四川省德阳市德阳中学校2021-2022学年八年级下学期期中英语试题

四川省德阳市德阳中学校2021-2022学年八年级下学期期中

英语试题

学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________

一、完形填空

Marie Curie, born in Warsaw, Poland, showed talent in science ____1____ a young age.

____2____ to get into university because she was a woman, Curie had to study in secret at one of Poland’s floating universities before moving to Paris to study, earning degrees (学位) in both Math and Physics. In 1903, Curie became the first woman ____3____ a Nobel Prize

in Physics. In1911, Curie was awarded her ____4____ Nobel Prize, this time in Chemistry for her ____5____ of polonium(钋)and radium(镭). To this day,Curie is the only woman to win two Nobel Prizes.

“I am one of those who think like Nobel,that humanity will draw more good than evil from new discoveries.”

1．A．in B．on C．at D．of 2．A．Able B．Unable C．Disable D．Silly 3．A．received B．receiving C．receive D．to receive 4．A．first B．second C．third D．fourth 5．A．inventions B．creation C．developments D．discoveries

Did you take a photo with a tiger in a zoo? If you travel to Southeast Asia, would you like to ride an elephant? “It’s time to ____6____.” Trip Advisor, one popular travel website (网站) said.

A study from Oxford University shows that these ____7____ are bad for animals. When people make elephants carry visitors, they often beat them. People also make tigers and lions take medicine to make it ____8____ for tourists to play with them.

To interest tourists, they do something bad with animals. According to the study,

____9____ tour accounts for (占比) 20—40% of all tourism. Over 6 million people

____10____ these places each year. About 4 million tourists ____11____ money on the wildlife activities.

____12____, many tourists didn’t know these activities are terrible. About 80% didn’t know that these activities aren’t ____13____ for the animals. That’s why it’s so important for

Trip Advisor to ____14____ its sales of wildlife activities. It sends a message that taking photos with tigers or riding elephants is not something you should _____15_____. 6．A．enjoy B．ride C．stop D．begin 7．A．photos B．activities C．websites D．books 8．A．safer B．happier C．kinder D．more popular 9．A．history B．wildlife C．English D．geography 10．A．create B．build C．visit D．hide 11．A．pay B．spend C．cost D．take 12．A．Luckily B．Usually C．However D．Therefore 13．A．magic B．useful C．shocked D．good 14．A．begin B．set C．allow D．end 15．A．see B．do C．think D．push

二、阅读单选

Paul

I have been a volunteer as a French teacher for three months and it was a great experience to teach French. I really enjoyed it and I also improved my French.

Helen

During my college days, I joined a group called RQS. We offer children and older people something to eat. And now, I often give food to the homeless people in the street.

Mike

I’m volunteering at an animal hospital that’s just for cats. I feed the cats and play with them. I also answered phone calls and I did some cleaning, too.

16．Paul used to be a volunteer as a ________ for several months.

A．nurse B．French teacher C．doctor D．P. E. teacher 17．The group ROS provides ________ for children and older people.

A．information B．rooms C．food D．clothes 18．From the reading, we can learn that ________.

A．Mike loves dogs very much.B．Helen often helps homeless animals now. C．Paul isn’t very good at French.D．Mike helped clean the hospital.