2022-2023学年广东省深圳市南山区深圳湾学较八年级上学期期中英语试题

2022-2023学年广东省深圳市南山区深圳湾学较八年级上学期期中英语试题
1. /'wɑ:t ə'baʊt ðə 'weɪt/
A．What about the weight? B．What about the height? C．What about the length?
2. /ɪt ɪz 'hɛvɪə ðæn ðæt/
A．It is happier than that. B．It is heavier than that. C．It is much heavier than
that.
3. /ɪts meɪd ɒv 'fɛðə/
A．It’s made of feather.B．It’s made of leather.C．It’s made into feather.
4. /'wʊdnt ju: laɪk gəʊld ɪn'stɛd ɒv 'sɪlvə? /
A．Wouldn’t you like gold instead of silver?
B．Wouldn’t you like gold or silver instead?
C．Would you like gold instead of silver?
5. /'məʊobaɪl fəʊnz ə'laʊ 'pi:pl tu: ki:p ɪn tʌtʃ 'ɛni'taɪm/
A．Mobile phones allow people to keep in touch anywhere.
B．Mobile phones allow people to keep in touch with anybody.
C．Mobile phones allow people to keep in touch anytime.
6. —Can you name a kind of animal that find food at night and sleep in the daytime? —Tigers.
A．during the day B．at noon C．in the evening
7. —Do your grandparents live with you in this city?
—No. They live in the countryside.
A．market B．garden C．place outside the city 8. —How did the car accident happen?
—I was unaware that a car was coming, and I hit it.
A．didn’t know B．didn’t develop C．didn’t copy
9. —What happened at the end of the story?
—Everyone turned into golden stones.
A．changed into B．developed into C．kept off
10. —Use your intelligence, and you will win the competition.
—Thank you for your support. I'll try my best.
A．company B．wisdom C．kindness
11. —Would you like to take a travel with us this weekend?
—I’d love to, but whether we go or not _________ the weather.
A．keeps off B．depends on C．instead of
12. —The number of great white shark is becoming smaller and smaller.
—That’s true. We should take action before they _________.
A．copy down B．find out C．die out
13. —The No.1 Middle School _________ us to a game of football.
—Then we must do our best.
A．compared B．created C．challenged
14. —The concert hall is full of audience.
—I’m not surprised. The musician is _________.
A．popular B．wise C．tiny
15. —Why don’t you buy the computer?
—It’s too _________. I can’t afford it.
A．expensive B．patient C．helpful
16. Bill Gates started one of the world’s largest companies, Microsoft, and became the richest man in the world again in 2019.
Bill Gates was born in 1955 in the USA. He has two sisters, one older and one ______ than him. When he was a child in primary school, he loved reading and did very well in the ______ . When he was 13, he became interested in computers and his friend, Paul Allen, was ______ very interested in them.
When he was 15 years old, Gates and Paul Allen ______ a computer business together. Gates studied at Harvard University. He spent a lot of time using the school’s ______ . Gatesand Allen began the company, Microsoft, in 1975. When Gates was 23 years old the company made a lot of money. Allen was sick and ______ the company in 1983. Gates and Microsoft made the ______ computer operating system, Windows, in 1985. In 1987, he became a very rich man in the world.
Bill Gates ______ some of his money to people in need. Bill Gates and his family Melinda French began a charity organization（慈善机构） in 1994. He left Microsoft in 2008 to have more time to ______ people in need. Bill and Melinda are ______ and they are still doing charity work now. They are so great.
1.
A．younger B．larger C．older
2.
A．jobs B．sports C．subjects
3.
A．only B．also C．hardly
4.
A．stood B．started C．paid
5.
A．computers B．notices C．messages
6.
A．left B．tried C．raised
7.
A．successful B．correct C．pleasant
8.
A．turned on B．made up C．gave away
9.
A．check B．accept C．help
10.
A．well-dressed B．warm-hearted C．well-behaved
17. Encyclopaedias can give you facts and information about all kinds of subjects. There are different kinds of encyclopaedias, such as encyclopaedia of science and encyclopaedia of music. Do you know which encyclopaedia the following two articles are from?
Philippe Bizot
Philippe Bizot is a famous Mime Master （哑剧大师） from France. He was born in 1967 and began learning mime when he was just eight years old. Since then, he has never stopped studying it. At the age of 20, he got the “International Paris Mime Prize”. In the past 30 years, he has given shows to people across the world. Bizot thinks living in a world without words makes people imagine. With no other things or conversations, Bizot gives the shows only by using his body, gestures and facial expressions（面部表情）.
Special Sea Animals
Do you know that not only the fish but also some animals live in the sea? For example, the whale is not a fish. It can’t breathe in the water. It swims in the water. But it comes up for air. The blue whale is the world’s biggest animal. There are other sea animals too. One is called the dolphin. Dolphins need air to live. They breathe air as whales do. Dolphins are very clever.
They sometimes seem to speak to each other. Many other animals live near the sea. Seals and otters （水獭） love the sea. They swim and play there. They eat smaller fish and sea plants.
1. When did Bizot start to learn mime?
A．In 1975. B．In 1985. C．In 1987. D．In 1997.
2. What does the underlined word “gestures” probably mean in Chinese?
A．语言B．手势C．感受D．态度
3. The second article probably comes from the encyclopaedia of ________.
A．plants B．planet C．animals D．nature
4. Which of the following is a fish?
A．The dolphin. B．The whale. C．The otter. D．The shark.
5. Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage?
A．Encyclopaedias can give facts about science and music.
B．Bizot didn’t say any words when he was giving a show.
C．The fish swims in the water but can’t breathe in the water.
D．Seals and otters eat smaller fish and sea plants.
18. When Apple first unveiled (公布) AirPods in 2016, the customers didn’t think highly of them because they suggested they looked like toothbrushes. However, the headphones have become one of Apple’s most popular inventions.
On the first Monday of this month, Apple unveiled a new type of its popular AirPods. The new headphones have a new look, new features—including noise reducing technology—and a higher price. The price of new AirPods will range from $159 to $249.
The company unveiled the product in a press meeting on Monday. In the meeting, Apple said the new AirPods would be “the best-selling headphones in the world” and it would be sold in stores on Wednesday.
With noise cancellation mode, the new AitPods can reduce noise. It also has transparency mode. The transparency mode lets users listen to music while still hearing the sound around them. What’s more, with second pair of AirPods, it allows users to listen to the same song or watch the same movie with a friend.
The reason why Apple decides to introduce a new type of AirPods is that Apple wants to show us the high-tech type of its most popular invention, just like the Macs, iPhones and iPads with the Pro type too.
1. Why did not the customers think highly of AirPods unveiled in 2016? ________.
A．It cost too much B．It did not look
nice C．They waited for
the new AirPods
D．It did not reduce
the noise
2. What is the difference between the new AirtPods and the first AirPods? ________.
A．It has different look B．It can reduce
noise
C．The price is
higher
D．All the above
3. How much may the new AirPods cost you? ________.
A．159 dollars B．259 dollars C．999 dollars D．1599 dollars 4. From paragraph 4, we can infer that ________.
A．the new AirPods has different modes
B．with transparency mode, users can not hear the sound outside
C．the new AirPods can increase noise with noise cancelation mode
D．different users can share same AirPods at the same time
5. What is the best title for the passage? ________.
A．How to Use AirPods B．New AirPods,
New Features
C．Why to Introduce
AirPods
D．Wireless
headphones
19. Nowadays, computers are likely to be used everywhere. We live in a computer age now. 1 People can use them to play games, calculate, do shopping, send things and so on. But few people know how to take care of them. 2 They put them in the hot and wet place. Others love their computers very much and do care about their computers. But they keep computers working all day which makes the computers become tired and slow.
Now, here are some tips for you to take good care of your computer.
First, keep your computer in a dry and cool room. 3
Second, do not drink or eat while you are around the computer. A little water and food in the keyboard are also bad for a computer.
4 If you spend too much time on the computer, your eyes will be hurt.
Fourth, don’t use the computers to play computer games too much. 5
In short, computers are our friends. We should make good use of them.
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1. John doesn’t like old reading materials. He is interested in the news reports. He thinks reading them can help him know the world well.
2. Tina wants to read different kinds of materials. When she is tired, she can play games to relax herself.
3. There is something wrong with Bob’s eyes, but he still wants to learn something. He wants to learn things by listening.
4. Emma doesn’t do well in English. She wants to improve her reading level step by step.
5. Mike is healthy and strong. He likes travelling to different countries and cities. He always wants to know about the culture better before setting off by reading.
词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡上规定的位置。

