甘肃省武威市凉州区武威第四中学联片教研2023-2024学年八年级下学期4月期中考试英语试题

2023-2024学年第二学期甘肃省武威四中联片教研八年级英语期中考试试卷一、单项选择题(共25分)1．（1分）—Whydoyou____toreadthebook?—BecauseIthinkitisboring.A．like B．hope C．hate D．decide2．（1分）Heis______todecideforhimself.A．youngenough B．enoughyoung C．oldenough D．enoughold3．（1分）ClareandIhavethesame________________andweoftenspendtimeplayingtheviolintogether.A．background B．interest C．culture D．value4．（1分）—Couldyouhelpmecarrythechairtomyoffice?—________.It'sapieceofcake.A．Noproblem B．I'mafraidnotC．You'rewelcome D．No,Ican't5．（1分）Theyoungmanplayedthecomputergamesso_______thatIcouldn'tsleepwell.A．noise B．noisily C．noisy D．noisier6．（1分）Ilovetolistentorockmusic____Iamrunning.A．while B．after C．since D．until7．（1分）Mr.Liasksthestudents_______intheriver,becauseit'stoodangerous.A．swim B．toswim C．nottoswim D．tonotswim8．（1分）—Canyoucatchwhatthespeakerissaying,Tina?—Sorry.HespeakssofastthatIcan_________understandhim.A．nearly B．hardly C．probably D．exactly9．（1分）Thedriversawanoldman___onthesideoftheroad.A．lie B．lay C．lying D．lie10．（1分）Insummerevenings,manypeopleenjoytakingwalks____theriver.A．on B．along C．in D．over11．（1分）Idon'tunderstandmyteacher'sgreatlove____Ibecomeateachermyself.A．if B．until C．since D．though12．（1分）Chinagrowsagreatdealofcotton,inthewesternareas.A．finally B．highly C．warmly D．mostly13．（1分）Jackisonlyfouryearsold.Heistooyoungtolookafter.A．herself B．itself C．yourself D．himself14．（1分）—____thedayaftertomorrow?—It'sThursday,the28th.A．Whichis B．WhatdayisC．What's D．What'sthedate15．（1分）Allthepeoplearevery____tohearthe____news.A．surprised;surprised B．surprising;surprisedC．surprised;surprising D．surprising;surprising16．（1分）Ihavemanyhobbies____playingtheviolin,dancingandpainting.A．like B．as C．with D．for17．（1分）—Whatdidshesayinherletter?—Shesaidshewaslookingforwardto____toherhometown.A．return B．returned C．returning D．returns18．（1分）____ofeachclass,theteachercallsournamestomakesureeveryoneishere.A．Atthebeginning B．AtthebeginC．Tothebeginning D．Tothebegin19．（1分）—Jack,didyoufindouroldschoolyesterday?—Yes,butwithpolice'shelp,forithas_______changedovertheseyears.A．hardly B．partly C．completely D．never20．（1分）—TheTVnewssaystherewillbeastormtomorrow.—______.Iplannedtogoclimbingwithmyclassmates.A．Ihopeso B．I'mafraidso C．Soundsgood D．Badluck21．（1分）Ioftenhearher________thissong.Iheardher________itwhenyouphonedme.A．sing;sings B．singing;sing C．sing;sing D．sing;singing22．（1分）Juliedidn'tleavetheoffice________thepolicearrived.A．however B．whenever C．while D．until23．（1分）LittleBobisalwayspolitetoeveryone,andheis________lovely________allofuslikehimverymuch.A．too;to B．neither;nor C．so;that D．such;that24．（1分）He____hiswaterafteralongwalk.A．ranout B．ranoutof C．useup D．runoutof25．（1分）—Look!What'sontheground?—Oh,it'smybook.Please_________forme.A．pickupit B．pickitup C．pickitout D．pickoutit二、完形填空(共10分)Onceuponatime,therewasaking.Hewasfamousforhiskindness.Hispeople26．himandwereproudofhim.Once,thekingdecidedtobuildapalaceontheriverbank.Inafewdaysthepalacewasready.Andtheminister(大臣)decidedtotakeafinallook27．hebroughtthekingtoshowthepalace."Great!"theministersaid,lookingatthepalace.Then28．