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江苏省江阴市暨阳中学2014-2015学年八年级英语上学期期中试题一听力测试 （本大题共20分，每小题1分）第一部分 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，将有5秒钟的时间选择你认为最合适的备选答案。听到“嘀”的信号时，进入下一小题。( ) 1. which season does the woman like best?a. b . c. c.( ) 2. which is the womans uncle?a. b. c. ( ) 3. what animals are they going to see next?a. b. c. ( ) 4. what time may they finish the work?a. b. c. ( ) 5. where is the woman going?a. the museum. b. the bank. c. the supermarket.( ) 6. what is the weather like now?a. it is rainy. b. it is sunny. c. it is cloudy. ( ) 7. how is mrs. smith going to xian tomorrow?a. by plane. b. by train. c. by ship.( ) 8. how will they make their school more beautiful?a. by planting some young trees inside their school.b. by planting some young trees around their school.c. by doing some cleaning.( ) 9. how much should the woman pay for the tickets?a. 64 yuan, b. 72 yuan. c. 96 yuan.( ) 10. where were the woman and her father four years ago?a. in china. b. in england.c. in america.第二部分 听对话和短文回答问题 你将听到一段对话和两篇短文，各听两遍。每段对话或短文后各有几道小题。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，每小题你将有5秒钟的时间选择你认为最后适的备选答案。听一段对话，回答11-12小题。答题完毕，请等待“嘀”的信号，进入下一段短文。( ) 11. what was sophia like in middle school?a. tall and pretty. b. short and quiet. c. tall and quiet.( ) 12. what is the man interested in now?a. swimming. b. travelling. c. french.听第一篇短文，回答第1315小题。请根据短文内容，选择正确答案，完成信息记录表。答题完毕，请等待“嘀”的信号，进入下一篇短文。tonys informationwho does he live with?13_what will he do first?14._who will help him play basketball15._( )13.a.mother b. parents c.grandfather( )14.a.find a part time job b.play basketball c. join the clun( )15.a.yao ming b.mr white c. grandfather听第二篇短文，回答16-20小题。答题完毕，请等待“嘀”的信号，进入测试的第三部分。( ) 16. what sport is very popular in china?a. tennis. b. baseball c. ping-pong( ) 17. who likes baseball best?a. li bo. b. the speaker. c. we dont know.( ) 18. where do the american children often play baseball?a. on streets. b. at school. c. in fields or parks.( ) 19. how many players are there in each baseball team?a. nine. b. two. c. eleven.( ) 20. what does the speaker think of doing sports?a. it can give us strength(力量).b. it can make us healthy.c. it can make us popular.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最佳选项。（本大题共15分，每小题1分）( ) 21. the buildings in this city are not as tall as _ in my hometown. a. those b. it c. that d. them( ) 22. yesterday i picked _more apples than you did.a.much b. many c. little d. few( ) 23. he is too busy. let me go with you .a. as well b. instead of c. instead d. as well as( ) 24. of the three foreigners, one is from london, _two are from new york. a. other b. the other c. another d. some other( ) 25. _you do your homework, _mistakes you will make. a. the more careful, the less b. the more carefully, the less c. the more careful, the fewer d. the more carefully, the fewer( ) 26. _ useful book the teacher brings us! a. what a b. what an c. what d. how( ) 27. yesterday i saw _ enjoy _ in the park. a. they, them b. them; themselves c. she; herself d. her; hers( ) 28. i will put some photo on my home page _everyone _. a. so; to look b. for; to look at c. for; to look d. so; look at it( ) 29. tom mary speaks good chinese. so they can talk with these chinese students very well. a. neither ; nor b. either; or c.both ;and d.not only; but also( ) 30.when the wonderful news _, we all got very excited. a. got b. reached c. arrived d. come( ) 31. he knows only _ about american history and his sister knows even_ a. little; more b. a little; less c. much; little d. more; less( ) 32. _your sister _? -she is friendly and helpful.a. how is; like b. what is; like c. how does; like d. what does; like( ) 33. he looks _, he looks _ at the crazy child.a. angry ;angry b. angrily; angrily c. angry; angrily d. angrily; angry( ) 34. jack sings better than _ in his class. which is wrong?a. any student b. all the other students c. any other student d. any of the others( ) 35. would you please give me a hand and take the bookcase upstairs? -_. a. ill be glad to b. lets go c. of course i do d. yes, thats all right 三、完形填空 先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。（本大题共10分，每小题1分）life in the 22nd century will be different from life in the 21th century，because many changes will take place in the new century. but what will the changes be?the population(人口) is 36 fastthere will be more and more people in the world and most of them will live 37 than before 38 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 39 people will work fewer hours than they did in the 21th century，and they will have more free time for sports， 40 tv and travelingtraveling will be more 41 . 