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第 1 页 共 15 页 上海版上海版 2019 20202019 2020 学年八年级上学期英语期末考试试卷学年八年级上学期英语期末考试试卷 D D 卷卷 姓名姓名 班级班级 成绩成绩 一 一 阅读理解阅读理解 共共 4 4 题 共题 共 1515 分分 1 4 分 阅读理解 The Chinese swimmer Fu Yuanhui known in the country for the walking expression package appeared at CCTV s annual Spring Festival Gala the Most watched television program in China Fu Yuanhui is a China s swimmer She came third in Women s 100 meter backstroke 仰泳 finals at Rio Olympics in 2016 People became crazy about the 1996 borm girl not because of her performance or her achievement but because of her cheerful answers Finishing the 100 meter backstroke with 58 95 seconds Fu thought it was 59 seconds and she was quite surprised with the result This was the first moment when she impressed Chinese audience 观众 with her surprising look and body language in front of the camera The second time was her honest and direct answer to the question We know that your body condition was not that good in the past year and it s not easy to have such a result Do you think you are now as good as before It is my best score ever I have worked for three months on the recovery 康复 Only the ghost knows what I have come through said Fu It was so painstaking that sometimes I felt like I was going to die In the interview Fu used a phrase Hong Huang Zhi Li to describe the great efforts she had made The word soon became a popular word on the Internet 第 2 页 共 15 页 1 People were crazy about the girl because of A her performance B her achievement C her appearance at gala D her cheerful answers 2 Fu Yuanhui felt first when she knew the result A surprised B excited C interested D happy 3 The underlined word painstaking means in Chinese A 有趣的 B 艰辛的 C 愉快的 D 兴奋的 4 We can find the passage I A from a magazine B I from a storybook C from sports news D in a novel 2 3 分 根据短文内容 选择最佳选项 Why are dogs our best friends Maybe because they can understand our words much better than we 第 3 页 共 15 页 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 activity Then the researcher put headphones on dogs and played people s voices to them There were four different voices Some were positive words such as well down or neutral 不带感情色彩 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 辩认 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 brain s reward centers 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 tonesmatch 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 can t understand people s 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 第 4 页 共 15 页 A Researchers played with the dogs B Researchers made dogs sit inside machines C Researchers scanned the dogs brains D Researchers played people s voices to the dogs 3 Dogs think as a best prize A neutral words with a neutral tone B neutral words with a positive tone C positive words with a neutral tone D positive words with a positive tone 4 According to the passage which of the following is TRUE A Human brains don t work in the same way as dogs do B Dogs deal with meaningful words with the left side of the brain C The researchers trained dogs for years to check their brain activity D Researcher Attila Andies was disappointed at the result of the study 5 What is the main idea of the passage A Dogs are as clever as humans B Dogs are good at learning human s language C Dogs can understand the meaning in words D Dogs can do what human do 3 4 分 阅读理解 Do you remember when your grandma told you the story of Snow White Ah the happy days of childhood But did you know that Snow White comes from Germany It s just one story from the 209 in Grimm s Fairy Tales 格林童话 第 5 页 共 15 页 The Grimm brothers started to collect fairy tales in 1806 Their first book came out 出版 in 1812 Why are German fairy tales so interesting Maybe it s because they come from a great place famous for its stories the Black Forest The Black Forest is in southwest Germany It s the largest forest in the country and one of the most beautiful It s famous for its trees and lovely views There are valleys and waterfalls 瀑布 there It s a good place to start a story Don t forget to bring something back if you visit People there are good at making clocks musical instruments and watches 1 From the story we know that is the hometown of Snow White A England B Japan C America D Germany 2 How long had the Grimm brothers been collecting stories A Four years B Five years C Six years D Seven years 3 From the story we cannot guess that the Black Forest is very A large B beautiful C boring D famous 第 6 页 共 15 页 4 4 分 阅读理解 Have you ever heard robot fish Scientists will put some robot fish into the sea near Spain These robot fish will help people to detect 探测 the pollution in the water If the robot fish are able to finish their work successfully the scientists hope to put them into rivers lakes and seas around the world The fish are about 1 5 meters long There will be a detector in their