2018-2019上海市民办华育中学八年级期中考试测试卷(无听力)

Part II V ocabulary and GrammarI. Choose the best answer. 20%26. Be careful not to wake the baby.A. /keə’fl/B. /kiə’fl/C. /’keəfl/D. /’kiəfl/27. Which of the following underlined parts is different in pronunciation from others?A. She was standing o n one foot.B. I won’t leave u ntil you come back.C. She was unable to c o ntain her excitement.D. Who will pay the electricity bill?28. A little boy wrote “u” and “n” on the wall.A. a; anB.an; aC.an; anD. a; a29. I have lost my pen. I must buy today.A. itB. thisC. oneD. that30. Y ou’ve got so many books. Could you please lend me to read?A. anythingB. anyC. somethingD. some31. They’ve taken everything with .A. themB. themselvesC. theyD. their32. She had to borrow a new in order to attend the party.A. clothB. clothesC. clothingD. dress33. useful information board you have made!A. HowB. WhatC. How aD. What a34. I am not sure how long Oliver .A. has joined the armyB. has joined in the armyC. has served the armyD. has served in the army35. What is the chemical symbol water?A. aboutB. ofC. onD. for36. a father, she has a younger brother to support.A. BesideB. BesidesC. ExceptD. Except for37. I hate to admit it, I think I was wrong.A. andB. butC. orD. so38. He’s an engineer, he can deal with problems.A. electricity, electricalB. electrical, electricalC. electrical, electricD. electrical, electricity39. History repeat itself.A. needs notB. need notC. doesn’t needD. need not to40. What did you about water pollution at the meeting?A. talkB. sayC. speakD. tell41. In the past few years, great changes in Shanghai.A. there wereB. there have hadC. there had beenD. there have been42. Joyce suggested .A. them talk it over among themselvesB. them talked it over among themselvesC. they talk it over among themselvesD. they talked it over among themselves43. Where do you think T onny the jacket?A. did, buyB. did, boughtC. has, boughtD. /, bought44. Which sentence is correct?A. I wonder where you have gone.B. I wonder where they visited.C. I wonder when you have finished the task.D. I wonder what is the matter with you.45. -- John and I will celebrate our fortieth wedding anniversary next month.-- Oh, !A. cheer upB. well doneC. go aheadD. congratulationsII. Fill in the blanks with the proper forms of the words: 7%46. They have both behaved than before and I am very hurt. (bad)47. Y ou can reduce these long to simple charts or diagrams. (explain)48. In cold weather, everything seems to be frozen. (freeze)49. Our government is trying to take to prevent and control pollution. (measure)50. My father exercises because he doesn’t have enough time. (regular)51. They do not have the to apologize for their actions. (encourage)52. A friend is a living treasure, and if you have one, you have one of the gifts in life. (value)III. Fill in the blanks with the verbs in their proper forms: 7%53. Such negative thoughts and feelings make some people feel like up．(give)54. I didn’t know a thing about the verbs, for I my lesson. (not study)55. The miners alive when the tunnel collapsed. (bury)56. Look! Jerry and he belongs to a ski club. (ski)57. I hope you the secret of how to be happy. (find)58. I don’t think Renee saw us. She a watch for her father. (choose)59. Let us hold our hands and the environment. (not pollute)IV. Rewrite the sentences as required: 6%60. Daisy was told not to eat sweets any more．（反义疑问句）?61. The doctor took good care of the wounded．（改为被动句）The wounded good care of by the doctor.62. I don’t know if I will go with you tomorrow．（同义句转换）I don’t know go with you tomorrow.63. Life in our cities will be inconvenient without electricity．（划线提问）will life in our cities without electricity?64. Benny wanted to trick his sister．（同义句转换）Benny wanted to his sister.65. machine, makes, kinds, works, it, goods, the, of, that, all（连词成句）V. Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each word or phrase can only be usedMore Than a Ride to SchoolThe National Education Association claims. “The school bus is a mirror of the community.” They further add that, unfortunately, what appears on the exterior does not always reflect the reality of a chosen community. They are right--- sometimes it reflects more! Just ask Liesl Denson. Riding the school bus has been more than a ride to school for Liesl. Bruce Hardy. school bus driver for Althouse BUS Company has been Liesl’s bus driver since kindergarten. Last year when Liesl’s family moved to Parkesburg, 66 her bus went by her new residence, she requested to ride the same bus.This year Liesl is a senior and will enjoy her last year riding the