广东省广州市越秀区2020-2021学年八年级第一学期期末英语试卷(含答案)

八年级英语试卷

说明： 1. 本试卷共十大题，分第I卷（共85分）和第II卷（计35分），全卷满分120分。

考试时间为100分钟。

2. 选择题请在答题卷的选择题答题区作答，把所选出的答案选项的编号用2B铅笔涂黑。非选择题请在答题卷的非选择题答题区作答，用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔把答案写在相应的位置上。否则作答无效。 3. 考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。

第I卷 选择题（共85分）

听力部分（15分）略 笔试部分（70 分）

说明： 1. 本部分共五大题，请检查题数；

2. 笔试部分所有的试题为客观性选择题，请在答题卡上按规定用2B铅笔作答。

三、单项选择（共10小题，每小题0.5分；满分5分）

请在下列各题的四个选项中选择一个最佳答案。

11. As there are no lights in the room, it was very dark and we could see ________.

A. something A. a little; any A. thousand A. popularer

B. anything

C. everything

D. nothing

D. little; some

12. There is ________ salt in the bottle. Would you go to the supermarket and get ________?

B. a few; some

C. few; any

13. There are about five ________ students in our school.

B. thousand of

C. thousands

D. thousands of

14. In Europe, potatoes are ________ than rice. You can find potatoes in most restaurants.

B. more popular C. the most popular D. popular

15. — How do you like this blue skirt, Jane?

— Well, I want to buy a ________ one than this, but ________ this.

A. cheaper; as good as C. cheaper; so good as A. nine

B. cheap; so good as D. cheap; as good as

D. nineteen

16. The ________ question in the exam is the most difficult one.

B. ninety

C. ninth

17. — Mum, look at this e-mail! Ivy is coming to Guangzhou.

— That’s nice. The two of you can go sightseeing. ________ to the Guangzhou Tower?

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— No, maybe I could take her there.

A. Have she ever been C. Has she ever been A. have known A. when

B. Does she ever go

D. Did she ever go

C. know

D. knew

18. We ________ Lily since she was a little girl.

B. had known

19. Hurry up, Jim. You’ll be late for school ________ you don’t leave now.

B. if

C. unless

D. after

20. — Sam, you ________ do more exercise to keep healthy every day.

— Ok, Miss Xu, I’ll try my best.

A. ought

B. should C. might D. had to

四、语法选择（共10小题，每小题1分；满分10分）

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，从21-30各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

In Chinese we call catching a cold ganmao. What did ganmao mean at first? Ganmao came from a ___21___ story. During the Song Dynasty (960-1279), there was a national library. The library’s workers ___22___ take turns working at night. ___23___ they didn’t want to do this tiring work and often ___24___ that they had diarrhea (腹泻). They would write this reason in their registration book.

One worker named Chen Hu was sick of using this reason. He wanted to think of something different and creative. He wrote ___25___ new reason in the registration book hit by the’ wind- -evil (风邪)”, or ganfeng in Chinese. The “wind-evil” was an idea that came from traditional Chinese medicine that meant some changes in your body when catching a cold, such as headache, running nose, and coughing. Chen wrote about this story in his book Qijiuxuwen. ___26___ workers in the library found Chen’s reason to be much ___27___ than “having diarrhea”, so ganfeng was used as a popular reason ___28___ hundreds of years until the Qing Dynasty (14-1911).

During the Qing Dynasty, the workers ___29___ even more creative. They changed ganfeng to ganmao. In Chinese, mao means to burst out (爆发). They used the phrase ganmao to show that they kept ___30___ even though they felt sick. However, their symptoms finally “burst out”, so they could not help but take a day off. It seems that the phrase ganmao is the result of linguistic (语言的) creativity. 21. A. funs 22. A. could 23. A. And

B. funnily B. might B. But

C. funny

D. funnier D. had to

C. should

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C. Because D. Or

24. A. say 25. A. a 26. A. Others 27. A. worse 28. A. for

B. said

C. says D. saying

D. The others

B. an C. the

D. this

D. better D. at

D. works

B. Other C. The other

B. good B. on

C. well

C. in

29. A. become 30. A. worked

B. became B. work

C. have become D. becomes C. working

五、完形填空（共10个空格，每个空格1分；满分10分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从31~40各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

In 2018, I was chosen as an exchange student. This was my first time going to another country on my own. I was ___31___, while a little nervous.

