江苏省靖江市2015-2016学年八年级英语下学期期末调研测试试题

江苏省靖江市2015-2016学年八年级英语下学期期末调研测试试题
(满分：150分考试时间：120分钟)
第一部分选择题(共85分)
一、听力部分
A、听对话回答问题（10分）
本部分共有10道小题，每小题你将听到一段对话，每段对话听两遍。

在听每段对话前，你将有5秒钟的时间阅读题目；听完后，你还有5秒钟的时间选择你认为在最合适的备选答案。

在听到“嘀”的信号后，进入下一小题。

( ) 1. Which charity are the speakers talking about?
( ) 2. Where has Jack visited?
( ) 3. Which festival are the speakers talking about?
( ) 4. What will Daniel do tomorrow?
( ) 5. How many strawberries does the woman need?
A. 1 kilo.
B. 2.5 kilos.
C. 3.5 kilos.
( ) 6. Where is Sunshine Restaurant?
A. Opposite Sunshine Middle School.
B. Between the supermarket and a big hospital.
C. Between Sunshine Middle School and a big hospital.
( ) 7. Who is the woman looking for?
A. Paul.
B. Mike.
C. Bob. ( ) 8. How much is the cap now?
A. 10 dollars.
B. 26 dollars.
C. 36 dollars.
( ) 9. When will the speakers meet at the cinema?
A. 3:30 p.m.
B. 3:45 p.m.
C. 4 p.m.
( ) 10. What is the man asked to do?
A. Turn down the radio.
B. Turn down the TV.
C. Have a rest.
B、听对话和短文答题（10分）
你将听到一段对话和两篇短文，各听两遍。

听每段对话或短文前，你将有时间阅读相关小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，每小题你仍有5秒钟的时间选择最合适的备选答案。

听第一段对话，回答第11-12小题。

答题完毕，请等待“嘀”的信号，进入下一篇短文。

( ) 11. Which of the following is right?
A. It takes 10 to 12 days to travel from Earth to the Moon by rocket.
B. There are seven bones in the back of elephants’ feet.
C. A tortoise can live up to 50 days.
( ) 12. How much food do people eat during their lives?
A. 2,700 kilos.
B. 27, 000 kilos.
C. 47, 000 kilos.
听第一篇短文，回答第13-15小题。

请根据短文内容，选择正确答案，完成信息记录表。

答
( ) 13. A. Saturday afternoon B. Sunday morning C. Sunday afternoon
( ) 14. A. Japanese and Korean B. Chinese and Western
C. European and American
( ) 15. A. 1, 200 B. 2, 000 C. 2, 200 听第二篇短文，回答第16-20小题。

( ) 16. Who is speaking?
A. A manager.
B. An answer phone.
C. A policeman. ( ) 17. What’s the phone number?
A. 832901.
B. 843290.
C. 834290.
( ) 18. What are the business hours of the travel office?
A. From 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
B. From 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
C. From 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
( ) 19. What present can you get if your holiday costs 400 dollars?
A. A travel bag.
B. A travel guide.
C. A special price.
( ) 20. What do we know about the Flying Horse Travel Office?
A. It’s a bit difficult to find its new address.
B. It gives each traveler a present.
C. It has many holidays at special prices.
二、单项选择从下列每题所给的选项中，选择一个最佳答案。

