2019-2020学年温州市鹿城区温州实验中学八年级第一学期英语期中考
一、单项填空(本题有15小题,每小题1分,共15分。) 1.--Excuse me. Is there book written by Lao She? --Yes, it’s on the bookshelf over there.
【A】 a 【B】an 【C】the 【D】/
【答案】A 【解答】考察冠词。有一本老舍写的书吗?这里表示泛指。 2.In the speech, the teacher gave us a lot of on how to remember new words easily. 【A】chances 【B】advice 【C】situations 【D】time
【答案】B 【解答】考察名词。老师能够给予很多关于如何记好单词的建议。A.机会;B.建议;C.形式;D.时机
3.--Does your grandpa love watching Beijing Opera, Betty?
--Yes, he loves it a lot. He says nothing is more than watching it. 【A】boring 【B】exciting 【C】famous 【D】dangerous
【答案】B 【解答】考察形容词。我的爷爷喜欢看京剧,他觉得世界上没有比看京剧更有趣的事情。 4.Don’t stay inside such a sunny morning. Let’s go out to enjoy sweet flowers. 【A】at 【B】to 【C】in 【D】on
【答案】D
【解答】考察介词。在如此一个晴朗的早上,当morning前面有形容词修饰的时候,介词要用on。 5.Chekhov is the greatest in the world. He is especially famous for his short novels. 【A】dancer 【B】singer 【C】writer 【D】actor
【答案】C 【解答】考察名词。他是以写小说著名,所以他是以为作家。 6.We should do everything to protect the earth, we’ll lose our home. 【A】and 【B】but 【C】or 【D】so
【答案】C 【解答】考察连词。我们应该竭尽全力去保护地球,否则我们将会失去我们的家园。 7.--It’s one of the things to watch the football match. --I agree. It always makes us relaxed
【A】happiest 【B】worst 【C】hardest 【D】busiest
【答案】A 【解答】考察形容词。看足球比赛是我最开心的时刻之一。 8.If you want to your English, you’d better practice more 【A】remember 【B】guess 【C】complete 【D】improve
【答案】D 【解答】考察动词。如果你想要提高你的英语,你最好多练习。 9.--Dad, I don’t know this word, could you tell me the meaning of it.
--Steve, don’t always ask for help. It’s easy to get the answers by . 【A】herself 【B】myself 【C】yourself 【D】himself
【答案】C 【解答】考察反身代词。你不要去寻求帮助,你应该要靠自己去得出答案。 10.--Would you like to go swimming with me? --Sorry. I have to my little sister at home.
【A】look after 【B】look at 【C】look up 【D】look for
【答案】A 【解答】考察动词短语。你不得不照顾好你的小妹妹。A.照顾;B.看着;C.查阅;D.寻找。 11--Do you have any plans for the coming weekends? --Yes. I the largest shopping mall.
【A】visit 【B】have visit 【C】am going to visit 【D】visited
【答案】C 【解答】考察时态。对于即将到来的周末,你有什么打算吗?是的,我准备去最大的商场,表示将来时态。 12.Please drive when you pass a school.
【A】quickly 【B】slowly 【C】early 【D】easily
【答案】B 【解答】考察副词。当你经过学校的时候,你要减速慢行。
13.--I really want to go to the TF boy’s concert but it’s too expensive. --Don’t worry. My brother has offered us to watch it 【A】to save 【B】to protect 【C】to stop 【D】to take
【答案】D 【解答】考察动词不定式。我的兄弟主动带我们去看音乐会。
14.--I want to know how to pronounce this word. -- ask your teacher for help?
【A】You should 【B】How about 【C】You’d better 【D】why not
【答案】D 【解答】考察句型。为何不向老师寻求帮助呢?why not…..? 15.--You were late for school today. ?
--There was a road accident. The traffic was so heavy that I walked to school.
