徐州市邳州市2022-2023学年八年级上学期期中考试英语试题（含答案和解析）

2022—2023学年度第一学期期中学业水平测试

八年级英语试题

一、听力(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)

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二、选择填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)

1．Peter didn’t play basketball this afternoon．________ he stayed at home and did DIY.

A．First                            B．Instead                         C．Always                        D．Once

2．Nick is only 15, but he is ________ a basketball star.

A．already                        B．just                              C．only                             D．usually

3． The American English for “autumn” is____________

A．fall                                                                       B．movie

C．eraser                                                                   D．vacation

4．—What’s your sister’s plan for the future?

— She has a beautiful          , so she wants to become a singer.

A．dance                           B．voice                            C．noise                            D．sound

5．—Is it the ________ answer to Question 3?

—I’m not sure．Let’s go to ask our teacher.

A．useless                         B．secret                           C．correct                         D．free

6．“Boys and girls, please enjoy         during the trip.” said Miss Chen.

A．yourself                       B．yourselves                    C．herself                         D．themselves

7．After seeing his daughter ________ the school bus, the father left quietly.

A．get on                          B．get up                          C．get off                         D．get away

8．Grandma Lin didn’t know how to use the mobile phone ________．But now, she can use it to chat, watch videos and buy things easily.

A．at least                         B．at most                         C．at first                          D．at last

9．Anna gave the book back to the library after she finished ________ it.

A．read                             B．reading                         C．to read                         D．to reading

10．Of all the students, Susan sang ________ in yesterday’s school singing competition.

A．beautiful                      B．the most beautiful          C．beautifully                    D．the most beautifully

11．We ________ stay out without telling our parents．It will make them worried.

A．need                            B．needn’t                         C．should                          D．shouldn’t

12．— Look! It isn’t raining _______ it was in the morning.

—You’re right．Let’s go out to buy some vegetables.

A．as heavily as                 B．as heavy as                   C．heavier than                  D．less heavily as

13．—_______ do you take a nucleic acid test(核酸检测), Mr．Chen?

— Every 3 days.

A．How often                    B．How long                     C．How soon                     D．How much

14．—________ your new English teacher ________?

—She is humorous and patient.

A．How is; like                 B．How does; like              C．What is; like                 D．What does; like

15．—Could we watch the film Nice View tomorrow evening?

—________．See you then.

A．Thank you                    B．Good luck                    C．All right                       D．You’re welcome三、完形填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)

根据短文内容，从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

Samantha was warming up for the 400-metre running competetion．___16___she won this time, she would make history as the first student to win the 100-metre, 200-metre and 400-metre running competitions for three years in her school.

After a few minutes, Samantha stood on the track．When she was ___17___the signal (信号), she smiled at her best friend Sheena．Sheena stood ___18___Samantha．She had been in the same competitions as Samantha for the past three years．However, she always came just ___19___after Samantha.

When the starter said “Ready, go!”, all the competitors ___20___to run quickly．Samantha and Sheena ran much faster than the others．Suddenly, Samantha ___21___a cry．Looking behind her, Samantha saw her friend fall down on the track．Samantha ran back to help Sheena ___22___thinking.

“Go on!” Sheena told her．“Leave me alone!” She didn’t want her best friend to lose the competition because of ___23___．But Samantha didn’t listen．When Sheena tried to stand up Samantha held on to her arm, saying, “We’ll ___24___the competition together.”

The finishing line seemed so far away, ___25___Samantha didn’t give up．The other competitors kept running past them because Samantha and Sheena were walking ___26___along the track．However, the two friends ___27___thought about stopping．When they got closer to the finishing line, they ___28___that the other competitors were cheering them on．That was the first ___29___Samantha had lost a competition．However, she knew that winning was not the most ___30___to her．Friendship was.

16．A．So                        B．If                                 C．Before                         D．Because

17．A．asking for             B．paying for                    C．waiting for                   D．standing for

18．A．beside                   B．between                        C．under                           D．below

19．A．first                      B．second                          C．third                            D．fourth

20．A．agreed                  B．planned                        C．decided                        D．started

21．A．heard                    B．saw                              C．felt                              D．tasted

22．A．from                     B．without                        C．during                          D．through

23．A．them                     B．us                                C．her                              D．him

24．A．attend                   B．spend                           C．repair                           D．finish

25．A．or                         B．but                               C．and                              D．after

26．A．slowly                  B．loudly                          C．happily                        D．quickly

27．A．often                    B．always                          C．never                           D．sometimes

28．A．noticed                 B．wished                         C．dreamed                       D．remembered

29．A．place                    B．time                             C．ticket                           D．journey

30．A．helpless                 B．active                           C．dangerous                     D．important

四、阅读理解(共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分)

阅读下面三篇短文，从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

A

Yan Jia is a Grade 8 student in Nanjing．She is going to visit Shanghai Disneyland during the National Day holiday．After searching on the website (网站), she plans to take the No．G9257 high-speed train．Here is the timetable.

