2017-2018学年西南位育八上英语期中考试

2017 西南位育初二第一学期期中() 17. During the Nation Holiday, a lot of people try to make their way ____ the crowd to the Oriental Pearl Tower.A. acrossB. throughC.inD. away() 18. “You are standing ____,” she said. “Would mind moving aside.”A.in the wayB. on the wayC.by the wayD.in a way() 19. Who ____ my pen away? I used it several minutes ago, but it’s gone.A. has takenB. takesC. would takeD. took() 20. What Tom said is quite ____ his friend, so I don’t know who I should believe.A. similar toB. the same asC. close toD. different from() 21. It was a great honor for To Yoyo to win the Nobel Prize for medicine in her____.A. eightiesB. eightyC. eightiethD. eightieths() 22. He asked me if often heard Jenny_____ in the next room.A. singingB. singC. to singD. sung() 23. Mr. Green ____be in Beijing because I saw him in town only a few minutes ago.A. mustn’tB. isn’t able toC. may notD. can’t() 24. ____beautiful furniture you have bought!A. WhatB. What aC. What anD. How() 25. Would you please tell me_____?A. when Jane will be backB. when will Jane be backC. when Jane would be backD. when would Jane be back() 26.——How’s everything going?——________.A. All right.B. That’s right.C. That’s all right.D. That’s all.用所给词的适当形式完成下列短文，每词限用一次。

Allan Dixon is a 31-year-old man from Ireland. He is an online celebrity famous for the selfies(自拍）he has taken with animals and the pictures have been 1 spread online.At the very start, Allen was a 2 who worked in front of a computer every day.3 of his work, he applied for “the best job in the world” advertised by Tourism Australia （澳大利亚旅游局）in 2013. Out of 45000 people from 196 countries, Allen Dixon became one of the six people who got the job and worked as an advent urer in Australia’s Northern Territory(北领地）for six months and was4 for the safety of the animals. He took a selfie with a baby camel during his adventure, and that was the first photo that caused excitement among his friends.After 5 his work, Allen fell so deeply in love with traveling that he made a 6 to become an adventure. He continued to take selfies with animals on his travels as well. It seemed that he could talk with animals, make friends with them and make them pose for a selfie with him. He has gathered a large collection of animals selfies which are popular by people. He has also earned 7 the title of a “real-life Do little”, a character from storybook who can 8 animal languages. Being an adventurer and animal selfie photographer, he is enjo ying the world’s best job.根据所给要求改写句子1There are a lot of people in Y u Garden.(改为否定句）There people in Yu Garden.2The coat cost John a month’s pay. (改为反义疑问句）The coat cost John a month’spay，?3The boy asked his mother，”Does water freeze at 0 ℃?”(直接引语改为间接引语）The boy asked his mother at 0 ℃ or not?4He visited his aunt’s last Sunday？(对划线部分提问)he visit last Sunday?5Kitty will believe it when she has seen it with his own eyes.(保持句子意思不变) Kitty believe it she has seen it with his own eyes.6They’ll accept Susan’s advice to arrange the celebration party.(划线部分提问)advice they accept to arrange the celebration party.7air pollution, to, something,we, do, stop, in Shanghai, should(连词成句）VIII.Reading comprehension.(阅读理解)AChoose the best answer.(阅读后选择最恰当的答案，此大题做在答题卡27-33 上）6% Not all memories are sweet．Some people spend all their lives trying to forget bad experiences．Violence（暴力）and traffic accidents can leave people with terrible physical and emotional scars．Often they relive（重新经历）these experiences in nightmares(噩梦)．Now American researchers think they are close to developing a pill, which will help people forget bad memories．The pill is designed to be taken immediately after a frightening experience．They hope it might reduce, or possibly erase（抹去）effect of painful memories．In November, experts tested a drug on people in the US and France．The drug stops the body releasing(释放)chemicals that fix memories in the brain．So far the research has suggested that only the emotional effects of memories may be reduced, not that the memories are erased．The research has caused a great deal of argument(争议)．Some think it is a bad idea,while others support it．Supporters say it could lead to pills that prevent or treat soldiers' troubling memoriesafter war．They say that there are many people who suffer from terrible memories．"Some memories can ruin people's lives．They come back to you when you don't want to have them in a daydream or nightmare．They usually come with very painful emotions," said Roger Pitman, a professor of psychiatry (精神病）at Harvard Medical School．"This could relieve a lot of that suffering．"But those who are against the research say that maybe the p ills can change people’s memories and changing memories is very dangerous because memories give us our identity(特质)．They also help us all avoid the mistakes of the past．"All of us can think of bad events in our lives that were terrible at the time but make uswho we are．I'm not sure we want to wipe those memories out, "said Rebecca Dresser, a medical ethicist 伦理学家）．27. __________ will cause bad emotional and physical scars to people.A)The emotional effects of memoriesB)Traffic accidents and sweet memoriesC)Sweet memoriesD)Violence and traffic accidents28.The drug tested on people can _______．A．cause the brain to fix memoriesB．stop people remembering bad experiencesC．stop body producing certain chemicalsD．wipe out the emotional effects of memories29. Supporters think that the drugs can help people who suffered from bad memories in____________.A. warsB. nightmaresC. daydreamsD. mistakes30.Which of the following does Rebecca Dresser agree with ?A．Some memories can ruin people's lives．B．People want to get rid of bad memories．C．Experiencing bad events makes us different fromothers．D．The pill will reduce people's sufferings from badmemories．31.The passage is mainly about _______.A．a new medical inventionB．a new research on the pillC．a way of erasing painful memories D．anargument about the research on the pill32.We can infer from the passage that ________.A．people doubt the effects of the pillsB．the pill will certainly stop people having bad experiencesC．taking the pill will do harm to people's physical healthD．the pill has already been produced in AmericaBChoose the words or expressions and complete the passage.(选择最恰当的单词或短语完成短文，此大题做在答题卡33-39 上）。