【A】How was it 【B】What happened 【C】What can we do 【D】What about you
【答案】B 【解答】考察情景对话。你昨天发生什么事情?所以选择B。 二、完形填空(本题共有10小题,每题1分,共10分)
阅读下面短文,掌握大意,然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。
I was eight years old at that moment in my life. I liked baseball so much that nothing was more excited to me than baseball. My favorite team was the New York Giants, as a fan, I always 1 for those players during the games and followed the doings of them. Even now when I think of the team which isn’t there any more, I can
still remember the 2 of nearly every baseball player on the team, especially my idol’s, Willie Mays, because no one was 3 and more perfect than him.
That spring I went to watch the big-league game. Just as we walked to the exit after the game, I saw Willie Mays. I ran to him fast and said 4 , “Mr. Mays, could I please have your autograph”? He said, “Sure. You got a 5 ?I didn’t have one in my pocket. The great Willie Mays stood there 6 peace and shrugged saying, “Sorry, kid.” And then he walked out of the ball park into night. I didn’t want to cry, but tears came out, and there was nothing I could do to stop 7 falling down my face.
After that night, I started carrying a pencil wherever I went. It became a habit of mine never to leave the house without making sure I had a pencil in my pocket. It’s not because I had any special plans for that pencil, 8 I didn’t want to be unprepared. Something unprepared 9 my chance once and I didn’t want that to happen again. If there is something else, the years have 10 me this: If there’s a pencil in your pocket, there’s a good chance that one day you’ll feel glad to start using It.
1. A. practiced B. allowed C cheered D. showed 2. A. age B. interest C. address D. name 3.A. greater B. taller C. stronger D. kinder 4. A. sadly B. coldly C. quietly D. excitedly 5. A. cal B. pencil C. ticket D. photo 6. A. at B. for C.in D. by 7.A.it B. them C. him D.me 8. A and B. but C.so D. or 9. A. took out B. took down C. took up D. took away 10. A. passed B taught C. remembered D. developed
【答案】1-5 CDADB 6-10 CBBDB
【解答】 1. 考查动词词义。Cheer for 为……欢呼,喝彩,作为一名粉丝,我总是为这些运动员们在比赛的时候欢呼喝彩。Practice练习,allow允许,show展示。 2. 考查名词。根据句意我仍让能够记住他的名字,所以选择D答案。age年龄,interest兴趣,address地址。 3. 考查形容词的比较级。没有人比他优秀和完美,所以选择A答案。taller 高,stronger 强壮,kinder 友好。 4. 考查副词。根据句意我快速跑向他并且激动地说到,所以选择D答案。sadly悲伤地,coldly酷地,quietly 安静地。 5. 考查名词。根据句意你有笔么,所以选择B。cap帽子,ticket票,photo照片。 6. 考查介词。in peace 平静地,他平静地站在那里并耸耸肩说到。 7. 考查代词。根据句意我不能阻止眼泪流下来。上文已经出现了tears, 所以这里要用复数them. 8. 考查连词。根据句意但是我不想自己是没有准备好的,表达一种转折。 9. 考查动词词组。根据句意一些没有准备好的事情使我曾经失去了一次很好的机会,take away 拿走,带走。Take out取出,去掉,take down记下,拿下,take up占据,开始从事。 10. 考查动词。根据句意这些年已经教会我这些道理,所以选择B答案。 pass 传递,remember记得,develop发展。
三、阅读理解(本题有10小题,A篇第1题1分,C篇第4题3分,其余每题2分,共20分)
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Let’s learn about some famous tall buildings around the world
The Oriental Pearl Tower
The Oriental Pearl Tower is a TV tower in Shanghai. It’s located at the tip of Lujiazui in the Pudong New Area by the side of Huangpu River, which is a distinct landmark in the area. Its designers were Jiang Huan Chen, Lin Benlin, and Zhang Xiulin. It was started to build in 1991, and was finished In 1994. At 468 meters high, it was the tallest building in China from 1994 to2007.
