浙江省温岭·天台·临海·玉环 2020-2021年八年级下学期英语期末调测试题

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的 A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

Karen found out that she was going to have another baby. Like any good mother, she did1she could do to help her 3-year-old son, Michael, prepare for a new life. The new baby was going to be a girl, and Michael sang to his 2 in Mommy's stomach from morning till night every day.

Finally, Michael's sister was born, 3 she was sick and was sent to the hospital. The days went by and the little baby got 4 . The doctor told the parents, "There is very little 5 . Be prepared for the worst." They kept the baby girl in the ICU. Michael, however, kept 6 his parents to let him see his sister." I want to 7 to her," he said. Two weeks passed. It seemed that the worst time would come for the baby. Karen decided to take Michael to his sister. She thought this might be the 8 time for him to see her alive. When Karen led Michael to his sisters bedside, he 9 the baby and began to sing softly In the 10 voice of a 3-year-old boy, Michael sang, "You are my sunshine, my only sunshine, you make me happy when skies are grey." 11 the baby girl moved and her pulse rate(脉搏) became calm. All the people were shocked to see that.

"Keep on singing, Michael," Karen 12 him with tears in her eyes. "You never know, dear, how much I love you. Please don't take my sunshine 13 ." Little by little, as Michael sang to his sister, the baby was relaxed.

After a few days, the little girl was 14 enough to go home! Women's Day Magazine called 15 "the miracle(奇迹) of a brother's song".

Never give up the people you love.

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With the development of technology, the app market is blooming and they have been making our life easier and more convenient. Here are some of the most popular apps we can choose to use.

Ready to Go

Before you travel, you might need to turn off the gas or water your plants. The app Ready to Go reminds you to check on important things. You can make your own checklist(检查表). You can also set a reminder to check something. The list will look red at first. When you check off one thing, it turns yellow. After you've done all the things, the list turns green and tells you "Ready to Go".

One Second Every Day

There are so many beautiful, funny and moving moments in our lives. This app can help you remember them a bit more clearly. It lets you record a one-second video clip(片段) each day. At the end of a year, a month or a week, you put all the one-second clips together and get a video that shows you what happened during that time. You can also post your videos on social media(社交媒体).

PhotoScan

We all have some old photos. Their colors are fading(褪色). Don't worry. PhotoScan can save them. You just use the camera in your phone to scan(扫描) your old photos. In seconds, you get perfect digital copies. You can also use the app to scan papers, posters and paintings. It's very useful.

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I like reading books very much, and I also want my kids to know how amazing the book world will be.

I have read to my son Lucas since his birth. But when he was 8, he didn't show much interest. Although he enjoyed some picture books, I couldn't get him into long stories no matter how much I promised him that he would lovethem. I didn't want to keep pushing him about it because that would only make him decide to choose what he liked. I thought that I needed to be creative.

I came up with a plan. I thought that my son must love Harry Potter, so one night, I stayed with him to read the book.

I read the first few chapters(章节), and in the middle of Chapter 4. when the most exciting plot came, I stopped.

"My throat is hurting. I can't go any further."

"Mom, just a little more."

"I'm sorry, honey. My voice just cant go on anymore tonight."

"Please!"

My plan was working. I asked him if he wanted to read a little bit by himself, and I would allow him to stay little past his bedtime.

He agreed. That was the night when my son became interested in Harry Potter and novels in general. Several months later, he ran into my room long after he should have been asleep and threw himself in my arms, crying because of a special character in a book that died.

Now,Lucas is hardly without something to read within arm's reach, and I owe(归功于) it all to that first night when I tricked him into falling in love with J.K. Rowling.

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①Maimaiti Ailijiang Abuduaini, 22, received a gift on his birthday recently. He was honored(被授予荣耀) as the Chinese College Student of the Year 2020. Normally, only 10 students receive the honor each year, but for 2020, the number was doubled.

②Maimaiti who comes from Xinjiang, China, studies in a college in Wuhan, Hubei Province. In January, 2020, instead of returning home, he decided to stay in Wuhan. "I learned from the news about COVID-19 that Wuhan needed volunteers, so I decided to do something," he said.

③For more than 80 days, he helped to carry food and medical things to hospitals and other places in Wuhan. "I know there are volunteers like us protecting my hometown and my family. So we are protecting our country in different places," he said.

④Maimaiti also volunteered to help test the nations first COVID-19 vaccine(疫苗). "Something had to be done," he wrote on his WeChat. His courage and kindness got the support of his family. "Kid, hust go ahead. Although we are worried, we fully understand the importance of what you are doing. Your mother and I ▲  ." Maimaiti's father said.

⑤ Then Maimaiti went to the hospital to get a blood test after two weeks of observation(观察). Everything was normal. He said that it was the most relaxing day in three months for him.

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A cross-country mountain marathon in northwest China's Gansu Province on May 22nd has turned into a public safety accident. According to the local government, 21 runner died from hypothermia(体温过低症) after being hit by extreme weather.

Hypothermia is one of the biggest challenges of outdoor activities. It means cooling, or even freezing of the body.

The cooling could be fast enough to kill a person. Outside air temperature doesn't have to be very low. In fact, hypothermia can happen when the temperature is 50℉(华氏), and it often does.

