八年級(jí)上學(xué)期英語(yǔ)期中測(cè)試基礎(chǔ)卷（考試時(shí)間：90分鐘總分：120分）一、完形填空（共15小題，每小題1分，滿分15分）閱讀下面短文，從每題所給的A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。Longlongago,inasmallvillage,therelivedabirdnamedKolaandamonkeynamedChika.Kolahadabeautiful1.AnimalsfromnearandfarliketocometolistentoKolasing.Oneday,Kolafoundashinystoneinthe2.Itmadehisvoiceevenmorebeautiful.Hewasso3thathehurriedbacktosharethenewswithothers.Chika4abeautifulsingingvoicetoo.AfterhearingaboutKola’sstory,hesecretly5Kolaintotheforest.Hesearchedforalongtime6hefoundastonethatwaslikeKola’s.Excitedly,hepicked7upandwishedforabeautifulvoice,but8happened.Hefeltalittlesad9decidedtogobackhome.WhenChikareacheda10,hesawabirdcaughtinanetbelow.Chikajumpeddownfromthebridgeand11thebirdout.Thebirdthankedhimalot.Later,Chikafoundatigerrunningafteragroupofsmallanimals.He12climbedthenearesttreeanddistracted(分散……的注意力)thetiger.Thesmallanimalsfinally13.BythetimeChikareturnedtothevillage,hehadbecomealocal14.Everyoneinthevillagewasamazedbyhisbravery.Herealizedthatbeing15andhelpfulwasjustasimportantashavingabeautifulvoice.So,hedidn’tlookforthestoneanymoreandwasreadytohelpothersanytime.1．A．nameB．voiceC．tailD．head2．A．riverB．hillC．forestD．village3．A．happyB．hungryC．sadD．kind4．A．hadB．foundC．heardD．wanted5．A．caughtB．followedC．putD．took6．A．ifB．a(chǎn)fterC．becauseD．until7．A．themB．himC．itD．her8．A．nothingB．a(chǎn)nythingC．everythingD．something9．A．butB．a(chǎn)ndC．orD．so10．A．wallB．treeC．bridgeD．gate11．A．sawB．helpedC．bitD．waited12．A．quicklyB．happilyC．finallyD．early13．A．lookedoutB．turnedaroundC．wokeupD．ranaway14．A．monkeyB．heroC．volunteerD．doctor15．A．generousB．friendlyC．braveD．careful二、閱讀理解（共15小題，每小題2分，滿分30分）ADoyouwanttomakeyourweekendscolorful?JoinourCityYouthCenter!Wehavemanyinterestinglessonsandactivitiesforyou.Call87654321formoreinformation!LessonsActivitiesTuesday-Thursday4:00p.m.-5:00p.m.ArtlessonsforbeginnersSaturday9:00a.m.-11:00a.m.HikinginGreenMountainMonday,Wednesday6:30p.m.-8:00p.m.PianolessonsformusicloversSunday2:00p.m.-4:00p.m.BasketballgameinthegymFriday5:00p.m.-6:30p.m.Cookinglessons(learntomakepizza)ThefirstSundayofeverymonth3:00p.m.-5:00p.m.Movietime(cartoonfilmsforkids)16．Youcan’thaveartlessonson________.A．TuesdayB．WednesdayC．ThursdayD．Friday17．Lisaisfreefrom7:00p.m.-8:30p.m.onWednesday.Shecantake________.A．a(chǎn)rtlessonsB．pianolessonsC．cookinglessonsD．hikingactivities18．Howoftencanyouwatchmoviesinthecenter?Onceaweek.B．Twiceaweek.Onceamonth.D．Twiceamonth.19．WhichofthefollowingisTRUE?A．ThecookinglessonsareonFriday.B．ThehikingactivityisonSunday.C．Therearepianolessonsfourtimesaweek.D．Youcancall87654312formoreinformation.20．Wheremayyouseethismaterial?Inasciencebook.B．Inaschoolnoticeboard.Inastorymagazine.D．Inatravelguide.BNatalieDoan,ateenagerinAmerica,hasalwaysfeltluckytoliveinRockaway,NewYork.Livingjustafewblocksfromthebeach,Nataliecanseetheoceanandhearthewavesfromherhouse.“It’stheoceanthatmakesRockawaysospecial,”shesays.OnOctober29,2012,theoceanturnedextremelyterrible.Thatnight,Hurricane(颶風(fēng))SandyhittheEastCoast,andRockawaywashitespeciallyhard.Thenextday,Natalieandherfamilyfoundtheirneighborhoodinruins.ManyofNatalie’sfriendshadlosttheirhomesandpeoplewerehavingthemostdifficulttime,especiallytheelderly.Tohelpothersrebuild,teenagersclimbedstairstosendwaterandfoodtoelderlypeopletrapped(困住)inpowerlesshighbuildings.Nataliewasdeeplymovedbyallthesethingsanddecidedtodosomething.