hiseyesfellonasmalloldhousenearthepalacegate."What'sthishousedoinghere?"shoutedtheminister."Sir,it29．toanoldwoman，"repliedasoldier.Theministerwalkeduptothe30．andspoketotheoldlady."Iwanttobuyyourhouse，"hesaid."Iamsorry,Sir.Myhouseismoreexpensivetomethanmylife，"theoldladysaid.Theministertriedtotelltheoldladythat31．housewouldspoil(破坏)thebeautyofthenewpalace.Buttheoldladyrefused32．herhousetotheking.The33．wasthentakentotheking.Thekingthought34．awhile,andthensaid,"Lettheoldladyhaveherhouse.Itwillonlyaddtothebeautyofthenewpalace.Letusnotforgetsomethingthatseems35．tousmaybevaluable(宝贵的)tosomeoneelse."26．A．visited B．left C．loved D．hated27．A．before B．after C．since D．until28．A．slowly B．suddenly C．early D．happily29．A．decides B．hopes C．wants D．belongs30．A．house B．river C．soldier D．palace31．A．its B．my C．her D．his32．A．selling B．tosell C．sells D．sold33．A．story B．matter C．idea D．job34．A．in B．on C．at D．for35．A．popular B．boring C．ugly D．beautiful三、阅读理解(共30分)ALoveisatwo-waystreetAfathersatathisdeskandlookedathisbillswhenhisyoungsonrushedinandannounced:"Dad,becausetodayisyourbirthdayandyou're40yearsold,I'mgoingtogiveyou40kisses,oneforeachyear!"Whentheboystartedmakinggoodonhisword(履行诺言),thefathershouted:"Andrew,don'tdoitnow.I'mtoobusy!"Theboysoonfellsilentastearsfellfromhisbigblueeyes.Feelingsorry,thefathersaid:"Youcanfinishlater.Theboysaidnothingbutquietlywalkedaway."Thateveningthefathersaid:"Comeandfinishthekissesnow,Andrew!"Buttheboydidn't.Unfortunately,afewdayslaterafterthefather'sbirthday,theboyhadanaccidentanddied.Hissadfatherwrote:"Ifonly(要是...该多好)IcouldtellhimhowsorryIamformythoughtlesswords,andhowmuchmyheartishurting."Loveisatwo-waystreet.Wemustwarmlyacceptanylovingact,orotherswilltakeitasa"NO"anditcanleaveascar(伤痕).Ifwedon'treceivelove,ourlifewillloseitstruemeaning.Nothingismoreimportantthanacceptinglovefromthosewhoarenearanddeartous.36．（2分）Onhisfather'sbirthday,theboywantedto.A．helppaythebills B．haveatalkwithhisfatherC．buyhisfatheragift D．givehisfatherkisses37．（2分）Theboyfelt____whenhisfatherrefusedhim.A．sorry B．surprised C．sad D．excited38．（2分）Afewdaysafterthefather'sbirthday,theboy____.A．wasbadlyhurtinanaccidentB．waskilledinanaccidentC．hadtogobacktoschoolD．becameunhappywithhisfather39．（2分）Theheadline"Loveisatwo-waystreet"means____.A．lovekeepsonebusyallthetimeB．lovecanmakepeoplehappyandunhappyC．weshouldlearntogiveandreceiveloveD．it'simportanttolovepeoplearoundus40．（2分）Wecanknowfromthestorythat____.A．thefatherisbusywithhisworkB．theboyishard-workingC．thefatherdoesn'tliketheboyD．theboyistoocarelessBIftheeyesarethewindowsofthesoul，thenthebodyisthemirrorofourfeelings．Ifwearefeelinggreat，wemaygiveourbodysignals（信号）．Ifwelookatsomeoneelse'sbody，wecanoftentellhowtheyarefeelingbytheirbodysignals．Soreadingbodylanguagesignalsisagreattoolindailycommunication．Incase（假使）youdon'tthinkthatlearninghowtoreadandusebodylanguageisimportant，herearesomenumbersforyou.7%oftheinformationwereceiveisfromwhatpeopleactuallysay，and38%oftheinformationwereceiveisfromthetone（语气）andthespeedoftheirvoice；while55%oftheinformationwereceiveisfromtheirbodylanguage．