广西壮族自治区来宾市武宣县2023-2024学年八年级下学期期中考试英语试题.docx

1、广西壮族自治区来宾市武宣县2023-2024学年八年级下学期期中考试英语试题一、单项选择1Do you know that the UK is _ European country?Yes, it is also _ island country.Aa; anBan; anCa; a2I havent _ my penfriends letter for two weeks.Maybe he is too busy recently.AacceptedBreceivedCwritten3Can you see that tall building? Further on _ a nice re

2、staurant.Great. Lets go.AareBbeCis4Mum, must I tidy my room right now?No, you _. You can do it after breakfast.AneedntBmustntCcant5In our school library, there are many books like English, Chinese, Maths _.Asuch asBand so onCfor example6For your safety, you mustnt get close to the train _ it stops.A

3、whenBwhileCuntil7Please _ the paper, Jimmy!But I havent checked it, Mr Smith.Atake outBhand inClook at8Mr Yang runs at least half an hour every day.What a good _! No wonder (难怪) he looks fit.AhabitBideaCskill9 The old man lives _, so he may feel _. We should visit him twice a month.Aalone; lonelyBlo

4、nely; aloneCalone; alone10So kind of you to give me so much useful advice._.ANever mindBMy pleasureCGood idea二、补全对话根据对话内容，从下面选出恰当的句子补全对话，有一个选项是多余的。A: I like English very much. 11 B: You can go to the English Corner to practice your spoken English.A: Oh, no. Im just too shy. 12 B: 13 The most importa

5、nt thing for you is that you should open your mouth and speak it out.A: Youre right. How can I do it?B: 14 Then you can talk with one or two friends. Then talk with more people.A: Yeah. 15 Ill do as you tell me.AThat sounds great.BDont be nervous.CI dont know how to start a talk with others in Engli

6、sh.DIf you are afraid of talking with others, you can speak aloud to yourself first.EMy English is very good.FBut I am not good at speaking.三、完形填空阅读下列语篇，从各题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。World Book Day falls on April 23 every year. It was set up by UNESCO (联合国教科文组织) in 1955 to encourage (鼓励) people, especially

7、 teenagers, to enjoy the pleasure of 16 . Many countries celebrate World Book Day. On that day in the UK, millions of students can buy 17 of special prices, much lower than usual in any bookstore. It has been done every year 18 1998. World Book Day is also celebrated in China. President Xi does lots

8、 of reading though hes very busy. He advises young people to spend more time reading. “Books cant change the world, but people can change the world by changing 19 through reading,” he often says.Reading can benefit (有益于) people 20 . Reading helps us become more knowledgeable(知识渊博) and more intellige

9、nt (有智慧的). Reading 21 us with information about other cultures and places of the world. When we read, we may find many things that are unfamiliar (不熟悉的) to us. We would have to use our brain (大脑) 22 about them or do more reading to find out the answers. The more we read, the more we know. The more w

10、e know, the 23 we become. Reading is also one of the most important ways to learn a foreign language 24 English. We all know that we 25 learn everything at school, for example, the ways English people are speaking and writing today.“Reading makes a full man.” Books, magazines, newspapers and other k

11、inds of reading materials can help to know more about the outside world and perfect us.16AlisteningBspeakingCreading17AdictionariesBbooksCcomputers18AsinceBinCfrom19AourselvesByourselvesCthemselves20Ain many waysBby the wayCin any way21AsharesBgetsCprovides22AthinkBto thinkCtalk23AoutgoingBprettierC

12、smarter24AlikeBatCabout25AcanBcantCmight四、阅读理解My aunt Nancy is a truck driver. When she left school, she didnt know what she wanted to do, so she went to work in a supermarket. One day, she was talking to one of the truck drivers at the supermarket, and she got the idea to drive a truck herself. She

13、 went home and told her parents (my grandparents), and they thought it was a good idea.Nancys journeys are different every day, and she goes to every part of the country. She enjoys the driving, but she says that one day, she wants to get a job with a different company(公司) so that she can drive to m

14、ore places.Nancy says she likes being out on the road, seeing new towns all the time, but the best thing about driving trucks for her is talking to everyone she sees during her working day. She also says the trucks are comfortable, so she doesnt mind sleeping in them. For her, they are her home on w

15、heels!I asked my grandparents what they thought about Nancys job. They are happy that Nancy is happy, so they dont want her to change jobs. But they worry about her because its sometimes a dangerous job and she spends a lot of time away from home.根据短文内容判断正、误。（注意：考生将答题卡相应的位置涂黑。正确的涂“A”，错误的涂“B”）26When

16、Nancy left school, she had her own dream job in mind.27At the supermarket, Nancy got the idea to be a truck driver.28Nancy hopes to work for a different company in the future.29Nancys favorite part about the job is sleeping in the trucks.30From the passage, we know that Nancys parents think the job

17、is perfect.Guitar lessonsAn excellent musician.Good at teaching kids for 5 years. Your home or mine.Call Larry at 86087593.Taxi driver wantedFull time.Experience and good knowledge of the city are necessary.Under 45 years old.Call Mr. White at 75132633 or 13935728866.Lost dogMedium size, spotted whi

