广东省广州市南武集团2021-2022学年八年级下学期英语学科期中英语试题（无答案）

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2021学年第二学期南武集团八年级英语学科联合练习题本试卷共四大题，8页，满分90分；考试时间100分钟一、语法选择（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）When I was a boy, a tree ___1___ by my father. He took me ___2___ the yard, and told me it was a redbud tree. He told me what we could do ___3___ sure the tree would be big and strong one day. “One day” he said, “your boys ___4___ this tree.” ___5___ I was only eight at the time, I was taller than this tree. Was it going to grow ___6___ enough for my sons to climb? I had to see that!Well, a young boy’s attention (注意力) was drawn here and there easily, so the tree soon “got lost” among many ___7___ things in my inquisitive (好奇的) mind. ___8___ goes by quickly, and I now find ___9___ well beyond my father’s age when we planted that tree. I was always “too busy”, and ___10___ have those sons who were to climb that tree. As a matter of fact, I’d seldom even thought of the tree in many years.Things have a strange way of coming about. I recently thought of the old neighborhood ___11___ that tree came to mind. I wanted to see what had happened to it. The neighborhood had changed a lot over the years, but I had no trouble ___12___ the old house and the tree. That redbud tree was much taller than my house and protected it like ___13___ umbrella. Although it wasn’t there for “my boys” to climb, there was a swing (秋千) hanging from the big branch of the tree.As I drove away, that visit brought many things I’d forgotten over the years to my mind. But one thought impressed me ___14___. I realized I had spent ___15___ time “being busy” in the course of my life.(      ) 1. A. planted   B. plants   C. was plant   D. was planted(      ) 2. A. to     B. in    C. at    D. from(      ) 3. A. make    B. to make   C. making   D. made(      ) 4. A. climb    B. climbed   C. will climb  D. have climbed(      ) 5. A. When    B. Although   C. Because   D. If(      ) 6. A. tall    B. taller    C. tallest   D. the tallest(      ) 7. A. other    B. the other   C. another   D. others(      ) 8. A. Times    B. Time    C. A time   D. Timing(      ) 9. A. myself   B. me    C. my    D. mine(      ) 10. A. needn’t   B. shouldn’t   C. couldn’t   D. mustn’t(      ) 11. A. or    B. as    C. and    D. but(      ) 12. A. find    B. found   C. finding   D. to find(      ) 13. A. a    B. an    C. the    D. /(      ) 14. A. heavy   B. heavier   C. heaviest   D. heavily(      ) 15. A. much   B. many    C. little    D. few 二、完形填空（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）A man had a cat that climbed up a tree and then was afraid to come down. He ___16___ warm milk to it, but it would not come down.The tree was not strong enough to climb. So the man decided to tie a rope to his ___17___ and pull it until the tree bent (弯曲) down. He believed that he could then reach up and get the cat ___18___.While he was checking his progress, he then thought if he went just a little bit ___19___. the tree would be bent low enough for him to reach the cat. But as he moved the cat a little further forward, the rope broke.The tree went “boing” (弹开) and the cat was nowhere to be found.The man felt ___20___. He asked people he met if (是否) they ___21___ a little cat. Nobody did.A few days later, he met his neighbor at a store. He happened to look into her shopping basket and was ___22___ to see cat food.This woman was a cat ___23___ and everyone knew it, so he asked her, “Why are you buying cat food? I know you don’t like cats.” The woman then told him how her little girl begged (恳求) her for a cat, but she kept refusing. Then a few days ago, the child begged again, so the woman finally ___24___ her little girl, “Well, I’ll let you keep a cat if it falls from the sky.”She told the man, “I watched my child go out in the yard, and look straight into the ___25___. And a cat suddenly came flying through the air, and landed right in front of her.”