2020-2021学年浙江省杭州市钱塘新区八年级下学期学业水平测试英语试卷（word版 含答案）

2020-2021学年钱塘新区八年级第二学期学业水平测试英语试卷

第二部分  阅读理解（共两节,计40分）

第一节：（共15小题,每小题2分,计30分）

阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项。

A

1.   When was book published?

A. In1827          B. In1880            C. In1901      D. In1989

2. Who does Heidi like to live with best?

A. Her grandfather   B. Her aunt           C. Peter       D. Clara

3. Which is the correct event order to Heidi?

①She moves to the city    ②She makes friends with Peter

③She learns to read       ④She makes Clara well again

A.①②③④           B.③①②④          C.④②①③   D.②①③④

4. Which word can best describe the girl Heidi?

A. Helpful           B. Pretty            C. Lonely      D. Poor

B

 South Africa is home to 299 types of mammals(哺乳动物). There are20 national parks in

South Africa. These parks protect wild animals, plants and natural environments. Many people visit these parks to go on Safari and see the animals. The most famous animals in South Africa are the “Big Four”--the buffalo(水牛), elephant, leopard(豹) and lion.

Buffalo

Cape Buffaloes are very dangerous animals. They weigh around 900 kilograms and are about

1. 7 meters tall! They move in big groups and eat a lot of grass.

Elephant

African elephants are four meters tall and weigh about 6.5 tons. They eat about 300 kilograms of plants every day. Elephants are very smart animals and have excellent memories.

Leopard豹

Leopards live alone. They can run at 58 kilometers an hour and they are very good swimmers and climbers. They live in many different environments from desert to the forest。

Lion

Lions weigh around 250 kilograms. They are very social and live in groups called “prides”,

They relax for around 20 hours a day!

1. Why do people visit the national parks in South Africa?

A. To protect the environment.   B. To see the animals.

C. To research the mammals    D. To enjoy the plants

2. How heavy is a buffalo?

A. About 58 kilograms.

B. About 250 kilograms.

C. About 900 kilograms.

D. About 6.5 tons

3. Which animal relaxes for most time of the day?

A. The buffalo  

B. The elephant  

C. The leopard 

D. The lion

C

You probably already know that exercise can help you stay healthy. Are you healthy? Even if you are, there are several reasons that you should exercise.

First. exercise can give you energy(力量). When you are tired during the day and you can’t study or work, don’t take a short sleep. Take a walk or go for a run instead. Researchers looked at 70 different studies about exercise and fatigue(疲劳). In the studies, people who didn’t exercise started to exercise. As a result. They felt less fatigue. They didn’t feel tired during the day. Over 90 percent of the studies showed the same results.

Second, exercise can help you sleep better. Exercising makes your body temperature higher

Your temperature goes back to normal about five to six hours after you exercise. You become sleepy at this point because the drop in temperature tells your body that it’s time to sleep

Also, exercise can reduce stress. When you exercise, you have to pay more attention(注意）to your body, so you can’t think about you stressful thoughts too much.

Finally, studies show that exercise is good for your memory. Exercising can improve your memory and make it easier to learn new things.

Regular exercise can improve your life in so many ways. It can make you feel better, look better, and do more. So why are you sitting there reading? Go out and exercise!

1. What can make you feel less tired?

A. Reading books      B. Stopping exercising.

C. Going for a run.     D. Taking a short sleep

2. What does the underlined word “reduce” most probably mean?

A. Make something less     B Make something higher.

C Make something stronger.  D. Make something worse

3.What’s the purpose(目的) of the text?

A. To show the reasons of getting tired.   B. To ask people to take exercise

C. To solve the problems of reading.      D. To tell people to keep healthy.

4. Which of the following shows the structure of the text? (p=paragraph)

D

 A study of British teenagers has found that most of them have never done any household chores. Many young people aged 11 to 16 don’t have to make their bed. Thirty-five percent have never cooked a meal, sixty-three percent have never done the ironing and more than seventy-five percent have never run the washing machine or cleaned the bathroom.

Dr. Sheila Green is one of the writers of the study. “This information is very worrying.” she says. “Every year, teenagers are getting lazier. Real jobs in the real world will be very difficult for

them.”

 Dan Sparks, from the parents’ website FamilyFirst.com,disagrees, “Young people today work very hard--harder than their parents, sometimes. Many of them have to do three hours of homework every night. Playing in a sports team or learning a musical instrument can take a lot of time, too and these activities are an important part of teenagers’ lives. If we want young people very with good exam results and also some interests outside school, we mustn’t give them chores”.

Linda Florelli, writer of The app Home, feels differently. “ It’s about respect(尊重) not time. Even may five-year-old son has to lay the table every day. It takes one minute, but it’s important. Children share the house with their parents. so they must share the jobs around the house, too. That’s fair and it teaches good habits for the future.”

1.   What’s the first paragraph mainly about?

A. The results of the study    B. The causes of the study

C. The opinions of the study   D. The subjects of the study.

2. What does underlined word “ironing” refer to( 指代)?

A. Machine    B.A place   C. A chore   D. A sport

3. Which of the following is TRUE according to Dan Sparks’ opinion?

A. Teenagers today don’t have enough time to do chores.

B. Playing sports is the most necessary thing for teenagers.

C. Teenagers today usually work harder than their parents.

D. Good exam results are more important than good habits

4. What’s Linda Florelli’s opinion?

A. Teenagers should lay the table every day.

B. Teenagers should share everything.

C. Teenagers should respect their parents.

D. Teenagers should do some chores.

第二节(共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分)

下面文章中有五处(第31-35题)需要添加小标题。请从以下选项(A、B、C、D、E和F)中选出符合意思的标题。选项中有一项是多余选项。

How to Survive(幸存)

 If you find yourself on a desert island, how do you survive? Here are some tips!

