人教版2019-2020学年八年级上学期期中考试英语试题（II）卷(测试)

人教版2019-2020学年八年级上学期期中考试英语试题（II）卷姓名:_ 班级:_ 成绩:_一、单选题1 . Do more exercise, _ you will be fat and unhealthy.AandBbutCsoDor2 . When _Rick eat breakfast? He _ breakfast at seven oclock.Ado, eats.Bdoes, eatCdoes, eatsDdo, has3 . Look! is my green and blue sports bag and I like very much. AThis; it B. It; this C. It; that D. This; that4 . He was chosen to be a volunteer of the 2016 Olympic Games.Great! No one speaks English _ him.Aas beautiful asBas easy asCnicer thanDbetter than5 . -May I speak to the headmaster?-He _ a meeting now. Can I take a message?AhasBis havingCwill haveDhad6 . I have had the schoolbag _ 10 years ago.AforBwhenCsinceDas7 . _ will the weather _ tomorrow? I hope it will be _. There are many wet clothes at home.AWhat; be like; sunnyBWhat; be; cloudyCHow; be like; fineDHow; be; snowy8 . When did they arrive? They _two hours ago .They _ here for two hours .Aarrived; have arrivedBarrived; have beenCgot; have beenDreached; have reached二、完型填空Paul is my neighbour and best friend, too. He goes to work after school, _ he wants to make some money. He _ in a big food store. He likes his _ very much. Every day he _ the bus to the store after school. _ half an hour later, he gets there. He does some cleaning and washes the _ and fruit,and then he puts _ in a big box. Usually Paul works from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. He _ at 8:00 in the evening.At 8:30 he eats dinner with his parents, and then he _ his homework. Every day Paul is _ , but he feels happy.9 . AsoBorCbutDbecause10 . AworksBplaysCfindsDlooks11 . AfriendBschoolCjobDstore12 . AbuysBtakesCgoesDsees13 . AWithBAboutCAtDOn14 . AbusesBclothesCfoodDvegetables15 . AitBtheyCthemDhis16 . Agoes to schoolBgets upCgoes to workDgets home17 . AbringsBdoesCmakesDlearns18 . AsorryBhealthyCsadDtired三、阅读单选Marie Kondo is an expert（专家）on organizing and cleaning. She knows how to clear away unused or unimportant things, known as clutter. She wrote a book called “The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up”, which is a best-seller around the world.Marie Kondo says people can improve their life by changing the way they think about all their things-everything from books and photos to clothes.This is not the first time an organizing expert has written a book on clutter. They say wonderful things will happen when you organize your home. One book says that if you throw out 50 things from your home, you will truly find your life. Another book says that if you throw clutter away, you will also lose weight. And you can even get a better job, more money and a happy family if you organize the things. “Your self-perception（自我认知）is improved by living in a clean and tidy room,” she said. “This can change lifestyles and even your looks.”Marie Kondo teaches a way of organizing. If the object（物品）was meaningful to you, you thank it before throwing or giving it away. In her book, Ms. Kondo suggests that you touch the object and ask one simple question, “Does it bring me joy?” If it doesnt, you give it away so that it may give joy to someone else.19 . What does the underlined word “clutter” in Paragraph 1 refer to?AMarie Kondo.BThe best-seller.CUnused or unimportant things.DExpert on organizing and cleaning.20 . The text is especially useful for those who care about .Atheir body shapeBtheir healthy dietCtheir home buyingDtheir home environment21 . According to the passage an organized home can help people .a. truly find lifeb. make more friendsc. give joy to othersd. lose weighte. improve self-perception f. educate kidsAa-b-c-dBa-c-d-eCc-d-e-fDa-b-e-f22 . What can be the best title for the text?AOrganize your home and change your life.BHow can you lose weight?CRead the useful book and change your life.DHow can you live a better life?Hip hop or rap（说唱）music, as it is also called, started on the street and in the clubs of the New York City in the 1970s. But today many countries have their own kind of hip hop music. Rapping means speaking to the rhythm（节奏；韵律）of the music, and it is an important part of the music. People rap to express how they feel about their lives and problems. Rapping in class. Would you like to rap in class？