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八年级上学期期中测试卷 （广州卷）
学校：__________班级：__________姓名：_________ 考号：___________
温馨提示：
本试卷共分第Ⅰ卷和第Ⅱ卷两部分，第Ⅰ卷为选择题；第Ⅱ卷为非选择题；满分为90分，考试时间为100分钟。
第Ⅰ卷 选择题
第一节、语法选择（15分）
Can you imagine a circus（马戏团）without horses, elephants, monkeys, or lions Recently, Circus Roncalli hit the headlines by 1 on shows without any animals. And the shows have attracted 2 people.
Circus Roncalli is a German circus founded in 1976. 3 they fight against the abuse（虐待）that animals often face，they get a creative idea. One year ago, they 4 hologram（全息图）animals.
Its shows still include tricks and actors, 5 none of the animals are real. The pictures 6 on a
computer, and then people use a projector（投影仪）to show ____7_____to the crowd. The animals are much like the animals that you usually see in a traditional circus.
____8_____creative idea comes from increasing worldwide worries about the show animals. ____9_____, show animals live much of their lives under terrible conditions. They are trained violently and they 10 follow what the trainers ask them to do, or they will be treated cruelly.
As a result, many people refuse 11 circus shows performed by animals. Now, 12 the modem technology of holograms, everyone can enjoy the exciting shows happily. Many people expressed 13 love of the technology. “Well, this is amazing!" someone said. "I even think the new Form of performances are 14 than the traditional one," another said.
It's a complete win-win situation: Visitors get to enjoy the sight of the animals, and the circus can live on，
15 ， The most important is that real animals can be left alone!
1. A. put B. putting C. to put D. puts
2. A. million B. million of C. millions D. millions of
3. A. When B. If C. Although D. Unless
4. A. introduce B. are introducing C. introduced D. will introduce
5. A. so B. but C. or D. as
6. A. create B. created C. are created D. were created
7. A.it B. them C. its D. theirs
8. A. A B. An C. / D. the
9. A. Tradition B. Traditional C. Traditionally D. More traditional
10. A. can B. must C. may D. would
11. A. watch B. to watch C. watching D. to watching
12. A. with B. for C. from D. without
13. A. they B. them C. themselves D. their
14. A. good B. well C. better D. best
15. A, too B. also C. either D. neither
二、完形填空（10分）
Love, joy and the warm feeling of getting together don’t cost a thing. But gifts do cost money. So what’s a poor family to do
Before New Year, I told my mother that the only thing I ___16___ was a pogo stick (弹簧单高跷). However, my mother said they were so expensive that we couldn’t ___17___ one.
On a Saturday before New Year, my family ___18___ together. While my mother and I were picking out the gifts, my dad said, “I’ll be back soon — I need to see something in the tool area.” A little later, he came back with a long box. I remember wondering if there was a pogo stick in it.
When we arrived home, my dad put the box in the garage. While my parents were busy with their chores, I ___19___ walked out to the garage and found the box. I was so ___20___ and I knew as soon as I opened that magical box, my bright, shiny pogo stick would appear. No such luck! Inside the box was a ___21___ old broom (扫帚).
That New Year morning, I got some nice gifts but I didn’t get the present that I really wanted.
After cleaning up the room, my dad went to the garage. When he came back in, he was ____22____ a beautiful pogo stick. I couldn’t ___23____ it! My parents probably got quite a laugh from the trick they played on me.
Although we didn’t have much ____24____, my parents gave me the most important gift of all: lots of ____25____. That was over 60 years ago and I still think about those wonderful memories. I will never forget all the joy my parents brought into my life.
16. A. owned B. wanted C. forgot D. found
17. A. make B. borrow C. accept D. afford
18. A. went shopping B. did chores C. took a walk D. had dinner
19. A. quietly B. politely C. suddenly D. certainly
20. A. surprised B. satisfied C. excited D. relaxed
21. A. magic B. silly C. different D. smart
22. A. preparing B. hiding C. choosing D. carrying
23. A. understand B. decide C. believe D. explain
24. A. courage B. time C. money D. trouble
25. A. trust B. love C. smile D. pride
三、 阅读理解（分2节，共35分）
第一节、阅读选择（35分）
A
Henry Ford, a successful businessman(商人) and great engineer, was born on a farm in America on July 30th, 1863. He was the eldest child of his family and he had two brothers and two sisters. His father was a farmer and he always hoped that Ford would become a farmer too.
However, Ford didn’t like farm work at all. Instead, he was interested in machines. He fixed his first watch when he was thirteen years old. At the age of 16, Ford left the family farm and went to Detroit to learn more about machines. He used what he learned from work to develop engines(引擎). In 1896, he built his first car. Seven years later, Henry Ford helped start the Ford Motor Company. By the end of March, 1904, the company had sold almost 600 Ford cars and at the start of 1905, the Ford Motor Company was producing 25 cars each day. Ford became President of the Ford Motor Company in 1906. In 1908, Ford’s company began making the Ford Model T cars and each cost $825. It was very cheap for a car at that time and many people wanted to buy one. Henry Ford didn’t invent the car but he was the first one to build cars which were fast, reliable(可靠的) and cheap.
