广东省深圳市南实集团2022-2023学年八年级上学期期中考试英语试题（含答案）

南实集团2022—2023学年度第一学期期中考试
八年级英语学科试卷
说明：1.全卷共6页。
2.考试时间为70分钟，满分75分。
3.答题时，考生务必将姓名、班级、考号、考试科目、试卷类型用2B铅笔填涂在答题卡上，并用黑色签字笔填写相应信息。请考生按要求在答题卷规定的位置上作答，在草稿纸、本试卷上答题一律无效。
第1卷（选择题共50分）
Ⅰ.完形填空。（共10小题，每小题1分，共10分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后每小题的四个选项中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。
One man was walking on the street with his worker. They saw a 1 horse. The man liked it very much. So he went to the owner and told him that he wanted to buy it.
The owner agreed and sold the horse at a good 2 .When the man went back home, he asked his worker to take the saddle(马鞍) away.
To their surprise, there was a 3 bag under the saddle. After the worker opened the bag, he found some diamonds(钻石) inside. The worker was very 4 and shouted, “Look, sir! The horse you bought has diamonds with it!” But the man said to the worker, “I bought a horse. I only 5 the horse, not for the diamonds. I must 6
the diamonds.” Then the man went back to the street. He saw the horse seller was still there. He gave the small bag to him.
The horse seller was 7 surprised and said, “Thank you so much, sir. I hid the bag under that horse’s saddle and I forgot it. Please choose a diamond from the bag as my 8 .for you.”
The man replied, “I don’t need any 9 for returning this. In fact, when I decided to bring back the bag, I already 10 two diamonds! They’re my honesty and integrity(诚实和正直).”
1. A. foolish B. terrible C. beautiful D. hungry
2. A. way B. price C. plan D. moment
3. A. huge B. small C. dark D. thick
4. A. excited B. tired C. relaxed D. worried
5. A. cared about B. looked for C. paid for D. talked about
6. A. pass B. add C. return D. push
7. A. completely B. quickly C. loudly D. hardly
8. A. rule B. gift C. order D. example
9. A. jokes B. facts C. greetings D. thanks
10. A. got B. lent C. changed D. sent
Ⅱ.阅读理解（40分）
第一节 阅读下列短文，从下面每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。（共15小题，每小题2分）
A
It's World Environment Day! The city library prepared some surprises for you on June 5th.
Tell stories You can share stories about scientists or technology for environmental protection. It's OK if you aren’t good at telling stories. Age: 13~17yearsold Place: in the hall of the first floor Time: 8:00 am~10: 00 am Raise money(筹钱) You're welcome to be volunteers for our activity. All the money we raise will go to the charities(慈善机构)to help wild animals. Age: over 15 years old Place: in Room 305 of the third floor Time:10:30 am~12:00 pm
Read books We'll provide books on nature for c and read in our reading club. You can share your ideas here with others. Age: all ages Place: in the paper book areas from the second floor to the fourth floor Time: 2: 00 pm~4: 30 pm Watch documentaries (纪录片) We'll offer some documental about serious environmental problems. Age: over 10 years old Place: in the movie center of the fifth floor Time: 4: 30 pm~7: 30 pm The room can hold up to 50 peope. So please call us one day earlier if you want to come.
11. How long does the money-raising activity last
A. Two hours. B. Three hours. C. One and a half hours. D. Two and a half hours.
12. What can Peter do in the library if he's free at 2:30 pm
A. Tell a story. B. Read books. C. Do voluntary work. D. Watch a documentary.
13. When can we call the library to watch a documentary
A. On June 7th. B. On June 10th. C. On June 4th. D. On June 6th.
14. What can we know from the text
A. Even little kids can read in the club.
B. The library raises money to clean the city.
C. The storytelling activity is on the second floor.
D. The documentaries are about the history of the library.
15. What's the writer's purpose of writing this passage
A. To encourage us to love animals.
B. To show us the way to find good books.
C. To introduce some meaningful activities.
D. To tell us the importance of protecting the environment.
B
Hou Changliang, 36, was a volunteer teacher from Hunan. After graduating from college in 2011, Hou have been teaching in rural schools in Guangxi, Guizhou and Yunnan until now.
Starting from 2018, Hou posted pictures of his everyday life with students on the video-sharing platform Douyin. The videos have got more than 7.3 million likes. Recently, his story has made national headlines, reported China Daily. What's the most important thing to help develop rural education With firsthand experience, Hou would say it's not buying new books or desks, but a change of mindset.
