上海版八年级下期末模拟英语卷（II ）卷

第 1 页 共 15 页 上海版八年级下期末模拟英语卷 上海版八年级下期末模拟英语卷 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 My now 7 year old grandson who lives 100 miles away has kept my phone number in his mind since he was 4 Since then he has been 1 me every night before he goes to bed to tell me about his day or just to say Good night Grandma He also often calls me at other times during the day just to 2 a happy or sad moment Many times he s playing a basketball with one hand or laughing with a friend about something that I 3quite understand or crying about something he may or may not want to talk about while I m on the other end of the phone I just listen and empathize 同情 or laugh with him just share his current 当前的 4 I always let him control the 5 and the time he s on the phone with me Many times I just listen to him play or play games we ve made up together that we can play over the 6 The only time I take control of the 7 is when he s ready to say goodbye at night Often there are four special 8 I say to him every night One night I thought maybe he was tired to hear those so I didn t say them He 9 called me back and told me that I forgot to say those sentences I haven t missed saying them since then My friends all know that he is the most important for me 10 I m in church 教堂 or some place where I really can t take his call I always politely excuse myself and talk to him even if it s just for a minute to tell him I ll call him back in a few minutes He knows that he takes first place in my heart 1 A troubling B seeing C promising D calling 第 2 页 共 15 页 2 A spend B enjoy C share D experience 3 A never B ever C nearly D fully 4 A secret B problem C plan D feeling 5 A action B result C topic D team 6 A experience 第 3 页 共 15 页 B letter C Internet D phone 7 A work B talk C game D voice 8 A words B messages C sentences D rules 9 A immediately B usually C probably D especially 10 A Since B Unless C Before 第 4 页 共 15 页 D As 二 二 阅读理解阅读理解 共共 3 3 题 共题 共 2626 分分 2 8 分 根据短文理解 选择正确答案 On June 26 2000 two scientists called Francis Collins and Craig Venter told the world that they could now read the whole map of the human body DNA DNA is something that everybody has and it tells the body what to do DNA is the reason that we look like our mother and father because we get some of their DNA to make our own People have been trying to understand the human body for a long time In 1860 Gregor Mendel discovered a special reason why we look the same as other people in our family It is because of small things named genes in our body In 1953 James Watson and Francis Crick made another discovery and found out that those small parts are real messages written in the DNA with a special language In 1961 Marshall Nirenberg and Johann Matthaei found a message in DNA showing how DNA tells the cell 细胞 to build its parts Scientists have now found all the words in the DNA map but we still do not understand what they all do By understanding what just one word means we can help save more people from several illnesses Most people hope that this will help make better medicine and help sick people Other people worry that when people begin to know more words and find out lots of other information we might use it in a wrong way just to make people more attractive or stop sick people from getting jobs Man would have to meet a lot of trouble if DNA technology 技术 wasn t limited 限制 in use 1 When did we first know why we look like other people in our family A In 2000 B In 1953 C In 1961 第 5 页 共 15 页 D In 1860 2 What did the two scientists first discover in 1961 A The map of DNA B A new illness C A message of DNA D The language of DNA 3 What can we do if we understand some words of the language inside the body A Make people get new jobs B Make medicine for illnesses C Make maps of human D Make people less attractive 4 What do people think about this work A It can cause good or bad results B It can cause only good results C It can cause good results but won t work D It can cause only bad results 3 10 分 阅读理解 Did you go skating a lot last year I asked Jen shook her head and looked at me Finally she said On Thanksgiving Mom and I always went to visit some friends who lived on a farm I especially loved seeing their big turkeys Until then I didn t think about how Jen felt She had a new stepfather 继父 and stepbrother and had a new town and home too Jen and her mom used to live near a lake where Dad and I went every summer and she had to move up north with us She had more changes than me 第 6 页 共 15 页 Jen seemed sad so I was busy thinking of some ways to cheer her up on Thanksgiving I told her my plan and she was excited First we made a huge snowball and then a small snowball Then we built a wall behind the big snowball as a tail Jen mixed some food coloring with water saying We can spray 喷 colors on the tail Our snow turkey had a red blue green and yellow tail We were so busy that we didn t notice our parents come outside Dad found a hat for the snow turkey and Mom wrapped her scarf around its neck Thanks for cheering Jen up Mom said You re a good brother and you always come up with great ideas A happy feeling spread through me I began to understand how much she cared about everyone in our new family 1 What did Jen do on Thanksgiving in the past A She went skating with her friends B She went to the farm with her mother C She stayed