江苏省扬州市江都区国际学校2017-2018学年八年级下学期期中考试英语试题(word版,无答案)

第第页Whichtitlebestgivesthemainideaofthepassage?A.SomethingaboutCarefulReadingB.BeaRapidReaderHowtoReadD.HowtoBeaSlowReaderDWehaveknownforalongtimethatflowersofdifferenptlantsopenandcloseatdifferenttimeofday.Thisissofa熟悉arthatweseldomaskthereasonforit.Butnoteveryonereallyunderstandswhyflowersopenandcloselikethis.Theprocessisnotassimpleaswethink,arecentstudyshows.Inthestudy,peoplekeptflowersinadarkroomformorethan24hours.Theythoughtthaflowers,withoutanyinformationaboutthetimeofday,wouldnotopenastheynormallydo.However,theflowerscontinuedtoopenattheirusualtime.Thisshowsthattheyhavesomemagicalwayofknowingthetime.Theirsenseoftimedoesnotdependoninformationfromtheoutsideworld;itisinsidethem,“iannkeirndcloof”c.kThisdiscovery发现）maynotseemtobeveryimportant.However,peoplelaterfoundthatnotjustplantsbutalsoa—iincllsidingma—havethisinnerclo”whichcontro（控制）theworkingoftheiibodiesandaffect影响）theiractivitieMenarealsoaffectedbythis“magic”.Whetherwewishitornot,itaffectssuchthingsinourlifeasourneedforsleep,forfood.Inthepast,thisdidnotmatterverymuchbecausepeoplelivedinnaturalconditionI.nthemodernworld,thingsaredifferent;nowtherearespacemen,pl飞行员i）oandalotofotherpeoplewhohavetoworkatnight.Itwouldbeveryusefultoknowmo“riennaebrouttheclock”.Thethingswefindfromflowersmighthelpusunderstandmoreaboutourselves.4.65.flowerscanbeusedfortellingthetimedifferentflowersopenandcloseatdifferenttimesofdayforopeningandclosing,flowersdonotneedoutsideinformationflowersareaffectedbyweaklightevenwhentheyareinadarkroomKeptinadarkroomforoverafullday,flowersB.willnotopenanylongerD.willopenmorequicklyB.isonlyfoundinanimalsD.alwaysaffectshumanlifeusefulbeB.willnotopenanylongerD.willopenmorequicklyB.isonlyfoundinanimalsD.alwaysaffectshumanlifeusefulbecause.willopenastheydoinnatureTheinnerclo”.A.isnotanimportantdiscoveryhasnotbeenunderstoodsofarFurtherstudyof“itnhnerclo”ckwillbeitmighthelpusknowourselvesbetterinsomewaywedonotunderstandplantsandanimalswellenoughtherearemoreandmorespacemenandplanepilotsweshouldtrytolivemorenaturallythanwedonow第二部分非选择题（60分）五、词汇运用（共10小题，每小题1分，计10分）根据句意，用括号中所给的汉语提示或单词的适当形式填空，使句意完整，每空一词。I'msurprisedtoknowthatacowhasmorethantwo胃）.Weliioveintoanewflatinthe北方的）partofthecity.Someonehavethedifferentvie（反对）theopinionthatstudeortlyneedstudy.Manypeoplehasalready意识）theimportanceofprotectingthefreshwater.Heoftenuseshiscomputerfor（接收）e-mails.Mr.BlackwenttoNewYorkon（busy）yesterday.Ofthethreecharactersinthecartoon,Shrekisthe（ugly）,Ithink.Thisisnot（exact）whathelikes,buthedidrittellus.Wearewillingtohelpbut（able）todosoaboutthis.Thepublishinghousecontinued（refuse）hisstorywhenhetriedagain.六、任务型阅读（共10小题，每小题1分，计10分）阅读下列短文，根据短文信息完成文后表格，每空一词。