2019 学年第二学期八年级英语学科期中试卷 第一部分 听力测试（共 15 分） (本题有 15 小题，每小题 1 分；共计 15 分） 第一节：听小对话，回答问题。每段对话仅读一遍。 1. What was Dennis doing when the telephone rang last night? A. He was taking a shower. B. He was studying for a test on the computer. C. He was in bed. 2. Where are they going ? A. To school. B. To the hospital C. To Tim’s grandma’s home 3. What’s the matter with Lucy? A. She has a fever B. She has a sore back. C. She has a cold. 4. What doesn’t the boy do in the old people’s home ? A. Sing for the old people. B. Listen to the old people. C. Clean up the old people’s houses. 5. How long will they stay in the hotel? A. A week. B. Three days. C. Five days. 第二节：听较长对话，回答问题。每段对话读两遍。 听下面一段对话，回答第 6---7 小题。 6. What is Jeff doing? A. Cleaning the house. B. Washing the car. C. Playing computer games 7. Who is Dave? A. Jeff’s brother. B. Jeff’s friend. 听下面一段对话，回答第 8---10 小题。 8. Where is Molly going? C. Jeff’s cousin. A. To the hospital. B. To the school. C. To the bank. 9. When will Molly get there? A. At 8:30 B. At 9:00 C. At 10:00 10. What is David going to do? A. Cheer up the kids B. Give out food. C. Raise money. 第三节：听独白，回答问题。独白读两遍。 11. When did Lucy’s parents argue with each other? A. Yesterday B. Last month C. Last week 12. What did her parents argue about? A. Her math test. B. The housework. C. Her mother’s job 13. Where does her mother work? A. At home. B. In an office. D. In a factory. 14. What does her father do? A. He is a teacher B. He is a worker. C. He is a reporter. 15. What will Lucy do to pass the next math test? A. She will ask for the teacher’s help. B. She will work harder. C. She will do more homework. 第二部分 笔试部分（共 85 分） 一、完形填空（本题有 15 小题，每题 1 分；共计 15 分） 阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。 Gaylord walked across the desert( 沙漠 ) planning to walk through it for one month. Twenty 16 passed, and the journey had been so smooth and it seemed that he had 17 food and water to finish it. “I’ll be able to walk out of the desert,” he thought happily. But the desert never cared for travelers. 18 this idea could be gone, the sandstorm(沙尘暴) had arrived suddenly. He hurriedly covered his head with the clothes, 19 on the sand. After about ten minutes, the sandstorm stopped. When he shook the clothes and stood up, he 20 a terrible thing: the back bag with food and water was swept away by the Now, he only had a(n) 21 . 22 left. He held it in his hands. “ Oh, not too bad, 23 I have a pear,” he thought to himself and decided to walk out of the desert. One day and one night passed quickly, but the desert 24 seemed to have no end, and the fear of 25 followed Gaylord closely, feeling hungry and thirsty. 26 , each time he wanted to give up, he forced( 强迫 ) himself to stare at the pear that he had been keeping,” Not too bad, at least I have a pear.” A small pear became the 27 for his survival(幸存 ) of his courage. Three days later, when he saw a village not far away, he fell onto the ground, but after all, he 28 out of the desert and survived as well. To keep hope is one of the best ways to achieve 29 , so never tell you “ 30 left”, because as long as you try to search, you can always find that “pear” to pull you through. 16. A. years B. months C. weeks D. days 17. A. usual B. enough C. spare D. little 18. A. Before B. After 19. A. standing B. running 20. A. remembered 21. A. traveler 22. A. apple B. managed B. sandstorm B. orange 23. A. without doubt 24. A. even 25. A. die 26. A. However B. at first C. When D. Since C. lying D. sleeping C. finished C. desert D. found D. sand C. pear D. banana C. in fact D. at least B. still C. almost D. hardly B. dying C. death D. dead B. Instead C. Gradually D. Nowadays 27. A. sadness B. control 28. A. climbed B. left 29. A. success B. power 30. A. everything C. hope C. helped D. interest D. walked C. courage B. anything C. nothing D. experience D. something 二、阅读理解（本题有 15 小题，每小题 2 分；共计 30 分） 阅读下面材料，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。 (A) As we all know, bacteria (细菌) is everywhere. It is bad for our health. And hands are the easiest way to spread (传播 ) the bacteria. If we don’t develop the habit of washing our hands regularly, we may easily get sick. Then how to wash your hands properly? ●Don’t use antibacterial soap(抗菌肥皂) ---it does little extra good and can create “super-bugs(超级细菌)”. Regular soap will do. ●Wash for 30 seconds with warm water and soap. You can keep track by singing “Happy Birthday” twice. ●Be sure t