江苏江阴—第二学期八年级英语期中试卷

江苏江阴2008—2009学年第二学期八年级
英语期中考试试题
华士实验中学赵海娟命题王会明审核
一、听力测试（本大题共20 分，每小题1分）
第一节（共10小题）听下面10段短对话，从题中A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。

1. How is Linda?
A. She is ill.
B. She is exciting.
C. She is free.
2. Why is Mike so happy?
A. He has seen his friend.
B. He has got a letter from his family.
C. He has written a letter to his family.
3. Which country is the most popular travel place in the world now?
A. China.
B. Japan
C. France.
4. When does the man usually get to his office in the morning?
A. At 7：30.
B. At 8：00.
C. At 8：30.
5. How do they usually go to work?
A. By bike.
B. By bus.
C. On foot.
6. What is Peter’s favourite colour?
A. White
B. Blue
C. Black
7. What are they talking about?
A. An earthquake
B. A flood.
C. A typhoon.
8. Which number is Jerry reading?
A. 6,008.
B. 6,080.
C. 8,060.
9. What is Mary’s sister’s job?
A. A nurse.
B. A doctor.
C. A worker.
10. What will the weather be like tomorrow?
A. cloudy
B. rainy
C. sunny.
第二节（共10小题）
听下面3段长对话和短文，从题中A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。

听第11段材料，回答第11、12题。

11. How is Jane now?
A. She is sick.
B. She is fine.
C. She is unhappy.
12. Why does Jane phone Nick?
A. To say hello to him.
B. To tell him what the homework is.
C. To ask him what the homework is.
听第12段材料，回答第13至15题。

13.Who is Mr. Johnson?
A. Millie’s history teacher.
B. Millie’s father.
C. Millie’s geography teacher.
14. What will Millie do on Saturday?
A. Go climbing.
B. Take an exam.
C. Stay at home and study.
15. Which season is it?
A. Spring.
B. Summer.
C. Autumn.
听第13段材料，回答第16至20题。

