上海新世纪版2019-2020学年八年级上学期英语期中考考试试卷（II ）卷一、完形填空 (共1题；共1分)1. （1分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

Tony was a 15-year-old boy living with his little sister, Jane. Their parents had passed away long ago. Tony 1 Jane by himself.One day, Tony woke up at 3 in the morning as usual. When Jane was 2 alone, Tony left their little house m deliver(递送) the newspaper. As he did so, he found something unusual. One3 was sitting in front of his house. Tony was so 4that he stopped to look at him closely. It was a very 5 morning and he looked very old.The poor old man didn't have anything to cover himself with. Tony went into his house to get the old man a blanket (毯子), 6there were no extra blankets. Tony thought bard and took his father's 7. It was the only thing of his father's that he had left. Tony wrote a short 8 . "Sir, I routed you sleeping in front of my house. This is 9 father's coat. I hope it fits you well " He put the note in a pocket of the coat, and covered the old man with the coat. Then he went to work. When he 10three hours later, both the man and the coat were gone. Tony thought that it was the 11 thing he could have done with his father's coat.That afternoon, Tony hurried home after school because Jane was12alone. However, Jane and the old man were standing in front of the house, and Jane shouted to Tony, "Brother! He's our 13!"The grandfather smiled and said, "Tony. I have been looking for you all around the country for eight years. I'm not 14. But I can take care of you two. Thank you for giving me the coat and letting me know what a 15 person my grandson is. This coat was the very one that I gave my own son, a long time ago."（1）A . looked forB . waited forC . looked afterD . worried about（2）A . singingB . sleepingC . eatingD . reading（3）A . old manB . little girlC . little boyD . old woman （4）A . angryB . boredC . excitedD . surprised （5）A . windyB . icyC . rainyD . sunny（6）A . thenB . soC . andD . but（7）A . blanketB . coatC . shirtD . sweater （8）A . diaryB . poemC . noteD . story（9）A . hisB . myC . herD . your（10）A . came backB . got to schoolC . got to workD . left home （11）A . biggestB . funniestC . bestD . craziest（12）A . in the hospitalB . in the shopC . at schoolD . at home（13）A . fatherB . uncleC . brotherD . grandfather （14）A . richB . poorC . oldD . busy（15）A . cleverB . braveC . kindD . serious二、阅读理解 (共4题；共30分)2. （6分）One morning, a blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet .He helda sign which said,“I am blind. Please help me.”There were only a few coins（硬币） in the hat. A man was walking by. He took out a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat .He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words on it. He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by could see the new words.Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see how th ings were. The boy recognized his footsteps and ask,“Are you the one who changed my sign in the morning? What did you write?”The man said,“I only wrote the truth. I said what you said, but in a different way.”What he had written was,“Today is a beautiful day, but I can’t see it.”Do you think the first sign and the second sign were saying the same thing?Of course both signs told people the boy was blind. But the first sign simply told people to help by putting some money in the hat. The second sign told people that they were able to enjoy the beauty of the day, but the boy could not enjoy it because he was blind.The first sign simply said the boy was blind, while the second sign told people they were so lucky that they were not blind.There are at least two lessons we can learn from this simple story.The first is: Treasure(珍惜)what you have. Someone else has less. Try your best to help those who need your help.The second is: Be creative. Think differently. There is always a better way.（1）From the passage we know that______.A . the boy is the man’s son.B . the man is one of his neighbors.C . the boy is blind and needs help.D . the boy works for the man.（2）On the sign what the man wrote was,“_______.”A . Treasure what we have already had.B . Today is a beautiful day, but I can’t see it.C . We are so lucky that we are not blind.D . Try your best to help those who need your help.（3）According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?A . The hat began to fill up after the man wrote some words on the sign.B . The man took away all the few coins from the hat.C . The boy wanted to get enough money to go to school.D . Nobody wanted to give any coins to the blind boy.（4）The word“recognized”here in Chinese means______.A . 承认B . 接受C . 表扬D . 认出（5）“____”is the best title for this story.A . Be careful.B . Be creative. There is always a better way!C . Be kind to the blind!D . Do not always get, but offer!3. （8分）根据短文内容，选择正确答案。