2019-2020学年湖北省武汉市江夏区八年级(上)期末英语试卷

2019-2020学年湖北省武汉市江夏区八年级（上）期末英

语试卷

一、阅读理解（本大题共15小题，共30.0分）

A

HARVEY Students know MUDD what matters COLLEGE Join us for Donuts & Juice

on Friday，January 25th 9：50a．m．

Thomas Garrett Plaza For the 2019 ASHMC

Student Philanthropy Campaign Kick-off

Note：philanthropy campaign博爱活动

1. The information is ______ ．

A. an advertisement about the food B. a school notice

C. an introduction（介绍）of Harvey Mudd． D. a ball game poster

2. Harvey Mudd is the name of ______ ．

A. a college B. a person C. activity D. food

3. We can't know the ______ of the activity．

A. purpose（目的） B. time C. place D. website 4. If you take part in the activity，you ______ ．

A. have to pay for it

B. can help some people in need C. may get a prize

D. have to kick a ball off with others

5. From the information，we can infer each of the following EXCEPT that ______ ．

A. the students can enjoy donuts and juice in the activity B. the students know what the activity is for

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C. Thomas Garrett Plaza is in the college D. January 25th， 2019 is Friday

B

As an English， I can speak three languages-English， German and French， so do you think the British people are very good language learners？ The fact is that they aren't．

Some statistics（数据） from the survey done by the European Commission（欧盟委员会） showed that 62% of the British people only speak English． 38% speak at least one foreign language and 18% speak two or more． Compared with the British people， 56% of the people in other European countries speak at least one foreign language and 28% speak two or more． From this you can see that the British people are famous for not speaking foreign languages and that they are not good language learners in Europe．

And the survey also showed that English is the most widely-spoken foreign language． Many European people can have a conversation in English．That's why my people don't think it is necessary to learn a foreign language．

In Britain， students are not required（被要求） to learn a foreign language． That means learning a foreign language is only an option at school．In UK schools it is common for children to start learning a foreign language at 11 and many of them give it up at 14． So why don't students continue learning foreign languages at school？ Because they think it is more difficult to get good marks in languages than in other subjects such as science or history．

To solve this situation， the British government（政府） is looking for different ways to improve language learning at school． One way is to start learning it at a much younger age． Another one is to give school children more choices．

Changing the British attitude（态度） to learning foreign languages may be a hard task but the government decides to try!

6. Which country does the writer come from？ ______

A. America B. China C. Britain D. Japan

7. Which of the following about the British people is TRUE？ ______

A. They are good language learners

B. 28%of them speak two or more languages

C. They are famous for speaking foreign languages D. More than half of them only speak English

8. According to the passage， students in Britain prefer（较喜欢）to learn ______ ．

A. science or German C. science or history B. history or German D. German or French

9. In Paragraph 4，\．

A. a choice B. a game C. a mistake D. a conversation 10. The passage is mainly about ______ ．

A. different ways to improve language learning at school B. foreign language learning in UK C. a survey from European countries D. young English learners

C

My nine-year-old son Ben had been begging me to let him find his way home by subway， by himself． After all， we live in New York City， and getting around by public transportation（公共交通） is a basic part of life． It is also the first step toward feeling grown-up．

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So on that sunny Sunday，I gave him a subway map，a transportation card，$20 for emergencies，and a couple of coins so that he could call me if necessary． I didn't give him a cell phone because nine-year-olds could lose things easily．

A few days later， I wrote about this experience for a newspaper． Little did I realize the idea that a kid could tour the city on his own， and that a mom would let him go， was big news． It turned out that many TV shows called me and asked for an interview．Bloggers were going crazy，so I started a blog， too， and letters came pouring in． Finally， I found out why this was such a big story： we have become fearful for our children． Fear is hardly a new thing for parents． But the fear of letting our children out of sight for even a second-that's new． How did this happen？ How did it become too scary to let kids be kids？ I asked the question when the reporter Trevor Butterworth came．

\， \．\a kid being kidnapped（诱拐）？ Because there are so many such stories． People start to feel as if kidnappings are happening all the time． That's why the kid-on-the subway story surprises the whole world．\

