陕西省西安市学年八年级下学期期中考试英语试题.docx

1、陕西省西安市学年八年级下学期期中考试英语试题2020-2021-2 八年级期中试题*英语第二部分 (笔试 共90分)I. 完形填空 (共20小题, 计20分)第一节: 阅读下面短文, 按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求, 从所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案, 使短文连贯完整。ALearn to relax. Overwork is the main reason why so many students feel tired and stressed. Cut 1. _ some of the jobs you need to do each day 2. _ you can only f

2、ocus on the most important things. Leave time for activities that are relaxing and fun. This might mean looking 3. _ a good book, listening to the music, going for a walk or taking a relaxing bath.Get a good nights sleep. Getting enough sleep will help your body and mind in the best form. If you 4.

3、_ asleep until midnight and need to get up early for school the next day, you may 5. _ your engineers and not be able to concentrate on the things you need to do.6. _ exercise regularly and eat well? Dont rush through your meals. Eat healthy food 7. _ junk food or fast food.Get to know pleasant peop

4、le. Some people are optimistic, while others are not. Choose optimistic people as your friends and spend more time with them and youll 8. _ them.Learn to be calm when you face any problem. Find out the best option from those that are in your mind. Knowing that you are able to solve problems is a goo

5、d way to build up your self-confidence. Have a happy attitude. The way you see things 9. _ your attitude. Is your cup half full or half empty? The more positively you think about the difficulties, the 10. _ you will be.( ) 1.A. outB. offC. upD. into( ) 2.A. in order toB. so thatC. because ofD. such

6、that( ) 3.A. forB. upC. afterD. through( ) 4.A. allB. dont fallC. be run out ofD. dont feel( ) 5.A. run out ofB. run outC. Why dontD. be run out( ) 6.A. What aboutB. Why notC. Why dontD. Why not you( ) 7.A. insteadB. instead ofC. together withD. such as( ) 8.A. look likeB. take upC. take afterD. go

7、off( ) 9.A. works outB. gets onC. depends onD. gives away( ) 10.A. more relaxedB. most relaxedC. more relaxingD. most relaxing第二节: 阅读下面一篇短文, 理解大意, 从所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案, 使短文连贯完整。BPoliceman were called by a shop in Southland early on Christmas morning. When they arrived, they found two burglars (偷盗者) wer

8、e kept in a lift 11. _ a heavy box of money. The two men were in their 12. _. They broke into an office in the shop and took the money box and ran 13. _ the lift. They did not see the sign on the door saying that it 14. _ no more than two people.“They were kept between the floors because they took a

9、 heavy box,” the police officer said, “they were trapped there for six hours while they 15. _ on what they hoped to be their Christmas 16. _. They were doing this at a time when people were at 17. _ for the Christmas with their families. It was a very special 18. _ when the policemen opened the door

10、 and they 19. _ out, holding out arms. They said they had never been 20. _ pleased to see policeman. The policemen said they were pleased to see them too.”( ) 11.A. hadB. madeC. wasD. with( ) 12.A. twentiethB. twentiesC. twentysD. twenty( ) 13.A. outB. intoC. awayD. off( ) 14.A. runsB. drivesC. make

11、sD. carries( ) 15.A. sitsB. are sittingC. satD. were sitting( ) 16.A. boxB. treeC. presentD. money( ) 17.A. workB. homeC. easeD. place( ) 18.A. happyB. hurryC. momentD. worry( ) 19.A. putB. gaveC. walkedD. died( ) 20.A. muchB. suchC. tooD. soII. 阅读理解 (共15小题, 计20分)第一节: 阅读下面A、B、C三篇短文, 从所给的四个选项中选出所能回答所

12、提问题或完成所给句子的一个最佳答案。(共10小题, 计15分)AOnce there was a piano player in a bar. People came just to hear him play. But one night, a lady asked him to sing a song. “I dont sing.” said the man. But the lady told the waiter, “Im tired of listening to the piano. I want the player to sing!” The waiter shouted ac

13、ross the room, “Hey friend! If you want to get paid, sing a song! So he did. He had never sung in public before. Now he was singing for the very first time! Nobody had ever heard the song Mona Lisa sung so beautifully!He had talent he was sitting on! He may have lived the rest of his life as a no-na

14、me 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 singers in the US. His name was Nat King Cole. You, too, have skills and abilities. You may not feel that your talent is great, but it may be better tha

