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北京市房山区 2022—2023 学年上学期八年级期中
英语试卷
一、单项填空（每题1分, 共8分）
从下面各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中, 选择可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
1. My brother and I like museums. ________ often visit them on weekends.
A. I B. We C. They D. You
2. Mike is thirteen years old. He was born ________ 2009.
A. in B. on C. of D. at
3. You’d better get up early, you will miss the first class.
A. so B. and C. or D. but
4. —Listen! Who is singing in the next room?
—Lily. She sings much ________ than before.
A. well B. better C. best D. the best
5. —What a nice shirt! ________ is it?
.
—It’s 200 yuan
A. How long B. How old C. How many D. How much
6. Simon and Sally ________ a tennis match the day after tomorrow.
A. will have B. had C. have D. are having
7. —Where is Jack?
—He is in his bedroom. He ________ with his friend on the phone now.
A. talked B. will talk C. talks D. is talking
8. —What did Lucy do yesterday afternoon?
—She ________ her parents do the housework.
A. helps B. is helping C. helped D. will help
二、完形填空（每题1分, 共8分）
阅读下面的短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中, 选择最佳
选项。“Where is Trevor?” asked Dad.
Trevor was my brother. He was older and bigger than I was but acted much younger.
“I don’t know.” I answered. I was busy choosing the perfect ___9___ for Dad’s birthday. This year Dad
wanted something that couldn’t be bought at a shop.
“Daddy! There is a dragon toy!” Trevor came back with a box in his hand. But when he ___10___ it, there
was only candy in it! He cried loudly. I came to him and read the words “dragon candy” on the cover（封面）of
the box. But in fact, my big brother had trouble ___11___.
,
What Trevor said took away my worry about Dad’s gift. I came up with an idea but when ___12___ my
idea with Trevor, he shook his head. “Let’s make a deal（交易）, ” I said, “We’ll try only for ten days.” When he
heard this, he agreed.
The first day was the most ___13___. Trevor didn’t want to read anything. Then I began to ask him how he
felt about not finding a dragon in the box. He slowly opened his mouth. That was a start! Each day after that,
Trevor told more of his dragon story, and I wrote it down. We ___14___ reading aloud in my room so many times
that he got ready for the performance（表演）at last.
On Dad’s birthday, Trevor asked Dad and me to sit on the sofa. He stood before us with confidence（自信
心）. I sat closer to Dad and said, “This is a surprise from both of us!” “Wow!” Dad already sounded ___15___.
“My Dragon Friend. Written by Trevor Johnson.” I could hear how ___16___ he read. After he finished it,
Trevor began to laugh when we couldn’t stop clapping hands（拍手）. Dad took off his glasses and dried them on
his shirt.
“That is the best birthday gift ever!” Dad said. I knew, in Trevor’s world, that was more than just a start.
9. A. activity B. match C. gift D. camp
10. A. threw B. found C. opened D. made
11. A. spelling B. reading C. listening D. speaking
12. A. forgot B. changed C. received D. shared
13. A. difficult B. interesting C. wonderful D. different
14. A. practiced B. researched C. discussed D. suggested
15. A. angry B. sad C. worried D. excited
16. A. slowly B. clearly C. quietly D. politely三、阅读下列短文, 根据短文内容, 从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中, 选择最佳
选项。（每题2分, 共24分）
A
I play basketball in the PE class at school, but I think they’re boring. I spend most of my free
time cycling (骑车). It brings me a wonderful feeling. I think nothing is more enjoyable than
cycling.
Joe, 13
My favorite sport is Karate (空手道). I do it in a club once a week. I also like tennis very
much and I often play it with my friends. I don’t like swimming because it’s difficult for me.
Isabelle, 11
I really love football. I’m on the school football team and I play it three times a week. I also
like volleyball a lot and I often play it in summer. I don’t like table tennis. I think it’s boring.
Jack, 12
I’m a quiet girl. I don’t like playing sports. At school, I often watch my classmates play ball
games and cheer them on. I go fishing with my dad every weekend. I think it’s interesting.
