新世纪学校2019-2020 学年度八年级下册英语期中测试卷一、听力理解(本大题分为A、B、C、D 四部分，共30 小题，每小题 1 分，共30 分)A．听单句话(本题有5 小题，每小题1 分，共5 分)根据所听到的话和卷面的问题，选择符合题意的图画回答问题。

每小题听一遍。

( ) 1.What kind of animals has the speaker probably never seen?A. B. C.( ) 2.Where did the speaker go last month？A. B. C.( ) 3. What does the speaker want to get for this year’s birthday？A. B. C.( ) 4. How did the speaker’s uncle go to Xinjiang？A. B. C.( ) 5. Which clothes will the girl buy？A. B. C.B.听对话（本题共10 小题，每小题1 分，共10 分）回答每段对话后面的问题，在每小题所给的三个选项中选出一个最佳答案，并将答题卡上对应题目所选的选项涂黑。

每段对话听两遍。

听第一段对话，回答第6 小题( ) 6. Where might the two speakers be?A.At a cinema.B. In a bookshopC. At a restaurant.听第二段对话，回答第7 小题。

( ) 7.When does Tom usually come back from the library?A. At 5: 00 pmB. At 4: 00 pmC. At 3: 00 pm听第三段对话，回答第8 小题( ) 8. What does Bob want to be?A. A dancer.B. A doctorC.A teacher听第四段对话，回答第9 小题。

( ) 9. How many years have Mark's parents been in China?A. For 8 years.B. For 11 years C For 15 years.听第五段对话，回答第10 小题( ) 10. How soon will the film begin?A. In 40 minutesB. In 30 minuteC. In 20 minutes.听第六段对话，回答第11-12 小题。

( ) 11. What did Daming do on Saturday morning?A. He visited his friendB. He had a school tripC. He showed his friend around ( ) 12.Where did Daming go after watching the film on that day?A. To the hospitalB. To a zooC. To a park听第七段对话，回答第13-15( ) 13. What's Jack's trouble?A. He feels boredB. He feels worriedC. He feels excited( ) 14.How long does Jack sleep now?A. For about three hours.B. For over seven hoursC. For about eight hours ( ) 15. What will Jack have？A. A strict teacher.B. A new friendC.A maths competitionC.听独白（本题共10 小题，每小题1 分，共10 分）根据所听内容，在每小题给出的三个选项中，选出一个能完成句子的最佳答案，并将答题卡上对应题目所选的选项涂黑。

每篇独白听两遍。

听第一篇独白，回答第16-20 小题。

( ) 16.Paul was at five last night.A.at the friend's houseB. at the restaurant C at home( ) 17. Paul went to the hospital at last night.A.6B.7C.8( ) 18. Paul ate too much last night.A.chocolateB.sugarC. ice cream( ) 19. The doctor advised Paul to .A. lie down and relaxB. drink more waterC. do more exercise( ) 20. Paul's cousin asked him to go Just now.A. bike ridingB. swimmingC. camping听第二篇独白，回答第21-25 小题。

( ) 21.Zhao Bin likes reading .A. novelsB. storiesC. news( ) 22.Wang Hong is .A. ChineseB. AmericanC. Japanese( ) 23. likes writing stories.A.Wang HongB. Li MingC. Zhou Ping( ) 24. Emily is good at .A runningB drawing C. dancer( ) 25. Zhao Bin talks about of his friends in the informationA. fiveB. sixC. sevenD.听填信息（本题共5 小题，每小题1 分，共5 分）你将听到的是一位妈妈谈论儿子的一些问题。

请你根据所听内容填写下面的信息卡。

短文听两遍。

二、语法选择(本大题有10 小题，每小题1 分，共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，在每小题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。

Henry found a job in a bookstore after he finished middle school. He wouldn’t do anything but wanted to get rich.It was a cold morning. It 31 and there was thin ice on the streets. Few people went to buy the books and the young man had nothing 32 . He hated to read, so he watched the traffic. Suddenly he saw a bag fall off a truck and it landed by 33 side of the street.“It must be full of expensive things.” Henry said to himself.“I have to get it right now, 34 others will take it away.”He went out of the shop and ran across the street. A driver saw him and began to whistle (鸣笛), but he didn’t hear it and went on 35 . The man drove to the side, hit a big tree and was hurt 36 the accident. Two weeks later Henry was taken to court（法庭）．A judge（法官）asked if he 37 the whistle when he was running across the street. He said that 38 was wrong with his ears and he couldhear nothing.“But you have heard me thistime,” said the judge. “Oh, I’msorry. Now I can hear with oneear.“39 the ear with your hand and listen to me with your deaf one. Well,can you hear me?” “No, I can’t,sir.”“You are telling 40 . There is nothing wrong with neither（两个都不）of yourears.” The judge said.（）31. A．snow B．snows C．snowing D．snowed （）32. A．do B．to do C．doing D．done （）33. A．other B．the other C．others D．the others （）34. A．or B．if C．and D．so（）35. A．run B．Running C．runs D．ran（）36. A．on B．before C．under D．in（）37. A．hear B．hears C．heard D．hearing （）38. A．nothing B．anything C．something D．everything （）39. A．Cover B．Covers C．To cover D．Covering （）40. A．lie B．lies C．truth D．truths 三、完形填空(本大题有10 小题，每小题 1 分，共10 分)通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。

