2019年八年级下学期英语开学学情检测试卷A卷.doc

2019年八年级下学期英语开学学情检测试卷A卷一、 单项选择 (共15题；共30分)1. （2分）Either of the _ is my sister. A . boyB . boysC . girlD . girls2. （2分） Would you please tell me _ in todays newspaper? Sorry, I havent read it yet.A . something importantB . important somethingC . anything importantD . important anything3. （2分）Every year natural disasters kill _ people. A . nine thousandsB . thousands ofC . thousand ofD . nine thousands of4. （2分）It was her _ performance(表演). Her successful career _ only 10 years.A . last, lastB . last, lasted forC . lasted, lastedD . lasted, lasted for5. （2分）_ Chinese, we study English, Maths and physics in school. A . ExceptB . BesidesC . BesideD . Without6. （2分）The New Years costume ball(化妆舞会) is coming. What will you _?A . dress atB . dress in asC . dress up D . dress up as7. （2分）His mother _ a new TV set.A . doesnt haveB . dont haveC . isnt hasD . isnt have8. （2分）Last night, I _ computer games when my mother came into my bedroom. You cant imagine how embarrassed I was then!A . playedB . was playingC . have played9. （2分）She wants _ the room. Would you like_ her?A . clean, helpB . to clean, helpC . clean, to helpD . to clean, to help10. （2分）The host family went out of _ way to make us _at home. A . They; feelB . them; to feelC . their; feelD . theirs; feeling11. （2分）James plays _ Miami Heat. He is going to play _ the players in the Houston Rockets.A . for; againstB . for; forC . against; againstD . against; for12. （2分）This is Toms book. Please give _.A . him itB . it himC . him to itD . it to him13. （2分）The boy listens _ to the teacher.A . careful enoughB . enough carefulC . carefully enoughD . enough carefully14. （2分）My parents and I have _ come back from our hometown, so we are very tired.A . everB . neverC . justD . often15. （2分） Lets go out and enjoy the sunshine!A . Thats a good idea.B . Very well.C . Thats OK.D . No way.二、 完形填空 (共1题；共10分)16. （10分） Once a young man was travelling by train. It was a long and boring journey.As the train was moving across a wilderness(荒野), the passengers looked out of the windows quietly. When the train reached a bend(转弯处),it1and a simple house appeared. It was so easy to notice that everybody on the train turned to enjoy with eyes wide open. Some passengers began a discussion about it. The young man was also 2 by the scenery. On his return he3 the train at the nearest station and found his way to the house. Its owner said that he was troubled by the 4 of the train. He wanted to sell the house,but nobody would buy it.Soon the young man spent 30,000 dollars on the 5 . He thought it was a good place for6 because it was facing the railway bend. When the train moved slowly past, the7 passengers would be very interested in the house.He tried to connect with some big companies and told them that could be used for advertisements. 8 the Coca-Cola Company took it to put up their signs. To everyones surprise, the young man was 9 180,000dollars for a three-year rent.This is a true story. It tells us that discovery is very important to10（1）A . fell behind B . dropped off C . slowed down D . rushed out （2）A . attracted B . frightened C . trapped D . attacked （3）A . got on B . looked for C . got off D . waited for （4）A . track B . conductor C . passenger D . noise （5）A . room B . place C . house D . land （6）A . advertisements B . Information C . relaxing D . travelling （7）A . excited B . tired C . surprised D . worried （8）A . Since then B . At last C . At least D . So far （9）A . shown B . allowed C . offered D . returned （10）A . success B . confidence C . activity D . invention 三、 阅读理解 (共2题；共16分)17. （10分）阅读理解 There once lived a rich businessman who had a lazy son. The businessman wanted his son to realize the value of labor.One day, he told his son, Today, I want you to earn something. If you fail, you wont have your meal tonight.The boy didnt want to find a job, so he asked his mother for help. She gave him a gold coin. In the evening, when the father asked his son what he had earned, the son showed him the gold coin. The father then asked him to throw it into the well (水井). The son did as he was told.The father guessed that the gold was from the boys mother. The next day, he sent his wife to her parents home and asked his son to earn something. Since no one helped him, the son had to go to the market to look for a job. A shopkeeper told him that he would pay him a coin if he carried heavy tools for him. The son accepted. As he returned home and gave the coin to his father, he was asked to throw it into the well. The boy cried, Dad! My body is aching. Im tired. How are you asking me to throw my hard-carned coin into a well?The businessman smiled. He told his son that one feels pain only when the fruits of labor are wasted. The son realized the value of hard work. He promised not to be lazy any more.（1）Who helped the son when he was asked to earn something for the first time? A . His father.B . His mother.C . His sister.D . The shopkeeper.