河南省驻马店市平舆县2023-2024学年八年级下学期期中
英语试卷
二、阅读理解（20小题, 每小题10分, 共40分）
阅读下面四篇语言材料, 然后按文后要求做题。
A
I want to say thanks to my mother, the greatest mother in the world. She taught me many things about life.
When I was in Grade Seven, I did a wrong thing. We had a math class and I knew everything already, so I felt the class was boring. And I decided to put a pen into one of my ears for fun. That made my classmates laugh. My teacher was angry and told me not to do that.
But I put another pen into the other ear for a few minutes. The students laughed again. My teacher took me to the headmaster’s office. The only problem was that the headmaster was my mother.
To my surprise, she just had a short talk with me. From those words I knew she was sad and disappointed. That was not what I wanted to see. She gave me a lesson by her kindness and love.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1. Who does the writer want to thank
A. His father. B. His classmates. C. His teacher. D. His mother.
2. Why did the writer put a pen in his ear
A. Because he wanted to make his classmates laugh.
B. Because he wanted to make his father sad.
C. Because he was bored and wanted to make himself happy.
D. Because he wanted to make his teacher angry.
3. Who took the writer to the headmaster’s office
A. His classmates. B. His math teacher. C. His father. D. His English teacher.
4. From the passage, we know the writer’s mother is a ________ woman.
A. strict B. powerful C. kind D. rude
5. What’s the best title for the passage
A. A Lesson from My Mother B. A Math Class
C. My School Life D. My Strict Mother
【答案】1. D 2. C 3. B 4. C 5. A
【解析】
【导语】本文主要讲述了作者想感谢世界上最好的母亲，她在生活中教会了作者很多。
【1题详解】
细节理解题。根据第一段“I want to say thanks to my mother, the greatest mother in the world.”可知，作者想感谢自己的妈妈。故选D。
【2题详解】
细节理解题。根据第二段“so I felt the class was boring. And I decided to put a pen into one of my ears for fun.” 可知，作者因为无聊才把钢笔放进耳朵里，这样是为了让自己高兴。故选C。
【3题详解】
细节理解题。根据第二段“We had a math class...”以及第三段“My teacher took me to the headmaster’s office.” 可知，数学老师把作者带去了校长办公室。故选B。
【4题详解】
推理判断题。根据最后一段“She gave me a lesson by her kindness and love.” 可知，她用善良和爱给我上了一课。所以推断出作者的妈妈是善良的。故选C。
【5题详解】
最佳标题题。通读全文可知，本文主要讲述了作者想感谢世界上最好的母亲，她在生活中教会了作者很多。故最佳标题为“来自妈妈的一课”。故选A。
B
What kinds of vehicles do you like best, bicycle, bus, train, plane or car Have you ever met a crazy traffic Now in Australia, people don’t need to worry about the heavy traffic. They have a new kind of vehicle—Metrotopia!
What is a Metrotopia It’s an electric (电) vehicle. It’s very popular in Melbourne. There are two seats in it. But it has only one rubber (橡胶) ball. Is it safe Don’t worry! It’s strong enough and it can keep good balance (平衡) when it’s running. The most interesting thing is that you can take the vehicle into a car, a bus, a subway or your house easily! Are you interested in it Are you looking forward to driving it But do you want to know how much it is I’m sorry I don’t know its price. But you can search it on the Internet.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
6. What’s the name of the new kind of vehicle
A. Australia. B. Melbourne. C. Metrotopia. D. We don’t know.
7. How many people can the new vehicle carry
A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. D. Five.
