江苏省扬州市一中2011-2012学年八年级英语下学期期中模拟考试试题三

某某省某某市一中2011-2012学年八年级英语下学期期中模拟考试
试题三
听力选择
一、听句子，选择适当的答语。

（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）
( )1. A. I hope you can. B. I’m afraid I can’t. C. I’m sorry I’m late.
( )2. A. It’s good for your eyes. B. That’s all right. C. What a good idea! ( )3. A. Thank you. J ust a little, please. B. Here you are.C. Don’t give me anything to eat.
( )4. A. Hello! That’s Mike. B. Yes, I am. C. Speaking.
( )5. A. Sometimes. B. For two hours C. Three weeks ago.
二、听句子，选择与所听句子意思一致的选项。

（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）
( )6. A. They were busy that day. B. They were very well that day.
C. They were pleased that day.
( )7. A. I go to school on foot. B. The school is far from my home.
C. It takes me a few minutes to walk to school.
( )8. A. The doctor usually es from work late.
B. The doctor worked hard yesterday. So he came back late.
C. It was late and the doctor had to walk home.
( )9. A. Everyone of you can have one apple. B. All of you can have one apple.
C. Nobody can have one apple.
( )10. A. Class is over. B. It’s time for school. C. It’s time for class.
三、听下面两段对话，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出可以回答问题的最佳答
案。

每段对话读两遍。

（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
听第一段对话，回答11-13小题。

11. How many times has Linda been to Beijing before?
A. She has been to Beijing many times.
B. She has never been to Beijing.
C. She has been to Beijing only once.
12. What is Linda probably doing now?
A. She is visiting the Great Wall.
B. She is traveling in the country.
C. She is listening to the weather report.
13. What season is it in Beijing when Linda stays here?
A. Summer.
B. Autumn.
C. Winter.
听第二段对话，回答第4-5题。

