湖南省长沙市长郡教育集团2021-2022学年八年级下学期期中联考英语试题(含答案)

湖南省长沙市长郡教育集团2021-2022学年八年级下学期期中联考英语试题

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

一、阅读单选

1．What is the book festival for？A．Selling second-hand books to others.

B．Inviting people to change books with others.

C．Telling people how to choose books.

2．Tony is busy packing some books for the festival. Which book might he take to the festival？

A．An old book of short stories.

B．A newly-bought Chinese-English dictionary.

C．A picture book with his notes.

3．How long do volunteers need to work in the city park？A．For two hours. B．For three hours.              C．For four hours.

4．If Jack wants to volunteer in the food bank, he should _________.

A．call 678-9868 to learn more information

B．be good at cooking delicious food

C．be in good health and wear a mask

5．Who of the following can volunteer for the after-school reading program?

A．Tim—he is a 12-year-old middle school student.

B．Susan—she is a 24-year-old teacher with a kind heart.

C．Mike—he runs a bookstore and is always busy on weekends.

Zhang Fubai, 70, is a follower of sugar painting-the intangible cultural heritage(非物质文化遗产) in Tianjin. He received the sweet business from his father, who was also a sugar painter.

“When I was a little boy, the children in the neighborhood would beg my father for sugar paintings.” he said. At 9 he began to copy the flowers and insects his father painted, and would even try to create sugar paintings himself. “I thought it was fun, but I never expected to become a sugar painter myself.”

In 1966, he finished middle school and became a carpenter(木匠) and part-time tailor(裁缝) dealing with all kinds of drawings. He didn’t make up his mind to join the family business until 1980. In the following years, he would spend days observing small animals in the fields and rivers. The time he spent on watching these things and years of experience as a carpenter and tailor helped him improve his painting skills.

Zhang is never short of customers because he has created close to 200 sugar painting styles, and he updates(更新) all the styles every one or two years. If his customers ask him for something he doesn’t know, he will search on the Internet and try to design the styles in his head.

For now, he is quite worried about passing on the art.

“Few young people are interested in learning sugar painting,” he said, “I hope the younger generation can pay more attention to the intangible heritage. It will sweeten their lives, I promise.”

6．Which of the following statements about Zhang is TRUE?

A．He is a sugar painter and runs a sweet business in Tianjin.

B．He always begged his father for sugar paintings.

C．He became a carpenter after receiving the sweet business.

7．The underlined word “observing” probably means “_________”.

A．想象 B．观察 C．思考

8．What makes Zhang’s sugar painting so popular among his customers?

A．He has copied over 200 sugar painting styles.

B．He keeps updating the sugar painting styles.

C．He designs every style in his head.

9．What worries Zhang most?

A．His customers ask for something he doesn’t know.

B．He cannot update his styles quickly enough.

C．The intangible art may disappear.

10．What can we infer(推断) from the passage?

A．Zhang doesn’t want to join the sugar painting business.

B．People are not interested in sugar painting.

C．Zhang’s sugar painting is very popular.

Providing inclusive(开放包容的) education for children with special needs at an early stage in their schooling is important.

It is easier to include children with special needs in regular(常规的) classes from an early age because the differences between the two groups are small in early childhood. Moreover, kids at this age have very little understanding of discrimination(歧视), and most of them can get on well with special needs children. Only a small part of children with special needs may need to go to a special teaching center.

Age 6 is an important time when children best develop their abilities, including speaking, walking and thinking. For example, social interaction is a main challenge facing children with autism(自闭症). They must learn to play and work with other children: the earlier that happens, the better they can get such skills.

Inclusive education does not necessarily provide one-on-one teaching for children with special needs. Instead, teachers can care for them the same way as other children. Every child is different. If schools keep separating(分开) them by their grades, their differences may grow bigger.

Research shows that children learn better when they stay with their peers(同龄人). Schools in China started allowing children with special needs to study in regular classes in the 1980s. Things are getting better and better but there is still room for development.

11．Why is it easy to include young kids with special needs in regular classes from an early age?

A．Because they’re very different from other students.

B．Because other kids hardly discriminate them.

C．Because a small part of children can get on well with others.

12．What’s the Chinese meaning of the underlined words “social interaction”?

A．社会实验 B．社交互动 C．社会融合

13．Children with special needs don’t need the following things EXCEPT _________.

A．one-on-one teaching

B．being separated by grades

C．staying with normal kids

14．According to the passage, which sentence may agree with the writer’s idea?

