苏州新草桥中学2018-2019学年八年级上学期期中考试英语试题（无答案）

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本试卷共十大题， 满分120分（包括附加分20分）。考试用时100分钟。
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一、听力选择（共20小题，每小题0.5分，满分10分）
（请先用两分钟时间熟悉听力试题，然后再动笔答题。）
A) 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三个选项中选出最佳选项，每段对话读两遍。
( ) 1. What will the wman d this weekend?
ck reprt hmewrk
( ) 2. What des the girl’s cusin lk like?
( ) 3. What des the by d every day after schl?
( ) 4. Hw des the by usually g t schl?
( ) 5. What helps the girl a lt with her English?
A. Speaking English. B. Thinking in English.
C. Reading English newspapers.
( ) 6. What is Davis?
A. A film star. B. A basketball player.C. A baseball player.
( ) 7. What des the man mean？
A. Saving water.B. Ding it yurself.C. Washing hands clean.
( ) 8. What will the wman d?
A. She will stay hme. B. She will visit Venice.
C. She will g t see the film.
( ) 9. What was the weather like mst f the time?
A. Cl.B. Wet.C. Warm.
( ) 10. Why didn’t the wman’s mther recgnize（认出） the man at first?
A. Because he is thinner.
B. Because she hasn’t seen him fr a lng time.
C. Because he becmes fatter.
B）听对话和短文回答问题
听一段对话，回答第11-12小题。每段对话读两遍。
( ) 11. What did the man d during last summer vacatin?
A. He traveled arund B. He played sprts.
C. He watched the Olympic Games n TV.
( ) 12. What sprts des the man like best?
A. Badmintn. B. Swimming. C. Ftball.
听第一篇短文，回答第13-15小题。读两遍。
( ) 13. A. SydneyB. ParisC. Lndn
( ) 14. A. drive a car B. ck nice fd C. repair a bike
( ) 15. A. SeptemberB. Octber C. Nvember
听第二篇短文，回答第16-20 小题。读两遍。
( ) 16. Where is Linda frm?
A. Frm the USA. B. Frm England.C. Frm Australia.
( ) 17. Hw ld is She?
A. 23 years ld.B. 24 years ld.C. 28 years ld.
( ) 18. What des she d?
A. She is a nurse.B. She is a dctr.C. She is a teacher.
( ) 19. Hw lng des it take her t g frm hme t the wrking place?
A. Abut 30 minutes by car. B. Abut 30 minutes by bus.
C. Abut 30 minutes by undergrund.
( ) 20. What des she think f her jb?
A. Bring.B. Busy.C. Helpful.
二、单项选择(共15题，每小题1分，共15分)
( ) 21. Andrew is _______ mst ppular by in my class, he always wears ________ smile n his face.
A. the/the B. a/theC. a/aD. the/a
( ) 22. A: Hney, wuld yu please fill the bttle _________ water?
B: I’m glad t, but the bttle is full _________ water nw.
with/with B. with/fC. f/fD. f/with
( ) 23. —T prepare fr the schl trip tmrrw, what shuld I d, mum?
________ an umbrella with yu and it will be useful when it rains.
A. Taking B. T takeC. Take D. Tk
( ) 24. A: Lk, the children _________ themselves up the rcks ver there.
B: Hw brave they are!
A. pull B. pullingC. are pullingD. pulled
( ) 25. My best friend David is 1.97 meters. He is 20 centimeters ______ than me.
A. tall B. tallerC. tallestD. the tallest
( ) 26. When the pp star _________, everyne cheered and screamed.[来源:Z。xx。k.Cm]
A. arrived B. reachedC. gtD. arrived
( ) 27. --- Please wrk harder at English and read mre English bks.
--- ________. I will try my best t d better.
A. Srry, I wn’t B. Srry, I dn’t C. Yes, I will D. Yes, I d.
( ) 28. The rm is t dark fr us t study in. Wuld yu be kind enugh t __________ a brighter light fr us?
A. put in B. put n C. put utD. put up
( ) 29. —D yu knw ________ the Eiffel Twer is? It’s 7300 tns.
A. Hw sn B. Hw ften C. Hw lng D. Hw heavy
( )30. 一What's yur best friend Bb like? 一 .
A. He is fine. Thank yu. B. He is a dctr.
C. He likes watching TV. D. He is generus and helpful.
( ) 31. We recmmended David as this year’s Best Singer because f his nice .
A. nise B. sund C. shut D. vice
( ) 32. Mary writes than _ student in her class. She is a hard-wrking girl.
A. mre careful; any ther B. mre carefully; any ther
C. mre carefully; any D. mre careful; any
( ) 33. Sandy’s handwriting is , if nt better than, Mike.
A. as gd as B. as well as C. nt as gd as D. nt as well as
( ) 34. Peple in the UK say "autumn" while peple in the USA say " ".
