2019-2020学年八年级下学期英语开学考试试卷A卷.doc

2019-2020学年八年级下学期英语开学考试试卷A卷姓名:_ 班级:_ 成绩:_一、 从下面每小题的A、B、C三个选项中选出可以替换划线部分的最佳 (共16题；共16分)1. （1分）He said yes to Mikes invitation of attending his birthday party. I think Mike will be very happy.A . receivedB . rejectedC . accepted2. （1分） The factory produced the dress in large quantities. That is a good factory.A . lengthsB . sizesC . numbers3. （1分）I have trouble learning English. A . a problemB . a skillC . a secret4. （1分）The government is looking for a good way to solve air pollution. Great. We should also do something to help.A . ask forB . deal withC . learn about5. （1分）They promised that they would finish the project on time. A . decidedB . saidC . made sure6. （1分）My grandmother worked as a doctor when she was young. A . likedB . wasC . had7. （1分）I have to feed my hungry pet now. A . give food toB . play withC . go shopping witch8. （1分）I was unaware of the mistake until you told me just now. Thank you very much. In fact, youve done a good job.A . didnt realizeB . didnt understandC . didnt compare9. （1分）The beef smells_. You have to throw it away. A . wellB . badlyC . goodD . bad10. （1分）Tom was very unhappy, because you seemed to doubt his words. A . feel sure aboutB . feel unsure aboutC . feel satisfied with11. （1分）The activity took place at midnight. A . heldB . lostC . happened12. （1分）How lovely your pet dog is! Whats its name? Thanks. Its name is Flash.A . cuteB . popularC . huge13. （1分）The flower _ sweet. A . is smelledB . smellsC . smellD . are smelled14. （1分）What was the film like? It was a bit slow at the beginning but the acting was very good.A . mannerB . activityC . performance15. （1分）The old woman feels quite because she can live with her children happily.A . boredB . angryC . satisfied16. （1分）You should try to avoid eating unhealthy food because it is bad for your health. A . keep away fromB . remainC . agree二、 根据句子意思，从下面每小题的A、B、C三个选项中选出恰当的词 (共14题；共14分)17. （1分） This dress is too expensive. Do you have a cheaper one? Sorry, but thats the _ one.A . biggestB . smallestC . cheapest18. （1分）We will get the chance to visit the museum if we _ the game. A . defeatB . beatC . win19. （1分）I like this coat very much. It _comfortable. A . feelsB . tastesC . smellsD . sounds20. （1分）I am just going to the _. Do you want anything? Yes, a bag of rice.A . marketB . classroomC . library21. （1分）The boy spent the whole day a book The World Of Animals. A . reading；callB . reading；calledC . read；call22. （1分）_ does Mary _？ The U.S.A . When; come fromB . Where; fromC . Where; is fromD . Where; come from23. （1分）As we all know, the Silk Road _ China to the West in ancient times. A . connectsB . connectedC . will connect24. （1分）David felt _ when he gave a wrong answer to the exercise. A . embarrassedB . politeC . fashionable25. （1分）Mo Yan is famous now, but he a true son of soil(土地). A . keepsB . staysC . remainsD . maybe26. （1分）The ticket for IMAX is too expensive. It _ me 130 yuan. A . spentB . tookC . costD . paid27. （1分）The is something that is living or growing in natural conditions. A . forestB . nature.C . wild28. （1分）I am going to buy a new car. Perhaps you can read the Sunday papers . They are full of _for cars.A . advertisementsB . inventionsC . experiments29. （1分）How does Lucy like the host family? She _ it. It is _ her own (自己的) home. A . like; likeB . likes; likes C . likes; likeD . like; likes30. （1分）For your own_, please dont smoke on the plane. A . feelingsB . safetyC . health三、 完形填空（15分） (共1题；共15分)31. （15分）通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在各小题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。 Being a young person is one thing, and being a good young one is 1. A good person should have these qualities(品质): First of all, health. A healthy body is the best riches(财富). 2it, nothing can be done well. If you are poor in health, you will have to take 3day after day. Even you cant work, do sports and so on. Secondly, do something for others. Help those in trouble and 4the people around you. If everyone did the same, What a5world it would be! Thirdly, have the ability to work with others. Cooperation(合作) and communication are two important keys to better human relation. Everyone needs friends 6no one can live through life alone or do everything he wants to. Besides the examples above, patriotism（爱国主义） is the one we should never 7. Patriotism means love for ones country. It is one of the highest qualities of humans. Everyone should love his own country. But people 8think that patriots(爱国者)must be soldiers or that they live in a time of fighting for their country. This is 9. A good young persons work is not only fighting. A good young person will do the things his country asks him to do. I think a good young person of today should also have some training in art 10they can live better and enjoy more. （1）A . other B . one C . another D . the others （2）A . With B . Without C . After