2023-2024学年牛津上海版英语八年级下学期期中综合复习题(一)（含答案）

2023-2024学年牛津上海版英语八年级第二学期期中综合复习题(一)
I. Choose the best answer:
( ) 1. Tom is making _________ one-day trip plan round Shanghai.
A. an B. a C. the D. /
( ) 2. After Jason ran for a long time yesterday afternoon, he really felt _________.
A. tired B. well C. surprised D. quietly
( ) 3. Four students of the Drama Club come from Grade 7, _________ all come from Grade 8.
A. another B. others C. the other D. the others
( ) 4. After finishing my homework, I always spend an hour chatting _________ my friends on the Internet.
A. to B. for C. about D. with
( ) 5. Thanks to the modern technology, our lives become much _________ than before.
A. convenient B. more convenient C. most convenient D. the most convenient
( ) 6. —Who will be responsible for the operation, Jim or Nancy
—It _________ be Jim because he is on holiday.
A. needn’t B. can’t C. mustn’t D. shouldn’t
( ) 7. It’s a pleasure that Lucy _________ to the charity show last night.
A. invites B. invited C. is invited D. was invited
( ) 8. His elder brother made a phone call to him _________ he arrived in Shanghai.
A. for B. because C. as soon as D. while
( ) 9. The students _________ a discussion about holiday plans in the meeting room at nine yesterday.
A. have B. will have C. were having D. are having
( ) 10. I want to do something for my school. Nothing will make me _________ my mind.
A. change B. to change C. changed D. changing
( ) 11. —_________ is the space station expected to be completed
—In about three years.
A. How often B. How soon C. How long D. How fast
( ) 12. He has been in the UK for _________.
A. year and a half B. one year and half C. one and half years D. one and a half years
( ) 13. After his father was sent to hospital, he _________ the company and ran it well.
A. gave up B. took off C. was in charge of D. got along with
( ) 14 _________ smooth the screen of your new smartphone feels!
A. How B. What a C. How a D. What
( ) 15. He didn’t tell me _________.
A. when should we meet again B. where shall we meet again
C. when we should meet again D. where we meet again
II. Choose the proper words to complete the following passage. Each can only be used only once:
A. both B. waving C. actually D. responsible E. neither F. sounded G. along
Say goodbye to Cindy, the student, and say hello to Cindy, the babysitter (看孩子的人). That’s right-starting in just a few short weeks. I’m going to be ___1___ for taking care of a couple of little children for the summer!
Just last week, I was sitting in the kitchen when I happened to hear my mum talking to her friend, Mrs Barb. It ___2___ like Mrs Barb was looking to put her kids in daycare for the summer. I flew out of my seat as fast as I could and started ___3___ my arms in front of my mum’s face and finally she asked what I wanted. So I said if Mrs Barb needed someone to watch her kids, I would love to do it. And guess what They ___4___ thought that as a good idea!
The next day I met the children and they are __5___ great. Adam is three and Samantha is five. She is a bit bossy (专横的) but I think we’ll get ___6__ just fine. I’m going to start watching them all day long. I’ve never had a job before. Hopefully I will be able to handle (处理) it.
plete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms:
1. I don’t think your __________________ is right. (decide)
2. He stood up __________________ when the lady entered the room. (polite)
3. On the way to _______________, you should push yourself hard and never give up. (succeed)
4. Simon learned how to fish in his _______________. (twenty)
5. Some hidden computers in appliances are so tiny that people may be ________ of them. (aware)
IV. Rewrite the following sentences as required:
1. Mike put rubbish into different litter bins. (改为一般疑问句)
__________________ Mike __________________ rubbish into different litter bins
2. The community will build more parking places to meet the increasing needs. (改为被动语态)
More parking places will __________________ __________________ by the community to meet the increasing needs.
3. I don’t know what’s happening. (保持句意基本不变）
I don’t know what’s __________________ __________________.
