沪教版八年级上学期英语期中考试试卷A卷一、 完形填空。 (共1题；共10分)1. （10分）When I was a little girl, I lived with my grandparents in a small village(村庄).The life there was 1, and I liked it very much. I had many friends and I liked playing with them 2. After rainy days, there was much 3in the river(河) near our house. I often went there to get4with my friends. I had5fun living there.Now I live in a big city. I study in a school, but I6my life here. Its too busy and it often makes me very7. Now the most interesting thing for me is to go to my grandparents home to8my vacation. Every time I cant9to go there. I 10 a quiet life. I hope to live in a village when Im older.（1）A . boring B . relaxing C . terrible （2）A . with B . from C . outside （3）A . ice B . water C . food （4）A . fish B . meat C . chicken （5）A . kind of B . a little C . lots of （6）A . enjoy B . dislike C . improve （7）A . dirty B . tired C . happy （8）A . spend B . describe C . remember （9）A . like B . want C . wait （10）A . order B . need C . think 二、 阅读理解。 (共4题；共34分)2. （10分） Do you have any foreign friends? Do you know their characteristics(特征)?The Germans are very quiet and they always keep calm. They dont like to speak more words. They look very serious. They like different kinds of amusements. The Germans are very hardworking. They like tidiness, especially the women, who always keep their home clean.In some ways, the Englishmen look the same as the Germans. They are very quiet and never talk too much with the strangers. They are really polite, so we often hear they say “Thank you.” Or “Sorry.” The gentlemen are also the Englishmen.The Frenchs holidays are very long. They like traveling and usually spend their long time staying in other countries. The Frenchmen are more outgoing than the Germans. It is very easy to make friends with them.Compared to the Frenchmen, the Americans are more outgoing. And they are even opener than all of the Europeans. They dont like to depend on others. So it is very common that the students do part-time jobs in their free time. And in Americans eyes, success is an important part in their life.（1）According to the passage, _are very quiet.A . only the GermansB . only the EnglishmenC . only the FrenchmenD . both the Germans and the Englishmen（2）What does the underlined word “tidiness” mean in Chinese?A . 整洁B . 安静C . 时尚D . 随意（3）In the writers eyes, the gentlemen are_.A . the GermansB . the FrenchmenC . the EnglishmenD . the Americans（4）What can we learn about the Frenchmen from the passage?A . They are more outgoing than the Americans.B . It is very easy to make friends with them.C . They like traveling in their own country.D . They look serious and are always hard-working.（5）Which is the best title of the passage?A . Foreigners hobbies.B . Who are more outgoing?C . Characteristics of the foreigners.D . Success is an important part in Americans life.3. （6分）阅读理解 Most dictionaries will tell you a number of things about a word. There are three important things. These three things are spelling, pronunciation and meanings.First, a dictionary will tell you the spelling of a word. If you are not sure about the spelling of a word, you can try to find the correct spelling in a dictionary. Words are listed in alphabetical order-a, b, c and so on. For example, on a dictionary page the word poorp, o, o, r - comes before povertyp, o, v, e, r, t, y-and the word poverty comes before power-p, o, w, e, r. The words are always given in an alphabetical order.The second thing, a dictionary will tell you pronunciation. Most give phonetic, or sound, alphabet.The phonetic spelling will tell you how a word is pronounced. There are a few different phonetic alphabets. Many dictionaries use the International Phonetic Alphabet to show pronunciation.The third thing, a dictionary will tell you the meaning of words. You can look up a word and find out what it means. Many words have more than one meaning, and a better dictionary will tell you all of the words meaning. For example, in English the common word get has over 20 different meanings.（1）In the passage, which of the following is among the three important things? A . How to write a word beautifully.B . How to use a word.C . How to lookup a word.D . How to pronounce a word（2）Of the three words: remove, remote and remount, _ in a dictionary. A . remote comes first and remove comes lastB . remove comes first and remote comes lastC . remote comes first and remount comes lastD . remove comes first and remount comes last（3）A better dictionary can tell you . A . More of the words pronunciationB . More of the words meaningC . More of the words spe