嘉兴市嘉善一中等五校2013-2014学年第一学期期中联考
八年级英语试卷
命题学校：海宁市第一初中
听力部分（20分）
一、听力（本题有15小题，第一、二节每小题1分，第三节每小题2分, 满分20分）
第一节：听小对话，请从A、B、C三个选项中选择符合对话内容的图片。
1. How does her father go to work?
A. B. C.
2. What’s the boy’s problem?
A. B . C
3. What didn’t the man visit last week?
A. B. C.
4. Which ball does Li Lei often play?
A. B. C.
5. What’s the girl’s favorite animal?
A. B. C.
第二节：听长对话，回答问题
听下面一段较长的对话，回答第6—7两小题。
6. How does the girl feel now?
A. sad. B. tired C. bored
7. What does she need to do?
A. She needs to eat something. B. She needs to sleep. C. She needs to have some sports.
听下面一段较长的对话，回答8—10小题。
8. What’s the woman most probably going to do this evening?
A. See an opera. B. Go to a movie. C. Have a rest.
9. How much is the ticket？
A. $30. B. $10. C. $15
10. What does the man mean?
A. He likes to see it.
B. It’s boring and he doesn’t like it.
C. He doesn’t want to watch it.
第三节：听独白，请根据独白内容从A、B、C三个选项中选择正确的选项，完成信息记录表。
Notice
Name of the activity: 11 Place: 12
Time: 13 Speaker: 14
Topic(主题): 15
11. A. An English talk B. An English party C. An English show
12. A. On the playground B. In the classroom C. In the library
13. A. At 2:00 p.m. B. At 5:00 p.m. C. At 7:00 p.m.
14. A. A student from No. 20 Middle School
B. An English teacher from a foreign language school
C. An English teacher from No. 20 Middle School
15. A. How to use the computer
B. How to learn English well
C. How to be an English teacher
读写部分（80分）
二、单项填空（本题有10小题，每小题1分, 满分10分）
16. I often go to school by ____ bus, and my father drives ____ car to work.
A. a, a B. the, the C. a, / D. /, a
17. Hainan is a very large island. It is the second ______ island in china.
A. large B. larger C. largest D. most largest
18. In the old days it was difficult for the poor a job.
A. find B. to find C. look D. to look for
19. She tried ______, but she found it difficult.
A. not to worrying B. to not worry
C. not to worry D. to worry not
20. Betty saved her money _____she could buy her mother a present on Mother’s day.
A. because B. when C. so that D. in order to
21. It’s a ____ day, we can see the mountain ____. It’s very beautiful.
A. clean, clear B. clearly, clean C. clear, clearly D. cleanly, clearly
22. — What’s your plan for the coming weekend?
— ______ go to fly kites?
A. Why not to B. Why don’t
C. Why don’t we D. How about
23. Watching TV too much _____ him much time last term, so this term he’ll ____ less time on it.
A. cost, pay B. took, spend C. spent, take D. to take, pay
24. She does homework as _____ as me.
A. careful B. more careful
C. carefully D. more carefully
25.－Mary, would you like to come to our dinner party?
― ____________.
A. Yes, I would B. Yes, I’d love to C. No, I wouldn’t D. No, I don’t go
三、完形填空（本题有10小题，每小题1分, 满分10分）
I have a friend. He has a large police dog 26 James. Police dogs are often clever. Every Sunday afternoon my friend takes James for a walk in the 27 . James likes these long walks very much.
One Sunday afternoon, a young man came to visit my friend. He 28 for a long time. He talked and talked. Soon it was time for my friend to take James for his walk. 29 the visitor still stayed. James became very 30 about his walk in the park. He walked around the 31 several times and then sat down just right in 32 of the visitor and looked at him. But the visitor paid no attention to him. He went on talking. Finally James couldn’t stand (忍受) it any longer. He went 33 the room and came back a few minutes 34 . He sat down again in front of the visitor, but this time he 35 the visitor’s hat in his mouth.