(20分)
( )21. If all of us give ________helping hand, we can make the world ________ better place.
A. a; the
B. the; a
C. the; the
D. a; a ( ) 22. —Do you need an apple or a pear? — ________ , I really don't mind． A. Both B. None C. Either D. Neither
( ) 23. “Wechat”(微信) really makes a great ________ to people’s life. It’s easy for us to keep in touch with others.
A. habit
B. surprise
C. prize
D. difference
( ) 24. —It’s said that a robot called AlphaGo won the competitio n over a Korean player in March.
— ________ amazing news! I can’t believe!
A. What
B. What a
C. How
D. How a ( ) 25. People are starting to use energy from the sun, wind and water because they cost very
________ and will never ________ .
A. few; run out
B. low; be run out
C. much; be run out
D. little; run out
( ) 26. The charity show was very successful with the help of all the classmates. Just as the old
saying goes, “_______.”
A. The early bird catches the worm
B. Practice makes perfect
C. Many hands make light work
D. You cannot burn the candle at both ends
( ) 27. — Do you think it is fantastic ________ you to work with these disabled people?
Yes, and I think it is brave ________ them to take part in the competition. for; of B. of; of C. for; for D. of; for ( ) 28. — Mum, do you mind my listening to music for a while?
— ________. But please listen to it with your earphone.
A. Yes, please
B. No, thank you
C. Not at all
D. Yes, I do
( ) 29. —Don’t forget to bring your homework with __________.
— __________.
A. you; No, I won’t.
B. yourself; Yes, I will
C. yourself; No, I won’t
D. you; Yes, I will.
( ) 30. —There's a sign "Be quiet" on the wall of the reading room.
—Yes. People ________ talk loudly in public.
A. may not
B. mustn't
C. couldn't
D. needn't
( ) 31. They have ________ since the factory opened.
A. left the school
B. joined the team
C. become workers
D. worked here
( ) 32. He likes playing tricks on others, but_________, he is a good boy. He
is willing to help others.
A. in this way
B. in some ways
C. in his way
D. on
his way
( )33. My dream is to go into the west and _________an early childhood school
(幼儿园)there.
A. pick up
B. set up
C. look up
D.
give up
( ) 34. The chief engineer of the high-speed railway ________ Shanghai to Beijing always devotes most of his time ________ his work.
connecting; to B. connects; to C. connected; on D. connect;
on
( ) 35. Take care when you are driving , ________ in a summer storm like this.
A. recently
B. especially
C. carelessly
D. closely ( ) 36.Many people do not realize the importance of health ________ they have fallen.
A. after
B. while
C. wh en
D. until
( ) 37. Jim’s father ________ to London last month. He ________ there three times.
A. went; has gone
B. has gone; has been
C. went; has been
D. has been; has gone
( ) 38. A lot of things ________ in Oxfam shops, _________ books.
sell; including B. are sold; including C. sell; include D. are sold; include
( ) 39. Bob used to _______ a difficult person to get along with. But recently
he has got used to
_______ with others in a friendly way.
A. be, work
B. be , working
C. being ,work
D. being, working ( ) 40. —Let’s go and listen to Mr. Black’s speech on Western culture, shall we?
________ . It’s getting to the end.
A. Why not?
B. That’s all right
C. I’m afraid not.
D. Never mind.
三、完形填空阅读短文，从每题所给选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

