2023-2024学年译林版八年级下学期英语期中模拟试卷（含答案解析）

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2023-2024学年八年级下学期期中模拟考试

英语试题

注意事项：

1．全卷满分100分，考试时间为90分钟。试题包含选择题和非选择题。考生答题全部答在答题卡上，答在本试卷上无效。

2．请认真核对监考教师在答题卡上所粘贴条形码的姓名、考试证号是否与本人相符合，再将自己的姓名、考试证号用0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔填写在答题卡及本试卷上。

3．答选择题必须用2B铅笔将答题卡上对应的答案标号涂黑。如需改动,请用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案。答非选择题必须用0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔写在答题卡的指定位置，在其他位置答题一律无效。

选择题（共40分）

一、单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

请认真阅读下列各题,从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。1．—Paul, do you know ________ UNICEF?

—Exactly, it is one of ________ international charities and it helps children in poor areas.

A．a, an                      B．an, an                    C．a, the                     D．/, the

2．—Should I choose an iPad or a laptop computer?

—It depends ________ what you want to use it for.

A．in                          B．on                         C．for                         D．as

3．—When shall we see the film, on Saturday or Sunday?

—Either is OK. It makes no ________ to me.

A．chance                   B．mistake                  C．difference               D．decision

4．—Would you like to smoke after lunch?

—No, thanks. I’ve given up smoking, as it is ________ to my health.

A．useful                    B．helpful                   C．careful                   D．harmful

5．—How do you feel about working as a volunteer?

—Exciting, ________ when I work with other volunteers to help those in need.

A．exactly                   B．especially               C．quickly                   D．mostly

6．—What about going abroad for the coming holiday?

—I’m afraid I can’t ________ such an expensive thing, I am living hand to mouth now.

A．offer                      B．avoid                     C．afford                    D．achieve

7．You ________ pay too much attention to wearing masks, as it is badly important to your health.

A．shouldn’t                B．mustn’t                  C．can’t                      D．needn’t

8．—Writer down your uncle’s email address, ________ you’ll never forget it any more.

—All right, Mum.

A．and                        B．or                          C．but                         D．so

9．—One of my friends said that he no more climbed the Mountain Huang.

—Why? He said he felt ________ dead after a long climbing.

A．as good as              B．as well as               C．so good as              D．so well as

10．Kunming, with all seasons like spring, is ________ too hot ________ too cold all year round, so it attracts a number of tourists around the world every year.

A．either, or                B．neither, nor             C．both, and                D．not only, but also

11．—Our gas ________. How far are we from there?

—Don’t worry. There are only a few kilometers to go.

A．is run out               B．has run out             C．is run out of            D．is running out

12．—Pollution has been a serious problem in our city in the past few months.

—I agree. And the situation will be worse if nothing ________ to fight it in the future.

A．is done                   B．will be done           C．is going to be done  D．was done

13．Annie’s family is rich enough to buy a car, which allows them ________ from one place to another easily.

A．to travel                 B．travelling               C．not to travel            D．not travelling

14．—I can’t believe you have finished the work on time.

—My friends helped me out. Just as the saying goes, “________.”

A．No pain, no gain

B．No sweet without sweat

C．Put all your eggs in one basket

D．Many hands make light work

15．—Alice, your bag looks big and heavy. Do you need a hand?  

—Oh, it is empty. ________.

A．Never mind            B．You’re welcome      C．It doesn’t matter      D．Thanks, anyway

二、完形填空（共10小题；毎小题1分,满分10分）

请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

The “666” emoji (表情符号) ____16____ on WeChat at the end of 2020.

It is getting ____17____ among both Chinese and Western WeChat users — but for different reasons. It shows a smiling face holding up the Chinese hand sign for “6” with the ____18____ “666” next to it. The emoji has an active meaning because Chinese character for “six” is sounds like the same way as “liu liu dashun”. People use it to show the reason of giving ____19____ wishes to their friends or relatives. But in some Western countries, “666” has a very ____20____ meaning. It is said “666” was the “Mark of the Beast (野兽)”. The devil (恶魔) ____21____ people to wear it in order to show their loyalty (忠诚) to him, although it was ____22____ people’s wishes. That’s why some people ____23____ this number to be a symbol of bad luck. But we all know that the devil isn’t real. No one really takes it seriously in ____24____ times. As a music ____25____, I am also interested in Chinese culture. I like the new emoji for many reasons. I can send it to either my Chinese friends or Western friends and get different reactions (反应).

16．A．checked out     B．handed out             C．gave out                 D．came out

17．A．proper             B．beautiful                C．popular                  D．interesting

18．A．number           B．smile                     C．question                 D．performance

19．A．bad                 B．good                      C．strong                    D．unfair

20．A．similar            B．proper                    C．important               D．different

21．A．advised           B．invited                   C．forced                    D．reminded

22．A．against            B．under                     C．from                      D．for

23．A．imagine           B．consider                 C．wish                       D．help

24．A．ancient            B．modern                  C．bad                        D．early

25．A．tourist             B．visitor                    C．climber                  D．fan

三、阅读理解（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

请认真阅读下列材料，从材料后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

26．If you want to go to the mountains, you can call ________ .