A．Kids with special needs mustn’t go to special teaching centers.

B．It’s necessary for children with autism to learn to work with others.

C．There is no need for China to improve its service for children with specialneeds.

15．What can be the best title(标题) of the text?

A．Kids with Special Needs vs. Their Peers

B．Kids with Special Needs in China

C．Inclusive Education for Kids with Needs

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。每个选项仅使用一次。

National Volunteer Week started in 1974 and held every April. It is a time to thank volunteers for what they did in the past for the people in need. It is also a good chance（机会）to encourage（鼓励）others to take their first step to become a volunteer. Making the decision to take the first step can be the biggest problem. ____16____ Some people are afraid of not knowing anyone else in the group. Others don’t have enough time to take part in it. ____17____

Start out slowly, and don’t push yourself too hard. ____18____ It will also bring you less stress when you know you don’t have to do it every day.

Choose an organization with the same interests and common values. Take part in a training meeting for new volunteers so that you will be confident to do the job well.

____19____ He volunteered a lot and he can tell you a lot about the volunteer work and help you get used to it quickly.

Remember that not all volunteer experiences are great. If one experience doesn’t work, don’t give up and you will surely find the right one. ____20____

All in all, hope you can have a good time being a volunteer.

A．Work with an experienced volunteer.

B．Most people often don’t know if they can do it well.

C．Just be proud of yourself as long as you’re helping others.

D．Even a few hours a month can make a big difference.

E．The following tips can help make it easier.

三、阅读回答问题

阅读下面短文，根据短文内容回答问题。

In shops, restaurants and supermarkets around Beijing, you may notice a special place about 10 square meters in size. It is a service corner for outdoor workers to rest or to get some necessary things like water, medicine and battery chargers(充电器).

 These spaces are free for all outdoor workers to use. Without them, they have to take a break by the roadside.

One restaurant near Xiyuan Subway Station provided space for the service corner. “Working in the restaurant, I can see deliverymen (外卖员) all the time. I know how hard it is for them to make money,” said Li Hui, the restaurant’s owner. “They sometimes can’t get hot water in winter. Service corners almost solve such problems. That’s what I want to do for them. I hope the service corner can warm outdoor workers’ hearts.”

Now there are about 27, 000 service corners in Beijing, and it plans to add another 3, 900. Before the service corners were built, 40-year-old deliveryman Zhang hoped to take a break indoors in order to get warm in winter or to cool off in summer. But he usually didn’t. “It is comfortable to rest indoors. But I don’t want to trouble shop owners. So, I would rest on my bike and play with my phone,” he said.

 “I have to save money for my family, and sometimes I am so busy. So, I don’t even notice the service corners. Neither do my co-workers. Maybe it will take a little time for me to get used to them,” Zhang said.

21．Where can people see the service corner for outdoor workers?

______________________________________________

22．Why is the deliverymen’s job difficult according to Li Hui?

______________________________________________

23．How many service corners will there be in Beijing in all?

______________________________________________

24．What did Zhang do to relax himself in the past?

______________________________________________

25．Do delivery men always rest themselves in the service corner?

______________________________________________

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。

Many students think volunteers are not that important in making an activity successful. But no activity would carry on ____26____ without the help of volunteers. This month, I volunteered at Color Run in Melbourne. ____27____ I didn’t enjoy myself as much as the runners, I still learned an important lesson.

My job was to give a high-five to runners making their ways to the finish line. At the beginning, we saw it as a(n) ____28____ job. When the first runner passed, we ____29____ our hands and yelled “Good job” excitedly. However, as more and more people crossed the finish line and clapped (拍) their hands with mine, my arm got ____30____. To make things ____31____, it became hot. Our clothes were all wet and we felt tired. But soon, a crowd of kids were running towards us—they were about 6 years old. Although they could hardly ____32____ their feet, they still kept going with big smiles on their faces. They put up their hands and shouted in excitement, “High-five!”

At that moment, I was quite touched-they were so tired, but they ____33____ to give up. Suddenly, I felt myself become full of ____34____. I clapped their hands, “Well done, little guys!”

That is the _____35_____ of being a volunteer. It is never an easy job. However, we meet different people and get encouraged by their spirit. Even if such spirit is not often found in daily life, it can encourage us a lot when we do see it from time to time.

