冀教版八年级上学期英语期中考试试卷D卷 .doc

冀教版八年级上学期英语期中考试试卷D卷 一、 单项选择。 (共10题；共20分)1. （2分）There is elephant in the zoo. elephant is three years old. A . /; AnB . an; TheC . a; TheD . an; /2. （2分）Where did you go on Mid-autumn Day? I wasnt out. I just _ at home.A . stayedB . wasC . stayD . am3. （2分）Look! The children _ in the river.A . swimB . are swimmingC . is swimmingD . swims4. （2分）During my holiday, I went to watch the light show at the Civic Center.Me, too. Its said that it is a _ for the 40th anniversary (周) of Chinas reform and opening-up.A . giftB . mistakeC . lecture5. （2分）Who gets up _ of you all in the dormitory, Tony?Jimmy does.A . earlyB . earlierC . earliest6. （2分）I like my school. Our teachers are all to us.A . kindB . kindsC . friendD . glad7. （2分）Please try your best to finish the work by _. A . youB . yourselfC . yourD . yours8. （2分）Do you know that China is one of _countries in the world? Yes, I do. Its much _than the US.A . oldest; olderB . the oldest; olderC . the oldest; elderD . the older; elder9. （2分）_ can you finish this English examination?In about one and a half hours.A . How farB . How oftenC . How soonD . How long10. （2分）An artist can draw 3-D pictures with chalk. amazing!A . WhatB . HowC . What anD . How an二、 完型填空 (共1题；共1分)11. （1分）完形填空先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。Creativity(创造力)is the key to a bright future. Here is 1schools and parents can help their children to develop their creativity.Drew worked for a company in 1925. At work he invented(发明)a kind of material 2enough to hold things together. But his boss told him not to think more about the idea. Drew didnt stop and finally, using his own time, made a kind of tape, which now is used everywhere by many people. And his company learned from its 3.Now the company asked its workers to 415 percent of their work time just thinking about and developing new ideas.Creativity is not something one is just born with. A person with high intelligence(智力)does not mean that he uses it creatively. Creativity is the matter of 5your intelligence to think of new ideas that are good for something.We know that many schools have tried to develop students creativity, but some teachers only want to develop students reading, writing and math skills, and have to 6creativity for correct answers. Children from such schools can give correct answers, but they are unable to use 7to work out problems.It is important to give children choices. From the earliest age, children should learn to make decisions and understand their 8. Even though its choosing between two kinds of food 9lunch, decision-making helps thinking skills. As children grow older, parents should let their children decide how to use their time or spend their money, but not help them too much if they make the wrong decision. The child may have a 10time, but that is all right.（1）A . when B . where C . how D . what （2）A . thick B . wide C . light D . strong （3）A . mistake B . thought C . suggestion D . effect （4）A . take B . cost C . spend D . pay （5）A . finding B . using C . taking D . improving （6）A . grow up B . catch up C . give up D . hurry up （7）A . it B . them C . that D . ones （8）A . meanings B . conversations C . results D . questions （9）A . with B . to C . of D . for （10）A . hard B . lucky C . happy D . mad 三、 阅读理解 (共5题；共38分)12. （6分）根据短文内容，判断下列句子的正误。At midnight (半夜) Mr. King coughed again. He got up and took some medicine. Before he lay down again, he smoked. And he couldnt go to sleep any longer. He found the medicine book and began to read it. He was afraid he had lung cancer(肺癌). He seemed to see death was waiting for him. Tears (眼泪)ran down his face. He didnt see his wife was standing by him.“Whats wrong with you, dear?”asked the woman.“Nothing,” the old man answered and covered his face with his hands. The old woman opened the book and understood at once. She said, “You must stop smoking right now. ”“I began to smoke when I was nine, you know. How can I do that?”“But I think health is more important. ”Mr. King coughed again and his wife said, “Go to see a doctor tomorrow. He will be able to help you, I think. ”The doctor told Mr. King to have an X-ray examination（X光检查）of his lungs(肺). And then he looked at the X-ray carefully for a long time.“Tell me the truth, doctor. ” said Mr. King, “Do you see any shadows (阴影) in my lungs?”