1、八年级 英语期末第页（共 8 页）12019-2020学年度第二学期期中质量监测八年级英语试题(考试时间：90 分钟；满分：90 分)友情提示：Hi，欢迎参加本次考试。祝你答题成功！* 所有题目均在答题卡上作答，在试题上作答无效。 Mini-Dictionary bacteria n. 细菌carpet n. 地毯consecutive adj. 连续不断的judge n. 评委string n. 细绳tile n.瓷砖第一卷(共 35 分)I. 单项选择。 从每小题所给的四个选项中选出能够完成或回答这一小题的最佳答案。(共 10 小题，每小题 1 分，共 10 分).()1. Nick di
2、dnt come to school today. _? He has a bad cold.A.Whos heB.Whats the matter with himC.Where is heD.How old is he()2. Mom, can I get another model plane for my 13th birthday? No. You already have so many model planes and we almost _ spaceto keep them.A.look out ofB.run out ofC.take out ofD.get out of(
3、)3.I have to leave home early in the morning because missing the first bus _waiting for another twenty minutes.A.meansB.startsC.risksD.enjoys()4. _ you _ go to school by bike? Yes. But now I usually take the bus to school.A.Are; used toB.Did; use toC.Do; use toD.Were; used to()5. Did your father agr
4、ee to let you travel alone? No. He didnt agree and _ did my mother.A.eitherB.allC.bothD.neither()6. Shall we climb mountains tomorrow, Dad? It _ the weather. If its rainy, we will have to stay at home.八年级 英语期末第页（共 8 页）2A.gives outB.puts offC.takes afterD.depends on()7. Theres no coffee now. Would yo
5、u like a cup of tea _? Yes, Id love to.A.eitherB.tooC.howeverD.instead()8. Look! Some people are running a red light. _ others are breaking the rule, we should wait here.A.IfB.WhenC.AlthoughD.Unless()9. We all went to the park this morning except you, Jack. Oh, I _ care of my sick mother.A.takeB.am
6、takingC.will takeD.was taking()10. Why didnt you come to my birthday party last night? Sorry, I was so busy that I _ forgot it.A.completelyB.suddenlyC.recentlyD.quietlyII. 完形填空（共 10 小题, 每小题 1 分，共 10 分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的三个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。Many years ago, while I lived in England, part of my college w
7、ork was to helpthe children with special needs. The teacher chose me to work in a school with11._ children. She asked me to look after Nancy, a ten-year-old girl. One of her12._ could not move. At school the teachers would think it was an exciting thing13._ she was able to put on her own coat. But I
8、 saw more in her.Nancy 14._ wanted to put a string through the hole of a key. For the fiveyears when Nancy was in school, the teacher always 15._ to help her, but alwaysdid all the work for her at last. I knew Nancy could do more, so I encouraged her todo something 16._. At first Nancy couldnt do th
9、at and got very 17._.Sometimes I wanted to give up, too. However, after a week Nancy was able to dowhat she wanted to do alone 18._ so many years. The teachers cried with19._ when they saw the thing she was able to do with just some encouragement.People should never 20._ disabled people that they ca
10、nt do this or that.With just some encouragement they can do it. I hope everyone will encouragepeople to do all they want by themselves instead of telling them they cant do it.()11.A.poorB.boredC.disabled()12.A.legsB.eyesC.hands()13.A.ifB.beforeC.because()14.A.neverB.hardlyC.always八年级 英语期末第页（共 8 页）3(
11、)15.A.triedB.noticedC.stopped()16.A.herselfB.himselfC.yourself()17.A.excitedB.cleverC.upset()18.A.forB.withC.unless()19.A.sadnessB.carefulnessC.happiness()20.A.tellB.speakC.askIII. 阅读理解阅读下列短文，做出正误判断或选出最佳答案。A 篇为判断正(A)误(B)题，B 篇为选择题, C 篇为六选五。(共 15 小题，每小题 1 分，共 15 分)ADo you dream of being a reporter? Ar
12、e you a good writer who loves the news?If so,enter our talent competition.Were looking for 10 students from around thecountry to be members of the TFK(Time For Kids magazine) Kid Reporter Teamfor the 2019-2020 school year. Next years team will continue to report news storiesfor TFK .Skilled reporter
