江苏省无锡市外国语学校2020-2021学年八年级上学期期末英语试题

这是一份江苏省无锡市外国语学校2020-2021学年八年级上学期期末英语试题，共8页。试卷主要包含了单项选择，完形填空，阅读单选，根据汉语提示填空，用所给单词的正确形式填空，完成句子，阅读填表，材料作文等内容，欢迎下载使用。


一、单项选择
1．La She is ________ unusual writer and he wrte a famus bk called Tea Huse.
A．anB．aC．theD．any
2．Millins f peple ________ the pictures f themselves at age 18 n WeChat r Weib.
A．put dwnB．put inC．put upD．put n
3．The sentence structure f “My mther ften tells me nt t make friends with Peter.” is ________.
A．S+V+PB．S+VC．S+V+IO+DOD．S+V+DO+OC
4．— Can’t yu walk ________ faster? There’s still a lng way t g fr us.
A．littleB．a little fC．a bitD．a bit f
5．——What d yu think f the newspaper TEENS？
——Gd indeed. It_______ many news stries arund the wrld.
A．talksB．cversC．writesD．says
6．Yu lk tired. Yu’d better ________ a gd rest.
A．stp t haveB．stp havingC．t stp t haveD．t stp having
7．— Hw was yur visit t the park?
— It culdn’t be a ________ ne. The weather was terrible and I had a bad cld after the trip.
A．mre excitingB．mre terriblyC．wrstD．mre awful
8．______ great fun Simn has making a snwman in the yard!
A．WhatB．What aC．HwD．Hw a
9．— It’s almst the end f the mnth and I haven’t started my wrkut plan.
— Start nw! ________.
A．Great minds think alikeB．A gd beginning is half dne
C．Many hands make light wrkD．Better late than never
10．Read ________ useless bks if yu wuld like t be useful in the future.
A．fewerB．mreC．leastD．many
11．— Tm is a by f few wrds.
— ________, he is helpful and warm-hearted.
A．At mstB．In fact
C．In the endD．In the beginning
12．— Didn’t yu g t the chess club with them that day?
— ________. Playing chess is the last thing I want t d.
A．N, I didB．N, I didn’tC．Yes, I didn’tD．Yes, I did
13．— What will the weather be like this afternn, Anna?
— It ________ be fine. But wh knws? It’s always changing quickly.
A．mustB．willC．mayD．need
14．— Ging t watch the Wmen’s Vlleyball Match n Wednesday?
— ________ ! Will yu g with me?
A．Yu thereB．Yu betC．Yu gt meD．Yu knw better
二、完形填空
Being the ldest child in the family, Serena’s husewrk was t mw (修剪) their yard. Mrs. Martin, an ld wman living next t them, culdn’t lk after hers, s Serena’s dad prmised 15 that Serena wuld d this jb.
“Why didn’t yu ask me first?” Serena said 16 .
“Did yu ask me first when yu gt me t be in the schl festival last autumn?”
“Well, n, I didn’t. But yu’re always ready t help thers.”
“I try when I 17 ,” Dad answered,” Mrs. Martin has helped ur family a lt. Nw we shuld d smething fr her in return. What’s mre, the feeling f helping thers will make yu 18 what yu get.”
“I dn’t knw, Dad,” said Serena,” I 19 feel tired after mwing ur yard.”
“I knw it’s hard wrk fr yu,” said Dad. “just wait and see.”
Serena made her way t Mrs. Martin’s yard. She was gd at her jb and sn the yard lked tidier. Mrs. Martin was glad and 20 her a big glass f range juice. Serena stpped her wrk and accepted the 21 . She culd easily see the jy in Mrs. Martin’s eyes 22 she was talking abut all f the flwers in her yard. Serena began t 23 hw much the yard meant t Mrs. Martin.
A few minutes later, Serena returned t wrk in the yard. The feeling f helping Mrs. Martin 24 her heart (心脏). She didn’t feel tired at all. Dad was right.
