湖南省2019-2020学年八年级上学期期中英语试卷

1.How many films are put on（上演）on Wednesday?

A.Four. B.Three. C.Two.

2.The director of Wolf Warriors 2 is________.

A.Wu Jing B.Liu Weiqiang C.Ben Stassen

3.Mrs. Green wants to watch The Son of Bigfoot with her ten-year-old son on Sunday. She should pay________.

A.30 yuan B.35 yuan C.45 yuan

4.Which of the films is about history?

A.Wolf Warriors 2 B.The Founding of An Army C.The Son of Bigfoot

5.Three main actors are mentioned in the films________.

A.Wolf Warriors 2 and The Founding of An Army

B.Wolf Warriors 2 and The Son of Bigfoot

C.The Son of Bigfoot and The Fate of the Furious

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A book-sharing program

Where can you borrow a book? Of course in a library! But in Hefei, Anhui Province, you can also do it in some bookstores.

Ten bookstores in Hefei are doing a book-sharing program. With an app on the smart phone and a 99-yuan deposit, a reader can borrow up to 2 books from any one of the ten bookstores and keep them for up to 10 days for free. Readers just need to scan the QR code (扫描二维码) on the back of each book to borrow and return it.

The program started from a Xinhua Bookstore in Hefei on July 16, 2017. Since then, more than 20,000 people have borrowed over 100,000 books through the app. Now not only the readers in Hefei can borrow books from the stores, but the readers in Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, too. 120 convenience stores in the city joined the program on August 26, 2017. There are about 300 new books for readers to borrow.

For some people, it’s much easier to get to a bookstore than to a library. And the shared books are often new and popular. The people that started the book-sharing program hope that it can encourage more people to read in China.

1.Where did the book-sharing program start?

A.In Changsha. B.In Shijiazhuang. C.In Hefei.

2.How many bookstores are doing a book-sharing program?

A.10. B.99. C.120.

3.What does the underlined word “deposit” mean in Chinese?

A.押金 B.罚款 C.工资

4.Which of the following is TRUE?

A.If a reader is a member of the program, he can borrow up to three books.

B.The program started from a Xinhua Bookstore in Hefei on June 16, 2017.

C.For some people, it’s much easier to get to a bookstore than to a library.

5.Why did the people start the book-sharing program?

A.Because they want to make money in　 China.

B.Because some people don’t want to buy books to read.

C.Because they hope that it can encourage more people to read in China.

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While the World Cup was going on, everyone was talking about soccer all over the world. And a young hostess named Yang Mingming from China caught many people’s eyes.

Yang, 26 years old, is an experienced( 富 有 经 验 的 ) hostess. She began working for CCTV-5 after leaving the Communication University of China. Before she went to Moscow for the World Cup, she also reported the 2012 London Olympic Games and hosted Chinese soccer show Who is the King.

Yang’s excellent reports got her a number of fans in China. Now she has over 515,000 followers on Sina Weibo. “She is so great! ”“I love the program!” said her fans. Yang is also a fan of soccer. “I love Cristiano Ronaldo the best. I think he is really good, although my husband Mike likes Messi.”Yang said.

When it came to her Internet fame(声誉), Yang said that she was not a big banana and she was just a hostess from CCTV.

“We have lots of work from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. That’s 14 hours in all, and we have only 5 hours of sleep every day. But I think it’s my great honor(荣誉) to report on the World Cup.” “I’m really thankful,” she said.

1.Why did Yang has a number of fans?

A.Because of her Internet fame. B.Because of her Sina Weibo. C.Because of her excellent reports.

2.Who is Mike’s favorite soccer player?

A.Yang. B.Cristiano Ronaldo. C.Messi.

3.Which of the following is NOT true?

A.Yang reported the 2012 London Olympic Games after she went to Moscow.

B.Now Yang has more than 515,000 followers on Sina Weibo.

C.Yang works for 14 hours and sleeps fo 5 hours every day.

4.“A big banana” in the fifth paragraph means?

A.somebody B.nobody C.a kind of healthy fruit

5.According to the passage, we can describe Yang as the following EXCEPT _______ .

A.hard-working B.popular C.inexperienced

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Students usually do lots of homework and have some exams. What color do your teachers grade your homework and exam papers? 1. Yeah. Teachers always use red pens to check students papers and homework, 2. The headmaster asks all teachers to use green pens to check students' papers and homework, and the students there need to use purple pens to comment(评论) on teachers' grades.

3. A study shows that color is negative(消 极的) color. Red pens can make students worried and unhappy. One of the headmasters Jennie Hick says, "Students can do better if　 teachers use green pens." 4. He says. "I always use red pens to work. I think children like red better because they can read red comments more easily:"

5. The important thing is how the students think of their comments.

A.It's red, isn't it?

