2019-2020学年八年级下学期英语期中考试试卷D卷

第 1 页 共 19 页 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 D D 卷卷 一 一 根据句意 从下列各题所给的根据句意 从下列各题所给的 A A B B C C 三个选项中选择与划线部分三个选项中选择与划线部分 共共 8 8 题 共题 共 1616 分分 1 2 分 I m very tired so I want to have a rest A keep still B have a meal C take a break 2 2 分 He works as a teacher in our school A becomes B works for C is 3 2 分 Can you complete the work before five o clock John Maybe not I need your help A do B begin C finish 4 2 分 Could you tell me the grand total A little time B large number C full 5 2 分 They consider Jim s dream can be achieved 第 2 页 共 19 页 A think B like C invite 6 2 分 We need to drive carefully so that we can avoid accidents For example we should stop when there are people at the zebra crossing A keep away from B give a help to C build up 7 2 分 The fish smells Better throw it away A wonderful B wonderfully C bad D badly 8 2 分 It appears to rain later so you should take an umbrella A seems B plans C agrees 二 二 根据句意 从下面每小题的根据句意 从下面每小题的 A A B B C C 三个选项中选出最佳答案 三个选项中选出最佳答案 共共 1212 题 共题 共 2424 分分 9 2 分 Why not buy a second hand flat first if you don t have enough money That s a good A saying B question 第 3 页 共 19 页 C suggestion D decision 10 2 分 You don t look well What s the Eric I feel terrible I m afraid I have a cold A date B answer C matter 11 2 分 Congratulations Your team won the basketball game Thank you We will go to a restaurant to it this evening A challenge B celebrate C calculate 12 2 分 I am going to buy a new car Perhaps you can read the Sunday papers They are full of for cars A advertisements B inventions C experiments 13 2 分 Our class Class 2 in the volleyball match yesterday Congratulations A beat B won C succeeded 第 4 页 共 19 页 14 2 分 He lost the baseball match just now and felt sad Let s him A cheer of B cheer in C cheer up D cheer for 15 2 分 Nowadays many Chinese enjoy using WeChat 微信 because they can what s going on about their friends in time A find out B find C look for D Found 16 2 分 Dave was still when he left the hospital He still needs to have a good rest at home A strong B strongly C weak D weakly 17 2 分 How much did you on the beautiful dress I paid 198 yuan it A spend for B pay on C spend to 第 5 页 共 19 页 D pay to 18 2 分 Please keep and never give up One day we will realize our big dream A try B tried C trying D to try 19 2 分 Lots of trees and flowers on both sides of the road last year Oh beautiful they are A planted how B were planted what C were planted how D planted what 20 2 分 That old building is falling anytime Nobody to enter A allows B should allow C be allowed D should be allowed 三 三 完形填空完形填空 共共 1 1 题 共题 共 1 1 分分 21 1 分 完形填空 先通读下面的短文 掌握其大意 然后在每小题所给的四个选项中 选出可以填入空 白处的最佳选项 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑 One day a father of a very rich family took his son on a trip to the country with in order to show his son how poor people 1 be They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of 2 would be considered a very poor family 第 6 页 共 19 页 On their return from their trip the father asked his son How was the trip It was great Dad We have a pool that reaches to the middle of our garden and they have a creek 小溪 that has no 3 We have imported lanterns in our garden and they have the 4 at night Our patio 院子 reaches to the front yard and they have the 5 horizon 地平线 We have a small piece of land to live on and they have fields that go 6 our sight We buy our food but they grow 7 With this the boy s father was speechless 无语的 Then his son added Thank dad for showing me how 8 we are Too many times we forget what we have and concentrate on 集中注意力 what we don t have What is one person s worthless object is another s prize possession 财富 It is all9 on one s opinion Make you wonder what would happen if we all gave thanks for all the bounty 恩赐 we have 10 worrying about wanting more Take joy in all you have 1 A must B can C should D need 2 A how B which C what D that 3 A beginning B way C end 第 7 页 共 19 页 D water 4 A dark B darkness C stars D day 5 A beautiful B full C longer D whole 6 A beyond B in C out D straight 7 A ours B them C theirs D themselves 8 第 8 页 共 19 页 A poor B rich C lucky D happy 9 A basing B to base C bases D based 10 A instead B instead of C more than D