沪教版2019-2020学年八年级上学期英语期中联考试卷A卷

第 1 页 共 22 页 沪教版沪教版 2019 20202019 2020 学年八年级上学期英语期中联考试卷学年八年级上学期英语期中联考试卷 A A 卷卷 姓名姓名 班级班级 成绩成绩 一 一 单项选择 单项选择 共共 2020 题 共题 共 4040 分分 1 2 分 Liu Jing did your parents give you on your birthday Yes They bought me a new bicycle A special everything B everything special C special anything D anything special 2 2 分 Do you know the American girl sunglasses A that wear B who is wearing C who is putting on D that puts on 3 2 分 I think Chinese is an easy language I don t think so A learn B learning C to learn D learned 4 2 分 He together with Tom going to visit Shanghai in July How about you I m afraid I have to stay at home 第 2 页 共 22 页 A are on my own B is by my own C are on myself D is by myself 5 2 分 That story is not so as this one A interesting B more interesting C most interesting D the most interesting 6 2 分 There are fifty students in Class One Twenty of them are boys are girls A the other B the others C others D another 7 2 分 It s clear that fish cannot live water A with B without C in D under 8 2 分 This temple is one of buildings in the town We must take action to protect it 第 3 页 共 22 页 A old B older C oldest D the oldest 9 2 分 What do you think of a good friend Friends are like books you don t need a lot of them they re good A as long as B as soon as C as well as D as large as 10 2 分 Please don t leave the tap when you brush your teeth Sorry It s wrong for me water A off to waste B on to waste C on wasting 11 2 分 is Jack He is fixing his bike in the garden A When B Where C What D How 12 2 分 Could you take a message for me 第 4 页 共 22 页 A That sounds good B No I couldn t C No problem D Good idea 13 2 分 Hi Nancy Are you now Sorry I have some things to do A Healthy B busy C fat D free 14 2 分 Why he pandas A do like B does likes C do likes D does like 15 2 分 You are driving too fast Can you drive A slowly a bit more B a bit more slowly C more slowly a bit D slowly more a bit 16 2 分 Jack is busy he often forgets to have breakfast 第 5 页 共 22 页 A too to B enough to C so that D because so 17 2 分 I d like to stay longer I m too busy A and B but C or D until 18 2 分 the work has been finished A Fifty percent of B Fifty percents of C Fifty percent D Fifty percents 19 2 分 Two students to the opening ceremony last Friday A hundreds were invited B hundred were invited C hundreds of invited D hundred of invited 20 2 分 Can you understand me Nick Yes mum You speak I can follow you 第 6 页 共 22 页 A enough clear B clear enough C enough clearly D clearly enough 二 二 完形填空 完形填空 共共 1 1 题 共题 共 1515 分分 21 15 分 阅读下面短文 掌握其大意 然后从 A B C D 四个选项中选出最佳选项 I lost my sight when I was four years old by falling off a boxcar in a freight yard in Atlantic City and1on my head Now I am 32 I can vaguely remember the brightness of sunshine and what color red is It would be wonderful to see again But a disaster can do strange things to people At the time I was bewildered and afraid but I was lucky My parents and my teachers saw something in me a potential which I didn t see And they made me want to fight it out with2 The hardest3I had to learn was to believe in myself That was basic If I hadn t been able to do that I would have collapsed and become a chair rocker for the rest of my life When I say believe in myself I am not talking about 4 the kind of self confidence that helps me down an unfamiliar staircase alone That is5of it but I mean something bigger than that a confidence that I am a real 6person that somewhere there is a special place7I can make myself fit It took me years to discover and strengthen this confidence It had to8the most elementary things I can still remember once when a man gave me an indoor baseball I thought he was laughing at me and I was9 I can t use this I said Take it with you he urged me and roll it around The words10in my head Roll it around roll it around By rolling the ball I could11where it went This gave me an idea how to achieve a goal I had thought12 playing baseball At Philadelphia s Overbrook School for the Blind I invented a successful variation of baseball We called it groundball 第 7 页 共 22 页 All my life I have13ahead of me a series of goals and then tried to reach them one at a time I would14sometimes anyway but on the average I made progress I believe in life now I don t mean that I would prefer