山东省潍坊市诸城市2019-2020学年八年级上学期期末英语试题

一、阅读单选

1.

（1）What time do western people usually have dinner?

A.At 5: 00 in the afternoon. B.After midday.
C.Around 7 pm or even later. D.Before 7: 00 in the afternoon.

（2）What will a host（主人） probably say to a guest at the start of a meal?

A.Eat slowly! B.Can I help you?
C.Can you serve me? D.Help yourself!

（3）Which of the following is helpful when you're in the west according to the poster?

A.The fork is held in your right hand and the knife in your left.

B.You can leave as soon as you've finished eating.

C.You can't eat chicken legs with your fingers.

D.If you don't know what to do, just watch the others and do as they do.

2.     It is most difficult for parents to decide to have a second child. Someone says that a single child is likely to be a lonely child. There are no other children in the family for the child to talk or play with. An only child is not able to get along well with children of his age. Some parents regretted（后悔）making the decisions to have only one child.
    But the number of parents choosing to have only one child is increasing in many parts of the world. In the US, for example, more than 14 percent of women between 18 and 34 plan to have just one child. The same can be seen in the UK. In Japan, the average number of children born per family had gone down to 1.42 by 1996.
    For some single child parents, especially who are busy working every day, time and energy seem to be overwhelming（势不可挡的） They don't have enough time and energy to share with more children. For other people, money is their first consideration（考虑）. Many couples in Japan choose not to have large families because the cost of supporting a child up to the age of 18 reaches around US $ 160,000.

（1）According to the passage, why is a single child likely to be lonely?

A.Because he doesn't have holidays.

B.Because his parents don't love him.

C.Because there are other children in the family.

D.Because he doesn't have a brother or a sister to talk or play with.

（2）What do people not think about when they choose to have a second child?

A.Food. B.Time. C.Energy. D.Money.

（3）Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A.Many couples in Japan love to have large families.

B.It is not easy to make a decision to have a second child.

C.Less than 14% of women in the UK plan to have just one child.

D.All parents feel confident about having a second child.

（4）The main idea of the passage is          .

A.parents can't share their time and energy with more children.

B.the cost of supporting a child is so high.

C.the reasons for parents not to have a second child.

D.some parents regretted making the decisions to have only one child.

3.     A very important world problem is the growing population on the earth. The population of the world today is more than 7,400,000,000. That is a great number and we know it quite well. The important thing is not how large the population of the world is now, but the rate of the growth. It is about 1.63 percent every year.
    Every second, 4.2 babies are born in the world. Another baby! Another baby! Another baby! You can not speak quickly enough to keep up with the birth rate. The population is growing faster and faster. In one day, people have to find food for over 350,000 mouths. The rapid growth of population will make a big problem by the year 2025. There will be as many as 8.1 billion people on the earth! So this is one of the biggest problems that you are going to see in your life.

（1）The population of the world is increasing by about_________every year．

A.one fifth B.350,000 C.20 percent D.1.63 percent

（2）What's the meaning of the word "rate" in the passage?

A.速度 B.人口 C.大小 D.数量

（3）From the passage, we know there are about_________new babies to be born in one minute in the world．

A.350 B.4 C.250 D.14,400

（4）Which of the following is NOT true?

A.The problem of the large population will be solved by 2025．

B.The population of the world is very large．

C.The large population may cause sorts of problems．

D.The growing population will be a big problem in our life．

二、补全短文5选4

4.

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有一项为多余选项。

Everybody talked about the weather. For example, people may say to others "Isn't it a nice day?" "Do you think it is going to rain?" or "I think it is going to snow."（1）______

Many people think they can tell what the weather is going to be like.（2）______ One man may say, "Do you see how cloudy it is in the east? It is going to rain tomorrow." But another man may say, "Yes, it's cloudy in the east. So we are going to have a fine day tomorrow."

（3）______ When a farmer needs water, he looks for something to tell him it is going to rain, he won't believe other things. When people are having a picnic but it begins to rain, they will be so sure about something that shows the weather is going to be fine very quickly.（4）______

Almost everyone listens to what the weatherman says. But he does not always tell us what we want, and sometimes he makes a mistake.（5）______

