广东省广州市越秀区第二中学八年级上学期期中考试英语试题（原卷版）-A4

这是一份广东省广州市越秀区第二中学八年级上学期期中考试英语试题（原卷版）-A4，共11页。试卷主要包含了听力部分，单项选择，语法选择，完型填空，阅读，写作等内容，欢迎下载使用。
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一、听力部分。
第一节听力理解。听四段对话, 请根据所听到的内容选择正确的答案, 并涂在答题卡的相应位置。每段对话播放两遍。
1. What will Grace take part in next week?
A. An English listening test.
B. An English speech cmpetitin.
C. An English writing cmpetitin.
2. What may Jhn d next?
A. Listen t Grace’s speech.
B. Help Grace t write the speech.
C. Take part in the cmpetitin with Grace.
1. What relatinship are the wman and the man?
A. Student and teacher.
B. Sister and brther.
C. Mther and sn.
2. What did Linda lk like in the past?
A. She wre glasses.
B. Her hair was shrt.
C. She was shrt.
1. Hw lng has Mary been in the schl?
A. Fr tw weeks.
B. Fr tw years.
C. Fr tw mnths.
2. What difficulty des Mary have in the schl?
A. She has difficulty in making friends.
B. She has difficulty in cking Chinese fd.
C. She has difficulty in learning Chinese.
3. What can we knw abut Mary frm the talk?
A. She is gd at learning Chinese.
B. She will take part in the picnic n Sunday.
C. She likes Chinese fd better than English fd.
1. What will the speakers d this weekend?
A. See a film.
B. Visit sme friends.
C. G back hme.
2. Why did the man in the muntains f Guizhu invent the machine?
A. He wants t have his wn UFO.
B. The villagers like t have a UFO.
C. He wanted t use it t send things.
3. What did the wman think abut the film?
A. It can make peple feel surprised.
B. It can make peple feel happy and hpeful.
C. It can make a lt f mney f ver 2 billin.
第二节听取信息。
听下面一段对话, 请根据题目要求, 从所听到的内容中获取必要的信息, 并把答案填入答题卷的空格中, 每横线不限填写一个单词。录音读两遍。
二、单项选择。
1. Peple were unable t speak t each ther ver lng distances ________.
A. in the 1850s’B. in 1850’s
C. in the 1850sD. in 1850s
2. Thmas Edisn ________ February 11, 1847 in the U.S.
A. was brn inB. is brn in
C. brn nD. was brn n
3. —Wuld yu like t play ________ phne games with me this Sunday?
—Srry, I prefer t d ________ sprts utdrs.
A. any; smeB. any; anyC. sme; smeD. sme; any
4. Cmputers are grwing fast. They are nw ________ than befre.
A. much smallerB. s smaller
C. very smallD. mre smaller
5. Lng lng ag, peple liked t use tkens t cunt the ________f fd and the ________f animals.
A. amunt; numberB. amunt; amunt
C. number; amuntD. number; number
6. Kay is ________ learner amng the students. She usually thinks as ________ as she can t slve different maths questins.
A. better; manyB. better; much
C. the best; mreD. the best; much
7. Lisa knws hw t cut the cst f the prject. I am sure she can d the wrk with ________ mney and ________ peple.
A. mre; fewerB. fewer; fewerC. mre; lessD. less; fewer
8. Is ________ here in the classrm? Great! Let’s start the class tday.
A. smebdyB. everybdyC. anybdyD. nbdy
9. The tiny rbt is his ________inventin. Nw he has ver ________inventins in ttal.
A. nine; furtyB. nineth; frty
C. ninth; frtyD. the ninth; frtieth
10. They stpped ________, but there was n sund.
A. t listenB. t listening
C. listenD. listening
三、语法选择。
In a small twn, there was a yung by named Ted. He was always curius abut hw things wrked, and lved t take things apart (把……拆开) and then put ___11___ back tgether. Usually he succeeded, but smetimes he ___12___. Still, he enjyed what he did. One day, while he ___13___ his mther ck, he realized hw hard it was t stir (搅拌) the sauce. He thught that there must be ___14___ way t d this, and he decided t think f a better way.
Ted tk ut his tls and began t wrk. After a busy afternn, he created a new inventin. He tk apart a brken wd mixer (搅拌器) and then cnnected a mtr (电动机), it was able t stir things by itself ___15___ it gt pwer frm the mtr. It was s cnvenient that anyne ___16___ stir the sauce easily and quickly.
The next day, Ted shwed his ___17___ t his mther. She was ___18___ and allwed him t spend mre time imprving it. He tried, failed and then tried again. Finally, he added sme new ideas t make it even ___19___, like a timer, s that the user culd leave the tl n the table and nt have t ___20___ the sauce burning.
