2020-2021学年天河区八年级第一学期期末考试英语试题（含答案）

2020八年级英语151151~15A、B、CDMarcolookedatthebasketballhoop篮圈andthrewtheballup.Score!Marcoshoutedastheballwent1thebasketballhoop.“Youwonthistime,butnexttimeI2betterthanyou,Marco!”“Iwishwecouldplayatthepark.Butthebasketballhoopinourneighborhoodpark3_brokensincelastFriday.Iguessthere4nothingwecando.”MarcoandKimwalkedpasttherecyclingcenter.TheysawMr.Morse_5plastic,paperandmetalthingsthere.Marcolookedatalltheoldthings6foralongtime.“Well,wonderful!Thatgivesme7idea!”hesaid.“Mr.Morse,doyouhaveanythingforustoreusetomakeabasketballhoop?”Mr.Morsepickedupaplasticbasket.“Ithinkyoucantakeit8youaregoingtomakeone.”“Itlooksuseless,oldandbroken.Iwantanewbasketballhoop!”saidKim.“ 9 thingsisagreatwaytostopwaste.”saidMarco.“Isn’titalsomeaningfultomakesomethingonourown?”“Thatsounds10!Iguesswecantry,”saidKim,“butIstilldon’tbelieveitwillbeas11asanewone.”TheytookthebaskettoMarco’shouseandfoundsomewoodinanoldgarden.Togethertheymadeapostandabackboard.12timelater,wheneachpartwasready,theytookeverythingtotheparkandsetupthehoop.“Wow,Iwaswrong.”saidKim.“Itisworth13itanditlooksbetterthanIthought!I’mhappythatwemadeour 14_basketballhoop.Wecanplaybasketballherenow.”Thetwofriendsplayeduntildinnertimeandenjoyed 15 .1.A.pastB.throughC.acrossD.over2.A.playB.playsC.willplayD.toplay3.A.hasbeenB.wasC.willbeD.havebeen4.A.wereB.areC.wasD.is5.A.collectsB.collectedC.collectingD.tocollect6.A.quietB.quietlyC.morequietlyD.quieter7.A.aB.anC.theD./8.A.soB.becauseC.ifD.but9.A.ReuseB.ReusesC.ReusingD.Reused10.A.interestB.interestsC.interestedD.interesting11.A.goodB.wellC.betterD.best12.A.SomeB.ManyC.AfewD.Any13.A.doB.todoC.doingD.does14.A.oneB.firstC.thefirstD.ones15.A.themB.theyC.theirD.themselves二、完形填空（10110）佳答案。Onceuponatime,akingwenttoavillage.Heplacedalargestoneinthemiddleofthemainroadand16somegoldcoinsunderthestone.Thenhestoodbehindatreeandwatched.Atfirsthesawamilkmanwithhiscart(手推车).Heknockedintothestoneandthe17wasallovertheground.“Oh,no!Myboysneeditforbreakfast!Whatafoolheistoputthisstonehere?”heshouted.Hepickedhimselfupandwentaway 18 .Thekingwatchedallday.Manypeopletrippedover(绊倒)thestoneandactedsimilarly.However,hefoundthat19triedtomoveit.Thekingthought,“Isthereanyonetryingtokeeptheirneighborsfrom20?”Justthen,ayounggirl,thedaughterofalocalfarmer,camealong.Shehadbeenwasvery21.Butwhenshesawthestone,shesaidtoherself,“Peoplemayknockintoitandgethurt.I’llmoveitoutoftheway.”Finally,thegirlsucceededinpushingthestonetothesideoftheroad.Tohersurprise,shesawthecoinsunderthestone.She_22andfoundnobody.Justthen,thekingsteppedoutfrombehindthetree.“Oh,sir!”thegirlsaid,“Isthisgoldyours?Ifnot,wesurelymustfindthe 23 ,forhewillcertainlymissit.”Thekingsaid,“Youareso24!Mydear,thegoldismine,butnowthegoldisyours.Youaretheonlypersonthatthinksaboutothers.Peopleshouldn’tjustcomplainand25otherstosolvetheirproblems.”16.A.hidB.droppedC.lostD.pulled17.A.waterB.wineC.teaD.milk18.A.happilyB.surprisedlyC.angrilyD.confidently19.A.nobodyB.somebodyC.anybodyD.everybody20.A.safetyB.dangerC.challengeD.help21.A.excitedB.relaxedC.tiredD.bored22.A.lookedforB.lookedafterC.lookedaroundD.lookedout23.A.driverB.farmerC.milkmanD.owner24.A.attractiveB.beautifulC.kindD.intelligent25.A.promiseB.wantC.teachD.train三、阅读（35）第一节阅读理解（15小题;230分）ABCD上将该项涂黑。