云南省昆明三中、昆明滇池中学2019-2020学年八年级上学期期中考试英语试题
2019-2020学年昆明市第八中学高三英语上学期期中考试试题及答案
2019-2020学年昆明市第八中学高三英语上学期期中考试试题及答案第一部分阅读（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项AAQUILA Children’s Magazine is the most intelligent read for curious kids. Full of enthusiastic articles and challenging puzzles, every issue covers science, history and general knowledge. AQUILA is a quality production, beautifully illustrated with contemporary artwork throughout.● Intelligent reading for 8-12 year-olds● Cool science and challenging projects● Inspires self-motivated learning● Exciting new topic every issueAQUILA is created and owned by an independent UK company. It has 28 pages,printed on high-quality paper and there are no advertisements or posters. Instead it is full of well-written articles, thought-provoking ideas and great contemporary artwork. Each monthly issue is centred around a new topic.AQUILA works as a superb learning extension to current primary (or KS2 and KS3) curriculum (课程), but it is much more than that! Entertaining and always surprising, AQUILA is recommended because it widens children’s interest and understanding, rather than encouraging them to concentrate only on their favourite subjects. It gives children a well-rounded understanding of the world, in all its complexity.The concepts in AQUILA can be challenging, requiring good comprehension and reading skills. 8 years is usually a good age to start. Some gentle interest from an adult is often helpful at the start.In 2020 AQUILA will have been in publication for 28 years, but it has never appeared in newsstands or shops. We are subscription only.AQUILA SubscriptionUK: 12 Months £55 - 4 Months £30Europe: 12 Months £60 -4 Months £35World: 12 Months £70 - 4 Months £35BirthdaysSelect the Birthday option, write a gift message and choose the birthday month. We will dispatch to arrive at the start of the month you have entered. The package posts in a blue envelope marked ‘Open on your birthday’.1.What is special about AQUILA?A.It is available in shops.B.It is for kids of all ages.C.It has no advertisements.D.It prints readers’ artworks.2.What does AQUILA offer its readers?A.Articles on modern art.B.Family reading materials.C.Ideas on improving readingskills.D.Knowledge beyond school subjects.3.AQUILA is intended for ________.A.foreign language learnersB.children with learning difficultiesC.parent-child reading loversD.curious kids with good comprehensionBAs a rider, Anna Kiesenhofe’s Olympics victory might be a surprise. The winner of the road race at the Tokyo Olympics left the sport at the end of 2017 when she found herself out of contract (合同). She came into Tokyo without a professional team and left as an Olympic champion.The 30-year old began her cycling career in 2014 after running injuries that prevented her from continuing her pursuits of triathlon (铁人三项). She later joined a Catalan team and won the Spanish National Cup in 2016.The then-26 year old signedher first professional contract with Lotto Soudal Ladies for the following season. However, she ended her 2017 campaign in April and did not sign a contract for 2018, eventually taking a year off the bike. In 2019, Kiesenhofer came back to the sport as a rider, winning the Austrian national road race. Despite her results, Kiesenhofer sill had no professional contract while going into the Tokyo Olympics.Kiesenhofer was the first rider to attack in the Olympic road race, eventually forming a breakaway along with Carl Oberholzer, Omer Shapira, Vera Looser and Anna Plichta, which went on to reach a gap of 11 minutes. After Looser and Oberholzer were dropped, Kiesnhofer ataced her two remaining breakaway companions.After Shapira and Plichta were caught by the peloton (主车群), the rest of the riders seemed to believe that they were racing among themselves for Gold, not knowing that Remehofere was still in front. While it might be a misjudgment from the rest of the peloton that allowed Kiesenhofer to keep her lead of more than two minutes, other riders’ mistakes should not detract from the Austrian’s efforts.Off the bike the new Olympic Champion has a PhD in mathematics after studying at the Technical University of Vienne as well as at Cambridge University. She currently works at the University of Lausanne.4. Why did Anna give up triathlon?A. She got injured.B. She lost interest in it.C. She had to attend university.D. She never won a medal.5. Which is the right order of the following events?①She ended her campaign.②She took a year off the bike.③She began her cycling career.④She won the Austrian national road race.