15．A．himB．herC．itD．me
16．A．excitedlyB．plitelyC．unhappilyD．carelessly
17．A．canB．can’tC．needD．needn’t
18．A．wrry abutB．think abutC．wait frD．lk fr
19．A．nlyB．alsC．evenD．still
20．A．lentB．threwC．handedD．sld
21．A．adviceB．fdC．drinkD．help
22．A．whileB．tillC．afterD．befre
23．A．mindB．frgetC．chseD．understand
24．A．wnB．warmedC．hurtD．beat
三、阅读单选
When yu hear Westerners (西方人) say “ Drp in anytime” (随时来玩) r “Cme and see me sn”, yu shuld realize that it desn’t mean yu are welcme t cme ver t their huse anytime. It’s wise t telephne befre visiting smene.
Never accept an invitatin unless yu really plan t g. Yu may refuse by saying, “Thank yu fr inviting me, but I may nt be able t cme.” If yu are unable t cme after accepting the invitatin, be sure t tell thse wh invite yu in advance (提前) that yu will nt be there.
When yu have accepted the invitatin t a party r a dinner, it is plite t bring small gifts with yu, such as bttles f drink, flwers and chclate. Smetimes Westerners may take yu ut t dinner in a restaurant and it des nt necessarily mean that he is ging t pay the bill at the end f the meal. He might want yu t “g Dutch”, which means each persn pays his wn bill.
25．The best title f this passage is ________.
A．Drp in anytimeB．Cme and see me sn
C．Invitatin in western cuntriesD．Westerners
26．If a westerner invites yu t g t his huse, ________.
A．yu may refuse if yu dn’t plan t g
B．yu have t accept the invitatin even if yu dn’t want t g
C．yu can’t accept the invitatin
D．if yu accept the invitatin, yu must g
27．The underlined part “g Dutch” means “________” in Chinese.
A．去荷兰B．去Dutch这家餐厅
C．实行 AA制D．请客
Mst f us believe that ur parents will always be there fr us. But this is nt the case fr “left-behind” children (留守儿童). Their parents wrk in cities, leaving them behind in the cuntryside t be cared fr by their grandparents.
As f August, China had 6.97 millin left-behind children, accunting fr (占据) abut ⅓ f all rural (农村的) children. With Spring Festival arriving, Ministry f Civil Affairs is calling n migrant (外出打工的民工) parents t return hme and celebrate the new year with their kids.
In fact, children living withut their parents can face many prblems in terms f their educatin, safety and mental (心理的) health.
Fr example, their grandparents may nt be able t help them with their hmewrk r raise them prperly. This can result in children having an unsciable (孤僻的) persnality, accrding t Wrkers’ Daily.
The gvernment has taken sme actin t care fr and prtect left-behind children, such as sending scial wrkers t rural areas. They will reprt t the gvernment if they find that any left-behind children are suffering frm (遭受) abuse (虐待), China Daily nted.
But the best way is t bring their parents back. The gvernment has encuraged migrant wrkers t return t their rural hmetwns t lk fr wrk. Anther slutin is t make it easier fr rural children t attend urban schls in the cities, Peple’s Daily nted.
Sme f the gvernment’s effrts have paid ff. The number f left-behind children has drpped by 22.7 percent frm 9.02 millin last year, accrding t Xinhua.
28．Accrding t the reprt, China has abut ________ rural kids.
A．2.3 millinB．6.97 millinC．9.02 millinD．20.91 millin
29．The furth paragraph mainly tells us ________.
A．what prblems left-behind kids have
B．hw left-behind kids get n with their grandparents
C．hw left-behind kids study at schl
D．why left-behind kids get pr grades
30．What is the best way t help left-behind kids?
A．Send scial wrkers t the cuntryside.B．Bring their parents back.
C．Help rural kids attend city schls.D．Train mre vlunteers t help left-behind kids.
