南通如皋市实验初中2017 2018八年级上学期期中考试英语试题含答案

.如皋实验初中2017～2018学年第一学期期中考试八年级英语试卷（本试卷满分100分，考试时间100分钟）第Ⅰ卷（选择题共55分）一、听力部分（共20小题，每小题1分，共20分）A．听对话，选择问题的正确答案。

每段对话听两遍。

( ) 1. Which is the boy's favourite animal?A. B. C.( ) 2. What will the woman buy?A. B. C.( ) 3. How will the woman go to Dalian?A. B. C.( ) 4. What does the boy often do after school?A. B. C.( ) 5. Who studies the most subjects?A. Helen.B. David.C. Tom and Susan.( ) 6. When will they start?A. At 7 o'clock.B. At 7:30.C. At 6:30.( ) 7. How long does the boy spend at school every day?C. Seven hours. B. Nine hours. A. Eight hours. ;..( ) 8. Where are they?A. In a supermarket.B. In a bookshop.C. In a restaurant.( ) 9. How often does Andrew attend DIY lessons?A. Once a week.B. Twice a week.C. Every day.( ) 10. Why did John come home late?A. Because he did his homework at school.B. Because he played on the way.C. Because his bike was broken on the way.B．听对话或短文，选择正确答案。

每段对话或短文听两遍。

听一段对话，完成11—12 小题。

( ) 11. Which subject is Tom weak in?A. English.B. Maths.C. History.( ) 12. What place are they going to visit?A. Guangzhou.B. Guilin.C. Suzhou.听第一篇短文，完成13—15小题。

根据短文内容，选择合适答案完成信息记录表。

trip for this weekend13 Kate and Peter Planning ato 14 going Weather reportto be cold and cloudy. It's going Friday isFriday night.Saturday and Sunday are going to be clear, cold and sunny.wonderful to have a are FeelingThey are excited. They going.15 weekend in theC. skating B. skiing ) 13. A. swimming (C. blow B. snow ) 14. A. rain () 15. A. mountains( B. rivers C. forests小题。

