常熟市第一中学2018-2019学年八年级下英语期中试卷含答案

1、20192019 学年第二学期常熟市第一中学期中考试初二英语试卷注意事项： 1本试卷满分130 分，考试时间100 分钟。2请用 0 5 毫米的黑色签字笔将答案写在答题纸上，写在其他位置无效。3考试结束后，考生只需交答题纸。卷(选择题共 69 分)一、听力部分(20 分)第一部分：听对话回答问题(10 分)听下面 10 段短对话，每段对话后有一个小题，从题中A 、B 、 C 三个选项中选出最佳选项。 听完每段对话后，你都有 5 秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话读两遍。() 1How did his father get to school when he was a stude

2、nt?() 2 Where will the man go this summer holiday?() 3。 Which book does Henry like best?() 4 What sign is it?() 5 Where is Jane probably now?A At home B At school () 6 What does the man probably do?C At a bookshop (A A teacherBA doctor C A policeman ) 7 where does the girl's father work now?A In

3、 CanadaB In the USA C In France) 8How much should the man pay for the ticket?A￥ 30B￥ 15C￥ 45) 9 Where are they talking?A At a stationB At an airport C At a bus stop) 10Who is the youngest of the three?A Mary B PeterC John第二部分：听对话和短文回答问题(10 分)听下面 1 段对话和2 篇短文，每段对话和短文后有几个小题，从题中项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话和短文前，你将有时间阅

4、读各个小题，后，每小题将给出5 秒钟的作答时间。每段对话和短文读两遍。听一段对话，回答第11、 12 题。() 11 How long did Li Fang live in Shanghai?A、B、C 三个选每小题 5 秒钟，听完A For 5 yearsB For 6 yearsC For 7 years() 12What does Li Fang's father sell?A ApplesB Football C Computers听第一篇短文，回答第13 15 题。请根据短文内容，选择正确答案，完成信息记录表。() 13A sellB take outC throw out

5、() 14A In the eveningB In the afternoonCIn the morning() 15A dumplingsB noodlesC grapes听第二篇短文，回答16 20 小题。() 16How long will the group Red River stay in London?A For about a weekB For half a month C For about 3 weeks() 17What's the telephone number?A 2830665B 2830065 C 2386005() 18Where will the

6、concert ( 音乐会 ) be?A In South Street.B In the South Bank Hall.CNear the children's hospital () 19What does the speaker want to tell us?A Something about London 。B Something about a pop concert C Something about the children's hospital () 20Which of the following is TRUE?A Tickets are quite e

7、xpensiveB All of the money will go to a children's hospitalC You can telephone to book tickets at 10 ： 00 P m二、选择题(共两部分，满分25 分 )A) 单项填空( 共 15 小题；每小题1 分，满 44 分 15 分 )请认真阅读下面各题，从A， B， C，D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。() 21 Mum ， where did you put my sweater? Is itblack one? I put it inorange bo

8、x near your deskA a； anB a； theCthe；anD ： the) 22 May I take this magazine out of the reading room?No ， you You read it hereA mightn'tBwon'tC needn'tD mustn't) 23 Could youme this book please，Daniel?Sorry, but Iit for only half an hour I haven't finished it A lend； have hadB borr

9、ow ； have boughtC lend, boughtCborrow ； have had) 24Nobody seemsthan youready for the examA busy； to getB busier； gettingCbusier； to getD busy； getting) 25I'm sorry I didn't phone you ， but I've been very busythe past few weeksA afterB withC。 amongD over) 26have you talked with your frie

10、nds on “ We Chat”?Since this morning A How farB How longC How soonD How often() 27In fact he knows this place very well， for hethere three times，A has beenB has been toC has goneD has gone to() 28Lucy had few close friends So she didn't knowabout the trouble A who to talk toB who to talkCwho to

11、sayD what to talk() 29 Is Mr. Liu a teacher with a lot of teaching?Yes， she is, He always tells us some funnyafter classA experience； experienceB experiences； experiencesC experiences； experienceD experience； experiences() 30Nick satto his mother with his eyes halfA closed； openedB close；openC close

12、ly； openingD closely； open() 31 Your father's never been to other countries ， has he? He plans to go abroad for a second time A No， he hasBYes， he hasn'tC Yes， he hasD No， he hasn't() 32did your uncle leave his home town?Let me see. Hefor nearly twenty years.A When； has leftB When； has b

13、een awayC How long ； has leftD How long ； has been away() 33 What's the matter, Mary? You don't look well A I am late for schoolB I can't find my beltC I lost my walletD I've got a toothache() 34Heout of the building ， but the building fell down and he was trapped A managed runningB

14、tried runningC tried to runD managed to run() 35 It's so hot Would you please open the window for me?.A My pleasureB With pleasureC No wayD You're welcomeB)完形填空(共 10 小题；每小题1 分，满分10 分)请先阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意然后在每小题所给的A B， C， D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Martin is quite36in traveling He loves to

