◎ 2007-2008学年度江苏省木渎高级中学八年级上学期英语期中考试试卷的第一部分试题
  • This book is beautiful, but that book is ____ interesting ____ it. Most of the students like to
         read that one.
    [     ]
    A. more; than
    B. so; than
    C. as; as
    D. not so; as
  • The boy playing basketball looks ____. I'm sure he likes sports a lot.
    [     ]
    A. handsome
    B. pretty
    C. generous
    D. sporty
  • — What is the ____ for the trip?    
    — 500 yuan per person.
    [     ]
    A. interest
    B. time
    C. beauty
    D. cost
  • The problem is very difficult, so many students can't ____.
    [     ]
    A. work them out
    B. work it out
    C. work out them
    D. work out it
  • — Would you like some tea or milk? 
    — ____. 

    [     ]

    A. Yes, I'd like to
    B. Milk, please
    C. No, thanks
    D. Yes, please
  • You read his books, and he wants to read your books ____.
    [     ]
    A. in all
    B. any more
    C. at all
    D. as well
  • Betty and May are in ____ school, but they are in ____ classes.
    [     ]
    A. same; different
    B. same; the different
    C. the same; the different
    D. the same; different
  • We must be quick, ____ we will miss the early bus.

    A. and
    B. so
    C. but
    D. or
  • I remember ____ you the money. Don't ask me about it again.
    [     ]
    A. to give
    B. gives
    C. giving
    D. gave
  • When we get together, we always have a great time ____ to each other. We usually talk about something
    interesting.
    [     ]
    A. saying
    B. telling
    C. talking
    D. laughing
◎ 2007-2008学年度江苏省木渎高级中学八年级上学期英语期中考试试卷的第二部分试题
  • Beijing, ____ capital city of China, lies ____ the North China.

    A. the; in
    B. /; in
    C. a; to
    D. /; to
  • No one helped Millie. She did it all by ____.

    A. herself
    B. myself
    C. himself
    D. yourself
  • I ____ people and ____ their problems.
    [     ]
    A. like to help; solving
    B. would like help; solve
    C. would like to help; solve
    D. would like helping; solving
  • ____ we don't hurry up, we ____ the early bus.
    [     ]
    A. When; miss
    B. If; will miss
    C. If; will catch
    D. When; have missed
  • I'm fourteen. My friend is sixteen. So I'm ____ him.
    [     ]
    A. as old as
    B. not younger than
    C. not so young as
    D. two years younger than
  • The price of this computer is the ____ of the three.
    [     ]
    A. smallest
    B. biggest
    C. highest
    D. tallest
  • — I suppose we'll go to plant trees next week.      
    — Terrific! Planting trees is a lot of fun. I'd like to ____ you.

    [     ]

    A. visit
    B. join
    C. follow
    D. meet
  • — It's raining hard. Please wait ____ the house.      
    — Thank you.

    [     ]

    A. outside
    B. around
    C. behind
    D. inside
  • Don't ____ to others like that. You should ____ politely.
    [     ]
    A. say; speak
    B. speak; tell
    C. say; talk
    D. talk; speak
  • Can you finish the work better with ____ money and ____ people?
    [     ]
    A. less; fewer
    B. fewer; less
    C. little; little
    D. few; few
◎ 2007-2008学年度江苏省木渎高级中学八年级上学期英语期中考试试卷的第三部分试题
  • 完形填空。
          I'm taking my family to some other countries for a trip. My wife and I, and our two children are all
       1  . My older brother will    2    with us, too. He never went to other countries    3   . He is even more 
      4   than the children. My father is old now, so he wants to stay at home to    5   the house.
          We're on the train to New York now, and then we will    6   a ship to Europe. England will be the first
    place for us to visit. After visiting there, we will go to some other countries to do some sightseeing. When
    we    7   France, we'll go to different places either by train or by bus. Then we're going to fly home.
         It took us a long time to   8    where to go, but I think we'll have a very interesting trip. We'll go to
    England, France and Italy.
         We also talked about    9   we would go to Europe. At first we wanted to fly there because it would be
    faster and   10  a lot of time for us, but my brother liked traveling boat trips, and the children liked ship trips,
    too.
    (     )1. A. walking  
    (     )2. A. join   
    (     )3. A. ago    
    (     )4. A. excited  
    (     )5. A. put away 
    (     )6. A. have   
    (     )7. A. arrive in
    (     )8. A. make  
    (     )9. A. what          
    (     )10. A. take   
    B. visiting  
    B. travel   
    B. later   
    B. worried  
    B. build up  
    B. bring   
    B. leave for 
    B. guess          
    B. how    
    B. spend          
    C. going   
    C. chat    
    C. recently  
    C. interested 
    C. look after 
    C. take    
    C. arrive at 
    C. find    
    C. where          
    C. have    
    D. taking      
    D. stay        
    D. before      
    D. frightened  
    D. clean up    
    D. buy                        
    D. live in     
    D. plan        
    D. why         
    D. save      
  • 完形填空。
    Dear friends,
         Do you remember your first day at a new school or in a new area? How about the life when your
    family    1    to a new state? Ugh! What about the    2    of being a stranger?
         Then, with time, you find someone who likes    3    you like. Friends are great gifts in life. I have
    good friends too, but not because they are    4   . Sometimes they talk too much; sometimes they need
    me a lot. I know I ask too much of them. I hope my friends, like my father,    5   about me a lot.
         I once told my friends to give me all their love and be generous and gentle. I told my friends, in other
    words, to love me    6    I loved them.
         They didn't    7    me at first, but then they became kinder. My love for them slowly made them
    learn to    8    friends. They learned to love others and    9   the idea that LOVE is part of life.
         If we listen to and try to understand each other, love   10  . We should work on it, even if it's hard at
    first. A true friend loves us at all times. 
                                                                                                                                        Your friend, 
                                                                                                                                        Jesus

