江苏省张家港市部分学校2011-2012学年八年级英语下学期期中考试试题-牛津版.doc

江苏省张家港市部分学校2011-2012学年八年级英语下学期期中考试试题 牛津版
（时间：100分钟 总分：130分）

一、听力部分（满分20分）
一、听力 (计20分)
A. 听对话回答问题 (共10 小题；每小题1分；计 10分)
本部分共有10道小题，每小题你将听到一段对话，根据所听到的内容， 选择正确答语。(听两遍)

5. How did the woman’s uncle go to work today?
A. By motorbike. B. By bike. C. On foot.
6. What’s the man’s family name?
A. Henry John. B. John. C. Brown.
7. Who is the man’s favourite basketball player?
A. Michael Jordan. B. Yao Ming. C. Kong Linghui.
8. What language can Han Mei learn from them?
A. Chinese and Japanese. B. Chinese and English.
C. English and Japanese.
9. Where will the young lady put the rubbish?
A. In the dustbin. B. In front of the house. C. Behind the house.

10. What does Mary often do to help her mother?
A. She often help her mother to cook meals.
B. She often help her mother with the washing.
C. She often help her mother to clean the house.
B）听对话或独白，选择正确的答案。（听两遍）
听第一段对话，回答第11～第12题。
11. Where is the man going?
A. The railway station. B. The clock tower. C. The park.
12. Why can’t the man find the place?
A. This is his first time to visit the place.
B. The railway station is still next to the clock tower.
C. Things have changed a lot over the years.
听第二段对话，回答第13～第15题。
13. How many main icons does the program have?
A. Four. B. Five. C. Six.
14. Which icon should be clicked if you want to listen to people talking?
A. Book B. Tour C. Ear.
15. What can you do if you click on the ‘Pencil’ icon?
A. Go on short tours. B. Do some exercises.
C. Read stories and articles.
听一段独白，回答第16～第20小题。
16. Bob’s favourite was _________.
A singing B dancing C drawing
17. It was difficult for Bob to join the school dancing group because ________.
A. the school only had a girls’ dancing group
B. the school didn’t allow（允许）boys to dance
C. the group had enough dancers already
18. The school is worried that ___________ if Bob stayed in the group.
A. nobody would watch their dance
B. other boys would join and the girls might leave
C. other schools would laugh at them
19. The judge(法官) thought the school’s decision was ___________.
A. useful B. necessary C. wrong
20. We can infer(推断) that Bob felt ________ when he went back to the group.
A sad B happy C hungry

二、笔试部分（满分110分）
二、选择填空（共30小题；每小题1分，满30分）
A：单项选择（共20小题；每小题1分，满20分）
1. _____ history of this special island brought _____ unusual feeling to me.
A. The; a B. The; an C. A; an D. A; a
2. Jay Chou plays the role ________ Kato _______the 3D movie ‘ The Green Horney’.
A. of, of B. of, in C. in, in D. in, of
3. Though the key was pressed, nothing ______ on the screen.
A. appeared B. was appeared C. appears D. is appeared
4.You get a point _______ you answer a question correctly. Which is WRONG?
A. every time B. each time C. whenever D. while
5. ___________ great fun it is to fly kites! ________ fantastic time the children are having!
A. What, What a B. What, What C. How, How a D. What a, What
6．If you ___him tomorrow，please ask him if he____ to work on the farm with us．
A．see，goes B．will see，goes C．will see，will go D．see，will go
7. A: Can I _______ a book from you? B: Certainly.
But you mustn’t ______ it to others. And please remember you can only ______ it for a week.
A. borrow, lend, borrow B. lend, borrow, keep C. lend, lend, keep D. borrow, lend, keep
8. He is a teacher with a lot of ______. He often tells us many of his interesting _____ in Africa.
A. experiences; experience B. experience; experience
C. experience; experiences D. experienced; experience
9. -- I’m sorry we ________ all the educational CD-ROM. Can you come next week?
-- Please call me as soon as the latest one _________.
A. have sold well, comes out B. have sold out, comes out
C. have sold well, is come out D. have sold out, is come out
10. -- What is the function of the mouse? -- It________ the cursor(光标) on the screen.
A. is used for moving B. is used to moving C. is using for moving D. used to move
11. -- They look so tired.
--Yeah. They _____________ day and night. So they are all in poor health.
A. are made work B. are made to work C. made to be worked D. are making to work
12. The poor _______ man lived ______in a small house, and he often feels ______.
A. alone, lonely, lonely B. lonely, alone, lonely
C. alone, alone, lonely D. lonely, lonely, alone
13. A: Where is Simon? B: He ________ the USA.
A: By the way, have you ever ________ abroad before? B: No, never.
A. is in, been to B. has been to, gone C. went to, gone to D. has gone to, been
14. -- _____________did your uncle leave his hometown ?
--He ____________ for nearly twenty years.
A. When, has left B. When, has been away
C. How long, has left D. How long, has been away
15. It was _________ difficult work ________ nobody can do it.
A. so, that B. such a that C. such , that D. so a, that
16. -- So far, how long _______ you __________ China? -- For one year.
A. have, come to B. have, been to C. have, been in D. have, gone to
17．A boy _______ Tom _________ by a car yesterday.
A. was called, hit B. called, was hit C. was called, was hit D. called, hit
18．Put away your school things．Your stationery must carefully．
A．be taken good care B．be taken good care of
C．take good care D．take good care of
19．While he TV，a football flew into the room through the window．
A．watches B．is watching C．was watching D．Watched
20. She’s never spent much money on her own clothes, ______ she?
A. is B. isn’t C. has D. hasn’t

