甘肃省庆阳市2021-2022学年八年级上学期期中英语试卷

庆阳市2021~2022学年度第一学期八年级期中考试

英语

考生注意:本试卷正题不含听力，满分为120 分;附加听力题,满分20分,考试时间共计150分钟,所有试题均在答题卡上作答,否则无效。

正题(120分)

I. 单词辨音(共5小题;每小题1分,满分5分)

从选项中找出其画线部分与其他三个单词的画线部分读音不同的选项。

1. A. grade     B. fact       C. hand        D. plan

2. A. these     B. with      C. thank        D. that

3. A. winner    B, prize      C. ticket       D. mirror

4. A. knife      B. knee      C. know       D. kilo

5. A. show      B. grow     C snow        D. now

II. 语法与情景对话(共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分)

阅读下列各题,从A.B.C、D四个选项中选择- 个最佳答案。

-What do you think of          film My Country , My Parents (我和我的父辈)?

-It's one of        most popular movies. I like it very much.

A. the; an      B，a; an     C. the; the      D. a; the

2.-Can you show me the        between the two pairs of shoes?

-Yes. This pair is Size 42, and that one is Size 43.

A. color       B. habit       C. price        D. difference

3.-Are you relaxing yourself here?

一Yes. It feels        to walk slowly along the river.

A. boring       B. comfortable     C. exciting      D. terrible

4.- Mom. Bill is coming for dinner this evening.

- OK. Let's give him        to eat.

A. something different      B. different anything

C. anything different        D. different something

5.I'm afraid I need a pair of glasses. I can       see the words on the blackboard,

A. always      B. often      C. usually      D. hardly

6.       the workers were very tired, they still kept working.

A. If         B. As        C. Although       D. Because

7.一Why do you often go to the Town Cinema?

-Because it has       service of all the cinemas.

A. good      B. better       C. the better       D. the best

3. -Look! There is a basketball game on TV now.

- Hmm... It_       exciting.

A. sees        B. smells      C. seems        D. tastes

9. - -How is the life in the countryside now?

-People are living a much better life than we        .

A. expected      B. looked     C. gave       D. found

10. - -Jack, could you help me        the news about the book on the Internet?

-I'm sorry. My computer doesn't work.

A. look for      B. go out       C. take out        D. look out

11. -How was your trip to Beijing, Mike?

- Great! We          to the Great Wall and the Palace Museum.

A. go       B. are going       C. went         D. will go

12.- What are you going to do tomorrow morning?

-I will go to climb the mountains        it is fine.

A. even though         B. as long as       C. as soon as        D. as though

13. Which of the following is RIGHT?

A. Who is better at school?        

B. He hardly ever watch TV.

C. Do your friend want to see a movie?

D. During the holiday, 1 went to Shanghai with my parents.

14. - Would you like       volleyball after school?

- Sorry. I feel like          swimming.

A. play; go      B.to play;to go.     C. to play; going       D. playing; going

15. My favorite         is Sing! China (中国好声音).

A. subject      B. sport      C. program       D. book

16. -You play basketball so well.        do you take the basket ball lessons?

-I go to basketball lessons twice a week.

A. How long     B，How many      C. How often      D. How much

17. - What do you think of Tom?

一I think he is        in music. Listen! He is playing the piano so wonderfully.

A. active        B. talented       C. serious        D. pretty

18. Sandy wants to know something about the cinema in her town. Look at the introduction

below and complete the conversation.

A. They re next to home.         B. They're small but new.

C. You can buy tickets cheaply.    D. They have new movies.

19. --Would you mind turning down the radio? It's too noisy.

--          .I'll do it right away.

A. You'd better not        B. It doesn't matter     C.I hope not.       D. Of course not

20. Which part is the VERB of the following sentence“He always tries his best. ”?

A.“He”    B.“always"      C.“tries”        D.“best"

III.完形填空(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四个选项中选出能填人空白处的最佳答案。

I'm a middle school student. I like_ 1 very much. I like riding，skating (滑冰), swimming and so on. Of all the sports, I like skating best. I_ 2 the Lion Skating Club.I_ 3 skating with others and__ 4 part in the weekend activities. The skating club always_ 5 lots of activities in cities of Canada.

My favorite_ 6 to skate is Banff National Park. My sister and I enjoy going there during_ 7 winter holidays. We 8 all around during the day, and enjoy delicious food at night. Oh, I like it very much.

When I was young, I wanted to be a skater, but I failed (失败).

9，I still like skating， because it brings me much fun and makes me__ 10 . Do you like sports? What is your favorite sport?

1. A. songs         B. books         C. sports         D. vegetables

2. A. joined        B. left           C. heard .         D. went

3. A. finish        B. win          C. mind            D. enjoy

4. A. playing        B. taking          C. talking         D. making

5. A. has         B. watches        C. spends        D. misses

6. A. club         B. school         C. place          D. game

7. A. their         B. our          C. your           D. his

8. A. skate       B. swim          C. dance          D. ride

9. A. Unluckily      B. However        C. Especially     D. Badly

10. A. poor       B. angry         C. fat            D. healthy

IV.阅读理解(共10小题;每小题2分,满分20分)

A

Few people like mice, but a mouse is very popular with people around the world. He is Mickey Mouse. Mickey Mouse is a funny animal cartoon character and the mascot (吉祥物) of The Walt Disney Company. He wears red shorts,large yellow shoes and white gloves.

Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks created him. On May 15, 1928, Mickey Mouse appeared in the cartoon Plane Crazy，but he didn't become famous at once. Then he went on to appear in over 130 films.

He usually appears with his girlfriend Minnie Mouse, his pet dog Pluto, his friends Donald Duck and Goofy. In 1978，Mickey became the first cartoon character to have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Now Mickey Mouse appears on all kinds of things, such as toys, T-shirts, and lunchboxes. He always appears in comic books，such as Topolino and Wizards of Mickey. What's more, he plays an important role in the Disney parks. In 2008，Time 《时代周刊》said he was one of the world's most popular characters. According to Disney, 98% of children aged 3-11 around the world know this character now.

阅读材料,根据其内容判断下列各小题的正误。正确的填(涂)A,错误的填(涂)B.

1. Mickey Mouse wears red shorts, large yellow shoes and white gloves.

2. Mickey Mouse became famous because of the cartoon Plane Crazy.

3. Mickey Mouse is the only cartoon character having a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

4. In the Disney parks, Mickey Mouse plays an important role.

5. Disney says most of the children aged 3-11 around the world know Mickey Mouse.

B

Disabled (残疾) Wei Xiang, 23， from Dingxi, Gansu, finished his studies at Tsinghua University in June, 2021, and the hard working man plans to go on with his studies at the Institute of Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院物理研究所).

Wei's father died when Wei was just 7, and then his mother, Xia Ruiyun, a nurse, took him to school and brought him home every day. Xia said she often told her son that the most important things for people were hands and the brain (大脑).“Your hands and brain are good, and with the help of a wheelchair (轮椅)，you will be just like other people," Xia said to her son.

Four years ago, Wei wrote to Tsinghua University to ask for a living place for himself and his mother. In the letter. he said he was seriously disabled and needed to use a wheelchair every day. Also, he said that his mother had to take care of him.

Tsinghua University wrote back to Wei on the Internet, saying that it would like to help him, It thought highly of him for working hard although he is disabled and lost his father.

Wei told a reporter that he didn't think he was very different from his classmates.“I am lucky. No classmates or teachers laughed at me," he said.

阅读以上材料,根据其内容回答其后各个小题。

6. When did Wei losc his father?

A. In 1995.     B. In 2005.       C. In 2007.      D. In 2015.

7. What can we learn from Wei s mother 's words in Paragraph 2?

A. She thought her son was different from other people.

B. She thought her son's brain and hands were better than others'.

C. She didn't want her son to think that he was different from others.

D. She thought her son could go to university alone with the help of a wheelchair.

8. Wei wrote to Tsinghua University to         .

A. show his problems and ask for help    B. show he got a good grade in the exam

C. show he had a good and kind mother   D. show he wanted to study there

9. What docs the fourth paragraph mainly tell us?

A. How Wei got into Tsinghua University.     B. What Wei thought of Tsinghua University.

C. How Tsinghua University would help Wei.  D. What Tsinghua University wrote back to Wei.

10. What's the best title for this passage?

A. An unlucky mother          B. A poor family in Gansu

C. A famous school in China     D. A hard-working young man

V.任务型完形填空{共10空;每空1分,满分10分)

用方框中所给单词或短语的适当形式填空,使短文通顺、正确、连贯,每个单词或短语限用一次。

Jennifer is an American acrobat (杂技演员). She was born with no legs. What was_ 1_ ，her parents gave her up._ 2_ ， an American family adopted (领养) her.

Jennifer doesn't have legs,_ 3 she never lets this stop her making her dreams come true. When she was little, her parents gave her one_ 4 rule, “Never say I can't!" They have three sons and the four 5_ often played together when they were young. They taught Jennifer not to care too much about what she didn't have. So, Jennifer__ 6_ happily.

As a child, Jennifer was interested 7 sports. Of all the sports, she liked gymnastics(体操) 8_ . As she grew older, Jennifer started to join in gymnastics competitions. She once_ 9 fourth place in the Amateur Athletic Union's Junior Olympics. Jennifer and her family always think_ 10 can stop her. Her hard work has helped her make many dreams come true.

VI.任务型阅读理解(共5小题;每小题2分,满分10分)

仔细阅读下面短文,并按要求完成1至5小题。

According to a survey, most young people said they would like to travel with their parents during holiday.①survey, part, took, in, the, 1 ,500 people(. )

The survey showed that about 70 percent of the people in the survey would like to travel with their parents. 49 percent of those people said they were planning for the travel and 21 percent of those people said they were ready for the travel. Of those people, most are the “post-1980”generation (八零后)，and some are the“post 1990”generation.

Li Ran, a woman in her 30s, said that travelling with parents was a great way to stay with them because②she was always too busy with her work, and couldn't spend much time with them on weekdays.

