江苏省无锡市锡东片八年级英语上学期期中试题 牛津版.doc

江苏省无锡市锡东片2013-2014学年八年级英语上学期期中试题 牛津版本试卷分选择题和非选择题两部分。总分为110分。第i卷 选择题部分（共70分）一、听力部分（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）（一）听对话回答问题： 本部分共有10道小题，每小题你将听到一段对话，每段对话听两遍。在听每段对话前，你将有5秒钟的时间阅读题目；听完后，你还将有5秒钟的时间选择你认为最合适的备选答案。( )1. what is his cousin like?a. b. c.( )2. which sport does the man like best?a bc( )3. how does the man usually go to work?abc( )4. what does mr white often do after dinner? ( ) 5.what is johns telephone number?a. 5067789. b. 5066789. c. 5066798.( ) 6. where does the woman come from?a. china. b. england. c. america.( ) 7. when is the womans birthday?a. on december 24. b. on december 25. c. on december 26.( ) 8. where are the two speakers?a. in the bus. b. at the bus stop. c. in the childrens house.( ) 9. who runs faster, lucy or lily? a. lucy. b. lily. c. kate.( ) 10. when did the early bus leave? a. at 6:25. b. at 6:30. c. at 6:35.（二）、听对话或短文答题你将听到一段对话和两篇短文，各听两遍。听每段对话或短文前，你将有时间阅读相关小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，每小题你仍有5秒钟的时间选择你认为最合适的备选答案。听一段对话，回答第11-12小题。( ) 11. where is the bank? a. next to the restaurant.b. next to the hospital.c. behind the hospital. ( ) 12. how far is the bank from here?a. about 30 minutes walk.b. about 13 minutes walk. c. about 30 minutes ride. 听第一篇短文，回答第13-15小题。a school tripplaces they went to the city zoo. transportation(交通) 13 things they sawmany different animals and 14 . they also watched a wonderful animal show. things they didtook photos and 15 after the trip. ( ) 13. a. busb. train c. bike( ) 14. a. trees b. people c. flowers( ) 15. a. cleaned the cages b. picked up rubbishc. cleaned the buses听第二篇短文，回答第16-20小题。( )16. where does mike work ?a. he works in a shop near his home.b. he works in an office in a tall building.c. he works in a factory far from his home. ( )17 how does he go to work and back home every day?a. on foot. b. on his bike. c. by bus. ( )18. how did he feel when he came back home late one day?a. he felt happy because he met an old friend on his way home.b. he felt very hungry and wanted to have supper at once.c. he didnt feel happy with the price of the bus ticket.( )19 now the bus ticket is _ last week.a. more expensive than b. much cheaper than c. as expensive as ( )20. which of the following sentence is true?a. mike likes walking more than taking a bus.b. mikes wife is unhappy to hear the news about the ticket.c. mike thinks he will save less money from now on(从现在起) .二、单项填空（在a、b、c、d四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的正确答案）（本大题共14分）( )1. my son seldom has _ breakfast. it is_ unhealthy lifestyle. you must ask him to change it.a. / ; an b. the ; an c. the ; a, d. / ; a( )2. simon always shares his things with others. oh, how _ he is!a. polite b. friendly c. generous d. handsome( )3. i think bob is the right person to take the job because he can do the work well with_ money and _ people.a. less; lessb. less; morec. more; fewerd. less; fewer( )4. christmas is coming and we can enjoy _at the christmas party .a. our b. us c. myself d. ourselves( )5. _, it is necessary for him _ the meeting.a. instead of; to attendb. instead; to attendc. instead of; attendingd. instead; attending( )6. its going to rain. we _ take an umbrella with us.a. wantb. had betterc. would liked. have fun( )7. he always tells _ stories to make us _.a. interested, laughb. interesting, to laugh c. interested, to laughd. interesting, laugh( ) 8. i hope to have more buddies at school. me, too. id like them to _ my problems and share my happiness and sadness.a. hear b. hear to c. listen d. listen to( ) 9. the trip to the park _ about two hours by train. its _. a. took, boring b. takes, bored c. spent, boring d. spends, bored( ) 10. something _ when they built the bridge.a. cut outb. went wrongc. tidied upd. made a mistake( )11._?hes friendly and helpful.a. whats he like?b. hows he?c. whats he?d. what does he like?( )12. he speaks english, but not _ his brother.a. as good as b. as better as c. so well as d. so better as( )13. first, we must_ the bottle_ some water. a. fill, of b. fill, with c. full, of d. full, with( )14. we can have a day out tomorrow. why dont we go fishing ? _a. thats ok. b. what a great idea! c. yes, you are all right. d. thanks a lot. 