江苏省扬州市八年级英语第一学期期末考试试卷

扬州中学教育集团树人学校2012-2013学年第一学期期末考试试卷
八年级英语
（满分：140分；考试时间：110分钟）
（友情提醒：请将第I卷答案填涂在答题卡上，第II卷答案写在答题纸上，否则无效）
第Ⅰ卷（80分）
一、听力部分（共20小题；每小题1分，计20分）
第一部分听对话回答问题（计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，你仍有5秒钟时间选择你认为最合适的备选答案。

在听“嘀”的信号后，进入小一小题。

( )1. Which picture are they talking about?
A. B. C.
( )2. What is their favourite animal?
A. B. C.
( )3. What is the girl going to be when she grows up?
A. B. C.
( )4. How does Linda’s father go to work every day?
A. B. C.
( )5. Where are they now?
A. On the way to a town
B. In a village
C. In a town
( )6. Who did Millie vote for?
A. Sandy
B. Andy
C. Simon
( )7. Who did Mr. Smith want to talk to?
A. Kate’s brother
B. Kate’s father
C. Kate
( )8. How long does the girl want to stay at school every day?
A. For about 5 hours.
B. For about 6 hours.
C. For about 7 hours. ( )9. How many points did Daniel score?
A. 90
B. 85
C. 80
( )10. Where will the woman go tomorrow if it is fine?
A. The park.
B. The zoo.
C. The Great Wall.
B．根据所听的对话或独白选择正确答案，每段材料听两遍。

听第一段对话，回答11至12小题。

( )11. Where are they talking?
A. At home
B. In the kitchen.
C. Outside the house. ( )12. What would Amy like?
A. Coke.
B. Coke and a tomato sandwich.
C. Coke and a chicken sandwich.
听一篇短文，回答第13-15小题。

请根据内容从A、B、C三个选项中选择正确的选项，
( )14. A. In the stadium B. In the square C. On the playground ( )15. A. No. 3 B. No. 5 C. No.7
听一篇短文，回答16—20小题。

