人教版2019-2020学年八年级下学期期初考试英语试题VIP

人教版2019-2020学年八年级下学期期初考试英语试题姓名:_ 班级:_ 成绩:_一、单选题1 . There _a basketball game between Class 8 and Class 12 tomorrow, isnt there?AisBwill beCwill haveDis going to be2 . Have you watched TV program named Chinese Poetry Competition?Yes. Its meaningful and _.AI love it very muchBId love toCI cant stand itDI dont mind it3 . Linda plans a foreign language this summer vacation.AlearnsBlearningClearnDto learn4 . -Julie, _ have you been learning English?- Since six years ago.AwhenBhow farChow soonDhow long5 . Tea is good for _and business.AhealthBhealthyChealthilyDhealthly6 . The boy always brushes his _ every day.AtoothBtoothsCteethDteeths7 . - Where has Jack gone?- He _ has gone to the library to return his books, because I saw him holding some books and running out of his room.AprobablyBespeciallyCcompletely8 . All the houses_in the earthquake.Awere taken offBwere taken awayCwere taken outDwere taken down9 . Would you like to go for a walk with us?_.AYes, Id likeBYes, Id love toCNo, I cantDYes, I would10 . The air pollution is so terrible.-It will be worsewe do something to protect the environment.AifBunlessCafterDwhen11 . Sandy, _ apple on the table is for you. Remember to eat it.Thanks, I will. _ apple a day keeps the doctor away.Athe; AnBa; AnCan; TheDthe; A12 . If tomorrow_ fine, well grow the flowers.AisBbeCwill beDis going to be二、补全对话7选5从下面的方框中选择适当的选项补全对话。(有两项是多余的)A: Hi, Rick. Zhou Ming invited us to have dinner with his family.B: Really? Id love to go. 13 . A: Sure. In China people put all the dishes on the table and they share the food.B: Thats interesting. I know they usually use chopsticks. Do they use spoons?A: Yes. 14 . B: Anything else about the table manners?A: ErSometimes the Chinese will use their own chopsticks to put food in your bowl to show their kindness. Dont refuse it.B: 15 . A: Just say Thank you and leave the food there.B: 16 . A: Put them on the table or on your bowl.17 . Its impolite.B: I got it. Thank you.ABy the way, never stick them in your rice.BBut if I dont like eating it, what should I do?CCan I start eating first if there are older people at the table?DBut they only use them for soup or when the food is difficult to pick up.EWhere should I put the chopsticks when I finish eating?FChildren are not allowed to speak.GCould you please tell me some Chinese table manners?三、补全短文5选5Long time ago, our world was very beautiful. There were trees, flowers and rivers. It was very clean and tidy.18 . . We are living in a polluted environment, which is bad for out earth.19 . .The public has been calling for actions against pollution. Scientists have told us to protect out environment,20 . .The earth is our only home. We should make it comfortable for ourselves and for our children in the future. Now nearly all of the countries are trying their best to stop pollution. Although they have done much, the progress is slow,21 . . No matter how difficult it is, we should try our best to fight against pollution. By working together,22 . .根据短文内容，从方框中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，补全短文。APeopls are really worricd abuut the problem BIm sure that our worll will become more and more beantiful CBut saidly, the bils axe no looger green, the rivers arcat cdkan, and most fish have died|Dor polution will becomc more and more scriousEThere is a long way to go before we have a clean world四、完型填空In the city of Fujisawa, Japan, lives a lady named Atsuko Saeki. When she was a teenager, she dreamed of going to _.Most of what she knew about American was from the textbooks she had read. I had a _ in mind: Daddy is watching TV in the living room, mummy is baking cakes and my _ goes to the cinema with her friends.Atsuko planned to go to college in California. When she arrived, however, she found it was not her_ world. People tried hard to deal with problems, she said. “I felt lonely.”One of her _ classes was PE. We played volleyball, She said. The other students were good at it, but I wasnt.One afternoon, the teacher asked Atsuko to hit the ball to her teammates so they could knock it over the net. It is not difficult for most students, _ it frightened Atsuko. She was afraid of losing face if she _.A young man on her team found that. He _ her and said in a low voice, Come on, Atsuko. You can do that.”