1、江苏省苏州市相城区2011-2012学年八年级上学期期中测试（英语） 本试卷分第卷(选择题)和第卷(非选择题)两部分，共六大题。满分130分。考试用时100分钟。第卷(选择题 共75分)一、听力选择(满分20分)A) 听对话回答问题(共10小题，每小题1分，共10分)听下面10段对话。每段对话后有一小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选处最佳选项。每段对话读两遍。1Who is John?2What is the man doing now?3Where may John probably be?4What is the most dangerous sport? 5. Where are
2、they talking? A. In a clothing shop B. In a shoe shop C. In the library6. Which is Marys favourite season? A. Winter B. Autumn C. Summer7. Where will Tom go first tonight? A. Home B. Shop C. Party8. Whos older, Mr Wang or Mr Chen? A. Mr Wang B. Mr Chen C. Theyre the same age9. Who will Tony look aft
3、er? A. Aunt Wangs mother B. Aunt Wangs baby C. Aunt Wang10. How did Emma go to school before? A. By train B. By bus C. On footB)对话回答问题(共5小题，每小题1分，共5分)听下面两段对话。每段对话后有几小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。每段对话读两遍。 听第一段对话，完成1112题。11Can Mary go to the park this Sunday? AYes, she can BNo，she cant CI dont know12What
4、is wrong with Tom? AHe has a bad cold BHe has a headache CHis leg is hurt 听第二段对话，完成1315题。13. How many tickets does the woman want? AFour BFive CSix14When will she go? AOn the 11th of next month BOn the 12th of next month COn the 10th of next month15Whats the flight number and when will it leave? ACA
5、 527 and it leaves at 15：15 BCA 528 and it leaves at 13：45 CCA 529 and it leaves at 15：45C）听短文, 选择最佳答案(5分)16. When did the writer go to America? A. When he was ten. B. When he knew little about English. C. When he left the middle school.17. When didnt the writer go to the language school? A. Every d
6、ay.B. Every day except Sunday. C. Sunday.18. Who was the writers classmate? A. Alice. B. Mary. C. Ann.19. What did the girl want to eat? A. A piece of bread. B. A piece of cake C. Nothing.20. What does “a piece of cake” mean in this passage? A. The cake is very small. B. A thing is very easy. C. Som
7、eone is very hungry.二、选择填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)A) 单项填空 (共15小题：每题1分，满分15分)从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项21_honest girl! She is_ best student in our class AHow；a BHow an；a CWhat a；me Dwhat an；the22. _? Hes a tall man with short hair. A. How is he B. What does he like C. What is he D. What does he look lik
8、e23In the end he entered his ideal school_ his hard work Abecause Bso Cbecause of Das24Usually E-mail is_ than long-distance calling Amore cheap Bmore cheaper Cmost cheap Dmuch cheaper25. Study hard,_ you will not pass the exam. A. and B. orC. butD. so26. Its better to talk _ but do_A. much, little
9、B. little, much C. more, less D. less, more27. He tries to spend as much time as he can _ Chinese well. A to study B studies C. studying D. study28. The trip from Tianjin to Beijing _ about two hours by coach. A. spends B. costs C. takes D. pays29. Thank you for _to let me _on the tripA. agree, goin
10、g B. agreeing, to go C. agreeing, go D. agree, go30The child is cryingPlease do something to make him_ Astop to cry Bto stop to cry Cstop crying Dto stop crying31一I cant find my penCould you lend me _ ? Sorry，Im using it_ Ahis；myself Byours；by myself Cyourself；mine Dyours；myself32Hiking is_ campingI
11、 like both of them Anot as interesting as Bmore dangerous than Cas interesting as Das dangerous as33What are the children going to do if it_ next Saturday? Aisnt rain Bdoesn t rain Cwont rain Ddont rain34The eraser is not mineIts_Aelse someone Bsomeone else s Cother someone Dsomeone others35. -Can I
12、 get you a cup of tea? - _ . AThank you for the tea BWith pleasure CYou can，please DThats very nice of youB) 完形填空(共10小题；每题1分，满分10分)先通读下面的短文，学握其大意，然后在每小题的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项（10分）Laura lived in a small village near the sea. One day she decided to go for a swim in the sea. She knew that the sea near the
13、 _36_ has a strong tide (浪) , but she was a good swimmer, so she wasnt _37_. Laura left her friends lying on the sands and ran into the sea. She swam quite far from the beach and waved（挥舞） to her friends in the distance. After a short while she decided to swim _38_. She tried her best, but she could
14、nt get any closer to the beach . The tide kept_39_her back. She waved her arms in the air to let her friends know that she was_40_, but they just waved back, for they didnt know what she_41_. After a long time, Laura became very _42_ and she couldnt swim any more. Her legs _43_and she lost hope. Sud
