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江苏省江都市大桥片2012-2013学年八年级英语下学期期中试题考试时间100分钟 一听力（共20小题，每小题1分，记20分）第一部分 听对话回答问题（计10分） 本部分共有10道小题，每道小题你将听到一段对话，每段对话听两遍。1.where has the woman been in china? a. b. c.2.where would the man like to go? a. b. c. 3.what did henry do last night? a. b. c.4.where did lucy stay yesterday? a. b. c.5.what happened to lucy? a .she had a traffic accident. b. her bike didnt work. c. she lost her car. 6.what time will they meet? a.1:15. b.1:30. c.1:45.7.who is lucy waiting for? a. mr. smith. b. mrs. smith. c. mr. and mrs. smith.8.why cant she go out for a walk? a. because she is ill.b. because she has some homework to do.c. because she doesnt like walking.9.how old is peter? a. he is twelve. b. he is five. c. he is seventeen.10.does mrs. green like pork better than beef? a. mrs. green likes beef better than pork. b. yes, she does. c. no, she doesnt.第二部分 听对话和短文答题（计10分） 你将听到一段对话和两篇短文，各听两遍。 听一段对话，回答第11-12小题。答题完毕，请等待嘀的信号，进入第一篇短文。11. what season is it? its _. a. summer b. spring c. winter12. toms grandfather has been sick for _. a. ten minutes b. one month c. one year 听第一篇短文，回答13-15小题。请根据短文内容。选择正确的答案，完成信息记录表。13. a. opera b. the great wall c. museums14. a. stories b. novels c. books15. a. pack his books b. clean his room c. tidy his books 听第二篇短文，回答第16-20小题。16. her teacher decided to stop the lesson because _ . a. mary wasnt good at music and she had too much difficultyb. mary wasnt cleverc. mary herself wanted to stop17. after many years, marys voice _ . a. was the same b. got better c. got louder18. mary gave a concert (音乐会)and asked her _ to come. a. parents b. friends c. teacher19. mary enjoyed _ very much. a. music b. films c. lessons20. what the teacher said at last means _ . a. mary did well in the concert b. the concert was terrible and mary was not a good singer at allc. mary will be a good singer one day二、单项选择（共15小题；每小题l分，计15分）21. yesterday an 8-year-old boy fell into the river. _ boy was saved by _ police.a. a, ab. the, ac. the, thed. a, the 22. why not _ off our mobile phones. the meeting will start in a minute. a. to turn b. turning c. turn d. turned 23. -ill fly to kunming for my holiday for holiday this weekend. -wonderful! _.a. not at all b. have a good time c. i hope so d. with pleasure24. - would you come back to have dinner with us this evening? - id love to, _ i have an important meeting . a. and b. or c. so d. but 25. at last, the girl was made and began to do her homework.a. stop listening to music b. to stop to listen to musicc. to stop listening to music d. stop to listen to music26. tomorrow is my sons _ birthday, will you come to the birthday party？ a. nineb. nineteenc. ninthd. the ninth27. - do you know who designed the cd-rom around the world in eight hours? - yes. it _ by nancy jackson. a. has designedb. designedc. designsd. was designed 28. - good morning madam. can i help you? - yes. id like _ for cooking vegetables. a. two cups of coffeeb. three pieces of breadc. one bowl of dumpling d. five kilos of oil29. there _great changes in our hometown in the past fifteen years. a. has been b. have been c. was d. were 30. -look, what have you done?-sorry . i think if i _another chance , i will do it better.a. give b. will be given c. will give d. am given31. -_did your uncle leave his home town ? -he _for nearly twenty years.a. when , has left b. when , has been away c. how long , has left d. how long , has been away32. the car over there isnt _. it belongs to _. a. her, meb. her, minec. hers, me d. hers, mine33. -_ today! -yes. shall we have a spring outgoing?a. what fine weather is b. how fine weather it isc. what a fine weather it is d. how fine the weather is34. -what can i do for you, sir? -id like a bag of rice, for i have at home. a. some b. little c. a little d. a few35. -what do you think of your new friend chen dan? -he always thinks _ anyone else. he is very careful. a. more carefully thanb. more careful than c. much carefully thand. much careful than三、完形填空（共15小题；每小题l分，计15分） 阅读下列短文，从文后各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。once upon a time, there were two fishermen good at fishing. they went to a lake to 36 . one of them 37 fishing alone by himself 38 the other was an outgoing person who loved to 39 friends with different people.when he found that some tourists at the lake couldnt catch any fish. “i will teach you how to do that” he said to them. “if you catch 10 fish, give me one. if you dont get 10, you 40 give me anything.”they feel like old friends at first sight. both sides come to an a (an) 41 immediately.after he finished teaching a group, he went to teach another, and 42 taught them some fishing skills. he asked one for every 10 fish the tourists 43 . . 44 of the day, the fisherman who kindly helped others received a (an) 45 basket of fish, and also got to know a large group of new friends. at the same time, he was respected(尊重) as 46 .on the other hand, 47 fisherman didnt have much fun. when the others circled around his camp, he became even more 48 . after fishing for a whole day alone, he looked into the fish basket, and found he had far 49 fish than his friend. if we help others succeed, we harvest both 50 and friends.36. a. playb. studyc. fishd. swim37. a. preferb. wantedc. enjoyedd. would like38. a. whileb. whenc. asd. because39. a. makeb. bec. teachd. talk40. a. have tob. didnt have toc. needd. neednt41. a. agreeb. disagreec. agreementd. disagreement42. a. as wellb. alsoc. tood. either43. a. caughtb. givec. gaved. catch44. a. at the beginningb. in the middlec. at the endd. in the end45. a. littleb. lot ofc. emptyd. full46. a. a fishermanb. a teacherc. an engineerd. a farmer47. a. anotherb. otherc. the otherd. others48. a. helpfulb. successfulc. dangerousd. lonely49. a. fewerb. lessc. manyd. more50. a. fishb. moneyc. successd. time四、阅读理解（共l5小题；每小题2分，计30分）阅读下列内容，从每小题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。