A. yard B. ckie C. truck D. fall
( ) 35. The sprts meeting wn’t begin until 10:00 a.m, __ there is n need fr yu
t get up early.
A. s B. r C. but D. fr
三、完型填空(共10题，每小题1分，共10分)
Nwadays mre and mre teenagers find life mre difficult withut their parents. They dn’t knw hw t d ____36___, because their parents d almst everything fr them at hme. This is a big prblem.
Jy is 14 years ld. One day her parents went away ___37____ business, s she had t stay at hme alne. At first she thught she wuld be happy ____38_____ her parents were nt in. She culd d everything __39____she liked. But when it was six ’clck in the afternn, she felt ____40____. “Oh, it’s time t have supper. Where can I get my fd?” she said t herself. Later she fund sme fd in the fridge, but she ___41____ knw hw t ck. At that mment, she missed her ____42___ very much. At last she culd nly g t the supermarket and ___43____ sme fd t eat.
Many teenagers are ___44___ as Jy. S I think they shuld learn sme basic life skills, like cking, tidying up their rms r dressing themselves ____45___. They shuldn’t depend t much n their parents.
36. A. their hmewrk B. sme shpping C. business D. husewrk
37. A. in B. at C. n D. with
38. A. s B. because C. but D. until
39. A. that B. wh C. where D. when\
40. A. hungry B. full C. excited D. bred
41. A. culdn’t B. didn’t C. might nt D. wuldn’t
42. A. cusin B. aunt C. brther D. parents
43. A. made B. bught C. gave D. saw
44. A. the same B. difficult C. different D. warm-hearted
45. A. actually B. carelessly C. prperly D. slwly
四、阅读理解(共12题，每小题2分，共24分)
(A)
What is a Chinatwn? Is it a twn in China? Of curse nt! The Chinatwn is a part f a twn area with a large number f Chinese residents, usually utside China. Chinatwns are thrughut the wrld, including thse in East Asia, Sutheast Asia, Nrth America, Suth America, Australia, and Eurpe. The biggest ne is in New Yrk. It is a gd place t g.
Shpping
Shpping in the Chinatwn is fun. Yu can find lts f things there. Mst f them are made in China. Mtt Street is the best place t shp because things there are nt very expensive.
Eating
The Chinatwn has mre than 200 restaurants. Yu can enjy traditinal Chinese fd there. New Silver Palace Restaurant is ne f the best Chinese restaurants.
Living in the Chinatwn is cmfrtable. Yu can find hspitals, banks, libraries and supermarkets there. In sme schls, students must study Chinese. Many verseas Chinese send their children t these schls. They want their children t learn mre abut China and its culture.
The Chinatwn is a living area ______________.
A. in China B. in a freign cuntry
C. in the cuntryside D. in a shpping mall
New Yrk in the United States has ____________ Chinatwn in the wrld.
A. the smallest B. the largest
C. the funniest D. the mst bring
__________ is the best place t shp because things there are nt expensive.
A. Suth America B. Eurpe
C. East China D. Mtt Street
In New Yrk, yu can g t New Silver Palace Restaurant t ____________.
A. eat Chinese-style fd B. brrw magazines
C. have Western fd D. see a dctr
Many verseas Chinese want their children t ___________.
A. live in a freign cuntry B. knw smething abut Chinatwn
C. read bks in Chinese language D. learn mre abut China and its culture
(B)
Once a circle lst a piece f its wn. The circle wanted t be whle, s it went arund lking fr its missing piece. But because it was nt cmplete, it culd nly rll (滚动) very slwly. It enjyed the flwers and the sunshine alng the way. It talked with wrms (虫子) . It fund lts f different pieces, but nne f them fit. S it left them all by the side f the rad and kept n lking fr the missing piece. Then ne day the circle fund a piece that fit perfectly. The circle put the missing piece int itself. It culd be whle with nthing missing. It was s happy and began t rll. As it was a perfect circle, it culd rll very fast, t fast t see flwers r talk t wrms. It realized hw different the wrld was when it rlled s quickly. It felt s sad that it stpped, left its fund piece by the side f the rad and rlled away slwly.
A man wh has everything is pr in sme ways. He will never have hpes, dreams r smething better. He will never knw smene lves him r smene is giving him smething he has always wanted r never had. We culdn’t be perfect. But we must be brave t lve, strng enugh t frgive, kind enugh t share happiness with thers and clever enugh t knw there is enugh lve arund us and then we can always have a wnderful time in ur lives.
In the beginning the circle rlled slwly because it ____________.
A. spent much time talking t wrms B. wanted t enjy the flwers and sunshine
C. was lking fr its missing piece D. lst a piece f its wn
Why did the circle stp when it rlled quickly? Because it _______________.
