上海新世纪版2020年八年级上学期英语期中考试试卷B卷

上海新世纪版2020年八年级上学期英语期中考试试卷B卷
一、单项选择（10分） (共10题；共10分)
1. （1分）I have _____ European pen friend, and he likes playing _____ guitar.
A . an; /
B . an; the
C . a; /
D . a; the
2. （1分）—My Chinese is very poor, but Lily always helps me.
—You should ____ her.
A . be popular with
B . say thanks to
C . be angry with
D . listen to
3. （1分）—How much is the fish?
—_________.
A . Eight yuan and fifty fen.
B . Fifty fens and eight yuan.
C . Fifty fen and eight yuan.
D . Eight yuan and fifty fens.
4. （1分）The boy keeps on _________ stories to be a writer.
A . write
B . to write
C . writing
D . wrote
5. （1分）Boys and girls, calm down and focus on the test paper __________ you begin to think about the answers. Be confident. You can do it!
A . as if
B . as soon as
C . although
6. （1分）It's time ______now.
A . for lunch
B . to go to home
C . for go to school
D . to go school
7. （1分）Do you have _______ for lunch every day?
A . fish
B . a fish
C . fishes
D . a fishes
8. （1分）—What's this English？
—It's a key.
A . on
B . is
C . in
D . IN
9. （1分）Which is the ________ biggest city?
A . Indian
B . Indians
C . Indian's
D . Indians'
10. （1分）—you spell it?
—Yes, I can.
A . How
B . How do
C . Can
D . Please
二、完形填空（15分） (共1题；共15分)
11. （15分） In the USA，children start school when they are five years old．In some states
they must stay in school 1 they are sixteen．But most students are seventeen or eighteen years old when they 2 ， secondary schools．There are two kinds of schools in the USA：public schools and private schools．3 children go to public schools．Their parents do not have to 4 their education because the schools 5 money from the government．If a child goes to a private school，his parents have to get enough money for his schooling．Some parents still 6 private schools
though they are much more expensive．
Today about half of the high school students 7 in universities after they finish secondary schools．A student at a state university does not have to pay very much if his parents 8 in that state．
Many students 9 while they are studying at universities．In this way they get into 10 working habits and live by their own hands．
（1）
A . and
B . though
C . till
D . since
（2）
A . leave
B . come
C . study
D . pass
（3）
A . Several
B . Most
C . A few
D . Few
（4）
A . look up
B . pay for
C . ask for
D . think over
（5）
A . lend
B . spend
C . get
D . cost
（6）
A . go
B . hate
C . like
D . mind
（7）
A . play
B . miss
C . change
D . study （8）
A . was born
B . travels
C . visit
D . live
（9）
A . work
B . study hard
C . do sports
D . read books （10）
A . good
B . bad
C . well
D . better
三、阅读理解（35分） (共5题；共35分)
12. （3分） As one of Hollywood's all-time greatest actress, Audrey Hepburn is famous all over the world. When Hepburn died in 1993, the world mourned the loss of a great beauty, a great actress and a great humanitarian.
Born in Belgium on 4th May 1929, Hepburn dreamed of becoming a successful ballet dancer. She had also been a model before she entered the film industry. In 1951, while acting in Monte Carlo Baby, Hepburn met the famous French writer Colette, who was attracted by Hepburn's beauty and charm. She insisted that Hepburn was the perfect girl to play the lead role in Gigi, a play based on her novel. That event marked the beginning of Hepburn's successful career.
Shortly after, Hepburn was chosen to play the lead role of a young princess in the Hollywood film Roman Holiday. It was a big success and earned her an Oscar for Best Actress. She also won a Tony Award for the play Ondine.
During her lifetime, Hepburn earned four more Oscar nominations. In 1989, she made her final appearance in her last film Always and played the role of an angel.
Throughout her acting years, she acted in only one TV series, Gardens of the world with Audrey Hepburn. By showing us the beauty of nature, Hepburn wanted to remind us that we should protect the environment.
Hepburn is remembered not just as a great actress, but also as a great humanitarian. She was honoured with a number of awards because of her efforts in her charity work. In 1992, the President of the United States presented her with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
In 1991, Hepburn discovered that she had cancer. In 1993, at the age of 63, she passed away peacefully in her sleep.
（1） Which of the following is the correct order according to the events?
a. People mourned her death.
b. She was honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
c. Her successful film career began.
d. She earned an Oscar for Best Actress.
e. She met the French writer Colette.
A . a-e-c-b-d
B . a-e-d-c-b
C . e-c-d-b-a
D .
e-c-b-d-a
（2）Her successful career lasted about ______ years.
A . 60
B . 50
C . 40
D . 30
（3）People remember Hepburn not only as a great actress but also as _____________ .
A . a kind lady
B . a brave lady
C . a wise lady
D . an attractive lady
13. （8分）More and more people around the world are joining in dangerous sports. Some people climbed the highest mountains; some traveled into unknown parts of the world; some sailed small boats across the largest sea. Now some people begin to look for new excitement.
Bungee jumping (蹦极) and motorcycle racing (摩托车赛) are quite dangerous sports. Bungee jumping only lasts a few minutes or even seconds. You jump from a high place, 200 meters above the ground, and there is a rubber band (橡胶带子) tied to your legs. When you jump down, the rubber band pulls you up. About 2,000,000 people around the world have tried bungee jumping.
Why do people join in these dangerous sports? Some scientists say that it is because modern life has become safe and it is not interesting. In the past, people lived in danger. They had to go out and look for food, and life was like a fight but was interesting.
Many people think that there is little excitement in life. They live and work in safe places, buy food in shops, and there are doctors and hospitals to look after them if they become ill.
（1）People like to join in dangerous sports because _______.
A . they have a lot of free time
B . they can go to the hospital if they are hurt
C . they need excitement
D . they don't need to look for food
（2）_______ is not a dangerous sport.
A . Climbing the highest mountains
B . Riding on the road
C . Traveling into unknown parts of the world
D . Sailing small boats across the largest sea
（3）In bungee jumping, you _______.
A . jump up as high as you can
B . jump down with a rubber band tied to your legs
C . jump down without a rubber band
D . jump to the ground
（4）In the past, people lived in danger because _______.
A . the living condition is poor
B . there was no doctor and hospital
C . there were many dangerous animals
D . all of above
（5）Which is not TRUE?
A . Everyone's life is interesting.
B . Many people live and work in safe places
C . Many people buy food in shops.
D . People can go to see the doctors when they become ill.
14. （8分）阅读下列短文，从各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项。

