2010-2011学年度上江苏姜堰八年级期中英语试卷

姜堰市 2010-2011 学年度第一学期期中考试 八年级英语试题 2010.11 （答案一律填在答题纸上） 成绩： （总分：150 分 考试时间：120 分钟） 第一部分 选择题（共 100 分） 一、听力（30 分） A．听对话，从每小题所给的选项中选出与所听对话内容相符的图画。听两遍。 （共 5 小题，每小题 1 分，满分 5 分） B．听对话，从每小题所给的三个答案中选择相应的答语。听两遍。（共 5 小题， 每小题 1 分。满分 5 分） 6. A. My pleasure. B. That's all right. C. Sure. 7. A. The Eiffel Tower. B. The White House. C. The Big Ben. 8. A. All right. B. That's right. C. Thank you. 9. A. I'm sorry to hear that. B. Are you sure? C. Why wasn't he careful? 10. A. What about you? B. I'm fine. C. I had a wonderful time. C．听对话，从每小题所给的三个选项中选出所给问题的正确答案。听两遍。（共 15 小题，每小题 1 分，满分 15 分） 11. Which sport do they think is the most dangerous? A. Diving. B. Hiking. C. Skiing. 12. What is Lucy going to do? A. Play basketball. B. Listen to the news. C. Play computer games. 13. Where is the nearest hospital? A. On the Fiftieth Street. B. On the Fifteenth Street. C. On the Fifth Street. 14. What place do they like to go to? A. Tian'anmen Square. B. Beihai Park. C. Wangfujing Street. 15. Where was Tom born? A. In Chin. B. In South America. C. In Canada. 16. Where did the girl go in Beijing? A. The Summer Palace and the Great Wall. B. Laoshe Tea House and Wangfujing Street. C. Tian'anmen Square and the Great Wall. 17. Which city is Mr Tang's hometown? A. Shanghai. B. Nanjing. C. Beijing. 18. What stopped them going home? A. The heavy snow. B. The heavy traffic. C. The white ground. 19. Where is the woman going? A. To the zoo. B. To the post office. C. To the park. 20. What did the man think of the play? A. Interesting. B. Boring. C. Bad. 听第一段对话，回答 21-22 题。 21. Why didn't John go to the party? A. Because he had to look after his mother at home. B. Because he had a lot of homework to do. C. Because he fell off his bike and hurt his leg. 22.Where will they meet? A. At the bus stop. B. At the hospital gate. C. Outside the school gate. 听第二段对话，回答 23-25 题。 23. When does the man start work? A. Late in the morning. B. In the afternoon. C. At midnight. 24. What does Mr Wang do? A. He works in a TV station. B. He is a news reporter. C. He works for a newspaper. 25. Which is RIGHT according to the dialogue? A. The woman knows about Mr Wang's job very well. B. Mr Wang gets up early every day. C. Mr Wang does some reading in the morning. D．听短文，从每小题所给的三个选项中选出所给问题的最佳答案。听两遍。（共 5 小题，每小题 1 分，满分 5 分） 26. Who is the speaker? A. Mr James. B. A guide. C. A Geography teacher. 27. What activity will they take part in tomorrow? A. They'll go out to enjoy the beauty of the field. B. They'll go to see a film on different kinds of rocks. C. They'll have a Geography class at a site with different kinds of rocks. 28. What will the students have to do tonight? A. Look at the rocks in this place. B. Study a paper for tomorrow's trip. C. Write a report in their notebook. 29.What will the students do during the field trip? A. They will look at different kinds of rocks. B. They will collect interesting plants. C. They will catch animals. 30. What should the students do to make the trip more interesting? A. A good beginning is half done. B. Put their heads into it. C. Put some money in the bank. 二、单项选择，从下列每题所给的选项中，选择一个最佳答案。（15 分） 31. Look at people. they are having football！ A．the; what a great time; playing B．/;What great time; playing C．the; How great time; to play D．a; How wonderful time; to play 32. --He looks . What’s wrong with him? --He hurt his leg yesterday. A．happiness; badly B．unhappy; bad C．unhappily; badly D．unhappy; badly 33.Don’t any more, He is going to a joke. A．say; speak B．speak; tell C．talk; say D．speak; talk 34.We must do work with money. A．many; much B．more; less C．much; fewer D．fewer; least 35. Oh, dear! I don’t know next. A．how to do B．What to do it C．What to do D．What and how to do 36.He is generous her friends. She often shares her toys them. A．for; for B．to; with C．to; of D．for; with 37. Jack sings better than in his class. Which answer is not right? A．any other student B．any of the others C．anyone else D．all other students 38.We don’t have enough pens , Give us . A．to write; much more B．to write with; a few more C．writing with; few more D．