姜堰市2009-2010学年度第一学期期中测试八年级英语试题及答案(含听力材料)

姜堰市2009-2010学年度第一学期期中测试八年级英语试题（总分：150分 考试时间：120分钟）本试卷分第I 卷(选择题)和第Ⅱ卷(非选择题)两部分。

第I 卷从第 1 页至第 5 页，第Ⅱ卷从第 5 页至第 6 页。

考试结束后，考生只需交第Ⅱ卷和答题纸。

第I 卷(选择题；共90分)注意事项：1．作答试题前，请考生务必将自己的姓名、考试号用钢笔或圆珠笔填写在试卷规定的位置上，并认真核对。

2．第1卷答案必须填在答题纸上，在其他位置作答一律无效。

第I 卷一、听力部分(共30小题；每小题1分，满分30分) A) 听句子，选择与句子内容相符的图片：（听两遍） ( )1. ( )2. ( )3. ( )4. ( )5.B ）. 根据所听到的句子或问题,选择适当的答语：（ 听两遍.）（ ）6. A. I have a cake. Do you want it? B. Would you like some milk? C. Why not have a rest? （ )7. A. How clever she is! B. How generous she is! C. How cheerful she is!（ )8. A. He likes crying very much. B. He's friendly and helpful. C. He wants to play and helpful. （ )9. A. I don't think so.B. Yes, I think diving is.C. Climbing, I think.（ )10. A. He ’s short. B. He's much better. C. He looks like his father. （ )11. A. With pleasure. B. Congratulations.C. Oh, I'm glad to hear that. （ )12. A. Yes, please. B. Congratulations. C. Sure, here you are. ( )13. A. That's a good idea. B. Let's play badminton. C. Yes, I agree.（ ）14. A. Really. B. Can't you stay at home? C. I'm sorry to hear that. （ )15. A. Ben is clever.B. Ben is the cleverest in our class.C. Ben is very clever, but he isn’t the cleverest.C) 听对话，根据所听内容选择正确答案：（听两遍） ( )16. What is Jim going to do? A. Talk about skiing. B. Watch others skiing. C. Go and teach skiing. （ )17. What does the man mean?A. Climbing is as dangerous as diving.B. Climbing is more dangerous than diving,C． Diving is more dangerous than Climbing.（ )18. What does the man mean?A. He doesn't like to go hiking.B. He has no time to go hiking.C. He doesn't know how to go hiking.（ )19. How old is the man now?A. 11B. 19C. 15( )20. Why does Jim look tired today?A. He is ill.B. He didn't go to bed all the night.C. He didn't have enough sleep last night.D．听一段对话，回答21-25题：（听两遍）( )21. Whose birthday was it?A. Mary'sB. Mary's sister'sC. Mary's mother's( )22. Where was the birthday held?A. At her uncle's.B. At her aunt's.C. At their own house.( )23. What did Mary do after the party?A. Mary did her homework.B. Mary cleaned the room.C. Mary finished drawing the picture.( )24. When did Mary go to bed?A. At2 o'clock.B. At 12 o'clock.C. At 10 o'clock.( )25. How is Mary today?A. She is quite well.B. She is ill.C. She is very tired.E．.听短文,根据短文内容选择正确的答案：（听两遍）( )26. Where do the two friends live?A. In AmericaB. In CanadaC. In different cities( )27. What do they often do? ~A. See each other.B. Write to each other.C. Call each other,（ )28. What did Janet give Tom for his birthday? A. A watch B. A tie C. A CD( )29. What does Tom do when Janet is ill?A. He writes to herB. He calls her.C. He comes to see her.( )30. What does Janet do when Janet has some problems?A． Go to see him. B. Give him presents.C. Give me some advice.二. 选择填空：（15分）31. Julie plays piano very well, but she doesn’t play volleyball well.A. the, theB. the, /C. /, theD. /, /32. Look! David is enjoying himself to the soft music.A. listensB. listeningC. to listenD. listen33. Study hard, you’ll get a good job in the future(未来).A. butB. orC. becauseD. and34. English is Chinese, but it’s interesting.A. as difficult as, muchB. more difficult than, moreC. so difficult as, evenD. easier, much35. If you look forward to this activity, Why not ?A. joining in, joining usB. joining, join in usC. join in, joining in usD. joining in, join us36. All of us are at the news.A. surprised, surprisedB. surprising, surprisingC. surprising, surprisedD. surprised, surprising37. He is fat because he eats sweet food.A. too many, too muchB. a little, too manyC. much too, too muchD. too much, much too38. Kate is my best friend. I often share my with her when I am unhappy.A. joyB. happyC. sadnessD. unhappy39. –Simon broke his arm when he was playing basketball.- Oh, really? .A. Never mind.B. I’m sorry to hear that.C. It doesn’t matter.D. That’s all right.40. Do you want to know about star signs (星座)？A．