湖南省长沙市长郡教育集团2020-2021学年八年级下学期期末英语试题(答案+解析)

1、湖南省长沙市长郡教育集团2020-2021学年八年级下学期期末英语试题学校: 姓名： 班级： 考 一、单选题Maiy is 8-veai-old gill. She went to United States with her family last weekend.a; theB. an; theC. the; aThe population of the city is much than that of voui city.fewerB. lessC. smallerCristiano Ronaldo is popular all the football fans around the

2、 world know him.such; thatB. so; tliac.C. too; toYour necklace looks nice. Is it new?No. I it for two years.A. hadB. have boughtC. have hadMilk will go bad quickly in summer we put it into a fridge. A. unlessB. as soon asC, ifIf you read more books, youi life will be full pleasuie.A. ofB. byC. withW

3、ho listens . Tony; Jack or Bill?A. more carefullvB. the most carefulC. tlie most carefullvJJThe young man is trying his best liis dream come true.A. makeB. makingC. to makePaients often tell then children coo much junk food because its bad for then health.A. not eatmgB. not to eatC. to eatA. not eat

4、mgB. not to eatC. to eatC. Ybure welcomeIm very soriy. I broke your tea cup. , A. You d better notB. Never nmidC. Ybure welcome二、完型填空Once upon a time, a king loved music so much that he searched the world for the bestinstrument. One day, a magic man offered the IIa harp（竖琴）.The king took it to die p

5、alace, but 12 he played it, the liaip sounded terrible. Many13people tried it. They agreed that the harp was 14 and the king liad been fooled.Theking fhiew the harp out as mbbish.A poor little gul later found the harp，and even though she didnt know how to play it，she 15 to have a try. She played and

6、 played, the whole day through, for months and years. The music she played was never perfect, 16 eacli time it sounded a little better. Then one day; suddenly, tlie harp started to play the most beaunfiil music. In fact. 17 was a magic liaip and could only be played well by someone who would work re

7、ally hard. The king 18 the music from liis window and called the girl to the palace. When tlie king saw that she was playing his old harp, he was filled 19 joy. At that moment, hemade the sirl liis own private20，giving her and hei fanuly a lot of money.11. A. girlB.kmgC. faiiulv 12. A. whenB.beforeC

8、. because13. A. anotherB.otherC. otliers14. A. importantB.usefiilC. useless15. A. decidedB.acluevedC. succeeded16. A. soB.andC. but17. A. sheB.it.C. he18. A. listenedB.heardC. sounded19. A. withB.ofC. bvJ20. A. singerB.piamstC. musician三、阅读单选HACKENSACK PUBLIC SCHOOL355 STATE STREET, HACKENSACK, N.J.

9、 Tel: 646-7821Fax: 646-7827Student Iiifbiniation CardFirst Name: Jininiv Last Name: BrownGeudei : MaleDate of Bink July 21.2005Nationality: AmericanTelephone Numbei 621-8677HACKENSACK PUBLIC SCHCKJL355 STATE STREET, HACKENSACK, N.J.Tel; 646-7821Fax:646-7827Student hifbrniation CardFiist Name: Angela

10、Last Name: MartinezGender: FemaleDare of Birth: June 17,2006Nationality: AustialianTelephone Number: 681-7625Whafs the telephone number of The school9A. 646-7821.B. 646-7827.Where is Angela from9A. England.B. America.C. 681-7625.C. Australia.Ticket DetailsRussian Grand Ballet: The Sleeping BeautyTun

11、e: 8:00 p.m.Price 380Date: June 23rd.2O18Place: Meixiliu Iutematioual TheaterImportant Notes:One ticket for one person and tickets will not ictuniable once sold.Cluldien below llie height of 丄.2 meters must be accompanied（陪同）by adults.Dangerous objects, smoking and use of file aie not allowed.Do not

12、 brmg food and druiks into rhe theater.Turn off your phones or set them to vibration mode （振动 ft?式）.The play begins at .A. 8: 00 m the monuiigB. 8: 00 in the eveningC, 7: 00 ill the eveningWhat tlungs are allowed ro bring mto tlie theater?A. Food.B. Phones.C. Drinks.Wliat caift you see from the tick

