2024学年第二学期期中考试 八年级英语试题卷
第一部分 听力
一、听力（本题有20小题，满分20分）
第一节 听句子，根据所听句子的内容和所提的问题，选出最佳选项。（每小题听一遍）
1. How will the speaker go to Zhuhai today
2. What will the weather be like soon
3. What does the speaker’s father do
4. What is Jim doing
5. What does the speaker want to get
第二节 听对话，回答每段对话后面的问题，选出最佳选项。（每小题听两遍）
6. Where is the man at the moment
A. In the shop. B. At school. C. In the post office.
7. What’s Lily doing
A. Watching TV. B. Doing her homework. C. Listening to the radio.
8. Where is Mary going
A. The park. B. Home. C. The post office.
9. How might they go to the party
A. By bike. B. By bus. C. On foot.
10. What’s Jack’s favorite sport
A. Running. B. Swimming. C. Skating
第三节 听短文，根据所听短文的内容，选出符合题意的最佳选项。（短文听两遍）
11. Why do people all over the world enjoy sports
A. Because sports are very interesting.
B. Because sports can make people healthy and happy.
C. Because sports are thousands of years old.
12. What do sports change with
A. The season. B. The weather. C. The time.
13. Which of the following sports is the oldest
A. Running. B. Basketball. C. Volleyball.
14. What do people in all countries near the sea prefer
A. Playing football. B. Jumping. C. Swimming.
15. Why do people from different countries often become good friends after a game
A. Because the game is exciting.
B. Because sports help them understand each other.
C. Because they begin to know each other.
第四节 听填信息。你将听到一段关于Jim的电话的短文，完成信息采集表。(短文听两遍)
Information Card about Jim’s Telephone Call
Who was the call from 16. _________________.
Where was Jim at that time He was at the 17. __________________
What was the callers’ telephone number 18. _________________
How did I take the message I 19. _____________ everything on a piece of paper.
When did Jim come back Jim came back at 20. ___________ to ten at night.
第二部分 笔试
二、完型填空 (共10小题，计10分)
请通读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 从每小题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
Would you like to do something you like and help others at the same time If your 21 is “yes”, you must have an interest in voluntary work. There are many 22 of volunteering. Today I’d like to talk about three of them.
Volunteering in developing countries
To travel to communities in the developing world to work on projects is becoming a 23 form of volunteering among young people. 24 include teaching English and helping poor children. International volunteering can usually give the volunteers valuable skills, knowledge and the experience of a lifetime. 25 , some people can’t accept volunteering in their communities.
Environmental volunteering
To 26 our environment, volunteers organize many activities such as protecting 27 animals and educating others on the natural environment. The Giant Panda Conservation program in Xi’an and Sichuan, China, is a famous endangered animals protection program. The program in Sichuan 28 huge foreign support and volunteers.
Volunteering in schools
There is a great need for volunteers in school systems. Doing voluntary work at school is also good for the volunteers, students, and schools. For example, volunteers may learn the 29 culture and language when travelling to offer help. Cultural and language exchange during teaching and other school activities can be the most interesting 30 experience for both students and volunteers.
21. A. answer B. idea C. thought D. choice
22. A. shapes B. ways C. groups D. rules
23. A. expensive B. difficult C. popular D. simple
24. A. Subjects B. Problems C. Trouble D. Activities
25. A. Also B. However C. Luckily D. Besides
26. A. protect B. help C. love D. keep
27. A. strong B. small C. dangerous D. endangered
28. A. discovers B. refuses C. attracts D. prepares
29. A. important B. foreign C. funny D. strange
30. A. learning B. organizing C. living D. touring
三、阅读理解 (共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分)
A
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Bring your kids here and enjoy your family time with AI robots! Your children will surely love them.
31．What can the smart devices in Paragraph 1 do
A．Farming. B．Business. C．Housework. D．Schoolwork.
32．What does Little Q look like
A． B． C． D．
33．Who can visit the science center during opening hours
A．A man with his cat. B．A middle school student with food from outside.
C．An 8-year-old boy alone. D．An old woman with her daughter.
B
For years I went to school by bus, so I met many “familiar（熟悉的）” strangers. We took the same bus but didn't know each other's names. I used to think it was impossible for us to be true friends. How wrong I was! Smiles from the “nameless” people have changed my thoughts.
