2022年牛津英语译林版中考复习八年级下册测试卷（含答案）
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八年级下册测试卷
一、单项选择(共 15小题, 每小题 1分, 计15 分)
从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个可以填人句中空白处的最佳答案。
1. —Look at ______ boy over there. He looks excited. —Yeah. He has won ______ first prize in the writing competition.
A. a; the B. the; a C. the; the D. a;a
2. He is an excellent English teacher who has over 20 years’ teaching ______ .
A. experience B. information C. knowledge D. achievement
3. —Have you heard about this book —Of course! It’s a ______ book because it helps English learners spread Chinese culture.
A. traditional B. meaningful C. social D. private
4. —WeChat has changed people’s daily life in many ways. —______ We can use it to communicate with others conveniently.
A Completely. B. Probably. C. Exactly. D. Possibly.
5. —Many people have been back to their work ______ March 5th. —Cities are brought back to life.
A for B. in C. since D. during
6. With the use of e business, the way of shopping we were used to ______ a lot.
A. change B. changing C. changed D. has changed
7. Life is like a running race. Whatever difficulty you meet, don’t ______ . Just move on.
A. give up B. come out C. set off D. push in
8. Betty can’t join us in the game. She ______ the classroom.
A. has cleaned B. was cleaning C. cleaned D. is cleaning
9. —The Whites have ______ Hong Kong. —Oh really I have never ______ there before.
A. been to; gone B. gone to; been C. been to; gone to D. gone to; been to
10. When the natural park ______ , it will be a good place to play and relax.
A. has completed B. will complete C. is completed D. will be completed
11. What should we pay attention to ______ mistakes during the exams
A. avoiding making B. avoid to make C. to avoid making D. avoid making
12. Robots are created by humans to help humans. There’s ______ to be afraid of.
A. something B. nothing C. everything D. anything
13. It is ______ you to come to help us whenever we are in need.
A. kind of B. kind for C. careless of D. careless for
14. —Andy, what do you want to eat —______ I eat anything. Choose your favourite.
A. I don’t mind. B. My pleasure. C. Good idea. D. Certainly.
15. —Amy, your pronunciation is so beautiful now. How do you make it —Thanks. Just as the saying goes, “ ______ ”
A. Each dog has its day. B. Many hands make light work.
C. Practice makes perfect. D. The grass is always greener on the other side.
二、完形填空(共15小题, 每小题1分, 计15分)
阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
One night, when I was eight, my mother asked me a question I would never forget. “Sweetie, my ___1___ wants to offer me a more important job because of my good work, but needs me to work in Brazil. This is like your teacher telling that you’ve done ___2___ and allowing you to skip a grade(跳级), but you’ll have to ___3___ your friends. Would you say yes to your teacher ” She gave me a hug and asked me to think about it I was puzzled. Though I said “yes”, the question kept me ___4___ for the rest of the night. I realized the ___5___ decisions adults had to make.
For almost four years, my mother would call us from Brazil every day. Every evening I’d ___6___ wait for the phone to ring and then tell her every detail of my day. A phone call, however, could never take the place of her staying home with us and it was difficult not to feel ___7___ sometimes.
During my fourth grade Christmas holiday, we flew to Rio to visit her. Looking at her large ___8___ flat, I became aware
of how lonely my mother must have been in Brazil herself. It was then that I started to understand the difficult choices she had to make on ___9___ family and work. ___10___ difficult decisions, she used to tell me, “You wouldn’t know whether you have made the right choice, but you could always do the best out of the situation. ”
When I returned home, I ___11___ myself that whatever my mother could do, I could, too. If she ___12___ to live well in Rio all by herself, I, too, could learn to depend all on myself. I learned how to take care of myself and achieved big but practical ___13___ .
My mother is now back with us. But I will never forget what the ___14___ has really taught me. The separation (分离) between us has proved to be a(n) ___15___ thing for me.
1. A. teacher B. boss C. mother D. friend
2. A. little B. much C. well D. wrong
3. A. leave B. refuse C. contact D. forgive
4. A. explaining B. sleeping C. wondering D. regretting
5. A. poor B. rapid C. final D. hard
6. A. hopefully B. politely C. nervously D. curiously
7. A. satisfied B. happy C. relaxed D. lonely
8. A. comfortable B. expensive C. empty D. modern
9. A. providing B. balancing C. comparing D. mixing
10. A. Disappointed at B. Compared with C. Faced with D. Satisfied with
11. A. enjoyed B. expressed C. warned D. reminded
12. A. managed B. offered C. promised D. expected
13. A. plans B. efforts C. prizes D. dreams
14. A. question B. experience C. history D. chance
15. A. wonderful B. terrible C. difficult D. unpleasant
三、阅读理解(共15小题, 每小题2分, 计30分)
阅读下列短文, 从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案。
A
You know that a person who paints is an artist. But do you know that there are other kinds of artists all around you You just have to look for them and then you will find their works can be anywhere.