⑤She won the Spanish National Cup.A. ③④①②⑤.B. ②③④①⑤.C. ③⑤①②④.D. ④②③①⑤.6. What were the riders of the peloton unaware of at the Tokyo Olympics?A. The road race was so difficult.B. Anna was a new rider.C. They had caught up with Anna.D. Anna took the lead of them.7. What is Anna’s present job?A. A cycling coach.B. A university teacher.C A professional rider. D. A college student.CI was at my parent’s dinner table. Before me was a worn journal of thin and discolor1 ed pages. It was my grandfather’s journal and now belonged to my father. My grandfather had passed away in the months leading up to my birth. I never got to visit the places he had frequented and the people who had been a part of his life’s journey.I was now about to enter his world, through the words he had left behind. Within minutes, I wascaptivatedby the power of the written words. In the magical script (笔迹) before me, I was transported to another age when food was an everyday art, planned, prepared and enjoyed in the company of others, and a time when people had the heart to pause their own lives to embrace (拥抱) each other’s struggles. All this was conveyed to me in the beauty of the words that flowed together to connect with the writer’s mind and understand the world they lived in.That kind of writing seems to be lost on us today. We have gotten used to writing in bite-sized pieces for a public looking for entertainment, and hungry for information. No wonder, there are nearly 200 million bloggers on the Internet and a new blog is created somewhere in the world every half a second. Instead of adding to our collective wisdom, most of these writings reflectthe superficiality (肤浅) and impatience of our day and age.This not only robs us of the skill of writing impressive essays, it also prevents us from exploring what is indeed important. Writing humbles (使谦卑) us in a way that is vital for our character growth, by reminding us about the limits of the self and our appropriate place in the vast flow of life. Writing frees us by helping us explore the unknown so that we really open up to magic of the world around us. I saw all of this in the writing of my grandfather. And I’ve seen it again and again in the writings of the greatest thinkers of humanity. Their writing reflect deep thought on issues of human importance.8. The underlined word “captivated” in the second paragraph can be replaced by “________”.A. puzzledB. frightenedC. attractedD. defeated9. In the author’s grandfather’s age, people ________.A. lived a hard lifeB. cared about each otherC. were fond of writingD. treated food as an art10. The author begins the text with her grandfather’s journal in order to ________.A. show her respect to her grandfatherB. present the importance of good writingC. express her interest in reading as well as writingD. raise the problems with today’s writing11. In the last paragraph, the author is trying to _________.A. discuss what good writing is likeB. express her strong desire to learn writing skillsC. stress the effects of her grandfather’s journal on herD. show her admiration for her grandfather’s writingDLas Vegascity inNevadais built in a desert. The city may be known to the outside world for its partying. But officials have found that there are 21 square kilometers of useless grass. The grass is never laid on, played on or even stepped on. The grass is only there to look nice.Now, the city is asking theNevadastate legislature to ban useless grass. It is trying to become the first place inAmericato ban that kind of grass often seen between streets, in housing developments and in office parks.It is estimated that useless grass makes up 40% of all the grass inLas Vegasand it needs a lot of water to survive. Grass needs four times more water than dry climate plants like cactus. By tearing out the grass, the city could reduce yearly water usage by 15%.In 2003, the Southern Nevada Water Authority banned developers from planting grass in front of new homes. It also offered homeowners $ 30 for each square meter of grass they tear out. But fewer people are now using the program. Water usage has increased in southernNevadaby 9% since 2019. And last year,Las Vegaswent a record 240 days without major rainfall. The Colorado River provides much ofNevada's drinking water. The river could lose more water as climate change affects it.Water officials in other dry cities said water usage needs to be reduced. But they fear the reaction to reforms like the ones inLas Vegasif their communities do not accept them. Cynthia Campbell is the water resources adviser for the city ofPhoenixinArizona. “There might come a point when city restrictions get too severe for some residents. They'll say that is the point of no return for them,”Campbellsaid. “For some people, it's a pool. For some people, it's grass.”12. Why doesLas Vegascity try to ban useless grass?A. To protect the local people.B. To beautify the city.C. To reduce water usage.D. To reduce waste.13. What program was carried out inLas Vegasin 2003?A. Allowing planting grass before new houses.B. Encouraging the residents to tear out grass.C. Praising those who signed on the program.D. Awarding those who reduced water usage.14. What is implied inCampbell's words in the last paragraph?A. Many residents won't follow the ban.B. Reaction to the reform will vary personally.C. Other measures should be taken to protect wetter.D. Water officials should take many factors into account.15. What is the best title for the text?s VegasPlans to Ban Useless GrassB. A Method Is Adopted to SaveLas VegasC. Choices between Beauty and PracticeD. Grass Is Important but Useless inLas Vegas第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
