江蘇省泰州市興化市2023-2024學(xué)年八年級(jí)下學(xué)期期中考試英語試題

江蘇省泰州市興化市2023-2024學(xué)年八年級(jí)下學(xué)期期中考試英

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學(xué)校:姓名：班級(jí)：考號(hào)：

一、單項(xiàng)選擇

1.Haveyouseenthefilm"HotandSpicy"（《熱辣滾燙》）yet,Jane?Whenyou

________it?

A.have;seenB.did;seeC.will;seeD.was;seeing

2.一Sharedbikes（共享單車）arepopular,especiallyamongyoungpeople.

-.Ifseasiertogoaroundandridingbikescankeepushealthy.

A.TerriblyB.LuckilyC.MainlyD.Exactly

3.Whenwemeetproblemsinlife,wecantalktooldpeople.I'msurewe'lllearnmuchfromtheir

A.confidenceB.experienceC.importanceD.difference

4.一Thanksforlisteningtomyquestionsandgivingmeyouradvice,Lily.

—.That'swhatfriendsarefor.

A.MypleasureB.WithpleasureC.NevermindD.Allright

5.IsaacNewtononcesaid,"IfIhaveseenfurther,itisbystandingontheofGiants（巨

人）

A.heartB.shouldersC.armsD.heads

6.一High-speedtrains,mobilepayment,sharingbikesandonlineshoppingarecalled"fournew

greatinventions^^ofmodernChina.

一Theyourdailylivesmoreconvenient.

A.hadmadeB.willmakeC.havemadeD.wasmaking

7.WeChatseemstobethemostpopularwayofthatpeoplelikeindailylife.

A.conditionB.communicationC.situationD.pollution

8.JackRosein2000.Thatistosay,theyfor20years.

A.gotmarriedwith;havegotmarriedB.gotmarriedto;havemarried

C.married;havebeenmarriedD.marriedto;havebeenmarried

9.一Wouldyoumindshowingmehowtostartthisonlinetour?

-.Justclickonthe"tour"iconanditwillstart.

A.OfcoursenotB.NevermindC.You'dbetternotD.Idon'tmind

10.StateSecurity（安全）LawofthePeoplesRepublicofChinashowsthatweprovide

anyinformationforforeigners.

A.shouldn'tB.won'tC.mustn'tD.needn,t

11.Whichofthefollowingisanopinion?

A.BeijingisthecapitalofChina.

B.Lifeisgettingbetterinsomeways.

C.Ittakespeopleaboutthreehourstogettothecity.

D.Manychangeshavetakenplaceinsomeways.

12.一Idon'tlikemylifeinthisschool.Isometimesfeelso_andhelpless.

一Idon'tthinkso.Youarenever_becauseallyourclassmatesarereadytohelpyou.

A.lonely;aloneB.lonely;lonely

C.alone;aloneD.alone;lonely

13.Acomputerisusually_ascreen,amainunit,amouseandsoon.

A.madeofB.madefrom

C.madeupofD.madeoutof

14.Whichofthefollowingisright?

A.He5sborrowedthebookfortwoweeks.

B.Hehasjoinedtheclubsincelastweek.

C.Hehasn'tseenhisuncleforyears.

D.Hehascaughtacoldforaweek.

15.-IhearthatyourgoodfriendDavidbooksabouthistory.

一Yes,butnowhenovelsandnewspapers.

A.usedtoread;usedtoreadB.isusetoreading;isusedtoreading

C.usedtoread;isusedtoreadingD.isusedtoreading;usedtoread

16.一WhatdoyouthinkofXinghuaQianduoRapeflowerFields（興化千垛菜花景區(qū)）？

A.TheguidetookusthereB.Wewenttherebycar

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C.VeryfantasticD.Itwasnotfarfromourhotel

17.一Wherearethestudentsnow?

一EveryoneexceptthetwinstoWaterForestScenicSpot（水上森林景區(qū)）.

