江苏省淮安市学八年级英语第一学期期末试题 牛津版.doc

淮安市20122013学年度八年级第一学期期末考试英语试卷 第一卷 （选择题，共65分）一、 听力测试 （共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）第一节（共10小题）听下面10段短对话，每段对话后有一个小题，从题中a、b、c三个选项中选出最佳选项。每段对话读两遍。1. whats the boys favourite animal? a. b. c. 2. how does the boy go to school? a. b. c. 3. what did the boy see last summer? a. b. c. 4. what does the boy want? a. b. c. 5. what does the girl want to do this weekend? a. go skiing.b. go cycling.c. go hiking.6. what does the boy think of the film? a. interesting.b. boring.c. exciting.7. whats the most important for the boy? a. being clever.b. being honest.c. being good-looking.8. who has the most rubbers? a. jack.b. nancy.c. daniel.9. what does the bird look like? a. it has broad wings and brownish feathers.b. it has white feathers and a long thin neck. c. it has grey feathers and a forked tail.10. what does the boy want to be? a. a writer.b. an editor.c. a social worker.第二节（共10小题）听下面三段材料，每段材料后有几个小题，从题中所给的a、b、c三个选项中选出最佳选项，每段材料读两遍。听一段对话，回答第11-12题。11. whats the boys ideal school like? a. a small one near the sea.b. a big one near the sea. c. a small one near the river.12. which of the following is true? a. the boy wants to learn home economics.b. the boy wants to stay at school for long. c. the boy hopes his ideal school starts early and finishes late.听一篇短文，回答第13-15小题。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。 its time to protect wild animalsdodosthey died out in 13 .giant pandasthere are only about 14 giant pandas in the wild.tigersthere are less than 7,000 wild tigers. the number of the south china tigers is only 20 to 15 .13. a. 1618b. 1681c. 186114. a. 16,000b. 160c. 1,60015. a. 30b. 40c. 50听一篇短文，回答第16-20小题。16. how did wang gang listen to mr lis talk? a. on tv.b. on the radio.c. on the internet.17. why did wang gang write the letter to mr li? a. to become a member of the birdwatching club. b. to thank mr li for his wonderful talk. c. to ask mr li to give another talk this week.18. which of the following is true about wang gang? a. he is a grade 7 student in nanjing.b. he likes nature but hates climbing. c. he loves birds and wants to protect them.19. when can wang gang go to club activities? a. on saturday morning.b. on saturday.c. on sunday.20. whats wang gangs telephone number? a. 83482626.b. 83282626.c. 83286262.二、单项选择（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）21. is mo yan, the nobel prize winner, _ best writer in china? its hard to say. but he is really _ very good writer.a. a; theb. a; ac. /; ad. the; a22. li jun will have a maths test tomorrow. but he isnt good at maths. so he is _ now.a. happyb. nervousc. excitedd. generous23. is li ming your true friend? yes. he always helps me _ nothing. a. withb. forc. byd. of24. im not good at playing the piano. what should i do? you need more _. the more you play, the better you play. a. supportb. restc. practiced. humour25. the cake smells so _ and the boy is looking _ at it. a. nice; happilyb. nicely; happyc. nicely; happilyd. nice; happy26. i dont like this blue t-shirt. can you show me _ one” sorry, we only have this one left. you can go to the shop on _ side of the street. a. another; otherb. other; the otherc. another; the otherd. the other; another27. jim is sad because he got _ presents on new years day. a. the mostb. the fewestc. the leastd. the best28. will you go to nanjing by bus _ by plane? by plane. it is expensive _ fast. a. or; butb. or; andc. and; butd. and; and29. did you _ much time watching li nas match last night? yes. it _ me a few hours to watch this match.a. spend; spentb. spend; tookc. take; tookd. take; cost30. yancheng wetlands _ food and shelter for many endangered birds. a. protectb. feedc. provided. prevent31. of all the girls, jenny was _ because she got the first prize. a. more exciting b. the most exciting c. more excited d. the most excited 32. my friends and i had a good time _ with each other at the party last saturday.a. chatb. chatted c. chatting d. to chat33. every year, we _ a school trip to zhou enlai memorial hall. a. come onb. get onc. work ond. go on34. we _ more time to play sports if our teachers _ us less homework. a. will have; giveb. have; will givec. have; gived. will have; will give35. shall we go to spend the winter holiday in sanya? _ there must be too many people there. a. i agree with you.b. i hope we can go there together. c. what a good idea!d. im afraid thats not a good idea.三、完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分） having a few days off always sounds so great. everyone needs a 36 . and so does us president. us president barack obama went on holiday with his family in 37 in 2011. where did they go and did the first family enjoy 38 ? now, obama is trying to 39 his experience (经历) with us. lets listen to him. “we travelled to honolulu, hawaii, in december 2011 for 40 . of course we went there by air. we spent 17 days there. hawaii is my hometown. we had a wonderful time there. this was one of the 41 vacations in my life. my wife michelle and i visited us marines (海军) and their families in hawaii on christmas day. i 42 held the eight-month-old baby of a captain in my arms. i also spent part of christmas eve playing golf with my old friends from hawaii and some white house staff. i went to hanauma