2019-2020学年第一学期英语八年级上册期末测试题(二)
(考试时间： 90 分钟，试卷满分： 100 分)
第一部分 听力测试（15分）
1. 信息获取（8分）
第一节 听选信息（共6小题，每小题0.8分)
听三段对话或独白，每段播放两遍。各段播放后有两个问题，请根据所听到的内容从A、B、C三个选项中选择最佳答案。
听第一段对话，回答第1-2两个问题。
( )1. When did the woman buy the computer?
A. In 2012. B. In 2013. C. In 2014.
( )2.Which part of the computer is wrong？
A. The monitor. B. The mouse. C. The main unit.
听第二段对话，回答第3-4两个问题。
( )3. What does Tom think is the most useful invention?
A. The computer. B. The washing machine. C. The mobile phone.
( )4. What does Jane like doing on the computer?
A. Shopping. B. Writing emails. C. Watching films.
听第三段对话，回答第5-6两个问题。
( )5. When was Edison born?
A. In 1831. B. In 1847. C. In 1931.
( )6. How many inventions did Edison make in his life?
A. Over 500. B. Over 1,000. C. Over 2,000
第二节 回答问题 (共4小题，每小题0.8分)
听一段对话或独白，录音播放两遍。请根据所听内容回答第7-10四个问题。请根据所听到的内容从A、B、C三个选项中选择最佳答案。
( )7. What did Anna buy last Wednesday?
A. A watch. B. A camera. C. A bike.
( )8. What colour of the thing did Anna get?
A. Red. B. White. C. Black.
( )9. When will Anna use it?
A. Next year. B. Next month C. Next week.
( )10. What’s Anna’s phone number?
A. 851-2297. B. 815-2297. C. 851-2279.
2. 信息转述及询问 ( 7分)
第一节 信息转述（5分）。
11. 听短文，请根据所听到的内容和思维导图，完成下面的简述。（短文听两遍）
___(请一边听一遍做笔记）
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第二节 询问信息 (共2小题，每小题1分)
你希望了解更多关于Alan 哥哥电脑的信息，你用英语向Alan询问两个问题。
第12题
你想了解Alan的哥哥在哪里购买的这台笔记本电脑，你问：
_______________________________________________
第13题
你想了解他哥哥最喜欢哪种类型的音乐，你问：
_______________________________________________
II. 词汇测试（15分）
从下面每小题的A、B、C三个选项中选出可以替换划线部分的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将相应的字母编号涂黑。（共8小题，每小题1分）
( )14. — This is a new kind of air conditioner. People can use a smart phone to control it.
—That sounds really cool.
A. operate B. invent C. punish
( )15. — I don’t think this new camera is special.
—Use it and then you will find it is different from the ones we are using.
A. not good B. not ordinary C. not new
( )16. — Come on! We are probably late for the train.
—I am coming.
Get up B. Come out C. Hurry up
( )17. — It’s impolite to make jokes about others’ mistakes.
—19 m sorry for what I have done.
A. make fun of B. find out C. look up
( )18. — Do you have a method for the present problem?
—No. Maybe we should ask Mr Smith to help us.
A. creation B. way C. speaker
( )19. — I’m glad you listened to me and did as I had told you；
—Your advice was useful.
A. happy B. sad C. worried
( )20. — What’s your dream?
My dream is to tour around the world and meet different people.
A. look B. walk C. travel
( )21. — Have you kept in touch with Alan? What does he do now?
—Yes, I have. He works as an engineer now.
A. owns B. is C. sees
ii.从下面每小题的A、B、C三个选项中选出恰当的词语完成句子，并在答题卡上将相应的字母编号涂黑。（共7小题，每小题1分）
( )22. — The __________ happened last night. A young man died.
—How terrible! Everyone should remember to drive carefully.
A. prize B. accident C. message
( )23. — You’ve__________ to give that mobile phone to me. Did you forget that?
— Oh, Tm sorry. I will give it to you tomorrow.
promised B. disagreed C. advised
( )24. — You made a big mistake. Why did you do that?
—I’m sorry that I_________ it. I will correct it soon.
A. took care of B. looked up C. was unaware of
( )25. — How many stamps do you have?
—I have collected 1,200 stamps_________.
A. in public B. so far C. in addition
( )26. — It seems that your son_________ you very much.
—Since he was born, I have looked after him all the time.
