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如皋市第七共同体期中考试八年级英语试卷总分：100分 考试时间：100分钟制卷人：沈静淑 审核人：姜艳玲听力部分第一部分 听对话回答问题（共10题）（ ）1.Where are the students from?A. USA B. Australia C. France（ ）2.What are the two speakers doing?A. repairing the bike B. reading in the reading room C. cooking supper（ ）3.How does the boy usually go to school?A. By car B. By bus C. By bike（ ）4.What subject does George have on Friday afternoon?A. Chinese B. Maths C. English（ ）5.What does the girls father do?A. An officer B. A teacher C. A worker（ ）6.When are the two speakers going to see the film?A. In the morning B. In the afternoon C. In the evening（ ）7.What will the woman do ?A.Wait for the man at the bus stationB. Give the man a callC. Buy a card for the man（ ）8.Where are the two speakers?A. In a bookshop B. In a restaurant C. At the mans house（ ）9.What are the two speakers talking about?A. A film B. The weather C. Their family（ ）10.How much is the sweater?A. 13 dollars B. 15 dollars C. 17 dollars第二部分 听对话和短文回答问题（共10题）听一段对话，回答11-12小题（ ）11.Why does Joan look so happy today?A. Because she will get some presentsB. Because her friends will comeC. Because many singers will come to give a show（ ）12.Where is Joan going to see it?A. At home B. In the theatre C. At school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。Our townIn the eastTheres a new bus stationIn the southTheres a 13 In the westTheres a cinemaIn the northTheres a 14 In the centreTheres a 15 （ ）13.A. park B. zoo C.school （ ）14.A. swimming pool B.restaurant C. supermarket（ ）15.A. playground B. square C. shopping centre听第二篇短文，回答第16-20小题。（ ）16.How many meals do Americans usually have a day?A. Two B. Three C. Four（ ）17.When do Americans have breakfast?A. Before 8 a.m B. At 8 a.m C. After 8a.m（ ）18.When do Americans have supper?A. At 6 p.m B. At 8 p.m C. Between 6 p.m and 8 p.m（ ）19. Where do Americans usually have breakfast and supper?A. At home B. In their offices C. Near a workplace（ ）20. What comes last after Americans have supper?A. Vegetables B. Meat C. Dessert笔试部分二、单项选择。（ 15% ） （ ）21. _girl in red is _ honest girl, she never tells lies.A. A, a B. The , an C. The , a D. An, /（ ）22. If you like beef, please have _ you can.A. so much as B. much as C. as many as D. as much as（ ）23. She didnt think she had _ more pears _ Rose.A. too, as B. so, as C. many, than D. much , than（ ）24. Its very kind _ to see me.A. that you come B.that you will come C. for you to come D.of you to come（ ）25. - Can you catch what I said?-Sorry, I can _ understand it.A. Almost B. hardly C. Nearly D. never（ ）26.Nowadays more and more boy students have fun_ computer games.A. played B. playing C. to play D. plays（ ）27. Bob never does his homework _ Mary. He makes lots of mistakes.A. so careful as B. as carefully as C. carefully as D. as careful as（ ）28. I wont go to the cinema. Please ask Mary to go _A. instead of B. instead C. also D. for（ ）29. In those days, few people liked taking a bus, _?A. didnt they B. did they C. dont they D. were they（ ）30. _ weather we have today!A. What a fine B. What fine C. How fine D. How fine a（ ）31. What _ you do this Sunday if it _?A. dowill rain B. willrain C. dorains D. willrains（ ）32. Dont _ his mistake, youd better help him.A. laugh B. smile C. laugh at D. smile at （ ）33. There are more than _ in our school.A. two hundreds teachers B. two hundred teachers C. two hundreds teacher D. two hundred of teachers（ ）34. Li Lei is a good student. He always finishes his homework _.A. by him B. himself C. yourself D. itself（ ）35. The number of students in our school _ getting _ .A. is; smaller and smaller B. are; smaller and smallerC. are; fewer and fewer D. is; fewer and fewer三、完形填空。 （ 10% ） A deer(鹿),a monkey and an elephant are good friends, 36 the deer says to the monkey, “ Im great.” But the monkey says , “Im 37 greater.”So they go to see the elephant and let him decide it. The elephant says. “ 38 can get apples on 39 side of the river? 40 you can, you are great.”The deer can cross the river, but he cant climb up the tree. The monkey can climb up the tree, _ 41_ he cant swim. What can they do? So the deer lets the monkey 42 on his 43 and cross the river.The monkey climbs up the tree and gets 44 apples.The elephant says to them, “only if you 45 each other, you are truly great.” Their faces turn red.( )36.A.Some day B.One day C.Some days D.An day( )37.A.much B. many C.most D.lots of( )38.A.What B. Where C.Who D.How( )39.A.another B. other C.the anotherD.the other ( )40.A.If B.That C.So D.But( )41.A.and B. but C.or D.then( )42.A.sit B. sitting C.to sit D.sits( )43.A.head B. legs C.back D.nose( )44.A.a few B. a little C.a bit D.a lot( )45.A.help B. are help C.helping D.helps四、阅读理解。 （ 15% ） （ A ）A young man once went into town and bought himself a pair of trousers. When he got home, he went upstairs to his bedroom and put them on. He found that they were about two inches too long. He went downstairs to the kitchen. His mother and two sisters were washing up the tea-things there. “The new trousers are too long,” he said. “They need shortening by about two inches. Could one of you do it for me, please?” His mother and sister were busy and none of them said anything. But as soon as his mother had finished washing up, she went quietly upstairs to her sons bedroom and shortened the trousers by two inches. She came downstairs without saying anything to her daughters. Later on, after supper, the elder sister remembered her brothers trousers. She was a kind-hearted girl, so she went quietly upstairs without saying anything to anyone, and shortened the trousers by two inches. The younger sister went to the cinema, but when she came home she, too, remembered her brothers trousers. So she ran upstairs and did as her mother and sister had done. You can imagine the look on the young mans face when he put the trousers on the next morning. ( )46.The young mans trousers were _ for him at first.A. a bit too long B. very good