杭十五中八上期中卷
笔试部分
一、单选
1. It is raining hard outside. You should bring _______________ umbrella with you. A. a B. an C. the D. /
2. –Where did you go last summer vacation?
--Oh , I didn’t go anywhere. I just________________.
A. stayed at home B. went to the mountains
C. visited museums D. went to the beach
3. --_________ does she have the piano lesson? -- Twice a week. A. How long B. How many C. How far D. How often 4. Grandpa hardly watches TV at home because he says there’s ______________ on it. A. something new B. anything new C. everything new D. nothing new 5. Helen is 15 years old. Joan is 15 years old, too. So Helen is ____________ Joan. A. as big as B. as old as C. as older as D. so old as 6. New York is one of _____________ in the world. A. the big cities B. the biggest cities C. the small cities D. the smallest cities 7. ______________ this boy is not the smartest in his class, he is the most hard- working. A. Although B. But C. Because D. So 8. Sally ____________ soap operas. She thinks they’re ___________. A. loves, boring B. can’t stand, meaningless C. doesn’t mind, exciting D. dislikes, interesting
9. –What do you want to be when you grow up?
--A/An _______________. I am going to study computer science.
A. basketball player B. violinist C. engineer D. computer programmer
10. –How are you today, Mike? --______________. I really can’t stand the cold weather.
A. Great B. Pretty good C. Terrible D. Wonderful
Keys: BADDB BABDC
二、完形填空
Do you hope to do a lot of homework every evening? Are you _____1_____ in your classes?
_____2_____ do you want to teach you? Maybe you have lots of ______3_____ in your mind before school starts. Well, I want to _____4_____ you some good advice on these problems.
First, keep calm. Don't worry about all the questions you have. Put your ___5____ into learning, and you can find____6____ you are interested in. Do it actively.
Second, try your best to finish your homework _____7_____. Don't spend a lot of time on it. Do more reading or ____8_____ in English. Think about the problems you have and solve
____9____ at once. Don't stay up late, _____10____ you can't study well the next day.
____11____, invent something instead of copying(抄写) or repeating(重复). If you can remember the words in your way, you can tell your _____12_____ you don't like the way of copying them again and again.
Be sure you can pass the test. I think your teachers will agree with you. And they can give you some____13____ work to do.
School is really a good place for you to learn. Believe in your teachers and _____14_____. You are the ______15______ one and you can do everything well. 1. A. interested B. good 2. A. What B. Who 3. A. answers B. homework 4. A. give B. send 5. A. arms B. eyes 6. A. nothing B. something 7. A. quickly B. slowly 8. A. writing B. copying 9. A. it B. them 10. A. or B. and 11. A. Third B. Fourth 12. A. mother B. father 13. A. boring B. interesting 14. A. yourself B. myself 15. A. laziest B. worst
Keys: ABCAD BAABA ACBAD
C. worried C. Why C. questions C. teach C. legs
C. everything C. carefully C. repeating C. me C. so C. Fifth C. teacher C. free C. himself C. funniest D. excited D. How D. ideas D. borrow D. heart D. anything D. comfortably D. exercising D. him D. but D. Sixth D. classmate D. difficult D. herself D. best
二、阅读
A
This Friday I went to Salt Lake City with three friends. There were two Chinese girls and one Chinese boy. This is the first time I went to the city. We spend 45 minutes taking the bus to Sandy and then take a train to the city.
We visited Temple Square first. There were many different language tour guides. We joined the Chinese group so that the history. After visiting the temple, we got free tickets to go to see the new Church film. We went to a big mall to eat fast food for our lunch. You know that ordering the food was a little difficult for me. I was nervous, but at last I ordered my food by the menu. There was the main dish, dessert, and a cup of drink. I enjoyed this small trip.
1. How many people went to the city with the writer? A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5
2. The writer took the _________ to Salt Lake City from Sandy. A. car B. bus C. plane D. train
3. Why did they join the Chinese group? A. Because they could make Chinese friends. B. Because they wanted to learn Chinese. C. Because they and the guide spoke Chinese. D. Because the Chinese group could visit interesting places.
4. Why was the writer nervous when he ordered his food? A. Because his English wasn’t good. B. Because he didn’t know what to eat. C. Because the waiter was impolite. D. Because he was shy to speak to other people.
5. Which of the following in NOT true?
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A.
The writer didn’t like the trip at all.
B. C. D.
The writer ordered his food. The writer’s English wasn’t good. The writer sees a free movie.
B
Popular music in America is what every student likes. Students carry small radios with earphones and listen to music before class, after class and at lunch. Students with cars buy large speakers and play the music loudly as they drive in the street.
Adult drivers listen to music on the car radio as they drive to work. They also listen to the news about sports, the weather and the life of American people. Most of the radio programs are music.
Pop or popular music singers make much money. They make a CD or tape and radio stations use them in many places. Once the popular singer is heard all over the country, young people will buy his or her tape. Some of the money from these tapes comes to the singer. Wherever the singer goes, all the young people want to meet him or her. Now the singer has become a national star.
There are other kinds of music that are important to Americans. One is called folk music. It tells stories
about the common (普通的) life of Americans. Another is called western or country music. It is about country life and the love between a country boy and his girl friend. They are very popular among young people.
