2020-2021学年广东省广州市八年级上学期期中考试英语试题（word版 含答案） (4)

这是一份2020-2021学年广东省广州市八年级上学期期中考试英语试题（word版 含答案） (4)，共8页。

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一、语法选择 (共15小题；每小题1分，满分15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A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项。
Have yu ever heard f Oprah Winfrey? She is ___1___ American televisin hst.
Accrding t Frbes magazine, Oprah Winfrey is ne f ___2___ wmen in America. She has wrked ___3___ a news reprter, mvie actress, and authr, ___4___ she is best knwn fr her ppular televisin talk shw, Oprah.
Life has nt always been easy fr Oprah. When she was yung, her parents did nt live tgether and she ften ___5___ huse. Her family was pr, and Oprah did nt have her first pair f shes ___6___ she was six years ld. But Oprah ___7___ smart, she learned hw t read befre she started schl. And even frm her yung age, Oprah lved t talk.
After ___8___ frm high schl, Oprah gt a jb as a newsreader at a televisin statin in Baltimre. Oprah was very different ___9___ ther reprters. She laughed when she made a mistake, and ___10___ if a stry was sad. Her style was nt right fr news reprting, s she was fired (解雇).
Oprah’s bas ffered ___11___ a Jb as the c-hst f a mrning talk shw called Peple Are Talking. She was very ppular n that shw, and in 1981 Oprah mved t Chicag where she had a larger number f audiences and ___12___ lved her prgram s much. Five years later, her shw Oprah was bradcast (广播) fr ___13___ time. And every day, millins f peple frm all ver the wrld ___14___ Oprah, ___15___ in the USA.
二、完形填空 (共10小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出能填人相应空白处的最佳选项。
Every time my parents g ut, they leave me with a babysitter. I ___16___ them, “I can watch myself!” But they disagreed (不赞同). I dn’t like babysitters. I ___17___ g t bed when a babysitter tells me t. Smetimes I wear my alien cstume t scare them.
One day my parents tld me that they’d ___18___ me a new babysitter. “Yu’ll listen t this babysitter,” they said. “We’re sure f it.”
When they pened the dr I saw that the babysitter was a rbt!
“I am rbsitter,” it said in a rbt vice.
“I dn’t have t ___19___ a rbt!”I said.
“If yu d nt listen, Rbsitter will ___20___ its lasers (激光),” It said.
I wasn’t sure if Rbsitter really had lasers but I didn’t want t ___21___.
We sat dwn and played a bard game. Rbsitter was t ___22___ fr me t win!
When it was ___23___ fr bed, Rbsitter read me a stry. It was ___24___ at reading, but nt in a gd vice.
The next mrning, my parents tld me that Rbsitter reprted that I was n my best behavir (行为). Maybe I culd ___25___ Rbsitter.
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，共30分)
阅读下列短文，从下面每小题的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
The Ice Shw at the new Ice Centre features sme f the wrld’s tp skaters and they certainly put n a first class shw.
I arrived early and had, t jin a lng line right rund the building, s it was twenty minutes befre I gt t my seat. I bught a prgram, which was packed with infrmatin abut the skaters. Hwever, it was rather expensive at £10. Apart frm thse small cmplaints (抱怨), everything else was fantastic.
If yu want t see this shw, bk yur tickets quickly befre they sell ut.
Sally, 15
We are studying Rme and Juliet at schl and ur English teacher suggested we g and see a play at the Queen s Theatre.
The tickets were very cheap, s I went with sme f my friends. Shakespeare’s language is smetimes quite difficult t understand s I didn’t enjy reading the play in class very much. Hwever, seeing it perfrmed n stage was a cmpletely different experience. It was much easier t understand. I thught the acting was really gd, t.
26. Befre the Ice Shw Sally had t wait because __________.
A. she culdn’t find her seat
B. she was twenty minutes late
C. she went t the wrng building
D. there were a lt f ther peple waiting t get, in
27. Why did Jake g t see Rme and Julie?
A. He lved the play.
B. His friends were ging.
C. The tickets were very cheap.
D. His teacher said it wuld be a gd idea.
28. What did Jake enjy?
A. He enjyed reading the play in class.
B. He enjyed the acting, but nt the language.
C. He enjyed reading it mre than seeing it n stage.
D. He enjyed seeing it n stage mre than reading it.
B
Dinsaurs, were the largest animals in the wrld. There were ver seven hundred different types f dinsaurs. Sme were taller than a huse. Sme :were smaller than a dg.
