沪教版2019-2020学年八年级下学期英语期中考试试卷（II ）卷

第 1 页 共 13 页 沪教版沪教版 2019 20202019 2020 学年八年级下学期英语期中考试试卷 学年八年级下学期英语期中考试试卷 IIII 卷 卷 姓名姓名 班级班级 成绩成绩 一 一 完形填空完形填空 共共 1 1 题 共题 共 1010 分分 1 10 分 Hi dear friends Welcome 1 our zoo It is really a good place to have fun We have a big family in the zoo All the animals in the zoo are brothers and sisters Follow 跟随 me to see 2 First let s 3 the pandas over there They come from China They are black and white They like eating bamboos 竹子 They are beautiful and very shy so please 4 quiet Now come this way please We will go and see the lions These two lions are from Africa They are very 5 and they usually sleep and relax 20 hours every day 6 is their favorite food So don t be near to them Don t you want 7 and see Bill He is a koala He is 8 for you Look Isn t he cute He is from Australia He sleeps during the day 9 at night he gets up and begins to eat food That s not all I would like to take you to see some 10 animals of our family 1 A in B at C to D for 2 A them B they C their D theirs 3 A see 第 2 页 共 13 页 B to see C to look D look 4 A is B are C am D be 5 A nice B lazy C beautiful D busy 6 A Fruit B Meat C Vegetable D Ice cream 7 A goes B going C to go 第 3 页 共 13 页 D go 8 A wait B waiting C waits D to wait 9 A but B or C because D if 10 A the other B others C another D other 二 二 阅读理解阅读理解 共共 3 3 题 共题 共 2626 分分 2 6 分 It can be hard to meet people from another culture From the beginning people may send the wrong signal 信号 Or they may pay no attention to signals from another person who is trying to develop a relationship Different cultures emphasize 强调 the importance of relationship building to a greater or lesser degree For example business in some countries is not possible until there is a relationship of trust Even with people at work it is necessary to spend a lot of time in small 第 4 页 共 13 页 talk usually over a glass of tea before they do any job In many European countries like the UK or France people find it easier to build up a lasting working relationship at restaurants rather than at the office Talk and silence may also be different in some cultures I once made a speech in Thailand I had expected my speech to be a success and start a lively discussion instead there was an uncomfortable silence The people just looked at me all the time and smiled After getting to know their ways better I realized that they thought I was talking too much In my own culture we express meaning mainly through words but people there sometimes feel too many words are not needed Even within Northern Europe cultural differences can cause serious problems Certainly English and German cultures share almost the same values however Germans prefer to get down to business more quickly We think that they are rude In fact this is just because one culture starts discussions and makes decisions more quickly People from different parts of the world have different values and sometimes these values are quite against each other However if we can understand them better a multicultural 多元文化 environment will offer a wonderful chance for us to learn from each other 1 In some countries eating together at restaurants may make it easier for people to A develop closer relationship B share the same culture C get to know each other D make a successful speech 2 The writer mentions his journey in Thailand to show that A too many words are of no use B the English prefer to make long speeches C even talk and silence can be culturally different D people from Thailand are quiet and shy 第 5 页 共 13 页 3 What would be the best title for the passage A Multicultural Environment B Cross Cultural Differences C How to Understand Each Other D How to Build Up a Relationship 3 10 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 In 2001 a l4 year old boy named William had a little wish He loved reading He wanted a light in his room so that he could read after dark His big idea came while he was reading a book in the library He saw a picture of a windmill 风车 and decided to make one When he started building the first windmill in 2002 people thought he was crazy But they all came to see his creation made from broken PVC pipes and old car and bicycle parts He dreamt of using wind to produce electricity Later he built two more windmills in his home town the 60 person village in Malawi Africa William wants to build windmills across Malawi and perhaps beyond Money to help with this project has come from all over the world including China 1 William wanted to because he loved reading and he wanted to read after dark A invent a windmill B study at a school C get a light in his room D read in the library 2 William started building the first windmill in A 2001 B 2002 C 2003 第 6 页 共 13 页 D 2004 3 The underlined word creation in Paragraph 2 means in Chinese A 解说 B 表现 C 创造物 D 爱好 4 Where does William come from A Africa B China C