广东省深圳市南山区育才三中2018-2019学年八年级下学期英语期中考试试卷及参

广东省深圳市南山区育才三中2018-2019学年八年级下学期英语期中考试试卷一、根据句意，从下列各题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选择与划线部分意思最接近的选项。1. — How is the poor old man in your neighborhood,Nancy?—Bad news. He died of a common illness last monthA . habit B . disease C . hunger2. —Are you sure Tina will come to our party?— Yes. She promised to comeA . sad B . certain C . happy3. —I have difficulty speaking in English—Don't worry I will help youA . trouble B . fun C . surprise4. —Have you got used to your present work?—Yes,I have It's so simple for me and I can finish it quickly without any helpA . boring B . easy C . special5. —Can you tell me how many stages there are if I want to make cartoons?—Seven in total Now let me tell you the first oneA . numbers B . languages C . steps6. —Why did the students in your school raise money,Lucy?— Because a schoolmate is ill and he needs much money.A . mention B . spend C . collect7. — Look Great changes have taken place in this area—I haven't come back for about four years,It's really different from the past.A . succeeded B . happened C . improved8. —why do you always wear the watch?—It reminds me of my grandpa He died two years ago and I miss him very muchA . makes me think of B . makes me worry about C . make me like二、根据句意，从下面每小题的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳答案。9. —Can you tell me what \" \" means?—Yes It is a kind of body language. People make it with their hands.A . gesture B . speech C . notice10. _____! Don't lie on the bed for reading.—Oh. I see.A . Give up B . Put up C . Sit up11. —What do you think of your new neighbor?—He is a helpful man. He often _____to do voluntary work in our community.A . follows B . agrees C . offers12. — There is nothing more important than______________.—I agree with you. We should exercise every day to have a strong body.A . health B . power C . ability

13. —did you _______Jack's apology?— No,I didn't. I was too angry with him.

A . check B . include C . accept

14. —Why are you so busy,Jim?

—Because I often try to help people ______in my free time.

A . in addition B . in need C . at the same time

15. —How can I ______others?

—In my opinion,you should be polite and respect others.

A . look forward to B . find out C . make a good impression on

16. —The woman is really poor because her only child lives far away from her.

—Actually not Though she lives ______,she never feels ______because her daughter often visits her.

A . lonely,lonely B . alone,alone C . alone,lonely

17. —Mary,remember ______ us as soon as you arrive.—All right. I will.

A . call B . to call C . calling

18. —Do you want to play basketball with me this afternoon?—I'm tired of _______basketball. Let's see a film!

A . play B . to play C . playing

19. —Last night,his car _______in his community.—Wow,that's terrible!

A . was stolen B . was stealing C . stolen

20. —Old people should ______well In our society.—Yeah,I quite agree with you.

A . looked after B . be looked after C . to look after

三、完形填空

21. 通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选择可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 In thepast,I didn't get on with my parents. I hardly talked to them,because they likedto1me with my sister. And that mademe2 I sometimes argued with them about this.

However,I wanted to show them that I could do things as3asmy sister. Then I began to spend most of my free time painting in my bedroom. Luckily,my art teacher,Miss Green,4 me a lot of help. She taught me some drawing 5 to help improve my paintings .At that time,shewas the only people person I would like to talk to.

One day,I told Miss Green about my problem. She6 me to take part in a painting competition .In her7,the best way to communicate with my parents was to prove myself tothem.

Aftera few weeks waiting,the result finally came out. I was very happy and excited,8 I got first prize! When I took the prize home,my parents were very9! They never thought I could do good Job.I could see that they were very happy. And they began to care more about me .Now,relations between my parents and me are very good. So I think it's very10tohave someone to talk to Thanks. Miss Green!四、阅读理解22. 阅读理解

