1、八年级上学期期中素质检测英语试题一、听力 （共15小题，满分25分）第一节: 听小对话，选择正确的选项。（共5小题，每小题1分，共5分）1. Whats the matter with Peter？ A . He hurt his leg . B. He hurt his knee . C. He hurt his finger.2.What does the girl mean? A. She wants to go to the movies with the boy. B. She wants to give the tickets to the boy. C. She wants to
2、 buy a ticket for the boy.3. Where are they? A. In the museum. B. In the classroom. C. In the hospital. 4. Does the man like the weather? A. Yes, he does. B. No, he doesnt. C. I dont know. 5.What are the speakers talking about? A. The summer holidays. B. The Summer Palace. C. The weekend plan. 第二节：
3、听长对话，回答问题。（共5小题，每小题 2分，共10分）听下面一段较长对话，回答6、7两个问题。6.Who did the woman go with?A. Her sister, Lily. B. Her friend, Lily. C. Her classmate, Lily.7.What did the woman think of the movie “ Dancing in the Park”?A. It was boring. B. It was great. C. It was not bad. 听下面一段较长对话，回答8、9、10三个问题。8. Whats the woman
4、most probably going to do this evening? A. See an opera. B. Go to a movie. C. Have a rest. 9. How much is the ticket？ A. $30. B. $10. C. $1510. What does the man mean?A. He likes to see it. B. Its boring and he doesnt like it.C. He doesnt want to watch it.第三节：听短文，从A、B、C三个选项中选择正确的选项，完成信息记录表。（共5小题，每小题
5、 2分，共10分） Wu JunEnglish learningWhat does Wu Jun find hard？(11) _.What is he good at ?(12)_ What doesnt he like doing?(13) _What does he think is important?(14) _.Whats the teachers advice?(15)_.11 A. Speaking B. Learning new words C.Pronunciation12 A.Speaking B. Reading C.Grammar13. A. Listening B.
6、 Checking words C. Writing 14. A. Listening to the radio B. Reading more C. Checking words in the dictionary15. A. Speaking more in English B. Reading more in English C. Writing more in English2019-2020年八年级上学期期中素质检测英语试题第二部分 笔试部分（95分）二、完形填空（本题共15小题，每小题1分，共15分） I was feeling a little blue because my m
7、other had lost her job. One day, while I was 16 on the street, I heard piano music and singing rising above the noise of the people. I walked more slowly to 17 where it was coming from. Then I saw a young lady sitting at a piano. She was singing songs about love, 18 yourself and keeping on trying. T
8、he way she was singing made me a little comfortable. I stood there 19 , watching her playing on such a crowded New York square. I thought that she must be 20 enough to perform in front of so many people. She noticed me. I walked over and told her how good her 21 sounded. Thank you. she said. I have
9、been going through a hard time recently, 22 youve made me hopeful again. I said to her. Im glad that I could help, she replied. Why are you so 23 ?” Well, my mum has lost her job, and Im not so sure what to do. Did you notice the 24 you were walking? Your head was down. she said. Dont be upset,becau
10、se 25 comes in different ways and if your head is down, you might not see it. You should 26 more . lift your head up. I looked 27 her, surprised at how she was encouraging me. 28 are you playing the piano here?I asked her with a smile. She 29 that she saw a lot of unhappy people in the world and she
11、 tried to cheer 30 up by playing music.( ) 17. A. find out B. send out C. take out D. get out( ) 18. A. dressing B. believing C. hurting D. losing( ) 19. A. nervously B. rudely C. angrily D. quietly( ) 20. A. brave B. shy C. bored D. honest( ) 21. A. advice B. idea C. music D. interest( ) 22. A. or
12、B. but C. so D. and( ) 23. A. dirty B. busy C. sad D. lazy( ) 24. A. way B. time C. reason D. station( ) 25. A. chance B. health C. pain D. life( ) 26. A. complain B. rest C. smile D. pay( ) 27. A. like B. after C. for D. at( ) 28. A. How B. Why C. When D. Where( ) 29. A. dreamed B. hoped C.guessed
13、D.said( ) 30. A. us B. them C. me D. her三、阅读理解（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分） 阅读下面四篇短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。AHow to look good in a school uniform? You can look great in your school uniform, if you follow these tips:(1) Make sure the uniform is the right size for you. You will need a pair of scissors (剪刀), b
14、ut please, dont cut anything until you measure (量) where you want the uniform to reach on your body. If you can find a tailor (裁缝) to do the job for you, it will be better.(2) Make your uniform tidy Your uniform should be taken good care of. Make sure your uniform is always tidy and clean. It helps
15、you look smart.(3) Accessories (装饰物) can help. You can wear a nice watch. It will make you look beautiful and tell you the right time when you need to know. A cute hair clip can also make you, girls, look attractive. Choose a hat that matches the shape of your face or a backpack that goes well with
16、your uniform. Also, have fun in winter by wearing colorful scarves.(4) Walk with confidence. It doesnt matter how cool your uniform is (or is not). If you are not confident, nobody will notice how great you look!31. We can probably read this article in the part of a newspaper.A. news B. sports C. li
17、fe D. advertisement32. The following things can make you look good EXCEPT .A. having a pair of scissors B. wearing clean uniforms C. wearing a nice watch D. being confident33. This article is mainly written for . A. students B. parents C. teachers D. tailorsBWill the sky ever fall?The answer is no.
