2020-2021學(xué)年人教版八年級(jí)下學(xué)期期中英語(yǔ)試卷

1、初二年級(jí)（下）英語(yǔ)期中考試卷聽(tīng)力部分（30 分）一、聽(tīng)小對(duì)話，回答問(wèn)題（10 分）1. Where is Linda now?A. At home. B. In the hospital. C. At school.2. What does the man ask the woman for?A. Janes phone number. B. Janes address. C. Janes -3. When did the girl get home yesterday?A. At7:00. B. At7:10. C. At7:30.4. Why wont Mike come the part

2、y?A. Because he has a cold. B. Because he has to study.C. Because he is busy with his homework.5. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. Sleep. B. The weather. C. The kids.二、聽(tīng)較長(zhǎng)對(duì)話，回答問(wèn)題 分）聽(tīng)第一段較長(zhǎng)對(duì)話，回答第 6-8 三個(gè)小題。6. Where does the young girl want to with her father?A. To the park. B. To the swimm

3、ing pool. C. To the movie. 7. Who are they going with?A. The girls mother. B. The s best friend. C. The girls older brother. 8. What does the father suggest they at the end the day?A. Watch a game show. B. Go to a restaurant. C. Play board game/ 聽(tīng)第二段較長(zhǎng)對(duì)話，回答第 9-11 三個(gè)小題。9. What day it today?A. Friday.

4、 B. Saturday. C. Sunday.10. What does the boy advise the girl do?A. Have a rest. B. Find a quiet place. C. Watch a TV show. 11. When will the girl probably finish her homework?A. Later night. B. Tomorrow morning. C. The day after tomorrow.三、聽(tīng)獨(dú)白，回答問(wèn)題 分）12. The weather was on that day.A. cool B. warm

5、C. hot13. The campers went to the beach .A. in the morning B. in the afternoon C. in the evening 14. The skill Tony liked most was how to .A. get away from snakes B. deal with wild dogs C. tell the time15. Tony didnt take the drumming lesson because .A. he was sleepy B. he didnt like C. he had go ho

6、me筆試部分（90 分）1四、閱讀理解（40 分）ASummer Programs at MuseumsThe Postal Museum The Air and Space MuseumDate： 17th-23rd Date： 29th-30thAge：13 Age：-11Would you like to join us this If you enjoy programs about air and summer vacation? can create a stamp space, please come here. Its a good place with your own de

7、sign, write and mail a to make and fly your paper airplane, postcard, and learn about the history of watch an IMAX movie, and climb into a stamps. real airplane。：-0400 ：654-0930The Science Museum The building MuseumDate：August -20th Date：August 21st27thAge：-12 Age：15You can experience video arts and

8、 Want to enjoy design challenges? computer technology, play VR games to Come and join us. You can also go on explore(探索) a future city, and ask the field trips to some famous buildings, robots questions science. It will be build small houses with soft blocks. All wonderful! Have fun! the programs ar

9、e free.：-3030 ：272-056016. You can join in the programs at the Postal Museum any day .A. from July 17th B. from July 29th to 30thC. from August 7th to 20th D. from August 21st to 27th17. A - yearold student can take part in the programs at .A. the Air and Space Museum B. the Building MuseumC. the Po

10、stal Museum D. the Science museum18. Which of the following statements is TRUE?A. If you want to visit all the four museums, you can visit them in the same month. B. Its free for you to visit all the four museums.C. Kids from all ages are welcome the four museums.D. If you want to know more about th

11、e four museums, you can call them.BMany people think it is expensive to attend birthday parties, especially if you are invited to a few birthday parties in a short time. But can give great and creative birthday presents too much money. The following ways will show you how to do it.The best one is th

12、e gift shelf which contains books, art supplies, toys, and other gifts bought on sale throughout the year. When an invitation to a birthday party arrives, the first we go is the gift shelf. You must be sure you can for them first and carefully do as you plan to. may sound tacky( 俗不可耐的) but it depend

13、s on how close my friend is to me. For a best friend, I might up to $20, while for a classmate whom I dont spend much time out of class, the gifts be much cheaper.2There is nothing wrong with asking your friend for ideas what they might like. One year, I leaned that one of my friends really like to

14、cook, so we bought kitchen supplies(用品) for him. loved them, and I never have thought such an unusual gift without asking him. You may think gift cards are dull and show little creativity, but kids love them. Gift cards are especially great for teens, whose toys are often more expensive. A teenager