a steve jobs, the designer of apple computer, was not clever when he was in school. at that time, he was not a good student and he always made trouble with his schoolmates. when he went to college, he didnt change a lot. then he dropped out (缀学). but he was full of new ideas.after he left college, steve jobs worked as a video game designer. he worked there for only several months and then he went to india. he hoped that the trip would give him some new ideas and give him a change in life.steve jobs lived on a farm in california for a year after he returned from india, in 1975, he began to make a new type of computer. he designed the apple computer with his friend in his garage (车库), he chose the name “apple” just because it could help him to remember a happy summer he once spent in an apple tree garden.his apple computer was such a great success that steve jobs soon became famous all over the world. 51. sieve jobs was famous for his _ all over the world.a. new ideas b. apple computerc. apple garden d. video games52. steve jobs was not a good student in school because he_. a. never did his lessons. b. was full of new ideas. c. always made trouble with his schoolmates. d. dropped out53.from the passage we know _.a. steve jobs didnt finish his studies in the college because he hated his schoolmates.b. he liked travelling in india and california.c. he could only design video games.d. h liked trying new things and making his new ideas become true.b“if you want to see a thing well, reach out and touch it!”that may seem a strange thing to say. but touching things can help you to see them better.your eyes can tell you that a glass ball is round. but by holding it in your hands, you can feel how smooth and cool the ball is. you can feel how heavy the glass is.when you feel all these about the ball, you really see it.with your skin, you can feel better. for example, your fingers can tell the difference between two coins in your pocket. you can feel a little drop of water on the back of your hand, too.you can even feel sounds against your skin. have you ever wanted to know why some people like very loud music? they must like to feel the sounds of music.all children soon learn what “dont touch!” means. they hear it often. yet most of us keep on touching things as we grow up. in shops, we touch things we might buy, such as food, clothes and so on. to see something well, we have to touch it.the bottoms of our feet can feel things, too. you know this when you walk on warm sand, cool grass or a bad floor. all feel different under your feet.there are ways of learning to see well by feeling.one way is to close your eyes and try to feel everything that is touching your skin. feel the shoes on your feet, the clothes on your body, the air on your skin. at first, it is not easy to feel these things. you are too used to them!most museums are just for looking. but today some museums have some things to touch. their signs say, “do touch!” there you can feel everything on show.if you want to see better, reach out and touch. then youll really see!54. which of the following can be the best title of the story?a. touching by feelingb. to see or to feelc. to see better by feelingd. ways of feeling55. when people buy things in shops, they often _.a. try them on firstb. put their right hand on themc. just have a lookd. feel and touch them56. why does it say, “at first, it is not easy to feel these things?”a. the things are used by people, too.b. people are used to the things.c. people know how to use the things d. the things are easy to feel.57. which of the following is true?a. touching can help people learn things better.b. our feet, fingers, hands and skin can help us enjoy music.c. people have to learn to see by feeling as they grow up.d. visitors cannot feel the things on show in some museums.c without planning tourism can cause problem. for example, too many tourists can crowd pubic places that are also enjoyed by the people there. if tourists create too much traffic, the people there become angry and unhappy. they began to dislike tourists and to treat them impolitely. they forget how much tourism can help the countrys economy (经济). it is important to think about how tourism affects them. tourism should help a country keep the culture and beauty that attract tourists. tourism should be also helpful for the health and happiness of local people. too much tourism can be a problem. if tourism grows too quickly, people must leave other jobs to work in the tourism industry. this means that other parts of the countrys economy can suffer. on the other hand, if there is not enough tourism, people can lose jobs. businesses can also lose money. it costs a great deal of money to build large hotels, airports, first-class roads, and other support facilities (设施) needed by tourist attractions. for example, a large hotel can cost as much as 50 thousand dollars per room to build. if this room is not used most of the time, the owners of the hotel will lose money. building a hotel is just a beginning. there must be many support