上海新世纪版八年级下学期期中考试英语试题（I）卷

第 1 页 共 19 页 上海新世纪版八年级下学期期中考试英语试题 上海新世纪版八年级下学期期中考试英语试题 I I 卷 卷 一 一 单项选择单项选择 共共 1010 题 共题 共 2020 分分 1 2 分 You can try second time if you fail first time A the the B a the C the a D a a 2 2 分 There some milk in the fridge A has B is C have D are 3 2 分 Please or I ll be late for work A call me up B call up me C don t call me up D don t call up me 4 2 分 does your grandfather reading newspapers About an hour every day A How long spend B How long cost C How often spend 第 2 页 共 19 页 D How often take 5 2 分 To keep children away from danger during the coming summer holiday parents give them some safety tips A should B may C could D might 6 2 分 When shall we go to the Great Wall Let s it this Sunday A meet B take C make D begin 7 2 分 What s he like He is A helpful B 14 years old C 1 7 metres D 50 kilograms 8 2 分 One of my favorite programs Animal World A am B is 第 3 页 共 19 页 C are D don t 9 2 分 Why did your mother send you to school this morning Is your father busy Yes My dad Hangzhou on business A has been to B had gone to C goes to D has gone to 10 2 分 I met Liu Xiang on the plane to Shenzhen last Sunday You know I m his fan A How lucky you are B How relaxing it is C What a lucky plane D What a wonderful day 二 二 完形填空完形填空 共共 1 1 题 共题 共 1010 分分 11 10 分 完形填空 Alex was a giraffe who lived in a zoo with his mum dad and other giraffe friends As Alex grew he 1his neck was much shorter than the others He began to get 2 But his mother told him that he was special She said it did not matter how short or long his neck was Alex tried not to think about his short 3 But as his friends grew taller and taller his neck 4short Sometimes the other giraffes 5 him but his parents told him not to worry They said that he should be happy with himself the way he was He tried but he could not even play in some giraffe sports He was just too 6 第 4 页 共 19 页 One day one of the zoo workers came and took Alex away Alex was frightened Would he have to leave the zoo just 7 he didn t have a long neck The zoo worker calmed Alex down and gave him some food He felt better Then he led Alex into another area of the zoo There was a small 8 between the two areas Alex was the only giraffe that could fit through it Soon Alex s parents came to see him I told you that you were special his mother said The zoo has made a place just for 9 because so many people want to see how special you are She was fight Visitors pointed to him and screamed 10 They looked happy to see something so special at the zoo 1 A wondered B found C hoped D agreed 2 A powerful B interested C energetic D worried 3 A leg B tail C neck D nose 4 第 5 页 共 19 页 A stayed B became C turned D felt 5 A looked after B fell behind C laughed at D heard of 6 A tall B short C fat D thin 7 A after B unless C because D before 8 A cage B hole 第 6 页 共 19 页 C window D door 9 A him B you C us D me 10 A excitedly B angrily C sadly D heavily 三 三 阅读理解阅读理解 共共 3 3 题 共题 共 2626 分分 12 10 分 根据短文内容 选择正确答案 A Sometimes you just get a strict teacher Instead of letting others know that this isn t your favorite class make an effort to show your teacher you are doing your best Jocelyn Howard 16 Learn to put your activities in order of importance School comes first and if you just study as soon as you get home it s OK You can also relax and play computers or do other things you enjoy But don t lose yourself in just getting by Try hard And don t be afraid to get help from teachers April Madlangbanyan 17 第 7 页 共 19 页 If you have trouble getting along with a specific teacher pray about it Ask God to help you see that teacher through HIS EYES not your own And talk with that teacher Good communication can strengthen any relationship even with a hard to get along with teacher Lisa Shaw 21 Being a good student means being organized Remember to bring all your supplies everything to each class every day Make sure that you ll never skip 逃 class And when you re in class really pay attention Don t let yourself daydream or write notes to friends Completing your homework on time is also important Victoria Walsh 16 When you re having trouble getting along with a certain teacher stay calm You may not agree with him or her but you ve got to remember the teacher is the authority 权威 figure So make sure that you re respectful and open minded Ask for a specific time when the two of you can talk Explain yourself and address 探讨 the problem not the teacher Amanda Baken 18 Being a good student means studying often not just cramming 填鸭式的用功 before a test Identify 识别 your