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苏州市高新区2016-2017学年上学期八年级英语期末考试试卷

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八年级英语2017.01注意事项：

1. 本试卷共8大题，满分100分，考试用时100分钟。

2．答题前，考生务必将姓名、考点名称、考场号、座位号、考试号填在答题卡相应的位置上，并用2B铅笔认真正确填涂考试号下方的数字。

3. 答选择题必须用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如需改动，请用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其

他答案；答非选择题必须用0.5毫米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。

4. 答题必须答在答题卡上，答在试卷和草稿纸上一律无效。

一、听力选择(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)

第一部分听对话回答问题

本部分共有5道小题，每小题你将听到一段对话，每段对话听两遍。在听每段对话前，你将有5秒钟的时间阅读题目；听完后，你还有5秒钟的作答时间。

1. What does the girl want the boy to do?

A. B. C.

2. What did Timmy do first when he found himself trapped?

A. B. C.

3. What is the woman going to do?

A. Stay at home.

B. Go shopping.

C. Watch TV.

4. What season is it?

A. Winter.

B. Autumn.

C. Summer.

5. What do we know from the dialogue?

A. The boy’s cl ass won the basketball final.

B. The boy will play in the basketball final.

C. The girl will go to cheer for the team with the boy.

第二部分听对话和短文回答问题

你将听到一段对话和两篇短文，各听两遍。对话和短文后各有几道题。听每段对话和短文前，你将有时间阅读相关小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，每小题你将有5秒钟的作答时间。

听一段对话，回答第6、7小题。

6. How many people went on a trip that day?

A. Three.

B. Four.

C. Five.

7. What did they do there?

A. They swam in the sea.

B. They flew their kite.

C. They had a sun bath.

听一篇短文，完成信息记录表中第8至10小题。

C. City

9. A. five B. less than five C. more than four

10. A. exciting B. forgettable C. comfortable

听一篇短文，回答第11至15小题。

11. Why was Maya’s teacher unhappy about her?

A. Because she was late for school.

B. Because she left her homework at home.

C. Because she didn’t finish her homework.

12. How did Maya and her brother go to school?

A. By bus.

B. On foot.

C. By car.

13. What happened to Maya on her way home?

A. She lost her books.

B. She left her books on the bus.

C. She dropped her books on the wet ground.

14. Why did Maya smile when she saw the writing homework?

A. Because she thought it would be easy to write.

B. Because her brother would help her finish it.

C. Because she and her brother would do it together.

15. What is the passage mainly about?

A. How Abdul learned to be nice to his sister.

B. How Maya learned to be thankful to her brother.

C. How Maya and her brother learned to help each other.

二、单项填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)

请认真阅读下面各题，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将

该项涂黑。

16. — What ______ hazy day!

— How terrible! When can we see ______ clear blue sky?

A. a; 不填

B. 不填; a

C. a; a

D. the; the

17. —Oh, no! We’ve come to a wrong place.

— Sorry, I have no sense of ______, especially in a new place.

A. instruction

B. application

C. competition

D. direction

18. — Mr Li is kind ______ anyone in need of help.

—It’s really kind ______ him to do so.

A. for; of

B. to; for

C. to; of

D. of; to

19. — As your closest friend, I will try every ______ way to help you.

—Thank you very much. I’ll always remember your kindness.

A. important

B. possible

C. difficult

D. correct

20. — Tom, ______ any sugar to my coffee.

— OK. What about some milk then?

A. doesn’t add

B. do add

C. please add

D. don’t add

21. — Jim spends the ______ time on Maths, but he always gets the ______ marks.

—It’s a great pity.

A. least; lowest

B. least; highest

C. most; lowest

D. most; highest

22. — Do you still remember what happened in your home last night?

—It was really a(n) ______ memory. I’d better forget it.

A. awful

B. poor

C. crazy

D. strong

23. — I hear Jason failed the driving test a third time.

—He won’t stop trying ______. He’s a real fighter.

A. happily

B. easily

C. quickly

D. suddenly

24. We all know that it’s dangerous to get out of the car in the wild animal park because the animals ______ hurt

you.

A. must

B. shall

C. should

D. may

25. — Are you still reading the story?

— Yes, it is ______ long. I need ______ more time to finish it.

A. a bit; a bit of

B. a bit of; a bit of

C. a bit; a bit

D. a bit of; a bit

26. —Why didn’t you acce pt my plan of the party?

—I’m so sorry, but someone else has ______ us a better one.

A. provided

B. offered

C. gave

D. made

27. — Who do you think we can talk with ______ a final decision about such a matter?

— No one. You’d better make it yourself.

A. make

B. making

C. to make

D. to be making

28. — Is Peter coming?

— No, he ______ his mind after a phone call at the last minute.

