广东省广州市海珠区2015-2016学年八年级上学期期末考试英语试题(word版附答案).doc

2015-2016 学年第一学期海珠区期末初二统考试卷和答案（英语科）

一、语法选择（共 15 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 15 分）
阅读下面两篇短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，从 1-15 各题所给的
A、B、C 和 D 项中，选出最佳选项。
（A）

More and more people in the USA are taking an interest in Chinese culture. Many students are challenging themselves 1 learning Chinese. The U.S. government is trying 2 more public schools to teach Chinese.
China has 3 population in the world. More people speak Chinese __4 any other language in the world, yet the language is one of the most difficult to learn. It doesn’t look or sound anything like English.
However, all the hard work 5 young learners. Today, about 50,000 U.S. students are studying Chinese, and they are doing hen hao (“very well”)!
1. A. with B. to C. in D. at

2. A. encouraged B. encourage C. encouraging D. to encourage

3. A. a larger B. a large C. the largest D. largest

4. A. if B. and C. than D. or

5. A. hasn’t stopped B. haven’t stopped C. didn’t stop D. won’t stop
（B）

Dear Mom, Dad and Violet,

Well, I’m here at the camp. I have been here
6__ 3 days ago. I have four roommates. They

are all very cool. One boy is named Pepe. He said he caught a snake with 7
hands, but I don’t

believe him. One kid is named Lincoln. One of his eyes is blue and 8 is brown. __9 strange the eyes are! Another kid is named Mike. He seems normal 10 for one thing. He 1__ through the whole first nigh here. The rest of us stayed up and told jokes. The last one is named Justin. He likes to say things like “We get lost…” or “We get hungry…”
We stay on a hill. It’s not too far from the “bathroom.” There’s no bath. We have outdoor

showers. I don’t think you can really keep your feet
12
on a mud floor. Mom, I miss your

cooking. Dad, I 13__ miss your cooking. Last night, we only had some vegetables. I told

14 that I had a sister named Violet. They thought it was terrible 15 a flower name. Actually Justin was the one who made jokes about it. But he has no right to talk about any names.
Well, I’m going to sign off. Please write.

From, Alex
6. A. on B. for C. since D. in

7. A. his B. he C. him D. himself

8. A. other B. others C. the other D. another

9. A. What B. How C. What a D. How a

10. A. except B. as C. besides D. nothing

11. A. sleeps B. slept C. is sleeping D. would sleep

12. A. cleanly B. cleaning C. cleaned D. clean

13. A. as well B. either C. also D. too

14. A. everybody B. anybody C. somebody D. nobody

15. A. have B. to have C. having D. had

二、完形填空（共 10 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 15 分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从 16~25 各题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 项中，选出
最佳选项。

Once there was a little girl named Sarah, and she did not like her name. She 16 it could be Judy or Ann or Jill --- anything except Sarah.
“Why is my name Sarah?” she 17 her mother one day. And her mother said, “Because we named you after your Aunt Sarah, who has never had a little girl of her own. Wasn’t that a good __18__?”
“Yes,” said Sarah thoughtfully. “Yes, it was.”

But even with that good reason, Sarah didn’t think Sarah was a good 19 to have. So another day, she asked her __20 , “Why were you named Sarah, Aunt Sarah?”
That made Aunt Sarah __21 .

“Oh,” she said. “When I was just about your age, I wished I could have another name. I thought Sarah was the 22__ name!”
“Did you 23 think so?” asked Sarah. “And do you still?”

“Oh no,” smiled Aunt Sarah. “Because one day I asked my father why he gave me such a name. And he told me what the name Sarah __24__”
“What does it mean?” asked the little girl named Sarah.

“It means Princess,” her aunt said, sitting up even straighter and more proudly than usual. “And once I knew that, I was 25 every time I heard my name. What do you think of that, young Sarah?”
“Why,” said the little girl, suddenly standing up very straight and proud and tall. “Why, Aunt Sarah, I seem to feel exactly the very same way!”
16. A. called B. decided C. made D. wished

17. A. told B. asked C. spoke to D. talked to

18. A. reason B. story C. view D. point

19. A. opinion B. note C. name D. girl

20. A. grandmother B. mother C. father D. aunt

21. A. cry B. leave C. respect D. smile

22. A. biggest B. worst C. most beautiful D. best

23. A. really B. finally C. correctly D. happily

24. A. says B. tells C. has D. means

25. A. sad B. poor C. glad D. shy

三、阅读（共两节，满分 35 分）
第一节 阅读理解（共 15 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 30 分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 项中，选出最佳选项。
（A）

Once upon a time, there was a farmer. He went to the town to sell his farm product every day. One day, he left home with a basket of product very early. When he arrived, the town gate was still closed. So he lay down to take a rest. When he woke up, he saw nothing but a gold coin in the

basket. Gold was valuable. So he went home happily with the coin.

