2020-2021学年广东省广州外国语学校八年级下学期期中考试英语试题

八年级英语试题卷

命题：初二英语备课组

（本试卷共9页，56小题，满分90 分。考试用时80 分钟。）

注意事项：

1．答卷前，考生务必在答卷上用黑色钢笔或签字笔填写自己的学校、班级、姓名，同时填写考生号、

座位号，再用2B铅笔把对应这两个号码的标号涂黑。

2．选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案。

3．非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域的相应位置上；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案，改动的答案也不能超出指定的区域；不准使用铅笔、圆珠笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。

4．考生必须保持答题卡的整洁，考试结束，将答题卡交回。

一、语法选择（共10小题；每小题1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1~15各题所给的A、B、C和D 项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Why do people wear clothes?“To make me warm and ___1___ my body”will probably be the answer. That’s why people wear clothes, but people also want to look attractive and appear ___2___ to others.

If clothes ___3___ for warmth and to cover their bodies, most clothes will be simple and cheap.In many countries, however, clothes are sometimes very expensive. Themain reason ___4___ this is not the cost of the materials or the cost of making clothes. The clothes are expensive ___5___ they are fashionable.

Successful businessmen, for example, often wear very expensive suits, shirts and ties. So they pay ___6___ dollars for a suit and several hundred dollars for a tie. It’s still just a suit and ___7___ tie, but they pay these prices because of the famous designers.

Fashion ___8___ constantly（持续不断地）.It means that people ___9___ want to be fashionable have to buy new clothes every few months, even if last month’s clothes have only been worn once or twice.Some people have ___10___ many clothes that some of these clothes have never been worn.These clothes are no longer in fashion though they are still new. ( ) 1.A. covering B. to covering C. covered D. cover ( ) 2.A. successful B. successfully C. success D. succeed ( ) 3.A. only wear B. only wore C. are only wearing D. are only worn ( ) 4.A. of B. for C. at D. on ( ) 5.A. if B. so C. because D. though ( ) 6.A. thousands B. thousand C. thousand of D. thousands of ( ) 7.A. a B. an C. the D./ ( ) 8.A. changed B. had changed C. was changed D.is changing ( ) 9.A. which B. whom C. who D. whose ( ) 10.A. very B. such C. too D. so

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二、完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16-25各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。

High school does not encourage students to know about the new things in life, but college sets the stage for it. I myself went through this ___11___ process（过程）and found something that has changed my experience at college for the better: I discovered ASL﹣American Sign Language．

I never felt it necessary to learn any sign language before．All of my family members can hear，and so are all my friends. The ___12___ language was enough. Little by little, I discovered my ___13___ for ASL．

The ___14___ began during my first week at college. I watched it carefully when the ASL club performed their translation of a song. Both the hand movements and the idea of communicating without speaking attracted me. What I saw was completely different from anything I had experienced in the past. This new form of communication just made me want more．

After that, feeling the need to ___15___ it further, I decided to join one of ASL clubs. I only learned how to ___16___ my feelings with my hands about the letters that day. Although my process was ___17___, I wasn’t disappointed about it. I then tried my best to take part in those clubs’meetings and learned all I could.

The following term, I decided to be a member of an ASL class. The professor was deaf and any talking wasn’t ___18___. I soon realized that silence was not unpleasant. ___19___, if there had been any talking, it would have caused to learn less. Now, I enjoy the silence and the ___20___ way of communication. ( ) 11. A. talking B. planning C. searching D. looking ( ) 12. A. body B. spoken C. written D. foreign ( ) 13. A. love B. question C. need D. goal ( ) 14. A. map B. trip C. story D. task ( ) 15. A. ask about B. know about C. worry about D. talk about ( ) 16. A. explain B. experience C. experiment D. express ( ) 17. A. ready B. slow C. common D. nervous ( ) 18. A. allowed B. welcomed C. turned D. repeated ( ) 19. A. Finally B. Besides C. Instead D. However ( ) 20. A. easy B. popular C. new D. quick

三、阅读（共两节，满分35分）

第一节阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

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The policeman slowly walked along the street. It was barely ten o’clock at night. The wind and light rain had kept most people at home.

Halfway down the street, the policeman saw a man leaning against a door, with an unlighted cigar in his mouth. As the policeman walked up to him, the man spoke quickly. “It’s all right, officer,” he said. “I’m just waiting here for an old friend. It’s an appointment that was made twenty years ago. You think it funny to plan a meeting like this, don’t you?”

