2020-2021学年广东省广州市增城市八年级上学期期中考试英语试题（含答案）

这是一份2020-2021学年广东省广州市增城市八年级上学期期中考试英语试题（含答案），共10页。试卷主要包含了语法选择，完形填空，阅读，写作等内容，欢迎下载使用。

(满分：120 分；考试时间：120 分钟)
二、语法选择 (共15小题；每小题1分，满分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，从11~25 各小题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A few years ag, I tk a sightseeing trip t Lndn. I saw many f ur natin’s treasures. Standing n the Oxfrd Street, I heard a vice ___11___, “Can yu help me?” When I turned arund, I saw ___12___ elderly blind wman with her hand extended. I was annyed because I was trubled by a beggar. Hwever, I still gave her all my change but withut ___13___ at her. But the blind wman smiled and said, “I dn’t want yur mney. I just hpe yu ___14___ help me find the pst ffice.”
In a secnd, I realized what I had dne. I’d judged a persn ___15___ by what I suppsed she had t be. I hated ___16___ I saw abut myself. I believed that I never lked dwn upn thers, ___17___ I’d lst that belief fr a mment.
Actually, I was nt a lcal persn and came frm ___18___ pr cuntry. I ___19___ my hmetwn and arrived in Britain at the age f fifteen. I started my new life ___20___ tw suitcases, my brther, my sister and a strng mther. Thrugh the years, I had been a dish washer, mechanic, cashier and dne ___21___ ther different jbs. Finally, I became a netwrk engineer.
S far, in my wn life, I have experienced many acts f being lked dwn upn by thers. When I was seventeen, I wrked as a busby (餐厅打杂工). Once, a father tld his little by,” If yu d nt d well in schl, yu ___22___ up like him.” It really made me sad at that time.
But nw, living my Britain middle-class lifestyle, I feel it t ___23___ t frget my past. That blind wman dealt with ___24___ blindness successfully. She reminded me f my belief n never lking dwn upn thers and always keeping my eyes and heart pen. ___25___ priceless lessn she gave me!
三、完形填空 (共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意,然后从26~35各小题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
There was a hard-wrking student called Nancy. She spent plenty f time n her ___26___. She studied s hard that she became ill. She culdn’t g t sleep at night. S when she ___27___ the next mrning, she felt very tired. She culdn’t listen t the teachers carefully and she even did ___28___ in the tests.
Finally, Nancy went t see a dctr. After ___29___ Nancy’s wrds, the dctr said, “Yu are t stressed ut (紧张的). Yu must eat mre ___30___ fd like fruit and vegetables. Besides, yu can try t ___31___ numbers when yu are staying in bed. By the time yu cunt t ne thusand, yu will be ___32___ I’m sure f it.”
The next day, Nancy came t the hspital again. “Well,” said the dctr. “Hw are yu ___33___ tday?
Nancy still lked ___34___. “The same as befre,” she said. “I tried t cunt ne, tw, three, fur.. up t ne thusand. But when I cunted t five hundred and sixty, I feel sleepy (困倦的). I had t get up and drink sme ___35___ s that I culd g n cunting up t ne thusand. But then I still culdn’t be asleep.”
四、阅读 (共两节，满分45分)
第一节 阅读理解 (共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)
阅读下列短文，从36-55各小题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
(A)
A yung man wanted t find a jb. He went int the cmpany Micrsft. The manager f the cmpany asked him sme questins and then watched him cleaning the flr as a test.
“Yu are in,” he said. “Give me yur e-mail address and I’ll send yu the infrmatin yu need t write dwn, as well as date when yu may start.”
The man replied, “But I dn’t have a cmputer, neither an e-mail.”
“I’m srry,” said the manager.” If yu dn’t have an e-mail, yu are nt living in the wrld. S yu cannt have the jb.”
The man left with n hpe at all, He didn’t knw what t d with nly ten dllars in his pcket. He then decided t g t the supermarket and buy 10 kg tmates. He then sld the tmates frm dr t dr. In less than tw hurs, he dubled his mney. He cntinued t d it a few times, and returned hme happily with 60 dllars.
The man realized that he culd live in this way. Then he started t g every day earlier, and return late. S his mney dubled and dubled every day. In a shrt time, he bught a cart (手推车), then a truck, and then he had his wn team. Five years later, the man is ne f the biggest fd retailers (销售商) in the US.
One day the man was having a talk with a businessman.
When the cnversatin finished, the businessman asked him his e-mail. The man replied, “I dn’t have an e-mail.”
The businessman answered surprisedly, “Yu dn’t have an e-mail, and yet have dne such a successful jb. Can yu imagine what yu culd have been if yu had an e-mail?” The man thught fr a while and replied, “Yes, I’d be an ffice by at Micrsft!”