Carol, 14
17. How old is Joe?
A. Eleven. B. Twelve. C. Thirteen. D. Fourteen.
18. What is Isabelle’s favorite sport?
A. Karate. B. Fishing. C. Cycling. D. Football.
19. How often does Jack play football?
A. Every day. B. Once a week. C. Every weekend. D. Three times a week.
B
In a small village, there was a wise old man named Ryan. One day, his young nephew（侄子）Keith came to
visit him. During their talk, Keith said he was sad and worried about his little progress（进步）in learning the
guitar. He tried hard, but he just couldn’t improve much.Keith asked his uncle for advice. “Follow me.” said Ryan, and he led Keith up to the high hills around the
village. This road was long and difficult, but Keith followed the old man. As they got higher, Ryan said that he
needed to go to the top of the highest hill where he had never been to. Keith was surprised but decided to help his
uncle.
With great difficulty, Keith helped his uncle climb the hill. Sometimes he even carried the old man on his
back. At the top, he put his uncle back on the ground and laughed with joy.
“Do you remember the times when you were a little boy? Sometimes you returned home with tears in your
eyes,” said Ryan. “The other children laughed at you. Do you remember why?”
Keith remembered that as a child he often played on the hills with other children. They called this hill Mount
Impossible, because small children couldn’t reach its top. “At that time I couldn’t get here. The bigger kids had no
problem.” said Keith.
“And today, you not only climbed here, but also helped me climb up.” said Ryan.
“I became bigger and stronger.”
“Instead of climbing Mount Impossible every day, you played on the smaller hills and became better at
climbing. You became stronger.” said Ryan. “Mount Impossible became possible for you to climb while you didn’t
even think about it.”
20. What did Keith worry about?
A. His guitar skill improved little. B. He wasn’t big and strong enough.
C. Other children often laughed at him. D. He couldn’t play on the smaller hills.
21. How did Keith help his uncle climb the hill?
A. He followed his uncle. B. He chose a short road.
C. He carried Ryan on his back. D. He laughed with joy.
22. To solve Keith’s problem, what did Ryan do on the top of the hill?
A. He introduced some big kids to Keith. B. He shared his own climbing experience.
C. He showed Keith around Mount Impossible. D. He talked about Keith’s progress in climbing.
C
What games do supermarkets play to make us spend so much money?The tricks（把戏）usually start before you walk in. Outside the supermarket, anybody who walks past can
smell warm, fresh bread. That makes us hungry and ready to buy lots of food, not just bread.
Now you’re inside and, of course, a small basket would be fine, but they all provide（提供） trolleys. And of
course the problem with a trolley is that it looks sad and lonely with just one or two products（产品）inside. So
we may put in other things. In fact, supermarket trolleys are actually getting bigger so that we buy more.
Of course, many people shop in supermarkets because they think everything is cheaper than in other shops. So
supermarkets offer very cheap prices on some things but then have higher prices for other products. One new trick
is to put red stickers on products. Customers usually think red stickers mean lower prices, so the red stickers are
easy to be noticed, even the price is not off! Interestingly, this trick seems to work more with men than with
women.
,
There is a story behind the position（位置）of everything in the supermarket. For example customers
often only go to buy milk. So they put it right at the back and you need to go past hundreds of shelves full of other
products. The position of products on each shelf is also important. For example, the products that children might
like are on lower shelves so that kids can see and even reach them.
Except（除了）what you see and smell in a supermarket, what about the music you listen to? In most
supermarkets they have soft, slow music. It’s so relaxing that you slow down and spend more time in the store.
So, next time you go into a supermarket, remember these tricks and see if you can come out with just the
things you want.
23. The smell from the bread in the supermarket can make you ________.
A. buy less bread than you need B. hungry and want to buy more things
C. want to leave the supermarket D. happy and go to the bread store
24. What can we learn from the passage?
A. Supermarkets provide trolleys because it’s easy to go shopping.
B. All the things are cheaper in supermarkets than in other shops.
C. Men like to buy things with red stickers more than women.
D. The products for children are usually on higher shelves.
25. The passage is mainly about ________.
A. some tricks that make people go into the supermarkets
B. several ways supermarkets use to sell more products
C. some advice when people go shopping on the street
D. several rules that every supermarket should follow
DMany kids help parents to do chores in the house. They may take out the trash, walk the dog or clean the floor.
In return, some kids get money or other rewards from their parents, such as 20 minutes to play computer games.
