2008-2009学年度山师附中八年级期中学业水平检测

英语试卷

第Ⅰ卷（50分）

Ⅰ选择填空（30分）

（    ）1．Yang Lei had _______unusual experience in Gansu Province. ________experience changed her life．

    A．a，The                 B．an，The              C．an，A                   D．an，An

（    ）2．There ________a basketball match on CCTV-5 tonight．

    A．will have                      B．is going to have      C．will be                   D．are going to be

（    ）3．If there is_______ pollution，the air in our city will be __________dirtier．

    A．less；more            B．more；much                C．less；less               D．more；more

（    ）4．My grandpa lives _______in the country, but he doesn’t feel ________

    A．alone；alone         B．lonely；lonely        C．alone；lonely         D．lonely；alone

（    ）5．I will be an astronaut ________

    A．after ten years．      B．in ten years            C．ten years ago          D．since ten years

（    ）6．―Won’t books be only on computers?

           ―______ they ________．Books will still be on paper,

    A．Yes；will            B．No；will                      C．Yes；won’t            D．No；won’t

（    ）7．Marcia isn’t going to the party tomorrow．I'm not going there，_______

A．too                     B．also                      C．both                             D．either

（    ）8．―Why are you so upset?

        ―Because all my classmates passed the English test _________me.

    A．with                    B．except                 C．without                  D．for

（    ）9．We must listen to the teacher as _________ as possible．

    A．careful                B．carefully              C．more careful           D．more carefully

（    ）10．Yesterday I ______to take my homework with me．I_______ it at home．

    A．forgot；forgot    B．left；left              C．forgot；left            D．left；forgot

（    ）11．Alice often borrows things _______me but she never _______them to me．

    A．from；returns       B．from；gives back   C．of；returns             D．to；returns

（    ）12．You are supposed _______on the message to your teacher．

    A．pass                      B．passed                    C．to pass                   D．passing

（    ）13．Nowadays teachers may find ________hard _______middle school students．

    A．that；teach            B．that；to teach         C．it；teach                D．it；to teach

（    ）14．The news made Bob ________．

    A．feel exciting           B．feel excited            C．feels exciting          D．feels excited

（    ）15．When the alien________ out of the museum，Jimmy ______an ice cream．

    A．came；was eating   B．come；was eating   C．comes；ate        D．was coming；ate

（    ）16．While we _______about Mr Wang in the classroom，he came in．

    A．talked                  B．are talking              C．were talking           D．talk

（    ）17．Linda was shopping when she saw a strange woman _____out of the supermarket．

    A．went                      B．gets                      C．get                        D．to go

（    ）18．My father ________a newspaper at 9：00 last night．

A．is reading              B．read                       C．reads                     D．was reading

（    ）19．Anna looked for her dog________ but she didn’t find it_________．

      A．everywhere；anywhere                             B．somewhere；somewhere

    C．anywhere；somewhere                               D．everywhere；somewhere

（    ）20．The little boy _______stop playing computer games_______ his father come back．

    A．won’t；until          B．didn’t；until                C．doesn’t：after               D．doesn’t：when

（    ）21．_______ amazing the result of the basketball match is!

    A．How                   B．How an               C．What                    D．What an

（    ）22．Please these books，to the library and _________back here some new ones．

    A．take；bring           B．bring；take           C．take；take              D．get；bring

（    ）23．Jack is _________ math and I do_______ physics．

    A．well at；good in     B．good in；well in    C．good at；good at    D．good at；well in

（    ）24．Mother was mad ______ me because of my ___________report card．

    A．at；disappointed                                       B．at；disappointing

    C．with；disappointed                                    D．with；disappointing

（    ）25．When I came back home，my baby ________cry _________．

    A．no；more              B．doesn’t；more       C．didn’t：anymore D．won’t：anymore

（    ）26．The teachers ask us _______mobile phones to school．

    A．bring                    B．not bring             C．don’t bring             D．not to bring

（   ）27．The policewoman asked the little boy _________．

    A．where did he live                                     B．where he lived

    C．where he lives                                                  D．where does he lives

（    ）28．一I don’t know if it _________ tomorrow．

         ―Well，if it ______，we won’t go for a picnic．

    A．will rain；will rain        B．will rain；rains      C．rains；will rain      D．rains；rains

（    ）29．If you bring snacks to school，the teacher will _______．

    A．take it away           B．take away it            C．take them away       D．take away them

（   ）30．―How long have you been collecting coins? 

