2015-2016学年浙江杭州萧山党湾初级中学八年级12月质检英语试卷（解析版）

Years ago a farmer owned land along the Atlantic seacoast. He constantly advertised for hired hands but never made it because most people were afraid of the awful storms.

Finally, a short, thin man, approached(联系) the farmer. “Are you a good farmhand?” the farmer asked him.

“Well, I can sleep when the wind blows,” answered the little man.

Although puzzled by this answer, the farmer still hired(雇佣) him. The little man worked well around the farm, busy all day, and the farmer felt pleased with the man’s work.

Then one night the wind blew strongly. Jumping out of the bed, the farmer carried a lantern and rushed next door to the hired man’s sleeping quarters. Farmer shook the little man and shouted, “Get up! A storm is coming! Tie things down before they blow away!”

But the little man said firmly, “No sir. I told you, I can sleep when the wind blows.”

The farmer had no time to lose his temper. Instead, he hurried outside to prepare for the storm. To his surprise, he found everything had been prepared. The cows were in the barn, the chickens were in the coops, and the doors were barred. The shutters were tightly secured. Everything was tied down. Nothing could blow away. The farmer then understood what his hired man meant.

When you’re prepared, spiritually, mentally and physically , you have nothing to worry about. Can you sleep when the wind blows through your life? The hired man in the story was able to sleep because he had protected the farm against the storm.

1.Nearly nobody came to the farmer’s land to work ,because ______

A. The farmer is unkind

B. People fear the terrible weather

C. It is too far from the city

D. The work is too hard

2.The farmer was _____ with the little man’s word at first.

A. angry　　　　 B. pleased　　　　 C. excited　　　　 D. puzzled

3.What did the little man mean when he said” I can sleep when the wind blows’?

A. He had prepared everything ready for the storm.

B. He liked to sleep with the wind blowing.

C. He was able to sleep though the wind blew hard.

D. He hated to get up at night when wind blew.

4.Which is the right order according to the passage?

a. The little man went to bed

b. The wind blew strongly

c. The farmer rushed to prepare for the storm

d. The little man prepared everything.

A. d-a-b-c　　　　　 B. d-c-a-b

C. a-b-c-d　　　　　 D. b-a-c-d

5.The writer wanted to tell us _______.

A. always hire a hard-working man

B. never blame your man when you don’t know everything

C. never sleep soundly when wind blows

D. always be prepared before things come

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"I love you" might be one of the most important sentences in the English language. It shows the closeness among family members and friends.

In Mandarin, "I love you" translates as “我爱你”, but the way it's used in China might be a little different, and Chinese are wondering why.

The Global Times reports that two online videos showing children telling their parents "I love you" have been widely spread in China. The first, filmed by an Anhui TV station, shows a number of college students telling their parents they love them. The answers are mixed. "Are you drunk?" asked one parent. In another similar video, a father even said— "I am going to a meeting, so cut the crap."

Even the positive attitudes make it clear that the words are expressed rarely. "I am so happy you called to say that. It is the happiest thing that happened to me in 2014," one parent answered.

However, Chinese families hardly use those words. "The parents' answers show that many Chinese are not good at expressing positive feelings," Xia Xueluan, a Sociologist from Peking University, told the Global Times. "They are used to educating children with negative language."

This isn't the first time that China has done some soul-searching about familial love — last year China Daily asked a lot of people if they said 'I love you' to their parents, lovers, and children. "I have never said 'I love you' to my family, and I don't think I will in the future," one 56-year-old told the paper, "Saying it aloud is embarrassing for me."

Still, that doesn't mean that love can't be expressed. In another article, China Daily spoke to Zhao Mengmeng, a 31-year-old woman who said she had never told her father she loved him face-to-face. Sometimes actions speak louder than words, however — Zhao gave her father, a photo album featuring photographs of them together on every one of her birthdays in June 2012. The pictures were popular online, being forwarded hundreds of thousands of times on Weibo. Her father was very excited when he heard about it.

1.What does the underlined word Mandarin probably mean?

A. French　 B. Japanese　 C. English　 D. Chinese

2.What can we infer（推断） from the parents’ answers in Paragragh3 and 4?

A. Some parents don’t love their children.

B. Parents in China are too busy.

C. Most Chinese students rarely express their positive feelings to their parents.

D. Children in China are always taught negative language.

3.What will that 56-year-old person feel if he/she says “I love you” to the families?

A. embarrassed　 B. excited　 C. proud　　　　 D. unhappy

4.Why did Zhao give her father a photo album instead of saying "I love you"?

A. The album is more expensive.

B. His father likes the album better.

C. She thinks actions speak louder than words sometimes.

D. She hates saying "I love you" to her father.

5.What’s the best title for the passage?

