上海外国语大学附属外国语学校2018-2019学年八年级上学期期中考试英语试题

1、2018-2019学年上外附中初二第一学期期中考试. Choice10%16. Which of the following DOESN T belong to the same category as the others?A. Snow White and the Seven DwarfsB. The Red ShoesC. The Little Red Riding HoodD. The Crafty Fo17. - There s no chocolate mil left in the fridge. You it all.- Oh, I didn t. It somewhere e

2、lse. Let me find it.A. must have drun; may beB. must drin; must beC. can drin; might beD. may have drun; can be18. It too them about one month to how to start the equipment.A. search forB. figure outC. chec outD. loo for19. Joseph is the student who always ass the teachers questions before they go.

3、Which ofthe following CAN T be used in the sentence?A. a fewB. someC. an amount of D. a couple of20. - Do you thin robots will tae the place of human beings in the far future?- Which is NOT the correct response?A. I hope not.B. I thin not.C. It s possible, but I really doubt it. D. I m afraid not.21

4、. Regular eercise can help people pressure and fatigue疲劳 ( ).A. let go offB. catch hold ofC. let go ofD. beware of22. Which of the following is CORRECT?A. Lily was annoyed with herself for being careless again.B. Mum always told a bedtime story and sang me to asleep when I was small.C. Jane put up h

5、er best smile and raised to greet her customer.D. Fanny is not a guest. She is supposed not to be here.23. He doubt he had seen was true.A. if thatB.that whatC. how thatD. whether what24. It s too late to invite Tim. , you now how he hates parties.A. BesidesB. It s even worse C. By the way D. In oth

6、er words25. The two officers were etremely lucy to serious injury.A. gallopB. chaseC. escapeD. miss26. Stamp collectors only need to pay ￥ 1.2 for a return stamp to get the special .A. postageB. postmarC. sealD. cover27. The chef had the apples and cream on the strawberries before thedessert was don

7、e.A. peeled; spreadedB. peeled off; spreadC. peeled; spreadD. peeled off; spreaded28. Which of the following activities is probably NOT a recreation?A. maing potteryB. going on an outingC. watching the stage dramaD. doing household chores29. Which of the following sentences is correct?A. He seems no

8、t to care about money.B. It seems lie that she is a bright girl.C. Cell phones do not seem to cause cancer.D. Why did they seem to happy after they had a fight?30. Mae sure you don t the cover of the old magaine, otherwise all the pages willA. cut off; be removedB. remove; come apartC. tear off; be

9、cut outD. remove; curl up31. Some people their jobs and become very successful. , finding asatisfactory job is lie finding true love.A. fall in love with; ThusB. are een on; As a resultC. in love with; In other wordsD. are fond of; That s why32. Which of the following sentences is NOT correct?A. Do

10、you find it hard to mould a good character?B. She found out living int the city quite eciting.C. We found it a bad idea to tell him the news right away.D. I find my Apple watch is much smarter than a normal watch.33. That businessman can art as a hobby, for he is rich enough to paintingsand other ar

11、twors.A. tae up; have a big collection of B. choose; have big collection ofC. set up; collect a lot ofD. tae; collect a large amount of34. I you this boo today, but I .A. had meant to give; forgotB. meant to give; had forgottenC. meant giving; forgotD. meant giving; had forgotten35. He finally reali

12、ed that his with aliens a bit too far.A. interest; might have goneB. support; may goC. obsession; may have goneD. fascination; must go . Cloe5%Busy people often 36 hobbies and weeend adventures as a way of blowing off steam, and having fun. But there are other benefits Your hobbies and personal inte

13、rests could 37 your leadership and you will be calmer when you re facing a(n) 38 situation.Have you let your favorite personal interest fall by39? The findings of a study done bypsychologists will encourage you to tae time away from wor and have a little fun.The research 40 that hobbies help profess

14、ionals thin of creative 41 to wor-related problems. In general, the more you engage in creative activities, the better you ll do at wor. The researcher noted that no matter what hobby study participants too part in, these people were more 42 to go out of their way to help co-worers.For eample, playi

15、ng football 43 us to deal with challenges in other aspects of our life. It also teaches us to remain 44 and to thin under pressure. You won t say, “ Hey, let s stop the game”. The football players always eep going . Therefore, even if your company is in financial stress, you ll also tell yourself to

16、 eep going. Also, it s about the team s accomplishment. In football a player and his fellowteammates sacrifice for each other for the 45 good of the team. Business is the same way. Teamworis what drives success in business.36. A. engage in37. A. increase38. A. easyB. tae part in C. joinB. enhanceB.

