江苏苏州市吴中区八年级上期中英语试卷

----I'm looking forward to_______ school trip after the exam.
---- We'll make it_______ really fun day for everyone.

Lorry is also called_______ in American English.

Mum, go and see for_______. But we must keep the secret to_______.

----I hope we can have ________ homework to do at weekends.
----That’s what I think. Then we can have ________ free time for my hobbies.

--- I can’t wait ________ the film The Wolverine2(金刚狼2)  this evening.
--- You’d better ________ a ticket first because many people want to watch it.

The weather in Beijing is different from_______ in Suzhou.

My father told me to           a photo of my family on the wall yesterday.

I can’t speak English _____you .

What a________ lesson! I really get_______ with it．

I think Simon can swim faster than ________ in our class.

----When did you _________ Suzhou last night?
----At about 9 p.m.

- _______ exercising, and you'll be healthier.

We didn’t find________ in the picture.

-_______is the old bridge over the river?
- Not very wide. It's about three meters.

---- Please don’t smoke here. Look at the sign. ---- ________.

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       it. The little girl looked outside but walked       and stood in the center of the room, because it was so       in the hall and she was afraid. Her mother said: “Don’t be afraid, honey. Have courage (勇气), I believe you can do it yourself!”
“     is courage?” she asked, running to her mother’s bed. “Courage is the brave breath (呼吸),” her mother answered.
“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      .”
After her mother blew into her little cold hands, the little girl clenched her fists (握拳)    , afraid that the “breath of courage” would       away. Then with her fists clenched, she walked out of the bedroom towards the kitchen with       to be afraid of. Her mother said to herself: “It will be nice       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 is nothing but the       in our mind. The person who we should win is nobody but ourselves.

A．closed B．knocked C．opened D．kicked

A．in B．back C．out D．down

A．bright B．dark C．cold D．warm

A．What B．How C．Where D．Why

A．me B．you C．her D．it

A．politely B．happily C．luckily D．carefully

A．pull B．run C．move D．took

A．something B．anything C．everything D．nothing

A．because B．though C．if D．until

A．fear B．idea C．worry D．secret

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。
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Here is an advertisement about two-day tour between Hong Kong and Macao.

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.
Bill enjoyed the beautiful views(风景) in the city by             last week.

In Hong Kong you can visit            .

The tour cost Bill’s family            .

Now some women are spending a weekend at Mother's 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 Mother's Camp, a woman has room of herself. She can sleep, read, or watch TV, and no one will disturb  (打扰)her. No children will ask, "Mom ,what's for dinner?" No husband will say, "Oh, dear. I can't 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 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 can't find pans. They ask so many questions that their wives decide it is easier to do the job themselves.
Some women go to Mother's Camp just to get a break from housework. For two days they don't cook, they don't clean, they don't 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 away from home. They have a really wonderful vacation at Mother's Camp.
What can't the women do at Mother's Camp?

Why would some mothers like to be alone?

What do most working women have to do after they get home?

What's the best title for the passage?

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? It's just one story from the 209 in Grimm's 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 it's because they come from a great place famous for its stories - the Black Forest. The Black Forest is in southwest Germany. It's the largest forest in the country - and one of the most beautiful. It's famous for its trees and lovely views, There are valleys and waterfalls（瀑布） there. It's a good place to start a story.
Don't forget to bring something back if you visit. People there are good at making clocks, musical instruments（乐器） and watches.
From the story, we know that _______ is the hometown of Snow White.

How long had the Grimm brothers been collecting stories?

From the story, we cannot guess that the Black Forest is very_______.

The story mainly tells us_______.

O. Henry, a famous American writer of short stories, was born in North Carolina in 1862. O. Henry was a pen name. His real name was William Sydney Porter. When he was a young boy, he did not go to school for long because of being born in a poor family, but he tried to teach himself everything he needed to know.
When he was about 20 years old, O. Henry went to Texas. There he tried different jobs. He first worked on a newspaper, and then had a job in a bank. But he got himself into some trouble. Some money went missing from the bank. O. Henry was believed to have stolen it, so he was sent to prison(监狱). During the three years in prison, he learned to write short stories. After he got out of prison, he went to New York and went on writing.
He wrote mostly about New York and the life of the poor there. People liked his stories, because almost all of them finished with a sudden change. This made the readers surprised.
O. Henry was sent to prison because __________.

Which of the following is true?

O. Henry got most materials for his stories from ________.

People enjoyed reading O. Henry’s stories because ________.

单词拼写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
根据句意及所给中文提示，在空缺处填上单词的正确形式。请将答案写在答题卷上，每空只写一词。
Many students don't know      （确切地）what they should learn at school.
Different companies and teams have different       （文化）and styles of working.
This morning, Mike came to school much       （早）than usual.
I hope there will be fewer        (广告) on TV.
Though the ticket is        (没用的），I’ll keep it in my drawer.
We are looking forward to         (赢) the final in the second half.
Our English teacher asked us to look t       the article quickly then answer her questions.
John's favourite subject is      ['fiziks]
- What is the        of the Golden Gate Bridge?
- About one hundred metres tall.
- Did you hear there was a big fire in the restaurant last night?
- Yes.       , no one was hurt.

句子翻译（共5小题；每小题3分，满分15分）
将下列句子译成英语，并将所译句子写在答题卷标有题号的横线上。
这个周末我们应该呆在家而不出去吗？
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昨晚整幢大楼都停电了。
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我的父亲不如我的母亲有耐心。
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Suzy的表弟对做户外体育运动很痴迷。
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他建议我不要将这幅画挂在床的上方。
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书面表达（共l题；满分20分）
DIY在年轻人中很流行，Tom昨天完成了他的第一份DIY作品。请根据下面的提示以第一人称帮他写篇英语作文，题目为My first DIY job,词数不少于80。（开头已给出，不计入总词数。）将答案写在答题卷上。
1. 上周，在网上购买了颜料和两把刷子。
2. 首先，仔细看了说明书。
3. 然后，把墙漆成了蓝色，但是整个房间看起来有一点单调。
4. 最后，决定在墙上画一些色彩斑斓的鱼和一条小船。
5. 油漆满地板都是，不得不花一个小时把房间收拾干净。现在整个房间看上去真的很棒。
6. 希望了解更多有关DIY，我将……（自拟至少一点）
My first DIY job
DIY is popular among young people. I did my first DIY job yesterday.
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