A.hasgoneB.hasbeenC.havegoneD.havebeen

18.usefuladviceyouhavegiventome!Thankyousomuch!

A.WhataB.WhatanC.HowD.What

19.BroadwayisfamousitstheatresandWallStreetisfamousanimportant

tradecentre.

A.as;forB.for;asC.as;asD.for;for

20.Hewasalmostlateforthelastbussoheranasfastashecouldit.

A.tocatchB.catchingC.catchD.caught

二、完形填空

WhenIwassmall,Ithoughtmymumwasunusual.Sheusedtogivethefamilysomething

21formeals.Shewouldmakebreakfastfoodfordinner.

Istillrememberonenightmymum22somebreadinfrontofmydad,something

veryburnt.Iwaitedtoseeifanybodynoticed.Tomysurprise,mydadjusttookhis23,

smiledatmymumandthenturnedtoaskmehowmydayatschoolhadbeen.I've24what

Itoldhimthatnight,25Idorememberwatchinghimputsomebutteronthatbread.He

26asusual,everysinglebit.

Afterdinner,mymumsaidsorrytomydadforburningthebread.AndIneverforgetwhat

hesaid,“I27burntbread,dear.Itdoesn,tmatteratall.9,

28,IwenttokissDadgoodnight.Iaskedhimifhereallylikedhisbreadburnt.He

heldmeinarmsand29,“Yourmumworkedveryhardallday.She'sreally30.And

yousee-abitofburntfoodneverhurtanyone!,9

NowIknowlifeisnotperfect.31isperfect,either.Asforme,Ioftenforget

birthdaysorsomeotherspecialdays.ButI'velearnedsomething32overtheseyears.

Whatwereallyneedistheunderstandingofeachother,whetherbetweenahusbandand

wife,aparentanda33orjustbetweentwofriends.Thisisthekeytoahappy34.

Sodon'tgetangryifthebreadgetsburnt.Remember,35breadneverhurtanyone.Bekind

tothosearoundyouandahappierlifewillsurelycomeclosertoyou.

21.A.sweetB.specialC.localD.salty

22.A.putB.tastedC.foundD.bought

23.A.glassB.milkC.breadD.spoon

24.A.decidedB.knownC.thoughtD.forgotten

25.A.andB.soC.becauseD.but

26.A.ateitupB.threwitawayC.putitawayD.lookeditup

27.A.hateB.makeC.loveD.save

28.A.LaterthatnightB.ThenextmorningC.AfterschoolD.Beforedinner

29.A.saidB.criedC.shoutedD.continued

30.A.excitedB.tiredC.worriedD.interested

31.A.NobodyB.EverybodyC.AnybodyD.Somebody

32.A.difficultB.funnyC.easyD.important

33.A.childB.studentC.brotherD.sister

34.A.classB.partyC.storyD.life

35.A.cheapB.freshC.coldD.burnt

、閱讀理解

HerearesomeclassicalEnglishnovels.Whichwouldyouliketoreadfirst?

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successfullyagainstanything.Ifsanexcellent

bookwith4tapesforchildren.

PETERWriter:J.MBarrie

Y15(inbookstores)￥12(online)

Itisachildren'sstoryfullofimagination(想

象)andadventures(冒險(xiǎn)),whichisabout

Wendy,JohnandMichaelDarling's

adventuresinNever-NeverLandwithPeter

Pan,theboywhowouldnotgrowup.The

childrenarehappyandlovely,(with2tapes)

UNCLETOM'SCABINWriter:HarrietBeecher

Stowe

￥20(inbookstores)￥16(online)

ThemostfamousnovelinAmericanhistory,

UncleTom'sCabintalkedaboutthestruggle(戰(zhàn)

爭)betweenfreestatesandslave(奴隸)states

1

duringtheAmericanCivilWar(內(nèi)戰(zhàn))andisas卜-題而噴ye",U

powerfultodayaswhenitfirstcameoutin1852.