To save money, I rented a flat near the school. I still remember the feeling when I first got to that room. It was completely ___32___. There was no bed, no desk, no chair, even without electricity and internet. After a 23-hours flight, I ___33___ hopelessly on the floor. At that moment, I couldn’t help but crying. I wanted to go back home. ___34___, my warm-hearted neighbor and landlord did me a favor. They gave me a ride to the supermarket, so that I could buy some food. My neighbor allowed me to take a bath in his room and taught me how to ___35___ electricity and the internet.

At first, I wasn’t good at English. I explained my difficulties to the professors. Every professor was so nice to help me. With their help, I gradually enjoyed the classes. I really ___36___ their ways of teaching. Also, I liked to talk to professors during their office hours. They were very friendly and gave me a lot of useful ___37___. Finally, I got As in every course. Besides, I made a really good friend named Hannah. Since she is learning Chinese, we usually studied together. I helped her learn Chinese words and she helped me with some ___38___ reading.

When I write these stories now, I ___39___ all of them so much. They made me feel like I was at home and never felt lonely. I really hope I could have the chance to see them again in my life. My exchange ___40___ would certainly be one of my most unforgettable memories. 31. A. surprised B. free 32. A. new 33. A. jumped

B. laughed B. Thankfully

C. excited C. old

D. sick

B. empty

D. beautiful D. sat

D. Naturally

C. worked

34. A. Usually 35. A. find out 36. A. loved

C. Gradually

B. keep in touch with C. get connected to D. take in

D. gave

B. told C. made

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37. A. advice 39. A. miss 40. A. flight

B. time

C. food C. like C. class

D. books

D. French D. experience D. taught

38. A. Chinese B. English C. Germany

B. help B. way

六、阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分；满分40分）

阅读下面短文，然后根据短文内容选择最佳答案。

(A)

Once upon a time, there was a beaver (海狸) named Furry living in the forest. He had lots of friends and liked to play outside. One day a big wolf came and started saying, “This is my forest and I am bigger and stronger than you. So you will have to move out of the forest by tormorrow or I will destroy (摧毁) your house.”

Later that night Fury and his fiends were thinking what to do. Furry suggested that they should build a trap (陷阱) to catch the wolf and teach him a lesson that there was somebody stoner than him. The beavers decided it would be a deep hole covered with sticks on it.

One of the beavers asked, “How are we going to do that?” Furry suggested that they could ask the rabbits for help to build the trap. About one hour later the beavers went to the rabbits’ house and explained what was going to happen tomorrow in he morning.

The rabbits agreed to help. It to them the whole night but they finished it by the morning. In the morning they all hid up in the trees The wolf came and barked at them to pack their bags and leave the forest as soon as possible. Since the wolf wasn’t looking where he was going, he fell into the trap.

All the animals came and saw that the wolf was trapped in the hole. The wolf kept asking whether they could let him out of the hole but Furry said, “We would but since you have been so unkind to us we will not let you out of the hole.” Then the wolf promised that he would never tell them to move out of the forest and would be friendly to them.

Furry and his friends forgave the wolf and they got a big stick and dropped it down the hole so that the wolf could climb out.

41. The wolf wanted to capture the forest because _________.

A. he thought the forest was his own

B. he wanted to play with the other animals outside C. he thought the beaver was smaller and weaker than him D. he was afraid that there wasn’t enough food in the forest 42. From the passage, we know that _________.

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A. Furry and his friends destroyed the wolf’s house.

B. Furry made a deep hole covered with sticks on it by himself. C. the wolf knew there was somebody stronger than him at last. D. it took Furry and his friends the whole day to build the trap. 43. Who did Furry ask for help to build the trap?

A. the wolf

B. rabbits

C. other beavers D. all the animals

44. What will the writer probably talk about in the next paragraph of the passage?

A. All the animals live together happily in the forest. B. The wolf was asked to move out of the forest finally. C. Furry and his friends had to move out of the forest. D. The wolf was trapped in the hole and could not climb out. 45. What can we learn from the story?

