2021-2022学年八年级上学期期中考试英语试题

2021学年第一学期期中学情调查

八年级英语问卷（满分90分）

第一卷（选择题，共45小题，满分60分）

一、语法选择（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15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1~15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。

Ihaveworkedasalanguageassistant(助理)inSpainforamonth.WhenIenjoy1

myselfandtalkingaboutBritishculture,InoticethatmanySpanishfriendsthinkthattheUKhas

onlyoneplace2—London!

Ofcourse,Londonisworthvisiting.3,Ithinkforeignvisitorsshouldreallyvisitthe

UKabit4!AsaBritish,Iwanttoletmorepeopleknow5mycountry.SoIoftentell

peoplethatthereare6otherbeautifulplacesinmycountry.7,myhometown—Chester.

Actually,itisnotfamous,so8peoplehaveheardofthiscity.Therefore,Ioftenintroduceits

location(位置)toothersby9itisnearManchester.

Infact,Chesterisreally10beautifulandsafecity.Therearecitywallsprotectingthe

citycentre.AsoneofBritain'smostfamousculturalheritage(遗产)protection11,itkeeps

mostofthebuildingsthatwerebuilt12.Itmeansthatmostofthehousesandshopsarevery

old.Forthisreason,Chesterisapopularplaceforthosewhoare13inhistoricalsites.

It'sapitythatmostSpanishpeoplewhohavevisitedtheUKstayedinLondonanddidn'tgo

to14cities.Ihopethatifyou15thechancetovisitmycountry,youmightwantto

traveloutsideofourcapital.

1.A.introduceB.introducesC.introducedD.introducing

2.A.visitingB.tovisitC.visitsD.visit

3.A.HoweverB.ButC.AlthoughD.Though

4.A.muchB.manyC.moreD.most

5.A.inB.asC.forD.about

6.A.lotofB.alargeamountofC.alargenumberofD.alotsof

7.A.ForexampleB.SuchasC.LikeD.As

8.A.manyB.fewC.littleD.afew

9.A.sayingB.tosayC.saysD.say

10.A.aB.anC.theD./

11.A.cityB.acityC.citiesD.acity

12.A.in1300sB.inthe1300C.in1300’sD.inthe1300s

13.A.interestB.interestsC.interestedD.interesting

14.A.anotherB.othersB.theotherD.other

15.A.cangetB.willgetC.getD.got

二、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16~25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。

Chinahasbecomestrongerandstrongerinrecentyears.Manyforeignerscan'tbelievethat

Chinahasdevelopedsofastandfeel16.Theyseehighspeedtrains,Alipay,sharedbikesand

onlineshoppingasthe17FourGreatInventionsofChina.Someofthem18the

influences(影响)ofthenewinventions.Thefollowingiswhattheysaid.

Justin:I'mfromRomania.Thehighspeedtrainsarevery19,convenientandtidy.It

takesmeonlyaboutfivehoursfromBeijingtoShanghaibytrain.It20alotoftime.

Yala:I'mfromNepal.Bicyclesharingsystemallowspeopletogetabikefrompoint“A”and

21itatpoint“B”.It'sconvenient,andit'salsoalowcarbon(低碳的)andhealthywayoflife.I

likeitverymuch.

Arcbana:MylifeinBeijingisquitedifferentfromthatinIndia.HereinChina,I22take

notes(纸币)withmewhenIgoout.IcanpaywithAlipaymostofthetime.It'samazing.

However,inIndia,ifyoudon'ttake23withyou,you'llbeintrouble.

Bond:Ifindmany24betweenChinaandThailand.Wedon'thaveTaobaoorother

onlineshoppingappsinThailand.Withtheseapps,Ican25easilywithoutsteppingoutof

thedoorsinChina.

16.A.surprisedB.nervousC.sadD.angry

17.A.oldB.newC.youngD.small

18.A.dependedonB.lookedforC.talkedaboutD.gaveup

19.A.fastB.shortC.slowD.heavy

20.A.takesB.savesC.changesD.works

21.A.borrowB.buyC.keepD.return

22.A.seldomB.sometimesC.oftenD.usually

23.A.waterB.moneyC.rubbishD.food

24.A.promisesB.connectionsC.differencesD.problems

25.A.runB.swimC.readD.shop

三、阅读（共两节，共35分）

第一节阅读理解（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从26~40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）

HaveyoueverlearnedtodosomethingwiththehelpofanInternetsearch?

