2019-2020学年南京玄武外国语+科利华八下英语期中考试
一、听力部分（共 15 小题；每小题 1 分，计 15 分） 略
二、单项选择（共 15 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 15 分）
从 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 16. --- I hear that your good friend David --- Yes, but now he _ A. used to read; used to read
science books. B. use to read; used to reading
_ books about history.
C. use to read; is used to reading D. used to read; is used to reading 17. Mike was once a top student, but he computer games. A. fell
B. has fallen
C. was
D. has been
behind since he lost himself in 18. You know great changes A. have been taken place C.h ave taken place
in our city in the past ten years. B. took place D. were taken place
19. Which of the following has the same usage as the transition in this sentence: It’s too late to invite any more people, and you know how your boyfriend hates parties. A. because
B. while
C. moreover
D. in fact a nice restaurant. 20. --- Can you see that tall building? Further on --- Great, let’s go! A. have
B. are
C. be
D. is . D. then
21. David doesn’t like rice noodles. His son doesn’t, A. also
B. too
C. either
22. It’s the museum! So you A. can
B. could
know shouting is not allowed here. C. must to America once. D. may
23. --- I hear your father --- Yes. He there last year.
A. has been; went C. goes; went
24. You can only borrow two books A. on time
B. in time
B. went; has been D. has been; has been
if you don’t have a library card.
C. from time to time D. at a time
25. Which of the following is a fact?
A. The best way to travel around Australia is to have an online tour. B. Millie spends over seven hours reading books every day. C. It’s fantastic for me to see so many changes in Nanjing. D. The trip to the World Park during the holiday was quite exciting.
26. --- How
--- It’s less than 3
is it from Nanjing to Hefei?
drive.
A. long; hour’s B. far; hour’s A. refuse
B. receive
C. long; hours’ C. realize
D. far; hours’ D. renew
27. Which of the following words is pronounced /rɪˈsiːv/? 28. --- When did you become a member of “Helping Hands Club”?
--- I A. joined
in this organization since 2012. B. took part
C. have joined wild animals.
B. to stop to hunt D. not to continue hunting
D. have been
29. We must tell hunters A. to continue hunting C. don’t continue hunting
30. --- Would you like me to help you with the homework?
--- . But I can manage it myself.
B. The same to you. D. Never mind.
A. It’s very kind of you. C. It doesn’t matter.
三、完形填空（共 10 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 10 分）
阅读下面短文，从各题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处
的最佳选项。
When I was 13, my only purpose was to become the star on our football team. That meant beating out Miller King, who was the best 31 at our school. Football season started in September and all summer long I worked out. I carried my football everywhere for 32 . Just before September, Miller was hit by a car and lost his right 33 . I went to see him after he came back from hospital. He looked very 34 , but he didn’t cry. That season, I 35 all of Miller’s records while he watched the home games from the bench. We went 10-1 and I was named most valuable player, 36 I often had crazy dreams in which I was to blame for (为 负责) Miller’s accident.
One afternoon, I was crossing the field and saw Miller stuck (卡在) going over a fence — which wasn’t 37 to climb with both arms. I’m sure I was the last person in the world he wanted to 38 help from. But even that challenge he accepted. I helped him move slowly over the fence. When we were finally 39 on the other side, he said to me, “You know, I didn’t tell you this during the season, but you did 40 Thank you for filling in for me.”
