湖北省武汉市洪山区2022-2023学年八年级下学期期中质量检测英语试题

检测英语试题

学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________

一、单项选择

1．—Could you please lend me an umbrella? It’s raining heavily outside. —________. A．With pleasure

B．Never mind

C．Yes, thank you

D．It doesn’t matter

2．—Why not explain your problems to your teacher? —________ I will talk to him again. A．How come?

B．No problem.

C．That’s a good idea. D．Take it easy.

3．—Oh no! The light goes out. It feels like midnight! —________. We have some candles here. A．Sounds nice

B．It depends

C．Don’t worry

D．Go ahead

4．I take up hobbies like drawing, singing and reading. They help my all-round ________. A．satisfaction

B．relation

C．spirit

D．development

5．—I’m not for the wide use of AI, like ChatGPT(智能聊天机器). —________. It will take the place of many jobs, making many people jobless. A．So will I

B．Neither am I

C．Neither will I

D．So am I

6．Martin Luther King was killed because he fought ________ the unfair treatment (待遇) of black people. A．against

B．through

C．onto

D．off

7．________ doing chores may seem boring, I truly catch the meaning of it by doing them. A．Because

B．If

C．Although

D．Until

8．—Did you hear that Mike drop out of school?

—Yeah. He is unable to continue learning because of ________ health. A．typical

B．proper

C．ill

D．wrong

9．—Nobody can go back and start a new beginning.

—But anyone can start today and make a ________ different ending. A．completely

B．recently

C．independently

D．heavily

10．—It’s the parents’ job to ________ a comfortable environment for their children. —Children should also help their parents with housework.

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A．allow B．provide C．offer D．imagine

11．The number of cars ________ on -Zhuhai- Bridge (港珠澳大桥) with the growing need for travel. A．rises

B．returns

C．controls

D．raises

12．—Our teacher asks us to watch the NPC and CPPCC sessions () in March. —That’s great. Teenagers ________ pay attention to major events in China. A．might

B．should

C．could

D．may

13．—Did you see the movie Wandering Earth 2 (流浪地球)?

—Certainly! And I had no words to describe how I felt while I ________ it. A．was watching

B．will watch

C．am watching

D．watch

14．—She ________ run in the London Marathon (马拉松) every year until she hurt her leg. —I hope with all my heart that things will ________ for her. A．was used to; work out C．used to; try out

B．was used to; try out D．used to; work out

15．—Could you please tell me ________ during springtime in Wuhan? —They like enjoying cherry blossoms (樱花) at Wuhan University. A．what people were doing C．how people get there

B．where did people go D．what people usually do

二、完形填空

Good news came from the Southwest Hospital of Army Medical University. A heroic soldier, Du Fuguo, who was injured during mine (地雷) clearing operations, was allowed to leave from the hospital after 16 three years of treatment in Chongqing. Du, born in Guizhou Province in 1991, deactivated (拆除) mines for the people’s Liberation Army. He 17 both his eyes and hands during a clearing operation in Yunnan Province in October 2018. Then he was trying to 18 his fellow soldiers from a mine explosion (爆炸). In the three years 19 the accident, he had entered minefields more than 1,000 20 on the country’s borders and deactivated more than 2,400 bombs (). He won 21 honors, including “Role Model of Our Times”, “Heroic Demining Soldier” in 2019, and “August 1 Medal” 22 July 27, 2022. “ 23 there is little chance, we still try our best to help the hero recover,” said Liu 试卷第2页，共9页

Hongliang, director of the rehabilitation department (康复科) of the hospital.

Three years ago, Du was 24 to the hospital for treatment. A treatment team of 15 medical experts from the hospital was 25 right away. The treatment team made a daily recovery training plan to 26 Du’s physical situation to make him live a 27 life sooner.

Du has been recovering 28 , and is now able to 29 himself in daily activities, such as eating and washing, the hospital said.

Du Fuguo is the 30 of the Chinese nation, is the hero of the time, and is a model for all people to learn. 16．A．beginning 17．A．lost 18．A．control 19．A．of 20．A．kilometers 21．A．little 22．A．by 23．A．Though 24．A．asked 25．A．put up 26．A．develop 27．A．simple 28．A．slowly 29．A．take after 30．A．pride

B．finishing B．opened B．carry B．in B．times B．few B．at B．Unless B．offered B．set up B．keep B．lucky B．well B．look for B．symbol

C．providing C．closed C．save C．after C．years C．quite a few C．on C．Since C．stopped C．taken up C．change C．common C．hard C．take care of C．sign

D．continuing D．touched D．fight D．before D．weeks D．quite a little D．in D．Where D．sent D．given up D．improve D．normal D．quietly D．care about D．kindness