2019-2020学年八年级英语上学期期中考试卷(考试版).doc
2019-2020学年上学期期中卷八年级英语（考试时间：80分钟试卷满分：100分）注意事项：1. 本试卷共8页，六个大题，满分100分，考试时间80分钟。
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1. —Does your friend live in ______ town?—No. He lives in ______ countryside.A. /；/B. /；theC. the；theD. the；/2. —Where are you going, Tom?—I’m going to the _______ to watch movie with Jane.A. hospitalB. theaterC. libraryD. restaurant3. —Could I put my bike here?—No, you’d better put it ______.A. else somewhereB. somewhere elseC. else somethingD. something else4. Maria _______ first prize in the singing competition.A. metB. beatC. hadD. won5. —Who sings better, Lucy or her sister?—Lucy. She sings ______ her sister.A. as beautiful asB. more beautiful thanC. more beautifully thanD. the most beautifully6. Mr. Green arrived _______ Shanghai _______ night.A. at；atB. in；atC. in；inD. at；in7. You _________ eat too much. It’s bad for your health.A. shouldn’tB. shouldC. needn’tD. need8. His parents always tells him _________ to bed early because it’s good for his health.A. to goB. goC. goingD. goes9. Jill still went to school _______ she was ill yesterday.A. even thoughB. no matterC. as long asD. so that10. The question is so difficult that _________ students can answer it..A. a littleB. a fewC. littleD. few11. —Scott, _________ is it from your home to school?—It’s about 20 minutes by bus.A. How oftenB. How longC. How farD. How many 12. The day after tomorrow they ________ a volleyball game.A. will watchingB. is going to watchC. is watchingD. are going to watch13. —What does NBA _________?—The National Basketball Association.A. stands forB. stands withC. stand forD. stand with14. —Could you please tell me _______ ?—Sure. It’s on Center Street.A. how is the bankB. how the bank isC. where is the bankD. where the bank is15. —I’m going on a vacation in Yunnan next month.—______________!A. Have funB. I’m sorry to hear that.C. You, too.D. I see.二、完形填空（10小题，每小题1分，共10分）先通读短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案。
2019-2020年八年级上学期期中学业水平检测英语试题 (I)
xx学年度第一学期期中学业水平检测xx.11 2019-2020年八年级上学期期中学业水平检测英语试题 (I)一、听力题（每小题1分，共15分）A) 听句子，选择与所听内容一致的图片。
（听一遍）1.A B C2.A B C3.A B C4.A B C5.A B CB) 听短文，根据所听内容选择正确的答案。
（听两遍）6. Was learning English difficult for Zhang Lin at first?A. Yes, he did.B. No, it wasn’t.C. Yes, it was.7. When did Zhang Lin begin to learn English?A. Two weeks ago.B. Two years ago.C. Two months ago.8. What helped him a lot when he couldn’t understand the teacher’s words in English?A. Watching English moviesB. Watching English TV showsC. Listening to the radio9. Why did he decide to do more speaking?A. Because he was afraid to speaking in English.B. Because he was afraid to write in English.C. Because he took lots of English grammar notes.10. How does he do in English now?A. Just so-so.B. He is bad at English.C. He does well in English.C) 听短文，根据所听内容完成下列表格。
2019-2020年八年级上学期英语期中试卷含答案
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每段对话读两遍。
( ) 1. What will the weather be like tomorrow?A B C( ) 2. How does Jim usually go to school ?A. B. C.( ) 3. Where does Bob’s father work now?A. B. C.( ) 4.What animal does the man like?A. B. C.( ) 5. Who is the tallest boy in Mike’s class?A. JimB. SimonC. Mike( ) 6. When will the woman’s train leave?A. At 9:15.B. At 9:50.C. At 10:50. ( ) 7. Who is the man looking for?A. A man.B. A boy.C. A ball.( ) 8. Why does the girl look tired today?A. Because she went to bed too late.B. Because she didn’t sle ep last night.C. Because she did homework all night.( ) 9. When will the petition take place?A. On Tuesday.B. On Friday.C. On Saturday. ( ) 10. What are the two speakers going to do?A. Go to school.B. Go to watch games.C. Go to the cinema. 听一段长对话, 回答第11~12小题。
2019-2020年八年级英语上学期期中试题 (I)
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一、听力（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）(A) 根据你所听到的内容，选择正确的图片，每段对话听两遍。
1. Who is in the picture?2. What is Amy reading?3. What else do they need?4. Which of the following food will Sam eat?5. How long does Simon spend on his hobby every day?(B) 根据所听内容选择最佳答案，每段对话或短文听两遍。
听第一段对话，完成第6-7小题。
