【人教版】八年级上学期英语《期末检测试题》(带答案解析)

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八年级上学期英语期末测试卷
听力理解
第一节
听下面5段对话。

每段对话后有一个小题, 从题中所给的A, B、C三个选项中选出最佳答案。

每段对话读两遍。

1. What did the boy do yesterday?
A. He went to the beach.
B. He went to the hospital.
C. He looked after his sister.
2. How often does Lily eat chicken?
A. Once a week.
B. Twice a week.
C. Hardly ever.
3. Who is the tallest in Jenny’s class?
A. Peter.
B. Jenny.
C. Lara.
4. What day is it today?
A. Wednesday.
B. Thursday.
C. Friday.
5. What is the girl going to be?
A. A teacher.
B. A pianist.
C. A doctor.
第二节
听下面几段对话或独白。

每段对话或独白后有几个小题, 从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳答案。

每段对话或独白读两遍。

听下面一段对话, 回答第6至第7两个小题。

6.What are they going to make?
A. A fruit cake.
B. Fruit salad.
C. A milk shake.
7.How many apples will they need?
A. One bowl.
B. Four.
C. Three.
听下面一段对话, 回答第8至第9两个小题。

8.Why isn’t Linda free on Friday evening?
A. She has to learn the piano.
B. She has to visit her grandma.
C. She must look after her brother.
9.When will the party begin?
A. At half past six.
B. At a quarter to seven.
C. At a quarter past seven.
听下面一段独白, 回答第10至第12三个小题。

10.Why did Jack decide to go to the museum on Sunday?
A. Because it was sunny.
B. Because the museum was free.
C. Because her sister was at home.
11.What did they see first at the museum?
A. Street art.
B. Old paintings.
C. Works of modern art.
12.How long did they spend at the museum?
A. Two hours.
B. Three hours.
C. Four hours.
听下面一段对话, 回答第13至第15三个小题。

13.How’s the weather?
A. Rainy.
B. Sunny.
C. Cold.
14.What is Bruce’s plan in 2020?
A. Playing the piano.
B. Learning English.
C. Learning Chinese.
15.Who wants to learn to play the piano?
A. Kathy.
B. Jenny.
C. Bruce.
第三节
下面一篇短文。

按照你所听内容的先后顺序将下列图片排序。

短文读两遍。

A. B. C. D. E.
16.________ 17.________ 18.________ 19.________ 20.________
阅读理解
阅读下面四篇语言材料, 然后按照文后要求做题。

A
We celebrate som e special days like New Year’s Day, Mother’s Day and Father’s Day and so on. But do you know the following four special days?
Meatout Day
Meatout Day is on March 20th.Many people around the world don’t eat any meat for
one day. They think eating less meat can cut down the greenhouse gas emissions（气
体排放）and solve other environmental problems.
Earth Day
Earth Day is on April 22nd. Many people all over the world try to do something green
on this day. In Italy, people don’t use plastic bags. In Canada and Norway people ride
bikes. In the USA, people dress up like plants and animals and dance i Times Square,
New York.
Buy Nothing Day
Buy Nothing Day is usually on the fourth Friday in November. On this day, many
people don’t buy anything. “Buy nothing” means “make no rubbish”. When you make
less rubbish, you can help make a cleaner earth.
Car Free Day
Car Free Day is on September 22nd. It calls on drivers to give up their cars for a day to
protect the environment. In Brussels, the public transportation is free on that day. In
London, they have spe cial “green areas”.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。