Theanswerislikely"Yes"!Infact,youprobablylearnedmanythingsby

watchinghow-tovideos.

YoumaybewonderinghowsuchvideoscanimproveyourEnglish.

Recordingyourself,whetheronvideooraudio(音频),isaneffectivemethodofself-study.Thisis

especiallytrueifyoucannotfindsomeonetopracticespeakingwith.Whenyourecordyourself,it

helpsyouidentifywhatyouaregoodatinEnglishandwhichareasneedimprovement.Asyou

continuethemethodofspeakingonarecording,youcanmakethechangesyouwant.

Now,let'sgothroughthestepsinpreparingtomakeyourvideo.

Chooseasubject

Thefirststepistochooseasubjectthatwillworkwellforashortvideo.Setagoalofnot

goingoversixorsevenminutesforthevideolength.

Gatherinformation

Makealistofthestepsthatyouthinkareimportantinmakingordoingthethingyouhave

chosen.YoumightnotknowtheEnglishwordsforsomeofthethingsyouaredescribing.For

those,youcanwritethewordsinyourownlanguageandthentaketimetofindandpractice

sayingtheminEnglish.

Aimforsimpleinstructions

How-tovideosaremeanttomakeinstructionseasyandclear.Takingnotescanhelporganize

yourstepsanddecidewhichtoinclude.Thinkaboutwhichonestoshowvisuallyandwhichones

tobedescribed.

Introduceyoursubject

Agreatwaytointroduceitistosayyournameandthensaywhatyouaregoingtoshow.You

canevenincludeasentenceortwoaboutwhyyourskillisgoodtolearn.

26.What'sthemainideaofthesecondparagraph?

A.Whyyoushouldmakehow-tovideos.B.Howtomakehow-tovideos.

C.Whentomakehow-tovideos.D.Whattomakehow-tovideos.

27.Howmanystepsinpreparingtomakehow-tovideosarementioned?

A.Three.B.Four.C.Five.D.Six.

28.What'sthebesttitleforthepassage?

A.Improveyourspeakingbymakinghow-tovideos.

B.SearchtheInternetforvideosinEnglish.

C.ChooserightvideosinEnglishtoimproveyourspeaking.

D.Aneffectivemethodtostudyyourself.

(B)

Ifyoulookatthetopofyourphone,you'llusuallyseeasmallsymbolthatshows3Gor4G.

The“G”meansthe“generation(代)”ofyourmobilenetwork.Buttheywillbecomehistoryafter

5Gnetworkfullyarrives.

Inrecentyears,Chinamakesgreatachievementin5Gnetwork.Nowit'smakingeffortsto

popularizethebusinessuseof5G.ShanghaiisthefirstcityinChinatostarttesting5Gnetworks.

OnMarch30,2019,WuQing,oneoftheleadersofShanghai,madethefirst5Gvideocallwith

HuaweiMateSmartphone.

5Gallowspeopledownloadanduploaddatafasterthaneverbefore.Itis100timesfaster

than4Gmobilenetwork.But5Gdoesn'tjustbringfastermobileInternet.Peoplecanuseitfor

manyotherthingsaswell.Forexample,5Gcanmakeselfdrivingcarssafer.

Today'sselfdrivingcarshaveoneproblem—timelag(滞后).Whenaselfdrivingcar“sees”an

obstacle(障碍物),itsendsthisinformationtodatacenterandreceivesinstructions.However,it

takestimetodothat.That'sthetimelag.Withthiskindoflag,thecarmighthaveanaccident

becauseitdoesn'treceiveinstructionsintime.Butwith5G,theselfdrivingcarcanreceive

instructionsmorequickly.

5GcanalsobeusedtopowertheInternetofThings(IoT).Thisreferstoalargeonline

networkthatconnectsallthingsandpeople.FastInternetspeedswillbethekeytodevelopingthis

technology.Forexample,withIoT,yoursmartfridgecouldordereggsonlinewhenitnoticesthat

therearenoeggsleftinside.

29.Whatistrueabout5G?

A．5GcanonlymakemobileInternetfaster.

