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北京市广渠门中学 2022-2023 学年八年级上学期期中考试
英语试卷
一、单项选择。（共14小题, 计14分）
1. Miss Fang is __________ English teacher. __________ is a good teacher.
A. our; Her B. my; He C. mine; She D. my; She
2. Don’t forget _________ the windows before you leave.
A. to close B. closing C. closed D. closes
3. I’m going to take him to some famous hutongs _________ he can learn more about China.
A. but B. as if C. so that D. or
4. I spend two hours_________basketball every day.
A. practicing to play B. to practice to play C. practiced playing D. practicing playing
5. My brother always goes to the library ________ Saturday morning.
A. on B. in C. at D. to
6. It is really hot these days. Why not ________ to the swimming pool this weekend?
A. goes B. go C. going D. to go
7. One of my classmates _________ football games every Saturday.
A. watch B. is watching C. watches D. will watch
8. He ________ me phone number, but I can’t remember it now.
A. tells B. will tell C. told D. is telling
9. —Which is ______ way to travel, by bus, by train or by plane?
—I think it’s by train.
A. comfortable B. more comfortable C. much comfortable D. the most comfortable
10. My grandparents look after my younger sister every day ________ Saturday and Sunday, because they visit
their friends on weekends.
A. except B. besides C. beside D. for
11. The teacher is glad to see that Tony is ________ than before.
A. careful B. more careful C. most careful D. the most careful
12. Listening is just as _____ as speaking in language learning.
A. important B. more important
C. most important D. the most important
13. Hurry up! The class ________ in 5 minutes.A. began B. begins C. will begin D. begin
14. —I can’t find Sarah. Where is she?
—She________for the coming football match on the playground.
A. trains B. will train C. is training D. trained
二、完型填空。（20分）
“I don’t want to go, Miss White. I’m frightened（害怕的）, very frightened,” Monica told her teacher.
Monica was a very ___15___ girl. She always sat at the back of the classroom, ___16___ or taking notes.
Every Monday morning, there would be a special show in her class and one student would be chosen to make a
speech about his or her dream. Miss White hoped that Monica could have a try the next week. But she refused.
“I know that it seems ___17___ for you, but it will help you build up your confidence,” said Miss White.
Monica was lost in thought.
The next day, Monica came to Miss White’s office. Miss White was ___18___ that she would take the chance.
Miss White red-pencilled her manuscript（手稿）of the speech, corrected her pronunciation and even helped with
her body language. She advised Monica to practise, to imagine that she was speaking confidently in front of her class.
For a whole week, Monica practised speaking in front of her imaginary friends and teacher. Behind the locked door
of her bedroom, she told them about her ___19___.
Finally, Monday arrived. ___20___ Monica was called upon to give her speech, she ___21___ and walked to the
front of the class without any notes, in a show of confidence.
Monica’s successful performance brought everyone a great ___22___.The whole class clapped（鼓掌）for a
full minute when she completed her speech. Miss White ___23___. She had known that Monica would make it when
she bravely took her first step to overcome（克服）her fear of speaking in public.
From that day, Monica’s life changed for the better. At the age of 23, she became a newsreader. People who see
her on television now will find it hard to ___24___ that she was once a shy girl who refused to speak up in class.
15. A. active B. lazy C. quiet D. polite
16. A. reading B. singing C. talking D. laughing
17. A. interesting B. important C. necessary D. difficult
18. A. mad B. glad C. sad D. afraid
19. A. job B. hobby C. dream D. promise
.
20 A. When B. Until C. Since D. Though
21. A. woke up B. looked up C. stood up D. dressed up
22. A. secret B. thought C. decision D. surprise
23. A. agreed B. smiled C. answered D. fell24. A. expect B. believe C. discuss D. express
三、阅读理解。
English is an excellent language to learn. It is important for study, business and travel. Read the information
below and learn more about how to improve listening skills.
Listen to English radio.
One of the best ways to improve your English listening is to listen to English radio on your mobile phone.
● You should listen to the radio shows for more than 30 minutes every day.
● Try to understand what is said. Don’t just let the English wash over you. If you find the listening too fast, try
to pick out the key words to get a general idea of it.
● You can also make a note of any words or phrases（短语）that you don’t understand.
Look them up in the dictionary later. Then listen to the show again.
Watch English movies and TV shows.
Another fun way to improve your listening is to watch English movies and TV shows.
●Try to choose movies or TV shows that you will enjoy. This will make the listening more interesting. When
you like the movie or TV show, you may forget your task is to practise listening. You just enjoy it.
●However, you should not watch movies or TV shows with Chinese translations（翻译）on the screen. It will
be difficult for you to focus on English.
25. If the listening is too fast, you should try to ________.
.
A listen more than 30 minutes B. get a general idea of it
C. make a note of the phrases D. use an English dictionary
26. When you enjoy a movie, you may ________.
A. need more interesting exercises B. forget you are practising listening
C. write down the Chinese translations D. focus on new words and phrases
27. What is the passage mainly about?
A. When to practise listening. B. What is needed for listening.
.
