逍遥学能 2013-01-17 23:01
八年级英语第一学期期中试卷（带答案）
（满分140分：时间110分钟）
(友情提醒：请将第Ⅰ卷答案填涂在答题卡上，第Ⅱ卷答案写在答题纸上，否则无效)
第一卷（满分80分）
一、（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
A)听下面10段对话，每段对话后有1个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。每段对话读两遍。
1.What is their favourite fruit??
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2.Where is r.Black fro??
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3.What is the woan looking for??
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4.How did the woan visit any places in Beijing??
5. What does the woan want the an to do?
A. She wants the an to see a fil with her.
B. She wants the an to visit a useu. ww xkb1.co
C. She wants the an to play basketball.
6. What would r. Green like?
A. He’d like another ooncake with eat in it.
B. He’d like another ooncake with nuts in it.
C. He’d like another ooncake with fruit in it.
7. Why did his parents hurry off?
A. They hurried off to catch a train. B. They got up late this orning.
C. They hurried off to catch a plane.
8. Where are they?
A. In a hospital. B. In a shop. C. In an office.
9. What does she want to do?
A. She wants to get soe presents for her other.
B. She wants to help her parents.
C. She wants to go on a holiday.
10. Where is the nearest post office?
A. It’s behind the tall building. B. It’s over there on the left.
C. It’s over there on the right.
B) 听下面一段对话和两篇短，每段对话和短后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。每段对话和短读两遍。
听一段对话，回答第11-12小题。
11. Where are the two speakers?
A. At a food shop. B. In a library. C. At a bookshop.
12. Who likes aths very uch ?
A. The an. B. The an’s son. C. The woan.
听第一篇短，回答第13-15小题。
Andy’s visit
On the second day He went to the top of ______13_______.
On the ___14___ dayHe took a boat trip on the River Seine.
After he returned to LondonHe showed the _____15____ to any friends.
13. A. the Eiffel Tower B. the White House C. the Opera House
14. A. first B. second C. third
15. A. gifts B. photos C. books
听第二篇短，回答第16-20小题。
16. What is rs. Sith’s telephone nuber ?
A. 54688. B. 51688. C. 5688.
17. What trouble does rs. Sith have?
A. There was soething wrong with her telephone.
B. She often got a wrong call.
C. She had to go to the cinea with her husband at night.
18. Who called rs. Sith one evening?
A. A young girl. B. A tired woan. C. A tired an.
19. How did rs. Sith feel when she heard the strange call ?
A. She was happy. B. She was surprised. C. She was worried.
20. What would possible happen to the an after the call?
A. He felt surprised. B. He had a good rest.
C. He went to the cinea with his wife at once.
二、单项(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答案。
21. ---What do you think of Duan Linxi’s song ?
---I think it’s ________best song in the world. Isn’t it _______ beautiful one?
A. the, the B. a, a C. the, a D. a, the
22. We are all happy to find the exa uch _________ than before.
A. easy B. easily C. ore easily D. easier
23. ---Did you also walk to Zhenguo Teple, Gaoyou fro Yangzhou ?
---Yes, it was a great trip ______ we didn’t enjoy it ______ the beginning because it rained .
A. and; in B. or; at C. so; at D. but; at
24. --- How tall the boy is!
--- Yes, he is taller than __________ in his class.
A. any other student B. any student C. other student D. other students
25. --- I have _____________, I’ afraid I have to see the doctor.
--- I ‘ sorry to hear that.
A. a good eyesight B. good eyesight C. a poor eyesight D. poor eyesight
26. --- I’d like to buy a skirt like this.
--- OK. We can buy ________ one than this, but ________ this.
A. a good; not as cheap as B. a better; as expensive as
C. a better; not as expensive as D. a better; not so cheap as
27.---Why does Toy look unhappy ?
--- Because his teacher akes hi _______ the classroo all by hiself .
A. to clean B. clean C. cleans D cleaning
28. He spends as uch tie as he can ____ English every day.
A. practising speaking B. practise to speak C. practise speaking D. to practise to speak
29. ---What did you do last night?
---I didn’t play the piano, _______, I watched a fil with y parents.
A. but B. and C. instead of D. instead
30. Nobody teaches ______ English. I learn English by ________.
A. e ; e B. y ; yself C. e ; yself D. yself ; yself
31.---ost of us are looking forward to the _____________ trip to Nanjing .
