2023-2024学年人教部编版初中八年级下册英语期中真题卷1（含答案）

人教版八年级下册英语期中测试真题卷

一、完形填空

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选

出一个最佳选项。

Whenafirealarmgoesoff,youknowit!Thesoundmakesyourealizethe___

1..Whatifyouweredeaf?Howwouldyouknowifanalarm2.,orif

someoneknockedonyourdoor?Ifyoutookawalk3,abusystreet,you

wouldn'thearthesoundofacarcomingatyou.Asignaldogcouldhelpyouwithall

ofthesethings!

Signaldogsarealsocalledhearingeardogs.Theyhelppeoplewhoaredeafby

acting

4.theirowners*"ears".Theyknow5.todowhentheyhear

certainsounds.Thesedogscanlearnuptoeightsounds,6,soundsfrom

sirens,doorbells,andcryingbabies.

Babiescryatnightformanyreasons.Theymightbehungry,7.,orwet.

Whentheycry,thesoundispitiful!Evenverysleepyparentswillwakeupquicklyto

help.Butwhatifamomanddadcan'thear?That'swhenasignaldogcanhelp.The

dogcan8.wakehisownerup.Hemight9.himwithhisnose,or

pullathisnightclothes.Whenhis10.wakesup,thedogrunstothebaby.The

dogmaysitdownnearthebaby'sbed.Ifhisownerdoesn'tH.,thedogdoes

itagain.Thedogwillrunbackandforth12.hisownertakesaction.Asignal

dogdoesdifferentthingsforeachsounditknows.

Peoplecantrainmany13.andkindsofhearingeardogs.Theylook

differentandmaynotallmovewithbeautyandgrace,butallsignaldogsaresmart!

Largedogsare14.inpublicplacesbecausetheywon'tgetsteppennon.

Smalldogs,owever,canjumponyourlap.Whyisthatimportant?Becausesignal

dogsaremorethanjust"ears".Theyarealso_15..

1.A.difficultyB・dangerC.deathD.accident

2.A.putoffB・tookoffC.wentoffD.gotoff

3.A.aboutB,awayC.aboveD.across

4.A.asB.withC.ofD.from

5.A.whyB,whenC.howD.what

6.A.meaningB・borrowingC.includingD.depending

7.A.excitedB.lonelyC-cheerfulD.strong

8.A.quicklyB.slowlyC.suddenlyD.recently

9.A.pullB,pushC.pickD.throw

10.A.fatherB,motherC.parentD.owner

11.A.standB.followC.imagineD-return

12.A.whileB.afterC・untilD.because

13.A.colorsB・shapesC.sizesD.heights

14.A.worstB,worseC.betterD.best

15.A.animalsB,volunteersC.expertsD.friends

二、阅读理解

阅读理解

Thereisanewtrend（趋势）一lettingkidschoosetheirpunishments（惩罚）when

theydosomethingwrong.Sally'smomhasadmitted（承认）thatsheusesthemethod

andherdaughteroncechosehavinghercomputertakenawayforamonthasher

punishment.Doyouthinkthisisagoodwaytocouragebetterbehavior（行为）？

"Theyshould!Pmtiredoftheunfairpunishmentsthatmy

1parentshavechosen!”

一ReaderAlice

"Itsnotsogood.Ithinkkidswouldmakeupthepunishment,

9sothattheycanavoidsomething.n

——ActressMary

"Thepointofpunishmentisforkidstolearnwhattheydid

waswrong.Iftheychooseitintheirownway,theywon'ttakeit

seriously.”

一SingerJenny

"Ithinkit'sagoodthingforkidstochoosepunishments.Itcan

helpgivethemabiggersenseofresponsibility（责任）.Andit

teachesthemvaluablelessons."

一WriterTony

"Ofcoursenot.What'stheuseofevenpunishingsomeoneif

theycanchoosetheirownpunishmentsastheylike?"

一DoctorDavid

16.thinkskidsshouldbeallowedtochoosetheirownpunishments.

A.DavidB.AliceC.MaryD.Jenny

17.WhatpunishmentdidSallyoncechoose?

