广东省深圳外国语学校2024-2025学年八年级上学期期中英语试卷-A4

这是一份广东省深圳外国语学校2024-2025学年八年级上学期期中英语试卷-A4，共13页。试卷主要包含了5)，5'*10=5等内容，欢迎下载使用。
命题人：曾瑜、荆玮宸 审题人：刘敏
Part One
I. Listening.(12.5)
i)Listen t the shrt cnversatins between tw speakers and chse the crrect answer.The cnversatins will be read ONCE nly.(0.5'*10=5
1.'Where is the man?
A.At a shp B.At a htel. C.At hme.
2.Hw can the wman get t the airprt mst quickly?
A,By car B.By bus. C.By undergrund.
3.What sprt des Eric like best?
A.Swimming. B.Table tennis. C.Sccer.
4.What clur is the dress?
A.Yellw. B.Blue. C.Green.
5.What is prbably the wman?
A.A teacher. B.A dctr. C.A student.
6.Hw much change will the man get?
A.$6. B.$10. C..$14.
7.What is the weather like accrding t the man?
A.Clear. B.Cludy. C.Rainy.
8.Hw did the man get the sfa?
A.He bught it. B.His wife rent it. C.He gt it frm thers.
9.What d we knw abut the speakers?
A.They are n the way hme.B.They are traveling smewhere. C.They are ging t bk a htel.
10.Why is the wman in a hurry?
A.Because she is late fr her train.
B.Because she wants t meet a friend.
C.Because she is lking fr her phne.
ii)Listen t the passage and answer the fllwing questins.The passage will be read TWICE
(0.5³*5=2.5)
11.Where des the speaker get mst f her ideas?
A.Frm sme shws. B.Frm her hmetwn.C.Frm magazines.
12.When did the speaker begin taking pictures?
A.At the age f 10. B.At the age f 13.C.At the age f 16.
13.What did the speaker like t take pictures f at first?
A.Her classmates. B.Her tys.C.Her pets.
14.What is the speaker's next prject?
A.T hld anther shw.B.T publish her phts. C.T cllect thers' phts.
15.What has helped the speaker succeed mst?
A.The Internet.B.The help frm her family.C.The advice frm her teachers.
ii)A.Listen t the passage and fill n the blanks with the infrmatin yu hear.The passage will be read TWICE.(0.5³*6=3)
1.Time:
A debate
cmpetitin
4.The best debater:
a student frm
6.Mary's pinin:
It was and
exciting.
5.A special perfrmance:
A teacher _
the students.
2.Place:in the
3.Tpic:abut
t
B.Please translate the fllwing tw questins int English.(1*2=2)
7.你想知道这场比赛持续了多长时间，你问Mary:
8.你想知道家长是否可以观看这场比赛，你问Mary:
II.Clze.(1'*10=10'
When I turned ten,I began t pay attentin t my scial life and self-image.My sister,n the ther hand,had truble making friends and smetimes acted in ways that were hard t understand.Even thugh she was smart,I felt 16 and never wanted t say she was my sister at schl.Smething that happened last summer,hwever, 17 my view n her.
One day,my sister had t put up a 18 at schl,whether in a grup r individually.Due t her 19 in making friends,my sister was the nly ne left alne.She decided t sing by herself.I was afraid that she wuld make a mistake in frnt f the whle schl and everyne wuld 20 her.I knew very well that she wuld make me feel ashamed,ne way r anther.
The big day came.I sat in the audience,feeling 21 .My sister stepped nt the stage.It tk her abut a whle minute t begin her self-intrductin and I nticed she was nervus t.“Why is she taking s lng?”peple started murmuring.
22 ,my sister started t sing.Her vice was clear and beautiful,filling the rm with a pwerful sund.I watched in wnder and listened ever s carefully t the lyrics written by her.They 23 my heart and I realized hw wrng I had been.She had always been kind t me,even when I wasn't kind back.Her singing shwed me her true self,and it pened my eyes t hw much I 24 her.I decided right then t lve her n matter what happened.
