1、江苏省苏州市立达中学2012-2013学年八年级英语下学期期末考试试题 牛津版本试卷分第卷（选择题）和第卷（非选择题）两卷，满分100，考试时间90分钟。第卷（选择题，共60分）一、听力选择（满分15分） （请先用两分钟时间熟悉听力试题，然后再动笔答题。）A)听对话，选择最佳答案。（听两遍）1. Which club does Kate join? AThe Singing Club. BThe Reading Club. CThe Dancing Club.2. Which subject is Helens favourite? A. Maths. B. Computer Studies.
2、 C. Geography.3. Who is the tallest boy in Mikes class? A. Jim. B. Simon. C. Mike.4. What did the woman use to do? A. Play the piano. B. Play the violin. C. Sing songs.5. Which city is Mr. Tangs hometown? A. Shanghai. B. Nanjing. C. Beijing.B)听对话回答问题。 听第一段对话，回答6-7题。（听两遍）6What is Jack doing? A. He is
3、 writing a book about animals. B. He is reading a book about wild animals. C. He is reading a storybook.7. Why does Jack like squirrels best? A. Because they are beautiful. B. Because they sing songs nicely. C. Because they prepare food for the future.听第二段对话,回答 8-10题。 (听两遍)8. What are they talking a
4、bout? A. The weather of the weekend. B. Going swimming at the weekend. C. Their plans for the weekend.9. What will the weather be like at the weekend? A. Sunny. B. Rainy. C. Cloudy.10. What would Millie like to do? A. Go swimming. B. Go shopping. C. Stay at home.听一篇短文,回答 11-15题0 (听两遍)11. Where did J
5、im and his friends meet on Sunday morning? A. In front of the school building. B. Outside the school gate. C. At the bus stop.12. How did they go to the mountains? A. On foot. B. By bus. C. By bike.13. When did they get to the mountains? A. At 6:30 a.m. B. At 10:00 a.m. C. At 6:00 p.m.14. What did t
6、hey see after they got to the mountains? A. There were thousands of apple trees. B. The river was full of fish. C. The birds were singing in the trees.15. What did Jim find in the mountains? A. A strange stone. B. Some hot drinks. C. A beautiful picture.二、选择填空（共25小题；每小题1分，满分25分）A)单项填空。从A、B、C、D四个选项中，
7、选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。16. -It was_ great fun to be a host, wasnt it? - Yes. It was_ experience hard to forget. A. /;an B. a; an C. ;the D. a; the17. The Internet has helped to change our life in many ways_ the past 20 years. A. after B. with C. among D. over18. Look! The trail walkers are walking with_ bod
8、ies. The walk must be very_. A. tired; tired B. tired; tiring C. tiring; tired D. tiring; tiring19. The teacher was very grateful_ you did. A. to what B. to that C. for what D. for that20. -Where is your father? - He_ Australia and he_ Sydney for two weeks. A. has been to; has been in B. has gone to
9、; has been in C. has been in; has been to D. has gone to; has been to21. That woman is known_ a writer_ writing books on Chinese history. A. as; for B. for; by C. as; by D. for; as22. -Hes just been back from work, _? -_. He wont come back until 9 p.m. A. hasnt he; Yes B. isnt he; No C. isnt he; Yes
10、 D. hasnt he; No23. Its necessary_ a foreign language. A. of us to learn B. for us to learn C. of us learning D. for us learning24. -I have a_, so I couldnt eat anything. -Maybe you should see a dentist. A. cold B. fever C. headache D. toothache25. -What do you think of the 3G mobile phone? -I reall
11、y like it, but I cant_ it. A. advertise B. afford C. arrange D. affect26. Great changes_ in the city and a lot of buildings_. A. have taken place, have been set up B. have been taken place, have been set up C. were taken place, were set up D. have taken place, set up27. There is_ much traffic on the
12、 road. Dont be in_ a hurry. A. such; such B. such; so C. so; so D. so; such28. The film made by Walt Disney_ all over the world. A. is used to show B. is used to showing C. used to show D. used to be shown29. Please contact Sandy_ 65408888 for_ information. A. on, farther B. on, further C. in, farth
13、er D. in, further30. -Thank you very much for your help. A. With pleasure. B. Its my pleasure. C. Its my duty. D. Im serving the people.B)完形填空 先通读下面的短文,掌握其大意,然后题的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 Steven Ballmer is always exciting, as he was this time in front of over 2,000 students from Tsinghua University and Pe
14、king University. Ballmer, president of Microsoft Corp., received a warm welcome at Tsinghua University when he gave a talk on the next generation(一代) of Internet on September 19th. He came to China last week for a 31 , during which he slept only four hours and had many meetings with government offic