The Empire State Building
The Empire State Building is a 103-floor skyscraper in New York City at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and West 34th Street. Its name is from the nickname for the state of New York. It’s 443.7 meters high, which ever stood as the world's tallest building for more than forty years. The building was finished in 1931. And it was designated landmarks of the New York its street.
The Eiffel Tower
The Eiffel Tower is an iron tower built on the Champ de Mars, beside the River in Paris. France. It is the most famous French landmark and is symbol of France. It’s 324 meters in all, which remained the tallest building in the world from 18 to 1930. Named after its designer engineer Gustavo Eiffel, it is one of the most popular places with more than 5,000,000 visitors.
1. Which building was finished earlier than the year of 1930 in the passage? A. The Oriental Pearl Tower B. The Empire State Building C. The Eiffel Tower D. The tip to Lujiazui
2. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE? A. The Oriental Pearl Tower is lower than The Eiffel Tower
B. The Empire State Building is older than Eiffel Tower C. The Eiffel Tower is the most popular with visitors in the world D. The Oriental Pearl Tower was the tallest building in China in 2006 3. All of the buildings are of the city. A. TV towers B. Landmarks C. Beside the rivers D. Old buildings
【答案】1-3 CDB 【解答】本文介绍一些世界著名的高塔。 1.在The Eiffel Tower中看到建造时间是18 to 1930,所以答案选择C。 2.在The Oriental Pearl Tower中看到it was the tallest building in China from 1994 to2007.所以知道在2006年,它是中国最高的塔。 3.在文中我们可以得知,三个建筑都是吸引了无数的游客,得知是属于该城市的地表建筑。 B
When you look at a giraffe, what do you see? Some people see the characteristics of four animals a leopard’s coat, a camel’s head and neck, a sow’s feet, and a snake for a tongue. Why does the giraffe have so many different characteristics? The giraffe needs all of its characteristics to survive.
Giraffes are very tall and have long necks for two reasons. First, they eat from the tops of very tall trees. Second, they need to see over the tops of the trees. They can see danger, like a lion from far away. Then they have time to escape to make themselves safe.
The giraffe’s coat is also important to its survival. It has brown spots and is very thick. The spots help the giraffe hide among the trees. The giraffe's thick coat protects if from the sun.
Two other important characteristics of the giraffe are its large eyes and long thick eyelashes with its large eyes it can see very well. The eyelashes protect its eyes. The giraffe sees better than most other large animals in Africa
A giraffe’s feet and legs are also important characteristics. The giraffe uses them for protection It has bard feet, like a cow. It also has very strong legs. If a lion comes nearer, the giraffe can kick it on the head. That usually kills the lion.
One last characteristic is the giraffes long black tongue. It is about 18 inches long. with their tongues, giraffes get food far above their heads. They also clean their eyes and ears with their tongues. Why is the giraffe's tongue black? The color protects it from the sun.
Maybe the giraffe looks like four animals, but of course we know that it is not It is one animal with many different characteristics. Its characteristics help it survive.
1. According to the passage, giraffes have thick coats in order to . A. hide among the tree B. clean their eyes and ears C. kill lions sometimes
D. protect themselves from the sun
2. The underlined word “escape” in paragraph 2 means . A. turn down B. grow up C. run away D. go out
3. The passage mainly tells us that . A. giraffes learn these characteristics from others B. giraffes have the characteristics of many animals C. giraffes, camels, leopards and cows look the same D. giraffes’ special characteristics help them survive
【答案】1-3 DCD 【解答】文章主要讲述的是长颈鹿生存的重要特征。 1.文章第三段最后一句话“the giraffe's thick coat protects from the sun”判断D选项是正确的。 2.它们能够看到危险in danger,它们有足够的时间去躲避危险。 3. 文章的首尾段都提及,长颈鹿的身体有好几个重要特征去 survive因此答案选D. C
“Hi! How are you?” The woman smiled as she took the seat next to me on the airplane. She had to lower herself slowly, trying hard to push her fat body into the seat, filling all the rest space. 1didn't reply and moved a little towards the window. She repeated her greeting in a friendly voice
“Hi,” I replied.