Thesenon-verbal（非口头的）signalswillhelpyoualot，butyoustillneedtofocusonwhatpeoplearesaying．Ifyoufocustoomuchontheirbodylanguagesignals，youandthepersonmayfeeluncomfortable．Itisusefultobeabletoreadpeople'sbodylanguage，butitisusefultolearnhowtosendtherightsignalsandavoidthewrongsignalstoo．Bodylanguagemaybegivenseveralinterpretations．Manysignalshavedifferentmeanings，dependingonthepersonandthesituation．Besureofitwhenyoumetryingtoreadabodylanguagesignal．41．（2分）Thenumbersmentionedinthesecondparagraphareto____．A．explainwhatbodylanguageisB．showtheimportanceofbodylanguageC．tellusbodylanguageislessusedthanverballanguageD．tellusbodylanguageistheonlytoolincommunication42．（2分）Whatisthemeaningoftheunderlinedsentenceinthelastworld．A．bodylanguageiswidelyusedallovertheworld．B．bodylanguagecanbeexplainedindifferentways．C．it'stoohardtounderstandthemeaningsofbodylanguage．D．Peoplehavealreadylookedthroughmanybooksonbodylanguage．43．（2分）Accordingtothewriter，bodylanguageisvery____．A．simpletolearn B．negativetobeusedC．hardtounderstand D．helpfulincommunication44．（2分）Accordingtothepassage，whichofthefollowingisTRUE?A．Bodylanguageisuncomfortable．B．Whatpeoplearesayingisnotimportant．C．Bodylanguagecanshowyouremotion．D．Tosendwrongsignalsisnotbodylanguage45．（2分）Wecaninfer（推断）thatthewriterwillmostprobablytalkabout____next．A．whatthewrongbodylanguagesignalsareB．examplesofhowtounderstandbodylanguagecorrectlyC．numbersabouthowmanypeoplewronglyusebodylanguageD．ananalysis（分析）ofwhypeoplewronglyunderstandbodylanguage．CWhodoesn'twishhecouldflylikeabird?Well,untiltechnologycangiveusallwings,oneofourbestchoicesisparagliding（滑翔伞运动）.Paraglidingworksbysittinginaharness.Theharnessistiedtoaparachute（降落伞）andyouusethewindtofly.Toparaglide,youusuallyneedtogosomewherehigh,likeahillormountain.Thepilotwillfirstmaketheparachutefullofairbypullingituplikeakite,andthenit'stimetorundownthehillsideuntilyoureachagoodspeedtotakeoff.Unlessyouhaveaspeciallicensetodoityourself,youwillflywithapilot.IwentparaglidinginPeru'sSacredValley,fromamountainmorethan3,000metersabovesealevel.Themostdifficultpartofparaglidingformewasnottheflying,butthewaiting.Istartedtofeelnervousaboutwatchingothersgoaheadofme.Butthepilothelpedkeepmecomposed.SoIdidn'tfeelnervous.Onanaverageparaglidingtrip,youcanexpecttoenjoyflyinglikeabirdfor10to30minutes.Thenit'stimetoland.Irememberthepilottoldmetogetmylegsready,aslandingonyourlegsisthesafestwaytoland-justlikeabird.Paraglidershavesetsomeamazingrecords,likethehighestflight(9,946meters)andthelongestflight(9,132km).In2020,aCanadianmannamedBenjaminJordanbecamethefirstpersontotravelbyparagliderfromMexicotoCanada(notallinonego,though).Hewasinspiredtodoitbecauseofthegreatmigration（迁徙）ofmonarchbutterflies.Eachyear,millionsofthesebutterfliestravelupto4,800kmtocompletetheirjourney!46．（2分）Togoparaglidingbyyourself,youmust____.A．flyakitehighfirst B．learnhowtoclimbhillsC．pilotaplaneforyears D．haveaspeciallicense47．（2分）Thewritermainlytellsus____fromthesecondparagraph.A．thewaytogoparagliding B．thetimeforparaglidingC．theplacetogoparagliding D．thepersonforparagliding48．