less than 四 四 阅读理解阅读理解 共共 4 4 题 共题 共 4040 分分 22 10 分 阅读理解 Lao She Teahouse opened in 1988 It is named after the famous Chinese writer Lao She 1899 1966 At Lao She Teahouse visitors sit in an old Beijing setting and can drink the delicious tea in China They watch all kinds of traditional Chinese performances 表演 and enjoy delicious traditional Beijing style snacks 小吃 Since it opened Lao She Teahouse has entertained 款待 many famous people all over the world The teahouse can hold 容纳 up to 600 guests at a time At Lao She Teahouse there are opera fans activities from 2 30 to 5 00 on Monday Wednesday and Friday afternoons There are also opera and folk music performances from 2 30 to 5 00 on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons of each week People can enjoy performances of Peking Opera folk arts 第 9 页 共 19 页 acrobatics and magic shows from 7 40 to 9 20 every evening To get there take the subway to Qianmen Station Tel 010 63036830 Ticket price 80 yuan 120 yuan 180 yuan or according to different seats tea and pastries 1 How many people can Lao She Teahouse hold at a time A 1 500 B 600 C 400 D 500 2 When can people watch opera and folk music performances A On Tuesday afternoons B On Wednesday afternoons C On Friday afternoons D On Monday afternoons 3 What performances can people watch every evening at Lao She Teahouse A Peking Opera folk arts pop songs and magic shows B Peking Opera folk arts acrobatics and magic shows C Pop songs folk arts acrobatics and magic shows D Peking Opera Western music acrobatics and magic shows 4 The writer advises us to go to Lao She Teahouse A by plane B by train 第 10 页 共 19 页 C by bus D by subway 5 The passage may be from A a novel B a magazine C an advertisement D a story 23 10 分 阅读理解 Personal planes which can take off noiselessly from the back garden will be possible within two years Lilium Aviation is inventing an electric two seater airplane which takes just 20 hours to learn to fly and can travel at speeds of 250mph More importantly the small plane which weighs just 25kg can take off vertically which means it does not need to fly from an airport but could be parked outside a house or in a garden The company says the design will open the door to a new class of simpler quieter and environmentally friendly planes and will be possible from 2018 Our goal is to develop an airplane for use in everyday life said Daniel CEO and one of the company s four founders We are going for a plane that can take off and land vertically and does not need the difficult and expensive infrastructure of an airport Although helicopters offer a choice they are very noisy and difficult to fly and require expensive licenses They also have no backup if the rotor fails making them costly to build and keep While firstly limited to airfields the Lilium airplane will eventually take off vertically 第 11 页 共 19 页 from almost anywhere even from back gardens it needs only an open flat area of 50 ft by 50ft 15 m x 15m The plane is classed as a Light Sport Aircraft for two users with the pilot s license requiring 20 hours minimum training almost like taking a driving license It is intended for fun flying during daylight in good weather conditions and in least crowded airspace up to 3 km altitude The airplane would have to follow the same flight laws as helicopters 1 What is the advantage of the Lilium airplane A It can seat more people B It flies at a high speed C It needs a small airport D It only takes up a small space to park 2 Which condition is proper for Lilium airplane to fly A On a fine evening B On a rainy morning C On a sunny afternoon D On a sunny evening 3 The Lilium airplane can be used in daily life because A it needs a backup B it takes a very long time to learn C it takes off and lands very easily D it can fly in good weather condition 4 From the passage we know that A customers can buy this kind of aircraft in 2019 第 12 页 共 19 页 B Lilium airplanes started a new period of planes C back gardens will have no use for Lilium airplanes D Lilium airplanes can offer comfortable and noiseless flight 24 10 分 阅读理解 On June 2 1886 a German captain threw a message in a bottle into the water while his ship crossed the Indian Ocean Around 132 years later