His words freed me from my bad dreams. I thought to myself, how even without an arm he was more of a leader. Damaged but not defeated, he was still ahead of me. I was right to have admired him. From that day on, I grew bigger and a little more real. 31. A. player 32. A. practice 33. A. leg 34. A. calm 35. A. held 36. A. so 37. A. easy 38. A. accept 39. A. dropped 40. A. badly
B. student B. show B. foot B. pale B. tried B. but B. hard B. refuse B. ready B. slowly
C. teacher C. fun C. shoulder C. angry C. set C. as a result C. interesting C. welcome C. trapped C. fine
D. coach D. pleasure D. arm D. worried D. broke D. and D. comfortable D. invite D. safe D. fast
四、阅读理解（共 15 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 15 分）
阅读下面短文，从各题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
Sydney Tower
Address: 100 Market St, Sydney
Phone: 02 9333 9222
Fax: 02 93339203
Open time: 9:00 am to 10:30 pm (Saturdays to 11:30 pm)
Ticket: $ 60 (for an adult)
$ 30 (for a child)
Website: www. sydneytower.com.au
How to get there: train to Town Hall Station and a short walk along Market Street
How to book tickets: by phone / fax or through the Web
Attraction: Sydney’s best views are just the beginning!
Sydney Tower takes you to the highest point above Sydney for exciting 360 views of our beautiful city.
41. If you want to book a ticket to Sydney Tower, you can’t A. email sydneytower@hotmail.com C. search www.sydneytower.com.au
B. fax 02 9333 9203 D. dial 02 9333 9222
. 42. Frank wants to go to Sydney Tower with his two children, he will pay A. $60
B. $90
C. $120
. D. $150
.
43. This passage above is probably (很可能) A. a piece of news C. a story
B. a song
D. an advertisement (广告)
B
A habit is an action that we have acted so often that it becomes something we do
almost without thinking. Some of them are not good habits. People spend many hours and dollars each year trying to give up ( 放 弃 ) these bad habits but often fail. Why? Change is hard work and there is no shortcut to get it. However, there are still some advice for you to follow.
First, look at why you do it. In other words, what’s the result of doing this thing? If your bad habit is shouting at people when you are unhappy or under pressure(压力), what do you get from it? It may make you feel a little better for the moment. Or maybe you have a bad habit of leaving your homework undone. The result could be that you get more time to spend on the Internet!
Next, take a look on the other hand. What are you losing because of your habit? Shouting at other people is a bad habit because it makes people around you feel bad and unhappy. Leaving your homework undone is a bad habit because you may be punished by your teacher. Having more Internet time means that you are losing the chance to learn the things you need to learn. When you think that way, you’ll find that it’s not wise to keep your bad habit! Now it is time to make a decision. What will you choose? I’m sure you will choose to do something that is more important. 44. From the first paragraph, we know that A. people always fail to break bad habits B. we must change all the habits we have C. a habit is a terrible thing we can never change D. we can easily change bad habits
45. The underlined sentence “there is no shortcut to get it” means that A. something dangerous may happen B. there is a long way and a short way C. it is not easy to give up bad habits D. we must cut bad habits in a short time
. .
46. According to the passage, if you want to give up your habits, you have to .
A. talk to others
B. know why you do and what you do C. finish your homework first D. spend less time on the Internet
47. What does the underlined word “punished” mean in Chinese? A. 表扬 C. 挨打
B. 奖励 D. 惩罚
C
England is the biggest of the four countries in the United Kingdom. Together with Scotland and Wales, these three countries make up the island of Great Britain. When you include Northern Ireland (the country in the northeastern part of Ireland) we call it the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK). Over 50 million people live in England. That’s around 80 percent of the UK’s total population. It is a multicultural (多元文化的) country where more than 250 languages are spoken in the capital city of London. Outside of the big cities, England is a very green country and has many beautiful rural areas, such as the Lake District in the north and the New Forest, a big area of forest in the southern part of the country. Music
English people love music. In summer, there are music festivals all over the country. Glastonbury is a five-day festival of music, dance, comedy, theatre and circus (马戏). About 175,000 people go to it each year. People in England listen to all types of music, especially pop and rock. England has produced many international groups and singers like the Beatles, Coldplay, Ed Sheeran and Adele. Sport
The most popular sports in England are football, rugby (橄榄球) and cricket (板球). Most towns have at least one field where teams can play. English football teams like Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool are world-famous. Cricket is a traditional sport played with a bat (球拍) and ball. It began in England and is now played all over the world.