“You will _ understand how those words made me feel at that moment. Four words: You can do that. He encouraged me. I felt like crying with happiness. Finally, she made it through the class._six years have passed, Atsuko has never forgotten the words. She said. When things are not going so well, I think of them.”23 . Athe USBChinaCthe UK24 . AsongBtapeCpicture25 . AbrotherBclassmateCsister26 . AimaginedBsurprisedCawful27 . AeasiestBHardestCfavorite28 . AsoBbutCand29 . AfailedBsucceededCknocked30 . Athought ofBstayed away fromCwalked up to31 . AoftenBneverCseldom32 . AThoughBIfCBefore五、阅读单选Some children are talking about their favourite subjects and activities at school.Lucy: I think music is my favourite. I like listening to many beautiful English songs. I need torelaxafter a days work, so I often listen to music after supper.Kate: I like music, too. But I only listen to Chinese songs, especially Jay Chows songs. I also like drawing. I want to be a great painter. I also like reading. Reading makes me clever.Peter: I dont like music or drawing. I like playing basketball. I am a good basketball player. Dont you think its cool?Jacky: I am not a good basketball player, but I play football well. It makes me strong. I feel great when I am on the football field. I play football for half an hour every day.Andy: I am not like many other boys I dont like sports. I think reading is my favourite. I can learn a lot from books. I read books for an hour every day.33 . What does peter think is cool?AMusic.BPlaying basketball.CDrawing.DPlaying football.34 . Who likes reading books?ALucy.BPeter.CJacky.DAndy and Kate.35 . How long does Jacky play football every week?AFor half an hour.BFor more than 3 hours.CFor seven hours.DFor one hour.36 . What does the underlined word “relax” mean in Chinese?A劳累B忧郁C放松D紧张37 . Which is not mentioned（提到）in the passage?ASports.BArt.CTV.DChinese music.（题文）Mark began to introduce the guest speaker to the listeners, but then stopped for a while. He had forgotten her name.Barbara hid her valuable things when she went on vacation. When she came back, she couldnt remember where shed put them.Perhaps youve had such experiences like these. Most people have. But most of them havent realized that they have a memory problem. Neither do they know a simple but important fact: Memory can be improved. If you just accept that, the following will show you how.First, relax. If you are over worried about something, youll forget it. If you keep telling yourself that your memory is bad, your mind will come to believe it and you wont remember things. When you forget something, dont follow up with saying like “Oh, my god! I always forget things! ” Such words will have a bad result on you and your memory.But relaxing isnt enough. To improve your memory, youll need to take an active role. Like your body, your memory can be made strong through exercise. Look foropportunitiesto exercise your memory. For example, if youre learning a language, try to actively remember a lot of new words.If you dont take notice of things actively, you wont remember them. So, you can make pictures of what you see in your mind every day. For example, dont just put your keys down! If you want to find them again, make a mind picture of the place where youre putting them.38 . （小题1）The first two paragraphs just tell us _.Aexamples of memory problemsBBarbara was a very rich personClanguage problems of two personsDMark often forgot his friends names39 . （小题2）When you forget things, you _.Amust be too carelessBmust accept the factCshouldnt lose confidence in your memoryDshould keep telling yourself that your memory is bad40 . （小题3）The underlined word “opportunities” in the fifth paragraph means “_.”AchancesBdoctorsCplacesDprojects41 . （小题4）According to the article, _ can make your memory better.Adoing sports every dayBtalking to your friendsCrealizing your memory problemsDmaking mind pictures of what you see42 . （小题5）The purpose of the article is to help you_.Aintroduce the guestBimprove your memoryCremember new wordsDforget unhappy things六、阅读判断The koala is small and cute. It spends most of its lifecycle (生命周期) in the trees. It eats, sleeps and nurses (养育) its baby there, and it only comes down to the ground if necessary. The koala is loved by many people for its small size and cartoon-like feature.A mother gives birth