浙江省杭州市钱塘新区2019-2020学年八年级下学期期末学业水平测试英语试题（WORD版）

1、2019学年第二学期学业水平测试八年级英语（考试时间100分钟 总分120分）考生须知1. 本试卷满分120分，考试时间100分钟。2. 答题前，在答题卷的指定位置上填写学校、班级、姓名。3. 必须在答题卷的对应位置答题，写在其他地方无效。1-50小题在答题纸上涂黑作答，答题纸答题方式详见答题纸上的说明。4. 做听力题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有1分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题纸上。第I卷第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）第一节（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）听下面5段对话，每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听

2、完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答相关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1. What's the matter with Mike?A. He gets injured. B. He has a cold. C. He has a fever.2. Which festival does Sarah like best?A. The Water Festival. B. The Dragon Boat Festival. C. The Spring Festival. 3. Where was Mike after school?A. In the library. B.

3、On the playground. C. At home. 4. When does the train leave?A. At 9:30. B. At 10:00. C. At 10:30.5. How does the woman go to work?A. By car. B. On foot. C. By bike.第二节（共10小题，每小题2分，满分20分）听下面3段对话或独白，每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你有时间阅读各小题，每小题5秒钟。听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两

4、遍。听下面一段对话，回答第6至第8三个小题。6. Which Disneyland will the woman speaker visit?A. The one in Hong Kong. B. The one in Paris. C. The one in Los Angeles. 7. How long will she spend on the beaches?A. For a day. B. For two days. C. For five days. 8. Where will she stay during the trip?A. At her aunt's. B. I

5、n a home-stay. C. In the hotel. 听下面一段对话，回答第9至第11三个小题。9. Why does Anna like Sam Austin's songs?A. Because they're new. B. Because they're popular. C. Because they're about t10. When can Mark borrow the CD from Anna?A. Two days later. B. Next month. C. At this weekend. 11. What can we

6、learn from the conversation?A. Sam Austin can both sing and write songs. B. Mark knows the singer very well. C. Anna prefers to listen to the songs on the Internet. 听下面一段独白，回答第12至第15四个小题。12. Who does Sarah leave voice message for?A. Lisa. B. Mary. C. John. 13. Why are they going to have a meal at Ma

7、rio's Restaurant?A. To celebrate Sarah's birthday. B. To make more friends. C. To celebrate the end of the school year. 14. When are they going to meet?A. On Friday. B. On Thursday. C. On Tuesday.15. What are they going to do after dinner?A. See a movie. B. Go dancing. C. Do shopping.第二部分 阅读

8、理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项。AForget babysittingOK, OK, It's true. Looking after the neighbour's baby isn't the most interesting job in the world. But what other work can a teenager do?GardeningBusy people always need help in the garden. In spring

9、you can plant flowers, in summer you can water and cut down the lawn, in autumn you can sweep dead leaves and in winter you can cleansnow. Pet careDo your neighbour have pets? Yes? Then you're in luck! Talk to them and offer to walk their dog, clean out the fish tank or feed their cat. You can e

10、ven look after their pet when they go on holiday. Helping with homeworkAre you good at music, a foreign language, or maths? Then you can help younger children with their homework. Teaching computingSome old people can't use a computer. Remember-they probably didn't have a computer when they

11、were children. You can make money teaching them to use the computer. Car cleaningYou can wash people's cars weekly or monthly. 16. What can you do in a garden in summer?A. Plant flowers. B. Sweep leaves. C. Look after the lawn. D. Clean the sow. 17. If you are good at a foreign language, what wo

12、rk cam you do'?A. Helping with homework. B. Pet care. C. Teaching computing. D. Car cleaning. 18. What can we learn from the article?A. The article is for busy people. B. The writer don't think babysitting is interesting. C. You can help wash cars every day. D. You have to teach old people t

13、o use computer for free. BBooks have great power. Between their pages, readers can be on a journey to anywhere imaginable and become just about anyone or anything. Unluckily, many children all over the world don't have chances to read books!Maria Keller, a 16-year-old girl from America, has been

14、 changing that fact for several years. When she was 8 years old, Maria already loved reading. She also noticed that some of her classmates didn't read as much as she did. When she asked her mother why that could be, her mother said that they might not be able to afford（负担得起） books. Maria had nev

15、er thought of this. She could not believe that some children might not have bedtime stories read to them. She decided to change this. With her mother's help. , Maria created an organization named Read Indeed to collect and sent books to children in need. At first，Maria set the goal（目标）to collect

16、 and give out I million books by the time she was 18. It was at her age of 13 that she reached her goal. Today, at age 16, she has collected over 2. 8 million books and has shipped them to many states and countries around the world. She says. "I cannot live without books. As I continue my goal,

17、 I have learned that the number of kids who have no books are in the hundreds of millions. So I just can't give up, even after reaching my original goal of I million books. "She has recently set a new goal: to give out books to kids in need in every state in the United States, and every cou

