湖北孝感八校联谊八年级上12月联考英语试卷

—Is Mo Yan, the Nobel Prize winner, ______ best writer in China?
—It’s hard to say. But he is really ______ very good writer.

You have more toys than ________. But mine are better than ________.

What does your brother want to be when he__________?

Of all the girls, Jenny was ______ because she got the first prize.

Please stop to have a rest. I think, to teenagers, health is as __________ as their study.

There are many important things on the blackboard. The teacher asks us to ______.

—      do you visit your grandpa? —Twice a week.

He showed me

      he isn’t tall, he is strong.

They arrived ____ Beijing ____ a winter evening.

You are _____ now, Victor. So you should wash your clothes by yourself.

There's going to _____ a basketball game tomorrow.

we are glad to hear that the Greens _____ to a new house next week

Tony is planning ________ his friend in Tianjin.

He is ________ better than the others.

完形填空
What about your future? Listen to five students talking about their future.
Fang Ming: I want to be a         when I grow up. I will need good eyesight and I will have to take flying lessons. I really           traveling and I hope to see the world in the      .
Tom: I want to be an engineer when I grow up. I’m going to study design and engineering at      . My dream is to          the longest bridge in the world.
Jack: I want to be an actor when I grow up. I’m going to take acting lessons, and      singing and dancing lessons, too. I hope I can be famous one day.
Zhang Wen: I want to be a        player when I grow up. I know that I have to train hard every day. It isn’t easy,        I will keep on doing it. I want to be just 9 my hero, Yao Ming, in the future.
Guo Xiaoyi: I want to be a cook. I’m going to a cooking school in Europe. I hope I can work in a five-star hotel in Beijing when I’m         .

A．pilot B．doctor C．policeman D．teacher

A．want B．enjoy C．ask D．get

A．morning B．daytime C．future D．moment

A．the hotel B．the bank C．the shop D．university

A．build B．walk C．see D．buy

A．may B．maybe C．can D．must

A．baseball B．volleyball C．basketball D．soccer

A．and B．so C．or D．but

A．like B．at C．from D．with

A．bigger B．younger C．higher D．older

Mr. And Mrs. White had two sons and three daughters. One Sunday, Mrs. White said to her husband, “The children don’t have any lessons today, and you’re free, too. There’s a new funfair(游乐场) in the park. Let’s all go there to play.”Her husband said, “I want to finish some work today.”“Oh, forget it. Go there and make our children happy. That’s the most important work.” Mrs. White said.
So Mr. And Mrs. White took their children to the funfair. Mr. White was forty-five years old.But he enjoyed the funfair more than his children. He hurried from one thing to another, and ate lots of sweets. One of the children said to her mother, “Dad is just like a small child, isn’t he? Mom” Mrs. White didn’t want to follow her husband around any more at that time and answered. “He is even worse than a small child, Mary, because he might spend more money than a small child.”
There were ____ children in the White family.

One Sunday, Mr. And Mrs. White want to go to ___ with their children.

Mr. White liked the place so much that he _____.

From the story we know Mrs. White ____ when Mary asked her the question.

Of all the family members, ____ enjoyed playing there most that Sunday.

We all need to exercise. Doctors say it is good for us. It makes your heart and body strong. It also gives you more energy. And you will feel better about yourself. It’s good to exercise twice a week. Twenty minutes each time is enough.
There are many ways to exercise. You can walk, run, play sports or swim. Many people go to some places to exercise. They are called “fitness centers.” These places have a lot of equipment(装备). People use them to exercise. Some people buy equipment for their homes. But it is very expensive.
Exercise can be fun. Friends can exercise together at a fitness center, or they can play sports together. How do you exercise?
What is the main idea?

We should exercise ________.

At fitness centers,___________.

Which kind of exercising is not mentioned in the article?

Which of these sentences about exercising is TRUE?