15、denly, her foot touched _44_! All the time she had been swimming in a place where the water wasnt deep! When at last she went back to the beach, one of her friends asked, “ Did you _45_your swim?” “Yes, it was lovely.” She answered. She never told them what really happened.36. A town B city C villag
16、e D country37. A lonely B surprised C interested D afraid38. A up B back C down D on39. A pulling B pushing C throwing D putting40.A in trouble B happy C out of trouble D in the water41. A found B meant C said D saw42. A hungry B sleepy C thirsty D tired43. A came up B were broken C went down D move
17、d on44. A a tide B the sand C a fish D one of her friends45. A enjoy B remember C drop D forget三、阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出最佳选项AFrom：Li-Hong net. cnTo：jennycompail.caSubject：School termDate：01/09 6:00 p.m.Dear Jenny, Today is my first day of new high schoolMany students in
18、 our school come from big citiesThey bring the high-tech things to school，for example，mobile phones，MP3 players，CD players and electronic dictionariesThey show off these things to othersWhat about your classmates in the US? Do they have these things?Li HongFrom：jennycompail.caTo：Li-Hong net. cnSubje
19、ct：Repeat!Date：01/09 8:00 p.m.Dear Li HongWe also bring these high-tech things when we are back to schoolHowever，we often work during the holidays，and make money to buy these thingsI think we need these thingsWe need mobile phones to contact with our friendsWe also need CD players to listen to music
20、Electronic dictionaries can be useful for our study tooJenny46The word “high-tech” means _ in Chinese A高质量的 B高品质的 C高科技的 D高价格的47. Where do you probably read these two letters? A. In a magazine. B. In a book. C. In a guide-book. D. On a website.48. Li Hong thinks many students like to bring the high-t
21、ech things to school because _Athey like to listen to music Bmobile phones are useful for their studiesCthey want to show off these things Dthey want to contact with their classmates49Jenny thinks students bring CD players to school because they want to _ Amake money Bcontact with friends Clisten to
22、 music Dstudy well50From the passage we know that _ ALi Hong has many high-tech things like her classmates BAmerican students often use their own money to buy the high-tech things CChinese students work during the holidays to buy the high-tech thingsDall the high-tech things are useful for the stude
23、ntsB Several years ago, a television reporter was talking to three of the most important people in AmericaOne was a very rich banker, another owned one of the largest companies in the world, and the third owned many buildings in the center of New York The reporter was talking to them about being imp
24、ortant “How do we know if someone is really important?”the reporter asked the banker The banker thought for a few moments and then said,“I think anybody who is invited to the White House to meet the President of the United States is really important” The reporter then turned to the owner of the very
25、 large company“Do you agree with that?”she asked The man shook his head,“NoI think the President invites a lot of people to the White HouseYoud only be important if while you were visiting the President, there was a telephone call from the president of another country, and the President of the US sa
26、id he was too busy to answer it” The reporter turned to the third man“Do you think so?” “No, I dont,”he said“I dont think that makes the visitor importantThat makes thePresident important” “Then what would make the visitor important?”the reporter and the other two men asked “Oh, I think if the visit
27、or to the White House was talking to the President and the phone rang, and the President picked up the receiver, listened and then said,Its for you”51This story happened in_ AEngland BAmerica CJapan DAustralia52There are_ in this passage Atwo men and two women Bthree men and one woman Cthree women a
28、nd one man Dfour women53The banker thought_ Ahe was really important because he was a rich banker Bthe visitor to the White House to meet the President of the US was really important Cthe visitor who met the President of the US Dthe reporter was really important54The owner of the very large company
