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江蘇省泰興市洋思中學(xué)2014-2015學(xué)年八年級英語上學(xué)期期中試題 (分值:150分 考試時間:120分鐘) 第卷 ( 選擇題 共90分） 一、聽力部分（共20小題；每小題1分，滿分20分） 第一部分 聽對話回答問題（計10分）a) 從a、b、c三幅圖中找出與你所聽內(nèi)容相符的選項。聽兩遍。b) 聽對話，根據(jù)所聽對話及問題選擇正確答案。聽兩遍。( )5. what does the woman do?a. a teacher. b. a librarian(圖書管理員).c. a shop assistant.( )6. which month is it now? a. june.b. may.c. april.( )7. where are they speaking?a. in the classroom. b. in the reading room. c. at home.( )8. what is millies hobby?a. dancing. b. singing.c. reading.( )9. how much does a notebook cost?a. 16 yuan. b. 8 yuan. c. 60 yuan.( )10. what is the woman going to do tomorrow?a. meet friends.b. stay at home. c. plant trees.c) 聽下面幾段對話，選擇正確答案。聽兩遍。聽第1段材料，回答第1112小題。( )11. what caused the fire? a. car accident. b. stoves. c. lightning(閃電).( )12. when did the house caught fire? a. in the morning. b. in the afternoon. c. in the evening聽第2段材料，完成第1315小題。 a school trip on saturdaymorningfirstmany boys are 13 thengirls are singing and dancing.we are sitting by a lake and some are 14 finallywe are watching animals in the zoo.afternoonwe are visiting 15 .( )13. a. getting on the bus b. having breakfast c. climbing the hill ( )14. a. drawing b. swimming c. drinking water ( )15. a. factories b. the museum c. a market 聽第3段材料，回答第1620小題。( )16. whats the relationship(關(guān)系) between the speaker and kate? a. workmates. b. classmates.c. neighbours.( )17. what does kate look like? a. shes short and fat.b. she has a round face. c. she has a long nose.( )18. whats kate? a. a teacher.b. a worker.c. a doctor.( )19. how does kate usually go to work? a. by bus. b. by train.c. by car.( )20. how many days does she work every week? a. 4 days. b. 5 days. c. 6 days.二、單項選擇：(15分)( )21. which of the following words is si:krt?a. stick b. secret c. sights d. soccer ( )22. it is said that_ tiananmen square is _biggest city square in the world. a. the; ， b. the; a c. a; the d. /; the( )23. maxs legs are too long. when he walks _ our desk, he often knocks our books_ the floor.a. in, on b. on, into c. past, onto d. along, on( )24. - what do you think of the song you and me”？ - it_ great. i love singing it. a. tastes b. looks c. smells d. sounds( )25. we cant _ the bus before it stops. a. get out b. get in c. get up d. get off( )26. -_is your new teacher like? -friendly and polite. a.what b.how c.why d.where( )27.christmas is coming soon. shall we _the decorations on the tree？ a put in b.put out c.put up d.put on( )28. -which month has_ days in a year? -february. a.few b.little c. the fewest d.the least( )29. the tv programme on this channel was so _that everyone there felt_. a boring, boring b. bored, boring c. boring, bored d. bored, bored( )30. shanghai is bigger than_in jiangsu and bigger than_in china. a. any city, any city b. any city, any other city c. any other city, the other cities d. any other city, any city( )31. what if you have two days_?id like to go_ a trip_ suzhou. a. of; for; to b. off; on; to c. off; on; for d. of; for; for( )32. this umbrella is_that one, but_than that one. a.as beautiful as, expensive b.as beautifully as, more expensive c.as beautiful as, more expensive d.more beautiful as, as expensive( )33. you_buy tom a present if he invites you to his birthday party.a had better b.would like c.are able to d.must.( )34. not only my friends but also i _ interested in those plays.a. are b. am c. is d. were( )35. - dont leave the light on when you are not at home. -_.a. i hope so b. im afraid not c. sorry, i wont d. its nothing三、完形填空(15分) each of us makes mistakes from time to time. in fact, we can 36 a lot from our mistakes. donnie was a _37 student and never answered questions in class. he was _38 to make mistakes. he never finished his homework _39 he didnt want to make any mistakes. nothing changed _40 marry anne, a teacher, came to our _41 . one morning, marry anne asked donnie to _ 42_ some questions. after a while donnie was in tears because he made a mistake. 43 marry anne got a box full of erasers from the desk. “l(fā)ook, donnie,” she said standing 44 him. “ive got something to show you.” she _45 the erasers, one at a time, and put them on the desk. “see these erasers, donnie?” she continued. “do you know 46 the erasers become smaller and smaller? thats because we make mistakes. but we erase the mistakes and try 47 . thats what you must learn.” “here,” she said, “ill 48 one eraser on your desk, so you will remember that 49 may make mistakes.” donnie looked at marry anne and smiled. donnie 50 a lot from then on. he knew that everyone had the permission（允許） to make mistakes as long as you learned them and tried again. ( ) 36. a. take b. make c. get d. bring( ) 37. a. good b. shy c. clever d. small( ) 38. a. glad b. excited c. surprised d. afraid( ) 39. a. because b. so c. if d. but( ) 40. a. after b. while c. until d. when( ) 41 a. row b. class c. team d. classroom( ) 42. a. answer b. ask c. give d. have( ) 43. a. suddenly b. unluckily c. luckily d. carefully( ) 44. a. on b. with c. beside d. to( ) 45. a. put out b. took away c. took out d. took off( ) 46. a. when b. how c. what d. why( ) 47. a. more b. again c. another d. one( ) 