学年第二学期白云区广州第二外国语期中检测八年级.docx

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学年第二学期白云区广州第二外国语期中检测八年级

2015-2016学年白云区第二学期广州第二外国语

八年级下学期期中检测

二.语法选择（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）

“Howdidyoudoit,Dad?

”Howhaveyoumanaged___16___adrinkforalmost20years?

”Ittookmealmost20yearstohavethecourage___17___myfatherthisverypersonalquestion.WhenDadfirstgaveupdrinking,thewholefamilywasonpinsandneedleseverytimehegotintoasituationthatwouldhavemadehimdrinkingagain.Forafewyearswewere worriedtobringitup___18___wefearedthathisdrinkingwouldbeginagain.

 "IhadthislittlepoemthatIwouldrecite（背诵）tomyselfatleastfourtofivetimesaday,"wasDad's replytomy___19___unaskedquestion."Thewordsremindedmethatthingswereneversohard___20___Icouldnotsolvethem,"Dadsaid.Andthenhe sharedthepoem___21___me.Thepoem's simple___22___profound （深刻的）wordsimmediatelybecame oneofmydailyroutine___23___.

Aboutamonthafter___24___talkwithmyfather,Ireceivedagiftinthemailfromafriendofmine.Itwasabookofdailysayingsofwisdomwithone listedforeachdayoftheyear.

 I quicklyopenedthebooktothepageofmybirthdaytoseewhatwordsofwisdomthisbookhadinstoreforme.Tearsrolled downmyface.There,onmybirthday,wastheexactsamepoemthathad helpedmyfatherforalltheseyears!

It___25___theSerenity（平静）Prayer:

 God,grant（授予）metheserenitytoacceptthethingsIcannotchange;thecouragetochangethethingsIcan;andthewisdomtoknowthedifference.

16.A.nottaking      

17.A.ask    

18.A.because        

19.A.18 yearsold  

20.A.what       

21.A.for      

22.A.and        

23.A.neither      

24.A.this    

25.A.called  

B.nottake    

B.asking    

B.when      

B.18-years-old      

B.that

B.to      

B.but

B.aswell    

B.these     

B.hascalled        

C.nottotake    

C.asked    

C.although  

C.18-year-old          

C.which     

C.from      

C.or    

C.also      

C.it  

C.calls      

D.don’ttake        

D.toask  

D.where       

D.18yearold          

D.that        

D.with  

D.so 

D.either      

D.one        

D.iscalled      

三.完形填空（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）

LastsummerIwentonatwo-monthtriptoleadachildren’ssummercamp.Afteran11-hourflightfromLondontoLosAngels,IfinallyarrivedthereandIfeltvery___26___.

Thefirstweekofcampwasfor___27___.Welearntaboutthe___28___thatcampershave,suchashomesicknessandbed-wetting.Duringthisweek,wealsodidmanybondingactivities.Thefirstofthemwasasix-hour___29___tothebeach.IwasverynervousaboutdoingsuchalonghikeasIusually___30___anyformofexercisewhereverpossible.However,thehikewasaloteasierthanI___31___.Wearrivedonthebeachatabout5o’clock,andstartedto___32___.Thiswasprobablymyfavoritepartoftheday,asthecampfires___33___uswithsomewarmthagainstthewind,andwegottomakedinner!

Afterthiswespenttherestoftheeveninghuddlingup（挤在一起）tostaywarmandgettingtoknowpeople.Afteraveryshortnight’ssleep,I___34___earlyasthesunrose,andtomysurprise,Isawhundredsofseagulls（海鸥）___35___overhead.Thiswastheperfectendtothedayforme!

Whenitwasfinallytimetoleave,Igotupfromthesandandcouldn’twaittogetbacktothecamp!

26.A.surprised      

27.A.swimming  

28.A.methods        

29.A.picnic  

30.A.liked       

31.A.made      

32.A.run      

33.A.provided      

34.A.gotdown    

35.A.flying  

B.relaxed    

B.training    

B.information      

B.camp      

B.avoided

B.planned      

B.cook

B.offered    

B.gotoff     

B.walking        

C.tired    

C.singing   

C.messages  

C.hike          

C.joined     

C.expected      

C.sing    

C.brought     

C.wokeup  

C.running      

D.easy        

D.writing  

D.problems       

D.training          

D.preferred        

D.noticed  

D.sleep 

D.took      

D.camearound       

D.fighting      

四.阅读

第一节阅读理解（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）

A

Technologyiseverywhere.Wecanseeitanyplaceswego,andinfact,almostallofuscarrytechnologywithuseverytimeweleavethehouse.Andtechnologycanbeusefulandpowerfulwhenwewanttohelpothers.

WheneverIamathome,Iamalmostalwaysusingatleastoneelectronicdevice.First,Ihavethetelevisionon.Atthesametime,Iusuallyhavemylaptoprestingonmyknee,orIwillbeusingmymobilephone.EvenwhenI’mnotathome,Iamusingmyphonefromtimetotime,andatworkorincafes,Isitdownandconnecttothelocalnetworkonmylaptop.ImustsaythatIwastealotoftimeonthecomputer.AndifIdidalittleonlinevolunteering,itwouldbemoremeaningful.

