2019年八年级上学期期末考试（II ）卷.doc

2019年八年级上学期期末考试（II ）卷一、 单项选择。 (共20题；共40分)1. （2分）An _ is a person who created works of art, like paintings and music. A . artistB . engineerC . astronaut2. （2分）The heavy snow didnt the international airlines.A . pay attention toB . add toC . make a difference toD . keep to3. （2分）Cathy sold some of her things in a yard sale and _the money to a childrens home. A . gave awayB . gave upC . gave out4. （2分）Parents enjoy any progress their children have made and will feel _ them. A . angry withB . interested inC . proud ofD . worried about5. （2分）Toms cat is white, but is gray.A . myB . herC . mineD . your6. （2分）The population problem may be _ one of the world today.A . the mostB . most difficultC . the greatestD . more interesting7. （2分）Our teacher is always very _ and makes us feel _.A . kind; relaxedB . kind; relaxingC . strict; relaxD . strict; relaxed8. （2分）Bill, what if your parents go out?They ask me to _ myself.A . look afterB . look upC . look forD . look through9. （2分）The rabbit can see behind itself without _ its head. Really? Thats interesting!A . to turningB . turnsC . turningD . turn10. （2分）Did your cousin ?No,She is still on the planeA . marryB . arriveC . winD . nod11. （2分）3:15 pm means _.A . a quarter past three in the afternoonB . a quarter past three in the morningC . a quarter to four in the eveningD . a quarter to three in the afternoon12. （2分） _brave Lin Tao is! Yes, he helped his neighbour, Mrs Sun, out of fire.A . How aB . WhatC . What aD . How13. （2分）Nowadays China has made great achievements in many fields. We really our amazing China. A . take pride inB . take care ofC . take an interest in14. （2分）Dont worry. Im sure youll _ your classmates if you are kind and friendly to them. A . catch up withB . be pleased withC . get on well withD . agree with15. （2分）（2015.福建莆田）-Jim, please help me _ the cooked meat. I want to make fried rice.-OK.mom.A . cut downB . cut upC . cut off16. （2分）I hear that youve got a “library” at home. Yes, Ive already had _ books. A . hundred ofB . hundreds ofC . five hundredsD . five hundreds of17. （2分）I want him to respect me as a career woman. Which of the following is correct for the underlined word? A . lkseptB . rlspektC . resplktD . ekslpt18. （2分）下列四组字母中，都含有音素 | e | 的一组是 .A . Ee ,Ff,Mm,XxB . Ll,Nn,Yy,ZzC . Ff,Mm,Nn,SsD . Gg,Hh,Ll,Xx19. （2分）Which word can we read /geit/? A . getB . gateC . gameD . great20. （2分）Shanghai is much than cities in China.A . bigger, the otherB . bigger, any otherC . the biggest, the other二、 完形填空。 (共1题；共10分)21. （10分）根据短文理解，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择最佳答案填空。It is the first day of the new (新的) school term (学期). Some boys and girls have nice 1. Alan has a new blue T-shirt and a 2 of black shorts. Mike has new brown shoes. 3 is the girl in a red skirt? Oh, she is Cindy. “Hi, Cindy! Your red 4 is nice. How much is it?” Alice 5. “Thanks, Alice. I am sorry I dont 6. My mother buy it for 7,” Cindy answers. “And your new schoolbag is 8 nice.” “Thank you. It is on 9. I buy it 10 only 26 yuan. Look! Mr. Miller comes. Lets say hello to him.”（1）A . books B . desks C . clothes D . chairs （2）A . pair B . set C . box D . bag （3）A . How B . Who C . Where D . What （4）A . jacket B . sweater C . T-shirt D . skirt （5）A . thinks B . needs C . watches D . asks （6）A . know B . help C . find D . buy （7）A . you B . her C . me D . him （8）A . much B . very C . only D . always （9）A . sofa B . TV C . sale D . store （10）A . with B . at C . of D . for 三、 阅读理解。 (共4题；共36分)22. （10分）阅读理解 Cinderella is a beautiful girl. She has two ugly stepsisters. They are not kind to Cinderella. Cinderella does all of the work at home. She must cook, clean and do everything.One day, a letter comes to the house. It is a letter from the prince. He will have a big party. He would like the three girls to come. The prince wants to find a wife. Cinderella cant go to the party because she doesnt have beautiful clothes. The day of the party arrives. Cinderella met a fairy godmother. She gives Cinderella a coach, two horses and a beautiful dress. But magic will stop working at 12 oclock.The princes palace is full of people. They are all happy to be at the big party. All the girls want to marry the prince. Then Cinderella walks into the palace. Who is she? everyone asks. Shes so beautiful, they say.The prince sees Cinderella. He asks her to dance with him. All night long they dance and talk. The prince and Cinderella fall in love. At twelve oclock, Cinderella runs out.Cinderella runs and loses one of her glass shoes. She must get home before twelve. She is late. She runs into the house. Now, she is wearing her old dress again.The prince finds Cinderellas shoe. I know this shoe. It is that beautiful girls. Ill find her, he says. The next morning, he goes from house to house to find her. He goes to Cinderellas house. The two ugly stepsisters try on the shoe, but their feet are too big.Can I try it on? asks Cinderella. Yes, the prince says, so Cinderella tries the shoe on. It fits her foot. I have found my princess, the prince says. Soon Cinderella and the prince get married. They live happily ever after.（1）Who does all of the work at Cinderellas house? A . Cinderella.B . Her stepmother.C . Her sisters.D . Her father.