8. Why does the writer tell us not to worry about the safety of the vehicle
A. Because it has rubber ball. B. Because it’s an electric vehicle.
C. Because it’s strong enough and it can keep good balance. D. Because it’s small and run slowly.
9. How do people deal with their Metrotopia when they get on a bus
A. They leave it at the bus station. B. They sell it to another person.
C. They ask a policeman to look after it. D. They take it to the bus with it.
10. Which of following is NOT true
A. The writer tells us the price of the Metrotopia. B. The Metrotopia is popular in Australia.
C. The Metrotopia has only one ball. D. The Metrotopia is very safe.
【答案】6. C 7. A 8. C 9. D 10. A
【解析】
【导语】本文介绍了一种在澳大利亚非常流行的全新交通工具——Metrotopia。
【6题详解】
细节理解题。根据“They have a new kind of vehicle—Metrotopia!”可知新型的交通工具是Metrotopia。故选C。
【7题详解】
细节理解题。根据“There are two seats in it.”可知能容纳2个人。故选A。
【8题详解】
细节理解题。根据“It’s strong enough and it can keep good balance (平衡) when it’s running”可知它足够结实，在行驶时可以保持良好的平衡。故选C。
【9题详解】
细节理解题。根据“The most interesting thing is that you can take the vehicle into a car, a bus, a subway or your house easily”可知，当他们上了公交车，他们可以把Metrotopia带到公交车上。故选D。
【10题详解】
细节理解题。根据“But do you want to know how much it is I’m sorry I don’t know its price”可知作者没有告诉我们Metrotopia的价格。故选A。
C
It’s said that each color has its own meaning. Red makes one feel energetic. Blue makes us feel confident. Yellow means bright. Orange lets you feel happy. Green stands for peace. Pink means romantic (浪漫) and black means safety.
The color of our clothes can affect our feelings, too. When we are sad, we will wear dark-colored clothes; when we are happy, we often choose to wear light-colored clothes.
Suppose we are feeling sad, if we wear black we may begin to feel worse. However, if we wear green, red or yellow, we may begin to feel better.
So remember, if you are in a bad mood, you can always try on some different colored clothes. If one color has no effect (影响) on your feelings, maybe another will.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
11. Which color makes us feel energetic
A. Black. B. Blue. C. Yellow. D. Red.
12. When we are sad, what color of clothes should we wear to feel better
A. Yellow. B. Brown. C. Black. D. Dark blue.
13. How many kinds of colors does the passage mention (提到)
A. Six. B. Seven. C. Eight. D. Nine.
14. If you want to give a speech, you should wear ________ clothes.
A. red B. blue C. yellow D. orange
15. From this passage, we know ________.
A. not all colors have meaning B. blue makes us feel safe
C. colors can affect our moods D. dark color can make us feel better when we are sad
【答案】11. D 12. A 13. B 14. B 15. C
【解析】
【导语】本文主要讲述了颜色具有不同的含义，并且颜色能影响我们的情绪。
【11题详解】
细节理解题。根据第一段“Red makes one feel energetic.”可知，红色使人有活力。故选D。
【12题详解】
细节理解题。根据第三段“Suppose we are feeling sad, if we wear black we may begin to feel worse. However, if we wear green, red or yellow, we may begin to feel better.”可知，当我们伤心时，我们可以穿黄色的衣服，这样会觉得好点。故选A。
【13题详解】
细节理解题。根据第一段“Red makes one feel energetic. Blue makes us feel confident. Yellow means bright. Orange lets you feel happy. Green stands for peace. Pink means romantic (浪漫) and black means safety.”可知，文中共提到7种颜色：红色、蓝色、黄色、橙色、绿色、粉色和黑色。故选B。
【14题详解】
推理判断题。根据第一段“Blue makes us feel confident.”可推知，当我们演讲时，穿蓝色很合适。故选B。
【15题详解】
细节理解题。根据第二段“The color of our clothes can affect our feelings, too.”可知，颜色能影响我们的情绪。故选C。
D
Here are some ideas for you on how to help others through volunteering.
___16___
When people get older, it becomes harder to do many things, from walking to the store to doing the housework. Old people living alone can also feel lonely. As a volunteer, you can do a lot to help the old in your neighborhood. You could visit them and help them with their housework.
___17___
Many people with disabilities need help. You could volunteer to read books to the blind or deliver (递送) something for people who can’t get around too well.
___18___
There are lots of volunteer jobs to do in hospitals and health care centers. As a volunteer, you can make beds, deliver flowers and gifts, help serve meals, and do lots of other important jobs.
___19___
Some families don’t have enough money to buy food and clothes for their kids. Some people don’t have places to live at all. To help these people as a volunteer, you can give clothes, food or money to, or raise money for, a charity (慈善机构).
___20___
Sometimes people need more help when the holidays come. Holidays are happy, but for people who are alone or unlucky, they can be a lonely, hard time. As a volunteer, you can deliver holiday dinners to less lucky people, visit the lonely old people and serve food to the homeless.