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 42 will be more expensivemaybe no one will eat it every day， 43 they eat more vegetables and fruitmaybe people will be healthierwork in the future will be 44 ，toodangerous and hard work will be done by robots(机器人) 45 of this，many people will not have enough work to dothis will be a problem( )36amakingbgrowing crunning ddoing( )37a1onger bshorter cfaster dtaller( )38atrains bcars ccomputers dhouses( )39afactory bhospital cfarm dschool( )40awatching bseeing c1ooking dbuying( )41ainteresting bconvenient(方便) cexpensive ddifficult( )42afruit bmilk cmeat dbread( )43ainstead bsometimes cstill dhowever( )44adangerous bdifficult cheavy ddifferent( )45aone bsome cbecause dall四、阅读理解 阅读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容，在每小题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项（本大题共15分，每小题1分）a“dreams may be more important than sleep. we all need to dream.” some scientists say. dreams take up about one quarter of our sleeping time. people have several dreams each night. dreams are like short films. they are usually in color. some dreams are like old films. they come to us over and over again. that may be because the dreamer is worrying about something. dreaming may be a way of trying to find an answer.some people get new ideas about their work from dreams. they may have been thinking about their work all day. these ideas can carry over into dreams.sometimes we wake up with a good feeling from a dream. but often we cant remember the dream. dreams can disappear (消失)quickly from memory（记忆）.too much dreaming can be bad. the more we sleep, the longer we dream. the mind is hard at work when we dream. thats why we may have a long sleep and still wake up tired!( )46. it may be less important to sleep than to _. a. think b. dream c. work d. study( )47. dreams and films are usually _. a. very long b. in colour c. about work d. very sad( ) 48. why do some people often dream about their work? a. because they are tired in the daytime. b. because they are not interested in their work. c. because they may be thinking about their work all day. d. because they have too much work to do.( ) 49. when we sleep more, we have a _ dream. a. shorter b. longer c. worse d. weaker( ) 50. the main idea of the story is that_. a. what dream is b. people like to sleep c. dreams are like films d. we always remember dreamsba boy who was cleaning shoes in the street said to a young man passing by, let me clean your shoes. the young man said, no, thank you. you may pay me only a pound, sir, said the boy. but the young man refused(拒绝) again. then the boy told him that he would clean his shoes for nothing. the young man agreed to this, and soon one of his shoes was shining brightly. the man put the other shoe on the boy, but the boy refused to clean it unless(除非) he was paid two pounds for his work. the young man refused to pay anything and went away. but the dirty one looked so bad that he couldnt walk away. he had to turn back and gave the boy two pounds. in a very short time his shoes shone brightly. ( ) 51. the boy was a shoe _. a. cleaner b. maker c. repairer d. seller( ) 52. at first the young man refused to clean his shoes, because _. a. he couldnt pay b. he had not enough money c. he didnt think it necessary d. he had just cleaned his shoes ( ) 53. then the young man agreed to clean his shoes, because the boy asked for _. a. two pounds b. one pound c. nothing d. few money ( )54. the boy refused to clean the second shoe, because _. a. it was very dirty b. the young man paid only one pound c. it was difficult to clean d. he asked to be paid two pounds ( ) 55. what do you think of the boy? a. generous. b. hard-working. c. polite. d. smart.c reading newspapers has become an important part of everyday life. some people read newspapers as the first thing to do in the morning; others read newspapers when they have free time during the day ,because they can learn what is happening in the world. sometimes, we do not have enough time to read all the news carefully, so we just take a quick look at the front page. at other times, we may be in such a hurry that we only have a few minutes to look at the headlines(标题) of the passages.we can find newspapers in the world. we can get many different kinds of newspapers in big cities, but in some mountain villages we can see few newspapers. some newspapers come out once a week, but most of the papers come out once a day with many pages, some even twice a day. you know different people enjoy reading different newspapers. some like world news and others like short stories better. they just choose what they are interested in.today newspapers in english have the largest numbers of readers in the world. the english language is so popular that many chinese students are reading english newspapers such as china daily or 21st century. also they bring us more and more information with internet.( ) 56. people read newspapers in order to _. a. only learn the latest news b. meet their own different needs c. read the short stories d. find the morning news ( ) 57. from the passage we can see that _ when people get newspapers. a. they read them very carefully b. they just read the headlines c. not everyone reads all the pages d. they have no time to read them ( ) 58. newspapers have so many pages because _. a. more and more people like to read them b. people enjoy reading something different c. newspaper become cheaper d. more pages mean more money ( )59.the most popular in the world are newspaper _. a. in english b. in chinese c. in other language d. with many pages ( ) 60. from the passage, we know people can also get more information from _. a. magazines b. advertisements c. e-mail d. internet 五、词汇运用（本大题共10分， 每小题1分）(a) 根据句意和汉语注释，写出单词的正确形式。