18、ntry in the world. 19. What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?A. When Maria started loving reading books. B. What her mother told her about reading books. C. Why Maria decided to start Read Indeed. D. How the life was without bedtime stories. 20. Maria started Book Indeed in order to _.A. raise money to b

19、uy books for children B. encourage children to read more booksC. sell cheap books to poor children D. give out books to children in need 21. When did she get to the goal of I million books?A. At her age of 8. B. At her age of 13. C. At her age of 16. D. At her age of 18. 22. The underlined word &quo

20、t;original" in Paragraph 4 most probably means"_".A. the earliest B. the easiestC. the nicest D. the latestCMany people think bamboo is a tree. But it is not-it is a kind of grass. There are l,500 different kinds of bamboo. It grows mainly in East and Southeast Asia. It also grows in

21、Latin America, India and parts of Africa and Australia. People all over the world use it. People in the past used bamboo for many things. They made musical instruments（乐器）and weapons（武器）with bamboo. Artists used it for pain brushes and paper. Fishermen used it to make tools for catching fish. Some p

22、eople even made boats from bamboo!In China and India, doctors use bamboo in traditional medicine. Bamboo is also very useful for cooking. People put food inside the empty bamboo plant. This is a good container for cooking soup, rice or tea. But people also eat bamboo as a healthy food. Most Asian co

23、untries have special foods made from bamboo shoots. There are many modern uses for bamboo. In 1879，Thomas Edison made the fist light bulb（灯泡）. He made it with bamboo! People also use bamboo to make beautiful cloth. It is even in some machines to clean water! Bamboo is an amazing plant!These are just

24、 a few of the many ways people use bamboo. But bamboo is useful for a much more important reason. It is useful while it grows! Growing bamboo helps the environment in many ways. Bamboo makes the air clean and it does this more quickly than trees. Bamboo also provides shade and shelter from the sun.

25、Bamboo can grow about 60 centimeters in only one day. The bamboo plant grows to its full size in just three or four months. Some kinds of bamboo then become dry and hard. So, bamboo is ready to use in only three years. 23. What do people think of bamboo as food?A. Delicious. B. Terrible. C. Importan

26、t. D. Healthy. 24. The writer feels _ when talking about bamboo's modern uses in Paragraph 4. A. angry B. surprised C. sad D. bored25. Which of the following statement is NOT true about bamboo?A. Bamboo is a kind of grass. B. Bamboo grows all over the world. C. Bamboo grows very fast. D. Bamboo

27、makes the air clean. 26. The writer wrote the passage in order to _.A. introduce different kinds of bamboo B. explain the reasons of people loving bamboo C. show bamboo has always been useful D. describe the history of people growing bamboo DEverybody yawns（打哈欠）. But why do people yawn? It's cle

28、ar that it's because we are tired, but why does being tired makes us strong? How does yawning help us? The truth is that we don't know the answers to these questions. Scientists have different ideas about why we yawn, but no one know them for sure. The first one is the "oxygen（氧气）idea&q

29、uot;. When we are bored or tired, we just don't breathe as deeply as we usually do. As this idea goes, our bodies take in less oxygen because our breathing has slowed. So, yawning helps us bring more oxygen into the blood. However, these days more and more scientists are against this idea. The n

30、ext one is the "nature idea. According to this idea, our ancestors（祖先）used to show their teeth to dangerous animals. They did that in order to scare the other animals. The idea suggests（表明）that the modern human have remained these habits. The problem with this idea is that there arent enough su

31、pporting facts. The most recent idea is the "brain cooler idea". According to it, we yawn when our brains get to warm. Yawning makes our brains cooler again. Why is this important? When our brains are cooler, we can think more clearly. Scientists believe that the idea will be proved（证明）to

32、be true in the future. Here are a few other interesting facts about yawning. If you see another person yawn, then you will be more likely to yawn, too. Second, we yawn even before we are born. Studies have shown that babies yawn while they are still in their mothers' stomachs. They start to yawn

33、 after 24 weeks. Finally we are more likely to yawn when we are bored. 27. The underlined word "them" refers to（指代）"_" in Paragraph1.A. ideas. B. scientists. C. yawnsD. questions28. What happens when our brains are cooler?A. We become more tired. B. We feel cooler. C. We get more

34、 oxygen. D. We think more clearly. 29. Which idea do the scientists agree on most?A. The oxygen idea. B. The nature idea. C. The brain cooler idea. D. All of them. 30. According to the passage, we know that _.A. you might follow someone beside you to yawn B. scientists have known why people yawn C.

