江苏省泰州市高港实验学校八年级英语上学期期中试题 牛津版(1).doc

泰州市高港实验学校2014年秋学期八年级英语期中试题 (考试时间：120分钟 满分：140分)第卷 选择题部分(共90分)一、听力（20分）a. 听对话回答问题（本大题共10分，每小题1分）5what is susan like?a. shes polite. b. shes helpful. c. shes funny.6who made the fewest model planes?a. daniel. b. simon. c. sandy.7what does sandy want to be when she grows up?a. she wants to be a teacher.b. she wants to be a dancer.c. she wants to be a singer.8how often does lucys mother go shopping?a. once a week. b. twice a week. c. three times a week.9whats wrong with the boy?a. jenny made him cry. b. jenny took away his toy.c. the boy lost his way home.10what does the woman mean?a. she missed the travel .b. the travel was boring. c. bob didnt take part in the travel.b.听对话和短文回答问题（本大题共10分，每小题1分）听一段对话，回答第1112小题。11where did sue spend the nights in the country?a. in a farmhouse. b. in the open. c. at a hotel.12what was the weather like in the country?a. it snowed a lot.b. it rained nearly every day.c. there was a lot of sunshine.听第一篇短文，回答第1315小题。title: 13 most people in america live in small groups.more than a quarter of homes in america have one person in them.35% of homes have two people in them. 14 have three in them.15% have four in them.the other homes have five or more.when children are about 15 , they leave their parents homes, and they often go to different cities.13a. families in americab. young people in americac. old people in america14a. 7%.b. 17%.c. 70%.15a. 30 or 31.b. 20 or 21.c. 18 or 19.听第二篇短文，回答第1620小题。16where is the show?a. at the museum near the park. b. at the art center next to the park. c. in a clothes shop in the city center.17how many countries are taking part in the show?a. 20. b. 25.c. 12.18what kind of clothes can people see at the show?a. the oldest clothes in china. b. only clothes for children from different countries. c. old clothes and modern clothes from different countries.19what did men in the uk once wear?a. black coats and white hats. b. heavy coats and black hats. c. uncomfortable wooden shoes.20when may the girl go back to the show?a. tomorrow.b. next weekend.c. on its last day.二、单项选择 (共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)21what _ honest boy! and he is _ best student of all. a. a; a b. an; the c. a; the d. the; the22john is _ year 8 _ woodland school.a. in; on b. at; in c. at; at d. in; at23whats your best friend like? _a. she is fine. thank you. b. she is a doctor.c. she likes watching tv. d. she is helpful and generous.24if you have_, you should_ your friends. a. happy something; share it to b. something happy; share it to c. something happy; share it with d. happy something; share it with25you can trust them because they never_ lies. a. talkb. tell c. sayd. speak26we are all _at the _ story. a. exciting; exciting b. exciting; excited c. excited; exciting d. excited; excited27shanghai is larger than _ city in china. a. the otherb. any other c. any d. all the 28i often discuss my work _ my parents _ home. a. in; atb. with; at c. about; ind. at; in29people in the uk say “autumn”, while people in the usa say “_”. a. downb. fall c. felld. all30 what a hot day! - the weather report says itll be even _ tomorrow. a. wetter b. cooler c. hotterd. colder31the supermarket is a strange place. people usually spend _ time finding things than they want，but they usually spend _ money than they want. a. less; less b. fewer; more c. less; more d. fewer; less32which word cant describe (描述)appearance（外貌）? _.a. beautiful b. good-looking c. prettyd. helpful 33they have _weeks _ for the summer holiday than american students.a. less; on b. more; off c. more; on d. fewer; on34 why not_ an english club to practice _english?a. to join; speaking b. to join; to speak c. join; speaking d. join; to speak35_ homework do you need to do every day? well, we have about one and a half hours homework every day.a. how much b. how long c. how often d. how many三、完形填空 (共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)how was your holiday? my wife and i went on a trip to 36 last year. we went there in autumn. we think it is the best 37 to visit england. the 38 is usually quite fine and there arent too many 39 in october.we 40 in a small hotel in the west of england. we did most of the sightseeing on foot. we went to look at 41 wonderful places of interest. we also 42 shopping and spent much 43 .what we liked most was going to watch some plays(戏剧) 44 we dont have the chance(机会) to watch such good 45 at home. a lot of people say that 46 food is not very nice. we dont think so. its true that most of the 47 were french or italian or chinese, but we had some really good traditional(传统的) english 48.we enjoyed our holiday so much that we decided to go there 49 this year. we are going to take our umbrellas(伞) with us. i believe sometimes well 50 them.36a. new yorkb. washingtonc. londond. tokyo37a. autumnb. yearc. seasond. day38a. ukb. weatherc. peopled. library39a. visitorsb. trucksc. housesd. places40a. cameb. stayedc. boughtd. borrowed41a. much