2019-2020学年湖北省黄冈市麻城市八年级（上）期末英语试卷

二、完形填空（共1小题；每小题15分，满分15分）阅读下面的短文，从短文后所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项．

1.     Miss Dinsmore lived in nice little house．
    "I（1）_______my house looked more cheerful（令人愉快的）．Maybe I should paint（刷漆）it more （2）_______．" said Miss Dinsomore．
    Miss Dinsmore went to the store．She saw all kinds of（3）_______there．It was hard for her to （4）_______．
    " I know what to do" said Miss Dinsore at last．" I'll draw pictures of my house（5）_______all of the colors． Then I'll paint my mouse according to the（6）_______ one．"
    Then Miss Dinsmore started to draw pictures of her house． "All the pictures are（7）_______, " said Miss Dinsmore． "But I still can't（8）_______which color will make my house more cheerful．"
    One day,  a neighbor（邻居）saw Miss Dinsmore's pictures． She （9）_______them very much．"I'll tell others in the neighborhood,  " she said． "They will want to（10）_______your pictures．"
    It was true． Lots of people（11）_______to enjoy the pictures． "What a nice little house you have, " everyone said．
    "It is a nice little house, " said Miss Dinsmore． "（12）_______ I want to make it more cheerful…"．
    Miss Dinsmore stopped and looked around． Her house was （13）_______．People in her house were enjoying pictures,  drinking tea,  talking, （14）_______and having fun． "It's a nice little house,  "she said again． "And it's a cheerful little house,  too﹣when good friends come to （15）_______me．"

（1）

A.wish B.worry C.like D.think

（2）

A.quickly B.differently C.beautifully D.carefully

（3）

A.prizes B.examples C.colors D.activities

（4）

A.keep B.choose C.start D.buy

（5）

A.with B.in C.for D.about

（6）

A.most popular B.funniest C.most useful D.best

（7）

A.creative B.wonderful C.similar D.fresh

（8）

A.remember B.show C.decide D.learn

（9）

A.described B.thanked C.missed D.loved

（10）

A.see B.touch C.take D.draw

（11）

A.came B.tried C.waited D.seemed

（12）

A.because B.but C.although D.if

（13）

A.close B.dirty C.crowded D.free

（14）

A.laughing B.working C.sleeping D.cleaning

（15）

A.join B.help C.follow D.visit

三、综合阅读（共两节；计34分）第一节 阅读理解（共3小题；每小题8分，满分24分）阅读下面三篇短文，根据短文内容，选择最佳选项．

2.     Good friends have common ideas and sometimes similar taste in music,  clothes and Free time activities．However,  the most important thing of friendship（友谊）, according to some studies at North Westminster Community School is trust（信任）． Trust is what it is all about．
    

（1）The three students at North Westminster community school think________it's the most important in friendship．

A. trust B. love C. culture． D. age

（2）Ann met Sarah________year ago．

A. eight B. seven C. ten． D. nine

（3）Amanda Had something wrong with her________last month．

A. leg B. head C. hand． D. arm

（4）Jane goes to the school library________times a week．

A. four B.three C. six． D. five

3.     Many people like to drink soda pop（苏打汽水） ,  but they may not know that soda pop has an interesting story．
    The story began with mineral water（矿泉水）．In many places,  people thought washing with mineral water was good for your health．Some said drinking mineral water was also good for people．Some mineral water had bubbles（气泡）in it． So people learn to make bubble water to put CO2 into water to make the water bubbly． The called the bubbly water "soda water"．
    Later,  people put juice or some other things to make soda water taste good． Many drugstores（药房） or ice cream shop sold soda water． Now people can buy soda pop in almost every food store． Some people call it "pop",  some say "soda" and other people call it "soda pop"．
    At first people made soda pop because they thought it was good for their health． But in fact,  it's bad for us． For example,  drinking too much soda pop make us fat． Well,  maybe we should drink less this kind of good tasting water for our health．

（1）Why did people in many places drink mineral water？________

A. Because the thought it was cleaner．

B. Because they thought it was good for their health．

C. Because it was cheap．．

D. Because it tasted good．

（2）Where could people buy soda pop in the past？________

A. In restaurants． B. In food stores．
C. In supermarkets．． D. In ice cream shops．

（3）Which of the following is true about soda pop？________

A. It's only sold in drug store now．

B. It's bad for people's health．

C. It tastes worse than mineral water．．

D. It doesn't have any bubbles now．

（4）The passage mainly tells us that________．

A. soda pop has different names．

B. soda pop is an old drink．

C. soda pop is popular with many people．

D. soda pop has an interesting story．

4.     In the forest,  everything was great and everyone was happy before Jemima came there．
    Jemima was a very tall giraffe with a long neck（脖子）． She was the noises and the most gossipy（爱说三道四的） animal in the forest．
    She liked to watch everything and told everyone what was going on that made so many animals unhappy． They had a meeting and decide to teach her a lesson（给她一个教训）．
    At that time,  Big Bongo,  the monkey decided to move to a new house． Jemima was so ________ about the new house． One night she walked quietly to Big Bongo's bedroom window． The window was open and she put her head inside． She was just on time to see Big Bongo leaving the bedroom． So,  Jemima put her head further in so that she could follow him to the next room． It was dark in the house and she couldn't see very well． But she followed Big Bongo into another room and then another…
    At last Jemima couldn't follow Big Bongo anymore． Her neck wasn't long enough． Big Bongo run around his house,  and Jemima's neck was in a tangle（绕成一团）．
    Then all the other animals came to the house and told Jemima what they thought of her． Jemima‘s face turned red,  she decided that she would not use her neck to poke（干涉） into the lives of others．

