中学2019-2020学年八年级下学期英语期中考试试卷D卷.doc

中学2019-2020学年八年级下学期英语期中考试试卷D卷一、 单项选择 (共10题；共20分)1. （2分）My friend Amy often takes walk with her dog in the park after dinner.A . 不填B . aC . anD . the2. （2分）Whats your _ for being late again? A . ideaB . keyC . excuseD . news3. （2分） Is that Ginas book? No, its _ book. _ is here.A . my, HisB . his, MyC . my, hersD . your, My4. （2分）Have you seen the movie Titanic, Wangwei? Yes. The music in it _.A . looks greatB . sounds greatC . feels great5. （2分） _ is the weather? Its windy.A . WhatB . HowC . WhenD . Why6. （2分）You _ very happy this afternoon. Why?Because we are going to spend the evening at Lilys house.A . tasteB . soundC . lookD . smell7. （2分）I have great_in finishing the work by myself.Im so proud!Congratulations!A . funB . successC . adviceD . difficulty8. （2分）（2017鄂州）The town of Huarong _ a lot in the past five years.Thats true. Its becoming more and more beautiful.A . changedB . has changedC . had changedD . is changing9. （2分） Lily from England? No, she .A . Does; comes; doesntB . Do; come; doesntC . Do; come; dontD . Does; come; doesnt10. （2分）（2015.湖北武汉)Could I borrow your bike, please? _.A . Of course you canB . It doesnt matterC . Yes, Id love toD . No, thank you二、 完形填空 (共1题；共15分)11. （15分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。One day, I heard an American boy say to a Chinese girl student ,You speak very good English. But the girl answered, No, no. My English is very poor. The foreigner was quite1at the answer. Thinking he had not made2understood or the girl had not3him clearly, he said, Yes, indeed, you speak very well. 4the girl still kept saying,No. In the end, the American boy could not understand and didnt know 5to say.Whats wrong with the girls answer? She didnt6a compliment (恭维)in the same way as the American people do. She should answer, Thank you instead of No. She7understood what the American boy had said, but she thought she should be modest(谦虚的).In the8,people will feel proud and 9when they are praised(表扬).So if someone says the 10you have cooked are very delicious, you shou ld say , Thank you. In our country we think being modest is a virtue(美德)and being proud is a bad thing.But in my opinion, being confident does not 11being proud, so sometimes you should be confident 12being modest.13you are modest and say, No , Im afraid I cant do it well ,while working in a western country, the others may think that you really cannot do it. If you often s ay No, you will certainly be looked down upon by 14. When asking for a job, if one says something like Yes, I can certainly do it instead of Let me have a try ,he or she will 15to get it.So in the west, you should be brave to show your self-confidence.（1）A . excited B . surprised C . relaxed D . frightened （2）A . itself B . herself C . himself D . themselves （3）A . heard B . watched C . listened to D . looked at （4）A . Though B . Although C . Or D . But （5）A . when B . which C . what D . how （6）A . receive B . accept C . refuse D . disagree （7）A . hardly B . really C . nearly D . badly （8）A . east B . south C . west D . north （9）A . dutiful B . modest C . shy D . confident （10）A . dishes B . cups C . glasses D . bowls （11）A . think B . say C . ask D . mean （12）A . as soon as B . as well as C . instead of D . in the hope of （13）A . Unless B . Until C . Whether D . If （14）A . others B . the other C . the others D . another （15）A . fail B . expect C . succeed D . believe 三、 阅读理解 (共4题；共32分)12. （8分）阅读理解Computers are useful machinesThey can help people a lot in their daily lifeFor example，they can help people to save much time to do much work，and they can help people to work out many problems easilyOur country asks everyone to learn to use computers before the twenty-first century，except the old people 21cnjycomToday more and more families own computersParents buy computers for their childrenThey hope computers can help them improve their studies in schoolYet，many of their children use computers to play games，to watch videos or to chatComputers can not help children to study but make them fall behindSo computers are locked in boxes by parentsIn some other countries，even some scientists also hate computersThey say computers let millions of people lose their jobs or bring them a lot of troubleWill computers really bring trouble to people or can they bring people happiness? It will be decided by todays students themselves!（1）Why do we say the computer is a useful machine? Because_ A . our country asks us to learn itB . it can help us a lotC . we can use it to play gamesD . it can help us to find jobs（2）What do many teachers and parents complain(抱怨)about? They complain that_ A . their students and children use computers to play gamesB . computers let them lose their jobsC . computers make their students and children fall behindD . computers bring people a lot of trouble（3）In this passage we know computers _ A . also bring us troubleB . bring us happiness onlyC . are hated by peopleD . are bad for peoples health（4）How do you understand the last sentence of this passage? I think it means_A . computers are used by peopleB . people can live well without computersC . one must decide how to use computersD . computers are strange machines13. （6分）（2017贺州）阅读理解A根据表格内容，选择最佳选项，将其标号在答题卡上涂黑。