湖南省长沙市雅礼集团2021-2022学年八年级下学期期中考试英语试题(含答案）

湖南省长沙市雅礼集团2021-2022学年八年级下学期期中考试英语试题

学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________

一、阅读单选

1．Kids should get to the bus stop at least ________.A．five minutes late B．ten minutes early              C．five minutes early

2．When a school bus arrives, kids should ________.

A．wait until the bus comes to a stop

B．cut in line to get on the bus

C．get on the bus as quickly as they can

Do you want to visit Shanghai? Why not join our cycling trip? We will provide you with bicycles. Our guide will lead you through some of the most interesting places in Shanghai. It will take you three hours to finish the trip. Hop on the bike and let’s go!

3．How long will it take you to finish the cycling trip?A．Two hours. B．Three hours. C．Four hours.

4．Where can you find the Shanghai Museum?

A．At People’s Square. B．In Shanghai Old Street. C．In Tianzifang.

5．What can you enjoy along the Binjiang Avenue?

A．The centuries-old streets.

B．The cityscape of modern Shanghai.

C．Many cafes and interesting stores.

The 2022 Winter Olympics are now over. Did you enjoy them? The competitions have left us with many exciting memories. Some sportsmen skied down the mountain faster than cars on a motorway（高速公路）. Some shot into the air and finished four full turns before landing on the snow. You might think that these sportsmen were fearless.

But is that right? Eileen Gu will probably tell you it is not. Gu is a great skier. By winning two golds and one silver for China, the 18-year-old was a successful and famous sportswoman during the Beijing Winter Olympics.

Gu has butterflies in her stomach when she tries a new trick（动作）. She explains that she feels fear each time she stands on the starting line. “Will I be able to finish the new tricks? Can I create a new personal best? Will I get hurt?” You won’t know the results until you try. Gu says she often takes a deep breath and closes her eyes before she takes off. It’s her way of dealing with fear.

Sports can be dangerous. Broken necks, backs and legs or other accidents are common in winter sports. Gu and many other sportsmen know this. Like common people, they all have fears. But they love their own sport and do their best to do better every time. They choose to be brave（勇敢的）.

You probably feel fear too when you are trying something new. Keep in mind that it’s normal. Learn from Eileen Gu and so many other brave people. Look your fear in the eye and tell it: You will only make me stronger.

6．What is the age of Eileen Gu?

A．22. B．18. C．20.

7．The underlined phrase in Paragraph（段落）3 means ________.

A．勇敢无畏 B．兴奋不已 C．紧张不安

8．Which of the following is true according to Paragraph 4?

A．Accidents usually happen in winter sports.

B．Sportsmen hardly have fears when doing sports.

C．Most sportsmen choose to give up when facing fears

9．What does the underlined word “You” in the last paragraph refer to（指代）?

A．Brave people. B．Your fear. C．Eileen Gu.

10．What can be the best title of the passage?

A．Be brave to face your fears.

B．Sports make us healthy.

C．Winter Olympics are over.

A 14-year-old student from the UK is preparing for the next day of school: textbooks, notebooks, pens, 250 grams of flour, an egg and some cooking oil. Wait, what? It’s not a joke.

Cookery（烹饪）is a compulsory course（必修课程）for the kids aged 7—14 in the UK. Primary school students learn to make simple and healthy food excitedly. At high school, students then master a lot of different meals. They also learn some cooking skills such as baking.

The UK is famous as a country with bad food and unhealthy eating habits. These new courses are part of the country’s plan to bring healthy food back onto the table. “One in four families from the UK no longer has a table that everyone can eat around. One out of every two meals is eaten alone. Only 40 percent of us enjoy eating meals with our children.” The UK writer Joanna Blythman wrote in her book. Instead, ready meals have become the first choice for many kids in the UK, because their parents are so busy that they don’t have time to cook meals for their kids.

The Department for Education（教育部）hopes the cookery courses can help children to learn about good food and reduce childhood obesity（肥胖）.

“It’s important that children can develop an interest and a better understanding of good food,” said a spokesman for the department. “The courses can help them to develop a love of healthy food and cooking them as they grow up.”

11．Primary school students feel ________ about learning cookery.

A．nervous B．excited C．sad

12．From Paragraph Three we can learn that ________.