16. Where will they go?
A. A town.
B. A city.
C. A school.
17. How will they go there ?
A. By train.
B. By bus.
C. On foot.
18. How long will it take them to get there?
A. Over 3 hours.
B. Over 2 hours.
C. Less than 3 hours.
19. What will they take for lunch?
A. Rice.
B. Bread.
C. Sandwiches.
20. What can they do after lunch?
A. Give a call.
B. Go shopping.
C. Ask questions.
二、单项选择 (本大题共15分，每小题1分)
1. This morning, Jack came to school __________ than ________ student in his class.
A. much late; any other
B. much later; the other
C. much later; the other
D. much later; any other
2. We can __________food __________ the hungry children.
A. provide; with
B. take; with
C. provide; for
D. take; for
3.The correct symbol of “at” is __________.
A. @
B. &
C. $
D. %
4. Simon ___________ a computer already. He wants to learn___________.
A. bought; what to use
B. has bought; how to use it
C. bought; how to use it
D. has bought; what to use it
5. He did everything __________, his parents were angry with him.
A. careful
B. careless
C. carefully
D. carelessly
6. Simon __________ the photos when I came to visit him.
A. enjoyed
B. is enjoying
C. was enjoying
D. has enjoyed
7. Look! The one-eyed dog is still __________after the flood.
A. to live
B. living
C. lived
D. alive
8. He fell off his bike yesterday, __________, he wasn’t hurt__________.
A. unluckily; bad
B. luckily ; badly
C. luckily ; bad
D. unluckily; badly
9. Excuse me, what __________ just now?
A. happened
B. to happen
C. is happening
D. did happen
10. The flood killed ____________people.
A. over five hundred
B. hundreds of
C. hundred of
D. A&B
11. Now the shop factory __________ a big shopping mall.
A. is turning into
B. has turned into
C. turned into
D. turns into
12. All of us were __________ to hear the __________news.
A. surprised; surprising
B. surprise; surprising
C. surprised; surprise
D. surprising; surprised
13. --- How long have Mr. and Mrs. ___________? --- For more than twenty years.
A. married
B. been marry
C. get married
D. been married
14. I got quite worried __________the coming final exam.
A. because
B. because of
C. so
D. since
15.--- If you have any trouble, be sure to call me. ---____________________.
A. I’m sorry to hear that.
B. I have no trouble.
C. I will. Thanks very much.
D. I will think it over.
三、完形填空(本大题共5分，每小题0.5分)
In 1608, an Englishman named Thomas traveled in Italy. He liked the country and ___1___ down everything interesting. But he found one thing ___2___ interesting than the others. In his diary Thomas wrote:"___3___ the Italians eat meat, they use small forks. They do not eat with their hands because, as they say, people do not always have ___4___ hands."
Before he went back to England, Thomas bought a few ___5___.
At home Thomas had a dinner party to show the forks to his friends. When the steak(牛排) was brought out, he took out a fork and wanted to ___6___ the steak as the Italians did in Italy. His friends were ___7___ when they saw this. He told them what the fork was. They all said that Italians were very strange people because the fork was not easy to use at all. Thomas tried to prove that his friends were ___8___, so he began to show that it was easy to use the fork. But the first ___9___ of meat he took with the fork fell to the floor. His friends began to ___10___ at him and he had to take the fork away.
People in England began to use forks only fifty years later.
1. A. broke B. wrote C. went D. put
2. A. less B. much C. even D. more
3. A. Why B. When C. Which D. Where
4. A. clean B. big C. dirty D. safe
5. A. knives B. dishes C. forks D. plates
6. A. use B. eat C. make D. cut
7. A. worried B. bored C. tired D. surprised
8. A. honest B. correct C. wrong D. clever
9. A. piece B. kilo C. pound D. packet
10. A. scream B. look C. shout D. laugh
四、阅读理解（本大题共20分，每小题2分）
A
Mr. Brown was going away for a week. Before he left, he said to his son, “If anyone asks for me, you can tell him that your father has been out for doing something, and will be back in a week, then be sure to ask him to sit down for a cup of tea."
"OK, Dad," said his son. But he was afraid his son couldn't remember this, he wrote these words down on a piece of paper and gave it to him. His son put it into his small pocket, took it out and looked at it every now and then.
Four days passed, but no one came to see his father. The boy thought that there was no man to come and that the piece of paper was of no more use for him, so he burnt it that evening.
The next afternoon, someone knocked at the door. The boy opened it. A man was standing at the door and said, "Where is your father?" The boy put his hand into his pocket at once and looked for the piece of paper. He could not find it. He suddenly remembered he had burnt it, so he shouted, "No more." The man was very surprised. He asked, "No more? I met your father last week. When did it happen?" "Burnt yesterday evening."
1. Mr. Brown told his son that _____.
A. he would be away from home for four days
B. he would be back in seven days
C. he would be back in a month
D. he liked a cup of tea
2. Mr. Brown wrote the words down on ________.
A. the wall
B. the door
C. a piece of paper
D. his son's pocket
3. A man came to visit the boy's father on ________.
A. the second day
B. the third day
C. the fourth day
D. the fifth day
4. The man was very surprised because _________.
A. he thought the child's father was dead
B. the child didn't ask him to sit down
C. the child gave him a cup of tea
D. he couldn't find that piece of paper
5. What was burnt? ___________.
A. The piece of paper
B. Mr. Smith
C. The visitor
D. The boy
B
Years ago, many zoos kept all kinds of animals in small cages. Small cages made it easy for people to see the animals, but a small cage is not a good place for an animal to live in.
Today zoos keep animals in different kinds of cages .The cages are very big and open. They usually have plants and little lake. The cages look like the animals’ habits.
Zoos help to protect all kinds of animals. They protect animals in the zoo and they protect animals in the wild. How do they do this? Zoos teach people how animals live in the wild. Zoos want people to help protect the animals’ wild habitats.
Many plants and animals are going extinct(灭绝). Mammoths, which related with the Asian elephants, are now extinct. There are no mammoths in the world today. Scientists say that seventy-four different kinds of living things go extinct every day！
Zoos are working together to stop animals from going extinct.
1. Zoos kept animals in small cages so that people can _________.
A. protect them
B. see them better
C. feed them
D. save them
2.Today, zoos keep animals________.
A. in bigger cages
B. in the wild
C. in smaller cages
D. in the field
3. To protect animals, zoos______.
A. are trying to keep all kinds of animals
B. are trying to free the animals
C. teach people more about animals
D. want people to feed the animals
4. A mammoth is a kind of ______ that has gone extinct.
A. plant
B. bird
C. animal
D. tree
5. An animal or a plant that is going extinct___________.
A. no longer exists (存在) in the world
B. comes into this world soon
C. becomes very dangerous
D. has fewer and fewer living members
五、单词拼写 (本大题共10分，每小题1分)
(A) 根据句意,用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。

