陕西省西安市2023年八年级下学期英语期中试卷【及答案】

八年级下学期英语期中试卷一、完形填空(共

20

小题，计

20

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，从所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案,使短文连贯完整。A

long

time

ago,

there

was

an

emperor,

He

had

a

beautiful

garden.

In

the

garden,

there

wasa

littlenightingale(夜莺)singingvery

1．

.Onedaytheemperorheardaboutthislittle

2．

beautifulvoice.Heaskedhisguardsto

bring

her

to

him.

As

soon

as

the

emperor

heard

the

nightingale's

voice,

he

said,

"Put

herinagoldencage,soshecanstayandsingformewheneverIwanttohear

3．

."Thelittlebirdwassounhappyaboutbeingkeptinthecagethatshestopped

4．

oneday.Theemperorwasveryangryabout

5．thebirdwasdoing.Heorderedthe

scientistsinhispalacetomakearobotbird

6．him.Thebirdcouldsingverybeautifully,

too.Theemperorwas

pleased.Soon

the

robot

bird

became

old.

It

no

longer

sang

beautiful

songs.

Just

at

that

time,

theemperor

became

very

weak.

One

morning,

while

he

7．

in

bed,

the

emperor

wanted

it

to

singonceagain.

8．

therobotbirdcouldn'tsinganymore.Suddenlythenightingaleflewonthewindow.Shebegantosing

9．mostbeautifulsong.Theemperorwasveryhappy!Hebecame

10．andbettereach

day.After

the

emperor

was

well,

he

changed

a

lot

and

became

kind

to

his

people.

From

then

on,all

his

peoplecherished

(爱戴)himfor

hislove

andkindness.1．A．terrible2．A．bird3．A．she4．A．singingB．terriblyB．bird'sB．hersB．singC．beautifulC．birdsC．herC．sangD．beautifullyD．birds'D．herselfD．to

sing5．A．whatB．whyC．whenD．how6．A．withB．forC．aboutD．in7．A．lieB．layC．is

lyingD．was

lying8．A．IfB．ButC．AndD．So9．A．aB．anC．theD．/10．A．good二、完形填空B．wellC．betterD．best阅读下面一篇短文,理解大意,从所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案.使短文连贯完整。It

was

a

summer

morning

"I

want

to

travel

by

11． ,"said

Jack.

"OK

let's

go!"

saidHarry.The

weather

was

warm.

After

half

an

hour

of

boating

on

the

river,

Jack

and

Harry

stoppedandsoonfellasleepwiththesunshineontheirfaces.They

12．foralongtime

withtheireyes

closed.Suddenlytheskywas

13．

andaloudnoisewokethemup."Astormiscoming!"Harrysaid.

And

very

soon

the

14．

started

to

get

stronger.

Waves(浪)

hit

the

boat

and

heavyrain

started

to

fall.

When

Jack

was

boating,

he

15．

the

oars

(船桨)

by

accident.

Withoutthe

oars,

the

boys

couldn't

move

the

boat.

Then,

a

big

wave

hit

the

side

of

the

boat.

The

boat16．soJackandHarryfellintothe

river."

17．

the

boat!"

Jack

shouted.

At

last,

the

boat

hit

some

rocks

near

the

river

bank(岸).

18．

,the

boys

felt

the

ground

under

their

feet,

and

then

they

stood

up

and

walkedtothe

bank."Where

are

we?"

Jack

asked.

"

Will

someone

19． help

to

us?"

Then,

they

saw

a

small20． ,notfarawayfromthem.Theywalkedtowards(朝)thehouse.11．A．train B．plane C．bus D．boat12．A．rested B．played C．argued D．pushed13．A．blue B．dark C．normal D．icy14．A．sun B．rain C．wind D．snow15．A．found B．dropped C．carried D．threw16．A．turnedover B．ranout C．fixedup D．went

away17．A．Throw B．Catch C．Sweep D．Repair18．A．Carefully19．A．changeB．ComfortablyB．reportC．LuckilyC．offerD．ClearlyD．pass20．A．parkB．shop C．windowD．house三、阅读理解(共

15

小题，计

20

分)阅读下面

A、B、C

三篇短文,从所给的四个选项中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的一个最佳答案。GiveYour

Love10,000Storybooks

NeededIf

you

have

old

storybooks

at

home

and

you

have

no

places

for

them,

you

can

give

them

awayto

Momo

Bookstore.