writing; another two 39. The man is one of the best . He is tasty dishes. A．cooks; cooking B．cookers; cooks C．cooks; cooks D．cooking; cooking 40.You have to eat and take more if you want to be . A．fewer; exercises; healthy B．less; exercises; heath C．less; exercise; heath D．less; exercise; healthy 41. The girl, her classmates, chatting with her friends. A．like; likes B．like; like C．likes; like D．likes; like 42. --Listen! It’s raining heavily again. --Bad weather, but I don’t the heavy rain. A．mind B．like C．love D．want 43. --Why not do your homework for a while? -- . There’s too much homework today. Let’s finish it first. A．I’m afraid that’s not a good idea. B．What a good idea! C．Great. D．Thank you. 44.Mike stopped when he a strange noise. A．listening; heard B．to hear; listened to C．to listen; heard D．hearing; listened 45. --Don’t forget . --Ok, I . A．to turn off the lights; don’t B．turning off the lights; will C．to turn off them; do D．to turn them off; won’t 三、完形填空。阅读短文，从每题所给选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 （15 分） "What's the matter, mum?" As soon as I enter the door, I find that my mother is 46 . It’s unusual--she usually opens the door and welcomes me with 47 . "She's dying," mum says sadly. I 48 what she says. The tulip(郁金香), mother's favourite, is dying. A month ago, we 49 into our new house and mum bought a very beautiful tulip. Mum liked it very much. 50 she was free, she would sit in her armchair beside the tulip and 51 its beautiful colour and inviting (诱人的) smell. She 52 it like a baby and looked after it 53 . She put the tulip by window and moved it from one place to another to give the tulip enough 54 . The first thing she did when she 55 every morning was to water the tulip. Mum also fertilized(施肥) it many times. She hoped that 56 great care, the tulip would become more and more beautiful and 57 . But the tulip was dying because of 58 sunshine, water and fertilizer. It's 59 that mother loved the tulip. But this kind of love can be 60 . Love can sometimes kill what you love. 46.A. happy B. excited C. unhappy D. calm 47.A. a flower B. a smile C. a long face D. a book 48.A. know B. love C. think D. find 49.A. moved B. rushed C. went D. hurried 50.A.Though B. Because C. After D. Every time 51.A. saw B. enjoyed C. tasted D. watched 52.A. liked B. thought C. treated D. remembered 53.A. happily B. brightly C. carefully D. carelessly 54.A. care B. time C. water D. sunshine 55.A. got up B. made the bed C. played the piano D. washed her face 56.A. in B. for C. through D. with 57.A. fatter B. stronger C. taller D. healthier 58.A. enough B. too much C. so many D. less 59.A.ture B. interesting C. possible D. important 60.A. helpful B. grateful C. harmful D. wonderful 四、阅读理解。阅读下列短文，根据短文内容选择最佳答案。（40 分） （A） Today people can use the phone to talk with others almost anywhere on earth. But when you use the phone, you don't see the person you are talking with. This may change in the near future. Today some people are using a kind of telephone called the picture phone or vision phone. With it, two people who are talking can see each other. Picture phones can be useful when you have something to show to the person you're calling. They may have other uses in the future. One day you may be able to ring up a library and ask to see a book. Then you'll be able to read the book right over your picture phone. Or you may be able to go shopping through your picture phone. If you see something in the newspaper that you think you want to buy, you'll go to your phone and call the shop. People at the shop will show you the thing you're interested in right over the phone. You'll be able to shop all over town and never even leave your room！ 