人教版八年级上学期英语期中考试试卷（II ）卷(8).doc

人教版八年级上学期英语期中考试试卷（II ）卷(8)一、 完形填空 (共1题；共15分)1. （15分）完形填空题从A.B.C.D.What power does music have? Band of Hope, a student band in the US, once again brought joy with their music to young patients at a local childrens 1.The children really get a lot from 2with other children in the community, said Ashley Boguszewski, a specialist at Pediatric Specialty Care (a nursing specialty organization for children) .Seventh and eighth graders at Hopewell Junior High School formed the band3. On May 27, they were already playing their sixth concert, performing to 20 children at the hospital. The band members4hosted a story time for the patients and brought small5for them to play.The bands 27 members meet once a week for a 6practice after school. Each month, the band heads to Pediatric Specialty Care to perform a mini 7. They play popular music such as songs from the movies Frozen and The Little Mermaid.Eighth-grader Liam Watters, 13, plays the baritone (男中音) in the band. During one concert, he8that one of the patients 9to listen to the singing, so he and a few other band members went back to the patients room and 10to him.“That was really11. ” Liam said. “They had big smiles12their faces.”“Were hoping that its something that grows and becomes an even 13part of our cultures here,” said Kerry Wilson, director of the band, “it really14a sense that were all one community and good citizenship15.” （1）A . hospital B . school C . community D . charity （2）A . dealing B . communicating C . comparing D . connecting （3）A . mainly B . suddenly C . recently D . closely （4）A . still B . also C . only D . just （5）A . candies B . cards C . flowers D . instruments （6）A . two-minute B . two-hour C . two-day D . two-week （7）A . concert B . class C . operation D . play （8）A . thought B . expected C . wondered D . learned （9）A . like B . hate C . hates D . likes （10）A . said B . listened C . sang D . explained （11）A . amazing B . boring C . lasting D . interesting （12）A . at B . in C . on D . with （13）A . bigger B . biggest C . big D . more big （14）A . rises B . sees C . loses D . creates （15）A . as if B . as well C . as long as D . as so 二、 阅读理解 (共3题；共26分)2. （8分）根据短文内容，选择正确答案。Tom is a junior high student. He is good at some subjects but his favourite subject is chemistry. Yesterday he met some trouble when he had his chemistry class.At that moment, Tom was doing an experiment in class. He tried twenty times, but he couldnt succeed. So he decided to stop doing the experiment. He felt really unhappy.His teacher came up to him and asked why he was unhappy. Tom said, All my work is in vain (白费力气). I fail twenty times and I get nothing.Toms teacher touched Toms head with a smile. He said to Tom, Oh, you do a lot and you can get a lot from the mistakes. At least, you know that there are twenty ways you cant use to do this experiment.After hearing the teachers words, Tom became excited. He kept doing the experiment, improved his methods, and he succeeded at last.（1）Tom felt before his teacher talked with him.A . excitedB . sadC . strangeD . surprised（2）We can learn from the passage that .A . Tom is only good at one subjectB . Toms favourite subjects are chemistry and mathsC . Toms teacher is very patient and kindD . Toms teacher asked him to stop doing the experiment（3）At the end of the story, .A . Tom failed againB . Tom succeededC . Tom didnt listen to his teacherD . Tom gave up the experiment（4）Whats the best title of the passage?A . Toms TeacherB . An Interesting SubjectC . Learn from MistakesD . Learn to Give Up3. （8分）阅读下列短文，从下面每小题的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 Why are dogs our best friends? Maybe because they can understand our words much better than we thought, according to a study in Hungary. It found that dogs understand not only what we say, but also how we say it.The results were very exciting and very surprising, said the researcher Attila Andies, from Eotvos Lorand University in Budapest.For the study, the researchers first trained 13 dogs for months. The dogs had to sit quietly inside machines, so that the researchers could check their brain activity.Then the researchers put headphones on dogs and played peoples voices to them. There were four different voices. Some were positive words, such as well done, or neutral (不带感情色彩的) words like however. The words were also in different tones (音调). Some were positive and some were neutral.Brain scans (扫描) showed that the dogs could recognize words, as well as the tone of words, much like people do. The positive words with a positive tone brought the stronger activity in their brains reward centres (反应中枢).It shows that for dogs, a nice phrase can work very well as a prize, but it works best if both words and tones match, said Andies.They also found that dogs deal with meaningful words with the left side of the brain and tones with the right. Human brains work in the same way.It gave us a new understanding of language, said Andies. That is, not only do humans understand the meaning in words, other species (物种) do too.