上海版八年级上学期英语期中考试试题A卷

上海版八年级上学期英语期中考试试题A卷一、 单选题 (共15题；共30分)1. （2分）I think Ms. Brown is a great teacher._. The students like her very much.A . Thats too sureB . That sounds goodC . I dont knowD . Youre welcome2. （2分） Would you like a drink? _. A coke. A . Yes, it isB . No, thanksC . Yes, pleaseD . No, I dont3. （2分）My sister _ goes to bed early because she needs a lot of sleep every day. A . sometimesB . seldomC . alwaysD . never4. （2分）Andrew was afraid to make a mistake again, so he the light carefully. A . put onB . put offC . put inD . put out5. （2分）How can I learn history well?Well, it s a good idea to make in classA . plansB . friendsC . mistakesD . notes6. （2分）_ earthquake recorded in the 20th century occurred in Chile in 1960.A . LargeB . LargerC . LargestD . The largest7. （2分）I a shower when Jimmy called me at nine yesterday evening. A . am takingB . tookC . was takingD . have talked8. （2分）What is with the bike? A . matterB . the wrongC . the matterD . trouble9. （2分）I dont think I can afford _ even one more day. A . wastingB . to wasteC . wasteD . wasted10. （2分）Victor and Rick _ Shanghai on business many times. A . have gone toB . have been toC . have been in 11. （2分）I can swim， I cant swim very wellA . andB . butC . orD . so12. （2分）My English class _ at 2:00. A . finishB . finishsC . finishesD . to finish13. （2分）Wolves have good team work. They usually work _a team when they hunt. A . forB . asC . ofD . in14. （2分）We played catch and _ maple syrup. A . madeB . makingC . makesD . make15. （2分） I dont know why your English grades are always very good. Let me tell you. _ you work, _ results you will get.A . The harder, the bestB . The hard, the goodC . Harder, betterD . The harder, the better二、 完形填空 (共1题；共10分)16. （10分）完形填空A little girl went to a hospital. “I want to 1 a miracle(奇迹).” “What?” said the doctor. “My brother is badly ill, 2 my daddy says only a miracle can save my brother.” “We dont sell miracles here, little girl. Im 3 but I cant help you,” said the doctor. “I have the 4 to pay for it.” said the girl.The doctors brother asked, “What miracle does your 5 need?” “I dont know,” she answered. “My daddy cant 6 for it, so I want to use my money.” “How much do you have?” asked the man. “A dollar and a half.” “Well,”7 the man, “a dollar and a half can buy a miracle.”That man was a very good 8. The operation(手术) was free and her brother became well. “Whats the price 9 the operation?” her mom asked. The little girl smiled. She knew exactly how 10 a miracle wasa dollar and a half with the faith(诚意) of a little girl.（1）A . sell B . make C . buy D . take （2）A . or B . so C . then D . and （3）A . glad B . sorry C . worried D . sure （4）A . money B . illness C . time D . house （5）A . mom B . daddy C . brother D . sister （6）A . pay B . spend C . give D . have （7）A . asked B . smiled C . cried D . talked （8）A . friend B . parent C . teacher D . doctor （9）A . to B . of C . with D . at （10）A . little B . few C . much D . many 三、 阅读理解 (共4题；共38分)17. （10分） If you had only three years left to live, how would you spend your time? Its a hard question and few of us would even like to think about it. But 18-year-old Huang Ge has to answer this question and he says, “I want to thank the people who have helped me.”At the age of one, Huangs mother left the family. Six years later, he was badly ill. He has been using a wheelchair since 9 years old. Doctors said he would only live to 18.After Huangs story went on TV, hundreds of people sent money to help him. The boy was so moved that he decided to thank every one of them. But he has to be tied to his wheelchair. And the family can only afford a three-wheeled motorcycle(三轮摩托). Since 2003, the father and son have traveled 14,000 kilometers, to 10 provinces, and thanked more than 30 helpers.“I am moved by the story of the boy. We need the courage to face death, and we should also show our gratefulness to those who help us,” says an online post on CCTV. com.（1）_, Huang Ge started to use a wheelchair.A . When he was 9 years oldB . When he was 18 years oldC . When he was 10 years oldD . When he was 6 years old（2）Huang and his father took a _to thank the helpers.A . trainB . shipC . motorcycleD . bus（3）The underlined word “gratefulness” means _A . 诚信B . 奉献C . 宽容D . 感谢（4）Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?A . Hundreds of people sent money to help him.B . Huang Ges mother left the family.C . Huang Ge and his father have thanked more than 30 helpers.D . Huang Ge was badly ill at the age of one.