( )16. When did the story happen?
A. In the morning.
B. In the afternoon.
C. In the evening.
( )17. Where was Mr Martin sitting?
A.Far from the door.
B. Behind the door.
C. Near the door.
( )18. How much time earlier did Mr Martin come to the teahouse than the two young persons?
A. An hour.
B. Half an hour.
C. A quarter of an hour. ( )19. Why did Mr Martin let the young man and the young woman sit together?
A. He wanted to get to know them.
B. He thought they were friends.
C. He didn’t like to sit between young people.
( )20. What was the relationship between the young man and the young woman?
A. Friends.
B. Husband and wife.
C. Strangers(陌生人).
二、单项选择（共15小题；每小题1分,计15分）
在下列各题A、B、C、D四个选项中选择一个能填入题干空白处的最佳答案.
( )21.----Look, there is a lot of litter in the river.
----Yes, people say that 80 per cent of fish in this river ________ live long.
A. doesn’t
B. don’t
C. isn’t
D. aren’t
( )22. ----Is she a hard-working student?
----Yes, she is. She studies ______. She is also good at PE. She runs
very______.
A. hardly; fastly
B. hard; fast
C. hardly; fast
D.
hard; fastly
( )23. ----Now lots of teenagers spend a lot of time playing computer games.
----Yes. Teachers and their parents should prevent them ______________ too much.
A. to play
B. play
C. plays
D.
playing
( )24. I don’t know if it _________ tomorrow. We won’t go shopping if it
____________.
A. will rain; rains
B. rains; will rain
C. will rain; will rain
D. rains; rains
( )25. ----Is she _______________ in Geography?
----No, she isn’t. She shows no ______________ in this subject.
A. interesting; interested
B. interested; interested
C. interested; interest
D. interest; interesting
( )26. The sentence structure of “Teachers ask me to finish the homework on time”
is _______.
A. S+V+DO
B. S+V+IO+DO
C. S+V+DO+OC
D. S+V+P
( )27.----How soon will the rain stop ? ----____________.
A. Half an hour ago
B. Until tomorrow afternoon
C. For half an hour
D. Not until tomorrow afternoon
( )28. Many birds are out of ________ now, because we have done a lot of things to protect _______ birds.
A. dangerous; endangered
B. danger; dangerous
C. endangered; danger
D. danger; endangered
( )29. ----The birdwatching is very boring, isn’t it? ----___________ . I only
see few birds.
A. Yes, it isn’t
B. Yes, it is.
C. No, it is.
D. No, it isn’t.
( )30. animals are in danger and there will be space for them if we don’t
take any actions.
A. More and more, more and more
B. Less and less, less and less
C. More and more, less and less
D. Less and less, more and
more
( )31. I find this Math problems very ________. I believe students can work it
out _______.
A. easily; easy
B. easy; easily
C. easily; easily
D. easy; easy
( )32.I don’t have to live in the hotel ____ my friend provides a very good
place for me.
A. because
B. if
C. until
D. because of
( )33. Chinese becomes one of the world’s ________________.
A. the most important language
B. the most important languages
C. most important language
D. most important languages
( )34.Don’t go too far, _____ you might lose your wa y. It’s not easy to find you in the crowds.
A. so
B. or
C. but
D. and
( )35.How_________the garbage smells！You’d better throw it away.
A. badly
B. wonderful
C.wonderfully
D. bad
三、完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分,计15分）
阅读下列短文,从文后各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案.
Jim Green is in China for more than two years. He has been to many interesting 36 in Beijing, but he has not yet been to many other parts of 37 . Last week he went to Mount Emei in Sichuan with his 38 .
Many people like to travel by 39 , but the Greens think that travelling by train is the best. It is much 40 and far more enjoyable than a rushed journey by air. They had a wonderful train ride to Chengdu 41 they went on to Mount Emei by bus.
The train was quite nice and tidy, and there weren’t too many p eople in 42 sleeping car. The Greens could stand up and 43 around. It was a long journey, 44 none of them felt tired. They kept 45 the beautiful things out of the window. They talked, laughed and played cards. The conductor kept coming to give them hot water and 46 them newspapers. People nearby 47 with each other.
A young man tried to speak English with Mr and Mrs Green. Jim thought the train was like a big moving party. He went to sleep quite 48 . He enjoyed listening to the sound of the running train and then fell asleep.
When Jim woke up the next morning, the train was already 49 Chengdu. His train ride seemed really 50 , but his memory (记忆) of the pleasant journey will last long.
( )36. A. schools B. places C. villages D. cities
( )37. A. England B. America C. China D. the world
( )38. A. friends B. classmates C. father D. family
( )39. A. air B. bus C. train D. ship
( )40. A. cheaper B. dearer C. dirtier D. quicker
( )41. A. before B. when C. after D. while
( )42. A. my B. your C. our D. their
( )43. A. sit B. walk C. run D. dance
( )44. A. and B. so C. also D. but
( )45. A. looking B. drawing C. watching D. getting ( )46. A. reading B. buying C. selling D. writing
( )47. A. talked B. spoke C. told D. said
( )48. A. early B. late C. easily D. hard
( )49. A. beside B. to C. past D. near
( )50. A. quick B. slow C. short D. long
四、阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分,计30分)
阅读下列内容,从每小题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案.
(A)
( )51. If you want to book a ticket to Sydney Tower, you can't _______.
A. email sydneytower @ hotmail, corn
B. fax 02 9333 9203
C. search www. sydneytower, com. au
D. call 02 9333 9222
( )52. Last Saturday, Johnson went to visit Sydney Tower. He had to get down the tower____.
A. after 11:30 pm
B. before 11:30 pm
C. at 10:30 pm
D.
by 10:30 pm
( )53. The passage above is probably______
A. a piece of news
B. a conversation
C. a story
D. an
advertisement
(B)
A tired man came home from work very late. He found his 5-year-old son waiting for him at the door.
“Daddy, how much money do you make an hour?”
“If you must know, I make $ 20 an hour.”
“Oh,” the little boy replied, with his hea d down. He thought for a moment, looked up and said, “Daddy, could you lend me $10?”
