北京市第二中学教育集团2020-2021学年八年级上学期期末英语试题（解析版）

北京二中教育集团学年度第一学期2020-2021初二英语期末考试试卷命题人审核人考查目标知识

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1.本试卷分为试题卷和答题纸，共13页；其中试题卷11页，答题纸2页全卷共五大题,39道小题

2.本试卷满分60分，考试时间90分钟

3.在试卷指定位置和答题纸的密封线内准确填写班级、姓名、学号、考号

4.考试结束，将答题纸和机读卡一并交回

一、单项选择（每小题

0.5分，共6分）从下面各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择可以填入空白处的最佳选项

1.Today studentsoften haveproblems withschoolwork andfriends.A.they B.them C.their D.theirs【答案】C【解析】【详解】句意今天的学生经常在功课和朋友方面遇到问题the study.They woreactivity monitorsto discoverwhether a later start to the school daywould helpthem get more sleep.（习,惯）The researcherscompared sleephabits of these teensin spring2016,before thechange,to sleephabits of themfrom spring2017,after laterstart timesbegan.What changedwas wake-up time.Morning wake-up timechanged from6:24a.m.to7:08a.m.Falling asleepchangedonly abit.It wentfrom11:27p.m.to11:38p.m.Researchers noticedthat therewere fewerlate studentsafter thechanges.The studyalso foundthe studentsgot about34more minutesof sleepeach night.Students alsofelt less sleepy in the daytime.Their gradesimprovedas well.It seemsalaterstartto school ishelping students.

27.In the first paragraph,the writergives theexample ofHazel toshow.A.students wake up tiredfrom sleepingtoo longB.students want to stay up lateto have a goodtimeC.students becomemuch fatterfor takingless exerciseD.students sleepless because of usingsmartphones longA.starts schoolat8:30in the morning B.starts school55minutes later than usualC.asks studentsto changetheir sleepinghabits D.asks parentsto makesure theirkids go to bedearly

29.What is the lastparagraph mainlyaboutA.Reasons forlater school start.B.Advantages oflater schoolstart.C.Causes oflesssleepin students.D.Solutions to the problemof sleepingless.【答案】

27.D

28.B

29.B

28.According to the study,the SeattleSchool District【解析】【分析】本文是一篇说明文，介绍了美国某些地区推迟学校早晨的上课时间，为了让青少年有更多的睡眠时间，效果显著【题详解】细节理解题根据例子之前的27“Because of the increasinguseof devices like smartphones andcomputers,students todayare stayingup late.Many teensuse themlong afterdark”，可知此处举例是为了说明学生们因为使用手机所以睡眠时间更少了，故选D【题详解】28细节理解题根据“The SeattleSchool Districtmade abig timechange in the fall of

2016...Before,the firstbell rangat7:50a.m.After thechange,classes beganat8:45a.m.”，可知西雅图早晨上课时间由之前的早上七点五十推迟到了早上八点四十五，比以往推迟了分钟，故选55B【题详解】29段落主旨题通读整段，可知该段主要介绍了学校早晨推迟上学的好处，包括“迟到的学生变少了，学生睡眠时间延长了，学生成绩改善了，故选BDHave youever eatena wholepacket ofbiscuits whenyou wereplanning toonly have one Orhave youstayed upmuchlaterthanyou planned,or evenall night,having justone more”try in a gameBoth of these areexamples ofmindlessness.When welive thisway,we are not fullyawake andnot fullyliving ourlives.When we are mindful,we aredifferent.We areconscious ofour thoughts,our actionsand whatis happening aroundus.We mightnotice abeautiful sunsetor reallylisten carefullyto whata friendis saying,rather thanplanning what weregoing to say next.We arealso clearabout ourown feelingsand thoughts.So we are consciouslydeciding what to payattentionto,we are not worryingabout the past orplanning for the futureand wearenottrying tocontrol orstop ourthoughtsor feelings一we,re justnoticing them.（有压力的）.For mostpeople,life isgetting busierand morestressfulTechnology meansthat wealways havesomething to do and there isntmuch opportunityto just“be”.People areoftendoing twoor threethings atthe sametime:texting whilewatching TV,or evenlooking atphones whilewalking.Research shows that mindfulnessreduces stress.It canhelp you to focus,to have a bettermemory andto thinkmoreclearly.It canalso help you tomanage painbetter andto improvesleep,and itcan evenhelp youto loseweight becauseyouwont eat that wholepacket ofbiscuits without thinking!A verysimple techniquethat you can tryright nowis toclose youreyes fora fewminutes andcount howmanysounds you can hear.This willhelp youto focus on whatis happeningright now.Another techniqueis tofocus ona pieceof food.Instead ofeating itwithoutthinking,notice howit feelsand howit tastes.Both of these techniqueshelp youto slowdown andfocus on the present moment,as JonKabat Zinnsays,mindfulness is:Paying attention,on purpose,in the presentmoment,and withoutjudging.^^

