外研（新标准）版八年级上学期英语开学摸底模拟考试（A卷）附答案

八年级上学期英语开学摸底模拟考试（A卷）

一、单选题（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

1.-____shallwemeetforthepicnic?

-Attheschoolgate.

A.HowB.WhenC.WhereD.Why

2.Jimstartedtoplay___________violinwhenhewasfive.

A.aB.anC.theD./

3.There'restill__________thingsintheroom.What_________canyoufind?

A.else;otherB.other;elseC.else;elseD.other;other

4.一IoftenseePeter'sfatherplaybasketballonmywaytoschool.

一That'snotstrange.NotonlyPeterbutalsohisfather________sports.

A.enjoyB.enjoysC.enjoyedD.wasenjoyed

5•—Whereareyougoing,Lucy?

一Tothe___.Iwanttobuysomedeliciousfood.

A.zooB.libraryC.supermarketD.park

6.There____anEnglishshowthisweekend.Shallwegoandwatchit?

A.aregoingtobeB.are

C.willbeD.has

7.ThestudentsfromXinjiangliketostayinourschoolbecauseeveryoneis___tothem.

A.happilyB.earlyC.friendlyD.silly

8.一Ican'tgooutonschoolnights.Howaboutyou,Cathy?

-Ican't___.Myparentsaskmetodomyhomeworkathome.

A.tooB.alsoC.eitherD.still

9.一Doesthefirstlessonbeginat8:00am?

一Sorry,Idon*tknowthe____time.

A.freeB.exactC.nextD.last

10.I____wellhavetowaitafewmoreminutes,butIamnotsure.

A.believeB.guessC.decideD.hope

11.You'dbetternotstandtooclose____peoplewhenyoutalktothem.

A.forB.toC.atD.around

12.一Stevenhadnothingforbreakfastthismorning,?

一No.Becausehehadafever.

A.hadn'theB.hadheC.didn'theD,didhe

13.Mysisterlikesandsheoften—inherroom.

A.sing;singB.singing;singing

C.sing;singingD.singing;sings

14.-Aretheyvisitingthezoorightnow?

-No,they.

A.aren'tB.don'tC.isn'tD.doesn't

15•——Todayisthefirstdayofmyfinalexam.

—,Mary.

A.WelldoneB.Withpleasure

C.GoodluckD.Enjoyyourself

二、完形填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

完形填空

Manyyearsago,IlivedinGreece,onaverybeautifulisland.Duringmyfirstyear,I16.tothe

beachfortheLabourDayholiday.GreekpeoplecelebrateLabourDayon1stMay,anditisalsoafestivalto

celebratethebeginningof17..Thesunwasshining18.andtheseawasclearblue.Iwas

sittinginasmallrestaurantbytheseawhilethecookwascooking19.overafireforlunch.Thecooked

fishsmelleddelicious.Therewerealotoflocalpeople20.sometourists.Thegirlsandwomen___

21.flowersintheirhair.Someonegaveacircleofflowerstome.Intheafternoon,peopleplayedtraditional

Greek22.todancewithitonthebeach,andIalsodancedwiththem23.theevening.___

24.awonderfulday!Allthepeople25.themselves.Iwillrememberitfbrever.

16.A.goB.wentC.goesD.amgoing

17.A.winterB.autumnC・summerD.spring

18.A.brightlyB.clearlyC.hardlyD.heavily

19.A.applesB.teaC.coffeeD.fish

20.A.assoonasB.aswellasC.suchasD.as

21.A.woreB.washedC.sawD.made

22.A.tennisB.footballC.musicD.games

23.A.afterB.beforeC・whenD.until

24.A.WhafsB.WhatC.HowD.How's

25.A.enjoyB.enjoyedC.helpD.helped

三'阅读理解（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）

阅读理解

Jobinterviews（面试）canbeverydifferentfromcountrytocountry.Aninterviewees"bodylanguage11and

questions,andtheformofaninterviewarenotthesamearoundtheworld.

Ifyou*reatajobinterviewinJapan,don'tlookdirectlyintotheeyesoftheinterviewer.Itisconsidered

impolite.Butifyou'reataninterviewintheU.S.,youshouldmakeeyecontact（交流）withtheinterviewer.If

youdon't,theinterviewermaythinkyouarenotsureaboutyourability.

IntheU.S.andsomeothercountries,interviewersaren'tsupposedtoaskquestionsaboutfamilyand

personalinformation.Inmostcountries,however,personalquestionsareverycommonduringjobinterviews.

InGermany,yourinterviewmightbeginwithaveryshortconversationfollowedbyafbrmal（正式的）

interview.InMexicoandmanyothercountries,thewholeinterviewmightnotbeformal.

26.InJapan,lookingdirectlyintotheeyesoftheintervieweris.

A.boringB.impoliteC.humorousD.dangerous

27.WhatissuggestedataninterviewintheU.S.accordingtothetext?

A.Sittingbytheinterviewer.

B.Makingeyecontact.

C.Talkingaboutfamilybackground.

D.Askingpersonalinformation.

28.In,ashorttalkusuallybeginsbeforeaformalinterview.

A.JapanB.theU.S.

C.GermanyD.Mexico

29.Inwhichpartofamagazinecanwereadthetext?

A.Culture.B.Geography.C.Science.D.Sports.

30.Whafsthebesttitleofthepassage?

A.JobInterviewsinJapan

B.JobInterviewsintheU.S.

