人教版第九中学2019-2020学年八年级上学期英语期中考试试卷D卷

人教版第九中学2019-2020学年八年级上学期英语期中考试试卷D卷姓名:_ 班级:_ 成绩:_一、 阅读理解 (共4题；共32分)1. （8分）阅读理解 Almost every Chinese person can recite(背诵) the two lines of the famous poem, Every grain on the plate comes from hard work. But sadly, many of us dont get the real meaning of these lines: Dont waste food. A CCTV program reported that the food Chinese people throw away every year is enough to feed 200 million（百万）people for a year. Do we have too much food? Of course not. There were 925 million hungry people around the world in 2011. Six million children die of hunger every year. Chinese people are well-known for being friendly. Many even feel that they lose face if their guests have eaten up all the food on the table. Luckily, a number of people have known the importance of saving food. What should we do in our daily life to waste less food?Dont order too much in a restaurant. Only order as much as you want to eat. If you cannot eat all the food you ordered, take the rest of it home. Dont leave any food in your bowls while having meals. Keep an eye on what food you have at home. Dont buy too much, especially for vegetables and fruit. （1）Whats the real meaning of the underlined sentence? A . 春种一粒粟，秋收万颗子。B . 谁知盘中餐，粒粒皆辛苦。C . 吏禄三百石，岁晏有余粮。D . 足蒸暑土气，背灼炎天光。（2）What should we do to waste less food? A . Order more food in a restaurant.B . Every time you eat, leave some food in your bowls.C . Take all the food you ordered home.D . Dont store too much food like vegetables and fruit.（3）Which of the following is NOT true? A . A number of people have known the importance of saving food.B . The food Chinese people throw away every year is enough to feed 200 million people for a year.C . 200 million children die of hunger every year.D . Many Chinese feel that they lose face if guests have eaten up all the food on the table.（4）Whats the main idea of this passage? A . Dont waste food.B . Chinese people are friendly.C . We cant die of hunger.D . Every grain is grown by farmers.2. （6分）阅读理解Hello Kitty is a famous cartoon cat. You can see her on many kinds of things, like bags, clothes, food and books. People all over the world love the cute Hello Kitty.Forty-one years ago, a Japanese company Sanrio made Hello Kitty. In the same year, it appeared（出现）on a wallet. To peoples surprise, in the artists design, Hello Kitty is a girl! Thats why people always see her standing with two feet.Hello Kitty was in the third grade in her school. Her favorite food was apple pie. She lived with her parents and twin sister near London. It was quiet there. Hello Kitty had a big family.On weekends, her father often drove his car to take them to visit her grandparents in the forest.It was interesting that Hello Kitty had a pet cat like herself.The artist said 44 years ago, many Japanese worked and lived in Britain, so she made Hello Kitty a British person. Hello Kitty has a very happy life now. Shes the symbol of all the good things.（1）People all over the world love Hello Kitty because . A . it is the symbol of all good thingsB . it is on many kinds of thingsC . it is a famous cartoon catD . it was made by a Japanese company（2）When did Hello Kitty first appear? A . In 1974.B . In 1975.C . In 1976.D . In 1978.（3）Where did Hello Kittys grandparents live according to the passage? A . In Japan.B . In Britain.C . In China.D . In Sanrio.3. （10分） Joyce was born in a poor family. Next Friday would be her mothers birthday. Joyce wanted to buy something for her mother, but she had no money. As an 8-year-old girl, she couldnt do part-time jobs. What could she do to make enough money for her mothers birthday present?Suddenly she had an idea. Usually, she would go straight to school, but this morning, she didnt. She walked along the streets, picking up cardboard（纸板）, plastic（塑料）bottles and cans（易拉罐）. When it was time for school, she hid them in the backyard and ran to school as quickly as possible.Eight days later, she decided to sell all the things she had collected because the next day was her mothers birthday. She had to sell them and buy a birthday present for her mother. In the shop, she bought a beautiful hair pin for her mother.When her mother got the present, she said with tears in her eyes,“This is the best present Ive ever received.”（1）How old was Joyce?A . Seven.B . Eight.C . Nine.（2）Why couldnt Joyce buy a present for her mother at first?A . Because she had no money.B . Because she didnt know what her mother liked.C . Because she didnt love her mother at all.（3）What was Joyces idea?A . Doing part-time jobs.B . Collecting waste things and selling them.C . Asking her best friend for help.（4）How long did Joyce collect the waste things?A . A week.B . A month.C . More than a week.