泰州市第二中学附属初中2014－2015学年度第一学期期中考试八年级英语试题（考试时间：120分钟满分：150分）命题：吴婷校对：孙爱芳成绩__________ 请将答案写在答题纸上第一部分选择题一、听力部分（共30小题；每小题1分，计30分）A. 听下面10段对话。
每段对话后有1道小题，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’s the boy’s favourite sport?A. B. C.（）2. What did Lee probably see during his holiday?A. B. C.（）3. What does Jack look like?（）4. How did Sally go to the Palace Museum?A. B. C.（）5. What subject is Andy good at?A. GeographyB. ChineseC. History（）6. Why does the girl look tired today?A. Because she went to bed too late.B. Because she didn’t sleep last night.C. Because she did homework all night.（）7. Who went to the Temple of Heaven yesterday?A. Lily and Tom.B. Lily and her cousin.C. Tom and his cousin.（）8. Wh at’sthe man going to do first?A. Go out to dinner.B. Write a report.C. Go for a school trip.（）9. What’s the girl’s dream?A. To travel around the world.B. To climb famous mountains.C. To be a singer. （）10. What can we learn about Linda’s pencil box?A. It’s bigger than Jim’s pencil box.B. It’s the same size as Jim’s pencil box.C. It’s smaller than Jim’s pencil box.B. 听下面几段对话或短文。
每段对话或短文后各有几道小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。
（每段对话或短文读两遍）听一段对话，回答第11～12小题。
（）11. How will Tom spend National Day?A. He will go to see his parents.B. He will visit the Great Wall with his parents.C. He will help Kate with her Maths.（）12. Why will Kate stay at home on National Day?A. Because she has to look after her parents.B. Because she has to help her friend learn English.C. Because she has to study Maths at home.听一段对话，回答第13～14小题。
（）13. Where does the woman want to go?A. Factory.B. Train station.C. Museum.（）14. Where is the place the woman wants to go?A. Between a fruit shop and a bookshop.B. Next to a fruit shop and a bookshop.C. Behind a fruit shop and a bookshop.听一段对话，回答第15～17小题。
（）15. How does the man seem to feel after this interview（面试）?A. NervousB. HopefulC. Excited（）16. How many people have been asked for a second interview?A. 1B. 4C. 8（）17. What does the man’s girlfriend want?A. She wants to find a job near Mark.B. She hopes Mark offered the job.C. She hopes Mark will find a job near her.（）（）19. A. visits other companies B. writes reports C. has meetings（）20. A. at 11:30 p.m. B. before 11 p.m. C. later than 11:30 p.m.听一篇短文，回答第21～25小题。
（）21.How many meals do Americans usually have a day?A. TwoB. ThreeC. Four（）22.When do Americans have breakfast?A. Before 8 a.mB. At 8 a.mC. After 8a.m（）23.When do Americans have supper?A. At 6 p.mB. At 8 p.mC. Between 6 p.m and 8 p.m（）24. Where do Americans usually have breakfast and supper?A. At homeB. In their officesC. Near a workplace（）25. What comes last after Americans have supper?A. VegetablesB. MeatC. Dessert听一篇短文，回答第26～30小题。
（）26.What did Mrs Brown want to buy ?A. A sweater.B. A pair of jeans.C. A coat.（）27.Why didh’t Mrs Brown buy it at once ?A. She didn’t like the colour.B. She didn’t have enough money.C. She was busy. （）28.Why didn’t her husband want her to buy it ?A.She had so many sweaters.B. It was too expensive.C. It was not good enough. （）29.When did her husband agree to buy it ?A. The next day.B. After a week.C. The third day.（）30.Who bought the sweater at last ?A. Mrs Brown.B. Mr Brown.C. Nobody.二、单项选择（共15小题；每小题1分，计15分）（）31. —Do you know ______ man on TV?— Yes, he is _______ honest person. Now he is planning ____ one-day trip.A. a, an, anB. an, the, aC. the, an, aD. the, a, an（）32. Please tell him to leave the window ________.A. openB. openedC. is openD. opening（）33. The weather in Beijing is colder than ______ in Guangzhou.A. thatB. itC. thisD. One（）34. — Mum, could you buy me a dress like this?— OK, we can buy _____ one than this, but _______ this.A. a better, better thanB. a worse, as good asC. a more important, not as good asD. a cheaper, as good as（）35. He arrived ________ Nanjing _________ the evening of July 8th.A. in, inB. in, onC. at, onD. at, in（）36. You must be tired now. Why not ___________ a rest .A. to stop to haveB. to stop havingC. stop havingD. stop to have（）37. Not only my friends but also I _________ interested in those plays.A. areB. amC. isD. were（）38. Shanghai is bigger than_____ in Jiangsu province and bigger than_______ in China.A. any city, any cityB. any city, any other cityC. any other city, the other citiesD. any other city, any city（）39. I am spending as much time as I can for the mid-term exam these days.A. practicing speaking EnglishB. practice speaking EnglishC.practicing to speak EnglishD.to practice speak English（）40. There are many trees on side of the street, and of the trees is still increasing.A. both; the numberB. either; the numberC. both; a numberD. either; a number（）41. — What is your best friend like?— .A. He likes footballB. He is humorous and honestC. He is 15 years oldD. He looks different（）42. —I’d like to buy Guo Jingming’s Tiny Times.