太原市统考2020~2021学年第二学期八年级期中考试英语试卷

2021· 英语·期中

- 1 - 2020—2021学年第二学期八年级期中质量检测 考试时间: 90分钟 满分100分 I. 听力 (共四节，满分20分) (略) II. 单项选择 (共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分) 从每小题A、B、C三个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并将其字母标号填入题前的括号内。 ( ) 21. Gu Ailing is a talented Chinese freeskier (自由式滑雪运动员). People believe she will have a bright future in front of ________. A. her B. him C. them ( ) 22. --- Emma sold her old things to ________ money to buy books for the poor kids. --- She really has a heart of gold! A. waste B. return C. raise ( ) 23. March 5th is a day to remember Lei Feng. We still need to learn from his ________ today and get ready to help others. A. interest B. spirit C. decision ( ) 24. The teacher has given us a ________ explanation of the rules of playing chess and we know how to do it now. A. wrong B. clear C. fair ( ) 25. My friends ________ a WeChat group and we can share happy moments with each other in it. A. set up B. fix up C. clean up ( ) 26. --- The news said that a diverless car traveled from Beijing to Tianjin. --- Yes. It drove ________ by itself and finished the 114-kilometer journey. A. badly B. comfortably C. completely ( ) 27. --- Our class will ________ with Class 3 tomorrow afternoon. --- Let’s cheer for our players then. A. argue B. compete C. hate ( ) 28. --- I ________ tests all the time. --- Don’t worry. Maybe you can ask your teacher for help. A. am nervous about B. am used to C. am surprised at ( ) 29. --- Though Tom’s leg hurt, he continued practicing ________ the last minute before the match. --- What a great boy. A. as B. until C. since

2021· 英语·期中

- 2 - ( ) 30. --- Tina, could you give me a ride to town? --- ________. I’m going there, too. A. Yes, you can B. Sorry, I can’t C. Yes, sure III. 补全对话 (共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分) 从方框中选出恰当的句子，使对话内容完整、通顺，并将其代表的字母标号填入相应的横线上。 (Dave met Aron during the break in the classroom.) Dave: You look sad, Aron. 31. ________ Aron: It’s my hand. It got burned with hot water. 32. ________ Dave: Oh, my god! You should run it under the water at once. Aron: I guess I should. But it’s time for the math class now. 33. ________ Dave: No problem. I’m sure he will understand. If it hurts a lot, go to the school nurse’s office. Aron: You’re right. I’ll go there right now. Dave: 34. ________ Aron: Thanks a lot. See you later. Dave: 35. ________ IV. 完形填空 (共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分) 阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出一个最佳选项，并将其字母标号填入题前的括号内。 Do you often run outdoors to keep healthy? Can you 36. ________ that running could help to clean up the earth? Sometimes a creative mind can bring us a win-win situation. Plogging, a new 37. ________ to exercise, started in Sweden. The name “plogging” comes from two words — the Swedish (瑞典的) phrase “blocka upp” and the word “jogging”. “Plocka upp” 38. ________ to pick up and “jogging” is to say the activity of running slowly. A Swedish man 39. ________ the idea and put it into real-life practice. He saw rubbish here and there 40. ________ he was riding to work each day. He became worried

about the dirty environment and decided not to go to work by bike anymore. 41. ________, he began A. See you. B. What should I do? C. What’s the matter with you? D. Be careful and hope you can get well soon. E. Could you please tell Mr. Lee that I may be a little late?

2021· 英语·期中

- 3 - to run to work and pick up the rubbish at the same time. More and more people followed him, and soon the new way to exercise became popular. Seeing that, he felt quite 42. ________ and joyful. Many people choose plogging because they think plogging is a good way to help clean up the earth. Sometimes it is 43. ________ to collect rubbish because it may scatter (散落) all around. But if the runners pick up the rubbish on the way, 44. ________ could make a big difference. After all, many hands make light work. Another reason is that plogging burns more calories (卡路里). According to a research, plogging for ten minutes burns 48 calories, while 45. ________ jogging for 10 minutes only burns about 39 calories. It’s time for us to take action! So ready? Let’s plog tomorrow! ( ) 36. A. explain B. imagine C. remember ( ) 37. A. time B. feeling C. way ( ) 38. A. changes B. means C. plans ( ) 39. A. got on with B. ran out of C. came up with ( ) 40. A. while B. until C. before ( ) 41. A. Instead B. Secondly C. Still ( ) 42. A. lonely B. excited C. strange ( ) 43. A. difficult B. important C. comfortable ( ) 44. A. they B. she C. he ( ) 45. A. quick B. clever C. usual V. 阅读理解 (一) (共15小题，46~55每小题2分；56~60每小题1分，满分25分) A 请阅读下面五段短文，根据短文内容，将其与方框中的五个小标题进行匹配，并将其字母标号填入相应的横线上。 Through history, the world looks for heroes. Where are they? In fact, they are helping others in need around us. Let’s learn about some beautiful heroes.