根据材料内容，从下面五个选项中选出与各段落相对应的标题。
A. Helping during holidays
B. Helping with the hospital work
C. Helping poor families
D. Helping your old neighbors
E. Helping the disabled
【答案】16. D 17. E 18. B 19. C 20. A
【解析】
【导语】本文主要写了如何通过志愿服务来帮助他人。
【16题详解】
根据下文“Old people living alone can also feel lonely.”可知，此处说的是独居老人也会感到孤独。选项D“帮助你年老的邻居”符合语境，故选D。
【17题详解】
根据下文“Many people with disabilities need help.”可知，此处说的是残疾人需要帮助。选项E“帮助残疾人”符合语境，故选E。
【18题详解】
根据下文“There are lots of volunteer jobs to do in hospitals and health care centers.”可知，此处提到了医院工作。选项B“帮助医院工作”符合语境，故选B。
【19题详解】
根据下文“Some families don’t have enough money to buy food and clothes for their kids.”可知，此处说的是一些家庭没有足够的钱给他们的孩子买食物和衣服。选项C“帮助贫困家庭”符合语境，故选C。
【20题详解】
根据下文“Sometimes people need more help when the holidays come.”可知，此处说的是有时候当假期来临时，人们需要更多的帮助。选项A“在假期期间帮忙”符合语境，故选A。
三、完形填空（共15分）。
先通读短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案。
Every day cars kill or bump (撞伤) many people on roads. Sometimes the drivers drive too ___21___ or do not drive carefully enough. Some of them ___22___ traffic rules and cause accidents.
According to some researches (调查), it is usually the pedestrians (行人) who cause the ___23___. A lot of road users are very careless. They walk or run ___24___ the roads in front of the cars. Some do not take the trouble to ___25___ the green lights and simply cross the roads against the red lights. A CCTV news program showed that in only an hour, more than 500 people jumped ___26___ lights when crossing a road in Suzhong, Jiangsu.
Many people think accidents often happen in ___27___ roads in large cities, but this is not always true. ___28___, Tokyo is one of the world’s largest cities and probably one of the busiest cities. However, there are ___29___ accidents to pedestrians. That is because the ____30____ there are very strict and the pedestrians are very careful. Pedestrians never cross the roads against a red light and they ____31____ follow the traffic rules.
Do you know alcohol (酒精) is another main ____32____ of traffic accidents It makes people’s reaction (反应) slow. Those who have drunk alcohol are ____33____ in making decisions. They need a few more seconds to react. Drinking alcohol is ____34____ dangerous for motor car drivers. It is not only drivers who may have accidents ____35____ drinking, drunk pedestrians may put their lives in danger as well.
21. A. early B. fast C. late D. slowly
22. A. make B. break C. follow D. remember
23. A. accidents B. difficulty C. interest D. pollution
24. A. among B. around C. across D. against
25. A. point out B. turn on C. worry about D. wait for
26. A. blue B. green C. red D. yellow
27. A. busy B. wide C. clean D. empty
28. A. At last B. For example C. By the way D. As a result
29. A. many B. enough C. few D. some
30. A. police B. reporter C. teacher D. writer
31. A. sometimes B. never C. seldom D. always
32. A. cause B. idea C. question D. way
33. A. active B. crazy C. proud D. slow
34. A. carefully B. especially C. heavily D. suddenly
35. A. before B. when C. after D. until
【答案】21. B 22. B 23. A 24. C 25. D 26. C 27. A 28. B 29. C 30. A 31. D 32. A 33. D 34. B 35. C
【解析】
【导语】本文讲述了人们不遵守交通规则，造成了很多的事故，分析了造成事故的一些原因。
【21题详解】
