2023-2024學(xué)年山東省煙臺市招遠(yuǎn)市八年級（上）期中英語試卷（五四學(xué)制）

一、閱讀理解（共兩節(jié)，滿分30分）第一節(jié)（共4小題；每小題8分，滿分30分）閱讀下列短文，根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容從每題所給的A、B、C和D四個選項中，選出最佳選項。

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  From Simon Allen to Fran Romero Subject：How's it going？ 19 August，12：31 pm

  Dear Fran，    How are you getting on in Edinburgh？Are the family you' re staying with OK？What are your English classes like？    Hope to hear from you soon!                                                                                                                                                      Yours，                                                                                                                                                       Simon

  From Fran Romero to Simon Allen Subject：Re：How's it going？ 20 August，10：37 am

  Dear Simon，    I'm sorry I forgot to write to you in the past 3 month.After getting here，I've been busy with the classes and making new friends.I speak English all the time and go out in my free time with my classmates.We all talk in English but I' m learning other languages too.    My host family are really nice.The parents，Susan and Paul，are very friendly and kind.The children are called Lewis and Amy.They are both in primary school and are very sweet but they can be a bit annoying too.I have to watch the film Frozen with them over and over again，I know all the songs by heart now.Ahhhh!    We live near the school so I walk there every day.It's only a short bus ride from the city center.There's also an ancient castle （古老的城堡） and we're going there on a school trip next month.Edinburgh is really an interesting place!I'll send some photos of Edinburgh Castle next time.Take care and let me know how you are doing.                                                                                                                                                        Yours，                                                                                                                                                           Fran

  （1）What's the relationship between Susan and Lewis？

  
  A.Father and daughter.
  B.Mother and son.
  C.Sister and brother.
  D.Teacher and students.
  （2）When may Fran go on a school trip？

  
  A.Two weeks later.
  B.Next week.
  C.This weekend.
  D.The day after tomorrow.
  （3）What does Fran think of the city Edinburgh？

  
  A.Dangerous.
  B.Boring.
  C.Clean.
  D.Fun.
  （4）Which of the following is TRUE？

  
  A.Fran always wrote to Simon after she arrived in Edinburgh.
  B.Fran is not only learning English in her school.
  C.Simon wrote to Fran in the morning.
  D.Fran likes watching the film Frozen very much.
  組卷：1引用：1難度：0.5

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• 2．Do you like doing chores？What about your classmates？
     Most children don't enjoy doing chores.They like playing computer games rather than cleaning the rooms.But in Australia，Jim and Sandy's mother，Mrs.White，has good and proper methods to get their children to do housework.
     Here is an example.
     "Mom，have you worked out next week's chores？Let Jim and me choose the cards.Id can't wait.It's fun！"When Sandy shouted out，her mother had already put all the cards on their big table.On the cards，there are some words like these，"sweep the floor，clean your bedroom，help Mom cook，wash vegetables，make beds，feed the fish，cut the wood，clean the bathroom"and many others.Jim and Sandy chose two cards for each day from Monday to Friday.Then they would hang them on the weekday task board.Jim likes to clean the bathroom，so he picked up the card"clean the bathroom".Sandy loves to make the bed so she picked up her favorite card.Jim again picked up"wash vegetables"and Sandy chose"feed the fish".Soon they were happy to take away all the cards.
     To encourage the children to do chores，their mother thought hard and hit on this idea.Of course，the parents did the chores on weekends and left Jim and Sandy two days free.
  
  （1）What do most children like from the passage？

  
  A.Doing chores
  B.Playing computer games
  C.playing cards
  D.doing homework
  （2）How many cards did Jim and Sandy choose from Monday to Friday？

  
  A.Two.
  B.Four.
  C.Eight.
  D.Ten.
  （3）What does the underlined phrase "hit on" in the last paragraph mean？

  
  A.thought of
  B.looked at
  C.gave up
  D.believed in
  （4）Who did the chores on weekends？