（1）Who lost a yellow dog? A . Mary.B . David.C . Miss Li.D . Mr.Zhang.（2）Jack is 10 years old,how much should he pay for one movie ticket? A . ￥15.B . ￥20.C . ￥12.D . ￥30.（3）Mr. Wang wants to go hiking, he should call A . 251-6778B . 251-6709C . 251-4321D . 251-577814. （8分）阅读理解If you go to Hong Kong by air, you will arrive at Kai Tak Airport. Because there was no enough land, it was built out into the sea. It is in the part of Hong Kong called Kowloon. Kowloon is one of the two big cities in Hong Kong.The other city is Hong Kong itself. It is on an island. You can get there by ship or through a tunnel under the sea. Much of Hong Kong is farmland and mountains.The population of Hong Kong is over 6 million. Most of them are Chinese. Chinese and English are spoken by many people there.Clothes, computers, radios and TVs are made in Hong Kong. You can watch dogracing or motorracing. Some places are quiet and beautiful. When you are hot and tired, there are small and cool gardens to rest in. There are also a lot of tall buildings to live in. Hong Kong is also a good place for Chinese cooking. You can enjoy many kinds of Chinese cooking, for example, fish, meat and vegetables. Beijing Roast Duck is famous as well. There is certainly a lot to see and to do in Hong Kong.In 1997, Hong Kong was returned to China. Its a part of China.（1）The airport was built out into the sea because . A . its near the seaB . there was not enough landC . planes arrive safelyD . its good（2）Kowloon is . A . on an islandB . the name of an airportC . a part of Hong KongD . a big city under the sea（3）Most people in Hong Kong speak . A . neither Chinese nor EnglishB . Chinese as their second languageC . English onlyD . Chinese and English（4）The main idea of the fourth part is that . A . dogracing is interestingB . Beijing duck is famousC . Chinese food is famousD . Hong Kong is a good place for traveling15. （10分）阅读理解A man had a little dog, and he liked it a lot. He would pat (拍) its head, put it on his knee and talk to it. Then he would give it some food from his own plate.A donkey (驴子) looked in through the window and saw the man and the dog. Why doesnt he choose me as his pet? said the donkey. It is not fair. I work hard, and the dog only shakes its tail, barks and jumps onto the masters (主人) knee. It is not fair. Then the donkey said to himself, If I do what the dog does, the master may choose me ashis pet. So the donkey ran into the room. He brayed (嘶叫) at the top of his voice. He shook his tail so hard that he knocked over a jar on the table. Then he tried to jump onto the masters knee.The master thought the donkey was maniacal , and he shouted, Help ! Help ! Some men came running in with sticks in their hands and they beat the donkey until he ran out of the house.I only did what the dog did, said the donkey, and yet they still regard the dog as their pet and they beat me with sticks. It is not fair. 根据短文内容，选择最佳答案，并将其标号填涂在答题卡相应位置。（1）Why did the donkey do what the dog did?A . He wanted his master to choose him as a pet.B . He wanted his master to give him food.C . He wanted to make his master angry.D . He wanted to turn into a dog.（2）What does the underlined word maniacal in Paragraph 6 mean in Chinese?A . 高兴的B . 疯狂的C . 放松的D . 疲倦的（3）What did the master do when the donkey tried to jump onto his knee?A . He took the donkey on his knee.B . He patted the donkeys head.C . He ran into the room.D . He called for help.（4）What do you think of the donkey from the passage?A . Brave.B . Clever.C . Lazy.D . Foolish.（5）What does the passage want to tell us?A . Everyone has his value.B . People treat animals differently.C . Dogs are cleverer than donkeys.D . Everyone can change if they try hard.四、 词汇运用 (共2题；共20分)16. （10分）根据短文内容理解，选择正确单词，并用其适当的形式填空。 success, luck, friend, none, to, number, look, failure, other, if, nobody, intoWhats the most important thing for you to have in your life? Somebody mentions hardwork, _suggest knowledge, love and luck. If you arrange (排列) the 26 English letters in order and use _to represent each of them, for example, 1 for a, 2 for b, 3 for c 26 for z, you can change an English word _a number. So hardwork becomes 8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11=98, meaning 98 is its mark. Knowledge: 11+ 14+ 15+ 23+ 12+ 5+ 4 + 7+ 5=96, love: 12+15+22+5=54, and _: 12+21+3+11=47, a small mark. _of these words can give one a full mark. What about money? It cant, either.Then what else? Dont be worried. You can always find an answer _a problem in your life, when you change your way of _at things or doing things, or your attitude(态度). Yes, attitude is the word. See for yourself: attitude: 1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5=100, a full mark. Different attitudes lead to different courses of life. Most time people hope for a better life. It is possible that they will have a better life _they change their attitudes. When you change your manner and become _towards others, youll meet more smiling faces towards you. In the same way, if you take a positive attitude towards _, youll find its also rewarding(有益的) though it has caused you losses(损失).17. （10分）根据短文内容和所给汉语提示，写出短文空白处各单词的正确形式。（每