2021年八年级上册英语期中考试卷

2021

年八年级上册英语期中考试卷

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A. traffic; instead B. accident; together C. weather; too

试卷说明:考试时长：45分钟, 满分：100分, 答案全部写在答题卡上。

I .词汇选择（15分）

i 从下面每小题的A、B、C三个选项中选出可以替代划线部分的最佳选项。（共7小题, 每小题1分）

1.

— Steven, I hear that you _____Tom______ a basketball game.

—That’s true. We will have the game at 3:00 pm tomorrow in the playground. Come and cheer me on.

12.

A. showed; to B. challenged; to C. provided; with

—Excuse me. Does our tour_______ a visit to the Space Museum? — Yes. But you’ll have to pay for lunch yourself.

A. support

B. include

C. mean

— Peter has the ability to work out the difficult Maths problem. —I agree. He is good at Math.

13.

—What happened, Tom? Your clothes are all wet.

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B. is friendly to

C. is able to

2.

— Who won the tennis game yesterday? —Danny from Class Five. He did better than others.

A. made friends with

B. got the first place

C. took part in

3.

— What kind of bird are these in the picture?

—They are called the Dodo. They died out in 1681, so we can’t see them now.

A. disappeared

B. grew

C. returned

4.

— Don’t believe Steven. He’s always lying. —He can’t fool me. I wasn’t born yesterday.

A. am not foolish

B. am not nervous

C. am not happy

5.

—Who do you usually ask for help when you meet problems? —My father. He is a wise man. He can always help me out.

A. funny

B. lazy

C. smart

6.

—This is the address of Xinhua Bookshop. You can go there to look for the dictionary. —Thank you. I must copy it down first, or I’ll forget it.

A. write it down

B. look it up

C. throw it away

7.

—What do you think of your new neighbor, Paul?

—He looks serious, but he has a heart of gold. He’s always ready to help others.

A. is very cheerful

B. is very nervous

C. is very kind

ii. 从下面每小题的A、B、C三个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。（共8小题, 每小题1分）

8.

—My brother found a new job in Guangzhou last week. And his pay_______. —That’s a good piece of news. I wish him a bright future there.

A. spends

B. doubles

C. drops

9.

—My parents _______to take me to if I got good grades in the final exams. —Then you need to study harder and get ready for the exam now.

A. encouraged

B. disagreed

C. promised

10.

—What about taking a taxi to the airport?

—I don’t think it’s a good idea. The _______is heavy at the moment. We’d better take the subway _______.

第1页 共8页 —I was playing with my friends near the river. ________, I fell into the water.

A. Actually

B. Suddenly

C. Finally

14.

—What do you think is the most important ________in your life? —The mobile phone. I know Martin Lawrence Cooper is the _________.

A. experiment; engineer B. invention; inventor

C. information; artist

15.

—Do your grandparents live with your family in Shenzhen, Ma Ling?.

—No. They live ________.

We asked them to be with us. _________, they said they preferred the quiet life there.

A. in the air; Instead B. in the city; Also C. in the countryside; However

II .完形填空（20分）阅读下面短文, 从短文后所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出填入相应空白处的最佳选项。（共10小题, 每小题2分）

A few months ago, Kim found there was something wrong with her dog-Jake. His eyes had stopped producing tears（眼泪）, and it was clear he was in a lot of 16 . Kim took him to the doctor’s, and the doctor advised to have his eyeballs removed. “I finally made a difficult decision and

17 the doctor to make him more comfortable, “Kim explained

When Jake came back home, he 18 to be afraid to climb stairs for the first time. However, something 19 took place. Addie, his dog sister and partner, realized his problem and decided to help. “She came down the stairs, stood next to him and then walked back up as if to show him the 20 , “Kim said. “I was totally moved by Addie. She was such a good partner. I watched 21 , hoping Addie’s plan would work, and it did”.

Kim tied a bell around Addie’s neck 22 it could help Jake find Addie more easily. Addie continued to 23 Jake while he got used to his new condition（状况）.

Now Jake doesn’t need Addie to 24 the bell anymore. He’s able to hang around the house and places that he often visits easily. But whenever Jake and Addie visit some 25 places, Addie works as a guide dog again. What a good dog sister and partner!

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16. A. fun 17. A. played with 18. A. appeared 19. A. simple 20. A. size 21. A. nervously B. pain B. fought with B. wanted B. amazing B. shape B. correctly C. courage C. agreed with C. hoped C. terrible C. time C. quickly D. surprise D. worked with D. decided D. serious D. way D. suddenly A. He was having breakfast. B. He was having a sleep.

C. He was taking out the rubbish. D. He was walking to school. 27. What does the underlined word “weird” mean? A. Strange.

B. Beautiful

C. Lovely.

D. Shy.

28.Why did the aliens get angry? A. Because Bradley hid somewhere. C. Because Bradley got on the UFO.

