2012—2013学年度第二学期期中学情分析八年级英语试卷.doc

2012—2013学年度第二学期期中学情分析
八年级英语试卷
分值：100分，考试时间：90分钟
第一卷（选择题，共60分）
一、听力（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15）。
A）听对话回答问题，选择正确的选项。听两遍。
1. What day is it tomorrow?

A. B. C.
2. Which does Mary often use to chat with her friends?

A. B. C.
3．What are they talking about?

A. B. C.
4． How many times has Linda been to Jiangxi?
A. Once. B. Twice. C. More than twice.
5. Who was first in the high jump?
A. Ann. B. Kate. C. Mary.
6. Where does the girl want to go?
A. A supermarket. B. A library. C. A post office.
B）听对话和短文回答问题，选择正确的选项。听两遍。
听第一段对话，根据对话和问题，完成第7-9小题。
7. What’s wrong with Peter?
A. He has a bad cold. B. His arm is broken. C. His leg is broken.
8. Where did the accident happen?
A. In the street. B. In the hospital. C. In the park.
9. How long will he stay in the hospital?
A. A few days. B. A few weeks. C. A few months.
听第二段对话，根据对话和问题，完成第10-12小题。
10. How was her holiday?
A. Exciting. B. Boring. C. Terrible.
11. What was the weather like there?
A. Sunny. B. Cold. C. Rainy.
12. What did she do during the holiday?
A. Played volleyball. B. Stayed at the hotel all day. C. Swam.
听一篇短文，根据短文和信息表，完成第13-15小题。
Reason
Amy is interested in 13
Time
This 14 , her family will visit China.
How
They will go to Beijing 15 .
13. A. geography B. science C. computer
14. A. June B. July C. October
15. A. by train B. by plane C. by bus
二、单项选择（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
16. There is ▲ 80-metre-long bridge over the river.
A. a B. an C. the D. /
17. Now I have grown up. I can come to school ▲ .
A. with my own B. on my own C. to my own D. by my own
18. The old man never feels ▲ , though he lives ▲ .
A. alone; lonely B. lonely; alone C. alone; alone D. lonely; lonely
19. The twins ▲ China three times.
A. have been B. have gone to C. have been in D. have been to
20. Uncle Jone ▲ for nearly ten years.
A. died B. has died C. have dead D. has been dead
21. Millie has been in Zhenjiang ▲ three years ago.
A. for B. when C. since D. before
22. You can play football if your homework ▲ .
A. finishes B. will finish C. will be finished D. is finished
23. The game called Travel in Space sounds ▲ . We are all ▲ in it.
A. exciting; interested B. excited; interesting
C. exciting; interesting D. excited; interested
24. America is famous for ▲ .
A. the Tower Bridge B. Little Mermaid C. the Statue of Liberty D. Mount Fuji
25. –I have ▲ washed my clothes. What about you?
–I washed mine ▲ .
A. just; just B. just now; just C. just now; just now D. just; just now
26. Sometimes the sofa in the sitting room is used ____ a bed _____ Mrs. Liu.
A. by; by B. as; as C. by; as D. as; by
27. –Do you mind my opening the window?
– ▲ It is too hot inside now.
A. OK. B. Of course not. C. Yes, please. D. You’d better not.
28. This book ▲ Lucy’s. Look! Her name is on the book.
A. may be B. can’t be C. must be D. mustn’t be
29. –Thank you for the presents. They are so nice.
– ▲ .
A. Please don’t say so. B. No, thanks.
C. I’m glad you like them. D. They are not good enough.
30. –Did you go to the party yesterday evening?
–No, I ▲ .
A. am not invited B. wasn’t invited C. haven’t invited D. didn’t invite
三、完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
Food is very important. Everyone needs to 31 well if he or she wants to have a strong body. Our minds also need a kind of food. This kind of food is 32 . We begin to get knowledge even 33 we are very young. Small children are 34 in everything around them. They learn something 35 they are watching and listening. When they are getting older, they begin to 36 story books, science books and so on, anything they like. When they find something new, they love to ask questions and 37 to find out answers. What is the best 38 to get knowledge? If we learn by ourselves, we will get the 39 knowledge. If we are 40 getting answers from others and do not ask why, we will never learn well. When we study in the right way, we will learn more and understand better.
31. A. sleep B. read C. drink D. eat
32. A. sport B. exercise C. knowledge D. meat
33. A. until B. when C. after D. so
34. A. interested B. happy C. weak D. good
35. A. but B. and C. or D. while
36. A. lend B. read C. learn D. write
37. A. try B. have C. fail D. wait
38. A. place B. school C. way D. road
39. A. least B. worst C. poorest D. most
40. A. often B. always C. usually D. sometimes
四、阅读理解（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）
（A）
Important Ages in the UK
Age
What you can do
5
You have to go to school.
12
You can buy a pet.
13
You can get a part-time job, but you can’t work for more than two hours on a school day or on Sunday.
14
You can go into a bar, but you can’t buy alcohol(酒).
16
You can leave school.
A boy can join the army with his parents’ permission(许可).
You can drive a motorcycle.
You can have beer or wine with a meal in a restaurant.
17
You can hold a license to drive most small cars.
18
Age of maturity—you have grown up in the eyes of the law.
You can marry even without your parents’ permission.
You can buy and drink alcohol in a bar.
21
You can hold a license to drive a large passenger bus.
You can have a license to sell alcohol.
You can become a member of Parliament(议会).
41. In Britain, you can start to drink wine in a restaurant at the age of ▲ .
A. twelve B. fourteen C. sixteen D. eighteen
42. Which of the following is not allowed (允许)for the 18-year-old teenagers?
A. Leave school. B. Joining the Parliament.
C. Driving small cars. D. Marrying.
43. If your 19-year-old friend is going to live in Britain, you should tell him that he can’t ▲ .
A. drive a motorcycle B. drive a large passenger bus
C. get a part-time job D. buy alcohol in a bar
（B ）
When you want to go shopping, decide how much money you can spend on new clothes. Think about the kind of clothes you really need. Then look for those clothes on sale.
There are labels(标签)inside all new clothes. The labels tell you how to take care of your clothes. The label for a shirt may tell you to wash it in warm water. A sweater label may tell you to wash in cold water. The label on a coat may say “dry clean only.” Washing may ruin(损坏)this coat. If you do as the directions say on the label, you can keep your clothes looking their best. Many clothes today must be dry cleaned. Dry cleaning is expensive. When buying new clothes, check if they need to be dry cleaned. You will save money if you buy clothes that can be washed.
