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8A期中考试 （满分：100分） Part One: Listening (共19分) Ⅰ. Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to the question you hear（根据你听到的对话和问题，选出最恰当的答案）4分 1. A. At about 3:00. B. At about 5:00. C. At about 7:00. D. At about 9:00. 2. A. A museum. B. A street. C. A supermarket. D. A bank. 3. A. A teacher and a student. B. A mother and a son. C. A doctor and a patient. D. A boss and a secretary. 4. A. He went skiing. B. He went skating. C. He went swimming. D. He went sightseeing. Ⅱ. Listen to the passage and tell whether the following statements are true or false（（判断下列句子是否符合你听到的短文内容，符合的用“T”表示，不符合的用“F”表示）5分 1. In a bookshop, the assistant will come up to you and say, “Can I help you?” 2. If you can’t find out a book you want, the assistant will help you. 3. In fact, the assistant in the bookshop doesn’t want to sell any books at all. 4. The books was so expensive that the student couldn’t but it. 5. The student had to go to the bookshop to read the book every day. Ⅲ. Listen to the passage and fill in the blanks to complete the sentences（听短文，用听到的单词完成下列内容。每空格限填一词）10分 Jane’s blog About Me Age: 14 Nationality: (1) ________ Hometown: the United States of America Birthday month: (2) ________ Family: mother, father and two younger brothers Location of my town: (3) ________ ________ away from Newcastle Hobbies: shopping, painting and watching movies An entry from Jane’s blog I love to read, and my favourite subject is history. I also love to paint and am a member of the art club at school. It takes place during (4) ________ ________. After school, I have (5) ________ ________ twice a week. I have played for five years on my school team, and I am now the (6) ________! My football team does quite well, but my school is famous in the area for (7) ________. Part Two: Phonetics, Grammar and Vocabulary (共33分) Ⅰ. Choose the best answer（选择最恰当的答案）12分 1. I love the country, especially in spring. Which is correct for the underlined part? A. /ɪ/ B. /e/ C. /i:/ D. /ɜ:/ 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：我热爱这个国家，尤其是在春天。 especially发音为/ɪˈspeʃəli/，划线字母e的发音是/ɪ/，结合选项，应选A。 2. accountant over there works in university. A. An...a B. An...an C. The...a D. The...an 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：那里的那个会计在一所大学里工作。 考查冠词。A. An...a不定冠词，不定冠词；B. An...an不定冠词，不定冠词；C. The...a定冠词，不定冠词；D. The...an定冠词，不定冠词。第一空修饰的名词accountant是特指“在那儿”的那一个，应该用定冠词，所以排除AB；第二空泛指一个大学，用不定冠词，又其后名词university是以辅音音素/ju:/发音开头，应该用a，故选C。 【点睛】不定冠词a/an都可以表示“一个”，表泛指；两者之间的区别在于：a用于辅音音素开头的单词前；an用于元音音素开头的单词前。 3. My ambition is around the world with the one I’m in love with. A. travels B. to travel C. travel D. to travelling 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意：我的愿望是和我爱的人周游世界。 考查非谓语动词。A. travels“旅行”，三单；B. to travel“旅行”，动词不定式；C. travel“旅行”，动词原形；D. to travelling“旅行”，to+动名词形式。此处作表语，表示将来的动作，应该用不定式，故选B。 4. The boy is keen on , unlike other boys. A. dancing B. dance C. danced D. to dance 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：这个男孩不像其他男孩，他很喜爱跳舞。 考查非谓语动词。A. dancing“跳舞”，动名词；B. dance“跳舞”，动词原形； C. danced “跳舞”，一般过去时；D. to dance“跳舞”，动词不定式。根据横线前的介词on，可知后面要接名词或动名词，故选A。 5. This calculating machine does not calculate ________. That’s why people stopped using it. A. enough accurate B. enough accurately C. accurate enough D. accurately enough 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】句意：这台计算机计算得不够精确。这就是人们停止使用它的原因。 accurate是形容词，accurately是副词，修饰动词calculate需用副词，排除A、C；enough修饰副词时要放在副词后面，排除B。应选accurately enough。 6. The telescope makes for people to see stars far away from the earth. A. it possible B. it possibly C. that possible D. that possibly 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：望远镜使得人们可能看见距离地球非常遥远的星星。 考查it的特殊用法。A. it possible“它可能的”，it+形容词；B. it possibly“它可能地”，it+副词；C. that possible“那可能的”，that+形容词；D. that possibly“那可能地”，that+副词。根据固定句型make it+adj.+for sb. to do sth.表示“使得某人做某事是……的”，此处it是形式宾语，真正宾语是动词不定式，故选A。 【点睛】类似的it作形式宾语的固定句型还有find it+adj.+for sb. to do sth.，表示“发现某人做某事是……的”。 7. It only the boy a very short time to give us the answer. A. cost B. spent C. paid D. took 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】句意：那个男孩只需要非常短的时间就给了我们那个答案。 本题考查动词辨析。Sth cost sb some money某物花费某人钱，Sb spent time/money doing sth某人花费时间/钱做某事，Sb paid money for sth.某人花费钱支付某物，It took sb time to do sth做某事花费某人钱。故选D。 8. The headmaster is responsible the food- poisoning（食物中毒）accident in that school. A. of B. on C. for D. at 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：校长要对那个学校食物中毒事件负责。 考查形容词短语。A. of……的；B. on在……上；C. for为了……；D. at在……。根据形容词短语be responsible for sth.表示“为……负责”，故选C。 9. We could hardly see in Shanghai years ago. A. woman driver B. woman drivers C. women driver D. women drivers 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】句意：我们数年前在上海几乎看不到女司机。 考查复合名词的复数。A. woman driver“女司机”，单数；B. woman drivers“女司机”，复数用法错误；C. women driver“女司机”，复数用法错误；D. women drivers“女司机们”，复数。根据由man或woman构成的复合名词，前面和后面都要变复数，故选D。 【点睛】名词+名词构成的复合名词的复数一般只变后一个名词为复数，如apple tree的复数为apple trees；但由man+名词或woman+名词构成的复合名词的复数前后都要变，如man teacher的复数为men teachers。 10. The movie Zootopia is very popular among children, and it is one of that I have ever seen. A. most interesting movie B. most interesting movies C. the most interesting movie D. the most interesting movies 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】句意：电影《疯狂动物城》很受孩子的欢迎，它是我看过最有趣的电影之一。 考查最高级句型。