山东省2018-2019学年八年级下学期期中考试英语试卷

Happy Middle School

We’re a bilingual(双语的) school for children of 6--15. We want a cook, a library assistant, a sports coach and a language teacher.

1.Which of the following can go to Happy Middle School?

A. A four-year-old child B. A ten-year-old child

C. A sixteen-year-old child D. A five-year-old child

2.Happy Middle School doesn’t want ___________.

A. a cook B. a nurse C. a library assistant D. a sports coach

3.Which of the following may not speak English?

A. The cook B. The library assistant

C. The sports coach D. The teacher

4.The cook can cook _____________.

A. Chinese food B. Western food C. Chinese and western food D. food

5.Which is not needed as a sports coach?

A. He majors in P.E. B. He must healthy and strong

C. He can speak Chinese and English D. He can cook western food.

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We all know that smiling is a kind of body language. In fact, it is not just a body language. It also has some different benefits. Let’s learn about the benefits of smiling.

First of all, smiling can reduce stress. Although it’s not easy to keep smiling when you are in stressful situations,smiling can reduce stress. That’s true. Sometimes, smiling can help people get rid of stress. Even listening to others’ laughter and seeing smiling faces can help you keep calm and relaxed.

Secondly, smiling is good for your health. For example, it can strengthen your immune(消化) system. It’s said that keeping smiling can help you fight against many kinds of diseases. That’s why we often advise some patients to be happy and keep smiling.

Thirdly, smiling can improve your mood. Next time you are feeling down, try putting on a smile. And then your mood will change for the better.

Lastly,smiling can help you make friends easily. When you smile at others, they usually regard you as a polite and friendly person. Then they are willing to make friends with you. Therefore , no matter what happens, please keep smiling every day.

1.How many benefits are mentioned in the passage?

A. Three B. Four C. Five D. Six

2.What do the underlined words “get rid of ” probably mean in Chinese?

A. 增加 B. 升高 C. 消除 D. 替代

3.According to the passage, what can make you feel relaxed?

listen to others’ laughter　　　　　 see smiling faces

strengthen your immune system

A.  B.  C.  D. 

4.After reading the passage, we advise some patients to keep smiling because___________.

A. it can reduce their stress B. it is good for their health

C. it can improve their mood D. it can help them forget their diseases

5.What’s the best title for the passage?

A. Benefits of smiling B. Ways of smiling

C. Smiling and disease D. Smiling and health

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There were two men who lived next to each other. One of them was a retired teacher and the other was an insurance agent(保险代理人). Both of them had planted many different plants in their gardens. The retired teacher seldom watered his plants and didn't pay a lot of attention to them. But his neighbor was very careful with his plants and watered them often.

The retired teacher's plants were small, but still looked okay, while the insurance agent's plants were much bigger and greener. One night, there was heavy rain and wind because of a minor(较小的) storm. The next morning, both of the neighbors came out to check on their gardens. The insurance agent saw that his plants had been ripped from the ground and were totally destroyed. But the retired teacher's plants were not damaged at all but stood firm.

The insurance agent was surprised. He went to consult(咨询) the retired teacher. “We both grew the same plants and I cared for my plants better than you did. How could your plants still be okay?”

The retired teacher smiled and said, “Because you gave your plants too much attention. You made it too easy for them to grow. I gave my plants just a little bit of water, so their roots had to grow deeper to absorb(吸收) more water. That is why my plants didn't die.”

1.What do the retired teacher's plants look like?

A. big B. green C. beautiful D. small

2.The underlined word "firm" in Paragraph 2 probably means _____.

A. 摇摇欲坠地 B. 稳固的 C. 更高地 D. 歪倒地

3.According to the passage, which sentence is not true?

A. The retired teacher's plants were smaller than his neighbor's.

B. Both of the neighbors cared about their plants.

C. After the storm the retired teacher's garden looked fuller and greener.

D. The storm destroyed the garden of the retired teacher's neighbor.

4.The retired teacher planted the plants in a _____ way.

A. smart B. lazy C. quick D. easy

5.What is the main message of the story?

A. Growing a garden is not as easy as it looks.

B. A storm can destroy all the plants in your garden.

C. Plants know how to protect themselves from storms.

D. Too much care can make us become weak.

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“What ! You too?I thought I was the only one.”Have you ever said this to someone? If so, you may have ended up becoming friends with this person.

