江苏省无锡市学年八年级英语上学期期中试题.docx

1、江苏省无锡市学年八年级英语上学期期中试题江苏省无锡市和桥学区、张渚学区2017-2018学年八年级英语上学期期中试题 (满分100分，考试时间90分钟)一、听力测试（20分）第一部分，听对话回答问题（本大题共10分，每小题1分）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秒钟的时间选择正确答案。( )1. Which sign is there? A B C ( )2. When was Jack born?1997年1995年1993年A B C ( )3. What will the weather be lik

2、e tomorrow? A B C A ( )4. What would the girl like to have? A B C ( )5. Who was the first in the running competition?A. Mary. B. Ann. C. Kate.( )6. How will the woman go to the meeting? A. By car. B. By bus. C. By taxi.( )7. Where is David? A. In the classroom. B. On the playground. C. At home.( )8.

3、 What will Peter do tomorrow? A. Go to the theatre. B. Have an exam. C. Do the housework.( )9. Why cant the girl watch the cartoons?A. Because her mother is working. B. Because her father is sleeping.C. Because her mother is sleeping.( )10. What did the woman mean?A. The man could take the seat. B.

4、The man should not smoke there.C. The man could drink some coffee.第二部分，听对话和短文回答问题（本大题共10分，每小题1分） 你将听到一段对话和两篇短文，各听两遍。在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，每小题你仍有5秒钟的时间选择正确答案。听一段对话，回答第11至12题。( )11. What would the man like to borrow?A. Books on science. B. Books on culture. C. Books on art.( )12. Where can

5、 the man find the books he needs?A. On the sixth floor. B. On the computer. C. On the second floor.听第一篇短文，回答第13至15题。Andys visitOn the second day He went to the top of 13 .On the 14 dayHe took a boat trip on the River Seine.After he returned to LondonHe showed the 15 to many friends.( )13. A. the Eif

6、fel Tower B. the White House C. the Opera House( )14. A. first B. second C. third ( )15. A. gifts B. photos C. books 听第二篇短文，回答第16 至20 题( )16. Whose birthday was it the next day?A. The young mans. B. The girls. C. The shopkeepers.( )17. What did the man buy for the girl?A. A birthday cake. B. Blue ro

7、ses. C. Red roses.( )18. When was the roses sent to the girl?A. That evening. B. The next morning. C. The next evening.( )19. Why did the shopkeeper send ten more roses?A. To show thanks to the young man. B. To make the girl angry.C. To celebrate the girls 32nd birthday.( )20. How did the girl feel

8、when she saw the flowers?A. Happy. B. Excited. C. Angry.二、单项选择（15分，每小题1分）( )21. _useful advice the teacher gave us yesterday! A. What a B. What C. How D. How a( )22. Last Friday, we had a great time_ chess in the park. A. to play B. playing C. to playing D. on playing( )23. My father hoped _ horse r

9、iding when we were in Inner Mongolia. A. me to learn B. I learn C. to learn D. to learning( )24. How did he finish he work? I heard that he did it _.A. of himself B. on the own C. of his own D. by himself( )25. Sadly, the number of the giant pandas _getting _. A. is, fewer and fewer B. are, larger a

10、nd larger C. are, less and less D. is, smaller and smaller( )26. Of the two coats, shed like to choose the _one because she has no enough money.A. cheapest B. cheaper C. more expensive D. most expensive( )27. The dish smells _. I cant wait to taste it. A. good B. well C. terrible D. terribly( )28. O

11、ur teacher told us _ make _ noise. A. dont, some B. not to, any C. not to, some D. dont, any( )29. -Dont forget to close the windows when you leave the classroom. - _A. No, I wont. B. Yes, I will. C. Yes, I do. D. No, I dont.( )30. The room is not bright enough. I need to _ a light in the room. A. p

12、ut up B. put in C. put on D. put with ( )31. Study hard, _ you will fail in the exam. A. or B. and C. but D. because( )32. If Jim _ free tomorrow, I will ask Tom to go instead. A. doesnt be B. isnt C. wont D. wont be( )33. The Grade 8 students will _ about two hours on the trip and the _ is $50 per

13、person. A. take, cost B. spend, price C. take, price D. spend, cost( )34. Its _ for him to complete the project in one day. A. unpossible B. impossibly C. possibly D. impossible( )35. My brother fell off the bike and hurt himself yesterday. _. A. It doesnt matter. B. Never mind. C. Im sorry to hear

14、that. D. He should be careful.三、完形填空（5分，每小题0.5分）Once there lived two brothers. The elder was called Simon and the younger Victor. They loved each other very much, and always took care of one another. Every day they worked from morning _36_night, getting as much grain(谷物) as possible from their field