13、s from TFK will be the judges.In the past, TFK Kid Reporters haveInterviewed national leaders, famous persons and other newsmakers.Written news stories, reviews and opinion pieces for TFK.Learned about the news business from skilled reporters who work at TIME.Appeared on CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, and lo
14、cal news stations to talkabout their work.How to Enter: Include a report about an interesting event you covered in your schoolor community.Complete the official entry form. You must be 13 years of age or younger,and entry form must be sent before June 14, 2019. Be sure to read the official rulesand
15、share them with your parents, who must sign your entry form. For the entryform and official rules, click here.()21.Reporters from TFK magazine will decide about the members of the teamfor the 2019-2020 school year.()22.You must send the entry forms before June14, 2019()23.If you want to enter the ta
16、lent competition, you must be thirteen or older.()24.The underlined word “them” refers to the entry forms.()25.The passage is mainly about how to become a good reporter.八年级 英语期末第页（共 8 页）4BHow long should the school year be ? In traditional schools children are inschool over the fall and winter month
17、s for about 180 days, and then are out ofschool for months. In the 21th century, some schools started to move towards yearround schooling. Year round schooling still has students in school for 180 days, butthey arent there continuously,for example, students in school for 60 days and thenout for 20 d
18、ays.When students have three consecutive months off school, they dont alwaysremember what they learn during the school year. Teachers refer to this as“Summer Learning Loss”. Summer Learning Loss does not only refer to theinformation that the student learned, but also the study habits that he or shed
19、eveloped.If students are always getting a few weeks off every few months, they will notbecome tired from school. Many teachers in traditional schools agree that with shortbreaks students can be full of energy before returning to school.In the adult world, most people don t work for nine months and t
20、hen take threemonths off. This is often a hard adjustment for a student to make when they go towork in the future. If a student attends a year round school, he or she is more usedto working throughout the year.()26.The passage mainly talks about_.A. the development of year round schoolingB. .the ben
21、efits of year round schoolingC. the teaching of year-round schoolsD.the students of year-round schools.()27.What do we know about the students in the year-round school?A.They dont have 3 consecutive months holiday.B.They dont have to do a lot of homework.C.They have to be at school for the whole yea
22、r.D.They have to help their parents with farm work.()28.According to the passage, students in traditional schools are more_.A. tired from schoolB.active in schoolC.interested in learningD.used to social life()29.The underlined word “adjustment” probably means_A.timeB.achievementC.changeD.job()30.Wha
23、t can we learn from the passage?A.More breaks can make students get into bad habits.B.Year-round schools have much longer vacationsC.Students spend less money in year-round schools.D.Year round schooling prepares students for real life.八年级 英语期末第页（共 8 页）5CAlmost everyone has dropped some food on the
24、floor and still wanted to eat it .Ifsomeone saw you drop it ,he or she might have shouted ,“5-second rule ”31._. But is that true？Professor Anthony Hilton from Ashton University ,UK ,tested the rule with hisstudents .32._.33._ bread ,pasta ,cookies and candy to see how muchbacteria they had when the
25、y dropped onto the floor 34._.carpet ,laminate,and tile- for three seconds to 30 seconds .Not surprisingly ,the longer the food was on the floor ,the more bacteria it had.35._.Bacteria are least possible to be gotten from carpet ,while theyre most possible to be gotten from laminate or tiled surface
