2022-2023学年第一学期期中考试八年级
英语学科试卷
第一部分（25分）
I. 听句子，根据所听内容选择最佳应答句。句子念两遍。（共 5 小题，每小题 1 分）
( ) 1. A. On weekends. B. To work. C. It’s useful.
( ) 2. A. Thomas Edison. B. The telephone. C. America.
( ) 3. A. Twice a week. B. Tomorrow. C. Five hours.
( ) 4. A. He is my friend. B. He is tall. C. He lost his phone.
( ) 5. A. Yesterday. B. Next week. C. 3,000 dollars.
II. 听对话，根据对话内容选择最佳答案。对话念两遍。（共 6 小题，每小题 1 分）
听第一段对话，回答第 6-7 小题。
( ) 6. Where did Lisa’s grandma use to live
A. In Chengdu. B. In Changsha. C. In Nanchang.
( ) 7. How often did Lisa use to visit her grandma
A. Once a week. B. Once a month. C. Once a year.
听第二段对话，回答第 8-9 小题。
( ) 8. How long has Mr Smith lived in the village
A. For 5 years. B. For 15 years. C. For 50 years.
( ) 9. What do we know about Mr Smith
A. He is happy with his life now.
B. He moved to the village 5 years ago.
C. He needn’t do housework when he was young.
听第三段对话，回答第 10-11 小题。
( ) 10. Where did Gina’s parents go this morning
A. To the supermarket. B. To the hospital. C. To their offices.
( ) 11. What will Gina do next
A. She will write a letter to her brother.
B. She will send her brother a message.
C. She will buy a new TV for her brother.
III. 听短文，根据所听内容选择最佳答案。短文念两遍。（共 4 小题，每小题 1 分）
( ) 12. Why will Lily go to Nancy’s home
A. To help her with Maths. B. To have lunch. C. To help her with English.
( ) 13. How will Lily get to Nancy’s home
A. By bus. B. By car. C. By bike.
( ) 14. Where is the science museum
A. Next to a park. B. Behind a hospital. C. Across from a bus stop.
( ) 15. When will Lily and Nancy go to the cinema
A. At 5:00 pm. B. At 7:00 pm. C. At 9:00 pm.
IV. 听短文，根据所听内容和思维导图补全短文。短文念两遍。（共 5小题，每空 2 分）
The computer is a wonderful machine. People around the world like it. It is useful to us. First, the computer can do many kinds of (16) ________work for people. Second, the computer can help the workers save time and (17) ____________ in companies. Third, people can spend their free time (18) _________ the Internet. They can find some useful information on the computer. Fourth, it can help teachers to make their classes more(19) _____________ at school. I think we should use the computer (20)______________ in our life and shouldn’t spend too much time on the computer.
第二部分（ 50 分）
I. 完形填空 （10分）
阅读下面短文, 从短文后所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将相应字母编号涂黑。（共 10 小题, 每小题1分）
A young man went to a farm. He wanted to ask for a ___21___ there. When the old farmer asked what the young man could do to help the farm, he just said, “I can sleep when the wind blows.”
The farmer was ___22___ at the short answer. But his farm was in need of helpers and the young man looked strong and sunny, so he decided to let him work on the farm.
Everything went well until one ___23___ when there was a heavy storm. The old farmer and his wife woke up and ___24___ started checking to see if everything was safe.
The farmer and his wife checked everything on the farm. They found that the farm tools had been ___25___ safely in storage (仓库). The tractor (拖拉机) was parked in the garage. They found that the doors of the farmhouse were ___26___. The bam was correctly locked. Even the animals were calm. All was ___27___.
After checking everything, they went to the young man's room and found he was ___28___. The farmer and his wife thought of the young man's words. At last they understood what his words meant. They felt so lucky that they let the young man stay on the farm.
The young man finished all of his work while the skies were clear. He was prepared for the storm ___29___ it broke. When the wind blew, he was not afraid. He could sleep _____30_____.