Food
England is a very multicultural country and this has a big influence on the food people eat. Indian, Chinese and Italian cuisines are popular besides traditional English food like fish and chips, roast beef or sausage and mashed potatoes. Many English people drink several cups of tea each day, usually with milk. 48. What is the total population of the UK? A. About 40 million. C. About 63 million.
B. Over 50 million. D. Over 250 million.
49. Which of the following sports started in England? A. Football.
B. Rugby.
C. Cricket.
D. Hockey.
50. What do we know about the Glastonbury festival? A. It is held in the summer every year. B. It lasts more than five days. C. It is Europe’s best music festival. D. It featured Coldplay this summer. 51. What do we know from the story?
A. The Lake District is a tourist attraction in southern England. B. English cuisine has had a big influence on foreign cuisine. C. 250 languages are spoken in England’s rural areas. D. English people often add milk to their tea.
D
Where did humans come from? An Australian researcher believes that she’s found the answer: river valley in the African couiry of Botswana (博瓦纳).
Professor Vanessa Hayes from the Garvan Institute of Medical Research in Sydney said she and her team have traced (追踪) modem humans back to small group of people who lived in this valley, according to the BBC.
“It’s an extremely large area, it would have been very lush (苍翠繁茂的), and it would have actually provided a suitable habitat for modern humans,” she said. She
and her team studied mitochondrial (线粒体的) DNA (mtDNA) from people who live in south Africa, such as the Khoisan people. This type of DNA is only passed down from mother to child. This makes it easier to trace one’s ancestry (祖先), according to Business Insider. By tracing mtDNA back through different generations, the team concluded that every person alive today is related to a woman who lived in Botswana.
However, some experts doubt Hayes’ findings, saying that studies like hers are no longer important or necessary. “The idea that we’re looking for a single origin [of modern humans] is out of fashion,” said John Hawks, a researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, US, in Popular Science.
There are many other locations around the world where humans could have gotten their start. It is likely that mankind appeared in many places at the same time. “I increasingly think that there probably wasn’t a single population in which modern humans evolved (进化). If that is the case, there is no ‘homeland’,” said Ryan Raaum， who researches African population genetics (遗传学) at Lehman College, US. 52. According to Hayes, where did humans come from? A. Australia. C. South Africa.
B. Botswana. D. Latin America.
.
53. Hayes and her team studied mtDNA because _ A. it is the most common type of DNA humans share B. there is a new technology to test mtDNA C. it is only passed down from mother to child D. both women and men can take mtDNA tests 54. According to Hawks, Hayes’s study is A. important C. fascinating
B. wrong D. unnecessary
.
55. What is the story mainly about?
A. New findings about the origin of humans.
B. New findings about mtDNA. C. The evolution of humans. D. The habitats of ancient humans.. 五、词汇知识
A） 根据括号中所给中英文释义写出单词，使句子意思完整正确。（共 10 小题；
每小题 1 分，满分 10 分） 56. How can I (翻译) such a long novel into French in only three days?
(bad-looking), he is kind to help anyone in
57. Though the short man looks trouble.
58. All of them put their 59. A(n) (手指) in their ears because of the big noise.
(国际的) meeting was held in our city last month.
(除了) Monday.
60. The museum is open every day 61. There will be a new area.
62. Now many students want to go 63. You must wirte down the (a place where the plane leaves and lands) in this
(到国外) for further study. (要点) because they are very important.
64. Mr Liu has taught for twenty years in our school, he has rich teaching _ (经验).
65. Eating too much cold food is bad for your (胃), kids.
B） 根据句子意思，用括号中所给单词的适当形式填空。（共 10 小题；每小题 1
分，满分 10 分）
66. He was so tired out that he found himself hole.
67. English is such a useful language that we have to use it in our daily (communicate).
68. This novel sells very well. I ordered two sold out. 69. She has little (know) of history and she doesn’t like history books at all.
(take) photos of all the vivid (copy) online before they were
(able) to move out of the 70. In Shanghai Disneyland, I couldn’t stop cartoon characters.