句意：有时司机开得太快或不够小心
early早；fast快；late晚；slowly慢。根据“the drivers drive too”可知司机开得太快，所以可能会造成事故。故选B。
【22题详解】
句意：他们中的一些人违反交通规则并引发事故。
make制造；break打破；follow跟随；remember记得。根据“traffic rules and cause accidents.”可知违反交通规则，可能会引起事故。故选B。
【23题详解】
句意：根据一些研究，造成事故的通常是行人。
accidents事故；difficulty困难；interest兴趣；pollution污染。根据“it is usually the pedestrians (行人) who cause the...”可知是人造成的事故。故选A。
【24题详解】
句意：他们在汽车前面走过或跑过马路。
among在……之中；around在周围；across穿过；against反对。根据“the roads in front of the cars”可知是穿过马路。故选C。
【25题详解】
句意：有些人不想费力等绿灯，只是闯红灯过马路。
point out指出；turn on打开；worry about担心；wait for等待。根据“the green lights”可知是等绿灯。故选D。
26题详解】
句意：中央电视台的一个新闻节目显示，在江苏苏州，仅仅一个小时内，就有500多人在过马路时闯红灯。
blue蓝色；green绿色；red红色；yellow黄色。根据“and simply cross the roads against the red lights”可知很多人闯红灯。故选C。
【27题详解】
句意：许多人认为事故经常发生在大城市繁忙的道路上，但事实并非总是如此。
busy忙的；wide宽的；clean干净的；empty空的。根据“in...roads in large cities”可知是事故经常发生在忙碌的道路上。故选A。
【28题详解】
句意：例如，东京是世界上最大的城市之一，可能也是最繁忙的城市之一。
At last最后；For example例如；By the way顺便说一下；As a result结果。此处举了东京的例子。故选B。
29题详解】
句意：然而，行人很少发生事故。
many很多；enough足够；few很少；some一些。根据“there are very strict and the pedestrians are very careful.”可知因为警察很严格，行人也很小心，所以很少发生事故。故选C。
【30题详解】
句意：那是因为那里的警察非常严格，行人也非常小心。
police警察；reporter记者；teacher老师；writer作家。根据“there are very strict”可知交通警察很严格。故选A。
【31题详解】
句意：行人从不闯红灯过马路，他们总是遵守交通规则。
sometimes有时；never从不；seldom很少；always总是。根据“Pedestrians never cross the roads against a red light”可知从不闯红灯，总是遵守交通规则。故选D。
【32题详解】
句意：你知道酒精是交通事故的另一个主要原因吗？
cause原因；idea想法；question问题；way方式。根据“alcohol (酒精) is another main...of traffic accidents”可知酒精是引发交通事故的原因。故选A。
【33题详解】
句意：那些喝酒的人做决定的速度很慢。
active积极的；crazy疯狂的；proud骄傲的；slow慢的。根据“Those who have drunk alcohol are...in making decisions”可知喝酒之后，做决定的速度很慢。故选D。
【34题详解】
句意：饮酒对汽车驾驶员来说尤其危险。
carefully认真地；especially尤其；heavily重地；suddenly突然。根据“dangerous for motor car drivers”可知饮酒对汽车驾驶员来说尤其危险。故选B。
【35题详解】
句意：不仅是司机酒后可能发生事故，醉酒的行人也可能危及生命。
before在……之前；when当；after在……之后；until直到。根据“drinking”可知是喝酒之后可能会发生事故。故选C。
四、语篇填空（共15分）
阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词，每词限用一次。
small; good; you; from; subject; win; decide; try; difficult; writer
As young students, you have many dreams. These dreams can be very big, such as ___36___ the Nobel Prize; they can also be small, such as becoming one of the ___37___ students in your class. Once you have a dream, what do you do with it Do you ever ___38___ to make your dream come true
Andrew Matthews, an Australian ___39___, tells us that making your dreams real is life’s biggest challenge (挑战). You may think you’re not very good at every school ___40___, or that to become a writer is difficult for you. Those kinds of ideas stop you ___41___ realizing (实现) your dream. In fact, everyone can realize his dream. The first thing you must do is to remember what your dream is.
Don’t let it leave your heart. Keep telling ___42___ what you want every day and then your dream will come true faster. You should know that a big dream is, in fact, made up of (由……组成) many ___43___ ones. You must also never give up your dream. There will be ___44___ on the road to your dreams. But the biggest difficulty comes from yourself. You need to decide what is the most important and make a _____45_____ to follow your dreams.