anything B. a lot of C. nothing D. some41. My brother has had a piece of bread, but he still wants to eatbread.A. two moreB. more twoC. some moreD. another two42. We can do the work better with money and people .A. less , fewerB. fewer, lessC. little , littleD. few, few43. Of the two English girls, Masha is one. I think you can find her easily.A. tallerB. tallestC. the tallerD. the tallest44. This kind of moon-cake looks and sells in the shop?A. nice, wellB. good, goodC. nicely, wellD. good, nice45. There several important meetings next Monday.A. will haveB. wereC. are going to beD. is going to be三、完形填空：（15分）Tom is four years old now. His father works in a middle school and 1 P.E. there. His mother works in a shop and his grandma looks after him 2 . The boy is clever and always 3 that he knows more than his little friends do.One morning Tom’s father 4 earlier, because his school was going to hold a sports meeting that day. Of course he was going to be 5 than any other teachers in his school. About two hours’ later Tom’s grandma 6 sick. Her head hurt but she couldn’t go to see a 7 by herself. She called her son, but 8 answered. So she asked the little boy to go to tell his father about it.As soon as Tom went out, he 9 his friend Mike. And he asked him to go there with him. The boys wanted to watch the sports meeting and they 10 went there happily.When they got to the school, there were a lot of people on the 11 and the boys’400-metre relay race 12 . They stopped to watch it. And Tom 13 what his grandma told him to do. They were so attracted by the race. Mike asked ,”Why is the front boy running so fast?”Of course Tom didn’t know about it. He 14 for a minute and said ,”What a fool! Don’t you see the other boys with 15 in their hands are running after him?”( )46. A. studies B. teaches C. talks about D. watches( )47. A. at school B. in the zoo C. in the shop D. at home( )48. A. tells B. wants C. shows D. likes( )49. A. left B. stayed C. came D. ate( )50. A. early B. earlier C. busy D. busier( )51. A. wanted B. felt C. guessed D. hoped( )52. A. teacher B. policeman C. doctor D. worker( )53. A. nobody B. somebody C. everybody D. anybody( )54. A. met B. hit C. heard D. listened to ( )55.A. all B. some C. many D. both( )56.A. classroom B. playground C. garden D. park ( )57.A. finished B. ended C. began D. happened( )58.A. remembered B. forgot C. knew D. said( )59.A. saw B. played C. thought D. jumped( )60.A. sticks B. balls C. tickets D. knives四、阅读理解：（40分）AOne day a great general (将军) asks his soldiers, "What is the strongest power(力量) in the world?" Four of his soldiers put up their hands, they want to answer the question. The general asks the first man to speak. The fast man is younger than the other three and he is not strong. He says, "My gun(枪)is the strongest. I can kill anyone. ""Thank you. Next, please. "The second is very strong. He says," I don't think so. Soldiers use guns, so the soldiers are the strongest." The third man says, "Soldiers use guns, but our general gives orders (命令). So I think our general is the strongest. "The fourth one is the oldest. He says, "Love is the strongest. For love, people don't use guns. "The general says nothing. He takes out a medal(勋章) and gives it to him.( )61. soldiers answer the general's question.A.All theB. Many of theC. One of theD. Four of the ( )62. The youngest man thinks __ is the strongest power in the world.A. the generalB. a soldierC. a gunD. love( )63. The __ man is the strongest of the four.A. firstB. secondC. thirdD. fourth( )64. The fourth man .A. doesn't want to use his gunB. wants to be a generalC. wants all the people to loveD. wants the general to give him a medal ( )65. The general thinks __ answer is the best.A. the first man'sB. the second man'sC. the third man'sD. the fourth man’sBA rich man lost his purse. He promised (许诺), "He who can find the purse for me, will get half of the money inside it."The next day, a cleaner picked up the purse and gave it back to the rich man. When he got the purse back, the rich man would not like to give the cleaner half of the money. He said to the cleaner, "I also had a ring (戒指) in the purse.I will not give you the money till you return the ring as well."The cleaner said, "I never saw a ring in it. "They argued and argued(争辩). Finally they had to go to the judge(法官). Each of them told his own story. After a little thinking, the judge cameto a decision. He said to the rich man, "It's true that you have lost a purse and a ring. But this purse has no ring in it. So it isn't your purse. You'll have to wait till someone returns it to you."Turning around, he told the cleaner; "You keep this purse for the moment. If the owner doesn't come to claim(认领) it in three days, it is yours." ( )66. Who lost a purse?A. A cleaner.B. A judge.C. A rich man.D. Nobody. ( )67. What was there in the purse?A.A ring.B. Nothing.C. Some money.D. Some money and a ring.