冀教版2019-2020学年八年级下学期英语期中考试试卷A卷.doc

冀教版2019-2020学年八年级下学期英语期中考试试卷A卷姓名:_ 班级:_ 成绩:_一、 完形填空。 (共1题；共15分)1. （15分）通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出一个最佳选项。1years and years people have been saying that railways are dead. We can do 2railways, people say, 3cars and planes have made railways unnecessary. We all keep hearing that trains are slow, 4money and are dying. But this is far from the 5. In these days of expensive 6, railways have become highly competitive（竞争的） with cars and planes. If you want to carry people or things from place to place, theyre 7than planes. And they have much in 8with planes. A plane goes in a straight line and 9does a railway. What is more, a railway takes you from the heart of a city center. It doesnt stop as a car does on crowded roads. And no plane or car can ever carry as many goods(货物) as one train 10.Far from being dead, railways are much 11. Modern railway lines give you a comfortable journey. Where else can you eat well, sleep comfortably, feel safe and enjoy the scene while you are traveling 12? And we are only the beginning, for we have just 13the age of super-fast trains, which can travel almost 200 14an hour or more. Soon we will be wondering 15we spent so much on highways and planes we cant fly in because we dont have enough money to buy the oil.（1）A . For B . Since C . In D . Of （2）A . instead of B . out of C . with D . without （3）A . as if B . even if C . even though D . such as （4）A . win B . make C . lose D . shut （5）A . background B . truth C . secret D . business （6）A . electricity B . water C . oil D . time （7）A . cheaper B . more expensive C . faster D . slower （8）A . same B . similar C . total D . common （9）A . so B . as C . this D . also （10）A . carry B . do C . does D . did （11）A . spare B . painful C . sad D . alive （12）A . from time to time B . at the same time C . Once upon a time D . all the time （13）A . entered B . gone C . left D . got （14）A . meters B . kilograms C . miles D . pounds （15）A . that B . whether C . how D . why 二、 阅读理解。 (共4题；共36分)2. （10分）根据短文理解，选择正确答案。American school children usually have lots of activities after school. There are different kinds of clubs(俱乐部) for students to study, do sports and enjoy(享受) school life.Some students like to go to study clubs after school. The study club is a learning center. Students can do homework, talk about their interesting subjects, and learn computer.American children like sports clubs better. Children can join(参加) basketball, soccer or baseball clubs. They can enjoy sports in these clubs.If some children are disabled, they can also enjoy their club life. There are some kinds of special(特殊的) clubs for these kids.Because there are many after-school activities, American school children have a happy life at school. Few students dont like going to school.（1）In the USA, children cant _ in clubs.A . do homeworkB . learn computerC . play basketballD . do some shopping（2）The study club is a _.A . special centerB . learning centerC . big centerD . small center（3）The underlined word “disabled” means _ in Chinese.A . 健康的B . 难受的C . 强壮的D . 残疾的（4）How many kinds of clubs are mentioned(涉及，提到) in the passage?A . Five.B . Four.C . Three.D . Two.（5）Which of the following is TRUE?A . Disabled children can also join clubs.B . American students dont like sports center.C . American students dont like to go to school.D . American students can enjoy sports in study clubs.3. （10分）根据短文内容的理解，选择正确答案。A boy goes to the cinema. He buys a ticket and goes in. But after two or three minutes he comes out. He buys a second ticket and goes in again. After a few minutes he comes out again and buys a third ticket. Two or three minutes after that he comes out a third time and asks for another ticket. The ticket seller says to him, Why are you buying all these? Are you meeting friends in the cinema all the time? The boy says, No, Im not doing that, but a big woman always stops me at the door and tear(撕掉) my tickets up.（1）The boy goes to the cinema to _. A . see a filmB . watch TVC . meet his friendsD . have a rest（2）How many tickets does the boy buy together? A . One.B . Two.C . Three.D . Four.（3）After _ the boy comes out again and buys a third ticket. A . a long timeB . a few secondsC . a very short timeD . a day（4）No, Im not doing that means _. A . he is not seeing a filmB . he is not meeting his friendsC . he wants to buy the ticket for the big womanD . the big woman doesnt let him in（5）From the story we can guess that _. A . the boy is the first time to go to the cinemaB . the big woman does not like the boyC . the boy is afraid of the big womanD . the boy does not want the big woman to tear his tickets up.4. （8分）阅读下列材料，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳选项。