26 From the article, we can learn that Ford _______.
A. fixed watches to make money for his family from an early age
B. was the youngest child in his family
C. was not interested in farm work
D. came from England
27 Which of the following is true according to the article
A. Ford was the inventor of the car.
B. Ford helped start the Ford Motor Company in 1903.
C. In 1905, the Ford Motor Company was producing 25 cars each month.
D. When the Ford Model T cars appeared on the market, few people wanted to buy them.
28 Where is the article probably from
A. A magazine about farming.
B. A book about successful businessmen in the UK.
C. A magazine about travelling in America.
D. A book about famous people in the world.
B
Ever wondered why your virtual（虚拟的）home helper doesn't understand your questions Or why your navigation app took you on the side street instead of the highway In a study published April 21st in the journal iScience, Italian researchers, Arianna Pipitone and Antonio Chella, designed a robot that “thinks out loud”.
To explore how inner speech might influence a robot’s actions, the researchers built a robot called Pepper that speaks to itself. It has the ability to reason and think. They then asked people to set the dinner table with Pepper according to etiquette（礼仪）rules. In one experiment, the user asked Pepper to lay the napkin at the wrong place, going against the rules. Pepper started asking itself a series of self-directed questions and concluded that the user might be mistaken. To be sure, Pepper confirmed the user’s order, which led to further inner speech.
“Ehm, this situation troubles me. I would never break the rules, but I can’t make the user unhappy, so I’m doing what he wants,” Pepper said to itself, laying the napkin where it was required to be. Through Pepper’s inner voice, the user can learn Pepper was facing a difficult situation and solved it by prioritizing the user’s order.
Comparing Pepper’s actions with and without inner speech, Pipitone and Chella discovered the robot had a higher task-completion rate when having self-dialogue.
However, some people find the robot spends more time completing tasks when it talks to itself. The robot’s inner speech is also limited to the knowledge that researchers gave it. Pepper’s designers still say their work provides a framework（构架）to further explore how self-dialogue can help robots focus, plan, and learn. “In some ways, we are creating a generational（世代的）robot that likes to chat. From navigation apps and the camera on your phone to medical robots in the operation rooms, machines and computers alike can take advantage of this chatty feature,” says Chella.
29. Why does the writer ask two questions at the very beginning of the passage
A. To draw the reader’s attention to the topic.
B. To show the writer likes electronic products
C. To tell the reader about the history of robots.
D. To prove the writer often faces trouble in life.
30. Why was Pepper asked to lay the napkin at the wrong place
A. To see how much time Pepper spent laying the napkin.
B. To confirm how popular Pepper was among its users.
C. To test how many etiquette rules Pepper remembered
D. To study how self-dialogue might influence Pepper’s actions.
31. What does the underlined word “prioritizing” in Paragraph 3 mean
A. repeating B. dealing with… first C. going against D. complaining about
32. What can we infer from the passage
A. The designers are proud of their work about Pepper.
B. Pepper has already been in use in the operation rooms.
C. Pepper’s inner speech depends on its user’s communication skills.
D. With or without inner speech, Pepper could complete a task equally well.
C
Do you have a lucky number What is it Many people have a special number and they hope that it will bring them good luck. In China, people think that, some numbers are lucky or unlucky because those number sound similar to some Chinese words that mean something good or bad.
For example, the word for number 8 sounds like "making lots of money" in Chinese. So, people think it a very lucky number. Some people will even spend much more money to have 8s in their phone numbers. Do you remember the Summer Olympic Games in Beijing It opened at 8:08 p.m. on August 8,2008.
The number 9 is also a lucky number because of its connection to the emperors of China. There were nine dragons on emperors' robes and it’s told in many Chinese ancient stories that the dragon has nine children. The number of 9 also means "long lasting". In China, a man would send 99 or 999 roses to his lover with the wishes that the love between them will be long lasting.
What’s more, Chinese think that the number 2 is lucky as it’s said that “all good things come in pairs”. For example, during wedding celebrations, you usually find pairs of red candles, double pillows and many other things in pairs. and people often give gifts in pairs for someone’s birthday, wedding or other celebrations.
So what's an unlucky number in China It might be 4. Many Chinese people see 4 as an unlucky number because it sounds similar to the Chinese word c "death". Because of this, many buildings don’t have the fourth floor, and just call it the fifth floor. In Hong Kong, some buildings even skip all floors with the numbered 4, such as,4,14,24,34 and all 40-49 floors. So, a building whose highest floor is 50 may have only 36 floors actually.