29. Where did the tallest dinsaurs live?
30.The Seismsaurs are different frm the ther tw because _________.
31.The stegsaur was as large as _________.
32. Which f the fllwing abut the T-Rex is NOT true?
C
Richard Ryan is stuck in traffic. The cars aren’t mving at all. If the cars dn’t start t mve sn, Richard will be late fr a very imprtant meeting with sme lawyers. Richard is the president f a big cmpany. If he’s late, he wn’t get in truble, but he hates t be late fr anything.
Sergey is stuck in the same traffic jam, and he’s headed t the same meeting that Richard is ging t. He’s wrried abut being late. Sergey desn’t knw that his bss, Richard, is in the same traffic jam. If he knew that, he wuldn’t be s wrried.
Sergey is always late fr wrk. He always blames (责怪) it n the bad traffic. Everyne tells him he has t leave his huse earlier t beat the rush. Sergey likes t stay up late at night, s it’s nt easy fr him t wake up early.
Richard is linking abut mving his business t a new lcatin where mst f his emplyees live. If he did that, Sergey culd ride his bike t wrk and frget abut getting stuck in a traffic jam.
33. Frm the passage, we knw that Richard Ryan is __________.
34. What wuld Sergey d if knew his bss was in the same traffic jam?
A. He wuld nt be s wrried abut being late.
B. He wuld be wrried abut his bss.
C. He wuld be angry with his bss.
D. He wuld nt g t the meeting.
35. Why is Sergey always late fr wrk?
36. The underlined phrase “beat the rush” means __________.
A. t be able t buy smething
B. t travel t r frm wrk
C. t fall dwn r have an accident
D. t leave early befre the streets becme busy
D
14 February is St. Valentine’s Day. This started mre than tw thusand years ag, as a winter festival, n 15 February. On that day, peple asked their gds t give them gd fruit and vegetables, and strng animals.
When the Christians (基督徒) came t Britain, they came with a stry abut a man called Saint Valentine. Valentine was a Christian wh lived in Rme in the third century. The Rman Emperr at the time thught that married sldiers did nt make gd sldiers, s he didn’t allw his sldiers t get married.
Valentine wrked fr the church, and ne day he helped a sldier wh wanted t get married. The emperr said that Valentine had t die because f this. Just befre he died, Valentine sent a nte t the girl he lved, and at the end f the nte, he wrte: “Yur Valentine.” He died n 14 February, s the date f the festival changed frm 15 t 14 February and the name changed t Saint Valentine s Day.
In the early nineteenth century peple started t give Valentine’s cards t the persn they lved n 14 February.
37. What did the Rman Emperr ask his sldiers t d?
A. He asked his sldiers nt t marry.
B. He asked his sldiers t Fight against Christians.
C. He asked his sldiers t be hnest.
D. He asked his sldiers nt t believe Valentine.
38. Valentine was killed because __________.
39. 14 February was the day that __________.
40. What is the best title fr the passage?
第二节 阅读填空 (共5 小题；每小题1分，共5分)
阅读短文内容,从短文后的A、B、C、D、E五个选项中选出能填人空白处的最佳选项。
I met Rse, my new classmate, n the first day f cllege. T my surprise, she was already 87 years ld. “Why are yu in cllege at such a yung age?” I jked. “I’m here t meet a rich man, get married, have tw children, and then retire and travel.” She answered. ____41____ like yung students. Rse was utging, kind and helpful. ____42____ Sn, she became a superstar in ur cllege.
At the end f the term, Rse was invited t give us a speech. I will never frget what she said t us, “There are nly fur secrets t stay yung and achieve success.”
“First, yu have t laugh and End humr every day. Then, yu need t have a dream. ____43____ Next, find any chance l change yurself. Finally, peple shuldn’t have regrets (遗憾) fr things they didn’t d.”