1. How do many people all over the world celebrate Meatout Day?
A. They don’t buy anything.
B. They try to do something green.
C. They don’t eat any meat for one day.
D. They give up their cars for a day.
2. What do people in Canada do on Earth Day?
A. They ride their bikes.
B. They don’t buy anything on that day.
C. They take the bus for free on that day.
D. They dress up and dance in Times Square.
3. We celebrate Buy Nothing Day because the less we buy,________.
A. the more useful things we’ll have
B. the less useful things we’ll have
C. the dirtier environment we’ll make
D. the cleaner environment we’ll make
4. When is Car Free Day?
A. On March 20th.
B. On April 22nd.
C. On November 22nd.
D. On September 22nd.
5. People celebrate the four special days to______.
A. want people to eat healthily
B. ask people to save the earth
C. give advice on how to drive safely
D. ask people to protect the animals
B
These days, people show all kinds of things on the Internet like good food, nice clothes, wonderful vacations and so on. Now showing the number of steps（步伐）is becoming popular.
Now more and more people find it important to be in good health. To keep healthy, many people go to work on foot. When they start walking, they open the step counter app on the phones to record（记录）how many steps they walk that day. After a day’s walk, some people show the number on WeChat or Weibo. This can make them learn from each other and keep exercising.
“This helps me to exercise much and keep a good habit, ”Miss Liu said. “I can also talk about how to keep healthy with my friends on WeChat. We are in the same group to encourage（鼓励）each other to keep exercising.”
Mr. Wu likes to exercise. But in the past he was kind of lazy and didn’t want to exercise every day. “After I use the step counter app, everything is different. It is great to exercise with my friends. Sometimes there are prizes for those who walk more steps. I really like it.” he said.
Walking is a relaxing and useful way to exercise. Both the old and the young like it. Recording the steps helps people develop a good habit of walking and showing the number can make people more interested in walking. But don’t take the number too seriously.
根据短文内容选择最佳答案。

6. What can not we know from the second paragraph?
A. Why many people go to work on foot.
B. How they use the step counter app.
C. In which places they use the app.
D. Why they show the number online
7. What does the writer think of showing the number of steps?
A. It can make people stop driving cars.
B. It can make people much more relaxed
C. It can make people develop a good habit.
D. It can make more people want to keep fit.
8. The underlined word “it” here refers to_______.
A. health
B. walking
C. the prize
D. the Internet
9. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. More people go to work on foot to save money.
B. Miss Liu and Mr. Wu like to exercise with their friends.
C. People usually show the number of steps in the morning.
D. To be healthy, the number of your steps is important to you.
10. What does the passage mainly want to tell us?
A. Many people like to show the number of steps on the Internet.
B. Many people like to be in good health only through taking walks.
C. It’s very important to r ecord how many steps you walk every day.
D. Many people like to use their mobile phones to talk with friends when walking.
C
Beep...beep...There went the bell! Robbie opened his eyes. It was 5:00 p. m. And it was time for him to do something.
Robbie looked out of the window. It was still snowing heavily and there was ice on the window. It was a cold day. Robbie got a message from his master（主人）.He knew he should turn the heat（暖气）on before the family got home, and he did it.
Then Robbie was told to do some cleaning work at once. It was an easy job for him, but a little difficult for his master, Helen. He kept on working until every room was clean and tidy.
After that Robbie had to cook dinner for the family. The first thing he did was to get the big pot in the kitchen. Then he put some water in the pot and put it on the stove. He used one of his hands to cut up a chicken and added the pieces to the water to make delicious soup. Then he got some tomatoes, cabbages and carrots to make vegetable salad.
At 8:10 in the evening, he put some bread, the chicken soup and the salad on the table. The moment he turned on the lights, the whole family came home.
“It’s warm here and the soup smells great, Victor, ”said Helen to her son. “We really know how to tell Robbie what to do.” Robbie was a robot and he really helped the family do a lot of work.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案
11. When did Robbie start to do the work?
A. In the morning.
B. At noon.
C. In the afternoon.
D. In the evening.
12. What was the third piece of work Robbie did?
A. To turn on the heat.
B. To cook the meal.
C. To clean the room.
D. To turn on the lights.
13. Where did Robbie work?
A. At Helen’s shop.
B. At Helen’s hotel.
C. At Helen’s house.
D. At Helen’s school.
14. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. The story happened on a rainy day.
B. Robbie didn’t have to get the message from the master.
C. Helen found it easy to do cleaning work at home.
D. Victor and Helen felt comfortable when they got home.
15. What’s the best title for the text?
A. A Special Cook
B. A Common Servant
C. A Common Cleaner
D. A Great Robot Helper
D The weekend is usually a time for rest.___16___According to a survey,24% of the middle school students in Beijing have classes on weekends.
Wang Qingging, a student in Nanchang, gets up at 6:30 a. m. on Saturday as usual, because she has to go to school to have a whole day of classes. On Sundays she goes to extra classes for math and English.___17___She says, “If you want to get good grades, you must study hard. ”
Liu Yang is from Chengdu.___18___But he also spends Saturdays at school. On Sundays after finishing his homework, he plays basketball. He feels happy because he still has time to do what likes.
___19___Yang Ping, from Zhengzhou, Henan, usually gets up at 8:00 a. m. during the weekend Then she spends two or three hours doing homework.___20___“Studying hard at school is enough,” she says.
根据材料内容, 从下面五个选项中选出能填入空缺处的最佳选项, 使短文意思通顺、内容完整。

