淮安市启明外国语学校2021-2022学年八年级上学期期末英语试题（含答案）

淮安市启明外国语学校2021-2022学年八年级上学期期末英语试题

I、听力（20分）略

II、单项选择（共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分）

   从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的正确答案。

21. ---What ___________heavy snow it was!

---Yes, but I love ___________air after it snows. It smells so fresh.

1.         the;a        B.a; the    C.the;the    D.a; a

22. You’d better take ________with you when you go birdwatching so that you can watch birds more clearly.

1.     binoculars       B.a map     C.a camera    D.a notebook

23. ---I’ve tried my best, but I still failed.

   ---Don’t lose heart. You should learn to ________the result and keep trying.

1.         accept        B.cause       C.record     D.prevent

24. ---How about this pink coat? It’s your size.

   ---Great! That’s _______what I want. I’ll take it

1.     finally     B.mainly     C.nearly     D.exactly

25. ---What is the weather like in the Heilongjiang Province in winter?

   ---It’s very cold and the temperature is usually _________ -20℃

1.     under    B.over    C.below    D.above

26.  ---Why do you choose this kind of e-car?

---Because it is much safer. _________,it saves much energy.

A.Moreover   B.However   C.Instead     D.Otherwise

27. ---How was your visit to the park?

  ---It couldn’t be a _______one. The weather was terrible and I had a bad cold after the trip.

    A.more exciting    B.more terribly     C.worst     D.more awful

28. ---Why do these people live in the tents?

---Because their houses___________in the terrible storm last night.

1. wrote down      B.broke down     C.cut down    D.came down

29.--- _________did you weigh after the long holiday?

  --- About 60 kilograms. I gained 2 kilograms.

1. How heavy      B. How long     C.How much     D. How many

30. Paul made a nice cage_______the little sick bird till it could fly.

1.     keep    B.kept     C.keeping    D.to keep

31. ---How useful the trees are!

  ---I agree with you. Trees here _______some shade ________us.

1.     provide; for       B.provide;with      C.offer;for     D.offer;with

32. ---The trees in the garden are really small and short.

   ---Don’t worry! _______time goes by, they are sure to grow taller and stronger.

1. While     B.When     C.As     D.Because

33. ----What will the weather be like this afternoon, Anna?

  ---It______be fine. But who knows? It’s always changing quickly.

1. must           B.will         C.may       D.need

34. As a true friend, I can see the sadness in her eyes, ______others just believe the smile on her face.

1.     while      B.because     C.before     D.if

35. ----Some wild animals are in need of _________help.

   ----Yes. If nobody ______them in the future, they ______out.

1.         humans’ ; help; die     B.human; will help; will die

C.human’s;will help;die      D.humans’; helps;will die

36. Which of the following words rhymes with the word “hours” in the poem?

1. flowers         B.trees       C.fishes        D.hills

37.The earthquake hurt _________people. ________them got seriously hurt.

   A.thousands of; Two hundreds of       B.two thousand; Two hundred

   C.thousands of; Two hundred of        D.thousand of; Two hundred of

38. ---Linda, I called you this morning but nobody answered the phone.

   ---I’m sorry. I ________football with my friends on the school playground then.

1.     play        B.played     C.am playing     D.was playing

39. Which of the following has the same sentence structure as “Eddie is watching Hobo work”?

1. Bees and butterflies play among flowers.  B. The clouds became dark.

C.We keep our classroom clean.            D. I will buy Mum a present.

40. ---I’ll have an important meeting this weekend, so I can’t go fishing with you.

--- _________. I thought we could have a nice time together.

1. No problem.      B. What a pity!      C. You’re welcome.   D. I am afraid so.

III. 完形填空（共15小题，每小题1分；满分15分）

The driver closed the back door of the ambulance ( 救护车 ) quickly and ran to the front,jumped into his seat, and started the engine. Inside were the   41     parents, Mr. and Mrs. Green. Mother was holding their baby daughter Ally. The little girl had some food stuck in her throat(喉) when having lunch and could hardly breathe(呼吸).

The driver, Mr. White,   42     his siren ( 报警器 ) and flashing light, and started speeding towards the     43       hospital, fighting against time. The cars ahead of him pulled out of the way as he drove through the  44      .From the back of the ambulance the parents were shouting at him to    45      ,since Ally almost stopped breathing. In front of him he saw the traffic lights, with the   46     “STOP” light shining. Mr. White knew that he had   47      time to lose, so he drove straight past the traffic lights .

Coming towards him from his right was a taxi. The driver had the    48       up,since the car was air-conditioned(开了空调), and he was playing his radio. He did not   49       the ambulance. The lights were green, so he   50     straight on into the path of the ambulance.

