人教版2019-2020学年八年级上学期期末考试英语试题A卷

人教版2019-2020学年八年级上学期期末考试英语试题A卷姓名:_ 班级:_ 成绩:_一、单选题1 . How dangerous! She was driving the car with one hand and holding an ice cream with_.Athe otherBanotherCothersDother2 . Is this _ car?Yes, its _ English car.Aa; anBa; aCan; anDan; a3 . Do you know _ or not there are any good restaurants _ this neighborhood?Aif；inBif；onCwhether；inDwhether；on4 . _ you come to my party on Sunday? Sorry, Im not available. I _ study for the math test.ACan; mustBMust; canCMay; can5 . The total number of the citizens in the city has increased to over four _ this year.AmillionBmillionsCa millionDmillions of6 . The Great Wall is wonderful. I hope I can visit it _.Aany dayBone dayCa day7 . Please do the exercises as _as you can in the English exam.AwellBgoodCbetterDbest8 . What about your mother， Tina?She doesnt know.Awhen would the train arriveBwhere could I get the bookCwhat has doneDwho left the message9 . What were you doing at this time yesterday?We _ in the classroom.AreadBwere readingCare readingDwas reading10 . Have you cleaned the room _?Yes, I have. I have _ cleaned it up.Aalready；alreadyByet；yetCalready；yetDyet；already11 . My brothers leg was badly hurt when he practiced yesterday.AranBrunningCrunDto run12 . The young girl_a red dress is Millie.AatBinCwearsDdresses13 . Jim, what did I say just now? Sorry, I _ of something else.AthoughtBwas thinkingCthinkDwill think14 . The man _ glasses cant speak English at all.AwearBwearsCwithDin15 . Tomtoo much meat and he has become much too fat. He should do more sports.Ahas hadBwill haveCis havingDhas二、完型填空完形填空,阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。Years ago, a very rich man and his young son shared an interest in collecting art. They traveled around the world, collecting_works of art by famous artists like Picasso, Van Gogh and Monet.When war broke out, the son left to_for his country. After a few weeks, the old man received a_saying his son had died. The man became very lonely and sad.One day, a soldier visited the old man and gave him a painting it was_by his son. The painting was important to the man_the world would never think it a great work. He told his neighbors it was the_gift he had ever received.The following spring, the old man died. All of the old mans paintings would be_at an auction(拍卖). The auction began with a painting that was not on any of the buyers_. it was the painting of the old mans son. “Who will open the price at $100?” the auctioneer asked. Moments passed and no one spoke or_their hand. Someone said: “Who cares about that painting? Lets get on to the good ones.” More voices followed in_“No, we must sell this one first,” replied the auctioneer. “Now, who will take the picture of the son?”_, a good friend of the old man spoke: “Will you take $10 for the painting? Thats all I have.” “Will_go higher?” called the auctioneer. After more_he said: “Going once . going twice . sold!” The auctioneer looked at the crowd and said that the whole auction was_“According to the fathers will,_takes the sons picture gets the whole collection, ” the auctioneer said.In the eyes of a father, nothing is more valuable than his son not even paintings of the famous artists are as important as his sons.16 . ApricelessBuselessChelplessDcareless17 . AtrainBfightCcheerDpractise18 . AletterBbookCdiaryDbag19 . AdecoratedBdrawnCboughtDrepaired20 . AbeforeBwhenCuntilDthough21 . AcheapestBoldestCgreatestDbiggest22 . AdonatedBcountedCsoldDnamed23 . AlistsBdesksCpocketsDnotebooks24 . AshookBshowedCraisedDtouched25 . AagreementBpublicCtroubleDneed26 . ASlowlyBSuddenlyCFinallyDLuckily27 . AsomebodyBanybodyCeverybodyDnobody28 . AnoiseBactionCchoiceDsilence29 . AoutBoffConDover30 . AWhateverBWheneverCWhereverDWhoever三、阅读单选If you have no special plans for your holidays, why not spend your time helping others?Dont listen to people who say the young people today often think only of themselves. Its not true at all. More and more young people in the U.S.A. volunteer(志愿) to spend their school holidays working for others. And they dont do it for money. Here are some of their stories.Alice Hamilton,17Im going to help the Forest Center build new hiking paths in the mountains. Its going to be terrific（极好的） Ill spend the whole summer living in the tent and breathing the clean mountain air. Im going to sleep under the stars. It will be a nice sport, and Ill be able to do something