33. From the article, we can learn that some people would pay much more money for .
A. the phone numbers with 8s B. the Summer Olympic Games
C. the emperors’ robes D. the wedding celebrations
34. Why would a man like to send 99 roses to his lover
A. Because he thinks that women love roses the best.
B. Because the number 9 has a connection to the emperors of China.
C. Because e hopes that he will be in love with the woman for a long time.
D. Because he wishes that he will have lots of children with the woman in the future.
35. What can we learn from the article
A. The shape of a word makes Chinese think that a word is lucky or unlucky.
B. The Beijing Olympic Games opened at 8:00 p.m. on August 8, 2008.
C. Chinese prefer to decorate weddings with things in pairs.
D. Roses mean long lasting in Chinese.
36. What is the article about
A. Numbers and ancient stories in China.
B. Lucky and unlucky numbers in Chinese culture.
C. Ways to find your lucky and unlucky numbers
D. Different meanings of numbers in different countries.
D
Teenagers are known for being creative and full of new ideas. Let’s have a look at these teenagers’ inventions that might change the world.
Banana leaves usually go bad in two or three days. Tenith Adithyaa, a teenager from India, used UV(紫外线) to make the leaves stay fresh for a year. Tenith thinks that one day the leaves will be used for making plates, cups and other things.
David Cohen, an American teenager, built an earthworm(蚯蚓) robot. This kind of robot is able to go into very small places, where humans or dogs cannot go. It will be used for finding people in a fire or an earthquake.
Remya Jose, a 14-year-old teenager from India, found it tiring and boring to wash clothes by hand in the nearby river. She reused some bicycle parts and created a washing machine that saves time, energy and keeps people fit at the same time.
Kenneth Shinozuku, a 15-year-old teenager from New York, noticed that his grandfather who got Alzheimer’s disease(老年痴呆症) would often leave home and get lost. So he invented the wearable sensors(可穿戴感应器) to help people find their family members like his grandfather.
37 Banana leaves _______.
A. usually go bad in two or three hours
B. were used as sensors with the help of UV
C. may be used for making cups at the moment
D. can stay fresh for a year with the help of UV
38 From the passage, the washing machine _______.
A. was created in America
B. can be used to wash dishes
C. was made up of old bicycle parts
D. was invented by a 14-year-old boy
39 Which of the following is true
A. Plates and cups are made of fresh banana leaves.
B. Remya’s washing machine can also keep people fit.
C. David Cohen is a middle school student from India.
D. Kenneth’s wearable sensors will keep old people at home.
40 What is the passage mainly about
A. Popular school things. B. Useful machines.
C. Strange ideas. D. Teenage inventions.
第二节、阅读填空（5分）
Imagine the situation. You are an exchange student from China and now you are learning French in a university in Paris, the capital city of France. One day, you come into the kitchen of your flat. Twenty minutes later, you cook several delicious French dishes. 41 We call this kind of wonderful kitchen a French Digital(数字) Kitchen or a “talking kitchen”.
The first French Digital Kitchen appeared at Newcastle University in the UK. 42 The inventors choose the grammar and words carefully to make sure the users can understand French well. For the first time, students can learn the language by following cooking steps. 43 .
How does the kitchen work There is a computer in the kitchen. 44 With information in the computer, the kitchen starts to teach the users to make a French dish. If you follow the instructions on the computer, it moves on the next. 45 .
The French Digital Kitchen makes learning a language more interesting and more educational. People can use th new kitchen in schools, universities and even their homes.
A. However, playing computer games may not be all that bad for children.B. They may get sick easily if they don’t take any exercise.C. They may also think faster and learn things more quickly.D. Is it good or bad for students to play computer games E. Third, they may have no time for studies and be less interested in school work.
第2卷 非选择题（共30分）
第一节、短文填空（5分）
A lot of students are having all kinds of sports on the playground. A football game is going on right now 1.b________ Class 3 and Class 4.We don't know which team will 2.w________．Look at those people over there！
Some students of Class 1 are practising the high jump. One of them is the best high jumper in the school. He practises hard every day. Many people think he will break the school record(纪录)in the sports meeting next spring.
Not far away from them，some girls are preparing for a race. They will have a 600 metre race soon. Now on the corner of the field，you can see another group of students. Their teacher is telling them how to 3.t________ discus(铁饼)．
In schools，more and more students love sports now. Sports help people to keep 4.h __________．They also help people to live happily. And after 5.d__________ sports on the field，people will become good friends with each other，too. Do you think so
第二节、完成句子（每题2分，共10分）
1. 如果你再努力一点，你会把工作做得更好。
If you work __________, you can do it _________ ________ .
2. 我们必须阻止工厂制造噪音。
We must _________ the factory ________ ________ ________.
3.谢谢你能在我困难的时候帮助我。
________ _________ ________ ___________ me when I was in trouble.
4. 学生不应该花太多时间玩手机。
Students shouldn’t ________ ________ ________ time ________ mobile phones.
5. 这个箱子和那个一样重。
This box is _________ _________ __________ that one.
