人教版2019-2020学年八年级下学期英语期中检测试卷B卷

第 1 页 共 13 页 人教版人教版 2019 20202019 2020 学年八年级下学期英语期中检测试卷学年八年级下学期英语期中检测试卷 B B 卷卷 姓名姓名 班级班级 成绩成绩 一 一 阅读理解阅读理解 共共 3 3 题 共题 共 2424 分分 1 8 分 阅读短文 从每题所给的 A B C 和 D 四个选项中 选出最佳选项 LCF Clubs Jazz Mataz The music gym activity for pre schoolers It s fun educational and great for the development of social skills English is the only language needed Fun French or Spanish Clubs Where children have fun make friends and learn a language from excellent teachers Welcome to LCF Language Clubs and Music Gym Clubs Learn with songs stories and games in Fun French or Spanish Clubs Affordable after school care Fun music gym clubs for young children Learn with stories games movement and rhymes in Jazz Mataz Phone 02392 370863 Email joinus These can be taught online at a school club or at a local LCF centre You can do it after school There are also chances to teach in school Many schools now need LCF teachers because they know LCF provides excellent training and supplies LCF teachers with the best resources 资源 Come on and try it yourself at our local club near your home 1 We can in Fun French or Spanish clubs A have a party B play chess 第 2 页 共 13 页 C make friends D watch movies 2 In LCF clubs children can A join fun painting and gym clubs B get education at school clubs only C learn with songs games and cooking D learn with stories games and movement 3 Jazz Mataz is for children who can speak A Spanish B English C Chinese D French 4 If you want to join an LCF club you d better NOT A post a letter B send an email C go to the local club D make a phone call 2 6 分 If you have failed in the past to try to make big changes in life try again now one tiny step at a time Every year it s the same As December comes to an end you think about the new year and all the ways you want to improve your life But as you start to write down your hopes for the new year you think about the last year You excitedly write down all the changes you are going to make but by the end of January those ideas get lost in your busy life 第 3 页 共 13 页 Here s a suggestion Forget the too big hard to achieve goals 目标 and just think about the small ones We often think that we have to do everything in big steps even though it s so hard for us to reach it said Robert Maurer who recently wrote the book One Small Step Can Change Your Life What we try to do is to begin with such a small step that we can t find any excuse not to do it Kaizen a Japanese word is used to mean to change behavior and attitudes 态度 During World War Il American factory managers were able to increase productivity by trying small continuous improvements instead of sudden changes After the war the idea was brought to a rebuilding Japan It made Japan develop fast The Japanese called it kaizen which means improvement Maurer studied the idea and did some experiments with it Kaizen could possibly help people succeed in doing everything 1 Robert Maurer wrote a book to tell us A we should do everything in big steps B how to change one s life with one small step C we should try a lot of sudden changes D how to find a small step without any excuse 2 The writer of the passage suggests we should A make changes at the end of the year B do few experiments with kaizen C do things with hard to achieve goals D take a tiny step to achieve big goals 3 Which of the following is TRUE from the passage A Robert Maurer studied kaizen and found it helpful B You can achieve your goals if you are not too busy 第 4 页 共 13 页 C You can t find any excuse not to reach a big goal D Kaizen was brought to Japan during World War 3 10 分 阅读理解 A What do you think Americans in the early twentieth century 1900 1927 did on weekends What do they do on weekends now Then Once upon a time people spent lots of time at home on weekends Then new inventions changed the weekends People used electric 电动的 streetcars to travel in cities On weekends they rode the streetcars to parks Young people liked roller coasters 过山车 The first movie lasted only one minute Soon movies lasted longer In the 1920s movie theaters sold millions of tickets each week In 1927 movies eventually 最终 had sound Sometimes people stayed at home instead and listened to another new invention radio People in cities worked indoors during the week so they wanted to be outdoors on weekends Bicycling became a popular activity Now With more time money and inventions people have much more choices They