湖南省常德市安乡县2021-2022学年八年级上学期期末英语试题

试题

学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________

一、阅读单选

In China, all of them are heroes. They have influenced the lives of millions of people. Qian XuesenBirth year: 1911 Death year: 2009 Birth place: Shanghai Position: Rocket scientist,”father of China’s space programme” Qian’s Xuesen’s words: My career is in China, my achievement is in China, and my destination is in China. Tu Youyou Birth year: 1930 Birth place: Ningbo Position: Chief scientist at the China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine Tu Youyou’s words: I feel more rewarded when I see so many cured patients. 1．Tu Youyou was born in ________. A．Nanjing

B．Ningbo

C．Beijing

Zhong NanshanBirth year: 1936 Birth place: Nanjing Position: Doctor, acadeician(院士) of Chinese Academy of Engineering Zhong Nanshan’s words: I am just a doctor. Yuan LongpingBirth year: 1930 Death year: 2021 Birth place: Beijing Position: Agriculture scientist, educator Yuan Longping’s words: If I am not at home, I must be on the farmland; If I am not on the farmland, I must be on my way to the farmland. 2．How old is Zhong Nanshan now? A．85.

3．Who is an educator ? A．Qian Xuesen.

B．Zhong Nanshan.

C．Yuan Longping.

B．88.

C．91.

4．What’s the meaning of Qian Xuesen’s words? A．He is the father of China’s space programme. B．His heart is in China. C．He likes his job.

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When humans try to make the best use of the nature, it also fights against us at the same time. As a result, many natural treasures are disappearing(消失) quietly these years. The Himalayan Glaciers (冰山)

The Himalayan glaciers are melting(融化) faster than ever at speed of 33-49 feet every year because of the rising temperature. Melting glaciers could bring too much water to India, China, and Nepal and break down living places for lots of animals. And for mountain climb, they may face more dangerous challenges. Yangtze Area

Our cute pandas are living in the forests of the Yangtze area of China. Their home used to be beautiful and big. But humans cut down too many trees, so their living areas are becoming smaller and smaller. Food is also less and less. The Three Gorges Dam(三峡大坝), the largest dam in history, is also breaking down the Yangtze River area. Amazon Rain Forest

__________ However, rising temperature and over tree-cutting are changing the forest’s role into carbon sink(碳汇集地), making 30-60% of the rainforest into dry places. Scientists show the forest could disappear completely by 2050. 5．__________ may cause the Himalayan Glaciers to melt. A．Cutting down trees

B．Too many Wars

C．The rising temperature

6．According to the passage, cute pandas are facing ________. A．food problems

B．sleeping problems

C．birth problems

7．Which sentence can be the missing part in Para.4? A．The Amazon is seriously polluted.

B．Different kinds of animals in the Amazon died. C．The Amazon has one-fifth of the world’s fresh water. 8．Which do you think is the best title of the passage? A．The disappearing natural treasures B．The melting glaciers in the world C．Animals are dying out

In Ben Elton’s book Gridlock(交通堵塞), aliens(外星人) come to our world to learn about people. They look at the places where we live and work, and how we travel. But they

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don’t understand cars. They see that every morning millions of people get into big boxes. These boxes take people many kilometers to their workplaces. But often, the big boxes can’t move because there are so many of them. Then, in the evening, the people get into their boxes and slowly drive home again.

The aliens think this really strange. Why don’t people travel in the faster boxes they call trains or buses? Or live near their workplaces? Do they like to sit in boxes for hours? Or aren’t they very smart?

The aliens are right. Why don’t we live near our workplace? It’s often because houses are too expensive in the city. People who lived in the city before have to live outside it now. But many jobs are in the city center. Cheaper houses in cities are a possible answer to traffic problems.

9．Why do aliens come to the earth? A．To help with traffic problems. B．To learn about human’s life. C．To take over the earth.

10．What do the underlined words “big boxes” in the first paragraph mean? A．Spaceships.

B．Workplaces.

C．Cars.

11．Why did some people move out from the city center? A．Houses are cheaper outside the city. B．To live near their workplaces. C．To live in a quiet place.

12．What’s the main idea of this passage? A．The aliens in the future. B．The ways to go to work. C．The reasons of traffic problems.

Most children don’t enjoy doing chores. They like playing computer games rather than cleaning the rooms. But in Australia, Jim and Robert’s mother, Mrs. Black, has good and proper methods to get their children to do housework.

Here is an example.

