1、常熟市2010-2011学年第一学期期中考试试卷八年级英语 本试卷分第卷选择题(75分)和第卷非选择题(55分)两部份，共8大题，满分130分，考试时刻100分钟。注意：请同窗们将答案填写在答题纸上。第卷选择题（三大题，共75分）一、听力选择：(20分)A) 对话理解（共10小题；每小题1分，满分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三个选项当选出最佳选项。每段对话读两遍。1. Whats Beckham good at?2. What do people like to learn?3. What is Marys favourite subject?4. W
2、hat is not one of the seven wonders in the world?5. Who works best? A. Jim. B. Tom. C. Robots.6. When did Jack finish his homework? A. Yesterday morning. B. Yesterday afternoon. C. Last night.7. How old was Tom when he came to China? A. 12 years old. B. 13 years old. C. 14 years old.8. Who will prob
3、ably go swimming this afternoon? A. Ann and Li Lei. B. Li Lei and Li Ming. C. Ann and Li Ming.9. What time will they start for the museum? : 00. :20. :40.10. When was John Kennedy born? A. In 1918. B. In 1926. C. In 1908.B) 听对话和短文回答问题（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分） 你将听到两段对话和一篇短文，各听两遍，听第一段对话，回答第11-12小题11. Where
4、does the woman come from? A. China. B. Korea. C. England.12. What does the woman want to be after she goes back to her hometown? A. She wants to be a Chinese teacher. B. She wants to be an English teacher. C. She wants to be a history teacher.听第二段对话，回答第13 -15小题13. What is the womans problem? A. She
5、feels nervous about the test. B. She doesnt work hard. C. She has never taken any test.14. What does the man think can help solve the womans problem? A. Good luck. B. Deep breathing.（深呼吸） C. Kind advice.15. What is the mans advice for getting good results in exams? A. Talking with others. B. Often t
6、aking tests. C. Always working hard.听一篇短文，回答第16-20小题16. What was the husband like? A. He was small and thin. B. He was large and fat. C. He was tall and strong.17. How often did the man get his pay? A. Every month. B. Every day. C. Every week.18. What was his wife doing when he hurried into the livi
7、ng room? A. She was listening to the radio and eating apples. B. She was watching TV and waiting for her husband. C. She was listening to the radio and cleaning the room.19. How did he get the ten thousand dollars? A. He saved the money little by little. B. He bought the lottery tickets（彩票） C. He fo
8、und the money in his office.20. What did his wife feel when she heard the news?A. She was happy. B. She was angry.C. She was happy at first. Then she got angry.二、选择填空（共25分）A) 单项选择选出能够填入空白处的最佳选项。（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）21. I can tell her _ because she can keep a secret. A. it B. nothing C. them D. anythin
9、g22. We had a Christmas party last year and it was a lot of fun, so lets have _ one this term. A. the other B. some C. other D. another.23. -Why not go to the Palace Museum? -_. A. Because its too expensive. B. Thats all right. C. Yes, Id like to. D. What a great idea!24. Simon is ready _others _ th
10、eir problems. A. to help; to solve B. to help; solve C. help; solve D. both A and B25. Is Mr. Wu _teacher in your office? A. the most busy B. the busier C. the most busiest D. the busiest26. The winter holiday is coming. Will you make a plan _ it? A. to B. in C. for D. on27. Why is there_ traffic on
11、 the street today than before? A. less B. fewer C. few D. much28. The trip from Changshu to Suzhou _about one hour by car A. took B. spend C. used D. cost29. _ most students, he never comes to school late. A. Like B. As C. For D. To30. He seldom exercises, _he? A. doesnt B. isnt C. is D. does31. -Wo
12、uld you like some noodles? -Yes, just _. A. a few B. few C. a little D. little32. -Do you know when your uncle will _? -At about three oclock this afternoon. A. get to B. reach C. arrive D. arrive in33. David scored a wonderful goal _the football match and his team won the match _. A. in the end of;
13、 in the end B. in the end; at the end of C. at the end of; in the end D. at the end of; at the end of34. Lucy is _girl of the twins. A. most careful B. more carefully C. the most careful D. the more careful35. In the end, he entered his ideal school _his hard work. A. because B. so C. because of D.
