化酶) eat the insects. When the meal is ver, the plant pens the trap dr and is ready t catch insects again.
Sme f these traps are large enugh t hld abut 8 bwls f water. Meat- eating plants eat peple in sme mvies, but in fact, they eat insects, even small birds.
Meat-eating plants grw mstly in wet areas with sil (土壤) that desn't ffer much ▲ . These amazing plants have develped insect traps t get their fd fr mre than thusands f years. Nrtb America has mre meat- eating plants than ther places in the wrld.
51. What's the plant ding when the trap dr is clsed?
A. Making much fd. B. Enjying a delicius meal.
C. Playing a jke n the insect. D. Making the insect cme clse.
52. Which f the fllwing can meat- eating plants eat?
A. B. C. D.
53. Which f the fllwing can be put int ▲ best?
A. water B. air C. fd D. sil
54. What can we knw frm the passage?
A. Meat-eating plants nly grw in America.
B. Meat eating plants nly eat animals that can't walk.
C. The traps f bladderwrts make insects lve the traps.
D. Sme traps f meat- eating plants can hld ver 10 bwls f water.
55. What's the best title fr the passage?
A. Meat- eating plants. B. Beautiful plants.
C. Traps f all the plants. D. Plants in- Nrth America.
C

Hundreds f years ag, a great king called Alfred ruled (统治) England. He was famus fr being brave and clever.
But ne day, disaster (灾难) hit Alfred's kingdm (王国). Invaders (入侵者) called the Danes attacked (攻击) Alfred's palace. Alfred ran away successfully, and he ran int the swamps (沼泽). The king was nw n the run!
Alfred was very tired when he finally reached a small island. There, he fund a huse made f wd. A fire was burning utside, s he went inside t warm himself.
"Wh are yu?" asked an unwelcming vice.
The king turned arund in surprise! An ld lady with dirty hair was lking at him.
Alfred wasn't sure what t say. He wanted t tell the wman that he was her king ... but wuld she then betray (背叛) him t the Danes?
Finally, he said, "I am just a pr traveller, lst in the swamp. Culd yu give me fd. and cver?"
The wman said, "I think I culd. But yu have t help me arund the huse!"
She gave Alfred a wden bwl f fish fr dinner. It was very different frm the fd he usually ate — but he was very hungry, and ate everything up.
Alfred stayed with the ld wman and helped her. He cut reeds (芦苇) t put n the flr f the huse and repaired her fishing nets (网). He never did this kind f wrk befre, and the ld wman cmplained when he made mistakes.
One day, she made sme cakes and put them t bake (烘焙) ver the fire.
"Watch these cakes fr me!" she tld him. "Dn't let them burn!"
Alfred sat by the fire and pked (戳) the cakes with a stick.
"I hate this ld wman telling me what t d!" he said. "I am a king, and I need t take back my kingdm!"
Alfred thught abut hw he culd lead his peple t fight with the Danes. Just then he smelled smething burning, and heard the ld wman shuting at him!
"I tld yu t be careful!" she shuted. "Thse cakes are burnt!" She was right. The cakes n the fire were black and culdn't be eaten!
Alfred was quite sad. "Be quiet!" he shuted. "I am yur king, and I am thinking abut hw t take back my kingdm frm the Danes.
"Yu? The king f England?"
Alfred ndded.
"Well, that's n excuse (借口) fr burning my nice cakes!"
Alfred wn back his kingdm a few mnths later. Hwever, he never frgt the lessn the ld wman taught him: just because yu are thinking abut big things, it desn't mean yu shuld frget abut the small nes!
