1、江苏省启东市学年八年级英语下学期期初摸底试题 人教新目标版江苏省启东市2020学年八年级英语下学期期初摸底试题 单项选择(共20分）1. What makes the man so _?A. excited B. excite C. exciting D. to excite2. He _ a teacher because he knows a lot.A. maybe B. may be C. may not be D. may to be3. I like reading very much. I want to borrow _ books.A. more four B. four m
2、ore C. many four D. four many4. Would you like _ milk?A. any B. some C. anything D. something5. Could you tell me how to _ it in English?A. say B. speak C. tell D. talk 6. Im sorry for _ all your books on the desk.A. knock over B. knocked off C. knocking about D. knocking down7. Max has _ good sense
3、 of humour but he has _poor eyesight.A. a; a B. the; the C. a; / D. /; a8. -Is Millie at school today? -No. Shes at home _her illness.A. because B. because of C. before D. when9. She isnt so _as her sister.A. careful B. more careful C. the most careful D. carefully10. I dont think your English is _
4、in our class.A. bad B. the baddest C. the worst D. worse11. -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 asC. a more poplar; as better as D. a cheaper; as good as12. - _? -He is tall.A. How is he B. What
5、does he likeC. How is he like D. What does he look like13. Its important _ the piano well.A. of him to play B. for him to play C. of him playing D. for him playing14. -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. wish1
6、5. Shanghai is bigger than _ in China.A. any city B. any other city C. any cities D. any other cities16. He didnt come to the concert _ he has got too much work to do .A. so B. until C. though D. because17. This book is _than that one.A. very easy B. much easy C. very easier D. much easier18. Im sor
7、ry I _ my exercise book at home this morning. It doesnt matter. Dont forget _ it here this afternoon.A. left; to take B. forgot; bringing C. left; to bring D. forgot; to bring19. 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+P20.
8、 -We couldnt find you anywhere around 8:00 yesterday evening. -Im sorry for it. My mother and I _ in the square.A. danced B. will dance C. were dancing D. are dancing完形填空（共15分）In September,2020,you may have noticed that a few new textbooks at school. New Chinese language textbooks appeared on the de
9、sks 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
10、 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 Ha
11、n, 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 Maos well known piece Serve the People.The textbooks are 11 received. Although the topics are serious, the te
12、xts 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 t
13、he 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. advertisem
14、ents( )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
15、 C. advised D. invited( )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. mustnt B. shouldnt C. couldnt D. neednt( )15. A. beauty B. history C. u
16、sage D. description阅读理解（共40分）AWhen 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
17、 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
18、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.Whats 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 l
19、ooking 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 Li
20、ghts appearB. track the weather and predict the time and place of the next Northern Lights.C. stay awake and stare at the skyD. 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 s
21、hould speak good _.A. French B .English C. Chinese D. German ( )5. What wont 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.BKensington Wade is the first prep school(预备学校)in the United Kingdom to offer a dual-langua
22、ge(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. Th
23、e 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 Sorre
24、ll, 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
25、be confused(困惑的)， that theyd 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.
26、 How did the children in Kensington Wade celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival according to the passage?A. They cut the specially created moon cake.B. They played some Chinese songs.C. They told the Chinese folk stories.D. They invite Sir Martin Sorrell to come to school.( )8. Which is TRUE about Kensin
27、gton Wade?A. Its the first dual-language school in the UK.B. Students in this school can speak Chinese fluently.C. There are only 15 students in this school now.D. Students are only allowed to speak Chinese in this school.( )9. What is the meaning of the word “entirely” in the second paragraph?A. fu
28、lly B. luckily C. happily D. really( )10. What can we infer (推断) from the last paragraph?A. Parents may ask their children to go to another school.B. Children enjoy themselves at school.C. Children are confused at school.D. Children feel a little bit stressed at school.C When Ding Chen was a fifth-g
29、rader, he wanted to invent something for his grandparents.Because his grandparents lived in old buildings without elevators(电梯), they had to climb stairs every day. It became even harder after his grandfather fell ill. “How to make them climb stairs more easily?” he thought.Three years later, 13-yea
30、r-old Ding solved this problem and won an international invention award with it.Ding is from Anhui Taihe No.3 Middle School. He invented a booster(肋力器)to help the old people walk up stairs. In August, his invention won the Youth Gold Medal at the Invention & New Product Exposition, the largest inven
31、tion show in the United States.Dings booster has a motor(电动机) inside. People just need to set it on the stair railing(抚手) and hold it. Then it will pull people upward, making it easier to go upward a flight of stairs.Dings middle school teacher Zhang Gang helped him make his initial(最初的) idea real. They worked together for about half a year to design the booster. The most difficult part was to find the motor.“The motor must work well and produce enough power,” Ding said. “Also, when
