人教版2019-2020学年八年级下学期英语期中考试试卷B卷.doc

人教版2019-2020学年八年级下学期英语期中考试试卷B卷姓名:_ 班级:_ 成绩:_一、 完形填空。 (共1题；共10分)1. （10分）根据短文理解，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择最佳答案填空。There is good news for the children in the countryside. We will never forget the girl1 big eyes. Her big eyes are 2 us her dream: I wish to3! In China, there are still many girls and boys like4. They want to go to school, but their5 are too poor. If the family has two or three children6 it is harder to pay(付钱) the money for7 of them. So the parents often ask8 to stay at home, and boys to go to school.Now they neednt the money. From 2006 on, children can go to school for free in some poor places. They dont have to pay for books and other things. Some of them can even get money from the local government(政府 ) to make their life9. Soon, each child in the countryside can go to school for free. All families are very happy with the news. It is 10 great.（1）A . with B . on C . to D . in （2）A . saying B . telling C . speaking D . talking （3）A . go to work B . go to bed C . go to school D . go home （4）A . him B . her C . his D . hers （5）A . cities B . cities C . houses D . families （6）A . everyone B . both C . every D . all （7）A . teachers B . girls C . boys D . each child （8）A . look up B . turn on C . worry about D . make sure （9）A . better B . shorter C . longer D . worse （10）A . not B . never C . hardly D . really 二、 阅读理解。 (共4题；共34分)2. （10分）阅读理解If(如果) you dont like reading books, this is for you.Have a few laughs (笑声). Sit down with a book of jokes, a picture book or a funny story- book first.Ask around. Ask your friends or your teachers about interesting books.Find new interests. After reading, you may find an interest in something new.Go to the library. Dont be shy (害羞) about asking a librarian (图书管理员) a question like, “Do you have any books about soccer?”See the world (世界). When you want to know or see something, you can open the book about it.Try to read, you can find there is a lot of fun in books.（1）This passage（文章）is about . A . how to readB . what to readC . when to readD . how to like reading（2）According to the passage, if you dont like reading, you should first. A . read funny storiesB . ask teachersC . go to the libraryD . find new interests（3）If you want to find something about football in the library, you can . A . look for it everywhereB . ask your teachersC . ask your classmatesD . ask the librarian（4）The writer gives you pieces of advice(建议). A . fiveB . fourC . threeD . six（5）After reading, you can . A . meet bad friendsB . eat wellC . find funD . become shy3. （10分）Mr. Smith gave his wife money every Friday evening. His wife always spent it all the next Wednesday, so that for the next three days she had no money to spend at all. One day Mr. Smith asked her, “But how did you spend all that money?” She answered, “I dont know.” So one Friday evening, Mr. Smith gave her money together with an exercise book and a pencil. He said to his wife, “Please write down how you spend the money.” Next Tuesday, his wife had no money again. Mr. Smith took the exercise book to see how she had spent it. “I have done what you told me,” she said gladly. She had written “Friday, I got 18 pounds from Mr. Smith.” on the first page, and on the second page, she wrote, “Tuesday, I have spent it all.”（1）Mrs. Smith always spent all the money .A . the next dayB . in four daysC . in a weekD . on next Wednesday（2）Mr. Smith gave his wife an exercise book and a pencil and asked her .A . to do homeworkB . to have a lookC . to write down how she spent the moneyD . to draw a picture on it（3）Mrs. Smith was to do what Mr. Smith asked her to.A . happyB . sadC . sorryD . excited（4）Mr. Smith gave his wife money a week.A . onceB . twiceC . three timesD . four times（5）The story tells us that Mrs. Smith was not very .A . gladB . tallC . carefulD . good4. （8分）阅读材料，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案。 There was once a musician. He said he was not afraid of dangerous animals, Even a bear would be as quiet as the friendliest cat when hearing my music. But he had never played the game, and no one believed him.A chance to show his words arrived just when a circus (马戏团) came to the town. The musician came to the ringmaster (领班) and told what he could do.Wow, thats interesting. The ringmaster said. We just have three new lions and they havent worked with the lion tamer (驯兽师) yet. Lets see what you can do with them. The musician agreed and the whole town crowded the hall to see what would happen.The musician was standing quietly in the center with a smile. Then the ringmaster opened the door