广东省广州市海珠区广东实验中学2024-2025学年上学期八年级期中考试试题（含答案）.docx

广东实验中学教育集团 2024-2025 学年第一学期教学质量监测八年级英语
第Ⅰ卷 选择题（共 70 分）
笔试部分（70 分） 一、单项选择（共 10 小题，每小题 1 分；满分 10 分）
从 1-10 各题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
1. Cindy is going to Guangzhou soon. She will arrive Baiyun International Airport the morning of November 14th.
A. at; in B. in; on C. at; on D. in; in

2. Please turn to Page and you will see new tips for your stay in our new school.

A. Fifth; hundred B. Fifth; hundreds of

C. Five; two hundred D. Five; hundreds

3. This question is so easy that of my students can answer it.

A. one B. some C. any D. none

4. Everyone here now You can begin your speech, please.

A. is B. are C. has D. have

5. Some students are tired this morning because they spent a lot of time for the midterm exam last night.

A prepare B. to prepare C. preparing D. prepared

6. Our football team Tom and Jerry, with a grand total of twenty students.

A. include B. includes C. including D. to include

7. Ben can’t play badminton so as our coach.

A. bad B. good C. well D. better

8. Lou spent money but bought food than Lily.

A. fewer; much B. less; more C. fewer; more D. less; much

9. the wheel, we would not have cars, railways and so on.

A. With B. Without C. On D. By

10. Can you make sure of the guests right now?

A. a number of B. the number of C. an amount of D. the amount of

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二、语法选择（共 10 个空格，每个空格 1 分；满分 10 分）
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，从 1-10 各题所给的 A、B、C 和
D 项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Cats are often considered lazy. They love napping on their own comfortable beds. But Gary the cat shows us that some cats also love adventure.
Gary is a 11 cat. He goes on camping trips in the Rockies with his owners every week. The cat has his own social media page. He can often be seen playing in snowy mountains in a warm jacket. The cat also enjoys
12 pictures with his dog brothers.

James Eastham is Gary’s “dad” and his social media manager. Eastham met Gary 13 the cat was about two years old. It turned out that Gary was born with an 14 in exploring the great outdoors. He managed to run away from Eastham’s apartment a few times every month.
Shortly after that, the Easthams moved to the mountains. Slowly, Gary went on bigger and bigger adventures. He started with the family’s yard and then parks. As Gary became more comfortable outside, his owners took him on trips to 15 distant places and for longer periods of time. Finally, Gary was ready for the mountains and all the fun outdoor activities. This past winter, Gary even tried skiing for his 16 time.
When he is tired, Gary will just “hitch a ride” (搭便车) on his owners. “These days, he prefers to ride on my

shoulders instead of in 17 pack,” said Eastham.

Eastham thinks outdoor adventures seem to have been good for Gary. In the past, the cat 18 shy. Now, he becomes much 19 around strangers. Maybe Gary is more famous than 20 animal on the Internet, but it seems that fame (名声) hasn’t gone to his head. “Gary is still a cat,” said Eastham. “It mostly only cares about having enough food every day.”
11. A. five years old
B. five year old
C. five-year-old
D. five-years-old
12. A. taking
B. to take
C. takes
D. took
13. A. until
B. since
C. before
D. when
14. A. interest
B. interests
C. interested
D. interesting
15. A. much
B. many
C. more
D. most
16 A. the first
B. first
C. one
D. the one

17. A. he
B. him
C. himself
D. his
18. A. is
B. are
C. was
D. were
19. A. confident
B. more confident
C. confidently
D. more confidently
20. A. any other
B. the others
C. another
D. others

三、完形填空（共 10 个空格，每个空格 1.5 分；满分 15 分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从 1-10 各题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Around more than 8000 years ago, people got their food simply by hunting animals and collecting plants. As the population grew larger and larger, people didn’t have enough food to eat. At that time, people were so 21
that they became sick or even died. So people needed 22 .

