江西省南康市新世纪中英文学校八年级英语下学期期中试题 人教新目标版.doc

江西省南康市新世纪中英文学校2012-2013学年八年级英语下学期期中试题 人教新目标版一. 听力（20分） （a）录音中有五个句子，听一遍后，选择与其相符的图片。(5分)1._ 2._ 3._ 4. _5._ (b)录音中有五组对话及五个问题，听两遍后，选择最佳答案。(5分)( )6. a. hell go to a movie. b. hell study at home. c. hell watch tv at home. ( )7. a. the teacher wont let him in. b. jenny wont let him in. c. half the class wont come. ( )8. a. yes, she does. b. no, she doesnt. c. yes, she will. ( )9. a. the boy.b. the boys sister. c. the boys friend. ( )10. a. at home. b. in the street. c. on the playground. （c）录音中有一段对话，听两遍后，选择最佳答案。（5分）( )11. who went to the school party yesterday? a. the girl. b. the boy. c. the girls cousin. ( )12. who cooks breakfast in anns family every day? a. ann. b. anns father. c. anns mother. ( )13. how did they go to the hospital? a. by car. b. by bus.c. by bike. ( )14. what subject did bill do badly in? a. science. b. history. c. math. ( )15. what time did ann go to bed yesterday evening? a. at about 10: 30. b. at about 11: 00. c. at about 11: 30. （d）录音中有一篇短文，听两遍后，完成表格。（5分）how to go to a dinner party二、单项选择。( )21.i found _ very difficult to learn maths well. a. what b. it c. that d. this( )22. if you miss so many lessons, you must fall behind _ classmates. a. another b. the others c. other d. the other( )23. _ will he be back? in a week.a. how long b. how soon c. how often d. how many( )24. everyone went to the zoo last sunday _jim. a. but b. not c. except d. besides( ) 25. may i take the magazine out of the reading room? - no, you cant. you read it here. its the rule. a. might b. would c. may d. must( ) 26. what a nice model ship! - thank you. it me three days to make it. a. paid b. spent c. took d. wasted( ) 27. dinner is ready. help yourself! - wow! it delicious. could you please tell me how to cook it? a. tastes b. looks c. sounds d. feels( ) 28. “what time does the plane _?” “i think at about 10 oclock.” a. drop offb. get offc. take offd.turn off( )29. nina is clever but kind of lazy. if she _harder next term, she _ better grades. a. will work; gets b. works; will get c. will work; will get d. works; gets( ) 30. i was never_ t o receive a _ result from my science teacher. a. surprised; disappointed b. surprised; disappointing c. surprising; disappointed d. surprise; disappointing( ) 31. dont leave your books on the table. please_.a. take away it b. take them away c. take away them a. take it away ( ）32. - what did your brother say in the letter? - he told me he_to shaoxing next week. a. will return b. returned c. was going to return d. is returning( ）33can you imagine _?awhy will our life be likebwhen will our life be cwhat our life will be likedhow our life will be like( ）34.when mary stood up to answer the question , she was _at first but soon relaxed. a. nervous b. happy c. mad d. athletic（ ）35. -i feel tired and sleepy. -why not stop_? a. resting b. lying c. to relax d. to work二、完型填空（本题15小题，每题1分，共15分）a)、阅读下列短文，掌握大意，然后从每题所给的a、b、c、d四个选项中选出最佳答案。a nurse took a tired soldier to an old man , “your son is here ,” she told the old man. the old man could hardly 36 the young soldier clearly. he reached out his 37 .the soldier held the old mans hand. the nurse brought a chair so that he could sit 38 the bed. all through the night,the young soldier sat there holding the old mans hand. now and then she heard him say 39 words. the dying man said 40 . he only held his sons hand tightly all through the night. the next morning, the old man died. the soldier freed his hand and went to 41 the nurse .while the nurse did 42 she had to do, he waited. then he asked her, “who was that man?” the nurse was 43 ”wasnt he your father?” she said. “no,he wasnt” ,the soldier answered.”i 44 saw him before.” “then 45 didnt you say anything when i took you to 46 ?” “i knew right away there had been a 47 , and i also knew he needed his son ,_48 his son just wasnt here. when i found that he was too 49 to tell whether or not i was his son, i knew 50 he need me,i stayed.( )36asee blook csaw dseeing( )37 ahead b foot chand dhair( )38 abesides bbeside cunder don( )39 aa little b little c few da few( )40 aeverything bnothing canything dsomething( )41 atells btelling ctell dtold( )42 ahow bwho cwhat dwhen( )43 asurprising bsurprised csurprise dsurprises( )44 asometimes busually calways dnever( )45 awhere bwhy cwhich dwho( )46 ahim bhe chis dher( )47 abed bchair cmistake dhand( )48 aand bor cbut dthen( )49 a.sick bhealthy cstrong dnice( )50 ahow many bhow long chow much dhow oldb)、用方框中所给词的适当形式填空。（10分）april fools day is on april 1st. people can play 51 on others on the special day. if you succeed, you usually laugh and say, “april fool!” the person who has been fooled by you laughs, too, and he will never be 52 with you.mothers day is on the 53 sunday of may. its a day to 54 mothers. on that day mothers usually 55 flowers and cards from their kids. father and 56 do the housework so that mothers can have a rest. thanks giving day is on the fourth thursday in november. its a day 57 people give thanks for the good things in life. usually families all get together and have a big 58 .christmas day 59 on december 25th. its the most important festival in a year. the beautiful things are seen everywhere. people exchange gifts, send christmas cards and visit 60 .51. _52. _53. _54. _55. _ 56._57._58._59._60._三、阅读理解:（30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的a、b、c、d四个选项中选出最佳选项。 ( )61.what does mrs. zhou do?a. a doctor. b. a actress. c. a teacher. d. a student.( )62. who will join bettys party?a.cathy. b.david. c.maria and johnson. d.davids mom and dad.( )63. what can we learn from the cards?a.mrs.zhou was ill and has been back from hospital. b.judy is sixteen years old.c.there are at least six people in the browns family. d.it must be winter now in new york. （b ）a woodcutter(伐木工) was working in the forest one day when he found a box full of gold coins. unfortunately, his wife was the kind of woman who could not keep a secret. somehow, he knew, he had to prevent(阻止) her from talking about the gold. he thought about this for a long time, then had an idea.“ i found something in the forest”, he told his wife, “come with me and ill show you.”.his wife followed him into the forest and soon they came to a tree.“ look at that!” the woodcutter said to his wife, and pointed to the tree. “theres a fish growing on that branch!” his wife was surprised ,especially when he climbed up the tree and brought down the fish for her to see.they walked on and soon came to the river. “ill just pull in my net and see what ive caught”, the woodcutter said.he pulled in his net and inside there were several hares(野兔). “how interesting!” he said “there are now hares in the river.” after that, they came to where the woodcutter had found the box of gold. “look, wife”, he said “this is what i have found. a box of gold coins.” the next day, his wife could not stop herself from telling her friends about all the wonderful things she had seen.of course, nobody believe her!64. where did the woodcutter find the box of gold?_ a. when he was working b. in his garden c. in the forest where he was working d. on his farm fields, where he was farming65. where do you usually see hares?_a. in the street. b. in the forest. c. in the river. d. in the sea.66. why did his wife tell her friends what happened? because _a. she was very surprised.b. she wondered why the hares were in the river and fish was in the tree c. she could not stop herself from talking about anything d. she was very happy（c） edith cavell was born in a little english village. she was a clever, hard-working girl and did well at school, especially in music and french. after she left school, her first job was to take care of the children of a rich family in belgium（比利时）. the language they spoke was french, so she found that her school studies were useful. she could understand them easily, at the same time she taught the children to speak english and play the piano.after hearing that her father was seriously ill, edith returned home to look after him. she then decided to become a nurse. afterwards for five years she worked in an english hospital where she proved to be highly professional at her job. a belgian doctor was so impressed（印象深的）that he invited her to his country to organize a training school for nurses. the first world war broke out in 1914 and edith cavells school of nursing became a hospital. she stayed there to look after the sick and wounded soldiers . edith treated them with kindness. between november 1914 and august 1915 she secretly helped about 200 wounded soldiers and prisoners (囚犯) escape from the germans. later the german army found out what edith had done and they arrested her. finally, the germans killed her, but they could not kill her memory. a tall statue（雕塑）has been built in trafalgar square, london, in honor（纪念）of the brave english nurse. ( )67. edith cavells first job was to _.a. teach french b. look after the children of a rich family c. teach english d. look after the sick and wounded soldiers( )68. why did edith return home from belgium? a. because she found work in an english hospital.b. because she organized a training school for nurses.c. because the first world war broke out. d. because her father was seriously ill.( )69. whats the chinese meaning of “kill her memory” in this passage?a. 杀死她 b. 使她失去记忆 c. 抹去对她的记忆 d. 摧残她( )70. according to the passage, which of the following is true? a. edith was good at music and german at school. b. edith was a highly professional doctor. c. edith was invited to her country to organize a training school for nurses.d. people have built a tall statue in honor of edith.（d）阅读短文，然后从下面七个句子中选出相应的句子完成短文，使文章完整、通顺。what will life in the future be like？will it be much better than it is now？71_ ? genetic engineering(基因工程)may help us make the perfect humanbabies may grow up to play basketball like yao ming or look like cecilia cheungalso，we may be able to bring the dead back to life72_ .over the next 20 to 50 years，it will become harder to tell the difference between humans and machines.perhaps we will be able to make copies of ourselves，so we will appear to be alive long after we are dead73_. narobots(纳米机器人)will be important74_for example，whe