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The man lit his cigar. The light showed a pale, square-jawed face with keen eyes. He was very well-dressed.

“Twenty years ago tonight,” the man went on, “I dined at a restaurant nearby with my friend Jimmy Wells. I was going to the West to try my luck, but Jimmy wanted to stay. We agreed to meet here again exactly twenty years for that date and time. That’s why I’m here.”

“What happened to your friend?” asked the policeman.

“I’m not sure,” said the man. “We wrote to each other for a while and then stopped. But I’m sure if he is alive, he will keep his promise. We said we would meet at ten o’clock.”

“OK, I’ll be on my way. Good night.”

The policeman continued on his way; Bob waited about twenty minutes. Then, a tall man went straight to the waiting man.

“Is that you, Bob?” asked the newcomer.

“Is that you, Jimmy?” cried the man in the door. “You’ve grown so tall. Let me have a good look at you. You don’t look anything like Jimmy.” “You’re right,” said the tall man. “I’m a police officer. You are wanted by the New York police. But, before we go to the police station, here’s a note from your friend Jimmy Wells.”

Bob opened the small piece of paper. His hands shook as he read. Bob,

I was on my way to meet you as we had planned. However, when you lit your cigar, I saw it was the face of a man that is wanted by the police. Somehow, I couldn’t do it myself. So I sent another police officer to do the job.

Jimmy

( ) 21. It is implied in the first three paragraphs that Bob was _________.

A. cold and hungry C. eager and feared

( ) 22. Bob had expected that _________.

A. Jimmy was still alive

B. Jimmy would break his promise D. Jimmy had grown very tall

C. Jimmy was a police officer

B. excited and nervous D. calm and patient

( ) 23. The underlined “do it” refer to _________.

A. meet Bob B. talk to Bob C. leave a note to Bob D. arrest Bob

( ) 24. Which is NOT true?

A. Jimmy wasn’t a police officer.

B. Bob had believed in Jimmy before the meeting. C. It was risky for Bob to keep the appointment. D. Jimmy recognized Bob when he lit the cigar.

B Perhaps no one knows the power of imagination better thanChinese sci-fi writer Liu Cixin. Until four years ago, Liuworked full-time as a computer engineer at a power plant in Shanxi province. He only wrote science fiction in his spare time. But itwas during this time that Liu’s

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imagination took flight. He did what he might never have the chance to do in real life - wander in space, fight with aliens, and visit far away planets.

But even with such a powerful imagination, Liu, 55, probably didn’t expect that he would become the first Asian to win the Hugo Award, science fiction’s highest prize, in 2015. Never did he think that former US president Barack Obama would read his novel The Three-Body Problem,and he would win the20l8 Arthur C. Clarke Award for Imagination in Service to Society. It’s the first time that a Chinese writer has won the prize.

In his speech, Liu said that his imagination came from Arthur C. Clarke, a famous UK sci-fiwriter. He said that reading Clarke’s classic novels had a great effect on him.

But no matter how far away Liu’s imagination takes him, somehow his novels always stay grounded(理性的).

In The Three-Body Problem, Liu tells a tale of aliens invading the earth. But unlikeother alien stories, Liu talks more about relationships between people, rules of survival, and the meanings of life. And in The Wandering earth, Liu looks ahead to the day when our solar system comes to an end and humans have to look for a new place to live in. However, all hisimagination is based on reality. Liu’s works aren’t simply daydreams.

( ) 25. What do we know about Liu Cixin?

A. He became a full-time writer when he was young. B. He is the first Chinese winner of the Hugo Award. C. He dreamed about wandering in space from childhood. D. He is the first Asian to win the Arthur C. Clarke Award.

( ) 26. Why did the writer mention The Three- Body Problem and The Wandering Earth ?

A. To tell the two books are both about real life. B. To explain how Liu Cixin came up with his ideas. C. To compare the different writing styles in the two books. D. To show that Liu Cixin’s works are always based on reality.

( ) 27. What is the main idea of the passage?

A. A new sci-fi style started by Liu Cixin. B. The origin of Liu Cixin’s powerful imagination. C. Liu Cixin’s achievement and his writing style. D. Liu Cixin’s experience of becaming a sci-fi writer.