Morethan300,000copiesweresoldintheUnited

Statesaloneinitsfirstyear.

THESECRETGARDENWriter:Frances

HodgsonBurnett

￥35(inbookstores)￥30(online)

y標(biāo)MaryLennox,asickorphan(孤兒),finds

LGW!herselfinheruncle'sdarkhouse.Whyareso

Milkflmanyroomslocked?Whyisoneofthe

gardenslocked?Andwhatisthatcryingshe

hearsatnight?Throughthepowerofhope,

friendshipandthemagicofnature,thebrave

girlbringsthehouseandalong-lostgarden

backtolife.

36.InMarybringsthehouseandagardenbacktolifewiththehelpofthepowerof

hope,friendshipandnature'smagic.

A.PETERPANA.B.LITTLEPRINCESS.C,UNCLETOM^S

CABIN.D.THESECRETGARDEN.

37.WhatisthecharacterofMaryLennox?

A.Shy.B.Lovely.C.Brave.D.Powerful.

38.Howmuchdoesitcosttoorderthesefourbooksonline?

A.$76.B.￥76.C.$88.D.￥88.

39.Wecanknowfromthepassagethat.

A.wecanbuyallthefourbooksinbookstores

B.therearetwobookswithtapes

C.threeofthebooksarewrittenbyFrancesHodgsonBurnett

D.thebooksarecheaperinbookstoresthanonline

40.WhichofthefollowingisaboutUNCLETOM'SCABIN?

A.Ifsaboutaboywhorefusestogrowup.

B.Itwasagreatsuccesstheyearitwaspublished.

C.IfsaboutthestruggleduringtheAfricanCivilWar.

D.Abravegirlsuccessfullyfoughtagainstslaves.

Withthedevelopmentofscienceandtechnology,ourdailylifeisbecomingmorecolorful

andmoreconvenient.Herearesomeexamples.

TheBook-lessLibrary

Canyouimagine（想象）walkingintoalibraryandfindingallbookshaveturnedinto

computers?Thefirstbook-lesspubliclibraryisplannedtoopeninSanAntonio,Texas.Computers

willtaketheplaceofbookstheresoon.

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GoogleGlass

GoogleGlassisapairofglasses.Itcancarryoutmanyofthesametasksassmartphones.

Theglasshasahiddencameraandatinyscreen.Itisdesignedtotakehands-freephotosorvideos

ofanythingpeoplearedoing.

ANewKindofShirt

Doyouhatewashingclothes?You'regoingtolovethiskindofshirtmadebyanAmerican

clothingcompany,WoolPrince.Youcanwearthisshirtfor100dayswithoutwashing!The

WooPrinceshirtneverneedsironing（熨燙）.

AnUnderwaterHotel

Itlookslikeaspaceshipbutitisactuallyapictureofanunderwaterhotel.Acompanyplans

tobuildintheseawhichisabout18metersunderthewater.Thewholebuildingisunderwaterand

youcangettoitbyswimminganddiving.

41.WhatcanaGoogleGlassdoaccordingtothepassage?

A.Itcanbeusedfortakingphotosandvideos.B.Itcanbeusedforreading.

C.Itcanbeusedexactlyasaphone.D.Itcanbeusedtohidecamera.

42.Whatdoestheunderlinedphrase"takehands-freephotos“meaninthepassage?

A.Youdon'tneedtopayforyourphotos.

B.Takefreephotoswithyourhands.

C.Youdon'tneedtouseyourhandstotakephotos.

D.Therearenohandsappearinginyourphotos.

43.WhichofthefollowingisTRUE?

A.Therearemanybook-lesslibrariesintheUSnow.

B.Thiskindofnewshirtneverneedstobewashed.

C.Youdon'tneedtoironyourWoolPrinceshirt.

D.PeoplecanarriveattheUnderwaterHotelbyspaceship.