“Mom, have you worked out next week’s chores? Let Jim and me choose the cards. I can’t wait. It’s fun! ”

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When Robert shouted out, his mother had already put all the cards on their big table. On the cards, there are some words like these, “sweep the floor, clean your bedroom, help mom cook, wash vegetables, make beds, feed the fish, cut the wood, clean the bathroom” and many others. Jim and Robert chose two cards for each day from Monday to Friday. Then they would hang them on the weekday task board. Jim likes to clean the bathroom, so he picked up the card “clean the bathroom”. Robert loves to make the bed so he picked up his favorite card. Jim again picked up “wash vegetables” and Robert chose “feed the fish”. Soon the two boys were happy to take away all the cards.

To help the children do chores, their mother thought hard and figure out this idea. Of course, the parents did the chores at weekends and left Jim and Robert two days free. 13．Jim and Robert chose __________ cards for the weekdays from Monday to Friday. A．two

14．Jim likes to __________. A．clean the bathroom

B．sweep the floor

C．make the bed

B．eight

C．ten

15．The underlined phrase “figure out” in the last paragraph probably means“__________”. A．believed in

B．thought of

C．gave up

16．From the passage we know, who did the chores at weekends? A．The parents.

We often hear about people climbing mountains like Mount Everest in Asia, the highest mountain in the world; Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa; Mont Blanc in Europe. What about Mount Denali in America?

Denali in Denali National Park in Alaska is the highest top in the United States. If you measure it from the base to the top, it’s much higher than Mount Everest in fact. The base of Denali is at 2000 feet above sea level. It is 18000 feet from the base to the top of Denali.

Denali is one of the most difficult mountains in the Western for mountain climbers. Denali is closer to the North Pole than other tall mountains. This means that the air is thinner, so it’s harder for climbers.

The first group of climbers got to the top of Denali in 1909. Two other groups were successful after that. The next group got to the top in 1947. This group had a husband and a wife team, Bradford and Barbara Washburn. Barbara was the first woman to successfully climb the mountain. The Washburns were not climbing for sport; they were explorers. In the

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C．Jim.

field of mountain mapping, Bradford Washburn was one of the best. The Washburns mapped many mountains and the Grand Canyon. Bradford dreamed of mapping Mount Everest project. Later they produced the best map ever made of Mount Everest. 17．Mount Denali is in ___________. A．Asia

B．America

C．Europe

18．Which is the correct picture about Mount Denali?

A．

B．

C．

19．What can we know from the passage?

A．The Washburns produced the most helpful map of Mount Denali B．Climbing Denali is hard for climbers because it’s close to North Pole. C．In 1909, two groups with a woman got to Mount Denali successfully. 20．What is the title of the passage? A．Dangerous trips

B．High Mountains

C．Climbing Denali

二、完形填空

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Once upon a time, there was a poor cobbler who seemed to be happy all day long. He could be heard ____21____ as he worked. Whatever he got from his work was just enough for food and simple clothing, ____22____ he was always happy.

His neighbor was a ____23____ banker, living in a large and beautiful house next to the cobbler’s. Unlike the cobbler, he seemed to be unhappy all the time. ____24____ ever saw him smile or laugh. And of course he never sang.

One afternoon, the banker was woken up by the cobbler’s singing while he was sleeping. Feeling ____25____ he jumped out of his bed and thought, “I have to talk to the cobbler. I must ____26____ his singing” He went over to the cobbler’s house. The cobbler greeted him politely.

“____27____ makes you sing so much?” asked the banker. “I’m a happy man,” said the cobbler simply.

“Don’t you need more ____28____ to make you and your family happier?” asked the banker. “Don’t you want to buy more beautiful things for your family and live in a bigger house?”

“Well,” said the cobbler, “I’ve never worried about those things because I cannot ____29____ them.”

“I’ll help you,” said the banker. “If you look after my bag of _____30_____, I’ll pay you well.”

The cobbler thought that was _____31_____. He dug a deep hole in his garden and hid the bag in it. But now he had something to _____32_____. He kept thinking that thieves might come and steal the gold coins.

He worried so much that he stopped singing. He _____33_____ not eat or sleep well any more. His home was silent. Seeing him so worried, his wife and children were unhappy too and they asked the cobbler what was wrong _____34_____ him. A few days later, the cobbler came to understand that the gold coins had taken away his _____35_____ . He dug up the bag 试卷第6页，共10页

of coins and gave it back to the banker. After that, he began to sing as happily as before. 21．A．reading 22．A．and 23．A．rich 24．A．Somebody 25．A．bored 26．A．stop 27．A．Who 28．A．shoes 29．A．afford 30．A．notes 31．A．interesting 32．A．worry about 33．A．might 34．A．with 35．A．hope

B．singing B．though B．poor B．Everybody B．angry B．hear B．Why B．money B．make B．beans B．easy B．think of B．should B．to B．happiness

C．crying C．but C．Strong C．Nobody C．tired C．watch C．What C．friends C．find C．coins C．difficult C．wait for C．could C．for C．family

三、根据句意填空

36．My grandma is a happy and healthy woman and she’ll live up ________ 100 years old. 37．—How many friends has Frank made ________ he came to the new school? —At least ten, I think.