bodies They can find the sources 来源 of pollution in the water and then the robot fish will eat part of it Unlike other robots they don t need to be controlled by people far away The robot fish all have an eight hour battery 电池 They can swim in the sea freely and send back information to people on the beach After their batteries die they will return by themselves There are five robot fish altogether now Each costs about 29 000 dollars They are part of a three year project between engineering company BMT Group and Essex University in southeastern England We invented the robot fish creatively We hope them can find the changes in the sea water and report back the information said Professor Hu of Essex University His team is developing the fish 1 What will the robots do if they find the pollution in the water A They will eat part of it B They will stop working C They will tell people where they are D They will take it out to the beach 2 How much do the five robot fish cost altogether A 14 500 B 29 000 C 145 000 第 7 页 共 15 页 D 1 450 000 3 What can we learn from the passage A The robot fish will begin to work in five years B The robot fish can t take out the pollution in the water C The robot fish will help people detect the pollution in the water D The robot fish help to find other fish in the rivers lakes and seas 二 二 任务型阅读任务型阅读 共共 1 1 题 共题 共 1 1 分分 5 1 分 任务型阅读 左栏是在外国学习期间中国留学生常遇到的五个问题的主题描述 右栏是常遇到的五个问题的具体描述 请 为左栏的每个主题选择一个合适的描述 Language Different culture Living skills Making friends Difficulties in studying A Though you have to spend much money on your education 教育 in China you should know that studying abroad 国 外 will cost you much more money B You ll have to look after yourself and learn to be independent 独立的 When you say goodbye to your family you should know that you re not going to travel for a week but live in a foreign country You ll have to do everything by yourself even when Wu are sick 生病的 You ll have to get used to the life there You will have to learn to do cooking do cleaning and using washing machine etc C You can learn a foreign language more easily if you live in that country but you may have some trouble before you can speak the language well D You may be alone There may be some misunderstanding 错误 between you and your classmates because of different cultures E Plans making is also a problem Life is easy They spend most time in studying They are worried about the future They will think about if they will stay in America 第 8 页 共 15 页 or go back to China They need to make plans about future F You can make friends with American students or from other countries But they don t have much to say They have a gap 鸿沟 And they have different idea about friendship G You may have lots of difficulties m studying Chinese students always are silent and are not used to volunteer 自愿 to talk in class They have more difficulties in studying and communicating with their teachers 三 三 完形填空完形填空 共共 1 1 题 共题 共 1 1 分分 6 1 分 完形填空 When I was eight years old my mother told me to put my coat on because we were going to go somewhere1 Usually that meant we were going to see someone important I would at least get a new toy I asked which one it would be that day and she told me that I would get something 2than a toy She said I would get access 通道 to a world of toys I had no real idea what she meant Did that mean we were buying a toy 3 But we did not end up at any toy store Neither did we finally see anyone we knew 4 mother pulled her car into a parking lot in front of a building that looked like something out of the past It didn t have a modern5at all We took stone steps up to the entrance Only then I found out what this place was because there was a sign that 6 Marcy Public Library We pushed the door open and my mother led me to the front desk I d like to get my daughter a library card she told the man7the desk He asked her to fill out a form What kind of books do you like to read he asked I was too shy to 8 I only smiled Well you ll find it out in time he said I do not remember9I picked out that day but I know that in the years that followed I read through books on history books of poetry and books 第 9 页 共 15 页 about art The library opened up a world that I 10knew that day So my mother was right Getting a library card was like getting the access to a world of toys 1 A special B strange C lovely D strict 2 A worse B better C cheaper D uglier 3 A model B car C card D store 4 A Otherwise B However C Anyway D Instead 第 10 页 共 15 页 5 A smell B look C taste D feeling 6 A said B printed C spoke D read 7 A over B above C on D behind 8 A choose B reply C borrow D scream 9 A what 第 11 页 共 15 页 B how C when D why 10 A ever B always C never D already 四 四 语法填空语法填空 共共 1 1 题 共题 共 1 1 分分 7 1 分 The young man help Granny to clean the house last Sunday 五 五 根据下列句子及所给的首字母 写出各单词的正确 完全形式 每空根据下列句子及所给的首字母 写出各单词的正确 完全形式 每空 共共 1010 题 共题 共 1010 分分 8 1 分 Let s put these