2018-2019学年浦东新区八上英语期中

1、第 1 页 / 共 7 页part2 phonetics, vocabulary and grammar(第二部分语音、词汇和语法第二部分语音、词汇和语法)ii. choose the best answer.(选择最恰当的答案选择最恰当的答案)23. the tree is almost five meters in height. which is correct for the underlined part?a. / ei /b. / i/c. / ai /d. / i /24. the teenager is asked to wear _ uniform in the summer

2、 camp in their sister school.a. ab. anc. thed. /25. i always go to school _ our family car.a. byb. onc. ind. with26.about twice a week, the driver collects my sister and _ from school.a. ib. mec. myd. myself27. people always argue whether a human is a _ calculator than a computer or not.a. powerfulb

3、. more powerfulc. most powerfuld. the most powerful28. we should read books _ in the library. do you think so?a. accuratelyb. quietlyc. quicklyd. noisily29. not finding the toy in mums hand, the baby was trying to grab mums _ hand.a. otherb. othersc. the otherd. another30. -_ is the shopping center?

4、- twenty minuteswalk.a. how farb. how longc. how soond. how often31. although wendy is busy with her work, she still continues to _ the computer clubevery friday.a. joinb. join inc. take part ind. attend32. i must be taught in the circus _ the audience are looking forward to our shows everynight .a.

5、 butb. becausec. thoughd. so33. the light is on. our teacher _ be still working.a. oughtb. needc. cand. must34. the school boy _ to the music room when he heard the ring.a. hurryb. hurriedc. will hurryd. would hurry35. no one knew what _ to the poor man.a. is happeningb. will happenc. has happenedd.

6、 had happened36. detective chen remembered _ a thief in a clothes shop once and he told us his story.a. catchb. catchesc. to catchd. catching37.at 8:30 p.m., the performers _ their make-up and costumes and began their act.a. put onb. put offc. put outd. put up38. _ unusual learning experience i have

7、 got in this course!a. howb. whatc. what ad. what an39. -excuse me, where is the moonlight hotel?- _. im a stranger myself.a. sorry, i dont knowb. no, i dont think so第 2 页 / 共 7 页c. it doesnt matterd. thank you all the same40. -the art festival is coming. were going to watch the play twelfth night.-

8、 _.a. thats all rightb. never mindc. youre welcomed. enjoy your timeiii. complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. each can only beused only once.montannah renney is a seven-year-old american girl. she made history this march.she became the _41_ girl to climb mt. kilimanja

9、ro(乞力马扎罗山).however, setting a world _42_was not what kenney wanted. she did it to be closer to herlate father. when she knew that mt. kilimanjaro was above the clouds, kenney had an idea:_43_ climb mt. kilimanjaro to be closer to dad in heaven? so she asked her mother toclimb the mountain together w

10、ith her.kenneys mother is a professional athlete. to help her daughter, she became her trainer.kenney trained four to eight hours at weekends. she hided shorter distances _44_ school days.she also practiced swimming, basketball and _45_ to prepare for the hard trip.“the higher i go, the closer i am

11、to him in heaven.” this idea inspired kenney to make the_46_ climb. after she reached the summit(山顶), kenney blew kisses to the sky and waved. shehoped her father would see her.kenneys story shows us the power of love.iv. complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms.47. tonys al

12、ready _ in landing on the surface of the water, isnt he? (success)48. the indians _ invented and developed the 1 to 9 system of numbers. (one)49. the whizz-kid wendys story is not similar to _. (we)50. “i want to report a _.” the woman said anxiously when running into the policestation. (thief)51. o

13、ur english teacher is so humorous that we never feel _ in his lesson. (bore)52. an abacus, one of the most important _, made it easier to do calculations in ancientchina. (invent)v. complete the following sentence as required.53. the 15-year-old boy always argues with his parents. （改为现在进行时）the 15-ye

14、ar-old boy _ _ with his parents now.54. he chaoqiong(何超琼), one of he honshens(何鸿燊) seventeen children, takes charge ofthe marvelous family business. （保持句意不变）he chaoqiong(何超琼), one of he honshens(何鸿燊) seventeen children, is_ the marvelous family business.第 3 页 / 共 7 页55. in our daily life, few studen

15、ts dial 110 to call the police. （改为反义疑问句）in our daily life, few students dial 110 to call the police, _ _?56. megan practices playing basketball twice a week. （对划线部分提问）_ _ does megan practice playing basketball?57. with, some calculations, does, tom, accurately, his computer （连词成句）_part 3reading and

16、 writingvi. reading comprehensiona. choose the best answerteachersdaypeople in many countries celebrate world teachers day on 5thoctober, but in argentina(阿根廷) it is on 11thseptemberthe anniversary(周年纪念日) of the death of former president,domingo faustino sarmiento in 1888. sarmiento believed passion

17、ately in the importance ofeducation: he wrote “schools are the very basis of civilization.” children traditionally write poemsfor their teachers and give them an apple, make a cake or buy flowers. in vietnam( 越 南 ),educators day is in november. everyone has a day off school, and many students visit

18、theirformer teachers in their homes to give them presents, or give news about themselves. and at someschools in india, senior students become teachers, and teachers become students for the day!world book dayin many countries, book day is on 23rdapril every year. it originated( 起 源 于 ) incatalonia(加泰

19、罗尼亚) in 1923 when booksellers decided to honour the spanish author miguel decervantes who died on that day in 1616. in 1995, world book day became an international event,celebrating books and reading. people exchange presents usually a book and a rose. there arealso events such as writing competitio