15、travel to new places and meet new people Hedoes not like to travel on a package tour ( 跟团旅行 ) 37 ，he would like to buy a guidebook for the place he is going to and search the Internet for information about the main places of interest.He certainly sees more benefits ( 益处 ) in traveling this way First

16、ly ， Martin doesn't have to pay 38for histrip Package tours usually39morebecause people have to pay for the costsof thetravel agency ( 旅 行 社 ) andthetourguideSecondly he likes the fact that he does not have to wait for the tour group to40theirphotos or buy their souvenirs ( 纪念品 ) If he has finis

17、hed what he wants to do , he can leave andmove on to the next place once.However, Martin has had some 41 traveling all by himself, Sometimes he feels 42 and wishes that he had other travelers with him Also ，going to a different country on his own can be difficult and even 43 at times Once， Martin wa

18、s in Africa and he could not speak thelanguageSomeone took away his wallet on the train Luckily, he wasn't hurt ，but he did not get his 44 back because the police could not understand him!Martin has had a few problems in the past,45 he still likes to travel all by himself.() 36A tiredB sorryC ha

19、ppyD interested() 37A AndB InsteadC SoD But() 38A anythingB moneyC muchD little () 39A costB payC spendD use() 40A takeB makeC doD 。 have() 41A friendsB problemsC interestD fun() 42A 1ovelyB 1onelyC friendlyD nicely() 43A funnyB happyC dangerousD exciting() 44A foodB bagC clothesD money() 45A butB s

20、oC becauseD or三、阅读理解(共 12 题；每小题2 分，满分24 分 )请先阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的A 、 B、 C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上。(A)Several years ago，my father told me a real and dangerous story about helping a man whowas seriously hurt after being hit by a car.Early in the morning he was going to work ， he saw a man lying on th

21、e street who wasbleeding Some people passed by and no one stopped to help the manHowever ， my father didn't hesitate ( 犹豫 ) to help him 。 My father took him to the nearesthospital He was afraid that the man could die because he was losing so much blood ( 血 )Then an incredible thing happened when

22、 my father tried to go back to work The policestopped him and said he could not leave the hospital until the man woke up The police thoughtthat my father had hit him on the street My father was angry, but he couldn't do anything. He hoped that the man would wake up as soon as possibleAt that mom

23、ent ，my father was worried If the man died ， my father would be charged withmurder Luckily ，the man woke up and told the police what happened ， and my father left the hospitalHe left the hospital feeling very strange He felt happy because he had saved a man，but at the same time he felt stressed beca

24、use if the man had died， he would have been in big trouble () 46The word “ incredible ” in the fourth paragraph meansA 有趣的B危险的C难以置信的D 不能忘记的() 47Why did the writer say it was a dangerous story?A His father was nearly killed in a car accident B His father was taken away by the policeC His father was w

25、rongly thought to be a murdererD His father nearly killed a man on the way to work() 48From the passage we knowA the father was a very experienced doctorB the father was a very kind and helpful manC the father would not let his child drive to workD the father didn't want his child to learn from

26、him() 49What is the passage mainly about?A How the father felt after he saw the policeB Why the father wouldn't save others later onC What happened to the father after he saved a man who was hurt 。D What happened to the injured man after he was hit by a car (B)When I was seven years old ， my fam

27、ily First， we put clean sand in a thin glass box arrivemade me an ant farm (蚂蚁窝 ), Then we waited for the ants toAfter the ants were in the glass farm ，they started to make tunnels ( 地道 )I was amazed thateach one knew well what to do Each had its own job On the fifth day something terrible happened

28、I put my face so close to the glass farm that I knocked it overAll the tunnels fell down Although (虽然 ) the ants kept alive after their earthquake，one by one they began to die I was frightened as I watched them give up building their tunnels to carry the bodies to a corner of the farm My mother said

29、 that the ants were dying of sadness They simply could not stand ( 忍受 ) that their tunnels were gone Although much time has passed ，I still think of that ant farmMom had hoped it would teachme about the natural world ， but it taught me much more Over the years， I came to realize the importance of te

30、amwork Working together ，the ants were able to make an amazing world for themselves I also learned that they should be admired (钦佩 ) for their hard work But there was an even larger 1esson that I did not realize until recently ：Adversity ( 逆境 ) is a natural part of life and must be acceptedUnlike th

31、e ants ，we cannot give up when we are sad We have to realize that if a tunnel is gone ， we must build another Giving up is not a good choice () 50What did the writer's family do for him when he was seven?A They built a farm of ants B They bought a few ants C They caught a lot of ants D They foun

32、d an ant city () 51Which of the following is WRONG according to (根据 ) the passage?A Giving up isn't a good way when we meet trouble B Like people ， teamwork is very important for the ants C The ants didn't die one by one after the tunnels were destroyed D The writer knocked the glass box ove