B．ThefirstcityinChinatodo5GtestisShanghai.

C．5GnetworkhasbeenfullyusedinChina.

D．5Gnetworkis10timesfasterthan3Gnetwork.

30.Whydoesthewriteruseselfdrivingcarsasanexample?

A.Toexplainhowselfdrivingcarswork.

B.Toshowushowimportantselfdrivingcarsare.

C.Totellaboutthepossibledangersofselfdrivingcars.

D.Toexplainhow5G'sfastspeedcanbehelpful.

31.Whatcanwelearnfromthepassage?

A.Chinasupportsthedevelopmentof5Gnetwork.

B.Therearenodifferencesbetween3Gand4G.

C.Therewillbenocaraccidents.

D.The5Gnetworkcancontrolfridges,TVsandotherappliances.

32.Wherecanyouprobablyreadthisarticle?

A.Inasciencemagazine.B.Inahistoricalnovel.

C.Inafashionmagazine.D.Inastorybook.

(C)

HenryFordwasagreatengineerandsuccessfulbusinessman.Hewasbornonafarmin

AmericaonJuly30th,1863andhadtwoyoungerbrothersandtwoyoungersisters.Hisfatherwas

afarmerandhealwayshopedthatFordwouldbecomeafarmertoo.

However,Forddidn'tlikefarmworkatall.Instead,hespentmostofhistimestudyingthe

machines.Hehadagreattalentforworkingwithmachines.Whenhewasthirteenyearsold,he

wasabletofixhiswatch.Attheageof16,FordleftthefamilyfarmandwenttoDetroit.Hefound

ajobinamachineryfactoryandlearnedmoreaboutmachinesbyworkinginthefactory.In1886,

hedevelopedengines(发动机)andbegantomakeeffortstomakehisowncar.

In1896,hemadehisfirstcar.Sevenyearslater,HenryFordstartedtheFordMotorCompany

andproduceditsfirstcar,theModelA.BytheendofMarch,1904,thecompanyhadsoldalmost

600Fordcarsandatthestartof1905,thecompanyproduced25carseachday.In1908,Ford's

companycreatedtheModelTcars.ItsoonbecamepopularinAmericabecauseitransofastthatit

couldhelppeoplewininraces.Moreimportantly,itcostless.By1918,halfofthecarsrunningin

AmericaweretheModelTcars.

In1921,theUSpresidentWarrenHardingpraisedhimformakingthebestcompany.Now

theFordMotorhasbecomeoneofthelargestcarproducers,andHenryFordisknownastheking

ofcarsallovertheworld.

33.WhatdidFord'sfatherhopehimtoworkas?

A.Aworker.B.Afarmer.C.Aninventor.D.Acarseller.

34.WhatcanwelearnaboutHenryFordfromthepassage?

A.Hewastheyoungestchildinhisfamily.

B.Hewasabletomakeawatchwhenhewas13.

C.Hewasnotgoodatdoingfarmwork.

D.Hehadagreatinterestinmachines.

35.WheredidFordgotolearnmoreaboutmachines?

A.Acarfactory.B.Amotorcompany.

C.Amachineryfactory.D.Aracingclub.

36.Whatisthecorrectorderforthefollowingevents?

a.Forddevelopedhisfirstcar.

b.FordwenttoDetroittofindajob.

c.TheModelTcarsbecamepopularinAmerica.

d.TheFordMotorCompanyproducedtheModelAcars.

e.WarrenHardingpraisedFordformakingthebestcompany.

A.aedcbB.aebcdC.badceD.bdaec

(D)

Lastyear,somegroupsofstudentsintheircommunitymadeasurveyabout“Howdopeople

spendtheirfreetime?”Thefollowingdiagramsshowsomeresultsofit:

DiagramI:HoursforpeopleofdifferentageswhosurftheInternetinaweek.

DiagramII:Differentdayspeoplegotothelibrary.

DiagramIII:Differentprogramspeoplelike.

I

II

III

37.Peopleaged______spendthemosttimesurfingtheInterneteveryweek.

A.7—16B.17—30C.31—35D.56andabove

38.Theword“ATTENDANCE”inDiagramIImeans“______inthelibrary”.

A.thenumberofpeopleB.thenumberofbooks

C.thehourspeoplespendD.thedayspeoplespend

39.WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaccordingtothediagrams?