    (     )1. A. came    
    (     )2. A. ideas   
    (     )3. A. what    
    (     )4. A. handsome  
    (     )5. A. worry   
    (     )6. A. because  
    (     )7. A. believe  
    (     )8. A. hate    
    (     )9. A. took    
    (     )10. A. flies   

    B. moved  
    B. thoughts 
    B. how  
    B. kind  
    B. care   
    B. so    
    B. tell              
    B. love   
    B. brought 
    B. comes  
    C. lived   
    C. points   
    C. when    
    C. clever   
    C. talk    
    C. when    
    C. understand   
    C. meet    
    C. finished  
    C. stops   
    D. liked     
    D. feelings  
    D. who       
    D. perfect   
    D. complain  
    D. if                          
    D. listen    
    D. think     
    D. got       
    D. goes    
  • 阅读理解。
         Do you see many signs around you? Do you know the signs are an important part of our daily life?
    They can be in pictures or in words to give people information. What do people think are good signs?
    If you are thinking about making signs for others, what should you know?
        The most important thing is that signs should be simple and easy to understand. It is important to use
    clear language. On the other hand, the words should be easy to write and you just need to write down
    what you want to do. "Keep off the grass" is a very good example. It means "Don't touch or walk on the
    grass".
         Nowadays, there is a saying that "A picture paints a thousand words". Perhaps that's why we are
    seeing more and more signs in pictures, or a combination of pictures and words. However, that's the
    difficult part, because picture signs may have different meanings in different countries.
    1. First, a good sign should be ____.
    [     ]
    A. clear
    B. beautiful
    C. funny
    D. interesting
    2. The writer uses "A picture paints a thousand words" to show that ____.
    [     ]
    A. a word sign is as easy as a picture sign to make
    B. a picture sign often has more information than a word sign
    C. a word sign has more information than a picture sign
    D. a word sign and a picture sign have the same information
    3. What does the underlined word "combination" mean?
    [     ]
    A. 分开
    B. 结合
    C. 并列
    D. 平行
    4. What is the disadvantage (不利因素) of picture signs?
    [     ]
    A. They are too simple.
    B. They are not easy to understand.
    C. They are not as interesting as word sign.
    D. They may have different meanings in different countries.
    5. What's the best title of the passage?
    [     ]
    A. Word Signs
    B. Picture Signs
    C. The History of Signs
    D. Signs Are Important
  • 阅读理解。
         When our friends come to visit us in the evening, they spend their time telling us they are in a hurry or
    looking at their watches always. It isn't that our friends are all very busy. It is just because we haven't a
    TV set. They think that we are very strange.
         But what do you do in the evening? They always ask. The answer is very simple. Both my wife and I
    have hobbies. We certainly don't spend our evenings staring at the walls. My wife enjoys cooking and
    painting and often has evening classes for foreign languages. This is very useful because we often go to
    other countries for our holidays. I collect stamps and I am always busy with my collection. Both of us
    enjoy listening to music and playing chess together.
        Sometimes there is power cut and the house is dark. We are not worried because we can just light
    candles and chat with each other about what we did before. Our friends are upset at that time because
    they don't know what to do without a TV set. On such evenings, our house is always full because my
    friends all come to us. They all have a good time. Instead of sitting in silence in front of the television,
    everybody talks and plays games.
    1. When friends visit my wife and me, they ____.
    [     ]
    A. seem to be very busy
    B. feel very upset
    C. like to talk much
    D. are very friendly
    2. The couple haven't a television, because ____.
    [     ]
    A. they are not rich enough
    B. they are strange people
    C. they enjoy spending evenings in their own ways
    D. they don't know what to do when there is power cut
    3. Both of the couple (夫妻) are interested in ____.
    [     ]
    A. learning languages
    B. traveling
    C. collecting
    D. cooking
    4. At night when there is no electricity, the couple ____.
    [     ]
    A. have to stare at the walls
    B. have to go out for candles
    C. will welcome many visitors
    D. do nothing and sit without any word
    5. The writer tries to tell us that ____.
    [     ]
    A. the television is useful
    B. electricity is important
    C. life is enjoyable without television
    D. life is impossible without a television
  • 阅读理解。
         I have tried many ways to be ill. I don't wear a sweater when I should, and two days ago I walked in
    the rain without my shoes. But so far nothing has happened. Debbie once told me about a boy in her class
    who liked being away from school. He would rub (擦) the end of the thermometer (温度计) until it went
    up to 39℃. Then he'd put it in his mouth and his mother would think he was really ill.
        This morning I tried doing that but it never went above 35℃ and I rubbed it for ten minutes. So I held
    the thermometer next to the light on my desk and it went up to 40℃. I thought I'd put it in my mouth and
    walk downstairs like that. Then my mother would take it out and she would be worried when she saw that
    I was rather ill.
        The only trouble was I didn't know the thermometer would be so hot. As soon as I put it into my mouth
    I burnt my tongue! I spit the thermometer out. It fell on the floor but it didn't break.
        I will have to think up a better way to get my mother and father back together.
    1. Why did the writer walk in the rain without her shoes two days ago?
    [     ]
    A. Because she had no money to buy a pair of shoes.
    B. Because she thought it interesting to walk
    C. Because she forgot to put on her shoes when she left home.
    D. Because she hoped she could be ill in this way.
    2. According to (根据) the passage, which of the following is true?
    [     ]
    A. The boy in Debbie's class helped the writer a lot.
    B. The boy in Debbie's class knew everything.
    C. The boy in Debbie's class didn't like going to school.
    D. The boy in Debbie's class was not healthy.
    3. After the writer rubbed the thermometer, it went to ____.
    [     ]
    A. 35℃
    B. 37℃
    C. 39℃
    D. 40℃
    4. Why did the writer spit the thermometer out?
    [     ]
    A. Because it smelled terrible.
    B. Because it was too hot.
    C. Because it was too long.
    D. Because it was broken.
    5. The writer tries to be ill because ____.
    [     ]
    A. she wants to stay at home
    B. she wants her father and mother to come back together
    C. she wants to ask her father for some money
    D. she wants to see a beautiful nurse
  • 根据中文提示填写单词。
    1. Who can see the _______(美丽) of this picture?
    2. Mary wants to sit at the front of the bus, because she hopes to watch the ______(日落).
    3. He has a _______(方形的) face and looks very cool.
    4. Our school basketball team needs your ______(支持).
    5. The ______(长度) of the desk is one and a half metres.
    6. You should ______ (练习) swimming as often as possible.
    7. Do you know who are the ______(英雄)?
    8. This work is ______(不重要的), and you should finish that work at first.
    9. He finished the job ______(糟糕的), so his teacher was not happy.
    10. He wrote an ______(文章) for the newspaper, and many people liked to read it.
  • 用所给动词的适当形式填空。
    1. It ______(take) me over an hour to get there yesterday.
    2. Andy was not very tired, so he decided ______(not stay) at home.
    3. Don't ______(knock) the books off the desks.
    4. He was ill because of _______(work) all day and all night.
    5. The mother made the poor girl _______(play) the piano for eight hours a day.
    6. Thank you for ______(agree) to let me join in the party.
    7. Would you please ______(show) me around your school?
    8. We always have a great time ______(play) games after school.
    9. Taking a bus is much faster than ______(walk).
    10. He thought about how______(solve) the safety problem.
  • 翻译句子。
    1. 我们去爬黄山吧。 
                                                                                
