四川省成都市高新区2020-2021学年八年级下学期期末英语试题（试卷+解析）

2020-2021学年四川省成都市高新区八年级（下）期末英语试卷

第二部分基础知识运用（共10小题, 计40分）

六、选择填空。A.从各题的A、B、C选项中选出正确答案（共10小题, 每小题1分, 计10分）

1. My mother didn’t write down the phone number, so she asked me to say it ________ second time.

A. a B. the C. /

2. — I want to do some volunteer work this weekend.

— You _______ join us in visiting sick children in hospital.

A. must B. should C. could

3. The FISU (国际大体联) decided to put off the 2021 Chengdu World University Games ________ the players and citizens(市民) from COVID﹣19.

A. protect B. to protect C. protecting

4. A boy fell off the bike on his way to school yesterday. Luckily, he didn’t hurt ________.

A. him B. he C. himself

5. — Have you seen the bronze scared tree (青铜神树) at the Sanxingdui Museum?

— Yes, I ________ there last weekend.

A. go B. went C. has gone

6. Yuan Longping’s dream is to see hybrid rice (杂交水稻) being grown across the world ________ our world will be free of hunger.

A. so that B. unless C. even though

7. Compared with newspapers or TV, the Internet offers people ______ information.

A. much B. more C. most

8. 一Do you usually go to the cinema, Miss Li?

一I did             there often, but now I’m used to ________ movies online.

A. go；watch B. going；watch C. go；watching

9. — I called you last night, but you didn’t answer.

— Sorry, Grace. I _________ to the country music by Taylor Swift.

A. was listening B. listened C. am listening

10. My mother won’t let me watch TV ________.

A. when I help her with housework

B. unless I finish my homework

C. because I don’t like it

B.补全对话: （共1小题, 每小题10分, 计10分）

根据对话内容，从选项中选出适当的选项补全对话。

A: Come in and sit down, young man. ___11___

B: I have a sore throat, Mr. White.

A: I see. ___12___

B: Since yesterday morning.

A: ___13___

B: Yes. It was 39˚C before I left home.

A: Oh, that’s a high temperature. ___14___ If the result is negative(阴性), maybe you just have a cold.

B: What should I do then?

A: You’d better take the medicine and stay in bed for a good rest.

B: How often should I take it?

A: ___15___

B: OK. Thank you, Mr. White. Goodbye.

A What’s the matter?

B. Three times a day after meals.

C. How long have you been like this?

D. Have you taken your temperature?

E. First, you must do a COVID﹣19 test.

七、完形填空。

通读下面两篇短文, 根据短文内容, 从A、B、C三个选项中选出可以填入空白处的答案。（ 共2小题, 计20分。A篇5小题, 每小题10分, 记10分； B篇10小题, 每小题10分, 计10分。）

A picture of a young man named Philip Hancock was shown on the screen during a band show in Hangzhou. Hancock was from Australia. He was very nice and once taught English in Chongqing. ___16___, because of a bad illness, he died three years ago. His parents followed his wishes and ___17___ his organs（器官）with the help of the Red Cross Society of China. The five people in the band are the ones who benefited（受益）from it.

“I’m Philip’s liver.” “I’m Philip’s kidney” “I’m Philip’s eyes.” The five people ___18___ themselves this way. They had ___19___ learned music before. But when they learned that Philip loved music and dreamed of having his own band, they decided to set up a band in ___20___ of the kind-hearted man. Without any music experience, they had to start from the beginning. They finally gave a great show to the public.

16.  A. Especially B. Unluckily C. Finally

17. A. gave out B. gave away C. gave up

18. A. said B. performed C. introduced

19. A. never B. already C. ever

20. A. memory B. place C. search

It was always thought that Treasure Island was the product（产物) of Robert Louis Stevenson’s imagination. ___21___, a recent research has found the true story of this exciting work.

Stevenson, a Scotsman, had lived ___22___ for many years. In 1881, he returned to Scotland for a holiday. With him were his American wife Fanny and his son Lloyd.

