2022北京西城八中初二(下)期中英语试卷及答案

2022北京八中初二（下）期中
英语
年级：初二科目：英语班级：________姓名：________
听力理解(共 20 分)
Ⅰ. 听对话或独白，根据对话或独白内容，从下面各题所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选择最佳选项。

每段对话你将听两遍。

（共12 分，每小题 1.5 分）
请听一段对话，完成第 1 至第 2 小题。

1.Where did Sally go last month?
A.South Africa.
B. America.
C.Egypt.
2.How long did she stay there?
A.For one week.
B.For two weeks.
C.For three weeks.
请听一段对话，完成第 3 至第 4 小题。

3.Which lesson is Helen best at?
A.History.
B.English.
C.Geography.
4.When did Helen enter a math competition?
st Tuesday.
st Thursday.
st Friday.
请听一段对话，完成第 5 至第 6 小题。

5.What are the speakers mainly talking about?
A.Changes.
B.Sports.
C.Unhealthy food.
6.What does the woman mean?
A.She doesn’t believe in him.
B.She thinks he can make it.
C.She doesn’t care.
请听一段独白，完成第 7 至第 8 小题。

7.Why was the woman walking in the street?
A.She was coming home from the shop.
B.She was looking for the two men.
C.She was going to the club.
8.Which word can best describe the woman?
A.Nervous.
B.Strong.
C.Weak.
Ⅱ. 听独白，记录关键信息。

本段独白你将听两遍。

（共 8 分，每小题 2 分）
请根据所听到的内容和提示词语，将所缺的关键信息填写在答题纸的相应位置。

知识运用（共 16 分）
Ⅲ. 单项选择。

（共 8 分，每小题 1 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。

13.— You don’t look well. Let me take temperature.
—Nothing serious. I didn’t sleep well last night.
A. you
B. your
C. yours
D. my
14.— Tina, have you tried mom’s cookies?
— Yes. They sweet.
A. feel
B. taste
C. sound
D. look
15.— have you been like this, Tom?
— For three days.
A. How often
B. How soon
C. How long
D. How far
16.— You look so excited. What’s happened?
— Our class the basketball match five minutes ago.
A. won
B. wins
C. has won
D. will win
17.Jim the useful information yet, so he can’t finish his work soon.
A. hasn’t found
B. won’t find
C. doesn’t find
D. didn’t find
18.— Where is your brother?
— He has to Japan．He back in a week.
A. gone, will come
B. been, has come
C. gone, came
D. been, comes
19.Cindy a lot of work since she joined our volunteer team.
A. was doing
B. has done
C. does
D. did
20.The cartoon film is so funny that I can’t help .
A. laugh
B. to laugh
C. laughing
D. laughed
Ⅳ. 完形填空。

（共 8 分，每小题 1 分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选择最佳选项。

Friends Helping Friends
Jason put on his schoolbag and walked out of school. His schoolbag weighed（重）him down with all the things he needed to finish his science project this weekend.
“Hey, Jason!” Ken came over.“I need to clean up the park this weekend. Can you help out?”
“Um...” Jason knew he didn’t have 21 to help. “I guess I can.” Jason was going to have to stay up late tonight to work on his 22 so he could help Ken in the morning.
“Jason,” Tracy ran up to him. “I have to walk Mrs. King’s dogs this weekend. Could you help me?”
“Um...” Jason knew Tracy walked the dogs three times a day. How could he find time? “I guess I can.”
Jason’s schoolbag felt even 23 as he walked into the house. “Hard day?” his mother asked.
“More like hard weekend. I have to finish my science project, help Ken with the park clean-up, and help Tracy walk Mrs. King’s dogs.”
“Sounds like you 24 to do too many things,” his mother said.
“I know, but they are my good friends. I didn’t want to make them 25 ,” Jason said.
“I’m glad you want to help your friends, but you need to have time for your own things, too.”
Jason knew she was right. “Maybe I can tell Ken I can only help for two hours in the morning. And I can probably help Tracy walk the dogs early in the morning but not at lunchtime or in the evening,” Jason said. “Mom, do you think they will get mad?”
“They’re your friends. Tell them you need time to finish your science project. They’ll 26 .”
Jason nodded and got the phone. He told Ken and Tracy the 27 . As soon as he hung up, he turned to his mom. “They’re fine with it, and they both 28 to help with my project, too.”
“Friends always help each other out.” Mom said.
21. A. money B. time C. advice D. reason
22. A. hobby B. message C. project D. game
23. A. larger B. softer C. newer D. heavier
24. A. learned B. asked C. agreed D. forgot
25. A. humorous B. sick C. sleepy D. sad
26. A. understand B. wait C. mix D. invite
27. A. answer B. truth C. lesson D. mark
28. A. offered B. missed C. invented D. remembered
阅读理解（共 30 分）
V.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，选出最佳选项。