DOne year, a college in the United States announced that it would offer a lot of money for the pure white marigold(金盏花). The high reward attracted so many people, but in the nature, besides golden, the marigold is brown, and it is not easy to get the white one. So after they were excited for a time, many people had forgotten the announcement.One normal day after 20 years, the college received a letter and 100 seeds of pure white marigold. It was an old woman of over 70 years old. Some experts in the college doubted it, but in order not to let her down, those seeds finally took root (根）in the earth. The miracle appeared after one year; the field was covered by pure white marigold.Therefore, the old woman who was always unknown to the public became a new focus.The old woman was a flower-lover. When she read the announcement 20 years ago, she got very excited like others. But her eight children were totally against her decision. After all, a woman who never knew the seed genetics(遗传学) couldnt complete what the experts could never do, so her thought was only a day dream.Still, the old woman didnt change her mind and went on working. She planted some of the most common seeds and took good care of them. A year later, when the marigold came out, she chose one faintest(最暗淡的) from those golden and brown flowers and got the best seed. The next year, she again grew them and chose .Day after day, year after year, through many seasons, the old womans husband died, her children flew far, a lot of things happened in her life, but only the wish to grow the pure white marigold took root in her heart.Finally, after 20 years on the day we all know, in the garden she saw a marigold, which was nearly white, but as white as silver or snow.A problem even experts couldnt deal with was solved by an old woman who didnt understand genetics. Was it a miracle (奇迹）?To take root in the heart, even the most common seed, can grow into a miracle!（1）According to the passage, _ marigold is unusual.A . whiteB . purpleC . brownD . golden（2）It can be learned from the passage that _.A . the children didnt agree on their mothers decisionB . the woman needed the great reward for her big familyC . the experts also succeeded in growing the white marigoldD . the woman took good care of the flowers instead of her family（3）The woman successfully grew the white marigold at last because she_.A . was luckier than expertsB . put her heart into flowersC . got support from her familyD . studied the seed genetics well（4）The passage mainly talks about_.A . the difficulties of getting the white marigoldB . the possibility of going beyond expertsC . the unforgettable development of marigoldD . the importance of holding on to dreams5. （8分）阅读理解 Millions of Chinese have been playing a mobile game called Travel Frog recently. You play as the mother of a frog who lives alone and enjoys travelling. You need to prepare food and tools for his trips. The frog will send you postcards while he is away.The games popularity may have something to do with how lonely people are these days, according to the Xinhua News Agency. Many players have said that the lonely frog is just like them. But playing with the frog helps them forget their loneliness(孤独) for a short time.Loneliness seems to be a common problem today. According to the Guardian(英国卫报), about 40 percent of American adults say theyre lonely. And in the UK, about one in five people in the country are always or often lonely, the Telegraph(英国电讯报) reported.This might be why the UK government declared(宣布) the countrys very first Minister of Loneliness in January. The ministers job is to find ways to help UK citizens feel less lonely. The ministers office will provide more money for activities that connect people together.This loneliness problem may be partly due to social media. When we see pictures of friends having fun or posting selfies(自拍) without us, we may compare their perfect lives with our own and feel upset and lonely.But we should remember that no one is destined(注定) to be lonely. As UK poet John Donne once wrote, No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent(陆地), a part of the main.