26、s after more than fiveseconds .The study also found that the wetter the food was ,the more possible it was topick up bacteria. Although most people are happy to follow the 5-secondrule ,eating food dropped on the floor still carries an infection risk .“ It very muchdepends on which bacteria are on t
27、he floor at the time ,” Hilton told Forbes .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。A. They found that food dropped for five seconds is less possible to get bacteriathan if it sits there for longer .B. They allowed the food to lie on different kinds of flooringC.They had new ideas.D. For the study
28、,Hilton and his students tested a lot of foodsE. This so-called rule says food is OK to eat if you pick it up in five seconds orless .F.And the kind of floor where the dropped food landed had an effect .第二卷(共 55 分)IV.综合填空(共 20 小题，共 20 分)A. 选择恰当的单词填空， 每个单词限用一次， 其中有两项多余。 (共 10 小题, 每小题 1 分，共 10 分)Wuhan
29、 is the capital city of Hubei. It is a beautiful, large and very important cityin China. During this Spring Festival, the city received tons of 1._ becausea novel coronavirus (新型冠状病毒) appeared there and spread around the country.doing, health, locked, attention, forget, welcome, them, to support, br
30、ave, making,fun, heroes八年级 英语期末第页（共 8 页）6Several days before the Spring Festival, Wuhan was 2._ and the citybecame quiet and still. However, a big fight was going on there. It was the fightagainst the novel coronavirus. The doctors and nurses there became 3._warriors in masks, glasses and protective
31、 suits. They were racing against the clock.Lots of 4._ had to work over ten hours every day, drinking little or no water.They risked their 5._ and even lives to treat the patients. In such cases,almost no one stepped back or gave up. Thousands of doctors and nurses from othercities and provinces in
32、China went to Wuhan 6._ them. There is no doubtthat they were all 7._ in the fight.Besides doctors and nurses, everyone in our country was 8._ their ownpart in the fight against the novel coronavirus.This Spring Festival was not as 9._ as it usually is. It even brought us totears many times. However
33、, we will never 10._ those difficult days, notonly for the awful virus, but also for the efforts we made together and the lessonswe learned.B.根据上下文和所给提示填入所缺内容。(共 10 小题, 每小题 1 分，共 10 分)One weekend, Ella went to stay with her grandfather. Her grandfather keptchickens. Ella saw one chicken 1._ a corner
34、. It was smaller than the othersand it didnt have many feathers. “That poor chicken,”said Ella. “It is reallyfrightened and its almost bare. “Whats the matter with it?”she asked hergrandfather.Ellas grandfather told her2. _ chickens can act. “They have a peckingorder,” he said. “If one chicken is di
35、fferent, the others3. _(push)it away.Theypeckitandkeep4._(peck)it.Sometimestheypeckit5._much that it dies.” Ella picked 6._the chicken. She could feel itsheart 6._(beat) fast in its bony little body. “I want to take it home,” shesaid.Ella told the cool kids about the chicken.“It looks much 7._(healt
36、hy),”she said. “Its fatter and its feathers are growing. Even the cat likes it. She8._(carry) it around like its a kitten.”Ellas chicken 9._(grow) into a beautiful hen. It had long legs and long,soft feathers.She called it Betty, the name 10._ her best friend.V. 阅读表达 根据要求完成下列任务。(共 20 小题，每篇 10 分，共 20
37、 分)A八年级 英语期末第页（共 8 页）7Wang Tianjiao, 27, likes wearing hanfu, the traditional clothing of the Han ethnicgroup(民族). If you met her on the street, you might think she is in a movie. But sheis just taking photos while dressed in hanfu.Now she has around 70,000 followers.Wang is a big fan and (A) prompt