You can also save money if you buy clothes that are well made. Well-made clothes last longer. They look good even if they have been washed many times. Clothes that cost more money are not always better made. They do not always fit better. Sometimes the less expensive clothes look and fit better than the more expensive ones.
44. The first thing for you to do before buying clothes is ▲ .
A. to look for well-made clothes B. to see how much money you can pay
C. to know how to wash them D. to read the labels inside them
45. If you want to save money, you can buy clothes that ▲ .
A. don't fit you B. don't last long
C. need to be dry cleaned D. can be washed
46. The best title for the reading should be ▲ .
A. Being a Clever Clothes Shopper B. Taking Enough Money When Shopping
C. Buying Less Expensive Clothes D. Choosing the Labels inside New Clothes
（C）
Hong Kong Disneyland opened on September 12, 2005 and became the first Disney Theme Park in China. It looks like the Disney Theme Park in the USA, but has a Chinese Flavour(特色风情)to attract millions of tourists from all over China. The opening day was chosen for good luck. Its restaurants offer Chinese menus, and Mickey Mouse and his friends can be seen wearing traditional Chinese costumes. The park hopes to welcome five million visitors in its first year and is going to be very busy if the facts about operations in Orlando Disney World are anything to go by.
Orlando Disney World Facts and Figures
·The park employs(雇用)35,000 people.
·There are about 150,000 visitors on any day in 2003.The park’s 263 buses travel around 18 million miles every year.
·The park has more than 7 million trees and flowers.
·More than 50 million soft drinks are sold every year.
·People at the park consume(消费) 7 million hot dogs, 10 million hamburgers, 9 million pounds of French fries every year.
·The park uses 606,000 pounds of bananas each year.
·The park orders more than 3.8 million ball pens and 337,000 pencils every year.
·In 2004, the park recycled(回收利用) 18.3 million pounds of paper products(产品).
47. Hong Kong Disneyland was decided to open on September 12, 2005 because ▲ .
A. it was a holiday. B. of no special reasons.
C. it was for good luck. D. it was for Chinese.
48. How many people work in Orlando Disney World?
A. Five million. B. Two hundred thousand.
C. One hundred and fifty. D. Thirty-five thousand.
49. We can infer(推断) from this passage that there are a lot of ▲ in Orlando Disney World.
A. restaurants B. animals C. trains D. planes
50. Which of the following sentences about Orlando Disney World is NOT true?
A. People can take buses to travel around the park.
B. The park must be very beautiful and popular.
C. About 150,000 people visited the park in 2003.
D. The park uses 606,000 pounds of bananas each year.
第二卷（非选择题，共40分）
五、词汇运用（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
A) 根据句意,用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。
51. Suzhou is in the ▲ (south) part of Jiangsu.
52. Don’t read in the sun. It’s ▲ (harm) to your eyes.
53. He answered most of the questions ▲ (correct), so he didn’t pass the exam.
54. Lily received many gifts on her ▲ (twenty) birthday.
55. The Three-D film Titanic is the ▲ (wonderful) film I have ever seen.
B) 根据句意和汉语注释，写出单词的正确形式，每空一词。
56. I like all the subjects, ▲ (尤其) Maths.
57. The children can’t hide their ▲ (兴奋)on New Year’s Day.
58. It was a pleasant ▲ (经历) and I hope to visit the country again very soon.
59. We should keep happy in our ▲ (日常的) life.
60. The fans ▲ (鼓掌) their hands when their favourite singers appeared.
六、短文填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
根据短文内容及所给首字母提示写出所缺单词,并将完整单词写在对应题号后的横线上。
What do you think of our life today? It is much more c 61 than it was hundreds of years ago, but it has brought some new p 62 . One of the biggest is p 63 . We can see it , smell it drink it and even hear it. Now man is slowly polluting the w 64 world. A 65 pollution is still the most serious of all . It is bad for all k 66 of animals. It is caused by heavy traffic. It is said that the situation(情况) will be much better if people ride bikes i 67 of driving cars. When you are riding, there is no pollution. But even in developing(发展中) countries, most people don’t go to work by b 68 . It is not because bikes are e 69 or people are tired if they ride to work, but because the roads for the cars become better. More people put away their bikes and go to work by car or by bus, then things are getting w 70 .
七、任务型阅读（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）
Happiness is the most important thing in the world. Without it, life will be empty and meaningless. Many people want to get happiness and try to search for it all their life, but don’t know how to get it. If you wish to know how to get happiness, you must know the following points.
First, health is the secret of happiness. Only a healthy man can enjoy the happiness of life. So if you want to get happiness, you must take more exercise and eat healthily so that you can have a healthy body.
Second, people should learn to enjoy life with a grateful heart. Then you’ll be happier and happier.
Third, much money doesn’t mean happiness. Money may buy many things but health and happiness. A person who pays too much attention to money can’t be happy all the time.
Wish you to be a happy person!
阅读短文，根据文章内容，完成下列表格。（每空填一词）
How to get happiness
Paragraph
Main idea
1st
Happiness is the most (71) ▲ thing in the world.
2nd
If you want to be happy, you should have a healthy (72) ▲ first.
3rd
People should learn to enjoy (73) ▲ with a grateful heart.
4th
Don’t care for (74) ▲ too much because you can’t buy happiness with it.
5th
The writer’s (75) ▲ .
八、写作（满分15分）
A）翻译句子（5分）
76. 王先生过去住在农村。
Mr Wang ▲ in the country.
77. 韩寒的新书什么时候出版？
When will Han Han’s new book ▲ ?
78. 自从2002年来，这座城市发生了巨大变化。
Great changes ▲ in the city since 2002.
79. 周杰伦将扮演这部电影的主角。
Jay Chou will ▲ of the film.
80. 一路上我们忍不住不停地拍照。
We ▲ photos all the way.
B）书面表达（10分）
假设澳大利亚教育代表团将来你校参观访问，请你根据下表提示的信息，用英语向外宾简单介绍学校近年来发生的变化，并谈谈你的感想。
过去
现在
1.教室小，操场小；
2.图书旧，品种少……
1.操场更大，篮球场更多;
2.图书新, 品种多；
3.树木四季常青，学校美如花园……
你的感想
…….
要求：1. 词数不少于80词。文章开头和结尾已经写好，不计入总词数。
2. 要点完整、层次清晰、语法正确。
3. 文中不得提及所在学校和本人姓名。
Ladies and gentlemen! I am very glad to tell you about the changes in our school.
▲
▲
▲
▲
▲
▲
I hope you will enjoy your stay in our school. Thank you very much!

