牛津版（深圳·广州）初中英语八年级下学期期末模拟试题（4）

完形填空

    In July, little Helen always goes to see her grandfather. He lives on the farm. On the farm, there are many kinds of1, such as cows, dogs, cats and sheep. She likes to play with them2they can make her happy.

    On the farm, there is also a little3. It has no mother and it4plays with other animals. It often5around alone. This is why Helen likes it. Helen likes it so much that many times she6the elephant how sorry she feels for it and that she loves it very much. Gradually it becomes very7to Helen. When it sees Helen, it will8up to her like a dog. Sometimes Helen sits on the ground reading and the elephant stands by her. Her grandfather wonders why the elephant likes her so much. Helen's answer is that she loves it.

    Helen is9. We should love and protect animals. They are our good10.

阅读理解

    Michelle is sixty years old now. She hopes to calculate her body age to learn if she is living a healthy life. Here are her ways to calculate her body age:

    Find resting pulse rate（静息脉率）

    A healthy heart usually beats between 60 and 100times per minute. A lower pulse rate shows that our hearts are strong. Higher pulse rates mean that our hearts have to work harder to do the same amount of work--they are weaker.

    She adds one year to her chronological age（实际年龄）because her resting pulse rate is more than 100 beats per minute.

    Calculate sleep

    Our body needs sleep. People usually need to sleep between 7 and 8 hours per night. Getting less than that can make us tired and older.

    Michelle will subtract（减去）six months from her age if she often gets 7-9hours of sleep. If she gets 5-6 hours of sleep or sleeps more than 9 hours, she will ad one year to her age. If she gets less than 5 hours of sleep, it means her body age will be even older.

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    Last year, I went to a summer camp in the United States with my classmates. It was my first time to go abroad.

    I lived with a host family in Los Angeles for five days. My host family was friendly and gave me lots of advice. For example, they said I should say "excuse me" if I have to interrupt (打断) someone or ask for directions.

    I also took some classes. They were different from the classes I had had back home. In the US, each class is like aseminar. Students join groups, speaking freely and creating a cheerful atmosphere (氛围). I had to work hard to learn more vocabularies, so I could better communicate with my international classmates. I used to pay little attention to my word usage (使用), but now I pay more attention.

    During my visit, I also went to some famous universities in Boston, New York and Washington, D. C. We learned about the history behind the universities. At MIT (麻省理工学院), we saw lots of names on a wall in the hall. The tour guide told us they were the names of students who had lost their lives during wars. I was inspired (鼓舞) by the fact that they fought for their country.

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    It's March, 2050. Frank and Mary Smith wake up in their comfortable house in the morning and turn on the bedroom computer to get the latest news. They get used to reading The Times over the years. The only difference is that they changed to electronic newspapers many years ago.

    After breakfast, as they watch the screen, Mary orders the household robot to make coffee for them. Frank is a computer engineer, working for several companies. He goes into the study to take part in a videoconferencewith his partners around the world.

    Mary takes a quick look at the shopping channels at home before beginning the video call to talk to her assistant. She also has a job and she is doing medical researches.

    Frank and Mary have one daughter, Louise, who also has her own work station at home. She goes to school only one day a week, mainly to play with other students. Louise is studying Chinese at present. Chinese has become an important language in the world.

    According to the family doctor, Louise will live to at least 130 years old. Her wish is to work for a few decades(十年)and then spend her time on music and painting.

根据短文内容，从短文后的A~F选项中，选出5个适当的选项补全短文（有一多余选项），并将选项的编号依次填入题后表格中。

    Cartoons are like a window that let us see the culture of a country. For example, the popular Japanese manga Naruto shows us life about ninjias.It also shows many different themes (主题).

    If you talk to your parents about their favorite cartoons, you'll find their choices are quite different from yours. They were arts of oil painting, paper cutting or puppets (木偶). Today's cartoons are made with computers. They have more exciting sound and pictures.

