江苏省太仓市八年级英语第二学期期末教学质量调研测试试卷 牛津版.doc

江苏省太仓市2012-2013学年八年级英语第二学期期末教学质量调研测试试卷 牛津版听力部分（30分）一、听力选择（共25小题，1-20题，每小题1分；21-25题，每小题2分，满分30分）请先熟悉听力试题，然后再动笔答题。做题时，请先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，再将试卷上的答案转填到答题卷相对应的空格内。a)听对话回答问题1.a. no parking. b. no photos. c. no smoking.2.a. a book about dreams. b. a book about ghosts. c. a book about music.3.a. unhappy. b. happy. c. free.4.a. sunny. b. cloudy. c. rainy.5.a. four. b. three. c. two.6.a. on the shelf. b. on the desk. c. on the table.7.a. excited. b. nervous.c. sad.8.a. some water. b. a. football. c. some food.9.a. at 7:45. b. at 7:40. c. at 8:00.10.a. ben. b. mr. green. c. mrs. green.b)听对话和短文回答问题听第一段对话，回答11-12小题。11. what did the woman do last night? a. she invited linda to dinner. b. she had a wonderful dinner. c. she cooked a good meal.12. what do we know about jim? a. hes good at cooking. b. hes good at reading. c. he likes good food.听第二段对话，回答13 -14小题。13. where are they talking? a. at pauls home. b. at han meis home. c. at a party.14. how long does it usually take paul to do his homework? a. 10 minutes. b. 20 minutes. c. 30 minutes.听第三段对话，回答15 -17小题。15. what are they talking about? a. a trip to beijing. b. kittys mother. c. kitty.16. how are they going? a. by plane. b. by train. c. by bus.17. how long will they stay there? a. two months. b. one week. c. two weeks. 听一篇短文，完成信息记录表中18 -20小题。18.a. shop b. supermarket c. mall19.a. cheaper b. expensive c. good20.a. three times b. twice c. once听一篇短文，回答21- 25小题。21. why can some people easily learn many things by heart? because_ a. they have very good memories b. they always sleep very well c. they read a lot of books22. when does everybody learn his mother language? a. at the age of six. b. when he is a small child. c. when he goes to school.23. before a child can speak, he must_. a. read and write b. think hard c. hear and remember the sounds24. why is it not easy for the pupils to learn a foreign language? because_. a. they have no good memories b. they have too much time for it c. they are busy with other subjects25. your memory will not become better_. a. if you dont have a lot of good food b. if you dont do more and more exercises c. if you dont do morning exercises every day笔试部分 (100分）二、选择填空（从每小题所给的a、b、c、d四个选项中选出一个最佳选项，把其编号填入答题卷相应的位置上。共25小题，每小题1分，满分25分）a)单项选择26. for further details about our new clothes style, _ our companys website. a. visiting b. visited c. to visit d. visit27. _ of the students come from shanghai. they like the view of the countryside. a. two thousands b. thousands c. two thousand d. thousand28. the doctor followed the_ of the child closely. a. collection b. advertisement c. development d. agreement29. -a number of students_ willing to teach in the west of china:- yes, the number is getting_. a. are; more and more b. is; bigger and bigger c. is; more and more d. are; bigger and bigger30. jim is learning_ second foreign language so that he can find_ better job. a. a; the b. a; a c. the; the d. the; a31._it is to watch the ice and snow in harbin in winter! a. what a fun b. how fun c. what a great fun d. what fun32. i will travel abroad if the work_ on time. a. will finish b. is finished c. will be finished d. finishes33. - are you sure you can do well in the sports meeting? -_. ive trained for three months. a. no, im not sure b. its hard to say c. i hope not d. yes, i think so34. is_ easy_ who has taken the umbrella? a. that; find b. it; to find out c. that; to find out d. it; find35. -_ you to get up late? - yes. but now i get up early because i_ doing exercise every morning. a. used; am used to b. did use; used toc. did use; am used to d. used; used to36. the factory_ since the december of 2000. a. has open b. has opened c. has been opened d. has been open37. - wheres nancy? i would like to invite her to my party this sunday. - she has_ to singapore. she has_ there many times before. a. been; gone b. been; been c. gone; gone d. gone; been38. she has won the game. she must be very happy, _? a. mustnt she b. isnt she c. wasnt she d. hasnt she39. lincoln came from nothing, yet he did_ that changed the world. a. something b. everything c. nothing d. anything40. to finish the match we have to walk_ some fields and_ a rain forest. a. over; across b. across; over c. through; over d. across; throughb)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a、b、c、dd四个选项中选出一个最佳选项，将其编号填入答题卷相对应的空格内。 