2019年八年级上学期期末考试英语试题A卷.doc

2019年八年级上学期期末考试英语试题A卷一、 完形填空。 (共1题；共10分)1. （10分）When I was 18 years old, one morning, my father told me to drive him into a town, about 40 miles away. I had just learned to1 ， so I agreed with pleasure. When we came to the town, something was wrong with the car. Then I took the car to a nearby garage to have it 2and promised to pick Dad up at 4 pm. Because I had a few hours to spend, I decided to go to the 3 .However I became4interested in the film that I forgot the time. When the last film finished, it was 6 oclock.I was afraid Dad would be 5and never let me drive again, so I drove back quickly to meet Dad and made an excuse(借口) 6my being late. Ill never forget the cry he gave me: “Im disappointed that I feel you have to tell a lie to me, Jack. Im angry, not with 7 but with myself. I have failed8 Ive brought up a son who can not even tell the truth to his own father. Im going to walk home now and think seriously about 9 I have done wrong all these years.”Dad began10along the road. I begged(乞求)all the way, telling him how I drove behind him for 40 miles, at a speed of 5 miles an hour. It was the most unforgettable lesson. I have never told a lie to him ever since.【小题1】AdriveBworkCliveDtravel【小题2】AmadeBrepairedCwaitedDparked【小题3】AconcertBbookstoreCshopDcinema【小题4】AveryBtooCsoDfairly【小题5】AexcitedBangryCdisappointedDsad【小题6】AatBtoCforDwith【小题7】AmeBitCyouDhim【小题8】AsoBbecauseCafterDbefore【小题9】AwhereBwhenCwhyDhow【小题10】ArunningBdrivingCcryingDwalking（1）A . drive B . work C . live D . travel （2）A . made B . repaired C . waited D . parked （3）A . concert B . bookstore C . shop D . cinema （4）A . very B . too C . so D . fairly （5）A . excited B . angry C . disappointed D . sad （6）A . at B . to C . for D . with （7）A . me B . it C . you D . him （8）A . so B . because C . after D . before （9）A . where B . when C . why D . how （10）A . running B . driving C . crying D . walking 二、 阅读理解。 (共4题；共38分)2. （8分）阅读下列短文, 请从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。(B)Do you often talk with your parents? Here are some ideas on how to talk with them.Try to start your talk with something fun. This will make talking easier. For example, ask them questions about their day. Hows the work? They love this.Make it clear what you want to tell your parents. If they have some advice, let them finish and dont stop their talking. Ask them to do the same for you. Show them respect(尊敬) by listening to them carefully. Look them in the eye. Be honest(诚实). Honesty builds trust(信任). Life is good when your parents trust you. If your parents dont understand, thats OK. It doesnt mean they dont love you. Sometimes you have to explain the things to them again. When you finish the talk, thank them for listening. Say something like, thanks, you help me a lot. It will let them know this is important to you, and you make them do it more often. （1）If you want to start the talk easily, you should say something _ at the beginning. A . angryB . interestingC . sadD . unhappy（2）While talking to the parents, you should look them in the eye to show you _ them. A . likeB . understandC . respectD . agree with（3）When your parents dont understand you, you can _. A . ask them to stopB . argue with themC . look them in the eyeD . explain your idea to them again（4）Whats the main(主要) idea of this passage? A . We should respect our parents. B . Its important to trust our parents.C . We should love our parents. D . Some ways to talk with our parents.3. （10分） From age eight to eleven, I studied at a small school in Bath, England. It was a small school of four classes, with about twenty-five children in each class according to age. For the most part, one teacher had to teach all subjects. However, sometimes the headteacher , Mr. Ronald Broaches would come in and spend an hour or so.He was a large man with a very happy nature. He had a sense of humor and would be glad in telling the children small stories which make us laugh.I found that he took great interest in me and he quickly found that I enjoyed puzzles. He would stop me as I was going to class and take a piece of paper out of his pocket, often with a puzzle on it. As time went on, they slowly gave me an interest in math and problem solving that stays with me to this day.To this day, I can remember Mr. Broaches cheerful cry of “Well done!” whenever I got a problem right. I shall always be thankful that our paths crossed.Mr. Bruoaches died just two weeks after I won the 1993 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine. Unfortunately, I had no chance to speak to him before he died. I learnt late that he had heard of my success and I will always hope that he knew the deep influence he had made on my life.（1）The writer spent _study at the school in Bath, England.A . three yearsB . six yearsC . one yearD . two years（2）The writers success shows us _.A . Mr. Broaches often gave him some puzzles only for fun .B . they had the same interestC . Mr. Broaches found and developed his interestD . Mr. Broaches was his fathers friend.（3）From the story, we can guess the writer_.A . liked language lessons very well.B . was a good football playerC . was good at mathD . had a great dream（4）The writer felt sorry because_.A . Mr. Broaches passed away before he won the Nobel PrizeB . he didnt express his thanks before Mr. Broaches died.C . he couldnt find Mr. Broaches after he grew upD . Mr. Broaches didnt know about his success.（5）The best title for the passage is _.A . The Story of Mr. BroachesB . The History of Nobel PrizeC . My Early School LifeD . An Important Teacher in My Life4. （10分）根据表格所提供的信息选择最佳答案。