2019年八年级上学期英语第二次阶段（12月）考试试卷（II ）卷.doc

2019年八年级上学期英语第二次阶段（12月）考试试卷（II ）卷一、 完形填空 (共1题；共1分)1. （1分）阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 My parents have always loved everything about India, so one year ago we went on holiday there. Its a wonderful 1with beautiful scenes and interesting people. However, I didnt enjoy Indian 2very much.On the second day we planned to see an old palace. At the 3they said. If you go by train, itll take you only two hours to get there. However, the hot 4took over four hours. I was very 5when we got there, so we had some rice and vegetables with bread in a small restaurant. We were 6to find it was quite nice. I wasnt full up though and I saw a man nearby eating some little meatballs. I said to my dad, Ive been eating rice all week. Can I have some meatballs please? Well, they looked delicious so I ate the first one very 7. I was just putting the second one in my mouth when I felt myself 8my mouth was on fire! I started to cough(咳嗽)and there were tears (泪水)in my eyes. I couldnt 9how spicy (辛辣的) it was! I drank about ten glasses of water but the worst thing was everyone was laughing at me. You couldnt make me eat another Indian meatball for all the 10in the world! （1）A . town B . city C . country D . restaurant （2）A . food B . scenes C . people D . costumes （3）A . palace B . hotel C . airport D . entrance （4）A . sail B . walk C . drive D . ride （5）A . hungry B . curious C . cheerful D . nervous （6）A . shocked B . surprised C . bored D . tired （7）A . quietly B . easily C . quickly D . gently （8）A . burning B . watering C . crying D . smiling （9）A . feel B . believe C . think D . know （10）A . diet B . luck C . time D . money 二、 阅读理解 (共4题；共15分)2. （3分）阅读理解 Hello! My name is Zhao Na. Im nine years old. I am in Rizhao, Shandong. My first name is Na and my last name is Zhao. My English name is Julia. I like green. My telephone number is 1238-6517. I have a good friend. She is English, but now she is in China. Her name is Helen Smith. Helen is her first name and Smith is her last name. Her Chinese name is Wang Min. She is nine too. Her favorite color is red. Her telephone number is 2816-3018. Helen and I are in the same school. We study in the same class.（1）Zhao Nas English name is _. A . JuliaB . Helen SmithC . Wang MinD . Zhao Kai（2）Wang Min likes _. A . greenB . whiteC . blackD . red（3）Zhao Nas friend is _ years old. A . sixB . sevenC . nineD . ten（4）The underlined word means _ in Chinese. A . 学习B . 遇见C . 感谢D . 帮助（5）Which of the following is TRUE? A . Zhao Na is in Qingdao, Shandong.B . Zhao Nas telephone number is 2816-3018.C . Helen and Zhao Na are students.D . Wang Min and Zhao Na are not in the same class.3. （4分）阅读短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 During the past two weeks we asked students of all ages about their favorite activities. Our survey (调查) showed that most students spent a lot of time watching TV, chatting on the Internet and playing computer games. It also showed that students had lots of different ways of having fun. Heres what the students said:I love watching old romantic movies, I sometimes invite my friends around and we watch movies together. We eat popcorn and relax. I also go skating every week. It is a great way to keep fit. Jenny (aged 14).I love playing my drums. I would love to be in a band. I enjoy skateboarding and playing basketball with my friends. Sometimes we go to watch football or basketball matches. Ben (aged 13).At the moment I am spending a lot of my spare time designing and making my own clothes. I love art and my dream is to be a designer. I like lots of sports but my favorite is judo. Nisha (aged 15).I am helping my grandfather to find out about our family history. We are using the Internet and old records to find things out. Its really cool. Im not very sporty but I love motorcycles. Tony (aged 15).（1）What is Nishas dream? A . To be a teacherB . To be a doctorC . To be a designerD . To be an engineer（2）Who doesnt like doing sports? A . JennyB . BenC . TonyD . Nisha（3）Which isnt talked about in the survey (调查)? A . Watching TVB . Playing computer gamesC . Using the InternetD . Playing volleyball（4）Whats the main idea of the passage? A . How to read booksB . How to spend free timeC . How to go to schoolD . How to make friends4. （4分）阅读理解 Chinas second female astronaut, Wang Yaping, has given the countrys first-ever video lecture from space. The whole lecture lasted about 40 minutes.Speaking to students through live video, from the Tiangong-I space laboratory, Ms. Wang used spinning tops (旋转的陀螺), a ball and some water to explain physics in zero-gravity(失重), with the help of a fellow astronaut.Ms. Wang used different experiments to demonstrate the concepts of weight and mass(重量和质量的概念) in space. Towards the end of the class, Ms. Wang made a film(薄膜) of water using a metal ring. She then turned the film of water into a water ball by pouring more water onto it.Around 330 primary and secondary school students watched the lecture from a special classroom in Beijing, where they could also ask Ms. Wang questions through live video. From time to time, the students greeted her lecture with warm applause(掌声).When answering a students question, Ms. Wang described what she could see in space. The stars we see are much brighter, but they do not twinkle(闪烁), she said, The sky we see isnt blue, but black. And every day, we can see the sun rise 16 times because we circle the Earth every 90 minutes.About 60 million students and teachers around China also watched the lecture live on TV.