（2）Why does the prince want to have a party? A . He wants to meet new friends.B . He wants to have a good time.C . He wants to find a wife.D . He wants to celebrate his birthday.（3）Why cant Cinderella go to the party? A . She doesnt have time.B . She has no beautiful clothes.C . She doesnt want to go to the party.D . Her stepmother doesnt let her go.（4）What does the underlined word magic mean in Chinese? A . 衣服B . 水晶鞋C . 马车D . 魔力（5）Which is the right order about the shoes? a. Cinderella loses one of her shoes.b. The two sisters try on the shoe.c. The fair godmother makes a pair of shoes. d. The shoe fits Cinderellas foot.e. The prince finds a glass shoe.A . c-a-e-b-dB . c-b-e-a-dC . a-e-b-d-cD . a-d-c-e-b23. （6分）阅读理解There are almost as many ways to write as there are kinds of texts. Some writers cannot produce a word unless they are poised behind a desk, while others prefer to write sitting outdoors or in noisy restaurants. Some writers create an entire work before going back to read what they have written, while others may rewrite a single paragraph many times before moving on. Individual writers techniques may be different, but successful writers do have one thing in common: the writing process(步骤). The writing process is made up of four stages, and each stage involves certain activities. The chart below summarizes what happens during each stage of the writing process.What You Do During the Writing ProcessPrewritingChoose your topicIdentify your purpose and audience, and select a writing form appropriate tohat purpose and audienceGenerate ideas and gather information about the topicBegin to organize the in formationDecide the main point you want to expressWritinga Draft(草稿)Catch your readers attention in the introductionProvide background information.State your main Points. your support, and your elaboration of themFollow a plan of organization.Wrap up with a conclusion.Revising(修改)Evaluate your draftRevise the draft to improve its content, organization, and style.PublishingProofread, or edit your final draft.Publishing O Publish, or share your finished writing with readers.Reflect on your writing experience（1）What do successful writers have in common? A . They have the writing processB . They like to read what they have writtenC . They write outdoors or in noisy restaurantsD . They rewrite a single paragraph many times（2）When you write a draft, you should _. A . choose your writing topicB . get your readers attention in the introductionC . publish or share your finished writing with readersD . revise the draft to improve its content, organization and style（3）What is the best title of the passage? A . Writing PointsB . Writing WaysC . Writing as a ProcessD . Writing with Materials24. （10分） Look at the center circles of Diagram (图) A and Diagram B. Which of the centre circles looks larger?Take a first look and you probably think that the centre circle in Diagram A is smaller than that in Diagram B. In fact , they are exactly the same size.Then look at the picture on the right. What do you see? A vase ? Or two faces?Does the picture change quickly from one to the other again and again? Maybe or maybe not, but you can never see them at the same time.Whats happening? Is something wrong with my eyes? You may wonder at what you see. Dont worry. Here is how it goes:When we look at things, our eyes send messages to our brains and then our brains interpret (解读) the information. However, sometimes our brains interpret the received information in a wrong way. It seems that our eyes are playing a joke on us. This often happens and we call it Visual illusion (视觉错误).Movie makers often make use of illusions. They make the objects around actors much smaller or bigger than usual. This makes us believe that the actors are much larger or smaller than they usually are. The movies Jurassic Park and Honey I shrunk the kids just make use of illusions.（1）The centre circle in Diagram A looks smaller than that in Diagram B. Thats because.A . something is wrong with our eyesB . the two circles are not the same sizeC . our brains interpret the information in a wrong wayD . the two pictures change quickly from one to the other（2）Whats the right order according to the passage?a. We look at things with our eyes. b. Our brains interpret the messages.c. Our brains tell us what we have seen.d. Our eyes send messages to our brains.A . adbcB . cabdC . acdbD . bcad（3）Movie makers make use of visual illusions to.A . help the actors look betterB . make the actors much braverC . help the actors become strongerD . make the actors seem different in size（4）In the picture on the right, it seems that Line AB is shorter than Line CD, but in fact Line AB is as long as Line CD. Which paragraph can explain what has happened to our eyes?_A . The second one.B . The third one.C . The fifth one.D . The sixth one.