江苏省无锡璜塘、峭岐八年级上学期12月联考英语试卷

---I think English is ____unimportant subject.
---I don’t think so. It is ____useful tool when we talk with foreigners.

If people change wetlands to make ______ for farms ,birds will not have enough
________ to live.

This company ______ long-time holidays ________ the workers every year.

—The cakes are quite yummy! Can I have one more?
—Sorry, there is _________ left. What about some biscuits?

Vivien worked very hard at all her lessons. ______, she became the top student in her class.

The forests are getting fewer and fewer. We must _________ down too many trees.

They need ______ at the hotel for _________ because of the bad weather.
A stay; short stay               B staying; a short stay
C to stay; a short stay          D to stay; short stay

Would you please ________ the children ________ with fire?

— Look! The girl with long hair is making a snowman. Is she Sandy?
— It __________ be her. I’m not sure.

________  giant pandas is getting _________ because their living areas are becoming farmlands

The house is ________ for three of us ___________

After we came into the houses, we found him lying on the ground with his mouth _____and eyes ______.

You can call me _____ 58848312 or e-mail me ____ lucy@sina.com.

He made a fire _______ himself _______ warm.

—— My mother says that we won't go on a trip to Hong Kong. I just can't understand.
——_______. You were looking forward to it.

完形填空。
Dick is a milkman in New York. He is near-sighted(近视眼). He has a red car. The car is not expensive or very cheap. Many people have cars like that. Dick likes to go for a ride after supper with his big white dog. He calls his dog Bobby.
Last Saturday evening Dick went to a circus(去看马戏). He went in his car with Bobby. Hundreds of people went to circus, and Dick was         to see so many cars there.
“Where can I park my car?” he    .
Bobby was clever. It knew      Dick was looking for. It jumped out of the car and ran   around. Then it barked. It found a         between two red cars.
Good! Dick was happy. He backed his car        the space and went with Bobby to see the show.
Dick and Bobby had a good time. Dick laughed       and Bobby was excited to see all the animals. When the show was over , Dick went out and got into the car. “Come in, Bobby.” he said to the big dog. But to his surprise, Bobby wouldn’t listen to him. It jumped into the next car!
Dick got out and      the dog back. But soon it jumped into the next car again!
What was wrong with Bobby? Dick just couldn’t understand.
Now can you tell what was wrong with the big dog?
Solution(解答) :There was       wrong with the dog. It was sitting in its master’s car while Dick was in someone       car. Remember: Dick was near-sighted and the three red cars were      red ones.

A．happy B．surprised C．exciting D．glad

A．wondered B．wanted C．knew D．said

A．that B．whom C．what D．who

A．space B．address C．room D．place

A．into B．on C．in D．up to

A．more B．many C．lot D．a lot

A．pulled B．took C．caught D．called

A．anything B．something C．nothing D．no

A．other’s B．else’s C．another’s D．others’

A．all B．both C．none D．Neither

House For Sale(出售)
Red Rose Garden，Pudong
3-storey（层） home，509 sqm（平方米） total land area，428.8 sqm built-in,  312.9 sqm garden.
Asking RMB13 million (USDl.57 million).
MP: 13761973547   Tel: 021—58609228    Fax: 021—58609728
Job Wanted
Cherry, 24, a shining girl, good at oral English and putonghua. Now I am working at an international trade (国际贸易) company in Guangzhou. I am kind-hearted, hard-working and healthy, and would like part-time weekend work offering putonghua lessons to foreign friends. If you are interested, please e-mail me at cherryif@hotmail.com.
Beijing Snow World Ski Park
Price: 18 yuan (ticket), 50 yuan／hour on weekdays and 70 yuan／hour at weekends, 120 yuan／four hours on weekdays and 190 yuan／four hours at weekends.
Tel: 010—69191617
If an Australian student wants to learn Chinese，he or she can __________.

How many square meters is the garden of the house for sale?

If you want to ski for four hours on weekdays，how much money will you pay at least?

You may know the English letters A, B and C. But do you know there are people called ABCs? Do you know there is such a thing as “a banana person”? How strange! An ABC is a Chinese, but was born in the United States. Sometimes, people call an ABC a “banana person”. A banana is yellow outside and white inside. So, when a person is a banana, he or she is white inside-thinking like a Westerner and yellow outside-looking like a Chinese．
Usually, ABCs know little about China or the Chinese language. Some of them don’t speak Chinese. But if ABCs cannot speak Chinese, can we still call them Chinese people? Yes, of course. They are overseas（海外的）Chinese. These people may be citizens（公民）of another country like the US, Canada or Singapore. But they have Chinese blood. Their parents, grandparents or even great-grandparents were from China. They all have black eyes and black hair.
But they are not Chinese citizens. They are people of the People’s Republic of China. For example, we all know the famous scientist C. N. Yang（杨振宁）. He got the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1957. Chinese people love him. But he is an American citizen.
“ABCs” in this passage means                .

The underlined word “blood” may probably mean                .