6. How does Peter look?A.He is good at sports.B.He is the tallest boy in the class.C.He likes playing badminton with Jill.7. What does Jill think of Lucy?A.She is pretty and kind.B. She is tall and slim.C. She is shy and quiet.9. A. By bus. B. By bike. C. On foot.10. A. 7:00. B. 8:00. C. 9:00.听短文，完成第11-15小题。
11. Which grade is Daniel in?A. Grade 7.B. Grade 8.C. Grade 9.12. When did Daniel have a meeting for the DIY Club?A. Last night.B. Last Sunday.C. Last Wednesday.13. How did Daniel go home after the meeting?A. By bike.B. By bus.C. On foot.14. What did Daniel do this morning?A. He went to buy some things an d then went to school.B. He went to buy some things and then went to fix his bike.C. He went to school on foot.15. Why was Daniel surprised?A. Because it was very difficult to fix the bike by himself.B. Because it was not very easy to fix the bike by himself.C. Because it was not very difficult to fix the bike by himself.二、单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
2019-2020学年昆明市第八中学高三英语上学期期中考试试题及参考答案
2019-2020学年昆明市第八中学高三英语上学期期中考试试题及参考答案第一部分阅读（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项ALast summer, Katie Steller pulled off the freeway on her way to work inMinneapolis. She stopped at a traffic light, where a man was sitting with a sign asking for help. She rolled down her window and shouted. “Hey. I’m driving around giving free haircuts. Do you want one right now?” The man laughed, then paused. “Actually,” he said, “I was really hoping to get a haircut.” Steller pulled out a red chair from her car and helped the man cut his hair immediately. After the work was done, the man looked in a mirror. “I look good!” he said.Up to now, Steller has given 30 or so such haircuts around the city to people with little influence, and she is strongly aware of the power of her cleanup job.As a teen, she suffered from a severe disease, causing her hair to get thinned, so her mother arranged for Steller’s first professional haircut. “To sit down and have somebody look at me and talk to me like a person and not just an illness, it helped me feel cared about and less alone,” she says. After that, Steller knew she wanted to have her own barbershop so she could help people feel the way she’d felt that day. Not long after finishing cosmetology (美容术) school in 2009, she began what she now calls her Red Chair Project, reaching out to people on the streets. Her aim was that by doing some kind acts, others would be inspired to spread their own.“Part of what broke my heart was just how lonely peoplelooked,” she said. “I thought maybe I’d go around and ask if people want free haircuts. I can’t fix their problems, but maybe I can help them feel less alone for a moment.”It all began with a belief in simple acts of kindness, such as a free haircut. “The way you show up in the world matters,” said Steller. “You have no idea what people are going to do with the kindness that you give them.”1. How does the writer begin the passage?A. By making a comparison.B. By giving a reason.C. By raising a question.D. By describing a scene.2. What made Stellar start the Red Chair Project?A. Her mother’s love for her.B. Her interest in cosmetology.C. Her care for those in need.D. Her wish to fight severe diseases.3. What did Stellar expect from the project?A. To spread kindness.B. To solve social problems.C. To deal with relationships.D. To make people look smarter.BThe world's largest iceberg is floating toward South Georgia in the southernAtlantic Ocean. Scientists fear the iceberg could crash into the island and block major feeding areas for a large population of penguins and seals. If the iceberg hits the island, it could prevent the penguins and seals from reaching food supplies.The huge iceberg is named A68a. It broke away fromAntarctica's Larsen C Ice Shelf in 2017. Satellite images show the iceberg has remained in one piece. It is estimated to be about 150 kilometers long and 48 kilometers wide. It is traveling at one kilometer per hour and is on a path to hitSouth Georgiain around 30 days.This is the time of year when seals and penguins spend a lot of time caring for their young. The distance that parents have to travel to find food is crucial. That means they have to go a lot further or go around the iceberg to find sources of food.Ecologists say an iceberg crash would also disturb materials settled on the seabed, possibly polluting the surrounding seas. As the iceberg melts, it would also release large amounts of fresh water into the ocean. This could affect krill（磷虾）populations that are a major source of food for the island's wildlife. The iceberg could remain for up to 10 years and change the area's whole ecosystem. These are globally significant populations of these species. If these species fail in this particular area, then the numbers globally are going to go down quite dramatically.Professor Geraint Tarling, an ecologist at the British Antarctic