注意事项：2019-2020 学年第二学期期末教学质量监测八年级英语本试卷共五大题，8 页， 满分 100 分；考试时间 90 分钟1. 答卷前，考生务必将自己的学校、班级、姓名、考生号和座位号填写在答题卡上，再用 2B 铅笔将考生号、座位号对应的信息点涂黑。2. 选择题每小题选出答案后，用 2B 铅笔把答题卡上对应的题目选项的答案信息点涂黑；如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再填涂其他答案。答案不能答在试卷上。3. 非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内相应位置上；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案，不准使用铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答无效。4. 考生必须保证答题卡的整洁。考试结束后，将试卷和答题卡一并交回。一、语法选择 (共 10 小题；每小题 1 分,满分 10 分)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，选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Mary Poppins is a series of eight childrens books by British author P.L. Travelers.Thebooks were published 1 from 1934 to 1988.They tell the story of magical English nanny（保姆）named Mary Poppins. She 2 by the east wind to Cherry Tree Lane to look after the four children of the Banks family, including Jane, Michael and two baby twins. But unlike 3 nannies， Mary Poppins could move up banisters（楼梯扶手）, pull wonderful things out of her bag and even fly with 4 umbrella! From the moment Mary Poppins stepped through the Banks door, thechildrens lives were 5amazing experiences. Some of 6adventures（冒险经历 ） included going to tea party in painting, finding a lost dog and spending a night at the zoo.The Mary Poppins books are suitable for all age groups. Theyre not only educational 7quite fun. P. L. Travelers is a great author. Her writing style is special 8she includes detailed descriptions in stories. They are written in fast-paced（快节奏的）way.Some readers might find it troubling 9them. But I think it is a good way to make stories more 10and fun.1. A. widenB. widelyC. widthD. wide2.A.blowB. blewC. is blownD. was blown3.A.anotherB. othersC. otherD. the others4.A.theB./C. aD. an5. A. full withB. filled ofC. filled withD. fill of6.A.theirB. themC. themselvesD. theirs7.A.andB. alsoC. as wellD. but also8.A.becauseB. because ofC. whyD. for9.A.readingB. to readC. readD. reads10.A.interestingB. interestC. interestedD. interests二、完型填空（共 10 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 10 分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从 1120 各题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 项中，选出最佳选项，并在答卷上将该项涂黑。Nowadays we can see many different kinds of robots in our lives, but do you know when people made the first robots? The first robots were 11 in the 1920s.Robots have appeared in many American 12 . In some films, they are stronger, faster and cleverer than people.In real life, robots are mainly used in factories. They do some dangerous and 13jobs for humans.Robots also help 14people, for example, blind people. Today many blindpeople have a guide ( 向 导 ) dog to help them. In the future, guide dogs might be 15 dog One kind of robot guide dog has wheels. It moves in front of the owner. It is very clever. It knows how 16 its owner walks. So it can always keep the distance. The owner 17 a special belt. This belt sends instructions to the owner from the dog, such as Stop here, Turn left or Turn right.Robot are also 18in American hospitals. They can do simple jobs. At onehospital, for example, a robot takes 19from the kitchen to patients rooms. It never gets lost because this robot has a map of the hospital in its electronic（电子的）brain.Though robots can help people in many ways, they will never 20humans.11. A. inventedB. foundC. takenD. brought12. A. pictures.B. schoolsC. filmsD. companies13. A. quietB. difficultC. easyD. lovely14. A. carefulB. oldC. disabledD. common15. A. toyB. policeC. robotD. rescue16. A. wellB. fastC. slowlyD. dangerously17. A. wearsB. discoversC. makesD. buys18. A. paidB. madeC. inventedD. used19. A. mealsB. toolsC. clothesD. medicine20. A. take care ofB. take the place ofC. take part inD. care for三、阅读（共两节，满分 45 分）第一节 阅读理解（共 20 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 40 分）阅读下面四篇短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 项中，选出最佳选项，并在答卷上将该项涂黑。（A）Once there was a famine. A rich cool sent for twenty of the poorest children in the town and said to them, “In this basket there is a piece of bread for each of you. Take it and come back to me every day and this hour for more.”In a hurry the hungry children get together around the basket, and fought over the bread because each wanted the largest piece. At last they went away without even thanking the good cook. Mary, a poorly-dressed girl, did not fight with the other children, but stood quietly in the distance, when the badly-behaved children had left, Mary took the smallest piece, which was all left in the basket. She kissed the cooks hand and went home.The next day the children were as badly-behaved as before. Mary got a piece of bread almost half the size of the one she got the first day. When she came home, her mother cut the bread open. Many new, shinning pieces of silver fell out of it.Her mother was very worried, and Said. “Take the money back to the cook at once