上海新世纪版2019-2020学年八年级上学期英语期中考考试试卷(II )卷
上海新世纪版2019-2020学年八年级上学期英语期中考考试试卷（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，然后在每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
Tony was a 15-year-old boy living with his little sister, Jane. Their parents had passed away long ago. Tony 1 Jane by himself.
One day, Tony woke up at 3 in the morning as usual. When Jane was 2 alone, Tony left their little house m deliver(递送) the newspaper. As he did so, he found something unusual. One3 was sitting in front of his house. Tony was so 4that he stopped to look at him closely. It was a very 5 morning and he looked very old.
The poor old man didn't have anything to cover himself with. Tony went into his house to get the old man a blanket (毯子), 6there were no extra blankets. Tony thought bard and took his father's 7. It was the only thing of his father's that he had left. Tony wrote a short 8 . "Sir, I routed you sleeping in front of my house. This is 9 father's coat. I hope it fits you well " He put the note in a pocket of the coat, and covered the old man with the coat. Then he went to work. When he 10three hours later, both the man and the coat were gone. Tony thought that it was the 11 thing he could have done with his father's coat.
That afternoon, Tony hurried home after school because Jane was12alone. However, Jane and the old man were standing in front of the house, and Jane shouted to Tony, "Brother! He's our 13!"
The grandfather smiled and said, "Tony. I have been looking for you all around the country for eight years. I'm not 14. But I can take care of you two. Thank you for giving me the coat and letting me know what a 15 person my grandson is. This coat was the very one that I gave my own son, a long time ago."
（1）
A . looked for
B . waited for
C . looked after
D . worried about
（2）
A . singing
B . sleeping
C . eating
D . reading
（3）
A . old man
B . little girl
C . little boy
D . old woman （4）
A . angry
B . bored
C . excited
D . surprised （5）
A . windy
B . icy
C . rainy
D . sunny
（6）
A . then
B . so
C . and
D . but
（7）
A . blanket
B . coat
C . shirt
D . sweater （8）
A . diary
B . poem
C . note
D . story
（9）
A . his
B . my
C . her
D . your
（10）
A . came back
B . got to school
C . got to work
D . left home （11）
A . biggest
B . funniest
C . best
D . craziest
（12）
A . in the hospital
B . in the shop
C . at school
D . at home
（13）
A . father
B . uncle
C . brother
D . grandfather （14）
A . rich
B . poor
C . old
D . busy
（15）
A . clever
B . brave
C . kind
D . serious
二、阅读理解 (共4题；共30分)
2. （6分）One morning, a blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet .He held
a sign which said,“I am blind. Please help me.”
There were only a few coins（硬币） in the hat. A man was walking by. He took out a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat .He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words on it. He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by could see the new words.
Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see how th ings were. The boy recognized his footsteps and ask,“Are you the one who changed my sign in the morning? What did you write?”
The man said,“I only wrote the truth. I said what you said, but in a different way.”
What he had written was,“Today is a beautiful day, but I can’t see it.”
Do you think the first sign and the second sign were saying the same thing?
Of course both signs told people the boy was blind. But the first sign simply told people to help by putting some money in the hat. The second sign told people that they were able to enjoy the beauty of the day, but the boy could not enjoy it because he was blind.
The first sign simply said the boy was blind, while the second sign told people they were so lucky that they were not blind.
There are at least two lessons we can learn from this simple story.
The first is: Treasure(珍惜)what you have. Someone else has less. Try your best to help those who need your help.
The second is: Be creative. Think differently. There is always a better way.
（1）From the passage we know that______.
A . the boy is the man’s son.
B . the man is one of his neighbors.
C . the boy is blind and needs help.
D . the boy works for the man.
（2）On the sign what the man wrote was,“_______.”
A . Treasure what we have already had.
B . Today is a beautiful day, but I can’t see it.
C . We are so lucky that we are not blind.
D . Try your best to help those who need your help.
（3）According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?
A . The hat began to fill up after the man wrote some words on the sign.
B . The man took away all the few coins from the hat.
C . The boy wanted to get enough money to go to school.
D . Nobody wanted to give any coins to the blind boy.
（4）The word“recognized”here in Chinese means______.
A . 承认
B . 接受
C . 表扬
D . 认出
（5）“____”is the best title for this story.