Many people know that rubbish is a big problem on planet Earth. What many people don't know is that junk(垃圾)has become a problem in outer space too.
According to BBC News, there are more than 22, 000 pieces of space junk floating around the earth. And these are just the things that we can see from the surface of the earth by telescopes (望远镜). There are also millions of smaller pieces of junk that we can't see.
Objects, like bits of old space rockets or satellites, move around the planet at very high speeds fast that even a very small piece can break important satellites or become dangerous to astronauts. If the tiniest piece of junk crashed into a spaceship, it could damage the vehicle.
To make things worse, when two objects in space crash, they break into many smaller pieces. For example, when a U.S. satellite hit an old Russian rocket in 2009, it broke into more than 2,000 pieces, increasing the amount of space junk.
To reduce additional space junk, countries have agreed that all new space tools can only stay in space for 25 years at most. Each tool must be built to fall safely into the earth's atmosphere after that time. In the upper parts of the atmosphere, it will burn up.
Many scientists also suggesting different ways to clean up space junk. In England scientists are testing a metal net that can be fired into space junk. The net catches the junk and then pulls it into the earth's atmosphere to burn up. The Germans are building robots that can collect pieces of space junk and bring them back to Earth to be safely destroyed.
The problem is becoming more challenging because we're sending more objects into space to help people use their mobile phones and computers,” says Marco Castronuovo, an Italian space Researcher.
“The time to act is now. The longer we leave the problem, the bigger it will become,” he says.
（1）What does the underlined word “these” in Paragraph 2 refer to?
A . Telescopes.
B . Satellites.
C . Pieces of space junk.
D . BBC news reports.
（2）Why is space junk considered a problem?
A . It burns up after it re-enters the atmosphere
B . It often stops the view of telescopes on Earth
C . It could force new space tools to travel at slower speeds
D . It may crash into other space tools causing damage or deat
（3）Countries want future space tools to be able to fall back into the earth's atmosphere so that .
A . the tools can be reused later
B . the tools don't become space junk
C . the earth's atmosphere can stay clean
D . the effects of space flight can be studied
（4）How do the Germans plan to deal with space junk?
A . Catch it with nets.
B . Use robots to collect it.
C . Burn it in the earth's atmosphere.
D . Send it further away from the earth.
（5）In which section of the newspaper would you probably read this article?
A . Environment.
B . Local News.
C . Education.
D . Fashion.
15. （10分） You might have noticed that the cost of food has gone up.In fact the price of wheat and rice has nearly doubled in the past few years.It's thought that right now，850 million people—that's more than 10 times the population of the UK—are short of food because it's too expensive or there's not enough of it.
The price of basic food such as wheat and corn has stayed the same for quite a long time，about 30 years.But as the world's population is getting bigger，there's more pressure to feed more people，plus there's less land and water to go round.
Another reason is climate（气候）change.Droughts and floods make it hard to grow crops like rice and grain.The price of oil has gone up and that makes it more expensive for farmers to run their tractors and to transport the food they make.And lots of fields are being used to grow crops to make other things that can't be eaten—which is bad news for hungry people.
The main losers are poor people who live in cities in poor countries，who are facing higher prices for food.Some people are doing well out of the food crisis（危机） though.Farmers in rich countries like the US，Canada and Australia are getting record prices for their harvests.
World leaders are meeting in the Italian capital Rome to talk about the problem of rising food prices.Some countries are helping out with the cost of foods and international aid agencies have called for more money for food production in poor countries.
（1）The price of food goes up because all of the following EXCEPT _____.
A . there are more and more people in the world.
B . American farmers are getting richer and richer.
C . many farm lands are used to make other things rather than food.
D . climate change makes it harder to grow food.
（2）Who lose the most because of the food crisis?
A . Farmers in rich countries
B . Farmers in developed countries.
C . Poor people in cities in poor countries
D . Poor people in cities in developed countries.
（3）What does the food crisis mean to farmers in Canada?
A . They can get a lot of money from the government
B . They have to save a lot of money
C . They can make more money from the high price
D . They are losing a lot of money.
（4）What is the best title for this passage?
A . Why is the Price of Food Going Up？
B . How Many People are Short of Food?
C . What Can We Learn from the Food Crisis?
D . Who Can Benefit（受益） from the Food Crisis?
16. （6分） Spending two or three hours playing outdoors each day can reduce(减少)a child's chance of becoming short-sighted（近视）,research shows . It challenges the belif that short-sightedness is caused by computer use , watching TV or reading in weak light .
Australian government researchers believe that sunlight is good for people's eyes . They compared the vision （视力）and habits of 100 seven-year-old children in China and Australia .In all,30% of the Chinese children were short-sighted .This percentage was ten times higher than Australian children.
Both groups spent a similar amount of time reading, watching TV and playing computer games .However , the Australia children spent an average of two hours a day outdoors ,90 minutes more than the Chinese children.
Professor Ian Morgan said ,“Humans are naturally long-sighted ,but when people begin to go to school and spend little or no time outdoors ,the number of short-sighted peoplegets larger. We are also seeing more and more short-sighted children in cities all around the world –and the main reason may be that city children spend less time outdoors .
Daylight can be hundreds of times brighter than indoor light . But why does playing outside prevent us from becoming short-sighted ? Scientists believe that natural light has a special chemical（化学物质）which stops the eyeball from growing out of shape and prevents people from becoming short-sighted .
So go outdoors.It doesn't matter if that time is spent having a picnic or playing sports .
根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。