Survey, said, "The breaking off of icebergs fromAntarcticais a natural process. But the process is changing with climate change. What we're seeing with models and some observations now is that this is happening at an increasing rate. And so, this might become more of a usual thing in the future."4. Why are the scientists worried about the coming iceberg crash?A. It will bring extremely cold weather.B. It will destroy the feeding areas of the animals.C. It will put wildlife on the island at risk of starving.D. It will prevent animals from moving to other places.5. What is paragraph 2 mainly about?A. The characteristic of the iceberg.B. The importance of the iceberg.C. The traveling speed of the iceberg.D. The forming process of the iceberg.6. What damage can an iceberg crash bring according to paragraph 4?A. Using up much fresh water.B. Polluting the surrounding farms.C. Changing the world's ecosystem.D. Affecting the number of certain species.7. How does Tarling think of the breaking off of icebergs fromAntarctica?A. It may slow down in the near future.B. It may become common in the future.C. It has a great influence on the climate.D. It helps scientists conduct a sea study.CThere are many useful things we can do each day to feel better. It may take some efforts and time to make a habit of drinking 8 glasses of water daily or thinking more positively, but it is well worth it. What things do you do every day to feel better?Probably the healthiest thing you can do to feel better each day is to exercise early in the morning. You don't have to run the whole morning or spend a few hours in the gym. Even doing some easy exercise like walking, sit-ups or jumping the rope will help you feel better in no time!Again, due to our busy schedules, we don't get enough sleep each night. If you have trouble falling asleep, avoid watching TV or surfing the Internet right before bed. Also, try to make healthy bedtime snack choices and don't drink tea or coffee too late in the day.If you drink 3 glasses of water, 4 glasses of coffee or tea and a glass of soda each day and think that you drink enough water, think again. Your body needs water (not coffee or soda!) to function properly. Aiming to drink 7-8 glasses of water each day can make you feel better.Being positive is the key to a longer life. Positive thoughts can help improve your overall heath. Life is full of stressful situations and it's hard to stay cheerful when everything goes wrong, but your positive attitude can help you solve any problem and fight any stress faster and easier. Your positive attitude is especially good for your heart health. Smile, stay positive and live a longer life!8. In the author's opinion which can benefit us most in order that we feel better?A. Sleeping enough.B. Drinking enough water.C. Thinking more positively.D. Taking morning exercise.9. Which of the following agrees with what is said in Paragraph 3?A. Drinking tea or coffee makes us sleep less.B. Drinking tea before bed makes it harder to fall asleep.C. Watching TV or surfing the Internet leads to less sleep.D. Our busy schedules cause more difficulty in falling asleep.10. Why is water necessary to our body?A. Because it can make us feel better.B. Because it can have our body work smoothly.C. Because in can do more good to our body thancoffee.D. Because it can hep avoid feeling thirsty.11. What do we need most when everything goes wrong?A. Thinking positively.B. Thinking out wise ways.C. Having a right attitude.D. Staying cheerful.DI don’t want to talk about being a woman scientistagain. There was a time in my life when people asked constantly for stories about what it’s like to work in a field dominated (controlled) by men. I was never very good at telling those stories because truthfully I never found them interesting. What I do find interesting is the origin of the universe, the shape of space, time and the nature of black holes.At 19, when I began studying astrophysics (天体物理学), it did not bother me in the least to be the only woman in the classroom. But while earning my Ph.D. at MIT and then as a post-doctor doing space research, the issue started to bother me. My every achievement — jobs, research papers, awards — was viewed through the lens (镜片) of gender (性别) politics. So were my failures. Sometimes, when I was pushed into an argument on left brain versus (相对于) right brain, or nature versus nurture (培育), I would instantly fight fiercely on my behalf and all womankind.Then one day a few years ago, out of my mouth came a sentence that would eventually become my reply to any and all provocations (挑衅): I don’t talk about that anymore. It took me 10 years to get back the confidence I had at 19 and to realize that I didn’t want to deal with gender issues. Why should curing sexism be yet anotherterrible burden on every female