Mr. White tried to stop his ambulance but it was too late. It hit the taxi. Everybody was shaken but no one was hurt. Mr. White turned to see   51     little Ally was. He was surprised to see relief ( 宽慰 ) instead of fear on the faces of the parents.

“Look!” cried Mrs. Green. “She is    52      again. ”

“ It must be the   53    .” said her husband. “ It    54    the food out of her throat. ” The baby's color was turning to normal, and she was crying in a loud but healthy    55     .They were all joyful, and quite forgot about the accident, the taxi, and the lines of cars  all around them.

41. A. excited        B. pleased          C. worried        D. surprised

42. A. turned on      B. turned back       C. turned over      D. turned down

43. A.farthest        B. most expensive    C. most beautiful   D. nearest

44. A.empty street   B.busy traffic       C. open air         D. dark place

45. A.slow          B.hurry            C. stop            D. drive

46. A.red          B.green           C. yellow         D. blue

47. A.much        B.any              C. no             D. some

48. A. seats        B. doors            C. windows        D. lights

49. A. hear        B. buy             C.sell             D. borrow

50. A. walked      B.drove             C.rode            D. flew

51. A.how        B.what            C.where          D.who

52.A.reading      B.breathing        C.laughing        D.speaking

53.A.temperature   B.radio           C.crash          D.love

54.A.took        B.picked           C.knocked        D.looked

55.A.sound       B.voice           C.shout           D.noise

IV. 阅读理解（共15小题，A、B两篇每小题2分，C篇每小题1分，满分25分）

   阅读下文，从所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

A

When I got to school today, everybody was acting all strange around me, and at first I didn't know what was up. Then I remembered: I still had the Cheese Touch from last year. I got the Cheese Touch in the last week of school, and over the summer I forgot about it.

The problem with the Cheese Touch is that you've got it until you can pass（传递）it on to someone else. But nobody would even like to get close to me and talk to me. Every time they saw me, they screamed "Ah~ Greg Heffley is coming!" I knew the Cheese Touch would stick with me for the whole school year. Luckily, a new kid named Jeremy Pindle was in the classroom, so I passed the Cheese Touch to him.

My first class was Maths, and the teacher put me right next to Alex Aruda, the cleverest kid in the whole class. If the kids' last names start with the first few letters of the alphabet（字母表）, the teacher will call them most, and that's why they end up being the cleverest. Some people think that's not true, but I can prove it. You see the picture on the left? Alex Aruda is a top student, while Christoper Ziegel is different.

I can only think of one kid. He broke the last-name rule, and that's Peter Uteger. Peter was the cleverest kid in the class all the way up until the fifth grade.

When we kept saying his initials（首字母）out loud, it sounded funny. This gave Peter a difficult time.

These days, Peter doesn't put up his hand at all, and he's pretty much a C student. I feel a little bad about the whole P.U. thing and what happened to Peter.

56.When did the write get the Cheese Touch ?

A.Last year      B.Last week     C.Today     D.This summer

57.If someone gets the Cheese Touch,           .

A.he is dangerous to others     B.others may keep away from him

C.he should pass it on to someone else   D.it will stick with him for the whole school year

58. What does the word “prove” mean in Paragraph 3?

   A.证明     B.质疑   C. 修改   D.撤回

59. What did Peter Uteger think of these kids when they kept saying “P.U.!” out loud?

A.Active but strange.      B.Noisy and impolite.

C.Humorous but impolite.   D.Crazy and impatient.

60.What can you infer（推断）from the passage?

A.Peter Uteger broke the class rule in the fifth grade.

B.The kids in the class don't play with Jeremy Pindle now.

C.Christoper Ziegel is among the cleverest kids in the class.

D.Jeremy Pindle got the Cheese Touch in the last week of school.

B

   Hi,listeners! Here is some news about movies,lectures(讲座) and shows in our city this week.

That’s all for today’s news. Now, let’s enjoy some beautiful English songs. First, Alice by Avril Lavigne. This is a beautiful song from the movie Alice in Wonderland. Hope you will enjoy it.

61. The passage may come from a _____________.

1. TV programme   B.fashion magazine   C.radio programme   D.local newspaper

62. People can go to see travel movies about some countries except ___________.

1. Russia       B. France       C. Italy        D.Australia

63. Wendy and her sister want to attend the lecture. They need to pay ___________for the tickets.

1.         ￥10       B.￥25       C.￥50       D.￥100

64. If Peter is free this Friday afternoon, he can _____________.

1. watch a fashion show   B.attend a lecture  C.watch documentaries  D.enjoy English songs

65. What is Avril Lavigne?

1. A host     B.An engineer    C.A model      D.A singer

C

Libraries give kids a quiet and safe place to read and learn. For over 100 years, libraries have played an important role in Americans’ education. But how are these book-filled buildings changing with the times? You may be surprised to find out.

