江苏省海门市正余初级中学2012-2013学年八年级上学期期中考试英语试题（无答案）

正余初中2012—2013学年度第一学期期中试卷
八年级 英语
(满分：100分 ； 答卷时间：100分钟)
选择题 共55分
一、听力
I.听对话回答问题（共5分，每题0.5分）
( ) 1.What does Jack look like?
( ) 2.How is Ted’s father going to Nanjing?
( ) 3. What’s the boy’s favourite sport?

( ) 4. Which place will the boy visit in Beijing this summer holiday?
( ) 5. Which club is Kate in?
The Singing Club B The Reading Club C The Dancing Club
( ) 6. What does Kitty want to drink?
A. Tea B Milk C Water
( ) 7. How often does Frank go to the Drawing Club?
A. Once a week B Twice a week C Every day
( ) 8. What does Alice have?
A A pen B A pencil C Three pens
( ) 9. What’s Peter’s favourite subject?
A English B Science C Maths
( ) 10. Where is Daniel now?
A In the playground B At home C In a coffee
II．听对话和短文回答问题（共10分，每题1分）
听第一段对话，回答第11-12小题
（ ）11. How will they go to New York?
A By plane B By car C By train
（ ）12. What is Helen going to bring?
A A sweater B A skirt C A jacket
听第二段对话，回答第13-15小题
（ ）13. How far is the nearest cinema?
A About 2km away B About 3km away C About 5km away
( ) 14. Which bus can take the man to the cinema?
A Bus No.2 B Bus No.13 C Bus No. 30
( ) 15. Where is the bus stop?
A It’s near the cinema B It’s over there on the left C It’s over there on the right
听第一篇短文，回答第16-20小题
（ ）16. Where does Daniel come from?
A American B England C Australia
( ) 17. How often do they go to help other people in need?
A Once a week B Twice a week C Once a year
( ) 18. How many sports are mentioned in the passage?
A Five B Three C Four
( ) 19. What do the students give to their parents at Parents Night?
A Flowers or chocolate B Flowers or cards C Cards or cakes
( ) 20. Which of the following is Not mentioned in the pasaage?
A The Drama Club B Fashion shows C The Reading Club
二、单项选择 (本题共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
（ ）1. My grandpa played_____ violin after dinner, but now he likes playing _____ basketball with me.
A. 不填; a B. the; 不填 C. the; the D. the; a
（ ）2. Daniel is polite and helpful. He is a good friend of _____.
A. mine B. my C. me D. I
（ ）3. Kitty is fond _____ dancing, but she spends little time _____ it this week because of the coming exams.
A. of; in B. of; on C. about; on D. about; in
（ ）4. The music from the radio sounds so beautiful. Could you please _____ the radio a little, Mum?
A. turn on B. turn off C. turn up D. turn down
（ ）5. Simon's idea is _____ Sandy's. They don't agree with each other.
A. the same as B. similar to C. as good as D. different from
（ ）6. I'm much _____ than my two friends, but I jump _____ of us three.
A. taller; higher B. shorter; higher C. taller; highest D. shorter; highest
（ ）7. 11. To improve（提高） his English，he spends _______one hour a day listening to English programmes.
A. at last B. at least C. at once D. at all
（ ）8. Don't worry. It's nothing serious at all and you _____ take any medicine.
A. can't B. shouldn't C. mustn't D. needn't
（ ）9. ---Look! That student is doing homework carefully.
---_______student she is!
A. How hard-working B. What hard-working
C. How a hard-working D. What a hard-working
（ ）10. Mum! The fish tastes________. Could I have some more?
A terribel B wonderful C terribly D wonderfully
（ ）11. ---We need a new leader for our Helping Hands Club，but I don’t know_______.
---Why not Mary? She is always willing to help others.
A . what to choose B. how to choose
C. when to choose D. who to choose
（ ）12.--- They say there are many monkeys in this mountain. But I didn’t see any of them.
---Hope we can see _________today.
A another B others C some D any
（ ）13. He had to retire(退休) early________poor health.
A .as a result B because C so D because of
（ ）14. I can’t buy the dress because I have just _____ money.
A. little B. a little C. few D. a few
（ ）15. ---Shall we go out for a trip to relax ourselves after the final exam?
---________________.