30.Why doesthe writerask twoquestions in the firstparagraphA.To predictthe influenceof stress.B.To describe the modernway oflife.C.To introducethe topicof mindfulness.D.To showthe importanceof healthyhabits.

31.The underlinedwords beconscious ofin Paragraph2probably meanA.be readyfor B.know somethingwellC.be carefulwith D.take somethingseriously

32.Which ofthe followingis anexample ofmindfulnessA.Listening to the birdssinging withpatience.B.Having potatochips asmuch asyoud liketo.C.Watching amovie with a largebox ofpopcorn.D.Taking picturesof flowerswhen walkingin apark.

33.Which waycant helpyoutofocusonthepresentmomentA.Closing youreyes fora fewminutes and hear thesounds aroundyou.B.Enjoying thefoods tasteand thefeeling that it bringsto you.C.Paying attentionto what your friendsis saying.D.Worrying about the pastand planning for thefuture.【答案】

30.C

31.B

32.A

33.D【解析】【导语】本文主要通过生活当中的例子来说明用心和专注对于我们是很有好处的【题详解】30细节理解题根据“…可知这两个问题都是无意识行为例子，故这两Both ofthese areexamples ofmindlessness”个问题是为了引出本文的话题故选C题详解】[31词义猜测题根据“When weare mindful,wearedifferent.We areconscious ofour thoughts,our actionsand whatis可知当我们用心的时候，我们就不一样了，我们意识到自己的想法、行为和周围发生的事happeningaroundus.情，故此处划线部分和意义相近故选“know somethingwell”B【题详解】32推理判断题根据We mightnotice abeautiful sunsetor reallylisten carefullyto whata friendis saying,rather thanplanningwhatwe9re going to saynext”可知当我们用心的时候，我们可能会注意到美丽的日落，或者认真倾听朋友的话，而不是计划下一步要说什么，选项“耐心倾听鸟叫”符合故选A A【题详解】33细节理解题根据可知我们不担心过去，也不为未来wearenot worryingaboutthepast orplanningfor the fbture”做打算故选D

四、阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题（每小题2分，共10分）Who do you want to thankmost Maybeyour parentsor otherfamily members.But forsome ofthemost successfulpeople in the world,their answeristheteacher intheir childhood.The teachersbehind famouspeopleCan youimagine a life withoutthe personalcomputer Well,without twoof Bill Gates highschool teachers,we couldlivealifelike thattoday.Gates,maths teacher,Fred Wright,asked himto pushhimself justa littlebit harder.And his一drama teacher,Anne Stephens,helped himbecome thestar ofthe schoolplay.Gates thankedhis teacherswithout them,there wouldbe noMicrosoft.An adultyou cantrustFor somechildren,teachers arethe onlypositively influentialpeople intheir lives.Antwone Fisher,a bestsellingwriter,grew upwith step-parents,and didnthave manyadults thathe couldtrust.But hisprimary schoolteacher,MrsProfitt,was thefirst adulthe evertrusted.She spoketo allof uswith respect.I thinkthat it was MrsProfitfs respectthatmade all the difference in myA daytosay“Thank you”There arethousands morestories likethis,from famouspeople toordinary peopleall across the world.Thafs whyUNESCO United Nations Educational,Scientific andCultural Organizationcalls onpeople tocelebrate World TeachersDay onOctober5every year.UNESCO wantsus toremember thateducation isa basichuman rightand everychild shouldhavefree education.UNESCO alsohopes totrain69million new teachers by2030so thateveryone cango toschool,because,sadly,264million childrenintheworld todayarenotin schoolbecause therearent enoughteachers.If youhavea teacher,youre one ofthelucky ones.One day,youll probablylook backat yourlife,your success,thedreams youvemade cometrue orthe difficultyyouve gonethrough.Its likelythat youllfind ateacher whosewords havehelpedyou achievethese things.Perhaps youalready knowwho thatteacher is.Why notfind himor herand saythankyou nextWorld TeachersDay

34.Who askedBillGatesto pushhimself justa littlebit harder

35.What made all thedifference inAntwone Fisherslife

36.When isWorldTeachers,Day

37.How manynewteachersdoes UNESCOhope totrain by

203038.Why isit luckyfor usto haveateacher【答案】

34.Fred Wright.

