八年级英语阶段调研试卷.doc

八年级英语阶段性调研试卷 2013.12请将答案填写在答题卷上！一、 单项选择（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）( ) 1. It was _ amazing day, but _ best part was the dancing partyA. a; / B. /; the C. an; theD. an; a( ) 2.That boy is a _ student. He always does his homework _. A. careless; careless B. careless; carelessly C. carelessly; carelessly D. carelessly; careless( ) 3. Can you finish the work with _ money and _ workers? A. fewest, least B. the least, the fewest C. the fewest, the least D. least, fewest( ) 4. The scientist is studying the changes _ their numbers.A.at B. with C. on D. in ( ) 5. Would you please _ the children _ with snakes?A.to ask; not to play B. ask; not to play C. ask; not play D. ask; dont play( ) 6. _ does your cat weigh? About 4.5 kilograms. A. How many B. How long C. How soon D. How much( ) 7. When she grows _, she will grow _ a beautiful lady. A. up; up B. up; into C. into; into D. into; up( ) 8. Female pandas usually have one or two babies _. A. at times B. at one time C. at all times D. at a time( ) 9. When I met Sandy at the station _ the first time, she was in the waiting hall _. A. for; alone B. at; alone C. for; herself D. at; by herself( ) 10. There are _ students in the playground and _ the students is about 400. A. a number of; a number of B. the number of; the number of C. a number of; the number of D. the number of; a number of( ) 11. - There will be a new car factory in Zhenjiang. -Im glad to hear that. Itll _ young people _ work. A. provide; with B. provide; for C. give; to D. give; with( ) 12.Work hard, _ you wont pass the test.A. but B. then C. or D. and( ) 13. It _us more than 2 hours _ our homework every day. .A. takes, to do B. spends , doing C. costs, to do D. takes , doing ( ) 14. Their living space is getting_. They are in _.A. less and less, dangerous B. fewer and fewer, dangerC. less and less, danger D. fewer and fewer, dangerous ( ) 15. The doctor _ me _, because I am ill. A. prevents, to smoke B. stops, smoke C. stops, to smoke D. prevents, smoking( ) 16. The number of students in our class _ than that in Class 2. A. is fewer B. are less C. is smaller D. are larger( ) 17. There were a lot of people in the park on May Day. We had to take a rest, so we got very tired. A. everywhere B. somewhere C. nowhere D. anywhere( ) 18. You can call meor email me .A. on, at B. at, on C. by, on D. on, on( ) 19. This morning the young man took a taxi to work _ late again.A. in order to be B. in order to not be C. in order not to be D. not in order to be( ) 20.Oh, no! Its raining hard outside. We cant play football on the playground. _! A. What a pity B. Well done C. What a surprise D. How wonderful二、完形填空 （共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）There was once a lonely girl who wanted love very much. One day while she was walking in the forests, she found two dying birds. She took them home and put them in a small _21_. She was happy to have two “friends”. She _ 22_ them with love and the birds grew strong. One day the girl happened to leave the door of the cage open. The larger and the_23_ of the two flew out of the cage. The girl was afraid that it would fly away. She caught it quickly, she felt glad that she caught the bird before it could fly away. Suddenly she couldnt 24_ a sound from the bird. When she opened her hand, the bird was already dead. Her _ 25_ killed the bird! Then she noticed _ 26_bird jumping up and down _27_ the cage. She could feel its great need for freedom(自由) . It wanted to fly into the clear, blue _28_. So she lifted it from the cage and let it fly away highly. The bird circled once, twice, and three times. The girl _ 29 as the bird flew. She didnt care about losing the bird any more. She wanted it to be happy. Suddenly the bird flew closer and landed softly on her shoulder. It sang the _30_ song she had ever heard.The fastest way to lose love is to hold on it too tightly, and the best way to keep love is to give it wings. ( ) 21. A. box B. basket C. cage D. bag( ) 22. A. looked for B. looked at C. looked after D. looked over( ) 23. A. stronger B. lazier C. weaker D. smaller( ) 24. A. listen B. make C. describe D. hear ( ) 25. A. love B. joke C. luck D. wish( ) 26. A. one B. the other C. another D. other ( ) 27. A. inside B. outside C. beside D. behind ( ) 28. A. sea B. hill C. forest D. sky ( ) 29. A. watched B. saw C. looked D. heard( ) 30. A. worst B. oldest C. sweetest D. newest三、阅读理解（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）阅读下面短文, 然后从3140各题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。