20.北京市延庆区2020-2021学年八年级下学期期中考试英语试题.docx

1、延庆区2020-2021学年第二学期期中试卷初二英语知识运用（共14分）一、单项填空（共6分，每小题0.5分）从下面各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择可以填入空白处的最佳选项。1. Mr. Jackson is a popular writer, and we all like reading books.A. his B. her C. their D. your2. More and more young people go swimming summer.A.at B. on C. in D. to3. The restaurant is very popular now, I d

2、ont like the food there.A. and B. but C. or D. so4. do you visit your grandparents, Tom?Twice a month.A. How often B. How much C. How long D. How old5. The hotel is very old. Ifs one of buildings in the city.A. old B. older C. oldest D. the oldest6. I hand in the report today?No, you neednt.A. Can B

3、. Must C. Shall D. Could7.Whats that noise, Sam?My little brother with his toy car now.A. will play B. is playing C. plays D. played8.How do you usually go to school?I to school on foot every day.A. go B. went C. was going D. will go9. My mother some washing when the telephone rang last night.A. doe

4、s B. will do C. is doing D. was doing10. If it rains tomorrow, we at home.A. stayed B. stay C. were staying D. will stay11. Lily is my classmate. We each other since she came to our school.A. know B. knew C. have known D. will know12.Judy, could you tell me the schoolbag?Oh, yes. I bought it in a st

5、ore on the Internet.A. where did you buy B. where will you buyC. where you bought D. where you will buy二、完形填空（共8分，每小题1分）阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。Now dad is deep inside my heartMy dad used to say he knew I would be a singer. When I was a baby, I was always singing loudly. Dad was

6、a big sports fan, but he was happy to know I loved 13 .After dinner, dad would often ask me to sing. He always said that I sang “I Will Always Love You” much better than Whitney Houston!At every school conceit he cheered me on. The look of 14 on his face made me happy.My life was full of concerts, s

7、inging lessons and laughter. Though my mum and brothers helped me, they did not 15 our love for music.Our lives changed when dad was told he had cancer(癌症).We always hoped that something would happen and he would get better, but the doctors told us that they could not 16 him.About a week before my d

8、ad died, he fell into a coma(昏迷).The nurses said even though dad did not answer, he could still 17 me.The nurses said I should sing him a song. I sang one of our favourites. As I sang, my dad smiled 18 .I will always remember that smile. I was so pleased to know that dad had heard me sing one more s

9、ong. My dad died on May 14,2000. I dont know how to say how much I missed him.Now I have all the memories of him and his beautiful 19 deep inside my heart. I will always know that he is 20 from his front row seat in heaven. He used to say, “Sing from your heart.” My dad has and will always be my her

10、o.13. A. sport B. music C. art D. science14. A. patience B. fear C. worry D. pride15. A. share B. compare C. remember D. study16. A. leave B. send C. save D. care17. A. hear B. help C. reach D. change18. A. secretly B. loudly C. happily D. nervously19. A. hope B. smile C. dream D. face20. A. thinkin

11、g B. waiting C. listening D. crying阅读理解（共31分）三、阅读下列短文，根据短文内容，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。（共26分，每小题2分）ASpeaking PalSpeaking English is important. Speaking Pal is one of the best Apps for English learners to practice speaking. It allows users to chat with thousands of native English speakers. In shor

12、t, learn English, speak English.Spell CheckerSpeaking English is easy, but writing it is often much more difficult. If you start to learn it, I bet that you would get a lot of words misspelled. If you dont want this to happen, youd better use this Spell Checker.Learn English VideoIn Learn English Vi

13、deo, youll find 2 thousand best videos offered on topics such as UK food and culture, everyday life and famous stories and poems. It can improve your English listening skills quickly.Kobo ReadingThe free top-popular Kobo Reading App gives you right to Kobos e-book store with 4 million e-books and ma

14、gazines. Join millions of readers worldwide and read conveniently on your mobile phone or computer.21. In Speaking Pal, you can chat with .A. native English speakers B. personal computersC. happy readers D. new smart phones22. If writing is difficult for you, youd better use .A. Speaking Pal B. Spel

