沪教版2019-2020学年八年级上学期英语期中考试试卷C卷 (3).doc

沪教版2019-2020学年八年级上学期英语期中考试试卷C卷一、 听小对话，回答问题。听下面5段对话。 (共5题；共10分)1. （2分）What is this in English? A . Its a pen.B . Its a pencil.C . Its a ruler.2. （2分）When did Simon arrive at school this morning? A . At 6:45.B . At 6:55.C . At 6:35.3. （2分）How does the man go to school? A . On foot.B . By bike.C . By bus.4. （2分）What present does the boy give Tony? A . A card.B . A cat.C . A cake.5. （2分）What kind of food does Jimmy like best? A . Chinese foodB . Japanese foodC . American food二、 听较长对话，回答问题。 (共2题；共20分)6. （10分）听第三段对话，回答问题。 （1）What does the man think of French? (boring/easy/difficult) （2）Which language does the woman advise the man to learn in the end? (EnglishJapanesebody language) 7. （10分）听一段对话，回答小题。 （1）What time did Jack finish his homework? （2）What will Jack do after the talk? 三、 听独白，回答问题。 (共1题；共8分)8. （8分）听下面一段独白，回答问题。 （1）What were the Browns doing when the phone rang? A . Cooking.B . Eating.C . Sleeping.（2）How long did Mrs. Brown talk with Mrs. Hunt? A . For about two hours.B . For about one hour.C . For about half an hour.（3）Why did Mrs. Hunt call? A . Her dog was ill and she needed an animal doctor.B . Her dog was hungry and she called to buy dog food.C . Her dog was lost and she asked for help.（4）Whats Mrs. Browns job? A . A cook.B . A doctor.C . A teacher.四、 阅读理解。 (共4题；共29分)9. （8分）阅读理解 When youre not at home, many worries may start to crowd your mind. Did I turn the coffee maker off? Did I lock the door? Are the kids doing their homework or watching television? With a smart home, you can quiet all of these worries. A smart home is a home with a communication network. This network connects devices(装置),such as lights and TV sets, and allows them to be controlled from far away through electrical wiring, mobile phone communication or WiFi over the internet. More and more people may start to consider owning a smart home, because it makes life much more convenient. It can help keep your room at a certain temperature. It can record what happens inside the home and send the video to your phone. When you are on vacation abroad, you can use a smart home controller to switch on or off the electricity when necessary. Some smart homes can receive a visitor, allowing him to come in and offering him a drink. They can even feed the cat and water the plants. Besides, smart homes are easy to fix. Most smart home technology and devices are wireless and can be set up with a minimum of tools, using only the guiding information. When a problem appears, you can deal with it yourself without paying a professional. However, for home-users, the smart home technology is far from perfect. It can be rather expensive to own the technology and the devices. Also, because the smart home system(系统)allow its owner to get home information from anywhere, it leaves the home easy to be attacked by hackers(黑客),who may secretly use or change the information in the system. Now, many scientists are excited at the future of smart home technology. Imagine being able to get fashion advice from your mirror, or receive food shopping suggestions from your refrigerator. While there are others who worry that those smart devices will make people lazier and lonelier. Whatever it is, one thing is for sure-smart home technology will change the way we live and work.（1）According to the passage, nowadays a smart home can lock the door through .A . electric lightsB . mirror technologies C . mobile phonesD . shopping programs（2）The third paragraph of the passage is mainly about .A . the steps to use smart systemsB . the prices of smart programsC . the advantages of a smart homeD . the tools for setting up smart devices（3）Which of the following is TRUE about a smart home according to the passage?A . Smart homes cant help feed pets nowadays.B . Smart homes costs a lot of money at present.C . You cant control your smart home in other countries.D . Its hard for hackers to get information from smart homes.（4）Whats the writers attitude towards the smart home?A . worriedB . nervousC . hopefulD . excited10. （10分） Your computer has been playing music for years, one CD at a time. Now hundreds of songs can be stored in your PC if they re in the MP3 format (格式).What is it?MP3 compressed(压缩) music into small computer files. You may download MP3 music several ways: Music can be downloaded from websites that have turned wide music libraries into MP3. Once MP3 music is on your PCs hard drive, you can play it through your computers speakers, burn it onto blank CDs or swap(交换) MP3 files with friends using e -mail.How much?Software needed to play and convert MP3 music is often free. Compact portable MP3 players start at around $ 40 and can hold hundreds of songs. A blank CD on which you can record music costs about a dollar.（1）How can you get MP3 music?A . By turning your home PC into a jukebox.B . By taking your own music or songs with you.C . By copying songs to a PC through the speakers.D . By downloading from websites, which have turned music libraries into MP3.（2）What is the closest meaning of the underlined word burn?A . Copy.B . Play.C . Store.D . Change.（3）Which is NOT true according to the passage?A . MP3 music is often free.B . MP3 music can be burned onto blank CDs or be swapped with friends by e -mail.C . MP3 music can be taken along while traveling.D . A growing number of new CDs make it possible to copy songs to a computer.（4）How much will you pay for a compact portable MP3 player?A . Free.B . At least 10 dollars.C . About forty dollars.D . About a dollar.（5）How many disadvantages of MP3 can we see from the passage?A . 2B . 3C . 4D . 