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2024-2025 学年八年级英语上学期期中模拟卷（沪教牛津版） 7. A. invent B. invention C. inventor D. inventing
8. A. surprise B. surprising C. surprised D. surprisingly
。
本试卷共10页，四大题，满分100分。考试用时100分钟 9. A. good B. better C. best D. the best
10. A. worry about B. worried about C. is worried about D. be worry about
注意事项：
11. A. By B. With C. Without D. Against
1.答题前，考生务必在答题卡上用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔填写自己的考生号、 姓名；将自己的条形码粘
12. A. hundreds B. hundreds of C. hundred D. hundred of
贴在答题卡的“条形码粘贴处七
13. A. mix B. mixed C. to mix D. mixing
2.选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑； 如需改动，用橡皮擦干净
14. A. a B. an C. the D. /
后，再选涂其他答案标号。答案不能答在试卷上。
15. A. look up B. look after C. look out D. find out
3.非选择题答案必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔写在答题卡各题目指定区域内 的相应位置上；如需改动，
二、完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案，改动后 的答案也不能超出指定的区域；不准使用铅笔、涂改
液和修正带。不按以上要 求作答的答案无效。 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16〜25各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选 出最佳选项，并在答题
4.考生必须保持答题卡的整洁，考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
卡上将该项涂黑。
5. 测试范围：八上Units 1~4（沪教牛津版）。
No one is born a winner. People make themselves into winners by their own efforts.
6. 难度系数：0.65。
I learned this 16 from an experience many years ago. I took the head coaching job at a school in
一、语法选择（15分）
Baxley, Georgia. It was a small school with a weak football program.
In a small town, there was a young boy named Ted. He was always curious about how things worked and loved
It was a tradition for the school’s old team to play against the new team at the end of spring practice. The old
to take things apart (把……拆开) and then put 1 back together. Usually, he succeeded, but sometimes he 2 .
team had no coach, and they didn’t even 17 for the game. Being the coach of the new team, I was
Still, he enjoyed what he did. One day, while he 3 his mother cook, he realized how hard it was to stir (搅拌) the
18 because I knew we were sure to win. But unluckily, we were defeated (打败). I couldn’t believe I had got
sauce. He thought that there must be 4 way to do this, and he decided to think of a better way.
into such a situation. Thinking hard about it, I came to 19 that my team might not be the number one team
Ted took out his tools and began to work. After a busy afternoon, he created a new invention. He took apart a
in Georgia, but they were depending on me. I had to change my attitude (态度) about their 20 .
broken wood mixer (搅拌器) and then connected a motor (电动机), it was able to stir things by itself 5 it got
I started doing anything I could to help them build confidence. The most 21 thing is that I began to
power from the motor. It was so convenient that anyone 6 stir the sauce easily and quickly.
treat them like winners. That summer, when the other teams enjoyed their vacations, we met every day and 22
The next day, Ted showed his 7 to his mother. She was 8 and allowed him to spend more time
passing and kicking the football.
improving it. He tried, failed, and then tried again. Finally, he added some new ideas to make it even 9 , like a
Six months after suffering (遭受) our defeat, we won our first game and our second, and continued to improve.
timer, so that the user could leave the tool on the table and not have to 10 the sauce burning.
23 , we faced the number one team. I felt that we would be winners even if we lost the game. But that wasn’t
11 mum’s support, Ted decided to bring it to school and introduce it to his eight 12 schoolmates.
what happened. My boys beat the best team in Georgia, giving me the most exciting moment of my life!
Suddenly, Ted’s invention became a big hit in his school. They used it 13 drinks or stirred any kind of sauce at
From the experience, I learned a lot about how the attitude of the leader can make a 24 to a team.
lunch, and it was also easy to clean and store. In the School Science Festival, Ted even received 14 prize from
Instead of seeing my boys as losers, I 25 and encouraged them. I helped them to see themselves differently
the school principal for his creativity and intelligence.
and they built themselves into winners.
Perhaps not everyone can be an inventor. However, it is always meaningful to 15 what you are really interested
Winners are made, not born.
in and keep going like Ted.