A.Shedidn'tplaycomputerforamonth.

B-Shedidn'tbuyacomputeramonthago.

C.Shecouldn'tstayathomeforamonth.

D.Hermotherdidn'tplaycomputerforamonth.

18.WhatdoesTonydo?

A.Anactor.B.Asinger.C.Adoctor.D.A

writer.

19.ofthefivepeopledisagree(s)withthisnewpunishmentmethod.

A.OneB.TwoC.ThreeD.Four

阅读理解

Howcouldwetelltimeiftherewerenowatchesorclocksanywhereintheworld?

Thesunwasprobablytheworld'sfirst"clock",exceptinthefarnorth,wherethe

Eskimoslive.There,it'sdarkmostofthewinter,andlightmostofthesummer.But

inmostoftheworld,peoplehaveusedclock.Eventoday,ifyoudon'thaveaclock,

youstillknowthatwhenthesunshines,it'sday,andwhenit'sdark,it'snight.Thesun

canalsotellyouifit'smorning,noon,orafternoon.

Peoplewholiveneartheseacantelltimefromthetides(潮汐).Inthedaytime,

foraboutsixhours,thewaterriseshigherandhigheronthebeach.Andthenitgoes

downanddownforaboutsixhours.Thesamethinghappensagainatnight.Thereare

twohightidesandwolowtidesevery24hours.Seamenonashiplearnhowtotell

timebylookingatthemoonandthestars.Thewholeskyistheirclock.Insome

placesintheworldthewindcomesupataboutthesametimeeverydayorchanges

directionorstopsblowing.Intheseplacesthewindcanbetheclock.

Asandclockisanevenbetterclock.Ifyouhadfinedrysandinaglassshaped

liketheoneinthepicture,youwouldhavewhatiscalledanhourglass.Thesandin

thehourglassgoesfromthetopparttothebottompartinexactlyanhour.Whenthe

hourglassisturnedover,thesandwilltakeanotherhourtogobackagain

20.Accordingtothepassage,therearewaystotelltimebesidestheclock

andthewatch.

A.3B.4C.5D.7

21.TheEskimoscan'tusethesunforaclockbecause.

A.theyknowverylittleaboutthesun

B.thesuntherenevergoesdowninwinter.

C.It'stoocoldforthemtogoouttowatchthesun

D.Ithaslongdarkwintersandlonglightsummers

22.Inwhichpageofanewspapercanyoumostprobablyreadthispassage?

A.newsB.scienceC.business

D.advertisement

阅读理解

Lastyear,Iworkedinamiddleschoolnearmymother'shouse,andIstayedwith

herforamonth.Duringthattime,Ihelpedherdosomehouseworkandbuysome

food.

Afterthefirstweek,Inoticedthatthefoodwaseatenupveryquickly.ThenI

begankeepinganeyeonmymum.Tomysurprise,Ifoundthatshewouldputsome

ofthefoodintoapaperbagandgooutwithitataboutnineeverymorning.And

finally,Idecidedtofollowher.Isawhertakingthefoodtothestreetchildren.She

wouldalsospendalotoftimetalkingandplayingwiththem.

Oneday,Italkedtoaneighborandfoundoutthatmymumwaswell-knownin

thearea.Thestreetchildrenwereveryfriendlywithherandeventhoughtofheras

theirownmother.Thenithitme-whywouldn'tshewanttotellmeaboutit?Was

sheworriedthatIwouldstopbuyingfoodifIfoundout?

Whenmymumgothome,Igaveherabighug（拥抱）.Itoldhershedidn'tneed

tokeepitasecretfromme.Andshetoldmesomethingaboutthechildren.Someof

themlivedwithanoldladyinasmallhouse.Otherssleptonthestreet.Foryears,she

washelpingthepoorstreetchildrenbygivingthemfood.Aftershetoldme

everything,Iwassomovedbyhowselfless（无私的）shewas.Shehelpedothersin

need.Asherson,Iwassoproudofmymum.

Icontinuedtobuyfoodformymumafterthat.ButIalwaysaddedonemorebag

forherotherchildren.