Well, actually, hip hop music is played in more than 10,000 schools in the USA. Why？There is a new school programme called “Flocabulary” in which teachers use texts and hip hop CDs to help teach different school subjects. The words of the songs are just what students are studying. This makes learning easy and fun. Students and teachers are excited about the positive（积极的；正面的）results it has had on exam marks . One teacher said, “Ive used hip hop songs in class, and I have never seen my students so crazy about history！You cant imagine how well they imagine and how well they remember what I teach！We even try to write our own songs. ”_Blake Harrison, a high school student, was the first person to come up with the idea of Flocabulary. The word “Flocabulary” comes from the word “flow” and “vocabulary”. “Flow” is a rap word for “style”,or the way a rapper says the words of a song. “Vocabulary” means the words you have to learn in a language. How did he got the idea？Well, he realized he could remember the words of a hip hop song very easily. So, why not make lessons into songs？Today together with Alex Rappaport, a song writer ,Blake produces hip hop songs for maths, science and literature（文学）. They are now used in schools with great success.23 . What can we infer from the passage？AArtists created hip hop or rap music.BHip hop comes from the public.CRap music hasnt been widely spread.DSongs sung on the street are called hip hop.24 . Rapping has now becoming in many schools in the USA.A.an assistant means of teachingAcontents of examsBan interesting gameCart lessons25 . Which of the following statements is NOT true？AHip hop songs in class are popular with the students.BLearning results are better than expected through rapping in class.CThe words of the songs are closely connected with what the students learn.DThe students begin to write hip hop songs to improve their studies.26 . Which is the best subheading（下标题）for Para-graph 3？AWhat does the word “Flow” mean?BWho is Blake Harrison?CWhose idea was Flocabulary?DWhen did Blake learn rap?27 . The passage mainly talks about _.AFlocabularyBthe history of rapCAmerican educationDBlake HarrisonImagine the tallest building in the United States. Fill that large building 44 times with rotten (腐烂的) fruits and vegetables. Now you know how much food Americans waste every year.It is hard to believe, right? About 133 billion pounds of food is thrown away. Thats one-third of all the food we produce. And a lot of it is thrown away for one simple reason: Its ugly.The problem is that nature isnt perfect. Apples can get scarred (留下疤痕) by storms. Cucumbers grow in C shapes. Carrots change into unusual fork-like forms. Watermelons get too big to fit on a refrigerator shelf. These crazy-looking fruits and vegetables may taste great. But most stores refuse to sell them. Store owners say people judge food by how it looks. No one wants a tomato that looks like a two-headed monster (怪物). But what if you could buy that tomato for half-price?A new movement is trying to make people see the “beauty” in ugly food. Some stores are selling ugly produce. It tastes the same. And you pay less for it because the food doesnt look perfect.Usually, the stores find a nicer word than “ugly”. A Canadian chain uses “naturally imperfect”. In some US stores, its “misfit produce”. Whatever you call it, ugly food helps many people. Farmers are paid for food that they were going to have to throw away. Shoppers get cheaper fruits and vegetables. The ugly-food movement will also help some of the 44 million Americans, who dont have enough to eat. Many groups give the ugly produce to hungry people.So really, who cares if that carrot looks a little.ugly?28 . What can we know from the text?AFood is thrown only because it goes bad.BFood waste is a serious problem in America.CThe uglier the food is, the better it tastes.DAmerica produces more food than Americans can eat.29 . What is the “beauty” in ugly food?AIt costs much lessBIt does much good to people.CIt is useful to hungry people.Dlt tastes better than normal-looking produce.30 . What is the 5th paragraph mainly about?AThe stores selling ugly food.BThe better names for ugly food.CThe number of hungry Americans.DThe advantage of the ugly-food movement.31 . What does the mark “.” in the last paragraph suggest?AThe writer would like to buy carrots.BNo one would care if a carrot looks a little ugly.CThe writer does not quite like the word “ugly”.DNobody really wants to buy carrots that look ugly.