江苏省南京市秦淮区外国语学校2016-2017学年八年级下学期期末考试英语试题（无答案）

南京市秦淮区外国语学校2016-2017学年度第二学期期末试卷

八年级英语

二、单项填空（共15小题;每小题1分,满分15分）

从A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项. 16. — Is Doctor Wang __________ UNICEF volunteer? — Yes. He has worked for it for years. A. a B. an C. the D. /

17. Tom won the first place in the Reading Competition. He will get some books as a __________. A. medal B. prize C. lesson D. result

18. Trees can help reduce air pollution. __________, they can make the city cooler in hot summer. A. However B. Moreover C. Otherwise D. Especially 19. — Daisy, go and see what is happening to the windows.

— Nothing serious. The heavy rain is beating __________ them. A. through B. across C. against D. above 20. Shanghai Disneyland has attracted millions of people since it __________ in 2016. A. opens B. is open C. opened D. has opened 21. — A talk on Indian culture __________ in our school hall yesterday afternoon. — What a pity! I missed it. A. gives B. gave C. was given D. will be given 22. — Hi, Andy! Where is Jim?

— I saw him __________ leaflets to ask more students to take part in our charity event. A. coming out B. handing out C. putting out D. working out 23. — Can I take a photo of this painting?

— Sorry. It’s not __________ in the museum. A. achieved B. avoided C. allowed D. afforded 24. — Kate, it’s midnight! Why are you still studying?

— I’d like to go to bed earlier, but the test paper __________ be handed in tomorrow morning. A. may B. could C. can D. must 25. It’s necessary __________ us to help our friends out when they are in trouble. A. to B. of C. with D. for

26. Without enough trees, soil won’t be kept __________. And then sandstorms may happen. A. in place B. in the place C. out of place D. at the place 27. When the fire started, Tom was __________ to help all the children out. He is both brave and

smart. A. too calm B. calm enough

C. too nervous D. nervous enough

28. A person without dreams always has no idea about __________ next. A. where to do B. when to do C. how to do D. what to do 29. — Let’s hold a charity sale to help the poor girl go back to school. — Good idea. __________. A. Many hands make light work B. No pain, no gain

C. Burn the candle at both ends D. Every dog has its day 30. — How about going shopping together at one o’clock this afternoon? — __________. Will three o’clock be OK? A. Sorry, I can’t make it B. Certainly, no problem

C. Sure, it depends on you D. Sorry, I’m not free today

三、完形填空（共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分）

阅读下面短文,从各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项. When you visit a foreign country and you want to understand the local language, what or who can you turn to four help? Let translation machines 31 you. Translation machines 32 to be science fiction（科幻）. But it seems technology is catching up with what people imagine. Companies around the world are trying to make translators. Now the New York-based Waverly Labs says they are 33 the best translator. Their product（产品）is called Pilot. It is a smart earpiece（耳塞）that translates 34 language in real time. The company says that it will let you talk without any difficulty with a

foreigner. The company’s boss, Andrew Ochoa, says he came up with the idea after being 35 to talk to French girl he liked. Pilot comes with two earpieces, one for each user. 36 one person talks, the earpiece in the other’s ear picks up the sound of the speech. The speech will become text on a smart-phone app. Then the app will translate it 37 a spoken language. It will then send the translation back to the 38 in his or her language. Pilot will come out very soon. However, we don’t know if it will work as well as it says.

Machine-based translation in not so 39 now. Just imagine what would happen using Pilot on a 40 street. If Pilot can’t pick up your words correctly, it can’t really give the correct translation. 31. A. train B. help C. relax D. touch 32. A. dreamt B. needed C. used D. wanted 33. A. buying B. producing C. copying D. reducing 34. A. written B. broken C. drawn D. spoken 35. A. willing B. unable C. ready D. pleased 36. A. Before B. Until C. Since D. When 37. A. into B. for C. by D. on 38. A. listener B. speaker C. writer D. designer 39. A. perfect B. expensive C. cheap D. awful 40. A. clean B. quiet C. noisy D. dirty

四、阅读理解（共15小题;每小题1分,满分15分）

阅读下列材料,从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中,选出最佳选项.