bus. She sa ys, “It’s been a great ride 67 ! My bus driver is so cool and has always been a good friend and a good listener. Sometimes when you’r e a child, adults do not think that what you have to say is important. Mr. Hardy always listens to what you have to say and makes you feel important.” Her friends Ashley Batista and Amanda W olfe agree 68what Liesl said. Bruce Hardy has been making Octorara students feel special since 1975. This year he will celebrate 40 years working for Althouse Bus Company. Larry Althouse, president of the company, acknowledges Bruce Hardy’s outstanding record, “Y ou do not come by employees like Bruce these days. He has never missed a day of work and has a perfect driving record. He was recognized in 2000 by the Pennsylvania School Bus Association for driving 350,000 accidentfree miles. Hardy’s reputation is made 69 evident through the relationships he has made with the students that ride his bus.”Althouse further adds, “Althouse Bus Company was established 70 years ago and has been providing quality transportation 70 . My grandfather started the business with one bus. Althouse Bus Company is delighted to have the opportunity to bring distinctive and safe service to our local school and community and looks forward to continuing to provide quality service for many more years to com e.”Three generations of business is not all the company has enjoyed. Thanks 71 drivers like Bruce Hardy, they have been building relationships through generations, Liesl’s mother Carol also enjoys fond memories of riding Bruce Hardy’s bus to the Octorara School District.Part III Reading and WritingA. Choose the best answer 5%The Exploding Lakes of CameroonWhat comes to mind when you think of a lake? Y ou probably imagine a pretty scene with blue water, birds, and fish. For the people in the northwestern Cameroon, however, the image is very different. For them, lakes may mean terrible disasters. In 1984, poisonous gases exploded out of Lake Monoun and came down into the nearby villages, killing thirty -- seven people. T wo years later, Lake Nyos erupted a cloud of gases rolled down the hills and into the valleys and killed1,700 people.Lake Nyos and Lake Monoun are crater (火山口) lakes. They were formed when water collected in the craters of old volcanoes. The volcanoes under Lake Nyos and Lake Monoun are not active anymore. However, poisonous gases from the center of the earth continue to flow up through cracks in the bottom of the lake. This is normal in a crater lake. In most crater lakes, these gases are released often because the water ‘t urns over’ regularly. That is, the water from the bottom of the lake rises and mixes with the water at the top, allowing the gases to escape slowly.However, in Lakes Nyos and Monoun, there is no regular turning over. No one knows the reason for this fact, but as a result, these lakes have more gases tapped at the bottom than other crater lakes. In fact, scientists who have studied LakesNyos and Monoun have found 16,000 times more gases. When a strong wind, cool weather, a storm, or a landslide (滑坡)causes the water to turn over suddenly, the gases escape in a violent explosion.In the past, no one knew when the gases might explode, so there was no way for the villagers to escape disaster. Now scientists from the United States, France, and Cameroon have found a way to reduce the gas pressure at the bottom of Lake Nyos. They stood a 672-foot plastic pipe in the middle of the lake, with one end of the pipe near the bottom and the other end in the air. Near the top of the pipe, the team put several holes that could be opened or closed by a computer. Now, when the gas pressure gets too high, the holes are opened and some of the gas-filled water shoots up through the pipe into the air like a fountain. With less pressure, a disastrous explosion is much less likely. However, the scientists are not sure that one pipe will be enough to prevent explosions. They hope to put in others soon and they plan to install a similar pipe and a computer system at Lake Monoun as well.T o protect people nearby until all of the pipes are in place, the scientists have installed early warning systems at both lakes. If the gas pressure rises to a dangerous level, computers will set off loud sirens (警报) and bright lights to warn thepeople in the villages. That way, they will have time to escape from the dangerous gases.72. What will happen when Lake Nyos and Lake Monoun explode?A. W ater will flow down the hills.B. Poisonous gases will be released suddenly.C. A strong wind will rise from the lakes.D. The volcanoes will