The first time on the bus, I saw different faces, we met, greeted and cold faces turned into smiling faces. As days went on, we chatted like old friends.
But I felt it a pity that I was unable to set up the same friendship with a silent girl in the front of the bus. Her old clothing suggested（暗示）that she didn't have much money, but she always took a glass of water for the driver. I guessed she was a kind girl. But why did she sit in silence instead of talking with us Why did she never reply to our friendly greetings Couldn’t she smile
Then, one evening, I got the answer. I walked to the park nearby and found the girl sitting alone under a tree, lonely and sad. I greeted her with the same warm smile that I had shown to her all these months, but this time her face turned red with a shy smile. As soon as she began her first words, I understood why she hadn’t spoken to us before. Talking was hard for her.
I learned her story. Her parents worked hard somewhere. She lived with her disabled grandparents. She said, “I can’t express myself very well. Most of the time, I can’t say what I want to say. I have no friends but. . . you always smile to me like an angel. . . so I also want to smile. ”
That evening, we exchanged our names and we said goodbye like old friends. Smile is the key to opening the door of heart; it can break the cold walls in front of us.
34．All the following words can describe （描述）the girl EXCEPT ____.
A．silent B．kind C．proud D．poor
35．What is the meaning of the underlined word "disabled"？
A．不能的 B．残疾的 C．生病的 D．能干的
36．Which of the following is TRUE
A．The girl only talked with the driver.
B．The girl was too shy to talk with others.
C．The writer knew the name of the girl that evening.
D．The writer can’t make friends with those nameless people on the bus now.
37．The main idea of the passage is that ____.
A．we should help those silent people
B．smiles can deal with every difficulty we meet
C．we should smile to the nameless people on the bus
D．smiles can help us get closer and understand each other better
C
In a modern world where time is money, how have our reading habits been influenced Are we reading more quickly or do we prefer to read short passages The answer perhaps lies in the kind of text you’re reading.
When we’re reading online, we read quickly to search what we want. Does this mean that as readers we now have far less patience than we used to Not necessarily. Much of this activity is actually skimming or scanning to check whether something is useful or interesting and whether we want to read on. We’ll slow down and take a bit longer to properly read the text if the headline catches our eyes.
For those writing for an online environment, this means finding more useful ways of catching the readers’ eyes. For example, putting the key information at the very beginning makes it more likely that the time-poor website visitors will find what they want.
But what about when we’re reading literature(文学), are the rules still the same The average reader works their way through a piece of an article at no more than about 250—300 words per minute, which is generally a page of text. If you try to read through a novel more quickly, then you start to lose a lot of what makes literature such a pleasure. When we read for pleasure, we are much less focused on picking out useful information or key words. Instead, the language itself is as important as the information mentioned. The longer you spend reading a passage, the more vivid(生动) a picture you create in your mind.
Sometimes an escape(逃离) from the fast moving Internet Age is just what we need, so maybe it’s time to slow down and lose yourself in a good book.
38．Why do people read quickly online according to the text
A．Because people are becoming less patient than they used to.
B．Because people think the passages on the Internet are boring.
C．Because they need to save time for printing what they want.
D．Because people want to decide whether to read on quickly.
39．How does the writer organize Paragraph 3
A．By giving an example. B．By asking questions.
C．By listing numbers. D．By showing facts.
40．What would the writer most probably like to do
A．Draw some pictures on the book. B．Enjoy himself while reading slowly
C．Write an article of 250—300 words. D．Read through a novel very quickly.
41．Which of the following best shows the structure of the text (P=Paragraph)
A． B．
C． D．
D
Can dogs tell the time with their noses According to a recent study, it may be true. Dogs have been known to pick up smells that humans can’t, but they may also be able to tell the time by using their noses.
“As each day has a new smell, your dog can notice these changes,” explains a dog expert and university teacher, Professor Alexandra Horowitz. The dog expert talks about the idea in her new book Being a Dog: Following the Dog into a World of Smell.
Most humans usually experience the world with their eyes. For dogs, their world is based on smells. Dogs are often trained to search for drugs, explosives, and dead bodies with their noses.