“MymomtellsmethatIcan’tcontrolwhathappenstome,”Nataliesays,“butIcanalwayschoosehowIdealwithit.”Natalie’schoicewastohelp.Shecreatedawebsitepage,matchingpeopleinneedwithpeoplewhowantedtoofferhelp.NataliepostedinformationaboutaboynamedPatrick,wholosthisbaseballcardcollectionwhenhishouseburneddown.Withindays,Patrickgotanewcollection.Inthecomingmonths,herwebsitepagehelpedlotsofkids:Christopher,whoreceivedanewbasketball;Charlie,whogotanewkeyboard.Nataliealsoworkedwithotherorganizationstobringmuch-neededthingstoRockaway.Hereffortsmadeherafamousperson.ShewaslaterinvitedtotheWhiteHouseandhonoredasaHurricaneSandyChampionofChange.Today,thestreetsareclearandmanyhomeshavebeenrebuilt.“Ican’timaginelivinganywherebutRockaway,”Nataliesays,“Becauseofeveryone’seffortsinmakingabetterhome,Rockawaywillbeevenstrongerthanbefore.”21．WhenNataliereturnedtoRockawayafterthehurricane,shefound________.somefriendshadlosttheirlivesB．herneighborhoodwasdestroyedherschoolhadmovedtoBrooklynD．theelderlywerefreefromsuffering22．Thephrase“inruins”inParagraph2meanstheneighborhoodwas________.cleanandtidyB．inamessjustthesameasusualD．evenbetterthanbefore23．HowdidNataliehelpthepeopleinneed?Shegavehertoystootherkids.B．Shetookcareofyoungerchildren.ShecalledontheWhiteHousetohelp.D．Shebuiltaninformationsharingwebsite.24．AccordingtoParagraph3,whoinspiredNataliemost?A．ThepeoplehelpingRockawayrebuild.B．Thepeopletrappedinhigh-risebuildings.C．Thevolunteersdonatingmoneytosurvivors.D．Localteenagersbringingclothingtoelderlypeople.25．Whichofthefollowingisprobablythebesttitleofthepassage?LittlepeoplecanmakeabigdifferenceB．AfriendinneedisafriendindeedEastorwest,homeisbestD．TechnologyispowerCMemoryistheabilitytorememberthings.Agoodmemorycanhelpusdobetterinschool,suchaslanguage-learning.Afewpeoplearebornwithamazingmemories,butmostpeopleneedtoimprovetheirmemoriesbypractising.Herearesomesecretsaboutmemories.Wecanstillrememberthingshappenedinourchildhoodbutnotthoselastweek.Infact,ifthethingshavestrongconnectionswithourfeelingsinourmind,wecanrememberthemlonger.Whenthingshappenforthefirsttime,childrenoftenhavestrongfeelings.Also,parentstellustheinterestingorfunnystoriesfromourchildhoodagainandagain.Asaresult,werememberthemmuchbetter.It’snaturalforcommonpeopletoforgetthenewwordswhichtheylearntyesterday.HermannEbbinghauswroteabookcalledMemoryandshowedafamousforgettingcurve.Accordingtohim,thequickestlossofmemoryhappensduringthefirsttwodaysafterlearning.Thatmeansgoingoverwhatwe’velearnedduringthistimecanhelpusverywelltoremembertheinformation.A15-year-oldsometimesforgetsthings,butthatdoesn’tmeanhisorhermemoryisgettingworse.Ourmemorygetsthetopattheageof25.Atthatpoint,wecanrememberover12,000piecesofinformationinaminute.Butafterthisage,thebrainstartstogetsmaller.Bymiddleage,ourmemoryismuchworsethanwhenwewereyoung.26．Howdomostpeopleimprovetheirmemories?A．BybeingbornwithitB．BydoingnothingC．BypracticingD．BywatchingTV27．WhowrotethebookMemoryandputforwardafamousforgettingcurve?AfewpeoplewithamazingmemoriesMostpeoplewhoneedtoimprovememoryHermannEbbinghausD．Somelanguagelearners28．Atwhatagedoesourmemoryreachitspeak,andhowmanypiecesofinformationcanwerememberinaminuteatthatageinlastparagraph?A．15;10,000B．25;over12,000C．Middleage;8,000D．20;around11,00029．WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaccordingtothepassage?A．Allpeoplearebornwithamazingmemories.B．Wecanrememberlastweek’sthingsbetterthanchildhoodthings.C．Wecan’timproveourmemoriesbypractising.D．Havingstrongconnectionswithourfeelingscanhelprememberchildhoodthingsbetter.30．What’sthemainideaofthispassage?A．Totellushowmemoryworksandhowtoimproveit.B．TointroduceafamousscientistHermannEbbinghaus.C．Toexplainwhypeopleforgetthingseasily.D．Toshowthedifferencebetweenchildhoodmemoryandadultmemory.