48. a. forget b. carry c. leave d. take( ) 49. a. nobody b. somebody c. no one d. everybody( ) 50. a. changed b. got c. learned d. thought四、閱讀理解：(40分)acan you remember the day when you spoke your first words? if you can, you are unusual. try to think what the first months of your life were like. im sure you just spent most of your time eating, sleeping and crying. as you grew older, your parents spent more time playing with you and talking to you. you watched and listened. you began to know that people make some sounds to go with some things.then you began to cry to make sounds you heard. and step by step (逐漸地) you were able to make the right sound for one thing.on that day you came to understand the secret of the language. the secret is that a certain sound means a certain thing. only when a group of people use the same set of sounds of things can they understand each other, so these people have a language.after you found the secret of language, you learnt words. some of the words mean things, likebooks, chairs and shops. some of the words mean actions, for example, go and swim. soon you learnt to put words together to share your idea, like “i want to go out and play with my friends.”this is language. by the way of language, people can communicate (交流). so we say languages mean sharing.( )51. can remember the day when we spoke our first words.a. few of usb. onec. most peopled. all of us( )52. when you were a little baby, you .a. tried your best to remember all the sounds you heardb. spent most of your time eating, sleeping and cryingc. could not hear any sounds around youd. spent most of your time playing with your parents( )53. the secret of language is that .a. one sound might be as good as anotherb. a certain sound is for a certain thingc. people can understand each otherd. there is a special sound for each other( )54. the underlined word “actions” means in chinese. a. 表情b. 表演c. 動作d. 感情( )55. which of the following is true?a. language is easy to learn. b. you learn language by reading at first.c. you couldnt learn language without parents.d. language means sharing.b are you sorry for not traveling during the national day? if you stay at home at that time, i think you are very luckywhy? because there are too many people everywherein many places of interest in china, its too crowded to do anything look at the pictureit was too crowded on the great wall on october 1st, 2013you even couldnt take photos for you or your friendsall what we could see were peopleit was said that there were about twenty people per meter on the great wallmy friends told me they could see nothing but many people on the great wall“we couldnt walk if the people in front of us didnt walk,” he saidhe showed us a photo on the great wallin the photo, we hardly found him out, there were too many people so some people give the advice that we should not have the gold week （黃金周） any morebut other people say no about this advicewhats your idea of it? are you sorry now for not traveling during the gold week? i love staying at home more than traveling next national day( )56how did the writer feel about staying at home on national day? ahe believed it was interesting to stay at home on national day bhe believed it was boring to stay at home on national day che felt lucky to stay at home on national day dhe felt sorry to stay at home on national day( )57which of the following is true about the great wall on national day? ayou could find yourself easily on the photos you took that day byou could walk as you like on the great wall cthere were about 30 people per meter dthere were so many people there that day( )58when is the gold week do you think? ain january bin august cin october din april( )59what does the underlined word “crowded ”mean? a古老的 b擁擠的 c宏偉的 d偏僻的( )60where do you think is the article from? awwwchinabuscom bwwwmoviesl23comcwwwchinatouristcom dwwwstoryhousecomca group of classmates got together to visit their old teacher.these classmates all had good jobs and made lots of money. they talked happily. then their talk soon turned to complaining about the stress (壓力) in work and life. the teacher went to the kitchen and came back with a large pot of coffee and many cupschina (瓷制的) ones, plastic ones and glass ones. some are plain (樸素的) looking, some are expensive and some are lovely. the teacher told them to help themselves to the coffee.when all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the teacher said, “can you notice that all of you took nice-looking expensive cups, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones? you want only the best for yourselves, and that is the source (根源) of your problems.”“what all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you went for the best cups and then began looking at each others cups.”“now think about this: life is the coffee, and the jobs, money and position (位置) in society are the cups. they are just tools to hold, and do not change the life. sometimes, by caring only about the cups, we fail to enjoy the coffee. so dont let the cups drive you, and enjoy the coffee instead.”