2021-2022学年广东省深圳市龙岗区平湖中学八年级（上）期中英语试卷

1．　　I sat with my friend in a well-known coffee shop in Italy.
　　As we enjoyed our coffee, a man entered and (1)       beside us. He called the waiter and gave his (2)       — "Two cups of coffee, and put one of them there on the wall."
　　We were (3)       in this order very much. We saw him drink one cup of coffee but he paid for two.
　　When he left, the waiter put a piece of paper on the (4)       saying "A Cup of Coffee".
　　Then two other men entered and ordered (5)       cups of coffee, two on the table and one on the wall. They drank two cups of coffee, but paid for three and left. The waiter did the (6)      .
　　After a few days, we went to this coffee shop again. A man poorly dressed entered. As he (7)      , he looked at the wall and said, "One cup of coffee from the wall" The waiter (8)       coffee to this man. The man had his coffee and left without paying. Then the waiter wasn't (9)      . He took off a piece of paper from the wall instead.
　　Now it was very clear. What a (10)       thought! Probably it is the most beautiful wall!

2．　　Orlando Disney World:Facts and Numbers

3．　　Thomas Edison lit up the world with his invention of the electric light. Without him, the world might still be in the dark. However, the electric light was not his only invention. He also invented the motion picture camera and 1200 other things. About every two weeks he created something new.
　　Thomas Edison was born in 1847. He attended school for only three months. His mother taught him at home, but Thomas was mostly self﹣educated. He started experimenting at a young age.
　　When he was 12 years old, he got his first job. He became a news boy on a train. He did experiments on the train in his spare time. Unluckily, his first work experience did not end well. His boss fired him when he accidentally set fire to the floor of the train. Then Edison worked for five years as a telegraph operator, but he continued to spend much of his time in experimenting his first patent(专利权)in 1868 for a vote recorder run by electricity.
　　Thomas Edison was totally deaf in one ear and hard of hearing in the other, but he thought of his deafness as a blessing in many ways. It kept conversations short, so that he could have more time for work. He always worked 16 out of every 24 hours. Sometimes his wife had to remind him to sleep and eat.
　　Thomas Edison died at the age of 84. He left a great many inventions that greatly improved the quality of life all over the world.

4．　　When your pen is broken, the battery in your toy runs out, or you have some leftover food, what do you do with these things? You will probably throw them all into one bin. But actually, all kinds of rubbish need to be sorted (分类) separately.
　　Rubbish sorting is a big issue worldwide. In recent years, some Chinese cities have been working hard on it. Shanghai has worked with Alipay to create a"green account (账户)" service for its residents. They get points by sorting their rubbish correctly.
　　Through the Alipay app, they can exchange the points for milk, phone cards and other products. The city is asking all of its residents to sort their rubbish into four groups:wet, recyclable, harmful and dry Wet waste is also. known as household waste. Paper, metal and glass are recyclable waste. Medicine and batteries are harmful waste. Finally, any waste that''s not wet, recyclable or harmful will go in the"dry waste"bin. Many other Chinese cities are also doing this. Shenzhen has been sorting its rubbish into the same four groups since 2020.
　　Students there must study waste-sorting guidebooks. If you don't sort your rubbish, it will go to a landfill and be buried together. These landfills can take up large areas of ground. Some rubbish can pollute the soil and groundwater and it can also do harm to the environment around us. China is improving its waste﹣sorting efforts. There is still a long way to go.

5．　　Do you have a mobile phone? Do you often send text message to your friends or family?
　　If you keep sending text messages over and over again, there may be something wrong with your fingers. (1)       If you don't, you may get injured one day.
　　(2)       But scientists have found out that texting can give us problems with fingers. Too much texting can make your finger uncomfortable. When we press small buttons (按键) over and over again, we may have a disease called RIS. RIS is short for Repetitive Strain Injury (重复性力损伤).
　　Harriet Wilson is a doctor. She has many patients with RSI. (3)       If we spend more than 10 to 15 minutes every day, we could have such problems in the future.
　　Mobile phones are getting smaller and smaller. (4)       Texting with a smaller phone is worse than using a larger phone with bigger buttons. (5)      
　　If you use a computer keyboard and play video games for long, you may have the same problem. More and more people can find themselves with RSI.

6．A. Don't worry, even great piano players have to practise. Hard work and a lot of practice are the only ways to become a good piano player.
B. When you feel angry, you should stop talking and count to ten or walk away until you keep quiet.
C. Let your parents know you will not be alone. Also, you can﹣ask a teacher to talk to your parents about the after﹣school activities.
D. Tell your friends how you are feeling. You are in a new class, so you still need their friendship. Also, you can make new friends.
E. Tell your parents that many kids play computer games and do well at school, too. Ask them to let you play computer games for a short time on weekends.
F. Don't worry. Everybody worries about their schoolwork, even those students like you who study well. Find a hobby﹣or a sport to help you relax for a while.

      (1) Sometimes I get angry easily and shout at my friends. That makes them think I'm not being friendly to them.
      (2) In my teachers' eyes, I am a good student. Both my classmates and my parents also think so. No one knows what my problem is. I often feel worried about my schoolwork.
      (3) My parents never allow me to play computer games at all. They want me to study all day and do well in my exams. I feel unhappy.
      (4) I want to join in some after﹣school activities, but my parents think they are too dangerous and don't allow me to go out alone.
      (5) My mother gets me to take piano lessons. She makes it a rule that I must practise two hours a day. I really try my best, but I just can't play well.

7．　　There is no one like you in the world, so you should learn to be happy with yourself.
　　As we all know, nobody is perfect. So if you are not (1)       most beautiful or (2)      (smart) person, that's okay. If you feel that you need to make yourself better, try your best (3)      (change). If you have tried your best, but you still can't make yourself happy, try this way. Ask yourself two simple(4)      (question). First, are you happy with who you are? (5)       the answer is yes, there is nothing to worry about. If you're okay with (6)      (you) and you've done your best in everything, you should be happy. Second, have you spent enough time (7)      (make) yourself better? You know it takes time.
　　Self-confidence (自信) is also very (8)      (importance). If you are confident, you'll be okay with the things you do. And here is some advice if you're not confident. First, find out your talents (关赋)(9)       try to use them. Second, don't always compare yourself (10)       others. Third, forgive yourself for some mistakes you have made.

8．近期，学校想在我们年级举办一个英语角(English Corner)，帮我们提升口语(improve our Oral English)。你在同学们之间进行了调查，了解他们对此事的看法。请根据以下调查结果，用英语写一份调查报告。
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　　In order to improve our oral English, our school is planning to to hold an English Corner for us. I made a survey to see how my classmates think about it. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________