  
  A.Jim.
  B.Sandy.
  C.The parents.
  D.The whole family.
  組卷：1引用：1難度：0.5

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• 3．①It was fine.My friend and I were taking a long walk along the beach.
     ②Half an hour later，we noticed some black clouds and soon it was cloudy.Just as we decided to go back home，it became windy.The wind became stronger and stronger so that we could hardly stand against it.We ran towards a house beside us.
     ③Then it started to rain heavily，with the scary thunder and lightning.We were frightened，but we had no choice but to wait in the house.
     ④The storm lasted for over an hour and during that time，huge waves rolled（翻滾）on the sea and the unlucky fishermen who went out to sea to cat nets（出海撒網(wǎng)）were caught in the storm.We watched the poor men try their best to hold their boats in the sea.How brave they were！
     ⑤When the storm stopped，we could see the damage it had caused.Trees were blown down，roofs were blown off，and there were deep holes in the walls.
     ⑥This was the most terrible scene in my memory.Luckily，we were safe and hoped that another terrible experience like this would not come again.
  
  （1）What were the writer and his friend doing when the storm came？

  
  A.They were playing football on the beach.
  B.They were walking along the beach.
  B.They were swimming in the sea.
  D.They were talking with some fishermen.
  （2）What does the fifth paragraph mainly tell us？

  
  A.The reason for the storm.
  B.The time of the storm.
  C.The place of the storm.
  D.The damage caused by the storm.
  （3）Which of the following is TRUE？

  
  A.The writer was staying at home when it became windy.
  B.The fishermen were unlucky and lost at sea.
  C.The storm caused serious damage to the area.
  D.The writer experienced several more terrible storms in his memory.
  （4）Why did the writer write the passage？

  
  A.To talk about his experience of being in a storm.
  B.To ask people not to go to the beach.
  C.To give us some advice on how to keep safe in a storm.
  D.To introduce his friend to us.
  組卷：3引用：1難度：0.5

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五、書面表達(dá)（共兩節(jié)，滿分10分）閱讀表達(dá) 閱讀下面的短文，完成短文后的問題。

• 8．Being talented is not enough There is a story in the book History as a Mirror by Chinese historian Sima Guang.
     Zhi Xuanzi was the head of Zhi，a big family of Jin during the late Spring and Autumn Period （770-476 BC）.He wanted a man named Zhi Yao to be the head of the family.
     However，another man in the family，named Zhi Guo，was against the idea.Zhi Guo said Zhi Yao was good at many things.For example，he was good at riding and shooting.He was decisive and talkative.But Zhi Guo pointed out that he had a big moral weakness（道德上的缺點）-he was unkind.
     Still，Zhi Xuanzi didn't agree.Zhi Yao became the head of the family.He quickly made the Zhi family the strongest in Jin.However，because of his aggressive style（咄咄逼人的風(fēng)格），three other families worked together to fight against the Zhi family.Finally，the Zhi family was beaten.
     Sima Guang used this story to talk about how important virtue（德行）is.Talent is not enough.Excellent people must have both talent and virtue.
  If a person has virtue but no talent，he or she might work inefficiently（低效）.If a person has talent but no virtue，he or she might go in the wrong direction.Having both talent and virtue has been a common pursuit for people in China.Those who have both were called xiancai（賢才）in ancient times.If you ask which one is more important between the two，it must be virtue.Only if a person has virtue can he or she get on the right track（走對路）.
  
  （1）Who wrote the book History as a Mirror？
  

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  （2）When and where did the story happen？
  

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  （3）What was Zhi Yao's weakness？
  

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  （4）Why did Zhi's family lose the fight？
  

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  （5）What can we learn from the story？
  

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  組卷：6引用：1難度：0.5

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六、寫作（滿分 20 分）

• 9．假設(shè)你準(zhǔn)備參加學(xué)校"英語角"開展的"用英語講故事"活動，你選取了"曹沖稱象"這個大家熟悉的故事。請你根據(jù)下面圖片的內(nèi)容，用英語寫一篇80詞以上的小短文。
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  How Cao Chong Had the Elephant Weighed Cao Cao was very glad to have received an elephant as a present.
  "Add up all the numbers and we will know the weight of the elephant，"Cao Chong said to his father with kind of pride.
  組卷：1引用：1難度：0.5

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