15、ials and men in business. After all those business matters, he came to Tsinghua and 32 thousands of questions from the 33 . Ballmer, who joined Microsoft in 1980, is the first business manager hired(聘用) 34 Bill Gates, a schoolmate of Ballmer at Harvard. Gates first dropped out of school to start Mic
16、rosoft 35 Ballmer was still studying. He also 36 his studies and 37 Bill Gates five-year-old Microsoft in 1980. In his talk to the students, Ballmer described 38 the Internet would bring to their life. He said there were 39 Tsinghua graduates (大学毕业生) now working or being trained at Microsoft both in
17、 China and in the US. He also warned the students not to drop out of school and 40 the examples of Bill Gates and himself.31. A. two day visit B. two-day visit C. two-days visit D. two days visit32.A. asked B. was asking C. was asked D. ask33.A. excited studentsB. exciting students C. excited offici
18、als D. exciting officials34.A. with B. by C. in D. at35.A. however B. then C. so D. while36.A. gave off B. gave in C. gave up D. gave out37. A. joined B. joined in C. took part in D. attended38. A. when B. which C. what D. that39. A. several of hundred B. several hundreds C. several hundred D. sever
19、al hundred of40.A. give B. set C. take D. follow三、阅读理解（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）A Spending as little as $5 a day on someone else can make you happier, the researchers from a team at the University (大学) of British Columbia and Harvard Business School reported. Their experiments on 600 volunteers in the US s
20、howed people were feeling happier when they spent money on others. The team asked their 600 volunteers about their income (收入), their daily costs, gifts for others and donations to charity. No matter how much money each person made, those who spent money on others could get greater happiness than th
21、ose who spent money only on themselves, Dunn said. Dunns team also surveyed (调查) 16 workers at a company in Boston after they received an award of between $3,000 and $8,000. Of course they felt happy after receiving the awards, they wrote in their report. But when they gave the people in need $5, th
22、ey were happier. The findings showed that as little as $5 could be enough to produce happiness on awhole day, Dunn said.41. There were_ people in all who took part in the experiments. A. 16 B. 584 C. 600 D. 61642. The underlined word experiments means_ in Chinese.A.会议B.表演C.实验D.化验43. What does the pa
23、ssage mainly tell us? A. Money is not important for people. B. Money really can buy happiness if you spend it on others. C. We should try our best to give our money to more people in need. D. Spend all the money on others and youll feel happier.B Homework should be done as soon as you get home from
24、school. If you have after-school activities, the homework should be done first. At the same time, it is fine to allow for a snack break and also to allow for stretching(拉伸的)breaks. Also, you should remember that it is your duty to do your homework. Next time, when you want to depend on(依靠) Mom and D
25、ad for help, please try to find the answer yourself, because you will learn much, much more that way. When you have a question, especially something about a science or math, dont always turn to your teacher! It is a good idea to try to find the answer yourself. If this doesnt work, you can also look
26、 at the materials in the back of the book. They may guide you to the pages you should look at to help you understand the problem. Finally, while doing homework, dont think about or do other things. Keep working. Setting a time limit(限制) often helps with this. Different ages decide different amounts
27、of time. 10-15 minutes is good for a child thats aged 6-8. A time of 20-30 minutes is about right for a child aged 9-12. Kids can keep studying for 30-45 minutes from the ages of 13 to 15. This, of course, depends on your abilities to pay attention and stay on tasks.44. In the first paragraph, the w
28、riter mainly tells us that_. A. doing homework is the first thing you should do at home B. after-school activities cant affect doing homework C. parents can help kids with their homework at night D. kids need a good rest after school45. In the third paragraph, the writer wants to tell us that _. A.
