2015届江苏省扬州市邗江区八年级下学期期中考试英语试卷（解析版）

一、单项填空

1. 难度：困难

My father ______ my mother when they were both 26 years old, and they have ______ for 15 years.

A. married to; been married         B. married with; been married

C. was married; been married       D. married; been married

2. 难度：简单

–I phoned you at 5:00 yesterday afternoon, but nobody answered me.

-Sorry. I ______ the flowers in the garden at that time.

A. am watering   B. was watering   C. water       D. will water

3. 难度：中等

– Have you watched the popular TV play called You, Come from the Star? The main character Professor Dou in the play is so handsome.

   -Really? When ______ it?

A. will you watch B. did you watch  C. have you watched  D. do you watch

4. 难度：中等

It ______two years since we ______ this school, we really like it.

A. was; entered  B. is; entered into  C. has been; entered  D. B＆C

5. 难度：中等

The reporter’s already back from Malaysia safely, ______he?

A. is           B. isn’t           C. has         D hasn’t

6. 难度：简单

G. E.M. is ______ a famous singer______ many teenagers like listening to her songs.

A. such; as      B. such; that       C. so; that      D. very ; that

7. 难度：简单

-______fresh vegetables!

- I myself grow them. Go to the balcony, and you can see more.

A. How        B. What           C. How a       D. What a

8. 难度：中等

–Were you sick after six hours’ journey on the coach?

-Of course. I ______ quickly as soon as it stopped.

A. got it on     B. got on it         C. got it off     D. got off it

9. 难度：中等

- How did you find the trip to Hong Kong?

-______.

A. The guide took us there.         B. First by train and then by bus.

C. Very fantastic.                 D. It was not far from our hotel.

二、完型填空

10. 难度：困难

Life is not easy, so I’d like to say “When anything happens, believe in yourself.”

When I was 14, I was___ nervous to talk to anyone. My classmates often____me. I was sad but could do nothing. Later,___ happened. It changed my life. It was an English speech contest. My mother asked me to take part in it. What a (n)___ ideal! It meant I had to___ in front of all the teachers and students of my school!“Come on, boy. Believe in yourself. You are sure to   .” Then, Mother and I talked about many different topics（题目）. At last I     the topic “Believe in yourself”. I tried my best to     all the speech and practiced it over 100 times.     my mother’s great love, I did well in the contest. I could not    my ears when the news came that I had won the first place. I heard the cheers(喝彩声)     the teachers and students. Those    who once looked down on（瞧不起）me, now all said “Congratulations” to me. My mother hugged me and cried       .

Since then, everything has changed for me. When I do anything, I try to tell    to be sure and I will find myself. This is true not only for a person      for a country.

1.A. so           B. too         C. very           D. quite

2.A. made faces at  B. looked after C. caught up with    D. laughed at

3.A. something   B. nothing      C. anything         D. everything

4.A. interesting   B. exciting      C. terrible          D. wonderful

5.A. write        B. speak        C. tell             D. say

6.A. win         B. lose       C. beat            D. pass

7.A. reached       B. brought     C. chose           D. thought

8.A. remember    B. see         C. spell             D. hear

9.A. At          B. To         C. With            D. As

10.A. hit         B. hurt       C. say              D. believe

11.A. about     B. on          C. to              D. from

12.A. teachers    B. classmates   C. boys            D. girls

13.A. angrily     B. sadly       C. quietly           D. excitedly

14.A. me        B. my         C. mine            D. myself

15.A. however   B. but also     C. so that           D. as a result

三、阅读理解

11. 难度：中等

LOST A white cat, Sam, with two big blue eyes. If you find it, please call Mary at 6913-1661. Many thanks.	Titanic 3D Weekdays evening Xingguang Cinema $50 (half for children under 12) Call David at 6132-5862
BOOK SALE A Christmas Carol                  —by Charles Dickens A story of Christmas The true meaning of Christmas was $38.8       now $28.8	HOUSE FOR SALE 2 sunny bedrooms with a kitchen and a small garden. Call Mandy at 6591-2127 for more information.

1.Who lost a white cat with two big blue eyes?

A. Sam.           B. David.          C. Mary.             D. Charles.

2.You can pay     less than before if you buy the book A Christmas Carol now.

A. $38.8          B. $28.8           C. $10.8              D. $10

3.On what day can we see Titanic 3D in the Xingguang Cinema?

A. Thursday       B. Saturday        C. Sunday            D. Every day

4.This information may be from a     .