Frm that day n,I prmised t always be there fr my sister.Her perfrmance gave me a valuable 25 abut lve and acceptance.
B.embarrassedC.guiltyD.scared
B.prvedC changedD.decided
B.psterC.nticeD.shw
B.interestC.difficultyD.stress
atB.clap frC.talk tD.fcus n
B.dubtfulC.shyD.nervus
B.ActuallyC.NrmallyD.Unskillfully
B.tuchedC.attackedD.fllwed
nB.cared frC.shared with D.wrried abut
B.messageC.lessnD.warning
III.Reading cmprehensin.(22.5)
A(1*5=5’)
Zhang Xiping was chsen t be ne f the 2022 Chinese Filial Piety figures(孝道人物).He has been raising chickens and selling eggs t supprt his daughter and his 87-year-ld mther fr the past 38 years.
Fr nearly frty years,Zhang has kept a single daily rutine,waking up at five in the mrning, taking a bus fr tw hurs,and walking frm street t street t sell his farm prducts.“Every day,I walk mre than 30,000 steps and pass by hundreds f streets.I knw where t turn and where t find custmers.It's all in my mind,"said Zhang.
Zhang was brn in 1964 in the village f Mawang,Xi'an city,Shaanxi prvince. ▲ since he was very yung.“My father passed away early and it was hard fr my mther t raise me by herself. I wanted t make much mney s that my mther culd live cmfrtably,”said Zhang.Because f Zhang's hard wrk,he has made a gd living.He tk care f his mther and built a big huse fr his family t live in.
Zhang tld a reprter that althugh his physical disability made him experience mre hardships in life than nrmal peple,he culd still feel the kindness frm the peple arund him...
26.What can we infer abut Zhang Xiping frm Paragraph 2?
A.He has a gd memry. B.He lives a clurful life.
C.He lives clse t his custmers. D.He has a successful business
27.Which f the fllwing can be put in ▲ in Paragraph 3?
A.Happiness has been with him B.Weakness has filled his life
C.Darkness has taken up his wrld D.Kindness has helped him survive
28.Why did Zhang Xiping want t earn a lt f mney?
A.Because he dreamt f wning a big huse.
B.Because he planned t help his hmetwn.
C.Because he hped t live a cmfrtable life.
D.Because he wanted a better life fr his mther.
29.Which f the fllwing wrd can best describe Zhang Xiping?
A.Warm-hearted. B.Strng-willed. C.Open-minded. D.Easy-ging.
30.What will the writer cntinue t write abut at the end f the passage?
A.The help Zhang Xiping gt frm thers.B.The peple living arund Zhang Xiping.
C.The hardships Zhang Xiping experienced.D.The happy memries in Zhang Xiping's life.
B (1'*5=5')
There is a place named Shark Bay in Western Australia.At least 28 kinds f sharks are swimming thrugh the clear water there—the largest in the wrld.Especially tiger sharks are cmmn visitrs t Shark Bay.They mve their 15-ft-lng (4.5 meters)bdies thrugh the seagrass,smetimes catching huge sea cws fr a meal.Althugh tiger sharks are dangerus t sea cws,they are imprtant t the health f the cean ecsystem(生态系统).In fact,they can als be ur pwerful friends in stpping climate change.
It all cmes back t the seagrass that mves with the waves in Shark Bay,The seagrass is fd fr the sea cws.Each eats abut 40 kilgrams f seagrass a day.By cntrlling the sea cw ppulatins, tiger sharks in Shark Bay help these grass beds grw.A gd seagrass bed stres twice as much CO₂ (二氧化碳)per square mile as frests d n land.
But in the wrld,tiger shark ppulatins are becming smaller,including sme ppulatins in Australia.Off Australia's nrtheast cast f Queensland,it is said that the number f tiger sharks has fallen sharply by at least 71%,largely because f verfishing and bycatch(误捕).Fewer tiger sharks mean mre seagrass eaten and less carbn kept in the cean.
