江苏省镇江市句容市2017-2018学年八年级英语上学期期中试题 和答案

（ ）47. Who found the airline tickets and jewelry?

A. A mother. B. A taxi driver. C. A student. D. A businessman.

（ ）48. Which of the following is true? A. All the honest men got a reward.

B. The taxi driver got $1,000 as a reward（奖金）. C. The businessman lost $750,000.

D. The student found the owner with his teacher’s help.

B

Nowadays, we can see different kinds of cars on the road. My grandfather thinks this is because cars are like their drivers. He says, “Rich people have expensive cars, big people have large cars, and old people drive old cars.” But I don’t agree with him.

My neighbor, Mrs. Hill, is 82 years old. She drives only on Tuesday, and then she drives only to the bank. She never drives more than 30 kilometers an hour. Do you think Mrs. Hill has a very old and small car? No! Her car is new. It’s very large, and it can go 200 kilometers an hour! My friend Mike is an artist. He paints beautiful pictures with lots of colors. But his car is black. Mrs. Bates has a very, very old car. It often has some trouble. Does she drive that kind of car because she is poor? No, she has four restaurants and two million dollars in the bank. My uncle Joe has a very small car. Every Sunday, he drives to the country with his wife, his three children, his mother and his dog. Now, you have read about my friends and their cars. Do you agree with my grandfather? Maybe you have a car. Does it say something about you? （ ）49.Who drives the black car? A. Mrs. Hill B. Mrs. Bates C. Mike D. Uncle Joe （ ）50. Though Uncle Joe has a very small car, __________. A. he has no children B. he has few members in his family C. he has two dogs D. he has a large family （ ）51. The writer thinks ___________.

A. his grandfather’s idea about cars is right

B. cars are often the same as their drivers in many ways C. a car doesn’t say anything about its owner D. artists shouldn’t drive black cars

C

Have you ever lost your direction? Then you might find satellite navigation (satnav) systems (卫星定位系统) helpful.

A satnav system uses groups of satellites. They send information to a receiver, such as your smartphone, bluetooth and so on. Then they can find where you are.

The earliest satnav system is the Global Positioning System (GPS) of the United States. The US has put 24 satellites into space to make sure GPS can locate (定位) a person correctly and globally. Likewise, Russia’s GLONASS and European Union’s Galileo can also work globally.

But China is catching up, building its own BeiDou Navigation Satellite System. BeiDou is China’s homegrown satnav system, reported Xinhua. It was set up in 2000, when China sent BeiDou’s first navigation experiment satellite into space. With it, China became the third country to build a satnav system after the US and Russia.

BeiDou can find you wherever you are. It helps you go faster by finding

shortcuts (捷径) and using correct directions. When you are in trouble and call the police, they will know exactly where you are if you have a cellphone that uses BeiDou.

Today, there are more than 20 BeiDou satellites above our heads. And the system is able to offer open services to the Asia-Pacific region (亚太地区).

In November, China plans to send more BeiDou-3 satellites into space. BeiDou-3’s position accuracy (准确度) is less than five meters, Ran Chengqi, a senior designer of the satellite navigation system, told China Daily.

By 2020, BeiDou is planned to have 35 satellites and begin serving globally, reported Xinhua.

（ ）52. Which is the earliest satnav system?

A. GLONASS B. GPS C. Galileo D. BeiDou ( ) 53. When was our own BeiDou Navigation Satellite System set up?

A. 2000 B. 2010 C. 2017 D.2020

（ ）54. What could be the meaning of the underlined word “receiver” in Chinese?

A. 发射器 B. 接收器 C.电子邮箱 D.屏蔽系统 ( ) 55.Where can you read this article?

A.In a story book B.In a science newspaper C. In a fashion magazine D.On an advertisement

五、词汇运用(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)

A)根据句意，用括号中所给单词的正确形式填空,每空一词。

56. Yesterday we went for a trip and enjoyed ___________(we). 57. He is very ___________(humor) because he often tells jokes. 58. The holiday is coming. Tom keeps ___________ (plan) a day out with his family. 59. _________(luck), I didn’t hurt myself after falling off the bike. 60. - Whose shoes are these? - They are those ___________(climb). 61. She was sick and had some pills, but she felt even___________(bad). 62. Jack always does his homework ___________(careful) so he didn’t pass this exam B)根据句意、音标或汉语提示，写出各单词的正确形式，每空一词。

63. Thanks for your help, Tom. Without your ___________(支持), we cannot win the game.

64. Tom is crazy about ___________[?'tend] the course in DIY.

65. The children’s ___________(微笑的) eyes make me happy all the time. 66. We can read ___________(每日的)news to know more about the world. 67. Could you help me ___________ (修理) my watch for me?

68. They would like to play games ___________(而不是) of doing homework. 69. Please read the passage as quickly as ___________. (可能的)

70. Follow the signs, and you can find the library ___________. (容易地)

六、根据要求完成句子（共10空；每空0.5分，满分5分）

71. Lily is taller than any other girl in her classroom.(同义句转换) Lily is taller than ___________ ___________ girls in her classroom. 72. Learning foreign languages is fun. (同义句转换) It is fun ___________ ___________ foreign languages. 73.The bridge is about 90 feet wide.(对划线部分提问) ___________ ___________ is the bridge?