(15分)
Ever since I was a child, my mouth has caused me trouble. I'm not a bad person; I have a 41 time learning when to keep my mouth closed.
My mom has told me again and again, "Robert, your constant bad words
are hurting me. If you 42 to be this rude, you will get into big trouble."
It's been a problem at school several times too when teachers have told
me something I didn't want to hear. I used to feel it was my duty(职责) to 43 myself.
One day in English class I began working on my homework until I heard
a classmate 44 behind me. It was Nathaniel, who liked doing that as usual.
At first, I said very 45 , "Nathaniel, would you please be quiet?"
However, Nathaniel continued talking to himself. I quickly 46 "Nathaniel, shut up(闭嘴)!"
For the next five minutes, we threw hurtful(伤感情的) words back and forth at each other.
"At least I don't have an ugly lazy eye like you!" I shouted.
I knew this would make him 47 . It would hurt his feelings and shut him up.
What I said filled him with anger. He tried to 48 over my seat
and catch me as he shouted, "That's it! That's it!"
49 at his reaction(反应), I sat back in my seat. I had never seen Nathaniel act like this before.
Later on, we were taken to the principal's office. There, Mr. Black,
our English teacher, told us to 50 the matter. It wasn't until then that
I finally found that 51 I hurt someone physically(身体上), the wounds eventually heal(愈合). But when I hurt them wit h my 52 , sometimes the pain (痛苦) never goes away.
At the end of the discussion, I said 53 to Nathaniel.
When I went back to my room, I spent some time praying(祈祷). I began
to 54 how often what
I said hurt others. But I believe that as I keep praying and asking God to help me,
he'll tell me when to keep my 55 closed.
( ) 41. A. busy B. hard C. happy D.
fantastic
( ) 42.A. decide B. like C. continue D. try ( ) 43.A. support B. separate C. smell D.
spend
( ) 44.A. singing B. reading C. beating D. talking
( ) 45.A. clearly B. nicely C. carelessly D. angrily ( ) 46.A. repeated B. expressed C. replied D. shouted ( ) 47.A. nervous B. afraid C. sad D. bored
( ) 48.A. fall B. look C. hand D.
reach
( ) 49.A. Angry B. Surprised C. Nervous D. Happy
( ) 50.A. discuss B. solve C. explain D. report
( ) 51.A. while B. after C. when D. where
( ) 52.A. words B. action C. ideas D. experience
( ) 53.A. goodbye B. thanks C. sorry D. okay
( ) 54.A. talk about B. hear about C. complain about D.
think about
( ) 55.A. eyes B. mouth C. windows D. door
四、阅读理解阅读下列短文，根据短文内容选择最佳答案 (30分)
A
How do you win a Nobel Prize for writing? Here’s the secret from a previous winner: make it short, keep it real, and work hard.
Canadian author Alice Munro, 82, was awarded the 2013 Nobel Prize in literature. She is known for her short stories about personal relationships of ordinary people, usually women.
Munro was born into a farming family in Ontario. The family was very poor. Munro did a lot of physical work as a young girl. She decided to be a writer at the age of 12. Now Munro turns her hard childhood into great writing ideas. The story Dear Life, for example, opens with a description of the neighb orhood in which Munro grew up. Also, she talks about her poor relationship with her mother in many of her stories, such as Lives of Girls and Women and Friend of My Youth.
Since she published her first book in 1968, Munro has won many awards, with the Nobel Prize as her biggest honor. But Munro doesn’t see herself as a talented(有天赋的) writer.
“I’m the opposite of a writer with a quick gift. I don’t grasp it very easily at all, the ‘it’ being whatever I’m trying to do,” she said.
Do you dream of becoming an author while sadly admitting you are not that talented? Munro has a tip for you: use notebooks and write a lot.
“I have lots of notebooks that contain(包含) this writing,” she said. But it helps her sort out (整理) her mind. “Stories would just be working in my head for so long that when I started to write I was deep into them.”
( ) 56. As a Nobel prize winner, Alice Munro is famous for _________.
A. having a rich childhood
B. writing short stories
C. having good relationship with her family
D. only writing about women in her stories
( ) 57. In the story Dear Life, Alice Munro _________.
A. described her poor relationship with her mom
B. wrote about her poor family
C. described the neighborhood where she grew up
D. talked about physical work she did in her childhood
( ) 58. Alice Munro published her first book when she was_________.
A. 37
B. 12
C. 30
D. 82
( ) 59. From the passage we can learn that Alice Munro is _________.
A. talented
