育才初级中学2017学年第二学期八年级英语跟踪练习
（满分100分，考试时间90分钟）
考生注意：本卷有7大题，．共89小题。试题均采用连续编号，所有答案务必按照规定在答题纸上完成，做在试卷上不给分。
Part l Listening （第一部分听力）
I．Listening comprehension（听力理解）（共25分）
A．Listen and choose the right picture（根据你听到的内容，选出相应的图片）（5分）
1.__________ 2._________ 3._________ 4._________ 5._________
B．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）(10分)
6. A) Jack. B) Susan. C) Lolin D) Susan and Lolin.
7. A) Reading. B) Writing. C) Playing. D) Sleeping.
8. A) 6:00: B) 7:30. C)1:30. D) 6:30.
9. A) A cook. B) An architect. C) Cooking. D) Designing.
10. A) In the sea. B) At home. C) On the beach. D) At school.
11. A) In the market. B) In an ice cream shop. C) In a fish shop D) In a restaurant.
12.A) Very good. B) Very bad. C) Just so so D) Don't mention.
13. A) Both of them. B) Neither of them. C) The boy D) The girl.
14. A) Last year B)One year C)Two years before D)Two years.
15. A)Oranges B) Milk C) The fridge D) The supermarket.
C．Listen to the passage and tell whether the following 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）
16. A smile will tell people that you are a kind and friendly person.
17. My classmate Mike is full of confidence because of his good teeth. .
18. A1l the teeth problems are caused by had habits.
19. Dentist can help improve our teeth and tell us how to look after them.
20. An Indian doctor said that young children should laugh between 7 and 15 times a day. -
D.Listen to the pas．sage and complete the following sentences.（听短文，完成下列内容，每空格限填一词）（5分）
21. San Francisco has got lots of great______________ and places.
22. The ______________ are usually more interested in money than culture!
23. The parks and markets in London are___________
24. You can walk_____________ in San Francisco because it's a small city.
25.Public transport in London is____________and really expensive.
Part 2 Phonetics, Vocabulary and Grammar
（第二部分语音、词汇和语法）
II. Choose the best answer（选择最恰当的答案）（共20分）
26. Which of the foIlowing underlined part is different in pronunciation is different from others?
A)With nothing but his own talent,he made himself rich and famous.
B) This kind of food is manufactured by that factory.
C) On an average we would be spending £300 per day. .
D) He is impatient as the first hour passes and then another.
27. Which of the following is wrong?
A) What a pity it is to miss the chance!
B) Have you chosen a classroom yet? .
C) What are these thick wires connected to?
D) When you've finished with me, I will go to a sewage plant.
28.At the moment, the organization needs________ money to provide food and shelter for the areas hit by the typhoon.
A) many B）quite a few C）a great number of D）a large amount of
29.________dictionary on the shelf is________ useful tool for us to learn English. '
A)A...an B)The...a . C)A...the D)The...an
30. The tap is dripping._______________
A) Turn off it. B Turn it off C) Turning off it. D) Turning if off.
31. After a while some________ students arrived and soon the meeting room was crowded with people.
A) other B) the others C) others D) another
32. The fish tastes really__________. Would you like to have more?
A)good . B)well C)awful . D)awfully
33. --What does she mean _________ "Long time no see"?
-- She means "We haven't seen each other for a long time.i'
A) by B) with C) through D) from
34. "You don't work_________ That's why you haven't made any progress this term." The teacher
said to the boy 'seriously.
A) enough hard B) hard enough C) enough hardly D) hardly enough
35. It's very hot here inside the room. Pleas keep the door and the windows________so that fresh air may come in.
A)open B)to open C)opened D)opening
36. This maths problem is __________ than that one. Can you help me to work it out?
A) much puzzling B) much more puzzling C. ) much puzzled D) much more puzzled
37. You need to consider a lot of things ,when you decide to go to another country for further study , where you can study, how long you plan to study there and how much you should pay.
A) such as B)for example C) . that is D) most importantly .
