静安区2017学年度第一学期英语学科期末考试八年级试卷2018年1月(满分：120分完卷时间：90分钟）(考生注意：试题均采用连续编号，请将答案写在答题纸上，写在试卷上不得分。
）Part 1 Listening (第一部分听力）Part 2 Phonetics, Vocabulary and Grammar(第二部分语音，词汇与语法）II.Choose the best answer (选择最恰当的答案，用A,B,C或D表示，填入答题纸内）（共18分）26.The detective only found an empty wallet on the floor. Which is correct for the underlined part?A./i/B. /i:/C. /e/D. /ə /27.Mark saw something strange in the sky. It looked like__________ UFO.A. aB. anC. theD. /28.If you want to change for a couple room, you’ll have to pay__________$15.A. anotherB. otherC. eachD. more29.Chris was very frightened so that he didn’t want to talk to__________ after that accident.A. somebodyB. anybodyC. nobodyD. everybody30.The shop assistant showed two__________ for me to choose.A. two pieces of jeansB. two pieces of jeanC. two pairs of jeansD. two pairs of jean31.About__________ of my classmates use the Internet to collect information.A. two-threeB. two-thirdC. two-thirdsD.second-thirds32.Your idea sounds as__________ as mine.A. bestB. wellC. betterD. good33.She’s seldom late for school, __________ she?A. isn’tB. hasn’tC. isD. has34.Captain King told Peters__________ any more.A. doesn’t argueB. didn’t argueC. not argueD. not to argue35. __________ exciting news report we’ve read!A. HowB. How anC. WhatD. What an36.--- What are you going to do this weekend? --- I__________ tidying my room.A. will think aboutB. am thinking aboutC. thought aboutD. was thinking about37.I’m sorry you’ve missed the train. It__________10 minutes ago.A. has leftB. had leftC. leftD. is leaving38.Look at the plane! Perhaps the pilot___________ it down on the cliff.A. is going to bringB. broughtC. bringsD. would bring39.As we all know Edison__________ the electric light which makes our life more convenient.A. madeB. discoveredC. inventedD. found40.You can__________ the information about dinosaurs in the encyclopedia if you want to know more about them.A. look forB. look afterC. look upD. look out41.The box is so heavy that I can’t carry it by myself. Could you give me a hand?The underlined word means__________.A. be friendly to meB. carry meC. hand it to meD. do me a favour42.The giant panda is very rare and is protected by law in China.The underlined word means__________.A. unusualB. expensiveC. lovelyD. funny43.—Let’s have a surprise party on New Year’s Eve.---__________.A. What a surprise party!B. Well done, isn’t it?C. That’s a good idea.D. I think so, but I hope not.plete the passages with the words and phrases in the boxes. Each word or phrase canTechnology has changed things a lot since 1900. Railways, cars, and electric lights have changed our cities. Airports and airplanes let people travel to different countries easily, so there are more foreigners here than there used to be. ____44______, there are fewer farms than there used to be because now farmers can grow more food by using _____45_____ . But the biggest change has probably been how people live their _____46_____at home.In the past, people had to wash their clothes by hand, which usually took about 12 hours from start to finish. Now, washing machines can do the same work in less than 40 minutes! Cooking and cleaning the house_____47_____ take many hours every day, too.Modern people have much more free time than people used to have. But this is not always a good thing. Many people get _____48_____ more easily than people in the past did. When they have free time, they just _____49_____ the Internet or listen to the radio. Thanks to technology, we have more free time now, but we must be careful to use it well. We should use our free time to make our world, and ourselves, better!IV.Fill in the blanks with the given words in their proper forms.(用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空，每空限填一词，请将答案填写在答题纸上）（共7分）50.Cats are good at catching__________. (mouse).51.I have received Sandy’s invitation because it will be her__________ birthday nextmonth( twenty )52.I’m sure that they will enjoy__________ at the party. (they)53.It is necessary to help the children learn more about road__________. (safe)54.Fires are often caused by__________people. (careful)55.After kissing her sleeping baby__________, the lady went back to work. (gentle)56.She goes jogging every evening and becomes much __________. (healthy)V. Rewrite the sentence as required.(按要求改写下列句子，每空格一词，请将答案填写在答题纸上）（共12分）57.We will use the laser torch to kill Gork, too.(否定句）We__________ use the laser torch to kill Gork, __________.58.Mike fell asleep as soon as he lay down.(反义疑问句）Mike fell asleep as soon as he lay down, __________ __________?59.Most giant pandas weigh from 80 to 125 kilos.(对划线部分提问）__________ __________do most giant pandas weigh?60.We are too weak to open the cave door.(句意不变）We aren’t__________ __________to open the cave door.61.The president went to Tokyo by air last Saturday.The president__________ __________Tokyo last Saturday.