and raises only one baby koala at a time. During the mothers lifecycle, she will produce up to six baby koalas. A newborn baby koala does not look like an adult because it is born blind with undeveloped features.After the baby koala is born, it makes its way to the mothers pouch (育儿袋) and lives inside. Then it develops its eyes, legs and fur. In fact it lives in the mothers pouch for about six months.At last the baby koala gets out of its mothers pouch, and the mother carries her baby on her back. Some baby koalas want to use the safety of the pouch longer than necessary, but their size is too big for them to climb back inside. When the next baby koala is born, it is time for last seasons baby to say goodbye.根据短文内容，判断句子正（T）、误（F）。（5分）43 . The koala spends most of its lifecycle on the ground.44 . A mother koala gives birth and raises six baby koalas at a time.45 . A baby koala lives in its mothers pouch for about half a year.46 . Baby koalas cant get back to their mothers pouches again if they are too big.47 . This passage mainly tells us how baby koalas are born.七、用所给单词的正确形式填空III. 动词应用。用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空，必要时可加助动词或情态动词。48 . Jack _ (read) at the library when the accident happened to Jacks father.49 . Many people took hours _(get) home yesterday because of the rainstorm.50 . Im so glad I didnt decide _(play) basketball.51 . What were they doing from 8:00 to 10:00 p.m. last night? They _ (use) the Internet.52 . I thought I had an umbrella in my schoolbag, so I kept _(try) to look for it.53 . She was so busy _(look) for her mobile phone that she didnt see a car coming.54 . Finally, the school bus came and _(bring) me home.55 . When the competition _ (start), David was still making his way to school.56 . While the man _ (run) back home, he saw a dog by the side of the road.57 . I had trouble _(think) clearly after that because I was very afraid.八、完成句子根据汉语意思完成句子。58 . 每个人都应该参与拯救地球的活动。Everyone should _ in saving the earth.59 . 我们应该帮助处于极度危险中的人。We should help the people _60 . 你认为人们能活到200岁吗？Do you think people _ 200 years old?61 . 在未来机器人将会和人类一样做相同的工作。The robots will do _ jobs _ people in the future.62 . 孩子们将在家里电脑上学习。Kids _ at home_九、单词填空Most people dont like mice, but they love one mouse - Mickey Mouse.Over 80 years ago, most movies were 63 . salnt . A man called Walt Disney made a cartoon (卡通) mouse. The mouse c64 . talk in his movies. He called it Mickey Mouse. People both young and old loved it, 65 . (尤其) young children.Why did this cartoon animal become so 66 . ? The main 67 . is that Mickey was like a common man. But it always t68 . its best to deal with problems in its life.In Disneys early movies, Mickey was unlucky. It was often in trouble, such as 69 . (失去) its house or girlfriend. However, it never gave up. Instead, it was always r70 . to face any problem. People went to the cinema to 71 . si: Mickey win.There are more and more cartoons today. They are usually not so 72 . (简单) as Mickey Mouse, but people still love this brave mouse. What about you?十、回答问题阅读短文, 根据短文内容回答问题On Sunday I took part in Tomato Sauce Day of my friend Debs family. I am thankfulfor my beautiful friend to share this family milestone (里程碑) event.Nine family members, myself and a few friends, took part in the day. Sunday was aspecial day because it was the last time that Tomato Sauce Day event would be carried out atGrandmas home. Tomato Sauce Day is going to be different next year in terms of thesurrounds (环境), however, I have a feeling that all else will remain unchanged.Grandma passed away 5 years ago, and Deb and her uncle bought the property (地产).Plans are in progress to begin building two new homes on the same place.I listened to the family discussing the activities of the day, past sauce days andmemories. A love of the tradition of the day and happy memories of sharing the day withfamily members who have passed away were recounted. The value of spending time togetheras a family was obvious.The basic process and recipe (菜谱) for the sauce made by Debs family remains thesame way as it is still done in Grandmas village today: The event takes place once a year. Sauce is made by the family, for the family for the year ahead. The sauce is made with just salt added to the tomatoes. This allows the family to use it throughout the year in various dishes as the ba