江苏省江都市宜陵镇中学八年级英语下学期期中试题.doc

江苏省江都市宜陵镇中学2012-2013学年八年级英语下学期期中试题（满分：140分；考试时间：110分钟）第卷（选择题80分）一、听力（共20题，每小题1分，计20分）第一部分 听对话回答问题（每段对话听一遍）5. what does the woman think of the dress?a. she doesnt like it at all. b. she doesnt like this color. c. the dress does not fit her.6. where are the speakers?a. in a hospital.b. on a beach.c. in a street.7. where is the tall man running? a. in the park.b. in the street.c. on the playground.8. what isnt mary allowed to do?a. hang out on weekends.b. choose her own clothes.c. go out on school nights.9. what are the speakers doing?a. theyre climbing a mountain.b. theyre celebrating the mans birthday.c. theyre celebrating the womans birthday.10. what does the man want to do? a. buy a new car.b. drive his car to work at once.c. change a wheel for his car.第二部分 听对话和短文回答问题（每段对话或短文听两遍）听第一段对话，回答第11-12小题。 11. why does the woman call the man? a. to book (预订) tickets.b. to check the date.c. to invite him to a show.12. when will the woman go to see the show?a. on friday.b. on saturday.c. on sunday.听一篇短文，回答第13-15小题。请根据内容从a、b、c三个选项中选择正确的选项，完成信息记录表。name: lucyage:12birthplace: 13 living place: chinaschool name:no.5 secondary schoolclass: 14 hobbies: walking, drawing, swimmingappearance: wear glasses, 15 13. a. england b. the usa c. france14. a. class 7, grade 8b. class 6, grade 8 c. class 6, grade 715. a. tall and strong b. slim and tall c. slim and strong听一篇短文，回答第16 - 20小题。16. why is the writer so worried?a. he dislikes tv. b. he is ill. c. his children watch too much tv.17. according to the passage, why do many students wear glasses? a. because they study too hard. b. because they watch too much tv. c. because they read too many books.18. do the children know the bad sides of watching too much tv? a. yes, they do. b. no, they dont. c. we dont know.19. what did the writer decide to do in the end? a. to sell the tv set. b. to buy a computer. c. to write more books for the children.20. what is this passage? a. a mothers letter. b. a fathers diary. c. a news report on tv.二、单项选择(共15小题;每小题1分，计15分）在下列各题a、b、c、d四个选项中选择一个能填入题干空白处的最佳答案。21. “will the charity show be _success?” i kept asking myself. a. ab. an c. the d. 不填22. - when will mo yans new book _? - sorry, i dont know. but im sure it will sell well. a. come on b. come out c. come in d. come down 23. - she has gone abroad, _?-no. she is still teaching us english at our school now.a. is she b. isnt she c. has she d. hasnt she24. mans understanding of nature is developing _. it never stays at the same level. a. from time to time b. for the first time c. all the time d. at the right time25. -have you seen dr. adams recently?-no. he _ hong kong for an important meeting. hell come back tomorrow.a. has gone in b. has been in c. has gone to d. has been to26. -someone is knocking at the door. who may it be?座位号 -it _ be tom. he is still in the school. a. cant b. mustnt c. couldnt d. may not27. - 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 news! they will _ on may day holiday. - sounds exciting!a. get married b. marry c. be married with d. get married to29. -how about the pollution in the countryside? - luckily, its not as serious as _ in the big cities. a. that b. it c. one d. those30. -by the way, how long have you _ your mp3 player?-for almost three years. it still works ok. a. bought b. buy c. had d. have 31. look! _ high speed the roller coaster is _. a. how; moving b. what; moving c. how; moving at d. what; moving at32. -is there anything wrong with your computer? -ive checked it. there _ nothing serious with it. a. seem b. seems c. seems to be d. seems to have33. -can you hear me? -no, i cant. would you please speak _? a. clearly enough b. clear enough c. enough clearly d. enough clear34. -whats up, lucy? -could you think of a way to make this baby_? a. stop crying b. to stop crying c. stop to cry d. to stop to cry35. -we could ask jim to sing a song at the party. -_ he isnt good at singing. a. thats a good idea. b. im afraid not. c. why not? d. i hope so.三、完形填空（共15小题;每小题1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。 last summer holidays, my classmates and i helped with a charity show. its aim was to raise money for those children who _36_ go to school in poor areas. we did a lot for that.i felt happy when i _37 to be the host. though it was _38_, i was very nervous _39 the tv cameras. i knew that lots of people would come _40 the show, also there would be a large audience _41 the tv.as some famous stars would come to the show, one of my _42 was to introduce each of them. i also had _43 things to do. so i often worked from morning till night. it was hard work, _44 i was happy.i practiced a lot before the show. i had to remember all the words and do everything right at the same time. at first, i thought i would never be able to do it well. i kept _45 myself not to be nervous. slowly everything became easier.the big day came very fast. _46 people came to the show. they donated money and materials. and the local businesses also gave _47 a lot of support. _ 48 generous they are.after the show, we sent the donations to those poor children. soon they wrote back. they were _49 grateful to us. i was