人教版2019-2020学年八年级上学期英语期中考试试卷A卷

人教版2019-2020学年八年级上学期英语期中考试试卷A卷姓名:_ 班级:_ 成绩:_一、单选题1 . The grasshopper went out to _ food, but he _ nothing.Alook at, foundBlook for, foundCfind, looked forDfind, looked after2 . The Changjiang River is longer than _ river in China.Aany B. any otherBthe other D. all the3 . Join our club! We aim at creating moving houses in the air.Really? That is so cool. I want to join your club.AmakingBsolvingClending4 . She is Wang Xin. _ first name is _ .AShe; XinBHer; WangCHer; XinDShe; Wang5 . There are _ apples and _ bread on the table. Would you like some？Afew；littleBa few；littleCa few；a littleDlittle；few6 . In our school about two _ students get to school by bike.AhundredBhundredsChundreds ofDhundred of7 . Body language is your gesture and the _ on your face.AexperimentBexpressionCimpressionDexperience8 . The first computersthe 1940s were bigger than cars.AinBonCatDsince9 . David used to spend _ an hour with his family every week, but now he spares all his free time for them.Aat leastBat mostCat firstDat last10 . Come to Mr.Kings Clothes Store.It_ all kinds of clothes.AbuysBsellsCneedsDborows11 . Would you like coffee or tea? _. Some water, please.ABothBNeitherCEitherDAll12 . -Can you tell me the way to the Zoo?-Look at the, it can show you the way there.AtelephoneBtelevisionCmap13 . Jim has left for Shanghai . But I dont think he has got there .Aalready; yetByet; alreadyCalready; alreadyDyet；yet14 . -This is really a difficult problem.-Yes, thats true, but shemanaged to solveit.Afailed to solveBliked to solveCsucceeded in solving15 . Doing DIY is less_than I thought. Its hard work. Come on! Youll be very happy when you make something new by yourself.AexcitingBexcitedCboringDbored二、完型填空Friends are very important in our everyday life. Everyone needs friends. We all like to feel close to someone_is nice to have a friend to talk, laugh, and do things with._, sometimes we need to be alone. We dont always want people_But we would feel lonely if we never had a friend.No two people are just the same . Friends_dont get on well. That doesnt mean that they no longer like each other. Most of the time they will make up and become friends again.Sometimes friends move away. Then we feel very sad . We miss them very much, but we can_them and write to them. And we can_new friends. It is encouraging to find out how much we like new people when we get to know them.Theres more good news for people who have friends. They live_than people who dont. Why? Friends can make us feel happy._happy helps you stay well. Or it could be just done that someone cares. If some one cares about you, you take_care of yourself.16 . AThereBHeCItDSomeone17 . ACertainlyBNearlyCSuddenlyDHardly18 . AaloneBawayCaroundDall over19 . AalwaysBusuallyCoftenDsometimes20 . AfriendlyBfriendsCpleasedDgood21 . AcallBaskCtellDtalk with22 . AmakeBfindClook forDknow23 . AslowerBshorterClongerDfaster24 . ASmellingBMakingCSoundingDBeing25 . AlessBbetterClittleDno三、阅读单选Brad lives in New York and he has a daughter. She studies hard in London. He doesnt see his daughter for a few years, so he misses her very much. One day, he decides to see her. He arrives at the airport in London, and then he takes a taxi to the college(大学) where his daughter studies. His daughter meets him at the gate of the college. She feels very happy to see him. The taxi driver asks for twenty dollars. He thinks it is right and gives him the money. But his daughter takes the money back and is very angry(生气的) with the driver. She only gives half(一半) the money to the driver and tells him not to come back. The taxi leaves at once. His daughter gives the rest of the money to Brad and asks, “How is your trip, Dad？” “Only fine if you can get my bag back in the taxi.”26 . Where does Brads daughter study?AIn New York.BIn Beijing.CIn London.DIn Tokyo.27 . How does Brad go to his daughters college from the airport?ABy bus.BBy plane.CBy taxi.DBy subway.28 . How much money does Brads daughter give the driver?AForty dollars.BThirty dollars.CTwenty dollars.DTen dollars.29 . What can we infer(推断) from the last sentence?ABrad is happy for the taxi driver.BBrads bag is still in the taxi.CBrad should give the bag to the driver.DBrad is fine because he gets his bag back.Grandparents are respected in many human societies.But telling stories about old times and overfeeding grandchildren seem like distinctly human traits (特征).Are these classic grandparent behaviors really limited to human beings? Do any animals know their grandparents the way people do? For most species (物种) on Earth,the answer is NO! “Usually, there just arent grandparents living anymore when an animal is born,” said Mirkka Lahdenper, a biologist at the University of Turku in Finland. Even if an animals grandparents are still alive, most species spread out to avoid competing for resources, so the chances of running into a grandparent are small.But there are a few exceptions, primarily among mammals (哺乳动物) that live in close social groups. Canadian zoologist Anne Innis Dagg described groups of langur monkeys in India in which older females lived with their daughters and grandchildren. The grandmother langurs have a particular job: they protect the groups babies against hurt from humans, dogs and other monkeys. Some female langurs even give their own grandchildren special treatment, cleaning their fur and stepping in when they play too roughly with other young.Many whale species, too, travel with their families,including both grandmothers and grandcalves. In groups of sperm whales, according to Dagg, old females help babysit the groups young while their mothers dive (潜水) for food. Orca grandmothers often lead their family members and can live for many years after they stop reproducing. In 2015, scientists suggested that these elder orcas help their grandcalves through hard times, because they remember all the best places to find food.Female elephants rule the whole family. Calves (幼崽) are typically born into groups led by their grandmothers, who can live to around 80 years old. The female elephants form close relationships, said Lahdenper, and raise their young together. Lahdenper found that the calves of young mothers were eight times more likely to survive if their grandmothers lived near them than if they didnt. When the calves mothers