第三节、书面表达（15分）
随着科技的进步，网络走进了学生们的生活，但他带给学生们巨大方便的同时，也有不利的一面。请以Advantages and disadvantages of the Internet为题，根据提示介绍网络的利弊。要求：80词左右，可以适当发挥。
提示：
Advantage Disadvantages
1、带来方便； 1、沉迷于聊天与游戏；
2、可以作为学习的工具，学习英语； 2、对视力有害；
3、读新闻与收发邮件。 3、看不好的电影对学生有害。
参考词汇：convenience, trouble (问题), come into one's life, be addicted to (沉迷……)
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八年级上学期期中测试卷 （广州卷）
学校：__________班级：__________姓名：_________ 考号：___________
温馨提示：
本试卷共分第Ⅰ卷和第Ⅱ卷两部分，第Ⅰ卷为选择题；第Ⅱ卷为非选择题；满分为90分，考试时间为100分钟。
第Ⅰ卷 选择题
第一节、语法选择（15分）
Can you imagine a circus（马戏团）without horses, elephants, monkeys, or lions Recently, Circus Roncalli hit the headlines by 1 on shows without any animals. And the shows have attracted 2 people.
Circus Roncalli is a German circus founded in 1976. 3 they fight against the abuse（虐待）that animals often face，they get a creative idea. One year ago, they 4 hologram（全息图）animals.
Its shows still include tricks and actors, 5 none of the animals are real. The pictures 6 on a
computer, and then people use a projector（投影仪）to show ____7_____to the crowd. The animals are much like the animals that you usually see in a traditional circus.
____8_____creative idea comes from increasing worldwide worries about the show animals. ____9_____, show animals live much of their lives under terrible conditions. They are trained violently and they 10 follow what the trainers ask them to do, or they will be treated cruelly.
As a result, many people refuse 11 circus shows performed by animals. Now, 12 the modem technology of holograms, everyone can enjoy the exciting shows happily. Many people expressed 13 love of the technology. “Well, this is amazing!" someone said. "I even think the new Form of performances are 14 than the traditional one," another said.
It's a complete win-win situation: Visitors get to enjoy the sight of the animals, and the circus can live on，
15 ， The most important is that real animals can be left alone!
1. A. put B. putting C. to put D. puts
2. A. million B. million of C. millions D. millions of
3. A. When B. If C. Although D. Unless
4. A. introduce B. are introducing C. introduced D. will introduce
5. A. so B. but C. or D. as
6. A. create B. created C. are created D. were created
7. A.it B. them C. its D. theirs
8. A. A B. An C. / D. the
9. A. Tradition B. Traditional C. Traditionally D. More traditional
10. A. can B. must C. may D. would
11. A. watch B. to watch C. watching D. to watching
12. A. with B. for C. from D. without
13. A. they B. them C. themselves D. their
14. A. good B. well C. better D. best
15. A, too B. also C. either D. neither
【答案】BDACB CBDCB BADCA
【解析】本文介绍全息影像技术在动物表演方面的应用。
1. B考查动词。介词by后接动词的ing形式，故用 putting
2. D考查数词。空格前无具体数字修饰，后接表示复数概念的名词people.故用millions of表示“数百万的”。
3. A考查连词。由句意 “当他们与虐待动物的行为做斗争时，他们想出了一个有创造性的想法”可知， 该句是when引导的时间状语从句。
4.C 考查动词时态。由时间标志词one year ago可知，此句时态为一般过去时，故用introduced
5. B考查连词。由句意 “表演依旧包含戏法和演员， 但所有动物都是假的”可知，此处表转折关系，故用 but。
6.C 考查被动语态。主语the pictures是动作create的承受者，需用被动语态，由下半句可知，此处时态为一般现在时，故用are created。
7. B考查代词。分析句子可知，them指代前面提到的pictures复数。故用them指代。
8. D 考查冠词。此处creative idea在文中是第二次出现，故用定冠词the表示特指上文出现的事物。
9.C考查副词。空格位于句首，且有逗号隔开，故 用副词Traditionally修饰整个句子。
10.B考查情态动词。由句意“他们必须遵从驯兽师的指令，否则他们会被残忍地对待”可知，此处表 “必须”，故用must。
11. B考查动词。固定搭配：refuse to do sth. 意为 “拒绝做某事”，故用动词不定式to watch。
12. A考查介词。由句意“有了现代全息技术，每个人都可以愉快地欣赏精彩的表演”可知，此处表伴随状态，故用with
13. D考查代词。形容词性物主代词修饰名词love， 故用their
14. C考查形容词。空格后有比较级标志词than，故用形容词比较级better。
15 A考查副词。由句意“人们可以看到动物，马戏团也可以继续生存下去”可知，此处表“也”，且该题设于肯定句句末，前面有逗号隔开，故用too
二、完形填空（10分）
Love, joy and the warm feeling of getting together don’t cost a thing. But gifts do cost money. So what’s a poor family to do
Before New Year, I told my mother that the only thing I ___16___ was a pogo stick (弹簧单高跷). However, my mother said they were so expensive that we couldn’t ___17___ one.
