人教版2019-2020学年八年级上学期英语第二次阶段（12月）考试试卷D卷.doc

人教版2019-2020学年八年级上学期英语第二次阶段（12月）考试试卷D卷一、 完形填空 (共1题；共1分)1. （1分）完形填空 Tom, eleven years old, was in bed in hospital. Several days ago, while he was playing baseball, he 1and his head hit the ground. The doctors believed that he might never get well.He seems to have given up 2. So medicine wont work. Perhaps he needs something else, said one of the doctors. When I visit Tom, all he 3says is that he would like to meet Babe Ruth. To meet Babe Ruth, of course, was almost 4Babe Ruth was the most famous baseball player in the United States and he was very busy.The next day Toms father managed to tell Babe Ruth about the 5of Tom on the phone. Twenty-four hours later, as Tom was lying in his hospital room, Babe Ruth walked in. Young Tom couldnt 6it really was Babe.Babe Ruth sat down at Toms bed and said, Now listen, kid, youve got to get 7Ive brought you a new American League baseball. You must start throwing it.Toms father just stayed there, saying nothing. His eyes were full of 8the great man.For Tom, this was the 9of a new life. Once he thought he would never be saved. To the surprise of his doctors, young Tom walked out of the hospital on his own feet a few weeks later. He was able to live a healthy life all 10the help of Babe Ruth.（1）A . fell B . shouted C . shot （2）A . dream B . hope C . belief （3）A . already B . almost C . still （4）A . possible B . impossible C . helpful （5）A . story B . accident C . action （6）A . believe B . doubt C . understand （7）A . happy B . well C . active （8）A . respect for B . excitement of C . satisfaction with （9）A . ending B . beginning C . opening （10）A . to B . without C . because of 二、 阅读理解 (共4题；共15分)2. （3分）阅读理解 I have a problem. Her name is Luca, We do not see eye to eye. Like yesterday, we saw the number 9,999. She said, All those nines. They feel so. so purple!?Purple? I saw it as logical and orderly. Not as colours. I think Luca and I live in different universes.But we have to do a report on the Statue of Liberty I really doubt if I can work with her.At our first meeting on Friday, we come up with a plan. She will make a Statue of Liberty, and Ill write the report. But on Monday, with only one week until our report is due, she tells me shes leaving to visit her great-grandfather for six days, because hes ill. It means that I, the one who cant even draw a stick figure, will have to make the statue. And she, the one who doesnt like to think logically, will have to write the report.Please be at my house at 2:00 on Sunday, I say. I cross my fingers.While shes gone, I spend lots of hours making the sculpture according to some directions I find online.Sunday at 2:00 arrives, and Luca is late. Finally, I see her skipping down the sideway, carrying only a small piece of equipment.Whats that? I ask. Wheres the report?Its a digital recorder, she says. A report didnt feel right, so I did something else.I try to keep my voice calm as I say, But this is not about feelings. Is about the Statue of Liberty. Statues dont have feelings. Our project is due tomorrow. Were doomed.Statues dont have feelings, but my great-grandfather does. Luca says.Now I am quite sure that were from two different universes because I have no idea about what shes talking about.I interviewed him about when he came to America and saw the Statue of Liberty, she continues. Listen. She turns on the recording.A scratchy voice comes on. In Hungary, I had no food and hoped to go to America, where I could eat, have a better life. Finally I got on the ship. Then the sunshine started. Oh! There she was, Lady Liberty. Like hope itself All of us cried. All my life, I remember that feeling, of seeing the Lady.Looking at Luca, I think awhile. You are right. Thats what the Statue of Liberty is all about. Who says a report has to be on paper? I say quietly. And a smile spreads over her face.Can you imagine what happens while we are making the presentation the next day? When Lucas great-grandfather says All my life, I remember that feeling, of seeing the Lady, everyone is staring at our statue, quiet.（1）The idiom see eye to eye in Paragraph 1 probably means_ . A . like each otherB . have good eyesightC . want to see each otherD . share the same viewpoint（2）What can we know about Luca from the passage? A . She doesnt like writing reports.B . She is not a very friendly person.C . She has her own ideas about the report.D . She visits her great-grandfather to interview him.