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浙江省台州市2017-2018学年八年级英语下学期起始试题 （满分：100分 考试时间：90分钟）一完形填空。（每小题1分，共计15分）nearly everybody enjoys chicken, and the most famous name in chicken is kentucky fried chicken. mr sanders, the man who started this _1_ was not always very rich. at one time, he owned(拥有) a small _2_ station next to a highway (公路).many truck drivers _3_ there to get gas and take a rest. mr sanders realized they were often _4_,so he began serving sandwiches and coffee._5_ the sandwiches he made tasted good, and werent_6_ , more and more _7_ came to eat at his place._8_ mr sanders began to serve fried chicken. people _9_ it very much, and his new business grew rapidly. not long after, however, another highway was _10_,and few drivers went _11_ mr sanders restaurant. so he had to _12_ it. then he traveled around the country _13_ to sell his idea of opening fried chicken restaurants. he _14_.by 1967,there were almost 5000 kentucky fried chicken restaurants. and now,_15_ you go in the united states, you will see one. if you like chicken, im sure, youll enjoy eating kentucky fried chicken.1.a.business b.shop c.life d.search .2.a.coffee b.water c.food d.gas3.a.passed b.got to c.stopped d.left4.a.late b.hungry c.tired d.sick5.a.although b.if c.because d.once6.a.cheap b.low c.high d. expensive7.a.passengers b.drivers c.students d.doctors8.a.then b.so c.but d.for9.a.ate b.liked c.tried d.drank10.a.appeared b.found c.built d.broken11.a.out b.to c.over d.on12.a.close b.run c.return d.take13.a.trying b.believing c.thinking d.suggesting14.a.failed b.fails c.succeeds d.succeeded15.a.whenever b.wherever c.where d.when二阅读理解。（每小题2分，共计30分）aamericans with small families own a small car or a large one. if both parents are working, they usually have two cars. when the family is large, one of the cars is sold and they will buy a van(住房汽车)a small car can hold(容纳)four persons and a large car can hold six persons but it is very crowded(拥挤). a van hold seven persons easily, so a family of three children could ask their grandparents to go on a holiday travel. they could all travel together.mr.hagen and his wife had a third child last year. this made them sell a second car and buy a van. their children sixth and seventh seat are used to put other things, for a family of five must carry many suitcases(衣箱)when they travel. americans call vans motor homes. a motor home is always used for holidays. when a family are traveling to the mountains or to the seaside, they can live in their motor home for a few days or weeks. all the members of a big family can enjoy a happier life when they are traveling together. that is why motor homes have become very popular. in america there are many parks for motor homes.16. from the passage, a van is also called _.a. a motor car b. a motor home c. a motorbike d. a big truck17. before mr. hagen and his wife bought a van, they_.a. sold their old house b. moved to their grandparents housec. built a new place for a van d. sold their second car18. a motor home is usually owned by a family with_.a. a baby b. much money c. more than two children d. interest in vans19. americans usually use motor homes_.a. to travel with all the family members of holidayb. to do some shopping with all the family membersc. to visit their grandparents at weekendsd. to drive their children to school every day20. motor homes have become popular because_.a. they can take people to another city when people are freeb. they can let families have a happier life when they go out for their holidaysc. some people think motor homes are cheapd. big families can put more things in motor homesbsurtsey was born in 1963.scientists saw the birth（诞生） of this island（岛）. it began at 7.30 a.m. on 14th november. a fishing boat was near iceland. the boat moved under the captains（船长）feet. he noticed a strange smell. he saw some black smoke. a volcano（火山）was breaking out. red-hot rocks, fire and smoke were rushing up from the bottom（底部）of the sea. the island grew quickly. it was 10 meters high the next day and 60 meters high on 18th november. scientists flew there to watch. it was exciting. smoke and fire were still rushing up. pieces of red-hot rock were flying into the air and falling into the sea. the sea was boiling and there was a strange light in the sky. surtsey grew and grew. then it stopped in june 1967.it was 175 meters high and 2 kilometers long. and life was already coming to surtsey. plants grew. birds came. some scientists built a house. they want to learn about this young island. a new island is like a new world.21. surtsey is _.a. an island not far from iceland b. a new volcanoc. a fishing boat d. a place in iceland22. scientists flew there _.a. to watch the birth of the island b. to save the fishing boatc. to learn about the island d. to build a house23. when did scientists fly there to watch?a. before the volcano broke out. b. as soon as the volcano broke out.c. about four days after the volcano broke out. d. after the volcano stopped rushing up.24. put the following sentences in correct order.a. the captain found the boat was moving. b. a new island appeared in the sea.c. fire, smoke and rocks were seen rushing up. d. a fishing boat was near iceland.e. the island grew quickly.a. d-a-c-b-e b. a-b-c-d-ec .a-b-e-c-dd. b-e-d-a-c25. the best title of this article is _.a. a new island b. the birth of an island c. a new world d. scientists discovered surtseyc years ago, a very rich man and his young son shared an interest in collecting art.they traveled around the world, collecting priceless works of art by famous artists like picasso, van gogh and monet. when the war broke out, the son left to serve his country. after a few weeks, the old man received a letter saying his son had died when taking another soldier to a hospital. the man became very lonely and sad.one day, a soldier visited the old man and gave him a paintingit was a portrait of his son. though the world would never consider it a great work, the painting was important to the man.the painting of his son became the old mans most valuable thing. he told his neighbors it was the greatest gift he had ever received. the following spring, the old man became ill and passed away.all of the mans paintings would be sold at auction(拍卖). the auction began with a painting that was not on any of the buyers lists. it was the painting of the old mans son.