初中英语八年级下册期末测试卷（部分含答案）共3套.docx

2020.2021学年八年级（下）期末英语试卷一、从以下各题的A、B、C三个选项中选择正确答案。（共10小题，每题1分：计10 分）（1 分）What unbelievable event!A building in Shenzhen suddenly shook without earthquake.（）A. aB. /C. an（1 分）As the Grain rain （谷雨）comes, the temperature higher and higher.（）A. raisesB. risesC. runs（1 分）our homeland greener, Earth Day is set up on April 22nd every year.（）A. To makeB. MakingC. Made（1 分）-Jacob, can you come to my Sweet 14 party tomorrow evening?-Sorry, I stay at home to look after my baby sister.（）A. mustB. couldC. can*t（1 分）Chinese space scientists jumped for TianWea - 1's successful landing on Mars.（ ）A. in personB. in surpriseC. in excitement（1 分）I only read the first two pages.I can't decide the killer I finish the whole story.（ ）A. ifB. soC. unless（1 分）Friends, the more careful you are during the exam,mistake you'll make.（）A. the moreB. the fewerC. the less（1 分） As an exchange student from Asia, I have eating with forks.! am used to thechopsticks （筷子）.（）A. funB. luckC. trouble（1 分）Although the two close friends moved to different countries, they haven't theirrelationship.（）A. cut offB. cut upC. cut out（1 分）-Nancy, could you lend me a pen? all, many customers do buy some goods the (2) in a year.But if you take a careful look at the sales prices, you11! find that many of them (3) in "9" or "99".In our everyday life, we hardly say, "Just give me 5.99 minutes." Or it*s (4)to say, "Just give me 59 minutes.'1 We get used to saying, "Just give me six minutes" and nJust give me 60 minutes.n Why do stores choose the other way round?According to Lee E.Hibbett, an expert of marketing, this pricing skill(5)around for a century.No one knows who invented it.It's clear that stores all like it.Prices that have "99" and ”9" simply sell (6) .The skill is based on (基于) how we read.On a price tag, we can easily remember the number on the far (7) .We can remember the ”5" most (8) 5.99 yuan is pretty close to 6 yuan.Something that sells for 5.99 yuan just seems like a better deal than the one that sells for yuan.In a 2016 study, Hibbett asked a clothing company to raise the price of one of its dresses.He and his workmates all thought fewer people would buy the dress, but the result actually (9) them.Sales were up by a third when the price was raised from $ 34 to $ 39.However, raising the price from $ 34 to $ 44 made (10) difference.So be careful with prices with "99“ or ”9.” They may make you spend more money but not save some!/TH四、阅读表达(共10小题；计10分)A.补全短文。根据短文内容，从短文后的AF选 项中选出适当的选项补全短文，并将代表句子的字母填涂在答题卡相应题号的位置上。(共 5小题，每题1分；计5分)24. (5 分) When you cut yourself, you bleed.If a person loses a lot of blood, he will become ill and may die.Blood is very important. (1) At one time, some people even drank blood to make them strong!When doctors understand bow blood goes around inside the body, they try ways of giving blood to people who need it.They take blood from the healthy people and give it to people whoneed it. (2) This is called nblood transfusion".But there are two problems, First, it does not always work (3)Later, doctors find that not all people have the same kind of blood There are four groups - O, A, B and AB.We all have blood of these groups.They also find that they can give any kind of blood to people of group AB.But they must give A - group blood to A - group people and B - group blood to B - group people.! have O - group blood and the doctor told me that I could give blood to anyone else safely.There is another problem.To give blood of the right kind, doctors have to find a person of the right blood group. (4)So they need a way to keep the blood till someone needs it.At first they can keep it in bottles for fifteen to twenty days by making it very cold.Then they find how to keep it for a very long time.We call a place to keep money a "bank”.We call a place to keep blood a "blood bank”.One day when you grow up, you may decide to give blood to a "blood bank”. (5) Or perhaps one day you may become ill and may need blood.The "blood bank" will give it to you.A.People have always known that.B.Often they can not find a person in time.C.You can get money easily from the bank.D.In this way, you may stop someone from dying.E.Sometimes people die when they have blood transfusion.F.The blood goes from the arm of the healthy person into the arm of the sick person.B.完成表格，阅读下面短文，根据其内容，完成表格中所缺的信息，并将答案填写在答题 卡相应的题号位置上。