A. changed

B. changes

C. was changing

D. is changing

29. Which of the following has the same sentence structure with “He bought his son a toy ship.”?

A. He felt tired after the long walk.

B. He cleans his room every day.

C. The bad news made him unhappy.

D. He sent me a Christmas card.

30. — Hi, Jack. I can’t go to Taiwan to see y ou during the Spring Festival.

—Oh, ______ I’ll miss you very much.

A. and you?

B. dear!

C. what a shame!

D. no problem.

三、完形填空(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)

请先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出

最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

If you really want to get to know someone, travel with them. When I 31 to travel with my friends for a long time, I make a call to some people who have already traveled with friends for 32 on how to keep sensible (理性).

When you’re traveling with friends, the topic of money will surely come up. It’s a good idea to talk about the cost 33 buying the tickets. You need to work out how much the trip costs. Talking about this early will m a k e s u r e t h a t n o p l a n i s t a k e n b y s u r p r i s e.W h e n t r a v e l i n g in a group, a lot of 34 can be wasted (浪费) trying to work out what to do when you get there — if this hasn’t been35 ahead of time. Samantha suggests (建议) asking everyone to write down what they’d like to get on the trip. She said, “This 36 will let everyone feel their wishes have been heard, and it’ll be more possible for them to enjoy others’ ideas.”

If you’ll be traveling in a group with friends, it can be 37 to keep everyone active. Wade suggests choosing one person to be the group leader for the trip to 38 the argument (争议).

Aljolynn Sperber, who recently spent five days traveling around London with her best friend and her best friend’s family, suggests everyone39 some free time every day.

If you do decide to go out 40 , Pryatel suggests using a communication APP like WeChat, to keep in touch. “It lets you send your location and communicate well,” she said.

31. A. have B. begin C. fail D. come

32. A. joy B. information C. support D. advice

33. A. when B. before C. after D. if

34. A. energy B. money C. time D. fun

35. A. discussed B. used C. repeated D. described

36. A. plan B. list C. idea D. way

37. A. helpless B. natural C. hard D. easy

38. A. check B. change C. accept D. decide

39. A. spending B. sharing C. having D. taking

40. A. alone B. late C. early D. far

四、阅读理解(共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分)

请认真阅读下列短文，然后从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并

在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

“I went to see her yesterday, and stayed with her for three hours. T hen I said to her,

41. The four passages are all ______.

A. jokes

B. ads

C. news

D. stories

42. Which of the following is NOT true?

A. George wanted to play football with Albert.

B. The small boy made his granny happy by going home.

C. The seven girls didn’t get wet because it wasn’t raining at all.

D. Daddy came home quietly because he didn’t want Mom knew he was late.

As winter draws near, many of the cold-blooded animals hibernate till spring comes.And everybody knows they will be awake months later, crawling and walking around and looking for food.

But do you also know that some animals go to a summer sleep, which is called aestivation? Most animals are active during the summer, singing and dancing freely. The aestivation animals, however, will have a long sleep in a cool place to stay away from the dry and hot summer days.

In Southeast Africa there is a kind of porcupine (豪猪).Its body is covered with sharp stings. This creature usually eats earthworms as its main food. As the hot days come, the earthworms go deep under the mud to keep themselves alive. During this time the porcupine can’t find any to live on, so it lies d own to aestivate for months without eating. It comes out again when the cool autumn days arrive.

An unusual kind of tree frog in South Africa will climb up a tree during the summer. Here it hides itself in a cool place to have its summer sleep.

The most interesting thing about the aestivating animal is that while it sleeps, its body temperature drops just as the hibernating animal’s body temperature drops in winter.

43. Why do porcupines aestivate?

A. Because they are not active animals.

B. Because the weather is too hot and dry.

C. Because they have nothing to eat during the summer.

D. Because their body temperature is not high enough.

44. When does the porcupine start and end its aestivation?

A. It starts in January and ends in March.

B. It starts in March and ends in April.

C. It starts in August and ends in October.

D. It starts in November and ends in February the next year.

45. Which of the following is NOT true?

A. Hibernating animals are active in summer.

B. Porcupines in Southeast Africa live mainly on earthworms.

C. One kind of tree frogs in South Africa sleeps inside trees in summer.

D. The body temperature of an aestivation animal in summer is as low as that in winter.

46. What does the underlined word “hibernate” mean in Chinese?

A. 觅食

B. 冬眠

C. 蜗居

D. 隐藏

A few weeks ago, I went into Chase’s class for help. I e-mailed Chase’s teacher one evening and said, “My son keeps telling me that the thing you’re sending home is Maths —but I’m not sure whether I should believe him. Help, please.” She e-mailed right back and said, “No problem! I can help Chase after school anytime.” And I said, “No, not him. Me. He gets it. Help me.”

