沪教版初中英语八年级上学期期中考试模拟试卷（2）C卷

沪教版初中英语八年级上学期期中考试模拟试卷（2）C卷姓名:_ 班级:_ 成绩:_ 一、 完形填空 (共1题；共15分)1. （15分）阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。 Painting from MemoryI was born in Damyang, a beautiful place known for its bamboo forests in Korea. I spent much time in the forests painting pictures of the 1. Painting is one of my talents. I lived there until last year when my family moved to New York. My mother, a scientist, was asked to come work here.There are no bamboo forests, I said, there is nothing to 2in New York. Dont worry, you will find many things to see and paint there, my mother said. I still felt 3. But I will miss home, I said. Then you can paint pictures of your favorite places. They will make you feel at home even in New York, she said. So when we moved, I brought my forest paintings with me.New York was not easy at first. I missed home a lot. Yet when I looked at my paintings of bamboo, I felt much better. 1 soon 4friends at school too. They also like painting, and we now paint in a group after school.Last month, we had a new neighbor, Varvara, an old lady who moved from Russia, to be closer to her daughter. She was sad to leave her home. My mother and I often visited her. She told us her unbearable homesick and everything about her hometown Vyborg. I could5her home in my head.Varvara missed her home so much that she became ill. I worried about her and I wanted to do something for her. I had ever been in her6before. At least, I had my forest paintings of home. However, she didnt even have that. Unless. A few days later, I met Varvara on the stairs. She looked better but still sad. I gave her my gift: a painting of Vyborg. I had painted it from her 7.She began to cry as she saw the painting. At first, I was worried that she didnt like it. Later, she told me that those were cars of joy. I knew just how she8-wherever you go, hometown is always with you.（1）A . trees B . house C . flowers D . bamboo （2）A . play B . buy C . paint D . study （3）A . unusual B . unsure C . unfamiliar D . unnecessary （4）A . missed B . found C . helped D . praised （5）A . picture B . change C . face D . name （6）A . direction B . imagination C . situation D . conversation （7）A . friend B . daughter C . secrets D . memories （8）A . felt B . cried C . chose D . lost 二、 阅读理解 (共4题；共40分)2. （10分）阅读理解 Peter lives in a small house. He is a clerk(职员)in a bank(银行).Peter gets up at 6:30 every morning. He has breakfast and watches TV news at 7:00. After breakfast, he goes to work by bus.He gets to the bank at 8:25. He gets ready to work. He has too much work to do. He has lunch in a restaurant near the bank. He finishes his work at 4:30. He likes exercise, so he goes home on foot.After supper, he sometimes reads newspapers. Sometimes he looks for things on the Internet. He goes to bed early. He is tired after a days work.（1）What does Peter do at 6:30? A . He goes to work.B . He gets up.C . He has breakfast.D . He watches TV news.（2）What is Peter? A . He is a driver.B . He is a teacher. C . He is a clerk.D . He is a doctor.（3）How does Peter go home? A . He walks home.B . He goes home by bus.C . He goes home by bike.D . He drives home.3. （10分）阅读理解 There is an old saying in English, Laughter is the best medicine. Until recently, few people took the saying very seriously. Now however, doctors have begun to study laughter and the effects(作用) it has on the human body. They have found evidence that laughter really can improve peoples health.Tests were carried out to study the effects of laughter on the body. People watched funny films while doctors checked their heart rate, blood pressure, breathing and muscles. It was found that laughter has similar effects to physical exercise. It increases blood pressure, the heart rate and the rate of breathing. It also works several groups of muscles in the face, the stomach and even the feet. If laughter exercises the body, it must be helpful.Other tests have shown that laughter appears to make the effect of pain on the body less. In one experiment doctors produced pain in groups of students who listened to different radio programs. The group which could bear the pain for the longest time was the group which listened to a funny program. The reason why laughter can make pain less seems to be that it helps to produce endorphins( 内啡肽) in the brain. These are natural chemicals which make both stress and pain less.There is also some evidence to suggest that laughter helps