B. easy-going(随和的)
C. confident
D. hard-working ( ) 60. According to Alice Munro, those who want to be a writer should _____.
A. have talent in writing
B. write stories as long as possible
C. make up the story with imagination
D. write as much as possible
B
When I was a little girl, my father loved to play catch (抛接球游戏) with me. I wasn’t very good, but he would encourage me. He was always telling m e “keep your eye
on the ball” as I would not be able to catch even the easiest of throws.
As I got older, we didn’t play catch as much. If I had a problem, I would go to
my father to ask for his advice. He would try to joke with me and say “keep your eye on the ball”. We would both laugh because usually that advice did not apply
to(适用于) the problem, but he would try to make me smile.
My father became ill in 1995 when I was 23. As he suffered from a stroke (中风), he could not speak. There weren’t any more conversations. He could only mouth words, which were sometimes hard to understand. After a while, I seemed to be pretty good at reading his lips (嘴唇), even better than the nurses who were caring for him. During our last conversation, I was telling him about a problem I was having with my then boyfriend. Once again, I could read his lips: “Keep your eye on the ball.”We both smiled.
That was the last time I saw my father before he passed away.
Since then, when I get into a stressful situation I tell myself “keep your eye on the ball”.
( ) 61. At first, by saying “keep your eye on the ball”, the writer’s father _____.
A. tells her to be careful while playing catch
B. wants to teach her a life lesson
C. wants her to work harder in every way
D. laughs at her when she misses the ball
( ) 62. When the writer asked for advice from her father, he usually _____.
A. tried to solve the problem for her
B. didn’t care about her problem
C. joked with her and made her smile
D. told her to solve the problem alone ( ) 63. When in trouble, the writer tells herself “keep your eye on the ball” to _____.
A. encourage herself to face the difficulty
B. remember the old days with her father
C. help herself forget her troubles
D. remember how to play catch
( ) 64. The underlined word “pretty” means _________.
A. beautiful
B. quite
C. carefully
D. always
( ) 65. Which of the following can describe the writer’s father?
A. Serious.
B. Cheerful(令人愉快的).
C. Honest.
D. Careless.
C
Flying is a fast way to travel. But it is a big headache for some people. The y can’t help worrying about things like, “Is turbulence (颠簸) a bad thing?” or, “Is it dangerous if we don’t change our mobile phones to flight mode (飞行模式)?” British newspaper Daily Mail spoke to some experts to answer these questions. They also tell us other interesting things about flying.
Is turbulence dangerous?
It’s scary and uncomfortable. But it is not something you really need to worry about. Turbulence is caused when two groups of air hit one another at different speeds. Wind, thunderstorms (暴风雨) and being close to mountains can be reasons for this. You may feel like turbule nce is dangerous, but it won’t crash (坠毁) your plane. “Even in extremely rough ai r (扰动气流), the wings (机翼) are not going to break
off,” explained Patrick Smith, an airline pilot, who is also an air travel blogger and author of .
Why are plane windows round?
Round windows are for passenger safety.
As the airplane flies higher and higher, the outside atmospheric pressure (气压) gets lower and lower. During the flight, the pressure inside the plane becomes greater than the pressure outside.
When this happens, square windows can break. That’s because having different pressures inside and outside puts pressure on the corners of square windows. But rounded corners can spread the pressure through the window.
What happens when a phone isn’t on flight mode?
Some passengers believe mobile phones and tablets need to be turned off because they could bring the plane down. However, this is not true.
If you don’t change your phone to flight mode, pilots and air traffic controllers may hear unpleasant sounds in their headphones. It also influences radio communication s. So it’s still best to put it on flight mode.
( ) 66. According to Paragraph 1, we learn that the story is going to _____.
A. show what worries people may have about flying
B. interview some experts about flying
C. give people tips about how to travel by plane
D. explain some interesting facts about flying
( ) 67. What will happen when there is turbulence?
A. People may feel uncomfortable.
B. Two planes may hit each other easily.
