上海新世纪版2019-2020学年八年级上学期英语期中测试试卷A卷.doc

上海新世纪版2019-2020学年八年级上学期英语期中测试试卷A卷一、 单项选择。 (共5题；共10分)1. （2分）Sunny Cinema is the best movie theater in this city, because you can buy the tickets here the most _.You are right. The prices in other cinemas are much higher.A . cheaplyB . quicklyC . carefully2. （2分）I regret _ such rude words to my mother. A . to sayB . saidC . saying3. （2分）I dont like reading watching TV. what about you?I dont like reading all day, I like watching TV news.A . and; orB . and; andC . or; andD . or; but4. （2分）Tom was hit by a car. His parents went to the hospital _.A . happilyB . slowlyC . immediately5. （2分）The worlds population is growing and there is land and water for growing rice. A . more; lessB . larger; fewerC . larger; lessD . more; fewer二、 完形填空。 (共1题；共10分)6. （10分）完形填空In America, the school day usually starts at 9a.m. and 1at about 4 p.m. The school subjects are different from 2. In China, we always have Chinese, maths, English, P.E. and so on. But in America, students have more lessons, such as 3and driving lessons. Their school life isnt just about study. They have 4things to do than the Chinese students do. There 5many clubs in American schools, too. If the students are6in sports, they can join different sports clubs. From 2:30 p.m.74 p.m., they do different things in different clubs.Maybe you think English is very popular in the world,8American students dont need to learn any 9language. But thats not true, American children from the age of seven 10learn a foreign language. For example, they learn French or Chinese.（1）A . finish B . finished C . finishes D . finishing （2）A . we B . us C . our D . ours （3）A . cooking B . cooks C . cook D . cooked （4）A . many B . much C . more D . most （5）A . is B . are C . was D . were （6）A . interest B . interets C . interesting D . interested （7）A . in B . for C . to D . of （8）A . so B . but C . when D . or （9）A . another B . other C . others D . the other （10）A . need to B . must C . have to D . should 三、 阅读理解。 (共4题；共44分)7. （20分）Flow like the river of changeLittle stream ran down from a high mountain through many villages and forests. Then it reached a desert.“I went through so many difficulties. I should have no problem crossing the desert, she thought. As she started, she found herself slowly disappearing into the sand. After many tries, she still failed. Maybe I cant reach the ocean, she said sadly to herself.At this time, a deep voice said, If a breeze（微风）can cross the desert, so can a river. It was the voice of the desert. But the little stream answered, Thats because a breeze can fly, but I cannot.”“Thats because you cant give up what you are. Let yourself evaporate（蒸发）into the breeze, and it can take you across,” said the desert. Give up what I am now? No! No! The little stream could not accept this idea. The breeze can carry the vapor（蒸汽）across the desert and let it leave as rain. The rain will form a river again, said the desert. And whether youre a river or vapor, your nature never changes. Hearing this, the little stream went into the open arms of the breeze. It carried her to the next stage of her life.The course of our lives is like the experience of the little stream. If you want to go through difficulties in your life to head for success, you should also change the way you are.（1）The little stream aimed to reach _.A . the forestB . the oceanC . the desertD . the river（2）The little stream aimed to reach _.A . the forestB . the oceanC . the desertD . the river（3）The little stream _ before she got to the desert.A . didnt meet much difficultyB . was worried about herselfC . knew well about the desertD . was confident about herself（4）The little stream _ before she got to the desert.A . didnt meet much difficultyB . was worried about herselfC . knew well about the desertD . was confident about herself（5）At frist, the little stream didnt accept the deserts advice because _.A . she failed many timesB . she was afraid of the breezeC . she wasnt able to flyD . she wouldnt give up what she was（6）At frist, the little stream didnt accept the deserts advice because _.A . she failed many timesB . she was afraid of the breezeC . she wasnt able to flyD . she wouldnt give up what she was（7）The little stream finally crossed the desert by _.A . evaporating into the breezeB . forming a riverC . disappearing into the sandD . changing her nature（8）The little stream finally crossed the desert by _.A . evaporating into the breezeB . forming a riverC . disappearing into the sandD . changing her nature（9）What does the story mainly tell us?A . The road to success is not always easy and smooth.B . Whatever others say, we should always be ourselves.C . To succeed, we should change the way we are if necessary.D . We may experience difficulty in life just like the little stream.