（5）How did Joyces mother feel when she got the present?A . Very sad.B . Very happy and moved.C . Very surprised.4. （8分）阅读理解 It was a Monday morning. As the teacher walked into the classroom, he heard a whisper, “Heres the teacher. Im sure this boring fellow (家伙) is going to talk about how to use commas (逗号). ” It was a boys voice and the teacher knew who he was. However, the teacher didnt get angry. He said nothing about it but he really began to talk about how to use commas, and then he wrote the following sentence on the blackboard, “Nick says the teacher is a boring fellow. ”The class laughed and Nicks face turned red. “Now，” said the teacher, “Ill tell you the importance of commas. ” He put two commas in the sentence, and then read, “ Nick, says the teacher, is a boring fellow. ”The whole class laughed again. Nick felt very surprised at first, then his face became much redder. Finally he couldnt help (情不自禁) laughing with the other students, too. （1）What subject did the teacher teach the students? A . Maths.B . Music.C . EnglishD . Art.（2）What kind of boy was Nick like? A . A tall boy.B . A healthy boy.C . A good boy.D . A naughty boy.（3）I think Nick liked to have _ lessons. A . boringB . interestingC . noD . strange（4）“Nick says the teacher is a boring fellow. ” is _ “Nick, says the teacher, is a boring fellow. ” in the meaning. A . the same asB . kind of different fromC . as same asD . quite different from二、 任务型阅读 (共2题；共30分)5. （25分）根据短文内容，回答下列问题。 A group of friends from Italy wanted to do something different for their vacation. They decided to drive through Australia in a jeep. The journey was a real adventure(冒险) but sometimes the long hours on the road made them tired.It was Bills tum to drive. Tony, Allan and Jeff were sleeping. Bill was thinking of the cool drink and shower in the next town when suddenly something jumped in front of the jeep. Bill tried to stop the jeep, but it was too late, he hit it. When the four friends got out, they saw a kangaroo lying on the road. They thought it was dead. What could they do? It wasnt their fault(过失).I was an accident.The friends were sad, but they wanted to have a photo of the kangaroo to show everyone back home, Jeff got his camera, and the others picked up the kangaroo and stood it up against the jeep. The boys decided to dress up the kangaroo. They put a cap, sunglasses and a jacket on him. They took several photos with the kangaroo.Suddenly, to their surprise, the kangaroo moved its head moved its body, and jumped away with Bills cap, Allans sunglasses, and Tonys jacket-with his passport and one thousand dollars.（1）Which country did the four friends come from? （2）What were the other boys doing while Bill was driving? （3）How did they feel when they hit the kangaroo? （4）Did the kangaroo Bill hit die? （5）Why did they take the photos with the kangaroo? 6. （5分）Moatton town为缓解交通拥堵，正计划修建一条公路。Mr Green要求学生对修路可能带来的影响作调查并撰写报告。下面是一位学生的报告及 Mr Green的修改建议，请仔细阅读，将A-E分别填入小题相应的空格中，完成修改任务。A. Advantages of the new road.B. Disadvantages of the new road.C. New road in MoattonD. The new road will reduce the number of cars in Moatton.E. I think that the new road will be a good thing for Moatton._三、 选词填空 (共2题；共9分)7. （4分）将下列单词或词组填入空格。每空格限填一词，每词只能填一次A. took out B. carefully C. just D. outside E. embarrassedFred telephoned his wife. “Ive got two free tickets for the theatre tonight,” he told her. “Meet me _the office. Well have something to eat and then go on to the theatre.”Freds wife was very pleased. They hadnt been to the theatre for a long time. She met her husband as he told her. They had dinner and got to the theatre _in time.At the entrance Fred _his wallet to get the tickets. “Its very strange,” he said. “They arent here!” “Try your pockets,” said his wife. But the tickets werent there, either.Then Fred looked very _. “Whats the matter?” asked his wife. “Well,” Fred said, “I remember what I did with my tickets. I put them in my bag. But because I wasnt going home, I left it in the office!”8. （5分）根据语境从方框中选择恰当的短语填空so much, by bus, all the time, a bit, the same as（1）Last weekend we went to West Farm_（2）I think playing football is_dangerous. （3）Dont eat_meat. Its not good for you. （4）_me, my brother has short brown hair too. （5）From eight oclock to ten oclock Susan was in her room_四、 书面表达 (共1题；共1分)9. （1分）中国的传统文化历史悠久，源远流长，全世界所有的中国人都为之自豪。作为一个中国人，请你从以下内容中选取两个方面，向外国人介绍一下中国的传统文化。开头结尾已给出。 80-100词左右。传统艺术:剪纸，孔明灯，陶泥.传统节日风俗传统饮食:茶，饺子，月饼.传统乐器:二胡.Dear visitors.Im very glad 10 introduce our Chinese culture to you. Chinese culture has a long history. It includes many kinds of things, such as _If you have a chance. welcome to our country and have fun visiting China.Yours truly第 13 页 共 13 页参考答案一、 阅读理解 (共4题；共32分)1-1、1-2、1-3、1-4、2-1、2-2、2-3、3-1、3-2、3-3、3-4、3-5、4-1、4-2、4-3、4-4、二、 任务型阅读 (共2题；共30分)5-1、5-2、5-3、5-4、5-5、6-1、三、 选词填空 (共2题；共9分)7-1、8-1、8-2、8-3、8-4、8-5、四、 书面表达 (共1题；共1分)9-1、