八年级下册英语5月考试卷

八校联考初二第二次阶段性测试英语试卷
制卷、校对：初二英语组
满分：100分时间：100分钟
第Ⅰ卷（选择题满分60分）
一、听力部分（15分）
第一部分：听对话回答问题,读两遍。

( ) 1. Which sight are they talking about?
A. B. C.
( ) 2. What’s the woman’s father?
A. B. C.
( ) 3. Has the girl’s mother ever been to Hainan Island?
A. Sorry, I don’t know.
B. Yes, she has.
C. No, never. ( ) 4. Why wouldn’t Jessica like to see the movie Coming Home?
A. Because she has seen it.
B. Because the movie is not exciting.
C. Because she has to prepare for the test.
( ) 5. Why did Tom get up so early this morning?
A. Because he wanted to do sports.
B. Because he wanted to catch a train.
C. Because he wanted to walk a dog.
第二部分听对话和短文回答问题
听一段对话，回答第6-7小题。

( ) 6.What are they talking about?
A. The CCTV news.
B. The sports program.
C. The TV station. ( )7.What does the woman think of watching too much TV?
A. It is good for health.
B. It is not helpful.
C. It is helpful for sports. 听第一篇短文，回答第8-10小题。

请根据短文内容，选择正确答案，完成信息记录表。

A busy week
Monday Go to my cousin’s birthday party
Tuesday 8
Wednesday 9
Thursday Study for my 10 test
Friday Go to the movies
( ) 8. A. Go to the dentist B. Play basketball C. English ( ) 9. A. Go to the museum B. Play tennis C. Have a test ( ) 10. A. Maths B. Arts C. Chinese
听第二篇短文，回答第11-15小题。

( ) 11. Why did Anna save money at first?
A. Because she hoped to buy some toys.
B. Because she wanted to help homeless children.
C. Because she hoped to go to Disneyland one day.
( ) 12. When did Anna know about the Road House?
A. At the age of four.
B. At the age of eight.
C. At the age of twelve. ( )1 3. How did Anna know about the Road House?
A. From a newspaper.
B. On the Internet.
C. From a TV programme. ( ) 14. What didn’t Anna buy in the shop?
A. A toy.
B. Some socks.
C. Some pencils.
( ) 15. Who did Anna buy the presents for?
A. A homeless child.
B. Her good friend.
C. Herself.
二．单项选择（15）
( )16. The Statue of Liberty, _____present from _____European country, is now in New York, ____Big Apple, the biggest city in the USA.
A. a; the; the
B. a; an ; a
C. a; a; the
D. a; an; the
( )17. I was just talking to Jane when Dave ________ on our conversation.
A. cut in
B. pushed in
C. handed in
D. gave in
( )18.---When did you join the army? ---____________.
A.Until I finished high school
B. Not until I have finished high school
C. Until I have finished high school
D. Not until I finished high school? ( )19. T he most important purpose of tomorrow’s talk is _______healthy food, _______us table manners.
A. either to tell us; or to teach
B. not only telling us; but teaching
C. not to tell us ; but to teach
D. not telling us; but teaching
( )20. ---Would you please help me look after my dog _____my family are on holiday?
---________. Wish you a pleasant trip!
A. when; My pleasure
B. while; It’s a pleasure
C. when; With pleasure
D.as; It’s a pleasure
( )21.--Did James invite you to his party?
--Yes. But I had to _______ it because it was hard for me to spare time for it.
A. return
B. refuse
C. renew
D. review ( ) 22.I went to _______ side of the road in order to avoid _______ him.
A. another; to meet
B. another; meeting
C. the other; to meet
D. the other; meeting
( ) 23--- Harry finally won the first prize.
---Really? _______.
A. Many hands make light work.
B. Every dog has its day.
C. Burn the candle at both ends
D. It never rains but it pours.
( )24 .The volunteer has donated as much money as he can _______ the children in need.
A .working closely with B. to work closely with
C. working close with
D. to work close with
( ) 25. ----_______ I wash the clothes now?
----No, you _______. You _______ clean the room first.
A. Must; don’t have to; may
B. Must; needn’t to; must
C. Must; mustn’t; can
D. Shall; may; may
( )26 The _______ woman _______ Shanghai since her husband died in 1990.
A. lonely; has gone to
B. alone; has left
C. lonely; has been in
D. alone; has been to
( )27 ----He’s never missed his lessons, ______he ?
----- _______, sometimes.
A. is , No
B. has , Yes
C. hasn’t , Yes
D. isn’t , No
( )28 This machine is used to ________,but now she gets used to_______ on it to keep fit.
A. walk; walking
B. walking; walk
C. walk; walk
D. walking; walking ( )29. At last, the poor woman ______ that the company couldn’t afford ______ her work.
A. told, paying for
B. was told, paying
C. told, to pay
D. was told, to pay for ( )30 ---Has Uncle Jimmy ___________?
---Yes. He ____________ a beautiful young lady______ the end of 2008.
A. married; has married to; since
B. married; has been married to; since
C. been married; has got married to; for
D. been married; has been married with;,for
三、完形填空（15分）
阅读下列短文，从文后各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