--- I agree with you.
A. pleasant B. pleased C. please D. pleasure
32. Aerican students have ______ weeks ______ in suer holiday than Chinese students.
A. ore ; on B. fewer ; on C. ore ; off D. less ; off
33. ---y bike is _______________ yours.
--- But ine is uch ore expensive than yours.
A. so big as B the sae size as C. as bigger as D. the sae big as
34. How uch does the ticket ______ fro Shanghai to Beijing?
A. cost B. take C. spend D. pay
35. ---I’ going to Sanya for y holiday toorro —_______
A. Have a good tie! B. You’re right. C. It’s good. D. Goodbye！
三 、完型（15分）
下列短，从后所给A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
Soe people believe that dreas can tell the what will happen in the future. 36 knows why this is so, but there are any stories about people. The people ake their dreas 37 . One of these people was a an 38 John Chapan, who lived in Swaffha in England any years ago.
John Chapan dreat that he 39 on London Bridge and a an told hi how to becoe rich. John Chapan was a poor an and he needed 40 , so the next day he decided to leave for London. 41 was 100 iles fro Swaffha to London. He walked for two days and at last he 42 London Bridge. There were any people on the bridge, but they weren’t 43 in John Chapan. No one 44 hi. After three days, John Chapan decided to go hoe, 45 before he could do this, a shopkeeper cae up to hi.
“I a watching you these days,” he said. “Are you 46 soeone?”
“Yes,” said John. “I had a drea about a an here. He would help e to get uch oney.”
“Oh,” said the shopkeeper. “You shouldn’t believe in dreas. 47 I believe in dreas, I’d be in Swaffha right no I had a drea a few days ago about a an called John Chapan fro Swaffha. He had 48 in his garden, near an old apple tree.”
John Chapan was 49 by what the shopkeeper said. At once he went hoe and dug near an old apple tree. He soon found any pieces of gold. He was so happy that he 50 soe of the gold to his poor neighbours. What a kind an he was! For the rest of his life, he was a rich an.
36. A. Nobody B. Anybody C. Soebody D. Everybody
37. A. coe out B. coe up C. coe true D. coe to
38. A. call B. to call C. calling D. called
39. A. is standing B. stood C. will stand D. stands
40. A. drea B. future C. oney D. apple
41. A. This B. It C. That D. Its
42. A. reached B. arrived C. got D. went
43. A. interest B. interests C. interesting D. interested
44. A. listened to B. talked to C. said to D. needed to
45. A. as B. and C. but D. or
46. A. waiting for B. asking for C. caring for D. looking after
47. A. When B. Where C. If D. How
48. A. oney B. apple C. tree D. gold
49. A. angry B. surprised C. happy D. sad
50. A. borrowed B. gave C. brought D. got
四、理解（30分）
阅读下列短，从每小题A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
A
Leeds Castle
One of the ost popular places of interest in Britain
Opening ties
Open all year round except 7th and 8th Noveber and Christas Day（25th Deceber）2009．
1 April to 30 Septeber 2009
Open：10:30 a—5:30 p
Gates close at 6p
1 October 2009 to 31 arch 2010
Open：10:30 a—4 p
Gates close at 5p
Prices
Adults：￡16.50
Students：￡9.50
Children under 4：free
51.Leeds Castle is closed on _________．
A.7th January B.8th August C.25th Deceber D.1st April
52.John and ary will take their three-year old son to Leeds Castle．How uch should they pay?
A.￡33． B.￡16.50． C.￡26． D.￡9.50．
53.What tie does Leeds Castle close on 29th October?
A.6 p． B.6:30 p． C.5:30 p． D.5 p．
B
ichael Jordan is the ost faous basketball player in the world. He was born in Brooklyn, New York. He didn't like to talk to other people about hiself. He was also very short. He didn't play very well when he joined the basketball tea in his high school at first. But the next year things changed greatly for hi as he grew uch taller.
ichael Jordan becae faous when he joined the university basketball tea in North Carolina. ichael used his speed and strength (力量) to reach the basket again. He played so well that people called hi “Air Jordan”.
