1、华侨城中学 2021-2022 学年度第一学期期中考试华侨城中学 2021-2022 学年度第一学期期中考试 八八年级英语试卷 年级英语试卷 命题教师：Wonder 考生须知：命题教师：Wonder 考生须知： 1.全卷分试题卷和答题卷两部分，共 9 页，其中试题卷共 7 页，答题卷共 2页。考试时间 70 分钟，全卷满分 75 分。 2.考生必须在答题卡上按规定作答，在试卷和草稿纸上的答案一律无效。 一. 完形填空（10 分） . 完形填空（10 分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。 （共 10 小题，每小题 1 分） Our jun
2、ior high school life is coming to an end. So my classmates and I decided to make a special 1._for our own favorite teacher in the ceramics( 陶艺) class. After being dried for a long time in the fire, our gifts for teachers were 2. _.Chen Hui took them out of the kiln(窑). CRASH ( 碎裂声) ! His cup, Xiao Y
3、aos 3. _, and my heart broke into pieces all over the floor. “My elephant lost her trunk (象鼻) ! Xiao Yao shouted. My heart is broken! I 4. _almost at the same time. Im so sorry! Chen Hui said. Bring 5. _to the repair station, said Xiao Yao, Lets see what we can do with some magic glue. We tried many
4、 times, 6. _ the magic glue worked only on Chen Huis cup. The trunk and the heart were in too many broken bits to put back together. Now my elephant has a short nose instead of a trunk, said Xiao Yao, It 7. _like a little dog with big ears. And its 8. _lovely! Lets call it doglephant! A cute dogleph
5、ant! Cool! You just turned the accident into a happy one! I said. And right then, I knew 9. _to do. Maybe I could make a mosaic ( 镶嵌画) by using the pieces of my broken heart. When it was all done, everyone thought it was pretty cool. Yes, my present didnt turn out the way Id planned, but it turned o
6、ut even 10. _! 1. A. gift B. hat C. bag D. coat 2. A. safe B. broken C. ready D. wet 3. A. dog B. elephant C. cat D. panda 4. A. smiled B. read C. wrote D. cried 5. A. something B. nothing C. everything D. anything 6. A. as B. but C. so D. though 7. A. looks B. sounds C. smells D. tastes 8. A. still
7、 B. never C. almost D. hardly 9. A. when B. how C. which D. what 10. A. worse B. better C. heavier D. cheaper 二二. . 阅读理解阅读理解（40 分）分） 第一节第一节 阅读下列短文，从下面每小题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。 （共 15 小题，每小题 2 分） （A） ( )11. Where is the Marks JCH Summer Day Camp? A. In England. B. In America. C. In Australia. D. In
8、France. ( )12. Which is NOT true about Marks JCH Summer Day Camp? A. It has a history of over 90 years. B. Campers can learn new skills. C. Its the most popular camp in the country. D. Campers can get special feelings. ( )13. Who can go to the Marks JCH Summer Day Camp? A. Six-year-old Linda. B. Ten
9、-year-old John. C. Sixteen-year-old Susan. D. Two-year-old Lisa. ( )14. How much should Rose pay at least if she wants to go to the camp with her sister? Welcome to Marks JCH Summer Day Camp Our camp has a history of more than 90 years. We always believe that camp is an important part of a childs li
10、fe. Camp can help children make friends and learn new skills. Camp can be one of the most useful and lasting experiences in a childs life. Every summer, over 11 million children come to our camps throughout North America. Join them this summer and experience that special feeling! Camp Information Ad
11、dress: 7802 Bay Parkway, Brooklyn, NY, US, 11214 Tel.: 718-943-6343 (Michael Smith) Website: www.jchb. org/summer-c amps/ Camp Type: Day Camp Gender: Girls Ages: 3-14 years old Camp Dates: June 29 August 18 Camp Fees: $820 $3,200 Activities: Swimming, arts and crafts and trips. Reviews (评论) By Diana
12、, June 23, 2018 Great camp! My daughters went camping together and they loved it! By Kate, April 4, 2018 Best camp! The Marks JCH is a home away from home for all. It has camp programs for children with special needs. I give it five stars. A. $820. B. $1,640. C. $3,200. D. $6,400. ( )15. What can we
13、 learn from the passage? A. Diana went to the camp with her children in 2018. B. Children with special needs cannot go to the camp. C. Michael Smith will teach you to swim if you go to the camp. D. People have more than one way to learn more about the camp. （B） I work as a waiter in a caf . I spend
14、the morning hours with coffee and see the friendly customers every day. But there are always those mornings when a few unwanted customers come in. They often ask for coffee without looking at me directly. Some customers are discourteous and they think that customers are always right. Just like me, A
15、ustin Simms of Cups Coffee and Tea has had enough of this. To help some customers with their manners (礼貌), he put a sign outside showing their new way of setting prices. His new sign shows the cost of a coffee is $5. If a customer walks up to the waiter and simply says, “Small coffee”, he or she wil
16、l need to pay $5 for that small coffee. The price of “small coffee, please” goes down to $3. In other words, a nice word “please” with a request for a small coffee will cut the price by $2. The coffee only costs $1.75 if the customer says, “Hello. One small coffee, please.” So you can see that custo
17、mers who show the best manners get the largest discounts (折扣). This new way has made some customers rethink their manners. We can be sure that at least some customers have become polite even though they do it just to get discounted coffee. The more you do something, the more you will get used to it.