___1______

 You need to find fresh water! Walk along the beach until you find a river. Follow it away from the sea and you will usually find faster moving water that you can drink.

___2______

You will find plants around the river. There will also be fish. Make a fishing line so that you can catch them. They can help you stop being hungry.

___3_____

And what about somewhere to sleep? You will need a shelter. Use rocks, leaves and parts of trees to build a small home.

___4______

Make a fire in order to stay warm. You can also use it for cooking and for keeping wild animals away.

___5______

You will want to be rescued(营救）If you put plants on your fire, they will make a lot of smoke. Someone might see it and come to find you!

A. Eating

B. Getting rescued

C. Reading a map

D. Keeping warm

E. Drinking

F. Sleeping

第三部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分25分）

第一节:完形填空（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）

通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D)中选出一个最佳

选项。

Milo Cress is an American boy. When he was nine years old, he had a    1   How many straws（吸管) do Americans use every day? He quickly learned there wasn’t a（n）   2  answer. The boy tried to work it out himself. Through lots of research, Cress found out that Americans   3  about 500 million plastic（塑料)  straws every day.

Cress started the    4  in his hometown -Burlington, Vermont. He asked a local restaurant to stop    5   straws with every drink order. It was a small   6   .However, it would save   7   And by doing that, the restaurant would   8   on its straw use by 50 percent. For the years that followed, Cress tried to spread（传播) his program across the United States. More and more   9  agreed to join. They stop providing the customer with a straw    10   he or she asks for one.

Plastic   11   has been one of the most serious problems today. According to scientist, more than eight million tons of plastic end up in the ocean each year. Plastic straws are   12  terrible. They make it easy for people to get comfortable with single-use plastics.

After his program became   13  ,Cress took his findings on the road. He has since spoken to tens of thousands of students around the world. He wants to encourage more people to say  14   to plastic straws. “Focusing（聚焦) on straws is one small step we all could take,” Cress says.” And it makes me feel that I, as a kid, could make a   15   too.”

1. A. question          B. dream           C. collection          D. message

2. A. modern           B. easy            C. right              D. open

3. A. make            B. buy              C. lend              D. use

4. A. Program          B. homework        C. education          D. research

5. A. selling           B. cooking           C. offering           D. cutting

6. A. hope             B. change           C. accident            D. risk

7. A. food             B. oil               C. time              D. money

8. A. cut down         B. try out            C. take in            D. go off

9. A. libraries          B. banks             C. restaurants        D. hospitals

10. A. Until            B. because           C. unless            D.as

11. A. invention        B. pollution           C. information       D. discussion

12. A. probably        B. hardly             C. suddenly          D. especially

13. A. popular         B. different            C. meaningless       D. unusual

14. A. thanks          B.no                 C. hello             D. sorry

15. A. break           B. mistake           C. difference          D. face

第三部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分25分）

第二节：语法填空

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。将案填写在答题纸的相应位置。

It’s midday and I’ve been at Whipsnade Zoo since seven o’clock this morning! My family is spending the day here and we’re having 1.______ good time! Whipsnade Zoo is 2._______(large) zoo in the UK. It has been my favorite place to visit since I was little. This morning, we travelled around the zoo on a small train for an hour3.________ （happy）. Today, we have seen the elephants, giraffes 4.______tigers. We 5._______（watch） the keepers feeding the bears and we have seen all kinds of different 6.________（bird）. We’ve learnt lots of new things since we arrived. After lunch，we’re going to watch a sea lion show. Then we’re going to visit the Discovery Center 7.____________there are lots of unusual animals there. We will enjoy 8. _________（we）!

Whipsnade Zoo has worked for years 9._________（protect）wild animals. I want to learn 10._______ how we can help wild animals.

第四部分写作(共两节，满分25分)

第一节:单词拼写(共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分)

根据下列句子及所给的首字母，在答题纸上按题号写出各单词的正确、完全形式(每空限填

词)

1. Badaling is the most famous part of the Ming Great W_______.

2. Amy wants to keep her old things because they bring back good and s________ memories.

3. Tonight, when the moon is shining b_________, we’ll be able to see the stones.

4. Mary visited the sick kids in the hospital to c________ them up.

5. What’s the m________, David? Are you OK?

6. ---Could you please s _______the floor?--Yes, sure.

7. Peter has o ______a train and railway set since his fourth birthday.

8. I have some soft t_______ and board games for young kids to play with.

9. I was waiting for the bus when it began to rain h________.

10. China has the biggest p_________ of the world. It’s about 1,411.78 million.

第二节:书面表达(共小题，满分15分)

假如你是李华，请阅读以下邮件,回复并至少给两条建议,词数80左右,可适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。

Dear Mary,

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阅读理解

A篇【答案】：BADA

B篇【答案】：BCD

C篇【答案】：CABD

D篇【答案】：ACAD

任务型【答案】：EAFDB

完型【答案】：1-5ABDAC,  6-10BDACC,   11-15 BDABC

语法【答案】：1.a 2.the largest 3.happily4.and 5.have watched 6.birds 7.because 8.ourselves 9.to protect  10.about

单拼【答案】：1.wall   2.sweet   3.brightly  4.cheer  5.matter  5. sweep  7. owned 8.toys

9.   heavily  10.population