“My name is Laura, I’m from Britain. How about you?” she talked excitedly. “Malaysia “I said coldly. Laura started a conversation with me, taking no notice of my unfriendly reactions. Her voice
was warm and caring. She was thoughtful. When we were served drinks and meals, she made sure that I had room to move in my seat. “I don’t want to make you uncomfortable with my elephant size!” she said with great sincerity.
To my surprise, the face that I had dislike hours before showed nice smiles--lively and calm at the same time.
I couldn’t help but let down my guard.
Laura was interesting. During our conversation, Laura managed to make every person who served us on the plane walk away laughing at her jokes.I asked Laura, “Have you ever thought about losing some weight? You aren’t worried about the diseases that come with being overweight?”
“Not at all, because I eat healthily and walk regularly,” she said, “This may not be scientific, but in my heart I believe that the people who worry all the time will get diseases more easily than the ones of being overweight. We can’t judge if the people are healthy by their weights. I’m this size because I was born to be big! There is more to life than worrying about weight all day long.”
She drank her wine. “Besides, God gives me so much happiness that I need a bigger body to hold all of it! If I lose weight, I’ll lose my happiness”
Surprised by her unusual reasons, I smiled I suddenly find out that Laura was the most beautiful woman I had ever met in my life.
1. Why did the writer move towards the window at the very beginning? A. The writer didn’t like Laura's big size. B. The writer was not good at making friends. C. The writer was not very happy that day. D. The writer had hoped to enjoy the trip alone. 2. Laura though that . A. Losing weight can help people feel more relaxed. B. being yourself is more important than losing weight. C. worrying all the time can be helpful to lose weight. D. being overweight will make people get diseases easily. 3. What can you learn from this story?
A. No news is good news B. Don’t judge a book by Its cover C. One tree can’t make a forest D. A Friend in need is a friend indeed.
4. Why did the writer think Laura was the most beautiful woman she had ever met?(请用20-30词作答) 【答案】1-3 ABB 【解答】文章讲述的是作者在乘坐飞机的过程中,遇到一个胖的女士,刚开始作者因为这位女士的肥胖对其不友好。后面因为这个女人给周围人都带来了欢乐,加之她对待生活的态度感染到了作者,最后让作者觉得她是自己所见过的最美的女人。 1.定位到第一段最后一句话“she had to lower herself slowly, trying hard to push her fat body into the seat, filing all available space\" 可知这个女人很胖,她艰难地坐下来后和 作者打招呼,但作者没有搭理她还往窗边移了移,可知道作者并不喜欢她的胖,因此答案选 A。 2.定位到文章第十六到第二十行\"Not at all. Because l eat healthily and walk regular…besides, God gives me so much happiness that I need a bigger body to hold all of it If I lose weight. I'll lose my happiness\"可知这个女人没有因为自己的胖而自卑,相反的是,她享受生活,她很快乐所有可以得出,Laura 认为做自己才是最重要的,因此答案选B; 从文章倒数第三行的句子\"If I lose weight, I'll lose my happiness.\" 可知A选项错误; 从文章倒数第六的句子“ believe in my heart that the people who get diseases are the ones who worry all the time”可知 C、D 选项错误。
3.文章故事的主线是刚开始作者因为这个胖的女人的体型,对她有看法。后面因为这个女的生活态度、她的善良感染到了作者,最后作者改变了之前的偏见觉得这个女的是他所 见过最美的女人。所以我们可以得出,不能以貌取人;A选项的意思是没有消息就是好消息,B选项的意思患难见真情,C选项的意思是一木不可成林,均与文章主旨大意不符,所以选B。 4.略 词运用(本题有15小题,每小题1分,共15分.) A.用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空,每个单词限用一次
1. We go to school every day Saturday and Sunday.
2. I to take my exercise book when I left the house this morning.
3. Chinese government always money to save animals in danger all the time. 4. Jacob is travel around, he world by bike. He wants to have a try someday. 5. Miss White usually speaks so that everyone in the classrooms could hear her.