1.the sweet drinks will make you much (口渴).2. its of great help to speak more than one (语言) when you travel abroad.3. he always takes an _ (主动的) part in class activities. 4. he studies in a (英国)school, but i study in an american school 5. dont feel (无助). all of us will help you when you have problems. (b) 根据句意，写出括号内所给单词的适当形式。6. almost all the schools in china are _(mix) schools.7. do you think the bag is one of those_ (climb)?8. whats diy _(exact)，suzy? -it stands for “do-it-yourself”.9. if you want to lose_ (weigh), youd better do more exercise and eat less meat. 10. before you take the medicine, please read these_ (instruct) first.六、动词填空 用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空。（本大题共10分，每小题1分）1. well see a film if it _ (not rain) next sunday. 2. _ (not be) shy, lily, you can sing the song very well.3. stop_ (have) a rest, all of you look so tired now.4. - how do you like our city? - wonderful. i _ _ (stay) here for another two days.5. millie with her family_ (plan) a trip to beijing at the moment.6. - dont smoke here. cant you see the sign? - oh, sorry. i _ (not see) it.7. youd better _ (not fill) the bottle with hot water.8. the wonderful film made the little boy_ (laugh) happily.9. we had a great time at the party _( sing) beautiful songs10.it rained heavily yesterday, so my father _(drive) me to school.七、完成句子 按所给的汉语，用英语完成下列句子。（本大题共9分，每题1.5分）1.今天早上他等不及想要妈妈给他做的礼物。he _ the present mum made for him this morning.2.我们不会感到无聊,因为他有很好的幽默感去使得我们大笑。 we dont feel bored because he has _.3.jimmy在兴趣爱好上花的时间比我少。jimmy_ than i do.4.爸爸乐意自学如何使用电脑。 father _computers. 5.我觉得游泳不及攀岩刺激。i _ the rocks.6.老师建议我们制作diy时不要放弃尝试。 the teacher _when we do diy.八、缺词填空 先通读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容和所给首字母，在空格内填入一个适当的单词，使短文意思完整。 所填单词必须在答题卷的横线上完整写出。（本大题共6分， 每空0.5分）a man once made some tests with d 1 animals to find out which was the cleverest. he found that the monkey was c 2 than any o 3 animals.in one test, the man put a monkey in a room w 4 some boxes in it. there was some food in one of the boxes. the man wanted to watch the monkey c 5 , because he wanted to find out how l 6 it would take the monkey to get the food. the man c 7 the door and left the room. he waited for a few m 8_ outside the door. then he got d 9 _ on his knees (膝盖) and put his eye to the keyhole (钥匙孔).what did he s 10 ? he was surprised to find that he was looking into the e 11 of the monkey. the monkey was on the o 12 side of the door and looked through the keyhole.九、书面表达 （本大题共5分）根据所给提示请用英文写一篇短文，介绍你的朋友mary，要点如下：1. 我最好的朋友是mary。我们就读于同一所学校。2. 她留着长发，微笑的眼睛使她看上去很美丽。3. 她很有耐心，经常倾听我的问题并给我提供帮助。4. 她非常喜欢干“自己动手”的活。上周，她还自己动手给我制作了一张生日贺卡。5. 她的未来打算是要求：1. 文章须包含所有要点，语句通顺、意思连贯；2. 词数70个左右；3. 对第5要点做1-2句的发挥，使文章意思完整。 2014-2015学年度第一学期期中考试初二英语听力测试录音稿同学们：初二英语期中考试听力测试马上就要开始了，请大家先看题三分钟。第一部分 听对话回答问题 （计10分，每小题1分）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，将有5秒钟的时间选择你认为最合适的备选答案。听到“嘀”的信号时，进入下一小题。1. m: which season do you like best? w: i like winter best. i enjoy making a snowman.2. m: where does your uncle work ? w: he works in a big restaurant. he is a famous cook.3. w: how big the animal is!m: yes. its the biggest animal on land.w: what animals are we going to see next? m: what about the animals with long necks?4. w: whats the time?m: its seven a.m. do you think we can finish planting the trees?w: i dont think so. im afraid we need one more hour.5. w: excuse me, but which is the way to the bank? is it at the corner of the street?m: no, its between the museum and the supermarket.6. w: look! there are so many dark clouds in the sky.m: yes. i think its going to rain soon.7. m: how are you going to xian tomorrow, mrs. smith?w: i plan to go there by train but the ticket has been sold out. so i have to fly there.8. m: spring again. what can we do to make our school more beautiful?w: we can plant some young trees around our school.9. w: how much will it cost for my son and me to go to shanghai?m: 64 yuan for you and half of the ticket price for your son as he is under 1.2 metres.10. m: i know youre from england. but did you live in america for some time?w: yes, we did. we lived there for five years, and then we came to beijing because my father found work here last year.第二部分 听对话和短文回答问题 （计10分，每小题1分）你将听到一段对话和两篇短文，各听两遍。每段对话或短文后各有几道小题。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，每小题你将有5秒钟的时间选择你认为最合适的备选答案。听第一段对话，回答11-12小题。答题完毕，请等待“嘀”的信号，进入下一段短文。w: hi, paul. dont you remember me?m: wow! youre sophia.w: thats right.m: but you were short and quiet when we were in middle school.w: yes. when i was in middle school, i was a little shy when i talked to others.m: but now you are different.w: yes. i like talking with people and making new friends. i remember you were interested in swimming before.m: but now i dont often swim. im busy learnin