人教版2019-2020学年八年级下学期英语期中考试试卷A卷

第 1 页 共 16 页 人教版人教版 2019 20202019 2020 学年八年级下学期英语期中考试试卷学年八年级下学期英语期中考试试卷 A A 卷卷 姓名姓名 班级班级 成绩成绩 一 一 完形填空 完形填空 共共 1 1 题 共题 共 1010 分分 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 Be pleased to do anything even though it is very tiny In fact there s no single thing that is not worth doing or you are not able to do So living a happy life with a light heart is the most important A good mood decides your quality of life Then 1 can you live a happy life Make each day meaningful 有意义的 by helping someone or just making someone smile The feeling which makes you want to help others 2 at the bottom of your heart Happiness depends on your feelings in your heart Helping others is helping yourself By helping others you 3 more Seeing their satisfied smile will make you feel 4 of what you have done Face difficulties bravely in your life 5 may meet with difficulties No one can avoid them The difficulties can teach you a lot They are your treasure They will help you to be closer to 6 Focus on the good experiences you 7 in the past few years Be grateful to life Don t think too much about the negative things They 8 bad weather Bad weather will pass sooner or later and so will the negative things You may find many dead ends in your life but you will 9 find your way out of them Everything will get better at last Never worry about the things you can t change Worrying isn t useful Worrying can 10 change the situation 11 solve any problem Perhaps not every dream will be realized not every effort 努力 will be completed Never mind and take it easy Come on everybody Let s live a happy life with a light heart and enjoy the beautiful sunshine every day 1 A what B how C why 第 2 页 共 16 页 2 A stay B staying C stays 3 A are giving B will give C will be given 4 A proud B afraid C tired 5 A Somebody B Nobody C Everybody 6 A failure B success C trouble 7 A have had 第 3 页 共 16 页 B have C has 8 A are different from B are fond of C are similar to 9 A always B seldom C never 10 A not only but also B neither nor C either or 二 二 阅读理解 阅读理解 共共 4 4 题 共题 共 3636 分分 2 10 分 阅读理解 This is a story about a monkey An old man had a monkey The old man liked the monkey very much The monkey was very clever When birds came to the garden he drove 驱赶 them away He also helped the old man in many other ways On a hot afternoon the old man was asleep in his chair in the garden A fly 苍蝇 came and sat on the end of the old man s nose The monkey drove it away Soon the fly came back again and sat on the old man s nose again Again the monkey drove it away Again and again the monkey became very angry He jumped up ran to pick up a large stone When he came back the fly was on the old man s nose again The monkey hit it with that stone The fly fell off but the old man s nose was broken 第 4 页 共 16 页 Well many people even our friends sometimes do things just like the monkey They do things too quickly but they don t think much before they do Maybe they sometimes bring us trouble though they mean to do something good 1 The monkey A never helped the old man B drove the children away from the garden C could do a lot of things for the old man D was very happy 2 What happened when the old man was asleep A The monkey was doing housework B A fly came and sat on the old man s nose C A lot of birds came into the garden D The monkey died 3 Why did the monkey get angry A Because he didn t pick up a stone B Because he was afraid of the old man C Because he couldn t drive the fly away D Because the old man fell asleep 4 fell off at last A The old man s nose B The fly C The monkey D The bird 第 5 页 共 16 页 5 What can we learn from the story A We must think carefully before we do things B The monkey can t help us at all C Don t be angry at any time D The old man can help the monkey 3 10 分 阅读理解 B The doctor examined 检查 Nuala s leg Nuala tried not to cry but it was a challenge Her leg really hurt How did you hurt yourself asked the doctor I jumped off a swing said Nuala Is it broken It sure is said the doctor holding out the X ray See right here Two hours later Nuala left the hospital on crutches 腋杖 Her leg was in a cast 石膏夹 What will I tell Ms Chang she asked her mother in the car Ms Chang was Nuala s dance teacher The spring dance performance was only two weeks away Nuala s cast would be on for at least six weeks She s going to be crazy about me said Nuala But Ms Chang wasn t crazy She said We ll think of something Nuala felt ridiculous going on stage 舞台 with her crutches I look stupid she said I m afraid I can t dance with them Have you ever heard The show must go on asked Ms Chang Then together they thought about the show carefully They thought of how Nuala could move to the music They thought of ways for her to dance on crutches On the night of the performance Nuala told herself to relax again and again Nuala s cast looked quite big and heavy but she went out and danced In the end the audience r 观众 第 6 页 共 16 页 cheered Someone even threw roses at the stage The show did go on 1 How did Nuala hurt her leg A She ran too hard B She fell off a bike C She danced too hard D She jumped off a swing 2 Nuala broke her leg before the spring dance performance A one week B two weeks C three weeks D four weeks 3 What does the underlined word ridiculous mean in Chinese A 抱歉的 B 激动的 C 安全的 D 滑稽的 4 What did the audience think of Nuala s performance A Boring B Common C Expensive D Successful 5 What lesson can we learn from the story 第 7 页 共 16 页 A Teaching is hard B Everything is possible C Don t try to do two things at a time D Helping others is helping ourselves 4 8 分 Date of birth July 26 1985 Weight 50 kg Place of birth Changsha Hunan Favorite city Paris Height 164 cm Hobby music Type of blood AB Zhou Bichang was the winner of the Super Girls She did quite well in her studies and got a high score of 681 in her NCEE in 2003 Zhou Bichang graduated from Futian High School in Shenzhen and is now a student at the Xinghai Conservatory of Music 音乐学院 in Guangzhou Although her parents gave her a name with the meaning write excellently in the hope that she would become a writer Zhou seems to be a born singer She could sing theme songs of