冀教版中学2019-2020学年八年级上学期英语期中考试试卷A卷

C . The woman’s son told him.

D . The doctor got it from her chart noting

（3）What did the old woman think caused her health problems? A . Her son's not seeing her. B . No one listening to her story. C . The medical care of the hospital. D . The distance between her and her son.

（4）When the patient told the doctor her stories, what she needed might be ______. A . keeping smiling

B . interruption or judgment C . listening without interruption D . communicating with each other

（5） Which statement is NOT right according to the passage? A . Her son lived close to her house.

B . The old woman didn’t need the doctor’s treatments. C . Listening is powerful medicine.

D . The doctor has to “walk” with the help of a wheel chair. 24. （5分）阅读下面短文，根据其内容完成后面各项任务。

Confidence is very important in daily life. It can help you to develop a healthy attitude (态度). A study shows that the people who are more confident are much happier. They can have more chance to make themselves successful. Here are some suggestions about how to be more confident.

Speak loud When you are not confident, you can't do well what you want to do. You speak in a voice so low that other people can hardly hear you. Try to speak _______(1) enough so that people can hear you clearly. The high voice can _______(1) you become more confident.

Play sports Physical exercise makes you tired but completely relaxed. A strong body helps you be full of confidence.(2)

Encourage yourself Write down a list of things you did during the day to see how many things you have done well. Did you finish your homework? Did you tell a joke that made everybody laugh? Give yourself praise for the good things you’ve done.

Pick up a hobby If you like singing, sing as much as you can. In some ways, a hobby can make you outstanding. And it will make you happy and confident.

Get rid of (消除) fear Fear comes along with failure (失败). But it's easy to overcome (克服)

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if you know that failure is part of your life. Don't hide your head just because you said something stupid last time. Try to start again and believe you can do better.

________ 在(1)处横线上填入适当的词。___________ ___________

________ 将（2）处划线部分翻译成中文。______________________________________________ ________ 回答问题How many suggestions can help you to be more confident?______________ ________ 找出并写出所给句子的同义句。

If singing is your favourite, you can sing as often as possible.__________________________ ________ 找出并写出最能表达该短文主题的句子。 _________________________________________________

四、 短文填空。 (共1题；共5分)

25. （5分）任务型阅读，前四题回答不超过6个词。

Today is Saturday．It's also the Teachers' Day, Lily and Tom's mother's festival．They get up early in the morning and want to help their mother do the housework．They first clean the room and then wash the clothes．And then they make breakfast for their mother Lisa．

It takes Lily and Tom a long time to make the breakfast．They make a chicken hamburger and some salad．These are Lisa's favourite food．They also prepare(准备) a glass of milk．They think it's healthy for their mother．Then they go to their parents' room with the food and drink.

Dad sits on the sofa and reads a newspaper to Lisa．There is much interesting news(新闻) in it．Lisa also thinks it is fun．They seem very happy．“Good morning, Mum and Dad,” say Lily and Tom．Then they walk to their mother and say: “Mum, Happy Teachers' Day!”

Lisa looks at the children and the breakfast．“Thank you so much!” Lisa feels very warm now. （1）What day is it today? ________.

（2）What do Lily and Tom do first in the morning? ________ （3）Do Lily and Tom make any bread for their mother?________ （4）How does Lisa feel when she sees the breakfast? ________ （5）What does Lisa do? ________

五、 单词拼写。 (共1题；共1分)

26. （1分）look! The lovely monkey is ________（爬）up the tree.

六、 用所给词的适当形式填空。 (共5题；共18分)

27. （10分）阅读下面的短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词，或写出括号中所给词的适当形式。

I think there will not be schools in the future. We will use computers________ (study) at home. Students________（send）their homework to the teachers________email and talk to their teachers on the

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computers. Teachers won't write on a blackboard with________ (chalk). And no one will use paper, pens or erasers________ they will learn something new or write homework on the computer.

There will be a robot in every family in the future because it ________ (be) very cheap. It will do many heavy and difficult ________ (job). It will help us do ________(clean) at home and take care of children. It can finish the task(任务) really ________(good). We will have a lot of free time. I am sure you will enjoy________ (stay) with such a robot one day.

28. （1分）We often eat chicken and bread for lunch ________ noon at school. (填介词) 29. （1分）Everyone longs for a ________ (peace) life.

30. （1分）A good friend always makes me________(laugh) when I'm sad. 31. （5分）用how 或what补全下面的感叹句 （1）________a lovely girl! （2）________brave the boys are! （3）________ hard work it is! （4）________ a good film it is! （5）________ amazing the news is!

七、 书面表达。 (共1题；共5分)

32. （5分）同学们，目前西南旱情十分严重，大家都非常关心灾区人民的生活情况。请你用英语写一篇80词以上的短文（开头句已给出，不计入总词数），内容包括：

1．简单描述目前灾区的旱情（如：雨水不足、饮用水缺乏、树木枯死、河流干涸，等等）； 2．人们已经为灾区人民所做的事情； 3．对灾区的同龄朋友们说几句话。 参考词汇：lack of（缺乏）

As we know, the southwest of China is suffering from serious drought(干旱) now.

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