2017-2018上海市西南模范八年级第一学期期中考试卷
西南模2017学年第一学期初二期中考试
英语试卷
Part 2 Phonetics, Vocabulary and Grammar
(第二部分语音，词汇和语法)
Ⅱ. Choose the best answer. （选择最恰当的答案）（20分）
1.Which of the following underlined parts is different in pronunciation from others?
A.He washed his hands.
B. They stopped us from coming in.
C. I walked home last night.
D. Louise opened a bottle of wine.
2.In UK, most students go on to college after they finish secondary school.
A.a
B. /
C.an
D. the
3.These backpackers walked the Sahara Desert and came to a big river at last. How brave they are!
A.on
B. across
C. through
D. over
4.Our teachers often give us advice when we are in trouble.
A.a large number of
B. a few
C. huge amounts of
D. many
5.It’s dangerous to swim in the river, for it is deep.
A.10-metre
B.10 metres
C.10-metres
D.10 metres’
6.Some girls like skirts all the year round.
A.wearing
B. dressing
C. putting on
D. dressing up
7.Angela and Alice want to be in the future.
A.women policemen
B. policewomen
C. woman policemen
D. a woman policeman
8.In my opinion, one of the ways to lose weight is regularly.
A.to exercise
B. exercise
C. exercising
D. exercised
9.The leader a school is called a headmaster.
A.in charge of
B. take charge of
C.is in charge of
D. took charge of
10.The coffeehouse keeper the door at 9 this morning and it has been
to public for nearly four hours.
A.opened; opened
B. opened; open
C. open; opened
D. opened; opened
11.The professor, along with a number of students, making a speech on Chinese medicines on that day.
A.is
B. are
C. was
D. were
12.I hear walking on the moon is like jumping and flying. It must be
A.a great fun
B. very funny
C. great fun
D. great funs
13.The newspaper says that more money fighting pollution next year.
A.will spend
B. will be spent
C. would spend
D. would be spent
14. 10-6=4 can be read as .
A.Ten subtract six is four.
B. Ten minus six is four
C. Ten minus six equals to four
D. Ten subtract six equals four
15. It is your first visit to Britain, you’d better learn something about British culture.
A. If
B. Although
C. Since
D. Before
16. Don’t let other thoughts your mind when trying to memorize something.
A.enter
B.to enter
C. entering
D. entered
17. The policewoman noticed a man the ATM machines as she passed by.
A.break
B.to break
C. breaking
D. broke
18. Did you ask the teacher the day before?
A.what was happened to her
B. what she had happened
C. what she happened
D. what had happened to her
19. -- What’s in your hand?
A. It’s a coin
B. It’s in the right hand
C. No, there’s nothing
D. There is a coin
20. -- Sharon, would you do me a favor to move the bags?
-- .
A. Ok. I would
B. Yes, please.
C. It’s a pleasure
D. With pleasure.
Ⅲ. Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each can only be used once. (将下列单词或词组填入空格。每空限填一次，每词只能填一次)（共8分）
Perhaps you don’t think you need much sleep. Sleep isn’t simply the opposite of be awake. In fact, while you’re in 1 slumber （睡眠状态），your brain is still active. As you sleep, your brain passes through stages that are necessary for you to stay 2 . Sleep is actually food for your brain. And like food, sleep is not an option （选择）
,it’s a need.
Many people both teens and adults believe that if they don’t get enough sleep during the 3 , they can catch up on that lost sleep over the weekend and it will all even out. Although this
4 a simple trade-off （交换）, trying to pay back your sleep “debt” on weekends doesn’t always work. Therefore you need much sleep.
It is not always bad news when brain cells die. The brain is like a sculptor （雕
刻家）making a statue.it cuts away material that it 5 needs. Sometimes, however, something goes wrong. When people suffer from a stroke （中风）, for example, brain cells die because they don’t get enough 6 for a short time. The stroke victim sometimes cannot speak and sometimes is unable to move an arm or a leg.
Recently, scientists found a way to put new brain cells, grown in a laboratory, into a brain with dead cells. The new cells move to the 7 Area and start to grow, replacing the cells that died. A stroke victim, for example, may recover speech and movement in the arm or leg 8 the new cells start to grow.
Ⅳ. Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms.（用括号中所给单词的适当形式完成下列句子。每空限填一词。）（7分）
1.Boys, don’t lose playing Angry Birds. It is bad for your eyes to play computer games for a long time.(you)
2.When we meet any , we should face it bravely.(difficult)
3.The heavy rain made it to walk in the street.(convenience)
4.His uncle grows the fruit while his aunt helps the fruit.(sale)
5.His mother is than I think.(friend)
6.We heard several last night.(argue)
7.Our class teacher how we should fill in the form just now.(explanation)Ⅴ. Review the following sentences as required（按要求改写句子。毎格一词。）（共10分）
1.He felt sorry when he heard the bad news.（按划线部分提问）
He feel when he heard the bad news?