the bodys immune system that is the system which fights infection(感染). In an experiment, one group of students watched a funny video while another group served as the control group-in other words, a group with which to compare the first group. Doctors checked the blood of the students in both groups and found that the people in the group that watched the video had an increase in the activity of their white blood cells that is the cells which fight infection.As a result of these discoveries, some doctors and psychiatrists(精神病学) in the United States now hold laughter clinics, in which they try to improve their patients condition by encouraging them to laugh. They have found that even if their patients do not really feel like laughing, making them smile is enough to produce good effects similar to those caused by laughter.（1）We learn from the first paragraph that laughter . A . is good for ones healthB . has something to do with some illnessC . has been studied long sinceD . has no effect on the body（2）Doctors have found that laughter . A . keeps down blood pressureB . has similar effects to physical exerciseC . decreases the heart rateD . increases stress（3）Which of the following statements is NOT true of laughter according to the passage? A . It makes pain less.B . It exercises the body.C . It improves the bodys immune system.D . It can cure cancer.（4）In a laughter clinic doctors . A . laugh at their patientsB . encourage their patients to laughC . smile when they dont feel like laughingD . never stop laughing（5）The writers attitude(态度) towards laughter is . A . criticalB . doubtfulC . positiveD . negative4. （10分）阅读短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 Last Sunday evening, my parents went out for a walk with my sister. But I studied alone at home because would have an English test. Suddenly, I saw bright light in my neighbors kitchen. I thought he was cooking, so I went on studying.Soon, there was a terrible smell in the air and I thought something was wrong. I went out and saw fire coming out of my neighbors kitchen. So I shouted Fire, Fire! But no one heard or came out.I ran quickly to my house to call 119, and then I rang my neighbors doorbell, knocked at the door, but there was no response. I got into the house through the window and found my neighbor sleeping in his bedroom. I woke him up and we rushed out of the house together.We tried our best to pour water through the kitchen window, but the fire was too heavy. Luckily, the firemen came and put out the fire quickly. When my parents came back, they found I was dirty and tired. After my neighbor told them the whole story, they were happy and said I was a brave boy.（1）The underlined word response can be replaced (代替) by _. A . resultB . answerC . questionD . key（2）Why didnt the writer go out for a walk with his parents? A . Because his parents only liked his sister.B . Because he would have an English class.C . Because he had to study for an English test.D . Because there was a fire on his neighbors kitchen.（3）Who put out the fire at last? A . The writerB . The writers parentsC . The writers neighborD . The firemen（4）According to the passage, which of the following in TRUE? A . The writers neighbor was sleeping when the fire started.B . No one helped the writers neighbor put out the fire.C . The fire happened last Friday evening.D . The writers parents were angry when they knew what had happened.5. （10分）阅读理解 How do foreigners feel about learning Chinese? Some students who were awarded the Confucius Institute Scholarship were interviewed by China Today. The following are their views and opinions.Kamila Carter, the U.S.The 12-year-old girl is a student of Confucius Institute at San Diegio State University in the U.S. Both her parents are hearing-impaired. With the help of her grandmother, she learned how to share her ideas and thoughts with family members in various languages. The happiest time for me is learning with teachers and classmates in the Confucius Institute, and telling my dad and mom at home what I have learned, and all the stories I heard about China during class, Carler said. Many people around me received selfless assistance from the Confucius Institute, some of them are facing the same problems as my parents. Learning Chinese makes me more confident, and I hope to become an ambassador for China-U.S. cultural communication in the future, giving a hand to more people who need help.Lida