A . Be careful.
B . Be creative. There is always a better way!
C . Be kind to the blind!
D . Do not always get, but offer!
3. （8分）根据短文内容，选择正确答案。
Last summer, Jenny and her friends had a bus trip to New York. She felt very relaxed on the way. They visited a museum. But it was really crowded there and the display(展览) was not interesting at all. They went to different restaurants to have dinner. Some food was quite delicious, but Jenny thought the fast(快的) food was awful. When the weather was fine。they went to the sea to swim. The sea was beautiful and they had a good time.
（1）Jenny had a bus trip to .
A . London
B . New York
C . Beijing
（2）They visited .
A . a museum
B . a Beijing hutong
C . the White House
（3）They thought the display was .
A . interesting
B . excellent
C . boring
（4）They ate dinner .
A . at home
B . in the museum
C . in restaurants
（5）They when it was fine.
A . went to swim
B . went home
C . visited a museum
4. （8分）阅读理解
Today, pizza is one of the world's favorite foods. All over the world, people make different pizzas, with different ingredients. But where does pizza come from? And who made the first one?
People have been making pizza for a very long time. In the Stone Age, some people mixed flour with water to make dough (生面团). Then they cooked it on hot rocks. Over time, people started using the cooked dough as a plate, covering it with various other foods, herbs and spices. They had made the world's first pizza.
Then, in the early 1500s, European explorers(探险家) brought the first tomatoes back from the Americas. Tomatoes are a basic ingredient in many pizzas today. At first, however, most Europeans thought eating tomatoes would make them sick. So, for about 200 years, few people ate them.
Soon, people learned that tomatoes were safe to eat, as well as tasty. In the early 19th century, cooks in Naples, Italy, started the tradition of putting tomatoes on baking dough. The flat bread soon became a favorite food for poor people all over Naples. In 1830, a cook in Naples took another big step in the history of pizza. He opened the world's first pizza restaurant.
（1）What's the main idea of the passage?
A . Stone Age people made the first pizza.
B . People make and eat pizza all the time.
C . Pizza was an important food in Naples, in Italy.
D . Pizza has a long history and has changed over time.
（2）Who were the first people to put tomatoes on pizza?
A . European explorers.
B . People in the U.S.
C . People in Naples, Italy.
D . People in the Stone Age.
（3）Which is probably TRUE according to the passage?
A . The first pizzas in Naples didn't cost much money.
B . Europeans in the lh00s didn't like the taste of tomatoes.
C . Tomatoes were a basic ingredient in pizzas in the 1700s.
D . A cook in the U.S. opened the world's first pizza restaurant.
5. （8分）阅读理解
The "Double Eleven" Shopping Festival is coming again. Most stores have started discounting(打折) their goods. Now, if you take a careful look at the sale prices, you'll find that many of them end in "9" or "5.99 minutes." It's not common to say "Just give me 59 minutes" either. We are more likely to say "Just give me six minutes" and "just give me 60 minutes". Why do stores prefer the other way round?
According to Lee E. Hibbett, a professor of marketing, this pricing strategy(策略) has been around for about a century. No one knows who invented it. However, stores all like it. Prices that end in ".99" and "9" simply get more customers.
The strategy is based on the fact that we read from left to right. On a price tag(标签), the number on the far left impresses us the most. So, even though 5. 99 dollars is pretty close to 6 dollars, it's the "5" that impresses us most. A product that sells for 5.99 dollars just seems like a better deal than a similar one that sells for 6 dollars.
In a 2016 study, Hibbett asked a clothing company to raise the price of one of its dresses. He and his workmates all thought fewer people would buy the dress. The result, however, surprised them. Demand(销路) increased by a third when the price was raised from $ 34 to $ 39. Increasing the price from$ a4 to$ 44 made no difference.
So be careful with prices that end in ".99" or "9" if you want to save money!
（1）The passage tells us prices that end in ".99" and "9" .
A . sell better
B . get fewer customers
C . help customers save money
D . make no difference to the demand
（2）In which pricing tag the number "6" impresses us most'?
A .
B .
C .
D .
（3）What is the best title of the passage?