in January the bottle was found on the Australian coast making it the oldest known message in a bottle in the world The bottle was thrown into the water to know about ocean waves 海浪 Between 1864 and 1933 German sailors threw thousands of bottles into the sea About 663 of those messages were found later But throwing messages in bottles into the ocean is not just for scientists People send out such messages for many reasons Some people write information about themselves in the hopes of finding a pen pal Others write down secrets hoping that the waves will wash them away And still other people just write down some jokes songs or anything else they think might be fun There are even online messages in bottles People can send the messages through WeChat or QQ The reasons mad ways might be different but the goal is always the same to reach out and try to connect with someone This kind of shared feeling might be why this tradition has remained popular for so long In 1988 the British band The Police wrote a song called Message in A Bottle that describes this feeling As the song s lyrics say we are a hundred billion castaways 被抛弃者 looking for a home When will you feel relieved 释然的 A hundred billion bottles washed up on the shore Seems I m not alone at being alone 1 In 1886 the German captain used the bottle with a message A to do scientific research B to send messages to Australians C to get help from ships in the ocean 第 13 页 共 19 页 D to keep in touch with scientists 2 The third paragraph mainly tells us the of throwing messages in bottles A reasons B feelings C history D importance 3 The underlined words this feeling in Paragraph 4 refer to A the wish of keeping a secret B the pleasure of playing jokes C the pleasure of listening to the song D the wish of connecting with someone 4 The best title of this passage can be A A Gift from Ocean B Message Online C A Bottle of Secret D Message in Bottles 25 10 分 阅读理解 What is the number one favourite pet in the UK If you think the answer is dog you are wrong There are 8 6 million cats and 8 3 million dogs in Britain according to recent figures But experts predict 预测 that there will be more dogs than cats next year as dogs become more and more popular Dogs as accessories 配饰 We like to spend time with our pets The Queen is famous for her corgis 威尔士矮脚狗 and is 第 14 页 共 19 页 often photographed with them Nowadays some dog owners are more extreme 极端的 a few TV celebrities even take their dogs shopping or to restaurants Chihuahuas 吉娃娃犬 are especially popular as handbag dogs because they are so small Dog holidays People are also giving their pets holidays Many UK hotels and holiday parks now welcome dogs as guests What about owners who go abroad They can leave their pets at a dog hotel or dog spa while they are away Some even provide their canine 犬 guests with a TV Dogs are for life The British charity Dogs Trust finds homes for thousands of lost and homeless dogs every year Their famous slogan 口号 A dog is for life and not just for Christmas was created in the 1970s to teach people about the responsibility 责任 of owning a dog Dogs Trust told British people not to give dogs as gifts or treat them like toys Dogs on TV Victoria Sitwell is the host 主持人 of the popular TV programme called It s me or the dog In the show Victoria helps dog owners with their pets bad behavior She tries to find ways to problems such as a Dalmatian who thinks he owns the house and won t let the family sit on the sofa dogs that will only eat ice cream and biscuits and even a bulldog 恶犬 who uses the owner s bed as a toilet Yuck Fashion for dogs You can shop online or on the high street for the latest in dog clothes and accessories 配件 Specialist shops sell dog boots dog dress costumes dog coats dog dresses and dog pants 1 What does the article mainly talk about A Cats as number one favorite pet in the UK B A culture of dogs as a pet in the UK C Small dogs like Chihuahuas becoming more and more popular D Dogs equally treated as human beings 第 15 页 共 19 页 2 Which of the following has the closest meaning to the underlined sentence in Paragraph 4 A Dog owners should show respect for dogs lives B Dog owners should not use dogs as Christmas gifts C Dog owners should care