浙江省台州市黄岩区2019-2020学年八年级上学期期末英语试卷

A father and his son went to a kite-flying festival. The son was happy when he saw the sky full of colorful kites. He wanted to fly a kite, too. The father then ______ a kite for his son in the store.

The son started to fly the kite. ______, his kite was high up in the sky in a few minutes. Then, the son said, "Father, it seems that the string（线）is stopping the kites from flying higher. If we cut it, it will be ______ and fly higher. Can we cut it?" The father cut the string off of the reel线轴）.

The kite started to go ______. This made the little boy happy.

But then, slowly, the kite started to ______. It finally fell to the ground. The son was ______to see this. He asked his father, "Why did it fall down? I thought that the kite would fly higher ________cutting the string."

The father explained, "The string was not stopping the kite from going higher, but was helping it stay in the sky. You helped the kite go up in the right　 ______ by using the string. But it can no longer support（支撑）the kite if you cut the string."

We may sometimes feel like there is ____ holding us back and stopping us from growing. But ______, it might be the thing that supports us the most.

1.A.bought B.painted C.made D.borrowed

2.A.Usually B.Soon C.Certainly D.Sadly

3.A.small B.big C.busy D.free

4.A.higher B.closer C.slower D.harder

5.A.write down B.turn down C.fall down D.cut down

6.A.bored B.interested C.surprised D.excited

7.A.after B.before C.during D.until

8.A.side B.way C.space D.time

9.A.anything B.nothing C.everything D.something

10.A.of course B.so far C.in fact D.at least

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1.90% of the fire deaths are because ________________.

A.forest fires B.school fires C.house fires D.farm fires

2.If there is a fire, you have less than___________ minutes to leave your home.

A.two B.three C.seven D.eleven

3.This passage mainly tells us ____________to keep away from fires.

A.what we should do B.where we should go

C.who we should ask for help D.why we should make a plan

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When he was a teenager, Hunter Adams was very unhappy and he spent many years in a special hospital for people with mental（心理的）health problems.

When he left the hospital, Adams decided to become a doctor, so he went to a medical school in Virginia, USA. There he often did things in a different way. For example, he didn't like the doctor's white coats, so he wore shirts with flowers on them when he visited his patients（病人）. He also tried to make them laugh.

Adams believed that people in hospital need more than medicine. He saw that patients were lonely and unhappy. He tried to help them, not just as patients, but as friends, too. He spent a lot of time with the children in hospital. He often put on a red nose to look like a clown to make the children laugh.

When he finished medical school and became a doctor, Adams opened his own hospital named "the Gesundheit Institute". He wanted it to be a place with a different way of working with sick people.

Hunter Adams became famous during the 1980s, and in 1988, Universal Pictures made a film called Patch Adams. It was about his life. It was a great success. In the film, Robin Williams played Adams. Williams said, "Hunter is a really warm person. He believes that patients need a doctor like a friend. I enjoyed playing him."

1.Hunter Adams went to Virginia because_____________________.

A.he did things differently B.he wanted to study medicine

C.he decided to open a hospital D.he had mental health problems

2.What does the underlined sentence "Adams believed that people in hospital need more than medicine." mean?

A.Adams believed patients need more doctors.

B.Adams believed patients need more medicine.

C.Adams believed patients need to be cared for like friends.

D.Adams believed patients need to be cared for just like patients.

3.To make the patients happy, Adams did all the things EXCEPT（除……之外）_________.

A.wearing shirts with flowers on B.making a movie called Patch Adams

C.spending a lot of time with them D.putting on the red nose to look like a clown

4.In Robin Williams' eyes, Adams is a _________________ person.

A.kind and friendly B.serious and creative

C.clever but lazy D.funny but careless

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What subject do you worry about most at school? Many students worry about math. Some students can't sleep well the day before a math exam. Others may feel very worried during the exam itself. But there might be a way to make the subject less stressful(有压力的）.

"For people who worry about math, posture（姿势）makes a big difference," Erik Peper from

San Francisco State University told the Daily Mail. That's right - sitting up straight(直地）can help you do better in math exams.

Scientists tested 125 college students. They asked them to do a math test while sitting up straight, or sitting in a slumped-over（趴倒的）position. After the test, 56 percent of the students said the exam was easier to do if they were sitting up straight.

Students who were not worried about taking the math exam did not do better from better posture. But they did find that it was more difficult to do math while slumping over, Science Daily reported

Good posture isn't just helpful for taking math exams. Runners, musicians and public speakers can all benefit from better posture. When you feel stressed out, you can also try to sit up straight or stand tall. It can help you feel more positive and focus better.

1.Which posture can make students do better during math exams?

A. B. C. D.

2.Scientists asked the 125 college students to _________ while they were taking the test.

A.get relaxed B.count numbers

C.think carefully D.sit in different postures

3.The underlined word "benefit" in the passage means "__________" in Chinese.

A.参与 B.得益 C.排斥 D.忧虑

4.The best title for the passage would______________________.

A.Learn math better B.Students' postures

C.Sit up to do math D.Students' worries

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Young people in China are more optimistic（乐观的）than those in other countries, according to a survey. It asked 200,000 young people in 20 countries how they think and feel about the world. These countries include China, the US, the UK and so on. The survey found that 53 percent of Chinese youth think the world is becoming a better place.

When asked why they felt hopeful for the future, most of them think it's because of high technology（科技）, many of them also think China is a good place to live in. The biggest reason is that China is "a country in which anyone can make their dreams come true if they work hard"

Following China, Indian youth are the next most optimistic (49 percent). But those in France, Italy and Turkey are the most pessimistic. The rise of global terrorism（恐怖主义）worries them most.

