上海新世纪版2019-2020学年八年级下学期英语开学考试试卷B卷.doc

上海新世纪版2019-2020学年八年级下学期英语开学考试试卷B卷一、 单项选择。 (共10题；共20分)1. （2分）Why not _ an English language club to practice _ English. A . join; speakingB . join; to writeC . prefer; to writingD . prefer; to write2. （2分）一 My cousin is a clever boy and he is good at math.一 So he is.A . is worried aboutB . does well inC . is interested in3. （2分）I have his address, so I did not have any _ his house.A . difficulty finding outB . difficulty findingC . difficulty looking for4. （2分）I wanta book for my granddaughter Linda who is 2 years old.A . buysB . buyC . to buyD . buying5. （2分）My sister looks like me, But she is _ more outgoing than me. A . veryB . soC . muchD . quite6. （2分）Would you mind _ here? Sorry, I wont.A . smokeB . smokingC . smokesD . not smoking7. （2分）He _ several months every year. A . travels withB . travels inC . travels forD . traveled8. （2分） Whats the good point of shopping online? I think buyers _ spend too much time going to shops.A . needntB . mustntC . cantD . shouldnt9. （2分） did you play with? I played with my father.A . WhenB . HowC . WhoD . What10. （2分）Mum, Im home. Open the door!_. Im coming.A . Youre welcome.B . Never mind.C . Just a minute.D . Dont worry.二、 完形填空 (共1题；共15分)11. （15分）完形填空A wise man was walking from one town to another with a few of his followers, and they happened to pass a lake. So they stopped there to 1for a while, and the wise man said to one of his followers, “I am very 2. Could you please 3me some water from the lake?”The follower walked to the lake 4the wise man requested. Some people were washing clothes in the water, and right at that moment, several carts (手推车) started crossing the lake.5, the water became very muddy(泥泞的).Then he went back and told the wise man that the water was very muddy and not 6to drink.After they had rested for about half an hour, the wise man again asked the 7follower to go back to the lake and get him some water to drink. As requested, the follower went to the lake again. This time he found that all the mud had settled(沉淀) to the 8. The water was very 9and looked fit to drink. So he 10his water bottle and took it to the wise man.The wise man took the water bottle and drank, then looked up at the follower. “See what you did to make the 11clean?” he said. “You let it be for a while and the mud settled down on its own,12you could get some clear drinking water. Your mind can also be like that lake when it is disturbed(被搅乱的) by something. If you just let it be and give it a little13it will most likely settle down on its own 14being put in any effort(努力) at all to15it.”（1）A . rest B . look C . watch D . see （2）A . hungry B . thirsty C . happy D . sad （3）A . get B . give C . take D . carry （4）A . while B . before C . as D . until （5）A . However B . Instead C . In fact D . As a result （6）A . fit B . able C . important D . interesting （7）A . different B . same C . other D . left （8）A . top B . side C . bottom D . lake （9）A . dirty B . clear C . fresh D . sweet （10）A . got B . finished C . reached D . filled （11）A . juice B . water C . food D . drink （12）A . so that B . in order to C . because D . when （13）A . water B . money C . time D . air （14）A . without B . with C . after D . like （15）A . prevent B . calm C . protect D . fix 三、 阅读理解 (共3题；共26分)12. （8分）阅读理解Arthur sat at the desk in his room, pencil in hand. He had to write a story for his English class by Friday. “I dont know what to write about,” he complained to his dog Toby, who was asleep at his feet. Arthur was talkative when speaking to his friends. Yet he had trouble finding words when he had to write.By bedtime Arthur had drawn a picture of Toby smiling. He had drawn a tree with its branches blowing in the strong wind. He had also written a note asking his friend Lee to go to the movies on Saturday. But he had not written a single word of his story.On Wednesday, Mrs. Solomon, Arthurs English teacher, asked the class to turn in their stories. Arthurs heart went down, he turned in the only work he hadthe page with his name, the drawings and the note.Arthur wasnt surprised when Mrs. Solomon asked him to stay after class the next day. But he was surprised by what she said to him. “This is an attractive story, Arthur. The dog, the movie, the tree in the wind. I cant wait to find out how they all fit together.”“That isnt my story, Mrs. Solomon,” Arthur said. “I havent been able to think of one yet.”“Oh, I think you have the seed of a story there,” Mrs. Solomon replied, “Look at your note and the pictures and see if a story comes to you.”That night Arthur sat at his desk, and this is what he wrote: “One Saturday Mike went downstairs to meet his friend Julio at the cinema. It looked as if it might rain, so Mike carried his umbrella. Suddenly a big storm blew in, bending the trees. The noise of the wind sounded like the barking of Mikes dog Toby. Toby really hated storms and barked whenever he wanted to be let inside. Then Mike realized that it wasnt the sound of the wind. It was Toby. The dog was running after him down the busy street, barking. The sound was filled with unhappiness. Mike felt sorry because he had left Toby outside. He turned and headed home with Toby running beside him. Mike let Toby in the door just as the rain started to pour down.”Arthur had a story in the end. The last thing he did was to write his name proudly at the top of the page.（1）What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 6 probably mean?A . Toby is an imaginative and lovely dog.B . The small tree will grow into a big one.C . His friend Lee can give him a lot of support.D . He can develop his story based on the picture.（2）What kind of teacher do you think Mrs. Solomon is ?A . She is a strict teacher.B . She is a wise teacher.C . She is an honest teacher.D . She is an humorous teacher.