A. After that she is free.
B.But she doesn’t feel sad.
C. A few students are luckier.
D. His weekends are less busy.
E. But Chinese teenagers can hardly rest.完形填空先通读短文, 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。

The Double Seventh Festival is also called Qixi Festival. It’s a traditional Chinese festival. Here is a beautiful story___21___it.
Long, long ago there was a young man named Niulang .One day he___22___a beautiful girl, Zhinv, the
Goddess’s seventh dau ghter. She had just run away from the___23___heaven（天国）to look for fun or Earth. Soon Zhinv and Niulang loved each other, and they got married without___24___the Goddess. Niulang worked in the field and Zhinv wove（织布）at home. They___25___a happy life and gave birth to a boy and a girl. Unluckily, the Goddess found out the fact and___26___Zhinv to return to heaven. After Zhinv left, Niulang was___27___upset. With the help of his magic cow, Niulang flew to heaven with his two children to look for his wife. The Goddess discovered this and was very___28___.Taking out hen hairpin（发簪）, the Goddess created a wide___29___.From then on, Niulang and Zhinv couldn’t stay together. They___30___to live on the two sides of the river.
However, their true love___31___all the magpies（喜鹊）in the world, ___32___once a year tens of thousands of magpies would fly up to heaven to make a bridge for the couple to meet each year. At last the Goddess agreed with___33___to meet each other on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month. That’s___34___the Double Seventh Festival started. Today it is a great___35___for Chinese young people to show their love.
21. A. with B. after C. about D. through
22. A. met B. told C. missed D. thanked
23. A. lucky B. boring C. different D. interesting
24. A. tell B. told C. telling D. to tell
25. A. knew B. gave C. lived D. stayed
26.A. waited B. helped C. ordered D. promised 27. A. such B. ever C. quite D. still 28. A. sorry B. angry C. happy D. excited 29. A. river B. hole C. sea D. land 30. A. have B. has C. had D. will have 31. A. changed B. moved C. surprised D. promised 32. A. so B. but C. though D. because 33. A. us B. him C. her D. them 34. A. how B. when C. what D. where 35. A. day B. way C. lesson D. habit 语篇填空第一节阅读短文, 从方框中选择恰当的词并用其适当形式填空, 使短文通顺、意思完整。

每空限填一词, 每词限用一次。

One Christmas, a pastor（牧师）got a telephone call from a school headmaster. The headmaster’s
voice___36___sad when he asked the pastor for help. On the last day before the holiday, a six-year-old boy
came___37___his office with a note. It was from his father. The note said, “Please help my son___38___you can. His mother recently die,and last week I___39___my job. I never asked for help before, but could you make it possible for him to have a Christmas gift?”
As the pastor heard that___40___, he felt sad. He agreed to help and decided to take his own children with him. That afternoon they bought some food and___41___for the boy. Later they drove to the___42___house. That was a small broken wooden house. They knocked on the door. When the father opened the door and saw the pastor and his children holding food and gifts, his eyes were full of tears. The little boy’s eyes were as___43___as cups when he saw the gifts. However, he did not first reach out to accept___44___.Instead（反而）, he reached out to the pastor and gave him a big hug（拥抱）.He looked up at his face and said___45___, “Thank you, sir. My headmaster said you would come.”
Though the little boy got what he wanted, his attention（注意力）was not on the gifts, but on the giver.
第二节
阅读短文, 根据语篇要求填空, 使短文通顺、意思完整。

每空限填一词。

Students often have a lot of problems and worries.I think___46___worst thing is to do nothing. I think you will feel worse___47___you don’t talk to someone about your problems. I remember that I lost my wallet and was afraid to tell my parents___48___it. That made me feel helpless and sad. I believe you cannot feel better unless you talk to someone.
As for me, I will always share my problems with my parents___49___they have lots of experience. You should never run away___50___your problems. You had better try to solve them.
补全对话
根据下面的对话情景, 在每个空白处填上一个适当的句子, 使对话的意思连贯、完整。

