2020-2021学年广西贵港八年级上英语期末试卷
一、单选题
1. —Can you come to my party this evening? —Sorry, I can't. I have to prepare ________ my exams.
A.about B.of C.with D.for
2. It's easy ________ a banana milk shake. Let me help you.
A.make B.do C.to make D.to do
3. Susan had to ________ her friend's invitation because she had an important exam yesterday.
A.turn off B.turn on C.turn to D.turn down
4. —There ________ a new movie next Sunday. —Really? I will go to watch it.
A.will be B.is C.is going to have D.will have
5. —Why was Nancy so ________? —Oh, because she lost her wallet just now.
A.upset B.surprised C.rich D.excited
6. Jane will hang out with friends if she ________ to look after her little sister.
A.need B.needed C.doesn't need D.needs
7. I didn't watch TV ________ I finish my homework.
A.after B.and C.although D.until
8. —I don't know the ________ of this word, Dad. —Why don't you look it up in your dictionary?
A.meaning B.side C.resolution D.peace
9. —Alice, here is some meat, could you help me ________ ? I want to make some dumplings for dinner. —OK, I will do it in a minute.
A.cut it up B.cut up it C.cut them up D.cut up them
10. I have a lovely room. It's ________ in the hotel.
A.the nicest B.nice C.the most nice D.nicer
11. Some children in the villages must look after ________ because their parents work in the cities.
A.theirs B.them C.themselves D.their
12. —What are you going to do next Sunday? —I ________ my grandpa.
A.am visiting B.visited C.am going to visit D.visit
13. —Sorry, I'm afraid I can't go shopping with you this afternoon. —But you ________ to go with me yesterday.
A.invited B.promised C.disliked D.refused
14. —________ tomato juice do you need? —One cup is enough.
A.How often B.How much C.How long D.How many
15. —Will there be world peace in the future? —Yes, ________.
A.I disagree B.I hope so C.I don't think so D.I'm afraid not
二、完形填空
16.
If you are going to study in a foreign country, what can you do to feel less lonely（孤独的）? Well, here I will give you some（1）________ to help you.
1. Always say yes. Of course,（2）________ you feel uncomfortable in any way, don't agree. I mean, try not to（3）________ an invitation. By saying yes, you can get the chance（机会）to meet lots of people and learn a lot（4）________ them.
2. Find a hobby or try something new. Join a dance class, a chess club or a cooking class! This is a good way of making your life（5）________.
3. Another way is to take language classes. By taking them, you can（6）________ your language and you can meet a lot of people who are also looking forward to making new friends.
4. Get out of your house! Spending long hours in front of your computer will make（7）________ more lonely. Go out to（8）________ new and exciting places in your neighborhood.
5. Don't be a wallflower（舞会或聚会待在一旁的人）. When you are at a party or in a group, don't be shy. Be（9）________ others. Try to talk with them. You can also ask your friends to introduce（介绍）new friends to you.
If you follow the above（上述内容）, I'm（10）________ you'll have a good time in a foreign country.
（1）
A.activities B.money C.questions D.advice
（2）
A.until B.if C.though D.or
（3）
A.refuse B.write C.plan D.give
（4）
A.from B.into C.without D.for
（5）
A.normal B.slow C.interesting D.simple
（6）
A.improve B.forget C.believe D.accept
（7）
A.her B.me C.him D.you
（8）
A.break B.find C.leave D.miss
（9）
A.upset about B.afraid of C.friendly to D.surprised at
（10）
A.happy B.serious C.sure D.quiet
三、阅读理解
17.
Turkey is an important part of traditional American food. Here are some cool facts about the delicious food.
★According to some Americans, the name turkey came from the sound turkeys make when they are afraid—"turk, turk, turk".
★Adult turkeys have about 3,500 feathers（羽毛）. The heaviest turkey was raised（养育）in England; It weighed 86 pounds, about the size of a large dog.
★There are over 8,000 turkey farms in the USA. 90% of American families eat turkey on Thanksgiving Day and 50% eat turkey on Christmas.
★For their first meal on the moon, American astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin ate roast turkey!
★Since 1947, an American organization has been giving the American president a live turkey for Thanksgiving. The president gives a pardon（特赦）to the bird and it will live the rest of its years on a farm.
★In 2005, about 256 million turkeys were raised.
（1）From the passage, we can know that the name of the turkey came from ______.
A.the sound they make B.the place they live C.the shape they have D.the feather they have
（2）The heaviest turkey was ______.
A.8,000 pounds B.86 pounds C.256 pounds D.3,500 pounds
（3）Most of the Americans eat turkey on ______.
A.Christmas Day B.Spring Festival C.New Year's Day D.Thanksgiving Day
（4）______ ate turkey when they were on the moon.
A.American presidents B.American homes C.American organizations D.American astronauts
（5）Which of the following is NOT true?
A.By 2005, about 256 million turkeys were raised.
B.The turkey is a kind of bird.
C.In fact, most of the Americans don't like eating turkey.
D.An American organization has been giving the American president a live turkey.
18.
As teenagers, you have many dreams. These dreams can be very big, such as winning the Nobel Prize, or they can be small. You may just want to become one of the ten best students in your class. Once（一旦）you find a dream, what do you do with it? Did you ever try to make your dream real?
Andrew Matthews, an Australian writer, tells us that making our dreams real is our life's biggest challenge. You may think you're not very good at some school subjects, or that it is impossible for you to become a writer. These kinds of thoughts（想法）stop you from making your dream real. In fact, everyone can make his dream come true. The first thing you must do is to remember what your dream is. Don't let it leave your heart. Keep telling yourself what you want. Do this step by step and your dream will come true faster because a big dream is, in fact, many small dreams. You must also never give up your dream. There will be difficulties on the road to your dreams. But the biggest difficulty comes from yourself. You need to decide what is the most important. Studying instead of（代替）watching TV will bring you better exam results, while（而）saving five yuan instead of buying an ice cream means you can buy a new book. If you don't have dreams, you won't make up your mind to lean something more useful and find new hobbies.