On a Saturday before New Year, my family ___18___ together. While my mother and I were picking out the gifts, my dad said, “I’ll be back soon — I need to see something in the tool area.” A little later, he came back with a long box. I remember wondering if there was a pogo stick in it.
When we arrived home, my dad put the box in the garage. While my parents were busy with their chores, I ___19___ walked out to the garage and found the box. I was so ___20___ and I knew as soon as I opened that magical box, my bright, shiny pogo stick would appear. No such luck! Inside the box was a ___21___ old broom (扫帚).
That New Year morning, I got some nice gifts but I didn’t get the present that I really wanted.
After cleaning up the room, my dad went to the garage. When he came back in, he was ____22____ a beautiful pogo stick. I couldn’t ___23____ it! My parents probably got quite a laugh from the trick they played on me.
Although we didn’t have much ____24____, my parents gave me the most important gift of all: lots of ____25____. That was over 60 years ago and I still think about those wonderful memories. I will never forget all the joy my parents brought into my life.
16. A. owned B. wanted C. forgot D. found
17. A. make B. borrow C. accept D. afford
18. A. went shopping B. did chores C. took a walk D. had dinner
19. A. quietly B. politely C. suddenly D. certainly
20. A. surprised B. satisfied C. excited D. relaxed
21. A. magic B. silly C. different D. smart
22. A. preparing B. hiding C. choosing D. carrying
23. A. understand B. decide C. believe D. explain
24. A. courage B. time C. money D. trouble
25. A. trust B. love C. smile D. pride
【答案】16. B 17. D 18. A 19. A 20. C 21. B 22. D 23. C 24. C 25. B
【解析】这是一篇记叙文。作者讲述了自己在新年期间收到了自己心仪的礼物，作者永不会忘记父母无条件的爱带来的美好回忆。
16.句意：新年前，我告诉妈妈我唯一想要的就是弹簧单高跷。
owned拥有；wanted想要；forgot忘记；found找到。根据“I didn’t get the present that I really wanted”可知是想要的东西。故选B。
17.句意：然而，我妈妈说它们太贵了，我们买不起。
make使得；borrow借出；accept接受；afford买得起。根据“they were so expensive”可知太贵了买不起。故选D。
18.句意：在新年前的一个星期六，我的家人一起去购物。
went shopping去购物；did chores做家务；took a walk去散步；had dinner吃晚饭。根据“While my mother and I were picking out the gifts”可知是去购物了。故选A。
19.句意：我悄悄地走到车库，找到了盒子。
quietly安静地；politely礼貌地；suddenly突然；certainly当然。根据“While my parents were busy with their chores”可知作者趁着父母忙，悄悄去看那个盒子。故选A。
20.句意：我太兴奋了，我知道一旦我打开那个神奇的盒子，我明亮闪亮的弹簧单高跷就会出现。
surprised惊讶的；satisfied满意的；excited兴奋的；relaxed放松的。根据“I knew as soon as I opened that magical box, my bright, shiny pogo stick would appear”可知作者以为一打开盒子就能看到弹簧单高跷，由此可推出心情是兴奋的。故选C。
21.句意：盒子里有一把可笑的旧扫帚。
magic有魔力的；silly可笑的；different不同的；smart聪明的。根据“old broom”可知作者以为是弹簧单高跷，结果是一把旧扫帚，这在作者看来是可笑的。故选B。
22.句意：当他回来的时候，他拿着一个漂亮的弹簧单高跷。
preparing准备；hiding隐藏；choosing选择；carrying拿，扛。根据“he was ... a beautiful pogo stick”可知此处讲爸爸拿着一个弹簧单高跷。故选D。
23.句意：我简直不敢相信！
understand明白；decide决定；believe相信；explain解释。根据“he was ... a beautiful pogo stick”可知作者以为得不到想要的礼物，但爸爸却买了，作者不敢相信。故选C。
24.句意：虽然我们没有很多钱，我的父母给了我最重要的礼物：很多爱。
courage勇气；time时间；money金钱；trouble麻烦。根据“However, my mother said they were so expensive that we couldn’t afford one.”可知作者家没有很多钱。故选C。
25.句意：虽然我们没有很多钱，我的父母给了我最重要的礼物：很多爱。
trust信任；love爱；smile微笑；pride骄傲。家里穷但依旧给作者买了弹簧单高跷，说明父母给与了作者许多爱。故选B。
三、 阅读理解（分2节，共35分）
第一节、阅读选择（35分）
A
Henry Ford, a successful businessman(商人) and great engineer, was born on a farm in America on July 30th, 1863. He was the eldest child of his family and he had two brothers and two sisters. His father was a farmer and he always hoped that Ford would become a farmer too.