Each morning, Stevenson would take them out for a long walk over the hills. They had been enjoying this for several days before the weather suddenly took a turn for the ___23___. Kept indoors for the heavy rain, Lloyd felt bored. To keep the boy happy, Robert asked the boy to do some ___24___ .

One morning, the boy came to Robert with a beautiful map of an island. Robert ___25___ that the boy had drawn a large cross in the middle of the ___26___.“ What’s that?” he asked. “That’s the buried（埋葬的） treasure,” said the boy. Robert suddenly saw something of an adventure（冒险).___27___ the rain was pouring, Robert sat down by the fire to write a story. He would make the ___28___a twelve-year-old boy, just like Lloyd. But who would be the pirate（海盗）?

Robert had a good friend named Henley who walked around with the help of a wooden leg. Robert had always wanted to ___29___ such a man in a story. So Long John Silver, the pirate with a wooden leg, was born.

___30___a rainy September in Scotland, a friend with a wooden leg and the imagination of a twelve-year-old boy, we have one of the greatest adventure stories in the English language.

21. A. However B. Certainly C. Also

22. A. alone B. abroad C. away

23. A. better B. worse C. nicer

24. A. drawing B. reading C. shopping

25. A. heard B. noticed C. knew

26. A. sea B. house C. island

27. A. While B. Although C. Since

28. A. writer B. actress C. hero

29. A. understand B. describe C. train

30. A. Thanks to B. According to C. As for

第三部分 阅读理解 （共1小题, 每小题10分, 共30分）

阅读下面短文，根据短文内容判断句子的正误。正确的写“A”，错误的写“B”。

The Peppered Moth, a kind of insect (昆虫), is found in England. It is light brown in color and likes living in trees which are also light brown. It’s difficult for birds to notice and eat it.

But with the development of industry (工业), smoke from factories began to reach the trees where the moth lived. It made the trees blacker. Then something very strange took place: in industrial areas, the Peppered Mouth began to change color. It became darker as well. Though the change took several years.

A scientist called Kettlewell decided to make a careful study of this. He marked some of the light moths and some of the darker ones, and set them free in the woods near Birmingham, an industrial city.

Later, he re-caught as many the marked moths as possible. (The results were given in the chart.)

The research was done in the early 1950s. Soon the UK made new laws to reduce (或少) smoke and factory pollution.

Can you imagine what would happen to the Peppered Moth as the air became cleaner again?

31. Birds can easily find the Peppered Moth in the light brown trees.

32. The moth began to change its color in industrial areas because it had to protect itself.

33. From the research, we can know that many more of the darker moths were killed or eaten.

34. The UK developed new laws to make pollution less after Kettlewell’s research was finished.

35. The passage is probably from a nature magazine.

九、阅读下面两篇短文, 根据短文选择正确答案。（ 共2小题, 每小题10分；计20分）

Vaccines（疫苗）will be used to stop people from getting the COVID-19 virus. China is giving free vaccines to all Chinese people. In order to stop COVID-19, a guide to the use of COVID-19 vaccines has come out in our country recently. Is it OK for you to get one? How much do you know about this? Learn more here.

36. Who might be the reader of the passage?

A. All people. B. COVID-19 patients. C. Doctors and nurses.

37. According to the text, how many kinds of vaccines are mentioned?

A. Three. B. Two. C. One.

38. If you get an inactivated vaccine on May 1st, when can you get the second dose?

A. On May 8th. B. On June 1st. C. On July 30th.

39. Which age group isn’t advised to get the COVID-19 vaccination?

A. People under 18. B. People aged 60 or above. C. Women of childbearing age.

40. What’s this passage mainly about?

A. Vaccination recommendations.

B. People fit for vaccination.

C. A guide to the use of COVID-19 vaccines.

Arguments between teenagers and parents can be a problem and should be taken seriously.