38. She really did very well this time. She made_______ mistakes.
A) little B)a little C) few D) a few
39. In the last 200 years, people_______ more than half of- all the trees on the Earth.
A) destroyed B) were destroying C) have destroyed D) had destroyed
40. Mrs Green as well as her daughters________to the cinema to see the film Zootopia. They won't be back until 11 O'clock.
A) has been B)have been C) has gone D) have gone
41. Thank you________me the dictionary. It was a great help to me when. I was reading the English article.
A) to lend B) for lending C) to borrow D) for borrowing .
42.It's very dangerous_________the streets alone in rush hours.
A) of a little child crossing B) of a little child to cross
C) for a little child crossing D) for a little child to cross
43. They waited in the car ________the police came. Luckily, no one was badly injured.
A) as B) when C) after D) until
44. Can you tell. me _? We plan to go on a picnic, but it will all depend on the weather.
A) what will the weather like B) what the weather will like
C) what will the weather be like D) what the weather will be like
45. -- I lost my iphone on the way home last Friday.
-- ________________________
A) Congratulations! B) What a shame!
C)Well done D) That's wonderful news.
III. Complete the following passage with the words phrases in the box. Each can only be used once（将下列单词或词组填入空格。每空格限填一词，每词只能填一次）（共8分）
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A.also B.not C.worries D.habits E.stay |
In Northern Europe, there is a country with a long, cold winter. It doesn't have a lot of sunshine all the year round. But surprisingly,it is called the happiest country in the world. This is
Denmark.
Danish people say that they are happy because they have no____46____ about anything. The government does many things to give people better lives. For example, all children can go to good schools, parents have long holidays to___47____ with their babies and women have the same rights as men.
Danish people also have healthy life____48____. Most of them love riding bicycles. In Denmark's capital, Copenhagen, about 50 percent of its people ride bicycles to work or school.Biking is not only good for the environment. It is____49_____good for people's health.
Denmark is a country with a lot of fun things. Let's visit this happy country together!
46._____________ 47._____________ 48.____________ 49._____________
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A.talk about B. statue C.photo D.on the top E .traditional |
Fairy tales
Who is the most famous Dane? Hans Christian Anderson, of course. Every child loves his stories. He wrote many fairy tales.The little mermaid is a famous one. She has a human upper body and a fish tail.You can find her____50______in Denmark. Another famous story is The Ugly Duckling. It is about how a little ugly duckling grows into a beautiful swan.
Hello.,Santa Claus
Where can you meet Santas? It is in Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark. Every July, the city holds the World Santa Claus Congress. Santa Clauses from around the world all come here. At the congress, Santas Usually have parades, swimming, competition and other activities. They also ___51____ funny things, like how to make the chimneys bigger, so it is easier for a Santa to get through.
It's yummy!
What is the most famous Danish snack? It is the Danish pastry or simply a Danish. It is a
____52____snack in Denmark. Now the food is popular around the world. Danish pastries are sweet snacks with many layers. Some have chocolate, sugar or nuts on___53_____. Some may have fillings like jam or cream. Danish pasties some in different shapes. Circles with filling in the middle are the most common.
50._____________ 51._____________ 52._____________ 53.______________
IV Complete the sentences 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）（共8分）
54. Hawkins is widely described as the greatest______since Einstein. (science)
55. She does not know if he is _________ or dead.(live)
56.A lot of people try to get the best_________ at the lowest price on the internet. (produce)
57. After long walk, my brother enjoyed resting__________ in a sofa. (comfortable)
58. Nobody will refuse to help you if you ask __________ (polite)
59. The Visitor Centre is open________ 8.30 a.m. - 4.30 p.m. (day)
60. The idea is to ________ people to know more about their neighbors.(courage)
61. We_________address and Christmas cards before we left the party. (change)
V Rewrite the following sentences as required（根据所给要求，改写下列旬子。每空格限填一词）（共14分）
62．This book belongs to Mary.（改为否定句）
This book_________ __________ to Mary.
63.They hardly have any teaching experience as they have just left college.（改为反意疑问句）
They hardly have any teaching experience as they have just left college,__________ __________?