(共5小题，每题1分，计5分)(5 分)Emo Rubik first created cubes to help his students understand 3 D geometry (几 何).Unexpectedly, the Rubik's Cube became one of the best well - known toys in history, with more than 350 million sold till now.Here are some questions with Emo Rubik for people to better understand the cubes. How did you come up with the Rubik's Cube?I was looking for a tool to explain 3 D transformation (转换).That led me to discover theCube! don't like the word "invent" because it's really just to find what is already there but not seen by others.Another person can take a walk on your road and see stones but you might see that one has the possibility to become a treasure.What you need is patience. What difficulty did you face when selling your cubes widely?Finding people who have the same ideas with you takes time and luck.You need a partner with certain knowledge.And you need teamwork so that you're moving together.Our first factory was a very small company (公司).But even so, the Cube I made with them was very popular.Later, we finally found another American toy company and made a deal.That is the beginning of the Cube's craze in the world. You later created other Rubik products.How did you keep creating?Many people have lots of ideas.! think what makes me different is I have a good ability of evaluating (评估) mine, and if I find something important in one of my ideas, I will keep -on doing it before I'm able to make it perfect.Probably the most important thing is that I love what I do.Thats the key to achieving your goals.An (1) with Emo Rubik： thecreator of the Cube(2) It's one of the most well - known toys.It has the sale of 350 million.The start of the idea.The difficulties Emo faces ： The key to his creativityThe 3 D solution transformation Organizing the team：He has the ability to evaluateleads to creation of the Cube. Searching for people who his ideas.He believes people can find think (4) to He (5)something with careful eyes (3) him.give up (5)inventing it.Finding a partner who has the he is able to perfect it.knowledge.五、书面表达。(计15分)26. (15分)近年来，大多数中学生周末忙于参加各种补习班，导致学业压力过重，不利于身心健康。如果周末不再有补习班，你将有怎样的周末？请结合下面儿幅图，以MyWeekend为题，谈谈你的周末安排，并分别说明这样安排的好处。注意：1、请先在答题卡上将题目补充完整;2、阐述背景；3、文中不能出现真实的学校和姓名;4、词数：100左右。2020-2021学年八年级（下）期末英语试卷一.选择填空。（共10小题；计20分）从各题的A、B、C三个选项中选择正确答案。（共 10小题，每题1分；计10分）一What a cold day!一Yes.But its unforgettable memory for us, as we hardly see snow.（）A. aB. anC. theExcuse me, I hear that passengers can do something special on panda - themed tourist （熊 猫专歹U） train.C an we see or feed pandas?一, but you can try a panda - shaped cake on it.（）A. BothB. EitherC. Neither一I am a fan of Junko Tabei.Shefs the first woman to succeed in reaching the top of Qomolangma no matter how difficult it is!一Me, too.Her encourages me all the time, especially when I am in difficult times.A. challengeB. talentC. spiritThe famous headmaster Zhang Guimei set up the first free senior high school for girls in Lijiang more girls were able to go into universities.（）A. so thatB. even thoughC. as soon asThe story Yu Gong Moves a Mountain tells us never to catching our dreams.()A. give upB. give outC. give away一Sir, I have to return the book today, right?一You do that today.You can keep it until next week.()A. can'tB. needn'tC. shouldn'tLast month, fifteen wild elephants moved from Xishuangbanna to Kunming.Experts say maybe that is because the food for the elephants has become， they have to leave their home to search for food.()A. moreB. betterC. less一Do you know the news that hina*s women*s soccer team won a ticket to this summer's Tokyo Olympics (奥运会).一Yes, I do.But they didn*t win, they had hard times.()A. actuallyB. easilyC. completelyYuan Longping, the Father of Hybrid Rice (杂交水稻)，spent all is lifetime new kindsof rice for our country.()A. protectingB. collecingC. developing一I don't think young children should have too many after - school classes.一 Kids should have time to relax and think for themselves.A. I agree.B. I don't think so.C. I don't mind it.二.补全对话。根据对话内容，从方框中选出适当的选项补全对话。并将选项中的编号字 母依次填在答题卡的相应位置。(共I小题，每题10分；计10分)A： Hi, Wang Jun, how was your Dragon Boat Festival?B： Hello, Liu Ting.I had a great time in Sanya. (1) A： Not yet.But I plan to go there this summer vacation. (2) B： Of course. (3) I think it's really beautiful.I fell in love with it when I first travelled there.A： (4) B： If you go there, you can walk along the beaches.The weather in Sanya is very hot, so people like doing many water sports, such as swimming, surfing and boating.A： Wahoo, I like all water sports. (5) B： One more thing, don't forget to try different kinds of sweet fruit in Sanya.A： Thank you very much.B ： You're welcome.A.What can I do there?B.I can't wait to go there.C.Have you ever been to Sanya?D.Can you tell me something about the place?E.It is one of the most popular tourist cities in China.三、完形填空。通读下面两篇短文，根据短文内容，从A、B、C三个选项中选出可以填 入空白处的正确答案。