Libraries give kids a quiet and safe place t read and learn. Fr ver 100 years, libraries have played an imprtant rle in Americans’ educatin. But hw are these bk-filled buildings changing with the times? Yu may be surprised t find ut.
Benjamin Franklin famusly funded (创建) America’s first lending library in 1731. But the public library system (系统) gt its biggest develpment in the American histry in the late 1800s. Businessman Andrew Carnegie dnated millins f dllars t help build free public libraries acrss the cuntry. Between 1886 and 1919, Carnegie’s dnatins helped build 1,679 new libraries.
Carnegie believed that libraries culd ffer the chances t Americans, yung and ld. He knew that the mre libraries there were, the mre peple wuld have pprtunities t read and use bks, speeches and news.
If yu can easily find a public library in yur cmmunity (社区), yu’ll get mre chances. After all, the United States has 9,225 public libraries. Tday, libraries keep grwing. Seven tenths f the libraries have free Internet. It prvides much mre infrmatin and pprtunities (机会) t ask fr jbs nline.
Libraries are als teaching kids abut the fun f reading. The new prgram Read! Build! Play! adds reading int playtime. As kids listen t a bk that is being read alud, they use Legs (乐高积木) t build images (图像) frm the stry happily. Tday’s libraries are always lking fr creative prgrams t bring peple int the library.
Benjamin Franklin nce said, “The drs f wisdm (智慧) are never shut.” As lng as the drs f public libraries are pen, what he said is mst certainly crrect!
31．The right rder f the fllwing statements is ________.
①The public library system in America develped fast.
②The first lending library was funded.
③Libraries prvide infrmatin and chances t ask fr jbs nline.
④Libraries try t bring peple int the library by using creative prgrams.
A．②①③④B．②③④①C．③④①②D．①②③④
32．The last paragraph mainly tells us ________.
A．libraries have played an imprtant rle in Americans’ educatin
B．public libraries in the US shuld never clse the drs
C．the writer desn’t agree with Benjamin Franklin
D．libraries help peple t pen the drs f wisdm
33．What is the purpse f the new prgram Read! Build! Play!?
A．T build mre libraries.
B．T add reading int playtime.
C．T prvide the libraries with free Internet.
D．T lk fr creative prgrams t bring peple int the libraries.
34．The best title fr the passage is ________.
A．the libraries in the wrldB．libraries and pprtunities
C．libraries teach kids t read and learnD．the develpment f the American libraries
四、根据汉语提示填空
35．The bk written by Xia Hng (描述) her carefree childhd with her grandfather in Hunan.
36．Tik Tk ffers peple a chance t (记录) their daily lives and share them with each ther.
37．All f a (突然), he came up with a gd idea which can slve the hard prblem.
38．The pr ld man makes his (生计) by selling ld newspapers and plastic bttles.
五、用所给单词的正确形式填空
39．The fishing net n the grund must be ne f the (fisherman) ver there.
40．It’s pssible that a persn with better educatin (教育) finds a jb mre (easy) than thers.
41．The days in winter are much (rain) than thse in summer in Wuxi.
42．He didn’t g t schl because f his serius (ill) tday.
43．I’m s srry that I (nt understand) yu, but I d nw.
44． (attend) my uncle’s wedding, I tk a day ff.
45．Be careful with knives when (make) paper ships.
46．—I called yu just nw, but yu didn’t answer it.
—Srry! My phne was n silent mde (静音模式). I (take) a DIY curse.
47．— Tm, keep away frm the grassland! — Oh, I’m srry, Miss Li. I (nt d) it again.
48．—My cmputer desn’t wrk again!
—Well, it (happen), yu just need t restart it.
49．He saw a strange man with a black cap (walk) int the building and never came ut just nw.
50．— The alarm clck is brken and there’s a lt f traffic and the weather
— Oh, by, yu (make) up an excuse again, can yu just admit (承认) yur mistake？
六、完成句子
51．在过去，过度的砍伐导致野生动物的生存空间越来越少。
Cutting dwn t many trees fr wildlife in the past.
