人教版2019-2020学年八年级下期期中英语试题B卷

人教版2019-2020学年八年级下期期中英语试题B卷姓名:_ 班级:_ 成绩:_一、单选题1 . What was your brother doing at this time yesterday?He was reading a magazine _ I was writing an e-mail at home.Aas soon asBafterCuntilDwhile2 . He walked as _ as the railway station yesterday evening.AfarBfartherClongDlonger3 . Max spends_ time than_ making a fruit salad in his class.Afewer; any studentBless; any studentCfewer; any other studentDless; any other student4 . What are you looking for?Im looking for the book_ you lent me last week.AwhoBwhatCthatDwhen5 . _ he has provided for us!AWhat a useful adviceBWhat useful suggestionsCHow useful the adviceDHow useful suggestions6 . - Is your company far?- No, its justmy block. I walk to work every day.Anear toBfar fromCoppositeDbetween7 . How can you say you are not guilty?It that you have something to do with the murder.Aturned aroundBturned outCturned offDturned on8 . I _ be a doctor when I grow up, but Im not sure.AmustBcouldCcanDcant9 . I want to know _ you will be back before 8:00 tomorrow morning.AthatBwhereCwhetherDwhen10 . The number of the films _ than before.Ais largerBis moreCare largerDare more二、完型填空Your room is a special space of your own. Its _ just a place for you to study and sleep. So make it fun and _ to live in. Here are some tips to help you.Give your room a theme (主题). Having a _ makes your room look more beautiful. A rooms theme can be _. It may be about one of your favorite things, like basketball or music or a color. Choose a theme and then decorate(装饰) the room around the theme you have chosen._, some boys like skateboarding (滑板). Paint the walls in skater stripes (条纹), and_ disco balls from the ceiling and use skateboards as shelves (架子). _ you are a girl, you may be more interested in _ like rabbits. Pick curtains (窗帘) and bed covers with rabbit patterns on them. Put rabbit toys on your bed, too. Draw or paint pictures of rabbits playing on your walls. Make your room as green as the _. So when you walk into the room, you_ its a good place for rabbits!11 . Aless thanBmore thanCas much asDas long as12 . AboringBinterestedCenjoyableDrelax13 . AproblemBflowerCdollDtheme14 . AdifferentBdifficultCimportantDinteresting15 . ASoBBecauseCFor exampleDAs16 . AhangBtakeCbringDbuy.17 . AWhenBWhileCButDIf18 . AvegetablesBsportsCanimalsDpictures19 . AskyBseaCgrassDlake20 . Alook likeBsound likeCfeel likeDtaste like三、阅读单选Leonardo da Vinci began painting the Mona Lisa, one of the most famous paintings of all time, in 1503. He was working on a special painting for a church at the time, but it was not going well. The woman who can be seen in the Mona Lisa is said to be Madonna Lisa del Giocondo. She was the wife of an Italian businessman who asked da Vinci to paint a portrait（肖像）of her. After da Vinci finished the painting in 1506 he was invited by the French King, Francois I, to visit France, and he took the painting with him. Today the Mona Lisa is kept in the Louvre, an art museum in Paris, and it is seen by about six million visitors a year. The painting measures only 77 centimeters by 53 centimeters and is painted with oil 10 on wood. In 1911, Vincenzo Peruggia, a worker at the Louvre, stole the painting. He took it out of the museum by hiding it under his coat. Two years later, police officers found the painting under Mr. Peruggias bed after he tried to sell it. In 1962, the Mona Lisa was taken to Washington and New York for an-exhibition. For the journey, the museum wanted to insure the painting. The insurance company（保险公司）set the value of it at 100 million dollars, making it the most valuable painting ever! Today, the value of the painting would be over 700 million dollars.21 . Who is Madonna Lisa del Giaconda said to be?AThe painter of the Mona Lisa.BThe woman in the painting.CThe wife of the French king.DThe woman who asked da Vinci to paint the Mona Lisa.22 . When did Leonardo da Vinci finish painting the Mona Lisa?A1503B1506C1911D196223 . Why did da Vinci go to France?ATo visit the Louvre.BTo paint the Mona LisaCHe was invited by Francois .DHe was invited by Madonna Lisa del Giocondo.24 . What sentence about Vincenzo Peruggia is NOT true?AHe worked in an art museum.BHe sold the painting.CHe stole the Mona Lisa.DHe hid the painting under his bed.25 . What is the best title for the passage?ALeonardo da Vinci - an Interesting Painter.BThe Louvre - a Famous French Art Museum.CVincenzo Peruggia - the Man Who Stole the Mona Lisa.DThe Mona Lisa - the Most Valuablt Painting of All Time.四、句型转换Sentence transformation.26 . Aunt Ethel never goes to the movies by herself. (改成反意疑问句)Aunt Ethel never goes to the movies by herself, _?27 . He chats with his pen-friend on the Internet every day. (用at 7:00 yesterday evening作时间状语改写句子)He _ with his pen-friend on the Internet at 7:00 yesterday evening.28 . Julia went to the supermarket when her mother came home. (保持句意不变)Julia _ go to the supermarket _ her mother came home.29 . It took Mrs. Randall a couple of days to do her project. (保持句意不变)Mrs. Randall _ a couple of days _ her project.30 . Besides that, he skates too carelessly. (保持句意不变)_, he skates too carelessly.