成都市实验外国语学校2024-2025学年上期半期考试
八年级英语学科试题
共3张10页 总分：150分时间：120分钟
A卷 （共95分）
第一部分 听力（共30分）
I. Listen to the sentences carefully and choose the right responses. Each sentence will be read twice.（5 scores）听句子，选择合适的答语。每小题念两遍。
1. A. No, thanks. B. Yes, I did. C. Yes, I’d love to.
2. A. Twice a week. B. For two hours. C. Tomorrow.
3. A. OK. B. Sounds good. C. I think so.
4. A. Travel around the world. B. A dentist. C. With my best friend.
5. A. In spring. B. I visited a lot of places. C. Jinsha Museum, I think.
II. Listen to the sentences carefully and choose the right pictures you hear. Each sentence will be read twice.（5 scores）根据你所听到的句子选择恰当的图片，每小题念两遍。
6.________7.________8.________9.________10.________.
III. Listen to the dialogues and choose the correct answers. Each dialogue will be read twice.（10 scores）听对话，选择每个问题恰当的答案。每小题念两遍。
听第1段对话，回答第11、12题
11. When was Linda born
A. In 1992. B. In 1993. C. In 1995.
12. Where was Linda’s brother born
A. In London. B. In Paris. C. In New York.
听第2段对话，回答第13、14题
13. What birthday present do the two speakers want to buy for Alice
A. A book. B. A basketball. C. A football.
14. How much money do the two speakers have in total
A.20 dollars. B.14 dollars. C.8 dollars.
听第3段对话，回答第15至17题
15. Who will Peter meet at the train station
A. Jane. B. Jane’s cousin. C. Peter’s cousin.
16. What does Linda look like
A. She has long hair. B. She is short. C. She has small eyes.
17. When will Frank get to the train station
A. At 9:40 am. B. At 9:50 am. C. At 9:40 pm.
听第4段对话，回答第18至20题
18. Why did Lily look sad
A. Because she was seriously ill.
B. Because she was angry with Anna.
C. Because she got terrible test results.
19. How long was Lily away from school
A. For a week. B. For seventeen days. C. For a month.
20. How will they help Lily
A. By taking care of her.
B. By giving her some books.
C. By learning together with her.
IV. Listen to the passage and complete the table. The passage will be read three times.（10 scores）听短文，根据短文内容完成图表中所缺信息。短文念三遍。
Suggestions for activities in the holidays
Enjoy the great outdoors Go out into the fresh air and get some 21 Meet your friends in a beautiful and enjoyable park, because it's the 22 place in the city.
24 ●Ask your parents 23 you to cook a new kind of food; ●Join a new club to develop a new hobby; ●Learn a musical instrument(乐器). You can get 25 by your progress if you spend enough time practicing it.
第二部分 基础知识运用（共25分）
V. Choose the words with different sounds.（5 scores）
选出划线部分读音不同的单词。
1. A. information B. perform C. reporter
2. A. champion B. character C. change
3. A. waited B. missed C. decided
4. A. loudly B. enough C. touch
5. A. diary B. magazine C. translator
plete the passage.（10 scores）补全短文。
A. something terrible B. as quiet as C. have a lot in common D. plays a role E. making up
Friendship ____6____ in making our life enjoyable and colorful. My best friend Christine and I ____7____. For example, we both enjoy spending time doing lots of interesting things with each other, like ____8____ some stories, doing sports and playing games. What’s more, Christine is ____9____ me, so we usually read books together after class and we both take our study seriously. More importantly, we both care about each other when ____10____ happens. We have so many similarities that I always feel lucky to have a friend like her.
plete the dialogue.（10 scores） 补全对话。
A: Hello, Susan! The winter holiday is coming. ____11____
B: I plan to go to Hainan. It’s a wonderful place.
A: Sounds great! ____12____ I want to go somewhere cool.
B: Where do you plan to go
A: Weihai. It’s very cool. ____13____
B: What did she do there
A: ____14____ And there were some other activities.