31．How long does it take from Nanjing to Shanghai by No．G9257 high-speed train?

A．More than 4 hours.                                                B．About 2.5 hours.

C．About 1.5 hours.                                                    D．Less than 1 hour.

32．If Yan Jia wants to go there with a friend, she will pay at least __________.

A．￥84.5                         B．￥144.5                        C．￥289                          D．￥374

33．__________is the longest through the whole journey.

A．Zhenjiang-Danyang                                                B．Danyang-Changzhou

C．Wuxi-Suzhou                                                        D．Suzhou-Shanghai

B

My name is Susan Smith．Two years ago, I went on a trip to New York City．It was summertime．I went with my husband, Charlie Smith．It was cold on the plane, so I put on a sweater, but when we got to New York City, it was very sunny and hot．I changed into a T-shirt and shorts and comfortable shoes to walk around．We walked all over the city．Sometimes we took the underground or a bus, but we never drove or took a taxi.

On our first day, we took a ferry boat to Staten Island．The ferry is free to ride, and we passed by the Statue of Liberty．At lunchtime, we ate a lot of pizza．After lunch, we went to see the Empire State Building．We walked across the Brooklyn Bridge.

I like roller coasters (过山车) and I love going to the beach, so we went to Coney Island on our second day．At Coney Island, there is an amusement park with lots of rides.

It is right on the beach so you can sit in the sand and go swimming too.

We had lots of fun during our trip．We went to museums and parks and ate lots of food．Our favourite part of the trip was the Metropolitan Museum of Art．It is very big, and there were lots of people．We saw statues (雕塑) and paintings．There are works of art from all over the world and all throughout history．We didn’t have time to see everything．I hope that we can go back one day to see all the other works of art.

34．What did Susan Smith wear on the plane?

A．A sweater.                    B．A T-shirt.                      C．Shorts.                         D．Comfortable shoes.

35．Mr and Mrs Smith never __________ in the city.

A．walked                         B．took the underground     C．took a taxi                    D．took a bus

36．The writer wrote the passage to__________.

A．ask people to visit New York City

B．tell us about her trip to New York City

C．show some places of interest in New York City

D．give people some tips on visiting New York City

C

Starting from the fall term in 2022, students in primary and middle schools in China need to have at least one class every week to learn basic life skills like cleaning and cooking.

Students in first and second grades should learn to wash vegetables and peel fruit．Third and fourth graders need to know how to make cold dishes．For students in fifth and sixth grades, they should learn to cook two or three simple dishes, such as fried eggs and tomatoes and eggs．And for middle school students, they need to cook three or four dishes on their own.

A lot of people discussed it on the Internet．Some felt satisfied with the class．They said it was important to teach students some basic life skills．Some of them even felt sorry that they didn’t learn these skills during their school days.

Yang Jianping, mother of a first grader in Beijing, thought the class was really helpful．She asked her son to help her make simple dishes and took him to grow vegetables at his grandmother’s garden in the countryside．“He is very interested in growing vegetables and makes a video call to see the vegetables every day,” Yang said with a smile.

Life is about learning．Children can become more excellent through the class．So schools and families should work together to help children grow up healthily.

37．Students need to have the class at least __________from the fall term.

A．once a week                 B．twice a week                 C．once a month                D．twice a month

38．What can we learn from Paragraph 2?

A．First and second graders need to learn to make cold dishes.

B．Students in third and fourth grades should know how to make fried eggs.

C．Fifth and sixth graders need to know how to cook at least two simple dishes.

D．Middle school students should learn to cook tomatoes and eggs on their own.

39．What does the word “satisfied” mean in Paragraph 3?

A．忧愁                            B．满意                            C．惊奇                            D．浪漫

40．According to the passage, the writer probably agrees that the class__________.

A．can help students get higher scores

B．is good for the growth of children

C．is too difficult for children at primary schools

D．is the most important among all lessons at school

五、根据要求完成句子。(61-65题每空1分，66-70题每小题2分，满分20分)

A)根据学过的课文补全句子。

41．你可以信任他们因为他们从来都不说谎。

You can ________ them because they never tell ________.

42．Betty是慷慨的。她愿意和她的朋友分享东西。

Betty is ________．She is ________ to share things with her friends.

43．学习外语是有趣的。

Learning ________ languages ________ fun.

44．这座桥是由钢制作的，它重100，000多吨。

The bridge is made of _______, and it weighs over 100,000 ______.

45．他敲裂了水管子，弄得房间里到处充满了水。

He hit a _______ and _______the room with water.

B)根据要求转换句型。

46．also, keep, I, in English, my daily life, writing, about(.)(连词成句）

____________________________________________________________________________________

47．You shouldn’t put so many books on the shelf．(变成祈使句)

____________________________________________________________________________________

48．Mr．Wu is taller than the two girls.(用not so…as改写句子)

The two girls _____________________________________________ Mr．Wu.

