中学2019-2020学年八年级上学期英语期中考试试卷A卷.doc

中学2019-2020学年八年级上学期英语期中考试试卷A卷一、 单项选择。请从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最 (共10题；共20分)1. （2分）I usually ride bike to school. But this morning, I went to school by bus. A . a; theB . the; aC . a; /2. （2分）China has a much _ history than the USA. A . longB . longerC . longestD . the longest3. （2分）Dont worry. We will do something you.A . helpB . helpingC . helpedD . to help4. （2分）The movie LostinThailand is _ one that Ive ever seen these years.A . funnyB . the funniestC . funnier5. （2分）Lisa likes _ with numbers. A . worksB . workingC . work6. （2分）Who is it?Me. I _ this photo when I was four.A . tookB . takesC . takeD . am taking7. （2分）Im sure you cant carry it _. Let me help you. A . for yourselfB . of yourselfC . in yourselfD . by yourself8. （2分）一Is that your uncles child?一Yes,hes my .A . sisterB . cousinC . brotherD . daughter9. （2分）I have to arrive at the _ one hour early, or Ill miss the plane. A . stationB . parkC . bus stopD . airport10. （2分）Who listens _, Tom, Jack or Bill? A . the most carefullyB . the most carefulC . more carefullyD . more careful二、 完形填空。 (共1题；共10分)11. （10分）先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。It happened when I was a little girl. I can remember neither the beginning nor the end, but whenever I 1it, tears flow down my face. When I was young, my family led a(an)2life in the country. As you can imagine, many country roads are difficult to walk on. One evening we were visiting some relatives and the weather was very bad. It began to 3on our way back home. Dad carried me on his4. Mom gave her overcoat to my brother. We walked together through the rain for more than an hour.I was fat at that time and Dad must be tired to hold me for such a long time. He almost 5down many times. In hope of 6my fathers burden (负担), I tried to carry myself, but I achieved nothing since I was just a little kid.When we arrived home, the inside of our house was 7with rain water. The rain had come through our leaky (有裂缝的) roof and water was everywhere. Mom put bowls all around the house to try to 8the rain. Then she put me and my elder brother to bed, carefully placing us on the remaining 9place. I fell asleep soon. When I opened my eyes, I found Dad and Mom were sleeping in chairs, both having caught bad colds.This is my very earliest memory. Though the evening has long passed, and now we live a happy life, I wont forget the rain we went through together. The rain, that evening, and especially my parents 10will stay in my mind forever.（1）A . deal with B . think of C . go over D . talk to （2）A . interesting B . unhappy C . hard D . wealthy （3）A . blow B . thunder C . rain D . snow （4）A . arm B . back C . stomach D . leg （5）A . fell B . looked C . turned D . calmed （6）A . taking B . moving C . lifting D . reducing （7）A . provided B . covered C . mixed D . crowded （8）A . catch B . stop C . cancel D . control （9）A . clean B . dirty C . dry D . wet （10）A . wishes B . words C . love D . dream 三、 阅读理解。 (共3题；共26分)12. （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。 Vanuatu is an island nation in the South Pacific. It is one of the smallest countries in the world. But for those who are interested in adventure and sports, there is a lot to do. Vanuatus islands offer visitors two of the most exciting and dangerous activities in the world: volcano (火山) surfing and land diving.Volcano surfingOn Tanna Island, Mount Yasur rises 300 metres into the sky. Yasur is an active volcano, and it erupts (爆发) almost every day, sometimes several times a day. For centuries, people have climbed this mountain to visit the top. Recently, people have also started climbing Yasur to surf the volcano. In some ways, volcano surfing is like surfing in the sea, but in other ways its very different. Volcano surfers try to escape the erupting volcanowithout getting hit by flying rocks! Its fast, fun and dangerousthe perfect extreme sport (极限运动).Land divingMost people are familiar with bungee jumping, but do you know bungee jumping started on Pentecost Island in Vanuatu and is almost fifteen centuries old? The activity, first called land diving, is part of a religious ceremony (宗教仪式). A man ties tree vines (藤) to his legs. He then jumps head-first from a high tower to touch the earth with the top of his headwithout breaking the vine. Every spring, island natives (men only) still take part in this amazing activity.（1）According to the passage, Mount Yasur _. A . is no longer activeB . is on Pentecost IslandC . erupts almost every dayD . rises 800 metres into the sky（2）People have recently staffed climbing Mount Yasur to _. A . enjoy the hot springB . make moneyC . watch snow on itD . surf the volcano（3）Which of the following about land diving is TRUE? A . It is almost five centuries old.B . It was first called bungee jumping.C . It is a traditional activity in Vanuatu.D . It is a religious ceremony of many countries.（4）What is the purpose of the passage? A . To tell people not to do dangerous sports.B . To introduce what volcano surfing and land diving are.C . To talk about the worlds best volcano surfer and land diver.D . To compare activities in Vanuatu with sports in New Zealand.13. （8分）阅读下面材料, 从每题所给的A, B, C, D四个选项中选出最佳选项。