人教版2019-2020学年八年级下学期英语期中考试卷A卷

第 1 页 共 22 页 人教版人教版 2019 20202019 2020 学年八年级下学期英语期中考试卷学年八年级下学期英语期中考试卷 A A 卷卷 姓名姓名 班级班级 成绩成绩 一 一 单项选择 单项选择 共共 2020 题 共题 共 4040 分分 1 2 分 He studied hard he could go to a good university A By B In C At D For 2 2 分 I can play the guitar can you do I can also sing English songs A How else B What else C Who else D Where else 3 2 分 I want to know it s going to be rainy or not A if B whether C what D where 4 2 分 A person with courage is usually of Something dangerous A afraid 第 2 页 共 22 页 B not afraid C fear 5 2 分 My old neighbour Charles felt after his children moved out A lonely B safely C angrily D happily 6 2 分 he Sam A Is B Are C Am 7 2 分 Go straight this street and you can see the post office A turn the left B turn to right C turn left D turn the right 8 2 分 Did you yourself in Beijing Yes I had places of interest in Beijing A have fun to visit B enjoy fun to travel C have fun traveling D enjoy fun visiting 第 3 页 共 22 页 9 2 分 They promise their resolutions A to follow B following C follow D will follow 10 2 分 Our geography teacher told us the sun in the east and sets in the west A gets B faces C rises D lifts 11 2 分 You look tired What s the matter I didn t sleep well last night The music next door almost drove me mad A made me awake B made me crazy C made me sleepy 12 2 分 What does Tina like She likes dogs and tigers A subjects B colors C sports D animals 13 2 分 一 Could you please her to play chess now 第 4 页 共 22 页 一 Sorry I for an English test A teach am studying B teach study C to teach am studying D to teach study 14 2 分 Which of the following is an opinion A There are many restaurants in Suzhou B Thousands of people visit Suzhou Gardens every year C 2016 World Badminton Championships were held in Kunshan D Life in Suzhou is getting better in some ways 15 2 分 Do you often get online Yes I lots of time on it It s a good way to kill time A cost B spend C take D use 16 2 分 I like English but I m really of the grammar A tired boring B tiring boring C tiring bored D tired bored 17 2 分 It is not right in public places 第 5 页 共 22 页 A smokes B to smoke C smoked D smoking 18 2 分 By the time he at the cinema the movie for five minutes A arrived had begun B had arrived had begun C arrived had been on D had arrived had been on 19 2 分 The program I m a Singer is quite popular students these days They often talk about it between classes A for B with C in 20 2 分 I m not going hiking this afternoon I have to clean up the kitchen A Neither I am B Neither am I C So am I D So I am 二 二 完形填空 完形填空 共共 1 1 题 共题 共 1515 分分 21 15 分 阅读下面的文章 掌握大意 然后从每小题所给的 A B C D 四个选项中 选出正确的一项 第 6 页 共 22 页 It was the golden season I could see the 1 leaves falling with the cool wind For others it is a season to achieve something but for me it is a n 2 season I was 3 for the mid term exam and so many unhappy things made me so tired So I decided to have a walk along the road in the park Autumn is a lonely season and life is uninteresting The days in this season always get me4 I thought when the sound of a guitar came into my ears like a bird singing beautifully A young girl sitting on the grass was lost in playing her guitar She was a beautiful girl 5 when the wind blew her long hair I had never seen her before The music was so wonderful that I listened quietly Lost in the music I did not 6 that I had listened to it for so long But I did not seem to trouble her Leaves were still falling Every day when I passed by the grassland I would see her playing her guitar She was the only 7 and I was the only listener During the rest of the days in the season life became 8 and I could go over the lessons carefully Autumn was 9 over One day when I was listening the sound suddenly stopped To my surprise the girl came over to me You 10 like the music she said Yes you play very well Why did you stop I asked Suddenly a 11 expression appeared on her face I came here just to have a rest because I 12 in an important exam I felt very disappointed And it was your listening every day that 13me she said and I have to go tomorrow In fact it was your playing that gave me a 14 autumn and helped me believe that I have the ability to pass my exams I answered I think it was God who gave us the 15 to know each other and we should be good friends She smiled and I smiled in that beautiful autumn 1 A yellow B green 第 7 页 共 22 页 C new D empty 2 A surprising B unpleasant C bored D amazing 3 A going B passing C preparing D caring 4 A across B down C away D out 5 A mainly B exactly C mostly D especially 第 8 页 共 22 页 6 A understand B realize C remember D consider 7 A