29、thought_ Ashe was really important because she owned one of the largest companies Bthe banker was really important Cthe owner of many buildings in the center of New York was really importantDthe visitor would be really important if while he was visiting the Presidentthe President would not answer an
30、y telephone call55The owner of many buildings thought_ Ahe was really important because he owned many buildings in the center of New York Bthe owner of the very large company was really important Cthe visitor was really important if he was talking to the President and the President received a teleph
31、one call for the visitor Dthe person who worked in the White House was really importantC Can plants eat people? Probably not，but there are many plants that eat meatSome of them are bigAnd they can eat small animalsOne famous meat-eating plant is the Venus flytrap(捕蝇草) The Venus flytrap is a very str
32、ange plantIt grows in dry parts of the United StatesIts leaves are like the pages of a bookThey can open and close very quicklyInside the leaves，there are three small hairsIf a fly touches one of the hairs，the leaf closes quicklyThe fly cannot get outIn about half an hour，the leaf presses the fly un
33、til it is deadThen，the plant covers the flySlowly，the plant eats the fly Why do plants do it? Most plants get what they need from the sun，the air，and the groundIn some places，the ground is very poorIt doesnt have all these important things，especially nitrogen(氮)Animal meat has a lot of nitrogen，so s
34、ome plants eat meat to get what they needLets hope that some of the bigger plants dont get the same idea !56The Venus flytrap is a kind of_ Aplant Banimal Cfood Dmeat57The Venus flytrap grows in_ Amost parts of the world Bsome parts of Africa Cdry parts of the United States Dwet parts of England58Fr
35、om the passage，we learn that_Aall plants can eat people Ball plants can eat animals Csome plants can eat people Dsome plants can eat animals59The underlined word“presses”probably means_ in Chinese A挤压 B关上 C打开 D松开60Why do some plants eat animal meat? Because_Aplants are dangerous to animals Banimals
36、are dangerous to plants Cplants want to get what they need from animal meat Dplants want to protect themselves against animals第卷(非选择题，共55分)四、( A) 根据中文提示，写出单词，注意单词的正确形式(共10个空格，每个空格1分，满分10分)1Who can see the_(美丽)of this picture?2Our school basketball team needs your_(支持)3I _(相信)our school football team
37、 will win the match.4I read many_(英雄)stories5_(幸运)，Millie did not hurt herself in the traffic accident6My little brother has two big_(微笑)eyesSo everyone likes him very much7Everybody _（欢呼）when the pop star arrived.8Its not right to_（吓唬） the small children.9Betty is one of the_(获胜者)of the writing com
38、petition10Lucy and Lily kept their secret to_(他们)(B) 根据对话内容写出单词，注意单词的正确形式(共5个空格，每个空格1分，满分5分)11. A : Do you think outdoor _ are good for our health. ? B: Yes, I often go hiking and cycling at weekends .12. A: Giant pandas are in _ now . B: Yes ,we must help them survive in the wild .13. A: Many anima
39、ls lose their _ because people buy furs. B: I dont think thats right .14. A: Did you go to the cinema last Sunday ? B: No, I stayed at home and packed my bag _ .15. A: Whats Millie like ? B: She is very _ and often shares her food with us .(C) 用所给词的正确形式填空 (共5个空格，每个空格1分，满分5分)16. - Who is your _ (clos
40、e) person in your family? - My grandmother is.17. -Whose coats are these? -They are the _. (run) .18. She didnt get better grades because of _ (play) games too much.19. He jumped _ (far) than the others and he won the first prize.20.Our teacher is so_(humour) that we all like him五、句子翻译(共5小题，每小题3分，满分
41、15分)1. Kitty T恤衫的颜色和Lucy 的是一样的。2. 我认为滑雪不如潜水刺激。3. 最后，我决定自学法语。4. 如果她明天来这里，我会带她参观我的学校。5我花了二十多分钟解决这个数学问题。六、书面表达(满分20分)假如你的好友Peter上个月来苏州玩，看到了苏州的美景，非常感慨请你根据以下要点，用英语给大家介绍一下你朋友Peter的感受 1繁华的都市，有许多名胜古迹是中国最古老的城市之一 2参观虎丘(the Tiger Hill)，拙政园( the Humble Administrators Garden)并拍照。到东山(the East Hill) 采桔子，欣赏太湖( the Taihu Lake)美景；到观前街购物，品尝苏州小吃。 3玩得很愉快，对苏州有了更多的了解希望苏州会越来越美丽 注意： 1词数不少于80词2必须包括所有要点，短文要连贯、通顺初二英语听力及答案一、听力选择(满分20分)A) 听对话回答问题(共10小题，每小题1分，共10分)听下面10段对话。每段对话后有一小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选处最佳选项。每段对话读两遍。1. A: Who is Tom ? B: The one