B: What did she think of them
A: ____15____ And I decide to have a trip there.
B: Have a good trip!
A: The same to you!
A. What’s your plan
B. She said they were interesting and great.
C. She took a boat trip in the sea.
D. And Linda went there last week.
E. But I think it’s much hotter than other places.
第三部分 阅读理解（共40分）
VIII. Cloze test.（20 scores）完形填空。
A king got two baby eagles. He loved them very much and invited a caretaker (照看人) to look after them.
As time passed, both eagles grew ____16____ and the king wished to see them ____17____. However, as he let them out, one eagle flew high into the sky while the other getting back to its starting branch (树枝) ____18____ flying a few meters.
The king asked why. The caretaker answered, “This eagle always has this ____19____. It just won’t fly high.” The king feels sorry for it. So he told all people in the country that ____20____ who could help the second eagle fly high would get some money.
Many smart people came, but no one succeeded. The king almost lost hope.
Then one day, something ____21____ happened. The king saw both eagles flying high in the sky. He was so ____22____ that he called the caretaker over. The caretaker said that a ____23____ made it. Then he brought the man to the king.
The king asked, “How did you do this while those smart men couldn’t ”
The man answered, “I simply ____24____ the branch on which the eagle always sits, like what I usually do on my farm. With no branch, it could only fly ___25___ .”
So it’s important to find out where the problem actually comes from.
16. A. bigger B. fatter C. taller
17. A. dance B. fly C. sing
18. A. after B. before C. when
19. A. accident B. problem C. question
20. A. someone B. everyone C. anyone
21. A. bad B. unexpected C. usual
22. A. excited B. stressed C. worried
23. A. doctor B. farmer C. teacher
24. A. put up B. give away C. cut down
25. A. along B. outside C. away
IX. Read the following passages and choose the best answers according to the passage.（20 scores）阅读下面的短文，根据短文内容选择最佳选项。
A
a Shanghai built many 15-minute neighborhood life circles, which means it only takes you less than 15 minutes to get the services you need. Last year, a farmer’s market in one of those circles developed a WeChat mini-program (小程序) through which people can order something from the circle, saving shopping time. b At a market in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, there is a screen showing the latest vegetable prices and the kinds of vegetables. The use of this new technology (技术) makes information more .
c At a farmer’s market in Chongqing, customers will get a payment receipt (收据) printed with a QR code (二维码) on it each time they buy something. When they find a safety problem with the thing they bought, they can find out where it came from through the code. d In Wuhan, Hubei, a market shows real-time rankings (排名) of best-selling things with the help of an app. In this way, sellers can see which vegetables and fruits are selling well in this market. This makes their daily work much easier.
26. In which part of a newspaper can we see this reading
A. Trade & Culture. B. Health & Safety. C. Science & Life.
27. What can we find on the screen at the market in Ningbo
A. How much the vegetables are.
B. What the popular vegetables are.
C. Where the vegetables come from.
28. Which word can be used to fill in the blank in passage b
A. serious B. open C. creative
29. Which is right about the app used in the market in Wuhan
A. Mrs. Su: Great! I can buy safe and healthy food from it.
B. Miss Li: Now I can know the cheapest vegetables in the market.
C Mr. Huang: It is quite useful! I don’t need to worry about what to sell.
30. What do the four markets have in common
A. They all make people’s life easier.
B. They are all in a 15-minute neighborhood life circle.
C. People need to enjoy all the services in the markets with their phones.
B
Les Choristes is a heart-warming French film. The film tells the story of a music teacher Clément Mathieu and his students.
Musician Clément Mathieu arrives at an old boarding school to work as a music teacher for problem boys. He feels like a failure. The middle-aged man wasn’t sure how long he can work in this school, facing these naughty (顽皮的) boys.
Mathieu soon finds that some of the boys can sing. So he begins a choir (合唱) and let the boys sing some musical pieces he wrote with him.