1. They will lose __________ (they) if they go down that path.
2. Jack is a __________ (honest) boy. He often tells lies.
3. The food smells __________ (terrible) bad, you won’t like it.
4. Are you pleased with these __________ (dance) performances.
5. We held a party to celebrate our father’s __________ (forty) birthday yesterday.
(B) 根据句意和汉语注释，写出单词的正确形式。

6. His coming can bring many __________ (好处) to the villagers.
7. We all know that some birds fly to __________ (南方的) places in winter.
8. Jim __________ (借) me a book about animals three days ago.
9. Many plants only grow well in ___________（自然）.
10. Noise is unpleasant, ___________ (尤其) when you are trying to sleep.
六、动词填空用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空。

(本大题共10分，每小题1分)
1. Look! Someone ___________ (lie) on the floor. What is happening?
2. If it ____________ (snow) tomorrow, we won’t go to the cinema.
3. His friends did all they could ____________ (help) him out of difficulty.
4. On May 12, 2008, a strong earthquake ___________ (hit) Sichuan, it killed many people.
5. ___________ (spend) too much time playing computer games is bad for our eyes.
6. We must prevent hunters from___________ (kill) the animals.
7. Many changes ___________ (take) place in our daily life since the invention of the computer.
8. One of the cleaners ___________ (remove) the snow from 5 to 7 yesterday morning.
9. The boy is very happy because he _____________ (sell) out all the newspaper.
10. There _____________ (be) two football matches in your school, are there?
七、句子翻译按所给的汉语，用英语完成下列句子。

（本大题9分，每小题1.5分）
1. 上周，我采访了姚明，我最喜欢的篮球运动员。

Last week, I _________________ with Yao Ming----my favourite basketball player.
2. 地震后，人们匆忙的移开砖头和石块。

People were _________________________the bricks and stones after the earthquake.
3. 我希望我所有学生都对学英语感兴趣。

I hope all my students __________________________ English.
4. 我们已经很长时间没有见面了，但我们不时的打电话。

We __________ each other for a long time, but we make telephone calls ________________.
5.这个机场投入使用三个月了。

The airport ____________________ _ for three months .
6. 由于搬到了另一个城市，他经常感到有点孤单。

Because of ___________ another city, he often _____________________.
八、缺词填空根据短文内容和所给首字母，在空格内填入一个适当的词，使短文意思完整。

(本大题共6分，每格0.5分)
In the p 1 few years, reading has become more and more i 2 in entrance examination(入学考试). So it is quite n 3 for the students to raise their reading a 4 . Here are a few don’ts that may be h 5 for faster and b 6 reading.
1. Don’t point at words or hold a pencil under the line w 7 you are reading. This might help little children.
2. Don’t move your head f8 side to side while reading. Some students t 9 to read fast, so they move their heads often. But neck muscles（肌肉）can not be moved as q 10 as muscles.
3. Don’t say the words to y 11 . Some poor readers often think that it is necessary to mumble（咕噜）the words to themselves while r 12 . In bad cases even their lips（嘴唇）move. This should be avoided(避免).
九、书面表达 (本大题共5分)
根据所给提示用英语写一篇题为“Saving our earth”的短文。

内容要点如下：
1.多年以前我们拥有蓝天白云，现在一切都已经改变；
2.空气不如以前新鲜了，水污染已经变成了一个很严重的问题；
3.由于人们大量砍伐树木，许多野生动物濒临灭绝；
4.我们应该尽我们所能保护环境。

我们必须……
注意：
1.第4 要点的内容须用1-2句话展开合理想象，作适当发挥；
2.短文内容须包括所有内容要点，要求语句通顺、意思连贯；
3.词数60个左右。

初二年级英语期中试卷答卷纸
华士实验中学赵海娟命题王会明审核
五．单词拼写（10’）
1. ___________
2. ___________
3. ___________
4. ___________
5. ___________
6. ___________
7. ___________
8. ___________
9. ___________10.___________
六．动词填空（10’）
1. ___________
2. ___________
3. ___________
4. ___________
5. ___________
6. ___________
7. ___________
8. ___________
9. ___________10.___________
七．句子翻译（9’）
1. .
2. .
3. .
4. .
5. .
6. .
八．缺词填空（6’）
1. __________
2. __________
3. __________
4. __________
5. __________
6. __________
7. __________
8. __________
9. __________10.__________11. _________ 12. __________
九．书面表达 (5’)
根据所给提示用英语写一篇题为“Saving our earth”的短文。