39.It was Mrs Profittsrespect.

40.Its onOctober5every year.

41.69million.

42.Because teachers,words willhelp usachieve successand dreams.【解析】【分析】本文介绍了世界上大多数成功的人要感谢他们童年时的老师因为教师的话帮助他们取得成功，实现梦想【题详解】34根据.可知盖茨的数学老师Gates mathsteacher,Fred Wright,asked himto pushhimself justa littlebit harderFred让他再努力一点，故为Wright FredWright.题详解】[35根据可知正是夫人的尊重使I thinkthatitwasMrsProfits respectthat made allthedifferenceinmy life.Profitt的生活发生了翻天覆地的变化，故为Antwone FisherIt wasMrs Profitt^respect.【题详解】36根据Thats whyUNESCOUnitedNationsEducational,Scientific andCultural Organizationcalls onpeople tocelebrateWorld TeachersDay onOctober5every year.可知世界教师节是在10月5日,故为Its onOctober5every year.【题详解】37根据可知联合国教科UNESCO alsohopes totrain69million newteachers by2030so thateveryone cangotoschool,文组织希望到年训练万名教师，故为2030690069million.【题详解】38根据If youhaveateacher,youre oneofthelucky ones.One day,youll probablylook backatyourlife,your success,the可知我们有老师是非常幸运的，这是因为教师的drcams youvemade cometrue orthe difficultyyouve gonethrough.话帮助我们取得成功，实现梦想，故为Because teachers5words willhelp usachieve successand dreams.

五、文段表达共10分.假如你是李华，你校将于下周五上午举办“中国传统美食节”活动你打算邀请交换生参加请39Peter你用英语给他写一封电子邮件，告诉他具体时间、地点、活动安排，以及他所需要做的准备提示词语dininghall,make dumplings,cook,taste,online提示问题•When andwhere willthe Food Day beheld•What arethe studentsgoingtodo•How canPeter preparefbr itDear Peter,How isit goingImwriting toinvite youto theTraditional ChineseFood Dayin ourschool.Looking forwardto yourearly reply.Yours,Li Hua【答案】例文DearPeter,How isit goingImwriting toinvite youto theTraditional ChineseFoodDayin ourschool.We willhold itinthedining hallthisFriday morning.There will be manydifferent kindsof activities,such asmaking dumplingsand mooncakes.We cancookthem byourselves.By the way,do youknow howto usethe chopsticksIf youdont,I willhelpyoupractice it.Of course,you canalso tryother kindsoffood.They areall delicious!Before youcome,youcanlearn abouttraditional Chinesefoodonline.Looking forwardto yourearly reply.Yours,Li Hua【解析】【详解】.题干解读题目要求根据提示词语及问题写信邀请参加学校的“中国传统美食节”活动，告诉1Peter他具体时间、地点、活动安排及他所学要做的准备.写作指导写作时要结合第

一、二人称，使用一般将来时和一般现在时来写作，要在正文中说明活动的具体2时间、地点、活动安排，以及所需要做的准备要做到无单词拼写和语法错误Peter考查代词辨析他们，主格；他们，宾格；他们的，形容词性物主代词；他们的，名词性they themtheir theirs物主代词空后是名词，此处用形容词性物主代词故选C

2.The newbridge openedto trafficOctober20th,

2018.A.on B.in C.at D.to【答案】A【解析】【详解】句意这个新桥于年月日通车20181020考查介词辨析在（某一天，某一天的上午，下午或晚上），后面通常接具体日期；在（某月，某季节,on in某年）；在（某时某刻）；到,向根据“…可知，月号是具体某一天,用介词故选attoOctober20th”1020onA