Then Shen Nong was born. He had a 23 appearance. It was said that he had the head of a bull (公牛) and the body of a human being.
When he saw people die of hunger and illness, Shen Nong decided to help them grow five different kinds of crops. But the crops grew very 24 , so people still didn’t get much food.
One day, while watching a pig digging the soil with its nose, Shen Nong had an idea and then 25 many farming tools such as the hoe, ax and sickle. With these tools, people became able to grow and take care of all kinds of crops to make a living.
People had enough to eat, but they still fell sick sometimes. Where to find the ways to help fight against

26 ? Shen Nong began to travel around the land and tasted all kinds of plants to find out if he could use them as 27 .
To find out how the herbs (药草) 28 inside his body, he tried hundreds of different kinds of herbs and

carefully wrote down their effects. He was poisoned (中毒) many times, but he always found the right way to save himself in time.
He then 29 Shen Nong’s Herbal Classic, the earliest Chinese medicine encyclopedia, which has 365 kinds of medicines derived (提取) from herbs, plants, animals and so on.
Shen Nong’s discoveries led to the traditional Chinese medicine, and it is still 30 today around the

world. To thank Shen Nong, people respected him as the Divine Farmer.

21. A. poor
B. tired
C. hungry
D. thirsty
22. A. help
B. money
C. love
D. wish
23. A. huge
B. tiny
C. natural
D. special

24. A. slowly
B. quickly
C. well
D. quietly
25. A. found
B. invented
C. compared
D. invited
26. A. animals
B. weather
C. hunger
D. diseases
27. A. food
B. medicine
C. drinks
D. clothes
28. A. made
B. took
C. played
D. worked
29. A. read
B. borrowed
C. copied
D. wrote
30. A. secret
B. useless
C. practical
D. convenient

四、阅读理解（共 15 题，每小题 2 分；满分 30 分） 阅读下面短文，然后根据短文内容选择最佳答案。
(A)
Good morning, everyone! My name is Kasper and I’m a child-sized robot. I have black hair and always wear a baseball cap.
I am able to move my arms and head. I can also open and close my mouth and eyes. I can even show several basic emotions, such as happiness, sadness and surprise. For example, I smile when I am happy and I frown when I am sad.
I was designed by scientists in 2005. My job is to help children with autism (自闭症) understand emotions and

language and know how to get along with people. I am now working in a kindergarten for autistic children. I talk and play with the children about ten minutes once a week. I often speak slowly to them so that they can better understand what I am saying. I like being touched by these children. However, if a child hits me, I will hide my face in my hands and cry out, “Ouch! This hurts.” The child will then know it is wrong to hit others.
You might ask if I have really helped the children learn some social skills. The answer is “YES”. I remember a girl in the kindergarten. She was alone and protected herself by talking with nobody, but now she is willing to hug everyone and has made some friends after playing with me for some time.
As a robot for autistic children, my greatest wish is to become more helpful to them. I believe that scientists will help make my wish come true in the future.
31. The underlined word “frown” in paragraph 2 probably means in Chinese.

A. 耸肩 B. 皱眉 C. 瞪眼 D. 跺脚

32. According to the passage, Kasper is a robot who can .

A help children with autism at a kindergarten.

B. work at a hospital for children with autism.

C. invent some medicine to help children with autism.

D. teach children with autism living skills.

33. If a child hits Kasper, he will .

A. act as being hurt. B. run away and hide himself.

C. ask other children for help. D. report it to the children’s teacher.

34. According to the passage, Kasper will .

A. achieve all its dreams.

B. make friends with common people.

C. be more useful to autistic children.

D. grow older and know more.


(B)

Development in technology now ties us closer than before. We can call our friends from a thousand kilometers away. We can text. We can talk to each other at the push of a button on WeChat or other social media.
There are, of course, advantages to these modern ways of communicating. However, do we ever think about what we are losing? As someone who likes writing and receiving letters, I often feel sad that so few people now give letter writing a fair chance.
While you might call letter writing old-fashioned, I believe we should all write and send letters more often.

To begin with, there’s lots of love in a handwritten letter. This is why texting or calling doesn’t feel as special as letter writing—it is more hurried. These days, we hope to finish everything as quickly as possible. To save time, we often use short sentences.
Handwritten letters, however, deliver much more warmth because we take the time. Writing letters allows us to express to someone how much we care about him or her in a detailed way. So when we receive a letter, we feel we are loved, remembered and missed. Besides, writing a letter can make us feel happy, too. When we sit down and focus on what we are writing we make ourselves take a break from the stress (压力) of our lives. Moreover, letters can be kept forever. We can always go back and read them again. By keeping a letter, we keep a part of that person
and his relationship with us.

Pick up your pen now! Write to your cousins about your school. Let your friends know how much you miss them. Let’s bring back the art of letter writing!
35. According to the passage, is not the modern way of communicating in the passage.