15、who is saving to buy a new computer, an MP3 player, a game system will love getting a gift card to electronic store. Its even better when a group of friends all get cards from the same store.With little planning and creative thought, you wont need to worry about the next birthday party invitation!19

16、. When an invitation to a birthday party arrivesthe first place we go is . A. the bookshop B. the gift shelfC. the supermarket D. the friend home20. Why did the writer buy kitchen supplies for one of his friends?A. Because the writer himself likes cooking very much.B. Because he thought his fiend mi

17、ght like them.C. Because he learned his friend liked cooking.D. Because he wanted send his friend some dull gifts.21. Who likes gift cards according to this passage?A. Adults. B. Teachers. C. Teenagers. D. Businessmen.CRick Stevenson, 16 years old, spends every minute he can the mountain. and his fr

18、iends snow - every weekend. “Its great, ” he says. “The winds are so strong, the boards 50 miles hour.” His friend Laura Fields agrees. “No one goes skiing anymore, ” she says. “Thats for the old folks.”Rick Laura are part of a new trend in sports. It has its language, words such as “rage”, “juice”,

19、 and “energy”. It has its own clothing, such as skin -tight bicycle suits in rainbow colors or baggy tops and pants. And its not for the old or the easily frightened(害怕的) Its philosophy is to get as close to the edge as possible. And more and more young athletes are taking part in these risky activi

20、ties called “extreme(極的) sports”, or “X sportsIn the past, young athletes would soccer or baseball. Today, they want risk and excitement - the closer to the edge, the better. They snowboard over cliffs and mountain-bike down steep mountains. They wind - near hurricanes jump from towers and so on. Ex

21、treme sports started as an alternative to more expensive sports.A city kid who doesnt have the money to buy expensive sports equipment( 器材) could get a skateboard and have fun. But now it has become a whole new area of sports, with specialized equipment high levels of skill.Theres even a special Oly

22、mpics for extreme sports, called the Winter -Games, which includes snow mountain biking and ice climbing. An Extreme Games competition is held each summer in Rhode Island. It features( 以為特征) sports such as sky surfing, where people jump from airplanes with surfboards attached to their feet.322. Rick

23、 spends minute he can on the mountain because . A. he wants to enjoy the beautiful sights B. the winds there are very strong C. he wants go snow-boarding there D. he was energetic23. Which of the sentences is TRUE according to the passage?A. a skateboard often costs a lot.B. Rick Laura are full ener

24、gy.C. Rick Laura still like skiing D. If a person is easy to be frightened， still can snowboard over cliffs.24. How many extreme sports are mentioned in this passage?A. Five. B. Six C. Seven. D. Eight.25. We can tell from the passage that .A. not all extreme sports are excitingB. many people dont pl

25、ay basketball because the extreme C. extreme can help keep healthyD. there are special sports games for the people who like extreme sports nowDSome of the greatest problems we face today are the 破壞) of our environment. Brown clouds, polluted water, endangered wild animals. these problems seem so hug

26、e.So my family does what we can. We take cloth bags stores instead using plastic bag. We where we dont have driveBut does it any good? When I am the only one in line at the market with cloth bags, am doing any good? Does walking to stores make any difference the world?I recently learned something ab

27、out flamingos( 火烈鳥(niǎo)) which like to get together in groups of a thousand or more. Every year, when the time comes for migration( 遷 徙), a few of them first take off from the lake. But of them seems notice, so the small returns. However, the next day they try This time a few more fly along with them, mo

28、st of them still pay no attention, so they return again. They try for several times. Every time a few birds join in but, since the thousands of others still take no notice, the great migration plan is once stopped.Then one day something changes. The same small group of birds once again starts flying

29、 and a small more join in just before, then more. Finally, they all take night and the migration really begins. What a spectacular it must be - thousands of flamingos taking off into the sky at once!A few can make a difference. Even if youre the one to take the first and continue trying, others will

30、 someday notice and together we will solve our greatest problems.26. Where would most probably read this passage?A. A guidebook. B. A movie poster.C. A personal 博客 D. A geology(地質(zhì)) magazine.27. Why does the writer use cloth bags stores?A. Because he wants do some good to the environment.B. Because h

