江苏苏州市吴中区城西联盟学年八年级下学期期中考试英语试题.docx

1、江苏苏州市吴中区城西联盟学年八年级下学期期中考试英语试题吴中区城西联盟20142015学年第二学期期中测试初二英语试卷注意事项：1.本试卷分第卷(选择题)和第卷(非选择题)两部分，满分l20分，考试用时100分钟；2.答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、年级、学号填写在答题卷的相应位置上；3. 答选择题时必须用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑；答非选择题必须黑色墨水签字笔写在答题卡指定的位置上，不在答题区域内的答案一律无效，不得用其他笔答题考生答题必须答在答题卷上，答在试卷和草稿纸上无效。第I卷（三大题，共75分）一、听力（共两节，满分20分）A)听对话回答问题（共10小题；每小题1分，满分

2、10分）听下面10段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。每段对话读两遍。1. What is Lucy going to buy for her grandparents? 2. What do people in that country use to eat?3. What did the man do yesterday afternoon?A. B. C. 4. How are they going home?A. B. C. 5. Where are they talking? A. At a restaurant. B. At home. C.

3、 At a shop.6. Which shirt might the man buy? A. The black one. B. The white one. C. Neither of them.7. How soon will they get on the bus? A. In 15 minutes. B. In 10 minutes. C. In 5 minutes.8. What is Jack going to do this summer? A. To ask his friend for a job. B. To work in Beijing. C. To travel i

4、nstead of working.9. What do we know about Tom? A. He always gets nervous easily. B. He is not an experienced speaker. C. He hasnt prepared his speech well.10. Which of the following is TRUE? A. The boys mother doesnt work. B. The boys mother makes clothes for dogs. C. The boys mother works at a sho

5、p.B)听对话和短文答题（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分） 听下面的对话或短文。对话或短文后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。对话或短文读两遍。 听下面一段材料，回答第11. 12题。11. How long has Sarah played the piano? A. For three years. B. For eight years. C. For eleven years.12. How often does Sarah practice the piano? A. Once a day. B. Twice a week. C. Three times a

6、 week.听下面一篇短文，回答第1 3至1 5题。请根据内容从A、B、C三个选项中选择正确的选项，完成信息记录表。13. A. movies B. songs C. books14. A. 80 million B. 18 million C. 8 million15. A. weather B. games C. cinemas 听下面-段材料,回答第 16至 20题。16. How did Mrs Kao feel before Winnie called? A. Sad. B. Worried. C. Relaxed.17. Where did Winnie go? A. She we

7、nt to a baseball game. B. She went swimming with Maggie. C. She went to a night movie.18. Who was Terry? A. Winnies father. B. Winnies brother. C. Winnies friend.19. What can we infer（推断）from the story? A. Mr. Kao was not home. B. Mrs. Kao cannot drive a car. C. Maggie is Mrs. Kaos daughter.20. What

8、 lesson does the story give us? A. Children should always stay home and study hard. B. Children should not go out before an important exam. C. Children should always let their parents know where they are.二、选择填空（共25小题；每小题1分，满分25分）A)单项填空 从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项（共15小题，每小题1分）21. Rome, _ capital of

9、Italy, is_ country with a long history. A. a; the B. a; a C. the; a D. /; the22. The car crashed into the tree_ the driver was making a phone call. A. so B. but C. as D. and23. I dont like the music because it is too noisy. - Me, _.A. either B. too C. also D. but24. Many students didnt realize the i

10、mportance of study_ they left school. A when B until Cso D after25. My sisters never been late for school, _ ?A. is she B. has she C. isnt she D. hasnt she26.The Smiths used to _ in New York and now they _ in Beijing.A. live; used to live B. living; are used to live C. live; are used to living D. li

11、ving; are used for living27. When you feel helpless and_, just remember you are not_ in the world because your friends are around you. A. alone; alone B. lonely; lonely C. alone; lonely D. lonely; alone28. Mary with her parents _ to the UK. They _ back in three weeks. A. have gone; will come B. has

12、gone; will come C. have been; come D. have been; have come29. - Have you finished your homework_, Mary? - Of course, Dad. I have done it _.A. already; yet B. yet; already C. yet; yet D. already yet30. My teacher tells me that past _ the guide for the future.A. experiences are B. experience areC. exp

13、eriences is D. experience were31. - Would you please give me a hand and take the box upstairs?-_. A. With pleasure B. My pleasure C. Of course I do D. Yes, thats all right32. - Have you decided _ to the beach?- Not yet. It depends on(取决于) the weather. A. Whom to go B. where to go C. when to go D. wh

14、y to go33. We _ pay to get into the concert. Its free. A. cant B. mustnt C. dont have to D. might not34. -_ I swim here? -Im sorry, children swim alone here. A. Must; cant B. May; must C. Cant; can D. Can; mustnt35. -Do you mind _ your voice down? My father is sleeping. - _.Ato keep; Not at all. Bto

15、 keep; No, I wont. Ckeeping; Of course not. Dkeeping; Yes, I will.B)完形填空 请先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项（共10个小题，每小题1分）。 When l was small, my mum used to give the family something special for meals she would make breakfast food for dinner. I still remember one night my mum 36 some bread in

16、front of my dad, something very burnt. I waited to see if he noticed. To my surprise, my dad just took his bread, smiled at my mum and then turned to ask me how my day at school had been. Ive 37 what I told him that night. 38 I do remember watching him put some butter（黄油）on that bread. He _39 as usu

17、al, every small piece. After dinner, my mum said 40 to my dad for burning the bread. And I never forget what he said, I love burnt bread, dear. It doesnt matter at all. Later that evening, 1 went to kiss Dad good night. I asked him if he really liked his bread burnt. He held me in arms and said, You

18、r mum worked very hard all day. Shes really _41 .And you see-a bit of burnt food never hurts anyone! Now I know life is not perfect. 42 is perfect, either. As for me, I often forget birthdays or some other special days. But Ive learned something 43 over these years. What we really need is the unders

19、tanding of each other, whether between a husband and a wife, a parent and a child or just between two friends. This is the key to a happy 44 . So dont get angry if the bread gets burnt. Remember, burnt bread never hurts anyone. Be kind to those around you and a happier life will surely come 45 to yo

20、u.( )36. A. cooked B. put C. found D. bought( )37. A. decided B. known C. forgotten D. imagined( )38. A. But B. So C. Because D. And( )39. A. threw it away B. ate it up C. put it away D. looked it up( )40. A. hello B. goodbye C. no D. sorry( )41. A. tired B. excited C. worried D. interested( )42. A.

21、 Everybody B. Anybody C. Nobody D. Somebody( )43. A. important B. difficult C. funny D. easy( )44. A. class B. party C. life D. story( )45. A. nearly B. closely C. closer D. farther三、阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出最佳选项 46. The advertisements above are about_. A. shopping B. fo

22、od C. travel D. hotels47. Which place will you choose if you want to visit both mountains and beaches? A. Soll in Austria. B. Bangkok in Thailand. C. the Floating Market. D. Kauai in Hawaii.48. According to the advertisements, we know that_. A. the hottest travel place is Soll B. maybe it often rain

23、s in the centre of Kauai C. the Floating Market is in the middle of BangkokD. the Post Hotel in Austria is clean but the price is highB Can trees talk? Yes, but not in words. Scientists have reasons to believe that trees can communicate with each other. Not long ago, they learned some surprising thi

24、ngs. First, a willow (柳树) which had been attacked in the woods by caterpillars (毛毛虫) changed the chemicals (化学物质) of its leaves and made them taste so terrible that the caterpillars soon stopped eating them. Then, even more surprisingly, the willow sent out a special vapour (雾气) -a kind of message c

25、ausing its neighbours to change the chemicals of their own leaves and make them less tasty. Communication, of course, doesnt need to be in words. We can talk to each other by smiling, raising our shoulders（肩膀）and moving our hands. We know that birds and animals use a whole vocabulary of songs, sound

26、s and movements. A bee（蜜蜂）does a little dance in the air, telling other bees where to find food. A dog barks when a stranger (陌生人) comes near. So why shouldnt trees have their ways of sending messages?( )49. How was the willow able to communicate with other trees?A. By changing its colour. B. By dro

27、pping its leaves.C. By shaking caterpillars off. D. By giving off a special vapour.( )50. The passage tells us that bees communicate by _.A. making special movementsB. making unusual soundsC. touching one anotherD. smelling one another( )51. Choose the correct order of how the willow protected itsel

28、f. a. The willow changed the chemicals of its leaves. b. The caterpillars stopped eating. c. The caterpillars tried to attack the willow. d. The willow sent out a signal to tell its neighbours to do the same. e. The caterpillars began to eat the willow leaves. f. The willow leaves tasted bad. A. e,

29、c. f, a, d, b B. c. e, d, a, f, b C. c. e, a, f, b, d D. e, c. b, f, a, dC English people think that the home is a place to protect themselves from the outside world, not one for others to see and enjoy. For them, their house is a personal place in which they go to hide away from the troubles of lif

30、e. To the Americans, their home is an expression of themselves, a place to show others what kind of people they are. So they would very much like to have visitors in their house and see it. Americans also want their home to be a place where they can have fun and share their lives with their friends. They often have a large entertainment area in their house so that they can watch sports on TV. They also have an outside area for barbeques. English people, on the other hand, usually spend much more time with friends at public places like parks or pubs. Few peo