b. many c. a lotd. plenty 42a. playedb. lookedc.boughtd. went43a. sportb. foodc. moneyd. drink44a. butb. or c. sod. because45a. playsb. jokesc. filmsd. stories46a. englishb. chinesec. japanesed. canadian47a. hallsb. housesc. buildingsd. restaurants48a. visitorsb. friendsc. mealsd. clothes49a. moreb. againc. onced. second50a. like b. givec. seed. need四、阅读理解（30分） (a) everyone has worries. how do you deal with your worries? there is always something you can do to help yourself feel less worried. sitting there worrying is no fun and it wont solve your problems.grades at school are often a top worry for kids. if you worry most about grades, ask yourself these questions: why are grades important? what do grades mean to me? how do i get ready for class? do i go over my notes even when there isnt a test? do i have a good place to do my homework? have i tried different ways of studying?if your worry is about a fight you had with your friend, you might write down all the things you could do-write a note to him or her, invite him or her to watch a basketball game, say sorry to him or her and so on. once you have a list of things you could do, you can choose one thing that could get your friend back.you can ask for help when youre worried. you can find someone to talk to, such as your parents, friends, and teachers.51what do kids often worry most about?a. their hobbies.b. their homework.c. their marks at school. d. a fight with their friends.52according to the passage, when youre worried, youd better _.a. work hard b. talk to someonec. get ready for class d. write down your worries53if youre worried about grades, dont ask yourself _.a. why are grades important? b. what do grades mean to me?c. how do i get ready for class? d. why not give up my studies?54if you had a fight with a friend, you could _.a. invite him or her to watch a game b. put the blame on him or herc. try to make new friends d. leave him or her alone55what does the passage mainly tell us?a. who is often worried. b. when people are worried. c. how to deal with worries. d. what kinds of worries people have.(b)new books this monththe long nightthis is david reillys first book. david became a writer after teaching english for several years.maha is a nurse in northern australia. she works in a small hospital. one day a baby is so ill that maha has to drive all night to get her to the nearest big city. they have a lot of problems getting there and hard workthis exciting story is joannas twentieth. hard work is about sombat. he works with his father, a carpenter, in thailand. they work long, hard hours making tables and chairs, but they do not have any money. then one day a man dressed all in black buys the most beautiful table in the shophospital or cinemamarcie jacome, who studies english in london, wrote this story earlier this year.tina is a young indian woman whose dream is to become a doctor. she goes to london to study english and medicine, but one day she meets a man who asks her to go to the usa with him to become a film starwhat will tina do?56the long night was written by _. a. david reilly b. maha c. joanna d. marcie jacome57the story of hard work happened in _.a. australia b. thailand c. india d. england 58from the passage we can see tina is_.a. a doctorb. a film star c. a writerd. a college(大学) student 59_ is about a difficult journey.a. hospital or cinemab. hard work c. the long nightd. harry potter60the passage above is_.a. an advertisement b. a story c. a novel d. a diary (c)a group of classmates got together to visit their old teacher.these classmates all had good jobs and made lots of money. they talked happily. then their talk soon turned to complaining about the stress (压力) in work and life. the teacher went to the kitchen and came back with a large pot of coffee and many cupschina (瓷制的) ones, plastic ones and glass ones. some are plain (朴素的) looking, some are expensive and some are lovely. the teacher told them to help themselves to the coffee.when all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the teacher said, “can you notice that all of you took nice-looking expensive cups, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones? you want only the best for yourselves, and that is the source (根源) of your problems.”“what all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you went for the best cups and then began looking at each others cups.”