江苏省张家港市第二中学八年级英语上学期期中试题 牛津版(1).doc

江苏省张家港市第二中学2014-2015学年八年级英语上学期期中试题听力部分(满分20分)一.听力（20分）(请先用两分钟时间熟悉听力试题,然后再动笔答题。) 第一部分 听对话回答问题（计10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；在听到“滴”的信号后，进入下一小题。( )1. which is the womans friend? a b c( )2. which sport does the man spend more time on? a b c( )3. which place does the woman say? a b c( )4. whats the salad made of? a b c( )5. how does mr. black usually go to work? a. by bus b. by bike c. on foot( )6. who came the first in the race? a. millie b. sandy c. amy( )7. what would the girl like to have? a. a piece of cake. b. a glass of water c. a box of chocolate( )8. what are they talking about? a. friends b. a day out c. school life( )9. what does the boy think of the trip to the world park? a. boring b. exciting c. interesting( )10. what time will they meet this afternoon? a. at 2 p.m. b. at 3 p.m. c. at 2.10 p.m.第二部分 听对话和短文答题（计10分）听一段对话，回答第11-12小题。答题完毕，请等待“滴”的信号，进入第一篇短文。( )11.which place will they take linda to?a. the museum b. the summer palace c. the great wall( )12. which group is free for a visit to the place of interest?a. a group of 10 students. b. a group of 25 students. c. a group of 35 students.听第一篇短文，回答第13-15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“滴”的信号，进入下一篇短文。watching tvtime 13 children watch tv only on weekends.some watch tv every night.something good it helps to open childrens eyes. children can learn more and 14 ways to do things.something badit is bad for eyes.children dont have enough 15 for the lessons.( )13. a. most b. few c. many( )14. a. bad b. useful c. better( )15. a. time b. money c. exercise 听第二篇短文，回答16-20小题。( )16. where does the writer come from?a. yangzhou. b. nanjing. c. i dont know.( )17. how old is wang hua?a. 25 years old. b. 26 years old. c. 27 years old.( )18. what makes wang hua happy?a. listening to music. b. playing in the next world cup. c. hoping his dream comes true. ( )19. what is wang hua like?a. he likes playing football. b. he is strong. c. he studies english well.( )20.how long has wang hua stayed in changjiang football club? a. for only two days. b. for four years. c. for about 24 hours.笔试部分（满分110分）一、选择填空(共25小题；每小题1分。满分25分)a) 单项填空 从a、b、c、d四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。( ) 1. i missed the first part of _ film avatar. - what a pity ! you should be here half _ hour earlier. a. a, the b. a, an c. the, a d. the, an( ) 2. he had a great time _with his friend, and they had some time _ about their study last sunday.a. to talk; to talk b.talking；to talk c. talking;talking d.to talk;talking( ) 3. - who did english homework better, leo or nick? - leo was faster, _ i think nick did _. a. and; better b. but; better c. and; worse d. but; worse( ) 4.what you he is a true friend? he always gives me a hand when i have problems. a. make; think b. makes; think c. make; to think d. makes; to think( ) 5. the cake smells so _ and the boy is looking _ at it. a. nice; happilyb. nicely; happyc. nicely; happilyd. nice; happy( ) 6. -i have the _ juice of all, mum! -thats enough, honey! a. more b. most c. less d. least( ) 7. did you _ much time watching li nas match last night? yes. it _ me a few hours to watch this match. a.spend; spentb. spend; tookc. take; tookd. take; cost( ) 8. everything in your room is in a mess. be sure to _ before the guests_. no problem.a. tidy up it;arrive b.tidy it up；reach c. tidy it up;arrived.tidy up it；reach( ) 9. _ did liu xiang take part in the world competitions before? ive no idea. lets find it out on the internet. a. how many times b. how long c. how soon d. how much( ) 10. what do you think of the film? the story _is good, but i felt _ _because of its length - over three hours. a. itself; boring b. myself; boring c. itself; bored d. themselves; excited( ) 11. yesterday i_ my umbrella at home. so i had to take _.a. forgot; someones elseb.left; someones elsec. forgot; someone elsesd.left; someone elses ( ) 12. of all the girls, jenny was _ because she got the first prize. a. more exciting b. the most exciting c. more excited d. the most excited( ) 13. please stop to have a rest. i think, to teenagers, health is as _ as their study. a. more important b. less important c. the most important d. important( ) 14. i dont think their going swimming _ telling adults is a good idea. but things are now better _ _worse. theyll let their parents know before going. a. instead of; without b. instead of; than c. without: than d.without; instead of ( ) 15. shall we go to spend the winter holiday in sanya? _ there must be too many people there. a. i agree with you.b. i hope we can go there together. c. what a good idea!d. im afraid thats not a good ideab)完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的a、b、c、d四个选项中选出最佳选项。 a man died and was on his way to another world, either the heaven(天堂)or the hell（地狱）.he saw a very beautiful palace half way and the owner of the palace invited him to stay and live in the palace. the man said, “i have been working hard during my life and now i just want to eat and sleep without any 16 .” the owner of the palace said, if so, there is nowhere else 17 than here for you. there is enough delicious food in my palace and you can eat whatever you want. no one will 18 you. moreover, you dont need to do anything. 