上海版2019-2020学年八年级上学期英语期末考试试卷A卷

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 A A 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 阅读下面 B C D 三篇短文 从各小题所给的四个选项中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的 一个最佳答案 Dreams are like stars You may never catch them but if you follow them they will lead you to success Yan Ning is such a dream follower Yan is a rising star in the science world When Yan Ning was only a little girl she dreamed of being a great scientist After years of hard work in 1996 she went to Tsinghua University to study biology After graduating from Tsinghua in 2000 she went to Princeton University and finished her study abroad in 2007 Then she returned to Tsinghua and set up her own lab At the age of 30 she became the youngest professor 教授 at Tsinghua Now Yan 42 has become a leading biology researcher at Princeton On April 30 she was included among the 100 new members and 25 foreign associates 院士 into the US Natinal Academy of Science 国家料学院 However it was a long and difficult road for her to make such achievements She said that in order to realize her dream she experienced a lot of failures and pains But she never gave up her dream Instead she followed her dream and fought for it She usually works at least I4 hours a day Sometimes she even forgets to eat and rest and works until late night She never gets tired because she thinks doing research is the most comfortable job for her In a TV interview Yan encouraged young people to work hard for their dreams All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to follow them 1 Yan went to Tsinghua to study in 1996 第 2 页 共 15 页 A chemistry B physics C medicine D biology 2 We can learn from the passage that A Yan wanted to give up when she had failures and pains in research B Yan never gets tired because doing research is the easiest job C Yan achieved her dream because she had the courage to follow it D Yan made these achievements mainly by asking others for help 3 What is the best title 标题 for this passage A A Difficult Research B A Dream Follower C A Smooth Road D A Famous University 2 3 分 阅读理解 The human face doesn t lie We show sadness and happiness through our expressions Scientists used to believe we had six basic facial expressions that tell others how we feel sad happy surprised fearful angry and disgusted 恶心的 But a new study shows that our faces can do more than we think Scientists from Ohio State University found out that humans can actually make 21 different facial expressions alter studying how people move their facial muscles 肌肉 The scientists took pictures of 230 volunteers making faces in response to different descriptions These included phrases like you just got some great unexpected news which produced a happily surprised reaction from volunteers Others included you smell a bad odor which 第 3 页 共 15 页 caused disgusted faces In total around 5 000 pictures were taken of the volunteers The scientists then studied similarities of these pictures This helped them to define a facial expression That tells us that these 21 emotions are expressed in the same way by nearly everyone said Dr Aleix Martinez to The Daily Telegraph For example to express surprise 92 percent of volunteers widened their eyes and opened their mouth And 99 percent raised their cheeks and smiled to show being happy We are not always aware of our facial expressions which can hold clues to how we really feel So these results may have a big influence on medical treatment If doctors were able to recognize more complex 复杂的 emotions it would help doctors treat patients suffering from certain diseases 1 How many facial expressions can human beings make according to the study A 6 B 21 C 27 D 230 2 How do most people make a surprised face A By opening their eyes and mouths wide B By raising their cheeks C By covering their mouths with their hands D By laughing out loud 3 In which order did the scientists do the experiment a Take pictures of volunteers facial expressions b Compare the pictures to find similarities c Direct volunteers with different descriptions 第 4 页 共 15 页 d Find 230 volunteers to take part in the experiment A a b c d B a d b c C d a c b D d c a b 4 Which of the following is TRUE A Humans can t make fake facial expressions B Facial expressions can t show how we really feel C People can show the same emotion with different expressions D Studying facial expression s can help to improve medical treatments 3 4 分 阅读理解 Name Karishma Animal type Asian elephant Age 11 Weight 重量 2 300kg Favorite food fruit and cake Name Lumpur Animal type Asian tiger 3 Age 11 Weight 130 kg Favorite food chicken Name Ellish Animal type African giraffe Age 4 Name Spike Animal type African lion Age 7 Weight 200kg 第 5 页 共 15 页 Weight 750 kg Favorite food grass and leaves Favorite food beef 1 Where does Karishma come from A Asia B Africa C Australia D South America 2 What animal is Lumpur A A tiger B A lion C A giraffe D An elephant 3 What s the weight of Spike A 130kg B 200kg C 750kg D 2 300kg 4 4 分 阅读理解 Thousands of years ago in the south of ancient China there lived Shennong a man who had an ox 牛 head and human body Seeing that local people were suffering from disease he built ladders and houses on a high mountain to store hundreds of medical plants To remember him people named the place Shennongjia