八年级（下）期末英语试卷一、单选（每题1分，15分）1. Red is_____color loved by most Chinese because it is______symbol of good luck and joy．（）A.the； theB.the； aC.a； theD.a； /2. Did you hear that students would have _________teaching building_________？（）A.another； to be builtB.other； to be builtC.another； builtD.another； to build3. ﹣ Some people now think there is no need to wear masks（口罩） when going out．﹣ We can never be _______ careful． ________________．（）A.so； Many hands make light workB.too； Actions speak louder than wordsC.too； Prevention is better than cureD.very； A miss is as good as mile4. ﹣He's hardly back from the USA，________？﹣________．He is on a visit to New York．（）A.has he； NoB.is he； YesC.isn't he； YesD.is he； No5. There ________ a few small farms here， but now they have become a beautiful park．Not only the little boy but also the blind ___________ fun in it．（）ed to have； are used to havinged to be； are used to havingC.were used to have； used to beed to be； is used to having6. The twins as well as their cousin ___________ Japan for half a year，but _________ of them can speak Japanese．（）A.have been in； eitherB.has been to；eachC.have been in； noneD.have been in； neither7. ﹣Airplane design is a job ________ you to work 10 to 12 hours a day and sometimes seven days a week．﹣____________． I think airplane design needs good teamwork as well．（）A.that need； So it isB.that needs； So it isC.which needs； So is itD.which need； So is it8. It was too noisy， ______ we couldn't hear _____ he said at the meeting．（）A.so， thatB.so， whatC.that， whatD.to， that9. I've got a fever． It is a pity that I should stay at home when I have __________ weather．Look out of the window，the students in Grade 8 are attending the youth ceremony（仪式）．It is difficult to find _______ girl among ______ people on the playground．（）A.such fine； such little； so muchB.so fine； so a little；so muchC.such fine； so little； so manyD.such fine； such a little； so many10. A lot of money __________ at the charity show，but the cost of living __________ a lot，so we still need to do much work to help the people with novel coronavirus pneumonia．（）A.was raised； has risenB.was raised； were raisingC.rose； is risingD.rose； were raised11. We all know that we'll meet all kinds of difficulties in our lives，just like COVID﹣19 this time．We should have____________________ them！（）A.courage enough to take upB.confident enough to take onC.enough courage to take onD.enough confidence to take up12. ﹣Zhong Nanshan keeps walking every day． Driving less and walking more are good for health．﹣I agree．I prefer to take ___________ walk to work rather than __________ a car．（）A.45 minutes； to driveB.45 minutes'； driveC.45﹣ minutes； driveD.a 45﹣minute； driving13. ﹣We should think about __________ to help the people in Wuhan．﹣__________ donate some money _________ them？（）A.what we can do； Let's； toB.how can we do； What about； forC.what can we do； Why not you； toD.what we can do； Shall we； for14. ﹣Hi，Tom．We will visit Nantong Wildlife Park this weekend．Would you like to join us？﹣__________．That's the last thing in the world I ever want to do．（）A.That's not the caseB.I can't agree moreC.It's up to youD.No，thanks15. ﹣Do you know when ________ Mo Yan's Red Sorghum ________？﹣In 1986．And it ________ a movie by Zhang Yimou later．（）A.did； come out； was made intoB.was； come out； was made intoC./； came out； made intoD./； came out； was made into二、完形填空（每题1分，15分）16. My father was a self﹣taught mandolin（曼陀林琴）player．He was one of the best players in our town．He couldnot （1）_______music, but if he heard a tune（曲子）a few times, he could play it．When he was young, he was a （2）_______of a small country music band．They played at local dances and the radio station．At home Dad often got out his mandolin and played for the family．We three children sang along．（3）_______ played the mandolin like my father．He could（4）_______ your heart with the music that came out of that old mandolin．He seemed to shine when he was playing．You could see his（5）_______ in his ability to play so well for his family．But Dad had to find another（6）_______in a factory later because the money he made at the band wasn't enough to（7）_______the family．Unluckily he had an（8）_______ one day and lost one finger．He couldn't play as（9）_______ as before．From then on, every time we asked him to play, he would make up reasons to（10）_______down our request．However, we missed his performance so much．（11）_______, he agreed and said"Okay, but remember, I can'thold down on the strings（琴弦）the way I （12）_______ to"．