四川省成都外国语学校2018-2019学年八年级下学期入学考试英语试卷

成都外国语学校2018 - 2019学年度下期

初二年级英语学科入学测试（试题卷）

满分：150分 时间：120分钟

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1. 本场考试时间为120分钟；

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Part A （75 marks）

I. Good English. (40 marks)

1. Pele was born in _________.

A. a rich family B. a small town C. Mexico D. Brazil

2. At the age of ______, Pele played for his country in Sweden.

A. 17 B. 16 C. 15 D. 14

3. Brazil didn’t win the World Cup in ______.

A. Sweden B. Chile C. England D. Mexico

4. Pele almost refused to play in the 1970 World Cup, but he changed his mind because

________________________________.

A. he loved playing football

B. there were several very strong teams in it

C. he wanted to lead his team to the championship

D. he wanted to prove that he could play in a World Cup without being injured

5. Which of the following statements is false?

A. Brazil won the World Cup three times with Pele’s help.

B. Pele took part in the World Cup four times in his life.

C. Pele was chosen to play for Santos at the age of 15.

D. Pele, King of Football is both talented and hardworking.

6. Matthew spent _____ years working as a cabin boy on a ship.

A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 D. 6

7. Robert and Matthew made several trips to Greenland, because __________________. A. They wanted to make friends with Inuits.

B. They wanted to speak Inuit.

C. It was the only way to the Arctic.

D. They had to learn the skills they needed to survive in the Arctic.

8. What didn’t happen when they travelled across the north of Greenland?

A. They found three enormous meteorites.

B. Robert’s feet became badly frostbitten.

C. An ox charged at Robert and Matthew saved him.

D. They ran out of food and one man was dangerously ill.

9. On 6th April 1909, _________ reached the Pole first.

A. Robert and Matthew B. Frederick Cook

C. four Inuits D. both A and C

10. What can we learn from the story?

A. Matthew worked as Robert’s servant for long.

B. Matthew and Robert explored the Arctic alone.

C. Robert and Matthew were rewarded with the same fame and medals.

D. Black people were given very little respect at that time in USA.

11. Laura was born in _________.

A. a little log house in the big woods B. a wooden house on the prairie

C.a house dug out of the bank D. a house in town

12. _____ was Laura’s greatest enemy.

A. wolves B. Indian people C. cold and hungry D. Nellie Oleson

13. Laura’s family moved to the town of De Smet, because ___________.

A. Ma didn’t like the railroad camp with rough and wild workmen.

B. A new baby called Grace was born.

C. Ma was worried so much about the kid’s education.

D. All the reasons above.

14. What does home mean in Laura’s opinion?

A. Home was where Pa’s fiddle was hung on the wall.

B. Home was wherever Pa put up a shelf for Ma’s china shepherdess. C. Home was where everything never got broken.

D. Home was where all the family are together and happy.

15. What can’t we get from Laura’s story?

A. America was a wild place in those days.

B. Laura’s father was a real pioneer.

C. Her mother didn’t like adventures at all.

D. There were six people in Laura’s family.

16. Nelson Mandela learned about his own people and how they had fought bravely against the

British __________.

A. from his own father B.at a boarding school

C. in a university for black students D. in the royal palace

17. South Africa is sometimes called “The Rainbow Nation” because __________.

A. it’s a beautiful country with rainbows.

B. white people kept political power there.

C. there are lots of people from different backgrounds.

D. Mandela is so famous all over the world.

18. Nelson was put into prison because __________.

A. he joined the African National Congress.

B. he opened a lawyers’ office with his friend.

C. he fought the government as the commander-in-chief of the army.

D. he wanted to help black people in America.

19. Which of the following statements is false about Nelson?

A. He was the most famous prisoner in the world.

B. he wrote the story of his life called Long Walk to Freedom in prison.

C. People respected him because he struggled and fought for a better life for South Africa’s

black people.

D. The food wasn’t nourishing but he was allowed to see his family every six months.

20. Nelson Mandela became president of South Africa ________.

A. in 1990 B. in 1994 C. at the age of 72 D. at the age of 74

II. Multiple choice. (10 marks)