“No, I dont see anything. ”“Yes?” the old man said happily. “Really?”“Yes. Your lungs are turning black. How can I see any shadows?” （1）Mr. King got up to cough because he smoked too much.（2）Mr. King wasnt afraid of death.（3）The doctor told Mr. King to have an X-ray examination because he wanted to look more carefully at Mr. King s lungs.（4）The doctor found some shadows in Mr. Kings lungs.（5）There was nothing serious with Mr. King.13. （8分） What would happen if you tried to blow a soap bubble in freezing weather? Would it freeze solid(固体) and fall to the ground? Would you have to hit it to break it? These questions happened to me on a cold winter day. It was too cold to play in the snow, but it was a perfect time to experiment with blowing frozen bubbles.To blow frozen bubbles, I used dishwashing soap and a drop of glycerin（甘油） to make it even better. I chose a place out of the wind, and blew bubbles the same way I always do. I watched to see what would happen. Heres what I learned.If the temperature is low enough, the skin of the bubbles frosts over (结霜), becoming cloudy instead of clear. And what about those rainbow swirls（旋转） you see in soap bubbles? The rainbow colors stay even when the bubbles frost, but they dont swirl anymore. The bubbles still stay in the air. They dont fall to the ground any faster than they would on a warm summer day.When these frozen bubbles break, they dont turn into small water drops as summer bubbles do. They turn into flashing rainbow confetti（碎屑） and move slowly to the ground. Sometimes a frozen bubble will roll across the snow without breaking. If nothing disturbs the bubble, it may stay there for a long time. Sometimes I could catch a bubble and hold it until the heat of my hand made it pop.I learned another thing about blowing frozen bubbles. Its so interesting that I want to try it again next year.（1）It is the perfect time to blow frozen bubbles on a _day.A . cold winterB . warm springC . hot summerD . sunny autumn（2）When the frozen bubbles break, _.A . they make a big soundB . they turn into small dropsC . they fall to the ground like rainD . they become rainbow confetti（3）The purpose of the passage is _.A . to learn how to do a science experimentB . to show the experiment of blowing frozen bubblesC . to discover games that are fun to play in the snowD . to invent a new kind of soap that makes stronger bubbles14. （8分）Choose the best answers. John, David and James were three brothers. Every year on their mothers birthday, they sent her expensive presents. They liked to show her how rich they were.The oldest brother , John, decided to give his mother a perfect(完 美的) present. He thought it must be more expensive than his brothers.So he put an advertisement(广告) in the newspapers: WANTED THE PERFECT PRESENT FOR A RICH WOMAN. For many days people phoned him from all over the country. Each of them wanted to sell him the perfect present. But John didnt like any of them.Then, less than a week before his mothers birthday, a man came to his office. He was carrying a cage with a large bird in it. This bird, the man said, can speak ten languages (语言) and sing any popular songs. Theres no other bird like it in the world. With these words, he asked the bird to speak to John in French, tell him a joke in Japanese and sing a famous popular song. John was very happy.Ill buy it. How much do you want? John said. One hundred thousand dollars, the man said. This was a lot of money, but John paid him. Then he sent the bird to his mother with a birthday card.The day after his mothers birthday he phoned her. Well, Mother, he asked, what do you think of the bird? Oh, very delicious, dear, she answered.