71. His uncle is going to take a direct 72. My grandparents enjoy living in 73. Aunt Lucy likes reading books on 74. Sansha City is at the 75. Can you manage (fly) to New York this Sunday. (Europe) countries like France. (cook) in her free time.
(south) end of China. (finish) the task in two days?
六、句型转换（共 5 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 5 分） 76. Tom has finished his homework. (改为一般疑问句)
Tom his homework? 77. We improved the situation by stopping factories from putting waste into the rivers. (对画线部分提问) did you the situation? 78. Jason has been in Nanjing since 5 years ago. (改为同义句) Jason has been in Nanjing _ . 79. I bought the cell phone last week. (改为同义句)
I _ the cell phone since last week.
80. She wasn’t sure where she can spend her holiday in summer. (改为同义句) She wasn’t sure spend her holiday in summer. 七、根据汉语意思完成句子。（共 5 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 5 分） 81. 演出到此结束，感谢你们。
today’s show, thank you.
82. 领导们会讨论如何处理这些旧机器。
The leaders will discuss 83. 哈利波特有七个系列组成。
Harry Potter 84. Tom 直到完成作业才看电视。
Tom watch TV he finished his homework.
seven series.
these old machines.
85. 在某些方面，她看上去更像她爸爸。
, she looks more like her father.
八、任务型阅读（共 10 小题；每小题 1 分；满分 10 分）
A）阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容，在文章后的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。注意：每个空格只填 1 个单词。
Nowadays, many people in China and Japan are racing against time. They put a lot of value in “being on time”. However, in some countries of the world, people have different opinions on “being on time”. Germany
Thanks to its industrial past, in Germany you are expected to arrive at least ten minutes earlier for any planned meeting. In Germany, being on time is risky enough because your hosts will probably already be there waiting, wondering how on earth you could be so stupid. What will you do if anything unexpected happens, like heavy traffic or a sudden rain? So remember to arrive early in Germany. Saudi Arabia
Some countries care little about time and Saudi Arabia is one of them. It’s because of their long history of desert living where time is not the first thing to think about. It could be that it’s too hot to do anything on time. So don’t expect them to be on time. Moreover, looking at your watch during an event is even considered as bad manners. So don’t get angry with them, either. Ghana
Most meeting times can be changed, even if an exact time is given, Ghanaians are very easygoing. They think that if everyone is late, then no one is late. After all, what can’t be done today can get done tomorrow. If you find it difficult to deal with, prepare to be unhappy. Russia
Patience is considered a very important quality in Russian culture but being on time is not. When doing business in Russia, do be on time. Otherwise, it will be considered disrespectful. But Russians won’t hold themselves to the same standard. So, again, patience can be key.
How differently people _ 86 “being on time” in different countries
87 Different opinions on “being on time” China and Japan ● Both Chinese and Japanese think it valuable to be on time. ● 88 expect you to arrive early for any planned meeting Germany because of the influence of their industrial past. ● You are thought to be 89 unless you arrive at least ten minutes earlier. ● Time is not the 90 thing for people living in the desert to Saudi Arabia consider. ● Looking at your watch during an event is considered to be 91 . is late. Ghana ● Ghanaians think that if everyone is late, then _92 ● Most meeting times can be changed. You might be unhappy if you can’t 93 it. ●Be patient in Russia because it’s very important quality in its Russia 94 . ● While doing business in Russia, you should be on time, though Russians are not strict with 95 in it. 九、首字母填空（共 10 小题；每小题 1 分；满分 10 分）
Life has changed quicly since COVID-19 broke out worldwide. Many people find themselves isolated (隔绝的) at home, bored and lonely. But if we look at history, we see many great people produced their best work when they were a 96 . Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton, and James Clerk Maxwell, three of the greatest physicists in history, worked by themselves most of the time. They learned from others not by working with them directly, but b 97 reading their papers and books.
