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2020-2021 学年北京八十中八年级（下）期中英语试卷
一. 单项选择（共6分, 每小题0.5分）
从下面各题所给的A, B, C, D四个选项中, 选择可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
1. Miss Brown knows a lot about biology. We all like to ask ________ about it.
A. she B. he C. her D. him
2. I sometimes help my mom with her housework____________ Saturdays.
A. at B. in C. on D. to
3. －Have you tried the pizza?
－Yes, It _________ delicious.
A. looks B. tastes C. feels D. sounds
4. My uncle likes books, ________ he doesn't have much time to read.
A. for B. or C. but D. so
5. My friend Sally ________ to another city last year. I really miss her.
A. moves B. moved C. was moving D. has moved
6. —Have you ever ________ to Haikou?
—Yes, I ________ there with my family last August.
A. gone, went B. been, went C. gone, have gone D. been, have gone
7. —What do you often do at weekends?
—I often ________ my grandparents.
A. visit B. visited C. have visited D. will visit
8. －Paul, what were you doing at nine yesterday evening?
－I ________ a movie in the cinema with my friends.
A. was watching B. watch C. watched D. will watch
9. The spaceship _________ back some pictures since it reached Mars.
A. sends B. has sent C. have sent D. sent
10. — Mum, where is Dad?
— He _______ a newspaper in the bedroom now.
A. read B. reads C. will read D. is reading
11. —What do you think of the movie The Wandering Earth?
—I ________ it yet.
A. see B. don’t see C. have seen D. haven’t seen
12. Taron_________ a cold yesterday, so he had to go to see a doctor.A. has caught B. is catching C. catches D. caught
二. 完形填空（共8分, 每小题8分）
通读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从短文后各题所给的A, B, C, D四个选项中, 选择能填入相应
空白处的最佳选项, 将其字母代号写在提前括号内。
When I was small, my mum used to give the family something special for meals—she would make breakfast
food for dinner.
I still remember one night my mum ____13____ some bread in front of my dad, something very burnt（烤糊
的）. I waited to see if anybody noticed. To my surprise, he smiled at my mum and then turned to ask me how my
day at school had been. I ____14____ what I told him that night. But I do remember watching him put some butter
on that bread. He ____15____ as usual, every single bite.
After dinner, my mum said sorry to my dad for burning the bread. And I never forget what he said, “I love
burnt bread, dear. It doesn’t ____16____ at all.” Later that night, I went to kiss Dad good night. I asked him if he
really liked his bread burnt. He held me in arms and ____17____ “Your mum worked very hard all day. She’s really
tired. And you see a bit of burnt food never hurt anyone!”
Now I know life is not perfect. Nobody is perfect, either. As for me, I often forget birthdays or some other
special days. But I’ve learned something ____18____ over these years. What we really need is the understanding of
each other, whether between a husband and wife, a parent and ____19____ or just between two friends. This is the
key to a happy life. So, don’t get angry if the bread gets burnt. Remember, burnt bread never hurt anyone. Be kind
to those around you and a happier life will surely come ____20____ to you.
13. A. cooked B. put C. found D. bought
14. A. decided B. knew C. forgot D. finish
15. A. threw it away B. ate it up C. put it away D. looked it up
16. A. work B. hurt C. stop D. matter
17. A. said B. shouted C. laughed D. asked
18. A. important B. difficult C. funny D. easy
19. A. student B. brother C. sister D. child
20. A. harder B. longer C. closer D. farther
三. 阅读理解（共26分, 每小题6分）
阅读下面A, B, C, D两篇短文, 根据短文内容, 从短文后各题所给的A, B, C, D四个选项中, 选
择最佳选项, 将其字母代号写在题前括号内。
A
Meet My HobbyHello, I’m Joshua. I collect lots of things. I have stamps,
postcards, but when people gave me postcards with stamps on them, I
started collecting them, they are only the smallest notes or my hobby
would cost too much! I also keep bus, train and air tickets. Most of
them are from China. I keep my collections in special books. As a
result of my hobby, I know a lot about geography and countries.
Hi, my name is Ray. My hobby is badminton. Of course, I enjoy
playing the game very much. I developed my interest when I was only
six. Now I have a lot of skills and am a very successful teenage player.
I think the game is very relaxing and when you play well, it can be
very creative.
Hello, nice to meet you. I am May. My hobby is very creative. I
am an artist. I collect all sorts of things — stones, pieces of cloth,
cinema tickets — anything — and then make interesting pictures out
of them. My mother likes my work too, but she says I am too untidy
and she is always clearing up after me. I think I work better when I
have lots of things around me on the floor, bed and table. That’s what
artists are like.
.