（1）What do players do while playing Travel Frog? A . Build houses for their frogs.B . Write postcards to their frogs.C . Choose places for their frogs to travel.D . Prepare food and tools for their frogs trips.（2）The purpose of introducing Travel Frog is to . A . tell us how to play this gameB . lead in more popular gamesC . tell us how popular this game isD . lead in the problem of loneliness（3）To deal with loneliness, Minister of Loneliness . A . designed the game Travel FrogB . found ways to get people togetherC . reported the problem in the newspaperD . stopped people from using social media（4）What does the last paragraph mean? A . In fact, we are not lonely.B . Loneliness is a big problem.C . Everyone should live the way he likes.D . It is no use to compare ourselves with others.三、 词汇运用。 (共2题；共11分)6. （1分）Our English teacher is very _（友好） to us. 7. （10分）根据短文理解，用所给词的适当形式填空。mine, nothing, thought, hurt, free, arrived , door, surprise, carefully, mothers；dirtyLunch Made of LoveIn those poor times, many of my classmates couldnt bring a nice meal to school for lunch. My deskmates meal was always cabbages, while _（我的） was ham and fried eggs. Sometimes, my deskmate would first pick the hair out of his lunch and then eat it as if _（没事） had happened. This continued for a long time.His mother is so lousy（邋遢的）that her hair drops in the meal, my classmates said. I _（想）it was really dirty, but I couldnt show that because I didnt want to hurt（伤害）his feelings. Still, I started to think that he was _（肮脏）, too.One day after school, he called me and said, Would you like to come to my house if you are _（有空）?Though I didnt want to go, I knew it would be impolite to refuse because this was his first invitation. Following my friend, we _（到达）at a poor village.Mom, I brought my friend home. His old mother opened the _（门）, My sons friend is here. Let me have a look. But to my _（惊讶）, his mother was blind. She couldnt see anything.I felt sad. Now I understood why my deskmates lunch had hair in it. His mother got ready for it _（仔细）for him every day, even though she was blind. It was not only a lunch, but also a _（母亲）love.四、 语法填空。 (共1题；共1分)8. （1分）Mrs Robin asks her son not_(stay) at home alone.五、 任务型阅读。 (共1题；共5分)9. （5分）阅读短文，根据短文内容，从短文后的五个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。每个选项只能用一次。Chinese Paper CuttingAs traditional Chinese art, paper cutting has a long history. The first and earliest pa per cutting was found in China 1,500 years ago. _. Luckily, Voyo Woo, a Chinese immigrant（移民）in America, is trying to bring this art back to life.One Saturday in 2014, Ms. Woo held a paper cutting show at a shopping center near Washington. _. She hoped more people would enjoy the art of paper cutting.Ms. Woo began to study the art of paper cutting as a 14-year-old girl in her hometown in China. She said all the students at school had to learn paper cutting. But she had a deep love for it. _. Later, she won the second prize in a national painting and art competition. Ms. Woo went to America after she finished college in 2008. Soon after that, she took part in an activity to promote（宣传）Chinese paper cutting. _. “It is important to promote this art to Americans or anyone who is interested in it. Maybe it will make this art more popular.” Woo said.From the art of paper cutting, people can know about Chinese cultural values, history and stories of peoples life. Ms. Woo uses the art as a tool to show Chinese culture to people who know little about it. _, but also for people all over the world.A. Just because Chinese art is not only for ChineseB. She got much fun and peace from the showC. But this traditional art is at risk of disappearing nowD. So her teacher spent more time teaching her after classE. And then she was invited to show the art in many important activities六、 书面表达。 (共1题；共5分)10. （5分）科技日新月异，5G给人们未来生活将带来哪些变化呢？假定你是赵华，请你为学校英语校报写一篇发言稿。 要点如下：1）日常生活方面(机器人 robots会帮助完成大部分的工作)；2）娱乐方面(大约十秒钟下载一部高清电影)；3）医疗方面(医生可以远程给病人做手术)4）你的感受注意：1）词数80词左右；2）可以适当增加细节，以使行为连贯。3）开头结尾语已为你写好。参考词汇：娱乐方面 for entertainment;下载 download;高清HD;医疗方面 for medical care; 做手术 make an operation on sb.5G will make a big difference in the near futureGood afternoon! Its a great honor to speak here, sharing my moment with you. With the development of science and technology,Thats all. Thank you.第 12 页 共 12 页参考答案一、 完形填空。 (共1题；共15分)1-1、二、 阅读理解。 (共4题；共36分)2-1、2-2、2-3、2-4、2-5、3-1、3-2、3-3、3-4、3-5、4-1、4-2、4-3、4-4、5-1、5-2、5-3、5-4、三、 词汇运用。 (共2题；共11分)6-1、7-1、四、 语法填空。 (共1题；共1分)8-1、五、 任务型阅读。 (共1题；共5分)9-1、六、 书面表达。 (共1题；共5分)10-1、