上海版八年级下学期期中考试英语试题（II ）卷

第 1 页 共 16 页 上海版八年级下学期期中考试英语试题 上海版八年级下学期期中考试英语试题 IIII 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 I first saw him in evening in June A a B the C an D 2 2 分 There some bottles on the table and there some milk in them A are is B is are C is is D are are 3 2 分 Who taught to swim Nobody She learned it by A her hers B hers her C her herself D herself her 4 2 分 An abacus was one of in China A the earliest calculating machine B the earliest calculating machines 第 2 页 共 16 页 C an early calculating machine D early calculating machines 5 2 分 You take me to the station My brother s taking me A can t B mustn t C shouldn t D don t have to 6 2 分 What beautiful shoes you re wearing They must be expensive No they only 50 yuan A spent B paid C cost 7 2 分 are you Lucy A Sorry B Good morning C Excuse me D Hello 8 2 分 My name Wang Lingling A am B is C are D aren t 第 3 页 共 16 页 9 2 分 Why are you looking for Mary in a hurry John The boss is wondering where she and how long she there A has been has been B has gone has gone C has been has gone D has gone has been 10 2 分 It s generous of you to donate so much money to the poor A It doesn t matter B You re welcome C Never mind D It s my pleasure 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 Many American people like to have their holidays in other countries One day an American 1comes to China This is her first time to China so she knows2 She wants to 3some friends there She meets a Chinese This Chinese wants to 4English with the American When he sees her he comes up and says 5 to her Then he begins his first talk with someone 6 a foreign 外国的 country How old are you the Chinese says I m 7I can t tell you Please don t ask a woman this 8 The American says The man is surprised 感到惊讶的 He doesn t know9 Can you help10 The man doesn t know in Western 西方的 countries a woman sees her age 年龄 as a secret 1 A man 第 4 页 共 16 页 B boy C woman D child 2 A somebody B anybody C everybody D nobody 3 A make B cheer C do D collect 4 A speak B say C talk D tell 5 A OK B Hello C Sorry 第 5 页 共 16 页 D Goodbye 6 A in B at C on D from 7 A afraid B happy C worried D sure 8 A job B question C plan D idea 9 A what B how C who D why 10 第 6 页 共 16 页 A he B him C his D himself 三 三 阅读理解阅读理解 共共 3 3 题 共题 共 2828 分分 12 8 分 阅读下列材料 从 A B C D 四个选项中选出最佳答案 Fights at school sometimes happen But how can you keep away from a fight Here s something you can do Be calm 冷静 Sometimes you feel so angry that you really want to teach somebody a lesson But being angry can t solve problems Neither can a fight Instead it may bring you more problems In the school everyone involved 卷入 in a fight will be punished no matter who started it There are winners in a fight Shout loudly If you know someone is coming up behind you to attack turn toward the person with your hands up in front of your body and loudly say stop before walking away Loud voice can usually make the attacker calm down If the person doesn t stop cry for help by calling out the name of a teacher whose office is nearby Your friend may ask you to join in a fight Learn to say no Helping him fight is not really helpful to him If you really want to give him a hand try to ask him to give it up Also you can tell him if he gets involved in a fight he may get hurt and be punished Then try to learn why he wants a fight and help him find a right way to deal with the problem 1 The underlined word attack in Paragraph 3 means in Chinese A 拥抱 B 攻击 C 阻止 D 吸引 第 7 页 共 16 页 2 Which of the following sentences can be put in the A Face bravely B Join in a fight C Learn to refuse D Talk to someone 3 The passage is written to A help students keep away from fights B warn students not to fight C advise students to help each other D encourage students to work hard 4 The passage is written in a an tone 语气 A sad B angry C serious D crazy 13 10 分 阅读理解 The first Starbucks 星巴克 coffee shop opened in 1971 in downtown Seattle Washington in the United States It was a small coffee shop that roasted its own coffee beans The coffee shops business did well and by 1981 there were three more Starbucks shops in Seattle Things really began to change for the company in 1981 That year Howard Schultz met the three men who ran Starbucks Schultz worked in New York for a company that made kitchen equipment 设备 He noticed that Starbucks ordered a large number of special coffee makers and he was curious about the company Schultz went to Seattle to see what Starbucks did and he liked what he saw He wanted to become part of the company In 1982 the original 原先的 Starbucks owners hired 聘用 Schultz 第 8 页 共 16 页 as the company s head of marketing In 1983 Schultz travelled to Italy The special atmosphere of the coffee bars there caught his eyes To Schultz it seemed that Italians spent their daily lives in three places home work and coffee bars His experience in Italy gave Schultz a new idea for Starbucks back in Seattle Schultz created an atmosphere for Starbucks coffee shops that was comfortable and customers 顾客 everywhere seemed to like it Between 1987 and 1992 Starbucks opened 150 new shops and that was only the beginning In fact by the year 2000 three new Starbucks shops opened somewhere around the world every day Today Starbucks has thousands of shops including shops in twenty six countries One thing that helps make Starbucks succeed in cities outside the United States is the way Starbucks works with local shops and restaurants By working together with a store already in the city Starbucks gets an understanding