21 What does Joshua collect?
A. Coloured paper. B. Books and magazines. C. Pieces of cloth. D. Stamps and postcards.
22. Why does Ray like badminton?
A. Because it is low-cost.
B. Because it is relaxing and creative.
C. Because he can know a lot about foreign countries.
D. Because he can make interesting pictures out of them.
23. What’s May’s hobby?
A. Collecting stamps. B. Playing badminton.
C. Drawing creatively. D. Travelling around the world.
B
Tomorrow is Garfield’s birthday. He first appeared in a comic strip on June 19, 1978. Garfield is well known
all over the world. Lots of Garfield books have been turned into 26 languages. Garfield products are sold in 69
countries.Jim Davis is Garfield’s creator. Jim was born on July 28, 1945 in Indiana. He grew up on a farm where his dad
raised cows. Jim and his brother Dave helped with the farm work. They had 25 cats. Their room always made sure
there was plenty of food for the cats.
As a boy, Jim was in poor health. When he had to spend time resting, he drew pictures. He added words to his
pictures to make them funny.
After college Jim worked a few years at an advertising company. In 1969, he got a job to help a cartoonist. Jim
noticed that there were many comic strips about dogs but few about cats. He thought that was strange since the
world is full of cat lovers.
He remembered the 25 farm cats he grew up with. They gave him ideas for a cat comic strip. In the comic
strip, Garfield became the central character in daily difficult experiences with Jon, his owner, funny and hungry.
Jim Davis has received many awards for his work. Twice he was given the Best Humor Strip Cartoonist of the
Year Award. He has won four Emmys（艾美奖）and other honors.
24. How old was Jim when Garfield first appeared in the comic strips?
A. 33. B. 26. C. 25. D. 24.
25. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?
A. Jim Davis created Garfield with the help of his brother.
B. Garfield products are available in all countries of the world.
C. The cats his family raised made no contributions to his creation.
D. There were few comic strips about cats until Jim created Garfield.
26. The writer’s main purpose of writing the passage is ________.
A. to tell us to watch more comic strips
B. to show us how to become a cartoonist
.
C to introduce some information about Jim Davis
D. to prove Carfield the most popular cartoon character
C
Have you ever noticed that the stars sometimes appear brighter in December, January and February? There’s a
link between cold air and the night lights. “Part of it is that it tends to be drier in the winter,” said Diane Tumshek,
Pennsylvania. Even though it’s invisible, moisture (湿度) can change the way light moves through the air. And in
the summer, moisture can make stars appear more dull.
Air temperature is also what puts the twinkle twinkle in the little stars. “Even on very clear nights, some of the
atmosphere is cooler, and some of the atmosphere is warmer,” said Tumshek, who also works with the Allegheny
Observatory (阿利根尼天文台). And when the light from a star passes through those bubbles of varyingtemperatures, “it bends and shifts the light , so that we are seeing stars appear to dance or twinkle,” she said.
For star lovers in the United States, there’s another factor that comes winter stars, although this is a matter of
coincidence (巧合). During Earth’s journey around the sun, “there are just simply more bright stars visible (看得见
的)from the Northern Hemisphere in the winter sky,” Tumshek said. If you really want to see a shiny star, just try
to find a burning ball of gas called Sirius near the horizon. At 8.6 light—years away, Sirius is relatively close to
Earth and the brightest star visible in the night sky. It is also large — nearly twice as big as our sun and 20 times as
bright. So this winter, when the world turns cold and it seems like we should be spending more time indoors,
consider asking an adult to go exploring outside. With a warm coat and a clear sky, any night can be turned into a
treasure hunt. All you have to do is to look up.
27. How does air temperature influence the brightness of stars?
A. By changing the bubbles around them.
B. By putting the twinkle twinkle in them.
C. By varying the direction of the light from them.
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D By making the stars dance and twinkle in the sky.
28. What do we know about Sirius?
A. It can be found at any night. B. It is 20 times as bright as the sun.
C. It is a burning and shiny ball. D. It is closer to Earth than other.
29. What is the author’s purpose in writing the text?
A. To encourage star gazing in winter.
B. To call on people to focus on stars.
C. To present new research results about stars.
D. To explain why stars are more visible in winter.
D
That Susan is so funny...I need to bring the car to the wash tomorrow...why is this person so loud...here comes
the sun, doo-doo-doo.
We often find ourselves in an endless thought loop (圈). And every so often, we try to stop this endless flow of
thoughts by telling ourselves to just stop thinking. But do we or can we ever really stop thinking?
It depends on your definition (定义) of “thinking”, according to Michael Halassa, the US. We basically go
through each day in one of the two states—we either realize that we’re thinking or we don’t. Our brains won’t stop
thinking completely until we die.
.
