八年级英语上学期开学摸底考试试题试题

2021学年第一学期八年级开学摸底考试试卷英语
I. Choose the best answer(选择最恰当之答案)(一共32分)
1. I have a bad cold and therefore I need to have a rest. Which of the following
is correct for the underlined word in the sentence? (47)
A ['θæəfɔː] B. ['ðæəfɔː] C. ['θeəfɔː]
D. ['ðeəfɔː]
2. Which of the following underlined parts is different in pronunciation (发音) from the others? (48)
A. I have no pocket money.
B. There was an old tree long ago.
C. These beds are very comfortable.
D. This nice box is too heavy.
3. Our teacher said ____ students should learn from Amy. (50)
A. each other
B. another
C. others
D.
other
4. Do you have ____ to tell your aunt? (48)
A. something
B. anything
C. everything
D. nothing
5. I looke d for my ruler ____, but I didn’t find it. (49)
A. anywhere
B. somewhere
C. nowhere
D. everywhere
6. — How can I get to the nearest cinema? (47)
— Turn left ____ Guangming Road. You can see it ____ your right.
A. on; into
B. into; into
C. into; on
D. on; in
7. You can tie the books ____ this string. (50)
A. in
B. with
C. of
D. on
8. — Should I buy any apples? (48)
— No, there are ____ in the fridge.
A. few
B. little
C. quite a few
D. a little
9. Bob never does his homework ____ Mary. He makes lots of mistakes. (49)
A. as carefully as
B. so careful as
C. as carefully so
D. as careful as
10. My mother forgot ____ a watermelon (西瓜) yesterday and she bought another one this morning.
A. to buy
B. buying
C. eat
D. eating (51)
11. A clock is used to ____ the time. (48)
A. talk
B. tell
C. say
D. speak
12. The bad weather made me ____ at home for a whole day last Sunday. (49)
A. stayed
B. staying
C. to stay
D. stay
13. John’s mother hopes he ____ a wonderful doctor in the future. (50)
A. becomes
B. to become
C. will become
D. has
become
14. — Where is your mother?
— She ____ Nanjing. She will be back next week. (47)
A. has gone to
B. has been to
C. has been in
D. has left
15. You ____ buy a new radio. The old one isn’t broken. (47)
A. needn’t to
B. don’t need
C. need
D. don’t need to
16. Will you ____ go to Shanghai in ten years? (49)
A. must
B. be able to
C. need
D. should
17. Tom ____ his homework and now he is playing football. (49)
A. is finishing
B. finishes
C. will finish
D. has finished
18. — May I ____ this coat? — Of course. The changing room is over there. (47)
A. take off
B. put out
C. try on
D. put away
19. I ____ 200 yuan for that new coat. (48)
A. spent
B. took
C. cost
D. paid
20. — How do you ____ your new classmates?
— Very well. They are friendly. (48)
A. take part in
B. get on with
C. take away
D. have
a good time
21. You shouldn’t ____ Maths because it is very important and it is not so difficult.
(49)
A. set up
B. tidy up
C. give up
D. clean up
22. John likes Zhang Jie very much. He has ____ many pictures of him in his bedroom. (49)
A. put out
B. got up
C. put up
D. got on
23. You’d better ____ your coat. It is too hot here. (52)
A. put on
B. take off
C. put it on
D. take it off
24. — Lisa wants to go to Beijing for a visit.
— ____. Maybe I can go with her. (47)
A. So do I
B. So I do
C. So am I
D. So I am
25. ____ is awful to walk in the rain in autumn. (49)
A. It
B. This
C. What
D. That
26. The passage is hard to understand ____ there are no new words in it. (50)
A. when
B. unless
C. because
D. although
27. — ____ will your sister come back from Shanghai? (51)
— In two days.
A. How far
B. How soon
C. How often
D. How long
28. My grandmother’s never visited Yunnan, ____? (51)
A. is she
B. isn’t she
C. has she
D. hasn’t she
29. If you ____ Tom, please tell him about the meeting. (47)
A. will see
B. saw
C. have seen
D. see
30. He was not sure ____ for his mother’s birthday. (50)
A. what was he going to buy
B. what he was going to buy
C. to buy what
D. what he is going to buy
31. — My father hurt his arms when he cut the grass in the garden this morning.
(52)
— ____.
A. That’s too exciting
B. He’s too careless
C. He should be careful
D. I’m sorry to hear that
32. — Can you do me a favor?(52) — ____.
A. My favourite
B. With pleasure
C. You are right
D. Don’t worry
II. Complete the following passages with the words or expressions in the box.
Each can only be used once. (一共5分)
You often buy birthday gifts for kids, parents and friends, but sometimes you
feel it is not easy to choose gifts. I would like to tell you some ideas for great birthday (33) ____.
