仁爱版2019-2020学年八年级下学期英语期中联考试卷B卷.doc

仁爱版2019-2020学年八年级下学期英语期中联考试卷B卷一、 听短对话，回答问题。 (共5题；共10分)1. （2分）What is the picture made of? A . Cloth.B . Water.C . Sand.D . Wood2. （2分）选择最佳应答语（ ） A . Yes, they areB . Yes, it isC . Yes, I am3. （2分）What does Jim think of his car? A . CleanB . ExpensiveC . Cool4. （2分）Who likes reading? A . Jim.B . Mary.C . Anna.5. （2分）What are they doing? A . They are exercising.B . They are watching TV.C . They are going to the movies.二、 听长对话和独白，回答问题。听下面2段对话和1段独白。每段对话 (共3题；共26分)6. （10分）听下面一段对话，回答问题。 （1）Who won the American general election on November 8, 2016? (Donald Trump/Hillary Clinton/Barack Obama) （2）What do we know about Donald Trump? (an Australian businessmanthe president of The Trump Organizationnot so rich) 7. （6分）听下面一段对话, 回答下列三个小题。 （1）What does the woman work for? A . A magazine.B . A newspaper.C . A school.（2）What does the man like best? A . Fishing.B . Playing computer games.C . Collecting stamps.（3）When did the man begin his favorite hobby? A . At the age of five.B . At the age of six.C . At the age of seven.8. （10分）听独白，回答问题。 （1）Mr.King is reading a . A . bookB . newspaperC . storybook（2）Mrs.King is . A . reading a bookB . cooking in the kitchenC . doing some housework（3）Alice is . A . playing chessB . doing her homeworkC . reading a storybook（4）There are people in Mr. Kings family. A . fourB . fiveC . two（5）Tony is playing with . A . his toysB . his computerC . his model plane三、 完形填空。 (共1题；共10分)9. （10分）阅读短文，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出能填在相应空白处的最佳选项。One day John was driving down a street in his new car. While he was driving, he saw some kids 1on the street. John slowed down. Suddenly, a brick（砖块）flew 2hit the door of Johns car.John stopped and jumped out of the 3. He was very angry and shouted, “ 4threw the brick? What are you doing?”A little boy came up and said, “Im sorry. I threw the brick because I need 5help.” Tears went down the boys face. Then he pointed 6a young man on the ground. “Thats my elder brother, sir. He fell out of his wheelchair and I cant lift him up. Would you please 7me get him back into his wheelchair? He gets hurt and hes too 8for me to carry.”John felt sorry. He helped 9lift his brother back into the wheelchair. The little boy said thanks to John. John felt happy 10he did a good thing.（1）A . plays B . playing C . played D . play （2）A . and B . but C . so D . although （3）A . bus B . taxi C . wheelchair D . car （4）A . Where B . What C . Who D . Which （5）A . your B . his C . her D . my （6）A . in B . at C . on D . for （7）A . take B . ask C . help D . tell （8）A . heavy B . light C . thin D . small （9）A . the brother B . the boy C . the driver D . the kids （10）A . if B . while C . before D . because 四、 阅读理解. (共4题；共42分)10. （8分）阅读下列短文，从下面每小题的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。CA frightening incident took place Sunday night on a plane. According to reports, the United Airlines overbooked (超额预订) the flight, so they asked passengers to give up four tickets so that four United Airline staff (工作人员) could take the seats. The airline first looked for volunteers. They offered $400 for anyone who agreed to leave the flight, then increased to $800 and a hotel stay, but no passengers would give up their seat. In the end, the airline staff used computer to select four people to be kicked off the flight.A 69-year-old passenger among the four unlucky passengers refused to leave and said he had to work at a hospital the next day. Three guards then showed up and pulled him out with force. The old man was badly hurt after the struggle. The flight finally left after two hours.The scene was recorded by other passengers and posted on the Internet. You can hear the old man shouting at the guards, saying what they were doing was wrong. Many people expressed their anger at the incident.The CEO of United Airlines defended the actions of the staff. In a letter he said to his staff, “Our people followed the rules for dealing with situations like this,” His response to the incident was thought as having a bad attitude. After the incident, United Airlines loses $800 million in the stock market (股市). A day and a half after the incident, United Airlines finally admitted it did something wrong. The government will survey the incident to find out whether the United Airlines had followed the rules.