I’m an architect(建筑师). My job is to design many kinds of buildings. When I start my work, I need to know what a building will be used for because I must make detailed plans. Then builders can follow the plans, and the building is built. (Bobby)
I’m a costume designer. My job is to create the suitable clothes that the actors wear in a movie. I usually have to do some research first because I must make sure that the costumes are also right for the time and place of the movie. (Susan)
I’m a display artist. My job is to make the store windows look cool. I have to make sure that someone walking by will stop and look at the store windows. I should know how to paint because window displays often include painted walls and Pictures. (Ellen)
I’m a face painter, My job is to paint on people’s faces, especially on kids’ faces because most of them like walking around with colourful faces. I begin my work by making a plan, I need to think about colours and shapes. (Dean)
1. What does Bobby do
A. He’s a display artist, B. He’s a face painter. C. He’s an architect. D. He’s a costume designer.
2. Who needs to think about colours and shapes
A. Susan. B. Bobby. C. Ellen. D. Dean.
3. Ellen’s job is to ______ .
A. paint on people’s faces B. make store windows look cool
C. create suitable clothes D. design many kinds of buildings
B
A new kind of sea sponge(海绵) found in Norfolk, England, has been named by a nine year old girl after a competition for
local schools.
The unique purple sponge, which had never been seen in other parts of the world, was first discovered by divers(潜水员) off the north Norfolk coast. Although found in 2011, it had been without a name for almost ten years. Then, the Marine Conservation Society asked local schoolchildren to come up with suggestions.
Now the sponge has a name to be proud of: Parpal Dumplin, as suggested by nine year old Sylvie from Langham Village School. Sylvie said she came up with the name because “the sponge is purple and it looks like a dumpling”. “Parpal dumplin” is “purple dumpling” spoken in a Norfolk accent(口音). The judges all agreed that Sylvie’s suggestion should be the sponge’s name because “the spelling gives the sponge a strong connection to Norfolk”.
Sponges were once thought to be plants but they are actually simple sea animals. They feed on tiny things in sea water and help to keep the water clean in the process. Sponges have a very “lazy” lifestyle, with no means of moving themselves around. They are found on the seabed, rocks or even shells. They come in all kinds of different colours, shapes and sizes.
Parpal Dumplin was first discovered in a place called the Cromer Shoal Chalk Beds as part of a project called Seasearch. When diver Dawn Watson showed sponge expert Claire Goodwin what she found, Goodwin was sure that it was a kind of sponge unknown to science. Watson’ s discovery is a special sponge, which takes the shape of whatever it covers. Parpal Dumplin will now become its common name, and will be used until researchers have learned enough about it to suggest an official scientific one.
1. What does the underlined word “unique” probably mean
A. Strange and ugly. B. Special and unusual. C. Soft and beautiful. D. Meaningful and important.
2. What can we learn about sponges from Paragraph 4
A. They help clean up sea water. B. They are of the same size.
C. They don’t like moving around. D. They are actually sea plants.
3. Which is TRUE about Parpal Dumplin
A. It has many colours. B It was found 20 years ago.
C. It has only one shape. D. It hasn’t got a scientific name.
4. What do we know from the last sentence
A. Parpal Dumplin is a common sponge. B. Parpal Dumplin is the sponge’s official name.
C. There’s still a lot to be learned about Parpal Dumplin. D. Researchers suggested an official name for the sponge.
C
“Oh, boys, don’t throw stones at the poor bird,” said an old grey headed man.
“Sir,” said a little one, “she makes such a loud noise that we can’t bear her.”
“I am afraid the stone will rebound(反弹) and hurt you as long as you live!”
“Rebound! We don’t understand you, sir!”
“Well, I will tell you a true story.”
“Fifty years ago, I liked throwing stones because I had no other boy to play with and I became very skillful. One day I went to work for an old couple who were very friendly to everybody, even to the birds. And the birds seemed to love the old couple, too. For seven years a bird had come and built her nest(鸟巢) in the same place. She and her mate had just returned on the day I went to work and the old couple welcomed them happily. During the day, I thought I would try my skill upon her. Suddenly the bird flew to a tree near me. I found a nice stone, and I threw it with my best skill. It hit the bird on the head and she dropped dead!
I was sorry the moment I saw her fall off the tree. But it was too late. All day long her mate flew about, and chirped so sadly that he made my heart ache. I said nothing to the old couple but one of their grandchildren told them about it. Though the old couple never said a word to me, I knew that they were very sad. I could never look them in the eyes and tell them how sorry I was. They have been dead for many, many years, and so has the poor bird. But don’t you see how that stone rebounded, and hit me For fifty years I have still remembered it though I have never spoken of it before. But if what I have told you will stop you, I will be happy. ”
The boys at once dropped the stones in their hands and the bird had no more trouble from them.