26. A. call B. asked C. name D. named
27. A. park B. shop C. cinema D. office
28. A. worked B. slept C. stayed D. studied
29. A. And B. But C. For D. So
30. A. happy B. glad C. worried D. sad
31. A. house B. home C. family D. room
32. A. back B. middle C. front D. centre
33. A. out of B. in C. up D. down
34. A. late B. later C. before D. ago
35. A. held B. wore C. made D. sent
四、阅读理解（本题有15小题，前5小题每题1分，后10小题每题2分, 满分25分） A
Books
Information
Little Bull
Author: Ellen James
Main idea: The book tells us how the lovely 250-pound baby elephant learns about the world around him.
Price: 24.0 yuan
The Trouble with Teachers
Author: Barbara Calamari
Main idea: Angela has found herself in trouble again at school with her teachers. She and her friends Gina and Johnny will be punished.
Price: 15.0 yuan
I've Got a Secret
Author: Cathy West
Main idea: Nine-year-old Michelle got a new hot-pink notebook as a birthday gift and she began to keep a diary every day.
Price: 30.0 yuan
Miss Nobody
Author: Tomek Tryzna
Main idea: At the age of fifteen, Marysia moves with her parents to the nearest big city. Then she meets two girls, Kasia and Eva, and they begin to teach her the secrets of life.
Price: 33.0 yuan
36. Who is the author of the book Little Bull?
A. Ellen James. B. Barbara Calamari. C. Cathy West. D. Tomek Tryzna.
37. How much does the book The Trouble with Teachers cost you?
A. 24.0 yuan. B. 33.0 yuan. C. 30.0 yuan. D. 15.0 yuan.
38. Which of the following is TRUE according to the table?
A. The book with the price of 30.0 yuan tells us how to keep a diary.
B. Barbara Calamari’s book tells us the story in Angela’s home.
C. Miss Nobody is about a fifteen-year-old girl.
D. If you pay 20.0 yuan, you can buy two books above.
B
One day a very rich family went on a trip to the countryside. The father wanted to show his son how poor people lived, so they spent a day and a night on the farm of a very poor family.
When they got back from their trip, the father asked his son, “My dear son, how was the trip?” “Very good, dad!” “Did you see how poor people lived?” the father asked. “Yeah!” “And what did you learn?” The son answered, “We have a dog at home, and they have four. We have a pool that is in the middle of the garden and they have a river that has no end. We have very expensive lamps in the garden and they have the star.”
When the little boy finished, his father was speechless.
39. Where did the father and son go one day?
A. To a friend’s home in the countryside.
B. To their farm in the countryside.
C. To a poor family in the countryside.
D. To a garden in the countryside.
40. How long was the trip there?
A. About 24 hours B. About 12 hours
C. About 48 hours D. More than 48 hours
41. The father wanted to show his son _____________ .
A. how poor their family was
B. how rich their family was
C. where the poor family live
D. how the poor family lived
42. The word “speechless” means _________________.
A. 寡言少语的 B. 毫无兴趣的 C. 无话可说的 D. 没有帮助的
C
Can dolphins(海豚) talk? Maybe they can’t talk with words, but they talk with sounds. They show their feelings with sounds.
Dolphins travel in a group. We call a group of fish a “school”. They don’t study, but they travel together. Dolphins talk to the other dolphins in the school. They give information. They tell when they are happy or sad or afraid. They say “welcome” when a dolphin comes back to the school. They talk when they play.
They make a few sounds above water. They make many more sounds under water. People cannot hear these sounds because they are very, very high. Scientists make tapes of the sounds and study them.
Sometimes people catch a dolphin for a large aquarium（水族馆）. People can watch the dolphins in a show. Dolphins don’t like to be away from their school in an aquarium. They are sad and lonely（孤独的）.
There are many stories about dolphins. They help people. Sometimes they save somebody’s life. Dolphin meat is good, but people don’t like to kill them. They say that dolphins bring good luck. Many people believe this.
