广东省深圳市学府中学2020-2021学年八年级上学期期中英语试题

2020—2021年初二学府中学第一学期期中考试

IV．选择题（共15分，每题1分）

（   ）19. —Rio Madrid beat Barcelona in the European Championship last year.

A. won  B. won against  C. wins

（   ）20. —I think we need a few days to find a practical way to solve（解决）our problem.

— I don’t think so. In fact, the problem is not so hard for us.

A. useful  B. popular  C. perfect

（   ）21. —Do you control two computers at the same time when this machine works?

—Yes. The work is not easy to do.

A. direct  B. operate C. push

（   ）22. —I hear you’ve just finished middle school, right?

—Yes, when I realized the importance of study, it was too late.

A. wanted to know  B. stopped to know  C. came to know

（   ）23. —It is getting cool outside. Let’s go for a walk.

—Good idea! It’s hot in the house.

A. go hiking  B. take a walk  C. stand up

（   ）24. —Tom works as an engineer in a big factory at present.

—Really? How long has he worked there?

A. become  B. visits  C. is

（   ）25. —If we don’t protect plants, green trees will die out on Earth one day.

—So everyone should protect them.

A. appear  B. disappear  C. happen

（   ）26. —It’s difficult to find out the fact, so I don’t want to have a try.

—If you don’t have a try, you won’t learn about the fact forever.

A. think about  B. talk about  C. know about

（   ）27. —I think nothing can be more powerful than the human ______.

—Why? Does it work faster than a computer?

A. brain  B. heart  C. mouth

（   ）28. —When you ______ these two things, you can know more about them.

—That’s true. First, let me find their difference.

A. include  B. compare  C. complete

（   ）29. —He has the ______ to complete the work himself.

—I agree, but he doesn’t have enough patience to work with others.

A. feeling  B. energy  C. ability

（   ）30. —Look at this bike. It’s ______ because it can use solar power to make itself run.

—How wonderful it is! May I join your club?

A. ordinary  B. special  C. harmful

（   ）31. —Lucy, it’s not right for you to ______ Jim’s answers.

—I am sorry, Mom. I won’t do that again.

A. copy down  B. light up C. turn off

（   ）32. —Will you ______ me if you go to London?

—Certainly. I will call you or write to you.

A. look forward to  B. keep in touch with  C. give a hand to

（   ）33. —When you don’t ______ your parents, you will grow up quickly.

—People always grow up in trouble.

A. take in  B. keep away from  C. depend on

V．完形填空（每题1.5分，共15分）

阅读下面的短文，从短文后题中所给的A、B、C中选出最佳答案

Studying in the USA is very expensive. You need to spend $20,000 to $40,000 a year if you want to study in a university in the United States. In some universities, you may need to spend   34   money（over $40,000）.

If you study in a university, you should also   35   money on renting a house, meals and so on. The rent of a   36  will be $500 per month. Other things like taking the bus or shopping may   37   $800 a month. If you didn’t take enough   38   from home, you need a full-time job to make money. Many students work for long lime to make money. If you start a full-time job, it is   39   that you will have to leave the university.

It is even more   40   for undergraduate students（本科）. Graduate students（研究生）generally can manage well because they have fewer   41   to take. They can get work in their universities. However, universities   42   allow undergraduate students to do the work.

Students should not work out of school if the International Student office doesn’t allow them to do it. Students can   43   at most 20 hours a week during term time and 40 hours during the holiday. If a student works longer, he or she may have to leave the university.

（   ）34. A. less B. more C. higher

（   ）35. A. lose B. find C. spend

（   ）36. A. house B. bus C. school

（   ）37. A. need B. produce C. include

（   ）38. A. knowledge B. clothes C. money

（   ）39. A. important B. possible C. traditional

（   ）40. A. interesting B. relaxing C. difficult

（   ）41. A. classes B. jobs C. ways

（   ）42. A. finally B. hardly C. probably

（   ）43. A. sleep B. study C. work

VI．阅读理解（每题1分，共25分）

阅读下面短文，选出最佳答案

In the 13th century, the famous Italian traveller, Marco Polo, travelled a long way to China. During his stay in China, he saw many wonderful things. One of the things he discovered was that the Chinese used paper money. In western countries, people did not use paper money until the 15th century. However, people in China began to use paper money in the 7th century.

A Chinese man called Cal Lun invented paper almost 2, 000 years ago. He made ii from wood. He took the wood from trees and made it into paper. He then put these pieces of paper together and made them into a book.

Newspaper still comes from trees. We use a lot of paper every day. If we keep on wasting so much paper, there will not be any trees left on the earth. If there are no trees, there will be no paper. Every day, people throw away about 2, 800 tons of paper in our city. It takes 17 trees to make one ton of paper. This means that we are cutting nearly 48, 000 trees every day.

