2020-2021学年无锡市八年级下英语期末考试题

这是一份2020-2021学年无锡市八年级下英语期末考试题，共8页。试卷主要包含了单项选择，完形填空，阅读理解，词汇运用，动词填空，阅读填空，完成句子，书面表达等内容，欢迎下载使用。
第I卷 客观题（共55分）
一、单项选择
—I’m really tired f this, Je.
—Why? There must be ________ way t d it.
A. a best B. the best C. a better D. the better
Eric spent all his ________ time in the schl library. Reading is his nly hbby.
A. spare B. busy C. silent D. sweet
Maybe this idea wn’t wrk, but let’s try it ________.
A. always B. either C. anywhere D. anyway
________ recently, Anna wrked as an English teacher in Japan.
A. Since B. Until C. After D. Befre
At last, the president said, “We ________ think big and dream even bigger.”
A. must nt B. must C. may nt D. may
—________ is it frm yur hme t ur schl, Sandy?
—Abut twenty minutes by undergrund.
A. Hw lng B. Hw much C. Hw many D. Hw far
Mre and mre restaurants and htels nw d nt allw peple ________ inside.
A. smking B. t smke C. will smke D. has smked
At present mst peple ________ in tuch with each ther n the Internet instead f writing letters.
A. used t keeping B. used t keep
C. are used t keeping D. are used t keep
—Have yu ever ________ abrad, Judy?
—N, never, but my parents have decided t take me t France next summer.
A. been B. been t C. gne D. gne t
The twins were bth tired, and they had t sit ________ each ther n the grund.
A. with B. arund C. fr D. against
—Amy, d yu still remember ________ the magazine yu brrwed frm the library?
—Yes, Mum. I will d it this afternn.
A. wh t renew B. where t renew
C. when t renew D. what t renew
T watch the final ftball match, Rbert picked up the phne and ________ a flight t Barcelna.
A. bked B. was bked C. rdered D. was rdered
Many writers dn’t think ________ pssible t write tw nvels at the same time.
A. them B. that C. it D. thse
—Hw amazing! Yu’ve finished painting and decrating in tw days!
—________. Withut the neighburs’ help, we’ll need tw mre days.
A. The early bird catches the wrm B. Many hands make light wrk
C. Every dg has its day D. N pain, n gain
—Reading is the best way t pass the time n the train.
—________. I never g travelling withut a bk.
A. It sunds like fun B. My pleasure
C. That’s true D. Yu’re jking
二、完形填空
Once I was with a grup preparing fr a week f meeting. I walked int the rm where sme __16__ were busy cllating (装订整理) leaflets. I asked if I culd help. One f the ladies __17__ said, “Oh, n, thank yu” and gave me a chair t sit.
Then, anther vlunteer came int the rm, saw me __18__ there ding nthing and said, “Hey, Larry, cme ver here. There’s wrk t d, and yu can help.” He put a cuple f chairs __19__, put tw stacks (叠) f leaflets n them and said, “OK, the left sheet ges n tp f the right ne.”
“Fine. I think I can d with that,” I said. And just like that, I was nw part f the team.
This member f the grup saw that my __20__ did nt mean an inability (无能) t help. Later, I thanked him fr having __21__ me. He said, “Well, I thught with ne mre pair f hands we’d finish mre quickly. That was just cmmn (一般的) __22__.”
I’m sure that the lady wh turned dwn my __23__ f help did nt mean t ffend (冒犯) me. T ften, peple with disabilities are just nt included – because f their disability and nt because f their inability.
It’s imprtant fr all f us t feel that we are __24__ as a full and equal member f the grup. And it is even mre imprtant fr peple with disabilities. It sends a __25__ that says: “T us, yur abilities are mre imprtant than yur disability.”
A. waiters B. vlunteers C. teachers D. designers
A. carefully B. slwly C. clearly D. plitely
A. lying B. playing C. sitting D. cleaning
A. tgether B. away C. up D. in
A. difficulty B. height C. disability D. weight
A. intrduced B. included C. excused D. greeted
A. plan B. memry C. purpse D. sense
A. ffer B. dream C. practice D. answer
A. chsen B. described C. fllwed D. accepted
A. ntice B. message C. sign D. reprt
三、阅读理解
A
Hi, my name is Ben. My family – that’s Mm, Dad and I – live in Brme in Western Australia. Western Australia is abut 80 times larger than Italy, but nly 1.5 millin peple live there. 26 The number f the peple there is abut 12,000. It’s right n the cast and is knwn fr its famus Cable Beach, which is 20 km lng.