bay nature park with my 43 daughters. thats our favourite place. we dived there, 44 set four sea turtles free. we all had a good time. and both my daughters said that they wanted to go there for a 45 time later.”36. a. friendb. weekendc. jobd. vacation37. a. winterb. autumnc. summerd. spring38. a. himselfb. themselvesc. ourselvesd. yourselves39. a. tellb. showc. shared. solve40. a. easterb. christmasc. halloweend. thanksgiving day41. a. sweetestb. worstc. saddestd. cheapest42. a. toob. stillc. evend. as well43. a. oneb. twoc. threed. four44. a. orb. soc. butd. and45. a. fourthb. thirdc. secondd. first四、阅读理解（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分） ain northern scotland there is a deep lake called loch ness. it is more than 200 metres deep and it is the deepest lake in the united kingdom. people say a huge monster (妖怪) lives in the dark, cold water. it weighs more than 1,000 kilos and is at least ten metres long. it has a dark gray colour. some people say that it looks like a snake. many people travel to loch ness to look for this strange monster, but only a few people say that they saw it. no one knows whether (是否) these people really saw it or not. the loch ness monster is a famous story. people first told it over 500 years ago, but it became popular only in the twentieth century (世纪). in 1993, a couple reported that they saw a big monster in the middle of the lake. from then on, many people said that they saw a monster in loch ness. a few people took photos, but some of them werent real photos. during the 1960s, people set up an organization to find out the truth. they took many photos and made movies, but they werent able to find a monster. there is no real evidence (证据) that there is a monster in loch ness, but there is also no evidence that there is not. one thing is true about loch ness: there are lots of curious (好奇的) people going there every year.46. from the passage, we know loch ness is the name of _. a. a huge monsterb. a lakec. a riverd. a country47. the second paragraph (段) mainly talks about _. a. who first told the story of the loch ness monster b. when people took photos of the loch ness monster c. why people set up an organization in the 1960s d. how the story of the loch ness monster became popular48. which of the following is not true? a. the loch ness monster weighs less than 1,000 kilos. b. people began to tell the story more than five centuries ago.c. people are not sure whether there is a monster in loch ness. d. many visitors are interested in the story of the loch ness monster. b going to a friends house is very exciting. you may spend time with a friend and get to see where he lives. so remember to be polite. when to arrive? the first thing to remember is that when a friend invites you over, you need to arrive on time. if your friend tells you to come around 3.00 p.m., that means you can turn up a little bit after 3.00 p.m. but usually it is a good thing to arrive at the right time. ? often it is also nice to bring something to your friends house. this could be a box of chocolates for you two to share, or maybe a movie that you can watch together. you can also bring some flowers. a little gift is a nice way to show your friend that you are excited to be at his house. how to greet? when you visit your friends house, you may also meet his parents. you should tell them who you are and they may tell you their names. as a child, i went to visit my friend paul. i called his parents by their first names john and mary. but now i know it is more polite to call them mr or mrs smith. this will show them more respect (尊重) and then they may tell you to call them by their first names. another way to show respect is to call them madam or sir. it is a cool thing to visit a friends house. be polite to your friend and your friends parents, and they will invite you again.49. if your friend asked you to get to his house around 4.30 p.m., it is polite to arrive at _. a. 4.00 p.m.b. 4.35 p.m.c. 5.30 p.m.d. 6.00 p.m.50. which of the following can we choose for the blank (空白) in the passage? a. what to watchb. what to eatc. what to bringd. what to wear51. the passage mainly (主要) tells us _. a. when to arrive at your friends houseb. how to greet your friends parents c. what to bring to your friendd. how to be a good visitor52. the passage may be from _. a. an article in a magazineb. a letter from a child to parents c. a tv advertisementd. a tv news report canimals grow up in different ways. they have lots of lessons to learn. some animals are born helpless but their mothers protect them. a newborn kangaroo is the size of a bee. she stays in her mothers safe pouch. she doesnt open her eyes for at least five months. a newborn monkey cannot walk. his mother carries him. other baby animals can walk soon after theyre born. they learn to run with their mother when danger is near. a baby zebra can run an hour after she is born.some baby animals are born in a place that is safe. other baby animals are born in the open. baby wolves are born in large holes. a baby elephant is born on open, grassy land. other elephants make a circle (圈) to protect her. animals that drink their mothers milk are called mammals. a mother bears milk is fatty and rich. baby bears need lots of fat to keep warm in winter. they have milk for six months. baby zebras drink milk for six months or more! as baby animals grow, they need solid (固体的) food. baby lions eat what their mother can catch. 