        ―________

    A．Since 5 years ago    B．Since 5 years          C．In 5 years               D．When I was 5

Ⅲ 完形填空（10分）

How to practice spoken English?

      How can we practice our spoken English（英语口语）?

      The first and most important thing is to believe  31 ．You should always have confidence or you  32  be able to improve your English．You should often encourage（鼓励）yourself,“Come on，don’t be afraid!”

      You should never lose heart and never give up．

      Maybe you are afraid of losing face，but you should think we are students，and we’re  33  ，there’s no need to worry  34  anything．You must always be active in practice．There’s no problem that your pronunciation and intonation（语调）can’t be as good  35  the native（某国的，当地的）people because we are Chinese，and we don’t have chances to live in foreign countries and talk with the people there  36  ．But you must know that the main way to study English is to make ourselves understood and understand other people．You should believe that native speakers will not  37  you，  38  they will encourage you，If you are brave（有勇气的）enough，you’ll certainly be better at  39  English than before．

     40  be shy or afraid! Just have a try．

（    ）31．A．itself            B．yourself        C．themselves             D．myself

（    ）32．A．can’t never      B．are never      C．will                       D．will never

（    ）33．A．learning        B．saying          C．students                 D．teaching

（    ）34．A．／                B．to                 C．about                     D．for

（    ）35．A．so                B．with             C．as                          D．than

（    ）36．A．some time      B．sometime      C．sometimes              D．all the time

（    ）37．A．laugh at        B．get over        C．open up                 D．seem like

（    ）38．A．so                B．instead          C．or                          D．nor

（    ）39．A．speaking       B．speech          C．speak                     D．spoke

（    ）40．A．Don't           B．Not              C．No                        D．Do

Ⅳ 阅读理解（10分）

（A）

    Long，long ago there was no zero．To write the number sixty-three people wrote 63．To  write six hundred and three，people wrote 63．The space between six and three was there to mean．“not any”tens．Sometimes people did not remember the space．It was hard to see and  read．

    Later people used a dot to hold the space．Six hundred and three looked like this 6．3．But the dot was hard to see．So people put a circle around it like this 6⊙3．Then people could see the dot．They remembered the space．at last，only the circle around the dot was used．It was like a zero．This is one story of how the zero came to be used．

    Now zero has many important uses．Zero tells how many．Can you tell some other ways of using zero?

（    ）41．Long long ago people didn’t know how to_____．

    A．write                     B．write zero              C．write numbers         D．sixty-three

（    ）42．Long long ago if they wrote two hundred-eight，people wrote______ ．

    A．28                          B．2 8                              C．228                       D．208

（    ）43．Later ________ was used to mean space．

    A．“not any”            B．letter“0”             C．zero                       D．a dot

（    ）44．People used circles _________．

A．to remember ways                                    B．to remember numbers

C．not to forget the space                                 D．to mean nothing

（    ）45．The story tells us _______．

    A．how zero came to be used                           B．how to write zero

C．what’s the use of zero                                 D．that zero means a dot，a circle or space

（B）

      If you get lost，this is what you should do．Sit down and stay where you are．Don’t try to find your friends-let them find you．You can help them find you by staying in one place．There is another way to help your friends or other people to find you．You can shout or whistle（吹口哨）three times．Stop．Then shout or whistle three times again．Any signal（信号）for 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 a noise for fun．They will let you know that they have heard your signal．They will give you two shouts or two whistles．When a signal is given twice，it is all answer to a call for help．

      If you don’t think that you will get help before night comes，try to make a little house with branches（树枝）．Make yourself a bed with leaves and grass．

    When you need some water, you have to leave your little branch house to look for it．Don’t just walk away．Pick off small branches and drop them as you walk in order to go back again easily．When you are lost，the most important thing to do is to stay in one place．

（    ）46．If you get lost in the forest，you should _______．

    A．try to find your friends                               B．stay in one place and give signals

    C．walk around．the forest                                    D．shout as loudly as possible

（    ）47．Which signal is a call for help?