B．完形填空（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
Many people think that Americans 21 their cars almost more than anything else. When 22__ people are fourteen years old, they want to have their __23_ cars. They don’t ask for a car from their 24__. So many of them work in _25_ time during their last year of high school to buy a car. Learning to 26 _ and getting a driver’s license may be one of the most exciting things in a young person’s life.
Some people almost 27 _ go to a doctor when they are ill. But they will __28_ their cars to a garage as soon as they think there is a 29 . On Saturdays or Sundays some people may 30 most of their time washing and repairing their cars.
21. A. prefer B. love C. drive D. play
22. A. little B. big C. old D. young
23. A. new B. own C. expensive D. cheap
24. A, friends B. teachers C. parents D. brothers
25. A. free B. busy C. study D. good
26. A. make B. mend C. wash D. drive
27. A. always B. never C. often D. usually
28. A. take B. carry C. pull D. lift
29. A. question B. wrong C. mistake D. problem
30. A. cost B. get C. spend D. use

三、阅读理解(共13小题;每小题2分，计26分）
(A)
Ruby, the artist, is an Asian elephant, She is17 years old. She lives in the zoo. Ruby has produced about 100 paintings since last year. She has made more than $ 40,000 for the zoo. Zoo leaders say Ruby first showed the talent (才能) about four years ago. Zoo workers watched her make the marks in the sand with her trunk. She rubbed (擦掉) out the marks, then made the new ones. The zoo worker gave her brushes and paints. Soon Ruby painted pictures.
Newspaper reporters wrote Ruby, then people asked about buying her pictures. And in this way, she made a lot of money for the zoo. This is how Ruby does the paintings. A zoo worker holds different color paints. Ruby touches the colors she wants. Then the worker gives her brushes with the chosen colors in her trunk and Ruby begins painting.
1. We can most probably read this story_______.
A. in a dictionary about read animals B. in a newspaper
C. in a book on art D. in history textbooks
2. People asked about buying Ruby's pictures because_______.
A. newspaper reporters bought her picture
B. her pictures were better than those of real artists
C. they just wanted to have fun
D. zoo workers would let them have a free visit to the park
3. Ruby rubbed out the marks she had drawn in order to(为了)_______.
A. make other ones B. clear her trunk
C. dig a hole in the sand D. ask for brushes and paints
4. From the story, we can know that_______.
A. Ruby can paint a picture all by herself
B. Ruby can draw better pictures than the other animals in the zoo
C. Ruby has to finish a painting with the help of zoo workers
D. Ruby will ask for money if she finishes a picture