Here is another example. In 1606, when an epidemic (流行病) hit London, all the t 98 in the city were closed. At that time, English playwrighter William Shakespeare worked a_ 99 an actor at The King’s Men theater. After finding himself without steady ( 固 定 ) job, but lots of s 100 time, Shakespeare began
w 101 . He wrote King Lear, Macbeth, and Antony and Cleopatra before the year was over.
Coming back to the present, do you know “the Reader in Fang Cang.”? The picture of him reading in bed in the newly-built makeshift hospital in Wuhan really t 102 people. “When you feel worried, reading is a way to help you feel r 103 and comfortable. This picture of him reading in bed gives me strength and h 104 .” said one Weibo user.
2020 is a special year. People all around the world have to fight a 105 Covid-19. This special period helps us think more deeply about ourselves and our environment, which leads to even greater creativity. 十、书面表达（15 分）
八年级即将结束，你将代表本班参加学校的演讲比赛，谈谈自己在过去一年中的变化，请先根据表格内容完成一张流程图（流程图里只需填写短语不用写句子），再写一份 100 字左右的演讲稿，题目自拟。
学习 生活 未来
过去 现在 上课听讲不够专心，作业不够认真，不在老师的帮助下，意识到学习的重要 爱思考很少提问…… 性，逐渐培养了学习的好习惯（写出至少 2 个好习惯） 大部分业余时间听音乐，看电视，上网 爱上阅读（写出至少 2 个阅读的益处） 玩游戏…… 目标，计划…… Title:
In the past:
Now:
In the future:
2020【玄外&科利华】八年级（下）英语期中考试 答案+解析
Part 1 参考答案一、听力（略） 二、单选 16-20 DDCCD 三、完形 31-35 AADBD 四、阅读理解 41-45 ACDAC 46-50 BDCCA 51-55 DBCDA
五、词汇知识
A) 56. translate 57. ugly 58. fingers 59. international 60. except 61. airport 62. abroad 63. points 64. experience 65. stomachs B) 66. unable 67. communication 68. copies 69. knowledge
21-25 CCADB 26-30 DBDDA
36-40 BBADC
70. taking 71. flight 72. European 73. cooking 74. southern 75. to finish 六、句型转换 76. Has; finished 77. How; improve 78. for 5 years 79. have had 80. where; to 七、完成句子 81. So much for
82. how to deal with; what to do with 83. is made up of 84. didn’t; until 85. In some way(s) 八、任务型
86. think; view; consider 87. Countires 88. Germans 89. stupid 90. important 91. impolite 92. nobody 93. accept 94. culture 95. themselves
九、首字母 96. alone 97. by
98. theaters/theatres 99. as 100. spare 101. writing 102. touched 103. relaxed 104. hope 105. against
Part 1 重难点解析单项填空 16. D
解析：use 大变身
used to do 过去常常（做或存在...）； (sb)be used to doing 习惯做某事；（sth）be used to do 被用来做某事；题目中的意思是大卫过去读有关历史的书籍，但是现在习惯读科学类的书籍，因此选择 D 17. D
解析：现在完成时
现在完成时+since+一般过去时，判断该用现玩，又因为 fall 这个词表示落后这个含义时是瞬间动词，不能跟现在完成时搭配使用，因此答案选的是 D 18. C
解析：现在完成时
In the past few years 是现在完成时的标志词，因此可以判断是用现完，又因为三发生没有被动，因此答案选的是 C 19. C
