八年级英语外研社（新标准）（三年级起点）下学期期中复习（二）练习题

八年级英语外研社（新标准）（三年级起点）下学期期中复习（二）练习题人物外貌类话题写作指导一、完形填空。An old man lived in a nice house with a large garden. He took care of his 1 all the time, watering and fertilizing(施肥)them.One day a young man went by the garden. He looked at the beautiful flowers, imagining how happy he could be 2 he lived in such a beautiful place. Then, suddenly he found the old gardener was 3 . He was very surprised about this and asked, “You cant see these flowers. 4 are you busy taking care of them every day?” The old man smiled and said “I can tell you four reasons. First, I was a gardener when I was young, and I really like this job. Second, 5 I cant see these flowers, I can touch them. 6 , I can smell the sweetness of them. As to the last one, thats you.”“Me? But you dont know me,” said the young man. “Yeah, its 7 that I dont know you. But I know that flowers are angels(天使)that everybody 8 . We enjoy the happiness these flowers have brought us.” The blind mans work opened our eyes and 9 our hearts, which also made his life 10 . It was just like Beethoven, who became deaf in his later life and wrote many great musical works. Beethoven himself couldnt 11 his wonderful music, but his music has 12 millions of people to face their difficulties bravely. Isnt it one kind of happiness? 1. A. flowersB. treesC. vegetables D. grass 2. A. after B. as C. before D. if 3. A. deafB. blind C. smart D. strange 4. A. What B. Who C. Why D. Which 5. A. although B. since C. because D. unless 6. A. First B. Second C. Third D. Fourth 7. A. trueB. hard C. cool D. fair 8. A. greets B. knows C. meets D. doubts来源:学|科|网9. A. broke B. hurt C. pleased D. treated 10. A. emptier B. busier C. luckier D. happier 11. A. write B. hear C. play D. believe 12. A. changed B. directed C. discovered D. encouraged 二、阅读理解。A SCHOOL REPORTName: Edward ScottSchool: Kelvin Grove State High SchoolGrade: 7Term ending: 6, MayAn Englishh boySubjectsAssessment(评价)MathematicsHe is a little weak in this, but he has tried his best to catch up with others.ScienceHe can work out many difficulties. Well done!EnglishHe is the best in the class. Keep it up.FrenchHis reading is very good, he can remember many words.HistoryHe is not so good at this, but has done better than before.GeographyHe is familiar(熟悉的)with the names of many places in the world.MusicHe doesnt like pop songs, though sings very well.Remarks(评语): Edward has the ability to do a lot better. More work is needed next term.Class teacher: IvyPrincipal: M . L . MartinSchool reopens: 11, September1. Edwards best subject is .A. science B. French C. geography D. English2. Edward is not so good at .A. science and geography B. mathematics and historyC. history and French D. music and English3. According to the form, which of the following sentences is TRUE?A. Edward cant sing songs very well.B. Edward doesnt do well in science.C. Edward learns two foreign languages in school.D. Edward can do better if he works harder in school.来源:三、还原句子。Victors hobby was collecting stamps. He had stamps from many countries，like England，Canada and China. Can you guess what people gave him as gifts? Thats rightstamps. Victors favorite stamps came from France. 1 He only needed one. That was a 1974 special edition(版). It was very hard to find.He looked for it everywhere. He asked his friends and relatives to help him. 2 It made Victor very sad.“Dont worry,” his father said to him. “If you have enough patience, youll find it one day.”“I hope so,” Victor said.Victor also liked writing. He had a pen friend in France. 3 Victors pen friend, Phillip, usually used new stamps to send letters. Sometimes, his mother gave him stamps to use. Once Phillips mother gave him a big, green stamp. It looked old. When Victor received the letter, he was very surprised. On the envelope, he looked carefully at the stamp. 4 Victor was so happy. He told his sister，his mother and his father.“You see,” his father said. “You did find you stamp. So，its good to have two things in life.” “What are they?” Victor asked.“Friends and patience.” He answered.A. They wrote to each other every month.B. But nobody could find the stamp.C. It was the 1974 special edition stamp. D. His mother helped him to collect stamps.E. He had almost every stamp from 1954 to 2019.