八年级英语阶段测试卷（满分100分答案全部写在答题纸上）2011-3Part 1Vocabulary and grammar （67%）（第一部分词汇和语法）I. Write the words according to the given Chinese （根据所给中文和词性写单词）10%1.平均的adj.2.科学家n.3.化学物质；化学品n.4.自然的；天然的adj.5.不耐烦的adj.6.舒服地adv.7.仆人n. 8.测量v.9. 宝贵的adj. 10.呼吸v.II. Choose the best answer. （选择正确答案）36%1．_____ the sixteenth of August, they arrived in London.A. OnB. InC. AtD. By2. There is “x”in the word, and it’s second letter in the word.A. an, theB. a, aC. the, anD. the, the3. I’m old enough to wash ________ clothes by myself. You can just wash ________.A. my; yourB. mine; yourC. my; yoursD. your, my4.There are more than three different trees in the forests.A. thousands ofB. thousand ofC. thousandsD. thousand5 Not only his parents but also his brother to Lucky Island twice.A. have beenB. have goneC. has beenD. has gone6. I think beef better than pork.A. was tastedB. tastedC. is tastingD. tastes7.It’s hard to keep the house with three kids.A. cleaning.B. to cleanC. cleanedD. clean8. Trees are important to us. Trees cool the air clean it.A. as well asB. so better asC. as good asD. as better as9. A:The teacher told Charles late for school again. .A. not to beB. not beC. don’t beD. not to10. Whales are one of in the world.A. largest animalsB. the largest animalsC. largest animalD. the largest animal11. My father has books than I.A. fewerB. fewC. littleD. less12. Most of the time my computer is used for music.A. listeningB. listening toC. listenD. to listen13. Is Shanghai larger than in China?A. any cityB. other cityC. the other cityD. any other city14. A: Let’s walk along the Bund, shall we? B: Yes , .A. we shallB. let’sC. letsD. we do.15. We won’t go out if it tomorrow.A. rainsB. rainC. will rainD. rained16. Please turn right Xizang Road.A. intoB. inC. alongD. on17.Can I your new watch?A. take a lookB. lookC. take a look atD. have a look18. The food for us.A. cooker, cooksB. cooker, cookC. cook, cookD. cook, cooks19.As soon as he the post office ,he put the letter into the post-box.A. reachedB. gotC. arrivedD. went to20.Father took me home and gave me a cleaning.A. thoroughlyB. throughoutC. throughD. thorough21.It’s raining heavily. You’d better out.A. goB. to goC. not goD. not to go22. This pear tree down sometime next week.A. will cutB. cutC. cutsD. will be cut23. interesting story this is!A. What anB. What aC. How aD. What24.How many are there on the grass.A. sheepB. bullC. cowD. horse25. A:I think you are a good student. B:A. No, I’m not.B. It’s very kind of you to say so.C. No, I don’t think so.D. That’s all right.26. A: What’s your nationality. B: I’m ________.A. GermanB. AmericaC. BritainD. France27. .He really didn’t know ________.A. when did you go thereB. why you got there so lateC. how will we go thereD. which scarf does Lily like best28. We will have a holiday for ________.A. a week and halfB. one and a half weeksC. a week and a half weekD. one and a half week29.Books give us knowledge and make us ________ happy.A. feelingB. feelC. to feelD. feels30. An umbrella will protect you ________the rain.A. offB. outC. fromD. away31. Few people knew how to use the Internet in the past, ?A. did theyB. didn’t theyC. did heD. didn’t he32 Computers can store ________ information.. A. much B. many C. a lot D. quite a few33. His voice sounds very ________.A. happilyB. wellC. sweetD. wonderfully34. We must save water. Please ________ taps when you leave the bathroom.A. turn onB. turn downC. turn offD. turn up35. . Please remember ________ water any longer in your daily life.A. wastingB. to wasteC. not wastingD. not to waste36 No one knows what life ________ without water.A. would be likeB. would likeC. likeD. would be likedIII. Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms. （用所给单词的适当形式填空）7%1. I have got several from my friends. (invite)2. She seemed very .when I waved at her. (puzzle)3. What would happen if there is no (electric)4.Trees are important to keep us and healthy. (live)5. In the year of rabbit, I hope everyone will live happily and ________. (health)6. It is the cartoon of the year. (great)7.George has Peter as captain of the team.(place)IV. Rewrite the following sentences as required. （按要求改句子, 每格一分）14%1. I have already been to Beijing. (改为否定句)I been to Beijing .2. Wendy isn’t old enough to drive a car. (保持原句意思)Wendy is to drive a car.3. I go to see my mother twice a week.