You should choose different birthday gifts for different age groups. For a baby, you can choose baby things such as clothes or nappies (尿布). For children and teenagers, (34) ____ gifts are toys. For young girls, you can get them Barbie dolls (芭比娃娃). For young boys you can choose activity toys which will help them in growth. And buying activity toys is also a much healthier choice for kids (35) ____ buying snacks or chocolates. For your mother’s birthday gifts, you can choose something that she likes, (36) ____, all kinds of cosmetics (化装品) and clothes. You can give her beautiful bags and wallets. You can get books and CDs for your father’s birthday. If parents are not in good health, you can get them some medicine or medical appliances (医疗器械). I think they will be very happy.
It is important for you to choose the wonderful birthday gift for someone, so the ideas should be (37) ____ to you.
III. Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms (一共15分)
38. He made a _____________ decision. (surprise) (47)
39. The wind is getting ____________ than it was yesterday. (strong) (52)
40. A key ring is used for holding _____________. (key) (47)
41. I told ___________ to calm down. (my) (47)
42. Beijing is _____________ as our country’s capital. (know)(48)
43. My sister usually goes to the park for ______________. (funny) (48)
44. The film I watched last night was so ______. (excite) (48)
45. I was ______ because Mary didn’t come to my birthday party. (disappoint) (49)
46. Jim is the ______ of the three boys. (lazy) (49)
47. My gra ndma’s ______ is to sit in the yard seeing me playing. (happy) (49)
48. It’s ______ for him to remember all the words in 10 minutes. It’s too difficult. (possible) (50)
49. Alice wants to have ______ homework, so she can have more time to play. (little) (50)
50. I hope my school life can be more ______. (enjoy) (50)
51. John was even ______ because he didn’t pass the exam. (sadly) (50)
52. The air _______ is very serious. We must keep the air clean. (pollute) (52)
IV. Rewrite the following sentences as required〔一共22分〕
53. Lily had a good time during her stay in Beijing. (改为否认句) (52)
Lily ________ ________ a good time during her stay in Beijing.
54. I want to buy my father a shirt. (保持原句意思不变) (48)
I want to ______ a shirt ______ my father.
55. Let’s stop and have a rest now. (改为反义疑问句) (48)
Let’s stop and have a rest now, ______ ______?
56. The man’s story really sounds moving. (改为感慨句) (48)
______ ______ the man’s story really sounds!
57. I’d like to have more PE lessons.〔对画线局部提问〕(49)
______ ______ you like to have?
58. How do you like the school?〔改为同义句〕(49)
What do you ______ ______ the school?
59. Sam is taller than any other student in his class. (保持句意根本不变) (50)
Sam is _______ _______ student in his class.
60. Vera doesn’t tell the truth, I t hink.〔合并为一句话〕(51)
I ______ think that Vera ______ the truth.
61. Mr. Black is so strong that he can move this heavy box.〔保持原句意思不变〕(52)
Mr. Black is ________ ________ to move this heavy box.
62. to, watch, the, best, what, is, children, the, time, for, TV (连词成句) (48)
____________________________________?
63. that, everyone, he, hopes, at, have, a, can, school, computer (连词成句) (51)
____________________________________.
V. Reading Comprehension 〔一共26分〕
A Choose the best answer:〔5分〕(51)
Music can be a great power (力量) to change people’s lives. Regina del Carmen Sanchez, 14, always believes this. The girl from Kansas City, the US, leads a hard
life. She lives in a small house with her mom and grandparents. Her mom gets a very low pay.
But it doesn’t stop Sanchez’s love of music. She wrote her first song Keep Your Head Up when she was 12. It described (描写) the bad situation (情形) at her home, but it also sent the message of hope: “My house is old and poor, but it beats (胜过) being homeless... Love yourself and n ever give up. You’ll see a better life if you keep your head up...〞
It took Sanchez several months to finish the song. “Sometimes during a break in class, when lyrics (歌词) came into my head, I would have to write them down right then,〞 she told the local newspaper The Kansas City Star.
Jeremy Lillig is a spokesman for Bright Futures, a charity fund (慈善基金). When he saw the video of the song, he was moved. He shared it through social media (社交媒体). The fund has provided money for poor students in Kansas City.
Now Sanchez often plays the song in public. “I want to help people understand what is happening in the world in an easy way,〞 she said.
