广东省广州市第一中学2024-2025学年八年级上学期期中考试英语试题（含答案）.docx

八年级英语 (试卷)

本试卷共六大题，共 8 页，满分 90 分；考试时间 100 分钟注意事项：


2024 年 10 月

第 9页，共 10页

1. 答卷前，考生务必在答题卡上用黑色钢笔或签字笔填写自己的班级、姓名、座位号，同时 填写考生号，再用 2B 铅笔把考生号对应的标号涂黑。
2. 选择题每小题选出答案后，用 2B 铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他的答案。
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4. 考生必须保持答题卡的整洁，考试结束，将答题卡交回。 一、语音知识(共 5 小题； 每小题 1 分，满分 5 分)
从 1~5 各题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 项中选出划线部分的发音与其他单词划线部分不一致的选项。

1. A. even
B. rest
C. sell
D. telephone
2. A. operate
B. create
C. anytime
D. brain
3. A. mouse
B. amount
C. loud
D. double
4. A. grand
B. German
C. grain
D. gold
5. A. checked
B. wanted
C. shouted
D. needed
二、词汇选择(共 5 小题； 每小题 1 分，满分 5 分)
阅读下面句子，根据句子意思，从 6~10 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。
6. My English teacher gave me a book to learn how to write good articles.

A. correct B. popular C. practical D. special

7 All life on earth needs to the sun in different ways.

A. get on B. depend on C. keep on D. move on

8 Mr Li wanted to who broke the window.

A. look up B. learn about C. copy down D. find out

9. It’s dangerous! the children please!

A. Keep... up B. Catch ... up C. Get ... off D. Keep... off

10. My best friend Judy went to Beijing 2 years ago, but .

A. I still keep in touch with her. B. I went there at the same time.

C. she liked running, jogging and so on. D. she challenged me to a ball game.
三、语法选择(共 10 小题； 每小题 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 11~20 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。
Inventions can be either big or small. Big inventions like the TV and the computer make us 11 them all the time. There are also several small things around us 12 the following two small inventions, but we seldom notice them. Sometimes, they may be even 13 than big inventions. In some cases, they can help people work 14 .
A paper clip helps hold pieces of paper together without 15 a hole. A big paper clip was put up in Norway 16 people remember the inventor of the paper clip Johan Vaaler. He invented the paper clip in 1900 when working in Germany. A paper clip is in fact a piece of wire. It can hold 17 pieces of paper together. Now plenty of them 18 made and sold all over the world.
The ballpoint pen was invented in the 1930s by a Hungarian called Biro. He had been trying to find

19 use for the quick-drying ink and designed this pen. Later, a Frenchman, Marcel Bich thought up the idea of making 20 use-and-throw pen and sold it cheap. It was named BIC and became more and more
popular.

11. A. feel
B. to feel
C. feeling
D. felt
12. A. include
B. includes
C. included
D. including
13. A. helpful
B. more helpful
C. most helpful
D. the most helpful
14. A. perfect
B. perfected
C. perfecting
D. perfectly
15. A. make
B. to make
C. making
D. makes
16. A. help
B. to help
C. helping
D. helped
17. A. few
B. a few
C. little
D. a little
18. A. is
B. are
C. was
D. were
19 A. other
B. others
C. another
D. the other
20. A. a
B. an
C. the
D. /
四、完形填空(共 10 小题； 每小题 1 分，满分 10 分)

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 项中选出最佳选项。

The first time Luca heard talk of the Island of Inventions, he was still very young. The talk was so unbelievable to him. But after years of study, he finally got quite a clear idea of the 21 . It was a secret place, where all the great wise men of the world would meet to learn and invent together. To be able to join that club, you had to have 22 some great inventions for human beings. And then you could receive a special
23 . It would tell you how to get to the island.

Luca spent the years of his youth studying and inventing. Every 24 idea he got, he made it into an invention. Later, he met other young 25 and told them the secret of the island. Those inventors would also dream of getting the invitation. They met in Luca’s house and their inventions were put together. Their inventions became known across the world and improved every part of life.
But even after all that, no invitation came. They did not lose heart. They 26 learning and inventing every day, trying to come up with more and better ideas.
One day, a long time later, Luca, already very 27 , was speaking with a young man who had written to him to try to join the group. Luca told the young man the great secret of the Island of Inventions, and of how he was sure that some day they would receive an invitation.
Feeling 28 , the young inventor stopped Luca, “What? You mean this isn’t really the Island of Inventions? Isn’t the letter you sent me the real invitation?”
And, as old as he was, Luca looked around him, and realized that his 29 had become true in his very own house. He also realized that no island would be 30 than where he was now. Luca felt happy to know that he had always been on the island.