15、n 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. ( ) 21. The words “sit on” in the passage probably means _.A. fail to realizeB. forget to useC. try to developD. manage to show( ) 22. From the story we know if you have

16、some talent, you should _.A. hide it and waitB. ask others for helpC. pay no attention to itD. work hard to improve yourself( ) 23. Which could be the best title for the passage?A. Play the Piano in the BarB. Achieve Success in LifeC. Never Lose HeartD. Find your Hidden TalentBWhen I was a kid in Mi

17、nnesota, watermelon was expensive. One of my fathers friends, Bernie, was a rich businessman, who owned a large store in St. Paul. Every summer, when the first watermelons arrived. Bernie would call dad and I would go to Bernies place. Wed sit on the edge of the dock (码头), feel dangling (摇晃), and go

18、t ready for a big meal. Bernie would take his knife, cut our first watermelon, hand us both a big piece and sit down next to us. Then wed bury our faces in watermelon, eating only the heart - the reddest, juiciest, firmest, sweetest, most seed-free part and throw away the rest. Bernie was my fathers

19、 idea of a rich man. I always thought it was because he was such a successful businessman. Years later, I realized that it was not Bernies wealth itself but his way of dealing with it that my father liked. Bernie knew how to stop working, get together with friends and eat only the heart of the water

20、melon. What I learned from Bernie is that being rich is a state of mind. Some of us, no matter how much money we have, will never be free enough to eat only the heart of the watermelon. If you dont take the time to dangle your feet over the dog and enjoy lifes small pleasure. Your work is probably h

21、urting your life. For many years, I forgot that lesson I learned as a kid on the loading dock. I was too busy making all the money I could. Well, Ive relearned it. I hope I have time left to enjoy the success of others and to take pleasure in the day. Thats the heart of the watermelon. Ive learned a

22、gain to throw the rest away. ( ) 24. How did the writer and his father eat the watermelon?A. They ate it in a polite way.B. They only ate its best part.C. They ate every part of it.D. They shared only one piece.( ) 25. In the eyes of the writers father, Bernie _.A. was just a rich businessmanB. work

23、ed hard all the timeC. lived a rich but healthy lifeD. knew how to make money( ) 26. It can be learned from the passage that _.A. one has to work hard to reach his goalB. a friend in need is a friend in deedC. watermelon is the healthiest fruitD. one should keep work-life balanceCHave you ever put y

24、our old clothes into the donation (捐赠) box in your neighborhood? If not, you can do it right now because the clothes donation is becoming a trend in Urumqi. “From time to time, my mother clears out the clothes which I no longer wear. You know, we teenagers are growing fast. I think its a good way to

25、 help others.” Lin Tao, a junior student says. “I often pick out some of my clothes which are out of style after going shopping. Then Ill put them into the donation box.” Miss Li, a pretty young lady says. “That seems like a good idea. Some clothes in the box are quite new. People can either wear th

26、em or use them to make things such as handbags and pencil cases.” Mrs. Wang, an old woman says. “Sometimes I also look through the box for some nice clothes.” However, there are some problems along with the popularity of clothes donation. Recently, a UTV reporter from Focus on the City has made a su

27、rvey. Here are the results: The box is full of clothes in a short time. Theres no more room for people to give away clothes. Some people sell the clothes in the donation box for making money instead of wearing them. Some communities set the box In suitable places. So there are few clothes in it. Man

28、y clothes are too old and shabby (破烂的). “Whats worse,” one of the staff in a community added, “We quite often see people throw rubbish into the box when they pass by. Weve tried to stop them several times but failed. It has been the most serious problem since we set the box.” In order to make the do

29、nation box work in an efficient way, our government is taking action. Clothes donation will be better-organized and it will be more convenient for people in need to take the clothes away. ( ) 27. Miss Li gives away her clothes because _.A. her clothes are out of styleB. her o clears out her clothesC

30、. she is growing too fastD. she wants to make something( ) 28. The reporter from UTV has collected _.A. 4 problemsB. 5 problemsC. 6 problemsD. 7 problems( ) 29. All the problems about the donation box are included EXCEPT _.A. theres no more room for people to donate clothesB. people choose unsuitable places to set the boxC. sometimes the box is broken by someoneD. the clothes in the box are too old and shabby( ) 30. We can infer from the passage that _.A. the clothes donation