【答案】36. winning
37. best 38. try
39. writer 40. subject
41. from 42. yourself
43. small 44. difficulties
45. decision
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了年轻学生拥有各种大小的梦想，澳大利亚作家Andrew Matthews提醒我们实现梦想是人生最大的挑战。他建议我们要牢记自己的梦想，每天对自己重复，并意识到大梦想是由许多小梦想组成的。同时，我们不应放弃梦想，尽管在实现过程中会遇到困难，但最大的挑战其实来自自身，需要决定什么最重要，并下定决心去追求梦想。
【36题详解】
句意：这些梦想可以很大，比如赢得诺贝尔奖。结合“the Nobel Prize”和备选词汇可知，此处是指获得诺贝尔奖；win“赢得”，动词；空前as是介词，此处用动词win的动名词形式winning。故填winning。
【37题详解】
句意：它们也可以很小，比如成为你班里最好的学生之一。结合“one of the … students”和备选词汇可知，此处是指最好的学生之一，应用形容词good的最高级形式best作定语，修饰名词students。故填best。
【38题详解】
句意：你曾经试过实现你的梦想吗 结合句意和备选词汇可知，此处考查try to do sth.“尝试做某事”，助动词Do后面用动词原形。故填try。
【39题详解】
句意：澳大利亚作家Andrew Matthews提醒我们实现梦想是人生最大的挑战。根据句意可知他是一名作家，writer“作家”，名词，空前有不定冠词an，此处用名词单数形式。故填writer。
【40题详解】
句意：你可能认为你不擅长学校的每一个科目，或者成为一名作家对你很难。根据school可知此处指学校科目，空前有every，此处用名词单数subject。故填subject。
【41题详解】
句意：那些想法会阻止你实现你的梦想。分析句子结构可知，此处考查stop sb. from doing“阻止某人做某事”，固定短语。故填from。
【42题详解】
句意：每天不断地告诉自己你想要什么，然后你的梦想会实现得快点。根结合句意和备选词汇可知，此处是指告诉你自己，应用人称代词you的反身代词yourself“你自己”作宾语。故填yourself。
【43题详解】
句意：你应该知道大的梦想实际上是由许多小的梦想组成的。结合句意和备选词汇可知，此处指小的梦想；small“小的”，形容词，在句中作定语，修饰ones。故填small。
【44题详解】
句意：在通往梦想的道路上，会有困难。根据下文“But the biggest difficulty comes from yourself.”可知，此处是指会有困难；difficulty“困难的事”，可数名词，空前没有修饰词，此处用名词复数difficulties表示泛指。故填difficulties。
【45题详解】
句意：你需要决定什么是最重要的，并决定追随你的梦想。结合句意和备选词汇可知，此处是指决定追随梦想，考查make a decision“做出决定”，固定短语，应将动词decide改为名词形式decision。故填decision。
阅读短文，根据语篇要求填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词。
I was not a confident girl before. I never thought I could do one thing ___46___ best. But last summer holiday, a trip to Mount Tai changed me greatly.
We arrived there early in the morning and began to climb. Soon all of us felt tired and we stopped to have a rest. While we ___47___ having a rest, my mother changed her mind and decided not to climb anymore. I couldn’t decide whether to stay there ___48___ go on climbing with my father. “No matter how hard it is, I am sure you can get there,” said my father. So again we started the hard journey. We were very tired, but we kept going on and on. Another hour ___49___ , we got to the top. It was really beautiful. I was so excited ___50___ I couldn’t help shouting, “I made it! I can make it!”
I learned a lot from the trip!
【答案】46. the
47. were 48. or
49. later 50. that
【解析】
【导语】本文主要讲述了作者在以前缺乏自信，但在去年暑假和父亲一起攀登泰山的过程中，在父亲的鼓励下，她克服困难，最终登顶成功，从而极大地增强了自信心，并从这次旅行中学到了很多。
【46题详解】
句意：我从未认为我可以做一件事做到最好。该空后面的best“最好的”为形容词的最高级，所以该空前面应该填入定冠词the。故填the。
【47题详解】
句意：当我们休息时，我母亲改变了主意，决定不再攀登了。分析该句子的成分可知，主语为we“我们”，结合该空前面出现的while“当……时候”，可知该空的谓语动词要用be动词的复数形式，时态为过去进行时，故填were。
【48题详解】
句意：我不能决定是否是待在这里还是和我父亲爬山。根据该空前面出现否定的情态动词“couldn’t”，可知该句子为否定句，根据该空前面短语“stay”和“go”为并列词，可知要用常用于否定句的or来连接，故填or。
【49题详解】
句意：又过了一个小时，我们到达了顶部。Another hour later“又过了一个小时”。故填later。
【50题详解】
句意：我非常兴奋以致于我禁不住呼叫。本题考查so...that表示“如此……以致于”。故填that。
五、补全对话（共10分）
根据下面的对话情景，在每个空白处填上一个适当的句子，使对话的意思连贯、完整。
A: Good morning, Guo Lei. _______51_______
B: I’m going to climb Mount Huang with my classmates this weekend. Would you like to join us
A: _______52_______. How shall we go there
B: It’s not very far from here. Let’s go by bus.
A: _______53_______. How long are we going to stay there
B: We’ll stay there for two days.
A: _______54_______
B: We should take some warm clothes. It’s cold on the top of the mountain.
A: _______55_______
B: No, I have no time to book rooms these days.
A: OK. Let me call the hotel to book rooms now.
