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陕西省西安市2019-2020学年八年级上学期英语期末质量检测试卷(含听力音频)

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    In the spring of 2019, I went to watch the movie The Wandering Earth《流浪地球》. It is very exciting.

    In the movie, the Earth is about to hit Jupiter (木星). Everybody lost hope in saving the earth, but a boy called Liu Qi. He thought up a wonderful idea at the last minute. However, there isn't enough help. There is not much time left for people to get together with their families again. Liu's sister then teaches people a lesson about what hope is. The lesson touches people's hearts and changes their minds, they are all ready to save the earth at last.

    The love in Liu's family is really touching. I cried when Liu's grandfather died. All he cares about is his grandchildren's safety. Although Liu seems to dislike his father. When his father decides to help him out, Liu shouts and tries hard to stop his father. His father loves his son so deep. Their talk before their last goodbye made me cry again.

    At last, people save the earth successfully. I believe Liu's family will love each other more. Where there's life, there's hope. As long as we join hands with each other. We can make anything come true. It is an important lesson I learned from the film.

(1)、What does the writer think of the movie?
A、Boring. B、Wonderful C、Meaningless. D、Terrible.
(2)、What does Paragraph 2 mainly tell us?
A、What the movie The Wandering Earth is about. B、How the movie The Wandering Earth is made. C、Why a boy called Liu Qi in the movie saves the Earth. D、When the Earth will hit Jupiter in the movie.
(3)、The writer ______________ at end of the movie.
A、laughed B、cried C、shouted D、was bored
(4)、What lesson did the writer learn from the film?
A、No pains, no gains. B、Every little helps. C、Where there's life, there's hope. D、Nothing is difficult if you put your heart into it.
(5)、From the passage, we know ______________.
A、Liu Qi's sister died at last B、The writer watched The Wandering Earth this year C、Four people of Liu's family in the movie are mentioned D、Liu Qi's father thought up an idea to save the earth at the last minute
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Not everyone is born smart or good at sports. But everyone can study to become smarter and train to get better at sports. Science shows that anyone can get better skills.

Your brain is made up of billions of neurons(神经元). They are all connected and send messages to each other. Scientists have found that when we learn, neurons make new connections and old connections grow stronger. But if connections aren't used, they will break down. So learning is like exercise for your brain.

A mindset is a way of thinking. Some people have a fixed mindset. They think they are either smart or stupid and they will stay that way forever. Other people have a growth mindset and they think they can learn and get better.

According to Dr. Carol Deck's studies, people with a fixed mindset worry about grades. They're afraid of looking stupid when they make mistakes and try to find different ways of solving problems. They ask for help when necessary. In only two years, babies learn to walk, talk and feed themselves. They never worry about looking stupid when learning. If they make mistakes, they just try again.

Deck's team discovered that kids can choose to have a growth mindset. They can do better in school. So notice what mindset you have. If you ever think yourself stupid, it's not true. You just have not learned how to do something yet.

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The Vine(藤本植物) That Ate the South

Kudzu is a fast-growing vine that covers a large area in the southern United States. It is so common that one might think it is a native plant, but it is not. Kudzu was brought to the United States from Japan in 1876. Many Americans thought it was beautiful, and they began to plant it. They didn't know it could grow up to a foot a day during the summer months. Nor did they know it would grow up and over anything in its path.

In Japan, kudzu experienced cold winters and a short growing season. But in the United States, it has a very long growing season with warm and wet southern weather. It is fine weather for the vine to grow fast.

In the 1920s, people used the vine to feed farm animals. Ten years later, the government supported to plant kudzu because it kept soil (土壤) from washing away. However, by the 1950s, the government no longer wanted people to plant the vine. Twenty years after that, the government said it was a harmful plant.

The vine grows up trees and buildings, making some beautiful shapes. However, trees die after kudzu covers them because they cannot get enough light. Scientists are looking for ways to kill the vine. They used poisons(毒药) to kill the vine. However, some of the poisons made it grow even better. Scientists also find it difficult to dig up kudzu. The plant is really tough.

Because kudzu is so hard to kill, some people are making the best of it. So they try to find different uses for the vine. They find they can use the vine to make paper and baskets and feed the goats. People also can eat it. Scientists are studying it in the hope that they can use the vine as a medicine. At the very' least, kudzu serves as an example of the unexpected results that can come from non-native plants.

 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。

Long ago, people didn't need a lot of numbers, but when small villages grew into big cities, people started to need bigger numbers to count bags of crops and make trades. How did people in ancient time count numbers?

Paclfic Islands 

Some Pacific Island cultures count using the whole body. Different body parts stood for a different number, and the name of that part also means that number.

Rome 

Greek, Roman, and Hebrew mathematicians used letters for their numbers, The Romans, for example, used I for 1, V for 5, X for 10, L for 50, C for 100, and M for 1,000. To write 49, it took nine letters: XXXXVIIII.

Peru

In South America, the Inca came up with a different way to note down numbers — by making knots on ropes. Different kinds of knots stood for different numbers, while the color of the rope may have showed what was being counted.

Maya Math

The Maya of Central America (200-900 CE) were great mathematicians. They counted in groups of 20. They wrote their numbers from bottom to top, with the bottom row standing for one time (1s), the next row up for 20 times (20s), then 400 times (400s), and so on. They used bean-shaped dots● for 1, twig-shaped lines for 5, and they even had a shell shaped symbol for 0!

 阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出最佳选项。

We made a survey among different age groups on preferred ways of watching TV programs. The following is the analysis (分析)of the survey results. We hope to give suggestions to advertisers based on the findings.

TV viewers of different ages were asked about their primary way of watching TV. The results can be seen in the pie chart, which shows that although live TV is still popular, it is now preferred by just under half of those surveyed. Watching recorded programs (DVR) is the second most popular way (23%), with online streaming (直播) in the third place (17%).

Of the people who choose each of the three main viewing kinds, the graph shows what percentage of these viewing kinds are in each of the seven age groups. To help advertisers look for target(目标)age groups, the report will focus on the data(数据) shown in this graph.

The survey shows that live TV viewers are older in age, so advertising through live TV will be less helpful for products aimed at younger people.

On demand or DVR viewers are more likely to be aged 25-54. This is the best kind for advertisers aiming at a wide age group. But it should be remembered that they are likely to skip advertisements when watching recorded programs. They think it is a waste of time to watch ads.

Online streaming viewers are typically younger in age (under 25). Although they now make up less than a fifth of viewers, the number is likely to rise in the near future.

Generally, it is likely that the data for the three kinds will become almost the same in the near future.

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