江苏省常州市2023-2024学年八年级上学期期中质量调研英语试题

2023〜2024学年度第一学期期中质量调研

八年级英语试题

2023.11

（考试范围：至牛津初中英语8上Unit4）

注意事项：1.本试卷共10页，满分100分。考试时间90分钟。

2.请将答案全部填写在第8—10页的答题纸上，在1一7页上答题无效。

第一卷（共66分）

一、听力（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

A）听下面10段对话。每段对话后有1个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳

选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话读

两遍。

1.Howwillthemangotothemuseum?

2.WhichcountrydoesMillieplantovisit?

3.Whatelsedoesthegirlneedtomakethepaperroses?

5.Whatdoesthewomanthinkofswimmingintheriver?

A.Interesting.B.Dangerous.C.Safe.

6.HowlongdidthegirlstayintheWorldPark?

A.5hours.B.3hours.C.Halfanhour.

7.Howoftendoesthewomanexercise?

A.Onceaweek.B.Twiceamonth.C.Twiceaweek.

8.What*stherelationshipbetweenthetwospeakers?

A.Motherandson.B.Teacherandstudent.C.Doctorandpatient.

9.Whorunsfastest?

A.Jack.B.Simon.C.Ben.

10.Whatdoesthewomanmean?

A.Paulcaughtacold.B.Paullikestohelpothers.C.Paulwon'thelpthem.

B）听对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出

最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读相关小题，每小题5秒钟。听完后，每小题

你仍有5秒钟的时间来选择你认为最合适的答案。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第一段对话，回答第11一12小题。

11.WhatdoesSarahaskPaultodoeverymorning?

A.Goingtotheofficeonfoot.B.GoingjogginginHongmeiPark.C.Goingtoworkbybicycle.

12.WhenwillSarahandPaulgojogginginHongmeiPark?

A.Nextweekend.B.ThisSaturday.C.ThisSunday.

听第二段独白，完成信息记录表第13-15小题。

Abasketballmatch

Date13

Place14

TeamLosAngelesLakersVSPhoenixSuns.

ResultLosAngelesLakerswonthematchbythescoreof_15.

13.A.March23rdB.May23rdC.June22nd

14.A.ToyotaCentreB.StaplesCentreC.UnitedCentre

15.A.139:137B.142:139C.129:127

听第三段独白，回答第16—20小题。

16.Whatdidthehusbandlooklike?

A.Hewasshortandthin.B.Hewaslargeandfat.C.Hewastallandstrong.

17.Wheredidthehusbandwork?

A.Inabigfactory.B.Inasmalloffice.C.Inabigoffice.

18.Howoftendidthemangethispay?

A.Everymonth.B.Everyday.C.EveryFriday.

19.Whatwashiswifedoingwhenthemanhurriedintothelivingroom?

A.Listeningtotheradioandeatingapples.

B.WatchingTVandwaitingforherhusband.

C.Listeningtomusicandcleaningtheroom.

20.Howdidthehusbandgetthetenthousanddollars?

A.Hesavedmoneylittlebylittle.

B.Heboughtthelotterytickets（彩票）.

C.Hestolethemoneyfromhiswife.

二、单项选择（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

21.一Whyisyoursonstillathome?Heshouldbeatschoolnow.

一Ourschoolsherehaveeightweeksduringthesummerholiday.

A.outB.awayC.offD.of

22.Afterenteringhighschool,Johnmadefriendswithsomeotherstudentswiththesameandstartedthe

DIYClubtogether.

A.qualityB.heightC.interestD.personality

23.一Whatisyoursisterlike?

A.ShelikeswatchingTVB.Sheisaworkerinacompany

C.SheworksonafarmD.Sheiskindandhelpful

24.Whichcolourdoyoulike,purple,orangeorpink?

A.wellB.betterD.goodD.best

25.一Mum,Iwanttobuysomenovels.

一You'dbettersomepagestoknowifitiseasyforyoutoread.

A.lookthroughB.lookforC.lookatD.lookafter

26.Ithinkyoucanplayfootballyourbrother,ifnotbetterthanhim.

A.asgoodasB.asbadasC.aswellasD.asbadlyas

27.——You'dbettersomedrinksbeforethefilmbegins.

——ButIthinkit'sbetteranythingwhilewatchingthefilm.

A.buy;nothaveB.tobuy;nottohaveC.tobuy;nothaveD.buy;nottohave

28.一Myroomisdark.Canyouabrighterlightforme?

