苏州市吴江区2018～2019学年八年级第二学期期中英语试卷（含答案）

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2018～2019学年第二学期期中教学质量调研测试初二英语    本试卷分第Ⅰ卷(选择题)和第Ⅱ卷(非选择题)两部分。共八大题，满分120分。考试用时100分钟。第Ⅰ卷(四大题，共69分)一、听力选择(共20小题;每小题1分，满分20分)A)听对话回答问题    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，你还有5秒钟的时间从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。1. Which picture do they see?2. Where has the man been?  3. What did Tom's family do last night?  4. What are they talking about?  5. Where does the boy's father work now?  A. In Canada               B. In the USA.              C. In France.6. What time will Wang Lin leave for the theatre?  A. At 6:45.                B. At 7:00.                  C. At 7:15.7. Why hasn't Wilson finished her Maths homework?  A. He is too busy.          B. He isn't able to do it.         C. He has forgotten to do it.8. What does the man mean?  A. He hates Japanese food.   B. He doesn't want to go to the restaurant with the woman.  C. He wants to pay this time.9. How long haven't the two speakers seen each other?  A. About a year.             B. About six months.       C. About half a month..10. How does the woman feel about her job?  A. She doesn't like it very much.   B. She wants to do her work well.  C. She hates working at her office.B)听对话和短文答题    你将听到一段对话和两篇短文，各听两遍，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，你还有5秒钟的时间从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。    听一段对话，回答第11-12小题。11. When is Alice going to Bill's house?  A. On Thursday.             B. On Saturday.            C. On Sunday.12. What does Alice think is a helpful way for Bill to learn English well?  A. To talk with foreigners.     B. To make cards.           C. To listen to tapes.听第一篇短文，回答第13-15小题。请根据内容从所给的A、B、C三个选项中选择正确的选项，完成信息记录表。Customs of New Year's EveItalyPeople   13   the old things.Spain  14   people come to the streets together.JapanPeople eat   15   on New Year's Eve.     13. A. sell                    B. take out                 C. throw out14. A. In the morning           B. In the afternoon          C. In the evening15. A. dumplings              B. noodles                  C. grapes    听第二篇短文，回答第16 - 20小题。16. Where did the story happen?  A. At a cinema.              B. In a library.             C. At a shop.17. Why was the woman angry?  A. Because she lost a piece of chocolate.  B. Because the man was talking loudly with his friend.  C. Because the man was looking for something and annoyed(干扰)her.18. What was the relationship(关系)between the man and the woman?  A. They were husband and wife.   B. They were friends.   C. They didn't know each other.19. Why did the woman give the man a piece of chocolate?  A. Because the man wanted to eat more.  B. Because she wanted the man to keep quiet.  C. Because she wanted to let him go.20. What did the man really want to find?  A. His teeth.                B. His glasses.              C. His movie ticket.二、单项填空(共15小题;每小题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，并将答案写在答题卡上。21. Mrs. Lee is busy preparing for        interview these days. She says        interview will take place next Monday.   A. an; the           B. a; the           C. an; an           D. the; an22.—I can't stop playing computer games.  —For your health and study, I am afraid you       .   A. can              B. may            C. need            D. have to23. I haven't heard from Bill   he left Africa.  A. when            B. before              C. since               D. while24.       is in New York, the biggest city in the USA.   A. The White House                     B. The Little Mermaid   C. The Leaning Tower of Pisa             D. The Statue of Liberty25. Every year, people gather on the square        the New Year.   A. welcome         B. to welcome       C. welcoming       D. welcomes26. Disneyland in the USA is so        that no one feels        there.   A. interesting; boring  B. interested; bored   C. interesting; bored   D. interested; boring27. We'll go climbing if it        rain tomorrow.   A. don't rain         B. won't rain         C. isn't raining        D. doesn't rain28.—Where is your father, Tom? I        him for a week.  —Oh! He        to Nanjing.   A. didn't see; came   B. don't see; goes     C. haven't seen; goes. D. haven't seen; has gone29. They planned to fly to Paris for their holiday, but they haven't decided       .   A. what to do       B. when to go        C. how to go        D. where to go30. Our school football club        twenty boys and twenty girls.A. made of         B. is made up of      C. is made of        D. makes of31. Maria        watch TV in her free time, but now she        listening to music.   A. used to; is used to B. is used to; used to  C. used to; used to     D. is used to; is used to32.—Oh, you have a new bike. When did you buy it?   —I        it for a week.  A. bought            B. had            C. have bought       D. have had33.—I'm not good at talking with others. Sometimes, I feel embarrassed(尴尬的)when I stay with my friends silently.   —We all have been in similar       .   A. questions         B. directions        C. situations        D. instructions34.—He's never been to HongKong,       ?   —      . He wants to go there again.  A. is he; No, he isn't  B. has he; Yes, he has  C. has he; No, he hasn't D. hasn't he; Yes, he has35.—Our neighbour's dog is barking outside again.   —      . Go to bed.  