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江苏省无锡市滨湖区2014-2015学年八年级英语上学期期中试题 i 听力部分 （20分）第一节（共10小题，每小题1分）听下面10段短对话，每段对话后有一个小题，从题中a、b、c三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话读两遍。听第1至10段材料，回答第1至10题。第二节（共10小题，每小题1分）听下面3段长对话和短文，每段对话和短文后有几个小题，从题中a、b、c三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话和短文前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题6秒钟，听完后，每小题将给出6秒钟的作答时间。每段对话和短文读两遍。听第11段材料， 回答第11至12题。11did alice find any interesting tv plays?a. yes, she did. b. no, she didnt.c. we dont know.12. what is alice going to do next? a. walk in the park. b. watch tv at home. c. play the piano听第12段材料，回答第13至15小题。根据短文内容，选择正确答案，完成信息记录表。my friend helenage & interestl 13 years oldl interested in historythings to do in summerl travel with her parentsl her favourite place - 14 plan for this summerl come to chinal go to beijing from my city by 15 13. a. 30b. 13c. 2314. a. new yorkb. new zealand c. china15. a. carb. planed. train听第13段材料，回答第16至20题。16. where did the story happen? a. in a fruit shop.b. in a book shop.c. in a clothes shop. 17. how many apples did the boy want to buy? a. for one dollar.b. for four dollars.c. for five dollars.18. how did the boy feel when he counted the apples? a. happy. b. surprised.c. pleased.19. why didnt the salesman let the boy leave? a. because the boy didnt give him enough money. b. because he wanted to give the boy more apples. c. because the boys mother came to the shop.20. what do you think of the boy from the story? a. hes kind.b. hes silly (愚蠢的).c. hes clever.ii 笔试部分 （80分）一、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） 1. i dont want _ usual instruction of the task. please give me _ unusual one.a. a, an b. an, a c. an, / d. /, an2. -which month has _ days in a year? - february. a. fewerb. lessc. the fewestd. the least3. his grade in the exam put him _ the top students in his classes.a. betweenb. overc. amongd. above4. hush! the baby is sleeping. please talk _ than usual or you may wake him up.a. quietb. more quietc. quietlyd. more quietly 5. - i have more storybooks than _ do. - but your books are not as interesting as _.a. your, me b. yours, minec. yours, i d. you, mine6. miss tang has no _ of time. she is often late for meetings.a. interestb. ideac. sensed. plan7. she must be a true friend. she never _ a bad word about others.a. speaksb. saysc. talksd. tells8. they _ the palace museum next week.a. hope me to visit b. hope visitc. hope themselves to visit d. hope to visit9. his long talk made sandy _. she almost fell asleep.a. feel boringb. feel boredc. feels interestingd. feels bored10. - did you go to the cinema last night? - no. _ seeing a film, i just stayed at home and watched tv.a. whileb. insteadc. instead ofd. because of 11. she learned how to ride a bike _ at the age of 6.a. for herselfb. on herselfc. by herselfd. with herself12. they live 20 kilometres _ the school.a. away b. far awayc. far fromd. away from13. - im feeling so tired now. - _ stop and have a rest? a. what about b. why not youc. why dont d. why not14. _, and you will be healthier. a. keep exercise b. keeping exercising b. keep exercising d. keeping exercise15. - my mother says that we wont go on a trip to hong kong. - _. you were looking forward to it. a. never mind. b. dont worry about it. c. what a pity! d. enjoy yourselves.二、完形填空 先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从下面四个答案中选择可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案。（本大题共10分，每小题1分）umbrellas are common in daily life. on rainy days, many people hold them to prevent (阻挡) the 1 . but its not easy to hold an umbrella if there is 2 rain and strong wind. and its harder to make a phone call or ride a bike 3 an umbrella in the hand. an american named alan kaufman and his company 4 six years inventing (发明) a hand-free umbrella. 5 , they made it. they called it nubrella. just touch a button (按钮), and the nubrella will open 6 . with the help of the “shoulder support”, the umbrella can rest on the users 7 . so the user neednt hold the umbrella any more. he can walk with hands 8 even in the strong wind. the hand-free umbrella is 59.94 dollars each. people all around the world like it very much. because of this smart invention, they can use their phones to talk and send short 9 in the rain now. 10 in the rain under a nubrella is really cool, isnt it? 1. a. snow b. water c. sund. ice2. a. heavy b. heavily c. strongd. big3. a. by b. without c. with d. at4. a. spent b. took c. paid d. cost5. a. at firstb. at lastc. at most d. at least6. a. easily b. hardlyc. nearlyd. mostly7. a. feet b. legsc. shoulders d. arms8. a. free b. busy c. difficultd. good9. a. information b. magazinesc. messagesd. texts10. a. lying b. flying c. walkingd. singing三、阅读理解 阅读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容选择最佳答案。