56. Why did King Alfred tell the ld lady that he was a pr traveller instead f her king?
A. Because he wrried she wuld kill him.
B. Because he fund her als a lst traveller.
C. Because he was afraid she wuld betray him.
D. Because he thught she wuld be in danger then.
57. Alfred helped the ld lady all the fllwing things except (除了)______.
A. repairing her brken fishing nets
B. cking a bwl f fish fr dinner
C. cutting reeds t put n the flr f the huse
D. watching cakes fr her nt t let them burn
58. Why did the cakes get burned?
A. Because Alfred led his peple and put the cakes n fire.
B. Because Alfred disliked the ld lady telling him what t d.
C. Because Alfred pked the cakes with a stick in frnt f the fire.
D. Because Alfred thught abut ther things and frgt the cakes.
59. What did the ld lady d after knwing wh King Alfred was?
A. She ate-up all the burnt cakes.
B. She als fught with the Danes.
C. She kept cmplaining t him abut burning her cakes.
D. She said srry t him fr cmplaining t him befre.
60. What lessn can we learn frm the stry?
A. Nthing is impssible if yu keep trying.
B. A friend is imprtant t us when in truble.
C. Yu can't make ther peple watch cakes fr yu.
D. A. jurney f a thusand miles begins with the first step.
D
A letter frm 2070
61. When was Natalie brn accrding t her letter?
A. In 1990 B. In 2070 C. In 2010 D. In 2020
62. Hw d peple keep their heads clean in the year 2070 accrding t Natalie?
A. By shaving them. B. By wearing hats.
C. By drinking enugh water. D. By washing them nce a mnth.
63. Accrding t Natalie, when she was a little girl, ______.
A. mst rivers were dry and dirty
B. children culd fish in the rivers
C. peple culd drink nly eight glasses f water a day
D. mst peple cared abut the "Save Water" warnings
64. When her sn asks her why there is n clean water, Natalie feels srry because ______.
A. nly she cared abut saving water
B. her generatin cared little abut saving water
C. her parents never talked t her abut water prblems
D. she desn't have enugh mney t buy fresh water fr her sn
65. By writing this letter, Natalie mainly wants ______.
A. the gvernment t d mre t prevent water prblems
B. scientists t think f better ways t slve water prblems
C. peple living befre her sn t save water fr future generatins
D. peple living befre her sn t knw hw terrible life culd be withut water
第二部分 非选择题 （65分）
五、任务型阅读（本题共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）（每空一词）
We knw that the eyes are the windws t ur sul (灵魂). Hwever, t have healthy eyes, yu have t lk after them crrectly. Yur eyes need everyday care.
Firstly, a healthy diet is imprtant. Have mre fresh fruit, vegetables, fish, eggs and milk. It's gd fr yur eyes. Besides, yu shuld take sme Vitamins (维他命)A and B2.
Secndly, yu must have regular (有规律的) sleep: This can relax (放松) the eye muscles (肌肉) and gives them the rest they need. Sleep can help the bdy t repair its tired tissues (组织). Usually, yu shuld sleep fr n less than seven hurs every day. Or yu will have dark circles (圈) under yur eyes.
Next, it's necessary fr yu t exercise yur eyes every day, Blink (眨眼) yur eyes frm time t time t keep yur eyes mist (湿润的).
Lastly, yu shuld treat yur eyes crrectly. Fx example, if yu get smething in yur eye, dn't start rubbing (揉) it. Rubbing is bad fr yur eyes. Dn't read r write in pr r bright sunlight because sunlight can lead t eye tiredness. Remember t wear sunglasses t stp the sun frm shining directly int yur eyes. T much reading, writing, watching televisin r wrking n a cmputer can als lead t eye tiredness, s a gd rest is needed.
If yu always take care f Gd's mst beautiful gift, yur will be very clrful!
六、短文填空（本题共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

If yu've visited Dunhuang (敦煌), yu must knw the OASIS (绿洲) in the desert (沙漠) and thse 76 (paint) in the grttes (石窟) well, Peple have shwn interest in this histric twn fr thusands f years. But when we talk 77 it tday, it's hard nt t ntice the "Daughter f Dunhuang" — Fan Jinshi.
