黑龙江省哈尔滨工业大学附属中学校2023-2024学年八年级下学期期中英语试题（含答案）

哈工大附中2023-2024学年度八年级下学期 期中测试英语试卷 第Ⅰ卷 一、单项选择（本题共10分，每小题1分） 选择最佳答案。 ( ) 1. —Could I use your phone, mom I’d like to call my friend. —Yes, you _____. Here you are. A. could B. can C. must ( ) 2. —Can I leave my homework for tomorrow —I’m afraid not. Don’t _____ what you can do today till tomorrow. A. put off B. get off C. cut off ( ) 3. Basketball is my favorite sport and I often play it _____ healthy. A. keep B. to keep C. keeping ( ) 4. Neither Tom nor I _____ good at writing, so we both want to improve our writing this term. A. am B. is C. are ( ) 5. If you want to get success in life, _____ difficulty you face, you should never give up. A. no matter how B. no matter what C. no matter who ( ) 6. —What’s your plan for tomorrow —I don’t know if it _____ tomorrow. If it _____, we’ll play basketball outside. A. will rain; doesn’t rain B. will rain; isn’t raining C. rains; won’t rain ( ) 7. It was _____ surprising news that none of us believed it. A. so B. such C. such a ( ) 8. —Can you provide me _____ more information about the Olympic Games —Sure. A. for B. with C. at ( ) 9. The harder you study, _____ grades you’ll get. A. good B. bettor C. the better ( ) 10. You can take _____ break if you feel tired, and then go on with your homework. A. ten minute’s B. a ten-minute C. a ten minutes’ 二、完形填空（本题共10分，每小题1分） Middle school days are both fun and busy. In China, students 11 spending their days in class, listening to the interesting and sometimes 12 words of the teacher. They spend the short breaks running, playing and shouting happily before going back to the classroom again. But 13 should students spend their free time outside school In western countries, it is common for students to have a part-time job after school and 14 . Students can make their own money and learn more about the “real world”. They enjoy the independence and of course money, and parents enjoy the quiet house. However, it seems that, in China, parents 15 their children’s studies too much. They are so worried that they prefer to (更愿意) see their children spending most of their free time 16 and getting ready for all those exams. It is natural for parents to feel that way in China, but I believe the answer lies in balance (平衡). Sometimes, western 17 work long hours after school to make money, so they become too 18 to listen in class or have no time for homework. But Chinese students spend so much time on their studies that all else becomes less important. If they want to improve their independence, they can have a part-time job. They’ll be happy and their parents will 19 be happy because they’re spending the money they make, not 20 ! 根据短文内容选择最佳答案。 ( ) 11. A. used to B. were used to C. are used to ( ) 12. A. bores B. bored C. boring ( ) 13. A. why B. how C. what ( ) 14. A. on weekends B. on weekdays C. in the morning ( ) 15. A. laugh at B. worry about C. help with ( ) 16. A. stud ... ...