And that’s why I stayed with Chase’s Maths teacher. We talked about teaching children. We agreed that subjects like Maths and reading are not the most important things that are learned in a classroom. We also talked about something else — kindness and bravery.

And then she told me this.

Every Friday afternoon Chase’s teacher asks her students to take out a pi ece of paper and write down the names of four children with whom they’d like to sit the following week. She also asks the students to nominate (推荐) one student who they think is the most popular student that week. They needn’t write down their names on the paper.

After the students go home, she takes out those pieces of paper, and s tudies them.

In fact, Chase’s teacher is not looking for a new seating chart (表) or “popular students”. She is looking for lonely (孤独的) children. She’s looking for the ones who are unwilling to talk with others. She is finding out whose gifts (天赋) are not noticed by their classmates. Then she gets to know who needs help.

After watching Columbine the wise woman knew that all violence (暴力) comes from loneliness. So she decided to start fighting violence early and often, and what she is doing is SAVING LIVES.

And she finds the lonely kids from those lists and tries to help them. It’s Maths to her. All is love — even Maths.

47. Why does Chase’s teacher ask her students to write down s ome names on paper?

A. Because she wants to find the lonely children.

B. Because she is looking for a new seating chart.

C. Because she is looking for the popular student.

D. Because she wants to help her students learn Maths.

48. Which of the following is the correct order?

a. Chase’s teacher asks her students write down some names they want to sit with.

b. Chase’s teacher learns from the TV violence comes from loneliness.

c. Chase’s parent emails the teacher for help.

d. Chase’s te acher studies the lists after school.

e. Chase’s teacher finds who needs help.

A. c-a-d-e-b

B. b-a-c-e-d

C. b-a-d-e-c

D. a-b-d-c-e

49. What do you know about the teacher?

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8. How will they make their school more beautiful? A. By planting some young trees inside their school. B. By planting some young trees around their school. C. By doing some cleaning. 9. How much should the woman pay for the tickets? A. 64 yuan, B. 72 yuan. C. 96 yuan. 10. What does Sandy mean? A. She likes doing DIY. B. She knows little about DIY. C. She knows a lot about DIY. 第二部分听对话和短文回答问题你将听到两段对话和一篇短文，各听两遍。听每对话或短文前，你将有时间阅读相关小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后你仍有5秒钟的时间选择你认为最合适的备选答案。听第11段材料，回答11--12题。 11. Who did Lisa go shopping with? A. Her friend. B. Her sister. C. Her mother. 12. How often does Lisa go shopping? A. Once a week. B. Twice a week. C. Three times a week. 听第12段材料，回答13--15题。 13. How is the man going to the zoo tomorrow? A. By bus. B. By car. C. On foot. 14. When are they going to meet? A. At 9 a.m. B. At 8 a.m. C. At 10 a.m. 15. Where are they going to have lunch? A. In the zoo. B. At Mr. Wu’s home. C. At school. 听第13段材料，回答16—20题。 16. How old is Jenny? A. 14. B. 15. C. 16. 17. What is their favorite color? A. Red. B. Yellow. C. White.