26．A．badly B．well C．slowly

27．A．Because B．Since C．Although

28．A．difficult B．tiring C．easy

29．A．give out B．reach out C．try out

30．A．sore B．cool C．popular

31．A．worse B．better C．crazier

32．A．move B．shake C．take

33．A．meant B．refused C．hated

34．A．mind B．sadness C．strength

35．A．meaning B．training C．situation

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。

Now more and more Chinese teenagers find life difficult ____36____ their parents. Instead of ____37____ (ask) them to learn to do housework, their parents almost do everything at home. As a result, the teenagers have difficulty taking care of ____38____ (they) well.

Cindy was a fourteen-year old girl. One day, her parents went on a trip, so she was alone at home. At first, she was ____39____ (excite) than ever because she thought she could do whatever she liked. However, things didn’t go well. When it was six p.m. In the afternoon, she felt hungry. “Oh, it’s time to have dinner. Where can I get my dinner?” she said to herself. She had ____40____  look in the fridge and found some meat and vegetables in it. However, she didn’t ____41____ (complete) know how to cook them. Her stomach called for food while she ____42____ (think) about what to do next. In the end, she could only go to the supermarket to buy some food to eat.

Many teenagers have the same problem. In my opinion, teenagers should learn some life skills, like ____43____ to cook an easy meal or do the laundry(洗衣服) by using the washing machine. ____44____ they don’t share some housework, they won’t develop their independence. They shouldn’t depend on their parents too much, because it’s not good for their _____45_____ (develop). Do you think so?

六、语篇翻译

阅读下面短文，将划线部分译成英文或中文。

A terrible earthquake(地震) happened in our neighboring city several days ago. 1. During the earthquake, many people lost their lives and many houses fell down. The newspapers reported many stories about families who were in trouble.

2. On Sunday, when I was reading a newspaper, a special picture touched me a lot. It gave the clothing sizes of each family member. I thought this would be a good chance to teach my children to help those who were less lucky. I said to my seven-year-old twins, Brad and Brett, and three-year-old daughter Meghan, “We have so much, and these poor people now have nothing. We’ll share what we have with them.”

I filled a box with some food and old clothes. 3. 当我在做这个时，我要我的孩子们捐出一些他们的旧东西。Meghan watched quietly as the boys took out their old toys(玩具) and put them in the box. 4. 然后，她走进她的房间去翻找她自己的玩具了。A few minutes later, she came back with Connie, her favorite toy. She put it on top of the other toys. “Oh, dear,” I said. “You don’t have to give away Connie. You love Connie so much. ” Meghan said, “Connie makes me happy, Mom. Maybe she’ll make another little girl happy, too. ”

Meghan taught me a lesson. 5. It’s easy to give something that we don’t want anymore, but hard to give what we love.

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七、书信作文

51．假如你是李明，你的美国笔友迈克因为不愿做家务和父母吵了一架，心情很沮丧，并向你求助，请你写一篇英文信件，谈谈你对学生做家务的看法并给迈克一些合理的建议。

要求：

1. 语句通顺，逻辑连贯；

2. 80词左右（开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数）；

3. 请保持卷面整洁，书写规范。

Dear Mike，

I know how you feel.

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Yours,

Li Ming

参考答案：

1．B    2．A

3．B    4．C    5．B

6．A    7．B    8．B    9．C    10．C

11．B    12．B    13．C    14．B    15．C

16．B    17．E    18．D    19．A    20．C

21．In shops, restaurants and supermarkets around Beijing.    22．Because they sometimes can’t get hot water in winter.    23．About 30, 900.    24．He rested on his bike and played with his phone.    25．No.

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

36．without    37．asking    38．themselves    39．more excited    40．a    41．completely    42．was thinking    43．how    44．If    45．development

46．在地震期间，许多人失去了他们的生命，许多房子也倒塌了。    47．当我在周日读报纸的时候，一张特殊的图片让我非常感动。    48．When I was doing this, I asked my kids to give away some of their old things．    49．Then, she walked into her room to look through her own toys．    50．给出一些我们不想要的东西是容易的，但给出我们爱的东西是困难的。

51．例文

Dear Mike,

I know how you feel. Here is some advice for you.

I think we help our parents do some housework. Firstly, after a whole day’s work, our parents must be very tired. If we help them with the housework, they’ll feel quite happy and pleased. Secondly, we can learn more living skills so that we can look after ourselves when we grow up. Thirdly, doing housework can also keep us much healthier.

So, I think you should understand your parents, and do some chores in your daily life.

Yours,

Li Ming