23.Afterthefirstweek,thewriternoticedthat.

A.thefoodwasputintoabigboxB.hismumfollowedthechildren

C.thefoodwaseatenupquicklyD.hismumstoppedbuyingfood

24.Howdidthewriterknowhismotherwashelpingthepoorchildren?

A.Hismothertoldhim.

B.Hisneighbourtoldhim.

C.Hefollowedhismotherandsawhertakingthefoodtothestreetchildren.

D-Thepoorchildrentoldhim.

25.Howdidthewriterfeelabouthismumaftershetoldhimeverything?

A.Hewasproudofher.B.Hewasconfidentinher.

C-Hewasangrywithher.D.Hewasworriedabouther.

26.Thewriteraddedonemorebagoffoodto.

A.makefriendswiththechildrenB.getahugfromhismother

C-becomewell-knownintheareaD.helpthepoorstreetchildren

阅读理解

Onceaveryrichmanandhissoncollectedvaluablepaintingsbyfamousartists

likePicasso,VanGoghandMonet.

Later,thesonlefttojointhearmy.Afterafewweeks,theoldmanreceiveda

lettersayinghissonhaddiedwhiletakinganothersoldiertoahospital.Theoldman

becameverylonelyandsad.

Oneday,asoldiervisitedtheoldmanandgavehimapaintingitwasaportrait（肖

像）ofhisson.Thepaintingofhissonbecametheoldman'smostvaluableitem.He

toldhisneighborsitwasthegreatestgifthehadeverreceived.Thefollowingspring,

theoldmandied.

Alloftheoldman'spaintingswouldbesoldatanauction（拍卖会）.Theauction

beganwiththepaintingoftheoldman'sson.

"Whowillopenthepriceat$100?Htheauctioneer（拍卖商）asked.

Momentspassedandnoonespokeorraisedtheirhands.Someonesaid:"Who

caresaboutthatpainting?Let'sgetontothegoodones."Morevoicesfollowedin

agreement."No,wemustsellthisonefirst,"repliedtheauctioneer."Now,whowill

taketheportraitoftheson?"

Finally,agoodfriendoftheoldmanspoke,"Tendollars!""Willanyonego

higher?"calledtheauctioneer.Aftermoresilencehesaid,"Goingonce...Going

twice...Sold!"Theauctioneerthenannouncedthatthewholeauctionwasover.

"Accordingtotheoldman'swill（遗嘱），whoevertakestheson'sportraitgetsthe

wholecollection,"theauctioneersaid.

Becauseofthefather'slove,whoevertookthesongotitall.

27.Howdidtheoldman'ssondie?

A.Hediedofseriousheartdisease.

B.Hediedwhiletakinganothersoldiertoahospital.

C-Acarhithimwhenhewenthome.

D・Hewaskilledbyadoctor.

28.Whatwasthefirstpaintingtobesoldattheauction?

A.Thepaintingsbyfamousartists.

B-Thegiftgivenbytheoldman'sneighbors.

C.Theportraitoftheoldman'sson.

D-Themostexpensivecollectionoftheoldman.

29.Whichofthefollowingistrueaccordingtothepassage?

A.Atthebeginningoftheauction,everyonerealizedtheimportanceofthe

paintingoftheson.

B-Thepaintingoftheoldman'ssonwasaspopularastheotherpaintings.

C.Theoldman'swillwastogiveawaythewholecollectiontocharity（慈善）.

D.Theoldman'sgoodfriendgotthewholecollectionforonlytendollars.

30.What'sthebesttitleofthepassage?

A.LoveIsSharing.B.AnExpensivePainting.

C-AHotAuction.D.CaringAboutthePersonYouLove.

三、任务型阅读

下面文章中有五处需要添加小标题。请从以下选项（A、B、C、D、E和F）中

选出符合各段意思的小标题。选项中有一项是多余选项。

A.Thereisstilllifeinthedesert

B.Therearemanydesertsintheworld

C.Someofdesertsareverycold

D.Almostallofthedesertsarelowandflat

E.Littlerainfallsinthedesert

F.Notalldesertsareflatandsandy

Youprobablyknowsomebasicfactsaboutdeserts（沙漠）.Forexample,most

peopleknow

thatdesertsaredryplaceswheremorewaterevaporates（蒸发）eachyearthan

fallsevenwithheavyrain.However,therearemanyfactsaboutdesertsthatyoumay

notknow.Readingthefollowingmayhelpyoufindoutmoreabouttheseunusual

areas.

