第二学期期中学业质量评估八年级英语试题.docx

1、第二学期期中学业质量评估八年级英语试题2018-2019第二学期期中学业质量评估八年级英语试题20182019学年度第二学期期中学业质量评估八年级英语试题(时间：90分钟,满分：90分)一、书法测试题（共10分）请将下面一段对话认真的抄写在答题纸上，要求：卷面整洁，书写认真，字体美观。Have you ever been to England Have you ever been to London Have you ever heard of Big Ben It is the name of a big clock in London. This clock has four faces.

2、 So no matter where you stand, you can read the time on the face of Big Ben. And if you go to London, you can visit the Houses of Parliament, too.二、阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A When you think of a desert, what do you think of Maybe you think of the Mojave Desert in Calif

3、ornia or the Sohoran Desert in Arizona. Maybe you think of the Sahara Desert in Africa. All of these deserts are in hot weather. These deserts are near the equator and they stay hot all year round. But not all the deserts are hot. You will also find cold deserts in Greenland, Mongolia and other part

4、s of Asia. Coastal deserts are near the sea. They may get more rain than other deserts, but they are still very dry.Fun Facts There is little rain in deserts, these areas usually have cloudless skies. Even hot deserts get cold at night. The cloudless skies allow heat to run away. Trees and plants mu

5、st adapt (适应)to living in the desert. Most plants and trees have thorns(刺) to stop animals from eating them. They may also have thick, fleshy leaves to store water. Animals must also adapt if they are to live in the desert. Snakes and other desert animals are well-adapted to living in the desert. Th

6、ey dig holes under the ground when they get too warm.1. Where is Mojave Desert?A. In China. B. In America. C. In Africa. D. In Australia.2. Why do most plants and trees have thornsA. To store water. B. To stop animals from eating them. C. To get too warm. D. To store heat. 3. Which is right about de

7、sertsA. There is no rain in deserts. B. It is very hot at night in deserts.C. All plants have thorns in deserts. D. Animals hardly eat plants in deserts.BThe 21st century is most surely the century that changed the way we use the web. YouTube, Google maps street view, Social Networking and Facebook

8、are just some of the websites that are todays necessary parts of our lives. But we did not have them several years ago.YouTube was invented in 2005 by 3 partners Jawed Karim, Chad Hurley and Steve Chen, and revolutionized(革命)the way we enjoy and share videos.Google maps street view started to be use

9、d with 360 panoramic images (全景图) of NYC， Chicago, San Francisco and many other cities in 2007. It changed the way we travel or look for addresses.Social Networking is a necessary part of our daily lives these days. Facebook started to be used in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg in his dorm at Harvard Univer

10、sity.Along with many other websites and brands they were all invented in the 21st century.4. Which website was not invented in the 21st century?A. YouTube. B. Facebook. C. Social Networking. D. G.5. YouTube was invented by _.A. Jawed Karim, Chad Hurley and Mark Zuckerberg B. Jawed Karim, Chad Hurley

11、 C. Jawed Karim, Chad Hurley and Steve Chen D. Mark Zuckerberg 6. Who was the first to use Facebook?A. Jawed Karim. B. Chad Hurley. C. Steve Chen. D. Mark Zuckerberg.7. If you want to post a video online, you can use _.A. YouTube B. Google maps street viewC. Social Networking D. FacebookCRowing is a

12、 good sport for people. The sport is not so commonly played in China, but almost half of all American high schools have rowing teams. Recently, the school where I study had a rowing season that gave me many great experiences.During the season, we practiced rowing a lot. We got up at six every Saturd

13、ay morning and practiced for three hours out on the river. Each one of us had an oar(浆), and we each rowed one oar with both hands. Together we pulled the oars, and the oars pushed the water back so the boat would move forward. After three hours of practice, we often felt very tired, because rowing

14、is a very physical sport. When you row, you do a lot of work with your thighs(大腿)and back.Though the practices were very hard, I chose to do them because I like the joy the hard work brings. At every practice, I always did my best. Even when the coaches were not there, I kept rowing hard with my han

15、ds because I wanted to find out how well I could do. In order to move the boat fast, everyone on the team must keep the same pace(速度), so we needed to work together.The hard work I did during the rowing helped me develop my teamwork qualities(质量). The experience also taught me that if you want to ge

16、t something, you need to pay something first. As Americans like to say, “No pains, no gains!”8. We can infer(推断)that the writer is _.A. a Chinese student studying in the USA B. a rowing coach from AmericaC. a sports newspaper reporter D. a teacher of an American high school9. How often did the stude