— You had better his books. The stories he tells are far from real life.A. don’t readB. not to readC. not readingD. not read（）43. We can put the prefix “un-” before the following words to give them the opposite meaning except（除了）.A. correctB. comfortableC. certainD. interesting（）44. Daniel had one month last summer and he took a course DIY.A. off; inB. for; aboutC. away; onD. off; for（）45. —Don’t play with fire.—_________A .It’s right. B. Sorry, I won’t do it again. C. It doesn’t matter. D.I know三、完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，计15分）Professional sports are very popular in the United States and they are big business. The most popular sports are basketball and football. 46 has its own season and millions of supporters. Professional teams are named for the 47 where they are located（位于）.When a team plays in a championship game, most people in the city 48 the game with 49 and enthusiasm（热情）.Basketball is famous around the world. Professional basketball games in the US are played indoors during winter months. From November to April 50 can find a professional basketball game several nights a week in most large American cities. It is a national sport. There are basketball matches 51 every night of the week and 52 weekends as well. The season begins in April and 53 in the October.Football 54 another popular professional sport in the US. It is played on Sundays 55 the fall. American football is different 56 international football, which is called 57 .Both games need strength and skills（体能和技巧）. Many young people would like 58 professional players because a professional player can 59 millions of dollars for their playing skill. American best players may be 60 than the country’s president.（）46. A. Every B. both C. Each D. All（）47.A.cities B.games C.homes D.players（）48. A. follow B. walk C. run D. jump（）49.A. interest B. interesting C. interested D. interests（）50. A. somebody B. one C. anyone D. everybody（）51.A. nearly B. close C. closely D. near（）52.A. for B. in C. on D. during（）53.A. finish B. finishing C. finished D. finishes（）54.A. became B. is become C. will become D. become（）55.A. in B. while C. on D. at（）56. A. of B. from C. with D. about（）57. A. eraser B. soccer C. biscuit D. elevator（）58. A. be B. to be C. do D. to do（）59.A. make B. had C. gets D. receiving（）60. A. happier B. poorer C. richer D. healthier四、阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，计30分）AIn China, more and more villagers have left to make a living in big cities. As a result, their children have become left-behind children and they need more care. The survey below is from villages61. In the survey, children were asked about many things except .A. pocket moneyB. places they likeC. their needsD. their parents’ working in cities（）62. Of all the four things, the left-behind children need most.A. loveB. moneyC. controlD. freedom（）63. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A. About one out of every two children has no one to talk with.B. All of the children prefer to stay at home without their parents.C. About 1/3 of the children think their parents’ working in cities is bad.D. More than half of the children think it is good to live with their parents.（）64. How many children think their happiest place is their school?A. 48.B. 102.C. 144.D. 156.（）65. We can learn from the survey that .A. most left-behind children want more freedom without their parentsB. over 40% of the children have difficulty talking to their parents freelyC. all the left-behind children dream of making money in big citiesD. most villagers prefer living a peaceful life in the countrysideBA group of classmates got together to visit their old teacher.These classmates all had good jobs and made lots of money. They talked happily. Then their talk soon turned to complaining about the stress（压力）in work and life. The teacher went to the kitchen and came back with a large pot of coffee and many cups—china（瓷制的）ones, plastic ones and glass ones. Some are plain（朴素的）looking, some are expensive and some are lovely. The teacher told them to help themselves to the coffee.When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the teacher said, “Can you notice that all of you took nice-looking expensive cups, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones? You want only the best for yourselves, and that is the source（根源）of your problems.”“What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you went for the best cups and then began looking at each other’s cups.”“Now think about this: life is the coffee, and the jobs, money and position（位置）in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold, and do not change the life. Sometimes, by caring only about the cups, we fail to enjoy the coffee. So don’t let the cups drive you, and enjoy the coffee instead.”