of customers in the city This understanding helps Starbucks open shops in the right locations for their customers 1 What is the main idea of this passage A How Starbucks has grown B What Starbucks makes C Starbucks customers D How Starbucks makes its coffee 2 Which is true about Starbucks first ten years of business A It grew very quickly B It was run by Howard Schultz C It made special coffee makers D It was a small company 3 What kind of person is Howard Schultz A A coffee seller in New York 第 9 页 共 16 页 B An Italian coffee maker C The man who changed the company D One of the original owners of the company 4 What helps Starbucks succeed in places outside the United States A Opening restaurants in just a few locations each year B Only selling locally produced coffee beans C Working with other major coffee making companies D Learning about local customers 5 Which is the right order according to the passage 1 One hundred and fifty new shops opened 2 Howard met three owners of Starbucks 3 Howard got a new idea for Starbucks 4 Starbucks are popular all over the world 5 Howard was a member of a company which made kitchen equipment A 2 5 1 4 3 B 5 2 3 1 4 C 5 3 1 2 4 D 2 5 3 1 4 14 10 分 根据短文内容 选择正确答案 Do you know Weibo Do you write a Weibo If you don t you are out Weibo means microblog People may spend much time writing a blog but it takes a little time to write a microblog Why Because every message on a microblog is less than 140 words Microblog started in the USA It came to China in 2009 and it has developed very fast In 2011 第 10 页 共 16 页 the number of Chinese microbloggers grew to 300 million Now more and more people are interested in writing microblogs For many microblog users it is a great way of learning the freshest news talking with friends and sharing different kinds of information including news daily life pictures music and so on Many stars and famous people also write microblogs and share good things with their fans It is easy and fast to send a message on a microblog However this can also lead to problems and even cause panic For example when the big earthquake and tsunami 海啸 hit Japan in March 2011 messages like Salt can protect people from radiation were hot on microblogs It soon caused a crazy buying of salt Later people realized it was just a rumor 谣言 In a word microblog plays a new role in the life of Chinese people 1 Weibo means in English A blog B micro C microblog D short message 2 How many words are there in a message on a microblog A 150 words B Less than 150 words C Less than 140 words D More than 140 words 3 When did microblog come to China Where did it started A 2009 in the USA B 2011 in China C 2011 in the USA 第 11 页 共 16 页 D 2009 in China 4 When the big earthquake and tsunami hit Japan what microblog caused a crazy buying of salt A Salt can protect people B Salt can protect people from radiation C Radiation is very terrible D Radiation is salt 5 The passage is mainly about A tsunami B earthquake C salt D microblog 四 四 任务型阅读任务型阅读 共共 1 1 题 共题 共 1010 分分 15 10 分 阅读短文 根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词 You may think that English dictionaries have been used for many many centuries The spelling of English has always been a problem but it was more of a problem in the days before a dictionary In those days people spelt words in different ways which you might find interesting But it made reading English much more difficult So dictionaries were invented to encourage everybody to spell the same In fact an English dictionary like the kind you use today wasn t made until the time of the Qing Dynasty The largest dictionary in the world is the Oxford English Dictionary or OED for short The idea for this dictionary came from an important meeting in Britain in 1857 Twenty two years later Oxford University asked James Murray to be the editor of its new dictionary Murray had not been to college At the age of fourteen he left his village school in Scotland and taught himself while working in a bank Later he became a great teacher After Oxford gave him 第 12 页 共 16 页 the job Murray had a place built in the garden behind his house to do his work Part of it was one metre underground In winter he had to wear a heavy coat and put his feet in a box to keep warm Every morning Murray got out of bed at five o clock and worked several hours before breakfast Often he would work by candle light into the evening Murray hoped to finish the new dictionary in ten years But after five years he was still adding words for the letter A Then others went to work with Murray and his two daughters were among them He worked on the dictionary until he was very old Forty four years later in 1928 other editors finished it It had more than 15 000 words in twelve books And you thought your English dictionary was big Notes on James Murray s life Murray s early life Born in Scotland He left school at 14 and became a worker later a great teacher Murray s work on OED He became the editor of OED in the year His working were bad he worked in a part underground place in the garden his house in winter it was terribly cold there he often worked by candle light into the evening The time he spent on OED was much than expected Later others and his two daughters him Other information OED was finished in the year 1928 It had over 15 000 in twelve books It is the dictionary in the world Thanks to it people can in the same way For Murray working on a dictionary wasn t only a it was a wonderful journey 五 五 语法填空语法填空 共共 1 1 题 共题 共 1 1 分分 16