Susie Sunbeam was not her real name. It was Susan Brown. But everyone called ____31 Sunbeam, because she had such a sweet, smiling face. She ____32____took brightness with her wherever she went. Her grandfather first gave her this ___33_____ ,and it seemed to fit the little girl so ____34___ that soon it took the place of her own.
Even when Susie was a baby, she laughed and smiled from morning till night. No one ever heard her cry unless she was __35_ or hurt. When she had learnt to __36___, she loved to go around the house and get things for her mother. __37__ , she helped her as much as she could.
She loved __38__ . She would sit by her mother’s side for an hour at a time, and ask her many questions. At other times, she would take a new book and read quietly. Susie was always pleasant in her play with other children. She never used a(n) __39__ word , but tried to do
whatever would make her playmates happy.
One day, a(n) __40__ little girl with an old torn dress passed by. Susie heard some children teasing and laughing at her. She at once ran out to the gate, and asked the little girl to come __41__. “What are you crying for? ” Susie asked. “Because they all __42__ at me.” she said.
Then Susie took the little girl into the house. She___43___the little girl with kind words, and she gave her one of her own best dresses and a good pair of shoes. This brought real___44__ to the poor child , and she thought that Sunbeam was the__45__ name for Susan Brown.
( )31. A. it B. itself C. her D. herself
( )32.A. sometimes B. seldom C. never D. always
( )33. B. chance C. dress D. book
( )34.A. possibly B. clearly C. nicely D. easily
( )35. A. happy B. sick C. fine D. busy
( )36. A. walk B. say C. read D. write
( )37. A. By the way B. In this way C. On the way D. In the way
( )38.A. study B . nature C. travel D. sport
( )39.A. kind B. unkind C. usual D. unusual
( )40. A. honest B. weak C. poor D. rich
( )41. A.in B. out C. up D. down
( )42 A. look B. point C. shout D. laugh
( )43.A. brought up B. gave up C. picked up D. cheered up ( )44. A. pain B. trouble C. pleasure D. truth
( )45. A. wrong B. right C. strange D. common
四、阅读理解（15分）
A
Have you ever dreamed about sending a letter to yourself or your friends in the future? While express mail(快递) is a fast way to send your letters, there is another type of mail appearing in China as a new business—future mail.
“The letter should be sent next Mother’s Day and not a day earlier!” Lin Xiaofan, a college student in Shanghai, tells one of the companies offering the service.
Lin Xiaofan wrote the letter to her mother nearly a year earlier to express her love to her mother for next Mother’s D ay.
“Offering this service makes people slow down and lets them understand the meaning of ‘time’ in another way,” said Zheng Zhimin, manager at a “future mail” company. Zheng thinks “future mail” letters help remind us of care, friendship and love.
While “future mail” is becoming more and more popular, some people are wondering what will happen if the postal address changes or if the company goes broken before the letters arrive.
Zheng said customers are glad to sign a contract(签订合同) to make sure that they can be compensated if their letters are lost or damaged.
Most of the customers are college students and young white-collar(白领) workers.
Psychologists (心理学家) said that young Chinese might have a new way to express their feelings through this service. Most people put their hopes and wishes in the letter so that they can experience the connection(联系) between the past and the present when they receive the letter.
( )46. The underlined word “compensate” means ______ in Chinese.
A.赔偿
B. 完成
C. 送达
