人教版八年级上学期英语12月质检试卷A卷

第 1 页 共 15 页 人教版八年级上学期英语人教版八年级上学期英语 1212 月质检试卷月质检试卷 A A 卷卷 一 一 完形填空完形填空 共共 1 1 题 共题 共 1515 分分 1 15 分 请认真阅读下面短文 从短文后各题所给的 ABCD 四个选项 选出最佳选项 A gift in a wrong place brings unexpected happiness Since I came to my new neighbourhood I have had the pleasure of meeting a few neighbours They seem to be quite 1 people For Christmas I thought I would do something nice for each of the neighbours that I know I sat down and 2 There were nine neighbours and I also knew which houses they lived in However I decided to 3 one more person to my list the lady I met every morning walking to work as I drove down the street She always managed a sweet smile and a hearty wave 挥手 4 I had no idea which house she lived in My gift idea was to make small 5 baskets and leave them on each of my neighbour s front porches 门廊 the night of Chrismas Eve I kept the last one for the friendly lady since I was still not exactly sure where she lived 6 the house down about where I met her each morning Finally I decided to put it there My neighbours really enjoyed the baskets and a couple even came by to 7me This morning on my way to work I placed my mail in the mailbox and noticed a Thank You card I opened it and read the 8 which really caught me by surprise The card said Thank you for those lovely apples and strawberries you left on the porch of Tod He 9 on January 19 but he never stopped talking about how nice it was that someone 10 him in his time of illness He really enjoyed it I was very 11 I had no idea who Tod was or that he had been seriously 12 I had left that nice lady s basket on Tod s porch by accident I believe that Tod never expected to have that basket I feel 13 that the nice lady did not get a basket from me this Christmas but I believe that if she knew what had happened she would 14 me I feel lucky to have helped Tod be more cheerful in his last days This just makes me further believe that sometimes 15 in life are beautiful 第 2 页 共 15 页 1 A rich B kind C strong D shy 2 A imagined B rested C counted D watched 3 A send B add C connect D put 4 A but B so C unless D because 5 A flower 第 3 页 共 15 页 B food C vegetable D fruit 6 A clearly B certainly C maybe D simply 7 A thank B protect C encourage D touch 8 A advice B story C notice D message 9 A passed away B ran away C drove away 第 4 页 共 15 页 D flew away 10 A invited B remembered C trusted D accepted 11 A nervous B relaxed C surprised D satisfied 12 A painful B wrong C hurt D ill 13 A worried B sorry C helpless D afraid 14 第 5 页 共 15 页 A understand B punish C stop D doubt 15 A jokes B problems C mistakes D gifts 二 二 阅读理解阅读理解 共共 3 3 题 共题 共 2626 分分 2 8 分 阅读理解 C Droughts 干旱 are common in Kenya Before they came every 10 years but now they seem to be hitting us more often and for a longer time We gave the droughts names longoza was the drought when many animals died there was the drought of the planes because food was dropped from the air by planes and one particularly bad drought was called man who dies with his money in his fist 拳头 because even if there was money there was simply no food to buy I was born in 1951 in Machakos From what my mother tells me when I was 7 there was a serious drought I clearly remember the terrible weather and the hunger I can t tell you how many times I went to bed without eating I slept like that is how we described it I can t count the number of days when I slept like that or describe the feeling of going to sleep hungry knowing I d wake up and there would still be no food for breakfast My father would leave early in the morning carrying a little basket to ask for food on credit 赊欠 Each night he would return home around 10 00 pm My mother would try to encourage me 第 6 页 共 15 页 by telling me to keep the water in our pot boiling so that when my father arrived we could quickly cook any food he brought in the already prepared water I would keep the fire burning and the water boiling along with the hopes that we would eat that night But my father would arrive frustrated and empty handed And I would sleep like that 1 The best title for the text is A A Hungry Childhood Caused by Droughts B Food and Hunger C Protecting the Environment D Droughts and Their Names 2 What does the drought of the longoza refer to 指代 A Many animals needed food dropped by planes B People had to eat animals because of hunger C Many animals died because of the droughts D People died of hunger even if they had money 3 Why would the author keep the fire burning and the water boiling A To wait for her father to come back to have supper B To cook the food that her father would bring back C To keep her house warm all night D To make her hungry mother happy 4 The sentence I slept like that means A I was disappointed when my father came back empty handed B I felt sorry because m y family got hungry again C I went to sleep with no food for breakfast 第 7 页 共 15 页 D I went to bed with nothing to eat 3 10 分 Bill Frank and Dave were brothers Every year they sent their mother expensive gifts on her birthday They liked to show her how rich and successful they were The eldest brother Bill had a lot of money and wanted his mother to have the most expensive gifts but he didn t know what to buy so he put an ad in the newspaper