C. It will make the plane drop suddenly.
D. It can break off the plane wings.
( ) 68. Planes use round windows rather than square ones, because ____.
A. round windows can spread the pressure
B. round windows can add outside pressure
C. square windows can lower(降低)the pressure on the windows
D. the corners of square windows are difficult to make
( ) 69. What happens if a phone isn’t on flight mode?
A. The plane will crash.
B. Air traffic controllers can’t get any information.
C. It may influence radio communications.
D. It may be noisy in the plane.
( ) 70. The passage may be taken from _______.
A. A story book
B. A science magazine
C. A guide travel
D. A novel
第二部分非选择题 (共65分)
五、阅读表达阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题 (10分)
Primary and junior high school students will get new versions (版本) of textbooks this fall term.
The biggest changes will take place in Chinese textbooks. The primary goal is to include more traditional(传统的) Chinese culture. For example, ideas on the hundred schools of thought (诸子百家) will be introduced to students. There will also be more classical Chinese poems and essays (文章). The percentage(百分率) of traditional culture in the new textbooks will be raised to 30 percent for primary school students and 40 percent for junior high school students. Meanwhile, about 15 percent of the content (内容) will be taken out in order to make students have less work.
The Language and Culture Press will publish the new Chinese textbooks. It makes one of the main versions of the present textbooks in China. First, the new books will be given to more than 4 million students in the first and seventh grades across the country starting this fall, and then they will be given to oth er grades.
Also, politics (政治) textbooks will get new names. Primary school politics textbooks were called “morality and life (品德与生活)”, and thos e for junior high schools were called “ideology an d morality (思想品德)”. This year, the names of all politics textbooks for the first and seventh grades will change to “morality and law (道德与法治)”.
It’s the first time the word “law” will be included in the names of textbooks since 1949. “We need to let kids kn ow that laws protect them as well as how they do that,” said Li Xiaodong, sociology (社会学) professor at Beijing Normal University.
No more than six words
71. When will the students get the new textbooks?
____________________________________________________________________________ 72. What percentage of traditional culture will be raised to for junior high school students?
_____________________________________________________________________________ 73. Why will 15 percent of the content be taken out ?
_____________________________________________________________________________ 74. How many students in the first and seventh grades will get the new books first?
_____________________________________________________________________________ 75. What will the politics textbooks be called this year?
_____________________________________________________________________________ 六、任务型阅读阅读短文，根据短文内容完成表格内所缺信息，每空一词 (10分) When did you last say “I love you” to your father? If you can’t remember, then you can get the chance this Father’s Day on June 19.
Generally compared to(与---相比) a mother’s gentle love, a father represents qualities such as independence(独立), confidence, courage and adventure(冒险). Also, caring fathers help their children get along with others. Fathers can lead their children into their social circle(社交圈). They can also teach them how to behave and control their feelings.
For example, Microsoft founder Bill Gates was quiet and didn’t like to talk with others when he was a little kid. So his father often held family parties and let Bill play games with family members. “my ability of leading and cooperating(合作) became better through games.” Gates once said in an interview with US Fortune magazine.
US actor Will Smith said that his father taught him important lessons through small things. His father once planned to tear(拆) down a wall of their shop and rebuild it. But little Will thought it was impossible. After a year and a half, they did it. “You didn’t try to build a wall. You are going to lay a brick every day. And soon you have a wall,” he said on TV show.
“One father is more tha n a hundred schoolmasters”, British poet George Herbert once said. Do you agree?
them
76. ___________ 77. ___________ 78. ___________ 79. ____________
80. __________
81. ___________ 82. ___________ 83. ___________ 84. ____________
85. __________
七、词汇运用 (15分)
(A) 根据句意和汉语提示, 在空白处填入一个适当的单词。

