人教版2019-2020学年八年级第二学期期中质量检测英语试题

人教版2019-2020学年八年级第二学期期中质量检测英语试题姓名:_ 班级:_ 成绩:_一、单选题1 . The plane _when I got to the airport. I nearly missed it.Awas leavingBhad leftChas leftDwill leave2 . We need to interview some students and _ if they like Chemistry.Awork outBput outCfind outDhand out3 . The old man prefers_at home to having a picnic.AstayingBto stayCstayDstayed4 . My brother told me _ any attention to the students who laugh at me.Ato payBnot to payCto disturbDnot to disturb5 . Could you just tell him to call me back? _.AYoure welcomeBI think soCIm not sureDNo problem6 . You dont feel well. I think you _ lie down and have a rest.AshouldBwillCwould7 . Wu Yi will help with the houseworkhe gets home after school.AsinceBwhileCas soon as8 . Max never tells a lie and he is a(an) boy.AgenerousBhonestCfunnyDhelpful9 . -You look tired. What did you do last night?- I stayed up late and _ my lesson.Alooked atBwent overCasked forDwrote down10 . We enjoyed _ at the party yesterday.AmyselfByourselfCourselvesDthemselves二、完型填空At the beginning of the new term, fourth-grade teacher, Qu Tingting, _that more students wore glasses when she entered the classroom at Tairi School in Shanghai.Qu said eight of the 40 children in her class wore glasses. There were only four _ the Spring Festival holiday in February.The nine-year-old students have _ homework, Qu said, so almost all of them play computer games every day after school.Digital gadgets (数码小装置) such as mobile phones and iPads are not allowed during _, but almost all of the childrens parents tell _their kids use iPads after school, Qu said.Eye tests showed that at Tairi School, fourth-grade students eyesight(视力) has gotten worse on average (平均) since last term.As more children _iPads, eye doctors reminded parents that the gadgets might damage(损害) childrens eyesight. They told parents to stop children from _ with digital gadgets.A father said his nine-year-old son was always playing games on his iPad. The boy was unwilling to _even when the family had dinner together in a restaurant. Everyone in the family says the boy is very _when they see his little fingers moving here and there across the screen, _ they dont know that he spends hours playing the games at home every day, the father said.11 . AnoticedBbelievedCheardDexplained12 . AforBtoCsinceDbefore13 . AfewBlittleClots ofDplenty of14 . AvacationsBcampsCexerciseDschool15 . AherBhimCmeDthem16 . Awere worried aboutBwere interested inCwere afraid ofDwere proud of17 . AstudyingBshoppingCworkingDplaying18 . AstopBcontinueCstayDthink19 . AcarefulBbraveCsmartDkind20 . AbutBsoCandDor三、阅读单选One day a man found a cocoon (茧）of a butterfly (蝴蝶）in the forest. He sat there for several hours and watched the butterfly. Suddenly a small opening appeared, and the butterfly tried hard to force (强迫）its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could and it could go no further.So the man decided to help the butterfly. He cut off the remaining bit of the cocoon so that the butterfly could come out easily. But to his surprise, the butterfly got a heavy body and very small wings when it came out of the cocoon.The man continued to watch the butterfly because he expected that the body would grow smaller at any moment and the wings would become larger and be able to fly. But neither happened! In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling (爬） around with a heavy body and small wings. It was never able to fly.The man was in his kindness, but he did not understand the nature rules. Before the butterfly came out of the cocoon, fluid (流体）from its body must be forced into its wings, and then it would be ready for flying. It must have a hard struggle (拼搏）to get through the small opening to get its freedom from the cocoon.Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our life. If God allowed us to go through our life without any difficulties, it would make us fail. We would not be as strong as we could have been, we could never fly.21 . What was the butterfly doing at the beginning of the story?AIt was crawling around quietly on the ground.BIt was flying among the trees in the forest.CIt was trying to make a cocoon for itself.DIt was struggling to get out of its cocoon.22 . The man cut off the remaining bit of the cocoon _.Ato take the butterfly homeBto help the butterfly come out easilyCto kill the butterflyDto stop the butterfly growing bigger23 . What do you think of the man?APatient but rude.BCareful and wise.CKind but unwise.DBrave and funny.24 . What does the last paragraph tell us?AStruggles are sometimes necessary in our life.BNothing is difficult if we put our heart into it.CEvery good deed will come back with good result.DThe greatest happiness in the world is to help others.25 . What is the best title for the story?AThe Love for the CocoonBThe Happiness of Helping Each OtherCThe Lesson of the CocoonDThe Expectation for the ButterflyYou hurry into the kitchen，open the refrigerator and suddenly you forget why you open it“What am I looking for？”