2019-2020年八年级下学期英语期末考试试卷（II ）卷.doc

2019-2020年八年级下学期英语期末考试试卷（II ）卷姓名:_ 班级:_ 成绩:_一、 阅读理解(共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分) (共4题；共30分)1. （6分）阅读理解 Athletics vs. GardeningThe students of Southside School were asked to give their opinions about whether the school should run an athletic program or start a vegetable garden. An athletic program is hatch better than gardening. How are we ever going to win anything at the Inter-School Athletics without proper training? At the moment, we only do athletics for one tam and the teachers train us. We need experts(专家)to teach us things like throwing and high jump. I know lots of kids say theyre not interested in competitions, but thats because theyve never won anything. If they got better training and started winning things, theyd soon change their minds. People always say kids dont get enough exercise. Just because you do gardening outdoors doesnt make it exercise, so I dont see how it matters. Athletics is much better for fitness and lots of kids can have a go at the same time. I dont think there would be enough jobs for everyone in a garden. In fact, I think a garden is a really bad idea. I dont know why were even considering it.Liz, Grade 8 I think a vegetable garden is a great idea. We already do hours of sport, including athletics. And not everyone likes sport. Gardening is a great way to get exercise without worrying about whether youre any good at it, or whether youre going to win. And you really do gel exercise when you garden. Theres digging, weeding and watering Even picking things can be hard work pumpkins arent light you know! There are lots of kids around here who dont have gardens so they cant grow things even they want to. If you really want to do more sport, you can join a club. And think about it: What helps you to be good at sport? You need to eat lots of fruit and vegetables. If we learn to cook all the things we grow, the garden will keep us all fit and healthy and then well be better at sport.Sam, Grade 8（1）Which of these points do Liz and Sam both make? A . Kids should take exercise.B . Kids should eat vegetables.C . Kids should try to win more.D . Kids should be outside more.（2）What is one reason Liz gives for saying a garden is a really bad idea? A . Some students dont like getting dirty.B . Some students dont enjoy being outside.C . Some students already know how to garden.D . Some students may have no chance to garden.（3）Why does Sam say, And think about it.: what helps you to be good at sport? A . To change the subject.B . To introduce his next reason.C . To support Lizs idea.D . To find an answer to the question.2. （8分）阅读理解 Jenny Lang Ping, was born in 1960, Tianjin. She is a former Chinese volleyball player and the former head coach of the US Womens National Volleyball Team. Her nickname is the Tron Hammer.In 1987, Lang Ping moved to Los Angeles to study and serve as an assistant volleyball coach at the University of New Mexico. She keeps Chinese nationality although she has lived in the USA for more than 15 years.Because of her central role in the success of the Chinese Womens Volleyball Team in the 1980s, Lang was seen as a cultural icon and is one of the most respected people in modern Chinese sports history. The Chinese Womens Volleyball Team with Lang was the first team to win the World Championship several times, including the1984 Olympics. She will always be remembered as one of the very first world champions for China. In 1989, she took over Modena, one of the top teams in the Italian League, and enjoyed great success there.In 1995, Lang became the head coach of the Chinese National Team and eventually guided the team to the silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, and the second place at the 1998 World Volleyball Championships in Japan.She became the coach of the US National Team in2005. Lang guided the team to the 2008 Olympics, where the US team faced off with China in her home country. The US team won the victory against China 3:2. The US team went on to win the silver medal, losing to Brazil in the final 1:3.She was the head coach of the Chinese Womens National Volleyball Team in the World Volleyball Championships in Japan in 1998. In 2014, she was the only female head coach among the 24 teams coaches in the World Volleyball Championships. On August 21, 2016, Lang Ping guided the Chinese Womens National Team to the gold medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics. With the victory, Lang Ping became the first person in volleyball history, male or female, to win a gold medal at the Olympic Games as a player in 1984(Los Angeles) and as a head coach in 2016(Rio).（1）Lang Ping did not coach . A . Chinese National TeamB . Brazilian National TeamC . US National TeamD . Italian Modena Team（2）The underlined word icon most probably means . A . symbolB . coachC . leaderD . tie（3）What can we infer from the passage? A . Most of the head coaches in the World Volleyball Championships in 2014 were female.B . Lang Ping loves her home country very much.C . US National Team won the gold medal at the 2008 Olympic Games.D . In 1987, Ling Ping went to Los Angeles to coach US National Team.（4）Whats the best title for the passage? A . Life of a famous volleyball playerB . How to become a coachC . A match between China and the USAD . Facts about the Iron Hammer3. （8分）阅读理解Hi，Im Bruce. Im from South Africa. Im good at sports and I can run very fast. Many people are afraid of me because I look scary.Hello，Im Peter. Im from Thailand. Im friendly. Do you want to make friends with me? I can play soccer with you. Im good at it.Im Buzz. Im from South Africa，but now I live in a zoo in the USA. Im shy and quiet. I like listening to music. And I can dance.Im Toby. Im from China. Do you like Chinese kung fu? I can show you. Many people like me. They think Im cute and beautiful. Do you think so？（1）Bruce is good at_. A . sportsB . musicC . artD . math（2）Peter is_. A . scaryB . friendlyC . shyD . cute（3）Where is Buzz from? A . South Africa.B . Thailand.C . Australia.D . The USA.（4）What can Toby do? A . Play soccer.B . Dance.C . Do kung fu.D . Swim.