1、 八年级（下）期中考试英语试卷 题号IIIIIIIVVVI总分得分一、单选题（本大题共10小题，共10.0分）1. You could play with the sad girl and cheer _ up（）A. himB. herC. themD. you2. _April 26， 2003， Aron found himself in a very dangerous situation when climbing（）A. OnB. InC. AtD. To3. We should help our parents do housework as much as we can bec
2、ause they are just as _as we are（）A. moretiredB. mosttiredC. tiredD. themosttired4. -I worked in an old peoples home last summer-Oh， what did they ask you_ out with？（）A. helpB. tohelpC. helpingD. helped5. -I cant get on well with my brother-Well， you _sit down and communicate with him（）A. needB. wou
3、ldC. shouldD. will6. I _ you a copy of the report when I finish it（）A. sendB. sentC. hassentD. willsend7. Mr White _ a toothache and needed to see a doctor（）A. hadB. hasC. haveD. ishaving8. -What were you doing at 4：00pm yesterday afternoon？-I _ the classroom（）A. cleanedB. willcleanC. wascleaningD.
4、clean9. Our class is trying to _ some ideas to help old people because they are lonely（）A. takeafterB. lookthroughC. putupD. comeupwith10. -Excuse me， could you please help me do the dishes？-_（）A. NoproblemB. Yes，IdoC. ItsagoodideaD. Notatall二、阅读理解（本大题共15小题，共30.0分）ATom is a very popular young man He
5、 has many friends He has got four invitations Here are his replies Jim，I cant meet you at 6：00PM this evening because I wont finish work until 5：45 What about 6：30？ Is it OK with you？ Id love to have a game of tennisTomHi， Cary，Im sorry but I cant go to Music City for the concert with you tomorrow t
6、hough I love pop music so much I usually have a late meeting on Thursday evening Lets make it some other timeTomDear Kate，Thank you so much for inviting me! I cant dance very well， but Id love to go to the dance with you Ill pick you up at 6：30on Sunday eveningTomDear Susan，Ill be free and I can com
7、e to your birthday party on August 5， Saturday evening See you thenTom11. From the replies， we learn that Jim likes _ A. going to partiesB. listening to pop musicC. dancing with TomD. playing tennis12. Tom will go to the dance with _ A. KateB. SusanC. JimD. Cary13. Tom will go to Susans birthday par
8、ty _ A. on Saturday eveningB. this eveningC. on Thursday eveningD. on Sunday eveningBWhen I was seven years old， my family made me an ant farm First， we put clean sand in a thin glass box Then we waited for the ants to arrive After the ants were in the glass farm， they started to make tunnels （地道） I
9、 was amazed that each one knew exactly what to do Each had its own job On the fifth day a tragedy （悲剧） happened I put my face so close to the glass farm that I knocked it over All the tunnels fell down Although the ants remained alive after their earthquake， one by one they began to die I was scared
10、 as I watched them give up building their tunnels to carry the bodies to a corner of the farm My mother said that the ants were dying of sadness They simply could not stand that their tunnels were gone Although much time has passed， I still think of that ant farm Mom had hoped it would teach me abou
11、t the natural world， but it taught me much more Over the years， I came to realize the importance of teamwork Working together， the ants were able to make an amazing world for themselves I also learned that they should be admired （钦佩） for their hard work But there was an even larger lesson that I did
12、 not realize until recently： Adversity （逆境） is a natural part of life， and must be accepted Unlike the ants， we cannot give up when we are sad We have to realize that if a tunnel is gone， we must build another Giving up， I say， is not a good choice14. What did the writers family do for him when he w
13、as seven？ _ A. They made an ant farmB. They bought a few antsC. They caught a lot of antsD. They found an ant city15. What happened on the fifth day？ _ A. The earthquake happenedB. The writer put his face on the groundC. The writer knocked the ant farm overD. The ants started to make tunnels16. What
14、 did the writer come to realize a few years later？ _ A. Working together is uselessB. Teamwork is importantC. Adversity cant be acceptedD. Working alone is amazing17. Finally， the writer thinks that the ants died because _ A. they worked hardB. the writer made a mistakeC. the tunnel was goneD. they
15、gave u when they met difficultiesC We havent found anything that we cant recycle! Cigarette ends are everywhere-littering our streets and beaches-and for decades theyve been thought of as unrecyclable But a New Jersey based company， called TerraCycle， has taken on the challenge， and has come up with
16、 a way to recycle millions of cigarette ends and turn them into industrial plastic products Its aim is to recycle things that people normally consider impossible to reuse Obviously it would be even better for the environment if everyone just stopped smoking， but the statistics show that although the