A．shouting here and there

B．crying twice

    C．shouting or whistling three times together

    D．whistling every where in the forest

（    ）48．When you hear two shouts or two whistles，you know that_______．

    A．someone is afraid of an animal                  B．people will come to help you

    C．someone needs help                                 D．something terrible will happen

（    ）49．What’s the meaning of the underlined sentenc97（划线句子）

    A．Drop branches to find your way back

    B．Pick off branches to build another house

    C．Use branches to make a bed

    D．Drop branches to look for water

（    ）50．The main（主要的）idea of the passage is ______．

    A．how to travel in the forest

    B．how to spend the night in the forest 

    C．what you should do if you want to get some water

D．what you should do if you are lost in the forest

第Ⅱ卷（50分）

V 补全对话（10分）

      A：You look unhappy．  51   ．

      B：My parents want me to learn to play the piano after school．

      A：  52   ．

      B：But I have no time．  53  ．

      A：You should talk about it with your parents．

      B：  54  ．They won’t listen to me．

      A：Why not ask your uncle for advice?

      B：  55  ．

A：That’s a good idea．

B：No．I don’t think so．

C：What should I do?

D：Thank you very much．

E：They want you to learn more．

F：What’s wrong?

VI．任务型阅读，根据要求完成下列题目。（5分）

      In l896，the first modern Olympic Games was held（被举行）in Athens，Greece．Since then many countries have successfully held the Olympics，such as England，France，Germany，Canada，the USA，Spain and Australia．After more than a century the Games returned to its hometown in the year 2004.

      When people hold the Olympic Gaines，they always make an emblem（会徽）．The emblem of the Athens Olympic Games of 2004 is a white circle of oliver branches in the sky．

    Four years later，the Olympic Games was held in China．The emblem of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games has a single Chinese character on a red seal and means“Chinese seal―dancing Beijing，”  Below it．there are the words“Beijing2008”．The character in the emblem is“Jing”．It means“capital”of China and it is also like a runner or a dancer．The running figure（人形）of the emblem shows the spirit of the Olympics-faster, higher and stronger．

56．In which country was the first modern Olympics held? ________．

      A．Greece                B．China．               C．Australia．             D．France．

57．How many years passed when Beijing held the Olympic Games?

      A．100．                 B．104．                  C．108．                  D．112．

58．Which city if the capital of Greece?

       _________________________________________________________________

58．What is the emblem of the Athens Olympic Games of 2004?

    ________________________________________________________________?

60．将文中划线的句子译成中文。

       _______________________________________________________________

Vi．根据所给音标和句子写出单词。（5分）

61．I always get _______ when I answer the questions in class．

62．Are you for or _______ the plan?

63．When the accident happened，I was in my ______ shop．

64．They ________ last week．

65．Nancy _________／met／one of her friends in the supermarket yesterday．

VⅡ．选词填空（10分）

（Ⅰ）选择合适的词填空

scared，health，surprise，turn，danger

66．We should care for the animals in________ ．

67．When I saw the snake I was so_________．

68．Please__________ down the music．It’s so loud，

69．I don’t want to ________him．

70．My grandparents are in good __________．

（Ⅱ）用所给词的正确形式填空

run out of，rain，spend，raise，unlucky

71．I didn’t buy the Mp4 yesterday because I _______money．

72．________I failed to pass the test．

73．Tom ________an hour writing to his pen pal．

74．If it _________tomorrow, we’ll have a school trip．

75．For every hour they skate，each student ________ten yuan for charity,

VⅢ．根据括号内的要求改写下列句子，每空一词。（5分）

76．There will be a basketball match this afternoon．（改为一般疑问句）

   _________there _________a basketball match this afternoon?

77．He should say he is sorry．（就划线部分提问）

      What _________he __________?

78．You mustn’t wear jeans to school．（改写同义句）

    _________ _________to school．

79．Mary asked，“Can I borrow your math book?”（改为间接引语）

    Mary asked me _______she ___________borrow my math book．

80．I have been skating for seven years．（改写同义句）

I have been skating_________ seven years __________．

IX．根据汉语完成句子，每空一词。（5分）

81．他所有的梦想最后都变成了现实。

      All his dream ________ _________at last．

82．我需要一些钱来支付夏令营的费用。

      I need some money to _______ _________summer camp．

83．当外星人走出UFO的时候，这个女孩正在购物。

    The girl ________ ___________when the alien got out of the UFO．

84．我们的航班一小时后起飞。

    Our flight will ________ ________in an hour．

85．她收集雪花球有7年之久了．

    She’s _______ _________snow globes for 7 years．

X．写作（10分）

  请根据所给的成绩报告单完成下面这封信，100词左右，开头已给出。

Report Card

 Name：Scott

 Chinese：very good

 English：good at writing

Physics：hard-working

 Math：lazy student，should do more exercises

 Science：can do better, should listen more  carefully in class

 History：not careful enough

Dear Aunt，

      I finished my end-of-year exams last week and got my report card today．