（2）The underlined word aching has the similar meaning with _. A . painfulB . hopefulC . helpfulD . powerful（3）Why did the father ask the boy to throw his coin into the well? A . To fill the well.B . To check if the coin is real.C . To keep the coin for the boy.D . To check if the boy had earned the coin by himself.（4）How did the son feel when his father asked him to throw the coin into the well again? A . SurprisedB . SadC . ExcitedD . Relaxed（5）The story is mainly about _. A . a wise fatherB . a gold coinC . the fruits of laborD . a lazy boy18. （6分） In 1620, about half the USA was covered by forests. Today the forests have almost gone. A lot of good land has gone with them, leaving only sand. China doesnt want to copy the USAs example. Were planting more and more trees. Weve built the Great Green Wall of trees across northern part of our country. The Great Green Wall is 7,000 kilometres long, and between 400 and 1,700 kilometres wide. It will stop the wind from blowing the earth away. It will stop the sand from moving towards the rich farmland in the south. More Great Green Walls are needed. Trees must be grown all over the world. Great Green Walls will make the world better.根据短文内容，选择正确答案。（1）The Great Green Wall in China is _.A . 7,000 kilometers longB . 1,700 kilometers longC . 7,000 meters longD . 400 kilometers long（2）Trees must be grown in _.A . ChinaB . the USAC . some countriesD . every part of the world（3）Which of the following statements is not true?A . The Great Green Wall will stop wind from blowing the earth away.B . The Great Green Wall will make our life better.C . We dont need to plant more trees.D . The Great Green Wall will stop the sand moving towards the rich farmland.四、 任务型阅读 (共2题；共12分)19. （4分）根据短文, 完成下面表格, 每空不超过4个单词。Some birthday customs are quite similar in many parts of the world- birthday candles(蜡烛), birthday games, and birthday cakes. But some customs are more specific to certain countries. Here are some children talking about their customs.Linda: I am fourteen. I come from Aruba阿鲁巴岛（拉丁美洲）（荷属安的列斯群岛中的大岛）. In our country, Children take something special to school for their classmates and all teachers. Each teacher gives the birthday child a small gift like a pencil, an eraser or a postcard. The birthday child is also allowed to wear special clothes instead of the school uniform.Lucy: I am one year older than Linda. Denmark（丹麦） is my country. A flag is flown outside a window to show that someone who lives in that house is having a birthday. Presents are placed around the childs bed while they are sleeping so they will see them at once when they wake up.Tom: I am as old as Linda. I am from Brazil. The birthday child receives a pull on the earlobe(耳垂) for each year in my country. The birthday person also gives the first slice of cake to his/her most special friend or relative, usually mom or dad.NamesCountriesAgesSpecial customsLindaArubaFourteenEach teacher receives something special from _ and gives him or her a small gift.LucyDenmark_If you see _ flying outside a window, you may know someone in that house is having a birthdayTom_FourteenThe first slice of the birthday cake is usually given to Mom or Dad.20. （8分）根据材料内容完成下列任务。My name is Jerry Zhang, and I am a father of two young daughters one is about four years old and the other is only about one. I come from China and now live in the USA.One day, my older daughter, Madison, told me she didnt want to be Chinese. Those days she was crazy about the book characters Madeline and Eloise. She kept asking me why she was Chinese and they werent, and how she could have blonde or red hair like them.This made me look for books with Asian (亚洲的) characters for Madison to read. However, I only found a few, and they were heavily cultural, and Madison didnt connect (把联系在一起) herself with any if the characters in them. And she wasnt interested in them at all. Then she told me again that she didnt want to be Chinese, and it broke my heart.In most of the books for children in the USA, the characters look like Americans. Few of them have Asian faces, although there are over 17 million Asians and Asian Americans in this country. I think its important for Asian children to see themselves in books as interesting and smart kids.So I created (创作) a book for Madison. Pepper Zhang in the book is an Asian girl. Her imagination (想象) takes her on a trip to creativity and art! I want my children to know-that being Chinese or being Asian is a great thing, too.（1）判断正误：Jerry is a Chinese living in the USA. （2）判断正误：Madeline and Eloise are two book characters. （3）回答问题：What broke Jerrys heart?_（4）回答问题：Is it easy to get many childrens books with Asian characters in the USA?_（5）What can we know about the writer? A . He thinks being Asian is great.B . He created a book with his daughter.C . He hopes Madison will speak Chinese better.D . He has two daughterpepper and Madison五、 词汇运用 (共1题；共1分)21. （1分）Can you help me work out the _(总的)number of the books? 六、 语法填空 (共1题；共4分)22. （4分）(B)根据句意，在相应的横线上，写出所给单词的适当形式 （1）We are happy to celebra