靖江市八年级下期末调研测试英语试题含答案

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1、靖江市2015-2016学年度第二学期期末调研测试八年级英语试卷 (满分：150分 考试时间：120分钟) 第一部分 选择题(共85分)一、听力部分A、听对话回答问题（10分）本部分共有10道小题，每小题你将听到一段对话，每段对话听两遍。在听每段对话前，你将有5秒钟的时间阅读题目； 听完后，你还有5秒钟的时间选择你认为在最合适的备选答案。在听到“嘀”的信号后，进入下一小题。( ) 1. Which charity are the speakers talking about? ( ) 2. Where has Jack visited?( ) 3. Which festival are the

2、 speakers talking about?( ) 4. What will Daniel do tomorrow?( ) 5. How many strawberries does the woman need? A. 1 kilo.B. 2.5 kilos.C. 3.5 kilos.( ) 6. Where is Sunshine Restaurant? A. Opposite Sunshine Middle School.B. Between the supermarket and a big hospital.C. Between Sunshine Middle School an

3、d a big hospital.( ) 7. Who is the woman looking for? A. Paul.B. Mike.C. Bob.( ) 8. How much is the cap now? A. 10 dollars.B. 26 dollars.C. 36 dollars.( ) 9. When will the speakers meet at the cinema? A. 3:30 p.m.B. 3:45 p.m.C. 4 p.m.( ) 10. What is the man asked to do? A. Turn down the radio.B. Tur

4、n down the TV.C. Have a rest.B、听对话和短文答题（10分）你将听到一段对话和两篇短文，各听两遍。听每段对话或短文前，你将有时间阅读相关小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，每小题你仍有5秒钟的时间选择最合适的备选答案。听第一段对话，回答第11-12小题。答题完毕， 请等待“嘀”的信号，进入下一篇短文。( ) 11. Which of the following is right? A. It takes 10 to 12 days to travel from Earth to the Moon by rocket.B. There are seven bones in t

5、he back of elephants feet. C. A tortoise can live up to 50 days.( ) 12. How much food do people eat during their lives? A. 2,700 kilos.B. 27, 000 kilos.C. 47, 000 kilos.听第一篇短文，回答第13-15小题。请根据短文内容，选择正确答案，完成信息记录表。答题完毕，请等待“嘀”的信号，进入下一篇短文。Cooking Club Time:every 13 Activities:read books on cookingshare co

6、oking experienceshave a discussion about cookinglearn how to cook 14 foodClasses:3 levels of classes are offered Price: 15 yuan for ten classes( ) 13. A. Saturday afternoonB. Sunday morningC. Sunday afternoon( ) 14. A. Japanese and KoreanB. Chinese and Western C. European and American( ) 15. A. 1, 2

7、00B. 2, 000C. 2, 200听第二篇短文，回答第16-20小题。( ) 16. Who is speaking? A. A manager.B. An answer phone. C. A policeman.( ) 17. Whats the phone number? A. 832901.B. 843290.C. 834290.( ) 18. What are the business hours of the travel office? A. From 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.B. From 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.C. From 9

8、:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.( ) 19. What present can you get if your holiday costs 400 dollars? A. A travel bag.B. A travel guide.C. A special price.( ) 20. What do we know about the Flying Horse Travel Office? A. Its a bit difficult to find its new address. B. It gives each traveler a present. C. It has m

9、any holidays at special prices. 二、单项选择 从下列每题所给的选项中，选择一个最佳答案。(20分)( )21. If all of us give _helping hand, we can make the world _ better place.A. a; the B. the; a C. the; the D. a; a( ) 22. Do you need an apple or a pear? _ , I really dont mind A. Both B. NoneC. Either D. Neither( ) 23. “Wechat”(微信)

10、really makes a great _ to peoples life. Its easy for us to keep in touch with others. A. habit B. surprise C. prize D. difference( ) 24. Its said that a robot called AlphaGo won the competition over a Korean player in March. _ amazing news! I cant believe! A. WhatB. What aC. HowD. How a ( ) 25. Peop

11、le are starting to use energy from the sun, wind and water because they cost very_ and will never _ . A. few; run out B. low; be run out C. much; be run out D. little; run out ( ) 26. The charity show was very successful with the help of all the classmates. Just as the old saying goes, “_.”A. The ea

