江苏省扬州市八年级英语第一学期期末考试试卷
扬州中学教育集团树人学校2012-2013学年第一学期期末考试试卷
八年级英语
（满分：140分；考试时间：110分钟）
（友情提醒：请将第I卷答案填涂在答题卡上，第II卷答案写在答题纸上，否则无效）
第Ⅰ卷（80分）
一、听力部分（共20小题；每小题1分，计20分）
第一部分听对话回答问题（计10分）
本部分共有10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，你仍有5秒钟时间选择你认为最合适的备选答案。在听“嘀”的信号后，进入小一小题。
( )1. Which picture are they talking about?
A. B. C.
( )2. What is their favourite animal?
A. B. C.
( )3. What is the girl going to be when she grows up?
A. B. C.
( )4. How does Linda’s father go to work every day?
A. B. C.
( )5. Where are they now?
A. On the way to a town
B. In a village
C. In a town
( )6. Who did Millie vote for?
A. Sandy
B. Andy
C. Simon
( )7. Who did Mr. Smith want to talk to?
A. Kate’s brother
B. Kate’s father
C. Kate
( )8. How long does the girl want to stay at school every day?
A. For about 5 hours.
B. For about 6 hours.
C. For about 7 hours. ( )9. How many points did Daniel score?
A. 90
B. 85
C. 80
( )10. Where will the woman go tomorrow if it is fine?
A. The park.
B. The zoo.
C. The Great Wall.
B．根据所听的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11至12小题。
( )11. Where are they talking?
A. At home
B. In the kitchen.
C. Outside the house. ( )12. What would Amy like?
A. Coke.
B. Coke and a tomato sandwich.
C. Coke and a chicken sandwich.
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，
( )14. A. In the stadium B. In the square C. On the playground ( )15. A. No. 3 B. No. 5 C. No.7
听一篇短文，回答16—20小题。
( )16. When did the story happen?
A. In the morning.
B. In the afternoon.
C. In the evening.
( )17. Where was Mr Martin sitting?
A.Far from the door.
B. Behind the door.
C. Near the door.
( )18. How much time earlier did Mr Martin come to the teahouse than the two young persons?
A. An hour.
B. Half an hour.
C. A quarter of an hour. ( )19. Why did Mr Martin let the young man and the young woman sit together?
A. He wanted to get to know them.
B. He thought they were friends.
C. He didn’t like to sit between young people.
( )20. What was the relationship between the young man and the young woman?
A. Friends.
B. Husband and wife.
C. Strangers(陌生人).
二、单项选择（共15小题；每小题1分,计15分）
在下列各题A、B、C、D四个选项中选择一个能填入题干空白处的最佳答案.
( )21.----Look, there is a lot of litter in the river.
----Yes, people say that 80 per cent of fish in this river ________ live long.
A. doesn’t
B. don’t
C. isn’t
D. aren’t
( )22. ----Is she a hard-working student?
----Yes, she is. She studies ______. She is also good at PE. She runs
very______.
A. hardly; fastly
B. hard; fast
C. hardly; fast
D.
hard; fastly
( )23. ----Now lots of teenagers spend a lot of time playing computer games.
----Yes. Teachers and their parents should prevent them ______________ too much.
A. to play
B. play
C. plays
D.
playing
( )24. I don’t know if it _________ tomorrow. We won’t go shopping if it
____________.
A. will rain; rains
B. rains; will rain
C. will rain; will rain
D. rains; rains
( )25. ----Is she _______________ in Geography?
----No, she isn’t. She shows no ______________ in this subject.
A. interesting; interested
B. interested; interested
C. interested; interest
D. interest; interesting
( )26. The sentence structure of “Teachers ask me to finish the homework on time”
is _______.
A. S+V+DO
B. S+V+IO+DO
C. S+V+DO+OC
D. S+V+P
( )27.----How soon will the rain stop ? ----____________.
A. Half an hour ago
B. Until tomorrow afternoon
C. For half an hour
D. Not until tomorrow afternoon
( )28. Many birds are out of ________ now, because we have done a lot of things to protect _______ birds.
A. dangerous; endangered
B. danger; dangerous
C. endangered; danger
D. danger; endangered
( )29. ----The birdwatching is very boring, isn’t it? ----___________ . I only
see few birds.
A. Yes, it isn’t
B. Yes, it is.
C. No, it is.
D. No, it isn’t.
( )30. animals are in danger and there will be space for them if we don’t
take any actions.
A. More and more, more and more
B. Less and less, less and less
C. More and more, less and less
D. Less and less, more and
more
( )31. I find this Math problems very ________. I believe students can work it
out _______.
A. easily; easy
B. easy; easily
C. easily; easily
D. easy; easy
( )32.I don’t have to live in the hotel ____ my friend provides a very good
place for me.
A. because
B. if
C. until
D. because of
( )33. Chinese becomes one of the world’s ________________.
A. the most important language
B. the most important languages
C. most important language
D. most important languages
( )34.Don’t go too far, _____ you might lose your wa y. It’s not easy to find you in the crowds.
A. so
B. or
C. but
D. and
( )35.How_________the garbage smells！You’d better throw it away.
A. badly
B. wonderful
C.wonderfully
D. bad
三、完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分,计15分）
阅读下列短文,从文后各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案.
Jim Green is in China for more than two years. He has been to many interesting 36 in Beijing, but he has not yet been to many other parts of 37 . Last week he went to Mount Emei in Sichuan with his 38 .