18、But if it happens theres no need to be afraid!The American film Chicken Little opened about two years ago. Its story tells us:dont worry too much in your life.One day Chicken Little is in the woods when an acorn(橡子)falls on his head!This makes him afraid. He thinks a piece of sky is falling!He cant
19、wait to tell everyone about it. They run for their lives!When everyone learns the truth(真相),no one likes Chicken Little. They laugh at him. He gets a bad name in the town,Oakey Oaks. Its time for him to change others minds.Chicken Little begins to play baseball. He is not bigger than a ball,but he p
20、lays very well!He helps his team win. Now they think hes great.Just then,a spaceship really does fall from the sky!The aliens(外星人)abroad have bad plans. Once again he must tell people about it!Will he get help from his friends in the town?Can he show himself a different person?You have to watch the
21、film to find it out!COne year ago, I worked at a Chinese traditional medicine store. Business was not bad. Every day we mixed (混合）medicinal herbs(中药) for patients, so the store was always full of a strong herbal smell. After I had worked there for a time, a boy of 13 or 14 started coming and sitting
22、 on the stairs outside the store for a while every day. It seemed strange to me.“Do you like the herbal smell?” I asked him one day.“I grew up with this kind of smell,” he said. He told me that his mother took herbal medicine for years, so he could mix herbs for his mother when he was very young. He
23、 mixed the herbs with deep love, hoping his mother would get better as soon as possible.“Is your mother well now? I asked. He shook his head. “My mother passed away（去世）three years ago.” Looking up into the sky, he went on: “When I first passed by here and smelled the herbs, I thought of my mother. I
24、t is comforting to remember those days when she was alive. So I come here every day to sit for a moment. When I sit around this smell, I feel as if my mother is still alive and is waiting for her medicine in her room.38. The writer felt _ when seeing a boy sitting on the stairs at the beginning of t
25、he story.A. strange B. angry C. excited D. bored39. The boy grew up with the smell of the herbs because _. A. he liked go play with herbs. B. he studied at a herbal medicine store C. his family had a herbal medicine store D. he often mixed herbs for his motherDA baby giraffe is born 10 feet high and
26、 usually lands on its back. Bringing a giraffe into the world is a tall order. In his book, A View from the Zoo, Gary Richmond describes how a new-born giraffe learns its first lesson.The mother giraffe lowers her head long enough to take a quick look. Then she puts herself directly over her child.
27、She waits for about a minute, and then she does the most unreasonable thing. She throws her long leg and kicks her baby, so that its sent sprawling (四脚朝天).When it doesnt get up, what the mother has done is repeated again and again. The struggle (挣扎) to rise is important. As the baby giraffe grows ti
28、red, the mother kicks it again. Finally, it stands for the first time. Then the mother giraffe kicks it off again. Why? She wants it to remember how it can get up. In the wild, a baby giraffe must be able to get up as quickly as possible to stay with its group, where theres safety.Another writer nam
29、ed Irving Stone understood this. He spent a lifetime studying great people, writing stories about such men as Michelangelo, Vincent van Gogh, Sigmund Freud, and Charles Darwin.Stone was once asked if he had found something unusual about these great people. He said, “I write about people who sometime
30、 in their life have a dream of something. Theyre beaten over the head, knocked down and for years they get nowhere. But every time they stand up again. And at the end of their lives theyve realized some small parts of what they set out (着手) to do.”42. The expression “a tall order” in Paragraph 1 mos
31、t probably means _.A. a happy thing B. a difficult thing C. a big dream D. a beautiful place43. A View from the Zoo is a book written by . A. Gary Richmond B. Charles Darwin C. Irving Stone D. Vincent van Gogh44. The mother giraffe puts herself over her child and throws her long leg and kicks her baby because she . A. is an unkind mother B. likes watching her bay sprawling C. doesnt want her baby to live with her D. wants to train her baby to get up in this way45. The writer mainly want