44.Whafsthethemeoftheabovepassage?

A.Manandnature.B.Manandself.C.Manandsociety.

D.Manandwear.

45.Inwhichpartofanewspapercanwefindthefourabovepassages?

A.Futurelife.B.NewInventions.C.NewDiscoveries.D.Newproblems.

Sooncomputersandothermachineswillbeabletorememberyoubylookingatyoureyes!

Theprogramworksbecauseeveryone'seyesaredifferent.Sointhefutureyouwon'thaveto

rememberanumberwhenyouwanttouseamachineortakemoneyoutofabank.You'lljust

havetolookatthemachineanditwillbeabletotellwhoyouare.

Theeye-recognition（眼睛識(shí)另U）programhasalreadybeentestedinshopsandbanksinthe

USA,Britain,Spain,ItalyandTurkey.Soonthistechnology（技術(shù)）willtaketheplaceofallother

waysoffindingoutwhopeopleare.

However,scientistsarealsoworkingonothersystems（系統(tǒng)）.Machineswillsoonbeable

toknowyoufromtheshapeofyourfaceorhandorevenyoursmell!Wealreadyhavemachines

thatcantellwhoyouarefromyourvoiceorthemarkmadebyyourfinger.

Eye-recognitionisbetterthanotherkindsbecauseyoureyesdon'tchangeasyougetolder,

orgetdirtylikehandsorfingers.Andeventwinshavedifferenteyes.Sotheeye-recognition

programcanbeupto94%correct,dependingonhowgoodthetechnologyis.However,some

otherprogramsmayonlybe51%correctatpresent.InBritain,itwasfoundthat91%ofpeople

whohadtrieditsaidthattheylikedtheideaofeye-recognition.

Inthefutureyourcomputerwillbelookingatyouintheeye.Sosmile!

46.Howdoestheeye-recognitionprogramwork?

A.Youwriteyournumber.B.Youlookatthemachine.

C.Yousayyourname.D.YoushowyourIDcard.

47.Howmanywayswillmachinesbeabletoknowyousoon?

A.One.B.Two.C.Three.D.Six.

48.Whycantheprogrambeupto94%correct?

A.Becausehandsorfingerscangetdirty.

B.Becauseeyesneverchange.

C.Becausepeopleliketheideaoftheprogram.

D.Becausetheprogramiswidelyusedaroundtheworld.

49.WhichofthefollowingisTRUE?

A.TheprogramisbeingtestedinJapan.

B.91%ofpeopleliketheideaoftheprogram.

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C.Machineswithothersystemscanalsotellwhoyouare.

D.Computerscanrememberyoubylookingatyourclothes.

50.Whatdoesthispassagemainlytalkabout?

A.Introductiontosomekindsofprograms.

B.Introductiontotheeye-recognitionprogram.

C.Thewayhowtheeye-recognitionprogramworks.

D.Theplaceswheretheeye-recognitionprogramistested.

MrGuoisateacherfromXi'an.Heaskedhisstudentstohandintheirhomeworkthrougha

QRcode（二維碼）.“Wespentanhourortwoinclasslearninghowtogenerate（使產(chǎn)生）thecodes,

andintheendeverythinggetseasier,saidGuo."Whenstudentsfinishthehomework,theykeep

itonWeChat.Then,eachstudentmakeshisownQRcodeandgivesittome.SoIcanchecktheir

workeverywhereusingmycomputerortelephone.^^

StudentscansendtheQRcodestoMrGuobyemail,QQandWeChat.WhenGuoscans（^3

描）hisstudents5QRcodes,theirhomeworkappears（出現(xiàn)）onhisphone.Hefindsthattheir

homeworkbecomesmorecreative（倉U造f生的）,withmanypictures,musicandevenvideos.