For example, for two years, he had to fight the drop-out rate of his students in Guangxi, reported CGTN. Local people often saw little reason to support their children's education, especially the education of girls. Once he had to spend hours persuading(说服) a girl's father to let her finish nine years of free compulsory(义务的) education.
Hou also encouraged rural students to understand and love their hometown. Only in this way will they care about its future and that of its people, he said. He realized that textbooks sometimes focus too much on city life and rarely include scenes of rural life. “As rural students lookup to the city life shown in textbooks, they may just want to go away from home,” he said.
So he sometimes included images of rural life in his teaching materials. He also turned farming work such as collecting bamboo shoots into topics for writing tasks and math problems. He wanted the young people to feel proud of their villages.
“They need to leave the mountains and see a larger world, but they are also the hope of rural areas,”said Hou.
16. How many years have Hou taught in rural schools
A. 10 years. B. 4 years. C. 25 years. D.1l years
17. Why did Hou spend a long time bringing the girl back to school to finish her compulsory education
A. Because the girl's father paid more attention to boy's education.
B. Because the girl wanted to go back to school.
C. Because Hou aimed at supporting children's education.
D. Because local people didn't care about children's education at all.
18. What did Hou do to le this students understand and love their hometown
A. They collected bamboo shoots.
B. They read articles about rural life in their textbooks.
C. They went outside to experience city life.
D. They solved math problems about farming work.
19. Which word can be used to describe Hou
A. careful B. devoted C. energetic D. cheerful
20. Where can you probably read the passage
A. In a newspaper. B. In a science magazine.
C. In an advertisement. D. In a storybook
C
The spacecraft Shenzhou XIII carried Chinese astronauts(宇航员) Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping and Ye Guangfu to space. Many people may want to know about the three Chinese astronauts' life in space. In fact they could do many of the things as we do on Earth.
They brushed their teeth, washed their hair and went to the bathroom. However, because of the microgravity environment, they tended themselves in different ways. They washed their hair by using the no-rinse shampoo(免冲洗洗发剂) because there were no real showers in the spaceship.
Astronauts ate three meals a day: breakfast, lunch and dinner. But how much they ate depended on themselves. There were many kinds of food, such as fruits, outs. Chicken, beef and seafood. They could also drink coffee, tea and orange juice. Astronauts could have much fun too. They enjoyed wonderful sunrise which happened every 90 minutes. Astronauts could even spend weekends.
They watched movies, played music, read books and talked to their families. After a long day at work, nothing was better than a goodnight's sleep. Astronauts had to sleep in sleeping bags in Special cabins. Usually, astronauts were planned to have eight hours of sleep. Like on Earth, they might wakeup in the middle of their sleep to use the toilet. And astronauts also had dreams.
21. Which question does Paragraph l answer
A. Who is the best astronaut in China
B. Why did the astronauts go to space
C. When did the spacecraft Shenzhou XIII go to space
D. How many Chinese astronauts went to space by Shenzhou XIII
22. What does the underlined word “tended” in Paragraph 2 mean
A. Depended on. B. Took care of. C. Found out. D. Looked forward to.
23. What could the astronaut seat in the spaceship according to the passage
①Fruits.②Bread.3 Chicken.④Beef.⑤Seafood.6Nuts.
A.①②③④⑤ B.②③④⑤⑥ C.①②④⑤⑥ D.①③④⑤⑥
24. How many times could the astronauts see sunrise in twenty-four hours
A. 8. B.12. C.16. D.22.
25. What's the purpose of the text
A. To show what space is like.
B. To tell us what the three astronauts' life was like.
C. To let us know the space environment.
D. To tell us the three astronauts had a hard life in space.
第二节 请阅读下面的短文，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。(共5小题，每小题1分)
A. Mrs. Van Buren teaches them math. B. This month the Van Buren family is in France. C. They met with many difficulties during their trip. D. They also talk with their friends on the Internet. E. Bill is interested in art and he loves these paintings too. F. The children have lessons every day, but not in a classroom.
Mr. and Mrs. Van Buren travel a lot because of their work. They don't have much time to stay at home, so they decide to take their children, Gina and Bill, to travel with them.(26) They study at home, and their “home” changes once a month. They are in different countries every month.
(27) Today, Gina and Bill are visiting a museum in Paris. Gina loves the museum very much. There are lots of wonderful artworks and paintings. She spends almost a day watching these beautiful and famous paintings.(28)
Bill and Gina have been to many places around the world, so the easiest subject for them is geography.
