上海版初中英语八年级上学期期中考试模拟试卷（1）B卷.doc

上海版初中英语八年级上学期期中考试模拟试卷（1）B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 12-year -old American boy Maxwell Daley just grew a pumpkin(南瓜) that weighs 582. 5 pounds (1 pound is about 0.45 kg). He won first place in the seventh annual Largest Pumpkin Contest at the Kentucky State Fair. And he received the $500 (about 3, 334 yuan) top prize.Maxwell is a seventh grader at Grayson County Middle School. At the age of 8, he became interested in growing huge pumpkins after seeing them at the state fair.Maxwell is a boy of few words. But he shared his secret of growing a big pumpkin We put lots of special fertilizers(肥料) on it. We put it in the shade(阴凉处) and put a canopy(遮篷) over it. Lots of weeds(杂草) need to be pulled, he told local media Franklin Favorite.His father Joe Daley also added that it started by picking the right seed this year, Daley paid $ 40 for his pumpkin seed and worked hard every day to grow it. He also needed to keep the pests(害虫) out. It turned into a pretty big job. He did all the work, Joe said.This winning giant pumpkin was the only one he grew this year. According to the rule, Maxwell has to take part in the Largest Pumpkin Contest for years to come.（1）How much does Maxwell Daleys pumpkin weigh? A . 262 pounds.B . About 262 kg.C . 500 pounds.D . About 582.5 kg.（2）How many Largest Pumpkin Contests had been held before Daley won the prize? A . One.B . SixC . Seven.D . Eight.（3）We can infer that Maxwell Daley is a(n) boy. A . outgoingB . honestC . quietD . understanding（4）What did Maxwell Daley ever do so that he grew such a large pumpkin? add special fertilizerswater it moreput it in the cool placeput cover on it take out weedsA . B . C . D . （5）Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? A . 12-year-old Maxwell Daley studies in a school in Canada.B . Maxwell Daley received the $ 3,334 top prize.C . Maxwell Daley has been interested in growing pumpkins for eight years.D . It cost Daley $ 40 to buy his pumpkin seed.3. （10分）阅读理解 Helen Keller was born in 1880 in the USA. When she was about 19 months old, she got very ill. After many weeks, the doctor told her parents, Your daughter is better, but now she cant see and she cant hear. Her mother and her father were very sad. After a few years, things got worse. There was no way for Helen to speak to other people. She heard nothing. She didnt understand anything. Then one day a teacher came. Her name was Anne Sullivan She lived with Helen and her family. The teacher helped Helen learn words. Helen was a very clever child and soon she learned to spell her first word. When she was older, she went to college. Helen was a very famous woman when she died. The world remembers her today as a brave and wonderful person. She was blind and deaf, but she found a way to see and hear. It helped many people in the world. （1）Where was Helen Keller from? A . America.B . England.C . Japan.D . India.（2）Anne Sullivan helped Helen Keller . A . hear somethingB . see the world with her eyesC . do housework by herselfD . learn words（3）What do people think of Helen Keller? A . She was quiet.B . She was blind and deaf.C . She was brave and wonderful.D . She was ill.（4）Hellen Keller was famous because . A . she couldnt see or hearB . she went to college as a blind(盲的)womanC . she was a bright womanD . as a blind, she learned to read and write and helped many people in the world4. （10分）阅读下面材料，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个最佳选项。 My name is Bill. Im in N0. 6 Middle School. I love soccer, ping-pong and basketball. I can play them well because they are easy and fun for me. But I cant play baseball. I have three soccer balls, six ping-pong balls and two basketballs. I play them with my classmates after class.This is my friend, Kate. We are in the same school. But we are not class. She is crazy(痴迷)about baseball. She has 16 baseballs, 8 baseball bats and 5 baseball hats! But she cant play baseball. It is not easy for her. She only watches baseball games on TV after class.（1）What sport cant Bill play well? A . Basketball.B . Baseball.C . Ping-pong.D . Soccer.（2）Bill has . A . 4 soccer balls and 16 bsseballsB . 6 ping-pong balls and 5 basketballsC . 16 baseballs and 8 baseball batsD . 6 ping-pong balls and 3 soccer balls（3）Kate is Bills . A . classmateB . sisterC . friendD . cousin（4）What does Kate do after class? A . She watches baseball games or TV.B . She watches basketball games on TV.C . She plays baseball with her friend.D . She plays basketball with her friend.（5）What cant we know from the passage(文章)? A . Kate is in No.6 Middle School.B . Bill plays basketball with Kate every day.C . Bill likes playing ping-pong.D . Kate loves baseball, but she cant play it.5. （10分）阅读理解，根据短文内容，选择最佳选项。 