My wife, Megan, and I went out to dinner with an old friend who we had not seen in a while.There had been some talk of COVID-19 in the news, but it was early in the outbreak and people werestill going about their daily routines. Even though everyone in our group felt perfectly 41 , we tookprecautions ( 预防措施): We washed our hands with hand sanitizer ( 洗手液), didnot 42 food, and had no close contact.A few days later, our friend called and told us that she had43 positive (阳性) for thecoronavirus. She had felt some symptoms (症状) for a day or so44 the dinner and was able tobe tested because she is a doctor. 45 we took precautions that night, the virus was also passedto me and another friend who had joined us.Megan and I quarantined (隔离) ourselves at once when we heard that our friend had tested positive. We also46everyone we had been in contact with to let them know that I had testedpositive. It was the47t hing to do. It is hard to tell people we might have given them a virus,but not telling anyone anything would have been cowardly ( 懦弱) and irresponsible. It wasn’t a(n)48for us, and it shouldn’t be a choice for anyone in our situation.While we have not been out of our house in over six days - and will be here for another eight or nine at least, we have felt such love and 49 from those around us. Our kids watch moviesonline with their friends, and my office has daily video calls to keep everyone 50. We’ve madean effort to spend time together as a family, too. Although Megan and the kids and I can’t be in thesame room, the four of us still play online games together.41.A. cruel B. brave C. fine42.A. eat B. share C. buy4 / 843.A. tested B. described C.developed44.A. during B. before C. after45.A. Since B. Although C. Because46.A. called B. found C. visited47.A. independent B. responsible C.professional48.A. option B. chance C.opportunity49.A. anger B. doubt C. concern50.A. separated B. safe C. connected四、阅读理解(本大题有15 小题，每小题2 分，共30 分)(A)Take a look at the following ads! You may find some useful information you need here!5 / 8( ) 51. You will pay if you want to stay in the English club for half a year.A.300 yuanB. 600 yuanC. 1,200 yuanD. 2,400 yuan( ) 52. On Friday, the babysitter will .A. go to schoolB. get ¥ 100C. live thereD. work three hours( ) 53. If you want the job as a guide, you should .A.speak Chinese wellB. be over 28 years oldB.be a beautiful girl D. know the city very well( ) 54. Which information about the apartment is NOT mentioned in the table?A. It has a beautiful view. B . It has three floorsC. It has three bedrooms.D. It has a kitchen.( ) 55. How can you get in touch with the owner of the apartment for more information?A. By sending an e-mailB. By going to visit itC. By making a phone call.D. By chatting with Oliver in the café(B)Li Ziqi, a popular star on the Internet, has more than 58 million fans on social media platform both in China and around the world. She is famous because of her videos. She even became the ambassador (形象大使) for the 7th International Festival of Cultural Heritage(文化遗产) in October 2019 in Chengdu, Sichuan Province.Li seems to be a master of all kinds of skills — cooking, painting, designing and weaving. The most special thing is that she does almost everything in a traditional Chinese way. In her videos, Li always wears homemade hanfu. She raises ducks in order to make a sauce from salted duck eggs. She makes bamboo furniture all by herself. She also grows plants and vegetables, and prepares meals with what she harvests. She makes life in the countryside very beautiful.Li was born in 1990 in a small village of Sichuan Province in southwestern China. Her parents died when she was still very young and her stepmother treated her badly, so she finally grew up with her grandparents. When she was 14, she went to the city in search of work but she decided to return to the countryside in 2012 to take care of her grandmother.Four years later, she began filming her life there, “When I worked in the city, it was about how to survive,” Li says.“Now when I work in the countryside, I feel like I’m truly living.” Li’s videos record how she works and her daily lives with her grandmother in their modest home. She says: “I simply want people in the city to know where their food comes fro m,” Li says. “A teacher friend once told me about some students who thought rice grew on trees, ___________.Many people wonder why Li shares these videos. Li once said: “In today’s society, many people feel stressed, so when they watch my videos at the end of a busy day, I want them to relax and sense something nice, to take away some of their worry and stress.”56.Li Ziqi becomes a popular online star because of ___________.A．her videos about her daily lives B．her poor life as a childC．raising ducks in the countryside D．becoming the ambassador57.Li went to the city at the age of 14 in order to ___________.A．take care of her grandma B．live a true lifeC．be away from her stepmother D．look for a chance to work58.She began filming her life in ___________.A．1990B．2012C．2016D．201959. Which of the following is the best choice for the blank in Paragraph 4?A.because I am very interested in the life of children in the cityB．so I want kids in the city to know where their food comes fromC．so I want kids to know how hard farmers’ work to provide food for themD．because I know children in the countryside are different from those in the city60. Why does Li share her videos?A．she wants others to relaxB．she wants others to sense something niceC．she wants to take away some of their happinessD．A&B五、基础知识运用（每小题0.5分，满分10分）根据下列句子的意思在空格上填上所给单词的适当形式。