B.But Chris McGovern, a teacher, doesn't agree.

C.Why are the teachers no longer (不再) using red pens?

D.A study shows that green is good for students.

E.In fact, using a color like green or red is not important.

F.But in England, the teachers at Mount School need to put away their red pens

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阅读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容回答问题，并将答案填写在答题卡上对应题号的横线上。

World Sleep Day, organized by the World Sleep Day Committee of the World Association of Sleep Medicine since 2008, is on March 21 every year.

World Sleep Day is to celebrate the benefits of good and healthy sleep. Sleep quality plays an important role in people’s health. Researchers say that there are a lot of advantages(优点) if we always get enough sleep. We can be smarter, thinner, healthier and more cheerful. Also we’re to have better skin, better memories and longer lives.

When you lose even one hour of sleep for any reason, it will influenced(影响) your performance the next day.

In general, adults are thought to need at least eight hours of sleep a night, but a recent survey found that, on workdays, only 21% of them really get a full eight hours of sleep, and another 21% get less than six. For teenagers, a healthy amount is about eight to nine hours per night. However, about 80% of high school students don’t get enough sleep because of their schoolwork or some bad habits.

Twenty-seven percent of people in the world have sleep problems. Now there are over 80 kinds of sleep disorders, and most people know little about their danger. So, for our good life and work, it’s necessary for us to realize the importance of sleep and try to have a good sleep.

1.When is World Sleep Day?

____________________________________________________________.

2.Is it bad for our performance if we lose even one hour of sleep?

____________________________________________________________.

3.How many hours should a teenager sleep every night according to the writer?

____________________________________________________________.

4.Why don’t most high school students get enough sleep??

____________________________________________________________.

5.What percent of people have sleeping problems in the world?

____________________________________________________________ .

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通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从各小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案)

We all like watching TV about Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse. They are very interesting. Do you know who___________ the cartoons firstly? It was Walt Disney. I’ll ___________ you something about him. Walt Disney loved to draw pictures when he was young. But his father had much _____________ to do and often stopped him from drawing. He had to _________ his father with it. When he grew up, he began to make cartoon films. But he didn’t have much money and was always _________. Once, he caught a mouse and kept it_________ a pet (宠 物). A few years later, Walt _____________ the mouse and decided to make a cartoon about it. And then Walt Disney named the mouse Mickey Mouse. ___________, people all over the world saw Mickey and loved him. Mickey made Walt Disney ___________ soon. Then Walt made Donald Duck and others for television. In 1956, he ______________a wonderful land in California. There were real boats, castles, trains, rivers and all kinds of birds in one beautiful park. Many people went there. Disney died in 1966, but the world will never forget him.

1.A.drew B.found C.knew

2.A.speak B.talk C.tell

3.A.work B.job C.picture

4.A.seem B.help C.try

5.A.hungry B.full C.quiet

6.A.for B.as C.from

7.A.thought B.remembered C.created

8.A.At least B.At last C.At first

9.A.tired B.amazed C.famous

10.A.opened B.sold C.chose

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—John and I will(将) go to the movie My People My Country (《我和我的祖国》)”

—It's raining outside. You'd better(最好) take________ umbrella to the cinema.

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________ they feel tired, they still go on working.

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阅读下面的短文，然后将划线部分的句子译成汉语或英语，并将答案填写在答题卡上对应题号的横线上。

These days housing prices in big cities are going too high. Young people are having a big problem. 1. It’s necessary for them to have a house, but they don’t have enough money.

So what can young people do? Some say that they aren’t able to buy a house by themselves and they don’t have other ways to make so much money in a short time. 2. 他们不得不向父母借钱。 In fact, most often they won’t return the money to their parents. Perhaps they run out of the money that their parents make all their lives.

It’s a Chinese tradition for parents to help their children, though they have grown up.3. Some parents offer to provide their children with money. They think their children will take good care of them when they are old. Others say that parents have done a great deal already. 4. 孩子们不应该总是依赖父母。 If young people can’t get so much money, 5. why not wait until they can?

1.____________________________________________________________

2.____________________________________________________________

3.____________________________________________________________

4.____________________________________________________________

5.____________________________________________________________

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友谊是人生的一个重要组成部分。你喜欢交和你相似的朋友还是互补的朋友呢？请你以 My best friend and I 为题，写一篇作文，分别从外貌、性格、爱好、生活习惯，学习成绩等方面描述你和好朋友的相同点 和不同点。

要求：

1、80 词左右；

2、包含上述内容，可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3、文中不得出现真实的人名和校名。

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