2021-2022学年广东省中山市华侨中学八年级（下）期中英语试卷

一、语法选择（10 分）

• 1．Nowadays many people get used （1）

  things，especially young people.In the school，waste can be seen everywhere.Some students ask for （2）

  food than they can eat and others often forget to turn off the lights before they leave the classroom.
     Waste can bring a lot of problems.Someone （3）

  China is rich in some resources，such as coal，oil，trees and so on.Some people even say， "（4）

  rich our country is!" But actually we （5）

  no coal or oil to use in 100 years if we go on wasting.We really feel （6）

  about what we can use in the future.We can't imagine how we can continue （7）

  without these resources.Think about it （8）

  .I think we should say "no" to the students who waste things every day.
     In our daily life，we can do things to stop waste from happening.For example，we should turn off taps after using it.Don't throw the used paper because we can recycle it.Let's start out small from now on.Little by little，everything will be changed.Waste can be stopped one day if we do （9）

  best.The nature will be more harmonious and our country will become （10）

  .
  

  （1）	A．waste	B．wasting	C．to waste	D．to wasting
  （2）	A．more	B．many	C．much	D．most
  （3）	A．was saying	B．said	C．says	D．is saying
  （4）	A．How	B．How a	C．What	D．What a
  （5）	A．have	B．has	C．had	D．will have
  （6）	A．worry	B．worries	C．worried	D．worriedly
  （7）	A．live	B．lives	C．lived	D．living
  （8）	A．care	B．carefuless	C．carefully	D．careful
  （9）	A．we	B．us	C．our	D．ours
  （10）	A．beautiful	B．the more beautiful	C．more beautiful	D．the most beautiful
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二、完形填空（15 分）

• 2．William had a special experience recently.He was always shy so that he couldn't even live（1）

  .Mr.Hunt was a clever and famous person with many （2）

  so William decided to go to him for help.
  Mr.Hunt looked at him seriously， "I will teach you how to be brave but for one month in the city，you must loudly（3）

  yourself to every person you meet."
     William got really （4）

  .He didn't want to keep shy，so he （5）

  to the city.At first，when meeting passers-by（路人），he didn't say （6）

  .But he knew if he wanted to be （7）

  he must finish this.
     He began to （8）

  his feeling and face the difficulty straight.When he said （9）

  his first passer-by，he felt like he would die.But he could still speak slowly.With days passing，his （10）

  sounded louder.One day，he realized his （11）

  of not being scared.In that way a month passed quickly.He came to Mr.Hunt with happy （12）

  ， "I'm not afraid of anymore ever since the last day before I （13）

  .But how can you know this could （14）

  a lot？"
     Mr.Hunt replied， "Being shy is（15）

  a habit.You can break the habit and get the result you want by doing something you are afraid of."
  

  （1）	A．quietly	B．luckily	C．completely	D．normally
  （2）	A．fans	B．students	C．tourists	D．armies
  （3）	A．imagine	B．remind	C．introduce	D．compare
  （4）	A．scared	B．excited	C．relaxed	D．pleased
  （5）	A．died down	B．hurried up	C．handed out	D．gave up
  （6）	A．something	B．anything	C．nothing	D．everything
  （7）	A．excited	B．clear	C．crazy	D．brave
  （8）	A．control	B．protect	C．realize	D．explain
  （9）	A．towards	B．from	C．about	D．across
  （10）	A．shape	B．voice	C．force	D．tool
  （11）	A．record	B．scene	C．birth	D．success
  （12）	A．light	B．condition	C．opinion	D．laughter
  （13）	A．returned	B．left	C．depended	D．developed
  （14）	A．come true	B．make up	C．work out	D．set up
  （15）	A．already	B．actually	C．recently	D．completely
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五、读写综合A. 回答问题

• 7．After three astronauts（宇航员） entered China's space station on Thursday for a three-month stay，their clothes，food and everything they have become of great interest for people on Earth.
      While watching the astronauts entering the station on TV，Zheng Rong，a professor at Donghua University in Shanghai，had her eye on their shoes.She was the chief designer（首席设计师） of the space shoes.
      "I was so happy to see the shoes on television" she said. "My team has worked on them for more than two years，and seeing them worn by astronauts in space made us proud.We made hundreds of adjustments（调整） to the shoes to make the astronauts feel comfortable in the space."
      Chinese characters were added on the soles（鞋底） of the shoes.The characters read jiu tian lan yue，meaning "go to catch the moon in the highest sky".The words are part of a poem written by Li Bai.
      Astronaut clothing for working，training and living in the space station was also designed at Donghua University.Each astronaut has his name on his clothes，and stars representing the number of times each has been in space are under their names.
      The university said some of the clothing was specially designed to help their bodies to fit the environment.Other clothing was made to help them regulate their moods（调节情绪）.
      Li Jun，who led the university team also designed clothes for a Chinese manned space mission five years ago.Li said that since then，the team had made progress to better serve the astronauts' needs.
  （1）How long has the team work on the space shoes？
  

  
  （2）What did Zheng Rong and her team make hundreds of adjustments to the shoes for？
  

  
  （3）What do the characters on the soles of the shoes mean？
  

  
  （4）What do the stars under the astronauts' names on the clothes represent？
  

  
  （5）Why the team designed some clothing specially？
  
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B.书面表达（15 分）

• 8．假如你是李华，你的美国朋友Tom给你写信说：通过观看中国大使馆组织的"美国孩子与中国天宫对话"的电视节目后，想长大后成为一名宇航员，请你写一封回信。
  内容要点：
  1.你是否赞成他当宇航员，为什么？（1～2点理由）
  2.如果赞成，提出怎样成为宇航员的建议。（2～3条）
  3.如果不赞成，提出你的参考职业，并列出怎样实现的建议。（2～3条）
  组卷：2引用：2难度：0.5

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