____44____ Over 2, 000 students went t her funeral (葬礼) t express their lve t the wnderful wman. The great wman didn’t live in this wrld any lnger, but she gave us an unfrgettable lessn in life. ____45____ Dn’t yu think s?
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)
根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词。(每空限填一词)
Thmas Edisn was brn in America in 1847. As we all knw, Edisn was a famus inventr. His mst famus inventin is the electric light bulb. 46.H__________, befre he really invented it, he failed mre than ne thusand and five hundred times. 47.N__________ knew when he wuld succeed, but be never gave up. Instead, he tried and tried. In rder t save time, his 48.b__________ and hands seldm rested. Finally when the light f a bulb lasted fr 45 hurs, he 49.r__________ that he succeeded. It became ne f the mst 50.p__________ tls in the wrld. That is a great gift fr human beings.
第二节 完成句子(共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分)
根据所给的汉语内容，用英语完成下列句子。(每空限填一词)
51. 伤害是中国最大的城市之一。
Shanghai is _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ in China.
52. 外祖父母乡村过着幸福的生活。
My grandparents _________ _________ _________ _________ in the village.
53. 昨天杰克向汤姆挑战一场网球赛。
Jack _________ Tm _________ a game f tennis yesterday.
54. 迈克没有意识到自己带来的麻烦。
Mike _________ _________ _________ the truble he has caused.
55. 我们必须努力查清这次车祸的真相。
We must try t _________ _________ the truth f the car accident.
第三节 书面表达 (共1题；满分15分)
假如你发明的“飞行单车”在学校科技节中获奖，被推荐参加国际青少年科技展览。请用英语介绍你的发明内容包括以下四项。
1.外现：两个轮子，两只翅膀
2.用途：行驶于地面和空中，可拍照，能对话
3.特点：速度快，使用太阳能，环保
4.改进计划 (1-2点)
注意：
1.词数80左右(文章的开头已给出，不计人总词数)。
2.不得透露学校、姓名等任何个人信息，否则不予评分。
My inventin is a flying bike. ______________________________________________
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The tallest dinsaurs were the Seismsaurus and the Argentinsaurs. They lived in America abut 150 millin years ag. The Seismsaurus was ver 40 metres lng frm nse t tail. It had a lng neck like a giraffe. It didn’t have any hrns (角). It walked n fur legs. It didn’t eat meat. It ate leaves, grass and plants.
The mst famus dinsaur was the T-Rex. It lived abut 65 millin years ag. It came frm America. It had tw legs and tw shrt arms. It had a huge head with a very big muth and fifty-eight very sharp teeth. It ate meat. It killed ther dinsaurs and ate them t.
The dumbest (最笨重的) dinsaur was the stegsaur. It lived in America abut 150 millin years ag. It was the same size as an elephant. It had fur legs and a lng tail. It had a very small head. Its brain was smaller than a mang. It didn’t eat meat. It ate plants and leaves.
A. In Africa.
B. In America.
C. In Asia
D. In Eurpe.
A. it had a lng neck
B. it ate leaves, glass and plants
C. it had tw shrt arms
D. it had a very huge head
A. a tiger
B. an elephant
C. a giraffe
D. a mang
A. It came frm America.
B. it never ate leaves and plants.
C. It walked n tw legs.
D. It had the smallest head.
A. a taxi driver
B. a lawyer
C. a wrker
D. the president f a cmpany
A. Because he lives far way.
B. Because he ften gets up late.
C. Because he is always stuck in traffic.
D. Because he desn’t care abut being late.
A. he gt married
B. he wuldn’t like t be a slider
C. he was a Christian
D. he helped a slider get married
A. Valentine was brn
B. Valentine died
C. Valentine was put int prisn
D. Valentine sent his last nte
A. Valentine was brn
B. Valentine died
C. Usual Gifts n St. Valentine’s Day
D. Traditins f St. Valentine’s Day
A. When yu lse yur dream, yu die.
B. She always has friends arund her.
C. That is—Never t ld t learn.
D. One week after she finished her cllege, she died in her sleep peacefully.
E. Bth f us laughed, because we knew what she said wasn’t true.