三、阅读单选

Game Console Brought to Physics Class During a high school class, a teacher named Dakuan took out a Nintendo Switch game 试卷第3页，共9页

console (任天堂游戏机), connected it to the whiteboard, and started playing it. The video of this incident became a hit last month on Bilibili, gaining over 2.7 million views. Dakuan did so to provide his first-year students with a more engaging way of learning the classic kinematics (运动学) problem of “The boat crosses the river”. Lots of netizens praised the teacher’s innovative way of teaching, saying “This is incredibly simple and easy to understand.” Some fellow teachers also watched the video to learn his teaching method. In Dakuan’s mind, it is more important for students to understand and learn rather than getting high grades. Rows of new school desks equipped with (装有) bike pedals (脚踏板) are allowing students in Mexico to focus (专注于) on their class work while doing some light exercise, burning off calories (卡路里). “When we’re physically active, it also helps keep us focused,” said 13-year-old Reimy, in her first year at Public High School 24. At present the school equipped two classrooms fully decked out with the new desks, but the plan is to gradually add them to all 21 classrooms. Kids Learn to Make Tofu in Kindergarten In order to improve the life skills and independence of children, a kindergarten in southwestern China has started a course on farming with classes which include making tofu step by step. A teacher at the school, surnamed Huang, said the new curriculum (课程) is designed to provide a space for students to gain practical knowledge about nature and develop life skills. The move by the kindergarten drew great interest online after the story was published. “We also need this. I’m in my 20s, but I don’t know how to cook,” one university student said. China Daily 31．In which section of the newspaper can we read the news? A．HUMAN.

B．SPORTS.

C．SCIENCE.

D．EDUCATION.

32．The underlined word “innovative” probably means ________. A．creative

B．strange

C．common

D．traditional

33．What would be the best heading for the second piece of news? A．Students Work Out on Bike Desks

B．Bike Desks Keep Students Focused

C．Bike Desks Help to Learn While Burning Calories D．A Special School in Mexico 34．It’s clear that ________.

A．students in Dakuan’s class all learned “The boat crosses the river” problem well

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B．grades aren’t important at all according to Dakuan

C．Public High School 24 equipped every classroom with the bike desks D．some college students still have difficulties in taking care of themselves

35．From the three pieces of news above, we know China Daily probably wants to show the readers that ________.

A．kindergarten should offer life skills training courses to children B．schools and teachers are making efforts to support students’ growth C．sports help students to be physically active and mentally focused D．teachers should improve their ways of teaching

You may have seen such a photo: with a long white beard and wearing a bamboo hat, an old fisherman stands on a boat. Huang Quande looked like this when tourists took photos with him on the Lijiang River in Guilin. He became so famous on the Internet that many believed the fisherman on the back of the 20-yuan renminbi banknote (纸币) was based on his image (形象). Sadly, Huang passed away at the age of 94 on February 18, 2023. According to Jimu News, Huang shows the true spirit of the Lijiang River. He was an active and kind man. In his 90s, Huang could still move his boat with speed.

After he gave up fishing and became a photo model in 2008, he took photos with tourists worldwide. The image of the fisherman on the back of the 20-yuan banknote is not just about one man. Instead, it is a cultural symbol that makes the Guilin landscape (风景) what it is, commented Guangming Daily.

In fact, the different backsides of the fifth series of renminbi banknotes show the most iconic (标志性的) landscapes in the country. Each of them carries its own cultural value. For example, on the back of the 5-yuan banknote is Taishan Mountain in Shandong. For thousands of years, many emperors would go there and pray (祈祷) for the country’s prosperity (繁荣). On the back of the 1-yuan banknote are the Three Pools Mirroring the Moon (三潭映月) in West Lake, Zhejiang. Since ancient times, the location has been a great place for moon watchers during Mid-Autumn Festival. The candlelight from the three pagodas (塔) are reflected on the water and look like moons.

The renminbi pictures have helped make the landscapes even more popular among tourists. Following the banknotes from 1 yuan to 100, Pan Jinyu from Chongqing had a “banknote tour” when he was 21. “I want to finish a ceremonial (有仪式感的) journey and

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feel the beauty of our country,” Pan told Chongqing Economic Times.

36．What do we know about the man on the back of the 20-yuan renminbi banknote? A．He made a living by rowing boats for others. B．He was young but acted like an old man. C．He became a photo model at the age of nearly 80. D．He was a famous model when the picture was taken.

37．What does the image stand for according to Guangming Daily? A．Fishing as a traditional job.

C．The positive spirit of the whole nation. landscape.

38．Which banknote includes the place where many emperors went to pray? A．The 1-yuan banknote. C．The 20-yuan banknote.

B．The 5-yuan banknote. D．The 100-yuan banknote. B．The kindness of old men in China. D．A cultural symbol of the Guilin

39．What do the pictures on the banknotes bring to those places? A．Better protection. C．More places to live.

B．More ceremonies. D．More developed tourism.