One of the students Pierre is a trouble-maker in the school. But Mathieu finds that the boy has a great talent for singing, and then he tells him to join the choir. This makes the boy’s mom very happy.
What’s more Mathieu cares very much about his students. Pépinot is a boy who lost his parents. Other boys don’t like him and never make friends with him, so the teacher Mathieu always gives him affection and care. This makes the boy feel very warm.
Les Choristes was a successful movie in France and was the French entry (参赛作品) in the Oscar Awards for Best Foreign Language Film of 2005. Christophe Barratier, the director of the film, said he hoped that the film could show the healing power (治愈力) of music and the big difference good teachers can make to their students.
31. How does Mathieu feel about teaching at first in this school
A. Upset. B. Bored. C. Excited.
32. What does Mathieu do to help the students
A. He starts to write music.
B. He asks their parents for help.
C. He teaches them to sing in a choir.
33. What do we know about Pierre
A. He is very good at singing.
B. His mother is always happy with him.
C. Other students don’t make friends with him.
34. What does the underlined word “affection” probably mean
A. Difference. B. Love. C. Luck.
35. What can we know about the film from the passage
①Ending. ②Characters. ③Success.
A. ①② B. ①③ C. ②③
B卷（共55分）
I. Fill in the blanks with the right forms of the words given.（5 scores）用所给单词的正确形式填空。
36. After school, the students want to enjoy ________ in a park. (they)
37. Which student takes his homework ________ in your class (seriously)
38. With a better living habit, Jerry is much ________ than before. (healthy)
39. Nancy hopes ________ more classmates to join her birthday party. (invitation)
40. Our school gives us quite a few ________ of after-school clubs this year. (choose)
plete the passage according to the lessons you learned. The first letter of the word is given.（10 scores） 填单词，补全短文，单词的首字母已给出。
How do you spend your free time The answers from students can be very different.
Jane likes travelling, so she went to Malaysia with her family this summer. They wanted to walk up to the top of Penang Hill, but it started r___41___ a little so they changed their plan. When they finally got to the top, the weather was even worse, so they couldn’t see anything b___42___.
Henry likes watching TV in his free time. His favourite cartoon role is Mickey. Although Mickey was u___43___ and had many problems, he was always ready to try his best. So people liked to go to the cinema to watch the “little man” w___44___. They wanted to be like him.
Mark is a m____45____. He is trying very hard to join in the school talent show next month, because the winner can get a very good p____46____. But who sings the most b____47____ Who plays the piano best…That’s up to the audience to judge.
Students also enjoy spending free time with their friends. Larry, for example, likes playing tennis with his friend, Huang Lei. He often helps Huang Lei to b____48____ out the best. They are quite different. Larry thinks it’s not n___49___ to be the same for friends, though.
Many other students like to go online or watch TV in the free time. But we think the best way to relax is through e___50___. Start organizing your time well before it’s too late!
III. Choose the words from the box and use the right forms to complete the passage. Each word can only be used once.（10分）12选10。
beautiful culture die he important luck perform make save scary through wear
Peking Opera is one of the main traditional operas in China and it has become a ____51____ symbol. If you have watched any, you may notice the colorful faces.
In Peking Opera, ____52____ use colorful facial makeup (脸谱) to show different characters. Different colors of facial makeup have different meanings. We can know what a character is like ____53____ his special makeup. Let’s learn some facts.
Red is a ____54____ color in China. Chinese people believe red things means the coming of good things. In Peking Opera, red usually means honesty and bravery. In Chinese history, Guan Yu was a hero who was brave enough to go to his enemy’s dinner party by ____55____ with only a knife. His facial makeup is red.
White means purity (纯洁) in Western culture, so most women expect ____56____ a long white dress for their wedding (婚礼). But in China, there is always a relationship between white and ____57____, so you can never see this color at a traditional Chinese wedding. And a character in Peking Opera with white facial makeup is usually a bad person.