53. the underlined word “mammals” probably means _ in chinese. a. 两栖动物b. 哺乳动物c. 爬行动物d. 脊椎动物54. which of the following is true?a. both baby bears and baby zebras drink their mothers milk.b. wolves make a circle to protect the baby wolf.c. newborn monkeys can run one hour after they are born.d. baby wolves are born in the open.55. the best title (标题) of this passage should be “_”. a. animals in dangerb. mothers protect their babies c. animals grow up in different waysd. how to protect animals第二卷 （非选择题，共55分）五、词汇运用 (共15小题；每小题l分，满分l5分)a) 根据句子意思，从方框中选用恰当的单词或短语填空。misses, has problems with, unpopular, too much, instead, worries, drawing, up to, at the beginning1. the boy is very hard-working and he does homework for _ eight hours on sunday.2. i like art and im a member of the _ club.3. _, i hated english but later i began to love it.4. when something _ me, my friends always help me and make me happy again.5. tom never works hard at school so he _ all his lessons.6. the young lady cares _ about her clothes and she spends much money on them.7. i wont have beef for lunch. _, i will have some fish.8. old people usually like beijing opera but its _ with young people.b) 根据句意，用括号中所给单词的正确形式填空。9. there are many places of _ (interesting) in beijing.10. the father makes his son _ (clean) his own bedroom every day.11. when autumn comes, _ (leaf) begin to fall off the tree.12. its raining very hard so i decide _ (not go) out.13. the boy is _ (honest) so he has few friends.14. there was a lot of traffic on the way but _ (lucky), we didnt miss the beginning of the film.15. yesterday morning, zhang ming was late for class because of _ (get) up late.六、完成句子 (共5小题；每小题2分，满分l0分) 根据所给中文意思，用英文完成下列各句。16. 我们应该为野生动物腾出更多的空间。 we should _ wild animals.17. 这个故事不如那个故事有趣。 this story is _ that one.18. 我爸爸每天早晨开车送我去上学。 my father _ school every morning.19. 我们的班长乐于助人，我们都很喜欢他。 our monitor _ others and we all like him.20. 不要砍伐树木了，否则大熊猫们将无处可住。 dont _ trees or giant pandas will _.七、任务型阅读 (共l0小题；21-25每小题2分，26-30每小题1分，满分15分) 阅读下面短文，根据要求完成下列各题。acanada geese (鹅) are large blue and white birds. when autumn arrives, they have to fly south where it is warmer. the winter are so cold in canada that the birds die if they stay there.last spring, bill lishman found sixteen young canada geese on his farm. they had lost their parents. bill thought that these young birds wouldnt know what to do in the autumn. bill had a small plane and he decided to teach the birds to follow him. all through the summer, he took a short trip in his plane and the young geese flew after him.when the cold weather (天气) arrived in autumn, bill flew to virginia in the united states, 600 miles south of his home in canada. the geese followed him all the way. bill left the geese in virginia and he returned home.this spring, bill was waiting for the birds to come back. they didnt arrive, so bill flew to virginia to get them. he looked for them for two weeks but he couldnt find them. when he arrived back home, bill found the geese waiting for him. they had found their way home without him.21. what will happen if canada geese stay in canada in winter? _22. is bill lishman from the united states? _23. why did bill fly back to virginia this spring? _24. did the sixteen geese have a good memory? _25. what do you think of bill lishman? _bonce einstein (爱心斯坦) gave a lecture (讲座) in many places in america. his driver always listened to him and knew the lecture so well that he was sure be could give it himself. so einstein agreed that the driver gave the lecture himself. one day, they came to a small town. as nobody knew einstein there, the driver gave the lecture for einstein that evening. at first he was a bit afraid, but einsteins smile made him feel better. he gave a good lecture and the people were quite happy. then the driver started to leave and einstein followed him without a word. when they got to the door, a man asked the driver a difficult question. of course, the driver was unable to answer it. but he didnt worry at all. he said to the man with a smile, “the question is very easy. i think even my driver can answer it. he is just behind me. please ask him.”根据上面短文内容填空，每空一个单词。26. einsteins driver wanted to give the lecture because he knew the lecture very _.27. einstein agreed to let the driver _ the lecture himself.28. in a small town, the driver gave the lecture for einstein because _ of the people there knew einstein.29. at the beginning of the lecture, the driver was a little _ but later felt better.30. the driver was _ enough to think of a good way and help himself out of trouble when a man asked him a difficult question.八、书面表达 (满分15分) 假设你叫李俊，你的美国朋友david想要在中国结交更多的朋友。你通过电子邮件，把你的同学王明介绍给他。王明情况见下表： 性别男年龄14外貌方脸，大眼睛，短发，高个子；个性 很有幽默感，替朋友保守秘密，从不说他人坏话；爱好喜欢动物，在家养了一些宠物；理想当一名校长 (headmaster)，让学生有更多的时间娱乐；春节计划到美国旅游，参观美国白宫。 要求：1. 注意文章条理，语句通顺；2. 词数80左右，邮件的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。dear david, how are you? im writing to introduce my classmate wang ming to you._ i hope you can make friends with him as soon as possible. maybe you can show him around your co