A. report          B. dictionary       C. newspaper          D. guidebook

12. 难度：中等

You may know the English letters A, B and C. But do you know there are people called ABCs? Do you know there is such a thing as “a banana person”? How strange! ABC means American-born Chinese. An ABC is a Chinese, but was born in the United States. Sometimes, people call an ABC a “banana person”. A banana is yellow outside. So, when a person is a “banana”, he or she is white inside—thinking like a Westerner and yellow outside—looking like a Chinese.

Usually, ABCs know little about China or the Chinese language. Some of them don’t speak Chinese. But if ABCs cannot speak Chinese, can we still call them Chinese people? Yes, of course. They are overseas（海外的）Chinese. These people may be citizens（公民）of another country like the US, Canada or Singapore. But they have Chinese blood. Their parents, grandparents or even great-grandparents were from China. They all have black eyes and black hair. But they are not Chinese citizens. They are people of People’s Republic of China. For example, we all know the famous scientist C. N. Yang (杨振宁). He got the Nobel Prize for physics in 1957,Chinese people love him. but he is an American citizen.

1.“ABCs” in this passage means               .

A. three English lettersB. a kind of banana

C. Chinese born in AmericaD. Americans born in China

2.The underlined word “blood” may probably mean               .

A. 洪水B. 祖先C. 血统D. 身份

3.This passage mainly talks about               .

A. different kinds of bananasB. overseas Chinese

C. the Nobel PrizeD. the story of C.N. Yang

13. 难度：困难

There are many wetlands in China and some of them have become the world's important wetlands. The Chinese Yellow Sea Wetlands are among them. They are in Yancheng, Jiangsu Province. The east of China. They are home for many different kinds of birds and animals. The world's largest Milu Deer Nature Reserve in them. More than 700 milu deer live freely there. There are not many red-crowned cranes in the world, but every winter you can see some in the Red-Crowned Cranes Nature Reserve in the Yellow Sea Wetlands.
   The temperature in the wetlands is usually neither too high nor too low. There is a lot of rain an sunshine, too. They are really good places for wildlife. Offering food. But some people want to change the wetlands to make more wildlife. Offering food and homes for some special kinds of animals and birds is not the only reason why we need to protect wetlands. Wetlands are important because they also prevent flood. But some people want to change the wetlands to make more space for farms and buildings. This means there will be less and less space for wildlife.
Luckily, more and more people are beginning to realize the importance of wetlands and wildlife. Every year, on February 2nd,many activities are held to tell people more about wetlands.

1.The Chinese Yellow Sea Wetlands are in the     of China.

A. east              B. south              C. west            D. north

2.Usually the weather in the wetlands is     .

A. hot               B. pleasant           C. cold            D. dry

3.The World Wetlands Day is on     .

A. April 22          B. June 25            C. February 2      D. March 22

4.Which is the best title for the passage?

A. China’s wetlands have all entered the world’s list

B. Wetlands—home for wildlife and humans

C. Special animals in the Chinese Yellow Sea Wetlands

D. Wetlands—valuable resources（珍贵资源）of land on the earth

14. 难度：困难

Six years ago, Ann graduated(毕业) from college with a degree in Art. Now she is twenty-nine and works for a large computer company. She takes classes twice a week after work. She is learning to use the computer program PowerPoint. “I enjoy the college, but my job doesn’t use the information I learned at college.“ Ann says. ”The course is helping me to do my job better.”
　In the past, when students graduated from college and got a job, they usually stopped studying. Today, lifelong learning is becoming more common. In many countries, some people return to school in their late twenties, thirties, or even older to get a higher degree. More people are taking training courses to improve their working skills after work. People can also get degrees or training through the Internet.
　Ann’s sixty-year-old mother and father are taking courses in Art and Music. “We love these two subjects. Learning is so much fun.”They say happily, “It’s never too old to learn.”

1.Ann graduated from college when she was     .

A. twenty-nine         B. twenty-six       C. twenty-three       D. twenty

2.The underlined word ‘degree’ means ‘    ’ in Chinese.

A.温度               B. 程度            C. 学位            D. 位置

3.More people are taking training courses after work in order to     .

A. improve their working skills        B. enjoy Art and Music

C. study computer programs          D. make more money

4.Which of the following is TRUE?