18、te short hair. Answer you when you call it David. Many thanks for returning it.Call Susan at 87328059.Flat for saleTwo bedrooms, a kitchen and a bathroom. Hot water 8:00-18:00.Beautiful sights out of the windows.E-mail: sigfund.根据语篇内容，选择最佳选项。31Who can teach children to play the guitar?AMr. White.BDa

19、vid.CLarry.32Which number should you call at if you find the lost dog?A87328059.B86087593.C75132633.33Which of the four people may get the job as a taxi driver?AA 50-year-old person.BA 40-year-old person who can drive well in the city.CA person who has just got his drivers license.34When is hot wate

20、r provided in the flat according to the ad?AIn the daytime.BAt night.CAt any time.35How can you contact (联系) the owner of the flat for more information?ABy making a phone call.BBy sending an e-mail.CBy going to visit it.Computers are useful machines. They can help people a lot in their everyday life

21、. For example they can help people save much time and they can help people work out many problems they cant do easily. Our country asks everyone to learn to use computers except the old people.Today more and more families own computers. Parents buy computers for their children. They hope computers c

22、an help them improve their studies in school. Yet many of the children use computers to play games to watch video or to sing Karaoke instead of studying. So many teachers and parents complain (抱怨) that computers can not help children to study but make them fall behind. So computers are locked by par

23、ents in the boxes.In some other countries even some scientists hate computers. They say computers let millions of people lost their jobs or bring them a lot of trouble.Will computers really bring trouble to people or can they bring people happiness? It will be decided by people themselves.根据语篇内容，选择最

24、佳选项。36Why do we say the computer is a useful machine? Because _.Aour country asks us to learn itBit can help us a lotCwe can use it to play games37What do many teachers and parents complain about? _.ATheir students and children use computers to play games.BComputers let them lost their jobs.CCompute

25、rs make the students and children fall behind.38In this passage we know computers _.Aalso bring us troubleBbring us happiness onlyCare hated by people39Can computers really help children to study? _.AOf course not.BIts hard to sayCNo they cant.40How do you understand the last sentence of this passag

26、e? I think it means _.Acomputers are used by peopleBpeople can live well without computersCone must decide how to use computers.Jareds mom asked him to bring his little brother, Max, to the playground where Jared planned to meet his friends. Jared was unwilling but he didnt have another choice, so h

27、e walked slowly. After a while, Jared noticed that the gate into the playground was locked.For a few minutes, everyone waited helplessly. Then, from around the corner walked Mr. Giles, the manager at the community center. He reached over to unlock the gate. But instead, Mr. Giles suddenly dropped th

28、e keys on the other side of the fence (栅栏)!There was a long silence. Then Max stood up, “I can get them.” Everyone ignored (忽视) him until he repeated himself, and this time more loudly. Jared said, “How can you possibly help?”Max simply answered, “Watch what I can do.” Within a minute, he had stood

29、on the opposite side. He got the keys and passed them through to Jared. In seconds, Mr. Giles had the gate unlocked. The boys went to the playground, calling out their thanks to Mr. Giles.Mr. Giles answered, “Dont thank me. Max is the one who saved the day.” After that, Jared decided to never again

30、think of his brother as a trouble.根据语篇内容，选择最佳选项。41Why did Jared walk slowly towards the playground?ABecause it was too far.BBecause he didnt want to go.CBecause he didnt want to take his little brother.42Where did Mr. Giles drop his keys?AOn his car.BOn the other side of the fence.COn the playground

31、.43Who saved the day finally?AJared.BMax.CMr. Giles.44How did Jareds feelings change over time?ASadHelplessSurprisedThankful.BHappyThankfulBoredSad.CSadHelplessBoredThankful.45Whats the best title for the text?AThe Missing Keys.BThe Helpless Boys.CLittle Brother, Big Help.五、选词填空根据短文内容，从方框中选择适当的单词填空，

32、并用其正确形式填空。将单词填写在答题卡对应的横线上。每词限用一次。feelstomachovertinyfinalfindasfalltalksizeI woke up 46 the sun was rising, but I 47 I could not move. My arms, legs and hair were tied to the ground!Then I 48 something on my leg. It moved up over my 49 and neck until it was standing near my face. I looked down and s

33、aw a very small man. He was the same 50 as my little finger! Where was I? Who was this tiny person?Soon more small men started climbing all 51 me. There were around 40 of them. I shouted at themthe loud noise made them all 52 over. However, they soon got up again and continued moving across my body.

34、One of these small men began 53 to me, but I could not understand him. I did not know what to say either. I tried to pull one hand free and 54 managed to break the ropes. When I lifted my left hand into the air, the small men began to shout. I looked down and saw a huge army of 55 people. They were coming straight towards me. “I must run away from them,” I thought, but I did not know how to get away.六、书面表达56网络在人们的日常生活中起着重要作用。今天班会的主题是“我们生活中的网络”。请你写一篇英语短文，谈论一下你的观点。内容包括：1. 你经常利用网络做什么？2. 你的家人经常用网络做什么？3. 网络在哪些方面有害？4. 使用网络时，应该注意什么？要求：1. 必须包含所给的全部要点及内容，可适当发挥。2. 文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名。3. 字数80词左右。_试卷第9页，共9页