15、l CheckerC. Learn English Video D. Kobo Reading23. Learn English Video can improve your .A. speaking skills B. writing skillsC. reading skills D. listening skillsBJackson, a successful businessman, told the story of his childhood.When he was 12, his parents died. He was alone and didnt get on well w

16、ith others. People always laughed at him. No one showed kindness to him.His only friend was a dog named Tiger. He gave his dog enough to eat and drink, but sometimes he was not polite to it. He didnt know that an unkind word sometimes could cut ones heart like a knife.One day as he walked down the s

17、treet, a young lady was walking in front of him. Suddenly one of her bags dropped from her arms. As she stopped to pick it up, she dropped the other one. So he came to help her pick the bag up. “Thank you, dear! You are a nice little boy!” she said kindly, smiling.These were the first kind words he

18、had ever heard. He watched her until she went far away, and then he whistled to his dog and went directly to the river nearby.Thank you, dear! You are a nice little boy! he repeated the womans words excitedly. Then in a low voice he said them to his dog! Tiger raised its ears as if it understood.“Uu

19、m! Even a dog likes them!” he said. The boy thought and thought. Finally he looked at himself in the river. He saw a clean nice boy. He was amazed. From then on, he had a new life.After telling this, the businessman stopped for a while, and then he said, “Ladies and gentlemen, this is the very place

20、 where that kind woman planted in me the first seed of kindness. All of us should learn about kindness. What a great power it has!”24. From the passage, we can learn that Jackson .A. helped a young lady pick up her bagB. never took good care of the dogC. had many friends around himD. washed his dirt

21、y face in the lake25. Jackson felt when he repeated the woman5s words.A. sad B. lonely C. excited D. lucky26. What made Jackson start his new life?A. The smiling of the woman.B. The seed the boy planted.C. The people laughing at him.D. The kind words spoken to him.CMachines know your voiceComputers,

22、 smartphones, and other machines are the perfect servants. We usually tell” them to do things by using a mouse or keyboard. But what if we could just talk to them and tell them what to do?In the 1960s TV series Star Trek, spaceships could reply to human voice orders. In the film 2001: A Space Odysse

23、y, HAL 9000 is a computer that humans can talk to. It can play chess with humans and fix their spaceship.This type of technology, which helps machines understand people speech and act as what people say, is known as voice recognition(识别). Today, voice recognition is widely used in peoples daily life

24、. Siri and Alexa, the voice recognition software made by Apple and Amazon are two examples. You can ask them to do many things, from setting alarms and playing music to placing online grocery orders and turning on household devices.One of the nice things about voice recognition is that it can be use

25、d when were on the go. When youre driving a car or walking down the sidewalk, it is not convenient or even hazardous to pick up your smartphone and type on the keyboard. With voice recognition, you can focus on whatever youre doing at the moment while still finishing other tasks.Speech recognition c

26、an also help people with hearing disabilities a lot. It can be used to listen to spoken words and turn them into text that deaf people can read. Advanced speech recognition software can even hear words spoken in one language and then translate it into another language.As voice recognition software b

27、ecomes more advanced, it will be able to help us in even more ways. So far, most voice recognition technology is not able to recognize specific(特定的) voices. That is to say, your voice sounds” the same to the software as your friends voice. However, many companies are already working to develop voice

28、 recognition software that replies only to specific voices.27. According to the passage, voice recognition .A. came into service in the 1960sB. is usually used in high-tech areasC. can understand and act what people sayD. could help people send and fix the spaceship28. The word “hazardous” in paragr

29、aph 4 probably means .A. comfortable B. nervous C. dangerous D. natural29. What can voice recognition do in the real world?A. Turn spoken words into text for the deaf.B. Recognize a certain voice at certain time.C. Help the drivers to slow down their car safely.D. Lead the blind people walk down the

