沪教版2019-2020学年八年级上学期英语期中测试试卷A卷.doc

沪教版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）As a member of the Wild Animals Club, he _ buys furs. A . usuallyB . sometimesC . oftenD . never2. （2分）（2016南通）The couple will be away for a while and they need someone the baby A . look afterB . looking afterC . lookied afterD . to look after3. （2分）I want to buy some postcards in the shop, _ I dont have enough money.A . butB . andC . orD . so4. （2分）He _ goes to Taian, so he wants to go there.A . alwaysB . never C . notD . usually5. （2分）（2017安徽）What do you think of the movie？Great! I have never seen a _ oneA . goodB . badC . betterD . worse二、 完形填空。 (共1题；共10分)6. （10分）完形填空 Most of us have learned English for several years, so we can read English books and magazines without the teachers help. We feel good when we finish1an English story or a whole book2ourselves. But3can we be a better reader？It is important4some suitable(适宜的)books. Then what books are suitable？Well, I think we should first think about the books that are not too difficult or too 5. Then when we are reading, we should6let new words take too much of our attention(注意力).Just do as we often do in our own language. While we are reading, try to7the meanings of the new words, and try to decide which of the key words we could guess and which we have to 8in dictionaries.If we follow the9, we will be 10in reading English books and magazines.（1）A . read B . reading C . look D . looking （2）A . for B . by C . with D . to （3）A . how B . when C . what D . why （4）A . choose B . chooses C . to choose D . chose （5）A . tired B . interesting C . easy D . hot （6）A . always B . usually C . often D . never （7）A . guess B . match C . number D . count （8）A . look for B . look at C . look after D . look up （9）A . websites B . books C . advice D . meaning （10）A . successful B . slow C . helpful D . careful 三、 阅读理解。 (共4题；共40分)7. （10分） The first Starbucks coffee shop opened in 1971 in downtown Seattle, Washington, in the United States. It was a small coffee shop that roasted its own coffee beans. The coffee shops business did well, and by 1981 there were three more Starbucks stores in Seattle.Things really began to change for the company in 1981. That year, Howard Schultz met the three men who ran(经营) Starbucks. Schultz worked in New York for a company that made kitchen equipment. He noticed that Starbucks ordered a large number of special coffee makers, and he was curious about the company. Schultz went to Seattle to see what Starbucks did, and he liked what he saw. He wanted to become part of the company. In 1982, the original(原先的) Starbucks owners hired Schultz as the companys head of marketing.In 1983, Schultz travelled to Italy. The unique atmosphere of the coffee bars there caught his eye. To Schultz it seemed that Italians spent their daily lives in three places: home, work and coffee bars. His experience in Italy gave Schultz a new idea for Starbucks back in Seattle.Schultz created an atmosphere for Starbucks coffee shops that was comfortable, and customers everywhere seemed to like it. Between 1987 and 1992, Starbucks opened 150 new storesand that was only the beginning. In fact, by the year 2000, three new Starbucks stores opened somewhere around the world every day!Today, Starbucks has thousands of stores, including stores in twenty-six countries. One thing that helps make Starbucks succeed in cities outside the United States is the way Starbucks works with local stores and restaurants. By working together with a store already in the city, Starbucks gets an understanding of customers in the city. This understanding helps Starbucks open stores in the right locations for their customers.（1）What is the main idea of this passage?A . How Starbucks has grownB . What Starbucks makesC . StarbuckscustomersD . How Starbucks makes its coffee（2）Which is true about Starbucksfirst ten years of business?A . It grew very quicklyB . It was run by Howard SchultzC . It made special coffee makersD . It was a small company（3）Who is Howard Schultz?A . A coffee seller in New YorkB . An Italian coffee makerC . The man who changed the companyD . One of the original owners of the company（4）How many new Starbucks stores probably opened in the year 2000 around the world?A . Three.B . About1095.C . Two thousand.D . Thirty-six.（5）What helps Starbucks succeed in places outside the United States?A . Opening restaurants in just a few locations each yearB . Only selling locally produced coffee beansC . working with other major coffee-making companiesD . Learning about local customers8. （10分）阅读理解CThere are over 800 boarding schools in the UK with students from home and foreign countries. Boarding schools started hundreds of years ago in the country. But the earliest boarding schools were set up for white, rich boys only. Now both boys and girls can go to boarding schools from the age of 7 to 18.What to do?In the UK, boarding schools have three terms in a school year, with about 13 weeks in each term. Students study and live together. They cant go outside if they are not allowed to. In some schools, each student has his or her subject plan. Besides the usual classrooms and laboratories, the boarding schools have lots of other facilities for their students, including music rooms, boats, swimming pools, cinemas and theatres. Most boarding schools have a “light-out” time. So when its time to go to bed, all the lights in the bedrooms are turned off. There are house-masters to take care of students all the time, especially after school hours.What to wear?Nearly all students at boarding schools wear a school uniform. Boys usually wear a shirt and a tie, and girls wear a white blouse, sometimes also a tie and a skirt. As students get older, the rules become less strict._?In the UK, boarding schools provide students with delicious food. They can choose to have a full English breakfast or simply bread. They can also choose between a meal with no meat and another meal at lunch and dinner. And there is always self-service for salad (沙拉), other side dishes and a dessert. Students can also make themselves something to eat at any time in a kitchen, or drink tea or have a snack between meals.