49．She jumped high．Her brother jumped higher.（将两句连成一个句子，意思不变）

______________________________________________________________________ than her.

50．The Golden Gate Bridge is 90 feet wide．(对划线部分提问)

__________________________________________ the Golden Gate Bridge?

六、词语运用(共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分)

A)选用方框内的单词或词组填空，其中有一个单词或词组是多余的。

51．There was a big fire in the building last night．But ____________, nobody was hurt.

52．As children, we should ____________ our parents when they are sad.

53．Last week, the company ____________ Linda a good job.

54．She is good at Chinese paper-cutting and can ____________ a picture of a tiger with scissors.

55．I want to go foreign countries to learn a lot about different ____________.

B)用括号中所给单词的正确形式填空，使短文内容完整、正确。

Li Juan is in Year 8 in Xuzhou．She lives far from school．It takes her about 30 minutes ___56___ (get) to school by underground, so she ___57___ (need) to get up early on weekdays．Li Juan is good at English and Chinese but poor in Maths．So she usually does Maths homework slowly．She has ___58___ (few) hobbies in her class because she is hard-working and pays ___59___ (much) free time for study than her classmates．Her teacher tells her to spend less time ___60___( study) in the classroom.

She had better ___61___ (exercise) more to keep healthy．Li Juan is a tall girl．She does ___62___ (well) in the high jump than the other girls in her class．She always wins in the sports meeting because she jumps highest among the students in the school．She is also good at ___63___ (run) and she runs fastest of all girls in her class．But Li Juan isn’t good at volleyball．She does worst in it in her class．She plans ___64___ (practise) hard and keeps on ____65____ (play) volleyball with her classmates so that she will do it well as soon as possible(尽快).

七、任务型阅读(81-85题每小题1分,86-90题每小题2分,满分15分)

A)

根据短文内容及首字母提示，写出所缺单词。

Two friends are travelling together when they meet a bear on their way．One of them is good at c___66___ trees．He quickly gets up a tree and does not help his friend.The other man has to lie on the ground and pretends(假装) to be dead．The bear comes up to him and s___67___ him all over with his nose．Then the bear says s___68___ in the traveller’s ear．The bear does not think the traveller will taste good, so he goes away.

When the bear leaves, the other traveller up on the tree comes d___69___．“Are you all right, my friend? Did the bear say anything in your ear?” he says, “What did it say?”

“It tells me,” the man says, “N___70___ travel with someone who runs away when there is danger.”

B)

阅读短文，按要求回答问题。

There are about 25,000,000 people in Shanghai．Over 100,000 of them are new babies, and around 310,000 old people live by themselves．People in Shanghai have to stay at home because of COVID-19 (新冠肺炎)．So how can they get important things like medicine and milk powder?

Tian Dan, 34, is from Shanxi．She came to work in Shanghai one year ago．She is a delivery worker for Ele.me (饿了么)．She delivers those important things to people in the city．One day, she delivered a bag of medicine to an 8-year-old boy．The boy had asthma (哮喘), and his mom was really thankful when she got the medicine.

“I finished my work at about 7 pm in the past, but now I have to work for five more hours,” Tian says．She needs to stay away from her family, so she lives in a hotel after work．She calls her two daughters every night．The girls live with their grandparents．After the call, Tian reads the messages on her phone．They are all from her family and friends.

There are many delivery workers in the city．They walk through the streets to help people in need．They make our world better and warmer.

根据短文内容，回答下面的问题。(不超过六个单词)

71．How many new babies are there in Shanghai?

____________________________________________________

72．When did Tian Dan start to work in Shanghai?

____________________________________________________

73．What did the 8-year-old boy need?

____________________________________________________

74．What time does Tian Dan finish her work now?

____________________________________________________

75．Who does Tian Dan call every night?

____________________________________________________

八、书面表达(共20分)

76．假如你是学生会宣传部部长李华，你校一年一度的俱乐部招新活动即将开始。请你参考以下内容，写一篇英文发言稿，向同学们介绍各个俱乐部的情况，并号召同学们积极加入。

要求：

1.内容充实，包含所有要点，可适当拓展；

2.条理清晰，语句通顺，语法正确，书写规范；

3.词数：90词左右开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Hello, everyone! There are some amazing clubs in our school．Let me tell you about them．_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

I hope you can choose your favourite clubs and join them．Thank you!

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参考答案

1． B

【解析】

【详解】句意：皮特今天下午没有打篮球。反而待在家里做了手工。

考查副词辨析。First首先；Instead代替，反而；Always总是；Once一次，曾经。根据“Peter didn’t play basketball this afternoon..．he stayed at home and did DIY.”可知皮特没有打篮球，相反，他在家做了手工。故选B。

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