1. Which word can best describe the old couple
A. Kind. B. Strict. C. Proud. D. Funny.
2. The underlined word “They” refers to ______ .
A. the birds B. the old couple C. the boys D. the grandchildren
3. How did the old man stop the boys from throwing stones at the bird
A. By driving away the bird. B. By taking away their stones.
C. By playing jokes on the boys. D. By telling the boys his own story.
D
Everybody went home for lunch. but Tom and Becky only pretended to go home. They did not go home. They came back to the empty school. They talked to each other about things they liked and things they didn’t like. They both liked sweets, and they both liked circuses, but Becky didn’t like dead rats.
“Have you ever been engaged ” asked Tom.
“I don’t know. What’s ‘engaged’ ”
“It’s when you promise you love somebody and that you will never love anybody else. And then you kiss. Then one day you marry. Anybody can do it.”
They decided to get engaged.
“I like being engaged, Tom.”
“It’s great fun. Amy Lawrence and me ... ”
Tom realized that he had made a mistake.
“You’ve been engaged before!” Becky began to cry.
“I don’t love her now.”
“Yes, you do!”
Becky would not speak to him. Tom tried to give her a brass door handle, but she would not take it. She threw it on the floor. Now Tom was angry. He walked out of the room and out of the school. After a while, Becky went out to find him. She wanted him to come back, but he did not come back that day.
Tom ran out of town and into the forest. He went to his secret place and sat down. He thought about Jimmy Hodges, who died a few weeks ago. Life was so difficult. It seemed easier to be dead. You didn’t have to think about girls then. What should he do about Becky He would make her sorry! Perhaps he would go away and never come back. That would make her sorry! Perhaps he would become a soldier and come back a famous war hero. Perhaps he would be an Indian and hunt buffalo and come back a famous chief.
Then he thought about being a pirate. That would be the best of all. He had read some pirate stories. He knew that people were always afraid of pirates. He would become a very famous pirate, and everybody would know his name. Then when he came back, Becky would be sorry and would want to be his friend again.
(Adapted from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer)
1. When did Tom and Becky go to the empty school
A. In the morning. B. At noon. C. In the evening. D. At night.
2. Why was Becky angry with Tom
A. He had a dead rat, B. He didn’t go home for lunch.
C. Tom’s present was worthless. D. Tom had been engaged before.
3. Which way did Tom decide to choose to make Becky feel sorry
A. Being an Indian. B. Being a pirate. C. Being a soldier. D. Being lost.
4. Which of the following is the RIGHT order of what happened in the passage
①Tom ran out of town and into his secret place. ②Becky went out of the school to look for Tom.
③Amy Lawrence made friends with Tom Sawyer. ④Tom and Becky shared their likes and dislikes with each other.
A. ③④①② B. ④③②① C. ③④②① D. ④③①②
5. What might happen later according to the passage
A. Tom and Becky became friends again. B. Tom would read more stories about pirates.
C. Tom went to school and played with his friends. D. Tom left Becky and made friends with Amy again.
四、任务型阅读(共10小题, 计20分)
(一)阅读短文, 并从下面方框的六个句子中选择五个还原到文中, 使原文的意思完整、连贯。(共5小题, 每小题2分, 计10分)
Time and tide wait for no man. Do you have too many things to do in too little time Well. if you make a good plan, everything will be in order. The following will certainly help. If you can do all this. your every single day will be productive.
1. ______ It all begins with listing. If you don’t have a list, create one.
2. ______ We often have one thing on the list, which is hanging over us and makes us worried. Work on it first and make the rest of your day easier.
3. ______ Those small things are easier to deal plete them and cross them off the list.
4. ______ Which part of your day is the most productive Reply all the emails at a time and make all the phone calls at another time. This will help keep your mind and your job clear.
5. ______ Sometimes you’ll not complete everything on your list. This is okay. Add them to tomorrow’s list with a star so that you will know they should be done first the next day. By the day’s end, you will have a rough idea of things you need to do tomorrow. Go ahead and list them. Tomorrow when you start afresh, you will not forget to do them.
Anyway, things will not always work as you expected. Have small breaks, enjoy music, or even eat a snack when you are tired. Life is short. Enjoy your work. Tomorrow will be better.
A. Worst first.
B. Make a list.
C. Re-list.
D. Copy the list.
E. Organize time.
F. Just do it.
(二)阅读与回答问题。(共5小题, 每小题2分, 计10分)
“Just because you can’t see something, it doesn’t mean it’s not there. ” This old saying is quite meaningful for British artist Willard Wigan. The items he creates are so small that most of them fit on the head of a pin(针). You can see them clearly through a microscope (显微镜).
At his art shows, people always ask the same question, “How does he do it ” The answer is “Very, very carefully”. So carefully, in fact, that he actually slows his breath down and works between breaths. Willard usually works patiently under a microscope using special tools that he creates. To paint his works, he uses the hair from a fly (苍蝇) as a paintbrush.
Creating these detailed works is a very long and difficult process, and it isn’t always enjoyable. “It is a terrible dream when I start but a nice dream when I finish,” he says. A single item can take at least several weeks to complete.