31.

Mostdesertshavelessthan10inchesofraineachyear.However,insomedeserts

ofSouthAmerican,itistruethatrainalmostneverfalls.InonedesertinChile,no

rainhasfallenforyearsinarow!Alltherainfallswithinasinglemonth!

32.

Temperaturesindesertscanreachabove37.8℃duringtheday,butcanfall

belowzeroatnight.Areasthataretoocoldforanythingtogrowarecalled"frigid

deserts."Otherdesertsarecoldforlongperiods.TheGobiinAsiahasicy

temperaturesforaslongassixmonthsatatime.

33.

Althoughdesertscanbelowandflat,somehaverockyhillsandevenmountains.

Somealsohavelakesandplainscoveredwithsmallrocks.Sandmakesuponlyabout

2percentofNorthAmericandeserts,10percentoftheSaharainnorthernAfrica,and

30percentoftheArabianDesert.

34.

Tosurviveinadrydesertenvironment,plantsandanimals,includinghumans,

mustmakesomeadaptation.Desertplantscannotgrowtooclosetogetherbecause

eachplantwouldnotgetenoughwater.Otheranimalsstayinholesundergroundor

restintheshadeduringtheheatoftheday.

35.

DesertscoveraboutonefifthofEarth'slandarea.Thelargestdesertintheworld

istheSahara.TheSaharastretchesfromtheAtlanticOceaneastwardtotheRedSea,

spreadingacrosspartsofMorocco,Algeria,Tunisia,Libya,Sudan,Chad,Niger,Mali,

andMauritania.ItcoversanareaaboutthesizeoftheUnitedStates.

四'单词拼写（词汇运用）

36.Iwanttoopenallthe（窗户）.It'ssohothere.

37.Iamworking（当的时彳反）heisenjoyinghimself.

38.Iamnotinterestedinart,and（两者都不）ismysister.

39.Ilikewalkinginthehill.BecauseIcan（呼吸）thefreshair

there.

40.Couldyoupleasetakeoutthe（垃圾）for

us?

41.Ididn'tseehimfor（几个）years.

42.-What*sthe（问题）withyou?

一Ican'tseeanything.

43.Hedidntrealizethe（重要性）ofstudyingEnglishuntilhe

begantowork.

44.Hewenthomefromworkin（沉默）whenheheardtheterriblenews.

45.Mostparentsalwaysliketo(比较)theirkidswithothers.

五、选词填空

选词填空

Outdealreturnadviselook

Ann:Youlooksad,Tom.What'swrong?

Tom:Well,Ifoundmysister46.throughmythingsyesterday.She

tooksomeofmynewmagazinesandCDs.

Ann:Hmm...thatisnotverynice.Didshe47.themtoyou?

Tom:Yes,NutI'mstillangrywithher.WhatshouldIdo?

Ann:Well,Iguessyoucouldtellhertosaysorry.Butwhydon'tyouforgetaboutit

sothatyoucanbefriendsagain?Althoughshe'swrong,It'snotabig48..

Tom:Youareright.Thanksforyour49..

Ann:Noproblem.Hopethingswork50..

六'语法填空

51.阅读下面短文，在空白处填人一个适合的单词或填入括号中所给单词的正确

形式。

Everymorning,kidsfromahighschoolareworkinghard.Theyare

(make)andsellingspecialcoffeeatacoffeeshop.Theyarealsomakingalotof

money.

Thesestudentscanmakeuptonine(hundred)dollarsaday.They

aresellingtheirspecialcoffeetoairplanepassengers.Afterthestudentsgetpaid,the

restthemoneygoestoalocalyouthproject.

ThesehighschoolstudentsuseaspaceintheOaklandAirpor