Travel around London Thereare many places that you can visit in London: The Thames The Thamesruns through London. It divides the city into two parts. It's very interesting totake a trip on the river. This way,you can see almost every landmark(地标) ofLondon. LondonEye The LondonEye opened in 1999. It is 135 meters high. It stands o of the Thames. You can seethe whole city from it TheLondon Eye has 32 capsules. There are even air conditionersinside. The big wheel goes around very slow. It takes about 30 minutes to go allthe way around. Big Ben Big Benstands at the north of Westminster Abbey(威斯敏斯特教堂). Every hour,it \"bongs\"the number of hours to tell thetime. It's the largest four—faced chiming clock in the world. It celebrated its 150\" Birthdayon May 31,2009.（1） Which river runs through London?（2） The London Eye had opened for ____years.（3） What do we know about Big Ben?（4） Visitors may see the whole London if they go to .（5） Which of the following statement is true?23. 阅读理解 Hiccup is a young Viking. Toothless is a dragon and he can give off fire with his mouth. They go through many ups and downs together in the How to Train Your Dragon(《驯龙高手》) movie series. Now they are back with a new film! In the last movie,they had to protect their home. Humans and dragons lived together happily there. But now,there are too many dragons. A man tries to kill them. He burns down parts of their home. Hiccup and Toothless have to look for a new world for dragons to live in. Will they find it? Find out by watching How to Train Your Dragon:the Hidden World. Dragon acts The How to Train Your Dragon movies are from the book series of the same name British writer Cressida Cowell wrotethe 12—book series. They came out from 2003 to 2015. How to Train Your Dragon the Hidden World is the last movie in the series. It opened in Chinese mainland theaters on MarchToothless get his name because he has retractable(伸缩自如的)teeth.（1） What does the underlined phrase \"ups and downs\" mean?（2） What happened in the last movie?（3） According to the passage,what does \"Viking\" refer to?（4） In the movie,why do Hiccup and Toothless have to look for a new world?a. Because there are too many dragonsb. Because the dragons bummed down their homec. Because a man burns down part of their home.d. Because the dragons don't like humans.（5） Which of the following is a fact about How to Train Your Dragon?24. 阅读理解 What doyou usually do in your free time? Do you like using your mobile phones? Recently,a study found that most college students were very interested in playing with theirmobile phones. The study was carried out from March 12th to March 26th and 590 boysand 630girls took part in it. Here are the results. Accordingto the results,82 percent said they used their mobile phones too much. The usualtime college students spendon mobile phones is 5.2 hours a day. 13 percent of themuse mobile phones for over 9 hours every day and 14 percent use mobile phones for7 to 9 hours. 53 percent of the college students use mobile phones between 6 pmand 9 pm. 71 percent of the college students use mobile phones from 9 pm to midnight,and the percentage of the students who use mobile phones just before they sleepis even higher. Thereis a difference in using mobile phones between boys and girls. 66 percent of boystudents use mobile phones for entertainment like playing online games,and it is14 percentage points higher than girl students. But 40 percent of girl studentsdo online shopping,and it is 16 percentage points higher than boys. At thesame time,24 percent of the students said mobile phones were good for their study,such as helping them find information and helping them learn more new things. For instance,some teachers like using mobile phones in class to share learning materials. Howdo you like this study? Is it a good way for students to use their mobile phonestoo much? Absolutely not.（1） How long did it take people to do the study?（2） When do college students use mobile phones the most often?（3） According to the results,how many girl students use mobile phones to buy things online?（4） What does the underlined part \"For instance\" mean?（5） What does the passage mainly want to tell us?25. 阅读理解 Peoplein Washington usually have to work more than 8 hours each day,but dog owners therehate to leave their dogs alone every workday. So they take their dogs to a dog daycare center. There the dogs play with other dogs and the workers. They also playwith toys and they can rest in comfort. Rebeccawas a successful worker at a big company but she didn't find her job very satisfying.Her working hours kept getting longer and longer. She felt very about leaving her two dogs inside the housefor a long time. She knew that many dogowners in Washington were like her .Shefelt they would be interested in a day—care centre for dogs.So in 1998,Rebecca lefther company and opened Dog Ma near the United States CapitalBuilding. Usually,about 30 dogs are at Dog Ma every day. About 25% of them are younger than one yearold. A day at Dog Ma costs a dog owner about 25 dollars Dog Maalso has other services. Dogs can stay overnight(过夜) when their ownersgo out of town workers at Dog Ma will wash the dogs and cut their fur and nails.Dog Ma also provides dog training,it is really helpful to dog owners.（1） What does Dog Ma do?（2） Which word is the best choice to be put in ▲ ?（3） What do we know about Rebecca？（4） Which is NOT mentioned in the passage?（5） What can we learn from the passage?五、语法填空。26. 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，在空格处填入一个适当的词或用括号中词语的正确形式填空。 On myrecent tip to Sydney with my parents,we visited the Wildlife Park. The WildlifePark has lots ________different birds. Some are local birds in Australia and they canonly be found there. There ________(be) over 600 animals there,including kangaroos,koalas and crocodiles. They ________(keep )in the natural environment. We firstspent some time with the kangaroos. We were allowed ________(touch)and feed them. Itwas exciting for me to get so close to ________(they).Also the koalas looked very lovely.I knew I couldn't carry them,so I took a photo with one. It was one of ________(wonderful)photosof my holiday in Sydney

The WildlifePark has plenty of freshwater ________saltwater crocodiles. Some of them are really bigwith huge________(tooth)! I was so scared of them. There was also a bird show. The keepersshowed us different species they had. I saw ________old parrot which could talk

It madea great ________(impress)on me. I enjoyedthe trip very much.六、书面表达

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