Dostudentsoftenplaysports?Wecanusuallygetpositive（肯定的）answers.Butwhyshouldstudentsplaysports?Somethinkthatstudentsplaysportsinordertohavegoodhealth.Othersthinkit'sagoodwaytohelpstudentshavefun.Butisthatenough?No!Ifstudentsplaysports,theycangetmorethanhealthybodies.Why?Herearethreemorereasons.Thegoodnewsforthestudentswhoplaysportsisthatitcanbehelpfulinschool.Somepeoplethinkthatdoingexercisewilltakeupstudents'studytime.Butarecentstudyhasshownthatstudentswhoplaysportsgetbetterscoresinschoolthanthosewhodon't.Exercisegetsstudentstolearn,rememberthingsbetterandhavebetterfocus（注意力）.Studentswhoplaysportsoftenworktogetherwellandcansolve（解决）someproblems.Whentheyareworkingtogetherwithotherstowingamesandreachgoals,they'relearninghowtobeverysuccessfulinpractice.Andtheseskillswillbeusefultothemforstudyortheirworkinthefuture.Playingsportscanalsoimproveconfidence（信心）.Studentswhoplaysportsfeelbetteraboutthemselves.Whentheyknowtheycanimproveandreachtheirgoalsbypracticing,itbuildstheirconfidence.Andsportscanalsohelpthemcommunicatewithothersactivelyandmakenewfriends.Now,howaboutgoingouttoplaysportswithyourfriendseveryday?76shouldstudentsplaysports?CommonreasonsTokeep77.Tohelpthestudentshavefun.MorereasonsBe78inschoolHelpstudentsget79scoresinschool.Makethemlearn,80thingsandconcentratebetter.Getteamworkspiritsandproblem-solving81Learnhowtohaveagreat82inpractice.Beusefulforstudyortheir83work.ImproveconfidencePracticetohelpreachtheirgoals.Helpstudentshave84withothersandmakenewfriends.Some85Studentsshouldgoouttoplaysportswithfriendseveryday.七、缺词填空（共10小题，每小题1分，计10分）七、缺词填空根据短文内容'及首字母提示，在下文空格处填入适当的词使短文完整，每空一词。TheSecretGardeinoneoftheclassicalnovelsforc86.manyadults（成年人）likereadingitaswell.ItwaswrittenbyFrancesHodgsonBurnett,aBritishw87.IttellsastoryaboutagirlcalledMary.MarywasanEnglishgirl,whowasborninIndia.Herparentsworkedthereandoftenspentmuchtimeonparties,soshewasveryl88Afterherparentsbothdiedofakindofterribleillness,shehadtor89toEnglandand第7页livewithoneofherrelativesinabigmanor（庄园）.There,Maryh90ofasecretgarden.Tenyearsago,heruncleMr.Cravenlockeditandnobodyhadbeenthere.Atlastshefoundthek91withthehelpofabird,andopenedthegardendoorsecretly.Maryalsoheardaboy'scryinginthebuilding.ItwasColin,herc92,Mr.Craven'sson.Hewassickinbedforlongtime,andhethoughthec93walklikeotherboysandwoulddiesoon.Maryhelpedhim—shet94himintothesecretgarden.ThepowerofnaturemadeColinstandupandfinallygetbackhisfather'slove.Thenovelhasbeenpopularsincethe20thcentury.Ithasbeenmadeintofilmsandp95.Ifyouwatchitinthecinemaortheatre,itmaytouchyoudeeply.八、书面表达（计30分）句子翻译（共5小题，每小题2分，计10分）将下列句子译成英语。最近几年，政府将许多老房子改造成了一个广场。在这个小镇上，我们不停地品尝着当地的美食。我的亲朋好友们昨天一大早就前往机场。阅读可以给我们打开一个全新的世界。对我们来说，像以前一样经常见到彼此已经不可能了。写作（计20分）未来并不遥远，作为中学生，每年我们都会发生很大的变化。尔校英文校报“YouthWorld"举行了“ThisTimeNextYea"主题讨论，请根据以下问题完成一篇英语小短文参与讨论。提示：1）Whatwillyou/yourlifebelikenextyear?2）What'syourhopetoyourself/others?（Atleast2points）3）