38．—Is this new dictionary yours, Alice?

—No, it doesn’t belong to _________. It’s my friend’s.

四、用所给单词的正确形式填空

39．Liu Yang was the first Chinese woman ________ (reach) the space. 40．Of all the subjects, English is ________ (interesting) for me.

五、根据句意填空

41．—Let’s go climbing, shall we?

—You _________ be joking! Don’t you know I’m afraid of high places?

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六、用所给单词的正确形式填空

42．—May I borrow your book Alice in Wonderland Ⅱ? —Sorry, I ____ (lend) it to Mike.

43．Her ________（succeed）in helping the homeless people will encourage more and more people to join her.

44．The boss usually _________ (finish) his work after nine o’clock in the evening. 45．He often helps his father _________（wash）the car. 46．Can you finish __________（build）the house in ten days? 47．There is a boy __________（call）Sam waiting for you. 48．—Do you know that singer?

—Yes, I know about her. Mike ________________ (introduce) her to me. 49．It’s ________ (possible) for him to solve the problem, because it’s too hard. 50．If you ________ (not obey) the rules, the teacher will punish you.

七、语篇翻译

In North America, most students go to school on the school bus. (1) Some students also walk or ride bikes to school. In Japan, most students take trains to school. In China, it depends on (取决于) where you are. (2)在大城市里，学生经常骑自行车或乘公交车去学校. And in places where there are rivers and lakes, students usually go to school by boat.

(3)For many students, it's easy to get to school. But for the students in some poor places in the world, it's difficult. Many children in the world have to go to school in the most unimaginable (最难以想象的) ways.

Remember Liangliang in our textbook? He lives in a small village in China. (4)在他的学校和村子之间有一条大河. There is no bridge and the river runs too quickly for boats. So he has to go on a ropeway to cross the river to school. But Liangliang says that he is not afraid because he loves school.

Students at Sanghiang Tanjung village in Indonesia (印度尼西亚), have to hold on to (抓住) the side steel bars of a bridge as they cross a river to get to school. (5)How dangerous! But they say they love their school. 51．____________________ 52．____________________

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53．____________________ 54．____________________ 55．____________________

八、阅读回答问题

The haze season is back. How much do you know about haze? Haze can also be called \"Smog\". The word \"smog\" is from the words \"smoke\" and \"fog\". It first appeared in the early 20th century. It is a kind of air pollution caused mostly by cars and factories.

Smog will do great harm to your health, especially lungs (肺). It can make you cough and cause skin and eye problems. It seems that we can do nothing to stop it, but only wait until the wind blows all the smog away. However, there are some easy ways to prevent it hurting you.

1. Don't do exercise in the open.

Exercising in the open makes you breathe deeply, and you will take in the particles deep into your lungs.

2. Stay indoors and keep the air clean.

If you can, just stay in your room and keep the doors and windows closed. Remember to air your room twice a day, you can open the window at noon or at night for half an hour.

3. Wear a mask.

Paper and cotton masks cannot help you in the haze weather. Some special masks, such as N95 masks, can keep you from breathing in the particles in the air.

4. Change your diet.

Scientists find that vitamin A, C and E can greatly help protect your eyes, nose and lungs.

So eat more green vegetables and fresh fruit every day. What's more, do not eat food with too much fat , it's bad for your lungs.

If you follow these things, I believe you will be healthy 根据短文内容，回答下列问题。 56．What is haze also called?

_______________________________________________________ 57．According to the article, what mostly causes haze?

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_______________________________________________________ 58．Can smog cause skin problems?

_______________________________________________________ 59．Why shouldn't we eat food with too much fat?

_______________________________________________________ 60．How many easy ways are there to prevent haze from hurting us? _______________________________________________________

九、讲稿

61．假设你是光明中学的李华，请你根据下面要点提示写一篇以保护环境预防雾霾为主题的英语演讲稿。 要点提示： 1.自我介绍

2.最近雾霾天气的现状以及带来的危害

3.呼吁大家采取措施来预防雾霾（至少3点） 要求：字数80词左右，开头结尾已给出不计入总词数。

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