17、comple39. A. the wayside B. the half40. A. showed41. A. ways42. A. happyB. confirmsB. ideasB. possible43. A. encourages B. arranges44. A. focusing B. happyC. formC. stressfulC. the endC. declaresC. causesC. oftenC. preparesC. focusedD. haveD. helpD. pressureD. the difficultyD. advicesD. solutionsD.

18、lielyD. permitD. relaed45. A. relatedB. relativeC. commonD. general . Reading comprehension15%(A)According to popular follore, many animals are smarter than they appear. Dogs bar before earthquaes; cattle predict rainfall by sitting on the ground. But cattle may have another hidden talent in telling

19、 which way is north.Small animals such as mole rats living underground are nown for the use of magnetism to navigate. Dr. Begall and her colleagues wanted to now whether larger mammals also have the ability to perceive magnetic fields. They investigated this possibility by studying images of thousan

20、ds of cattle captured on Google Earth, a website that stitches together satellite photographs to produce an image of the Earth s surface.Graing animals are nown to orient themselves in a way that minimies wind chill from the north and maimies the warmth of the sun when they are cold. The researchers

21、 therefore had to study a lot of cows graing in lots of different places at different times of day, in order to average out these factors and see whether cattle could act lie compass needles.The researchers concluded that cattle do generally orient themselves in a north-south direction. This north-s

22、outh preference has also been noted in flies, termites and honeybees. But unfortunately, even the high resolution of Google Earth is not powerful enough to tell which end of the cow is its head, and which its tail. The researchers were therefore unable to answer their research questions of whether c

23、attle prefer to loo north or south, and whether that differs in the northern and southern hemispheres.46. What is the article mainly about?A. The usefulness of Google Earth.B. Whether cattle are superior to other animals.C. Animals sensitivity to natural disasters.D. Whether cattle behave lie compas

24、s needles.47. Which of the following factors might affect Dr. Begall s research result?A. Rainfall. B. Earthquaes. C. Location.D. Cost.48. What is the major finding of Dr. Begall s study?A. Cattle point north-south.B. Magnetism can t be studied scientifically.C. Animals prefer to loo south.D. Google

25、 Earth is a reliable research tool49. Why couldn t the researchers get the answer to their research questions?A. Many cattle in their study were sitting on the ground.B. The cattle constantly change directions to avoid wind chill.C. There is magnetic difference between the two hemispheres.D. They co

26、uldn t tell a cow s head from its tail in the satellite pictures.(B)Astronauts often wor 16 hours a day on the space shuttle in order to complete all the projects set out for the mission. From space, astronauts study the geography, pollution, and weather patterns on Earth. They tae many photographs

27、to record their observations. Also, astronauts conduct eperiments on the shuttle to learn how space conditions, such as microgravity, affect humans, animals, plants, and insects. Besides woring, regular eercise is essential to eep the astronauts healthy in microgravity.Astronauts sometimes go outsid

28、e the shuttle to wor. They are protected by a space suit from the radiation of the sun. Meanwhile, the space suit provides necessary oygen supply and eeps the astronauts from feeling the etreme heat or cold outside the shuttle.When the mission is over, the crew members get ready to return to Earth.

29、The shuttle does not use its engines for a landing. It glides through the atmosphere. When the shuttle touches the land, a drag parachute opens to steady the aircraft, get the speed right, and help the braes on the landing-gear wheels to bring it to a complete stop.50. The passage is mainly about .A

30、. how astronauts fly the space shuttleB. how a space mission is completedC. how a space shuttle is constructedD. how far astronauts travel in space51. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?A. The astronauts need a space suit to wor outside the shuttle.B. The astronauts eep the

31、mselves warm in a apace suit.C. The astronauts need a space suit to survive in space.D. The astronauts can hardly breathe in a space suit.52. A parachute need to be opened because it can .A. slow down the shuttleB. stop the shuttle from fallingC. mae the shuttle get closer to EarthD. help the shuttl

32、e glide through the atmosphere(C)Jet lag, caused by traveling between time ones, is becoming a common problem for frequent travelers for 49 percent it is only a nuisance and for 45 percent it is a real problem. It is caused by disruption(混乱 ) to the internal biological cloc, and may lead to digestiv

33、e problems, tiredness, and sleep disruption.Generally speaing, our biological cloc is slightly disturbed if we just move into the net time one, but jet lag becomes a problem once we have passed through three or four time ones. The body taes about one day to get over each hour of time difference. But

34、 the seriousness of jet lag problems also depends on our direction of travel. If we go north or south, we won t notice any difference, because there is usually no time one change. However if we travel west we will be in advance of ourselves as far as our internal cloc is concerned, and problems may