18、 This way can actually help some customers be polite. ( ) 16. What can we learn from Paragraph 1? A. The writer always thinks he is right. B. The writer is happy with his job in the caf . C. Some customers often make the writer unhappy. D. Some customers want to learn to make coffee from the writer.
19、 ( ) 17. What does the underlined word “discourteous” mean? A. Impolite. B. Rich. C. Worried. D. Busy. ( ) 18. Which of the following decides the price of coffee according to Austins way? A. Customers hope for the waiter. B. The size of coffee customers ask for. C. Customers ideas of the waiters wor
20、k. D. The ways that customers talk to the waiter. ( ) 19. What do we know about Austin? A. He can always buy discounted coffee. B. He found a way to help some customers be polite. C. He often drinks coffee in Cups Coffee and Tea. D. He is the most polite customer in Cups Coffee and Tea. ( ) 20. What
21、 can we infer (推断) from the last paragraph? A. The writer supports Austins way. B. Some customers are more polite than others. C. Its impossible for impolite customers to learn manners. D. The new way is the best way to help customers be polite. （C） The Tour de France is a very difficult bike race.
22、It takes place in France every summer. It lasts(持续) over three weeks and covers about 3,500 kilometres. Riders race on dangerous roads. Every day, the riders finish a different part of the race, called a “stage”. Every stage can have a different winner (赢家). In the end, the racer with the shortest t
23、otal (总计的) time in the past stages will get a yellow jersey (shirt). But there are no women in the Tour de France, only men. Amaury Sport Organization (ASO) is the group behind the Tour de France. In 2014, ASO began having a shorter race for women called La Course. But La Course is not a long, diffi
24、cult race with many stages. To call for a womens Tour de France, a French cycling club started a special project called “Journe -1” or “J-1”. As part of J-1, from the year of 2015, a group of women began riding the same course (赛程) as the mens Tour de France, just one day earlier. Women wont have to
25、 take part in the J-1 project next year. Thats because ASO says that in July of 2022, they will have the Tour de France Femmes a Tour de France for women. It will be an eight-day race with many stages. And it will start right after the mens Tour de France. ( )21. Which is NOT mentioned (提到) about th
26、e Tour de France? A. When it takes place. B. How long it lasts for. C. How many stages it has. D. What the final winner will get. ( )22. Which of the following is TRUE about La Course? A. ASO started it in 2015. B. Its a bike race for women. C. It is more difficult than Journ e -1. D. It has the sam
27、e course as the Tour de France. ( )23. What are the differences between the mens Tour de France and the womens Tour de France? The lasting time. The number of the riders. The starting time. The group behind them. A. B. C. D. ( )24. What does the passage mainly want to tell us? A. The Tour de France
28、is very difficult. B. The Tour de France Femmes is coming. C. Women can take part in the Tour de France now. D. ASO is working hard for the womens Tour de France. ( )25. In which part of a newspaper can we read the passage? A. PEOPLE B. TRAVEL C. SPORT D. CULTURE 第第二节二节 短文填空短文填空 以下是一则短文。请阅读短文，并从下列方框
29、里的六个句子中选择五个还原到原文中，使原文的意思完整、连贯。 （共 5 小题，每小题 1 分） A. He likes to play and he is smart. B. So I bought the $10 toy for the dog. C. Sisu will live a happy life with his toy. D. Sisu thinks getting a unicorn toy will make his life easier. E. Nobody knows why Sisu wants the unicorn toy so much. F. But eve
30、ry time he got it, the shop keeper would find him. Sisu is a stray dog (流浪狗). For him, the unicorn (独角兽) is his best friend. Life in the streets is hard. (26)_ Last week, Sisu got into a shop in North Carolina five times, trying to steal (偷) the same purple unicorn toy. (27)_ He would take the toy a