20、ns, and in madrid(马德里) there is a public reading ofcervantess greatest work don quijotesss which lasts 48 hours! in the uk and ireland, allschoolchildren receive a one-pound book token(购书券), and many children now dress up as theirfavourite character from fiction!respect for the aged daygrandparents

21、day is popular in many countries, but in japana country where nearly 30percent of the population are over 60 people treat older people with special respect. the thirdmonday of september is respect for the aged day (keiro-no-hi) which became a nationalholiday in 1966. everyone has a day off school or

22、 work and people organize celebrations for theolder people of the village or community where they live, young people dress up in traditionalclothes. they sing and dance and they either prepare a special meal for the older people, or eat outas a family. nowadays, people also visit relatives and the o

23、lder people in their families, for athree-day weekend.58. in vietnam, people celebrate educatorsday in _.a.augustb. septemberc. octoberd. november59. miguel de cervantes died on _, 1616.第 4 页 / 共 7 页a. october 5thb. september 11thc.april 23rdd. september 3rd60. children dress up one of their favouri

24、te fiction characters on _.a. world book dayb. teachersdayc. childrens dayd. respect for theaged day61. nearly _ of the population is over 60 in japan.a. 20%b. 25%c. 30%d. 35%62. which of the following activities that japanese young people dont do on respect for theaged day?a. preparing a special me

25、alb. going shopping in big shopping mallsc. wearing traditional clothesd. celebrations like singing and dancing63. the best title for this passage could be _.a. interesting traditions on teachersdayb. world book day is importantc. japanese respect the older peopled. special days around the worldb. c

26、hoose the words or expressions and complete the passage.some americans are poor at speaking foreign languages. its a fact. in any city around theworld, you can find american tourists asking for the restaurant menu in english. at best, they willtry to say a couple of phrases they _64_ from a phrase b

27、ook, but they will stop making an effortthe moment they discover the waiter knows a little english.i read a survey once that found that only 20 percent of americans could speak a languageother than english in their own homes. so _65_ is this? i think laziness is possibly the keyfactor( 因 素 ). there

28、is a general feeling among americans that “everyone speaks englishnowadays, so its not worth learning other languages.” in multinational companies(跨国公司),english is often the official language of communication within the company. _66_, americanswho live abroad can always find other american people to

29、 talk to or to watch american tv with all reasons for never bothering to learn the local language.the situation in american schools doesnt help. in 1997, about 75 percent ofamerican publicmiddle schools offered foreign languages. today, that number has _67_ to 58 percent. and eventhe few students wh

30、o study foreign languages at school dont spend as many _68_ of classes asstudents in other countries. i think it is also a _69_ that american children dont study englishgrammar any more, which makes it more difficult for them to learn the grammar of anotherlanguage.64. a. have borrowedb. have learne

31、dc. have chosend. have collected65. a. whenb. whichc. whatd. why66. a.alsob. soc. yetd. however67. a. gone upb. gone downc. gone quicklyd. gone slowly68. a. typesb. hoursc. booksd. interests69. a. wonderb. habitc. problemd. mistakec. read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words.karls bl

32、ogsaturday 12thaprilwell, today was another disaster! i was really, really late for workagain!第 5 页 / 共 7 页first, i slept late (as usual!) so i didnt have time for b_70_. why is it difficult to get up inthe morning during the week? i put on my suit and r_71_ to the bus stop. there was a lot of rainl

33、ast night and the road was wet. well, i ran very fast and i fell over its ok, i wasnt hurt butmy suit got wet! so then i ran home to c_72_.later, i went back to the bus stop and the bus came but it was full of people and there wasno space for me. then i had a fantastic idea get a taxi! it took me al

34、l the way to my office fantastic! then the driver asked me for 10 pounds, but i didnt have any money. why didnt itake any money with me? i havent done that b_73_! no problem, i said to the driver, ive got acash card. so the taxi driver took me to the cash machine at the bank near my office. well, i

35、putthe card in the machine but it didnt come out. it was terrible! f_74_, i went into the bank andthey opened the machine and gave me my card (and some money).of course, w_75_ i got to the office, my boss was there. i was two hours late for work she was really angry with me!d.answer the questions.th

36、e place is perfect, the weather is wonderful, but if youre with the wrong person, avacation can be a disaster!joe 28, a fight attendantlast october, i went on vacation to thailand for two weeks with my girlfriend, mia. thevacation began well. we spent two days in bangkok and saw the floating market

37、and the royalpalace. but things went wrong when we left bangkok. i wanted to stay in hostels, which werebasic but clean, but mia said they were too uncomfortable. so we stayed in very expensive hotels.i wanted to experience the local atmosphere, but mia just wanted to go shopping. i thought i knewmi

38、a well, but you dont know a person until you travel with him or her. it was awful! we arguedabout everything.for our last four days we went to ko chang, a beautiful island. it was like being in paradise.the weather was beautiful and the beaches were wonderful, but we just sunbathed withoutspeaking.

39、we spent our last night back in bangkok, and we met some travelers from australia.they were really friendly, and mia started flirting with one of the boys. that was the end.when we arrived at ohare international airport the next day, we decided to break up. i tookhundreds of photos, but when i got h

40、ome i didnt show them to anyone.laura 26, a nurselast spring, my best friend isabelle and i booked a vacation in costa rica(哥斯达黎加). werented a small house for a week with a fantastic view of the ocean. at the last minute, anotherfriend, linda, asked if she could come, too. we felt sorry for her because she had problems withher boyfriend, so we said yes.costa rica was magical and the weather was perfect, but the vacation was a dis