(A)Whathomeworkdidyoudointhewinterholiday?Nowhomeworkisnotonlyaboutexercisesbutalsoprojects,experimentsandevensomesocialwork.Takealookatsomestudents’specialhomework.StudyingsnacksWangYang’sbiologyteacheraskedthemtostudythenutrients营养)ofdifferentsnacksHebought10kindsofsnacks.Thenhetriedtofindouttheiringredient成分)listsonebyone,suchastheamountofsugar,fatandsoon.“Wearetolditisnotgoodtoeattoomanysnacks.Theyhavehighcalories(卡路里).Butwealwayspaynoattentiontoit.”hesaid.Afterstudyingtheingredientsofeachsnack,hefounditwastrue.Hesaid,“IdidtheexperimentmyselfandIbecomeinterestedindoingexperiments.”PhysicsinreallifeWithsomeplasticine,steelballsandaping-pongball,couldyoumakeatumbler?ThisisthephysicshomeworkofHuangJiali,14.Huangfirstcuttheping-pongballinhalf.Thensheputtheplasticineandsteelballsintooneofthem.Thebottomofthetumblerwasmade.Finally,shealsousedthepapertomaketheatumble“hat”.“Nextterm,wewilllearnaboutthecenterofgravity.Thishomeworkmadememoreinterestedinit.”shesaid.LearningonthejobDingDing,15,workedasaguideinthelocalmuseumduringhisholiday.Dinghelpedvisitorstolearnaboutcoins.Inordertomakehisintroductionmorelively,hegotmoreinformationfromtheInternet.Heworkedthreehoursadaywithouttakingabreak.Buthefeltitmeaningful.“Ilearnedalottocommunicatewithothersbetter.”hesaid.InParagraph1,howmanykindsofhomeworkdothewritermention?One. B.Two. C.Three. D.Four.WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaccordingtothepassage?WangYangdidhisexperimentwithhisteacher.HuangJialihasmadeatumblerwithoutpaper.DingDingspentthreedaysworkinginthelocalmuseum.Thethreestudentsaboveallenjoyedtheirhomework.Wecanmostprobablyfindthispassagefrom .aschoolnewspaper B.ascienceencyclopediaC.aschooladvertisement D.asciencemagazine(B)Sallylovedcarsmorethananythingelse.Thisspringshethoughtofbuildingago-karttoenterfortheGo-GoRace.Sosheaskedherdadforhelp.“Well,”hesaid.“Howaboutthis:dosomeresearch(研究)firstandthencomebacktomewithadesign?”Aweeklater,Sallybroughthernotesanddrawingstoherdad.Shenamedhergo-kart“BlueLightning”.Herdadlookedoverherwork,thinking.“Well,that’sinteresting.”hesaid.“Haveatry.JustbuildBlueLightningasyou’vedesigned.”Overthreeweekendsofhardwork,Sallyturnedherdesignintoareal,workinggo-kartandpainteditlightblue.Dadaskedhertotakeitforatestdrive.Sallyagreed.Aftertesting.Sallydrovebacktoherdad.“Well,”shesaid.“NowIknowwhyyoutoldmetohaveatestdrive.”“Oh,doyou?”hesaid.“Pleaseshare.”“WhenIdrovefast,therewasalotofpushback(回推力),”shesaid.“Ithinkit’sbecauseoftheshape.”“Verygood!”Dadsaid.“So,whydidn’tyoutellmeaboutthatproblem?”Sallyasked.Dadlaughed.“Where’sthefuninthat?Ifyougiveamanafish,he’lleatforaday.Butifyouteachamantofish,he’lleatforalifetime.”Sallysaid,“Isee.Actually,designingishalfthefun!”Dadsmiled.