A:Hello, Ann. I sent WeChat messages yesterday afternoon, but you didn’t reply._______51_______?
B:Oh, I went to have the piano lesson yesterday afternoon.
A:______52______?
B:Three times a week.
A:I know you play very well. I think you will be a musician when you grow up.
B:I hope so. I like art._______53_______?
A:I want to be a scientist. I am going to make some robots to help us work.
B:Sounds great. Tomorrow I’ll have my birthday party at home.______54______?
A:I’d love to. And I will play a piece of music for you. See you tomorrow.
B______55______.
书面表达
56.请你以My dream job为题, 根据以下要点和要求用英语写一篇短文, 详细描述自己未来的梦想职业。

要点:1.你将来准备做什么?
2.你为什么想从事这个职业?
3.你准备怎么做来实现自己的梦想?
要求:1.文中不得出现真实姓名和学校名称；
2.词数80左右。

答案与解析
听力理解
第一节
听下面5段对话。

每段对话后有一个小题, 从题中所给的A, B、C三个选项中选出最佳答案。

每段对话读两遍。

1.What did the boy do yesterday? A. He went to the beach. B. He went to the hospital. C. He looked after his sister. 2. How often does Lily eat chicken? A. Once a week. B. Twice a week. C. Hardly ever. 3. Who is the tallest in Jenny’s class?A. Peter. B. Jenny. C. Lara. 4. What day is it today? A. Wednesday. B. Thursday. C. Friday. 5. What is the girl going to be? A. A teacher. B. A pianist. C. A doctor. 第二节听下面几段对话或独白。

每段对话或独白后有几个小题, 从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中
选出最佳答案。

每段对话或独白读两遍。

听下面一段对话, 回答第6至第7两个小题。

按照你所听内容的先后顺序将下列图片排序。

短文读两遍。

A. B. C. D. E.
16.________ 17.________ 18.________ 19.________ 20.________
阅读理解
阅读下面四篇语言材料, 然后按照文后要求做题。

A
W e celebrate some special days like New Year’s Day, Mother’s Day and Father’s Day and so on. But do you know the following four special days?
Meatout Day
Meatout Day is on March 20th.Many people around the world don’t eat any meat for
one day. They think eating less meat can cut down the greenhouse gas emissions（气
体排放）and solve other environmental problems.
Earth Day
Earth Day is on April 22nd. Many people all over the world try to do something green
on this day. In Italy, people don’t use plastic bags. In Canada and Norway people ride
bikes. In the USA, people dress up like plants and animals and dance i Times Square,
New York.
Buy Nothing Day
Buy Nothing Day is usually on the fourth Friday in November. On this day, many
people don’t buy anything. “Buy nothing” means “make no rubbish”. When you make
less rubbish, you can help make a cleaner earth.
Car Free Day
Car Free Day is on September 22nd. It calls on drivers to give up their cars for a day to
protect the environment. In Brussels, the public transportation is free on that day. In
London, they have spe cial “green areas”.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。

文章主要介绍了四个特别的节日：世界无肉日，地球日，世界罢买日和世界无车日。

介绍了大家庆祝节日的方式，并以此呼吁大家保护地球和环境。

【1题详解】
细节理解题。

根据表格第一部分“Many people around the world don’t eat any meat for one day”可知他们通过一天不吃肉来庆祝世界无肉日。

故选C。

【2题详解】
细节理解题。

根据表格第二部分“In Canada and Norway people ride bikes”可知在加拿大，人们在地球日骑自行车。

故选A。

【3题详解】
细节理解题。

根据表格第三部分“‘Buy nothing’ means ‘make no rubbish’”不买东西意味着不制造垃圾。

“When you make less rubbish, you can help make a cleaner earth”垃圾越少，地球越干净。

可知我们买的越少，就会使环境越干净。

故选D。

【4题详解】
细节理解题。

根据表格最后一部分“Car Free Day is on September 22nd”可知世界无车日是在9月22日。

故选D。

【5题详解】
推理判断题。

根据“eating less meat can cut down the greenhouse gas emissions and solve other environmental problems”肉吃的少点有助于减少温室气体的排放解决其他环境问题；“try to do something green on this day”地球日大家做一些对环境有益的事情；“When you make less rubbish, you can help make a cleaner earth”垃圾越少，地球越干净；“It calls on drivers to give up their cars for a day to protect the environment”呼吁大家一天不使用轿车来保护环境。

