2020届八年级上学期英语期中考试试卷（I）卷.doc

2020届八年级上学期英语期中考试试卷（I）卷一、 完形填空 (共1题；共10分)1. （10分）完形填空 Once there was a rich woman. She lived in a large and beautiful house but she felt bored about her life. One day, she asked her helper, What is the most 1thing? The helper told her, The beautiful thing you are looking for is not here. You must look for it by 2. What about a tour?The woman thought it was such a 3idea that she started the next day. When she was top of the hill 4her house. She looked down and suddenly something cried in her heart. 5did I never find my house so beautiful?The woman 6one year traveling. She saw beauty on the farm, in the forest and 7in the stars twinkling(闪烁)at night. But what was the most beautiful thing? She 8. The question. Suddenly, the woman understood beauty was 9. She didnt find it because she didnt enjoy it.She found the most beautiful thing 10. It was the world!（1）A . beautiful B . different C . interesting D . boring （2）A . myself B . herself C . himself D . yourself （3）A . funny B . useless C . helpful D . bad （4）A . in B . near C . of D . under （5）A . What B . When C . Why D . Where （6）A . paid B . cost C . spent D . took （7）A . always B . nearly C . almost D . even （8）A . talked with B . thought over C . depended on D . found out （9）A . everywhere B . anywhere C . nowhere D . somewhere （10）A . at home B . at first C . at last D . at least 二、 阅读理解 (共4题；共38分)2. （10分）阅读理解A（1）We may read the advertisement above_. A . in a geography bookB . in a history magazineC . on a travel websiteD . in a city newspaper（2）The advertisement offers information mainly to people from_. A . ChinaB . AmericaC . EnglandD . Canada（3）If you want to get an event pack, you need to_. A . text CHINA to 82727B . learn about the Great WallC . visit .uk/chinatrekD . e-mail chai .uk（4）We learn from the material that_. A . you can sign up on Octobr30thB . you can call for more informationC . the Great Wall Trek lasts for half a monthD . the joiners can trek on the whole Great wall（5）NSPCC has something to do with_. A . natureB . childrenC . the Great WallD . standard network3. （10分）阅读理解Frank is my brother. He is twenty-one years old. He is a waiter. He works in Green Restaurant. He works very hard. And he is kind to people. So his boss Mr. Green likes him very much. Every weekend he always gets some money from his boss. But Frank isnt happy because he doesnt like his job. He thinks its boring. He likes singing. He sings very well and he can sing songs in English. So he wants to be a singer. He likes Jay Chou best and he likes his English song Thousands of Miles Apart.（1）Mr. Green is _.A . a waiterB . a bank clerkC . the boss of Green RestaurantD . a singer（2）Frank always gets some _ from Mr. Green on weekends.A . delicious foodB . clothesC . moneyD . work（3）Frank thinks his job is very _.A . busyB . dangerousC . boringD . exciting（4）Frank doesnt like _.A . his bossB . Jay ChouC . singingD . his job（5）Which of the following is NOT true?A . Frank doesnt work hardB . Jay Chou can sing English songsC . Mr. Green likes FrankD . Frank wants to be a singer4. （8分）阅读下面材料，然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。CI will never forget what my old headmaster taught me when I was only 15 years old. Every time I drift off course, I get reminded of this story.It was a normal Monday morning, and he was making a speech to the students on important things in life and about devoting ourselves to what is important to us. This is how the story went.An old man lived in a certain part of London, and he would wake up every morning and go to the subway. He would get the train right to Central London, and then sit at the street corner and beg. He would do this every single day of his life. He sat at the same street corner and begged for almost 20 years. His house was dirty, and a stench came out of the house and it smelled horrible. The neighbors could not stand the smell any more, so they asked the police officers to clean the place. The officers knocked down the door and cleaned the house. There were small bags of money all over the house that he had collected over the years.The police counted the money, and they soon realized that the old man was a millionaire. They waited outside his house to tell the good news to him. When he arrived home that evening, he was met by one of the officers who told him that there was no need for him to beg any more as he was a rich man now, a millionaire. He said nothing at all. He went into his house and locked the door. The next morning he woke up as usual, went to the subway, got into the train, and sat at the street corner and continued to beg. Obviously, this old man had no great plans, dreams or anything important for his life. We learn nothing from this story other than staying focused on the things we enjoy doing.（1）The headmaster told the story to the students to_.A . make the students relaxed in the lessonB . remind the students to think deeplyC . show how poor the old man wasD . encourage the students to become rich（2）After hearing what the officer said, the old man_.A . believed the officer was playing a joke on him.B . didnt know many people respected him a lot.C . was very angry to find his house broken into.D . was not so excited as the officer had expected.（3）Which word can best describe the authors attitude towards the old man?A . Happiness.B . Disappointment.C . Respect.D . Anger.