【答案】51. What are you going to do this weekend
52. Yes, I’d love to
53. Good idea
54. What should we take with us
55. Have you booked rooms
【解析】
【导语】本文是一则有关周末攀登黄山的对话。
【51题详解】
根据“I’m going to climb Mount Huang with my classmates this weekend.” 可知此处B回答这个周末要和同班同学一起去爬黄山，因此这里问“这个周末你打算做什么”符合题意故填What are you going to do this weekend。
52题详解】
根据“Would you like to join us ” 和下文“How shall we go there ”可知此处B问A是否要一起去，而A问我们怎么去那里呢？可推知A答应和B一起去黄山。因此这里填“是的，我很想去”符合题意。故填Yes, I’d love to。
【53题详解】
根据“It’s not very far from here. Let’s go by bus.”可知这里B在提建议，建议坐大巴车去，因此此处A应答“好主意”符合题意。故填Good idea。
【54题详解】
根据“We should take some warm clothes. It’s cold on the top of the mountain.”可知此处B说需要带厚衣服去，因此此处问“我们应该随身带什么”符合题意。故填What should we take with us。
【55题详解】
根据“No, I have no time to book rooms these days.” 可知此处B说我最近没时间预定房间，因此此处问“你订房间了吗”符合题意。故填Have you booked rooms。
六、书面表达（20分）
56. 当今社会提倡“绿色出行”。作为一名中学生，“走路上学”是一个不错的选择。走路上学有利于身体健康并且安全，和同学结伴可以互相了解，相互帮助。走路上学能减少道路车辆，减少城市拥堵。走路上学还能使学生学会自己照顾自己。请以“Walking to school is a good choice”为题目写一篇英语短文。
要求：
1. 文章内容根据所给提示，语句通顺，条理清楚，结构合理。
2. 词数90左右。
Walking to school is a good choice
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【答案】例文
Walking to school is a good choice
Walking to school is a wonderful way to exercise. I think going to school on foot is good for us.
First of all, walking to school is a safe way to exercise and it’s good for health. Next, it’s fun to walk together with friends every day. We can help each other and know each other better. What’s more, if we walk, our parents will not send us to school. There will be fewer cars in the city. More walking and less driving helps to make our city cleaner. The streets won’t be as crowded as they are now.
I hope more and more students will go to school on foot.
【解析】
【详解】[总体分析]
①题材：本文是一篇话题作文；
②时态：主要是一般现在时；
③提示：写作提示已给出，考生应注意文章语句要通顺，条理要清楚，结构要合理，适当发挥，使上下文连贯。
[写作步骤]
第一步，说明步行上学是一种很好的锻炼方式；
第二步，具体阐述步行上学的好处；
第三步，呼吁大家步行上学。
[亮点词汇]
①be good for对……有益
②what’s more此外
③crowded拥挤的
[高分句型]
①I think going to school on foot is good for us.（省略that的宾语从句）
②What’s more, if we walk, our parents will not send us to school. （if引导的条件状语从句）河南省驻马店市平舆县2023-2024学年八年级下学期期中
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二、阅读理解（20小题, 每小题10分, 共40分）
阅读下面四篇语言材料, 然后按文后要求做题。
A
I want to say thanks to my mother the greatest mother in the world. She taught me many things about life.
When I was in Grade Seven, I did a wrong thing. We had a math class and I knew everything already, so I felt the class was boring. And I decided to put a pen into one of my ears for fun. That made my classmates laugh. My teacher was angry and told me not to do that.
But I put another pen into the other ear for a few minutes. The students laughed again. My teacher took me to the headmaster’s office. The only problem was that the headmaster was my mother.
To my surprise, she just had a short talk with me. From those words I knew she was sad and disappointed. That was not what I wanted to see. She gave me a lesson by her kindness and love.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1. Who does the writer want to thank
A His father. B. His classmates. C. His teacher. D. His mother.
2. Why did the writer put a pen in his ear
A. Because he wanted to make his classmates laugh.
B. Because he wanted to make his father sad.
C. Because he was bored and wanted to make himself happy.
D. Because he wanted to make his teacher angry.
3. Who took the writer to the headmaster’s office
A. His classmates. B. His math teacher. C. His father. D. His English teacher.
4. From the passage, we know the writer’s mother is a ________ woman.
A strict B. powerful C. kind D. rude
5. What’s the best title for the passage
A. A Lesson from My Mother B. A Math Class
C. My School Life D. My Strict Mother
B
What kinds of vehicles do you like best, bicycle, bus, train, plane or car Have you ever met a crazy traffic Now in Australia, people don’t need to worry about the heavy traffic. They have a new kind of vehicle—Metrotopia!
