如皋初中 2009-2010学年第二学期期中考试
八年级英语试题
考试时间：100 分钟 试卷分值：100 分
命题：陈召宽 审核：司建妹
一、 听力测试（共 20 小题，每小题 1 分，满分 20 分）
A 听对话，选择合适的图画或答案。每段对话听两遍。
( ) 1 Which picture are they talking about?
A B C
( ) 5 How can we go to the North Street Hospital?
A Catch the train. B Walk there. C Take the bus.
( ) 6 How’s Jim?
A He’s OK. B He’s ill. C He’s returned home.
( ) 7 What would the man like?
A Tea. B Juice. C Coffee with milk.
( ) 8 What colour shoes did the man want to buy at first?
A Brown. B Blue. C Black.
( ) 9 Where is Mrs Wood from?
A Japan. B China. C America.
( )10 What does the woman mean?
A She likes smoking . B She doesn’t mind the man’s smoking.
C She doesn’t want him to smoke.
B 听对话或独白，选择正确答案。每段材料听两遍。
听第一段对话，回答第 11 至 12 小题。
( ) 11 Where is the man going?
A The railway station. B The clock tower. C The park.
( ) 12 Why can’t the man find the place?
A This is his first time to visit the place.
B The railway station is still next to the clock tower.
C Things have changed a lot over the years.
听第二段对话，回答第 13 至 15 小题。
( ) 13 How many main icons does the program have?
A Four. B Five. C Six.
( ) 14 Which icon should be clicked if you want to listen to people talking?
A Book B Tour C Ear.
( ) 15 What can you do if you click on the ‘Pencil’ icon?
A Go on short tours. B Do some exercises.
C Read stories and articles.
听一段独白，回答第 16 至 20 小题。
( ) 16 Bob’s favourite was _________.
A singing B dancing C drawing
( ) 17 It was difficult for Bob to join the school dancing group because ________.
A the school only had a girls’ dancing group
B the school didn’t allow（允许）boys to dance
C the group had enough dancers already
( ) 18 The school worried that ___________ if Bob stayed in the group.
A nobody would watch their dance
B other boys would join and the girls might leave
C other schools would laugh at them
( ) 19 The judge(法官) thought the school’s decision was ___________.
A useful B necessary C wrong
( ) 20 We can infer(推断) that Bob felt ________ when he went back to the group.
A sad B happy C hungry
二、 选择填空（共 15 小题，每小题 1 分，满分 15 分）
( ) 21 ---How long __________ your parents ___________?
---For about twenty years.
A did, marry B have, married C have, got married D have, been married
( ) 22 Mr Chen is over 80, ________ he still looks healthy.
A and B or C but D for
( ) 23 ---Look at the boy running on the playground. Is it Davis?
---It ______ be him. I saw him go to the teachers’ office just now.
A mustn’t B can’t C couldn’t D must
( ) 24 My uncle ___________ a farmer. Now he is a driver.
A is used to B is used to be C used to being D used to be
( ) 25 There is little coffee in the bottle,____________?
A is there B isn’t there C is it D isn’t it
( ) 26 ---When will the plane ___________?
--- In an hour.
A reach B arrive in C get to D arrive
( ) 27 ___________ great fun it is to fly kites! ________ great time the childre are having!
A What, What a B What, What C How, How a D What a, What
( ) 28 My father ___________ a letter yesterday, but I’m not sure if he has finished it.
A wrote B was writing C has written D writes
( ) 29 The weather in Hong Kong is quite different from __________ in Beijing.
A it B them C that D those
( ) 30 I ___________ my computer for almost ten years. It still works OK.
A bought B have bought C have had D have
( ) 31 My dad __________ to Singapore for a meeting. He ________ there twice.
A has gone, has been B has been, has gone
C has gone, has gone D has been, has been
( ) 32 The Story of Ah Q ___________________Lu Xun
A writes B wrote by C was written D was written by
( ) 33 Don’t wake up the ___________ baby. She has just fallen __________.
A sleepy, asleep B asleep, sleeping C sleeping, asleep D sleeping, sleepy
( ) 34 The _____________ is used for typing.
A printer B keyboard C mouse D menu
( ) 35 The volunteers __________ leave the hospital until all their work __________.
A won’t, will be done B don’t, will finish
C won’t, is finished D didn’t, finished
三、 完形填空（共 10 小题，每小题 1 分，满分 10 分）
Martin Henfield talks about some of his experiences as a twin. When we were small, my
mother dressed us 36 the same clothes. That was bad enough and we didn’t like it. But when
we went on our first camping trip, it was even 37 . We were only ten years old, and while
38 went into their sleeping bags for the night, we were not happy to sleep inside a double
sleeping bag my mother made for us.