38、er of hanfu. She set up a hanfu club after enteringthe University of Jinan in 2014. She said most club members would like to wearhanfu at their graduation ceremonies or during holidays. Some even wear them onusual days like birthdays.There is some good news on the way for hanfu fans like Wang and he
39、r clubmembers. A special day has been created to celebrate traditional Chinese clothing.The CCCYL (Central Committee of the Communist Youth League) has set the thirdday of the third month of the Chinese lunar calendar as China Hanfu Day.Han people are the biggest ethnic group in China. The Han is al
40、so the big gestethnic group in the world, counting 19 percent of the global population, meaningnearly one in every five people on the earth has a Han background. According toCCCYL, hanfu includes the traditional clothing of all ethnic groups in China. Hanfuhas the most fans and has been its populari
41、ty grow rapidly in recent years. There arealready many hanfu clubs in universities.However, many people still dont understand why others like it. They think thathanfu fans, especially those who wear the clothing, are a bit strange. But hanfu fansbelieve in what they love. (B)They think the return of
42、 hanfu is not about truningback the clock. Its about passing down our culture.1. 回答问题。 When is China Hanfu Day?（1 分）_2. 根据短文内容，猜测（A）处划线单词 prompter 的意思。将字母代号写在横线上_（1 分）A. 设计者B.继承者C.推广者3. 从文中找出（B）处划线单词 They 所指代的内容_（1 分）4. 列举三个本文主人公都在哪些场合穿汉服。（3 分）(1)_(2)_(3)_5. 从文中找出与“Hanfu is becoming more and more po
43、pular these years.”意思相同或相近的句子。（1 分）_6.根据短文内容填空。每空不超过 3 个单词。（3 分）It is true that (1)_ are the biggest ethnic group in China and also the biggestethnic group in the world. Nearly (2)_ people on the earth has a Hanbackground. So hanfu includes (3)_ of all ethnic groups in China.八年级 英语期末第页（共 8 页）8BA dic
44、tionary is very useful for the people who are learning English. People willuse a dictionary for help when they have difficulty in reading a passage or doingEnglish exercises. You will make more progress if you know how to use adictionary efficiently. Here are some ideas on how to use a dictionary ef
45、ficiently.Choose a (A) suitable dictionary. Choosing a good dictionary is very importantfor an English learner. You can choose a dictionary which is suitable for yourEnglish level, needs and interests. For a middle school student in Grade 9, you canchoose Oxford Intermediate Learners English-Chinese
46、 Dictionary.Try to guess the meaning of a new word. You may have had such an experiencewhen you are reading a passage: theyre some new words in it and you havedifficulty in understanding the full passage. What will you do in this situation? Ithink you should guess the meaning before you use the dict
47、ionary.Learn culture from a dictionary. You dont just learn a new words pronunciation,meaning, part of speech and other usage. You can learn some cultural knowledgeand customs from a dictionary as well. (B)They are really very useful for yourability development.A dictionary is a good friend for lear
48、ning English. Its a waste for you not to use adictionary in your study. But dont think the more you use a dictionary, the betterresult you can get. You should use your dictionary in the right way. Its the mostimportant. If you can do as I have told you, I think you will improve your Englishsoon.1. 回
49、答问题。Which dictionary should an English learner choose?(1 分)_2. 根据短文内容，猜测（A）处划线单词 suitable 的意思。将字母代号写在横线上_（1 分）A. 合适的B.昂贵的C.较难的3. 用英文列举使用词典的两个注意事项。（2 分）(1)_(2)_4. 从文中找出（B）处划线单词 They 所指代的内容_（1 分）5. 从文中找出与“Use a dictionary when you need, or you are wasting your time.”意思相同或相近的句子。（1 分）_6.根据短文内容填空。每空不超过 3
50、 个单词。（4 分）By using a dictionary, you can learn a new words (1)_, (2)_,八年级 英语期末第页（共 8 页）9(3)_ and others. You can learn some cultural knowledge and customs whichcan help develop your (4)_.VI. 书面表达 (共 15 分)假如你是 Maggie，最近收到了好友 Sarah 的来信，她在信中提到期末考试即将来临，她怕考得不好让父母生气，因此总是熬夜准备，导致睡眠不足，上课犯困，请据此给她写一封信，提出合理化的建议