People have asked Willard why he chose to do something that needed effort and took time. When he was young, Willard was not a strong student. He had difficulty in reading and spelling words. Some kids used to call him a loser. This made him feel small, so working on little things helped him to feel big. The smaller his work got, the bigger he felt. A newspaper reporter said, “Though his works of art are small, Willard is a great artist!”
回答下面5个问题, 每题答案不超过5个词。
1. Who is Willard Wigan
2. What are Willard’s works of art like
3. How long does it take Willard to complete a single item
4. Why did Willard choose to work on lttle things
5. In your opinion, how can we create such works of art
五、词汇(共20小题, 每小题1分, 计20分)
(一)根据句意和汉语提示写出单词, 完成句子。
1. Many Chinese students choose to get further education at home instead of ________ . (在国外)
2. He is hard working and always uses his free time ________ . (明智地)
3. The chicken dish looks much ________ than the picture on the menu, but we like the taste very much. (丑陋的)
4. This is not the first time for the two teams to play ________ each other. (对抗)
5. My parents ________ me to be what I want to be when I grow up. (期待)
(二)根据句意用所给单词的适当形式填空。
6. There are many clubs here, so choose ________ and carefully. (wise)
7. Using too many plastic products is ________ to our environment. (harm)
8. We ________ a warm welcome from our hosts yesterday. (receive).
9. It’s ________ for you to be a good dancer without enough practice. (possible)
10. I wonder whether most writers will reply to their ________ letters. (read)
(三)根据短文内容及首字母提示, 填写所缺单词, 使其意思完整。
Ten years ago, I started to study luck. I wanted to know why some people are always in the right place at the right time, 1. w________ others always experience ill luck.
Many people volunteered for my 2. r________ . Over these years I have interviewed them, watched their lives and had them take part in my surveys.
Recently, I have carried out a simple survey to discover why there are 3. d________ in their abilities to find chances. They divided themselves into two groups. I gave 4. b________ “lucky” and “unlucky” people a newspaper and asked them to look through it and tell me how many photographs were inside.
I secretly placed a 5. l________ message, which took up nearly half of the page, through the newspaper saying, “Tell the researcher you have seen this and win $ 50!”
But unlucky people tended to(倾向于) 6. m________ it and lucky people tended to notice it.
Unlucky people are just more 7. n________ than lucky people. They are busy looking only for what they need and this 8. s________ them from noticing something new. As a result, they lose the chances. Lucky people tend to be more relaxed. They can see 9. e________ that is in front of them, rather than just what they are looking for.
My survey shows that lucky people live by several ideas. Here are some:
* Be open to new experiences.
* See yourself as being lucky before an 10. i________ meeting or phone call.
* Spend a few moments each day remembering things that went we.
六、书面表达(共1题, 计20分)
假如你是李华, 你校英语校刊正在为 “世界环境日” 活动向同学们征集建议, 请根据以下内容, 用英语给该校刊写一封信。
Ideas needed!
Dear friends,
We’re planning to hold an activity to celebrate the coming World Environment Day. Your ideas are needed! Feel free to write to share your creative ideas!
Please let us know:
What activity is it
When and where will it be held
What advice on going green at school can be learned from the activity
Contact us at environmentday@
注意事项: 1. 词数100左右(文章开头和结尾已给出, 不计入总词数); 2. 文中不能出现真实校名、姓名等信息; 3. 文章必须包含所提供的主要信息, 并作适当发挥; 4. 表达清楚、语句通顺、意思连贯、书写规范。
Dear Sir/ Madam,
Thanks for offering us such a chance to celebrate the World Environment Day,
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ I hope you’ll think my advice is worth taking.
Yours,
Li Hua
八年级下册测试卷
一、
1~5 CABCC 6~10 DADBC 11~15 CBBAC
二、
16~20 BCACD 21~25 ADCBC 26 ~30 DADBA
三、
31~33 CDB 34~37 BCDC 38~40 ABD 41~45 BDBCA
四、
(一)
46~50 BAFEC
(二)
51. A British artist.
52. They re very/quite small. / Very small.
53. At least several weeks.
54. To help / make him feel big.
55. We should work carefully/be careful/ patient.
五、
(一)
56. abroad
57. wisely
58. uglier
59. against
60. expect
(二)
61. wisely
62. harmful
63. received
64. impossible
65. readers’
(三)
66. while
67. research
68. differences
69. both
70. large
71. miss
72. nervous
73. stops
74. everything
75. important
六、One possible version:
Dear Sir/ Madam,
Thanks for offering us such a chance to celebrate the World Environment Day. On that day I’d like to give a talk on “Going green at school” at the school hall.
There will be many suggestions on going green at school. I hope students will find them useful. Above all, reduce the waste. We should use only what we need. For example, it’s necessary to turn the lights off when leaving the classroom. Second, we can help recycle the waste. When throwing away rubbish, we can separate it into different groups. Moreover, we can reuse the “waste” if possible. Reusing textbooks is a good choice. Of course, everyone has his own way to go green.