13、et9The ticket pnce.B The seat number.C. The phone numbei.Maiy was a young gul. She always felt sad about everydiuig and loved to see tlie negative （消极的）side of life.One day her fhtlier rook her to tlie kitchen. He asked Mary to take a potato, an egg and two spoons of tea leaves. Maiy was siirpused a

14、ud asked her fathei; “Do you want me to cook? “No，” her fhtlier saidThen he took three pots aiid poured some water in each pot. He put the pots on the stove （火炉）.Once the water started to boil, he dropped the potato in a pot. the egg in the second pot and the tea leaves ui the thud one.“Why are you

15、doing all these tilings?” Mary asked, angry with her father. “Just wait for 15 minutes， Said her father.The unpanent daughter managed to wait for aiound 15 minutes. Then tlie fhtlier placed two plates, one witli the potato, the other with the egg and a cup of tea m fiont of Mary.Maiy asked, “What do

16、es it mean, father9 I doiTt understand ” “Each object faced similar adversities （困境），but reacted （反 1“/） difieiently. The potato,when put ill boiling water, became very weak. The soft egg became very haid when we pur it m boiling water. And tlie tea leaves clianged the water itself giving it a luce

17、smellf They gave sometliiiig new.”Maiy understood that we could create sometlung new even when we experienced adversities. So, what are you? A potato, an egg, or tea leaves?Whafs wrong with Mary9She couldn t get along well with others.She didnt know how to cook food.She always felt sad about everyth

18、ing.The fhtlier took Mary to the kitchen to .A. show her how to cook B. teach her a life lessonC. make her cook for thefamilyJHow did the soft egg cliange when put in boiling water9A. It became very liard.B It became very weak. C. It clianged the water.Wliat clianged the water and gave it a nice sme

19、ll9A. The potato.B. The egg.C. Tea leaves.The best title of the passage caii be “ A. How to cook dinnerB. When adversity knocksC. An angry daughterA Clunese airplane made an emergency （紧 急吖J J landing on May 14 th after its front window broke aiid one of its pilots was partly pulled out of the plane

20、. Tlie flight, Sichuan Airlines 3U8633 took off from Chongqing on Monday morning. It was traveling to Lhasa. The auplaiies other pilot 丄 iu Chuaiyiau, safely landed the plane m tlie city of Chengdu. Now, Liu is being called a hero ill Cluiia.The plane was flying at a height of about 9,700 meters whe

21、n a loud sound was heai d m tlie cockpit （驾驶舱），Liu said. The cockpit experienced a sudden loss of au pressure and drop in temperature. When he looked over. Liu saw tlie cockpits right window was gone. Liu said. The next thing I know, my co-pilot had been sucked （I） halfw ay out of the window/1 The c

22、o-pilor was wearing his seatbelt. He was able to be pulled back inside the plane but he was hurt. Liu took control. He had to land the plane by hand because the automatic flight-control system stopped working. He safely landed tlie plane iii Chengdu. None of the planes 119 passengeis were hurt.The e

23、vent soon became a hot topic oil Tuesday iii Cluna and around the woild. Many people are praising Liu for being able to land the plane. On the Chinese site Siiia Weibo, users aie writing messages with tlie liashtag 签）# CliinaHeioPilor#.Where was the fight safely landedA. Chengdu.B. Lhasa.C, Chongqin

24、g.Which of die followmg is 丁RUE。Cluuese auplane made an emergency landmg on May 14i1l Tuesday.Liu Chuaiijian had been sucked halhvay out of the windowLiu Chuanjian is being called ccClnna Hero Pilot”.What is the cause of the emergency lauding?The airplanes front window was broken.The passengers were

25、 hurt in tlie aiiplaiie.The flight-control system stopped working.What does the underlined word “automatic” mean in the second paragraph?C.必然的A.自动的B.C.必然的What is the mam idea of the passage?A pilot was sucked halhvay out of the window.A Chmese airplane made an emergency landing after its front windo

26、w broke.Suia Wibo users are writing messages about the hero pilot.四、补全短文5选4阅卜而的短文，从短文后的选项中选出能填入全白处的最佳选项补全短文。选项屮有 一项为多余选项。Computers are one of the most impoitaiit things in oui life now. We can find computers everywhere.They can read online, look up new words and look for useful infbnnation for study