facilities as well, including roads to get to the hotel, electricity, sewers (下水道) to handle waste and water. all of these support facilities cost money. if they are not used because there not enough tourists, jobs and money are lost.58. which of the following has most probably been discussed before this passage? a. it is very important to develop tourism.b. building roads and hotels are necessary. c. support facilities are highly important.d. planning is great important to tourism.59. too much tourism can cause all the problems except _. a. a bad effect on other parts of the economyb. a change of tourists behavior c. over crowdedness of places of interestsd. pressure (压力) on traffic60. not enough tourism will _. a. have more people out of workb. lead to fewer tourist attractions c. make the support facilities cost more moneyd. cause the prices to rise and the pay to fall61. the word “handle” in the last paragraph most probably means “_”. a. get inb. pick upc. carry awayd. take downd i came to study in the usa a year ago. yet i did not know the real american society until i injured (伤害) in an accident, because after the accident i had to see a doctor - and to court (法院). after the accident, my roommate called a doctor for me. i was very grateful and decided to repay him one day. but the next day, he asked me to pay him $ 200 for what he had done. i was very surprised. he had good reason to charge me, he said. and if i wanted to collect money from the person who was responsible (负责) for my injury. id have to have a good lawyer (律师). and only a good doctor can help me get a good lawyer. now that he had helped me find a good doctor, it was only fair that i should pay him. but every time i went to see the doctor, i had to wait about 50 minutes. he would see two or three patients at the same time, and often stop treating one so as to see another, yet he charged me $ 115 each time. the final examination report consisted of ten lines, and it cost me $ 215. my lawyer knew very well the other party was responsible for the accident, yet he hardly did anything. he simply waited to collect his money. he was so irresponsible that i decided not to ask for him again. and he made me pay him $ 770. now i had to act as my own lawyer. because of my inexperience, i told the insurance company (保险公司)the date i was leaving america. knowing that, they played for time, and i left without getting a cent. my experiences taught me two things about america: firstly, in a country like america money is everything. it is more important than friendship or honor. secondly, foreigners are still being unfairly treated. so when we talk about america, we should see both its good and bad sides.62. the writers roommate offered to help him because _. a. he thought it was a chance to make some money. b. he felt sorry for the writerc. he knew the doctor was a very good one d. he wanted the writer to have a good lawyer.63. a good doctor is necessary for the writer to _. a. be properly treated b. talk with the person responsible for the accident c. become healthy before he leaves america d. finally get the responsible party（当事人） to pay for his injury（伤害）64. the word “charge” in this passage means “_”. a. be responsibleb. be carefulc. ask as a priced. get an answer65. what can you get from the story? a. going to court is something very common in america. b. money is more important than other things in the usa. c. there are more bad sides in america than good sides.d. one must be very careful while driving a car.五、词汇运用（共l0小题；每小题l分，计l0分）(每空一词)66. he thinks he will never forget this _ experience. (有意义的)67. the _ of science has changed our life a lot. (发展)68. our school is as beautiful as _. (他们的)69. our teacher was very happy because he answered his question _. (正确地)70. how long can i _ the book? (借)71. after school students went out of the classroom _. (noise)72. my bike is broken and it needs _. (repair)73. they will celebrate their fifteen years of _this sunday. (marry)74. in the _, i thought i would not pass the driving test. (begin)75. she spends more than one hour practicing _ english every day. (speak)六、任务型阅读（共l0空；每空l分，计l0分） 阅读下面短文，根据内容完成表格中所缺信息。（每空一词） writing a thank-you letter can be a great way to express thanks for a favor (帮助；恩惠) someone did for you. consider these following steps when writing your letter, which will help make your thank-you letter more meaningful and sincere. before you start, buy some special stationery, such as nice paper or blank cards. the stationery doesnt have to be expensive, since even one-dollar card can be very nice. and you must decide whether you prefer to type your letter or write it by yourself. handwriting has a more personal feeling, while a printed thank-you letter looks more professional (专业的). now, you can start writing. you should express your purpose from the beginning. start your letter by thanking the person for the gift or service he or she provided. then you should explain how you plan to use the gift or service, or explain how the gift or service has already been used. whats more, you can also express your feelings on the gift or service by saying that “it was a wonderful birthday present” it also helps to mention a personal feeling such as “i was just so happy with the party.” in the end, you should mention that you want to see or talk to the person again soon. for close relatives and friends, you can also tell them how much you miss them and express regret that their visit was short. sign you