can visit large parks like Disney World and ride modern roller coasters that go higher and faster than ever before They can choose from lots of different movies at a multiplex a building with many movie theaters or watch a video at home Many people jog 慢跑 cycle work out at the gym or play sports Others turn on their TV and watch sports 1 Before the early twentieth century Americans used to spend their weekends 第 5 页 共 13 页 A at home B in the theatre C outdoors D in the park 2 What do you know about the first movie according to the passage A It had no sound B It got longer C It sold well D It was interesting 3 The roller coasters in America go than ever before A faster B higher C more slowly D faster and higher 4 is popular in the past and now A Jogging B Cycling C Playing sports D Running in the gym 5 The best title of the text is A Much More Choices B The New Inventions 第 6 页 共 13 页 C The Popular Activities D The Changing Weekend 二 二 完形填空完形填空 共共 1 1 题 共题 共 1010 分分 4 10 分 请认真阅读下列短文 从短文后各题所给的 A B C D 四个选项中 选出最佳选项 He was pleased to learn that Chibi knew all the places where the wild grapes and wild potatoes grew He was amazed to 1how much Chibi knew about all the flowers in our class garden He liked Chibi s black and white drawings and put them up on the wall to be 2 He liked Chibi s own handwriting which no one but Chibi could read and he put that up on the wall Bu t when Chibi appeared on the stage at the talent show of that year no one could 3his eyes Who is that What can that stupid do up there Until Mr Isobe announced that Chibi was going to imitate 模仿 the voices of crows Voices Voices of crows 4he imitated the voices of newly hatched crows And he made the mother crow s voice He showed how crows cry early in the morning He showed how crows cry when the village people have some unhappy accident He showed how crows 5when they are happy and cheerful Everybody s mind was taken to the6mountainside from which Chibi probably came to school Chibi made very special 7deep down in his throat 喉咙 to imitate a crow in an old tree in the end Now everybody could imagine8the far and lonely place whe re Chibi lived with his family Then Mr Isobe explained 9 Chibi had learned those calls leaving his home for school at sunrise and arriving home at sunset every day for six long years Every one of us cried thinking how much we had been 10 to Chibi all those long years He was a boy beyond our usual imagination 第 7 页 共 13 页 1 A complain B count C find D refuse 2 A admired B printed C punished D avoided 3 A check B hurt C open D believe 4 A Later B Next C Last D First 5 A jump 第 8 页 共 13 页 B call C fly D dance 6 A far B crowded C near D modern 7 A scripts B reports C speeches D sounds 8 A hardly B happily C exactly D peacefully 9 A what B how C whether 第 9 页 共 13 页 D who 10 A wrong B kind C honest D generous 三 三 任务型阅读任务型阅读 共共 1 1 题 共题 共 2525 分分 5 25 分 阅读短文 回答问题 Children know that summer is probably the most fun of all seasons However experts say it is also the most dangerous especially for children aged 14 and under In its first study of children s safety in the US the National Safe Kids Campaign NSKC founds that nearly half of the injury related 与受伤相关的 deaths among children happened in summer Experts are not surprised by the study s results They always know summer is a dangerous season for children During the summer children are out of the school and spend more time outdoors They are more likely to get into an accident or be injured While we encourage children to be active and spend more time outdoors they need to understand the importance of safety said Everett Koop an expert of the NSKC To help children say safe the NSKC started a Make it a Safe Kids Summer campaign during National Safe Kids Week from May 5 through May 12 Here are some important summer safety tips from the NSKC Always wear your seat belt Make sure there is an adult around when you decide to go swimming Wear a life jacket when on a boat or doing water sports Obey all traffic rules 1 Why is summer the most dangerous season of the year in the US 第 10 页 共 13 页 2 How long did the Make it a Safe Kids Summer Campaign last 3 How many summer safety tips does the NSKC provide 4 Must the children understand the importance of safety 5 What s the purpose in writing this passage 四 四 词汇运用词汇运用 共共 2 2 题 共题 共 6 6 分分 6 1 分 The singer is gaining in popular 7 5 分 根据句意和汉语提示写单词 What he said me a lot 使 感兴趣 To be I m not