However, Ford didn’t like farm work at all. Instead, he was interested in machines. He fixed his first watch when he was thirteen years old. At the age of 16, Ford left the family farm and went to Detroit to learn more about machines. He used what he learned from work to develop engines(引擎). In 1896, he built his first car. Seven years later, Henry Ford helped start the Ford Motor Company. By the end of March, 1904, the company had sold almost 600 Ford cars and at the start of 1905, the Ford Motor Company was producing 25 cars each day. Ford became President of the Ford Motor Company in 1906. In 1908, Ford’s company began making the Ford Model T cars and each cost $825. It was very cheap for a car at that time and many people wanted to buy one. Henry Ford didn’t invent the car but he was the first one to build cars which were fast, reliable(可靠的) and cheap.
26 From the article, we can learn that Ford _______.
A. fixed watches to make money for his family from an early age
B. was the youngest child in his family
C. was not interested in farm work
D. came from England
27 Which of the following is true according to the article
A. Ford was the inventor of the car.
B. Ford helped start the Ford Motor Company in 1903.
C. In 1905, the Ford Motor Company was producing 25 cars each month.
D. When the Ford Model T cars appeared on the market, few people wanted to buy them.
28 Where is the article probably from
A. A magazine about farming.
B. A book about successful businessmen in the UK.
C. A magazine about travelling in America.
D. A book about famous people in the world.
【答案】 CBD
【解析】 本文介绍Henry Ford创办汽车公司的事情。
26. C 细节理解题。从However, Ford didn’t like farm work at all. Instead, he was interested in machines.可知答案选C。
27.B 推断题。从 In 1896, he built his first car. Seven years later, Henry Ford helped start the Ford Motor Company. 7年后应该是1903年，故答案B陈述正确。
28.D 文章出处推断。本文介绍Henry Ford创办汽车公司的事情。是人物传记文体。故选答案D
B
Ever wondered why your virtual（虚拟的）home helper doesn't understand your questions Or why your navigation app took you on the side street instead of the highway In a study published April 21st in the journal iScience, Italian researchers, Arianna Pipitone and Antonio Chella, designed a robot that “thinks out loud”.
To explore how inner speech might influence a robot’s actions, the researchers built a robot called Pepper that speaks to itself. It has the ability to reason and think. They then asked people to set the dinner table with Pepper according to etiquette（礼仪）rules. In one experiment, the user asked Pepper to lay the napkin at the wrong place, going against the rules. Pepper started asking itself a series of self-directed questions and concluded that the user might be mistaken. To be sure, Pepper confirmed the user’s order, which led to further inner speech.
“Ehm, this situation troubles me. I would never break the rules, but I can’t make the user unhappy, so I’m doing what he wants,” Pepper said to itself, laying the napkin where it was required to be. Through Pepper’s inner voice, the user can learn Pepper was facing a difficult situation and solved it by prioritizing the user’s order.
Comparing Pepper’s actions with and without inner speech, Pipitone and Chella discovered the robot had a higher task-completion rate when having self-dialogue.
However, some people find the robot spends more time completing tasks when it talks to itself. The robot’s inner speech is also limited to the knowledge that researchers gave it. Pepper’s designers still say their work provides a framework（构架）to further explore how self-dialogue can help robots focus, plan, and learn. “In some ways, we are creating a generational（世代的）robot that likes to chat. From navigation apps and the camera on your phone to medical robots in the operation rooms, machines and computers alike can take advantage of this chatty feature,” says Chella.
29. Why does the writer ask two questions at the very beginning of the passage
A. To draw the reader’s attention to the topic.
B. To show the writer likes electronic products
C. To tell the reader about the history of robots.
D. To prove the writer often faces trouble in life.
30. Why was Pepper asked to lay the napkin at the wrong place
A. To see how much time Pepper spent laying the napkin.
B. To confirm how popular Pepper was among its users.
C. To test how many etiquette rules Pepper remembered
D. To study how self-dialogue might influence Pepper’s actions.
31. What does the underlined word “prioritizing” in Paragraph 3 mean
A. repeating B. dealing with… first C. going against D. complaining about
32. What can we infer from the passage
A. The designers are proud of their work about Pepper.
B. Pepper has already been in use in the operation rooms.
C. Pepper’s inner speech depends on its user’s communication skills.
D. With or without inner speech, Pepper could complete a task equally well.
【答案】29. A 30. D 31. B 32. A
【解析】本文是一篇说明文，向我们介绍意大利研究人员Arianna Pipitone和Antonio Chella设计了一个能“自言自语”的机器人。
29.推理判断题。作者开篇提出问题，是为了引起读者注意，吸引读者兴趣，故选A。
30.细节理解题。根据“To explore how inner speech might influence a robot’s actions, the researchers built a robot called Pepper that speaks to itself… In one experiment, the user asked Pepper to lay the napkin at the wrong place, going against the rules.”可知，Pepper被要求把餐巾放在错误的地方是为了研究自我对话如何影响Pepper的行为。故选D。
31.词句猜测题。分析“Through Pepper’s inner voice, the user can learn Pepper was facing a difficult situation and solved it by prioritizing the user’s order.”可知，通过Pepper的内心声音，用户可以了解到Pepper正面临着一个困难的情况，并通过优先考虑用户的要求来解决它。此处prioritizing的意思是“优先考虑、处理”，故选B。
32.推理判断题。根据最后一段内容可知，通过对Pepper的研究，后续可能会将此类机器人应用到更广泛的领域，所以推测设计师们对他们的作品感到自豪。故选A。
C
Do you have a lucky number What is it Many people have a special number and they hope that it will bring them good luck. In China, people think that, some numbers are lucky or unlucky because those number sound similar to some Chinese words that mean something good or bad.
