上海新世纪版2020年八年级下学期英语期中考试试卷（II ）卷.doc

上海新世纪版2020年八年级下学期英语期中考试试卷（II ）卷一、 单项选择。 (共15题；共30分)1. （2分）You mustnt swim here. Look at the sign. It_ No swimming.Oh, I_ notice it. Thanks for telling me.A . says; dontB . writes; dontC . says; didntD . writes; didnt2. （2分）- _ do you live from your school?- About 10 minutes walk.A . How manyB . How longC . How farD . How much3. （2分）- Do you mind if I turn on the TV?-_. The baby is sleeping now.A . No, of course notB . Do pleaseC . Youd better notD . Yes, please4. （2分）Lisa is than her sister. A . more smarterB . much smarterC . more smartD . very smarter5. （2分）If it _ fine tomorrow, we _ to the park together. A . is; goB . is; will goC . will be; will go6. （2分）Only yesterday _find out that his purse was lost. A . he wasB . was heC . did heD . he did7. （2分）I spent half an hour _ my homework last night.A . doB . to doC . doingD . did8. （2分）To live a low-carbon life, we must remember _ the lights when we leave the room. A . to turn offB . turning offC . not to turn off9. （2分）Could I copy your homework? I think its too difficult._ You should try to do it on your own.A . Not at all.B . No problem!C . Never mind.D . No way!10. （2分）Thank you so much for your present. Its really nice._A . Please dont say so.B . Its not so good, I think.C . No, thanks.D . Im glad you like it.11. （2分） Sorry to trouble you, but could you please help me carry this heavy box? _ Where do you want to put it? A . Sorry, I cant.B . I hope not.C . Of course.D . Good idea.12. （2分）When do you get up Sunday morning?I usually get up 8 in the morning.A . in; atB . on; inC . on; atD . in; on13. （2分）Great changes _ in my hometown in the last ten years. A . have happenB . have been taken placeC . have taken placeD . have been happened14. （2分）向第一次见面的人问好, 你应该说_ A . Nice to meet you.B . My names Dale.C . Hello, Im Ben.15. （2分） Does he have a soccer ball? _. But he has two ping- pong bats.A . Yes, she does.B . No, she doesnt.C . Yes, he does.D . No, he doesnt.二、 完形填空。 (共1题；共15分)16. （15分）语法选择I have received many Christmas gifts over the years. The best gift I ever received was presented to me 1a stranger. I never even knew his name and I only had contact with him 2less than 60 seconds. His Christmas present to me changed 3way I think about people and about Christmas.I hate Black Friday sales. Its often a gathering of people 4are there for many different reasons. Some are looking for one item for their loved one, or perhaps themselves. Their purpose are completely have 5 to do with the festive time of year, and can merely be summed up with one word, Cheap!It was several years ago when my wife asked me 6her at the local department store on Black Friday morning. They had advertised a childs bike 7she wanted to purchase for our son. We stood with a very large crowd, waiting for the manager to blow the whistle（口哨）. I told my wife 8we got a bike, fine, but if we did not, I was OK with that too.As 9bikes began to gradually（逐渐）decrease in size, I saw my polite opportunity to reach my hands around the corner of one of the boxes. I 10it and suddenly felt some mild resistance（阻力）. I looked up to see one of 11gentlemen I had ever seen in my life. Frightening was not the word to describe his appearance. He was wearing lots of straps of metal spiked leather（带有铆钉的皮带） around 12arms and even his neck and he had tattoos（纹身）too.I started to return the box 13he gently pushed it back in my direction and back into my hands. He then directed it into my shopping car. He looked at me, smiled, and said, Merry Christmas. All the way home I 14that this moment was by far the best Christmas gift I had ever received. The kindness of a stranger that broke all prejudice（偏见） I may have had of certain types of people. The softness of a human heart can be seen in a simple act. I will never 15it.（1）A . with B . by C . about D . to （2）A . in B . at C . on D . for （3）A . a B . an C . the D . / （4）A . who B . whom C . whose D . which （5）A . something B . anything C . nothing D . everything （6）A . meeting B . to meet C . met D . meet （7）A . that B . who C . why D . what （8）A . whether B . when C . if D . how （9）A . the number of B . a number of C . numbers of D . an amount of （10）A . lift B . lifted C . has lifted D . was lifted （11）A . large B . larger C . largest D . the largest （12）A . every B . each C . both D . all （13）A . but B . or C . though D . and （14）A . have thought B . was thinking C . am thinking D . think （15）A . forgetting B . forgotten C . forget D . forgot 三、 阅读理解。 (共3题；共43分)17. （10分） I have a neighbor we call “Happy”. I have never seen her angry at anything and never heard her say a harsh word to anyone or about anyone.Happy and her husband Ben, 70, have a huge garden. They spent many happy hours together working on it. Most of the neighbors watched interestingly as Ben doubled the size of their garden. As the cost of food climbed faster than Bens beans, we all wished we also had such a large garden. As the rest of us spent our dollars at the market, Happy could be seen picking beans in her back yard.Last month, Happy and Ben invited most of the neighborhood over for an “all-day food festival”. We were told to bring gloves and arrive very early in the morning. We didnt know what was about to take place.By 9:00 am, there were nine of us in the garden picking tomatoes, beans, okra, and squash. By 10:00 am, there was lots of laughter. We shared a lot of stories. By five oclock, everyone was a little drunk from the wine and beer. After dinner, we played games. As we were leaving, Happy and Ben handed each of us a shopping bag filled with the bounty of the day, already packaged and frozen. What a delightful gift!Well, the point wasnt so much about the food. The true gift was a day of friends enjoying one anothers company. None of it would have happened if it had been for Happy and Bens garden. Now they have a blog about gardening in case we decided to plant a garden. And I am so proud of my tomato plants!