“now think about this: life is the coffee, and the jobs, money and position (位置) in society are the cups. they are just tools to hold, and do not change the life. sometimes, by caring only about the cups, we fail to enjoy the coffee. so dont let the cups drive you, and enjoy the coffee instead.”61what did the group of classmates get together for?a. visiting their old teacher. b. enjoying coffee.c. complaining about their stress in work and life.d. showing each others good jobs.62what cups did the teacher give to his students?a. all china cups. b. plastic and glass cups.c. beautiful cups. d. different kinds of cups.63in their teachers eyes, why did they have so much stress?a. because they cared too much about things that were not important.b. because they understood the meaning of life.c. because they knew about life itself and enjoyed it.d. because they drank too much coffee.64what is the best title of this passage?a. coffee or cup b. an old teacher c. stress in your lifed. what do you want65what can we learn from the teachers words?a. we should use the plain and cheap cups to drink coffee.b. we should think much of cups.c. we should care about life itself instead of unimportant things.d. we should learn how to work out problems in our work and life.班级编号_ 班级_ 姓名装订线泰州市高港实验学校2014年秋学期八年级英语期中试题答题纸 (考试时间：120分钟 满分：140分)第卷 选择题部分(共80分) 一、听力（20分）题号12345678910答案题号11121314151617181920答案二、单项选择：（15分）题号21222324252627282930答案题号3132333435答案三、完型填空：（15分）题号36373839404142434445答案题号4647484950答案四、阅读理解：（30分）题号51525354555657585960答案题号6162636465答案第ii卷 非选择题部分（共60分）五、词汇（10分）1our foreign teacher is a young man from _ (澳大利亚).2the book is very _ (有用的). everyone should have one.3i would _ (建议) tom not to join the dancing club. 4in british english, they call an eraser a _ (橡皮).5life is full of _ (竞争). but we shouldnt be afraid of it.6taylor swift is famous for her country music. she is one of the hottest _ (sing) in the usa.7our school day usually _ (finish) at 4:30 pm.8running for ten minutes around the playground is our _ (day) exercise.9china football team played _ (bad) in the 2002 world cup and lost all three games.10your diet seems to work very well. you look much _ (slim) now. 六、任务型阅读 阅读短文，根据文中信息完成文后表格。每空一词。(10分)here is a report on the lives of high school students in china, japan, south korea and the us. it surveyed around 6,200 students from the four countries.l studying chinese students spend the most time studying. almost half of chinese students spend more than two hours on their homework every day. thats much more than students of the us (26.4%), japan (8.2%) and south korea (5.2%).l sleeping in classjapanese students fall asleep in class most often. about 45% of them said they sometimes doze off (打瞌睡) in class. in south korea, its 32%; in the us, 21%; and 5% in china.l taking notessouth korean students dont like taking notes. about 70% said they write down what the teacher says in class, many fewer than in japan (93%), china (90%) and the us (89%).l distracted (分心的)american students are the most active in class, but also the most distracted: 64.2% said they chat with friends in class; 46.9% said they eat snacks and have drinks in class; and 38.9% said they send e-mails or read unrelated (无关的) books in class.l doing after schoolin their free time, most chinese students study or surf the internet. most american students hang out with their friends. most japanese students do physical exercises. most korean students watch tv.1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 七、阅读表达 阅读短文, 回答问题。(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)william henry harrison, the ninth president of the u.s, was born in a small town. when he was a boy, he was very quiet and shy. because he was so quiet, every one thought that he wasnt bright (聪明). the people in the town often put a nickel (五分币) and a dime (一角银币) before him and ask him which to choose. he always chose the nickel and they laughed. one day a woman felt sorry for him. she asked, why do you never take a dime and always choose a nickel instead? do you know a nickel is worth (值钱) much less than a dime? certainly i know it, william answered slowly. but if i choose the dime, they will not ask me to choose them any more.1when william henry harrison was a boy, what was he like?_2why did people in the town think that he wasnt bright?_3why did people laugh at william henry harrison ?_4did william henry harrison know a nickel was worth much less than a dime?_5what do you think of william henry harrison ?_八、缺词填空（10分）装订线last week, i went to the cinema to watch a latest (1) m_ tiny times 2. but i didnt (2) e_ it at all. it was simply (简直) the (3) w_ film this year. the story was so bad and the actors (演员) did a bad job, too. i think it was long and (4) b_. and i got out of the cinema (5) b_ it was over. but it (6) s_ that guo jingmings fans (粉丝) enjoyed (7) t_ very much. well, maybe there is a generation gap (代沟) between them and me. tomorrow, i will (8) p_ my bedroom. i dislike the colour of the wall. which colour do you think would be (9) b_, light blue or light yellow? im looking (10) f_ to your reply.1.m 2.e 3.w 4.b 5.b 6. s 7.t 8.p 9.b 10.f 九、书面表达（20分）helen被评为 2014年“校园之星”。假如你是学校英语报的小记者，采访helen后得到下表信息。请你根据采访要点，写一篇文章，发稿到 “shiny stars”栏目，向全校介绍她健康生活，快乐学习的事迹。要求：1包括所有要点，可适当发挥想象，补充细节或事例；270词左右。开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。helen is the star of 2014 in our school. im sure everyone can learn a lot from her.2014年秋学期八年级英语期中试题初二听力录音材料一、听对话回答问题。1. m: excuse me, can you