511. （6分） British people are famous for drinking tea. But both Sahar and Bobby Green became young millionaires（百万富翁） whenthey opened a chain of American-style（美国风味的） coffee shops in the U.K.Having the idea：It started when Sahar took a weekend tripto New York to visit her brother Bobby. One evening , in a Thai restaurant，Sahar told Bobby how much she wished she could buy American-style coffee in London . Bobby suggested they start their own coffee shop. Sahar fell in love with the idea.Doing the Research: Back in London, she spent a whole day on the London subway, getting off the train at differentstations to taste the coffee. “It was terrible, and I know there was a gap （缺口） in the market.”InNovember 1995, they opened their first Coffee Republicshop in central London.Making it work：The first year was verydifficult.There were problems finding and keeping staff, and British people were not used tothe names of American coffees, like Latte and Macchiato. But being successful was their dream and they were not going to give up . Today , there are over 100 Coffee Republic shops all over the country and the company has revenues（收入） of $30 million a year.Advice for others: Sahar has now written a best-selling book about their experience, called Anyone Can Do It! She hopes it will help other young people to start their own businesses. She believes success is 1% idea and 99% hard work, but she says, “If you think you have the energy, then get out and follow your dream.”（1）What kind of company do these people run?A . Travel.B . Tea.C . Coffee.D . Hotel.（2）What relationship is between Sarha and Bobby?A . Teacher and student.B . Sister and brother.C . Doctor and patient.D . Mother and son.（3）What is the passage mainly about?A . Sahars trip to America.B . Sahars wonderful life story.C . The American style coffee shopD . The success of a family business12. （5分）任务型阅读，左栏是对资源的使用以及环保问题的描述，请在右栏选出相应的对策。 _Every day, in homes all over the world, people leave lights on when no one is in the room._Air conditioners are usually set at too low temperatures in summer._A lot of water is wasted by using too much._Well have less and less gas to use because more people buy cars._People, especially children, watch TV for too many hours.A. Try our best to make friends with the countries in the Middle East and ask them to give us more gas in the future.B. We should walk to work, ride a bike to school, and take a bus home more often instead of driving cars.C. Encourage people to do more outdoor activities in their free time. Get children to learn more from reading books.D. Plants more trees and grass around our houses. Ask people not to cut down the trees. Use your handkerchief instead of using paper napkins.E. In rooms where you have an air conditioner, you can save electricity by cleaning the filter (滤波器). A filter uses 30% more energy when it is dirty. Also, set the air conditioner at 26 degrees.F. Always keep the saying in mind Turn off lights before leaving.G. Take a shower instead of a bath, for a bath uses twice as much as water. Dont flush (冲洗) the toilet unnecessarily.五、 完型填空。 (共1题；共10分)13. （10分）阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。 A teenage boy couldnt stand his parents family rules, so he left home.He wanted to be1, but he had poor education and several years later, he had to ask for food in the street for a living. Now his mother has died. His father is an old man, but he is still looking 2his son. He has been to every corner of the city. Everywhere he goes, he3a big photo of himself on the wall. At the lower part of the photo he writes, I still love you4back home!One day, the son saw one of the photos. The face was familiar. Is that my father? He moved closer and read the5,I still love you. He cried. When he got home, it was early morning. He6at the door. The door opened itself. He rushed to his fathers7. His father was sleeping. He woke his father up. Its me! Your8is back home! The father and the son held each other, full of9tears. The son asked, Why is the door unlocked? A thief could get in. The father answered10,The door has never been locked since you left.The door of parents love to their children will never be closed.（1）A . famous B . poor C . different （2）A . through B . after C . for （3）A . looks at B . puts up C . finds out （4）A . come B . go C . run （5）A . photos B . words C . posters （6）A . pulled B . unlocked C . knocked （7）A . bathroom B . bedroom C . kitchen （8）A . son B . daughter C . friend （9）A . sad B . worried C . happy （10）A . politely B . exactly C . softly 六、 英语知识运用。 (共1题；共1分)14. （1分）I would rather _ (wait) till tomorrow. 七、 根据下列句子及所给的首字母，写出各单词的正确、完全形式（每空 (共10题；共27分)15. （1分）He always helps his mother with the_(家务劳动)16. （5分）根据首字母提示补全单词。（1）With the d_ of modem education, more and more advanced (先进的）aids will appear.（2）As a teacher, you should e_ your student, not discourage them all the time.（3）Without the kind mans help, the poor girl wont be able to c_ her studies.（4）Project Hope has built more than 18 000 Hope P_ Schools since it founded(成立).（5）I want to go to c_ in America.17. （10分）根据短文内容和所给中文提示，在空白处写出单词的正确形式，每空限填一词。Animals are peoples friends. But many wild animals are facing the _ (危险) of dying out, because the environment that they are living has _ (变化) greatly. Their living area has become _ (小) than before because of _ (污染) and the _ (发展) of cities. They have no room to live in _ (除了) the zoo. And many of the wild animals now cant find enough food to eat. At the same time, man is killing animals for their fur and meat. Now the situation is serious. So we should do something to _ (保护) the animals. For example, we should set up some nature reserves so that animals can live _ (自由) and stop people from _ (杀死) animals. Of course a _ （健康的） environment which has fresh air, clean water and g