C Why listening is important. D. How to improve listening skills.
Beijing Opera is one of the traditional Chinese drama art forms and the largest Chinese opera form. Having a
history of over 200 years, it is developed from many other drama forms, mostly from the local drama “Huiban”. It
was especially popular in South China during the 18th century.
Theatrical（喜剧的）art forms in many other countries do not have singing, dancing and spoken parts together
in one single drama. An opera singer, for example, neither dances nor speaks on stage; there are no singing or dancing
parts in a modern play; in a dance drama, the dancer doesn’t speak or sing. Traditional Chinese drama, includingBeijing Opera, is a kind of entertainment. It includes spoken parts, singing and dancing.
Beijing Opera has spread to many other places. Mei Lanfang, one of the most famous performers of all, was the
first to introduce Beijing Opera to foreigners and made highly successful tours to foreign countries.
“You will doubt and sometimes be a little bored, but you will be interested gradually. You will be strongly
interested in Beijing Opera, even if you know nothing about the drama background.” This is how one traveler
described his first experience in watching Beijing Opera.
Beijing Opera is China’s national opera and it is full of Chinese cultural traditions. Welcome to China and
enjoy Beijing Opera!
28. After watching Beijing Opera for the first time, the traveler felt ________.
A. busy B. nervous C. interested D. uneasy
29. The underlined word “it” in the last paragraph refers to（指的是）_________.
A. Beijing Opera B. a local drama C. a stage play D. a modern play
30. The purpose of the passage is to _________.
A. ask young people to learn Beijing Opera
B. make more people understand and like Beijing Opera
C. show why Beijing Opera is popular in Europe
D. introduce everything about foreign opera
The summer before my junior year in high school, my family and I took a trip to a completely new world. Being
from a small town, I had never really been to a large city such as New York City.
As we stood waiting for a taxi outside of the airport, it was clear to me that New York City was not the same as
New Caney, Texas. It seemed like everyone there was in a hurry to get to another place. The loud sound of cars was
heard throughout the whole trip. When we found our hotel in Times Square, I noticed that it wasn’t just the cars that
were in a hurry. Everyone in the streets was walking quickly to be somewhere. Just standing and watching the many
people rushing their own ways was an interesting thing.
In addition to the people and transportation, the buildings were also wonderful sight. Each street was crammed
with buildings that were built side by side with no room in between, and a number of skyscrapers (摩天大楼) were
present throughout the city as well. The stores were also large compared to the ones of my little town. A small shop
in New Caney would be a huge store that took up a whole building in New York.For the first time in my life, I was in what the real world is like. The transportation, the huge skyscrapers, and
all of the thousands of people made me anxious (渴望) to grow up and perhaps move to a city such as this one.
Either way, my first trip to New York was one of the most unusual experiences of my life, one I will always value.
31. According to the author, New Caney is ________.
A. a very large city B. a rather small town
C. a busy and noisy place D. an undeveloped village
32. The author was interested by all of the following EXCEPT________.
.
A the people B. the transportation C. the buildings D. the food
33. The underlined phrase “was crammed with” in Paragraph 3 means _________.
A. was full of B. was short of
C. was strengthened by D. was widened by
34. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. Big cities can provide young people with more chances.
B. A trip to New York City made me love of my hometown less.
C. My visit to New York City was a life changing experience.
D. People from small town are not confident.
Travel in the Future
These days, if you want to travel from New York to Beijing, the flight takes about 16 hours. You also have to
wait at the airport, and sometimes you have to transfer（换乘）onto a different airplane. If you add all of that extra
time, the trip takes at least 20 hours. But in the future, the trip from New York to Beijing might only take two hours.
Right now, a company is developing something called ET3, which stands for “evacuated tube（真空管）
transport technology（技术）”. Here’s how it works. A tube goes all the way from New York to Beijing. The tube is
only a few meters wide. Capsules（舱）move through the tube. Six people can sit in one capsule. The capsules use
electricity instead of oil. For international travel, the capsules can travel at about 6, 500 kilometers per hour. That’s
much faster than airplanes—most modern airplanes usually only fly at about 800 kilometers per hour.
So how is this possible? How can these capsules travel so fast? The answer is that there is no air inside the tube.
When airplanes fly, they have to move through air. The air slows the airplanes down. Because there isn’t any air in
the ET3 tubes, the capsules are able to move at a very high speed. Also, the capsules are quite light. Each only weighs
183 kilograms.
There are other advantages to ET3. Because it uses electricity, it’s quite clean. Also, it’s a lot quieter than
airplanes and cars. Finally, ET3 tubes and capsules don’t require very much building materials.
Of course, ET3 doesn’t come into use yet. The technology is still being developed. Developers still have to solvea lot of problems. The biggest problem is that right now ET3 would be far too expensive. In order to make ET3
cheaper, we will need much better technology.