(句意不变）62.was similar to, the furniture, the type, on the Earth (连词成句）____________________________________________________________Part 3 Reading and Writing (第三部分读写）VI. Reading comprehension (阅读理解）（共35 分）A. Choose the best answer (根据对话内容，选择最恰当的答案）（5分）63.This passage is from___________.A. a playB. a reportC. an advertisementD. a story64.How many kinds of rooms can the hotel provide?A. OneB. TwoC. ThreeD. Four65.If you want to book a single room with riverview for two nights in the hotel, you will haveto pay__________.A. 750B. Y 880C. Y 1220D. Y 176066.What does the underlined word mean in Chinese?A.豪华的B.便利的C.便宜的D.偏远的67.Which of the following statements is right?A.It has the most rooms in Guilin City.B.It's very convenient to get to the hotel.C.There are waterfalls, lakes, parks and hills in the hotel.D.The rooms in it are the most expensive in Guangxi.A.Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage (选择最恰当的单词或词语完成短文）（12分）Collectors know just what to look for in a comic(连环漫画）book. They always check the _____68_____ first. They like to find the books that came out between 1938 and 1945. These years marked the Golden Age of comic books. Now these books are very expensive. The first copy of Marvel Comics cost a little money _____69_____ it came out. Now it is worth(值）more than $100,000.Collectors also look for the books in which a character appears for the first time. The first Superman story tells how Superman came to Earth. This comic book might cost as much as $125,000. _____70_____a character from one comic book appears in another one. When Batman is _____71_____ in a superman comic, the price of the book goes up. These books are called crossover books. They are worth more because there are not_____72_____ of them.Don't let the high prices keep you from starting a collection of your own. Comic books that came out after the Golden Age don't cost so much. Today's comic books are even _____73_____. You can enjoy them now and save them for their future value.68. A. place B. date C. size D. price69. A. when B. if C. before D. since70. A. Suddenly B. Luckily C. Really D. Sometimes71. A. lost B. wanted C. shown D. protected72. A. any B. some C. all D. many73. A. better B. cheaper C. more D. thickerB.Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words (在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给）（12分）Do you know what “TV shopping” is? It has become more and more popular these days.In the past, when we needed something, we went to a place, bought it, and then left. Some people s_____74_____ much time walking on streets and looking at all the shopping windows. At last, they carried a lot of things back home or had none of them. They got exhausted (筋疲力尽的）after walking for so long.Now, you have another way, much easier to do—TV shopping, just turn on the TV, switch to the shopping channel, got a Coke for y_____75_____ and the only thing you have to do is sit comfortably and watch TV. You don’t need to worry whether it’s cold or hot outside, whether you get a f ______76____ to go with you, or whether you have enough money with you. After you o_____77_____ the products you see on TV, they will be sent to your house in only a few days. What if you don’t like the things you’ve bought? Don’t worry! You can just give them back. More importantly, you pay n____78______ for that.TV shopping is now the most common and e_____79_____ way for shopping. Try it next time when you need to buy something.C.Read and answer the questions.(根据短文内容回答下列问题）：（共10分）Being Someone Special"Mummy, am I special?" asked Ali."How special do you want to be?" his mother replied."Like inventing the fastest computer. That kind of special.""Well, you are always special to me even if you did not invent the fastest computer, Ali."Ali liked it every time his mother said he is special. But deep inside, he really wanted to be somebody special.Almost all of his classmates seemed to have something that made them different in a way that the others admired(羨慕).Nigel was the best football player. Gopal was the fastest runner in the whole school. When it came to drawing, there was little Rajoo who could put anything you asked for onto paper and made it looked so real.In class, the prettiest girl was Marianne, she had long dark hair. Ali didn't want to be beautiful like Marianne but he definitely wished he was taller than anyone of his age. He also wanted big strong arms. But Ali was thin and so were his arms and legs."Ali, you ought to be pleased with yourself and how you look. Be a nice, ordinary(普通）boy," his mother said, as if she knew what he was thinking. "You should be pleased that your ears are not sticking out a little bit more or you have one of those terrible noses.""Thanks mum, that's not what I meant. I really want to be special and do something special." Ali left the room, still comparing himself with his classmates and thinking how he would not be ordinary.80.What did Ali like to hear from his mother?81.Who was the best football player?82.How did Ali look?83.Did Ali’s mother really understand him?84.If you were Ali, what would you do to make yourself special? Why?VII. 85. Write at least 60 words about the topic “An Unforgettable Day”.（以“难忘的一天”为题写一篇不少于60个词的短文，标点符号不占格。
