中学2019-2020学年八年级上学期英语期中考试试卷 C卷.doc

中学2019-2020学年八年级上学期英语期中考试试卷 C卷一、 单项选择 (共10题；共20分)1. （2分） Is _ tennis ball yours?Yes, we can play _ tennis.A . a, /B . the, /C . the, aD . a, the2. （2分）I see Wei Hai _ English almost every morning.A . readsB . readingC . readD . to read3. （2分）Can you work out this math problem? Yes, I can. Its_. A . hardB . difficultC . simpleD . easier4. （2分）It takes me about two hours _my homework every day.A . finishB . finishesC . to finishD . finished5. （2分）一 She is always friendly to us.一 I agree with you completely.A . angry withB . kind toC . rude to6. （2分）The children have _ for dinner every day. A . much fishB . many fishC . much fishesD . many fishes7. （2分）Do you have a small mouth?No, I dont. I have a wide _.A . itB . oneC . themD . ones8. （2分）He said he wanted to own a big farm.Who _ what he says? He is such a big mouth.A . knowsB . wondersC . caresD . remembers9. （2分）The joke is funny.A . makes you jumpB . makes you laughC . makes you feel comfortable10. （2分） Do you think it is going to rain tomorrow? _. We are going camping tomorrow.A . I hope soB . I hope notC . Id like to二、 完形填空 (共1题；共10分)11. （10分）When I was a little girl, I lived with my grandparents in a small village(村庄).The life there was 1, and I liked it very much. I had many friends and I liked playing with them 2. After rainy days, there was much 3in the river(河) near our house. I often went there to get4with my friends. I had5fun living there.Now I live in a big city. I study in a school, but I6my life here. Its too busy and it often makes me very7. Now the most interesting thing for me is to go to my grandparents home to8my vacation. Every time I cant9to go there. I 10 a quiet life. I hope to live in a village when Im older.（1）A . boring B . relaxing C . terrible （2）A . with B . from C . outside （3）A . ice B . water C . food （4）A . fish B . meat C . chicken （5）A . kind of B . a little C . lots of （6）A . enjoy B . dislike C . improve （7）A . dirty B . tired C . happy （8）A . spend B . describe C . remember （9）A . like B . want C . wait （10）A . order B . need C . think 三、 阅读理解 (共3题；共24分)12. （6分）阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题People have always wanted to know what our future will look like. Go on reading this text, and you will know what will happen in the next fifty years.How can we know what the future will look like? To be able to understand the future, you have to know the past, what has taken us to where we are today and what has changed along the way? The world has changed a lot in the last 150 years, but people are driven by the same basic needs as they were 150 years ago. Will this change in the next 150 years? No.What inventions have really made a different in the last 150 years? In the past years, the inventions that have changed most peoples everyday life are telephone, radio, television, computer, the car and the internet. Then we of course have a lot of inventions that have made life easier, like new medicine, faster cars, trains, etc. In general, people have been working hard in the last 150 years to make inventions that will make the world a better place. Since there is still much to do in the area, this will be important for at least the next 150 years.Why do we need to guess the future? Guessing the future is important for two reasons: First, we need to start to think about what kind of future we would like for ourselves and our children. And then we need to know what decisions we need to make today that will give us the best future.（1）What does the author try to tell us in the second paragraph? A . Our basic needs will not change in the future.B . The world is quite different from what it was.C . Humans will no longer enjoy food in the future.D . The world will be completely changed tomorrow.（2）Our past inventions have made . A . our daily life more stressfulB . it easy for us to liveC . our work easily doneD . us work less time（3）What will humans do in order to keep the world under control? A . To produce more cars for transportation.B . To spend more time working on the Internet.C . To work much harder to achieve their goals.D . To focus on making more inventions.13. （10分）阅读理解Four years ago, Chinese skater Wu Dajing introduced himself to the skating world by winning a silver medal at the Sochi Olympic Winter Games. At this years Pyeong Chang Olympics, Wu not only returned, but also made history.On Feb 22th, 2018, Wu won the gold medal in the mens short-track 500-meter race. He set a new world record with a time of 39.584 seconds. He also became the first Chinese man to take home an Olympic short-track gold medal. BBC said Wus win was “flawless”, because he was much faster than all of the other skaters.“I didnt give them a chance and I kept my speed from the start,” he told the reporter after the match.But Chinas short-track teams didnt do well in general at the Games. Chinese skaters in the womens 500 meters, 3000-meter relay and mens 1500 meters all failed to take home the gold. Wu was Chinas biggest hope, which put a lot of pressure on him. But he proved himself with his great performance.Wu is now known as a highly talented skater. But things were not always that way. When Wu joined the national team in 2010, he was seen as almost “nothing” compared to gifted skaters like Zhou Yang and Fan Kexin, as his coaches said at the time. Their words made him quite upset. But Wu didnt want to give up and worked as hard as he could. He practiced skating all year round. He even didnt return to his hometown for the holidays for 10 years. “I believe in myself,” he told the reporter after his match at the Olympics.（1）At the Pyeong Chang Olympics, Wu Dajing won the gold medal in the mens short-track race. A . 500-meterB . 1000-meterC . 1500-meterD . 