冀教版八年级上学期英语期中考试试卷A卷(15).doc

冀教版八年级上学期英语期中考试试卷A卷(15)一、 完形填空。 (共1题；共15分)1. （15分） Jeff Keith has only one leg. When he was only twelve years old, Jeff had cancer. Doctors had to1off most of his right leg.2Jeff puts on an artificial leg(假肢). The leg is plastic. With the plastic leg, Jeff can ski, ride a bicycle, swim, and play soccer. He can also run.Jeff made a plan with his friends who had plastic legs,3. They decided to4 across America. They all wore special T-shirts.5it was “Run, Jeff, Run, Jeff Keiths Run Across America”.Jeff Keith ran across the United States from the east to the west 6he was twenty-two years old. He started running in Boston(波士顿). Seven7later, he stopped8in Los Angeles（洛杉矶）. He ran 3,200 miles (1 mile = 1.6093km). Jeff wore out thirty-six pairs9running shoes and five plastic legs. Jeff10in cities on the way to Los Angeles. In every city people gave Jeff money. The money was not for Jeff,11for the American Cancer Society. The Society used the money to help people know 12about cancer.On the way to Los Angeles, Jeff talked to people about13. Jeff is disabled, but he can do many things. He finished college and is studying to be a lawyer(律师). Jeff says, “People can do14they want to do. I want people to know that. I ran15for disabled people. I ran for everybody.”（1）A . take B . cut C . put D . set （2）A . Every day B . One day C . Some day D . A day （3）A . also B . too C . either D . neither （4）A . walk B . fly C . swim D . run （5）A . On B . In C . With D . Above （6）A . while B . because C . when D . if （7）A . months B . days C . hours D . minutes （8）A . running B . to run C . walking D . to walk （9）A . at B . for C . in D . of （10）A . reached B . studied C . stopped D . started （11）A . and B . but C . or D . so （12）A . more B . less C . fewer D . little （13）A . cancer B . walk C . society D . America （14）A . any B . thing C . nothing D . anything （15）A . not only B . not C . only D . just 二、 阅读理解。 (共4题；共44分)2. （6分）Want to save money when travelling by train?Here are some ways：Day ReturnsThis ticket can save you up to 45 on the standard fare（费用）. You have to travel after the rush hour period MondayFriday, but can travel at any time on Saturday or Sunday.Big City SaversThese are special low-priced tickets on certain trains. You have to book in advance（提前）at the latest by 16：00 the day before you travel. Its first come, first served.Weekend ReturnsWeekend Returns are available（有售）for most trips over 60 miles. Go on Friday, Saturday or Sunday, and return the same weekend on Saturday or Sunday, and save up to 35 on the standard fare.Monthly ReturnsThese are available for most trips over 65 miles. Go any day and return within a month. Monthly returns save you up to 25 on the standard fare.Family Rail CardFor 20 pounds this rail card allows you to take a second adult and up to 4 children for only 3 pounds each when you buy single or return tickets. You can travel as often as you like until the card becomes out of date.（1）How many ways does the writer tell us to save money when travelling by train?A . Five.B . Four.C . Three.D . Six.（2）Big City Savers are special low-priced tickets ontrains.A . certainB . returnC . weekendD . all（3）Monthly Returns save you up toon the standard fare.A . 45B . 35C . 25D . 653. （7分）阅读理解BThree months after Shang Hai (not his real name) began studying at an American high school, he received an e-mail of dismissal. The academic performance of the Chinese boy was poorhe had got grades C and D (A is the best) for most courses.Shang is not alone. In the first half of 2014, the number of Chinese students studying in the US has increased to 275,000. But according to China Youth Daily, about 5 percent of Chinese students in US colleges are unable to graduate.They are being sent back home because their grades are not good enough (62.1%), they cheat, such as copying other students work (21.4%), and they have poor class attendance (10.9%).These appear to be not from a lack of intelligence , but a lack of discipline , said the report. The situation has been getting worse since more Chinese students are studying in foreign countries at younger ages. According to the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the number of Chinese students studying in US private high schools has increased from 65 in 2005 to 23,795 in 2013.Far away from their parents, some students are said to spend a lot of time chatting with friends, going to parties, and playing online games.There are also great language problems. Although they have to pass language tests to study abroad, daily communication is still hard for many Chinese overseas students, according to research at Indiana University in 2013.Because of this, many of them just stick with other Chinese students. They dont often take part in sporting events or study groups. And some could only catch bits of information during classes, said the research.