of the cage and jumped out angrily a huge lion, shouting and showing his teeth. Everyone was too nervous to breathe.Still with the smile, the musician began to play. The beautiful music rose, then the lion sat down and began to enjoy the music. Everyone lost themselves in the music. The lion did, too. For the second lion, _.Then it was the third lions turn to appear and everyone there was waiting for the lion to be quiet just like the other two. But the lion ran up to the man and ate him.All the people were surprised. The other two lions asked angrily, What have you done! We were enjoying the music! The third lion put his paw (爪子) to its ear and said, Sorry, I cant hear you. I have been deaf for 5 years.（1）The musician said that he _. A . was very friendly to the animalsB . could train wild animals in townC . could make dangerous animals quietD . was not good at playing at all（2）The people felt so _ that they couldnt breathe when seeing the first lion. A . angryB . afraidC . happyD . bored（3）Which of the following is the missing sentence in Paragraph 5? A . the lion came out and ate the musicianB . the same story happened againC . the people felt bored and leftD . the lion ran to the people（4）Why did the third lion run to the man and eat him? A . Because he hated the musician.B . Because he didnt think the music was beautiful.C . Because he couldnt hear the music at all.D . Because he was very hungry.5. （6分）阅读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容，在每小题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项。(C)John was a very strong man. Once he got a job of cutting wood in a forest. His boss gave him an axe(斧子) and showed him the area where he should work.The first day, John cut down 18 trees. Good, the boss said, keep it up! John was encouraged by the words of the boss and tried harder the next day, but he could only cut down 15 trees. The third day he tried even harder, but he could only cut down 10 trees. Day after day he was cutting down fewer and fewer trees.I must be losing my strength, John thought. He went to the boss and said that he could not understand what was going on. When was the last time you had sharpened(使锋利) your axe? the boss asked. Sharpened? I had no time to do it. I have been very busy trying to cut more trees. said John.The moral of this story: While John was working hard, he didnt think about how to do his job better.（1）John was cutting down fewer and fewer trees. He thought_. A . he needed to sharpen his axeB . the boss should help himC . it was wrong to cut down treesD . he must be losing his strength（2）Whats the meaning of the underlined word it? A . The job to cut down trees.B . The way to do the job.C . The work to sharpen the axe.D . The time to have a rest.（3）What can we learn from the story? A . It is wrong to cut down trees.B . Hard work is the only key to success.C . Its important to take time to sharpen our skills.D . Its a waste of time to sharpen the axe.三、 词汇运用。 (共2题；共11分)6. （1分）You have to think of a way to s_the problem. 7. （10分）根据文章内容，选用所给单词的适当形式填空。其中有两个是多余的。healthy，eating，always，friend，be，in，play，sports，but，day，volleyball，fatI have two pen _. They _Zhang Ming and Zhao Ping. Zhang Ming is _Shanghai. Zhao Ping is in Beijing. We like _. We are all in sports clubs(俱乐部) at school. I _play basketball. Zhang Ming likes _. And Zhao Ping often _ping-pong. _we like different(不同的) food. I like vegetables. Zhang Ming likes _hamburgers and Zhao Ping eats lots of fruit every _.四、 语法填空。 (共1题；共1分)8. （1分）If smoking is really as_(bad) as doctors say, its time for smokers to try not to smoke. 五、 任务型阅读。 (共1题；共5分)9. （5分）请阅读下面这篇文章，根据所提供的信息，完成信息卡。A forest fire that burned 55 square kilometers was finally brought under control on Wednesday morning. The fire started on Sunday in Black Bear State Park and quickly spread to nearby areas.On Monday, police evacuated (疏散) the small town of Lawson and asked the people to leave their homes. The fire destroyed 20 homes in the area and caused heavy damage (损坏) to 40 others.Nobody was hurt. Officials said the damage to homes and cars was between $l million and $2 million. The fire spread quickly in the hot, dry weather. Firefighting was difficult because of strong winds. Firemen from 55 fire departments in the state joined the National Fire Service to put out the fire. Some kept fighting for 24 hours. Fire engines (消防车) and helicopters (直升机) dropped water onto the fire. In order to control the fire, firemen cleared a way around the fire.Police closed King Road to traffic on Tuesday because of heavy smoke. Thousands of tourists had to drive an hour north to Queen Road