64. There are ____ people in Sanchez’s family.
A. three
B. four
C. five
D. six
65. What’s true about Keep Your Head Up?
A. It was written two years ago.
B. It showed a feeling of hopelessness.
C. It described the good situation of a house.
D. It took Sanchez several weeks to write the song.
66. The Kansas City Star is ____.
A. a music group
B. a newspaper
C. a charity fund
D. a school
67. The word “moved〞 can be replaced (代替) by ____.
A. surprised
B. interested
C. touched
D. excited
68. The best title of the passage can be ____.
A. A girl and her song
B. Poor home is better than being homeless
C. Charity changes the girl’s life
D. Let’s support poor students
B Choose the words to complete the passage :〔7分〕 (47)
I had a chance to serve my mom. I want to (69)____ my story because I hope that others can learn something from it.
Last month, my mom fell ill. I went to the hospital with her. The doctor said she had to undergo surgery (进展手术). I stayed with her (70)____ the surgery. Then I looked after her (71)____ she was in the hospital. She seemed to be in high spirits, although she got aches from the surgery.
A week later, the doctor said it was okay for mom to go home. I learnt to (72)____ her at home. I cooked food and washed clothes for her. She said that she could do all these things (73)____. I was sure that (74)____ could, but I wouldn’t let her do that. I hardly ever did any housework before. After doing it, I knew it was toilsome
(辛苦的) for mom to care about the whole family. I thought it was time for me to
(75)____ independence (HY) and help her.
I learn much from the experience of serving my mother and I hope everyone can have the chance to help someone close to you.
69. A. throw B. pass C. share D. raise
70. A. from B. during C. for D. below
71. A. while B. because C. if D. after
72. A. turn down B. take care of C. hear from D. run out of
73. A. alone B. anyway C. again D. neither
74. A. I B. you C. she D. he
75. A. drop B. carry C. develop D. cover
C Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words:〔7分〕(51)
After a serious disease (疾病), Raghu Makwana lost his legs. He had to walk with the support (支持) of his (76)h______. One day, Raghu and a few friends thought of (77)d_________a small act of kindness.
Raghu offers to help a lot of people. Most of them are strangers. Four years ago, he lived out on the streets. He often (78)f______ deeply touched by others on the streets because they had even less than him.
So he put together a (79)t______ of five people, who would make small sacrifices (牺牲) in their own lives to send hand-cooked meals to (80)p______ people on the streets.
They named it “Food of Sacrifice〞. Every day at 12:30 PM and at 7:30 PM, Raghu starts off on his hand tricycle (三轮车) to send the food. It’s the (81)s______ food he himself eats, but he won’t eat it until he has finished his offerings. Raghu said, “I’m not doing anything great. God has been very kind to me. Now it is my (82)t______ to pass on the kindness.〞
D Read the passage below and answer the following questions: (4分) (47)
I once made a Chinese dish mapo tofu (麻婆豆腐). It was so successful. And I still thought my husband’s praise for it a little crazy. Yesterday, in order to give him a surprise, I tried making steamed white rice. Maybe it was easy for Chinese people to do it, but it was a hard job for me. Although I had tried some times for that, I failed each time. What I called rice made me a Canadian sick. This time, I just imagined (想象) how much rice and water I would have when it was cooked.
John needed to do some work in the office. So I had enough time to cook. I slowly and carefully washed some rice, and then put it into the pot. I got some water in the pot too. Little by little, I added water, till the water was on top of the rice. And it was no higher than a finger. This time I used my finger as a rule for the water.
Happily, my husband praised the rice again. He said that was some of the best
rice he’d ever eaten. I learned a successful skill (技能) in cooking rice that belonged to me.
83. Why did the writer want to make steamed white rice yesterday?
Because she wanted to ________________.
84. Where is the writer probably from?
She is probably from ________________.
85. How did the writer know whether the water was more or less yesterday?
By using ________________ as a rule.
86. What did the writer’s husband think of the rice she made yesterday?
He thought it was ________________.
E Read the passage below and answer the following questions: (3分) (48)
A boy felt very cold in the winter wind. He was sitting at the bus station with his arms around himself. He wasn’t wearing a coat. It was snowing and the temperature was quite low. The people who saw this 11-year-old boy, Johannes were worried about him.
A young woman who sat next to the boy noticed him rubbing (摩擦) his arms. She immediately asked him, “Do you have a jacket?〞“No. Someone took it away,〞 he answered. She knew he was on a school trip and was told to meet his teacher at the bus stop. She took off her own coat and draped (披) it around his shoulders. Later, another older woman at first gave him her scarf, and then took him in her large warm jacket.
All over the day, more and more people gave Johannes their gloves and even the coats. A group named SOS Children’s Village decided to tak e action. It wanted to help not only poor children in its own country, but also poor children in Syria (叙利亚) get through the winter. There, many of the children left their homes without winter clothing.
Now more and more people, even in different countries are trying to help others in their own ways.
87. How was the weather that day?
It was ________________.
88. Why was the boy sitting there?
Because he was told to ________________ there.
89. What kind of people did the group SOS Children’s Village d ecide to help?
________________。