外研版2019-2020学年八年级上学期英语期中考试试卷A卷.doc

外研版2019-2020学年八年级上学期英语期中考试试卷A卷一、 单项选择 (共15题；共30分)1. （2分）To prepare for _ trip to LA, Betty is making _ list of things to take along. A . the ; theB . / ; aC . the ; aD . a ; /2. （2分）The _ to a book or talk is the part that comes at the beginning and tells you what the rest is about. A . inventionB . invitationC . introduction3. （2分）What will happen _? A . in a futureB . in the futureC . for the futureD . at the future4. （2分）When is _ birthday?_ birthday is on April 20th.A . Johns; HeB . John; HimC . Johns; HisD . John; Hes5. （2分）No matter when you are _, I will try my best to help you out. A . in troubleB . in helpC . with troubleD . in hope6. （2分）Among these children，Jim has _life and he lives_. A . The most happy; most happilyB . the happiest; most happilyC . the happiest; happiestD . the happier; more happily7. （2分）What did Mr Green tell you just now?He asked me _ the same mistake again.A . to not makeB . not to makeC . dont make8. （2分）Hi,Tom,why are you so unhappy?I missed the exciting match_the bad traffic.A . in order toB . since thenC . as a resultD . because of9. （2分）Ive earned my own living _ I was seven. A . inB . sinceC . forD . /10. （2分）_ useful advice you gave me about learning English! A . HowB . WhatC . What a11. （2分） friends you have， you will be A . More；happierB . More；more happyC . the more；the happierD . The more；the more happy12. （2分）This is a very good picture. Who _ it? A . paintsB . is paintingC . paintedD . has painted13. （2分） Are your grades as _ as Susan? No. She does _ in English, but I am not.A . good; wellB . well; goodC . good; goodD . well; well14. （2分） Maths is difficult for me. I want to improve it. I you will make it if you keep trying.A . believeB . imagineC . doubt15. （2分）Which one of these do you want? _ . Either will be OK. A . No problemB . Im sureC . come onD . I dont mind .二、 完形填空 (共1题；共1分)16. （1分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。The New BabyThe picture shows a family visiting their new baby in hospital. I think its probably the evening, because the light is 1, so the father must have brought his children 2work.There are two children beside the baby, a boy and a girl. The 3 is a little older than his sister. Hes about six or seven. He 4 proud. The girl looks very 5 to have a new sister.The father has his arm around6children. He looks proud as well. The mother is sitting 7. She looks happy 8a little tired.The baby is in the middle. I guess its a girl,9she is wearing pink clothes. The baby is10 despite (尽管，不管) all the noise and excitement.（1）A . off B . on C . out （2）A . before B . after C . at （3）A . girl B . baby C . boy （4）A . looks B . is looked C . is looking （5）A . excited B . sad C . angry （6）A . her B . your C . his （7）A . on the left B . in the middle C . in the front （8）A . and B . or C . but （9）A . because B . so C . if （10）A . running B . sleeping C . eating 三、 阅读理解 (共2题；共20分)17. （10分） Nowadays, computer games are becoming more and more popular in many cities and towns.A lot of small shops along busy streets have been made into small game houses in order to get more money. These places are always crowded with people, especially young boys.In the computer game houses, people spend a lot of money competing（较量） with the machines. Itshardfor one to win the computer, but one can make progress after trying again and again. People have a kind of gambling psychology（赌博心理）when they play computer games. The more theylose, the more they want to win. When class is over, the school boys run to the nearby computer game houses. Little by little（渐渐地）, they forget all about their lessons and fall far behind others. Some of them can get enough money from their parents. But some of them are notlucky enough to get the money. They begin to take away other students money and become thieves.（1）Who always go to the computer game houses?A . Young girls.B . Young children.C . Young students.D . Young boys.（2）People made small shops into small game houses in order to _.A . make computer games more popularB . get more moneyC . help people to learn computer betterD . make people happy（3）What do we need to play games in the game houses?A . Tickets.B . Paper.C . Cards.D . Money.（4）What will happen to the boys if they keep going to the game houses?A . They will win a lot of money.B . They will make a lot of good friends there.C . They will fail in their study and even break laws.D . They will live a happy life in the future.