（3）What does everyone think of their presentation? A . Boring.B . Relaxing.C . Embarrassing.D . Moving.3. （4分）阅读理解 At my primary school, I was one of the smartest kids there. I never studied, but always got near perfect scores. I thought I was born clever. At least I believed so. I was also a prodigy in music according to myself. I could sing better than almost everyone else in my school. I was pretty sure that once I got to seventh grade, everyone would be surprised by me.But actually, they werent.When I arrived at my new class, I couldnt wait to show everyone what I could do. However, there was always someone else who could do better than I. My grades began to suffer. More talented (有天资的) girls often sang solos (独唱). I believed I wasnt smart. I believed I wasnt talented. I believed I was a failure.Over the next two years, I had to work very hard. Every prize for the singing competition was given to me for hard work and effort. Grades were still very low but improving little by little. I worked really hard. However, I was never the best at everything.I havent realized until recently that I really dont have to be the best at everything. I was too hard on myself. In fact, when I did badly in a test, my classmates never laughed at me.No one is perfect. There will probably always be someone better than me at something. Anyway, there are about seven billion people in this world. I will never be the number one at everything, and thats really okay.（1）What does a prodigy probably mean in English? A . A smart kid.B . A crazy fan.C . A common child.D . A lazy girl.（2）When the writer was at the new class, _. A . she lost her interest in music.B . she had difficulty in learning.C . she surprised everyone in solos.D . she got separated from friends.（3）What happened to the writer during the next two years? A . She won many prizes without any effort.B . She found the best way to become perfect.C . She gave up trying because of the low scores.D . She failed to be perfect though she worked hard.（4）What has the writer realized recently? A . There is no success without effort.B . Being talented is the key to success.C . Dont expect too much of yourself.D . Its not necessary to care about the result.（5）Which would be the best title for this passage? A . No one is perfect.B . My past life as a young girl.C . Hard work doesnt work.D . What to do when you are perfect.4. （4分）根据短文内容，选择最佳选项。 Why are dogs our best friends? Maybe because they can understand our words much better than we thought, according to a study in Hungary. It found that dogs understand not only what we say, but also how we say it.The results were very exciting and very surprising, said the researcher Attila Andies, from Eotvos Lorand University in Budapest.For the study, the researchers first trained 13 dogs for months. The dogs had to sit quietly inside machines, so that the researchers could check their activity.Then the researcher put headphones on dogs and played peoples voices to them. There were four different voices. Some were positive words, such as well down , or neutral( 不带感情色彩 ) words like however. The words were also in different tones(音调). Some were positive and some were neutral.Brain scans(扫描) showed that the dogs could recognize(辩认) words, as well as the tone of words, much like people do. The positive words with a positive tone brought the stronger activity in their brains reward centers(反应中枢).It shows that for dogs, a nice phrase can work very well as a prize, but it works best if both words and tonesmatch, said Andies.They also found that dogs deal with meaningful words with the left side of the brain and tones with the right. Human brains work in the same way.It gave us a new understanding of language, said Andies. That is, not only do humans understand the meaning in words .other species(物种) do too. （1）What was found according to the study in Hungary? A . Dogs cant understand peoples words.B . Dogs can only understand what we say.C . Dogs can understand what we thought better than our words.D . Dogs understand not only what we say, but also how we say it.（2）Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the study? A . Researchers played with the dogs.B . Researchers made dogs sit inside machines.C . Researchers scanned the dogs brains.D . Researchers played peoples voices to the dogs.（3）Dogs think as a best prize. A . neutral words with a neutral toneB . neutral words with a positive toneC . positive words with a neutral toneD . positive words with a positive tone（4）According to the passage ,which of the following is TRUE? A . Human brains dont work in the same way as dogs do.B . Dogs deal with meaningful words with the left side of the brain.C . The researchers trained dogs for years to check their brain activity.D . Researcher Attila Andies was disappointed at the result of the study.