A. depends on B. takes on C. gets off
( )27. — If you want to be a____________ , you have to practise harder than others.
—I see. I will try my best to win.
A. winner B. host C. player
( )28. — I think you should____________ your spoken English.
—Could you help me? I also want to speak it well.
A. include B. invent C. improve
II.完形填空（15分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从11-20 各小题的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳答案。 (共10小题，每小题1.5分）
Have you ever climbed a tree? When was the last time you took a walk in a park? When you’re 29 with schoolwork, it can be hard to find time to spend outdoors. However, this can 30 be bad for your health. Spending time in nature can create future 31 benefits.
The World Health Organization says that more than 450 million people around the world have some kind of mental disorder (精神疾病). But spending time outdoors might be 32 for them.
According to the researchers from Aarhus University in Denmark, 33 who spend more time outside are 34 likely to have mental disorders later in their school life.Researchers mapped the amount of “green space” around the homes of 1 million Danes who were born between 1985 and 2003.They 35 that people who grow up in green areas are 55 percent less likely to develop mental disorders. Having more green space in a particular area means there are probably fewer 36. This gives people more chances to do some exercises outdoors and 37 with each other. Simply being in a green area can help people 38 and release pressure (释放压力). All of these can have an impact on mental health, lead scientist Kristine Engemann told Science Daily.
( )29. A. angry B. busy C. happy
( )30. A. actually B. suddenly C. slowly
( )31. A. environment B. time C. health
( )32. A. bad B. good C. sad
( )33. A. workers B. teachers C. children
( )34. A. more B. less C. better
( )35. A. interviewed B. found C. helped
( )36. A. pollution B. problems C. buildings
( )37. A. sing B. dance C. communicate
( )38. A. relax B. forget C. learn
III.阅读理解(30分）
阅读下列短文，从下面每题的A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳答案。（共20小题，每小 题1.5分）
A
Let’s cook
Do you like cooking? Do you want to learn to make dinner or healthy snacks for your lunchbox? Come to Cooking Club! Here you can practice your cooking skills and maybe some day you will be the next Jamie Oliver.
Time: 3:30 pm?5:30 pm on Mondays
Place: John’s Kitchen
Call Mrs Lyle at 605-2068.
Photography (摄影）Club
Are you interested in taking photos? Do you want to improve your skills? If you do, please come to Photography Club.
Time: 3:30 pm?5:00 pm on Fridays
Place: Art Room
You need to bring your own camera here.
Call Jeanne Hanson at 605-3568.
Book Swap Club
Do you have old books at home? Do you want to exchange them for new books? Book Swap is for you. Bring a book! Pick a book! Share a book!
Saturday, December 28, 10:00 am?6:30 pm at Main Library
Robot Club
If you join Robot Club, you can not only learn to make robots, but also have fun! The activity is from 2:30 to 3:30 on Tuesday afternoon. Come to the computer room in St. Kevin’s School. You need to book first.
For more information or booking your place, please call us at 605-8378.
( )39. What may Jamie Oliver be according to the chart?
A. A teacher. B. A photographer. C. A writer. D. A cook.
( )40. What do you need to do if you want to join Photography Club?
A. Book a place ahead. B. Have your own camera.
C. Go to Art Room twice a week. D. Spend two hours in the club every week.
( )41. What can you do in Book Swap?
Sell old books. B. Share books with others.
C. Meet some famous writers.D. Buy new books with less money.
( )42. What should Mike do if he is fond of robots and wants to learn to make them?
A. Call 605-8378. B. Go to Main Library. C. Talk with Jeanne Hanson. D. Call Mrs Lyle at 605-2068.
( )43. What’s the main purpose of the chart?
A. To teach people some living skills. B. To ask people to share their hobbies.
C. To ask people to join some clubs. . D. To ask people to make friends in clubs.
B
We used numbers to calculate a result before, but now numbers are not only on behalf of (代表） a result. Numbers can be money on WeChat or Alipay, and also be instructions in programs, or be administrators in a company and so on. Now digital reading (数字化阅读) is quite common.
Digital reading doesn’t mean reading in numbers but reading on the electronic media. You can download the books that you want to read on the Internet with your phone or tablet PC. In this way, you can keep the books you like forever, and find the books you want to read quickly instead of looking for the books in the library step by step. In addition, you can read everywhere with your phone without a real book. If your eyes are tired, you can listen to the books. What’s more, it’s an environmental way.