Since it takes more than 10 years for a tree to grow, we must start using less paper now. If we don’t, we will not have enough time to grow more trees to take the place of those we use for paper.

So how can we save paper? We can use both sides of every piece of paper, especially when we are taking notes. We can choose drinks in bottles instead of those in paper packets. We can also use cotton handkerchiefs and not paper ones.

When we go shopping, we can use fewer paper bags. If the stop assistant does give us a paper bag, we can save it and reuse it later.

Everyone can help to save paper. If we all think carefully, we can help protect trees. But we should do it now before it is too late.

（   ）44. So far, the Chinese people have been using paper money for ________.

A. more than 1,000 years  B. more than 1,300 years

C. two thousand years  D. five thousand years

（   ）45. Cai Lun began to make ________ nearly two thousand years ago.

A. paper  B. paper money  C. cloth  D. cars

（   ）46. The writer calls on（号召）us to ________.

A. eat less  B. grow more trees  C. begin to use less paper  D. Band C

（   ）47. The writer tells us to ________ while we are making notes.

A. use both sides of the paper  B. write in small letters

C. be careful with our handwriting D. listen to the teacher carefully

B

（   ）48. According to the Sequence Memory Game, what should you do before you get the correct sequence again?

A. You should find the thing you like best.

B. You should match the things correctly.

C. You should put things in the right sequence.

D. You should complete all the levels without a mistake.

（   ）49. In addition to your memory, what does the game “Follow the Cups” test?

A. Your hands.  B. Your head.  C. Your legs.  D. Your eyes.

（   ）50. What should you tell others in the Detective Game?

A. Which picture you like best.

B. What a place was like before after it changes.

C. The right sequence of people.

D. The right pairs of numbers.

（   ）51. Which game does NOT need us to find the matching pairs?

A. Number Memory Game.

B. Sequence Memory Game.

C. Picture Matching Game.

D. Food Memory Game.

C

The world’s first robot police officer has started working. Its name is ‘RoboCop’ and it went into service for the Dubai Police earlier this week. Robocop’s first official duty was to greet guests at the opening of a security conference in Dubai. Apart from greeting visitors, its job was to answer questions and give directions. RoboCop has a built-in tablet for people to interact with. People can use the tablet lo pay traffic fines and use other smart police services. The tablet is linked to a police station, so people can talk to human police officers. In addition, RoboCop can speak six languages, including English and Arabic. The 170-centimetre-tall robot can also shake hands, salute people and recognize people’s emotions and facial expressions.

Dubai Police says RoboCop is the first of many robot police officers for the city. A spokesman said that by 2030, 25 percent of the Dubai Police force will be robots. He said: “We are looking to make everything smart in Dubai Police. By 2030, we will have the first smart police station which won’t require human employees.”

“The RoboCop is the latest smart addition to the police force and has been designed to help us fight crime, keep the city safe and improve happiness levels.” He added. He also said that RoboCop would, “assist and help people in the malls or on the streets”. An official at the security conference commented that the future is here now, saying: “The age of the robots is no longer coming. It has arrived.”

（   ）52. What was Robocop’s first official duty?

A. To spot criminals in the crowd.

B. To serve guests at a meeting.

C. To organize a secure conference.

D. To offer help to the people on the street.

（   ）53. What has made Robocop “smart’’?

A. Its social skills.   B. Its built- in tablet.

C. Its language talent.   D. Its ability to recognize people.

（   ）54. What can we learn from the spokesman?

A. Human police will become smarter.

B. Robocop has done a good job at the meeting.

C. Robots will soon take the place of human police.

D. Robots will help Dubai Police do dangerous work.

（   ）55. What do the underlined sentences mean in the last paragraph?

A. The age of robots is now on the way.  B. Robots will change the world.

C. Scientists are making smarter robots.  D. The age of robots is already here.

D

Traveling by train is usually not easy in China. It can be hard to get a ticket. When you’re traveling to the railway station you look at your watch, afraid you will miss your train.

But there is good news for people traveling between Beijing and Shanghai. Construction（建设）on the express railway between the two cities started just before the Spring Festival of 2008. When it is finished by 2013, taking a train will be as easy as taking a bus.

“There will be trains every several minutes. Buying a ticket, getting through the checkpoint（检查）and taking your seat, will take just 10 minutes,” said an engineer. There may be high-speed trains running at 350 kilometers an hour. The travel time between the two cities will decrease from 10 to about 5 hours. The trains will carry twice the present number of passengers.

The new line will be 1,318 kilometers long and go across specially built bridges. It will run alongside the present line. There will be 21 stations in Hebei Tianjin, Shandong, Anhui and Jiangsu.