We live in the twn in a huse with a large garden. 27 We drive t Cable Beach and lk fr a quiet place t swim r t fish. We dn’t g swimming frm Octber t March because there may be bx jellyfish in the water. The bx jellyfish is ne f the mst dangerus jellyfish. In Australia, they kill up t 65 peple a year. If yu are attacked by ne, then the best thing t d is t pur vinegar (醋) ver the area f yur bdy where yu are hurt. That’s why we always take a bttle f vinegar with us.
28 A year ag I went camping in the bush with my friend Bill and his dad. We wanted t d sme fishing and sleep in a tent abut 20 meters frm a river. Suddenly, at three ’clck in the mrning, we felt smething pulling n ur tent. Bill’s father tld us t get up and we quickly gt ut f the tent and ran t the car, which was nly 10 meters away. Bill’s dad started the car and turned n the headlights. In the light, we culd see a big crcdile pulling the tent int the river!
26-28. Please chse the best sentence fr each blank.
A. Brme is a twn in the nrth f Western Australia.
B. Our classmates like t watch and study wild animals.
C. Anther dangerus animal in Western Australia is the saltwater crcdile.
D. At weekends I ften g fishing r swimming with my friends r my parents.
B
A table f cntents is fund at the beginning f mst bks, and it shws the names f chapters that the bk has been divided int with their page numbers. It is imprtant t remember that the title f a chapter may nt ffer a clear indicatin (指示) f what the chapter is abut. Only by quickly skimming thrugh the chapter will yu knw what it is abut. This is especially true f nn-reference (非参考类) bks. A table f cntents can be helpful in searching fr a special part if the reader knws what the chapter is abut.
Here is an example f a table f cntents we may ften meet with. Read it and answer the questins that fllw it.
This table f cntents wuld be fund in a bk abut __________.
A. a dg called Bb and hw it saved its wner
B. a businessman named Bb and his life
C. a business called Bb and hw it started
D. Bb’s mther and her healthy lifestyle
Chapter 1 wuld mst pssibly be abut __________.
A. the birth f a cute pet B. bys and what they are like
C. Bb’s birth and early childhd D. hw bys are different frm girls
If yu wanted t find ut abut Bb’s cllege experiences, yu wuld lk in __________.
A. Chapter 4 B. Chapter 5 C. Chapter 6 D. Chapter 7
On which page wuld the chapter abut Bb’s first jb begin?
A. Page 11. B. Page 20. C. Page 54. D. Page 63.
C
“Yu’re s brave” was the reply we ften heard when we said that we wuld be mving abrad t the Netherlands. Within 12 mnths, the plan had grwn frm an idea ver the kitchen table t my husband rganizing a Eurpean passprt and starting t jb-hunt.
With all the excitement included in the mve, it didn’t feel like we were being especially brave. Nervus fr a change, we realized that if it wasn’t a success we culd always just pack up and return hme. Then, seven years later, we decided t return t Australia.
T utsiders, this didn’t lk like a difficult mve. We were ging back t the city we had grwn up in, t a supprt netwrk f family and friends. But frm spending many hurs studying nline, I knew that mving back hme was always thught as the hardest mve f all. It’s where day-t-day life is easier, but the trade-ff is t lse the excitement and adventure (冒险).
My wrld felt s much larger living in Eurpe. My eyes were pened t a different way f understanding life, frm hme birthing t cycling everywhere. I culd jump int a car and drive t anther cuntry in just a few hurs if I wanted an adventure. My cmmunity was filled with freigners wh were raising their children as glbal citizens (世界公民), mving cuntries every few years.
We are still getting used t the fact that mving back hme means having bits f yur heart n different sides f the wrld. Of all the experiences we shared, this is the part that needs t be bravest.
Hw lng did the family live in the Netherlands?