were older and more experienced at raising babies, this beneficial “grandmother effect” disappeared even if the actual grandmothers were still around.It isnt very clear how elephant grandmothers help their inexperienced daughters, said Lahdenper. It is believed that they may help nurse their grandcalves. But Lahdenper thinks that the more likely advantage is the wisdom a grandmother elephant has got during her long lifetime.And what about grandfathers? Studies of humans in recent years have shown that a living grandfather can improve a persons mental health and wellbeing, said Lahdenper.But there are signs of that in the animal kingdom, she said. Male animals seldom socialize with their own children, let alone grandchildren. “Males are usually focusing on producing their own children and arent providing so much care,” Lahdenper said.30 . From Paragraph 3, we know that orca grandmothers _.Adie after reproducingBteach the young to dive for foodChave rich experienceDenjoy travelling with grandfathers31 . The examples of monkeys, whales and elephants show that _.Athe “grandmother effect” lasts long in the animal worldBgrandmothers shoulder great responsibilities in their familiesCanimal grandfathers can improve grandcalves mental healthDmost species treat their grandparents like human beings do32 . Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?AAnimal grandparents are like human grandparentsBAnimal grandmas are born group leadersCAre animal grandmas given enough respect?DDo any animals know their grandparents?Try this: for a whole day,_Eat when youre hungry and sleep when youre tired. What do you think will happen?You may be surprised to find that your day is much like most other days. Youll probably get hungry when you normally eat and tired when you normally sleep. Even though you dont know what time it is, your body does.Inside our bodies are several clocklike systems that follow a 24- hour cycle. Everyone is unique, which is why you might like to stay up late while your sister always wants to go to bed early.Regularly staying up late can make kids do worse on tests and quizzes. And working shifts at night leads to higher rates of heart disease.“There is a growing sense that when we eat and when we sleep are important parts of how healthy we are,” says Steven Shea, Director of the Sleep Disorders Research Program at Brigham and Womens Hospital in Boston. “During the night, we are prepared to sleep,” Shea says. “During the day, we are prepared to eat and move around, If you reverse ( 颠倒) what you are doing, everything is out of phase. That can have adverse consequences.33 . What does the underlined sentence suggest?AWe dont need to care about time.BWe dont need the clock.CThe clock is not useful.DThe clock is not remembered.34 . What makes some like to stay up late while others go to bed early?Aour bodiesBour mindsCthe clock Dour unique system35 . Steven Shea suggests _.Awhen we eat, we are prepared to eat.Bwhen we sleep, we are prepared to sleepCwhen we eat and when we sleep are important parts of how healthy we areDwe are prepared to follow clocklike system36 . “Everything is out of phase.” means_.Aeverything is out of orderBeverything is badCeverything is goodDeverything is not controlledStephen Hawking died at the age of 76 on March 14,2018. Hawking is known as the most famous physicist（物理学家）after Einstein.Hawking was born in Oxford,England, on January 8,1942. During his life,he married twice,and had three children. When he was a kid,Hawking went to school in St. Albans-a small city near London. Although he did well,he was never top of his class. After leaving high school,Hawking went first to Oxford University to study physics,and then he went to Cambridge University to study the universe （宇宙）.At the age of twenty,Hawking started noticing that something was wrong with him. Later,he went to the hospital and doctors said that he would die before he was 23.But Hawking didnt give up. In 1988,Hawking completed his book A Brief History of Time. In the book, he talked about many things, like the universe,the big bang（宇宙大爆炸）and the black hole.37 . At which university did Hawking study physics?AOxford University.BSt. Albans University.CCambridge University.DLondon University.38 . Hawking first felt there was something wrong with his body when he was _.A25B23C21D2039 . Hawkings book A Brief History of Time talks about the following EXCEPT _.Athe universeBthe big bangCthe black holeDthe history of science40 . Which of the following is NOT true?AHawking was a very famous physicist.BHawking married but didnt have children.CHawking was born in Oxford, England in 1942.DDoctors said Hawking would die before he was 23.41 . The passage is mainly about _.AHawkings lifeBHawkings studyCwhy Hawking got illDhow Hawking became famousButterflies are common all over the world, but the ones in hotter countries are usually bigger and more brightly colored than those in cooler countries and there are more different kinds. Usually the male butterflies more brightly colored than the female. The female have bigger and heavier bodies since they carry the eggsThe gay(鲜艳的)colors of the males help to attract（吸引） the female， and the duller colors of the females make them less likely to be caught by enemies before they have laid their eggsSome butterflies have a bright pattern of colors on the upper surface of their wings, which show when they fly, but when they rest on a tree or leaf, they close their wingsOn the undersides of their wings there are green and brown markings which look like the tree or leafThey are then difficult to seeThe best example of this is the Dead Leaf ButterflyWhen its wings are c1ose，it looks exactly like a dead leafThere are even marks that look like the holes in a dead leafWhen a bird is chasing a butterfly，and it close its wings and seems to have disappeared completelyMany butterflies have round marks on their wings that look like eyes When they are resting，and their wings are folded， these marks cannot be seen. When a bird sees one，and begins to attack it，the butterfly opens its wings. The bird thinks that it sees two eyes staring at it，and it is frightened to fly away42 . Where are the butterflies always bigger and more brightly colored?AIn the south.BIn the place where it is hot.CIn the north.DIn the places t