The father was furious, “If you ask for the money to buy a toy or some other rubbish, then go straight to your room and think about why you are being so selfish （自私的）!”
The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door. After about an hour or so, the father calmed down, and started to think, “Maybe he really needs to buy something and he didn’t really ask for money very often. “ So he went to the little boy’s ro om.
“Sorry! Maybe I was too impolite to you just now. “said the man,” Here’s $10.”
“Oh, thank you, Daddy!” he said happily. Then, the boy took out some coins. When the father found that the boy already had some money, he got angry again.
“Why do you want more money since you already have some?” the father shouted angrily.
“Because I didn’t have enough, but now I do.”the little boy replied, “Daddy, I have $ 20 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow.
I would like to have dinner with you.”
( )54. In this passage, the word “furious” means .
A. very angry
B. quite happy
C. too excited
D.
a little nervous
( )55. At first, the father refused to lend the boy any money because .
A. the boy always borrowed money from him
B. he did not have enough money at that moment
C. he thought the boy would buy something of no use
D. he thought the boy wanted to keep the money for himself
( )56. The boy wanted to buy with twenty dollars.
A. a new book for himself
B. a nice present for his
father
C. a toy for his own birthday
D. an hour of his
father’s time
( )57. From the passage, we can infer(推断) that the boy’s father .
A. often played with his son
B. spent little time
with his son
C. didn’t love his son at all
D. often came back
home early
(C)
At noon the rush hour passed. There were few guests (顾客) in the snack bar. It was not crowded. When the boss was about to take a break to read a newspaper, in came an old lady and a little boy.
“How much money is a bowl of beef soup?” the grandma sat down, counted the money in her purse and ordered a bowl of beef soup. The grandma pushed the bowl to the little boy, who swallowed (吞咽) his saliva (口水), looking at his grandma and saying, “Grandma, did you really have lunch?” “Of course.” His grandma chewed (咀嚼) a piece of radish (萝卜泡菜) slowly. Very quickly, the little boy ate up the meal.
Seeing this, the boss went over to them and said, “Old lady, congratulations, you are lucky to have the free food, for you are our 100th guest.”
Afterwards, over a month or more, one day, the small boy squatted (蹲) across the snack bar, where he seemed to be counting something, which shocked the boss when he happened to look out of his office window.
When the small boy saw a guest walk into the snack bar, he would put a small stone into the circle he drew, but the lunch time had almost passed, the small stones he put into the circle were hardly 50.
The boss was quite worried and called up all his old guests. The guests started coming one after another.
“81, 82, 83…” the small boy counted faster and faster. At last, when the 99th small stone was put into the circle, the little boy hurried to pull his grandma’s hand and went into the snack bar.
“Grandma, this time it’s on me,” the little boy said proudly. The grandma who became the real 100th guest was served a bowl of beef soup by her grandson. As his grandma as before, the little boy chewed a piece of radish in his mouth.
( )58. Grandma ordered only one bowl of beef soup because ________.
A. Grandma only liked radish
B. Grandma didn’t like beef soup
C. Grandma loved her grandson more than herself
D. There was only one bowl of beef soup left in the snack bar at that time
( )59. What do you think of the boss of the snack bar?
A. Impatient.
B. Warm-hearted.
C. Very rich.
D.
Hard-working.
( )60. Why did the boy put the small stones into the circle he drew?
A. He played games with his friends.
B. The boss asked the boy to count the guests.
C. He wanted to get the free beef soup for his grandma.
D. He only wanted to know the number of the small stones.
( )61. Which can be the best title of the passage?
A. The 100th guest
B. A snack bar
C. A boy counting stones
D. A poor grandma
(D)
Water is all around us. Water is in the ocean(海洋). Water is in the lakes and rivers. Water is in the air. There is more water than land on the earth. All things must have water to live. The plants must have it. The animals must have it. We must have it, too. We cannot live without drinking water. Sometimes, there can be too much water in the land. If it rains very, very hard, the rain water will run down the hills. It takes some of the land with it when it runs down the hills. It is called erosion when the water takes the land away.
Water on the earth will never be used up. It goes from the ocean to the air to make clouds. Then, it falls from the clouds down to the land. It runs off the land and out to the ocean again. The clouds in the air are made from water. Sometimes the water falls down from the clouds. It makes rain. The rain falls onto the land.
Some of it goes into the ground. Some of it washes down and goes back into the ocean.
Some water that is not rain or snow falls down from the clouds. Some of this water is sleet(雨夹雪). The sleet is made of little pieces of ice. Some water that is not rain or snow or sleet falls down from the clouds. Some of this water is hail(冰雹).The hail is made of ice balls.
( )62. There is_________on the earth according to (根据)the passage.
A. more plants than animals
B. more water than land
C. more rain than snow
D. more air than water
( )63. Which of the following is not made of water?
A. Snow.
B. Sleet
C. Hail
D. Land
( )64. Erosion in the passage means______________.
A.地震
B. 雪崩
C.侵蚀
D.霜冻
( )65. Which of the following shows the water cycle (循环)?
A. water from the ocean→air→clouds→rain→land→ocean
B. water in the air→clouds→rain→land→hail
C. water in the clouds→snow→land→ocean
D. rain→land→river→ocean→storm
第Ⅱ卷（60分）
五、词汇运用（共10小题；每小题1分，计10分）
根据句子意思，用括号中所给汉语提示或英语单词的适当形式填空，在答案卡标有题号的横线上，写出空缺处所填单词的正确形式。

