上海新世纪版八年级上学期英语期中卷D卷

上海新世纪版八年级上学期英语期中卷D卷一、 单项选择 (共20题；共40分)1. （2分） is the population of your hometown?Im not sure. Maybe five million.A . How manyB . How muchC . WhatD . How about2. （2分）Friends and neighbors become _ when they visit each other more often.A . fartherB . closerC . stringer3. （2分）The match will start in 20 minutes. The players have time to _. A . get upB . warm upC . look upD . put up4. （2分） Money is more important than_. I dont think so. Friends help you _ than money.A . friendship; muchB . friendship; moreC . success; muchD . success; more5. （2分）The mountain is _ high _ few people in our city can reach the top. A . so, thatB . so, asC . as, asD . too, to6. （2分）I feel hungry, but I dont want to go out to buy food.You can eat the rest food in the fridge.A . another dishB . some more foodC . the remaining food7. （2分）Lets go _after school. A . swimB . to swimC . swimmingD . football8. （2分）Which girl is _ in your class, Anna or Linda? A . outgoingB . much outgoingC . more outgoingD . he most outgoing9. （2分）If we Chinese work hard together, China Dream will _. A . come outB . come trueC . come upD . come down10. （2分）If I were you, Id talk to someone who looks , then you wont feel shy. A . friendlyB . nervousC . calmD . serious11. （2分）I play basketball on Sundays.A . sometimeB . sometimesC . some timeD . some times12. （2分） China is home _ pandas. Yes. And they live in China happily.A . atB . toC . inD . with13. （2分）Whats the meaning of “secretary”？ Let me_the word in the dictionary. A . look atB . look forC . look afterD . look up14. （2分）Im busy now. I have _ to do. A . anything importantB . something importantC . important anything15. （2分）I think Peters drawing isnt Sandys. Sandys is more beautiful. A . as more beautiful asB . as beautiful asC . as beautiful soD . so beautiful as16. （2分）-Were you sick（恶心的）after six hours journey on the bus?-Of course. I _ as soon as it stopped.A . got upB . got offC . got onD . got to17. （2分）Winter is coming, the weather is getting . A . cold and coldB . colder and colderC . more and more coldD . coldest and coldest18. （2分）Do you love _ computer games?A . to playB . playsC . playD . to plays19. （2分） Is this your watch? _. Its his watch.A . Yes, it isB . No, it isntC . Yes, they areD . No, they arent20. （2分）I dont think he can speak well an Englishman. A . so; asB . such; asC . more; thanD . less; than二、 完形填空 (共1题；共10分)21. （10分）完形填空One morning, Lillian was sitting in the garden.She was looking at the wonderful 1of every colour. Her favourites were the big yellow sunflowers. They had 2yellow faces.She 3that the sunflowers turned their big heads towards the sun as it rose in the east. Wow! Thats why people call them sunflowers, she thought.Do sunflowers 4LOVE the sun? she wondered.At noon, Lillian looked at the sunflowers again. 5!The sun moved across the sky. And all the sunflowers turned their heads to 6it as it moved.That evening, 7the sun was setting(下山)，Lillian noticed that the sunflowers were all facing west- 8the setting sun. Their faces turned again!Sunflowers really do love the sun, she thought to 9. They follow it across the sky each day, turning their faces to 10as much sun as they can.The sunflower-what an interesting name and plant!（1）A . trees B . flowers C . plants D . bushes （2）A . big B . small C . long D . short （3）A . checked B . guessed C . noticed D . searched （4）A . sadly B . suddenly C . carefully D . really （5）A . Amazing B . Comfortable C . Dangerous D . Popular （6）A . answer B . end C . follow D . get （7）A . before B . after C . till D . as （8）A . away B . towards C . on D . in （9）A . itself B . himself C . herself D . yourself （10）A . reach B . catch C . watch D . match 三、 阅读理解 (共3题；共39分)22. （6分） Sophia is very happy these days. The 13-year-old girl from the UK has a lot of fun during her trip in Beijing. She eats dumplings, tries Chinese calligraphy(书法), climbs the Great Wall and speaks Chinese, all for the first time!She even stays with a Chinese family for a week. Beijing is very big and beautiful. And the people here are very nice! She says. Sophia comes with her teachers and classmates from the UK. The students in Shangdi Experimental Primary School of Haidian District receive them. These two schools are Heart to Heart schools. There are 200 Heart to Heart schools in Beijing. Each of them has a partner school in a foreign country. They meet and get to know each other.