（1）Some Chinese overseas students spend lots of time _. A . playing online gamesB . doing sportsC . chatting with parentsD . visiting American friends（2）Many Chinese overseas students stick with Chinese students because _. A . they are too youngB . they have language problemsC . they dont like American lifestyleD . they miss their family in China（3）What can we learn from the passage? A . More Chinese students study in foreign countries at older ages.B . The number of Chinese students studying in American has fallen since 2013.C . A lots of Chinese students take part in sporting events while they are studying abroad.D . About 5% of Chinese students in American colleges may not be able to get the degree.（4）Why were some Chinese overseas students sent back home?_4. （6分）阅读理解GONE WITH THE WINDWriter: Margaret Mitchell￥25 (in bookstores) ￥18 (online)Gone With the Wind is a best-seller, which tells a story that happened in the American Civil War(美国内战). Scarlett OHara is a woman in the story who is full of energy. She is strong and saves her family but is very selfish at the same time.A LITTLE PRINCESSWriter: Frances Hodgson Burnett￥18.3 (online)Motherless Sara Crewe was sent home from India to school at Miss Minchins. Her father was very rich and she lived a rich and comfortable life. Then her father died and Sara lost everything. She had to learn to do with her changed life. Her strong character made her able to fight successfully against her poverty(贫穷) and the scorn(嘲笑) of her buddies. Its an excellent book with 4 CDs for children.PETER PANWriter: J.M Barrie￥15 (in bookstores) ￥12 (online)It is a childrens story full of imagination and adventures(冒险), which is about Wendy, John, and Michael Darlings adventures in Never-Never Land with Peter Pan, the boy who would not grow up. The children are happy and lovely. (with 2 CDs)UNCLE TOMS CABINWriter: Harriet Beecher Stowe￥20 (in bookstores)The most famous novel in American history, Uncle Toms Cabin talked about the struggle between free states and slave(奴隶) states during the American Civil War and is as powerful today as when it first came out 150 years ago.THE SECRET GARDENWriter: Frances Hodgson Burnett￥35 (in bookstores) ￥30 (online)Mary Lennox, a sickly orphan(孤儿), finds herself in her uncles dark house. Why are so many rooms locked? Why is one of the gardens locked? And what is that crying she hears at night? Through the power of hope, friendship, and the magic of nature, the brave girl brings the house and a long-lost garden back to life.（1）We can know from the passage that _. A . there are only three books with CDsB . we can buy 5 kinds of the above books in bookstoresC . two of the books are written by Frances Hodgson BurnettD . THE SECRET GARDEN is ￥5 cheaper in bookstores than online（2）The following books have children as their main characters except _. A . PETER PANB . GONE WITH THE WINDC . A LITTLE PRINCESSD . THE SECRET GARDEN（3）This text is most probably taken from a _. A . newspaperB . science magazineC . storybookD . book guide5. （25分）根据短文内容，完成下列小题。Canadian Geese are large blue and white birds. When autumn comes, they have to fly south where the weather is warmer. The winters are so cold in Canada that the birds will die if they stay there.Last spring, Bill Lishman found sixteen young Canadian Geese on his farm. They had lost their parents. Bill thought, These young birds wont know what to do in the autumn. He had a small plane and he decided to teach the birds to follow him. All through the summer, he went on short trips in his plane and the young geese flew after him.When the cold weather arrived in the autumn, Bill flew to Virginia in the United States, 600 miles south of his home in Canada. The geese followed him all the way. Bill left the geese in Virginia and he returned home.This spring, Bill was waiting for the birds to come back. They didnt arrive, so Bill flew to Virginia to get them. He looked for them for two weeks, but he couldnt find them. When he arrived back home, he found the geese waiting for him. They had found their way home without him!