D.抛弃
( )47.The “future mail” service is popular among ______.
A.junior students
B. college students
C. young children
D. blue-collar workers ( )48. The “future mail” service can help us ______.
A. sign a contract
B. express our love and care
C. forget friendship
D. understand the meaning of “time” in a wrong way ( )49. You’d better use “future mail” if you want to ______.
A. save money from sending express mail
B. send a birthday gift to your friend quickly
C. talk with your friends about your life freely
D. send your best wishes to yourself on January 1, 2020
B
There are many different kinds of disasters around the world. As an adult you know what to do during a disaster, but what about the children? Some adults think it would probably never happen to them, so they don’t teach their children what to do. Before it’s too late, here are ways to help you prepare your child for a disaster:
Educate: It is always good to let your child know about po ssible disasters. This doesn’t mean children have to live in fear. When teaching them about disasters, keep the conversation positive （积极的）by telling them there is a solution（解决办法）to the disaster. Keep the conversations short, allow for questions and answer honestly.
Prepare: Always be prepared, that is the best advice for children. For example, when preparing for bad weather, get the tools you need, like candles, radios, food, water and medicine. Teach your child what is needed in certain disasters so that they know what is available for them, if ever needed.
Plan: You should always have a plan for you and your child for any dangerous situation. Write out a simple list that they can read. The plan could start with “listen to an adult’s advice and/or call 119”.
Practice: Once you have got the correct safety tools and worked out the right plan, practice every few months. Practicing what to do during a disaster with your child will help them if the time comes.
Disasters can’t be avoided but they can be lessened（减轻）once you are prepared and ready for one.
( )50. What should adults teach children?
A. When disasters will happen.
B. Why disasters are dangerous.
C. What to do for a disaster.
D. How to avoid a disaster.
( )51. What is the correct thing to do for adults?
A. Have positive conversations with children.
B. Try not to talk about disasters with children.
C. Make the children scared of disasters.
D. Ask children lots of questions.
( )52. What’s the most important thing for children?
A. Always ask adults for help.
B. Always be prepared for a disaster.
C. Always listen to an adult’s advice.
D. Always remember where the tools are. ( )53. What is NOT advised doing?
A. Remembering what is needed in certain disasters.
B. Getting the children to know the plan well.
C. Helping people in disaster areas.
D. Getting radios for bad weather.
C
The next time you look up at the sky and see a cloud that looks like Mickey Mouse or your favorite fruit, look again. It may not be a cloud, but a Flogo -- a logo that flies. It's a new form of advertising in the sky that's never been used before. It's a different way to market your products, logos, and events.
These funny logos are made with soap bubbles （肥皂泡）mixed with a little helium gas （氦气）,which makes them lighter than air and float in the sky. Special machines are used to make these new funny Flogos. The machine, which can be rented for $ 2,500 a day, can make a Flogo every 15-25 seconds.
Flogos can fly much higher or lower if needed. They can last from a few minutes to an hour anywhere in the sky, depending on the weather conditions. Though they can fly up to 20, 000 feet, they usually float around at 300- 500 feet. Flogos are only white now, but people hope to have more colorful Flogos in the near future.