27、. Some university studenrs even can make some programs with computers. They think this can help them find good jobs ui the fuuue. 37, These can make them save manpower （7、力）aiid shoiten tlie work time.When we feel tiled after work, we can get the excitement by playmg computer games. Wb can also chat

28、 online with others or do online shopping. If we want to watch a movie，we dont have to go to the cinema. 38, It saves time and money for us. Before we take a tour, we can search uifbiniation on tlie Internet aud then decide where to go aiid what we should take with us.Computes aie one of the greates

29、t achievements in the vorld.39.For adults, they do their work on compurers.We can watch it on a computer.For students, computers are widely used ui schools.For cluldren. they watch cartoons on computers.Thev make oui life more aud more wonderful.五、回答问题How would you like to live in space someday9 Som

30、e people already doon a space station. The station cucles the Eaith 2230 miles above us. It moves around our planet at over 17,000 miles per hour.Astronauts fiom different countries have called the space sration home since the year 2000.Groups of tluee people take tiiins livuig on the station. They

31、travel between tlieir space home and the Earth on the space shuttle（航天飞机）.Whats it like to live on the space station? “Its like taking a four-mouth camping tiip111 space!” says Jolm Cliarles, a NASA scientist. The members of the station crew （ l:fV 人员）eat dried food, bathe with wet cloths and sleep

32、m sleeping bags. They have to tie the sleepmg bags to a wall before they sleep. If they dont do tliar, they will float（漂抒）around all mght.The weiglitlessness （失重）of space can be fun. The crew members like to jump up and down.They also like ro play carch in slow motion.Tlieies work to be done. too. T

33、he space station is a busy place. The stations crew members do science experiments. They also spend a lot of their time adding new parts to the station. The space shuttle blings the pans. The astronauts sometimes make space walks outside the station to connect the new parts. Buildmg a house can take

34、 less than a year. Building the space station will take at least eiglit years!What have astronauts called tlie space sration since 2000nWliat is Jolin Charles9Wliy do the crew members Iiave to tie the sleeping bags to a wall before they sleep0Caii the astronauts take showers on the space station?How

35、 long will it take to build the space station?六、语篇翻译语篇翻译阅读下面的短文，将划线部分译成英文或中文。The Great Wall of China、a wonder of the world, is called “The Ten Thousand Li Great Wairin China. 1.它足世界上般长的城墙。Ifs over 4000 miles long. 6-7 meters high and 4-5 meters wide. 2. Tlie Great Wall has a history of moie than 200

36、0 veas. All the walls weiejomed up in Qin Dynasty. Iii ancient days it was difficult to build such a wall. Oui forefathers （沮先） earned, lifted and laid big bricks and stones with simple tools. Each brick and stone fits well.even tliough they didnt have our modem machines! All the work was done by ha

37、nd. 3.Thousands of people died while building the Great Wall.Since then, it has been lepaiied and iebuilt many times. Now rhe Great Wall has been oil a new look. 4.它己经成为 丫-个 IP 常著名的地方。Its visited by a large number of people from all over the world. Many of them liave got to know the famous Chinese s

38、aying “5. He who does not reach the Great Wall is not a true man ”B Hi. Jack!A: 50, ?B Im looking for information about Sydney on the Internet. I plan to visit tliere for my holiday. A: Reallv? I went there last vear.JJB Good for you! 51, ?A: I have been there for a week. B: Wow? 52. ?A: Yes, I did.

39、 If you go tliere. Im sure you will have a good time, too! When aie you leaving9 B: Im leaving on July 15th.A:53. ?B: I will go there by plane.A: Have you ever flown in a plane? B: 54.A: Oil. You musr be excited when you fly in a plane for the fiist time. B I cant wait for it.八、话题作文假如你足李平，在长沙己经生活多年，

40、这里的岳趦山(YueluMountam),橘子洲(Orange Island)，湖南省博物馆(HunanPioviiicial Museum)，火宫殿(Fire Palace)等地方 给你留卜了深刻的印象：请以“Welcome to Changsha”为题.用英语写一篇短文介绍这座 城市，让更多的人了解它的美丽景色，悠久历史和饮含文化等。要求丄词数:60-80词。2.文中不得出现真实姓名和校名。Welcome to Changsha参考答案B【i羊解】句意：玛丽是一个八岁的女孩。她上个周末和家人去美W了。 考査冠词。a不定冠词：the定冠词：an不定冠词。第一空表泛指的“一个”，沌该用不定 冠