14. Who is calling? A.A taxi driver B.A taxi passenger(乘客) C.A truck driver
15. What does the policeman tell the man?
A. She tells him not to be too late.
B. She tells him to calm down and stay where they are.
C. She tells him to ask about the woman's name.
二笔试部分（满分110分）
二．选择填空（共30小题；每小题1分，满30分）
A：单项选择（共20小题；每小题1分，满20分）
( )1.Simon has________ the puter Club since last year.
A. joined
B. joined in
C. been in
D. a member of
( ) 2.Did you go to yesterday’s party? —No, I _______.
A. was invited
B. wasn’t invited
C. didn’t invited
D. hadn’t invite
( )3.It’s_________for us to kill wild animals because they are ________ .
A. harmless, harmful
B. harmless, harmless
C. harmful, harmless
D. harmful, harmful
( )4. We hope you ________ StarlightTown and see the changes yourself.
A. to visit
B. visiting
C. visit
D. will visit
( )5. His wife _____ to Singapore a few times, and now she ____there for a meeting.
A. has been...has been
B. has been...has gone
C. has gone...has gone
D. has gone.. has been
( )6. He always spends as much time as he can ______ in front of the puter.
A. sits
B. sit
C. sitting
D. to sit
( )7. Metal ______ making machines and many other things.
A. used to
B. is used for
C. is used as
D. is used to
( )8. He was seen to leave his office five minutes ago. He ____ be in the office now.
A. can't
B. mustn't
C. shouldn't
D. needn't
( )9．If you ___him tomorrow，please ask him if he____ to work on the farm with us．
A．see，goes B．will see，goes C．will see，will go D．see，will go ( )10. A: Can I _______ a book from you?
B: Certainly. But you mustn’t ______ it to others. And please remember you can only ______ it for a week.
A. borrow, lend, borrow
B. lend, borrow, keep
C. lend, lend, keep
D. borrow, lend, keep
( )11．The books written by Thomas __________out．They __________ well．
A．were selling；are sold B．have sold；are sold
C．has been sold；sell D．were sold；sold
( ) 12．They all seemed ____________ tired after the long journey．
A．be B．being C．to be D．was
( )13．Three years __________ since he came to our schoo1．
A．has past B．has passed C．have past D．have passed ( )14．Do you mind ______ me about your future plan?
A．talk with B．to tell C．telling D to talk with
( ) 15．It hasn’t rained for quite ____________ ．I hope it will rain tomorrow． A．sometimes B．some time C．some times D．sometime
( ) 16．The students were all tired，but _________ of them ___________ a rest． A．none, stopped to have B．none, stopped having
C．neither, stopped to have D．all , stopped to have
( ) 17．A boy _______ Tom _________ by a car yesterday.
A. was called, hit
B. called, was hit
C. was called, was hit
D. called,
hit
( )18．A: He didn’t go to school this morning，did he?
B: ___．Though he wasn’t feeling very well．
A. No，he didn’t
B. Yes，he did． C．No，he did D．Yes，he didn’t
( ) 19．Don’t get off the bus_____________ it has stopped．
A．after B．when C．if D．until
( )20. ________ useful knowledge you’ve got!
A. What
B. What a
C. How an
D. How a
B．完形填空（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
If you have problems doing something，what will you do? Give it up or go on with it? Put all your heart into it and forget what you can't do，you are 21 to succeed in the end．
Here is a story about Selma Lagerlof, the first woman writer to 22 the Nobel Prize．
There was something wrong with Selma Lagerlof's leg and she couldn't walk when she was 23 ．One day, she was traveling with her family by ship．She heard the captain had a very beautiful pet bird．She thought，"If I have a look at the bird，
24 it will be". Her mother decided to 25 the bird for her daughter．
A long time passed，but her mother didn't e back 26 ．The girl couldn't wait．She asked a waiter 27 her to the captain's room．The waiter started to walk. Something strange 28 ! With the waiter's help，the girl stood up slowly and began to walk! How much she wanted to see the bird! She 29 that she couldn't walk!
From that day on, Selma Lagerlof could walk．When she 30 ，she became a famous writer!
( )21．A．afraid B．sure C．true D．strange
( )22．A．beat B．make C．win D．copy
( )23．A．young B．old C．big D．small
( )24．A．how excited B．how small C．how wonderful D．what bright ( )25．A．give away B．look for C．look at D．look after ( )26．A．already B．yet C．either D．too
( )27．A．take B．taking C．takes D．to take
( )28．A．came B．started C．happened D．landed
( )29．A．found B．remembered C．forgot D．bought
( )30．A．grew up B．grew into C．grew out D．grew down
三．阅读理解（共10小题，每小题2分，满分20分）
A
John is an artist who does not have much money , but a very kind man. One day on his way home, he gave his last coins to a beggar(乞丐). When he saw another one , he forgot that he did not have any money. He asked the man to have lunch with him, and the beggar accepted , so they went into a small restaurant and had a good meal.
After the dinner ,John found he had no money at all. The beggar had to pay the bill. The artist was so sorry about this, so he said to the beggar , “ e home with me in a taxi , my friend , and I will give you the money for lunch.”
“Oh, no!” said the beggar answered quickly . “I had to pay for your lun ch, but I’m not going to pay for you again !”
( ) 1. On his way home , John forgot ____________.
A. to bring money with him
B. to buy the ticket
C. he had given all his money to a beggar
D. to have lunch
( )2 After the meal , __________________ paid the bill .
A. the artist
B. the beggar
C. a lady
D. no one
( )3. The artist invited the beggar to take the taxi home with him so that _______
A. the beggar could pay for the taxi home
B. he could pay the money in return for the meal he had had .
C. he could make friends with the beggar
D. they could trust each other .
B
A man was selling medicine at a fair (集市). At first he sold bottles of a cure(药剂) for colds for just a dollar a bottle.
Many people wanted to buy it and the man’s young assistant moved quickly through the crowd （人群）collecting money and handing out bottles of the cold cure. Then , when he had a big crowd , the man held up a very small bottle.
