浙江省杭州市2018-2019学年初中英语八年级下学期期中考...

1. 根据短文理解，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择最佳答案填空。

    Years ago, while I lived in England, part of my college task(任务) was to help the children with special needs. I was chosen to 1 in a school with disabled children. The teacher asked me to 2 Nancy, a ten- year-old girl. One of 3 hands could not move.  At her school the teachers would think it was an achievement 4 she was able to put on her own coat. But I saw more in her. She had always wanted to put a string(线) 5 the hole of a key.

    For the 5 years Nancy was in the school, the teachers always 6 to help her, but always ended up doing all the work for her. I knew Nancy could do 7, so I encouraged her to do something herself. At first Nancy often failed and got very 8. Sometimes l wanted to give up too. 9, after a week Nancy was able to do 10 she had wanted to alone for so many years. Her teachers cried 11 when they saw the thing she was able to do with just some encouragement.

    Disabled people should 12 be told they can't do this or that. With just some encouragement they can do it. The look 13 that girl's face when she was able to do it herself meant  14 to me. I hope everyone will encourage people to do all they want by themselves 15 telling them they can't do it.

2. 阅读理解

    Every year hundreds of people try to climb the world's highest mountain or walk through rainforests(雨林). Let's take a look at two of the 21st century's(世纪的) greatest adventurers(冒险家).

    A mountain climber

    Do you know that more than 4，000 people have climbed Mount Everest? Gerlinde is one of them. She is one of the world's greatest climbers and has climbed all the mountains over 8，000 meters in the world. It's difficult to climb mountains in cold weather, but Gerlinde loves it. She started climbing the mountains near her home as a teenager. When she left school, she became a nurse but always went climbing in her free time.

    An Amazon adventurer

    Ed Stafford is the first person to walk along the Amazon River from the mountains of Peru to the mouth of the river in Brazil. His journey took two years and four months. There are many dangerous animals in the rainforest. But Ed was lucky and he was only bitten(咬) by small insects(昆虫). On his trip, Ed had to look for fruit or catch fish each morning. Sometimes food was hard to find and Ed was often tired and hungry. So he used a radio to ask the people of the rainforest for food and help.

3. 阅读理解

    If you have no special plans for your holidays, why not spend your time helping others? More and more people in the USA volunteer (自愿) to spend their school holidays working for others. And they don't do it for money. Here are some of their stories.

    Alice Hamilton, 17

    I'm going to help the Forest Centre build new hiking paths in the mountains. It's going to be terrific—I'll spend the whole summer living in the tent and breathing the clean mountain air. I'm going to sleep under the stars. It'll be a nice sport, and I'll be able to do something good at the same time.

    Jason Moore, 18

    This summer, I'm going to volunteer with Special House Program. They build good, low cost houses and sell them to families that are not very rich. They'll teach me what to do, so I'll help people and also have a chance to learn how to build houses.

    Trish Anderson, 16

    I'm going to teach kids who have trouble reading. I'll work for a program called “Reading for Life”. Every day, I'm going to help kids choose and read books that they like. I want to be a teacher and I love children and reading, so this is going to be a great experience for me.

4. 阅读理解

    What do mothers think of housework? Let's read the following ideas.

Laura	We don't like housework, but at the same time, we hope to have a clean and comfortable home.     My neighbor Teresa told me that I didn't have to do everything right away. We can do small things with great love. Start with the easy ones, rest, and then go on with the others. It becomes less tiring but much more interesting when you divide(分成)things into smaller parts.
Mona	What should you call those who use towels(毛巾)but never wash them, eat meals but never do the dishes, sit in rooms but never clean them？If your answer is "A house guest." you're wrong. Because I just describe my kids.
Mary	Kids seem to learn to use the computer and turn on the TV quickly. However, they have difficulty in using the vacuum cleaner(真空吸尘器). It's really surprising.