The next day, the same thing happened. When he went home, the farmer told his father what had happened. His father decided to follow his son to see who had left the coin.
One day, the father quietly followed his son to the town. There he saw a snake eat the product, and then a gold coin came out of the snake’s mouth as payment. The farmer’s father quickly picked up a stone and cut the tail off its body.
The snake quickly ran into a hole with only its head and body. The father thought the snake had died and told his son to reach inside to get more coins. But when the farmer reached his hand into the hole, the snake bit and killed him.
26. Where did the farmer take a rest?

A. At home. B. In his field C. On his own farm. D. Outside the town gate.
27. What happened when the farmer was taking a rest?

A. A snake bit him.

B. Someone stole his gold coin.

C. A snake ate his farm product.

D. A thief stole his farm product.

28. Which is the correct order of the story?

a. The snake bit the farmer and killed him.

b. The farmer’s father followed his son.

c. The father cut the tail off the snake with a stone.

d. The farmer took a rest outside the town gate.

e. The snake ate the product and left a gold coin.

A. d, e, c, a, b B. d, e, b, c, a C. e, b, d, c, a D. e, d, c, a, b

29. What can we learn from the passage?

A. We should not ask for too much.

B. We should make sure the snake is dead.

C. We shouldn’t kill a snake by cutting its tail.

D. We should protect animals instead of killing them.

30. What is the best title of the passage?

A. How to kill a snake

B. How to get a gold coin

C. The farmer and the snake

D. The gold coin and the snake

（B）

Facebook is a social networking website. In 2004, Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg created it as a college networking website. It was first called thefacebook. Within months, thefacebook became a nation-wide college website. One year later, Zuckerberg gave it a new name, Facebook.
Facebook allows people to search for their old and new friends by e-mail address, school and university, or just by typing in a name for search. When people become friends, they can see personal information of each other. On Facebook, people can share photographs. Users can allow only friends to see their pictures or anyone. Also, users can store as many photos as they want. It
is the major advantage of Facebook’s photograph sharing abilities.

Users of Facebook can create groups for discussions. Groups can be public to everyone. It can be private, that is, only those invited can join the discussions. Users can share news, stories, videos, and other files with friends. Users can also become fans of everything such as people, organizations.
31. When did Zuckerberg give his website the new name Facebook?

A. In 2003. B. In 2004. C. In 2005. D. In 2006.

32. How can people search for friends on Facebook?

A. By name. B. By e-mail address.

C. By school and university. D. All of the above.

33. What does the underlined word “It” in Paragraph 2 refer to?

A. Users can create groups.

B. Users can store as many photos as they want.

C. Users can share photographs with their friends.

D. Users can search for their old and new friends easily.

34. Users of Facebook can do the following things EXCEPT .

A. selling things online

B. creating groups for discussions

C. searching for old and new friends

D. sharing news, stories, videos and other files

35. Where can we find the article?

A. In a story book. B. In a fashion magazine.

C. In a dictionary. D. In a pop-science magazine.

(C)

Miss Liu
a young office lady
I can buy things online at a lower price than usual on the day.
It is really convenient and the service is not worse than usual.
Mr. Li
a logistics company
I really hate Double Eleven. Two weeks from the day,
worker
everybody, even our boss, will be busy putting things in order
and sending them all day and all night.
Jane
a
high
school
I bought two dresses online on Double Eleven. They are
student
cheap and good in quality.
Mrs.
a housewife
I always buy more things than needed on the day. But I can’t
Wang
control myself. I know that the goods are not really cheap.
And the quality is sometimes not as good as usual. The
service also needs improving.
November 11th is a special festival in China. With four number of “1”, this date was named as Bachelor’s Day. But since 2009, this day has been made Double Eleven Shopping Festival, stated by Alibaba and its T. Here are people’s eyes on the festival.

36. Who made November 11th Double Eleven Shopping Festival?

A. The government. B. Bachelors.

C. Alibaba and T D. Bachelors and JD.com

37. What does the underlined work “Bachelor” in Paragraph I mean?

A. Unmarried man. B. Married man. C. Seller. D. Buyer.

38. Who think the goods are cheaper than usual on Double Eleven?

A. Miss Liu and Jane. B. Mr. Li and Jane.

C. Jane and Mrs. Wang. D. Miss Liu and Mrs. Wang.

39. Why does Mr. Li hate Double Eleven Festival?

A. Because he hates shopping online.

B. Because he has to work overtime.

C. Because he always spend too much money.

D. Because his wife buys more things than needed on the day.

40. Which of the following statement about Double Eleven is NOT true?

A. Mrs. Wang buys more things than needed.

B. Jane bought two dresses online at a low price.

C. Miss Liu thinks the service is not worse than usual.

D. Mr. Li’s boss doesn’t need to work two weeks from that day.

第二节 阅读填空（共 5 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 5 分）
阅读短文及文后选项，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
In Qin Dynasty, Meng Jiang Nv’s husband named Fan Xiliang was caught and sent to build the Great Wall by the officials on the night when they just got married. 41.
When winter came, her husband still didn’t return home. So Meng made warm clothes clothes to take to him. 42. Then she knew that her husband had died and his body was under the Great Wall. Hearing the news, Meng was so sad that she cried days and nights sadly.
43. A 400-kilometre part of the Great Wall fell down. Bones and bodies of many dead men came out.
Meng Jiang Nv cut her fingers and let her blood drop on the dead bodies. 44. It was her husband’s body. She buried the body and killed herself hopelessly. After her death, local people built a temple and a road in memory of her and her true love to her husband. 45.

