上海民办新竹园中学8A阶段性诊断一试卷

上海民办新竹园中学2016学年第一学期
英语学科八年级阶段性诊断一试卷
（考试时间90分钟满分100分）
Part 2 Vocabulary and Grammar
II. Choose the best answer. (12%)
1．Which of the following underlined parts is different in pronunciation from others?
A. We need some water to keep healthy.
B. There is a special watch on the floor.
C. I want to get there by underground.
D. Don’t wash the clothes in hot water.
2. The police failed to find the robber, ?
A. did he
B. didn’t he
C. did they
D. didn’t they
3. Oh, I’m afraid this hotel is too expensive. Could you please suggest ?
A. others
B. one other
C. another
D. the others
4. For miles and miles, I could see nothing a great fire and lots of smoke.
A. except
B. besides
C. except
D. except for
5. She knew little about the accident she read today’s newspaper.
A. until
B. for
C. after
D. as soon as
6. My friend, Mandy, can speak Japanese and write Japanese words.
A. a little a little
B. a few a few
C. a few a little
D. a little a few
7. Have you ever seen such a big door -- ?
A. two-storeys-high
B. two-storey-high
C. two storeys high
D. two-storey-highs
8. My class teacher is the last one school every day.
A. to leave
B. leave
C. leaving
D. leaves
9. The boy from the chair when he heard the roar upstairs.
A. sprang
B. springed
C. springs
D. spring
10. important piece of information Mary gave us just now!
A. What
B. What an
C. How
D. How a
11. Mr. Green, together with his friends, skating very much.
A. enjoys
B. enjoy
C. is enjoy
D. are enjoying
12. –We are going to have a picnic in the winter holidays. Would you like to join us?
- .
A. I know
B. I am going to have a picnic, too.
C. Oh, please don’t do it.
D. Sure, what’s the time?
III. Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each word or phrase can only be used once. (5%)
1 by
Qingyan in Chongqing. In the village, its 367 families are home to 39 pairs of twins. The oldest set of twins in the village are 89 years old. In the local primary school, twins can be found in almost every class. It is reported that even the village’s chickens are 2 double yolk eggs. Mr. Huang is well-known in the village. In his family, three generations are twins. Huang has a twin brother who also has twin sons and his grandsons are a pair of twins. His niece also 3 twin sons. After the news of the twin village came out, it became famous across the world. Many people 4 why the village has so many twins. The local people also have no idea why so many twins have been born in their village. Now, many people who hope to give birth to twins have moved to the village. A large number of experts also start to 5 the mysterious place. Does nature work its magic there? Let’s see what the experts will say.
IV. Fill in the blank with a proper word. (7%)
1.To everyone’s , the little boy was able to copy Bobo’s voice and actions. (amusing)
2.The smoke which has been cleaned is . (harm)
3.The forest fires burned . (fierce)
4.The talented young man is the of the artwork. (creation)
5.Don’t disturb him. He is in deep . (think)
6.It was the most experience of my life. Oh, what a tiring day! (fight)
7.We visited many famous tourist in Britain. (attract)
V Rewrite the following sentences as required. (6%)
1.John’s told to be on time for the meeting. (改为反意疑问句)
2.“Have you done anything to deal with the problem?” The manager asked me. (改为宾
语从句)
3.We will welcome the visitors when they come to Shanghai. （改为被动语态）
4.He won’t come back, I think. （合并为复合句）
5.It was a very exciting week. (改为感叹句)
6.few, taught, way, happy, own, as, that, as, he, the, to, was, be, to, things, possible（连词
成句）
Part 3 Reading and Writing (46%)
VI. Reading comprehension（30%）
A. Read the passage and choose the best answer.（6%）
What do you do if you don’t get into your first choice of university? That’s the question that faces thousands of students in Britain every year.
Many students turn to Clearing, an education agency that helps find university places for students at the last moment. If students don’t have enough marks to get into their first choice of universities, Clearing tells them about places available at other universities, though they might have to study another subject.
But this year has seen a record number of students who want to study in universities. This means that there’s been a fierce competition for university places than usual. Education officials say six students competed for one place. It’s said almost 190,000 students still don’t have a place in a university. That’s a rise of over 46,000 students from last year.
Faced with these numbers, some students are going to be disappointed, others might be thinking of an interesting choice: studying abroad. The University of Nottingham, for example, is offering places in Ningbo, near Shanghai.
Because of the problems with university entrance, the UK’s Higher Education Minister, David Willetts, encourages students to study at home or to learn one kind of skills, such as cooking, hairdressing and so on.
But some people say that rising university costs, less hope to find jobs in the future, and a drop in graduate recruitment （大学招生）mean it’s the worst time to be a university student in the UK.
1.Thousands of students don’t know what to do if they can’t enter their first choice of
universities.
A.American.
B. Chinese
C Brazilian D. British
2.What does the underlined “place” mean? It means .
A.room
B. playground
C. chance
D. location
3.What suggestion does David Willetts give to help solve the problems in university
entrance?
A.To study abroad
B. To turn to Clearing
C. To study at home
D. To turn to
parents
4.What is NOT the reason that makes it the worst time to be a university student in the UK?
A.British economic crisis （危机）
B.Rising University costs
C. A drop in graduate recruitment
D.Less hope to find jobs in the future.
5.Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A.190,000 students still don’t have a place in a university.
B.Students in UK compete for places in a university.
C.Students can study in Ningbo if they can’t afford expenses in the University of
Nottingham.
D.Studying abroad may be another chance for those who don’t have enough marks to get
into their first choice of university.
6.Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?
A.Clearing, the key to university
B. University Disappointment
C Graduate recruitment D. Studying abroad
