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2023学年度第一学期八年级英语期中考试卷
考试时间：120分钟；满分：120分
注意事项：
1．答题前填写好自己的姓名、班级、考号等信息
2．请将答案正确填写在答题卡上
第I卷（选择题）
一、听句子选答语（每题1.5分，共7.5分）
1．A．Yu Gong. B．Changjing River. C．Qomolangma.
2．A．Tomato soup. B．Beef and dumplings. C．Mutton noodles.
3．A．Yes, I do. B．Because they are cute. C．At 6: 00.
4． A．Mount Tai. B．Qomolangma. C．the Nile.
5．How often does Daniel go to the Computer Club?
A．Once a week. B．Twice a week. C．Three times a week.
二、听录音选图片（每题1.5分，共7.5分）
6．Where are they going?
A． B． C．
7．Where will Bob go for his coming summer holiday?
A． B． C．
8．How does Jim want to spend his vacation?
A． B． C．
9．How did Jack take the trip to Malaysia?
A． B． C．
10．Which country did Nancy go to during her vacation?
A． B． C．
三、听下面一段对话，回答下列两个小题。（每题1.5分，共7.5分）
11．Why is Meimei crying in the dormitory?
A．She couldn’t find her bike.
B．She didn’t pass the math exam.
C．She can’t get along well with her classmates.
12．Who will probably have a talk with Meimei?
A．Her mother. B．Her friend. C．Her teacher.
听对话，回答以下三个小题。
13．How far is Uncle Wang’s farm from here?
A．About 1 kilometer. B．About 2 kilometers. C．About 3 kilometers.
14．What’s the matter with Ann?
A．She hurt her left foot. B．She hurt her right foot. C．She hurt her left leg.
15．When are the speakers going to meet?
A．At 1:15. B．At 2:30. C．At 1:45.
四、本题你将听到一篇短文，请你根据短文内容和所提出的5个问题，从每小题所给的ABC三个选项中，选出一个最佳选项。（每题1.5分，共7.5分）
16．Where is Li Lei from?
A．Japan. B．China. C．America.
17．What does Li Lei think of soap operas?
A．Boring. B．Interesting. C．Educational.
18．How does Li Lei like sitcoms?
A．He doesn’t like sitcoms. B．He can’t stand sitcoms. C．He loves sitcoms.
19．When does Li Lei often read Sitcom World?
A．On Wednesdays. B．On weekends. C．On weekdays.
20．What doesn’t Li Lei mind?
A．Soap operas. B．Sitcoms. C．Talk shows.
五、单项选择（5分）
从每小题的三个选项中选出与所给单词划线部分读音相同的选项。
21．Daddy, I enjoy studying here in Australia very much. ________ is going well.
A．Anything B．Something C．Everything
22．I can’t believe that ________ a little child can do ________ many things.
A．so ; so B．such ; so C．such ; such D．so ; such
23．The storm didn’t die down ________ until midnight.
A．heavily B．completely C．loudly D．quietly
24．My friend joined in the competition only for fun, but he won an iPad as a ____ in the end.
A．result B．talent C．prize
25．—More and more foreigners are learning Chinese now.
—Yes! It’s becoming a ________ language skill （技能）in the world.
A．necessary B．difficult C．common
六、完形填空（每题1 分，共10分）
Many people do not like to stay at home on holidays. They want to go out to try some __26__ things. So people from the country come to the __27__ and people from those large towns go to the country for holidays. During the holidays, trains and planes are all very __28__ and it is hard to get tickets. So many people would like to take cars or buses for traveling.
Last May Day, my family drove to the country for holiday. My mother __29__ some delicious food by herself and put them in the picnic boxes the night before. The next morning, my father drove the car. My mother __30__ my little brother in the back seat. There was too much traffic on the road, so we had to move very __31_. It took us about three hours to go out of the city and one more hour to __32__ the place. Then we came to a beautiful hill. We thought it was a good place for a picnic, so we __33__ and took some food out of the car. We sat down and began to eat. __34__ , a strong wind blew and soon it started to rain heavily. We had to run back to our car.