A. I Love You　　 　　　 B. A Photo Album

C. Two Online Videos　 D. Family members

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Soon computers and other machines will be able to remember you by looking at your eyes! The program works because everyone’s eyes are different. So in the future you won’t have to remember a number when you want to use a machine or take money out of a bank. You’ll just have to look at the machine and it will be able to tell who you are.

The eye-recognition(眼睛识别) program has already been tested in shops and banks in the USA, Britain, Spain, Italy and Turkey. Soon this technology will take the place of(取代)all other ways of finding out who people are.

Eye-recognition is a course of recognizing iris(虹膜), which includes the following steps. First, a kind of machine needs to collect different examples of one’s iris from his eyes and store them. Second, when this person goes to the bank to take out of money, this machine will have iris feature extraction(采集).Then, this machine will compare the examples kept in it with iris feature extraction. Once the examples and the feature extraction are the same, this person will be identified, and he will take out of the money from the bank successfully.

However, scientists are also working on other systems. Machines will soon be able to know you from the shape of your face or hand or even your smell! We already have machines that can tell who you are from your voice or the mark made by your finger.

Eye-recognition is better than other kinds because your eyes don’t change as you get older, and don’t get dirty like hands or fingers, and even twins have different eyes. So the eye-recognition program can be up to 94% correct, depending on how good the technology(科技)is. However, some other programs may only be 51% correct now. In Britain, it was found that 91% of people who had tried it said that they liked the idea of eye-recognition.

In the future your computer will be looking at you in the eye. So smile!

1.How does the eye-recognition program work?

A. You type in your number.

B. You say your name.

C. You look at the machine.

D. You show your ID card.

2.Why can the eye-recognition program be up to 94％ correct?

A. Because eyes hardly change.

B. Because the program is widely used around the world.

C. Because people like the idea of the program.

D. Because hands or fingers can get dirty.

3.Which recognition program has been already in use?

A. Remembering smells.

B. Remembering fingerprints.

C. Remembering the shape of faces.

D. Remembering eyes.

4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. The eye-recognition program can be up to 51% correct.

B. In Britain, 91% of people said that they liked the idea of eye-recognition.

C. Everyone’s eyes are different, even twins have different eyes.

D. The eye-recognition program is widely used now.

5.What’s the passage mainly about?

A. You won’t have to remember a number when you take money out of a bank.

B. We already have machines that can tell who you are from your voice.

C. Tell people how the eye-recognition program works and what advantages it has.

D. The eye-recognition program has already been tested in shops and banks。

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请仔细阅读1-5题中应用文及相关信息,从A-F中按照要求匹配信息,其中一项为多余项.

1.Cherry wants to join a club that will keep her fit and active but because she has a part-time job every workday evening, she is only available to take part on the weekends.

2.David is a new student at the university, whose major is English literature. He is a little shy so she is hoping to join a club that can help him get to know new people and build his confidence.

3.Bonnie is majoring in drama and wants to be a scriptwriter when she graduates. She is interested in discovering new stories that she may one day be able to turn into movies. As her home is far from the university, she is only free during the day to take part.

4.Betty is studying film making and one day hopes to become a director. But she thinks her ability to create beautiful visual images is not strong enough, so she has recently purchased a camera to help her practice.

5.Jack is a first year geography student who would like to learn more about the geography of the local area. He is also worried about passing the English test that all students must take at the end of their first year of study. He has to return to his home to help his parents every weekend, so he is only free during weekdays.

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完型填空

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出一个最佳选项。

Once again, I had run away and really did not know why. I walked out of the gate to go to school and then kept ________. I had just turned eleven years old the week before. It was almost dark; I was tired, scared, cold, and all alone. I had not eaten all day and was afraid to turn _________ into the police.

As darkness fell, I made my way over to the city park _________ on Park Street. I entered the darkened area and sat down on one of the wooden benches.“Well, hello, young man.” A voice came from ________ me. I jumped, almost falling off the park bench. I could feel my heart beating in the side of my neck. I could _________ catch my breath. I looked back and saw a woman standing behind me in the shadows. She found I was _________ because of feeling cold, so she took off her large scarf and covered it _________ my shoulders. Looking into my eyes, she　 _________ me if I need something to eat. After I said “yes”, she held out her hand and told me to take the very letter ________　 I was unable to see to the store owner. I looked at her outstretched arm but saw _________ in her hand. However, I _________ my hands slowly, acting as though I was taking something from her hand.

