2021年广东深圳龙岗八下期中英语试题

2020-2021下期中水平测试初二英语试题
第一部分选择题（50分）
Ⅰ．完形填空（10分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳答案。

（共10小题，每题1分）
W hen I was a little girl，my father loved to play catch（抛接球游戏）with me．I wasn't very 1 ，but he would encourage me．He was 2 telling me “keep your eye on the ball” as I would not be able to 3 even the easiest of throws．
As I got older，we didn't play catch as much．If I had a problem，I would go to my father to ask for his 4 ．He would try to joke with me and say “keep your eye on the ball”.We would both 5 because usually that suggestion did not apply to（适用于）the problem，but he would 6 to make me smile．
My father became ill in 1995 when I was 23．As he suffered from a stroke（中风），he could not 7 ．There weren't any more conversations．He could only mouth words，which were sometimes hard to understand．After a while，I seemed to be pretty good at 8 his lips（嘴唇），even better than the nurses who were 9 him．
During our last conversation，I was telling him about a problem I was having with my work．Once again，I could read his lips：“Keep your eye on the ball．” We both smiled．That was the 10 time I saw my father before he passed away．Since then，“keep your eye on the ball” has become a way for me to get rid of stress．
（）1．A．bad B．good C．happy D．interested
（）2．A．always B．never C．hardly D．seldom
（）3．A．touch B．catch C．break D．see
（）4．A．money B．information C．advice D．understanding
（）5．A．cry B．wave C．laugh D．hit
（）6．A．try B．refuse C．forget D．stop
（）7．A．eat B．hear C．walk D．speak
（）8．A．reading B．finding C．checking D．watching
（）9．A．looking at B．playing with C．caring for D．hearing from
（）10．A．nearest B．worst C．hardest D．last
Ⅱ．阅读理解（40分）
第一节阅读下列短文，从下面每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将相应的字母编号涂黑。

