04广州市华师附外第二学期期中阶段性测试题.docx

1、04广州市华师附外第二学期期中阶段性测试题华师附外2016第二学期阶段性测试题八年级英语试卷编辑：周怡 校对：一、语法选择（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连累的要求，从115各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Success for Spring BudsMy name is Feng Guixiang. I want (1) _ you about the China Children and Teenagers Fund (CCTF) and how it helped me. One of the CCTFs s

2、pecial activities (2) _ the Spring Bud Project. In 1989, 4.8 (3) _ children in the country, (4) _ from seven to fourteen, (5) _ attend school. Eighty-three per cent of them were girls. (6) _ this, the CCTF launched the Spring Bud Project to help them. (7) _, the project has helped millions of girls

3、(8) _ school. It has also built a lot of schools. The very first Spring Bud class was here in Guangxi in 1989. The Spring Bud Project (9) _ me to attend that class. It also rented a room (10) _ to the school for me.Before the project started, I stayed at home and helped my mother (11) _ the housewor

4、k. (12) _ to school changed my life. I learnt to read and write and do many (13) _ things.Now I work (14) _ a teacher at a Spring Bud school here in Guangxi. I wish to help other girls (15) _ the Spring Bud Project helped me.(1) A. to tell B. tell C. telling D. told(2) A. was B. is C. were D. are(3)

5、 A. million B. millions C. millions of D. /(4) A. age B. aging C. aged D. ages(5) A. were able to B. were unable to C. was able to D. was unable to (6) A. Because B. Because of C. Instead D. Instead of(7) A. From now on B. Now C. Then D. Since then(8) A. return to B. go back C. returning to D. going

6、 back to(9) A. to B. for C. of D. from(10) A. near B. beside C. next D. by(11) A. on B. about C. in D. with(12) A. Go B. Going C. Come D. Coming(13) A. any other B. many other C. others D. the others(14) A. for B. from C. to D. as(15) A. the way B. way C. ways D. a way二、完形填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面

7、短文，掌握其大意，然后从1625各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Sallyisone hundredyearsold.Shehasnosonsordaughters.Herhusband(16) fifteenyearsago.Butshedidntmoveintoanursinghome.Shewouldliketo(17) herselfeveryday.Everynightshespendstwohours(18) kidswiththeirmathfortwentyyears.Allkidslivingonherstreetcangetherhelpwi

8、thoutpayment(付费).Shewasafamous(19) beforesheretiredfromamiddleschool.Shegetsupearlyinthemorning,thendoes(20) ,goesshoppingorhelpscleaners(21) thestreet.Andshedoesthesehappily.Whenthekidscomeforhelp,sheisalways(22) andtriesherbesttohelpthem.Peopleaskedher why.Shesaid,Iloveit.Itmakesmehappytohelpthem.

9、Sheisalwayshappyeverydayandalwayssayshellotopeoplearoundher(23) asmile.Ivedecidedtoloveeverythingaroundme.SoImhappytodo(24) .Imthankfulforthosekidswhocometomefor(25) .Eachkidisagiftforme.Iloveeachdaytohelpthem.Shesaid.Really,agooddecisiondecideswhatapersondoesinlife.(16) A. died B. woke C. slept D.

10、went(17) A. look like B. look at C. look after D. look for(18) A. helping B. working C. studying D. teaching(19) A. cleaner B. nurse C. worker D. teacher(20) A. washes B. homework C. cleans D. sports(21) A. walk B. run C. sweep D. cross(22) A. awful B. tired C. happy D. boring(23) A. for B. with C.

11、without D. in(24) A. things B. nothing C. anything D. everything(25) A. help B. money C. food D. fun三、阅读（共两节，满分45分） 第一节 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。(A)Living in a foreign culture can be exciting, but it can also be confusing(令人疑惑的). A group of Americans who taught

12、 English in other countries recently discussed their experiences. They decided that miscommunications were always impossible, even over something as simple as “yes” and “no”.On her first day in Micronesia(密克罗尼西亚), an island in the Pacific, Lisa thought people werent paying any attention to her. The

13、day was hot. She went into a store and asked, “Do you have cold drinks?” The woman there didnt say anything. Lisa repeated the question. Still the woman said nothing. She later learned that the woman had answered her: She had raised her eyebrows（眉毛）, which in Micronesia means “yes”.Jan remembered an

