2020年八年级下学期线上学习诊断英语试题

第二学期线上学习诊断初二英语第一部分：知识运用（共14分）一、单项填空（每小题 0.5 分，共 6 分）1.Alice, is this your dictionary？Let me see. Oh, no. _ is in my schoolbag.A. MyselfB. MeC. MyD. Mine2. The Dragon Boat Festival is coming. It comes _ June 25 this year.A. inB. onC. atD. for3. I like cartoons, _I didnt go to watch The Adventures of Tintin last week because of the test.A. soB. andC. but4. Who runs fastest in your class? Tom does. He always runs _ than any other student.D. orA. fastB. fasterC. fastest5. Jimmy is a kind boy. He _ others fix up the bikes for five years.D. the fastestA. helpsB. will helpC. helped6. Our teacher often tells us _ our own cloth bags when shopping.D. has helpedA. takeB. takingC. to take7. If Tony_ to the Olympic Winter Games in 2022, Bob will join him.D. takenA. has goneB. are goingC. goes8. I _ Mr. Smith since he moved to Shanghai.D. wentA. didnt hear fromB. dont hear fromC. wont hear from9.Tina, have you tried moms cookies?Yes. They _perfect!D. havent heard fromA. tastesB. tasteC. smell10. Chinas Change-4 _on the far side of the moon on Jan 3, 2019.D. lookA. landsB. landedC. will landD. has landed11. I called you at ten oclock yesterday morning, but nobody answered the phone.Oh, I _ a basketball match with my friends at the stadium.A. watchedB. watchC.am watchingD. was watching12. Have you seen David recently?Yes, yesterday I met David in the supermarket and he _ pretty happy.A. lookedB. smelledC. feltD. sounded 二、完形填空（每小题 1 分，共 8 分）To Test Your WingsWe have to let him try it, Lila, I said to my wife. Cant you see that?But how will he13on his own?Hell make it.But he cant see, hes blind!I know it.Of course I knew it. Im Andys father, arent I? But I also knew how much it hurt Lila to say that. It was years before I heard her accept it. She knew it and had been told it over and over by all the 14 at the hospitals we had taken Andy to when we were still hoping during the early years.Lila, I tried again, hes nineteen years old. Hes clever. Hes ambitious. Hes 15 - he believes in himself. He wants to try things on his own. Weve given him what we can. We have to let him go.But why does he have to16a college halfway across the country?Because he wants to test his wings.Thats all very well, she continued to protest（抗议）, but he cannot see. How do we know he can fly on his own?I think he can, I said softly.“And we have to let him 17 . Hell come back sometimes. We were both silent for a while.Remember Gertie, the bird we saved? I asked.Yes, Lila nodded. I remember Gertie. And we let her use her wings, didnt we?Lila18again.Even though she had broken her wing; even though you wanted to hold onto her; even though she was disabled too in a way, and we were 19 she might not make it, we still let her test her wings. Yes.And she did come back, didnt she? Not only that spring, but for several springs, and a couple of falls, too. But never to stay, No. Never to stay, I agreed. And thats the20it is with children too, once theyre grown and gone. There were tears in Lilas eyes again, but her voice was firm（坚定的）as she stood up.Lets go find Andy. Well tell him he can go and test his wings.13. A. manageB. moveC. changeD. communicate14. A. teachersB. doctorsC. friendsD. neighbors15. A. boredB. confidentC. patientD. nervous16. A. missB. leaveC. chooseD. discover17. A. regretB. waitC. runD. try18. A. laughedB. noddedC. askedD. promised19. A. surprisedB. afraidC. satisfiedD. moved20. A. secretB. wayC. interestD. lesson第二部分：阅读理解（共36分）三、阅读下列短文，根据短文内容，从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选择最佳选项（每小题 2 分，共 26 分）AVolunteers Are NeededClean Peoples Park!We need five volunteers who are strong and can help clean up Peoples Park. We need help to collect rubbish.If you are free for four hours this weekend, come and join us!Tele:mail: Teach music!We need three volunteers to work as music teachers in SOS Childrens Villages. You need to be good at singing and dancing, and open-minded with a loving heart.If you are free for two hours every Sunday, join us!Tele:mail: Help old people!We need four volunteers to help at Xinxin Nursing Home. You need to be good with older people. Your job is to wash clothes for them.If you can spare three hours on May 6, come and join us!Tele:mail: Do some gardening!We need two volunteers to work in Xinghai Garden. You need to be good at gardening. We need help from 2 PM to 4 PM every Saturday.If you are free for two hours every Saturday, join us!Tele:mail: 21. How many volunteers are needed in SOS Childrens Villages?A.Two.B.Three.C.Four.D.Five.22. The volunteers at Xinxin Nursing Home need to _.A.learn musicB.grow flowersC.collect rubbish D.wash clothes23. If you want to do some gardening, you can call _.AWhen