“The cost of traveling by the express railway may be around 800 yuan. That will be more expensive than an ordinary train, but cheaper than by air.” Said Zhang Xiaoling, a Jiangsu government official.

According to Zhang, the higher price is caused by the large cost of the railway project. At about 200 billion yuan, the project may be even more expensive than the Three Gorges Project（三峡工程）.

（   ）56. The express railway between Beijing and Shanghai will be finished _______.

A. at the end of this year  B. before the Spring Festival of 2008

C. after 2013  D. in about 5 years

（   ）57. The word “decrease” in the passage possibly means _______ in Chinese.

A.延长  B.缩短  C.提速  D.限速

（   ）58. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to passage?

A. Traveling by train is usually difficult in China because tickets are too expensive.

B. The high-speed trains will have 21 stations in Hebei, Tianjin, Shandong, Hunan and Jiangsu.

C. Tickets for the high-speed trains will be cheaper than those for planes.

D. The cost of the express railway project is as high as that of the Three Gorges Project.

（   ）59. What can be the best title of the passage?

A. An enormous project.

B. Train tickets will get more expensive.

C. Specially built bridges.

D. Beijing – Shanghai express railways.

E

In one of the most disaster-prone regions（灾害频发地区）on the planet, the Philippines has planned a new city to withstand（承受）natural disasters.

The Philippines has begun building a high-tech environmentally-friendly “smart city”. There will be drones（无人驾驶飞机）and self-driving cars in the city.

The large city, which lies in the north of Manila, is called New Clark City. With plans to cover 9, 450 hectares, it will be bigger than Manhattan and as many as 1.2 million people can live in it. As well as being able to withstand typhoons, flooding and earthquakes, the city won’t have pollution.

Vivencio Dizon, president of government owned and controlled Bases Conversion and Development Authority, says one important thing is to make little traffic pollution. “When we build this city, we are building for people, but not for cars. It’s a big difference.” Dizon tells CNN.

He says the city will use greener energy sources, such as solar power, natural gas and waste-to-energy facilities. The buildings will use little energy. They will use lahar, a special locally sourced building material. Dizon says lahar will be the “main fabric（主要结构）” of the buildings in the city.

Matthijs Bouw, a Dutch architect, says the production of concrete（混凝土制造）can take a lot of energy and water and it can make a lot of pollution as well. He also says that in order to make sure the pollution levels in New Clark City will be “different and much lower’’ compared with other Asian cities, the city’s green planning still has a long way to go.

（   ）60. Which is NOT true about New Clark City?

A. It will be bigger than Manila.

B. About 1, 200, 000 people can live in it.

C. It is not harmful to the environment.

D. It can withstand some natural disasters.

（   ）61. What do the underlined words “a big difference” refer to?

A. The Philippines builds the city for cars.

B. The Philippines builds the city for disasters.

C. The Philippines builds the city for people.

D. The Philippines builds the city for the government.

（   ）62. What does Matthijs Bouw mainly want to tell us?

A. The city’s green planning is not hard to achieve.

B. The production of concrete pollutes the Earth.

C. It’s hard to achieve the green planning in New Clark City.

D. Other Asian cities have much pollution.

（   ）63. What CANNOT we know from the passage?

A. How big New Clark City is.

B. How much the Philippines will spend building New Clark City.

C. What kind of energy New Clark City will use.

D. Why the Philippines has planned to build New Clark City.

VII.语法填空（每题1分，共10分）

阅读下面的短文，填入一个适当的单词或者用后面括号的单词的正确形式填空

There is no one like you in the world, so you should learn to be happy with yourself As we all know, nobody（64）_____（be）perfect. So if you are not the most beautiful or（65）_____（smart）person, that’s okay. If you feel that you need to make yourself better, try your best（66）_____（change）. If you have tried your best, but you still can’t make yourself happy, try this way. Ask yourself two simple（67）_____（question）. First, are you happy with who you are? （68）_____ the answer is yes, there is nothing to worry about. If you’re okay with（69）_____（you）and you’ve done your best in everything, you should be happy. Second, have you given yourself enough time（70）_____（make）yourself better? You know ii takes time. Sell-confidence（自信）is also very（71）_____（importance）. If you are confident, you’ll be okay with the things you do. （72）_______ here is some advice if you’re not confident. First, find out your talents（天赋）and try to use them. Second, don’t always compare yourself（73）_____ others. Third, forgive（原谅）yourself for some mistakes you have made.

VIII.书面表达（10分）

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2020秋季初二英语深圳学府中学期中测评参考答案

客观题（除听力部分）

语法填空

64. is 65. the smartest 66. to change  67. questions

68. If 69. yourself 70. to make 71. important

72. And  73. with