1、1 江岸区江岸区 2019-2020 学年度学年度八年级八年级上期末英语考试卷上期末英语考试卷 第二部分第二部分 笔试部分笔试部分 二、单项选择二、单项选择(共共 15 小题，每小题小题，每小题 1 分，共分，共 15 分分) 从题中所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。 26. Would you like to play basketball with us this afternoon? _, but my mother is ill. A. dont care B. Its very nice of you C. Of course not D. I guess not
2、 27. Mum, Ill take an important test tomorrow. Don be nervous. _, Sandy! A. Good luck B. Good idea C. Well done D. Have a good time 28. Lily, Id like to know something about your sports meeting. Well. In the morning we have a face-to-face meeting with our favorite stars, and the main _ start at 1: 0
3、0 pm. A. meetings B. events C. shows D. openings 29. My boss gave me a week off to prepare for the exam. You are lucky. But my boss is not so _ as yours. A. available B. careful C. understanding D. interesting 30. Our plan didnt work well at all. I cant pay so much money for their work. You shouldnt
4、 _ whats impossible. A. hope B. guess C. promise D. help 31. Oh, no! Mom, Im out of _. You should try not to eat junk food and do more exercise. Im sure youll lose weight. A. order B. shape C. work D. place 32. Would you like to take part in our discussion? 2 Sure. After all, this could be an intere
5、sting disagreement that I might take one _ or the other. A. point B. chance C. side D. step 33. We dont have time to waste. Please be quick. But we cant find Lucy. _ she comes, we wont be able to start. A. After B. If C. Unless D. When 34. When shall we meet again? Make it _ day you like. Its all th
6、e same to me. A. other B. any C. the other D. another 35. Where is your brother? Im not sure. He _ be doing his homework upstairs. A. must B. may C. should D. would 36. Why are you staying out of the airport? Im waiting for my favorite writer. I might _ her before she leaves Wuhan. A. catch B. invit
7、e C. face D. choose 37. Can put more books in the case? Sorry. If you _ something, you have to take something away, and this is the problem. A. join B. add C. leave D. share 38. I cant say which dish is the best. Its a matter of _ taste. You have a point. A. primary B. different C. personal D. simpl
8、e 39. The poor woman is very sad. Nothing can _ for the loss of a child. A. set up B. pick up C. make up D. take up 40. What did your mother say to you just now? She asked me _, 3 A. how could I work it out B. when did I go to the movies C. why I am late for the party. D. if I got ready for the spee
9、ch 三、完形填空三、完形填空(共共 15 小题，每小题小题，每小题 1 分，共分，共 15 分分) 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、BC、D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。 It was a late Saturday afternoon. And I was looking for the only 41 my son Jack wanted from Los Angeles: a map to the homes of some famous stars. “No problem. Map sellers are everywhere!” I promised him
10、so. I was very 42 I would find such a map soon. But was wrong. I could 43 see anybody on the street, just cars. No maps. No stars. It got dark and I still didnt find one Forget it. Jack will 44 .” I thought. That night, my wife called me, “Did you get any map? He wants 45 else.” The next morning, de
11、cided to have one more 46. I took a taxi. But at eight in the morning, map sellers were nowhere to be found. “You know,” said the driver, “its so 47 that the guys with maps havent got up yet!” “Er. Lets go to the airport.” “Well. I could mail you one 48 you like.” Really? May I believe him? But fina
12、lly, 49 him $15 and my address. Three weeks passed. We almost 50 hope. And Jack felt so 51 . Then one afternoon, I received a big envelope with a small note. Right on the note, I saw “Here is the map for your son” and “Best wishes, M.” Suddenly, 52 what Jack asked me when returned from Los Angeles.
