2020-2021学年人教新目标八年级下学期期中考试英语(有答案)

初二第二学期阶段性测试

英 语

听力部分： 1-20 略。

一、知识运用（两部分，共20小题，计20分）

第一节 语法填空（共10小题，计10分）

21．The lady had a serious toothache, so the dentist advised her to take _______ X-ray.

A. a B. an C. the

22．Story Sign is _______ useful that it makes it easier for deaf children and their parents to read

bedtime stories.

A. such B. so C. too

23．—Do you always get up so early?

—Yes, _______ the first bus. My home is far away from school.

A. catch B. catching C. to catch

24．—I know nothing about the fairy tale Hansel and Gretel. What about you?

—_______.

A. Neither did I. B. Neither do I. C. So do I.

25．—I have difficulty in working out the math problem.

—_______ turn to Mr. Li for help?

A. How about B. Why don’t C. Why not

26．While Steve _______ his old bike in the yard, his mother came back home.

A. repaired B. is repairing C. was repairing

27．—Don’t _______ too late, or you will feel tired in class.

—I won’t, mom.

A. stay up B. wake up C. call up

28．The environment will be much worse _______ we have a sense of protecting it.

A. if B. unless C. although

29．In the world, more than 30% of schools do not provide safe drinking water _______ children.

A. with B. to C. for 30．—Do you remember _______ when you heard the news of Kobe Byrant’s death?

—Yes, I was sleeping at that time.

A. what were you doing B. what you were doing C. what did you do

第二节 词语填空 通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出一个最佳答案。(共10小题，计10分)

Ton’s mother asked him to gather firewood for the fire. 31 doing the chore right away. Tom

thought he could play with his friends, Mitch and Joe, first.

Not long after, hi mother began to wonder 32 he had not returned. It was already dark and

she was worried. At the same time, Tom realized that he didn’t do as his mother asked and told his

friends about this. The boys then began gathering the 33 .

At the same time Tom’s mother came looking for him. She soon 34 the boys’ voices. She

had mixed feelings. She was 35 to know that he was safe but also angry because Tom didn’t

listen to her. She decided to 36 the boys a lesson.

She hid near them. 37 she picked up a twig (树枝) and threw it. It hit the ground making a

sharp noise. It caught the boys attention(注意). They sopped what they were doing and looked at one

another. She threw 38 twig and then cried sadly. “Listen to your mother!” 39 ,the boys

dropped everything and ran home.

After 40 some pieces of firewood, she headed home, where she found Tom in tears. “Mother,

I’m sorry I didn’t listen to you.” he cried. His mother knew he was truly Sorry.

31．A. Because of B. Instead of C. as a result

32．A. why B. how C. when

33．A. firewood B. matches C. friends

34．A. felt B. followed C. heard

35．A. sad B. worried C. happy

36．A. offer B. fix C. teach

37．A. Then B.so C. but

38．A. another B. the other C. others

39．A. excited B. scared C. interested

40．A. picking up B. putting on C. giving away

Ⅲ.阅读技能(三部分，共24小题，计48分)

第一节 图表理解 阅读下列图表，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出最佳选项回答问题或完成句子。(共5小题，计10分)

A

The Volunteers for the Ice and Snow Festival

41．If someone is hurt during the Ice and Snow Festival, _______ may be the most suitable (合适的)

to help.

A. Li Yue B. Jack C. Li Na

42．Which of the following is NOT true according to the form (表格) above?

A. Jack and Mike come from different countries.

B. The volunteers should be friendly and outgoing.

C. Li Yue and Li Na have similar volunteering experiences.

Item

(项目)

Name

Jack

Li Yue

Mike

Li Na

Age 28 25 32 24

Nationality American Chinese English Chinese

Job Coach (教练) Nurse Singer Tour guide

Personality Friendly Quiet Humorous Outgoing

Volunteering

experience Helping during

the City Art

Festival in

2016 Volunteering at

an

animal hospital

in

2013 and 2015 Teaching

children

music at school

in the

countryside Working at an

animal care

center

twice B

43．The Louvre opens for _______ on weekends.

A. 6 hours and 45 minutes B. 12 hours C. 9 hours

44．If you want to get into the museum in less than half an hour, you’d better buy tickets _______.

A. at the museum B. on the Internet C. by calling the staff

45．From the poster above, we can know that _______.

A. you have to leave the Louvre before 6 pm on Monday, Thursday and Friday

B. you can visit the Louvre on the first Sunday of January for free

C. you may take Metro Line 1 or Bus No 67 to get to the Louvre

第二节 短文理解 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出最佳选项回答问题或完成句子。(共14小题，计28分)

A

China and Western countries have something different in cultures about certain animals, but

when it comes to pigs, we have the same idea — pigs are ugly, lazy and stupid.