I came to a store with a 　 ________ _ sitting behind a counter. I opened the door, very slowly I held out my hand which has nothing in it toward her. I watched her face to see if she might think I was crazy or something else. ________ , she immediately turned and walked to the back of the store for the food I need. After that, I walked out into the street and headed back to the park where the old woman was. “Can I have the letter so I can be magic too?” I asked. Without replying to me, __________ she told me the persons who wanted to help________in need would never need the magic letter any more. With these words, she stood up, kissed me on the forehead, removed the large scarf from my shoulders and disappeared into the darkness.

1.A. jumping　　　　 B. running 　　　　 C. walking　　　　　　 D. hiking

2.A. himself　　　　　　 B. myself 　　　　 C. themselves　　　　 D. yourselves

3.A. finding　　　　　　 B. having　　　　 C. laying　　　　　　　 D. lying

4.A. before　　　　　　 B. beside　　　　 C. behind　　　 　　　 D. after

5.A. nearly　　　　　　 B. almost 　　　　 C. also　　　　　　　　 D. hardly

6.A. breathing　　　 　 B. speaking　　　 C. shaking 　　　　　 D. running

7.A. above　　　　　　　 B. around　　　　 C. in　　　　　　　　　　 D. beside

8.A. asked　　　　　　　 B. told　　　　　　 C. talked　　　　　　　 D. said

9.A. where　　　　　　　 B. that　　　　　　 C. what　　　　　　　　 D. who

10.A. everything　 　　 B. something　　 C. nothing　　　　　 　 D. anything

11.A. pulled out　 　　 B. pushed out　 　 C. reached out　　 　 D.handed out

12.A. boy　　　　　　　 B. policeman　　　 C. man　　　　　　　　 　 D. woman

13.A. Amazingly　　　　 B. Naturally　　　 C. Happily 　　　　　　 D. Luckily

14.A. so　　　　　　　　 B. instead　　　　 C. however　　　　　　 D. Though

15.A.another　　　　　　 B.other　　　　　　 C.the other　　　　　　 D.others

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语法填空

阅读下面的短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。

Mrs. Wilson, the wife of a rich man, ___1.___ （invite）some of her friends to lunch. She was trying a new way to cook fish and she was very pleased with _2.___ （her） when the fish was ready. As the fish was very hot, she put it near the __3.____ （open） window to cool for a few minutes. Five minutes later, when she came back for it, she was ___4.___ （surprise）to find the neighbor’s cat at the fish. She was in time to stop the cat ____5.____ it was too late. That afternoon every one enjoyed the fish. They talked and laughed ___6.____four o’clock.

After the guests left, Mrs. Wilson felt tired ___7.____ happy. She was sitting down in a chair near the window when she saw the neighbor’s cat dead in her garden. She was sure the fish was bad. What ___8.____ （will） happen to her friends? She at once telephoned the family doctor for help. The doctor asked each guest ___9.____ （meet）him. Once again Mrs. Wilson was alone in her chair still tired but no longer happy. Just then the telephone rang. It was her neighbor, “Oh, Mrs. Wilson,” he cried.” My cat is dead. She was killed __10._someone in a car and put in your garden….”

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单词拼写

根据下列句子及所给的首字母，在答题纸上按题号写出各单词的正确、完全形式（每空填一词）。

1.I can’t speak French well. What can I do to i　　　　　　 my French.

2.Children have to learn to dress t　　　　　 . We can’t help them with that all the time.

3.The science teacher f　　　　　　 the bottle with blue water and showed it to the class.

4.Take the m　　　　　 three times a day, then you’ll be better in a few days.

5.Nothing is w　　　　 than telling lies from time to time.

6.It’s just a joke. You don’t have to take it s　　　　 .

7.I b　　　　 the window yesterday, so my mother was angry with me.

8.Please look at the two pictures c　　　　 and tell me the differences between them.

9.Many students still don’t know anything about you, so it is n　　　　 for you to tell them about yourself.

10.The teacher only gave us an hour to do all the work. That’s not e　　　　 .

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书面表达

今年2月底，柴静自费拍摄的雾霾纪录片《穹顶之下》在各大社交媒体上传播，关于环境保护的话题再次在网上引发热议，我们杭城也经常笼罩在茫茫的雾霾中，很多人戴口罩出行，雾霾天给人们的健康带来危害，给生活和工作带来不便（inconvenience）。假如你是学生Paula，你校要进行“如何保护我们的环境?”专题演讲比赛，要求：

1. 开头已写好,你只需接着写;

2. 举例说明环境存在的问题：至少二个方面;

3. 如何保护好我们的环境，采取怎样的措施，举例二个方面进行说明;

4. 字数70左右,已给的开头部分不计数。

Dear teachers and friends,

My name is Paula. I’m very proud that I have chosen to speak to you all today. I’m a bit nervous as I’ve never made a speech before to so many people. My topic is “How to Protect the Environment”.

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That’s all for my speech. Thank you for listening.

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