(划线部分提问)_________ _________do you go to see your mother ?4. I became a fireman two years ago. (保持原句意思)I a fireman for two years.5. Alice didn’t go to school yesterday because she was ill . (对划线部分提问)Alice go to school yesterday?6. The new suitcase is mine. (保持句意不变)The new suitcase ________ to ________.7. Without trees, cities will be less beautiful. (保持句意基本不变)If ________ ________ any trees, cities will be less beautiful.Part 2 阅读Reading comprehensionV. Read the decide True or False （根据短文，判断正误）7%Pearl S. Buck was a very popular American writer. She was famous for her books about China. Pearl S. Buck was given the Nobel Prize for Literature （文学）in l938.The writer spent almost half of her long life in China. She learned to speak Chinese before she could speak English. Her mother had travelled widely and liked literature very much. After being educated by her mother and by a Chinese teacher, Pearl S. Buck went to school in Shanghai at the age of fifteen. She continued her education in the United States at a Woman's College to study psychology （心理学）. After graduating in 1914, she returned to China as a teacher. In the l920s her family moved to Nanjing. There she taught English and American literature at a university.As a writer, Buck's book, “The Good Earth”, appeared in l931 and sold quite well in its first year. It has been translated into over thirty languages. In l938 she became the third American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. By the time of herdeath, Pearl had published more than seventy books.1. Pearl S. Buck won the Nobel Prize because of her books about America.2. According to the passage, we know Pearl first learned to speak Chinese.3. Before she went to school in Shanghai, Pearl S. Buck studied all by herself.4. Pearl began to study psychology in a Women's College in 1914.5. Later Pearl worked as a teacher at a university in Nanjing.6. “The Good Earth” was so popular that it has been translated into more than 30 languages.7. Pearl S. Buck was the first person to win the Nobel Prize in America.VI. Read and choose （选择正确的答案）5%These days it is very common for young men to give flowers to young women when they are in love, but this hasn’t always been the custom.In the 1700s in Turkey, it was quite popular for people in love to secretly send each other baskets full of strange things. Usually, an old woman who sold flowers or fruits in the street left the basket beside the door of the person receiving it.These gift baskets included many kinds of objects, such as flowers, stones, feathers, wax, and even charcoal (木炭). Each thing in the basket had a special meaning and the person who received the basket could determine (测定) the true feelings of the giver.A bunch of flowers told young ladies about the feelings in the hearts of young men. Each different flower had a different meaning. For example, the flowers from an orange tree meant, “You are beautiful and pure.”Pink carnations (康乃馨) meant, “My love for y ou is strong and great.” Yellow roses, on the other hand, meant, “I saw you with someone else.”Many flower dictionaries were made to help young people in love understand the meaning of the flowers they received. Not all of the dictionaries agreed, however, on the meaning of each flower, so a person had to watch out what flowers they chose to send. For example, depending on(依据) which dictionary you used, and which colour you gave, a young man’s roses could mean, “I love you,”“love is dangerous,”or even, “my love has decreased(减少).”By the 1880s, using flowers to send messages had fallen out of fashion(流行), and the more direct way of sending love letters began. Today, flowers are still considered a lovely gift, but the meaning for each kind of flower has been lost.1. What custom is talked about in the second and third paragraphs?A. Sending gift baskets.B. Sending flowers.C. Selling gift baskets.D. Selling flowers.2. What did the items in a gift basket explain to the receiver?A. The receiver’s looks.B. The receiver’s personality.C. The sender’s feelings.D. The sender’s name.3. Where was the idea of sending gifts of love popular in 1700s?A. Asia.B. Turkey.C. Europe.D. North America.4. How did people know the meaning of each kind of flower?A. They found out from books.B. The sender told them.C. Old women explained it.D. They read secret letters.5. The word “decreased”in the passage means “______”.A. goes upB. goes downC. stays the sameD. variesVII. Read and answer the questions. （阅读短文，回答问题）7% If you ask people of different countries “Could you tell me the way to the post of fice?”, you will get different answers.In Japan, people use landmarks(标志性建筑) instead of street names. For example, the Japanese will say to travellers, “Go straight down to the corner. Turn left at the big hotel and go past a fruit market. The post office is across from the bus stop.”In Kansas, America, there are no towns or buildings within miles. So people will tell you directions and distance. They will say, “Go north two miles. Turn east, and then go another mile.”People in Greece sometimes do not even try to give directions. They will often say, “Follow me.” Then he or she will take you through the streets of the city to the post office.Sometimes if a person doesn't know the answer to your question, he or she, like a New Yorker, might say, “Sorry,I have no idea.” But in Yucatan, Mexico, no oneanswers “I don't know.” People there think “I don't know.” is not polite. They usually give an answer, but often a wrong one. A visitor can often get lost in Yucatan! But one thing will help you everywhere. You might not understand a person's words, but maybe you can understand his or her body language. He or she will usually point to the correct direction. Go on in that direction and you may find the post office!1. What do Japanese people use to show the way?_____________________2. Why do people in Kansas tell the directions and distance?___________________________________________________3. Who will take travellers to the post office according to the passage?________________________________________________4. Will a New Yorker say “I don't know.” when he doesn't know the answer?___________________________________________________5. How do people in Yucatan feel “I don't know”?______________________6. What can help travellers to find the way if they don't know the language?__________________________________________________7. When someone asks you the way, what will you do?________________________ VIII. Choose the right answer and complete the passage. （选择适当的答案）7% Every year millions of people travel by plane without difficulty. I don't fly very often, but I always seem to 1 . Trouble seems to like me; it goes with me like a friendly dog!Last year, for example, I wanted to go home from a winter vacation in Miami, Florida. I had to take a plane to Atlanta and then take 2 plane home. We left Miami on a Sunday morning. We arrived in Atlanta at 12:30 but then it 3 to snow heavily. And the plane could not leave. After hours at the Atlanta airport, I was able to 4 my journey. I arrived home and went to work.“You look tired,” the people at work said.“You need a vacation!”This year I had to go to Washington for an important business meeting. For the plane journey, I wore sports clothes. They were old, but I felt 5 in them. My good clothes for the meeting were in my 6 . That was a very bad idea! I arrived in Washington, but my suitcase didn't. I had to go to the important meeting in my sports clothes, 7 it was not a good way to do business! My meeting didnot go well. That was two weeks ago. Now I am home again, and I am still waiting for my suitcase.1. A. have a cold B. get into trouble C. enjoy myself D. lose my way2. A. other B. others C. the other D. another3. A. began B. stopped C. grew D. went4. A. expect B. design C. continue D. have5.. A. worried B. comfortable C. well D. happily6. A. seat B. plane C. bag D. suitcase7. A. although B. since C. because D. howeverIX. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words. （首字母填空）7% During the summer holidays there will be a new schedule (时间表).Changes for meal and library s hours and for bus schedules will be shown on the wall outside the dining room. Weekly film and c schedules, which are being made, will be shown each Wednesday outside the library.Buses to the town centre will l the North Beijing every hour on the half hour during the day. The dining room will serve three m a day from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. during the weekdays and two from noon to 7:00 p.m. onw . The library will continue its usual hours during the weekdays, but have s hours on Saturdays and Sundays. The weekend hours are from noon to 5:00 p.m.All students who want to use the library borrowing service must have a new summer c . This announcement will also be shown in the next week's student newspaper.1._______2.________3. _________4. _______5. ______6. ______7. _________。