（1）What was found according to the study in Hungary? A . Dogs cant understand peoples words.B . Dogs can only understand what we say.C . Dogs can understand what we thought better than our words.D . Dogs understand not only what we say, but also how we say it.（2）Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the study? A . Researchers played with the dogs.B . Researchers made dogs sit inside machines.C . Researchers scanned the dogs brains.D . Researchers played peoples voices to the dogs.（3）Dogs think _ as a best prize. A . neutral words with a neutral toneB . neutral words with a positive toneC . positive words with a neutral toneD . positive words with a positive tone（4）What is the main idea of the passage? A . Dogs are as clever as humans.B . Dogs are good at learning humans language.C . Dogs can understand the meaning in words.D . Dogs can do what humans do.4. （10分）根据短文内容选择正确答案。AA crow(乌鸦) is about twenty inches (英寸) long and black all over. Crows are dirty birds because they live on bad food. Crows eat a lot of waste food. In this way they are more useful to us than any birds. They clean up the dirty things in our streets. Crows are always hungry. They look for food all day, and in the evening you can see them in large numbers flying back to their nests(巢) in the trees. They sleep there at night.Crows are much noisier than other birds. Very often a large number of crows will get together on one house and talk. Sometimes they talk together, and sometimes they do it by turns(轮流) like human beings(人类). It is easy to tell(判断) from crows sound if they are pleased or angry. Perhaps crows talk a lot because they are friendly birds. A pair of crows will live together all their lives, and if one of them dies, the other one becomes very sad and quiet for the rest of its life and some time later it dies too.（1）Crows “live on bad food” means “_”.A . Crows eat old bad food.B . Old bad food is crows nests.C . Crows make their nests on old bad food.D . Crows sleep on old bad food.（2）Crows are more useful to us because they _.A . are clean birdsB . can move away waste foodC . can make our streets cleanD . arent dirty（3）Crows always look for food _.A . in the eveningB . all dayC . in the morningD . at night（4）People cant hear crow talk _.A . togetherB . by turnsC . noisilyD . quietly（5）If a pair of crows loves each other, _A . they will not live together.B . neither of them can live alone happily.C . they will dieD . one of them will die三、 词汇运用 (共2题；共15分)5. （10分）阅读下面短文，根据文章大意用所给单词的适当形式填空(未提供单词的，限填一词)，使文章意思完整、正确。Most people would get a doll or a toy from their parents when they were young. Sometimes they might like it _ much that they wanted more of it. Then they were in their way to become a real collector. Many collectors, young and old, start out in the same way: Their parents give them a toy, and another one, and another one, until the shelf is full _ all kinds of toys. Other collectors begin collecting when their parents or grandparents pass down _ (they) own collections. However they start, collectors are people _ take their interests to a whole new level.Here are some reasons why collecting is so cool. One of many benefits you can get from collecting things _ (be) just having as much fun with it as possible. Nothing can be more exciting than seeing your collection arranged _ (careful) on a shelf or in albums, ready for the world _ (see). There is also that excitement from waiting for a new toy or book. Another good thing about _ (collect) is that you get to learn so much as well. Many collectors learn a lot about the things they collect and become experts. An even cooler thing about having your own collection is that it can _ (sell) at a high price after a few years if its a very special one.Collecting items is not only _ fun pastime but also a way to earn money. If you do not know how to begin your collection, ask your mum or dad for help, or visit a museum to find something that may interest you.6. （5分）根据句意和汉语提示写出单词（1）I plan to go on a trip in _ (七月).（2）After the whole days voluntary work, I felt fine_(除之外) for being a little tired.（3）The show Im a singer helps audience rediscover many good _(嗓音).（4）To keep fit, we should have more vegetables and fruit _(代替) of too much meat.（5）The world is _(充满) of chances, and we must make a quick decision