( ) 21. A. meal B. job C. drink D. room
( ) 22. A. sad B. happy C. surprised D. frightened
( ) 23 A. morning B. afternoon C. year D. night
( ) 24. A. quickly B. happily C. slowly D. bravely
( ) 25. A. put away B. thrown away C. blown away D. driven away
( ) 26. A. open B. closed C. broken D. gone
( ) 27. A. special B. missing C. fine D. broken
( ) 28. A. playing B. laughing C. working D. sleeping
( ) 29. A. unless B. after C. before D. since
( ) 30. A. in fear B. in surprise C. in peace D. in danger
II阅读理解 （40分）
第一节 阅读下列短文, 从每小题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选山最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将相应字母编号涂黑。（共 15 小题, 每小题 2分）
A
In the Chinese history, writing tools play an important role. Among them, the writing brush is the first one that should be paid attention to.
The beginning of the writing brush in China can date back to the Neolithic age（新石器时代）,while it is popular during the Warring States period（战国时期）. The tool is widely used in Chinese writing and painting.
Nowadays, many primary schools have calligraphy classes（书法课）where teachers teach students how to use the writing brush to enjoy Chinese traditional culture. The soft brush can leave strong lines on paper. But that only comes through years of hard work. If you want to write Chinese characters well and be a famous writing artist, you need to practise writing for a long time.
For many Chinese artists, the brush is more than a writing tool. “When I pick up the writing brush, suddenly my ideas and even stories build a relationship with the brush,” said Liu Qinghe, a famous Chinese artist. With a good writing brush, when we put our ideas into it, we give it life. When a writer picks up the brush, he or she can feel what hides in the brush.
( ) 31. What does the underlined part “them” refer to（指代）
A. The writing brush. B. The painting pen.
C. The Chinese history. D. The writing tools.
( ) 32. When did the writing brush come into wide use
A. In the Neolithic age. B. During the Warring States period.
C. In modern times. D. During the Spring and Autumn period.
( ) 33. Primary schools teach students to use the writing brush because they want students ________.
A. to know the importance of writing
B. to know about traditional Chinese culture
C. to know the important role of writing brush
D. to tell the difference between the writing brush and painting pens
( ) 34. The underlined sentence in Paragraph 4 means ________.
A. Liu Qinghe has a deep love for the writing brush
B. we need a good brush to write down ideas
C. Liu Qinghe’s ideas are different from others’
D. there is a beautiful story about the brush
( ) 35. The passage is written mainly to ________.
A. tell us about four inventions in ancient China
B. introduce a famous writing artist to us
C. introduce the history and value（价值）of the writing brush
D. tell us how to write well with the writing brush
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B
The Internet mainly changes the ways of our shopping, our communication（交流）with each other, and our finding answers to questions.But some older people are being left behind（被落在后面）because they aren't able to use a computer.
However, this is changing.Several charities（慈善机构）now help older people to get online.Paul Robinson runs such charity ---- Senors Online.
Paul worked for an IT company before.He said, "In the past,I often spent a few hours a week helping some older people use the Internet at the library.It made a difference to（对...作出影响）their lives.Older people can be lonely when their children move away to find work and start a family of their own.Learning how to use email was a wonderful experience for them.So I left my job and started Seniors Online.We run training classes so older people can enjoy the Internet like the rest（其余的人）of us."
One of Paul's students is 89-year-old Betty. Six months ago, she joined one of the classes.And now she has finished the class. "I joined a class so that I could learn how to send emails to my family，" she says. "Using a computer was a little scary to begin with because you think you'll do something terrible and you will be very worried if you press（按）the wrong key（键）.But you soon learn that you can't really break anything.I think all people of my age should take classes like this."
( )36.The Internet mainly changes people's life in ways from the passage.
A.five B.four C.three D.two
( )37. Paul often taught older people to use the Internet before leaving his job.
A.in a charity B.at the library C.at their houses D.in the IT company
( )38. As what Betty said, old people are scary while using computers because .
A.they use computers
B.they are doing terrible things
C.they press the keys
D.they are afraid of doing something terrible and press the wrong keys
( )39. We can learn the following about Betty EXCEPT（除了） .
A.how many emails she sent every week
B.why she joined the Seniors Online class
C.when she joined the Seniors Online class
D.what advice she gave to all people her age
( )40. What is the best title（标题）of the passage？
A.The kind starter of a charity.
B.The changes from the Internet.
C.A charity helps older people go online.
D.An old woman learnt how to go online.
C
Johannes Gutenberg Job: InventorBorn: 1398 in Mainz GermanyDied: February 3, 1468 in Mainz, GermanyBest known for: Introduced movable type and the printing press（活字印刷机）to Europe
Johannes Gutenberg introduced the idea of movable type and the printing press to Europe. While this may not sound like a big deal at first, the printing press is often considered as the most important invention in modern times. Think about how important information is today. Without books and computers, you wouldn’t be able to learn, to pass on information, or to share scientific discoveries.
