华育中学2017-2018学年第一学期期中试卷八年级英语2017.11（满分150分，考试时间100分钟）Part 1 Listening (第一部分听力)I. Listening Comprehension 20%A. Listen and choose the right picture 3%1. ________2. ________3. ________4. ________5. ________6. ________B. Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to the question you hear 3.5%7. A) Shy B) Pretty C) Serious D) Active8. A) A teacher B) A TV host C) A bank clerk D) A writer9. A) 2:00 B) 2:15 C) 2:30 D) 2:4510. A) By check B) By cash C) By credit card D) By Apple Pay11. A) A TV guide B) A part-time job C) A plan D) A choice of courses12. A) The shoes are too heavy B) The ground is wetC) She doesn’t like the shoes D) It is raining outside.13. A) Some Chinese were hit by local people. B) An earthquake occurred there last night.C) Some tourists were killed in a flash flood. D) Some tourists were injured in a car accident.14. A) A good website helped Alina get some customers.B) Alina helps people by donating clothes and furniture.C) Alina borrowed money from the bank to start her business.D) Alina’s business is to give people advice on creati ng website.C. Listen to the passage and tell whether the following statements are true or false 3.5%15. Barry Haddow travels from Wales to London every day.16. The “Commuter of the Year” competition was organiz ed by an early morning TV program.17. Mr. Haddow won because his commute takes the longest time.18. He travels most of the way by train, and then by taxi.19. He doesn’t like wales, but it’s not as expensive as London.20. He won a rail holiday for himself and his family.D. Listen to the passage and complete the following sentences 10%21. William Baldock is a hero after helping his mother when she _________ __________.22. He rang for an ambulance, telephoned his father ___________ ___________, and then his grandmother.23. While waiting for people to come, William ___________ ____________ his 18-mongth-old sister.24. Steve Lyn was amazed that William knew the __________ __________ to dial.25. Mrs. Baldock was very __________ __________ both William and the ambulance service,Part 2 Phonetics, Vocabulary and Grammar（第二部分语音、词汇和语法）Ⅱ. Choose the best answer 20%26. Which of the underline parts has the different pronunciation from the others?A) business B) luckily C) assistant D) simple27. Gold is measured in ounces when bought in the international market while diamond is sold by __carat.A) a B) / C) the D) an28. Can you see the vase _______ the corner of the table and the cat _________ the corner of the room?A) on…in B)at … in C)on…at D) in…at29. Can you find the answer ________ the question_________ the newspaper?A) of…on B) of…in C) to…on D) to…in30. The car disappeared in a flash after it hit the old lady. The underlined part means________.A) immediately B) nearly C) especially D) badly31. _______the books in the school library will be donated to the Hope Project.A) Nine hundred B) Nine hundreds C) Nine hundred of D) Nine hundreds of32. US secretary Hilary Clinton said recently that she _______ soon to enjoy private life.A) retired B) would retire C) had retired D) will retire33. If a computer crashes, you will lose the file you _________unless you save it regularly.A) are working B) work C) will work D) worked34. The cause he had devoted himself to _______ a perfect success.A) proving B) proved C) was proved D) has been proved35. Fortunately, we had bought a metro map, ________ we would have lost our way home.A) what B) where C) without which D) that36. He is the only one of the employees ______ well paid in this enterprise.A) which is B) who get C) who are D) that is37, I like the way _____ he talks and laughs. _____the saying goes, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.A) in which…As B) which…As C) /…Which D) that…Like38. It was a meeting _______ importance I didn’t realize at that time.A) why B) which C) where D) whose39. – I find it fun and challenging.- It is a job ______ you are doing something serious but interesting.A) where B) which C) when D) that40. Which of the following sentence is correct?A) I think he shouldn’t give up.B) He has not decided when he would fly to Beijing.C) I asked him when he had arrived.D) Could you tell me which is the way to the hospital?41. The hotel is almost finished, but it ______ needs one or two weeks to get ready for guests.A) only B) also C) still D) even42. It is time for him to __________these foolish ideas and become serious.A) put away B) put up C) put up with D) put out43. Joint efforts have been made ________the pressure on water demand.A) relieve B) relieving C) relieved D) to relieve44. I have ___ homework to do today, and some of the English exercises are ___difficult for me.A) too much … too much B) too much… much tooC) much too … too much D) much too… much too45. People who live in a small village are bound to see a good _____ of each other.A) sum B) quantity C) deal D) amountCompany Builds W orld’s First Automobile Vending Machine (自动贩卖机) Thanks to used-car website Carvana, it is now possible to buy your own set of wheels at the touch of a button, from the world’s first and only coin-operated car vending machine in Nashville, Tennessee. It’s quick, easy, and not cheap, but cheaper than buying a car the old way.The company has been working on the concept for the past two years. Their original car vending machine was installed in Atlanta in 2013. But they’ve spent time 46 the design, in order to take user experience to the next level. “Our new Vending Machine is a state-of-the-art, multi-story structure that delivers our customers’ cars by merely inserting a special coin,” said Carvana CEO Ernie Garcia.The machine 47 a five-story glass