牛津版（深圳·广州）2019-2020学年初中英语八年级下册期中考试模拟试卷（3）（I）卷

第 1 页 共 18 页 牛津版 深圳牛津版 深圳 广州 广州 2019 20202019 2020 学年初中英语八年级下册期中考试模拟试卷 学年初中英语八年级下册期中考试模拟试卷 3 3 I I 卷 卷 姓名姓名 班级班级 成绩成绩 一 一 选出与划线部分意思相近的一项 选出与划线部分意思相近的一项 共共 8 8 题 共题 共 1616 分分 1 2 分 What are you doing asked Mom I am watering flowers responded Jack A described B shouted C answered 2 2 分 Tom is so clever He worked out all the problems on his own No one helped him The problems are so difficult A with others help B by himself C in different ways 3 2 分 Sandy isn t beautiful but she is very cute A lovely B tall C well dressed 4 2 分 Look The sky is filled with stars I haven t seen so many stars for a long time 第 2 页 共 18 页 A is full of B is fixed on C is connected to 5 2 分 Could you lend some notes to me I only have some coins with me A paper money B wallets C treasure 6 2 分 Are Mary and Tom good friends Yes They two often go to school together A with each other B in their spare time C one by one 7 2 分 Do you like sports Eric Yes I can do many sports football basketball and volleyball A such as B for example C look like 8 2 分 He said he would come to see us the next month A sometime B some time C sometimes 二 二 单选题单选题 共共 7 7 题 共题 共 1414 分分 第 3 页 共 18 页 9 2 分 a GPS will make easier for you to visit a strange place A Take it B To take that C Taking it D Take that 10 2 分 is the first 第一 day of a week A Monday B Tuesday C Sunday D Saturday 11 2 分 It was really helpful him to take the cat to the animal centre a rainy night A of in B of on C for on 12 2 分 My father used to me to do everything with confidence and I will be full of to face difficulties in my future life A encouraged courage B encouraged encourage C encourage courage D encourage encourage 13 2 分 Paul is never He can t stop talking A athletic 第 4 页 共 18 页 B smart C quiet 14 2 分 Dad I m afraid I can t do well in tomorrow s English test You ve been working hard these days I believe you can do it well A Well done B Take it easy C I m proud of you D Don t be sad 15 2 分 Tom has got milk A any B some C a few 三 三 完形填空完形填空 共共 1 1 题 共题 共 1010 分分 16 10 分 Pandas live in the forests and mountains of Southwest China They mainly 1 bamboo and each panda 2 a lot of bamboo every day The area of bamboo is becoming smaller for many different 3 so pandas have 4 land to live5 Pandas don t have many babies and baby pandas often 6 The situation is becoming very serious Our government is working hard to save pandas There are more than 30 natures reserves to protect pandas but these are not enough The government has made a new plan 7 pandas The nature reserves will be bigger and the bamboo will grow8 Then the pandas will have enough food to eat and enough places to live in Pandas born in the zoos may 9 live in the nature reserves Most people love pandas The panda is one of the best known 10 in the world It is the symbol for the World Wide Fund for Nature 1 第 5 页 共 18 页 A live in B live on C live for D live at 2 A need eating B needs eating C need to eat D needs to eat 3 A causes B excuse C reasons D result 4 A fewer and fewer B more and more C less and less D bigger and bigger 5 A on B in 第 6 页 共 18 页 C at D into 6 A dying B die C death D dead 7 A help B helping C to help D helps 8 A well B better C bad D worse 9 A goes back B go back to C go back D goes back to 第 7 页 共 18 页 10 A animals B animal C an animal D the animals 四 四 阅读理解阅读理解 共共 5 5 题 共题 共 4040 分分 17 8 分 阅读理解 When you write a text message or an email you might put a smiling face or other pictures at the end to make the message more fun These pictures are emojis The first emojis were on Japanese mobile phones in the 1990s Later they were used on Apple s iPhone and Android phones Now they are everywhere Before emojis there were emoticons The word is a mixture 混合 of emotion 感情 and icon 图标 Emoticons are made of the signs you can find on your keyboard for example for a smiley or for a rose The first use of was in 1982 and it was called joke marker Emoji is a Japanese word which means pictograph e picture moji character Emojis are real pictures for example or There are 1851emojis that can be used on mobile phones and other devices There are all kinds of emojis from faces and weather to things in the kitchen and animal In England we have a saying A picture paints a thousand words For many people an emoji is like a punctuation mark 标点 It s like the tone of voice when we speak on the phone or hand movements gestures used in conversation Emojis are also changing the way we write The more we use emojis the less we use slang 俚语 such as LOL or OMG When someone speaks and looks serious we try to look serious too and when someone smiles we smile as well This is how we show empathy 同感 and make friends and enemies But when we re online we can t see the person s face and there s no emotion The invention of emojis changed that Scientists in Australia have discovered that when we look at a smiley face online the same parts of the brain start working as when we look at a real smiley face Our mood changes and we try to change our face to match the emoji This is something we learn as we get older Our brains have 第 8 页 共 18 页 developed this ability over the last two or three years This means that emojis have created a new brain pattern 模式 in us 1 Where does the writer of this passage possibly come from A Australia B Japanese C America D Britain 2 What is NOT true about Paragraph 3 A Some slang is used less often because of emojis B We no more need words C An Emoji adds emotions to our messages D An Emoji makes people feel face to face 3 What is according to the passage A an emoji B a picture C an emoticon D a sound 4 What can we learn from the