（共15小题，每小题2分）
A
The Cooper family from the US are in Costa Rica for two weeks．Mike and Jane Cooper，their daughter Ann （15）and their son Toby （16）are staying by the beach in the village of Punta Banco．But they aren't here just to swim and lie on the beach．They are here to work．Their job is to protect sea turtles．
The Coopers are working for a group called Pretoma．“We're volunteers—we don't get any
money for doing this，” says Jane．“But it's good to help these animals．”
Sea turtles lay their eggs on the beaches here．They come out of the water at night，make a hole in the sand and lay their eggs．Then they bury（埋）them and return to the ocean．But some people take these eggs and sell them．
The Pretoma volunteers at Punta Banco are trying to protect the sea turtles and their eggs．“We walk along the beach every night and look for turtles laying eggs，” says Ann．“We wait for the mother to go back to the water．Then we dig up the eggs，take them to the hatchery and bury them．The hatchery is an area with a fence around it．The eggs are safe there．In about two months，volunteers will take the baby turtles back to the water．”
But it's not all work for the Coopers．In the daytime they can swim or just get some sleep．Toby plays soccer with the children in the village．“This is a great vacation，” he says．“We're doing good work and having a nice time．I want to come back next year．”
（）11．Where do sea turtles lay their eggs?
A．In a hole in the sand．B．In the water．
C．In the hatchery．D．In the village．
（）12．What is Pretoma trying to do?
A．To sell the turtles and eggs．
B．To make a safe place for the turtles to live in．
C．To catch the people who take the turtle eggs．
D．To keep the turtles and eggs safe．
（）13．The hatchery is where ________．
A.the volunteers live
B.the volunteers take the turtle eggs
C.the volunteers take the baby sea turtles
D.the sea turtles lay their eggs
（）14．The underlined word“them” in Paragraph 3 refers to ________．
A．the baby turtles B．the turtles
C．the eggs D．the volunteers
（）15．What's the main purpose of the passage?
A．To explain why people take sea turtles．
B．To explain why Pretoma protects sea turtles．
C．To describe some of the animals of Costa Rica．
D．To describe what the Cooper family are doing on their vacation．
B
Lack of sleep among students in China has become worse in the past 10 years．Chinese students slept an average of 7.8 hours a night on school days in 2020，20 minutes less than that in 2009．It was mainly because of too much homework from both the school and after-school training classes．
To ensure enough sleep．Ministry of Education on Friday gave detailed suggestions on when students should go to bed．“Generally speaking primary school students should go to bed before 9:20 p.m.，middle school students before 10 p.m. and high school students before 11
p.m，” said Lyu Yugang，director of the ministry's Department of Basic Education．“If the stu-dents have tried hard but still could not finish homework by that time，parents can just ask them to go to bed to ensure their sleep time．” Most parents agree with these suggestions is because they think sufficient sleep is helpful to students' physical and mental health．
schools should control the amount of homework to make sure primary school students can finish all written homework at school and secondary school students can finish most of the home-work at school．Besides primary，schools should start classes no earlier than 8:20 a.m．a nd secondary schools no earlier than 8 a.m.. They should not require students to come to school early for group study and they should ensure a certain amount of nap time for students．Offline after-school training classes should end before 8:30 p.m.，and online after-school training classes should end before 9 p.m.. They should not give any form of homework to stu-dents．
The ministry will also work with other departments to ensure hat online training and gaming agencies would not offer gaming services（服务）to teenagers between 10 p.m．and 8 a.m.. （）16．How long did students sleep on average on school days in 2009?
A．520 minutes B．488 minutes C．468 minutes D．448 minutes
（）17．The underlined word “sufficient” in Paragraph 2 probably means ________?
A．适量的B．适度的C．科学的D．充足的
（）18．What is the aim （目的）of the suggestions?
A．To make sure students have enough sleep．
B．To suggest parents ask their children to go to bed early．
C．To help improve students' physical and mental health．
D．To advise students not to stay up late for homework．
（）19．According to the suggestions，how many ways are mentioned in Paragraph 3 to en-sure sufficient sleep for students?
A．Two．B．Three．C．Four．D．Five．
（）20．What can we infer （推测）from the passage?
A．Lack of sleep among students becomes worse and worse．
B．Students should go to bed before 9:20 p.m．
C．Students were often given homework by after-school training classes in the past．
D．Gaming agencies shouldn't offer gaming services to teenagers any more．
C
Shenzhen is calling on citizens aged above 18 to get vaccinated（接种疫苗）against the novel coronavirus．But how are the vaccines being stored，transported （运输）and distributed （分配）before citizens get vaccinated?
Before the COVID-19 vaccines are sent to a special vaccine warehouse（仓库），the work-ers of the Sinopharm’s logistics（物流）center in Longhua District first check the name，pro-ducer and other information about the vaccines．And they must make sure that the vaccines have been stored within the temperature range from 2 ℃ to 8 ℃ all the time．The Longhua warehouse has set up a special area for COVID-19 vaccines．Boxes of vaccines are placed on pallets（货板）to avoid touching the ground directly，as that might affect the storage temperature of the
vaccines．Each vaccine has its own regulatory code．It will be used by medical workers for vac-cination later．
Each vaccination site will make a plan for vaccine usage one or two days earlier．The vac-cines are then sent to the sites by temperature-controlled vehicles instead of ordinary vehicles．When they leave the warehouse，two thermometers（温度计）are placed in each box contain-ing the COVID-19 vaccines．So the temperature of the vaccines can be monitored in real time through an online platform．During the transportation，the temperature of the vaccines will be recorded every five minutes．
Doctors of the vaccination site will carefully check whether the outer package has leaked （漏），put the vaccines in a special fridge with the same temperature range and record infor-mation about the vaccines．They will refuse to accept the vaccines if the temperature is abnormal and the outer package has any leakage．
（）21．How do the vaccines get to the citizens? Put the following statements in order．
①The logistics transport the vaccines to the vaccination sites．
②The doctors store the vaccines in a special fridge．
③The vaccination sites apply to use the vaccines earlier．
④Citizens get vaccinated．
⑤The workers of the warehouse check the information about the vaccines．
A．⑤③①④②B．⑤①③④②C．⑤①③②①D．⑤③①②④
（）22．How are the vaccines transported?
A．By ordinary vehicles．B．Through an online platform．
C．Through light-controlled vehicles．D．By temperature-controlled vehicles．
（）23．Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A．Vaccines have different regulatory codes．
B．Vaccines can be put on the ground directly．
C．Vaccines are kept between 2 ℃ and 8 ℃ in the vaccination site．
D．Vaccines are placed in the box with two thermometers during the transportation．（）24．The underlined word “they” in Paragraph 3 refers to ________．
A．the workers B．the vaccines C．the vehicles D．the thermometers
（）25．What is the best title for the passage?
A．How COVID vaccines get to citizens
B．Why COVID vaccines are specially treated（处理）
C．How COVID vaccines are stored
D．Why citizens should get vaccinated
第二节以下是一篇短文，请阅读全文，并从下列方框里的六个句子中选择五个还原到原文中，使原文的意思完整、连贯。

（共5小题，每小题1分）
What is calligraphy? It's handwriting，Any language can be written in calligraphy，but Chi-nese calligraphy is especially beautiful．It takes a lot of patience and practice to write Chinese calligraphy．People take lessons to learn how to do it．During the lessons，26．________．They also learn how to make different strokes （笔画）to make Chinese characters．There are many different kinds of brushes people can buy to do calligraphy．27．________ But there is one kind of calligraphy brush that is extra special．This brush is made from baby hair!Hundreds of years ago in China，people started to believe a baby-hair brush was good luck．It is a tradition．28．________．
29．________．To make a brush，a family will cut off a baby's hair when he or she is about one month old．Then they will take some of the baby's hair to a shop to make it into a brush．30．________．It takes more than 80 steps to make one brush．That's why these brushes are such a treasure．
第三节信息匹配
下面的材料A-F分别是对六部电影的介绍。

