人教版2019-2020学年八年级下学期期中测试英语试卷

人教版2019-2020学年八年级下学期期中测试英语试卷姓名:_ 班级:_ 成绩:_一、单选题1 . Where would you like to spend your summer vacation after the exam? Id like to go _ cool and I can relax myself there.AsomewhereBanywhereCeverywhereDnowhere2 . Kate didnt go to the movie last night because she had to _ her sick dog at home.Alook atBlook upClook forDcare for3 . I will tell him the good news as soon as he_back.AcomesBcameCwill come4 . The teacher is coming. Stop _ and keep _. OK, I will.Ato talk; quietBtalking; quietCto talk; quietlyDtalking; quietly5 . I think German is as difficult a language English.AthanBasCinDlike6 . The chance will be given to only _ students, so _ of you should try hard to catch it.Aa little; allBa few; noneCa few; allDlittle; none7 . Please call Mr. Wu _238-8977 and ask himhelp.Aat, forBon, forCat,onDin,for8 . Our Earth will be _ if we dont stop cutting down trees.Ain great dangerBdangerCdangerousDout of danger9 . Many young children _ watching TV _ reading.Alike; toBprefer; atCprefer; toDlikes; to10 . Kitty is _ a letter and it _Bill will not come to her party.Alooking; readsBlooking at; readsCreading; saysDreading; writes11 . She didnt go to bed _ 10：00 last night.AwhenBafterCatDtill12 . -Is your ballthe door ? -No, itsthe chair.Ain, behindBof, onCbehind, onDon, in13 . If she _ up early, she _ the early bus.Agets, catchBwill get;catchCwill get, will catchDgets, will catch14 . There are oranges in the fridge but theres _milk.Aa few; a littleBa few; little.Cfew; littleDa little, a few15 . Its good for health to sleep with the windows _ in hot summer.AcloseBopenedCclosingDopen16 . She _ a good teacher. We all like her.AamBareCbeDis17 . Im very sorry I am late. Its too crowded in Changjiang Road._. Better late than never.AIts too badBBetter notCTake it easyDIt doesnt matter18 . It was dark and began to rain heavily I got home.AwhenBunlessCsinceDuntil19 . -I think reading is important for us every day. Do you agree me?-Yes, you are right.AonBwithCtoDof20 . _ does he learn English? He learns _ watching English movies.AHow, byBWhat, byCHow, fromDWhat, from二、补全短文5选5第二节阅读下面的短文，把A.B，C.D，E五个句子填入文中空缺处，使短文内容完整、正确。Lots of People like to travel by plane.21 . You have to get there early and wait for hours for the plane take off and it is often late.22 . You cant choose the food. Planes are fast，but they still take hours to go out of the airport and into the city.23 . I think trains are safe. Railway stations are usually in cities，When you are late for a train，you can catch another one.24 . You can see many interesting things on your way. I know it takes a little more time.I also like cars. You can start your journey when you want to.25 . Also you can carry many things with you in a car. But sometimes there are too many cars on the road.AI like traveling by train.BBut I dont like it because an airport is usually far from the city.CYou cant open the windows.DYou dont need to get to a railway station or a bus stop.EYou can walk around in the train and open the windows.三、完型填空You want to run across the street to catch the bus which is leaving soon. But_! Youd better not. If a policeman sees you, youll be fined.The new traffic law says that_people cross the street when the light is red, they will be fined as much as 50 yuan.Traffic accidents _ more than 200,000 people in China every year. Chinese cities have _cars than before. Drivers and pedestrians must work together to make the streets _.The law has new rules for drivers and pedestrians. Driver shave to_down when they are close to cross walks. If people are in a cross walk, cars must_to let them go first.There are_for bus drivers, too. If bus drivers smoke, drink or make phone calls _driving, they will be fined. Buses that carry too many people are_against the law.Pedestrians will have to walk more carefully under the new law. They must cross streets at cross walks. Also they shouldnt climb over the fences _streets.Do you ride a bike to school? Its not a good idea to_. classmates on the back. If you do like that, you will be fined 50 yuan. And stay in the bike lane when youre riding. The big roads are_cars and buses. If you see a hit-and-run*tell the police.They may give you a reward.And dont be _to help people to go to hospital if they are hurt in an accident.Dont worry about money.The new law says that_must take care of them even if they cant pay right away.26 . AhurryBlookCwaitDlisten27 . AifBwhenCsoDthough28 . AdoBkillCdieDrun29 . AfewerBmoreClessDlarger30 . AsaferBhappierClighterDslower31 . AslowBplayCrunDpass32 . AlikeBgoCturnDstop33 . ArulesBarticlesClettersDexercises34 . AifBwhileCbecauseDfor35 . AalsoBsometimesCneverDoften36 . AthroughBacrossCintoDalong37 . AcarryBtakeCbringDmove38 . AinBonCforDat39 . AhappyBafraidCsadDgreat40 . ApolicemenBdoctorsCteachersDfarmers四、阅读单选House fires often happened. So its necessary to learn something useful to protect(保护) family from then.The following advice will tell you how to do it.Put a smoke alarm in your house and test it every month. Half of all house fire deaths happen between 11 pm and 7 am. With working smoke alarms, there will be less dying in a house fire.Make sure your hearing aid(助听器),wheelchair or eyeglasses are next to your bed.Fire can spread(延伸) through a house soon. You may have as little as two minutes to escape safely.Be ready to take action at once.Create a plan to get out of house when there is fire. 77% of families dont have a house fire plan.Thats one of the reasons why at least one child dies and 293 children are injured(受伤)in a house fire every day.Dont call 119 until your are safely outside.During a fire, the first thing to do is to get out of house as fast as you can.41 . _makes less dying in a house fire .AA smoke alarmBA pair of eyeglassesCA wheelchairDhearing aid42 . We may have only _to run out from a house fire safely(安全的).Ahalf an hourB293 secondsC77 minutesD2 minutes43 . The underlined word“escape”means_.Aput upBcall 119Crun awayDget readyWhat would life be like if you give up using your cell phone? Will it become boring?Twenty-eight eighth-graders at St. Matthew School in San Francisco will tell you it can still be rich and colorful.These students took part in their schools “tech-free” challenge. They couldnt use cell phones for two weeks from Nov 11 to Nov 22.The idea was to help students understand how technology has affected their lives, said Denise Uhl, principal of the school.Uhl did a survey on technology usage among the eighth-graders before thinking of the challenge. She found that 84 percent of the students said they didnt like it “when everyone was on their cell phones”, but they didnt know what to do about it. The answer was actually easy - to stop constantly using cell phones.To help students understand the point, Uhl created the activity. It was warmly welcomed among students.