2020年八年级上学期期中考试英语试题B卷.doc

2020年八年级上学期期中考试英语试题B卷一、 单项填空 (共10题；共20分)1. （2分）I have been to quite a few restaurantsbut I can say this one is A . goodB . betterC . the betterD . the best2. （2分） There is an art festival in our school on Saturday. Oh, great! Well _ then.A . have good timeB . play a good time C . play good timeD . have a good time3. （2分）Well be away for two weeks because well have a _.A . two-weeks holidayB . two weeks holidaysC . two-week holidayD . two-weeks holiday4. （2分）The waiter always keeps a smile on his face when he serves the customers.He is very _.A . strangeB . politeC . rude5. （2分）_is it from your home to the city centre?Less than 20 minutes by underground.A . How soonB . How oftenC . How longD . How far6. （2分）Dont forget _ your homework to school tomorrow.A . bringB . to bringC . bringing7. （2分）All the athletes _ the nice service during the London Olympics.A . were pleasedB . were pleased withC . were pleasureD . were pleasure with8. （2分）There is _old piano in _corner of the living room. A . an; theB . an; 不填C . a; theD . a; a9. （2分）Tu Youyou is famous her medical research and won the Nobel Prize this year. A . ofB . forC . asD . to10. （2分）I like flowers. I hope_ at a school with many flowers and trees in it. A . studyB . to studyC . studyingD . studied二、 完形填空 (共1题；共10分)11. （10分）完形填空One day a lion met a spider, who was just busy making a web. The lion 1for a while and said, How clever you are! How did you learn to do that? The spider answered proudly, I learned it from my mother.The lion watched a longer while. Then he asked the spider, But why dont you catch your food in the way that I do?I am just a 2animal, the spider replied. I cannot run fast or fly. 3with my web I can catch flying insects, and I dont even have to run after them.The lion then asked, Could you make a 4for me? Then I would not have to run after animals either.Sorry, the spider said. My web can only catch flying insects. But you cannot love 5them.The lion was angry with the spider. She did not have to work 6for food. And she would not help him get his 7. So he hit the web and broke it. But the spider jumped 8the lions back and bit him.Now you will 9me, said the spider as she jumped into the grass. Think carefully 10you do something bad to other animals. Some of us may be small, but we are very smart.The lion tried to scratch his back, but he could not reach where the spider bit. It itched(发痒)for several days. He remembered the smart spider for a long time.（1）A . rested B . walked C . watched D . listened （2）A . small B . beautiful C . friendly D . silly （3）A . And B . Or C . But D . Then （4）A . coat B . web C . home D . wish （5）A . making B . finding C . selling D . eating （6）A . hard B . quickly C . late D . carefully （7）A . fun B . water C . food D . job （8）A . in B . onto C . under D . with （9）A . stop B . hear C . hate D . remember （10）A . after B . as C . till D . before 三、 阅读理解 (共3题；共24分)12. （8分）根据短文理解, 完成下列各题。ELong long ago, there was a spider. She found a beautiful farm. She liked the farm and decided to live there forever.One day, the spider caught a little bug. When the spider ate it, the bug said, “If you let me go, I will tell you an important thing. The thing will save your life.” The spider stopped and listened.The little bug said, “Youd better get out of the farm. The harvest is coming! If you stay here, you will be killed by the farmers machine.”But the spider didnt listen to the bug and ate it for lunch. The next day when she was sleeping, the farmer came to have a harvest. The spider was killed by the machine.（1）The bug tried to get free by .A . running in the webB . telling the spider some important newsC . playing against the spiderD . turning to his friend for help（2）The bug asked the spider.A . to catch the farmerB . to stay at homeC . to leave the farmD . to move to the farm（3）After reading the passage, we know that the spider.A . let the bug goB . thanked the bugC . lived with the bugD . ate the bug（4）Whats best title for the passage?A . A Silly SpiderB . A Brave BugC . A Kind FarmerD . A Beautiful Farm13. （10分） The scientists from the Lockheed Space Company (公司) work in Felton, California, with the help of a computer. But the computer is placed in Sunnyside, about 80 kilometers away. What the scientists input is sent by telephone lines to the computer, and after a time, copies of the designs are needed back in Felton as possible. Lockheed people have tried several ways of sending the prints (印刷品), but the most effective seems to be by pigeon (鸽子). Are pigeons really used to carry messages in these days? They are, and they send the prints faster and cheaper than any other way.Human (人类的) messengers (persons carrying messages) are much more expensive and slower than the pigeons. The road to Felton goes through the mountains, and the driving is not easy. An electronic printout system(电子印刷系统) could do the work in Felton, but at a cost of 10 dollars a print. Pigeons carry the designs for about 1 dollar each.Now Lockheed people have ten pigeon messengers. The pigeons do the work, and they have made Lockheed more famous. You can often read the news about the pigeons in the newspapers around the world（1）The story is mainly about .A . Felton, CaliforniaB . the scientistsC . how to work with computersD . sending prints by pigeon（2）This story is unusual because pigeons .A . dont like carrying thingsB . are often cheap to keepC . seem out of place in the space ageD . arent friendly to the scientists（3）Something thats effective（有效的） .A . usually costs moreB . is something that worksC . is often unhappyD . is often don by animals（4）Which happened first?A . Pigeons were used as messengers.B . Human messengers were used.C . What the scientists input was sent to the computer.D . Scientists got their designs.（5）Lockheed likes the pigeons because they .A . do the work at low costB . get their pictures on televisionC . understand the computerD . make the scientists pleased14. （6分） You want to know about my staying in America, right? Well, to tell you the truth, it is really an eye-opening experience to study here.In China, I had English classes five times a week since fifth grade. However, I didnt know how different textbook English could be from everyday English until I came to Hotchkiss School, Connecticut.When I first studied English, I was told to say,” I am fine” when people say “How are you?” But in the US, I found that people say, “I am good” or “Im tired”.One day, someone greeted me with “Whats up?” It made me confused . I thought for a moment and then smiled because I didnt know what to say.Since then, I have discovered more and more differences between Chinese and US cultures.To my surprise, US girls spend a lot of time in the burning sun to get a tan(晒黑). However, in China, girls try every possible way to get their skin paler, or “whiter”.I was also surprised by how hardworking US students are. In China, schoolwork is almost everything, so we study hard and thats it. But here, a “good” student gets good grades, does a lot for the public and plays sports or music.The kids here are so talented, I am starting to be sorry that I gave up playing the piano at an early age and that I have never thought about sports.（1）What does the word “confused” in the fourth paragraph mean in Chinese ?A . 困惑B . 憧憬C . 悲痛D . 后悔（2）A good US student spends his / her time _ .A . only in doing homeworkB . on studies, sports or music and public workC . only in working for the publicD . only on sports or music（3）Which of the following is NOT true ?A . The writer is now in US.B . American girls love to have white skin.C . US students are talented and hard working.D . The writer regrets that he gave up playing the piano.四、 阅读下面材料，然后根据材料内容回答下面的问题。 (共2题；共35分)15. （5分） Something interesting always happens（发生） in our life. John is a doorman(看门人) of a club in a big city. Every day hundreds of people pass his door and a lot of them stop and say to him, “Whats the time, please?”A few days later, John thinks, “I dont want tothis same（相同的） question, Im going to the shop anda big clock. Then Im going to put it up on the wall here.” He buys a clock and puts it up on the wall.“No people are going to ask me the time again,” he says happily. But after that, a lot of people also stop every