3.We needclear airand water,so weprotect theenvironment.A.can B.may C.must D.might【答案】C【解析】【详解】句意我们需要干净的空气和水，所以我们必须保护环境考查情态动词，能，会；可能；必须；可以，可能根据可知我can maymust might“We needclear airand water们必须保护环境，故选C

4.—Lefs gohiking,Betty.一Ifs a good idea,I haveto gototheswimming class.A.so B.or C.and D.but【答案】D【解析】【详解】句意——贝蒂，我们去徒步旅行吧——这是个好主意，但我必须去游泳课考查连词辨析所以；或者；和；但是前后是转折关系，用连接故选so orand butbut D

5.Tony ismuch thanany otherboy in our class.A.tall B.taller C.tallest D.the tallest【答案】B【解析】【详解】句意在我们班托尼比任何其他男孩都高高的，是原级；更高的，是比较级；最tall tallerthe tallest高的,是最高级根据可知此处用比较级,故为故选than tallerB

6.Tom walksin ourclass onthewaytothedining hallfor lunch.A.fast B.faster C.the fastestD.the faster【答案】C【解析】【详解】句意在去食堂吃午饭的路上，汤姆在我们班走得最快考查最高级根据可知此处是班里走得最快，用副词的最高级故选inourclass”C一

7.What didshe sayjust now—Sorry,I dontknow.I anemail at that time.A.write B.will writeC.am writingD.was writing【答案】D【解析】【详解】句意——她刚才说了什么？——对不起，我不知道那时我正在写一封电子邮件考查时态根敏以及可知在那个时候正在写邮件，用过去进行时What didshe sayjust now”“atthattime”was/were故选doing0Do一

9.The youngboy offeredthe garden.A.clean B.cleaning C.to clean D.cleaned【答案】C【解析】【详解】句意这个小男孩主动提出要打扫花园考查非谓语动词“主动提出做某事动词不定式作宾语故选offer tdo sth.C

11.As astudent,you mustarrive at school.A.on timeB.in timeC.for thefirst timeD.from timeto time【答案】A【解析】【详解】句意作为一名学生，你应该按时到学校考查介词短语按时；及时；第一次；不时地根据on timein timeforthefirst timefrom timeto timearrive可知是按时到校故选atschool”Ao一

12.Please bequiet.Our teacheris coming.一It beour teacher.She ishaving animportant meetingnow.A.mustnt B.cant C.must D.need【答案】B【解析】【详解】句意——请安静我们的老师来了——不可能是我们的老师她正在开一个重要会议考查情态动词禁止；不可能;一定；需要根据可知，mustnt cantmust need“She ishaving animportant meeting”老师现在正在开会，因此不可能来情态动词表推测用法故选cant B阅读短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项

二、完形填空（每小题1分，共8分）New Kidin SchoolJaydenwatched the kids ontheschoolplayground.Some wererunning andplaying games,while otherswere kickingadirty oldfootball.It washis thirdday athis new school,andhe13someone wouldask himto play.But no one did.Jayden missedhis old14Why didwe haveto move”he saidto himselfquietly.I donthave anyfriends here.Backhome,I hadShawn andJorge andNora.”When hereached hishouse,itwas15,Then henoticed anote.It read,“Barry andI areacross thestreetat our neighbors house.Come onover.”In theneighbors backyard,Jayden sawhis motherand awoman drinkingtea andchatting.His three-year-old brotherBarrywas playingwithalittle girlinasandbox.Hi!his mothercalled.How wasschool today“OkayJayden said,16it wasnt.“This isourneighbor,Mrs.Ori,and herlittle girlAva.”Just thenAva17out forthe toycar atBarrys feet.“Uh-oh JJayden thought.The carwas Barry9s favourite toy,and ifanybody elsetouched it,he wouldcry andkick.But thatdidnt

18.Instead,Barry watchedAva pushthe carthrough thesand.Then hepicked upa toytruck anddid thesame.That night,Jayden didsome thinking.Maybe Iwas wrong.I havebeen19people to make friendswith me.Maybe Ishould try tomake friendswith them.^^he saidto himself.The nextday,Jayden tooka footballtoschool.He went to Tyler,oneofthe players,ontheplayground.“Hi JJayden smiled.I gotthis newball formy birthday.Do youwant totry itinstead ofthat oldone”“Sure!”Tyler answered.Do youwanttobe on my sideWhat positiondoyouplay”Out loud,Jayden said,I wouldlove to.To himself,he said,Whoever thoughtI could