A. most interesting movie最有趣的电影（单数）；B. most interesting movies最有趣的电影（复数）；C. the most interesting movie最有趣的电影（单数）；D. the most interesting movies最有趣的电影（复数）。根据最高级句型one of + the +形容词最高级+名词复数表示“最……之一”故选D。 11. After she got off the bus, she suddenly found that her purse was . A. go B. gone C. going D. went 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意：她下车后，突然发现她的钱包不见了。 考查非谓语动词。A. go“不见了”，动词原形；B. gone“不见了”，动词过去分词；C. going“不见了”，动名词；D. went“不见了”，一般过去时。此处作表语，应该用过去分词形式，故选B。 12. —Come to school at seven o’clock sharp tomorrow morning. —________ A. OK. I will. B. Thank you. C. No, I won’t. D. That’s all right. 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：——明天早上七点整准时到校。——好的，我会的。 OK. I will.好的，我会的；Thank you.谢谢；No, I won’t.不，我不会；That’s all right.没关系。上文是祈使句表示要求或通知，下文应作出肯定的回应表示会遵守。应填OK. I will.。 Ⅱ. Fill in the blanks with the given words in their proper forms（用括号中所给单词的适当形式完成下列句子，每空格限填一词）10分 13. She had a ________ look on her face. (worry) 【答案】worried 【解析】 【详解】句意：她脸上有担忧的神情。worry意为“担忧”，是动词，空后的look“神情”是名词，其前用形容词修饰，worry的形容词形式是worried，意为“担忧的”。 14. The police are investigating the ________ of computers from the company’s offices. (thief) 【答案】theft 【解析】 【详解】句意：警方正在调查发生在公司办公室的电脑失窃案。括号内提示词thief是名词，意为“小偷”；定冠词the后面需要填表示事件的名词，theft表示“偷窃；失窃”，the theft of…意为“……的失窃案”，故填theft。 15. They got on well together although they were total ________. (strange) 【答案】strangers 【解析】 【详解】句意：尽管他们完全是陌生人，但他们相处得很好。根据“They got on well together although they were total”可知，此处是指尽管他们完全是陌生人，stranger“陌生人”，空处用名词复数形式。故填strangers。 16. The patent (专利) lists six ________ who worked on the project. (invent) 【答案】inventors 【解析】 【详解】句意：这份专利列出了六位参与这个项目的发明者。括号内提示词invent为动词，意为“发明”；定语从句who worked on the project用来修饰人，需要变为指人的名词inventor（发明者），前面有数词six，因此使用复数形式inventors。 17. Keith’s dad was ________ different from what I’d expected. (complete) 【答案】completely 【解析】 【详解】句意：Keith的爸爸和我想象的完全不一样。complete意为“完全的”，是形容词，此处用其副词形式修饰空后的形容词different“不同的”，complete的副词形式是completely。 18. Since he’s ________ to me clearly, he doesn’t need to repeat it. (explanation) 【答案】explained 【解析】 【详解】句意：既然他已经向我清楚地解释过了，他不需要再重复。根据提示explanation可知，其动词形式为explain；此处he’s是he has的缩写，构成现在完成时，故填过去分词explained。 19. The professor always tells us the same things. He is really ________. (bore) 【答案】boring 【解析】 【详解】句意：这位教授总是跟我们讲相同的内容，他真的很无趣。根据“tells us the same things”可知，此处指教授无聊，bore是动词，boring用来描述引起无聊感的人或事物，放在be动词is后作表语。 20. Were you ________ in persuading him to change his mind? (success) 【答案】successful 【解析】 【详解】句意：你成功说服他改变主意了吗？success是名词，需变为形容词successful，放在be动词were后作表语；be successful in doing sth.是固定搭配，表示“成功做某事”。 21. It’s ________ for Tim to be late today. He always gets to school earliest. (usual) 【答案】unusual 【解析】 【详解】句意：蒂姆今天迟到是不寻常的。他总是最早到校。空格前有“It’s”，后需填形容词作表语；根据后文“He always gets to school earliest”可知，蒂姆今天迟到与平时表现相反，故用“usual”的反义词“unusual”，意为“不寻常的”。 22. We offered a good price but they wouldn’t ________. (sale) 【答案】sell 【解析】 【详解】句意：我们给出了一个不错的价格，但他们不愿意出售。wouldn’t是would not的缩写，情态动词would后面必须接动词原形；sale是名词，对应的动词是sell。 Ⅲ. Rewrite the sentences as required（根据所给要求，改写下列句子。每空格限填一词）11分 23. Kate does morning exercise every day. (改为一般疑问句) ________ Kate ________ morning exercise every day? 【答案】 ①. Does ②. do 【解析】 【详解】句意：凯特每天做早操。原句为一般现在时，主语Kate是第三人称单数，句中含有实义动词does，改为一般疑问句需借助助动词Does，助动词后接动词原形do。故填Does；do。 24. He walked by them in a hurry.（保持句意不变） He ________ ________ them. 【答案】 ①. hurried ②. past 【解析】 【详解】句意：他匆匆从他们身边走过。“walked by...in a hurry”和“hurried past”都意为“匆匆经过”。原句是一般过去时，hurry的过去式是hurried。故填hurried；past。 25. I’ll phone you again when I get home.（保持句意不变） I’ll phone you again ________ ________ ________ I get home. 【答案】 ①. as ②. soon ③. as 【解析】 【详解】句意：我到家就会再给你打电话。as soon as表示“一……就……”，在此语境下可与when互换。故填as；soon；as。 26. Their house looks almost the same as ours, but ours is bigger. (保持句意不变) Their house is very ________ ________ ours, but ours is bigger. 【答案】 ①. similar ②. to 【解析】 【详解】句意：他们的房子看起来几乎和我们的一样，但我们的更大。be similar to和the same as都表示“与……相像”。应填similar；to。 27. him, happened to, a policeman, I asked, there, on the corner, so, the way, be（连词成句） __________________________________________________. 【答案】There happened to be a policeman on the corner, so I asked him the way 【解析】 【详解】根据所给标点和单词可知，本句是陈述句。时态是一般过去时。句子结构是前半句为There be句型加happen to变体，表示“碰巧有”，a policeman作主语；on the corner介词短语，作地点状语，意为“在拐角处”；后半句为双宾语结构，ask sb. sth.“询问某人某事”，由so连接，asked him the way符合。故填There happened to be a policeman on the corner, so I asked him the way。 Part Three: Reading and Writing (共48分) Ⅰ. Choose the best answer（根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案）10分 THE AMERICAN TRAIL is a very popular section in the Smithsonian’s National Zoo. Visitors love to see the active animals. However, they may not be aware of the hard work of the zookeepers. Every day, the keepers are busy preparing food, training animals, among many other duties. Let’s take a look at one of their typical workdays. 7 a.m. The first thing we do in the morning is check on all the animals in our charge. We take a head count and make sure everyone appears healthy. Our North American beavers (河狸) are active at night. We give them a quick hello and try not to disturb their rest. 8 a.m. Every day, we sort through more than 100 pounds of fish for our sea lions and seals (海豹). Together with our volunteers, we make sure that the fish is of the highest quality before we feed it to an animal. 8:30 a.m. Our sea lions are fed many times a day. Each feeding is an opportunity for us to carefully check every part of their bodies. 