In Shark Bay,the tiger sharks are able t achieve the balance by keeping sea cw ppulatins dwn,and nt all the bay's seagrass is lst.But here cmes the questin:What if sharks disappeared frm the bay?The need t understand hw they supprt their ecsystems becmes even mre imprtant.
31.What des the underlined wrd“they ”in Paragraph I refer t?
A.Visitrs. B.Sea cws. C.Tiger sharks. D.Seagrass beds.
32.Hw des the writer shw that seagrass helps the envirnment?
A.By giving numbers. B.By telling a stry.
C.By prviding an example. D.By making a cmparisn. 33.What is Paragraph 2 mainly abut?
A.The benefits f seagrass t the envirnment.B.The damage sea cws cause t seagrass beds.
C.The danger brught t sea cws by tiger sharks. D.The way tiger sharks help prtect the ecsystem.
34.What is the glbal situatin f tiger sharks?
A.They are verfishing sea cws.B.They are mving ut f Australia.
C.Their ppulatin is becming smaller.D.Their living cnditins are becming wrse.
35.What is the writer's purpse f writing this passage?
A.T intrduce hw the ecsystem wrks. B T shw the imprtance f tiger sharks.
C.T discuss the prblems f tiger sharks.D.T give basic infrmatin abut tiger sharks.
C (1.5⁹*5=7.5')
Chse five f the fllwing six sentences and put them back int the riginal text.There is an extra ne.
A.Mst f them are wetlands.
B.These plants make the water cleaner.
C.Abut 95%f the birds spend winter there.
D.They prvide fd during the winter fr the cranes.
E.Bth f these cause the prblem that there isn't enugh fd fr cranes.
F.T prtect wetlands,the Wetlands Prtectin Law was intrduced in 2022
When winter cmes,cranes fly frm Nrtheast Siberia in Russia t Pyang Lake in Jiangxi prvince,China. 36 Hwever,climate change has influenced the birds' living cnditins.
In sme years,the Pyang Lake experiences flds,while in thers, it experiences dry weather. 37
T help deal with the prblem,the lcal gvernment has planted a large area f ltus rts(莲藕)in Nanchang. 38 As a result,the birds' ppulatin has increased frm abut 3,000 t mre than 5,000 ver the past 20 years.
Over the years,China has wrked hard t prtect migratry birds(候鸟).Recently,1,140 places in the cuntry have been taken as imprtant breeding.(繁殖)grunds,wintering grunds and migratry stps. 39 They play a key rle in cleaning water,preventing flds,and keeping the balance f the envirnment.
40 The law sets rules t help manage wetlands.And it stps harmful activities,including puring waste water.Thanks t these effrts,China has reprted mre birds wintering in the wetlands.
D(1³*5=5’)
Read the fllwing infrmatin abut sme inventins:
A.Fast Helpers are rbts that can d sme hard wrk fr yu.They can carry mre than 20kg each time.
B.The Fantastic Cker is a cking rbt.It can save yu time and ensure that yur dishes turn ut perfectly every time.
C.Magic Glasses are like a small cmputer.While wearing this kind f glasses,yu can surf the Internet anywhere,anytime.
D.Buttn Shes can tie their shelaces autmatically.Just press the buttn n the tp f the she,and the shelace will stay tight.
E.Magic Hands are glves that help yu play a musical instrument.Put them n,and they will help t mve yur fingers t play beautiful music.
F. My Pet is an interesting phne app.It can turn yur phne screen int the cartn face f a cat r a dg.Yu can feed it and talk with it by tuching the screen.
Please chse the prper inventin fr the 5 peple accrding t their wishes:
41.Emily hpes t play the pian well.She wants t jin in the schl talent shw this year.
42.Kate wuld like t have a very tiny cmputer which allws her t surf the Internet while she is cycling.
43.Lucas is a pet lver and is eager t keep a pet.But his mther desn't allw him t have a real ne at hme.
44.Mary is ging t cmpete in the 100-meter race.She hpes that her shelaces wn't get lse during the race.