They have learned it from real life: they have visited a lot of countries and they have seen real lakes, rivers, mountains and other things. What's more, they have also learned other subjects from their parents. (29) And Mr. Van Buren teaches them languages. The children also use the Internet a lot. They send their homework to their teachers and get notes from their classmates. (30)
Bill and Gina love to travel with their parents.
第三节 匹配阅读（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）
下面的材料A—F分别是五个人遇到的烦恼，下栏是六项建议。请根据这五个人的烦恼帮助他们找出对应的建议，并将其标号填入题前括号内。
A. It isn’t impossible but you have to get started now. Make a study plan and prepare for each test. It's better to study for an hour a day than just once a week, all day. B. You're not silly at all! Many students have the same experience as you. Sometimes things will improve if you join a study group. Studying together is helpful for lots of student. C. You can have a talk with your sister about using the desk at different times. If it's easier to write instead of (代替) talking face to face, try messaging her and say how terrible you feel. D. The best thing to do is to give a nice but quick answer. You can say, “They are just like glasses, but for ears.” Try to make them understand you. E. It's common to have a fight with sisters. But you should tell her you feel sorry for it. I think you'd better write a letter to her or leave a message for her. Good luck. F. A great way to beat nervousness is to know what you want to say before you make the call You can say, “Hi, this is X. May Is peak to Y, please ” Try to be calm before you call.
31. ( ) My problem is time-I don't have enough time. Next month, I will have twelve tests. How can I study for all of them I think it’s difficult and impossible.
32. ( ) I share a bedroom and a desk with my sister. When we study at the desk together, she make slots of noise.Ⅰtry to talk with her about it, but she gets angry.
33. ( ) I'm silly. I just find it hard to study. I always stop and start and I keep getting the feeling that I'm doing wrong things.
34. ( ) I got a pair of hearing aids during the winter holiday. Now I wear them to school. But everyone is asking, “Hey, what are those ” What should I tell them
35. ( ) I don't like using the phone! It makes me very nervous to call my friends because an adult(成人) might answer. What should I do
第Ⅱ卷（非选择题共25分）
Ⅲ.语法填空。（10小题，每小题1分，共10分）
阅读下面短文，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空（共10小题，每小题1分）
People 36. (invent) cars in the last century. Today cars have touched the life of everyone in the United States. Most Americans feel that they are poor when they have no cars. What's the reason Here are three 37.
(one)
First of all, the country is large and Americans enjoy 38. (make)trips here and there. With cars they can go anywhere 39. (easy) .The 40. (two) reason is that trains have never been as common in the United States as they are in other 41. (part) of the world. What's more, Americans have to pay a lot of money if they travel 42. plane. The third reason is 43. (many) important one. Americans don't like to wait 44. buses or even planes：
They like cars 45. they want to travel at any time.
Ⅳ.根据所给的上下文，课文原文填空。（共10个空，每小题0.5分，共5分）
1. Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian painter, inventor, 46. engineer and 47. .
2. Dinosaurs lived on Earth more than 150 million years. Then suddenly. they all 48. .
3. Mums also 49. us and give us support.
4. Finally, people began to develop system of 50. marks to show different numbers.
5. Some computers are tiny. You may 51. them. There is probably one inside your TV or washing machine. You 52. computers more than you realize.
6. I hope we can all work together to stop students from 53. too much time playing computer games.
7. After its invention, travelling became faster and 54.
8. They allow people to 55. Each other anytime, anywhere.
Ⅴ.书面表达（10分）
随着科技发展，手机功能日益增多，许多中学生沉迷于手机无法自拔，成为“手机控”一族。假设你是李华，你校英语周将举办以“远离手机危害”为主题的英语演讲比赛。请你写一篇演讲稿，号召同学们尽量少用手机。（提示词语：沉迷于be addicted to sth. phone freaks手机控）
要点：
1.80个词左右，开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数内；
2.文中不得出现真实姓名和校名；
3.条理清楚、行文连贯；
4.标点正确，书面整洁。
Dear fellows,
As we all know, mobile phones make our life more and more convenient. However, many people become phone freaks.
Thanks for listening
八年级英语期中考试参考答案及评分标准
一.完型填空
1-5CBBAC 6-10CABDA
二. 阅读理解
11-15CBCAC 16-20DDDBA 21-25DBDCB 26-30FBEAD 31-35ACBDF
三. 语法填空
36.invented 37.ones 38.making 39.easily
40.second 41.parts 42.by 43.the most 44.for 45.because
四.课文填空
46.musician 47.scientist 48.died out 49.encourage 50.written 51.be unaware of
52.depend on 53.spending 54.more comfortable 55.keep in touch with