“who will open the price at $100？” the auctioneer asked. time passed and no one spoke or raised their hands. someone said, “who cares about that painting? lets get on to the good ones.” more people agreed. “no, we must sell this one first，” replied the auctioneer, “now who will take the portrait of the son？”finally, a good friend of the old man spoke, “will you take $10 for the painting? thats all i have.” “will anyone go higher？” after more silence he said, “going once. going twice.sold！” the auctioneer looked at all the people and announced that the whole auction was over. “to the fathers will(愿望), whoever takes his sons portrait gets all the collection，” the auctioneer said.()26.both the man and his son were interested in _acollecting artworks bselling paintings cdrawing famous artists dreading stories about famous artists()27.what did the letter say?athe war broke out. bthe son was safe.cthe son had died. dthe son was sent to a hospital.()28.at the auction, the painting of the mans son _awas popular bwas sold for $100 cwas sold for $10 dwasnt sold()29.the meaning of “portrait” is “_”a画像 b外套 c包裹 d信件()30.what does the story want to tell us?aart work is valuable. ba fathers love is priceless.cdont look down at small works of art. dnobody knows what will happen next. 三词汇运用。（每小题1分，共计25分）a根据首字母填写单词，每空一词。31there are no d_ between these two twin sisters.32china plays a more and more important p_ in the development of the internet.33the air in the country is much f_ than that in the city.34its very important to learn a f_ language if you want to study in other countries.35my first resolution for the new year is about my own p_ improvement, like taking up a new hobby. 36if you study english well, you can t_ around the world easily.37lets cut the birthday cake into p_ and enjoy them.38winter in hangzhou is cold and it is sometimes b_ zero.39nothing in the world is i_ if you work hard at it.40thanks for i_ us to the party. we really had a good time. b.单词的适当形式填空，每词限用一次。41i still remember i went bike _ with him last fall.42the guard wont let you out _ your teacher signs her name on the paper.43mother asks us to do our homework _44my shoes are pretty bad, but yours are much _45im sorry to hear that he _ his leg yesterday.c.根据短文内容和所给汉语提示，写出空白处各单词的正确形式。每空限填一词。a mother wanted to encourage her son to play the piano. she bought 46_(票) to the concert of a great pianist. when they arrived at the 47_(剧院), the mother found a friend. she stopped to talk to her friend and her son ran off. at eight oclock, the lights began to dim, and the concert was about to start. the mother began to look for the boy. then, she 48_(看见) her 6yearold son on stage. he was on the piano bench playing twinkle twinkle little star. the mother was very 49_(惊讶的). before she could get her son back, the great pianist 50_(他自己) was on the stage and quickly moved to the piano. “dont stop. keep playing，” he said kindly to the boy. the 51_(著名的) pianist reached down with his left hand and began 52_(填满) in the bass(低音部) part of the song. soon, his right arm reached around the other side and played a beautiful piece of music. 53_(一起), the two impressed people with their beautiful music. in all of our lives, we get helping handssome we notice, some we dont. we also have lots of 54_(机会) to give helping handssometimes we want people to know, sometimes we dont. little of what we all achieve comes 55_(没有) others help. we get back what we give to others. 四. 语法填空。（每小题1分，共计10分）阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空(每空不多于3个单词)。 “today is my birthday，” sarah said. “i hope there will be a big party. i want to spend my birthday 56_ all my friends！” she looked around the house, 57_ nobody was there. she was sad that her parents and friends forgot her birthday. she decided to have a party on 58_(she) own. “ill invite my dolls and my favorite teddy bear to my party.” sarah 59_(give) all her dolls a ride to the party in her wagon(马车). she even made a cake by 60_. “now i need a special gift for my birthday! it will be the 61_(beautiful) gift i have had！” sarah said proudly, but she began to feel sad again. why? 62_ her friends were not at her party. she had to go upstairs 63_(think) about her gift. when she went downstairs, nothing was there! “where is my cake? where are my dolls？” she was 64_(surprise). just then, her parents and friends came out. “surprise, sarah! here is your birthday party，” they said 65_(loud) and happily. of course, they didnt forget her birthday! 5 任务型阅读。（每小题1分，共计5分） 天晴国际学校将举行一系列主题活动，请你仔细阅读以下a到f选项中六位外教的信息，邀请期中五位外教分别给6670题的活动做讲座。_66.music festival_67.science festival _68.sports festival_69.english festival _70.reading festival personal information of teachersa.jane birch is from america. she speaks 5 languages and has been to 14 countries. she is very popular with students and has many methods of learning foreign languages.b.jerry smith is a humorous teacher. he often turns his math classes into game time. math is more than numbers and shapes in his class. it can be used to solve real life problems.c.daisy chambers, a smart lady ,is good at playing the piano.she has been learning it for ten years. ama