邯郸市2020-2021学年八年级英语上册期末试卷.docx

2020-2021学年河北邯郸八年级上英语期末试卷一、选择题 1. I have some troubles. I don't know how to deal with them.Tell me something about them. Please don't keep them to _. A.himselfB.myselfC.themselvesD.yourself 2. Susan, can you come to my party tomorrow?Sorry, I'm _ not. I have to look after my sister at home. A.afraidB.busyC.availableD.worried 3. Which _ will Jack join in?The long jump. He is good at it. A.eventB.concert C.jobD.discussion 4. I didn't know he came back _ I met him on the street. A.untilB.thoughC.afterD.when  5. When the cold winter comes, people always _ the coming of a warm spring. A.look down upon B.look up toC.look forward toD.look out for 6. Our school _ a talent show every term.That's great. It makes your school life colorful. A.refusesB.organizesC.advisesD.accepts 7. If you _ tomorrow, I _ you with your English. A.will come; help B.will come; will helpC.come; helpD.come; will help 8. There will be an important meeting in our school. We must _ it. A.be similar to B.be ready forC.be interested inD.be strict with 9. Last year, Dave _ a pilot. That was his dream when he was a child. A.became B.becomesC.is becomingD.will become 10. I got 70 in the exam. What about you?I did _ than you. I only got 57. A.worstB.bestC.worseD.better二、完形填空 11. I travel a lot for work. Last year, my colleagues（同事）and I went to London for work. We finished the work early. Everyone（1）_ catch the plane home, but I couldn't. In the evening, I（2）_ to go out for dinner. I didn't know the city well,（3）_ I asked a driver to pick me up.I was a（an）（4）_ person and loved to make friends. My driver asked（5）_ I would like to go. I replied by asking him to choose the restaurant he liked to go to for dinner. He drove me to a small restaurant. After getting off the car, I（6）_ him to join me for dinner. I disliked eating by myself, and I couldn't stand him sitting in the car（7）_ me to finish up.After this simple dinner, he and I became friends. I leaned a lot（8）_ life in his country. Now, every time I take a（9）_ to London. He is my driver and we always enjoy dinner（10）_.Doing something nice for others makes this world a happier place. （1）A.mustB.canC.wouldD.could  （2）A.refusedB.decidedC.happenedD.advised （3）A.butB.orC.soD.and （4）A.educationalB.creativeC.famousD.outgoing （5）A.whereB.whichC.whenD.how （6）A.agreedB.letC.scaredD.invited （7）A.laughing atB.caring aboutC.waiting forD.looking after （8）A.withoutB.throughC.insideD.about （9）A.tripB.walkC.messageD.photo （10）A.alreadyB.togetherC.almostD.ever三、阅读理解 12. I am Helen. I am from the USA. Three weeks after my twenty-fifth birthday, I started to work at children's hospital in California.When I went to work on the first day. I was happy but a little nervous. I sad to myself, "Will the children like me? Can I do the job well?" I walked into one of the patients' rooms. There were three little boys in the room. They smiled at me and said hello to me. Then I felt a little relaxed and sad hello to them, too.During the next two hours, I talked to them and played games with them happily. I found it was not so hard to get on with the children. That day, I talked with a boy called Bruce for a long time. He got a serious illness. I asked him, "Are you happy here?" He answered, "Yes, but I wished I wasn't ill." He told me that he liked his school and wished to go to school again. I said I would try my best to help him. Luckily, Bruce got well half a year later. Now Bruce is healthy and he goes back to his school.Now, I am happy to stay with the children and see their happy faces. I really love my job because I can make the children's life better. （1）What does the underlined word "illness" in the passage mean in Chinese?A.疾病 B.态度C.调查D.治疗 （2）Why does Helen love her job?A.Because she can play games with the children.B.Because she can make a lot of money.C.Because she can help the children with their studies.D.Because she can make the children's life better. 13. Welcome to Taylor Riley's 14th birthday party!Time: Monday, November 1st, at 11:30 a. m.Place: Taylor's house, No. 527 Meadow street.Activities: eat the birthday cake, have lunch, sing, danceTel: 5552851Join in Allen Howard's dancing party!Time: November 2nd, at 11:30 a. m. Place: Allen's house, No. 475 Wall Street. Activities: have lunch, danceTel: 5552934Alice White invites you to a dinner party!Time: November 4th, at 6:00 p. m.Place: Alice's house, No. 377 Great street.Activities: have dinner, singTel: 5552978  （1）Taylor Riley is going to have a _ party.A.dinnerB.birthdayC.singingD.dancing （2）You can _ at Taylor Riley's party and Allen Howard's party.A.have dinner and danceB.eat the birthday cake and danceC.have lunch and danceD.eat the birthday cake and have lunch （3）Alice White sends Lily an invitation, but Lily can't go to the party. Lily should phone _ to tell Alice White about it.A.5552978B.5552851C.5552987D.5552934 （4）What day is November 4th?A.Wednesday.B.Monday.C.Thursday.D.Tuesday. 