___21___ mum’s supprt, Ted decided t bring it t schl and intrduce it t his eight ___22___ schlmates. Suddenly, Ted’s inventin became a big hit in his schl. They used it ___23___ drinks r stir any kind f sauce at lunch, and it was als easy t clean and stre. In Schl Science Festival, Ted even received ___24___ prize frm the schl principal fr his creativity and intelligence.
Perhaps nt everyne can be an inventr. Hwever, it is always meaningful t ___25___ what yu are really interested in and keep ging like Ted.
11. A. itB. theyC. themD. themselves
12 A. failureB. failC. failsD. failed
13. A. watchesB. will watchC. is watchingD. was watching
14. A. therB. antherC. the therD. thers
15. A. becauseB. sC. butD. r
16. A. canB. culdC. shuldD. must
17. A. inventB. inventinC. inventrD. inventing
18. A. surpriseB. surprisingC. surprisedD. surprisingly
19. A. gdB. betterC. bestD. the best
20. A. wrry abutB. wrried abutC. is wrried abutD. be wrry abut
21. A. ByB. WithC. WithutD. Against
22. A. hundredsB. hundreds fC. hundredD. hundred f
23. A. mixB. mixedC. t mixD. mixing
24. A. aB. anC. theD. /
25. A. lk upB. lk afterC. lk utD. find ut
四、完型填空。
Befre Father’s Day, I fund my father was unhappy because he lst his jb. I decided t cheer him up by buying him a special ____26____ gift.
One day after schl, I ____27____ t a gift shp. I tld the shpkeeper that I was lking fr a Father’s Day present.
“D yu think he’d like a ____28____?” she asked. “I think he might,” I tld her. She ____29____ a watch and I tld her that he wuld like it.
“Hw much mney d yu have?” she asked.
“____30____ dllars” I replied.
“Yu’re s lucky!” she tld me. “It’s nly 11. Yu still have 1 fr the ____31____.” She packed the watch. I paid fr it and rde ff hme with the gift under my arm.
When my father pened the gift, he asked ____32____, “Where did yu get it?”
“I bught it frm a gift shp. It cst me ＄11,” I said. My father was surprised.
Many years later, I did learn that the watch cst several hundred dllars, s I really appreciated (感激) ____33____ was t me. And I always felt ____34____ because I never had chance t thank her.
“What really surprised me t this day…my daughter,” my father said, “letting yu have the watch fr 11 dllars was _____35_____ enugh. But the fact that she let yu leave the stre with a dllar fr the card was a tuch f kindness. I’ll never frget it.”
26. A. New Year’s DayB. ChristmasC. Children’s DayD. Father’s Day
27. A. drveB. tkC. rdeD. started
28. A. watchB. bikeC. purseD. card
29. A. wre utB. lk utC. tried utD. tk ut
30. A. ThirteenB. TwelveC. ElevenD. One
31. A. cardB. flwerC. changeD. gift
32. A. sadlyB. surprisedlyC. excitedlyD. angrily
33. A. mumB. fatherC. the daughterD. the shpkeeper
34. A. srryB. happyC. carefulD. cmfrtable
35. A. believableB. unableC. unbelievableD. able
五、阅读。
第一节阅读理解。
Albert Einstein (1879—1955)
Early Life
Albert Einstein was brn in 1879 in Germany. He was an extrardinary persn since he was brn. Einstein wasn’t able t speak a wrd until three. He was always interested in things arund and full f imaginatin. He lved watching things carefully and asked a lt f questins abut them. His questins were ften hard t answer fr teachers.
Schling
Einstein started schl in 1885. Thugh he did well in maths and science, he failed in many subjects like histry, gegraphy and languages. Einstein finished high schl in Switzerland and entered a university in Zurich. He graduated (大学毕业) as a teacher f maths and physics in 1900.
Scientific Wrk
After graduatin, Einstein wrked at the Patent Office. He spent much time studying physics. By 1909, Einstein had becme a tp scientist. Thugh he became successful in the field f science, he still wrked hard nscientific research. Finally, he wn the Nbel Prize fr physics in 1921.
Later life
Einstein kept at his research until he died in 1955. Scientists studied his brain after his death t see if there was anything special abut it. Hwever, there was n answer.
Tday, many famus scientists still think Einstein is the smartest man in the wrld.
36. Where can yu prbably find this passage? ________
A. In an encyclpedia.
B. In an advertisement (广告).
C. In a travel guide.
D. In a dictinary.
37. Frm the passage, we can learn that Albert Einstein ________.
A. was nt gd at asking questins.
B. did well in all his schl wrk.
C. wrked as a teacher after he graduated.
D. had great achievement in physics.
38. What des the underlined wrd “extrardinary” mean in Chinese? ________
A. 幽默的B. 笨拙的C. 非凡的D. 普通的
39. Which f the fllwing shws the rder f Einstein’s experience? ________
a. Albert Einstein began t talk with thers with wrds.
b. Albert Einstein wn the Nbel Prize f physics.
c. Albert Einstein started his schl life in Switzerland.
d. Albert Einstein became a tp scientist in the wrld.
e. Albert Einstein gt a jb at the Patent Office.