（1）According to paragraph 2, people wished they also had a garden so that .A . they could spend happy times together with their family in itB . they could grow vegetables and sell at the marketC . they could invite their neighbors and hold parties in itD . they didnt have to spend so much money on food（2）Which of the following is the same as the underlined word “bounty”?A . PresentB . KindnessC . LaughterD . Happiness（3）For what purpose did Happy and Ben invite the neighbors to their garden?A . To ask them to attend a birthday partyB . To help them get to know each otherC . To let them enjoy what they grew in the gardenD . To ask them to share some interesting stories（4）What did the writer most probably think of the time he spent in the garden?A . He thought it was too short but enjoyable.B . He thought it was wonderfulC . He thought it was not as good as he thought.D . He thought it was too terrible.（5）We can infer that .A . Happy and her husband Ben dont like spending time with othersB . Happy and her husband Ben sometimes quarrel with each otherC . Happy and her husband Ben are a generous and warm-hearted coupleD . Happy and her husband Ben live on the food they grow in their garden18. （8分） Once there was a piano player in a bar(酒吧). People came just to hear him play. But one night, a lady asked him to sing a song.I dont sing, said the man. But the lady told the waiter, Im tired of listening to the piano. I want the player to sing! The waiter shouted across the room, Hey, friend! If you want to get paid, sing a song!So he did. He had never sung in public before. Now he was singing for the very first time! Nobody had ever heard the song Mona Lisa sung so beautifully!He had talent(天赋) he was sitting on! He may have lived the rest of his life as a no-name piano player in a no-name bar. But once he found, by accident, that he could sing well, he went on working hard and became one of the best-known singers in the US. His name was Nat King Cole.You, too, have skills and abilities. You may not feel that your talent is great, but it may be better than you think. With hard work, most skills can be improved. Besides, you may have no success at all if you just sit on your talent.（1）The lady asked the player to sing a song because _.A . she had paid him for thisB . she knew him very wellC . she wanted to have a changeD . she enjoyed his singing（2）Nat King Cole succeeded because _.A . the lady helped him a lotB . he caught the chanceC . he continued to play in the barD . he stopped playing the piano（3）From the story we know if you have some talent, you should _.A . hide it and waitB . ask others for helpC . pay no attention to itD . work hard to improve yourself（4）Which could be the best title (标题) for the passage?A . Sing in the BarB . Achieve Success in LifeC . Never Lose HeartD . Find Your Hidden Talent19. （25分）阅读表达：阅读下列短文，根据短文内容回答下列各题.Nowadays people are making themselves beautiful in Korean ways.“Thank goodness you have double eyelids(双眼皮). Your parents will save a lot of money.” said a family friend when I was five years old. Double eyelids, which almost all the white people have, are rare among Northeast Asians. Only 25% of South Koreans are born with double eyelids.I never quite understood how having double eyelids saved my parents money until this summer. When I came back to Seoul, everywhere I noticed cosmetic surgery clinics(整形诊所) and advertisements with South Korean womentall, thin, with milky skin, long legs, nice big eyes and perfect noses. I found that South Korean beauty meant looking as “white” as possible.Cosmetic surgery has a kind of magical attraction(吸引) to women the promise of beauty. Women are often sure that suffering is necessary and worthy in order to be beautiful. This suffering is not for nothing. It is believed that beauty leads to attracting a better-looking partner, which then leads to a better-looking child and a better life.Appearance is starting to be more important in work places. People with good appearance can have more chances .For example, my 29-year-old brother, who is slim and very tall, gets more job chances than his best friend, who is short and heavy, though both of them came from the same college, had the same good marks in their studies. In fact, many South Koreans believe that physical beauty equals happiness（1）How many South Koreans are born with double eyelids?（2）When did the writer understand having eyelids saved his parents money?（3）Does cosmetic surgery have much attraction to women according to the writer?（4）What kind of people can get more job chances?（5）What do you think of cosmetic surgery?四、 任务型阅读。 (共1题；共5分)20. （5分）阅读下面短文，根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出适当的选项补全短文（有一多余选项）。 In a school, some students didnt follow the school rules. They always caused trouble._They never meant to forgive (原谅) each other.One day a new teacher came to this school._He told each of his students to bring a bag of potatoes to school. For every person they didnt want to forgive, they chose a potato, wrote the persons name on it, and put it in the bag.Some of their bags were very heavy._They would put them beside their beds at night, on the seats when they sit in a car or on a bus, and next to their desks at school. They had to take care of them all the time so that they didnt forget them._Days of carrying the bags along with them made students get to know what a weight (重量) they were carrying in their minds. After that, the students learned to forgive._Too often we think of forgiveness as a gift to other people, and it clearly is for ourselves!A. Some of them even fought with each other.B. He didnt know what to do with the students.C. When he heard that, he came up with a good idea.D. They got on well with each other and didnt fight anymore.E. As time passed by, the potatoes went bad and made people feel sick.F. The teacher then asked them to carry their bags with them everywhere for one week.五、 补全对话。 (共1题；共5分)21. （5分）从选择合适的句子补全对话（有两项是多余的）A: Hi, Michael