（10）What does the story mainly tell us?A . The road to success is not always easy and smooth.B . Whatever others say, we should always be ourselves.C . To succeed, we should change the way we are if necessary.D . We may experience difficulty in life just like the little stream.8. （10分）根据短文理解完成下列各题。DAustralia is the smallest continent(洲) in the world. It is a little smaller than China. It is to the south of the equator(赤道). So when it is summer in our country, it is winter in Australia.Australia has a small population(人口). The population of Australia is nearly the same as that of Shanghai, a city in China.Australia is famous for its sheep and kangaroos(袋鼠). After a short drive from any town, you will find yourself in the middle of white sheep. Sheep are everywhere. Have you ever seen a kangaroo? It has a bag below its breast(胸). The mother kangaroo keeps its baby kangaroos in the bag. It is very strange, isnt it?（1）China is than Australia.A . largerB . largeC . smallD . smaller（2）It is in Australia when it is summer in our country.A . autumnB . springC . winterD . summer（3）The population of Australia is almost the same as that of in China .A . BeijingB . TianjinC . NanjingD . Shanghai（4）Australia is famous for its .A . sheep and kangaroosB . sheep and deerC . elephants and kangaroosD . birds and kangaroos（5）Why does the passage say the kangaroo is a strange animal? Because .A . it is a kind of birdB . it has a bag below its breastC . it is a kind of fishD . it is very dangerous9. （6分）阅读理解One morning,an old gardenner found lots of flowers missing.He was so angry that he shouted loudly, “Who did this?” In order to protect his flowers, he locked the garden gate in the evening.The next morning,he found some of this flowers missing again. He decided to find out how that happened. When night came,he sat quitely to watch his garden.Soon he saw a tortoise(乌龟) moving slowly into the garden.The gardener shouted, “I catch you this time!” The tortoise quickly said, “Im sorry. If you really want to punish me,no matter what you decide to do, please do not throw me into the water. Its terrible to die that way.”“You destroyed so many of my beautiful flowers. I must punish you!” said the old gardener, and he quickly threw the tortoise into a lake next to his garden.After a while , the tortoise swam away happily. The old gardener then knew that the tortoise was not afraid of water.（1）Why was the old gardenner so angry? A . Because his flowers were not alive.B . Because he found his flowers missing.C . Because his flowers were not beautiful.（2）What did the gardenner do to protect his flowers at first? A . He watched the flowers in the evening.B . He locked the garden gate in the evening.C . He did nothing in the evening.（3）What can we learn from the passage? A . The old gardenner was very smart.B . The tortoise was so clever.C . The old gardenner was very happy.10. （8分）阅读短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 How Much Can We Afford to Forget?In 2018, Science magazine asked some young scientists what schools should teach students. Most said students should spend less time memorizing facts and have more space for creative activities. As the Internet grows more powerful, students can access (获得) knowledge easily. Why should they be required to carry so much of it around in their heads?Civilizations (文明) develop through forgetting life skills that were once necessary. In the Agricultural (农业的) Age, a farmer could afford to forget hunting skills. When societies industrialized, the knowledge of farming could be safe to forget. Nowadays, smart machines give us access to most human knowledge. It seems that we no longer need to remember most things. Does it matter?Researchers have recognized several problems that may happen. For one, human beings have biases (偏见), and smart machines are likely to increase our biases. Many people believe smart machines are necessarily correct and objective, but machines are trained through a repeated testing and scoring process. In the process, human beings still decide on the correct answers.Another problem relates to the ease of accessing information. When there were no computers, efforts were required to get knowledge from other people, or go to the library. We know what knowledge lies in other brains or books, and what lies in our heads. But today, the Internet gives us the information we need quickly. This can lead to the mistaken beliefthe knowledge we found was part of what we knew all along.In a new civilization rich in machine intelligence, we have easy access to smart memory networks where information is stored. But dependency on a network suggests possibilities of being harmed easily. The collapse of any of the networks of relations our well-being (健康) depends upon, such as food and energy, would produce terrible results. Without food we get hungry; without energy we feel cold. And it is through widespread loss of memory that civilizations are at risk of falling into a dark age.We forget old ways to free up time and space for new skills. As long as the older forms of knowledge are stored somewhere in our networks, and can be found when we need them, perhaps theyre not really forgotten. Still, as time goes on, we gradually but unquestionably become strangers to future people.