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外研版2019-2020学年八年级下学期英语开学考试试卷A卷

一、单项选择。(共10题；共20分)

1.（2分）Theglassismade_______glass,pleatakecarenottobreakit.

2.（2分）Theboyistooyoungtohimlf.

ter

3.（2分）—Haveyouever_______tobringyourhomeworktoschool?

—Yes.I_______itathomeoncelastterm.

;forgot

ten;left

ten,forgot

;left

4.（2分）WouldyoumindmehowEnglishwords?

g,toremember

g,remember

,toremember

,remember

5.（2分）Wow,whatabeautifulplace!Theflowerssmellso____,andthebirdsaresingingtheir

____songs.

;live

;live

;lively

;lively

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6.（2分）Whatdoyouusuallydoweekends?

7.（2分）uctureis________.

A.S+V+P

B.S+V+DO+OC

C.S+V+IO+DO

D.S+V+DO

8.（2分）Jim______singChinesongsverywellnow,buthe______doitlastyear.

;can't

;can't

;couldn't

;couldn't

9.（2分）—_______willyouhavefinalexam?

—Inhalfamonth.

g

en

n

10.（2分）——Ican'tgetatickettothefilm.

——____

ck!

ne!

tulations!

ity!

二、完形填空(共1题；共10分)

11.（10分）先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填

入空白处的最佳选项。

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InlearningEnglish,oneshouldfirstpayattentionto1andspeaking.

Itisthegroundwork（基础）'dbetter2yourbesttospeakwhileyou

'arefulnottoletthemstopyoufromimproving

yourEnglish.

Whileyouaredoingthis,agood4istowriteorkeepadiary,

youcan,stakes

hcorrectingmistakes,youcandobetterinlearning

English.

Ifyouareslowinspeaking,don′hehelpfulwaysisreading,eitheraloud

n'tbetoodifficultfor

uarereadinginthisway,don'tstopto9thenewwordsifyoucanguesstheirmeanings

dothatsomeothertime.

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三、阅读理解(共3题；共26分)

12.（8分）阅读理解

Manypeopleliketotravelbyplane,butIdon'tlikeitbecauanairportisusuallyfarfrom

etogetthereearlyandwaitforhoursfortheplanetotakeoffanditisoftenlate.

Youcan''arefast,buttheystilltakehourstoget

outoftheairportandintothecity.

walkaroundinthetrainandopenthewindows.

ttakesalittlemoretime.

startyourjourney(旅程)whenyouwantto,andyoudon'tneedtoget

etimesthere

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aretoomanycarsontheroad.

（1）Whydomanypeopleliketotravelbyplane?

eitisfast.

eitissafe.

eyoucanwalkaroundintheplane.

eit'asytotakeaplane.

（2）Whichisnotthegoodthingaboutthetrain?

fe.

salittlemoretime.

openthewindows.

tationsareusuallyincities.

（3）Ifyouwanttotakealotofthingswithyou,whatdoyoutaketogoout?

.

（4）Whatdoesthewriterthinkoftheplane,trainandcar?

ksittakesalotoftimetogotoandgetoutoftheairport.

stotakeatrainbecauittakesalittlemoretime.

stotakeacarbecauhehasacar.

stotakeaplanebecauitisfarfromthecities.

13.（8分）Bigocean(海洋)fishhavealmostdisappearedfromtheworldsincethestartofbusiness

fishinginthe1950’s．Thescientistsfoundthatthenumberoflargefishhasdroppedby90percent

inthepastfiftyyears．Thestudytooktenyears．Therearcherscollectedrecordsfromfishingbusiness

andgovernmentsaroundtheworld．ThemagazineNaturepublishedthefindings．

Thescientistssaythecommonwaycalledlonglinefishingispeciallyharmfultolargefish．This

wayincludesmanyfishinglinesthatareconnectedtooneboat．Ifthelinesarejoinedtogether，

theycanreachonehundredkilometers．Theyholdthousandsofsharpmetalhookstocatchfish．Longline

fishingispeciallycommonintheJapanefishingindustry．RecordsshowthatJapaneboatsud

tocatchabouttenfishforeveryhundredhooks．Thestudysayslonglinefishingboatsnowmightcatch

onefishperhundredhooks．

Thescientistssaybusinessfishingcandestroygroupsoffishmuchfasterthaninthepast．The

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studysuggeststhatlargefishcandisappearalmostcompletelyfromnewfishingareaswithintentofifteen

years．Oceanlifesystemcouldbedestroyed．

It’snottheonlyworrythatthenumberoflargefishisbecomingsmallerandsmaller．What’s

wor．theyaresmallerinsizethantheirancestors(祖先)．

（1）ThemagazineNaturepublishedthefindings．Theword“published”heremeans________．

A.发表

B.发现

C.研究

D.调查

（2）Thenumberofbigoceanfishhasbecomesmallerbecau_________．

ansarepolluted

soffishinggointopractice

entistspaylittleattentiontothem

fishingboatscatchonefishperhundredhooks

（3）Whatdoyouthinkofthebusinessfishing?

ldbeencouraged．

alanceoceanlifesystem．

n’tbecaredabout．

ringharmtooceanfish．

（4）Whichofthefollowingcanbethebesttitleforthepassage?

nefishing

fishingindustry

ishingways

ngsituationofbigoceanfish

14.（10分）Youeitherhaveit,oryoudon’t－isitthat

somepeoplecouldfindtheirwayacrosstheSaharawithoutamapwhileotherscanlothemlvesin

thenextstreet?

