2021-2022學(xué)年湖南省常德市澧縣八年級（下）期中英語試卷

二、第一部分閱讀技能（共5小題；每小題6分，滿分40分）閱讀下面五篇材料，從每題所給的A、B、C三個選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)回答問題或完成句子。

• 1．

  Chores

  89% of American kids do chores. 47% of the kids started doing chores before the age of 6.

  Parents think of chores as a way to： 91% teach personal skills 46% teach responsibility（責(zé)任） 33% help with housework 6% get pocket money

  Pocket money

  59% of American kids get pocket money. Where does that money go？ 45% Outings with friends 37% Digital devices（數(shù)碼設(shè)備） 33% Toys 27% Clothes or shoes 24% Necessities like food or transport fares（交通費(fèi)） Only 3% of the kids save the money.

  （1）Most parents want their kids to

  through doing chores.
  A．learn some skills
  B．take responsibility
  C．help with housework
  （2）Which of the following is TRUE？

  
  A．Many kids began to do chores at a young age.
  B．Most kids spend their pocket money on necessities.
  C．Half of the kids get pocket money for doing chores.
  （3）Where are the two charts most probably from？

  
  A．A notice.
  B．A study.
  C．A diary.
  組卷：0引用：1難度：0.8

  解析

• 2．Do you know the two lovely mascots（吉祥物）？You may know the five"Fuwa"dolls from the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.On September 17 of this year，the two lovely mascots first showed on TV.Now，let's see who they are.
     Look at the panda!It looks like an astronaut （宇航員）.It wears an ice shell （冰殼）and looks fat，so we call it "Bing Dwen Dwen".White is the colour of ice and snow. "Bing Dwen Dwen" likes ice sports very much and is good at them.That's why it is the mascot of 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games.
     Do you think the red mascot looks like a lantern？The lantern's name is "Shuey Rhon Rhon".When the Chinese New Year comes，people always make or buy red lanterns.Red is the colour of hope and good luck，so people think their dreams will come true in the new year. "Shuey Rhon Rhon can give players hope and help them do well in the 2022 Beijing Winter Paralympic Games（殘奧會）.
     Many people in different countries like the two mascots very much，and they show their love for them on the Internet.
  
  （1）Why do people make or buy red lanterns when the Chinese New Year comes？

  
  A．Because it is easy to make red lanterns.
  B．Because people think red lanterns are very lovely.
  C．Because people think red lanterns can bring good luck.
  （2）From the passage，we can learn

  .
  A．"Bing Dwen Dwen"can skate very well
  B．"Shuey Rhon Rhon" likes ice sports and is good at them
  C．everybody likes the two mascots and shows his love on the Internet
  （3）What's the best title（標(biāo)題） of the passage？

  
  A．The sports in Olympic Games.
  B．Two Olympic mascots come to life.
  C．2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games.
  組卷：0引用：1難度：0.8

  解析

• 3．A young boy was hungry for success.For him，winning was everything.
     One day，the boy was preparing himself for a running competition in his small village.He was to compete with two other young boys.A large crowd got there to watch，including a wise old man.
     The race began.With his strength and power，the boy easily took the lead.The crowd cheered and waved.The little boy felt proud and important.However，the wise man kept still and calm.
     "Another race，another race!" yelled the little boy.The wise old man stepped forward and presented the little boy with two new challengers：an old lady and a blind man.
     The race started and the boy was the only one to cross the finish line.The little boy raised his arms happily.The crowd，however，was silent.
     "Race again，" said the wise man."This time，all three of you finish together"
     The little boy thought a little，stood in between the blind man and the old lady，and then took them by the hand.The race began and the little boy walked slowly to the finishing line and crossed it.The crowd cheered and waved.The wise man smiled，too.
     "Which one of us is the crowd cheering for？" asked the little boy.
     "For this race，you have won much more than in any other race you've ever run before，" said the wise man. "For this race，the crowd cheered not for any winner!"
  
  （1）How many times did the boy race？

  
  A．One.
  B．Two
  C．Three.
  （2）How did the boy feel after the first race？

  
  A．Proud and important.
  B．Still and calm.
  C．Excited and tired.
  （3）What does the underlined word "took the lead" in the third paragraph mean？

  
  A．奔跑
  B．領(lǐng)先
  C．戰(zhàn)斗
  （4）What was the boy thinking about when he thought for a while before the last race？

  
  A．How to win the race.
  B．How to make others cheer for him.
  C．How to finish the race together.
  （5）What did the boy learn from the experience？

  
  A．Winning is everything.
  B．Success is more than just winning.
  C．The crowd can be the best judge.
  組卷：0引用：1難度：0.5