America D Japan 5 What is the best title for the passage A Hope project B A windmill C Poor Malawi D The power of hope 4 10 分 What is a library for Most libraries have books and other things to read Many of them have things to listen to Some libraries even have computers Very few people would think of a library as a place to live in One library in New York City turned into 变成 a home for 250 people for a few days These were all people near the library They slept on the floor Why did the people move into the library The people moved into the library because the city wanted to close it to save money These 250 New Yorkers loved their library They didn t want to lose it So they moved in They knew that the 第 7 页 共 13 页 library couldn t be closed if they were living inside it At last the city agreed to keep the library open and the people all went home 1 Where did the story happen A In New York City B In a school in New York City C In the streets in New York City D In most libraries in New York City 2 The library had hundreds of A workers in it B policemen in it C people living in it D computers in it 3 The people in the story A were all the workers in the library B were all people near the library C didn t read any books D wanted to buy some computers 4 Why did 250 people move into the library Because A these people wanted to save money B these people needed places to live in C the library was very quiet D they loved the library and they didn t want to lose it 第 8 页 共 13 页 5 From the passage we know that A the library was kept open at last B the library was closed because no one read in it C the library became a home of these people D the city saved a lot of money 三 三 词汇运用词汇运用 共共 2 2 题 共题 共 1515 分分 5 5 分 根据汉语提示写出单词 1 Can I meet Mr Brown now OK 跟随 me please 2 We have 装饰 the house with beautiful lights and colourful balloons 3 Have you 选择 what you want for your birthday 4 I like this red handbag very much It 与 匹配 my red dress 5 She is given some quick 职业的 training 6 10 分 语法填空 There is a special kind of hotel in Quebec Canada It has a bar a church a shop and a small movie theater These things are not unusual But this hotel is only open from J to March every year Why Because it is make of ice and snow When the weather get warm the hotel melts 融化 and closes Every winter the hotel owners build the hotel again Everything in the Ice Hotel is made of ice and snow All the furniture such as the table and chairs is made of ice even the beds are made of ice So people use special sleeping bags on the ice beds Inside the Ice Hotel the temperature is about 3 degrees blew zero When people sleep the sleeping bags keep them w In the morning they can have a hot breakfast After breakfast people can enjoy winter activities They can go skiing or ice fishing or they can go s in the dining room A the end of the day people can relax at the 第 9 页 共 13 页 bar They can have drinks in glasses made of ice Many people e the Ice Hotel every year but they can only enjoy it for a short time b it melts again 四 四 选词填空选词填空 共共 1 1 题 共题 共 8 8 分分 7 8 分 根据短文内容 从方框中选择恰当的词语填空 有的需要变换形式 build human hundreds of future inside look for pollution environment I m David a baby penguin 企鹅 It is snowing outside I am staying my nest and waiting for my parents They went out yesterday to food for me I feel so cold and hungry now because we don t have any food at all In the last few years developed the economy 发 展经济 but they forgot the They cut many trees down and lots of factories The from those factories soon changed the climate 改变气候 So it s harder for my parents to find food What s worse penguins died because of the climate change But now people in the world seem to know their mistakes 错误 and begin to do something to save the world I think we can live a better life in the 五 五 任务型阅读任务型阅读 共共 1 1 题 共题 共 5 5 分分 8 5 分 阅读短文及文后 A E 选项 选出可以填入各题空白处的最佳选项 When you were at school the last thing you probably wanted to do was to spend your weekends going to work There was homework to do sports to play and fun to be had When I was a teenager I had to deliver newspapers to people s homes and work at the checkout It s one of those things that is seen almost as a rite of passage 成人仪式 Teenagers agree that it teaches valuable lessons about working with adults and also about managing your money So that s no bad thing A 2015 study found that not taking part in part time work at school age was blamed by employers organizations because young adults were ill prepared for full time employment But despite 尽管 this recent statistics have shown that the number of schoolchildren in the UK with a part time job has fallen by a fifth in the past five years Probably not Some experts feel that young people feel going out to work will hinder 第 10 页 共 13 页 their performance at school and they are under more pressure now to study hard and get good exam results and a good job i