C. not too long D. too short( )47.The young mans mother and sisters didnt answer because they were busy _ in the kitchen.A. cooking B. making tea C. washing clothes D. washing cups, glasses and so on( )48.His elder sister shortened the trousers _.A. in the eveningB. after lunchC. as soon as she had finished the washingD. after she came back from the cinema( )49. The next morning the young man found that the trousers were _ inches too short for him.A. two B. four C. six D. eight( )50. We can imagine that when the young man put the trousers on the next morning, he would feel_.A. Happy B. surprising C. surprised D. thankful（ B ）When tea and coffee were first introduced to Europe in the 18 th century, people had different ideas about their use. Some said that tea and coffee were harmful to humans and they could cause people to die. In Sweden （瑞典）, King Gustaf decided to find out whether or not this was true. It happened that there were two brothers in prison at that time. They were twins and were almost exactly alike in every way. They had both been sentenced to death （判处死刑）. The King decided to let them live if one of the men agreed to drink several cups of tea each day and the other several cups of coffee. Both brothers lived many years without problems of any kind. At last, the brother who had drunk tea every day died at the age of 83, the other died a few years later. Because of the experiment, tea and coffee got accepted （接受）and became popular as drink in Sweden, and it is one of the many countries of the world where much tea and coffee is drunk today. ( )51.Tea and coffee were first introduced to Europe in _.A.the eighteenth century B. the eighteen century C. eighteenth centuries D. eighteen centuries( )52. King Gustaf decided to find out _.A. if（是否）tea and coffee were harmful to peopleB. if the twin brothers should be sentenced to deathC. if tea and coffee did harm to peoples health and caused them to dieD. whether tea and coffee were useful or not( )53.The King decided to let the brothers live _.A. if they wanted to obey his rulesB. if they agreed to drink tea and coffee every dayC. if one of them drink several cups of tea each day while the other had several cups of coffee D. if they agreed to have several cups of tea every day( )54. The brother who had drunk tea every day lived _.A. until he was over 83B. until he was 83C. until the other had been dead for several yearsD. until he had drunk tea for a few years( )55. Today the Swedish drink _.A. much more coffee than tea B. much tea and coffee C. little tea and coffee D. much tea but little coffee（ C ）Soon it would be the holidays. But before that, there were the end of year exams. All the students worked hard for some time. If they didnt pass, they would have to take the exams in September again.Some students failed, but Kate decided not to be one of them. She worked hard all day, but just before the exams she was working so hard that her sister was worried about her. She was staying up too late(熬夜). The night before the first exam, Barbala insisted （坚持）that she should have an early night and take a sleeping pill. She promised （许诺）to wake her in the morning. As she was falling asleep, Kate was worried in case （万一）she over-slept. Her mind kept jumping from subject to subject. At last, with the help of the pill, she fell asleep. she was sitting in the examination hall, looking at the paper. She couldnt answer any of the questions. Everyone round her was writing pages and pages. However hard she thought, she couldnt find anything to write about. She kept looking at her watch. Time was running out. There was only one hour left. She started one question, wrote two sentences, gave up and tried another one. With only half an hour left she wrote another two sentences. By this time she was so worried that she started crying. Her whole body shook （摇晃，震颤）. It shook so much that it woke her up. She was still in bed and it had all been a terrible dream. A minute later, Barbala called her name. 56. Which of the following is true?A. All the students were usually successful in their exams.B. Most of the students usually passed the year exams.C. Only some of the students could pass the end of year exams.D. None of the students would take the exams again in September. 57. When you prepare for an exam,_A. you go over your lessons.B. you read new books.C. you take the exam again and again.D. you look through the exam. 58. Kate worked very hard before the exams for _A. she was very poor at her lessons.B. she decided to be the best one in her class.C. she didnt work hard all year.D. she didnt want to fail in them. 59. Why did Barbala insist that Kate should take a sleeping pill?A. Because she thought Kate should oversleep before the first exam.B. Because Kate was so worried about her exams that she couldnt go to sleep at all.C. Because Barbala hoped her sister would have a good sleep before the first exam.D. Because she had promised to wake her up the next morning.60. Kate dreamed a terrible dream simply because _A. she had taken a sleeping pill.B. she was too worried about her exams.C. her sister had forgotten to wake her up.D. she did not pass the exams.五、词汇（15%）A、根据句意或汉语提示完成句子61.Please _ (完成) the exercises as soon as possible.62.He _ always (tell someone what you think he or she should do) me to give up smoking.63.He has a sense of humour. That is to say, he is _.64.I can trust her,because she can keep _(秘密)65.Obama became the first black _ of America in the historyluck weigh them care meanB、选用方框内的单词并用其适当形式填空66. Do you know the _ of the elephant?67. _, he fell off the bike and broke his leg.68.Simon doesnt study hard, because he thinks marks are _ to him.69.Biber doesnt listen to the teacher as _ as I. So he often makes mistakes.70.Dont worry about them. I believe they can do it by _.hear not give teach watch buy C、用所给动词的适当形式填空71.Youd better _ up English! English is one of the most important languages.72.M