At school, our classmates 39 us Henfield One and Henfield Two, so people couldn’t
even see our difference according to our initials(姓名开头的字母) because 40 of us were
M.H. It was only when I went to college(大学) and began to have my own friends that I started to
feel my own freedom of identity(身份)
Before I went to college, during my last secondary school 41 , I got a job on a building
site.(工地). My twin brother, Mike Henfield , didn’t work. He was resting. One day I said to the
foreman(工头), “Can I have a week off?” “Certainly,” he said, “but you won’t have the job when
you 42 back.”I didn’t want to 43 the job. So on Monday morning, Mike went down in
my jeans, jacket and hat and he worked for me for one week. 44 of them knew the
difference.
Now I am growing old and I feel very different 45 my twin brother. And he will tell
you the same. We have really worked towards that for forty years.
( ) 36 A in B for C on D with
( ) 37 A bad B worse C good D best
( ) 38 A all boys B another boy C all the other boys D all the boys
( ) 39 A called B asked C understood D knew
( ) 40 A every B each C both D all
( ) 41 A holidays B year C week D weekend
( ) 42 A get B will get C got D are getting
( ) 43 A lose B missing C lost D fail
( ) 44 AAll B None C Each D Both
( ) 45 A in B from C with D as
四、 阅读理解（共 15 小题，每小题 1 分，满分 15 分）
A
( ) 46 Zhang Shuxia and her daddy don’t get on well because ___________.
A her daddy doesn’t talk to her B her parents don’t love her.
C she doesn’t like her parents D they can’t understand each other
( ) 47 The purpose(目的) of ________ is to let people in the world think more about families
and family problems.
A the writer of the article B International Day of Families
C the story of Zhang Shuxia D the study of Beijing families
( ) 48 The problem discussed in the passage mostly happens to ___________.
A junior school students B families in Beijing
C families in Hebei D primary school students
( ) 49 The underlined word “ that” in the last paragraph means “____________”.
A going out for a walk or watching TV B something your parents are interested in
C your parents’ lives in the past D some way to have a good look
( ) 50 Which of the following is NOT a good way for kids to get closer to their families?
A Find a good time to talk B Don’t talk to their parents.
C Listen to them carefully D Be honest to their parents
B
Everyone needs friends. Friends bring us happiness and hope in our lives. But the ability to
make friends changes from person to person. To some people, making friends is easy, and to
others it’s very difficult.
Making friends is a skill, and the first thing is to know how to get on with others.
If you have trouble in making friends, maybe I can tell you how to do it.
Realize your own good points. You have skills and talents(才能) that others will like.
Believe that you are a good person and have something nice to share with others.
Be humourous. Learn to laugh at yourself and your weakness. Remember to smile at
others.
Respect(尊敬) the others. Everyone has his own idea. Learn how to listen to others’
ideas without trying to make them accept(接受) yours.
Be kind. If you are kind to others, they will usually be kind to you. There are hundreds
of little things you can do to show your kindness. Open the door for someone. Wave to a
friend and so on.
Don’t complain(抱怨). Learn to accept what you can’t change, and work hard to change
what you can. No one is willing to hear your complaints all the time.
Never give up. Even if you are faced with some closed-minded people, never give up.
And try to find someone who will understand you.
( ) 51 Why do we need friends according to the passage?
A Friends can do everything for us. B Friends can bring us happiness.
C Friends accept our ideas all the time. D Without friends, we could not live.
( ) 52 What’s the first thing we should learn in order to make friends?
A To help others. B To smile to others.
C To get on with others. D To listen to others’ complaints.
( ) 53 Which of the following shows a sense of humour?
A Opening the door for someone. B Complaining to others all the time.
C Laughing at ourselves and our weakness. D Finding someone wo will understand us.
( ) 54 How many pieces of advice does the writer provide when we have trouble in making
friends?
A Five. B Seven. C Nine. D Eleven.
( ) 55 What should we do when we have trouble in making friends?
A Respect others. B Complain. C Give up. D Laugh at them
C
( ) 56 Why do people type acronyms?
A To show their feelings. B To make jokes.
C Because people can type them quickly. D In this way newbies won’t understand them.
( ) 57 What does “BTW, my puter is not working well.：-（” mean?
A The person is happy about getting a new computer.
B The person has to go away from their computer.
C The person is angry at somebody.
D The person is sad that his computer is having problems.
( ) 58 If someone is angry, what may he type?
A B C LOL D BRB
( ) 59 E- talk will probaly _________.
A keep changing B stay the same
C be used by people on the telephone D be easy for newbies to understand
( ) 60 People can do the following through internet except __________.
A doing shopping B writing diaries C eating foods D playing games
五、 词汇运用（共 15 小题，每小题 1 分，满分 15 分）
A 根据句意和提示，填写所缺单词。
61 I’m free now. Shall we go to the c___________ to see a film?
62 Many topics are ___________ (cover) in the course.
63 ---Which country will you go to if you have the chance to travel _________?