A few examples of the arguments

Some results of a survey:

    ●About 18% of the kids talk to their parents when they have problems

    ●Over 50% of the kids don’t think their parents understand them.

    ●Almost 50% of the parents talk to their children only about schoolwork.

    Some suggestions from experts:

    ●Communicate with your kids in a friendly way.

    ●Encourage your kids to share their feelings with you.

    ●Take part in different activities together with your kids

41. Who is Ben’s friend?

A. Mike. B. Grace. C. Jack.

42. What does Grace’s mother think of playing computer games?

A. Interesting. B. Relaxing. C. Meaningless.

43. Match the arguments A-C with their topics①-③. Which of the following is right?

①Hobby；②Friendship；③Schoolwork.

A. A-②；B -③；C-① B. A-②；B-①；C-③ C. A-①；B-②；C-③

44. What can we know from the survey of the passage?

A. None of the kids think their parents understand them.

B. Most parents talk to their children only about schoolwork.

C. A few kids talk to their parents when they have problems.

45. Who are the suggestions for?

A. Parents. B. Teachers. C. Students.

B卷（共50分）

一、根据句意及首字母提示, 补全句中所缺单词, 并将完整的单词填入答题卡的相应位置。（ 共5小题, 每小题1分, 计5分）

46. Mrs. Lin is very patient and always e_____ questions again and again until all the students understand them.

47. Never be afraid of trying something new. You should r_____ the challenge as a chance to be successful.

48. W_____ programs you want to watch, just wait until you finish your work at hand.

49. I am c_____ wrong for sure. I have to do the research from the very beginning.

50. If you fail to deal with your rubbish in a p_____ way in Chengdu, you may have to pay up to 500 yuan.

二、完成对话. （共1小题, 每小题10分, 计10分）

在对话空格中填入适当的单词，使对话完整正确，一空一词（含缩写词）

A: Hi, Tom. You look upset. What’s the matter?

B: Oh, I want to tidy up my room as it is in such a ___51___. But I really don’t know how to do it.

A: Don’t worry. I have a book, and it may help.

B: Really? I can’t wait to read it. Please tell me more.

A: It is The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by a Japanese author called Marie Kondo.

B: Oh, I know nothing about it. What is it about?

A: The writer gives some useful advice on how ___52___ make the room tidy and also teaches people what they should throw away or keep as people often buy some things ___53___ they never use.

B: I can’t agree ___54___ you more. They always take up too much ___55___ and make the house more crowded.

A: Some readers even learn from Kondo and make a living by going to people’s homes to tidy up the room for them. So a new job called “decluttering consultants”（收纳整理师）___56___.

B: That sounds interesting. They can really help people save time as Chinese young people are under so much ____57____ that they have less time to do the chores.

A: But some people are ___58___ it. They think people should not depend on others too much. After all, doing chores can develop our ability to live ___59___.

B: That’s true. By the way, could you please _____60_____ the book to me?

A: No problem. Let’s go and get it.

三、短文填空。（共1小题, 每小题10分, 计10分）

从方框中选出适当的单词并用其正确的形式填入短文空格内，使短文意思、通顺。（ 每词限用一次）。

With her eyes feeling tired, 16-year-old Sun Run went to the hospital with her parents. ___61___, she found out that her eyesight（视力） dropped from 5.0 to 4.6 in only half a year.

In fact, poor eyesight ___62___ Chinese primary and high school students ___63___ from 59.2 percent to 70.6 percent in the first six months of 2020, according to the Ministry of Education. By 2050, half of the world’s ___64___ will be nearsighted（近视） according to a study in the journal Ophthalmology. The main reason for this is that people’s lifestyles ___65___ over the years. They spend less time outdoors and more time looking at screens.

___66___ students’ eyesight, Chinese government has taken some ___67___. For example, schools should make sure that students have at least two hours of ___68___ activities a day. So many schools begin to have more P.E. classes.