（1）What can reduce a child's chance of becoming short-sighted according to the passage ?
A . Playing computer games
B . watching TV.
C . Reading books.
D . Spending 2 or 3 hours playing outside every day.
（2）What does the underlined word "percentage" mean?
A . 百分比
B . 功率
C . 平均分
D . 效率
（3）How much time did the Chinese children spend outdoors according to the research?
A . 2 hours.
B . 90 minutes.
C . 1 hour.
D . 30 minutes.
（4）What is the fifth paragraph mainly about?
A . Why people become short-sighted.
B . Why natural light has a special chemical.
C . Why playing outside is good for one's eyesight.
D . Why daylight is much brighter than indoor light.
（5）Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A . People will all become short-sighted after they begin to go to school.
B . Playing outdoors for 2 or 3 hours every day can help protect your eyesight.
C . Children in Australia are more likely to become short-sighted than those in China.
D . lf you spend 2 or 3 hours playing outside each day, you will become short-sighted.
四、口语应用（5分） (共1题；共5分)
17. （5分）阅读下面对话，从方框内7个选项中选择5个恰当的句子完成此对话.
B: Sure.
A: What do you think of Spring Clothes Store in town?
B:________
A: Why do you think so?
B: Because it has the best clothes.
A:________
B: Let me see. Paris Fashion has the friendliest service, but it's also the most expensive.
A: Some people like Jennifer's.________
B: Well, it's cheaper than other clothes, but it has the worst clothes, I think.
A: I see.________
B: No problem.
五、任务型阅读（9分） (共1题；共9分)
18. （9.0分）根据短文内容，回答下列问题。

