辽宁省沈阳市第四十三中学2019-2020学年八年级下册英语期中考试及答案

2019-2020 学年度八年级（下）期中质量监测

英语试卷

满分∶ 120分 时间∶ 105 分钟

一、根据汉语提示写单词 （10分）

1. Her body ___________is making other people feel welcome. （语言）

2. There are about 30 Chinese ___________in each line. （文字）

3. I gave him some ________before he dived into the river. （警告）

4. Can you ________yourself in three words? （描述）

5. ______________elephants are huge and grey. （亚洲的）

6. The dove is a ______________of peace. （象征, 符号）

7. Many _____________ live in the village by the sea. （渔民）

8. They went to the cinema ___________________（分别地）.

9. I think we should meet their___________ needs of food and water. （基本的）

10. If you want to succeed in getting the job, you must make a good __________on the interviewers. （印象）

二、用所给词的适当形式填空 （10分）

11. Shaanxi is in ____________China. You can see pandas there. (centre)

12. This is my ____________chance. I won't miss it. (two)

13. What's the date of his_______________? （birthday）

14. It's ___________for me to see you here (please).

15. He was made______________10 hours in the past. (work)

16 How many different _____________of "can" are given in the dictionary?（mean）

17. Many poems _____________by Shelley are liked by us. (write)

18. What language_____ in that country? (speak)

19. He did everything he could ____________the old man. (save)

20. She had difficulty______________ back her anger. (hold)

三、单项选择 （10 分）

21. It’s cruel ________ people __________ pandas for their fur.

A. of, to kill B of, killing C. for, to kill D. for, killing

22. I like the black pair of trousers because it can ________many of my shirts well.

A. change B. decide C. match D. improve

23.The little boy played with the toy for a while and then became _________ and left.

A. serious B. bored C. interested D angry

24.— How is your grandma?

—She's fine. She used to _________paper cuttings al home. Bui now she is used to _______ out for a walk.

A. make; going B. making; go C. making; going D make; go

25.—When does ballet ________ usually start?

—At an early age.

A. train B. to train C. training D. trained

26. I forgot to ___________ Amy about the party this morning, so he didn't come

A. impress B express C. warn D remind

27. ---The table looks very nice. What's it made _____________?

--Wood. And it is made _________Shanghai.

A. from; in B. of; in C. from; by D. of; by

28. You shouldn't put off today's work for tomorrow. Today's work _____________today.

A. may done B. must done C. may be done D. must be done

29. --Why do you choose to eat in Rose Restaurant?

--Because the dishes there taste __________and sell ________________.

A. good, nice B. good, well C. well, good D. well, well

30. --Let's have a look in the South Shopping Centre.

--______________, but watch the steps as you go in.

A. All right B. Never mind C. That's all right D. With pleasure

四、完形填空 （15 分）

What could save this black bear from falling off a 30-meter-high bridge? The answer was only a miracle （奇迹）.

The bear was on her _31__home after a long day in a California's mountain. When She was _32_ across the bridge, suddenly two cars entered from both sides. There was nowhere to run, so the _33__ bear jumped onto the rail （护栏） and began to fall down.

_34_ the bear pulled herself onto an arch （拱门）under the bridge, but she was trapped（困住）there. A driver saw the unbelievable scene（场面）and _35_ 911. Robert Brooks, an animal control officer from a nearby town, was sent to investigate（调查）. "I thought it was a _36_, " he said. But it wasn't a joke, so he called Dave Baker of the BEAR League, a group that 37 bears in trouble

Unfortunately, the sky was getting dark, so the rescuers had to _38_. Early the next morning, Brooks and Baker returned to the bridge with more _39_. Surprisingly, the bear was still there. Then Baker had a(n) _40_ : They should hang a net under the bear, push her _41_ it, and then lower her to the ground.

Police officers _42_ the road. Then Brooks shot a sleeping drug（药）into the bear's shoulder. When the bear was _43_ a volunteer rock climber used his feet to push the bear off the arch, right into the middle of the net.

When the bear was _44_lowered, everyone cheered. The rescuers then cleared all he people from the area and left the bear alone _45_ she could sleep. Since then, no one has seen the bear. "I don't think she's going near the bridge any more. "Brook said.