（1）What will happen to the geese if they stay in Canada in the winter?（2）Where did Bill find sixteen young geese last spring?（3）Is it 600 kilometers from Bills home to Virginia?（4）How long did it take Bill to look for the geese in Virginia?（5）The geese found their way home by themselves, didnt they?三、 词汇运用。 (共2题；共15分)6. （5分）选词填空be, ruler , I, guess, blackboardLook! This is our classroom. Its clean and beautiful. We have lessons here. Our teacher writes on the _. It _big and black. This is_pencil box. There is a pen and two _in it. What is it? Can you _?7. （10分）In a town in France, there was a farmer who lived alone. Every day he s _ a pound of butter to his neighbor, who was a baker. One day the baker decided to weigh the butter to see i _he was getting a pound. After he weighed it, he found that he wasnt. The baker then took the farmer to the judge (法官).The judge wanted to know the farmers ways to weigh the butter. The farmer replied, “ Im so p_that I do not have enough money to buy anything to weigh it. H _ , I do have a kind of scale (天平).” The judge asked, “Then h _ do you weigh the butter?” The farmer replied, “Before the baker started buying butter from me , I had bought bread from him. So now every time when I b _ home the bread from the baker, I put it on the scale and give him the butter of the same w_.”We always get back what we give to others. Whenever you take action, ask yourself this question, “Am I honest?”Honesty or dishonesty can become a habit. Some dishonest people can lie w _a red face. Others lie so m _ that they do not even know what the truth is any more. But who is it bad for? In fact, those who lie will hurt t _ by their own dishonest behavior.四、 语法填空。 (共1题；共1分)8. （1分）She is the best teacher, even though he has the _(little) experience. 五、 任务型阅读。 (共1题；共5分)9. （5分）请从以下选项（A， B， C， D， E， F）中选出符合各段意思的小标题。其中有一项是多余选项。A. Get your things in orderB. Plan your time wellC. Study anywhere or everywhereD. Speak out and ask moreE. Do more than you are askedF. Make yourself busy_“If I dont understand what my teacher is explaining in science， I ask him to say it again，” says Anna Lee， “also asking more helped a lot.”_“When a teacher asks us to do a lot of homework，” says Dave Roman， “I will draw up a time table and plan to do it little， so it isnt so tiring.”_One student put a vocabulary list on the wall of the bathroom. He learned a new word every day while brushing his teeth. Another student used the time to remember biology terms while practising running._In high school， Mike played football， painted and was in the band. “I was so busy that I couldnt waste time looking for a pencil or missing paper. I kept everything in order.” He says._Christi is an excellent student at the university. If her maths teacher asks her to do five problems， she does ten. If the history teacher asks her to read five pages， she reads ten. “Part of learning is practicing，” she says， “and the more you practice， the more you learn.”六、 书面表达。 (共1题；共5分)10. （5分）假如你是Tom，请根据信件内容及下面的提示给Tony写一封回信。Dear Tony,An exchange student from the USA will come to our class. He wants to know something about our schools activities. I feel a little worried that something I told to him cant make him understand. I know you are good at English .So can you help to write this letter for me about our schools activities? Then I will email to him.Yours, TomThe following questions can help you :Are there any interesting activities at school? Please give me some examples.I like playing tennis very much.Is there any club or activity for that?Do we have parties on holidays?注意：回信必须根据这份信内容，可适当发挥想象，增加内容；词数： 80个左右 信的开头和结尾已给出，但不计入总词数。Dear Tony，Im very glad to hear that an exchange student will come to our school. I know it is a little difficult for you to deal with the problem of English writing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44分)2-1、2-2、2-3、3-1、3-2、3-3、3-4、4-1、4-2、4-3、5-1、5-2、5-3、5-4、5-5、三、 词汇运用。 (共2题；共15分)6-1、7-1、四、 语法填空。 (共1题；共1分)8-1、五、 任务型阅读。 (共1题；共5分)9-1、六、 书面表达。 (共1题；共5分)10-1、