at home with her mother D She made snow turkeys with her mother 2 What can we learn from the second paragraph A Jen lived near a lake in the past B The writer was Jen s stepfather C Jen moved up north for studying D The writer just moved out of his old house 3 How many people are there in Jen s new family A Two B Three C Four D Five 第 7 页 共 15 页 4 Which of the following is the right order made a small snowball found a hat made a huge snowball sprayed colors on the tail wrapped a scarf around the neck built a wall behind the big snowball A B C D 5 What can we infer 推断 from the underlined sentence A Jen s stepmother was not friendly to the writer B Jen didn t feel happy after moving here C Jen s mother did a lot to make Jen happy D The writer felt happy because his stepmother liked him 4 8 分 阅读理解 We can easily and cheaply get all the wisdom of the ages all the stories that have delighted 使快乐 mankind for centuries but we must know how to use this treasure and how to get the most from it The most unfortunate people all over the world are those who have never discovered how satisfying it is to read good books I am very interested in people in meeting them and finding about them I ve found in books new friends new societies and new words Reading is a pleasure of mind It is a little like a sport 第 8 页 共 15 页 Your eagerness for knowledge and quickness make you a good reader Your experience compared with his brings you to the same or different conclusions and your ideas develop as you understand his Every book stands by itself like a one family house but books in a library are like houses in a city Wherever you start reading you connect yourself with one of the families of ideas and finally you not only find out about the world and the people in it you find out about yourself too Reading can only be fun if you expect it to be If you concentrate on books somebody tells you you ought to read you probably won t have fun But if you put down a book you don t like and try another till you find one that means something to you and then relax with it you will almost certainly have a good time and if you become as a result of reading better wiser kinder or more gentle you won t have suffered during the process 1 Which is WRONG according to the passage A Reading can find new friends B Reading is fun C Reading is a little like a sport D While reading you ll have no imagination 2 What s the result of reading A Wiser B Kinder C More gentle D All of the above 3 What does the underlined word process mean in Chinese A 过程 B 作用 第 9 页 共 15 页 C 手续 D 工序 4 Why does the author say books are connected with each other A They have the same idea B They have the same writer C People s problems are the same D Human problems repeat themselves in literature 三 三 单词拼写单词拼写 共共 2 2 题 共题 共 1212 分分 5 2 分 The hotel is the library 在 与 之间 the dining hall 6 10 分 语法填空 Hi Simon I haven t written till now I ve been busy with the course and making new friends since I got here I m speaking English with my classmates all the time and going out in the evening with they We re a real mix of nationalities Chinese Russian Italian Spanish We talk about kinds of things English and I m learning a lot about other languages and countries too My host family are very nice The parents are very friend and kind The children are both in primary school they are very sweet But they can be a bit annoying 恼人的 too If we have to watch the film Frozen together one more time I m going crazy I know all the song by heart now We live near the school It s a short bus ride from Edinburgh city centre There is ancient castle 城堡 and we re going there next week Yesterday my Italian friend invited me watch the free street shows We see a magician doing card games it was so much fun I send you some photos of Edinburgh Castle next time Take care and let me know what 第 10 页 共 15 页 you do at the moment Frank 四 四 选词填空选词填空 共共 1 1 题 共题 共 5 5 分分 7 5 分 方框中所给单词的适当形式填空 spend weigh slow leaf succeed 1 Spring is coming and the turn green 2 If we walk we ll be late for the film 3 What are they doing They are an elephant 4 He is very happy because he has in passing the exam 5 Mrs Smith three thousand yuan on the gold necklace 五 五 补全对话补全对话 共共 1 1 题 共题 共 1010 分分 8 10 分 任务型阅读 Most schools are trying hard to improve their lunch programs and they want to offer the best food they can Even if your school provides healthy options 选择 you may still want to have something delicious outside How do you take control Take a packed lunch to school Here are the four reasons to pack your lunch and snacks at least twice a week Control Have you ever waited in the lunch line only to find when you get to the front that you don t like what they re serving Variety If you re eating the same food all the time your body probably feels ready for a change Packing lunch a couple of times a week means you can enjoy some favorites that you might not find at every school Money Serving Packing healthy snacks so that you needn t go out for a fast food lunch chocolate or a soda If so you will save much money And you can buy something you need 第 11 页 共 15 页 Warm Feeling Remember when your mom or dad used to pack your lunch Pack a lunch for yourself maybe that is your favorite healthy food Whether you pack or eat in the cafeteria 自助食堂 what s important is that you make right choices If you are worried that caf