But some people do not think that kids should get rewards for doing chores. One of them is Jane Smith, a
parenting educator and family coach（指导）. She believes if kids get rewards, they may think that work isn’t
worth（值得）doing unless you get something in return. For example, kids won’t clean the floor if they see it is
dirty. But they will do it if their parents reward them for it.
“Every house is a team effort（努力）,” Jane said. “A home is a living place for everyone in the family. It’s
important for kids to see that we all have a responsibility（责任）to keep our home clean.”
Other people have different ideas. They believe that money or other rewards encourage kids to do more
chores. It also teaches them real world lessons. They can learn about how we need to work to make money.
Now, there are also apps that encourage kids to do chores. The apps give kids points and digital（电子的）
gifts that can be used either online or in life. With the Chore Monster, kids get digital points after they do chores.
Kids can exchange（交换）their points for real rewards, such as time to play video games or a trip to the shop.”
Our goal is to encourage kids to do chores so they can get rewards, “ says Joe Black, the founder（创始人）of
Chore Monster.” Kids need positive（积极的）power to make them do chores.”
26. The word “rewards” in paragraph 1 means ________.
A. reasons B. prizes C. shows D. excuses
27. Jane Smith thinks that ________.
A. housework isn’t worth doing B. parents should do chores at home
C. kids should get something in return D. kids shouldn’t get rewards for doing chores
28. What’s the purpose of the apps mentioned in the passage?
A. To encourage kids to do chores. B. To let kids play more video games.
C. To give kids digital points and gifts. D. To make kids keep their home clean.
四、阅读短文, 根据短文内容回答问题。（29--31 题每题2分, 32题4分, 共10分）
根据短文内容回答问题。
For more than seventy years, psychologists（心理学家）and teachers have studied the link（联系）between
the place where students choose to sit in class and what they are like as people and learners.
At the back的
People often think that students who sit at the back are lazy（懒惰 ）. But some researchers say it is
not. In fact, shy students often choose the back row because they probably won’t speak much. In big classrooms, it
can be hard to see the board and hear what the teacher is saying. This could be the reason why students who sit here
often get lower grades on tests and exams.
At the side
Students who choose to sit on the sides of the classroom are usually gentle（文静的）and thoughtful. They
are usually interested in class. They like watching and listening but they don’t like joining in. These students are
usually also very good at taking notes. These people usually get good grades in school and are interested in
learning.
In the middle
Do you sit in the middle of the classroom? Then you probably like your teacher. You probably also have a
good relationship with your classmates. Caring, outgoing, and cheerful students usually choose to sit in the middle.
的
They are usually serious（认真 ）about learning and feel disappointed（失望的）with low grades on tests
and exams.
At the front
Students at the front usually want to discuss things with the teacher and are often very interested in the subject.
They want to be in the best place to see and hear everything the teacher does and says. But it can be difficult to see
and hear what other students do and say in class.
Now, think about where you sit and how you fit.
29. Why do shy students often choose the back row?
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30. Are the students who sit at the side usually good at taking notes?
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31. Where do students probably sit if they like their teacher?
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32. Where do you like sitting in the classroom? Why? （Write at least two reasons.）
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五、文段表达（10分）
33. 假如你是李华，你刚刚收到英国笔友Peter发来的邮件，他想知道你最喜欢的电视节目。请你用英
语回复一封邮件，介绍最喜欢的一个电视节目，喜欢的原因以及你的收获。要求：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。请不要写出你的校名和姓名。
提示词语：because, know, love, interesting
提示问题：
●What is your favorite TV program?
●Why do you like it?
●What can you learn from it?
Dear Peter,
I’m glad to hear from you.
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What is your favourite TV program? I’m looking forward to your reply.
Yours,
Li Hua
34. 学校的社团活动多种多样，社团活动有助于培养学生的兴趣及能力，促进学生的全面发展。某英
文网站正在开展以“My Team”为主题的征文活动。假如你是李华，请用英语写一篇短文投稿，介绍你参加
的一个社团，为什么加入这个社团，以及在社团中你做些什么。
提示词语：be interested in, team games, solve problem, learn
提示问题：
●Which team are you in?
●Why do you join it?
●What do you do in it?
My Team
There are many teams in our school.
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