Fan grew up in Shanghai. When she 78 (study) at Peking University, she fund her lve fr archaelgy. This lve led her t Dunhuang. After 79 (leave) schl, she was sent t wrk there. The ancient relics amazed Fan. She decided 80 (prtect) them as well as she culd. Life in Dunhuang was hard. The tables, chairs, and beds were all made f mud (泥土). The ceiling was made f paper. 81 nthing culd kill Fan's lve fr that place.
Over the past 60 years, Fan has wrked thrugh the Mga Caves many times and studied every painting and sculpture (雕塑) 82 (careful). Part planned and practised ne f 83 (large) prtectin prgrams (项目) in the histry f the Mga Caves. "During the day, I think abut Dunhuang, At night, I dream abut 84 . I will try t prtect it all my life." she nce said.
Fan hpes mre yung peple 85 (becme) interested in Dunhuang. She hpes its relics will always be carefully prtected.
七、翻译句子 （本题共5题；每题1分，满分5分）
86.大熊猫主要以竹子为生。
87.农民们正忙着收获庄稼。
88.春天是放风筝的完美时节。
89.一开始， 它们不会照顾自己。
90.我将不会忘记那些甜美的记忆。
八、同义句转换（每空一词）（本题共10空；每空0.5分，满分5分）
91. There will be a heavy rain tmrrw.
It will ______ ______ tmrrw.
92. The baby cat weighed abut 1 kilgram when it was brn.
The weight f the baby cat was abut 1 kilgram ______.
93. The number f giant pandas Sin the wild will be smaller if we dn't d anything.
There will be ______ giant pandas in the wild if we d ______.
94. We had better ffer the children a clean and cmfrtable envirnment.
We'd better ______ the children ______ a clean and cmfrtable envirnment.
95. Sme birds lst their way because the weather was bad.
Sme birds ______ because f the bad weather.
九、书面表达 （满分25分）
假设你是阳光中学的李华，一位野生动物爱好者。你登录了 Wildlife Cnservatin Sciety (野生动物保护协会)网站。请根据网站留言栏中问题用英语谈谈你的看法。
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A few restaurants still have sme wild animals as delicius fd n the table. ______________________
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江苏省泰州市靖江市2023-2024学年八年级上学期11月
期中英语试题答案
一、听力测试
1. A 2. A 3. B 4. A 5. B 6. C 7. A 8. B 9. A 10. B
11. C 12. A 13. A 14. C 15. A 16. C 17. A 18. A 19. C 20. B
二、选择题
21. A 22. B 23. B 24. D 25. D 26. A 27. A 28. C 29. C 30. B
三、完形填空
31. B 32. A 33. A 34. D 35. B 36. A 37. D 38. A 39. D 40. A 41. B 42. C 43. B 44. A 45. C
四、阅读理解
46. B 47. A 48. C 49. D 50. D 51. B 52. C 53. C 54. C 55. A
56. C 57. B 58. D 59. C 60. D 61. C 62. A 63. B 64. B 65. C
五、任务型阅读
66. Ways 67. Eat 68. like 69. Take 70. relax 71. least 72. Dn't 73. cause 74. in 75. needed
六、短文填空
76. paintings 77. abut 78. t prtect 79. After 80. t study 81. But 82. carefully 83. the largest
84. t lcal 85. will becme
七、翻译句子
86. Giant pandas mainly live n bamb.
87. Farmers are busy harvesting crps.
88. Spring is the perfect time t fly kites.
89. At first, they culdn't lk after themselves.
90. I will never frget thse sweet memries.
八、同义句转换
91. rain heavily 92. ne kilgram 93. fewer; nthing 94. prvide; with 95. lst their way
九、书面表达
A few restaurants still have sme wild animals as delicius fd n the table. I think it's really cruel and terrible. Wild animals are an imprtant part f ur ecsystem. We shuld prtect them instead f eating them.