A. Where there is a will, there is a way. B. Always learn to see things in a good way. C. Don’t be unkind to others or you l1 get it back. D. Trust yourself and you will make a good choice.

(B)

Encyclopedia Britannica (《大英百科 全书》) used to be the king of encyclopedias. It hopes to become the most important encyclopedia again. An encyclopedia has information about many different things. It includes articles on topics like animals, science, countries and famous people. Salesmen used to go to houses and knock on doors selling Encyclopedia Britannica. A set could include 32 books. It cost a lot of money, but many people were willing to buy them. They thought Britannica was the best encyclopedia.

Several years ago, the company stopped publishing the books. It put the whole encyclopedia on the internet. However, Britannica online is not as popular as some other online encyclopedias. About half of Britannica’s articles are free while almost all of the articles on other online encyclopedias are free. However, the president of Britannica has a plan. He wants to offer all of the encyclopedia online for free. The company hopes more people will read it.

Britannica began in Scotland nearly 250 years ago. It moved to Chicago in 1935. In 1990, the company sold more than 100,000 sets of books. It was Britannica’s best year. Book sales dropped after the internet became popular. People stopped getting information only from books. They began getting it online as well. Some online encyclopedias started in the early 21th century. It was the beginning of the end of Encyclopedia Britannica books. In this competition, Britannica is the

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underdog. Some online encyclopedias have millions of articles. Britannica has only 106,000. However, Britannica’s articles are more trustworthy ( 值得信任的), some readers said. It’s said that each Britannica article is checked by experts (专家). These experts make sure the articles are correct. Britannica covers most of the same general subjects as other’ online encyclopedias, but finding its articles can be more difficult. The Britannica page also has many ads. The ads help support the company.

46. Why is online Britannica less popular than other online encyclopedias?

A. More people like to read other online encyclopedias. B. There are less articles in other online encyclopedias.

C. The readers can read more free articles in other online encyclopedias.

D. Other online encyclopedias cover most of the same general subjects as Britannica. 47. When might people become less interested in Encyclopedia Britannica books?

A. In 1935.

B. In 2002.

C. In 1991.

D. In 1990.

48. According to some readers, why are Britannica s articles more trustworthy?

A. They are written by experts.

B. There is more useful information in it. C. The experts check each Britannica article. D. Finding Britannica’ s articles can be more difficult.

49. What ‘s the meaning of the underlined word underdog in paragraph 3?

A. little dog

B. loser

C. winner

D. luckier one

50. Why do Britannica’s pages have ads?

A. To make its website popular. B. To make it more user friendly. C. To make money for the company.

D. To help other companies earn money.

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(C)

FACT FILE: Computers FUN FACTS: *More than 3 billion people use the internet! *More than 200 billion emails are sent every day! *The first computer mouse was made of wood! 51. The writer writes paragraph one to _________.

A. introduce some useful computers B. give the main idea of paragraph two C. show part of the computers to the readers

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Computers can do lots of jobs. They can do maths, store information, or play music. You can use a computer to write or to play games. What do you know about the history of computers? The first computers were very big. They were the size of a room! They were so big that people didn’t have them at home. Early computers could also only do simple maths, like a calculator. In the 1930s, Alan Turing had the idea for a computer. His idea made computers do different things. In 1958, Jack Kilby invented the microchip. Microchips are tiny but can store lots of information. They helped make computers smaller. In the 1970s, computers were smaller and cheaper so people started to use them at home. In the 1980s, computer games were very popular. Lots of people bought computers just to play games. In 19, Tim Berners-Lee invented the WorldWide Web, which is a way to organize information on the internet. Now people all over the world can look for and share information on websites. Today people can use smart–phones to play games, email and go on the internet. In the past, a simple computer was the size of a room. Now it can go in your pocket! D. get the readers to be interested in the topic

52. At first, people didn’t have computers at home because _________.

A. they are the size of a room B. they only do simple maths C. they are like a calculator D. they can do different things

53. When did lots of people buy computers just to play games?

A. In 1958. A. wood

B. In the 1980s. C. In the 1970s. D. In 19. B. water

C. plastic

D. stone

. What was the first computer mouse made of? 55. We can find this passage in _________.