B. Because Bradley didn’t say anything. D. Because Bradley kept asking questions.

………线…………○………… 22. A. until B. when C. if D. because 23. A. care for B. look for C. pay for D. ask for 24. A. record B. wear C. buy D. hear 25. A. old B. bright

C. new

D. dark

III.阅读理解（30分）

阅读下列短文, 从下面每小题的A、B、 D四个选项中选择最佳选项。（共15小题, 每小题2分）

A

Dear Diary, Sept.22nd, 2035 This morning after breakfast, my mum told me to take out the rubbish, but some strange aliens kidnapped（绑架）me and took me to their UFO. It looked really strange like a big ketchup（番茄酱）bottle .

These aliens looked very weird, too. They were tall, thin and green, looking like big ugly frogs. They told me they were from a planet far, far away.

I was so scared when I first got kidnapped! The aliens just took me right into their UFO. They tied me up and started asking me all kinds of questions about the Earth. I didn’t say anything, no matter what they did. I wasn’t going to help them attack（攻击）our planet！After thirty minutes or so, they got really angry and went away.

When they were gone, I broke the rope（绳子）on my body and ran through the UFO, hiding whenever I heard a noise. Finally, I found a door. There was a strange button（按钮）near the door, so I pushed it. The door started disappearing and the floor was moving！It turned out that I was in a mini-rocket. I flew back to the Earth and ran inside my house to give my mum and dad a big hug Bradley.

26. What was Bradley doing when the aliens kidnapped him?

第3页 共8页 ◎ 29.What can we learn from the last paragraph? A. Bradley knew a lot about aliens. B. Bradley was saved by his parents. C. Bradley told the aliens everything.

D. Bradley ran away successfully at last.

30.Where is the text probably taken from? A. A dictionary

B. A report

C. A science fiction

D. A notebook.

B

Mike will never forget his trip to Bulgaria. He found everything interesting, like the restaurant

he went to one day. After he finished his food there, a waiter politely asked if he enjoyed it. The food was delicious and the service was great. So Mike showed that he really loved it by nodding his head. Strangely, the waiter did not smile but frowned. It was like that he was not quite happy with Mike’s answer. Mike did not know what was wrong and felt very upset. Luckily, a lady sitting next to him explained in English that in Bulgaria, nodding one’s head means “no” and shaking one’s head means “yes”. This is completely different from Mike’s country.

Mike thanked the kind lady and called the waiter over. He pointed to his plate and shook his head. This time, the waiter smiled and brought him some dessert.

Body language is different from country to country. It is important for us to learn about a country’s culture. Take a look at Mike’s experience and you will know why. 31. Why did Mike nod his head? A. Because the waiter made Mike upset.

B. Because the food and service were great. C. Because he didn’t like the food or service.

D. Because he didn’t know the waiter’s meaning.

32. How did Mike feel when he saw the expression on the waiter’s face? A. Strange and upset.

B. Upset and angry. C. Interested and strange.

D. Happy and excited.

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33. In Bulgaria, if people agree with something, they would . A. nod their heads C. shake their heads

B. smile to each other

D. point to each other

A. To let somebody know his mistakes. B. To come to realize and tell who is who C. To take somebody to the police station. D. To inform somebody of something important. 37.According to the passage, what is facial recognition used for? A. Driving cars.

B. To teach him some body language. D. To express that he loved the food.

C. Calling the police.

B. Making people smile. D. Checking people's information.

34. Why did Mike call the waiter back? A. To invite him to visit his country. C. To ask him for some more dessert.

38. Which technology has been used in real life according to the passage?

A. Service robots at school B. Robots as ride-hailing drivers. 35. What can we learn from Mike’s experience? … _…○___○_…__…_…___……___…_…：…订级年订… … … __…_…__…_…___…○___○…___……：名……姓… … …_装__装_…___……___……___…_…_：…○校学○……………………外内……………………○○……………………A. Never nod your head to the waiters. C. Facial recognition for payment. D. Light signals for self-driving cars. B. It’s important for us to learn English well. 39. According to the passage, how many ways can AI be used in the future? C. We should keep smiling and be polite to others. A. One B. Two. D. Pay attention to culture differences while traveling. C. Three.

D. Four.

40. What can we learn from the passage?

C

A. People use AI in many different ways. Artificial intelligence, or AI in short, is the science of giving computers and machines ability to B. AI will take the place of human beings in all jobs. think and work like humans. AI scientists and engineers have made a lot of cool technology.

C. Self-driving cars will be able to talk like humans. AI is rapidly catching up with the human ability to read faces. As a result, facial recognition(识D. A criminal was caught for inventing facial recognition.

别)is used a lot in the world. Chinese police use this technology to identify criminals(罪犯).Once they

caught a criminal when he attended a concert. It also checks the ID of ride-hailing (网约车) drivers and Ⅳ．六选五（10分）以下是一篇短文, 请阅读全文, 并从方框里的六个句子中选择五个还原到原lets people pay for things with a smile.