9:30 a.m. It's time to train our gray wolves. We would ask for an action. If the animal performs the required movement, he or she will be given a meatball. Of course, the animals can choose to walk away, and they won’t be punished for doing that. 10:15 a.m. Our daily sea lion and seal show begins! Our visitors are always surprised at the intelligence of these animals. Through our shows, they also learn how to help protect sea animals. 1:45 p.m. Our beavers wake up. We feed them and do a careful body check on each of them. 2:20 p.m. We train the other animals, including the river otters (河獭) and the ravens (渡鸦). Neither rain nor cold can keep us from our duties. We’re always there to care for the animals. 28. The author of this article is most likely ________. A. an American Trail keeper B. the manager of the American Trail C. a regular visitor to the American Trail D. a volunteer in the Zoo 29. According to the article, the American Trail keepers quickly greet their North American beavers ________ before they wake up. A. about 4 hours B. about 7 hours C. about 10 hours D. about 12 hours 30. According to the article, at a sea lion and seal show, visitors will ________. ①be given chances to feed the animals ②learn how to help protect sea animals ③realize how intelligent these animals are ④understand the hard work of the zookeepers A. ①② B. ②③ C. ③④ D. ①④ 31. When do zookeepers give beavers food every day? A. 8:30 a.m. B. 9:30 a.m. C. 1:45 p.m. D. 2:20 p.m. 32. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the article? A. A gray wolf will be punished if it walks away when it is trained. B. The zookeepers count the animals every afternoon. C. The sea lions’ bodies are checked every day. D. When it is very cold, the zookeepers don’t need to take care of the animals. 【答案】28. A 29. B 30. B 31. C 32. C 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文，主要以时间轴的形式记录了史密森尼国家动物园“美国小径”展区饲养员的典型工作日，介绍了他们从早到晚照顾动物、训练动物及开展科普展示的具体工作内容。 【28题详解】 根据文章第一段中“Let’s take a look at one of their typical workdays.”以及后文多次使用第一人称复数“we”来描述具体工作，如“The first thing we do in the morning is check on all the animals in our charge.”，可推断作者身份是饲养员团队的一员。 【29题详解】 根据“7 a.m.”部分中“We give them a quick hello and try not to disturb their rest.”以及“1:45 p.m.”部分中“Our beavers wake up.”，从早上7点到下午1点45分，时间间隔约为6小时45分钟，最接近7小时。 【30题详解】 根据“10:15 a.m.”部分中“Our visitors are always surprised at the intelligence of these animals. Through our shows, they also learn how to help protect sea animals.”，可知游客在表演中会意识到动物的智力并学习如何保护海洋动物，对应内容②和③。 【31题详解】 根据“1:45 p.m.”部分中“Our beavers wake up. We feed them and do a careful body check on each of them.”，可知饲养员每天在下午1:45给河狸喂食。 【32题详解】 根据“8:30 a.m.”部分中“Our sea lions are fed many times a day. Each feeding is an opportunity for us to carefully check every part of their bodies.”，结合全文提到的每日工作流程，可知海狮的身体每天都会接受检查。 Ⅱ. 12分 Choose the best words or expressions to complete the passage（选择最恰当的单词或词语完成短文） One afternoon, I was sitting at my favourite table in a restaurant, waiting for the food I had ____33____ to arrive. Suddenly I noticed that a man sitting at a table near the window kept looking in my direction, as if he knew me. The man had a newspaper in front of him, which he was ____34____ to read, but I could see that he was keeping an eye on me. When the waiter brought my food, the man was clearly amazed by the ____35____ way in which the waiter and I chatted with each other. He seemed even more amazed as time went on and it became clear that all the waiters in the restaurant knew me. Finally he got up and went into the kitchen. When he came out, he paid his bill and left without another look in my direction. I called the owner of the restaurant and asked what the man had asked. “Well,” he said, “that man was a ____36____. He followed you here because he thought you were the man he was looking for.” “What?” I asked. The owner continued, “He came into the kitchen and showed me a photo of a bank robber. I can say he looked very much like you! Of course, ____37____ we know you, we told him that he had made a mistake.” “Well, it’s really lucky that I came to a restaurant where I’m known,” I said, “or I might have been in ____38____.” 33. A. ordered B. cooked C. served D. demanded 34. A. managing B. trying C. pretending D. learning 35. A. simple B. strange C. unusual D. familiar 36. A. reporter B. detective C. pickpocket D. stalker 37. A. once B. though C. since D. before 38. A. trouble B. danger C. prison D. doubt 【答案】33. A 34. C 35. D 36. B 37. C 38. A 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文，主要讲述了作者在餐厅吃饭时被侦探误认为是银行劫匪，幸亏店员认识作者，澄清了事实，才避免了麻烦的故事。 【33题详解】 句意：一天下午，我正坐在一家餐厅里我最喜欢的桌子旁，等着我点的食物上来。 根据“waiting for the food”可知，顾客在餐厅是先“点餐”再等待，order意为“点餐”符合语境。 【34题详解】 句意：这个男人面前有一份报纸，他假装在读，但我能看出他一直在留意我。 根据“but...keeping an eye on me”可知，此处指实际上没在读，是“假装”，pretend to do sth.意为“假装做某事”，pretending符合语境。 【35题详解】 句意：当服务员把我的食物端来时，这个男人显然对服务员和我聊天的熟悉方式感到惊讶。 根据“all the waiters...knew me”可知，彼此认识，交流方式“熟悉”，familiar意为“熟悉的”符合语境。 【36题详解】 句意：“嗯，”他说，“那个男人是个侦探……” 根据“photo of a bank robber”可知，寻找劫匪的是“侦探”，detective意为“侦探”符合语境。 【37题详解】 句意：当然，因为我们认识你，我们告诉他他弄错了。 根据上下文逻辑，店员认识作者是澄清事实的原因，用“既然”，since连词，意为“因为，既然”，符合语境。 【38题详解】 句意：我来一家认识我的餐厅真的很幸运，否则我可能会有麻烦。 固定搭配“in trouble”，指陷入困境或被怀疑，trouble意为“麻烦”符合语境。 