    2. Max常常帮助我做家庭作业。
                                                                                 
    3. 在学校,他比其他任何学生都高。 
                                                                                
    4. 上周我休了两天假,所以没有来。
                                                                                
    5. 中国的天气和美国几乎一样。
                                                                                
  • 通读短文,根据首字母填写单词,使短文完整流畅。
         What is a library for? Most libraries have books and other things to (1)r           . Many of them have
    things to listen to. Some libraries even have (2)c           . Very (3)f            people would think of a library as
    a place to live in.
         One library in New York City (4)t            into a home for 250 people for a few days. There were people (5)e            in the library. They slept on the floor. (6)W            did the people move into the library?
         The people moved into the library (7)b            the city wanted to close it to (8)s            money. These 250
    New Yorkers loved their library. They didn't want to (9)l            it. So they moved in. They knew that the
    library couldn't be closed if they were living inside it. At last, the city (10)a            to keep the library open,
    and the people all went home.
  • 书面表达。
         假如你是英国学生Josh,今天要出去玩,请你按照以下提示写一下你今天的出行计划,
    80字左右,内容可适当增减。
         提示:
         1. 8:00a.m.    go to Beijing zoo see all kinds of animals (pandas)
         2. 11:50a.m.  have lunch
         3. 2:00p.m    go to the Summer Palace