tower that can hold up to 20 cars at a time. The tower basically serves as a pickup point for used cars that customers 48 through the website, 49 competitive pricing and eliminating delivery costs.Customers can 50 a long list of specifications, ratings, reviews, and lots of other details about the cars they’re interested in on the Carvana website. They even get virtual tours that point out every scratch on the body of the car. Once the car is chosen and paid for, the company usually delivers the car to the customer for a seven-day trial period. This usually means the delivery costs are worked into the price of the vehicle.But with the Vending Machine, customers are able to go to pick up their cars straight away. It’s a win-win 51 that allows Carvana to cut down on staff and overhead (间接费用), and save customers about $2,000 52 . According to the company, it also makes for a great buying experience –placing an oversized coin in a slot (硬币投币口) and watching their car roll down automatically.“Caravan’s mission is to 53 a better way to buy a car, and this new Vending Machine will be a one-of-a-kind experience, mirroring just how simple and easy we’ve made it to buy a car online,” Garcia said. He added the company plans to build more car vending machines in the future.Ⅳ. Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms 8%54. Is it right to say we count in ______ because we have ten figures? (ten)55. Henry was so excited when receiving the ____________guitar as a gift, for it was his favoritemusical instrument. (electricity)56. He would like to spend as much time as he can __________ideas with his parents.(change)57. The wonderful performance they put on last night was beyond Howard’s _________. (expect)58. You should be brave enough to report the __________ you see to the police. (thief)59. In fact, I found some of the students are smart but act____________. (responsibility)60. Our chemistry teacher told us that we could find ______ either in chemistry lab or in chemical factory. (chemistry)61. You’d better give a full___________ which agrees with the facts of the situation. (explain) V. Rewrite the following sentences as required 14%62. I will finish my homework in one or two hours. (对划线部分提问)_______ _______ will you finish your homework?63. The firemen stopped working when all the workers were saved. (保持句意基本不变）The firemen ________ stop working ________ all the workers were saved.64. The news report is very wonderful.（改为感叹句）_________ ________ wonderful news report it is!65. Now students rarely use abacuses to deal with math problem. (改为反意疑问句)Now students rarely use abacuses to deal with math problem, ________ ________?66. Do you know whose house this was in the 20th century? (保持句意基本不变）Do you know ________ ________ this house in the 20th century?67. She asked me if I would go to the cinema the next day. (改为简单句)She asked me ________ _______ go to the cinema the next day.68. you, than, shorter, to, used, she, that, believe, to, hard, is, it, be (连词成句)_____________________________________________________________________Translation 10%69. The computers can_______________________________________________________________________（在一瞬间精确地给出这道题的答案）70.He has finished__________________________________________(对机器人编程).Now it is___________________________________________________________(足够聪明来更好地接受人们的指令)71. The father always rides his bike to _________________________________________________________ (地铁站接他的女儿).72. My boss sometimes_________________________________________(与他的客户一边吃午饭一边讨论公事)73.The police didn’t ____________________because he ____________________________________________(警察没有把他从监狱释放因为他承认违法了)Part 3 Reading and WritingA. Choose the best answer 12%(A)Cities are taking interest in electric scooter-share systems as an affordable transportation to cut down on pollution and traffic jams. The electric scooters, which weigh between 30 and 40 pounds, reach speeds of about 15 mph.In September 2017，Santa Monica, California, became the first U.S. city tohave an electric scooter-share service. Users find and unlock one of the more than1，000 scooters with a smartphone app. A ride costs $ 1，and then 0.15 cents foreach minute of riding throughout the beach town.night to them, and places them around Santa Monica each morning ready for people’s use. The company was created by Travis VanderZanden, who once worked in Uber and Lyft, after he realized ridesharingBird’s system has served more than 50,000 riders who have taken 250,000 trips — more than half of which have been in the last month. It’s since expanded (扩张) to Venice, California, and some neighborhoods in Los Angeles and San Diego. Bird plans to expand to lots of markets by the end of 2018.Competitors， backed by millionaires， are appearing. Two bike-share startups Lime Bike and Spin, have spoken of plans to provide electric scooters in cities this year.Electric scooters have also gotten the attention of Mayor Pete Buttigieg from South Bend，Indiana. The city is interested in using them as a way to improve public transportation. South Bend was one of the first to use bike-share systems, which allow people to park ridesharing bikes on public land. “We love to be early pioneers，” said Buttigieg. “If we work out the safety problem, we w ould be open to welcoming the technology.”