A. a-c-b-e-dB. a-c-e-d-bC. c-a-b-e-dD. c-a-e-d-b
40. What can we knw frm the last tw paragraphs? ________
A. Nbdy culd be smarter than Albert Einstein.
B. Scientists fund ut why Albert Einstein was s smart.
C. Scientists shwed great interest in Albert Einstein’s brain.
D. Albert Einstein culdn’t keep n wrking in his later life.
Frd is a 20-year-ld cat wh lves t sleep in the sun. Hwever, getting t this favrite sleeping place by the pl means hbbling (跛行) dwn a lt f stairs every day.
But life has becme a lt easier fr the ld cat nw.
Liam Thmpsn is an inventr wh lves cats. He nticed his ld friend’s difficulties and decided t d smething. He spent fur days building an elevatr that wuld allw Frd t g up and dwn the stairs easily.
A vide n the Internet shwed hw Thmpsn made the track and cart f the elevatr fr Frd. The vide attracted ver 900000 peple’s interest.
T make sure the elevatr was safe fr his ld friend, Thmpsn used a ty t test the elevatr. Thmpsn asked his favrite cat, “Are yu ready t g dwnstairs withut mving a muscle? I hpe s because it tk me fur days.”
Frd seemed very relaxed in the elevatr as it went t the bttm f the stairs. Thmpsn laughed excitedly as Frd walked ut f the elevatr and made his way ver the pl.
He said, “This is the greatest day f my life. “His lve t his cat has wn 1.87 millin fans n the Internet. Many viewers felt amazed at his wrk and ne said, “His inventin fr his pet is much safer than the nes he invents fr himself. Respect.”
41. What des the underlined wrd “elevatr” in Paragraph 3 mean? ________
A. 楼梯B. 电梯C. 斜坡D. 水坑
42. What’s the purpse (目的) f the writer writing Paragraph 1? ________
A. T tell us the cat lves t sleep in the sun.
B. T explain why the cat lves t sleep in the sun.
C. T tell us it’s hard fr the cat t g up and dwn stairs.
D. T explain the stairs are t ld fr the cat t g up dwn.
43. Hw lng did it take Thmpsn t build the elevatr? ________
A. 20 years.B. A mnth.C. Fur weeks.D. Fur days.
44. What can we infer frm Paragraph 6? ________
A. Thmpsn wuld nt be wrried abut Frd any mre.
B The elevatr Thmpsn built fr Frd wrked really well.
C. Frd didn’t like the elevatr built by Thmpsn at all.
D. Frd was asleep when he tk the elevatr.
45. What is the main idea f the passage? ________
A. Thmpsn builds an elevatr fr his cat.
B. Thmpsn wns a cat that has thusands f fans.
C. A cat with a special elevatr lives a happy life.
D. A pet lver has wn the hearts f many peple.
Scientists say they recently invented the wrld’s tiniest remte-cntrlled rbts. The rbts are small enugh t sit n the side f a cin. They dn’t have any pwer f their wn, and they can be cntrlled frm a distance by using lasers (激光器). The scientists say ne day rbts like these may be able t wrk in areas t small fr tls. The rbts dn’t mve very quickly. But because f their tiny size, they’re als nt t slw. It takes the rbts abut 20 secnds t cver 1 centimeter.
Right nw the rbts aren’t all that useful. All they can d is t mve, and they need t be in a place where lasers can shine n them t d that. But the scientists say these rbts are an imprtant step tward inventing mre helpful tiny rbts.
The researchers say that ne day tiny rbts like these might be able t wrk in very small spaces. It’s pssible that they culd build very tiny machines, r perhaps even travel inside the human bdy t help d with medical prblems.
Using similar building methds, the scientists made a number f different rbts, including nes that lked like small insects. Jhn Rdgers, says that their methds allw them t “build walking rbts with almst any sizes r 3-D shapes.”