61. Today people can use the phone to talk with others . A. in all the towns B. in some places in the world C. only in big cities D. almost anywhere on earth 62. The underlined word "it" in the passage means . A. the picture phone B. any phone C. the use D. the change 63. We can through the picture phone according to(根据) the text. A. write a book B. do shopping C. play games D. have classes 64. Picture phones can be used for . A. ringing up a library to see a book B. going shopping without leaving our homes C. showing the person we're talking with something D. All of the above 65. The title of the article can be " ''. A. The telephones B. Picture phones C. Shopping on the phone D. Talking on the phone （B） Do you hope to do a lot of homework every evening? Are you interested in your classes? Who do you want to teach you? Maybe you have lots of questions in your mind before school starts. Well, 1 want to give you some good advice on these problems. First, keep calm(冷静的). Don't worry about all the questions you have. Put your heart into learning, and you can find something you are interested in. Do it actively. Second, try your best to finish your homework quickly. Don't spend a lot of time on it. Do more reading or writing in English. Think about the problems you have and solve them at once. Don't stay up late, or you can't study well the next day. Third, think of something instead of copying(抄写) or repeating(重复). If you can remember the words in your way, you can tell your teachers you don't like the way of copying them again and again. Be sure you can pass the test. I think your teachers will agree with you. And they can give you something interesting to do. School is really a good place for you to learn. Believe in your teachers and yourself. You are the best one and you can do everything well. 66. The writer writes the passage to . A. give students some good ways of learning B. ask students not to listen to their teachers C. ask students not to do their homework D. tell students what a good teacher is 67. How many pieces of advice does the writer give us? A. 3. B. 4. C. 5. D. 6. 68. What does the writer tell students to do about their homework? A. They should spend a lot of time on it. B. They should stay up late doing it. C. They should do more reading or writing in English. D. They should have boring work to do. 69. What's the third piece of advice about? A. How to get on with friends. B. How to get high grades. C. What kind of schoolwork is better for students. D. How to finish the homework in a short time. 70. According to the passage, students should believe in A. themselves and their teachers B. themselves and their parents C. their parents and teachers D. themselves and their classmates （C） If you have no special plans for your holidays, why not spend your time helping others? Don't listen to people who say the young people today often think only of themselves. It's not true at all. More and more people in the USA volunteer(自愿) to spend their school holidays working for others. And they don't do it for money. Here are some of their stories. Alice Hamilton, 17 I'm going to help the Forest Centre build new hiking paths in the mountains. It's going to be terrific--I'll spend the whole summer living in the tent ( 帐 逢 ) and breathing(呼吸) the clean mountain air. I'm going to sleep under the stars, It'll be a nice sport, and I'll be able to do something good at the same time. Jason Moore, 18 This summer, I'm going to volunteer with Special House Program. They build good, low-cost houses and sell them to families that are not very rich. They'll teach me what to do, so I'll help people and also have a chance to learn how to build houses. Trish Anderson, 16 I'm going to teach kids who have trouble reading. I'll work for a program called "Reading for Life". Every day, I'm going to help kids choose and read books that they like. I want to be a teacher and I love children and reading, so this is going to be a great experience for me. 71. Young people in the USA volunteer to spend helping others. A. school holidays B. weekdays C. every morning D. every afternoon 72. What does Alice volunteer to do in summer? A. To breathe the clean mountain air, B. To spend the whole summer living in the tent. C. To sleep under the stars. D. To help build new hiking paths in the mountain. 