29、students should ask the teacher more questions B. thinking over the questions before asking others is important C. problems cant be solved without a teachers help D. students shouldnt always look at the materials in the back of the book46. The passage mainly tells children _. A. not to look away whi
30、le doing homework B. to do homework by themselves C. not to turn to teachers when doing homework D. to do their homework quickly and in the right wayC47. We may see this in a_. A. newspaper B. magazine C. textbook D. dictionary48. Which word can be both a noun and a verb? A. encourage B. record C. i
31、magine D. encouragement49. How many words are explained here? A. Three. B. Four. C. Five. D. Six.50. Dont make any noise when /m recording the song. The word record in the above sentence has the same meaning as in _ . A. I try to keep a record of everything I spend. B. Medical records are now kept o
32、n computers. C. Ill record the film and we can all watch it later. D. Her letters record almost all the details of her daily life.第II卷（非选择题，共40分）四、单词拼写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分） 根据下列句子所给中文，在答题卡上标有题号的横线上，写出空缺处单词的正确形式。每空仅限一词。51. -Whats your secret of success? -Our_（优势）is team spirit.52. What he said was alre
33、ady_（记录）by the police.53. Hong Kong people are_（自豪）of our motherlands achievements.54. Zhang Shaohan has a sweet_（嗓音），and many of us like listening to her songs.55. Computers are really one of the greatest_（发明）56. _（在楼上），there were two bedrooms and a study.57. The doctors are trying to save the_（病人的
34、）lives.58.A picture of their parents_（悬挂）over the bedroom door years ago.59. Do you know the saying, Practice makes_（完美）”60. The best_ (治疗)for a cold is to rest and drink lots of water.五、动词填空（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分） 用所给动词的正确形式填空。61. Bad weather_ (cause) natural disasters from time to time.62. My watch do
35、esnt work. It needs to_ (repair).63. Who_ (take) away my pen? I cant find it.64. Lucy said she_ (visit) the primary school the next month.65.Its correct_ (not let) strangers come into your house.66. It is necessary for him to finish_ (design)a poster before school.67. The 2016 Olympics_ (hold) in Br
36、azil.68. Mum, theres nothing_ (leave) in the fridge. Why not go shopping now?69. Computers are often used to_ (search) for information.70. Japanese and French_ (not teach) in our school.六、句型转换（共5小题；每空1分，满分10分） 根据所给句子意思，在答题卡上标有题号的横线上，写出空缺处的正确答案。 每空仅限一词。1The film began about 20 minutes ago. You are la
37、te.（同义句转换）The film has 71 72 for about 20 minutes. You are late.2Shes too tired to walk any further.（同义句转换） Shes 73 tired 74 she cant walk any further.3He didnt go to see the film. He just stayed at home. （改为同义句） He stayed at home 75 76 going to see the film.4I usually use the computer to search for
38、 information. （对划线部分提问）77 do you usually use the computer 78 ?5. There were about fifteen people in the room, and most of them were women. There were about fifteen people in the room, 79 women.6. The river went up to four metres after the heavy rain. The river 80 to four metres after the heavy rain.七、句子翻译（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分） 将下列句子译成英语，并将所译句子写在答题卷标有相应题号的横线上。81.奥比斯医生所需要的是足够的钱，以继续他们的志愿者工作。_82.她似乎知道那个秘密。_83.请注意你的书写。_84.瞧不起残疾人是不对的。_85.应该邀请更多的人参加慈善演出。 -_10