江苏省南通市启秀中学2020-2021学年八年级下学期开学考试英语试题 学校_________ 班级__________ 姓名__________ 学号__________ 一、单选题 1. It’s ________ pity that many wild animals are now in danger. Please have________ pity on them since they are part of our big family. A．a; / B．a; a C．/; a D．/; / 2. Amy looks pretty with a red scarf________. A．on B．in C．by D．of 3. Li Li can read the English article easily because there are only ________ new words in it. A．little B．a little C．a few D．few 4. Which has the same structure as "The reserve gives wildlife an ideal home."? A．The students are describing the B．Birdwatching is interesting. birds. D．The hotel offers us free C．The new film makes them happy. breakfast. 5. (2015·河南)Whenever we kids come over，Auntie Susan just stands there and watches us ________ sure we don't break anything. A．make B．made C．to make D．making 6. —I hate my schoolwork. It's too hard. And I'm just not as smart as you or mom. —________, you have a higher IQ. You just need to kick your laziness, Dan. A．First of all B．For example C．As a result D．In fact 7. The world _______ not be ready for me, but ready or not, I am here now. A．may B．need C．should D．must 8. All the villagers were sleeping in their houses ________ the earthquake happened. A．after B．when C．so D．while 9. The price of petrol(汽油) is not ________ that of last year, so more people are planning to buy cars. A．as expensive B．so cheap as C．as low as D．so high as as 10. —I'm sorry that I was so impolite to you just now. —________ A．What a pity! B．No problem. C．Never mind. D．That's right. 二、完型填空 11. Humans are mammals (哺乳动物). Most mammals are born able to do many things. Some can walk within a few minutes of being born.They have to be able to run away if ______ is near. But human babies are born ______. They need the care of adults to live. In the fist month of life, babies can not smile or sit up. They can not even hold up their own heads ______ some help from grown-ups. In the next few months, babies grow a lot. They learn to roll over, support their heads, and ______ sit up while being held. Babies also have to learn to use their ______. It takes months for them to learn to reach for objects. At around six months old many babies can ______ an object from one hand to another. Babbling is ______ a human baby learns to speak. Babies all seem to make similar sounds by babbling. They try to imitate (模仿) the sounds they hear from adults. It will take about nine months ______ a baby can say real words. Somewhere around a baby's first birthday he or she may stand or walk with help. Soon the baby will ______ around on his or her own! The first year of a baby's life is a time of growing and ______. Growing sure takes a lot of work! 【小题1】 A．food 【小题2】 A．careless 【小题3】 A．of 【小题4】 A．even 【小题5】 A．legs 【小题6】 A．keep 【小题7】 A．why 【小题8】 A．before 【小题9】 A．look 【小题10】 A．speaking B．danger B．useless B．for B．never B．heads B．move B．how B．when B．show B．smiling C．care C．hopeless C．without C．once C．eyes C．hold C．which C．after C．run C．crying D．hope D．helpless D．by D．still D．hands D．make D．where D．while D．sit D．learning 三、阅读单选 12. Many students think that learning a new language is very difficult. But if your brain (大脑) is only the same size as a bird's, you will know how difficult it is to learn English. That is what some birds can do. Many birds can copy (模仿) the sounds of language. A type of African parrot is very good at doing this. This kind of parrot has grey feathers and people say they are clever. Every December in London, the National Cage and Aviary Bird Show tries to find the best “talking” bird in the world. One bird named Prudle stood out (突出) among the “talking birds” by winning this prize every year from 1965 to 1977. In 1958, somebody took Prudle from his nest in Uganda, and then sold it to a woman named Iris Frost. She then took care of him at her home in Seaford, England. Before he died in 1994, aged 35, Prudle knew almost 800 words in English. Prudle was also the oldest bird in the world that lived in a cage. Another parrot named Puck was tested in 1993. It turned out that Puck knew even more words than Prudle. Puck knew more than 1,700 English words. In the 2003 Guinness Book of World Records, Puck was listed as knowing more words than any other bird in the world. 本文来源：https://www.wddqw.com/doc/2ffa79f6bf64783e0912a21614791711cd797966.html