广东省佛山市南海区2020-2021学年八年级上学期期末英语试题

试题

学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________

一、语法选择

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, 从各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项。

In a far-away place, there was a village. The village was 1 in potatoes than anywhere else in the country. At the end of every growing season, thousands of potatoes were ready for the market. In each home, men and women would busily divide（分开） 2 potatoes into three groups, large, medium and small.

One year, a young man got his share of the potatoes. When the other villagers 3 , he walked around the village laughing and talking. The villagers thought he was lazy, and they worried that this man 4 never get his potatoes ready in time. When it was time for the villagers 5 to market, they were greatly surprised to find that the young man’s potatoes were perfectly in three groups.

They asked the young man 6 he did it. The man showed them, and then they understood he was not lazy, 7 very clever. He put all his potatoes in a cart（手推车） and pulled it along the village’s rough（崎岖不平的） dirt road. As 8 cart moved up and down over the road, the potatoes moved too. The small potatoes moved to the bottom, the larger potatoes rose to the top and the medium potatoes rested 9 the middle.

Life is like this too. The rough roads we travel along can also help us. 10 good lesson we can learn from this story! 1．A．rich 2．A．they 3．A．work 4．A．should 5．A．go 6．A．how 7．A．so 8．A．/ 9．A．on

B．richer B．them B．was working B．could B．going B．when B．and B．a B．in

C．richest C．their C．were working C．would C．to go C．why C．or C．an C．with

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D．the richest D．theirs D．works D．must D．went D．where D．but D．the D．by

10．A．What

B．How C．What a D．How a

二、完形填空

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个最佳选项。

I was travelling by train one morning. Quietly reading, I found myself suddenly listening to the announcements（广播）. When the trainman makes an announcement, it is often quite boring. But this one was 11 .

As I looked up from my paper, I noticed others also 12 . Not only that, they smiled! Why did people pay so much attention to this announcement?

Here is what the trainman said, “Good morning, ladies, gentlemen and children. It’s 7:35 am and you’ll be 13 to know that we are right on time. What a lovely morning it is in Sydney today! The sun is shining, the temperature is about 21 degrees, birds are singing, and all’s right with the world. Thanks for taking my 14 and I hope to see you again. Have a great day!”

Wow! Do you often hear an announcement like that? I 15 don’t. As well as getting everyone smiling, quite a few people started talking to each other about how good the message made 16 feel.

The moment I 17 the train, I ran into the young trainman to thank him. He seemed a bit 18 at first. I said, “Well, I just wanted to thank you for your lovely message on the way and it got everyone’s attention and made them 19 . Thank you so much for giving us a good start to the day.” “Oh, I just want everyone to have a good time on my train.”

From this 20 , I learn that even the simplest act can make a difference. 11．A．famous 12．A．reading 13．A．glad 14．A．bus 15．A．certainly 16．A．nobody 17．A．got off

B．different B．thinking B．bored B．ship B．hardly B．everybody B．turn off

C．difficult C．listening C．interested C．plane C．probably C．somebody C．think of

D．serious D．sleeping D．angry D．train D．suddenly D．anybody D．keep clear of

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18．A．relaxed 19．A．cry 20．A．novel

B．enjoyable B．smile B．way

C．surprised C．think C．experience

D．worried D．work D．talk

三、阅读单选

Dear teacher, It’s always exciting to see our students reading some well-known books and stories. The following easy-to-do activity in class can help our students share different traditions and their love for reading—by enjoying World of Books! Things offered: （1）World Map （2）Small paper Flags（旗子） Notes: （1）Ask students to find a book, a story or a character（人物形象）from the tradition of another country. （2）Give each student a flag so that he or she can show the book, story or character in words and pictures on it. （3）Put it in the right geography area on the map with glue（胶水）. （4）Pick one of the books, stories or characters and read it together. Hopes: （1）Increase understanding of books from around the world. （2）Have more chances to learn about different traditions. For more information, please call John at 1589-2318 or enter easy-to-do *****************. 21．World of Books is a _________.

A．well-known story activity

D．popular website

B．useful book

C．classroom

22．The underlined word “it” means ________.

A．the flag

B．the book

C．the story

D．the character

23．Which is the correct order of the following notes? ①Students should put the flag on the map. ①Students should find a book.

①Students should write information about their books on the flags.

A．①①①

B．①①①

C．①①①

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D．①①①

24．What is the purpose（目的）of World of Books?

A．To help teachers work with foreign students. B．To help students make friends with foreigners. C．To help teachers start an interesting geography class. D．To help students learn about different traditions. 25．The information is for ________.

A．parents

People spend almost one third of their lives doing one thing: sleeping. Every year, there is a day for people around the world to celebrate the importance of good and healthy sleep—World Sleep Day. It is on March 16th. Sleep is like food for the brain. Enough （大脑）sleep helps the body and brain grow.

People of different ages need different amounts（数量） of sleep. People older than 17 need seven to nine hours of sleep every night. For students between 10 to 17 years old, a healthy amount is about eight to nine hours every night, but many students only sleep for about six to seven hours a night because of early school start times and too much homework. About 80% middle school students don’t get enough sleep.

Not enough of sleep is bad for a person’s life. Students without enough sleep may get poor grades. They feel sleepy in class or do badly in sports.

Scientists think students should get less schoolwork and more time to sleep. There are some other ways to help people get enough sleep, such as taking a 20-minute nap during the day. Good sleep habits are also helpful. For example, try to go to sleep and wake up at the same time every day, even on weekends and during holidays. 26．Why do we have World Sleep Day?

A．To make us sleep well.

B．To show the importance of good sleep. C．To tell people to sleep early. D．To help our body and brain grow.

27．How long does 14-year-old Jim need to sleep a night?