（本大题共20分，每小题2分）aarriving in new york there are three airports in new york. when you arrive at one of them, you can take a bus or taxi to any place in new york.public transport (交通) in new york theres a good bus and subway (地铁) service. if you are planning to use the subway a lot, you should buy a subway ticket for ten journeys because its cheaper. but you dont have to use public transportthere are lots of places you can go to on foot, like the empire state building (帝国大厦), 5th avenue (大街) and central park. the new york taxis are a part of the city experience, so you should take at least one taxi during your visit!hotels there are lots of good hotels in new york. the best is the plaza on 5th avenue but you dont have to pay a lot to stay in the city. there are lots of smaller hotels and the ymca(国际青年旅社) near central park is great for young people.eating out there are many kinds of food in new york and you shouldnt eat at mcdonalds every day. there are good restaurants in little italy and chinatown, for example.shopping shopping in new york is fun. there are big shops on 5th avenue. they are open seven days a week. but be careful when you look at the prices. you have to pay a special 8% tax(税) on everything you buy in new york.places to see finally, there are a lot of places to see in new yorktimes square, the statue of liberty. and you shouldnt go home without climbing the statue of liberty to enjoy the scenery of the city.1. how many kinds of public transport are mentioned (提到) in the passage? a. two. b. three. c. four. d. five.2. “the plaza” here is the name of _. a. a restaurant b. a hotelc. an airportd. a shop3. how much do you have to pay if you buy a book of 10 dollars in new york? a. 10.80 dollars. b. 10.08 dollars. c. 18.00 dollars. d. 10.00 dollars.4. when you visit new york, you should _. a. eat at mcdonalds every day b. take a taxi whenever you go out c. stay at the best hotel d. climb the statue of liberty5. from the passage, we can learn that _. a. people can visit many places of interest in new york on footb. people must travel by public transport in new york c. new york is not a good place for shoppingd. people have to eat only one kind of food in new yorkba boy and his father were walking in the mountains. suddenly the boy fell, hurt himself, and cried, “ah!” to his surprise, he heard the voice repeating, somewhere in the mountain, “ah!” then the boy shouted. “who are you?” he received the answer, “who are you?” he got angry at the answer, so he shouted, “foolish (愚蠢的)!” he received the answer, “foolish!”he looked at his father and asked, “whats going on?” his father smiled and said, “my son, listen.” and then he shouted to the mountain, “i love you!” the voice answered, “i love you!” again the man shouted, “you are the best!” the voice answered, “you are the best!”the boy was surprised, but did not understand. then the father explained, “people call this echo, but really this is life. it gives you back everything you say or do. our life is just a reflection (反映) of what we have done. if you want more love in the world, have more love in your heart. if you want to be successful, work hard. this can be used in everything in life. life will give you back everything you have given to it.”6. at first the boy cried because _.a. he hurt himself and felt bad b. he wanted to give himself a surprisec. he felt it was so quiet in the mountaind. he hoped his father would help him7. when the boy heard the voice repeating, he felt _.a. happy b. afraid c. angry d. sad8. the father shouted to the mountain to _. a. find out who was repeating his voiceb. play a joke on other people in the mountainc. show more examples to his son before giving him the answer d. let his son know whose voice was louder四、单词拼写 （本大题共10分，每小题1分）(a) 根据句意，用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。1. how _ (humour) max is! he always tells us funny jokes.2. - how are you feeling today? - even _ (bad).3. next week, we will have a _ (month) test on english.4. its easy to work out the _ (high) of this bridge in this way. 5. its _ (possible) to learn english well if you dont have enough practice. (b) 根据句意和汉语注释，写出单词的正确形式。