5. 阅读理解
    Barbara couldn't stand it anymore. Her upstairs neighbor was blasting(大声播放) his stereo(立体音响设备) again. She had asked him twice already to turn the volume down. The first time she asked, he was surprised. He said he didn't know that she could hear his stereo. "Yes." she said, "it's just like your stereo was in my living room. I can hear every note!"
    He said he would keep it down. She hoped that he was telling the truth. Of course, he wasn't. The next day, he blasted his stereo. She went upstairs to remind(提醒) him of his promise. He said the volume was so low that he could hardly hear it. She asked him to turn it lower .He said he would try. When she went back to her room, the music was louder when she had walked upstairs.
    So, this was the third time. She took her baseball bat upstairs with her. She knocked very loudly on his door. When he opened the door, she screamed (尖叫) at him like a crazy person. She told him she would kill him if he didn't turn the music down and keep it down. His eyes got big.
    She went back downstairs. She couldn't hear a note.

6. 阅读短文，从方框中选择恰当的词语并用其适当形式填空，使短文完整、通顺。每个限用一次。

choose，think of, quiet，bring，like，idea， it，make，instead，plant

    Linda and Laura were very excited because it would be their mother's birthday next Monday. Their mother loved and she knew a lot about them. On Thursday, the two girls pretended (假装) that they were going out to buy eggs and bread with their father. they went to the plant store where their mother often went. With their father's help, they a plant with beautiful flowers. They were sure their mother would like .
    When they got home，their mother was busy in the kitchen, so they carried the plant to their room. They wondered where they could put it because they wanted to give their mother a surprise on Monday. They looked around the room carefully. Finally, the two young girls had a(n) . They put the plant in a big box and it to the top of the bookcase. After it was done, they were very happy.
However, no one watering the plant over the next few days. They just treated (对待) the plant any other gift. When their mother's birthday came, they opened the box and found a dead(枯萎的) plant with dry flowers, but it still their mother happy.

7. 用所给词的适当形式填空

8. 阅读短文，根据短文内容或用所给词的正确形式填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。

    How can you lead a healthy life? Eating well and playing sports are two (use) ways. An American girl (call) Abby Forrence is trying to teach people how to lead a healthy life.

    Abby is a national ambassador (大使) from the program Fuel Up to Play 60. There only five ambassadors in the US. Abby is 12 and she is in her (eight) grade at Milford Middle School. The program suggests that young people eat healthy food and play sports for sixty every day.

    Abby went to a meeting for the program in Chicago this summer. She learned a lot the meeting. She wanted to make good use of the program (help) stop childhood obesity (肥胖).

    Abby called on other students to lead a healthy life. She taught her classmates how to play outdoor games. It also made a (different) to her life. She learned two new (activity)—field hockey and volleyball.

    Ashley Blake, Abby's teacher, said, "Abby is a good national ambassador. She always an active part in all kinds of sports. She also cares about others. "

9. 从下面五个选项中选出能填入文中空缺处的最佳选项。

    Have you heard of the story of The Legend of White Snake (《白蛇传》)? It's a love story between White Snake and Xu Xian. It has a connection (联系) with the Dragon Boat Festival in China.

    Once upon a time, there were two snakes, White Snake and Green Snake. They had magical powers and turned into two beautiful young ladies. White Snake quickly fell in love with him. They got married soon and lived happily.

    The Dragon Boat Festival came. On that day, people drank realgar wine (雄黄酒). If she drank the wine, she would turn into the snake again. However, Xu Xian didn't know anything about it, so he asked his wife to drink realgar wine. When Xu Xian entered the room, he couldn't find his wife. He only saw a huge white snake on the bed. Later, White Snake recovered (恢复). In order to save her husband, she went to steal the magical herb (药草). In the end, the god was so moved by her true love that he saved Xu Xian. What a moving love story!

A. He was scared to death. B. But it was dangerous for White Snake to drink this kind of wine. C. It's a very famous Chinese story. D. Soon White Snake became badly ill and went into her room. E. At the West Lake of Hangzhou, they met a man called Xu Xian.

10. 某英文报社正在举办以“An Unforgettable Experience(一次难忘的经历)”为题的征文活动。请你根据提示，写一篇英语短文，向该报社投稿。

提示：2017年8月8日夜晚9：20左右，一场突如其来的地震发生在九寨沟。假如你是Liu Mei，正和爸爸妈妈在九寨沟旅游。请根据下面的表格描述一下地震发生时的情况。要求：100～120词左右。

Person	Doing	Place
Mother and I	watching the shows	at Jiuzhaigou Art & Culture Square
Father	shopping	in a store near the square

An Unforgettable Experience