“Good.Sometimes,learninghappensduringtheprocess(过程).Welearnhowtodosomethingrightbydoingitafewtimesfirstandmakingmistakesalongtheway.”ThatencouragedSallyandsheworkedevenharder.WhensheshowedDadhernewgo-kart,henoddedwithasmile.Finallycametherace.Sallywasn’tworriedabouttheresult—inhermind,shehadalreadywon,bybuildingsomethingbetterthaneverbefore.WhydidSallyaskherdadforhelp?TowinaGo-GoDesign. B.Todosomeresearchongo-karts.C.TotakepartintheGo-GoRace. D.Tofindouthercars’problems.HowlongdidittakeSallytobuildthegokartintotal?Oneweek. B.Twoweeks.C.Lessthanthreeweeks. D.Morethanfourweeks.Inwhatorderdidthestoryhappen?Sallyfoundhergo-karthadalotofpushback.Sallydidsomeresearchongo-kart.Sallymadealightbluego-kartandnamedit.Sallyshowedherdadanewgo-kart.Sallyhadatestdriveforhergo-kart.A.b-c-e-a-d B.a-b-c-e-d C.b-c-d-a-e D.c-e-b-a-dWhydidn’tDadtellSallyabouttheproblem?Because .hedidn’tnoticetheproblemSallywouldnotlistentohimhedidn’twantSallytowastetimehewantedSallytofinditoutherself(C)Sometimes,whenyou’replayingmobilegamesortakingavideocallathome,doyoufindthenetworkspeedistooslow?Whenyoutrytodownloadamovieonyourphone,doesitseemtotakealifetime?Youdon’thavetoworryabouttheseproblemsbecause5Gnetworksarehere!The“G”in“5G”meansgeneration(ofmobilenetworktechnology).1Gletustalktoeachother.2Gletussendmessages.3Ggaveusmobiledataandinternet,and4Gmadeallofthesethingsfaster.Sowhatwill5Gbring?Firstofall,5GissofastthatitwillallowyoutodownloadawholeHDmovieinseconds.Thedelay延时betweensendingandreceivingdatawillbeshorterNow4Gtakesabout100to200milliseconds,whilehumanshaveareaction反应timeofabout200to300milliseconds.But5Gwillbeabletodoitin1millisecondorless,whichmeansalmostnodelay.Becauseof5G’sfasterspeed,newkindsoftechnologybecomepossible.Arobotwillbeusedtodooperationsbecausedoctorswillbeabletocontrolitfromsomewhereelseatthesametime.Self-drivingcarswillbeabletorunmoresafelybecausetheycaneasilycommunicatewitheachotherandwithtrafficlights.5GalsomakestheIoTinternetofthings(物联网)possible.IoTisalargenetworkthatconnectsnearlyeverything.Forexample,yourcoffeemakermightbeabletostartmakingyourbreakfastafteryouralarmclockrings.Allinall,5Gwillshapeeverytypeoftechnologythatittouches.Andyouwon’thavetowaittoolongforthattohappen.Whatisspecialabout5Gaccordingtothepassage?Providingmobiledata. B.Providinganevenfasterspeed.C.Lettingpeopletalkwitheachother.D.Lettingpeoplesendmessages.Whatdoestheword“it”inParagraph4referto?5G. B.Anewtechnology.C.Arobot. D.Anoperation.Whatcanwelearnfromthelastparagraph?5Gwillbecomethemostimportantpartintechnology.5Gwillchangeourlifealot,especiallyintechnology.Everykindoftechnologywillhaveitsownshape.Everykindoftechnologywillchangeourlifegreatly.Whatisthewriter’sopinionabout5G?Hethinkshehasnoideaaboutit. B.Heisagainsttheideaofusingit.C.Hethinksithasabrightfuture. D.Hethinksitwilltakealongtime.