Before Gutenberg introduced the printing press, it was quite difficult to make a book in Europe. It wasn’t that hard to write a letter to one person by hand, but to thousands of books for many people to read was nearly impossible. Without the printing press we wouldn’t have had the Scientific Revolution（科学革命）or the Renaissance（文艺复兴）. Our world would be very different.
Gutenberg took some existing technologies and some of his own inventions to come up with the printing press in the year 1450. One key idea he came up with was movable type. Rather than use wooden books to press ink onto paper, Gutenberg used movable metal pieces to quickly create pages.
Gutenberg introduced his new idea all the way through the printing process enabling pages to be printed much more rapidly. His presses could print 1,000 pages per day versus (与……相比) only 40-50 pages with the old method. This was a great improvement and allowed books to be used by the middle class for the first time in the history of Europe. Knowledge and education spread throughout the continent like never before.
( )41. What did Johannes Gutenberg do
A. A teacher. B. An engineer. C. An inventor. D. An artist.
( )42. How old was Guternerg when he came up with the idea of the printing press
A. 52. B. 70. C. 73. D. 18.
( )43. Which of the following is NOT true about Gutenberg's invention
A. Using movable meal pieces enables people to create books quickly.
B. 1,000 more pages could be printed than before every day.
C. People could pass on information, or share scientific discoveries.
D. Knowledge and education spread throughout Europe like never before.
( )44. What is writer’s purpose to write Paragraph 2
A. To tell us what Gutenberg invented.
B. To tell us how Gutenberg invented the printing press.
C. To tell us why Gutenberg invented the printing press.
D. To tell us how important the printing press was.
( )45. We may read his passage in a magazine called ________.
A. Great People in History B. Future Science
C. National Geography D. Global News
第二节 短文填空 以下是一则短文, 请阅读短文, 并从下列方框里的六个句子中选择五个还原到原文中, 使原文的意思完整、连贯。并在答题卡上将相应的字母编号涂黑。（共5 小题, 每小题1分）
A. He made an experiment firstB. He wants to go to college with his moneyC. So he thinks how to deal with these plastic bagsD. The idea of the invention comes from his houseworkE. And they only gave out some water and little carbon dioxide ( CO )F. Byrd came up with this idea after doing lots of research
People often call the plastic bags “white pollution”. Because it is hard to break down (降解), it becomes the worst invention for the human. It is reported that it takes 100 – 200 years to break down the plastic bags completely. However, a 16-year-old high-school Canadian student called Daniel Byrd discovered the way to break down the plastic bags!
_____46_____. He always helps her mother do the housework. Every time when he opens the closet, the plastic bags fly out. This makes him very angry. _____47_____. With his teacher’s help, he found that when he put the two germs (细菌) mixture up and that made the plastic bags break down quickly.
_____48_____. He put some earth germs and plastic bags together. After 12 weeks, he found the plastic bags had been broken down. Then he made another experiment. The experiment also showed that the plastic bags could be broken down in three months. _____49_____.
Now Byrd has got 30 thousand dollars from his invention. _____50_____. He has also got a lot of award from many universities.
第三节 信息匹配 阅读下面文章介绍, 为五个人选出合适他们的文章, 并在答题卡上将相应的字母编号涂黑。（共5 小题, 每小题1分）
A. Barefoot World Atlas
You will learn about the culture and geography of countries and cities around the world. The app provides much information for you, and you can learn more through it.
B. Audible
Listening is a good way for some students to learn something. This app helps you to know things well by listening to all kinds of materials.
C. National Geographic Kids
This app offers games and books to you. When you are tired and want to relax, you can play games. But you can only play games for thirty minutes a day.
D. Xyza News
This app offers weekly news to you. Through it, you can know what is happening around the world and know the world well.
E. Reading Prep Comprehension
This app offers interesting stories to students in primary school. There are many pictures for them to understand the story well.
F. RAZ Kids
RAZ Kids is a reading program. It moves kids from one reading level to another. You can read many books when using the app. Each book has a test at the end.
( ) 51.John doesn’t like old reading materials. He is interested in the news reports. He thinks reading them can help him know the world well.