31. A. road B. way C. trip D tour

32. A. walking B. jumping C. flying D. dancing

33. A. relaxed B. interested C. excited D. frightened

34. A. Luckily B Firstly C. Finally D. Unluckily

35. A. reminded B. asked C. told D. called

36. A. lie B. story C. joke D. problem

37 A. moves B catches C. feeds D. helps

38 A. work B start C continue D wait

39 A. engineers B. volunteers C. students D. teachers

40. A. idea B. answer C hope D. question

41. A. through B. across C into D. under

42. A. opened B. fixed C. closed D. covered

43. A. excited B. tired C. angry D. sleepy

44. A. easily B. heavily C gently D. simply

45. A. so B. after C. because D. when

五、阅读理解 （15 分）

(A)

46. The above reading is most probably ________________.

A. a menu B. a fast food C. an advertisement D. a letter

47. It s clear that the restaurant ________________.

A. offers Chinese food B was set up 22 years ago

C. gets no awards at all D is good at cooking ducks

48. At 12:00 p. m. customers can_____________________.

A. find the restaurant closed B. have a good meal in the restaurant

C. enjoy the awards in the restaurant D. make a phone call to order food

49. The reading doesn’t tell us __________________.

A. the address of the restaurant B. the price of food

C. the phone number of the restaurant D. the way to order food

50. Which country does the restaurant belong to?

A. China B. India C. America D. Canada

(B)

Perhaps the only test score that I remember is the 55 when I was in high school.

The test was the final for a course. I remember waiting anxiously（焦虑地）as my teacher Mr. Right passed out our papers one by one. It was a rather difficult test. I heard my classmates groaning （叹息）, and I can tell by the groans that the scores weren't looking good.

Mr. Right put my paper on my desk. There in big red numbers, circled to draw attention, was my score,55!Ilowered my head, and covered the score up quickly. A 55 is not something that you wanted your classmates to see. "The scores were not very good, none of you passed. "Mr Right said, "The highest score in the class was a55. "

A 55. That's me! Suddenly my sad look didn't look so sad. I had the highest score. I felt a lot better. I walked home alone that day with the low but high score. My father knew that I had a big test that day and asked me as soon as I got home, "How did you do in your test?" "I made a 55,"I said.

A frown（皱眉） now stood on my father's face. I knew I had to explain immediately. "But Dad, I had the highest score in the class. "I proudly said. I thought that explanation would make a difference. "You failed!" my father replied. "But it's the highest!" I insisted. （坚持）"I don't care what scores others had, but you failed. What matters is what you do!" my father said.

For years, my father was always that way. It didn't matter what others did, it only mattered what I did and that I did it excellently.

We often don't understand the wisdom（智慧）of good parents until we ourselves stand in the parents' shoes. My father's words have carried me throughout life

51. The word "score" has the similar meaning to "_________________

A. paper B. sign C mark D. symbol

52. In class, to hide my score from my classmates, I__________________.

A. lowered my head B. covered my score up

C. walked home alone D. explained immediately

53. Who passed the final test for a course?

A. only the writer B. the writer's classmates

C. nobody D Mr. Right

54. A frown stood on my father's face because he thought_____________________.

A. I did a bad job in the test B. I gave a good excuse

C. I became the worst student D. I stood in his shoes

55. We can infer（推断）from the passage that_______________.

A. the father was strict with his child

B. the writer was always poor in tests

C. Mr. Right was worried about the writer

D. the writer was always happy with his scores

(C)

We all know that a horse has one toe（脚趾）on each foot. But do you know millions of years ago, horses had many toes. They had four toes on each front foot. They had three toes on each back foot. The horses were smaller than cats.

It was very hot in the forest at that time. These small horses lived in the forest. Their many toes helped the horses run over the soft and wet ground.

But the weather changed. It became cold. Many trees couldn't live in cold weather. The trees died and fell. The open field took the place of the forest. The sun made the ground dry and hard. Horses began to change too. They began to get bigger. On the dry and hard land, horses need only their middle toes for running. Their middle toes became hard. After a long time, horses had only one hard toe on each foot. We call this hard toe a hoof.