weak areas For example maybe you don t have good reading skills or it s hard for you to take notes Once you identify what your weakness is ask for help in these specific areas Be willing to go in early or stay after school to get extra help Go into the school year knowing that being a good student will require time and effort Tiffany Irving 20 1 According to Lisa Shaw if you have trouble getting along with a specific teacher A you should try to understand him B you should avoid seeing him again C you should ask God for help D you should look on him as God 2 Being a good student means being organized Victoria Walsh means 第 8 页 共 19 页 A sleeping all the time in your class B not finishing your homework on time C writing notes to your best friends in your class D bringing all your study things to each class not escaping from class listening carefully in class 3 What does the underlined expression getting by most probably mean A Continuing one s way of life without aim B Wasting one s time C Doing opposite things D Having gone 4 Which of the following is TRUE according to the text A Tiffany Irving advises studying hard before a test B Victoria Walsh advises completing your homework on time C Amanda Baken thinks that teachers should respect students D April Madlangbanyan thinks that a good student should be the first to come to school 5 According to passage we can infer 推断 that A some students praised their teachers B some teachers said something about school C some students talked about something about school D some teachers talked about specific students 13 8 分 阅读理解 Millions of Chinese have been playing a mobile game called Travel Frog recently You play as the mother of a frog who lives alone and enjoys travelling You need to prepare food and tools 第 9 页 共 19 页 for his trips The frog will send you postcards while he is away The game s popularity may have something to do with how lonely people are these days according to the Xinhua News Agency Many players have said that the lonely frog is just like them But playing with the frog helps them forget their loneliness 孤独 for a short time Loneliness seems to be a common problem today According to the Guardian 英国卫报 about 40 percent of American adults say they re lonely And in the UK about one in five people in the country are always or often lonely the Telegraph 英国电讯报 reported This might be why the UK government declared 宣布 the country s very first Minister of Loneliness in January The minister s job is to find ways to help UK citizens feel less lonely The minister s office will provide more money for activities that connect people together This loneliness problem may be partly due to social media When we see pictures of friends having fun or posting selfies 自拍 without us we may compare their perfect lives with our own and feel upset and lonely But we should remember that no one is destined 注定 to be lonely As UK poet John Donne once wrote No man is an island entire of itself every man is a piece of the continent 陆地 a part of the main 1 What do players do while playing Travel Frog A Build houses for their frogs B Write postcards to their frogs C Choose places for their frogs to travel D Prepare food and tools for their frogs trips 2 The purpose of introducing Travel Frog is to A tell us how to play this game B lead in more popular games C tell us how popular this game is 第 10 页 共 19 页 D lead in the problem of loneliness 3 To deal with loneliness Minister of Loneliness A designed the game Travel Frog B found ways to get people together C reported the problem in the newspaper D stopped people from using social media 4 What does the last paragraph mean A In fact we are not lonely B Loneliness is a big problem C Everyone should live the way he likes D It is no use to compare ourselves with others 14 8 分 阅读下列材料 从 A B C D 四个选项中选出最佳答案 Imagine a world with no more animals no elephants no tigers or lions To some people that thought is too terrible for words So they are doing something about it Tiffany Soechting is one of them Being among wild animals feeding them and caring for them is all Tiffany Soechting has wanted to do with her life And that is exactly what she does Soechting is the human mother to the 500 animals that live on her family wildlife farm in San Antonio Texas On the farm she cares for animals from around the world Soechting says she loves them all However two reticulated giraffes 网纹长颈鹿 take up a special place in her heart Their population in the wild has become smaller by 80 in the last 15 years I m so glad