1、江苏省苏州市吴中区八年级英语上学期期中试题 牛津版吴中区初中2015-2016学年第一学期期中统一测试八年级英语试卷第I卷（共75分）一、听力选择（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）（请先用两分钟时间熟悉听力试题，然后再动笔答题。做题时，先将答案划在试卷上。录音内容结束后，请将试卷上的答案誊写到答题卷上。）A) 听下面10段对话，每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，每段对话读两遍。1. Whats the boys favourite animal? A. B. C. 2. How does the boy go to school? A. B. C. 3.
2、What did the boy see last summer? A. B. C. 4. What does the boy want? A. B. C. 5. What does the girl want to do this weekend? A. Go skiing. B. Go cycling. C. Go hiking.6. What does the boy think of the film? A. Interesting. B. Boring. C. Exciting.7. What does the boy think is the most important to b
3、e a friend? A. Being clever. B. Being honest. C. Being good-looking.8. Who has the most rubbers? A. Jack. B. Nancy. C. Daniel.9. What subject isnt the boy good at? A. Maths. B. English. C. History.10. What does the boy want to be? A. A writer. B. An editor. C. A social worker.B）听对话和短文回答问题听一段对话，回答第11
4、-12小题。对话读两遍。11. Whats the boys ideal school like? A. A small one near the sea.B. A big one near the sea. C. A small one near the river.12. Which of the following is TRUE? A. The boy wants to learn Home Economics. B. The boy wants to stay at school for long. C. The boy hopes his ideal school starts e
5、arly and finishes late.听第一篇短文，回答第13-15小题。短文读两遍。Information SheetNameMarry LeeInterestsWatching 13 and readingMore important information 14 Part-time job 15 13. A.movies B.music C. sport. 14. A. Swim well B. Speak English well C. Get on well with people15.A. A newspaper reporter B. An English teacher
6、 C.A computer programmer听第二篇短文，回答第16-20 小题。短文读两遍。16. What does Mr. Clock like buying? A. Clocks. B. Stamps. C. Books.17. How many clocks does Mr. Clock have? A. Two hundred. B. Three hundred. C. Four hundred.18. Does Mr. Clocks wife like buying clocks, too? A. Yes, she does. B. No, she doesnt. C. We
7、 dont know.19. Who keeps all the clocks clean every day? A. Mr. Clocks wife. B. Mr. Clock. C. No one.20. What do you know from this passage? A. Few of the clocks can keep the right time. B. Every clock tells the right time. C. All the clocks have the sound only at night.二、选择填空（共25小题；每小题1分，满分25分）A)单项
8、填空 请认真阅读下面各题，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。答案写在答题卷上。21. -Im looking forward to_ school trip after the exam. - Well make it_ really fun day for everyone. A. the; the B. a; the C. the; a D. the; 22. Lorry is also called_ in American English. A. truck B. store C. fall D. yard23. Mum, go and see for_.
9、But we must keep the secret to_. A. ourselves; yourselves B. yourself; ourselves C. ourselves, ourselves D. yourself; yourselves24. -I hope we can have _ homework to do at weekends. -Thats what I think. Then we can have _ free time for my hobbies. A. fewer, less B. less, more C. more, fewer D. fewer
10、, more 25. - I cant wait _ the film The Wolverine2(金刚狼2) this evening. - Youd better _ a ticket first because many people want to watch it. A. see, buy B. to see, to buy C. to see, buy D. see, to buy26. The weather in Beijing is different from_ in Suzhou. A. it B. that C. one D. those27. My father t
11、old me to a photo of my family on the wall yesterday.A. put out B. put on C. put in D. put up28. I cant speak English _you .A. so well like B. as well as C. as good as D. so good as29. What a_ lesson! I really get_ with it A. bored; bored B. boring; boring C. bored; boring D. boring; bored30. I thin
12、k Simon can swim faster than _ in our class. A. other students B. any other student C. the other student D. any other students31. -When did you _ Suzhou last night? -At about 9 p.m. A. arrive in B. arrive C. arrive at D. got to32. - _ exercising, and youll be healthier. A. Keep B. To keep C. Keeping
13、 D. Kept33. We didnt find_ in the picture. A. interesting anything B. nothing interesting C. anything interesting D. interesting something34. -_is the old bridge over the river? - Not very wide. Its about three meters. A. How long B. How heavy C. How wide D. How high35. - Please dont smoke here. Loo
14、k at the sign. - _. A. No, I will. B. Yes, I will C. Sorry, I will D. Sorry, I wontB)完形填空 请先通读下面的材料，掌握其大意，然后从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。答案写在答题卷上。One midnight, a little girl was thirsty and got up to drink some water. She walked to the bedroom door and 36 it. The little girl looked outside but walked 3
15、7 and stood in the center of the room, because it was so 38 in the hall and she was afraid. Her mother said: “Dont be afraid, honey. Have courage (勇气), I believe you can do it yourself!” “ 39 is courage?” she asked, running to her mothers bed. “Courage is the brave breath (呼吸),” her mother answered.