Benjamin Franklin famously founded (创建) America’s first lending library in 1731. But the public library system（系统） got its biggest development in the American history in the late 1800s. Businessman Andrew Carnegie donated millions of dollars to help build free public libraries across the country. Between 1886 and 1919, Carnegie’s donations helped build 1,679 new libraries.
    Carnegie believed that libraries could offer the chances to Americans, young and old. He knew that the more libraries there were, the more people would have opportunities to read and use books, speeches and news. 
    If you can easily find a public library in your community, you’ll get more chances. After all, the United States has 9,225 public libraries. Today, libraries keep growing. Seven tenths of the libraries have free Internet. It provides much more information and opportunities（机会） to ask for jobs online.
    Libraries are also teaching kids about the fun of reading. The new program Read! Build! Play! adds reading into playtime. As kids listen to a book that is being read aloud, they use Legos (乐高积木) to build images(图像) from the story happily. Today’s libraries are always looking for creative programs to bring people into the library.
    Benjamin Franklin once said, “The doors of wisdom(智慧) are never shut.” As long as the doors of public libraries are open, what he said is most certainly correct!
66. Who founded America’s first lending library?

1. Benjamin Franklin    B. Andrew Carnegie    C.The writer     D.Some kids

67.The right order of the following statements is ______ .
①The public library system in America developed fast.
②The first lending library was founded.
③ Libraries provide information and chances to ask for jobs online.
④ Libraries try to bring people into the library by using creative programs.

68.The last paragraph mainly tells us_________.

69. What is the purpose of the new program Read! Build! Play!?

1. To build more libraries.                B. To add reading into playtime.

C.To provide the libraries with free Internet.  D.To look for creative programs to bring people into the libraries

70.The best title for the passage is _______.

第II卷（70分）

V、词汇运用（共16小题；每小题1分，满分16分）

A 根据句子意思，从方框中选用恰当的单词或短语填空。

1. ______________________, I didn’t like this community at all. As time went on, the kind neighbors made me change my mind.
2. Vivien worked very hard at all her lessons. ______________________, she becomes the top student in her class.
3. Finally, the two volunteers worked out a plan to help the ________________deer out of danger.
4. ----It is said that the COVID-19 has made a comeback in Xi’an, and a lot of people there have been infected(被感染).

  ---I am sorry to hear that. To ___________________, we’d better remember to wear the masks.

5. ---The garbage classification(垃圾分类) has been started in Huai’an, but the situation is not as good as expected.

 ---- ______________________! It should be paid more attention to because it is good for environment.

6. People were sleeping _________________the earthquake happened, so many of them lost their lives.
7. Wolves never kill _________________.They attack people only when they are very hungry.
8. ---- Money is very important. However, we can’t buy love and friendship with it.

  ---- I agree with you. Money doesn’t mean ___________________.

B 根据句意，用括号中所给单词的正确形式填空。

9. ----The alarm clock is broken and there’s a lot of traffic and the weather is...

  ----Oh, boy, you _______________(make) up an excuse(借口) again, can you just admit(承认) your mistakes?

10. It’s possible that a person with better education(教育) finds a job ___________(easy) than others.
11. ----Tom, keep away from the grassland!

   ---Oh, I’m sorry, Mr. Li. I ______________(not do) it again.

12. Every year a lot of ______________(tour) come to visit the Great Wall in China.
13. I saw the student ____________(climb) through the window and get into the room.
14. Go to bed early, or you may feel _____________(sleep) in class tomorrow.
15. There are no drinks _____________(leave) at home. What about drinking some water?
16.  He rushed into the classroom angrily, _____________(drop) his glasses onto the ground.

VI.完成句子（共7小题；每题2分，满分14分）

  根据中文意思，在下列各小题的空白处填入适当的单词或短语。

17. 如果你没有方向感，在这样的大城市，你会迷路的

If you don’t have ____________________________, you may ________________________in such a big city.

18. ---你认为我们有必要同情那些鸟吗？---当然！在过去，过度的捕猎导致它们的数量减少。

   ---Do you think it is necessary for us________________________ those birds?

   ---Sure! Too much hunting in the past________________________the smaller number of them.

19. 当我清楚地描述完那只大熊猫，一阵喜悦掠过我的脑海。

 ______________________________went through my mind when I finished __________________________.

20. 因为新冠肺炎，我们春节要尽可能地少聚会。

______________________COVID-19(新冠肺炎) , we should get together _____________________at the Spring Festival.

21. 我们真的希望每个人都能理解保护鸟的重要性并且立刻采取行动。

 We do hope that everybody can______________________protecting birds and _______________________right away.