一Noproblem.

A.putonB.putupC.putoutD.putin

29.NotonlymyparentsandIbutalsomybrotherabouttheopeningofthe19ththeAsianGameson23

September,2023.

A.isexcitedB.wasexcitedC.areexcitedD.wereexcited

30.Whichofthefollowingwordsisanadverb（副词）？

A.lovelyB.easilyC.friendlyD.lonely

三、完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

阅读下面短文，从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Beforeweknowit,ourjuniorhighschooltimehasalmostcometotheend.Lastweek,severalofmyclassmates

andI31tomakeayearbook.Since（既然）1amgoodatediting（编辑）pictures,Ijoinedthedesignteam.

Thefirstthingweneededtodowaspickingaright32forouryearbook.Myteammembersthoughtof

manyexcellent33duringourdiscussion.Onesaidthatweshouldnameit"Flying".Itmeantthatourjunior

highschoolflewfast34wecameintotheschool.Anotherthought"Tree"wasbetterbecauseofthewaywe

grow.35,wecametoanagreement（一致）.“Ever-green（常青树）"wasthemostcorrectsincewe36we

couldrememberourschoollifeallthetime.Itonlytookusabout15minutestoworkoutthename.Ilearneditwas

easytofinishthingsifalltheteammemberswere37toworktogether.

Afterdecidingonthename,wetriedtomakecovers.Myclassmatesofferedmetheirdrawings,aswellas（还

有）ideasthattheywantedtoshow38pictures.

Someofmyteammemberswantedmetomaketheirdrawingsbetter.Iwasgoodatphotoediting,butsometimes

Imade39.Therefore,Ihadbetterexplain（角星释）tothempatientlyandtriedtounderstandthem.Thankstotheir

highneeds,my40skillsbecamebetter.

Ireallyenjoyedmyjobofworkingontheyearbook.Ittoldmethatifwecanworkwithothersandtalkintime,

wecandomanygreatthings.

31.A.learnedB.agreedC.decidedD.needed

32.A.subjectB.familyC.storyD.name

33.A.ideasB.thingsC.dreamsD.articles

34.A.afterB.beforeC.whenD.if

35.A.InsteadB.FirstlyC.FinallyD.Slowly

36.A.saidB.hopedC.orderedD.decided

37.A.excitedB.movedC.interestingD.willing

38.A.aboveB.throughC.underD.past

39.A.mistakesB.plansC.reasonsD.rules

40.A.lookingB.listeningC.talkingD.reading

四、阅读理解（共9小题；每小题2分，满分18分）

阅读下面短文，从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A

Asia'ssportsshinebrightlyattheHangzhouAsianGames（亚运会）

RunningfromSept23toOct8,theHangzhouAsianGameshave40sports.Butthereareonly32sportsinthe

ParisOlympicGames（奥运会）in2024.WhydotheHangzhouAsianGameshavemoresports?

AccordingtotheInternationalOlympicCommittee（国际奥委会），sportsintheOlympicGamesshouldbe

popularenough.Forexample,foramen'ssporttobeintheOlympics,itshouldbeplayedinatleast75countriesand

onfourcontinents（洲）.Forawomen'ssport,itisatleast40countriesandonthreecontinents.Ontheotherhand,

theHangzhouAsianGamesneedtohavesomesportsthatareonlypopularinsomepartsofAsia.

Kabaddi（卡巴迪）andsepaktakraw（藤球）aretwoexamples.

Kabaddi,withahistoryofover4,000years,startedinAsia.Asthesportversionofthegame"eaglecatching

chickens（老鹰捉小鸡）”,Kabaddionlyneedsanareathatis13meterslongand10meterswide.Sepaktakmwisalso

asportthatfirstbecamepopularinAsia.ItissomethinglikethetraditionalChineseshuttlecockkicking（踢花毯）.

"Ifthese'non-Olympic*sportscanshinebrightlyattheAsianGames,itwillbehelpfultomaketheworldknow

thembetter,"reportedXinhua.

41.HowmanymoresportsdoestheHangzhouAsianGameshavethanthe2024Olympicgames?

A.40.B.32.C.8.D.15.

42.WhichisTrueaboutKabaddi?

A.ItstartedinAustraliaB.ItispopularinAsia.

C.Itispopularallovertheworld.D.Itneedsafootballplaygroundtoplay.

43.Wheremayyoureadthepassagemostprobably（最大可能）?