It seemed that similarity often helps form friendships. The Greek philosopher(哲学家) Aristotle once said, “Some define(下定义) friendship as a matter of similarity. They say that we love those who are like ourselves.”

Now , there is some science behind this idea. Scientists from University of California said friends have similar brains, Scientific American reported.

The scientists invited 42 university students to take part in an experiment. Each student watched the same set of videos, which included a comedy, a discussion and a soccer match. Meanwhile, scientists studied their brains and recorded their brain activity.

According to their study, friends who watched the same video clips reacted in similar ways. Similar parts of their brains lit up while watching the videos, especially parts that were connected with motivation(动力)， learning and memory.

However, people who weren’t friends had different reactions to the same clips.

“Having close friends whose brains react like ours may be rewarding because it makes one’s won values, opinions, and interests strength,”scientist Carolyn Parkinson told Business Insider.

But brain similarity is not the only thing that can result in friendship. Scientists from the University of Leipzig, Germany, found that friendship is also based on how physically close you are to someone.

They did an experiment with first-year college students who met in class for the first time. In this experiment, students who sat in neighbouring seats were more likely to become friends.

1.What does “this idea” in Paragraph 3 refer to?

A. Many friendships start with small chats.

B. Friends try to develop similarities between themselves.

C. People with similarities may become friends.

D. We like those who like us first.

2.The 42 university students in the experiment_____________.

A. are all from the University of California

B. were close friends before the experiment

C. watched　 the same set of videos

D. reacted differently from each other

3.What did the study of the students’ brains show?

A. They had watched the same video clips.

B. Friends had similar reactions to the same clips.

C. Watching videos improves one’s memory.

D. It’s good to have friends who react similarly.

4.According to the story , what else may help build friendship?

A. Being fun and helpful B. Studying at the same college.

C. Having similar appearances D. Being physically close.

5.The best title of the passage is “__________”

A. What is friendship B. Friends can think alike

C. An experiment about friendship D. How can we build friendship

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完成短文

When I was young, my family lived a hard life in the country. The roads in the country are not good . 1.　 One evening we were visiting some relatives and the weather was very bad.2. Dad carried me on his back. Mum gave her coat to my brother. We walked together in the rain for more than one hour.

I was fat at that time and Dad held me for a long time.3. He almost fell down many times. I tried to get down and walk myself, but I couldn’t do anything because I was just a little kid.

4. The rain had come through the leak(有裂缝的) roof and water was everywhere. Mum put bowls all around the house to try to catch the rain. 5. She carefully placed us on the remaining dry place. I fell asleep soon. When I opened my eyes, I found Dad and Mum were sleeping in chairs,both having caught a bad cold.

A. As you can imagine they are difficult to walk on.

B. I thought he must be tired.

C. It began to rain on our way back home.

D. Then she put me and my elder brother to bed.

E. We didn’t say any word on the way.

F. When we arrived home, the inside of our house was full of rain water.

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阅读表达

As the Internet is developing fast, more and more new words and phrases have been created in Chinese. Here are some examples.

One of the most popular words is Dianzan, which is often used when you quite agree with someone. Another example is Renxing. When you say somebody is Renxing, you mean that they will do whatever they like . The phrase Miaosha first came from online shopping, which means you can complete your shopping orders before others. But now it’s widely used when you achieve your purpose in a very short time. If you describe someone as a Tuhao, you mean that he or she is very rich.

You can find lots of such new Chinese words. Keep learning and you’ll know more about Chinese culture.

1.When you quite agree with someone, what will you say?

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2.What does Renxing mean in English?

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3.How many kinds of Internet language are mentioned in the passage?

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4.What does the underlined word “purpose” mean in Chinese?

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5.把文中画线的句子翻译成汉语。

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书面表达

假如你叫肖鹏，是英语学习小组组长。英语课上老师要求展开小组调查，内容包括爱好，理想职业及原因。然后由各组组长在班内汇报。请你根据表格内容提示，介绍本组成员及自己的情况，写一篇80--100词的调查报告。

要求：

1. 语言通顺，要点齐全，意思连贯，条理清楚，书写规范。

2. 文中不得出现真实的姓名和学校名称。

3. 文章开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Boys and girls,

Everyone has hobbies and dreams. Now let me share ours with you.

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I hope we enjoy our hobbies and our dreams can come true.

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