（1）Why are smart machines likely to increase our biases? A . Because they go off course in testing and scoring.B . Because we control the training process on them.C . Because we offer them too much information.D . Because they overuse the provided answers.（2）The ease of accessing information from the Internet _. A . frees us from making efforts to learn new skillsB . prevents civilizations from being lost at a high speedC . misleads us into thinking we already knew the knowledgeD . separates the facts we have from those in the smart machines（3）The word collapse in Paragraph 5 probably means _. A . a sudden failureB . the basic ruleC . a disappointing startD . the gradual development（4）What is the writers main purpose in writing this passage? A . To question about the standards of information storage.B . To discuss our problems of communication with machines.C . To stress the importance of improving our memorizing ability.D . To remind us of the risk of depending on machines to remember.四、 词汇运用。 (共2题；共20分)11. （10分）根据短文内容，用方框中所给词的正确形式填空，使短文完整、正确。（每个词只能用一次，有两个多余词）angry, come, without answer, but, should, no, wait, and, God, they, notThere was a gardener who had planted many fruit trees in his garden. Now he wanted to pick the fruits and sell _ to make money. When he was picking the fruits, the gardener saw a stranger picking fruits in his garden. The gardener became very_ and shouted, What are you doing in my tree? The stranger looked at the gardener, _he didnt reply and continued to pick fruits. The gardener shouted angrily, You have no right to take the fruits_ my permission(允许). Come down at once!The stranger answered, Why _ I come down? This is the garden of God and Im the servant(仆人)of God, so I have the right to pick these fruits. The gardener was surprised at his _ and had a good idea. He told the stranger _ down from the tree.When the stranger climbed down, the gardener began to beat him with a stick. The stranger shouted loudly, Why are you beating me? You have no right to do this!The gardener paid _ attention and continued beating him. The stranger shouted, Arent you afraid of God? The gardener answered, Why should I be afraid? The stick in my hand belongs to God and Im the servant of God. So I have the right to beat you. The stranger was ashamed(羞愧)and said, _. Dont beat me, Im sorry for taking the fruits.The gardener smiled and said, Dont use _ name to justify（辩解）your wrong actions. 12. （10分）根据短文内容,首字母和括号内所给汉语意思，写出空白处各单词的正确形式（每空一词）On Sept.19,2016 Alibaba(阿里巴巴 ) went public (上市) on the New York Stock Exchange. It shows that Ma Yun,50,has done his business _(成功地) A short Chinese man seems to be the _（最高的）man in the world right now. Ma used to be an English teacher. So far ,he has _（成为）the richest man on the Chinese mainland.Ma was born in Hangzhou and grew up as a happy kid. At the age of twelve ,he found that English was very _(有趣的). Every morning, he got up at 5 am, and then ran to a hotel near the West Lake where he could _（交流） with foreign tourists in English. He did it for nine years, whether it was rain or shine. This _(经历) made him become a fantastic English speaker and also opened his eyes to the wide world. In a 1995 trip to the US, Ma was showed to the Internet for the _（第一次） time .He searched Yahoo using the word Beer ,and found that there was nothing about China .Seeing the chance, Ma _（返回） to China and set up a website without knowing much about computers .Four years later,18 people including Ma, his wife and his friends set up Alibaba in Hangzhou. People called him Crazy Jack Ma. But _（十五） years later, Alibaba has developed into the worlds largest e-commerce(电子商务) _（公司）. When Ma was interviewed by the reporter from Times, he said, Everybody should have a dream. What if that dream comes true?五、 语法填空。 (共1题；共10分)13. （10分）阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。How to Be PopularMost people would like to be popular with others, _not everyone can achieve this goal. What is the secret to_(popular)? In fact, it is very simple. The first step is to improve our appearance. We should always make _that we stay in good shape and dress well. When we are healthy and well-groomed, we will not only look better but also feel _(good). In addition, we should smile and appear friendly. After all, our facial expression is an important part of our appearance._we can do this, people will be attracted to our good looks and impressed by our confidence.Another important step is developing more consideration(考虑) for others. We should always place_(other) interests before ou