Ⅲ. 8分 Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words（在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给） As of 2009, there were 6.8 billion people in the world. This is twice the number of the population in 1960, and four times as much as 100 years ago. As a result, more and more places on the globe are incredibly c____39____. This is especially true of cities along the coasts, where more and more people are settling. Yet a f____40____ city today can mean an empty village or town across the country, or on the other side of the world. Our growth has taken place in surprising ways. The human population continues to expand by more than 200,000 people every day. There are more than 1 billion teenagers in the world today who will s____41____ be having children. As a result, we can expect the boom (激增) in births to continue for a long time. The UN estimates that the global population will r____42____ 9.2 billion by the middle of this century. Even that enormous number may be too small, however, since it is based on the theory that family sizes will drop throughout developing regions—a theory that may not turn out to be true. F____43____ the crowded streets of Lagos and Mumbai (Bombay), to the suburbs of the United States, to disappearing tropical forests around the world, the harmful effects of more people than the planet can comfortably support are obvious almost anywhere we look. Not all countries grow the same. Almost all of the expected population increase in the near future will come in d____44____ countries. In the advanced economies in much of Europe, however, where rapid growth started with the industrial revolution (工业革命) two centuries ago, and in Korea, Japan, and elsewhere, national populations are stable or, in some cases, are even getting smaller. This brings challenges of its own, a____45____ newer generations struggle to care for and support their elders. Our numbers and our mobility, together with improved communication, all make Earth seem smaller, even as our impact on it grows larger every day. If we are to preserve the biological wealth of our planet and increase the well-being of its people, we must first understand how and w____46____ our own population is changing. 【答案】39. crowded##rowded 40. full##ull 41. soon##oon 42. reach##each 43. From##rom 44. developing##eveloping 45. as##s 46. why##hy 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要讲述了世界人口的增长现状、未来趋势、不同国家人口变化的差异以及人口增长带来的影响和挑战。 【39题详解】 句意：因此，地球上越来越多的地方变得极其拥挤。根据前文提到人口是1960年的两倍，100年前的四倍，可知人口增多导致地方变得“拥挤”。首字母为c，且位于系动词are之后作表语，故填crowded。 【40题详解】 句意：然而如今一座人满为患的城市，可能意味着本国或者世界另一端的村镇变得人烟稀少。根据后半句中的“empty village or town”（空旷的乡村或城镇）可知，此处与empty形成对比，表示“满的”。首字母为f，故填full。 【41题详解】 句意：当今世界有超过10亿青少年，他们很快就会生孩子。句中“will”表示将来时，结合语境可知青少年长大后“不久”就会生育，导致出生激增。首字母为s，修饰动词短语“be having”，故填soon。 【42题详解】 句意：联合国估计，到本世纪中叶，全球人口将达到92亿。“will”后接动词原形，表示将来会“达到”某个数字。首字母为r，reach意为“达到”，故填reach。 【43题详解】 句意：从拉各斯、孟买拥挤的街道，到美国的郊区，再到世界各地正在消失的热带雨林：人口数量超出地球适宜承载能力所带来的有害影响，几乎在我们目光所及的任何地方都显而易见。此处为固定搭配From...to...，意为“从……到……”。位于句首，首字母需大写，故填From。 【44题详解】 句意：几乎所有预期的人口增长都将发生在发展中国家。根据后文提到的“advanced economies”（发达经济体）可知，此处指与之相对的“发展中”国家。首字母为d，developing countries为常用短语，故填developing。 【45题详解】 句意：这带来了自身的挑战，因为新一代努力照顾和支持他们的长辈。前后句之间存在因果关系，后句解释了挑战产生的原因。首字母为a，as在此处引导原因状语从句，意为“因为”，故填as。 【46题详解】 句意：如果我们想要保护地球的生物资源，提升人类福祉，我们必须先弄明白人口是如何变化、为何变化。“how and why”是常用搭配，意为“如何以及为何”，符合语境中理解人口变化原因和方式的要求。首字母为w，故填why。 Ⅳ. Answer the questions（根据短文内容回答下列问题）12分 THE STORY OF KYLE An Inspirational Story on Friendship ① One day, when I was a freshman in high school, I saw a kid from my class walking home from school. His name was Kyle. It looked like he was carrying all of his books. I thought to myself, “Why would anyone bring home all his books on a Friday? He must really be a nerd.” ② I had quite a weekend planned (parties and a football game with my friends tomorrow afternoon), so I shrugged my shoulders and went on. As I was walking, I saw a bunch of kids running toward him. They ran at him, knocking all his books out of his arms and tripping him so he landed in the dirt. His glasses went flying, and I saw them land in the grass about ten feet from him. He looked up, and I saw this terrible sadness in his eyes. ③ My heart went out to him. So I jogged over to him, and as he crawled around looking for his glasses, I saw a tear in his eye. As I handed him his glasses, I said, “Those guys are jerks. They really should get lives.” He looked at me and said, “Hey thanks!” There was a big smile on his face. It was one of those smiles that showed real gratitude. ④ I helped him pick up his books and asked him where he lived. As it turned out, he lived near me, so I asked him why I had never seen him before. He said he had gone to private school before now. I would have never hung out with a private school kid before, but we talked all the way home, and I carried his books. ⑤ He turned out to be a pretty cool kid. I asked him if he wanted to play football on Saturday with me and my friends. He said yes. ⑥ We hung out all weekend, and the more I got to know Kyle, the more I liked him. And my friends thought the same of him. Monday morning came, and there was Kyle with the huge stack of books again. I stopped him and said, “Boy, you are gonna really build some serious muscles with this pile of books every day!” He just laughed and handed me half the books. ⑦ Over the next four years, Kyle and I became best friends. When we were seniors, we began to think about college. Kyle decided on Georgetown, and I was going to Duke. I knew that we would always be friends, that the miles would never be a problem. He