Flogos are Green, 100% environmentally safe, because the soap used to make the Flogo comes from plants and leaves. So this fun way of advertising is healthy and good for the environment.
( )54 Why are Flogos healthy and good for the environment?
A. Because they can float high and last for a long time in the sky.
B. Because there is a little helium gas mixed with soap bubbles.
C. Because the machines used to make them are special and expensive.
D. Because the soap used to make them comes from plants and leaves.
( )55. From the passage, we can infer that Flogos _____.
A. can fly for hours in the sky all day
B. can have different colors at present
C. may be influenced by the weather
D. may be the cheapest way of advertising ( )56. Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?
A. Machines -- Used for Flogos!
B. Flogos -- Logos that fly!
C. Advertising -- Made of Fruits!
D. Clouds -- Like Mickey Mouse!
D
Your brain controls everything you do. It makes it possible for you to think, learn, create and feel; to blink(眨眼) and breathe and for your heart
to heat –this fantastic control center is your brain. It is so amazing that a
famous scientist once called it " the most complex(复杂) thing we have yet
discovered in our universe".
Can this small grey organ(器官) , which weighs less than one and a half kilos, really do so much? Amazingly , your brain contains about 100 billion neurons(神经元) -it would take you over 3 ,000 years to count them all. Believe it or not, the activity in your brain never stops. Your neurons create and send more messages than all the phones in the world. And although one neuron creates only a little electricity, all your neurons together can produce enough electricity to power a light bulb (灯泡).
So exactly how fast does your brain work? Well, imagine this: a bee lands on your foot. Neurons in your skin send this information to your brain at a speed of more than 240 kilometers per hour. Your brain then uses other neurons to send the message back to your foot to shake the bee off quickly. These neurons can send this information at more than 320 kilometers per hour. No computer has your brain's unbelievable ability to deal with the amount of information coming from your eyes, ears and other sensory organs.
But how does your brain allow you to learn things? What you will use in the future? The structure (结构) of your brain changes every time you have a new thought, remember or learn something. For example, riding a bike seems impossible at first, but soon you are able to do it. How? As you practice, your brain sends "bike riding" messages again and again Soon, the actions are learnt and you are able to ride a bike easily from then on.
( )57. From the passage we know that neurons______________ .
A. receive messages very slowly
B. are only found in your skin
C. send messages to your brain
D. need electricity to work
( )58. In Paragraph 3, the writer mentions computers to ______________ .
A. compare them with the human brain
B. show how fast they have become
C. say that computers have no abilities
D. ask people to use computers more
( )59. When you have a new thought, ______________ .
A. your brain will power a light bulb
B. your heart beats faster
C. you remember something
D. the structure of your brain changes ( )60. The article is mainly about ________________ .
A. all the steps when your brain learns things
B. what an unbelievable organ the human brain is
C. how the brain makes people smarter than computers
D. the things you can do to make your brain work faster
第II卷非选择题（满分40分）
五、词汇（15分）
A)请根据括号中的中文提示、英文释义或句意，写出句中所缺单词，使句子通顺。