A

Bicycle-sharing project is popular in Nanjing. This new type of service is expected to protect our environment and encourage people to exercise. At the same time, it also reminds people to learn share. Read the table below to find more information about them! Company Mobike Ofo Bluegogo Ding Public bike No. Seven Ding e-bike Number 40, 000 10, 12, 000 7, 000 54, 000 1, 000 000 Colour Silver Yellow Blue Green Orange White Security Deposit ￥299 ￥99 ￥99 ￥199 ￥300 ￥299 （押金） Order on the Yes No Yes Yes No No mobile phone Price of use ￥2/h ￥1/h ￥1/h ￥1/h Free（only for two hours） ￥2/<5km Free/<1km 41. Which company has put the fewest bikes into Nanjing? A. Ofo B. No, Seven e-bike

C. Bluegogo D. Mobike

42. You cannot order a（n） __________ bike on your mobile phone. A. yellow or blue B. orange our green

C. yellow or white D. blue or white

43. If you use Public bike for one hour, you need to pay __________ for it except the security deposit. A. ￥0 B. ￥1

C. ￥300 D. ￥301

B

World Environment Day is held on June 5 each year, with over 143 countries taking （WED）

part in it. Because of those environmental problems from sea pollution to global warming, people are encouraged to take positive environmental action to protect nature and the Earth. It is hosted by a different country each year. And this year’s host country is Canada. The

theme for 2017 is “Connecting People to Nature – in the city and on the land, from the poles to the equator”. World Environment Day is celebrated in many ways in countries such as Kenya, New Zealand, Poland, Spain and the United States. Activities include parades, concerts tree planting, and clean-up campaigns（运动）. In many countries, this annual event is used to enhance political attention and action towards improving the environment. As middle school students, our ability is limited, but we students can do some small things to help. For example, planting trees is a good way to protect our environment. We’d better use environment-friendly bags instead of plastic bags when we go to the supermarket. Turn off the lights when we don’t need them. Try to save energy.

44. Which country hosted World Environment Day of 2017? A. Canada B. New Zealand C. Poland D. Spain 45. People celebrate World Environment Day in different ways except __________. A. parades B. clean-up campaigns

C. fashion shows D. concerts 46. What’s the purpose of writing this article? A. To help people know the date of WED

B. To tell people the serious environmental problems

C. To encourage people to take part in activities of this year’s WED

D. To make people know WED and do something to protect the environment

C

You may learn about traditional Chinese culture at school. But can you introduce then in English? A group of students did just that this year. From March 24 to 26, a big speech

competition took place in Nanjing. It was the 15th “21st Century ·New Oriental Cup” National High School and Primary School English Speaking Competition. Sixty-two students competed in the junior group in the final this year. Many of them talked about traditional Chinese culture. The topic of the semi-finalwas “The Best Gift We Can （半决赛）

Give Others Is…”. Li Lianru who came second in the competition is a 13-year-old girl from

Beijing. She said in her speech that “the heart of an infant（赤子之心）” was the best gift. These

words come from Mencius. It means we should listen to our heart when facing the outsaid （孟子）

world. Wen Xinrui, a 15-year-old girl from Shanghai, is the winner in the junior group. She shared her experience of learning Chinese brush painting. The topic of the rinal was “The Most Beautiful Verb in the World is ”. Wen’s answer was “learn”. That’s because in painting hills and rivers, she tried to combine Chinese traditional ways with Western ones. The result was great and she found learning to be such a beautiful thing. The judges（评委） were also happy about this. “Chinese students should be proud of our own culture,” said Wu Minsu, Professor from Communication University of China. “I hope they will tell more people across the world about stories of China through their great English.” 47. The competition is to give students a chance to practice more in English __________. A. listening B. writing

C. reading D. speaking 48. The topic of the final is “ __________ ”. A. The Heart of an Infant

B. Learning Is Such a Beautiful Thing C. The Best Gift We Can Give Others Is… D. The Most Beautiful Verb in the World Is…

49. What does the underlined word “combine” in this passage most probably mean? A. Change B. Mix C. Improve D. Spread 50. Which is Professor Wu Minsu’s opinion? A. Chinese student’s spoken English has greatly improved

