人教版八年级上学期期末考试英语试题C卷

人教版八年级上学期期末考试英语试题C卷一、 完形填空。 (共1题；共10分)1. （10分）阅读下列短文，从每题A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出填入空白处的最佳选项 Spring is coming. As a Chinese saying goes, The whole 1work depends on a good start in spring. In order to 2a good job for the whole year, we often like to make some plans and preparations at this time of the year. However, many of us have a lot of plans in the beginning and finally fails to carry them out. How can we deal with 3like this?Conditions in our lives change every day. Sometimes, we cant realize our plans4. We should learn to change or even give up our plans. For 5, I like to have a plan. When I learn about things that 6on certain dates, I write them on my calendar. I also keep some blank paper on my desk. When 1 realize I should do something today or tomorrow, I write it down, 7I will forget. I think when we become busy doing one thing. It is easy to forget the other things we planned to do. As the day goes on, I can see 8I still have to do. Thats different from 9plans but I find it very useful. I think we must be prepared to change plans to suit conditions. Plansalways changes because of 10conditions. The best we can do is to try to make our plans but realize we must change them as we go. Thats what life is all about.My dear friends, its time for you to make a good plan for the coming exam. Try your best and you are sure to succeed!（1）A . year B . years C . months D . month （2）A . make B . do C . set D . have （3）A . feelings B . ideas C . preblems D . emotions （4）A . successfully B . carefully C . safely D . lonely （5）A . yourself B . ourselves C . themselves D . myself （6）A . have happened B . happened C . will happen D . happens （7）A . so B . but C . or D . than （8）A . how B . whether C . what D . when （9）A . make B . making C . to make D . makes （10）A . usual B . the same C . different D . daily 二、 阅读理解。 (共4题；共28分)2. （6分） Chinese are very generous when it comes to educating their children. Not caring about the money, parents often send their children to the best schools or even abroad to England, the United States and Australia. They also want their children to take extra-course activities where they will either learn a musical instrument(乐器) or ballet, or other classes which will give them a head in life. The Chinese believe that the more expensive an education is, the better it is. So parents will spend an unreasonable amount of money on education. Even poor couples will buy a computer for their son or daughter. However, what most parents fail to see is that the best early education they can give their children is usually very cheap.Parents can see that their children are very skilled in some areas while poor in others. What most parents fail to realize though, is that todays children are short of self-respect and self-confidence.The problem is that parents are only educating their children on how to take multiple-choice tests and how to study well, but parents are not teaching them the most important skills that they need to be confident, happy and clever.Parents can achieve this by teaching practical skills like cooking, sewing and doing other housework. Teaching a child to cook will improve many of the skills that he will need later in life. Cooking requires patience and time. It is an enjoyable but difficult experience. A good cook always tries to improve his cooking, so he will learn to work hard and finish his job successfully step by step. His result, a well-cooked dinner, will give him much satisfaction and lots of self-confidence.Some old machines, such as a broken radio or TV set that you give your child to play with will make him curious and arouse(激发) his interest. He will spend hours looking at them, trying to fix them; your child might become an engineer when he grows up. These activities are not only teaching a child to read a book, but rather to think, to use his mind. And that is more important.（1）Most Chinese parents dont realize_.A . how much the best education is worthB . when children should be educatedC . what children really need in later lifeD . why school tests dont satisfy children（2）What is the main idea of the last paragraph?A . Fixing old machines is very important.B . Interest is necessary for everything.C . Broken things are useful for children.D . Using hands helps improve thinking ability.（3）The writers attitude（看法） to childrens education is thatA . the cheaper an education is, the better it isB . children today should learn different skillsC . practical skills are useful to childrens growthD . school education cant meet parents expectation.3. （8分）根据短文理解，选择正确答案。During the day, you spend a lot of time running, jumping, laughing, eating, and talking. You use up a lot of energy(能量), and by the end of the day youre tired. Sleep gives your body a chance to rest.But your brain (大脑) and body are not completely at rest during sleep. While you sleep, your mind may think of the things that happened during the day. It keeps the important things in mind as memories(记忆). It also thinks about things you were worrying about, and you may wake up with answers to some of your problems.You also grow while you sleep. The thing called human growth hormone (荷尔蒙) in the body helps you grow during sleep. This growth hormone also helps the body to repair itself.Sleep helps your body to conserve energy too. You use up a lot of energy during your daily activities. But when you sleep, your body temperature falls, and your metabolism (新陈代谢) slows down. You are still using some energy, but much less than when you are awake and active.Have you ever stayed up past your bedtime? Did you have difficulty getting up the next morning? Maybe you had problems seeing clearly or you cannot think clearly. That was your bodys way of saying, I need sleep! A lack ( 缺乏) of sleep can stop your body and mind from working correctly.