C To sum up history in one sentence, it would be “Life gets better — not for everyone all the time, but for most people most of the time.” And the reason is energy. Without access to energy, poorpeoplearestuckinthedarkanddenyallofthesebenefitsandopportunitiesthatcomewithpower.Forthousandsofyears,peopleburnedwoodforfuelandtheirliveswerehard.Butwhenwestartedusing coal in the 1800s, life started getting better a lot faster. Pretty soon we had lights, refrigerators, elevators, cars, planes, and all the other things that make up modern life. So if we really want to help the poor, we

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need to find a way to get them cheap and cleanenergy.

Millions of the poorest families work as farmers. Changes in climate often mean that their crops won’t grow because of too little rain or too much rain. That’s particularly unfair because they’re the least responsible for emitting(排放) CO2, which is causing the problem in the first place.

Scientists say that to avoid these great long-term changes to the climate, the world must cut greenhousegasemissionsbyupto80percentby2050,andeliminatethem completelybytheendofthe century.Manyscientistsagreedthatwouldn’tbeenough. TheproblemisthatCO2lingers(残留) inthe atmosphere for decades.

In 2015, the world emitted 36 billion tons of CO2 to produce energy. Someone may tell you they know how to remove 100 million tons of CO2per year. That sounds like a lot, but if you do the math 100 million divided by 36 billion you’ll see that they’re talking about 0.3 percent of the problem.

(P— world’s population; S— services used by each person; E— energy to provide service, C —carbon dioxide produced by energy)

As you learned in math class, any number multiplied by zero will equal zero. So if we want to get to zero CO2, then we need to make at least one of the four factors zero. But the world’s population(P) is currently 7 billion and expected to increase to 9 billion by 2050. In terms of services used by each person(S),therearealotofthingslikefood,living,transportationandsoon,whichmeanstheneedof much energy in providing them. Therefore, it is carbon dioxide produced by energy (C) that matters the most in cutting downCO2.

( ) 28. The author uses the first paragraph to .

A.show what factor matters a lot in people’s life B.list the various life stages that people went through C.urge people to take a positive attitude to future life D.prove that people’s lifestyles have changed greatly

( ) 29. We can replace the underlined word “eliminate” in the third paragraph with “ “.

A. escape from B. take control of C. get rid of D. hide from

( ) 30. What can we learn from the fourth paragraph?

A.Every effort, whether it is great or little, is worth trying. B.What we can do to handle CO2 is far from enough. C.In 2015, the world emitted the greatest amount of CO2.

D.It is necessary for people to deal with the big problem step by step.

( ) 31. Which of the following can best describe the author?

A.Well-behaved and heroic. B.Serious and successful. C.Experienced and energetic. D.Concerned and sympathetic.

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D

Throughout the history of arts, the nature of creativity is important to artists. No matter what objects they select, artists are to bring forth new forces and forms that cause change— to find poetry where no one has ever seen or experienced it before.

Landscape (风景) is another unchanging element of art. It can be found from ancient times through the 17th-century Dutch painters to the 19th-century romanticists and impressionists. In the 1970s Alfred Leslie, one of the new American realists (现实主义者), continued this practice. Leslie found the same place where Thomas Cole, a romanticist, had produced paintings of the same scene a century and a half before. Unlike Cole who insists on a feeling of loneliness and the idea of finding peace in nature, Leslie paints what he actually sees. In his paintings, there is no particular change in emotion, and he includes ordinary things like the highway in the background. He also takes advantage of the latest developments of color photography to help both the eye and the memory when he improves his painting back to his workroom.

Besides, all art begs the age-old question: What is real? Each generation of artists has shown their understanding of reality in one form or another. The impressionists saw reality in brief emotional effects, the realists in everyday subjects and in forest scenes, and the Cro-Magnon cave people in their naturalistic drawings of the animals in the ancient forests. To sum up, understanding reality is necessary struggle for artists of all periods.

Over thousands of years the function of the arts has remained relatively constant. Past or present, Eastern or Western, the arts are a basic part of our immediate experience. Many and different are the faces of art, and together they express the basic need and hope of human beings. ( ) 32.The underlined word “poetry” most probably means _________.

A. an object for artistic creation B. a collection of poems C. an unusual quality D. a natural scene

( ) 33. Leslie’s paintings are extraordinary because _________.

A. they are close in style to works in ancient times B. they look like works by 19th-century painters C. they draw attention to common things in life D. they depend heavily on color photography

( ) 34. What is the author’s opinion of artistic reality?

A. It will not be found in future works of art. B. It does not have a long-lasting standard. C. It is expressed in a fixed artistic form. D. It is lacking in modern works of art.