（每空一词）
66. The cost of the trip is thirty yuan per person, (包括) food .
67. The weather report says the _________ (温度）will be over 32.
68. My car _________(坏) down on the way because of the cold weather.
69. I’m sure your cousins can do these exercises _________. (自己)
70.Eleven cousins of an American family had their ________ (胃) removed to save their lives .
71. The singer is not popular now, and his songs are _________ (popular), either.
72. It was ________(terrible) cold yesterday. Maybe it will snow tomorrow.
73. ________ (drop) litter carelessly in the schoolyard is bad manners.
74. It’s impossible for such a little boy to catch a snake _________ (live).
75. The _______ (lose) of living areas is not good news for wolves .
六、任务型阅读 (共10空；每空1分，计10分)
阅读下列短文，根据短文中的信息完成文后表格。

（每空一词）
Milu deer (麋鹿), a kind of animal with large horns (角), used to be common in China long ago. Like other deer, they lived together and ate grass and the soft parts of trees. People often killed Milu deer for food or sport. The Ming and Qing dynasties (朝代) did not protect them and killed many. That is how the Milu deer disappeared(消失) from China.
Luckily, before all of them lost their lives, someone took some deer to Britain to improve the environment of the beautiful park which belonged to the Duke of Bedford (贝德福特公爵). He liked them so much that he took them from China to Britain. Milu deer liked the cool, wet weather in England and their number increased year by year. As a result, when in 1985, the government of China wanted to bring back the Milu deer, the Duke of Bedford was able to help. The first deer came back to China to the Nanhaizi Milu park 20 kilometers south of Beijing and the centre in Dafeng, Jiangsu Province.
The deer certainly seem happy to be back in China because their number has grown quickly. There are now so many of them that people have opened a new center for them in Hubei Province. At the moment the Milu deer live in centres where people protect and care for them. We hope that one day there will be enough animals to
根据短文内容和首字母提示，在下文空格处填入适当的词使短文完整。

在答题纸标有题号的横线上，完整写出空缺处所填单词的正确形式。

（每空一词）
My mother had an accident last Thursday. She was trapped in her c 86 for 20 minutes!
It was a cold day. And the s 87 was heavy. She was driving home f 88 work at nine p.m. As there was snow on the road, she drove very slowly. But u 89 , the car broke down suddenly. She couldn’t s 90 it. And what was worse, she couldn’t open the door. She f 91 very helpless and didn’t know what to do. So she telephoned my father with her mobile. But my father happened to(碰巧) be in a 92 city. There were f 93 people on the road and the snow c 94 to fall around her car. She had to call 110 for help. Two policemen arrived in a h 95 . They tried many ways to open the door. And my mother came back home in their police car in the end. She gave us a surprise!
八、书面表达（计30分）
A）句子翻译（共5小题, 每题2分，计10分）
将下列句子译成英语，并将所译句子写在答题纸上标有题号的横线上。