The 1 （invent）of the camera goes far into the past. In the 1500s, the cameras at that time only 2 （make） pictures. 3 they didn’t find a way to make the pictures permanent （耐久的） until the early 1800s. Even then, photography was still a new field. Most people had 4 （they） family pictures taken by a photographer. People did not own cameras because 5 （take） pictures and developing the film（冲洗胶卷）were too difficult.
In 1884, George Eastman invented 6 kind of film so that it fitted into a small camera. Because the new film was cheap, many people began to buy cameras. When they had used up their film, people returned their cameras 7 the factory. There, the film was developed, and pictures were printed. Taking pictures is very easy with the help of Eastman’s camera. Today’s cameras are even 8 （easy） to use, and people can put in their own film. Photography has become a growing hobby.
There are also many new jobs in the field of photography. One of the 9 （important）kinds of work is in news reporting. Newspapers, magazines, and television, all need pictures to tell their 10 （story）. People find new uses for the camera every day.
22. 上周五，学校举办了一年一度的科技节。

假设你是李华，请根据下面表格内容给校报投稿，介绍你校科技节的情况，并谈谈自己的感受。

（2）条理清楚、行文连贯、标点正确、书面整洁；
（3）不得出现真实的人名、校名；
（4）80词左右，开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

参考词汇：机器人robot 比赛competition 爱迪生Thomas Edison 科技science and technology
The Science Festival in Our School
Last Friday, our school held a science festival. All the students had a really good time in it.
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I can’t wait to take part in the science festival next year.。