Scientistssaywe’reallbornwithanofdirection,butitisnotproperlyunderstoodhow

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oryisthatpeoplewithagoodnofdirectionhavesimplyworkedharderatdeveloping

chbeingcarriedoutatLiverpoolUniversitysupportsthisideaandsuggeststhatifwedon’t

uit,weloit.

“Childrenasyoungasvenhavetheabilitytofindtheirwayaround,”saysJimMartland,rearch

directoroftheproject.“However,iftheyarenotallowedoutaloneoraretakeneverywherebycar,

theyneverdeveloptheskills.”

JimMartlandalsoemphasizesthatyoungpeopleshouldbetaughtcertainskillstoimprovetheir

sthefollowingsuggestions:

Ifyouareusingamap,turnitsothatitrelatesto(与……有联系)thewayyouarefacing.

Ifyouleaveyourbikeinastrangeplace,putitnearsomethinglikeabigstoneoratree－

ureturn,

gobackalongthesameroute.

Simplify(简化)thewayforfindingyourdirectionbyusinglinessuchasstreetsinatown,streams,

ourstepssothatyouknowhowfaryouhavegoneand

noteanylandmarkssuchastowerblocksorhillswhichcanhelptofindoutwhereyouare.

Nowyouwillnevergetlostagain!

（1）Childrenhavetheabilitytofindthewayaroundwhentheyare______yearsold.

A.5

B.6

C.7

D.8

（2）Whichofthefollowingthingscannotbeudaslandmarks?

locks.

.

.

（3）Whatdoestheunderlinedword“emphasize”meaninthepassage?

specialimportancetosomething.

essthanksforsomebody.

rstandorbecomeawareofafact.

resomebody.

（4）Scientistsbelievethat__________.

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biesarebornwithanofdirection

learnanofdirectionastheygrowolder

neverlotheirnofdirection

odyhasanofdirectionfrombirth

（5）Whatmaybethebesttitleofthepassage?

rchondirection.

ofdirection.

’sabilityoffindingtheway.

ists’rearchonskills.

四、任务型阅读(共1题；共25分)

15.（25分）阅读下面材料,从所给的A—E选项中为61～65小题中的5位同学选择适合的网站。

buyanythingyoulike.

ish,comYoucanlearnEnglishhere.

enjoyreadinghere.

canlistentoallkindsofmusic.

E．canreadthenewsintheworld．

（1）LinglingwantstolearnEnglish.

（2）Emmawantstoreadsomebooks.

（3）Bettywouldliketobuysomebeautifulclothes.

（4）Tonylikesmusicandwantstolistentopopmusic.

（5）Lindawantstoknowwhatishappeningintheworld.

五、单词拼写(共1题；共1分)

16.（1分）It'oumind________(升高)yourvoice?

六、语法填空(共2题；共15分)

17.（10分）阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或

使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。

WhenIwas5yearsold,illrememberthefirstHalloween

holidayIhadintheUSA.

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OnHalloween,us________（bring）a

hepumpkintomakea________whichhadtwotriangle(三角的)eyesandascary

________.Intheafternoon,the

costumeswerenice,towearasuitofSuperman'sclothes.

Ididalotofthingsonthatday,butthepartIlikedbestwas"trickortreat"intheevening.

Afterdinner,Iwentoutsidewithanemptybag.I________(hope)togetalotofcandiesfrom

t,Iwasalittle________,sowhenIknockedatthedoor,myheartwas________(beat)

ameout,andIsaid________(careful)toher,"Trickortreat".Myvoicewasvery

low,________,theladywassokindtogivemetwocandy

________,n'trememberhowmanyhousIvisited,

butIcouldrememberhowmanycandiesIgot–proudof________

(I).

WhatahappyHalloweenIhad!AndIwishthatwecouldhaveaHalloweeneverymonth!

18.（5分）were,in,veralpeople,injured,the,riously,caraccident(连词成句)

七、书面表达(共1题；共5分)

19.（5分）写作

学习英语角将于本周末举行以“Howtorelaxourlvesaftertheexam?”为主题的讨论会，请你用英语

写一篇发言稿。内容包括以下要点：

1去旅游，亲近大自然；

2参加娱乐活动，比如：听音乐、看电影等；

3进行体育锻炼；

4你的建议。

注意：1词数不少于80，不要逐条翻译，可适当发挥；

2文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。

Howtorelaxourlvesaftertheexam?

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参考答案

一、单项选择。(共10题；共20分)

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二、完形填空(共1题；共10分)

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三、阅读理解(共3题；共26分)

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四、任务型阅读(共1题；共25分)

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五、单词拼写(共1题；共1分)

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六、语法填空(共2题；共15分)

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七、书面表达(共1题；共5分)

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