74. This book is not as interesting as that one.(同义句转换) That book is ___________ ___________ than this one.

75. Our school is full of flowers in spring.(同义句转换) We___________ our school ___________ flowers in spring.

七、短文填空（共10空；每空1分，满分10分）

Sara soon made new friends in the school. Some little rich girls are not very nice children. They think they are important b 76 they have money and lots of expensive things. But Sara was different. She liked beautiful dresses and dolls, but she was more i 77 in people, and books, and telling stories.

She was very good at telling stories. She was a clever child, and the o 78 girls loved to listen to her. The stories were all about kings and queens and princesses and wonderful countries across the sea.

\do you think of all those things?\a 79 her best friend, Eremengarde.

\tell stories about them.\

Poor Ermengarde was not clever. She often f 80 to remember any of her school lessons, and Miss Minchin was always angry with her.

Sara often helped Ermengarde with her lessons, \Ermie,\she said. \remember that French king, Louis the sixteenth? Well, this is a story about him. One day in 1792....\

Eremengarde could learn her lessons a 81 listening to Sara's stories, so she loved her friend very much. But not e 82 was Sara's friend. Lavinia was an older girl. Before Sara came, Lavinia was the r 83 and the most important girl in the school. But Sara's father was richer than Lavinia's father. So now Sara was more important than Lavinia, and Lavinia did not like that. \Latin! She can sing so w 84 ! And she is so rich! Of course Miss Minchin likes her best!\Sara did not answer when Lavinia said these things. Sometimes, it was not e 85 not to say bad words about others, but Sara was a kind, friendly girl, and she did not like to be angry with anyone.

八、任务型阅读(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)

A

These years, a few big changes to city life in China have drawn the world’s attention (注意力). Among them, four stand out. They are known as “China’s four great modern inventions(发明)” among internet users. They are high-speed trains, bike sharing (共享单车), cashless payment (无现金支付) and online shopping. Online shopping

China has many big online shopping platforms (平台), such as Taobao, Tmall and JD.com. They have made online shopping a lifestyle choice for many people in China. Not only Chinese but also foreign customers (顾客) are interested in China’s internet shopping. High-speed train

On Sept 21, China’s new high-speed train Fuxing made its first run from Beijing to Shanghai. It ran at a speed of 350 km/h. This makes it the fastest train in the world.

Actually the high-speed train is now China’s new name card overseas (在海外). China has the world’s longest high-speed railway network (铁路网) of more than

22,000 km. Chinese companies also build high-speed railways in Europe, Southeast Asia and South America. Cashless payment

In China, now you don’t need cash or bankcard(银行卡) to buy things. You could just pay with your cellphone. All you need to do is scan (扫描) a store’s quick respond code (QR，二维码 ). Even a pancake seller on the roadside has a QR code for WeChat Pay or Alipay. Bike sharing

Bike sharing is not a new idea. But China has given it a whole new meaning. Users unlock (解锁) bikes by using a mobile . They don’t need to find a station to leave the bikes. This makes bike sharing much easier. Now the Chinese bike-sharing companies Mobike and Ofo are going to other countries, including Singapore, Russia, the UK and the US.

根据短文内容，完成表格，每空一词。

Big ideaschanging China

Four great 86 inventions Online shopping High-speed train Cashless payment Bike sharing details ·Many big online shopping platforms · 87 Chinese and foreign customers are interested in China’s internet shopping. ·Fu xing is the fastest train in the world. ·China’s longest highway network is 88 22,000km. ·You 89 use cash or bankcard to buy things. ·Users unlock bikes by using a mobile. ·They can leave the bikes 90 ·This kind of bikes will be used in other countries. B Two pandas, Xing Ya and Wu Wen, left China for the Netherlands (荷兰). The Ouwehands Zoo built “Pandasia” for the two. Pandasia is a big panda home. It looks like an old Chinese palace (宫殿).

There is a Chinese restaurant in the main building. It’s on the second and third floors. You can order (点餐) Chinese noodles and dishes from the front of the restaurant. There is bamboo in the corners on the walls. On the tables there are the Chinese characters for “panda”, xiongmao. Where is the souvenir shop?

The souvenir (纪念品) shop is just across from the restaurant. It sells all kinds of souvenirs about pandas. There are stuffed (填充的) panda toys. There are T-shirts with pandas on them. Also, some hats look like panda heads. It’s the last stop for visitors in Pandasia. Where is the playground?

The field around the buildings is the playground for Xing Ya and Wu Wen. Visitors go through the park gate and turn left. Then there is the playground. It covers over 2,000 square meters (平方米). There are hills and caves. Next to them are big stones and wooden ladders. Where are the bedrooms?

Pandas spend almost half the day sleeping. So the bedroom is an important place for them. Xing Ya and Wu Wen have their own bedrooms. They are on the first floor