上海新世纪版八年级期末检测英语试卷A卷

第 1 页 共 15 页 上海新世纪版八年级期末检测英语试卷上海新世纪版八年级期末检测英语试卷 A A 卷卷 一 一 完形填空 完形填空 共共 1 1 题 共题 共 1010 分分 1 10 分 完形填空 A teacher once told each of her students to bring a clean plastic bag and a bag of potatoes to school For every person they didn t want to forgive 原谅 in their lives they chose a potato wrote the person s1and the date on it and put it in the plastic bag Some of their bags were very2 They were then told to carry this bag with them3for one week They would put it beside their bed at night on the seat when sitting in a car or on a bus and next to their desks at4 The5carrying the bag around with them made students get to know what a weight they were carrying in their minds They had to pay attention to 注意 it all the time so that they wouldn t6it or leave it in embarrassing 尴尬的 places As time passed by the potatoes went7and smelt terrible Too often we think of tolerance 宽容 as a8to other people but it clearly is for9 If we choose to keep our sadness and hatred 仇恨 in our hearts we will have to10them around all our lives 1 A age B name C hobbies D weight 2 A small B beautiful C light D heavy 3 A everywhere 第 2 页 共 15 页 B nowhere C somewhere D where 4 A home B work C night D school 5 A students B days C potatoes D teachers 6 A forget B buy C remember D find 7 A big B wrong C bad 第 3 页 共 15 页 D good 8 A feeling B waste C gift D greeting 9 A themselves B ourselves C yourself D itself 10 A miss B meet C carry D enjoy 二 二 阅读理解 阅读理解 共共 4 4 题 共题 共 3636 分分 2 10 分 阅读理解 Zumba For Kids IWA KidzVenture Club Event Enrol your kids for a fun dance party set to hip hop salsa 萨尔萨舞 and more Achieve confidence building teamwork leadership memory and creativity while 第 4 页 共 15 页 learning difficult rhythms around the world For Whom Kids of age 5 10 years When 5 June 2019 4 5pm Where A 2 5 Per Person for a Group of 4 2 3 Per Person for a Group of 10 More Interested Register iwasingapore org events or Fill out an application 申请表 on site or Call at 66413982 Questions Questions iwasingapore org events 1 Who can join in the club event A Dance lovers B Hip hop stars C Kids aged 5 10 D Parents interested in the club event 2 Where is the club A In Singapore B In UK C In China 第 5 页 共 15 页 D In Australia 3 A group of 10 kids will go to the club with a free ticket they should pay in total A 27 B 22 5 C 20 7 D 20 4 How can you join in the club event A Fill in an application online B Mail to Register iwasingapore org events C Mail to Questions iwasingapore org events D Mail to Free tickets iwasingapore org events 5 Which one is TRUE according to the ad A Kids may wear casual clothes to the club event B If you want to get more information call at 66413982 C IWA Members kids do not have to pay for the club event D Through the club event kids may learn to cooperate with others 3 8 分 阅读理解 Rock art is the name given to pictures drawn on rock by ancient peoples In the American Southwest rock art can be seen on the walls of caves and mountains Many of these places are in the Four Corners area where the states of Arizona Colorado Utah and New Mexico meet More than 7 000 rock art places have been found just in Utah where the area s dry climate 气候 has helped keep the art There are three forms of rock art The first is petroglyphs which are pictures carved 雕刻 第 6 页 共 15 页 into the surface of rock A sharp 尖利的 stone may have been used as a carving tool A heavy stone may have been used to hit the sharp stone into the surface The second form of rock art is pictographs which are pictures painted on the rock The paint was made from plants and trees The artists painted with fingers brushes made from hair or bird bones The third kind of rock art is geoglyphs 峡口浮雕 which are designs made in the ground by taking away stones Some rock art shows faces hands animals and trees Other pictures are symbols such as lines circles and squares Some scientists think these symbols marked the location of water or good hunting grounds Some think the symbols were put there during special celebrations Others think the symbols showed the movement of planets and stars Still others believe that they were just doodles Some rock art may be a form of writing Large scenes are shown on mountains Some scenes seem to tell a story A hunting scene may include animals and people with hunting tools A scene with many people holding hands could mean friendship Rock art in caves may have been a way to decorate the artist s home Some rock art in the Southwest is about 200 years old Other rock art may be 10 000 years old Scientists think an ancient people called the Anasazi created the older works They were farmers and lived in caves 1 The writer mainly wants A to introduce an ancient art form B to describe pictures drawn on rock C to tell the history of a certain area D to solve the mystery of old symbols 2 According to the passage what are doodles probably like A They are carelessly written or drawn B They show different symbols C They are carefully chosen or designed 第 7 页 共 15 页 D They have special meanings 3 What can we learn about rock art A The artists were usually farmers and lived in caves B It requires special paint made from plants and trees C Most of it describes the daily life of ancient peoples D Utah has the largest collection of it in the Southwest 4 What can we infer 推断 from the passage A Petroglyphs are the easiest to be washed away by rain B Artists of modern times can copy rock art rather easily C The works created by the Anasazi must be pictographs D Places like rainforests are not ideal for keeping rock art 4 10 分 阅读理解 B Life today moves faster than ever before Thanks to technology 技术 the speed of life has increased 增加 over the past century Time saving inventions like e mail and ATMs have made daily tasks more efficient 有效率的 