56. Long long ago, the horse had four toes, on each of its ______________feet.

A. left B. right C front D. back

57. How many toes does a horse have now?

A. One B. Two C. Three D. Four

58. Which of the following does the story make you believe?

A. Animals in the past were always the same as the ones today.

B. Animals change because of the change of the earth

C. Weather stays the same as it was many years ago

D. Horses like the soft and wet ground, so they have changed.

59. What did the horses need on the dry and hard land?

A. They needed only their middle toes for running.

B. They needed a lot of room for running.

C. They needed some water to drink.

D. They needed lots of grass to eat.

60. The word "hoof" in the last paragraph in English means "_________".

A. hard leg of a horse B. hard hand of a horse

C. hard toe of a horse D. the hard foot of certain animals

六、阅读回答问题 （20分）

(A)

The story of the red-crowned crane

Have you ever heard of the song "The story of the red-crowned crane"? It is about a girl called Xu Xiujuan. Xiujuan was born in Zhalong, Heilongjiang Province in 1964. Her father's job was to look after red-crowned cranes. Xiujuan started helping her father when she was young. She soon showed a great love for these white birds. She became good at raising them.

When Xiujuan was 21,she got a job at a nature reserve in Jiangsu Province. She enjoyed taking care of the baby cranes. If a bird became sick, she took good care of it and stayed with it every day until it was strong enough to fly again

In September 1987, one of the birds went missing. The workers in the nature reserve looked everywhere, but no one could find it. Xiujuan was very worried. She looked for it day and night for two days. On the second night, while she was looking for the missing bird,she fell into a river and died. She was only 23.

Later, a song was written in memory of Xiujuan. Though Xiujuan died young, people always remember her when they hear the song or see a red-crowned crane

61. What is the song "The story of the red-crowned crane" about?

62. When and where was Xiujuan born?

63. Could anyone find the missing bird?

64. How did Xiujuan feel when the bird went missing?

65. How long did Xiujuan look for the missing bird?

(B)

Learn from the virus

The epidemic（疫情）is scary. But it's not all bad. In fact, we can learn some lessons from it .

Learn to be responsible

When facing the epidemic, everyone has to be ready. People have different responsibilities Doctors fight on the frontline to treat patients. Police officers stay in position to keep us safe Delivery men （快递员）deliver daily things to us.

What are your responsibilities? You can follow the latest news and exercise to keep your body healthy and keep the virus （病毒）away.

Learn to respect

Feeling afraid is not a bad thing. You can learn to replace your fear with respect

When you respect laws, you are careful about what you do. When you respect others, you are kind to them. When you respect nature, you try to protect it.

Don't just be afraid. Try to do what you believe in and do it with a respectful mind.

Learn to tell right from wrong

If you want to learn about something, you can easily find a lot of information about it online But is all of it correct?

Don't get lost （迷失） in a sea of information. Think critically（批判性地）. You can also ask your parents or teachers and listen to what they say.

Learn to be alone

The epidemic forces us to stay at home. You might feel bored and miss your friends But being alone isn't a bad thing. You have time to do things that you didn't have time to do before. Also, you can learn to be independent （独立的）

66. How many lessons can we learn from the epidemic （疫情）?

67. What is the police officers' responsibility?

68. Feeling afraid is not a bad thing, is it?

69. Who can we ask if we don't want to get lost in a sea of information?

70. How might you feel when you are forced to stay at home during the epidemic?

七、阅读短文并用所给词的适当形式填空 （5分）

When whales die in the ocean, their huge__71__（body）fall to the bottom（底部）. Scientists have a name for this∶ a whale fall（鲸落）. In March, Chinese scientists _72__(discover)a whale fall in the South China Sea. This is the first whale fall ever found in China.

After the whale falls to the bottom of the sea, other sea animals eat the meat off the dead whale. But did you know? The dead whale can become an ecosystem （生态系统）. Many animals live on it.

There are less than 50 _73__(nature) whale falls in the world. So it is lucky for China to find one. Why are they so rare? The sea is very big. It's hard for people to look for whale falls in such a big area. What's more, because of whale __74__ (hunt), there are __75__ (few) whales in the world. Whales are selfless, even when they die. It's time for us to show respect （尊敬）to these great animals.

八、综合阅读 （20分）

(A)

Good afternoon. My name's Tom Green. I work (A)_______the World Wide Fund for Nature It's also(B) known as the WWF. We work in around 100 countries and have(C) close to five million members. We want to help make the world a better place for people and animals to live in Did you know that there are thousands of endangered animals around the world?(D)These animals may all die soon if we don't take good care of them. South China tigers, giant pandas and Asian elephants are all endangered animals. They've endangered because people cut down forests and pollute the water. A world（E）________these beautiful animals would be a sad place. （F）我们必须所有人一起努力 to make sure they do not disappear.