TV shows very well when she was only two years old She has more than 4 500CDs Zhou has been well known across the country during the contest Fans gave her a nickname BB and themselves a title Chalks However BB doesn t seem to enjoy the sudden success Now she is back to school but feels a bit uneasy when fans see her What I really love is singing said BB in an interview but not the life of a star But that s exactly why Chalks love BB 第 8 页 共 16 页 1 Zhou Bichang is called by her fans A Chalks B BB C Write fluently D Bichang 2 What do Zhou Bichang s parents want her to be in the future A A writer B A pop singer C A film star D We don t know 3 What s the meaning of the underlined word uneasy A nervous B worried C excited D uncomfortable 4 What do you think Zhou Bichang can do well in from this passage A Only her study B Only singing C Both her study and singing D Her study singing and writing 5 8 分 第 9 页 共 16 页 One of the greatest mysteries on Earth is the statues which stand on Easter Island Easter Island which was almost uninhabited when it was discovered on Easter Day in 1722 by a Dutch captain is the most distant island in the world covered with hundreds of giant statues each weighing several tons and some standing more than 30 feet tall Who built these statues and why and how did they get there Nobody knows the answer for sure One theory suggests that Easter Island was first inhabited by Polynesians who traveled thousands of miles in their canoes 独木舟 in 400 A D However the ocean currents 洋流 which carried them there would not take them back so that they could not leave The statues appear to have been made out of the top edge of the walls of a volcano on the island Then it may have been rolled or dragged down to the foot of the volcano 火山 Then it was stood upright 直立 and ropes were tied around it which was made to act as a pulley 滑轮 Over a period of months a statue could be walked for miles down to the ocean Finally it was placed in line with other statues all of them looking towards the center of the island This process was difficult If a statue fell over it was too heavy to be pulled upright again so the islanders went back and carved another statue The population of Easter Island must have reached 11 000 Later the resources of the island were used up and people began fighting and eating each other Work on the statues stopped and the statues were knocked over When the first Europeans finally arrived on the island most of these people had died out 1 This passage is mainly about A the discovery of Easter Island 第 10 页 共 16 页 B the statues on Easter Island C the history of Easter Islanders D the earliest population on Easter Island 2 Which of the following correctly tells of the possible working process after a statue was made a It was stood upright and ropes were tied around it b It was walked for miles down to the ocean c It was placed in line with other statues d It was moved to the foot of the volcano A c d a b B d b a c C a c b d D d a b c 3 It s not a fact that A Easter Island is the most distant island in the world B Easter is the name of a holiday C not all the statues were placed in a line D the island was once rich in natural resources 4 The underlined word uninhabited most probably means A mysterious B lost C unknown to the world 第 11 页 共 16 页 D with no people living there 三 三 词汇运用 词汇运用 共共 2 2 题 共题 共 1111 分分 6 1 分 When the bell rang the kids r to the playground 7 10 分 阅读短文 从方框中选择恰当的词并用其适当形式填空 使短文完整 通顺 每词限用一次 live they same like worry love friendly also life book When I told my Mends l was going to move from the city to the countryside they couldn t believe it I was because I d never been out of the city before Would be very different Well see for yourself Many things are different about the city and the countryside In the city I in a tall apartment building with my parents Our building was filled with people but I only knew a few of Now we live in an old farmhouse Our nearest neighbors are about one kilometer away But all the neighbors are They often come to visit us with lots of food However some things in the city and the countryside are the In the city my mom and I to go shopping on the weekend We went to different shopping centers Here in the countryside we shop in farmers markets on the weekend The greatest thing that is the same is friends I made some good friends in both the city and the countryside We do homework and read together every day When I think about the most important things family and friends maybe there aren t so many differences between the city and the countryside Personally I think they re both great 四 四 语法填空 语法填空 共共 1 1 题 共题 共 1010 分分 8 10 分 阅读下面短文 按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求 在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用 括号中词语的正确形式 最多限填三个单词 填空 You may have heard of Niagara Falls 尼亚加拉大瀑布 but do you know about the Niagara Escarpment 断崖 It s a long steep slope 陡坡 that runs through the US and Canada Earlier this month our school go on a hiking trip to this beautiful place The weather was cold cloudy and windy so we wore more stay warm We 第 12 页 共 16 页 separate into two groups and went on different routes 路线 The whole escarpment is 725 km long But we only covered 8kin for about four hour My favorite part of the trail 小道 was the cave 山洞 The cave was formed from many different shaped rocks Some were huge while the were small We climbed down into the rocks the help of our teachers The rocks were steep and slippery 滑的 they were covered with wet leaves It was a fun and exciting experience for all of us Another exciting moment was lunch After walk 5km without any rest we were hungry and tired our teacher finally said we could stop to have lunch we were very excited After all this trail was a little different from the ones I m used to It was natural than before Hiking is very interesting but remember to stay warm stay hydrated 保持体内水分 and have fun along the way With these you couldn t enjoy it any more 五 五 任务型阅读 任务型阅读 共共 1 1 题 共题 共 5 5 分分 9 5 分 阅读短文 从 A E 五个句子中选择正确选项还原到文中 使短文内容完整正确 There are two days we shouldn t worry about in our life One is yesterday Yesterday is gone forever So it is useless to w