A. That’s all right. B. It doesn’t matter.
C. That’s a good idea. D. Have a great time.
三、完形填空(每小题1分，共10分)
Sarah Winchester lived in California. She was a very 1 woman. She didn't buy many jewels (珠宝) or 2 clothes. 3 , she spent millions of dollars in 4 a house. She began to do it at the age of 45. The strange thing about Sarah' s house was that it seemed（似乎）never finished. The work on the house went on for 38 5 because Sarah was afraid to stop building it.
Sarah' s house was near San Jose. Every day, a lot of 6 arrived there to work for her. Sarah wanted more rooms and more doors and more windows, 7 the workers kept on building them. The house was seven floors high and had 160 rooms. There were 200 doors and 1,000 windows. There were also three lifts, nine kitchens, and 47 fireplaces.
Why did Sarah want a house that kept getting 8 ? It was because Sarah was afraid of__9__ . She thought she would die when the house was finished, so she didn't want her house to be finished.
Sarah Winchester's plan seemed to have worked (奏效) because she lived to be 83 years old. But 10 , her house was finished.
( )1. A. poor B. rich C. useful D. brave
( )2. A. cheap B. expensive C. simple D. old
( )3. A. Still B. Usually C. Instead D. Even
( )4. A. building B. buying C. selling D. setting
( )5. A. years B. months C. weeks D. days
( )6. A. drivers B. workers C. farmers D. visitors
( )7. A. but B. until C. since D. so
( )8. A. bigger B. smaller C. stronger D. cleaner
( )9. A. working B. dying C. living D. growing
( )10. A. hardly B. usefully C. carefully D. finally
四、阅读理解(每小题1分，共15分)
A
In the past 300 years, more than 130 species of animals have become extinct. One of these extinct species is the passenger pigeon（旅鸽）. At one time there were millions of these birds in North America, but now there are none. The last one died in the Cincinnati Zoo in 1914. Another extinct animal is the cape lion（西非狮）. The animal has been extinct since 1860.
What cause animals to become extinct? Too much hunting is one cause; pollution is another.
Governments around the world have begun to protect wild animals in danger. In the United States, the US Fish and Wildlife Service is responsible for（承担义务）endangered animals. It has listed nearly 200 species of endangered animals in North America.
( ) 1. The underlined word “extinct” in the first sentence probably means “ ”.
A. ill B. dying out C. becoming D. changing
( ) 2. There were many cape lions in North America .
A. last century B. in the twentieth century
C. more than two hundred years ago D. in 1914
( ) 3. isn’t the reason for the extinction of wild animals in North America.
A. The pollution B. Too much killing C. Too much hunting D. The war
( ) 4. Three are species of wild animals in danger listed by the US Fish and Wildlife.”
A. less than 130 B. about 200 C. over 200 D. nearly 300
( )5. The best title of this passage should be “ ”.
A. A sad story B. Endangered animals in North America
C. Wild animals D. The US Fish and Wildlife Service
B
The Red Cross Society of China (RCC) (中国红十字会)has so far received 150 million yuan (18 million US dollars) in donation (捐款) for tsunami-hit(遭受海啸袭击的) countries, reports from the RCC said on January 14, 2005.
2.66 million US dollars of the money were sent to Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Maldives soon after they were hit by the killer disaster(灾难)late last month. The rest(剩余部分) of the money will be sent for rebuilding villages, schools and orphanages(homes for children who lost their parents) in the disaster area, the reports said.
According to the reports, two RCC’s rescue(营救) teams have arrived in Indonesia and Sri Lanka Friday. A third team will go to Thailand early next week.
The RCC will report how much money has been collected and the uses of the money on its Website on time, the reports said.
( )6. The countries were hit by ___________.
A. a forest fire B. a tsunami C. a big flood D. a drought disaster.
( )7. The RCC collected money for _______________, Thailand and Maldives.
A. Indonesia, China B. Indonesia, Sri Lanka
C. China, Sri Lanka D. Indonesia, America
( )8. The rest of the money will NOT be used to rebuild _________ in the disaster area.
A. villages B. schools C. airports D. orphanages
( )9. Which statement (陈述) is true according to the passage?
A. The RCC has so far received USD 2.66 million in donation for tsunami-hit countries.
B. A third team will be sent to Maldives next week.
C. Two RCC’s rescue teams have arrived in Thailand.
D. The uses of the money will be reported on its Website on time by the RCC.
( )10. The passage is probably from _________.
A newspaper. B. An advertisement. C. An instruction book. D. A storybook.
