◎ 2009年江苏省泰州泰兴市洋思中学八年级第二学期英语期中考试的第一部分试题
  • 根据每小题你所听到的内容,从ABC三幅图中找出与你所听内容相符的选项。
  • 根据所听对话,回答相对应的问题。
    1. Who is waiting for Sam at the school gate?
    [     ]
    A. Sam's grandpa.
    B. Sam's grandma.
    C. Sam's uncle.
    2. Why is the girl looking for a coat for her father?
    [     ]
    A. For Father's Day.
    B. For her father's birthday.
    C. For Mother's Day.
    3. What does the man mean?
    [     ]
    A. The food should be kept warm.
    B. They should have eggs for supper.
    C. It's quite hot outside.
    4. What would the woman like to do?
    [     ]
    A. She'd like to have a holiday in France.
    B. She'd like to buy some tickets.
    C. She'd like to move to France.
    5. How much a day does the woman have to pay for the house?
    [     ]
    A. 750 yuan.
    B. 250 yuan.
    C. 25 yuan.
  • 听下面两段对话,从题中所给的A.B.C三个选项中选出最佳选项。
    听第一段对话,回答第1-2题。
    1. Where are the two speakers?
    [     ]
    A. In a restaurant.
    B. At a market.
    C. At the man's home.
    2. How much does the man ask for the half of the watermelon?
    [     ]
    A. 12 dollars.
    B. 10 dollars.
    C. 8 dollars.
    听第二段对话,回答第3-5题。
    3. Who is always doing Amy's homework?
    [     ]
    A. Herself.
    B. Her mother.
    C. Her father.
    4. Who would Amy like to do her homework this time at first?
    [     ]
    A. Herself.
    B. Her mother.
    C. Her father.
    5. How does the teacher feel after she heard what Amy said?
    [     ]
    A. Glad.
    B. Interested.
    C. Angry.
  • 下面你将听到1篇短文及5 个问题,请根据听到的短文及问题,选出正确的选项。
    1. The girl wasn't very fat, was she?
    [     ]
    A. Yes, she was.
    B. No, she wasn't.
    C. No, she was.
    2. Why did the girl ask her doctor for advice?
    [     ]
    A. Because she wanted to run.
    B. Because she wanted to lose some weight.
    C. Because she liked running.
    3. How much did she lose at last?
    [     ]
    A. 20 pounds.
    B. 12 pounds.
    C. 22 pounds.
    4. What did she phone the doctor for?
    [     ]
    A. She wanted another piece of advice.
    B. She thanked him for the wonderful advice.
    C. She didn't know the way home.
    5. Why was she 300 miles away from her home when she phoned the doctor?
    [     ]
    A. Because she ran ten miles a day.
    B. Because she ran for 30 days.
    C. Because she ran ten miles a day for 30 days, and during the 30 days she didn't go back, just kept
         running straight ahead.
  • I shared the apple ______ my brother.
    [     ]
    A. with
    B. and
    C. between
    D. both
  • Which word belongs to "Personality"?
    [     ]
    A. ponytail
    B. generous
    C. handsome
    D. good-looking
  • I have ______ to tell you about my best friend.
    [     ]
    A. something other
    B. other something
    C. something else
    D. else something
  • Who ______ the boy stand there?
    [     ]
    A. tells
    B. makes
    C. asks
    D. wants
  • ______ great fun it was to find my lost beautiful bag!
    [     ]
    A. How
    B. How a
    C. What a
    D. What
◎ 2009年江苏省泰州泰兴市洋思中学八年级第二学期英语期中考试的第二部分试题
  • Let's go ______ in Inner Mongolia during the coming holiday, shall we?
    [     ]
    A. horse riding
    B. to horse ride
    C. horses riding
    D. to horses ride
  • Don't watch TV ______. It's not good for your health.
    [     ]
    A. too many
    B. too much
    C. much too
    D. many too
  • He put his photos on the Internet for us ______.

    [     ]

    A. to have a look at
    B. to read
    C. to have a look
    D. to look
  • There will be ______ tomorrow than today.
