江苏省春南通市2022-2023学年八年级下学期期中考试英语试题

江苏省春南通市2022-2023学年八年级下学期期中考试英语

试题

学校:姓名：班级：考号：

一、单项选择

1.GreeceisEuropeancountrywithmuchlongerhistorythantheUSA.

A.an;aB.a;aC.a;theD.an;the

2.WhenIhittheglassdoor,thebooksinmyhanddroppedontotheground.

A.againstB.throughC.acrossD.over

3.一WhatdoyouthinkofthefilmnamedFullRiverRed?

一Excellent.I'vereadsomeofitonline.

A.recordsB.repliesC.reportsD.reviews

4.Mr.Chenoftenmisseshisoldfriendswhochesswithhiminhisfreetime.

A.usedtoplayB.wereusedtoplay

C.areusedtoplayD.areusedtoplaying

5.―Hello,mayIspeaktoWangLi?

一Sorry,sheisnotathome.Shefornearlyaweek.

A.leftB.hasleftC.hasbeenawayD.wentaway

6.一Nantonghasbecomeoneofthemostlivablecities.haveyoulivedhere?

一SinceIwasbornin2006.

A.HowlongB.HowsoonC.HowoftenD.Howfar

7.一Canweplayballgameshere?

一Ofcoursenot.Ifyou,pleasegototheopenspacethere.

A.canB.mustC.mayD.will

8.TheBeltandRoadInitiativewillmoremarketsforChinaaswellasother

countries.

A.putupB.openupC.takeupD.lookout

9.-Toomuchhomeworkhasmademetiredthesedays,MrWang.

——Thafstrue.Butasmalltreewon'tgrowintoabigtreeitexperienceslotsof

windsandrains.

A.ifB.becauseC.untilD.when

10.-Wouldyoumindmethechannel?

-.Myfavouriteprogramisontheway.

A.tochange;NoproblemB.changing;Notatall

C.tochange;TmafraidnotD.changing;Betternot

二、完形填空

“Mum,please!CanIkeepapetdogoracat?”Andrewasked.

Mumdidn't11,butthenextday,shegothomewithabrightgoldfishswimming

aroundinaplasticbag.

“Afish.Astupid（愚蠢的）littlefish.Notexactly12dreampet.Ifsunfair!

Everyonehasapetdog,“Andrewcomplained."Mum,Fvegot13againstfish.

They5reperfectlyfineanimals.ButIwantapetthatwoulddotricksand14me

whenIentermyroom.Ineedapetthatwouldshowmelove,likeagentlebarkoramiaow.

15,Fvegotadead-eyedfish!”

"It'sthe16petthatyoucankeep,“Muminsisted（坚持）.

Andrewhadnochoicebuttokeepthegoldfish.Heputitinthetankandsaid,“Iwill

nameitDog.""Dog!"Andrewshouted.Suddenly,thegoldfishstoppedeatingandswamover

fromtheothersideofthe17.ItlookedatAndrew,rightuptotheglassnexttohim.

Andrewwas18.“DiditknowitsnamewasDog?WasitcomingtomewhenI

called?Noway.Fisharen'tthat19.Arethey?”AndrewwaitedforDogtoswim

awayagainand20eating.Thenheshoutedagain,^cDog!^^Itstoppedeatingatonce

andswimovertoAndrew.MaybeDogwasn'tastupidfish,afterall.

Andrewstartedto21Dogtodotricks.Aftertwoweeks,Dogcouldswiminthe

shape（形状）ofeight.Afteronemonthofpractice,Dogcouldgetbackalittleplasticballby

swimmingunderitand22ituptothetopofthetank.ThenAndrewcoulddropthe

ball23intothewater.Dogwasplayinggo-and-bring!

Dogdidmorethanthetricks.WheneverAndrewwalkedintotheroom,Dogwould

24swimupandgivehimahappybubble.EverytimeAndrewsmileddownatDog,he

wasprettysureitsmiledrightback.

Fromthisexperience,Andrewlearnedanimportant25.Lifedoesn'talwaysturn

outthewayyouplan,butsometimesabadthingcanturnintoagoodresultthroughyour

continuouseffort.