For the body to run well, its temperature must stay about 98.6℉. People produce(生产) more heat than they need. In hypothermia, however, the body loses more heat than it produces. This condition often happens when a person gets wet.

One of the most terrible accidents that can happen to a fisherman is to fall into the sea and become wet.

Wind also makes heat loss faster. The wind cools the water. At 50℉, water is terribly cold. If a person's clothes are wet, heat moves rapidly from the body to the water.

Whenever you're outside, keep dry. Wear rain clothes. While you're moving—hiking or skiing, for example—your body makes a lot more heat than it does when you're resting. However, you may find that once you stop hiking, your production(产量) of body heat may drop suddenly by as much as 50 percent. You may start toshiverand become unable to control the shivering. You may turn into hypothermia: your speech will slow, you won't remember well, and you will find you cannot hold things. You may become too tired, but you must not sleep—or you might die.

用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，每词仅用一次

阅读下面短文，然后根据括号内所给汉语意思写出单词的正确形式（每空一词）。

Once upon a time, there were lots of animals in the forest. One (晴朗的) afternoon, a young deer an old deer were (躺) under a tree. Suddenly, they heard some sounds of dogs' barking.

The old deer stood up quickly because he felt quite afraid and (紧张的). He said to the young deer, "Hurry up! It's time to find a safe place to hide in. The barking dogs are terrible and they will hurt us."

The young deer laughed and said, "Why should we hide from the dogs? We are (更大的) and stronger than them. We can throw them aside with our big antlers(鹿角). We should fight with them (勇敢地).

The old deer thought highly of the spirit of the young deer, but he did not believe the young. "We'd better run away now." said the old deer.

The young deer (拒绝) to run away. He decided to fight against the dogs. He was just standing there (与…同时) the dogs were running to him. Then he put down his antlers and wanted to throw them aside. But to his (惊讶), he didn't win the fight because there were too many dogs. The dogs killed him in the end.

We can learn a lesson from the story. (每个人) should know their own strength and weakness. When we are in danger, don't be (像) the silly young deer. The young deer died because he didn't know his strength and weakness.

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空（每空不多于3个单词）。

We all know a mothers love is wonderful. You should never forget your mother's love and repay(回报) it with all your life.

In a small village of Guizhou, Liu Xiuxiang, a man teacher has done like this many years. At the age of four, Liu (lose) his father. He had to live a difficult life with his mother. Because of his father's (die),

Liu's mother felt so sad. Soon her illness became much (serious). Though Liu's neighbors helped him a lot, in his life, he not only looked after (he), bust also had to support his family by picking litter. The heavy living problems didn't make him give up. Instead, they made him stronger.

He worked really hard at his lessons and all his work paid off. He went into a university in 2008, , there was still a difficult problem. Who would look after his mother? Finally, Liu made great decision. He carried his mother on his back to the university. After knowing about this situation, his university and schoolmates often helped him.

Now he is a headmaster in his hometown. He doesn't forget the love from the society. He often gives away his money (help) children in need. He became one of the greatest (win) of May Fourth Youth Medal of the year 2020 in Guizhou. Soon his (amaze) story of carrying his mother on his back to the university spread(传播) over the Internet.

阅读下面材料，根据文中信息完成以下任务，每空限填一词。

March 29th, 2021 Sunny

Today is the Hungry Luncheon(饥饿午餐日). Every year, at our school, there is a lunch event called the Hungry Luncheon.

If you want to join the event, each costs $2, you must pay money at the door of the dining hall and get a letter. All the money is used for helping those poor people who don't have enough food to eat. My letter was "K".

After all the students sat down, the teachers called the letters for the meals: 15% of the students got to eat a best dinner. 25% of the students got to eat an okay meal. But 60% of the students just had a small piece of bread and a small cup of water!

The purpose(目的) of this event is to tell us about the unfairness(不公平) of the world, and that we need to helping the poor!

I was one of the 60% of the students. I felt hungry and wanted to eat something more for the rest of the day, but I learned something from this special lesson. Now every time I eat, I think about the poor.

Date	Hungry Luncheon this year is on 29th.
Cost	Two students should pay for dollars for joining the Hungry Luncheon.
	The event is to tell us about the unfairness of the world, and that we need to start to help the poor!
Meals	15% ate a best dinner. % ate an okay meal. 60% of the students had a little bread and water!
Feeling	The writer was a little , but he learned a lot from this special lesson.

假设你是 Jack，昨天你收到美国笔友 Mike 的一封电子邮件，邮件中，Mike向你倾诉他的烦恼并寻求帮助。请阅读邮件后回复。

Dear Jack,

How's everything going? I'm under too much pressure these days. The final exam is coming and I really want to get good grades, so I stayed up late to study for each subject during the last two weeks. I was so tired that I couldn't learn well in the daytime. Now I'm worried. Could you give me some advice? I would be very thankful if you could offer me a hand.

Yours,

Mike

注意：1）回复邮件时，须从睡眠、减压和学习方法上给予建议，可适当发挥。

2）邮件中不得出现真实的人名、 校名。

3）词数 80~100。 开头和结尾已给出， 不计入总词数。

Dear Mike,

I'm sorry to know about your problems. ……

Yours,

Jack