（5）What is the passage mainly about?A . Game houses have a bad effect（影响）on young boys.B . More and more small shops have been made into game houses.C . Young boys spend a lot of money playing computer games.D . People play games better after trying again and again.18. （10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。CMr. Lewis was a dance teacher. He was a nice man and always had a lot of students. One year he moved to a new town, and was soon teaching many students in the dance school there, but he decided to move again to a big city. He would have more work there.When one of his students heard that he was going to leave, she said to him, The new teacher wont be as good as you are. Mr. Lewis was happy when he heard this, but he said, Oh no. Im sure hell be as good as I am - or even better. The student said, No. Five teachers have come and gone while Ive been here, and each new one was worse than the last.（1）_ came to learn dancing from Mr. Lewis.A . A few studentsB . Few studentsC . Many studentsD . No students（2）Mr. Lewis wanted to move to a big city because _.A . he hated the small townB . he couldnt make a living in the small townC . it would be easy for him to have more work in the cityD . it made him spend more money in the town（3）The student thought that _.A . Mr. Lewis was a good teacherB . Mr. Lewis was the best teacherC . Mr. Lewis was worse than the lastD . Mr. Lewis would be worse than the last（4）Except Mr. Lewis, _ teachers came to the town to teach dancing.A . threeB . fourC . fiveD . six（5）From the story we can infer that the student wished _.A . to have a better teacherB . to have a worse teacherC . to become a dance teacherD . to see the sixth teacher四、 任务型阅读 (共1题；共1分)19. （1分）下面是王林一周的课程表，仔细阅读后完成所给的问题。（1）What lesson does Wang Lin have each weekday? （2）How many geography lessons does he have in a week? （3）How many subjects does he study altogether(总共)？ 五、 短文填空 (共1题；共1分)20. （1分）诚实守信是中华民族的传统美德（virtue）。作为青少年，我们应该行动起来。本周班级英语学习，微信交流群主发起一个关于如何诚实守信的讨论，请帮助完成下面的发言内容，每空一词。 Class 5 Grade 9 The subject of the discussion this week is Honesty. How should we develop the Chinese tradition virtue _ teenagers? Welcome to join us. The most important is that we should tell the _ and never tell a lie. Keep our promises to everyone all the time. Always be on time, and especially dont be _ for class. Its not easy for us to _ the problems in our homework sometimes, but we shouldnt copy others. To be honest, _ we still have many difficulties at times, we believe we can behave better in the future. Thanks for your taking part, and we are looking forward to more opinions!六、 任务型阅读 (共1题；共1分)21. （1分）阅读下面短文，根据短文内容完成句子。Steve Jobs was born on 24th February 1955 in San Francisco, California. As a child, he often worked with his father or electronics.In high school, he met Bill Fernandez and Steve Wozniak(or “Woz”). Woz and Bill showed Jobs a computer board that they were building at the time. Jobs was very interested in it.After high school, Jobs went to one of the best colleges in Oregon. However, he dropped out only after a few months. In the meantime, Woz worked for Hewlett-Packard, but found time to build his own computer. When Jobs saw what Woz had done, he could imagine that people would need it very much.Together, they set up a company called Apple. Apple Computer became a big success, and this made Jobs a rich man. Unfortunately, Jobss personality(性格) made him very difficult to work with. He left Apple to set up another company. Soon, Apple started to do badly. Jobs returned to Apple and helped make the company successful again.Back at Apple, Jobs was responsible (负责) for the development of the iMac, iTunes, iPod, iPhone and iPad.In 2003, Jobs got very ill and died on 5th October 2011.（1）When Jobs was in high school, Woz and Bill showed him _ that they were building. （2）When Woz worked for Hewlett-Packard, he found time to _. （3）Jobs and Woz set up _ called Apple. （4）Jobs left Apple because he _. （5）In 2003, Jobs _ and died on 5th October 2011. 七、 书面表达 (共1题；共5分)22. （5分）新学期，你校的学生会需要一名新主席。校长号召全体同学积极推荐合适的人选。假设你叫Peter, 请根据以下提示和要求给校长写一封推荐信。（要求：词数80个左右，句意连贯，语法正确。）内容要点如下：1）推荐Simon 担任学生会主席；2）推荐理由：积极、自信、勤奋好学、成绩优秀，是你班的班长；乐于助人，经常为同学解决难题；对人大方、为人善良，同学们愿意与他交朋友；聪明、富于创造力和想象力，能想出很多新主意；有耐心，有条理，能计划好每一件事情，并关注细节。Dear Principle,I am writing to recommend Simon as t he chairperson of the Students Union.Yours SincerelyPeter第 12 页 共 12 页参考答案一、 单项选择 (共15题；共30分)1-1、2-1、3-1、4-1、5-1、6-1、7-1、8-1、9-1、10-1、11-1、12-1、13-1、14-1、15-1、二、 完形填空 (共1题；共1分)16-1、三、 阅读理解 (共2题；共20分)17-1、17-2、17-3、17-4、17-5、18-1、18-2、18-3、18-4、18-5、四、 任务型阅读 (共1题；共1分)19-1、19-2、19-3、五、 短文填空 (共1题；共1分)20-1、六、 任务型阅读 (共1题；共1分)21-1、21-2、21-3、21-4、21-5、七、 书面表达 (共1题；共5分)22-1、