（）66. What did the group of classmates get together for?A. Visiting their old teacher.B. Enjoying coffee.C. Complaining about their stress in work and life.D. Showing each other’s good jobs. （）67. What cups did the teacher give to his students?A. All china cups.B. Plastic and glass cups.C. Beautiful cups.D. Different kind s of cups.（）68. In their teacher’s eyes, why did they have so much stress?A. Because they cared too much about things that were not important.B. Because they understood the meaning of life.C. Because they knew about life itself and enjoyed it.D. Because they drank too much coffee.（）69. What is the best title（标题）of this passage?A. Coffee or CupB. An Old TeacherC. Stress in Your LifeD. Enjoy the coffee （）70. What can we learn from the teacher’s words?A. We should use the plain and cheap cups to drink coffee.B. We should think much of cups.C. We should care about life itself instead of unimportant things.D. We should learn how to work out problems in our work and life.CSoon it would be the holidays. But before that, there were the end of year exams. All the students worked hard for some time. If they didn't pass, they would have to take the exams in September again. Some students failed, but Kate decided not to be one of them. She worked hard all day, but just before the exams she was working so hard that her sister was worried about her. She was staying up too late （熬夜）. The night before the first exam, Barbala insisted（坚持）that she should have an early night and take a sleeping pill. She promised（许诺）to wake her in the morning.As she was falling asleep, Kate was worried in case（万一）she over-slept. Her mind kept jumping from subject to subject. At last, with the help of the pill, she fell asleep. she was sitting in the examination hall, looking at the paper. She couldn't answer any of the questions. Everyone round her was writing pages and pages. However hard she thought, she couldn't find anything to write about. She kept looking at her watch. Time was running out. There was only one hour left. She started one question, wrote two sentences, gave up and tried another one. With only half an hour left she wrote another two sentences. By this time she was so worried that she started crying. Her whole body shook （摇晃，震颤）. It shook so much that it woke her up. She was still in bed and it had all been a terrible dream. A minute later,Barbala called her name.（）71. Which of the following is true?A. All the students were usually successful in their exams.B. Not all students passed the year exams.C. Every one of the students could pass the end of year exams.D. None of the students would take the exams again in September.（）72. When you prepare for an exam,________.A. you go over（复习）your lessons.B. you read new books.C. you take the exam again and again.D. you look through the exam.（）73. Kate worked very hard before the exams for ______.A. she was very poor at her lessons.B. she decided to be the best one in her class.C. she didn't work hard all year.D. she didn't want to fail in them.（）74. Why did Barbala insist that Kate should take a sleeping pill?A. Because she thought Kate should oversleep before the first exam.B. Because Kate was so worried about her exams that she couldn't go to sleep at all.C. Because Barbala hoped her sister would have a good sleep before the first exam.D. Because she had promised to wake her up the next morning.（）75. Kate dreamed a terrible dream simply because ______.A. she had taken a sleeping pill.B. she was too worried about her exams.C. her sister had forgotten to wake her up.D. she did not pass the exams.第二部分非选择题五、词形变化（每空1分，计15分）1. Last weekend, Jack didn’t play computer games but read some books, _________.（反而，却）2. No one knows_________（确切地）when Chinese first grew watermelons.3. At Halloween, children have fun __________（敲击）on each door.4. Lucy with her parents _________an important meeting every weekend.（出席）5. You’ll do nothing if you follow his ______________.（指令）6. This mountain is 5540 meters in _______（high）.7. He took medicine（药）, but he felt even ______（bad）.8. He plans to go abroad for ___________ study after he finishes his college.（far）9. After waiting for a long time, Tom became _________（patient）and left _______（angry）.10. Taylor Swift is famous for her country music. She is one of ______（hot）singers in the USA.11. Do you know all the ________names on the list ?（win）12. How amazed I was __________（see）the main sights of the world in just one day!13. If you answer the question ___________（correct）, you will lose the game.14. Sandy______ a pet dog as her good friend when she was young.（choose）六、任务型阅读（20分）A. 阅读下列短文，根据短文中的信息完成文后表格。