Thetechnologywcarryabouteverywherecanhaveagreatpowertodogoodfortheworldandtohelpothers.RecentlyIhavediscoveredjusthowmuchonlinevolunteeringthereistodointheworld.Youcanuseyourlanguageskillstodotranslations（翻译）,developandmanageprojectsandhelpwithITwork.Thereissomuchwecandotohelppeopleinourowncountriesandacrosstheworld.TheUnitedNations,infact,hasahugepageonitswebsitedesignsforrecruiting（招募）volunteers.

Thisworkcansupportthepoorandhelpcharities.Manyorganizationsonlyrequireyoutoworkanhouraweek-someevenless.Andthesupportprovidedbyonlinevolunteerscanreallyhelpmakeadifferencetothoseinneed.

36.What’sthemeaningoftheunderlinedword“device”?

A.Equipment.B.ProductC.Screen.D.Technology

37.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtheelectronicdeviceatthewriter’shouse?

A.Mobilephone.B.Laptop.C.Network.D.Television

38.WhichisTRUEaboutthewriteraccordingtothepassage?

A.Hedoesn’tlikehelpingpeopleonline.

B.Hedoesn’toftenusetechnology.

C.Hewantstousethetechnologytohelppeople.

D.Heseldomwastestimeonthecomputer.

39.Whichofthefollowingsentencescan’tsupporttheopinion“Thetechnologycanbeusefulandpowerfulwhenwewanttohelpothers”?

A.Peoplecanusetheirlanguageskillstodotranslations.

B.Peoplecanmanageprojectsonline.

C.PeoplecanhelpwithITwork.

D.Peoplecanmakealotofmoneyonline.

40.What’sthepurposeofthepassage?

A.ToletusspendlesstimeontheInternet.

B.Toletusknowtheuseofthetechnology.

C.Toletususethetechnologytohelpthepeopleinneed.

D.Toletusknowtheimportanceofthetechnology.

B

IfyouaredrivingoutofMontpellier,acityinFrance,pleaselookoutforthesignboard（路标）withthewords“MillauViaduct（米洛高架桥）.”Turntowardsitandgetreadytotakethedriveofalifetime!

OnceyoureachtheMillauyou’llfeelyouaredrivingoveracloud!

TheMillauViaductistheworld’stallestbridge.Itis343metershighandabout2.5kilometerslong.ThebridgeisbetweenParisandMontpellier,anditwasbuiltin2004atthecostof$530million.Andwhywasitbuilt?

Foryears,theFrenchgovernmentthoughtovertheproblemoftrafficcongestionforpeopletravelingfromParistothesouthofFrance.Manyideasweresuggested,butoneideawasfinallyaccepted.Insteadofchoosingtobuildahighwaythatwentthroughthehilly（多山的）southofFrance,theydecidedtobuiltabridgeovertheTarnRiver.Thisbridgewouldnotjustbelikeanyotherbridge.Itwouldstartatthetopofonehillandconnecttoanotherhillontheothersideoftheriver.Thisbridgewouldshortenthehighwayby60kilometers.Itwouldsavepeople’stimeandmoney.__________.

Engineershadtofindoutawaytobuildthebridgequickly,over300metersupintheairandabout2.5kilometerslongacrosstheriver.Itwasveryhard,butfinallyengineerssucceededinfindingaquickestwaytobuildit.Itisveryconvenientforpeopletotravelandithasbeenconsistently（一致地）rankedasoneofthegreatengineeringachievementsofalltime.

41.TheMillauViaductisin_________.

A.AmericaB.FranceC.CanadaD.England

42.WhatdoesParagraph3mainlytalkabout?

A.WhytheMillauViaductwasbuilt.B.WhenpeoplebuilttheMillauViaduct.

C.ThedetailsoftheMillauViaduct.D.ThedesigneroftheMillauViaduct.

43.Whatdoestheunderlinedword“congestion”mean?

A.Thestateofbeingcrowded.B.Theriskofaccidents.

C.Thesituationoftraffic.D.Thetrafficrules.

44.Whichofthefollowingsentencescanbeputin“__________”?

A.What’smore,itisaneasyjobtobuildit.

B.Butitisimpossibletocompletethisproject.

C.Inlessthanoneyear,thisbridgewascompleted.

D.However,itpresentedaverybigchallengetoengineers.

45.Wheredoesthispassagemostprobablycomefrom?

A.AstorybookB.Asciencefictionbook

C.AdictionaryD.Ageographymagazine.

C

Brave

Type:

3Dcartoon

Runningtime:

95minutes

Merida,aprincess,refusestomarryapersonthatshedislikes.Thiscausestroubleforherfamilyandthewholecountry.Meridaturnstoawitch（巫婆）forhelp.Indoingso,herfamilyandthecountryareindanger.Meridamustsaveherfamilyandthecountrybeforeitistoolate.

TheGrey

Type:

Action

Runningtime:

117minutes

TheGreyisbasedontheshortstory“Ghostwalker”writtenbyIanMackenzieJeffers.It’saboutanumberofoilmenwhoareintroubleinAlaskaafteraplanecrash（空难）.Theyhavetofightagainstgreywolvesthatthreatentheirlives.

MirrorMirror

Type:

Comedy

Runningtime:

106minutes

YoumustknowthestoryofSnowWhite.Wouldyouliketoseethisstoryagain?

CometoseeMirrorMirror.It’sacomedyaboutSnowWhite.LilyCollinsandJuliaRobertsarethemainactressinthisinterestingmovie.

Chimpanzee

T