2.The girl couldn’t work out such a difficult problem.（保持句意基本不变）
The girl work out such a difficult problem.
3.I don’t think Mary can pass the PE exam. （改为反义疑问句）
I don’t think Mary can pass the PE exam, ?
4.Is there enough food left in the box? Geroge asked his mum.（改为宾语从句）Geroge asked his mum there enough food left in the box or not.
5.to, with, your, going, are, tennis, continue, you, training （连词成句）
?
Part 3 Reading and Writing （第三部分读与写）
Ⅵ. Reading Comprehension（阅读理解）：（共50分）
A.Choose the best answer. （根据文章内容，选择最恰当的答案。）（共12分）
When I was a puppy, I let you happy and made you laugh. You called me your child, and despite（尽管）a couple of murdered throw pillows, I became your best friend. Whenever I was "bad," you'd shake your finger at me and ask "How could you?"-but then you'd become tender and roll me over for a belly rub（搓肚子）.
My housebreaking took a little longer than expected, because you were terribly busy, but we worked on that together. We went for long walks and runs in the park, car rides, stops for ice cream , and I took long naps in the sun waiting for you to come home at the end of the day.
Gradually, you began spending more time at work and on your career, and more time searching for a human mate. Eventually, you fell in love. She, now your wife, is not a "dog person"-still I welcomed her into our home. I was happy because you were happy.Then the human babies came along and I shared your excitement. I loved their pinkness, how they smelled, and I wanted to mother them, too. Only she and you worried that I might hurt them. As they began to grow, I became their friend. I loved everything about them, especially their touch-because your touch was now so often.
Now, you have a new career opportunity in another city, and you and they will be moving to an apartment that not allow pets. You’ve made the right decisions for your “family”, but there was a time when I was your only family.
I was excited about the car ride until we arrived at the animal shelter. It smelled of dogs and cats, of fear, of hopelessness. You filled out the paperwork and said "I know you will find a good home for her". They shrugged（耸肩）and gave you a pained look. They understand the realities facing a middle-aged dog, even one with "papers".
Is it better to live with hope or without hope? Sometimes when I hear human footsteps, I think it is you, or perhaps another human who will love me. It never is. Then I feel terrible. My beloved Master, I will think of you and wait for you forever. I hope you receive more loyalty（忠诚）from your family than I showed to you.
1.The passage is written from the perspective（视角）of a .
A.man
B. dog
C. kid
D. woman
2.In paragraph 3, “dog person” refers to a person who .
A.loves dogs
B.is as faithful（忠诚的）as a dog
C. give up raising dogs
D. behave like a dog
3.At the animal shelter, the dog would face the reality that .
A.it wouldn’t be taken good care of
B.it wouldn’t be adopted by anyone
C.it wouldn’t get along with other dogs
D.it would live a terrible life without any hope
4.The dog at the animal shelter.
A.was still faithful to its owner
B. had no hope for the future
C. didn’t love its owner any longer
D. was looked after well
5.The owner of the dog is .
A.kind
B. selfish
C. faithful
D. careless
6.The best title for the passage is .
A.Saving a Dog
B. Man’s Best Friend
C. How could you
D. A Dog’s life
B. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage.（选择最恰当的单词或词语，完成短文。）（12分）
Rice is the life for millions of people around the world. It is the most important food for 50% of the world’s 1 . Almost every country has rice in their diet. Europeans don’t eat much rice, perhaps three kilograms per year. But in Myanmar（缅甸）, each person eats half a kilogram of rice every day. Rice and fish is a popular combination（组合）in many Asian countries; rice and vegetables are important dishes in the Middle East and Southern Europe; and rice and beans are popular in Latin America.
Every year, the world 2 more than 500 million tons of rice. Rice is a popular food because you can grow rice on wet land and dry land, in rain forests and in deserts. Scientists think that there are more than 140,000 different types of rice in the world. Rice also has lots of 3 . Rice is a(n) 4 part of many cultures. Almost every culture has its own way of harvesting, processing and eating rice and these different traditions are, 5 , part of the world’s cultures.
Because of wars, pollution and global warming, in many parts of the world, rice is in danger. The United Nations declared（宣布）2004 the International Year of Rice. That was the first time the UN had made a special year to celebrate 6 one crop.
The UN started many projects connected to rice. These programmes continue today and provide a better life for millions of women, men and children.