96.昨天他们计划参观名胜古迹而不是呆在家里。

________________________________________________________________________ 97.天气预报说下星期将有大雪。

________________________________________________________________________ 98.中国政府正在尽力为我们提供舒适的居住地。

________________________________________________________________________ 99.我们在铲雪的时候, 那些士兵在给当地居民分发食物。

________________________________________________________________________ 100. 假如我们不采取措施保护大熊猫，那么他们的数量就会越来越少。

________________________________________________________________________
B）作文（计20分）
党的十八大提出，要大力加强生态文明建设，我们中学生应该怎么办呢？请根据下列要点提示写一篇题为Protecting Our Nature的作文，字数100字左右。

要点：
1. 以前我们有蓝天白云，地上有大量的各类动、植物。

2. 现在我们看到人们不断地砍伐，导致经常发生自然灾害。

人们猎杀许多动物，有的动物人们已经见不到了。

3. 我们应该做一些事情来保护自然，关爱自己。

例如……让人们与自然和睦相处。

扬州中学教育集团树人学校2012-2013学年第一学期期末考试试卷 八年级英语答题纸 2013.1. 25 第Ⅰ卷答案填涂在答题卡上 （第II 卷60分） 五、词汇应用 （每空一词；共10题；每小题1分，计10分） 66.__________67.____________68._____________69._____________ 70._____________ 71.__________72.____________73._____________74._____________ 75._____________ 六、任务型阅读（每空一词，共10题；每小题1分，计10分）76.____________77.____________78.____________79.____________ 80._____________ 81.____________82.____________83.____________84.____________ 85._____________ 七、缺词填空。

（每空一词，共10题；每小题1分，计10分） 86.__________87.____________88._____________89._____________ 90._____________ 91.__________92.____________93._____________94._____________ 95._____________ 八、书面表达（30分） （A ）完成句子 根据中文意思，完成下列句子，词数不限。

（10分） 96. 昨天他们计划参观名胜古迹而不是呆在家里。

____________________________________________________________________ 97. 天气预报说下星期将有大雪。

____________________________________________________________________ 98. 中国政府正在尽力为我们提供舒适的居住地。

____________________________________________________________________ 99. 我们在铲雪的时候， 那些士兵在给当地居民分发食物。

____________________________________________________________________ 100. 假如我们不采取措施保护大熊猫， 那么他们的数量就会越来越少。

____________________________________________________________________ (B) 作文（计20分）
…………………密……………封……………线……………内……………不……………准……………答……
………题…………………… 南门街校区 初二（ ）班 姓名____________ 学号________
党的十八大提出，要大力加强生态文明建设，我们中学生应该怎么办呢？请根据下列要点提示写一篇题为Protecting Our Nature的作文，字数100字左右。

要点：
1. 以前我们有蓝天白云，地上有大量的各类动、植物。

2. 现在我们看到人们不断地砍伐，导致经常发生自然灾害。

人们猎杀许多动物，有的动物人们已经见不到了。

3. 我们应该做一些事情来保护自然，关爱自己。

例如……让人们与自然和睦相处。

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八年级英语答案
一、听力
1-5 CCBBA 6-10 CBBCC 11-15 CBBAA 16-20 ACCBC
二、单选题
21-25 BBDAC 26-30 CDDBC 31-35 BADBD
三、完形填空
36-40 BCDAA 41-45 ADBDC 46-50 CABDC
四、阅读理解
(A)51-53 ABD (B)54-57 ACDB (C)58-61 CBCA (D)62-65 BDCA
五、词汇运用
66.including 67.temperature 68.broke 69.themselves
70.stomachs
71.unpopular 72.terribly 73.Dropping 74.alive 75.loss
六、任务型阅读
76. large/big 77. Ming 78. no/few 79. British 80. more
81. 1985 82. China 83. food 84. cool 85. wild
七、缺词填空
86. car 87. snow 88. from 89. unluckily 90. start
91. felt 92. another 93. few 94. continued 95. hurry
八、书面表达
(A) 完成句子
96. They planned to visit some places of interest instead of staying at home yesterday.
97. The weather report says there will be a heavy snow / it will snow heavily next week.
98. The Chinese government is trying to provide the comfortable living place for us.
99. When we were removing the snow, those soldiers were handing out food to local people.
100. If we don’t take action to protect giant pandas, the number of them will become smaller and smaller.
(B) 作文（略）。