A. Her true love and sadness moved the God.

B. When she got to the Great Wall, she couldn’t find her husband.

C. The blood started flowing when she passed over one special body.

D. After her husband left, Meng Jiang Nv waited for him day and night.

E. You can visit Meng Jiang Nv Temple if you visit Shanhai Pass of the Great Wall.

四、写作（共三节，满分 35 分）
第一节 单词拼写（共 5 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 5 分）
根据下列句子及所给单词的首字母写出所缺单词。（每空限填一词）
46. My host family are very friendly. I’m glad to be a g in their home.

47. The t of her speech is How to Learn English Well.

48. We have no coffee. Would you like tea i ?

49. The painting is very valuable. It’s w three million dollars.

50. If you c her work with his, you’ll find hers is much better.

第二节 完成句子（共 10 题；每小题 2 分，满分 20 分）
根据所给的汉语内容，用英语完成下列句子。（每空限填一词） 51. 我有一些外国朋友。你有吗？
I have friends abroad. Do you have foreign friends?
52. 我期待你的答复。

I’m to your reply.
53. 你能查出火车什么时候开吗？

Can you what time the train leaves?
54. 到目前为止，这工作很容易，但情况可能有变化。

, the work has been easy but things may change.

55. 你需要从银行取多少钱？

How much do you need to of the bank?
56. 在单词“smiles”中，第一个字母和最后一个字母中有一“英里”。

In the word “smiles”, there is a “mile” between letter and the last letter.
57. 如果人们想成为出色的演说家，他们最好讲得既清楚又自信。

If people want to be good speakers, they speak clearly and

confidently.
58. 电话允许人们在任何时候任何地点互相保持联系。

Phones allow people to
 each

other anytime, anywhere.
59. 除非你多加联系，否则你会输掉比赛。

You the game you more.
60. 这个单词含有的字母个数和那个单词的一样多。

This word has
 that one.

第三节 书面表达（共 1 小题；满分 10 分）
假设你有一个朋友 Paula，对她而言早上起床是她的难题。每次闹钟响起，她顺手关了 闹钟，又会倒头睡去。你发明了一个会走会跳的闹钟送给她。
请你根据下表提示，给 Paula 写一封 70 词左右的信，介绍你的发明。 注意：1. 文中不得出现真实的人名，班级或学校。
2. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

外表
1.
在闹钟两边各装了一个轮子；
（请对外表描述进行适当发挥）
2.
功能
闹钟一响，它就会动起来；
1.
2.
（请在功能方面进行适当发挥）
作用
可以帮助赖床的人按时起床。

Dear Paula,

I have a new invention, Clocky, for you.

Yours, Mary

答案

本次海珠区八年级区统考考题难度适中，考题覆盖了八年级的大部分知识点，试卷综合 考查了学生对已学知识的掌握程度。
语法部分，不仅考查了八年级的单元语法例如不定代词、形容词级别和现在完成时，还 出现了初一知识点例如物主代词和感叹句，如若学生基础不够扎实，复习不够全面则很容易 吃亏。
篇章部分，设置了阅读填空新题型，体现了考题与中考接轨，题目难度适中，但若考生 平时训练不足，对此类题目不习惯，也会丢分。
作文写发明，不仅要求考生词汇丰富，而且还要求考生有一定的想象力和创造力，难度 较大。

一、语法选择（共 15 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 15 分）

(A) 1-5 BDCCA

(B) 6-10 CACBA 11-15 BDCAB
二、完形填空（共 10 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 15 分）

16-20 DBACD 21-25 DBADC
三、阅读（共两节，满分 35 分）
第一节 阅读理解（共 15 小题；每题 2 分，满分 30 分）

26-30 DCBAD 31-35 CDBAD 36-40 CAABD

第二节 阅读填空（共 5 小题；每题 1 分，满分 5 分）

DBACE
四、写作（共三节，满分 35 分）
第一节 单词拼写（共 5 小题；每题 1 分，满分 5 分）

46. guest 47. topic 48. instead 49. worth 50. compare
第二节 完成句子（共 10 小题；每题 2 分，满分 20 分）

51. some/several; any 52. looking forward 53. find out/check out 54. So far

55. take out

56. the first 57. had better 58. keep/get in touch with

59. will lose, unless, practise 60. as many letters as
第三节 书面表达（共 1 题；满分 10 分） 参考答案：
Dear Paula,

I have a new invention, Clocky, for you. It’s difficult for you to get up on time in the morning.

You always fall asleep again when you turn off the alarm clock. Therefore, I invent it for you. My

introduction to it is as follow.

It is a round clock with two wheels on both sides of it. When it starts to ring, it starts to move.

Therefore, it’s hard for you to turn off it because it may go away beyond your reach. As a result,

you have to get up or you can go on sleeping if you are able to stand the annoying sound. Besides,

it provides several kinds of alarm sound so that you can choose the most sui