江苏省句容市行香中学2015-2016学年八年级英语上学期期末考试试题

江苏省句容市行香中学2015-2016学年八年级英语上学期期末考试试题卷面满分100分，考试用时90分钟注意事项：1. 答卷时，考生务必用0.5毫米黑色水笔将自己的姓名、考试号填写在试卷、答题卡上相应位置。 2. 选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卷上对应题目选项的答案信息点涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净，再选涂其他答案，答案答在试卷上无效。 3. 选择题必须用0.5毫米黑色水笔作答，答案必须写在答题卷各题目制定区域内相应位置上；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新答案；不得使用铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。 一、听力（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）A）听对话回答问题，将正确选项填涂在答题卡相应位置。(读两遍) 1. Which animal is not mentioned (提到)?A. B. C.2. Which sport does the girl plan to do? A. B. C.3. Which bird does the girl like best? A. B. C.4. What will the weather be like on Tuesday?A. B. C.5. How will the boy go to the museum this afternoon?A. By car. B. By underground. C. By train.6. What does the girl often do in the Wildlife Park?A. She draws pictures for wild animals. B. She takes photos for wild animals.C. She looks after wild animals.7. How many square kilometers of area does Zhalong Nature Reserve cover? A. About 230,000. B. About 23,000.C. About 2,300.8. Who is much funnier according to the dialogue? A. Amy. B. Peter. C. Jack.9. What happened in Helens home town? A. A flood. B. A storm. C. An earthquake. 10. Hong long will Nancy stay in China? A. For one week. B. For three weeks. C. For four weeks.B）听对话和短文回答问题, 将正确选项填涂在答题卡相应位置。（读两遍）听第1段材料，回答第1112小题。11. When is the wetland photo show? A. At 9 a.m. next Friday.B. At 10 a.m. this Saturday.C. At 10 a.m. next Saturday.12. What is Millie going to do next Friday? A. To visit her grandparents.B. To go travelling around the wetland.C. To the wetland photo show. 听第2段材料完成信息表第1315小题。Time Last SundayWeatherIt was 13 .AccidentMy bike 14 and I fell down. My legs were terribly hurt.HelperA policeman came and helped me.Action He sent me to the hospital, paid for the medicine and 15 .13. A. snowy B. rainy C. cloudy14. A. broke down B. hit a man C. hit a tree15. A. sent me back home B. took me to school C. lived with me听第3段材料，回答第1620小题。16. Wheres Li Yundis hometown? A. Beijing. B. Tianjing. C. Chongqing.17. What did Li Yundi start to learn when he was four? A. The violin. B. The piano. C. The accordion（手风琴）.18. In which year did Li Yundi start to learn the piano? A. In 1986. B. In 1989. C. In 2000.19. Which International Piano Match did Li Yundi take part in? A. The fourth. B. The fourteenth. C. The fifteenth.20. Which of the following is true about Li Yundi? A. He was born in 1984. B. Hes a famous violinist. C. He went to Poland before.二、单项选择（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项, 填涂在答题卡相应位置。 21. Did you hear the shouts the little girl?Yes. When I arrived there, I found her looking at a snake in fear.A. from B. with C. at D. for 22. About eighty per cent of the childrens pocket money from their families. A. am B. is C. are D. be23. I was doing my homework yesterday evening, Mother was cooking dinner.A. When B. While C. As D. Since24. The bamboo forests are becoming smaller. As a result, pandas not have a place to live or food to eat. A. need B. may C. should D. can 25. Every year, driving after drinking wine a lot of traffic accidents.A. causes B. happens C. provides D. prevents26. I am very interested in this maths problem. Can you show me ?A. what to work it out B. what to work out it C. how to work it out D. how to work out it.27. Im sorry I didnt answer your phone. I to music and didnt hear the ring.A. listenedB. was listeningC. listenD. will listen28. “Those sweet memories of summer days are about quiet streams and trees and shade.” The main structure of the sentence is .A. S+V B. S+V+DO+OC C. S+V+IO+DO D. S+V+P29. Mr. Zhang, the team from Nanjing is very strong. Im afraid we may lose the match.Dont worry. Believe . You are the best!A. ourselves B. themselves C. yourself D. yourselves 30. We finished counting all the birds, Miss Chen. Boys and girls, lets have a rest.A. Good idea! B. Good luck! C. Well done! D. Best wishes!三、完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳选项, 填涂在答题卡相应位置。