2023-2024学年重庆市第八中学校八年级上学期期中考试英语试题

2023-2024学年重庆市第八中学校八年级上学期期中考试英语试题

1. —This is ________ most wonderful show in this theatre.

—Yes. It’s such ________ interesting show that I want to watch it again.

A．/; the

B．a; the

C．the; an

D．the; the

2. My father always ________ my hand when I am in trouble.

A．cares about

B．makes up

C．reaches for

D．feels like

3. I like watching ________ because I want to know what is going on around the world.

A．action movies

B．news

C．comedies

D．cartoons

4. In my eyes, China is more beautiful than ________ country in Africa.

A．any other

B．the other

C．any

D．another

5. — ________ does your elder sister use the Internet? — Five times a week.

A．How long

B．How many times C．How soon

D．How often

6. I think he is really lucky ________ an English learner because he has many ________ English-speaking friends to practice English with.

A．as; quiet

B．as; friendly

C．for; quiet

D．for; friendly

7. My father always tells me I can be successful ________ I keep working hard.

A．although

B．before

C．as long as

D．but

8. Lucy and Lily are my best friends. Lucy is ________ tall while Lily is ________ taller.

A．a lot; very

B．even; a lot

C．really; much

D．really; very

9. I like the trip in Chongqing because the people there are more warm-hearted than ________ in my hometown.

A．those

B．these

C．them

D．ones

10. Jennifer likes the Funny Movie Theater best because she can sit ________ and it has ________ screen in town.

A．the most comfortable; bigger C．most comfortably; bigger

B．most comfortably; the biggest D．the most comfortable; the biggest

11. Jeremy ________ does sports in his free time, so he becomes ill easily.

A．always

B．sometimes

C．hardly ever

D．usually

12. His new bicycle is very similar ________ yours and both of them look so beautiful.

A．to

B．with

C．as

D．for

13. —What ________ to these people in the village?

—They got a lot of help from the rich traders and had money to build a new bridge.

A．happens

B．happen

C．happened

D．is happening

14. During the National Day holiday, the shopping center is________ people.

A．crowded with

B．full of

C．made of

D．close to

15. The ________ you do your homework, the ________ grades you will get.

A．more carefully; better C．less carefully; better

Many years ago, the newspapers were filled with the story of a student at Fudan University who had been poisoned(被下毒) by his roommate. The story scared the students both in universities and middle schools where many students lived in dormitories(宿舍) and ________ rooms with four and sometimes six roommates. It made roommates take a closer look at each other and ________ “Do I really know this person well enough?”

Living together can bring out the best and the ________ in people. Some roommates become best friends, and some learn to live with each other, but very ________ choose to poison their roommates in the end. In fact, living with roommates is all about more care and understanding.

It’s always a good idea that you and your roommates should know well about your everyday

________ . Some people like to sleep late but some wake up early. Some people like to read quietly, while others like to play video games ________ . It is important to let people have their own space and not bother(打扰) them, so make sure your roommates know your likes and ________ . You should also make it ________ that what’s mine is mine and what’s yours is yours. That means keeping your hands away ________ people’s things such as mobile phones and even their clothes. And talking about problems ________ they are still small is necessary. A small discussion about the problem can stop little things from growing into big ones. 16.

A．made 17.

A．decide 18.

A．bad 19.

A．a few

B．fewer

C．fewest

D．few

B．badly

C．worse

D．worst

B．expect

C．wonder

D．appear

B．shared

C．ordered

D．gave

B．more carefully; worse D．less carefully; worse

20.

A．news 21.

A．hardly 22.

A．reasons 23.

A．full 24.

A．in 25.

A．after

B．because

C．when

D．before

B．for

C．about

D．from

B．enjoyable

C．clear

D．serious

B．dislikes

C．roles

D．plans

B．comfortably

C．loudly

D．carefully

B．habits

C．activities

D．care

26. If you want to get prizes, you can sell ________.

A．candles

B．boxes

C．model rocket

D．sticker book

27. If you want to get a prize in Column B, you should sell at least ________ candles.

A．10

B．15

C．20

D．25

28. The picture is possibly from ________.

A．an ad

B．a diary

C．a guidebook

D．a history book

Off the northwest coast of Malaysia, a group of islands called Langkawi sits upon the sea. It was the place of our last school trip. The trip was very exciting at first, because everything was new to me. On that day, we got up early and jumped onto the boats. As the boat started, snow-white water came out from below the boat, and the wind rushed into my face. The first island（岛）we arrived at was called the Island of the Lady, whose name came from the mountains looking like a beautiful lady. As the weather was nice, I spent half an hour playing with my classmates in the water. It was really fun and exciting. Everything was fine until one of my water shoes fell into the lake. So I had to go on the trip with only one shoe on.