（3）Which of the following is TRUE according to the story?A . It was easy for Arthur to find words to talk. B . Arthur was asked to stay after class on Tuesday.C . Arthur didnt finish his story writing in the end. D . All the class turned in their homework except Arthur.（4）What can we infer from the story?A . Arthur is a shy and quiet studentB . Arthur isnt very satisfied with his storyC . There will be a storm on SaturdayD . Encouragement is important in teaching13. （8分）阅读理解 Thousands of years ago, people couldnt live for long. Most people only lived to be twenty-five or thirty years old. 20% of people died before they were twelvemonths old and another 30% could not live to be five years old. Today, people can live much longer. One reason is that the water we drink is cleaner. Clean water does not cause diseases（疾病）. Besides, medical treatment is better today. More and more people live to be over eighty. Women often live longer than men. For example, in Japan, women usually can live to be eighty-five, but men can only live to be eighty. In the future, people will probably live longer than today. Here are many things we can do to help people live longer. For example, we can make sure that everyone has enough medicine to fight against diseases. Also, it is necessary for everyone to have enough to eat. Today many people die because they do not have enough food. （1）Thousands of years ago, of people couldnt live to be 5 years old. A . 20%B . 30%C . 50%D . 80%（2）Why can people live much longer today according to the passage? A . We drink cleaner water and eat better food.B . We eat better food and get better medical treatment.C . We get better medical treatment and do enough exercise.D . We drink cleaner water and get better medical treatment.（3）From paragraph 3，we can know that . A . women often live longer than menB . all Japanese women can live to be eighty-fiveC . most men can live longer than womenD . husbands often live longer than their wives（4）What can we know from the passage? A . People will live longer and longer if they get enough food to eat.B . Enough medicine can help people fight against diseases.C . People wont get enough food in the future.D . Everyone can get good medical treatment now.14. （10分）阅读理解Reading is the key to school success and, like any other skill, it takes practice. A child learns to walk by practicing until he no longer has to think about how to put one foot in front of the other. An excellent sportsman practices until he can play quickly, correctly and without thinking. Educators call it “automaticity(自动性)”.A child learns to read by sounding the letters and finding the meaning of the words. With practice, he stumbles less and less, reading by the phrase(短语). With automaticity, he doesnt have to think about the meaning of words, so he can give all his attention to the meaning of the text.It can begin as early as the first grade. In a recent study of children in Illinois schools, Alan Rossman of Northwestern University found that automatic readers in the first grade not only read almost three times as fast as the others, but also got better results in exams.According to Rossman, the key to automaticity is the amount(数量) of time a child spends reading, not his IQ. Any child who spends at least 3.5 to 4 hours a week reading books, magazines or newspapers will probably reach automaticity. It can happen if a child turns off TV just one night for reading at home.You can test yourself by reading something new that is suitable (适合)for your level. If you read aloud with expression, with a sense of the meaning of the sentences, you probably are an automatic reader. If you read brokenly, one word at a time, without expression or meaning, you need more practice.（1）“Reading is the key to school success” means that reading . A . helps school develop fasterB . is a key to a successful schoolC . helps students go to a key schoolD . can improve students learning results（2）Children with “automaticity” can read faster because they . A . know how to read the wordsB . do not have to think while readingC . read by themselves without any helpD . pay attention to the meaning of the text（3）Rossman tells that any child who will possibly be an automatic reader. A . seldom turns off TVB . reads books by the word quicklyC . spends about an hour reading every dayD . gets the same grades as others in exams（4）The underlined word “stumbles” in the passage means “ ”in Chinese. A . 结结巴巴地读B . 全神贯注地读C . 心不在焉地读D . 声情并茂地读（5）The best title for the passage is“ ”. A . IQ Is the Key to the AutomaticityB . TV Is Bad for Childrens ReadingC . Automaticity Depends on PracticeD . Automatic Readers Will Be Successful四、 任务型阅读 (共1题；共5分)15. （5分）（2015辽宁丹东）The pupils and teachers at Fairfield School think its necessary to protect the environment! This is what theyve been doing.Growing vegetablesFairfield School pupils started their own vegetable garden. Both children and teachers grow vegetables, then they pick them. In this way, school dinners are more delicious than ever before.RecyclingThe Fairfield pupils dont just bring their books to school they bring their rubbish too! There are recycling bins(回收箱) in the playground for cans, plastic bottles and paper. The teachers give a prize every month to the pupil whos tried the hardest to recycle.Finding cleaner ways to get aroundEveryone walks or rides a bike to Fairfield School! “Its faster to ride bikes than to drive anyway, even the teachers dont use their cars.” says one pupil.waysHow to _Growingvegetables Pupils at Fairfield School can enjoy delicious food by growing and _ vegetables from their own garden.Recycling The pupils bring both their books and their_to school. The pupil who works hardest at recycling will _from the teachers.Fin