You ask yourself“What am I doing here？”Dont worryYou are not losing your mindWe have all had this kind of thingIf you think about something very quickly，it goes into your short-term memory and it goes right back out in just a few secondsYou have not moved things from short-term to long-term memory，so you wont be able to remember it later onWhat can you do to help get back your missing short-term memory？You may go back to where you wereSo，for example，if you were sitting in a chair listening to the music in the living room，just go back into the living roomThis will help you remember，and when you are back in the living room，you will suddenly think，“Oh，yes，I was thirsty and I wanted something cold to drinkThat is why I went to the fridge”If，sometimes，you cant go back to where you were before，just try tracing your steps back in your mindThink back to things you did before，and this may help you26 . We sometimes forget why we open the refrigerator, probably because_.AWe lose our mind.BWe are not thirsty.CWe think about something too quickly.Dwe wont be able to remember things.27 . What can you do to help get back the missing short-term memory?AStay where you are.BMake yourself thirsty.CListen to some music.DTry tracing your steps back in your mind28 . Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?AOnly a few of us will have such experiences,BPeople always forget why they hurry into the kitchen.CIt doesnt matter if you cant remember why you do a certain thing at times.DHave something cold to drink can help you to remember the things.29 . Which is the best title?ALose your memoryBWhats wrong with you?CLearn to forgetDJust open the refrigeratorMr Brown lives on Green Street now. He wants to send a postcard(寄贺卡)to his pen pal in Toronto,but he doesnt know where the post office is.“Which is the way to the post office?”he asks his new neighbor Joe. “I want to send a postcard to Toronto.”“The post office is quite far from here,”answers Joe. “If you only want to post some letters or postcards,you neednt go to the post office.You can put them into a mailbox down the street.30 . Where does Mr Brown live now?AHe lives on Center Street.BHe lives in Toronto.CHe lives on Green Street.DHe lives in a post office.31 . Where does Mr Brown want to go?AA pen pals house.BA mailbox.CA post officeDToronto.32 . What does Mr Brown want to do in the post office?AHe wants to go to the mailbox.BHe wants to buy some stamps.CHe wants to send a postcard.DHe wants to know the way to Toronto.33 . Where is the post office?AOn Green Street.BIn Toronto.CWe dont know.DIn the neighborhood.34 . Where can Mr Brown post the postcard in the neighborhood?AThe post office.BThe mailbox in the post office.CThe mailbox on the street.DHis house.四、语法填空Dear Frank,How are you these days? Im so happy to 35 . (be) your pen friend. Let me say something about myself first. My name is Bill Smith. I am a fifteenyearold boy. Im from Guangzhou, China. Black is my favorite 36 . . My hats, Tshirts, socks, trousers and 37 . (sweater) are all black. Then I also want you 38 . (know) something about my school life. I study at Guangzhou No.2 Middle School. The school life here is very busy 39 . interesting. At school, we have many subjects, such as English, Chinese, computer. Of all the subjects, I like history best, because I can know about the past but its not 40 . (easy). My 41 . (next) favorite is reading the book CharlottesWeb(夏洛特的网). After school, I often read 42 . with my friends. 43 . about your school life? Please let 44 . (we) know soon. Yours, Mark五、多任务混合问题Basketball changed Tony. Tony loved basketball. One afternoon on his way to a basketball game, he was walking and dreaming about playing college basketball the next year. Suddenly a car hit him and he was thrown three meters into the air.Tony woke up in a hospital room. When the doctor told him that both his legs were broken, he knew his college basketball dream was over. Tony did what the doctors told him, but it didnt work. After he left the hospital, Tony was sent to a health center.A week after he arrived there, he met Sunny Chen. Sunny used to be a coach. His legs were hurt badly in a skating accident. Though he couldnt move his legs, Sunny became a coach of a basketball team called the Suns. It was an onwheelchair basketball team, because everybody on the team played on a wheelchair. Sunny invited Tony to join the game. Tony played badly, but for the first time since the accident, he stopped feeling sorry for himself.After becoming a part of the Suns, Tony improved quickly. Basketball was like medicine for him. Tony was much better than before. When Tony became sad or angry, Sunny was there to be with him. The day