（1）The three brothers sent their mother expensive presents because A . she liked them very muchB . they wanted to show her they were very richC . they wanted to send their best wishes to herD . they wanted to get some money from their mother（2）John decided to buy for his mother as a birthday present. A . an expensive cage with a delicious birdB . something much better than the othersC . a cheapest birthday presentD . a bird that can speak French（3）Many people phoned John to . A . sell him the present he wantedB . say happy birthday to his motherC . say something about the birdD . know who wanted the present（4）The bird could do many things except(除了) . A . speaking ten languagesB . telling jokes for peopleC . singing popular songsD . making a phone call（5）According to what Johns mother said, we know . A . the bird told his mother a joke every dayB . the bird flew out of the cageC . the bird was eaten by Johns motherD . the bird was asked to sing popular songs every day（6）John may feel after his mother answered his telephone call. A . interestingB . sadC . afraidD . happy15. （8分）阅读理解CHICAGO- Have you ever worked on your laptop computer with it sitting on your lap, heating up your legs? If so, you might want to rethink that habit from now on. Doing it a lot can lead to “toasted skin syndrome (症状)”, an unusual-looking spotted skin condition caused by long-term heat exposure (暴露), according to medical reports.In one recent case, a 12-year-old boy from California developed a skin discoloration on his left lap after playing computer games a few hours every day for several months. “He recognized that the laptop got hot on the left side; however, he did not change its position,” Swiss researches reported in an article published Monday in the journal Pediatrics.Another similar case is a Virginia law student who needed treatment for the spotted darkening on her leg. Dr. Kimberley Salkey, who treated the young woman, learned the student spent about six hours a day working with her computer placed on her lap. As Dr. Salkey later learnt, the temperature under the laptop could reach 51 degrees. That case, from 2007, is one of 10 laptop-related cases reported in medical journals in the past six years.The condition can also be caused by overuse of heating pads (垫子) and other heat sources that usually arent hot enough to cause burns. Its generally harmless but can also cause such permanent (永久的) skin darkening. In very rare cases, it can cause damage leading to skin cancers, said the Swiss researchers, Drs. Andreas Arnold and Peter Itin from University Hospital Basel. They do not mention any skin cancer cases linked to laptop use, but suggest, to be safe, placing a carrying case under the laptop if you have to hold it on your lap.Dr. Kimberley Salkey said that under the microscope, the affected skin is similar to skin damaged by long-term sun exposure.Major producers including Apple and Dell warn against placing laptops on laps or exposed skin for long periods of time because of the risks for burns. In the past, “toasted skin syndrome” has happened to workers whose jobs require being close to a heat source, including bakers and glass blowers, and in people who gathered near hot stoves to stay warm.Dr. Anthony J. Mancini, chief at Childrens Memorial Hospital in Chicago, said that its unlikely that computer use would lead to cancer since its so easy to avoid close skin contact (接触) with laptops.（1）According to the passage, “toasted skin syndrome” can be caused by all the following EXCEPT _. A . being close to a heat source or hot stovesB . long period of direct contact to hot laptopC . using ones laptop with a carrying caseD . overuse of heating pad and other heat sources（2）The underlined word “discoloration” in the 2nd paragraph refers to _. A . spotB . darkeningC . sunburnD . heat（3）It can be learnt from the passage that laptop users _. A . should avoid close skin contact with laptopsB . are likely to develop a certain kind of cancerC . have known much about the harm of laptop heatingD . should go to see the doctor at once（4）Some computer producers warn against placing laptops on laps for long periods of time because of _. A . the risk for burnsB . the risk of droppingC . the risk of breakingD . the protection of back bone（5）Which of the following might be the best title of the passage? _. A . Laptop is DangerousB . Skin Damage is PossibleC . A Bad HabitD . No laps for Warm Laptops16. （8分）阅读下文，回答问题Can plants learn and remember? Monica from Australia thinks so.Monica and her team members did some tests on mimosas(含羞草). The plants close their leaves quickly when people touch them. They put some mimosas in 56 pots. Every time they dropped the pots from 30cm high, the plants closed their leaves. Monica and her team members did this for a whole day. To their surprise，at the end of the day, the plants didnt close their leaves at all. It seemed that the plants learned that this action wouldnt hurt them.Another amazing thing was that the plants might remember things for a long time. Monica dropped the same pots of mimosas four weeks later. The plants still didnt close their leaves.Monica wasnt sure how plants learned and remembered. The plants dont have brains, after all. Maybe they learn and remember with the help of their cells(细胞), she said.