A.Asciencebook.B.Astorybook.C.Anewspaper.D.Atextbook.

BroughtoutonAug30,athree-episodewebseries（三集网居U）calledEscapeFromtheBritishMuseum（《逃

出大英博物馆》）hasbecomeapopularonlinewithitstouchingandcreative（有创意的）story.

Intheseries,aChineseculturalartifact（文物）comestolifeand"runsaway"fromtheBritishMuseumandgoes

backtoChina.SherunsawayfromtheBritishMuseumandmeetsaChinesereporternamedZhangYong'anwho

helpsherreturntoChina

Theseries,createdbyChinesevloggers（视频博主）JianbingGuozaiandXiatianMeimei,lookstocatchpeople's

attentiontoChineseartifactsthatarekeptoutofChina.TogetreadyfortheTVshow,thetwostoppedmakingtheir

ownvideosforthreemonthsandwenttotheUKtolearnaboutthestoryoftheChinesejadeteapot（玉壶）.

Manypeoplehavebeentouchedbythelinesintheseries,suchas"Myfamily,Ihavebeenlostforalongtime,"

and"AslongasI'mwithmyfamily,I'msafe".Also,thefaceofthe"jadeteapot'*isdirty,andsheissurprisedbyhow

bigthereporter'shouseiscomparedtoherownplace——acrowdedcabinet（陈歹U柜）.Peoplesaythisshowsthatthe

BritishMuseumdoesn*ttakegoodcareoftheartifacts.

Inmid-August,itwasreportedthatmorethan2,000artifactsfromtheBritishMuseumwere"missing,stolenor

damaged（损坏的）”.ThishascausedaheateddiscussiononsocialmediainChina,callingforthereturnofChinese

artifacts.

44.Whichisthecorrectmeaningoftheunderlinedword"lines"?

A.线B.队伍C.台词D.表演

45.WhichofthefollowingisTrueaccordingtothepassage?

A.TheseriesstartedonAugust30.

B.Thereare2,000ChineseartifactsintheBritishMuseum.

C.The"jadeteapot"hadabigcabinetintheBritishMuseum

D.ArealChineseculturalartifactwasstolen（偷）fromtheBritishMuseum.

46.Whydothetwovloggersmaketheseries?

A.Theyliketomakepopularvideos.B.Thegovernment（政府）askedthemtodoso.

C.Theywanttodrawpeople'seyestotheirvideos.D.TheywantmorecareaboutthelostChineseartifacts.

C

Oneday,whileourcab（出租马车）waswaitingoutsideapark,adirtyoldcabdroveupbesideus.Thehorse

wasanoldchestnut（栗色马）.Suddenly,shelookedatmeandsaid,nBlackBeauty,isthatyou?"

ItwasGinger!Buthowdifferentshewas!Shewasthinandtiredfromtoomuchhardwork.Shelookedunhappy

andshehadabadcough.Shetoldmehersadstory.Shehadayear'srestandthenagentlemanboughther.Fora

while,shegotonverywell.Thenonedayafteralongrunning,heroldproblemreturned,andherbackhurtagain.

Theyboughtandsoldherseveraltimesafterthat.

"Thenatlast,"shesaid,"amanwhohasalotofcabsandhorsesboughtme.Iworkhard,allweek,withnorest

onSundays.IwishIwasdead."Iwasverysadtohearthis.IputmynoseuptoGinger's,butIdidn'tknowwhatto

saytoher.Shesaid,nBlackBeauty,youaremyonlyfriend."Justthen,herdrivercameback,andtheydroveoff.I

feltverysadindeedtoseeGingerlikethis.

Ashorttimeafterthis,Isawacart（运货马车）withadeadhorseinit.Itwasachestnuthorsewithalong,thin

neck.IthinkitwasGinger.Ihopeso,forthenallherproblemswereover.

47.Fromthestory,weknowBlackBeautyis.

A.aboyB.ahorseC.adriverD.abeautifullady

48.TheunderlinedwordnheroldproblemninParagraph2refersto（所指）.

A.hercoughB.herblindnessC.herlazinessD.herbackache

49.WhydidBlackBeautyhopeitwasGingerwhenhesawthedeadhorse?

A.Becausehewasn'tGingefsfriend.

B.BecauseGingerdoesn'twanttolive.

C.Becausethemasterdidn'tneedGingeranymore.

D.BecauseonlydeathcouldfreeGingerfromherhardlife.