Many people like to travel by 39 , but the Greens think that travelling by train is the best. It is much 40 and far more enjoyable than a rushed journey by air. They had a wonderful train ride to Chengdu 41 they went on to Mount Emei by bus.
The train was quite nice and tidy, and there weren’t too many p eople in 42 sleeping car. The Greens could stand up and 43 around. It was a long journey, 44 none of them felt tired. They kept 45 the beautiful things out of the window. They talked, laughed and played cards. The conductor kept coming to give them hot water and 46 them newspapers. People nearby 47 with each other.
A young man tried to speak English with Mr and Mrs Green. Jim thought the train was like a big moving party. He went to sleep quite 48 . He enjoyed listening to the sound of the running train and then fell asleep.
When Jim woke up the next morning, the train was already 49 Chengdu. His train ride seemed really 50 , but his memory (记忆) of the pleasant journey will last long.
( )36. A. schools B. places C. villages D. cities
( )37. A. England B. America C. China D. the world
( )38. A. friends B. classmates C. father D. family
( )39. A. air B. bus C. train D. ship
( )40. A. cheaper B. dearer C. dirtier D. quicker
( )41. A. before B. when C. after D. while
( )42. A. my B. your C. our D. their
( )43. A. sit B. walk C. run D. dance
( )44. A. and B. so C. also D. but
( )45. A. looking B. drawing C. watching D. getting ( )46. A. reading B. buying C. selling D. writing
( )47. A. talked B. spoke C. told D. said
( )48. A. early B. late C. easily D. hard
( )49. A. beside B. to C. past D. near
( )50. A. quick B. slow C. short D. long
四、阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分,计30分)
阅读下列内容,从每小题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案.
(A)
( )51. If you want to book a ticket to Sydney Tower, you can't _______.
A. email sydneytower @ hotmail, corn
B. fax 02 9333 9203
C. search www. sydneytower, com. au
D. call 02 9333 9222
( )52. Last Saturday, Johnson went to visit Sydney Tower. He had to get down the tower____.
A. after 11:30 pm
B. before 11:30 pm
C. at 10:30 pm
D.
by 10:30 pm
( )53. The passage above is probably______
A. a piece of news
B. a conversation
C. a story
D. an
advertisement
(B)
A tired man came home from work very late. He found his 5-year-old son waiting for him at the door.
“Daddy, how much money do you make an hour?”
“If you must know, I make $ 20 an hour.”
“Oh,” the little boy replied, with his hea d down. He thought for a moment, looked up and said, “Daddy, could you lend me $10?”
The father was furious, “If you ask for the money to buy a toy or some other rubbish, then go straight to your room and think about why you are being so selfish （自私的）!”
The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door. After about an hour or so, the father calmed down, and started to think, “Maybe he really needs to buy something and he didn’t really ask for money very often. “ So he went to the little boy’s ro om.
“Sorry! Maybe I was too impolite to you just now. “said the man,” Here’s $10.”
“Oh, thank you, Daddy!” he said happily. Then, the boy took out some coins. When the father found that the boy already had some money, he got angry again.
“Why do you want more money since you already have some?” the father shouted angrily.
“Because I didn’t have enough, but now I do.”the little boy replied, “Daddy, I have $ 20 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow.
I would like to have dinner with you.”
( )54. In this passage, the word “furious” means .
A. very angry
B. quite happy
C. too excited
D.
a little nervous
( )55. At first, the father refused to lend the boy any money because .
A. the boy always borrowed money from him
B. he did not have enough money at that moment
C. he thought the boy would buy something of no use
D. he thought the boy wanted to keep the money for himself
( )56. The boy wanted to buy with twenty dollars.
A. a new book for himself
B. a nice present for his
father
C. a toy for his own birthday
D. an hour of his
father’s time
( )57. From the passage, we can infer(推断) that the boy’s father .
A. often played with his son
B. spent little time
with his son
C. didn’t love his son at all
D. often came back
home early
(C)
At noon the rush hour passed. There were few guests (顾客) in the snack bar. It was not crowded. When the boss was about to take a break to read a newspaper, in came an old lady and a little boy.
“How much money is a bowl of beef soup?” the grandma sat down, counted the money in her purse and ordered a bowl of beef soup. The grandma pushed the bowl to the little boy, who swallowed (吞咽) his saliva (口水), looking at his grandma and saying, “Grandma, did you really have lunch?” “Of course.” His grandma chewed (咀嚼) a piece of radish (萝卜泡菜) slowly. Very quickly, the little boy ate up the meal.
Seeing this, the boss went over to them and said, “Old lady, congratulations, you are lucky to have the free food, for you are our 100th guest.”
Afterwards, over a month or more, one day, the small boy squatted (蹲) across the snack bar, where he seemed to be counting something, which shocked the boss when he happened to look out of his office window.
When the small boy saw a guest walk into the snack bar, he would put a small stone into the circle he drew, but the lunch time had almost passed, the small stones he put into the circle were hardly 50.
The boss was quite worried and called up all his old guests. The guests started coming one after another.
“81, 82, 83…” the small boy counted faster and faster. At last, when the 99th small stone was put into the circle, the little boy hurried to pull his grandma’s hand and went into the snack bar.
“Grandma, this time it’s on me,” the little boy said proudly. The grandma who became the real 100th guest was served a bowl of beef soup by her grandson. As his grandma as before, the little boy chewed a piece of radish in his mouth.
( )58. Grandma ordered only one bowl of beef soup because ________.
A. Grandma only liked radish
B. Grandma didn’t like beef soup
C. Grandma loved her grandson more than herself