6. dont make so many _ (错误) in your homework next time.7. millies dream is to become an _ (优秀的) teacher when she grows up.8. kate is really a pretty girl with bright _ (微笑的) eyes. 9. if you need more colours, you can get them by _ (混合) these colours together.10. we are traveling in new zealand, australia and japan _ (自始至终) november. 五、动词填空 用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空。(本大题共5分，每小题0.5分)1. _ (attend) diy lessons every saturday is great fun for me.2. be quiet! the students _ (have) an english class.3. can you show me how _ (stick) a rose on the card?4. at first, he _ (write) quite badly, but now he writes well. 5. not only the houses but also the train _ (be) made of paper.6. he always has fun _ (share) things with others. so he is very popular among his friends.7. people in this mountain area all cant wait _ (move) to the new flat.8. tom, _ (not cut) the bag open. it will be broken.9. - its cold here. - ok. i _ (close) the window soon. 10. youd better _ (not add) too much sugar to the dish or it will be too sweet.六、完成句子 按所给的汉语，用英语完成下列句子。(本大题共10分，每空0.5分)七、缺词填空 先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，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词，使短文意思完整。所填单词在答卷横线上必须完整写出。(本大题共5分，每格0.5分)tom arrived at the bus station early for the paris bus to go to work. the bus for paris would not leave u 1 five to twelve. he saw a lot of people waiting in the station. some were standing in line; others were w 2 around. there were a group of students. their teacher was trying to k 3 them in line. tom looked around but there was no p 4 for him to sit.he walked into the station cafe. he looked up at the clock there. it was only twenty to twelve. he took a s 5 before a large mirror on the wall. just then, one of toms workmates came in and s 6 with tom. “what time is your bus?” asked mike.“theres still much time left,” answered tom.“well, ill g 7 you some more coffee then,” said mike.they talked while drinking. then tom looked at the c 8 again. “oh, its going backward!” he c 9 . “a few minutes ago it was twenty to twelve and now its half past eleven.”“youre looking at the clock in the mirror,” said mike. tom was so sad. the next bus was not to leave for a 10 hour. since then, tom has never liked mirrors. 八、书面表达 (本大题共5分) 学校将举行初中英语征文比赛，主题是介绍你的朋友nick，请你根据下列要点完成征文。1. 勤奋而有耐心，总是乐于助人，经常帮同学辅导数学难题。2. 我7岁时就跟他交上了朋友。3. 他愿意替我保守秘密，所以我什么都可以告诉他。 4. 他痴迷于自己动手做，他喜欢修坏了的东西。5. 他妈妈的生日要到了，他决定注意：1. 短文须包括所有内容要点，要求语句通顺、意思连贯；2. 第5 要点的内容须用12句话作适当发挥； 3. 词数70个左右，短文的开头和结尾句已给出，不计入总词数。my best friend nick is a lovely boy with a good personality._how lucky i am to have such a good friend！ 2014年秋学期期中考试参考答案及评分标准初二英语2014年秋学期期中考试初二英语听力材料2014.11第一节（共10小题，每小题1分）听下面10段短对话，每段对话后有一个小题，从题中a、b、c三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话读两遍。听第1至10段材料，回答第1至10题。1. w: mike always goes to school with his dog. but today he went alone. m: because his dog became ill.2. w: why did li yang do all the housework to let his mother have a good rest? m: because today is a festival for ladies.3. w: does this bus go to the train station?m: no. youll have to get off at the bank and take bus no.52.4. m: what does your mother do, mary?w: shes a nurse. she works in doctor wilsons office.5. m: han mei, whats that thing with three legs?w: its a cup. it was used in the old days. there are many things like this in this museum.6. w:dont you think mikes tv is too noisy?m: yes. ill let him to turn it down.7. m: did you go and call on mr. smith yesterday?w: i planned to, but my mother suddenly fell ill and i had to take her to the hospital.8. w: tom, would you like to go on a picnic today? m: yes. jane and mike will come here. w: youll surely have a lot of fun. the weather is fine.9. w: your hometown is beautiful. you can go there to relax yourself. how often do you go to your hometown? m:not very often. i go there only on summer holidays and winter holidays.10. m: happy new year!w: thank you! the same to you.第二节（共10小题，每小题1分）听下面3段长对话和短文，每段对话和短文后有几个小题，从题中a、b、c三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话和短文前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题6秒钟，听完后，每小题将给出6秒钟的作答时间。每段对话和短文读两遍。听第11段材料， 回答第11至12题。m: what are you doing, alice?w: im trying to find some tv plays.m: did you find one?w: yes, i found some just now.m: which one is the most enjoyable?w: well, i dont think any of them is very interesting.m: why not go and take a walk in the park instead?w:good idea.听第12段材料，回答第13至15题。helen is my friend from london. she is 13 years old. she i