31、way and put it back on the shelf. Sisu would not give up and the shop keeper didnt know what to do. So, finally, the shop keeper called Duplin County Animal Services for help. “We got a call from the shop keeper and he told us about the whole thing,” Samantha Lane from Duplin County Animal Services
32、said. “Then I went to the shop. I found the dog wanted the toy very much. (28)_ I think I did the right thing.” (29)_ Samantha said, “We all think that is because of Sisus former (以前的) home. Maybe he had a unicorn toy before.” Sisu is a really nice dog. Samantha said. “(30)_ He sits, stays and shake
33、s (握) hands. He is very friendly. I think Sisu and his toy will have a new home soon.” 第三节 信息匹配 下面的材料 AF 分别介绍了六项课外活动。请根据 Paul、Helen、Millie、Kevin、 Emma 五位学生的情况， 帮助他们选出他们最可能感兴趣的活动， 并将其标号填入题前括号内。 （共 5 小题，每小题 1 分） A. Big Wild Walk Big Wild Walk gives you a way to find out wild spaces. In this activity,
34、you need to walk three kilometres a day. Get ready to count (数) your steps or record your walks. B. Coramvoice Coram Group will have a writing competition (竞赛) called Coramvoice for young people to dream about life. You can write a short story about your dream life to take part in it. C. Chinese pai
35、nting Class You can learn how to paint a bird, flower, or people with brushes. We will provide the tools and paper for you. We have both day and night lessons. D. Creative Earth Art Competition In the competition, children should paint or draw a picture about the Earth in the future. We hope people
36、can help save the Earth when they see the pictures. E. The Pony Club Are you interested in horses? The Pony Club teaches you how to ride horses. It also trains you to take care of horses. F. Martin House Shops You can give your old things to us. After we sell them, well give the money to poor childr
37、ens families. Or you can help us sell the things for the children in need. ( )31. Paul likes animals. He wants to learn how to look after them. ( )32. Helen is looking for a way to ask others to care for the Earth. ( )33. Millie is helpful. He would like to do something to help others. ( )34. Kevin
38、wants to go out for exercise every day. ( )35. Emmas dream is to be a writer. She needs some writing practice. 三三.语法填空语法填空 (10 分分) 阅读下面短文， 在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。 （共 10 小题，每小题 1 分） New York is on the coast, north-east of the U.S. It is one of the 36. _ (large) cities in the world. It 37. _ (cal
39、l) the Capital of the World. If you are a sport fan, you can go to Madison Square Garden which is the home court of New York Knicks, 38. _famous NBA team. In addition, maybe you are interested in 39. _ (watch) films. Then the latest foreign and American films can be watched at New Yorks finest cinem
40、a, the Film Forum. It is also a good idea 40. _ (spend) some time in Central Park watching a play by Shakespeare in the open air if you come to New York in summer. If you like operas, the Metropolitan Modern Open House is a good place. The Museum of Modern Art is a place for 41. _ (love) of painting
41、s. Dont worry 42. _ your meals. All kinds of restaurants can be 43. _ (easy) found here. You can not only eat Western food, especially American food, 44. _ also the food from China, Thailand, Vietnam, India or the Philippines. If you go there some day, you will understand 45. _it is known as the Cit
42、y That Never Sleeps. 四 . 书面表达（15 分） 四 . 书面表达（15 分） 假如你是李明,你最近很不开心。请根据下面的要点提示,用英文给你的笔友John 写一封电子邮件,告诉他你遇到的问题,并请他给你一些好的建议. 要点提示：1.作业多，几乎没有时间休息； 2.经常感到紧张，睡不好觉； 3.(需补充至少一条) 要求：1.所写内容应包含所有要点,可适当发挥； 2.不得出现真实的人名、校名等相关信息； 3.词数： 80 词左右,开头结尾已给出,不计入总词数 提示词：nervous(adj)紧张的 pressure(u.n)压力 advice(u.n)建议 Dear John, Long time no see，how are you？_ _ _ Best wishes！ Yours Li Ming
