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1、沪教版2019-2020学年八年级下学期英语期中考试试卷C卷姓名:_ 班级:_ 成绩:_一、 完形填空 (共1题；共10分)1. （10分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。 It was a hot summer evening. Kevin and his brother Alan were 1soccer in the backyard. After a while, they decided to drink some orange juice and watch TV in the house. 2the TV was off. Alan tr
2、ied to turn it back on, but 3happened. They soon realized that there was no electricity (电). What could they do? Kevin suggested going outside to do some 4watching. Without streetlights, the stars were bright and 5to see. Lying on the grass, they saw different kinds of stars 6they even saw the plane
3、t Mars. Kevin and Alan had never realized 7fantastic the night sky could be.After watching the stars for an hour, the boys 8the house. It was very dark except for a few 9that their parents had lighted. The family spent the night playing cards and telling stories by candlelight. Kevin and Alan had ne
4、ver thought of having such a night 10electricity like that before. They really enjoyed watching stars.（1）A . buying B . selling C . playing （2）A . Luckily B . Suddenly C . Certainly （3）A . everything B . anything C . nothing （4）A . flowers B . stars C . birds （5）A . easy B . difficult C . impossible
5、 （6）A . or B . and C . but （7）A . what B . how C . which （8）A . went into B . went over C . went up （9）A . matches B . lights C . candles （10）A . without B . with C . throughout 二、 阅读理解 (共3题；共26分)2. （10分） Beijing Opera is also called Peking Opera. It came into being after 1790 when the famous four A
6、nhui opera troupes(戏班) came to Beijing. Its music and singing(唱腔) come from Xipi and Erhuang in Anhui and Hubei. Its costumes are all fascinating and artistic. It is the highest expression of the Chinese culture. Its full of famous stories, beautiful facial paintings, and wonderful gestures and figh
7、ting. This kind of opera is very popular with Chinese people.There are four main roles in Beijing Opera: Sheng, Dan, Jing and Chou. Sheng is the leading male(男性) actor. For example, a Wusheng is a soldier or fighter. A Xiaosheng is a young man. A Laosheng is an old man. Dan is the female(女性) role. J
8、ing, mostly male, is the face-painted role and Chou is the comedy actor or clown.Stories in Beijing Opera are very interesting. Some of them are from the history book, but most of them are from the literature, especially famous novels. The people in the story usually have some disagreements. They be
9、come angry and unhappy. They are sad and lonely. Sometimes they are nervous and worried. Then they find a way to make peace. The stories usually end with happiness and laughter and people are all happy in the end.（1）Beijing Operas singing is from _.A . Anhui and HubeiB . Beijing and AnhuiC . the his
10、tory bookD . the literature and novels（2）The second paragraph of the reading is about the _ of Beijing Opera.A . storiesB . rolesC . gesturesD . paintings（3）From the reading, we know the role Chou most probably has a (n) _ feature.A . honestB . funnyC . dullD . serious（4）Which of the following is th
11、e role Sheng?A . B . C . D . （5）Which of the following statements is TRUE?A . Peking Opera is full of different gestures.B . There are only four roles in Beijing Opera.C . Beijing Opera is the most popular in the worldD . The people in the story usually are in agreement.3. （6分）阅读理解 Hans Christian An
12、dersen was born in Denmark in 1805. He lived with his parents in a town called Odense. They were a very poor family and they couldnt afford to send Hans Christian to school.As a little boy, Hans Christian enjoyed making up fairy tales(童话) and puppet(木偶) shows. When he was only eleven years old, his
13、father died and he had to go out to work to make money to help his mother.Three years later, Hans Christian left home and went to the city of Copenhagen to be famous and rich. To begin with he didnt do very well there, but at last he was able to go back to school and then on to university to continu
14、e his education.He wrote fairy tales and stories and soon became famous. At first he wrote the stories that he had heard when he was a child and then began to make up new tales. During his seventy-one year life. Hans Christian wrote over three hundred stories.Many of his stories are still enjoyed by
15、 children today. Among his best-known stories are: the Emperors New Clothes, the Ugly Duckling, the Snow Queen, the Princess and the Pea, and the little Mermaid.（1）Which sentence is true about Hans Christian when he was a boy? A . His mother died when he was 11 years old.B . He had to work to make money to help the family.C . He went to school t