1. How many kinds of music are mentioned in this passage?
A. One. B. Two. C. Three. D. Four.
2. When pop singers____________, they will become national stars. A. make much money B. make a CD or tape C. are loved by all the young people D. are wanted to sin on the radio 3. From the passage we know that folk music is about ______. A. common life of Americans B. country life and love stories C. life of cowboys D. school life in America 4. The pop singers can make much money because______. A. they make CDs or tapes B. many young people buy their tapes C. they are national stars D. all the people want to meet them 5. The best title for this passage should be \A. Everyone likes music in America B. Pop music in America C. Music in America D. Music is important to Americans Keys: CCBBC
C
Long ago in a small, faraway village, there was a place known as the House of 1000 Mirrors. A small, happy little dog learned of this place and decided to visit. When he arrived, he
bounced happily up the stairs to the doorway of the house. He looked through the doorway with his ears lifted high and his tail wagging as fast as it could. To his great surprise, he found himself staring at 1000 other happy little dogs with their tails wagging just as fast as his. He smiled a great smile, and was answered with 1000 great smiles just as warm and friendly. As he left the House, he thought to himself, \place. I will come back and visit it often.\
In this same village, another little dog, who was not quite as happy as the first one, decided to visit the house. He slowly climbed the stairs and hung his head low as he looked into the door.
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When he saw the 1000 unfriendly looking dogs staring back at him, he growled at them and was horrified to see 1000 little dogs growling back at him. As he left, he thought to himself, \will never go back there again.\
All the faces in the world are mirrors. What kind of reflections do you see in the faces of the people you meet?
1. Why was the first dog surprised when he came into the house? A. Because he didn’t know there were 1000 mirrors. B. Because he found that the dogs look sad. C. Because everything was strange to him. D. Because he saw so many happy dogs smiling at him.
2. The first dog wanted to visit the house often because____________. A. he liked the mirrors there B. he made many friends there C. he felt he was welcomed there D. he got lots of knowledge there
3. How was the second dog feeling when he visited the house?
A. A.
Excited shout
B. Nervous B. smile
C. Worried C. look
D. Unhappy
4. The underlined word “growl” in P3 probably means ”_____________”.
D. run
5. what does the story tell us? A. Mirrors can tell whether you are happy or not. B. If you show life a smile, life will smile back. C. Everyone in the world should believe in each other.
D. Happy people are more popular than unhappy ones. Keys: DCDAB
三、任务型阅读
“Hi there, how are you doing?” “ Great, thanks, how are you?” “Just fine, thank you — uh, and you?”
Ugh. Pause（停顿）. Uncomfortable silence. Downward look. Now what? Here are some pieces of advice on how to keep small talk going. 1_________________ When talking to someone one-on-one, you have one minute to find out everything about them. You have the rest of your life to tell them about you. So let the other person talk. 2________________ The basic thing to do is keep things simple. “What are your plans for the weekend?” “How you spend the holiday?” Stay away difficult topics. 3___________________
If you don’t know the person or haven’t seen them for a while, don’t suppose they are still working for a specific（具体的）or they are still married, and so on. Ask “What’s been going on with the work?” instead of “How’s the at the newspaper?”
4___________________ About 99 percent of the time, being right doesn’t really matter. If someone says a is a nice
kind of blue, but it doesn’t look blue, there’s completely no reason to be right. Be agreeable.
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Don’t just say. “I had a.” Tell them a story. People love stories, be it something that happened at work or with the family. It’s more interesting than facts. A. Tell a story B. Avoid disagreement C. Be unclear D. Keep it simple E. Be a good listener
Keys: EDCBA
四、短文阅读
It's very important _________us to have breakfast. But some of the people, they don’t have __________ good habit. When they get up in the morning, most of them usually don’t eat
__________(something) for over ten hours. And we need food for morning __________(activity). A good breakfast______________ mean a big breakfast, so we don’t eat too much. But a good breakfast is always a
___________(health) breakfast. ______________ it’s good to have eggs, fuit
and vegetables for breakfast. A cup of hot drink is also necessary.
A good breakfast _____________(make) us smile more. It helps us to be more friendly and also to work _________(well) and play much more happily. Our whole day will be ___________(great) if we have a good breakfast.
Keys: for, a, anything, activities, doesn’t ,healthy, So, makes, better, greater
五、单词拼写
1. Who lives the c____________ to the school, Jim, Tom, or Bob?
2. I am sorry to say that a terrible accident h________ to Jack last night, so he can’t come today.
3. I can’t d______________ which pair of shoes to buy. Then both look good on me.
4. I go to the movies maybe t__________ a month with my friends.
5. The more carefully you work, the f_____________ mistakes you will make.
6. Jessica enjoys u______________ money to buy the skirt, so she has to choose a cheaper one.
7. She doesn’t have e____________ money to buy the skirt, so she has to choose a cheaper one.
8. The s_____________ “West or east, home is best” is in the minds of Chinese people.
9. China’s Got Show is very interesting, and it’s one of my son’s favorite TV p________.
10. The students are having a d__________ about TV shows. Most of them like game shows best. Keys: closest, happened, decided, twice, fewer, using, enough, saying, programs, discussion
六、书面表达假如你教 Julie，你的英国笔友 Sarah 想了解你的生活情况（爱好，高
中，未来打算）。
请根据表格中的信息给她写一封信，向她介绍有关情况。
注意：
1. 表达中必须包括所给要点，可以适当发挥，不要简单翻译。
2. 词数：80 字左右。开头结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
3. 不能提及本人姓名。
参考句型：want/ hope/ plan/ expect to do Dear Sarah, I’m happy to get your letter. Now let me tell you about myself.
_______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________ Yours sincerely, Julie
[精品试卷]杭州市XX中学2019年八年级上期中英语试题有答案