14、asB)完形填空 先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A. B. 四个选项中， 选出最佳选项。（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分） On April 19, we were told to leave school and stay at home because of a new disease(疾病) called SARS. We started a(n) 36 holiday. It is not very 37 for us to stay at home all day. I think going to school is much better than stayi
15、ng at home, although our classes are sometimes 38 It would be good to see my classmates because I started to 39 them so much. After two weeks, my parents took me to the Great Wall. I felt 40 when I was able to be outside again. It was not crowded（拥堵）there because_ 41 _ people were leaving their hous
16、es. My school asked me to do a special job during this unusual holiday. Every day I _42 ten of my classmates and asked them to take their temperature(量体温).Then I gave the report to our teacher. This was a lot of fun. I had 43 made so many phones to my classmates before. It is the end of the month no
17、w. 44 knows how long this holiday will last. When we go back to school, I 45 _everything will return to normal(正常)and SARS will never come back. B. unusual C. happy D. sad B. nice C. late D. safe B. moving C. surprising D. boring B. hate C. miss D. know B. worried C. afraid D. sad B. many C. no D. f
18、ew B. helped C. phoned D. visited B. yet C. ever D. never B. Every body C. Anybody D. Nobody B. find C. decide D. agree三、阅读理解 阅读下面的短文，从每小题所给的A. B. 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 （共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）Hong Kong Harbor Cruise By NightEnjoy your wonderful dinner on the ferry(渡船) and see the fantastic city lightsTime: 7:00
19、 . - 10: 00 . daily Price: with dinner with out dinner Adult: HK$300 HK$120 Childunder12: HK$210 HK$84StartStop: Kowloon Pubic Pier (Near Star Ferry Pier)Ticket Office: Star Company(123 Canton Road )46. The cruise(海上航游) will begin _. A. at seven in the morning B. at seven in the evening C. at ten in
20、 the morning D. at ten at night47. Mr. King will see _ during the cruise. A. trees B. buildings C. bridges D. fantastic city lights .48. Helen wants to have dinner on the ferry with her son, 14 and her daughter, 10, they should pay _. $810 $204 C.HK$324 $510(B)Mr. Smith made many tests（作实验） with dif
21、ferent animals and the monkey was the cleverest of all the animals. One day Mr. Smith put a monkey in a room. He also put some small boxes in it. In one of the boxes there was some food. How long will it take the monkey to find the food? Mr. Smith said to himself. Let me wait and see. He left the ro
22、om and waited outside. Three minutes later, he put his eye to the keyhole . What did he see? He saw the eye of the monkey. The monkey was on the other side of the door and looked at Mr. Smith through the keyhole.49. Mr. Smith put a monkey and some boxes in a room because he wanted to know _ . A. how
23、 much food monkey could find B. how many boxes the monkey could carry C. how long it would take the monkey to put its eye to the keyhole D. how long it would take the monkey to find the food50. What was the monkey doing when Mr. Smith was putting his eye to the keyhole? A. The monkey was eating food
24、. B. The monkey was looking for food. C. The monkey was eating on the other side of the door. D. The monkey was looking at Mr. Smith through the keyhole.51. Mr. Smith is a _. A. teacher B. scientist C. doctor D. farm worker(C)Today Newtown is a clean place, but many years ago there were millions of
25、rats there. The rats even attacked (解决 ) the cats and dogs. Sometimes many of them tried to bite men or women at night. The rats were very large in size and they harmed (伤害 ) many people. The city office ordered every one to kill rats. However, most people were lazy, so they did not kill many rats.
26、The city office could do nothing with the citizens and could do nothing with the rats, either. Some time later, they had to pay some money for each dead rat. That made the people very happy. They at once began to kill rats. They got as many dead rats as they could. And some of them even stopped thei
27、r own work to kill rats because they could get more pay. Every day a city official(官员 ) put all the dead rats together. He was very busy doing that, because sometimes a man brought hundreds of them in one day. Two weeks later, there were not so many rats in the city as before, but people still broug
28、ht many dead rats to the city office. The city officials felt surprised at this but at last they found out people were stealing the dead rats they had collected. So the city official had to order his men to dig a big hole and put the dead rats in it. Soon there were no more rats and the city did not
29、 have to pay any more money for that.52. Newtown _. A. used to be a clean place B. is no longer a dirty place C. has always been very clean D. will be very clean53. The rats in Newtown were once _. A. as big as cats B. as dangerous as dogs C. huge in size D. run into cars there54. When the city offi
30、ce first ordered the citizens to kill rats, most people _. A. had to pay for each dead rat B. stole dead rats C. were too lazy to kill rats D. killed nearly all the rats very soon55. The people in Newtown killed rats _. A. to get money B. because the rats attacked them at night C. to help clean the
31、city D. to pay the city as a tax(税）56. A big hole was dug so that _. A. the rats could come out to attack people at night B. people could take many rats C. the people loved dead rats D. people could not steal dead rats for money(D)If you dont use your arms or your legs for some time, they will becom
32、e weak. When you start using them again, they will gradually become stronger again. Everybody knows this. Yet many people do not seem to know that it is the same with our memory. If a friend says that his arms and legs are weak, we know that it is his own fault. But if he tells us that he has a poor
33、 memory, many of us think that his parents are to blame（责备）,and few of us know that it is just his own fault. Have you ever found some people cant read or write but they usually have better memories? This is because they cant read or write and they have to remember things. They must remember dates,
34、names, songs, and stories, so their memories are being exercised the whole time. So if you want a good memory, learn from these people: practice remembering.57. What does the underline word fault mean in the second paragraph? A. 困难 B. 过错 C. 粗心 D. 伶俐58. What do many of us think of the person with a p
35、oor memory? A. His parents are to blame. B. He isnt clever. C. He is foolish. D. His parents are very clever.59. Why do some people usually have better memories but they cant read or write?Because_ A. they are stronger B. they often practice remembering things C. they have strong arms and legs D. their parents are clever60. What does the passage mainly talk about? A. Arms B. Legs C. Behaviors D. Memories四、单词拼写，每空一词。（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）（题目见答卷）五、句型转换。（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）（题目见答卷）六、动词填空。（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）（题目见答卷）七、翻译句子。（共5小题；每小题3分，满分15分）（题目见答卷）八、书面表达。（共1题；满分20分）（题目见答卷）10