13、“Did you meet any 53 , Dad?” he asked. I know how to 54 . “Yes, I did. I met a guy named M.” If you never 55 anybody, you will never find good guys. 41. A. picture B. prize C. gift D. magazine 42. A. certain B. glad C. careful D. ready 4 43. A. normally B. usually C. often D. hardly 44. A. prepare B
14、. understand C. believe D. mind 45. A. something B. anything C. nothing D. everything 46. A. travel B. step C. experience D. try 47. A. quick B. quiet C. early D. late 48. A. until B. if C. unless D. though 49. A. paid B. served C. handed D. showed 50. A. lost B. kept C. broke D. won 51. A. unlucky
15、B. angry C. sad D. surprised 52. A. remembered B. knew C. wondered D. added 53. A. friends B. sellers C. drivers D. stars 54. A. describe B. reply C. organize D. solve 55. A. mistake B. trust C. expect D. refuse 四、阅读理解四、阅读理解(共共 15 小题，每小题小题，每小题 2 分，共分，共 30 分分 阅读下面三篇材料，从每篇材料后各小题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)四个选项中，选
16、出最佳答案。 5 56. What may the above material be? A. News. B. Poster C. Ad. D. Notice. 57. What time do western people usually have dinner? A. About midday. B. Around p. m. or even later. C. At 1 p.m. D. At7:00. 58. When might people want to say, “Im sorry, I cant eat this.”? A. If they dont like the foo
17、d. B. If they have enough to eat. C. If their plates are filled with food. D. If they are full. 59. Which of the following is helpful when youre in the west according to the material? A. You can leave as soon as you finish eating. B. If you dont know what to do, just watch the others and do as they
18、do. 6 C. You cant eat chicken legs with your fingers. D. Its polite to wait for the hosts to give you food. 60. The material mainly wants to tell us_. A. knives and forks are used for most food B. how to refuse the food C. some advice on eating in the west D. what to do at the end of the meal B My g
19、randfather had a beautiful gold pocket watch He wore it on a fine gold chain across the front of his waistcoat. He wore it every day. When I was small he promised to leave it to me, (When Im gone, he said. this is going to be yours.” Unluckily that will never happen now. About three months ago, my g
20、randfather came to London to stay with us. The first Sunday morning after he arrived, my youngest son said he wanted to go to the park. “Well do better than that,” said my grandfather. “Well go and feed the pigeons (鸽子).” They got home around supper time and my grandfather looked very unhappy. “My w
21、atch,” he said, “its gone. Only the golden chain left. Someone must have stolen it while we were feeding the pigeons.” “Did you tell the police?” I asked “No”, he said, “I didnt think that they would do any good Someone must have taken it. But I know what I am going to do.” My grandfather put an adv
22、ertisement in The Evening Paper. Later on, in the afternoon, a small, nervous man, wearing cloth cap. came up to my grandfather. “Excuse me, sir,” he said, “are you the man who wanted your pocket watch back?” My grandfather nodded. “Well, you must understand, sir, that I didnt do it, but the man who
23、 did it asked me to give it back. From his dirty coat, he took out the watch. My grandfather was pleased. He paid the man 100 pounds as promised. On the bus he wanted to have another look at his watch. With a smile on his face, he put his hand in his coat. The smile froze. This time not only the wat
24、ch but the chain was no longer there. 61. Grandfather promised to leave the watch to me _. 7 A. if it wouldnt been stolen B. when he was old enough C. when he came to stay with us D. after he died 62. What was grandfathers idea to get back the watch? A. He waited for the thief in the park and wanted
25、 to catch him. B. He put an ad to promise to give 100 dollars to get the watch bac C. He accepted the advice to call the police to catch the thief D. He wanted to give the golden chain to the thief and get his watch back. 63. The underlined word froze in the passage means _. A. laughed happily B. su
26、ddenly stopped C. showed quickly D. opened widely 64. From the passage, we can learn that _. A. the police would do nothing good to find the watch B. the small man wanted not only 100 dollars but also the chain 7 C. it was clever for grandfather to find the thief in his own way D. the watch was not
27、grandfathers but the small mans 65. The best title for the reading is A. Catching the Thief B. Finding the Watch C. More Lost D. A Useful Advertisement C We went into a secondhand shop to get out of the rain. I took my 6- year-old daughters hand and we started to walk around. Suddenly she reached ou
28、t her hand to touch a pair of shiny black shoes. Mom, buy for me? she asked. “Oh, Sweetie, they are tap dancing(踢踏舞) shoes. You arent taking tap dance. “Buy for me she repeated Well, lets try them on. She sat on the floor and took off her bright pink rain boots. When she stood up we heard click She