41、阂又其后单同S （eight）以元音音索发音开头，沌该用an:第二空在专有名同United Stares前要用定冠词the,意为“美国”，故选【点睛】冠词的考点中.通常定冠词the表特指.不定冠词a/an表泛指的“一，一个”，零冠词有其 固定的用法与搭配，同学们平时要注意积累。其中还常考不定冠词a/an之问的区别：a用于 辅音音素发音开头的单词前，an用于元音音索发音开头的单词前。C【详解】句意：这个城市的人I I比你们城市的人I I少得多。考查形容i司辨析。fewer 少的：less更少的：smaller更小的。根据固定用法，population只 可以用hrge/small （大小）來修饰

42、，不可以用much/lmle （多少）来修饰.所以排除AB，故 选C。【点睛】此题还J联想到相似考点：price只J以用Inghlow （高低）來修饰，不J以用expensive cheap （贵/便宜）來修饰。此题还有一个考点足much表程度.修饰比较级；常修饰比较级的词还 科 even. far. a lot. a lirtle 等。B【详解】句意：克里斯蒂亚诺罗纳尔多是如此受欢迎，以至于全球所有足球迷都认识他。 考査从属连词。such; that如此 以至于；so; that如此以至于;too; to太以至于不 能。此处引导结果状语从句.吨该用so/suchthat.，排除C:根据第一空

43、后修饰形容词 popular.可知用so，故选B。【点睛】so.that.和such.that引导结K状语从句的别在干：so修饰形容同或副同，such修饰 名词。它们构成的常见句型如卜:so+adj./adv.+that； so+adj,+a-an+n.+that: (3)such+a-aii+adj .+u.+that。C【详解】句意：你的项链看起来很漂亮。是新的吗？不是，我买了有两年了。 考査时态。had-般过去吋：have bought现在完成吋：have had现在完成吋。根裾后文用了 for+段吋问，4知此处用现在完成时，所以排除A:又根据瞬问动同不与吋叫段迮用，buy 是瞬叫动词，

44、所以排除B: buy的延续性动词为have.故选C。【点睛】在现在完成吋中，瞬间动词不与吋间段迮用，通常要把瞬叫动词换为延续性动词：通常这一 类表时问段的有:foi+段时IuJ，since，how long等。常见的瞬|uj动词变为延续的柯:buyhave， borrow/lend一keep, beginbe on； leavebe away 等。A【详解】句意：牛奶在a天很容易坏.除非我们把它放进冰箱。考査从厲连词。unless除非：assoouas 就：if如果。根据两句之间的逻辑.可知此处 表条件，足一个条件状迅从句，所以排除B:根据前文“Milk will go bad quickly

45、 illsuimnei, nJ知此处表示“除非放冰箱.否则牛奶会坏”.故选A。A【详解】句意：如果你读更多15,你的生活将充满愉悦。考查介词词组。of-的；by通过：with用。根据间定搭配befiillof意为“充满”.可知 此处用of,故选A。C【详解】句意：谁听得最认真？托尼，杰克还是比尔？考查最高级。more carefiilly更认真地.比较级：the most careful M认真的.最高级：tlie most carefully 认真地.最高级。此处修饰其前动同listen. 4知要用副同，排除B;根据后文 “Tony, Jack or Bill”，可知是三者进行比较，所以用最

46、高级.故选C。C【详解】句意：这个年轻人正尽全力使他的梦想实现。考S非消Wi动i*J o make动词原形:making动名同:to make动词不定式。根据固定用法tiy ones best to do sth.意为“尽某人最人的努力做某車”，其中动词不定式作目的状语，故选C、B【详解】句意：父母经常告诉他们的孩子不要吃太多垃圾位品，闪为这对他们的健康有害。 考查非谓语动词。not eatmg动名词；nor to eat动词不定式：to eat词不定式。根据固定用 法，tell后常接动词不定式作宾语补足语，意为“吿诉某人做某車，所以排除A:根据后 义“because ifs bad for