A. an advertisement C. story book

(D)

Until recently, many people believed that the brain has completed its development by teens. However, scientists found out the brain still grows as much during teens as it did during early childhood.

You may notice that your children seems to be getting more forgetful as they are in their teens. One parent told us a story. Her daughter, Mary, was invited to take part in a birthday party on Thursday last week. Mum reminded her of the party on Wednesday evening. Before Mary left for school on Thursday, mum asked her where she needed to go after school that day. “The birthday party,” Mary answered as she walked out the door. On Thursday evening, when Mum went to the birthday party to pick up Mary, she found that Mary was not among them. In surprise, she called home. Mary quickly answered the phone.”Why aren’t you at the party?” asked her surprised mother. “I forgot,” answered Mary.

Why does this often happen for parents and kids of this age? Because the brain of a teen is growing so fast that it is inefficient(效率低的). Think of a boom town and it is developing faster than the builders can put up the things and clear out rubbish. The teenage brain is something like this town the building work needs to be finished, the work place needs to be cleaned up, and all the tools need to be returned to their places. The reason why your teens can seem badly planned in their thinking is that their brains are growing. As they develop, they can be better planned, and may forget less.

B. travel journal D. science magazine

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What can parents do about it? The first step is agreeing that it really is happening and your child doesn’t mean to be against the rules . Although time will finally take care of the issue, you can support your children during this time by gently but firmly help them. 56. According to the scientists, _________.

A. parents are always forgetful

B. the brain has completed its development by teens C. children are more forgetful than their parents recently D. the brain grows as much during teens as it did in childhood 57. The writer takes Mary’s story as an example to show that _________.

A. Mary didn’t go well with her mother B. Mary didn’t want to go to her friend’s party C. being forgetful often happen for the teenagers D. parents always don’t understand their child’ s feeling 58. The reason why the teens are often forgetful is that _________.

A. the brain is something like a town B. the brain of a teen is growing so fast C. teens are badly planned in their thinking D. a lot of things needs to be finished for them 59. What can parents do about it?

A. Support and help their children. B. Plan everything for their children.

C. Know that everything is right for their children.

D. Understand that their children want to be against the rules. 60. What is the best title of this passage?

A. Our Brains Are Growing So Fast. B. Share Our Ideas About Forgetfulness. C. How Parents Experienced Forgetfulness.

D. The Forgetful Teen: “Someone Stole Part of My Kid’s Brain”.

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七、阅读填空（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）

阅读短文及文后选项，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，把答案写在答题发相应的空格中。 Sometimes the bad news around us may make the world look like an unhappy place to live. 61._____________ If you make even one person smile today, you can help make this world a better place. Here are things you can do to put a smile on someone’s face.

Send a handwritten letter

62._____________ As we know, in this day and age, everything is sent by e-mail, QQ or WeChat. So putting pen to paper and writing a few words to a friend can be an easy way to make others smile. Even a postcard with a few sentences could really make someone happy!

Volunteer（做志愿者）

Volunteering is one of the nicest things you can do. 63._____________ And you can also visit sick children in a hospital. There are so many chances, so you are sure to find one that is right for you. And it doesn’t have to take up all your time it could be once a week or several times a year.

Make something special

Make something special or not, taking time to make something special for someone shows how much you appreciate (感激) him or her. ._____________ Some ideas could include a card, painting, drawing or cake!

Say “I love you”

It can be anyone your parent, your grandparent or a friend. And you don’t even have to say “I love you”. Perhaps you can tell someone how much you care about him or her. 65._____________ A. However, you can make a difference. B. You can volunteer to help someone in need. C. It will be a surprise to receive a letter by post. D. Even if you think you’re not creative, the receiver will feel lucky to get such a special gift. E. Sometimes, in our busy lives we forget to take a moment to tell people what they mean to us.

