2024年4月16日发(作者：)

广东省广州市海珠区八校联考2022-2023学年八年级下学期

期中英语试题

学校

:___________

姓名：

___________

班级：

___________

考号：

___________

一、单项选择

1

．

The host told a joke at the party and made the guests a lot.

A

．

laugh B

．

laughing C

．

to laugh D

．

laughed

2

．

Would you mind ________ my pet cat when I’m on holiday?

A

．

to take care B

．

taking care of C

．

to take care of D

．

taking care

3

．

The government has built some natural parks__________ protect pandas.

A

．

to help B

．

help C

．

helped D

．

helps

4

．

__________ the museums __________ a good way to learn about local culture.

A

．

Visiting; are B

．

Visit; are C

．

Visiting; is D

．

Visit; is

5

．

The kite __________ in China more than 2000 years ago.

A

．

was invented B

．

invented C

．

is invented D

．

was invent

6

．

If everyone is ready for the work, it __________ easily.

A

．

will be finished B

．

is finished C

．

are finished D

．

will finish

7

．

They hurried to leave ________ catch the last bus.

A

．

so that B

．

in order that C

．

in order to D

．

so to

8

．

I want to know __________ tomorrow.

A

．

where will meet B

．

where to meet

9

．

—Do you have any plans for the holiday?

—Yes. ________

A

．

I’m planning to travel to Beijing.

C

．

I have been to Shanghai twice.

B

．

I was visiting Guangzhou Museums.

D

．

I was visiting Chimelong Safari Park.

C

．

where meet D

．

where meeting

10

．

—How nice the weather is! What about going out for a picnic?

—__________

A

．

I am sorry to hear that.

C

．

What a pity!

B

．

That sounds great.

D

．

Congratulations!

二、语法选择

Every Saturday, Wang Weifang puts on a play with his friends in a small town near

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Xi’an. The audience can hear them, 11 they cannot see them. That is because they are

putting on a shadow puppet play.

Shadow puppets 12 hard leather. The leather is cut out 13 the shape of a

person, an animal or an object. Each puppet 14 in bright colours and put on a stick.

Some puppets have 15 arms and legs.

11

．

A

．

and

12

．

A

．

is made of

13

．

A

．

for

14

．

A

．

is printed

15

．

A

．

move

Miya Peyregne and her 16 sister Tiffany were in the swimming pool in the back

garden of their house in Grandville, Michigan, USA

．

Their father David was with them. It

was a lovely day. There wasn’t a 17 in the sky.

Suddenly David shouted. He was in trouble. It was his legs. His legs weren’t right. He

was in 18 . Then he was under the water. The girls weren’t afraid but they were

worried. Was it just a joke or was he really in trouble? Twenty seconds 19 , he was still

under the water. Now Miya was afraid. There was no time 20 . Miya was under the

water with her father in seconds. 21 he was heavy, with the help of the water she was

able to pull him to one side of the pool. Now his head was out of the water. He was alive but

he wasn’t conscious (

有意识的

). There was a mobile phone in 22 house. Tiffany

called the emergency services. 23 ambulance came soon. And their father was

conscious again. David still doesn’t know what was the matter 24 his legs that day.

But he knows that his daughters were heroes and thanks them every day for 25 his life.

He is a very proud father.

16

．

A

．

six-years-old B

．

six-year-old

17

．

A

．

cloud

18

．

A

．

pains

19

．

A

．

early

20

．

A

．

waiting

21

．

A

．

If

22

．

A

．

his

B

．

clouds

B

．

pain

B

．

earlily

B

．

waited

B

．

Because

B

．

he

C

．

six year old

C

．

cloudy

C

．

painful

C

．

late

C

．

to wait

C

．

Although

C

．

him

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D

．

six years old

D

．

clouded

D

．

pained

D

．

later

D

．

waits

D

．

Unless

D

．

himself

B

．

or

B

．

is made from

B

．

on

B

．

is printing

B

．

movement

C

．

but

C

．

are made of

C

．

at

C

．

are printed

C

．

movable

D

．

so

D

．

are made from

D

．

in

D

．

printed

D

．

moved

23

．

A

．

/

24

．

A

．

of

25

．

A

．

save

B

．

The

B

．

with

B

．

saved

C

．

A

C

．

for

C

．

saving

D

．

An

D

．

at

D

．

saves

三、完形填空

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，

并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Every school day, we use schoolbags to carry all of our things to school. They are big

parts of our lives. But have you ever thought about the 26 of the schoolbag?

In Han Dynasty(

汉朝

), students used bamboo boxes to carry books to school. People

thought that the bamboo box was the 27 schoolbag. There were usually two or three

layers(

层

) in the box. Kids put different things, like books, brushes, ink stones(

砚

) and 28

in the boxes. You can see the bamboo box in many TV shows. 29 , in the Legend of

White Snake(

白蛇传

), Xu Shilin carries a bamboo box to the capital to take an exam.

Hundreds of years later, people 30 a new kind of schoolbag called “budai”, or

“hip-pocket”. The budai was lighter than the bamboo box. With the founding(

建立

) of China,

military rucksacks(

军用帆布包

) became popular. Ask your grandparents or parents about

these bags. Maybe they can tell you about their 31 of carrying them when they were at

school.

A new kind of schoolbag has 32 in recent years. Many of them have colourful

and fashionable 33 on them, such as pictures of cartoons or pop stars. And they are

more comfortable to use. Some students pull wheeled bags 34 with heavy books.

Schoolbags are still 35 . Can you imagine what future schoolbags will be like?

