山东省潍坊市（青州市、临朐县、昌邑县、诸城市、昌乐县、寿光市）2021-2022学年八年级下学期期中考试英语试卷

1、2021-2022学年度第二学期期中学业质量监测八年级英语试题（ 时间：90分钟; 满分：110分）一、阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下面短文, 从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A Guitar Player WantedAre you a fan of music? Can you play the guitar? Can you sing or dance? Join our Sunshine Rock Band on Thursday and Friday afternoon. Please call Mike at 5487-6598 or s

2、end an email to sunshine for more information.Swimmer WantedCan you swim? Do you like children?Do you want to teach kids to swim on Sundays? Come and join us. Call Joe at 8472-9999 for more information.Tennis Club Do you like to play tennis? Do you want to play it even better? Frank Miller is a good

3、 teacher. You can practice with him every Saturday afternoon from 2:30 to 5:30.Telephone: 8665-7868Summer JobDo you like to talk with people? Do you like to write stories? Would you like to work for a magazine? Come and work as a reporter. Please call Karen at 5561-8823.1. If you have time on Sunday

4、, you can . A. play tennis B. join a guitar club C. go swimming D. learn to be a reporter2. Which number can you callwhen you practise your speaking?A. 8472-9999. B. 8665-7868. C. 5561-8823. D. 5487-6598.3. The information above isprobably from .A. a newspaper B. a story book C. a science book D. a

5、textbook BWang Yaping, together with Zhai Zhigang and Ye Guangfu, went into space aboard the Shenzhou XIII on October 16th last year. And now they are preparing for their return trip in the middle of April, 2022. The 41-year-old Wang became the first female astronaut (女航天员) to enter Tiangong space s

6、tation. She also became a space teacher and gave two lessons to students on Earth.Wangs space dream started in 2003, when China sent its first astronaut Yang Liwei into space. At that time, Wang was a pilot in the Chinese army. After having safe flights for 1,600 hours over nine years, Wang was a ca

7、ndidate (候选人) to become an astronaut in 2010. She pushed herself hard, getting the same training as men. “The space environment wont change just because you are a woman,” she told Xinhua.The hardest part is the high-G training. Sitting in a spinning (旋转的) machine, Wang would become blind for a while

8、 because her brain was short of blood. “Theres a red button (按钮), said Wang.” If you cant bear it, you can press it to stop.” But Wang never used it. “There is no such red button in my heart.” That strong spirit finally made her dream come true in 2013. She joined the team for the Shenzhou X mission

9、.Wang said that as astronauts, women have their own advantages. “Women may be more patient and can better deal with loneliness. Womens hearts are also easier to adapt (适应) to the weightless environment, making them more suitable for long-term missions.”Wang Yaping went a long way before becoming the

10、 first woman to enter the Tiangong space station. She sets a good example for all women who dream of going to space. 4. How long will the astronauts stay in space?A. Four months. B. Five months. C. Six months. D. Eight months.5. What do Wangs words mean in Paragraph 2?A. Only men can go to space. B.

11、 The space environment is easy to change.C. Men and women will face the same difficulties in space.D. Both male and female astronauts can go to space.6. Why would people become blind for minutes while sitting in a spinning machine?A. Because the machine worked loudly. B. Because their brains were sh

12、ort of blood.C. Because some people trained less. D. Because there were the same difficulties.7. What can we learn from Wangs story?A. Never too old to learn. B. Well begun is half done.C. Old habits die hard. D. Nothing is difficult if you put your heart into it. CHave you ever eaten at a restauran

13、t that serves Western food? If so, do you remember what the menu looked like? Western restaurant menus are quite different from Chinese restaurant menus. But how are they different?Most Western restaurant menus do not have as many pictures as Chinese ones do-with a picture, you can tell what is in a

14、 dish. In some expensive Western restaurants, a menu may not have any pictures at all.But most Western menus show a list of ingredients (原料) for each dish. If you order a burger, the menu might tell you that the burger has cheese, ketchup and mustard (芥末). The menu can also tell you how the food is

15、cooked, for example, whether it is fried or steamed (蒸).Western restaurants use many different methods to design their menus and make them more attractive. In fact, there is a whole industry called “menu making”, according to the BBC. Menu makers are experts at designing menus. Their menus can incre