    [     ]
    A. much more rainy
    B. much rainier
    C. much more rain
    D. much rain
  • Linda and I can keep secrets to ______.
    [     ]
    A. them
    B. us
    C. themselves
    D. ourselves
  • Daniel's uniform ______ John's.
    [     ]
    A. different from
    B. is the same big as
    C. is the same colour as
    D. is so big as
  • Get up early, ______ we can get to school early the next morning.
    [     ]
    A. or
    B. then
    C. so
    D. and
  • Driving me to school ______ less time than taking a bus.
    [     ]
    A. pays
    B. spends
    C. costs
    D. takes
  • My best friend Betty and I are in the same class and Betty is taller than ______ boy in our class.
    [     ]
    A. any
    B. any other
    C. the other
    D. other
◎ 2009年江苏省泰州泰兴市洋思中学八年级第二学期英语期中考试的第三部分试题
  • Max is good at ______ funny jokes.
    [     ]
    A. saying
    B. talking
    C. telling
    D. speaking
  • 完形填空。
         How    1   do you know about manners (礼仪)? Different countries have    2    manners. In    3    Asian
    countries, it is good manners to take off your shoes before you go into a house.    4    in European (欧洲)
    countries, even if they sometimes become very dirty, this is not done. If you are a    5    in a Chinese house,
    when you have a meal, you usually do not    6   the food. You often leave a little to    7   that you have had
    enough. But in England, a visitor always finishes food to show that he has    8    it. We must know the
    customs (风俗) of other    9   so that they will not think   10   bad-manners. People all over the world   11  
     that a well-mannered person should be kind and   12   to others. If you remember this, at   13   you will not
    go very far wrong.   14   likes a person with good manners, but no one likes a person   15   bad manners.
    Keep your manners.
    (     )1. A. well      
    (     )2. A. same      
    (     )3. A. some        
    (     )4. A. And         
    (     )5. A. stranger    
    (     )6. A. need        
    (     )7. A. say         
    (     )8. A. finished    
    (     )9. A. countries   
    (     )10. A. them        
    (     )11. A. find        
    (     )12. A. careful     
    (     )13. A. end         
    (     )14. A. Somebody    
    (     )15. A. with      
    B. \         
    B. different   
    B. any         
    B. So           
    B. traveller   
    B. finish      
    B. see         
    B. enjoyed     
    B. villages           
    B. me            
    B. know        
    B. helpful   
    B. first         
    B. Anybody    
    B. had        

    C. much          
    C. some        
    C. other          
    C. But              
    C. visitor       
    C. choose         
    C. understand     
    C. taken           
    C. cities    
    C. us             
    C. guess          
    C. hardworking   
    C. least        
    C. Nobody     
    C. knows       

    D. many           
    D. interesting     
    D. few            
    D. Or             
    D. foreigner        
    D. have              
    D. show           
    D. drunk            
    D. places                     
    D. him             
    D. agree           
    D. healthy        
    D. last           
    D. Everybody       
    D. is           
  • 阅读理解。
         Everybody has a home. People have homes. Animals have homes. People live in many different kinds
    of houses. Animals have different kinds of homes, too.
         Some animals live in holes (洞) under the ground. The woodchuck (土拨鼠) lives under the ground.
    His home has two doors. If any animal comes into one door, the woodchuck goes out through the other.
    Some animals live in holes in trees. Some squirrels(松鼠)build nests (窝) high in trees. Most of the birds
    live in nests in trees. But hawks (鹰) build their nests high in the mountains.
    1. The passage is about ______.
    [     ]
    A. some trees
    B. some people
    C. some animals
    D. the homes of some animals
    2. ______ live under the ground.
    [     ]
    A. All the animals
    B. All the woodchucks
    C. All the squirrels
    D. All the birds
    3. How many doors are there in the woodchuck's house?
    [     ]
    A. One
    B. Two
    C. Three.
    D. None.
    4. Animals' homes are ______.
    [     ]
    A. not the same
    B. the same
    C. in holes
    D. in trees
    5. People live in ______.
    [     ]
    A. holes
    B. trees
    C. different kinds of houses
    D. mountains
  • 阅读理解。
          A speaker was giving a talk on the difference between man and woman. He said:"Man is like the thumb
    (大拇指), and woman is like the little finger."