A．the UK is famous for its healthy food and eating habits

B．most people from the UK love to eat with their children

C．parents in the UK are too busy to cook meals for their kids

13．What does the underlined word “ready” in Paragraph Three mean?

A．乐意的 B．即食的 C．愿意的

14．The cookery courses help children to ________.

A．develop an interest of doing housework

B．enjoy eating and cooking healthy food

C．dream of being excellent cooks

15．In which part of a newspaper can you most probably read this article?

A．Education. B．Travel. C．Sports.

二、阅读还原5选5

阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Lang Jiaziyu was born in 1995. However, his interests are very different from those of other young people. Lang likes making dough figurines, or “mian ren”. ____16____. On his desk, you can see many “mian ren” of famous characters.

____17____. He likes to turn what he sees into “mian ren”. He learned the craft(手艺) from his grandfather, Lang Shao’an. He was famous as “Mianren Lang”. He traveled to 12 countries to show his art when he was young.

____18____. More than half of them are in danger of disappearing. Few young people even know about them. Lang says he often feels lonely. ____19____.

These days, Lang Jiaziyu is making dough figurines about popular cartoon characters and famous people. ____20____. The young man hopes that in this way, more young people can become interested in the art form.

A．There are over 750 traditional crafts like “mian ren” in China

B．It is a traditional Chinese art form(形式) and it has a history of over 2,000 years

C．He also tries to make short videos of his craft and put them online

D．Lang Jiaziyu became interested in “mian ren” at the age of five

E．Because no one can share the joy of making “mian ren” with him

三、阅读回答问题

阅读下面短文，根据短文内容回答问题。

To stay safe during the COVID-19 pandemic, we have to give up many enjoyable things such as shaking hands and hugging(拥抱). Many people feel lonely or sad without physical touch. But there is something they can safely put their arms around and hold close: a tree.

Tree hugging may sound a little strange, but it’s not a new idea. Humans have turned to Mother Nature for comfort for centuries. In Japan, people have long practiced shinrin-yoku. “Shinrin” means forest and “yoku” is the Japanese word for bath. People have a bath in the forest. But no soap or water is needed for shinrin-yoku. All it needs is listening to the sounds and taking a breath.

After COVID-19 broke out, Israel encouraged(鼓励) people to try tree hugging. Moshe recently visited the Apollonia National Park to hug a tree. “We are not hugging many people these days,” he said. “Going out to nature, taking a deep breath and hugging a tree are quite nice things to do. ”

Iceland’s Forest Service made a similar decision. I advised everyone in the country to hug a tree for at least five minutes every day. Park workers cleared paths(小道) in the woods so that visitors could keep a safe distance(距离) when they looked for their favorite trees “There are lots of trees here, and there is no need for everyone to hug the same tree. ” said a park worker.

What do you think of tree hugging? When you feel lonely next time, would you be willing to go and hug a tree?

21．Is tree hugging a new idea?

______________________________________

22．Where did Japanese practice shinrin-yoku?

______________________________________

23．What do we need to do for shinrin-yoku?

______________________________________

24．How long did Iceland’s Forest Service advise people to hug a tree every day?

______________________________________

25．Why did park workers clear paths in the woods?

______________________________________

四、完形填空

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。

Mariella is a 17-year-old high school student. She is interested in sign language（手语）. Two years ago, she started ___26___ American Sign Language (ASL).

After a while, Mariella wanted to learn faster. One day, an ___27___ came to her: Seeing an ASL interpreter（翻译员）in a movie might help her. She looked up some movies on the Internet. ___28___ she found that very few movies used ASL interpreters. For children unable to hear, it can be ___29___ to understand movies with only subtitles（字幕）. “Is there anything I can do for them?” thought Mariella.

There was, indeed. ___30___ the help of her parents and teachers, Mariella created an app called SignUp. It ___31___ an ASL interpreter to a corner of the screen during the playing of a movie. People with poor or no hearing can watch the movie and the interpreter at the ___32___ time. This helps them better enjoy the movie.

In the beginning Mariella funded（注资）the project all by ___33___. She made some money by walking dogs for her neighbors. She put that money into her project. But later she needed more money for ASL interpreters. So she asked people to ___34___ money on the Internet. Now the girl plans to include as many of the international sign languages in her app as possible. She ____35____ has a long way to go!