When we first walked through the forest, I thought it was a nice walk. But with only one shoe, my foot came across either cold glass pieces or hot stones along the way. As the day went on, the land became increasingly jagged（凹凸不平的）. I winced（皱起脸）with every step I took. It was a trip of pain（痛苦）. But then something magical happened. I suddenly found a seashell the size of my hand! I felt like I had found gold and all the pain was gone.

Luckily, there was still something wonderful. The beautiful sea views and the beach treasure hunt were really unforgettable for me. I’ve learned an important lesson from that day, which is to not worry about the bad memories, but instead to remember the cheerful feelings and value them. 29. Which is the right order（顺序）about the writer’s trip? a. The writer had a walk in the forest. b. The writer found a beautiful seashell. c. The writer learned an important lesson. d. The writer played in the water with others. e. The writer arrived at the Island of the Lady.

A．e—a—b—d—c C．d—c—a—e—b

30. Which of the following is TRUE?

A．The writer didn’t like the trip at all. C．The writer found a gold seashell in the end.

B．The writer spent half an hour on the boat. D．The writer walked through the forest with one shoe on. B．e—d—a—b—c D．d—e—c—a—b

31. Which picture can best show how the writer’s feelings changed during the trip?

A． B．

C．

D．

32. What lesson does the writer learn from the trip?

A．Traveling by sea is great fun. C．Malaysia is a wonderful place to visit.

①As the weather gets warmer, there are few things that are better to do than travel. But traveling might not be that fun for everyone, especially for those who have motion sickness（晕动症）. ②Motion sickness is also called travel sickness. It is quite common for many people. Because of different ways of travel, we can also call it carsickness or seasickness. People with motion sickness feel very uncomfortable while they are moving. They feel sick, like the room around them won’t stop moving. It is often believed that motion sickness happens when your senses（感官）can not understand each other well, Scientific American reported. We use different parts of our body to sense movement. Our eyes tell us if we are moving. The inner ears have a special part that helps us sense our direction and balance（方向和平衡）.

③When you move around, for example, these body parts work well together. But when you are in a car or on an airplane, your body parts don’t know how to work with each other. Your inner ear tells your body that you’re moving, but your eyes say you’re sitting still because you can’t see that you’re moving. This mismatch（错配）gives us motion sickness.

④ ▲ This may be because they have certain genes（基因）that stop mismatching senses, Bethann Hromatka, a genetics scientist from the US, told the Atlantic.

⑤Although there are many ways to deal with motion sickness, scientists believe that the key is to simply try and adapt to it. For example, some astronauts do special exercises that give them a little motion sickness. After a week or two, the astronauts become used to it and don’t feel uncomfortable anymore, Sam Puma, a NASA flight doctor, told the BBC. 33. What can we infer（推断）from the passage?

A．Motion sickness is very common for everyone.

B．Tom may have motion sickness because he sleeps all day in autumn. C．Astronauts have motion sickness because they take special exercises.

D．Mary may have motion sickness because she often feels uncomfortable and sick in a taxi.

B．The school trip brings bad luck. D．Bad memories can never stop good feelings.

34. Which sentence can be put into ▲ ? A．Besides, our genes are another reason.

B．However, some special genes in the body help a lot. C．But motion sickness makes little difference to some people.

D．Scientists are trying to find ways to help people with motion sickness. 35. What does the phrase “adapt to” mean in the last paragraph?

A．制造

B．适应

C．忽略

D．改变

36. What’s the best structure(结构)of this passage? (Paragraph（段落）1=① Paragraph 2=②…)

A． B．

C． D．

37. What’s the best title for the passage?

A．Motion Sickness, A Mismatch Between Times B．Motion Sickness, A Mismatch Between Spaces C．Motion Sickness, A Mismatch Between Senses D．Motion Sickness, A Mismatch Between Weathers

阅读下面对话，从7个选项中选择5个恰当的句子完成此对话。 A: Hi, Jason! You are going to Australia again! B: Yes, Tom. I really love that country. A: 38 B: Three times. Every time I traveled there, I could have different feelings. A: That’s amazing. 39 B: Sydney(悉尼). It is not as crowded as New York and it does have its own beauty. A: 40 Can you show me some pictures you have taken?

B: Sure! Um…Here, have a look. A: 41 I think I have to go there one day. B: Yes, you must. A: 42 B: From Chongqing? It takes about 15 hours by plane. A: Wow, what a long ride!

B: Yes, I agree with you. But it is worthy(值得的) of it.