I hope you’ll think my advice is worth taking.
Yours,
Li Hua
一、单项选择(共 15小题, 每小题 1分, 计15 分)
从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个可以填人句中空白处的最佳答案。
1. —Look at ______ boy over there. He looks excited. —Yeah. He has won ______ first prize in the writing competition.
A. a; the B. the; a C. the; the D. a;a
2. He is an excellent English teacher who has over 20 years’ teaching ______ .
A. experience B. information C. knowledge D. achievement
3. —Have you heard about this book —Of course! It’s a ______ book because it helps English learners spread Chinese culture.
A. traditional B. meaningful C. social D. private
4. —WeChat has changed people’s daily life in many ways. —______ We can use it to communicate with others conveniently.
A Completely. B. Probably. C. Exactly. D. Possibly.
5. —Many people have been back to their work ______ March 5th. —Cities are brought back to life.
A for B. in C. since D. during
6. With the use of e business, the way of shopping we were used to ______ a lot.
A. change B. changing C. changed D. has changed
7. Life is like a running race. Whatever difficulty you meet, don’t ______ . Just move on.
A. give up B. come out C. set off D. push in
8. Betty can’t join us in the game. She ______ the classroom.
A. has cleaned B. was cleaning C. cleaned D. is cleaning
9. —The Whites have ______ Hong Kong. —Oh really I have never ______ there before.
A. been to; gone B. gone to; been C. been to; gone to D. gone to; been to
10. When the natural park ______ , it will be a good place to play and relax.
A. has completed B. will complete C. is completed D. will be completed
11. What should we pay attention to ______ mistakes during the exams
A. avoiding making B. avoid to make C. to avoid making D. avoid making
12. Robots are created by humans to help humans. There’s ______ to be afraid of.
A. something B. nothing C. everything D. anything
13. It is ______ you to come to help us whenever we are in need.
A. kind of B. kind for C. careless of D. careless for
14. —Andy, what do you want to eat —______ I eat anything. Choose your favourite.
A. I don’t mind. B. My pleasure. C. Good idea. D. Certainly.
15. —Amy, your pronunciation is so beautiful now. How do you make it —Thanks. Just as the saying goes, “ ______ ”
A. Each dog has its day. B. Many hands make light work.
C. Practice makes perfect. D. The grass is always greener on the other side.
二、完形填空(共15小题, 每小题1分, 计15分)
阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
One night, when I was eight, my mother asked me a question I would never forget. “Sweetie, my ___1___ wants to offer me a more important job because of my good work, but needs me to work in Brazil. This is like your teacher telling that you’ve done ___2___ and allowing you to skip a grade(跳级), but you’ll have to ___3___ your friends. Would you say yes to your teacher ” She gave me a hug and asked me to think about it I was puzzled. Though I said “yes”, the question kept me ___4___ for the rest of the night. I realized the ___5___ decisions adults had to make.
For almost four years, my mother would call us from Brazil every day. Every evening I’d ___6___ wait for the phone to ring and then tell her every detail of my day. A phone call, however, could never take the place of her staying home with us and it was difficult not to feel ___7___ sometimes.
During my fourth grade Christmas holiday, we flew to Rio to visit her. Looking at her large ___8___ flat, I became aware
of how lonely my mother must have been in Brazil herself. It was then that I started to understand the difficult choices she had to make on ___9___ family and work. ___10___ difficult decisions, she used to tell me, “You wouldn’t know whether you have made the right choice, but you could always do the best out of the situation. ”
When I returned home, I ___11___ myself that whatever my mother could do, I could, too. If she ___12___ to live well in Rio all by herself, I, too, could learn to depend all on myself. I learned how to take care of myself and achieved big but practical ___13___ .
My mother is now back with us. But I will never forget what the ___14___ has really taught me. The separation (分离) between us has proved to be a(n) ___15___ thing for me.
1. A. teacher B. boss C. mother D. friend
2. A. little B. much C. well D. wrong
3. A. leave B. refuse C. contact D. forgive
4. A. explaining B. sleeping C. wondering D. regretting
5. A. poor B. rapid C. final D. hard
6. A. hopefully B. politely C. nervously D. curiously
7. A. satisfied B. happy C. relaxed D. lonely
8. A. comfortable B. expensive C. empty D. modern
9. A. providing B. balancing C. comparing D. mixing
10. A. Disappointed at B. Compared with C. Faced with D. Satisfied with
11. A. enjoyed B. expressed C. warned D. reminded
12. A. managed B. offered C. promised D. expected
13. A. plans B. efforts C. prizes D. dreams
14. A. question B. experience C. history D. chance
15. A. wonderful B. terrible C. difficult D. unpleasant
三、阅读理解(共15小题, 每小题2分, 计30分)
阅读下列短文, 从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案。
A
You know that a person who paints is an artist. But do you know that there are other kinds of artists all around you You just have to look for them and then you will find their works can be anywhere.
