江阴市长泾片2019-2020学年八年级（下）期中英语试卷（含听力+答案）

2019-2020学年八年级第二学期期中试卷

初二英语

命题人：祝塘第二中学 颜建峰 审核人：徐玉凤

一：听力测试（本大题共20分，每小题1分）第一节（共10小题）

听第1至10段材料，回答第1至10题。

(     )1. Which kind of Chinese culture is the man’s favourite?

(     )2. Where does Bob’s father work now?

(     )3. How does Jim usually go to school ?

(     )4. How much is the blue T-shirt?

(     )5. Where are the two speakers?

  A. At the bus stop. B. On the bus.   C. In Xihui Park.

(     )6. What can we learn about the young lady?

 A. She hasn’t got married.  B. She has a sense of humour. C. She is very busy.

(     )7. Why doesn’t Peter want to have pizza?

A. He doesn’t like the taste of pizza.  B. He likes sandwiches better.  

C. He thinks it’s expensive.

(     )8. What will Kate do at 3:00 o’clock this afternoon?

 A. Have a piano lesson. B. Play volleyball with friends. C. Have a music lesson.

(     )9. What has the man done many times before?

  A. He has jumped over the gate. B. He has swum across the river.

C. He has climbed the tree.

(     )10. What has happened in the woman’s hometown?

  A. There has been an earthquake. B. There has been a fire.

C. There has been a flood.

第二节（共10小题）

听第11段材料，回答第11、12题。

(     )11. Why have Betty’s parents gone to Beijing?

(     )12. What will Betty bring to Joe’s home?

听第12段材料，回答第13至15题。

(     )13. A. Times Square  B. Central Park  C. Wall Street

(     )14. A. show    B. film    C. match

(     )15. A. rest at the hotel  B. visit a friend C. go sopping 

听第13段材料，回答第16至20题。

(     )16. Where does Andy go hiking?

 A. In the hills in the north-east of the city.  B. In the mountains in the south of the city.

   C. In the mountains in the south-east of the city.

(     )17. Who often goes hiking with Andy?

  A. His classmate Timmy. B. His friend Tommy.       

C. His cousin Ricky.

(     )18. When do the boys usually go hiking?

  A. On Sundays from 8 to 11 a.m. B. On Saturdays from 1 to 3 p.m.

  C. On Sundays from 2 to 5 a.m.

(     )19. What do the boys do to be safe?

    A. They both take a map. B. They take their mobile phones for help.

  C. They only take short, easy ways.

(     )20. Why is hiking good for Andy?

      A. He gets exercise and enjoys nature. B. He does not want to do his homework.

      C. He can think about the problems that he has while hiking.

二单项选择（本大题共15小题，每小题1分，共15分）

（   ）21. I gave her ________ useful advice, but she thought it was ________ useless answer.

         A. /; an     B. an; an    C. an; a     D. /; a

（   ）22 The fish __________for some time. You’d better cook them at once.

A. has died B. has been dead   C. have died  D. have been dead

（   ）23.Nanjing is famous_ _______a stone city ________its hills.

A as; as     B. for; for      C. for; as    D. as; for

（   ）24.My grandpa stays ________in a (an) ________house, but he doesn't feel________.

A. alone; lonely; lonely       B. lonely; lonely; alone

C. alone; lonely; alone       D. alone; alone; lonely

（   ）25  Aren't you tired        doing the same work all the year round?

          A. of        B. with        C. from        D. across

（   ）26.If you really don’t know _______ at the party, you can come to me.

A. who will you talk with    B. who to talk

C. who to talk to            D. who you will talk

（   ）27______ did your uncle buy this car?  .He _______  it for nearly two years.

A. When; has bought            B. When; has had                         

C. How long; has bought         D. How long; has had

（   ）28.—________ will the conversation begin?

—________ six o’clock.

A. How long; Not until       B. How long; Until                    

  C.  How soon; Until           D. How soon; Not until

（   ）29. I have lived in Wuxi _______ .

         A. for forty years ago            B. since forty years ago

         C. forty years ago               D. before forty years

（   ）30. My mother bought a hat for me. It is ___ my brother’s, but it has a different colour.

A. the same big as    B. as bigger as                              

  C. the same size as        D. as same size as

（   ）31. - My brother's never been late for work, ______?  - _______. He is a hard-working man.

           A. is he; Yes, he is           B. isn't he; No, he isn't

           C. has he; Yes, he has          D. has he; No, he hasn't

（   ）32. Mr Smith, together with his two sons, _______Shanghai for about five months.

