北京市昌平区2021-2022学年八年级下学期期中英语试题 北师大版（含解析）

昌平区 2021—2022 学年第二学期初二年级期中质量监控 英语试卷笔试部分 2022 ． 5 本试卷共 8 页，五道大题， 39 个小题，满分 60 分。考试时间 90 分钟。考生务必将答案填涂或书写在答题卡上，在试卷上作答无效。考试结束后，请交回答题卡。 知识运用 一、单项填空 （共 6 分，每小题 0.5 分） 从下面各题所给的 A 、 B 、 C 、 D 四个选项中，选择可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 1. Mike is my new friend. I often play football with ________. A. her B. him C. me D. you 2. I hope the interview ________ Sunday will be successful. A. on B. in C. at D. of 3. You can’t use mobile phones too much, ________ they are very convenient. A. or B. although C. so D. because 4. —________ did you go picnic last Sunday? —By bike. A. When B. Where C. Why D. How 5. —Must I go to the office every day in the future? —No, you ________. You can work at home. A. can’t B. mustn’t C. needn’t D. shouldn’t 6. Mid-autumn Festival is one of ________ festivals in China. A. important B. more important C. most important D. the most important 7. My dog ________ its tail to show happiness every day. A. wag B. wags C. is wagging D. wagged 8. —David, hurry up! We ________ for you. —Just one minute A. are waiting B. wait C. waited D. have waited 9. I ________ games online when Frank called me last night. A. play B. played C. am playing D. was playing 10. To celebrate Thanksgiving, my mum ________ a lot of delicious food yesterday. A. prepares B. will prepare C. prepared D. has prepared 11. Texting ________ very popular since the first text message in 1922. A. becomes B. became C. will become D. has become 12. —Do you know ________? —At 8:00 tomorrow morning. A. when the meeting will begin B. when did the meeting begin C. when the meeting began D. when will the meeting begin 二、完形填空 （共 8 分，每小题 1 分） 阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的 A 、 B 、 C 、 D 四个选项中，选择最佳选项。 A New Way of Speaking It was Raj’s first day of school in a new country, and he was ___13___ . His family just moved to the United States from India. The teacher, Mr. Washington came out of his office. He reached out his hand. Raj shook it as his father showed him. “Welcome!” Mr. Washington said. His first handshake in the United States was a success. His mother told Mr. Washington that he earned high marks in English. Mr. Washington smiled and said, “I can tell that he is the apple of your eye.” Raj ___14___ what Mr. Washington meant. He has seen no apples in his mother’s eyes. “You are wonderful like a juicy, sweet apple!” his mother said to him. Raj felt a smile ___15___ slowly across his face. “Sandeep, come here, please,” Mr. Washington said. A boy with a big smile walked over. “Raj, this is Sandeep. He will help you during the school day.” “Namaste,” Sandeep said. Then he placed his hands together. The ___16___ felt like a little bit of home. “It is nice to meet another person from India.” Next, Mr. Washington ___17___ Raj in the class. The students smiled and called out, “Hello, Raj!” Raj was suddenly nervous again. The morning passed quickly. A bell sounded loudly. “It’s time for lunch!” Sandeep said. “The early bird gets the worm( 蠕虫 )!” Mr. Washington said. “Are there other things to eat?” Raj asked Sandeep. “I don’t think I would like worms.” “It’s an idiom—a saying,” Sandeep explained. “He means that the first to arrive get the best ___18___ of food.” This new way of speaking English puzzled Raj. Then they went to the lunchroom. As they walked to the table, a boy dropped his milk on the floor. The milk flowed( 流动 ) like a white river. Raj began to laugh ___19___ . “What’s so funny?” the boy asked. “You poured( 倒出 ) away rivers of milk!” Raj said. “That makes no ___20___ ,” the boy said. “This is an Indian way of saying you are very giving,” Raj explained. “It’s an idiom.” “Oh,” the boy said. “I guess that is pretty funny!” “I’m Raj,” he said, suddenly feeling better. “Mike,” the boy said. They shook hands. 13. A. surprise B. sad C. n