47、theii health.吋知足告诉孩子不要吃垃圾食品.故选B。B【详解】句意：_很抱馱.我打碎了你的茶杯。一没关系。考查情景交际用语。Youd better uot你最好不嬰；Never mind不要紧，没关系：Youre welcome 不用谢。根据上文是道馱，可知此处表示原谅对方，“没有关系”，故选B。11- B TOC o 1-5 h z ABCACBBAC【分析】本文足一则故节，讲述了一个喜欢音乐的国王得到了一把有魔力的竖琴，谁初次弹奏时都押 得不好听，国王便把竖琴扔了，被-个小女孩捡到。小女孩一直坚持练习弹奏竖琴，她的坚持苦练最终弹奏出了巖美的音乐。句意：有一天 一位有魔力的人给了

48、这个W王一把竖琴。gul 女孩：kmg 国王：family 家庭。根据前文 “a kuig loved music so much that he searched theworld foi die best instnmiem”讲的足一位M王的故頂,吋知此处是指这位W王，故选B。句意：国王将竖琴带回了宫中.但是当他弹奏竖琴时.声音听起來特别糟糕。when 当 时：before 在之前；because 因为。根据后文“ the harp sounded tenible , 4知足当弹琴吋，琴声不好听，故选A。句意：许多其他人也尝试了。another另一个：other其他的：others其他人或

49、物。此处修饰其后名词people.排除C选项： 根据其前有many修饰，4知排除A，故选B.句意：他们一直认为这个竖琴是没用的，国王披愚弄了。important 重要的：useful 行用的：useless 没用的。根据后文 “ the king had been fooled ” , 口J 知此处用贬义同，故选C。句惫：一个贫穷的小女孩之后发现了这把竖琴.即使她不知道怎样弹奏竖琴，她仍然决 定尝试一下。decided决定:achieved实现:succeeded成功。根据间定用法decide to do意为“决定做某事”. 故选A。句意：她弹奏的音乐并不完美，但是每一次听起来都要比上一次更好

50、一些。so所以：and并且：but但边。根据两句话之M的逻钳，吋知此处表转析，应该用bmii接， 故选C。句意：缶实上这是一把有魔力的竖琴，它只会被那些非常努力的人弹奏好。 she她；it它：lie他。此处指代前文提及的竖琴，应该用it来指代，故选Ba句意：M王听见了來自窗外的音乐.于是他把女孩叫进了宫中。listened听，侧重动作：heard听见，侧重结5R; sounded听起来：系动词a根据后文接music作宾语.可知此处侧重听到的结果，故选B。句意：当国王看见她正弹奏着他的旧竖琴.他充满了喜悦。with和：of.的：by通过。根据固定搭配be filled with意为“充满”，故选

51、A。句意：在那一刻.他让这个女孩成为了他的私人乐师.他给了她和她的家人i午多饯。 singer歌f: pianist钢琴家：musician音乐家，乐师。根据前文知女孩弹奏竖琴的，hv： 该是成为了M王的乐师，故选C。AC【分析】本文足一所公立学校两个学生的信息卡.其中包括学校的名称、联系方式.和学生的姓名、 性别、出生口期、国緖和联系电话等。细节理解题。根裾“Tel: 646-7821 ”，可知学校的电话是646-7821，故选A。细节理解题。根据Angela信息卡中的信息“Nationality： AusUaliaHM , uj知她来自澳人 利亚，故选C。 TOC o 1-5 h z BB

52、C【分析】本文足一则芭萤舞剧的公告，其中包括票面细节信息以及一些须知。细节理解题。根据“Time: 8:00 p.m.” 可知是晚上8点开始.故选B .推理判断题。报据 “Do not bring food and drinks into die theater” 和 “Turn offyoui phones or set them to vibration modeM ,吋知不吋携带位物和饮料，手机是可以带的，故选B。推理判断题。根据“Seat: 7”和“Price:380-,可知有票价和座位数,没有给出电话 号码，故选C。 TOC o 1-5 h z CBACB【分析】本文足一则故S，讲述