45.James's father is always busy delivering heavy parcels t peple.He wants t invent smething t help his father.
IV.Grammar.(0.5³*10=5')
A Chinese knt(中国结)is a knt that is wven(编织)frm a single rpe int different shapes. Peple believe that each knt 1 (have)its wn meaning.Nw,yu can use it t decrate yur huse r give it 2 a gift t yur friends.Peple can use rpes f different clurs t weave a Chinese knt,but they usually chse 3 clur red because it means gd luck.
Chinese knts have a lng histry.At first,peple made them t recrd sme events and send messages 4 they began t use written wrds.It is well-knwn that the knts were used fr decratin and t share 5 (think)and feelings in the Tang Dynasty.Later in the Qing Dynasty, this art 6 (accept)by mre cmmn peple.
Even tday,Chinese knts hld 7 (they)value and carry different infrmatin.Fr example,the“duble happiness knt”is used at weddings 8 (express)gd wishes.Knts are als used when peple make 9 (traditin)clthes in China.They can play the rle f buttns and nw silk is 10 (wide)used t make these clthing knts.
Part Tw
I. Wrds (Cmplete the fllwing sentences with the crrect frm f the given wrds).(l⁹*10=10)
1. are usually determined t turn their creative ideas int reality.(invent)
2.When taking part in frmal events,students are expected t dress .(prper)
3. air and sil in this area d great harm t the health f the lcal peple.(pllute)
4.It is tday,s dn't frget t put n yur cat and scarf when yu g ut.(freeze)
5.Our team are wrking tgether t find a t the prblem,hping t finish the prject n time.(slve)
6.Rbts can t d specific jbs in factries,saving peple a lt f time and effrt. (prgram)
7.The cst f living dramatically these days.Peple find it mre difficult t make their ends meet.(rise)
8.While making dinner,she heard a(n) nise frm the fridge and decided t check if smething was wrng.(nrmal)
9.N matter hw challenging the case was,Erin Brckvich t lk int why s many peple in Hinkley were sick.(cntinue)
10.After practising Taijiquan,a kind f Chinese martial arts,many peple becme healthier and than befre.(patience)
II.Expressins.(l'*15=15)
A.Cmplete the sentences with the expressins we've learnt in EIM.(I⁹*10=10)
1.上个学期，他的目标是学习一门新语言。
Last semester,he a new language
2. 他是每天第一个到达教室的人。
He at the classrm every day.
3. 现今，许多电子产品都是在中国制造的。
Tday,many electrnic prducts
4.因为交通拥堵，他最终错过了飞机。
Because f the traffic jam, the plane.
5. 如果你想要更健康，你应该试着吃更多蔬菜。
If yu want t be healthier,yu shuld
6. 自从工业革命以来，温室气体导致了全球变暖。
Since the Industrial Revlutin,greenhuse gases
7.亚洲许多其他国家的传统文化和中国的相似。
The traditinal cultures f many ther Asian cuntries China's.
8.在2008年奥运会期间，运动员们在游泳项目中打破了25项世界纪录。
During the 2008 Olympic Games,athletes fr swimming events.
9.早在上个世纪，科学家们就开始讨论太空旅行的可能性。
scientists began t discuss the pssibility f space travel.
10.直到轮子的发明，人们出行才更便利，
the wheel was invented that peple culd travel mre cnveniently.
B.Cmplete the sentences with the crrect frm f the given phrases.There is an extra ne(1*5=5)
She went t bed early t refresh herself staying up late.
Up t nw,they with each ther fr mre than 20 years.
Schl clubs students wh want t explre their interests.
4.He f becming an astrnmer when he was 25 years ld.
5.After a heart-t-heart cnversatin,Peter why his friend was upset yesterday.
III.Sentence Transfrmatin.(I'*5=5')
1.“Henry flew t Lndn three days ag,”she said.(Rewrite it with an bject clause.)
She tld us three days befre.