30、 sidewalk.30. Whats the last paragraph mainly about?A. Why the voice sounds the same.B. Why the technology is important.C. What was found in the software.D. What else is needed to study.DI can just hear some of you saying, “I dont care what other people think! I do whatever I want!” There is a stron

31、g wish for independence(独立) in adolescence(青春期) and you say you only care about your own opinion. But dont you really care what certain people think? Most teenagers have a circle of people who can influence them. They care very much what this circle of people think, especially about them.During adol

32、escence, friendships with other teens become very important. They care about what other teens think because they want to be accepted and they are afraid of other people think. Fear makes them care.Take leaders and followers as an example. Some teenagers are leaders and some who are followers. You mi

33、ght think that teens leaders dont care what other people think, but that is not true. After all, a leader really isnt a leader unless other people follow them. Leaders care about what followers think because if they dont, those followers may leave and follow someone else. Teens who are followers car

34、e about what the leader thinks because they want to stay a part of the group.As we all know, it is hard to admit(承认) you care what other people think. This gives those other people-whoever they are - power over you. You give them power to have a say in what you should or shouldnt do, to make you fee

35、l good or bad about yourself So should you not care what anyone else thinks of you? No, I dont think thats possible. I think it is okay to care what others think of you. The answer lies in caring most about what you think about yourself There is a famous playwright named William Shakespeare. In one

36、of his plays, Hamlet, the character Hamlet said, “To thine own self be true.” In other words, whatever you do, always be true to yourself. This is one of the most important tasks you should have during adolescence.Along the way, youll care about what your friends, parents and teachers think. Thats f

37、ine, but use what they think to help you decide who it is you want to be. You need to keep the power to change who you are with you. To thine own self be true.31.From the passage, we can know that teenagers .A. value their friendship very muchB. have difficulties in making friendsC. are always deaf

38、to others adviceD. keep themselves away from others32. According to the passage, William Shakespeare may agree that .A. teenage leaders should listen to the followersB. teenage followers must read the leaders mindC. teenagers should do what they think is rightD. teenagers can make friends whenever p

39、ossible33. Whats the best title for the passage?A. Teens: Care More about OthersB. Teens: Go easy on yourselfC. Teens: Why Do I Want to Be IndependentD. Teens: Why Do I Care What Other People Think四、阅读短文，根据其内容回答问题。（共5分，每小题1分）The Huge BaobabOne of the most amazing trees in the world is known as the b

40、aobab. This kind of tree mainly grows in South Africa and Australia.Sometimes, it is hard to tell what the name of a tree is because they look like each other. But this is not a problem with the baobab. Its appearance is quite different, so people cant mistake it for another tree. The baobab is very

41、 wide at the base, so people often take shelter under it. One Australian baobab was so large that people were able to turn part of the tree into a small room. Prisoners were kept inside the tree room as a resting place when they were transported to the city. The tree itself was so strong and wide th

42、at it could hold a large group of people. The strongest tree in the world is over 1,835 years old now.People also call it the giving tree55. The trees fruit is very delicious and is a tasty treat that is eaten in many African countries. The fruits have also been found to be very healthy. They are fu

43、ll of vitamins and minerals. People make porridge and favor soft drinks from the fruit. Since the tree grows in dry environments, it has to store water. The tree soaks in water when it is wet. During dry seasons, the baobab tree can use the stored water. Some baobabs can store thousands of gallons o

44、f water. Of course, the baobabs also provide the people of sunny South Africa with some shade during hot African days.Sadly, in recent years, the baobab trees are dying because of climate change. Scientists are trying hard to take action to protect them.34. Where does the baobab tree mainly grow?35.

45、 Can people mistake the baobab for another tree?36. How old is the strongest tree in the world?37. When can the baobab tree use the stored water?38. Why do people also call the baobab tree the “giving tree”?书面表达（共15分）五、翻译句子（共5分，每小题1分）39.在业余时间，我会读很多的书。 40.他为他的女儿而骄傲。 41.你应该清晰地表达自己的想法。 42.他们到家的时候，我会告诉他们。 43.有的科学家认为，将来机器人可以帮助学生解决问题。