  解析

• 4．With her eyes always feeling tired，16-year-old Sun Run went to the hospital with her parents in January.She was shocked when she found out that her eyesight dropped from 5.0 to 4.6 in only 5 months. "A few of my friends have had the same experience lately，" Sun said.
     In fact，poor eyesight among Chinese primary and middle school students rose from 59.2 percent to 70.6 percent in the first six months of 2020，according to the Ministry of Education （教育部）.
     To protect students' eyesight，the Chinese government has worked out new requirements（要求） for schools.For example，according to the requirements，the size of text in students' textbooks should be no smaller than nine-point （小五號）.
     Teachers should also avoid using projectors （投影儀） or other multimedia equipment （多媒體設(shè)備） that are too bright，Beijing Daily reported.
     There are also requirements for desk and classroom lights.For example，these lights should give off as little blue light as possible.
     Blue light is bad for our eyes，as it can kill the photoreceptor cells （感光細(xì)胞） we need，according to Harvard Medical School.Many of the electronic devices （電子設(shè)備） we use every day，including our phones and computer screens，give off blue light.
     Chinese government has also taken other steps to protect students' eyesight in Chjye.aia.In May 2020，schools were asked to make sure that students have at least two hours of outdoor activities a day.
  
  （1）Through Sun's story，the writer wants to tell us that

  .
  A．she should go to the hospital earlier
  B．most Chinese students wear glasses
  C．many Chinese students have bad eyesight
  （2）Over the first half of 2020，

  more Chinese students got nearsighted.
  A．11.4 percent
  B．59.2 percent
  C．70.6 percent
  （3）To protect students' eyes，the Chinese government is asking

  .
  a.schools to use textbooks with larger text
  b.teachers to avoid using overly-bright multimedia equipment
  c.schools not to use blue bulbs in classrooms
  d.schools to use lights that give off less blue light
  A．a(chǎn)bc
  B．a(chǎn)bd
  C．a(chǎn)cd
  （4）Paragraph 6 is mainly about

  .
  A．how to stop the use of blue light
  B．how to use blue light correctly
  C．how blue light harms us and where it's from
  （5）Which sentence is TRUE according to the passage？

  
  A．Multimedia equipment that is too bright may harm our eyesight.
  B．Only mobile phones give off blue light.
  C．Students should have at most 2 hours of outdoor activities.
  組卷：12引用：2難度：0.8

  解析

• 5．On Dec.9，2021，three Chinese astronauts gave a science lecture 400 kilometers above Earth.Zhai Zhigang，Wang Yaping and Ye Guangfu，who are working abroad the Tiangong space station，showed millions of students their life there.They also did some fun science experiments.Let's take a look at some of them.
     Use it or lose it
     The human body grows with the pull of Earth's gravity（重力）.But in space，our bones and muscles（肌 肉） don't need to sustain our body's weight.This will cause bone and muscle loss.NASA says that astronauts can lose up to 20 percent of their muscles after just a couple of weeks.That is dangerous because they will be too weak to work.
     Astronauts have different ways to prevent this.During the lecture，Zhai introduced a special uniform Ye was wearing.It's called a"penguin suit".There are many elastic bands（彈力帶） inside the suit.Wearing it，astronauts use their muscles to stretch the bands.This keeps their muscles strong.
     ▲
     During another experiment，Wang made a water film（膜）.Then she added more water drops onto the film to make it a water ball.This can never happen on Earth.Why？
     We need to first understand the surface tension（表面張力）of water.It is like a "skin"of water.The"skin"is there because water molecules（分子）are drawn to each other.Most of the time，gravity is too strong and it breaks the "skin".But with zero gravity in space，the "skin" stays strong and the water ball will not break.
     Water in space acts differently from water on Earth in other ways.For example，water will not flow downward if you try to pour it into a cup.That's why astronauts usually drink water through straws in sealed bags.
  
  （1）What can we learn about the lecture from space？

  
  A．It is a part of the astronauts' daily work.
  B．It took place in the International Space Station.
  C．It took place 400 kilometers above Earth.
  （2）What does the underlined word "they" in the passage refer to？

  
  A．a(chǎn)stronauts
  B．muscles
  C．bodies
  （3）Which of the following is the best to fill in "▲" in the passage？

  
  A．Space water is common
  B．Space water is different
  C．Space water is important
  （4）What's the writer's purpose in this passage？

  
  A．To raise people's interest in space exploration.
  B．To introduce the space lecture given by Chinese astronauts.
  C．To explain the importance of space experiments.
  組卷：0引用：1難度：0.8

  解析

第二部分知識運(yùn)用（共兩節(jié)，滿分15分）第一節(jié)完形填空（共1小題；每小題15分，滿分15分）閱讀下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后從短文后各題所給的A、B、C三個選項(xiàng)中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。

• 6．I live with my grandmother in a house with a typical Chinese yard（院子） in Beijing.One day last year，I was（1）

  to see a tall foreigner walking out of the door next to our house.He has a height of about 185 cm and looked thin with short curly，brown hair.He also wore a pair of glasses，like me.
     It was the（2）

  time that I saw him.I was too shy to speak to him. "My English is so（3）

  !"
     I thought.My grandmother told me he had just moved into our yard."I don't like him." she said.（4）

  aren't like us.Maybe he'll play loud music and hold parties every night!I'm sure he's going to disturb（打擾）the neighbors a lot."
     Several days later，I met the foreigner as I was walking home after work. "Hello!" he said in Chinese. "My name's Tony.I've just moved into the house next（5）

  to yours." While I was thinking about what to say，he（6）

  ，"There's a nice bar（酒吧） down the road.Why don't you and your family come and have dinner with me？" "Bars are（7）

  bad places，" said my grandmother when I told her but we still decided to go.
     The bar was not all（8）