I’m an architect(建筑师). My job is to design many kinds of buildings. When I start my work, I need to know what a building will be used for because I must make detailed plans. Then builders can follow the plans, and the building is built. (Bobby)
I’m a costume designer. My job is to create the suitable clothes that the actors wear in a movie. I usually have to do some research first because I must make sure that the costumes are also right for the time and place of the movie. (Susan)
I’m a display artist. My job is to make the store windows look cool. I have to make sure that someone walking by will stop and look at the store windows. I should know how to paint because window displays often include painted walls and Pictures. (Ellen)
I’m a face painter, My job is to paint on people’s faces, especially on kids’ faces because most of them like walking around with colourful faces. I begin my work by making a plan, I need to think about colours and shapes. (Dean)
1. What does Bobby do
A. He’s a display artist, B. He’s a face painter. C. He’s an architect. D. He’s a costume designer.
2. Who needs to think about colours and shapes
A. Susan. B. Bobby. C. Ellen. D. Dean.
3. Ellen’s job is to ______ .
A. paint on people’s faces B. make store windows look cool
C. create suitable clothes D. design many kinds of buildings
B
A new kind of sea sponge(海绵) found in Norfolk, England, has been named by a nine year old girl after a competition for
local schools.
The unique purple sponge, which had never been seen in other parts of the world, was first discovered by divers(潜水员) off the north Norfolk coast. Although found in 2011, it had been without a name for almost ten years. Then, the Marine Conservation Society asked local schoolchildren to come up with suggestions.
Now the sponge has a name to be proud of: Parpal Dumplin, as suggested by nine year old Sylvie from Langham Village School. Sylvie said she came up with the name because “the sponge is purple and it looks like a dumpling”. “Parpal dumplin” is “purple dumpling” spoken in a Norfolk accent(口音). The judges all agreed that Sylvie’s suggestion should be the sponge’s name because “the spelling gives the sponge a strong connection to Norfolk”.
Sponges were once thought to be plants but they are actually simple sea animals. They feed on tiny things in sea water and help to keep the water clean in the process. Sponges have a very “lazy” lifestyle, with no means of moving themselves around. They are found on the seabed, rocks or even shells. They come in all kinds of different colours, shapes and sizes.
Parpal Dumplin was first discovered in a place called the Cromer Shoal Chalk Beds as part of a project called Seasearch. When diver Dawn Watson showed sponge expert Claire Goodwin what she found, Goodwin was sure that it was a kind of sponge unknown to science. Watson’ s discovery is a special sponge, which takes the shape of whatever it covers. Parpal Dumplin will now become its common name, and will be used until researchers have learned enough about it to suggest an official scientific one.
1. What does the underlined word “unique” probably mean
A. Strange and ugly. B. Special and unusual. C. Soft and beautiful. D. Meaningful and important.
2. What can we learn about sponges from Paragraph 4
A. They help clean up sea water. B. They are of the same size.
C. They don’t like moving around. D. They are actually sea plants.
3. Which is TRUE about Parpal Dumplin
A. It has many colours. B It was found 20 years ago.
C. It has only one shape. D. It hasn’t got a scientific name.
4. What do we know from the last sentence
A. Parpal Dumplin is a common sponge. B. Parpal Dumplin is the sponge’s official name.
C. There’s still a lot to be learned about Parpal Dumplin. D. Researchers suggested an official name for the sponge.
C
“Oh, boys, don’t throw stones at the poor bird,” said an old grey headed man.
“Sir,” said a little one, “she makes such a loud noise that we can’t bear her.”
“I am afraid the stone will rebound(反弹) and hurt you as long as you live!”
“Rebound! We don’t understand you, sir!”
“Well, I will tell you a true story.”
“Fifty years ago, I liked throwing stones because I had no other boy to play with and I became very skillful. One day I went to work for an old couple who were very friendly to everybody, even to the birds. And the birds seemed to love the old couple, too. For seven years a bird had come and built her nest(鸟巢) in the same place. She and her mate had just returned on the day I went to work and the old couple welcomed them happily. During the day, I thought I would try my skill upon her. Suddenly the bird flew to a tree near me. I found a nice stone, and I threw it with my best skill. It hit the bird on the head and she dropped dead!
I was sorry the moment I saw her fall off the tree. But it was too late. All day long her mate flew about, and chirped so sadly that he made my heart ache. I said nothing to the old couple but one of their grandchildren told them about it. Though the old couple never said a word to me, I knew that they were very sad. I could never look them in the eyes and tell them how sorry I was. They have been dead for many, many years, and so has the poor bird. But don’t you see how that stone rebounded, and hit me For fifty years I have still remembered it though I have never spoken of it before. But if what I have told you will stop you, I will be happy. ”
The boys at once dropped the stones in their hands and the bird had no more trouble from them.