The

bookstore

is

collecting(收集)10,000

storybooks

from

April

25

to

May28.

The

storybooks

are

going

to

be

sent

to

schools

in

poor

places.

You

will

get

a

doll

(玩具)gift

ifyou

giveSstorybooks

ormore,YourMoney,Their

HospitalTzuchi

is

planning

to

build

a

new

hospital

in

Sichuan

that

will

give

free

medical

treatment(治疗)to

the

Poor

people

there

.

By

December

3l,

you

can

help

by

sending

money

through

thepostoffice:

No.:09887465,To:

Tzuchi.WeNeedYour

TimeThe

Red

Cross

needs

more

volunteer

workers

to

take

care

of

the

old.

especially

(尤其)onweekends.

We

have

500

old

people,

but

only

30

workers.

More

are

needed.

Please

call

us:(030)422-7896.Whenshouldyousendyourstorybookstothebookstoreifyouwanttogivethem

away?A．BeforeApril25. B．FromApril25toMay

28.C．AfterMay28. D．ByDecember

31.WhyisTzuchiplanningtobuildanewhospital

in

Sichuan?A．Togivefreemedicaltreatmenttothepoorpeople

thereTotakecareofthepoorstudentsintheschools

there.TotakecareoftheoldpeopleintheRed

Cross.TohelpallthevolunteersintheRed

Cross.Wecanknow

fromthe

article.theRedCrossdoesn'thaveenough

workerstheRedCrossdoesn'thaveenough

moneytheRedCrossdoesn'thaveenoughold

peopletheRedCrossisfreeon

weekends阅读下面

A、B、C

三篇短文,从所给的四个选项中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的一个最佳答案。There

is

a

small

town

that

is

far

from

any

big

city.

It

is

lonely,

and

the

only

school

inthetownisverysmall,sopeopleinthetowncannotgetagood

education.One

day,

a

woman

called

Sophia

moved

to

the

town.

She

is

a

kind

person.

She

opened

a

freelearningcenterinthetownsothatthekidstherecouldhaveachanceto

learn.In

the

learning

center,

Sophia

is

busy

all

day

and

has

to

get

a

lot

of

volunteers

to

helpher.Thekidshavealotoffunandlearnmanynewthingswiththekindvolunteers.

Sophiagets

such

a

strong

feeling

of

happiness

every

time

she

sees

the

look

of

joy

on

the

children'sfaces.With

the

help

of

Sophia

and

her

team,

the

children's

grades

are

much

better

than

before.Andmanyofthemhaveadreamtogotouniversity.Theynevereventhoughtofthat

before.Cantheirdreamscometrue?Ofcourse,theyaresureof

that.Whatdoesthewriterthinkofthe

town?A．Itisbeautiful. B．Itis

dirtyC．Itislonely. D．Itis

noisy.Thekidsinthetownwill

iftheystudyinSophia'slearning

center.A．buybooksthemselves B．nothaveto

payC．havefreelunchatschool D．livein

schoolSophiafeels

whenthekidsarehavingfunlearningandplayinginthe

center.A．happy B．bored C．worriedFromthepassage,wecanlearnthat

.A．Sophiaisagood

teacherD．interestedSophiaisaverykind

persontherearefewvolunteersinthelearning

centermanykidswanttostayinthetownallthe

life阅读下面

A、B、C

三篇短文,从所给的四个选项中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的一个最佳答案。Whenever

there's

a

terrible

storm,

there

are

many

sad

stories.

Many

people

lost

their

houses,theircarsandtheirpets.Butsometimesthesestorieshavehappyendings,

too.A

family

in

New

Jersey,

the

USA,

had

a

cat

named

Vivian.

She

was

very

smart.

She

could

evendraw

with

her

wet

paws

(爪子)

on

the

floor.