21. A. plan
B. book
C. house
D. island
22. A. sold
B. bought
C. created
D. received
23. A. talk
B. idea
C. invention
D. invitation
24. A. new
B. old
C. bad
D. young
25. A. humans
B. speakers
C. receivers
D. inventors
26. A. forgot
B. stopped
C. imagined
D. continued
27. A. old
B. sad
C. young
D. worried
28. A. bored
B. cheerful
C. excited
D. surprised
29. A. dream
B. place
C. secret
D. invention
30. A. worse
B. better
C. bigger
D. smaller

五、阅读(共两节，满分 35 分)
第一节 阅读理解(共 15 小题； 每小题 2 分，满分 30 分)
阅读下列短文，从 31~45 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。
(A)
Maybe cars are one of the most important inventions. It is convenient to travel for people especially for American. Cars were widely used by American thanks to Henry Ford. He produced a simple car called the Model T. He sold the car at a low price that many Americans could afford. The car was easy to operate and became part of everyday life in the United States. Henry Ford put America on wheels.
Henry Ford was born on July 30, 1863. He grew up on a farm, but he disliked farm work. He liked machines. At the age of 16, Ford got a job in a machine shop. In his spare time, he built engines. After years of experiments, Ford produced his first car in 1896.
Henry Ford founded the Ford Motor Company in 1903. Ford wanted to produce large numbers of cars at low cost. He brought out the first Model T in 1908.
Ford set up factories that could make cars fast. As cars were being built on a line, each worker along the line did one set of tasks, on car after car.
Workers often found their work boring. Many of them left after a short time. To keep his workers, Ford doubled the pay for his workers.
Ford started a charity, the Ford Foundation in 1936. When Ford died in 1947, he left most of his money to the Ford Foundation. The Ford Foundation is still giving money to help poor countries and poor areas.
31. What is the meaning of the underlined sentence “ Henry Ford put America on wheels” in paragraph 1?

A. Henry Ford bought many wheels. B. Henry Ford gave Americans wheels.

C. Henry Ford let many Americans have cars. D. Henry Ford set up factories that produced wheels.

32. Which is the right order of the following things according to the passage?

a. He set up some factories in order to make cars run fast.

b. He set up his company and brought out the first Model T.

c. He doubled the payment to make workers work harder.

d. He liked machines instead of doing the farm work.

e. He sold the car at a low price to put American on wheels.

A. e-b-a-d-c B. e-d-b-a-c C. d b-a-e-c D. d-b-e-a-c

33. Why did Henry Ford give most of this money to the Ford Foundation?

A. He wanted to help people in poor places.

B. He hoped his workers could make faster cars.

C. He used the money to start a charity before his death.

D. He ordered the Ford Foundation to produce more cars.

34. From the article, we can know that Henry Ford was .

A. patient and kind B. smart and honest C. gentle and popular D. rich and successful

35. What is the passage mainly about?

A. Cars called the Model. B. Henry Ford. C. The Ford Foundation. D. The Ford Motor

Company.


(B)

The Mayan number system appeared in the fourth century, which was about 1,000 years earlier than the time when the European number system was created. It is different from the Arabic number system with a base 10. The Mayan system had a base 20. This system is believed to have been used because the Mayans lived in such a warm area and there was hardly a need to wear shoes. 20 was the total number of fingers and toes, so the system was workable. Therefore, there were two important numbers in this system. Besides 20, the other important number is 5, which had a connection with the number of fingers and toes on one hand or foot.
The Mayan system used two symbols (符号). A dot (.) was used to mean the units (one to four) and a dash (—)

meant five. The Mayans were also the first to create symbols of nothing (or zero). The most common symbol was that of a shell () but there were several other symbols (e.g. a head) . It is interesting to learn that with all of
the great experts on Maths and scientists in ancient Greece and Rome, it was the Mayan Indians who came up with this symbol zero or nothing. The following picture is a form of different numbers and how they would have been written.

From further study, people found that the 360 day calendar (日历) also came from the Mayan. They actually used base 18 when they made the calendar. Each month included 20 days with 18 months in a year. This left five days at the end of the year which was month in itself, full of danger and bad luck. In this way, the Mayans had invented the 365 day calendar.
36. What does the underlined “It” in paragraph 1 refer to?

