广东省深圳市南山区育才三中2018-2019学年八年级下学期英语期中考试试题

— How is the poor old man in your neighborhood, Nancy?

—Bad news. He died of a commonillnesslast month

—Are yousureTina will come to our party?

— Yes. She promised to come

—I havedifficultyspeaking in English

—Don't worry I will help you

—Have you got used to your present work?

—Yes, I have It's sosimplefor me and I can finish it quickly without any help

—Can you tell me how manystagesthere are if I want to make cartoons?

—Seven in total Now let me tell you the first one

—Why did the students in your schoolraisemoney, Lucy?

— Because a schoolmate is ill and he needs much money.

— Look Great changes havetaken placein this area

—I haven't come back for about four years, It's really different from the past.

—why do you always wear the watch?

—Itreminds me ofmy grandpa He died two years ago and I miss him very much

—Can you tell me what "     " means?

—Yes It is a kind of body language. People make it with their hands.

_____! Don't lie on the bed for reading.

—Oh. I see.

—What do you think of your new neighbor?

—He is a helpful man. He often _____to do voluntary work in our community.

— There is nothing more important than______________.

—I agree with you. We should exercise every day to have a strong body.

—did you _______Jack's apology?

— No, I didn't. I was too angry with him.

—Why are you so busy, Jim?

—Because I often try to help people ______in my free time.

—How can I ______others?

—In my opinion, you should be polite and respect others.

—The woman is really poor because her only child lives far away from her.

—Actually not Though she lives ______, she never feels ______because her daughter often visits her.

—Mary, remember ______ us as soon as you arrive.

—All right. I will.

—Do you want to play basketball with me this afternoon?

—I'm tired of _______basketball. Let's see a film!

—Last night, his car _______in his community.

—Wow, that's terrible!

—Old people should ______well In our society.

—Yeah, I quite agree with you.

通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选择可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

    In the past, I didn't get on with my parents. I hardly talked to them, because they liked to1me with my sister. And that made me2 I sometimes argued with them about this.

    However, I wanted to show them that I could do things as3as my sister. Then I began to spend most of my free time painting in my bedroom. Luckily, my art teacher, Miss Green, 4 me a lot of help. She taught me some drawing 5 to help improve my paintings .At that time, she was the only people person I would like to talk to.

    One day, I told Miss Green about my problem. She6 me to take part in a painting competition .In her7, the best way to communicate with my parents was to prove myself to them.

    After a few weeks waiting, the result finally came out. I was very happy and excited, 8 I got first prize! When I took the prize home, my parents were very9! They never thought I could do good Job. I could see that they were very happy. And they began to care more about me .Now, relations between my parents and me are very good. So I think it's very10to have someone to talk to Thanks. Miss Green!

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Travel around London

    There are many places that you can visit in London:

    The Thames

    The Thames runs through London. It divides the city into two parts. It's very interesting to take a trip on the river. This way, you can see almost every landmark(地标) of London.

    London Eye

    The London Eye opened in 1999. It is 135 meters high. It stands o of the Thames. You can see the whole city from it The London Eye has 32 capsules. There are even air conditioners inside. The big wheel goes around very slow. It takes about 30 minutes to go all the way around.

    Big Ben

    Big Ben stands at the north of Westminster Abbey(威斯敏斯特教堂). Every hour, it "bongs" the number of hours to tell the time. It's the largest four—faced chiming clock in the world. It celebrated its 150" Birthday on May 31, 2009.

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    Hiccup is a young Viking. Toothless is a dragon and he can give off fire with his mouth. They go through manyups and downstogether in the How to Train Your Dragon(《驯龙高手》) movie series. Now they are back with a new film!

    In the last movie, they had to protect their home. Humans and dragons lived together happily there. But now, there are too many dragons. A man tries to kill them. He burns down parts of their home. Hiccup and Toothless have to look for a new world for dragons to live in. Will they find it? Find out by watching How to Train Your Dragon: the Hidden World.

    Dragon acts

    The How to Train Your Dragon movies are from the book series of the same name British writer Cressida Cowell wrote the 12—book series. They came out from 2003 to 2015.

    How to Train Your Dragon the Hidden World is the last movie in the series. It opened in Chinese mainland theaters on March 1. Toothless get his name because he has retractable(伸缩自如的)teeth.

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    What do you usually do in your free time? Do you like using your mobile phones? Recently, a study found that most college students were very interested in playing with their mobile phones. The study was carried out from March 12th to March 26th and 590 boys and 630girls took part in it. Here are the results.

    According to the results, 82 percent said they used their mobile phones too much. The usual time college students spend on mobile phones is 5.2 hours a day. 13 percent of them use mobile phones for over 9 hours every day and 14 percent use mobile phones for 7 to 9 hours. 53 percent of the college students use mobile phones between 6 pm and 9 pm. 71 percent of the college students use mobile phones from 9 pm to midnight, and the percentage of the students who use mobile phones just before they sleep is even higher.

    There is a difference in using mobile phones between boys and girls. 66 percent of boy students use mobile phones for entertainment like playing online games, and it is 14 percentage points higher than girl students. But 40 percent of girl students do online shopping, and it is 16 percentage points higher than boys.

    At the same time, 24 percent of the students said mobile phones were good for their study, such as helping them find information and helping them learn more new things.For instance, some teachers like using mobile phones in class to share learning materials. How do you like this study? Is it a good way for students to use their mobile phones too much? Absolutely not.

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    People in Washington usually have to work more than 8 hours each day, but dog owners there hate to leave their dogs alone every workday. So they take their dogs to a dog day care center. There the dogs play with other dogs and the workers. They also play with toys and they can rest in comfort.

    Rebecca was a successful worker at a big company but she didn't find her job very satisfying. Her working hours kept getting longer and longer. She felt very     about leaving her two dogs inside the house for a long time. She knew that many dog owners in Washington were like her .She felt they would be interested in a day—care centre for dogs. So in 1998, Rebecca left her company and opened Dog Ma near the United States Capital Building.

    Usually, about 30 dogs are at Dog Ma every day. About 25% of them are younger than one year old. A day at Dog Ma costs a dog owner about 25 dollars

    Dog Ma also has other services. Dogs can stay overnight(过夜) when their owners go out of town workers at Dog Ma will wash the dogs and cut their fur and nails. Dog Ma also provides dog training, it is really helpful to dog owners.

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用括号中词语的正确形式填空。

    On my recent tip to Sydney with my parents, we visited the Wildlife Park.

    The Wildlife Park has lots different birds. Some are local birds in Australia and they can only be found there. There (be) over 600 animals there, including kangaroos, koalas and crocodiles. They (keep )in the natural environment.

    We first spent some time with the kangaroos. We were allowed (touch)and feed them. It was exciting for me to get so close to (they).Also the koalas looked very lovely. I knew I couldn't carry them, so I took a photo with one. It was one of (wonderful)photos of my holiday in Sydney

    The Wildlife Park has plenty of freshwater saltwater crocodiles. Some of them are really big with huge(tooth)! I was so scared of them. There was also a bird show. The keepers showed us different species they had. I saw old parrot which could talk

    It made a great (impress)on me.

    I enjoyed the trip very much.

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