The legend 传说 makes Shennongjia in Hubei an inviting place for tourists Travelling there is 第 6 页 共 15 页 a unique experience as you can see sceneries of the four seasons from different altitudes When the bottom of the mountain is summer the top is spring and while the foothill is autumn the top is covered with ice local people say of the special climate of Shennongjia Shennongjia is also home to 5 000 species of animals and plants Many animals in danger live there such as the golden monkey the clouded leopard and the Asian black bear One interesting and mysterious thing about Shennongjia is its legend of wild men Some people once claimed that they saw big footprints or big foot creatures Yet so far scientists haven t proved it is true and some say they are just bears The beautiful place has recently received a new title On July 17 2016 Shennongjia Forestry District was added to United Nations World Heritage list as a natural site China now has 52 world heritage sites 遗址 second only to Italy in the world 1 Which of the following is RIGHT about Shennong A Shennong had an ox body B Shennong grew medical plants for people C Shennong helped the local people D Shennong named the place Shennongjia 2 In Shennongjia A there are many medical stores along the way B people can experience four seasons up the mountain C there are 500 species of animals and plants D scientists have proved there are wild men there 3 What does the underlined word title mean in Paragraph 5 A 标题 B 景点 第 7 页 共 15 页 C 称号 D 职务 4 Which of the following countries has the most world heritage sites A Italy B The USA C China D Canada 5 What s the passage mainly about A The legend of Shennong B Animals living in Shennongjia C The amazing Shennongjia D World heritage sites 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 阅读短文 把 A E 五个句子填入文中空缺处 使短文内容完整 Last week Lu visited England He stayed with my grandmother He said it was a strange visit I don t understand but I frightened 害怕 your grandmother a lot When I arrived I gave her a purse from Zhengzhou she looked in it and asked me to take it back Do English people like spiders Later we went shopping Someone was painting a shop front so there was a ladder 梯子 Grandmother stopped me from walking under it and said I must walk around it I liked the shops and bought some lovely rose soap 肥皂 for my mother a smart umbrella for my father and some new shoes for myself Your grandmother came in and screamed 尖叫 Then I broke a small mirror in the bathroom I felt very sorry When I left I gave your grandmother some flowers She counted and there were 13 She didn t like it I explained to 第 8 页 共 15 页 Lu My grandmother follows the old customs 习俗 You must not give someone an empty purse or they will have no money You must not kill a money spider or the same will happen Also it is very unlucky to walk under a ladder and to put new shoes on the table An open umbrella in a house means someone will die Breaking a mirror brings seven years bad luck and 13 is also a very unlucky number A Your grandmother s face went white B I think she was happy about my leaving C You were really making my grandmother very afraid D Then I saw a red spider on the table So I killed it for her and she seemed very unhappy E When we got back I put the shoes on the table and opened the umbrella to check if it was all right 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 阅读下面短文 从短文后各题所给四个选项 A B C 和 D 中 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项 Alice had an argument with her best friend Judy last Sunday She thought 1 was really difficult and wanted to copy Judy s homework But Judy refused They didn t talk to each other for a few days Alice didn t know 2 to face her math problem and she wondered if she could get on well with her friend again Yesterday afternoon she saw a cool boy 3 the violin happily by the road when she was walking home from school The violin sounded so nice 4 Alice didn t know what music he was playing it made her feel better After he finished the music Alice walked over to him and said Thank you 5 your beautiful music It gets me out of the really bad mood 心情 Then she took out some 6 and gave it to him To her surprise the boy asked her to take the money back He explained that he wasn t making money by playing the violin He just wanted to 7 others He hoped that the wonderful music could make people relaxed and happy What a 8 boy he was Then Alice told him about her trouble He said You should learn to smile even if you are in difficulty Listening to music is 第 9 页 共 15 页 helpful So why not listen to music as 9 as possible Never lose heart Believe in your friend She has her reason Believe in 10 Everything will go well Hearing these words Alice went home with a smile She believed she could make it 1 A Chinese B math C science D physics 2 A why B how C when D where 3 A carrying B selling C buying D playing 4 A Because B When C Though 第 10 页 共 15 页 D Whether 5 A for B with C from D except 6 A music B money C food D work 7 A have B leave C give D help 8 A tall B rich C kind D safe 9 第 11 页 共 15 页 A often B quickly C soon D loudly 10 A myself B herself C yourself D himself 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 February is the two month of a year 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 My father likes to read some 报纸 in the sofa a