Besides, the size of text in students’ textbooks should be no smaller than nine-point（小五号）. And the lights in classrooms should give off as ___69___ blue light as possible. Blue light is bad for our eyes, as it can kill the photoreceptor cells（感光细胞）we need. However electronic devices（电子设备） we use every day, ___70___ our phones and computer screens, give off blue light.

These steps are welcomed by the students and parents, and they also realize the importance of protecting eyes in daily lives.

四、阅读理解。（ 共1小题, 每小题5分, 计10分）

A.根据短文内容, 从短文后的选项中选择出适当的选项补全短文（有- -项多余） , 并将选项的编号字母依次填人答题卡的相应位置。（共1小题,  每题1分,  计5分）

As William Shakespeare is to literature（文学）in English, so is the pet（诗人）Du Fu to the Chinese literary history. “ We have Dante（珍贵的）poems.” said Harvard Professor Stephen Owen in Du Fin, China’s Greatest Poet. The new BBC documentary came out on April 7. ___71___

The documentary invited famous British actor lan McKellen to read 15 of Du’s poems that have been put into English. In this way, people all around the world can enjoy the beauty of traditional Chinese literature.

___72___ Born in 712, Du lived at the time of the Tang Emperor Xuanzong（713–756）. In his earlier years, he was hopeful for the future and did his best to serve the government.

However, his life was changed by the An Lushan Rebellion.___73___ Through ups and downs, the poet never stopped writing and about 1, 500 poems have been kept over the ages. ___74___ And he also talked about the importance of celebrating the simple joys of life.

Without doubt, Du is a cultural symbol of ancient China. But his excellent woks have also interested people outside of China. As the documentary said, “ ___75___ ”

A. He began to live a hard life.

B. They are of great value for the whole world, not just China.

C. The one‑hour film also introduces the poet’s life experiences.

D. In these poems, he showed his care for his country and people.

E. People consider him as one of the greatest poets, along with Li Bai.

F. It soon interested many fans of Chinese culture and became a success.

B.阅读下面短文, 补全表格中所缺信息, 并将答案依次填人答题卡的相应位置。（共1小题,  每题1分, 计5分）

Poverty (贫困) is a big problem around the world. But China has done a good job of dealing with it.

On Feb. 25, President Xi Jinping announced (宣布) that China has made “a complete victory(胜利)”. There are many respectful (尊重的) role models that help a lot in the fight. Here are two of them.

Zhang Guimei, 64-Head teacher of the Huaping Senior High for Girls, Yunnan. Hang traveled to Yunnan at the age of 17. As a teacher, Zhang was heartbroken when saw her students quit school after finishing senior high school. They couldn’t go to college because their families were so poor. So in 2008, Zhang started a free school for poor girls. Since then, Zhang has been busy asking for donations (捐赠) to provide money for the school. The school has sent 1,800 students to universities and colleges successfully.

Mao Xianglin, 62-Village head of Xiazhuang Village, Chongqing. In 1997, 10, 000-meter-tall cliff (悬崖峭壁), and there was only one pathway out. It took villagers three days to walk to the nearest town. Mao decided to lead the villagers to build the road with their hands. It was so hard that it took them seven years to build an eight-kilometer road. But their work has improved people’s lives. It now takes just one hour to drive to the nearest town.

Mao also tried to raise money for the village, but he found that it was not enough to just give money to the poor people and he needed to teach them some tools to get themselves out of poverty. So Mao then encouraged the villagers to grow oranges. Last year, their orange yield (产量), 269 villagers had been lifted out of poverty. The per capital income (人均收入) reached 12, 40 times more than that in the 1900s.

五、书面表达, 请书写在答题卡的相应位置。（计15分 ）

81. 你校将举办英语演讲比赛，号召同学们度过一个有意义的暑假，请你根据以下表格内容一篇发言稿参赛

注意:

    （1）请根据以上内容提示，写出意思连贯、符合逻辑的短文；

    （2）所表述的内容须包含以上所有内容，但不能出现自己的真实姓名；

    （3）书写工整，字数100词左右。

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