（5分）
61. We can learn a lot of ________________ (知识) in class if we listen carefully.
62 .He ______________(get or reach) success with the help of his friends at last.
63.These ____________( 秘书) wives are talking about the big event.
64. We are quite _______________ (骄傲的) that he has made such great progress this term.
65. More and more parents send their children to study abroad for better ______________.
B)请根据句意从方框中选择合适的单词，并用其适当形式填空，使句子通顺。

66. We should try our best to do what we can to help those with intellectual ________any time.
67. The temperature is in the _____________ today. No wonder it is so hot.
68. The sick boy was badly hurt, so he needed an____________ on his brain at once.
69. Jack got the most points in the final exam because he answered the fewest questions ____________.
70. It’s _____________ to speak to the elderly impolitely.
C)
71. He spent as much money as he could ___________the house.
72. Look, the ground is so dirty. Who _____________ the milk on it?
73. My hair needs _________.
74. You can’t play football if your homework _______________.
75. ---Has your father finished the report yet? ---I don’t know. But he ____________it the whole afternoon yesterday
六、按要求进行句型转换（5分）
76. They set up an organization last year (改为被动语态)
An organization _______ _______ up by them last year.
77. Is a little present bought for his father by him on Father’s Day every year?（改为主动语态）
_________ he _________ a little present for his father on Father’s Day every year?
78. The Blacks haven’t left their hometown since last year.(对划线部分提问）
______ ______haven’t the Blacks left their hometown?
79. The house is so old that nobody lives in it.(改为简单句)
The house isn’t _______ _______for anybody to live in..
80. She closed the windows ten minutes ago.(同义句)
She has _________ the windows _____________ for ten minutes..
七、课文填空（本题共5个空格；每空1分，共5分）
Yes. Modern ___81_____ is ____82____ quickly and now most eye problems and ____83____ can be treated and ____84____. But more money is needed to carry on with our work. We hope more people will ____85____ us.
八、任务型阅读阅读下面的材料，根据材料内容完成表格，每空1词，每空0.5分, 共5分
British people pride themselves on their polite manners towards one another in public. They often use the word ‘sorry’—even when they don’t really mean it! Usually, if they want to ask a stranger for the time, they would start by saying ‘Sorry to bother you. Do you know what time it is?’ If they’re five minutes late for an appointment (约会), they would generally greet the person by saying ‘Sorry I’m late!’
They use the word ‘sorry’ in so many different situations that the meaning of the word has changed a little over time. The two main dictionary definitions (释义) of ‘sorry’ are: 1) feeling sad for someone else because of their problems or bad luck; 2) feeling regret because you’ve done something wrong. Now, think about this. Normally, when they want to ask a stranger a question, they start with ‘Sorry to bother you’. In this situation, they aren’t saying sorry because they feel sad for that person or because they feel regret.
So what does ‘sorry’ really mean? And why do British people use it so much? Well, in the British culture, saying ‘sorry’ is a way to be polite, especially to people who they don’t know very well. It’s also a very clever way to get what they want. In a recent experiment, an actor went up to a different strangers on a rainy day to ask if he could use their mobile phones in order to make a call. When he went up to one group of strangers and asked them without saying ‘sorry’first, he was only 9 per cent successful in borrowing their phones. However, when he said ‘sorry’ to another group of strangers about the bad weather before asking if he could use their mobile phones, he was 47 per cent successful. So maybe saying ‘sorry’ is not just being
Ti tle: Why do 86 people say sorry?
Main points Detailed information
The situations in which they say ‘87 ’●asking for the time
●Being 88 for an appointment
The change of the meaning of ‘sorry’●The two main 89 definitions of ‘sorry’;
① feeling sad for 90 problems or bad luck
② feeling regret 91 of one’s own mistakes
●When British people ask a stranger a question by
92 with ‘sorry’, they are saying sorry neither because
they feel sad for that person nor because they feel regret.
The __93__ meaning of ‘sorry’● a way to be polite
● a good way to get 94 they want
The result of an experiment shows it’s 95 for one to succeed in borrowing a mobile phone by saying ‘sorry’.
九、书面表达（共1题；满分10分）
假如你叫刘红，你们学校正在创建文明校园，倡导人人都做文明中学生。

请你根据以下提示，给你的英国笔友Tom写一封邮件，告诉他你的一些看法和感受。

要点提示：
1. 我们应该对人友善，礼貌交谈，尊重他人。

2.要公众场合要排队等候，不要插队。

3.随手捡垃圾，不乱丢纸屑，爱护花草树木不践踏草地，并随手关水龙头关灯。

4.要遵守交通规则，不乱穿马路。

5.当撞到别人或挡了别人记得说声……；当要打断别人的话或从旁边挤过去要记得说声……
6.要有爱心，帮助需要帮助的人,例如，要常向慈善机构捐款，帮助残疾人。

7.你的其他观点……（自由发挥一、两点）
要求：1.要展开合理的想象，进行适当的发挥。

2. 词数80左右，开头与结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Tom,
How is it going? At my school we’re talking about what we should do to be a good student.
Yours,
Liu Hong。