湖北省襄阳市襄州区2021-2022学年八年级上学期英语12月阶段性测试试题-组卷题库站

Jim started painting when he was three years old, and when he was five, he was already very good at it. He1 many beautiful and interesting pictures, and people paid a lot of money for them. They said, "This boy is going to be 2 when he grows up, and then we're going to sell these pictures for a lot more3. "

Jim's paintings were different 4other people's work, because he 5painted on all of the paper, he painted only on half of it, and the other half was always empty.

"That's very clever, " everyone said. "Nobody else does that like 6!"

One day, somebody bought one of Jim's pictures and then asked him, "Please 7me, Jim, why do you paint on the bottom half of the paper, 8 not on the top half?"

"Because I'm small, " Jim said. "And my brushes don't9very high. That's10 I only paint on the bottom half of the paper. "

阅读理解

Like many other young boys, I didn't know what wanted to be when I was a middle school student. My mother advised me to be a pianist. However, I couldn't stand spending all my time in front of a piano. My father wanted me to be a teacher like him, but it seemed that I was not interested in it.

I had my own goal(目标) after I went to high school. I got a part-time job at the school radio station and I found it interesting. I liked to discuss school life and my favorite music with my classmates on the radio. I kept on doing this job during the next six years. When I left the college, I got a full-time job at our local radio station. Mycareerstarted. My program is successful and I have lots of fans. I enjoy my job and my life now.

阅读理解

There will be a kind of new cars in the future. The car is as small as a bike. But it can carry two people in it. People will like this kind of small cars better than the big ones. Everybody can drive the car easily, just like riding a bike. Even children and old people can drive them to schools or parks.

If everyone drives such cars in the future, there will be less pollution in the air. There will be more space for all the cars in cities, and there will also be more space for people to walk in the streets.

The little cars of the future will cost less money to buy and to drive. These little cars can go only 65 kilometers an hour, so driving will be safer. The cars of the future will be fine for going around the city, but they will not be useful for a long trip.

This kind of cars can save a lot of gas. They will go 450 kilometers, and then they have to stop for more gas. They are nice cars, aren't they?

阅读理解

Every country has its favorite food. Italians like to eat pizza. Indians like to eat hot food. Japanese like to eat fish. Often they don't cook it.

In England, one of the most popular kinds of food is fish and chips. People usually buy it in a fish and chip shop. They put it in paper bags, and take it home, or to their workplace. Sometimes they eat it in the park or on the road. The world's favorite food is American fast food. If you go to some important cities in the world, you can find people eating hamburgers and chips.

Fish and chips, and Chinese take-away food are very popular in England. But they are less popular in the USA. The Americans eat take-away food, too, like chicken. But the most popular kind of take-away food is the hamburger. It looks like bread with meat in it. Ham (火腿) is a kind of pork, but the hamburger does not have any pork in it. The hamburgers are also popular in England and Australia.

阅读还原(5分)

任务型阅读

Mr. Johnson worked in a restaurant. He worked there for ten years. And at last he left He hated hard work and stayed in the city. One day, there was something wrong with his ear. He had to see a doctor. And five minutes later he had to pay the doctor twenty dollars He thought it was easy to get much money. So he came to the small town and opened a hospital. But soon they found he couldn't treat(治愈) them at all and his medicine wasn't useful. People hardly came and he had nothing to do.

One evening he heard a knock at the door. He thought he had a bad cold and he gave the man some medicine. Then the man left. The next morning he was told the man died in a hotel.

On the third day，It surprised Mr Johnson. He said, "I didn't know you, why do you thank me?" "My uncle died because of your wrong medicine and he left a lot of money to me. "

A. He got up quickly and saw a man lying in front of his hospital.

B. But he was not a good cook.

C. The doctor looked him over and gave him some medicine.

D. a young man came in and said, "Thank you very much, doctor!?

E. At first the people there didn't know him and they came to him.

语法填空(10 分)

语法填空

In the future, we won't use paper (write) on. We can study on computers. And there will be fewer cars and (little)pollution. Everyone will play a part in protecting the earth. The sea will be cleaner and the sky will be bluer. , the environment will get better and better.

I believe people will even have (robot) in their homes. They can help people the housework. Of course, there are already robots (work) in factories now. They do simple jobs over and over again. And they will never get (boring).

People will be able to fly to the moon for holiday. Perhaps people (live) on a space station one day. However, some people disagree. They think it is (possible) for humans to live in space.

完成句子

他把书包里装满了苹果。(fill)

He apples.

你需要多少蜂蜜？(honey)

do you need?

她讲的故事和我爷爷有关。(have)

The story she told my grandfather.

每个人应该为拯救地球尽一份力。 (play)

Everyone should saving the earth.

如果我们继续污染地球，我们的环境处于极度危险中。 (keep)

If we, we will be in great danger.

书面表达 (15 分)

根据提示和要求，以"My dream job "为题写一篇80词左右的短文。

提示： 1）你想成为一名记者；

2）打算给报纸，杂志写文章；

3）高中毕业后想去北京上大学；

4）大学毕业后想在一家电视台工作，并环游世界。