People today need speed A recent CNN survey shows that sixty percent of Americans said they won t wait longer than 15 minutes for food or services A restaurant in Japan even asks customers to pay by time spent at table not by what they eat Unfortunately studies show that life s hurried pace produces stress and leads to health problems An online survey at showed that 56 of people in China usually feel short of time They are always busy and feel nervous all the time Maybe people need to take time to slow down and smell the roses However whether you enjoy speed or prefer a slower pace it s easy to be amazed 大为惊奇 at how fast life moves And with tomorrow s technology it will likely get even faster 第 8 页 共 15 页 1 What makes the speed of people s life increase so quickly A Jobs B Business C Competitions D Technologies 2 The underlined word pace means in Chinese according to the passage A 步骤 B 频率 C 部署 D 步调 3 An online survey at showed that A people today expect speed B life s hurried pace leads to health problems C people today are short of rest and free time D people prefer the high speed of life 4 Life s hurried pace produces A time to smell rose B happiness C pleasure D health problem 5 Which of following is NOT TRUE according to the passage A You will pay more money when you have meals in Japan 第 9 页 共 15 页 B Most people in America don t like to wait longer for food or services C The writer thinks people should slow down their life s hurried pace to relax D The speed of people s life will get even faster in the future 5 8 分 When Christie Andrews was born she weighed less that half of one kilogram Her heart was the size of a large coin Her mother said Christie was so small that she could hold her in the palm of one hand Christie couldn t breathe without a machine to give her oxygen If she had been born 20 years earlier she would probably have died at once She needed two operations but she survived without serious damage Twenty years ago 90 of all premature 早产 babies died Today doctors manage to save four out of every five because they have better machines for breathing and better ways to feed the babies But saving Christie s life cost more than 400 000 In some cases doctors spend 1 million dollars saving a single child The parents usually don t have enough money to pay The government an insurance company or the hospital picks up the bill Even after a baby goes home from the hospital it may require medical care Some people think it makes more sense to spend money saving 10 adults who have cancer or other diseases than saving one small baby But nobody wants to be the doctor who has to tell parents to their faces Sorry I won t save your new child 1 Parents don t pay their babies hospital bills because A they don t have enough money B they would rather save cancer patients C doctors don t care if the babies die D it makes more sense to have a bigger baby 2 The true cost of saving a baby may be even more than 1 million because 第 10 页 共 15 页 A oxygen machine are expensive B the baby may require medical care after it leaves the hospital C doctors always charge more than they should D four out of five premature babies can now be saved 3 From the story we know that saving a cancer patient A is easier than saving a baby B is harder than saving a baby C is cheaper than saving a baby D is more common than saving a baby 4 The main idea of the article is A doctors must never decide whether to save babies or cancer patients B doctors are able to save premature babies but the cost is very high C having a premature baby was cheaper and safer 20 years ago D Christie survived because the hospital paid her bills 三 三 词汇运用 词汇运用 共共 2 2 题 共题 共 7 7 分分 6 6 分 根据短文内容 选词填空 As we know the world has a population of 6 8 billion billions and it is increasing by to 80 million every year China has already reach reached 1 3 billion so it has the largest population in the world It s reported that the population in developing countries is are larger and is growing faster than those that in developed countries As a result the population problem has become more serious in developing developed countries 第 11 页 共 15 页 7 1 分 Look The children are making some 雪人 四 四 语法填空 语法填空 共共 1 1 题 共题 共 1010 分分 8 10 分 阅读下面的材料 在空白处填入适当的内容 一个单词 或括号内单词的正确形式填空 Encouragement is necessary for humans to develop and work hard It helps people keep going Here is a story of a simple note of praise This note helped many people understand the important of giving praise to other people Robert Brooks is a psychologist 心理学家 now He remembers the time when he was just a young man He was in training to be a psychologist He had to give a speak in front of a large group of people And he was very nervous He did not like speaking in front of people But his speech was very important Robert gave his speech He did a good job But he did not have the chance to hear other people thought Later that same day Robert looked into his mail box and find a small note there The note simple said You did a great job today Robert Robert was very surprised and happy to see the note It made him feel very good And Robert believes that that small note helped him through the rest of he training He felt like he was able to do a good job Now a psychologist he teaches people how important it is to give praise to other people He tells them the story of the simple note that he received He tells them that the words on the note had power Those words helped him to continue doing a good job One day a businessman who had attend Robert s lecture decided to take Robert s ideas to heart The more this businessman encouraged his workers the happy they were The atmosphere in our company changed We enjoyed working We began to encourage each other too said one of the worker People seemed happie