16. A. game B. lesson C. visit D. show
1. A. it B. they C. them D. themselves
17. A. prepare B. wait C. ask D. look
2. A. failure B. fail C. fails D. failed
18. A. moved B. excited C. worried D. surprised
3. A. watches B. will watch C. is watching D. was watching
19. A. realize B. care C. forget D. solve
4. A. other B. another C. the other D. others
20. A. rules B. plans C. abilities D. habits
5. A. because B. so C. but D. or
21. A. angry B. important C. possible D. difficult
6. A. can B. could C. should D. must22. A. minded B. suggested C. avoided D. practiced 30. Where does the passage probably come from?
23. A. Finally B. Suddenly C. Luckily D. Seriously A. A magazine. B. A school website. C. A storybook. D. A diary.
24. A. mistake B. choice C. decision D. difference
25. A. pushed B. invited C. left D. found B
三、阅读（共两节，满分 35分） I was playing at the front gate, trying to decide whether to walk down the street to play with Jenny, when I saw
第一节阅读理解（共15小题；每小题 2分，满分30分） a poor man coming up the road.
“Hello, little girl,” he said, “is your mama at home?”
阅读下列短文，从26〜40各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项，并在 答题卡上
I nodded and opened the gate to let him get in the yard. He looked like all the homeless men who came to my
将该项涂黑。
home before. His messy hair hung below a shapeless hat, and his old shirt and trousers had been rained on and slept
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in. He smelled bad.
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He walked to the door. When my mother appeared, he asked, “Lady, could you spare something to eat?”
The Columbia Encyclopedia (Sixth Edition):
“I think so. Please sit on the step.”
An English-language dictionary containing more than 51,000 topics, the Columbia Encyclopedia provides
Later, my mother came back and handed him a sandwich made from homemade bread and generous pieces of
trusted facts and information. More than 200 people make great efforts for the depth and accuracy (精确) of the
boiled meat. She also gave him a bottle of milk. “I thank you, lady,” he said.
encyclopedia. Its topics are complete and clear.
I played at the gate, watching the man wolf down the sandwich and empty the cup. After finishing the food, he
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stood up and walked back through the gate. “▲” he told me on the way out.
Online medical encyclopedias are for doctors, educators, and students. The library of free medical encyclopedias
Jenny had said all the homeless men told each other who would feed them. “They never come to my house!”
contains a variety of trusted facts that cover medical conditions, medical symptoms (症状), and medical causes of
she had said proudly and happily.
health-related problems.
“So why does Mama feed the poor man?” I wondered. I walked inside. “Jenny’s mama says those men are too
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lazy to work. Why do we feed them?”
Our online library of computer encyclopedias is very useful whether you’re looking for in-depth research or
My mother smiled. “Sweetheart, we don’t know why these men don’t work,” she said, “but they were babies
just learning about computer technology. The computer encyclopedias include topics like computer science, computer
once. And their mamas loved them, just like I love you.” She put her hands on my shoulders and drew me close to her.
science and engineering, and computer science and technology.
“For me, I fed them for their mothers, because if you were ever hungry and had nothing to eat, I would want
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others’ mothers to feed you.”
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I seemed to find out the answer to my question and understand that.
to religion and science discoveries. Our online science encyclopedias for kids are a big help for school research projects
31. After the poor man came to the writer’s home, the mother ________.
and science experiments.
A. made a cake for him B. gave him some money
276. How many kinds of encyclopedias are mentioned?
C. invited him to have some coffee D. offered him some food
A. Three. B. Four. C. Five. D. Six.
32. The story happened in the order of ________.
27. Medical encyclopedias are for the follow EXCEPT ________.
a. My mother communicated with the poor man
A. doctors B. educators C. scientists D. students
b. I understood my mother after talking to her.
28. Maria is a student and she wants to learn something about computer science. Which of the following can she
c. I played at the gate and watched the poor man having food.
choose?
d. I opened the gate to let him get in the yard.
A. The Columbia encyclopedias. B. Computer encyclopedias.
e. The poor man stood up and walked back through the gate.