A. Most people like sunny days.

B. But they don't always agree with others. .

C. People often hope for the weather they want.

D. All these are common ways to start a conversation.

E. They won't believe that they will finish their lunch in the rain.

F. However, he still comes closer to being right than other people.

三、完型填空

5.     阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
    "Problems and worries are normal（正常的）in life," says Laura." But I think talking to someone helps a lot. If we don't talk to someone, we'll certainly feel_______________
    Laura once lost her_______________, and worried for days. She was afraid to tell her parents about it. She even walked three miles to school each day because she didn't have any money. She just kept_______________of the problem again and again in her mind. "If I tell my parents, they’ll be angry!" But in the end, she talked to her parents and they were really_______________. Her dad said that he_______________made careless mistakes himself. They got her a new wallet and asked her to be more careful. "I will always remember to_______________my problems in the future!" Laura says.
    Robert Hunt advises students about common_______________. He feels the same way as Laura. "It is best not to avoid our problems. We should always try to solve them." He thinks that you can first find someone to talk to. This person doesn't need to be an expert（专家）like himself. Students often forget that their parents have more________ than them, and are always there to_______them.
    In English, we say that sharing a problem is like cutting it in________. So you're halfway to solving a problem if you talk to someone about it.

（1）

A.happier B.better C.worse D.cleverer

（2）

A.wallet B.money C.phone D.bike

（3）

A.expecting B.hoping C.wishing D.thinking

（4）

A.seeing B.understanding C.knowing D.learning

（5）

A.always B.seldom C.sometimes D.never

（6）

A.share B.cover C.stop D.guess

（7）

A.problems B.questions C.answers D.ideas

（8）

A.experience B.love C.friendship D.truth

（9）

A.beat B.help C.fail D.hurt

（10）

A.pair B.piece C.half D.part

四、语法填空

6.

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Two brothers decided to dig a deep hole behind their house. As they were working, a couple of older boys（1）______（stop）by to watch.

"What are you doing?" asked one of the（2）______（visit）curiously.

"We plan（3）______（dig）a hole all the way through the earth!" one of the brothers said excitedly.

The older boys began to laugh, telling the younger ones that it was（4）______（possible）.

After a long（5）______（silent）, one of the diggers picked up（6）______ box full of spiders and insects. He showed the wonderful things（7）______ the older boys. Then he said（8）______（confident）, "Even if we don't dig all the way through the earth look at what we found along the way!"

Their dream was far too big, but it did cause them to dig. And that is what a dream is for—to cause us to move in the direction we have chosen. Not every dream will be realized. But when you couldn't get（9）______ you wanted, perhaps you can say, "Yes, but look at the wonderful things（10）______ have come into my life because I tried to do something!"

五、汉译英：整句

7. 用括号内所给的词或短语，将下列句子译成英语。

（1）当他走出房间时，他发现没什么奇怪的事。（find）
________________________________________

（2）如果蛇咬你的话，拿出你的手机给它拍张照片。（if）
________________________________________

（3）大量的人口导致许多问题，例如拥挤的交通和太多的噪音。（such as）
________________________________________

（4）当你参观英国时，你最好不要忘记带雨伞（You'd better…）
________________________________________

（5）这场意外事故之后，他的听觉受损（have trouble...）
________________________________________

六、多任务混合问题

8.
The earthquake of the Indian Ocean
Have you heard of the earthquake（地震） of the Indian Ocean that happened（1）________ the last Sunday of 2004？ About 300，000 lost their lives in the earthquake． Do you know（2）________ in an earthquake？ Let me tell you．（3）________ You mustn't stay in a door way or in a corner or get under a heavy desk or table． If you drive a car， a truck or a bus， you must drive it to the side of the road and stop． After a quake， you must check everyone in your family for safety and see if gas（煤气）， water and electrical（电的）lines are OK． Please don't use any electrical machines， for there may be something wrong with the lines．
（1）在（1）处填上合适的介词．________
（2）在（2）选择合适的选项．________
A． what to do
B． what to do it
C． how to do
D． how we should do
（3）把划线句子翻译成汉语．
________
（4）If you are driving a car， what should you do when the earthquake happens？ （根据文章内容回答题）
________
（5）List two pieces of advice to protect yourself when you meet an earthquake．（当你遇到地震时， 列举两条保护自己的建议）
________

七、材料作文

9. 假如你是某英文报社的特约小记者， 昨天（1月4日）你目睹了一场交通事故， 你很难过，
因此你写了一篇事故报道发表在了该报纸上．请你根据提示信息，从事故发生的时间（4：30
pm．）、原因、经过等内容出发完成这个报道．词数在80词左右，短文开头已给出，不计入总词数．
提示词：救护车ambulance；低头 lower one's head
提示信息：1．一个女孩正放学回家，她低着头边玩手机边走路；
2．一辆汽车开得很快；
3．女孩和汽车相撞；
4．救护车来了，女孩被送往医院．
A Traffic Accident Report
Yesterday was January 4th． _______________________________________．