         A. has left   B. have left    C. has been away from    D. have been away from                                                         

（   ）33. I ________ a gift from my penfriend Peter, but I didn't ________ it.

             A. received; accept        B. received; receive                     

 C. accepted; accept        D. accepted; receive

（   ）34  Walk less than ten kilometers ________ or it may hurt your knees.

A. on time            B. at a time                               C. from time to time                   D. at times

 （   ）35. —Would you please help me look after my pet dog?

—Of course. ____________.

A. With pleasure    B. My pleasure   C. That’s OK     D. You’re welcome

三、完形填空

Mr White works in an office. He liked reading in bed when he was at school. It was bad for his ____36____ and now he has near sight. But he wouldn’t want____37____ to know about it and he never wears a pair of glasses. It often ____38____ him some trouble.

    One winter morning he was sent to a village school on business. He___39____a bus at a stop in a small town. Then he had to walk there. The road to the village wasn’t smooth. He fell over some times and it____40____his clothes dirty. ____41____he got to the village. Suddenly it began to blow and it got colder. He was looking for the school while his___42____was blown off. He began to run after it but he couldn’t get it. He couldn’t understand why his hat ran into a house as if (似乎 ) it had ____43____. And he ran into the house, ____44____.

A woman stopped him and shouted ____45____, “What are you running after my hen for?”

36. A. ears        B. nose    C. mouth     D. eyes

37. A. anybody else    B. nobody    C. woman     D. somebody

38. A. follows        B. takes    C. brings     D. carries

39. A. took off        B. got off    C. got on     D. came on

40. A. let            B. made    C. gave     D. felt

41. A. At first        B. At home C. At times D. At last

42. A. clothes        B. bag     C. hat     D. glasses

43. A. legs        B. hands     C. shoes     D. arms

44. A. always        B. also     C. either     D. too

45. A. angry        B. happy     C. angrily   D. happily

四：阅读理解（本大题共20分，每小题2分）

A

46. Students can borrow more than two books at a time___________.

A. for sending exams    B. to do school research

C. for after-school activities    D. to read together with their parents

47. _________must be paid when a student loses the book he borrows.

A. Three dollars    B. Half the price of the book

C. Full price of the book    D. Twice the price of the book

48. This library guide is for_________________

A. teachers from Wildwood    B. workers in Wildwood School Library .

C. visitors to Wildwood School    D. parents of the Wildwood School students.

B

In films, spies(间谍) are lucky people. They are smart and adventurous. But a real spy’s life is not that exciting. They must live a life of lies. Their work is dangerous and they may have to pay for it with their lives. American spy Nathan Hale (1755-1776) was one of these people.

Why does someone want to be a spy? Some do it for their country. Some for money. Some just love it. Nathan Hale became a spy for the first reason. He lived during the American Revolution (革命). He and his people fought the British army.

In 1774, Hale joined the American army. Before that, he was a school teacher. Two years later, he chose to be a spy. He had to get information from the British army. He went to the city where the British army was staying. He told them that he was a school teacher and wanted to find a new job. As a young spy, Hale didn’t have enough experience. He had told his secret to somebody else. But that person sold him out to the British army. He tried to get information for the American army. Hale finally got something important and decided to go back. He hid some papers in his boots. He went to the river bank and waited for a boat to pick him up. However, British soldiers caught Hale at the river bank and found the papers in his boots.

Hale died on Sept 22, 1776. His final words were: “I only regret(后悔) I have but one life to lose for my country.” He died at the age of 21.

49. Why did Nathan Hale become a spy?

A. For fun.    B. For money.    C. For himself.    D. For his country.

50. What does the underlined word “adventurous” in Paragraph 1mean?

A. 爱撒谎的    B. 爱冒险的    C. 爱冲动的    D. 爱幻想的

51. According to the article, which of the following is TRUE?

A. Nathan Hale was a spy for the British army.

B. Nathan Hale joined the army at the age of 19 years old.

C. Nathan Hale worked as a teacher for 2 years.

D. Nathan Hale had rich experience as a spy.

C

People use their mouths for many things. In the English language, there are many expressions using the word “mouth”. But some of them are not so nice.

Sometimes, people say something to a friend or a family member. Later they regret  because it hurts that person’s feelings. Or they tell the person something they didn’t mean to tell. The speaker might say: “I really put my foot in my mouth this time.”

