上海版八年级上学期英语期中考考试试卷D卷

第 1 页 共 18 页 上海版八年级上学期英语期中考考试试卷上海版八年级上学期英语期中考考试试卷 D D 卷卷 一 一 完形填空完形填空 共共 1 1 题 共题 共 1 1 分分 1 1 分 George and Betty didn t have much money but they wanted to buy a car Betty didn t have a 1 so she was always finding ways to save money She2 vegetables in her garden so that she wouldn t have to buy any She made sandwiches for George to3 to work so that he wouldn t have to buy his lunch Every day George took the bus to go to work and go home It was not a long trip 4the bus was slow because of the traffic One day the traffic was even 5 than usual I could run faster than this bus thought George The next day 6 work he decided to have a try He went to the bus stop but didn t take the bus He ran along beside it on the sidewalk He had to run quite fast to 7 the bus He arrived home Betty was 8 to see him panting 喘气 She was worried What s the matter she asked I ran along beside the bus said George I saved two dollars and fifty cents without paying the fare He thought it would make Betty 9 but it didn t 10 didn t you run beside a taxi she said You would have saved six dollars 1 A work B job C child D house 2 第 2 页 共 18 页 A grew B gave C bought D knew 3 A make B carry C bring D take 4 A or B and C but D so 5 A larger B bigger C worse D better 6 A after B before 第 3 页 共 18 页 C finished D began 7 A get out of B get along with C come up with D catch up with 8 A excited B surprised C interested D bored 9 A tired B sad C clean D happy 10 A When B What C Why D Where 第 4 页 共 18 页 二 二 阅读理解阅读理解 共共 4 4 题 共题 共 3030 分分 2 6 分 Charlie was about to climb into bed when he found there was a light on in his garden shed 棚 Then he noticed some people who were busy stealing his things He call the police right away The policeman asked Are there any intruders 闯入者 in your house Charlie replied no and explained what was happening The policeman said All patrol cars 巡逻车 have gone out and a policeman will go to your house when one is free Charlie hung up waited 30 seconds and then called the police again Hello I just called a short while ago because there were people stealing things from my shed I want to let you know that they re not a problem anymore because I ve just shot every one of them Charlie then hung up the phone In five minutes three patrol cars nearly twenty policeman and an ambulance arrived at his house Of course the police caught the thieves One policeman said I thought you said that you shot every one of them Charlie replied I thought you said there were no patrol cars free 1 The story happened A in the morning B in the afternoon C in the evening 2 The police didn t want to come at once because A there was no patrol cars free B they didn t think it was crucial C they didn t know what happened 3 Charlie called the police for help A only once 第 5 页 共 18 页 B twice C three times 4 The police came quickly because they thought A the thieves died B Charlie was shot C the thieves broke into the house 5 We can infer 推断 that Charlie A was good at shooting B liked to play a joke on the police C didn t belive what the policeman said 3 8 分 Tom saw an advertisement in a newspaper for a beautiful bicycle It cost 55 pounds So he went to the shop and asked to see one of the wonderful bicycles The owner of the shop was harpy to show one to Tom Tom examined 检查 it carefully and turned to the owner and said There isn t a lamp on this bicycle hut there was one on the bicycle in your advertisement Yes Sir answered the man But the lamp isn t included 包含 in the price of bicycle Not included in the price of bicycle Tom said angrily But that s not honest If the lamp is in the advertisement it should be included in the price Well Sir answered the shop owner coldly There is also a girl on the bicycle in the advertisement but we cannot give you a girl with the bicycle either 1 In the advertisement there was a and a on the bicycle A lamp man B picture lamp C lamp girl 第 6 页 共 18 页 D newspaper shop owner 2 After he read the advertisement Tom decided to A see and buy the lamp B examine the bicycle C see and buy the bike D ask the shop owner 3 Tom after he looked at the bike carefully A returned the bike to the shop owner B didn t find a lamp on the bicycle C