scientist? After all, I don’t study sociology or political theory.Today I research and teach at Barnard, a women’s college in New York City. Recently, someone asked me how many of the 45 students in my class were women. You cannot imagine my satisfaction at being able to answer, 45.I know some of my students worry how they will manage their scientific research and a desire for children. And I don’t dismiss those concerns. Still, I don’t tell them “war” stories. Instead, I have given them this: the visual of their physics professor heavily pregnant doing physics experiments. And in turn they have given me the image of 45 women driven by a love of science. And that’s a sight worth talking about.12. Why doesn’t the author want to talk about being a woman scientist again?A. She is fed up with the issue of gender discrimination (歧视).B. She feels unhappy working in male-dominated fields.C. She is not good at telling stories of the kind.D. She finds space research more important.13. From Paragraph 2, we can infer that people would attribute (把……归因于) the author’s failures to ________.A. the burden she bears in a male-dominated societyB. her involvement in gender politicsC. her over-confidence as a female astrophysicistD. the very fact that she is a woman14. What did the author constantly fight against while doing her Ph.D. and post-doctoral research?A. Lack of confidence in succeeding in space science.B. Unfair accusations from both inside and outside her circle.C. People’s fixed attitude toward female scientists.D. Widespread misconceptions about nature and nurtured.15. What does the image the author presents to her students suggest?A. Women students needn’t have the concerns of her generation.B. Women can balance a career in science and having a family.C. Women have more barriers on their way to academic success.D. Women now have fewer problems pursuing a science career.第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
2019-2020学年度第一学期期中八年级英语试题
2019-2020学年度第一学期期中学业质量监测八年级英语试题（时间：90分钟满分：80分）一、阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下面短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
AAre you learning English? Using books to learn English is a good way. Here are some tips for you：1. Read dual- language(双语)booksDual-language books are the same story written in two languages. They have Chinese on one page and English on the other, so you can quickly check what a word means.2. Read children's booksChildren's books are easy and fun to read. Look for books with pictures, as they can help you to follow the story.3. Read your favorite book in EnglishDo you have a favorite book in Chinese? Find a copy(复制品) of it in English! You know lots of the story already, so it is easy for you to understand what is happening.4. Read comic(漫画) booksComic books have few words per page and lots of pictures so that you can finish them easily.5. Make notesIf you are using a book to learn English, don't be afraid to write translations (翻译)and thoughts in the margins(空白处), as your notes can help you to remember.1. Dual-language books help .A. to write storiesB. to check the meaning of wordsC. to look for picturesD. to learn Chinese2. Which of the following is TRUE about the second tip?A. Children's books are picture books.B. Children's books are boring and hard.C. The pictures in children's books are very useful.D. Children's books don't have many words per page.3. What can help you to remember English well?A. Read comic books.B. Finish all the pictures.C. Write notes on books.D. Write plans in the margins.BStop spanking kidsHow do your parents punish you? Have they done it by spanking(打屁股)you?Well, you can relax on April 30----also known as International Spankout Day. It tells parents not to use physical punishment(体罚)for their children.If not spanking, what else can parents do to get their kids to be good?In the United States, grounding (禁足) is a popular punishment for teenagers. If you are "grounded", you can't leave your house except to go to school. You can't spend time with friends. You cannot use your smartphone or the internet. Your parents might also stop you from playing games or watching TV.What if grounding doesn't work either? Some parents may take away their kids' weekly pocket money. Others make their teens do more chores.4. "Spankout" means .A. students can take a day offB. students can relax without any homeworkC. parents shouldn't spank their childrenD. parents can punish their children physically5. In the US, if kids are "grounded" .A. they can hang out with friendsB. they can call their friendsC. they can surf the internet at homeD. they can't leave home except to go to school6. What is a bad kind of physical punishment according to the story?A. Spanking.B. Grounding.C. Giving up pocket money.D. Doing chores.7. What is the story mainly about?A. A