上海新世纪版2019-2020学年八年级上学期英语开学考试试卷A卷姓名:________ 班级:________ 成绩:________一、完形填空（本题共15小题，共计15分） (共1题；共15分)1. （15分）阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项Once there was a king who offered a prize to the artist who would paint the best picture of peace. Many artists 1 .The king looked at all pictures. But there were only two he really liked, and he had to choose2them.One picture was of a3lake. The lake was like a perfect mirror with peaceful high mountains all around it. Overhead was a blue sky with white soft clouds. All people who saw this picture4it was a perfect picture of peace.The other picture had5too. But these were rugged(崎岖的)and bare(光秃秃的). Above was an angry sky, from which rain fell and in which lightning played. Down the side of the mountain was a waterfall. This did not look peaceful6. But when the king looked closely, he saw behind the waterfall, there was a bush(灌木)7 in the crack(裂缝)of the rock. In the bush a mother bird had built her nest. She sat on her nest, watching the running water.After the king compared the two pictures8, he chose the second picture9explained, "Peace does not mean being in a place where there is no noise, trouble or hard work. Peace means when facing unhappy situations, you can still be calm in your10. That is the real meaning of peace."（1）A . arguedB . invitedC . tried（2）A . betweenB . exceptC . within（3）A . calmB . roundC . small（4）A . announcedB . thoughtC . doubted（5）A . lakesB . cloudsC . mountains（6）A . at allB . at lastC . at once（7）A . lyingB . growingC . dying（8）A . activelyB . carefullyC . angrily（9）A . soB . butC . and（10）A . voiceB . worldC . heart二、阅读理解（共计40分） (共4题；共40分)2. （10分）阅读理解Colorful fruit and vegetables are good for our health. Their colors help us keep healthy. Close your eyes and think about the colors of fruit and vegetables：the red of tomatoes, the orange of carrots,the green of cabbages and the purple of grapes.You can enjoy eating fruit and vegetables of all colors：green, yellow, orange, blue, purple and white. Each color is unique(独一无二的) and important to our health. These colors work together to protect our health.The list below shows the good of some colors in fruit and vegetables：Green helps prevent cancer（防癌）. It is good for our eyes, too. It also gives strong bones(骨骼) and teeth.Red gives us a healthy heart.Yellow gives us a healthy immune system（免疫系统）. It is also good for our eyes.White can keep cholesterol（胆固醇）at a low level.Blue and purple helps us keep a good memory.So when you are buying or eating fruit and vegetables, remember：try different colors of fruit and vegetables.（1） can give us healthy hearts.A . BlueB . GreenC . RedD . Yellow（2） are good for our eyes.A . Green and purpleB . Red and yellowC . White and blueD . Green and yellow（3）Mike is 4 years old. His mother should make him eat to grow strong bones and teeth.A . orangesB . carrotsC . cabbagesD . tomatoes（4）The underlined word "protect" means " " in Chinese.A . 保护B . 损坏C . 阻止D . 激励（5）Which is the best title for the passage?A . How to keep healthyB . How to eat vegetablesC . Colorful fruit and vegetablesD . Different colors3. （10分）阅读理解Welcome to our bookstore!War and Peace- -By Leo TolstoyIt is one of Tolstoy's finest achievements. After you readit, you can have a better understanding of Russian peopleand their lives.Price: 68 yuan (If you buy it on New Year's Day, you canjust pay half.)Notre-Dame de Paris- -By Victor HugoThe love story between the beautiful woman and theterrible-looking man touches people's hearts. Hugoteaches people to love beauty and truth.Price: 36 yuan (If you buy it on our website, you can onlypay 30 yuan.)The Red and the Black- -By StendhalIt describes the fight between a man and the society andit gives a full picture of the French society.Price: 36 yuan (If you buy two copies, you can get abeautiful cup for free.)Oliver Twist- By Charles Dickens It is about how an orphan(孤儿) works hard to achieve his success. Inspired (受启迪) by it, Disney made the film Oliver & Company in 1988.Price: 19 yuan (Every Monday, it's on sale for 12 yuan.)（1）___ can give us a better understanding of Russian people.A . The Red and the BlackB . Oliver TwistC . War and PeaceD . Notre Dame de Paris（2）We can buy Notre Dame de Paris at a lower price if we______.A . buy it on New Year's DayB . buy it on the websiteC . buy two copies at a timeD . buy it in the bookstore on Monday（3）Jim can get ______ for free if he buys two copies of The Red and the Black.A . a cupB . a CDC . a hatD . a pen（4）Jim will pay ______if he buys two Notre Dame de Paris on the Internet and one Oliver Twist on Monday.A . 91 yuanB . 72 yuanC . 84 yuanD . 74 yuan（5）What is Oliver Twist about?A . A war.B . A love story.C . The French society.D . An orphan's success.4. （10分）阅读理解Susan has a big and happy family. Alan and Linda are her grandparents. They are old but very kind. They like reading at home, and sometimes they take a walk in a park. Susan's father Peter is a teacher. He teaches in a middle school. He likes playing sports, such as volleyball, basketball and tennis. He doesn't like taking a walk in the park. That isn't interesting, he thinks. Susan's mother Jasmine is a beautiful lady. She goes to work from Monday to Friday. She is a policewoman. Peter has a brother. His name is John. He and his wife live(生活) in the big family, too. They have a daughter called Joanna. She and Susan are in the same school. She has many school things. She puts them in the right places. So her room is always tidy.（1）How many people are mentioned(提到的)?A . 6.B . 7.C . 8.D . We don't know.（2）Who doesn't like taking a walk in a park?A . Susan's grandparents.B . Susan's father.C . Susan's uncle.D . Susan.（3）Joanna is Susan's ________.A . auntB . MotherC . grandmotherD . cousin（4）What does "right" mean here in Chinese?A . 好的B . 合适的C . 漂亮的D . 整洁的（5）Which is NOT true?A . Susan's grandparents like playing sports.B . Susan and Joanna go to the same school.C . Peter is Susan's father.D . Jasmine is a policewoman.5. （10分）阅读理解One of the things to be learnt in a foreign language is guessing all the time what kind of thing to come when listening to someone talking. People do this all the time in their own language, so it is necessary to do this in a foreign language, too. Here are some examples.⒈"What's the matter? I went to a party last night, so I…"⒉"I feel so tired these days." "I think you'd better…"⒊"Of course, she never stops talking. She is one of the most…"You can see from the above three examples that the context(上下文) helps a lot in understanding what is being talked about. So "guessing" is very important in understanding English, especially spoken English.（1）This passage tells us mainly about .A . the importance of "guessing" in learning a foreign languageB . how to guess what one is going to talk aboutC . some examples of right guessingD . how important it is to guess all the time（2）From the context, we can see maybe the finished answer in Example 1 is .A . "… so I didn't have a good time."B . "… so I went to bed very late."C . "… so I felt unhappy."D . "… so I got up very early."（3）Maybe the finished answer in Example 3 is .A . "… she is one of the most famous film stars."B . "… she is one of the most beautiful women."C . "… she is one of the most famous speakers."D . "… she is one of the most talkative women."三、词汇运用（共计15分） (共2题；共15分)6. （5分）阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的单词填空 (每词限用一次)。