come to life.73. Which of the following statements about Lake Nyos and Lake Monoun is true?A. They were formed in 1984B. They are at the top of two active volcanoes.C. They are not like most other crater lakesD. W ater in them turns over regularly.74. Lake Nyos and Lake Monoun explode because .A. the gases rise to the top and mix with airB. people from the villages turn over the waterC. scientists have put in a computer systemD. they have more gases trapped at the bottom than other crater lakes75. A team of scientists has .A. erected a pressure-releasing pipe in the lakeB. identified the gases at the bottom of the lakeC. built a beautiful fountain near the lakesD. removed all dangerous gases from the lakes76. What do we learn from the last paragraph?A. Scientists are planning to install pipes in all crater lakesB. Scientists still do not know how to prevent gas explosionsC. Explosion disasters could be avoided in the futureD. W arming systems have been set up in the villages nearby.B. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage. 8%It was just getting dark; there was a touch of fog and I was on a lonely stretch of road. But I was going along cheerfully, thinking about the dinner I would eat when I got to Salisbury.I was going along quietly at about thirty-five miles an hour when suddenly I heard a scream, a woman’s scream –“Help!” I looked round, but the only 77 _ of life was a large, black, rather suspicious-looking(看起来可疑的) car just turninga bend in the road about a hundred yards away. That was 78 the cry had come from: I 79 speed and went after it. I thought the driver saw what I was doing, for he did the same and began to draw away from me. As I drew near,the girl’s voice came again, a lovely voice but trembling(发抖)with fear.“Let me go, you fool; you’r e hurting me. Oh! O h!”I felt my blood 80 _. The fog was coming down thicker now, the countryside was lonelier. The man in the car had no 81 noticed this. Again, came a cry.“Drop the knife, fool. Oh!” Then a cry and a groan.If I was to save her, it was now or 82 _. Perhaps even now I was too late. But if I couldn’t save the girl, I would 83_ try to bring the murderer to the police station. The car was only a couple of yards away now. I drove the bike right across its path, and its brakes screamed as the driver tried to pull it over and crashed into the ditch (沟渠) on the side of the road. The door of the car was pushed open angrily and a dark, evil-looking fellow stepped out, mad with anger.“Foo l!” he shouted _84_ he came towards me with his fist raised to hit me. But I was quicker than he. I put all I knew into a blow that would have knocked out Joe Louis. It caught him right on the ground without a sound. I rushed to the car, pulled the door and peered inside. There was no girl there. Suddenly from the back of the car came a voice.“Y ou have been listening to a radio play. Murder in Hollywood, with Mae Garbo and Clark T aylor. The news will follow immediately. “77. A. person B. sign C. figure D. form7 8A. how B. when C. what D. where7 9A. put aside B. put up C. put down D. puton8 0A. boil B. run C. come D. freeze8 1A. sign B. effort C. doubt D.troubles8 2A. late B. then C. ever D. never8 3A. at most B. at least C. at last D. atfirst8 4A. before B. after C as D. whileC. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words 6%A Chimps(黑猩猩) will cooperate in certain ways, like gathering in war parties to protect their territory. But beyond the minimum requirements as social beings, they have little instinct (本能) to help one a 85 . Chimps in the wild seek food for themselves. Even chimp mothers regularly decline to share food with their children, who are able from a young age to gather their own food.In the laboratory, chimps don’t naturally share food either. If a chimp is put in a cage where he can pull in one plate of food for himself or, with no great effort, a plate that also provides food for a neighbor to the next cage, he will pull at random---he just does n’t care whether his neighbor gets fed or not. Chimps are truly selfish.Human children, on the other hand are extremely cooperative. From the earliest ages, they desire to help others, to share information and to participate in a 86 common goals. The psychologist Michael T omasello has studied this cooperativeness in a series of experiments with very young children. He finds that if babies aged 18 months see a worried adult with hands f 87 trying to open a door, almost all will immediately try to help.There are several reasons to believe that the urges to help, inform and share are not taught, but n _88_ possessed in young children. One is that these instincts appear at a very young age before most parents have started to train children to behave socially. Another is that the helping behaviors are not improved if the children are rewarded. A third reason isthat social intelligence d 89in children before their general cognitive(认知的)skills, at least when compared with chimps. In tests conducted by T omasello, the children did no better than the chimps on the physical world tests, but were considerably better at understanding the social world.The core of what children’s minds have and chimps’ don’t is what T omasello calls shared intentionality. Part of this ability is that they can infer what others know or are thinking. But b _90_ that, even very young children want to be part of a shared purpose. They actively seek to be part of a “we”, a g roup that intends to work toward a shared goal.D. Read the following passage and answer the questions 5%Being an astronaut sounds cool, doesn’t it? In space, they can do some pretty amazing things, like floating in zero gravity.However, there are also plenty of things that astronauts can’t do because of their weightless environment, and that’s very sad. What’s worse, they can’t even let their sadness show---because it’s impossible to cry in zero gravity.Of course, astronauts can still have tears. But crying is much more difficult in space. Without gravity, tears don’t flow downward out of the eyes like they do on the earth. This means that when you cry in space, your tears have nowhere to go -- they just stick to your eyes.In May 2011, astronaut Andrew Feustel experienced this during one of his spacewalks. “T ear s,” he said, “don’t fall off your eyes. They just stay there. “Be sides making your vision unclear, this can also cause physical pain. Back on the earth, tears are supposed to bring comfort to the eyes. But that’s not the same in space. The space environment dries out astronaut s’ eyes, and when tears suddenly wet the eyes, it can cause pain rather than comfort. “My right eye is painful like cr azy” F eustel told his teammate during the walk.Since gravity doesn’t work in space astronauts need some extra help to get rid of the tears.Feustel chose to rub his eyes against his helmet (头盔) to wipe the tears away. Another choice is to just wait -- “W hen the tears get big enough, they simply break free of the eye and float around, astronaut Ron Parise said.There are lots of small things -- things like crying that we are so used to on the earth. W e usually take them for granted, until they become a problem in a completely different environment, like space. There, astronauts can’t talk to each other directly. They can’t eat or drink in normal ways; They can’t even burp (打嗝) because there is no gravity to hold the food down in their stomachs. If they do burp, they just end up throwing up (呕吐) everything in their stomachs, according to the UK National Space Center.Thus perhaps it’s only space explorers who can honestly sa y: “Gravity, you’r e the best.”91. Crying isn’t more difficult in space than on the earth, is it?92. Who experienced that the tears in space caused pain rather than comfort?93. How do astronauts get rid of the tears in space?94. Why can’t astronauts burp in space?95. In the last paragraph, the writer says: perhaps it’s only space explorers who can honestly sa y: “Gravity, you’r e thebest. “Do you agree with the writer? Why or why not?E. Writing 10%Write a passage of at least 60 words on the topic. “The fun of learning _(English/painting/to play the piano/to play basketball..).Necessary points1. What’s your experience of learning _?2. Why do you think learning is fun?（注意：短文中不得出现考生的姓名、校名及其他相关信息，否则不予评分.）26-30 CAACD 31-35 ADDDD 36-40 BBBBB 41-45 DCDDD46. worse 47. explanations 48. freezing 49. measures 50. irregularly 51. courage 52. most valuable53. giving 54. hadn’t studied 55. were buried 56. is skiing 57. will find 58. was choosing 59. not pollute60. wasn’t she 61. were taken 62. whether to 63. What be like 64. play a trick on65. It works that the machine makes all kinds of goods.66-71: HFDGEA 72-76:BCAAC 77-81 BDDAC 82-84 DBC85.another 86.achieving 87.full 88.naturally 89.develops 90.besides91.No,it isn’t92. Astronaut Andrew Feustel.93. They rubbed their eyes against their helmet to wipe the tears away or wait until the tears get big enough to simply break free of the eyes and floated around.94. Because there is no gravity to hold the food down their stomachs.95. Y es, I do. Because with gravity we can do many things in comfort rather than in pain such as cry, burp and so so.。