17、re has been an increase in anti-smoking ads and messaging， between 2000and 2014， global sales of cigarettes increased by 8percent， and a whole lot of those cigarette ends are ending up as garbage Since most of our litter finally ends up in waterways， cigarette ends can surely pollute the surrounding
18、 environment It only takes a single cigarette end to pollute a liter of water， TerraCycle founder， Tom Szaky， said Animals can also mistake littered cigarette ends for food So how do you go about turning all those poisonous ends into something useful？ TerraCycle does this by first breaking them down
19、 into separate parts They mix the remaining materials， such as the tobacco and the paper， with other kinds of rubbish， and use it on non-agricultural land， such as golf courses The filters （过滤嘴） are a little harder To recycle these， TerraCycle first makes them clean and cuts them into small pieces，
20、and then combines them with other recycled materials， making them into liquid for industrial plastic products Theyre now also expanding their recycling offerings to the rest of the 80percent of household waste that currently cant be recycled， such as chocolate packaging， pens， and mobile phones The
21、goal is to use the latest research to find a way to stop so muchwaste ending up in landfill （垃圾填埋）， and then get companies to provide money for the process And so far， its working We havent found anything that we cant recycle， communications director of TerraCycle， Albe Zakes， said But with the amou
22、nt and variety of packaging and litter in the world， we are always looking for new waste materials to deal with18. What does TerraCycle want to do？ _ A. Search for recyclable materials for useB. Deal with as many cigarette ends as possibleC. Produce new kinds of industrial plastic productsD. Recycle
23、 what used to be considered unrecyclable19. The underlined word garbage in Paragraph 2probably means _ A. rubbishB. medicineC. snackD. treasure20. What does Paragraph 3mainly talk about？ _ A. How to use cigarette ends effectivelyB. How to recycle cigarette endsC. How hard recycling cigarette ends is
24、D. Why to break down cigarette ends21. What Albe said in the last paragraph suggests that _ A. there is more and more waste to be recycledB. it is difficult for TerraCycle to recycle everythingC. TerraCycle is trying to meet the challenge of new wasteD. TerraCycle has successfully recycled a large a
25、mount of wasteDIn todays households where both parents go to work and kids have busy schedules with school homework and many afternoon activities， finding time for a gathering at the table seems all but impossible Yet， studies have shown time and again that eating together has lots of benefits for f
26、amily members， especially children According to reports issued by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University （CASA）， children who eat more with their family are at lower risk of developing poor eating habits， weight problems or alcohol dependencies They tend to perfo
27、rm better academically than those who frequently eat alone Family meals came into American life in the mid-20th century In the60s and70s， social， economic and technological changes quickly dissolved the short-lived way of family meals Restaurant visits， take-out and TV dinners have since become norm
28、al There are indicators， however， that the old customs are coming back According to the latest CASA reports， 59% of surveyed families said they ate diner together at least five times a week， a significant increase from 47% in 1998 Whatever drives this trend， it is a development that should be welcom
29、ed Eating together as a family is not just about food and nutrition It is about teaching them how to become members of their society and culture Food has become so easily and cheaply available that we no longer appreciate its significance We have to rediscover its importance and its value Sharing a
30、meal with loved ones should be considered a special event， which can almost take on the form of a ceremony， as it was practiced by our ancestors for whom finding food was a constant struggle Of course， there is no guarantee that the simple act of eating at home surrounded by family may make children
31、 more virtuous or socially more responsible But it can lay the groundwork for a lot of things that point them in the right direction22. What does the underlined sentence suggest？ _ A. Dining at home would enjoy great popularityB. The society was to develop at a fast speedC. This practice of family m