由此可知四个节日都在呼吁大家保护地球。

故选B。

B
These days, people show all kinds of things on the Internet like good food, nice clothes, wonderful vacations and so on. Now showing the number of steps（步伐）is becoming popular.
Now more and more people find it important to be in good health. To keep healthy, many people go to work on foot. When they start walking, they open the step counter app on the phones to record（记录）how many steps they walk tha t day. After a day’s walk, some people show the number on WeChat or Weibo. This can make them learn from each other and keep exercising.
“This helps me to exercise much and keep a good habit, ”Miss Liu said. “I can also talk about how to keep healthy with my friends on WeChat. We are in the same group to encourage（鼓励）each other to keep exercising.”
Mr. Wu likes to exercise. But in the past he was kind of lazy and didn’t want to exercise every day. “After I use the step counter app, everything is different. It is great to exercise with my friends. Sometimes there are prizes for those who walk more steps. I really like it.” he said.
Walking is a relaxing and useful way to exercise. Both the old and the young like it. Recording the steps helps people develop a good habit of walking and showing the number can make people more interested in walking. But don’t take the number too seriously.
根据短文内容选择最佳答案。

文章主要讲述的是用小程序记录步行数目并发布到网上可以促进人们养成走路的好习惯，能相互促进锻炼，有益于健康。

【6题详解】
推理判断题。

根据“To keep healthy, many people go to work on foot”解释了很多人步行去工作的原因是保持健康。

“When they start walking, they open the step counter app on th e phones to record how many steps they walk that day”解释了如何使用程序的：当他们开始走路的时候，打开手机计步应用小程序，记录那天走了多少步。

“This can make them learn from each other and keep exercising”把步数发在网上可以使他们了解别人的步数然后保持锻炼的习惯。

ABD选项都在第二段有提到。

故选C。

【7题详解】
细节理解题。

根据最后一段“Recording the steps helps people develop a good habit of walking”可知作者认为把步数公布有助于大家养成锻炼的好习惯。

故选C。

【8题详解】
词义猜测题。

根据“Walking is a relaxing and useful way to exercise”走路是一个放松和有益的锻炼方式，可知此句表达老人和年轻人都喜欢走路，it指代walking。

故选B。

【9题详解】
细节理解题。

根据第二段“To keep healthy, many people go to work on foot”为了保持健康，很多人步行去上班，可知A选项“save money”表述错误；根据第二段“After a day’s walk, some people show the number on WeChat or Weibo”一天的走路之后一些人把数字发布在微博或微信上，可知C选项“in the morning”表述错误。

根据最后一句“don’t take the number too seriously”不要把数字看得太认真，可知D选项“the number of your steps is important to you”表述错误。

根据第三段“We are in the same group to encourage each other to keep exercising”和第四段“It is great to exercise with my friends”可知B表述正确。

故选B。

【10题详解】
主旨大意题。

根据最后一段的总结“Recording the steps helps people develop a good habit of walking and showing the number can make people more interested in walking”可知文章主要讲述的是用小程序记录步行数目并发布到网上可以促进人们养成走路的好习惯，能相互促进锻炼。

故选A。

C
Beep...beep...There went the bell! Robbie opened his eyes. It was 5:00 p. m. And it was time for him to do something.
Robbie looked out of the window. It was still snowing heavily and there was ice on the window. It was a cold day.
Robbie got a message from his master（主人）.He knew he should turn the heat（暖气）on before the family got home, and he did it.
Then Robbie was told to do some cleaning work at once. It was an easy job for him, but a little difficult for his master, Helen. He kept on working until every room was clean and tidy.
After that Robbie had to cook dinner for the family. The first thing he did was to get the big pot in the kitchen. Then he put some water in the pot and put it on the stove. He used one of his hands to cut up a chicken and added the pieces to the water to make delicious soup. Then he got some tomatoes, cabbages and carrots to make vegetable salad.
At 8:10 in the evening, he put some bread, the chicken soup and the salad on the table. The moment he turned on the lights, the whole family came home.
“It’s warm here and the soup smells great, Victor, ”said Helen to her son. “We really know how to tell Robbie what to do.” Robbie was a robot an d he really helped the family do a lot of work.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案
11. When did Robbie start to do the work?
A. In the morning.
B. At noon.
C. In the afternoon.
D. In the evening.
12. What was the third piece of work Robbie did?
A. To turn on the heat.
B. To cook the meal.
C. To clean the room.
D. To turn on the lights.
13. Where did Robbie work?
A. At Helen’s shop.
B. At Helen’s hotel.
C. At Helen’s house.
D. At Helen’s school.
14. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. The story happened on a rainy day.
B. Robbie didn’t have to get the message from the master.
C. Helen found it easy to do cleaning work at home.
D. Victor and Helen felt comfortable when they got home.
15. What’s the best title for the text?
A. A Special Cook
B. A Common Servant
C. A Common Cleaner
D. A Great Robot Helper
【答案】11. C 12. B 13. C 14. D 15. D
【解析】
这是一篇记叙文。