---The USA or Japan.
64 Who is the ___________ of the Water Cube in Beijing?(设计人)
65 The audience couldn’t help _________ their hands when the host appeared at the charity show.
B 选用方框内所给词的适当形式填空。
develop die simple correct harm
66 When a question is answered ____________, the witch will cut an inch of the princess’s hair.
67 The water in the river is ___________. You can drink it without cooking.
68 The visitors are all amazed to see the _____________ in Rugao in recent years.
69 The lamb has been __________ for quite some time.
70 Of all the questions, this one is the _______________.
C 选用方框内所给动词的适当形式填空。
speak not be take talk sing
71 The students _______________ in loud voices when the teacher came into the classroom.
72 __________ English ___________ in that country?
73 Great changes ______________ place in China since she opened to the world in 1980s.
74 There ___________ any trees here in the past.
75 The children, together with their teacher ____________ happily. Can you hear them?
六、 句型转换（每空限填一词）（共 5 小题，每小题 1 分，满分 5 分）
76 The boy left home last Sunday. (同义替换)
The boy has been ___________ from home ___________ last Sunday.
77 Yang Su hosts the news programme.(改为被动语态)
The news programme is ___________ ____________ Yang Su.
78 Kitty likes visiting Shanghai in any season because she loves shopping.(提问)
___________ __________ Kitty like visiting Shanghai in any season?
79 The information is so useful.(改为感叹句)
___________ ____________ information it is!
80 We must do our homework by ourselves.(同义替换)
We must do our homework __________ our ____________.
七、 短文填词（首字母已给出）（共 5 小题，每小题 1 分，满分 5 分）
My family and I went on h to the USA last year. We had a wonderful time. The best
part of the trip was our visit to Disneyland. There was so much to see and to do that we spent two
days there. Once, when I was taking a photo, Mickey Mouse walked in front of me. I was so
excited that I almost dropped my c .
We visited some other t parks too, and we ate a lot. The food was d . I
hope to go back again. When the plane was taking off, I w goodbye to America and
all the interesting things I saw in Disneyland.
81.h________ 82.c________ 83.t________ 84.d__________ 85.w___________
八、 阅读短文并回答问题（共 5 小题，每小题 1 分，满分 5 分）
Balzac was a famous French writer. He often told his friends that he could know anybody’s
character by his handwriting.
One day a woman brought him a page from a young boy’s exercise book. She said that she
wanted to know what Balzac thought of the boy’s character. Balzac studied the handwriting
carefully for a few minutes. The woman told him that the boy wasn’t her son and that he might tell
her the truth.
“All right,” said Balzac, “I will tell you the truth.” And he said that the boy was a bad boy. “It is
very interesting,”said the woman and smiled, “This is a page from your own exercise book.”
86 Who was Balzac?
87 What did he often tell his friends?
88 Did the woman ask him to tell the boy’s character?
89 What did Balzac say about the boy?
90 Whose exercise book was that?
九、 书面表达（满分 10 分）
假如你是 Daniel，刚刚买了一张名叫“新中国 60 年”的教育光盘，根据下面所给信息，
把它推荐给你的同学。要求包含所有要点，句子通顺，适当使用连接词，不少于 80 词。文
章开头已给出，不计入总词数。
Profile
Name of game: New China’s 60 Years
Number of levels: 6
Main character: Mr Chen
Age: 70 years old
Goal: Travel around China to know the great changes of China over the past 60 years.
Love the country, love the hometown and make new China stronger and richer
Area of study: Chinese history
Setting: Different places around China
Designer: Cao Jun
Producer: Sunshine Educational CD-ROMs Co.
Sold in: Xinhua Bookstores
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如皋初中 2009-2010 学年第二学期期中考试
八年级英语试题听力材料及参考答案
一、 听力测试（共 20 小题，每小题 1 分，满分 20 分）
A 听对话，选择合适的图画或答案。每段对话听两遍。
1 M：The Statue of Liberty ia a symbol of America, right?
W: Yes, that’s true.
2 M: What’s your father busy doing there?
W: He hasn’t come back for days. He is saving a dying man.
3 M: What does the weather report say?
W: I have no idea, but you’d better take an umbrella with you, for it looks like rain.
4 M: Let us play computer games, will you?
W: We have the first class at 8:15. Don’t do that until the first class is over.
5 M: Excuse me, which is the way to the North Street Hospital?
W: Well, you’d better catch the No 15 bus and it will take you right there.
6 M: I miss Jim very much. Do you know how he is?
W: Sorry, I haven’t seen him for a long time. But his mother says he has been in hospital for a
week.
7 W：Which would you like, tea or juice?
M: Neither. Give me some coffee with milk, please.