文中, 使原文的意思完整、连贯, 并在答题卡上将相应的字母编号涂黑。（共5小题, 每小题2AI is also used in self-driving cars, which are believed to be the future of driving. Most drivers may 分）

wave or nod at passers-by to let them cross the street, but self-driving cars don't have this ability. A. What should I do? Carmakers are testing a light signal system to help them \"speak\" to humans. The system can show what B. Last, create your poster. self-driving cars will do. For example, if a driverless car is yielding (让路), it will flash two white lights C. Now it is time to practice！ side to side. A rapidly flashing light tells passers-by that the car is about to speed up.

D. What do you want to tell others? Service Robots also show you how powerful AI is. Imagine this - you come back from school and E. Here are some ideas about how to make a poster. your robot housekeeper is waiting for you at the door. After dinner, he teaches you to play the piano, just F. Often, posters try to make people do or buy something. like a real music teacher. Such thoughts will soon happen in the real world. In the future, more and more A poster uses pictures and words to send messages to people.41. So we usually see posters service robots will become good home helpers.

in the halls of schools, outside stores or movie theaters.

AI is so powerful that it can help human beings and even replace us in many jobs. People who design posters work very hard to make their posters noticed. They want to make

people stop and look at their posters and read them. 42. 36. What does the underlined word “identify\" probably mean in Paragraph 2?

First, plan your poster. Then, make a draft and check it carefully. 43. 第5页 共8页 ◎ 第6页 共8页

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How can you make your poster unique and interesting? Remember your poster should have： ☆A Title. Make sure everyone knows what the poster is about before they start to read it. ☆Information. What is the message? What is this poster for?44.

☆ Why is this important? Why do you think it matters? Why should others pay attention to it? ☆Decorations and pictures. In order to attract people’s attention, your poster needs to look nice, be easy to read and have some pictures.

☆Who makes the poster? Place your name in the lower right corner.

Ⅵ.语法填空(15分)

阅读下面短文, 按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求, 在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。（共10小题, 每小题1.5分）

There is a big difference in how number-naming systems in Western and Asian languages are built. 51. ___________ English, we say fourteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen and nineteen, so one might expect that we would also say oneteen, twoteen, threeteen and fiveteen. However, we don’t. We use a 52. ___________ (difference) form: eleven, twelve, thirteen and fifteen. The number system in English is 53. ___________ (high) irregular（不规则的）. People have a logical counting system in China, Japan .___________ Korea. Eleven is ten-one. Twelve is ten-two. Twenty-four is two-tens-………线…………○………… 45. Think of a topic and create your own poster to share with your school or community. four and so on.

That difference means that Asian 55. ___________ (child) learn to count much faster than American

children. 4-year-old Chinese children can count to 40 on average, but American children at that age can Ⅴ.信息匹配（共5小题, 每小题2分）

count only to 15. By the age of 5, American children have been a year behind 56.___________( they) Asian friends in the Maths skills.

下面的材料A～F分别介绍了六项活动内容。请根据David, Molly, Amy, Peter和Mary五人的The regularity of their number system also 57. ___________ (mean) that Asian children can 需求, 向他们推荐适合的活动。

perform basic functions like addition more easily. Ask a 7-year-old English-speaking girl 58. A. Shadow puppet plays are an ancient Chinese art. There will be a shadow puppet play this weekend ___________ (add) thirty-seven and twenty-two. She has to spend some time 59. in Xi’an Central Park. Come and enjoy it！

___________(change)the words to numbers(37+22)in her head first, and then she can do the Maths: 7 plus 2 is 9 and 30 plus 20 is 50, which makes 59. Ask 60.___________Asian child to add three-tens-B. Chinese Calligraphy（书法）is a traditional art form of writing characters. We have classes for seven and two-tens-two. The equation（等式）is right there in the sentence. No number translation is Calligraphy every Saturday afternoon. Welcome to join us！

necessary. It’s five-tens-nine.

C. Chinese knots are usually made of thin ropes. Many Chinese knots have special meanings. Why

not come and learn to make beautiful knots in July?

D. There will be some wonderful paper cuts from Shanxi, China. You can also learn to make one at our culture center.

E. There will be a Chinese traditional Xiangsheng（Cross talk）performance in World Tea House in Beijing.

F. Dough toys used to be one of the children’s favorite toys. It can be of different sizes and shapes. Come and have fun making your own dough toys in our center.

46. David is interested in paper cutting. He especially wants to learn to make one by himself. 47. Molly is planning a course of learning Chinese knots this summer holiday. 48. Amy is visiting Xi’an and she plans to enjoy some Chinese traditional art. 49. Peter is studying in China. He wants to learn Chinese Calligraphy. 50. Mary wants to bring some hand-making Chinese toys for her cousins.

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