1.A. fields B. communities C. population D. occupation
2.A. prepares B. prevents C. produces D. predicts
3.A. used B. types C. sizes D. forms
4.A. strange B. central C. ordinary D. natural
5.A. above all B.in fact C.in addition D. for example
6.A. ever B. also C. even D. just
C. Read the passage and fill the blanks with proper words.（在短文的空格内填入恰当的词，使内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给。）（14分）Almost every woman likes going shopping. Personally speaking, I enjoy shopping in the U.K., even if it’s just window shopping. The sales service is the k 1 reason why I like shopping in the U.K. Much more than shopping in China.
Every brand has its own o 2 website where customers can see products and order directly online, so the products can be sent home experiences are r 3 free and open. Different from that in China, most stores do not provide personal shop assistants unless you ask one of the staff about a specific question. It is never necessary to tell them to leave you alone. I e 4 like this kind of free atmosphere in which I can walk slowly, pick whatever I want and decide which is to take without any personal suggestions from shop assistants. Although sometimes, store staff help customers to fetch shoes or clothes of a specific size or colour, they never exaggerate （夸大）their opinions on it, as their task is to provide service but not to provide comments. B 5 ,each brand has a refund policy（退款政策）. The policy may vary（变化）from one another, but a cooling-off period of 14 to 28 days is provided for customers to think twice about w 6 they really want the products they bought. Within the cooling-off period, customers can easily get full refund or exchange if they can provide a valid receipt（有效发票）and unused products with all the tags. It encourages customers to buy products more often and i 7 sales. As for customers, it is also good, for people can have a chance to get back their money which was spent on unwanted clothes.
D. Answer the questions. （根据短文内容回答下列问题。）（12分）
From the time each of my children started school, I packed their lunches. And in each lunch, I packed a note. Often written on a piece of small paper, it might be a thank-you for a unusual moment, a reminder of something we were happily expecting, or a bit of encouragement for the coming test or sporting event.
In early grade school they loved their notes. But as children grow older they becomes self-conscious(有自我意识的), and by the time he reached high school, my older son, Marc, informed me he no longer enjoyed my daily notes. Telling him that he no longer needed to read them but I still needed to write them, I continued until the day
he graduated.
Six years after high school graduation, Marc called and asked if he could move home for a couple of months. He had spent those years well, graduating from college,completing two internship (实习) in Washington, D.C., and finally, becoming a technical assistant in Sacramento.However, he had lived away from home except for short holiday visits. With his younger sister leaving for college, I was especially happy to have Marc back. Since I was still making lunch for his younger brother, I packed one for Marc, too. Imagine my surprise when I got a call from my 24-year-old son,asking about his lunch.
“Did I do something wrong? Don’t you love me any longer,Mom?” he asked.
“Of course I love you, dear!”I laughingly said. “What’s wrong?”
“My note, Mom,” he answered. “Where’s my note?”
1.The writer wrote the daily notes in her children’s exercise books, didn’t she?
2.What kind of note did the writer give her children before a test?
She gave them a note .
3.What did Marc suggest his mother do when he reached high school?
4.When did Marc visit home during the six years after he left high school?
5.Why did the writer feel especially happy to have Marc back?
6.How do you understand the underlined part “Don’t you love me any longer, Mom” and why?
Writing
Write a composition in at least 60 words on the topic “A meaningful activity”.（以“一次有意义的活动”为题写一篇不少于60字的短文，标点符号不占格）
（注意：文章中不得出现任何人名，校名以及其他相关信息，否则不予评分）The following is for reference only.（以下表达仅供参考）
1.What is the activity?
2.What did you do during the activity?
3.What do you think of the activity? Why?
答案：
Keys: 单选1-5 DBCCB 6-10 ABAAB 11-15 CCBBC 16-20 ACDDD
五选四1-4 BCEA 1-4 DEBC
词转 1. yourselves 2.difficulty 3.inconvenient 4.sell 5.friendlier 6.argument 7.explained
句转1. How; did 2.failed to 3.can she? 4.whether; was 5. Are you going to continue with your tennis training?
阅读A. BABABB
B. CCABAA
C. 1.key 2.online 3.rather 4.extremely 5.Besides 6.why 7.improves
D. （本片阅读答案仅供参考）
1. Yes, she did.
2.a note of a bit of encouragement
3. He suggested his mom that he no longer enjoyed my daily notes.
4. When he had short holiday, he would visit home.
5. Because his younger sister left for college.
6. I think the underlined part showed that the note from Marc’ mom means her love to him. Because Marc had always received his mom’ note at his high school period till he refused it.