C.JobInterviewsinGermany

D.JobInterviewsinDifferentCountries

阅读理解

OnecannotdiscussChinesemusicwithoutmentioningtheguqin,oneofthefourarts——alongwithgo,

calligraphy（书法）andpainting.Itfirstappearedover3,000yearsagoandstandsforChina'ssolomusical

instrumenttradition.

Atfirst,theguqinhadonlyfivestrings（弦），meaningthefiveelements（元素）ofmetal,wood,water,fireand

earth.Later,intheZhouDynasty,KingWenofZhouaddedasixthstringforhisson.KingWuofZhou,addeda

seventhstringtoencouragehisarmytofightwiththeShang.

Ambiencewasimportantinplayingtheguqin.Usually,itwaspracticedinaquietsettingandneverfbr

publicperformances.Ancientartistsenjoyedperformingbyastreaminthemountains.Thesoundoftheguqin

mixedwiththeechoes（回音）fromthemountains,untilthemusicianfelthewasatonewithnature.Playingitin

snowwasalsoanenjoyableactivityforancientartists,whobelievedtheinstrumentwasthepurestofitskindin

theworld.Also,anightwithmoonlightwasconsideredwonderfulforplayingtheguqin.WangWei,ahighly

talentedmanoftheTangDynasty,likedplayingitinabambooforestonnightswithmoonlightmost.

Guqinpiecesareusuallythreetoeightminuteslong,withthelongestbeingGuanglingVerse,whichis22

minuteslong.OtherfamouspiecesincludePlumBlossomsinThreeMovements,WildGeeseLandingonthe

SandbankandEighteenSongsofaNomadFlute.

Nowadays,therearefewerthanonethousandwell-trainedguqinplayersandperhapsnomorethanfifty

livingmasters.Theoriginalnumberofseveralthousandpieceshasgreatlyreducedtoonlyonehundredworksby

today.TheguqinanditsmusicwasaddedtothelistoftheIntangibleCulturalHeritageofHumanity（人类非物质

文化遗产）in2003.

31.Today,theguqinhasstrings.

A.fourB.fiveC.sixD.seven

32.Whafsthemeaningoftheunderlinedword"Ambience"inParagraph3?

A.演奏技巧B.环境氛围C.天气状况D.弹奏曲目

33.Accordingtothepassage,playingtheguqinisarightchoice.

A.ataquietrestaurant

B.atawelcomeparty

C.inapeacefulyardwithflowers

D.onadarknightwithrainstorm

34.Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowingisTRUE?

A.Theguqinhasahistoryoflessthan3,000years.

B.Thestringsmeanmetal,wood,water,fireandstone.

C.ThelongestguqinpieceisGuanglingVerse.

D.Theguqinisverypopularandmanypeoplecanplayit.

35.Whatdoesthepassagemainlytalkabout?

A.Theguqinanditsmusic.

B.Theguqinanditsplayers.

C.FourChinesetraditionalarts.

D.Thedevelopmentofguqinmusic.

四、任务型阅读（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

任务型阅读

ZhangXiniwasbomin1990.（A）Whenshnwas2yearsold,shelostmostofherhearinginamedical

accident（医疗事故）.Butthatdidn'tstopherfrommakinggreatsuccess.

ZhangXinistartedreadingwhenshewasachild.Readingisherfavouritenow.Shereadsstorybooks.She

alsoreadssciencebooks.ShelikesChinesestories.（B）Shelikesforeignstoriestoo.Readinghelpsheralot.She

likestowriteandshowherideasoflife.（C）Shehaswrittenmanyarticles（文章）innewspapersandmagazines.

ZhangXinilivesinShenzhennow,andshelovesShenzhenverymuch.Whenshewasyoung,shealways

toldothersthat（D）将来她想当一名作家.

36.用一个介词短语替换文中（A）处画线部分。

37.将文中（B）处画线句子改为否定句。

38.将文中（C）处画线句子翻译成汉语。

39.WhatisZhangXinitfavourite?（根据短文内容回答问题）

40.将文中（D）处画线句子翻译成英语。

五、根据汉语提示写出单词（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）

41.Attheparty,（人人）wasinaneveningdress.

42.Wearegoingtohaveapicniconthe（海滩）.

43.Hebecamethinbecauseof（繁重的）work.

44.The（产品）ispopularallovertheworld.

45.Hetakea（旅行）oftheUnitedStateslastyear.

六、从方框中选取适当的句子完成对话（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

从方框中选取适当的句子完成对话

A.Whatishedoinginthegym?

B.Isyourfatherlearningadragondance?

C.Whatisyourmotherdoing?

D.Whereisyouruncle?

E.IshegettingreadyfbrSpringFestival?

A:46.

B:Heisinthegym.

A:47.________

B:Heislearningadragondancewithhisfriends.TheyaregettingreadyforSpringFestival.

A:48.________

B:No,heisn't.Heiscleaningthehouse.

A:49.________

B:Yes,heis.

A:50.________

B:Sheiscookingthemeal.

七'书面表达（共1小题；满分25分）

51.旅行可以开阔视野，增长见识。你校英文刊物正在举行以"一次有趣的旅行"为主题的征文活动。请你

用英文写一篇不少于80词的短文投稿。

短文内容包括：

1.Wheredidyougoandwhendidyougothere?

2.Whatdidyoudothere?

3.Whydoyouthinkitwasaninterestingtrip?

注意事项：

1.人称正确，包含提到的所有内容，可进行适当发挥。

2.不得出现真实的姓名和学校名称。

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