（1）What does human growth hormone do while people sleep? A . It helps people rest well.B . It helps repair the body.C . It helps answer problems.D . It helps slow the body down.（2）According to the passage, which of the following tells you need sleep? A . You use up a lot of energy.B . You enjoy daily activities.C . Your body temperature falls.D . You dont want to get up.（3）What does the underlined word conserve mean? A . provideB . moveC . saveD . spend（4）What is this passage mainly about? A . Sleep is very important.B . The brain needs enough sleep.C . Good ways to sleep well.D . People use energy when sleeping4. （4分） From old times, India has been a good friend of China. The two big Asian countries now work more closely on border problems, trade (贸易) and IT.India is an interesting and mysterious( 神秘的)country with a long history. Around 2,000 BC, Indian civilization (文明) was born. It is one of the four oldest civilizations in the world.India is also the birthplace of Buddhism (佛教).A famous Chinese novel, A Journey to the West, is about a Chinese monk (和尚) who tried very hard to learn about Buddhism from India.The book comes from a true story. Xuanzang, a Buddhist monk was sent to India by the King of the Tang Dynasty.After many years, he brought back lots of Buddhist books. The name India was first used by Xuanzang in his work.Today, religion(宗教) is still an important part of Indian culture. There are many religions there. Most Indian people believe in Hinduism (印度教).In India, cows are very special animals because Hinduism says they are holy (神圣的). So Indians dont sell or eat beef.Like China,India is a developing country with a large population(人口). It has about 1.03 billion people compared to Chinas 1.3 billion. More than two thirds of Indians still live a poor life in the countryside.India has no birth control so its population is growing fast. By 2030, India could even have more people than China.Hindi (印地语) is the mother tongue of Indian people. But Britain took India in 1757 and stayed there until 1947. Because of this, English slowly became the other official language.（1）Why dont Indians sell or eat beef?A . Because they dont like it.B . Because they are afraid of getting ill.C . Because they see cows as holy animals.D . Because beef is very expensive.（2）What is/are the official language(s) of India?A . HindiB . EnglishC . Both of the aboveD . None of the above5. （10分）阅读理解(A) Walt Disney was born in 1901. He created the Mickey Mouse in 1927. It made him very famous .He died in 1966, but his work and his dreams did not die. Now people all over the world enjoy his Mickey Mouse and other cartoons. Walt Disney was a man who did not give up easily. One summer, he wanted a job in a post office, but they told him that he was too young. He went home, drew some lines on his face. And put on his fathers suit and hat. Then he went back to the same office and told them he was 18. He got the job finally. Later in his life, Mr. Disney had a dream. He wanted to build a new kind of amusement park(游乐场). It would be clean and beautiful. The children could play happily there and the adults(成年人) could live in nice hotels . It would be fun for people of all ages. It was called Disneyland. Engineers told him it was an impossible dream. His family and friends thought he was mad(疯狂的). But Mr. Disney did not give up his idea. In1955, Disneyland opened to the public and became the most successful amusement park in the USA. Walt Disneys dream came true.（1）When did Walt Disney create his Mickey Mouse ? A . in 1927B . in 1955C . in 1901D . in 1966（2）Walt Disney might be _ years old when he got a job in a post office . A . less than 18B . 19C . 22D . 18（3）What does the words “ give up” mean in Chinese ? A . 吃惊B . 高兴C . 给予D . 放弃（4）The first Disneyland opened to the public in _ in 1955 . A . ChinaB . AmericaC . JapanD . We dont know（5）Which people can play or live in the Disneyland ? A . ChildrenB . AdultsC . We dont knowD . Children and Adults三、 词汇运用。 (共2题；共20分)6. （10分）阅读短文并选择方框内的适当形式填空，每空仅填一个词，每个词仅用一次。as, close, end, family, large, last, over, performance, say, traditionCCTV New Years Gala(春晚) is a Chinese New Year special produced by China Central Television. The program begins at 8:00 PM and _ until about 1:00 AM on the first day of the New Year.The program has received extremely _audiences(观众), which have grown greatly _the years. As the Chinese New Years Eve is a time when the_members get together, the Gala adds a pleasant mood to the house _people sis in front of their TV set laughing, discussing and enjoying the _. It has become a _in China to watch the New Years Gala. Around 1:00 in the early morning, the program _with the song Cant Forget Tonight.To bring audiences even _to the yearly show, the Gala organizers have tired many ways to make the program more attractive. It is _that there will be no advertisements this year so that audiences can be satisfied with a natural and smooth Gala.7. （10分）短文填空。