人教版2019-2020学年八年级下学期期中考试英语试题B卷(模拟)

人教版2019-2020学年八年级下学期期中考试英语试题B卷姓名:_ 班级:_ 成绩:_一、单选题1 . -Could you join us this afternoon?-Sorry, I _. I take care of my little sister because my mother is out.Acant; mayBcouldnt; have toCcant; have toDcouldnt; may2 . _ have you been playing ping-pong? For five years.AHow oftenBhow farCHow longDWhen3 . Nobody knows _ truth.Athe allBthe wholeCwholeDall4 . -Do you want _computer games?-Yes，I doAplaysBplayingCplayDto play5 . 一Lets do sports after school.OK. _ playing basketball?AHow aboutBHowCWhats aboutDWhat6 . It is really nice _you _ me work out the problem.Aof, to helpBof, helpCfor, to helpDfor, help7 . As middle school student, we _ be afraid of difficulties if we want to make our dreams come true.AmustBshouldntCneedDshould8 . _she is only three years old, she knows a lot of English words.ABeforeBBecauseCWhenDAlthough9 . -I called you yesterday, but no one answered.-I _ my car when you called me.Awas washing,BwashedCwashing,Dam washing10 . Mr. Zhang, the team from Nanjing is very strong. Im afraid we may lose the match. Dont worry. Believe , boys, you are the best!AourselvesBthemselvesCyourselfDyourselves二、完型填空Do you want to be the most popular person in the class? You _ need to change your character(性格). Yes, you can be popular without changing the character. In my _, you just need to improve your personality. In fact, the most popular people are trusted (被信任) and loved because they stay normal but still have something that makes them different _ the rest of us. Here are some pieces of _ about becoming the most popular person in the class.If you want others to like and respect you, you have to start by liking and _ yourself. Do not change yourself _ please (取悦) others.Be helpful to everyone and do it _. Being nice to people is almost like helping them, _. Because by being nice, you make others happy.Be active and have a positive attitude (积极的态度) towards life. Develop confidence (自信) in yourself.Stay_ and wear fresh clothes. Do not try to follow fashion to please others.Respect cannot be gotten by big words or power. You have to get it by being honest. It also _your personal growth. You must be a person that can be trusted to get respect.11 . AreallyBshouldntCdont12 . AopinionBeyeChead13 . AtoBfromCas14 . AadviceBsuggestionCidea15 . AacceptBto acceptCaccepting16 . Ain order toBin order thatCso that17 . AhappyBhappilyChappiness18 . AalsoBtooCeither19 . AcleanBdirtyCbright20 . AmakesBletsChelps三、阅读单选Useful Information in AustraliaUseful NumbersAll the telephone numbers are useful and free.。Fire/ Police/ Ambulance(救护车)000 Telephone information12455。Medical(医学的) Care1300369359 Taxi1800421113Surfing the InternetWith so many Internet tearooms and public libraries, its easy to surf the Internet in Australia. Also its very cheap for you to surf the Internet.。Public libraries offer free Internet every day even during public holidays.。Many travel managers provide connection which is cheap or free.Post ServiceAll post offices around the country offer post services(服务) so you can receive mails as you travel around the whole country.。Post offices are usually open from Monday to Friday from 9 am to 5 pm.。It costs 50 cents to send a standard（标准的） letter in Australia.Public HolidaysOn public holidays all shops are closed across Australia, so are banks and post offices.。New Years Day1st January。Australia Day26th January。Christmas Day25th December21 . If there is a fire, you can call_ in Australia.A1300369359B180042113C000D1245522 . Which is the right time to send a letter in a post office in Australia?AAt 8:30 on Tuesday.BAt 9:30 on Sunday.CAt 8:30 on Saturday.DAt 9:30 on Monday.23 . Mr. Green lives alone in Australia and he isnt in good health. He needs a nurse to look after him. What should he do?AGo to an Internet tearoom.BSend a letter to his son.CCall 1300369359.DGo to a hospital.24 . Which one might be open on public holidays?APublic libraries.BShops.CBanks.DPost offices.25 . Which one is not right according to（根据）the above passage?ASurfing the Internet is cheap in Australia.BIt costs 50 cents to send a standard letter.CAustralians go to work on 26th January.DAustralians dont go shopping on public holidays.There was a boy called Jack. He loved to play with a big apple tree. But when he grew up, he didnt play around the tree any more.One day, the boy came back to the tree and said, “I need a house. Can you help me?”“You can cut off my branches (树枝) to build a house.”Then the boy cut off all the branches of the tree ans left happily. The tree was sad.Some years later, the boy came back again and said sadly, “I want to go sailing. But I dont have a boat. ”“Oh, my dear. You can use my trunk(树干) to make a boat.”So the boy made a boat with the trunk and left happily without a word of thanks to the trees.This is a story of everyone. The tree is like our parents. When we were young, we loved to play with them. But when we grow up, we leave them, and only come to visit them when we are in trouble. You may think the boy is bad to the tree but thats how many of us are treating(对待) our parents.26 . Who did the boy love to play with when he was a little boy?AHis fatherBHis motherCHis brotherDA big tree27 . When the boy wanted a house, how did the tree help him?AThe tree asked the boy to sell all its apples for money.BThe tree asked the boy to