西外八年级上期中英语考试.docx

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西外八年级上期中英语考试

广州市西关外国语学校2019学年第一学期

初二英语期中考试试题

一、语言知识与运用（满分15分）

第一节单项选择（每题0.5分，共10题，满分5分）

（）11.Thereismilkleftinthebottle.Wouldyouliketogotothesupermarketandbuy______________?

A.alittle；anyB.little，anyC.alittle，someD.little，some

（）12.--Ifeel___________afteranight'sgoodsleep.

--Sleepingisthebestwaytorelax

A.bestB.worstC.betterD.worse

（）13.-Wouldyoulike__________todrink？

-.Yes，Iwouldlike__________.Whatcanyourecommend？

A.something；specialsomethingB.anything;somethingspecial

C.something，somethingspecialD.anything；specialsomething

（）14.Thereareabouttwo__________studentsinourschool.

A.thousandB.thousandsC.thousandofD.thousandsof

（）15.Chinahasahistoryofover5000years.Itisoneof_________countriesintheworld.

A.biggestB.biggerCtherichestD.thebiggest

（）16.Therewasnobusinthatsmalltown.Wehada_________.

A.tenmileswalk.Bten-milewalk

B.tenmile'swalkD.tenthmilewalk

（）17.--ManygirtsthunkEnglishis_________math.

---Iagree.I'maweakinmath.

A.muchdifficultthanB.asdifficultas

B.lessdifficultthanD.moredifficultthan

（）18.Twenty-one_________bythreeisseven.

A.addedB.dividedCmultipliedDsubtracted

（）19.Ithinkthe_________lessonismoredifficultthanthe_________.

A.ninth;twentiethB.nineth;twentieth

C.nineth;twentithD.ninth,twenty

（）20.Thishallcanholdas_________studentsasthatonecan.

A.muchB.moreC.manyD.most

第二节请法选择（每小题1分，共10题，满分10分）

Computergamesarepopularwithstudents.ButIdon’tlikethiskind___21___games.Iliketoplayanumbergame.Itis___22___toplaywithyourfriendsthanjusttostayathomeandplaycomputergames.Let___23___teachyouhowtoplayit.Playasongwiththecomputertomakemusic.Asktheplayers___24___orwalkincirclewiththemusic.Ifthemusicisfast，theyshouldwalk___25___.Ifthemusicisslow,theyshouldwalkslowly.

___26___theteachersaysanumber，theplayersshouldformgroupsofthisnumber.

Forexample，iftheteacher___27___,theplayersshouldformagroupofsixandhugtogether.Thereareplayerswhocan'tformagroupforsure.___28___theyarethelosersandcan'tgoonplayingthegame.Ofcourse,___29___keepplaying.Atlast.theremust___30___threeplayers.Ifthetwoofthemcanformagroup，theywinthegame.Thethirdoneofcourseistheloser.

（）21.A.withoutB.forC.withD.of

（）22.AinterestingB.interestsC.moreinterestingD.interested

（）23.A.IB.meC.myD.myself

（）24.А.runB.ranC.runningD.torun

（）25.A.quickB.quicklyC.quickerD.quickest

（）26.A.WhatB.BecauseC.WhenD.Why

（）27.AsayB.saysC.saidD.saying

（）28.A.AndB.ButC.soD.Or

（）29.A,anotherB.otherC.theotherD.theothers

（）30.A.beB.isC.amD.are

三、完型填空（每小题1分，共10题，满分10分）

JameswroteaplayfortelevisionaboutafamilywhocametoEnglandfromIndia,andtheplaywasveryinteresting.ItwasboughtbyanAmericanTVcompanyThecompany___31___JamestogotoNewYorktohelpthem.HelivedinWashington，whichisanhourawayfromNewYorkby___32___Theplanewasgoingtotakeoffat8:

30inthemorning.Sohehadtogettothe___33___atabout7：

30.Heorderedataxifor6:

30andwenttosleep.Heforgottowind（上发条）theclock，andit___34__aftermidnight.Alsothedriverofthetaxihadtoworkverylatethatmightandhewasso___35___thathegotupverylatethenextmorning.

James___36___withthefeelingthatsomethingwaswrong.He___37___hisclock.Itstoodtheresilentlywiththehandspointingtotenpasttwelve.Heturnedonthe___38___andknewitwasten.Hewaslatefortheplane.

Hewasjustpreparinghiscoffeewhentheradiosentoutapieceof___39___

"Reportsarecominginofaplanecrash（飞机坠落）nearWashingtonairport.ABoeing707toNewYorkcrashed___40___aftertakingoffthismorning，Planenumber2234Jamessuddenlyturnedpale（苍白）."Myplane,"hesaidaloud，"itwasluckyformetomisstheplane!

"

（）31.A.invitedB.orderedC.taughtD.preferred

（）32.A.trainB.airC.busD.car

（）33.A.airportB.busstopC.trainstationD.company

（）34.A.rangB.tellC.stoppedD.broke

（）35.A.tiredB.worriedC.excitedD.surprised

（）36.A.sleptB.wokeC.thoughtD.cried

（）37.A.turnedbackB.foundoutC.lookedforD.lookedat

（）38A.TVB.radioC.cameraD.Internet

（）39.A.newspaperB.messageC.informationD.news

（）40.A.luckilyB.earlyC.shortlyD.finally

4、阅读理解（每小题1.5分，共20题，满分30分）

（A）

ThomasEdisonlituptheworldwithhisinventionoftheelectriclight.Withouthim,theworldmightstillbeinthedark.However,theelectriclightwasnothisonlyinvention.Healsoinventedthemotionpicturecameraand1200otherthings.Abouteverytwoweekshecreatedsomethingnew.