（5）Which is the best title for the passage?A . A Great SuccessB . An Interesting TripC . A Grateful HeartD . A TV Show18. （10分）根据短文内容，判断句子正误。 Starting senior high school can be difficult. You may feel nervous(紧张的) because you dont know where to go for class. Meeting new friends might make you nervous, too. Dont worry. You are not alone(独自). You are going to school with a group of students of your age, and we have some suggestions(建议) to share. Stay clean. No one likes a classmate with a bad smell. So you need to shower, brush your teeth and wash your hair every day. Try to make yourself look tidy, whatever you wear.Differences are not a problem. Everyone has his own idea of the world and everyone likes different things. Youll find it good to have friends with different interests. In this way, you can share and learn a lot more from each other.Join clubs. What clubs can you join? You can join the ones with after-school activities that interest you. Being in a club helps you be more social(社会的). If not, you will just go to class and then go home.Ask others to join you. Are you sad being alone while others are playing happily? You will probably say yes. So remember to be kind to the people around you. If you see someone sitting alone, invite him or her to play games together. （1）Being clean is important, but you neednt shower, brush teeth or wash hair every day. （2）Never try to make friends with the person who has different interests. （3）After school, being in clubs can make you more social than just going home. （4）Go away at once if you see someone sitting alone in the classroom, or hell be unhappy. （5）The article is mainly about how to make it easier for you to start senior high school. 19. （10分）阅读短文，从每小题所给的四个选项中，选出能回答所提问题或 完成所给句子的最佳答案。AInternational Poetry Competition World Poetry Day is celebrated on 21 March. Its purpose is to improve peoples ability to read, write, and teach poems all over the world. This year, the International Poetry Centre is holding a poetry competition to celebrate the festival! The competition is open to all the poets(诗人)aged 18 and over from all over the world, and they will be divided into two groups:Open Group (open to all the poets aged 18 and over)ESL Group (open to all the poets aged 18 and over who can write in English as a Second Language)The winners of each group will receive1000.RULES:All the poems must be unpublished (未出版的) works.Poems will not be returned, so please keep a copy. The poem(s) must be in English and created by the poet himself/herself. Poems can be written on any proper subject. No subject on violence(暴力) or drugs. The competition begins on 3 March, 2017 and ends on 28 August, 2017. To enter the competition, please visit the Centre Shop to pay 5 for each poem. Once the payment is made, please email the poem(s) to poetrycompcenter.uk. Remember to mark Open or ESL in the top right-hand corner of the document(文档) to show which group to enter before emailing your poem(s).Questions about the competition can be emailed to poetrycompcenter.uk.（1）The World Poetry Day is on_. A . March 28thB . March 3rdC . March 21stD . August 28th（2）The purpose of the World Poetry Day is_. A . to encourage the British to write poemsB . to teach children how to read and write poemsC . to raise money for the poets from all over the worldD . to help people to read, write and teach poems better（3）The rules for the competition include the following EXCEPT_. A . that poets can write poems in any languageB . that poets must use their unpublished poemsC . that poems cant be taken back after the competitionD . that poems cant be written on the subject of violence or drugs.（4）Poets can get 1000 if_. A . they win in the groupB . their poems are publishedC . they enter the competitionD . their poems are written by themselves（5）Which is the correct order for poets to enter the competition?Pay5 for each poem.Visit the Centre Shop.Email their poem(s) to poetrycompcenter.uk.Mark Open or ESL in the top right hand corner of their document.A . B . C . D . 