2.“Are yu ging t New Yrk next week?”Tm asked.(Rewrite it with an bject clause.)
Tm asked me
3.Our schl will hld the Art Festival in December.(Rewrite the sentence with the passive vice.)
The Art Festival in ur schl in December.
4.Jessica's parents lk after her well.(Rewrite the sentence with the passive vice.)

5.We will cancel the game unless the rain stps.(Paraphrase)
We will cancel the game
IV. Write frm memry.(l⁹*5=5)
1.A lw-carbn lifestyle
2.When we have meals,we
their cmpanies are near.
4. while tw-fifths f the students
a dispsable water bttle, befre thrwing the bttle away.
V Writing.(15'*1=15)
假如你是学校 Schl Times 英文报社学习栏目的小记者李辉。为了了解同学们有什么良好 的学习习惯，你们报社在同学们中开展了一项调查，共200名学生参与。请你根据图表和文字提示，写一篇关于高效学习的短文，内容要点如下：
调查结果
100% --------75%一
45%
50%
0%
课上认真听讲
课后向他人请教 学习时关闭电子产品
30%
1.简要描述调查结果；
2.补充两个其他有助于提高学习效率的习惯，并说明建议的原因；
3.呼吁同学们培养良好的学习习惯、提高学习效率。
注意：1.80词以上，文章的开头已给出，不计入总词数；
2. 条理清楚，意思连贯，适当补充细节；
3.文中不得使用真实的姓名、班级与校名。
参考词汇：electrnic(adj. 电子的),develp(v. 培养),efficiency (n.效率)
Hw t study mre efficiently
Schl Times has recently cnducted a survey amng 200 students n their study habits.
2024—2025学年深圳外国语学校八年级(上)期中
英语试卷答案
Part I
Listening：略
Clze: 16-20 BCDCA 21-25 DABBC
Reading Cmprehensin
A篇 26-30 ACDBAB篇31-35 CCACB
C篇 短文填空36-40 CEDAF D篇信息匹配 41-45ECFDA
Grammar: 1. has2.as3.a4.befre5.thughts6.was accepted7.their8.t express9.traditinal10.widely
Part II
I.Wrds
1.inventrs 2.prperly 3.Plluted 4.freezing 5.slutin
6.be prgrammed 7.is rising 8.abnrmal 9.cntinued 10.mre patient
II.Expressins
A. （该部分仅做参考，意思接近也可）
1.made a gal
2.is the first ne t arrive
3. are made in China
4.at last, he missed
5.try eating mre vegetables
6. has led t glbal warming
7.are similar t
8.brke 25 pieces f glbal recrds
9.As early as the last century
10.It's nt until that
B.
instead f 2.have kept in tuch 3.are ppular with
4.realized his dream 5.fund ut
III.Sentence Transfrmatin.
1.that Henry had flwn t Lndn three years ag.
2.whether/if I was ging t New Yrk the next week.
3.will be held
4.Jessica is lked after well by her parents
5.if the rain desn't stp
IV. Write frm memry.（略）
V Writing.
Hw t study mre efficiently
Schl Times has recently cnducted a survey amng 200 students n their study habits. Here are sme results shwn in the chart as fllw.
Nearly 75 percent f students listen carefully in class, hwever, nly 45 percent f students chse t ask thers fr advice after class.Surprisingly ,nly abut 30 percent f students can turn ff the electrnics while learning
Frm the data, we can knw that it is imprtant fr us t develp a gd learning habit.There are tw ther habits that can als imprve learning efficiency. One is regular review. We shuld review what we have learned regularly. Because knwledge is easy t be frgtten, regular review can help us strengthen ur memry and better master knwledge. Anther habit is t study in a quiet envirnment. A quiet envirnment can make us mre fcused and avid distractins, s that we can think mre deeply and learn better.
As a saying ges “Gd study habits are the keys t imprving learning efficiency.” Let's develp gd study habits frm nw n and make ur study better.
lk up
be ppular with
find ut
instead f
keep in tuch
realize ne's dream