36. The manager asked the yung man t __________.
37. The yung man made __________ by selling tmates n the first day.
38. What did the businessman mean in the last paragraph?
A. He didn’t believe that the yung man had n e-mail.
B. He wanted the yung man t wrk at Micrsft.
C. The yung man wuld nt be successful if he had an e-mail.
D. The yung man wuld be mre successful if he had an e-mail.
39. Frm the article we can knw the man was __________.
40. Which f the fllwing is true accrding t the article?
A. The man is ne f the biggest fd retailers in the wrld.
B. The man still didn’t have an e-mail when he was successful.
C. The man started his career by selling tmates in the supermarket.
D. The man still wanted t wrk at Micrsft.
(B)
Yang Lushu, a 92-year-ld man frm Shandng Prvince, is amng thse wh shw a great lve wdblck (木板) painting. Yang has wrked as a craftsman (工匠) fr 77 years, always practising his carving (雕刻) skills.
“When I was yung, I ften saw my father carving, and I was curius (好奇的) abut it,” Yang said. “One day, my father went ut fr a while. I quickly tk up his knife and carved n a wdblck. That was my first carving experience.” Since then, Yang has carved different kinds, including flwers, birds, muntains, rivers and traditinal Chinese gds. “Thugh carving is hard in general, carving gds is especially difficult, fr their lively facial expressins. Still, I can manage it.” Yang said cnfidently, and he als gt a prize as a master in 2010.
Being the 19th generatin (代) painter in the family, Yang runs a century-ld family. wrkshp, and he is nw wrking with a grup f experienced craftsmen. They make arund 150,000 New Year paintings every year, which are nt nly sld in China, but als in ther cuntries such as the USA, Singapre and Japan.
Yang Lushu lves Yangjiabu New Year wdblck painting very much. It appeared during the Ming Dynasty arund 600 years ag. It is nw ne f China’s three imprtant traditinal paintings fr the New Year, tgether with Tianjin’s Yangliuqing and Suzhu’s Tahuawu. “I want t keep this alive.” Yang said. Fr Yang, the next thing t d is t find gd successrs (继承人) t make sure the skills are passed dwn t yunger generatins.
41. Hw ld was Yang when he started carving?
42. Which f the fllwing is NOT true accrding t the passage?
A. Yang’s paintings were sld nt nly in China but als in sme freign cuntries.
B. Yangjiabu New Year wdblck painting is nw ne f the three imprtant traditinal paintings fr the New Year.
C. Yang Lushu wishes t pass his skills t yunger generatins.
D. Yang Lushu was nt interested in wdblck painting when he was yung.
43. What des the underlined wrd “it?” (in Paragraph 4) refer t?
44. Frm the passage, we can infer (推断) that Yang’s wish is t __________.
45. Where is the passage pssibly frm?
(C)
It’s a sad stry: smene keeps failing an exam fr fur years. It’s the stry f Trb, a rbt frm Japan.
Trb has been tying t enter the University f Tky in Japan. The university, als called Tdai, is ne f Asia’s tp universities. Since 2013, Trb has taken the natinal cllege entrance exam with ther Japanese students. Hwever, the rbt has failed t get the required (必需的) scres fr Tdai every year. This year was n exceptin (例外).
Trb is part f a prject called “Can a Rbt Get int the University f Tky?” Japan’s Natinal Institute f Infrmatics started the prject in 2011. Trb des nt walk arund. It is a rbt brain that has arms t cmplete the test.
Researchers f the prject want t find ut what intellectual abilities (智能) will be replaced by machines. Results shw that Trb has grwn in ability year by year. This year it gt a scre higher than Japan’s natinal average (平均分), which is enugh t enter ther gd universities, but nt Tdai. With its big database (数据库), Trb is gd at slving knwledge-based questins and mathematical calculatins. That’s why it gt gd scres in physics, histry and math. But Trb has a hard time thinking independently. As a result, it gt weak scres in language and writing.
Luckily, after fur years f suffering, researchers have decided t free Trb frm taking the test. They will imprve Trb’s ability in the fields it’s ding well in, s that it can be used in thse industries (工业) in the future.
S althugh Trb will never graduate frm Tdai, it can still expect t have a bright future!
46. Accrding t the stry, Trb is __________ while Tdai is __________.
47. We can tell frm the stry that Trb __________ fr fur years.
A. has taken the cllege entrance exam
B. has passed the cllege entrance exam
C. has been studying in the University f Tky
D. has taught the cllege curses
48. Which subject des Tbr NOT d well in?
49. Which f the fllwing is true abut Trb?
A. Trb can’t have a bright future because it will never graduate frm Tdai.
B. Trb will g n taking the cllege entrance exam.
C. Trb is useless t humans.
D. Trb’s ability in the fields it’s ding well in will be better in the future.
50. Why did Trb get lw scres in tw subjects?
A. Because it cannt slve knwledge-based prblems.
B. Because it is nt gd at mathematical calculatins.
C. Because it cannt think independently.
D. Because it nly has n arms t cmplete the test.
(D)
Canada displays musical talent at festivals right acrss the cunty all year rund. These fur Canada music festivals ffer great live music. Dn’t miss them!