C. Medical encyclopedias. D. Science encyclopedias.
A. d-c-a-b-e B. a-e-d-c-b C. c-a-e-d-b D. d-a-c-e-b
29. The underlined word “covers” means “________” in English.
33. Which of the following can be put in the __▲__?
A. includes B. opens C. turns D. finds
A. They said your mama would feed me.
公众号：初中英语助手B. I would like to come to play with you again. A. Increase the bacteria. B. Solve the pollution problem.
C. It’s kind of you to let me stay here for one night. C. Bring down the price. D. Change the size of the battery.
D. We will ask Jenny’s mother to feed us, too. 39. What does the underlined sentence actually mean?
34. The underlined word “that” in the last paragraph refers to ________. A. The bacteria battery shares some similarities with solar energy.
A. the reason why the mother fed the poor man B. Scientists will continue their work until they find solar power.
B. the talk between the mother and the writer C. There is still much room for the improvement of the bacteria battery.
C. the question that Jenny didn’t know before D. The bacteria battery will be as popular as solar power in twenty or thirty years.
D. the fact that Jenny’s family wouldn’t let the poor men in 40. According to the last paragraph, who will find the bacteria battery-less useful?
35. Where may you see this article? A. Divers. B. Farmers. C. Doctors. D. Architects.
A. In a research report. B. In a novel. C. In a science magazine. D. In a menu. 第二节 阅读填空 (共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分)
C 阅读短文及文后A~E 选项，选出可以填入41~45各题空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将
Imagine that the battery on your mobile phone has run out. You can’t make any calls for help and no one can 该项涂黑。
contact you. You are all alone, and well, not quite. Just reach into your pocket and take out a piece of sugar. Put it into Do you know these fun facts? More than 3 billion people use the Internet; more than 200 billion emails are sent
the battery, wait a minute and you are back on the phone. every day; the first computer mouse was made of wood.
Thanks to a couple of American scientists, this situation could become real. Swadesh Chaudhuri and Derek 41 They can do Maths, store information, or play music. You can use a computer to write or to play
Lovely have invented the “bacteria (细菌) battery”. This kind of battery gets its power from bacteria that eat sugar and games. What do you know about the history of computers?
turn it into electricity. The first computers were very big. They were the size of a room! 42 Early computers could also do
“This is a special organism (有机体),” Lovely said. “You can get enough electricity to power a cell phone battery simple Maths, like a calculator. In the 1945s, Alan Turing had the idea for a computer you could program to do
for about four days from a spoonful of sugar.” different things.
In the past, bacteria batteries have been expensive and not long-lasting. But this battery uses a more efficient In 1958, Jack Kilby invented the microchip. Microchips are tiny but can store lots of information. They helped
bacterium that can turn 80 percent of sugar into electrical energy. This is 30 percent more than similar batteries can make computers smaller. 43 In the 1980s, computer games were very popular. Lots of people bought
manage. computers just to play games.
The bacteria battery could become as small as a household battery. It is also cheap and stable (稳定的), because In 1989, Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web, which is a way to organize information on the Internet.
sugar can be taken from waste and crops. 44
But the sugar-to-electricity process is not satisfactory as it could take weeks for the bacteria to change a cup of Today people can use smartphones to play games, email, and go on the Internet. In the past, a simple computer
sugar into electricity. And it produces “greenhouse” gases which pollute the environment. was the size of a room. 45
The scientists understand there is a lot more work to be done. “It is still young,” said Lovely. A. Computers can do lots of jobs.
“Where we are now is where solar power was 20 or 30 years ago.” B. Now it can go in your pocket!
He also believes the battery will be used in scientific equipment at the bottom of the ocean. Ocher's ideas include C. Computers are much more expensive than phones.
using sugar in the blood to run medical devices in the human body and taking sugar from animal waste to provide D. They were so big that people didn't have them at home.
energy to power homes in rural (乡村的) areas. E. Now people all over the world can look for and share information on websites.
36. What’s the passage mainly about? F. In the 1970s, computers were smaller and cheaper, so people started to use them at home.
