2019-2020学年广东省广州市白云区八年级(上)期末英语试卷(附答案解析)

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2019-2020学年广东省广州市白云区八年级（上）期末英语试卷

一、语言知识及运用（共两节，满分5分）第一节 单项选择（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）从下列各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项．

1．（1分）﹣﹣﹣Why don't you take a trip to America？

﹣﹣﹣______ among us can speak English．（ ）

A．Everybody B．Anybody C．Somebody D．Nobody

2．（1分）﹣﹣﹣Have you ______ been to Japan？

﹣﹣﹣Never． I plan to go there next year．（ ）

A．ever B．never C．always D．sometimes

3．（1分）It's already 9：20． You are 10 minutes ______ than yesterday．（ ）

A．late B．later C．latest D．the latest

4．（1分）People ______ jump the line when they are waiting to get tickets in the amusement

park．（ ）

A．should B．need C．shouldn't D．needn't

5．（1分）Hurry up， Jim． You'll be late for school ______ you don't leave now．（ ）

A．if B．when C．unless D．after

第二节 语法选择（共1小题；每小题10分，满分10分）阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，从下列各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项．

6．（10分）Confucius was born （1） August 27th， 551 B．C． in China． He was a

great teacher at that time． Confucius is also （2） as Kong Qiu． It is generally thought

that he was born into （3） a rich family． However， some people describe him

as being born poor．

Confucius' beliefs were based on the concept of self﹣discipline（自律）． He believed that

a leader needed （4） self﹣discipline． His teaching ideas focused on the"Six Art"．To

Confucius，the main goal of（5） a teacher was to teach people to live

honesty． Through his （6） ，he made a big difference in that society．

Confucius is famous（7） writing．He wrote some of the most famous traditional

Chinese（8）

， and one of them is The Spring and Autumn Annals（《春秋》）． Confucius also

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wrote The Analects of Confucius（《论语》）． It was （9） important in Chinese culture

that everyone in China knew it．

Confucius died on November 21st， 479 B．C． in Qufu， China． Today he is widely

regarded as one of （10） teachers in Chinese history．

（1）A． at B． on C． in D． from

（2）A． know B． knew C． known D． knowing

（3）A． a B． an C． the D． /

（4）A． exercise B． to exercising C． to exercise D． to be exercised

（5）A． be B． being C． to be D． to being

（6）A． teaching B． teach C． teaches D． taught

（7）A． in B． of C． as D． for

（8）A． works B． working C． work D． workings

（9）A． as B． such C． so D． very

（10）A． great B． greatest C． greater D． the greatest

二、完形填空（共1小题；每小题10分，满分10分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项．

7．（10分）Xu Jiayu is a 24﹣year﹣old world swimming champion（冠军）． He takes much（1） training every day， but he is always in a high spirit．

He never gets bored with

practicing his （2） in the pool． His team has some training at a winter camp in

Kunming．They have to（3） for the 2019 World Championships and 2020 Tokyo

Olympics．The training can help（4） make full preparations physically．

Xu won the silver medal（银牌）in the 100 meter backstroke（仰泳）at the 2016 Summer

Olympics．And he（5） the first Chinese man swimmer to win the backstroke world

champion in 2017．Last year，he lost the game in the men's 100﹣meter backstroke in

Hangzhou， a city of his own country．He said，"People had high expectations（期望）on me（6） I was really successful before．And I also gave myself too much pressure． In

fact， winning and losing are quite（7） for us． We are all fighting （8） the

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champion． It can make me stronger to compete with top swimmers in the world．"

Xu says that he （9） expects to win the gold medal in 2019 World

Championships in South Korea． So he must（10） the heavy pressure he puts to

himself． It's a hard experience but he will try his best．

（1）A． fair B． clear C． serious D． strict

（2）A． skills B． talents C． opinions D． signs

（3）A． organize B． prepare C． push D． raise

（4）A． them B． they C． him D． he

（5）A． realized B． became C． meant D． cheered

（6）A． until B． if C． since D． while

（7）A． normal B． simple C． possible D． typical

（8）A． against B． for C． with D． off

（9）A． still B． neither C． almost D． ever

（10）A． come up with B． get out of C． take down D． cut off

三、阅读（共三节，满分30分）第一节 阅读理解（共3小题；每小题10分，满分30分）阅读下列三篇短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项．

8．（10分）A couple from England spent a long time staying in a life﹣raft（救生艇）on the sea after

their boat sank（沉没）．

Twenty﹣one days after they left Panama in their boat， they met some whales．"They

started to hit the side of the boat，"they said，"and then suddenly we heard water．"Two minutes

later， the boat was sinking． They jumped into the line﹣raft and watched the boat go under

the water． For twenty days they had just stayed at the line﹣raft． They had a fishing line and

a machine to make salt water into drinking water．They caught eight to ten raw（生的）fish a

day and had them for meals． Later the line broke．They had no more fish until something