Black is not quite popular in China because it makes us feel stressed and ____58____. However, black in Peking Opera means fairness (公平). The facial makeup of Bao Zheng is always black. Although many think rich people are ____59____ than poor people, Bao Zheng doesn’t think so. He always tries his best ____60____ all kind people.
If you plan to watch some traditional shows next time, try Peking Opera!
补全短文 根据短文内容，从短文后A—F选项中选出5个适当的选项补全短文。
When young people want to travel(旅游), one difficult thing they face is that they don’t have money. During summer vacations and weekends, they are able to do part-time(兼职) jobs. ___61___ For example, traveling to Australia from Taiwan can be quite expensive just for a plane ticket.
___62___ Because although many countries offer(提供) working trip, these two countries can offer more money and jobs. A young person only needs to take some paper money for use if he wants to get a working trip. ___63___ That money can help him live there.
Many of the jobs ask for little or no experience(经验), such as picking fruit or working on a busy farm in the countryside. Some of the jobs ask for more experience. ___64___ You don’t need to worry about this, because there is always something to do if you really want.
___65___ If you are looking for a way to make a little money and see the world, they might give you a way to make it come true.
A. But the money they make is just not enough.
B. Many students tried this way and became rich there.
C. There are many ads on the Internet for a working trip.
D. After he is there, he can get some money from the job there.
E. If students want to travel to Australia and New Zealand, they are lucky.
F. Most people cannot have it, such as being a teacher working in a school.
V. Read the passage and complete the chart.（5 scores）完成图表。根据短文内容，完成图表中所缺信息。
The 2025 World Games will start on August 7th in Chengdu next year. No other cities on the Chinese mainland had the event before.
Usually, no more than 3,800 players take part in the World Games, but in 2025 in Chengdu, this number will be much bigger. The sports include flying disc (飞盘), sport climbing, American football and so on.
The slogan and mascots (口号和吉祥物) for the Chengdu World Games appeared on August 6th. They are a symbol of sports spirit and Chinese culture.
The slogan is “Boundless Sports, Countless Wonders”. People decided to use it because it can show our strong love for sports and life.
The mascots, “Shu Bao” and “Jin Zai”, come from two rare (稀有的) animals in Sichuan: the panda and the golden snub-nosed monkey (川金丝猴). People choose them as the mascots because it lets us know the importance of learning about these rare animals and protecting nature. The two mascots’ names show one of the traditional cultures in Sichuan—“Shu jin”.
The World Games is a good time for the city to show its culture and beauty to the world. On the other hand, players always dream of taking part in big sports events, and the World Games gives them a way.
66. _________
67. _________
68. _________
69. _________
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VI. Read the passage and answer the questions.（5 scores）任务型阅读。根据短文内容，按要求回答问题。
In most places of the world, a five-day work week is common. But in some places, people are starting to pay workers the same money for working just four days a week.
The idea isn’t new but businesses have been slow to try it. They may be worried about getting less work for their money. But the result of a last year’s test shows the change may be good for both businesses and workers.
Last June, 51 UK companies agreed to take part in the four-day work week test. In July, another 10 companies joined, too. They paid their workers the same money and told their workers to try to do as much in four days as they usually did in five. It took six months to do the test, and the result was good for most businesses. During the test, some companies had fewer meetings, or made sure they were shorter. Others used technology to help workers to finish their work quickly. Some companies created a “focus time (专注时间)” so workers could work on just one thing. So, workers worked faster and better. What’s more, the companies made more money.
Most workers were pleased with the four-day work week. Some people said they could get more training and take care of things at home. Others said they could spend more time with their families.
At the end of the test, ninety-two percent of the companies taking part in the test said they planned to keep the four-day work week.