31、e thinks plastic bags more expensive.4C. Because there are only cloth bags in stores.D. Because all the people use cloth bags in stores.28. What does the underlined word “spectacular” in Paragraph 5 mean?A. Frustrating. B. Surprising. C. Terrible. D. Fantastic.29. Which of the following is TRUE acco

32、rding to the passage?A. Even if we can walk there, we still drive over.B. Flamingos like to together groups of a thousand more.C. Brown clouds and polluted water are the only problems we face today.D. When a few of the flamingos take off from the lake, all others follow at once.30. Whats the writers

33、 purpose writing this article?A. To show that the writer loves see the migration flamingos.B. To tell readers continue trying and it can make a difference.C. To introduce special kind of flamingo to readers.D. To show that therere many problems in the world.任務(wù)型閱讀：根據(jù)文章意思，從 A-E 中選出恰當(dāng)?shù)木渥友a(bǔ)全文章。In cities

34、in the USA, there are clocks in most stores, factories, and other buildings. Radio announcers(播員) give the correct time during the day. 31 They want to do certain things certain times. They dont want to be late.But time is not so important to people everywhere. 32 You will find that people living th

35、ere do not like to rush. If you have appointment( 約會(huì)) with some friends, they will probably be late. 33 Even the radio programs may not begin on time. 34In South America ，many people think a clock as a machine. 35 They dont want clock or any machine to 影響 their lives so much.A. Suppose you visit a i

36、n South America.B. They say if people do everything time are letting clocks control their lives. C. People there think that is important to know the time.D. The radio announcers dont think is important to announce the exact time.E. They dont want to arrive on time.五、完形填空（15 分）The worst traveler in t

37、he world perhaps Mr. Scot San Francisco. Once 36 from the USA to hometown in Italy 37 someone at home. The plane made 38 stop to get something Kennedy Airport New York. 39 he thought he had arrived home, Mr. Scot 40 the plane. He thought he was in 41 . When nobody was there to 42 him, Mr. Scot thoug

38、ht maybe they were held up by heavy traffic. While looking for 43 address, Mr. Scot found that the old “Rome had changed a lot. 44 buildings were replaced( 被代替) by modern ones. He also found that many people spoke 45 instead of Italian and that many street signs were written in English.5Mr. Scot kne

39、w very 46 English, so he asked a policeman the way to the bus station in Italian. Luckily, the policeman was also born in Italy and answered him in 47 language.After twelve hours traveling around on a bus, the driver handed him over to 48 policeman. He asked the policeman 49 the Rome police station

40、employed(雇) so many people as policemen speaking English instead of Italian.Mr. Scot didnt believe he was in New when he was told so. To get him a plane back to San Francisco, he was sent to the 50 in a police car with sirens(警報(bào)器) on. “Look! said Scot to himself, I know Im in Italy. Thats how they d

41、rive.36. A. drove B. flew C. rode D. walked37. A. to see B. seeing C. see D. saw38. A. two hours B. two-hours C. two hours D. twohour39. A. If B. Before C. Though D. As40. A. got off B. got on C. took D. took on41. A. New York B. Paris C. Rome D. London42. A. find B. visit C. watch D. meet43. A. the

42、ir B. my C. its D. her44. A. modern B. old C. new D. tall45. A. French B. Japanese C. English D. Chinese46. A. few B. a few C. a little D. little47. A. the same B. a foreign C. a strange D. a different48. A. a first B. a second C. a third D. a fourth49. A. why B. who C. where D. how50. A. bus statio

43、n B. train station C. airport D. ferry terminal 六、語(yǔ)法填空（10 分）At the end the wedding party for Monica Nick, Monica mother gave a new bank saving passbook( 存折) as a present. She advised her 51 (put) some money in the bank when they had happy things in their life and wrote 52 (it) down in the passbook.

44、She told her to keep it 53 a record of her marriage(婚姻.Monica shared her mother idea with Nick. 54 following were their deposit(存款) after some time: 7 February: $300, first birthday celebration for Nick after we got 55 (marry).15 April: $500, Monica got a better job56 , after years, they began quarr

45、el every day. One day told her mother that they could live together longer and agreed to divorce( 離婚. Her mother said, “just do whatever you want to. But before that, take out all the money in the passbook and spend So Monica went to the bank. While 57 (wait)，she took a look at the passbook record. 58 (sudden) the happiness in the past came up to her mind.6She went back home, handed the passbook Nick and him to spend money before 59 (get) divorced.The next day, Nick gave the pa