三、完形填空（每小题1分，满分10分）life in the 22nd century will be different from life in the 20th century，because many changes will take place in the new century，but what will the changes be?the population（人口） is 1 fastthere will be more and more people in the world and most of them will live 2 than before 3 will be much smaller and more useful，and there will be at least one in every homeand computer studies will be one of the important subjects at 4 people will work fewer hours than they did in the 20th century，and they will have more free time for sports， 5 tv and travelingtraveling will be 6 . and many more people will go to other countries for holidaysmore land will be used for building new towns and housesthen there will be less room for cows and sheep，so 7 will be more expensivemaybe no one will eat it every day， 8 they eat more vegetables and fruitmaybe people will be healthierwork in the future will be 9 ，toodangerous and hard work will be done by robots(机器人) 10 this，many people will not have enough work to dothis will be a problem（ ）1amaking bgrowing crunning ddoing（ ）2a1onger bshorter cfaster dtaller（ ）3atrains bcars ccomputers dhouses（ ）4afactory bhospital cfarm dschool（ ）5awatching bseeing c1ooking dbuying（ ）6a1ess interesting bmuch easier cmore expensive dmore difficult（ ）7afruit bmilk cmeat dbread（ ）8ainstead bsometimes cstill dhowever（ ）9adangerous bdifficult cheavy ddifferent（ ）10athanks for bmany thanks cbecause of dbecause四、阅读理解（每小题2分，满分26分）aone evening charlie was on his way home from the railway station. when he turned round a corner, he heard footsteps behind him and he thought someone was coming near. he began to walk fast. the footsteps came fast, too. he slowed down. the footsteps also slowed down. now he was sure that someone must be going after him. he tried to hide. still the steps followed him. he didnt know how to save himself, so he jumped over some tall grass and hid himself in a cemetery(墓地). he threw himself down on one of tombs(坟墓).the man behind came near. charlie could hear the man jump over the grass. thoughts of thieves and robbers filled his mind. charlie stood up and faced the man. what do you want? why are you coming after me? he asked. i say, the stranger（陌生人） asked, do you always go home like this, or are you taking some special exercise tonight? i want to go to mr. greens and dont know the way. the station master told me to follow you as you live next door. excuse me for asking, but is there much farther to go before we get there? （ ）1. that day charlie was .a. leaving the station for a cemetery b. walking slowly along the streetc. on his way to mr. greens house d. on his way back home（ ）2. when he found someone following him, charlie .a. was too frightened to move b. stopped to ask the man whyc. hid himself in a cemetery d. knew clearly what to do（ ）3. the stranger followed charlie because .a. he wanted to kill charlie.b. he wanted to steal things.c. he wanted to go to charlies place. d. he wanted to go to mr. greens and he didnt know the way there.bwe each have a memory（记忆力）. thats why we can still remember things after a long time. some people have very good memories and they can easily learn many things in a short time, but some people can only remember things when they say or do them again and again. many of the great men of the world have got surprising memories.a good memory is a great help in learning a language. everybody learns his mother language when he is a small child. he hears the sounds, remembers them and then he learns to speak. some children are living with their parents in foreign countries. they can learn two languages as easily as one because they hear, remember and speak two languages every day. in school it is not so easy to learn a foreign language because the students have so little time for it, and they are busy with other subjects, too.but your memory will become better and better when you do more and more exercises.（ ）4、some people can easily learn many things in a short time because . athey always sleep very wellbthey often eat good food cthey read a lot of booksdthey have very good memories（ ）5、everybody learns his mother language . aat the age of sixbwhen he is a small child cafter he goes to school dwhen he can read and write（ ）6、before a child can speak, he must . aread and writebmake sentences chear and remember the soundsdthink hard（ ）7、in school the students cant learn a foreign language well because. athey have no good memoriesbthey have no recorders cthey have too much time for itdthey are busy with other subjects（ ）8、why can a chinese learn english easily if he is in england? abecause he must speak english every day. bbecause he will have a good memory in england, not in china. cbecause his father is an englishman.dbecause his english teacher is better in england.cdo you see many signs around you? do you know the signs are an important part of our daily life? they can be in pictures or in words to give people information. what do people think are good signs? if you are thinking about making signs for others, what should you know?the most important thing is that signs should be simple and easy to understand. it is important to use clear language. on the other hand, the words should be easy to write and you just need to write down what you want to do. “keep off the grass” is a very good example. it means “dont touch or walk on the grass”.nowadays, there is a saying that “a picture paints a thousand words”. perhaps thats why we are seeing more and more signs in pictures, or a combination of pictures and words. however, thats the difficult part, because picture signs may have different meanings in different countries.