请根据这五个人的喜好，帮助他们选择他们想要观看的电影，并将其标号填入题前括号内。

A．Soul
It is an animated（动画）film about a talented pianist who has near-death experience and gets caught in the afterlife（来生）．On his way back to the real world，he helps others find their passion for life and discovers what it means to have souls．
B．The Blind Melody
It is an Indian horror（恐怖）film．It tells the story of a piano player who unknowingly gets himself involved in the murder（谋杀）of a former film actor．
C．Heidi
It is a Swiss family film based on the novel by Johanna Spyri．Heidi is a kind，clever and lovely girl．The film shows how she gets along well with her grandfather．And in the film，Heidi also helps the girl in a rich family find her long-lost happiness．
D．A Dog's Journey
It is an American film and a sequel!（续集）to the film A Dog’s Purpose．Bailey，the dog finds the meaning of his own existence（存在）through the lives of humans he meets’．E．Maria by Callas
It is a French documentary film about the life and career of opera singer Maria Callas．Through performances，TV interviews and family photographs，the film shows the audience an unusual woman．
F．Hi，Mom
It is a family film based on the real-life story of the Jia and her mother．In the film，Jia is time-travel back to 1981，the time when her mom was young and she dreams to understand her mom better and becomes friends with her．
（）31．Bill has watched a film about a dog called Bailey before．He still wants to know what else will happen to the dog and the people Bailey loves．
（）32．Tina likes family films based on real-life stories between parents and children．She can learn how to get on well with parents through these films．
（）33．Most people are uninterested in scary movies，but Jimmy enjoys them very much．（）34．Mandy shows great love for，singing．And she likes reading books and watching films about famous singers．
（）35．Jerry always tries to find out what it is like after people die and if humans have souls in the afterlife world．
第二部分非选择题（25分）
Ⅲ．语法填空（10分）
阅读下面短文，在空格处填入一个适当的词或用括号中词语的正确形式填空，井将答案写在答题卡规定的位置上。

（共10小题，每小题1分）
Giraffe was arrogant（傲慢的）．His friend Mouse Deer seldom heard 36．________ (please) words from him．He disliked Giraffe，but he hid his 37．________（think）and said nothing．
One day，Mouse Deer challenged Giraffe to catch him．Mouse Deer zigzagged（曲折前行）as quickly as possible through the narrow path．38．________ Giraffe could run faster，he had difficulty catching Mouse Deer because he was not good at zigzagging．Then，Mouse Deer ran into 39．________ dark cave．Giraffe kept 40．________（run）after him．“Ouch! Help me!” Giraffe fell to the ground and hurt his leg．Mouse Deer looked 41．________ the source（来源）of Giraffe's voice and found him．“OK，I've got your body．I will support you to walk out of this cave．Look at the light! That's the way out．”
Finally，they got out of the cave 42．________（separate）．Giraffe 43．________（give）the first aid （急救）by Mouse Deer immediately．
“Why do you help me?” asked Giraffe．“I'm your friend．Friendship requires us 44．________ （respect）each other．Everyone has 45．________（they）own strength and weakness，so we shouldn't look down upon others．” said Mouse Deer．
Ⅳ．书面表达（15分）
皮影戏是中国一种传统艺术形式。

为弘扬中华传统文化，你校将举办“皮影戏进校园”的活动。

假设你是学生会主席李华，请你用英文写一份通知，号召同学们积极参加活动。

要点包含：（提示词：皮影戏shadow puppet play）
1．时间：5月16日下午从2:30到4:30
2．地点：学校操场
3．内容：皮影戏知识竞赛；皮影戏演出
4．其他：招募一批志愿者，要求如下：①了解并热爱皮影戏；
②……（请补充1-2点）
写作要求：
1、不少于80词，开头已给出，不计入总词数内：
2、必须包含以上全部要点，可以适当发挥：
3．文中不得出现真实姓名和学校：
4．条理清楚，语句通顺，意义连贯，书写规范。

NOTICE
Shadow puppet plays are one of the most popular traditional art forms in China．_______ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________
2020-2021初二春季英语龙岗区联考期中测评参考答案
Part One（除听力部分）
Part Two 主观题
语法填空
36.pleasing 37.thought 38.Although 39.a 40.running 41.for 42.separately 43.was given 44. to respect 45.their
试卷点评：
本套试卷难度中等，主要考查学生的基本知识掌握以及综合做题能力。

完型难度不大，故事文本简单，选项简单，注意联系上下文即可。

阅读理解说明文和新闻报道为主，题型方面以细节题为主，精准定位题干关键信息。

注意题干的设问方式，切勿因读错题而丢分。

语法填空难度适中，提醒学生即使是语法填空题也要注意篇章理解和上下文联系，不能只看某一个空。

综合评定：试卷考查难度不大，但是对于学生的做题效率和综合运用能力要求较高，90分以上为不错，93分以上为优秀，96分以上为非常优秀！。