A．83549679               B．83875629               C．84639818               D．83986432

27．Sam went to Hunter Valley with his wife and five-year old son. He should pay ________ .

A．$25                        B．$50                        C．$100                      D．$125

28．David’s holiday is from July 13 to July 17, he can ________ .

A．climb the mountains                                  

B．go to the many beautiful parks

C．go fishing in the country                            

D．swim in the sea

29．Which of the following is NOT mentioned (提及) in the three trips? ________

A．hat                         B．camera                   C．clothes                   D．tent

30．We can see these passages in a ________ .

A．story book              B．newspaper              C．picture book           D．comic book

B

Computers are useful machines. They can help people a lot in their daily life. For example, they can help people to save much time to do much work, and they can help people to work out many problems they can’t deal with easily. Our country asks everyone to learn to use computers except the old people.

Today more and more families own computers. Parents buy computers for their children. They hope computers can help them improve their studies in school. Yet many of their children use computers to play games, to watch videos or to sing karaoke, so many teachers and parents complain that computers cannot help children study but make them fall behind. So computers are locked in some ways by parents.

In some other countries, even some scientists hate computers. They say computers let millions of people lose their jobs or bring them a lot of trouble. Will computers really bring trouble to people or can they bring people happiness?

It will be decided by today’s students themselves!

31．We say the computer is a useful machine because ________.

A．our country asks us to learn it                    

B．it can help us a lot

C．we can use it to play games                        

D．it can help us to find jobs

32．Many teachers and parents complain that ________.

A．their students and children use computers to play games

B．computers let them lose their jobs

C．computers make their students and children fall behind

D．computers bring people a lot of trouble

33．In this passage we know computers ________.

A．also bring us trouble                                 

B．bring us happiness only

C．are hated by people                                   

D．are bad for people’s health

34．Can computers really help children to study?

A．Yes, they can.         B．It’s hard to say.       C．No, they can’t         D．Of course not.

35．The last sentence of this passage means that ________.

A．computers are used by people

B．people can live well without computers

C．one must decide how to use computers properly

D．computers are strange machines

C

Once upon a time, there was a young farmer who planted an area of rice. After he planted the seedlings (幼苗), every day he went to the field to watch the seedlings grow. He hoped the plants would grow fast because he wanted to have a great harvest (丰收) soon. But one month later, he only saw the young shoots (嫩芽) break through the earth and after that, they grew a little taller each day, but still, he thought they were growing too slowly and got anxious with the young plants. His neighbors knew his trouble and told him the plants would grow according to their growth rules, but the young man didn’t think so. Then one morning he came up with a fantastic idea—one by one, he pulled up the young plants by half an inch (英寸). He did the work from half past seven in the morning till eight at night, feeling tired but happy. The next early morning, the young man couldn’t wait to check his great work, but when he saw the plants, he cried his heart out.

36．The underlined word “anxious” means “________” in the story.

A．excited                   B．worried                  C．satisfied                  D．hatred

37．The young man was ________ at 10:00 a.m. one morning according to the story.

A．having a great harvest                               

B．telling his neighbors the trouble

C．pulling up the young plants                        

D．crying his heart out happily

38．The young man’s seedlings in the end were ________.

A．taller                      B．nice                       C．larger                     D．dead

39．The young farmer hoped the plants would grow fast because ________.

A．he was competing with his neighbor

B．he was too hungry

C．he wanted to have a great harvest soon

D．he needed to save food

40．Which example shows the same meaning as the story tells us?

A．Mary’s parents make Mary take many after-school classes in her free time.

B．Mary sometimes copies math homework from her friends after school.

C．Mary often imagines herself as a singer while listening to music.

D．Mary’s parents believe Mary can play chess best in the world.

非选择题（共60分）

四、填空（共20小题；41-55每小题1分，55-60每小题2分，满分25分）

A）请根据括号中所给的汉语写出单词,使句子意思完整正确,并将答案填写在答题卡相应横线上。

41．People in the disaster area are in need of ________ (医学的) support badly.

42．—It’s a term since both of the little two became Young ________ (开拓者). —How time flies!

43．Things like glass, plastic and paper are ________（隔开）into different groups in Switzerland.

44．Not ________ (惩罚) children for their mistakes in both study and behavior can’t improve them.

45．Waste water from factories should be strictly, not ________ (满不在乎地), checked before we pour it into the river.

B）请根据句子意思,用括号中所给单词的适当形式填空,并将答案填写在答题卡相应横线上。

46．My dad has gone to Shanghai on ________(busy). He will come back tomorrow.

47．Do you know how many ________ (stomach) a cow has?