B. Choose the words and complete the passage.（6%）
Venezuela（委内瑞拉）has produced many successful beauty queens, winning both Miss Universe (环球小姐) and Miss World five times. Many Venezuelan girls believe that they can gain confidence, poise（体态）, public speaking skills and better ways to prepare for the future in beauty pageants（选美比赛）. From a very young age, girls in this country grow up dreaming of becoming Miss Venezuela. In Venezuela, the term “Miss” as in “Miss Universe”is an honored 1 .
These days, people in some countries consider beauty contests to be silly. They have tried to stop these contests, saying the contests treat women as objects and place too much importance 2 women’s looks. Others even say that all the girls that go there are made in a lab and they are made to look less like themselves, and more like the “ideal”. But in Latin America, beauty contests are a source of pride.
Are Venezuelan women really more beautiful than other women? “They are not really more beautiful here,” says Selena, who trains girls for the contest. “It’s just that the girls here work harder and prepare more than anyone else.”
The preparation takes many hours a day. The contestants stretch their bodies and practice their walks down the runway. They work on their speeches and practice answering questions such as, “Whom do you admire most in the world?“ They starve to 3 slim. They take classes to learn how to style their 4 and apply make-up.
It isn’t easy. One Miss Universe winner immediately put on 20 pounds after the contest. She said the only thing she wanted to do after the contest was to eat. The cost is 5 as well. Fortunately the television station that holds the contest pays the costs.
Yet most of the contestants say it’s worth the effort. A former Miss Universe is now mayor of a large city. Although she had no political experience before 6 , she has been asked to run for higher political office. Winners have an advantage they could not get anywhere else. “It’s the only chance you have to make it.” says one contestant. “You can’t get these opportunities by any other way.”
1. A. prize B. title C. fame D. name
2. A. of B. in C. to D. on
3. A. look B. seem C. stay D. make
4. A. hair B. clothes C. bodies D. steps
5. A. high B. expensive C. much D. large
6. A. this B. that C. it D. those
C Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words.（7%）
Most people think that the capital of the movie world is Hollywood in the United States. However, the real movie capital is Mumbai, in India. Mumbai used to be k 1 as Bombay, and so the film industry there is called “Bollywood”. Bollywood makes twice as many as movies each year as Hollywood---more than 800 films a year.
The movies from Bollywood are very d 2 from Hollywood movies. For one thing, Bollywood movies are much longer than most Hollywood movies. Most Bollywood movies are more than three hours long, and contain singing, dancing, action, romance and so on. Because Bollywood films contain so many different features, this style of film is sometimes called a “masala” film. (“masala” is an Indian word for a mixture of spices)
A 3 big difference between Bollywood and Hollywood movies is the way movies are made. It takes much longer to make a movie in Hollywood than in Bollywood. In fact, filming may begin on a Bollywood movie before the script (剧本) is even finished. The directors (导演) and writers can make up the story while the film is being made. Sometimes they will even write the script by hand i 4 of taking time to type it.
Bollywood actors are very popular and some are in such high demand that they may work on several movies at the same time. They may even shoot scenes for several films on the same day using the same costumes （服装）. Since most Bollywood movies follow the same k 5 of story, shooting scenes for several films at the same time is not a big problem for actors and directors. This also helps keep the cost of Bollywood movies l 6 than the cost of Hollywood movies. The average Bollywood film, with a budget of only two million U.S. dollars, seems very c 7 compared to the average budget of sixty million US. dollars for a Hollywood film---thirty times as much.
D. Answer the questions.（11%）
For this little boy, it was the coldest winter, in that winter, his father had an accident and lost a leg, the family no longer had money to live on. From then on, his father became another person. When the boy didn’t listen to him, he would be very angry.
One night, the boy walked lonely on the street. He passed a lovely small shop, which was so nice that he couldn’t turn his eyes away from it. He stared at some beautiful boxes of coffee quietly. An idea came into his mind. He knew his father loved coffee and he knew stealing was no good. But all he could think of was his father’s smile. He soon put a box of coffee into his jacket and ran back home.
He gave the coffee to his father, who gave a smile that the boy had missed for so long. But, unfortunately, before his father could taste the coffee, the shopkeeper broke in and caught the boy. He was beaten by his father again.
Years later, the boy became a successful businessman. One day, his mother called and said his father wanted to see him. Busy working, he refused. Weeks later, he heard the sad news that his father had passed away. When he went through the relics (遗物), he found a box.
Inside it was the coffee that he had stolen from the shop. On the cover was his father’s handwriting:” The gift from my son,”
There was also a letter:” Dear son. I’m a failure as a father. But I also have a dream – to own a coffee shop, where I can make cups of coffee for you. I’m sorry I didn’t make it.”
Sadness suddenly came in his mind. He felt so sorry not meeting his father for the last time, and decided to complete his father’s dream. He stopped his own job at once and started a coffee business.
The coffee business is now a big success. And the little boy is Howard Schultz-the owner of Starbucks.
1.It was the coldest winter for this little boy only because of the weather, wasn’t it?
2.Where did he walk lonely one night?
3.How did his father feel when he gave the coffee to him?
4.Why didn’t he want to see his father when his mother called him?
5.What was inside the box?
6.What do you think makes the coffee business a big success?
VII. Translate the sentences into English. （8%）
1.他的法语讲得不如他哥哥好。