16、ase sales and influence customers thoughts.A well-designed menu can encourage customers to eat certain dishes. It can even make them believe that your restaurants food is of higher quality, even if they havent eaten the food yet.For example, using descriptive (描述性的) words like “juicy” or “cheesy” ca

17、n help dishes sell better. Instead of just writing “steak (牛排)” in their menu, a restaurant might write “sizzling steak”. This makes the steak sound more delicious.Also, it is known that people pay the most attention to items at the top of a page. This is the best place for dishes that you want to o

18、rder.As you can see, menus are not just simple lists of food! How are different between Western restaurant menus and Chinese menus? Chinese menus have easy pictures. B. Western menus have small pictures.C. Western menus have less or even no pictures.D. Chinese menus have easy pictures and ingredient

19、s.9. What is Paragraph 3 mainly about?A. What Western menus are like. B. Why Western menus have no pictures.C. How Western people make their menus.D. Why Western menus list ingredients for each dish.10. Whats the meaning of the underlined word “quality” in paragraph5? A.鲜嫩 B.热度 C.价格 D.质量11. What can

20、 we infer from the story?A. It is easy to design a successful Western menu.B. A well-designed menu can attract more customers.C. Good menus depend on how well each dish is described.D. Dishes at the top of a menu page are the most delicious ones. D As Earths neighbor, Mars has a similar environment

21、to Earth. For years, humans are exploring the Red Planet and hope to live on it one day. On July 23, 2020, China launched its first Mars probe (探测器). It is called Tianwen-1. 12 Qu Yuan, a famous poet of the Warring States Period wrote it. The probe landed on the surface (表面) of Mars on May 15, 2021.

22、 13 It was a great success.A probe has to fly a very long way before landing on Mars. Because the signal from Earth is weak, the lander has to land by itself. “Each step had only one chance. 14 ” Geng Yan, an official from the China National Space Administration said.The Mars probe has three parts t

23、he orbiter, the lander and the rover (火星车).Within a week after the landing, the Mars rover, Zhurong, will begin working. 15 It is the sixth rover on Mars, following five others launched by the United States. If everything goes well, Zhurong will work for at least three months and carry out scientifi

24、c studies on Mars like taking pictures and videos of Mars, finding out if there is any water or ice under the surface of Mars and checking the temperature or climate on it.根据短文内容，从下列选项中选出能填入文中空白处的最佳选项，选项中有一项为多余选项。Zhurong is named after the god of fire in ancient Chinese stories.B. We know Mars has a

25、 similar environment to Earth from the computer. C. The name comes from the poem Tianwen.D. If there was any mistake, the landing would fail.E. China is the second country in the world to make it.E. China is the second country in the world to make it. 二、完形填空(共10小题; 每小题2分, 满分20分)阅读下面短文, 从短文后各题所给的A、B、

26、C、D四个选项中, 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 On December 4, 2021, Chinese young sports players did very well at the Big Air World Cup in Steamboat, the United States. Gu Ailing was one of them. She _16_ the first prize in womens free ski Big Air event.Gu Ailing, was born in San Francisco in 2003. Her father is America

27、n and her mother is Chinese. Since Gu was young, she became _17_ in skiing. At the age of 13, she started _18_ some competitions. From then on, she became more and more famous around the world. In 2019, she won her first World Cup event in Seiser Alm, Italy. After that, she chose to play for China.

28、And she began to train _19_ and had a dream of winning Olympic Gold at the Beijing 2022 Winter Games.When Gu was at school in San Francisco, she played many other sports, _20_ horse riding, rock climbing, and even competitive cross-country running! She was just as talented in the classroom _21_ she

29、was on her skis. In order to compete in the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games, she decided to complete two years of schoolwork in 2020. Amazingly, she _22_ and became the first person in her schools history to graduate early. Since then, she _23_ all her time on the snow.Gu also describes _24_ as a

30、model. “Its a totally different world from skiing, and I think thats just another part of it,” she said. “I think _25_ really important to have a colourful life, and to be able to do many different things. I enjoy doing it-I love it.”16. A. met B. lost C. put D. won17. A. bored B. excited C. interes

31、ted D. afraid18. A. watching B. entering C. picking D. loving19. A. hardly B. hard C. usually D. happily20. A. like B. for C. on D. with21. A. when B. before C. as D. while22. A. found B. smiled C. wondered D. succeeded23. A. took B. spent C. has taken D. has spent24. A. her B. us C. herself D. ours