A. None of your business                  B. Business is business  C. Barking dogs don't bite                  D. You are a lucky dog三、完形填空(共10小题;每小题1分，满分10分)    先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并将答案写在答题卡上。    Everyone makes mistakes from time to time. In fact, we can   36   a lot from our mistakes. Leo was a   37   student and never answered questions in class. He was afraid to   38    mistakes. He never finished his homework   39   he didn't want to make any mistakes. Nothing changed   40  Helen, a teacher, came to our class.    One morning, Helen asked Leo to   41   some questions. After a while Leo was in tears because he made a mistake. Suddenly Helen got a box full of erasers from the desk. "Look, Leo," she said standing beside him. "I've got something to show you." She took   42   the erasers, one at a time, and put them on the desk.    "See these erasers, Leo?" she continued, "Do you know   43   the erasers become smaller and smaller? That's because we make mistakes. But we erase the mistakes and try again. That's what you must learn."    "Here," she said, "I'll   44   one eraser on your desk, so you will remember that   45  may make mistakes." Leo looked at Helen and smiled.    Leo changed a lot from then on. He knew that everyone had the permission(许可)to make mistakes as long as you learned them and tried again.36.A. take              B. learn           C. make             D. bring37. A. good             B. small           C. clever            D. shy38. A. have             B. make           C. do               D. change39. A. because          B. so              C. if                D. but40. A. after             B. while           C. when             D. until41. A. answer           B. ask             C. give              D. have42. A. up               B. on             C. out               D. of43. A. when            B. how            C. what              D. why44. A. give             B. leave           C. carry              D. forget45. A. nobody           B. somebody       C. everybody         D. no one四、阅读理解(共12小题;每小题2分;满分24分)    请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并将答案写在答题卡上。APETER PAN    Writer: J.M Barrie    ¥15 (in bookstores) ¥12 (online)    It is a children's story full of imagination and adventures(冒险), which is about Wendy, John, and Michael Darling's adventures in Never-Never Land with Peter Pan, the boy who would not grow up. The children are happy and lovely. (with 2 tapes)     THE SECRET GARDEN    Writer: Frances Hodgson Burnett    ¥35 (in bookstores) ¥30 (online)    Mary Lennox, a sickly child without parents finds herself in her uncle's dark house. Why are so many rooms locked? Why is one of the gardens locked? And what is that crying she hears at night? Through the power of hope, friendship, and the magic of nature, the brave girl brings the house and a long-lost garden back to life.46. If you buy THE SECRET GARDEN and PETER PAN online, you have to pay       .   A.¥12              B.¥30             C.¥42              D.¥5047. This text is most probably taken from a       .   A. storybook        B. book guide       C. science magazine   D. newspaperB    One day in class, the teacher held up an apple, stood in front of the class and said, "Please smell the smell in the air!"    One student raised his hand and answered, "I can smell it. It is the smell of an apple."    The teacher stepped off the platform(平台), passed by each of the students and said, "Smell again to see if the smell of the apple is still in the air."    Half of the students raised their hands to show that they could smell it. The teacher returned to the front of the classroom and asked again if the students could smell the apple. Everyone raised their hand except one student. The teacher came to the student and asked, "You really can't smell the apple?"    The student answered, "No, I can't smell it. I don't think it's a real apple."    The teacher smiled at the student and said to the class, "He is right! This is not a real apple."    All of the other students had been tricked. They may have thought that perhaps the apple was not real, but they didn't have the self-confidence to speak up. They just "followed the leader" and went along with the first student.48. The teacher used the apple to       .  A. give a lesson about smells               B. teach the students a lesson  C. share with the students                  D. play a game with his students49. The student couldn't smell the apple because       .  A. he believed this was the truth  B. he didn't want to speak the truth  C. there was something wrong with his nose  D. he wanted to be different from the other students50. What is the main message of the story?  A. Always listen to others.                 B. Believe everything you see.  C. Speak your mind.                      D. Teachers always know the truth.CReaders is a popular TV show in China. It invites people to read aloud on the stage(舞台).The show also tells moving stories behind those people. They can read everything, like poems, books, and letters.     Many people are fans of the show. They begin to enjoy reading aloud at home.    Now, the show gives people a place to read. It is a reading pavilion(亭). It showed up in cities like Shanghai, Hangzhou and Xi'an. Let's have a look!    The pavilion is not very big. Only one person can come into  it each time. There is a microphone(麦克风)in it and it records(录音)people's voices.    