15、s.One late autumn evening, after their work in the fields was done, Simon said to his wife, Victor got married last month. He has many bills(账单) to pay. I think I will put a bag of rice in his barn(谷仓). “Oh, thats a good idea,” said his wife. “But please dont tell him,” said Simon, “If he knows I pu

16、t the rice there, he will_37_take it.”So, late that night Simon took a bag of rice to Victors barn. The next day, while looking at his own barn, he found something strange. “I took a bag of rice to Victors house last night,_38_ I still have the same number of bags in my barn._39_ did that happen?”Si

17、mon decided to take another bag of rice to his brothers barn that night. But the next morning, he found the_40_number of bags in his barn again! “This is very strange,” he thought. That night he_41_again. He carried a large bag of rice on his shoulder(肩膀); and walked down the road to his younger bro

18、thers house. In the bright moonlight, he could see another person coming down the road. He was carrying something on his_42_, too. “Younger Brother!” Simon cried, “What are you doing?” “I was_43_you, Older Brother,” said Victor, “Your family is_44_ than mine. I thought you needed more rice.” The two

19、 brothers quickly_45_that they had been taking rice to each other. They laughed about what had happened. “It is good to have a brother like you,” they both said. And they lived happily ever after.( )36. A . until B. at C. through D. with( )37. A. never B. sometimes C. usually D. ever( )38. A. so B.

20、and C. but D. or( )39. A. How B. What C. Why D. Where ( )40. A. small B. different C. big D. same( )41. A. planned B. failed C. hoped D. tried ( )42. A. back B. shoulder C. head D. hand ( )43. A. proud of B. polite to C. angry with D. worried about( )44. A. smaller B. richer C. larger D. happier ( )

21、45. A. remembered B. knew C. believed D. hoped四、阅读理解（20分，每小题2分）AThe children in the village wear dirty, cheap clothes. They sleep beside cows and sheep in small houses. They have no school. But they can write 26 English letters, and some know a few English words. How did it happen? It was because a

22、U.S. group called One Computer Every Child offered them 20 computers.Can children teach themselves to read when they have no schools or teachers but have the help of todays new technology(技术)? The goal of the group is to find out the answer. And the results are exciting. “The children are learning m

23、ore than they would in one year of school,” said Matt Keller, who organized the programme. The fastest learner was an eight-year-old boy called Kelbesa Negusse. He said that he himself was like a lion. Keller said, “Seven months ago he didnt know any English. But now he has known many words. I think

24、 if you give them food and water they will never leave the computer room. They will spend day and night there.” Kelbesa said, “I like the computer because I can learn things with it.” He added, “I know many English words, like dog, monkey, horse, sheep, cow, pig and cat.” Keller said that One Comput

25、er Every Child was planning a programme for children who couldnt go to school.( )46. From the first paragraph, we can learn that the people in the village are _.A. easy B. poor C. rich D. bored( )47. How can the children in the village learn English words? A. They go to school every day. B. They hav

26、e good teachers.C. One Computer Every Child gave them computers. D. They can learn from books.( )48. What can we learn from the passage?A. Kelbesa is in Grade 2 now. B. The computers help the children a lot.C. Keller is the teacher of those children. D. Kelbesa doesnt like the computer.BIf you get i

27、nto the forest with your friends, stay with them always. If you dont , you may get lost. If you really get lost, this is what you should do. Sit down and stay where you are. Dont try to find your friendslet them find you by staying in one place.There is another way to help your friends or other near

28、by people to find you. Give them a signal (信号) by shouting or whistling (吹口哨) three times. Any signal given three times is a call for help.Keep up shouting or whistling always three times together. When people hear you, they will know that you are not just making noise for fun. They will let you kno

29、w that they have heard your signal. They give you two shouts, two whistles, or two gun-shots (枪声). When someone gives you a signal, it is an answer to a call for help.If you dont think that you will get help before night comes, try to make a little house-cover up to the holes with branches (树枝) with

30、 lots of leaves. Make yourself a soft bed with leaves and grass.What should you do if you get hungry or need drinking water? You would have to leave your little house to look for a river. Dont just walk away. Pick off small branches and drop them as you walk so that you can find your way back. The m

31、ost important thing to do when you are lost isstay in one place.( )49. If you get lost in the forest, you should _.A. stay where you are and give signals three timesB. walk around the forest and shout so that your friends could hear youC. try to find your friends as soon as possibleD. try to get out of the forest and shout for help( )50. When you hear