46. The wrld’s tiniest remte-cntrlled rbts mve by ________.
A. lasersB. slar pwerC. its wn energyD. electricity
47. Hw far can the tiniest remte-cntrlled rbts walk in a minute?
A. 1 centimeter.B. 2 centimeters.C. 3 centimeters.D. 4 centimeters.
48. The tiniest remte-cntrlled rbts ________.
A. are able t wrk in very small areas nw
B. can nly mve nw
C. are very useful nw
D. mve very slwly
49. Accrding t the passage, which f the fllwing may be pssible in the future?
A. Scientists build tiny machines t travel inside the human bdy t help dctrs.
B. Scientists use tiny rbts t make insects.
C. Scientists use tiny rbts t build walking rbts f different sizes.
D. Peple dn’t need t use bigger rbts.
50. What is the best title fr this passage?
A. Scientists’ New InventinsB. The Future f Rbt
C Hw T Use the Tiniest RbtD. The Tiniest Rbt
第二节阅读填空
阅读短文及文后的选项，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上把该项涂黑。
A dictinary is very useful fr the peple wh are learning English. Peple will use a dictinary fr help when they have difficulty in reading a passage r ding English exercises. Yu will make mre prgress if yu knw hw t use a dictinary efficiently (有效地). ____51____
Chse a suitable (合适的) dictinary. ____52____ Yu can chse a dictinary which is suitable fr yur English level, needs and interests. Fr a middle schl student in Grade 9, yu can chse OXFORD INTERMEDIATE LEARNER’S ENGLISH­-CHINESE DICTIONARY.
Try t guess the meaning f a new wrd befre yu use a dictinary. Yu may have had such an experience when yu are reading a passage. There’re sme new wrds in it and yu have difficulty in understanding the full passage. What will yu d in this situatin? ____53____
Learn culture frm a dictinary. Yu dn’t just learn a new wrd’s prnunciatin, meaning, part f speech and ther usages. ____54____
A dictinary is a gd friend fr learning English. It’s a waste fr yu nt t use a dictinary in yur study. But dn’t think the mre yu use a dictinary, the better result yu can get. ____55____
If yu can d as I have tld yu, I think yu will imprve yur English sn.
A. Yu can learn sme cultural knwledge frm a dictinary as well.
B. Yu shuld use yur dictinary in the right way.
C. Here are sme ideas n hw t use a dictinary efficiently.
D. Chsing a gd dictinary is very imprtant fr an English learner.
E. I think yu shuld guess the meaning befre yu use yur dictinary.
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六、写作。
第一节语篇填词。
Here is a stry abut a bkshp. The bkshp was very large and it included many different bks. A pr student fund a very helpful bk in the shp, but it was t e____56____ fr him t buy. He culdn’t get it frm the library, either. S he went t the shp t read a little a time everyday. The bkshp was pen fr 24 hurs s he culd g there a____57____. He usually tk a ntebk with him and c____58____ dwn sme useful infrmatin frm the bk. One day, h____59____, he culdn’t find the bk frm its usual place. “Maybe the bkstre s____60____ it this mrning t thers,” the student thught and was leaving when he saw an assistant smiling at him. T his surprise, the assistant pinted t the bk in a crner. “I put the bk there s that yu can find it easily,” said the assistant. The student went n with his reading after saying thanks t the assistant.
第二节完成句子。
根据所给的汉语内容, 用英语完成下列句子。（每横线限填一词）
61. 过去人们常常通过书信与朋友保持联系。
Peple used t ________ friends by letter.
62. Sally只能依靠她自己。我们除了等待什么也做不了。
Sally has t ________ herself. We can d nthing but wait.
63. 柳州是中国最美的城市之一。
Liuzhu is ne f ________ in China.
64. 由于人们没有意识到保护环境的重要性，每年都有一些动物灭绝。
Sme animals ________ every year because many peple are ________ the imprtance f prtecting the envirnment.
65. 我父亲对我要求很严格。我害怕他，但同时我也很爱他。
My father is strict with me. I am afraid f him, but ________ I really lve him.
66. 长时间使用电脑对你的眼睛不好。
Using cmputers fr t lng ________ bad ________ yur eyes.
第三节书面表达。
67. 《英语周报》举行征文比赛，邀请你参加。征文题目是My ideas t make my schl better。请根据以下内容要求和表格中所给的信息, 用英语写一篇文章。
内容要求:
1. 文章必须包括表格中所给的全部信息。可对内容进行适当拓展。
2. 字数80-100字。不能透露个人信息。
3. 注意书写规范；保持卷面整洁。
My ideas t make my schl better
I lve my schl, and I want my schl t be better. Here are sme f my ideas.
Time
Tm’s Schedule（日程安排）
Arund 5: 45 in the mrning
1. .
At7: 00 a. m.
Eat a quick breakfast, and catch the first bus.
Frm 8: 00 t 2. r s
Wrk at the library.
Arund 6: 15 p. m.
Make a sandwich r smething fr 3. .
Arund 7: 00 p. m. n Mndays, Thursdays, and Saturdays.
Exercise, 4. and lift weights.
On Wednesdays
Take guitar lessns.
During the lunch break
Call his 5. .
我的建议
理由
加高教学楼（teaching building）
课室可以变得更大
图书馆增加更多的电脑
更多学生可以上网学习
改善绿化
（请自行补充一个理由）
扩大运动场（playgrund）
（请自行补充一个理由）