showed the bike to the shop owner D bought the bicycle at once 4 Tom thought it was for the shop owner to sell the bike without a lamp while there was one in the advertisement A necessary B good C right D wrong 5 The text gives us a lesson that A sometimes we can t completely 完全地 believe an advertisement B we must read the newspaper carefully C The price of something is often changed D we should examine bicycles carefully before we buy them 第 7 页 共 18 页 4 8 分 请根据短文内容 完成下列任务 This is a home of the future a smart home where technology can do almost everything Imagine we are in the year 2050 the computer wakes Tom up in themorning as usual In front of him is a to do list of the important events for the day and it is provided by the computer too According to Tom s request the computer serves a list of possible dishes All the dishes are nice As Tom eats breakfast the computer reminds him to reply to Lucy Before Tom finishes his next bite Lucy s computer receives the message Then Tom goes to the supermarket The store s system checks his car when he drives to the pickup area and greets him by name Good morning Tom Your order is in Case4 Thank you for shopping When Tom removes his order from Case 4 all trades are completed automatically 自动地 over the information superhighway That is the money is electronically paid into the bank Soon after arriving at the office Tom reads another message from Lucy telling him that she will go to dinner with him The smart home can also do many other things Find things like keys and mobile phones 打开或关闭 machines and lights with your voice Clean your home from clothes to buildings automatically Record everything and everyone entering and leaving the house Take care of each member of the family young or old With the development of technology the smart home will come true in the future It is sure to play an important part in our life 1 Does Tom need to take money with him while shopping Why 2 请将 处画线部分句子改为被动语态 3 根据汉语提示 完成 处所缺信息 4 Tom knows somebody visited his home because the smart home can 5 请将 处画线部分英语译成汉语 第 8 页 共 18 页 5 8 分 Have you ever heard an echo of your voice An echo is a reflected 反射 sound Stand in a very large empty hall with nothing on the walls Then shout The sounds you make will hit the walls and come back to you The walls reflect the sounds These reflected sounds are called echoes We can use reflected sound to make sound travel farther Hold a watch about fifty centimeters from your ear You cannot hear it The sound of the watch travels a short way in all directions It does not travel as far as your ear You can make it travel to your ear by using a roll of cardboard 纸板筒 Make the roll of cardboard about fifty centimeters long Put one end over your ear and hold the watch at the other Now you can hear the watch because the sound has not gone in all directions It is reflected down the roll to your ear A megaphone 喇叭筒 works in the same way It makes sound travel farther It reflects the sound into a beam which can travel a long way In the ship the sailor uses the megaphone to make his voice travel Without the megaphone his voice cannot travel far We use reflected sound in many ways We use it to measure the depth of the sea for example Among the animals bats and whales use reflected sound to tell them where they are and what things are near them 1 Which is the right order of hearing our echo in a very large empty hall a We hear the reflected sound b The sound returns to us c The sound hits the walls d We make a sound A c b a d B c a b d C d c b a D d b c a 第 9 页 共 18 页 2 From the text we learn that A reflected sound is useful only to blind people B people haven t made use of reflected sound yet C bats use reflected sound to fly and get food D whales don t use reflected sound as they live in the sea 3 If you haven t got a megaphone will help you to make your voice travel farther A a long piece of wood B a roll of cardboard C a thin thread D a long piece of silk 三 三 任务型阅读任务型阅读 共共 1 1 题 共题 共 3 3 分分 6 3 分 阅读下面的短文 并完成短文后的任务 Have you ever wondered why birds sing Maybe you thought that they were just happy After all you probably also sing or whistle when you are happy Some scientists believe that birds do sing