26．A．speaking B．learning C．making

27．A．idea B．advice C．information

28．A．Since B．So C．But

29．A．difficult B．necessary C．important

30．A．With B．In C．On

31．A．provides B．adds C．gives

32．A．similar B．different C．same

33．A．herself B．himself C．itself

34．A．give back B．give away C．give up

35．A．still B．instead C．hardly

五、语法填空

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。

Can you imagine turning your school into a farm? This is what students did at Zhengzhou Foreign Language Middle School.

___36___ (because) the “double reduction” policy（“双减”政策）, students in the school have many new clubs and after-school activities. One of the ___37___ (popular) clubs is the Happy Farming Club.

“___38___ first I thought I could just grow some vegetables here,” said Zhang, a member of the club. “But later I found that I could also learn a lot about farm work and biology.”

After ___39___ (study) some vegetables, the students tried to grow them. “My group tried growing leeks（韭菜）,” said Zhang. “We first dug a hole and put the roots（根）into it. Then we covered them with soil（土）and watered them ___40___ (happy). After doing all this, we had a great feeling of ___41___ (satisfy). We hope the leeks can grow strong!”

Other groups ___42___ (grow) different things like carrots and cabbages. To tell __43__ (they) apart, students set up boards with the vegetables’ names on them. The school looks like a small farm now.

“In the 38 years of our school’s history, we are the first ___44___ (plant) vegetables,” said Zhang. “This is really ___45___ interesting and unusual experience. ”

六、语篇翻译

阅读下面短文，将划线部分译成英文或中文。

Zeng Guofan was a great scholar and official. He lived more than 100 years ago at the time of the Qing Dynasty（朝）. Zeng Guofan studied hard all the time. 1. 他习惯于早起。 He always worked late into the night.

It is said that when he was young, a thief（小偷）came to his home very quietly and hid under the eaves（屋檐）, waiting for him to go to bed. 2. 在那时曾国藩正在读一篇文章。 He wanted to remember it, so he read it aloud, over and over again.

3. After several hours, the thief could not stand it anymore. He came out and recited the passage to Zeng Guofan perfectly. “I have never met anyone as stupid as you are!” the thief said. 4. As soon as he finished saying this, he left without taking anything.

When people heard the story, some said that Zeng Guofan was “more stupid than a thief ”, 5. while others thought he just kidded the thief.

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七、书信作文

51．假设你是李华，刚刚收到了好友Ann的信，请仔细阅读信的内容，并给她回信。

Dear Li Hua,

I am really worried and nervous these days. My parents push me so hard and give me too much pressure about schoolwork. Also, I had a fight with my best friend. This made me upset. What should I do?

      Write to me soon.

要求∶

1. 语言通顺，行文连贯，内容充实；

2. 80词左右（文章的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数）；

3. 文中不得出现真实人名和校名；

Dear Ann,

I’m glad to receive your letter.

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Best wishes for you!

Yours,

Li Hua

参考答案：

1．C    2．A

3．B    4．A    5．B

6．B    7．C    8．A    9．B    10．A

11．B    12．C    13．B    14．B    15．A

16．B    17．D    18．A    19．E    20．C

21．No.    22．In the forest.    23．We need to listen to the sounds and take a breath.    24．At least 5 minutes.    25．Because visitors could keep a safe distance when they looked for their favorite trees.

26．B    27．A    28．C    29．A    30．A    31．B    32．C    33．A    34．B    35．A

36．Because of    37．most popular    38．At    39．studying    40．happily    41．satisfaction    42．grew    43．them    44．to plant    45．an

46．He was/got used to getting up early.    47．Zeng Guofan was reading a passage/an article at that time.    48．几个小时后，这个小偷再也忍受不了了。    49．他一说完，没有带任何东西就走了。    50．而其他人认为他只是在戏弄那个小偷。

51．例文：

Dear Ann,

I’m glad to receive your letter. I am very sorry to hear that you have some problems. Here I would like to give you some advice.

First, it’s normal to have such feelings for your age. You don’t have to have too much pressure. If your parents push you so hard, you can communicate with them and tell them about your feelings. I believe they can understand you. Second, if you had a fight with your best friend, why don’t you have a talk with him or call him up to say sorry to each other so that you can be friends again.

I hope my advice can be helpful to you and things will be better soon.

Best wishes for you!

Yours,

Li Hua