“And now , ladies and gentlemen,” he shouted, “ here is the medic ine you have been waiting for . The cure for old age . Drink just one bottle of this and you will live forever.”
“And , ladies and gentlemen,” the man continued, “I’m not going to charge(收费) you a hundred dollars a bottle for this wonderful medicine. I’m not going
to charge you fifty dollars a bottle. I’m not going to charge you twenty-five dollars a bottle. No, lad ies and gentlemen, I’m going to charge you just ten dollars a bottle. Think , my friends, for ten dollars you can live forever .”Most of the people in the crowd did not believe this .
One person shouted, “ If it will make you live forever , why don’t you drink it ?”
Another person cried, “Yes, you look as if you are at least sixty years old . ”“Thank you , sir, thank you ,” the man replied. “ I’m so glad you said that. My real age is three hundred and twenty –nine.”
The crowd laughed at this, but there were still a few people who wanted to believe the man . One of them spoke to the man’s assistant as she passed by . “Is that true ? ” he asked, “that he’s three hundred and twenty-nine?”
“Don’t ask me .” the assistant said, “I’ve only worked for him for a hundred and fifty years.”
( ) 4.What did the man sell at first ?
A. A cure for colds
B. Empty bottles
C. A cure for old age
D. A medicine that made people live forever.
( )5. Why didn’t the people believe the man was selling medicine that could cure old age?
A. The medicine was too cheap.
B. The medicine was too expenxive
C. He looked quite old himself
D. He didn’t look honest
( )6. How much did the man charge for the cure for old age?
A. One dollar a bottle
B. twenty-five dollars a bottle
C. Ten dollars a bottle
D. Fifty dollars a bottle
C
Weather has a strong effect（影响） on people . It influences （影响）health , intelligence （智力）, and feeling.
In August , it is very hot and wet in the southern part of the United States , southerners have heart （心）trouble and other kinds of health problems during this month . In the Northeast and the Middle West , it is very hot at some times
and very cold at other times . People in these states tend to （趋向）have heart trouble after the weather changes in February or March.
The weather can also influence intelligence , For example , in a 1983 study by scientists , the IQ scores of a group of undergraduate college students were very high during a hurricane （飓风）, but after the storm , their scores were 10 percent below . Hurricanes can increase（提高） intelligence . Very hot weather , on the other hand , can lower it . Students in many schools of United States often do badly on exams in the hot months of the year （July and August）.
Weather also has a strong influence on people’s feelings . Winter may be a bad time for thin people . They usually feel cold during these months . They feel depressed （沮丧）during cold weather . In hot summer weather , on the other hands , fat people may feel unhappy . At about 65 F, people bee str onger.
Low air pressure（压力） makes people feel free , but it also increases forgetfulness . People leave more bags and umbrellas on buses and in stores on low pressure days . There is a “perfect weather”for work and health . People feel best at a temperature of about 64 F with 65 percent humidity （湿度）. Are you feeling sick , sad , tired , forgetful , or very intelligent today ? The weather may be the reason.
( )7. ______ can have a bad effect on health.
A. Hot and wet weather
B. Perfect weather
C. Weather changes
D. High intelligence
( )8. Intelligence may increase during _____.
A. a rain
B. a hurricane
C. makes people angry
D. low air pressure
( ) 9. In “perfect weather”of 64 F , _______.
A. people are very forgetful
B. people do their work badly
C. thin people feel cold
D. people are in better health
( )10. The writer wants to tell us that ______.
A. hot and cold weather influences all people the same way
B. weather influences people’s lives
C. there is perfect kind of weather for people’s work and health
D. Intelligence quotient （IQ）never changes during weather changes 四．根据句意及首字母填空（共12小题；每小题1分，满分12分）
1. He had some interesting _______（经历）while travelling in Japan.
2. People have_______（意识到）pollution has bee a serious problem.
3. Nowadays, more and more students choose to study _______（国外）after they finish
high school.
4. I drank much coffee while working in the daytime that I couldn’t fall_____(睡
觉) last night.
5. Look! The children are singing and dancing with _______（高兴）．
6. Your file can be used any time after it____________ (save).
7. I have visited many interesting places in Beijing,_________(包括) the Great Wall.
8. A dog should be ________(系) when you are walking it outside.
9. I’m afraid you can’t pass this level because you answered it __________(correct).
10. I think Jim is the _______（幸运）one of the two boys.
11. Our government pays for e___________for us secondary school students.
12. Betty’s parents love each other and they have a happy m_________.
五．短文填词（共10小题：每小题1分，满分10分）
In l_______English, one should first pay attention (注意)to listening and speaking. It is the roundwork of reading and w_____. You’d better try your best to speak while you do much listening. Don’t be afraid of m______ mistakes. But be careful not to let them stop you f______ improving (提高) your English. While you are doing this ,a good way to write—keep a diary, write notes or letters, then if you can, ask some others to go through what you have w______and tell you where it is wrong. Many mistakes in your speaking will be easily f_____ when you write. Through c________ the mistakes, you can do b______ in learning English. If you are slow in speaking, don’t worry. One of the h______ways is reading, either aloud or to yourself. The important thing is to choose something interesting to read. It mustn’t be too difficult for you. When you are reading in this way, don’t stop to look up the words if you can guess their m_______ when they have nothing important
to do with the sentence. You can do that some other time.
六．句子翻译（共6小题，每小题3分，满分18分）
1．这些工厂过去常常污染环境并带来许多严重问题。

