2012-2013学年八年级英语上学期期中试卷 人教新目标版

江苏省无锡市旺庄中学2012-2013学年八年级英语上学期期中试题 人教新目标版听力部分一．根据你所听到的对话，选择你认为最合适的答案。（１０分）(     )1.How does the boy usually go to school?       A.By bus              B.On foot             C.By bike(     )2.How many children are there in Jim’s family?       A.one                 B.two                C.three(     )3.What time does the girl’s mother get up in the morning ?       A.5:45                B.6:15                C.6:05(     )4.What day is it today?       A.Saturday            B.Sunday              C.Friday(     )5.How is the weather today?       A.Rainy              B.Cloudy              C.Sunny(     )6.What did you do after supper last night?       A.washed d ishes       B.watched TV           C.did my homework(     )7.What does Miss Li teach?       A.English             B.Chinese             C.History(     )8.What did Jack ask Kate to do ?        A.to go to school    B. to help him with English  C. to telephone John(     )9.How much did Lucy pay for those CDs?        A.38 yuan          B.50yuan                C.12 yuan(     )10.What is Jane doing?        A.She is helping Dick.        B.She is asking Dick for help.        C.She is playing a computer game.二．根据你所听到的长对话，选择正确答案。（５分）（　　　）11.What are the two speakers talking about?         A.Jack            B.School life       C.The woman’s son(       ) 12.Who’s Mr Smith?        A.The woman’s husband  B.Jack’s teacher       C.Jack’s father(       )13.What time d oes the boy go to school every morning?        A.7:00            B.8:00                   C.9:00(       )14.How many hours does the boy spend at school?        A.About 5 hours     B.About 8 hours          C.About 10 hours(       )15.How does he usually go to school?        A.By bike          B.By bus                C.On foot     三．根据你所听到的短文，选择正确答案。（５分）（       ）16.How old is Bob?          A.Six            B.Seven                 C.Eight (        ) 17. Who teaches Bob new words?          A.Bob’s friends    B.Bob’s teacher           C.Bob’s father   (        ) 18. How many words does he teach?A.Two          B.Three                  C.Four  (        ) 19.Does Bob understand what his teacher teaches?           A.Yes,he does   B.No,he doesn’t    C.No,and he can’t say anything. (        ).20.What do you think of the boy?           A.kind          B.quick                  C.not smart 笔试部分一、单项选择（20分）(    )1. I’m so hungry, can I have ______________?A. anything eat         B. something eating  C. anything to eat       D. something to eat(    )2.  _____ big fish they are!A. What              B. How       C. What a        D. How a (    )3. There is __“u”and __“s”in the word “us”. A.a;an               B.an;a        C.a;a            D.an;an(    )4. I believe __________, because he is ___ honest man.A. the words he says; a      B. what he says; an C. he says what; the        D. what does he say; an(    )5. There aren’t enough chairs. Would you please _________ ones here?A. to bring another three     B. bring more three  C. to take three other        D. bring three more(    )6. I’m going to _____ them something about our new school.A. say         B. tell        C. talk        D. speak(    )7. Funny jokes can always make us _____ when we are sad.A. laughing     B. laugh       C. laughed    D. laughs(    )8. Our English teacher always _______ a smile on her face.A. wears       B. have        C. has       D. show(    )9. ______ volleyball here, ______ you may break the windows.     A. Play, or B. Don’t play, or C. Play, so D. Don’t play, so(    )10. The trousers are a bit too long for me. Can I change them for a __________ pair?A. long         B. longer      C. short     D. shorter(    )11. Jimmy and Timmy are both 50 kg,  Jimmy is ______ Timmy.A. so heavy as    B. as heavy as   C. so heavier as  D. as heavier as(    ) 12. Helen told me that she had some problems ______ his English learning.         A. on            B. for             C. in        D. with (    ) 13.______ you tell me how to get to the Police Station?A. Could       B. May       C. Do        D. Might(    ) 14.I don’t know how ________.A. to do        B. to do it         C. do         D. doing (    ) 15.Tom’s mother was ill  _____ hospital so he was _______ hospital to look after her.A. in, in        B. in the , on      C. in the , in     D. in , in the (    )16.We look forward to ________you soon.        