We felt tired and hungry, so we had our picnic in the __35___. My little brother was very naughty. He made the car really a mess. Then my father drove us back home quickly. What a terrible holiday!
26．A．boring B．important C．different D．difficult
27．A．city B．village C．sea D．mountain
28．A．cheap B．expensive C．free D．busy
29．A．ate B．cooked C．fed D．sold
30．A．looked for B．looked after C．looked at D．looked up
31．A．quickly B．heavily C．slowly D．easily
32．A．get to B．get on C．get off D．get up
33．A．drove B．danced C．moved D．stopped
34．A．Suddenly B．Luckily C．Hardly D．Specially
35．A．rain B．wind C．car D．park
七、阅读单选 （每题2 分，共40分）
A篇
36.In which section can we see the news?
A．Sports. B．Culture. C．Environment. D．World.
37．Which game was played for keeping warm?
A．Computer games. B．Watching shadow games C．Flying kites. D．Stone balls.
38．Flying kites is made of ________ now in the passage.
A．stone B．wood C．paper D．swallow
39．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A．You can hear music when watching shadow plays.
B．Kids often play stone balls with hands.
C．The swallow-shaped kite is a famous Weifang style.
D．Kids in ancient times can watch a movie or TV for fun.
40．What is the main idea of the passage?
A．How to have fun B．Taking more exercise
C．Children’s games in ancient China D．People’s Childhood
B篇
Dear Lisa,
It was sunny last weekend. I got up early on Sunday because I had many things to do. After some exercise, I had my breakfast at 8:00. I called my friend Mary to do homework with me. She came to my house at half past eight. Then we started to do our homework. After an hour, my mother came back from work. She cooked some delicious food for us. Mary liked the dishes very much. We finished lunch at about 13:00. Then Mary went to the library. My mother and I went to visit my grandmother. She lived in the countryside. It took us around forty minutes to get there. We helped her do some housework. My mother washed my grandmother’s clothes, and I cleaned her house. We also fed her chicks. And we had dinner together with my grandmother. She was so happy. Time flew fast. After finishing all the housework, it was already 19:00. Then we drove back home.
It was a busy day. I was a little tired but happy. How about your last weekend, Lisa?
Yours,
Jenny
41．What did Jenny do before breakfast?
A．She did homework. B．She cooked breakfast. C．She exercised. D．She cleaned the house.
42．When did Mary come to Jenny’s house?
A．At 
8:00 a. m. B．At 8:30 a. m. C．At 9:30 a. m. D．At 1:00 p. m.
43．Where did Mary go after lunch?
A．To the library. B．To the countryside. C．To the park. D．To the museum.
44．How did they go to the countryside?
A．By bus. B．By train. C．By bike. D．By car.
45．Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A．Jenny cooked lunch for her grandmother.
B．Jenny felt kind of tired but happy that day.
C．There were some chicks in Grandmother’s house.
D．Jenny’s mother came back home from work at 9:00 a. m.
C篇
A man has two children, a boy and a girl. The boy is good-looking, 
but the girl is not. Today they find a mirror (镜子) and for the first time they see what they look like. The boy is very happy and says to his sister, “How cool I am! I look much nicer than you!” The girl doesn’t like what her brother says and gives him a push (推). “Go away!’ she says.
Their father sees this thing. He goes up to them and says to the boy, “You must always be good as well as look good.” Then to the girl, he says, “My dear, if you help everyone, everyone will love you. It will not matter (与……无关) that you are not as good-looking as your brother. It is better to be good than to be good-looking.”
46．What do they find today?
A．A book. B．A mirror. C．Two pens. D．Apples.
47．Is the boy happy or sad when he sees himself in the mirror?
A．Yes, he is happy. B．No, he is sad. C．He is happy. D．He is sad.