some of the time just because they are happy However they sing most of the time for a very different reason Their singing is actually a warning to other birds to stay out of their territory Do you know what a territory is A territory is an area that an animal usually the male claims 宣称 as its own Only he and his family are welcome there No other families of the same species 物种 are welcome Your yard and house are your territory where only your family and friends are welcome 1 If a stranger should enter your territory and want to hurt you you might shout Probably this would be enough to frighten him away If so you have actually frightened the stranger away without having to fight him 2 一只鸟也 将会做同样的事 But he expects an outsider almost any time especially at nesting 筑巢 season So he is screaming 尖叫 all the time whether he can see an outsider or not This screaming is 第 10 页 共 18 页 what we call a bird s song and it is usually enough to keep an outsider away Birds sing loudest in spring when they are trying to attract a mate 同伴 and warn others not to enter the territory of theirs You can see that birds have a language of their own Most of it has to do with attracting mates and setting up territories 根据 1 处划线部分的意思来完成下面句子 每空一词 共 2 词 You might frighten a stranger away by him if he should enter your territory and want to hurt you 根据文章 给下列问题选择最佳选项 What is a bird s territory A A place where other families of the same species are welcome B A place where a bird can sing loudly C An area where birds often fight against each other D An area which a bird considers to be its own 将 2 处划线句子翻译成英语 从文中找出一个与 establish 同义的短语 并填在横线上 概括本文的中心大意 不超过 10 个单词 四 四 根据下列句子及所给汉语注释根据下列句子及所给汉语注释 写出空缺处各单词的正确形式写出空缺处各单词的正确形式 共共 1010 题 共题 共 1010 分分 7 1 分 根据句意及汉语提示完成单词 1 When will the 国际的 meeting be held 第 11 页 共 18 页 2 Where was the 气球 made 3 I bought the 剪刀 in the supermarket near our home 4 There were fifteen 参赛者 in yesterday s competition 5 When did you 完成 the job The day before yesterday 8 1 分 写出下列形容词的比较级和最高级 1 good well 2 ill 3 many much 4 little 5 bad 6 far 7 few 8 close 9 beautiful 10 early 11 hard 12 expensive 13 hot 14 thin 15 healthy 16 safe 9 1 分 China e 进入 WTO in 2001 all Chinese took pride in it 第 12 页 共 18 页 10 1 分 China is one of the most 有影响力的 countries in the world 11 1 分 The young man asked a w old man for help 12 1 分 The film is boring I feel 睡着的 half way through it 13 1 分 I hope e goes well with you 14 1 分 How far is it from your home to school It s about 3 英里 I guess 15 1 分 The bus 驾驶员 saved a lot of people in the accident 16 1 分 He is not old enough to support himself He has to d on his parents 五 五 选词填空选词填空 共共 1 1 题 共题 共 1 1 分分 17 1 分 选词填空 keep died alone tons allowed other divided realised made important In 1715 at fleet 舰队 of Spanish ships left Havana Cuba for Spain On their way home they ran into bad weather Eleven ships along with of treasure they were carrying were lost About 1 000 people For nearly 250 years the sea kept most of the treasure to itself Then in the 1950s a man found coins and some treasure on a Florida beach He soon that one of the Spanish ships must have been nearby 在附近 That s when a big undersea treasure hunt 搜寻 began Two big discoveries were just in the summer of 2015 In June some professional treasure hunters found coins and jewellery worth over 1 million There was even one gold coin that was worth over 500 000 The following month a team of treasure hunters found 350 gold coins together worth 4 5 million So far about 400 million worth of treasure is said to have already been found So who can treasure found at sea Each case 情况 is different but in the case of the 1715 fleet 20 percent goes to the state of Florida for its museums Other treasure is 第 13 页 共 18 页 2 between Queens Jewels and whoever finds it Queens Jewels is a company who owns the rights 权利 to the fleet Even if you are not to keep what you find there is plenty of reason to be excited These finds are not just for how much they are worth but their historical importance says the owner of Queens Jewels 六 六 短文填空短文填空 共共 1 1 题 共题 共 1 1 分分 18 1 分 根据句意及首字母提示完成短文 My grandfather died in 2005 at the age of 78 He was b in 1927 When he was twenty nine he m to Guangzhou the