“We need to make sure these new transportation systems are lawful and safe for users，”Constance Farrell，a spokeswoman for the city of Santa Monica told CNN. “We would like to see electric scooters continue to operate in the city. They are in line with our goal of multi-modal living and carbon-light living. ” According to Farrell，there have been eight accidents, including one with a serious head injury， in Santa Monica after the scooters rolled out. Users are required to have a driver’s license (驾照），should not ride on sidewalks or have other passengers on board.Bird has given out free helmets to some riders and tells its users to ride in bike lanes, but some users ride on sidewalks, and most U.S. streets don’t have bike lanes.“The global community of cities is going to have to work this all out for scooters，”Buttigieg said. “They can move unbelievably quickly. That’s exciting，and a little dangerous. ”74. Why did Travis create Bird Company?A. Because he received support from millionaires and the government.B. Because many cities had electric scooter-share services.C. Because it is lawful and safe to use electric scooters.D. Because cities need better ridesharing services.75. The words “are in line with” in Paragraph 6 probably mean “”.A. stopB. meet the need ofC. changeD. are ahead of76. What can we learn from the passage?A. Future electric scooters will be very slow and sale.B. Electric scooters will cause fewer accidents than cars.C. More cities will try to help with electric scooters service.D. Future traffic problems will be solved with help of electric scooters.(B)Diet Coke, diet Pepsi, diet pills, no-fat diet, vegetable diet… We are surrounded by the word “diet” everywhere we look and listen. We have so easily been attracted by the promise and potential of diet products that we have stopped thinking about what diet products are doing to us. We are paying for products that harm us psychologically and physically.Diet products weaken us psychologically. On one level, we are not allowing our brain to admit that our weight problems lie not in actually losing the weight, but in controlling the consumption of fatty, high-calorie, unhealthy foods. Diet products allow us to jump over the thinking stage and go straight for the counter instead. All we have to do is to swallow or recognize the word “diet”in food brands.On another level, diet products have greater psychological effects. Every time we have a zero-calorie drink, we are telling ourselves without our awareness that we don’t have to work to get results. Diet products make people believe that gain comes without pain, and that life can be without resistance and struggle.The danger of diet products lies not only in the psychological effects they have on us, but also in the physical harm that they cause. Diet foods can indirectly harm our bodies because consuming them instead of healthy foods means we are preventing our bodies from having basic nutrients(营养成分). Diet foods and diet pills contain zero calorie only because the diet industry has created chemicals to produce these wonder products. Diet products may not be nutritional, and the chemical that go into diet products are potentially dangerous.Now that we are aware of the effects that diet products have on us, it is time to seriously think about buying them. Losing weight lies in the power of minds, not in the power of chemicals. Once we realize this, we will be much better able to resist diet products, and therefore prevent the psychological harm that comes from using them.77. From Paragraph 1, we can learn that __________A. diet products can bring out people’s potentialB.people have difficulty in choosing diet productsC. diet products are misleading peopleD. people are fed up with diet products78. The purpose of writing this passage is _________.A. to warn people of the side effect of diet productsB. tell people how to lose weightC. to advise people to eat diet productsD. to introduce some diet products79. Which of the following shows the structure（结构） of the passage?CP: Central Point P: Point SP: Sub-point(次要点) C: ConclusionB. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage 12%When we think of green buildings, we tend to think of new ones----the kind of modern, solar-paneled masterpieces that make the covers of architecture magazines．But the US has more than 100 million existing homes, and it would be incredibly wasteful to tear them all down and replace them with greener versions．An enormous amount of energy and resources went into the construction of those houses．And it would take an average of 65 years for the 80 carbon emissions(排放) from a new energy-efficient (节能) home to make up for the 81 lost by destroying an old one．So in the broadest sense, the greenest home is the one that has already been built．But at the same time, nearly half of US carbon emissions come from heating, cooling and powering our homes, offices and other buildings．"You can't deal with climate 82 without dealing with existing buildings,"says Richard Moe, the president of the National Trust．With some exceptions, the oldest homes tend to be the least energy-efficient．Houses built before 1939 use about 50% more energy per square foot than those built after 2000, mainly due to the tiny cracks and gaps that expand over time and let in more outside air.83 , there are a vast number of relatively simple changes that can green older homes, from 84 ones like Lincoln's Cottage to your own postwar home．And efficiency upgrades (升级) can save more than just the earth; they can help protect property owners from rising power 85 .80. A. reduced B. increased C. used D. destroyed81. A. magazines B. trees C. materials D. resources82. A. improvement B. appearance C. stability D. change83. A. Oppositely B. Unfortunately C. Fortunately D. Frankly84. A. historic B. worthless C. ordinary D. meaningless85. A. prices B. costs C. businesses D. bargainsC. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words 16%Hailing from Sweden, “plogging” is a fitness craze that sees participants pick up plastic litter while jogging—adding a virtuous, environmentally driven element to the sport. Plogging appears to have started around 2016, but is now going （86）a , due to increasing awareness and fear over plastic levels in the ocean.The appeal of plogging is its simplicity —all you need is running gear and a bin bag, and the feeling of getting fit while supporting a good cause. By adding regular squats (蹲) to pick up junk and carrying （87）w to jogging, we can assume the health benefits are increased.Running and good causes have always gone hand in hand —just think of all the fundraising marathon runners do. But there couldn’t be a more on-trend way of keeping fit than plogging.Anything that’s getting people out in nature and connecting positively with their environment is a good thing, says Lizzie Carr, an environmentalist who helped set up Plastic Patrol, a nationwide campaign to rid our inland waterways of plastic pollution. “There’s been a real shift in the public mindset around plastics, helped by things like Blue Planet highlighting how disastrous the crisis is,” she says.We need to keep momentum high and the pressure up, and empower people through initiatives like plogging and Plastic Patrol.The Plastic Patrol app （88）a users to map plastic anywhere in the world by collecting discarded items, photographing them and uploading to the app, giving us a better knowledge of what sorts of plastic and which brands are being thrown out. “I’d urge all ploggers to get involved,” adds Carr.Plogging isn’t the first fitness trend to combine running wi th a good cause. Here are some of our （89）f :Good GymIts idea is （90）s : go for a run, visit an elderly person, have a chat and some tea, and run back.（91）L among the elderly is a growing problem in the UK. With over 10,000 runs so far, however, Good Gym is finding a solution.Guide RunningGuide runners （92）v their time to helping blind people get active. By linking themselves together, the visually impaired individual can feel （93）s while both work up a sweat.Cycling for the HomelessStart-up Stuart Delivery and the Church Housing Trust collaborated last year in bringing clothing and healthy food to the homeless. Deliveries are mostly made by bike, so those who deliver keep fit while helping rough sleepers.D. Answer the questions 10%Everybody likes to laugh sometimes, whether at a funny joke, an amusing incident or a hilarious(非常滑稽的) photograph or sound. Comedians who parody(滑稽地模仿) well known people always tickle my funny bone!（令人发笑） The great thing is that once we've had a good laugh, we feel happier. It would seem therefore, that bringing a bit of humor into more serious situations might be good for us.Places like a humorless office or a tense classroom could sometimes do with a good dose of laughter. I know that in my workplace; a bit of hilarity（欢乐，欢闹） can go a long way towards making it a more enjoyable place to spend eight or so hours a day. Seeing the funny side of things can certainly lift our spirits and that in turn can make us feel better about what we're doing.Maybe we should get inspiration（灵感） from Steve Carlisle, president of General Motors of Canada. When he walks around the firm's Ontario headquarters he shares his sense of humor to bond（亲近，团结） with his staff. He says "It can help people feel more relaxed, more comfortable and thus be more effective at what they do." Humour can be used by teachers in the classroom too. It's a good way to break the ice（打破沉默） with students and create a more relaxed atmosphere which is good for learning, as long as everyone doesn't spend all their time in hysterics!（狂笑）But we have to be careful; not everyone laughs at the same things. While some of us may admire a work colleague or fellow student for their clever and well-told joke, others may consider them sarcastic,（讽刺的，挖苦的）offensive（讨厌的） or just an idiot! According to Professor Schweitzer, from the University of Philadelphia's Wharton School, a worker or boss who successfully uses humor is seen as both confident and competent（有能力的）, which in turn increases his or her status? He says "Being funny is taking a risk, and being risky shows confidence." His study 'Risky Business: When Humour Increases and Decreases Status' also found that someone who tells inappropriate（不合适的）jokes is also seen as confident but they're also regarded as incompetent.So telling the right jokes in the office or classroom can spread some happiness but if you still think working and studying is no laughing matter（严肃的事情）, take note of a study published in The Journal of Behavioral and Applied Management in 2006, that found for healthcare workers, emotional exhaustion was significantly lower among those who experienced greater levels of fun at work. And other research has discovered that teams who share more jokes gave more supportive and constructive statements to each other – and that's no joke!94. How does Steve Carlisle, president of General Motors of Canada, try to get along with his employees?95. According to Professor Schweitzer, from the University of Philadelphia's Wharton School, how doesa worker have to use humor if he or she is to appear confident and competent?96. True or false: A study found health workers got greater levels of emotional exhaustion when they had fun at work.97. Which word used in the article means ' respect and approve of someone or their behavior'?98. How competent is someone seen as when they tell inappropriate jokes?VII. Writing 20%99.Writing a passage with at least 100 words on the topic “The Most Difficult Moment in My Life”.生活中困难在所难免，每个人或多或少都经历过一些困难的时刻。