    What's happened to cartoons over the past years in China?Little Tadpole Looking for Mom (1961)was China's first ink-painting cartoon, together with puppet cartoon such asThe Magic Brush (1955). After 1978, more foreign cartoons came to China. Over the next twenty years, China made many excellent cartoons, such asMr. Black (1984), CalabashBrothers (1986), The Big Head Son and Small Head Father (1995).
    China has its International Cartoon Festival in Hangzhou every year. Many Chinese cartoons won prizes at international film festivals, likeThree Monks, Nezha Stirs up the Sea, and The Monkey King.

A. Our cartoons started to become better.
B. Now, the cartoon industry (产业) in China is growing fast.
C. Early cartoons were short and they were usually made by hand.
D. After 1949, China started to make cartoons with its own character (特色).
E. Chinese cartoons show our traditional culture, like ink painting and paper cutting.
F. US cartoons such as Superman opened up the world to superhero (超级英雄) culture.

配对阅读

Mandy wants to see a film with her best friend. She likes cartoons very much. They hope to see a new one. Peter often watches action movies. His favorite movie star is Jet Li. This weekend he is free. He wants to see a film acted by Jet Li. Susan is a middle school student. Her English is not good enough. She wants to watch an English movie to improve her English. Jack is an outgoing boy. He enjoys watching comedies. He wants to watch a comedy with his friend on Saturday. Tony is an 8-year-old boy. He likes Chinese Kungfu. His favorite movie star is Jackie Chan. He wants to watch his movies.

A. Good news for you. Perfect Baby is a comedy that makes everyone laugh. We will show it on Wednesday. B. Hero is an action movie. It's a popular movie. The main character is Jet Li. It will be showed on weekends. C. Early Man is a new cartoon film. It's the story about Dug and his friend Hognob. It's a very interesting film. D. CZ12 is an action movie. It's a movie about Chinese history. It's directed by Jackie Chan. Everyone can go to see the film. E. Come to watch High School Musical. This is an English movie. It's good for your English study. F. Come to watch this comedy Narrow Escape. It is acted by Pan Changjiang. The film will be showed on Saturday. G. The Myth is a movie acted by Jackie Chan. The story is in ancient time. It's about a romantic story. But it's only for adults.

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。

    Have you ever heard of friendships among animals? At a zoo in Germany, an unusual friendship developed a cat and a bear.

    No one is quite sure how the friendship first began. One day, some (worker) in the zoo noticed a black cat was in the bear's cage, and the two animals were playing together peacefully. They were surprised well the small cat seemed to get along with the large bear. The bear keeper allowed the cat (stay) with the bear. And later the pair and their unusual friendship (become) a hot topic at the zoo.

    After several years, a new cage (build) for the bear. However, the cat was still in the same cage, so it walked around (angry) and cried to be with the bear. The bear keeper finally took pity on the cat let it stay with the bear. The cat and the bear got (close) than before. They often sat together and shared meals in the sun.

    Sometimes it may be natural for animals (have) their own ideas about making friends. These may surprise humans, who usually expect animals to form relationships with others of the same species.

随着生活水平的提高，人们开始重视自己的生活质量。越来越多的人开始热衷于养宠物。可爱的小动物给人们带来了无穷的快乐；然而，对于那些不喜欢动物的人来说，宠物的存在会给他们的生活增添很多烦恼。请结合此话题，写一篇英语短文，谈谈你的看法：人们该不该养宠物。为什么? （根据要求写一篇90词以上的文章，开头已给出，不计入总词数，请选择其中一个观点来写作）

观点：养宠物

原因：1）宠物可以让我们放松心情； 2）对于老人来说，养宠物可以减轻寂寞感； 3）……（自己增加一到两条原因）

强调并总结自己的观点

观点：不养宠物

原因：1）需要我们花很多时间去照顾它们； 2）宠物容易滋生细菌（breed bacteria）、污染环境； 3）……（自己增加一到两条原因）

强调并总结自己的观点

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