解析：连词意思的考察
根据题意，后面的句子是对前句的补充说明因此选 C，moreover 表示而且，此外 21. C
解析：“也”的用法
英语否定句和肯定句当中表示“ 也”的词是不一样的。如果是否定句要用“either”,肯定句一般可以用 also,too,as well. 22. C
解析：情态动词意思的考察
must 表示必须或者应该的意思，所以根据题意选择 must. 23. A
解析：一般过去式和现在完成时的区分
区分现完和一过，一个非常重要的依据就是找到标志词。第二句话中的 last year 是一过的标志词，所以可以先把 B、D 排除掉，再根据第一句话中的 once 可以判断用的是现完。所以答案选择 A 24. D
解析：词组意思的考察
on time 准时，in time 及时，from time to time 不时地，at a time 每一次。根据题意只有 D 符合，因此选 D. 26. D
解析：how far 和 how long 区别
how far 指多远，主要表示距离，how long 指多长时间,主要用来对一段时间。答句的意思是说 3 个小时的路程，所以选的是 how far。
完形填空
33. B 文章最后一段指出“without an arm he was more of a leader” 40. C fine 可以做副词，指“够好，不错”
阅读理解
46. B 题目是你应该怎么做，根据文章给出来的 advice，应该是二、三段的中心句，所以答案应该是 B。
48. C 原文给出的“over 50 million people live in England”, 是说住在英格兰的人数， 但是提问的是“the total population of the UK”, 指的是英国的总人数，英格兰的人数占了英国的 80%，所以需要计算一下。
54. D 文章倒数第二段提到，Hawks 认为“The idea that……is out of fashion.”Out of fashion 是指落后的，现在已经没有必要了。
填空
58. finger 是可数名词，一定要加 s
60. 这里的除了表示的是把 Monday 去除在外，所以应该是 except. 64. experience 意为经验是时不可数的
79. buy 是一个瞬间动词，不能跟表示一段时间的 since 连用，因此要改变为表示一段时间的 had
任务型阅读
86. think/consider/view 第一段第二行，have different opinions,但是题目中是需要一个动词，因此答案可以是
87. Countries 第一段第二行，in some countries
88. Germans 因为这一段在说德国人的看法和观点，所以填 Germans，从表格里Ghana 里的 Ghanaians 也可以看出来 89. stupid 第二段第三行
90. important 第三段第一行，care little about,所以是 important
91. impolite 第三段第四行，bad manners,是不礼貌的，又因为题目当中需要一个形容词，所以答案是 impolite
92. nobody 第四段第二行，no one is late,因为题目中需要一个词，no one 等于 nobody,所以答案是 nobody
93. accept 通过整个第四段判断加纳的人不是非常看重时间观念，因此第四段中最后一句话当中的需要被 deal with 的是加纳人不注重的时间的观念，所以说如果你是一个非常守时的人，因此你不能接受这种观念的话，就会过的不开心，因此答案是 accept.
94. culture 第五段第一行 95. themselves 第五段第三行
首字母填空： 96. alone
词意：独自的（上文提到隔绝的 isolated, lonely） 词性：adj. (be 动词 后面 adj./adv.)
97. by 词意：通过（上文提到 by+working 表示通过某种方式）
98. theaters/theatres 词意：剧院（下文提到莎士比亚，actor, theatre, 根据上文提
到因为流行病被关闭，推测是剧院） 词形：注意用复数（前面提到all）
99. as 词意：作为（work as+职业，固定搭配，表示从事某种工作，根据上
文提示莎士比亚既是剧作家也是演员）
100. spare 词意：空闲的（上文提到因为疾病，剧院都关了，没有固定的工作，
但是也因此有了很多空闲的时间） 词性: 放在名词前，通常是形容词
101. writing 词意：写作（后面提到 he wrote King Lear, Macbeth 等文学巨著） 词
形：begin doing sth. 开始做某事（固定搭配）
102. touched 词意：使得……感动（下文提到网友的微博评论是 give me strength,
这里推测是这种照片令人感动） 词形：故事发生在过去，动词的过去时态
103. relaxed 词意：感到放松的（103 空后面 and 连接两个并列的成分，所以应该
是 comfortable 的近义词，前面又提到了感到 worried，而阅读正好 是让你放松的一种方式） 词形：feel 后面+adj.
104. hope 词意：希望（104 前 and 连接两个并列的成分，所以应该是和 strength
感情色彩比较接近的词）词形：和 strength 一样是名词
105. against 词意：对抗（fight against 对抗；抗争，这里表示和疾病做斗争）
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