D . Before （3）A . medicine B . food C . drink D . fruit （4）A . take after B . talk about C . argue with D . care about （5）A . wonderful B . terrible C . bad D . selfish （6）A . if B . because C . while D . though （7）A . remember B . answer C . forget D . ask （8）A . sometimes B . never C . nearly D . hardly （9）A . good B . bad C . right D . wrong （10）A . so that B . such as C . when D . but 四、 阅读理解（30分） (共6题；共30分)32. （5分）阅读理解 Many people find it difficult to improve(提高) their reading skills (技能) when they learn English. In fact, its not so difficult if you know the following tips.Reading should be interesting, so be sure you are reading the right book. The book should be not too difficult for you. You can start by reading an easy one.Find some books of your favorite writers and read them all. By doing this you will get used to (适应于) the writing style (风格) of the writer, and you can also learn the vocabulary(词汇) and grammar(语法) from the books. Try reading the same book again and again. You can improve your reading in this way. Every time you read the book, you will find something new.Try to talk about a book with other people. There are lots of online (网上的) book clubs and you can even write your ideas about the book you read.Dont try to read the classic(经典的) at once. Just start with short stories. I started learning English by reading Winnie the Pooh! It was really easy and interesting!（1）What do many people think of improving their reading skills? A . InterestingB . HardC . DifferentD . Special（2）If the book you are reading is really difficult, . A . ask your teacher for helpB . try to find an easy oneC . try to understand(理解) itD . look up every word in a dictionary（3）Why does the writer ask us to read the same book again and again? A . Because we can not understand the book by reading once(一次). B . Because the writer likes reading in this way.C . Because we can find something new each time.D . Because we can learn many words in this way.（4）How many tips does the writer give? A . ThreeB . FourC . FiveD . Six（5）Which of the following is Not the writers idea? A . Starting your reading with the classics.B . Talking about a book with others.C . Choosing(选择) something easy and interesting to read.D . Reading the books of your favourite writers.33. （5分）阅读理解 My sport blog(博客)June 16th We arrived in South Africa today. Things arent looking too good for England. We only drew the first game, 1-1. The question now is: will we be able to enter next round? Well, our next two games are against Algeria(阿尔及利亚) and Slovenia(斯洛文尼亚), so our chances must be good.June 18th England vs. Algeria We almost missed the beginning of the game because we werent able to find a taxi to get us to the stadium(体育场). The game was awful! Our great hope, Rooney, didnt do much. Sometimes I think hell never be able to score for England again! Well, perhaps hell be better in the next game. Hope so.June 23rd England vs. Slovenia We didnt see this live as we couldnt get tickets. So we watched it on a big screen in the city centre. It was great there, the atmosphere(氛围) was fantastic. There were people from all over the world and we could hear lots of different languages. We met some people from Slovenia. Its Germany next.June 26th We managed to get tickets for the round of 16 game tomorrow. England vs. Germany. Just dont ask how much the tickets cost. We spent the rest of the day doing a bit of sightseeing. It was great but I wasnt able to stop thinking about the big game. Im so excited.（1）They arrived in South Africa . A . on June 16thB . on June 18thC . on June 23rdD . on June 26th（2）They almost missed the beginning of England vs. Algeria because . A . they couldnt get tickets at onceB . they couldnt find a taxi to the stadiumC . they couldnt understand different languagesD . they couldnt know how much the tickets cost（3）On June 23rd,England football team played against . A . South AfricaB . AlgeriaC . SloveniaD . Germany34. （5分）阅读下面材料，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个最佳选项。 Mum gives little Tom ten yuan. Then little Tom goes shopping. He gets on a bus and its down next to an old woman. Then he sees the old womans handbag is open.There is ten yuan in it. He quickly looks into his pocket(口袋).The money(钱)isnt there now! Little Tom is that the old woman is a thief(小偷). He decides to take back the money from the old womans bag. He carefully puts his hand into the old womens bag, takes the money and says nothing. Suddenly, the old woman shouts, Where my money? I cant find it. There is a thief on the bus. Little Tom feels strange(奇怪的).Then he sees ten yuan under his seat. Little Tom is thinking a question now, Am I a thief?