(C )A major development to self-driving cars may change the way we will drive in the future. Google, the leading company in self-driving technology, has changed its develop plan. It had driverless cars built by car factories, but now it will start building its own cars.Google has started to build some kinds of experimental electric self- driving cars that look like a Smart car or Fiat 500. There is no steering wheel(方向盘), gas pedal or brake. The only things a human passenger controls are a red e-stop button (按钮) for fear stops and a start button. The cars only friendly face is designed to make it help people accept self-driving technology.Google workers took part in a long experiment, in which they used self-driving cars for their usual travel to work. No accident happened, but Googles heads realized that depending on a human passenger to drive in an emergency(紧急情况) wouldnt work because they may be reading, working , or sleeping. Now the self-driving car drives by itself if the driver takes his hands off the wheel for over ten seconds.Google recently announced that its cars had covered 700,000 miles of public roads, and they were now running in busy city streets. People who love self-driving cars say this will improve transport by making roads safer, cutting down accident, and making less pollution.Of course, theres no need to look for parking at a crowded shopping mall. Instead, users could let their self-driving cars drop them off to park itself. A mother who took a test ride said that having the car would allow her more time to catch up with her son. The cars could also allow people who might not be able to drive to enjoy the hand-free driving. And drunk driving? Not a problem. It is very likely that by 2020, driverless cars will be common. Do you believe so?（1）What is Googles plan about driverless cars? A . It will have driverless cars built by car factories.B . It will give up its plan to make driverless cars.C . It will start building its own driverless cars.D . It will help other companies to make cars.（2）The second paragraph mainly describes about _. A . Google self-driving carsB . Smart car or Fiat 500C . a red e-stop buttonD . gas pedal or brake（3）What advantage of self-driving cars is not mentioned? A . They can start the engine by itself and make peoples hands completely free.B . They can help to solve air pollution and reduce car accident.C . They can park by themselves and make mothers look after young kids easily.D . They can help those disabled people to enjoy the driving.（4）We can guess from the last paragraph that _. A . self-driving cars are too expensive B . there will be fewer self-driving carsC . there will be more self-driving cars D . the government will stop Googles plan14. （10分） Mark began to introduce the guest speaker to the listeners, but then stopped for a while. He had forgotten her name.Barbara hid her valuable things when she went on vacation. When she came back, she couldnt remember where shed put them.Perhaps youve had such experiences like these. Most people have. But most of them havent realized that they have a memory problem. Neither do they know a simple but important fact: Memory can be improved. If you just accept that, the following will show you how.First, relax. If you are over worried about something, youll forget it. If you keep telling yourself that your memory is bad, your mind will come to believe it and you wont remember things. When you forget something, dont follow up with saying like “Oh, my god! I always forget things! ” Such words will have a bad result on you and your memory.But relaxing isnt enough. To improve your memory, youll need to take an active role. Like your body, your memory can be made strong through exercise. Look for opportunities to exercise your memory. For example, if youre learning a language, try to actively remember a lot of new words.If you dont take notice of things actively, you wont remember them. So, you can make pictures of what you see in your mind every day. For example, dont just put your keys down! If you want to find them again, make a mind picture of the place where youre putting them.（1）The first two paragraphs just tell us _.A . examples of memory problemsB . Barbara was a very rich personC . language problems of two personsD . Mark often forgot his friends names（2）When you forget things, you _.A . must be too carelessB . must accept the factC . shouldnt lose confidence in your memoryD . should keep telling yourself that your memory is bad（3）The underlined word “opportunities” in the fifth paragraph means “_.”A . chancesB . doctorsC . placesD . projects（4）According to the article, _ can make your memory better.A . doing sports every dayB . talking to your friendsC . realizing your memory problemsD . making mind pictures of what you see（5）The purpose of the article is to help you_.A . introduce the guestB . improve your memoryC . remember new wordsD . forget unhappy things四、 词汇运用。 (共2题；共5分)15. （4分）选词填空。sweet tooth, have a try, in the middle, be sure（1）The vegetable hamburgers are not badYou can_（2）一Is Lisa in the school library?一Yes! I_（3）一Are Sam and you in the same class?一YesIn the classroom, hes at the front and Im_（4）Dont get candies for RoseShe doesnt have a_16. （1分）A dog has four f_and a man has two 五、 任务型阅读。 (共1题；共5分)17. （5分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入文中横线上的最佳选项，所给选项有一项为多余选项。 One would think that campers would know not to break the branches off trees for firewood, drive fast around the campground, litter, or leave a fire not looked after, but Ive seen people do all of these things. No matter where you put up your tent, here are five things not to do at a campground._Whats it like to be near someone who decides to arrive late at night? Last summer, on a rainy night at a state park in Vermont, we heard noises from excited kids and barking dogs very close to our tent after midnight. There is no beautiful way to set up camp in the middle of the night, so please, just dont do it._No one thinks that his dog is annoying, but we all know that some pets are better off left home. The only thing worse than a camper who stands by lazily as his dog barks at passers-by for no reason at all, is that he leaves his dog at his campsite while he goes off for the night._This is the most important and often unnoticed camping manner in the book. Nearly every campground has rules that do not allow noise late at night and early in the morning, but most places also dont have the staff to carry them out._You might accept leaving your