          He opened his left hand when he was stopped by some great noise. All the women in the hall became
    angry. Some of them shouted loudly at him and some even rushed to him. But the speaker wasn't worried.
    He smiled and went on with his talk. 
         "Thumb stands for (代表) 'strength (力量)' while little finger is 'slimness'. I'm sure every man wishes
    that he could be strong, and woman wants to be slim. Am I right?"
          What happened? The women were all quiet at once.
    1. The speaker gave a talk about            .
    [     ]
    A. man and woman
    B. son and daughter
    C. father and mother
    D. children and parents
    2. What made the women all angry?
    [     ]
    A. His words.
    B. Some great noise.
    C. Thumbs.
    D. Fingers.
    3. When the women were all angry, the speaker            .
    [     ]
    A. stopped his talk at once
    B. kept quiet
    C. went on with his talk
    D. left the hall
    4. The women were all quiet because            .
    [     ]
    A. they were sad at his words
    B. they were angry with him
    C. they became excited
    D. they understood his explanation (解释)
    5. From the passage we can see the speaker was _______.
    [     ]
    A. good at speech (演讲)
    B. easy to get on with others
    C. easy to change his mind
    D. kind to others
  • 阅读理解。
         One day, I was driving along a country road at 80 miles an hour. Suddenly a chicken came along. It ran
    faster than my car. I was surprised. I drove faster and ran after the chicken, but it was out of sight. Soon I
    got to a farm house.
         The farmer was standing by the door and looking down the road. I stopped my car, got out and walked
    up to the farmer. "I have just seen a chicken running at 80 miles an hour or more. I can't believe it."
         "Ah, that was one of mine," the farmer said.
         "One of yours! But how can a chicken run that fast?" I asked.
          "Well, it's like this. People around here like to eat chicken legs. I wanted to make more money, so I
    decided to breed (饲养) chickens with three legs. Everything went well. Soon I was breeding a lot of
    three-legged chickens. It's that extra (额外的) leg that makes them run so fast." 
          "That's interesting," I said, "And what do these three-legged chickens taste like?" 
          "I don't know," the farmer said, "Because I have never been able to catch one."
    1. The chicken usually runs            a car.
    [     ]
    A. as fast as
    B. a little faster than
    C. much slower than
    D. as slow as
    2. I didn't catch the chicken because            .
    [     ]
    A. I didn't run after it
    B. it ran over 80 miles an hour
    C. I drove too slowly
    D. a farmer got it
    3. The farmer thought            .
    [     ]
    A. three-legged chickens would bring him more money
    B. three-legged chickens ran faster than two-legged ones
    C. all the people liked to eat chicken legs
    D. I would buy his chickens
    4. The three-legged chickens            .
    [     ]
    A. tasted better than two-legged ones
    B. were very delicious
    C. looked terrible
    D. could run faster than a car
    5. Which of the following is true?
    [     ]
    A. The farmer kept one three-legged chicken.
    B. The three-legged chicken made the farmer rich.
    C. The farmer couldn't run fast enough to catch the three-legged chickens.
    D. All the three legs made the chicken run faster than a car.
  • 阅读理解。
         Mr. Brown was the manager (经理) of an office in London. He lived in the country and came up to
    work by train. He liked walking from the station to his office unless it was raining, because it gave him
    some exercise.
         One morning he was walking along the street when a stranger stopped him and said to him. "You may
    not remember me, sir, but seven years ago I came to London without a penny in my pockets. I stopped
    you in the street and asked you to lend me some money, and you gave me five pounds, because you said
    that you were willing to take a chance so as to (为了) give a man start on the road to success."
         Mr. Brown thought for a few minutes and then said, "Yes, I remember you. Go on with your story."
         "Well," answered the stranger, "are you still willing to take a chance?"