文章主要讲述机器人罗比根据主人的信息做家务，让主人回家感觉很舒适的故事。

【11题详解】
细节理解题。

根据第一段“It was 5:00 p. m. And it was time for him to do something”可知罗比下午开始工作。

故选C。

【12题详解】
细节理解题。

根据第二段“turn the heat”第一件事情是打开取暖器；第三段“was told to do some cleaning work”第二件事情是做清理；第四段“After that Robbie had to cook dinner for the family”第三件事情是做饭。

故选B。

【13题详解】
细节理解题。

根据最后一段“said Helen to her son. Robbie was a robot and he really helped the family do a lot of work.”可知罗比的主人是Helen，它在海伦的房子里工作。

故选C。

【14题详解】
推理判断题。

根据第二段“It was still snowing heavily”在下雪可知A选项“a rainy day”表述错误。

根据第二段“Robbie got a message from his master”以及最后一段“We really know how to tell Robbie what to do”可知主人给罗比发信息告诉它要做什么。

B选项“didn’t have to get the message”表述错误。

根据第三段“a little difficult for his master, Helen”清理对主人海伦来说有点难，C选项“found it easy to do cleaning work”表述错误。

根据最后一段“It’s warm here and the soup smells great”可知海伦和维克多回家感觉很舒服。

D选项表述正确。

故选D。

【15题详解】
标题概括题。

根据最后一句“Robbie was a robot and he really helped the family do a lot of work”可知文章主要讲述的是罗比这个机器人根据主人的信息帮助做家务的故事，可以概括为a great robot helper。

故选D。

D
The weekend is usually a time for rest.___16___According to a survey, 24% of the middle school students in Beijing have classes on weekends.
Wang Qingging, a student in Nanchang, gets up at 6:30 a. m. on Saturday as usual, because she has to go to school to have a whole day of classes. On Sundays she goes to extra classes for math and English.___17___She says, “If you want to get good grades, you must study hard. ”
Liu Yang is from Chengdu.___18___But he also spends Saturdays at school. On Sundays after finishing his homework, he plays basketball. He feels happy because he still has time to do what likes.
___19___Yang Ping, from Zhengzhou, Henan, usually gets up at 8:00 a. m. during the weekend Then she spends two or three hours doing homework.___20___“Studying hard at school is enough,” she says.
根据材料内容, 从下面五个选项中选出能填入空缺处的最佳选项, 使短文意思通顺、内容完整。

A. After that she is free.
B. But she doesn’t feel sad.
C. A few students are luckier.
D. His weekends are less busy.
E. But Chinese teenagers can hardly rest.
【答案】16. E 17. B 18. D 19. C 20. A
【解析】
【分析】
文章主要讲述了当今中国学生课业负担过重周末还需要上课的问题。

但是也有一些学生比较幸运，他们可
以有较多的时间做自己喜欢的事情。

【16题详解】
句意：但是中国的青少年几乎不能休息。

根据后一句“24% of the middle school students in Beijing have classes”可知前面的两句话是转折关系，周末是
休息的时间但是中国的青少年几乎不能休息因为要上课。

选择和不能休息hardly rest有关，表示转折的句子
But Chinese teenagers can hardly rest。

故选E。

【17题详解】
句意：但是她不感到悲伤。

根据后面她说的话“If you want to get good grades, you must study hard”判断虽然周末要上课但是她不伤心因为
她觉得要得到好的成绩就必须努力;选择和she有关，表示转折的句子But she doesn’t feel sad。

故选B。

【18题详解】
句意：他的周末不怎么忙。

根据“But he also spends Saturdays at school. On Sundays after finishing his homework, he plays basketball”可知他
周六上课但是星期天完成作业后他可以打篮球；由此推断他不怎么忙less busy。

选择句子His weekends are
less busy。

故选D。

【19题详解】
句意：少数学生很幸运。

根据“Studying hard at school is enough”可知对于杨萍来说学校而努力学习就足够了，说明她周末不需要忙于故选C。

上课，她很幸运。

【20题详解】
句意：那之后，她就空闲了。

根据前面她花两三个小时做家庭作业，可知此处需要讲述接下来做什么after that she is free。

故选A。