A．Me, too. B．They’re wonderful! C．How far is it from here? D．I once planned to go there, but I didn’t make it. E．Did you take a ship or a plane there? F．Which city in Australia do you like best? G．How many times have you visited there? 阅读下文并回答问题。 Noodles are an important and traditional kind of food in Chinese dishes. There are all kinds of

Chinese noodles, and they are in different shapes (形状) with different kinds of food ingredients (食材). They are an important part of the main foods in China. Not only are noodles delicious and easy to cook, but also they are a symbol of long life.

Chinese-style noodles are also an important kind of food of the East Asian countries which are close to China such as Korea, Japan, Thailand and Vietnam. Chinese noodles make a big difference to the people’s eating habits in these countries. And the people in these foreign countries use the traditional Chinese ways to cook noodles. Behind different cooking ways of the Chinese noodles is the wisdom (智慧) of the Chinese people.

The ways to call the Chinese noodles are different in different parts of China. China is so large and there are many dialects (方言) of Chinese. People in different places like using their own dialects to call the noodles in their hometowns. People always use pinyin (拼音) to call the names of each kind of noodles. In Chinese pinyin, the noodles are called “mian” “fen”. “Mian” means that the noodles are made from wheat (小麦) and “fen” is the flour (面粉) in English. However, in Hong Kong and some places in Guangdong Province, the people call the noodles in Cantonese (广东话). What’s more, the people in Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore and some other Southeast Asian countries use Hokkien (闽南语) to call the noodles.

Noodles play such an important role in the Chinese food culture. Let’s enjoy a bowl of delicious long noodles on our birthdays and get good luck. 43. Are noodles an important kind of food in Japan?

________________

44. What do people in different places like using to call the noodles in their hometowns? ________________

45. How do you like the noodles in your hometown? Why? ________________

46. I think that Jack is ________ (creative) performer among us. 47. Now the rich ________ (try) to help the villagers build new houses. 48. These ________ (win) are so happy because they can get very big prizes. 49. He made a ________ (decide) to climb to the top of the mountain. 50. Remember that ________ (share) your problem with your friend is useful. 51. Do you mind ________ (watch) the cartoon with my child?

52. He finds something interesting in his birthday gift box every year. (改为否定句) He ________ ________ anything interesting in his birthday gift box every year. 53. He is reading a fashion magazine now. (对划线部分提问) ________ he ________ now?

54. Christina doesn’t work as hard as Jolin.（改为同义句） Jolin ________ ________ than Christina.

55. 当我在念小学的时候，我哥哥和我有许多相似之处。(完成译句)

When I studied in the primary school, my elder brother and I ________ much in ________. 根据短文内容，在空格处填入一个使短文内容完整的单词。每空限填一词。

People often use their phones to take pictures of their fantastic meals to share online. But Clear Plate, a Wechat mini-program, makes you take an active part in saving food by taking pictures of your empty(空的) plates after a 56 . The program’s AI “sees” that your plates are empty and gives you points. You can use them to buy “gifts” for 57 or others. For example, to buy some food for children in poor villages is what most users do with such points.

In 2017, Liu Jichen, 23, a student at Tsinghua University, 58 the program and bettered it with his group. Firstly, they tried very 59 to teach the program’s AI how to recognize(分辨) empty plates, which took half a year to collect(收集) 100,000 photo samples(样本) from cafeterias and restaurants in 10 cities. In 2018, they also held an activity called Clear Your Plate in Chinese universities. Students had a competition to see who could get those 60 points in Clear Plate. The more points, the better “gifts”. 61 their work, more than 1,017 schools joined in it, cutting down food waste by 862 tons and carbon emissions(排放) by 3,337 tons. And the UN 62 Liu Jichen as one of the 2020 Class of Young Leaders(领袖) for the Sustainable Development Goals(可持续发展目标).

Today, there are over a million people in China using Liu Jichen’s Clear Plate mini-program. Is it enough? For everyone, 63 the app helps us save food, there is still a long way to go before everyone develops the habit of thrift(节俭).

64. John是一个来自美国的初中生，他热爱旅行，还是一位不折不扣的“中国通”。最近，他通过浏览“小红书”(Little Red Book)，爱上了重庆这座城市，并想前往旅行。于是，他发布了一条状态：Can anyone from Chongqing introduce the best things in Chongqing to me? I really want to travel there. 恰巧会英文的你，刷到了他的这则状态。作为当地人，你非常乐意向他介绍你的家乡重庆，并最终决定用私信的方式回复他。 参考要点：

1. 介绍2-3个你认为重庆最棒的方面，比如：the best place, the best food, the best school… 2. 分享你的理由。 3. …… 要求：

1. 80-100词，开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数； 2. 不出现本人的真实姓名和学校信息； 3. 表达准确，逻辑清晰，卷面整洁。 Dear John,

As a local(当地人), let me introduce you some best things in Chongqing. Hope my ideas can be helpful for you.

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A new “friend” from Chongqing