上海新世纪版2019-2020学年八年级上学期英语期中考考试试卷A卷.doc

上海新世纪版2019-2020学年八年级上学期英语期中考考试试卷A卷一、 完形填空 (共1题；共1分)1. （1分）根据短文内容的理解，选择最佳答案填空。 Emma liked to help Grandma in her garden (园圃). She was 1in all the things in the garden and always had lots of questions to ask.Why do you have big rocks in your garden, Grandma? Emma asked 2she was watering lettuce. Grandma was doing some digging. Keep your eyes open, she said, One day you will see why.Emma looked at the rocks every time she went into Grandmas garden. They just sat there, as if (似乎) they were waiting 3her to find out their secret.(秘密).One morning Emma went into Grandmas garden to 4tomatoes. It had rained the night before, so it was a bit 5. But now the sun was shining warmly. 6Emma stopped and looked. On a big rock near her sat two beautiful yellow and-black butterflies (蝴蝶). As Emma watched, the butterflies were ready to fly, soon they flew away. Emma looked closely at the rocks. But they looked 7special. Emma touched one. She smiled. She picked the tomatoes quickly and ran back into Grandmas house.I know why you have big rocks in your garden, Grandma! she called. Grandma laughed. This cool morning gave you the answer, 8it? She said. Yes, said Emma. I saw butterflies sitting on the rocks, warming themselves so they could fly. Thats it, said Grandma. They cant fly when their bodies are cold. I wonder how they know the sun warms the rocks, said Emily. 9mystery (奥秘)! said Grandma.Emma laughed. Ill have to work on that one, she said. But I know one thing, Grandma. When I grow up, Im going to have a garden just like 10. And it will have lots and lots of butterfly rocks! （1）A . interest B . interests C . interested D . interesting （2）A . who B . what C . where D . while （3）A . for B . with C . of D . on （4）A . look B . pick C . grow D . water （5）A . strong B . hot C . cold D . warm （6）A . Finally B . Always C . Usually D . Suddenly （7）A . nothing B . anything C . something D . everything （8）A . does B . did C . didnt D . doesnt （9）A . Other B . Others C . The other D . Another （10）A . you B . yours C . their D . theirs 二、 阅读理解 (共4题；共30分)2. （6分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中选出最佳选项。 AThe summer vacation started on June 26th. Jerry wanted to find a job in the city. One day he saw an advertisement(广告) in a window. It said, Wanted: The best salesman(推销人员) in the world. Top Pay.Im a great salesman, Jerry said to himself. Im sure that I can sell anything. Ill go in and ask for that job.So Jerry went into the building. He saw a manager in it. He said to the manager, Good morning. I saw your advertisement. I think Im the best salesman in the world. Give me the job, please.You must prove(证明)that youre the best, the manager said.Ill pass every test that you give me, Jerry said.Good, the manager said, and he took a box of sweets out of his desk. Last week I bought a thousand boxes of the sweets. If you can sell them all before the end of the week, you can have the job.Thats easy, Jerry said.He took the boxes of sweets and left the office.Every day and all day he went from shop to shop, trying to sell boxes of the sweets. But he couldnt sell one. The sweets were so bad that he couldnt even sell them.At the end of the week, he went back to the manager. Im sorry, sir, he said. I was wrong about myself. Im not the best salesman in the world, but I know who is.Oh, said the manager. Who do you think is the best?The person who sold you a thousand boxes of the sweets.（1）The manager told Jerry _.A . he could start work at onceB . he was the best salesman in the worldC . he must show he was the best salesman in the worldD . the manager himself was the best salesman in the world（2）Jerry could get the job if _.A . he sold a thousand boxes of sweetsB . he gave away a thousand boxes of sweetsC . he sent the manager a thousand boxes of sweetsD . he sold half of the sweets（3）Jerry thought it was easy to sell the sweets because _.A . he thought he was a great salesman and he could sell anythingB . he could give them awayC . the sweets were very deliciousD . he wanted to get the job（4）Jerry couldnt sell the sweets because _.A . the sweets had gone bad(变质).B . nobody liked sweetsC . the sweets were quite awful(糟糕)D . He wanted to send them to his friends（5）From the story we can infer(推断) that _.A . the manager was very kindB . Jerry lost the jobC . Jerry was good at selling thingsD . Jerrys summer vacation started on July 26th 3. （8分）请根据短文内容判断正误。