“The brain never stops thinking in a sense Most thoughts are actually in the background without us noticing
them and there’s not really a way to turn these things.” Halassa said.You can compare this to how a computer works. When you aren’t using your computer while it is turned on, it
is still running operations “in the background”. Your computer, much like your brain, even if you’re not actively
using it.
“If you see a familiar face in a crowd and think you know them, you might not be able to come up with how
you know them right away,” Halassa said. “But maybe hours later, you’ll suddenly remember. That’s a result of
your brain thinking in the background.”
We even make decisions mostly unconsciously or without realizing them. For example, some of this
background “thinking” results in what we call a “gut feeling (直觉)”. During our brain’s decision-making process
(精确的), sometimes it’s not.
Even sitting here reading this, thinking about “thinking” is sending messages across chain of neurons (神经元)
in the brain. So if we somehow manage to stop ourselves from “thinking”, the brain won’t sign off. It will continue
to have thoughts—we just won’t realize them.
30. When you are in an endless thought loop, you ________.
A. can think about a problem very clearly
B. keep thinking about one thing after another
C. cannot stop thinking about things in the past
D. keep thinking about one thing again and again
31. What does Paragraph 5 try to tell us?
A. Human brains are thinking all the time.
B. A computer can think like a human brain.
C. Human brains work faster than computers.
D. A computer can deal with plenty of information.
32. The word “unconsciously” in Paragraph 7 probably means “________”.
A. carelessly B. unknowingly C. fearlessly D. undoubtfully
33. What’s the best title for the passage?
A. Will We Continue to Have Thoughts after We Die?
B. How Do the Neurons in the Brain Work?
C. What Is the Definition of “Thinking”?
D. Can We Ever Really Stop Thinking?
四. 阅读与表达
阅读短文，根据内容回答问题。
Do you worry about your health? Have you tried to run or walk for exercise and then quit? If you answer yes,you should try a new type of exercise: aquatic exercise. Aquatic exercise is a kind of exercise you do in a
swimming pool. For example, you can run, or even do a mind-body practice, such as yoga.
More and more people are trying aquatic exercise. In the United States, the number has grown by 25% in
recent years. People in other countries are also doing aquatic exercise more frequently.
Aquatic exercise has many benefits. First of all, it feels easier than exercising on land. Why? You weigh about
90% less in the pool. It is also better for your knees than running or walking.
Aquatic exercise feels easy, but you still burn calories (卡). Water is 1,000 times thicker and heavier than air.
In the same amount of time, you can burn more calories in the pool than in the gym. That’s because it takes more
energy to move in the water.
But what if you are scared of water? No problem! There is nothing to worry about. Aquatic exercise is safe
and easy to learn. It doesn’t require any special skills. For most kinds of aquatic exercise, you don’t even need to
know how to swim.
In fact, most people say they feel more relaxed in the water. They stop thinking about the things that make
them anxious. The cool and quiet environment makes them exercise more.
Aquatic exercise is suitable for everyone. You can do it at any age. It can even help people who have been hurt
in accidents. With aquatic exercise, they can move in ways they can’t on land. For example, some people who can’t
walk can walk and even run in the water.
So are you looking for a fun new way to improve your health? Why not try? Join the millions of people who
are burning calories while keeping cool in the pool.
34. Where do people do aquatic exercise?
__________________
35. Why do people burn more calories while doing aquatic exercise?
__________________
36. Is it difficult to learn aquatic exercise?
__________________
37. Who is aquatic exercise suitable for?
__________________
38. What is the passage mainly about?
__________________
五. 文段表达（共10分）
从下面两个题目中任选一题, 根据中文和英文提示, 完成一篇不少于50词的文段写作。文中已
给出内容不计入总词数。所给提示词语仅供选用。39. 假如你是李华，你的笔友Peter 来信说他最近忙于学习而忽略了身体健康，导致他总是感冒发烧，
告诉他你对健康的看法，说说你是如何保持健康的（不少于50词）。
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提示词语：pay attention to keep healthy, exercise
提示问题：（1）What do you think of health?
（2）How do you keep healthy?
（3）What do you advise Peter to do?
Dear Peter,
I’m sorry to hear that you are ill. How do you feel now?
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Best wishes!
Yours,
Li Hua
40. 小爱无痛大爱无疆，于细微处行善举，于平凡中见精神。乐于助人是一种美德，助人要从日常小
事做起。
某英文网站正在开展以 “I Enjoy Helping Others” 为主题的征文活动。假如你是李华，请用英语写一篇
短文投稿，写一写你曾经帮助他人的经历，以及你的感受。不少于50词。
提示词语：solve, improve, happiness, friendly, experience
提示问题：
•What did you do to help others?
•What do you think of it?
I Enjoy Helping Others
I enjoy helping others both in school and out of school.
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