四、书面表达假设你是Dale，你的网友Cindy发来邮件，希望知道你最感谢的人是谁，现在请你给她回邮件，邮件内容包括：1. 他/她的外表、兴趣、爱好和职业等；2. 感谢的理由。要求：1. 短文应包括所有要点，可适当发挥；2. 语句通顺、意思连贯；3. 字数80词左右，邮件开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数内；Dear Cindy,Thank you for sending me your photos. You wonder who the person I thank most is. Now let me tell you._Best wishes!兴趣爱好类话题写作指导一、阅读理解。Everyone needs friends. Friends bring us happiness and hope in our lives. But the ability to make friends changes from person to person. To some people, making friends is easy, and to others its very difficult. Making friends is a skill, and the first thing is to know how to get along with others.If you have trouble in making friends, maybe I can tell you how to do it. Realize your own good points. You have skills and talents that others will like.Believe that you are a good person and have something nice to share with others.Be humorous. Learn to laugh at yourself and your weakness. Remember to smile to others. Respect the others. Everyone has his own idea. Learn how to listen to others ideas without trying to make them accept yours.Be kind. If you are kind to others, they will usually be kind to you. There are hundreds of little things you can do to show kindness. Open the door for someone. Wave to a friend and so on. Dont complain(抱怨). Learn to accept what you cant change, and work hard to change what you can. No one is willing to hear your complaining all the time.Never give up. Even if you are faced with some closed-minded people, never give up. And try to find someone who will understand you. 1. Why do we need friends according to the passage?A. Friends can do everything for us. B. Friends can bring us happiness.C. Friends accept our ideas all the time. D. Without friends we could not live.2. Whats the first thing we should learn in order to make friends? A. To help others. B. To smile to others.C. To get along with others. D. To listen to others complaints. 3. Which of the following shows a sense of humor? A. Opening the door for someone. B. Complaining to others all the time. C. Laughing at ourselves and our weakness. D. Finding someone who will understand us.二、任务型阅读。When he was a teenager, Hunter Adams was very unhappy, and he spent many years in the 1960s and 1970s in a special hospital for people with mental health problems. When he left hospital, Adams decided to become a doctor, so he went to a medical school in Virginia, in America. But when he was there, he did things in different ways. For example, he didnt like the doctors white coats, so he wore shirts with flowers on them when he visited his patients, and he tried to make them laugh. The doctors at the medical school didnt like Adams very much because he was too different.Adams believed that people in hospital need more than just medicine. He saw unhappy and lonely people, and he tried to help them, not just as patients, but as people too. He spent a lot of time with children in hospital, and often put a special red nose on his face so he looked like a clown and made the children laugh.When he finished medical school and became a doctor, Adams opened his own hospital, called The Gesundheit Institute, with some other doctors. They wanted it to be a place with a different way of working with sick people.Hunter Adams became famous during the 1980s, and in 2019, Universal Pictures made a film about his life. It was very successful. In the film, Robin Williams played Adams. Williams said, “Hunter is a really warm person, who believes that patients need a doctor whos a friend. I enjoyed playing him”1. Was Hunter Adams a doctor?2. Where was the medical school?3. How did Hunter Adams make children in the hospital laugh?4.What did Hunter Adams do after he finished medical school and became a doctor?5. In Hunter Adams opinion, what was a good doctor like?三、完成句子。1. 你看上去很累，最好早点睡。You look very tired. go to bed earlier.2. 别躺在床上看书，这对你的眼睛不好。Dont read in bed. your eyes.3. 我一到上海就给你打电话。Ill call you I arrive in Shanghai.4. 我的电脑坏了,你能帮我修一下吗？_ my computer. Could you help me mend it?5. 王雪不仅对自己严格要求，还经常告诉同学们要努力学习。Wang Xue _.人物外貌类话题写作指导一、ADBCACABCDBD二、DBD三、EBAC四、One possible version Dear Cindy,Thank you for sending me your photos. You wonder who the person I thank most is. Now let me tell you.My mother is the person who I sho