What is a Metrotopia It’s an electric (电) vehicle. It’s very popular in Melbourne. There are two seats in it. But it has only one rubber (橡胶) ball. Is it safe Don’t worry! It’s strong enough and it can keep good balance (平衡) when it’s running. The most interesting thing is that you can take the vehicle into a car, a bus, a subway or your house easily! Are you interested in it Are you looking forward to driving it But do you want to know how much it is I’m sorry I don’t know its price. But you can search it on the Internet.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
6. What’s the name of the new kind of vehicle
A. Australia. B. Melbourne. C. Metrotopia. D. We don’t know.
7. How many people can the new vehicle carry
A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. D. Five.
8. Why does the writer tell us not to worry about the safety of the vehicle
A. Because it has rubber ball. B. Because it’s an electric vehicle.
C. Because it’s strong enough and it can keep good balance. D. Because it’s small and run slowly.
9. How do people deal with their Metrotopia when they get on a bus
A. They leave it at the bus station. B. They sell it to another person.
C. They ask a policeman to look after it. D. They take it to the bus with it.
10. Which of following is NOT true
A. The writer tells us the price of the Metrotopia. B. The Metrotopia is popular in Australia.
C. The Metrotopia has only one ball. D. The Metrotopia is very safe.
C
It’s said that each color has its own meaning. Red makes one feel energetic. Blue makes us feel confident. Yellow means bright. Orange lets you feel happy. Green stands for peace. Pink means romantic (浪漫) and black means safety.
The color of our clothes can affect our feelings, too. When we are sad, we will wear dark-colored clothes; when we are happy, we often choose to wear light-colored clothes.
Suppose we are feeling sad, if we wear black we may begin to feel worse. However, if we wear green, red or yellow, we may begin to feel better.
So remember, if you are in a bad mood, you can always try on some different colored clothes. If one color has no effect (影响) on your feelings, maybe another will.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
11. Which color makes us feel energetic
A. Black. B. Blue. C. Yellow. D. Red.
12. When we are sad, what color of clothes should we wear to feel better
A. Yellow. B. Brown. C. Black. D. Dark blue.
13. How many kinds of colors does the passage mention (提到)
A. Six. B. Seven. C. Eight. D. Nine.
14. If you want to give a speech, you should wear ________ clothes.
A. red B. blue C. yellow D. orange
15. From this passage, we know ________.
A. not all colors have meaning B. blue makes us feel safe
C. colors can affect our moods D. dark color can make us feel better when we are sad
D
Here are some ideas for you on how to help others through volunteering.
___16___
When people get older, it becomes harder to do many things, from walking to the store to doing the housework. Old people living alone can also feel lonely. As a volunteer, you can do a lot to help the old in your neighborhood. You could visit them and help them with their housework.
___17___
Many people with disabilities need help. You could volunteer to read books to the blind or deliver (递送) something for people who can’t get around too well.
___18___
There are lots of volunteer jobs to do in hospitals and health care centers. As a volunteer, you can make beds, deliver flowers and gifts, help serve meals, and do lots of other important jobs.
___19___
Some families don’t have enough money to buy food and clothes for their kids. Some people don’t have places to live at all. To help these people as a volunteer, you can give clothes, food or money to, or raise money for, a charity (慈善机构).
___20___
Sometimes people need more help when the holidays come. Holidays are happy, but for people who are alone or unlucky, they can be a lonely, hard time. As a volunteer, you can deliver holiday dinners to less lucky people, visit the lonely old people and serve food to the homeless.
根据材料内容，从下面五个选项中选出与各段落相对应的标题。
A. Helping during holidays
B. Helping with the hospital work
C. Helping poor families
D. Helping your old neighbors
E. Helping the disabled
三、完形填空（共15分）。
先通读短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案。
Every day cars kill or bump (撞伤) many people on roads. Sometimes the drivers drive too ___21___ or do not drive carefully enough. Some of them ___22___ traffic rules and cause accidents.
According to some researches (调查), it is usually the pedestrians (行人) who cause the ___23___. A lot of road users are very careless. They walk or run ___24___ the roads in front of the cars. Some do not take the trouble to ___25___ the green lights and simply cross the roads against the red lights. A CCTV news program showed that in only an hour, more than 500 people jumped ___26___ lights when crossing a road in Suzhong, Jiangsu.