It’s exciting to think of how ET3 will change the travel in the future. Who knows? Maybe someday you’ll be
able to have lunch in New York and dinner in Beijing.
35. According to the passage, an ET3 looks more like a _________.
A. ship B. bus C. plane D. subway train
36. ET3 travels at the very high speed because _________.
A. it is powered by electricity and oil
B. it is much lighter than an airplane
C. it moves through a tube without air
D. it is made up of fewer capsules
37. From the passage, the writer expects that ________.
A. modern technology will be used in airplanes
B. ET3 will take the place of any other way of transportation
C. more money will be spent on the technology of ET3
D. ET3 will change the travel in the future greatly
四、阅读回答问题。
A new report from a university says 80% of the world’s teens don’t get enough exercise every day. The report
was based on（基于）a research done with about 2 million students aged 11 to 17 around the world. According to
the report, activity standards（水平）are different in different countries and they are also different between boys and
girls.
Why don’t teens go out for exercise? One main reason is that they always have technology products in their
hands or around them. They spend too much time on smartphones, computers and TVs in their free time. Many teens
find it very hard to pull themselves away from these devices（设备）. The report says that young people need to do
less in the digital world but more in the real world. It advises kids to get at least an hour of exercise every day. This
could include running, biking, playing sports, or many other outdoor activities.
More and more research shows that exercise not only helps the body, but also helps the brain. Besides, doing
sports helps kids to make friends. Mark, a sports fan, started to play football when he was six years old. He used to
be shy and weak, but now he has become taller and stronger. He gets to know the importance of communicating with
his teammates and how to learn from mistakes and failure. And he has made lots of friends with the same interest.
They often have football training on the playground. They have more to talk about and enjoy the happiness after
training.38. How many students around the world took part in the research?
__________________________________________________________
39. Are activity standards the same between boys and girls according to the report?
__________________________________________________________
40. Why don’t teens go out for sports?
__________________________________________________________
41. When did Mark start to play football?
__________________________________________________________
42. What’s the main idea of the last paragraph?
__________________________________________________________
五、选词填空共5题, 10分）
用所给词语的正确形式填空。(每个词语只用一次)
success; choose; notes; bored; score
的
A good plan always makes study effective (有效 ). The following tips may help you.
Find out your study habit
Think about what place and study skills can help you do best in exams. Decide where you like to study, in a
quiet place or in a public place like a coffee shop. Think about whether you remember facts better when you review
your ____43____ or when you read the textbook. If you’re able to form a personalized (个性化的) study habit,
studying will be less difficult for you.
Focus on your long-term goals
Studying day after day can be ____44____. Imagine yourself getting a good ____45____ on a test, or receiving
praise from your teacher. If you’re hoping to go to college, think about how each small study will get you one step
closer to your dreams.
Order your tasks from the easiest to the hardest
You can ____46____ an ordering system that lets you keep moving forward easily. Try working from the easiest
project to the hardest. You’ll find it easier to go from one task to the next. The more careful you can be about planning
your study, the more ____47____ you’ll have in your studies.
六、完成句子。（共5小题, 计10分）
48. 在电视上看网球比赛比打网球安全。
__________ tennis matches on TV is safer than playing.
49. 这是解决问题最容易的方法。
This is _________ to solve the problem.50. 坐大巴旅行比坐飞机便宜得多。
A journey by coach is _________ by plane.
51. 我们的错题记在笔记本上怎么样？
__________ our mistakes in the notebook?
52. 这个城市有超过一百万的人口。
This city has a ___________ more than 1, 000, 000.
七、文段表达。（10分）
53. 根据中文和英文提示，完成一篇不少于50词的文段写作。文中已给出内容不计入总词数。所给提
示词语仅供选用。请不要写出你的真实校名和姓名。
首都北京有很多蕴含历史和文化的旅游景点，如故宫（the Palace Museum）、长城 （the Great
Wall）、老舍茶馆（Lao She Teahouse）等。它们吸引了众多外国游客。
假定你是李华，你的英国笔友Chris对北京传统文化（traditional culture）很感兴趣，由于目前不能来
华，他给你发来邮件，想通过你的亲身经历进一步了解北京传统文化。请用英语回复一封邮件，向他介绍
你体验北京传统文化的一次经历，包括去了哪、做了什么、看到了什么，以及你的感受。
提示词语：experience（经历，体验），be famous for；play；performances；acrobatics（杂技）；culture；
Beijing Opera（提示词语仅供参考，不必全用）
提示问题：
Where did you go?
Why did you choose this place?
What did you do and see there?
How did you feel?
Dear Chris,
I’m glad to receive your letter and I am happy to know that you have interest in Beijing traditional culture.
I’d like to share my experience with
you.______________________________________________________________________________________
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__________________________________________________________________________________________I’m looking forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely yours,
Li Hua