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11.A.hearB.rememberC.replyD.help

12.A.yourB.myC.hisD.her

13.A.somethingB.anythingC.everythingD.nothing

14.A.welcomeB.supportC.protectD.lead

15.A.SoB.MoreoverC.InsteadD.Otherwise

16.A.cleverB.onlyC.differentD.cute

17.A.boxB.cageC.tankD.bag

18.A.surprisedB.unhappyC.excitedD.afraid

19.A.friendlyB.smartC.fastD.brave

20.A.forgetB.keepC.stopD.begin

21.A.watchB.helpC.askD.train

22.A.pullingB.pushingC.takingD.turning

23.A.offB.awayC.backD.out

24.A.alwaysB.neverC.seldomD.sometimes

25.A.trickB.courseC.programmeD.lesson

三、阅读理解

YoungHeroesforthePlanet

Nowadays,peoplearoundtheworldareworkingtohelpourplanet.Checkouthowthe

fouryoungadultsmadeadifference.

SavingPandas

WhenJackwas11,hestartedagrouptoteachkidsaboutpandas.Healsosoldtoy

pandastoraisemoneytoprotectpandasindanger.<6Ihopetoencouragemorepeopletocare

aboutpandas,“Jacksays.

••'GrowingRight

/>

Kathy,14,setupanorganizationtoeducatepeopleaboutgrowingrightplantinright

places.Shealsowroteabooktohelppeoplelearnwhatplantsarenativeto（本土的）their

area.

［）CreatingEnergy

Attheageof12,LindainventedamachinecalledSuperE.Itcollectsheatfromfieldsto

makeelectricity（电），Lindasaysherinventioncreateselectricityinawaythatislessharmful

totheenvironment.

CleaningUp

f\

Patrick,13,joinedtheOceanHeroesCamplastyear.Hestartedaprojectandpickedup

plasticwastearoundnearbylakeswithhisfriends.Thegoaloftheprojectwastofightplastic

pollution.

26.Whostartedagrouptoteachkidsaboutpandas?

A.Jack.B.Kathy.C.Linda.D.Patrick.

27.HowoldwasLindawhensheinventedSuperE?

A.11.B.12.C.13.D.14.

28.WhatwasthegoalofPatrick'sproject?

A.Tofightplasticpollution.B.Toprotectpandasindanger

C.Tolearnaboutnativeplants.D.Touseheattomakeelectricity.

ChineseNewYearPainting,ornianhuainChinese,isakindoftraditionalpaintingsto

beputuponwallsandwindowsduringtheSpringFestival.Itsbrightcolorsanddifferent

subjectsshowtheChinesegreatexpectationforhappinessandwealth.

ChineseNewYearPaintingisanoldhandicraft.Itsoriginal（最初的）formwasapicture

ofadoorgodduringtheTangDynasty.Later,moresubjectssuchastheKitchenGod,women

andbabieswereincluded.AstheChineseNewYeararrives,everyfamilyputsupitsNew

Yearpaintingsinordertosaygoodbyetothepastandwelcomethefuture.Oneofthemost

famouswoodblockNewYearpaintingscomesfromYangjiabuofShandongProvince.It

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coversallkindsofthemesandforms.Theyreflect（反映）people'severydaylife.

Astimewentby,peoplefoundNewYearpaintingsold-fashioned.Besides,they

consideredthedoorgodtooscary（吓人的）tohangintheirhomes.Theywantedsomething

moreartistic.Sointhemiddleofthe1980s,thesalesofNewYearpaintingsdroppedgreatly.

Usually,colorfulwoodblockNewYearpaintingsareproducedinfoursteps.Firstly,

artistsdrawasimplesketch（素描）onthepaper.Secondly,theymakethesimplesketchon

thewoodboardandprintafewsamples（样品）.Thirdly,theyaddcolortothesample.Lastly,

whenthepreparationisfinished,theprinterspaintcoloronthecolorboard,andthenput

paperonthewoodboardandbrushthepaper.ThenthecolorfulwoodblockNewYear

paintingsareready.

TherearefourmainthemesintheChineseNewYearpaintings...

29.WhichisthefirstformofChineseNewYearPainting?

A.Apictureofbabies.B.Apictureofadoorgod.

C.Apictureofwomen.D.ApictureoftheKitchenGod.

30.WhydidfewerandfewerpeoplebuyChineseNewYearpaintingsinthemiddleofthe

1980s?

A.Becausepeoplewantedsomethingthatwasfullofart.

B.BecausepeoplefoundNewYearpaintingsunimportant.

C.BecausepeoplefoundithardtoproduceNewYearpaintings.

D.Becausepeoplethoughtthedoorgodcouldn'tbringgoodluck.

31.WhatdoesParagraph4mainlytalkabout?

A.Howartistsaddcolortothesample.

B.WhatwoodblockNewYearpaintingsreflect.

C.HowartistsproducecolorfulwoodblockNewYearpaintings.