14. If your birthday is coming, what gifts buy for you? It's not easy for Chinese parents to choose birthday gifts for their children. Many American parents also have the same problem. But luckily they have American Girl, an American company. It's famous for its beautiful dolls. Though there are many famous dolls in the world, American Girl dolls are girls' favorite birthday gifts.What makes American Girl dolls so popular with girls? The secret is in their matching（相匹配的）hair, skin, eye color and clothing. That is to say, there are different kinds of dolls for people to choose them. And the dolls look like their owners. The company hopes their dolls can make girls understand that it's OK to be different from others. The company gives each doll a name and a special background（背景）. It also invites some writers to write books about these dolls. The stores are mainly about American history in different periods. So girls can give a lot of fun and also learn something about history. （1）What is American Girl in the passage?A.An American company.B.A Chinese company.C.An Australian company.D.A Japanese company. （2）Why are American Girl dolls so popular with girls?A.Because each doll has a name and a special background.B.Because they are very cheap and everyone can afford them.C.Because girls don't like other toys.D.Because there are different kinds of dolls for people to choose from. （3）All American Girl dolls are not _ each other.A.friendly toB.Wormed aboutC.different fromD.the same as （4）What does the company give to each other?A.A new skirt.B.A nice sweater.C.A special background.D.A strange name. 15. Most people have flown a kite or have seen one rise and drop in strong spring winds, but not so many people know that kites were first made in China thousands of years ago. The ancient Chinese were making and flying kites before they were writing.A long time ago, the Chinese made kites to use in wars. They would fly these war kites in the dark. The kites were fixed（固定）. They made strong sounds when there was wind. The enemies（敌人）would hear these sounds and run away frightenedly. They thought those strong sounds were made by gods in the sky.The ancient Chinese also flew kites to bring good luck and to make their crops grow rich and tall. Sometimes they tied long strings（细绳）and hooks（钩）to their kites. Then they would fly the kites over water, letting the hooks hang down to catch fish.All the time, Chinese people like to use stacks, strings and paper for their kites. And they would like to make the kites in different shapes. Some of these kites look like flowers or trees. Others look like birds or houses. Every year, on 3rd March. There is a kite festival in Weifang, Shandong province. Kite lovers from all over the world come together to show or enjoy watching the beautiful kites. （1）The main idea of the first paragraph is that _.A.the ancient Chinese were making kites after they were writingB.the kites were first made in ChinaC.the ancient Chinese were good at making kitesD.most of us were seen and flown a kites （2）The ancient Chinese used kites in wars because the kites _.A.look like animalsB.could bring good luckC.could fly highD.could help them in the war （3）The Chinese usually use _ for making the kites.A.paper, strings and stacksB.sticks, strings and grassC.paper, ropes and hooksD.strings hair and wood （4）According to the passage, kites could be used for _ in ancient China.A.watering the cropsB.catching fishC.helping people walking in the darkD.helping people fly （5）What is the best title for this passage?A.Beautiful KitesB.Ancient Kites C.Chinese KitesD.Strange Kites四、任务型阅读 16. 阅读下面短文，根据所给语境，按要求完成下列各题。Emily became interested in dancing when she was a child. She wanted to be a famous dancer in the future. But her parents were too poor to send her to a dancing school. Instead, they sent her to a tailor shop. They hoped that she could learn something there and make money to help her poor family.Emily hated this job, so she wrote to the writer Pierre to ask for advice. Soon received Pierre's letter. The writer said nothing but told Emily his own story. Pierre said he would like to be a painter when he was young. But he had to give up his dream because has family was poor. At last, Pierre advised Emily to do what she should do first. From then on, Emily tried her best to learn to tailor clothes and soon she was good at it.When she was twenty-five years old, Emily ran a clothing business in Paris. Now, Emily is a famous designer（设计师）and she has designed clothes and shoes for many film stars.（1）-（2）题完成句子；（3）题简略回答问题；（4）题归纳并写下全文的主题句；（5）题将文中划线句子译成汉语。 （1）Emily wanted to be a famous _ in the future.（2）Emily's parents sent her to _ shop.（3）What did Emily's parents wanted her to do for the family? _（4）This passage mainly about _.（5）_五、语法填空 17. 根据短文内容及所给提示，在文中的空白处填写一个正确的单词。What is the most important thing in the world? In（1）_（I）opinion, it is health. You can take away our money, house, car,（2）o_ our clothes and we can still keep alive. But（3）i_ our health was taken away, we would surely die. That is why we always try to eat in a（4）_（healthy）way and exercise regularly（有规律地）. Take exercise every day, then you can build a strong body. We can't study or work well without a healthy body. What's more, I think friends are an（5）_（importance）part of one's health. I always feel（6）_（well）when I am with friends than I am alone. When I am with my friends, I always（7）_. Laughing is also（8）_ important part of health. I like to laugh with my friends.In short, by（9）_（eat）properly and exercising regularly, I can keep my body healthy. By spending time with my friends, I can keep my mind healthy. The（10）_（good）we care about our health, the better our life will be.六、连词成句 18. 将所给词语连成句子，标点已给出。要求：符合语法，语句通顺，大小写正确，词语不得重复使用。 （1）did, where, go, yesterday, you_? （2）often, you, how, do, eat, apple, an_? （3）the, what, book, best, is_? （4）going, to, I, park, the, am_. （5）is, more, he, outgoing_?七、书面表达 19. 新年快到了，同学们一定有很多想法，假如你是李华，请以日记形式，介绍自己在学习，健康，家务劳动，旅游等方面的计划，并针对自身的不足之处，说说你打算怎么做。要求：1. 意思连贯，符合逻辑；2. 词数不少于60（开头已给出，不计入总词数）。参考词汇：study hard; read; healthy food; exercise; help; chores; at home; travelDecember 13, 2020                                                                                                          Thursday, SunnyMy name is Li Hua. Now, It's the year of 2020. New Year 2021 is coming. I have a new plan for the New Year._