（2分）Whatwasthemostdifficultpartofparaglidingforthewriter?A．Theflyingprocess B．Calmingthepilotdown.C．Waitingforherturn. D．Landingonlandlikeabird.49．（2分）Theunderlinedword"composed"heremeans"____".A．nervous B．calm C．excited D．happy50．（2分）WhichofthefollowingisCORRECT?A．Thehighestparaglidingflightis9,132mabovesealevel.B．Thelongestparaglidingflightis4,800kmdonebyaCanadianman.C．ACanadianmanparaglidedfor4,800kmalongwithmonarchbutterflies.D．BenjaminJordanisthefirsttotravelfromMexicotoCanadabyparagliding.四、选词填空(共10分)surprisetruethoughsufferwhatever51．（2分）LucywasreallywhenItoldherthestory.52．（2分）wedo,weshouldfirstmakesureofourownsafety.53．（2分）Thepolicefinallyfoundouttheaboutwhathadhappened.54．（2分）Theoldmanalotfromhisillnessesandpassedawaylastwinter.55．（2分）TheBrownsdidn'tstopclimbingthemountain,theyweretired.五、补全对话(共5分)A:Dad,doyouknowanythingaboutChina?B:Yes,Anna.56．Ithasthelargestpopulationintheworld.A:Isitoneoftheoldestcountriesintheworld?B:Yes,itis.57．A:Arethereanybeautifulmountainsinthecountry?B:Yes.Someareveryfamous,suchasMountTai,MountHuaandMountEmei.A:58．B:TherearemanyriversinChina.TheYangtzeRiveristhelongestandthesecondlongestistheYellowRiver.59．A:Amazing!Anythingelse?B:60．Ifyouwanttolearnmore,youcanbuyabookaboutthecountry.A:Soundslikeagoodidea!A.Whataboutrivers?B.Sorry,that'sallIknow.C.ChinaisabigcountryinAsia.D.Iamlookingforwardtovisitingitoneday.E.Ithasahistoryofmorethan5,000years.F.They'rethebirthplacesofChinesecivilization(中华文明的发源地).六、语法填空(共10分)Forsometeenagers,beinganadult（成年人）isthecoolestthingintheworld.Adultsdon'tdohomework61．takeexams.Theydowhattheylikeandmakemoney.62．wonderful!Butisittrue?Lastmonth,Grade7studentsatSunshineSchoolhadatasteoftheadultworld.Theteachersaskedthem63．(finish)apieceofspecialhomeworkcalled"Workingwithyourparentsforoneday".WuJing'smotherworksas64．ticketcollectorinapark.At6a.m.,the14-year-oldgirlsetoutforworkwithhermother.Itwasdarkandcold.Beforetheparkopened,theydidsomecleaningandpreparedforthe65．(visit)coming.Whenthevisitorcame,theygreeted66．asmile.Afterstandingforthewholeday,Wuwaswornout."Sheis67．(busy)andmoretiredthanwhatIthought.Ishouldhelphermore,"saidWu.LiShiyi,14,68．(spend)herdayhelpinginacar.Herfatherisataxidriver.Shehadtopickcallsandgavechangeback.Lithought69.wouldbeeasytositinacarandtourthecity.Butsoonshe70.(find)thatherfatherdidn'tevenhavetimeforlunch."NowIknowhowharditistomakemoney."Lisaid,"Weshouldcareforourparentsmoreandnevercomplainallthetime."七、单词拼写(共10分)NowLucyisstudyingintheUniversityofTexas.Shedoesn't71．（依靠）onherparentstoomuch.Shecanlookafter72．(她自己).Atthesametime,shelikestohelppeopleSheisa73．（志愿者）atHeartHouseonweekends.HeartHouseisalocalafter-schoolprogramforchildren.It74．（提供）somehelpforthosechildrenwhoarenotdoingwellintheirstudies.LucygoestoHeartHousetoteachthechildrentwiceaweek.Shealso75.（建立）upawebsiteforHeartHouse.Inthisway,morepeoplewillhavemorechancestolearnaboutHeartHouseandhelpthechildrenthere.BecauseofLucy's76．（善良）,125peoplespendaboutfourhourswiththechildrenatHeartHouseeveryweeknow."77．（没有）Lucy'swebsite,HeartHousewouldbeunabletohave78．（数个）helpersforitsneed.Igetsuchastro