was going to be a doctor, and I was going for business on a football scholarship. ⑧ Kyle was valedictorian (优秀毕业生代表) of our class. He had to prepare a speech for graduation. I was so glad it wasn’t me having to get up there and speak. ⑨ On graduation day, I saw Kyle. He looked great. He was one of those guys that really found himself during high school. He filled out and actually looked good in glasses. I could see that he was nervous about his speech, so I smacked him on the back and said, “Hey, big guy, you’ll be great!” He looked at me with a grateful look and smiled. “Thanks,” he said. ⑩ As he started his speech, he cleared his throat and began. “Graduation is a time to thank those who helped you make it through those hard times. Your parents, your teachers, your siblings, maybe a coach—but mostly your friends. I am here to tell all of you that being a friend to someone is the best gift you can give them. I am going to tell you a story.” I just looked at my friend with disbelief as he told the story of the first day we met. He had planned to kill himself over the weekend. He talked of how he had cleaned out his locker so his mom wouldn’t have to do it later and was carrying his stuff home. He looked hard at me and gave me a little smile. “Thankfully, I was saved. My friend saved me from doing the unspeakable.” ⑪ I heard the gasp (倒吸气) go through the crowd as this handsome, popular boy told us all about his weakest moment. I saw his mom and dad looking at me and smiling that same grateful smile. Not until that moment did I realize its depth. ⑫ Never underestimate the power of your actions. With one small gesture, you can change a person’s life. 47. What did the writer think of Kyle when he first saw him? _______________________________________________________________ 48. At which moment did the writer decide to help Kyle? _______________________________________________________________ 49. How did Kyle change in his appearance in high school? _______________________________________________________________ 50. In paragraph 10, what does “doing the unspeakable” refer to? _______________________________________________________________ 51. What kind of person was the writer? Please cover at least two different aspects. _______________________________________________________________ 52. Why did Kyle share the story about his weakest moment in his graduation speech? Please give at least two reasons. _______________________________________________________________ 【答案】47. He thought Kyle was a nerd./The writer thought he was a nerd. 48. When the writer saw the terrible sadness in his eyes./When he saw the sadness in Kyle’s eyes. 49. He filled out and looked good in glasses. 50. Killing himself. 51. He was kind and helpful. 52. He wanted to express his thanks to the writer for what he had done. And he wanted to tell his schoolmates not to underestimate the power of their actions./First, he wanted to thank his friend for saving his life. Second, he hoped to tell everyone friendship is the best gift and small actions can change people’s lives./... 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文，主要讲述了作者在高中时偶然帮助了同学Kyle，两人成为挚友，多年后Kyle在毕业演讲中揭示作者当年的善举挽救了他的生命，以此说明小小的善举能改变人的一生。 【47题详解】 根据文章第一段中“He must really be a nerd.”可推知，作者第一次见到Kyle时认为他是个书呆子。提取答案即可。 【48题详解】 根据文章第二段和第三段中“I saw this terrible sadness in his eyes.”及“My heart went out to him.”可推知，作者看到Kyle被欺负且眼神悲伤时决定帮助他。提取答案即可。 【49题详解】 根据文章第九段中“He filled out and actually looked good in glasses.”可推知，Kyle在高中期间外貌变得壮实且戴眼镜更好看了。提取答案即可。 【50题详解】 根据文章第十段中“He had planned to kill himself over the weekend.”可推知，“doing the unspeakable”指的是自杀这件事。提取答案即可。 【51题详解】 本题为开放性试题，答案不唯一，根据文章第三段和第四段中“So I jogged over to him... I helped him pick up his books”可推知，作者主动帮助受欺负的同学，是一个善良且乐于助人的人。 【52题详解】 根据文章第十段和第十二段中“Graduation is a time to thank those who helped you... Never underestimate the power of your actions.”可推知，Kyle分享故事是为了感谢朋友并展示善意行动的力量，呼吁大家重视微小善举的价值。答案不唯一，整合，总结答案即可。 Ⅴ. Writing（作文）6分 53. Write at least 80 words on the topic “A lesson I’ve learned”. 以“我学到的一课”为题，写一篇不少于80词的短文，标点符号不占格。 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】例文： I’ve learned many lessons throughout my life. One that stands out to me is the importance of teamwork. At first, I thought that I could do the project on my own and get a better grade. But, as we started working together, I realized that effort of the group resulted in a better outcome. We were able to inspire each other, divide the work, and provide support and encouragement. By the end of the project, we all received high marks and I learned that there is strength in numbers. From that experience, I understand that teamwork can be an incredibly powerful tool. 【解析】 【详解】写作步骤 [第一步：审题立意] 确定文体：记叙文，以一般过去时为主 明确要点：讲述一件自己经历的事，描写事情经过，最后写出从中学到的道理 确定人称：第一人称（I/my） 注意事项：词数不少于80词，无真实人名校名，贴合主题 [第二步：构思布局] 单段式结构 开头：总起句，引出我学到的人生道理 中间：①事件背景 ②我的最初想法与事情发展 ③合作过程中的变化 结尾：总结收获，点明学到的教训，升华感悟 [第三步：要点展开] 要点一：事情发展 常用表达：work on the project/on my own/work together/divide the work/support and encourage each other/help each other等 要点二：学到的道理 常用表达：the importance of teamwork/there is strength in numbers/working in groups等 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $ 8A期中考试 （满分：100分） Part One: Listening (共19分) Ⅰ. Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to the question you hear（根据你听到的对话和问题，选出最恰当的答案）4分 1. A. At about 3:00. B. At about 5:00. C. At about 7:00. D. At about 9:00. 