  I had expected.It was in a（9）

  little house，with several large bookshelves and pictures of Tibet on the walls.Several Chinese people and foreigners were sitting drinking or（10）

  .I noticed that some of the foreigners were speaking Chinese in a low voice to each other. "Oh，what a nice place!" my grandmother said with（11）

  .
     The bar served special "hutong pizzas".As we ate，Tony told us about（12）

  --he is an English expert （專 家）on environment.He always likes to be（13）

  .We talked a lot and found we had something in（14）

  .
     My grandmother said to me，He really seems like a very nice young man.
     "You see，" I answered，"you can never judge （ 評 判）a person by his（15）

  ."
  
  

  （1）	A．nervous	B．strong	C．surprised
  （2）	A．first	B．second	C．last
  （3）	A．poor	B．proper	C．typical
  （4）	A．Strangers	B．Foreigners	C．Experts
  （5）	A．neighbor	B．door	C．bar
  （6）	A．continued	B．compared	C．explained
  （7）	A．quickly	B．completely	C．heavily
  （8）	A．where	B．how	C．what
  （9）	A．noisy	B．beautiful	C．messy
  （10）	A．playing cards	B．watching videos	C．reading books
  （11）	A．pressure	B．satisfaction	C．kindness
  （12）	A．himself	B．ourselves	C．herself
  （13）	A．quite	B．quiet	C．quilt
  （14）	A．silence	B．communication	C．common
  （15）	A．spirit	B．stomach	C．look
  組卷：0引用：1難度：0.1

  解析

第二部分知識運(yùn)用（共兩節(jié)，滿分15分）第二節(jié)語法填空（共15小題；每小題1分，滿分15分）閱讀下面材料，在空白處填入適當(dāng)內(nèi)容（1個單詞）或括號內(nèi)單詞的正確形式（1個或幾個單詞）。

• 7．The book is boring.I am not

  （interest） in it.
  組卷：2引用：1難度：0.6

  解析

• 8．When Tom and John

  （take） photos，Mary bought a cake.
  組卷：5引用：1難度：0.8

  解析

第二節(jié)回答問題（共1小題；每小題10分，滿分10分）閱讀短文，然后根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容簡要回答下列問題。

• 23．Like everywhere else around the world，China is going through a digital revolution（數(shù)字革命）.From buying tickets，ordering food，booking a hotel，to asking for home service，people can get almost everything done just through a smart phone.
     However，the old people are being left behind （ 忽 略）.To help them adapt to （ 適 應(yīng)） the digital world，our government has taken some actions.
     At an education center in Zhengzhou，Henan Province，some old people are learning how to use smart phones.70-year-old Zhang Baijun says she is excited to take the lessons.She's learning how to chat with family and friends，make video calls on WeChat，pay by Alipay and scan health codes（掃描健康碼）.
     "I'm quite interested in online shopping.It seems very convenient（方便 的），as everything is online.Next time，I hope they can teach us how to buy things on Taobao，" said Zhang.
     The lessons are very popular with the old people.Li Fujiang，a 75-year-old man，said， "I come with my wife together every day.The lessons are very helpful.Both of us have so much to learn，I want to learn how to transfer （轉(zhuǎn)） money and buy train tickets online."
  
  （1）How many digital services does the writer talk about in the first paragraph？

  
  （2）Why did the government take actions for the old people？

  
  （3）What do old people do at the education center in Zhengzhou？

  
  （4）How does Zhang Baijun feel about taking the lessons？

  
  （5）Did Li Fujiang，a 75-year-old man take the lessons alone every day？
  組卷：2引用：1難度：0.5

  解析

第三節(jié)基礎(chǔ)寫作（共1小題，滿分15分）

• 24．假如你是李華，你收到你的好朋友Linda的電子郵件，請你根據(jù)她的電子郵件給她回信，給出你的建議（至少兩條）。
  

  Dear Li Hua，     How are you these days？I feel really upset because I can't get on with my younger brother，Jimmy.As an 8-year-old boy，he is really naughty and noisy at home.He always comes to me when I do my homework.And he never lets me watch my favorite show.Instead，he watches cartoons every day.My parents often tell me that I'm the elder sister.I shouldn't be angry with him.However，I'm really unhappy.What should I do？                                                                                                                                                         Yours，                                                                                                                                                             Linda

  要求：（1）80詞左右；
  （2）不得出現(xiàn)真實(shí)的校名及人名；
  （3）注意信件格式。
  組卷：17引用：3難度：0.5

  解析