I was about 15, I had a chance to perform in a play. How excited I was! So were my parents.A few days before the show, some of my friends decided to have a picnic at a nearby lake. It was still rather cold. Mother wanted me to stay home so that I might not catch a cold, but I really wanted to go there. After making me promise not to go swimming, she nodded.But when the others went into the water I couldnt stand being left behind. I put on my swimsuit, too, and went out in a boat. When at last I went back to shore (岸), some of the boys began to shake my boat for fun. Just as I was about to reach the shore, it went over. Trying to stay out of the water, I jumped to the shore. I made itbut I landed on a broken bottle. My heel was cut right to the bone.I didnt perform in the play, but had to lie in hospital. But I kept my promise not to go swimming, I said to Dad. Mary, you got only half of what your mother said. What she really made you promise was to try not to catch a cold. Going swimming was only part of it. You let yourself hear only part of the truth.I made a final excuse, All my friends thought it would be all right if I stayed in the boat.And they were all wrong, werent they? he said. Youll find the world is full of people who think they know better than you. Dont shut your ears to them. Hear them out, but listen only for the truth and do what you know is the right thing to do.It was a painful lesson. But Dads advice has returned to me at many important moments in my life. Since that day Ive never had a better piece of advice.24. What can we know from the second paragraph? A. Mary couldnt swim.B. Mary organized the trip.C. Marys mother thought the lake was dangerous.D.Marys mother agreed with her request.25. What did Mary learn from this experience? A.One should listen for the right thing.B. One should listen to others advice.C. Think twice before speaking.D. Truth belongs to a small number of people.26. Whats the best title for this passage?A.A big promiseB. The chance I missedC. An awful picnicD. The best advice Ive gottenCOld habits, especially bad ones, can be hard to break.People often make fun of New Years resolutions(决心). However, resolutions present a big opportunity for self-improvement. Fortunately, social science has some ideas about how to start a good habit and stick to it.Gary Charness and Uri Gneezy, two scientists at the University of Chicago, did some research, where 120 students were asked to take part in an experiment about exercise habits, and each of them would get $175 in the end. The students were randomly assigned(随机分配）to three groups. The first group got the money for just giving researchers permission(允许）to record their gym attendance（出勤）. The second group gave permission, but had to go to the gym at least once the next month. The final group gave permission and had to go to the gym eight times that month.Unsurprisingly, the group that had to make eight gym visits to get paid exercised more than the other two groups. After the payments stopped, these students kept going to the gym at higher rates(频率）.They went to the gym about twice as often as the other two groups.In another study, researchers invited 151 students to work out in the gym, and randomly assigned 75 to a temptation-bundling group. As they exercised, they listened to the start of an attractive audio-novel(有声小说).At the end of their workout, students were told that if they wanted to hear what happened next in their book , they would have to come back to the gym .They could only listen to the audio-book while exercising . The other 76 students also completed the first workout but without any kind of temptation bundle.It turned out that the students in the temptation-bundling group visited the gym 27% more often than the control group over the next seven weeks. Sadly, the temptation-bundling trick fell apart over the Thanksgiving holiday when the gym was closed.The studies show that trying something new quite often for as little as a month can kick-start a lasting change in behavior. Moreover, temptation-bundling may also be a useful method for changing behavior, particularly when used together with other methods . Even if you cannot promise yourself to stick with something for long, there is a huge benefit in putting in a lot of energy for a few weeks. It may pay off for longer than you think. So, why not challenge yourself with next New Years resolution?27. What can we learn from the two studies?A. The students got different payments according to their gym attendance.B. The temptation-bundling group loved audio-novels more than the other group.C. The students who exercised more often at first were more likely to keep working out.D. 27% of