上海版2019-2020学年八年级上学期英语期中考试试卷（I）卷

上海版2019-2020学年八年级上学期英语期中考试试卷（I）卷姓名:_ 班级:_ 成绩:_ 一、 阅读理解 (共3题；共28分)1. （10分）阅读短文，然后从每小题A、B、C、D中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。（1）The householders . A . are two girlsB . like smoking a lotC . have two well-trained dogsD . are more than thirty years old（2）Which is RIGHT about the room for rent? A . It has a private kitchenB . Its fit for the disabledC . Its $1,000 for three monthsD . It is far from 123 bus stop（3）_can rent the room A . Mr. Black and his wifeB . Eric, a sixty-year-old doctorC . Mrs. Smith and her 4-year-old sonD . Jim, a young man with a little cat（4）You cant contact Mr. Adam Green . A . by telephoneB . by emailC . by QQD . by visiting him（5）This article is a (an) . A . interviewB . reportC . advertisement (广告)D . notice2. （10分） Sarah is from France. She lives in Paris. She can speak French and English, but she cant speak Chinese. She has a pen pal in the United States. Her name is Jane and she lives in New York. Sarahs favorite sport is basketball and she can play the guitar, too. Janes favorite sport is tennis. She cant play the guitar, but she can play the piano and sing.（1）Sarah comes from _. A . FranceB . Australia C . the United States（2）Jane is _.A . ChineseB . an AmericanC . a Japanese（3）What language does Sarah speak?A . FrenchB . English C . A and B.（4）What is Sarahs favorite sport?A . TennisB . Soccer C . Basketball（5）Which sentence is NOT right?A . Sarah has a pen pal in the USA.B . Sarah can play the piano and Jane can play the guitar.C . Sarah and Jane like different sports3. （8分）阅读理解Mikell Brown lives in New York and works at home. As a mother of two little girls, she spends much of the day taking care of her children. But she also teaches English to children in China from her computer. Brown has worked for online English-learning app VIPKID for one year.In an online class of VIPKID, children can talk in English with native speaker teachersfrom America face-to-face quite well. Even if the children are born to speak Cantonese or Mandarin (普通话), they have no difficulty communicating with the teachers. The online education market in China is growing every year. More than half of Chinese parents have bought online classes for their children.Yao Shuwen, CEO of DADA, another online English-learning company explains the reasons why Chinas online education market is growing fast. “First of all, more parents want their children to grow up with a global vision (视野). Secondly, parents are spending more on childrens education. Besides, more people are accepting online products. Last, the second-child policy (政策) also helps to the growth of the market.”Nowadays, one popular mobile app for online education is Zuoyebang. It helps junior high school students with their homework. But a new area in online education is now getting more popular, science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM). By 2020, around 50 million parents plan to send their children to learn from the online apps like VIPCODE.（1）According to Paragraph 1, what does Mikell Brown do? A . She only takes care of her children at home.B . She teaches English to Chinese children online.C . She works part-time in a computer shop in US.D . She sells online English-learning app VIPKI（2）The underlined “native speaker teachers” in paragraph 2 means teachers who speak _ since they learn to speak. A . EnglishB . CantoneseC . MandarinD . Chinese（3）How many reasons did Yao Shuwen give to explain the growth of Chinas online education market? A . Ono.B . Two.C . Three.D . Four.（4）If your brother is in grade 8 and has trouble with homework, where should he go for help? A . VIPKIDB . DADAC . ZuoyebangD . VIPCODE二、 根据句意完成已给出首字母或汉语提示的单词，使补全后的句子意思 (共8题；共8分)4. （1分）We couldnt help _(笑) after hearing Helens joke. 5. （1分）He is _ (沮丧) and upset. Lets cheer him up. 6. （1分）After the doctor cleaned the w_, she felt much better. 7. （1分）His father often plays s_with him on Sundays 8. （1分）After school, the teachers often gives us some h_ to do.9. （1分）Robert and his friends were _(完全) surprised to hear the news. 10. （1分）There are many_(小提琴)in the shopWhich is your favourite?11. （1分）The robot listened to everything Mr Mott _(说). 