江苏省无锡市东林中学2013-2014学年八年级上学期期中考试英语试题

考试时间：90分钟2013.11I 听力部分（共20分）一、听对话回答问题（本大题共10分，每小题1分）5. What is Susan like?A. She’s polite.B. She’s helpful.C. She’s funny.6. Who made the fewest model planes?A. Daniel.B. Simon.C. Sandy.7. What does Sandy want to be when she grows up?A. She wants to be a teacher.B. She wants to be a dancer.C. She wants to be a singer.8. Ho w often does Lucy’s mother go shopping?A. Once a week.B. Twice a week.C. Three times a week.9. What’s wrong with the boy?A. Jenny made him cry.B. Jenny took away his toy.C. The boy lost his way home.10. What does the woman mean?A. She missed the travel.B. The travel was boring.C. Bob didn’t take part in the travel.二、听对话和短文回答问题（本大题共10分，每小题1分）听一段对话，回答第11—12小题。

11. Where did Sue spend the nights in the country?A. In a farmhouse.B. In the open.C. At a hotel.12. What was the weather like in the country?A. It snowed a lot.B. It rained nearly every day.C. There was a lot of sunshine.13. A. Families in America B. Young People in America C. Old People in America14. A. 7%. B. 17%. C. 70%.15. A. 30 or 31. B. 20 or 21. C. 18 or 19.听第二篇短文，回答第16—20小题。

16. Where is the show?A. At the museum near the park.B. At the art center next to the park.C. In a clothes shop in the city center.17. How many countries are taking part in the show?A. 20.B. 25.C. 12.18. What kind of clothes can people see at the show?A. The oldest clothes in China.B. Only clothes for children from different countries.C. Old clothes and modern clothes from different countries.19. What did men in the UK once wear?A. Black coats and white hats.B. Heavy coats and black hats.C. Uncomfortable wooden shoes.20. When may the girl go back to the show?A. Tomorrow.B. Next weekend.C. On its last day.II 笔试部分（共80分）一、单项选择（本大题共15分，每小题1分）1. What did the teacher talk __________ at the parents’ meeting?A. withB. toC. aboutD. /2. The girl in red is Lucy. She is __________ of the twins.A. fatterB. the fatterC. fattestD. the fattest3. —Is there __________ in today’s newspaper?— Yes. Ding Junhui will take on Xiao Guodong in the first ever world ranking final between two Chinese players at the Shanghai Masters on Sunday.A. something interestingB. anything excitingC. something importantD. anything humorous4. Andrew was afraid to fill the room with water again, so he __________ the pipe carefully.A. put onB. put outC. put inD. put off5. — __________ is the cost of the trip?— Ten dollars per person.A. How muchB. How manyC. WhatD. How6. — The social worker spent nearly two hours __________ the plan. He said he would discusswith you about it these two days.— Really? __________ is fine.A. to look through; Some timeB. to look for; Any timeC. looking at; Some timeD. looking through; Any time7. —I don’t know how to do it well.—Don’t worry. Here are some ________.A. ropesB. tapesC. tipsD. hope8. When he walked __________ my desk, he knocked my books __________ the floor.A. passed; ontoB. past; ontoC. passed; intoD. past; into9. — Things in your room are all over the floor. Be sure to__________before the guests__________.— No problem.A. tidy it up; arriveB. tidy it up; reachC. tidy up it; arriveD. tidy up it; reach10. Mother seemed __________ after she heard the bad news.A. sadlyB. sadC. being sadD. to sad11. Mary writes __________ than __________ boy in her class.A. more careful; the otherB. more carefully; any otherC. more carefully; the otherD. more carefully; any12. — Your coat looks nice. Is it __________ cotton?—Yes. It’s __________ Shanghai.A. made of; made byB. made of; made inC. made from; made byD. made for; made in二、完形填空（本大题共10分，每小题1分）Allan comes from America. His father works in Beijing and his family come to 1 , too.1. A. Canada B. America C. England D. China2. A. longer B. taller C. younger D. older3. A. car B. plane C. ship D. train4. A. jumps B. sits C. runs D. stands5. A. heavier B. the heaviest C. stronger D. the strongest6. A. say B. speak C. read D. write7. A. ask B. make C. teach D. count8. A. breakfast B. work C. lunch D. school9. A. much B. a lot of C. a lot D. one10. A. bad B. delicious C. big D. round三、阅读理解（本大题共15分， A、B两篇每小题1分，C篇每格0.5分）(A)Most Americans enjoy moving from place to place. For example, they often drive their cars 120 to 160 kilometres away just to have dinner with a friend or even fly to London or Paris just to watch a football match. In some states only one person in five lives in a place for more than five years. One may be born in one city, and go to school in another. He may finish his middle school in two or three cities, and then go to college far across the country. When he begins to work, he may possibly move from job to job. Moving from one job to another, which is called “job-hopping”, can be seen in many places in the United States.Job-hopping does good to workers because every change of a job gives them a chance to get better pay. And job-hopping also gives bosses the chance to get new ideas and skills from him or her.1. From this passage, we can see Americans often travel to _______________.A. have dinner with their friendsB. go shoppingC. watch a football gameD. enjoy themselves2. Which of the following is true?A. About 20% of the people stay in one place for over five years.B. Children have to finish middle school in one place.C. People go to the nearest college.D. When people begin to work, they don’t move any more.3. Job-hopping means “_______________”.A. looking for a jobB. having a jobC. changing jobs oftenD. losing a job4. In the USA job-hopping _______________.A. is very popularB. helps young people go to collegeC. helps workers in travelingD. helps students begin to work5. The writer thinks job-hopping _______________.A. does good only to the workersB. does good only to the bossC. must be stoppedD. is helpful(B)One day Bob took two of his friends into the mountains. They put up their tents and then rode off to a forest to see how the trees were growing.In the afternoon when they were about ten kilometres from their camp, it started to snow. More and more snow fell. Soon, Bob could hardly(几乎不) see his hands before his face. He could not find the road. Bob knew there were two roads. One road went to the camp, and the other went to his house. But all was white snow. Everything was the same. How could he take his friends back to the camp?Bob had an idea. The horses! Let the horses take them back! But what would happen if the horses took the road to his house? That would be a trip of thirty-five kilometres in such cold weather! It was getting late. They rode on and on. At last the horses stopped. Where were they? No one of them could tell. Bob looked around. What was that under the tree? It was one of their tents!6. Bob and his two friends went to the forest to _______________.A. build their campB. find their way homeC. enjoy the mountains in the snowD. watch the trees in the forest7. They could not find their way back because _______________.A. there was only one road to their campB. they couldn’t decide which of the two roads went to their tentsC. there were no roads in the mountains at allD. the white snow covered everything8. It is clear that they wanted the horses to take them to _______________.A. Bob’s houseB. the campC. the forestD. the mountains9. The horses stopped because _______________.A. it was getting lateB. they were tired after running for a long wayC. they got to the campD. they saw Bob’s house10. The story happened _______________.A. on a cold winter dayB. on a dark snowy morningC. in a cold camp far from villagesD. at night when nothing could be seen（C）阅读下面的短文，根据文中信息完成文后表格。