A.hearing from   B.hear from       C. hear         D.hearing(    )17.She went home after _______ her homework.        A. finish         B. to finish       C. f inishing     D. for finishing(    )18.Mrs smith ____________ be at home now . She flew to Hainan this morning A.mustn’t        B. may not        C. can’t          D. needn’t(    )19.Can you teach me how to learn English ,John ? OK.           .        A.can’t        B. Sorry          C. No problem   D. Wait(    )20.I met Tom in the street,but I didn’t stop ______ to him.        A.talk           B.talked          C.talking       D.to talk二．完形填空（10分）　Every evening Mr Black walked from his office to the ___1___ after work.He often passed a poor man __2__at the side of the road,an old dog sat ___3    him.There was a piece of wood round the dog’s neck with the words“I’mblind(瞎子) .”Mr Black was a kind man.He__4___gave the poor man a little money.One day Mr Black had a lot of work in his office and was late.To catch thetrain ,he walked quickly without__5___to give any money to the poor man .But the man stood up quickly,ran__6__ him and said,“You haven’t given me anything today.Give me a little money today,too.I’m a _7____man.”Mr Black was __8____ and said,“You are a blind man.How ca n you___9__me?” But the poor man said ,“No,I am not blind.__10___my dog is.”(   )1.A. home          B.street         C.station          D.shop(   )2.A.sitting         B.standing       C.singing         D.crying(   )3.A. around        B.beside         C.between        D.over(   )4.A .never         B.sometimes      C.seldom          D.always(   )5.A .stopping       B.walking        C.forgetting       D.looking(   )6.A .at            B.before         C.after           D.round(   )7.A. blind         B.deaf           C.poor           D.kind(   )8.A. worried       B.surprised       C.angry          D.sad(   )9.A. know        B.catch           C.a sk            D.follow(   )10.A. But         B.And           C.So             D.Because三、阅读理解（10分）AOne day an old man is selling a big elephant. A young man comes to the elephant and begins to look at it slowly. The old man goes up to him and says in his ear, “ Don’t say anything about the elephant before I sell it. Then I will give you twenty dollars.” “All right,” says the young man. After the old man sells the elephant, he gives the young man twenty dollars and says, “ Now, can you tell me how you found the elephant’s bad ears?” “ I didn’t find the bad ears,” says the young man. “ Then why are you looking at the elephant slowly?” asks the old man. The young man answers, “Because I have never seen an elephant before,  and I want to know what it looks like.”（     ）1. ______ the elephant.A. The young man sells B. The old man sellsC. The two men sell D. The old man buys（     ）2. The young man is looking at the elephant slowly. He wants to find out _______.A. which foot of the elephant is bad B. how heavy it isC. which ear of the elephant is bad D. what it looks like（     ）3. The young man _______.A. knows the elephant has bad ears B. wants to buy the elephantC. looks after the elephant D. gets some money from the old man（     ）4. The young man _______.A. is not interested in elephantsB. knows what an elephant looks likeC. saw some elephants beforeD. never saw an elephant before（     ）5. Hearing what the young man said, the old man will probably(可能) be ______A. angry B. happy C. dangerous D. hungry B     Jack is a twenty-year-old young man. Two years ago, when he finished middle school, he found work in a shop. Usually he works until ten o’clock in the evening. He is very tired when he gets home. After a quick supper he goes to bed and soon falls asleep. His grandma who lives downstairs(楼下) is pleased with him. One day, on his way home, he met his friend Mary. They were both happy. He asked the girl to his house, and she agreed happily. He bought some fruit and drinks for her. And they talked about their school, teachers, classmates and their future. They talked for a long time.    “Have a look at your watch, please,” said the girl. “What time is it now?”    “Sorry, something is wrong with my watch,” said Jack. “Where’s  yours?”“I left it at home.”    Jack thought for a moment and found a way. He began to stamp his foot on the floor, “Bang! Bang! Bang!”The sound woke his grandma up. The old woman shouted downstairs, “It’s twelve o’clock in the night, Jack. Why are you still jumping upstairs?”(    ) 6. Jack was ________ when he finished middle school.      A. sixteen       B. eighteen     C. twenty       D. fifteen   (    ) 7. The old woman is satisfied with Jack because ________.      A. he’s her grandson             B. he’s clever      C. he can keep quiet             D. he gets home on time(    ) 8. From the story, we can know that Mary is Jack’s ________.      A. classmate       B. colleague (同事 ) C. aunt       D. wife(    ) 9. The word “stamp” in the story means ______ in Chinese.      A. 盖印          B. 跺       C. 贴邮票      D. 承认(    ) 10. Jack stamped his foot on the floor in order  to (为了) ________.      A. wake his grandma up           B. make his grandma angry      C. let his grandma tell him the time  D. let his grandma buy him a watch四、单词拼写（10分）1. He is not tall—_________ (几乎) 1.70 metres.2. He has poor _____________（视力）,he wears glasses all day.3. Fire can be very ________(危险).We must be very careful.4. There are some ______________（广告）in the magazine.5. I don’t want others to know that, plea se keep a_________（秘密）for me.6. The man is always _________（will）to share things with his friends.7. Of all the students,he did the_______(bad)in this game.8. My book is quite______(difference)from yours.9. This afternoon our school will have a______(parent)meeting.10.When I head the bad news ,I felt very____(happy).五．时态填空（10分）1. What about_____(share) the pizza with me?2. Tom with his classmates _____(do) some reading at the moment.3. Does Su have time______(talk)to them in Japanese ?4. ____this pair of jeans_____(fit)you?5. Jim,______(not be)late for school next time.6. He did all his best_____(help)Jim with his English.7. When I was away from home ,I always_____(think)of my parents.8. There_____(be) an English talk this evening,is there?9. How long did he spend___(solve)the problem?10.______(can) he swim when he was four years old?六、翻译句子　１０分1. Betty长大后想周游世界。Betty __1___ __2___ __3__ ____4__ the world when she ___5__  ___6__.2.最后警察把大火扑灭了。The police ___7___ _____8__the fire at last.3.她从不说任何人的坏话。She never___9_  a __10__  ___11___ about____12__. 4.她刚才碰倒了我的杯子是因为走得太快。She __13___  ___14___ my glass _____15____of _____16____ too fast.5.感谢你今晚加入我们中来!____17___ ___18___  ___19___ ___20___ us this evening!七．作文　１０分假如你叫李红，你的英国笔友Mary正在学习汉语。她在给你的来信中介绍了她的汉语老师的情况。请根据以下信息用英语写一封回信，向她介绍你的英语老 师Miss White的情况。要求文章写在答题卡上。外貌 高挑、苗条(slim)、漂亮国籍 美国最喜欢的颜色 蓝色个人爱好 读书、旅游品质 乐于助人取得的成绩 去年教学竞赛(teaching competition)，荣获一等奖 要求：1.词数60-80。开头和结尾已给出，不计入词数。2.所给信息要全部用上，可合理发挥。Dear Mary,    Thank you for telling  me something about your Chinese teacher. I think you have a good teacher. Now let me tell you something about my English teacher.______________________________________________________________________    ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________ Best wishes!                      Yours Sincerely,   Li Hong                                                                                            6. M:What did you do after supper last night?  W:My father washed dishes.My mother watched TV and I did my homework.7. M: Miss Li is my favourite teacher ,her classes are very ineresting,  W: Yes,she tells us a lot about the history of China.8. M: Hello,Kate.This is Jack speaking.Did you telephone John this morning?  W:Sorry ,I didn’t.Because I don’t know his telephone number.9. M :Did you buy those CDs?  W:Yes,you gave me 50 yuan and I have only 12 yuan now.10.W:Dick,Could you please teach me how to search the Internet?   M:Sure,Jane,But I don’t have time right now.I’ll write down how you can do it,and you can do it by yourself.   Bob is six years old.He is old enough to go to school.On the first day ,his teacher teaches him three words,“I,you ,he”.Then the teacher says,“I am your teacher.You are my student.He is your