1、北京市房山区学年八年级上学期期末考试英语试题答案+解析北京市房山区2020-2021学年八年级上学期期末考试英语试题学校:_姓名：_班级：_考号：_一、单选题1Look! That old man is crossing the road. Lets go and help _.Ame Byou Cher Dhim2John is an American. He came to China _ 2012.Aon Bin Cof Dat3_ do you read English storybooks every day, Linda? At 7: 00 pm.AWhen BWhy CHow D
2、Where4Hurry up, _ well have to wait another two hours for the next train.Aand Bbut Cor Dso5 How do you come to school every day, by bus or by bike? By bus. Its much _ than by bike.Afast Bfaster Cfastest Dthe fastest6My grandma _ dinner when I got home yesterday.Acooks Bis cooking Cwas cooking Dwill
3、cook7Tom always _ up early on weekdays so he is never late for school.Agets Bwas getting Cgot Dwill get8 What did Jim do yesterday? He _ shopping with his mother.Ais going Bgoes Cwill go Dwent二、完型填空 My son lived in New York. Last winter my husband and I visited him there. One day, while we were walk
4、ing down the street, my son went to a store to see if there was a 9 he wanted.It was very cold. I went over to a supermarket to buy some chocolate, but my husband waited outside alone. When I came out, my husband was talking to a homeless man. I saw my husband take off his gloves and hat and 10 them
5、 to Frank, the homeless man.Frank said he had been living in New York before a heavy rainstorm hit the city in the autumn of the year. He lost his 11 in the rainstorm, so he had no place to sleep. He was begging（乞讨）and trying to get $25 to find a cheap hotel where he could sleep for some hours. All
6、he had to keep 12 was a jacket. My husbands gloves and hat were surprising gifts for him.After a while, my son came out of the store, and a new coat was in his hand. I asked him what he was going to do with the old one. He said he would 13 keep it. I told him the story and suggested leaving it to Fr
7、ank. To our great surprise, my son walked up to Frank and gave the new coat to him. Frank asked, “Did you buy this for me?” My son said no, but he wanted Frank to have it. Frank stood there 14 the coat, with tears（泪水）in his eyes. He 15 us with his whole heart. He said he would try to find a job as s
8、oon as possible to support himself.My son couldnt get the picture of Frank out of his mind. He went home, took out all his clothes that didnt 16 him, and posted them to a shelter（避难所）. He has done this a few times since then.9Acoat Bhat Cbag Dshirt10Ashow Bpass Cthrow Dsell11Aschool Bhotel Chome Dwo
9、rk12Astill Bsafe Cclean Dwarm13Acertainly Bsuddenly Ccompletely Dpolitely14Amaking Bwashing Cchoosing Dholding15Ataught Bintroduced Cthanked Dpushed16Ahurt Bfit Cchange Dimprove三、阅读单选My Favorite SportMatt/UKMy favorite sport is basketball, because basketball can make me strong and happy. It can also
10、 help me make more friends and learn teamwork. I enjoy playing basketball with my friends. Kobe Bryant is my favorite player. I wish I can play basketball with him one day.Anna/GermanyFishing is my favorite sport. I like fishing but I hardly get any fish. Im not really interested in fishing. I am on
11、ly interested in sitting in a boat and doing nothing at all. Anyway I think fishing can make me feel very relaxed and comfortable.Neil/CanadaI like swimming because I think its an easy sport. Swimming is good for my health. It can help me keep fit. I joined the swimming club last term. I hope to swi
12、m very fast and beautifully. I want to keep in a good Shape.Kat/USI enjoy running with my friends Tommy and Betty. In the early mornings, we often go running in the park. Then we are ready for school. At weekends, we sometimes go running in the countryside. The more I go running, the healthier I wil
13、l feel.17Matts favorite sport is _.Abasketball Brunning Cfishing Dswimming18Who joined the swimming club last term?AMatt. BNeil. CAnna. DKat.19At weekends, Kat sometimes _.Agoes running Bplays basketballCgoes fishing Dsits in a boat Paul received an expensive car from his brother as a Christmas pres
14、ent. On Christmas Eve when Paul came out of his office, a lovely boy was walking around the shining car. “Is this your car, sir?” he asked.Paul answered. “Yes, my brother gave it to me for Christmas.” The boy was surprised. “You mean your brother gave it to you and it did cost you nothing? Sir, I wi
15、sh”Of course Paul knew what the boy wanted, but what the boy said surprised him greatly. “I wish that I could be a brother like that.” Paul looked at the boy in surprise, and then he said, “Would you like to take a ride in my car?”“Oh. yes. Id love to.” The boy answered.After a short ride, the boy s
16、aid, “sir, would you mind stopping in front of my house?” Paul smiled a little. He thought the boy wanted to show his neighbors that he could ride home in a big car. But Paul was wrong again, “Will you stop where those two stairs are?” the boy asked.He went up to the stairs. Then in a short while he