three small fish lived in the sea. when they were very young, their parents died. they had to 41 each other day after day. finally, they grew up and 42 to swim deeper and further. one morning, the three fish were 43 to a shallow（浅）water by a big wave（浪）.a small boat was taken there, too. it was hard for the fish to go back to the sea because the boat was right in front of them. the largest fish realized that they were 44 ,and said they had to find a way to leave there as fast as possible. the second largest fish 45 with his elder brother, but the youngest one did not. he said that there was much 46 for their activities, so he would not worry at all and still swam around 47 . at last, the largest fish returned to the 48 by jumping over the lowest part of the boat. the second largest fish also succeeded in 49 his elder brother in the other side of water. but the youngest one didnt follow them and still swam joyfully. two hours later, when the sun rose up, the water in the small shallow corner 50 .the fish who did not try to return to the sea died of lack（缺乏）of water.41.a. listen to b. look after c. talk with d. worry about 42. a. dared b. hated c. refused d. stopped 43.a. allowed b. given c. invited d. taken 44. a. in safety b. in doubt c. in danger d. in peace 45. a. agreed b. talked c. disagreed d. discussed 46.a. time b. food c. water d. air 47. a. slowly b. sadly c. luckily d. happily 48.a. sea b. river c. lake d. pool 49. a. catching b. joining c. raking d. telling 50. a. rose up b. ran out c. washed away d. dried up三、阅读理解（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分） 阅读下面短文，从每小题所给的a、b、c、d四个选项中，选出最佳选项，把其编号填入答题卷相应的位置上。a everybody is afraid of quicksand（流沙）.in the films, suddenly people fall into quicksand, they are pulled down and down. they disappear! no one sees them again! what is quicksand? can it really pull things down? no, it can not. quicksand can not pull things into it. quicksand is really loose sand and a lot of water. the water makes the quicksand. it is different from the sand on the beach. a person can walk on the beach. a person can not walk on the quicksand. it is too loose. falling into quicksand does not hurt., it is almost like falling into water! your body will go down. but then it will come up. people can float in quicksand. but they must not fight the sand. that would make them go down. they should move slowly until they float. quicksand is found in many places. it is found near the mouths of large rivers. the mouth of a river is where the river meets the ocean or the sea. quicksand is also found on land. in some places the water stays on the land. it does not drain（排放）or dry up. if there is sand around, the sand gets very wet. then it becomes quicksand. will you go down in quicksand? yes, but not all the way. you will float. but you should float in clean water. quicksand is too dirty!51. if you fall into quicksand, _ a. you should move fast and try your best to get out b. you will be down and no one will see you again c. you will be pulled down and then die quickly d. it is nothing serious and dont be afraid of it52. a person can not walk on quicksand because_.a. it is dangerous b. it is too loose c. it will hurt him d. it will pull him down53. it is difficult to find quicksand in_. a. dry countries b. china c. america d. wet countriesb in ancient china, the state of wu made an attack on the state of yue. the king of wu was badly hurt and soon died. his son fu chai became the new king. fu was very sad and angry and he decided to fight back for his fathers death. he trained his army strictly until it was very strong. three years later, he led his army against the state of yue and caught its king gou jian, who was taken to the state of wu. gou jian was put into a small black stone house which was full of terrible smell and was made to raise horses. gou worked hard and tried to keep himself quiet, but he never forgot his pain. many years later, he was set free. gou secretly trained his army after he went back to his own state. in order to make himself strong-minded he slept on firewood and ate a gall bladder before having dinner and going to bed every night. after a few years, his country became strong once more. then gou took hold of a golden chance to fight against wu and won the war in the end. if one voluntarily works very hard and voluntarily stands up to pains and difficulties in order to succeed, we might call him a gou jian, and his story, a gou jians story.54. three years later_ was caught and taken to the state of wu. a. gou jian b. fu chai c. gou jians father d. fu chais father55. gou jian_ when he was in the state of wu.a. ate gall bladders b. raised horses c. trained his army d. forgot his pain56. which of the following is true? a. the gall bladders tasted good. b. gou jian loved horse-raising. c. finally fu chai was set free. d. finally gou jian was set free.57. the story mainly tells us that_. a. a country without a strong army is easy to defeat b. if someone attacks you, you should just fight back c. if you