It is not easy for people to sail(航海) around the world in quite small boats. Sometimes the weather gets bad. Accidents(事故) can happen easily and quickly.
One family once had an accident. A big fish swam under their boat and bit holes(洞) in it. Sea water came in and the boat soon went down. Luckily these people had another small boat——a lifeboat, so they all got into the lifeboat. They lived in the boat for many days. They ate and slept, and always hoped.At last people in a ship saved them.
How do people live in a very small lifeboat for a long time? They must be strong in every way. They must have a hope, and they must have a strong desire(愿望) to live. People cannot drink seawater. If they drink a lot of sea water, they will quickly die. They must catch rainwater and drink it. They must also catch fish and birds for food. Lifeboats do not often carry cookers. So people cannot cook their food in the lifeboats. Raw(生的) fish and birds are not very nice but they are their only food. They must eat raw food, or they will die.
When the boat sank(下沉), the lifeboat gave the people _______.

One family once had an accident at sea, because _______.

People can catch _______ for food and drink at sea in a lifeboat.

Lifeboats do not often carry cookers. The word "cookers" here means ________.

From the article(文章) we can know that ______.

填写单词 根据句子意思，在空格中填写适当的单词，使句子完整。
My father is a  __________，he works in a big hospital.
Hamburger is a kind of _________ food. I never eat hamburgers.
The twins are a little_________. Can you find the differences between them?
The weather here is so cold, I can ______ stand it.
I read English every day to ______ my  English.
________ are you going to be an engineer ？
There is more air ______ than before because of lots of cars.
She is friendly to others, so she has ______ friends than me.

按要求完成句子，每空一词。
Jim is taller than the other two.（改为同义句）
Jim is _________ _________ of the three.
They didn’t eat anything yesterday afternoon.（改为同意句）
They ________ ________ yesterday afternoon.
He often gets up early.（用tomorrow改写）
He_______ ________ ______ get up early tomorrow.
Lucy will visit her aunt next Sunday.（对画线部分提问）
________ __________ Lucy visit her aunt?

任务型阅读 阅读短文完成下列任务。
Computers are becoming more and more popular in our daily life. People like scientists, teachers, writers and students use computers to do all kinds of work. But more than 30 years ago, computers did not do much. They were very big and expensive. Very few people were interested in them and knew how to use them. Today computers are small and cheap. They can do a lot of work, so many people like using them. Most people have them at home.
Computers become very important because they can work faster than men and make fewer mistakes(错误). Computers can help people do a lot of work. Writers now use computers to write. Teachers use them to help teaching.                  and children use them to play games. They are our good friends.
We live in the“computer age.” Everyone needs it.
将（1）句译成汉语
将（2）句 学生用它们来学习 翻译成英文
回答问题：What do teachers use computers to do?
 
在文中找出与下面句子意思相近的句子。It’s helpful for people to do a lot of work with computers.

综合填空 根据短文用所给单词的适当形式将短文补充完整。每词只用一次，其中有两项为多余。

My brother, John, is a college student. Last year he   to Japan and stayed for two months. I was     that John was able to have such a long holiday, because he never has any money.
"How did you do it, John?" I asked. "I thought you were going to stay for two weeks.""It was easy." John answered." I got a job." "A job? " I asked in surprise.” What did you do?""I   English lessons to a shop manager.(经理)" John answered."Its name is Luigi. We have become good friends." "But you're not a teacher." I said.
"I told Luigi I couldn't teach," John explained. But he insisted on(坚持) having coversation lessons. He wanted to practice his English. He had a lot of American customers(顾客), so it    important for him  to speak English. I spent three hours a day     to him. In return he gave me a room, three meals a day and a little pocket money."Did your student learn much English?" I asked. "I don't know," John said, "but I    a lot of Japanese."

书面表达（共15分）
根据汉语提示及要求，以My dream job为题用英文写一篇不少于60词的短文。
提示：
1．想成为一名记者。
2．经常阅读，写文章，并把它们寄给报社。
3．希望能去北京上大学。
4．大学毕业后想在一家电台工作，帮助那些需要帮助的人。