（5）What is the main idea of the passage? A . Dogs are as clever as humans.B . Dogs are good at learning humans language.C . Dogs can understand the meaning in words.D . Dogs can do what human do.5. （4分）阅读理解 You may have heard of the famous saying, East or West, home is the best. What does the word home mean to you? How do you say in French? In Chinese?In your language? Although people usually know what the word means, it sometimes has no exact translation(翻译). Its not surprising, because the idea of home is different from country to country, and from person to person. A home is more than a roof(屋顶)and four walls. Its the cooking, eating, talking, playing and sleeping that go on inside. And at home you usually feel safe and relaxed. Homes look different in different countries. They also have different things inside. For example, in cold northern Europe, theres a fire in the living room or kitchen and all the chairs face it. In the south, where the sun shines a lot and its more important to keep the heat(热)out, there are small windows and cool stone floors. We asked some people about their homes. Here are the two people we interviewed. How often do people move house in your country? In my country many people dont stay in one place for a very long time. They often move every ten years or so.Cherry, Boston, USA. What a e features (特征) of homes in your country? In Britain, even in town, theres always a garden. We have separate bedrooms and living rooms. But we dont often have balconies (阳台). The weather isnt warm enough! Pat, Exeter, England（1）The word home sometimes has no exact translation because . A . it has different meanings in different countriesB . no one knows what it isC . people cant find this word in the dictionaryD . people cant understand each other very well（2）According to the passage, at home, you can do everything except . A . cooking and eatingB . playing and talkingC . sleeping and relaxingD . making friends（3）Why is it important to keep the heat out of the houses in southern Europe? A . Because they want to breathe(呼吸)fresh air outside.B . Because theres a fire in the living room.C . Because they wear heavy clothes all day long.D . Because the sun there shines a lot.（4）From the second paragraph, what kind of homes people have depends on _. A . whether they are rich or notB . the climate (气候) they haveC . how old they areD . whether they live in the city or countryside（5）Which one of the sentences below is true? A . People in Britain seldom have balconies because its so hot outside.B . Some Americans move house several times during their lifetime.C . Homes look the same in different countries.D . Houses in northern Europe have big windows and cool stone floors.三、 选词填空 (共1题；共5分)6. （5分）用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，每词仅用一次。 university write down agree million possible（1）The work is too difficult. Its _for him to finish it on time. （2）There are 7 _people in the city. （3）Oxford and Cambridge are two famous _in England. （4）My mother never_to let me swim in the river. （5）The English teacher often advises us _the correct answers next to the mistakes in our notebooks. 四、 单词拼写 (共1题；共1分)7. （1分）My parents are a_my plan to travel. 五、 语法填空 (共1题；共1分)8. （1分）根据短文内容及所给提示，在文中的空白处补全或填写一个正确的单词。 Sometimes we draw a quick conclusion(结论).But my little son gave me _lesson.One day, I took my five-year-old son to go out for a walk after dinner. On the way, we saw an old woman selling fruit. I didnt take enough money with me _I could buy only two pears.My son held the _(pear) in his hands. I asked him if he could share one w_me. On hearing this, he quickly bit one pear, and the _I was surprised. I _(ask) myself why my son was so greedy(贪婪). Perhaps my son was too young _know about sharing and giving.Suddenly, _(I) son gave me the pear in his right hand and said, Mom, you have this one. This one is much _(sweet). Then I knew why my little son bit each pear.From then on, I always tell myself not to reach a conclusion too _(quick).六、 任务型阅读 (共1题；共5分)9. （5分）任务型阅读 May Day is the day when we celebrate the end of winter and the arrival of spring. Its a time of new life, with new leaves on the trees and wildflowers growing in the woods and fields. On that day, children in Britain and other parts of Europe often make May baskets and hang them on a neighbors door as a gift of love and friendship.Here are the steps of making this kind of basket.Step 1 Food paper into a cone（圆锥形） and stick it to keep the shape.Step 2 Cut top of the cone with scissors.Step 3 Make two holes on opposite sides of the cone. Leave 5cm form the top.Step 4 Pass ribbon（彩带） through holes and tie it to create a basket handle.Step 5 Fill your basket with different kinds of flowers.根据以上制作步骤重新排列A、B、C、D、E五幅图片的顺序。A. B. C. D. E. （1）_（2）Why do children in Europe make May baskets? 七、 书面表达 (共1题；共1分)10. （1分）假如你的英语老师让你在英语角向同学们介绍一下你最喜爱的动画片角色， 请根据下面的提示， 写一篇80词左右的英语短文。 角色加菲猫(Garfield)原因幽默内容他喜欢睡觉，懒惰，自负，但是遇到问题很聪明而且勇敢感受有趣，一些话总能引起思考第 13 页 共 13 页参考答案一、 完形填空 (共1题；共1分)1-1、二、 阅读理解 (共4题；共15分)2-1、2-2、2-3、3-1、3-2、3-3、3-4、3-5、4-1、4-2、4-3、4-4、4-5、5-1、5-2、5-3、5-4、5-5、三、 选词填空 (共1题；共5分)6-1、6-2、6-3、6-4、6-5、四、 单词拼写 (共1题；共1分)7-1、五、 语法填空 (共1题；共1分)8-1、六、 任务型阅读 (共1题；共5分)9-1、9-2、七、 书面表达 (共1题；共1分)10-1、