（5）The four animals dont tell us_. A . where they are fromB . what they are likeC . what they can doD . how old they are4. （8分）阅读理解 To protect the environment, we are on the way. Here are a few things we can do.Unwanted gifts? Give them away!Have you ever received a gift that you didnt like? Did you throw it away? If so, you can have another choice now. Two British companies hopes people will give away their unwanted gifts to them. And they will resell the gifts to raise money for the poor. In this way, the gifts can be refused and have a future life. And people can make a difference to the world.Wear the trousers that reduce(减少) pollution!A chemistry scientist and a fashion designer(时装设计师) have created a new kind of trousers. The trousers are made of a new material which can help reduce air pollution around us. Scientists have tested the material. The result shows that it isnt harmful to human. This new kind of trousers may appear at the market in two years. Professor Ryan said, If thousands of people wear the trousers, the air quality will be improved.Plant trees with FelixFelix Finkbeiner, a 14-year-old German boy, is not famous as a child actor but an environment hero. At the age of 9, Felix got the idea that children could do something to protect the environment. So he started a club. Felix soon got support from children all over the world. Some of them have become his good friends. The club has an aim of planting 212 million trees. They have planted over 3.5 million trees all around the world. Felix said, The answer to controlling global (全球的 ) warming is trees-lots of trees!”（1）The companies resell the unwanted gifts . A . to make the unwanted gifts usefulB . to help people learn to think carefullyC . to save money from itD . to make money for themselves（2）The trousers mentioned in the passage . A . have been created by a physics scientist and a fashion designerB . can help make air pollution lessC . will do harm to peopleD . will be popular in two years（3）Felix started a club . A . to become famousB . to become a child actorC . to protect the environment with other childrenD . to make friends with the children around the world二、 任务型阅读(共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分) (共1题；共10分)5. （10分）阅读并完成图表，每空一词。Emperor penguins are the largest penguins on Earth. Each adult is over a metre tall, and can weigh up to 40 kilograms.For many months each year, emperors live near the sea in large groups called colonies. However, in May, the weather gets colder and ice covers large areas of ocean. Each colony moves many kilometres from the water.Sharing the workThere, each mother penguin lays just one egg. Then all the hungry mothers must walk back to the ocean to find food. The father penguins put their eggs on top of the feet, under a special piece of skin called the brood pouch. For two months, the father penguins keep the eggs safe and warm. Antarctica. Most animals leave for warmer places, but the father penguins stay. In this time, without food, a father penguin can lose almost half of his weight.New lifeThen the babies begin to hatch! The mother penguin returns just in time to see her baby come out of its egg. The chick is then moved to her bored pouch. This can be difficult. If the chick falls, it can freeze quickly, so the penguin parents must be very careful! Once this is done, the father penguin can go back to the ocean to find food.Growing upOver the next few months, penguin parents take turns to go to the ocean for food. They each make the trip several times, bringing back food for the chick. The chick grows quickly and is always hungry.Into the waterBy December, winter is ending. The chick is five months old and can live on its own. Soon it enters the water for the first time. It will swim and eat until next April, and then return here. After a few more years, it, too, will start its own family._三、 完形填空(共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分) (共1题；共15分)6. （15分）完形填空 Have you heard of Zhou Yang? She is now well known 1an excellent short track speed skater (短道速滑运动员). Zhou Yang is not an overnight 2. She was born in a poor family in Changchun on June 9th, 1991 and started 3at the age of 8.She fell in love with the 4at once when she put on her skates to train for the first time. Soon her talent (天赋) for short track speed skating was 5. Zhou Yang trained hard and made her way into the national team 6.In the world championships (锦标赛) in 2008, Zhou Yang set a world record in the 1, 500m event. Zhou Yang 7herself again in the 2010 Winter Olympics. Her performance gave China the 8gold medal in the womens 1, 500 meters in the Winter Olympics China had never won the event before.Winning the event is my dream, 9I still have one more dream, winning the relay (接力赛), Zhou Yang said.Her one more dream 10when she and her teammates won the womens 3, 000m short track relay with a new world record. （1）A . as B . like C . for D . with （2）A . problem B . fan C . success D . prize （3）A . skiing B . swimming C . running D . skating （4）A . season B . sport C . movie D . book （5）A . noticed B . refused C . received D . forgotten （6）A . sometimes B . as well C . at first D . at last （7）A . taught B . proved C . allowed D . accepted （8）A . first B . second C . third D . last （9）A . so B . but C . or D . if （10）A . saw off B . grew up C . came true D . ran away 四、 语法填空(共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分) (共1题；共10分)7. （10分）语法填空 Today is the _day of the new term, I went to school early.When I came into the classroom, I was_(surprise)at what I saw._was half an hour before class, most of the students were already sitting in their seats. Some were arranging their books. Others_(prepare) for their lessons.Zhanghua, my neighbour, was busy_(write) something. I walked over to him_(quiet), and saw that he was writing a plan for the new term. He looked up,_(smile)and said, Let me wish you a belated(迟来的）happy New Year, and hope youll make the greatest progress in the new term._(sudden), it hit me that the new year was over and_(I)face turned red. I must turn over a new leaf. I would make_new plan to