35、arise. A west-to-east journey, on the other hand, maes us late compared to the local time. It often demands even greater effort in adjustment since we are not quic enough to catch up with the new time schedule. Therefore, a trip from New Yor to Los Angeles often causes fewer problems than a Los Ange

36、les-New Yor trip.53. A traveler who suffers from jet lag has problems in A. adjusting his biological clocB. nowing the direction of a jetC. nowing the distance of his flightD. getting used to the weather of a new place54. If one travels across three time ones, he needs about hours to get over his je

37、t lagproblemA. 24B. 36C. 48D. 7255. A person may suffer the most serious case of jet lag when he taes a journey.A. east-to-west B. west-to-east C. north-to-south D. south-to-north(D)There seems never to have been a civiliation without toys, but when and how they developed is unnown. They probably ca

38、me about just to give children something to do. In the ancient world, as is today, most boys played with some inds of toys and most girls with another. In societies where social roles are rigidly determined, boys pattern their play after the activities of their fathers and girls after the tass of th

39、eir mothers. This is true because boys and girls are being prepared, even in play, to step into theroles and responsibilities of the adult world.What is remarable about the history of toys have remained are same. The changes have been mostly in terms of craftsmanship, mechanics, and technology. It i

40、s the universality of toys with regard to their development in all parts of the world and their persistence to the Arctic peoples, generally the same inds of toys appeared. Variations depended on local customs and ways of life because toys imitate their surroundings. Nearly every civiliation had dol

41、ls, little weapons, toy soldiers, tiny animals and vehicles.Because toys can be generally regarded as a ind of art form, they have not been subject to technological leaps that characterie inventions for adult use. The progress from the wheel to the ocart to the automobile is a direct line of ascent

42、（ 进步 ）. The progress from a rattle （ 拨浪鼓 ） used by a baby in 3000 BC to one used by an infant today, however, is not characteried by inventiveness. Each rattle is the product of the artistic tastes of the times and subject to the limitations of available materials.Answer the questions in COMPLETE se

43、ntences.1. A civiliation can t develop without toys, can it?2. Why are the toys most boys play with different from those that girls play with?3. What is remarable about the history of toys?4. Why do children indifferent places play various toys?5. Can you give some specific eamples of the toys playe

44、d by children in nearly every country according to the passage? （at least two eamples）Paper Two.Word transformation 10%magicpreferhomesupportdramaflatteryheatconvincesafeair conditioning1. He has never felt for his hometown because he left his hometown when he was only1 year old.2. David Copperfield

45、 is one of the most famous in the world. He can mae a tall buildingdisappear in front of the audience.3. The employee tried his best to his boss at the meeting but his boss didn t pay anyattention to him.4. She lies Gree myths while I lie Chinese ones. It is just a matter of personal .5. When I was

46、in may most difficult time, he helped me a lot. He is a very partner.6. Mathilde s life changed after she lost her friend s diamond neclace.7. When the two girls are taling about their favorite stars, they usually have a/an argument with each other.8. This room is very cool. It must be .9. For paren

47、ts, nothing is more important than their children s .10. In fact, the police officer doesn t believe the woman s story. It is not at all. . Fill in the blans with the given verbs in their proper forms 10%1. - What 1 Ralph 1 in his room now ? (do)- I m not sure. But I 2 (hear) him 3 (chat) with someo

48、ne online when I 4 (pass) his room 5 minutes ago.2. By the time John 5 (be) 5 years old, he 6 (live) in Germany with his parents for 3 years.3. - Where is Martin? I can t find him anywhere.- Don t worry. I ll as him 7 (contact) you the moment I 8 (see) him.4. Deter 9 (not tal) to his desmate since t

49、hey 10 (quarrel) over an eraser yesterday morning. . Fill in the blans with the first letter given 8%If we were ased eactly what we were doing a year ago, we should probably have to say that we could not remember. But if we had ept a boo and had written it down, we should be able to give an answer t

50、o the question.It is the s 1 in history that many things have been f 2 because we do not have any account of them. Sometimes men did eep a record of the most important things in their country, but often it was destroyed by fire or in a war. Sometimes there was never any written records at all becaus

51、e the people of that time and place did not now how to write. For eample, we now a great d 3 about the people who lived in China 4000 years ago, because they could write and leave written records for those who lived after them. But we now a 4 nothing about the people who lived even 200 years ago in

52、central Africa because they had not learned to write. Sometimes, of course, even if the people cannot write, they may now something of the p 5 . They have heard about it from older people, and often songs and dances and stories have been made about the most important happenings, and these have been sung and acted and told for many g 6 for most people are proud to tell what their fathers did in the past. We may call this re