(D)Mostadultsrememberlittleaboutwhathappenedintheirveryearlychildhood.Asaresult,somepeoplethinkthatwecan’tformmemoriesbeforeourfourthorfifthbirthdays.Butresearchonearlymemorieshassuggestedthatthisisnottrue.Itshowsthatwedoformmemoriesataveryyoungage.However,whatwerememberaboutourveryearlylivesseemstochangeaswegetolder.ScientistsinCanadaworkedwith140children(aged4-13).First,theyaskedthechildrentotelltheirearliestmemories.Thentheyaskedthemhowoldtheywerewhentheevents(事件)happened.Next,theyaskedthekids’parentstomakesurethattheeventsactuallyhappenedAndalltheanswerswererecorded.Thescientistswaitedfortwoyearsbeforetheywentbacktothechildrenandaskedthemagain,“What’syourearliestmemory?”Nearlyallthechildren(aged4-7)inthefirstinterviewsaidsomethingverydifferentinthesecondinterview.However,manyofthechildren(aged10-13)atthefirstinterviewdescribedexactlythesamememoryinthesecondinterview.Thisseemstosuggestthatourmemorieschangeintheearlyyears,butataroundtheageoften,thethingsthatweremembergetfixed.Thescientistsarenowtryingtofindoutwhychildrenremembersomeeventsbutnotothers.Wesometimesthinkthatourfirstorearlymemoriesareabouttrouble.Butinthisstudy,troublewasonlyasmallpartofwhatthechildrensaidtheyremembered.Moreoften,theirearlymemorieswerehappyones.Thescientistsaretryingtoworkoutwhy.Wearelookingforwardtomoreinterestingdiscoveryaboutmemoriesfromscientists.WhichofthefollowingisTRUEabouttheresearch?Scientistsinterviewed140childrenaged(7-13).Scientistsfoundoutwhykids’eventshappened.Scientistsinterviewedthechildrentwoyearslateragain.Scientistsaskedadifferentquestioninthesecondinterview.Whatdoestheunderlinedword“fixed”meaninParagraph3?可变的 B.固定的 C.遗忘的 D.增长的Whatdidthescientistsfindout?Allthechildrenanswereddifferently.Childrenonlymemorizedtheirtrouble.Ourmemorydidn’tchangeinearlyyearsatall.Children’searlymemoriesareoftenhappyones.Whydoesthewriterwritethispassage?Toexplainhowimportantmemoryis.Totelluswhattheinterviewisabout.Tointroducewhymemoriesalwayschange.Toshowsomefactsaboutearlymemories.第二节阅读填空（515分）项涂黑。AnAmericanfriendhasinvitedyoutovisithisfamily.You’veneverbeentoanAmerican’shomebefore,whatshouldyoudo? 41 hospitality待客之道).

That’sAmericanAmericanhospitalitybeginsathome—especiallyaboutfood.Formostdinners,youcanwearanycomfortableclothesyoulike.Arriveontime,orcalltotellyourhostsifyoucan’t.Duringthedinnertalk,guestswilloftenpraisethehostessforthewonderfulmeal.42Whenyou’vehadenough,youmightwanttocleanthetableorwashthedishes.Butyourhostsmaynotletyoudoit.43Therethehostsandtheguestsmaycontinuetheirtalk,havingdessertwithteaorcoffee.Afteraboutanhour’stalk,it’stimeforyoutoleave.Ofcourse,thebiggestpraiseistoeatlotsoffood!Here’sagoodruleOfcourse,thebiggestpraiseistoeatlotsoffood!Here’sagoodruleforguests:Shortstaysarebest.Instead,theymayinviteeveryonetomovetothelivingroom.Trytokeepyourlivingareacleanandtidywhilestayinginahostfamily.Theansweris:whenyou’retheguest,youshouldjustmakeyourselfathome.四、写作（30）第一节语篇填词（515分）根据短文内容及首字母提示，写出所缺单词。BeforetheInternetappeared,peoplewenttolibrariestosearchforfacts,figuresandstoriesinabigcollectionofbooksknownasencyclopaedia.Anencyclopaedia46.i Itgivesacompleteintroductionoftheknowledge.Forexample,encyclopediaof47.c andcustomsmaytalkaboutlifestylesandfestivalsindifferentcountries.Theword“encyclopaedia”comesfromthe48.a Greeklang