B. It’s necessary for people all over the world to learn traditional Chinese culture

C. Students are very proud of taking part in the English speaking competition this year D. Students can introduce Chinese culture in English to more people all over the world

D

Miyazaki, 76, is considered to be one of the world’s greatest living animators（动画师）. His hand-drawn works are so famous that they’re called Japan’s answer to Disney movies. Last month, it was heard that he would turn his short film Boro the Caterpillar into a full-length film. It’s expected to be on in 2019, just before Tokyo hosts the 2020 Olympic games. “Miyazaki is a person who will keep making films until he dies”, Toshio Suzuki, an experienced producer told Variety magazine. In many ways, Miyazaki’s works are different from popular Disney cartoons, where “there are clear distinctions（区分）between what men and women characters can achieve and how they should look”, wrote The Atlantic. But Miyazaki’s characters, including Princess Nausicaa off the Valley of the Wind （1984） and the delivery girl Kiki in Kiki’s Delivery Service （1989）, are models who show us that women can be anything they want to be. He makes this characters seem real. Miyazaki has said that we need to look again at what was once considered usual in the 21st century. And although Miyazaki makes many wonderful unreal worlds in his movies, he often pays attention to some social problems like the danger that the Earth may meet, especially pollution. For example, Princess Mononoke （1997） shows environmentally-unfriendly villagers cutting down forests to provide fuel（燃料） for themselves. The movie ends with a big fight between humans and nature hurts the Earth. What will happen in his next or probably final work? We’ll have to wait until 2019 to find out.

51. Miyazaki comes from __________. A. Japan B. America C. China D. Australia 52. In this article, Miyazaki’s earliest work is __________. A. princess Mononoke B. Boro the Caterpillar

C. The Valley of the Wind D. Kiki’s Delivery Service 53. What can we learn from Miyazaki’s characters in Paragraph2? A. Men can achieve anything they want

B. Women can be anything they want to be

C. Men and women characters are real in Disney cartoons D. Men and women characters are popular in Disney cartoons 54. What does Miyazaki often pay attention to in his movies? A. A big fight B. Unreal worlds C. Social problems D. Real characters 55. What’s the purpose of writing this article? A. To help us know the life of Miyazaki

B. To ask us to take action to protect our environment

C. To tell us the differences between Japanese and Disney cartoons

D. To introduce Miyazaki and his works as well as to recommend his new film

五、填空（共15小题;每小题1分,满分15分）

A）根据括号中所给的汉语写出单词,使句子意思完整正确. 56. It is __________ （不礼貌的）of you to speak loudly in public.

57. Early this morning, Nancy was busy __________（挖）in the garden to plant trees. 58. Boys and girls, you must learn to spend your pocket money __________（明智地）. 59. People in the UK only greet their relatives or close friends with a __________（亲吻）. 60. Modern medicine is __________ （发展）so quickly that most eye diseases can be cured .

B）根据句子意思,用括号中所给单词的适当形式填空.

61. Sanya is a nice city at the __________ （south） end of Hainan Island

62. Before you leave the classroom, make sure that all the windows __________ （close）. 63.The college student bought some __________ （copy）of 2/st Century from a street-corner machine to improve his English skills.

64. — How amazing! AlphaGo won the game again. It’s much __________ （smart） than humans.

— It’s hard to say. After all, AlphaGo was invented by hamans.

65. Some young people are volunteering to do what they can __________ （help）pick up the litter in Mount Zijin every day.

（C）根据对话内容，从下面方框中选择适当的单词或短语填空，使对话内容完整正确。并将答案填写在答题卷标号为66-70的相应位置上。 friendly lost cut in hard work in fact

A：Hey，try this! It took me two hours to buy the cheesecake. B：Why two hours？The store is only one block away from your place.

A：I know! But the line was terribly long，and a man behind me was trying to 66 So it took me some time to \B：You hit him？

A：Please! I'm a 67 lady! I just talked to him，well，maybe a little loudly. And …I used some words that were a little strong When I was \，I 68 my place in line. So I had to wait all over again! B：It was really 69 huh？ A：It WAS! So why don't you try some？

B：Well， 70 I'm a little sick of it. It is too sweet.