19 , the man stayed in the palace. at the 20 ,the man felt very happy, eating and sleeping without thinking about other things. but soon he felt a bit lonely and 21 . so he went to the owner and said, it is very boring to live 22 just eating and sleeping every day. now i have no 23 in this kind of life any more. could you help me find a job? the owner 24 ,sorry, there is no job here at all. after another several months, the man could not stand(忍受)this kind of life and went to the owner again, “i really could not stand this kind of life any more. if you do not offer me a job, i would like to go to the hell instead of 25 here. the owner of the palace laughed loudly, do you think it is heaven here? it is actually hell!( ) 16. a. energy b. work c. warning d. sense( ) 17. a. better b. safer c. prettier d. bigger( ) 18. a. stop b. keep c. see d. kill( ) 19. a. instead b. also c. so d. and( ) 20. a. moment b. beginning c. weekend d. end( ) 21. a. tired . b. bored c. frightened d. surprised( ) 22. a. without b. in c. from d. by( ) 23. a. idea b. plan c. problem d. interest( ) 24. a. thought b. continued c. answered d. reported( ) 25. a. leaving b. working c. living d. eating二、阅读理解（共10小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(a、b、c、d)中，选出最佳选项，并在答案写在答题卷.a when it rains, do your shoes get wet? of course they do! but you can buy these pretty red and white “umbrella for shoes”. they keep the rain off wet.who sweeps the floor at your home? do you do it yourself? perhaps your mother does it. well, now you just need a cat. get a cat and buy these four “dusters (抹布)for cats ”.you talk too long on the phone, dont you? most teenagers do! save time buy the “telephone dumbbell (哑铃)”! it weighs five kilos. then your calls will be less than five minutes.do your friends sometimes come up behind you and make you jump? do cars come around the corner when you try to cross the road? well, you can solve that problem with these modern “forward backward glasses.” look forward with the right eye and back with the left.( )1. which of the following pictures is the right order to match the text? a. d; a; b; c b. b; a; c; d c. d; a; c; b d. b; d; a; c( )2. from the text, we know that cats can help mother to _.a. do some houseworkb. keep the rain off c. speak on the phone d. look for something( )3. which of the following is not true? a. the “telephone dumbbell” weighs about five kilos. b. “forward backward glasses” can help us look forward with the left eye and back with the right. c. a cat with four “dusters (抹布)for cats” can sweep the floor for us. d.the pretty red and white “umbrella for shoes” will keep the shoes from getting wet.b when someone says, “well, i guess ill have to face the music”, it doesnt mean that he is going to listen to music. it shows he has to do what he might not be willing to. sometimes, every one of us has to “face the music”, especially (尤其) children. we can all remember fathers angry words “why did not you do what you should do.”. and only because we did not listen to him. what a bad thing it was! in the middle or at the end of every term, we students have to “face the music”. the result(结果) of the exam will tell whether（是否）we will face the music or not. if.that means parents cold faces and contempt (轻视) of the teachers and classmates. “to face the music” is well known to every american, young or old. it is at least 100 years old. it really means that you have to do something, no matter (无论) how terrible the whole thing might be, because you know you cant choose any other things to do.( ) 4. “to face the music” means “to_ ”. a. do something that we dont like to b. go to the theatre c. go to the music show d. do something that we want to( ) 5. in the third paragraph, “if.”really means “if_ .” a. we dont do a good job b. we get an “a” in the exam c. the exam is easy d. the exam is difficult( ) 6. which of the following is not true according to the passage? a. “to face the music” is well known in the united states. b. “to face the music” has a history of more than 100 years. c. the young americans know what “to face the music” means. d. only the old in the united states know the meaning of “to face the music”.