Reading books is a good hobby for all kinds of reasons.First, reading books is f _. You can always keep yourself amused if you like reading. This is especially useful when the weather is bad. It is a relaxing hobby too. You can really become lost in a book.Next, you can read a book a _: in a car, in a waiting-room, on a plane, in bedeven in the bath. All you need is a book! Reading is a convenient hobby as it is easy to s_and then start again.A _good reason for reading books is that it is useful. If you read as a hobby you will get better and better at it. This m_that you will read faster and will become better at understanding what you read. As your reading improves, you will probably find your schoolwork becomes much e_. Many school subjects depend on good reading and, as you read, you learn more and more.Some people say that reading is out of date (过时). This is not true. You have to be able to read to use a computer and, the better you read, the b_your computer skills will be. Reading is n_out of date!Good readers are most likely to be good w_, too. They usually have more things to write about. Reading books is a wonderful hobby, one of the best. W_other hobbies could be more useful, or more enjoyable?四、 语法填空。 (共1题；共10分)8. （10分）请认真阅读下面短文，并根据各题所给首字母的提示，写出一个合适的英语单词完整、正确的形式，使短文通顺。There are four people in my family. Every day my parents are very busy trying to make _ min order to pay the high tuition (学费) for my brother and me. They hardly say “I love you” or send flowersto each other. Besides, my father has a bad temper (脾气). It is _efor him to lose his temper _whes very tired from the hard work. I didnt know whether there was love between them untilone spring. At that time, my father _sgot badly sick. My mother had to stay with him in the_hfor a month. When they returned from the hospital, they both looked very weakas if both of them had a serious illness.After they were back, my mother helped my father_wslowly on the country road every day in the morning and dusk. _H, after two months my father still couldnt walk by _h. All of us were worried about him.”Dad, how are you feeling now?” I asked him one day.“Susan, dont_wabout me.” he said ina low voice. “I just like walking with your mom. I like this kind of life.” Reading his eyes, I know he loves my mother very much.Once I thought love meant_f, presents and sweet kisses. But from this experience, I understand that love is inside, making life strong and warm.五、 任务型阅读。 (共1题；共10分)9. （10分）根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。 There are lots of dangerous and terrible insects in Northeastern India, but the tree-bees are the most terrible. They are killers. Unlike most bees which will sting (叮咬) you only if they are disturbed (打扰), tree-bees will attack you in thousands for no reason. And they will chase (追赶) you for your life.Walking along a dusty road while I was on holiday there last year. I found myself, without the least warning, the centre of such an attack. The air above me suddenly became thick with bees. Though it was hot, I went cold all over. Until then I had never heard of Indian tree-bees, but I had recently seen a film called “The Angry Swarm”, which was about killer-bees.I began running to the village about half a mile away, but I was soon covered from head to foot with bees. I drove them away with my hands, only to make room for others. Each time I opened my mouth for breath, more bees entered my mouth, until it was stung to twice its usual size and I could hardly breathe.When I reached the village, I found some workers building a house. I ran towards them for help. But as soon as the workers saw the bees with me, they ran for safety at top speed.Soon my eyes had completely closed. I fell into a pile of brick dust. I pushed myself wildly down into it until my head and shoulders were covered. And then I tried hard to get out of the dust, the angry bees made a new attack on me. I was tired out and ran weakly about in circles. Soon I lost my consciousness (意识).Later I learned that two quick-minded villagers ran to a pile of dry grass and quickly surrounded (包围) me with a thick wall of fire and smoke until the bees were driven away. They stayed with me, taking stings out of my body for the next three hours until a doctor came and gave me further treatment. （1）In which order did the following things happen to the writer?a. He tried to drive away the bees but failed.b. He was surrounded with a thick wall of fire and smoke.c. He was tired out and lost consciousness later.d. He watched a film named “The Angry Swarm”.e. He was attacked by tree-bees while taking a walk.A . e-a-c-b-dB . d-e-a-c-bC . e-b-a-d-cD . d-e-a-b-c（2）Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage? A . Tree-bees often attack people in large numbers.B . Tree-bees can be driven away by fire and smoke.C . Tree-bees do not give up easily when they attack people.D . Tree-bees will not attack people unless they are disturbed.（3）What can we infer (推断) from the second paragraph? A . The temperature went down at that time.B . The air suddenly became thick because of the dust.C . The writer knew Indian tree-bees were the most dangerous.D . The writer felt scared when he was surrounded by tree-bees.（4）In which order did the following things happen to the writer?a. He tried to drive away the bees but failed.b. He was surrounded with a thick wall of fire and smoke.c. He was tired out and lost consciousness later.d. He watched a film named “The Angry Swarm”.e. He was attacked by tree-bees while taking a walk.A . e-a-c-b-dB . d-e-a-c-bC . e-b-a-d-cD . d-e-a-b-c（5）Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage? A . Tree-bees often attack people in large numbers.B . Tree-bees can be driven away by fire and smoke.C . Tree-bees do not give up easily when they attack people.D . Tree-bees will not attack people unless they are disturbed.六、 书面表达。 (共1题；共5分)10. （5分）根据要求完成小作文，词数：30词左右。 回想初中阶段，你的班级或学校举办的哪一次活动对你影响至深，说说你在活动中做了什么，并有什么样的感受或收获。根据要求完成大作文，词数：80-100词。第 17 页 共 17 页参考答案一、 完形填空。 (共1题；共10分)1-1、二、 阅读理解。 (共4题；共28分)2-1、2-2、2-3、3-1、3-2、3-3、3-4、4-1、4-2、5-1、5-2、5-3、5-4、5-5、三、 词汇运用。 (共2题；共20分)6-1、7-1、四、 语法填空。 (共1题；共10分)8-1、五、 任务型阅读。 (共1题；共10分)9-1、9-2、9-3、9-4、9-5、六、 书面表达。 (共1题；共5分)10-1、