Everyone can read for three minutes in it. You can read anything you like. The show will pick some of the readers and invite them to read on TV. Lots of people come to the pavilion to read. Yu Duohan is an 11-year-old girl from Shanghai. She read the story Take a Snail for a Walk(《牵一只蜗牛去散步》)."I love reading aloud," she said. "It makes the story become more beautiful."    The pavilion will also come to other citiesacross the country. You can read your favorite stories in the pavilion soon.51. What can't people read in Readers?   A. Poems.           B. Letters.         C. Ads.            D. Stories.52. What does the underlined sentence mean?   A. There will be pavilions in each city.   B. People from more and more cities can read aloud in pavilions.   C. Readers invites people to read in the pavilion.   D. People have to read aloud in their cities.53. The best title is       .   A. A small place for reading aloud          B. People who like to read aloud   C. Why we need to read aloud             D. Reading aloud is goodD    "Reading makes a full man" (Bacon, 1597). Novels written by the writers like Jane Austen, Victor Hugo and Ernest Hemingway help us to know more about our history, culture and many other things.    Jane Austen(简·奥斯汀)was one of the most well-known women writers of the world. She was born in England in 1775. Jane loved reading and writing. She wrote a number of famous novels in her life. Among them, Pride and Prejudice written in 1779 was the most popular.    Victor Hugo(维克多·雨果), born in 1802 in France, was one of the best writers in the 19th century. The talent in writing and hard work brought great success to Hugo at an early age. His most popular novel, the Hunchback of Notre-Dame, was written in 1831. The book was so successful that it was quickly translated into many other languages across Europe.    Ernest Hemingway(欧内斯特·海明威), an outstanding American writer and reporter, was born in 1899. His life experience had a great influence on his writing style. Hemingway lived in France and Italy between the 1920s and 1950s. Most of his books such as The Sun Also Rises were written at that time. He won the Nobel Prize in 1954 mainly because of the novel The Old Man and the Sea.54. When was Jane Austen born?   A. In 1775           B. In 1779         C. In 1597         D. In 189955. Where was Vctor Hugo from?   A. England.          B. America.        C. Italy.           D. France.56. Ernest Hemingway won the Nobel Prize mainly because of       .   A. The Hunchback of Notre-Dame         B. The Old man and the Sea   C. Pride and Prejudice                   D. The Sun Also Rises57. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?   A. Bacon said the famous words: "Reading makes a full man".   B. Maybe, Hemingway wrote The Sun Also Rises in France or Italy.   C. The Hunchback of Notre-Dame was very famous in Europe in the 18th century.   D. English woman writer Jane Austen is famous for Pride and Prejudice.第Ⅱ卷(四大题，共51分)五、词汇检测(共10小题;每小题1分，满分10分)    根据下列句子及所给汉语注释或通过上下文，在答题卡上标有题号的横线上，写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。每空只写一词。58. While studying        (在国外), I met Mary, who later became my best friend.59. To make money, the workers had to work in such cold         (环境，条件).60. There are many        (国际的)banks in Shanghai.61. The boss        (拒绝)to pay him, so he was very angry.62. We have better        (环境)now because the government has taken action.63. This is the first        (交流)between the two countries' leaders in over 30 years.64. France is to Europe as China is to       .65.—Keep going, Mandy. We almost arrive at the top of the mountain.   —I can't. I am        out.66.—What is the        of "beautiful"?   —It's "ugly".67.—Do you mind        me around your school?   —Of course not. Please follow me.六、句子翻译(共5小题;每小题3分，满分15分)    将下列句子译成英语，并将所译句子写在答题卡上标有题号的横线上。68.我不知道要选哪本书。69.我们用电脑搜寻信息。70.自从吴老师教他们，学生们的英语都提高了很多。71.你可以通过努力学习去实现你的梦想。72.对我们来说，尽可能经常地彼此保持联系是非常重要的。七、阅读表达(共3 小题;73题1分、74题2分、75题3分，满分6分)    阅读下面的短文并用英语回答问题，并将答案写在答题卡上标有题号的横线上。    Rock climbing is a popular hobby that many people enjoy doing. You can do it indoors on special walls or outdoors on real mountains. There are many advantages of rock climbing-it is fun and it also helps people forget worries.    The most important equipment(装备)to have is good shoes. They need to be half a size smaller than your usual size. The next thing you need is a harness(保护带).This allows you to move freely, but will hold you up if you fall. It's important to know how to use your equipment. Otherwise, it may be dangerous. If you are a beginner, it's best to have lessons. A climber with experience can help you a lot in the beginning.    Rock climbing is very exciting for people of different ages. Climbers, however, must be careful not to pollute the environment. Sometimes rock climbers leave rubbish on the mountains where they climb. They should take it with them and throw it away. This will allow future climbers to enjoy a clean environment.73. Where can you do rock climbing indoors?74. What equipment does a climber need?75. Will you try rock climbing when you have a chance? Why or why not?八、书面表达(共1小题，满分20分)    我们日常的课本学习不仅能学到知识，而且也会改善着我们的生活习惯。请根据下面表格提供的信息，以“My Changes”为题用英语写一篇短文，向同学介绍你的变化并简要说明理由。过去1.痴迷游戏2.讨厌看书现在1.喜欢旅行，……(至少举一个例子)2.爱好看书，……(至少举一个例子)原因1.旅游帮你了解世界，享受自然之美。2.获取知识，使人聪明，带给人快乐，……(至少写一点)注意：1.文中不得出现你的真实姓名和学校名称;      2.语言通顺，意思连贯，条理清楚，书写规范;      3.词数80左右，开头已给出，不计入总词数。My Changes