AJim, with his father, goes to see his grandfather. In the train Jim often puts his head out of the window. His father says, Jim! Dont put your head out of the window! But Jim goes on putting his head out of the window.So his father takes Jims cap quietly (悄悄地), hides (藏) it behind his back and says, You see your cap is gone. Jim is afraid.His father says, Well, whistle (吹口哨) once. Maybe your cap will come back. Jim whistles. His father puts quickly the cap on Jims head.Oh! It is wonderful. Jim laughs. He quickly takes his fathers cap and throws (扔) it out of the window. Now it is your turn to whistle, Dad! He says happily.（1）Jim and his father go to see his grandfather by bus. （2）Jims father tells Jim not to put his head out of the window. （3）Jims father takes Jims cap and hides it behind his back. （4）Jim doesnt want to have his cap back. （5）Jim takes his fathers cap and throws it out of the window. 4. （8分）根据材料内容，选择正确答案。 Some British and American people like to invite friends for a meal at home. You should not be upset(不安的)if your English friends dont invite you home. It doesnt mean they dont like you. Dinner parties usually start between 7 and 8 p. m. and end at about 11. Ask your hosts what time you should arrive. Its polite to bring flowers, chocolates or a bottle of wine as a gift. Usually the evening starts with drinks and snacks. If you want to be very polite, say how much you like the room, or the pictures on the wall. But rememberits not polite to ask how much things cost. In many families, the husband sits at one of the table and the wife sits at the other end. They eat with their guests. Youll probably start the meal with soup or something small, then youll have meat or fish with vegetables, and then dessert followed by coffee. Its polite to finish everything on your plate and to take more if you want it. Did you enjoy the evening? Call your hosts the next day, or write them a short thank you letter. British and American people like to say thank you, thank you, thank you all the time! （1）If your English friend doesnt invite you to dinner at home, it doesnt mean he or she _. A . doesnt like youB . likes youC . cant afford to do soD . is too busy（2）Its impolite _. A . to ask about the price of a certain thingB . to say thank you to hostsC . to eat up everything on your plateD . take something with you when you are invited to dinner（3）The meal ends with _ usually. A . soupB . coffeeC . meat or fishD . dessert（4）When you are invited to a dinner party, youd better _. A . ask what time you should arriveB . take your wife with youC . drink as more as possibleD . eat more snacks as you can（5）Which of the following is true? A . The hosts like the people who sit closer to them.B . The hosts like the people who ask them time, price, age, etc.C . The husband and the wife usually sit together.D . You can call your host the next day or write a letter of thanks after that.5. （8分）根据短文内容，判断下列句子正误。AWhat picture do you have of the future? Will life in the future be better, worse or the same as now? What do you hope for about the future? Scientists think that life will probably be very different in 2050.First of all, it seems that people wont use TV channels by 2050. Instead, people will choose a program from a menu and a computer will send the program directly to the television.Water will become a very serious problem. Well need much more water, but there wont be enough. Some scientists think that water would be the cause of war.Cars will run on new clean energy and they will go very fast. And there wont be any accidents with the help of computers. On the other hand, space planes will take people around the world in two hours.Robots will work in factories instead of people. Many factories have already used robots. Big companies prefer robotsthey do not ask for money, and they work for 24 hours a day.In a word, by 2050, our life will change a lot and our future will be quite different from now.（1）Maybe people wont use TV channels any more by 2050. （2）There will be a lot of car accidents by 2050. （3）Water could be the cause of war. （4）Robots will work in big companies and ask for money. （5）According to the passage, our life in the future will be better. 