43. Dolphins show their feelings with ___________ .
A. pictures B. words C. water D. sounds
44. People can’t hear the dolphin’s sounds because ________ .
A. they are above the water
B. they are under the water
C. they are very high
D. they are very low
45. Which one is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Dolphins swim together in a school because they want to study
B. They don’t study, but they travel in a group
C. Dolphins like to be away from their school on an island.
D. Dolphins like to kill people
D
Mrs. Green was seventy, but she had a small car, and she always drove to the shops in it on Saturday and bought her food.
She did not drive fast, because she was old, but she drove well and never hit anything. Sometimes her grandchildren said to her, “Please don’t drive your car, grandmother. We can take you to the shops.” But she always said, “No, I like driving. I’ve driven for fifty years, and I’m not going to stop now. ”
Last Saturday she stopped her car at some traffic-lights because they were red, and then it did not start again. The lights were green, then yellow, then green again, but her car did not start.
“What am I going to do now? ” she said.
But then a policeman came and said to her kindly, “Good morning. Don’t you like any of our colours today?”
46. Mrs. Green was ________.
A. very young B. very old C. very busy D. very clever
47. How long has Mrs. Green driven?
A. For five years. B. For fifty years.
C. Since she has the car. D. Since her last Saturday.
48. Her grandchildren asked her ________.
A. not to eat more B. not to drive fast
C. not to drive again D. not to go shopping
49. Why did she stop her car at the traffic-lights and not leave? Because ________.
A. the lights were red B. the lights were yellow
C. her car did not start again D. she liked the lights’ colours
50. The policeman said to her, “Good morning. Don’t you like any of our colours today?” What he said means ________.
A. he asked her if she liked the colour of the traffic-lights
B. he asked her to stay here
C. he asked her what colour she liked best
D. he asked her to leave right now
五、词汇运用（本题有15 小题，每小题1分, 满分15分）
A.根据短文内容和所给汉语提示，写出短文空白处各单词的正确形式。每空限填一词。
If you think after--school activities are not useful, you are 51 (错误的). After--school activities help us 52 （成长）up in many ways. Above all, they offer us 53 （机会）to practice what we learn in class. Through different activities, we can 54 （也）learn more about today’s society and a lot of new things that we can’t learn from books. What’s more, they help to 55 （发展）our abilities that we need both for our study now and in the future. We are 56 （忙碌的）with our study at school. After--school activities just make it 57 （可能的）for us to relax ourselves. Then, we can 58 （提高）our study. Some after--school activities will make us useful and helpful. And some can make us stronger and 59 （更健康）, some may even 60 （改变）our life. So, all the students get out and take part in different after--school activities!
B. 用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，使句子通顺、正确。每个单词限用一次。
novel interest offer countryside famous
61. His parents to give us a ride to the station yesterday evening.
62. Most of us are very in this new film.
63. What’s that small town for, Tom?
64. Most of my classmates like reading very much.
65. Our grandparents like living in the better than in the city.
六、句型转换（本题有5 小题, 每小题1分, 满分5分）
66. My mother bought me a bike last week. (改为同义句)
My mother a bike me last week.
67. To answer the question is difficult. (改为同义句)
difficult answer the question.
68. Lucy was happy. She heard of the good news. (合并成一句)
Lucy was happy of the good news.
69. Tony goes to school by bike. (对划线部分提问)
Tony go to school?
70. Her home is far from school. (改为同义句)
Her home isn’t school.
七、任务型阅读（本题有5小题, 每小题1分, 满分5分）
阅读下面五个人的自我介绍，为他们选择最佳的上学和上班的交通方式进行图文配对，将相应的图片字母填入第71-75空格中。
71 I am Li Daming, and I’m a company manager. I’m always busy. I often go to different cities all over the world for work. Time is money.
72 I am Tom and I am healthy. I enjoy nature. I never drive a car.
73 I am Lucy. I am a college student. I study in a college. It is about 200 kilometers from my house. I go back home four times a year.
74 I am Jim and I am a 38-year-old factory worker. I like driving to work.
75 I am Betty. I am a teacher. I like water. My house is on an island but my office is in a city outside of the island. I go home every weekend.