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2．这个戏院是上个世纪建造的，是吗？
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3．她的丈夫来这个城市多久了? 两年半。

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4．那部有意义的电影已经结束半小时了。

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5．当孩子们看见这么多鲸时，他们忍不住激动地尖叫。

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6．一位十八岁的女孩将扮演这部电影的主人公。

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七．书面表达（共1题，满分20分）
根据所给提示，以How to learn English为题，写一篇不少于70字的短文。

1. 你的好友林明是初二（9）班的学生，学习英语已将近5年；
2. 过去喜欢电脑游戏，上课不认真，作业马虎, 对学习不感兴趣；
3. 学习英语遇到很多困难，记不住生词和课文，不理解语法，英语成绩不理想；
4. 家长生气着急，自己也担忧；
4. 在老师和同学的帮助和鼓励下，通过自己的努力，提高了英语成绩；
5. 目前是班中英语学得最好的学生之一；
6. 谈谈自己的感受.
初二英语期中试卷标准答案和评分标准
听力
１－５BCACA ６－１０ＣＣＢＡＣ１１－１５ＢＡＢＡＢ
单项选择：1*30
1-5CBCDB 6-10CBADD 11-15DCBCB 16-20ABBDA 21-25BCACB 26-30BDCCA
阅读理解2*10
CBB ACC ABDB
1.短文填词
learning writing making from written found correcting better helpful meanings
作文：1*20(略)
初二英语期中听力材料和答案
一、1. Hi, Li Ping. Can you go skating with me? (B)
2. Let’s watch TV instead of reading a book. (C)
3. Would you like some chicken? (A)
4. Hello! Is that Jim? (C)
5. How often do you go to the cinema? (A)
二、1. Mr Green and Mrs Green were happy that day. (C)
2. My school is about ten minutes on foot. (C)
3. The doctor came home from work late yesterday. (B)
4. You can have one apple each. (A)
5. Oh, there goes the bell. We’d better go into the classroom. (C)
三M: Linda, I don’t think you have been here before, have you?
W: No, I’ve tr aveled a great deal in the country. But this is the first time to e to Beijing.
M: I hope that you like it here.
W: I’m sure I enjoy it. I’ve heard a lot about the Great Wall and I’ve been eager to visit it for ages. So I’m glad my dream has finall y e true.
M: We’d love to take you to go sightseeing.
W: That’s great. Thank you. By the way, what’s the weather usually like this time of the year?
M: It’s usually warm and sunny. It seldom rains. It is the best season of the year in Beijing.
W: So I’ve e here at the right time.
M: I guess you have.
四、W: Hello. This is the police station.
M:Help! Help! Please help me.
W:Yes,sir. Please keep calm and tell me what is happening.
M: My car has broken down on the way. I have a lady passenger,and she’s in danger.
W: Now relax,sir. Tell me exactly where you are.
M: I’m..I’m on No.5 Freeway.
W: Ok, What’s your name ,sir? And what’s your passenger’s?
M:It’s..it’s Bob,but I have no idea about the woman.
W:Ok,please keep calm and wait a minute.
M:Ok,please hurry. Don’t be late.。