江苏省启东市2017-2018学年八年级英语下学期期初摸底试题人教新

江苏省启东市2017-2018学年八年级英语下学期期初摸底试题

Ⅰ单项选择(共20分）

1. What makes the man so ___________?

A. excited B. excite C. exciting D. to excite 2. He _________ a teacher because he knows a lot. A. maybe B. may be C. may not be D. may to be 3. I like reading very much. I want to borrow _________ books. A. more four B. four more C. many four D. four many 4. Would you like ________ milk?

A. any B. some C. anything D. something 5. Could you tell me how to _________ it in English? A. say B. speak C. tell D. talk 6. I’m sorry for ________ all your books on the desk.

A. knock over B. knocked off C. knocking about D. knocking down 7. Max has ____ good sense of humour but he has ____poor eyesight. A. a; a B. the; the C. a; / D. /; a 8. ---Is Millie at school today?

---No. She’s at home _______her illness.

A. because B. because of C. before D. when 9. She isn’t so ______as her sister.

A. careful B. more careful C. the most careful D. carefully 10. I don’t think your English is _______ in our class. A. bad B. the baddest C. the worst D. worse 11. ---Dad , could you buy me a computer like this?

---Of course, we can buy ________ one than this, but ________it. A. a better; better than B. a popular; as good as

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C. a more poplar; as better as D. a cheaper; as good as 12. --- __________? ---He is tall.

A. How is he B. What does he like

C. How is he like D. What does he look like 13. It’s important _________ the piano well. A. of him to play B. for him to play C. of him playing D. for him playing

14. ---Do you think your football team will win the match? ---Yes, we have better players. So I ________ them to win. A. hope B. ask C. help D. wish 15. Shanghai is bigger than ______ in China.

A. any city B. any other city C. any cities D. any other cities 16. He didn’t come to the concert ____ he has got too much work to do . A. so B. until C. though D. because 17. This book is ________than that one.

A. very easy B. much easy C. very easier D. much easier 18. — I’m sorry I _______ my exercise book at home this morning. — It doesn’t matter. Don’t forget _______ it here this afternoon. A. left; to take B. forgot; bringing C. left; to bring D. forgot; to bring

19. The sentence structure of “He wanted me to finish the work at once.” is ____. A. S+V+DO B. S+V+IO+DO C. S+V+DO+OC D. S+V+P

20. ---We couldn’t find you anywhere around 8:00 yesterday evening. ---I’m sorry for it. My mother and I _______ in the square. A. danced B. will dance C. were dancing D. are dancing Ⅱ完形填空（共15分）

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In September,2017,you may have noticed that a few new textbooks at school. New Chinese language textbooks appeared on the desks of first-year primary and junior high school students 1 the country.

Written by the Ministry of Education, the new 2 will replace older versions(版本)used before. The new versions focus 3 on ancient Chinese Literature(文学), according to Xinhua.

The change is part of the efforts from the Ministry of Education to 4 students’ knowledge of traditional Chinese culture.

Textbooks for three-year junior high schools have more traditional 5 articles, 132 total. They 6 51.7 percent of all the texts. The articles were 7 from classic proses (散文), essays(论文), historical records and poems dating 8 to the Han, Tang and Song dynasties. Students nationwide are 9 to read more ancient poems.

There are also more than 30 articles about revolutionary(革命)history for 10 school students, such as Chairman Mao’s well known piece Serve the People.

The textbooks are 11 received. Although the topics are serious, the texts are presented with 12 illustrations(插图)。

“They are very lovely and liked by 13 teachers and students.” Du Bei, a Chinese teacher at No.2 Fruit Lake Primary School in Hubei, told Xinhua. Li Jie , a professor of Chinese Language and literature at China University Communication, 14 agree more with the change. “Learning some ancient literature will help junior high students enjoy the 15 of traditional Chinese culture and prepare them to get further knowledge of the field,” he told China Daily. ( )1. A. among B. between C. across D. without ( )2. A. programmes B. textbooks C. records D. advertisements ( )3. A. older B. fewer C. less D. more ( )4. A. improve B. change C. express D. master ( )5. A. foreign B. Chinese C. popular D. modern ( )6. A. dress up B. clean up C. make up D. put up ( )7. A. seen B. read C. chosen D. written ( )8. A. forward B. back C. towards D. past ( )9. A. required B. forced C. advised D. invited

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( )10. A. primary B .college C. junior high D. senior high ( )11. A. badly B. well C. carefully D. carelessly ( )12. A. clear B. beautiful C. funny D. lively ( )13. A. either B. both C. neither D. all

( )14. A. mustn’t B. shouldn’t C. couldn’t D. needn’t ( )15. A. beauty B. history C. usage D. description Ⅲ阅读理解（共40分）

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When the blue sky turns black in the Finnish Lapland (芬兰拉普兰区), an exciting wait begins. The Northern Lights (北极光) blaze (发亮光) in the sky tonight. Sometimes they appear at midnight; sometimes close to dawn(黎明).

Not many visitors stay up all night. The Arctic Snow Hotel in Lapland has come up with a solution: Aurora Borealis (北极光) watch(值班人). The main task of the watch is to stay awake and stare (盯着) at the sky. If the Northern Lights appear, the watch wakes the visitors up.

Besides being able to stay up, the watch will also need to track (追踪) the weather and have an idea of when and where the lights will appear nest time.

Whoever gets the job will get to stay in a room at the hotel for free. The room is made of either snow or glass.

What’s more, the watch will also have a chance to learn how to go ice fishing, make ice sculptures and make snow shoes.

The hotel is looking for persons who speak English well. If you are interested in the job, why not apply (申请) for it?

( )1. What is the Arctic Snow Hotel looking for? A. A waiter. B. A nurse.

C. An Aurora Borealis watch. D. A worker. ( )2.The main task of the watch is to ____________. A. wake the visitors up when the Northern Lights appear

B. track the weather and predict the time and place of the next Northern Lights. C. stay awake and stare at the sky

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D. all of the above

( )3. How much will the watch spend on one night at the hotel? A. his stay is free. B.$18. C.$54. D.$65.

( )4. Candidates who apply for the job of the watch should speak good _______. A. French B .English C. Chinese D. German ( )5. What won’t the watch have a chance to learn? A. to learn how to go ice fishing. B. make ice sculptures C. make snow shoes. D. make some ice cream.

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Kensington Wade is the first prep school(预备学校)in the United Kingdom to offer a dual-language(双语). English-Chinese education from ages 3 to 11. It offers full Mandarin(普通话) immersion (沉浸式语言教学法) for its students.

There are only two classrooms in this school. One is entirely in English. The other is in Mandarin. One teacher is British. The other is Chinese. The students move between them. The hope is that by age 11, students in this school can speak both Chinese and English very well.

Its first class of 15 students arrived last month. Three of them can speak Chinese while about half know no Chinese. The fifteen children celebrated the Mid-Autumn Festival on 2nd October. Sir Martin Sorrell, the great supporter(投资人) of Kensington Wade was there cutting the specially created(特制的) moon cake. Parents and children enjoyed music by Chinese musicians. Then, children also told the Chinese folk(民间的) stories about the Moon Festival.

“I went with the worry that these little kids were going to be confused(困惑的)， that they’d be stressed. And all I saw was children having a lovely time,” one of the parents said.

( )6. Who can go to Kensington Wade according to the passage? A. 3-year-old children. B. Children from 3 to 11 years old. C. 11-year-old children. D. Children who can speak Chinese.

( )7. How did the children in Kensington Wade celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival according to the passage?

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