After college, ichael becae a basketball tea eber in the Chicago Bulls. The NBA was very surprised at this high-flying player. He was naed “Rookie” (新秀) of the year in 1985 and “ost Valuable (价值的) Player” in 1987. He once set a record (创纪录) by getting 63 points in one gae.
54. He began to becoe faous in _____________.
A. the university basketball tea B. the NBA
C. his high school at first D. the Chicago Bulls
55. He is often called“__________”.
A. Rookie B. the NBA C. Air Jordan D. ost Valuable Player
56. The NBA was very surprised at the superstar when _________.
A. he was young B. he joined the basketball tea in his high school
C. he joined the university basketball tea D. he joined the Chicago Bulls
C
Each orning a rich an found a poor an sitting on a park bench (长凳). The poor an always sat there, looking at the big hotel in which the rich an lived. One day the rich an got out of his car and said to the poor an, “Excuse e, but I just want to knohy you sit here and look at y hotel every orning.” “Sir”, said the poor an, “I a a failure (失败者). I have no oney, no faily, no hoe. I sleep on this bench, and every night I drea that one day I'll sleep in that hotel.” The rich an said, “Tonight your drea will coe true. I'll pay for the best roo in that hotel for you for a whole onth.
A few days later, the rich an went by the poor an's roo to ask hi how he was enjoying hiself. To his surprise, he found that the an had oved out of the hotel, back to his park bench. When the rich an asked why, the poor an said, “you see, when I a down here sleeping on y bench, I drea I' up there, in that big hotel. It's a wonderful drea. But when I was up there, I dreaed I was back to this cold bench. It was a terrible drea, and I couldn't get any sleep at all.”
57. The poor an lived in ________ before he et the rich an.
A. the hotel B. his hoe C. the park D. the car
58. Every orning, the poor an sat on the bench and __________.
A. waited for the rich an B. looked at the rich an's hotel
C. looked at the rich an's car D. enjoyed the clean air
59. Every night the poor an dreaed of _____________.
A. sleeping in that hotel B. becoing rich
C. owning that hotel D. being the rich an's friend
60. The poor an oved out of the hotel because __________.
A. he didn't want to live in such a fine roo B. he didn't like the rich an
C. he couldn't pay for the roo D. he couldn't get any sleep at all there
D
Young people and older people don’t always agree. They soeties have different ideas about living, working and playing. But in one special prograe in New York State, adults and teenagers live together in a friendly way.
Each suer 200 teenagers and 50 adults live together for eight weeks as ebers of a special work group. Everyone works several hours each day. They do so not just to keep busy but to find eaning and enjoyent in work. Soe teenagers work in the woods or on the fars near the village. Soe learn to ake things like tables and chairs and build houses. The adults teach the these skills.
There are several free hours each day. Weekends are free, too. During the free hours soe of the teenagers learn phototaking or painting. Others sit around and talk or sing. Each teenager chooses his own way to spend his free tie.
When people live together, rules are necessary. In this prograe the teenagers and the adults ake the rules together. If soeone breaks a rule, the proble goes before the whole group. They talk about it and ask, “Why did it happen? What should we do about it?”
One of the teenagers has this to say about his experience, “You stop thinking only about yourself, You learn to think about the group.”
61. In one special prograe in New York State, young and older people _______ .
A.don’t work well together.
B.are friendly to one another.
C.teach one another neays of building houses.
D.spend eight weeks together, working as farers..
62. All the ebers work soe tie every day ainly to _______ .
A.lead a busy life. B.learn new skills of faring;
C.get used to the life on the fars D. find value and pleasure in work
63. Living together, _________ .
A.the teenagers don’t have to obey the rules
B.the teenagers have to obey the rules the adults ake
C.the ebers have no free tie on weekends
D.the ebers are not allowed to break the rules they ake together
64. The last prograe shows that the teenager thinks his experience in the prograe is ____ .
A. unpleasant B. tiring C. helpful D. boring
65. The best title for the passage is __________ .
A.The rules of living together B. Life in New York State
C. Teenagers in the special group D. Free hours in the special work group
第II卷(非60分)
五、词汇应用（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。(每空一词)
66. Our teacher wrote the ____ (英雄) naes on the blackboard and asked us to learn fro the.
67. I think ickey’s drawing is _______ (差的) than Nancy’s drawing .
68.________ (几乎) nobody believed the exciting news
69. The boy fell off the bike yesterday, but _______(幸运的是), he didn’t hurt hiself at all.
70. Everybody ¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬_______（欢呼）when the pop star arrived
71. The twins look the sae but are not of the sae （high）．
72. It’s _________ (use) to cry. You’d better work harder fro now on.
73. Did you enjoy ____________(you) , children?
74. He had a good tie (taste) those delicious dishes in the restaurant.
75.To with his friends often (iss）living in the country.
