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张家港市第一中学2015-2016学年第一学期期中试卷八年级英语第一卷 听力部分一、 听力（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）第一部分 听对话回答问题，听两遍( )1. what place did sandy visit last month?( ) 2. which sport does the girl like best?( ) 3. what will the weather be like tomorrow?( ) 4. how did jane go to qingdao?( ) 5. what does the girl think of geography? a. easy. b. boring. c. unimportant.( ) 6. where are cindys parents going? a. to china. b. to france. c. to england.( ) 7. whats annie doing now? a. eating breakfast. b. cooking the meal.c. doing morning exercises.( ) 8. what does nancy think of her penfriend? a. helpful. b. generous. c. polite.( ) 9. how long does wendy chat with her friends on the internet on saturday? a. for two hours. b. for three hours. c. for five hours.( )10. why does linda look so tired? a. because she didnt sleep well last night. b. because she did too much homework yesterday. c. because she did too much housework yesterday.第二部分 听对话和短文回答问题，听两遍。听第一段对话，回答第11-12题。( )11. whats the matter with peter ? a. he didnt do well in the maths exam today. b. he didnt do well in the english exam today. c. he didnt do well in the sports today.( )12. what does mother think of peter? a. she thinks peter will do well next time. b. she thinks peter is good at maths. c. she thinks peter is the best in his class.听一篇短文, 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。听两遍。johns daymorningplaying the guitar and writing 13 with friendsafternoon 14 eveningstarting to work at 15 ( )13. a.videos b.music c.books( )14. a.sleeping b.swimming c.singing( )15. a.6:00 p.m. b.7:00 p.m. c.8:00 p.m.听第二篇短文，回答第16-20小题听两遍。( )16.when is the twins birthday? a. january 5th. b. january 15th. c.july 15th.( )17. whats the difference between the twins looks? a. the smile. b. the nose. c. the hair.( )18. why arent they in the same class at school? a. because they dislike each other. b. because their parents want them to be a bit more different, c. because they dont like to be classmates.( ) 19. how were they dressed when they were young? a. they were dressed differently. b. the speaker was in red and his brother was in blue. c. they wore the same clothes but in different colors.( )20. how is the speaker different from his brother? a. he likes sports. b. he is taller. c. he is better at study. 笔试部分 二、单项选择 (15分)( ) 21.-what_ millie_？-she is_ unusual girl. she is clever and helpful. a. is, look like; an b. is, like; an c. does, like; a d. does, look like; a( )22. if you want to be much_, you should cook healthy food and eat_.a. healthier; healthily b. healthy; healthily c. healthy; health d. healthier; healthy( )23. when you_ there, please send me an e-mail. a. get to b. arrive at c. reach to d. arrive( )24. - which is more dangerous, swimming or rock-climbing? -i think swimming is_ rock-climbing. i dont want to learn them.a. more dangerous than b. less dangerous than c. as dangerous as d. so dangerous as( )25. - do you think the fish is nice? - sorry, ive had too much and ive lost my_ of taste. a. secret b. sense c. power d. interest( )26. - just stop_ a rest, sue. you have kept_ for two hours. - but the book is really interesting. a. having; reading b. to have; to read c. having; to read d. to have; reading( )27. - never forget_ thank you when someone helps you. a. to speak b. to say c. to talk d. to tell( )28. your _ is so sweet. you will be a great singer in the future.a. sound b. noise c. smile d. voice( )29. -how many mistakes can i make, sir? -_. a. the fewer, the better b. more, better c. the less, the better d. fewer: better( )30. shanghai is bigger than _in china and bigger than _ in japan. a. any city, any city b. any city, any other cityc. any other city, the other cities d. any other city, any city( )31. - it is very_ to stay at home on such a fine day. -i feel_, too. why not go climbing? a. boring; bored b. bored; boring c. boring; boring d. bored; bored( )32. - you look unhappy. whats the matter? -i worked hard but failed again in the maths exam. im afraid im quite_ at maths. a. careless b. helpless c. useless d. hopeless( )33. i think the cost of the trip is very_, especially the ticket is very_. a. expensive; high b. expensive; expensive c. high; high d. high; expensive( )34. - the little girls bedroom is very clean. - yes. its much_ than her_.a. clean; brother b. cleaner; brother c. clean; brothersd. cleaner; brothers( )35. - dont keep water running when you wash hands. -_.a. i hope so b. im afraid not c. sorry, i wont d. its nothing三、完形填空 (10分)one day an old man went into a cafeteria (自助餐厅) to eat in america for the first time. he sat down at a table and36for someone to take his order. of course, 37 did. finally, a woman with a plate full of food sat down opposite him and told him 38 a cafeteria worked.“start out at that end,” she said. “just go along the line and39 what you want. at the other end, theyll tell you how much you have to 40 .”“i soon learned thats how everything41in the us,” the old man later told a friend. “life is a cafeteria here. you can get anything you want42you are willing to pay the price. you can even get success, but youll never get it if you wait for someone to 43it to you. you have to get up and get it yourself.”in fact,44 everywhere is like a cafeteria. dont wait for things to happen to you. success lies in your own45 .