内容要点如下：
1.多年以前我们拥有蓝天白云，现在一切都已经改变；
2.空气不如以前新鲜了，水污染已经变成了一个很严重的问题；
3.由于人们大量砍伐树木，许多野生动物濒临灭绝；
4.我们应该尽我们所能保护环境。

我们必须……
注意：
1.第4 要点的内容须用1-2句话展开合理想象，作适当发挥；
2.短文内容须包括所有内容要点，要求语句通顺、意思连贯；
3.词数60个左右。

英语期中试卷听力材料
一、听力测试（本大题共20 分，每小题1分）
第一节（共10小题）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。

1. M: Hello, may I speak to Linda?
W: Sorry. She isn’t in. She has gone to see the doctor.
2. W: Here is a letter for you, Mike!
M: Oh, great! I haven’t heard from my family for a long time. Thank you.
3. W: Which country is the most popular travel place in the world now?
M: China is the third, only after France and Spain.
4. W: What time did you get to your office this morning?
M: Eight thirty, but I was half an hour late.
5. M: How beautiful the world is! It snowed heavily last night.
W: It’s really beautiful, but we can’t go to work by bike as usual. We’d better walk today.
6: W: Hello, Peter, you are wearing white again. Is white your favourite colour?
M: I like white, but of all the colours I like blue best.
7: W: Do you know a strong wind hit the city yesterday? It killed several people.
M: Oh, really? It sounds terrible.
8: W: Can you read this number, little Jerry?
M: Let me have a try, Er--- It’s six thousand and eighty.
9: M: What does your sister do, Mary?
W: She works in Doctor Wilson’s office. She is a nurse.
10. M: What a sunny day today! Shall we go out for a picnic?
W: Yes, I’d like to, but the radio says it will be rainy tomorrow.
第二节（共10小题）听下面3段长对话和短文，每段对话和短文后有几个小题，从题中A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。

听第11段材料，回答第11、12题
M: Hello!
W: Hi, Nike. This is Jane.
M: How are you feeling, Jane? Are you still sick?
W: No, I feel better, thanks. I’m going to school tomorrow. What’s the homework for the English class?
M: The homework? Just a minute---Ok, here it is. Read pages 25 and 26.
W: Pages 25 and 26. Ok. Thanks.
听第12段材料，回答第13至15题。

M: Here’s some orange for you, Millie.
W: Thank you, Dad.
M: What about your history class this afternoon?
W: Mr. Johnson was ill in hospital, so we had a Geography class instead.
M: Your mother and I will go climbing on Saturday. Will you join us?
W: I’d like to, but I have to take an exam on Sunday. I’d better stay at home and prepare it. By the way, will you go climbing in the mountains?
M: Yes, why?
W: I know it’s summer, but it can get quite cold in the mountains, so bring a coat with you.
M: Ok, we will.
听第13段材料，回答第16至20题。

Hello, boys and girls. Here’s some information about our trip to the Sunshine Town. We will go there by bus. It’s a long trip, more than three hours, so we have to get up early. The bus will wait for you at the school gate at 8:00 tomorrow morning. We will take sandwiches for lunch and we will eat together in a park. After that we will walk around the old market. The market sells different kinds of things. You will be able to buy all your presents there. We will meet at the place where our bus stops. If you are lost, please give me a call. My telephone number is 8472894. See you tomorrow.
答案
一．听力ABCBA BCBAB BCACB ABACB
二. 单项选择DCABD CDBAD BADBC
三. 完形填空BDBAC BDCAD
四. 阅读理解BCDAA BACCD
五. 单词拼写
1. themselves
2.dishonest
3. terribly
4.dancers’
5. fortieth
6. advantages
7. southern
8. lent
9. nature 10. especially
六. 动词填空
1. is lying
2. snows
3. to help
4. hit
5. spending
6. killing
7. have taken 8. was removing 9. has sold 10. are n’t going to be
七.句子翻译
1. had an interview
2. in a hurry to move away
3. are interested in learning
4. haven’t seen; from time to time
5. has been in service
6. moving to; feels a bit lonely
八. 缺词填空
1.past
2. important
3. necessary
4. ability
5. helpful
6. better
7. while 8. from 9. try 10. quickly 11. yourself 12. reading
九．作文范本
We used to have blue sky and white clouds many years ago, but everything has changed now. Air isn’t as fresh as before and water pollution has become a serious problem. Many wild animals are endangered because people have cut down a large number of trees. We should try our best to protect the environment. We must make waste water clean again. We mustn’t cut down trees or kill wild animals. We must take action to reduce the pollution and protect our earth.。