They

all

loved

her

very

much,

When

hurricane

(飓风)

Sandy

hit

America

in

October,

they

moved

to

a

safer

place

13km

away

from

home.

Unluckily,Vivianwasmissing.Alltheninefamilymemberswereworriedabout

her.They

put

up

posters

(海报)to

look

for

her.

They

looked

for

her

everywhere

they

thought

shecouldstay,buttheydidn'tfindit.ThefamilythoughtVivianwas

missing.But

six

months

later,

Vivian

showed

up

at

their

house,

according

to

the

news.

They

thoughther

return

as

a

wonder.

No

one

can

be

sure

where

Vivian

was

for

all

that

time.

Many

animalsare

good

at

finding

their

way

home.

People

usually

say

that

dogs

and

cats

find

their

way

homethrough

usingtheir

senseofsmell(嗅觉),But

that

doesn't

explain

how

Vivian

found

her

way

back.

Hurricane

Sandy

blew

away

the

normalsmellofhome."Iwishshecouldtalk."saidher

owner.".Theunderlinedword"missing"heremeans

"A．busy B．lost C．relaxedD．broken.Thefamilymovedtoaplacel3kmawayfrom

homeA．tokeepsafe B．tokeep

warmC．toenjoyfreshair D．tolookforthe

catWhatdoesthepassagemainlytalk

about?Howaterriblestormhurtsa

cat.Howoftenhurricaneshit

America.Thewaysofanimalsfindingtheirways

back.D．Astoryaboutasmartcatfindingherway

back.根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Should

children

do

chores?

Some

believe

that

children

should

not

do

chores.

They

think

thatchildrenaretooyoungtocookorcleanforthemselvesortheirparents.ButIthink

doingchoresisgoodforthem.

31．

.Itwillhelpthemintheirlife.Therearemanythingsthatparentscandotoencouragetheirchildrentodochores.Herearesome

suggestions.Startearly.

32．Teach

them.

Parents

should

show

their

children

how

to

do

chores

and

teach

them

one

choreat

a

time.

And

doing

chores

is

also

a

teaching

tool.

Parents

use

the

tool

to

teach

childrensothattheycancareforthemselves

someday.

33． Parentsshouldmakesurethatthechorestheygivetotheirchildrenareappropriate

to

(适合于)

their

children's

ages

and

abilities

(能力).Parents

shouldn't,

of

course,askaschoolboytocookwhenheisdoinghis

homework.

34． For

example,

pay

them

1

dollar

for

taking

out

the

rubbish.

When

a

child

getpaidbyhishardwork,hewillprobablyhavethefeelingofgrowing

up.

35．

Sometimeschildrendonotmeantorefusetodochores,butbecausetheyaretoo

tired

of

their

parents'

nag

(唠叨).What's

more,

don't

do

chores

for

children

if

they

forget.Letthemknowit'stheirdutytodosomeofthechores,andnobodywilldothosefor

them.Stop

nagging.Keeptalkingwithyour

children.Paychildrenforthechoresthey

do.Keepthechildrendothesame

chores.Changethechoresaschildrengrow

up.Doingchoresteachesthemmanyimportant

things.G.Parentsshouldgivetheirchildrenchorestodowhentheyare

young.四、完成句子，根据所给汉语意思,用单词或短语完成下列英文句子。(共

5

小题，计

10

分)36．随着科学的发展,我们可以更好地享受生活。Withthe

ofscience,wecanenjoyourlife

better.我的闹钟今天早上没有响。Myalarm

clock

didn't

this

morning.放学后做家务对我们来说是不公平的。It's

forustodohouseworkafter

school.他们沉默地走进教室。Theywalkedinto

the

classroom

.这将是你作出的最重要的决定。It'sthe

most

thatyou'll

make.五、短文填空用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，使短文完整正确。(每个单词限用一次。每空限填一个单词。)one,I,spend,lucky,person,good,excite,skill,can,

argueI

didn't

get

on

well

with

my

parents.