Red squirrels were common (常见的) in British forests and countryside. But there are 31 than 140,000 red squirrels left now and most of them are in Scotland. However, grey squirrels are now so common that many people 32 them. They can hunt and kill them legally (合法的). The two types of squirrels look similar. They both have a long 33 , which helps the squirrel to jump from tree to tree, and the same large eyes, small ears and powerful back legs. 34 , the grey squirrel has a clear advantage (优势) over the red. The red squirrel has a head-and-body length of 19 to 23 cm and a tail length of 15 to 20 cm. But the grey squirrel is a 35 animal. The head-and-body length is between 23 and 30 cm. This 36 allows (允许) them to store more fat and 37 them to live in a hard winter.So why is the number of red squirrels smaller than that of grey squirrels? Size is one reason, but there are others. Red squirrels live high up in 38 , while grey squirrels spend more of their time on the ground. This means the missing of forests greatly influences the red squirrels population. Another reason for the grey squirrels success (成功) is its 39 to get food easily from people. Like the fox, the grey squirrel 40 live in towns and cities. The other problem for the red squirrel is illness, it is fatal (致命的) to them. 31. A. later B. fewer C. more D. less 32. A. dislike B. like C. watch D. find 33. A. head B. tail C. nose D. mouth34. A. Instead B. Moreover C. Otherwise D. However35. A. smaller B. cleverer C. larger D. funnier36. A. size B. height C. weight D. fur37. A. asks B. helps C. tells D. teaches38. A. trees B. hills C. skies D. clouds39. A. quality B. hobby C. ability D. appearance 40. A. may B. must C. should D. can四、阅读理解（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）阅读下面内容, 然后从各题所给四个选项中，选出最佳选项, 填涂在答题卡相应位置。（A）Whose woods these are I think I know.His houseisinthevillage, though;He will not see me stopping hereTo watch his woods fill up with snow.My little horse must think it queerTo stop withoutafarmhouse nearBetweenthewoods andfrozenlakeThedarkest evening oftheyear.He gives his harness bellsashakeTo ask if thereissome mistake.Theonly other soundsthesweepOf easy wind and downy flake.Thewoods are lovely, dark and deep,But I have promises to keep,And miles to go before I sleep,And miles to go before I sleep.41. What kind of article does this passage belong to?A. A story. B. A poem. C. An advertisement. D. A report. 42. From this passage, we know how the weather is EXCEPT . A. windy B. frozen C. snowy D. cloudy 43. In the poem “deep” rhymes with “sleep”. Which of the following rhymes with each other?A. Snow and though.B. Sweep and near. C. Here and mistake. D. Flake and know. （B）In August 2040, People in Garden city are buying their homes and cars on the Internet from QuickBuy.com. Here is the website.44. Which of the following is the best for the blank (空格) in Paragraph2? A. It is also smart. B. It is also common. C. It is also quiet. D. It is also beautiful.45. What can we do in the CJ3 according to the passage? get information about the weather order the food book a restaurant see all the traffic in front of us know where we are A. B. C. D.46. Which word can we use to describe both the house and the car? A. Large. B. Green. C. Cheap. D. Small.（C）Look at the light and beautiful snowflakes (雪花) falling. Ever wanted to hold them in your hands? They are always lost when they meet your hands.Well, this isnt just a problem for you. It was a problem for Wilson Bentley, too. In the 1870s, Wilson Bentley was just a teenager. His family lived in a small town in northeast America. Winters there were long and hard. Bentleys mother was once a school teacher. She taught him at home. Bentley didnt go to school until he was 14. He was a quiet boy, and loved reading his mothers books. But he was interested in his mothers microscope (显微镜). When the other boys were playing with balls, little Bentley was studying things like drops of water, flowers and snowflakes. Bentley loved watching snowflakes. For the next two years, young Bentley spent many winter days