16、 “Mom, do you have courage?” “Certainly.” her mother replied, The little girl held out her cold hands, saying: “Mom, blow some of your breath of courage to 40 .” After her mother blew into her little cold hands, the little girl clenched her fists (握拳) 41 , afraid that the “breath of courage” would 4
17、2 away. Then with her fists clenched, she walked out of the bedroom towards the kitchen with 43 to be afraid of. Her mother said to herself: “It will be nice 44 someone can blow some courage to me. Then I can also hold it in my hands when I feel terrified.”In a word, the thing that we are afraid of
18、is nothing but the 45 in our mind. The person who we should win is nobody but ourselves.36. A. closed B. knocked C.opened D. kicked 37. A. in B. back C. out D. down38. A. bright B. dark C. cold D. warm39. A. What B. How C. Where D. Why40. A. me B. you C. her D. it41. A. politely B. happily C. luckil
19、y D. carefully42. A. pull B. run C. move D. took43. A. something B. anything C. everything D. nothing44. A. because B. though C. if D. until45. A. fear B. idea C. worry D. secret三、阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）请认真阅读下列材料，然后从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。答案写在答题卷上。AHere is an advertisement about two-day tour betw
20、een Hong Kong and Macao.Two-day tour between Hong Kong and MacaoDate: July 15 th 16 thTravel: Sightseeing bus in the city and the ship/boat/speedboat(快艇) between Hong Kong and MacaoPlaces to visit: Hong Kong: Ocean Park and Victoria Peak Macao: Mazu Temple, the Ruins of St. PaulCost: HK 600, includi
21、ng travel, three-star hotel, meals and admission tickets. 40% off for students. For more information, call 852 3881 3502 or 852 3882 3503. Bill is a student in Beijing Sunshine Secondary school. Last week he joined the two-day tour between Hong Kong and Macao with his parents.46. Bill enjoyed the be
22、autiful views(风景) in the city by last week. A. ship B. boat C. bus D. speedboat47. In Hong Kong you can visit . A. Victoria Peak B. Mazu Temple C. the Ruins of St. Paul D. Moon lake48. The tour cost Bills family . A. HK 1,800 B. HK 1,560 C. HK 1,320 D. HK 1,080B Now some women are spending a weekend
23、 at Mothers Camp .There ,husbands and children are not allowed (允许). Why would a woman want to take a vocation without her family? Some women say they need time to be alone. At Mothers Camp, a woman has room of herself. She can sleep, read, or watch TV, and no one will disturb (打扰)her. No children w
24、ill ask, Mom ,whats for dinner? No husband will say, Oh, dear. I cant find any clean socks. In fact almost 50% of women in the United States work outside the home. Many of them work full time and then come back to a second job - taking care of their homes and families. These working women say one of
25、 their biggest problems is housework. In the United Stated, working wives do about 75% of the housework Many of their husbands say they want to help. But then they burn the rice or they cant find pans. They ask so many questions that their wives decide it is easier to do the job themselves.Some wome
26、n go to Mothers Camp just to get a break from housework. For two days they dont cook, they dont clean, they dont look after their children and husbands. What do they do? They enjoy warm, sunny weather ,walking ,swimming or boating in a clear blue lake and sing songs around the campfire. They relax a
27、way from home. They have a really wonderful vacation at Mothers Camp.49. What cant the women do at Mothers Camp?A . Watch TV. B. Read newspapers.C. Swim in the lake D. Bring their husbands and children.50. Why would some mothers like to be alone?A. Because they dont like their husbands or children.
28、B. Because they have to work full-time. C. Because they are too busy to relax themselves. D. Because they want a new life.51. What do most working women have to do after they get home?A. Look after their children and families. B. Read novels.C. Play computer games D. See a film52. Whats the best tit
29、le for the passage?A. Busy Working Mothers B. Welcome to Mothers Camp.C. Mother Relax away from Home D. Mothers in the US.C Do you remember when your grandma told you the story of Snow White? Ah, the happy days of childhood! But did you know that Snow White comes from Germany? Its just one story fro
30、m the 209 in Grimms Fairy Tales (格林童话 ). The Grimm brothers started to collect fairy tales in 1806. Their first book came out （出版） in 1812. Why are German fairy tales so interesting? Maybe its because they come from a great place famous for its stories - the Black Forest. The Black Forest is in southwest Germany. Its the largest forest in the country - and one of the mo