第II卷 非选择题（共35分）

八、语篇填词（共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分）

请根据下文中所给的首字母写出空格所缺的单词，使文章通顺合理并符合语法要求。在填写答题卷时，要求写出完整单词。(每空只写一词)

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There was a speaking competition last week. We spoke to the 66. w_________, Henry. “I’m so happy that I won,” he said.”It’s been a 67. f_________ experience so far. I 68. a_________ people to speak slowly and clearly. 69. I_________ you can do that, you will 70. s_________.” We also spoke to several other students about English week. All of them enjoyed it very much.

九、完成句子（共15空格， 每空格1分，满分15分）

请根据中文提示完成句子，每空格只填- -词。 71. 很久以前，在那里住着一位智者。

_________ _________ _________ _________, there lived a wise man. 72. 我父亲在一家餐馆当厨师。

My father _________ _________ a cook in a restaurant. 73. 这辆车使用电力而不是汽油。

This car uses electricity _________ _________ gas. 74. 出门在外时要与家人保持联系。

_________ _________ _________ _________ your family when you are away from home. 75. 你曾经参观过万里长城吗?

_________ _________ _________ the Great Wall?

十、书面表达（共1题， 满分15分）

假如你是李华，你的朋友John 到广州留学学习中文。John很喜欢看书，所以他发邮件向你咨询他家附近书店的情况。请你写一封回信给他，根据图表提示比较一下两家书店，然后推荐合适的书店给他并说明原因。 Area Zhifu Book Store 88m2 Xinhua Book Store 125m2 700 m many kinds of books (storybook, encyclopedia, books on Chinese learning …), works of art, model planes ... Built Other things 注意事项：

1. 词数：100词左右(文章开头已给出，不计入总词数)；

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Distance from John’s 500 m house Sell textbooks, notebooks 20 years ago toys ... 2 years ago some drinking … 2. 文中不能出现真实姓名、校名等信息；

3. 文章必须包含上图所提供的所有信息，可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 Dear John,

I’m glad to hear that you’ve come to China to learn Chinese. __________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________

Yours, Li Hua

2020学年第一学期学业水平调研测试

八年级英语答案

笔试部分（70 分）

三、单项选择（共10小题，每小题0.5分；满分5分）

11.D 12. D 13.A 14. B 15.A 16.C 17.C 18.A 19.B 20. B 四、语法选择（共10个空格，每个空格1分；满分10分）

21.C 22. D 23. B 24.B 25.A 26. C 27. D 28.A 29. B 30. C 五、完形填空（共10个空格，每个空格1分；满分10分）

31. C 32. B 33. D 34. B 35. C 36. A 37. A 38. B 39. A 40. D 六、阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分；满分40分） (A)41. A 42. C 43. B 44. A 45. C (B)46. C 47. B 48. C 49. B 50. C (C)51.D 52. A 53. B . A 55. D (D)56. D 57. C 58. B 59. A 60. D

七、阅读填空（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分） 61. A 62. C 63. B . D 65.E 第II卷 非选择题（共35分）

八、单词拼写（共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分）

66. winner 67. fantastic 68. advise 69. If 70. succeed 九、完成句子（共15个空格，每空格1分，满分15分） 71. A long time ago 72. works as

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73. instead of 74. Keep in touch with 75. Have you visited

十、书面表达（共1题，满分15分）

Possible version: Dear John,

I’m glad to hear that you’ve come to Guangzhou to learn Chinese. In your letter, I know that you and your parents are interested in reading. Actually, there are two bookshops near your house in Guangzhou. They are Zhifu Book Store and Xinhua Book Store. Zhifu Book Store covers an area of 88m2, and it is smaller than Xinhua Book Store, which is 125m2 . But Zhifu Book Store is closer than Xinhua Book Store. Yet, I think Xinhua Book Store has more books than Zhifu Book Store. For example, you can find many kinds of books like storybook, encyclopedia, books on Chinese learning, and you can also buy some work of art, model planes there. However, there are just some textbooks, and notebooks in Zhifu Book Store. And I would like to advise you to go to Xinhua Book Store because it was just built 2 years ago, while Zhifu Book Store was built 20 years ago. And Xinhua Book Store also provides some drinking like coffee and tea. It may be a better choice for you.

Yours, Li Hua

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