48．How does the girl feel when she hears her brother says that is good-looking?
A．She is unhappy. B．She is exciting.
C．She is relaxing. D．She is friendly.
49．If you help everyone, everyone will _______ you.
A．help B．laugh at C．love D．look at
50．“It is better to be good than to be good-looking” means in Chinese.
A．做的好不如长的好。 B．长的好不如做的好。
C．做事要做的更好。 D．长的好一切都好。
D篇
Bob’s Bargain Store is the cheapest store in town. Though it’s the cheapest, it isn’t the most popular. People don’t shop there very often because the things there are the worst in town.
Lord and Lady Store sells very good things. It sells the most fashionable（时尚的）clothes and the best record players. And it has the best service. But people don’t often shop there because the things are the most expensive. And it is far away from the town center.
Super Saver Store is the most popular store in town. The things there aren’t the cheapest, and they aren’t the most expensive. It doesn’t have the best things, and it doesn’t have the worst things. So it is with the service. The clothes aren’t the most fashionable, but they’re more fashionable than the clothes at many other stores. And its location（位置）is convenient, too.
阅读短文，判断下列句子正误，正确的写A，错误的写B。
51．Bob’s Bargain Store is the most popular store in town.
52．The service of Lord and Lady Store is better than that of Super Saver Store.
53．The location of Lord and Lady Store isn’t as convenient as that of Super Saver Store.
54．The things in Super Saver Store are the most expensive.
55．People think the cheapest store is Super Saver Store.
第II卷（非选择题）
八、任务型阅读（每题2分，共10分）
阅读短文，然后按要求完成下列各题。
On Sunday, I usually get up at 9 o’clock. Today, I got up at six, because I wanted to go for a picnic（野餐）（A）my parents. It was (B) sunny and warm in the morning. We went to the park by car. I was so excited. I played happily in the park. (C)Suddenly(突然) the weather got cloudy and windy. Then it rained, so we can’t go for a picnic in the park. We had to go home early. I didn’t say anything in the car.
When we got home, I said to my mum, “We can’t have a picnic.” Mum says, “It doesn’t matter. Wait a minute.” Then, Mum took out the food, a fan and a recorder. “Let’s begin our picnic. It’s just like in the park, a cool wind and the bird’s singing,” Mum says. Dad and I ate happily, too. We had a special and wonderful picnic today.
56．请在A 处填一个适当的单词，使句意完整。
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57．请对(B)部分进行划线提问。
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58．请将(C)处划线句子译成汉语。
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59．请根据文章内容完成句子。
At last（最后）, the writer and his parents had the picnic ________ happily today.
60．请找出并写下全文主题句。
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九、单词的正确形式填空
Carol's Cafeteria has the most __61__food，but the food there is also the most expensive in town.Lenny's Lunch Bar is not far from our school.It only _62__about five minutes to __63__there.My friends and I __64__go there，and the food there isn't really bad.
The __65__of Lenny's is also friendlier than that of Carol's.In __66_，Lenny's is the __67_restaurant in town.It has the biggest __68__and the best salad，but its pizza is _69_than that in other restaurants.You ___70___never have pizza at Lenny's!
十、书面表达
A．请阅读下面这篇文章，根据所提供的信息，补充下列的内容：
B.请根据要求完成短文写作，并将作文写在答题卡指定位置。
每个人都有各自度过周末的方式，或忙碌或休闲，由此产生的感受也不尽相同。请你以“A Special Weekend”为题，写一篇短文向校刊的英文专栏投稿。内容包括：
（1）叙述你某个周末的特别经历；
（2）说说你的感受或收获；
（3）对如何度过一个有意义的周末给出两点建议。
参考词汇：有意义的周末 a meaningful weekend
作文要求：
（1）不能照抄原文；不得在作文中出现学校的真实名称和考生的真实姓名。
（2）语句连贯，词数80个左右。作文的开头已经给出，不计入总词数，也不必抄写在答题卡上。
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