A.Morepeoplepreferwatchingcartoonstochattingwiththeirfriendsonline.

B.Peopleaged56andabovelikesurfingthenetmost.

C.Fewpeoplegotothelibraryonweekdays.

D.Anumberofpeopleinthecommunitylikereadingnews.

40.Thethreediagramsshowustheresultsofasurveyabout______.

A.whatpeopledoeverydayB.people’sdifferenthabits

C.howpeoplespendtheirfreetimeD.people’sdifferentlifestyle

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41~45各题空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡

上将该项涂黑。

TibetisamongthemostpopularplacesforChinesetourists.41SinceJuly1,

2006,whenthefirsttrainran1956kilometersfromXiningtoLhasa,moreandmorepeoplehave

beengoingtoTibet.

Thetrainstopsatseveralfamousplacesalongtheway,suchasQinghaiLake,Kunlun

Mountains,andthePotalaPalace42

43UnlikemostChinesetrainswhichhaveopen-holetoilets,thisonehas

specialtoiletswhichcancollectthewaste.44

Allthewindowsonthetraincanprotectpeoplefromthebrightsunlight.TVandelectrical

sockets(插座)forcomputersandmobilephonescanbefoundonthetrain.

Becausethereisn’tmuchoxygenthere,trainswillhaveoxygenmasksforthosewhoneed

them.Itmakespassengersfeelmorecomfortablewhentheyhaveenoughoxygenonthefamous

“roofoftheworld”.45

A.Passengerscanalsoenjoymanyactivitiesduringthejourney，likeTibetandancingand

Karaoke.

B.ThenumberoftravelerstoTibethasgrownby10%everyyearforafewyears.

C.Therearealsodoctorsonthetraintomakesurethatallofthetravelersaresafe.

D.Thereisalsoaspecialrubbishsystemlikeothertrainsinthetrainthatkeepstheenvironment

clean.

E.Onthetrain,passengerscanhavetea,eggsandnoodlesforbreakfast,andfriedchickenand

greenvegetablesforlunchanddinner.

第二卷：写作(共三节，满分30分)

第一节语篇填词(共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分)

根据短文意思及所给单词的首字母写出所缺单词，使其意思通顺、语法正确。在填写

答卷时，要求写出完整单词。（每空限填一词）

DidThomasEdisonreallyinventthelightbulb?Theanswerisno.Thereali46ofthe

lightbulbwasJosephSwan.Heinventedtheelectriclightbulbin1860.ButSwan’slightbulb

couldnotglow（发光）foralonge47timetobeuseful.

Tenyearslater,ThomasEdisondecidedtoimproveonSwan’slightbulb.Hedidalotof

experimentstofindabetterbulbwire.Finally,hef48therightone.Itcouldglowfor

about1,200hoursand,atthesametime,itwascheap.Inthe20thc49,lightbulbbeganto

bewidelyusedallovertheworld.Evenstreetlampbegantouselightbulbsi50ofoil.

Sincethen,thelightbulbhashelpedhumansseethingsclearlyanytime.Itisoneofthegreatest

inventionsinhistory.

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)

51.我希望我们能一起努力去阻止学生用太多时间玩电脑游戏。

Ihopewecanallworktogetherto______students____________toomuchtime______

computergames

52.操作这部机器好难啊！

____________workitisto______themachine!

53.当人们意识不到危险时，意外就会发生。

Whenpeople__________________thedanger,an______willtakeplace.

54.越来越多的人通过微信来保持联系。

Moreandmorepeople________________________eachotherthroughWeChat.

55.如果我们不保护环境，很多动物就会灭绝。

Ifwedon’tprotecttheenvironment,manyanimals__________________.

第三节：书面表达（共1题；满分15分）

假如你是李华，你发明的“蛇形机器人”在学校科技节中获奖，被推荐参加一个国际青少

年科技展览。请用英文介绍你的发明，内容包括下图中1－4项：

1.外观：长长的身体，像一条蛇。

2.特点：移动迅速，使用太阳能。

3.用途：可拍照，能对话，帮助人们探索月球。

4.改进计划：(至少补充2点)

注意：1.参考词汇：太阳能solarenergy，探索explore；铁iron；

2.词数：80词左右(短文的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数)；

3.不得