Ben probably did a good job． He simply proved that kids could leave home alone and （证明）return home safely! But he didn't think it was a big deal． \． \， \some classes because of the interviews．\ Sometimes， it really pays to be brave．

11. The author agreed to let her son take the subway alone because ______ ．

A. her son was old enough to depend on（依靠） himself

B. she felt traveling by subway in New York was a basic life skill C. she thought it would be big news around the world D. she never thought that her son would be kidnapped

12. The author didn't expect that ______ after she wrote about her sons story．

A. her son would receive so many letters

B. some reporters would like to film her son's story C. a blog would be started in her name

D. many TV shows would come to interview her

13. What does the underlined sentence really mean？ ______

A. News reports are always very scary．

B. Kidnappings are happening too often in today's world．

C. News reports about kidnappings influence（影响） people too much． D. People always prefer scary stories to other stories． 14. What can we infer from the passage？ ______

A. Too many parents are worried about their kids' safety．

B. The author gave everything her son might need for the subway trip． C. Ben was so proud that he succeeded in proving children's abilities．

D. Most reporters thought children nowadays should be more independent（独立的）．

15. The best title of the passage could be \．

A. Fear Is Growing

C. An Important Step Forward B. The Kid-on-the-subway Story D. Be Brave to Let Kids Go

二、完形填空（本大题共15小题，共22.5分）

A jobless man wanted to apply（求职）for the position of\．The staff manager interviewed him and then gave him a(16)： clean the floor． The man passed it，he cleaned the floor very well．

\（雇佣）\．\，and I'll send you the form（表格）to(17)．I shall also send you the(18)you should report for the work．\

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The man replied，\，or an email!\

\，\．\，that means you do not exist（存在）．And we cannot(20)persons who do not exist．\

The man was very(21)．He didn't know what to do．He only had 10 dollars with him．Once he (22)that all，he wouldn't have any money to buy even food．He went to the supermarket and bought a box of tomatoes with his 10 dollars．He went from door to door and(23)the tomatoes in small bags．He doubled his money．

He did the(24)thing three times，and returned home with 60 dollars．He realized that he could make a living in this way．He started to go earlier every day，and returned later．He doubled or made even three times his money every day．Soon，he(25)a cartthen a truck．In （运货马车），a very short time，he had his many delivery（递送）trucks． Five years later，the man became one of the biggest(26)sellers in the country．He started to plan his family's future．He called an insurance（保险）broker，a man who sells insurance．At the end of the(27)，the broker asked him for his email address．The man replied，\email．\

Hearing that，the broker felt very(28)．\，and yet have succeeded in becoming so(29)．Can you imagine（想象）what you could have been if you had email？\said aloud．The man thought for a while，and replied，\

If you just lost your job or just failed an interview，don't worry，think of the positive（积极的）．Good days are on the way and something better will happen to you．

16. A. job B. hand C. seat D. test 17. A. look at B. put up C. fill in D. write down 18. A. name B. date C. address D. ticket 19. A. computer B. screen C. website D. letter 20. A. believe B. pay C. accept D. refuse 21. A. afraid B. serious C. angry D. upset 22. A. added B. spent C. shared D. lost 23. A. put B. showed C. kept D. sold 24. A. simple B. meaningless C. same D. different 25. A. found B. made C. brought D. owned 26. A. truck B. insurance C. food D. door 27. A. action B. conversation C. business D. story 28. A. worried B. moved C. unlucky D. surprised 29. A. clever B. healthy C. rich D. talented 30. A. boy B. reporter C. cleaner D. head 三、单选题（本大题共15小题，共15.0分）

31. -Do you enjoy your present job？ -__________． I just do it for a living．（ ）

A. That's OK B. No problem C. That's for sure D. Not really 32. -I think there will be more pollution in 100 years．

-_____． There will be fewer trees and more cars．（ ）

A. I can't agree more C. I'm afraid not B. I don't think so D. I hope so

33. -Do you often __________ your pen pal？

-Yes，quite often．We often talk about our school life in the letters．（ ） A. agree with B. hear from C. hang out D. look for 34. -Where did you go on holiday this summer？England？

-You are _______． We went on a 10-day tour to Paris．（ ）

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