There are seven music festivals in Canada. 1f yu want t knw mre abut them yu can click the website:
51. If Mary is free n July 6, which festival can she take part in?
52. Which f the fllwing festivals has the fewest peple per day?
53. If Jack wants t jin in the Hillside Music Festival with his wife and his seven-year-ld by at weekends, hw much shuld he pay?
54. Hw can readers knw mre abut the festivals accrding t the passage?
55. What’s the purpse (目的) f the passage?
A. T encurage readers t jin in the festivals.
B. T tell readers the histry f the festivals.
C. T intrduce the festivals in Canada.
D. T interview the readers abut the festivals.
第二节 阅读填空 (共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分)
阅读短文及文后A~E选项,选出可以填入56~60各小题空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。注意：如果选E，同时涂黑AB。
There was nce a man called Mr. Flwers, and flwers were his nly jy in life. He spent all his free time in taking care f his glass huses and grew flwers f every clr, with lng and difficult names, fr cmpetitins. He tried t grw a rse f a new clr t win the silver cup fr the Year f the Rse.
____56____ Bys ften threw stnes at Mr. Flwers’ glass huses. S Mr. Flwers did his best t be in r near his glass huses at the beginning and end f the schl day. ____57____
Mr. Flwers had tried many ways t prtect his glass huses, but they didn’t wrk. He had been t schl t reprt t the headmaster, but this had nt dne any gd, either. ____58____ But they culd run faster than him and laughed at him frm far away. He had even picked up all the stnes that he culd find arund his garden s that the bys wuld have nthing t thrw, but they sn fund sme frm smewhere else.
At last, Mr. Flwers had a gd idea. ____59____ A He had written the wrds n it: DO NOT THROW STONES AT THIS NOTICE. After this, Mr. Flwers had n similar truble again. ____60____
五、写作 (共三节，满分35分)
第一节 单词拼写 (共6小题，每小题1分，共6分)
请根据下列句子中所给单词的首字母写出所缺的单词，在填写答题卷时，要求写出完整单词。(每空限填一词)
61. Judy is busy with her wrk. Let me d the cleaning i____________.
62. Can yu shw me hw t ____________ the new machine?
63. Mr Lu has wrked in ur cmpany s____________ he came t Guangzhu in 2012.
64. The new mbile phne is e____________. I dn’t have enugh mney t buy it.
65. Jack c____________ his brther t a game f tennis yesterday and wn the game.
66. He was late yesterday because a terrible traffic a____________ happened n his way t schl.
第二节 完成句子 (共7小题；每小题2分，满分14分)
根据所给的汉语内容，用英语完成下列句子。(每空限填一词)
67. 我有一些有趣的事情要告诉你。
I have ___________ ___________ t tell yu.
68. 与家人保持联系很重要。
It’s imprtant t ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ yur family.
69. 这种生物数百万年前已经灭绝了。
This kind f living things ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ years ag.
70. 莫扎特是18世纪最出名的音乐家之.
Mzart was ne f ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ in the 18th century.
71. 我们得到了所需要的那么多的书。
We’ve gt ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ we need.
72. 大雨阻止了我们参加比赛。
The heavy rain ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ part in the cmpetitin.
73. 我们期待着在广州再见到你。
We are ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ yu again in Guangzhu.