C
One day ,a woman got on a bus with a child in her arms.The woman sat down next to an old couple.The old woman took a look at the child and said in a low voice to her husband,”Look at the child.He’s so ugly(丑陋的).”
The woman heard what the old woman said and began to cry.She cried and cried and no one could stop her.
When the bus came to a stop, a young man got on the bus with some bananas and sat at the back of the bus. He saw the woman crying,so he went over and said to her,”Oh,come,please don’t cry any more.You look very ugly when you are crying.”
The woman didn’t stop crying.Instead, she cried even harder.The young man didn’t know what he could do.Suddenly he noticed the bananas in his hand and had a good idea. So he said again to the woman,”Well,if you stop crying,I will give your monkey some bananas to eat.”
( )11. “An old couple”in the first paragraph refers to (指的是)_______.
the driver and the conductor(售票员) B. the old woman and her husband
C. the woman and her child D. the bus and its passengers
( )12. The child in the woman’s arms_____________.
was very clever B. was very tall C. looked quite lovely D. wasn’t good-looking
( )13. The woman began to cry on the bus because______________.
A. she felt very sad B.she took the wrong bus
C. she didn’t get off at the right stop D. she lost her purse
( )14.The woman cried even harder when the young man asked her to stop crying because_______.
the young man didn’t give her bananas B. the old woma said her child was ugly
C. the young man said she looked ugly D. she also thought her child was ugly
( ) 15. What the young man said at the end of the story shows that____________.
A. the child became a monkey B. the child was very ugly
C. the young man was very kind D. the woman loved her child
非选择题（45分）
五、词汇(本题共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
A)请根据括号中的中文提示、英文释义或句意，写出句中所缺单词，使句子通顺。
1. How long can I keep these ____________(杂志)？
2. Paul, did you___________(收到) your mother's letter this morning?
3. If farmers __________(go on) to take the land, giant pandas will have nowhere to live.
4. When you walk through the __________(a large area of land with trees) without a map，you may get lost in it.
5. You catch a cold. Take the __________and you’ll be OK soon.
B)请根据句意从方框中选择合适的单词，并用其适当形式填空，使句子通顺。
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1. _________, I caught the last bus, so I didn't have to walk home.
2. That kind-hearted ________often takes care of the sick baby animals.
3. 一What do baby pandas look like at birth? 一Little white __________，I Think
4. He went to the Great Wall yesterday and enjoyed __________ very much.
5. Look at the photo. Do you know the ____________ person from the left?
C)请根据句意从方框中选择合适的动词，并用其适当时态填空，使句子通顺
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1. --- Where is the bird?--- It __________away a moment ago.
2. --- How do you like our city? ---Wonderful. I __________ here for another two days.
3. ---Can you hear some students singing in the hall?
---Yes. Our school __________ a red-song competition there.
4. I __________ to post the letter on my way here this morning. I’ll do it this afternoon.
5. If Tom _________the game, we’ll give him a surprise.
六、句型转换(本题共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分)
请根据要求改写下列句子，每空一词。
1. The doctor asked the old man to stop smoking. (改为一般疑问句)
________ the doctor ________ the old man to stop smoking?
2. Mike has lunch at the school. （改为否定句）
Mike _______ _______ lunch at the school.
3. My father seldom watches TV on weekdays. （对划线部分提问）
_______ _______ does your father watch TV on weekdays?
4. Kitty wondered where she could buy a digital camera.(同义句转换)
Kitty wondered ________ _________buy a digital camera.
5. Max has poor eyesight because he worked on the computer too much at night.(同义句转换)
Max has poor eyesight _______ ___________working on the computer too much at night.
七、阅读与回答问题（本题共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
请认真阅读下面的短文，并根据短文内容回答文后的问题，将答案写在答题卡上。
These days, a new kind of restaurant is becoming popular. People who go there can not only enjoy their meals, they can also enjoy playing computer games and have fun with their family and friends on the Internet. Sailor is the restaurant’s name. It is in Los Angeles, and it’s about fun and food.
In Sailor, there are no waiters or waitresses around you. The screens have replaced (取代) them. You can order the food you want by touching the screen in front of you and runners will bring it to the tables. You can also play video games with the people at the next table. The screens can show music videos, movies and so on. But mainly they are used to show video games.
It’s an interactive (互动的) restaurant where you will control your meal and your fun. The service is fast and the runners know clearly where to go. There will be no waiting for a waiter, and no misunderstanding in the kitchen. Different kinds of food are served at any time of day. Sailor is a place which hosts “room games”, where every table in the restaurant can have a video game competition at the same time.
