人教版八年级上学期英语12月质检试卷A卷

人教版八年级上学期英语12月质检试卷A卷一、 完形填空 (共1题；共15分)1. （15分）请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的ABCD四个选项，选出最佳选项。A gift in a wrong place brings unexpected happiness.Since I came to my new neighbourhood，I have had the pleasure of meeting a few neighbours.They seem to be quite 1people. For Christmas，I thought I would do something nice for each of the neighbours that I know.I sat down and 2.There were nine neighbours，and I also knew which houses they lived in.However，I decided to 3one more person to my list，the lady I met every morning walking to work as I drove down the street. She always managed a sweet smile and a hearty wave（挥手），4I had no idea which house she lived in.My gift idea was to make small 5baskets and leave them on each of my neighbours front porches（门廊）the night of Chrismas Eve.I kept the last one for the friendly lady，since I was still not exactly sure where she lived6the house down about where I met her each morning. Finally I decided to put it there. My neighbours really enjoyed the baskets and a couple even came by to 7me.This morning on my way to work，I placed my mail in the mailbox and noticed a Thank You card.I opened it and read the 8which really caught me by surprise.The card said，“Thank you for those lovely apples and strawberries you left on the porch of Tod. He 9on January 19，but he never stopped talking about how nice it was that someone 10him in his time of illness. He really enjoyed it.”I was very 11. I had no idea who Tod was or that he had been seriously 12.I had left that nice ladys basket on Tods porch by accident.I believe that Tod never expected to have that basket. I feel 13that the nice lady did not get a basket from me this Christmas，but I believe that if she knew what had happened，she would 14me.I feel lucky to have helped Tod be more cheerful in his last days.This just makes me further believe that sometimes 15in life are beautiful.（1）A . rich B . kind C . strong D . shy （2）A . imagined B . rested C . counted D . watched （3）A . send B . add C . connect D . put （4）A . but B . so C . unless D . because （5）A . flower B . food C . vegetable D . fruit （6）A . clearly B . certainly C . maybe D . simply （7）A . thank B . protect C . encourage D . touch （8）A . advice B . story C . notice D . message （9）A . passed away B . ran away C . drove away D . flew away （10）A . invited B . remembered C . trusted D . accepted （11）A . nervous B . relaxed C . surprised D . satisfied （12）A . painful B . wrong C . hurt D . ill （13）A . worried B . sorry C . helpless D . afraid （14）A . understand B . punish C . stop D . doubt （15）A . jokes B . problems C . mistakes D . gifts 二、 阅读理解 (共3题；共26分)2. （8分）阅读理解CDroughts(干旱) are common in Kenya. Before, they came every 10 years, but now they seem to be hitting us more often and for a longer time.We gave the droughts names longoza was the drought when many animals died; there was the drought of the planes because food was dropped from the air by planes; and one particularly bad drought was called man who dies with his money in his fist(拳头), because, even if there was money, there was simply no food to buy.I was born in 1951 in Machakos. From what my mother tells me, when I was 7, there was a serious drought . I clearly remember the terrible weather and the hunger. I cant tell you how many times I went to bed without eating. I slept like that, is how we described it. I cant count the number of days when I slept like that, or describe the feeling of going to sleep hungry, knowing Id wake up and there would still be no food for breakfast.My father would leave early in the morning carrying a little basket to ask for food on credit(赊欠). Each night he would return home around 10:00 pm. My mother would try to encourage me by telling me to keep the water in our pot boiling so that when my father arrived we could quickly cook any food he brought in the already prepared water. I would keep the fire burning and the water boiling, along with the hopes that we would eat that night. But my father would arrive frustrated and empty-handed. And I would sleep like that.（1）The best title for the text is_. A . A Hungry Childhood Caused by DroughtsB . Food and HungerC . Protecting the EnvironmentD . Droughts and Their Names（2）What does the drought of the longoza refer to(指代) ? A . Many animals needed food dropped by planes.B . People had to eat animals because of hunger.C . Many animals died because of the droughts.D . People died of hunger even if they had money.（3）Why would the author keep the fire burning and the water boiling? A . To wait for her father to come back to have supper.B . To cook the food that her father would bring backC . To keep her house warm all night.D . To make her hungry mother happy.（4）The sentence I slept like that means _. A . I was disappointed when my father came back empty-handedB . I felt sorry because m y family got hungry againC . I went to sleep with no food for breakfastD . I went to bed with nothing to eat3. （10分） Bill ,Frank and Dave were brothers. Every year, they sent their mother expensive gifts on her birthday .They liked to show her how rich and successful they were.The eldest brother ,Bill, had a lot of money and wanted his mother to have the most expensive gifts, but he didnt know what to buy .so he put an ad in the newspaper .”Wanted -the greatest gift for my mother,”About a week before his mothers birthday a man came to his office .he brought a big bird.“This bird,”the man said ,”can speak ten languages and sing some pop songs”“Really?Id like to listen to it.”Bill saidThe man made the bird talk in French and tell a joke in Japanese. Then the bird sang a beautiful song .Bill was very happy and paid nine thousand dollars for the bird, The next day Bill sent the bird to his mother with a birthday cardThe day after his mothers birthday he called his mother,” Well ,mother,” he asked ,”what do you think of the bird?”