广东省深圳市福田区莲花中学2022-2023学年八年级下学期开学考英语试卷

2022—2023学年第二学期开学教学质量检测

初二（英语）试卷

（满分：75分  时间：60分钟）

I. 完形填空（10*1=10分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的A、B、C、D三个选项中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。

You should try to have a good relationship with your neighbours, because you never know   1   you may need their help. If they do something to annoy (让……不高兴) you, it is   2   to discuss it in a polite way than to have an argument (争论) about it.

For example, if your neighbours are playing loud music that you do not like, ask them politely to   3   the music instead of   4   the police directly for help.

Trees and fences (围栏) can also be a   5   of disagreement between neighbours. My grandmother likes sitting   6   in the sun after lunch, but her neighbour has put up a high fence that   7   sunshine from going into her yard in the early afternoon. My grandmother does not want to be   8   with him, because he   9   her a lot of support when my grandfather died last year. So she went to talk with the neighbour in a friendly way.

Then, her neighbour lowered the fence just enough to give her some sunshine   10   losing his privacy (私人空间). My grandmother cut down the tree that was above his garden and dropped leaves all over his lawn (草坪) in the autumn. Finally, they reached an agreement which made both pleased.

(    ) 1. A. after B. when C. while D. before

(    ) 2. A. more B. best C. better D. most

(    ) 3. A. turn off B. turn on C. turn down D. turn up

(    ) 4. A. going B. calling C. shouting D. reaching

(    ) 5. A. comer B. message C. result D. cause

(    ) 6. A. inside B. into C. outside D. onto

(    ) 7. A. steals B. opens C. shows D. stops

(    ) 8. A. mad B. silly C. angry D. awful

(    ) 9. A. gave B. carried C. bought D. took

(    ) 10. A. within B. without C. along D. above

II. 阅读理解（15*1.5=22.5分）

阅读下列短文，从下面每小题的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

A

Zhou Yan, a Junior 2 student, wishes he never got a mobile phone. Last week, he went to see a doctor because his arms and fingers were injured. The doctor told him that he had "mobile phone disease (疾病)". A growing number of teenagers are getting "mobile phone disease" because they are always using mobile phones.

Zhou got his mobile phone five months ago. He sent messages to his friends with it all the time, even when going to bed. Zhou spent so much time playing with his mobile phone, so he started to do badly in the exams. His mom got very angry with him. He didn't stop playing with the mobile phone until his arms got injured.

Yang Ling, a doctor, says that if someone uses his mobile phone too much, like Zhou Yan, he might get "mobile phone disease". If teenagers find their arms or fingers hurt, they should go to see a doctor as soon as possible. Yang Ling says teenagers should control themselves, try not to use their mobile phones so often, especially at school.

(    ) 11. Why does Zhou Yan wish he never got a mobile phone?

A. It is useless to him.

B. It made his arms and fingers hurt.

C. It doesn't work well.

D. His mother got angry with him.

(    ) 12. Why didn't Zhou Yan do well in exams?

A. He argued with his mother.

B. He was ill and didn't go to school.

C. He didn't study for the exams.

D. He spent much time on the mobile phone.

(    ) 13. If someone has "mobile phone disease", what does it mean?

A. Having healthy problems because of using too much mobile phone.

B. There are viruses (病毒) on the mobile phone.

C. Something is wrong with his mobile phone.

D. He hates the mobile phone very much.

(    ) 14. What does Yang Ling advise teenagers to do?

A. Not to use mobile phones so often. B. Use mobile phones out of school.

C. Go to hospital to see a doctor. D. Don't use mobile phones anymore.

(    ) 15. What does the writer want to tell us?

A. More and more teenagers use mobile phones a lot.

B. Mobile phones can bring teenagers many troubles.

C. Using mobile phones too much is bad for study and health.

D. People should spend more time on books instead of mobile phones.

B

Do you know paint-by-numbers (用数字标明填色区域的绘画方式)? No? Your parents and grandparents may know it because it's not something new.

In a paint-by-numbers picture, you can see a painting divided (分开) into different parts with different numbers. Each of those numbers is for a colour. For example, when you paint, you just colour the parts with the number “1” in black and the parts with the number “2” in white. This makes it easy for people to paint.

Dan Robbins is the father of paint-by-numbers pictures. He once worked for a paint company. One day in 1949, Dan's boss asked him to sell more paintings. Then Dan had the idea of paint-by-numbers. He knew that the famous artist Leonardo da Vinci used to divide paintings into different parts and number them. And he asked his students to colour those parts. Dan wanted to create pictures to let people paint in the same way. So he told the idea to his boss. And his boss asked him to create such pictures.

Dan created six different kinds of paint-by-numbers pictures. At first, they didn't sell well. In 1951, the company taught customers (顾客) how to colour a large paint-by-numbers picture in a shopping centre in New York. After that, paint-by-numbers became very popular. A paint-by- numbers picture sold for $2. 50. In 1955, people spent $20 million on the company's paint-by- numbers pictures.

Some people say that the paint-by-numbers pictures are not real art. But Dan only wanted everyone to enjoy art in an easy and happy way.

(    ) 16. Each number in a paint-by-numbers picture is for ________.

A. a number B. a colour C. a picture D. a person

(    ) 17. Who first had the idea of paint-by-numbers?