When he played the old mandolin, it carried us back to a （13）_______, happy time in our lives．Dad was that kind of man．（14）_______ was what he was doing all his life．If he could give （15）_______to others, he would, especially his family．He was always there, sacrificing（牺牲）his time to see that his family had enough in their life．（1）A.express B.raise C.read D.lead（2）A.dancer B.member C.driver D.friend（3）A.Nobody B.Somebody C.Anybody D.Everybody（4）A.shut B.touch C.cover D.hurt（5）A.doubt B.truth C.pride D.worry（6）A.job B.wallet C.game D.hobby（7）A.start B.work C.value D.support（8）A.action B.accident C.argument D.exam（9）A.deep B.fast C.well D.loud（10）A.turn B.break C.close y（11）A.Nearly B.Exactly C.Certainly D.Finally（12）A.regretted ed C.kept D.pointed（13）A.careful B.forgetful C.cheerful D.helpful（14）A.Giving B.Receiving C.Changing D.Taking（15）A.production B.pleasure C.purpose D.patience三、阅读理解（每题2分，40分）17. What words did people search for the most in 2019? You can check Google's list of the top 10 most﹣searched words and phrases for 2019 to find out．The list shows what people were most interested in this year．Let's look back at three of them．Notre Dame （巴黎圣母院）A terrible tragedy hit France on April 15．A fire broke out in the Notre Dame cathedral, destroying its spire and a large part of its roof． Built between 1163 and 1250, Notre Dame is one of the finest examples of French Gothic architecture （哥特式建筑）． It is also home to many priceless works of art．It was reported that French President Emmanuel Macron promised to rebuild the cathedral．The first black hole photoHistory was made on April 10 when researchers unveiled （公布） the first﹣ever photo of a black hole．The ________ shows a black hole with a bright ring around it．The black hole lies in a faraway galaxy named Messier 87．Scientists say that the image proves that black holes are real．It also supports Einstein's theory（理论） of general relativity （广义相对论）．5GAt the top of your phone display, you'll usually see a little symbol that says 3G or 4G．The "G" stands for the "generation （代）" of your mobile network．Now, the age of 5G is arriving． On March 30, Shanghai vice﹣mayor （副市长） Wu Qing made the first 5G video call on a Huawei Mate X smartphone, CGTN reported．Shanghai has also become the first city in China to start testing 5G networks．About 100 times faster than 4G networks, 5G will let its users download and upload data faster than ever before．It can also be used to power other technology, such as self﹣driving cars and the Internet of things．China is set to become the world's largest 5G market, with 460 million users by 2025．（1）Notre Dame cathedral________．A. is the best French Gothic architectureB. was destroyed on April 10C. was built in the 11th centuryD. is probably going to be built again．（2）The underlined word "image" in Paragraph 3 has the similar meaning with "________"．A. newsB. messageC. pictureD. camera．（3）Where would you probably read such an article？________A.In a memoir．B.In an archeology journal．C.In a scientific reading．D.In a Time magazine．．（4）Which of the following is NOT true？________A. The top 10 most﹣searched words and phrases for 2019 are listed by Google．B. There are many priceless works of art in Notre Dame．C. It's clear that black holes are real．D. CGTN reported that the first 5G video call was made on April 15．18. People all over the world are now taking action to fight against COVID﹣19．But what they do may depend on their own culture and traditions．On Feb 26, when an Italian lawmaker （议员） went into the country's Lower Chamber with a mask to prevent the novel coronavirus, he was criticized by his workmates for "causing panic （恐慌）"．Articles from Western media carry headlines such as "No, you do not need face masks to prevent coronavirus．" You might be surprised, as in China and other Asian countries, people have willingly put masks on during the outbreak．Western thoughts about masksIn the West, people are taught to wear masks only when they get sick． Masks are seen as a tool to protect sick people and prevent the disease from spreading, so healthy people don't need to wear them． Therefore, during the novel coronavirus outbreak, overseas Chinese students said that they would be "stared at like a virus spreader" if they go out with a mask．According to a survey done by Global Times among some European and American people, wearing a mask in public can make them feel "worried", "shy", and "afraid of being looked at differently．"But as the number of COVID﹣19 cases continues to grow around the world, many people in the West are changing their attitudes．