江苏省泰州市兴化市2021-2022学年八年级下学期期中英语试题(原版).docx

2022年春学期初中学生阶段性评价
八年级英语试卷
（考试用时：120分钟 总分值：150分）
（请注意：考生必须将本试卷所有答案填写在答题纸上）
第一局部 听力（共两节，总分值20分）
第一节听下面10段对话，每段对话后有一个小题，从题中A、B、C三个选项中选出最正确选项。 每段对话读两遍。•
听第1至10段材料，回答第1至10题。
1. What is Tom most interested in?
2. Where will the man go this summer holiday?
3. Which book does Henry like best?

4, How will they go to the railway station?

5, Why is the river dirty now?
A. Because many people swim in the river.
B. Because there are many fish in the river.
C. Because a factory puts waste into the river.
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爱 好
……（自拟一到两点内容）
阅读 ……（自拟两到二点好处）
旅行
……（自拟两到三点好处）
未来
……（自拟至少一点内容）
要求:
1、要点齐全，适当发挥，语言通顺，意思连贯，条理清楚，书写规范。
2、词数100词左右。开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
3、文中不得提及有关考生个人身份的任何信息，如校名、人名等。
How have 1 become a better self
Hello, everyone! I'm Li Hua. In the past year, I think I have changed a lot and made great progress in some ways.
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八年级英语试卷 共io页 第10页
6. Where will the woman go?
C. To a clothing store.
A. To a party.B. To a hospital.
7. How long has the man had the new mobile phone?
A. For a month.
8. How often does the bus come?
A. Every 5 minutes.
B. For a week.
B. Every 10 minutes.
C. For only one day.
C-. Every 15 minutes.

9. Wliat does the man bring to the woman?
A. Some magazines.
B. Some newspapers.
C. Some books.

10. What does Peter think of online travel?
A. Boring.
B. Important.
C. Interesting.

第二节你将听到一段对话和两篇短文，各听两遍。 听一段对话，回答第1L12小题。
11. Whose books will the man read first?
A. Ernest Hemingway's.
B. Jonathan Swift's.
C. JK Rowling's.

A. For twelve weeks.
13. A. the news
14. A. modem
15. A. radio
12. How long can he keep the books?
Life in the Past and Present
What the speaker's grandpa did with the old radio
Listened to 13 .
What the speaker's grandpa's new radio looks like
It's 14 .
What the speaker has now
A 15 .
C. For ten days.
B. For twelve days.
听第一篇短文，回答第13・15小题。请根据短文内容，选择正确的答案，完成信息记录表。
C. EnglishC. small
C. televisionB. football matches
B. bigB. computer

听第二篇短文，.回答第16・20小题。
16. Why did Anna save money at first?
A. Because she hoped to buy some toys.
B. Because she wanted to help homeless children.
C. Because she hoped to go to Disneyland one day. 17. When did Anna know about the Road House?
A. At the age of four.
B. At the age of eight.
C. At the age of twelve.

18. How did Anna know about the Road House?
A. From a newspaper.
B. On the Internet.
C. From a TV programme.

19. What didn't Anna buy in the shop?
A. A toy.
B. Some socks.
C. Some pencils.

20. Who did Anna buy the presents for?
C. Herself
A. A child in the Road House. B. Her good friend.
第二局部 阅读 供两节，总分值50分）
第一节 阅读理解 （共20小题；每题2分，总分值40分）A
As we know, Taizhou has changed a lot. Most of the people feel much safer now. More and more trees八年级英语试卷 共io页 第2页
21. From the survey,
A. 41%
22. From the survey, we
are being planted in the city. And every day you can see many old people play sports everywhere. The change makes the people in the city live a happy life. The small survey below is from the people who live in One hundred persons were chosen to answer tlic questions last week.
xaiznuu。
What tliey want
Health
Safety
Food
52%
33%
15%
Where they like to live
In a quieter place
In a busier place
In a greener place
—15%
5%
80%
What they think of xvorking in the city
Bad
Good
No idea
8%
80%
12%
Whether they plan to change their living places
Yes
No
Difficult to say
39%
41%
20%
of the people in Taizhou care about health.
B. 80%D. 52%
C. 39%
D. on the mountain
know most people want to live
A. in a busier place B. in a quieter place C. in a greener place ♦ 23. How many people answered the questions?
A. Eighty-five.
B. Ninety-five.
C. Ninety.
D. One hundred.