“Oh, its very delicious, dear.” Said his mother.（1）who is the eldest brother?A . DaveB . BillC . JackD . Frank（2）What did Bill put in the newspaper?A . A showB . A magazineC . An ad.D . A report（3）How many languages could the bird speak?A . FiveB . sevenC . eightD . ten（4）How much did Bill pay for the bird?A . Nine dollarsB . Ten dollarsC . Nine thousand dollarsD . Ten thousand dollars（5）What did Bill send to his mother for her birthday ?A . A bird with a cardB . Some moneyC . A jokeD . A song4. （8分）阅读下面短文，从每所给的A、B、C、D四个项中选出最佳选项。Most people use their mouths to talk, but do you know some people use their hands to speak? Some people who cannot bear use their hands to communicate messages to others. This is called sign language. These people make shapes with their fingers, movements with their hands, as well as different faces in order to talk to other people.One way people speak with their hands is by making shapes for letters with their fingers. For example, if you make an OK sign with your thumb and finger, that is the shape for the letter f in American sign language. Each letter has a hand shape. This way people can spell words using their hands. For example, if you want to spell fun, you need to make three shapes. First you make the shape for the letter f, then the shape for the letter u, and then the shape for the letter n._. If you move your hand from your nose to your chin(下巴), you can say“mother” in American sign language. Of course, you have to use the correct hand shape, too. That shape is like holding your hand open with all five fingers showing. If you move your hand from the top of your head to your chin, you can say father， Again, you have to use the same hand shape that you used for mother.Finally, people can change their faces to communicate in a sign language. For example, if you want to ask a question, you need to make your eyebrows (眉毛) go up. You also need to move your head forward a little.If you want to say I do not know, you need to make your eyes smaller and make your eyebrows go down.（1）If you want to spell the word nice, you need to make _ hand shapes. A . oneB . twoC . threeD . four（2）Which of the following can be put in the blank in Paragraph 3? A . People also need to learn sign languageB . People also make hand shapes to communicateC . People also move their hands to talk in a sign languageD . People also make different faces to express their meanings（3）You need to use your _ to say I do not know in American sign language. A . eyes and eyebrowsB . eyes and headC . hand and headD . fingers and eyes（4）The purpose of the passage is to _. A . help people know more about AmericaB . introduce American sign language to readersC . teach readers how to make hand shapesD . encourage people to use more sign language三、 任务型阅读 (共1题；共25分)5. （25分）请仔细阅读五个段落的内容，从A-F中选出各自匹配的标题 A. Be friendly to peopleB. Give a compliment （赞美）C. Start a conversationD. Pay attention to othersE. Make yourself humorousF. Thank others as much as possible（1）Wherever you go, try to watch people around you with those questions: What do his parents look like? What is his favorite color? （2）Smile at people at any time. The more you do it, the less scared you will be. When you walk into a room, you can smile at everyone first. And its an easy way of greeting. （3）When youre talking with someone, try to make a joke. Being funny can also make people want to be around you. （4）You can start by saying Can I ask you some questions? Set the goal（目标）of doing this once a day. （5）If youre interested in someone, you must find many little things of him that you like. For example, you can say Your shoes are beautiful! to him. 四、 语法填空 (共1题；共10分)6. （10分）阅读下面短文，在空白处按要求填入适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。每空1个单词。 Dear Ms. Zhang, Last week, my friend Liu Lei came round with a new computer game and asked to play it on my dads computer. I was worried, _(连词)I should ask my dad before I use his computer. He uses it for _(he) work, and I can only use it for my homework. The reason is that he thinks something will go wrong if I play _(game) on it. Well, while my dad was out, we decided to _(try) out Liu Leis game. We copied it to the computer, and after we finished _(play), we took it off the computer. However, when I_(start) the computer again to check if everything was OK, some of my dads documents were missing. Then, when my dad used the computer last night, he was _(real) angry. He could no longer find the important documents anywhere.I did not tell him about_(冠词)computer game because I did not want him to be angry _(介词)me. Now I feel terrible. I am not sure whether a computer repair _(shop) can get the documents back. Should I tell him about the computer game? Should I pay to repair it? Your student,Feng Guoxing五、 单词拼写 (共1题；共10分)7. （10分）根据已给的首字母或中文意思给各句空白处填上一个适当的词，使句子完整，正确。_The Spring Festival is a t_ Chinese festival._The young woman is pretty healthy because she e_ every day._People can get almost all the i_ they need on the Internet._I told him the w_ story yesterday._Jason b_ a professional soccer star when he was twenty-two._A_ she is more outgoing than me, I am smarter than her._Its raining this afternoon, so all of us must bring our u_ before we get out._He was upset because he didnt pass the math test a_ last week._We enjoyed watching the movie c_ “Titanic”._Last summer, he went s_ interesting and had fun.六、 书面表达 (共1题；共5分)8. （5分）请你为学校杂志写一份40个词左右的广告，内容要点如下：学校乐队需要四名新成员，分别要求他们能弹钢琴，弹吉它，拉小提琴或敲鼓。你的联系方式，电话联系 87563559 网上报名 butterfly xjschool.com.cn。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3题；共26分)2-1、2-2、2-3、2-4、3-1、3-2、3-3、3-4、3-5、4-1、4-2、4-3、4-4、三、 任务型阅读 (共1题；共25分)5-1、5-2、5-3、5-4、5-5、四、 语法填空 (共1题；共10分)6-1、五、 单词拼写 (共1题；共10分)7-1、六、 书面表达 (共1题；共5分)8-1、