I

hardly

talked

to

my

parents

because

they

liked

tocomparemewith

41．eldersister.Andthatmademeunhappyandsad.Isometimes42．withthemfor

that.However.

I

wanted

to

show

them

that

I

could

do

things

as

well

as

my

sister.

Then

I

beganto

43．mostofmyfreetimepaintinginmybedroom.

44．

，myartteacher,MissGreen,offeredtohelpmealot.Shetaughtmesomedrawing

45．toimprovemypainting.ShethoughtIwastalentedinpainting.Andshewastheonly

46．Iwouldliketotalk

with.Oneday,ItoldMissGreenaboutmyproblem.Shepushedmetotakepartinapaintingcompetition.

In

her

opinion,

the

47． way

to

communicate

with

my

parents

was

to

prove(证明)myself

tothem.

Itookher

advice.Afterafewweeks'waiting.theresultfinallycameout.Iwasvery

happy

and

48． .

Because

I

got

49． prize!

When

I

took

the

prize

home,

my

parents

werevery

surprised!

But

I

50． see

that

they

were

very

happy.

And

they

began

to

care

aboutme.Now,relationsbetweenmyparentsandmehavebecomeverygood.AndIthinkit'sveryimportanttohavesomeonetotalk

to.六、任务型阅读(共

5

小题，计

10

分)阅读下面短文,根据短文内容,完成下列各题。Mom

and

Dad

are

two

of

the

most

important

people

in

your

life.

They

may

influence

(影响)you

more

than

anyone

else

you

will

met.

If

your

mom

loves

to

read,

you

may

like

to

take

a

bookwhereveryougo,justlikeshe

does.But

many

kids

can't

get

on

well

with

their

parents,

The

kids

don't

think

that

their

parentscan

understand

them.

Some

kids

always

say

their

parents

are

too

strict

with

them.

How

can

kidsgetonwiththeirparents?Hereissome

advice.Spend

more

time

together.

Don't

spend

so

much

time

playing

computer

games

or

watching

TV.You

can

ask

one

of

your

parents

to

play

with

you.

Go

out

to

do

something,

try

some

new

games,orjustreadabook

together.Share

your

feelings

and

ask

for

help.

You

may

want

your

parents

to

help

you

when

you

feelsad,butyourmomanddadmaynotknowthatyouarehavingaproblem.Tellthemwhat's

thematterwithyouandtheywillbegladtohelp

you.Do

your

best

in

all

things.

You

don't

have

to

be

perfect(完美的).But

if

you

do

your

best,you'llmakeyourparentsvery

happy.Whoarethemostimportanttwopeopleinour

life?Theyare

.Whycan'tmanykidsgetonwellwiththeir

parents?Becauseinkids'opinion,theirparentsareeithertoo

themor

don'tunderstand

them.Whatshouldyoudotoaskyourparentsfor

help?You

should

share

withyourparentsandaskfor

help.Howcanyoumakeyourparents

happy?Youcan

inallthingstomakeyourparents

happy.Whatisthearticlemainly

about?It

is

about

abouthowtogetonwith

parents.七、补全对话(共

5

小题,计

5

分)根据下面对话中的情境,在每个空白处填入一个适当的语句,使对话恢复完整。A:Mary,whatwereyoudoingwhentheaccidenthappenedthedaybefore

yesterday?B:

56． .Becausemyfriendinvitedmetoherhome

fordinner. AtthattimeIsawacargointothe

river.A:

57． ?B:Istoppedridingandrantotheriver.

58． .A:Iknowyoucan'tswim.Didanyonesavethe

driver?B:Yes.Ayoungmanjumpedintotheriverandswamtothe

car,A:Thenwhatdidhe

do?BHegottothedriverthroughanopenwindowandtookhimoutofthe

waterA:Wow,howgreattheyoungmanis! 59． ?B:Yes,butluckily,hedidn'tgethurtbadly.Buthiscarwas

broken.A:Oh,that'snotserious. 60． ?B:No,Idon't.Infact,nobodyknewhimthere.ButIheardheisagood

swimmer.八、书面表达(共

1

题,计

15

分)61．"嫦娥五号"月球探测器于

2020