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华师附外2019第二学期阶段性测试题八年级英语试卷编辑：周怡校对：一、语法选择（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连累的要求，从1~15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Success for Spring BudsMy name is Feng Guixiang. I want (1) ________ you about the China Children and Teenagers’ Fund (CCTF) and how it helped me.One of the CCTF’s special activities (2) ________ the Spring Bud Project. In 1989, 4.8 (3)________ children in the country, (4) ________ from seven to fourteen, (5) ________ attend school. Eighty-three per cent of them were girls. (6) ________ this, the CCTF launched the Spring Bud Project to help them. (7) ________, the project has helped millions of girls (8) ________ school. It has also built a lot of schools. The very first Spring Bud class was here in Guangxi in 1989. The Spring Bud Project (9) ________ me to attend that class. It also rented a room (10) ________ to the school for me.Before the project started, I stayed at home and helped my mother (11) ________ the housework. (12) ________ to school changed my life. I learnt to read and write and do many (13) ________ things. Now I work (14) ________ a teacher at a Spring Bud school here in Guangxi. I wish to help other girls (15) ________ the Spring Bud Project helped me.(1) A. to tell B. tell C. telling D. told(2) A. was B. is C. were D. are(3) A. million B. millions C. millions of D. /(4) A. age B. aging C. aged D. ages(5) A. were able to B. were unable to C. was able to D. was unable to(6) A. Because B. Because of C. Instead D. Instead of(7) A. From now on B. Now C. Then D. Since then(8) A. return to B. go back C. returning to D. going back to(9) A. to B. for C. of D. from(10) A. near B. beside C. next D. by(11) A. on B. about C. in D. with(12) A. Go B. Going C. Come D. Coming(13) A. any other B. many other C. others D. the others(14) A. for B. from C. to D. as(15) A. the way B. way C. ways D. a way二、完形填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16~25各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

y.Every night she spends two hours (18) kids with their math for twenty years. All kids livin g on her street can get her help without payment (付费). She was a famous (19) before sh e retired from a middle school.She gets up early in the morning, then does (20) , goes shopping or helps cleaners (21) the street. And she does these happily.When the kids come for help, she is always (22) and tries her best to help them. People as ked her why. She said, "I love it. It makes me happy to help them."She is always happy every day and always says hello to people around her (23) a smile. "I' ve decided to love everything around me. So I'm happy to do (24) . I'm thankful for those k ids who come to me for (25) . Each kid is a gift for me. I love each day to help them." She said.Really, a good decision decides what a person does in life.(16) A. died B. woke C. slept D. went(17) A. look like B. look at C. look after D. look for(18) A. helping B. working C. studying D. teaching(19) A. cleaner B. nurse C. worker D. teacher(20) A. washes B. homework C. cleans D. sports(21) A. walk B. run C. sweep D. cross(22) A. awful B. tired C. happy D. boring(23) A. for B. with C. without D. in(24) A. things B. nothing C. anything D. everything(25) A. help B. money C. food D. fun三、阅读（共两节，满分45分）第一节阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

(A)Living in a foreign culture can be exciting, but it can also be confusing(令人疑惑的). A group of Americans who taught English in other countries recently discussed their experiences. They decided that miscommunications were always impossible, even over something as simple as “yes”and “no”.On her first day in Micronesia(密克罗尼西亚), an island in the Pacific, Lisa thought people weren’t paying any attention to her. The day was hot. She went into a store and asked, “Do you have cold drinks?” The woman there didn’t say anything. Lisa repeated the question. Still the woman said nothing. She later learned that the woman had answered her: She had raised her eyebrows（眉毛）, which in Micronesia means “yes”.Jan remembered an experience she had in Bulgaria, a country in Europe. She went to a restaurant that was known for its cabbage. She asked the waiter, “Do you have cabbage today?” He nodded his head. Jan waited, but the cabbage never came. In that country, a nod means “no”.Tom had a similar problem when he arrived in India. After explaining something in class, he asked his students if they understood. They answered with different nods and shakes of the head.He thought some people had not understood, so he explained again. When he asked again, they did the same thing. He soon found out that his students did understand. In India, people nod and shake their heads in different ways depending on where they come from. You have to know where a person is from to understand whether they mean “yes” or “no”.(26) The groups of Americans found that they ____________.A．should go abroad for vacationsB．needed to learn foreign languagesC．should often discuss their experiencesD．had problems with communications(27) People in Micronesia show “yes” by ____________.A．nodding heads B．raising eyebrowsC．shaking heads D．saying “no”(28)Tom misunderstood his class at first because ____________.A．he knew nothing about India cultureB．he didn’t explain everything clearly enoughC．some students didn’t understand his questionsD．he didn’t know where the students came from(29) Which of the following is TRUE according to this passage?A．In Bulgaria, nodding heads means “no”.B．Jan taught English on a Pacific island.C．Lisa was trying to buy some cabbage.D．In India, only shaking heads means “yes”.(30)The passage is mainly about ____________.A．body language in foreign restaurantsB．class discussion in India schoolsC．miscommunication in different culturesD．English teaching in other countries(B)Square dancing is an American entertainment(娱乐). It originated in America, during the California Gold Rush. Having been a popular folk tradition since 1651, it grew out of various traditional dances from around the world. In those days, men and women worked in groups to build a house or harvest crops. 