fail in doing something, its better for you to forget the pain d. if you face difficulties bravely without giving up, youll finally succeedc chris jones recently completed a very unusual journey. our reporter mary owen met him at his home in the south of london and was told all about the trip. reporter: what gave you the idea to make a trip around india on an elephant, chris? chris: well, it all started the idea two years ago when i was planning a trip to india. i visited a photo exhibition of elephants and i realized that the only enjoyable way to make a trip around india was on an elephant. reporter: what did you do next? chris: i flew to new delhi and started looking for an elephant. i needed an elephant trained to carry people. i didnt know anything about elephants, so i asked an expert（专家） for help. he taught me how to ride an elephant. he also helped me find an elephant. reporter: how long did it take to find a suitable elephant? chris: not too long. i bought a female elephant called tara for about 6, 000 dollars, reporter: can you tell me about the journey? chris: tara and i set off from new delhi a week later. we were going to sonepur in northern india. there is a big elephant market there and i could sell tara easily. and what a ride! elephants can travel at about 6 miles an hour and sonepur is more than l, 200 km away. it took us 64 days to complete the journey. reporter: did you have any problems on your journey? chris: yes, a few. but nothing serious. on the third day, tara hurt her foot. but that got better quickly. also, there was a lot of heavy rain during the first week and we got very wet! reporter: what happened when you reached sonepur? chris: my plan was to sell tara. but i was very fond of her. i couldnt take her back to britain and i didnt want to sell her at the market. i happened to meet some people who wanted an elephant for their national park in southern india. i knew that tara would be safe with them, so i gave her to them. i was very sad to say goodbye.58. chris got the idea to make a trip around india on an elephant from _. a. a visit to a zoo b. an elephant expert from india c. the photos of elephant d. an old friend who lived in india59. the elephant expert told chris _. a. when to buy an elephant b. how to feed an elephant c. where to sell his elephants d. how to ride an elephant60. chris decided to go to sonepur because _.a. it is a very interesting place b. he would be able to sell tara there easilyc. elephants cannot be sold any where else d. it would take only a short time to get there61. when chris arrived at the market in sonepur, _. a. he realized that he did not really want to sell tara b. he visited some shopkeepers c. he sold tara to a national park d. he decided to take tara home with himd what makes 15,000 men and women run for hours, and what makes them run through the streets on a cold day without coats? i was one of those runners. the race is called marathon（马拉松）. i had never run more than eight miles before, and here i was training. since the race is in april, i had to run throughout the winter, and in boston, winters are cold. for most people, just putting on their shirts, sweaters, jackets, and hats is exercise enough. i found myself out on the dark streets, running along ice sidewalks（人行道）even in gloves, my fingers got so cold that they looked like red carrots. my nose didnt get warm until lunchtime! finally, the big day arrived. the weather was cold, with ice and rain. bang! the gun sounded, and we started. i didnt go anywhere at first because i was standing behind so many people. i had to wait for them to move. at first, the running was easy. the other runners just seemed to pull me along. somewhere around the 20-mile mark i even said to myself, this is nothing. why did i train so hard? then i hit the wall. the wall is what marathon runners call the special point. i knew my body reached the point and i thought i couldnt go any more.1 was out of breath and my legs turned into pieces of wood.1 was almost falling down. i cant remember anything about the last five miles of the race. i kept running though. at last, i heard a voice at the finishing line. you look good, my friend ted said. how did it feel? wonderful! i replied. for everything, if you devote yourself into it, there will be a way. i finished the race, at least, in my heart, i was the winner,62. which one best describes the weather on the race day? a. cold and rainy. b. cold and sunny. c. dry and cloudy. d. wet and foggy.63, how did the writer feel about the race during the first 20 miles? a. difficult. b. boring. c. easy. d. interesting.64. according to the article, what must someone do to prepare for a marathon? a. one mu