In the US, for example, the need for masks is very high now．The US surgeon general has been asking people to avoid hoarding masks, as they are more needed in hospitals than by the general public．Mask culture in the EastIn Asian countries like China and Japan, there has been a long tradition of mask﹣wearing． In China, for example, when doctor Wu Liande invented the modern medical mask during the pneumonic plague （肺鼠疫） in 1910, the mask became a symbol of China's position as a modern, scientific nation．The 2003 SARS epidemic again led to the wide use of masks as a form of anti﹣viral protection in China and elsewhere in East Asia．In Japan, wearing masks has long been seen as a manner to reassure others when one catches a cold or flu．Some Japanese also turn masks into fashion accessories, with different colors and styles to match their clothes．Wearing masks is also a way to "hide" for young women when they don't have their make up on．In more collectivist cultures in Asia, wearing masks might also be a symbol of solidarity （团结） during theoutbreak, according to Christos Lynteris．"Mask culture in Asia creates a sense of a fate shared, common obligation and civic duty．" People wear masks "to show that they want to stick together" in the face of danger, Lynteris wrote．（1）The purpose of the story is to________．A. explain why Westerners don't wear masksB. prove the importance of wearing masks during an epidemicC. show how opinions about masks differ between different countriesD. explain the history of masks．（2）What isn't the reason for Japanese wearing masks？________A. They wear masks to reassure others when catching a cold or flu．B. Some Japanese wear masks as fashion accessories．C. Some young women wear masks when they don't make up．D. They wear masks to make others feel worried．．（3）What does Lynteris mean in the last paragraph？________A. People have no sense of duty if they don't wear masks．B. Mask culture creates a sense of collective obligation．C. Asian people are more united in the face of danger．D. We are a community with a shared future for mankind．19. On the morning of July 10th, 2018, Dr．Tian Jiabing passed away at the age of 99．Most educators will be familiar with his name．Over the course of his life he donated 80% of his wealth, building over 200 schools and 18, 000 libraries across the country since the 1980s, earning him the title of "Father of 100 Chinese Schools"．Through years of hard work, Tian Jiabing had great achievements in business．However, in 1997, after the financial crisis in Asia, Tian's businesses and foundations were influenced, making it difficult to ________ promises of donations．In order to make donations as planned, Tian, at the age of 83, decided to sell his home, in which he had lived for 38 years, for 56 million HK dollars．He then donated it to some schools in China, and moved into a small flat with his wife, In 2005, Tian also sold the 130, 000﹣square﹣metre Tian Square at the price of 300 million HK dollars which was later donated to over 10 universities and high schools．When he was interviewed, he said, "Since I had promised organizations my donations, I decided to sell my house to help these schools．This felt like a more worthwhile and meaningful action．" In interviews Tian expressed that education is linked to a country's strength and cultural development．He said that spending money on education is "spending money in the most useful of places", and that the value of education is far greater than the value of giving money．Even though every donation was tens or hundreds of million, Tian Jiabing lived a modest and simple life in Hong Kong．He was also strict with his children．He insisted that it was better to leave posterity（名誉） to the next generation rather than wealth．Tian was respected by people not only because of his great honours, but also because he never asked for returns for his work． Besides his big donations, Tian also gave an example with small actions which help the society get better．Tian Jiabing is considered as one of China's all﹣time greatest charitarian．More people will know about his efforts and spirit, inspiring and drawing the attention of more people to do good deeds together．（1）Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage？________A.Tian Jiabing was named "Father of 100 Chinese Schools" in 1980．B.Most Chinese know Tian Jiabing for his donation．C.Tian Jiabing helped build over 20，000 schools and libraries．D.Tian Jiabing was born in the twentieth century．．（2）Which is the correct order of the things below？