(共2小题.A篇每题5分.B篇每题5分；计20分)Screams (尖叫)of joy are easier for our brains (大月盲)to understand than screams of fear, a new study shows.Scientists at the University of Zurich, Switzerland, listed different kinds of screams and studied (1) listeners responded (反响)to them.The team invited two groups of people to take part in the study.They asked one group of people to think of someone hitting them and scream in fear.Then they asked (2)group to think about their favorite team winning a sports event and scream with joy.After that the team asked 33 volunteers to (3) these screams to see if they could tell them apart.In the end, the team found that it took (4) time for people to recognize (识别) the "fear" screams.This means our brains respond more quickly to screams ofjoy.lt is opposite to the (5) we had before.B.howB.the otherB.write downB.quickerB.opinionC.whyC.the lastC.listen toC.longerC.decision(1) A.if(2) A.the first(3) A.look through(4) A.shorter(5) A.testA man got lost in a desert.He walked for two days but he (1) couldn*t find his wayout.Dying for water, he found a (an) (2) house in the desert.There was only a water pump (水泵)in the house!The man was so happy that he ran to draw (抽)water.But no matter how hard he tried, no water (3) .He was sitting (4) on the ground, when he saw a little bottle with a cork (瓶塞) in it.On the bottle, there was an old (5)saying： ”You must add the water into the pump before you can draw water!Don*t forget to fill it with water again before you leave!" The man took the cork out and found the bottle was (6)of water! ”If I only consider myself, I can go out of this desert (7) I drink the water, "he thought, "If I do as the note says, I might die of thirst (口渴).Should I take the (8) or not? nAt last, he decided to do as the note said and began to draw water.Surely, (9)water started running out from the pump!After he drank enough, he filled the bottle with water and added his words (10)the old words on the note. nBelieve me, do as the note tell you!” he wrote.(1) A.already(2) A.empty(3) A.came down(4) A.surprised(5) A.poster(6) A.sure(7) A.as long as(8) A.risk(9) A.little(10) A.overB.alsoB.beautifulB.came outB.excitedlyB.signB.fullB.as well asB.noteB.muchB afterC.stillC.brightC.came onC.sadlyC.noteC.shortC.as much asC.bottleC.noC.among四.第三局部阅读理解（共1小题，计30分）（共1小题，每题10分；计10分）1. In April, the acknowledgment section （致谢）from Doctor Huang Guoping became verypopular on the Internet.Dear teachers,I have come a long way and overcome the difficulties to show this passage in front of you.During 22 years of study, the road has been a rainy one.lt was not easy to get here.I used to live in the poor countryside.My mother left when I was twelve.My father died in a traffic accident five years later, and in the same year, my grandmother passed away.I cried so hard, because I knew if I got seriously ill, no one could take care of me.While others were studying in the bright rooms, I was doing my homework alone in the dark broken house.Although the life was so difficult, I didn*t give up.I kept studying hard and wanted to get out of the poor countryside.My dream finally came true with the help of you and many kind people around me.I wish I can keep a young heart after years of fighting.I hope I have the chance (机会)to change my hometown and make someone else*s life better.Your student,Huang GuopingHuang Guoping shared his past experience in the letter above.People can see how a young man fought against different kinds of difficulties in his way.His strong spirit is like the light in the dark and has touched a large number of people.阅读短文，根据短文内容判断句子正误。正确的填A,错误的填B。(1) The acknowledgment section from Huang Guoping was popular before he became a doctor. (2) It was always rainy in Huang Guoping*s hometown. (3) Huang Guoping's grandmother died when he was 17. (4) Huang Guoping's teachers offered him help on his way to achieve his dream. (5) The passage is mainly about how to write the acknowledgment section. 五、阅读下面两篇短文，根据短文内容选择正确答案。(共2小题，每题10分；计20 分)15.Come and have a journey to the past!We have made some great discoveries at the Sanxingdui Ruins site (遗址)in Sichuan Province in late March, 2021.The incomplete ancient gold mask (面具).OTwo bronze square zun jars (青铜方尊)for holding water or wine. Gold objects in the shape of birds.。Things made of ivory.OSilk and a wooden box.Welcome to Sanxingdui Museum and listen to our stories.Open time： Hall One 8： 30- 18： 00 Hall Two 8： 30- 18： 30Ticket price： ¥72 for an adult ¥ 36 for a studentPlease book the ticket on the Internet before visiting.Transportation： You can drive a car.You can also take the train to Guanghan and then take bus No.10 to the museum.Ask for more information： 0838 - 5651550.(1) What can we learn about the discoveries from the ad ? A.The age of the ancient objects.B.The material (材质)of the ancient objects.C.The price of the ancient objects.(2) When did people probably see these new discoveries? A.On February 1.B.On March 1.C.On March 30.(3) How much should a couple pay if they go to the museum with their 14 - year - old son?A.108 yuan.B.144 yuan.C.180 yuan.(4) Which of the statement is TRUE according to the ad? A.We should book the tickets online first.B.We can see the complete ancient gold mask.C.We may take bus No.10 to the museum from Chengdu.(5) Who probably has an interest in this ad? A.A student who is int