For example, the word for number 8 sounds like "making lots of money" in Chinese. So, people think it a very lucky number. Some people will even spend much more money to have 8s in their phone numbers. Do you remember the Summer Olympic Games in Beijing It opened at 8:08 p.m. on August 8,2008.
The number 9 is also a lucky number because of its connection to the emperors of China. There were nine dragons on emperors' robes and it’s told in many Chinese ancient stories that the dragon has nine children. The number of 9 also means "long lasting". In China, a man would send 99 or 999 roses to his lover with the wishes that the love between them will be long lasting.
What’s more, Chinese think that the number 2 is lucky as it’s said that “all good things come in pairs”. For example, during wedding celebrations, you usually find pairs of red candles, double pillows and many other things in pairs. and people often give gifts in pairs for someone’s birthday, wedding or other celebrations.
So what's an unlucky number in China It might be 4. Many Chinese people see 4 as an unlucky number because it sounds similar to the Chinese word c "death". Because of this, many buildings don’t have the fourth floor, and just call it the fifth floor. In Hong Kong, some buildings even skip all floors with the numbered 4, such as,4,14,24,34 and all 40-49 floors. So, a building whose highest floor is 50 may have only 36 floors actually.
33. From the article, we can learn that some people would pay much more money for .
A. the phone numbers with 8s B. the Summer Olympic Games
C. the emperors’ robes D. the wedding celebrations
34. Why would a man like to send 99 roses to his lover
A. Because he thinks that women love roses the best.
B. Because the number 9 has a connection to the emperors of China.
C. Because e hopes that he will be in love with the woman for a long time.
D. Because he wishes that he will have lots of children with the woman in the future.
35. What can we learn from the article
A. The shape of a word makes Chinese think that a word is lucky or unlucky.
B. The Beijing Olympic Games opened at 8:00 p.m. on August 8, 2008.
C. Chinese prefer to decorate weddings with things in pairs.
D. Roses mean long lasting in Chinese.
36. What is the article about
A. Numbers and ancient stories in China.
B. Lucky and unlucky numbers in Chinese culture.
C. Ways to find your lucky and unlucky numbers
D. Different meanings of numbers in different countries.
【答案】ABCB
【解析】试题分析:短文大意:该文主要介绍了中国文化中的幸运和不幸运数字。在中国文化中,这些数字被认为是幸运或不幸的原因在于这些中 国词听起来类似于数字
36.细节理解题，从the word for number 8 sounds like "making lots of money" in Chinese. So, people think it a very lucky number. Some people will even spend much more money to have 8s in their phone numbers.可知。答案选A
37. B细节理解题。根据第四段中The number 9 also stands for "long lasting".可知中国人把数字9看作长久,所以选B。
39. C细节理解题。A 错误。在中国文化中,这些数字被认为是幸运或不幸的原因在于这些数词听起来类似于某个发音。B 错误。It opened at 8:08 p.m. on August 8,2008. D不是玫瑰象征长久，而是“9”象征长久。故错误。
40 B 主旨大意题。本文主要介绍了中国文化中的幸运和不幸运数字,所以选B。
D
Teenagers are known for being creative and full of new ideas. Let’s have a look at these teenagers’ inventions that might change the world.
Banana leaves usually go bad in two or three days. Tenith Adithyaa, a teenager from India, used UV(紫外线) to make the leaves stay fresh for a year. Tenith thinks that one day the leaves will be used for making plates, cups and other things.
David Cohen, an American teenager, built an earthworm(蚯蚓) robot. This kind of robot is able to go into very small places, where humans or dogs cannot go. It will be used for finding people in a fire or an earthquake.
Remya Jose, a 14-year-old teenager from India, found it tiring and boring to wash clothes by hand in the nearby river. She reused some bicycle parts and created a washing machine that saves time, energy and keeps people fit at the same time.
Kenneth Shinozuku, a 15-year-old teenager from New York, noticed that his grandfather who got Alzheimer’s disease(老年痴呆症) would often leave home and get lost. So he invented the wearable sensors(可穿戴感应器) to help people find their family members like his grandfather.