The WWF works to protect the endangered animals and(G)their homes. Why not join us and help save the endangered animals around the world?

76. 在文中（A）和 （E）的空白处分别填入适当的单词∶ _________ __________

77. 写出文中划线部分（B）和（C）的同义词或近义词∶ _________ __________

78. 将文中划线部分（D）改写为∶

These animals may all die soon if they________ not _________good care of.

79. 把文中划线部分（F）翻译成英文∶____________________________

80. 文中划线部分（G）指代的是∶_________________

(B)

Handshakes, high fives, kisses on the cheek, hugging… people all over the world greet each other in different ways that more or less need close contact. Because of the novel coronavirus outbreak（新型冠状病毒的爆发）, people are changing how they greet each other to prevent the virus （病毒）（A）_________ spreading. （B）他们已经想出 一些其他的方法 to say hello

French people prefer to kiss on the cheek to（C）_______ each other. It is a regular（经常的） greeting for them, even between people who have only just met. They shake hands at work as a formal greeting. As kissing and handshaking may spread the virus, French lifestyle expert Philippe Lichtfus said (D) looking into a person's eyes is good enough as a greeting.

It's a very Australian thing to put your hand out to shake hands. However, it's risky（有风险的）at this time. Brad Hazzard, the New South Wales health minister, （E）suggested patting（拍） each other on the back. "I would be suggesting to the community…it's time that Aussies（澳大利亚人）actually gave each other a pat on the back for the time being-no handshaking, "he said. But it also (F)leads to some problems. For example, it's a bit impolite if you do this to your teacher. What do you think?

81. 在文中（A）和（C）空白处分别填入适当单词∶ ________ __________

82. 将文中划线部分（B）译成英语∶________________________________

83. 将文中划线部分（D）改写为∶ it is god enough ___________ _______into a person's eyes. 84. 写出文中划线部分（E）和（F）的同义词或近义词∶ _________ _____________

85. 请写出文中介绍了哪两个国家的问候方式∶_____________________________

九、作文（15分）

(A)

The Cooper family are on vacation in Costa Rica. They are here to work for a(86)_____ called Pretoma. But the Cooper family does not get paid any money. They are(87)________. Pretoma（88）__________ sea turtles（海龟）and their eggs. The sea turtles（89）_________their eggs on the beach at night But some people take the eggs and sell them. Every night the Cooper family take the eggs to a special place called a hatchery（孵化场）. This is a（90）_________ place for the eggs. They bury the eggs in the sand. The eggs are safe there.

(B)

请以It is ____________to protect endangered animals为题写篇小短文, 词数 80-100. 步骤与要点如下∶

1. 确定主题, 补全标题, 并在文中说明原因

（参考词汇∶ important, necessary, unnecessary, no use）

2. 围绕主题进行叙述

3. 讲述一段与主题有关的故事或经历

It's__________ to protect endangered animals. ____________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

八年英语期中测试题答案

一、根据汉语提示写单词 （10分）

1. language 2. characters 3. warnings 4. describe 5. Asian

6. symbol 7. fishermen 8. respectively 9. basic 10. impression

二、用所给词的适当形式填空 （10分）

11. Central 12. second 13. birth 14. pleasant 15. to work

16. meanings 17. written 18. is spoken 19. to save 20. holding

三、单项选择 （10 分）

21-25 ACBAC 26-30 DBCBA

四、完形填空 （15 分）

31-35 BADAD 36-40 DDDBA 41-45 CCDCA

五、阅读理解 （15 分）

(A) 46-50 CBABD (B) 51-55 CBCAB (C) 56-60 CDBAD

六、阅读回答问题 （20分）

(A) 61. About a girl called Xu Xiujuan.

62. In Zhalong, Heilongjiang Province in 1964.

63. No.

64. She was very worried.

65. She looked for it day and night for two days.

(B) 66. Four.

67. To keep us safe.

68. No, it isn’t.

69. Our parents or teachers.

70. I might feel bored.

七、阅读短文并用所给词的适当形式填空 （5分）

71. bodies 72. discovered 73. natural 74. hunting 75. fewer

八、综合阅读 （20分）

(A)

76. for without

77. famous nearly

78. are taken

79. We must all work together.

80. the endangered animals

(B) 81. from greet

82. They've come up with some other ways.

83. to look

84. advised causes

85. France Australia

九、作文（15分）

(A) 86. group 87. volunteers 88. protect 89. lay 90. safe

(B) 略。

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