（1）When mimosas are touched, _. A . they make some soundsB . they open their leavesC . they close their leavesD . their leaves drop（2）How long did it take Monica to do the test at first? A . Two days.B . One day.C . Half a day.D . Three hours.（3）What did Monica find four weeks later? A . The plants didnt close their leaves.B . The leaves of the plants dropped.C . The plants grew more leaves.D . The plants closed their leaves.（4）The underlined word brain means _in Chinese. A . 血液B . 心脏C . 大脑D . 智慧（5）What can we learn from the text? A . Mimosas arent easy to keep.B . Monica likes mimosas a lot.C . Plants have brains.D . Some plants can remember things.四、 口语应用 (共1题；共1分)17. （1分）根据对话内容，从方框中选出5个最佳选项补全对话，其中有两项是多余的。A:Can I help you?B:Yes，please._I want to order a birthday cake for my mother.A:_B:A large cake，please.A:What would you like to write on it?B:_A:OK.Whats your phone number?B:_A:Whats your address(地址)?B:_A. What size would you like?B. Please write Happy Birthday to Mother.C. Tomorrow is my mothers birthday.D. Its 8910566.E. What kind of cake would you like?F. 56 Lincon Street.G. Ill take it.五、 任务型阅读 (共1题；共20分)18. （20分）阅读下面短文，把A、B、C、D四个句子填入文中空缺处，使短文内容完整、正确。Dear Xiao Fang，How time flies! It is two years since you moved to America for your study. _How happy we are! During your staying in America, little companions(小伙伴们 ) kept complaining,There is no one to play with. Huang Lei talked about the little woods where weoften played together. _Each time I saw your empty house next door, I held back tears. How much I have missed the days when we played in the woods behind our houses, where we dug up some worms, chasing the birds. I still remember we slipped down along the stream, feeling the spray(浪花) on our faces.After reading your letter, Huang Lei and I came up with an idea. How about our families spending a weeks vacation together this summer? _ It is located between the downtown of Chunxi and Wulin Town where we used to have fun. July will be the best month for us, so we must enjoy freedom and joy for a long time. _I cant wait to look forward to the time when we meet againYoursXiao MeiA. What about the Spring Lake?B. Talk with Huang Lei about it as soon as possible.C. These days, we have known that you will come back.D. As for me, it was honor to have such a close friend like you.六、 完成句子。根据所给提示，完成句子。每空一词，含缩略词。 (共5题；共5分)19. （1分）Is he your new English teacher? (作否定回答)_, _ _ .20. （1分）My brother is at school now.（对画线部分提问） _ _ _ brother now?21. （1分）The weather is bad today, and the weather was worse yesterday. (改为同义句)The weather was_yesterday_today.22. （1分）他经常帮助我学习汉语。He often_ me _ my Chinese,23. （1分）我第次失败了，但我会继续努力。(keep on) 七、 短文填空 (共1题；共1分)24. （1分） Most cities and towns in China have n_markets every day. During the day, the streets are q_. At night, they become crowded（拥挤的） and lively（活跃的）. Usually people a _at three or four in the afternoon. By（到为止） 6:00, the streets are l _rivers of people.Night markets are fun places to shop in. You can buy clothes, shoes and many o_things. If the price is too h_, you can bargain（还价） with sellers. You can also buy nice food. When you are h_, you can sit down for a meal. Smelly tofu(臭豆腐)is p_but it really smells bad.The b _thing is everything at night markets is c_.八、 书面表达 (共1题；共5分)25. （5分）在英语课上，你班学生就“好爸爸”话题展开了讨论，请你根据下面内容，用英语介绍讨论情况并发表你的观点。注意：1）短文必须包括表中所有内容，可适当增加细节；2）你的看法至少两条；3）词数：80-100；4）短文首句仅供选择使用，不计入总词数。参考词汇：批评 criticize短文首句：The other day, we had a discussion about what kind of father is a good father.大多数学生跟孩子玩照顾孩子让孩子开心其他学生对孩子严厉当孩子犯错时，批评并帮助孩子改进我第 17 页 共 17 页参考答案一、 单项选择。 (共10题；共20分)1-1、2-1、3-1、4-1、5-1、6-1、7-1、8-1、9-1、10-1、二、 完型填空 (共1题；共1分)11-1、三、 阅读理解 (共5题；共38分)12-1、12-2、12-3、12-4、12-5、13-1、13-2、13-3、14-1、14-2、14-3、14-4、14-5、14-6、15-1、15-2、15-3、15-4、15-5、16-1、16-2、16-3、16-4、16-5、四、 口语应用 (共1题；共1分)17-1、五、 任务型阅读 (共1题；共20分)18-1、六、 完成句子。根据所给提示，完成句子。每空一词，含缩略词。 (共5题；共5分)19-1、20-1、21-1、22-1、23-1、七、 短文填空 (共1题；共1分)24-1、八、 书面表达 (共1题；共5分)25-1、