（共24 分，每小题2 分）
A
What’s On This Week?
A warm welcome to all our Italian, Chinese, French, and Japanese students. We hope you enjoy yourselves here with us at the University of Chichester．
Education Talk
We invite the Chinese and Japanese students to a talk on education this Monday evening. It is useful for your English study, so please come along．
Harry Potter Night
On Tuesday the Chinese students are invited to Harry Potter Night. It’s a talk by a teacher from the university and you’ll enjoy yourselves.
Free Conversation
To give the French students the chance to practice English, free conversation is helpful. It starts at 7 pm on Wednesday. You can spend 15 minutes talking with Guy, Eilidh, or Phil in groups of 3～4.
Competition Evening
On Thursday, there is a competition evening for the French, Italian and Chinese students in the hall of the university. There will be prizes for the winners. May the best team win!
29.When is Education Talk?
A. On Monday.
B. On Tuesday.
C. On Wednesday.
D. On Thursday.
30.Who can join Free Conversation?
A. Chinese students.
B. Italian students.
C. French students.
D. All students.
31.Which activity can the Chinese students take part in on Tuesday?
A. Education Talk.
B. Harry Potter Night．
C. Free Conversation．
D. Competition Evening．
B
A Sweeter Apple
A father and his daughter were flying a kite in the park. The young daughter was a little bit tired, so they took a break on the bench. When the daughter saw an old man selling apples, she asked her father to buy her some apples. Her father didn’t bring much money with him, but it was enough to buy two apples. So he did, and gave both of them to his daughter, smiling.
His daughter held one apple in her right hand. Then the father asked her if she could share one of the apples with him. When the girl heard this, she quickly took a bite from one apple. And before her father could speak, she also took a bite from the second apple. The father was surprised. He wanted to know why his daughter acted in such a greedy（贪婪的）way. He was lost in thought. Perhaps he was just thinking too much. His daughter was too young to understand sharing and giving. A smile disappeared from his face.
Suddenly, his daughter held up the apple in her left hand and said, “Daddy, take this one! It is much juicier and sweeter.” Her father didn’t know what to say. He felt bad about making the judgment
（判断） so fast about a small child. So he smiled again, knowing why his daughter quickly took a bite
from each apple.
Don’t judge anything or draw a conclusion（结论）t oo quickly. Always spend some more time in understanding things better.
32.The father and his daughter were when they saw the apple seller.
A. taking a break
B. playing football
C. walking a dog
D. eating some apples
33.The father was surprised because .
A. the girl asked for one apple but took two
B. he had no more money for another apple
C. both apples were not sweet and juicy
D. the girl took a bite from both apples
34.What can we learn from this passage?
A. Girls are sometimes greedy.
B. Parents are usually kind.
C. Don’t judge anything too early.
D. Children should listen to parents.
C
A black hole is a place in outer space with very strong gravity. Gravity is a great force（力量） that shapes the universe. On Earth, gravity makes apples fall from trees. It keeps your feet planted on the ground. The gravity in a black hole is much stronger. It is so strong that nothing around it can get away from it, not even light.
Black holes are invisible. We can’t actually see them because they don’t throw back light. But scientists can find them with space telescopes and special tools. The strong gravity makes nearby stars move in a certain way. By studying how the stars move, scientists can find out if they are flying around a black hole. Strange things happen around black holes. This makes black holes a popular subject of science fiction（科幻）stories, although they are very unreal.
A black hole forms（形成）when a star dies. The star falls in on itself and turns into a very small
point. Because of its small size and huge mass（质量）, the gravity will be so strong that it will pull light in and become a black hole. Black holes can grow huge as they continue to pull other things in and “eat” them. Many scientists believe that there are super-massive black holes at the center of galaxies, including the Milky Way.
The idea of the black hole was first suggested by two different scientists in the 18th century: John Michelle and Pierre-Simon Laplace. In 1967, a physicist named John Archibald Wheeler came up with the name “black hole”. Studying black holes can tell us many things about our galaxy and help
scientists answer questions about the universe.
35.The word “invisible” in Paragraph 2 probably means “ ”.
A. far to go
B. easy to find
C. difficult to catch
D. impossible to see
36.The third paragraph is mainly about .
A. how big black holes are
B. how heavy black holes are
C. how black holes are formed
D. how black holes “eat” stars
37.From the passage we learn .
A. a star’s moving path can help scientists find a black hole
B.writers love writing about black holes because they are real
C.many scientists believe that there aren’t any black holes at the center of the Milky Way
D.John Archibald Wheeler found the first black hole in space
D
Do you like history? Some students do not like it. They think history is about meaningless dates, events and names which are not related to（与…有关） their everyday lives.
There is a different way of looking at history. The Historical Society of Chicago, for example,
runs a lot of interesting projects. One is the Teen Co uncil’s community-based oral history project. The Teen Council was made up of 15 teenagers from all over the Chicago area. The members of the Teen Council were interested in finding out what teenagers were like and how their lives changed during the 20th century. They took filed trips around the city and interviewed（采访）all kinds of people.
After doing a lot of interviews with people, the members realized that behind the ordinary faces
of common people are often amazing stories of their lives that form “history”. They also came to understand that teenagers at different periods in history have always used music, fashion, dance and language to express themselves, just like teenagers today.
The Teen Council’s work was made into an exhibition （展览）a t the Chicago City Museum and
it can be seen at their website. In the website, you can read the self-introduction pages of the Council members. Also on their web page, the Council members describe the interviewees who impressed them. For example, Claire describes how she felt moved when she interviewed Sammy Skobel, who was blind and had to face a lot of problems in his high school and in looking for jobs. The Teen Council wrote summaries of their findings and categorized them into work, school, home and play.
They used their strengths and worked together to make their project successful.
Are you interested in trying a similar oral history project and finding out how the people in your community spent their teenage days? The website explains how you can plan and set up an interview, and how you can write down interviews and write reports. It also includes an interview with a famous Chicago-born TV presenter as an example of how interviews can help us experience history through the stories of eyewitnesses（见证人）.
History is not something that has nothing to do with you. In fact, your grandparents made history,
your parents made history and you are creating history right now.
38.What can we learn about the Teen Council’s oral history project?
A.Their interviews help us experience history through stories.
B.They found teenagers at different periods like the same things.
C.They traveled around the country and interviewed different people.
D.Their exhibition explains how we can plan and set up an interview.
39.According to the passage, the writer probably agrees that .
A.there is only one right way of looking at the history
B.history has nothing much to do with our everyday lives
C.we are related to and creating our own history right now
D.the amazing stories behind famous people form our history
40.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A. A Project for Meaning.
B. An Exhibition on the Go.
C. Education for Success.
D. History in the Making.
VI.阅读短文,根据短文内容回答问题。