五、还原句子（共4小题；每小题L5分，满分6分）

阅读下面短文，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。

Notlongago,adeputytotheNationalPeople'sCongress（人大代表）advisedhavingfewerEnglishclassesbut

moretraditional（传统的）Chineseclassesinschool.50OfficersoftheMinistryofEducation（教育部）replied

thattheywouldstrengthen（力口强）theteachingoftraditionalChineseculturebutEnglishlanguagecourseswould

stillbekeptat7%,reportedChinaDaily.

Thereisnoquestionthatstrengtheningtheteachingoftraditionalcultureshouldbethemostimportant.51

Instead,learningEnglishcanbeseenasagoodwaytohelpstrengthenourculturalconfidenceandimprove（提升）

ourselves.

Inthisageofglobalization（全球化），Englishisstillthemostusedlanguageintheworld.52Ifyoucan

showtraditionalChineseculturetoyourforeignfriendsinEnglish,howproudandhelpfulyoucanbe!

53Ifyouwanttobecomeascientistwhenyougrowup,Englishcanhelpyougoalongwayinyourfuture

study.

A.Manyofthebestpapersinadvanced（先进的）subjectslikebiologyandmathsarewritteninEnglish.

B.Englishisthemostimportantlanguageintheworld.

C.Butitdoesnotgoagainst（违背）theteachingofEnglish.

D.Goingabroadforfurtherstudyisagoodway.

E.LearningEnglishcanhelptellChina*sstorytoforeignpeopleandhelpthembetterunderstand（理解）China.

F.Hebelievedthatitcouldhelpbuildupculturalconfidence（信心、）.

第二卷（共36分）

六、阅读回答（共3小题；第一小题1分，第二三小题各2分，满分5分）

阅读下面短文，回答问题。每题的答案不能超过四个单词。

Mostdesignersfollowasetofstepstomaketheirideashappen.Let*sseehowyoucanbeadesigner.Suppose

(假设)youhaveanewdogbutdon'thaveadoghouse.

Forstepone,youdefine(定义)theproblem.Yourdogneedsadoghouse.Yourfirststepisknowingwhat

problemtosolve(解决).Thedesignmustsolvetheproblem.

Steptwoisdefiningasuccessfulresult.Theresultisdifferentfordifferentkindsofdesigners.

Forexample,afashiondesignerdesignsclothingstyles.Butstoresalreadyhaveplentyofclothes.Whydothey

wantnewstyles?Thereasonisthatstoresneedpeopletokeepbuying.

Stepthreeistodescribethesituation(描述现状)asitisnow.Whatmaterialsarethere?Howcanthedesigner

usethem?

Forexample,alandscape(地形)designerplansoutdoorareas.Thedesignerlookscarefullyatthepieceofland.

Doesitgetalotofrain?Whatkindofsoil(土壤)doesithave?Howdopeoplewanttousethisland?Thedesigner

usesallthisinformationinplanning.

Sowhenyouaredesigningthedoghouse,consideryourmaterials.Doyouhaveaplaceforadoghouse?Isthe

landgrassyorrocky?Consideryourclimate(气候).Willyourdogneedshade(阴凉)fromthesun?

54.Howmanystepsareintroducedtodesignsomething?

55•Howmanydesignersaretalkedaboutinthisarticle?

56.Whatwaydoesthewriterusewhenhedescribeshowtodesignadoghouse?

七、综合填空(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Lastyear,mymotherbecame(57)(bad)ill.IhadnoideawhatIcoulddo(58)(help)her.

Myeyeswerealwaysfilledwithtears.

LastmonthI(59)(lose)awatch.Itwas(60)18-year-oldbirthdaygiftfrommyfather.I

feltterribleabouttheloss.

Therehavebeenmanythings(61)theseinmylife.Icouldneverknowwhattodowithsuchbad

thingsbeforeIreadIfYouHaveaLemon,MakeLemonade(柠檬水)byanAmericanwriter.Whenthe(62)

(humour)manishandedalemon,hesays,"HowcanImakemysituation(形势)better?HowcanIturnthislemon

intolemonade?"

Isuddenlyunderstandthatlifeisfullofupsanddowns.Ineedtostaypositive(乐观的)allthetime.Whenmy

motherwasfightingagainstherillness,Ishouldholdherhandsin(63)(I),andtellherthingswouldget

(64)(great)thanbefore,insteadofhidingandcrying.