A．5 hours.

B．7 hours.

C．8 hours.

D．10 hours.

B．teachers

C．readers

D．students

28．What does the word “nap” mean?

A．A light meal. B．An exciting sport. C．Sleeping for a while. D．An exam at

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school.

29．What can we do to get enough sleep?

A．Wake up at the same time. B．Get up late during holidays. C．Sleep more at weekdays.

D．Get more schoolwork before sleep. 30．The passage is mainly about ________.

A．the importance of enough sleep for students B．the cause of celebrating World Sleep Day C．the amount of sleep everyone needs

D．the causes of student not having enough sleep

四、阅读匹配

配对阅读。左栏是五个学生的问题描述, 右栏是七个解决办法的介绍, 请为左栏的每位学生选择一个合适的解决办法。（有两个为多余） 31 May studies in the best class of her grade. She tries her best to keep friendship with her old classmates. But many of them look at her in surprise. She feels sad. 32 Bill’s parents don’t allow him to A．Smiling is a good start to make a new friend. One will feel warm when you smile at them. And you can play together after school. B．Tell your friends how you are feeling. If play computer games at all. They want him to they are really your friends, they will study all day long. He has lost a lot of happiness. 33 Nancy does well in her lessons. But she has a problem. Before each exam, she is too nervous. She is afraid that she will not pass the exam and others will laugh at her. 34 David’s spoken English is very poor. He tries his best. But it seems that he understand you. C． If you are not good-looking, you should work hard on other things, such as study. If you become the top student in your class. Everyone wants to be your friend. D．Playing computer games for a short time is OK because it can help you relax. So you had better talk with your parents about it first. 试卷第5页，共8页

hasn’t improved. He doesn’t know how to improve it. 35 Peter’s friend said something bad about him. Peter was very angry and beat him. Then they fought against each other. Peter’s friend was hurt badly. How could he do? E. Fighting with your friends is not right. I advise you to telephone him first and say sorry to him. F. Just relax yourself by doing sports or listening to some soft music that can make you easy. Have a good sleep and you will do better in exams. G. Join the English corner in your school every week. Don’t be afraid to talk with others in English. I think you can improve your spoken English in this way.

五、短文语境提示填空

请用适当的词完成下面的短文, 并把所缺的单词填写在答题卡指定的位置上。每空只能填写一个形式正确、意义相符的单词。

It’s common to see homeless people around us. They have 36 houses of their own and usually sleep on the roads. Pat Lawson was one of them. But now he is one of London’s 37 drivers.

Pat keeps smiling even 38 he faces the worst traffic situation on the streets of London. 39 50-year-old man said the reason behind that was the dark periods(时期)in his life. He was in the wrong crowd as a teenager and made many mistakes. His mum gave him some advice, but he didn’t listen to 40 .Later, he was in the hospital because of a/an 41 .Then he started to think about his life choices.

“I thought I was going to 42 and would leave the world forever. Suddenly I thought of my children. I started to think how I could get out of this situation, ”said Pat.“And that’s when I said I need help.”

43 , the Single Homeless Project helped Pat. It trained him to be a bus driver, and soon he fell in love this the job, “I’ll say good morning to every passenger and 44 them a big smile,” Pat said.

Since starting the job in March 2017, Pat has won two awards(奖).But he will not stop.

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He is already planning to write a book about his experience. He hopes it can help people with the same experience 45 him.

六、读写综合

A．回答问题 请阅读下面材料，根据所提供的信息，完成信息卡。

If you eat food with chopsticks, maybe your parents will tell you how to use them correctly: hold the chopsticks towards their end, not in the middle or the front third. When you are not using your chopsticks, or finish eating, put them down in front of you. Do not point with your chopsticks.

As we all know, the “rice bowl” culture of China influencedsome Asian countries, （影响）such as Japan, Korea and Vietnam after we started to use chopsticks while eating food.

Chopsticks are usually two long thin pieces of wood or bamboo. Some people use plastic, animal bone or metal to make chopsticks as well. The most important thing is that chopsticks are a great invention（发明）in China.

Five thousand years ago, people usually cooked their food in large pots, using twigs（细 to remove it. As the population grew, people began cutting food into small pieces. People 枝）

could eat the food easily if the food were in small pieces. And people changed twigs into chopsticks as the time went by.

Some people think that the famous thinker Confucius living from 551 BC to 479 （孔子）BC pushed the development of chopsticks. Confucius believed that using chopsticks instead of（而不是） knives would keep people away from killing at table.

Today we use chopsticks to enjoy our delicious food with our family members and friends, feeling peaceful.

46．What should you do when you are not using your chopsticks? __________________________________________________ 47．Which countries did the “rice bowl” culture of China influence? __________________________________________________ 48．What are chopsticks usually like?

__________________________________________________. 49．Who pushed the development of chopsticks?

__________________________________________________

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50．How do we feel when eating with chopsticks?

__________________________________________________ B、书面表达

51．假如你是李华，美国某中学与你所在的学校是姊妹学校。他们学校准备组织学生新年假期来你校进行研学交流活动。所有到访的学生将住在寄宿家庭中。请你写一篇发言稿，在欢迎会上向他们介绍相关的做客礼仪。内容包括： （1）介绍到中国人家里第一次见面的礼仪；（至少两点） （2）介绍相关的餐桌礼仪；（至少两点） （3）表达祝愿。 作文要求：

（1）不能照抄上文，不得在作文中出现真实的学校名称和学生的真实姓名。 （2）语句连贯，词数80个左右；作文的开头已经给出，不计入总词数，也不必抄写在答题卷上。

Good afternoon, everyone, I am Li Hua, Chairman of the Students Union. I am glad to

welcome you to China. Here are some customs for you in China. I think they may help you. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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