（1）Why did the flight select four passengers to leave the plane?A . Their luggage was too heavy.B . They were too late.C . The seats on the plane were not enough.D . They shouted on the plane.（2）Why didnt the old man give up his seat?A . He thought the flight did not offered enough money.B . He had to go back to the hospital to work.C . He had to go to see the doctor.D . He thought the computer was cheating.（3）How long did the staff take to solve the “problem”?A . In a very short timeB . About two hoursC . Almost one dayD . One and a half days（4）What did the CEO say to his staff in the letter?A . He asked them to apologize.B . He admitted they did something wrong.C . He supported his people.D . He expressed his anger.11. （6分）阅读下列材料，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳选项。(A)These years, Chinese began to win the international prizes in different areas. Its very important to all of us. Lets first introduce three of them.Mo Yan, the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2012Mo Yan, a well-known Chinese writer, is also the first Chinese writer who got this prize in history. When he was young, he was a little shy because he thought he wasnt good-looking. His mother encouraged him to face the fact bravely.When he was interviewed, he said he was only a normal person who could tell a lot of stories. He especially thanked his mother. He thought his mother had a strong influence on him.Tu Youyou, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2015Tu Youyou is a Chinese medical scientist. She is the best known for finding artemisinin(青蒿素) and dihydroartemisinin(二氢青蒿素)，used to treat malaria(疟疾), which saved a lot of lives. She is the first Chinese woman to win Nobel Prize in natural science.Tu Youyou was born on December 30th, 1930 in Ningbo, Zhejiang. After high school, she went to study medicine in Peking University. She was very interested in Traditional Chinese Medicine and kept on studying all the time.Cao Wenxuan, the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2016Cao Wemxuan is a Chinese childrens fiction writer. He is good at writing childrens stories.He was born in 1954 in a small village in Yancheng, Jiangsu Province. Cao spent his childhood in poverty, but he worked hard. He thought the poor life in the village gave him a lot. Recently, Caos books are very popular around the world and have found a large number of readers in Britain, France, Germany and Italy. （1）_ found one kind of medicine that can be used to help sick people. A . Mo YanB . Cao WenxuanC . Tu YouyouD . All above（2）Whats the most important for a successful person according to the article? A . Much money.B . A good job.C . A good luck.D . Working hard.（3）Which statement is RIGHT according to this passage? A . Mo Yan won the Nobel Prize in 2015.B . Tu Youyou won the Nobel Prize in Literature.C . Cao Wenxuan is a scientist.D . Mo Yan thought his mother had a strong influence on him.12. （8分）阅读下面材料，然后从各题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳选项。BJuly 4, 2015 was Americans 239th birthday. This country had an International Hot Dog Eating Competition for the big day.Since 2007, Joey Chestnut is always the winner of the competition. His best show was in 2009. He ate 69 hot dogs in ten minutes. This year, Chestnuts winning history came to an end. Matt Stonie, a 23-year-old man won the competition by eating 62 hot dogs. He ate two more than Chestnut. Stonie took home 10,000 dollars as a prize.Though it was the young mans first win here, Stonie already won some other eating competitions. He once got the first place in eating the most birthday cake (5.5 pounds in nine minutes).Women took part in the competition too. The 2015 womens winner was Miki Sudo who ate 38 hot dogs.It is said the competition started on July 4,1916. Now it is one of the traditions (传统) on Americas National Day.