Digital reading is also considered as a way of shallow reading by some writers. They think reading on paper can make people closer to the writer and understand the books better. For my part, if you are willing to read, any reading way you choose is the best and you can become a wise person.
( )44. What are numbers NOT on behalf of?
A. Administrators. B. A company. C. Money. D. Instructions.
( )45. What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?
A. What people think of digital reading. B. How some writers publish their books.
C. Why digital reading comes into being. D. What digital reading is and how people make full use of it.
( )46. What can people do if their eyes are tired when they read on their phones?
A. Never use phones to read books. B. Listen to the books. C. Read a real book. D. Keep reading.
( )47. What is the writer’s opinion according to the last paragraph?
A. Reading online is a better way.
B. If people want to read，all of the ways of reading are good ways.
C. Reading real books is a better way.
D. Digital reading may be the only way of reading in the future.
( )48. Which of the following is the best title?
A. The ways of reading. B. Reading helpers.
C. Digital reading. D. The difference between digital reading and paper reading.
C
Some people seem to have unusual memories. Zheng Aiqiang, a “memory athlete” on TV show Super Brain, can remember over 2,000 numbers in just one hour!You would think people like him must have special brains. But according to a recent study by researchers from America and Holland, the brain structure (结构) of ordinary people and 23 of the world’s leading memory athletes shows no difference.
Good memories can be trained. Zheng Aiqiang is a good example. New research in the magazine Neuron suggests that a person will get a super memory with just six weeks of hard training.
Researchers found that a technique (技巧) called loci, invented by the ancient Greeks, can greatly help improve memory.
By using loci, you are using your imagination to improve the brain’s memory networks. You can link something you need to remember with a place that you know very well. For example，to remember a list of numbers, imagine yourself walking through your house. Each thing is linked to a number. For example, zero could be the handle on the door and five could be the painting on the wall.In one study, some ordinary people were given 20 minutes to remember 72 nouns. In the beginning, they could only remember 26 words, but when they were taught loci, they could remember 62 words.“Not everyone can become a memory winner. But everyone using the technique can improve his or her memory greatly，” said Boris Konrad, one of the researchers in the study.
( )49. Why does Zheng Aiqiang have a good memory?
A. Because he was born with a special brain. B. Because it is from training.
C. Because his brain structure is different from ordinary people’s. D. Because he is a memory athlete.
( )50. How many days can an ordinary person need to be trained to have a good memory?
A. Fourteen days. B. Twenty-one days. C. Thirty days. D. Forty-two days.
( )51. What does the fifth paragraph mainly tell us?
A. How to use loci to memorize things. B. Whom the loci is for.
C. What kind of technique is the best. D. Why you should improve memory.
( )52. What’s important in improving your memory according to Paragraph 6?
A. Brain. B. Teachers. C. Loci. D. Numbers.
( )53. What’s the best title for the passage?
A. A memory athlete. B. A famous memory show.C. A memory study. D. Loci and memory.
D
According to American scientists, July 2019 was the hottest month on record worldwide. The average (平均的) temperature in July was about 1°C higher than the average of 15.78°C during the 20th century. That made it the hottest July on our planet over the past 140 years.
July 2019 was also the hottest month on record in the northwestern state of Alaska. Sea ice melted (融化). The fish swam in above-normal temperatures, and so did children in the city of Nome, Alaska.
Sea ice off Alaska’s north and northwest coast and other Arctic areas shrank (收缩) to the lowest level ever recorded for July. Sea ice is home to polar bears and a place for walruses to rest. Several thousand walruses arrived along the coastline on July 30. That was the first time that people saw them in such large numbers before August.
Alaska’s wildfire season started in April. It was earlier than usual. July’s dry and hot weather it. An expected rainy season didn’t come on time. It extended the wild&e season through the month of July.
But the warmer weather helped Alaska’s farmers. The growing season lasted long and the farmers grew fruit not usually grown in the state.
On the other hand, the weather didn’t help with Alaska’s trees and made them food of leaf-eating insects (食叶昆虫).
( )54. What can we learn from the first paragraph?
A. July is always the hottest month in America.
B. The average temperature in July 2019 was about 16.78 °C.
C. Americans thought July 2019 was the hottest month over the past 40 years.
D. It wasn’t hot in July in America during the 20th century.
( )55. What does the underlined part “extended it” mean?
