上海市文来中学八年级上英语期中试卷.docx

2016学年第一学期八年级英语学科期中考试试卷
II. Choose the best answer.
23. Which of the following underlined parts is different in pronunciation with others?
A. corner B. college C. boring D. force
24. We have every reason to believe that ________2022 Winter Olympics will be successful.
A. a B. an C. the D. /
25. Jack’s mother was busy _________her business yesterday.
A. for B. in C. with D. at
26. It’s time for supper. Rick should ________home soon.
A. arrive B. get at C. get to D. arrive in
27. There is a book in one of my hands. Guess what is in my _______hand?
A. another B. the other C. other D. others
28. _______college students will be sent to the west after they graduate.
A. A number of B. A huge amount of
C. Much D. A little
29. It’s _________to travel by air than by train.
A. more quickly B. much quickly C. Much quicker D. quick
30. Mary really didn’t know how to _________the trouble by herself, so she always had trouble _________ most of the things
A. deal with, with B. do with, with C. deal with, in D. do with, in
31. ________science fiction, he also likes reading detective stories.
A. Except B. Except for C. In addition D. In addition to
32. He jumped into the river to save the boy _______ he heard the cry for help.
A. before B. though C. as soon as D. until
33. How long has your brother _______ the youth league?
A. joined B. taken part in C. attended D. been in
34. For most of Grade Nine students, their dream is ________to bed before nine o’clock.
A. go B. to go C. going D. not go
35. ________important water is in our life!
A. How B. What C. How an D. What an
36. I find __________hard for someone to communicate with parents because of the generation gap.
A. that B. this C. it D. its
37. We hope _________my questions as quickly as possible.
A. the teacher to answer B. that the teacher would answer.
C. the teacher will answer D. the teacher’s answering
38. Could you please tell me________?
A. where was the new airport located B. where the new airport is located.
C. where was the new airport located D. where the new airport was located
39. –Would you like me to carry this suitcase for you?
--__________.
A. Yes, I’d love to B. That’s very kind of you
C. Never mind D. That’s all right.

III. Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each can only be used once.
A. tired B. lying C. managed D. failed E. discussion
Lisa was running late. But as she hurried down the subway stairs, she started to feel uncomfortably warm. By the time she got to the platform, Lisa felt weak and ___40____--maybe it hadn’t been a good idea to give blood the night before, she thought. She rested herself against a post close to the tracks. Several yards away，Frank, 43, and his girlfriend, Jennifer, found a spot close to where the front of the train would stop. They were deep in ___41___ about a house they were thinking of buying．
    But when he heard the scream, followed by someone yelling, “Oh, my God, she fell in!” Frank didn’t hesitate. He jumped down to the tracks and ran some 40 feet toward the body ___42___ on the rails. “ No! Not you!” his girlfriend screamed after him．
By the time Frank reached Lisa, he could fel the tracks shaking and see the light coming. The train was about 20 seconds from the station. It was hard to lift her. But he ___43____to raise her four feet to the platform so that bystanders(旁观者) could hold her and drag her away from the edge. After being saved, she felt worried and said she was robbed by someone.
IV. Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms.
44. April is the _________month in a year. (four)
45. You’d better give a full ___________which agrees with the facts of the situation. (explain)
46. _________is quite different from Chinese though it only has 3 extra alphabets. (Germany)
47. We are keen on the _________experiments because it brings us a lot of fun. (physics)
48. Grandpa is going to __________his house and live with us for the rest of life. (sale)
49. __________, John got the first prize in the reading competition. (lucky)

V. Rewrite the following sentences as required.
50. They had a good habit of reading books. (改为否定句)
They _________ _________ a good habit of reading books.
51. Tina has been an English teacher for about 20 years. (对划线部分提问)
_________ ________ has Tina been an English teacher?
52. Johnson was in charge of training new staff in that company. (保持句意不变)
Johnson was ________ __________ training new staff in that company.
53. I don’t have enough money to buy the latest smart phone. (保持句意不变)
I am _________ _________ to buy the latest smart phone.
54. an astronaut, you, in 10 years’ time, be, possibly, will (连词成句)
__________________________________________________________________