ThomasEdisonwasbornin1847.Heattendedschoolforonlythreemonths.Hismothertaughthimathome,butThomaswasmostlyself-educated.Hestartedexperimentingatayoungage.

Whenhewas12yearsold,hegothisfirstjob.Hebecameanewsboyonatrain.Hedidexperimentsonthetraininhissparetime.Unluckily,hisfirstworkexperiencedidnotendwell.Theyfiredhimwhenheaccidentallysetfiretothefloorofthetrain.ThenEdisonworkedforfiveyearsasatelegraphoperator,buthecontinuedtospendmuchofhistimeinexperimentinghisfirstpatent（专利权）in1868foravoterecorderrunbyelectricity.

ThomasEdisonwastotallydeafinoneearandhardofhearingintheother,buthethoughtofhisdeafnessasablessinginmanyways.Itkeptconversationsshort,sothathecouldhavemoretimeforwork.Healwaysworked16outofevery24hours.Sometimeshiswifehadtoremindhimtosleepandeat.

ThomasEdisondiedattheageof84.Heleftagreatmanyinventionsthatgreatlyimprovedthequalityoflifeallovertheworld.

（）41.HowoftendidEdisonmakeanewinvention?

A.AbouteveryfourteendaysB.Abouteverysevendays

C.AboutonceaweekD.Abouttwiceaweek

（）42.Theunderlinedword“fired”inthepassagemeans“__________”

A.GavesomebodyajobB.Setfiretosomebody

C.LetsomebodydownD.Forcedsomebodytoleavehisjob

（）43.Edisonconsideredhisdeafnessas______.

A.somethingbadB.agiftfromgod

C.akindofabilityD.adisadvantage

（）44.whichofthefollowingsentenceisNOTtrueaccordingtothepassage?

A.Edisonhadonly8hoursresteachdayafterhisdeafness

B.Edisongothiseducationmostlybyself-teaching

C.Edisonhadhisfirstjobin1869

D.Edison’sinventionsgreatlyimprovedthequalityofpeople’slife

（）45.Whatdoesthepassagemainlytalkabout?

A.ThefunctionoftheelectriclightB.Edisonandhisexperiments

C.TheimportanceofinventionsD.ThewholelifeofEdison.

（B）

Lastyear,aspecialkindofglovecameout.ItwasinventedtohelpbindpeopletolearnBraille，whichisaspecialsystemfortheblindtoreadbytouching.Shakingmotors（震动马达）areputoneachfingeroftheglove.Theycanmakedifferentsoundstotellauserwhichletterheistouching.Recently，twoBritishcollegestudentshaveinventedanotherspecialglovefortheblind.Itcanmaketheuserfeelsmallandquickmovements.Anultrasonicsensor（超声波传感器）withabatteryisputonthebackoftheglove.Whentheuserwearingthegloveisclosetoanobject（物体），ultrasonicwaves（超声波）fromtheglovearesentout（发出）.Assoonastheyhittheobjectinfront，thewaveswillreturntotheglove.Thenthewavescausetheglovetoshake.Andtheultrasonicsensormakesdifferentkindsofsounds.Thesoundsmaketheuserknowhowfarheisfromtheobject.

Inthecollegeinventioncompetition，thetwostudentsgotfirstprizeandwon1，540pounds.Oneofthedesignerssaid，“Nowtheultrasonicsensoronthegloveisquitelarge.We'regoingtousethemoneytodevelopasmallerandlighterultrasonicsensor.“

（）46.Theunderlinedword“Braille“inthepassagemeans“___”inChinese.

A.盲文B.口语C.手语D.手势

（）47.Theglovewithanultrasonicsensor___.

A.canmakeonlyonekindofsound

B.canmaketheuserfeelsmallandquickmovements

C.wasdesignedbytwoAmericancollegestudents

D.hastwobatteriesinside.

（）48.Picture___showshowtheglovewithanultrasonicsensorworksaccordingtothepassage.

（）49.WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaccordingtothepassage？

A.Thesoundsfromtheultrasonicsensormaketheuserknowwhattheobjectis.

B.Thetwocollegestudentswantedtouse15，400poundstodeveloptheglove.

C.Theglovewithshakingmotorswasinventedforblindpeople.

D.Theobjectclosetotheusercancausetheglovetoshake.

（）50.Whatisthebesttitleforthispassage？

A.TheWaytoMakeGloves

B.TwoKindsofSpecialGloves

C.AnUltrasonicSensorandShakingMotors.

D.Helptheblind.

（C）

I'mChloeS.andI'mfromIllinois，USA.IcanhardlybelievethatIstartedmyownbusiness,hadmybusinessshutdown，andhelpedtrytochangealaw-andI'monly13！

Itallstartedwithacake-decorating（蛋糕装饰）classItookwithmygreat-aunt.Afterthat,Imadeabeautifullydecoratedcakefromme，andmybusinesswasborn.

AtChristmasof2013，1sentcupcakestothenursinghomewheremygrannyworks.Someonesentapicturetoalocalnewspaper.Afterthat，Ihadevenmoreorders,Butthenthecountyhealthdepartment（部门）toldusthatIneededaspecialpermit（许可证）tosellmyhome-madefood.Theyshutmybusinessdown.Ihadtocancelallmyorders，andthatmademereallysad.

Localbusinesspeopleheardaboutwhathappenedandofferedtohelp.Thecompanymydadworksforofferedtobuildusacommercialkitchen（that'slikeakitcheninarestaurant）.AtelevisiontalkshowhostinNewYorkinvitedmetocomeonhershow.Alaw