good at the same time.Jason Moore,18This summer, Im going to volunteer with Special House Program. They build good, low-cost(低成本的) houses and sell them to families that are not very rich. Theyll teach me what to do, so Ill help people and also have a chance to learn how to build houses.Trish Anderson,16Im going to teach kids who have trouble in reading. Ill work for a program called Reading for Life. Every day, Im going to help kids choose and read books that they like. I want to be a teacher, and I love children and reading, so this is going to be a great experience for me.31 . Young people in the U.S.A volunteer to spend _ helping others.Aschool holidaysBweekdaysCevery morningDevery afternoon32 . What does Alice volunteer to do in summer?ATo sleep under the stars.BTo breathe the clean mountain air.CTo spend the whole summer living in the tent.DTo help build new hiking paths in the mountains.33 . From the passage, we know that Jason Moore _.Alikes readingBis 18 years oldCisnt very richDis good at sport34 . _ wants to be a teacher.AAlice HamiltonBJason MooreCTrish AndersonDNone of them35 . Which is the most possible title(标题) for this passage?AReading for LifeBA Special House ProgramCThe Forest CenterDYoung American VolunteersSam was a member of the football team when he was in primary school. He lived alone with his father. The two of them had a very specialrelationship. Even though Sam was always on the bench (替补队员席), his father was always in the stands cheering. He never missed a game!When Sam was in high school and at college, he always put his effortinto every practice, but was still on the bench all the time. His father always encouraged him to keep on practicing playing football.One day at the end of his senior football season, the coach gave him a telegram. It said his father died that morning. The coach told him to take the rest of the week off and not to come to the game on Saturday.Saturday arrived and Sam appeared in the locker room (更衣室) before the game. The game until finally the coach agreed.Before long, the coach, the players, and everyone in the stands could not believe their eyes. This little nobody, who had never played in a formal game, was doing everything right like a star! Just before the end of the game, Sam stopped a pass and ran all the way for the winning goal! The fans suddenly cheered with great excitement!After the game was over, the coach noticed Sam sitting in a corner all alone. The coach came to him and said, Kid, I cant believe it. You were fantastic! Tell me how you did it. Sam looked at the coach with tears in his eyes, and said, Well, you know my dad died, but did you know he was blind? The young man forced a smile and continued, Dad came to all my games, but today it was the first time that he could see me play in a real game. I wanted to show him I could do it!36 . His father was always when his sons team was playing a game.Aon the benchBin the standsCin the locker roomDin the corner37 . The underlined word nobody in Paragraph 5 means Aimportant personBunimportant personCcommon personDuncommon person38 . From the passage we can learn that Sams father wasAa football playerBa blind manCa football coachDan impatient person39 . Whats the proper title for the passage?AThe duty of a coach.BThe practice of players.CSams football game.DFathers encouragement.阅读下面短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出一个最佳选项。CompassIt was a great gift to the world from ancient China. Before it was invented, sailors had to depend on the stars to find direction. After it was invented, the oceans were open to travel. And many new discoveries were made with the help of it.GunpowderIt was one of the greatest inventions. It is said that in the 3rd century a Chinese man wrote about how to make it. At first, it was used for making fireworks. At the end of the Tang Dynasty, people began to use it in wars. The method of making it was brought to the Arab world and Europe in the 13th and 14th centuries. Paper-makingChina was the first country in the world to make paper. During the Western Han Dynasty (202B.C.9A.D.), paper was made in some places in China. It was developed in the Eastern Han Dynasty (25A.D.220A.D.) by Cai Lun. He made paper with bark, ropes, rags and so on. Before it was invented, the ancient Chinese carved characters on animal bones and stones. They also wrote them on bamboo and wooden sticks.PrintingIt