沪教版2019-2020学年八年级上学期期末考试英语试题A卷

沪教版2019-2020学年八年级上学期期末考试英语试题A卷

一、 完形填空。 (共1题；共10分)

1. （10分）完形填空

On a cold November afternoon, my mother and I were walking back home from a pizza store. We had bought many things. I was feeling a little 1as I was carrying our shopping bag, so I decided to throw something away. I noticed a poor man walking out of the restaurant in front of us2I was walking towards a dustbin(垃圾箱). He headed over to the nearby dustbin and started looking through it.

I suddenly felt very3because I was about to throw away a new drink just because it was too heavy. I walked up to him and handed the 4and some bread over to him. The man looked up5 and took what I gave him. A huge smile6on his face. I felt I couldn't be happier with7. But then he said, \son's lucky day!\

With that, he8me happily and started off on his bike. I9heard him singing as he rode away. I got a warm10inside. I now understand what it means by the saying \

（1）

A . worried B . interested C . surprised D . tired （2）

A . so B . while C . and D . but （3）

A . nervous B . happy C . sorry D . proud （4）

A . money B . toys

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C . drink D . clothes （5）

A . in silence B . in surprise C . in anger D . in excitement （6）

A . turned B . appeared C . went D . ran （7）

A . myself B . ourselves C . yourself D . himself （8）

A . helped B . thanked C . returned D . hurt （9）

A . still B . once C . even D . ever （10）

A . idea

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B . welcome C . word D . feeling

二、 阅读理解。 (共4题；共36分)

2. （10分）根据材料内容，选择正确答案。

A few minutes ago, walking back from lunch, I started to cross the street when I heard the sound of a coin dropping. As I turned, my eyes caught the heads of several other people turning, too. The sound of a coin dropping on the ground is an attention-getter. Whatever the coin is, no one ignores(忽视) the sound of it. It got me thinking about sounds again.

We are circled by so many sounds that attract the most attention. People in New York City seldom turn to look when a police car comes ringing along the street.

When I'm in New York, I'm a New Yorker. I don't turn either.

At home in my little town in Connecticut(康涅狄格州), it's different. The distant ringing of a police car brings me to my feet if I'm in bed.

It's the quietest sounds that the most effect on us, not the loudest. In the middle of the night, I can hear a dripping tap a hundred yards away though three closed doors. How come I never hear the sounds in the daytime?

I'm quite clear in my mind what the good sounds are and what the bad sounds are.

I've turned against whistling(吹口哨), for instance. I used to think of it as the mark of a happy worker. But lately, I've been connecting the whistler with a nervous person making noise.

The tapping(轻敲) of my typewriter as the keys hit the paper is a lovely sound tome. I often like the sound of what l write better than the looks of it. But whatever sounds there will be, and whether we love them or not, we can't break away from them in our life.

（1）The sound of a coin dropping makes people . A . think of getting rich B . look at each other C . pay attention to it D . stop crossing the street （2）People in New York .

A . don't pay attention to the ringing of a police Car B . sleep early at night C . are attracted by sounds

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D . don't hear loud noises

（3）The writer doesn't like whistling because . A . he is tired of it B . he used to be happier

C . it lets him think of a nervous man making noises D . he doesn't like workers （4）The writer . A . sleeps next to the window

B . comes from a small town in Connecticut C . is interested in the ringing of a police car D . 1ikes to try find dropped coins

（5）How does the writer feel about sounds in general? A . They make him feel at home. B . He thinks they should be ignored. C . He doesn't like any sound.

D . He believes they are part of our life.

3. （10分） A new supermarket put on a notice inside the entrance. It said, “Remember, once a week, one of our customers(顾客) gets free goods(things that cost nothing). This may be your lucky day!” All the housewives who went to the supermarket had one great hope: to be the lucky customer who didn't have to pay for her shopping.

For several weeks Mrs. Blake hoped to be the lucky customer. Unlike many other customers, she never gave up hope. The cupboards in her kitchen were full of things she did not need. She dreamed of the day, when the manager of the supermarket would come and say to her, “Madam, this is your lucky day and everything in your basket is free.”

One Friday morning, after she finished her shopping and had taken all the things to her car, she found that she had forgotten to buy tea. She went to the supermarket, got the tea and went towards the check-out. As she did so, she saw the manager of the supermarket come to her. \e our lucky customer and everything in your basket is free!”

（1）From the notice in the new supermarket, we know that . A . customers could buy things at lower prices once a week B . the customer who bought the least goods didn't have to pay C . just one customer could get free goods once a week

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