VI. Reading comprehension.
A. Choose the best answer.
You need some bread and milk. But half an hour later, you leave the supermarket with a trolley(手推车) full of food. What games do supermarkets play to make us spend so much money
The tricks usually start before you walk in. Outside the supermarket entrance, anybody who walks past can smell warm, fresh bread. That makes us hungry and ready to buy lots of food, not just bread.
Now you’re inside and, of course, a small basket would be fine, but all they have are trolleys. And of course the problem with a trolley is that it looks sad and lonely with just one or two products inside. So we may fill it with something. In fact, supermarket trolleys are actually getting bigger so that we buy more.
Of course, many people shop in supermarkets because they think everything is cheaper than in other shops. So supermarkets offer very cheap prices on some things but then have higher prices for other products. One new trick is to put red stickers on products. Customers usually connect red stickers with lower prices so the red stickers is easy to be noticed, even when there is no reduction! Interestingly, this trick appears to work more with men than with women.
There is a story behind the position of everything in the supermarket. For example, customers often go only to buy milk. So they put it right at the back, forcing you to go past hundreds of shelves full of other products. The position of products on each shelf is also important. The most expensive products are usually at eye-level so you see these immediately. The exception is anything that children might like. These products are on lower shelves so that kids see them.
Apart from what you see and smell in a supermarket, what about what you listen to In most supermarkets they have soft, slow music. It’s so relaxing that you slow down and spend more time (and money) in the store. You also move more slowly when the supermarket is busy. Experts suggest it’s better to shop when it’s quieter, on a Monday or a Tuesday for example. And be careful with queues at the checkouts. These are sometimes deliberate(故意), to make you buy something from the checkout shelves while you wait.
So, next time you go into your local supermarket, remember these tricks and see if you can come with just the things you went for.

55. Smells from bread in the supermarket ______.
A. make you feel hungry and buy more food
B. draw your attention to bread only
C. make you buy less bread than you need
D. force you to leave the supermarket
56. Supermarkets don’t provide baskets because ______.
A. supermarkets don’t usually have many
B. baskets are too small to hold many products
C. it’s easy to go shopping with trolleys
D. a trolley can hold one or two products inside
57. According to the passage, supermarkets put red stickers on products to ______.
A. make them look more beautiful
B. make them different from cheaper ones
C. make people think the stickers are for men
D. make people think they could save money
58. According to the passage, toys for children are usually placed ______.
A. on higher shelves B. on each shelf
C. on lower shelves D. on the back shelves
59. It can be learned from Paragraph 6 that supermarkets usually ______.
A. stop people lining up at the checkouts
B. close on Monday morning
C. play loud and noisy music inside
D. make customers feel relaxed
60. The passage is mainly about _____.
A. several ways supermarkets use to sell more products
B. some advice when people go shopping on the street
C. several rules that every business should follow
D. some advertisements that make people buy more

B. Choose the best words and complete the passage.
Expressing gratitude is an important form of good manners. Nowadays more and more people in China have found it’s high time to cultivate a thankful heart for the good others ___61___.
Everyone likes to get praised and appreciated. Gratitude is the greatest of virtues, which lets others smile and makes the world more beautiful. You just need several minutes to write down a thank-you note, but it bring much joy to the ___62___.
We live in a society where we enjoy the different services of others. But none of them should be taken for granted.
Gratitude is also a kind of attitude in life. In developing gratitude for every moment – for the simple joys and even for the ___65___ times—we come to truly enjoy and appreciate life. Then we are able to see the magic that surrounds us.
Try to write a thank-you letter to your parents for working hard to ___64___ you a happy life.
Be grateful to your teachers because of their help with your studies and character building.
Say thanks to your friends who ___65___ both your happiness and sorrow. We are sure it will bring them much joy and add ___66___ into your own life as well.
61. A. have B. do C. share D. like
62. A. doer B. receive C. performer D. speaker
63. A. managing B. challenging C. changing D. developing
64. A. offer B. produce C. imagine D. try 
65. A. knew B. shared C. realized D. recognized
66. A. reflection B. justice  C. taste D. color

C. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words.
If you've been near a tourist attraction lately，you may have seen someone taking photos-either alone or with a group of friends-with a camera phone put at the end of a telescoping pole（伸缩杆），now commonly known as。“selfie stick".
Selfie sticks fast became popular with the young people in Southeast Asia，including Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines，followed by South Korea and Japan. They are now widely seen a___67___ Asia and have spread to the US and Europe. There are nearly 130,000 photos on Imtagram（图片分享应用）taken with a selfie stick.
As you know，selfie sticks are pretty convenient to use. First you put your phone at the end of the selfie stick. Then raise it in front of yourself and make a sound or press a button on the stick handle which is connected to the camera, or press a button on a wireless remote(无线遥控)，or use the camera's built-in timer（内置计时器）to take a photo after a number of s___68___ have passed. With a perfect smile on your face，the picture you want is done！B___69___its convenience，there are other advantages to use selfie sticks.
Putting more people in the frame(边框)．A selfie stick makes it easy to f___70___ all your friends in one shot. Nobody has to “cut" the face by half in the picture any more.
Adding backgrounds to your selfies. The selfie stick provides d___71___ between the camera and your subject（you！），so you can include more in your picture：the skyline behind you, an ancient building in the background or even the grassland-anything you like and want that can make your picture special and nice.
Getting more angles（角度）．The selfie stick is easy to h___72___，which means you can get some fun and creative angles-to enrich your selfies or to take interesting photos of friends. So next time you travel a___73___ or want to take a fun group photo，a selfie stick may help you.

D. Answer the questions.
Black Friday
 Thanksgiving is always on a Thursday. The day after it has been known as Black Friday. It is the start of the holiday shopping season, and it has been the busiest shopping day of the year in the US since 2005.
Most stores offer big sales on Black Friday. They open their doors quite early in the morning. They try to attract shoppers with big discounts (打折). Some items (商品)like TVs and cloths are much cheaper than usual. Stores may even lose money on these items. They hope that shoppers will buy gifts for other people while they are in the store.
Black Friday is a great time to go shopping. However, there are problem. The biggest one is that there are not enough low-priced items. Each store may only have a few. These items are in great need, so people stand in long lines to get them. They may wait three to four hours before a store opens. They may be hoping to get a low price on a TV or computer, but not everybody can get one. Some people leave, disappointed.
The situation makes people worried. Some Black Friday events have been crazy. There have been fights over toys among shoppers. Some workers have even been hurt by large crowds. But most Black Friday events are safe and fun. Still, if you plan to go, you will expect large crowds and a bit of pushing.
So where does the name “Black Friday” come from? It was first used in Philadelphia in the 1950s. The police called this day Black Friday because of the heavy traffic it caused. In the 1960s, stores tried to rename the day “Big Friday”. It did not stick. The name “Black Friday” continued to spread across the country. It seems that it is here to stay.
Now people all over the country take part in Black Friday events. It is even spreading to other parts of the world. Stores have held Black Friday events in the UK, Australia, and Brazil since 2012. In Mexico, stores offer a weekend of discounts every year. They call it “El Buen Fin”, which means “the good weekend” in Spanish. I guess people everywhere like to buy things on sale.
74. When is Black Friday?

75. Stores can get much money from all the times on Black Friday, can’t they?

76. What causes the biggest problem on Black Friday?

77. How long does it take to wait before a store opens?

78. What did the police call this day “Black Friday” for?

79. Would you like to go shopping on Black Friday? Why or Why not?

VII. Writing. (写作)
80. Write a report of at least 60words according to the information below. (请根据以下信息，写一篇不少于60个词的文章，标点符号不占格。)
上海迪斯尼乐园于今年6月16日正式开放，许多孩子打算前往游玩。假如你是一名乐园的志愿者，请你根据下列表格中的要点提示，用英语向孩子们介绍乐园并提醒他们文明游园。

注意：
1. 短文的开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数；
2. 短文须包括所有要点，不要逐词解释，可适当发挥，使短文连贯、通顺；
3. 短文中不得出现真实的人名、校名等相关信息。
参考词汇：theme n.主题； firework n.烟火
Good morning , children !
As a volunteer from Shanghai Disneyland , I’d like to say something about the park and tell you how to behave well in it .

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