was developed in 10411048 in the Song Dynasty. A man named Bi Sheng carved characters on pieces of clay and wood. Then he put ink on them. After the characters were printed on paper, the pieces of clay or wood could be used again. This technology then spread to Korea, Japan and Europe. It was the basic method at that time.40 . After the _ was invented, the oceans were open to travel.AcompassBprintingCgunpowder41 . At first, gunpowder was used for _.Afinding directionBmaking fireworksCcarving characters42 . _ developed papermaking in the Eastern Han Dynasty.ASome sailorsBBi ShengCCai Lun43 . Printing was developed in the _.ATang DynastyBSong DynastyCHan Dynasty44 . The best title for the reading material is _.AThe Four Dynasties of Ancient ChinaBThe Four Great Inventors of Ancient ChinaCThe Four Great Inventions of Ancient China四、根据首字母、中文提示填空.词汇运用45 . Now, pedestrians（行人） will be _（罚款） 50 yuan if they run red lights.46 . Many people in poor areas dont have the money for medical _（治疗）.47 . Do you know what the _（教练） are talking about over there?48 . Would you like to go to the _（西北） of China to teach poor children as a volunteer?49 . Why are they _（挖） holes over there?Because they want to plant trees.五、用所给单词的正确形式填空用括号中所给词语的适当形式填空。50 . There are no _ (different) between the two photos.51 . How about _ (share) the room with them?52 . A _ (strange) stopped him on his way to the factory.53 . Would you mind _ (open) all the windows?54 . The room looks more beautiful after the _ (decorate).六、单词填空六、短文填词。Have you ever stayed in a hotel? Most Chinese hotels often55 . guests(旅客) with things like disposable(一次性的) toothbrushes, toothpaste(牙膏), shampoo(洗发水) and slippers(拖鞋). Many guests like the idea56 . they dont have to bring their own. But if you travel to Beijing, 57 . rmemb(r) to bring these things of your own. Thats because some hotels in Beijing have no longer provided guests with these disposables (一次性用品). Many disposable things are58 . (make)of plastic. People throw them59 . we after only using them once. Its a waste of natural resources (资源) and is very bad for the environment.In Beijing, people throw around about 19,000 tons of plastic bags and 1,320 tons of lunch bowls every year!Plastic can take 100 to 400 years to break down(降解). So the60 . (little) plastic we throw away, the better environment we will have.So, wherever you travel, bring your own things and use them again and 61 . . Back at home and school, you can also do something to make our world a better place. Try to do these things in your62 . evride life: Use63 . (clothes)shopping bags, not plastic ones.After using a plastic bag, wash it out and let it dry. Then use it over and over again.Do not use paper cups.At your school canteen (餐厅), use your own bowls and chopsticks instead64 . disposable ones.七、填空The campus snack shop is a place where many students enjoy a snack and a chat. However, it may become a thing of the past. Chinas educational and health authorities have banned (禁止) snack shops in all kindergartens, primary, middle and high schools across the country. The rule has taken effect since April 1.It requires that administrators (管理人员) should keep record of each meal and work out any food problems timely. Parents can also eat with students at school canteens and give suggestions to the school on food safety and nutrition.The rule raised heated discussion.Many students were sad about the ban. “Without snack shops, our campus life will be less interesting,” a student from a senior high school in Hangzhou, told Qianjiang Evening News. “We wont be able to have different kinds of drinks or desserts.”However, many parents showed support for the rule. The father of a junior school student in Beijing told the Global Times that “cheap, low-quality snacks sold at these stores are harmful to childrens health.” “Students rush to shops to buy snacks as soon as a class is over, which affects the normal teaching order,” he said.The rule also requires schools to monitor students who may be obese (肥胖的), and make sure they have a healthy diet. The ban of snack shopsCampus snack shops have been banned65 . the country. The rule 66 . effect on April 1. It caused heated discussion.Requirements and resultsSchools &administrators Keep record of each meal; 67 . any food problems as soon as68 . . Monitor students69 . may be obese; make sure they eat70 . .Students Feel sad. It 71 . t