in a cold room watching these ice crystals (晶体) under his microscope. The boy thought they were beautiful enough for him to start to draw pictures of them. But there were so many snowflakes that he couldnt draw them all.How could he keep their beauty all the time? Bentley thought of buying a camera.The boy and his mother asked his father to buy one. But, his father didnt agree. He thought the whole thing was a bad idea. He thought the only thing a farmer should do was farming. But finally Bentley did get a camera. For more than a year he tried to take pictures of snowflakes. On January 15, 1885, during a snowstorm, Bentley took the first ever photo of an ice crystal with his camera. “It was the greatest moment of my life,” Bentley said later. For 13 years, Bentley worked quietly and took thousands of photos of ice crystals. Later he became famous as “Snowflake” Bentley.47. The best title for this passage is .A. Snowflake Photos B. Snowflake Boy C. Long and Hard Winters D. Teenage Photographer (摄影师)48. We can tell from the story that Bentleys father was . A. a farmer B. a funny man C. a writer D. a school teacher49. Which of the following statements about Bentley is TRUE? A. He didnt get any kind of education as a child. B. He was born into a rich family. C. He was crazy about the beauty of snowflakes. D. He was the only person to take photos of snowflakes.50. The “ice crystals” in the third paragraph refers to (指的是)“ ”.A. water drops B. rain drops C. flowers D. snowflakes五、词汇运用（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）A）根据句意，用括号中所给词的正确形式填空，每空一词。51. Its a bit cold in winter in Jurong. The (low) temperature is 4 below zero.52. In spring, sometimes it is (shower), but sometimes there is bright sunshine.53. Thousands of (science) think the weather led to the disappearance of dinosaurs. 54. What happened to the boys? The flood washed (they) away and they lost their lives. 55. If smoking is really as (bad) as doctors say, its time for smokers to try not to smoke.B）根据句意及汉语提示，写出各单词的正确形式，每空一词。56. Ladies and gentlemen, first Ill (介绍) myself to all of you. 57. Kitty didnt get on well with his friends. At her birthday party, (没有人) of them came. 58. My best friend Jimmy made a (突然) decision and it made everyone feel surprised. 59. It is very difficult for such young children to (清除) the deep snow in the school. 60. With the development of the (社会), more and more people live a happier life. C) 根据句意，用括号中所给动词的正确形式填空，词数不限。61. Who (mop) the floor at this time yesterday? My mother. 62. My mother often told me (not throw) rubbish everywhere when I was young. 63. The price of the Renminbi (RMB) yuan against the U.S. dollar used to keep (rise).64. Daniel always (have) pity on those people who lose their families in disasters.65. I hope our school (provide) us students with a better environment next term. 六、任务型阅读，每空一词（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）What are hurricanes? You may already know that hurricanes are storms. They can causeterrible waves, winds, and rains. They happen during “Hurricane Season,” which is from June 1st until November 30th in the Atlantic Ocean and from May 15th until November 30th in the Pacific Ocean.Kinds of HurricanesThere are five kinds of hurricanes. it helps people know a hurricane is so bad because the greater the wind speed is, the more dangerous the storm is. For example, a kind of hurricane has winds over 155 miles per hour, which are strong enough to break the buildings along the seaside completely. Hurricane Dangers When a hurricane happens together with heavy rain, there can be a terrible flood. The centre of a hurricane is called the eye. While most of a hurricane has dangerous strong winds, when the eye is a calm area in the storm in fact. When the eye of a hurricane passes over land, people might think that its over, but before long the wind and rain increase again as the second part of the hurricane moves through. Hurricane Safety Tips There is no way to stop a hurricane or make it change direction, so if you ever find yourself in the path of a hurricane, be sure to remember the following safety tips. Be sure you have a radio, fresh drinking water, and enough food. Tell neighbors, friends, and family members your emergency plans. Tell them where youll go if you need to leave your home. Stay inside during the storm. You could be badly hurt if you go outside.HurricanesCharacteristics Hurricane Season usually has about 66 months in the Atlantic Ocean and six and a half monthsin the Pacific Ocean. Terrible waves, wind, and rain are usually the 67 of hurricanes. 