（4）What did the author learn from the story?A . One should devote himself to his dream.B . The old man was foolish not to stop begging.C . What the headmaster taught was very important.D . People must have a plan before taking action.5. （10分）阅读理解Long, long ago there was a very foolish thief. Do you know what he did one day? When he wanted to steal (偷) the bell on his neighbors door, he walked up to the door, took hold of (抓住) the bell and pulled hard. The bell made a very loud noise. The thief was afraid and went home.Then he sat down to think, “I must do something about the noise,” he said. He thought and thought. At last he had an idea. “Ah, Ill put some cotton in my ears. Then I wont be able to hear the noise.” The next day he went to the door of his neighbor, and took hold of the bell. This time he pulled even harder. The bell rang loudly, but the thief did not hear anything. With another hard pull he got the bell out. Just then the neighbor came running out. “Steal my bell? Ill teach you a lesson (教训),”the angry man shouted. And he hit the thief on the nose.The foolish thief did not know how the neighbor found out he was stealing the bell. “Why did he come out just then?” he wondered (感到疑惑). （1）The thief was trying to get .A . his neighborB . his neighbors doorbellC . some cottonD . a door with a bell on it（2）The thief put some cotton in his ears. He thought it would be for him to steal the doorbell.A . safeB . difficultC . dangerousD . easy（3）The neighbor ran out probably (很可能) because_.A . he knew his doorbell was being stolenB . he thought someone was eager (渴望的) to visit himC . He realized (意识到) something strange happenedD . Both B and C（4）The neighbor hit the thief to _.A . give him lessonsB . punish (惩罚) him for stealingC . help him with the bellD . be his teacher（5）Which of the following is TRUE?A . The thief understood why he was hit on the nose.B . The thief knew why the neighbor came out.C . The thief thought the neighbor could not hear the bell.D . The thief didnt want to know why the neighbor ran out just at the time he stole the doorbell.三、 单词拼写 (共2题；共20分)6. （10分）根据短文内容和所给中文提示，用单词的正确形式完成以下短文。My grandfather was born in 1932 and grew up in a poor village in Ruian, China. At the age of 14, he went to _（法国） to make a living. He was the _（第一） person in his village to go abroad. When he _（到达） Paris, he realized it was _（不可能的） for a foreigner to find a good job because he could speak little French. He wanted to go to a language school but he couldnt _（支付） it. Later, he worked in a small restaurant, cleaning up the tables, washing the dishes and sweeping the floors. Slowly, he improved his French by _（交流） with others. He was so hard-working that his boss was pleased with him. So he sent my grandfather to a local school and he _（进入） a big company at the age of 24. Life became _（更容易的）.My grandfather kept working hard and finally made his _（梦想） come true. Things do not come easily in life. That is what I have learned from my grandfather. I am really _（感到自豪的） of him. Now our family live in Paris happily. 7. （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，在空格处填人一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。Air is all around us. It is around us as we walk and play. From the time we were born air is around us on every side. When we sit down, it is around us. When we go to bed, air is also around us. We live in air. We can live _ food or water for a few days, but we cant live for more than a few _ (minute) without air. We take in air.When we are working _ running, we need more air. When we are _ (sleep), we need less air .We live in air, _ we cant see it. We can only feel it when it _ (move). Moving air is called _ (windy). How can we make air move? Here _ (be) one way. Hold _ open book in front of your face, close it _ (quick). What can you feel? What you feel is air.四、 选词填空 (共1题；共5分)8. （5分）A. 用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，使句子通顺、正确。每个单词限用一次。million west enjoyable pass book（1）The manager asked Liu Feng to _a hotel for him on Sunday. （2）We were tired after the trip, but it was really _. （3）He lives in the _of Shanghai and has a house with a beautiful garden. （4）In Africa, _of people are dying because they dont have enough food. （5）The students _the ball from one to another happily at the party. 五、 任务型阅读 (共1题；共5分)9. （5分）任务型阅读K.L. Rothey, 71, from the United States, a retired lawyer (退休律师)Rothey has given himself the Chinese name of Luqi or “roadside beggar (乞丐)”. In his eyes, beggars are doing important workcollecting rubbish. What they do is not dirty.Rothey first visited China in 1984 and soon he became interested in Chinese culture. Married to a Chinese woman, he lived in Huangshi. Many people know him because he often shows up in the street collecting rubbish. “Huangshi is my home so I hope it becomes cleaner and more beautiful,” says Rothey. He has also organized volunteers to collect rubbish in other cities, including Wuhan.Jill Robinson, 50, from Britain, founder (创立者) and CEO of Animals Asia Foundation.She has been working for nearly 20 years to stop people from getting the bile (胆汁) from moon bears.She began working for the International Fund for Animal Welfare in Hong Kong in the mid-1980s. A business trip to a bear farm in 1993 changed her life. She saw so many moon bears killed by people. She said she would be back to set them free.In 1998, she set up the Animal Foundation. In July 2000, the foundation agreed to free 500 farmed moon bears. In 2002, the Moon Bear Rescue (救援) Center was set up in Chengdu.“As much as we save them, they save us. These