52．作为最重要的湿地之一，扎龙自然保护区是很多稀有鸟类的栖息地。
As ne f the mst imprtant wetlands, Zhalng Nature Reserve is .
53．因为新冠肺炎，我们春节要尽可能地少聚会。
We shuld get tgether COVID-19 (新冠肺炎) at the Spring festival.
54．旅游的时候，你要紧紧跟着导游走，以防迷路。
Yu shuld fllw the tur guide clsely when yu g n a trip.
55．当我得知我英语满分时，一阵喜悦掠过我的脑海中。
A when I knew that I gt full marks in the English test.
七、阅读填表
先通读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容，在文章后表格的空格内填入一个最恰当的单词。每个空格只能填一个单词。
Many animal lvers wuld like t d mre t help animals, but aren’t sure where t start r feel like they just dn’t have the time. The gd news is that there are many simple things yu can d t help prtect animals.
Think twice befre yu decide
Try eating a vegetarian (素食的) diet. If yu aren’t ready t make this change, there are still things yu can d. Yu can’t buy animal prducts frm cmpanies knwn t use practices that g against the law such as using drugs (毒品) t increase milk prductin (生产) in cws.
Help get the wrd ut
Getting the wrd ut abut the prblems faced by animals can be as easy as putting up a ntice n yur car. Als, talk t yur friends and family members abut imprtant things that are related t animals. Give sme simple advice t a friend with a new pet abut the serius pet ver-ppulatin (人口) prblem we’re facing. Turn t sme bks if yu are nt s clear abut the advice yu give t yur friend.
Write a letter
If a cmpany has practices r rules that are harmful t animals, write them a letter t let them knw yu are angry abut them, and that yu wn’t buy their prducts until they make sme changes. Write letters t state and lcal legislatrs (立法者) t let them knw hw imprtant it is that they supprt legislatin that prtects animals.
Be mre lving
If yu’re thinking abut adding a dg r a cat t yur family, think abut getting ne frm a hmeless-animal huse. Yu’d better nt buy a pet. There are many wnderful animals just waiting fr a hme. By taking back an animal frm there, yu will be helping in the fight against pet ver-ppulatin, as well as giving yur mney t thse wh are respnsible fr taking care f animals.
Take actin t prtect them by yurself
It may sund simple, but ne f the best ways t help animals is t let yur actins speak t the wrld. Yu shuld d the fllwing things first by yurself. Treat all living creatures (生物) with respect (尊重). Care abut yur pets and lk after them well. Never g t entertainment (娱乐) places that use animals t perfrm (表演). Supprt laws that prtect animals. All f these things set an example fr thers t fllw.
Title: Ways f 56 animals
八、材料作文
61．某英文报社以“The Earth is ur hme”为题，举行中学生征文活动。请根据以下信息写一篇英语短文，内容包括：地球目前的现状、造成这种现状的原因、我们应该采取的措施。
要求：1）表达清楚，语法正确，上下文连贯；
2) 必须包括提示中的所有信息，并按要求适当发挥；
2）词数：80词左右（开头已给出，不计入总词数）
3）不得使用真实姓名、校名和地名等。
The Earth is ur hme and we nly have ne Earth.
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Think f yur decisins carefully
Dn’t eat meat r animal prducts.
Avid buying animal prducts frm cmpanies that have illegal practices.
Get the wrd ut
Put up an animal-prtectin ntice n the car.
Give yur friends sme simple advice n the pet ver-ppulatin prblem.
Get 57 frm bks if necessary.
Write letters
Let thse cmpanies that are ding harm t animals knw yu are angry.
Let legislatrs knw the 58 f their supprt fr legislatin that prtects animals.
Be mre lving
Get a pet frm a hmeless-animal huse 59 f buying ne.
Give yur mney t thse wh are respnsible fr taking care f animals.
60 t prtect them by yurself
Treat all living creatures with respect.
Take gd care f yur pets.
D nt visit places where animals perfrm.