A. wanted t enjy the wrld B. fund a different wrld
C. wanted t lk fr anther missing piece D. thught the wrld changed s quickly
Which f the flwing is TRUE abut the article?
A. As it was a perfect circle, it culdn’t rll very fast.
B. It talked with the flwers and sunshine alng the way.
C. As it was a perfect circle, it culd see flwers and talk t wrms.
D. It didn’t find any flwers, sunshine r wrms.
The stry mainly tells us that __________.
A. nbdy lves us if we give nthing
B. a man wh has everything is the happiest
C. lsing smething may nt be a bad thing smetimes
D. we are nt whle when we lse smething
(C)
Sme peple have a very pr sense f directin. Unluckily, I am ne f them. I have visited a place many times but I may still get lst there the next time.
When I was a little girl, I never dared ask strangers the way. And s I used t walk rund in circles and hpe that by chance I wuld get t the place I was ging t.
Nw, I am n lnger t shy t ask peple fr directins, but I ften receive helpless r even wrng infrmatin. S I try t avid giving peple wrng directins. If anyne asks me the way smewhere, I wuld say, “Srry, I am a stranger here.”
Once n my way t wrk I was stpped by a man. He asked me if I culd tell him the way t the Friendship Building. I gave him my usual reply. But just as I walked n nly a few steps, I realized that he had asked the way t my ffice building. Hwever, I had n time t turn back and lk fr him. I was rushing t meet with smene at my ffice and I didn’t want t keep him waiting.
When I just gt t my ffice, the secretary shwed in the man wh had asked me fr directins. Imagine hw embarrassed I was and hw surprised he was when we saw each ther at the first sight!
The writer always refuses t give peple directins because ______________.
A. She’s a stranger t the city. B. She desn’t knw the peple
C. She has n time t help thers D. She’s afraid f giving wrng directins
The wrd “embarrassed” in the last paragraph means “____________”.
A. 尴尬的 B. 困惑的C. 激动的 D. 拮据的
Which f the fllwing is TRUE accrding t the passage?
A. The writer is t shy t give thers directins
B. The writer has a very pr sense f directin
C. The writer never gt lst when she was yung
D. The man was quite nervus when he saw the writer
五．根据上下文，用单词的正确形式填空，一空一词。(共10题，每小题1分，共10分)
58. My sister is mre ____________ (有礼貌的) than yu can imagine. I am sure yu will lve her as sn as yu see her.
59. A gentleman usually has a gd temper and is always listening t thers ________(耐心地).
60. The scial wrkers spent tw days ___________(清除) the thick snw ff the main street.
61. Dn’t wrry, we will ffer sme left-handed ____________(剪刀) t thse peple like yu.
62. All his friends ____________(建议) him t stay in China, but finally he went t America fr further study.
63. French is said t be ne f the mst beautiful _____________(语言) in the wrld, it’s spken by peple nt nly in France but als in Canada.
64. ____________( 幸好), the firemen came quickly and put ut the fire at nce.
65. Yesterday, my little brther didn’t g t schl. ___________, he chse t stay at hme, playing cmputer games.
66. The dctr tld him he was much t fat. He had n chice but t lse __________by eating less and exercising mre.
67. The whle class enjyed _____________ at the Chinese New Year party. They sang and danced happily.
六．中翻英(共5题，每小题2分，共10分)
68. 请记住下次别再犯相同的错误。
69. 当我听到这个坏消息时，我不敢相信自己的耳朵。
70. Thmas做完家庭作业后迫不及待地打开电视机。
71. 物理和英语一样简单。
72. 苏州可供参观的园林比无锡多。
七．任务型阅读（共3题，第1题1分，第2题2分，第3题3分）
Dear Amy,
I culdn’t read yur tw e-mails until tday because my cmputer was brken. I’m srry t hear abut yur prblem, but I’m glad yu’re feeling better and are recvering (康复). I’m surprised that in China smene’s liver (肝脏) matched yurs! This is really a mving stry—a stranger dnated part f his liver t a girl he desn’t even knw!
Yu’re right. We shuldn’t care t much abut ur weight. I’m happy yu stpped taking thse lsing-weight pills. Frm yur pht I can see yu are nw lking very well in the hspital. T keep slim is imprtant, especially fr an actress, but nthing is mre imprtant than health. Yur dctr’s advice is indeed very gd—exercise fr at least half an hur every day and eat lts f fruit and vegetables.
It’s nt nly in yur cuntry. It’s the same here with us Chinese—many peple are always ging n diets r taking lsing-weight pills, which are ften dangerus. But in fact, sme f them are nt verweight at all. I hpe these peple can learn smething frm yur stry. Hpe yu will leave hspital as sn as pssible.