( ) 52.Tina wants to read different kinds of materials. When she is tired, she can play games to relax herself.
( ) 53.There is something wrong with Bob's eyes, but he still wants to learn something. He wants to learn things by listening.
( ) 54. Emma doesn’t do well in English. She wants to improve her reading level step by step.
( ) 55.Mike is healthy and strong. He likes travelling to different countries and cities. He always wants to know about the culture better before setting off by reading.
第三部分 非选择题（25分）
III. 语法填空（10分）
阅读下而短文, 在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式, 并将答案写在答题卡规定的位置上。（共 10 小题, 每小题1分）
The story of Zu Chongzhi
Zu Chongzhi (429 - 500 AD) was a Chinese mathematician , astronomer and mechanic . He was 56.______ (birth) in a well - educated family . 57.______ excellent engineer, Zu Chongzhi’s grandfather taught him science. From 58.______early age, Zu Chongzhi showed great 59.______(intelligent) and curiosity, with special interests in mathematics and astronomy. Today we know Zu Chongzhi 60.______he was the first person to find out that pi (л) falls between 3.1415926 and 3.1415927, and 61.______ (he) result remained the 62.______ (many) accurate value in the world for more than nine hundred 63.______ (year). Zu Chongzhi also 64.______ ( work ) out the close value of pi to be 355/113, which he called “close ratio”. This ratio was so hard 65._____________ ( get ) that a Japanese mathematician named it “Z’s ratio”.
IV. 书面表达（15分）
当前，许多学生在课外沉溺于智能手机(smart phones)。针对这一现象，学校将组织开展一次“拒绝手机诱惑，健康学习生活”的征文活动。请你根据以下提示用英语写一篇征文稿。
不利方面 花大量时间玩游戏，上课睡觉，不按时完成作业。2. 视力受损，不利健康。
建议 1. 远离智能手机，认真学习。2. 多花时间与家人、朋友交流。3. 你的建议.......
要求:
1. 字迹工整，书写规范，包含全部要点，适当发挥；
2. 80词左右，开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数；
参考词汇: eyesight (视力) disadvantage (不利)
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________英语期中测试参考答案
1-5 BACCA 6-10 CBCAB 11-15 BBACA
16.hard 17. energy 18.surfing 19.interesting 20. wisely
21-25 BCDAA 26-30 BCDCC 31-35 DBBBC
36-40 CBDAC 41-45 CABDA 46-50 DCAEB
51-55 DCBFA
56. born 57. As 58.an 59.intelligence 60.because
61.his 62. most 63.years 64.worked 65.to get
书面表达
With the development of the Internet, many students have smart phones.
Some students often spend so much time in playing games with them that they feel very tired. Someone doesn’t finish their homework on time. Someone even sleeps in class. Besides, smart phones do harm to our health. Some students’ eyesight is becoming poorer and poorer.
To avoid these disadvantages, I think we should make some changes. First, we should keep away from smart phones and work hard. Second, stay with our family or friends if we are free and talk with them about our daily life, feelings and so on. Third, we can take an active part in all kinds of activities, such as playing basketball, singing songs.
采用整体印象法。
一档作文13-15分---- 完全完成了试题规定的任务
覆盖所有内容要点，准确使用丰富的词汇和语言结构，全文结构紧凑，有效地使用的语句间的连接成份，符合英语交际习惯，具备较强的语言运用能力。
二档作文 10-12分--完全完成了试题规定的任务
覆盖所有内容要点恰当，使用较丰富的词汇和语言结构，适当运用了语句间的连接成份，要好的达到了交际的目的。
三档作文 7-9分--- 基本完成了自己规定的任务
没能覆盖所有内容要点，词汇和语言结构不能完全满足写作任务的要求，文章不够连贯，影响对写作内容的理解
四档作文 4-6分---未完成试题规定的任务
漏掉较多内容要点或写的内容与规定任务无关，词汇和语言结构错误较多，内容不连贯，无法传达有效信息。
五档作文 0-3分--未完成试题规定的任务
只出现零星与主题写作任务相关的词汇，无正确表达的完整句子。
参考评分细则：
得分要点∶
学生沉溺于玩手机（2分）
2.没有完成作业（2分）。
3.远离手机，多花时间学习（2分）
3.伤害视力，对健康不利（2分）。
4. 与父母，朋友多交流（2分）。
5.你的看法（2分）。