（1）Why does America have the International Hot Dog Eating Competition? A . To sell more hot dogs.B . To celebrate(庆祝) its birthday.C . To let people have fun.D . To get more visitors.（2）How many times did Joey Chestnut win the competition? A . Once.B . Seven times.C . Eight times.D . Nine times.（3）What do we know about Matt Stonie? A . He ate 60 hot dogs in the competition.B . It was his first time to take part in the eating competition.C . He once ate 5.5 pounds of birthday cake in five minutes.D . He won 10, 000 dollars in the competition.（4）Who is probably the writer of the passage? A . A news reporterB . A story writerC . A great pianistD . The winner13. （20分）The same life day by day is like eating white rice every day for your brain(大脑). Playing games with your mind(头脑) keeps your brains quick, and make your memory and powers of reasoning much better. Try the following fun and free activities to stimulate your brain.Use the opposite hand: If you are right-handed, become a lefty. Changing the hand you usually use can get your brain thinking in a different way.Talk to yourself: Pick one hour a day to discuss something with yourself. Describe what you see, what you are doing, or what you are going to do. Talking while thinking is a great brain booster(助推器).Write down your dream: You can write out your wishes and goals(目标) and they can call your attention. Keep a pen and paper next to your bed. You can record your sleeping dreams with them. It is a fun way to get your brain thinking. Along with increasing memory, trying to unlock the secret behind your sleeping brain is one way to get to know yourself better.Walk on: Just like the body, your brain needs exercise, too. Walking can increase blood circulation(血液循环), which encourages blood vessels(血管) in your brain grow, raise energy production and throw away the waste. So walk anywhere at anywhere at anytime if possible.（1）The same life day by day is like eating white _ every day for your brain.A . riceB . bread C . dumplings（2）The same life day by day is like eating white _ every day for your brain.A . riceB . bread C . dumplings（3）The underlined word“stimulate”means “_”.A . makeclearB . makeactiveC . makewide（4）The underlined word“stimulate”means “_”.A . makeclearB . makeactiveC . makewide（5）Talking while _ is a great brain booster.A . sleepingB . thinkingC . laughing（6）Talking while _ is a great brain booster.A . sleepingB . thinkingC . laughing（7）Keep a pen and paper next to your bed, and you can record your sleeping _.A . timesB . placesC . dreams（8）Keep a pen and paper next to your bed, and you can record your sleeping _.A . timesB . placesC . dreams（9）The passage is mainly talking about _.A . how to use your brainB . how to improve your brainC . how to manage your brain.（10）The passage is mainly talking about _.A . how to use your brainB . how to improve your brainC . how to manage your brain.五、 词汇运用。 (共2题；共6分)14. （5分）选词填空根据短文内容，从方框中选择恰当的单词完成句子。部分单词在填入前需进行词形转换，每个单词只能用一次，每空只能填一词。 go at build many lookIm really_forward to my visit to the Louvre Museum (卢浮宫) in Paris. Its the most visited museum in the world - every year, many people visit it. The Louvre is in an old_, but to get inside you must_through a huge glass pyramid that is_than 200 metres tall. The entrance (入口) to the museum is_the bottom of the pyramid. Some people do not like the glass pyramid. But I think it looks great!15. （1分）The clouds in the sky have different_（形状)六、 语法填空。 (共1题；共1分)16. （1分）I _(visit) my grandfather last week.七、 任务型阅读。 (共1题；共5分)17. （5分）任务型阅读 As Grade Nine students, we are as busy as bees. Every day we have to spend a lot of time finishing our homework, so we dont have much time to do sports. However, almost all the students realize the importance of exercise. We still try to spare time(课余时间) to do sports after school.Tom (a 15-year-old boy from Class 9)Doing sports is part of my life. As soon as the bell of the last class rings every day, I will be excited and rush out of the classroom to play football with my classmates in the football field. Playing football can help me keep healthy and always make me energetic(精力充沛的). In this way I can learn better later on.Lucy (a 14-year-old girl from Class 6)Rope skipping(跳绳