cut off its branchesCThe tree told the boy to ask his parents for helpDThe tree asked the boy to cut down its trunk28 . How did the tree feel when the boy left?ASadBHappyCTiredDAfraid29 . How many times did the boy ask the tree for help according to the passage?AOnceBTwiceCThree timesDFour times30 . What can we learn from the article?AWe should spend time with our parents and shouldnt only ask them for help.BParents should always give everything to their kidsCWe should protect trees and take good care of them.DWe can use trees to make many thingsIf 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 its 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.Heres a suggestion: Forget the too big, hard-to-achieve goals and just think about the small ones. “We often think that we have to do everything in big steps, even though its 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 cant find any excuse not to it.”“Kaizen”, a Japanese word, is used to mean to change behavior and attitudes（态度）. During World War II, American factory managers were able to_by trying small, continuous improvements instead of sudden changes. After the war, the idea was brought to a rebuilding（重建） 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.31 . At the end of December, people usually _.Afail to make big changesBplan for the last yearCthink about the new yearDtry to lose their ideas32 . Robert Maurer wrote a book to tell us _.Awe should do everything in big stepsBhow to change ones life with one small stepCwe should try a lot of sudden changesDhow to find a small step without any excuse33 . The underlined part “increase productivity ” in the passage means“”.A提高生产率B增加成本C增加出口量D提高待遇34 . The writer of the passage suggests we should .Amake changes at the end of the yearBdo few experiments with “kaizen”Cdo things with hard-to-achieve goalsDtake a tiny step to achieve big goals35 . Which of the following is true from the passage?AYou can achieve your goals if you are not too busy.BRobert Maurer studied “kaizen ”and found it helpful.CYou cant find any excuse not to reach a big goal.D“Kaizen” was brought to Japan during World War.四、用单词的正确形式完成短文阅读下面短文，根据短文内容，从每个方框内所给11个词汇中选择10个意义相符的词汇，必要时可加情态动词或者助动词，进行词形变化，填入空白处。walk , stop , hold, offer, give, be , not cost, accept, carry, understand, need, On a cold winter afternoon, I was walking home from a supermarket. I wasfeeling a little tired as I36 . my shopping bags. They 37 . so heavy that Idecided 38 . to have a rest in the park. I walked towards the gate of the park. I noticed a poor man 39 . out of the restaurant in front of me. He40 . a paper bag. He walked to a nearby dustbin (垃圾桶）and started looking through it.I suddenly feltsad. I knew this man would take all that he could get, so I went up to him andgavehim some fruit. The man, with wrinkles(皱纹) on his face，looked up in surprise and took what I gave him.A bigsmileappeared on his face and I felt very happy. Then he said, “Wow！ First，someone gave me this pizza, then drink, and now you41 . somefruit to me. This is my daughtersluckyday. Thank you, boy.” then he went away, singing a song.Just then, I42 . what the saying “Giving is getting” really meant. Everyone in the world43 . help, everyone44 . help and everyone will get help by showing kindness. Giving sometimes 45 . much, but it means a lot to the people who you help. The mans happiness at that moment comes into my mind every time I have the chance to help others.五、填写适当的句子补全对话A: Whats the matter, Mrs. Smith?B: _（小题1）_ .I cant do my any work, doctor.A: Do you have a cough?B: No, I dont have a cough.A: _（小题2）_.B: Yes, I sleep very well.A: Do you have breakfast every morning?B: No, I dont have breakfast. And I have only a little food for lunch and supper because I want to keep thin.A: Oh, I see. _（小题3）_ .You need to eat more food and have three meals a day, _（小题4）_.B: OK, I will do like that.A: _（小5）_.B: Thank you very much.I feel very well.I hope you will get better soon.Do you sleep well at night?Im not feeling wellAnd do some exercise every day.You need to eat less food.There is nothing serious.六、回答问题阅读表达Susie Sunbeam was not her real name; that was Susan Brown. But everyone called her Susie Sunbeam because she always brought brightness when she came. Her grandfather first gave her this name, and it seemed to fit the little girl so nicely that soon it took the place of her own.Even when a baby, Susie laughed from morning till night. No one ever heard her cry unless she was sick or hurt.When she learned to walk, she loved to get things for her mother, and in this way save her as many steps as she could. She would sit by her mothers side for an hour at a time, and ask her so many questions, or she would take her new book and read. Susie was always pleasant in her play with other children. She never used an unkind word, but tried to do what she could to make her playmates happy. One day, a poor little girl with a very old dress was going by and Susie heard some children making fun of her. She at once ran out of the gate, and asked the poor little girl to come in. “What are you crying for?” Susie asked. “Because they all laugh at me,” she said.Then Susie took the little girl into the house. She cheered her up with kind words, and gave her a nice dress and a pair of shoes. This brought real joy and gladness to the poor child, and