Weeksago,Itookpartinasinging(65)(compete).Ididn'twinaprize(奖).IfIhadnotreadthis

article,Iwouldhavefeltterribleagain.Butthistime,Ismiledafterit.IthinkthatatleastIhadgotsomeexperience

(经验).

Lifeisnotjustabedofroses.Therearethorns(刺)too.Andthesethornshelpusbecomebraveandstrong.

Whenlife(66)(give)usalemon,let'strytomakelemonade.

八、根据句意，用所给词汇的适当形式填空（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）

67.Sandy（stick）astamponthecoveroftheletterandgaveittohermother.

68.Millieisareallykindgirl.Sheisalways（smile）.

69.Thebrightbluebagoverthereisoneofthe（swim）.

70.Don'tleavethelights（开着的）whenyougoout.

71.Doinghouseworkhelpsstudentslearnhowtolookafter（自己）.

九、句子翻译（共3小题；每小题2分，满分6分）

72.真令人惊讶，他独自整理了房间。

Itwasamazingthat.

73.运动会一周后进行。

Thesportsmeeting.

74.当他剪出了一朵花时，我们不敢相信自己的眼睛。

Whenheaflower,we.

九、书面表达（满分10分）

假设你是Millie,想把你的英国朋友Betty介绍给同学们，以便大家对她有所了解。请根据表格信息,

写一篇英文短文。

NameBettyPersonalities乐于助人，…；诚实，…

Age14Hobbies……（举例）

Looks苗条，长直发，戴眼镜…Dream在中国做老师，因为…

注意：1.文章须包括所给内容要点，要求语句通顺、意思连贯，并作适当发挥;

2.词数90个左右，开头已给出，不计入总词数。

八年级期中英语参考答案及评分意见

2023.11

一、听力：1-5CBCCB6-10ACBCC11-15ABABA16-20ACCAB

二、单选：21-25CCDDA26-30CDDBB

三、完型：31-35CDAAC36-40BDBAC

四、阅读：41-43CBC44-46CAD47-49BDD

五、六选四：50-53FCEA

六、阅读回答问题：

54.Three/3.55.Three/3.56.Bygivingexamples/Usingexamples.

七、综合填空：

57.badly58.tohelp59.lost60.an61.like

62.humorous63.mine64.greater65.competition66.gives

八、词汇：

67.stuck68.smiling69.swimmers*70.on71.themselves

九、句子翻译：

72.Itwasamazingthathetidieduphisroomonhisown/alone/byhimself.

73.Thesportsmeetingwill/isgoingtotakeplaceinaweek.

74.Whenhecutoutaflower,wecouldn'tbelieveoureyes.

十、书面表达：

IamwritingtointroducemyBritishfriendBettytoyou.

Betty,a14-year-oldgirl,looksslimandsmartwithglassesonhersmilingface.Shehaslongstraighthair.Betty

isalwayswillingtohelpothers.Whenherclassmateshaveproblems,shetriesherbesttohelpthem.Sheisalso

honest.Icanalwaysbelievewhatshesays.

BettyissocrazyaboutDIYthatsheoftenmakesorrepairsthingsatweekends.Travellingisoneofherhobbies

aswell.Shetravelstoadifferentcountryeveryyear.

WhenBettygrowsup,shewantstobeateacherinChinabecauseshehasgreatinterestinChineseculture.

八上期中听力原材料

202311

A）听下面10段对话。每段对话后有1个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳

选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话读

两遍。

1.M:Excuseme,canyoutellmethewaytotheHistoryMuseum?

W:Themuseum?It'salongwayfromhere.You'dbettertakeataxi.

2.M:Millie,Ihearyouliketravellingverymuch.

W:Youareright.AndIplantovisitFrancenextmonth.

3.M:Whatotherthingsdoyouneedtomakethepaperroses?

W:Oh,apairofscissors.

4.M:WhatlessonsdoyouhaveonFridayafternoon,Millie?

W:English,Musicandaclassmeeting.

5.M:Iloveswimmingintherivernearmyhouse.Ithinkit'sinteresting.

W:Idon'tthinkso.It'snotsafetoswimalone.

6.M:HowlongdidittakeyoutogototheWorldPark?

W:Halfanhour.Butwespent3hoursinthemorningand2hoursintheafternoonstayingthere.

7.M:Hi,nicetomeetyou.Howoftendoyoucomeheretoexercise?

W:Oh,IcomehereeveryMondayandFriday.

8.M:Sorry,MissLi,Igotuplateandleftmyhomeworkathome.

W:OK,bri