The dog expert believes that dogs can notice very small changes in smells during the day, giving them a feeling to judge(判断) the time. “Smells in a room change as the day goes on. Hot air rises, and it usually rises along the walls and will rise to the ceiling and go to the center of the room and drop,” Alexandra explains.” The dog, I think, can smell time through the movement of the air in the room,” she adds.
This could explain why a dog can tell when its owner is expected to return home. If a smart dog is able to notice the changes in its owner's home after he or she leaves the house, it may be able to predict when its owner is expected to come back.
42. Alexandra Horowitz is all of the following EXCEPT .
A. a pet doctor B. a writer C. an expert D. a college teacher
43. What can we know from the passage
A. Dogs’ senses of smell are stronger than any other animal’s.
B. Dogs have better senses of smell than humans.
C. Dog owners should pay more attention to their dogs.
D. Dogs notice the passing of time by jumping up and down in the room.
44. What does the writer want to tell the readers
A. Dogs can help the police. B. Dogs can smell almost anything.
C. Dogs can tell time with their noses. D. Dogs can help you find everything you lost.
45. In which magazine can we read this passage
A. Great People. B. Amazing Animal World.
C. Healthy Life with Dogs. D. Happy Story about Pets.
四、任务型阅读（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）
请从以下选项(A、B、C、D、E和F)中选出符合各题意思的首句，选项中有一项是多余选项。
The new bookshop is on sale. What kind of books do you want Come and buy them!
Linda: 46 I'm 11 years old. I like nature very much. I always read books about nature, especially books about the sea. I can know many interesting stories about the sea through reading books such as how the sea came into being(形成), how the sea animals live and how they find food.
Tony: 47 I'm 20. I often read medicine book, because my dream is to be a doctor. Besides medicine books, I like to read some stories about famous people. Their great stories can cheer me up when I feel a little bored and upset.
Harry: 48 I'm 35 years old. I work in a middle school. I like reading, and I also like to translate(翻译) some English short stories into Chinese. It's interesting. What's more, I can improve my understanding of both English and Chinese.
David: 49 I'm 28. I'm very busy every day. With too much work, my health is poor, especially my stomach. To keep fit, I do more sports every day. And doctors told me to eat healthily.
Lucy: 50 I'm 7 years old. Today is my first day to go to school. My Chinese teacher asks us to buy a book about handwriting(书法). She wants us to practice our handwriting.
A. Now I want an English novel about war.
B. I need to buy a book about balanced(均衡的) diet.
C. I want some books about ocean(海洋).
D. I'd like a book that can help me write beautifully.
E. I want a book about Helen Keller.
F. I need a book about how to be a good leader.
五、单词拼写，根据句意及首字母或汉语提示完成单词。（每小题1分，满分10分）
51. There are lots of (乘客) on the bus. It's so crowded.
52. We now are in the same group. I think we should have some team (精神).
53. In some families, competition starts very young and (继续) until the kids get older.
54．I didn’t fall (睡着) until twelve o’clock last night.
55. (任何) you do, put your heart into it.
56. You don't need to speak so loudly. I'm not d . I can hear you clearly.
57. The house is so big that she can't i how wonderful it will be if she can live here.
58. 66. It rained h yesterday, so we didn't go out.
59. I didn't think my friend was telling the t about the event.
60.Your little sister is crying. Why don’t you do something to c her up
六、语法填空（共10个小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文，在各题空白处填入1个适当的单词或用括号内单词的正确形式填空。
An earthquake(地震) happened in Myanmar in March 28, 2025. 61. (luck), many people were hurt or killed in it.
62. (earthquake) can happen at any time. The 63. (tall) the buildings are, the more dangerous they will be. You had better take the following ways to keep 64. away from danger during an earthquake. When an earthquake happens, do not try to run out of the building if you are on the 65. (two) floor—even if you only need a short time to go. Hide(藏) under a table or 66. (anything) similar quickly. Cover your eyes and head 67. your hands. But if a fire alarm(火警) 68. (ring), you will have to leave the building as fast as possible. Take the nearest stairs(楼梯) 69. (leave) the building. Don’t take the lift(电梯). Remember not to come back to the building 70. it is safe.