三、七選五（共5小題，每小題2分，滿分10分）根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項(xiàng)中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。選項(xiàng)中有兩項(xiàng)為多余選項(xiàng)。It’simportanttospendtimewithfamilymembers.Parentscangettoknowtheirchildren.31Whenit’stimeforbreakfast,familymemberscanalwaysgettogetheratthetable.32Familymemberscanalsoshareeverythingofthedaywhentheyeatdinnertogether.Ifyourfamilylikemovies,takesomepopcorn(爆米花).33Afterworkingforaweek,familymembersreallywanttorelaxandenjoyquietfamilytime.Goingcampinginthemountainsisanothergoodwaytospendfamilytime.It’salsoagreatwaytohaveavacation.34Youcanvisitthemtogether.Youcanlearnsomethingnewandseesomethinginterestinginmuseums.35You’llrememberthehappytimeallyourlife.Everycityhassomemuseums.Whenyourchildrenrun,youcanstopthem.Youcanshowyourchildrenaroundlibraries.Enjoyyourfamilytimeandhavefuntogether.It’srelaxingtoseeamovieandeatthepopcorn.Andchildrencanalsospendtimewiththeirparents.It’sagoodwaytostartthenicedaywithyourfamily.四、選詞填空（共10小題，每小題1.5分，滿分15分）用方框中所給單詞的適當(dāng)形式填空，使短文完整、通順。每詞限用一次。ifexcitepassbyhoweverwonderdecideluckindangerlifesevendaysTomandRockaregoodfriends.Theylikeadventures(冒險(xiǎn)).Lastsummer,theyhad36off,andtheylookedforwardtotryingsomethingdifferent.They37togofishinginthesea.Thetripwas38atthebeginning.Thesunshonebrightly,andtheysawsomelargebluewhales.Atfirst,TomandRockwerevery39toseethem.40,somethingbadhappenedsoon.Thewhaleshittheirboat!Suddenly,waterrushedin,andtheywere41.Theyhadtojumpintotheirlifeboat(救生艇)inahurrybeforetheboatwentdownintothesea.Howdangerous!Thewhalesleft,andTomandRockweresafebutlostatsea.Theydidn’tknowwhichwaytogoandhadlittlefoodleft.42,theyhadasmallmachinetoremovesaltfromseawater,makingitsafefordrinking.Theyalsohadafishingrod.Thesethingssavedtheir43.Theysawships44andshouted,butnooneheard.Intheend,afishingboatcameintosight.Thefishermenonitrealizedtheyneededhelpandsavedthem.Adventurescanbecomedisasters(災(zāi)難),45weforgetaboutsafety.Weshouldallrememberthislesson!五、任務(wù)型閱讀（共10小題，每小題2分，滿分20分）閱讀下面短文，根據(jù)所讀內(nèi)容，在文章后表格中的空格里填入一個(gè)最恰當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~。每空限填一詞。Steve,oneofthesmarteststudents,iswellknownforinventinganamazinglanguagelearningapp,whichofferspeopleapracticalsolutiontolanguagebarriersheandhisparentsoncefacedduringtheirtriptoItaly.SteveandhisparentscannotspeakawordofItalian,andtheyarenotgoodatEnglish,soitcameasnosurprisethattheyranintocountlessproblemsduringtheirtrip.Theycouldnotexpressthemselvesclearly,andalmostmissedtheirplanehome.Afterhegothome,Stevewascuriousaboutfindingawaytomakedailyconversationsinanotherlanguageeasier.Stevehasatalentforworkingwithcomputers.Hedevelopedanapphalfayearlater.Itcantranslateyourmotherlanguageintomorethan20languagesandhelpyouteachyourselflanguages.What'smore,anyonecanusetheappforfree.Steve'sstorysetsagoodexampleforusall.Findyourinterestandworkhard,andyouwillhavethechancetoreachgreatsuccess.Steve’samazing46learningappIntroductionSteveiswellknownbecauseof47alanguagelearningapp.It48apracticalsolutiontolanguagebarriersforpeople.InItaly·Steveandhisparentswerenotgoodatspeaking49ItalianandEnglish,soitwasimpossibleforthemto50themselvesclearlyduringtheirtripAt51Stevespenthalfayear52anapp.Thisappcantranslateone’slanguageinto5320differentlanguages.Bestofall,it’scompletely54touse.FeelingsFromSteve’sexperience,weseethatevenmiddleschoolstudentshavethechancetobe55iftheyworkhard.六、書(shū)面表達(dá)（滿分30分）假設(shè)你叫Lily，是一名八年級(jí)學(xué)生，校英語(yǔ)俱樂(lè)部正在舉辦主題為“Myschoollife”的寫(xiě)作比賽，請(qǐng)根據(jù)以下提示寫(xiě)一篇英語(yǔ)短文參賽。提示：1.