performer B artist C reporter D volunteer 8 A boring B interesting C sad D terrible 9 A nearly B hardly C already D just 10 A may 第 9 页 共 22 页 B would C can D must 11 A excited B angry C sad D worried 12 A failed B sent C broke D took 13 A moved B encouraged C wondered D saved 14 A short B meaningful C nervous 第 10 页 共 22 页 D shameful 15 A space B gift C chance D ability 三 三 阅读理解 阅读理解 共共 3 3 题 共题 共 4343 分分 22 10 分 In Britain you re allowed to drive a car when you re seventeen You have to get a special two year driving license before you can start When you re learning someone with a full license always has to be in the car with you because you aren t allowed to drive the car on the road alone You don t have to go to a driving school a friend can teach you The person with you isn t allowed to take money for the lesson unless he s got a teacher s license Before you re allowed to have a full license you have to take a driving test You can take a test in your own car but it has to be fit for the road In the test you have to drive round for about half an hour and then answer a few questions If you don t pass the test you re allowed to take it again a few weeks later if you want to In 1970 a woman passed her fortieth test after 212 driving lessons When you ve passed your test you don t have to take it again and you re allowed to go on driving as long as you like Britain s oldest driver was a man who drove in 1974 at the age of 100 Before 1904 everyone was allowed to drive even children Then from 1904 car drivers had to have a license But they didn t have to take a test until 1935 On the early days of car driving before 1878 cars weren t allowed to go faster than four miles an hour and someone had to lead the car with a red flag 第 11 页 共 22 页 1 A person can t take money for driving lessons unless he A has learnt to drive in a driving school B has a full driving license C has a full license and a teacher s license D is given a special two year driving license 2 In the driving test one A mustn t drive his car even though the car is fit for the road B is usually asked to drive on roads for some time C has to be examined only in car driving skills D must drive around for more than an hour 3 When can I take the driving test again if I don t pass it A a few years later B right after the first test C a few weeks later D never 4 Which of the following is NOT true A There is no limit 限制 to the age of an old man who drives a car B One can take a driving test again and again until he passes it C There was a speed limit to cars before 1878 D A car driver didn t have to get a limit license until 1935 5 The best title for the passage is A Driving Licenses in Britain 第 12 页 共 22 页 B Tests for Britain People C Driving Cars D Young Men s Driving Licenses 23 25 分 请认真阅读下面短文 并根据短文内容回答问题 Dear Helen Thanks for your last letter Yes I m enjoying myself on my exchange program in France It s even better than I thought it would be I was a bit nervous before I arrived here but there was no reason to be My host family are really nice They go out of their way to make me feel at home And you wouldn t believe how quickly my French has improved I m very comfortable speaking French now Although I still make lots of mistakes it doesn t make me worried as it used to My biggest challenge 挑战 is learning how to behave 表现 at the dinner table As you can imagine things are really not the same as the way they are at home For example you shouldn t put your bread on your plate You should put it on the table I thought that was very strange at first but now I m used to it You shouldn t eat anything with your hands except bread not even fruit You have to cut it up and eat it with a fork Another thing is that it is very rude to say you re full If you don t want any more food you should just say It was delicious Also it s rude to put your hands in your lap You should always keep your hands but not your elbows 肘部 on the table I have to say I find it difficult to remember everything but I m gradually getting used to things and don t find them so strange any more I ll write soon and tell you more about life in France Hope you re having a good school year Yours Li Ying 1 Where is Li Ying now 2 What does Li Ying think of her host family 3 How does Li Ying feel while she is speaking French now 4 When can Li Ying eat things with her hands there 第 13 页 共 22 页 5 Why do you want to go there if you have the chance to take part in an exchange program 24 8 分 Scientists who study the climate are still arguing about how fast the earth is warming and how much it will warm but they do agree that