（5）The text is probably taken from.A . an advertisementB . a science bookC . a movie magazineD . a story book25. （10分）阅读短文，下列问题BMark Twain was a great writer in America. He wrote many books. He liked telling jokes in his books. People liked reading them very much. And it was full of jokes in his life, too. Mark Twain liked reading. So he often borrowed books from other people. One day, he wanted to borrow a book from his neighbor. His neighbor was a mean man. He didnt want to lend it to Mark Twain. Then he had an idea. He said to Mark Twain, “I have a rule. You will have to read the book at my home. If you want to borrow it from me, you should never take it out. Mark Twain had to read that book at his neighbors house.A month later, his neighbor went to borrow a cropper (割草机) from Mark Twain. Mark Twain said to him with a smile, I make a rule, too. That is, you must use my cropper in my garden. If you borrow it, you can never take it out either.（1）Mark Twain was a _ in America. A . sellerB . writerC . gardener (园丁)D . worker（2）What is the meaning of the underlined word? A . 吝啬的B . 慷慨的C . 动人的D . 恶心的（3）Mark Twains neighbor wanted to borrow _ from him. A . a bookB . a carC . a cropperD . a bike（4）What can we know from the passage? A . Mark Twain liked telling jokes in his books.B . Mark Twain didnt like reading books.C . Mark Twain didnt know how to use a cropper.D . His neighbor was glad to lend his books to Mark Twain.（5）Which of the following is NOT true? A . It was full of jokes in Mark Twains life.B . Mark Twain had to read the book in his neighbors house.C . His neighbor never borrowed the cropper from Mark Twain.D . His neighbor couldnt use the cropper out of Mark Twains garden四、 交际应用。 (共2题；共10分)26. （5分）根据对话内容，从方框中选择恰当的选项补全对话。其中有两项多余。A: Jimmy, do you finish your homework? Its 5:00.B: No. _A: OK, then we must go to the store.B: _A: Er We need milk.B: Do we need food?A: _Yes, we need cheese (奶酪) and bread.B: What kind of (什么种类的) cheese?A: Swiss.B: _.A: Why?B: I dont want to pay for the holes in the cheese (为奶酪上的洞付钱).A: _B: Thats great.A. Lets go to the store.B. What do we need to buy?C. But I can finish it in an hour.D. But I dont like Swiss cheese.E. How about some American cheese?F. I cant finish my homework on Friday.G. Let me look at our shopping list (购物单).27. （5分）根据对话内容，从方框内选择恰当的句子将对话补充完整。（选项中有两项是多余的） A. Do you know why she treats you like that?B. Whats her name?C. Have you mentioned this to her?D. Whats happened?E. Shes very tall.F. Or she probably feels lonely without you.G. But shes so different.A: Ling ling, you look unhappy. Whats up?B: Dad. I have a problem with my best friendA: _B: Weve been friends for five years. We went to different schools last term. And she came to study at my school this term. I was very happy at first _A: Can you tell me how shes different?B: She doesnt like me to see my other friends.A: _B: Yes. I have. But she refused to listen.A: _B: No. I dont know.A: Maybe she doesnt feel sure of herself _B: Maybe. What shall I do then?A: You can introduce her to your other friends and encourage her to join in more.B: I see. Thanks, Dad.五、 任务型阅读。根据题目要求及所给语境完成下列五项任务。 (共3题；共18分)28. （5分）阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的动词，并用其适当形式填空。有的需要加助动词或不定式符号。（每词限用一次）have knock happen call workLast weekend, Jim went to see a film. It was about a boy _Bob. Bob lived with his parents in a small town. They were very poor. Bobs father _ in a market for a long time. Bob wanted _ a bike very much.One day, an old man _down by some boys, and they ran away. Bob went to help the old man. The old man gave him a magic book and told Bob to make a wish before opening it.Can you guess what _ in the end? Please watch the film and find out!29. （8分）阅读理解 Many people enjoy watching movies in a cinema. They think the cinema has a better atmosphere（气氛）to enjoy the movie. However, I think people are happier and freer when watching movies at home.Watching movies at home is more comfortable. To watch movies in a cinema, you have to buy a ticket before you go there for a better seat. However, there is no need for people at home to worry about the ticket. They can enjoy movies at any time they like and with the most comfortable seat. Whats more, people watching movies at home wouldnt have to face any traffic problems.It is free to watch movies at home. In the cinema, we cant go outside and do something else because the movie wont wait for us. Sometimes, if we miss part of the movie, we cant follow the story. At home, we can pause at any time and go back to watch the part.All in all, a cinema is a good place to watch movies, but it isnt the best place to enjoy the movies. I think watching movies at home is the better.（1）What does the writer think of watching movies at home? A . Boring.B . Enjoyable.C . Interesting.D . Difficult.（2）What isnt the reason（理由）for the writers watching movies at home? A . Save more time on the roadB . Dont worry about the ticket.C . Feel freer and happier.D . Have better atmosphere.（3）Which has the same meaning with the underlined word miss? A . Thats all, thank you, Miss Thompson.B . He missed his watch and looked for it everywhere.C . The hotel is just on the road, so you cant miss it.D . When I was in America, I missed my parents very much.（4）What is the best title for the passage? A . Enjoy Watching Movies in a Cinema.B . Better to Watch a Movie in a Cinema or at Home?C . Come to My Home and Watch a Movie.D . Its Better to Watch a Movie than a TV Show.30. （5分）Chris Jones 刚刚结束了一次不寻常的印度之旅，记者就此对他进行了采访。以下是采访的部分内容：Reporter: _Chris: Well, it all started two years ago when I was planning a trip to India, I visited a photographic(摄影的) exhibition of elephants a