very proud that i could help them. i hope _50 people will help them. 36. a. mustnt b. couldnt c. neednt d. shouldnt37. a. choose b. chose c. am chosen d. was chosen38. a. exciting b. excited c. frightening d. frightened39. a. as b. since c. because d. because of40. a. to look b. to watch c. to notice d. to find41. a. in front b. in front of c. in the front of d. in the front42. a. duty b. work c. duties d. works43. a. some other b. others c. another d. some others44. a. or b. but c. and d. so45. a. tell b. telling c. told d. to tell46. a. hundred b. hundreds c. hundred of d. hundreds of47. a. we b. us c. our d. ourselves48. a. how b. what c. how a d. what a49. a. recently b. really c. usually d. especially50. a. little and little b. less and less c. many and many d. more and more四、阅读理解(共15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) saturday, 17th marchtoday i got my dream job in new york! however, its far away from my home town and ive never visited new york before. yesterday i took the train here and one of my workmates met me at the railway station. then he showed me to the company. there they had a welcome party for me. great!my company offered no living place, so i had to find somewhere to live. i stayed in a hotel while i looked for a new home.sunday, 1st aprilive found the perfect flat! its small but very nice. its near my office, so i can walk to work. the only problem is that its $1,000 a month. thats too much for a young man like me!ive soon got used to the life here. i love it! theres a supermarket nearby and some restaurants i can go to when i do not want to cook. my workmates and new neighbours are friendly. its april fools day today and i even played a trick on my neighbour next door. cool!51. how did daniel get to new york?a. by train b. by plane c. by car d. by sea52. what is daniels flat like?a. its far away from his office. b. its quite cheapc. its very big. d. its very nice.53. what does daniel not tell us?a. whether he has visited new york before. b. where he stayed before he found a flat.c. why he had a party on april fools day. d. what his workmates and new neighbours are like.(b) taking away a citys rubbish is a big job. every day trucks come into a city to collect it. most rubbish is made up of things we cant eat or use. if we kept these things we would soon have a mountain of rubbish.in some cities the rubbish is collected and taken outside of the city to a dump(垃圾站). often the city dump is placed where the ground is low or there is a big hole. the kitchen rubbish is broken into small pieces and sent into the sewage system. the sewage system takes away the used water from toilets, bathtubs(澡盆) and other places.to keep mice and flies away, some earth is used to cover the newly dumped rubbish. later, grass may be planted on the rubbish-filled land. finally, a house or a school may be built there, and then youd never know that this had once been an old rubbish dump.in other cities the rubbish is burnt in special places. the fire burns everything but the metal. sometimes the metal can be used again in factories where things are made of metal. the food parts of rubbish are put in special piles where they slowly change into something called humus(腐殖土), which looks like black earth. it is rich with kinds of things that feed plants and help make them grow.54. you can most probably read the passage in _.a. a history bookb. a tv guidec. a science bookd. a telephone book55. the underlined word “sewage” in the passage means_.a. 排污b. 染色c. 洗涤d. 吸尘56. according to the passage, the food parts of rubbish can be used again_.a. to feed animalsb. to feed plantsc. to build a house d. to make machines57. how should we take care of a used metal box according to the passage?a. by burning it off.b. by putting it in water.c. by throwing it away.d. by reusing and recycling it.(c)ruby, the artist, is an asian elephant, she is17 years old. she lives in the zoo. ruby has produced about 100 paintings since last year. she has made more than $ 40,000 for the zoo. zoo leaders say ruby first showed the talent (才能) about four years ago. zoo workers watched her make the marks in the sand with her trunk. she rubbed (擦掉) out the marks, then made the new ones. the zoo worker gave her brushes and paints. soon ruby painted pictures. newspaper reporters wrote ruby, and then people asked about buying her pictures. and in this way, she made a lot of money for the zoo. this is how ruby does the paintings. a zoo worker holds different color paints. ruby touches the colors she wants. then the worker gives her brushes with the chosen colors in her trunk and ruby begins painting.58. we can most probably read this story_.a. in a dictionary about read animalsb. in a newspaperc. in a book on artd. in history textbooks59. people asked about buying rubys pictures because_.a. newspaper reporters bought her pictureb. her pictures were better than those of real artistsc. they just wanted to have fund. zoo workers would let them have a free visit to the park60. ruby rubbed out the marks she had drawn in order to_.a. make other ones b. clear her trunkc. dig a hole in the sand d. ask for brushes and