七、书面表达（共1小题，满分10分）
71．快乐对每个人都很重要，正处于青春期的我们难免会有很多问题和烦恼，我们应该怎么保持健康快乐的心态呢？学校英文校刊正在举行How to be happy 的征文活动。请你根据下面的内容提示写篇短文，发表在校刊上。
在学校 学会和同学和睦相处；多交益友；（get on well）
有烦恼时可向信任的人求助；(ask … for help)
在家 多和父母沟通；学会分担家务。(communicate, help with the housework)
独处时 培养丰富的兴趣爱好；多阅读，适当运动。(develop interests and hobbies)
要求：
1）要点齐全，语句通顺，逻辑连贯，可适当发挥；
2）文章中不得出现真实的人名、地名和学校名；
3）词数80词左右。（开头结尾已给出，不计入总词数）
How to be happy
Being happy is very important for all of us. ______________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Hope all of us can be happy every day.八下期中录音材料及参考答案
I.
1. M: I often went to Zhuhai by bus or by car, but I’ll go by bike for a change today.
2. W: It is windy and rainy now, but it will be sunny soon.
3. M: My father works in the North Street Hospital.
4. W: John is playing soccer. Tom is watching TV. Jim is sleeping. They all enjoy themselves.
5. M: I don’t like cakes or bread. Rice is OK.
II.
6.
W: Can I help you, Sir
M: Yes, I don't know how much I should pay for this letter.
W: Let me have a look. Well, it only costs you 2 dollars.
7.
M: Lily! Someone is knocking at the door. Would you please open it
G: But, Dad! I have heard nothing.
M: Turn down your radio, and you will hear.
8.
W: Hi, Jim! May I borrow your bike I'll go to post a letter.
M: Sure, Mary. But where is yours
W: My sister uses it today.
9.
B: How shall we go to the party, by bus or by bike
G: The bus is always crowded.
B: Oh, I see.
10.
W: Jack! Which season do you like better, spring or autumn
M: Autumn. But summer is my favorite season because I can swim in summer.
III.
All over the world people enjoy sports. Sports are good for people's health and make them happy. Sports change with the season. People play different games in winter and in summer. Some sports are so interesting that people everywhere play them. Football, for example, is very popular around the world. People in all countries near the sea or with many rivers prefer swimming. Some sports or games like running or jumping go back to thousands of years. But basketball and volleyball are rather new. Both of them are only over a century old. People from different countries may not be able to understand each other, but they often become good friends after a game.
IV.
There was a telephone call for my brother Jim yesterday afternoon. It was from his friend Ben. Jim was not at home at that moment. Ben gave me a message. He said his telephone number was 6678-8345. He wanted Jim to call him when Jim was back. I wrote everything on a piece of paper. Jim came back from the library at a quarter to ten at night. I passed on the message to him and showed him the piece of paper. Jim thanked me and rang Ben.
参考答案：
一、听力部分
1-5AACCB 6-10CCCAB 11-15BAACB
16. Ben/ Jim’s friend Ben 17. library 18. 6678-8345 19. wrote 20. a quarter
笔试部分
二、完形填空 (共10 小题, 每小题1 分, 共10 分)
ABCDB 26-30 ADCBA
三、阅读理解 (共15小题，每小 2分，满分30分)
CDD 34-37 CBCD 38-41 DABC 42-45 ABCB
四、任务型阅读（共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分）
46-50 CEABD
五、单词拼写（共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分）
51. passengers 52. spirit 53. continues 54. asleep 55. Whatever
56. deaf 57. imagine 58. heavily/ hard 59. truth 60. cheer
六、语法填空（共10个小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
61. Unluckily 62. Earthquakes 63. taller 64. yourself/yourselves 65. second
66. something 67. with 68. rings 69. to leave 70. until
七、书面表达（共1小题，满分10分）
One possible version:
How to be happy
Being happy is very important for all of us. Here are some ways to be happy.
Learning to get on well with classmates at school. We should make more good friends who can help us. When we get into trouble, we can ask someone we believe for help. Besides, we should often communicate with our parents. They can give us some useful advice because they have more experience. We should help with the housework. The last, when we stay alone, we can develop many kinds of interests and hobbies to make our life colorful, such as reading books and doing exercise.
Hope all of us can be happy every day.
