2024-2025学年广东省东莞市八年级上学期期中考试英语试题

2024-2025学年广东省东莞市八年级上学期期中考试英语试题
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Helen is in Grade Eight. She always smiles to everyone and she’s always glad to help others. But do you know she had a sad story?
Helen’s parents died in a fire when she _________ nine years old. After that, her aunt and uncle adopted (收养) her. They sent her to a new school. In that school, Helen knew _________ about her new classmates, so she seldom (极少) played with them. She spent _________ time on study.
Helen was shyer and quieter than most kids. That made it difficult for her to make friends, so she had _________ friends at school. Her aunt and uncle worried about her. However, after making friends _________ a funny girl Sandy, Helen became _________ than before. Sandy usually tries _________ jokes to make Helen laugh and Helen often helps Sandy with her study. Now Sandy and Helen are good friends.
Helen is really hard-working and she always gets A in her lessons. Sandy says, “Helen studies very _________. She often helps me with my homework. Now I become one of _________ best girls in my class becaus e of her help. __________ she is different from me, I like her very much.”
1.
A．is B．was C．are
2.
A．everything B．nothing C．something
3.
A．much B．many C．a lot
4.
A．a few B．a little C．few
5.
A．for B．with C．over
6.
A．more outgoing B．outgoing C．less outgoing
7.
A．to tell B．tell C．telling
8.
A．hardly B．harder C．hard
9.
A．a B．an C．the
10.
A．But B．So C．Though
Piano lessons for children were popular a few years ago. However, now more children learn traditional (传统的) Chinese instruments (乐器) such as the pipa, the guzheng and bamboo flute (长笛). Why do fewer children in China ________ piano?
Zhang Weiwei ________ her daughter’s piano lessons last year, because her daughter wasn’t interested in playing the piano. The high ________ was also a reason (原因). Zhang’s daughter took piano lessons once a week before. Each lesson cost 500 yuan for 45 minutes. Zhang spent almost 30, 000 yuan on them every year. Jim is a piano teacher in Shanghai. Some of Jim’s students have much homework and they have to ________ late at night. So they don’t have ________ time to practice. “I have a student of 7 years old. He ________ has tim e to practice because of heavy schoolwork.” Also, parents think that it is just a ________ to play the piano. It is not ________ in children’s lives. Children can play the piano for fun but can’t use it often in their everyday life. What’s more, today young people are interested in traditional Chinese music. Wang Shuyang is a parent in Qinghangdao. She wanted her son to learn instruments when he was very young. Her son likes the Chinese bamboo flute better than piano and violin. Now her son ________ playing the flute very much. He practices for one ________ every day.
11.
A．find B．lose C．choose D．make
12.
A．gave B．needed C．watched D．stopped
13.
A．joke B．plan C．price D．dream
14.
A．look around B．stay up C．run away D．go out
15.
A．bad B．meaningless C．successful D．enough
16.
A．hardly B．quickly C．always D．easily
17.
A．competition B．hobby C．job D．problem
18.
A．famous B．similar C．necessary D．quiet
19.
A．finished B．minds C．forgets D．enjoys
20.
A．hour B．week C．month D．year
A bit of sunshine is good for us and makes us happy. However, people who lie in the sun for a long time may put themselves in danger. Here are some tips to stay safe in the sun:
Wear a hat Your head and face can get sunburned (晒伤) easily. Always wear a hat to protect them when you’re outside.
Cover up Wear a long-sleeve (长袖的) shirt to keep cool and protect your skin (皮肤) from getting burned.
A tan (晒黑) means your skin (皮肤) is hurt by the sun. This can cause:
·skin cancer (癌)
·looking older too soon
·spotty (斑点多的) skin
·sunburn
sunstroke (中暑)
We can treat skin cancer if we find it early. If you see anything strange (奇怪的) on your skin or if a mole (痣) changes shape, size or color, tell your parents and see the doctor right away.
So enjoy the sun in the right way.
Find shade The sun is the strongest between 11 and 2 pm. Try to stay in the shade (阴凉) during these hours.
Use sunscreen cream (防晒霜) Put on sunscreen cream with
SPE15 or higher on any skin that isn’t covered. Use a lot of it before going outside and put more on often, especially after swimming.
21. According to the poster (海报), too much sun is ________.
A．dangerous B．healthy C．dirty D．clean 22. To protect your face from the sun, you can ________.
A．put on common cream B．go swimming
C．wear a hat D．stay outside
23. What is wrong when you use sunscreen cream?
A．Use SPE15 or lower on any skin that is not covered.
B．Use a lot of it before going outside.
C．Put more on often.
D．Use it after swimming
24. When do you need to see a doctor?
A．You enjoyed the sun near a window B．You didn’t use sunscreen.
C．Your skin has strange changes. D．You stay in the shade.
25. Who might the poster be for?
A．Doctors. B．Children. C．Parents. D．Teachers.
Spring is a good time to take a trip. Do you know how kids in different countries take their trips? Children in China
When spring comes, children want to be outside, so some schools usually have spring trips for them. It can be a trip to a mountain. There, children can climb the mountain, fly kites, enjoy flowers and so on. Sometimes their teachers take them to martyrs’ p ark (烈士陵园) and students can put some flowers there to show their respect (敬重).
Children in Japan
In Japan, late March and early April are good seasons for enjoying cherry blossoms (樱花). And they are the best time of the year for children to take a trip. Children have their lunches, sing songs and dance under the trees. What’s more, they go boating and take baths (淋浴) in hot springs—the water which come from underground (地下) and is often above (超过) 20℃ naturally.
Children in the UK
These are many great places for them to choose from when it comes to the school trip.
They usually visit a college, a museum or a park. One of the most special places to go is the bird center. Most people working at the center are scientists. So they can teach children about the habits of birds. The kids spend time in a beautiful place and also learn something about the natural world there without textbooks.
26. What do the children in China do when spring comes?
A．They usually read the textbooks.
B．They usually enjoy cherry blossoms.
C．They sometimes visit some scientists.
D．They sometimes go to the martyrs’ park.
27. What do the underlined word “hot spring” in paragraph 3 mean in Chinese?
A．温泉B．湖泊C．热水D．浴室
28. Children in the UK usually visit ________ in the school trip.
A．a college, a museum or a garden
B．a college, a mountain or a park
C．a museum, a college or a park
D．a museum, a college or a mountain
29. What can we know from the passage?
A．No schools in China have a school trip.
B．In the UK, most people working at the bird center are scientists.
C．Students must bring flowers to go to the martyrs’ park
D．In Japan, August is the best time for children to take a trip.
30. Which can be the best title for the passage?
A．Kids in Different Countries B．Different Summer Holidays
C．Different Culture in the World D．Spring Trips in Different Countries
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左栏是五位同学对好朋友的介绍，右栏是对朋友的一些看法和建议，请选择匹配的答案。