“I wanted to sign up for the tech-free challenge because it was just really a good idea to do it,” eighth-grader Joe told local newspaper Catholic San Francisco. “I wanted to get closer to my family. And it really worked. I started to hang out with my family more. We watched more family movies and we played a lot of board games.”The activity also helped students develop their interests.During the two weeks, Lucas said he spent much more time outside, picking lemons in his garden. Maddie finished a painting and Cassie created a scarf on a loom (织布机）.44 . Students who took part in the “tech-free” challenge _.Acouldnt use their computers at schoolBwere not allowed to use their cell phones for nearly two weeksCcould use the Internet at school for freeDcouldnt take any high-tech products to school45 . The aim of the “tech-free” challenge was to _.Ahelp students focus on their studyBreduce the use of technology in schoolCmake studying more difficult for studentsDhelp students understand how technology has affected their lives46 . Uhls survey on technology usage showed that _.Astudents liked to play games together on their cell phonesBsome students felt that they couldnt live without cell phonesCmany students felt annoyed when others were on their phonesDsome students believed that technology improved their studies47 . After taking part in the activity, students found that _.Atechnology was actually boringBthey became closer to their familyCthey lost a way to keep in touch with their friendsDgoing on the Internet was the only interesting thing to do48 . Trees can get light fromin the daytime. AC02BO2Cthe sunDthe moon49 . Chlorophyll is in .AsunlightBsoilCairDleaves50 . We can get more O2 by .Aplanting more treesBcutting trees downCmaking the water in soil(土壤) pollutedDmaking more CO251 . CO2 from air and can produce food for trees with the help of chlorophyll and sunlight.Awater in the seaBwater from soilCwater in the riverDO2 into air52 . The picture tells us .Ahow trees let O2 go into air in the sunlight Bhow trees let CO2 go into air in the sunlightCthe sunlight isnt important to trees at allDtrees can take in O2 and let out CO2Have you ever tried scuba-diving(戴水肺潜水)? It is a very wonderful experience. Scuba is a kind of machine which can help people breathe under the water for a long time. The machine is invented by Jacques Cousteau and his friend.Cousteau, a French man, is full of new ideas. Since he was a child, he has dreamed of diving (潜水) deep to see the wonderful world under the sea. Later with the help of the scuba machine, his dream was realized. Cousteau took lots of pictures and videos of many strange things that people had never seen before. He spent eight years making a TV show named The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau. People were surprised at so many beautiful things under the water.Cousteau loved the coral reels(珊瑚礁) and the colorful fish very much. However, he was sad to see that the beautiful coral reels were dead and grey when he returned some years later. He tried his best to encourage people not to pollute our seas and oceans any more.根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。53 . The underlined word “scuba” means in Chinese.A氧气瓶B水下呼吸器C救生D防护服54 . Cousteau is from .AAustraliaBFranceCthe USADCanada55 . It took Cousteau years to make the TV show, The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau.A4B6C8D1056 . Why were the coral reels dead or grey?ABecause they were picked up.BBecause they were eaten by fish.CBecause they grew old.DBecause the sea water was polluted.57 . Whats the best title for the passage?AJacques Cousteau and the Scuba MachineBScuba-divingCThe Beautiful Coral ReelsDThe Wonderful World Under the Sea五、单词填空Fill in the blanks with proper words（在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺。每空格限填一词，首字母已给出）It sounds incredible, but the small country of Greece seems to be burning down. Police believe arsonists are responsible for at least half of the fires. Thirty people have died so f58 . , many of them trapped in their homes or their cars. Residents all over Greece have called fire departments, police, and media about fires surrounding their homes, but there have simply not been e59 . firemen to respond to all these fires.The government has asked for aid from France, Italy, and Germany. Greek ruins that are almost 3,000 years old are in d60 . of being burnt down. Fires surround Athens, the capital city. The hillsides are ablaze, and there seems to be no end in sight. Entire villages have been destroyed. There has been no rain for two months, and the trees are s61 . dry that just the heat from an approaching fire causes them to explode into flames.Police have arrested three suspected arsonists. One suspect, oddly enough, was still complaining about the Olympics. He had applied to carry the torch into the stadium and light the fire to officially start the Games. B62 . his application was ignored. You have to be somebody, was the reply he got when he called the Olympic Committee in Athens. And youre notyoure nobody, an official told him. The m