64. Jim is practicing the guitar under a tree.（对划线部分提问）
__________ is Jim__________ under a tree?
65. The trees can protect themselves by producing a chemical that makes their leaves taste nasty.（对划线部分提问）
________ __________the trees protect themselves?
66. "How will the water be made again'?" The teacher explained. (台并成一向 )
The teacher explained _________ the water ___________ to be made clear again.
67. The water drop was floating so comfortably in a cloud that it didn't notice that the cloud dropped it into a stream.（保持句意基本不变）
The water was floating ________ comfortably __________ notice that the cloud dropped it into a stream.
68. young, English, in, decided, London, the, to, start, man, learning （连词成句）
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Part 3 Reading and Writing （第三部分读写）
VI- Reading comprehension（阅读理解）（共20分）
A．Choose the best answer（根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案）（5分）
For many people,a driverless car is a thing hard to understand. They hold strong opinions against it, because it is not easy to control it.But scientists say that there is one thing we can't
argue about: driverless cars are indeed coming.
However, we could be waiting for some time before driverless cars become popular among
the public. Scientists say that the technology of driverless cars will not be fully developed until
2040. And the cars won't be fully driverless until 2050.
In the United States, driverless cars are being tested. In the UK, the government had put a lot of money into the development of driverless cars.
But there are some problems that need to be solved so that driverless cars are accepted by the public and able to travel on roads by law. The problems include driverless car insurance in the future and related traffic laws
Today, 95 percent of all traffic crashes happen because of drivers' mistakes. This means driverless cars will prevent 95 percent of all traffic accidents. Fewer traffic crashes mean safer roads and fewer deaths and injuries in road accidents.
So in about 35 years, driverless cars will be very common on the road and we will enjoy them a lot.
69. What does the phrase ;'hold strong opinions against" in the first paragraph mean?
A) like B) don't like C.) decide D) don't decide
70.When will cars probably be fully driverless? A) In 2030. B).In 2040. C) In 2050. D) In 2060.
71.What has the UK government done to help the development of driverless cars?
A) It is testing diverless cars. B) It has put a lot of money into it
C) It has made some insurance rules about it. D) It has made traffic law related to it.
72. We can see from the article that the writer is ________ the idea of driverless cars.
A) for B) against
C) neither for nor against D) both for and against
73. The best title of the article is____________
A) The Problems of Driverless cars B) The Development of Driverless Cars
C) The Safety of Driverless Cars D) The Future of Driverless Cars
B.Choose the best words and complete the passage(选择最恰当的单词完成短文)(5分)
On a snowy day, Xia Qihang fell down on his way home. He fell so hard that his trousers broke. However, when he arrived home, his parents only__74___that he wasn't being careful and said nothing to comfort him.
This 15-year-old boy from Zhuhe Junior High School. Heilongiang Province, is not alone.
Over half of male students hope to get more support from their parents, according to the latest survey conducted by the National Institute of Education Sciences. It says that only two out of every ten parents give boys ___75____ support.
The survey also shows that boys like to deal with problems in their own ways instead of asking for help from parents. Most students agree with this. Luo Tei, 12, at Shenzhen Xinan Middle School, Guangdong,____76_____ to talk to his friends or listen to music. "I'm afraid that my parents won’ t understand me," he said.
Indeed, there still seems to be a gap between parents and boys. When they communicate with each other, they talk mostly about school, according to the survey. Teng Jiajun, 15, at The Sports School of Beijing N0 80 High School, is a typical example. He tried to share his interest ___77_____ pop star Jay Zhou, but his parents don't understand. "We live in two worlds," he said.
But some boys don't agree with the results at all. They _ 78 _ their parents. Zheng Quanhang, 15, Xia' classmate, talks 'about everything with h is parents,anything from travel to future plans. When he gets in trouble, he tells his parents frankly. "We are like good friends. They don’t encourage me every day. But a simple a work makes me happy.For me, that’s enough,” he said.