14、 experience she had in Bulgaria, a country in Europe. She went to a restaurant that was known for its cabbage. She asked the waiter, “Do you have cabbage today?” He nodded his head. Jan waited, but the cabbage never came. In that country, a nod means “no”.Tom had a similar problem when he arrived in

15、 India. After explaining something in class, he asked his students if they understood. They answered with different nods and shakes of the head. He thought some people had not understood, so he explained again. When he asked again, they did the same thing. He soon found out that his students did und

16、erstand. In India, people nod and shake their heads in different ways depending on where they come from. You have to know where a person is from to understand whether they mean “yes” or “no”.(26) The groups of Americans found that they _.Ashould go abroad for vacationsBneeded to learn foreign langua

17、gesCshould often discuss their experiencesDhad problems with communications(27) People in Micronesia show “yes” by _.Anodding heads Braising eyebrowsCshaking heads Dsaying “no”(28)Tom misunderstood his class at first because _.Ahe knew nothing about India cultureBhe didnt explain everything clearly

18、enoughCsome students didnt understand his questionsDhe didnt know where the students came from(29) Which of the following is TRUE according to this passage?AIn Bulgaria, nodding heads means “no”.BJan taught English on a Pacific island.CLisa was trying to buy some cabbage.DIn India, only shaking head

19、s means “yes”.(30)The passage is mainly about _.Abody language in foreign restaurantsBclass discussion in India schoolsCmiscommunication in different culturesDEnglish teaching in other countries (B)Square dancing is an American entertainment(娱乐). It originated in America, during the California Gold

20、Rush. Having been a popular folk tradition since 1651, itgrewout of various traditional dances from around the world. In those days, men and women worked in groups to build a house or harvest crops. 40 the work was done, they usuallydancedmerrily and happily in a store or in a farm kitchen.In this d

21、ance eight people work as a team, called a square, to successfully complete a set of complex dance figures that are delivered by a caller, who calls out the movements. Four couples standfacingthe center of the square, each couple standing on one side of the square, the boy on the left and the girl o

22、n the right.Large or small numbers of people can dance at one time. Sometimes 800 or 1,000 people may be dancing at the same time. Or there may be only one square ofeight people.Special clothes are won by those people when they are dancing. This makes the dance more colorful to watch. Today, many sc

23、hools teach square dance in P.E.,and there are square dance competitions. In all parts of the United States you will find some schools or clubs where people are dancing square dance for fun.(31) When did people usually dance during the California Gold Rush？A. When they began building a house.B. When

24、 a new group of dance steps was invented.C. When they finished building a house.D. When there were more 800 hundred people.(32) The words “crops” in Line 4, Paragraph 1 probably means _.A. 工具 B. 乐器 C. 农具 D. 农作物(33) Which is the following is true about square dance according to paragraph 2?M WM W M W

25、M WW MMWWMM WM WM W W MW MM WWMMWW M(34) People in square dance wear _.A. clothes of the time of the Gold RushB. farmers clothes of the old timeC. clothes of a special kindD. the best clothes they can get(35) Many people throughout the United States danceA. for their own entertainmentB. for the colo

26、urful clothes they can wearC. in order to remember the time of the Gold RushD. in order to win the competitions(C)There was once a man called Mr. Flowers, and flowers were his only joy in life. He spent all his free time in one of his four glass-houses and grew flowers of every color, with long and

27、difficult names, for competitions. He tried to grow a rose of a new color to win the silver cup for the Rose of the Year. Mr. Flowers glass-houses were very near to a middle school. Boys of around thirteen of age were often tempted(引诱) to throw a stone or two at one of Mr. Flowers glass-houses. So M

28、r. Flowers did his best to be in or near his glass-houses at the beginning and end of the school day. But it was not always possible to be on watch at those times. Mr. Flowers had tried in many ways to protect his glass, but nothing that he had done had been useful. He had been to school to report t

29、o the headmaster; but this had not done any good. He had tried to drive away the boys that threw stones into his garden; but the boys could run faster than he could, and they laughed at him from far away. He had even picked up all the stones that he could find around his garden, so that the boys wou

30、ld have nothing to throw; but they soon found others. At last Mr. Flowers had a good idea. He put up a large notice made of good, strong wood, some meters away from the glass-houses. On it he had written the words: DO NOT THROW STONES AT THIS NOTICE. After this, Mr. Flowers had no further trouble; the b