A. Ann doesn’t want to use the information she learned at college.

B. People in the past usually stopped studying after graduating from college.

C. People can only get information from their teachers.

D. Ann’s parents are too old to learn Art and Music.

四、单词拼写

15. 难度：中等

词汇运用（共10小题；每小题1分，计10分。 每空一词）

1.It’s cold outside, you’d better ______________ (put) on your coat.

2.Do you know the _________(high) of that tall building?

3.We want to go to the park and enjoy ________________(we).

4.Little Tom fell off the desk, ______________  (lucky), he didn’t hurt himself.

5.This skirt is for one of their ___________(wife).

6.My cousin studies in a __________(初级的) school.

7.The little girl opened her eyes widely in the__________(黑暗)

8.People all over china celebrated the _________(成功)of Beijing Olympic games.

9.I wish I could spend as much time I can ________(放松) myself from hard work.

10.It’s _________(可能)to do so much work in such a short time.

五、其他题

16. 难度：困难

根据短文内容，完成下列表格。（每空一词）

Good morning, boys and girls. Today I’ll talk about going online.

We know that there are too many Net bars（网吧）around us. The Internet makes our lives interesting. Many of us like going online very much because we can learn how to use the computer. We can learn English and read some newspapers and magazines to know more information around us. It can make us clever in playing computer games. Also when we send e-mails to our friends, they can get them at once. It can help us keep in touch with people from all over the world.

But some students spend too much time in playing computer games and some stay in the Net bars all day and all night. It takes them too much time to chat online so they do worse in their lessons and they don’t study well any more. I think we mustn’t get online when it is time for us to study. We can do it in summer or winter holidays. I think we should get online with our teachers or parents.

At the same time, if we have lots of free time, we can do some activities after school. We usually have activities from 4:50 to 5:50 in the afternoon. We can play basketball or football. We also have some interest groups in school, such as drawing, singing and dancing. We can go to the English corner on Monday afternoon. I hope we can spend more time on our subjects or on such activities that we can learn a lot from and less time on the Internet.

That’s all! Thank you.

Title: A   1. about going online
Advantages	●Make our lives 2. . ●Learn how to use the computer and can get more   3. . ●Send e-mails to our friends anytime and they can get them right    4.  . ●Help us keep in   5.  with people from all over the world.
Disadvantages	●It   6.  too much time to play computer games. ●Some students spend too much time 7. online, so they do   8. in their lessons.
Advice	Do it in summer or winter holidays; do some   9. activities and have some   10. groups in school.

六、单词拼写

17. 难度：困难

Mobile Phones are popular all around the world . In r__1._ years there has been a quick rise in the mobile phones . Some people can now no longer imagine ( 想象 ) life w__2.__ their mobile phones. However , mobile phone use among children has become a p_3.__ for schools now . Some middle schools in China have banned (取缔) students from c__4.__ phones during school hours . Some children have received mobile phones as Christmas gifts . Teachers say mobile phone use is a distration（分心）to students during school hours and it also g__5. teachers so much trouble in their classroom .Teachers also said that sometimes students might use phone messages (信息) to cheat during exams. She said some schools have t_6._ to ban mobile phones . Some parents felt u__7._ because they couldn’t get in touch with their children. Many students said students shouldn’t have mobile phones when at school but if there was a good reason , they could leave their phones at the school office. They are e__8.__ lost and are a distraction from students studies. Many people say that they understand w_9. parents would want their children to have phone but they think schools should let students k__10.__ when they can use their mobile phones

七、翻译

18. 难度：困难

完成句子（共5小题；每小题2分，计10分。）

1.树应该被种在路的两边。

2.那部精彩的电影已经结束大约10分钟了。

3.春天是参观扬州园林的最佳时间。

4.我们要尽力阻止人们向河流倾倒废弃物。

5.长途跋涉之后我觉得累极了。

八、书面表达

19. 难度：困难

请以“The changes in My Hometown”为题写一篇短文，要求：1. 词数100个左右；2. 条理清晰,语义连贯，句式规范，字迹工整。

我的家乡扬州位于江苏中部。它以前空气新鲜。这些年，随着城市的发展，它已经变成了一个现代化的城市和有名的旅游胜地。人们可以坐公交、火车或飞机进出扬州。扬州每年有成千上万来自世界各地的游客。许多人搬进了新公寓。然而，污染变得严重了，政府已认识到保护环境的重要性，采取措施减轻污染。我希望我们过上更加美好的生活。

The changes in my hometown

Yangzhou , my hometown , is in the centre of Jiangsu .