上海市浦东新区第四教育署20xx-20xx学年八年级英语12月调研试题牛津译林版五四制

上海市浦东新区第四教育署20xx-20xx学年八年级英语12月调研试题牛津译林版五四制内容摘要：

f Nike shoes, do you know they have something to do with Greek gods and goddesses（女神） ? Nike was a Greek goddess. She ran and flew very fast. She was also responsible for sporting events and wars. When Phil Knight started a shoe pany, he asked his designer, Jeff Johnson ___65_____ a name to it. One day Johnson had a dream about Nike, the goddess. He told Knight the ____66_____. Then they made a decision. Not only sports shoes, lots of other things in modern life also ____67____ names of Greek or Roman gods and goddesses. Narcissus（水仙） is a beautiful flower. But Narcissus was also a handsome young Greek man. He fell in love with his reflection（倒影） in the water. After death, he turned into the Narcissus flower. Today, people use the word “ narcissistic” to____68_____those who love themselves too much. Space science has the most gods’ names. What’s the name of the Ameri can space program that put the ____69_____ man on the moon? Apollo. Apollo was the Sun God in Greek and Roman stories. He drove his carriage, the sun, across the sky each day. Plas also got their names from Roman gods and goddesses. ____70____, Mercury is the fastest pla. It finishes one circle around the sun in 88 days. The earth is the only pla that is not named ___71___ any god. 65. A. give B. to give C. gave D. giving 66. A. case B. idea C. thing D. answer 67. A. look like B. work on C. e from D. take off 68. A. decorate B. know C. celebrate D. describe 69. A. first B. best C. strongest D. happiest 70. A. In this way B. Such as C. For example D. However 71. A. as B. with C. for D. after C. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words. (在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 )： (共 8分 ) Do you want to live a happier life? Try laughing for no reason at all. That’ s h____72____ thousands of people start their day at Laughter Clubs around the world— and many doctors now think that having a good laugh might be one of the best ways to stay h____73____. The first Laughter Club was started in India, in 1995. “ Young children laugh about 300 times a day. Adults laugh b____74____ 7 and 15 times a day,” says Dr. Kataria, “E veryone is naturally g___75_____ at laughing. We want people to feel happy with their lives.” There are now over 500 Laughter Clubs in India and 1300 all over the world. Laughter improves our health a____76_____ illness by about 40%. Then what happens at a Laughter Club? I went to my nearest club in South London to f____77____ it out. I was quite nervous at the beginning. To be honest, I wasn’ t interested in laughing with a group of s____78_____, and I was worried about looking stupid. Our laughter teacher told us to clap our hands and say “ ho ho ho, ha ha ha” . To my surprise, it worked! After ten minutes, everyone in the room was r____79____ laughing— and some people even couldn’ t stop. At the end of the class, I felt fortable. So if you are under stress, then start laughing. You might be very pleased with the results. 72. h_____ 73. h_____ 74. b_____ 75. g_____ 76. a______ 77. f______ 78. s______ 79. r_____ D. Answer the questions. （根据以下内容回答问题）： (共 6分 ) The Canadian people are not all the same. There are many different groups. They e to Canada at different times. They e from different places. Many of them still live in different ways. Long ago, only Native Americans live in Canada. They arrived thousands of years ago. Today there are about fifty different American groups. The Eskimos (爱斯基摩人 ) came after the Native Americans did. They have also been in Canada for a long, long time. Most Eskimos live in the north of Canada, where it is very cold. The European settlers (定居者） started arriving about 450 years ago. Most came from France. They are a large group in Canada today. They follow French customs or ways of doing things. They speak the French language. Later, most settlers came from England and Scotland. They speak English. Today more than half of all Canadians speak English. Canadians have also e from Germany and Italy. There are smaller groups from other places, too. You can see that different kinds of people are called Canadians. Many do not want to fet their own customs and languages. But they share a large country. They share a future in that country. They are all Canadians. 80. Who first came to live in Canada? ___________________________________________________________________ 81. The Canadians are。