A. Fr 7 mnths. B. Fr 12 mnths.
C. Fr 7 years. D. Fr 12 years.
What did the writer think f mving back hme?
A. It was an easy mve. B. It was best fr everyne.
C. It was full f excitement. D. It was the mst difficult mve.
What might the underlined wrd “trade-ff” in Paragraph 3 mean?
A. Truth. B. Exchange. C. Cnditin. D. Imprtance.
Which fact des the passage prvide?
A. The writer enjyed her life in the Netherlands.
B. The writer felt srry abut mving back s early.
C. The writer wuld mve t anther cuntry sn.
D. The writer wasn’t happy with her jb in the Netherlands.
D
When Lina was wken by the sund f thunder, she was alne n the island. The air was cl and frgs made deep lw sund at times. It was that shrt mment when the summer sun had set but the stars hadn’t yet cme ut. Lina rubbed her eyes and lked arund. “Hell?” she called. “Celia? Marie?”
There was n reply.
The mn was rising nw, spreading light n the island. They had always called it “Frgtten Island” because n ne but they seemed t remember it. It wasn’t n any f the maps they culd find, and even the frest rangers didn’t knw abut it. Lina lved the island, hidden in a heavily-wded side stream f the river, which was a secret between the three friends – her, Celia, and Marie.
But nw Lina was here alne, and it was night. Wrse still, it was her wn fault (过失).
“Cme n, Lina, let Marie rw the bat.” Celia had said. Marie was tw years lder than Lina, but she was a hpeless rwer. That’s why Lina cmplained and rwed the bat t the island. After that, Celia tk Marie’s side, as she always did. Lina angrily shuted at them t just leave. S they gt back in the bat and left.
A sudden lightning crssed the dark sky, with lud thunder. The strm was here. As the first cld raindrp hit her neck, Lina’s mind returned t her present prblem. She was stuck here by herself. She just hped she didn’t becme as frgtten as the island. The thught f it sent a sudden feeling f fear thrugh her.
Just then, Lina nticed smething in the water. It was a bat, and inside it were Marie, Celia, and Marie’s dad, wh was driving thrugh the fast flwing waters. As the bat came near, they saw Lina waving and the wrried expressins n their faces turned t cmfrt.
In her excitement Lina jumped int the river. Only nce she was in the icy water did she remember hw fast the water was mving. Luckily a strng arm reached int the water and pulled her ut. She smiled weakly at Marie’s dad and, withut a wrd, hugged Celia and Marie. They didn’t seem t mind becming wet.
Which picture best shws where the island is?
A. B.
C. D.
Why did Lina get angry?
A. Marie wuld nt help rw the bat. B. Lina was left alne n the island.
C. Marie didn’t knw hw t rw the bat. D. Celia supprted Marie as always.
What caused Lina t have the feeling f fear?
A. The first raindrp f the cming strm.
B. Her shame abut the unnecessary fight.
C. The idea that n ne wuld cme t save her.
D. The drp in temperature as the sun went dwn.
What is the crrect rder f the fllwing events?
a. Lina felt lnely n the island by herself. b. Celia advised Marie t rw the bat.
c. Lina was picked up by her friends. d. Marie and Celia had t leave by bat.
e. Lina and her friends decided t visit the island.
A. b-a-e-d-c. B. a-e-b-c-d. C. d-a-b-c-e. D. e-b-d-a-c.
第II卷 主观题（共45分）
四、词汇运用（本大题共8小题，每小题1分，共8分）
(A)根据句意和汉语注释，在答题卡对应题号的横线上，写出单词的正确形式。
The Students’ Unin __________ (举行) a charity shw in the schl hall last mnth.
Sme drivers are ften fined fr driving __________ (粗心地).
We all knw that __________ (聋的) peple use sign language t cmmunicate.
After a lng __________ (讨论), they decided t paint the rm pale blue.
(B)根据句意，在答题卡对应题号的横线上，写出括号内所给单词的适当形式。
It is said that a traffic accident caused the by’s __________ (blind).
Teaching histry t five-year-lds in a __________ (meaning) way can be very difficult.
In the past, peple ften __________ (relax) themselves by listening t the radi.