17、nts practice rowing?A. Every three hours. B. Every morning. C. Once a week. D. Once a season.10. In order to row fast, the team member had to _.A. use their hands to push the water B. row at the same speedC. use their thighs and back less D. pull the oars as slowly as they could11. From the story, w

18、e know that the writer _.A. doesnt like hard work B. likes to challenge herselfC. is not good at physical sports D. did not have any water sports beforeD阅读短文，根据短文内容，从短文后的五个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有一项为多余选项。Victors hobby was collecting stamps. He had stamps from many countries, like England, Canada and Ch

19、ina. Can you guess what people gave him as gifts Thats rightstamps. Victors favourite stamps came from France. 12 He only needed one-a 1974 special edition. It was very hard to find. He looked for it everywhere. He asked his friends and relatives to help him. 13 It made Victor very sad.“Dont worry.”

20、 his father said to him. “If you have enough patience, youll find it one day.”“I hope so.” Victor said.Victor also liked writing. He had a penfriend in France. 14 Victors penfriend, Phillip, usually used new stamps to send letters. Sometimes, his mother gave him stamps to use. Once Phillips mother g

21、ave him a big, green stamp. It looked old. When Victor received the letter, he was very surprised. On the envelope, he looked carefully at the stamp. 15 Victor was so happy. He told his sister, his mother and his father. “You see,” his father said. “ You did find your stamp. So, its good to have two

22、 things in life.” “What are they?” Victor asked.“Friends and patience.” He answered.A. They wrote to each other every month.B. But nobody could find the stamp. C. It was the 1974 special edition stamp.D. His mother helped him to collect stamps. E. He had almost every stamp from 1954 to 2004.三、语言知识运用

23、（共20小题；满分20分） A阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的ABCD四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）On August 29, a 14-year-old girl placed a large box in a supermarket. What did she do She was asking people to donate(捐赠) 16 for poor kids.The American girl is Kate Klock. She has a passion(激情) for helping people, especially

24、children. This summer, she saw some kids on the street and had 17 to eat. It deeply sadden her. In Klocks mind, kids should grow up and study 18 . So she decided to do the best she could to 19 food for the children.She put boxes at the stores and her home. So when people 20 the store or her home, th

25、ey could put some food into the box. However, in the beginning, Klock was not welcomed by some 21 . They turned her down 22 she wanted to place her box in front of their store. But after Klock explained her reasons, they were 23 to offer a helping hand.“Hunger exists(存在)everywhere in the world, even

26、 24 us. It could be our neighbor, a teammate or a classmate,” said Klock. “I believe I can influence others to do 25 together with me, because that is how we can make a difference, whether in our community or the whole world.”16. A. food B. clothes C. money D. toys17. A. something B. nothing C. anyt

27、hing D. everything18. A. loudly B. happily C. alone D. seriously19. A. collect B. cook C. borrow D. expect20. A. realized B. knocked C. entered D. passed21. A. children B. parents C. houses D. stores22. A. unless B. when C. what D. though23. A. sad B. angry C. glad D. shy24. A. below B. around C. un

28、der D. before25. A. it B. them C. him D. herB阅读下面的短文，用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空，必要时可加助动词。（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）Once there was a piano player in a bar. People came just to hear him 26 (play). But one night, a lady asked him 27 (sing) a song.“I dont sing,” said the man. But the lady told the waiter, “I am tired of

29、28 (listen)to the piano. I want the player to sing!” The waiter 29 (shout) across the room, “Hey, friend! If you want to get paid, sing a song!” “Although I 30 (not, sing) before, however, I can have a try.” he answered. He now was singing for the 31 (one) time! Nobody had ever heard the song. He sa

30、ng so 32 (beautiful)! He had the talent(天赋)! He may have lived the rest of 33 (he) life as a no-name piano player in a no-name bar. But once he found, by accident, that he could sing well, he went on working hard and became one of the best known 34 (sing) in the US. His name was Nat King Cole.You, t

31、oo, have skills and abilities. You may not feel that your talent is great, but it may be 35 (good) than you think. With hard work, most skills can be improved. Besides, you may have no success at all if you just sit on your talent. 四、阅读表达（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）Its said that about half of the people in Ch

32、ina smoke. Many young boys and girls have the habit of smoking, though they are middle school students.More and more people have come to realize how serious this problem is. But they are never bored with it. (1)Some people think it is a kind of fashion, some think it is of great fun and others think that smoking can relax themselves.Smoking causes many illnesses. A lot