74.A) complained B) considered C) explained D) sounded
75.A)many B)enough C)little D)few
76.A)produces B) scratches C)hates D) prefers
77.A)with B)in C)of D)at
78.A) connect with B) fight with C) again with D) get on well with
C.Read the passage and frll in the blanks with properⅥr ords（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）（5分）
When talking about Australia, no one can forget about the country's famous animal: the kangaroo. The Kangaroo is a national s ___79_____ in the country.
Australians love Kangaroos so much that some people want to make the "Boxing Kangaroo" a part of the national flag. The boxing Kangaroo flag is a green flag with a picture of a golden yellow kangaroo wearing red boxing gloves on it. You will s____80_____ the boxing kangaroo flag
whenever Australia take part in an international sporting competition.
The kangaroo gets everyone's attention. Only a few month s ago. pictures of a male kangaroo taking care of its dying mate became very popular in Australia. In the picture, the male kangaroo holds the head of the dying mate up to her baby kangaroo. .
Also, a video of two kangaroos fighting on a street in Australia became internationally popular in 2014. The video shows the two huge animals moving forearms, j _____81_____ around each other with their strong legs.
Although we love kangaroos.Australians sometimes eat kangaroo meat. But it is riot c___82_____. You may buy kangaroo meat in some supermarkets. H_____83_____, a new diet choice-kangatarianism - is becoming popular. Kangatarians only eat vegetables and kangaroo meat. They don't eat the meat of other animals, such as beef, pork or chicken.
D. Answer the questions（根据矩文内容回答下列问题）（5分）
Can Al outsmart humans?
How many great things can a ,omputer do? AlphaGo is a man-made intelligence program.
On March 9, AlphaGo is the first computer to win against a human in a Go game.
So what is AI?
AI is a kind of computer, and it can do every smart things. For example, it can think or act like a human.
We even use Al every day. Apple's Siri, websites like Baidu and talking toys ...... They all make our life easy and fun.
But some people think that Al may become smarter than humans later on.
“Computers will be stronger than. human minds by 2045." Futurist Ray Kurzweil oaid.
But others don't think so. Al is still far behind a 7-year-old kid when dealing with real life problems, Earnest Davis, a computer scientist at New York University, said to LiveScience.
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Man and AI in history |
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1992: Word Checker Champion Marion Tinsley beat against Chinook. It is a computer that plays checkers. |
1997: IBM’s DeepBlue computer beat Russian chess master Garry Kasparov. It won two games out of six and tied(平局) three. |
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2011: Watson, a computer from IBM played an American quiz game called Jeopardy. It beat the best human players and became the big winner. |
October, 2015: AlphaGo wins five out of five games against European Go Champion Fan Hui. |
84. What is AlphaGo?
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85. AlphaGo isn't tn e first computer to win against a human in a Go game, is it?
_____________________________________________________________________
86. Ho w' is our life now with the help of AI?
_____________________________________________________________________
87. How many times has Al beaten Man up till now according to the article?
______________________________________________________________________
88 . Do you think that computers will be stronger than us'? Why or why not?
_______________________________________________________________________
VII. Writing（作文）(共 5分 )
89. Write a passage of at leasL 60 words on the topic "1'rees are. important living things".
Suggested questions:
Why are trees important? .
Are trees in great danger?
What shall we do for the trees on the Earth ?
Key:
1-5 AFDBE 6-15CCABB DCBAB 16-20 TFFTF
21.buildings 22. America 23. wonderful 24. everywhere 25. terrible
26-45 DBDBB AAABA BBCCC BDDDB
46-49 CEDA 50-53 BAED
54.scientist 55. alive 56.products 57. comfortably 58.politely 59.daily
60.encourage 61.exchanged
62. doesn’t belong 63 do they 64. What doing 65. How can 66. how would
67.too to 68.The young man decided to learning English in London.
69-73 CBAD
74-78 ABDBD
79.symbol 80.see 81.just 82.common 83.However
84. a man-made intelligence program
85.Yes.
86.They make our life easy and fun
87.three
88开放式回答.
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