山东省莘县2019-2020学年第一学期期末考试八年级英语试题

2019-2020学年度第一学期期末学业水平检测

八年级英语试题

(时间：90分钟; 满分：90分)

选择题(两大题, 共计50分)

一、完形填空(共10小题; 每小题1分，满分10分)

阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从短文后各题所给的A,B,C三个选项中, 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Ellen is a famous hostess(女主持人)of a talk show. She looks much 1.______ than people of

her age. Some people ask her why she looks so young. She says it is because of her healthy 2.___.

 She practices yoga every day.

Yoga gives her a fresh and peaceful feeling. Ellen is busy 3._____ her work every day, but

she still practices yoga. She usually 4.________ an hour practicing it every day.

 She dances before shows when she is nervous.

Before every show. Ellen always 5.________ she is relaxed. 6.________ she feels nervous,

she will dance. Dancing is not only good for her body, but also good for her mind.

 She is always laughing. Ellen is always laughing and she also makes people around,

7._________laugh. She thinks laughter is certainly the best 8._______ . She says it feels good to

laugh her worries away and keep in good health.

 She almost never eats sugar.

She 9._______ eats sugar. She also 10.________ her friends to stay away from too much

sugar. She often says sugar is bad for health.

1. A. older B. younger C. taller

2.A.habits B. foods C. sports

3.A.into B. from C. with

4.A. spends B. gives C. waits

5. A. works hard B. makes sure C. works out

6.A.Or B. But C. If

7.A.him B. her C. you

8. A. food B. language C. medicine

9. A. hardly B. usually C. still

10.A.advises B. makes C. pays

二、阅读理解(共20小题; 每小题2分, 满分40分).

第一节 阅读下面短文, 根据短文内容判断其后面所给句子的对错, 并在答题卡上将所选的对应选项涂黑。选Right涂A, 选Wrong涂B。

Modern life is impossible, without travel. The fastest way of travel is by plane. With a

modern airliner(客机)you can travel in one day. to .places which it -took a month or, more to get

to a hundred years ago.

Travel by train is slower than by plane, but it has its advantages. You can see the country you

are traveling through. Modem trains have comfortable seats and .dining pats. They make even

along journey enjoyable.

Some people prefer to travel by sea when .possible. There are large liners and riverboats. You can visit many other countries and. different places...Ships are not so fast as trains or planes, but

travel by sea is a very pleasant way to spend ,a holiday-.

Many people like to travel by car. You can make your own timetable. You can travel three or

four hundred miles or only fifty :or one hundred miles a day, just as you like. You can stop

wherever you wish where there is something interesting to see, at a good restaurant where you can

enjoy a, good meal, or at a hotel to spend the night. That is why traveling by car is popular for

pleasure trips, while people usually take a train or plane; when they travel on business.

11. It is the fastest way to travel by plane according to the passage.

A. Right B. Wrong

12. Modern ships have comfortable seats and nice dining environment.

A. Right B. Wrong

13. If we travel by car, we may enjoy a pleasant trip.

A. Right B. Wrong

14. From the passage we know that traveling by sea is a very pleasant way to spend a holiday.

A. Right B. Wrong

15. This writer has provided us with six ways of traveling according to the passage.

A. Right B. Wrong

第二节 阅读下列短文, 从每小题所给的A,B,C,D四个选项中选出一个能回答所提问题或能完成所给句子的最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Now- satellites are helping to forecast(预报)the weather. They are in space, and they can

reach any part of the world. The satellites take pictures of the atmosphere(大气),because this is

where the weather forms形成).They send these pictures to the weather stations. Some teorologists

(气象学家)can see the weather of any part of the world. From the pictures, he scientists can often

say how the weather will change.

Today, nearly five hundred weather stations in sixty countries receive satellite pictures. When

they receive nevi pictures; the meteorologists compare (比较)them with earlier ones. Perhaps they

may find that the clouds have changed during the last few hours. This may meaty that the weather

on the ground may soon change, too. In their next weather forecast, the meteorologists can say

this.

So the weather satellites are a great help to the meteorologists. Before satellites were

invented ,the scientists could forecast the, weather for about 24or 48hours.Now they can make

good forecasts for three or five days. Soon, perhaps, they may be able to forecast the weather for a