第三节 书面表达 (共1小题，满分15分)
许多伟大的发明家用他们的发明改变了世界，从而让我们生活得更好。你想成为一个小小发明家吗？请根据下面的内容提示，以“My inventin — a super schlbag”为题，写一篇英语作文。需包括以下要点：
1. 小 (与英语书一样大小)、轻、方便、实用；
2. 能装书，能与人交流，能唱歌跳舞，还可以查询信息；
3. 每天提醒我按时起床和睡觉；
4. 我喜欢这个发明的原因 (请你补充至少一个原因。)
注意：1. 参考词汇：practical 实用；cmmunicate with 交流；search fr 查询；
remind sb. t d 提醒某人做……
2. 词数80词左右(短文的开头已给出，不计入词数)；
3. 不得透露学校、姓名等任何个人信息，否则不予评分。
My inventin — a super schlbag
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KEYS:
11-25: CBDAB ACABC DDACD
26-35: ACBBD CADBD
36-40: CDDAB 41-45: ADBCB
46-50: BADDC 51-55: ADCBA
56-60: DCEAB
61. instead 62. perate 63. since 64. expensive 65. challenged 66. Accident
67. smething interesting
68. keep in tuch with
69. died ut millins f
70. the mst famus musicians
71. as many bks as
72. stpped us frm taking
73. lking frward t seeing
11. A. asks
B. asked
C. asking
D. t ask
12. A. a
B. an
C. the
D. /
13. A. lk
B. lks
C. lked
D. lking
14. A. can
B. might
C. must
D. shuld
15. A. simple
B. simply
C. simpler
D. simplest
16. A. what
B. hw
C. why
D. that
17. A. and
B. r
C. but
D. s
18. A. anther
B. the ther
C. ther
D. the ther
19. A. leave
B. left
C. leaves
D. leaving
20. A. f
B. in
C. with
D. frm
21. A. any
B. little
C. few
D. many
22. A. end
B. ended
C. are ending
D. will end
23. A. easy
B. easily
C. easier
D. easiest
24. A. I
B. me
C. my
D. mine
25. A. Hw
B. Hw a
C. What
D. What a
26. A. lessns
B. hbbies
C. jb
D. games
27. A. caught up
B. gt dwn
C. gt up
D. lked up
28. A. quickly
B. badly
C. hardly
D. certainly
29. A. watching
B. hearing
C. checking
D. deciding
30. A. delicius
B. funny
C. expensive
D. healthy
31. A. remember
B. train
C. cunt
D. write
32. A. asleep
B. cheerful
C. unusual
D. cmfrtable
33. A. making
B. thinking
C. living
D. feeling
34. A. sad
B. tired
C. quiet
D. stupid
35. A. milk
B. water
C. juice
D. cffee
A. send him the address
B. create a new e-mail address
C. give him the e-mail address
D. write dwn the date he wanted t start wrk
A.10 dllars
B. 20 dllars
C. 50 dllars
D. 60 dllars
A. smart and hardwrking
B. patient and helpful
C. ppular and friendly
D. brave and hnest
A.15
B. 19
C. 77
D.92
A. The Ming Dynasty.
B. Yangjiabu New Year wdblck painting.
C. Tianjin’s Yangliuqing.
D. Suzhu’s Tahuawu.
A. sell mre paintings
B. get a prize
C. pass skills t the yung
D. pen mre wrkshps
A. A pster.
B. An English newspaper.
C. An art advertisement.
D. A science fictin.
A. a university, a rbt
B. a rbt, a university
C. a student, a cmputer
D. a cmputer, a student
A. Physics.
B. Math.
C. Histry.
D. Writing.
1. Mntreal Jazz Festival
When: 10 days at the end f Jun/early July
Where: Varius utdr places in Dwntwn Mntreal, Quebec
Hw Many Attend: 2 millin peple shw up per day.
First Festival: The first Mntreal Jazz Festival was in 1980. In 2004, it was named the largest jazz festival in the wrld by the Guinness Bk f Wrld Recrds.
Cst: Free utdr cncerts (If yu want t meet with headliners at bigger places, pay $100.)
2. Osheaga
When: At weekends at the beginning f August
Where: Parc-Jean Drapeau n lle Ste-Helene in Mntreal, Quebec. (Yu can get there by subway.)
Hw Many Attend: Abut 40,000 per day
First Festival: The first Osheaga Arts & Music Festival was in 2006.
Cst: $250 fr 3-day pass.
3. Hillside Music Festival
When: Three days at the end f July
Where: Guelph Lake Island in Guelph, Ontari
Hw Many Attend: Abut 40,000 per day (Yu can see many rck artists)
First Festival: The first Hillside Music Festival was In 1984 and basted Snic Yuth, Ben Harper and the Flaming Lips as part f the lineup.
Cst: $50 t $80 fr day pass, $135 fr weekend pass; kids 12 and under are free.
4. Squamish Valley Music Festival
When: The secnd weekend f August
Where: Squamish, British Clumbia
Hw Many Attend: Abut 18.000 per day in 2013 and almst dubled t 30,000 per day in 2015.
First Festival: The first Squamish Valley Music Festival was in 2010.
Cst: Weekend passes were abut $150.
A. Mntreal Jazz Festival.
B. Osheaga.
C. Hillside Music Festival.
D. Squamish Valley Music Festival.
A. Mntreal Jazz Festival.
B. Osheaga.
C. Hillside Music Festival.
D. Squamish Valley Music Festival.
A. $160.
B. $240.
C. $270.
D. $405.
A. By making a call.
B. By surfing the Internet.
C. By reading the magazine.
D. By reading the map.
A. He put up a large ntice made f gd and strng wd, sme meters away frm
the glass huses.
B. The bys preferred thrwing stnes at the ntice t thrwing at the glass huses.
C. But it was nt always pssible t be n watch at any time.
D. Mr. Flwers’ glass huses were very clse t a middle schl.
E. He had tried t drive away the bys that threw stnes int his garden.