三、 语法填空 (共1题；共10分)12. （10分）阅读下列短文，根据文章大意用所给单词的适当形式填空(未提供单词的，限填一词)，使文章意思完整、正确。 At 13, Rachel Crow appeared on The X Factor. It is a _ (Britain) music competition reality TV show (电视真人秀). The judges (评判员) loved her beautiful singing. It _ (seem) that she was ready to win. However, she failed. Rachel was shocked. She cried on the stage. It was sad for her. But it was just the kind of show TV audiences love.Some experts say that kids should stay away _ reality shows, because they dont know how to play characters. They play themselves. Cameras show their most private moments. Also, there _ (be) little free time left for the kids on these shows._ others say reality shows give kids a chance to shine. One Direction, _ pop boy band, became world famous after _ (compete) on The X Factor. Even Rachel recorded her album (音乐专辑) and voiced a character in the movie Rio 2, though she failed.Here are two _ (student) different opinions on this.Kids should be on reality shows.Kids on reality shows can make a lot of money.Talented kids can become famous if they appear on a reality show.Its good for kids to learn that they cant always win.Kids shouldnt _ (allow) on reality shows.Children may not be able to deal with unkind words from judges and fans.Kids on reality shows have to give up privacy. They are too young to make that decision.Reality shows may leave little time for a child _ (study), play or just relax.四、 选词填空 (共1题；共5分)13. （5分）阅读短文内容，用放框内所给词的适当形式填空。resolution, health, practice, plan, hardEvery year we get a new start. On New Years Day we always write down our _and put them up on the wall of our bedrooms.This year my dream is to learn an instrument. And I still want to take more exercise to keep_, too. You know, last year I spent much time _ swimming. So this year I want to do something exciting and unusual. Im _ to learn the violin. So Im thinking about taking violin lessons. And Im going to practice much _ than usual. It says that practice makes perfect! What is your plan?五、 阅读表达 (共1题；共4分)14. （4分）阅读短文，根据短文内容，从短文后的四个选项中选出填入空白处的最佳选项.A Smart DogRico is a dog who lives in Germany,_When his owner says the name of a certain toy, Rico can find it. In fact, he seems to know the names of 200 toys!_. They put his toys in a room and then told him to go in the room and find a certain toy. Since nobody was in the room with Rico, he had no help from anyone finding the right toy. The researchers did this test forty times. Rico found the right toy thirty-seven times!Then the researcher tried something else. They put seven of Ricos toys in the room and one new toy that Rico had never seen before._. This new toy had a name Rico had never heard before. Rico found the right toy seven out of ten times!Researchers cannot really say that Rico know words or languages._They believed Rico can think about what he hears and thin about what he knows. In fact, Rico seems to thin and remember things as well as three-year-old child.From these tests, animal researchers know one thing for sure. Rico has given them a lot to think about.A. Then they told Rico to go into the room and get the new toy.B. However, these tests seem to show Rico is smart.C. Some researchers in Germany wanted to test Rico.D. His owner has trained him to find his toys.六、 写作 (共1题；共5分)15. （5分）假如你是李华，你最近认识的美国笔友David给你发了一封电子邮件，向了解你进初三以来在学习和生活方面的一些变化、收获和感受。请根据下面的提示及你的实际写封回信。 提示：less free time，much homework，more pressure，get into a good high schoolmore exercise，lose weightjoin the English Comer，improve English a lotcolorful and meaningful，learn more knowledge注意：1）词数80左右，开头和结尾已经写好，不计入总词数；2）回复须包括所有药店，可适当发挥，使全文连贯、通顺；3）文中不得提及真实的人名、校名等相关信息。Dear David，Thank you so much for your mail. Im happy to tell you about how my life has changed recently.第 12 页 共 12 页参考答案一、 阅读理解 (共3题；共28分)1-1、1-2、1-3、1-4、1-5、2-1、2-2、2-3、2-4、2-5、3-1、3-2、3-3、3-4、二、 根据句意完成已给出首字母或汉语提示的单词，使补全后的句子意思 (共8题；共8分)4-1、5-1、6-1、7-1、8-1、9-1、10-1、11-1、三、 语法填空 (共1题；共10分)12-1、四、 选词填空 (共1题；共5分)13-1、五、 阅读表达 (共1题；共4分)14-1、六、 写作 (共1题；共5分)15-1、