29、took a 8 step, click, click, click. The sun came out and we went on our way. Our next stop was the grocery store(杂货店). Click, click, click people turned to look as we entered the store. People would never allow their daughter to wear tap dancing shoes to the grocery store. Excuse me, dear. Why would
30、 you allow your daughter to wear tap dancing shoes here? They make such a noise. “Isnt it wonderful?” Wonderful? My dear, this is not the place to wear those shoes. You dont understand. When she was a baby, doctors told us that she would never walk or talk. It has taken a lot of hard work and patien
31、ce, but she asked for the shoes and the click, click, click says that she can walk, I said. My daughter is 18 now and will graduate from grade 12 in June. It has not always been easy, but it has all been worthwhile) She has taught me that it doesnt matter what others think. They dont walk in your sh
32、oes. 66. Why did the mother and daughter go to the secondhand shop? A. They just went window shopping. B. The daughter wanted to buy tap dancing shoes. C. They just found the place to hide from the rain. D. The mother wanted to buy some shoes for her daughter. 67. The click noise sounded beautiful f
33、or the mother because _. A. her daughter could do tap dancing by herself B. her daughter could walk through hard work and patience C. she loved whatever her daughter could do D. the click made by her daughter was really wonderful 68. According to the story, which of the following is TRUE? A. The dau
34、ghter didnt like her pink rain boots. B. Girls mustnt wear tap dancing shoes outside. C. The girls doctors were all not good at their jobs 9 D. Only the mother knew her daughter very well 69. What does the sentence They dont walk in your shoes mean? A. They dont have the same shoes as yours. B. They
35、 dont know how you feel. C. They dont walk the same way as you. D. They dont know the size of your shoes. 70. The story wants to tell us A. the love between mother and daughter is strong B. sometimes you shouldnt care what others say C. you shouldnt wear tap dancing shoes to the grocery store D. we
36、should never give up just like the girl 第第卷卷 非选择题非选择题(共共 35 分分) 五、选词填空五、选词填空(共共 5 小题，每小题小题，每小题 2 分，共分，共 10 分分) 仔细阅读下面五个句子，然后用下面方框中所给的单词或短语填空，使每个句子在结构、句意和逻辑 上正确。(提示：选项中有一个是多余的) 71. Problems and worries are _ in life. 72. I would like to _ you to the opening of our new library at No. 9 High School. 73
37、. If buildings _ with people inside, these snake robots can help look for people under the buildings. 74. The third resolution is about improving _ with my family and friends 75. Im going to write articles and _ them to magazines and newspapers. 六、短文填词六、短文填词(共共 10 小题，每小题小题，每小题 1 分，共分，共 10 分分) fall d
38、own, invite, normal, relationships, take up, send 10 阅读短文，再在其后空白出写出各单词的正确形式单词的第一个字母已给出。 I left my hometown in London last year and now I have enjoyed working in this small city in China. Learning a foreign language o 76 you up to the culture and history of a country. So I started to learn Chinese. B
39、ut at times, I found myself in funny situations. When I greeted(打招呼) strangers in China, they began to talk a lot and very fast. They asked me questions about e 77 . But all could do was to look at them with a blank face. Were they just being kind, funny or impolite? Many people want to make friends
40、 with me. But I am a bit u 78 when I find out the r 79 why they need a foreign friend. They say they want to p 80 their English. I dont need friends like this. I like friends who care about my feelings and ideas. And like friends to trust each other. However, the more Chinese I learn, the more simil
41、arities I find it has with English. In English, thick -skinned is to describe a person who doesnt care for criticism(批评). I was s 81 to find that houlianpi in Chinese means the same. And both languages s 82 some common idioms(语). For example, look on with folded(折叠的)a 83 means xiushoupangguan and “b
42、urn the boats is s 84 to pofuchenzhou. I b 85 that sometimes you have the most fun learning foreign language. So Ill try hard to learn Chinese well. 76. o_ 77. e_ 78. u_ 79. r_ 80. p_ 81. s_ 82. s_ 83. a_ 84. s_ 85. b_ 七、书面表达七、书面表达(本大题本大题 15 分分) 学校要举行英语演讲，话题是“畅想未来生活 20 年后的我。”请按照以下要点写一份演讲稿。开头已给 出。 1.
43、在 20 年后，会成为一名钢琴家，会搬到上海住在一栋公寓里； 2.在工作期间穿漂亮的衣服。我将去欧洲度假； 3.家里有一个机器人，它将帮助做家务，在空闲时间，它会陪我聊天； 4.孩子不用去学校上学，他将在家里的电脑上学习； 5.到那时，我们的城市会怎样?请提一两条自己的观点。 注意： 1.文中不得透露个人姓名和学校名称； 2.词数：80 左右； 11 3.内容连贯，不要逐条翻译； 关键词：1.钢琴家 n. pianist 2.欧洲 n. Europe3 .聊天 v. chat with Hello, everyone! Im glad to give talk about the life in the future here. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 英语试卷英语试卷参考答案参考答案 一、听力部分（每小题一、听力部分（每小题 1 分，共分，共 25 分）分） 略 二、选择填空（每小题二、选择填空（每小题 1 分，共分，共 15 分）分） 26-30 BABCC 31-35 BCCBB 36-40 ABCCD 三、完形填空（每小题三、完形填空（每小题 1 分，共分，共 15 分）分） 41-45 CADBC 46-50 DCBCA 51-55 CAABB 12 四、阅读理解（每小题四、阅读理解（每小题 2 分，