35、we yawn only because we are bored D. we start to learn yawning when we are born第二节（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）下面文章中共有5处（第31-35题）需要添加小标题。请从以下选项（A、B、C、D、E 和F）中选出符合各段意思的首句。选项中有一项是多余选项。AExercise regularlyBRest your eyesCEat more fruits and vegetablesDHave regular eye examsEKeep your hands cleanFWear sunglassesHow

36、 To Take Care of your EyesA lot of people don't think about protecting their eyes before something goes wrong. There's a lot we can do to keep our eyes healthy. Here are some of our tips. 31. _We've always been told we should be getting 5 different kinds of fruit or vegetables a day Howe

37、ver, a study shows it would be much better to have 10 kinds of fruit and vegetables a day!32. _Don't look at a computer screen all day. You should give your eyes a break. Please follow the 20-20-20 rule. Every 20 minutes look 20 feet into the distance for at least 20 seconds. 33. _Even on cloudy

38、 days，ultraviolet light （UV）（紫外线） can harm your eyes. Make sure your sunglasses have 100%。 UV protection, this will mean you'll be protected from both UVA and UVB radiation. 34._Every time you touch your eyes with unclean hands，you're putting bacteria（细菌）into the eye area. Make sure hands ar

39、c clean and dry when you are wearing your glasses. 35. _A lot of people will say they don't have the time to get their eyes checked. They might also think there's no point because they aren't in pain and they can see well. Regular sight tests are important and will help you be out of tro

40、uble before it can get worse. 第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分25分）第一节完形填空（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出一个最佳选项。I till remembered the afternoon when my wife had an operation（手术）. The small waiting room in the 36 was full of people who were waiting for their families or friends. There was a

41、 young boy sitting 37 . He held a box of crayons and some pieces of paper. He put his paper on the lap and 38 something quite often. People 39 one by one. As _40 passed, I began to see the room was almost empty（空的）. "Daddy, is Mommy 41 ?"the boy broke the silence. "She will be OK, hon

42、ey, "his father answered. " 42 _is Mommy going home?" "Tomorrow, " his father replied. The boy looked towards the sunshine 43 the window. Then he 44 his crayons and drew a rising sun on the paper. "When is 45 , Daddy?" he asked. "There are three days in life,

43、yesterday, today and tomorrow. One is over and done, one we live in, the other we 46 _ We can't live in yesterday, 47 if we are happy enough today, we will be even happier tomorrow, "he said gently and tried to 48 _the son. The boy looked at his father for a moment and said, "If Mommy

44、is going home tomorrow, I'll be 49 So, I want it to be tomorrow already, Daddy. ""Son, the one great thing about today is once it 50 , it's already almost tomorrow. "36. A. hospital B. hotel C. shop D. airport 37. A. angrily B. quietly C. carefully D. strictly38. A. wrote B. f

45、old C. copy D. drew 39. A. cameB. left C. ranD. lost 40. A. hoursB. daysC. weeks D. years41. A. in order B. in factC. in dangerD. in silence 42. A. When B. Why C. HowD. Where 43. A. inB. onC. throughD. of44. A. looked for B. gave out C. cut offD. picked up 45. A. future B. yesterday C. todayD. tomor

46、row46. A. expect B. spend C. waste D. work47. A. so B. butC. and D. or48. A. warm B. adviceC. promise D. change49. A. luckier B. happierC. friendlier D. healthier50. A. passes B. continues C. endsD. lasts第II卷注意将答案写在答题纸上，写在本试卷上无效。第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分25分）第二节（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1 个单词）或括

47、号内单词的正确形式。将答案填写在答题纸的相应位置。On June 12th, 2019, 10-year-old Selah Schneiter set a record. She is now _51_(young) person to successfully complete the climb up "The Nose" of El Capitan（酋长岩）. El Capitan is 914_ 52 _(meter) high. Climbing El Capitan is not an easy job if you're in a hurry. 53

48、 some people have tried to climb El Capitan in a day, most people spend four or five. Selah set off 54 her father Mike Schneiter and a friend of his, Mark Regier. They spent their time 55 (enjoy) their mornings and their lunchtimes. It was hard at times. She was tired and scared sometimes, but she s

49、till 56 (keep) going. At 5:45 in the afternoon on the _57 (five)day, they finally reached the top. anyone thinking about climbing EI Capitan, Selah says, "_ 58 is not necessary for a person to do something like that. You have to put your mind to it and think about it. "Selah 59 (have) a lo

50、ve of climbing since she was young. Her father and mother fell in love on El Capitan. That story is part of what made her want _ 60_(climb) it. 第四部分 写作（共两节，满分 25分）第一节单词拼写（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）根据下列句子及所给的首字母，在答题纸上按题号写出各单词的正确、完全形式（每空限填一词）。61. To be h_, I have never seen such beautiful paintings before. 2.

51、 The rain was b_ heavily against the window. 63. What's the d_ today? It's 30th June. 64. Li Hua has lived a_ for many years, but he still celebrates Chinese traditional festivals. 65. At birth, a baby panda w_ about 0.1 kilo. 66. Jim takes many after-school classes from basketball practice

52、to football t_.67. He lay down on the s_ and comfortable bed. 68. Keep walking u_ you get to the cinema, and then turn left.69. Tom helped me to f_ up my broken bike yesterday. 70. The tea art performances show how to make a p_ cup of tea with beautiful tea sets. 第二节书面表达（共1小题，满分15分）假定你是李平，你收到意大利朋友Linda的来信，请你阅读后回复。词数80词左右。Dear Li Ping, How is it going? I have joined the Chinese culture club at our school. My teacher says Journey to the West is a traditional Chinese book and I'm really interes