1. Which word can best describe the old couple
A. Kind. B. Strict. C. Proud. D. Funny.
2. The underlined word “They” refers to ______ .
A. the birds B. the old couple C. the boys D. the grandchildren
3. How did the old man stop the boys from throwing stones at the bird
A. By driving away the bird. B. By taking away their stones.
C. By playing jokes on the boys. D. By telling the boys his own story.
D
Everybody went home for lunch. but Tom and Becky only pretended to go home. They did not go home. They came back to the empty school. They talked to each other about things they liked and things they didn’t like. They both liked sweets, and they both liked circuses, but Becky didn’t like dead rats.
“Have you ever been engaged ” asked Tom.
“I don’t know. What’s ‘engaged’ ”
“It’s when you promise you love somebody and that you will never love anybody else. And then you kiss. Then one day you marry. Anybody can do it.”
They decided to get engaged.
“I like being engaged, Tom.”
“It’s great fun. Amy Lawrence and me ... ”
Tom realized that he had made a mistake.
“You’ve been engaged before!” Becky began to cry.
“I don’t love her now.”
“Yes, you do!”
Becky would not speak to him. Tom tried to give her a brass door handle, but she would not take it. She threw it on the floor. Now Tom was angry. He walked out of the room and out of the school. After a while, Becky went out to find him. She wanted him to come back, but he did not come back that day.
Tom ran out of town and into the forest. He went to his secret place and sat down. He thought about Jimmy Hodges, who died a few weeks ago. Life was so difficult. It seemed easier to be dead. You didn’t have to think about girls then. What should he do about Becky He would make her sorry! Perhaps he would go away and never come back. That would make her sorry! Perhaps he would become a soldier and come back a famous war hero. Perhaps he would be an Indian and hunt buffalo and come back a famous chief.
Then he thought about being a pirate. That would be the best of all. He had read some pirate stories. He knew that people were always afraid of pirates. He would become a very famous pirate, and everybody would know his name. Then when he came back, Becky would be sorry and would want to be his friend again.
(Adapted from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer)
1. When did Tom and Becky go to the empty school
A. In the morning. B. At noon. C. In the evening. D. At night.
2. Why was Becky angry with Tom
A. He had a dead rat, B. He didn’t go home for lunch.
C. Tom’s present was worthless. D. Tom had been engaged before.
3. Which way did Tom decide to choose to make Becky feel sorry
A. Being an Indian. B. Being a pirate. C. Being a soldier. D. Being lost.
4. Which of the following is the RIGHT order of what happened in the passage
①Tom ran out of town and into his secret place. ②Becky went out of the school to look for Tom.
③Amy Lawrence made friends with Tom Sawyer. ④Tom and Becky shared their likes and dislikes with each other.
A. ③④①② B. ④③②① C. ③④②① D. ④③①②
5. What might happen later according to the passage
A. Tom and Becky became friends again. B. Tom would read more stories about pirates.
C. Tom went to school and played with his friends. D. Tom left Becky and made friends with Amy again.
四、任务型阅读(共10小题, 计20分)
(一)阅读短文, 并从下面方框的六个句子中选择五个还原到文中, 使原文的意思完整、连贯。(共5小题, 每小题2分, 计10分)
Time and tide wait for no man. Do you have too many things to do in too little time Well. if you make a good plan, everything will be in order. The following will certainly help. If you can do all this. your every single day will be productive.
1. ______ It all begins with listing. If you don’t have a list, create one.
2. ______ We often have one thing on the list, which is hanging over us and makes us worried. Work on it first and make the rest of your day easier.
3. ______ Those small things are easier to deal plete them and cross them off the list.
4. ______ Which part of your day is the most productive Reply all the emails at a time and make all the phone calls at another time. This will help keep your mind and your job clear.
5. ______ Sometimes you’ll not complete everything on your list. This is okay. Add them to tomorrow’s list with a star so that you will know they should be done first the next day. By the day’s end, you will have a rough idea of things you need to do tomorrow. Go ahead and list them. Tomorrow when you start afresh, you will not forget to do them.
Anyway, things will not always work as you expected. Have small breaks, enjoy music, or even eat a snack when you are tired. Life is short. Enjoy your work. Tomorrow will be better.
A. Worst first.
B. Make a list.
C. Re-list.
D. Copy the list.
E. Organize time.
F. Just do it.
(二)阅读与回答问题。(共5小题, 每小题2分, 计10分)
“Just because you can’t see something, it doesn’t mean it’s not there. ” This old saying is quite meaningful for British artist Willard Wigan. The items he creates are so small that most of them fit on the head of a pin(针). You can see them clearly through a microscope (显微镜).
At his art shows, people always ask the same question, “How does he do it ” The answer is “Very, very carefully”. So carefully, in fact, that he actually slows his breath down and works between breaths. Willard usually works patiently under a microscope using special tools that he creates. To paint his works, he uses the hair from a fly (苍蝇) as a paintbrush.
Creating these detailed works is a very long and difficult process, and it isn’t always enjoyable. “It is a terrible dream when I start but a nice dream when I finish,” he says. A single item can take at least several weeks to complete.