（1）Many animals in the forest were unhappy with Jemima because________．

A. She was new to the forest．

B. She had a long neck．

C. Should like to do everything．．

D. She was noisy and gossipy．

（2）The underlined the world "curious" in Paragraph 3 means________in Chinese．

A. 满意的 B. 好奇的 C. 愤怒的． D. 疯狂的

（3）Big Bongo run around his new house to________．

A. teach in Jemima a lesson B. look at it quickly
C. put his things in your places． D. show his friends around

（4）The other animals in the forest wanted to tell Jemima that________．

A. she shouldn't poke into the lives of others

B. they didn't want her to live in the forest

C. they didn't like to make friends with tall animals．

D. she shouldn't go into others house at night

第二节 任务型阅读 （共1小题；每小题10分，满分10分）（每空不超过4词）

5. Some Chinese parents only care about their children's grades．This made their children lose confidence（自信）little by little because of too much schoolwork．It's a problem．Parents should find out their children's interests and teach them some important skills（技能）they need．The skills make children confident， happy and clever．
Cooking， for example， is a good skill． Teaching a child to cook will help improve many of his other skills． Cooking needs patience and time． A good cook always tries to improve his cooking so he will learn to work hard and finish his job well． As a result， a well﹣cooked dinner will give him a lot of fun and confidence．
Give your child all the things like a broken radio or TV set to play with they will spend hours looking at them and trying to fix（修理） them． Your child might become an engineer when he grows up． This kind of activity is better than teaching a child to read a book． It teaches him to think and to use his mind． And that is more important．

四、补全对话 从下面的方框中选出，能填入对应空白处的一项．（共1小题；每小题10分，满分l0分）

6. A： Hi， Jimmy． （1）_______
B： I played baseball with my two brothers．
A： （2）_______
B： Yes， and my brothers and I all want to be baseball players．
A： Really？ （3）_______
B： We are going to practice every day． What are you going to be in the future（将来）？
A： （4）_______
B： Is she your English teacher？
A： （5）_______ She teaches us well．
B： Oh， I see．

五、选词填空．（共1小题；每小题10分，满分10分）从方框中选择恰当的词语并用其正确形式填入短文空白处，使短文完整．一空一词，一词只用一次．

7.

What is the most important thing in the world？ I think it is health because it's the foundation（基础） of work and lives．
Someone can take away our money， houses， cars or （1）________our clothes and we can still live．But if he takes away our （2）________， we must die soon． That is why we always try to eat in a healthy way and take （3）________every day．
To be healthy I usually don't like eating（4）________high in fat（脂肪）like hamburgers or sweets．I also eat little meat， I eat a lot of vegetables and fresh fruit because they are （5）________of vitamins．
Doing exercises every day helps us be（6）________．Doing sports is another important part of keeping us healthy．
And I think（7）________are an important part of one's health．I always feel（8）________when I'm with my friends．When I am with my friends，I always laugh．Laughing is also an important part of health．I like to love with my friends．
（9）________eating healthy food and exercising every day I can make my body strong and keep healthy．By spending time with my friends I can keep （10）________happy．These things sound easy to do，but not all people can do them well．

六、短文填空．（共1小题，每小题10分，共10分）先通读短文，掌握短文的主要意思，后在每空里填上一个适当的词（每空不超过一个词）或用括号里面所给的词的适当形式填空，使短文意思完整正确．

8. Computers and the Internet are becoming more and more popular．Most people think they are very useful （1）________their studies in lives．
The first computer was born in 1946． It was very big，and it worked （2）________ （slow）．Today computers are getting smaller and （3）________（small）， but they were faster and faster．What can computers do？ They can do many kind of things．
At the same（4）________， our world is getting smaller and smaller with the Internet．The Internet came into the world about 25 years later than computers． It makes our lives （5）________（easy）．If you are far away in America， you can talk to your family on the Internet．If you want to （6）________ a good book， but you don't have time to buy it in the bookstore， you can read it on the Internet．You can also read newspapers， （7）________ some shopping， play games and make friends on it．
Many students like the internet very much and they would not like to do anything else．They （8）________ friends on the Internet but they may not see these friends．Some of the students are cheated by（受骗）the "unreal（假的） friends"． Because of the Internet， some students can't （9）________hard at their lessons． Many of them can't do well in their studies． A few of them have to leave school．
We can use computers and the Internet to learn more about the world． （10）________please remember： not all good things are good for you．

七、完成句子（共6小题；每小题1分，满分6分）阅读下列各小题，根据汉语及句末括号内的单词提示，用相关短语的正确形式完成句子．

9. 我有必要记下每个人说的话吗？
Is it necessary for me to________ what everyone said？（write）

10. 如果是这样的话，我明天可以早点到．
________， I can arrive earlier tomorrow． （so）

11. 我认为第一步是上网搜索一些信息．
I think________ is to go online to look for some information． （step）

12. 请往水里加一些盐．
Please________some salt________ the water． （add）

13. 我对这道题的答案很有把握．
I________the answer to the question． （sure）

14. 城市里的许多旧建筑都倒塌了．
Many old buildings in the city________．（fall）

八、书面表达 （共1小题，满分15分）

15. 为了提高同学们的英语口语表达能力学校决定举行一次题为"My life in 10 years的演讲比赛，请你用英语写一篇短文，为此次演讲比赛做准备，80词左右开头已经给出不计入总词数．
My life in 10 years．
Hello， I'm a middle school student now． What will I be in 10 years？ What kind of life will I live？
______________________________．