(      ) 16. A. lent    B. sold    C. offered   D. threw(      ) 17. A. car    B. door    C. window   D. body(      ) 18. A. correctly   B. strongly   C. clearly   D. successfully(      ) 19. A. faster   B. higher   C. nearer   D. further(      ) 20. A. relaxed   B. worried   C. excited   D. bored(      ) 21. A. saw    B. lost    C. raised   D. bought(      ) 22. A. sorry    B. happy   C. surprised   D. nervous(      ) 23. A. lover    B. hater    C. keeper   D. trainer(      ) 24. A. told    B. warned   C. advised   D. ordered(      ) 25. A. sky    B. tree    C. wall    D. building 三、阅读（共两节，满分35分）第一节  阅读理解（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）(A)Long long ago, a king dressed up and went to a local village. He put a large stone in the middle of the main road and hid gold coins under the stone. Then he stayed behind a huge tree and watched.The first person down the street was a milkman with his car. He crashed into the stone and the milk spread all over the ground. “What fool put this stone here?” he shouted. He picked himself up and angrily went away.After a while, a group of women came along, each balancing a pot of water on her head. One woman tripped over (绊倒) the stone and her water pot went crashing to the ground. She picked herself up and walked away in tears. She and her friends didn’t think about moving the stone out of the road.The king watched all day as many people complained about the stone, but he found nobody was pleased to move it. The king wanted to know, “Is there no one in this village who feels any responsibility (责任) to keep their neighbors from harm?”Just then, the king saw a young girl coming along. She was the daughter of a local farmer. She worked all day and was very tired. But when she saw the stone, she said to herself, “This stone is a danger to anyone who comes down the road after dark, I’ll move it out of the way.”After a lot of effort, the girl finally succeeded in moving the stone to the side of the road. Imagine her surprise when she saw the gold coins under the stone!Just then, the king came out from behind the tree. “Oh, sir,” the girl said, “Is this gold yours? If not, we surely must find the owner, for he or she will certainty miss it.”The king said, “My dear, the gold is mine, but now the gold is yours, because you are the only person that has learned the lesson I want to teach my people. Nothing good can come to a nation whose people only complain and expect others to solve their problems.”26. How did the milkman feel when he crashed into the stone?A. Mad.    B. Sad.    C. Excited.    D. Worried. 27. Why did the king put a stone on the road?A. He wanted to give the girl a reward.B. He wanted to hide gold coins under it.C He wanted to play a trick on his people. D. He wanted to see if anyone would move it.28. What can we know from the passage? A. All the people complained about the stone. B. It was not easy for the girl to move the stone.C. One of the women in the group tried to move the stone. D. The girl wanted to keep the gold coins for her own at first29. What can be the best title of this passage? A. A Wise King       B. A Beautiful Girl C A Stone on the Road     D. Gold Coins Under the Stone(B)FREE SOLO is a film, which won the Best Documentary (纪录片) of Oscar in 2019. In fact, Free Soloing is an extreme sport which is a rock climbing without a rope or any safety protection. Imagine an Olympic gold medal level athletic achievement, if you don’t get that gold medal, you are going to die. This is pretty much what free soloing is like. You have to do it perfectly, without any mistakes. Quite a few climbers fell and died in the mountains during the free soloing because it’s full of super great risk.The film shows us that a rock climber called Alex Honnold performs a free solo climbing EI Capitan. Alex was born on August 17, 1985, in America. He began to learn how to free solo at the age of 19. Later he made free soloing a big part of his life.EI Capitan is a 3,200-foot-high (over 900 metres high) sheer granite (陡峭的花岗岩) in Yosemite National Park, in California. Nobody succeeded in free soloing it but Alex wanted to be the first one. He spent years getting ready for it. He says that during free soloing the big challenge is controlling his mind especially the fear of death. He also thinks that a climber has to give something 100% focus (专注) because his life depends on it, or he will lose his life.Finally Alex had the best day of his life. On June 3, 2017, Alex became the first and only person to free solo EI Capitan. It took him 3 hours and fifty-six minutes to stand on the top of EI Capitan.Alex is not only a wonderful a free solo climber but also has set up Honnold Foundation. It supports projects toward a clean, healthy, efficient and globally future. 