沪教版2019-2020学年八年级上学期英语期中考试试卷（II ）卷

第 1 页 共 16 页 沪教版沪教版 2019 20202019 2020 学年八年级上学期英语期中考试试卷 学年八年级上学期英语期中考试试卷 IIII 卷 卷 姓名姓名 班级班级 成绩成绩 一 一 阅读理解 阅读理解 共共 3 3 题 共题 共 2424 分分 1 10 分 阅读理解 What do you think is the most useful invention 有用的发明 9 10 pm 16th February I think the mobile phone is the most useful invention The mobile phone has really changed our lives We can talk to people far away send messages take photos and do many other things with the mobile phone What do you think Rachel 9 15 pm 16th February There are many useful inventions the train the car the plane However as for the most useful one I choose the air conditioner 空调 I live in Hong Kong and during the summer the temperature can reach 35 or higher It s so hot I m not joking when I say that without an air conditioner people here cannot work or study A lot of people might be ill without cool air Laura 9 25 pm 16th February The most useful invention is surely the Internet My wife Judy and I have a clothes store in Mexico City and there s a lot competition We also have a website 网站 Now people from all over the world can buy our clothes through our website We often keep in touch with friends and family by email It s faster than usual mail and it s cheaper than using the phone Jorge 9 29 pm 16th February Jorge I also think that the Internet is useful But I think there is an invention that is even more important and that s electricity 电 Without electricity many of the world s most important 第 2 页 共 16 页 inventions would not work Do you agree with me Billy 根据材料内容选择最佳答案 1 What does Laura think is the most useful invention A The Internet B The plane C The air conditioner D The mobile phone 2 From the material we can know that Jorge and his wife A like to shop online B have a clothes store C hate using mobile phones D plan to move to Mexico City 3 Who thinks electricity is the most useful invention A Rachel B Judy C Billy D Jorge 4 Which of the following is TRUE according to the material A Billy has his own website B Laura lives in a cold place C Rachel has just bought a mobile phone 第 3 页 共 16 页 D Jorge likes to write emails to his friends and family 5 The material is probably from a A novel B website C storybook D guidebook 2 8 分 Big ocean 海洋 fish have almost disappeared from the world since the start of business fishing in the 1950 s The scientists found that the number of large fish has dropped by 90 percent in the past fifty years The study took ten years The researchers collected records from fishing business and governments around the world The magazine Nature published the findings The scientists say the common way called longline fishing is especially harmful to large fish This way includes many fishing lines that are connected to one boat If these lines are joined together they can reach one hundred kilometers They hold thousands of sharp metal hooks to catch fish Longline fishing is especially common in the Japanese fishing industry Records show that Japanese boats used to catch about ten fish for every hundred hooks The study says longline fishing boats now might catch one fish per hundred hooks The scientists say business fishing can destroy groups of fish much faster than in the past The study suggests that large fish can disappear almost completely from new fishing areas within ten to fifteen years Ocean life system could be destroyed It s not the only worry that the number of large fish is becoming smaller and smaller What s worse they are smaller in size than their ancestors 祖先 1 The magazine Nature published the findings The word published here means A 发表 第 4 页 共 16 页 B 发现 C 研究 D 调查 2 The number of big ocean fish has become smaller because A the oceans are polluted B the ways of fishing go into practice C the scientists pay little attention to them D Japanese fishing boats catch one fish per hundred hooks 3 What do you think of the business fishing A It should be encouraged B It can balance ocean life system C It needn t be cared about D It may bring harm to ocean fish 4 Which of the following can be the best title for the passage A Longline fishing B Japanese fishing industry C Modem fishing ways D Worrying situation of big ocean fish 3 6 分 阅读下面短文 然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案 C Once my father asked me to hold his hammer 锤子 while he was repairing something so we could have some time to talk to each other 第 5 页 共 16 页 For 22 years after I left home for college he called me every Sunday at 9 a m He was always interested in my life and how my family was doing and I never once heard him complained about his own life Nine years ago when I bought my first house my father 67 years old spent eight hours a day painting it for three days He would not allow me to pay someone to have it done All he asked for was a glass of iced tea and for me to hold a paint brush for him and talk to him But I was too busy Five years ago at age 71 my father spent five hours putting together a swingset 秋千组 for my daughter Again all he asked was that I get him a glass of iced tea and talk to him But again I was too busy Four years ago my father drove all the way from Denver to Topeka with an eight foot Colorado blue spruce 蓝叶云杉 in his trunk so that my husband and I could have a part of Colorado growing on our land I was preparing for a trip that weekend and couldn t spend much time with him Then one day my father telephoned me as usual this time from my sister s home in Florida We talked about the tree he had brought me Fat Albert but that morning he called it Fat Oscar and he seemed to have forgotten some things I had to get to church so I cut the conversation short The call came at 4 44 p m that day my father was in hospital in Florida with an aneurysm 动 脉瘤 I got on a plane immediately and on the way I thought of all the times I had not taken the time to talk to my father I realized that I had no idea who he was or what his deepest thoughts were I promised that when I arrived I would