Gulter, RussiaThe beautiful Russian girl has learned Chinese for two years. She likes Chinese calligraphy and history, and is fascinated with Chinese literature. Learning Chinese is not as simple as I thought, especially the pronunciation, which is too difficult for me. Thanks to pinyin, it is my little helper in learning standard Mandarin Chinese! Gulter said the most attractive thing is to make more friends from around the world.Ramadan Gouda, EgyptHe came to China a few months ago, but has learned Chinese for more than two years. His favorite poem is A Itanquil Night, written by Li Bai of the Tang Dynasty (618-907). Looking up, I find the moon bright; bowing, in homesickness Im drowned. He said, I cant speak Chinese very fluently, but I still like learning Chinese. Living in China helps me to better understand this nation and its people.（1）According to the writing style of the passage, it may be a_. A . news reportB . book reportC . novelD . review（2）What can we infer from the passage? A . Ramadan didnt start to learn Chinese until he came to China last month.B . All of the three students have learnt Chinese for more than two years.C . The girl from the U.S. has disabled parents.D . Gulter finds learning Chinese is not as easy as she thought and it is the most attractive thing in the world.（3）Whats the best title of this passage? A . Differences between East and WestB . I love learning ChineseC . A different experience in ChinaD . Something more interesting and better in China三、 选词填空（词汇运用） (共1题；共5分)6. （5分）用方框中所给的单词的适当形式填空。每词限用一次, 每空一词。 three, piano, teach , you, along（1）In England, as you go _the River Thames, the London Eye is on your right. （2）In autumn with yellow leaves, you can enjoy _ in the beautiful season. （3）He likes to buy the _ blue T-shirt because it is very cheap and its only 88 yuan. （4）Lang Lang is a great pianist, so he plays the _ very well. （5）Mr. Ouyang is good at teaching English and he can _ us English in and out of class. 四、 单词拼写（词汇运用） (共1题；共10分)7. （10分）The policemen are working hard to make the town a _(not in danger) place. 五、 语法填空 (共1题；共10分)8. （10分）We have a _ (week) test on each subject. 六、 任务型阅读 (共1题；共5分)9. （5分）根据文章内容，回答下列问题。 Good news or bad news? It depends on how you see things. You can be angry after being cheated. Or you can choose to move on with your life Robert De Vincenzo, the great golfer (高尔夫球手), once won a competition, after receiving the check (支票) and smiling for the cameras, he went to the club and got ready to leave. While he was walking alone to his car in the parking lot, a middle-aged woman came over to him.She said congratulations to him and then told him that her child was seriously ill and near death. She did not know how she could pay the doctors bills.De Vincenzo was touched by her story, and he took out a pen and signed his winning check for payment to the woman. Make some good days for the baby, he said as he gave the check to her.The next week he was having lunch in a country club when his friend came to his table. Someone told me you met a middle-aged woman there after you won that golf competition. De Vincenzo nodded. Well, said the friend, I have news for you. She cheated you. She has no sick baby. She has not even married.You mean there is no baby who is dying? said De Vincenzo.Thats the best news Ive heard all week, De Vincenzo said happily.You can complain because roses have thorns (刺) , or you can be happy because thorns happy roses.（1）What does Robert De Vincenzo do? （2）Where did Robert meet the middle-aged woman? （3）Was the middle-aged woman too poor to pay the doctors bill? （4）Who told Robert the fact about that middle-aged woman? （5）How did Robert feel when he heard that no baby was dying? 七、 书面表达 (共1题；共5分)10. （5分）如今网上学习在中学生中越来越普遍。但是，有些同学赞成，有些同学反对。请根据下表提示，以 Study Online 为题，写一篇英语短文，反映双方的观点并谈谈你自己的看法。注意：文中不能出现真实的校名、姓名等信息；要求短文中包含以下信息，词数80-100词，文章开头不计入总词数。Students opinionsprostoo much homework；learn new ways from others；watch videos, open mindsconscopy the answers without thinking；a kind of cheatYour opinionStudy OnlineNowadays students have a new use for the Internet-helping them with their homework. But different people have different ideas about it.第 15 页 共 15 页参考答案一、 完形填空 (共1题；共15分)1-1、二、 阅读理解 (共4题；共40分)2-1、2-2、2-3、3-1、3-2、3-3、3-4、3-5、4-1、4-2、4-3、4-4、5-1、5-2、5-3、三、 选词填空（词汇运用） (共1题；共5分)6-1、6-2、6-3、6-4、6-5、四、 单词拼写（词汇运用） (共1题；共10分)7-1、五、 语法填空 (共1题；共10分)8-1、六、 任务型阅读 (共1题；共5分)9-1、9-2、9-3、9-4、9-5、七、 书面表达 (共1题；共5分)10-1、