(B)
Happiness is for everyone. You don’t need to care about those people who have beautiful houses with large gardens and swimming pools or those who have nice cars and a lot of money and so on. Why? Because those who have big houses may often feel lonely and those who have cars may want to walk on the country roads at their free time.
In fact, happiness is always around you if you put your heart into it. When you are in trouble at school, your friends will help you; when you study hard at your lessons, your parents are always taking good care of your life and your health; when you get success, your friends will say congratulations to you; when you do something wrong, people around you will help you to correct it. And when you do something good to others, you will feel happy, too. All these are your happiness. If you notice a bit of them, you can see that happiness is always around you.
Happiness is not the same as money. It is a feeling of your heart. When you are poor, you can also say you are very happy, because you have something else that can’t be bought with money. When you meet with difficulties, you can say loudly you are very happy, because you have more chances to challenge(向…挑战)yourself. So you can not always say you are poor and you have bad luck. As the saying goes, life is like a revolving(旋转)door. When it closes, it also opens. If you take every chance you get, you can be a happy and lucky person.
5. When you fall down in a PE class, both your teacher and your classmates will_________.
A. laugh at you B. play jokes on you C. quarrel with you D. help you up
6. What will your friends say to you when you make great progress(进步)?
A. Oh, so do I. B. Congratulations.
C. Good luck. D. It’s just so-so.
7. Which idea is NOT right according to the passage?
A. People who have cars would never like to walk in the open air.
B. You can get help from others when you make mistakes.
C. You can still be a happy person even if you have little money.
D. Happiness is always around you though difficulties come towards you.
8. Which of the following is this passage about?
A. Bad luck. B. Good luck. C. Happiness. D. Life.

(C)
Kelly Christopher, a student at Lutheran High School in California, US, loves oranges. One day last week, she used a pole(竿子) to pick oranges off trees and collect them in baskets. It's the first time in her 15 years she's picked fruit from trees.
"This is quite different from buying oranges in the supermarket," said Christopher. "Every time I eat an orange, I'll remember this experience."
Christopher was one of the 30 student volunteers at Soil Born Farms. She volunteered as part of a project which was set up in 2009 to help homeowners in South Land Park pick oranges and other fruits out of their backyards. Before, the fruit would rot on the ground or get eaten by animals. Now the fruit is donated to those who need it.
"It is good for many people", said Randy Stannard, who works for the project. "The homeowner gets fruit picked and more people can have healthy food."
"Two harvests (收成 ) were organized in 2009 and volunteers picked 3,000 pounds (1,360kg) of fruit", Stannard said. In 2010, the number was 20,000. This year, Soil Born Farms hopes to get 40,000 pounds. They will harvest every weekend from January to April.
Shannon Galloway, Christopher's science teacher, brought her students into the project this year.
"You're making use of a resource that might be wasted," she said. "I think it's meaningful to everyone."
Donato Frazier, 15, always climbs up a ladder(梯子) and gets on the top of the tree.
"Standing on the treetop is pretty cool," Frazier said. "I can see clearly that many baskets are filled up, and even see that many people are eating healthy fruit because of our volunteer work."
9. Christopher and other students went to pick fruits from real trees because they wanted to _____.
A. have some fresh fruit for themselves B. make some money by selling fruit
C. provide people with more healthy fruit D. buy some cheap fruit from their neighbors
10. When was the project set up?
A. In 2008. B. In 2009. C. In 2010. D. In 2011.
11. What will happen to the fruit if they don’t help the homeowners pick it?
A. The fruit will rot or be eaten by small animals.
B. People who need the fruit will come to pick it.
C. The fruit will be used as a resource for research.
D. Homeowners will pick the fruit and sell it.
12. What does the underlined word resource mean?
A. 资源 B. 调查 C. 对策 D. 娱乐
13. How do the students feel about their work?
A. It’s interesting and easy. B. It’s meaningless and hard.
C. It’s meaningful and exciting. D. It’s tiring and boring.
四、根据句意用所给词的适当形式填空。(共14小题，每小题1分，满分14分)
1.My uncle is (连接)the mouse to the computer．
2.The new skill has brought many___________ to the students.（好处）
3. The Great Wall and the Palace Museum are both _________ of China.（象征）
4.With the (发展) of our country , more and more people are living a happy life.
5.They will celebrate their ten years of _____(结婚).
6. People have_______（意识到）pollution has become a serious problem.
7. We hope the meeting will be held__________(success).
8. My cousin is good at all her lessons, _______ English. (特别)
9. Don’t be afraid .The snakes are (harm) to us .
10. It’s good for us to speak more__________ (日常的)English every day．
11. Stop____________(鼓掌)your hands and listen to the speech.
12.I didn’t pass the English exam because I wrote lots of words (correct)．
13. After_________ a file, you can begin to write your article. (创建).
14. Wenchang Square is one of the most importa