(共 6 分, 每小题 2 分)
On winter nights, the wind usually blows strongly. Most of us stay inside our warm homes. Few of us think about the homeless. These people have no choice but to sleep on the streets. Some of them are so poor that they have no money to buy food.
A young man in Birmingham, England, made a decision to do something about this. Every night,
he puts on a Spiderman sui（t套装）and gives food to the homeless he meets. He makes sure that these
people won’t go hungry. The man refuses to make his name public.
The local people call him “the Birmingham Spiderman”. The young man hopes his action will show others that everybody deserves（应得）a helping hand.
The 25-year-old man started his night activities in 2015. Every night at 9, he buys some
sandwiches. Then, he finds a quiet place and puts on his suit. After that, the “Spiderman” starts handing his food out to people in need.
The man said, “I wear the Spiderman suit in order to get attention.” Without the suit, few people took a second look at him when he was handing out food. When people see the “Spiderman”, however, they come over and ask what he is doing.
“The Birmingham Spiderman” has already got lots of attention. Many people have offered to give away money to h im. But the young man never accepts the money. Instead, he encourages people to go out and help people in need on their own. He said, “If more people offer a helping hand, the cold winter nights won’t be so cold any longer.”
41.How does the young man in Birmingham England help the homeless people?
42.What does the young man hope his action will show others?
43.Why does the young man never accept the money that many people have given to him?
书面表达（共 24 分）
VII.根据音标和句子上下文意思写出单词。

（共6 分，每小题 1 分）
44.Can we [ə'fɔ:d] a new car?
45.The lemons taste ['saʊə].
46.I wasn’t feeling well, so the doctor checked my [hɑːt].
47.Have you heard the ['leɪtɪst] news?
48.Peter visited the palaces of [ˈeɪnʃənt] kings in Egypt.
49. A happy learning [ɪnˈvaɪrənmənt] is good for my study.
VIII.根据中文提示，完成句子。

(共 8 分, 每小题 2 分 )
50.照片中她看起来真漂亮。

She in the picture.
51.还没有人在太空中发现生命。

No one life in space yet.
52.感谢你告诉我如何编写故事。

Thank you me how to a story.
53.自从杰克五天前去了英国，我还没收到他的来信。

I Jack since he five days ago.
IX.文段表达。

（10 分）
54.动画片是一种深受青少年喜爱的艺术作品。

它们往往在给我们带来欢乐的同时，也教会了我们做人的道理。

动画片里的主人公们，像 Superman, Spiderman, Tintin, 通过他们的言行向我们展示了勇敢，正直，友善，不畏邪恶的人物形象，给我们留下了美好而深刻的印象。