三、 任务型阅读 (共1题；共3分)6. （3分）根据短文内容，回答问题。 I live in a large neighborhood. I have lived here since I was born. I have a lot of friends there. Mr. Chan is one of them. He is 85 years old. I enjoy visiting Mr. Chan because he tells me exciting stories about Hong Kong in the past. He also shows me old photos. Yesterday, I visited Mr. Chan after school. I asked him how long he had lived here. This is what he told me:I have lived in the neighborhood since 1993. Before I moved here, I lived in a small village called Pak Mong on Lantau Island. There were many people living in the village when I was young. These years, there are only a few families left. Most families moved to the city for work. I left the village in 1993, when my son moved to the city.Pak Mong is an old village. There are watchtowers (嘹望塔) around the village. In the old days, soldiers used to stand in the watchtowers and keep guard (站岗). Here is a photo of my school. I went to that school a very long time ago. The school has been closed since 1985.I enjoy going to the Kowloon Walled City Park, because it makes me think of my old village. I have visited the park three times since 2004. Would you and your family members like to go to the park with me next weekend?（1）How old is Mr. Chan? （2）Were there more people in the village in 1993 than these years? （3）When did Mr. Chan leave the village? （4）How many times has Mr. Chan been to the Kowloon Walled City Park? （5）What does Mr. Chan want to do next weekend? 四、 根据下列句子及所给汉语注释, 写出空缺处各单词的正确形式 ( (共10题；共10分)7. （1分）根据句意和括号内的提示语，完成下列句子，并注意正确的形式。（1）The scientists guess that Venus（金星）is _（无生命的）.（2）This mountain is about four kilometers above the _（海平面）.（3）Everybody knows the _ （环境）is very important to us.（4）In some big cities, the pollution of the _（大气层）is serious.（5）_（温度）usually decreases with height.8. （1分）The h_you climb the mountain, the more views you will see. 9. （1分）Tom _(拉) the girl out of the river. 10. （1分）This one is the b_among them,but that one is the smallest. 11. （1分）单词翻译。 _ n. 牙齿_ n. &v.淋浴器，淋浴 _ adv.通常地 _ num.四_ adv.从不 _ adj.&adv.早(的) _ num.五十_ n. 工作 _ n. 电台 _ n. 晚上12. （1分）S_ is the first day of a week. 13. （1分） Is _ (大家)here now? Yes, Miss Yang. 14. （1分）Their _(演讲)were so interesting that people laughed from time to time. 15. （1分）Tim can drive us there, he got his drivers _(驾照)last month. 16. （1分）I _(想知道) if I can sit next to you. 五、 选词填空 (共1题；共1分)17. （1分）用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，使文章完整正确。（每个单词限用一次，没空只填一词。）die, diffcult transate, be, Iive, as, high, surprise, write, workA Duckling is very sad because he is the ugliest among his brothers and sisters. To his_when he grows up, he finds_a handsome young swan! The Ugly Duckling is one of the most popular fairy tales in the world _by Danish writer Hans Christian Anderson.In fact, Andersen was an ugly duckling. In 1805, he was born in a poor family in Denmark._a young boy, Andersen was tall, ugly and had a very big nose. His friend always made fun of his big nose. Later, because of his fathers_little Andersen had to make a _by himself. He once _as a tailor and make money in a theater.The _in life help him create his fairy tales. In the Little Mermaid, he talks about the sacrifice(牺牲) , in Emperors New Clothes, he makes jokes of the authority(当权者). Today, Anderson is famous around the world. His fairy tales have been_into over 100 languages. The Hans Christian Anderson Award(奖) is named after him. It is the _award to give a writer of childrens books.六、 短文填空 (共1题；共1分)18. （1分）I first thought someone s_ my money. But the next day I found it in my jacket pocket. 七、 书面表达 (共1题；共5分)19. （5分）你喜欢阅读吗?请你以 ReadingA Good Habit”为题写一篇有关阅读的短文。内容包括:1）你的阅读习惯(喜欢的书籍、阅读的时间地点、购书方式等等);2）阅读带给你什么益处;(至少两点)3）号召大家都读书。作文要求:1）不能照抄原文;不得在作文中出现学校的真实名称、老师和同学的真实姓名;2）语句连贯,词数80个左右。作文的标题和开头已经给出,不计入总词数。ReadingA Good HabitReading is a very good habit. I like reading very much.第 13 页 共 13 页参考答案一、 完形填空 (共1题；共1分)1-1、二、 阅读理解 (共4题；共30分)2-1、2-2、2-3、2-4、2-5、3-1、3-2、3-3、3-4、3-5、4-1、4-2、4-3、4-4、4-5、5-1、5-2、5-3、5-4、5-5、三、 任务型阅读 (共1题；共3分)6-1、6-2、6-3、6-4、6-5、四、 根据下列句子及所给汉语注释, 写出空缺处各单词的正确形式 ( (共10题；共10分)7-1、7-2、7-3、7-4、7-5、8-1、9-1、10-1、11-1、12-1、13-1、14-1、15-1、16-1、五、 选词填空 (共1题；共1分)17-1、六、 短文填空 (共1题；共1分)18-1、七、 书面表达 (共1题；共5分)19-1、