(每空一词)
86. The _____________(调查) show that it is necessary for us to develop a green lifestyle.
87. Who was ________________(缺席的) from school yesterday?
88. Finally, Gulliver _______________(设法完成) to break the ropes and got away.
89. His car crashed _____________(撞) the wall last night because of the heavy rain.
90. It is necessary to use the natural resources _______________(明智地).
(B) 用括号内所给词的适当形式填空。

(每空不限一词)
91. What a big surprise to see you here! When ___________ you ___________(come) back?
92. — What will British people do if you are in their way?
— They are too ______________(polite) to push past you. They will wait till you move.
93. Rubbish should not ______________(throw) into lakes and rivers carelessly.
94. Lucy is happy that she _______________ (learn) to dance.
95. You should depend on _______________(you), children.
96. Jim thinks X-men(X战警) is_______________(exciting)one among all the films this year.
97. You can ask your parents how much money ___________(take) with you.
98. The Internet makes_______________ (communicate) much easier.
99. If we keep on working hard, I’m sure our dream _____________(come) true. 100. Remember that you have to do something before others in order to be
___________(success).
八、短文填空根据短文内容及首字母提示，补全单词，使短文完整、通顺。

(10分)
There are many ways to measure(测量) how intelligent(聪明) we are. One of the most
p 101 ways is to complete an IQ test(智商测试)
Recently, a 10-year-old British student, Aahil Jouher, decided to take it. The r 102 were very surprising for him. Aahil got a high score of 162, making him one
of the youngest people in the world to get the highest score.
“ I didn’t e 103 to get that score. I just thought I’d get an average(平均) score,” said the little boy.
What’s even more surprising is that Aahil didn’t think he did very well on the test , saying : “ I could do
b 104 .
Only one percent of the people can get s 105 a high score. And only those with incredibly (难以置信地) high scores(the top 2 percent) get to become a member of Mensa(门萨), the largest and oldest IQ society in the world.
Today there are over 120, 000 m 106 of Mensa in 100 countries. The o 107 being 103 came from Britain and the youngest joined at the age of 2.
Mensa is famous a 108 the world, and is a symbol of intelligence(智商). Though the IQ test tries to measure(测量) intelligence, it may fail to accurately(精确地) measure it. This is b 109 tests are only about some topics. For example,
it often doesn’t test a person’s creativity(创造力) o 110 emotional intelligence(情商).
Maybe we teenagers should be serious about the test.
101. __________ 102. __________ 103. __________ 104. ___________ 105. __________
106. __________ 107. __________ 108. __________ 109. ___________ 110. __________
九、书面表达 (20分)
暑假即将来临，你们学校社团正在招募暑期环保爱心志愿者，李明准备报名参加。

请你帮他写一
短文必须包括以上所有要点, 并作适当发挥。

词数100 左右，开头结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

参考词汇：有条理的organized 额外的extra 塑料plastic 疾病disease 捐献donate 慈善charity 手术operation (n)
Dear principle
I’m Li Ming. I want to be a volunteer of the society of our school.
_____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________
I think I have the qualities to be a volunteer. I will be very happy if I can be
a member of our society.
Yours sincerely
Li Ming
听力材料及参考答案
一、听力部分
1-5 ABBBA 6-10 BCCAA 11-15 ABABA 16-20 BACAC
二、单项选择
21-25 DCDAD 26-30 CACAB 31-35 DBBAB 36-40 DCBBC
三、完形填空
41-45 BCADB 46-50 DCDBA 51-55 CACDB
四、阅读理解
56-60 BCADD 61-65 ACABB 66-70 DAACB
五、阅读表达
71. This fall term.
72. 40 percent
73. To make students have less work
74. More than 4 million(students)
75. Morality and law.
六、任务型阅读
76. Difference(s) 77. gentle 78. like 79. along 80. but
81. fathers 82. quiet 83. parties 84.. improved
85. taught
七、词汇运用
86. surveys 87. absent 88. managed 89. against
90. wisely
91. did come 92. polite 93. be thrown 94. has learned/learnt
95. yourselves
96. the most exciting 97. to take 98. communication 99. will come
100. successful
八、短文填空
101. popular 102. results 103. expect 104. better 105. such
106. members 107. oldest 108. around 109. because 110. or
九、书面表达
Dear principle
I’m Li Ming. I want to be a volunteer of the society of our school.
Let me introduce myself first. I’m well organized and always keep my things
in order. I’m helpful too. I never mind doing extra work for my class. As a result, I’m popular in my class.
I think I have developed a green lifestyle in my daily life. In order to save water, I always turn off the tap when I brush my teeth. And I also turn off the power when the TV or computer is not in use so that I can save power. I always take my own bags instead of plastic bags when shopping.
I used to donate books to children in poor areas. Last term I held a charity show for a child with a heart disease and raised enough money for his operation.
I think I have the qualities to be a volunteer. I will be very happy if I can be
a member of our society.
Yours sincerely
Li Ming。