2019-2020学年八年级上学期英语期中考试试卷A卷.doc

2019-2020学年八年级上学期英语期中考试试卷A卷姓名:_ 班级:_ 成绩:_一、 阅读理解。 (共3题；共26分)1. （10分）阅读理解BWhat do you do during Spring Festival?Here is something about two studentsHe Jian is thirteen years oldHe lives with his parents in the cityHe likes traditional Chinese festivals and Spring Festival is his favouriteDuring Spring Festival he often visits his grandparents by busThey live in a small village and they love He Jian very muchEvery time He Jian gets to the village，his grandparents always get many traditional food ready,such as jiaozi and niangaoHe Jian likes niangao very muchThis year he also met his cousin Ma Bin in his grandparents homeThey were happy to play winter gamesZheng Min is in Grade 7 and she is twelve years oldShe lives in Shanghai with her parents and grandparentsHer grandparents were teachers and collected many stories about the cityThey often tell them to Zheng Min when she is freeDuring Spring Festival this year,Zheng Min heard some stories about food in Shanghai when she ate out with her parents and grandparentsShe wrote them on the computer and sent an email to her friend in New York.根据材料内容选择最佳答案。（1）How old is He Jian?A . 11B . 12C . 13D . 14（2）How does He Jian often visit his grandparents? A . By busB . By trainC . By planeD . By bike（3）During Spring Festival this year,He Jian met his Ma Bin A . classmateB . cousinC . uncleD . teacher（4）mat does the underlined word“them”refer to? A . Zheng Mins parentsB . Zheng Mins grandparentsC . The Chinese festivalsD . The stories about Shanghai（5）Which of the following is TRUE about Zheng Min? A . Her favourite food is niangaoB . Her parents are teachers in ShanghaiC . She lives with her parents and grandparentsD . She called he friend in New York during Spring Festival this year2. （6分） Apples logo is one of the most familiar icons(图标) around the world. But whats the story about the Apple logo? The image of the apple is obvious, because thats the name of the company. What about the bite? The famous story is that the logo shows respect and honour for Alan Turing. He was the father of computer science. He researched artificial intelligence(人工智能) and unlocked German wartime codes(密码). However，after the war, he was put into prison，because of his beliefs. He could not stand the looking down and chose to bite a poisoned apple to end his life in the prison.However, Rob Janoff, who designed the famous Apple logo, said, “Its not the truth, but only a legend(传说, 传奇). The real reason why I designed it with a bite is very simple. I wanted people to get that it was an apple not a cherry (樱桃). When I go to markets to buy apples, I always mistake apples for cherries. It really has nothing to do with the scientist.”Are you kidding? An apple is much bigger than a cherry. Its very easy to tell. But if you use an apple to design a logo, some people may mistake it for a cherry.（1）Both the apple and the cherry are almost the same actually in _.A . shapeB . sizeC . colourD . weight（2）According to the passage, Alan Turing_.A . died in the prisonB . used an apple to design a logoC . was put into prison during the warD . was the father of a computer company（3）Whats the purpose of writing the passage about the apple logo?A . To introduce its designer.B . To tell us a legend about it.C . To try to find the truth of itD . To explain its market research.3. （10分） “Whats the matter, mum?” When I came home yesterday, I found my mother was unhappy. It was unusualshe usually opened the door and welcomed me with a smile. “Shes dying (死),” mum said sadly. I knew what she said. The tulip (郁金香), mothers favorite, was dying.A month ago, we moved into our new house and mum bought a very beautiful tulip. Mum liked it very much. Every time she was free, she would sit near the tulip and enjoyed its beautiful color and nice smell. She treated (对待) it like a baby and looked after it carefully. She put the tulip by window and moved it from one place to another to give the tulip enough sunshine. Every morning the first thing she did was to water the tulip. Mum also fertilized (施肥) it many times. She hoped the tulip would become more and more beautiful and stronger. But the tulip was dying because of too much sunshine, water and fertilizer.Its true that mother loved the tulip. But this kind of love can be harmful (伤害的). Love can sometimes kill (杀害) what you love.