六、任务型阅读（10分）
阅读下列短，根据短中的信息完成后表格。（每空一词）
Here is a 2-way student exchange. Fred, 19 , spent last year in Gerany with George’s faily. In turn, George’s son ike spent a year in Fred’s hoe in Aerica.
Fred knew little Geran when he arrived. But after 2 onths of studying, the language becae easy for hi. School was very different fro what he had looked forward to and it was uch harder. Students stood up politely when the teacher cae into the roo. They took 14 subjects while Aerican students usually took 6 in the US.
Faily life, too, was different. The father’s word was the law(法律) . All the children had to do their activities with their faily. Fred also issed having a car. In Gerany, you should walk to go out to have a good tie.
At the sae tie, in Aerica, ike was foring his own ideas. He says,’ Aerican schools are too easy for our level but I have to say that I like it a lot in Gerany , we do nothing except study. Here we take part in any other activities.
Differences between Aerican school life and Geran school life
ItesAerican students Geran students
Class rulesThey don’t have to stand up when their teacher coe in They have to __76___ up and show respect(尊敬) to their __77___
____78___life They do their own things alone.They have to listen to their __79__
School ___80___They have six and they are very easy for the They have 14, but the lessons are uch ore ___81____ .
Going out They can ___82___ cars They have to _83_____ all the way
School activities They have____84__ other activities They have to ___85__ hard all the tie.
七、短填空（10分）
根据短内容和首字母提示，在下空格处填入适当的词使短完整。（每空一词）
y 14-year-old brother John and I saw the coat at the sae tie. The thick black woolen coat was soft, and it cost only ＄28. We looked at each other, saying n 86 , but John’s face was shining with joy. Dark woolen coats were p___87___ with boys just then, and could cost several hundred dollars. But this coat was even better and 88 _ cheaper.?
John t 89 __ on the coat and bought it at once. John wore the coat to school the next day and cae hoe with a big sile. “H_ 90__ did the kids like your coat?” I asked. “They loved it,” he said. I started c 91_ hi “Lord (老爷) John”.
A feeeks later , soething good h 92_ to John. He becae ore polite, ore helpful and ore pleasing. He was willing to lend his classates his pens; he was willing to bring his father a cup of tea when he got hoe; he was willing to help a blind an c 93_ the road.
When y other told this to one of his teachers, he said, “It ust be his coat!” One day, in the library, y brother and I ran into a friend. “Could this be John?” he asked. John shook hands with hi, l _ 94 a gentlean(绅士)!
I thinohn changed b____95___ of his own attitude(态度). If you think you are a gentlean or a lady, you can becoe a perfect one.
八、书面表达（30分）
（A）完成句子
根据中意思，完成下列句子，词数不限。（10分）
96. 谢谢你同意让我参加你们的旅行。
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97. 做火车去北京比公共汽车花的时间少。
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98. 我可以告诉他任何事，因为他能为我保守秘密。
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99. Kate认为潜水是所有运动中最令人兴奋的。
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100. ax很有幽默感，当他和我在一起的时候，我从不感到乏味。
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(B) 写作（20分）
提示：你们班将于本周六参观扬州名胜。请你以班长的名义写一封信,向全班同学发出邀请，并对行程和交通工具做出安排。
要点：1. 上午8：00 校门口集合上车；参观瘦西湖(the Slender West Lake)，个园( the Baboo Garden)并拍照。
2. 中饭后，到茱萸湾(the Zhuyu Park) 看熊猫并欣赏美景；
3. 傍晚，到东关街购物，品尝扬州小吃。
4. 每人费用100元。参观后会把照片放在网上供同学们浏览。
注意：1. 词数100左右。开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数；
2. 邀请信须包括所有内容要点，不要逐词翻译，可适当发挥，使其连贯、通顺。
Dear classates,
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I hope all of you will have a good tie then.
Best wishes
John