71. What does the result of the last year’s test show (no more than 12 words)
_______________________________________________________________________________________
72. How many companies agreed to do the test (no more than 3 words)
_______________________________________________________________________________________
73. What does the word “they” in Paragraph 3 refer to (指代) (no more than 5 words)
_______________________________________________________________________________________
74. How did most workers feel about the four-day work week (no more than 3 words)
_______________________________________________________________________________________
75. What do you think of the four-day work week Why
_______________________________________________________________________________________
VII. Writing.（15 scores）书面表达。
76. 适当的放松有利于身心健康。为帮助同学们缓解学习压力，学校英语社团开展了征文活动，邀请大家以“Just relax!”为题投稿。请根据下图提示，说明放松的重要性，并分享有效的解压方法。
注意：
1. 词数80词左右；
2. 文中不能出现真实姓名及学校名称。
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成都市实验外国语学校2024-2025学年上期半期考试
八年级英语学科试题 简要答案
A卷 （共95分）
第一部分 听力（略）
第二部分 基础知识运用（共25分）
V. Choose the words with different sounds.（5 scores）
【1~5题答案】
【答案】1. A 2. B 3. B 4. A 5. A
plete the passage.（10 scores）补全短文。
【6~10题答案】
【答案】6. D 7. C
8. E 9. B
10. A
plete the dialogue.（10 scores） 补全对话。
【11~15题答案】
【答案】11. A 12. E 13. D 14. C 15. B
第三部分 阅读理解（共40分）
VIII. Cloze test.（20 scores）完形填空。
【16~25题答案】
【答案】16. A 17. B 18. A 19. B 20. C 21. B 22. A 23. B 24. C 25. C
IX. Read the following passages and choose the best answers according to the passage.（20 scores）阅读下面的短文，根据短文内容选择最佳选项。
A
【26~30题答案】
【答案】26. C 27. A 28. B 29. C 30. A
B
【31~35题答案】
【答案】31. A 32. C 33. A 34. B 35. C
B卷（共55分）
I. Fill in the blanks with the right forms of the words given.（5 scores）用所给单词的正确形式填空。
【36题答案】
【答案】themselves
【37题答案】
【答案】the most seriously##most seriously
【38题答案】
【答案】healthier
【39题答案】
【答案】to invite
【40题答案】
【答案】choices
plete the passage according to the lessons you learned. The first letter of the word is given.（10 scores） 填单词，补全短文，单词的首字母已给出。
【41~50题答案】
【答案】41. (r)aining
42. (b)elow
43. (u)nlucky
44. (w)in 45. (m)agician
46. (p)rize
47. (b)eautifully
48. (b)ring
49. (n)ecessary
50. (e)xercise
III. Choose the words from the box and use the right forms to complete the passage. Each word can only be used once.（10分）12选10。
【51~60题答案】
【答案】51. cultural
52. performers
53. through
54. lucky 55. himself
56. to wear
57. death 58. scared
59. more important
60. to save
【61~65题答案】
【答案】61. A 62. E 63. D 64. F 65. C
V. Read the passage and complete the chart.（5 scores）完成图表。根据短文内容，完成图表中所缺信息。
【66~70题答案】
【答案】66. first
67. more 68. Reasons
69. important
70. taking part in
VI. Read the passage and answer the questions.（5 scores）任务型阅读。根据短文内容，按要求回答问题。
【71~75题答案】
【答案】71. The change may be good for both businesses and workers. 72. 61.
73. Meetings.
74. Pleased.
75. I think it is very beneficial because it can increase the working efficiency and profits for companies.
VII. Writing.（15 scores）书面表达。
【76题答案】
【答案】例文
Just relax!
As middle school students, we are under too much pressure. So it’s necessary to relax ourselves, I’d like to share some of my ways to relax with you.
First, I do sports every week. It not only helps me keep healthy but also makes me relax after long hours of study. Second, after I finish my homework, I like reading my favorite books. It makes me full of energy again. Third, I watch TV for half an hour every day. It can help me keep up with what’s going on in the world. Finally, I usually hang out with my friends on weekends. When I spend time with them, I forget all my problems and worries.
Learning is important. But learning how to relax is also important. We can learn better and live better.