( ) 35. Which of the following is the main topic of the passage?

A. History of the arts. B. Basic questions of the arts. C. New developments in the arts. D. Use of modern technology in the arts.

第二节阅读填空（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）

根据短文的内容，从方框所给的选项中选出能够填入短文空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

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Li Ziqi, a short video blogger specializing in traditional Chinese cooking and handicrafts, has gained worldwide popularity.

____36____, plus 7 million followers on overseas social media networks. Many foreigners say they have got to know traditional Chinese food culture and traditional skills via her channel.

It is the spirit of craftsmanship (技艺) behind her works that makes Li’s video clips attractive. She strictly follows the authentic (正宗的) traditional steps and procedures in making traditional Chinese food and handicrafts, such as peach flower wine and silk, and goes to great lengths to ensure her videos are accurate (精准的). ____37____. Li has been inheriting (继承) traditional Chinese culture in a rather creative way. A closer look at her videos will show that they are never with any “analysis” that makes people feel bored. They just show audiences each and every detail of traditional Chinese culture so that the audiences know how Chinese live their beautiful and elegant lives. ____38____, many intangible cultural heritages that only existed in memories and written records now appear before our eyes. Via her short videos, ____39____. With the growth of the Chinese economy, people overseas are showing more interest in traditional Chinese culture.____40____, namely showing the best parts of traditional Chinese culture with her heart.

To effectively present the beauty of Chinese culture to the world, we need more Li Ziqi.

A. Thanks to Li’s efforts

B. Li presents the image of a beautiful and friendly China.

C. Sometimes she spends several months producing one of her videos D. Li has shown how to satisfy that interest in a good way E. Li has about 20 million followers on Sina Weibo.

四、写作（共4节；满分35分）

第一节语篇填词（每小题1分，共5分） 根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词。（每空限填一词）

Eye contact is the key to successful 41.c__________. Eyes are the windows of our soul, and eye contact is a very important part of body 42.l__________. It can show feelings such as friendliness, interest and also can 43.h__________you understand other people’s real meaning.

However, there are some differences of eye contact 44.b__________Eastern and Western countries. For example, it is polite to look down when talking with elder people in Eastern countries. While in Western countries, looking down while talking with others means that you are 45.b__________about what he or she says.

Therefore, you should be careful with your eye contact. Not using eye contact can cause problems, but using too much is not polite either.

第二节完成句子（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分） 46. 你给老师们留下了很好的印象。

You __________ ____________________ __________ on the teachers. 47. 他想提醒我明天是她的奶奶的生日。

She wanted __________ __________ __________ that tomorrow is her grandmother’s birthday. 48. 交多点朋友对你有好处。

__________ __________ __________ is good for you.

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49. 为了筹集足够的钱给那些无家可归者，少年们工作了一整天。

__________ __________ __________ collect enough money for the homeless, the teenagers have worked all day.

50. 必须制定一些规则来阻止人们污染环境。

Some rules __________ __________ __________to stop people from polluting the environment.

第三节默写句子（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）

请根据中文提示，按照原文默写相关句子。

51. 三个青少年提出参与学校假期期间的义务性工作。

___________________________________________________________________________ 52. 然后鱼被大明拿走，扔进一个大篮子里。

___________________________________________________________________________ 53. 检查完毕后，漫画就可以播放给大家欣赏了。

___________________________________________________________________________ . 当他开始吹一支曲子时，我们才第一次看到那条蛇。

___________________________________________________________________________ 55. 这两个人吓了一跳，扔下提包逃跑了。

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第四节书面表达（共10分）

有一批外国交换生要来中国进行参观学习，他们对我国的传统工艺品非常感兴趣并打算买一些回国送给朋友。请你根据以下提示写一篇文章向他们介绍4种我国的传统手工艺品(handicrafts)。

皮影 Shadow paper 面人 Dough toy

颜色丰富 主要有5种颜色，主要绿、黑 通常是出名的人物或动物

艺人表演时可移动它的手和脚

糖画 Sugar painting 剪纸 Paper cutting 通常是黄色的 ？ 既漂亮又好吃 （请你至少补充两点）

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（1）参考词汇：unique 独特的

（2）词数100词左右（文章开头已给出，不计入词数） （3）不得透露学校、姓名等任何个人信息，否则不予评分。

China is a big country with all kinds of handicrafts. I would like to introduce some of them. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________

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