12、rly bird catches the wormB. Practice makes perfectC. Many hands make light workD. You cannot burn the candle at both ends( ) 27. Do you think it is fantastic _ you to work with these disabled people? Yes, and I think it is brave _ them to take part in the competition. A. for; of B. of; of C. for; fo

13、r D. of; for ( ) 28. Mum, do you mind my listening to music for a while? _. But please listen to it with your earphone. A. Yes, pleaseB. No, thank youC. Not at allD. Yes, I do ( ) 29. Dont forget to bring your homework with _. _.A. you; No, I wont.B. yourself; Yes, I willC. yourself; No, I wontD. yo

14、u; Yes, I will.( ) 30. Theres a sign Be quiet on the wall of the reading room. Yes. People _ talk loudly in public. A. may not B. mustnt C. couldnt D. neednt( ) 31. They have _ since the factory opened. A. left the school B. joined the team C. become workers D. worked here( ) 32. He likes playing tr

15、icks on others, but_, he is a good boy. He is willing to help others.A. in this way B. in some ways C. in his way D. on his way( ) 33. My dream is to go into the west and _an early childhood school (幼儿园)there. A. pick up B. set up C. look up D. give up( ) 34. The chief engineer of the high-speed rai

16、lway _ Shanghai to Beijing always devotes most of his time _ his work. A. connecting; toB. connects; to C. connected; on D. connect; on ( ) 35. Take care when you are driving , _ in a summer storm like this.A. recently B. especially C. carelessly D. closely ( ) 36.Many people do not realize the impo

17、rtance of health _ they have fallen. A. after B. while C. when D. until ( ) 37. Jims father _ to London last month. He _ there three times. A. went; has gone B. has gone; has been C. went; has been D. has been; has gone ( ) 38. A lot of things _ in Oxfam shops, _ books. A. sell; including B. are sol

18、d; including C. sell; include D. are sold; include ( ) 39. Bob used to _ a difficult person to get along with. But recently he has got used to_ with others in a friendly way.A. be, work B. be , working C. being ,work D. being, working( ) 40. Lets go and listen to Mr. Blacks speech on Western culture

19、, shall we? _ . Its getting to the end. A. Why not? B. Thats all right C. Im afraid not. D. Never mind.三、完形填空 阅读短文，从每题所给选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。(15分)Ever since I was a child, my mouth has caused me trouble. Im not a bad person; I have a 41 timelearning when to keep my mouth closed. My mom has told me agai

20、n and again, Robert, your constant bad words are hurting me. If you 42 to be this rude, you will get into big trouble. Its been a problem at school several times too when teachers have told me something I didnt want to hear. I used to feel it was my duty(职责) to 43 myself. One day in English class I

21、began working on my homework until I heard a classmate 44 behindme. It was Nathaniel, who liked doing that as usual. At first, I said very 45 , Nathaniel, would you please be quiet? However, Nathaniel continued talking to himself. I quickly 46 Nathaniel, shut up(闭嘴)! For the next five minutes, we th

22、rew hurtful(伤感情的) words back and forth at each other. At least I dont have an ugly lazy eye like you! I shouted. I knew this would make him 47 . It would hurt his feelings and shut him up. What I said filled him with anger. He tried to 48 over my seat and catch me as he shouted, Thatsit! Thats it! 4

23、9 at his reaction(反应), I sat back in my seat. I had never seen Nathaniel act like this before. Later on, we were taken to the principals office. There, Mr. Black, our English teacher, told us to 50 the matter. It wasnt until then that I finally foundthat 51 I hurt someone physically(身体上), the wounds

24、 eventuallyheal(愈合). But when I hurt them with my 52 ,sometimes the pain (痛苦) never goes away.At the end of the discussion, I said 53 to Nathaniel.When I went back to my room, I spent some time praying(祈祷). I began to 54 how often whatI said hurt others. But I believe that as I keep praying and aski

25、ng God to help me, hell tell me when tokeep my 55 closed.( ) 41. A. busyB. hard C. happy D. fantastic ( ) 42.A. decideB. like C. continue D. try ( ) 43.A. support B. separate C. smell D. spend( ) 44.A. singing B. reading C. beating D. talking ( ) 45.A. clearly B. nicely C. carelessly D. angrily ( )

26、46.A. repeated B. expressed C. replied D. shouted ( ) 47.A. nervous B. afraid C. sad D. bored ( ) 48.A. fall B. look C. hand D. reach ( ) 49.A. Angry B. Surprised C. Nervous D. Happy ( ) 50.A. discuss B. solve C. explain D. report ( ) 51.A. while B. after C. when D. where ( ) 52.A. words B. action C