________①He started to donate to build schools and libraries．②The financial crisis broke out and affected his business．③He bought his home which was sold later．④The Tian Square was sold to support education．A. ①③④②B. ③①②④C. ①②④③D. ③②①④．（3）The meaning of the underlined phrase " fulfill " is close to in Chinese________．A.展示B.继续C.提供D.产生．（4）The passage mainly talks about________．A.the loss of "Father of 100 Chinese Schools"B.the whole course of Tian Jiabing's lifeC.Tian Jiabing 's achievements in educationD.Tian Jiabing's great effort into education．20. Cold weather has a great effect, on how our minds and our bodies work．Maybe that is why there are so many expressions that use the word "cold"．For example, People who show no human emotions or feelings, for example, are said to be cold﹣blooded． Cold can affect other parts of the body, But the expression"get cold feet" has nothing to do with cold or your feet．The expression means being afraid to do something you had decided to do． For example, you agree to be CEO of a company． But then you learn that all the other officers have resigned（辞职） and all the work of the company will be your responsibility．You are likely to get cold feet about being CEO when you understand the situation．The expression"give someone the cold shoulder" probably comes from the physical act of turning your back toward someone, instead of speaking to him face﹣to﹣face． You may give a cold shoulder to a friend who breaks your words, or to someone who has lied about you to others．"A cold fish" is not a fish．It if a person．But it is a person who isunemotional and shows no love or warmth．A cold fish does not offer much of himself to anyone． Someone who is a cold fish could be cold﹣hearted．He or she will never feel sorry for those in bad situation．"Out in the cold"means not getting something that everybody else got．A person might say that everybody but him got a pay raise﹣﹣he was left out in the cold．And it is not a pleasant place to be．（1）What's of the following shows the structure of the passage？________（2）Henry goes the cold shoulder when he asked to have a date with Mary， that means________．A. Henry was treated politely when he asked Mary to have a date．B. Henry was afraid to invite Mary to have an appointment with him．C. Mary didn't care about Henry's invitation and didn't plan to date with him．D. Mary behaved unfriendly because she didn't like to talk with Henry face to face．．（3）If you get cold feet，this means that________．A. you feel brave to do somethingB. you feel too nervous to do somethingC. you feel too cold to do somethingD. you feel very angry about doing something．（4）What is the best title for the passage？________A. Opinions about cold weather．B. Expressions connected with "cold"C. Relation between cold and bodyD. Examples of people who have a cold．21. Unless we spend money to spot and prevent asteroids now, one might crash into Earth and destroy life as we know it, say some scientists．Asteroids are bigger versions of the meteoroids that race across the night sky．Most orbit the sun far from Earth and don't threaten us． But there are also thousands of asteroids whose orbits put them on a collision course with Earth．But 500 million worth of new telescopes right now, then spend $10 million a year for the next 25 years to locate most of the space rocks．By the time we spot a fatal one, the scientists say, we‘ll have a way to change its course．Is it worth it? Two things experts consider when judging any risk are ①How l ikely the event is; ②How bad the consequences if the event occurs．Experts think an asteroid big enough to destroy lots of life might strike Earth once every 500000 years．Sounds pretty rare but if one did fall．It would be the end of the world． "If we don't take care of these bid asteroids, they'll take care of us, "says one scientist．"it's that simple．"The cure, though, might be worse than the disease．Do we really want fleets of nuclear weapons sitting around on Earth? "the world has less fear from doomsday rocks than from a great nuclear fleet set against them．" Said a New York Times article．（1）What does the passage say about asteroids and meteoroids？________A. They are heavenly bodies different in composition．B. They are heavenly bodies similar in nature．C. They are more asteroids than meteoroids．D. Asteroids are more mysterious than meteoroids．．（2）What do scientists say about the collision of an asteroid with Earth？________ A. It is very unlikely but the danger exists．B. Such a collision might occur once every 25 years．