30. Which is TRUE about free soloing?A. It is not so dangerous that many climbers tried it.B. Safety tool is allowed to be be used in free soloing.C. A few famous free solo climbers are killed.D. It is one of the hardest and most dangerous sports in the world.31. How old was Alex when he free soloed EI Capitan?A. 19    B. 31    C. 32   D. 3332. What can NOT be needed when you are free soloing?A. Ropes    B. Fear     C. Mistakes   D. Above of all 33. In what order did the followings happen? a. Alex learnt the skills of free soloing.b. He free soloed EI Capitan.c. He prepared for free soloing EI Capitan.d. EI Capitan appears in Yosemite National Park, in California.e. Alex was born.f. The film Free Solo won the Best Documentary of Oscar.A. d-e-a-c-b-f   B. f-e-a-c-d-b  C. e-a-c-d-b-f  D. e-a-c-f-b-d(C)Here’s a list of some tourist attractions that have reopened to help you have a great time.Haizhu Wetland ParkVisitors now can enjoy fields of marigolds and blossoming Bauhinia Blakeana (Hong Kong orchid trees) along river banks, and golden oceans of rape flowers in the park.Opening hours: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. (closed on Monday)Number of visitors: No more than 1,000 per dayAdmission guide: Show your reservation QR code and buy tickets before entering.Canton TowerIt is an ideal place to overlook the city. Outdoor entertainment facilities (设施) at the top of the tower have resumed (恢复) services, including the Bubble Tram and Sky Drop. Indoor facilities remain closed.Opening hours: 9:30 a. m. - 10:30 p.m.Number of visitors: Only 1,000 per day Admission guide: Buy tickets in advance, either online at Canton Tower’s WeChat account or from its official website.Yuexiu ParkYuexiu Park is one of the best places to enjoy kapok (木棉) flowers, the city flower of Guangzhou. Guangzhou Museum there is also open for people to visit.Opening hours: 6 a m.- 10 p.m.Number of visitors: No limit Admission guide: Scan the special QR code or bring ID cards. Keep a safe distance of 1 metre while touring.Baiyun MountainAs one of the city’s most famous natural landmarks, Baiyun Mountain is also a perfect place for kapok viewing in springs Yuntai Garden and Xinghai Memorial in Baiyun Mountain scenic area have been reopened.Opening hours: 6 a.m - 10 p.m. (Yuntai Garden: 9 a-m.-5 p.m) Number of visitors: No limitAdmission guide: Use online payment for ticket.34. How many hours is Canton Tower open every day? .A. 8     B. 11     C. 13   D. 1635. What can we know from the passage?A. Visitors can visit Yuntai Garden at night.B. Visitors can enjoy indoor activities in Canton Tower.C. Visitors can visit Guangzhou Museum in Yuexiu Park.D. Visitors should buy tickets online before entering Haizhu Wetland Park.36. What’s the purpose of this passage?A. To attract as many foreign travelers as possible.B. To introduce some places to travel in Guangzhou.C. To tell the people how to get to some tourists attractions in Guangzhou.D. To tell people how to enjoy a pleasant and safe trip in Guangzhou.(D)A China Eastern Airlines plane with 132 people aboard crashed in South China’s Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region on 21st March, 2022. After flight (飞行) recorder of the plane was found.A flight recorder is an electronic recording device placed in a plane for the purpose of facilitating (使便利)the investigation of aviation (航空) accidents and incidents. Flight recorders are also known by the misnomer Black box --- they are, in fact, painted bright orange in color to aid in their recovery after accidents.A black box is an electronic device in a plane that records information about its flights. Black boxes are often used to provide evidence (证据) about accidents. They are a group of data collection devices fixed in the tail of a plane.The black box is the size of a shoe box. It is made up of two separate pieces of equipment (单独的设备): the flight data