27、. ideas D. experience ( ) 53.A. goodbye B. thanks C. sorry D. okay ( ) 54.A. talk about B. hear about C. complain aboutD. think about ( ) 55.A. eyes B. mouth C. windows D. door 四、阅读理解 阅读下列短文，根据短文内容选择最佳答案 (30分)AHow do you win a Nobel Prize for writing? Heres the secret from a previous winner: make it

28、 short, keep it real, and work hard.Canadian author Alice Munro, 82, was awarded the 2013 Nobel Prize in literature. She is known for her short stories about personal relationships of ordinary people, usually women.Munro was born into a farming family in Ontario. The family was very poor. Munro did

29、a lot of physical work as a young girl. She decided to be a writer at the age of 12. Now Munro turns her hard childhood into great writing ideas. The story Dear Life, for example, opens with a description of the neighborhood in which Munro grew up. Also, she talks about her poor relationship with he

30、r mother in many of her stories, such as Lives of Girls and Women and Friend of My Youth.Since she published her first book in 1968, Munro has won many awards, with the Nobel Prize as her biggest honor. But Munro doesnt see herself as a talented(有天赋的) writer.“Im the opposite of a writer with a quick

31、 gift. I dont grasp it very easily at all, the it being whatever Im trying to do,” she said.Do you dream of becoming an author while sadly admitting you are not that talented? Munro has a tip for you: use notebooks and write a lot.“I have lots of notebooks that contain(包含) this writing,” she said. B

32、ut it helps her sort out (整理) her mind. “Stories would just be working in my head for so long that when I started to write I was deep into them.”( ) 56. As a Nobel prize winner, Alice Munro is famous for _.A. having a rich childhoodB. writing short storiesC. having good relationship with her familyD

33、. only writing about women in her stories( ) 57. In the story Dear Life, Alice Munro _.A. described her poor relationship with her momB. wrote about her poor familyC. described the neighborhood where she grew upD. talked about physical work she did in her childhood( ) 58. Alice Munro published her f

34、irst book when she was_.A. 37B. 12 C. 30 D. 82( ) 59. From the passage we can learn that Alice Munro is _.A. talentedB. easy-going(随和的)C. confidentD. hard-working( ) 60. According to Alice Munro, those who want to be a writer should _.A. have talent in writingB. write stories as long as possibleC. m

35、ake up the story with imaginationD. write as much as possibleBWhen I was a little girl, my father loved to play catch (抛接球游戏) with me. I wasnt very good, but he would encourage me. He was always telling me “keep your eye on the ball” as I would not be able to catch even the easiest of throws.uAs I g

36、ot older, we didnt play catch as much. If I had a problem, I would go to my father to ask for his advice. He would try to joke with me and say “keep your eye on the ball”. We would both laugh because usually that advice did not apply to(适用于) the problem, but he would try to make me smile.vMy father

37、became ill in 1995 when I was 23. As he suffered from a stroke (中风), he could not speak. There werent any more conversations. He could only mouth words, which were sometimes hard to understand. After a while, I seemed to be pretty good at reading his lips (嘴唇), even better than the nurses who were c

38、aring for him.During our last conversation, I was telling him about a problem I was having with my then boyfriend. Once again, I could read his lips: “Keep your eye on the ball.” We both smiled.That was the last time I saw my father before he passed away.Since then, when I get into a stressful situa

39、tion I tell myself “keep your eye on the ball”.( ) 61. At first, by saying “keep your eye on the ball”, the writers father _.A. tells her to be careful while playing catchB. wants to teach her a life lessonC. wants her to work harder in every wayD. laughs at her when she misses the ball( ) 62. When

40、the writer asked for advice from her father, he usually _.A. tried to solve the problem for herB. didnt care about her problemC. joked with her and made her smileD. told her to solve the problem alone( ) 63. When in trouble, the writer tells herself “keep your eye on the ball” to _.A. encourage hers

41、elf to face the difficultyB. remember the old days with her fatherC. help herself forget her troublesD. remember how to play catch( ) 64. The underlined word “pretty” means _. A. beautiful B. quite C. carefully D. always ( ) 65. Which of the following can describe the writers father?A. Serious.B. Ch