Lve,
Helen
73. Wh is “a girl” in the letter?
74. What did the dctr tell Amy t d?
75. D yu think it is necessary t lse weight? Why?
八．书面表达（15分）
假如你叫Gerge,学校Buddy Club在招募新成员，你想加入该俱乐部。根据下列信息，写一封自荐信。（90字左右）
1. 我，圆脸，大眼睛，黑色的短发。我班最高的男生。
2. 大方，幽默，乐意在任何时候帮助需要帮助的人，……（举例）
3. 喜欢旅游, 上个月参加了学校去北京的旅行, 在那里……
4. 对DIY很着迷，……（举例）
注：……部分适当发挥，开头结尾不计入字数。
Dear Sir r Madam,
My name is Simn.
______________________________________________ ________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
I hpe t be a member f the Buddy Club.
I’m lking frward t hearing frm yu sn.
Yurs faithfully,
Gerge
附加题
九．阅读短文，填写所缺单词(共10题，每小题1分，共10分)
D yu ften cmmunicate with yur parents? Sme parents are always cmparing their ____1____ with themselves r ther peple when they were yung.
“When I was yur age,” a father said t his sixteen-year-ld sn ne day, “I was at the tp f my class every year. And I ____2___ what I wanted t d when I left schl. I had gals. Yu are always at the bttm f yur class ___3___ yu have n gals.” The man’s sn said nthing. He had already heard this frm his father many times. “And when yur mther was yur age,” the yung man’s father went ___4____, “she had a gd jb and she ___5____ lts f mney. Yu dn’t even have a part-time jb. Yu earn nthing.” The man’s sn still said nthing. He had heard this befre, t. “And when yur ____6___ brther was yur age,” the yung man’s father said, “he studied hard. But yu just waste yur time.” And the man’s sn still said nthing.
Finally, the yung man’ father said, “And when Abraham Lincln was yur age, he wrked all day and studied at night.” This time the sn ____7____ stay silent.
“And when Abraham Lincln was yur age, Father,” he said, “he was the President f ___8___ United States. ____9____ are yu?” His father had n answer ____10____ this.
Are yur parents always cmparing yu with thers? And what’s yur reply? D yu have a better way t cmmunicate with each ther?
十．阅读理解(共5题，每小题2分，共10分)
With the develpment f sciety, mre and mre peple have realized the imprtance f envirnment prtecting. They want t eat healthily and live green. But can yu imagine that we can als transprt green in mst cities? Car sharing is a gd way t drive green that’s gaining in ppularity, especially in urban areas. Peple wh may nt drive every day but still want a car t run errands(差事) r drive n weekends benefit (受益) mst frm car sharing. Car sharing is usually run by a service like Zipcar, thugh there are nn-prfit and infrmal car sharing services. Members pay a mnthly fee and have access t an entire fleet f cars when they need ne. The cars are parked in fixed spts arund the city, s members nly need t make a reservatin(预订), and then g t the pickup spt.
Car sharing has majr envirnmental benefits because it reduces the number f cars n the rad. Members dn’t drive just because they are in car. They plan trips, and if they dn’t need a car, they dn’t use ne. Still, a car is available t them if they need t make a big trip t the grcery stre, pick smene up at the airprt r if they want t g t the beach fr the day. Members als benefit by having access t a car withut any f the headaches f wnership. They usually dn’t have t pay fr the gas, insurance r maintenance. S if yu really want t g green but aren’t ready t ttally give up a car yet, car sharing may be the best way t g.
If yu still need t get arund, but want t g even greener than sharing a car, share a bus.
The authr wants t tell us that car sharing _______________.
Has becme the mst ppular way t g t wrk.
Has becme the best way t cut living csts
Is welcmed by mre and mre peple in urban areas
Is becming ppular in urban and rural areas
We can infer frm the passage that _____________.
Zipcar can’t help yu if yu are running errands
Zipcar, different frm ther services, aims green driving with n prfit
Zipcar is a cmpany supplying car sharing service fr free
Zipcar is a cmpany ffering frmal car sharing fr sme prfit
We can see frm the passage _____________.
when peple will share a car B. why a car is available t members
C. why car sharing is cheaper than wning a car D. why car sharing is becming mre and mre ppular
14. Which f the fllwing is Nt mentined in the passage?
A. Car sharing has becme a new trend.
B. Car sharing can save yu the headaches f wnership.
C. Bus sharing is even greener than car sharing
D. Zipcar is the largest cmpany ffering car sharing services.
15. Which f the fllwing is nt the benefit f car sharing?
A. Yu can save mney by car sharing in cntrast with wning a car.
B. As a member f Zipcar, yu can use a car at any time yu want.
C. If mre peple jin in car sharing, ur envirnment will be better.
D. If yu jin in car sharing, yu needn’t wrry abut where t park the car.
Tny’s life
He studies at a schl near 13
He can 14 nw.
His schl has a reading week in 15