A. writing letters B. using social media

C. making phone calls D. sending text messages

36. The underlined word “it” in paragraph 4 refers to .

A. time saving B. letter writing

C. texting or calling D. using shortened phrases

37. The writer thinks writing letters makes us feel happy because it makes us feel .

A. we are saving an old tradition

B. we are keeping a part of ourselves

C. we are loved, remembered and missed

D. we are away from the stress of our lives

38. By writing this article, the writer wants to .

A. stop people from using social media

B. ask schools to teach students how to write letters

C. share his experiences of sending and receiving letters

D. encourage people to write and send letters more often

(C)
This year I entered my teens. I told my parents I wanted to play the piano. Thinking the piano accordion (键盘式手风琴) a reasonable instrument, my parents asked me to attend lessons offered at weekends. After several weeks, my teacher told Mum that I had talent and could be a musician. As a result, for Christmas I received a small accordion as a gift.
Then, in 1983, I decided to return to full-time studies. Needing money to go on my education, I placed an advertisement and found a buyer for my accordion. Over the years, I felt sorry when I thought of my father. He once worked so hard to pay for the accordion. I always remembered how much happiness my practising and playing it brought to him.
By 2013, Dad was in a nursing home and could just stay in bed all day and all night. Doctors said I could bring something in to cheer him up. I began to think how I could bring that happiness to him when I visited. So I asked my son, Sam, to find me a small accordion to be taken to play for my dad. Weeks later, I took the bus to Thompson Pawnbrokers where Sam told me to check out the accordions he found.
When I knew that there were only two fullsized accordions, I explained that I wanted something smaller. As soon as the shopkeeper placed another instrument on the counter, I found it was the one I used to have!
Before Dad passed away the following month, I brought the instrument to the nursing home. When I asked,

“Do you know what that is, Papa?” Although he had dementia (痴呆), he answered, “Of course, Lenny! It’s your accordion.”
39. The writer sold his accordion because .

A. he was in need of money B. he had no talent for music

C. he wanted a better one D. he had no time to practise

40. Why was the writer looking for a small accordion?

A. To be a player again. B. To make his son happy.

C. To find his old accordion. D. To see his father’s smile.

41. Which accordion did the writer bring home finally?

A. An accordion that looks like his old one. B. One of the two full-sized accordions.

C. A smaller accordion that he wanted. D. The accordion that he used to have.

42. What happened when the writer showed his father the accordion?

A. His father was too excited to say a word. B. His father showed little attention.

C. His father still remembered it. D. His father asked for it as a gift.

D)
Do you know you can multiply by drawing just a few lines? Line multiplication was invented long years ago.

It might help you when you don’t have a calculator.

► Work out the place values (位值) of your numbers.
For example, you are calculating 34×12. The first number has a 4 in the ones place (个位) and a 3 in the tens place (十位). Your second number has a 2 in the ones place and a 1 in the tens place.

► Draw parallel (平行的) lines to represent (代表) your first number. Draw three lines to represent the tens place. Draw four lines above them to represent the ones place.

► Draw parallel lines to represent the second number.
Draw one line to represent the tens place. The line should cross over the lines from the first number. Then, draw two lines below it to represent the ones place.

► Draw dots at each point where the lines meet each other.

► Circle the dots representing the ones place and add them up.

Here, you can count eight dots and get the ones place of your answer: 8.

► Circle the dots representing the tens place and add them up.
You would count 10 dots here. Like any time you add or multiply, once a digit ( 数位) reaches 10, you need to carry ( 进位). In this example, you would put a 0 in the tens place and carry the 1 over to the hundreds place.

► Count the dots representing the hundreds place.
You would count three dots here. Don’t forget the 1 you’ve carried over. Calculate 3+1, and the hundreds place of your answer is 4.

► Write down your answer.

For 34×12, the answer is 408.

43. This article mainly teaches people .

A. how to use line multiplication.

B. how to work out the place values of numbers.

C. how to multiply two numbers using a calculator.

D. how to carry numbers over when adding or multiplying.

44. Which of the following statements is TRUE about the number 873?

A. The number has a 3 in the tens place.

B. The number has a 7 in the ones place.

C. The number has a 3 in the hundreds place.

D. The number has an 8 in the hundreds place.

45. Harry has dr