The owner of the restaurant hopes that Sailor can make it easy for people to be interactive, have fun and enjoy a delicious meal.
1. Where is the restaurant Sailor?
2. How can you order the food in Sailor?
3. When is the food served in Sailor?

4. What does the owner of the restaurant hope?
5. How do you like this new kind of restaurant?
八、短文填空（本题共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后根据短文的内容和所给的首字母，在空格内填入一个适当的词，使短文意思完整。所填单词在答题卡上必须完整写出。
We have been in Australia for three days. We’re having a g__1_ time here. Australia is the sixth largest country in the w______. There is so much to see that it is impossible for me to tell you everything. Sydney is a beautiful city. There are many big t__3_ ?and beautiful flowers around the houses and they l_ 4_ really beautiful. There are also some special a __5_ in Australia, such as kangaroos and koalas. They are really lovely.
?During the past three days we’ve visited many p __6_ of interest around Sydney. I’d like to spend more time here. But we will f__7_ ?to another city, Cairns, to see coral beds（珊瑚礁）tomorrow. It is said that words cannot describe(描述) the b__8___ of the colourful corals. Many famous cartoon films were made there. Now we are b__9_ ?packing our bags so that we will not lose time when we leave. We can enjoy o__10_ in Cairns this time tomorrow. I’m looking forward to going there!
九、书面表达（共15分）
李红是某校八年级（1）班一名新转入的外地学生。几个星期来，老师和同学们对她的关心和帮助让她倍感温暖，使她逐渐适应了新的学习和生活环境。
假如你是李红，请你根据下面表中的提示语写一则日记，叙述这几个星期以来他们对你各方面的关心、帮助以及你的感受和愿望。
生活方面
1. 同学们从家中带来可口的食物给我吃；
2. 同学们带我参观校园，周末邀请我到他们家做客；
3. 下午放学后，同学们经常带我去操场跑步、打排球。
思想方面
老师、同学们找我谈心，和我交朋友。
学习方面
老师、同学们帮助我的功课
感受和愿望
……
注意：1. 词数：80个左右 (日记开头已给出的内容不计入总词数)；
2. 内容必须包括上表中的要点，可适当发挥，但不要逐条翻译；
3. 条理清楚、语句连贯； 4. 文中不得出现真实的地名、校名和人名。
正余初中2012-2013学年度第一学期期中考试
八年级英语试卷
(满分：100分 ； 答卷时间：100分钟)
听力
I.听对话回答问题（共5分，每题0.5分）
II．听对话和短文回答问题（共10分，每题1分）
单选（共10分，每题1分）
完型填空（共10分，每题1分）
阅读理解（共15分，每题1分）
五，词汇
A）
1._______________2._______________3._____________4._____________5._____________
B)
1._______________2._______________3._____________4._____________5.______________
C)
1._______________2.________________3._____________4._____________5.______________
六．句型转换(本题共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分)
1.__________ _____________2._____________ ____________3.____________ __________
4.___________ ____________5._____________ ______________
七．阅读与回答问题（本题共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
1.___________________________________________________________________________
2.___________________________________________________________________________
3.___________________________________________________________________________
4.____________________________________________________________________________
5.____________________________________________________________________________
八、短文填空（本题共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
1._____________2._____________3.___________4._____________5.______________
6._____________7._____________8.___________9._____________10._____________
九、书面表达（共15分）
李红是某校八年级（1）班一名新转入的外地学生。几个星期来，老师和同学们对她的关心和帮助让她倍感温暖，使她逐渐适应了新的学习和生活环境。
假如你是李红，请你根据下面表中的提示语写一则日记，叙述这几个星期以来他们对你各方面的关心、帮助以及你的感受和愿望。
生活方面
1. 同学们从家中带来可口的食物给我吃；
2. 同学们带我参观校园，周末邀请我到他们家做客；
3. 下午放学后，同学们经常带我去操场跑步、打排球。
思想方面
老师、同学们找我谈心，和我交朋友。
学习方面
老师、同学们帮助我的功课
感受和愿望
……
注意：1. 词数：80个左右 (日记开头已给出的内容不计入总词数)；
2. 内容必须包括上表中的要点，可适当发挥，但不要逐条翻译；
3. 条理清楚、语句连贯； 4. 文中不得出现真实的地名、校名和人名。
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