五、根据音标写单词Read and spell（根据所给音标，用适当的单词完成句子，每空格限填一词）31 . She is going to move into a new _ this weekend. /flt/32 . Qu yuan was sad because the king did not take his _. /dvais/六、用所给单词的正确形式填空根据句子意思，用括号中所给单词的正确形式填空。（每空限填一个单词）33 . Grace was very happy because she was chosen as the monitor of _(she) class yesterday.34 . Among all the Chinese artists, I like him _(well). His pictures are beautiful works of art.35 . The great _(please) in life is doing what people say you cannot do.36 . My father always tells me that nothing is _(possible) as long as I try my best.37 . Yaowan Town is so beautiful that _(thousand) of tourists visit it every year.七、用单词的正确形式完成句子eighty silent climb pollutediscuss38 . Though people often say _is gold, its better for students to be active in class.39 . To make a green world, we should try to reduce air _by walking more and driving less.40 . My grandpa likes to be with the young even in his _.41 . Perhaps the bags are for those _at the top of the hill.42 . The students are having a hot _about their future plans.八、单词填空根据所给首字母、上下文或汉语提示完成空格中所缺单词，使短文完整通顺，语法正确。每个空只能填一个词。Bao Gong was a famous official (官员) in China about 1,000 years ago. One day, he saw a boy crying in the street. He asked the boy what h43 . . “I sold meat this morning and got 100 coins (硬币). Then I had a short 44 . . But when I woke up, I couldnt find my coins,” said the boy. Bao Gong looked the boy up and down and 45 . (思考) for some time. Then he pointed at a horse and said it was the thief (小偷). He shouted at the horse and asked it to give the boys m46 . back.People around laughed and said 47 . (轻声地),“What is he doing? Shouldnt Bao Gong be very s48 . ?” Bao Gong heard that and shouted,” How could you say bad words 49 . an official? You are all fined (被罚款) one coin.”. Then he took out a large bowl full of water and asked e50 . to put a coin into it.When one man put a coin into the bowl, Bao Gong said, “This is the 51 . (真正的) thief! When he put the coin into the bowl, there was a film of oil (一层油) on the water. All the boys coins have oil from the meat on52 . .” At last the boy got his 100 coins back and people said that Bao Gong was a really smart man.根据短文内容和首字母提示，在下文空格处填入适当的词使短文完整。William Shakespeare was born in 1564 in a town called Stratford-upon-Avon. At the age of six or seven. Shakespeare began school, studying Latin, Greek, literature and other s53 . . But seven years later, when his father failed in business, Shakespeare dropped out of school to help his father. in the 1560s and 70s he saw plays by the travelling theatre groups touring Stratford. Shakespeare got m54 . to Anne Hathaway at the age of 18. They had three children Shakespeare went to London s55 . in 1586. He was thought to have spent most of his time in London writing and performing in his plays.In the beginning, Shakespeare worked as a groom（马夫）at a t56 . . In his spare time, he liked to watch performances on the stage（舞台）there. When the company needed extra actors, he took on supporting r57 . . At that time, the theatre companies in London were in need of plays. Shakespeare began to write plays just a58 . need acting skills.In the early 1590s Shakespeare wrote his first historical play c59 . Henry VI. After the play was put on, it became a huge hit. His early plays were mainly comedies and histories. Shakespeare then wrote mainly tragedies（悲剧）u60 . about 1608, including Handel, Oihello, King Lear, and Macbeth. In his later part of life, he wrote tragicomedies (悲喜剧), also known as romances.Around 1613, at the age of 49, he r61 . to his hometown Stratford, where he died three years later. It was on 23 April 1616.William Shakespeare is widely considered the g62 . writer in the English language. He wrote about 38 plays, 154 sonnets（十四行诗）, two long narrative poems, and some other works. His plays have been translated into every major living language and arc performed more often than those of any other playwrights.九、回答问题Food is very important. Everyone needs to eat well if he or she wants to have a strong body. 71. Our minds also need a kind of food. This kind of food is knowledge. We begin to get knowledge even we are very young. 72孩子们对他们周围的一切都感兴趣。They learn something when they are watching and listening. When they are getting older, they begin to read storybooks, science books and anything they like. 73.When they find something new, they love to ask questions and try to find out the answers. 74.获取知识的最佳方法是什么呢？ If we learn by ourselves, we will get the most knowledge. If we are always getting answers from others and do not ask why, we will never learn well. 75. If we study in the right way, we will learn more and understand better.63 . _64 . _65 . _66 . _67 . _十、话题作文68 . 假如你是李华，你们校学生会号召全体同学为建设绿色家园贡献自己的力量。请你用英语写一篇短文，谈谈环境保护的重要性，日常生活中你为保护环境都做了什么，以及你做完后的感受。提示词语：water the trees and flowers, collect the waste, happy, proud提示问题： What do you think of protecting the environment? What do you do in your everyday life to protect the environment? How do you feel about what you have done?_第 12 页 共 12 页参考答案一、单选题1、2、3、4、5、6、7、8、9、10、二、完型填空1、三、阅读单选1、四、句型转换1、五、根据音标写单词1、六、用所给单词的正确形式填空1、七、用单词的正确形式完成句子1、八、单词填空1、2、九、回答问题1、十、话题作文1、