new holiday- International Spankout Day.B. How US parents punish their kids.C. How US kids live.D. What US kids do in their spare time.CRowing is a good sport for people. The sport is not so common in China, but almost half of all American high schools have rowing teams. Recently, the school where I study had a rowing season that gave me many great experiences.During the season, we practiced rowing a lot. We got up at six every Saturday morning and practiced for three hours on the river. Each one of us had an oar(桨) and we each rowed one oar with both hands. Together we pulled the oars, and the oars pushed the water back so the boat would move forward. After three hours of practice, we often felt very tired, because rowing is a very physical sport. When you row, you do a lot of work with your legs and back.Though the practices were very hard, I chose to do them because I like the joy the hard work brings. At every practice, I always did my best. Even when the coaches were not there. I kept rowing hard with my hands because I wanted to find out how well I could do. In order to move the boat fast, everyone in the team must keep the same speed(速度)so we needed to work together.The hard work I did during the rowing helped me develop my teamwork qualities. The experience also taught me that if you want to get something. you need to pay something first. As Americans like to say, "No pains, no gains! "8. What can we infer(推断) about the writer?A. He is a Chinese student studying in America.B. He is a rowing coach from America.C. He is a sports newspaper reporter.D. He is a teacher of an American high school.9. How often do the students practice rowing?A. Every three hours.B. Every morning.C. Once a week.D. Once a season.10. In order to row fast, the team members had to .A. use their hands to push the waterB. row at the same speedC. use their legs and backs lessD. pull the oars as slowly as they could11. In the last paragraph, the writer wants to tell us thatA. there is no pain in hard work.B. money plays an important role in life.C. a strong body is very important for our dreams.D. we won't be successful if we don't work hard.DWho cooks in your family? Who cleans the clothes? Who washes the dishes? Who takes care of the baby? 12 But not on the second Sunday of May. On that day, it's you.That's because the second Sunday of May is Mother's Day. 13 One way people can do that is by doing all those things for her. For example, one tradition in the US is for the father and children in a family to cook breakfast for the mother and serve it to her in bed. 14 It's their favorite holiday.Another thing you can do is to give her a present. 15 But children often make their presents. For example, they may draw her a pretty card, or make her a nice necklace or bracelet(手镯) out of macaroni(通心粉).In fact, any way you do it is fine. Sometimes the best Mother's Day present is a hug.根据短文内容，从下列选项中选出能填入文中空白处的最佳选项，选项中有一项为多余选二、语言知识运用(共20小题; 满分20分)A阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
云南昆明三中、滇池中学初二上期中英语卷(解析版)(初二)期中考试.doc
云南昆明三中、滇池中学初二上期中英语卷（解析版）（初二）期中考试姓名:_____________ 年级:____________ 学号:______________一、xx 题 （每空xx 分，共xx 分） 【题文】— _________our new English teacher?—She is kind.A. What do you likeB. How do you think ofC. How do you likeD. What do you think【答案】C【解析】试题分析：句意：--你觉得你的新英语老师怎样？--她是善良的。
A. What do you like 你喜欢什么？C. How do you like 你觉得……怎么样？根据题意可知选C 。
考点：考查交际用语。
【题文】My brother has _________ good friends in his class.A. quite a littleB. quite a fewC. a quite littleD. a quite few【答案】B【解析】试题分析：句意：我的弟弟在他们班有相当多的好朋友。
quite a little+不可数名词，表示相当多的……；quite a few+可数名词的复数，表示相当多的……。
根据题意故选B 。
考点：考查形容词的短语。
【题文】—How was you trip last week?—_________.A. Thank youB. GreatC.I ’m fine, thanks.D. Me too.【答案】B【解析】试题分析：句意：--上周你的旅行怎样？--好极了。
A. Thank you 谢谢你；B. Great 好极了；C.I ’m fine, thanks. 我很好，谢谢；D. Me too.我也是。
根据题意故选B 。
考点：考查交际用语。
【题文】The little girl was _________ ask her brother for help.A. enough smartB. enough smart toC. smart enoughD. smart enough to【答案】D【解析】试题分析：句意：这个小女孩足够聪明向他的弟弟寻求帮助。
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云南省昆明三中、昆明滇池中学2019-2020学年八年级上学期期中考试英语试题第一节单项选择（共15分，每小题1分）1. As a ________, I have to travel all the time to report the latest news.A. writerB. dentistC. DJD. reporter2. My parents _______a doctor when I grow up.A. wants me to beB. want me to beC. want me beD. wants me being3. What _______Mike last Saturday night?A. is doingB. does; doC. did; doD. was; do4. _______it got dark, ________ they still worked hard there.A. /; soB. Because, soC. Although, butD. Although, /5. The boy wrote _______to pass the test.A. careful enoughB. enough carefulC. carefully enoughD. enough carefully6. It's too crowded outside, so we decided______ at home on National Day.A. stayB. to stayC. stayedD. staying7. ---There are many restaurants here. Which one would you like to go to?