（1）Which of the following is TRUE according to (根据) the passage? A . Only white children were allowed to attend the earliest boarding schools.B . Students in a boarding school are looked after only after school hours.C . As students get older, the rules about wearing school uniforms become stricter.D . Students can have different activities in a boarding school.（2）Students can make themselves something to eat in a kitchen_. A . at breakfast timeB . at any timeC . in the morningD . in the evening （3）The underlined word “facilities” means_. A . 老师B . 设备C . 活动D . 课程（4）Most boarding schools have a light-out time when_. A . the house-masters come to look after the studentsB . the students have finished their subject plansC . its time for the students to go to bedD . all the students are in after-school hours（5）Which is the best title for the last paragraph? A . What to eatB . When to eatC . Where to eatD . How to eat9. （10分）阅读理解(D)Its good to share your feelings with others. No matter whether your feelings are good or not, it can also help you to get closer to others.But how to share your feelings? First, you should pay attention to your feelings. What troubles you? Does it make you sad or angry? Do you have this sense only once or many times? You can know about your feelings in your head by writing them down on a piece of paper or even by drawing pictures. When you do that, it might help you to remember something about how it makes you feel. Then you can say I feel sad because my friend wont play with me. or I feel angry with my classmates. Do you know why you should talk about your feelings? If you always keep your feelings especially sadness, nervousness or anxiety (焦虑),they can even make you feel sick. But if you talk with someone, like your mom and dad, youll feel much better. Your parents will be glad to know whats hapening in your life because they love you. But if you dont want to talk with them, please talk with your friends. They will help you.（1）We should share our feelings with others because it can help you _ A . get closer to othersB . pay attention to your feelingsC . keep your feelinsD . remember something（2）How can we know about our feelings? A . write them down on the paperB . Talk with your parentsC . Keep them in the heartD . Share them with your friends（3）The underlined them refers to_ A . your friendsB . your teachersC . your parentsD . your classmates（4）Which of the following is not true according to the passage? A . Before you talk to others, think about your feelings.B . You can share your feelings with your parents onlyC . You can draw pictures of your feelingsD . Sadness can make you sick（5）This passage is about_ A . The importance of sharing feelings with othersB . How to share your feelingsC . When we can talk about our feelingsD . Why we should talk about our feelings10. （10分）根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。Most American families are smaller than the families in other countries.Most American families have one or two parents and one or two children each.Children in the US will leave their parents home when they grow up.They usually live far from their parents because they want to find good jobs.They often write to their parents or telephone them.And they often go to visit their parents on holiday.Parents usually let their children choose their own jobs.Americans think it is important for young people to decide on their lives by themselves.Parents ask children to do some work around their house.And in many families, parents pay their children for doing some housework so that hey learn how to make money for their own use.（1）The size of most American families is _ that of other countries. A . larger thanB . smaller thanC . as big asD . as small as（2）When children grow up, they leave their parents home to _. A . get marriedB . be freeC . find good jobsD . study（3）They visit their parents _. A . on weekdaysB . on weekendsC . at any timeD . on holiday（4）Which of the following is NOT true? A . Children have the freedom to choose their own job.B . Parents dont ask their children to do the housework.C . When children grow up, they usually live far away from their home.D . Parents think it is important for children to make their own decision.（5）Some parents pay their children for doing housework because _. A . they want their children to learn how to make money for themselvesB . their children asked them to do soC . they are richD . the law requires(要求)them to do so四、 词汇运用。 (共2题；共15分)11. （5分）选词填空。building，relax，arrive，take，excitedIm Zhou QinSometimes I go out to_when I feel tiredLast week，I visited a small villageI_at the village in the morningIt was cold but i was very_My friend，Li Guang，met me at the station and we walked towards an old_We watched some pictures on its walls and I_some photosI wanted to write about those pictures12. （10分）根据短文内容和所给中文提示，在空白处写出各单词的正确形式。每空限填一词。Xiao Ming felt very unhappy those days, because he _ (失败) in the final English exam. He made so many _ (错误) that he was _ (害怕) of meeting his English teacher and his parents. As his teacher Ms Wang was very _ (耐心的) and kind, she found Xiao Ming and _ (教) him to be more confident in _ (他自己). Xiao Ming _ (意识到) his own problems and was no longer _ (担心) about learning English. Now he is very thankful to Ms Wang and he _ (将视为) her as his own mother. He decides to study _ (更努力) than before and get better grades.五、 语法填空。 (共1题；共1分)13. （1分）His grandpa has been _(die) for ten years. 六、 任务型阅读。 (共1题；共5分)14. （5分