paints61. from the story, we can know that_.a. ruby can paint a picture all by herselfb. ruby can draw better pictures than the other animals in the zooc. ruby has to finish a painting with the help of zoo workersd. ruby will ask for money if she finishes a picture(d)driving a car at a high speed along a highway seems to be fun. you only need to follow the bright traffic signs beside the highway and it will take you where you wish to go.but to a london taxi driver, driving is not an easy job. a taxi driver needs to have not only good driving skills but also a good knowledge of the city of london, from the loneliest street to the popular restaurant around. he has to be at the service of all kinds of passengers (乘客) at all times.a london taxi driver said the following about his job.during the night it is usual for him to stop two or three times for some food. he said, “i never drink when im working, otherwise id lose my license (驾驶执照).” he normally goes home between two and three oclock in the morning. there are times he has to stay longer and try to make more runs. he said, “thats the worst thing about working for yourself. if you dont make money, no one is going to give it to you. ”london taxi drivers not only “take” but also “give”. every summer hundreds of poor children from london go for a day at the sea by taxi! there rides are paid by the taxi drivers. at the sea, they are met by the mayor (市长) , and a lunch party is also held for the taxi drivers and the children. after a happy days running around the beaches and visiting the market there, the children go home again by taxi, free of charge of course!62. london taxi drivers try to make more runs sometimes mainly because _. a. they make a living by drivingb. they prefer to work for themselvesc. they want to help more passengersd. they are used to working deep into the night63. how do london taxi drivers “give”? a. they give the poor children a lunch party at he sea each summer.b. they give poor children the chance to meet the major.c. they pay for some poor childrens rides for a days tour each summer.d. they play with some poor children at the sea for a day each summer.64. which of the following words can be used to describe london taxi drivers? a. brave and careful. b. rich and generous c. modest and easy-going d. hard-working and kind.65. the passage is most likely to be found from _. a. an advertisement of a taxi company b. an online travel guide c. a website about the taxi drivers in london d. a report about living conditions in london第ii卷（选择题60分）五、词汇运用（共10小题;每小题1分，计10分）根据句子意思.用括号中所给汉语提示或英语单词的适当形式填空。（每空一词）66. he is some one that i find it easy to do _（生意）with.67. the traffic lights are _ (控制) by a central computer.68. it is true that smoking too much does _(伤害)to our health.69. amys handbag is the same as my _(妻子).70. when you smile or laugh, your body _ (放松).71. chinese is now used widely by _ (travel) all over the world.72. wenchang square is one of the most important _ (culture) centers of the city. 73. he answered few questions_ (correct), so he got a high grade in the exam.74. the fans screamed with _ (excited) when the famous singer appeared on the stage.75. ive never met our new neighbours. i _(simple) know them by sight.六、任务型阅读(共10空；每至1分，计10分）阅读下列短文,根据短文中的信息完成文后表格。（每空一词）usa? britain? which country is better to study in? we often hear different ideas. as china opens its door, it is a dream for many chinese students to study abroad. they want to learn about the outside world.its true that studying abroad can help students develop themselves. their foreign language skills will be better and it may be easier to find jobs.but there are problems that should be thought over. language is the first. students must spend a lot of time learning another language.students must also learn to live without parents care and solve all kinds of things they havent had to do before, like looking after themselves. there are reports about chinese students abroad running into lots of difficulties and giving up finally. when they have to take care of themselves, it is hard for students to study well.finally, studying abroad brings a heavy burden（负担）to the family. for most chinese parents, the cost of studying abroad is very high. but is it worth (值得)it?we know that there are many famous people who have got success through their hard work in china. liu xiang is a good example. once an american teacher invited him there, but he refused(拒绝). he kept training hard with his chinese teacher. he surprised the world when he won a gold medal at the athens olympic games. so when you wonder which country is better to study in, think again.title: studying at home or 76 phenomenon（现象）studying abroad has become a 77 for chinese students. 78 it is helpful to the future 79 of chinese studentsit helps make foreign language skills 80 .it is helpful for chinese students to find jobs more 81 .disadvantagesit 82 chinese students too much time to learn a foreign language.its hard for chinese students to get used to the life abroad 83 parents care.parents may feel worried because the cost of studying abroad is very 84 .purpose: to tell us studying abroad