32、elves 25. A. it B. this C. that D. one三、词汇运用（共10小题; 每小题2分, 满分20分） 阅读下面短文, 用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空, 必要时可加助动词。Uganda finally opened its schools on January 10th after nearly two-year closure. Its 1 (long) school shutdown of any country in the world. Schools in Uganda closed soon after COVID-19 2 (hit) it in Ma

33、rch,2020, and have remained closed for 83 weeks.Now, students, teachers and parents are all excited to have schools open. Students are looking forward to 3 (go) back to class. Parents are happy to have their children out of the house for a while, and getting an education.However, there are many prob

34、lems. Many students were already behind when schools were closed. Over half of Ugandas10 million students 4 (not have) any classes at all since March, 2020. Now, all students are being moved up a grade, even though they havent been in school. Besides, not all students 5 (return). Money is one reason

35、. Many older students have gotten jobs over the last two years to help out their 6 (family). Others may be looking after younger children at home, or may even have had children of 7 (they). There are also fewer teachers and fewer schools. A number of teachers had to take other jobs when they 8 (poss

36、ible) got paid as teachers. Across the country, over 4,000 schools wont reopen. Students are expected to wear masks. Even this simple step 9 (be) a challenge for some families because not everyone can afford masks.Still, for millions of excited students across Uganda, Monday is 10 (one) day of schoo

37、l in a very long time.四、翻译句子（共5小题; 每小题2分, 满分10分）根据英语提示正确翻译下列汉语句子。1.蛋糕中的草莓酱味道很甜。(taste)_2.我们为中国运动员在冬奥会上的成功而感到自豪。（proud）_3.为了能与世界分享中国故事，我要学好英语。（in order to）_4.这所学校为满足孩子们已经买了数万本书。（thousands of）_5.中国能付得起全民免费核酸检查。（nucleic acid tests）_五、阅读表达（共5小题; 每小题2分，满分10分）阅读文章按要求做后面的各小题。Li still remembers that after C

38、hinas reform(改革) and opening-up began in 1978, a German business man came to the city and visited their house. He wants to give 5 million Deutsche marks(德国马克) to buy their house, but Lis father refused(拒绝) it.The man wanted to give another 100,000 yuan (about 15,730 U.S. dollars) to buy the gold-pla

39、ted carving(镀金的雕刻品) on the front door of the main hall, but Lis father refused the offer once again.“My father told us not to sell the house just because of the money,” Li said.In 1997, the Old Town of Lijiang was successfully listed as a UNESCO(联合国教科文组织) World Heritage Site(世界遗产地).“after that, busi

40、nessmen called on my door in different ways. Each day, they wanted to buy or rent my house, and the price increased. I can remember that the highest price was 130 million yuan for sale and 2 million yuan for rent every year,” Li said, adding that he refused, just like his father.“The root of the fam

41、ily and the original appearance of the ancient house should be completely preserved. Its cultural value is greater than a lot of money.” he said.Li decided to convert the heritage house into the Heng Yu Gong Folk House Museum in 2010 and open it to the public for free.Things did not come easy. Li an

42、d his wife faced hard life, supporting themselves by selling cakes for 1 yuan a piece and rice noodles for 5 yuan a bowl.“Even during the most hard times, I didnt take the bricks(砖块) and tiles(瓦) to exchange for money.” Li said.How many years was the Old Town of Lijiang listed as a UNESCO World Heri

43、tage Site?_Why have many businessmen called on Lis door?_What is the highest price did Li remember of buying his house?_4. Translate the underlined sentence into Chinese(将划线部分译成汉语)_5.When Li and his wife faced hard life, what supported(支持) their life？_六、写作 (满分20分） 2022年，疫情和坠机让我们更加明白，生命和健康才是最重要的。目前，国

44、家积极倡导在中小学开展“阳光工程”活动，建议每天锻炼一小时，关注自身健康，保证睡眠时间请根据以下提示，并结合自己的生活实际，写一篇80词左右的倡议书，告诉大家保持健康的重要性并提出一些合理建议。_八年级英语试题参考答案一、阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）1-3 CCA 4-7 CCBD 8-11 CADB 12-15 CEDA二、完形填空 (共10小题; 每小题2分，满分20分)1620 DCBBA 2125CDDCA三、词汇运用 (共10小题; 每小题2分，满分20分)1. the longest 2. hit 3. going 4. havent had 5. are returning 6. famili