the earth is warming and that it will keep warming if we don t do anything about it Scientists agree that the burning of fossil fuels 化石燃料 like oil and coal cause greenhouse gases to escape into the air and that these gases are causing most of the warming Another cause is deforestation cutting down trees Trees soak up carbon dioxide one of the greenhouse gases from the air There are already some changes happening because of global warming Sea level is rising and some animals are already moving to new homes It s already too late to stop global warming completely If the warming gets worse as scientists expect there may be some kinds of plants and animals that is disappearing because they can t move to new homes There may be more storms and floods Sea level may rise so much that people have to move away from the coasts Some areas may become too dry for farming Global warming is a very difficult problem to fix People are having a hard time agreeing on what to do about it For example everyone agrees that wasting energy is a bad thing to do But some people think that the federal government 联邦政府 should make laws about it while other people think it should be up to each person or business to decide what to do Many states and businesses in the United States are not waiting until the federal government decides what to do They have already started working on the problem 1 What are the scientists arguing about in the passage A How fast is the earth warming B How much will the earth warm C The earth will keep warming if we don t do anything about it D Both A and B 第 14 页 共 22 页 2 What does the underlined phrase soak up mean A take in B grow up C take off D set up 3 What may be the causes of global warming A The disappearance of plants and animals and the wasting energy B The burning of fossil fuels and storms and floods C The burning of fossil fuels and deforestation D The rising of sea level and deforestation 4 What is the best title of this passage A The reason for global warming B How to stop global warming C The changes to the world D The global warming 四 四 任务型阅读 任务型阅读 共共 1 1 题 共题 共 5 5 分分 25 5 分 阅读短文 并按要求完成小题 Artificial intelligence AI 人工智能 is growing rapidly We are living in a world that depends more and more on AI AI is a group of technologies that help machines get understand and use information to do tasks AI s recent developments have got a lot of social attention Some people have welcomed AI because it makes things possible For example AI will have a big influence on areas like medicine and engineering But this attention has also produced a lot of fear Especially many workers are 第 15 页 共 22 页 worrying that AI could make them lose their jobs According to a recent study nearly five percent of jobs will disappear because of AI In some industries AI is already doing the work that people used to do such as assembling 装配 cars digging the coal and lifting goods Self driving cars and trucks controlled by AI will also take away the driver s jobs in the future On the other hand AI will also create many new jobs for people More people will be needed to write programmers for AI systems 系统 and they will set up and work on them too Meanwhile jobs that require feelings excellent communication skills with people will not be replaced 取代 by AI These includes jobs in fields like teaching nursing and personal training AI is here It is changing how people live and work in many ways That makes AI important to watch not to fear 题完成句子 题简略回答问题 题找出并写下第二段的主题句 题将问中画线句子译成汉语 1 AI is that help machines to do tasks 2 controlled by AI may make the drivers lose their jobs 3 What will AI create for people 4 找出并写下第二段的主题句 5 将问中画线句子译成汉语 五 五 单词拼写 根据句意及汉语提示写单词 单词拼写 根据句意及汉语提示写单词 共共 5 5 题 共题 共 9 9 分分 26 1 分 People like swimming in the 水池 in summer 27 5 分 阅读下面的短文 然后根据汉语或英语首字母提示写出所缺英语单词的正确形式 I had a very unusual experience on 星期天 At around ten o clock in the morning I was walking down the street when a UFO landed in f of me You can imagine how 奇怪的 it was An alien got out and walked down the Center Street I 跟随 it to see where it was going and I was very surprised when it went into a souvenir shop While it was 第 16 页 共 22 页 looking at the souvenirs the assistant called the p 28 1 分 Jim doesn t have dinner at home He usually has it at his 祖父母 29 1 分 Jack bought two knife in the supermarket 30 1 分 Bruce is going 远足 in the Blue Mountains with his father 六 六 选词填空 选词填空 共共 1 1 题 共题 共 5 5 分分 31 5 分 B 从方框中选择适当的单词 并用其适当形式填空 lucky two plan leaf we 1 Last week we had a class meeting and to have an English party 2 In fall many people go to West Hill and see the beautiful red 3