to get help from five wildlife researchers that took giraffes up to a higher level All our hard work helps protect giraffes living in the wild Besides her animal caring Soechting also holds monthly classes where she teaches school children about the animals 第 11 页 共 19 页 Soechting also opens the farm to the public Visitors not only learn about the animals they can also get close to them And the animals are not against that For them people are part of their natural environment The farm is part conservation 保护 area part educational center and part animal park As the animals walk peacefully around the grounds it is easy for them to forget that San Antonio a busy city is just a few minutes away 1 Soechting is the human mother to the 500 animals shows A she has already married and has some children B the animals on the farm are taken good care of C the animals can get along well with each other D she teaches school children about animals well 2 The structure of the passage may be A B 第 12 页 共 19 页 C D 3 According to the passage Soechting is A confident but busy B humorous and lovely C wise but careless D kind and hard working 4 The best title of the passage may be A How to Save Wild Animals B Soeching and Her Wild Animals C Two Reticulated Giraffes D A World Without Wild Animals 四 四 任务型阅读任务型阅读 共共 1 1 题 共题 共 5 5 分分 15 5 分 下面是五个人在节日期的活动和七个节日习俗简介 请按他们的节日活动匹配他们所过的节日 第 13 页 共 19 页 On that day I learned how to make zongzi from my mother And I watched the boat races on TV On that day I got some lucky money from my parents and wore new clothes to visit relatives And we said Happy new year to each other On that day I sent my mom a card and some flowers I said to her I love you On that day we had a big dinner Then we sat around the beautiful Christmas tree in the living room and sang songs happily That night all my family went out to enjoy the bright full moon We also ate some moon cakes and fruit A the Mid autumn Festival It is a time for family members to get together And it is also a time to enoy the beauty of the full moon B Dragon Boat Festival It is one of the most important traditional festivals in China Eating zongzi and having dragon boat races are very important customs of this festival C The Spring Festival It starts on the first day of the first unary month On the Spring Festival morning people usually visit relatives Older people give lucky money to children D Thanksgiving Day It is a time to give thanks for food in the autumn Turkey is always the most important food in this festival E Mother s Day Mother s Day in the United States is on the second Sunday of May It is a time to show mothers our love F April Fool s Day 第 14 页 共 19 页 April 1 is not a national holiday but it is celebrated in man counties On this day practical jokes are played on friends and family G Christmas Day At Christmas family members get together to eat Christmas dinner Parents always give children gifts The Christmas tree is a symbol of Christmas Day 五 五 语法填空语法填空 共共 1 1 题 共题 共 1010 分分 16 10 分 阅读下面短文 在空白处填入一个适当的词 或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式 I want to be a teacher I grow up I got the idea because of my mother She is a university teacher It seems that she isn t very busy She only needs go to work for two days in a week She can get up late and go home very early much earlier me be a teacher seems to be a very easy job That was my first think But then I found that her job was not easy After I became a middle school student I found that my mother goes to bed very late She is checking her students homework or preparing her classes for the next day She does it many times a day great patience Once I asked her Why do you work so hard I bet some students don t take homework serious That s a teacher should do she answered I should point out their mistakes I knew she meant it She loves teaching and loves her students To realize my dream I should work harder to learn more knowledge succeed is always there for those who are prepared I believe that I will be successful 六 六 用动词的适当形式填空 用动词的适当形式填空 共共 1 1 题 共题 共 1010 分分 17 10 分 阅读下面的短文 根据短文的内容在每个空格上填上一个形式正确 意思相符的单词 Have you heard of the English band called the Beatles 甲壳虫 It was so popular in the world in the 1960s people have been crazy about them ever since The Beatles is one of greatest bands of the 20th century And Paul McCartney is one of the four numbers Besides he is now the third richest man in Europe He has worked at music nearly forty years and today he is one of the world s most famous 第 15 页 共 19 页 He was in Live