（ ）9. first, a good sign should be _. a. clearb. beautifulc. funnyd. interesting（ ）10. the writer uses “a picture paints a thousand words” to show that _. a. a word sign is as easy as a picture sign to make b. a picture sign often has more information than a word sign c. a word sign has more information than a picture sign d. a word sign and a picture sign have the same information（ ）11. what does the underlined word “combination” mean? a. 分开b. 结合c. 并列d. 平行（ ）12. what is the disadvantage (不利因素) of picture signs? a. they are too simple. b. they are not easy to understand. c. they are not as interesting as word sign. d. they may have different meanings in different countries.（ ）13. whats the best title of the passage? a. word signs b. picture signsc. the history of signsd. signs are important第ii卷 非选择题部分（共40分）五、词汇运用（本大题共8分，每小题1分）a）根据所给中文和句意，用单词的正确形式填空。每空一词。1. daniels mother is an _(杰出的) cook. she makes delicious meals for the family.2. our teacher always_ (建议) us to listen carefully in class.3. they say studying _ (语言) is too difficult but it is very important.4. if you want to come, please let us know as soon as _(可能的).b）根据句意，用所给单词的适当形式填空。每空一词。5. “help _（you）to some fruit, children！”aunt wang said politely.6. can you help me ? please look after those_ (climb) bags for me.7. of the three students, kitty has the _(little) bread.8. i think computers are _（use）in our daily life. they can help us a lot.六、动词填空（本大题共8分，每小题1分）1. look! those boys and girls _ (cheer) for their team.2. not only you but also your sister _(have) to go now.3. its important _(not make) noise in the library.4. how great your idea _ (sound)! i love it.5. my parents often tell me to do everything i should _( help) the people in need.6. keep _ (walk) until you reach the traffic lights.7. when i was a child, i often _(feel) strange why the sun always rises in the east.8. i really hope you _(enjoy) your trip to the park tomorrow morning.七、根据中文意思完成句子（本大题共9分，每句1.5分）1.迈克，你要多做户外运动而不是整天在网上聊天。mike, you should do more outdoor activities_all day.2.这是一段供每个人听的美妙的音乐。this is a piece of beautiful music _.3.我父亲对了解不同的文化感兴趣。 my father is _.4.在老师们的支持下，歌舞表演最终在校礼堂举行了。_in the school hall at last.5.将来我想做一名社工去帮助人们解决困难。i want to be a social worker_ in the future.6.吉尔的爸爸用了两个小时独自装饰了他的卧室。jills dad spent two hours_.八、短文填词，根据短文内容和首字母提示，写出短文中所缺的单词，每空一词。（5分）the world of out-of doors is full of secrets. and they are so interesting that millions and millions of people are busy studying them. all around us are birds, animals, trees and flowers. the facts about how they l 1 and grow are as interesting as anything could be. do you know that many people, especially scientists spend hours and hours s 2 birds every day? some become so i 3 in studying insects that they travel to many reserves to collect some special ones. some even have more than one thousand k 4 of them kept in glass boxes at home. come then with me and i will help you find some of natures secrets.lets go q _5_through the woods and fields. here we shall find a rabbit tells other rabbits that there is danger. we shall f 6 a mother bear and her young ones as they look for f 7 and get ready for winter sleep. we shall watch bees dancing in the air to let other bees know w 8 they can find flowers. i will show you many other interesting things, but the thing that i can t 9 you is to keep your eyes and ears o 10 when you go out of doors. nature tells her secrets only to the people who look and listen carefully.九、书面表达（10分） 假设你是millie，根据以下内容写一封给网友jane的信。1. 无锡是一个繁华的城市，有许多名胜古迹。2. 有许多博物馆、公园和购物中心。这些使无锡的生活更舒适和丰富多彩。3. 上个月邀请了阿姨lucy游览无锡。4. 当她到达时，她无法相信自己的眼睛。她说街道比以前宽阔、干净了。 她拍了许多照片,迫不及待的放在了她的主页上。5. 无锡正在变得越来越美。6. 我希望 注意：1)正确地书写格式和使用时态。2)短文必须包括所有要点。第六点用1-2句话作适当发挥。3)词数80左右，可适当增加细节，使句子通顺、连贯。 dear jane, yours millie考试号 班级 姓名 密封线内禁止答题八年级英语期中试卷答题卷2013.11一、听力部分（20分）1._ 2._3._ 4._5._6._7._ 8._ 9._10._11._12._13._ 14._15._16._17._18._19._20._二、单项填空 （14分）1._ 2._3._ 4._ 5._6._7._ 8._9._10._11._12._13._14._三、完形填空 （10分）1._ 2._3._ 4._ 5._6._7._ 8._9._10._四、阅读理解（26分）1._ 2._