22. 为了尽快找到出路，我们最好镇静下来。

We’d better _____________________in order to _____________________________as quickly as we can.

23. 这里全年炎热，干燥，气温30多度。

 It is hot and dry ____________________________here, with temperatures _____________________________.

Ⅶ.任务型阅读（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）

   阅读下面短文，根据要求完成下列各题。

A

    I am a Canadian. I started learning French when I was 10 years old. But my whole experience(经历) with the language was in the classroom. All of that changed, however, during my last summer of high school. As a 17-year-old girl, I flew across the country by myself for the first time! I headed for Quebec to live in the province with a French-speaking host family, who didn’t speak any English. And I would learn French at a local school.

On the first day of school, the local school gave us students a test to determine（测定）our language level. We were required to speak only French all summer.

I made every effort to communicate(交流) in a second language by making new friends, seeing movies and even ordering food from restaurants in French. Though I couldn’t understand most of it at the very beginning, the whole experience was exciting and refreshing.

On weekends, my classmates and I took trips to different places around the province. On one trip, we went whale watching on the St. Lawrence River. Even though it was raining, we could see huge whales swimming around our boat. The most forgettable(令人难忘的) part of our trip was a visit to historic Quebec City. I walked along the stone streets, took pictures of the European-style（欧式的）buildings, and learned some stories there.

Finally my efforts paid off! At the end of the summer, I was able to communicate pretty well. I couldn’t wait to go back to school and talk with my French teacher. Being lost in a French-speaking environment was a valuable learning experience. And it could be the main reason for my improvement (提高) in French.

根据上面短文内容回答问题，每小题答案不超过6个单词。

24. When did the writer fly alone for the first time?

_________________________________________________________

25. How did the local school determine the students’ language level?

_________________________________________________________

26. Where did the writer take trips on weekends?

_________________________________________________________

27. What did the writer think of the visit to historic Quebec City?

_________________________________________________________

28. What could be the main reason for the writer’s improvement in French?

_________________________________________________________

B

Playing the piano----makes you more successful in life

The piano is the king of musical instruments(乐器). The advantages(优势) of playing the piano are accepted by many people, such as helping learners’ brain development, exercising the fingers(手指) and enriching the life.

Piano music is also a gateway to create(创造) the picture thinking and to open the window to a whole new world. Children, especially those who are learning music, will find the key to open the window quickly. Not only kids, but also middle-aged(中年的) or even older people can learn the piano well.

Playing the piano Sharpens Your Concentration(专心)

When you’re playing the piano, you have to focus on the rhythm, pitch, tempo, note duration, and some other things. Even though you are doing something you really enjoy, this is really a concentration exercise. In fact, studies have shown that every time a musician picks up his or her instrument, there are fireworks going on his or her mind.

Playing the piano Teaches You Perseverance(坚持)

Leaning new songs on the piano takes much time. When you can play a song by heart, you may have spent several weeks practicing it. As you look forward to being able to play the song, you learn patient(耐心) and increase your perseverance. These skills will always help you when you are facing difficult tasks at school, university, or at work.

Playing the piano Increases Your Memory

Playing the piano stimulates(刺激) your brain. While you learn and play songs, the stimulated areas of your brain become larger and therefore more active. So when you play the piano, you are able to remember information better. Saying things like, “I’m sorry!Maybe you have told me, but I really don’t remember.” may also happen less often.

根据上面短文内容填空。

29. The piano is _________________________musical instruments. It can help develop the brain, _________________________and enrich the life.
30. Piano music helps open _________________to a whole new world. Both children and aged people can _____________________. Learning to play the piano has many advantages over other activities.
31. While playing the piano, musicians need to focus on the rhythm, pitch, tempo, note duration, and something _____________________. There are ________________going on in their brains when they pick up the instrument.
32. You need to ________________much time learning new songs on the piano. Meanwhile, you learn to be ____________________and increase your perseverance as you look forward to being able to play the song.
33. Playing the piano stimulates ____________________. And also playing the piano makes you better at ____________________information.

Ⅷ.书面表达（满分20分）

假如你是Millie, 上周你和同学们去野生动物园参观，了解到很多动物的生存现状，想在全校范围内呼吁共同保护野生动物。请根据下面表格中提示的内容用英语写一封倡议书。单词书100左右。内容必须包括表格中的所有要点。

注意：

1. 参考词汇 nature reserve, Wild Animals Club;
2. 文章的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear all,

Last week, my classmates and I went to the Wild Animal Park. We learnt a lot about wild animals there. We are writing to you that many wild animals are now in danger.

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Animals are our friends. They need our protection.

Yours sincerely,

Millie