This passage mainly talks about ________．
A. different kind of bananas
B. the life story of C．N．Yang
C. the Noble Prize
D. overseas Chinese

It was one of the hottest days of the dry season. There was no rain for almost a month. The crops  were dying. Cows stopped giving milk. On this day, I witnessed (目睹) a wonder.
I was making lunch when I saw my 6-year-old son, Billy, walking very slowly towards the woods. Minutes later he came running out again, towards the house. Soon after, I saw him walking towards the woods again. This went on for an hour. Finally I walked out of the house quietly and followed him.
Billy cupped (笼成杯形) both hands in front of him as he walked, careful not to drop the water he carried. Then I saw an amazing sight. Several large deer stood in front of him. Billy walked right up to them. I saw a baby deer lying on the ground. It was dying of thirst, and it tried to lift its head to drink the water in my boy’s hands.
When the water was gone, Billy ran back to the house. I followed him to the kitchen. Billy opened the tap and a small trickle (涓涓细流) came out. He let the drips (水滴) slowly fill up his “cup”.
Now I understood what was going on. The week before, he tried giving water to our horses but I told him not to waste water. Now when he stood up and turned, I was there in front of him. His eyes filled with tears (眼泪). “I’m not wasting,” he said. I joined him with a small cup of water from the kitchen. I let him walk to the baby deer alone while I stood by the woods. Tears rolled down my face. Suddenly there were some drops falling, as if the sky itself was crying.
The boy carried the water to the baby deer   ________ .

Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

The last sentence in the last paragraph means ______.

What’s the best title for the passage?

根据括号中所给汉语写出单词，使句子意思完整。
Different __________(政府) are doing something to improve the bad weather.
Words can’t ___________（描述）her beauty.
The horse is standing with its eyes ______________.(闭着的)
Mr. Wu got an application from David, and he ________ (接受) it finally.

根据句子意思，用括号中所给单词的适当形式填空。
If you can go closer to the birds, you can _______ (easy) watch them.
He looks very sad because of his               (ill).
You can’t find many cranes here, because they live in much _____________(wet) place.
Every year many               (tour) come to visit the Great Wall.

用所给动词的适当形式填空
Too much homework _________ (lead) to students’ poor health.
Work harder, and you               (get) better grades in your lessons.
John’s mother often hears him ____________（sing）in his room, and the songs are beautiful.
— Look! The little boy is swimming in the river.— I ________ (not know) he could swim.
Someone _____________ (knock) at the door, go and see who it is.
We should prevent people from                wild animals. (kill)
They did everything they could___________the animals in danger. (protect)
You will fail in the exam if you            (not be) careful.

完成句子：按所给的汉语，用英语完成下列句子，并将答案写在答题卷标有题号的横线上。
我们建立这个自然保护区目的是为了野生动物提供食物和庇护所。
We build the nature reserve_________________________________________ wild life.
寒冷的天气使得一些鸟每年多会飞到南方过冬。
The cold weather                               ________the winter every year.
由于捕猎，很多野生动物处境危险。
Many wild animals                  _________________________________
这个新购物中心占地1000多平方米。
This new shopping mall_________________________________________1000 square metres.
如果我们什么都不做，很快世界上就没有熊剩下了。
If we do nothing, soon there _______________________________________in the world.
对我来说，采取行动保护鸟类至关重要。
It’s important _____________________________________________ birds

任务型阅读
When we talk about how teenagers are getting worse and worse now, most young people don’t agree. Teenagers always say they are growing up. They can have part-time jobs. They can drive cars. And they can even get married when they’re a little bit older.
Their parents say, “Our children are very good. They like pop music, but they play it in their own rooms. They help with the housework at home. You know they feel bored sometimes because there’s nothing interesting in the neighborhood, no clubs and no sports. They have nothing to do.
A teacher says that he believes most young people are very kind. He thinks that it’s not bad for young people to like loud music because it can give them lots of energy and make them feel excited .Also, a lot of young people work very hard at school, and they can get good jobs later.
Lewis, a sixteen-year-old boy said, “I have passed all my examinations, but I can’t get a part-time job because older people always think I’m lazy.”
In my opinion(观点), a lot of teenagers are very kind. They belong to community work groups. They help old people, and they also volunteer in local hospitals or primary schools to help look after the sick people and younger students.

Title: Teenagers Today
The teenagers can do	Having part-time jobs; Driving cars; Getting married when they are a little bit older.
The reason why they feel bored	There isn’t interesting in the neighborhood.
The view（观点） from their parents	They are good and do someat home.
The opinion from one of the teachers	Loud music can make them feel energetic and excited. They work hard and can get good later.
Conclusion	They are kind and.They also do voluntary work such as taking care of the sick and younger students.

书面表达
假如你叫陈阳，上周日从报纸上看到观鸟协会的广告。现在需用英语写一封申请加入观鸟协会的信。
要点： 1.你想要加入观鸟协会，成为其中的一员；
2.你是一名八年级学生，最喜欢的科目是地理和生物；
3.你热爱鸟和大自然；对观看鸟很感兴趣。上周去动物园看了珍稀的鸟并听了一篇关于它们的报告。
4.你的联系方式：Tel：0510—87678231   E-mail：Chenyang@qq. com。
5.你加入该协会后的感受和做法。
要求：1.短文应包括要点中所给信息，第5点可适当发挥一到两句。
2.行文连贯，书写规范。
3.词数80个左右，信的开头已经给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Sir/Madam,
I read your advertisement in the newspaper last Sunday.   
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Yours sincerely,
Chen Yang