40 the work was done, they usually danced merrily and happily in a store or in a farm kitchen. In this dance eight people work as a team, called a square, to successfully complete a set of complex dance figures that are delivered by a caller, who calls out the movements. Four couplesstand facing the center of the square, each couple standing on one side of the square, the boy on the left and the girl on the right.Large or small numbers of people can dance at one time. Sometimes 800 or 1,000 people may be dancing at the same time. Or there may be only one square of eight people.Special clothes are won by those people when they are dancing. This makes the dance more colorfulto watch. Today, many schools teach square dance in P.E.,and there are square dance competitions. In all parts of the United States you will find some schools or clubs where people are dancing square dance for fun.(31) When did people usually dance during the California Gold Rush？A. When they began building a house.B. When a new group of dance steps was invented.C. When they finished building a house.D. When there were more 800 hundred people.(32) The words “crops” in Line 4, Paragraph 1 probably means _____________.A. 工具B. 乐器C. 农具D. 农作物(33) Which is the following is true about square dance according to paragraph 2?(34) People in square dance wear ___________.A. clothes of the time of the Gold RushB. farmers’ clothes of the old timeC. clothes of a special kindD. the best clothes they can get(35) Many people throughout the United States danceA. for their own entertainmentB. for the colourful clothes they can wearC. in order to remember the time of the Gold RushD. in order to win the competitions(C)There was once a man called Mr. Flowers, and flowers were his only joy in life. He spent all his free time in one of his four glass-houses and grew flowers of every color, with long and difficult names, for competitions. He tried to grow a rose of a new color to win the s ilver cup for the Rose of the Year.Mr. Flowers' glass-houses were very near to a middle school. Boys of around thirteen of age were often tempted(引诱) to throw a stone or two at one of Mr. Flowers' glass-houses. So Mr. Flowers did his best to be in or near his glass-houses at the beginning and end of the school day.But it was not always possible to be on watch at those times. Mr. Flowers had tried in many ways to protect his glass, but nothing that he had done had been useful. He had been to school to report to the headmaster; but this had not done any good. He had tried to dri ve away the boys that threw stones into his garden; but the boys could run faster than he c ould, and they laughed at him from far away. He had even picked up all the stones that he could find around his garden, so that the boys would have nothing to throw; but they soon found others.At last Mr. Flowers had a good idea. He put up a large notice made of good, strong w ood, some meters away from the glass-houses. On it he had written the words: DO NOT T HROW STONES AT THIS NOTICE. After this, Mr. Flowers had no further trouble; the bo ys were much more tempted to throw stones at the notice than at the glass-houses.(36) It was Mr. Flowers' hope to _____.A. build glass-houses in his free timeB. grow the Rose of the Year in a silver cupC. win a silver cup for growing a rose of a new colorD. grow a rose with the longest name(37) Boys were often tempted to _____.A. throw stones at Mr. Flowers' glass-houseB. throw stones at Mr. Flowers from their schoolC. be in or near by Mr. Flowers' glass-housesD. play with Mr. Flowers near his glass-houses(38) Mr. Flowers stayed in or near by his glass-houses _____.A. at times when school-boys were walking near themB. all the school day when there were no boys aboutC. where he could not be seen by the boys passingD. in his free time at the beginning and end of the school day(39) Mr. Flowers had tried to _____ to protect his glass.A. be on watch in his free timeB. ask the headmaster for helpC. pick up all the stones around his gardenD. do all the above(40) Mr. Flowers' good idea was to _____.A. write some words on the glassB. put up a large notice to cover his glass-housesC. give the boys something else to throw stones atD. send for policemen(D)Comic books are not just easy books for kids. In both the East and West, they are now a part of our culture.In Japan, primary schools use manga(日本漫画) to help teach lessons. What’s more, a university in Kyoto has a Manga Department. Students who take a class there will have Astro Boy on their reading list. The cute robot with big eyes and black hair is still popular across the world. The artist behind Astro Boy is Osama Tezuka, who is known as the God of Manga. He also made Black Jack, one of the first medical(医学的) comic books. Tezuka was a doctor himself, so he had the ability to make the stories lively.Astro Boy and Black Jack started a new type for comic books in Japan. Tezuka once said that comics were able to be more than just making people laughing.Five years after Tezuka died, people built a museum in his hometown in his memory of him and his comic art. There, people can watch Tezuka’s short films, view his art, and learn about his life. You can see his drawing and humans-sized models as well. A visit there is like watching through his pages of his comic books.The world of comic books and manga cannot be kept in pages. It is on movie screens, at schools, andin museums. Even if you have never opened a comic book, you may already a comic lover.41. Nowadays comic books are ______________.A. interesting books for kids to read onlyB. more popular in Japan than in the WestC. a part of the culture all over the worldD. used as text books in Japan42. In Japan, if students take classes in the Manga Department, they will ______________.A. have a model of the cute robotB. get the chance to enjoy the film of Astro BoyC. read the famous comic ----Astro BoyD. get a picture of the cute robot43. What does the cute robot of Astro Boy look like?A. It has big eyes and black hair.B. It has big eyes and brown hair’C. Its eyes look blueD. It has short blonde hair.44. Visitors can ______________ during the celebration in his hometown.A. watch Tezuka’s short films and read his comicsB. learn about Tezuka’s life and enjoy his short moviesC. draw human-sized models in Tezuka’s booksD. act in his films as Astro Boy or Black Jack45. Which of the following is not true according to the article?A. Astro Boy and Black Jack started a new type of for comic books in Japan.B. Tezuka could make Black Jack as real because he was a doctor.C. Tezuka thought comics could just more than just making people laughD. If you don’t open a comic book, you can’t be a comic lover.第二节阅读填空（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）阅读短文及文后选项，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。