2. A. A museum. B. A street. C. A supermarket. D. A bank. 3. A. A teacher and a student. B. A mother and a son. C. A doctor and a patient. D. A boss and a secretary. 4. A. He went skiing. B. He went skating. C. He went swimming. D. He went sightseeing. Ⅱ. Listen to the passage and tell whether the following statements are true or false（（判断下列句子是否符合你听到的短文内容，符合的用“T”表示，不符合的用“F”表示）5分 1. In a bookshop, the assistant will come up to you and say, “Can I help you?” 2. If you can’t find out a book you want, the assistant will help you. 3. In fact, the assistant in the bookshop doesn’t want to sell any books at all. 4. The books was so expensive that the student couldn’t but it. 5. The student had to go to the bookshop to read the book every day. Ⅲ. Listen to the passage and fill in the blanks to complete the sentences（听短文，用听到的单词完成下列内容。每空格限填一词）10分 Jane’s blog About Me Age: 14 Nationality: (1) ________ Hometown: the United States of America Birthday month: (2) ________ Family: mother, father and two younger brothers Location of my town: (3) ________ ________ away from Newcastle Hobbies: shopping, painting and watching movies An entry from Jane’s blog I love to read, and my favourite subject is history. I also love to paint and am a member of the art club at school. It takes place during (4) ________ ________. After school, I have (5) ________ ________ twice a week. I have played for five years on my school team, and I am now the (6) ________! My football team does quite well, but my school is famous in the area for (7) ________. Part Two: Phonetics, Grammar and Vocabulary (共33分) Ⅰ. Choose the best answer（选择最恰当的答案）12分 1. I love the country, especially in spring. Which is correct for the underlined part? A. /ɪ/ B. /e/ C. /i:/ D. /ɜ:/ 2. accountant over there works in university. A. An...a B. An...an C. The...a D. The...an 3. My ambition is around the world with the one I’m in love with. A. travels B. to travel C. travel D. to travelling 4. The boy is keen on , unlike other boys. A. dancing B. dance C. danced D. to dance 5. This calculating machine does not calculate ________. That’s why people stopped using it. A. enough accurate B. enough accurately C. accurate enough D. accurately enough 6. The telescope makes for people to see stars far away from the earth. A. it possible B. it possibly C. that possible D. that possibly 7. It only the boy a very short time to give us the answer. A. cost B. spent C. paid D. took 8. The headmaster is responsible the food- poisoning（食物中毒）accident in that school. A. of B. on C. for D. at 9. We could hardly see in Shanghai years ago. A. woman driver B. woman drivers C. women driver D. women drivers 10. The movie Zootopia is very popular among children, and it is one of that I have ever seen. A. most interesting movie B. most interesting movies C. the most interesting movie D. the most interesting movies 11. After she got off the bus, she suddenly found that her purse was . A. go B. gone C. going D. went 12. —Come to school at seven o’clock sharp tomorrow morning. —________ A. OK. I will. B. Thank you. C. No, I won’t. D. That’s all right. Ⅱ. Fill in the blanks with the given words in their proper forms（用括号中所给单词的适当形式完成下列句子，每空格限填一词）10分 13. She had a ________ look on her face. (worry) 14. The police are investigating the ________ of computers from the company’s offices. (thief) 15. They got on well together although they were total ________. (strange) 16. The patent (专利) lists six ________ who worked on the project. (invent) 17. Keith’s dad was ________ different from what I’d expected. (complete) 18. Since he’s ________ to me clearly, he doesn’t need to repeat it. (explanation) 19. The professor always tells us the same things. He is really ________. (bore) 20. Were you ________ in persuading him to change his mind? (success) 21. It’s ________ for Tim to be late today. He always gets to school earliest. (usual) 22. We offered a good price but they wouldn’t ________. (sale) Ⅲ. Rewrite the sentences as required（根据所给要求，改写下列句子。每空格限填一词）11分 23. Kate does morning exercise every day. (改为一般疑问句) ________ Kate ________ morning exercise every day? 24. He walked by them in a hurry.（保持句意不变） He ________ ________ them. 25. I’ll phone you again when I get home.（保持句意不变） I’ll phone you again ________ ________ ________ I get home. 26. Their house looks almost the same as ours, but ours is bigger. (保持句意不变) Their house is very ________ ________ ours, but ours is bigger. 27. him, happened to, a policeman, I asked, there, on the corner, so, the way, be（连词成句） __________________________________________________. Part Three: Reading and Writing (共48分) Ⅰ. Choose the best answer（根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案）10分 THE AMERICAN TRAIL is a very popular section in the Smithsonian’s National Zoo. Visitors love to see the active animals. However, they may not be aware of the hard work of the zookeepers. Every day, the keepers are busy preparing food, training animals, among many other duties. Let’s take a look at one of their typical workdays. 7 a.m. The first thing we do in the morning is check on all the animals in our charge. We take a head count and make sure everyone appears healthy. Our North American beavers (河狸) are active at night. We give them a quick hello and try not to disturb their rest. 8 a.m. Every day, we sort through more than 100 pounds of fish for our sea lions and seals (海豹). Together with our volunteers, we make sure that the fish is of the highest quality before we feed it to an animal. 