A B C
D E
八、书面表达（本题有1小题，满分10分）
请你根据下表提示内容，写一篇80词左右的英语短文，介绍一下Tom与Dick上学方式，同时也介绍一下自己选择的上学的交通方式，并说说理由。
要求 1.短文除包括所给提示内容外，可适当发挥；
2. 语句通顺，80词左右。
姓名
Tom
Dick
我
离学校距离
最远
最近
……
交通方式
……
花费时间
半小时
10分钟
……
观点
到校的最好方式
步行比坐公共汽车更有趣、更安全，也是最便宜的一种方式
……
Tom and Dick are my good friends. We go to the same school and we are in the same class.
八、书面表达（本题有1小题，满分10分）
请你根据下表提示内容，写一篇80词左右的英语短文，介绍一下Tom与Dick上学方式，同时也介绍一下自己选择的上学的交通方式，并说说理由。
要求 1.短文除包括所给提示内容外，可适当发挥；
2. 语句通顺，80词左右。
姓名
Tom
Dick
我
离学校距离
最远
最近
……
交通方式
……
花费时间
半小时
10分钟
……
观点
到校的最好方式
步行比坐公共汽车更有趣、更安全，也是最便宜的一种方式
……
Tom and Dick are my good friends. We go to the same school and we are in the same class.
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八年级英语听力材料
第一节 听下面5段小对话。每段对话对应一个小题，请从所给的A、B、C三个选项中选择符合对话内容的图片，并标在试卷的相应位置。 每段对话仅读一遍。
1. M: How does your father go to work every day?
W: By bike. His office is not far from our home.
2. W: David, what do you find difficult in learning English?
M: I can’t read English newspapers.
3. W: Jack, you went to London last week, and what famous places did you visit?
M: I visited Tower Bridge and Big Ben.
4. W: Do you often do sports, Li Lei?
M: Yes, and I often play basketball with my friends.
5. M: Lucy, what’s your favorite animal?
W: I like tigers very much, but panda is my favorite.
第二节 听下面一段较长的对话，请从所给的A、B、C三个选项中选择正确的选项回答第6和7两个小题。对话读两遍。
W: Dad, I feel a bit tired.
M: What’s up, Lingling?
W: I worked too late last night .
M: Oh, dear. You need to have a rest.
听下面一段较长的对话，请从所给的A、B、C三个选项中选择正确的选项回答第8至第10三个小题。对话读两遍。
W: Hi Henry, are you free this evening?
M: Oh, yes, I have nothing to do.
W: What’s your plan.
M: It’s said that there’s an exciting movie in the cinema. I want to go and see it.
W: I’d like to see it too. How much does it cost?
M: It will cost us $30 to buy two tickets. I’m looking forward to seeing it.
W: OK, Let’s go together.
第三节：听独白，请根据独白内容从A、B、C三个选项中选择正确的选项，完成信息记录表。
Boys and girls, attention please. There’s an English talk this evening. Mr Zhang, an English teacher from No.20 Middle School will give us a speech on how to improve our English. It will be held at 7:00 pm in the library. Please come on time.
Your monitor
八年级英语参考答案
一、 听力（本题有15小题，第一、第二节每小题1分，第三节每小题2分，满分20分）
1-5 C B C B C 6-10 B B B C A 11-15 A C C C B
一、 单项填空（本题有10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
16-20 DCBCC 21-25 CCBCB
二、 完形填空（本题有10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
26-30 DACBC 31-35 DCABA
三、 阅读理解（本题有15小题，前5小题每题1分，后10小题每题2分，满分25分）
36—40 AＤCCA 41-45 DCDCB 46-50 BBCCD
五、词汇运用（本题有15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）
51-55 wrong, (to) grow, chances, also, develop 56-60 busy, possible, improve, healthier, change 61-65 offered, interested, famous, novels, countryside
六、句型转换（本题有5小题，每小题1分，满分5分）
66.bought for 67.It’s to 68.to hear 69.How does 70.close to
七、 任务型阅读（本题有5小题，每小题1分，满分5分）
71-75DBEAC
七、 书面表达（本题有1小题，满分10分）
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