26

．

A

．

year B

．

history C

．

shape

C

．

finest

C

．

clothes

C

．

That is

C

．

invented

C

．

ideas

C

．

appeared

C

．

words

D

．

colour

D

．

earliest

D

．

paper

D

．

Moreover

D

．

caught

D

．

dreams

D

．

lost

D

．

patterns

27

．

A

．

most famous B

．

most beautiful

28

．

A

．

football

29

．

A

．

However

30

．

A

．

suffered

31

．

A

．

experiences

32

．

A

．

produced

33

．

A

．

people

B

．

food

B

．

For example

B

．

shook

B

．

pictures

B

．

came

B

．

wheels

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34

．

A

．

covered

35

．

A

．

growing

B

．

filled

B

．

changing

C

．

carried

C

．

disappearing

D

．

poured

D

．

using

四、阅读单选

In Ireland, scientists studied a group of 42 cats. They gave them three tasks. One was to

give them some delicious food out of a plate. They found that the male cats preferred to use

their left paw, and the female cats preferred to use their right paw.

Being left-handed or right-handed can also include eyes, ears, claws and even tails. In

Italy, scientists discovered that dogs wag their tails to the right when they see something that

they like. When they see something that they don’t like, their tails go to the left.

There are lots of fun examples. Left-handed dolphins swim in a different direction

around the pool. Elephants like to swing their trunks(

象鼻

) in one direction. Even snakes

prefer to curl up(

蜷缩起来

) only one way.

Many people believe that polar bears are left-handed. They say that polar bears cover

their black nose with their right paw, which helps them hide in the snow when they are

hunting. Then they can sneak up(

慢慢靠近

) on an animal, and their left paw will be free to

catch it.

Scientists, however, disagree. Some have watched polar bears for thousands of hours.

They never saw the bears cover their nose during a hunt. They also saw no evidence(

证据

)

that they were left-handed. Without taking any notice of this, many websites continue to say

that polar bears are left-handed.

Scientists are still learning about animals and their body languages. If you see an animal

the next time, try finding out yourself which it prefers—left or right.

36

．

The study in Ireland shows that ________ cats like to use their right paws.

A

．

male

male nor female

37

．

When the dogs see something they like, their tails go ________.

A

．

to the right B

．

to the left C

．

up D

．

down

B

．

female C

．

both male and female D

．

neither

38

．

Writers use some examples in paragraph 3 in order to show that ________.

A

．

the male animals are left-handed

B

．

all animals are left-handed

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C

．

being left-handed or right-handed can also include eyes, ears, claws and even tails

D

．

when animals see something that they don't like, their tails go to the left

39

．

________ kinds of animals are mentioned in the passage.

A

．

Four B

．

Five C

．

Six D

．

Seven

40

．

Which of the following is TRUE?

A

．

Being left handed or right-handed is only limited(

受限于

) to the arms or legs.

B

．

Snakes like curling up in different ways.

C

．

The scientists agreed that polar bears are left-handed.

D

．

Many scientists keep on learning about animals and their body languages.

A few years ago in August, there were many people in the countryside near London.

Some people were there at 4:30 in the morning. They were there to help James May to build a

house. But it was not a common house. It was a Lego house. 1,200 people used 3.3 million

Lego toy bricks to make a real house.

It was a part of a TV show called Toy Stories. In this programme, James used traditional

toys to make “real” things. Why Lego? Well, because when James was young, he loved Lego

and played with it all the time.

The people finished building the house on September 17th, almost seven weeks after

they started. Everything was Lego. All the ways, doors and windows were Lego. There was a

Lego bedroom and a Lego bed. There was a Lego bathroom with a Lego toilet and a shower.

And they all worked! In the kitchen there was a Lego fridgeand there were

（

but not cookers

）

Lego tables and chairs. There was even a Lego cat.

James stayed in the house one night and was surprised because the bed was quite

comfortable.

At first, a theme

（主题）

park called Legoland planned to buy the house, but later they

decided not to. James tried to find another buyer. He started a Facebook page and asked other

people to buy it, but nobody wanted it. So on September 22nd, they started to take the house

to pieces. A few days later, there wasn’t a Lego house any more.

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James was not happy about it because more than 1,000 people worked hard to build the

house and everything inside it. Other people were not so sad. The TV company donated

（捐献）

the three million Lego pieces to a charity

（慈善机构）

for children.

41

．

Many people waited in the countryside early in the morning in order to _________.

A

．

help build a house

C

．

watch a TV show

B

．

build a real house with bricks

D

．

watch a Lego show

42

．

The Lego house was built by ________ pieces of toy bricks.

A

．

430 B

．

1,200 C

．

3,300, 000 D

．

330,000

43

．

The following things happened in the order _________.

①People take the house to pieces.

①People use Lego toy bricks to make a house.

①The TV company donated the Lego pieces to a charity.

①People finished building the Lego house.

A

．

①①①① B

．

①①①① C

．

①①①① D

．

①①①①

44

．

Which of the following is TRUE?

A

．

All things are real in the Lego House.

B

．

James stayed at the house for a night but he felt it wasn’t comfortable.

C

．

James was unable to find a buyer for the Lego house.

D

．

All of the 1,200 people felt sad when the house was taken into pieces.

45

．

You can find the passage in a _________.

A

．

textbook

A lecture on “24 solar systems of Chinese lunar year” will be held by Mr. Gao at 3

o’clock next Wednesday afternoon in the school hall. Students must take their notebooks to

attend the lecture. Here is some information about one of the 24.

Grain Rain is the sixth of the 24 solar systems. It is usually on April 19th or

Introduc

tion

20th every year. Grain Rain comes from the old saying. “Rain brings up the

growth of hundreds of grains.”

●Rainy and Wet

Climate

（气候）

stronger. It is also the key time to protect the crops from insect pests.

（虫蛀）

Higher temperature and more rainfall make the grains grow faster and

B

．

magazine C

．

storybook D

．

poster

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