students in the temptation-bundling group exercised more often than before.28. The third paragraph is mainly about _.A. what was found in the researchB. how the research was performedC. why the scientists did the researchD. who took part in the research29. The underlined word temptation-bundling in Paragraph 5 probably means _.A. forming new habits by trying something you didnt like beforeB. pushing yourself by doing two tasks at the same timeC. improving your workout skills by listening to audio-books D. connecting something you like with something you have to do30. What is the writers main purpose in writing this passage? A. To encourage people to go to the gym more often.B. To present a new way to do scientific research.C. To offer advice on how to develop a good habit.D. To stress the importance of New Years resolutions.DWhat exactly is persuasion? Persuasion is a process that enables you to change others attitudes, opinions, or behaviors. When you are watching TV, there are so many advertisements to persuade you to buy their products. When your naughty son does not like to write his homework, you will punish him, which is also a persuasion.Persuasion is a very important skill nowadays. It is fulfilling everywhere, every time. In many ways, persuasion combines art and science. Its an art in that it requires the ability to establish trust and strong communication skills. Its a science in that it centers on the disciplined collection and analysis of information and solidly researched principles (原则) of human behavior. Persuasion is everywhere, but the effect is very different.When we persuade, first we should be believable. If someone is an expert in a certain field, his or her speech will be convincing when he or she expresses opinions about this field. It is interesting that if someones aim is not to affect your opinions, and he or she has no benefit from your decision, this person seems to be more trustful. Whats more, we need to be attractive. If we like someone, we will be affected by him or her on some unimportant topics. Even if this person tells us he or she wants to affect, maybe we will also be affected.The methods of persuasion are necessary too. First you should think wise for choosing your topic. A good topic is a big impact to catch your audience. Then when you have done selecting topics, now its time to brainstorm how you will have a deep conversation with your audience to give them more ideas about your topics. And think about who your listener is and what they want to know. How will you catch their attention to become more interested in your subject? Next, understanding your audience can help you deliver the right information that is valuable to them. To get your audience, try to add some personal experience in your topics. The way you talk to them expresses your feelings and knowledge, and it really works.Everyone is trying to persuade someone and being persuaded. So next time you listen to a speech, watch an advertisement, think of persuasion.31. In Paragraph 2, the writer thinks persuasion is an art because _.A. they both need skills to achieve B. they both have the same topic B. C. they both make the audience laughD. they both deliver the right information32. Paragraph 3 is mainly about _ .A. the meaning of persuasion B.the characteristics of persuadersC. the importance of persuasionD. the methods of persuaders33. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?A. Are Advertisements Worth Trusting? B. Persuasion The Effects are DifferentC. Are Good Topics Important for Persuasion? D. Persuasion An Important Social Skill 四、阅读短文，回答问题。（每小题2分,共10分）Matthew Youlden speaks nine languages fluently and understands more than a dozen more. When I told Matthew how Ive been struggling to learn a second language, he had the following advice for me.Talk to yourself. When you have no one else to speak to, theres nothing wrong with talking to yourself. It might sound really strange, but talking to yourself in a language is a great way to practice if youre not able to use it all the time. This can keep new words and phrases fresh in your mind and build up your confidence for the next time you speak with someone.Have fun with it. Using your new language in any way is a creative（创造性的）act. Think of some fun ways to practise your new language: make a radio play with a friend, draw a comic strip, write a poem, or simply talk to whomever you can.Listen. You must learn to listen before you can speak. Every language sounds strange the first time you hear it, but the more you expose（暴露）yourself to it, the more familiar it becomes, and the easier it is to speak it properly. Were able to pronounce anything, its just were no