（1）How old is Sophia?A . 15B . 14C . 13D . 11（2）How long did Sophia stay with a Chinese family?A . Two daysB . Seven days.C . A year.D . 6 months.（3）What did Sophia think of Beijing?A . Big.B . BeautifulC . ExcitingD . A and B.23. （8分）阅读理解CMy daughter Eyen is ten years old. She is in Grade Three in a primary school. She is a cute girl though(虽然) she has some strange ideas sometimes.One day she asks me, “Mum, whats your favourite subject?” I think for a while(一会儿) and answer，“It is difficult to tell. I love singing, so music is my favourite. And I am good at English. My history teacher also says I am excellent. Well, I can say I dont like science. But science is important for us, you know. So you must do well in it. What is your favourite subject, Eyen? Tell me something about your subject, dear.”“I like Chinese. It is easy. I like English because my English teacher likes me very much. I cant stand maths. Its serious and sad(悲哀的).”“Do you mean(意味)your maths teacher is serious and sad?”“No, it is maths, not the maths teacher.”“Why do you think so?”“Because maths has so many problems! Isnt it sad all day?”（1）The mother doesnt like _though it is important? A . musicB . mathsC . scienceD . English（2）What does the underlined word “stand” mean? A . 站立.B . 位于.C . 立场.D . 忍受.（3）The girl thinks_is serious and sad. A . her maths teacherB . mathsC . ChineseD . her Chinese teacher（4）Why doesnt the girl like maths? A . Because it is too easy.B . Because it is difficult to learn.C . Because there are many problems in it.D . Because her teacher doesnt like her at all.24. （25分）任务型阅读A poor farmer had a friend who was famous for the wonderful apple trees he grew.One day, his friend gave the farmer a young apple tree and told him to plant it. The farmer was pleased with the gift, but he did not know where to plant it.He was afraid that if he planted the tree near the road, strangers would steal the fruit. If he planted the tree in one of his fields, his neighbors would come at night and steal some of the apples. If he planted the tree near his house, his children would take the fruit. Finally he planted the tree in his wood. But without sunlight and good soil(土壤), the tree soon died.Later the friend asked the farmer why he had planted the tree in such a poor place. “Whats the difference?” the farmer said angrily and then told what he had thought.“Yes,” said the friend, “but at least someone could have enjoyed the fruit. Now you not only have robbed everyone of the fruit, but also you have destroyed (毁掉) a good apple tree! ”（1）What gift did the farmer get from his friend one day? （2）How many people are there in the story? （3）Where did the farmer plant the apple tree at last? （4）Why did the apple tree soon die? （5）Who destroyed the apple tree? 四、 单词拼写 (共1题；共10分)25. （10分）根据首字母提示及短文内容填写所缺单词。Success means to try your bestMany people b_ that success means to winIn my opinion, it means to try your best when you do e_, no matter you will win or notWhen you are t_part in a long-distance race, if you keep on running as f_as you can, you are successful, though you may be the last to pass the finishing-lineBecause you have showed your best to others, and you have made your greatest e_ to be the winnerSuccess means not to lose heartNo one can always be the w_You will certainly lose or fail some dayIt is important for you not to lose heartA person who has lost heart is just like a tree without roots(树根)It will be e_ blown down by the windNobel had failed many t_ when he was doing his experimentsSometimes his lab was on fire and he was nearly killedBut he never lost heart and kept on tryingFinally he was s_So when you fail or meet any d_ just believe in yourself, stand up and give the difficulty a heavy strike五、 书面表达 (共1题；共5分)26. （5分）假设你是Betty, 你的外国笔友Linda 准备来中国旅游，不知道去哪里好。请你给她回一封Email.要求： 推荐给Linda 适合旅游的地点，并说明理由，同时给出一些建议或者注意事项。字数：70词左右。Dear Linda,I think youll have a good time in China!Yours,Betty第 15 页 共 15 页参考答案一、 单项选择 (共20题；共40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、16-1、17-1、18-1、19-1、20-1、二、 完形填空 (共1题；共10分)21-1、三、 阅读理解 (共3题；共39分)22-1、22-2、22-3、23-1、23-2、23-3、23-4、24-1、24-2、24-3、24-4、24-5、四、 单词拼写 (共1题；共10分)25-1、五、 书面表达 (共1题；共5分)26-1、