As a wildlife lver, I can d many things t prtect them. Fr example, I can jin wildlife prtectin rganizatins and take part in their activities. I can als spread the knwledge abut wildlife prtectin t mre peple thrugh scial media r public speeches. I believe that if mre peple understand the imprtance f prtecting wildlife, they will take actin t prtect them.
In additin, I think it's imprtant t teach peple hw t live tgether with animals peacefully. We can start by respecting their habitats and nt destrying them. We can als avid using prducts that are made frm endangered animals. By ding these things, we can create a better wrld fr bth humans and animals.Mary's family
Father
●a (an) 13
●shrt and fat with shrt black hair
Mther
●a nurse with lng 14 hair
●can sing and dance well
Sister
● 15 years ld
●wears glasses and likes playing sprts
A spring mrning
Meng Haran
This spring mrning in bed I'm lying,
Nt wake up till I hear birds crying.
After ne night f wind and shwers,
Hw many are the fallen ▲ !
Hw much free time d yu have each weekend?
Hw wuld yu like t spend yur free time?
Sharing stries
I lve playing sccer n weekends, because it makes me excited. But I brke my leg in a sccer game last year and was away frm schl fr tw weeks. Nw my mm desn't let me play sccer again. We ften fight abut it. I feel s terrible.
— Nick
I wish t d vlunteer wrk n weekends, but I'm almst nt free. I finished my hmewrk and husewrk early last Saturday, s I went t clean the park with my classmates n Sunday afternn. I felt gd. I plan t d mre vlunteer wrk.
— Mary
Hi,
This is the year.2070. I am 50 years ld, but I lk like a persn f 85. I have serius kidney (肾脏) prblems because I dn't have enugh water t drink. I'm afraid I dn't have much time left t live. I am already ne f the ldest peple in this sciety.
I remember when I was five years ld, everything was very different. There were lts f trees in the parks. I culd enjy a shwer fr half an hur. At that time, wmen had beautiful hair. Nw, we have t shave (剃去…的毛发) ur heads t keep them clean withut the use f water.
I remember there were "Save Water" warnings (警古) in many public places, but nbdy cared. We believed water wuld never be used up. Nw, all the rivers and lakes are dry r dirty. Water is much mre expensive than gld (金子).
Withut water, almst all factries are clsed. Mst peple lse their jbs. Thse wh have a jb wrk in desalinatin (海水脱盐) plants and are paid with drinkable water instead f mney.
In the past, dctrs advised peple t drink eight glasses f water a day. Nw, I can nly have half a glass. Mst peple are weak. Yung peple in their early 20s lk much lder than they shuld be.
Because there are few trees, we dn't have enugh xygen (氧气). We have t pay fr air. The air is nt f very gd quality, but at least we can breathe. Pr peple die yung. The average life expectancy (预期寿命) is 40 years.
When my sn asks me abut my life when I was a little girl, I tell him abut hw happy it was t fish in the rivers and hw healthy peple were. When he asks, "Why is there n clean water nw?", I feel really srry. I am ne f the generatin (一代人) wh turned a blind (瞎的) eye t all the "Save Water" warnings.
I wish this letter culd travel back in time and it wuld make peple living in the 2020s truly understand the imprtance f saving water.
66 t keep yur eyes healthy
______
*Eat mre fd that is gd fr yur eyes, 68 fresh fruit, vegetables, fish, eggs and milk.
* 69 sme vitamins A and B2.
Sleep
*Sleep regularly t 70 yur eye muscles.
*Sleep at 71 seven hurs every day. Otherwıse, yu may get dark circles under yur-eyes.
Exercise
* Blink yur eyes regularly s that they will stay mist.
Habits
* 72 rub yur eyes if smething gets in them.
*Dn't read r write in pr r bright sunlight because sunlight can 73 ayc tiredness.
* 74 sunglasses can prtect yur eyes frm the sun.
* Remember t 75 after using yur eyes fr a lng time.