（1） is sitting beside little Tom. A . A young womanB . An old womanC . A young manD . An old man（2）Little Tom sees in the old womans handbag. A . a walletB . a packetC . ten yuanD . tendollars（3）Little Tom is sure that the old woman is a . A . thiefB . teacherC . rich womanD . poor woman（4）Little Tom sees ten yuan under his seat. A . his own(自己的)B . the old womansC . the thiefsD . the drivers（5）Which of the following is TRUE(正确的)? A . Little Tom is a bad boy.B . Little Tom often steals(偷)things.C . Mum gives little Tom twenty yuan.D . Little Tom makes a mistake(错误).35. （5分）阅读理解 In the United States, when one becomes rich, he wants people to know it. And even if he does not become very rich, he wants people to think that he is. That is what keeping up with the Joneses is about, It is the story of someone who tried to look as rich as his neighbours.The expression was first used in 1913 by a young American called Arthur Momand. He told this story about himself. He began earning $ 125 a week at the age of 23. That was a lot of money in those days. He got married and moved with his wife to a very wealthy neighbourhood outside New York City. When he saw that rich people rode horses, Momand went horseback riding every day. When he saw that rich people had servants. Momand and his wife also hired a servant and gave big parties for their new neighbours.It was like a race, but one could never finish this race because one was always trying to keep up. The race ended for Momand and his wife when they could no longer pay for their new way of life. They moved back to an apartment in New York City.Momand looked around him and noticed that many people do things just to keep up with rich life-style of their neighbours. He saw the funny side of it and started to write a series (系列) of short stories, He called it Keeping up with the Joneses because Jones is a very common name in the United States. Keeping up with the Joneses came to mean keeping up with rich lifestyle of the people around you. Momands series appeared in different newspapers across the country for over 28 years.People never seem to get tired of keeping up with the Joneses. And there are Jonses in every city of the world. But one must get tired of trying to keep up with the Joneses because no matter what one does, Mr. Jones always seems to be ahead.（1）Some people want to keep up with the Joneses because they _. A . want to be as rich as their neighboursB . want others to know or to think that they are richC . dont want others to know they are richD . want to be happy（2）It can be inferred from the story that rich people like to _. A . live outside New York CityB . live in New York CityC . live in apartmentsD . have many neighbours（3）The underlined word neighbourhood in the second paragraph means _. A . a person who lives near anotherB . people living in an areaC . an area near the place referred toD . an area in another town or city（4）Arthur Momand used the name Jones in his series of short stories because Jones is _. A . an important nameB . a popular name in the United StatesC . his neighbours nameD . not a good name（5）According to the writer, it is _ to keep up with the Joneses. A . correctB . interestingC . impossibleD . good36. （5分）阅读理解 Some Advice on TravellingForget fashion(时尚)! Always wear your most comfortable clothes when going on long journeys(旅行).Traveling on trains and buses can be boring, so take a good book to read.If youre going somewhere cold, remember to put on your warm clothes!If you are going somewhere sunny, remember to bring your sun-block(防晒霜) and sunglasses.Always take a camera with you to capture those special moments.Be careful with your things whenever you go to a busy place, like a train station. There are many thieves there!Most countries have lower prices for students, so if you are a student, take your student card with you.Bus tours often stop at expensive shops along the way, save your money by buying presents at local shops.If you travel abroad(国外), remember to take your passport. Whatever you do, dont lose it!（1）If you go to Hainan Island for a trip in summer, you should take _ with you. A . warm clothes and sports shoesB . sunglasses and sun-blockC . fashionable(时尚的) clothes and a big bagD . some fruit and drinks（2）According to the passage, _ is a good way to keep away from boredom(单调) while youre on a train or a bus. A . taking a cameraB . listening to musicC . reading a good bookD . sleeping for some time（3）You must always _ while you are at busy places because there are often thieves there. A . put your things awayB . look after your things wellC . give your things awayD . get your things ready（4）The underlined word “capture” in this passage means _. A . 拍摄B . 感受C . 抓住D . 控制37. （5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。 Hello! My name is Amy. Im in Beijing Sunshine Secondary School. I have some good penfriends. They are Mike, Mary and Wang Hao.Mike is from the US. He is fourteen years old. He lives with his parents and his two sisters in New York. He likes Chinese music very much.Mary is from England. There are four people in her familyher parents, her b