2020-2021学年山东省日照市东港区八年级（下）期末英语试卷

一、单项选择。（1×10）从每小题A、B、C、D中选出一个能填入句中空白处的最佳答案。

• 1．- Good __________ between parents and children is very important.
  - I agree.They should talk with each other often.（　　）

  A．communication	B．satisfaction
  C．protection	D．situation
  组卷：5引用：1难度：0.5

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• 2．-Look!The survey shows that two thirds of the students will save their phones first in a fire.
  -Unbelievable.Life is far ___________，isn't it？（　　）

  A．important	B．very important
  C．more important	D．most important
  组卷：6引用：1难度：0.4

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• 3．Dangerous things like knives and medicine ___________ be kept out of children's reach.（　　）

  A．can

  B．may

  C．should

  D．could
  组卷：8引用：1难度：0.7

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• 4．Bob looks blue today.Let's do something interesting to ____________.（　　）

  A．look him up	B．set him up
  C．fix him up	D．cheer him up
  组卷：5引用：1难度：0.7

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• 5．-Remember to call us ____________you get there.
  -OK，I will.Don't worry，mum.（　　）

  A．since

  B．as soon as

  C．until

  D．unless
  组卷：7引用：1难度：0.7

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• 6．-What did the monitor say just now？
  -Sorry，I didn't hear it.I __________ the English homework.（　　）

  A．am collecting	B．collected
  C．was collecting	D．will collect
  组卷：9引用：1难度：0.4

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• 7．-How long have you __________________this model plane？
  -For almost ten years.My father _____________it to me on my fifth birthday.（　　）

  A．bought；gave	B．had；gave
  C．bought；give	D．had；has given
  组卷：6引用：1难度：0.7

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• 8．____________it was hot，nobody stopped to have a rest _________ all the work was finished.（　　）

  A．Although；until	B．But；until
  C．Although；after	D．But；after
  组卷：7引用：1难度：0.7

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• 9．Why not ________ to your friends for help if you have trouble _______ out the problem alone.（　　）

  A．turn；working	B．turning；to work
  C．turn；to work	D．turning；working
  组卷：10引用：1难度：0.5

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六、阅读表达。 阅读短文， 根据短文内容回答文后各小题。

• 26．Country music is very old.It came from the USA，Canada，Ireland and Great Brjye.aiain.It is a mixture（混合物）of music from all these places.
      In the west of America，cowboys had to take care of the cattle（牛）.They had to watch them all day and all night because the cattle were nervous and sometimes ran away.A cowboy's life was lonely and dangerous. When he was alone in the desert with the cattle，he drank strong coffee to make himself stay awake .He also sang music to the cattle to make them quiet.He sang about the stars and the moon，his family and his friends.The cattle listened to the cowboy and went to sleep.They would not run away        he sang beautiful and peaceful songs In the south of America，many people came from Ireland，Scotland and England.Other people came from France and Canada.They enjoyed their own kind of music.They used guitars，violins and harmonicas（口琴），too.When they visited their friends and families on holidays they usually sang and played country music.
      Country music describes life.It talks about love，jobs，home and money.It talks about friends and enemies，trucks and highways，farms and crops.People in many parts of the world like country music because everyone knows something about these ideas.Also，many country music fans wear western clothes and dance together.Many people around the world now perform country music.
  
  （1）At the very beginning，cowboys sang music to

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  （2）In the last paragraph， " these ideas" refer to （指的是）

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  （3）请把划线句子翻译成汉语。
  

  
  （4）在文中空白处填入一个恰当的词，使上下文连贯。
  

  
  （5）请给本文加一个标题：
  组卷：0引用：1难度：0.1

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七、书面表达。（共1题， 计15分）

• 27．暑假是旅游的好时机，你一定也去过不少地方了吧？请以"The best place I've been to"为题，写一篇短文，向我们介绍一下你到过的某个城市或旅游景点。
  提示：Where is it？
  Why do you think it's a good place？
  What can people enjoy （visit，eat，buy... ） there？
  Which is the best season to go there？Why？
  参考词汇：tourist spots 旅游景点
  要求：所提示的内容要全部用上，可适当发挥；文中不得出现真实的人名；不少于90 个单词，开头已给出，不计入总词数。
                                                           The best place I've been to
     Have you ever been to ？I have.I think it's the best place I've been to.It_________.
  组卷：22引用：3难度：0.2

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