（1）If we have dreams in our hearts and work hard, our dreams ________.
A.can't be remembered B.can be very big C.will come true D.can be very small
（2）The biggest difficulty on the road to your dreams comes from ________.
A.your friends B.yourself C.your parents D.your school
（3）The underlined word "challenge" means ________ in Chinese.
A.邀请 B.麻烦 C.态度 D.挑战
（4）You should NOT ________ to make your dream come true.
A.watch TV instead of studying
B.always remember what your dream is
C.read more books, learn more skills and find new interests
D.do what you should do step by step
（5）What can we learn from the passage?
A.The dreams can only be very big.
B.The first thing to do is to write down your dreams.
C.If you don't do this step by step, your dream will come true faster.
D.It is not easy to make your dreams come true.
19.
The Reader（《朗读者》）is a popular TV show in China. It invites people to read aloud on the stage（舞台）. The show also tells moving stories behind those people. They can read many things, like poems, books and letters.
Many people are fans of the show. They begin to enjoy reading aloud at home. Now, the show gives people a place to read. It is a reading pavilion（朗读亭）. It showed up in cities like Shanghai, Hangzhou and Xi'an. Let's have a look! The pavilion is not very big. Only one person can come into it each time. There is a microphone（麦克风）in it and it records people's voices. Everyone can read for three minutes in it. You can read anything you like. The show will pick some of the readers and invite them to read on TV. Lots of people come to the pavilion to read. Yu Duohan is an 11-year-old girl from Shanghai. She read the story Take a Snail for a Walk. "I love reading aloud," she said. "It makes the story become more beautiful." The pavilion will also come to other cities across the country. You can read your favorite stories in the pavilion soon.
（1）What can't people read in The Reader?
A.Ads. B.Poems. C.Stories. D.Letters.
（2）Which of the following sentences is TRUE?
A.Yu Duohan, a 12-year-old boy, likes reading aloud very much.
B.The Reader is a popular book.
C.You and your friends can get into the pavilion together.
D.The show will ask some of the readers to read on TV.
（3）Why does Yu Duohan love reading?
A.Because reading aloud makes the story more beautiful.
B.Because her mom wants her to read aloud.
C.Because she wants to join the TV show—The Reader.
D.Because reading is her homework every day.
（4）What does the underlined sentence mean?
A.The Reader invites people to read in the pavilion.
B.There will be pavilions in each city.
C.People have to read aloud in their cities.
D.People from more and more cities can read aloud in pavilions.
（5）What is the best title for the passage?
A.Why we need to read aloud B.A small place for reading aloud C.Reading aloud is good D.People who like to read aloud
四、词汇运用
20. 根据句子中所给的单词首字母或中文提示，填写正确的单词。
（1）My brother likes planes very much. He wants to be a p________ when he grows up.
（2）I have a lot of things to do, so I'm not a________.
（3）It took the workers only 12 days to b________ Leishenshan Hospital in Wuhan.
（4）Jim likes drinking water with h________. It tastes very sweet.
（5）I'd like to invite you to the o________ of our new library at No. 1 High School.
（6）The earth is a ________（行星）and it travels around the sun.
（7）Your article is too long. Please ________（删除）some words.
（8）You will make mistakes ________（除非）you are careful enough.
（9）We will have a class ________（会议）to talk about teamwork next Friday.
（10）________（伦敦）is the capital city of the UK.
五、选词填空
21. 根据短文内容，用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空。每词限用一次。
Resolutions are promises to yourself. They may help to make you a better person and to make your life（1）________. I'm going to make four resolutions. The first resolution is about my own（2）________ physical health. The second is about improving my relationships with my family and（3）________. The third is about how to do better at school.（4）________, it is about self-improvement. I'm going to take up a new hobby next year. I think（5）________ is a great activity, so I am going to learn to sing. I think this will also make my family stay happily, because they love to listen to music and sing together.
六、任务型阅读
22. 阅读下面短文，根据短文内容回答问题。
My friend John has got a restaurant in a big city. It is near a supermarket. He gets ten robots for the restaurant. He bought them from a foreign company in the United States when he decided to open a restaurant last month. Each robot costs（价钱为）20,000 yuan. The restaurant is not big, but very popular in that city. Now more and more people come here for dinner.
The robots have different jobs in the restaurant. Two robots cook different kinds of food; one washes the dishes; one cleans the floor and the others give food to the guests. Although all the staff（员工）are robots, it is not expensive to eat in this restaurant. Because John doesn't need to pay for the robots every month!
Robots do most of the jobs in the restaurant, but John is still very busy. He must do many things to keep the robots working well. Luckily, John is good at studying robots and he knows robots very well. I think in the future, there will be a lot of robot-themed restaurants（机器人主题餐厅）around the world.
（1）Where is John's restaurant in the city? ______
（2）How many robots give food to the guests in the restaurant? ______
（3）Is John good at studying robots? ______
（4）How much does each robot cost? ______
（5）What is the passage mainly about? ______
七、书面表达
23. 假设你是李华，你参加了学校举办的“中学生职业生涯规划”系列活动，深受启发。请你根据以下表格内容，以“My Dream Job”为题，写一篇英语短文，谈谈你的想法。
要求： 1. 短文中必须包括所有要点，但不要逐词翻译，可适当发挥； 2. 词数70左右。短文开头已给出，但不计入总词数； 3. 短文中不得出现真实的人名和校名。
My Dream Job
As for dream jobs, different people have different opinions. ________