2024-2025学年第二学期草桥中学期中测试卷
八年级英语学科 2025.4
一、听力（共20小题；每小题0.5分，满分10分）
A）本部分共有10道小题，每小题你将听到一段对话，选出你认为最合适的答案，每段对话听两遍。
1. How will the girl go to Nanjing?
A. B. C.
2. What did Max see last week?
A. B. C.
3. What’s the boy’s favourite book?
A. B. C.
4. What does the girl want to do tomorrow?
A. B. C.
5. Where did the man go just now?
A. To the office. B. To the museum. C. To the post office.
6. What does the boy mean?
A. He is good at climbing high.
B. It is not high at all.
C. He may fall and hurt himself.
7. How long will the man stay at the hotels?
A• For 2 days. B. For 3 days. C. For 4 days.
8. What will Peter do tomorrow?
A. Go to the theatre. B. Have an exam. C. Do the housework.
9. How many people will go for the picnic tomorrow?
A. One. B. Two. C. Three.
10. How much should the woman pay for the tickets?
A.64 yuan. B.72 yuan. C.96 yuan.
B）听第一段对话，回答第11—12小题。
听一段对话，回答下面两个小题。
11. How do they go to Hoody’s for lunch?
A. By bus. B. By taxi. C. By underground.
12. How long has the underground been in use in Nanjing?
A. Since 2005. B. Since 2015. C. Since 2004.
听第二段独白，回答第13—15小题。
听一段独白，请根据短文内容，选择正确答案，完成信息记录表。
Mr. Lin’s Trip
How often He takes a trip 13 _______
Why He enjoys travelling a lot because 14_______
How long Mr Lin plans to travel 15_______more years if possible.
13. A. once a year B. twice a year C. three times a year
14. A. he likes taking a lot of photos
B. he likes making friends with many foreigners
C. he thinks travelling is a good way to know the world
15. A.30 B.50 C.80
听第三段独白，回答第16—20小题
听一段独白，回答下面5个小题。
16. How many public beaches are there in Hong Kong?
A. About fifty. B. About forty. C. About fourteen.
17. Where can you reach by bus?
A. All the public beaches. B. Only one public beach. C. Most of the public beaches.
18. What can’t you see in most of the beaches?
A. Clothes shops.
B. Shops for food and drink.
C. Changing rooms.
19. How many instructions are mentioned in the passage?
A.2. B.3. C.4.
20. What does a blue flag mean?
A. Women should not swim there.
B. Children should not swim there.
C. Nobody should swim there.
二、单项选择（共8小题，每小题1分，满分8分）
1. ________ good advice he gave me ________ how to make a speech!
A. What, on B. What a, on C. How a, about D. How, on
2. Miss Zhang ________ spicy (辣的) food, and now she ________ sweet food.
A. used to eat; is used to eat B. used to eat; is used to eating
C. is used to eat; used to eating D. is used to eating; used to eat
3. I don’t know ________ my worries because I’m too shy to communicate with others.
A. how to deal with B. how can I deal with C. what to deal with D. how to do with
4 —________ I do my homework now?
—No, you ________. You ________ have a rest first.
A. Must; don’t have to; may B. Must; needn’t to; must
C. Must; mustn’t; can D. Shall; may; may
5. It’s almost eight years we saw each other last time.
A. since B. before C. after D. when
6. Mary ________ to Singapore a few times, and now she ________ there for a meeting again.
A. has been; has been B. has been; has gone
C. has gone; has gone D. has gone; has been
7. — Excuse me， __________ is it from our school to the underground station?
— Let me see. It’s about 10 minutes’ bus ride.
A. how long B. how far
C. how much D. how often
8. —Thank you so much for driving me to the airport in such bad weather.
—________. I hope you have a great trip.
A. My pleasure. B. With pleasure. C. Never mind. D. It’s nice of you.
三、完形填空
先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。（本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分）
One day Susie Smith came home from school. As soon as she came into the living room, she cried.
“What’s the matter, my dear?” said her mother, drawing her daughter to her side and smiling. “All our class must ___9___ in compositions (作文) tomorrow, but I never can write one. I know I shall have to go to school without a composition, for I won’t copy one from a book, or ask you or Papa to write one for me,” sobbed (抽噎着说) Susie.
“That is right, my dear,” said her mother. “You will be far ___10___ with a poor composition, if it is all your own, than with a fine one written by somebody else. But cheer up. You have not ___11___ right. Run into the garden and play. I will call you in half an hour. Don’t think about your composition but have a good time,” said Mrs. Smith.
It seemed a few ___12___ to Susie before she heard her mother’s voice calling her. She went into the house at once— her hands full of sweet flowers, and her ___13___ red with exercise. “Now, Susie,” said her mother, “I want you to sit by the window and write something about what you can ___14___ .”
Susie thought her mother’s request (要求) was ___15___ , but she followed. She took the paper and pencil, and sat by the window. She saw the birds flying ___16___ the window outside. ___17___ , words began to flow (流动) from her mind onto the paper. She wrote about the sunset clouds, the flowers and the birds. Just as she had reached the bottom of the page, her mother came in. “Well, Susie,” said her mother, “how does that composition come on?”
“A composition! Is that a composition?” Susie asked in surprise.
Mrs. Smith read what Susie had written. She said, “There, Susie, that’s a very nice composition, ___18___ .” Then she added, “I’m sure it will please your teacher, as it does me. You see, it’s easy enough to write a composition if you have anything interesting to write about.”
9. A. push B. take C. hand D. get
10. A. crazier B. happier C. shyer D. luckier
11 A. begun B. finished C. continued D. improved
12. A. seconds B. minutes C. hours D. days
13. A. hair B. knees C. face D. eyes
14. A. hear B. touch C. learn D. see
15. A. strange B. rude C. polite D. serious
16. A. into B. through C. across D. past
17. A. Certainly B. Mainly C. Usually D. Suddenly
18. A. indeed B. moreover C. instead D. otherwise