17、 was carrying his little crippled（残疾的）brother.“There he is. Buddy, just like I told you upstairs. His brother gave it to him for Christmas and it didnt cost him a dollar. And some day Im going to give you one just like it. Then you can see for yourself all the nice things in the Christmas window tha
18、t Ive been trying to tell you about.”Paul got out and lifted Buddy to the front seat of his car. The shining-eyed elder brother climbed in behind him and the three began an unforgettable holiday ride.20Who was walking around the shining car on Christmas Eve?APaul. BBuddys brother. CBuddy. DPauls bro
19、ther.21Why did the boy ask Paul to stop his car in front of his house?ABecause he wanted to show he had a rich friend.BBecause he wanted to let his brother ride in the car.CBecause he wanted to show his neighbors the big car.DBecause he wanted to tell his brother about his wish.22What did the lovely
20、 boy wish?AHe could take a ride in Pauls car.BPaul could give his car to Buddy.CHe could be a brother like Pauls.DPaul could see all the nice things. In the 13th century（世纪）, the famous Italian traveler, Marco Polo, traveled a long way to China. During his stay in China, he saw many wonderful things
21、. One of the things was paper money. People in the West didnt use the paper money until the 15th century. However, the Chinese began to use it in the 7th century.Paper was invented（发明）by a Chinese man called Cai Lun almost 2, 000 years ago. But it was not made in the West until the year 1100. Four h
22、undred years later, a German found that he could make the best paper from trees. After that countries with plenty of forest, such as Canada, Sweden, America and Finland, became the most important ones in paper making.Paper can be used in many ways. It can be used in newspapers, magazines and books.
23、But do you know that paper can be used for keeping warm? In Finland, the farmers wear paper boots to keep their feet warm in the snow. And even houses can be insulated（使绝缘）from heat or cold with paper.However, we have to understand that paper still comes from trees now. If we keep on wasting so much
24、 paper, there will not be any trees left on the earth some day in the near future. Every day people throw away about 2,800 tons of paper in our city. It takes 17 trees to make one ton of paper. This means that we are cutting down nearly 48,000 trees every day. The fact is that it takes more than 10
25、years for a tree to grow.So we must start saving paper right now. We can use both sides of every piece of paper. We can make useful things out of used paper. We can use china cups instead of paper ones. When shopping, we can use fewer paper bags and reuse them if we have some.In short, we should kee
26、p a balance（平衡）between using paper and protecting trees, and do it now before it is too late.23When did the Chinese begin to use paper money?AIn the 5th century. BIn the 6th century.CIn the 7th century DIn the 15th century.24Why did Canada become an important country in paper making?ABecause it was
27、a large country. BBecause it had lots of forests.CBecause it was a very rich country. DBecause the inventor was from Canada.25What is the writers main purpose in writing this passage?ATo explain how to make paper. BTo introduce where paper is from.CTo show Marco Polos great travel. DTo encourage peo
28、ple to save paper. Language students often think they have a memory problem. They worry because they cant remember vocabulary. They think something is wrong with their brain. In fact, the problem is not their brain or their memory. The problem is the way they study.If you want to improve your memory
29、, its important to understand how it works. There are two kinds of memory: short-term and long-term. All information goes into your short-term memory first. But it can stay there for just a few minutes. In order to remember something for more than a few minutes, it must move into your long-term memo
30、ry.Only some things move into your long-term memory. Which things? This is an important question for a student. In fact, your long-term memory keeps things that are interesting or important to you. Thats why you remember big events in your life or your favorite sports events. Your long-term memory k
31、eeps other things, too. It holds onto things that you have thought about and worked with. So if you want to remember words, you have to work with them in some ways.Many students study vocabulary by repeating（背诵）the words. This may be enough to remember them for a while. But after a day or a week, you may have lost them. The reason for this is very simple. Long-term memory is like a very big library with many, many books. And like a library, it is organized. When you put away a book - or a memory -