3000-meter relay（2）What does the underlined word “flawless” mean? A . Ordinary.B . Common.C . Perfect.D . Difficult.（3）Accor ding to the passage, which of the following is TRUE? A . Wu won a gold medal at the Sochi Olympic Winter Games four years ago.B . Wu set the world record with a time of 39.584 seconds and made history.C . Wus coaches placed great hope on him when he joined the national team.D . Chinese skaters in the womens 500 meters, 3000-meter relay took home the gold.（4）What does the last paragraph mainly tell us? A . The national team and coaches regarded Wu as a talented skater all the way.B . Wu kept on practicing skating all year round even in the holidays for 10 years.C . Zhou Yang and Fan Kexin were more hard-working on skating than Wu Dajing.D . Because of Wus hard work, confidence and strong will, he finally succeeded.（5）Which one might be the best title of this passage? A . From Zero to Skating HeroB . Short-track 500-meter RaceC . Pyeong Chang Winter OlympicsD . Rising of Chinas Bright Skiing Star14. （8分）阅读下面四篇短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。BThink of life as a game in which you are playing with five balls in the air. You name them work, family, health, friends and spirit and you keep all of them in the air. You will soon understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back.But the other four balls, family, health, friends and spirit, are made of glass. If you drop one of these, it will be broken and never be the same. You must understand that and try to have balance in your life. How ?Dont look down on your worth by comparing yourself with others. It is because we are different and each of us is special.Dont let other people set goals for you. Only you know what is best for yourself.Dont give up when you still have something to give. Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.Dont be afraid of difficulties. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave.Dont shut love out of your life by saying its impossible. The quickest way to receive love is to give it; the fastest way to lose love is to hold it too tightly; the best way to keep love is to give it wings.Dont run through life so fast that you forget not only where youve been, but also where you are going.Dont be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless. Its a treasure you can always carry easily.Dont use time or words carelessly. You cant get them back. Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery*, and today is a gift; thats why we call it “the present”. Life is not a competition, but a trip, step by step.（1）According to the passage, the best way to keep love is to _.A . say its impossibleB . give itC . give it wingsD . hold it tightly（2）The underlined phrase “bounce back”means that_.A . reuseB . recallC . reviewD . return（3）According to the passage,which of the following is true? A . Comparing yourself with others can make you different and special.B . Running through life fast may let us achieve our goals one day.C . To learn knowledge and face the difficulties will make us careful.D . Time will never return so we need to make good use of time.（4）According to the passage, which is the best title ?A . Treat Your Life in a Right WayB . Glass Balls Are Easy to Be BrokenC . Things You Cant DoD . Nothing Is Impossible四、 选词填空 (共1题；共5分)15. （5分）用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，每词仅用一次，每空一词。 it hardly support long season（1）A true friend always _ you whenever you are in trouble. （2）Steve seemed so interested in drawing that he _ got tired of it. （3）Many people rushed to Tiantai Mountain at the height of this tourist _. （4）The nice little dog waved _ tail happily, welcoming the owner back home. （5）China is over 5,000 years old which has a much _ history than the US. 五、 短文填空 (共1题；共8分)16. （8分）根据下面短文内容，在短文的空格处填上一个恰当的词，使短文完整、通顺Now you may find that more and more children arc becoming very heavyWhy? Maybe therere three main _Firstly，there are too _shops around schoolsThe shops sell unhealthy foods，such as fried chicken and ice cream at low pricesSo some children dont like to eat at homeIf there are fewer of these shops，then probably children will _less unhealthy foodSecondly，children have _eating habitsThey like fast foodToday we can see McDonalds and KFC everywhereMany children like fast food very muchIn factmost of the fast food is unhealthy _it has too much salt（盐），sugar and fat(脂肪)Thirdly，these days children _little exerciseWhen they get home，they sit before the televisions or their computers and play computer gamesIts not a good habit，and it also gives them time to eat more unhealthy foodThey should go _and play sports or gamesFor childrens health，parents should ask children to do more sports and eat _fast food六、 任务型阅读 (共1题；共8分)17. （8分）任务型阅读Look! People are gathering to get water from a huge well in the village of Natwarghad in the western Indian state of Gujarat! Because of the large population on the earth, the world is _hungry, it is _be thirsty for water now. The worlds population has reached 7 billion. And it could possible grow to 15 billion by the year 2100.On the other hand, about 97% of water on the earth is sea water which we cant drink or use for watering plants directly. Man can only drink or use the other 3% of fresh water which comes from rivers, lakes and underground. And we cant even use all of that, because some of them has been polluted.Now more water is needed. The problem is: can we avoid a serious water shortage later on? Firstly, we should all learn how to save water. Secondly, we should find out the ways to reuse it. Today, in most large cities water is used only once, but it can be used again .Even if every large city reuse its water, still there would not be enough. W