However, when talking about where to visit, she said that she wouldn't take her parents to places of interest because they were too crowded and it would be tiring for her parents to visit these places.

About 61. 8 percent of the people in the survey agreed with Li Ran's idea. They said the inconvenience (不方便) and being crowded could make them have other travel plans.

1.将文中①处的画线句子连词成句,标点符号已在括号内给出。

2.阅读以下字典中agree的释义,选出文中第13行中agree的含义(标出a, b,或者c即可)

3.将文中②处的画线句子翻译成汉语。

4. How many people in the survey would like to travel with their parents?

5. Do you think Li Ran's idea is good or bad? Why? (list at least one reason. )

VII.口语交际(共5小题;每小题1分,满分5分)

阅读下面的对话,根据上下文，从方框内选择恰当的选项补全对话,使句意完整、符合逻辑。(其中有两项为多余选项)

A: Hello, Li Mei.I didn't see you for days. Where did you go?

B:_ 1

A: Really? What did you do there?

B: I visited my grandparents and quite a few places of interest.

A: 2

B: Twice a year, usually in August and January.

A: Are your grandparents as strict with you as your parents?

B: No._ 3

A: What about your grandma?

B: She is so kind. 4

A: That's nice. Are they in good health?

B: Yes. Both of them are very healthy. 5

A: I think we should learn from them.

B: You are right. .

VIII.词汇考查(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分}

根据句意,用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。

1. About ten years ago the man went to Africa as a       _( trade).

2. Tina sings       (beautiful), and she dreams of being a singer one day.

3.一Why do you          (like)math?

- -Because 1 think it is difficult for me.

4. Help       (you)to some fish, Linda.

5. Now there are many tall         (build) in our town.

6. The boy went to the classroom       (quiet).

7. Alice spent       (many)than two hours doing her homework last night.

8. I was glad that Frank was the        _(win)of the English competition.

9. Who did      (well)in math, Tony or Tina?

10. Miss Smith is very kind to her students. She___     (true) loves them.

IX.根据所给汉语提示完成句子(共5小题;每空1分,满分10分}

1.海伦在那做什么特别的事情了吗?

Did Helen do                  there?

2.今天感觉像冬天一样冷。

It                    as cold as winter today.

3.我的确在意我班上学生的成绩。

I really                     the grades of the students in my class.

4.不要编造谎言,那是不对的。

Don't___________ lies. It's not right.

5.你不应该把这个问题当回事。

You shouldn't_______ the problem          .

X.书面表达(满分15分)

海内存知己,天涯若比邻。假如你叫李华,疫情期间,足不出户的你通过网络结识了很多来自世界各地的朋友。最近,来自英国的Frank给你发来邮件说他想了解你在疫情期间的生活。

请你根据下表的内容提示,给他回-封邮件。

学习

要求:1.内容须包括以上要点,可适当发挥;2.80 词左右,邮件的开头和结尾已给出,不计入总词数。

Dear Frank,

Thanks for your e-mail. Now let me tell you what my life was like during the epidemic.      

How about your life during those special days? Please write to me soon.

Yours,

Li Hua

附加题(20分)

听力(分四小节,共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分)

第一节:听句子,选择与所听内容或语境相关的图片代码。每个句子读两遍。

1.          2._        3._        4.          5        

第二节：听句子,选择恰当的应答语。每个句子读两遍。

6. A. Hardly ever.      B. Dream Town.       C. I don't think so.

7. A. In the park.      B. For an hour.        C. Every day.

8. A She likes sitcoms.     B. She is watching TV.     C. She is friendly and helpful.

9. A. To Shanghai.      B. With my parents.      C. It was wonderful.

10. A. Sorry, I don't know.         B. Thank you.          C. Good idea!

第三节:听对话及问题,选掸能回答所提问题的最佳答案。每段对话读两遍。

11. Who is the tallest of the three boys?

A. Jack.       B. David.        C. Tom.

12. What did Eric's sister think of the talent show?

A. Educational.        B. Interesting.         C. Meaningless.

13. What's Helen's idea about friends?

A. Friends should be the same.

B. Friends should care about each other.

C. Friends should have the same hobby.

14. How often does the boy go to the English club?

A. Twice a month.       B. Once a week.        C. Twice a week.

15. When did James come back from Sanya?

A. Last Tuesday.     B. Last Wednesday.        C. Last Thursday.

第四节:听短文,根据其内容选出能问答所提问题的最佳答案。短文读两遍。

16. How long does Mr. Green take a walk every morning?

A. For thirty minutes.       B. For forty minutes.      C. For one hour.

17. Mr. Green eats little         .

A. fruit       B. vegetables       C. meat

18. How often does Mr. Green play cards with young people?

A. Once a day.     B. Twice a day.      C. Three times a day.

19. What does Mr. Green think of watching TV?

A. Interesting.      B. Relaxing.      C. Boring,

20. What does Mr. Green do when he has a cold?

A. He drinks a lot of water.     B. He takes some medicine.      C. He sees a doctor.