David wants to buy a Christmas present for his mother. David's father gives him $ 5 a week and David puts $2 into his bank account(账户) every week. After three months David takes $ 20 out of his bank account and goes to the shop. He looks for a great present. He sees a beautiful brooch(胸针) in the shape of his favourite pet. He says to himself, "My mother loves jewellery(珠宝), and the brooch costs only $ 17. " He buys the brooch and takes it home. He wraps(裹) the present in Christmas paper and then puts it under the tree. He is very happy and he wants to see the joy(喜悦) on his mother's face that day. When his mother opens the present, she screams(尖叫). She sees a spider(蜘蛛).
（1）What does David want to buy for his mother?(不超过3个词)
（2）What does David do first when he takes tile present home?(不超过6个词)
（3）Why does David's mother scream?(不超过8个词)
六、根据所给提示，完成句子。

每空一词，含缩略词。

（10分） (共5题；共10分)
19. （2分）They have to go to school in their school uniforms every day. (改为同义句)
They have to ________ their school uniforms________ go to school every day.
20. （2分）按照要求完成句子。

（1）We must wear uniforms on Monday. (改为同义句)
We ________ ________ wear uniforms on Monday.
（2）I have to read a book before l watch TV. (对画线部分提问)
________ ________ you have to do before you watch TV?
（3）You can be noisy and eat in class. (改为否定句)
You ________ be noisy ________ eat in class.
（4）They can play tennis in the gym. (改为一般疑问句)
________ they ________ tennis in the gym?
（5）You can't play basketball after school. (改为祈使句)
________ ________ basketball after school.
21. （2分）Mike rarely goes to school late. (改为反意疑问句)
Mike rarely goes to school late, ________ ________?
22. （2分）The box is too heavy for Paul to carry.（同义句改写）
It is ________ a heavy box ________ Paul can't carry it.
23. （2分）你是哪里人?
________ ________ you________?
七、短文填空(16分) (共1题；共16分)
24. （16分）Complete the sentences with the proper forms of the given words.
1. If you are not sure of the correct ________ of the word, look it up in your dictionary. (pronounce)
2. The customer was ________ by the efficiency of the staff. (impression)
3. It's not ________ to do the project. You have been so busy recently. (advice)
4. Do you think the solution to the problem is ________ ? (accept)
八、书面表达（20分） (共1题；共20分)
25. （20分）根据提示，请以“School Rules”为题，写一篇短文。

提示：每所学校都有规章制度，下面是你们学校的一些规章制度，请你向一位新生Mary做一下介绍。

内容包括：⑴上课不能迟到；
⑵教室要保持（keep）干净和安静；
⑶见到老师要问好（greet）；
⑷不允许在教室里吃东西；
⑸不许在课堂上听音乐、玩游戏；
⑹不要损害花草树木（pick flowers；climb trees）。

参考答案一、单项选择（10分） (共10题；共10分)
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二、完形填空（15分） (共1题；共15分)
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三、阅读理解（35分） (共5题；共35分)
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13-2、13-3、13-4、13-5、14-1、14-2、14-3、14-4、14-5、15-1、15-2、15-3、15-4、16-1、16-2、16-3、16-4、16-5、
四、口语应用（5分） (共1题；共5分)
17-1、
五、任务型阅读（9分） (共1题；共9分)
18-1、
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六、根据所给提示，完成句子。

每空一词，含缩略词。

（10分） (共5题；共10分) 19-1、
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七、短文填空(16分) (共1题；共16分)
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八、书面表达（20分） (共1题；共20分)
25-1、。