A. The European number system. B. The Mayan number system.

C. The Arabic number system. D. The Mayan symbol system.

37. Why could the Mayan system be used at that time?

A. People lived in such a warm area that they didn’t need to count numbers.

B. People believed that they hardly used their fingers or toes to count numbers.

C. People thought the number of fingers and toes was enough to count numbers.

D. People found that they could use the days in a year of a calendar to count numbers.

38. Which of the following symbols means sixteen?

A. B. C. D.
39. What can we learn from the article?

A. The Mayan number system had a base 10.

B. All number systems had the same symbols.

C. There were only 360 days in the Mayan calendar.

D. The symbol of zero first appeared in the Mayan number system.

40. Where can you probably find the article?

A. A diary. B. An encyclopedia. C. A travel guide. D. A geography magazine.

(C)

What they care about
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%

As we know, Beijing has changed a lot. Most of people feel much safer now. More and more trees are 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 those people who live in Beijing. One hundred persons were chosen to answer the questions last week.

What they think of working in the city

Bad 80%
Good
No idea

12%

8%

Whether they plan to change their living places
Yes
No
Difficult to say

39%

41%

20%

41. How many people were chosen to answer the questions last week?

A. 50. B. 100. C. 200. D. 1,000.

42. From the survey, where do most people like to live?

A. In a busier place. B. In a quieter place. C. In a greener place. D. In a cleaner place.

43. Which of the following is the least cared about by people according to the survey?

A. Health. B. Safety. C. Food. D. Place.

44. What can we learn from the passage?

A. 8% of the people don’t like working in Beijing.

B. More and more people like to plant trees now in Beijing.

C. We can see few old people play sports in Beijing every day.

D. About 20% of the people haven’t decided to change their living places.

45. What does the passage want to tell us?

A. What people care about in Beijing. B. What people like doing in Beijing.

C. How people feel about living in Beijing. D. How Beijing changed the environment for people.
第二节 阅读填空 (共 5 小题； 每小题 1 分，满分 5 分)
阅读短文及文后 A~E 选项，选出可以填入各题空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Do you have any online classes? It is possible to take classes at home. All you need is a computer and a headset.
However, according to a survey, most students don’t like online classes. 46 Many students said it is hard to pay attention to studying while taking online classes. This was true for Lian, a 15-year-old student in a high school. “There are no real teachers watching me. 47 It’s harder to always listen to them carefully,” she said. Lian prepares a lot before taking her classes to make sure she will pay attention. 48 Students can come up with or answer questions while taking online classes.

Wen, 14 years old, from a high school in Chengdu, thinks online interaction(互动) isn’t enough. “ 49

And I don’t know them well, either. When I don’t hand in homework, all I get is a short message instead of real concern,” she said.
50 “It saves time and money compared to taking offline classes. Also, if I don’t understand some parts of a lesson, I can watch it over again,” some students said.
A. However, online classes still have other advantages.

B. The online teachers don’t really get to know me.

C. I can surf the Internet or do other things if I want to.

D. Only 33% of the students would take such classes.

E. She also tries to push herself to talk with teachers.
六、写作 (共三节，满分 25 分)
第一节 语篇填词(共 5 小题； 每小题 1 分，满分 5 分)
阅读短文，根据上下文和所给的首字母写出所缺单词。注意使用正确形式，每空限填一词。答卷时，要求 写出完整单词。
Sam is Sally’s brother. His hobby is playing the violin. And his dream is to learn music and to become a great m 51
Unluckily, Sam hurt his arm badly after a traffic accident. The doctor said he couldn’t play the violin any more and that made him very sad. When Sally knew the bad news, she encouraged Sam and p 52 to try her best to help him out. She also spent most of her pocket money buying an e 53 violin for Sam as a gift. It cost her nearly $500.
Every day Sally teaches Sam to play the violin in a special way and they enjoy themselves. Instead of giving up, Sam tries his best to practise. H 54 , it’s not easy to do so. He has to practise for 2-3 hours every day. Now, Sam’s violin playing is getting better and better. He even won two p 55 in a competition last week!
第二节 完成句子(共 5 小题； 每小题 2 分，满分 10 分)
根据所给的汉语内容，用英语完成下列句子。(每空限填一词)
56. 昨天我用了 3 小时与一位有智慧的老人下棋。

me three hours chess game with a wise old man yesterday.

57. 虽然我的技术不如他好，但我很享受这个游戏。

I enjoyed the game though my skill was his.

58. 这游戏太有趣了以至于我没有注意到时间。

It was so interesting that I the time.

59. 多么快乐的一天啊！

it was!

60. 我期待能再次与这位老