passage A Emojis will make our words disappear B Emojis have greatly influenced us in many ways C We don t need to speak to others or meet others any more D Scientists are worried about this invention of emojis 第 9 页 共 18 页 18 8 分 阅读理解 In April this year lots of bags full of small change 零钱 were seen at bus stops in Tianjin They were made for passengers to turn their notes into small change And such an idea came from four students from Zhongbei Middle School Tianjin People will surely feel worried when they take a bus without coins We just want to do something to help them said Wang Yongcun 15 one of the four students The four boys spent their whole weekend making the change bags After that they went to see the number of the passengers at each bus stop near their school and then chose the top six stops to put the bags Many people think that the four boys have really done a good job But things didn t go as the boys thought Two days later they found that the money was gone and that even the bags were taken It really made them sad but they would not give up Their classmates and teachers came to help them in time They put their pocket money in bags again And the teachers also taught them to make better change bags They tried their best to do it The four boys feel very happy because they have done something good for the passengers Their warm hearts are moving More and more people are beginning to join in the activity 1 The change bags were put A on the buses B under the desks C at the bus stops D near the parks 2 Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage A The teachers gave up when the bags were taken B The passengers refused to put money in the bags C The idea of small change bags came from four boys 第 10 页 共 18 页 D The small change didn t help the passengers much 3 What s the main idea of this passage A Making change bags is difficult B Pocket money can be helpful C Giving help brings us happiness D Every coin has two sides 19 8 分 Alfred Nobel the great Swedish inventor and industrialist was born in Stockholm on October 21 1833 but moved to Russia with his parents in 1842 where his father Immanuel made a strong position for himself in the engineering industry Immanuel Nobel invented landmine and made a lot of money from the government during the Crimean War but went bankrupt soon after Then the family returned to Sweden in 1859 where Alfred began his own study of explosives in his father s lab He had never been to school or university but had taught himself and by the time he was twenty he became a skillful chemist and excellent linguist speaking Swedish Russian German French and English He built up over 80 companies in 20 different countries He was always searching for a meaning to life He spent much time and money working on how to end the wars and keep the peace between nations until his death in Italy in 1896 His famous last will in which he left money to provide prizes for outstanding work in physics chemistry physiology medicine literature and peace is a memorial to his interests and ideas And so the man is remembered and respected long after his death 1 Alfred Nobel the great Swedish inventor was born in Stockholm on 21 1833 2 During the Crimean War Immanuel Nobel invented 3 Nobel had never been to or university 4 Nobel built up over companies in 20 different countries 5 When Nobel was died he was years old 20 8 分 阅读理解 One of the best known American writers of children s books is Alfred Strong or Doctor Strong 第 11 页 共 18 页 as he is better known to readers everywhere Now an art show called Doctor Strong From Then to Now is travelling around the United States The pictures and drawings show the history of Doctor Strong Doctor Strong first became famous almost fifty years ago when his first children s book was published 出版 Since then he has written forty five books that have been sold more than one hundred million copies around the world Doctor Strong s books are known for their easy use of words and colourful hand drawn pictures These drawings bring life to his imaginary creatures The Cat in the Hat Horton the Elephant The Grinch Who Stole Christmas and hundreds of others The San Diego Museum in California organized the art show It included about three hundred Doctor Strong s early drawings and some of his writings Most of Doctor Strong s books although written in a funny way have serious messages For example in McElligot s Pool he describes the danger of pollution He discusses the arms race 军 备竞赛 in The Butter Battle Book written in nineteen eighty four Doctor Strong says he never planned to write stories just for children He says he writes stories that interest people of all ages He says he uses easy words so that everyone even a child can understand 1 Doctor Strong first became famous in A his eighties when an art show was travelling around the United States B his fifties when his drawings and writings were published C nineteen eighty four when his book McElligot s Pool was published D his thirties when his first book was published 2 Doctor Strong s books are very popular in America because A they are stories about animals such as cats elephants and so on B they are written in easy words with colourful pictures 第 12 页 共 18 页 C he organized the art show in California D they are written in a funny way 3 His purpose in writing many such books is A to show his early pictures and drawings B to organize a special art show of his own C to make his readers laugh or smile when they read his books D not only to interest people but to show some serious social problems up 21 8 分 阅读理解 Smokehouse Breakfast Menu 第 13 页 共 18 页 1 How much is Hot