Many people think accidents often happen in ___27___ roads in large cities, but this is not always true. ___28___, Tokyo is one of the world’s largest cities and probably one of the busiest cities. However, there are ___29___ accidents to pedestrians. That is because the ____30____ there are very strict and the pedestrians are very careful. Pedestrians never cross the roads against a red light and they ____31____ follow the traffic rules.
Do you know alcohol (酒精) is another main ____32____ of traffic accidents It makes people’s reaction (反应) slow. Those who have drunk alcohol are ____33____ in making decisions. They need a few more seconds to react. Drinking alcohol is ____34____ dangerous for motor car drivers. It is not only drivers who may have accidents ____35____ drinking, drunk pedestrians may put their lives in danger as well.
21. A. early B. fast C. late D. slowly
22 A. make B. break C. follow D. remember
23. A. accidents B. difficulty C. interest D. pollution
24 A. among B. around C. across D. against
25. A. point out B. turn on C. worry about D. wait for
26. A. blue B. green C. red D. yellow
27. A. busy B. wide C. clean D. empty
28. A. At last B. For example C. By the way D. As a result
29. A. many B. enough C. few D. some
30. A. police B. reporter C. teacher D. writer
31. A. sometimes B. never C. seldom D. always
32. A. cause B. idea C. question D. way
33. A. active B. crazy C. proud D. slow
34. A. carefully B. especially C. heavily D. suddenly
35. A. before B. when C. after D. until
四、语篇填空（共15分）
阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词，每词限用一次。
small; good; you; from; subject; win; decide; try; difficult; writer
As young students, you have many dreams. These dreams can be very big, such as ___36___ the Nobel Prize; they can also be small, such as becoming one of the ___37___ students in your class. Once you have a dream, what do you do with it Do you ever ___38___ to make your dream come true
Andrew Matthews, an Australian ___39___, tells us that making your dreams real is life’s biggest challenge (挑战). You may think you’re not very good at every school ___40___, or that to become a writer is difficult for you. Those kinds of ideas stop you ___41___ realizing (实现) your dream. In fact, everyone can realize his dream. The first thing you must do is to remember what your dream is.
Don’t let it leave your heart. Keep telling ___42___ what you want every day and then your dream will come true faster. You should know that a big dream is, in fact, made up of (由……组成) many ___43___ ones. You must also never give up your dream. There will be ___44___ on the road to your dreams. But the biggest difficulty comes from yourself. You need to decide what is the most important and make a _____45_____ to follow your dreams.
阅读短文，根据语篇要求填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词。
I was not a confident girl before. I never thought I could do one thing ___46___ best. But last summer holiday, a trip to Mount Tai changed me greatly.
We arrived there early in the morning and began to climb. Soon all of us felt tired and we stopped to have a rest. While we ___47___ having a rest, my mother changed her mind and decided not to climb anymore. I couldn’t decide whether to stay there ___48___ go on climbing with my father. “No matter how hard it is, I am sure you can get there,” said my father. So again we started the hard journey. We were very tired, but we kept going on and on. Another hour ___49___ , we got to the top. It was really beautiful. I was so excited ___50___ I couldn’t help shouting, “I made it! I can make it!”
I learned a lot from the trip!
五、补全对话（共10分）
根据下面的对话情景，在每个空白处填上一个适当的句子，使对话的意思连贯、完整。
A: Good morning, Guo Lei. _______51_______
B: I’m going to climb Mount Huang with my classmates this weekend. Would you like to join us
A: _______52_______. How shall we go there
B: It’s not very far from here. Let’s go by bus.
A: _______53_______. How long are we going to stay there
B: We’ll stay there for two days.
A: _______54_______
B: We should take some warm clothes. It’s cold on the top of the mountain.
A: _______55_______
B: No, I have no time to book rooms these days.
A: OK. Let me call the hotel to book rooms now.
六、书面表达（20分）
56. 当今社会提倡“绿色出行”。作为一名中学生，“走路上学”是一个不错的选择。走路上学有利于身体健康并且安全，和同学结伴可以互相了解，相互帮助。走路上学能减少道路车辆，减少城市拥堵。走路上学还能使学生学会自己照顾自己。请以“Walking to school is a good choice”为题目写一篇英语短文。
要求：
1. 文章内容根据所给提示，语句通顺，条理清楚，结构合理。
2. 词数90左右。
Walking to school is a good choice
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