53、了父亲为了鼓励消极的女儿，用热水煮土豆、鸡蛋和茶叶得到的不同 结果给女儿讲述了一则人生竹理：面对困境时，我们4以自d选择成为怎样的人，细节理解题。报据 “ She always felr sad about eveiytlung and loved to see the negative side of life”,可知她总是看待車物很悲观,故选C。细节理解题。根据 “Each object faced similar adversities （困境）、but reacted （反应）differently./* , nJ知父亲是为了让玛丽感悟人生竹理.故选B 细节理解题。根据 “ The s

54、oft egg became very hard when we put it in boiliug water ，nJ 知鸡蛋变硬了，故选A。细节理解题。根据 “And the tea leaves changed the water itself，giving it a nice smell”，uf 知是茶叶改变了水，让它有了好W的味道，故选c。最佳标题。通读全文，司知文章主要讲述了父亲为了鼓励消极的女儿，用热水麂土豆、 鸡蛋和茶叶得到的不同结果给女儿讲述了一则人生竹理：面对困境时.我们W以自己选择成 为怎样的人，故选B。 TOC o 1-5 h z ACCAB【分析】本文是一篇记叙文，讲

55、述了一架由重庆飞往拉萨的飞机发生了节故.驾驶舱失压、前挡风玻 璃破裂、驾驶系统失灵等，但该航班的机长刘传建凭借冷静与技术成功将飞机着陆于成都， 将乘客们安全带到地面，冈此他被称为“英维机长”。细节理解题。报据“He safely landed the plane in Chengdu ，丨4知飞机成功在成都降落， 故选A。判断正误题。根据 “ A Chinese airplane made an emergency （紧急的）landmg on May14th. The flight, Sichuan Aulmes 3U8633 took off from Chongqmg on Monday

56、 morning ，f 知 这一天是周一，不是周二，A选项表述错误，排除;根据“my co-pilot had been sucked （1%） halhvay out of the window n .吋知足副机长半身被吸出0外，不足刘传建机长，B选项表述 错误，排除；根据 “Now，Liu is being called a heio in Cluna ” 和 “ On the Chinese site Siiia Weibo. users are writing messages with the liashtag （t小签）# ClunaHeroPilot#，f 知刘传建被称为“中 国

57、英雄机长”，C选项表述正确，故选C。细节理解题。根据 “He had to land the plane by hand because the automatic flight-control system stopped woikuig ”，nJ知足冈为飞控制系统出了问题，所以才迫降，故选C。词义猜测题。划线同所在句句意为“他不得不手动迫降飞机，因为 飞行控制系 统停止运作了”，根据其前“byhand”需要手动操控，可推知此处表示自动系统失灵.故 选Ao文章主旨题。通读全文.对知文章主要讲述了一架由重庆飞往拉萨的飞机发生了市故， 驾驶舱失压、前挡风玻璃破裂、驾驶系统失灵等.但该航班的机长刘

58、传建凭借冷静与技术成 功将飞机着陆于成都.将乘客们安全带到地而的故衷.故选B。 TOC o 1-5 h z CABE【分析】本文讲述了如今电脑在人们的生活中己十分重要.人们学习.工作.娱乐都吋以用到电脑。句意：对于学生来说，电_在学校彼广泛使用。报据后义“ They can read onlme. look up new words and look for useful infonnarion for study ， 是说在学习上的用处.Ilf知此处足说学生广泛使用电脑，故选C。句意：对于成年人来说.他们可以在电陆上工作。根据 后文“ These can make them save man

59、power （人 力）and shorten the work time 说 nJ 以节约 人力、缩短工作时间，可知此处是说成年人会用电脑工作，故选Aa句意：我们对以在电脑上看它。根据前文 “If we want to watch a movie，we dont have to go to the cinema ” 在说想召电影不用 去电影院，可知此处是说nJ以在电脑上看.故选句意：它们让我们的生活越来越精彩。报据前义 “ Computes ai*e one of the greatest acliievements in the world ” 在说电脑足最人的成就 之一，吋知此处继续表示电

60、脑让人们的生活更精彩，故选E。HomeA NASA scientistBecause if tliev don*t do that, tliev will float（漂浮）around all mght.Yes, they can.Building the space station will take at least eight years【分析】本文是一篇说明文，介绍了宇航员们在空叫站的工作和生活具体是怎样的。根物：* Astioiiauts from different countries have called the space station home since the ye