16—20听第二篇短文，完成) 16. Where is Kitty from? (C. Shanghai. B. Beijing.A. Nantong.) 17. Whose computer is Kitty using? (C. Her uncle's. B. Her own. A. Daniel's.;..( ) 18. How much time does Daniel have for lunch?A. One hour.B. Two hours.C. Three hours.( ) 19. Why does Kitty have less time studying?A. Because she has to look after her brother.B. Because she spends much time playing computer games.C. Because she has to help her parents in the fields.( ) 20. Which club does Kitty want to join?A. The Reading Club.B. The Buddy Club.C. The Helping Hands Club.二、单项选择（本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分）( ) 21. —I think French is ________ unimportant subject.—I don't think so. It is ________ useful tool when we talk with some foreigners.A. a; anB. an; aC. a; aD. an; an( ) 22. Daniel had one month ________ last summer and he took a course_______ DIY.A. off; inB. for; aboutC. in; inD. away; about( ) 23. Miss Tang has no ________ of time. She is often late for meetings.A. interestB. ideaC. senseD. plan( ) 24. —Don't you think there are too many cars in our city？—I really think so. If there are ________ people driving, there will be________ noise.A.less ;lessB. fewer ; fewerC. less ; fewerD. fewer ; less( ) 25. You look so tired. You'd better ________ some music.A. to stop to listen toB. to stop listening toC. stop to listen toD. stop listening to( ) 26. Nanjing isn't so large ________ Shanghai. But, it's the second ________ city in East China.A. like; largestB. as; largestC. like; largeD. as; large( ) 27. There's a coffee shop on one side of the river and a restaurant on ________.A. anotherB. any otherC. the otherD. the others( ) 28. The light on the wall is broken. He wants to ________ a new one.D. put downC. put on B. put in A. put up;..( ) 29. ________ Ms. Zhou ________ Mr. Li is humorous. They are popular among us students.A. Both; andB. Not; butC. Either; orD. Not only; but also( ) 30. —Please don't tell anybody about this, Linda.—________.A. OK, I will.B. No, I don't.C. OK, I won't.D. Sorry to hear that.三、完型填空（本题共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）Umbrellas are useful in daily life. On rainy days, many people hold them to prevent (阻挡) the 31 .But it's not 32 to hold an umbrella if there is heavy rain and strong wind. And it's harder to make a phone call or ride a bike 33 an umbrella in the hand. An American named Alan Kaufman and his company34 six years inventing (发明) a hand-free umbrella. 35 , they made it.They called it Nubrella. Just touch a button (按钮), and the Nubrella will open 36 . With the help of the “shoulder support”, the umbrella can rest on the user's 37 . So the user needn't hold the umbrella any more.He can walk with hands 38 even in the strong wind.The hand-free umbrella is 59.94 dollars each. People all around the world like it very much. 39 of this smart invention, they can use their phones to talk and send short messages in the rain now. 40 in the rainunder a Nubrella is really cool, isn't it?( ) 31. A. snow B. water C. sun D. iceD. important ) 32. A. interesting C. comfortable B. easy (C. with( ) 33. A. by D. at B. without( ) 34. A. spent D. cost B. took C. paid( D. At least ) 35. A. At first B. At last C. At mostC. nearly (D. mostly ) 36. A. easily B. hardly( ) 37. A. feetD. arms B. legsC. shouldersC. difficult (D. good ) 38. A. free B. busyB. Because D. So ) 39. A. Instead (C. AsB. Flying D. SingingC. Walking( ) 40. A. Lying四、阅读理解（本题共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）( A );..( ) 41. The text is mainly about how to________.A. be a careful driverB. buy MTR ticketsC. be a good passengerD. keep safe at home( ) 42. People who will get on the train should________.A. wait in lineB. open the doorC. ask for helpD. leave the seats( ) 43. When you hear a “beep”sound, ________.A. close the doorB. rush onto the trainC. get off the train at onceD. stop and wait for the next train( ) 44. Which picture shows the good behavior on the train according to the text?) 45. The text is probably a________.(D. poemC. diary B. notice A. report( B )is father were walking in the mountains. Suddenly the boy fell, hurt himself, and cried, “Ah!”A boy and hTo his surprise, he heard the voice repeating, somewhere in the mountain, “Ah!”Then the boy shouted. “Who;..are you?”He received the answer, “Who are you?”He got angry at the answer, so he shouted, “Foolish (愚蠢的)!”He received the answer, “Foolish!”He looked at his father and asked, “What's going on?”His father smiled and said, “My son, listen.”And then he shouted to the mountain, “I love you!”The voice answered, “I love you!”Again the manshouted, “You are the best!”The voice answered, “You are the best!”The boy was surprised, but did not understand. Then the father explained, “People call this ‘Echo', butreally this is life. It gives you back everything you say or do. Our life is just a reflection of what we have )(反映done. If you want more love in the world, have more love in your heart. If you want to be successful, work hard. This can be used in everything in life. Life will give you back everything you have given to it.”( ) 46. At first the boy cried because ________.A. he hurt himself and felt badB. he wanted to give himself a surpriseD. he hoped his father would help himC. he felt it was so quiet in the mountain( ) 47. The father shouted to the mountain to ________.A. find out who was repeating his voiceB. play a joke on other people in the mountainC. show more examples to his son before giving him the answerD. let his son know whose voice was louder.. The underlined word “Echo”means a kind of ________ ) 48 (D. songC. sound A.wind B. colour( ) 49. According to the article, if we want good friends, we should ________.A. do everything for othersB. give things to othersC. be friendly to othersD.work hard ( ) 50. From the story we know _________.A. the boy didn't like others' voice at allB. the father had his own way to teach his sonC. it is not polite to repeat others' voiceD. the boy and his father were very tired(C)How important is shopping to you? How much time do you spend buying things? In the future, how much time will you spend in movie theaters, at shopping malls, or at convenience stores? When you add itall up, you will probably see you spend a lot of your life consuming（消费）things. Consuming products is;..not bad. However, if we spend too much time doing it, we should look at it carefully.Imagine(想象）that you have a week off from school. However, in this week, you cannot spend any money ----- no shopping, no movies, no eating out. How would you spend your time? What things wouldbring you happiness? Perhaps you would take a walk with your best friend. Perhaps you would help a childread. Or you might spend time with your family.When we look back, it is likely that non-consuming experiences(经历) like these will be our most important memories(记忆). Why? Non-consuming activities are active. They don't come in a package(包裹). You make the experience yourself. For example, each person who reads to a child will have a differentexperience. The experience changes with the reader, the child, and the book. However, if you watch a movie with a friend, you will each have a packaged experience.Now we have lots of such packaged experiences. We feel that we must consume because we believe that buying is doing. However, we can start a personal revolution(变革) against consumerism. How? Byconsuming less. We can ask ourselves what experiences bring us the greatest satisfaction. Then we can organize(组织) our lives so that we have more of those kinds of experiences.( ) 51. If consuming products takes too much time, we should ________.A. spend less moneyB. think about it carefullyD. go to the convenience stores C. organize our things( ) 52. According to the passage, the writer believes that ________.A. we can say no to consumerism by consuming lessB. buying things can bring us the greatest satisfactionC. the environment seldom influences our shopping choicesD. consuming experiences will be our most important memories( ) 53. The words “those kinds of experiences”in the last sentences means ________.A. consuming experiencesB. Packaged experiencesD. Experiences that bring us great satisfactionC. Non-consuming experiences( ) 54. What is the writer's main purpose(目的) in writing this passage?A. To tell why people need shopping.B. To ask people to have more active experiences.C. To introduce some ways of enjoying our spare time.;..D. To share his personal experience in consuming products.( ) 55. Which may be the best title of this article?A. Buying is doing?B. How to consume lessD. How can we spend our life?B. Consume experiences第Ⅱ卷（非选择题共45分）五、词汇（本题共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）A.请根据括号中的中文提示、英文释义或句意，写出句中所缺单词，使句子通顺。