to go without my eyes I simply mean that the loss of them made me more15what I had left 1 A landing B knocking C sitting D hurting 2 A loneliness B deafness C blindness D sadness 3 A experience B lesson C treasure D knowledge 4 A nearly B mainly C interestingly 第 8 页 共 22 页 D simply 5 A none B most C all D part 6 A confident B bright C positive D negative 7 A where B which C what D that 8 A start with B end with C deal with D fight with 9 第 9 页 共 22 页 A upset B hurt C disappointed D frightened 10 A came B flashed C stuck D appeared 11 A listen B see C feel D touch 12 A difficult B probable C possible D impossible 13 A kept B made 第 10 页 共 22 页 C set D planned 14 A pass B fail C succeed D fall 15 A consider B appreciate C realize D believe 三 三 阅读理解 阅读理解 共共 3 3 题 共题 共 2626 分分 22 10 分 阅读理解 When you are doing homework sometimes your eyes may suddenly twitch 抽动 You may hear some superstitions 迷信 about this For example if your right eye jumps you will hear good news If your left eye jumps you will hear bad news But science can tell you that it has nothing to do with these superstitions It is just a movement of your muscles 肌肉 There are a few reasons why this happens According to ZME Science when you feel stressed or tired your eyes will twitch This tells you that you need to get more rest Looking at a TV or computer screen for a long time can also make your eye twitch Looking at screens can make your eye dry 干涩的 So it twitches to make itself wet 第 11 页 共 22 页 Lacking 缺乏 some minerals 矿物质 in your diet 饮食 is another reason Eating food such as almonds 杏仁 or spinach 菠菜 can be helpful 1 According to the article 根据这篇文章 if your eyes twitch it means A you will hear good news B you will hear bad news C your eyes need some rest D you are doing your homework 2 Your eyes twitch because Which of the following answer is NOT right A you are tired B you are stressed C you look at the TV screen for a long time D you do some homework 3 The writer gives us reasons in the article to tell us why our eyes twitch sometimes A one B two C three D four 4 We can eat some if our eyes twitch A spinach B beef C mouse D cucumbers 第 12 页 共 22 页 5 The best title of the article is A The Food We Eat B Why Do Eyes Twitch C Science and Superstitions D Bad News or Good News 23 6 分 阅读理解 Once a traveller came into a village which was suffering from hunger The villagers asked him to leave for they feared he wanted them to give him food They told him that there was no food The traveller explained that he didn t need any food and that in fact he was planning to make a soup to share with them instead The villagers watched suspiciously as he built a fire and filled a pot with water With great ceremony 仪式 he pulled a stone from a bag and dropped the stone into the pot of water After a moment he smelt the soup and shouted with excitement How delicious the soup is As the villagers began to show interest he mentioned how good the soup would be with just a little cabbage in it A villager brought out a cabbage to share This episode 情节 repeated itself until the soup had cabbage carrots onions and beets indeed a full pot of soup that could feed everyone in the village was ready This story describes when there are not enough resources 资源 humans will store things We do not want to share The story of stone soup helps us realize that in doing so we often prevent ourselves and everyone else from having a feast 盛宴 The meaning of this story goes far beyond food We keep to ourselves ideas love and energy thinking we will be richer but in fact we make the world and ourselves poorer The traveller was able to see that the villagers were holding back and he had the ability to inspire 激发 them to give In this way they created a large meal that none of them could have created alone Are you like one of the villagers If you come forward and share your gifts you will inspire others to do the same The reward is a feast that can feed many 1 What does the underlined word suspiciously most probably mean A doubtfully B excitedly 第 13 页 共 22 页 C curiously D fearfully 2 The traveller put a stone into the pot in order to A teach the villagers to cook a soup with stone B inspire the villagers to bring out their own food C prove to the villagers that he didn t want their food D help villagers to survive