(A) Come and see the new polar bears from Canada. The pandas are waiting to meet you, and the dolphins are waiting to swim for you. The cranes are waiting to sing for you and the mynahs are waiting to say hello to you. The snakes are waiting to dance for you.Tickets Opening TimeGrown ups: 3,00 MondayFridayChildren: Over 12: 2,00 10:00a.m.3:00p.m. Under 12: Free(免费) Saturday SundayKeep the zoo clean! 9:00 a.m.4:00 p.m.Do not touch, give food or go near the animals.( ) 31. Now Mrs Brown is in the zoo with her two daughters, one is 14 years old, the other is 10. How much are the tickets together? A.7,00. B.5,00. C.3,00. D.2,00.( ) 32. You may not know the word “mynah”, but you can guess it is good at .A. singing B. dancing C. speaking D. listening( ) 33. We can visit the zoo at . A. 8:30 a.m. Wednesday B. 9:30 a.m. FridayC. 5:00 p.m. TuesdayD. 3:00 p.m. Sunday (B)You may feel curious (好奇的) about students in other countries: Do they also have so much homework? What do they do in their free time? On April 8, a report came out on the lives of high school students in China, Japan, South Korea and the US. It surveyed(调查) around 6,200 students from the four countries last year. You will find the answers to many of your questions in this report.Who studies hardest?Chinese students spend the most time studying. Nearly half of Chinese students spend more than two hours on their homework every day. Thats much more than students of the US (26.4%), Japan (8.2%) and South Korea (5.2%). Who sleeps most often in class?Japanese students fall asleep in class most often. About 45% of them said they sometimes doze off in class. In South Korea, its 32%; in the US, 21%; and 5% in China. South Korean students dont like taking notes. About 70% said they write down what the teacher says in class, many fewer than in Japan (93%), China (90%) and the US (89%).Who is the most distracted (分心的)? American students are the most active in class, but also the most distracted: 64.2% said they chat with friends in class; 46.9% said they eat snacks in class; and 38.9% said they send e-mails or read unrelated (无关的) books in class.What do they do after school?In their spare time, most Chinese students study or surf the Internet. Most American students hang out with their friends. Most Japanese students do physical exercises. Most Korean students watch TV.( ) 34. The report is about .A .the countries B. the subjects C. the students lives D. the high schools( ) 35. Who studies hardest?A. Chinese students B. Japanese studentsC .American students D. South Korean students( ) 36. The underlined phrase doze off means .A. send emails B. get up C. eat snacks D. be half asleep (C)The panda is one of the animals most in danger. There are about 1,000 pandas living in nature reserves today. Zoos and research centres look after about 160 pandas. Scientists are studying how they live and more baby pandas are born in the zoo. Pandas live in the forests and mountains of south-west China. They mainly live on bamboo, and each panda needs to eat a lot of bamboo every day. The area of bamboo is becoming smaller and smaller for many different reasons, so pandas have less and less land to live on. Pandas dont have many babies, and baby pandas often die. The situation is becoming very serious. Our government is working hard to save pandas. There are more than 30 nature reserves to protect pandas but these are not enough. The government has made a new plan to help pandas. The nature reserves will be bigger and bamboo will grow better. Then the pandas will have enough food to eat and enough places to live in. Pandas born in the zoos may go back to live in the nature reserves. Most people love pandas. The panda is one of the most famous animals in the world. It is the symbol(象征) for the World Wide Fund for Nature. The WWF works to protect all animals in danger, so the panda has become the symbol of all the animals in danger. There is still a long way to go to save the panda. Think of other animals in danger such as tigers. whales, turtles and elephants-we need to save the pandas, and we need to savethem, too.