1、八年级（上）期末英语复习卷二第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分30分）第一节（共4小题，每小题6分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项。AFunThaiSea 2021No idea where to spend your vacation? If you are a big fan of sun, beach, and water sports, then you must join FunThaiSea 2021!Over the years, FunThaiSea has taken people to many places in Thaila
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5、etter than.（3）What does the reading say about Cora Island ?A.It makes the best boats in Thailand.B.It is the most popular island in Thailand.C.It has nice weather in every season.D.It has the most beaches in Thailand.BPosted on 13 October by Selina I started making some of my own clothes last Decemb
6、er and Im really enjoying it. My mum first got me interested in it because she makes a lot of her own things. I started off by designing（设计）something quite simple - a T-shirt. It wasnt as easy as I thought it would be, and it took me quite a long time. I was pleased by my work, though, and I enjoyed
7、 making it.In fact, I liked it so much that I decided to study how to make clothes at college. I signed up for a course （报名课程）earlier this year and started on the first day of July. On the course, I learned all about making trousers and skirts and were going to start looking at jackets quite soon. I
8、t is great, and I saved plenty of money, as I buy fewer clothes now.（1）What does Paragraph 1 mainly tell us ?A. Whom the writers mother made a lot of things for.B. Where the writer learned to make her own clothes.C. When and why the writer started making clothes.D. Who found the writer had talents i
9、n making clothes.（2）Why did Selina design a T-shirt at first ? A. She thought making a T-shirt was not difficult.B. She wanted to make a T-shirt for Mum.C. She didnt have enough money to buy a T-shirt.D. Her T-shirt was too small for her to wear.（3）When did the writer most probably sign up for the c
10、ourse ?A. In March.B. In July.C. In October.D. In December.（4）What will the writer learn from the course soon ?A. How to make T-shirts.B. How to make trousers.C. How to make jackets.D. How to make skirts.CNow Im going to show you how to work with chocolate, ril do it in a bainmarie, or well, some pe
11、ople call it water bath. I myself love the name bain-marie. To make a bain-marie, you need two pots, one bigger than the other. First, break the chocolate into small pieces and put them in the smaller pot.Usually when making chocolate desserts（甜品）, youll need to mix chocolate with butter and sugar.
12、So if you do, put in the pot too. Now，half fill the bigger pot with warm water. Put the smaller pot over the bigger one, and start to slowly mix the chocolate, the butter, and the sugar together. Keep the water under 50C, or the chocolate may not look good. And make sure that no water goes in the sm
13、aller pot, or the chocolate will become hard and cannot be used. Keep mixing for about five to ten minutes, and the job is done.Easy, right ?（1）What does the underlined word them mean in Paragraph 2 ?A.Bains-marie.B.Butter and sugar.C.Chocolate desserts.D.Small pieces of chocolate.（2）From the readin
14、g, which picture best shows the bain-marie way of working with chocolate?（3）From the reading, which is true about working with chocolate?A.It is better to use a bainmarie than a Water bath.B.The water in the pot should not be warmer than 50CC.Chocolate will easily become hard if we put it in a small
15、 pot.D.We should not mix butter and sugar together at the same time.（4）Who may find this passage most useful?A.Lily.She expects to know more about different tastes of desserts.B.Jane.She wants to know how to take a warm bath in five minutes.C.Tony.He plans to give up junk food and go on a diet to ge
16、t thinner.D.Mark.He hopes to learn to make quick and easy desserts for his son.DABC News For many people, having a cup of coffee right out of bed is the best way to start a day. But a report from Asap Science says otherwise. It says the worst time for coffee is soon after we get up. When we wake up,
17、 our bodies start to make cortisol（皮质醇）.Cortisol helps us to think clearly and be quick to understand and act.The cortisol levels rise after we wake up and climb to the highest in about an hour.So there are two problems when we drink coffee during this time: our bodies will make less cortisol, and t
18、he cortisol will make coffee less useful. And thats why some of us drink more and more coffee.Then, whens the best time to have coffee? When the cortisol levels are going down, the report says.Cortisol levels are usually highest between 8 a.m.and 9 a.m., between noon and 1 p.m., and between 5:30 p.m
19、.and 6:30 p.m. So if you want to have coffee, enjoy it after these times，and this popular drink will help you the most.What do you think?（1）Which idea is talked about in the news ? A.How often we should drink coffee.B.What happens when we have too much coffee.C.How to help the body make the cortisol
20、 we need.D.What happens when we have coffee at the wrongtime.（2）What does it mean when someone thinks otherwise about something? A.They are serious about it.B.They have no idea about it.C.They think differently about it.D.They do not think it is a problem.（3）The picture below shows how the cortisol
21、levels rise and fall during the day.From the news, which is a good time for coffee?A.A.B.B.C.C.D.D.（4）Four people read the news and wrote what they thought about it.What did they think about the news ?A.They wanted to try what it said.B.They were sad about what it said.C.They did not agree with what
22、 it said.D.They were not surprised at what it said.第二节（共1小题，每小题10分，满分10分）下面文章中有五处（第31-35题）需要添加标题。请从以下选项（A、B、C、D、E和F）中 选出符合意思的标题，选项中有一项为多余选项。A. GardeningB. Helping with homeworkC. Pet CareD. Teaching computingE. Car CleaningF. House CleaningForget babysitting! Looking after the neighbors baby is not
23、the most interesting job in the world. But what other work can a teenager do? （1） Busy people dont have much time for housework, so you can offer to clean their house or tidy their garage（车库）. （2） People always need help in the garden. In spring you can plant flowers, in summer you can water the pla
24、nts, in autumn you can sweep dead leaves and in winter you can sweep away the snow. （3） Do your neighbors have pets? Yes? Then you are in luck. Talk to them and offer to walk their dog or feed their cat. You can even look after their pets when they go on holiday. （4） Some older people cant use a com
25、puter. Remember that they probably didnt have a computer when they were children. You can make money teaching them to use their computers. （5） Are you good at music, a foreign language, or math? Then you can help younger children with their homework.第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分15分）第一节：完形填空（共1小题，每小题15分，满分15分）通
26、读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出一个最佳选项。When Helen left home to buy some chocolate and butter, her elder daughter, 12-year-old Vanessa was watching a movie and her little daughter, 10-month-old Alice, was sleeping in the room. Helen told Vanessa to（1） Alice and watch the cake in the oven. Just（2）
27、 Helen left the house, the little daughter Alice（3） and got out of her bed. Vanessa didnt（4） her sister because the film was making a noise. She also forgot the（5） . But she heard the milkman. She ran out of the house without taking her key and locked（锁）（6） out. Through the window, she saw Alice in
28、the room. At this time, she（7） the cake and knew Alice was in（8） . She ran to the nearest pay phone（9） and called 999. When the（10） arrived, they found Vanessa crying outside（11） Alice was laughing inside. They went in and found the dog, Nap, playing with Alice in the kitchen. He was jumping around
29、her and the（12） . When Nap saw the firemen, he stopped at once as if（好像）to say, Now its your（13） . She is safe. The house was（14） of smoke （烟雾）then. They believed that Nap was really（15） because he was playing with Alice to keep her away from the oven.（1）A. run afterB. look afterC. reach forD. look
30、for（2）A. beforeB. untilC. afterD. since（3）A. woke upB. put upC. turned upD. picked up（4）A. touchB. seeC. findD. hear（5）A. milkB. chocolateC. cakeD. butter（6）A. herselfB. her motherC. her dogD. her sister（7）A. gotB. rememberedC. cookedD. ate（8）A. surpriseB. dangerC. personD. peace（9）A. happilyB. simp
31、lyC. quietlyD. quickly（10）A. postmenB. policemenC. firemenD. milkmen（11）A. orB. butC. becauseD. so（12）A. phoneB. bedC. keyD. oven（13）A. callB. lineC. turnD. mistake（14）A. shortB. freeC. fullD. sure（15）A. usefulB. colorfulC. thankfulD. careful第三部分英语知识运用（共两节， 满分10分）第二节：（共1小题，每小题10分，满分10分）阅读下面材料，在空白处填入
32、适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。将答案填写 在答题纸的相应位置。I have quite a healthy life these days, but I wasnt always so good! A few months ago, I knew that I needed（1） （change）my habits. I was spending too much time（2） the computer and not eating well. I decided to do something about it. The first thing I changed was
33、my diet.（3） my parents always cooked healthy meals for me, I often ate junk food between（4） （meal）. I stopped doing this and got thinner（5） （quick）. Then I started to do more exercise. I never（6） （sit） in front of TV all evening and I went out for（7） short run. I ran a little further each week and f
34、eel so much（8） （good）now! I also found that I wasnt getting enough sleep because I often stayed up late playing computer games. I also decided to keep（9）_ （I）away from the computer. All this goes to show that if someone wants to change, he（10） （make）it!第四部分 写作（共两节，满分10分）第一节：单词拼写（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）根据
35、下列句子及所给的首字母，在答题纸上按题号写出各单词的正确、完全形式（每空限填一 词）。1Yesterday I s an email to Tim but he didnt reply to me.2A d is a person whose job is to take care of peoples teeth.3-Maria looks much p with her hair cut short. -Yes, shes more beautiful in short hair.4The book isnt here. Where e should I look？5After sever
36、al minutes ride, we f arrived at the hotel.6Our English teacher often tells some j to make us laugh.7We w over an hour for the train because there were too many people.8Astronauts live on a s station.9You can see yourself when you look in a m .10-Can you h out with us on Monday night?-Sure! Catch you on Monday!第二节：书面表达（共1小题，满分15分）18（15分）假如你是李华，正在美国游学，请根据下面的调查数据图，拟一则80字左右的发言稿，向美 国同学介绍中国学生最喜欢的电视节目及理由。Survey about Favorite TV ShowsSoap Operas 7%Talk Shows 36%Sports Shows 16%Game Shows 16%Talent Shows 25%_6