（1）Yesterday the writer found that _.A . his mother was sadB . his home was as usual as beforeC . his mother bought a tulip.（2）The sentence “Shes dying ” means _ was dying soon.A . the motherB . the tulipC . a baby（3）Which of the following is NOT true about the mother? A . Every afternoon she watered the tulip.B . She looked after the tulip carefully.C . She moved the tulip everywhere to give it enough sunshine.（4）Why was the tulip dying in the end? Because _.A . she forgot to water itB . she never fertilized itC . she gave it too much sunshine, water and fertilizer（5）What does the writer want to tell us?A . Love is important to everyone.B . Everyone should love his mother.C . Not all of love is good for us.二、 信息匹配。 (共1题；共9分)4. （9分）任务型阅读 （1）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。 The Chairman of the Alibaba group(阿里巴巴集团) has now become one of the richest men in China. In Jan. 2017, President Trump of the United States met Ma Yun in New York. He has become more famous all over the world since then.Ma Yuns story of sucess is not an easy one. He was born on September 10, 1964 in Zhejiang Province. At school, _, although he did well in English. So he failed the college entrance examination twice.But _.At the third time, he passed the exam and entered Hangzhou Normal College, where he studied English. In1988，Ma Yun graduated. He worked as an English teacher for five years at Hangzhou Institute of Electronic Engineering. In 1995，he went to the United States and he was on a short trip to Seattle(西雅图). One day, _ and he searched for the word beer on the Internet, but he couldnt find the words beer made in China on line! He could only see American beer and German beer. So he decided to stay there and learned about the Internet. He believed that shopping on line would have a bright future. _, but he didnt give up his hope. Ma Yun set up Alibaba in 1999 and Taobao in 2003 with the help of his friends. His Alibaba Group went public(上市) in New York in September 2014. Now, Alibaba is one of the biggest Internet companies in the world.Ma Yun always tells young people not to be afraid of difficulties. Young people in China should know one thing: Today is difficult, tomorrow is more difficult, but the day after tomorrow is beautiful, he said.A. he wanted to drink Chinese beerB. he never gave up: C. he was not good at mathD. Everyone thought he was crazy（2）How does Ma Yun encourage young people in China? 三、 完型填空。 (共1题；共10分)5. （10分）先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择可以填入空白处的最佳答案。Dear Lily,How are you doing these days? I know your holiday is 1week. You can come to Shanghai. Shanghai is very 2and I always need (需要) a map here. Do you like 3food? I can take you to 4some great food. The 5here are very good too. And you can 6some good clothes. Do you know Disneyland (迪斯尼乐园)? I 7it. It is a special world and it is 8Lets go there. We can have great fun (乐趣) there. Oh, you dont need to take 9clothes. You can come to my home to stay with me 10wear my clothes.Yours,Daisy（1）A . first B . middle C . next D . last （2）A . big B . cold C . busy D . new （3）A . Australian B . American C . English D . Chinese （4）A . know B . meet C . eat D . make （5）A . shops B . schools C . families D . libraries （6）A . thank B . drink C . buy D . call （7）A . get B . draw C . say D . like （8）A . tall B . difficult C . interesting D . strong （9）A . my B . your C . his D . her （10）A . but B . or C . so D . and 四、 英语知识运用。 (共1题；共1分)6. （1分）There are many tall_(build) on both sides of the busy street. 五、 单词拼写。 (共2题；共11分)7. （10分）根据短文内容和所给中文提示，写出短文空白处各单词的正确形式，每空一词。Helen is my friend from London. She always tells me that London is a _ (绝妙的) place. And she believes _ (每人)will enjoy themselves there. There are lots of tall _ (建筑物). And she is _ (外向的) and she is interested in travel. She travels with her parents at _ (至少) twice a month. She believes that travelling is an important part in her life. It is _ (健康的) for body