Guo'sstudentslikethenewwayandthinkitisinteresting."Wearelivinginthe

informationage.Manystudentsliketoworkwithcomputers,whichmakeslearningmorefun.^^

saidTingting,astudentofGuo's.

“Thepaperisnoteasytokeep,butthecodeiseasytokeepandshare.^^Guosaid."Itis

worthtryingtousenewtechnologyineducation.Educationitselfisakindofcreation.Idon't

wantmystudentstofallbehindthetimes.”

However,someparentsareworried.Theyareafraidthattheirchildrenwillspendtoomuch

timeoncomputersandlesstimecommunicatingwithteachers.Butinfact,ifsunnecessary.

Studentsstillneedtolookupinformationinbooksandwriteitdownwhentheydotheir

homework.Theyonlyusethecodewhentheyhandintheirwork,whichdoesn'ttakethemtoo

muchtime.Alsoforteachers,itmakesthemcheckthestudents5workatanytime.Andit'salsoan

easywaytosharehomeworkwithotherstudents.

51.MrGuo'sstudentscankeeptheirhomeworkon.

A.QQB.emailC.WeChatD.TikTok（抖音）

52.MrGuo'sstudentsthinkthenewwayis.

A.boringB.strangeC.worriedD.interesting

53.Someparentsareworried,becausetheythinktheirchildrenwill________.

A.talkwithteachersfacetoface

B.findtheQRcodestoodifficulttouse

C.notlikethenewwayofhandinginhomework

D.spendtoomuchtimeoncomputersorphones

54.Whichofthefollowingisright?

A.Allthestudentsandtheparentslikethenewidea.

B.Studentsdon'tneedtodotheirhomeworkanymore.

C.StudentsuseMrGuo'sQRcodetohandinhomework.

D.MrGuobelievesnewtechnologyshouldbeusedineducation.

55.Whafsthemainideaofthepassage?

A.Studentsdon'thavetohandinhomework.

B.Teachersneedn'tcheckhomeworkonline.

C.Someparentsareworriedabouttheirchildren.

D.UsingQRcodesmakescheckinghomeworkeasier.

四、任務(wù)型閱讀

閱讀下面材料，根據(jù)材料內(nèi)容完成后面表格，每空填一個(gè)單詞。

Icanspeak10languages（語言），soIknowthebenefits（益處）ofspeakingmorethanone

language.Wemustchangethefivewrongideasaboutlanguagelearning.

Languagelearningisdifficult.

Ifyoudon'twanttolearnalanguage,itisdifficult.Learningalanguagetakestime,butis

notdifficult.Youneedtolistenandread.Soonyouwillenjoyspeakinganotherlanguage.

Youhavetohaveagift（天賦）orlearninglanguages

No,youdon't.Anyonewhowantstocanlearn.InSwedenandHollandmostpeoplespeak

morethanonelanguage.Notallofthemhavesuchagift.Attitude（態(tài)度）isveryimportantfor

languagelearning.

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Youhavetoliveinforeigncountries

Someimmigrants（移民）totheUSmayspeakpoorEnglish.Butmanypeopleinother

countriescanspeakgoodEnglish.Whereyouliveisnotimportant.Practicemakesgoodspeakers.

Onlychildrencanlearnanotherlanguagewell

You'rewrong.Becauseadults（成年人）knowmorewordsoftheirmotherlanguageand

knowmorewaystolearn,theyarebetterlanguagelearnersthanchildren.

IwouldlovetolearnbutIdon'thavethetime

Whenyouaredoingthingsaroundthehouseorgoingforawalk,youcanpractiselistening

onyouriPod.15or30minutesadaywillbeOK.Ifyoureallywanttolearn,youwillfindthe

time.

WrongideasThewriter's56

ToodifficultMuchlisteningandreadingmakeslanguagelearning57.

58agiftYoumusthaveagoodattitudetolanguagelearning.

PeopleinothercountriescanalsospeakEnglish60.Practise61

Notliving59

youlearnalanguage.

Too62to