make up for lost time I arrived in Florida at 1 a m My father had passed away at 9 12 p m This time it was he who did not have time to talk to me 1 Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage A The writer arrived in Florida before her father passed away B The writer didn t find enough time to talk to her father all these years C The writer noticed nothing unusual about her father s health before he was put in the 第 6 页 共 16 页 hospital D The writer s father brought them the Colorado blue spruce because it is an expensive tree 2 Which words best describe the writer s father A Honest and modest 谦虚的 B Strict and demanding 要求高的 C Talkative and positive D Caring and thoughtful 3 What s the best title of this passage A What A Good Father B How Busy I Am C Time Keeps Going D My Father and Our Family 二 二 信息匹配 信息匹配 共共 1 1 题 共题 共 5 5 分分 4 5 分 阅读下面短文 然后根据短文内容补表格中所缺失的信息 每空仅填一词 Every morning my father buys a newspaper on his way to work Every day I open my books in class and start lessons Every evening my mother looks through magazines at home And every night I look at the posters with photos of David Beckham and Yao Ming on my bedroom wall before I go to sleep Can we imagine life without paper or print Paper was first created about 2 000 years ago and has been made from silk cotton bamboo and since the 19th century from wood People learned to write words on paper to make a book But in those days books could only be produced one at a time by hand As a result they were expensive and rare And because there weren t many books few people learned to read Then printing was invented in China The first printed books were made by putting ink on a wooden block and holding the paper against it When printing was developed greatly at the beginning 第 7 页 共 16 页 of the 11th century books could be produced more quickly and cheaply As a result more people learned to read After that knowledge and ideas spread 传播 quickly in a way that can be compared with the introduction of the Internet in the 20th century But will books be needed in the future Today information can be received online downloaded from the Internet rather than found in books and information can be kept on CD ROMs or machines such as MP4 players These machines are smaller and lighter than books so that they can be carried very easily Computers are already used in classrooms and newspapers and magazines can already be read online So will books be replaced by computers one day No I don t think the Yao Ming poster on my bedroom wall will ever be replaced by a computer two metres high Mother looks through at home in the evening My family There are posters of sports players on my bedroom wall Paper was made from silk cotton and bamboo 2 000 years ago Books were expensive and rare because they were made by 19th centuryPeople made paper from PrintingPrinting was China s great 11th centuryPrinting was developed greatly We receive information Today We keep information on MP4 players In the futureBooks may not be replaced by computers 三 三 完型填空 完型填空 共共 1 1 题 共题 共 1515 分分 5 15 分 阅读下面短文 理解其大意 然后从各题所给的 A B C D 四个选项中选出最佳选项 My neighbor is a doctor He and his wife are some of the 1 people I have ever met A few years ago we started this kind of favor war where one of us would do something kind for the other such as 2 the driveway or building a shed and next time the other would 3 to top it with another favor 第 8 页 共 16 页 Yesterday morning there was about 2 or 3 feet of snow on the ground and I 4 he shoveled 铲 my driveway for me when I was out on a business trip last 5 So I took out my shovel and took care of both our sidewalks and driveways because it was my turn to do a favor 6 It took a while but I finished it and got into my car for work That night I got a 7 on my door it was my neighbor He immediately shook my hand and thanked me for shoveling 8 driveway and sidewalk so that he was able to get to work earlier and 9 a boy As soon as I started the car early this morning a n 10 came through that a young boy in our neighborhood was seriously ill 11 my partner and I were only about 2 minutes away but the closest ambulance 救护车 10 minutes added he A young boy got to live his life 12 you did me the favor earlier this morning It wasn t too much 13 to shovel a driveway but what I did got a young boy to see his family again go back to school again and live his life again 14 favor is too small Even the smallest favor can make the biggest 15 One favor will always be followed by another 1 A nicest B busiest C richest D happiest 2 A looking for B going down C cleaning up D walking across 3 第 9 页 共 16 页 A try B stop C agree D refuse 4 A saw B thought C expected D remembered 5 A spring B summer C autumn D winter 6 A soon B back C again D first 7 A note B kick 第 10 页 共 16 页 C gift D knock 8 A my B our C his D your 9 A met B saved C supported D encouraged 10 A call B card C letter D invitation 11 A Finally B Actually C Luckily D Suddenly 第 11 页 共 16 页 12 A when B unless C because D though 13 A practice B trouble C attention D experience 14 A No B Any C Some D Each 15 A choice B progress C decision D difference 四 四 英语知识运用 英语知识运用 共共 1 1 题 共题 共 1010 分分 6 10 分 语法填空 第 12 页 共 16 页 One day it was raining heavily outside A little monk 小沙弥 asked his master Dear master I m so these days I don t know what to do because my life is full of difficult The master took him to see the rain and asked Does the rain have sound Of course The little monk answered The master said As a matter of the rain it doesn t have sound But why can we hear the sound when it s raining What we is the echo 回声 of the rain when it drops on other things Our life is like the rain it doesn t have sound Everyone is bear to be ordinary 平 凡的 and life is supposed to be peaceful we meet problems life is change It becomes exciting and wonderful just like the rain striking on other things The little monk seemed to understand One thing is for sure life is always going to make us meet u