33、r because he put his face so close to the glassfarm )52What did the writer come to realize a few years later?A Working together is uselessB Teamwork is important C Adversity ( 逆境 ) is a natural part of life ，and must be acceptedD Working alone is amazing ) 53What is the best title for the passage?A

34、Ants Fear AdversityB My Family and AntsC Giving Up in AdversityD Don't give up anytimeDOnce upon a time an old man and woman lived in the mountains in Japan Every day the old man went to the mountain and collected firewood ， while the old woman went to the river and did the washingOne day, she w

35、as doing the washing when a big peach ( 桃子 ) came floating ( 漂浮 ) down the river towards her. As it was a big and juicy-looking fruit ， she thought that her husband would beglad to eat it ，so she took it home When the old man came back for lunch and saw the nice peach ， he was really happy The old w

36、oman cut the big peach open with a knife! What a surprise! A lovely little boy was in the peach The old man and woman had no children ， so they were reallygrateful the gods ( 上帝 ) sent them a boy in this peach Since he was born in a peach，they decided to call him Momotaro which means “ peach boy” Th

37、e old woman cooked a meal for the little boy who ate as much as he couldThe more he ate，the more he grewSoon he became a tall and strong boyDay after day, all Momotaro did was sleep and eat In the village the other boys went to themountain and picked firewood while Monotaro was the only one doing no

38、thing This worried the old man and the old woman The boys then invited him ，“ Momotaro ， would you come with us? We're going to collect fire wood ” But he answered ，“ I don't have a basket ， so I can't go with you”，and went back to sleep On hearing this ，the old woman got angry with Momo

39、taro for being so lazy, so the next day he went to collect firewood with the other boys () 54The old woman took the peach home becauseA she knew there was a little boy in itB she was grateful the god sent them a peachC she wanted her husband to eat the juicy-looking fruitD she wanted to give her hus

40、band a surprise() 55Paragraph (段落 ) 2 mainly tells usA a big peach came floating down the riverB the old man and woman had no children before they had the peachC what the old woman did for the little boyD how Momotaro was born and got his name () 56What do we know about Momotaro in the passage? A Mo

41、motaro has a peach as his bedB Momotaro was very small and he couldn't eat much C Momotaro liked to play with the boys in the villageD Monotaro was really a lazy boy ()57If there is Paragraph 4 ， what do you think is going to be talked about?A 。 Momotaro collected firewood so easily.B Momotaro f

42、ought with a bad man C Momotaro became a hero in JapanD Momotaro's friends were proud ( 骄傲 ) of him II 卷 (非选择题 共 61 分)四、单词拼写(共 15 小题；每小题1 分，满分15 分)请根据下列句子汉语注释、音标或句意， 在答题卡上标有题号的横线上，单词的正确形式，每空只写一词。写出空缺处各58 Parents should have more(交流 ) with their children 59 Have you read the film(评论 )?Yes， it'

43、;s good 60 Can we travel(国外 ) without a passport?61 I think that music can help us(放松 )。62 After a short rest ， they got together to(继续 ) the work 。63 If yu don't go to the party, I won't go ，(也 )64 History books can improve our(知识 ) of the past .65 Mr Wu had a bad cold ，so he was(不能的 ) to g

44、o to work 66 Who(翻译 ) this English poem into Chinese? John did。67 I plat to travel to some'j ?r?'pi?n countries this summer 68 So you believe we must spend more time practicing writingig'z?ktli 69 There are hundreds of'ail ?ndz in China ， and Hainan is the second largest amongthem70

45、Jimmy ， can you help me carry the box? Mum ， I need a rest I'm reallyout after the basketball game 71 Is this your，Mary? Yes We got married last year 72 Why is your sister going to Australla next week? Forstudy in Physics 五、动词填空(共 5 小题；每小题1 分，满分5 分 )请在答题卡上标有题号的横线上，写出空缺处各动词的正确形式，每空可填多个词。73 He(fal

46、l) asleep while I was reading today's newspapers 74 Oh， my god! Little John seems to be sad. I guess something(happen) to him 75 I didn't see you at the meeting yesterday Why? Because I(wait) for an old friend from the USA76 People say(eat) an apple a day keeps the doctor away77 I(not believe) it until I see it with my own eyes六、句子翻译(共 5 小题；每小题3 分，满分15 分 )请将下列句子译成英语，并将所译句子写在答题卡上标有题号的横线上。78他的父母出差多久了?79我表弟过去常梦想和家人环游世界。80那对夫妇正在讨论把墙涂成什么颜色。81你介意向我展示如何开始网上旅行吗?当然不。82自 2009 年以来，政府已经改善了我们的居住条件。七、阅读表达(阅读短文，并根据短文内容回答问题，共3 小题，每题2 分满分 6 分 )Every Saturday, Mrs Smith goes to the shopsLast Satur