Life is full of surprises and you never know how things will turn out.Sir John Gurdon is a good example of this. As a boy, he was told he was hopeless at science and finished bottom of his class. However , the very same Gurdon shared the 2012 Nobel Prize in Medicine with Japanese stem cell (干细胞) researcher Shinya Yamanaka.Like so many scientists, Gurdon shows us where the power of curiosity and perseverance (坚持不懈) can lead.At the age of 15 in 1948, Gurdon ranked last out of the 250 boys at his high school in biology and every other science subject. Gurdons high school science teacher even said that his dream of becoming a scientist was quite ridiculous.In spite of his teachers criticisms, Gurdon followed his curiosity and kept working hard. He went to the lab early and left later than anyone else. He experienced thousands of failures.My own belief is that we will, in the end, understand everything about how cells actually work, Gurdon said.In 1962 ,Gurdon took a cell from an adult frog and moved its genetic( 基因的 ) information into an egg cell . The egg cell then grew into a clone(克隆) of the adult frog. This technique later helped to create Dolly the sheep in 1996,the first cloned mammal(哺乳动物) in the world.In 2006, Gurdons work was developed by Yamanaka to show that a sample (样本) of a persons skin can be used to create stem cells. Using the technique, doctors can repair a patients heart after a heart attack.Luck favors the prepared mind, Gurdon told the Nobel Prize Organization. Ninety percent of the time things dont work ,but when they do ,you have to seize(抓住) the chance. （1）Who won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Medicine? A . Sir John Gurdon.B . Shinya Yamanaka.C . Sir John Gurdon and Shinya YamanakaD . Gurdons science teacher.（2）In what order are the followings mentioned in the passage? a. create the sheep Dollyb. take a cell from an adult frogc. use a persons skin to create stem cellsd. move a frogs genetic information into an egg celle. grow into a clone of a frogA . b-a-c-d-eB . b-d-e-a-cC . b-d-a-c-eD . b-e-d-a-c（3）What does the underlined word ridiculous mean? A . 无知的B . 无谓的C . 荒废的D . 荒谬的（4）According to the passage, which statement is true? A . As a boy, Gurdon was told he was hopeful.B . Gurdon ranked first at his high school in biology.C . Its impossible for the doctors to repair a patients heart after a heart attack.D . In spite of his teachers criticisms, Gurdon kept working hard.（5）Whats the main idea of the passage? A . Ninety percent of the time things dont work.B . Stem cells were created.C . Life is full of surprises.D . How to know cells actually work.三、 选词填空（词汇运用） (共1题；共5分)6. （5分）用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，每词仅用一次。 tooth afraid practice hundred music（1）Dont forget to brush your _ in the morning. （2）Jenny is _of all the ugly animals. （3）It takes me thirty minutes _ English every day. （4）We want two _ for our school party. （5）There are about six _ people in Grade Eight. 四、 单词拼写（词汇运用） (共1题；共10分)7. （10分）He is new here. So he has f_ friends here. 五、 语法填空 (共1题；共10分)8. （10分）根据句子意思，用所给单词的适当形式填空，或在横线上填入一个合适的词，使短文语义通顺，语法完整。 If you want to have a good experience of you travel, theres no _ (good) way to travel than to meet the people who live there. _, this can be difficult. As a tourist, youre walking on _ certain path every day from hotel to place of interest, restaurant or hotel. Its _ (possibility) to go somewhere and never really see them.Maybe the only talk you have with locals (当地人) _ (be) with those who work in the tourism industry, serving food and drink and _ (check) you into your hotel. Here is my advice for you to meet locals. _ (one), join a language website. You maybe learn something about local culture. Second, choose a local apartment instead _ a hotel. Its easier _ (find) language exchange conversation partners. Third, be active. The experience of travelling and being in a new country brings most people out of their shell, so enjoy _ and go with it!六、 任务型阅读 (共1题；共5分)9. （5分）阅读下面材料，归纳主旨大意并完成表格。每空限填一词。 Traveling can teach us a lot in our life. It gives us valuable lessons that schools may not teach. Experiences, skills or challenges we learn through journeys make us wiser and stronger. So lets see some lessons that traveling can bring to us.Throw ourselves into the surroundings （周围的事物).The world is a wide classroom of life and traveling teaches us how to throw ourselves in a situation and enjoy the surroundings fully. This lesson is especially good for those searching for freedom ( 自由) in heart.Dont allow unpleasant things to influence us.A journey is not always full of happy moments. Sometimes it is an unpleasant memory: Being a traveler has its own difficulties such as missing planes, losing money, getting sick, and so on. However, dont let these things make our days unhappy. Everything will be OK, so enjoy the journey no matter what happens.Just do it.We need to give some things that we may not experience a try. In other words, whether we have done it or not, just do it.Traveling - A_of LifeTravelling can give us _.We should throw ourselves in a _and enjoy the surroundings fully when traveling.No matter what happens during the journey, just enjoy it and nothing should _us.Whether we have done anything or not, just have a _.七、 书面表达 (共1题；共5分)10. （5分）书面表达 保护环境是每一个人的责任。下面是李明(Li Ming)阅读有关环保的文章之后的变化，请根据下面内容写一篇短文。要求：必须包含所给信息，80词左右的短文。开头已给出，不计入总词数。李明过去李明现在1）坐爸爸的车上学(in his fathers car)2.东西烂了(be broken)就扔3）购物时要(usk for)塑料袋(plastic bags)1）走路或骑单车(ride a bike)2）尽可能久地(as long as possible)使用东西3）购物时带自己的(ones own)包你认为作为中学生（as students）应该如何做才能保护环境（至少两点）It is our duty to protect our environment. After reading an article about the environment, Li Ming has changed a lot. 第 13 页 共 13 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、2-4、2-5、3-1、3-2、3-3、3-4、4-1、4-2、4-3、4-4、4-5、5-1、5-2、5-3、5-4、5-5、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、七、 书面表达 (共1题；共5分)10-1、