24. What do people think of working in the city according to the survey?
A. Most of the people think it's bad.
B. Half of the people have no idea.
C. Most of the people think it's good.
D. Ifs difficult to say.
25. According to the passage and the survey, we know that.
A. most people plan to change their living places
B. in Taizhou al) the people have a lot of food
C. the people in Taizhou don't like planting trees
D. the change in Taizhou makes people enjoy living thereB
Computers are useful machines. They can help people a lot in their daily life. For example, they can help people to save much time to do much work, and they can help people to work out many problems they can't do easily. Our country asks everyone to learn to use computers except the old people.
Today more and more families own computers. Parents buy computers for their children. They hope that computers can help them to improve their studies at school. But many of their children use computers to play games and watch videos. For most students, computers can not help them to study better but make then) fall behind. So computers are locked in boxes by parents.
In some other countries, even some scientists also hate computers. They say computers let millions of people lose their jobs or bring them a lot of trouble. Will computers really bring trouble to people or can they bring people happiness? It will be decided by people themselves!
26. Why do we say the computer is a useful machine?
Because our country asks us to learn to use it.
B・ Because it can help us a lot in our daily life.
C, Became we can use it to play games.
8蜂侬 it can help us to find jobs.
八年级英语试卷共io页第3页Why do parents buy computers for their children ?
A. To help their children do much work.
B. To help their children find jobs.
C. To help their children improve their studies.
D. To help their children play games and watch videos.
27. What do many parents complain about?
A. They complain that their children use computers to play games and watch videos.
B. They complain that computers let them lose their jobs.
C. They complain that computers can't make them relaxed.
D. They complain that computers can't bring them happiness.
28. In this passage we know computers.
A. also bring us troubleB. bring us happiness only
C. arc hated by peopleD. are bad for people's healthHow do you understand the last sentence of this passage?
A. It means computers are used by people.
B.It means people can live well without computers.
C. It means people must decide how to use computers.
D. It means computers are strange machines.
C
Legend of the Phoenix《凤凰传奇》，a book full of traditional （传统的）Chinese culture, is now published after two years' hard work.
The 24-page book tells the story of a child's travels in his dreams. The little character goes into an old world about the time of the Ming Dynasty （1368-1644） by riding on a stone lion. He sees a phoenix, the king of the birds. It shares its food to help other birds get through a hard time when there is not enough food. To show their appreciation to the phoenix, hundreds of birds give their feathers to it and make the king have colourful feathers. The story shows the virtues （美德）of sharing with others and being kindhearted.
All pictures in the book are from traditional culture. For example, the writer got the idea of the stone lion from a visit to the Palace Museum, the trees and clouds from the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang. The look of the little boy Tuanzi in the book is based on （根据）the writer's son. When Tuanzi goes into his dream, his look changes and he becomes a fat cute boy with a red bellyband and a lock-shaped ring around his neck.
Colours are another highlight of the picture book. Children will feel excited by bright and lively colours, So red, green and yellow are used a lot in the book. All the colours are from different kinds of works of W in China.
The writer of the book hopes kids can enjoy the beauty of traditional Chinese culture in his book.
29. The underlined word “appreciation“ has the same meaning as
A. beautyB. joy.C. sorryD. thanksHow will children feel when they read the book?
A. SadB. ExcitedC.SorryD. LivelyWhy does the writer talk about the Palace Museum?
A. It,s a place to enjoy traditional Chinese culture.
B. Ifs a palace with bright and lively colours.
C. It offers great ideas to write the new book.
D. It collects different kinds of works of art in China.
八年级英语试卷 共10页 第4页
30. Wie can know the following information from the passage except.
A. how the writer got the idea of the phoenix
B. how the writer got the idea of the stone lion
C. what Tuanzi looks like in his dream
D. where the trees and clouds are fromWhat can kids learn fiom the book Legend of the Phoenix?
A. They can learn about birds.
B. They can learn about pictxires.
C. They can learn about Western culture.
D. They can learn about traditional Chinese culture.
D
Porto is tlie second largest city in Portugal （葡萄牙）.Every day, a large number of people wait in line to visit the city,s most popular tourist site: Livraria Lello. Ifs not a museum, but a bookstore.
Livraria Lello opened its doors in 1906. It doesn't, however, owe its success only to （把归功于）itsbooks, but also to Harry Potter writer J. K Rowling. J. K. Rowling wrote the first Hany Potter book inside the store. She liked to visit the bookstore when she lived in Porto from 1991 to 1993.
A few years ago, Livraria Lello was free to enter. But the bookstore went through a hard time and it almost went bankrupt. That was when someone advised that visitors should buy tickets to get in. And if they bought some books in the bookstore, they would save the entrance fee （门票）.
▲The number of visitors rose to 1.2 million in 2017 and they sold more than 280,000 books. In2015, they only sold about 50,000 books! Every year, more than a million people visit Livraria Lello. It's really a must-see while you're in Porto.
31. What do we know about Livraria Lello from the first two paragraphs?
A. It is a museum.
B. It opened about 30 years ago.
C. It is a popular tourist site in America.
D. J. K. Rowling wrote the first Harry Potter book there.
32. What does the underlined phrase 'went bankrupt' mean in Chinese?
A.坍塌B.破产C.着火D.沉陷How long did J. K Rowling lived in Porto?
A.For about three years.B. For about ten years.
C. For about thirteen years.D. For about thirty years.
33. Which of the following can be put in▲.
A・ It's easier to say than to do
B. At first, it was hard to get a ticket
C. It was really a good idea
D, However, very few people liked to buy books thereWhich of the following is TRUE?
A. Porto is the largest city in Portugal.
B. J. K. Rowling was the owner of the bookstore.
C. Now Livraria Lello is free to enter.
D. Every year, lots of people visit Livraria Lello.
第二节 阅读表达（共5小题：每题2分，总分值10分）八年级英语试卷 共10页 第5页
Here is a book that is easy to read, but it is on a big subject. The Book is named Animal Farm （1945）. It is by the English writer George Orwell.
It is a story about farm animals. They are fed up with （受够了）the farmer, Mr. Jones. He treats them badly, so they decide to manage the farm themselves.
Animal Farm is an excellent book fbr learners of English because ifs very short. The language is also simple. But remember, the book may seem simple, but it is very serious about the present world. George Orwell called his book a fairy tale （童话）.But not all fairy tales are simple and innocent （单纯的）.This one isn't either. The book is really about Russia under Stalin, who Orwell disagreed with.
The book became very famous in the West from the late 1940s. From very early it was made into other kinds of works. You could hear it on the radio made by the BBC in 1947. It has also been made into a film twice.
Whatever you think about the book, Orwell did make a wonderful story in a clever way.
根据上面短文的内容，回答下列问题。（每题答案不超过五个单词）
34. How does Mr. Jones treat the farm animals?
35. Who is the book excellent for?
36. When did the book become famous in the West?
37. How many times has the book been made into a film?
38. What is the book really about?
第三局部语言运用（共四节，总分值55分）
第一节 单项选择（共16小题；每题1分，总分值16分）
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最正确选项。
46 .一How do you like tour around Xinghua in April?
-Oh, what beautiful city! I like it very much.
A. the; aB. a; aC. the; /D. a; /.-The film Watergate Bridge《长津湖之水门桥》is very interesting. Have you watched it?
-Not. But I plan to watch it at the cinema tomorrow evening.
A. ever; yetB. already; just C. just; alreadyD. yet; ever.Lucy*s grandma lived in the countryside. Her lovely pet cat made her less.
A. alone; aloneB. lonely; aloneC. lonely; lonelyD. alone; lonely.The roller coaster moved high speed and they were screaming and laughing tlie ride.
A. in; throughB. at; throughC. in; duringD. at; over.—How long you Lily's bike?
-For two weeks.
A. did; borrowB. have; borrowed C. have; keptD. did; keep.—Where is your father, Jack?
-He Russia on business. He the airport at five in the morning.
A. has gone fbr; has left fbrB. has been to; has left to
C. has gone to; left fbrD. has been in; left to.—How many invitations did you last week?
-Four. But I only one.
A. receive; accepted B. accept; received C. receive; received D. accept; accepted八年级英语试卷 共1。页 第6页
D. is made up from
D. what to start
A. don't have to
B. mustn't
C. can't
D. shouldn't