20. （8分） We each have a memory(记忆力). Thats why we can still remember things after a long time. Some people have very good memories and they can easily learn many things by heart, but some people can only remember things when they say or do them over and over again. Many of the great men in the world got surprising memories.A good memory is a great help in learning languages. Everybody learns his mother language when he is a small child. He hears the sounds, remembers them and then he learns to speak. Some children are living with their parents in foreign countries. They can learn two languages as easily as one because they hear，remember and speak two languages every day. In school it is not so easy to learn a foreign language because the pupils have so little time for it, and they are busy with other subjects, too.But your memory will become better and better when you do more and more exercises.（1）Some people can easily learn many things by heart because _.A . they always sleep wellB . they often eat good foodC . they read a lot of booksD . they have very good memories（2）The underlined word “pupils” in the second paragraph means_.A . teachersB . parentsC . studentsD . great men（3）In school the pupils cant learn a foreign language easily because _ .A . they have no good memoriesB . they have no good teachersC . they dont like itD . they are busy with other subjects（4）The best title of this passage is _.A . How to learn a new languageB . The great mens surprising memories.C . How to have a good memoryD . Children memory.四、 口语运用 (共1题；共5分)21. （5分）根据对话内容, 在每个空白处填入一个适当的句子, 使对话完整、合乎情境。A：_.B：Good morning.A：My name is Tang Hong._.B：My name is Liang Li. Nice to meet you too.A：_?B：Im in Class 3.A：_?B：Yes. Its Mr Yangs class.A：My brother is in his class.B：_?A：His name is Tang Jun.B：He is in front of me in the classroom。五、 根据句意和汉语提示，在句子右边的横线上写出空白处所缺单词的正 (共5题；共21分)22. （10分）根据所给汉语意思及文章内容，写出单词的正确形式。（每空限填一词）。Tu Yoyo, an 84-year-old female scientist, is now _(广泛地) known to the people all around the world as the_(第一) Chinese to win the Noble Prize in the year of 2015.Yoyo was _(出生的) on December 30, 1930 in Ningbo, China. She started to be interested in Chinese_(传统的) medicine when she was only a little girl. She even spent all her_(私人的) time reading books on it. In 1951, She went to study in Beijing University where she took up researches on how to treat Malaria(疟疾). Finally, she succeed in _(发现) artemisinin(青蒿素) as the most effective treatment.When _(采访), Yoyo said slowly: I have met many difficulties that I dont know how to _(处理) with, but I just fight on and never give up. The road to_(成功)is not easy, It _(需要) talents and hard work. Thanks to all the people around me!”23. （1分）I think my brother Tom is a_（勇敢的）boy. 24. （1分）I cant find my mobile phone _ (任何地方). 25. （8分）根据句意和所给汉语，写出相应的单词。（1）Chinese President Hu Jintao called for world_ (和平) , stability and prosperity in a New Year address broadcast on Wednesday（2）Sometimes I want to refuse to do so much work, but usually I just _(接受) it.（3）My penfriend hasnt_(回复) to my last three emails.（4）This afternoon Ill have my bicycle _(修理).（5）Dolly is the first _ (克隆) sheep in the world.（6）I think your advice will be of great _ (价值) to me, Mr Sigmund Friend.（7）This great actress is very popular in the world, especially among _ (亚洲) fans.（8）A murder happened near the _ (门口) of a sports shop in Moon Town.26. （1分）My uncle has two kids(孩子). So I have two c_. 六、 选词填空 (共1题；共4分)27. （4分）选择括号内恰当的单词或词组填入空白处，使句意完整、正确。（1） As we know, Mozart（莫扎特）is a great _(pilot/musician) in the world. Yes, I like his music a lot.（2） My bike is missing. Can you _(borrow/lend) your bike to me? No problem.（3） Sorry, I did _(well/badly) in football. Practice more, and you can do better next time.（4） When the fire happens, we shouldnt _(turn on/turn off) the gas and lights. You are right.七、 根据下列句子的汉语意思和英语提示，完成句子。每空一词。 (共5题；共16分)28. （3分）他们是怎样拼写“apple”的? _they_“apple”?29. （5分）Taipei 101 is _ _ _ _ _ (最高的建筑之一) in the world. 30. （5分）为了保护大熊猫，我们该做些什么？31. （1分）有些学生经常在图书馆做作业Some students offen_in the library32. （2分）在暑假里，学生应该把大部分时间放在自我提高上而不是玩电脑游戏上。 During the long holidays, students should spend more time on _rather than _computer games.八、 书面表达 (共1题；共5分)33. （5分）Cindy邀请Ann参加她本周的生日聚会，但Ann下周很忙，周一要和父母去听音乐会，周二要上钢琴课，周三要准备考试，周四要在家照顾奶奶，周五要训练网球。因此她无法前去参加生日宴会。Ann感到很抱歉，只好写辞谢信。请你为Ann给Cindy写一封e-mail。70词左右。(15分)Dear Cindy,Thank you very much forAnn第 21 页 共 21 页参考答案一、 单选题 (共15题；共30分)1-1、2-1、3-1、4-1、5-1、6-1、7-1、8-1、9-1、10-1、11-1、12-1、13-1、14-1、15-1、二、 完形填空 (共1题；共10分)16-1、三、 阅读理解 (共4题；共38分)17-1、17-2、17-3、17-4、17-5、18-1、18-2、18-3、18-4、18-5、19-1、19-2、19-3、19-4、19-5、20-1、20-2、20-3、20-4、四、 口语运用 (共1题；共5分)21-1、五、 根据句意和汉语提示，在句子右边的横线上写出空白处所缺单词的正 (共5题；共21分)22-1、23-1、24-1、25-1、26-1、六、 选词填空 (共1题；共4分)27-1、27-2、27-3、27-4、七、 根据下列句子的汉语意思和英语提示，完成句子。每空一词。 (共5题；共16分)28-1、29-1、30-1、31-1、32-1、八、 书面表达 (共1题；共5分)33-1、