A . The Cheating Nine
B . The Price Tag
C . The Money Saving Strategy
D . The Market Competition
三、任务型阅读 (共1题；共3分)
6. （3分）下面文章中有五处需要添加小标题。请从以下选项(A、B、C、D和E)中选出符合各段意思的小标题。
________
I've got a collection of terrible ' mistakes' in my wardrobe. I have never worn them! But I don't mind going shopping with my girlfriend, because she helps me choose. I think women are better at buying clothes than men. They've got better taste and they always know what's in fashion.
________
You shouldn't be afraid of her. Maybe she's just as shy as you. What about giving her a red rose
and a short message? Say something like “I'd really like to know you but I don't know how." She'll probably be excited to know she's got a fan!
________
Jane usually travels for 2 hours at most and then she can have a rest for at least 3 hours. She meets a lot of interesting people from all over the world. She says she likes it because she doesn't have to work full-time, she can spend more time with our three children and me.
________
When Mrs. Poor got into the lift, she was carrying only a handbag. After a while, the lift stopped between floors. She shouted and shouted, and rang the alarm, but nobody heard her.
________
I've known her for four years and I really like her. But she always copies everything I do. If I buy some new clothes, the next day she'll go out and buy exactly the same ones. It's the same with music, films, even my friends! What should I do?
7. （1分）根据句意及汉语提示完成句子。
（1）We should keep ________ (安静的) in class.
（2）We students often ________ (依靠) on our parents.
（3）Let’s ________(数) down from 10 to 0.
（4）To be ________ (诚实的), he is a good man.
（5）Do you ________ (同意) me?
8. （1分）写出下列形容词的比较级和最高级。
（1）good/ well ________ ________
（2）ill ________ ________
（3）many/ much ________ ________
（4）little ________ ________
（5）bad ________ ________
（6）far ________ ________
（7）few ________ ________
（8）close ________ ________
（9）beautiful ________ ________
（10）early ________ ________
（11）hard ________ ________
（12）expensive ________ ________
（13）hot ________ ________
（14）thin ________ ________
（15）healthy ________ ________
（16）safe ________ ________
9. （1分）Tim was so angry that he ________(踢) the door.
10. （1分）Believe us! We can finish the work with the________(最少的)money.
11. （1分）I'm ________（抱歉）. I can't spell "blackboard".
12. （1分）If someone t ________ cares about you, he will always be there to listen.
13. （1分）________(没有一个)of the two books on the desk is interesting.
14. （1分）There are many famous t________ at the foot of the mountain and one of them is Shaolin Temple.
15. （1分）A m________ is a person who plays music or writes songs as his job.
16. （1分）I ________（推断）it will rain tomorrow.
五、选词填空 (共1题；共1分)
17. （1分）选择恰当的单词填空．每词限用一次．（有两个多余的选项）
By 2050 we will have"clever"________．We won't have so many accidents，________ they will be able to communicate with each other．Cars will slow down by themselves or stop in________ situations．Also，our cars will ________ on electricity or water．
By 2050 our homes will be more eco﹣friendly （环保）．We will use solar （太阳的） energy，and
we will clean and ________ our water．There will be many more people in the world ________our houses will be smaller．Many houses will be underground and we will have ________ to help clean，cook and do ________home shopping．
We won't die!We will put our brains onto computers and live ________．The computers of the future won't look like machines．They'll look like humans．
By 2050 there will be too many people on the earth and ________100 million people will be living on the moon and other planets．We will be able to travel to Mars and back in just three days．
六、短文填空 (共1题；共1分)
18. （1分）Now is the time for all Jazz ________ (迷) voices to be heard.
七、书面表达 (共1题；共5分)
19. （5分）我国不少城市正在推广公共自行车，提倡人们“绿色出行，低碳生活”。请你参考以下内容要点谈谈推广公共自行车的好处。
1）首先，骑自行车更方便(convenient)，可以很容易地租还(rent and return)；
2）其次，众所周知(as we all know)，在上学、上班时段交通特别繁忙，如果有更多的人选择自行车，街道上就会有更少的汽车，也不会那么拥挤；
3）还有……（请至少补充两点）
短文必须包括所有内容要点，可适当发挥，80词左右，开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Now public bikes are provided for people in many cities in China. I think it's a good thing.
I hope more and more people can ride bikes and live a low-carbon life.
参考答案
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