阅读下列短文, 根据短文内容选择最佳答案。There are many different kinds of TV shows Which do you like best?32 . What can we know from A bite of China?ASome scientific storiesBSome best singersCStories about delicious foodDSome talent people33 . Who can apply for a chance to perform on the Britains Got Talent ?AOnly manBOnly womanCAny talented peopleDTeenager aged 1234 . When did The voice of China start?AOn July 13th, 2012BOn July 14th, 2012COn June 13th, 2013DOn June 14th, 201335 . What do the hosts of Mythbusters do on the show?AThey introduce delicious foodBThey tell some jokesCThey use a scientific mind to see if what people say or think is trueDThey choose the best singers36 . How many kinds of Chinese TV programs are mentioned according to the passage?AOneBTwoCThreeDFour四、回答问题阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题When it comes to the letter grade on your test or homework, you might notice that there is no letter E. Have you ever thought about why that is so?In the A, B, C, D and F grading system, the first four letters are typically considered passing grades. An F in this system simply stands for“fail”.The word“fail”happens to start with the letter F, which seems to leave out the letter E. The fact”Some schools have U grade for“unsatisfactory”,or I grade for “incomplete”.Even with all this said, we should also point out that E grade actually has beenused pretty commonly throughout the history of letter grades in the US.The first college in the US to use a letter grading system like the ones we use today is Mount Holyoke College. In 1897,they began to use the following grading scale:A: 95-100%(excellent) B: 85-94%(good) C: 76-84%(fair)D: 75%(barely passed) E: below 75%(failed)We can see the inclusion of E instead of F.Gradually,the letter grading system became more popular throughout the US. However, many schools decided to drop the E grade and go straight to F.There is no evidence(证据) to really support this,but one possible explanation is that teachers were worried that some students and parents might mistake E for “excellent”.Why do we have letter grades? Well,part of the reason is that they made grading simpler during a time of great change for schools. As the 20th century began,growing cities and an increase in immigration led to larger school classrooms. Most teachers at that time thought this new letter grading system was an easy,fair and clear way to grade students.Today,more and more people argue that letter grades dont fully reflect(反映) student learning。However，as teachers try to improve grading methods,many parents continue to favor the letter grades they got as kids, they are familiar(熟悉) and easy for parents to understand. So while they might not be perfect, the letter grades probably arent going away any time soon.37 . what does an F stand for in the A、B、C、D and F grading system?38 . when was the letter grading system first used in the US college?39 . what is one possible explanation for dropping the E grade?40 . what did most teachers think of the letter grading system in the 20th century?41 . why do many parents still prefer the letter grades today?五、话题作文42 . 根据提示写一篇短文，介绍一下你的朋友Jane。提示内容要全部体现在短文中，可适当发挥，60词左右。内容提示：1. Jane是一个英国女孩，但现在在中国；2. 喜欢看情景喜剧、中国动作片和脱口秀节目，还喜欢读趣味故事；3. 在周末，她通常在家里看电视；4. 她非常喜欢中国。六、书信作文43 . 假如你是Tina，你校拟于4月16日在学校桂樱广场（Guiying square）举行一次樱花节（sakura festival），请用英文写一份便条，来邀请父母与你一起参加此项校园特色活动。要求：1. 40词左右，开头已给出，不计入总词数； 2. 格式正确，书写工整，表达准确。参考要点：介绍活动时间、地点和内容；向父母发出邀请。Dear parents,_Yours,Tina第 14 页 共 14 页参考答案一、单选题1、2、3、4、5、6、7、8、二、完型填空1、三、阅读单选1、2、3、4、四、回答问题1、五、话题作文1、六、书信作文1、