( )68. The rich man when the clearer returned the purse to him.A. caught the cleaner and went to the judge with himB. didn't give the cleaner moneyC. gave some money to the cleanerD. thanked the cleaner very much( )69. Who kept the purse at last?A. The cleaner.B. The judge.C. The rich man.D. The real owner. ( )70. The cleaner was .A. a bad manB. a foolish manC. an honest manD. a thiefCChildren's schooling is changing very fast today. Inthe past, teachers kept children sitting still (静止的 )for hours. They made them memory kinds of things. In otherway, the children had to repeat things until they knew them"by heart". Today, many teachers want to know if it is possible to make children learn at all. They say you can only help them learn. They say you must let children learn by themselves and find out things for them.But for these children, school is a kind of prison. They are there only because their parents make them go. They get out of the classroom as soon as the teacher lets them leave. Many of them want to find work, but the law will not let them work until they reach a certain age. And so, they have to stay in school. Often they do not learn anything at all.( ) 71. In the past, the children had to repeat things until they knew them .A. easilyB. by heartC. difficultD. surely( )7 2. Today many teachers want to know if it is for children to learn.A. easyB. possibleC. importantD. hard( ) 73. For some children, school is a kind of prison. What does the word "prison" mean? A. 监狱 B.毒药 C. 毒品 D. 天堂( ) 74. Why can't many of the children find work?A. They don't have knowledge.B. The law will not let them work.C. They don't reach 18.D. They don't reach a certain age. ( ) 75. They have to stay in school until .A. they have a lot of knowledgeB. they reach a certain ageC. they have free timeD. they finish their homeworkDPeople communicate (交际) with words. But do you think you can communicate without words? A smile on your face shows you are happy or friendly. Tears (泪水)in your eyes tell others that you are sad.You shake your head, and people know you aresaying "no. " You nod (点头)and people know youare saying "yes. " Others things can also carrymessages. For example, a sign at the bus stophelps you to know which bus to take. A sign onthe door tells you where to go in or out. Doyou notice (注意) that there are a lot ofsigns around you and that you get messagesfrom them all the time?People can communicate in many other ways. An artist can use his drawing to tell about beautiful mountains, about the blue sea and many other things. Writers write books to tell about things in the world and also about people and their ideas.Books, TV, radios will help us communicate with others. They all help us to know what is going on in the world and what other people are thinking about. ( )76. Using words is for people to communicate.A. an only wayB. an important wayC. a difficult wayD. a bad way( )77. People can show their by putting signs on something.A. messagesB. smileC. tearsD. heads( )78. What does the underlined word " them " here refer to?A. DoorsB. Bus stopC. Signs.D. Messages.( )79. Which of the following isn't mentioned in the passage?A. Radios.B. Films.C. TV.D. Drawings.( )80. What's the best title for this passage?A. Ways of Communication B, Ways of SpeakingC. Radios Carry MessagesD. Messages and World第1卷(选择题；共90分)四．阅读理解：(40分)第II 卷 （非选择题 共60分）五．词汇运用：（10分）81．After class, we always have fun (chat) with each other. 82. In summer, (swim) is my favourite sport.83. Boys and girls, help (you) to some fruit. 84. Come here, please! The old man is in ! (dangerous) 85. I don ’t know how many (stomach) an ant has.86. (Luck), she was saved from the cold river in the end! 87. We hope Amy to us as soon as she gets to London.(write) 88. Jack ’s father looked at him for a moment, but said nothing (angry) 89. We won ’t go to the park if it (rain) tomorrow.90. To tell you the ,I want to have my parent ’s support.(true)六．阅读表达。