68 There are five kinds of hurricanes. Different hurricanes have different wind speeds. A kind of hurricane can break all thebuildings along the seaside.Dangers When a hurricane comes together with heavy rain, a terrible flood may happen. The eye is thecenter of a hurricane. Soon after it passes, the wind and rain increaseagain.Safety Tips Its 69 to stop a hurricane or change its direction. Dont 70 the safety tips if you find yourself in the path of a hurricane. Stay inside during the storm, oryou could be seriously hurt.七、短文填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）根据短文内容及首字母提示写出所缺单词, 并将完整单词填在答题卡对应题号横线上。 Ma Yun, Chairperson of the company Alibaba, becomes one of the richest men in China. Here are some stories about him on the w 71 to success. Ma made his first trip to the US in 1995 and used the Internet for the first time. After s 72 for “beer”, he saw that no answers came up about China. Then he looked for “China” and still saw no answers. So he d 73 to set up (创建) a Chinese website. Ma said he was refused (拒绝) many times in his life. In the beginning, he f 74 the College Entrance Examination (高考) in China three times and f 75 companies offered him jobs, even one at KFC. It was difficult to learn English when Ma was a teenager b 76 of limited resources(有限的资源). However, he found that he could learn English well by giving tourists free guides a 77 his hometown. Ma said that t 78 opened up a new world for him because what they said and did was so different from what he learned at school and at home. Mas h 79 is a person named Forest Gump who never gives up (放弃). W 80 he made a speech about his success at Davos (达沃斯论坛), Ma said, “Life is like a box of chocolates because you never know what you are going to get”.八、书面表达（共1题；满分10分）近年来，很多地区出现了不同程度的雾霾（smog）天气，给我们的学习、工作和生活带来一定的影响。假如你是李明，请根据表格内所给信息给环保俱乐部（Environment Club）王主席写一封申请信，希望能成为该俱乐部的志愿者（volunteer）, 为环境保护尽一份责任。个人信息1. 就读于第一中学八（3）班；2. 彬彬有礼，乐于助人。天气状况1. 空气质量差，危害健康；2. 能见度低，常引发交通意外；3. 部分地区的学校停课。几点建议1. 政府应采取措施治理空气污染；2. (至少自拟两点)要求：1. 文中不得使用真实姓名和校名；2. 段落清楚，中心突出，意思连贯，书写规范；3. 申请信的内容必须包含以上信息，可适当发挥； 4. 词数不少于80词。开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。Dear Mr Wang，Heavy smog hit some areas of our country. It has had a bad effect on our study, work and life. Yours faithfully,Li Ming13八年级英语期末试卷参考答案及评分标准一、听力（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）1.C2.B3.C4.A5.A6.B7.A8.B9.A10.C11.C12.A13.B14.C15.A16.C17.C18.B19.B20.C二、单项选择（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）21.A22.B23.B24.B25.A26.C27.B28.D29.D30.C三、完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）31.B32.A33.B34.D35.C36.A37.B38.A39.C40.D四、阅读理解（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）41.B42.D43.A44.A45.C46.B47.B48.A49.C50.D五、词汇运用（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）51.lowest52.showery53.scientists54.them55.bad56.introduce57.none58.sudden59.clear60.society61.was mopping62.not to throw63.rising64.has65.will provide 六、任务型阅读（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）66.six67.results68.Kinds/Types 69.impossible 70.forget七、短文填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）71.way72.searching73.decided74.failed75.few76.because77.around78.tourists/travelers79.hero80.When八、书面表达（共1题；满分10分）(Omitted)书面表达评分标准评分要求 1. 先根据文章整体内容和语言表达确定档次，然后在该档次内评出分数。2. 再根据评分细则确定具体得分。第四档（109分） 完全符合题目要求，表达思想清楚，内容丰富。使用多种语法结构和丰富的词汇，语言通顺，语意连贯，具有逻辑性。允许个别语言错误。第三档（87分） 符合题目要求，表达思想基本清楚，内容完整。语法结构和词汇基本满足文章需要。语言基本通顺，语意基本连贯。有少量语言错误，但不影响整体理解。第二档（64分） 部分内容符合题目要求，表达思想不清楚，内容不完整。语法结构和词汇错误很多，所写内容难以理解。第一档（30分） 与题目有关的内容不多，不能表达自己的思想。只是简单拼凑提示词语，所写内容难以理解。