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A. some modern women prefer a life of individual freedom. B. the family is no longer the basic unit of society in present-day Europe. C. some professional people have too much work to do to feel lonely. D. Most Europeans conceive living a single life as unacceptable. 5.What is the author’s purpose in writing the passage? A. To review the impact of women becoming high earners. B. To contemplate the philosophy underlying individualism. C. To examine the trend of young people living alone. D. To stress the rebuilding of personal relationships. Passage Two American dramas and sitcoms would have been candidates for prime time several years ago. But those programs －though some remain popular －increasingly occupy fringe times slots on foreign networks. Instead, a growing number of shows produced by local broadcasters are on the air at the best times. The shift counters longstanding assumptions that TV shows produced in the United States would continue to overshadow locally produced shows from Singapore to Sicily. The changes are coming at a time when the influence of the United States on international affairs has annoyed friends and foes alike, and some people are expressing relief that at least on television American culture is no longer quite the force it once was. “There has always been a concern that the image of the world would be shaped too much by American culture,” said Dr. Jo Groebek, director general of the European Institu te for the Media, a non-profit group. Given the choice, he adds, foreign viewers often prefer homegrown shows that better reflect local tastes, cultures and historical events. Unlike in the United States, commercial broadcasting in most regions of the world －including Asia, Europe, and a lesser extent Latin America, which has a long history of commercial TV －is a relatively recent development. A majority of broadcasters in many countries were either state-owned or state-subsidized for much of the last century. Governments began to relax their control in the 1980’s by privatizing national broadcasters and granting licenses to dozens of new commercial networks. The rise of cable and satellite pay-television increased the spectrum of channels. Relatively inexperienced and often financed on a shoestring, these new commercial stations needed hours of programming fast. The cheapest and easiest way to fill airtime was to buy shows from American studios, and the bidding wars for popular shows were fierce. The big American studios took advantage of that demand by raising prices and forcing foreign broadcasters to buy less popular programs if they wanted access to the best-selling shows and movies. “The studio priced themselves out of prime time,” said Harry Evans Sloan, chairman of SBS Broadcasting, a Pan-European broadcaster. Mr. Sloan estimates that over the last decade, the price of American programs has increased fivefold even as the international ratings for these shows have declined. American broadcasters are still the biggest buyers of American-made television shows, accounting for 90% of the $25 billion in 2001 sales. But international sales which totaled $2.5 billion last year often make the difference between a profit and a loss on show. As the pace of foreign sales slows －the market is now growing at 5% a year, down from the double-digit growth of the 1990’s －studio executives are rethinking production costs. 6. Which of the following best characterizes the image embodied in American shows? A. Self-contradictory B. Prejudice-free C. Culture-loaded D. Audience-targeted 7. The intervention of governments in the 1980’s resulted in __________ . A. the patenting of domination shows and movies B. the emergence of new commercial networks C. the promotion of cable and satellite pay-television D. the intense competition coming from the outside 8. The phrase “on a shoestring” (Para. 6) most probably means __________. A. in need of capital B. after a fashion C. on second thoughts D. in the interests of themselves 9. The main reason why American dramas and sitcoms are driven out of prime time is that ____. A. they lose competitiveness B. they are not market-oriented C. they are too much priced D. they fall short of audience expectations 10. American studio producers will give thought to production costs __________. A. if they have no access to popular shows B. because their endeavors come to no avail C. since bidding wars are no longer fierce D. as international sales pace slows down Passage Three How shops can exploit people's herd mentality to increase sales 1. A TRIP to the supermarket may not seem like an exercise in psychological warfare—but it is. Shopkeepers know that filling a store with the aroma of freshly baked bread makes people feel hungry and persuades them to buy more food than they had intended. Stocking the most expensive products at eye level makes them sell faster than cheaper but less visible competitors. Now researchers are investigating how “swarm intelligence” (th at is，how ants，bees or any social animal，including humans，behave in a crowd) can be used to influence what people buy. 2. At a recent conference on the simulation of adaptive behaviour in Rome，Zeeshan-ul-hassan Usmani，a computer scientist from the Florida Institute of Technology，described a new way to increase impulse buying using this phenomenon. Supermarkets already encourage shoppers to buy things they did not realise they wanted: for instance，by placing everyday items such as milk and eggs at the back of the store，forcing shoppers to walk past other tempting goods to reach them. Mr Usmani and Ronaldo Menezes，also of the Florida Institute of Technology, set out to enhance this tendency to buy more by playing on the herd instinct. The idea is that, if a certain product is seen to be popular, shoppers are likely to choose it too. The challenge is to keep customers informed about what others are buying. 3. Enter smart-cart technology. In Mr Usmani's supermarket every product has a radio frequency identification tag, a sort of barcode that uses radio waves to transmit information，and every trolley has a scanner that reads this information and relays it to a central computer. As a customer walks past a shelf of goods, a screen on the shelf tells him how many people currently in the shop have chosen that particular product. If the number is high, he is more likely to select it too.

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2020-2021学年第一学期期末测试八年级英语试题学校________ 班级________ 姓名________ 成绩________ 第Ⅰ卷 Ⅰ. 听力测试。第一节听一遍,根据你所听到的句子,从A、B、C三个选项中选出最恰当的答语,并把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。 1. A. Sure. B. No, she can’t. C. Never mind. 2. A. Yes, he will. B. No, they won’t. C. Y es, they do. 3. A. First, peel an orange. B. It’s easy. C. Finally, drink it. 4. A. For two hours. B. Every day. C. Twice. 5. A. Not at all. B. Sorry. C. Thanks. 6. A. In a week. B. Last week. C. On the weekend. 第二节听一遍,根据你所听到的对话和问题,从A、B、C三个选项中选出正确答案,并把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。 7. A. She watched TV. B. She went somewhere. C. She prepared for a test. 8. A. a piano lesson. B. A big dinner. C. A soccer game. 9. A. In the school. B. In the hospital. C. In the bookstore. 10. A. On foot. B. By train. C. By air. 11. A. The woman. B. Tom. C. The winner. 12. A Monday. B. Tuesday the 1st. C. January 1st. 第三节听两遍,根据你所听到的长对话,从A、B、C三个选项中选出正确答案,并把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。听下面一段材料,回答第13和14小题。