C. Collisions of smaller asteroids with Earth occur more often than expected．D. It is still too early to say whether such a collision might occur．．（3）We can conclude from the passage that________．A. While pushing asteroids off course nuclear weapons would destroy the world．B. Asteroids racing across the night sky are likely to hit Earth in the near future．C. The worry about asteroids can be left to future generations since it is unlikely to happen in our lifetime．D. Workable solutions still have to be found to prevent a collision of asteroids with Earth．．（4）What genre does this article belong to ？________A. ExpositionB. DiscriptionC. NarrationD. Prose．（5）Which of the following best describes the author's tone in this passage？________A. OptimisticB. CriticalC. ObjectiveD. Arbitrary．四、词汇（每题2分，30分）A. 请根据句意或括号中的中文提示、英文释义，填出所缺单词，使句子通顺．22. I have some________ （ knowledge or skill ） in fashion design．23. Come here， Jeremy． Please help me write down the________（秘书）names．24. Yesterday they continued the search， d________ up the back yard of a police station．25. After the youth ceremony， the students are no longer Young________．26. I may go there， but that________．B. 请根据句意从方框中选择合适的单词，并用其适当形式填空，使句子通顺．)27.（1）I met an old friend of________ in Nantong Museum last Sunday．（2）We don't allow________ in public． It's unhealthy for everybody to do so．（3）Agriculture（农业） is the________ related human and the natural world one industry．（4）Species diversity（物种多样性） and________ of fig（无花果） are highest in Yunnan among all the provinces of China．（5）South Korea is a________ country． Its progress is obvious to every country．请根据句意从方框中选择合适的动词，并用其适当时态或语态填空，使句子通顺．)28.（1）﹣Look，what a heavy rain ! I'm wondering whether someone________the windows．﹣Don't worry，I saw Lily do it when I passed by．（2）Our teacher told us 1000 metres________one kilometre．（3）It is said that the letter I am looking forward to________before long， isn't it？（4）﹣Excuse me，when can we play badminton at the court？﹣Not until it________ next week．（5）Nothing except these papers________on the desk when I left，but no one has seen them ever since．五、句型转换（每题2分，10分）)29. It is fun to enjoy the autumn leaves in Beijing．（改为感叹句）________it is to enjoy the autumn leaves in Beijing!30. Mr． Lee has run ________ during 2019 Shanghai International Marathon．（对划线部分提问）________has Mr． Lee run during 2019 Shanghai International Marathon？31. Mary's desk﹣mate put on the pair of trousers because of its design．（改为被动语态）The pair of trousers________ on by Mary's desk﹣mate because of wonderful design．32. He is taller than any other student in the class．（同义句转换）________ is taller than him in the class．33. You are wrong． You didn't help the disabled get out of trouble．（合并一句，句意不变）It is wrong________ you not to help the disabled when they are________ trouble．六、首字母填空（每题1分，10分）34. The villagers in Mhangeni，Africa．faced a very big （1）c________．They didn't have a school for their kids．Then the village elder thought of an idea．He said that there was an old，abandoned farmhouse．It could be changed into classrooms after cleaning and furnishing it．All the villagers were （2）p________with his suggestion and started the project immediately．The parents repaired the broken walls．Some villagers （3）d________the house into three classrooms by using pieces of wood． The others helped make desks and chairs for the students．Still，there was much more work to do．But the rains were coming．They had to stop working for the school as it was now the best time for them to plant．So the children of Mhangeni decided to finish the house by themselves．They had to （4）h________ as summer had ended and other schools had already opened．They didn't want to delay their studies．Every day they were busy cutting the grass and clearing the bushes．The news about the project（5）s________ and many people knew it．Two teachers who worked for the country's （6）D________ of Education arrived to help out．and two foreign visitors were also touched by the children's （7）a________．After 10 days of hard work， the new school was （8）r________．The kids were very happy but a bit worried﹣they were behind in their studies．Besides this，they also faced many difficulties．There were not enough classrooms to （9）h________ all the students．And two or three students had to share one book．However，the children are happy to study in school﹣﹣（10）e________in their new school which they helped to build．Though their school might not be modern，their dream of having a school near their homes has come true．七、任务型阅读（每题2分，10分）35.请认真阅读下面短文，并根据短文内容回答问题。