73. From the passage, we know that Special House Program helps . A. children in poor families B. workers who build houses C. poor families that can't afford (支付) houses D. build hiking paths 74. wants to be a teacher. A. Alice Hamilton B. Jason Moore C. Trish Anderson D. none of them 75. Which is the most possible title for this passage? A. Reading for Life B. Special House Program C. The Forest Centre D. Young American volunteers （D） You may feel curious(好奇的) about students in other countries: Do they also have so much homework? What do they do in their free time? On April 8, a report came out on the life of high school students in China, Japan, South Korea and the US. It surveyed around 6,200 students from the four countries last year. You will find the answers to many of your questions in this report. Who studies hardest? Chinese students spend the most time studying. Nearly half of Chinese students spend more than two hours on their homework every day. That’s much more than students of the US(26.4%), Japan(8.2%) and South Korea(5.2%). Who sleeps most often in class? Japanese students fall asleep in class most often. About 45% of them said they sometimes doze off(打瞌睡) in class. In South Korea is 32%; in the US, 21%; and 5% in China. South Korean students don't like taking notes. About 70% said they write down what the teacher says in class, many fewer than in Japan(93%), China(90%) and the US (89%). Who is the most distracted(分心的)? American students are the most active in class, but also the most distracted: 64.2% said they talk with friends in class; 46.9% said they eat snacks(点心) in class; and 38.9% said they send e-mails or read unrelated(无关的) books in class. What do they do after school? In their free time, most Chinese students study or surf the Internet. Most American students go out with their friends. Most Japanese students do physical exercises. Most South Korean students watch TV. 76. In the report, who studies hardest? A. Japanese students. B. Chinese students. C. American students. D. South Korean students. 77. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? A. 93% Japanese students like taking notes in class. B. Most Chinese students do physical exercises after class. C. 38.9% American students talk with friends in class. D. South Korean students fall asleep in class most often. 78. In China, how many students fall asleep in class? A. 45%. B. 32%. C. 21%. D. 5%. 79. What do American students do in their free time? A. Do physical exercises. B. Study or surf the Internet. C. Watch TV. D. Go out with friends. 80. What is the article about? A. It is a report about the students' lessons in four countries. B. It is an article about the students' study and life in four countries. C. It is a story about students' sports after class. D. It tells us that American students don't like studying. 2010-2011 学年度第一学期期中考试 八年级英语试题答题纸 2010.11 （答案一律填在答题纸上） 成绩： （总分：150 分 考试时间：120 分钟） 第一部分 选择题（共 100 分） 一、听力（30 分） 题号 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 答案 题号 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 答案 二、选择（15 分） 题号 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 答案 三、完形填空（15 分） 题号 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 答案 四、阅读理解（40 分） 题号 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 答案 题号 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 答案 第二部分 非选择题（50 分） 五、阅读表达。阅读短文，按要求完成短文后的任务。（10 分） Many teenagers feel that the most important people in their lives are their friends. 1 ) They believe that their family members, and in particular(尤其是) their , don't know them as well as their do! In large families, it is quite normal(正常) for brothers and sisters to fight（打架） with each other and then they can only go to their friends for advice. 2) It is very important for a teenager to have a good friend or a circle(圈子) of friends. Even when they are not with their friends, they usually spend much time talking to each other on the phone. This communication is very important in children's growing up, because friends can discuss things that are difficult to discuss with their family members. However, parents often try to choose their children's friends for them. Some parents even stop their children from seeing their good friends. The question of "choice" is an interesting one. Have you ever thought of the following questions? Who choose(选择) your friends? Do you choose your friends or your friends choose you? Have you got a good friend your parents don't like? 1．