( ) 37. Paragraph 2 is mainly about_. A. why pandas are in danger B. why baby pandas often die C. how to protect all animals D. how to plant more bamboo( ) 38. The government is trying _to help the pandas. A. to build more zoos B. to send more scientists C. to make bigger nature reserves D. to ask the WWF to work in China( ) 39. _ is the symbol for the World Wide Fund for Nature. A. The tiger B. The panda C. The elephant D. The whale( ) 40. The best title for this passage is _. A. Wild animals B. What is WWF C. Pandas in the world D. Pandas in danger四、词汇运用（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）A）根据句意及汉语提示，写出各单词的正确形式，每空填一词。41. Every year, lots of _ （旅游） come to Zhenjiang.42. Wetlands are the _ （极好的）place for the wildlife.43. My father will go fishing _ （代替）of going shopping. 44. Many animals have _ （厚的）fur to keep themselves warm in winter.45. Two friends walked _ （穿过）the forest and found the way to the village.46. My English teacher always _（鼓励）us to speak English in class. 47. Last week they _ （接受）our invitation to visit our city.48. We enjoy the _ (自然的) world.B）根据句意，用括号中所给词的正确形式填空。49. There are many fish in the wetlands, and the birds can (easy) catch them for food.50. Dont worry about his _ (ill). He is getting better now. 51. The zookeeper told us _ (not frighten) the birds.52. Male _ (wolf) will protect their families if there is danger.53. It is necessary for everyone to know the _ (important) of wetlands.54. Its _(correct) to hunt or fish in nature reserves.55. I hope you _ (not forget) to clean the blackboard next time.五、首字母填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分） Are you interested in birds? Do you want to learn about them? Go birdwatching. Birdwatching is a great h_56_. How to start it? To buy a bird book, a p_57_ of binoculars and a notebook. You can watch birds in parks or some nature r_58_. Morning is the b_59_ time to go birdwatching. Most birds sing songs and fly actively before 10:30a.m., w_60_ a few birds like to fly and hunt at night. Whenever you watch them, dont make loud n_61_ to frighten them. Remember to take notes on the sizes of the birds and colours of their f_62_ when you watch them. Write down what you see. M_63_, you should take some water. Usually it takes h_64_ to watch the birds. You may get t_65_.六、任务型阅读（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）阅读短文，根据短文内容填空，每空一词。(A)Two students wanted to do a report on traffic around the school. For the report, they decided to count the number of cars driving past the school during the day. It took the students seven days to collect the information for their report. They had to get help from other students to count the cars during free time at school. In the report, the students found most of the traffic was early in the morning or late in the evening. In the morning, parents drove children to school. In the evening, many people were coming home from work or going to other places. The teacher thought the report was very interesting. She gave the students a good grade.根据以上信息，完成以下句子，每空一词。66. The report is about _ near the school.67._ the cars was difficult for the two students, so they had to get help from other students.68. Between 9:00 and 15:00, about seven _cars passed the school.69. The students spent one _in collecting the information for their report.70. The heaviest traffic was in the _ because many people were returning from work or going to other places.(B)Stories of animalsBill Bowell, was suffering from depression(抑郁症). The doctor gave him some medicine, but it didnt help, and he was unable to work for twelve years. Then he decided to swim with dolphins. “ My life has changed,” says Bowell. “ A dolphin named Simo looked into my eyes for a few minutes and started to cry. All my strong feelings came out suddenly like a volcano(火山). As I cried, Simo put his head on my chest(胸部) kept very quiet.” After swimming with dolphins, Bowell says he has fully got well. In France, a man had to move to a new place two hundred kilometers away. He had a dog and a cat, and he loved them both. But he thought that the cat prefer to stay in the same house with the new owners. So he moved and took only the dog.About three weeks later, the dog was suddenly lost. For several days, the man looked for his dog, but didnt find him. Then, seven weeks later the