4. “Where are we going to have the picnic ” Nina asked her mother. (改为间接引语)
Nina asked her mother where _______________ __________________ going to have the picnic.
5. need to, more attractive, you, make your poster, how to, think carefully about (连词成句)
___________________________________________________.
V. Reading comprehension:
A. Choose the best answer:
In 1826, a Frenchman named Niepce needed pictures for his business. But he was not a good artist. So he invented a very simple camera. He took a picture of his garden. That was the first photo.
The next important date in the history of photography (摄影术) was in 1837. That year, Daguerre, another Frenchman, took a picture of his reading room. He used a new kind of camera in a different way. In his picture you could see everything very clearly, even the smallest thing. This kind of photo was called a Daguerreotype. Soon, other people began to use Daguerre’s way. Travellers brought back wonderful photos from all over the world. People took pictures of famous buildings, cities and mountains.
In about 1840, photography was developed. Then photographers could take pictures of people and moving things. That was not simple. The photographers had to carry a lot of films and other machines. But this did not stop them, for example, some in the United States worked so hard. Mathew Brady was a famous American photographer. He took many pictures of great people. The pictures were unusual because they were very lifelike.
Photographers also became one kind of art by the end of the 19th century. Some photos were not just copies of the real world. They showed feelings, like other kinds of art.
( ) 1. The Daguerreotype was _________.
A. a Frenchman B. a kind of picture C. a kind of camera D. a photographer
( ) 2. If a photographer wanted to take pictures of moving things in about 1840, he had to _________.
A. watch lots of films B. buy an expensive camera
C. stop in most cities D. take many films and something else with him
( ) 3. Mathew Brady _________.
A. was very lifelike B. was famous for his unusual pictures
C. was quite strong D. took many pictures of moving people
( ) 4. The photographers became one kind of art _________.
A. in about 1826 B. in 1837 C. in 1840 D. by the end of the 19th century
( ) 5. Which of the following is TRUE
A. Daguerre used a new kind of camera in a different way.
B. Niepce, a Frenchman needed pictures for his art in 1826.
C. Photographers couldn’t take pictures of people and moving things until the 19th century.
D. It is not simple to take pictures in 1840 because photographers can’t take pictures of moving things.
( ) 6. This passage tells us _________.
A. how photography was developed B. how to show your ideas and feelings in pictures
C. how to take pictures in the world D. how to use different cameras
B. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage:
Birthday party is on the way!
Thirty minutes ___1___ the party, volunteers arrive and get to work. They make delicious food, prepare exciting games and arrange colourfully wrapped boxes on a table. Soon it’s time to play the music and welcome the eager guests. They rush in, ready to celebrate.
Every month, parties like this take place at homeless shelters across the country. They’re hosted by a group called the Birthday Party Project. This non-profit ___2___ throws birthday parties for groups of kids who don’t have a home. For many of them, it’s the first birthday party they’ve ever had.
Paige Chenault is the founder of the Birthday Party Project. “Everyone wants a chance to feel known and seen, and a birthday is a ___3___ time to make it true,” says Chenault. She and her family threw the Birthday Party Project’s first event in January 2012. “We realized our own community was a great place to start,” she says. Since then, the project has ___4___. Now it hosts about 50 monthly parties in 15 cities. More than 10,000 children have celebrated their birthday at these events.
Eight-year-old Dipson is one of them. At the party held there in March 2019, Dipson unwrapped his gift: a new bicycle. “It was very fun,” he says. But Dipson also says he has learned a ___5___ from his party. “You can get a bit sick when you have too much chocolate cake,” he warns future party-goers.
Jamie Gates is the education supporter at the housing community where Dipson lives. The Birthday Party Project holds parties there each month. According to Gates, if she doesn’t remember to tell the children the date of the next event, they’ll ___6___ asking her until they get the answer. “Parents will come to the party, too,” she says. “Everyone in the community loves it.”