2013.A.found

8.cared C.wished D.noticed

14.A.house B.neighbors C.city D.friends

15.A.empty B.cold C.cleanD.noisy

16.A.and B.although C.because D.so

17.A.went B.reached C.looked D.jumped

18.A.h叩pen B.work C.help D.show

19.A.looking forB.talking withC.cheering onD.waiting for

20.A.learn B.protect C.take D.borrow【答案】D

15.A

16.B

17.B

18.A

19.D

20.A

三、阅读理解（每小题2分，共26分）从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项Its schooltime again!Lets seewhat studentsand teachersthink aboutthe end ofthe summer holidayand thestart ofthenewschoolterm.JohnLenaGoing back to workin Septemberwillbegood.I feelIveI quitelike goingbacktoschool inSeptember becausehadagoodbreak andI amlooking forwardto seeingtheIm usuallybored bythe endofthe holidays.We livein akidsagain.small villageand myfriends fromschool alllive farawayI willteach YearTwo:six andseven year-olds,which isfromme.I haveno oneto play with during the holiday.really niceage.They aresweet kids.HelenMarkIts difficultto believehow quicklythe summerholidayI dontlike the endofthe summerholidays.After sixgoesby.When schoolfinished inJuly,you neverthoughtweeks ofhappy time,Im backto homeworkand havingaboutSeptember because it seemedtoo faraway.But asato getup atseven inthemorning.I canteven sitnext to（班主任），head teacherI havea lotof thingsto thinkaboutmy best friends inclass.The onlygood thingis thebeforeschool starts.I amthinking abouthow Ican make（想念）school sportbecause Imiss playing footballmy classinteresting.duringthe summer.A.Lena.B.Mark.C.John.D.Helen.

21.Who thinksthesummerholiday goestoo fastA.Because theholiday is too long.B.Because thereistoomuch homework.C.Because shehas nofriends to playwith.D.Because shehas nothingtodoatthattime.

23.John islooking forwardto.A.meeting hisbestfriendsB.seeing hisstudents againC.taking hiskids toa villageD.playingfootballwith hiskids【答案】

21.D

22.C

23.B

22.Why isLena usuallybored bytheendoftheholidays【解析】【导语】本文主要介绍了两名学生和两名老师都是如何看待假期的结束和新学期的开始【题详解】21细节理解题根据“Helen；Its difficultto believehow quicklythesummerholiday goesby.”可知，Helen认为暑假过得太快了故选D【题详解】22细节理解题根据可知，经常在假期快要结束的时候感到“I havenoonetoplaywith duringtheholiday.”Lena无聊是因为没有朋友和她一起玩故选C题详解】[23细节理解题根据可知，期待再次见到学生故选“I amlooking forwardto seeingthekidsagain.”John BTwoworkers startedworking fora farmerten yearsago.They bothworked veryhard.The farmerwas veryhappy.Now theworkers decidedto leave.The farmersaid,“You twodid verywell inthepast.Now Ihaveonelast thingfor youtodo.Please makea ropefor me.It canbe anysize andany length.”When thefirst workerwent tomake hisrope,he thought,r workso hardforthe farmer these years.Til takeit easytoday.He thenmade arope.It wasthin andshort.When thesecond workerwent tomake hisrope,he thought,The farmeris goodto methese years.I willmake thebest rope fbrThen hemade astrong andlong rope.The nextday,the twoworkers gavetheir ropestothe farmer.The farmerlooked atthe ropesand said,Come withme.The farmertook themto hisroom.There weregold coinsand manyother good things.“Take yourropes.Anything therope cantie,youcantake.Then youare freeto leave.thefarmersaid.So thesecond workerleft withmany goodthings,andtheother leftwith onlya fewthings.

24.We canguess thesecond workermade astrong andlong ropeto.A.make thebest ropeB.let thefarmer thankhimC.thank thefarmer D.getmoregoodthings

25.What canwe knowfrom thepassageA.The twoworkers madethe ropestogether.B.The farmerliked thesecond workermore.C.The gold coins wereinthefarmers room.D.The twoworkers leftthefarmhappily.

26.Which maybethebest titlefor thispassageA.Every ManHas HisPrice B.Behind BadLuck ComesGood LuckC.Every LittleHelp D.More HardWork,More Pay【答案】

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