A. Made it last longer.B. Made it shorter.C. Made it less.D. Made it become more popular.
( )56. What happened in Alaska because of the hottest July?
a. The wildfire season came earlier.
b. The level of sea ice became lower.
c. More people died because of the hot weather.
d. Farmers grew-some unusual fruit.
A. abc B. bed C. abd D. acd
( )57. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. Many fish died because of the above-normal temperatures.
B. Alaska’s wildfire season might start after April before 2019.
C. Walruses never appeared along the coastline in the past years.
D. July 2019 was the hottest month in the southwestern state of Alaska.
( )58. What’s the main idea of the passage?
A. Alaska became the hottest place in July 2019.
B. It’s difficult for some sea animals to live in Alaska.
C. The hot weather affected (影响) Alaska’s plants and animals.
D. Alaska’s farmers had good harvests (丰收) because of the warm weather.
第二卷 非选择题（25分）
IV.语法填空（10分）
根据句子意思，用所给单词的适当形式填空，未提供单词的根据上下文填入适当的词。 (共10小题，每小题1分）
Sarah wanted to get a job to save money for her fixture. She didn’t want to keep (59)____________ (ask) her parents for money. She thought getting a job would be (60)____________ , good idea.
Since she never had a job before, she (61)____________ (decide) to start with a simple part-time job. She could be a cashier (出纳员), a tutor，a waitress (62) ____________ so on. She thought that a cashier would be the most suitable for her. This job was simple. It would also let her talk with (63) ____________ (difference) people, and that was her favorite thing to do.Sarah didn’t have a car, so she needed to find a job close to her home and school. Then it wouldn’t take her much time (64)____________ (walk) there. She was still going to school, so she needed to find a job that was flexible (灵活的). She walked around the restaurants and stores near (65)____________ (she) house. She tried in 10 different places, but the frozen yogurt shop was the (66) ____________ (good) one for her. She really loved it.Two (67)____________ (week) later, she had interviews. They were (68) ____________ a movie theater, a yogurt shop, a candy shop, a video game store and a coffee shop. She didn’t mind any of the jobs. They all seemed suitable for her.
IV. 59. asking 60. a 81. decided 62. and 63. different 64. to walk 65. her 66. best 67. weeks 68. from
V.书面表达 (共1题，15分）
作为一名来自中国的交换生Jack，你已经在英国学习了三个月。你的父母来信询问你在那里的情况，请根据下面的内容提示，给你的父母写一封回信。要求:80词左右，可适当发挥。 提示：
1、 生活上不习惯，想念家人和朋友；
2、 寄宿家庭友好，给予了很多帮助；
3、 ……(自己补充一点)
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2019-2020学年第一学期英语八年级上册期末测试题(二)参考答案
I．听力测试（15分）
1-5 BCBAB 6-10 CBCCA
11.信息转述：Alan has an elder brother, who is 25 years old. He left school last September. He’s an engineer in a company now. Last month, he bought a white laptop. It cost him more than 8,000 yuan. He often uses it to look for information. Sometimes he listens to music on it.
12. Where did your brother buy the laptop? [来源:学,科,网Z,X,X,K]
13. What kind of music does your brother like best?
II. 词汇测试（15分）
从下面每小题的A、B、C三个选项中选出可以替换划线部分的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将相应的字母编号涂黑。（共8小题，每小题1分）
14-18 ABCAB 19-23 ACBBB 24-28 CBAAC
II.完形填空（15分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从11-20 各小题的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳答案。 (共10小题，每小题1.5分）
29-33 BACBC 34-38 BBCCA
III.阅读理解(30分）
39-43 DBBAC44-48 BDBBC49-53 BDACD54-58 BACBC
IV.语法填空（10分）
59. asking 60. a 81. decided 62. and 63. different 64. to walk 65. her 66. best 67. weeks 68. from
V.书面表达 (共1题，15分）
Dear Dad and Mom,
I miss you very much. I also miss my friends in China.
I’ve stayed in England for three months. However, I haven’t got used to the life here. The food is the main problem for me. I really miss the Chinese food. My host family are very friendly. When I have trouble in life, they always try to help me. My school life is busy, but I like it. It’s hard for me to communicate with local people in English. I’m trying to improve my English. My teachers and classmates also give me much help.
Don’t worry about me. I can get used to the life as soon as possible.
Yours,
Jack