----________. They are too expensive for me.A. NotB. NeverC. NoneD. No8. ---How do you like your new teacher, Sue? —Oh, he's so _________and we can learn a lot from him!A. comfortableB. seriousC. quietD. talented9.Steven studies ______for the test, so he _______plays with his friends.A. hard; hardB. hardly; hardlyC. hard; hardlyD. hardly; hard10.The twins_____ the teachers in our school.A. are bothB. both areC. are allD. all are11.---The Chinese women' volleyball team got the champion(冠军)in the Women's V olleyball World Cup in Japan!----_________exciting the news is!A. WhatB. What aC. HowD. How a12.— _____do you visit your grandparents with your parents?-----Once a month, because their house is not close.A. How soonB. How longC. How muchD. How often13. ----Dad, you are ______taller than me! —Well, you'll be as tall as me soon.A. tooB. muchC. veryD. so14. In the past 70 years, China has made great achievements(成就).This makes all of Chinese full of prides.A. care aboutB. help withC. bring outD. filled with15. ---Jenny won the first prize in the spelling competition, didn't she? ----Yes, she did. She is really something!A. fantastic,B. enjoyableC. interestingD. quiet第二节完型填空（共10小题，每小题1分，满分l0分）I often spend my summer holidays just with my parents. It is quite boring. But last summer holiday was __1___ . Some of my friends came to stay with my parents and me for a week at our summer house. It is in a small beach town called Portsea. They got there by train. It ___2___them three hours.One morning my friends and I ____3___to take my parents’ boat for a ride. We rowed (划船) ____4___ half an hour and found a big cave (山洞). Susan said it could be dangerous to go into it. But Peter said it was okay. ___5___we started rowing again and got in. Then the tide (潮) started. At first we thought we could fight it but we were ___6___. We shouted for ____7___but there was no one around. Susan and I began to cry. Louis told us not to worry because the tide would be out. Because Louis always seemed to know the answer for ____8___ , we stopped crying.Luckily, Loui s was right ___9____. After some hours the tide went out. We rowed back home quickly. We didn’t ____10____my parents about this special trip. And we were so afraid that we would not have a boat ride again.( )1. A. terrible B. Different C. popular D. difficult( ) 2. A. took B. spent C. gave D. used( ) 3. A. waited B. dreamed C. decided D. thanked( ) 4. A. in B. on C. to D. for( ) 5. A. Because B. So C. If D. Or( ) 6. A. late B. wrong C. sorry D. busy( ) 7. A. help B. luck C. fun D. time( ) 8. A. someone B. anyone C. nothing D. everything( ) 9. A. yet B. still C. again D. too( ) 10. A. call B. show C. ask D. tell第三节阅读理解AA boy named Jack lived in a small village. One morning, his mother sent him to his uncle's in town. He had a very good time there.Before Jack left in the evening, his uncle gave him a jar and said," There is some candy in it, you may put your hand into it and take some when you want to eat something."Jack looked at the jar when he was in the train. It had a long and small neck. He put his hand into the jar and took five pieces. But he could not get his hand out. He turned his hand this way and that way, still he could not get his hand out. He turned his hand again. Finally he let go of four pieces. Then he could pull his hand out of the jar.根据短文判断正（T）误（F)。
(每小题1分，共5分）1. One day Jack's mother sent him to his uncle's house.2. The jar with some candy in it had a large neck.3. Jack only stayed in town for a whole day.4.At last Jack only took one piece(块）of candy at a time.5.From this lesson, Jack knew that he himself was too foolish(蠢).BPeople in the UK spend their free time in different ways. They usually use it to relax. They spend a lot of their free time at home. The most popular activity is watching TV. People in the UK watch TV for about 25 hours a week. They often record(录制）programs so they can watch them later. Reading is also a popular way of spending free time. People in the UK spend a lot of time reading newspapers and magazines. Many people in the UK have pets. They like playing with their pets in their free time.In summer, gardening(园艺）is popular. And families often have a "day out”on the weekend. They often so to a festival or see a show. Young people like to go to clubs, and people of all ages like to go to the cinema.In winter,“ do-it-yourself "is popular. People often spend their free time repairing(修理)houses.Some free time activities are with friends. Asking friends for a drink or a meal at home is the most usual one. Sometimes people and their friends have dinner in a restaurant.On the weekend, people in the UK like to spend their free time doing sports. The popular kinds of sports are soccer, horse racing, swimming, tennis, skating, climbing and hill walking.根据短文判断正（T）误（F）。