    1. Mr. Brown ______.
    [     ]
    A. lived in the city of London
    B. worked in an office
    C. walked to London every day
    D. was a train driver
    2. Mr. Brown liked walking because ______.
    [     ]
    A. he was a good runner
    B. he wanted to be healthy
    C. he wanted to save money
    D. he wanted to help others
    3. Mr. Brown walked to his office ______.
    [     ]
    A. every day
    B. when he went to work early
    C. when it wasn't raining
    D. when it was raining
    4. What do you think about the stranger?
    [     ]
    A. Perhaps he was a clever but lazy man.
    B. He knew Mr. Brown very well.
    C. He was one of Mr. Brown's neighbours.
    D. Mr. Brown knew him.
    5. Which of the following sentences is true?
    [     ]
    A. Mr. Brown was kind-hearted.
    B. The stranger got another five pounds at last.
    C. Mr. Brown was not willing to help others.
    D. Mr. Brown believed the stranger very much.
  • 词汇运用。
    1. Can you give me something ___________ (eat)?
    2. We will go to the park if it ___________ (not rain) tomorrow.
    3. Did Simon have any problems ___________ (reach) the top of South Hill?
    4. __________ (luck), Linda caught the last bus.
    5. The song"Dreamlike Song" in the 11th National Games of the PRC 2009 Opening Ceremony
         (11届全运会开幕式) sounds so beautiful, but it may be ___________(popular) among teenagers.
    6. It was an _________ (amaze) day because we enjoyed the song and dance parade.
    7. Which dish do you think is __________(taste), Millie, this one or that one?
    8. It was a great day but we didn't enjoy it at the ___________ (begin).
    9. Be careful, Simon! You might hurt ___________ (you).
    10. What does your father enjoy __________(spend) his holiday?
  • 任务型阅读。
         To find out whether (是否) bees can see colors, the following experiment is made. A round table is put
    in a garden, and on the table is a piece of blue cardboard (硬纸版) (1)             a drop of syrup (糖浆). (3)
    After a short time, bees come to the syrup. The bees then fly to their hive (蜂房) and give the syrup to other
    bees in the hive. Then they return to the feeding-place which they have found. After a while, the blue
    cardboard with the syrup on it is taken away. (2)             of this card, a blue card is now put on the left side
    of the first feeding-place and a red card to its right. These new cards have no syrup on them. Very soon bees
    arrive again, and fly straight to the blue card. None go to the red card.
    1. 在(1)、(2)空格处填入适当的单词使句意完整 ________、_________.
    2. 将(3)处的句子翻译成汉语____________________________________.
    3. 找出下列句子的同义句 There is no syrup on these new cards.
        _________________________________________________.
    4. 回答以下问题: How many cards do you need to prepare for the experiment?
        _________________________________________________.
    5. 在文中找出文章的主题句
        _________________________________________________.
  • 短文填空。
         Dogs are very good pets. They are very (1)f             to people and very beautiful, too. Most dogs get
    on well with (2)c              and their parents. Others are good watchdogs because they cry loudly when a
    strange (陌生的) person (3)a             .
         When you buy a dog, an important thing to think about is its (4)s              -buy a small dog if your
    home is small and a bigger one if (5)y              is larger. Many people don't know what to feed their dogs.
    Dogs eat (6)a              anything! They like meat, rice and lots of other things. You can buy lots of food
    made for (7)d              in shops. Don't let your dog eat too much. Feed it only once a day. Always leave
    some (8)c               water for your dog. It can get (9)t              very quickly, especially in summer. 
         Remember that dogs need (10)e             . You should take it for a walk every day. Don't keep your
    dog inside all day.
  • 书面表达。

           请从下列物品中选择3-5件,发挥你丰富的想象力编写一个小故事。(60-80词)
           提示:图中所列物品均为远足或野营用品,可围绕你和家人或同学、朋友的一次难忘的远足,
    以An unforgettable trip或A pleasant trip等为题来构思、展开故事。
           注意:1. 文章条理清楚、意思连贯、语句通顺; 
                     2. 文中不得出现真实的地名、校名和人名。