(not so…as)
2.他教导说，获取幸福的方法是尽可能少地拥有物品。

(teach)
3.当你在滑行时看着窗外，你会看到不同的标志。

(while)
4.最好的理解云的方式是回归到起点。

（the best way to）
VIII. Write at least 60 words on the topic “Memories回忆” (8%)
Use the following points as a reference.
1.What problems do you have in English study?
2.How do you deal with the problems?
3.What can you learn from your experience of dealing with the problems?
参考答案：
II. ADCCAD CAABAD
III. BEDCF
IV. amusement harmless fiercely creator thought frightening attractions V. 1. Isn’t he?
2. The manager asked me whether I had done something to deal with the problem.
3. The visitors will be welcomed by us when they come to Shanghai.
4. I don’t think he will come tonight.
5. What an exciting week it was!
6. He taught that the way to be happy was to own as few things as possible.
VI.
A.DCCACB
B.BDCAAB
C.Known different another instead kind owner cheap
D.1. No, it wasn’t
2. He walked lonely on the street one night.
3. His father felt happy.
4. Because he was busy working.
5. There was the coffee and a letter.
6. Love makes the coffee business a big success.
VII. 1. He doesn’t speak French as well as his elder brother.
2. He taught that the way to be happy was to own as few things as possible.
3. When you look out of the window while taxiing, you will see different kinds of signs.
4. The best way to understand “the cloud” is to go back to the beginning.。