8 M: I’m looking for a pair of black shoes.
W: I’m sorry. We haven’t any black shoes at the moment. But we have got brown ones and red
ones.
9 W: This is Mrs Wood from the United States. She lived most of her life in Japan and China.
M: Nice to meet you here, Mrs Wood.
10 M: Nice to meet you, Mrs White. Do you mind if I smoke?
W: Please don’t, Mr Brown.
B 听对话或独白，选择正确答案。每段材料听两遍。
听第一段对话，回答第 11 至 12 小题。
M: Excuse me, I have lost my map. I want to go to the railway station, but I can’t find it. It’s next
to the clock tower, isn’t it?
W: The railway station was there years ago, but I’m afraid it’s not there any more.
M: Oh, really? I haven’t visited Sunshine Town for a very long time. Things have changed a lot
over the years.
W: You’re quite right. Have you seen our new park?
M: Yes, I have just seen it. The park is so big and beautiful.
W: Yes, it is.
听第二段对话，回答第 13 至 15 小题。
M: June,can you tell us how this program works?
W: Well, there are five main icons. They are ‘Book’, ‘Ear’, ‘Tour’, ‘Pencil’ and ‘Anita’.
M: I’m sorry. Do you mind repeating the names of those icons, please?
W: Of course not. They are ‘Book’, ‘Ear’, ‘Tour’, ‘Pencil’ and ‘Anita’.
M: So what happens when I click each of these icons.
W: Well, when you click the ‘Book’ icon, you can read articles and stories about a topic.When you
click the ‘Ear’ icon, you can listen to people talking. With the ‘Tour’ icon, you can go on short
tours of Australia and New Zealand.
M: What about the ‘Pencil’ and ‘Anita’ icons?
W: When you click the ‘Pencil’ icon, you can do some exercises. When you need help, you can
click the ‘Anita’ icon.
M: The game sounds really interesting!
M: Yes. We think it’s a great program.
听一段独白，回答第 16 至 20 小题。
Last summer,15-year-old Bob had a problem. Like a lot of children, Bob was interested in doing
many things. He liked dancing most and wanted to join a dancing group. But Bob’s school didn’t
have a boys’ dancing group but a girls’ group. He tried to join the girls’ group. And he made it!
Bob thought this problem was over after he had been one of the dancers in the dancing group.
But a bigger problem was just beginning. The school didn’t let Bob stay in the girls’ group. “If we
let Bob stay in the group,” the school said, “other boys will want to join. Soon, there won’t be any
girls in the group.” They took Bob off the group.
Bob was very angry about it, so he went to a judge. The judge said it was not a right decision
and told the school to let Bob go back to the dancing group.
1-5 CCBBC 6-10 BCCCC 11-15 ACBCB 16-20 BABCB
二、 选择填空（共 15 小题，每小题 1 分，满分 15 分）
21-25 DCBDA 26-30 DABCC 31-35 ADCBC
三、 完形填空（共 10 小题，每小题 1 分，满分 10 分）
36-40 ABCAC 41-45 AAABB
四、 阅读理解（共 20 小题，每小题 1 分，满分 20 分）
46-50 DBACB 51-55 BCCBA 56-60 CDBAC
五、 词汇运用（共 15 小题，每小题 1 分，满分 15 分）
A 根据句意和提示，填写所缺单词。
61.cinema 62.included 63.abroad 64.designer 65.clapping
B 选用方框内所给词的适当形式填空。
66. incorrectly 67 harmless 68.development(s) 69 dead 70. simplest
C 选用方框内所给动词的适当形式填空。
71 were talking 72 Is spoken 73 have taken 74 weren’t 75 are singing
六、 句型转换（每空限填一词）（共 5 小题，每小题 1 分，满分 5 分）
76 away since 77 hosted by 78 Why does 79 What useful 80on own
七、 短文填词（首字母已给出）（共 5 小题，每小题 1 分，满分 5 分）
81 holiday 82 camera 83 theme 84 delicious 85 waved
八、 阅读短文并回答问题（共 5 小题，每小题 1 分，满分 5 分）
86 He was a famous French writer. 87 He often told his friends that he could know anybody’s
character by his handwriting. 88 Yes, she did. 89 He said the boy was a bad one. 90 Balzac’s.
九、 书面表达（满分 10 分） One possible version:
Hello, everyone! I would like to recommend you a new educational CD-ROM. Its name is
“New China’s 60 Years”. It has six levels.The main character of the game is Mr Chen. He is
seventy years old. The goal of the game is to travel around China to know the great changes of
China over the past 60 years and let the young people love their country,love their hometown and
use their skills and wisdom to make new China stronger and richer. The game is set in different
places around China. It is designed by Cao Jun and produced by Sunshine Educational CD-ROM
Co. You can buy the CDs in Xinhua Bookstore.
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