1、=【 ;精品教育资源文库 】 = 2017-2018 学年度第一学期期中质量检测八年级英语试题 希望你能愉快地度过这 90 分钟，祝你成功 第卷 一、阅读理解 （共四篇短文， 20 小题，计 30 分。 A.B.C.D 每小题 1 分， E 每小题 2 分 .） A Most children dont enjoy doing housework. They like playing computer games rather than cleaning the rooms. But in Australia, Jim and Roberts mother, Mrs. Black, has g
2、ood and proper methods to get their children to do housework. Here is an example. “Mum, have you worked out next weeks housework? Let Jim and me choose the cards I cant wait. Its fun!“ When Robert shouted out, his mother had already put all the cards on their big table. On the cards, there are some
3、words like these, “sweep the floor, clean your bedroom, help mum cook, wash vegetables, make the bed, feed the fish, cut the wood, clean the bathroom“ and many others, Jim and Robert chose two cards for each day from Monday to Friday. Then they would hang them on the week day task board. Jim likes t
4、o clean the bathroom, so he picked up the card “clean the bathroom“. Robert loves to make the bed so he picked up his favorite card. Jim again picked up “wash vegetables“ and Robert chose “feed the fish“. Soon the two boys were happy to take away all the cards. To help the children do housework, the
5、ir mother thought hard and came up with this idea. Of course, the parents did the housework on the weekends and left Jim and Robert two days free. 1. From the passage we know that most children like _. A. doing housework B. playing computer games C. playing cards 2. Jim and Robert chose_ card for th
6、e weekdays from Monday to Friday. A. two B. ten C. eight 3. Jim likes to _. A. clean the bathroom B. make the bed C. sweep the floor 4. Who did the housework on the weekends? =【 ;精品教育资源文库 】 = A. Jim B. Robert C. The parents 5.(创编） Which statement is NOT TRUE according to the passage? A. Mrs. Black h
7、as thinks of a good idea to get her children to do housework B. The children picked up their favorite cards so that they could do housework happily. C. The children had to do housework the whole week. B What can we do when someone hurts you? Most people may be angry or even fight with the one who hu
8、rts him or her? But its not a good idea. The best way is to forgive(宽恕，原谅 ) them. Although it is not easy for us to forgive people who hurt us, it is possible.”Forgiveness makes you more helpful. And it is god for our health,” says Frederic, ph.D, the writer of the book called Forgive for God. But h
9、ow can we forgive others? It is really a problem. First, think of something beautiful and the people you love and try to get yourself happy. Second, dont wait for others to say sorry to you. If someone hurt you, he or she wont say sorry to you. They may just want to hurt you or they just dont see th
10、ings the same way. Third, try to see things in others shoes . You can write a letter to yourself from the offenders （对方） point. That can make you understand others better and make yourself happier. At last, dont forget to forgive yourself. For some people, forgiving themselves is the biggest challen
11、ge( 挑战 ).And it also makes you more confident. 6. If someone hurts you, what should you do ? A. fight with him or her B. say sorry to him or her C. forgive him or her 7. According to this passage, we can know that writer thinks forgiving others is _. A. impossible B. difficult C easy 8.（ 改编 ） Which
12、of the following is Not true? A. It is the biggest challenge for some people to forgive themselves. B. Forgiveness can make people healthy. C. Who hurt you often say sorry to you soon. =【 ;精品教育资源文库 】 = 9. How many ideas does the writer give us to forgive others who hurt you? A Two B Three C. Four 10
13、. What the Chinese meaning of the underlined words? A.站在对方的立场看问题 B.站在自己的立场看问题 C.试图看别人鞋里的东西 C What is a Chinatown? Is it a town in China? Of course not! It is in a foreign country. It is a place where many overseas(海外的） Chinese live together. There are lots of Chinatown in America. The biggest one is
14、 in New York. There are about 150,000 people in it. It is the home of Chinese New Yorkers. And it is also a good place to go. Shopping in Chinatown: Shopping in Chinatown is fun. You can find lots of things here. Most of them are made in China. Mott Street is the best place to shop because the thing
15、s there are very cheap. Eating in Chinatown: Chinatown has more than 200 restaurants. You can enjoy traditional Chinese food here. New Silver Palace Restaurant is one of the best restaurants. You can eat some Shanghai food in Evergreen Restaurant. Living in Chinatown: Living in Chinatown is comforta
16、ble. You can find hospitals, schools, banks, libraries and supermarkets in it. In some schools, students must study Chinese. Many overseas Chinese send their children to these schools. They want their children to learn more about China and its culture. 根据短文内容判断正（ T）误（ F）： ( )11. There is only one Ch
17、inatown in the USA. ( )12. The Chinatown in New York has a population (人口 ) of 200,000. ( )13. A few things in Chinatown are made in the USA. ( )14. If you want to eat Shanghai food in Chinatown, you may go to Evergreen Restaurant. ( )15. Many overseas Chinese send their children to the schools wher
18、e they must study Chinese because they want them to learn more about China and its culture. D We can see plants around us every day. Our life could not go on if there were no plants. =【 ;精品教育资源文库 】 = This is because plants can make food from air, water and sunlight. 16._ They get their food by eatin
19、g plants and other animals. Therefore, animals and men need plants in order to live. This is the reason why we find so many plants around us. Look at the plants in the world. You will find that there are many kinds of plants. 17._And most plants are green. There are two main types of plants: floweri
20、ng plants and non flowering（不开花植物） plants. Flowering plants have roots, stems, leaves and fruits. 18._We can probably recognize some plants from their flowers or fruits. Non flowering plants include coniferous trees(针叶林） ,mosses（苔藓） and so on.19._ Most plants do not grow from seeds but spores（孢子） .
21、Spores are very, very small. 20._When these spores fall on wet places, they usually grow into new plants soon. How wonderful the plant world is! A. Almost all the trees around us are flowering plants. B. Animals and men cannot do so. C. Some plants are large while others are small. D. They are quite
22、 similar to seeds. E. We cannot see many non flowering plants around us. E One night, Mary saw a girl sitting by the road near her house. The girls coat was very old and thin. It couldnt keep warm at all. Mary thought a cotton coat may be helpful to the girl. So she opened the window and shouted to
23、the girl, “Come to the front door of my house, please!” The girl was surprised, but she did as Mary said. She knocked at the door of Marys house. Mary opened the door and smiled warmly to the poor girl. She handed a cotton coat to the girl. Just then she saw a smile on the girls face. That night, Ma
24、ry was very happy for what she had done. The poor girl had never appeared again since that night. Years later, Mary almost forgot the poor girl. One day, Mary got a call from a lawyer called Jack. Jack invited her to his office. After they met, Jack gave Mary a letter. It said, “Forty years ago, a beautiful girl helped me. =【 ;精品教育资源文库 】 = In that winter, she gave me warmth and hope. Later I got through the hardest time in my life and then started a happy life.” After Ma