( )61. what did the group of classmates get together for? a. visiting their old teacher. b. enjoying coffee.c. complaining about their stress in work and life. d. showing each others good jobs.( )62. what cups did the teacher give to his students? a. all china cups. b. plastic and glass cups. c. beautiful cups. d. different kinds of cups.( )63. in their teachers eyes, why did they have so much stress? a. because they cared too much about things that were not important. b. because they understood the meaning of life. c. because they knew about life itself and enjoyed it. d. because they drank too much coffee.( )64. what is the best title of this passage? a. coffee or cup b. an old teacher c. stress in your life d. what do you want( )65. what can we learn from the teachers words? a. we should use the plain and cheap cups to drink coffee. b. we should think much of cups. c. we should care about life itself instead of unimportant things. d. we should learn how to work out problems in our work and life.dmany children think mobile phones are cool. mobile phones have nice colours and you can use it to talk with a friend at anytime and anywhere. in the usa，more than 90 million people use mobile phones. many of them are children. for children，mobile phones are more than phone calls. they are fashionable. most mobile phone users dont know that some health problems have something to do with using mobile phones. some scientists say that mobile phones give off radiation(輻射) and it may be bad for users. one study shows that mobile phone radiation can make people get some kinds of cancers(癌癥). other scientists say mobile phones have nothing to do with peoples health. scientists say that people can keep themselves away from mobile phone radiation. one way is to use an earphone(耳機(jī)). or people can make shorter calls. ( )66. many children like mobile phones because they think mobile phones are _. a. cool b. small c. cheap d. their toys ( )67. many of the mobile phone users in the usa are_.a. girls b. boys c. scientists d. children ( )68. which of the following sentences is true? a. all scientists think mobile phones are bad for users. b. some scientists think mobile phones are bad for users. c. mobile phones are only good to old people. d. mobile phones are only bad for children. ( )69.the underlined phrase “give off” in paragraph 3 means _ in chinese. a.發(fā)出 b.放棄 c.拒絕 d.傳播 ( )70. people can _to keep themselves away from mobile phone radiation. a. make longer calls b. use an earphone c. use more mobile phonesd. use smaller mobile phones第ii卷 選擇題(共60分)五、任務(wù)型閱讀(10分)making a public speech is the thing that most people dont want to do. the reason is that we are all afraid of making mistakes in front of others. the more important the speech is, the more frightened(害怕的) we will be. but forget it now. public speaking is easy. its just a simple talking, although im a shy man, ive been making speeches and talking on radio and television for more than 30 years. anybody who can talk can speak in public. here are some of the lessons i have learned: keep your speech simple. your listeners cant take all of your main ideas, and they can only remember one or two of them, not ten or twenty. so you should prepare one or two of your main ideas very well. but if you cant express what you want to say, then your speech will not be paid attention to. and if you dont have a clear idea of what you want to say, your listeners wont, either.organize(組織) your speech well. no matter how long or short your speech is, you have to organize your speechhow you are going to open or begin, what main points you want to make and how youre going to end. a strong end is usually very important and critical(關(guān)鍵的): the last thing you say is what your listeners will most likely remember. if not, they will be confused(困惑的).keep your speech not long. the standard length of a speech is usually 12 minutes. most people cant put their minds in one thing for too long time, which will make them tired and lose their interest. if you pay no attention to your listeners reaction(反應(yīng))，the listeners will get bored. of course, your speech will fail. following these suggestions above, you can make a good speech in public, and you will be an excellent speaker, i think.title: how to make a 1 speechtechniquereasonsrequirementskeep it simple.you should think about your idea well enough 3 one or two of your main ideas well.if you have a 2 idea of what you want to say, your listeners will have, too.organize it well.you should organize your speech and a strong 4 is usually very important and critical. know very well about the 6 ,main points and ending of the speech.if you dont, the 5 will be confused.keep it 7 .your speech should be short enough to attract(吸引) your listeners attention and 8 .make your speech as short as 10 .if you dont, the listeners will feel 9 .1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 六、閱讀表達(dá)(10分)one day the famous american scientist albert einstein met an old friend of his on a street in new york.mr einstein, said the friend, it seems that you need to put on a new overcoat. look, how worn-out it is!it doesnt matter, answered albert einstein. no one knows me here in new york.several years later they