你最喜欢的动画人物是谁？他（她）做了什么？你从他（她）身上学到了什么？（不少于 60 词）
提示问题：
●Which cartoon character is your favorite one?
●What does he / she do in the cartoon?
●What lesson have you learnt from him or her?
提示词：Tom and Jerry， Zootopia，Judy, fight, lead, brave …
附加题
I.阅读短文，根据短文内容，从下面方框中选择恰当的单词，并用其正确形式填空。

每个单词只使用一次。

（共4 分，每小题 1 分）
use, close, once, begin
Nobody knows when people 1 controlling fire. We do know that people have been using fire for millions of years. Its many uses helped them to survive.
In the beginning, people probably used fire for three purposes: to stay warm, to keep wild animals away, and to have light in the darkness. People built fires and stayed 2 to them because bears and wolves would stay away from the flames. They slept near the fire for warmth, as well.
Eventually, people discovered that roasted meat tasted good. Soon they were cooking their meat and fish. Cooking kills germs. As a result, people became sick less often.
Early people thought of more 3 for fire. Using smoky torches, humans forced bees to leave their hive. This resulted in the people getting honey. They discovered that fire could be used for hunting, too.
Over time, people figured out that they could grow seed-bearing grass such as wheat. They needed a way to clear a field quickly so that they could plant what they wanted. It was much easier to burn a field than to cut down every bush and tree.
4 people had farms, they also built houses. Each home had a fireplace. Even 150 years ago a fire was always burning in most homes so that people could make soup and hot drinks at any time.
Today small fires burn in our homes in our gas furnaces, water heaters, stoves, dryers, and fireplaces. Thus, fire continues to help us thrive.
II.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，选出最佳
选项。

（共 6 分，每小题 2 分）
That Susan is so funny … I need to bring the car to the wash tomorrow… why is this person so loud … here comes the sun, doo-doo-doo.
We often find ourselves in an endless thought loop（圈）. And every so often, we try to stop this endless flow of thoughts by telling ourselves to just stop thinking. But do we or can we ever really
stop thinking?
It depends on your definition（定义）of “thinking”, according to Michael Halassa, a researcher at MIT, the US. We basically go through each day in one of the two states —we either realize that we’re thinking or we don’t. Our brains won’t stop thinking completely until we die.
“The brain never stops thinking in a sense. Most thoughts are actually in the background without us noticing them and there’s not really a way to turn these things off,” Halassa said.
You can compare this to how a computer works. When you’re not using your computer while it’s turned on, it is still running operations “in the background”. Your computer, much like your brain, is always “thinking”, even if you’re not actively using it.
“If you see a famil iar face in a crowd and think you know them, you might not be able to come up with how you know them right away,” Halassa said. “But maybe hours later, you’ll suddenly remember. That’s a result of your brain thinking in the background.”
We even make decisions without realizing them. For example, some of this background “thinking” results in what we call “gut feeling”（直觉）. During our brain’s decision-making process, sometimes we create a story to explain the decision —sometimes it’s accurate, sometimes it’s not.
Even sitting here reading this, thinking about “thinking” is sending messages across a chain of neutron（s神经元）in the brain. So if we somehow manage to stop ourselves from “thinki ng”, the brain won’t sign off. It will continue to have thoughts —we just won’t realize them.
5.When you are in an endless thought loop, you .
A. can think about a problem very clearly
B. keep thinking about one thing after another
C. can’t stop thinking about things in the past
D. keep thinking about one thing again and again
6.What does Paragraph 5 try to tell us?
A. Human brains are thinking all the time.
B. A computer can think like a human brain.
C. Human brains work faster than computers.
D. A computer can deal with plenty of information.
7.What’s the best title for the passage?
A.Will We Continue to Have Thoughts after We Die?
B.How Do the Neurons in the Brain Work?
C.What is the Definition of “Thinking”?
D.Can We Ever Really Stop Thinking?
参考答案
13-16 BBCA 17-20 AABC
21-24 BCDC 25-28 DABA
29-31 ACB
32-34 ADC
35-37 DCA
38-40 ACD
41.Every night,he puts on a Spiderman suit and gives food to the homeless he meets.
42.The young man hopes his action will show others that everybody deserves a helping hand.
43.Because he wants people to go out and help people in need on their own.
44.afford 45.sour 46.heart test 48.ancient 49.environment
50.looks beautiful 51.has found 52.for telling;make up 53.haven’t heard from;went to England
附加题
1.begin
2.close
es
4.Once
5-7 BAD。