在 1）句的空白处填入适当的词使句意完整、上下文通顺： 2．将 2）句译成中文： 3．回答问题：Who knows teenagers better according to the passage? 4．在文中画出与下列句子意思相近的句子： It usually takes them lots of time to phone each other. 5．找出文中或写出最能表达该短文主题的句子。 班 级 学 号 姓 名 试 场 号 … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … 装 … … 订 … … 线 … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … 座位号 六、词汇运用。用括号内所给词的适当形式填空。（每空不限一词）（10 分） 1. Who is (healthy), Tom, Jack, or David？ 2. The children are looking forward to (ski) with their parents. 3. The clothes and shoes are the (run). 4. Daniel likes sports, Nick is a little (sport) than him. 5. I remember (see) you somewhere in Nanjing. 6. Do you know the (long) of the river. 7. Cows’ (stomach) are far bigger than sheep’s. 8. They were very tired because of the (please) trip. 9. What makes you (think) he is a fool. 10. Simon and Linda looked at each other. They kept their secret to (they). 七、短文填空。根据短文内容及首字母提示，补全空格内单词，使短文完整、 通顺。（10 分） A tall man and a short man were waiting for a taxi on the same corner. An old lady joined them on the corner because she a 1 wanted to catch a taxi. It was raining hard, and all the taxis passed without s 2 . At last, a taxi stopped, and the tall man rushed ahead of the short man The short man s 3 him and they s 4 to argue(争吵). The tall man was in a h 5 , but the short man was on the corner f 6 . The short man pushed the tall man, and the tall man grabbed(抓住) the short m 7 coat. The old lady calmly closed her umbrella, o 8 the door and got into the taxi. The taxi d 9 smiled and d 10 away with the woman. 1． 2． 3． 4． 5． 6． 7． 8． 9． 10． 八、书面表达（20 分） 根据下表提示写一篇题为“My pleasant trip to Beijing”的文章，不少于 80 词。 Main points(要点) Details(细节) Place Beijing Time last summer holiday People my parents and I Experience (1) sightseeing (places of interest) (2) food/shopping the Palace Museum Tian’anmen Square(biggest) the Great Wall(wonderful) Beijing Duck Wangfujing Street Feeling excited, happy, tired want to visit again My pleasant trip to Beijing 八年级英语期中试卷听力材料 2010.11 A. 听对话。从每小题所给的选项中选出与所听对话内容相符的图画。听两遍。 1. M: I think travelling by plane is the most dangerous W: I don’t agree And it’s much faster than any other way. 2. M: What kind of interesting places do you like best, Kate? W: I like the Eiffel Tower best. 3. M: What are you going to do tomorrow? W: I will go horse riding with my brother. 4. M: These flowers are as many as those ones. W: Yes, I agree. 5. W: Who’s in the river? M: Tom is. He’s swimming. B.听录音，从每小题所给的三个选项中选出相应的答语。听两遍。 6.Excuse me, but would you please show me your ticket? 7.What’ s the most famous building in America? 8.Let’ s talk about it next time, shall we? 9.Tom fell and hurt his left leg on his way home yesterday. 10.How were you in your holiday? C. 听对话，从每小题所给的三个选项中选出所给问题的正确答案。听两遍。。 11. M: I think skiing is not as dangerous as hiking, but diving is more dangerous than hiking. W: I agree with you. 12. M: What a fine day today! Will you play games with us, Lucy? W: I’m sorry, but I want to listen to the news. An earthquake took place in Heilongjiang Province. 13. M: Excuse me, is there a hospital near here? W: No, there isn’t. The nearest hospital is on the Fifth Street. You’d better take a bus. 14. M: I’d like to go to Beihai Park. What about you? W: Me, too. Let’s go there together. 15. M: Were you born in Canada, Tom? W: No, I was born in South America. My sister was born in Canada. 16. M: What place did you visit in Beijing? W: The Great Wall, Tian’an men Square and Laoshe Tea House. 17. W: Do you like your hometown, Mr Tang? M: Yes. Nanjing is a very beautiful city. 18. W: Look! It’s snowing hard. The ground is white. M: That’s too bad. We can’t go home today. 19. W: I've lost my way. My friends are waiting for me in the park. Can you help me? M: Yes, look at the map. Go along this road and take the second turning on the left. You will find it next to the post office. 20. W: Did you have a good time at the theatre last night? M: Yes. I enjoyed myself very much. 听第一段对话，回答 21-22 题。 