53.一Our class 32 boys and 26 girls.
—How big your class is!.
A. makes up ofB. is made up of C. makes up from
54—Would you like to show me the computer, please?
一Yes, rd like to.
A. how to openB. what to openC. how to start
55 .——Where is the bus station?
—It's the police station. The two buildings are face to face.
A. oppositeB. betweenC. behind. D. beside
56 .We all should obey the rules. You talk loudly or smoke in the library.
57 .At about eight this morning, I saw a little girl in the street, and I managed her find her
parents at last.
D. cry; helping
D. at a time
D. How an
D. against; Certainly not
A. crying; helpingB.cry; to helpC. crying; to help.Don't try to do everything at once. Take it a bit.
A. at that timeB. all the timeC. at times.exciting experience we had in Hong Kong Disneyland!
A. What anB. WhatC. How.—Our English teacher is strongly keeping animals in the zoo.
_・ Animals should enjoy freedom.
A. on; So much for it B. against; Exactly C. for; It*s a pity.—Thank you very much for helping me carry the box.
A. All rightB. With pleasure C. It doesn't matter D. My pleasure
第二节完形填空（共15小题；每题1分，总分值15分）
阅读下面的短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的 最正确选项.
“What worries you, Tom?” asked Mrs Bell. He had a 62 in his hand and tears in his eyes.
“Our teacher asked us to recite （背诵）the poem 'Little Jim'. The student who can recite it 63 will get a prize. But I don't think I can do it well.,, said Tom.
“Why not?” asked Mrs Bell.
"he boys say that I can't," said Tom in a sad voice.
“Don't mind what they 64. Let them see that you can do said Mrs Bell.
“But I don't think I can,“ said Tom. "The poem is so long and 65, I may not try for the prize,but I want to try my best to recite it, because the boys laugh at me. They call me *Slow Tom'.”
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