37 Banana leaves _______.
A. usually go bad in two or three hours
B. were used as sensors with the help of UV
C. may be used for making cups at the moment
D. can stay fresh for a year with the help of UV
38 From the passage, the washing machine _______.
A. was created in America
B. can be used to wash dishes
C. was made up of old bicycle parts
D. was invented by a 14-year-old boy
39 Which of the following is true
A. Plates and cups are made of fresh banana leaves.
B. Remya’s washing machine can also keep people fit.
C. David Cohen is a middle school student from India.
D. Kenneth’s wearable sensors will keep old people at home.
40 What is the passage mainly about
A. Popular school things. B. Useful machines.
C. Strange ideas. D. Teenage inventions.
【答案】DCBD
【解析】 短文展示了青少年的4项发明创造：用UV给香蕉叶保鲜；蚯蚓机器人；自行车部件改装的洗衣机；可穿戴的传感器。
37．细节理解题。根据Tenith Adithya, a teenager from India, used UV(紫外线) to make the leaves stay fresh for a year.故答案选D
38．细节理解题。根据“Remya Jose, ... She reused some bicycle parts and created a washing machine...”可知，Remya Jose发明了洗衣机，故选C。
39.推理判断题。根据“She reused some bicycle parts and created a washing machine that saves time, energy and keeps people fit at the same time.”可知，Remya发明的洗衣机省时省力的同时，又能让人保持健康，故选B。
40.主旨大意题。根据“Let's have a look at these teenage inventions that might change the world.”可知，本文主要介绍的是青少年的发明，故选D。
第二节、阅读填空（5分）
Imagine the situation. You are an exchange student from China and now you are learning French in a university in Paris, the capital city of France. One day, you come into the kitchen of your flat. Twenty minutes later, you cook several delicious French dishes. 41 We call this kind of wonderful kitchen a French Digital(数字) Kitchen or a “talking kitchen”.
The first French Digital Kitchen appeared at Newcastle University in the UK. 42 The inventors choose the grammar and words carefully to make sure the users can understand French well. For the first time, students can learn the language by following cooking steps. 43 .
How does the kitchen work There is a computer in the kitchen. 44 With information in the computer, the kitchen starts to teach the users to make a French dish. If you follow the instructions on the computer, it moves on the next. 45 .
The French Digital Kitchen makes learning a language more interesting and more educational. People can use th new kitchen in schools, universities and even their homes.
A. However, playing computer games may not be all that bad for children.B. They may get sick easily if they don’t take any exercise.C. They may also think faster and learn things more quickly.D. Is it good or bad for students to play computer games E. Third, they may have no time for studies and be less interested in school work.
【答案】41~45 DBEAC
第2卷 非选择题（共30分）
第一节、短文填空（5分）
A lot of students are having all kinds of sports on the playground. A football game is going on right now 1.b________ Class 3 and Class 4.We don't know which team will 2.w________．Look at those people over there！
Some students of Class 1 are practising the high jump. One of them is the best high jumper in the school. He practises hard every day. Many people think he will break the school record(纪录)in the sports meeting next spring.
Not far away from them，some girls are preparing for a race. They will have a 600 metre race soon. Now on the corner of the field，you can see another group of students. Their teacher is telling them how to 3.t________ discus(铁饼)．
In schools，more and more students love sports now. Sports help people to keep 4.h __________．They also help people to live happily. And after 5.d__________ sports on the field，people will become good friends with each other，too. Do you think so
【答案】1.between 2.win 3.throw 4 .healthy 5．doing
第二节、完成句子（每题2分，共10分）
1. 如果你再努力一点，你会把工作做得更好。
If you work __________, you can do it _________ ________ .
2. 我们必须阻止工厂制造噪音。
We must _________ the factory ________ ________ ________.
3.谢谢你能在我困难的时候帮助我。
________ _________ ________ ___________ me when I was in trouble.
4. 学生不应该花太多时间玩手机。
Students shouldn’t ________ ________ ________ time ________ mobile phones.
5. 这个箱子和那个一样重。
This box is _________ _________ __________ that one.
【答案】 1.harder much better 2.stop from making noise 3.Thank you for helping
4.spend too much playing 5.as heavy as
第三节、书面表达（15分）
随着科技的进步，网络走进了学生们的生活，但他带给学生们巨大方便的同时，也有不利的一面。请以Advantages and disadvantages of the Internet为题，根据提示介绍网络的利弊。要求：80词左右，可以适当发挥。
提示：
Advantage Disadvantages
1、带来方便； 1、沉迷于聊天与游戏；
2、可以作为学习的工具，学习英语； 2、对视力有害；
3、读新闻与收发邮件。 3、看不好的电影对学生有害。
参考词汇：convenience, trouble (问题), come into one's life, be addicted to (沉迷……)
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【参考答案】
Advantages and disadvantages of the Internet
The Internet has come into students’ life. It brings us not only a lot of convenience and happiness but also troubles.
Some students use the Internet as a tool to study. When they learn English, the Internet helps them a lot. They also read news, send and receive emails through it.
However, some students are addicted to chatting and playing games. It is harmful to students to watch bad films. Sitting in front of computers too long is also bad for students’ eyesight.
It is clear that the Internet has advantages and disadvantages. I think we should use it correctly.
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