A. Dan Robbins.  B. Dan Robbins' boss.

C. Leonardo da Vinci.  D. Leonardo da Vinci s students.

(    ) 18. What did the company do to help sell paint-by-numbers pictures in the shopping centre?

A. It drew numbers in a big picture.

B. It sold the big picture to customers.

C. It asked people to colour a lot of pictures.

D. It showed people how to colour a big picture.

(    ) 19. What did Dan Robbins think of paint-by-numbers pictures?

A. They were real art.  B. They helped people enjoy art.

C. They could teach people to paint. D. They could help people make money.

(    ) 20. What's the best title of the passage?

A. The history of art  B. Paint in an interesting way

C. Famous artist Leonardo da Vinci D. A popular art in the 20th century

C

There's much to see under the sea, but you need to remember that light behaves differently in water than in air. The objects appear closer to you than they exactly are. You might find yourself reaching out to touch something and completely missing it.

Objects under water will appear larger than they would on the surface, too. Be careful not to tell any stories about the big fish that got away. That fish might not be so big after all! It's just because sometimes things can seem to be as much as about 33 percent bigger in water!

What's more, in deeper water, colors just don't seem as bright. In fact, it looks as if some colors are missing. Remember the color of an object results from the wavelengths (波长) of light that are reflected (反射) from its surface. And light is taken in as it moves down through the water.

Swimmers wear wet suits to keep warm underwater. Let's take a bright red, yellow, and blue wet suit as an example. These colors are hard to miss on the surface of water. Watch carefully the changes in color as you descend in the water. The red part now looks almost black because the red light wavelengths, the longest among these three colors, are missing. As you go down deeper, the same thing will happen to the yellow part and in the end to the blue part. Even at a place of about 6 to 9 metres underwater, you will look terrible, like a ghost (鬼怪)! And you have to wait for your return to the surface to enjoy the bright colors again!

(    ) 21. You miss the object underwater when you want to touch it because ________.

A. it is not as close as it seems B. it disappears very quickly

C. your eyesight is quite poor D. you are not quick enough

(    ) 22. The example of the wet suit is used to explain the change of ___ of an object underwater.

A. the position B. the weight C. the size D. the color

(    ) 23. The underlined word “descend” probably means ________ in Chinese in this passage.

A. 屏息 B. 下潜 C. 漂浮 D. 上升

(    ) 24. Which of the following is true?

A. The wavelengths of red light are longer than those of blue light.

B. You will see a ghost if you go as deep as 6 to 9 metres into the sea.

C. Much water will be taken in by the swimmer deep in the water.

D. A four-metre-long fish looks three metres long underwater.

(    ) 25. The best title of this passage is ________.

A. The Brightness of Color Underwater B. The Behavior of Light Underwater

C. The Standard of Color Underwater D. The Direction of Light Underwater

III. 六选五

第一节 阅读下列短文，从六个选项中选出五个最佳选项填入横线中。（5*2=10分）

As time goes by, are you still the same person you were? Many of you would think you are.

  26   You could be a completely different person when you get old. Psychologists (心理家) at the UK's University of Edinburgh did the study on a group of Scottish people.   27   In 1950, a group of teachers gave over 1200 14-year-old students personality tests.   28   They were self-confidence, sense of responsibility, perseverance (耐心), strong wishes to win, creativity and moods (情绪).

In 2012, researchers successfully found 174 of those 1200 students and gave them a test similar to the one they had received before.   29   They were surprised to find great changes to all six personality traits of these people.   30   It was “as if the second test had been given to different people.” the study reported.

In the past, personality was widely believed to be unchangeable. This new study may bring some fresh ideas to the world.

第二节 阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息（5*1.5=7.5分）。

IV. 语法填空（10*1=10分）

根据句子意思，用所给单词的适当形式填空，未提供单词的根据上下文填入适当的词。

China is a country with rich culture. Each different part of China has   36   (it) own special forms of traditional art. These usually try to show the important things in life, such as love, beauty and family.

According to Chinese history, sky lanterns were   37   (one) used by Zhuge Kongming. He sent them out to ask for help when in trouble. Today, sky lanterns are used at festivals and other   38   (celebrate). They   39   (make) of bamboo (竹子) and covered with paper, When the lanterns are lit, they slowly rise into the air like small hot-air balloons for all to see. They are seen as bright symbols of   40   (happy) and good wishes.

Paper cutting   41   (be) around for over 1500 years. Paper cutting sounds very easy   42   it can be difficult to do. The paper, usually red, is folded (折叠) before it is cut with scissors. The Most common pictures are flowers and animals. During the Spring Festival, they are put on windows, doors and walls as symbols of wishes for good luck and a happy new year.

Chinese clay (陶土) art is famous because the clay pieces are as   43   (small) as rice but they look very real. The pieces are usually lovely children or lively characters from a Chinese historical story. The pieces are   44   (careful) shaped (塑形) by hand from a very special kind of clay and then allowed to air-dry . They are then painted. It takes several weeks   45   (complete) everything. These small pieces of clay show the love that all Chinese people have for life and beauty.

V. 书面表达（共15*1=15分）

你校将与新华中学的同学们进行交流活动. 为了让新华中学的同学们了解你校的社团及其内容，请你根据以下提示写一篇演讲稿，并为学校即将新增的社团提出你的看法.

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