深圳市2019-2020 学年度第一学期期末测试
八年级英语学科试题
2020.1
本试卷共8页, 满分75分, 考试用时 70分钟。
说明:
1.答卷前, 考生务必将自己的姓名, 准考证号和学校填写在答题卡上。
2.全卷分两部分, 第一部分为选择题, 1至10小题答案为A、B、C三个选项, 11至30小题为A、B、C、D四个选项；第二部分为非选择题。
3.考生必须在答题卡上按规定作答；凡在答题卡以外的地方作答的, 其答案一律无效。答题卡必须保持清洁, 不能折叠。
4.本卷选择题1~30, 每小题选出答案后, 用2B铅笔在答题卡选择题答题区内将相应题目的答案
编号涂黑, 如需改动, 用橡皮擦干净后, 再选涂其它答案；非选择题31~40 及书面表达, 必须用规定的笔在答题卡非选择题答题区内按相应的序号作答。
5.考试结束, 请将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
第一部分 选择题(45分)
I.完形填空(15分)
阅读下面短文, 从短文后所给的A、B、C三个选项中能填入相应空白处的最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将相应的字母编号涂黑。(共10小题, 每小题1.5分)
Once there was a young businessman. He always thought that he was    1  for failing so many times in doing business in different fields. In the end, he came tosorting out    2    Socrates, a famous philosopher(哲学家), how to succeed.
Socrates said   3  but took him along to a river. He  4  pushed the young man into the river. At first, the businessman thought Socrates was joking so he didn't take it seriously. He was
a good    5  so he floated(漂浮) himself in the water in a relaxing way. Without telling him, Socrates  6  into the river and pulled his head into water. At that moment, the young man got really  7  . The nature of saving himself made him use up all his strength to get out of Socrates and climb to the   8 .
“I nearly went to death!”" The businessman   9    with great anger. Socrates
replied, “I just want to tell you whatever you do, do everything possible. Only like that can
you   10  your own success.”
1. A. happy                    B. unlucky                  C. unusual
2. A. challenge                B. teach                    C. ask
3. A. something                B. nothing                  C. everything
4. A. suddenly                  B. slowly                  C. angrily
5. A. player                    B. businessman              C. swimmer
6. A. jumped                    B. fell                    C. looked
7. A, pleased                  B. frightened              C. confident
8. A. bank                      B. island                  C. tree
9. A. smiled                    B. answered                C. shouted
10. A. win                      B. achieve                  C. understand
II. 阅读理解（30分）
    阅读下列短文, 从下面每小题的A, B, C, D四个选项中选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将相应的字母编号涂黑。（共20小题, 每小题1.5分）
A
    What is your junior high school life like? Let's have a look at Michael's diaries.
September 12th, Monday
Monday is completely a disaster（灾难）for me! The early morning I found my Maths homework left at home. What's worse, my English teacher always speaks too fast for me to understand every word. Though my classmates all seem friendly, I am afraid I don't have enough time to make friends. I have seven lessons today and the most relaxing one for me was P.E.. Unluckily, I was late. Now it is 9: and I am still working hard on my Maths problem!
January 1st, Saturday
How time flies! Our English week finally comes to an end. This is the most wonderful week for me! On New Years Eve, we held a party and put on snow White and the Seven Dwarfs I also got first prize in the English speaking competition four days ago. Everybody in my class and my English teacher cheered for me and I felt so excited. I am now preparing for my final exam. I will try my best to do better than that in my mid-term exam.
11. How many lessons does Michael have on Monday?
    A. Five.            B. Six.            C. Seven.          D. Eight.
12. When did Michael's class put on Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs?
    A. On September 12th.                      B. On January 1st.
      C. On Christmas Eve.                        D. On December 31st.
13. What do you know from Michael's first diary?
    A. He likes Maths most.                B. He prefers P.E. most.
    C. He enjoys English class.                D. He is always late for class.
14. What can you learn about Michael's feeling from his second diary?
    A. He felt excited because it was the last day of English week.
    B. He felt happy because he won first prize on Christmas Eve.
    C. He felt lucky because his teacher and classmates cheered for him.
    D. He felt relaxed because he was preparing for his final exam.
B
    Kimberley, from America, was one of the winners of the 2018 Chinese Government Scholarship（奖学金）. "I feel nervous and excited, but I just can't wait to go," said Kimberl
ey
who would study at Zhejiang Normal（师范）University.
    "I'm nervous because I'm flying halfway around the world by myself. And I know just a little bit of Chinese," she added. She hoped to improve her Chinese and make a lot of friends in China.
    Kimberley was one of the 18 who received scholarships to study in China. Under the scholarship program, international students would be sponsored so that they could study and do research at Chinese universities. For them, it's a piece of good news because they could get help from this program.
    Shelley, vice-president for Student Life, said, "Congratulations to you for having such a chance like this. Believe me-you're going to have a lot of fun learning in China." Zhang Ping, a Chinese Official, mentioned, "You will not only have new knowledge, but also find many ways to enjoy the interesting Chinese culture and history."