八年级英语试卷（第 8 页 共 8 页）
八年级英语期中试卷参考答案及评分标准

一、根据你所听到的内容，选择正确答案（本大题共15分，每小题1分)
1. A 2. A 3.B 4. C 5. A
6. C 7. C 8. A 9. B 10. B
11. C 12. B 13. B 14. C 15. B
二、单项填空（本大题共15分，每小题1分)
16. B 17. B 18. B 19. D 20. D 21. C 22. D 23. A 24. C 25. D
26. D 27. B 28. C 29. C 30. B
三、完形填空（本大题共10分，每小题1分）
31. D 32. C 33. B 34. A 35. D 36. B 37. A 38. C 39. D 40. B
四、阅读理解（本大题共20分，每小题2分）
41. C 42. B 43.B 44. B 45. D 46. A 47. C 48. D 49. A 50. C
五、词汇运用 （本大题共10分，每小题1分）
51. southern 52. harmful 53. incorrectly 54. twentieth 55. most wonderful
56. especially 57. excitement 58. experience 59. daily 60. clapped
六、短文填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
61. comfortable 62. problems 63. pollution 64.whole 65. Air
66. kinds 67. instead 68. bike / bicycle 69.expensive 70. worse
七、任务型阅读 （本大题共5分，每小题1分）
71. important 72.body 73. life 74. money 75. wish /hope
八、写作：（本大题共15分）
A）翻译句子（共5小题，每题1分）
76. used to live
77. come out
78. have taken plac