40．What would be the best title for the passage? A．Role of Traditional Chinese Culture Banknotes

C．Cultural Value of Famous Places in China

Reading is important as well as easy. But for eleven-year-old boy Andy, he had only junk mail to read—which he thought was better than nothing.

So when the postman, Felix, came by to send Andy’s family their mail, Andy jumped to ask Felix if there was any more junk mail that he could have to read. When Felix heard this, he knew that he could get Andy something better than junk mail to read—he would get him real books. So he put up a post on Facebook, encouraging others to send Andy their favorite books for him to read.

Thanks to Felix, there is no shortage of things to read for Andy now. People from every corner of the world have sent him books, helping him accrue a collection numbering in the hundreds.

This story is very meaningful in many ways. For one, it’s great to see a kid who is still

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D．Influence of Renminbi Banknotes B．Landscapes on the Back of Renminbi

interested in books and reading. Another great part of this story is Felix’s desire to help out a kid who just wanted to read. He could have just as easily given Andy some more junk mail to read and left it at that. But Felix knew that reading junk mail was a far cry from reading real books. And the final part of this story that makes it great is the response (反应) from others on Facebook to send Andy their books. Without their support, his collection wouldn’t have grown to the size that it has.

If a postman can influence hundreds of strangers to send books to a kid that they don’t know, then just imagine what kind of impact you can have in someone else’s life. So don’t hesitate (犹豫), change always starts with you. 41．In paragraph 2, the writer wants to ________. A．tell why Andy loved the postman C．list the advantage of reading reading

42．We can learn from the passage that ________. A．Andy thought the mail he read was nothing but rubbish B．Andy thought real books were better than junk mail for reading C．Felix sent Andy his favorite books to read

D．Felix thought reading real books was quite different from reading junk mail 43．The underlined word accrue in paragraph 3 means ________ in Chinese. A．积累

B．捐赠

C．购买

D．找到

B．show how much Andy loved reading D．explain the reason why Andy liked

44．The story is meaningful in the following ways EXCEPT ________. A．Felix is willing to help Andy in reading B．it’s good to see Andy is hungry for reading C．Andy has got a large collection of books

D．people on Facebook offer to give away their books to Andy 45．What’s the main idea of the passage? A．Reading plays an important role in our life.

B．It’s important for us to realize the importance of reading. C．Collecting books is very meaningful in many ways.

D．A little boy without books asks the postman for junk mail to read.

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四、多句选词填空

仔细阅读下面五个句子，然后用下面方框中所给的单词或短语填空，使每个句子在结构、句义和逻辑上正确。（提示：方框中有两个单词或短语是多余的） get on with; dropped; situation; come up with; understands; silence; importance 46．He often fell ill and his grades ________.

47．Lucky is clever and ________ many English words.

48．In this book, Aron tells of the ________ of making good decisions. 49．My problem is that I can’t ________ my family.

50．My parents did not talk after that, and we finished the rest of our dinner in ________.

五、短文综合填空

阅读下面短文，根据所给首字母、上下文或括号内单词等提示，在空白处填入适当的单词。每个空只能填一个词。

Once my mom told me a story. Ten years ago when she and my dad were newly married (结婚), suddenly one day, she got phone calls from an elderly lady. The lady wanted to speak to someone named Donna. My mom 51 with great care that she was not Donna, but the lady would s 52 say my mom was Donna.

At least once a week, this old lady would continue to call for Donna—sometimes more! Every call s 53 with, “Hello, Donna! How are you?” She never cared it was the wrong number. She talked about her daily life, her cat, her garden, and the newspaper. From her stories, my mom guessed that Donna was a childhood friend of the lady. She could only spent 10 or 15 minutes on the phone before getting tired and ending the 55 (communicate) with goodbye.

The whole thing l 56 for about a year. Then the calls just stopped. Why didn’t she call? Did anything unexpected happen? At first my mom felt worried and had trouble 57 (fall) asleep. Now she still thinks of that lady sometimes and 58 (wonder) about her. Perhaps that woman knew there was no Donna and was just l 59 at that time. She had nobody else to talk to.

So my mom’s small act of k 60 might make a difference to someone in need.

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六、材料作文

61．经过长达一个学期的线上学习，我们欣喜的发现越来越多的初中生开始帮助父母做家务了，请你从自身角度出发，谈谈你对做家务的看法。 内容提示问题： ．．．．．．

1. What kind of housework did you do to help your parents last term? 2. What’s the meaning of sharing housework for a middle school student? 3. What can you benefit (受益) from doing housework? …

注意：文中不得透露个人真实信息；词数60—80；首尾已给出，不计入总词数。

We had an unforgettable experience of studying online last term. Whenever I noticed how tired my parents were, I made up my mind to share some housework since they helped us

a

lot.____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

In a word, everyone can benefit from sharing housework. So why not keep on doing it?

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