（1）As one of the largest museums in the world, British Museum is in _.A . BeijingB . LondonC . New York（2）New York Museum is Americas largest museum on American _.A . buildingsB . collectionsC . history（3）The Palace Museum, which is in the center of Beijing, is also called “Forbidden City(紫禁城)”in China. It lies in _.A . Changan StreetB . New Oxford StreetC . Chestnut Street（4）According to the form, if you want to see ancient Chinese collections, you can visit _ at most.A . one museumB . two museumsC . three museums（5）Which of the following is TRUE according to the information above?A . Each ticket for the Palace Museum costs the same in the whole year.B . You dont have to pay for tickets if you visit New York Museum on Monday.C . British Museum lies in Chestnut Street, London.5. （10分）阅读理解Huang XiaomingChinese actor Huang Xiaoming visited the panda base(据点) in Sichuan province.During his visit, Huang put on a keepers suit and tried cutting bamboo, cleaning cages and feeding the pandas.Huang also adopted a pair of panda twins with a gift of one million yuan.Angelina JolieHollywood actress Angelina Jolie can do all kinds of things on screen. It looks like shes good at everything, shooting, fighting and killing. But theres one thing shes afraid ofcooking. The 33-year-old actress says she was never able to master cooking skills.“I dont cookits the one thing I cant do!”she says.Chen LuyuChinese hostess Chen Luyu is famous for her popular talk show. She set up an online version of her show at S.People have grown tired of Chens show, especially her habit of constantly asking guests, “really?”.But the producer of the show supports Chen. “Shes one of the few Chinese hosts who knows how to control her desire to express herself and let the guests speak freely in an interview.”（1）What kind of animals does Huang Xiaoming like? A . Pandas.B . Monkeys.C . Tigers.D . Lions.（2）Which is TRUE about Angelina Jolie? A . She is good at everything.B . She cant shoot well.C . She cant cook by herself.D . She can cook well.（3）Why have people grown tired of Chen Luyus show according to the passage? A . Because she isnt famous for her talk show.B . Because she set up an online version of talk show.C . Because she has the habit of constantly asking, “Really?”.D . Because she likes to express herself.（4）What does the underlined word“adopt”mean in the first paragraph?A . 批准B . 继承C . 采纳D . 收养（5）We can know from the passage that _. A . Angelina Jolie is a shy actressB . Chen Luyu isnt famous any moreC . Huang Xiaoming is a kind manD . All the three stars are Chinese三、 词汇运用。 (共2题；共14分)6. （4分）选词填空。crazy, total, weight, homestay（1）Daming communicates with his _family in America by email（2）Almost all the boys and girls are _about TFBOYS（3）Whats the _population of China?About 1.37 billion（4）Its easy to put on my _but its difficult to lose it7. （10分）短文填空。Reading books is a good hobby for all kinds of reasons.First, reading books is f _. You can always keep yourself amused if you like reading. This is especially useful when the weather is bad. It is a relaxing hobby too. You can really become lost in a book.Next, you can read a book a _: in a car, in a waiting-room, on a plane, in bedeven in the bath. All you need is a book! Reading is a convenient hobby as it is easy to s_and then start again.A _good reason for reading books is that it is useful. If you read as a hobby you will get better and better at it. This m_that you will read faster and will become better at understanding what you read. As your reading improves, you will probably find your schoolwork becomes much e_. Many school subjects depend on good reading and, as you read, you learn more and more.Some people say that reading is out of date (过时). This is not true. You have to be able to read to use a computer and, the better you read, the b_your computer skills will be. Reading is n_out of date!Good readers are most likely to be good w_, too. They usually have more things to write about. Reading books is a wonderful hobby, one of the best. W_other hobbies could be more useful, or more enjoyable?四、 语法填空。 (共1题；共7分)8. （7分） In a famous story, a young boy called Ali Baba says “Open Sesame” and a door to treasures is opened before him. Ma Yun drew inspiration from this and founded A.Over 14 years, A has become Chinas largest e-commerce (电子商务) website. E-commerce is the a_of buying and selling goods and services and doing other business activities using a computer and the Internet. However, the founder chose to leave and to discover new areas of business. On May 28, Ma became chairman of Cainiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.The company will set up China Smart Logistics (物流) Network. Its goal is to deliver packages (运送包裹) to people anywhere in the country w_24 hours.The 48-year-old businessman, who is short and thin and often wears oversized suits, always had he courage to dream big and try new things.Ma got the idea or starting a business career in 1995. He was then working for a US trading company as a translator, when he was introduced to the Internet. He s_the word beer and saw that no data came up about Chinese products(产品).Ma had an idea: why not build a large Internet market to connect(连接)consumers and companies from all over the world and do business o_?That is how Alibaba began. His company grew quickly. But that doesnt mean e_went well. Alibaba had a difficult time in 2000, when many Internet companies failed. Ma was successful because he m_to attract investment(投资)in his company.But there is a deeper r_for Mas success: his attitude. You deserve (值得) to live your dream, said. Everyone thought I was daydreaming when I started. But the most important thing is that we believed in our dream from day one, to today and tomorrow Of course we made many mistakes, but we never gave up hope.五、 任务型阅读。 (共1题；共10分)9. （10分） Baboons(狒狒) live in Africa. They are like monkeys. Most people think daddy baboons dont know their babies. But scientists (科学家) find that daddy baboons know how to help their babies. The daddy baboons are smart.Joan Silk is a scientist. She studies the baboons for 3 years. She says the daddy b