31 Grey is my best friend. He is more outgoing than me. But he tells everyone about my low grades in a test.
32 Molly is different from her good friends. And she thinks it’s hard to get along with her friends now.
33 Jeff and his good friends all like sports. They always play together, and he studies harder than his friends.
34 Peter likes playing basketball, but he can’t play it well. However. His friend Bob is taller than him and plays basketball well. A. Good friends should not look down upon(瞧不起) each other. When friends need help, we should try to help them in our free time.
B. Friends always send flowers to each
o ther, and they’ll feel happy when they get them. It’s necessary to send gifts to good friends.
C. You must be angry with your friend. You should tell you friend how you feel and say, “my grades is my business, not yours. You should not tell other people about it.”
What’s more. his friend never laughs at (嘲笑) him and helps him when he is free.
35 Linda has a good friend. Her friend is quieter than her, but they can stay all day and enjoy studying together. They always tell their happiness and stories to each other. D. It doesn’t matter if you and your friends are not the same. Since you are different, you can learn from each other. Friends always accept (接受) the differences from each other.
E. The pencil box is your good friend’s favorite, Girls will like this kind of pencil box with Mickey and Minnie on it.
F. Friends can always share something together. The more they share, the better they will get along with each other.
G. Friends must be similar to each other. Maybe they like the same favorite books or sports. That’s an important part when we make friends.
36. Tara和Tina一样勤奋。

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37. 你多久看一次电影？
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38. 每天运动是重要的。

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39. 我妹妹比我更好。

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40. 你和你家人去哪里度假了？
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No leaves (树叶) are the same in the world. Nobody in the world is the same as you. You are unique (独一无二的). Everyone is 41 from others. That is good, because it 42 the world become an interesting place.
Some people are taller than you, but others are 43 than you. Maybe your hair is the same color as your friend’s, but it may be longer than 44 . I am sure you have 45 friends who are smarter than you. Maybe you also have one friend like this: he is the 46 at sports in your friend circle (圈子). But there 47 also some people around you who are not good at some things. What does your good friend like to do? Is he 48 in music? Does he sing beautifully? Do you both 49 to finish your homework at school? Do you both want to wear the same clothes every day? I think in many ways
you are the same, but in many other ways you are different. So 50 loudly to the world, “I am unique!”
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What do you think is the best place to relax in your city on weekends? Here are three students’ ideas. Frank: I think Blue Moon Theater is the best place to relax in my city, although it’s a little noisy there. Blue Moon Theater is not far from my house. It has the most comfortable seats and plays the best music. I go there to watch movies with my friends twice or three times a month.
Zhao Min: I think the best place to relax in my city is Haiqu Park. I go for a walk three to five times a month there. Sometimes I go there to play tennis. It is my favorite sport. And sometimes I go there to skate with my brother.
Alan: I think Red Star Library is the best place to relax in my city on weekends. People can read all kinds of books. There is also a computer room in the library. People can watch videos or book for information. Every Saturday after I finish my piano lessons in Green Piano Club, Igo to the library to read books with my sister.
51. How many students talk about the best places to relax on weekends in this passage?
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52. How often does Frank watch movies in Blue Moon Theater ?
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53. Is Blue Moon Theater far from Frank’s house?
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54. What is Zhao Min’s favorite sport?
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55. What does Alan think is the best place to relax in his city on the weekends?
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