48．Since we ________ (choose) Yixing for the coming holiday, let’s plan it carefully.

49．The war between Russia and Ukraine is still on. Jim with his parents in Ukraine ________ (miss) the happy life in the past.

50．How much time do you spend ________ (paint) the new chair?

51．—Why does the policeman look so tired?

—He ________ (control) the traffic all the morning.

52．This is the best way I can think of ________ (realize) my dream.

53．—My father will take me to the West Lake this Saturday.

—Really? I hope you ________ (enjoy) yourself.

54．—You seem to be familiar with this city.

—I ________ (live) here for three years. It’s so great to be back.

55．Emperor Wu of Han is one of the greatest ________ (rule) in China’s history.

C）完成句子。

56．在某种程度上，我同意你的观点。

________ ________ ________, I agree with you.

57．银河系是由成千上万的星星组成的。

The Galaxy ________  ________  ________  ________ thousands of stars.

58．他一直梦想着把自己的家改造成田园风格。

He is always _______ _______ _______ his house _______ the one with country style.

59．我已经习惯于出门就戴口罩。

I _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ masks when going out.

60．他的叔叔已经去成都出差一个半月了。

His uncle has _______ _______ Chengdu _______ _______ for one and a half months.

五、阅读填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

A）请认真阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中小题的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。

注意：每个空格只填1个单词。请将答案填写在答题卡相应横线上。

Travelling is one of the most important activities for people. Modern traffic develops fast, so travelling to different places has become much faster than before. Staying healthy while travelling can make your trip happier. But do you know how to keep healthy during a trip? The following information may be useful to you.

Before leaving, you should prepare comfortable shoes, a hat and a pair of sunglasses for yourself. Take some necessary medicine with you. They can be used when you get sick or have other problems. Do some exercise for weeks or months before you leave if you plan to do lots of walking or climbing during your trip. Prepare proper food. Before you prepare the food, the first thing you need to think about is how long you will travel with the food. If you take a long trip, you should bring food such as bread, biscuits and some fruit. They don’t go bad quickly. For shorter trip, people can bring meat, fish, eggs, milk and even salads and vegetables.

During your trip, be sure not to eat dirty food or bad fruit. Have enough time to take a rest during your trip. Tap water is not safe, so drink bottled water and remember to clean the cover of the bottle. Keep food in good condition. If you take hot food, you should try to keep it hot. For example, you can put it in heavy towels. If you need to keep cold food cold, you can put it in a box with ice. When you arrive, put it in the fridge.

B）请根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词,并将答案填写在答题卡相应位置上。

Long long ago, there lived a very cruel sultan. The sultan ruled his kingdom w____71____ an iron fist (铁拳). Everyone in the land did e____72____ what the sultan ordered (命令). The kingdom’s prisons (监狱) were full of people who had not done what the sultan had ordered.

As the sultan’s next birthday came, everyone was too a____73____ to get up and face the day. L____74____, most people had nothing to worry about except Ali and Baboo, for they were told to go before the sultan. They were told to take part in a camel race. The w____75____ of the race was the person whose camel came last. The loser would get five years in prison.

Ali and Baboo came to the starting line of the race and set off, but they went very very s____76____. Neither man wanted to go in front of the other. So before long their camels stopped. They had no idea.

The kingdom’s wisest person, a woman n____77____ Shiraz, came to the two men. She w____78____ something in each other’s ear. Then each man leaped (跳跃) on a camel and rode the camels faster and faster. They raced towards the finishing line as quickly as they c____79____.

Everyone was s____80____ at what was happening. One man asked Shiraz what she had told the camel riders. “Simple,” she said, “I just told each of them to get on the other man’s camel. After all, the winner is the person whose camel comes last.”

六、书面表达（满分15分）

81．4月23日是世界读书日。中宣部通知，4月23日开始，启动“让我们在阅读中一起成长”全国少儿阅读年系列活动。现在请你以“My hobby is reading”为题写一篇英语短文。

提示：

1．读书种类：报纸、杂志、书籍（关于……方面的书）；

2．读书习惯：读书思考，读书记笔记；

3．读书的好处：给我们知识，丰富生活，使我们快乐、放松。

注意：

1．词数：90左右（开头已给出，不计入总词数）；

2．内容必须包括以上要点，可适当发挥，但不要逐条翻译；

3．条理清楚、语句连贯。

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参考答案

1．D

【详解】句意：——保罗，你知道联合国儿童基金会吗？——确切地说，它是国际慈善机构之一，它帮助贫困地区的儿童。

考查冠词。UNICEF为“联合国儿童基金会”的缩写，前面不需要加冠词；international charities表示“国际慈善机构”，是特指，前面用定冠词the。故选D。

2．B

【详解】句意：——我应该选择iPad还是笔记本电脑？——这取决于你想用它来做什么。

考查动词短语以及介词辨析。in在里面；on在上面；for为了；as作为。depend on“依靠”，固定搭配，故选B。

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