( ) 1. A. over B. after C. before D. during
( ) 2. A. school B. organization C. conference D. station
( ) 3. A. sudden B. private C. perfect D. safe
( ) 4. A. grown B. begun C. frozen D. gone
( ) 5. A. saying B. subject C. skill D. lesson
( ) 6. A. dislike B. keep C. miss D. finish
C. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words:
Nowadays, writing the micro-blog (微博) is becoming a popular lifestyle of people. It works as a w___1___ to the world and makes users and visitors understand the world better. On the irco-blog, people can share their opinions, discuss matters, and share their d___2___happiness and sadness.
The micro-blog is easy to start as you follow the orders on the page. But as to the name of your micro-blog, I have something to tell you. Choosing a name with 4 words is the best, as a too short name is unsafe and a too long one is not easy to r___3__. But I do not agree with company name in front, like Haier littleman, because visitors will think that what you say stands for the company. So you might bring some t___4___ to the company.
The micro-blog doesn’t need a long time to write. This is the premise (前提) of the birth of the micro-blog. Before work, lunch, going to bed or even during the b___5___ of work, you can finish your micro-blog and share it online. You should often renew (更新) your micro-blog and you’d better write it every day. This way you can keep the attention of those who care about you.
Many people prefer to see the news on the micro-blog as it s___6___ their time this way. Usually news on it shows only with the key words. As each message doesn’t have many words, the micro-blog can have a lot of information on one page. But its disadvantage (缺点) is also c___7___—with so few words it cannot describe a matter in detail.
D. Answer the questions:
There was a baby whale named Ella. She lived with other whales in a deep bay. One day, she noticed something large pass overhead. It was as big as a whale, but it wasn’t.
Ella was frightened. She had never seen a boat before. Although Ella was scared, she was curious, too. She forced herself to swim to the surface. She saw several faces watching her. In fact, they looked very friendly. In the next few months, Ella lost her fear of boats. People in the boats always enjoyed seeing her.
As time went by, people and boats became a part of her life. Whenever a boat passed overhead, she swam to the top to say hello. One night, Ella saw a lot of fish swimming around the bottom of a ship. Suddenly, she ____________ by a fishing net. She fought hard to get free. Finally, she escaped, but part of the net was tangled (缠住) in her mouth and around her tail. Ella was hurt and confused. Slowly and sadly she made her way towards the deep ocean.
Many weeks passed, and the net in her mouth made it hard for her to eat. And every time she struggled for air, the net cut into her tail. But if she didn’t get air every half an hour, she would die. Winter was coming, she had to move to warmer waters with others. However, this time she had no choice but to stay in the bay and wait to die.
One morning, to her surprise, the water was filled with boats. When the boats came closer, a person reached into the water. Ella stared at the person’s hand. The hand reminded her of something. She began to feel better. Soon many hands touched her. Ella felt them pulling the lines of the net. Moments later, she was free as before! The people were waving their starfish-shaped hands. Ella knew that the hands would always be there in her life.
1. Did Ella see a big whale swim over her head one day
______________________________________________________
2. Why did Ella force herself to swim to the surface
______________________________________________________
3. Complete the sentence “Suddenly, she _________ by a fishing net.” in Paragraph 3.
______________________________________________________
4. According to the story, what do whales need to do before winter comes
______________________________________________________
5. What do you think Ella will do when she meets boats again Please give your reason(s).
______________________________________________________
参考答案
I. BADDB BDCCA
II. BDCAC
III. DFBACG
IV. 1. decision 2. politely 3. success 4. twenties 5. unaware
V. 1. Did, put 2. be built 3. going on 4. they were 5. You need to think carefully about how to make your poster more attractive.
VI. A. BDBDAA
B. CBCADB
C. 1. window 2. daily 3. remember 4. trouble 5. break 6. saves 7. clear
D. 1. No, she didn’t.
2. Because she was curious about the boat(s).
3. Suddenly, she was tangled by a fishing net.
4. They need to move to warmer water / ocean / places.
5. She will swim to the surface to say hello. Because she thinks people once saved her. (Any reasonable answer can be accepted.)