42、eerful(令人愉快的). C. Honest. D. Careless.CFlying is a fast way to travel. But it is a big headache for some people. They cant help worrying about things like, “Is turbulence (颠簸) a bad thing?” or, “Is it dangerous if we dont change our mobile phones to flight mode (飞行模式)?” British newspaper Daily Mail

43、spoke to some experts to answer these questions. They also tell us other interesting things about flying.Is turbulence dangerous?Its scary and uncomfortable. But it is not something you really need to worry about.Turbulence is caused when two groups of air hit one another at different speeds. Wind,

44、thunderstorms (暴风雨) and being close to mountains can be reasons for this.You may feel like turbulence is dangerous, but it wont crash (坠毁) your plane. “Even in extremely rough air (扰动气流), the wings (机翼) are not going to break off,” explained Patrick Smith, an airline pilot, who is also an air travel

45、 blogger and author of AskTheP.Why are plane windows round?Round windows are for passenger safety.As the airplane flies higher and higher, the outside atmospheric pressure (气压) gets lower and lower. During the flight, the pressure inside the plane becomes greater than the pressure outside.When this

46、happens, square windows can break. Thats because having different pressures inside and outside puts pressure on the corners of square windows. But rounded corners can spread the pressure through the window.What happens when a phone isnt on flight mode?Some passengers believe mobile phones and tablet

47、s need to be turned off because they could bring the plane down. However, this is not true.If you dont change your phone to flight mode, pilots and air traffic controllers may hear unpleasant sounds in their headphones. It also influences radio communications. So its still best to put it on flight m

48、ode. ( ) 66. According to Paragraph 1, we learn that the story is going to _.A. show what worries people may have about flyingB. interview some experts about flyingC. give people tips about how to travel by planeD. explain some interesting facts about flying( ) 67. What will happen when there is tur

49、bulence?A. People may feel uncomfortable.B. Two planes may hit each other easily.C. It will make the plane drop suddenly.D. It can break off the plane wings.( ) 68. Planes use round windows rather than square ones, because _.A. round windows can spread the pressure B. round windows can add outside p

50、ressureC. square windows can lower(降低) the pressure on the windowsD. the corners of square windows are difficult to make( ) 69. What happens if a phone isnt on flight mode?A. The plane will crash.B. Air traffic controllers cant get any information.C. It may influence radio communications.D. It may b

51、e noisy in the plane.( ) 70. The passage may be taken from _. A. A story book B. A science magazine C. A guide travel D. A novel 第二部分 非选择题 (共65分)五、阅读表达 阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题 (10分)Primary and junior high school students will get new versions (版本) of textbooks this fall term.The biggest changes will take pl

52、ace in Chinese textbooks. The primary goal is to include more traditional(传统的) Chinese culture. For example, ideas on the hundred schools of thought (诸子百家) will be introduced to students. There will also be more classical Chinese poems and essays (文章). The percentage(百分率) of traditional culture in t

53、he new textbooks will be raised to 30 percent for primary school students and 40 percent for junior high school students. Meanwhile, about 15 percent of the content (内容) will be taken out in order to make students have less work. The Language and Culture Press will publish the new Chinese textbooks.

54、 It makes one of the main versions of the present textbooks in China. First, the new books will be given to more than 4 million students in the first and seventh grades across the country starting this fall, and then they will be given to other grades.Also, politics (政治) textbooks will get new names

55、. Primary school politics textbooks were called “morality and life (品德与生活)”, and those for junior high schools were called “ideology and morality (思想品德)”. This year, the names of all politics textbooks for the first and seventh grades will change to “morality and law (道德与法治)”.Its the first time the

56、word “law” will be included in the names of textbooks since 1949. “We need to let kids know that laws protect them as well as how they do that,” said Li Xiaodong, sociology (社会学) professor at Beijing Normal University. No more than six words 71. When will the students get the new textbooks? _ 72. Wh

57、at percentage of traditional culture will be raised to for junior high school students? _ 73. Why will 15 percent of the content be taken out ? _ 74. How many students in the first and seventh grades will get the new books first? _ 75. What will the politics textbooks be called this year? _ 六、任务型阅读

58、阅读短文，根据短文内容完成表格内所缺信息，每空一词 (10分)When did you last say “I love you” to your father? If you cant remember, then you can get the chance this Fathers Day on June 19. Generally compared to(与-相比) a mothers gentle love, a father represents qualities such as independence(独立), confidence, courage and adventure(冒险). Also, caring fathers help their children get along with others. Fathers can lead their children int