8:30 a.m. Our sea lions are fed many times a day. Each feeding is an opportunity for us to carefully check every part of their bodies. 9:30 a.m. It's time to train our gray wolves. We would ask for an action. If the animal performs the required movement, he or she will be given a meatball. Of course, the animals can choose to walk away, and they won’t be punished for doing that. 10:15 a.m. Our daily sea lion and seal show begins! Our visitors are always surprised at the intelligence of these animals. Through our shows, they also learn how to help protect sea animals. 1:45 p.m. Our beavers wake up. We feed them and do a careful body check on each of them. 2:20 p.m. We train the other animals, including the river otters (河獭) and the ravens (渡鸦). Neither rain nor cold can keep us from our duties. We’re always there to care for the animals. 28. The author of this article is most likely ________. A. an American Trail keeper B. the manager of the American Trail C. a regular visitor to the American Trail D. a volunteer in the Zoo 29. According to the article, the American Trail keepers quickly greet their North American beavers ________ before they wake up. A. about 4 hours B. about 7 hours C. about 10 hours D. about 12 hours 30. According to the article, at a sea lion and seal show, visitors will ________. ①be given chances to feed the animals ②learn how to help protect sea animals ③realize how intelligent these animals are ④understand the hard work of the zookeepers A. ①② B. ②③ C. ③④ D. ①④ 31. When do zookeepers give beavers food every day? A. 8:30 a.m. B. 9:30 a.m. C. 1:45 p.m. D. 2:20 p.m. 32. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the article? A. A gray wolf will be punished if it walks away when it is trained. B. The zookeepers count the animals every afternoon. C. The sea lions’ bodies are checked every day. D. When it is very cold, the zookeepers don’t need to take care of the animals. Ⅱ. 12分 Choose the best words or expressions to complete the passage（选择最恰当的单词或词语完成短文） One afternoon, I was sitting at my favourite table in a restaurant, waiting for the food I had ____33____ to arrive. Suddenly I noticed that a man sitting at a table near the window kept looking in my direction, as if he knew me. The man had a newspaper in front of him, which he was ____34____ to read, but I could see that he was keeping an eye on me. When the waiter brought my food, the man was clearly amazed by the ____35____ way in which the waiter and I chatted with each other. He seemed even more amazed as time went on and it became clear that all the waiters in the restaurant knew me. Finally he got up and went into the kitchen. When he came out, he paid his bill and left without another look in my direction. I called the owner of the restaurant and asked what the man had asked. “Well,” he said, “that man was a ____36____. He followed you here because he thought you were the man he was looking for.” “What?” I asked. The owner continued, “He came into the kitchen and showed me a photo of a bank robber. I can say he looked very much like you! Of course, ____37____ we know you, we told him that he had made a mistake.” “Well, it’s really lucky that I came to a restaurant where I’m known,” I said, “or I might have been in ____38____.” 33. A. ordered B. cooked C. served D. demanded 34. A. managing B. trying C. pretending D. learning 35. A. simple B. strange C. unusual D. familiar 36. A. reporter B. detective C. pickpocket D. stalker 37. A. once B. though C. since D. before 38. A. trouble B. danger C. prison D. doubt Ⅲ. 8分 Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words（在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给） As of 2009, there were 6.8 billion people in the world. This is twice the number of the population in 1960, and four times as much as 100 years ago. As a result, more and more places on the globe are incredibly c____39____. This is especially true of cities along the coasts, where more and more people are settling. Yet a f____40____ city today can mean an empty village or town across the country, or on the other side of the world. Our growth has taken place in surprising ways. The human population continues to expand by more than 200,000 people every day. There are more than 1 billion teenagers in the world today who will s____41____ be having children. As a result, we can expect the boom (激增) in births to continue for a long time. The UN estimates that the global population will r____42____ 9.2 billion by the middle of this century. Even that enormous number may be too small, however, since it is based on the theory that family sizes will drop throughout developing regions—a theory that may not turn out to be true. F____43____ the crowded streets of Lagos and Mumbai (Bombay), to the suburbs of the United States, to disappearing tropical forests around the world, the harmful effects of more people than the planet can comfortably support are obvious almost anywhere we look. Not all countries grow the same. Almost all of the expected population increase in the near future will come in d____44____ countries. In the advanced economies in much of Europe, however, where rapid growth started with the industrial revolution (工业革命) two centuries ago, and in Korea, Japan, and