32、eals started to changeD. Americans would attach importance to take-out23. What is the writers attitude towards eating together as a family？ _ A. AgainstB. EncouragingC. Neither against nor encouragingD. Uninterested24. From the passage we learn our ancestors possibly _ A. valued the education of chi
33、ldrenB. liked struggling with each otherC. appreciated the importance of foodD. cared much about food nutrition25. Which of the following can be the best title for the passage？ _ A. Family Dinners Benefit KidsB. Good Eating Habits MatterC. Meals Take on New MeaningsD. Old Customs Are Coming Back三、完形
34、填空（本大题共10小题，共10.0分）The journey my daughter Cathy has had with her swimming is as long as it is beautiful Cathy suffered some terrible(26) in her early childhood After years of treatment， she finally became healthy Two years ago， while Cathy was watching the Olympics， a dream came into her sweet litt
35、le head-to be a swimmer Last summer， she wanted to(27)our local swimming team She practiced hard and finally (28) it The team practice， however， was a hard start She coughed and choked and could hardly pull through her first few weeks Hearing her coughing seriously one night， I decided to(29)her fro
36、m it all But Cathy woke me up early next morning， wearing her swimsuit ready to go! I told her she shouldnt swim after a whole nights coughing， but she refused to(30) and insisted she go From that day on， Cathy kept swimming and didnt(31)a single practice She always tried her best to be the best My
37、ten-year-old was growing and changing right before my eyes， into this determined human being There were moments of sadness ofcourse： often she would be the last swimmer in the race It was difficult for Cathy to accept that she wasnt a (32) -ever But that didnt stop her from trying Then came the fina
38、l awards ceremony（颁奖典礼） at the end of the year Cathy didnt expect any award but was still there to cheer for her friends As the ceremony was nearing the end， I suddenly heard the head coach announcing， The highest honor goes to Cathy! Looking around， he continued， Cathy has inspired us with her(33)a
39、nd warmth (34)skills and talents bring great success， the most valuable asset（财富）one can hold is the heart It was the greatest (35)of my daughters life With all she had been through in her ten years， this was the hour of true success26. A. failureB. pressureC. illnessD. danger27. A. improveB. trainC
40、. contactD. join28. A. brokeB. madeC. controlledD. found29. A. fireB. tellC. hideD. pull30. A. give upB. put offC. take offD. show up31. A. wasteB. dropC. missD. start32. A. beginnerB. winnerC. partnerD. learner33. A. spiritB. satisfactionC. relationD. decision34. A. SinceB. AlthoughC. OnceD. Becaus
41、e35. A. changeB. trainingC. momentD. development四、单词拼写/单词释义（本大题共2小题，共15.0分）36. Life is like a journey On the way， we have happiness and sadness (1) Its not difficult for anyone around you to tell his regrets When we get older， we look back and wish that we had made better choices How can we avoid fu
42、ture regrets？ Make better plans If you start to do something， youd better make a plan before doing it The earlier， the better You will know what comes first and what comes last (2) If changes happen， you can have more time to deal with them Live a more active life You can go around more often More o
43、utdoor activities can keep you relaxed and active You also need to be kind Thank you can bring a smile to someones face (3) Find the right friend A friend may make your life and he or she can break your life as well So you need to think twice when you choose a friend Good friends will always make yo
44、ur ideas better (4) That little help may get you good results Never fear failure Everybody fails Even the greatest person failed (5) We must take failure as a chance to learn and improve ourselves Life is good We dont have to live in our past， but we do hope that we can plan better， live better， and
45、 work better when we have the chance to do so A We should not fear failure， because failure is not the end of the road B Learn to say sorry and dont be angry with others C Sometimes it is also full of regrets D Youll also know what you should do and what you shouldnt do E When you get into trouble，
46、ask others for help37. help， put， make， family， heavy Ben could hear strong winds outside his home in Alabama Black clouds were making the sky very dark With no light outside， it felt like midnight The news on TV reported that a (1) rainstorm was in the area Everyone in the neighborhood was busy Bens dad was (2) pieces of wood over the windows while his mom was making sure the flashlights and radio were working She also put some candles and matches on the table Ben was helping his mom (3) dinner when the rain began to beat heavily against the windows After dinner， they tried to play a card ga