People have asked Willard why he chose to do something that needed effort and took time. When he was young, Willard was not a strong student. He had difficulty in reading and spelling words. Some kids used to call him a loser. This made him feel small, so working on little things helped him to feel big. The smaller his work got, the bigger he felt. A newspaper reporter said, “Though his works of art are small, Willard is a great artist!”
回答下面5个问题, 每题答案不超过5个词。
1. Who is Willard Wigan
2. What are Willard’s works of art like
3. How long does it take Willard to complete a single item
4. Why did Willard choose to work on lttle things
5. In your opinion, how can we create such works of art
五、词汇(共20小题, 每小题1分, 计20分)
(一)根据句意和汉语提示写出单词, 完成句子。
1. Many Chinese students choose to get further education at home instead of ________ . (在国外)
2. He is hard working and always uses his free time ________ . (明智地)
3. The chicken dish looks much ________ than the picture on the menu, but we like the taste very much. (丑陋的)
4. This is not the first time for the two teams to play ________ each other. (对抗)
5. My parents ________ me to be what I want to be when I grow up. (期待)
(二)根据句意用所给单词的适当形式填空。
6. There are many clubs here, so choose ________ and carefully. (wise)
7. Using too many plastic products is ________ to our environment. (harm)
8. We ________ a warm welcome from our hosts yesterday. (receive).
9. It’s ________ for you to be a good dancer without enough practice. (possible)
10. I wonder whether most writers will reply to their ________ letters. (read)
(三)根据短文内容及首字母提示, 填写所缺单词, 使其意思完整。
Ten years ago, I started to study luck. I wanted to know why some people are always in the right place at the right time, 1. w________ others always experience ill luck.
Many people volunteered for my 2. r________ . Over these years I have interviewed them, watched their lives and had them take part in my surveys.
Recently, I have carried out a simple survey to discover why there are 3. d________ in their abilities to find chances. They divided themselves into two groups. I gave 4. b________ “lucky” and “unlucky” people a newspaper and asked them to look through it and tell me how many photographs were inside.
I secretly placed a 5. l________ message, which took up nearly half of the page, through the newspaper saying, “Tell the researcher you have seen this and win $ 50!”
But unlucky people tended to(倾向于) 6. m________ it and lucky people tended to notice it.
Unlucky people are just more 7. n________ than lucky people. They are busy looking only for what they need and this 8. s________ them from noticing something new. As a result, they lose the chances. Lucky people tend to be more relaxed. They can see 9. e________ that is in front of them, rather than just what they are looking for.
My survey shows that lucky people live by several ideas. Here are some:
* Be open to new experiences.
* See yourself as being lucky before an 10. i________ meeting or phone call.
* Spend a few moments each day remembering things that went we.
六、书面表达(共1题, 计20分)
假如你是李华, 你校英语校刊正在为 “世界环境日” 活动向同学们征集建议, 请根据以下内容, 用英语给该校刊写一封信。
Ideas needed!
Dear friends,
We’re planning to hold an activity to celebrate the coming World Environment Day. Your ideas are needed! Feel free to write to share your creative ideas!
Please let us know:
What activity is it
When and where will it be held
What advice on going green at school can be learned from the activity
Contact us at environmentday@
注意事项: 1. 词数100左右(文章开头和结尾已给出, 不计入总词数); 2. 文中不能出现真实校名、姓名等信息; 3. 文章必须包含所提供的主要信息, 并作适当发挥; 4. 表达清楚、语句通顺、意思连贯、书写规范。
Dear Sir/ Madam,
Thanks for offering us such a chance to celebrate the World Environment Day,
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ I hope you’ll think my advice is worth taking.
Yours,
Li Hua
八年级下册测试卷
一、
1~5 CABCC 6~10 DADBC 11~15 CBBAC
二、
16~20 BCACD 21~25 ADCBC 26 ~30 DADBA
三、
31~33 CDB 34~37 BCDC 38~40 ABD 41~45 BDBCA
四、
(一)
46~50 BAFEC
(二)
51. A British artist.
52. They re very/quite small. / Very small.
53. At least several weeks.
54. To help / make him feel big.
55. We should work carefully/be careful/ patient.
五、
(一)
56. abroad
57. wisely
58. uglier
59. against
60. expect
(二)
61. wisely
62. harmful
63. received
64. impossible
65. readers’
(三)
66. while
67. research
68. differences
69. both
70. large
71. miss
72. nervous
73. stops
74. everything
75. important
六、One possible version:
Dear Sir/ Madam,
Thanks for offering us such a chance to celebrate the World Environment Day. On that day I’d like to give a talk on “Going green at school” at the school hall.
There will be many suggestions on going green at school. I hope students will find them useful. Above all, reduce the waste. We should use only what we need. For example, it’s necessary to turn the lights off when leaving the classroom. Second, we can help recycle the waste. When throwing away rubbish, we can separate it into different groups. Moreover, we can reuse the “waste” if possible. Reusing textbooks is a good choice. Of course, everyone has his own way to go green.
I hope you’ll think my advice is worth taking.
Yours,
Li Hua