elsewhere, national populations are stable or, in some cases, are even getting smaller. This brings challenges of its own, a____45____ newer generations struggle to care for and support their elders. Our numbers and our mobility, together with improved communication, all make Earth seem smaller, even as our impact on it grows larger every day. If we are to preserve the biological wealth of our planet and increase the well-being of its people, we must first understand how and w____46____ our own population is changing. Ⅳ. Answer the questions（根据短文内容回答下列问题）12分 THE STORY OF KYLE An Inspirational Story on Friendship ① One day, when I was a freshman in high school, I saw a kid from my class walking home from school. His name was Kyle. It looked like he was carrying all of his books. I thought to myself, “Why would anyone bring home all his books on a Friday? He must really be a nerd.” ② I had quite a weekend planned (parties and a football game with my friends tomorrow afternoon), so I shrugged my shoulders and went on. As I was walking, I saw a bunch of kids running toward him. They ran at him, knocking all his books out of his arms and tripping him so he landed in the dirt. His glasses went flying, and I saw them land in the grass about ten feet from him. He looked up, and I saw this terrible sadness in his eyes. ③ My heart went out to him. So I jogged over to him, and as he crawled around looking for his glasses, I saw a tear in his eye. As I handed him his glasses, I said, “Those guys are jerks. They really should get lives.” He looked at me and said, “Hey thanks!” There was a big smile on his face. It was one of those smiles that showed real gratitude. ④ I helped him pick up his books and asked him where he lived. As it turned out, he lived near me, so I asked him why I had never seen him before. He said he had gone to private school before now. I would have never hung out with a private school kid before, but we talked all the way home, and I carried his books. ⑤ He turned out to be a pretty cool kid. I asked him if he wanted to play football on Saturday with me and my friends. He said yes. ⑥ We hung out all weekend, and the more I got to know Kyle, the more I liked him. And my friends thought the same of him. Monday morning came, and there was Kyle with the huge stack of books again. I stopped him and said, “Boy, you are gonna really build some serious muscles with this pile of books every day!” He just laughed and handed me half the books. ⑦ Over the next four years, Kyle and I became best friends. When we were seniors, we began to think about college. Kyle decided on Georgetown, and I was going to Duke. I knew that we would always be friends, that the miles would never be a problem. He was going to be a doctor, and I was going for business on a football scholarship. ⑧ Kyle was valedictorian (优秀毕业生代表) of our class. He had to prepare a speech for graduation. I was so glad it wasn’t me having to get up there and speak. ⑨ On graduation day, I saw Kyle. He looked great. He was one of those guys that really found himself during high school. He filled out and actually looked good in glasses. I could see that he was nervous about his speech, so I smacked him on the back and said, “Hey, big guy, you’ll be great!” He looked at me with a grateful look and smiled. “Thanks,” he said. ⑩ As he started his speech, he cleared his throat and began. “Graduation is a time to thank those who helped you make it through those hard times. Your parents, your teachers, your siblings, maybe a coach—but mostly your friends. I am here to tell all of you that being a friend to someone is the best gift you can give them. I am going to tell you a story.” I just looked at my friend with disbelief as he told the story of the first day we met. He had planned to kill himself over the weekend. He talked of how he had cleaned out his locker so his mom wouldn’t have to do it later and was carrying his stuff home. He looked hard at me and gave me a little smile. “Thankfully, I was saved. My friend saved me from doing the unspeakable.” ⑪ I heard the gasp (倒吸气) go through the crowd as this handsome, popular boy told us all about his weakest moment. I saw his mom and dad looking at me and smiling that same grateful smile. Not until that moment did I realize its depth. ⑫ Never underestimate the power of your actions. With one small gesture, you can change a person’s life. 47. What did the writer think of Kyle when he first saw him? _______________________________________________________________ 48. At which moment did the writer decide to help Kyle? _______________________________________________________________ 49. How did Kyle change in his appearance in high school? _______________________________________________________________ 50. In paragraph 10, what does “doing the unspeakable” refer to? _______________________________________________________________ 51. What kind of person was the writer? Please cover at least two different aspects. _______________________________________________________________ 52. Why did Kyle share the story about his weakest moment in his graduation speech? Please give at least two reasons. _______________________________________________________________ Ⅴ. Writing（作文）6分 53. Write at least 80 words on the topic “A lesson I’ve learned”. 以“我学到的一课”为题，写一篇不少于80词的短文，标点符号不占格。 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $