湖南省长沙市岳麓区2020-2021学年八年级下学期期末考试英语试题（word版 含答案）

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6、本学科试卷中听力材料以中速朗读两遍。
试卷分四个部分，71小题，时量120分钟，满分120分。
= 1 \* ROMAN I．听力（共两节，满分20分）略
= 2 \* ROMAN II．阅读（共三节，满分50分）
第一节 （共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列材料，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
21. Michael Rach gt the first dse f COVID-19 Vaccinatin _______.
A. n Jan. 23, 2021, at a clinic
B. n Feb. 3rd, 2021, at ACPT Healthcare
C. n Jan. 23, 2021, at a prfessinal Healthcare
22. What can we learn frm the recrd card abve?
A. It shws peple the treatment (治疗) they received.
B. Peple need t get this COVID-19 Vaccinatin three times.
C. Peple need t keep the card because f the medical infrmatin.
B
Here are three majr rivers in China.
23. Which river is the secnd lngest river in China?
A. Yellw River. B. Yangtze River. C. Heilngjiang River.
24. Hw many regins (地区) des Yangtze River run thrugh?
A. 10 B. 11 C. 12
25. Which f the fllwing is TRUE accrding t the infrmatin abve?
A. Turists can take a cruise n Heilngjiang River.
B. Tm, a by wh likes histry, can visit Yellw River.
C. Heilngjiang River runs acrss the eastern part f nrth China.
C
Welcme t Classic Reading. I’m yur hst, Jrdn. While living in China fr the past seven years, I’ve becme interested in Chinese culture, especially classical Chinese petry. I have als knwn sme Chinese pets, such as Li Bai, Du Fu and s n. Tday, I will talk abut a pem frm the Tang dynasty by He Zhizhang.
Here is an English versin (版本) f the pem by Xu Yuanchng (许渊冲), a wrld-famus translatr (翻译家) f ancient Chinese pems in bth English and French. Here is his translatin.
Oh, I return t the hmeland I left while yung,
Thinner has grwn my hair, thugh I speak the same tngue.
My children, whm I meet, d nt knw wh am I.
“Where are yu frm, dear sir?” they ask with beaming eyes.
In this shrt pem, He Zhizhang tells a stry abut a visit t his birthplace. It’s been decades (数十载) since the last time he was at hme, but he culd still pick up his lcal accent t talk with peple in his hmetwn. Things did nt change much, but the peple did. The pet had mixed feelings abut it.
Persnally, I like this pem because it reminds me f my wn hmetwn. N matter where I live r fr hw lng I’ve be away, my hmetwn and family will always have a special place in my heart.
I hpe yu can enjy this pem as much as I d. See yu next time.
26. Hw lng has Jrdn lived in China?
A. Fr six years. B. Fr seven years. C. Fr nine years.
27. What may be the name f the pem mentined in the passage?
A. Spring Mrning B. A Tranquil (平静的) Night C. Hme-cming
28. What des the underlined wrd “accent” mean in Paragraph 3?
A. 口音B. 重音 C. 音乐
29. What is the prgram mainly abut?
A. An ancient Chinese pem. B. A wrld-famus translatr. C. The hst’s hmesickness.
30. What can we learn frm the passage?
A. He Zhizhang wrte the pem with a feeling f happiness.
B. Xu Yuanchng is gd at bth English and German.
C. Jrdn likes classical Chinese petry very much.
D
China launched (发射) the Shenzhu XII manned spacecraft (载人飞船) n June 17, 2021. Three astrnauts — Nie Haisheng, Liu Bming and Tang Hngb have entered the cre mdule (核心舱) f China’s space statin t wrk n their three-mnth task. The cre mdule is named Tianhe, which is the biggest and heaviest spacecraft in China. This is the natin’s seventh manned spaceflight, which will last three mnths.
As sn as the astrnauts gt t the cre mdule, they started t make preparatins fr their wrking and living, such as setting up water tanks (水箱) and planning their sleeping areas. After finishing these tasks, they enjyed their first sleep in the mdule.
When they wke up n Friday mrning, they started t set the Wi-Fi signal equipment. “It makes it pssible fr ur astrnauts t talk with their family members r even make vide calls,” Sun Jun, chief cntrller f the Tiangng prgram said.
Based n prject plans, China will launch the Tianzhu 3 in September t cnnect (连接) with Tianhe and the next mnth, anther three-astrnaut team will fly with the Shenzhu XIII and stay there fr six mnths. During handvers (移交) t new three-astrnaut grups, the statin will hld up t six astrnauts. In 2022, tw large space labs will be launched t cnnect with the cre mdule.
31. What is the name f the cre mdule f China’s space statin?
A. Shenzhu XII. B. Tianhe. C. Tianzhu 3.
32. Hw many manned spaceflights has China made up t nw?
A. Three. B. Seven. C. Twelve.
33. What preparatins did nt the three astrnauts make fr their wrking and living?
A. Setting up water tanks.
B. Planning their sleeping areas.
C. Making vide calls.
34. What des the underlined wrd signal equipment mean in paragraph 3?
A. 信号仪 B. 屏蔽仪 C. 干涉仪
35. What can we infer (推断) accrding t the last paragraph?
A. China will launch the Shenzhu XII manned spacecraft in July.
B. There will be six astrnauts wrking in the space statin fr six mnths.
C. In 2022, there will be tw large space labs cnnecting with the cre mdule.
第二节 (共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)
阅读短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。
Antarctica (南极洲) is the cldest place n the earth, but every year thusands f turists g there. Why d they g? There are n famus buildings, n htels and n restaurants. There are sme beaches, but nbdy wants t g swimming there. 36. __________________
Mst peple g t see the birds, the animals and the amazing scenery. 37. _______________ There are whales swimming in the cean. Yu can als watch penguins jumping int the water frm icebergs (冰山). It’s ne f the last untuched places n the planet.
It’s pssible t visit Antarctica by plane, but mst peple g there by ship. 38. __________________ In fact, the jurney (by sea) is part f the vacatin. All turists visit Antarctica in summer. In winter it’s t cld fr visitrs, but in summer — frm Nvember t March — it’s warmer than many peple think. 39. __________________ S it can be warmer there than it is in Beijing in January. When yu visit there, yu dn’t need t bring a lt f special clthes. Instead, yu need t bring sunglasses. The sunshine n the snw and ice is very bright.
40. __________________ In the summer mnths there are abut 4,000 scientists and ther peple living and wrking there, and a few f them stay fr the lng, dark winter. Turists can visit sme f these peple and learn abut their wrk in this amazing place.
第三节 （共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
阅读下面的短文，根据短文内容回答问题。
Have yu heard f “Father f Hybrid Rice (杂交水稻)”? He was Yuan Lngping, wh was brn in 1930. He graduated (毕业) frm Suthwest Agricultural Cllege in 1953. Yuan Lngping came up with an idea fr a hybrid rice in the 1960s. Since then, he has spent every minute n the research and develpment f new varieties (品种).
In 1973, tgether with his team, he succeeded in the develpment f hybrid rice. This made China a wrldwide leader in rice prductin. Because f Prfessr Yuan’s hard wrk, China nw prduces enugh rice t feed her peple every year. And thanks t China’s Belt and Rad (“一带一路”), Yuan’s hybrid rice is helping t slve fd prblems arund the wrld.
Peple think that Prfessr Yuan was ne f the greatest scientists in China because he cared abut nthing but his research. Unluckily, he died n May 22nd, 2021 in Changsha. Yuan nce said “I have tw dreams. The first ne is that peple can enjy the cl frm the shade (树荫) f the strng and tall rice. The ther ne is that the whle wrld can plant the rice he develped and all the peple in the wrld are nt hungry any mre.” Fr his dreams, he never gave up trying and kept practicing all his life.
41. When did Yuan cme up with the idea fr a hybrid rice?
42. Is there enugh rice in China t feed the peple nw?
43. Why d peple regard Yuan as ne f the greatest scientists in China?
44. Hw ld was Yuan when he died?
45. What can we learn frm Yuan Lngping?
III．语言运用（共三节，满分35分）
第一节 （共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Air China began a Vlunteer English teaching prgram at Jiangku Primary Schl in 2017. Xia Xia, an Air China flight attendant (航空乘务员), 46 mre than tw mnths teaching English t primary schl students in Jiangku Village, Guangxi. She will teach at the schl fr a term.
At first, Xia was 47 cnfidences. But later she was 48 t find sme f the students were mischievus (捣蛋的) and didn’t always fllw her rders.
49 help the students, Xia shared her lve fr teaching with them and tld them sme f her experiences 50 a flight attendant. “Students are very interested in my jb.”
Once they asked me 51 I’d been t the U.S. r the U.K. I said “‘yes,’ but they didn’t believe me until I shwed them phts. Then they lked at me in admiratin (羡慕),” said Xia. “I tld them, ‘The 52 yu study nw, the mre chances yu will have t see the wrld ne day.’ I want them t knw abut the 53 f educatin (教育).”
Later the students’ grades 54 a lt and Xia was very happy abut that. 55 students didn’t pen their hearts t her at first, they trusted her at last because she was always glad t ffer help. This wnderful vlunteer experience is unfrgettable fr bth Xia Xia and her students.
46. A. has spent B. has cst C. has taken
47. A. full with B. full f C. filled f
48. A. upset B. lnely C. nervus
49. A. In rder t B. Due t C. Accrding t
50. A. by B. fr C. as
51. A. when B. that C. whether
52. A. harder B. mre hard C. mre hard-wrking
53. A. difficulties B. imprtance C. challenge
54. A. fell B. drpped C. imprved
55. A. Althugh B. Unless C. If
第二节 （共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Nwadays Changsha has gt a new tag — an Insta-famus (网红) city, which means being famus n scial apps. Every weekend lts f peple travel t Changsha in the hpe f enjying the places 56. _______ interest and delicius fd.
In as early as 2010, Changsha 57. _______ (start) a prject t make the city mre attractive (有吸引力的). The frmer mayr (前市长) nce said “We want 58. _______ (achieve) the gal (目标) f peple being able t enjy clrful life in every part f the city,” he said. “After five years, we will see sme success.”
Xie Zijia, 59. _______ 35-year-ld artist, has lived in Changsha since 2004. He said, “In the past, there were nt many beautiful places fr 60. _______ (I) t draw when I went utdr fr new painting. 61. _______ nw I can even enjy different kinds f trees and flwers in a small park near my hme.”
60-year-ld Jin Xian has 62. _______ (be) in Changsha since he was brn. “I see all the 63. _______ (difference) in the past twenty years. Recently, Changsha has much 64. _______ (many) tall buildings than befre. With s many kinds f delicius fd, it attracts mre and mre turists t cme.”
Hu said, “In 10 t 20 years, Changsha will becme a leading city in the middle part f China as the service industry (服务业) is develping 65. _______ (rapid).”
第三节 （共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
阅读下面的短文，将划线部分译成英文或中文。
Nwadays, life fr teenagers is hard. Mre and mre kids feel stressed ut. 66. 他们发现他们的书包变得越来越重了。They spend mre hurs n their hmewrk. They think they shuld be allwed t practice their hbbies. But their parents think the hbbies can get in the way f their schlwrk.
Liu Ying is a fifteen-year-ld girl. 67. Since three years ag, she has been a singing star at schl. She always wants t be a prfessinal (职业的) singer when she grws up. Hwever, her parents dn’t want her t practice singing because they think it’s difficult t becme a prfessinal singing star. “68. She shuld spend mre time in studying instead f singing all the time.” says her father. But Liu Ying really disagrees. “I knw my parents care abut me. And they hpe that I will have a better life in the future. But I am serius abut singing. 69. 有朝一日在人们面前唱歌是我的梦想, I will keep trying t realize my dream.” says Liu Ying.
70. Dctrs say lts f pressure is bad fr children’s develpment. Parents have t have the crrect attitude (态度) twards the children’s develpment. Althugh it’s nrmal t want successful children, it’s even mre imprtant t have healthy and happy children.
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= 4 \* ROMAN IV．书面表达（满分15分）
71. 最近，云南一场罕见的野生亚洲象远距离迁移活动牵动人心。作为陆地上最大的哺乳动物 (mammal)，亚洲象再一次吸引了社会各界的关注。假设你是李华，请你根据以下提示，用英文写一封保护亚洲象的倡议书，并给出保护建议。
要求：(1) 80词左右 (开头已给出，不计入总词数)；
(2) 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
(3) 文中不得出现真实人名和校名。
Dear friends,






Li Hua
COVID-19 Vaccinatin Recrd Card
Please keep this recrd, which includes medical infrmatin abut the vaccines (疫苗) yu have received.
Last Name: Rach First Name: Michael
Vaccine
Prduct name
Lt Number (批号)
Date
Healthcare
r Clinic Site
1st Dse (剂)
COVID-19
MODERNA
032L20A
01/23/2021
АСРТ Prfessinal Healthcare
2nd Dse
COVID-19
Yellw River
The Yellw River, with a ttal length f 5,464 kilmeters, is the birthplace f ancient Chinese culture and Chinese Civilizatin (文明). Alng the Yellw River, turists can nt nly fully enjy the wnderful natural scenery f the Yellw River, but als explre the Chinese histry and culture.
Yangtze River
The 6300-kilmeter-lng Yangtze River is the lngest river in China, the third lngest in the wrld. It runs frm the west t the east part f the cuntry, thrugh Qinghai, Tibet, Sichuan, Yunnan, Chngqing, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Anhui, Jiangsu and Shanghai, finally flwing int the East China Sea. Yangtze River cruise is famus and amazing.
Heilngjiang River
The Heilngjiang River (als called Amur) runs eastwardly acrss the nrthern part f nrth China. Its length is 4,370 kilmeters, the 11th largest river in the wrld. The river is in the shape f a black dragn and the name f the Heilngjiang River was thus frmed.
A. That’s because the ships are cmfrtable places t stay.
B. There are seals (海豹) lying n the ice.
C. In sme parts f Antarctica in January, it’s abut 0℃.
D. Turists are nt the nly peple wh g t Antarctica.
E. Why d peple want t take vacatins in Antarctica?
亚洲象 Asian elephants
身高
2-3.6米
体重
2700-5000千克
寿命
约70年
现存数量
300左右
濒危原因
人类砍伐森林，失去家园
人类捕杀，获取象牙(tusks)
保护措施
(至少3点)…
2020-2021八下期末考试
（参考答案）

Ⅰ．听力技能 略
Ⅱ．阅读
第一节 短文理解
21—25 CCABB 26—30 BCAAC
31—35 BBCAC
第二节 语篇补全
36—40 EBACD
第三节 阅读表达
41. In the 1960s.
42. Yes.
43. Because he cared abut nthing but his research.
44. 91 (years ld).
45. We shuld never give up. / We shuld keep trying t achieve ur dream.
/ We shuld wrk hard t realize ur dream.
Ⅲ. 语言运用
第一节 词语填空
46—50 ABAAC 51—55 CABCA
第二节
56. f
57. started
58. t achieve
59. a
60. me
61. But
62. been
63. differences
64. mre
65. rapidly
第三节 语篇翻译
66. They find their schlbags are getting heavier and heavier.
67. 自从三年前，她就已经成为了学校的歌星。
68. 她应该花更多的时间学习而不是一直唱歌。
69. It is my dream t sing in frnt f many peple ne day.
70. 医生说太多压力不利于孩子的发展。
Ⅳ. 书面表达 略