recorder (FDR) and the cockpit voice recorder (CVR). FDRs record things like airspeed, altitude, vertical acceleration and fuel flow and so on. CVRs track the crew’s interactions with each other and air traffic control, but also background noise that can give vital clues (线索) to investigators.The black box can work for 30 days without any electricity. It can withstand a temperature of 1100 ℃. When this box is lost anywhere, it keeps on emitting (发射) the waves along with a beep sound for about 30 days.37. What color is a flight recorder?A. Yellow   B. Black    C. Orange   D. Red38. A flight recorder is in ________ of a plane.A. the front   B. the middle  C. the back   D. the wings39. A flight recorder records the following information EXCEPT ________.A. the airspeed       B. the passengers’ talkC. the background noise     D. the cockpit crew’s talk40. What does the underlined word in paragraph 4 mean?A. 驾驶舱   B. 发动机   C. 客舱    D. 油箱 第二节  阅读填空（共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分）There are many beautiful sounds in the world. You can hear the songs of birds and the laughter of people. You can listen to cool music and news reports. ___41___ They bring you a world of sounds.However, many people can’t hear any sound at all. ___42___ Others can hear well in their childhood, but too many loud sounds hurt their ears and they go deaf later on. Also, many people in China can’t hear ordinary sounds clearly. Lots of them are children. About six children of every one thousand have hearing problems when they are born.___43___ For example, too much earwax (耳垢) is not good for your hearing. If you find you have too much earwax, ask your parents to help you clean it out And noise louder than 85 decibels (分贝) can hurt your hearing and make you lose your hearing for a short time or even forever.Hearing is important. ___44___ Don’t forget to do the following:Try to stay away from places with too much noise. If you have to go, wear earplugs. ___45___When swimming, remember to put earplugs into your ears to stop the water from getting in. Never put anything sharp into your ears.Keep these things in mind. Then you won’t be saying “WHAT? WHAT?” when you are older.A. Some of them are born deaf.B. That’s all because of your ears!C. A lot of things can cause hearing problems,D. A pair of good earplugs can reduce the noise by 30 decibels.E. It helps do your best to give your ears special care. 四、写作（共三节，满分30分）第一节  语篇填词（共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分）William is a d____________ man because his feet were badly hurt in a car accident when he was a small boy. After the accident, he had to stay in hospital for several years. However, nothing could help cure his feet. Finally, he a____________ the fact that he lost his feet and wouldn’t walk any more.In his childhood, he liked watching cartoons and drawing pictures of them because they brought him a lot of j____________. More importantly, cartoon c____________ raise his spirits, such as The Ugly Ducking. So he decided to learn how to make cartoons and try to give people happiness and laughter. With the help of some computer p____________, he can make cartoons including doing the voices and recording the sound effects. Now many people enjoy his cartoons and he is a successful animator. 第二节 完成句子（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）51. 这电影真激动人心！很值得一看。____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ it is! It is worth seeing.52. 上周他当选为队长，然后他的球队与另一个队伍打了场比赛。Last week he ____________ ____________ as the leader and then his team ____________ ____________ another one.53. 别忘记明天十点出发。Don’t ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ at 10 o’clock tomorrow.54. 他们迎着危险区帮助那些需要帮助的人。They rushed towards danger to help those ____________ ____________.55. 坐直身体能留给别人一个好印象。____________ ____________ straight can give people a good impression. 第三节 书面表达（共1题，满分15分）作为社区的志愿者(community volunteers)，你和你的同学4月2日去了阳光敬老院(Sunshine Nursing Home)开展了志愿者活动（送水果、打扫、聊天等），假设你是学校英语报的记者，请写一篇新闻报道：1. 当天活动的时间、地点、人物、活动；2. 老人们的反应或感受；3. 你的感受。要求： 1. 所写内容必须包括所提供的信息。2. 字数80词左右。3. 不能透露学校、姓名等任何个人信息，否则不予评分。As community volunteer, my classmates and I went to ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________