( )36. a. askedb. leftc. calledd. waited( )37. a. somebodyb. everybodyc. nobodyd. anybody( )38. a. howb. whatc. whered. why( )39. a. send outb. give outc. pick outd. look out( )40. a. buyb. payc. gived. choose( )41. a. worksb. takesc. needsd. keeps( )42. a. if b. becausec. thoughd. until( )43. a. carryb. lendc. moved. bring( )44. a. foodb. lifec. moneyd. success( )45. a. workb. hands c. opiniond. books四、阅读理解 (30分)(a) my mother was telling me about how she and her family got their first television when she was a teenager. of course it was black and white. she said she only watch it at night. she doesnt remember over watching it in the morning or afternoon. when i was young we had only about 3 or 4 different channels(频道). my bothers, my sisters and i would sometimes fight(打架) about which channel to watch. but we usually enjoyed the same shows. now we can get hundreds of channels on tv. i cant believe it! there are channels with old films, cooking, fishing and so on. its surprising! there is a channel for everything. i wonder how much my bothers, my sisters and i would fight if we had hundreds of channels when i was a child. of course we had only one television set. these days i find families with 2 or 3 or more television sets in their homes. i guess it stops people from arguing(吵架) about which channel to choose from . ( ) 46. in those days, how many television sets did people have? a. more than one b. one c. 3 or 4 d. more than 4 ( ) 47. what kind of tv channels do we have now? a. channels with cooking b. channels with old films c. channels with fish d. a, b&c( ) 48. now how many channels can we get on tv? a. 3 or 4 different channels. b. only one channel. c. hundreds of channels. d. less than 10 channels.( ) 49. when my mum was a teenager, her brothers, sisters and she usually enjoyed_. a. different channels b. the same shows c. different shows d. all the shows( ) 50. which of the following in not true? a. my mums brothers and sisters would fight about which channel to watch when she was a child. b. these days, there is only one channel with old movies, cooking and fishing. c. people have many channels to choose from now.d. family members will not fight for the television set. (b) the sun is a huge, hot, bright star. it is important because without it there would be no life on earth. the sun gives us light and heat（热量）.all living things need light and heat from the sun to live. plants need light and heat to grow. they use the light from the sun to make food. we cannot make our own food, but plants can. all the food we eat comes from plants in a food chain（链） which starts with the sun. for example, animals need sunlight, too. just like us, their food comes from a food chain which begins with the sun and the plants. sunleafcaterpillar（毛虫）bird sunseaweed（海藻）small fishwhale（鲸） sunlight means we can see during the day. if there was no sun, it would be dark all the time. even when the sky is cloudy, the sunlight is very strong and it shines through the clouds.( ) 51. which word tells us what the sun is like? a. huge. b. hot. c. bright. d. all above.( ) 52. which of the following is right? a. sun leaf eggs hens b. sun chips potatoes c. sun grass horse d. sun seaweed caterpillar fish( ) 53. why can we still see during the day when the sky is cloudy? a. because we can see all day and all night. b. because the sun gives light only in the daytime, c. because the sunlight can shine through the clouds. d. because the sun is huge and hot.( ) 54. all the food we eat comes from_ .and it starts with the_.a. plants; earth b. a food chain; sun c. sun; sun d. plants; plants( ) 55. in what way do you think the sun cannot be harmful（有害的）?a. it can make rivers too dry. b. the sun can do harm to your eyes and skin.c. without it there would be no life on earth. d. hot sun on dry land can start a fire. (c)a blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. he held up a sign which said, “i am blind, please help.”there were only a few coins in the hat. a man was walking by. he took a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat. he then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words. he put the sign back so that everyone who walked by would see the new words.soon the hat began to fill up. a lot more people were giving money to the blind boy. that afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see how things were. the boy heard his footsteps and asked, “were you the one who changed my sign this morning? what did you write?”the man said, “i only wrote the truth. i said what you said but in a different way.”what he had written was, “ today is a beautiful day but i cannot see it.” do you think the first sign and the second sign were saying the same thing?of course, both signs told people the boy was blind. but the first sign simply told people to help by putting some money in the hat. the second sign told people that they were able to enjoy the beauty of the day, but the boy could not enjoy it because he was blind.the first sign simply said the boy was blind. the second sign told people they were so lucky that they were not blind.( )56.a blind boy sat on the steps of a building in order to_. a. wait for some people b. get money from others c. make the writer help him d. hold up a sign( )57.the man _when he saw the blind boy. a. took away the blind boys money b. gave the boy a new hat c. brought the boy a sign d. gave the boy some money and wrote some words on the sign( )58. what happened to the blind boy after the man wrote the words on the sign? a. the boy was taken away by the police b. nobody gave the blind boy money any more c. more people dropped money into the boys hat d. the blind boy could see the beautiful day( )59. what do you think of the sign written by the man?a. it has the different meaning to the first signb. it has the same meaning to the first sign and is expressed in another better way.c. the mans sign tells people it is a beautiful dayd. people know the boy is blind after reading the mans sign( )60. what can we learn from this passage?a. its helpful of us to help people in needb. there are many poor people in the world like the blind boyc. its a good way to make money by holding a signd. we should learn to speak to others in a suitable way第二卷五、单词填空(每空一词) (10分)1. we spent only a few minutes _(装饰) the living room .2. do you have more _ (油漆) to brush the wall?3. i missed one of my teachers _(指示), so i lost the game.4. of all the students, john lives _（远）from the school.5. the girl with long hair is the_ (苗条的)among us.6. there are too many _(广告) on tv7. the coat is one of these _(英雄）8. mr wu_(邀请）me to their christmas party last week.9. which_(语言）do people in australia speak?10.we are interested in different _ (文化).11. he fell off his bike yesterday. _(幸运的是), he wasnt badly hurt.12. its_（不可能）for him to finish the work in a day.13. help _ (你们) to the cookies in the bowl, dear friends.14. rose is a tall girl. she is 1.70 meters in_(高).15.time for_（讨论）your hobbies with your classmates.16. he is strong and he