A. An effective way to repair the mobile phone. B. A scientific invention of a new type of battery.
C. A clean energy to reduce the carbon dioxide. D. A new kind of mobile phone and its future. 四、写作 (共三节，满分40分)
37. Which of the following is NOT the advantage of the newly-developed battery? 第一节 语篇填词 (共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分)
A. Convenient. B. Stable C. Inexpensive. D. Quick 阅读短文，根据上下文和所给的首字母写出所缺单词。注意使用正确形式，每空限填一词。答卷时，要求
38. Which of the following are the scientists working on to improve the new battery?
写出完整单词。Robots are becoming a big part of our lives. They seem very p 46 to most people. But they have a long then you can start to count again 64 (easy). Today, the use of abacus is still taught in some primary 65
history. The first one was made by a Greek i 47 . You may have seen robots in some films. They are stronger, (school) as part of Maths.
faster, and cleverer than people in real life. 第四节 书面表达（共1题，满分15分）
Thousands of robots are used in factories. These robots are not like the robots in movies. They don’t walk or talk. 近年来，人工智能的发展取得了巨大的突破，为我们的生活带来了许多新的可能性。人工智能可以执
I 48 , a robot may be just a metal arm. The robot arm can do a certain job in a factory over and over again. It 行各种任务，如自动驾驶、ChatGPT等。尽管这些技术有许多潜在的好处，但它们也引发了一些担忧和争议。
can do jobs that people may not want to do. 请结合下列要点，以The advantages and disadvantages of artificial intelligence为题写一篇不少于80词的书面表
达。
A robot never gets tired of doing the same thing. They are also used to doing many dangerous, difficult, or boring jobs.
要点包括：
In Canada, the police are using a robot on wheels. This robot moves around to c 49 bombs (炸弹) and takes
them away. 1. 帮助我们解决问题，提供有价值的建议。
优点
Robots are used in hospitals too. At one hospital, a robot takes meals from the kitchen to the sick people’s rooms,
2. 人工智能可以长时间工作，不会疲劳或者出错。
and it never loses its way because it has a m 50 of the hospital in its computer system.
1. 人工智能会取代重复性的工作，人们可能失业。
But robots will never take the place of human beings, though they can help us in a lot of different ways.
缺点
第二节 完成句子（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
2. 使人懒惰，减少人们独立思考的机会。
根据所给的汉语内容，用英语完成下列句子。（每空限填一词）
1. ……
你的观点（至少2点）
51. 很多学生期待去参观北京环球影视城。
2. ……
Many students the Universal Beijing Resort.
注意：
52. 到目前为止，露西已经参观了北京的很多名胜古迹。
1.词数80词，开头已给出，不计入总词数；
Lucy ________many places of interest in Beijing __________.
2.要点齐全，可适当发挥；
53. 露西妈妈答应了带她去长城。
3.条理清楚，语句通顺，意义连贯，书写规范。
Lucy’s mother ___________take her to the Great Wall.
The advantages and disadvantages of artificial intelligence
54. 多么让人兴奋的消息啊！
With the rapid development of technology, artificial intelligence has exerted great influence on every aspect of
it is!
our society.
55. 露西认为长城不如颐和园有趣。
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Lucy thought the Great Wall is ________ _______ ________the Palace Museum. _____________________________________________________________________________________________
第三节、语法填空（10分） _____________________________________________________________________________________________
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The Chinese abacus is known as the Suanpan. It is 56 important part of traditional Chinese culture and
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it is known as China’s 57 (five) great invention. People use the abacus 58 (calculate) at a faster speed
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so it has been called “the 59 (old) computer in the world”.
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To use the abacus correctly, something 60 (be) necessary(必要的)for you to know. It usually has more
than seven rods(杆子). There are two beads (算珠)on each rod in the upper deck (层)and five bends each in the bottom.
The beads are usually round and made 61 wood. We count the beads by 62 (move) them up or down
towards the beam(横梁). If you move them toward the beam, you count their value. 63 , if you move them
away from the beam, you can’t count their value. The abacus can be reset (重置) to the starting position quickly, so
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