by giving them some food 3 The writer mainly wants to tell us that A storing things in hard times is human nature B a good leader is very necessary in hard times C skills are needed to inspire people to share with others D sharing is more important than keeping things to oneself 24 10 分 根据短文理解 选择正确答案 The Man of Many Secrets Harry Houdini was one of the greatest American entertainers 表演 者 in the theater He was a man famous for his escapes 逃走 逃生 from prison cells 囚室 from wooden boxes floating 漂浮 in rivers from locked tanks full of water He appeared in theaters all over Europe and America Crowds came to see the great Houdini and his magic tricks Of course his secret was not magic or supernatural powers It was simply strength He had the ability to move his toes as well as his fingers He could move his body into almost any position he wanted Houdini started working in the entertainment world when he was 17 in 1891 He and his brother Theo performed card tricks in club in New York They called themselves the Houdini Brothers When Harry married in 1894 he and his wife Bess worked together as magician and assistant But for a long time they were not very successful Then Harry performed his first prison 监狱 escape in Chicago in 1898 Harry persuaded 说服 a detective 侦探 which to let him try to escape from 第 14 页 共 22 页 the prison and he invited the local newspapermen to watch It was the publicity 宣传 that came from this that started Harry Houdini s success Harry had fingers trained to escape from handcuffs 手铐 and toes trained to escape ankle chains But his biggest secret was how he unlocked the prison doors Every time he went into the prison cell Bess gave him a kiss for good luck and a small skeleton key which is a key that fits many locks pass quickly from her mouth to his Harry used these prison escapes to build his fame He arranged to escape from the local prison of every town he visited In the afternoon the people of the town would read about it in their local newspapers and in the evening every seat in the local theater would be full What was the result Worldwide fame and a name remembered today 1 According to the passage Houdini s success in prison escapes depends on A his special tricks and supernatural powers B his unusual ability and a skeleton key C his magic tricks and inhuman powers D his wisdom and magic tricks 2 In the fourth paragraph the underlined word this refers to 指的是 A his first prison escape B the year 1898 C the publicity D Harry Houdini s success 3 Which of the following statement is right A Someone gave him a key that fits many locks B He made a key that could open every door C Everyone hated him very much 第 15 页 共 22 页 D He was trained to escape again 4 The followings help him succeed EXCEPT A his brother s help B his wife s help C his fingers D his toes 5 Which of the following is the best title for the passage A A Skeleton Key B Many Secrets C World wide Fame D Great Escapes 四 四 任务型阅读 任务型阅读 共共 1 1 题 共题 共 5 5 分分 25 5 分 根据材料内容 从下面五个选项中选出能填入文中空缺处的最佳选项 使短文意思通顺 内容完 整 并将其标号涂在答题卡相应位置 Listening to songs is a great way to learn English Here are a few reasons And when you are enjoying yourself you learn without even realizing it The best thing is that there are so many good songs in English and there are so many kinds of music including pop country R B rock soul and so on Let David Bowie Madonna The Beatles Alicia Keys be your teachers Just take your MP3 player with your favorite tracks and press play And you can listen to them whenever and whatever you want so you can learn English while you re walking driving doing sports or relaxing on the sofa While you re listening to songs you are raising your awareness of language structures And you re seeing how the structures are formed and used 第 16 页 共 22 页 And after singing along to the songs several times all those phrases and expressions will become firmly fixed in your long term memory Then later you ll find that you use them naturally when you re speaking or writing For example the song American Pie is about the 1959 plane crash that killed Buddy Holly Ritchie Valens and the The Big Bapper which was an important event in US history So load up your MP3 player put on your headphones and press play A Learning English by listening to music is easy too B Songs can also