loud raise except forget interest 【答案】1.except 2.forgot 3.raises 4.interested 5.loudly B.根据短文内容和所给汉语提示,写出各处单词的正确形式
Hello. my name is Giorgio. I come from Italy. If you want to visit Italy, you’ll have many 1 (选择). Welcome to my hometown Sicily. It’s part of Italy, a beautiful 2 (岛屿)off the mainland. I live in a village on the cost and my house is (近的)to the sea. My family like to go fishing there. (然而),in hot summer, sometimes my family go to (山岳)as it’s much cooler there.
Another famous city is Milan. it is in the north of Italy, It’s a big and busy city. It has a population of four
(百万) people. Do you know it’s famous for football team?There is a famous football (体育场)named San Siro in the city. People can watch some famous football players play or (训练)there. If you want to watch a football match in Milan, remember (预定) the ticket three weeks earlier. It will be much (有趣的)to watch a football match in sports centers than on TV. Rome and Venice are also lovely cites in Italy. I’m sure you will like them.
【答案】1.choices 2.island 3.close 4.however 5.mountain 6.million 7.stadium 8.train 9.to book 10. more enjoyable 书面表达(本题共1题,共15分。)
假如你是 Han Mei,下面是一封你的笔友Alice给你发来的 E-mail,请你根据E-mail的内容给她写一封回信
注意:1、文中不能出现真实的班级和人名
2、词数:约90司(开头、结尾己给出,不计入总词数) Dear Han Mei:
I’m so happy to tell you that I'il go to China as an exchange student. I’ll stay in Bejing for two months. But I’m so poor at Chinese. So can you give me some advice on how to learn Chinese well? I know Beijing is a traditional city to learn about Chinese culture. Can you tell I me some good places to visit and how to visit them? By the way, I have received the toy panda from you. I really like the gift. Could you tell me something about the cute animal?
I’m looking forward to your reply.
Yours. Alice
Dear Alice:
I’m glad to hear that you’ll come to China Yours Han Mei
语法填空
阅读下面短文,按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求,在空格处填入一个恰当的词或使用括号中单词的正确形式填空。(本题有10小题,每小题2分,共20分。)
In the future, scientists will put very small computers in our heads. This can be very 1 (help) to people.
Because of these small computers, the people with ear diseases will be able to hear and the people with eye diseases can see. These small computers will not be just 2 the sick. Most of us will have these computers
to make our life 3 (good). For example, if we have it, we can think more 4 (clear)and we can remember 5 (many) things.
For students, computers can do lots of things. Maybe in the near future students will not need schoolbags. They just need to carry a small computer to school, because the textbooks, exercise books and notebooks 6 (put) into the computers. The teachers will check 7 (student) homework with computers, too. 8 this can give another problem-it will be easier for students 9 (copy)each other’s homework
Everything will be possible. We never know what 10 (happen). 【答案】1.helpful 2.for 3.better 4.clearly 5.more 6.are put 7.students’ 8.but copy 10. will happen 【解答】 1.be helpful to对….有帮助。 2.will not be for the sick对病人。 3.make our life better使我们的生活变得更好。 4.think more clearly用副词修饰动词。 5.we can remember more things我们可以记得更多的事情,和前面的比较级相对应。 6.are put前面名词时复数,故用are 7.students’学生们复数 8.but表示转折,但是它会给我们造成另外一个问题 9.it is +adj+to do sth.
9.to
10.我们永远也不知道未来会发生什么事情。
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