六.阅读填空。（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

（A）阅读下面短文，根据所读内容，在文章后71-80小题的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。注意：每个空格只填1个单词。 ．．．．．

No matter who we are, where we are, or what we do, we cannot live without water. It is the （源泉） of all life and we need it every day. How important it is! But in truth we’re facing serious water problems. Although water covers 71 percent of Earth’s surface, only a very small amount of it can be used by us. Only about 3 percent of the world’s waters fresh water. It’s in lakes, rivers and

underground. Today, there are over 663 million people living with a dangerous water supply（供应） close to home, according to the United Nations.

According to the UN, wastewater problem make water shortages（短缺） even more serious. Moet of the wastewater from our homes, cities, industry and agriculture（农业） flows directly back to nature. Before letting it pollute the environment, the industries need to treat it first. People from different countries are trying their best to save water and reuse wastewater. Have a look and maybe you can learn from them. South Africa South Africa is one of the world’s driest countries. The Be Hero website gives some advice on how to save water in the bathroom. Turn off the water while brushing your teeth and save 1,000 liters a month. And it is better to try brushing your teeth in the shower! Australia Most Australians have a grass longer. That way the grass covers the soil and reduces

evaporative（蒸发）. Also, don’t over-water your lawn. Train it to need less water and the grass roots will grow deeper. And don’t wash your car in the street. Wash it on the lawn. Germany Collecting rainwater is an important way to save water in Germany. Most house built in the last few years have rainwater collection devices（设备）. People collect rainwater from the roof, just put a bucket under your roof when it rain.

Doing with 71 problems 72 Of water ·We cannot live without it ·We need it in our 73 life Serious water problems and ·We can 74 only a very small amount of water on the the UN’s opinions earth. ·Many people live without a 75 water supply ·The industries should treat the wastewater first to 76 it polluting the environment. 77 about how to save South Africa A website 78 people water and reuse wastewater in to brush the teeth while taking different countries the shower. Australia People had better wash their cars on the lawn 79 of in the street. Germany Rainwater is 80 from the roof to flush the toilet. B）根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词。 How nice are you? Do you offer your seat to someone in need on a bus? Do you give food and clothes to h__________ people in the street?

Many people believe that confident people think more highly of themselves, w___________ people with low self-esteem（自尊） think less of their good qualities. However, a new study says it may not be true, reported the Guardian.

The study was d__________ by Jonathan Freeman, a psychologist professor from （心理学）

the University of London, UK. He found that 98 percent of B___________. people think that they are among the nicest 50 percent of the population（人口）.

In the study, Freeman first asked some people to rate their own niceness. Then he got （评级）

people to answer questions like “Do you give directions to strangers?” and “ Have you ever

donated b___________ in the hospital before?” The results showed that people are not as nice as they think they are.

In another study, some people were s__________ pictures of themselves, Some pictures were changed a little to make them appear more attractive（有吸引力的）. When asked to pick the unchanged pictures, people usually c__________ the more attractive ones.

So, why do we think we’re nicer than we actually are?

There are many theories（理论）. to e__________. A popular one says we get confidence by telling lies to o__________ or each other unconsciously（无意识地）.

How can we solve it? Other studies show that there is a s__________ way: Compare（比较） others’ opinions towards yourself with your own and you will see a clearer picture.

七、书面表达（满分10分）

假设你是八年级的学生李明，在五四青年节那天参加了学校组织的志愿者活动。请你把参加活动的情况用英语写一封信告诉你的笔友Mike,信的内容应包括以下要点:

地点 时间 内容 南京博物馆 五月四日下午 当导游,带领游客参观不同展馆,欣赏…… 制作海报，介绍中国的历史文化 感悟和希望 帮助有需要的人 …… 注意：1.文中不得出现你的真实姓名和学校名称； 2.短文须包括所有内容要点，语言通顺，意思连贯，条理清楚，书写规范； 3.词数80左右，信的格式和开头已写好，不计入总词数。 （参考词汇：exhibition hall 展馆）

Dear Mike,

I’d like to tell you something about a volunteer activity in our school.___________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Best wishes,

Li Ming

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