D.Whomakesthesimplesketchonthewoodboardandthepaper.

32.Whatwillthewriterprobablywritenext?

A.ThehistoryofChineseNewYearPainting.

B.ThegrowthofChineseNewYearPainting.

C.TheprocessofcreatingChineseNewYearPainting.

D.TheintroductiontomainthemesofChineseNewYearPainting.

Therewasmagicinthesecretgardenthatspringandsummer.Atfirst,everythingturned

green.Thenthegreenchangedtocolours-blue,purpleandred.Therewereflowers

everywhere.

DickonandMary'sseeds（种子）grewandtheroses——theroses!Fromsmallbudsthey

grewintolargeflowersandfilledtheairwiththeirperfume.

Colinsawitall.Hewatchedthechangesastheyhappened.Dickonpushedhis

wheelchairtothegardeneverymorningandhespentthedaythere.SometimesColinsaton

thegrasswatchingtheinsects.Oneday,hewatchedamole（霰鼠）diggingahole.Helearnta

lotofthingsaboutthewaysoftheseinsectsandanimals.AndDickontaughthimaboutthe

animalsinthewood.

Onemorning,thechildrenwereinthesecretgardenasusual.WhenBenWeatherstaff

arrived,Colinsaid,“Goodmorning,BenWeatherstaff.IwantyouandDickonandMaryto

listentomebecauseI'mgoingtotellyousomethingveryimportant.9,

“Yes,sir!”answeredBenWeatherstaff.

"I'mgoingtodoascientificexperiment（科学实验）hesaid,“whenIgrowup,I'm

goingtomakescientificdiscoveriesaboutmagicandI'mgoingtostartwiththisexperiment.

Doyouunderstand?^^

“Yes,sir!”saidBenWeatherstaff^buthedidn'treallyunderstand.

“Ibelievethatthereismagicineverything.^continuedColin."Dickonknowssome

magic.Hecharmsanimalsandpeople.Maryalsoknowsabitofmagicbecauseshewasborn

inIndia.There9smagicinthegarden,too.I'mgoingtotryandputsomeinmebecauseIwant

tobewellandstrong.I'mgoingtosay-Magicisinme!Andyoumustallsayit,too.Thatis

myexperiment.Areyougoingtohelp,BenWeatherstaff?''

“Yes,sir!”answeredBenWeatherstaff.

Theysatdowninacircle.Thecrow,thefox,thesquirrelsandthelambwerevery

curious.

"Now,let'sbegin,“Colinsaid,andtheyallstartedchanting（吟唱）.

“Magicisinme.Magicisinme.Magicisinallofus.”

ThenColinstoodupandwalkedroundthegarden.HewentinfrontwithDickononone

sideandMaryontheother.BenWeatherstaffwalkedbehind.

Colinwalkedabitthenrested.Thenhewalkedagainandrestedagain.Atfirst,heheld

Dickon'sarm,thenhewalkedafewstepsalone.

“Icanwalk!Themagicworked!9,hecried.

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“Whatisthedoctorgoingtosay?”askedMary.

“Nothing."Colinanswered,"'becausewearen'tgoingtotellhim.Noonemustknow

thatIcanwalkandrun.IfsasurpriseformyfatherwhenhecomesbacktoMisselthwaite.^^

“He'sgoingtothinkit'sadream,“saidMary.

(AdaptedfromTheSecretGarden)

33.WhatdidColinlearninthesecretgarden?

A.Heknewhowtofixhiswheelchair.B.Helearnttodigaholelikeamole.

C.Heknewhowtoplanttreesandflowers.D.Helearntalotaboutinsectsandanimals.

34.Whichisthecorrectorderofwhathappenedinthestory?

a.Atfirst,ColinheldDickon'sarmtowalkroundthegarden.

b.Theystartedtochant“Magicisinme.^^and“Magicinallofus.”

c.BenWeatherstaffgottothegardenonemorning.

d.Colin,MaryandDickonwereplayinginthegarden.

A.a-b-d-cB.d-c-b-aC.c-b-a-dD.b-a-c-d

35.IfColin'sfatherknowthatColincanwalk,howmighthefeel?

A.Excited.B.Confident.C.Angry.D.Bored.

36.Whyarealotofanimalsmentionedinthestory?

A.TheycouldhelpColinwalkagain.

B.Theyarealwayslockedinthegarden.

C.Theystandforahealthyandhappywayoflife.

D.Theybringterriblediseasestothepeopleinthegarden.