　　　　 ▲　　　 . As much as 82 percent of them worry about climate change（气候变化）. In China, it is the biggest worry for the future. The survey takes this as a good thing. Because Chinese youth care a lot about the climate problem and expect for great changes.

1.The survey is about young people's __________ about the world.

A.worries B.opinions C.love D.hope

2.The underlined word "they" in Paragraph 2 refers to (指代）"______________".

A.20 countries B.82 percent of Chinese youth questioned

C.200,000 young people questioned D.53 percent of Chinese youth questioned

3.According to the survey, which of the following is TRUE?

A.Young people in China are the most optimistic.

B.Young people in France feel hopeful for their country.

C.Young people in Italy worry a lot about climate change.

D.Young people in India worry about the global terrorism most.

4.Which of the following is the best for "　　　　 ▲　　　 " in the last paragraph?

A.It also worries young people all over the world

B.So young people in France worry about global terrorism

C.However, Chinese young people seem to worry about something else

D.The survey also found Chinese young people care about the world most

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句型转换

1.We need three apples for the fruit salad.（对划线部分提问）

_________ __________ apples do we need for the fruit salad?

2.Jim is outgoing. David is outgoing, too.（合并为一句）

_________ Jim _____________ David are outgoing.

3.He is too young to look after himself.（改为同义句）

He is ___________ young ____________ he can't look after himself.

4.Learning English well is important for us.（改为同义句）

__________ is important for us to ___________English well.

5.is, park, something, at, everyone, there, the, for.（连词成句）

__________________________________

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根据课文内容填空

It is good to relax using the Internet or watching game shows, but we think 1.is through exercise（我们认为放松的最好方式是通过锻炼）2.（它对身心健康有益）. Exercise such as playing sports is fun, and you can spend time with your friends and family as you play together. And remember, " 3.（旧习难改）. " So start exercising before it's too late!

Students often forget that their parents have more experience, and are always there to help them. In English, we say that 4.（在英语中, 我们说与人分担一个烦恼就像把烦恼分成两半）. So you're halfway to 5.just by talking to someone about it（因此你只要跟人聊聊这个问题, 你就己经解决了问题的一半）！

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根据短文内容和所给汉语提示, 写出短文空白处各单词的正确形式。每空限填一词。

I'm writing this in my room. It's1.（几乎）midnight, but I can't sleep. I am 2.（琢磨）what my life will be like in ten years! Every day, my parents ask me, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" The problem is: I don't know! My mom always likes to 3.（建议）me, "Be a doctor!" But to be a doctor, you have to study for a long, long time, and that's not my idea of fun. My dad says, "Be a 4.（飞行员）!" He knows I'm scared of flying! And I have to be really good at math. 5..（虽然）) I like math, I'm not good at it.

Well, I don't 6.(介意）being a rock star. You don't have to be very smart at least not smart in things like math and science. I am7.（有才能的）in singing.8. （大概, 或许）one day, I will become successful and famous. Also, I'm going to9.（旅行）all over the world.

Now I'm getting tired, so I'm going to bed. I can think about my10.（未来）in bed. I get my best ideas when I'm lying down. Decisions, decisions, decisions!

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假设你是志愿者, 请根据下面图示, 向在上海的外国友人介绍垃圾分类知识。每空一词。

Four kinds of garbage（垃圾）in Shanghai

Hello, everyone! There are 1.kinds of garbage: recyclable, harmful, wet and dry. Garbage like glass bottles, plastics, clothes and2.is recyclable, so we can make use of it again. Harmful garbage includes（包括）lamps, paint, batteries, lighter and other things with chemicals（化学物质）that are 3. for our environment. 4.　 garbage usually comes from the kitchen, such as vegetables, peel, flowers and food. And we should put dog waste, toilet paper, pottery and single-use products into " 5. garbage" bin.

If we sort our garbage, our environment will become better and better.

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阅读下面短文, 在空白处填入一个适当的词, 或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。

One day, a student asked her teacher, "What is greed（贪婪）？" The teacher didn't answer her question 1.(quick), but said, "Walk through the chocolate factory. Pick out the biggest chocolate bar（条, 块）you can find. But there is2. rule: As you pass through the factory, you can't turn back"

The student went to the chocolate bar factory. As she walked, she saw a large chocolate bar.

She liked it, but she thought she might be able3.(find) a bigger one. Then she saw another bigger one. But again, she thought she could get an even bigger one 4. she kept going. As she neared the end of the factory, she saw5.(few) chocolate bars, and none of them were as 6. (large) as the earlier one. She started to feel sorry.

Finally, she 7.(choose) nothing. She went back to her teacher without 8.(something). The teacher told her, "You liked the first chocolate bar, but you kept looking 9.a bigger one. So you didn't have the largest because you thought you could get a bigger one. That is called greed."

Sometimes, we let go of good 10.(thing) in our life because we think we can find something even better.

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书面表达

假设你是Tina, 你的中国同学Su Yue即将结束她在美国的交换生学习生活。为此, 你打算为她举办一场送别聚会（farewell party), 并邀请全班同学参加。请你写一份英文邀请函, 内容包括：

(1)举办此次聚会的原因；

(2) 你对Su Yue的印象（友好, 学习最勤奋, …）：

(3)聚会的时间（本周六晚6:00）和地点（学校大厅）；

(4)聚会的活动安排（分享美好回忆, 表演节目, …”。

注意：＊词数：80左右（文章开头结尾己给出, 不计入总词数）；

＊文中不可出现真实人名和校名等相关信息；

＊文章必须包含所提供的主要信息, 并作适当发挥。

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