W: Did you enjoy yourself at the party last right? M: Of course. W: Did John go there, too? M: No. He fell off his bike, and his left leg was hurt. He had to stay in hospital for two weeks. W: I’m sorry to hear that. I hope he will be better soon. M: I hope so. By the way, I’m going to see him after school. Would you like to go with me? W: Sure. When and where shall we meet? M: What about 5 o’clock outside the school gate? W: OK. See you then. 听第二段对话，回答 23-25 题。 W: Hello, Mr Wang. How do you spend your day? M: Well, I get up at ten. Then I do some reading for an hour. W: Really? What time do you go to work? M: I start work at three in the afternoon. W: And when do you get home at night? M: Very late, around midnight. W: .So what do you do, exactly? M: Don’t you know me? I do the weather report on TV. W: Sorry, I don’t watch TV. D．听短文，从每小题所给的三个选项中选出所给问题的最佳答案。听两遍。 (M) I want to thank Mr James for letting me take a few minutes of his class to tell you about our field trip tomorrow. We will leave by bus at eight in the morning and will return at about five in the afternoon. Please bring your lunch. As you know, this trip is part of our Geography lesson, so I hope that all of you will take part and write a report in your notebook. I have a paper you will need here, so make sure you pick one from the front desk up after class and read it tonight. On the paper I’ve listed the kinds of rocks that you might see during the trip. We will look at many different kinds of rocks. This paper will help you distinguish them. Take care not to pick any of the plants during the trip. As your leader tomorrow, I will try to make the trip as interesting and helpful as possible. Just remember, a field trip is a little like a bank: the more you put in, the more you’ll get out of it. 八年级英语期中试题参考答案 2010.11 一、听力 1-5 BCACA 6-10 CBAAC 11-15 ABCBB 16-20 CBACA 21-25 CCBAC 26-30 CCBAB 二、选择 31-35 ADBBC 36-40 BDBAD 41-45 AABCD 三、完形填空 46-50 CBAAD 51-55 BCCDA 56-60 DBBAC 四、阅读理解 61-65 DABDB 66-70 AACCA 71-75 ADCCD 76-80 BADDB 五、阅读表达 1．parents friends 2．青少年拥有一个好朋友或朋友圈子是很重要的。 3．Their good friends. 4．They usually spend much time talking to each other on the phone. 5．Good friends 或第一句。 六、词汇运用 1．the healthiest 2．skiing 3．runners’ 4．sportier 5．seeing 6．length 7．stomachs 8．unpleasant 9．think 10．themselves 七、短文填空 1．also 2．stopping 3．stopped 4．started 5．hurry 6．first 7．man’s 8．opened 9．driver 10．drove 八、书面表达 My pleasant trip m Beijing Last summer holiday I went to Beijing with my parents. It took us about two hours to get there by air. Although the weather was hot, we spent three days there. As soon as we arrived in Beijing, we went to Tian'anmen Square. It is the biggest square in the world. The next day we visited the Palace Museum. On the third day we went to the Great Wall. It is wonderful. We enjoyed the famous Beijing Duck. Mum did some shopping in Wangfujing Street. She bought some souvenirs for my cousins. We were excited and happy although we were a little tired. I wish to visit here again one day. 八年级英语期中试题参考答案 2010.11 一、听力 1-5 BCACA 6-10 CBAAC 11-15 ABCBB 16-20 CBACA 21-25 CCBAC 26-30 CCBAB 二、选择 31-35 ADBBC 36-40 BDBAD 41-45 AABCD 三、完形填空 46-50 CBAAD 51-55 BCCDA 56-60 DBBAC 四、阅读理解 61-65 DABDB 66-70 AACCA 71-75 ADCCD 76-80 BADDB 五、阅读表达 1．parents friends 2．青少年拥有一个好朋友或朋友圈子是很重要的。 3．Their good friends. 4．They usually spend much time talking to each other on the phone. 5．Good friends 或第一句。 六、词汇运用 1．the healthiest 2．skiing 3．runners’ 4．sportier 5．seeing 6．length 7．stomachs 8．unpleasant 9．think 10．themselves 七、短文填空 1．also 2．stopping 3．stopped 4．started 5．hurry 6．first 7．man’s 8．opened 9．driver 10．drove 八、书面表达 My pleasant trip m Beijing Last summer holiday I went to Beijing with my parents. It took us about two hours to get there by air. Although the weather was hot, we spent three days there. As soon as we arrived in Beijing, we went to Tian'anmen Square. It is the biggest square in the world. The next day we visited the Palace Museum. On the third day we went to the Great Wall. It is wonderful. We enjoyed the famous Beijing Duck. Mum did some shopping in Wangfujing Street. She bought some souvenirs for my cousins. We were excited and happy although we were a little tired. I wish to visit here again one day.