Wanted the greatest gift for my mother About a week before his mother s birthday a man came to his office he brought a big bird This bird the man said can speak ten languages and sing some pop songs Really I d like to listen to it Bill said The man made the bird talk in French and tell a joke in Japanese Then the bird sang a beautiful song Bill was very happy and paid nine thousand dollars for the bird The next day Bill sent the bird to his mother with a birthday card The day after his mother s birthday he called his mother Well mother he asked what do you think of the bird Oh it s very delicious dear Said his mother 1 who is the eldest brother A Dave B Bill C Jack D Frank 2 What did Bill put in the newspaper A A show B A magazine C An ad 第 8 页 共 15 页 D A report 3 How many languages could the bird speak A Five B seven C eight D ten 4 How much did Bill pay for the bird A Nine dollars B Ten dollars C Nine thousand dollars D Ten thousand dollars 5 What did Bill send to his mother for her birthday A A bird with a card B Some money C A joke D A song 4 8 分 阅读下面短文 从每所给的 A B C D 四个项中选出最佳选项 Most people use their mouths to talk but do you know some people use their hands to speak Some people who cannot bear use their hands to communicate messages to others This is called sign language These people make shapes with their fingers movements with their hands as well as different faces in order to talk to other people 第 9 页 共 15 页 One way people speak with their hands is by making shapes for letters with their fingers For example if you make an OK sign with your thumb and finger that is the shape for the letter f in American sign language Each letter has a hand shape This way people can spell words using their hands For example if you want to spell fun you need to make three shapes First you make the shape for the letter f then the shape for the letter u and then the shape for the letter n If you move your hand from your nose to your chin 下巴 you can say mother in American sign language Of course you have to use the correct hand shape too That shape is like holding your hand open with all five fingers showing If you move your hand from the top of your head to your chin you can say father Again you have to use the same hand shape that you used for mother Finally people can change their faces to communicate in a sign language For example if you want to ask a question you need to make your eyebrows 眉毛 go up You also need to move your head forward a little If you want to say I do not know you need to make your eyes smaller and make your eyebrows go down 1 If you want to spell the word nice you need to make hand shapes A one B two C three D four 2 Which of the following can be put in the blank in Paragraph 3 A People also need to learn sign language 第 10 页 共 15 页 B People also make hand shapes to communicate C People also move their hands to talk in a sign language D People also make different faces to express their meanings 3 You need to use your to say I do not know in American sign language A eyes and eyebrows B eyes and head C hand and head D fingers and eyes 4 The purpose of the passage is to A help people know more about America B introduce American sign language to readers C teach readers how to make hand shapes D encourage people to use more sign language 三 三 任务型阅读任务型阅读 共共 1 1 题 共题 共 2525 分分 5 25 分 请仔细阅读五个段落的内容 从 A F 中选出各自匹配的标题 A Be friendly to people B Give a compliment 赞美 C Start a conversation D Pay attention to others E Make yourself humorous F Thank others as much as possible 1 Wherever you go try to watch people around you with those questions What do his parents look like What is his favorite color 第 11 页 共 15 页 2 Smile at people at any time The more you do it the less scared you will be When you walk into a room you can smile at everyone first And it s an easy way of greeting 3 When you re talking with someone try to make a joke Being funny can also make people want to be around you 4 You can start by saying Can I ask you some questions Set the goal 目标 of doing this once a day 5 If you re interested in someone you must find many little things of him that you like For example you can say Your shoes are beautiful to him 四 四 语法填空语法填空 共共 1 1 题 共题 共 1010 分分 6 10 分 阅读下面短文 在空白处按要求填入适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式 每空 1 个单词 Dear Ms Zhang Last week my friend Liu Lei came round with a new computer game and asked to play it on my dad s computer I was worried 连词 I should ask my dad before I use his computer He uses it for he work and I can only use it for my homework The reason is that he thinks something will go wrong if I play game on it Well while my dad was out we decided to try out Liu Lei s game We copied it to the computer and after we finished play we took it off the computer However when I start the computer again to check if everything was OK some of my dad s documents were missing Then when my dad used the computer last night he was real angry He could no longer find the important documents anywhere I did not tell him about 冠词 computer game because I did not want him to be angry 介词 me Now I feel terrible I am not sure whether a computer repair shop can get the documents back Should I tell him about the computer game Should