Sometimes when one person is speaking, he says the same thing that his friend is going to say. When this happens, the friend might say: “You took the words right out of my mouth!” Sometimes a person has a bad or sad experience with another person. He might say that experience “left a bad taste in my mouth.” Or the person possibly has a very frightening(可怕的）experience, like having an angry dog running after him. He might say: “I had my heart in my mouth.”

Some people have lots of money because they were born into a very rich family. You might say the person “was born with a silver spoon (银勺) in his mouth”. He is the opposite of a person living from “hand to mouth”. This person is very poor and only has enough money for the most important things in life, like food.

52. The underlined word “regret” may mean _____________.

A. feel sorry    B. feel excited    C. feel proud    D. feel surprised

53. When a man says “I had my heart in my mouth”, usually he means he was _____________.

A. excited    B. afraid    C. surprised    D. happy

54. Tom says that he is living from hand to mouth. He means he is living a(n) _____________life.

A. busy    B. hard    C. easy    D. rich

55. Which of the following might be the best title for this passage?

A. Different Uses of Mouth    B. People and Their Mouths

C. Expressions about Mouth    D. The Importance of Mouth                

第二卷主观题（35分）      

五、词汇运用(本大题共8小题，每小题1分，共8分)

(A)根据句意和汉语注释，写出单词的正确形式。

56. Everyone is here __________(除了)his uncle.

57.Good ________ (习惯) are very important to us.

58.It is ________  (不可能)for him to give up smoking.

59. We want a peaceful  ___________ (国际的) environment.

(B)根据句意，写出括号内所给单词的适当形式。

60. President Xi is paying a visit to France, a____________(Europe) county with a long history.

61It’ quite cold in the ________ (north) part of China in winter.                     

62. Simon shouted to me, “It's none of your _____________ (busy)!”

63 The countryside will be a sadder and ___________ (ugly) place without these cleaners.

六、动词填空(本大题共6小题，每小题1分，共6分)

64.I___________ (drive) down to London when I suddenly found that I was on the wrong way.

65. He ____________(eat) up his food, but he still feels hungry.

66.At the end of the day, he ________(manage) to finish his work.

67.What a great pity it is__________ (hear) that these firemen died from the forest fire again!

68. He didn't even tell his wife the trouble he had at that time___________(translate) the book.

69. There are so many books in the shop that he doesn’t know which one ______(choose).                                              七：任务型阅读 (5’)        

 Title: Inner voice helps a lot throughout our lives.

When you couldn't open your mouth till the first two years on the earth, inner voice helps you understand things. Inner voice always shows thoughts and ideas in the body.

It justifies （判断） what is right and what is wrong. When we go against inner voice, we usually feel uncomfortable throughout our lives.

Sometimes when we are feeling sad, we seem to need some kind of support in spirit. We usually speak to our closest friend or our dearest family member during times of unhappiness to feel better. After talking to them, we suddenly feel active again, because our inner voice reminds us to get on with things and leave the things of the past in the memory.

Inner voice is always right most of the time, because it knows us better than others and even ourselves. It's good to go by inner voice most of the time. Whenever you are trying to smoke, or whenever you are asked to choose one side in an argument, you are always worried about the result. During these times, your inner voice tells you what to do. If you don't follow your inner voice, you might be unhappy in the future. It's our own choice to either pay no attention to our inner voice or follow it and search for real happiness.

Title: Inner voice helps a lot throughout our lives.

八、完成句子(本大题共6题，每小题1分，共6分)

75这个国家是由数以千计的岛屿组成的。

  The country   _______________________________________islands.

76.她们习惯用微信相互保持接触。They _________________ by Wechat.

77.---他已经乘直飞航班去巴黎了。He _______________________Paris.

78.这对老夫妻已结婚三十多年了。

The old couple ______________________________ more than thirty years ago.

79. 澳大利亚的季节正好和我们的相反。

Australian seasons are the _________________________________.

80.当我们碰到这个英雄时，我们情不自禁地拍了许多他的照片。

we _____________________   a lot of photos in the park when we met the hero.

九．书面表达10分

假设你是李华，上周你们班进行了“怎样有意义地过假期”班会活动，大家在班会上畅所欲言。请你根据表格中的提示内容，结合你自己对此事的看法，用英语给校报写一篇短文。

                            How to Spend My Holiday

Last week, we held a class meeting. In the meeting, we talked about how to spend the holiday meaningfully.

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