2020年八年级上学期英语开学考试试卷A卷.doc

2020年八年级上学期英语开学考试试卷A卷一、 单项选择 (共10题；共20分)1. （2分）More and more wild animals are because they have lost their living places.A . in dangerB . in a dangerC . out of dangerD . out of the danger2. （2分）Good learners often connect what they need to learn with . A . interesting somethingB . something interestingC . interesting anythingD . anything interesting3. （2分）_ valuable advice you gave me! I hope it can help. A . HowB . WhatC . What anD . What a4. （2分）_ is not easy to learn a foreign language well. A . ItB . ThisC . ThatD . There5. （2分）Would you like _ some milk?A . haveB . to haveC . havingD . Has6. （2分）Come to the top of the rock. You can see a beautiful scene from here.Um I suppose Im frightened of heights.A . proudB . afraidC . sure7. （2分）Tommy, _ do you play the piano?When my mom is at home, I have to every day, but shes away this week!A . how aboutB . how longC . how muchD . how often8. （2分） _ terrible environment! The pollution here is even more serious than I _ .A . What a; thoughtB . How; thinkC . What an; thinkD . How; thought9. （2分）Does Lucy enjoy history stories? A . usingB . touseC . readingD . to read10. （2分）Why do you go to Aokang Cinema?It has _ seats than the others.A . comfortableB . more comfortableC . very comfortableD . the most comfortable二、 阅读理解 (共1题；共8分)11. （8分） Hip hop or rap (说唱） music as it is also called, started on the street and in the clubs of the New York City in the 1970s . But today many countries have their own kind of hip hop music . This kind of music comes from reggae, disco and funk music . Rapping means speaking to the rhythm of the music, and it is an important part of the music . People rap to express how they feel about their lives and problems .Rapping in class.Would you like to rap in class? Well actually, hip pop music is played in more than 10,000 schools in the USA .Why ? There is a new school program called “ Flocabulary ”in which teachers use texts and hip hop CDs to help teach different school subjects . The words of the songs are just what students are studying . This makes learning easy and fun . Students and teachers are excited about the positive results it has had on exam marks . One teacher said, “ Ive used hip hop songs in class, and I have never seen my students so crazy about history ! You cant imagine how well they imagine how well they remember what I teach ! We even try to write our own songs . ”Whose idea was Flocabulary?Blake Harrison, a high school student, was the first person to come up with the idea of Flocabulary . The word “ Flocabulary ” comes from the word “ flow ” and “ vocabulary ” . “ Flow ” is a rap word for “ style ”,or the way a rapper says the words of a song . “ Vocabulary ” means the words you have to learn in a language . How did he get the idea ? Well, he realized he could remember the words of a hip hop song very easily . So,why not make lessons into songs ? Today together with Alex Rappaport, a song writer, Blake produces hip hop songs for maths, science and literature (文学）. They are now used in schools with great success .（1）Rap music started _ in New York city .A . in the 1970sB . In a high schoolC . in the 19 th centuryD . In a music class（2）From the passage, we can learn “ Flocabulary ” is a program to _ .A . Write rap musicB . Sing a song by talkingC . Remember the words of a songD . help teach some school subjects.（3）The underlined word positive in paragraph 2 most probably means _A . badB . goodC . finalD . direct（4）Blake Harrison has produced hip hop songs for school subject EXCEPT _ .A . mathsB . scienceC . historyD . literature三、 选词填空 (共1题；共5分)12. （5分）A.用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，每空一词，每词限用一次（每空一词）。sleep true returm against since（1）When I fall _， I always have a dream. （2）Youd better tell us the _. Dont tell a lie. （3）Please call me as soon as the VIP guest _to the hotel. （4）_they live in one house with their parents， everyone should do their part in keeping it clean and tidy. （5）He sat _the wall in the dark room in silence. 四、 翻译 (共1题；共1分)13. （1分）They are _. (Peter 和Sam的老师). 五、 书面表达 (共1题；共5分)14. （5分）你们学校的生活丰富多彩吗？请以“Colorful weekdays”为题，介绍一下你们学校周一至周五（weekdays)都有哪些课外活动。要求：1）语意连贯，层次清