"IwishIhadstraighthair”;Tdliketobetaller”.Attimes,weallwanttolookabit

morelikesomeoneelse.However,thepicturesweseeonTVandsocialmediacangiveus

wrongideasabouthowourbodies“should"look.Thetruthisthateverybodyis

different-andthafsagoodthing.Acceptingandfeelinggoodaboutourbodiesisreally

importantforourselfconfidence.Bodyconfidenceiswhensomeoneacceptsandbehaves

kindlytowardstheirbody.Thatincludesoursizeandshape,skincolor,appearance(外貌)and

anyphysicaldisabilities.JadeParnellfromtheCentreforAppearanceResearch(CAR),says

thathavingbodyconfidenceis“aboutbeingacceptingofyourbodyandwhatitdoesfor

you”.

Ifyoufeelpositivelyaboutyourbody,youaremorelikelytotakecareofit.Research

hasevenshownthatyouaremorelikelytotakepartinactivitiesandperformwellinschool.

Howeverfeelingagitatedaboutyourbodycouldmakeyoustepback,dolesswellatschool

andevenfeeldown.Parnellsaysthatthecostoftryingtoachievethe"perfect“appearanceis

high.Shesays,"Ifyou'respendingalotoftimetryingtolookacertainway,youwillhave

lesstimetospendwithfriendsandtomakeimportantmemories.^^

Ifsimportanttorememberthateverybodyisdifferent.Todevelopapositivebodyimage,

Parnellsays,“Trytotalkpositivelyaboutyourownbodyandotherpeople'sbodies.Trynot

topaytoomuchattentiontoappearance.Instead,thinkaboutwhatyourbodydoesforyou;

doyourlegsmakeyourunreallyfast??,Shealsosuggeststreatingyourbodywellbyeating

differentkindsoffoods,exercisingtofeelgoodandtohavefun,andgettingplentyofsleep.

Rememberthatyouaremorethanhowyoulook.

37.ThewriterthinksthatthepicturesonTVandsocialmedia.

A.areperfectforpeopletofollowB.mayleadtowrongideasoflooks

C.meaneveryoneisdifferentD.showpeoplehowtobehavekindly

38.Theunderlinedword"agitated“probablymeans"

A.certainB.seriousC.carelessD.worried

39.Parnellwillagreethatyoushould.

A.acceptyourownbodyasitisB.trynottotalkaboutothers,bodies

C.spendmoremoneyonyourappearanceD.rememberwhatyouusedtobelike

40.Whatisthemainpurposeofthepassage?

A.Toencouragereaderstotakemoreexercise.

B.Toremindreadersnottoeattoomuchfood.

C.Toleadreaderstobuildupbodyconfidence.

D.Toadvisereaderstotreattheirfriendswell.

根据短文内容，从选项中选出能填入文中空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。

LearningaForeignLanguage

Therearemanyaspects（方面）tolanguagelearning,suchashowwordsaresaid,which

wordsarechosenandwhatformsofwordsareused.Alloftheseaspectstogethercanmake

learningaforeignlanguagedifficult.41

♦Don'tworrytoomuchaboutpronouncing（发音）wordsthewrongway.

Pronunciationisimportant,ofcourse.42Butthemostimportantstepinlearning

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anewlanguageistopracticespeakingit.Asforlearninganynewskill,practicemakes

perfect.Andmostofthetime,thenative（本地的）speakerisgladtohelpimprovethe

pronunciationofthewords.

♦Don'tbeafraidtoguessthemeaningofwhatsomeonesays.

43Itisimpossibletoknowallofthem.Youmayusecontext（上下文）andbody

languagetoguesswhatotherssay.Forexample,whenapersonsays"Hola"andwaveshis

hand,onemightguessthatthepersonisgivingagreeting.Whetheritmeans“Hello”or

“Goodmorning”,itisnotnecessarilyimportantatthatmomenttoknowtheexactmeaning.

.44

Learninganewlanguageorskillalwaystakestime.Manywillgiveuplearningbecause

itistoohardorboring.Somemaythinkthatotherpeoplewillmakefunofthemformaking

mistakes.Butit'sOKtomakemistakes.Nobodyisperfect,afterall.Don'tlosehopeand

keeptrying.

Intheend,learninganewlanguagecanbedifficult,butrememberthatitcangivegreat

advantages.45Don'tforgetthatlearningalanguagecanalsoincludemakingnew

friends,experiencingnewculturesandtastingnewfoods!

A.Don'tgiveup.

B.Don'twastetime.

C.TherearetensofthousandsofwordsinEnglish.