Amy always acted __________ (wise) when she asked her parents fr help.
五、动词填空（本大题共6小题，每小题1分，共6分）
—D yu knw much abut Frank?
—Yes, he’s hard-wrking any time and he never __________ (give) up.
I’m quite sure that mre wmen __________ (attend) the curse. Let’s just wait and see.
Nw I __________ (finish) reading half f the nvel, and I think I can begin t read anther ne next week.
Mr. Green and his family __________ (watch) a film when he received a strange call.
Every ne f us can d a lt __________ (make) ur wrld a better place.
The tur guide tells us that the stne bridge __________ (build) mre than 800 years ag.
六、阅读填空
They lk like the biscuits we ften eat and dn’t taste bad, either. But if they were made with unusual things, like crickets (蟋蟀), wuld yu still like t try them?
Three students at Abertay University in Dundee, UK, are using grund-up (磨成粉的) crickets t make biscuits. They are trying t find mre renewable fd resurces t face the wrld fd prblem – many peple d nt have enugh fd, Daily Mail reprted.
The students said that insects are a lt mre renewable than ther animals. Insects are easier t raise. They use less water and land, and prduce fewer greenhuse gases than cws and pigs. They als have mre prtein (蛋白质) than beef, chicken and prk.
Hw are the biscuits made? First, the crickets are grund int flur. Then, mix the cricket flur, eggs, butter with wheat flur. Finally, it is baked t make biscuits.
In a recent reprt, the United Natins called n mre peple t eat insects t help face the fd prblem. Scientists have fund mre than 1,900 eatable insects. Sme f these include crickets, beetles, grasshppers and cicadas.
Peple may nt want t eat a whle cricket, but if it’s hidden away in flur r biscuits, then they may be mre likely t try t eat it.
Title: Cricket Biscuits
七、完成句子
事实上，英国是由四个部分组成的。
In fact, the UK ________________________ fur parts.
对志愿者们来说，友善和耐心很重要。
It is imprtant fr vlunteers ________________________.
许多学生学英语挺费劲。
Many students ________________________ English.
为防范类似疾病传播，将组建一个新的机构。
A new rganizatin ________________________ the spread f the diseases like this.
我不敢相信这家书店已关了将近十年了。
I can’t believe that the bkshp ________________________ 10 years.
张先生很细心，居然发现了这么多小错误。
Mr. Zhang ________________________ small mistakes.
八、书面表达（本大题共20分）
假设你是李明，某英文报刊正在举行主题为“The Envirnment Arund Us”的征文活动。请你根据提示用英文撰写一篇征文稿，主要内容包括：
1. What envirnmental prblems d we have?
2. Why d yu think it imprtant t prtect the envirnment?
3. Hw can we help prtect the envirnment?
注意事项：
1. 征文稿须包括所给要点内容，可作适当发挥，要求语句通顺，意思连贯；
2. 词数100个左右，征文稿的首尾已在答题卡上给出，不计入总词数；
3. 文中不得提及真实的人名、校名等相关信息；
4. 征文稿内容必须写在答题卡的指定位置上。
Dear Sir/Madam,
I’m writing t tell yu abut my ideas abut the envirnment. The envirnment is imprtant t everyne. Hwever, we are facing mre and mre serius envirnmental prblems nw. Fr example, the weather is becming warmer and warmer than befre. As a result, sme animals have died.
As a student, I think we shuld knw the imprtance f prtecting the envirnment. Smene says that t prtect the envirnment is t prtect urselves. It’s necessary fr us t live a green life. We can use mre public transprt in ur daily life. We shuld save water and pwer every day. Mrever, when we g shpping, we’d better use fewer plastic bags if pssible.
Let’s take actin nw. We can make ur envirnment better and better.
Best wishes,
Li MingSteps
➣ Crickets are grund int flur.
➣ The cricket flur is 55 with ther fd resurces.
➣ The biscuits are made.
56
➣ In sme ways, they can help hungry peple arund the wrld.
➣ Insects are much 57 animals than ther animals.
➣ They als have mre prtein than beef, chicken and prk.
➣ There are many ther insects that can be 58 .
Hpe
Peple may nt 59 t try cricket fd if they cannt see crickets frm the utside.