( ) 7. the passage is about _. a. a song b. a film c. an idiom d. a gamecvanilla is my best friend. she is a lovely girl with two big, beautiful eyes. but she always hides them behind a pair of black glasses. one day, though, i nearly ended our friendship. i remember that day clearly. we were sitting in class. the teacher was giving us our results for a chinese test. i had done badly. i felt so sad that i wouldnt talk to anyone. at lunchtime, i even stayed in the classroom alone. suddenly, i heard a voice. it was vanilla. “you look very unhappy,” she said. “whats wrong?” i looked up at her, but said nothing. i knew vanilla had got a good mark in the test. i thought she was making fun of me. i stayed silent, but vanilla didnt go away. she kept asking me questions: “is it because of the exam? do you want me to show you the right answers?” i looked away from her. when i looked up again, vanilla had gone. and so had my exam paper! i didnt know what to do. i looked everywhere for me paper, but couldnt find it. in the afternoon, vanilla came up to my desk and gave me my exam paper back. i looked at it and got a big surprise. vanilla had written the right answer next to every one of my mistakes. my face went red. vanilla had been trying to help me all along. how mean i had been to her when she was being so nice. i wanted to hug her, but all i did was to hold her hands and say, “thank you.” that afternoon, vanilla and i walked home together. i felt so happy that i had to thank her again. we were still best friends. ( )8. the writer felt sad because _ in the chinese test. a. she got a bad mark b. vanilla had done better than her c. she didnt have a high mark d. the teacher was angry with her ( )9. vanilla really came to the writer to _. a. make fun of her b. find out what had happened to her c. help her d. show her the right answers( )10. vanilla left the writer because she _. a. wanted to write the right answers for the writer b. didnt know what to do to help her friend c. was angry with the writer d. wanted to go home for lunch( )11. which of the following phrases has the same meaning as “make fun of”? a. saying “hello” to. b. seeing me off. c. laughing at. d. looking after. d my sister electra was leaving a small shop. she was pushing a shopping cart（手推车） and trying to put the change（找零）into her pocket at the same time. while she was doing this, she dropped a quarter (25分硬币). carefully she bent over（弯腰）to pick it up. to her surprise, an old man walked towards her. with a quarter in his hand, he said. heres the quarter you dropped, young lady. my sister replied ( 回答), oh, ive found mine. that must be yours. no, i think its yours. i found it on the ground back there, he said. its not mine. why dont you keep it? i have a lot at home. i collect quarters. really? my sister asked. what are you collecting them for? i have over 9,000 quarters. i have always dreamed of driving across the country through the northern states (州）and then down to california and back to new york, but now im too old to do that, so instead i think iii buy a tv, he explained（解释）to her. oh, my sister said. dont give up your dream of traveling. i know someone who took the train and had a lovely trip. why dont you try that? why did i never think of that? the old man said, sounding hopeful of this new idea. ill think about that and look into it. thank you for telling me. my sister told me the story and said, i just dont want to see him giving up his dream and buying a tv! im glad i dropped that quarter. perhaps what i said will change his life.( ) 12. what information can we get from the text? a. the old man has collected nearly 9,000 quarters. b. electra was knocked over by the old mans shopping cart. c. this story happened in the city of new york. d. the quarter that the old man picked up was electras.( ) 13. why did the old man decide to buy a tv? a. he thought he was too old to drive around the country. b. he thought a tv was much cheaper than a car. c. he had been tired of traveling around the country by car. d. he was so poor that he couldnt afford (付得起） to travel by car.( ) 14. which word best describes electras personality? a. generous. b. hard-working. c. humorous. d. helpful.( ) 15. what fact does the text lead (引导) you to believe? a. shoppers often drop their change while shopping. b. staying at home is more suitable (合适的) for old people. c. the old man might consider（考虑）traveling by train. d. dropping a quarter can bring good luck.三、词汇运用 根据下列句子及所给汉语、音标、首字母或句意写出空缺处的正确单词。每空只写一词。(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)1. we are looking forward to_ (赢) the final in the second half.2. to be the_ (健康) girl of the team, she seldom eats meat.3. after reading this article, we learnt a lot about different_ (文化).4. im sorry we all have problems _this difficult problem. (解决)5.the visitors all found it_(激动)to travel around in suzhou.6. sandys drawing is the most beautiful in the drawing _ kmptin .7.be careful,children.youre old enough to look after _. (you)8. thank you for _(提供) me some help.9. what a good time they had_(讨论)their future plan!10.her s face showed that everything was all right.11.though the ticket is_ (没用的），ill keep it in my drawer.12. - did you go home by bus last night? - no. i missed the last bus, so i had to walk home i _ 13.its about ten_（分钟）walk from my home to school.14.i dont think its right to treat jimmy like this. i agree with you. he worked the hardest but got the money.15.do you know david came first in yesterdays english test?its not a . everybody knows it.四、句子翻译(共5小题；每小题3分，满分15分)1.她乐意和真朋友分享喜乐。 2.他们正计划乘地铁去游玩那些名胜古迹。 3.我希望电视上的广告少些。 4.不仅是我的表弟而且我都对观看篮球决赛很着迷。 5.