D.Ithelpslistenerstounderstandwhatsomeonesaysmoreclearly.

E.Butsomeadvicemightmakelearninganewlanguageeasier-andmorefun.

F.SomewordsarepronounceddifferentlyinBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglish.

G.Learningalanguagedoesn'tjustmeantheabilitytospeakinthatdifferentlanguage.

四、单词拼写

46.ThewholeworldkeptaneyeonPresidentXiJinping'svisittoRussia,andthemomentXi

shookhandswithRussianPresident（感动，触动）mealot.

47.Tobeagoodhostofschoolartfestival,Jackwill（U攵至U,接至！J）trainingnext

week.

48.一How'sToby'sadventureinAfrica?Howmanyplacesdidhevisitinall?

——AsfarasIknow,hevisited8places（awayfromone'sowncountry）.

49.RussiaandUkrainehavenegotiated(谈判)(morethantwo)timesrecently,but

theystillcan'treachanagreement.

50.Lilyisveryactiveinclass,buthertwinsisterLucybehavesjustintheway.

五、选词填空

请根据句意从方框中选择合适的单词，并用其适当形式填空，使句子通顺。

Canadapossibletwenty-onepleasestomach

51.Don'tworry!Thereisnothingwrongwiththesechildren's.

52.Travellingintheromanticspringgivesmegreatandrelaxation.

53.PeterStanleighhashelpedbuildabridgebetweenChineseandculturebya

volunteeringatthelocalEnglishcomer.

54.ItwillbetoseeNantongbluecalicoifwedon'tprotectthefolkart.

55.Howluckywearetoliveinthecentury!Andifsourdutytoshoulderthe

developmentofChina.

请根据句意从方框中选择合适的动词，并用其适当时态填空，使句子通顺。

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56.Thelibrarianourschoollibrarywithdifferentplants,soIfeelcomfortable

whilestudyingorreadinghere.

57.一Goodafternoon,sir,isthereanythingIcandoforyou?

一Iaroomtwoweeksago.CanIcheckinnow?

58.Youyouronlinetourafteryouclickonthe"Tour"icon.

59.一Look!ThelightsarestilloninLiuTao'sbedroom.

-HeisafanofJ.K.Rowling.Ithinkheherlatestwork.

60.—Havetheyfinishedthepreparationfortheschoolfoodfestival?

一No,notyet.Theythepostersthewholemorning.

六、短文填空

请认真阅读下面短文，并根据各题所给首字母的提示，写出一个合适的英语单词完整、

正确的形式，使短文通顺。

试卷第10页，共14页

Thehumanpopulation（人口）onEarthgrowslargereachyear.Asaresult,moreand

morefoodneedstobegrowninordertof61everyone.

Becauseofclimatechange（气候变化），growingmorefoodisbecomingevenmored

62.

Whenfarmerstriedtogrowmorefoodinthepast,theywouldusefarmingwaysthat

weren'talwayshealthyforthee63Tosolvethisproblem,somescientistscarriedouta

researchproject.Theys64afewyearstalkingtofarmers.Theywantedtoseewhat

problemsfarmerswerehavingandh65theseproblemscouldbesolved（解决）.This

ledtothecreationofspecialrobots（机器人）.Thesespecialrobotsmovea66onfarms

andcollectinformationaboutcrops.Theycantakepicturesofplants,r67eachplant's

growthandmeasure（测量）itssize.

Inthepast,farmersdidhaveinformationabouttheweatherandtheearth,h68

theycouldn'ttrack（追踪）eachplant.Nowwiththeserobots,theycan.

Bycollectinginformationaboutplants,therobotscanhelpfarmersmakepredictions（预

测）abouthowtheirplantswillgrow.Bystudyingeachplant,therobotscana69help

farmersgrowplantswell.Forexample,iftherobotsfindoutwhichplantsgetsick,farmers

canquicklythrowthemawayb70theyareabouttoinfluence（影响）nearbyplants.

Withthehelpoftheserobots,farmerscantakebettercareoftheplantsinneed.

七、任务型阅读

请认真阅读下面短文，并根据短文内容回答问题。

Accordingtoasurveywedid,moststudentsinourschoolspendaboutsixhoursaday

onscreens.Manyofmystudentsstarttheirdaybycheckingtheirsmartphones.Ioftensee

themlookingattheirphoneswhengettingoffthebusoratparents5drop-off^theycan'tuse

theirown“screens“atschool.Theyusuallyworkoncomputersatschoolforatleasttwo

hoursduringtheday.

Ifsclearthatourstudentsspendalotoftimeons