（1）Whats the purpose(目的) of the space lecture? A . To explain physics of zero-gravity in space.B . To demonstrate the concept of weight and mass in space.C . To tell us what can be seen in space.D . To show that the Earth is far away from space.（2）What does the underlined word demonstrate in the passage most probably mean in Chinese? A . 区别B . 强调C . 传授D . 演示（3）Towards the end of the lecture, Wang Yaping made a film of water so as to . A . play with itB . use a metal ringC . turn it into a water ballD . pour more water onto it（4）About students and teachers watched the lecture both from a special classroom and on TV. A . 330B . 60,000,000C . 6,000,330D . 60,000,330（5）Which is NOT true according to the passage? A . Wang Yaping is Chinas second female astronaut.B . Wang Yaping gave the lecture from space all by herself.C . The lecture was warmly welcomed by the students.D . The sky isnt blue but black when astronauts see it in space.5. （4分）阅读短文，从下面每小题的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 Whats a post office like in your city? Vanuatu is a small island country in the South Pacific. There is an underwater post office. It is about 50 meters off the coast of Vanuatu.The post office looks like a big can (罐头). It opened in 2003. It makes it possible for visitors to send postcards back home from under the sea. Its only open for one hour every day. The postcards and the stamps are waterproof (防水的).Now its one of the busiest post offices for postcards in the world. Visitors from around the world want to experience the underwater post office. Every week, hundreds of visitors post their postcards here, Vira Timbaci says.Timbaci is in control of the underwater post office. Its his job to make sure that the postcards are collected on time at 3 pm each day. Sometimes he asks great divers (潜水员) for help. Swimming to the post office is a great way to see the sea life, Timbaci says. Its really beautiful here.In the years since its opening, there are several other underwater post offices. For example, there is one in Malaysia at a depth (深) of 40 meters. Its the deepest in the world so far. But the one in Vanuatu will go down in history as the first of its kind.（1）Which of the following is TRUE of Vanuatu Posts Underwater Post Office? A . It is the size of a can.B . It is built under the sea about 50 meters.C . Its the busiest post office on Earth.D . It has a history of about 16 years.（2）How long is the underwater post office open a day? A . 30minutesB . 1 hourC . 90 minutesD . 2 hours（3）According to Vira Timbaci, _. A . the underwater post office is beautifulB . his job is boring and busyC . he enjoys diving in the seaD . he collects postcards alone（4）What can we learn from the last paragraph? A . There will be more underwater post offices in the future.B . The underwater post office in Malaysia will come into use soon.C . The underwater post office in Vanuatu is the worlds first underwater post office.D . The underwater post office in Vanuatu is much deeper than that in Malaysia.（5）The passage is most probably from a _. A . science bookB . travel magazineC . personal diaryD . education newspaper三、 选词填空 (共1题；共5分)6. （5分）用方框中所给词的适当形式填空，每次词限用一次。 opposite, three, mother, cross, paint（1）Tomorrow is _Day. I plan to help my mother do some housework. （2）There are many famous _in the museum. （3）There is a bank _the supermarket. （4）Be careful with the traffic lights when you go _the street. （5）Go along the street and turn left at the _crossing on the left. Youll see the hospital. 四、 单词拼写 (共1题；共1分)7. （1分）Helen was b_(失明的)when she was young. She couldnt see anything. 五、 语法填空 (共1题；共1分)8. （1分）用所给单词的适当形式填空，未提供单词的根据上下文填入适当的词。 My father and I had a big argument. We avoided _(see) each other recently. But lastTuesday I decided to tell my father I loved him. The next morning I got up early. I was so excited _I could hardly sleep. At 9 a.m. I called my dad. _he answered the phone，I said, Dad，can I come over after work tonight? I have something _(tell) you. My dad answered angrily, Now what?I told him it wouldnt take long, so he _(final) agreed. At 5:30 p.m., I was ringing the doorbell at my parents house. Dad _(answer) the door. I took one step and said, Dad, I just come over to tell you that I love you. After my father heard the words, he hugged me and said, l love you too, son, _Ive never been able to say it. It was such _great moment that I didnt want