[江苏]2012-2013学年江苏泰州永安初中八年级上学期期中考试英语试卷

Tom is _______ honest boy, and he has ______ good sense of humour.

The young man wears glasses because he spends too much time _____ the computer.

When something ______ me, I always feel ______.

Sam spends _____ time ______ CDs than Daniel.

--- Do you have any problems _______ your maths?
--- No, I don’t. But I need some help _____ my English.

--- Which city do you want to_______?
---I want to go to Beijing.

I have a friend __________ Millie.

Will you please invite him _________ in a writing competition?

Betty is a beautiful girl ________ bright eyes and black hair.

---Would you like some oranges?
---__________________.

---__________ is the hospital?
---It is about ten kilometers away from here.

The trip from Kitty’s school to the park _________ about one hour by taxi.

Everything is OK. We are ready _______ work.

When he walks_______ my desk，he knocked my books________ the desk．

---Is English more important than Maths?
---No, I don’t think so. English is _____________ Maths.

---Is there ___________ left in the fridge? ---Only some eggs.

Her father was too tired_________ too much hard work．

Thank you for______ let me_______ on the trip today.

You’re late! Why don’t get up a little________.

The news is really_________，and everyone is_______.

Mr Clarke works in a middle school. He likes reading and often ____ some books from the library. He ____ to the radio every morning and reading ____ after supper. So he knows much and teaches well.His ____ worship(崇拜) him very much. Mike, Mr Clarke’s little son, is only nine. He _____ likes reading books. And he often asks his father some questions. Mr Clarke always thinks he's too ____ to understand him and chooses ____ ones to answer. Of course the boy is not satisfied with(对…满意) it. One day Mike read ____ about the electric lights (电灯) and was ____it. When his father told him to do some housework, he went on thinking of it. He asked him ____ questions, and his father answered all. Then his father said proudly, "Fathers always know ____than sons!" The boy thought for a while and said, ____" "Oh? Why?" Mike didn’t answer and asked, ____, "Who invented the electric lights?" ____ "answered Mr Clarke. "Why didn't his father invent them, then?" Looking at his son, Mr Clarke didn't know _____ to answer! 

A．finds B．sells C．buys D．borrows

A．hears B．listens C．says D．reads

A．newspapers B．letters C．stories D．messages

A．teachers B．parents C．students D．classmates

A．also B．never C．even D．only

A．old B．young C．clever D．able

A．more difficult B．the most difficult C．easy D．the easiest

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

A．worried about B．interested in C．afraid of D．angry with

A．few B．little C．a few D．a little

A．more B．most C．less D．least

A．I think so B．I don’t know C．I agree D．I don’t think so

A．instead B．carefully C．quickly D．brightly

A．Thomas Brown B．Allan Smith C．Thomas Edison D．Ron Jenkins

A．when B．what C．where D．which

My mother was telling me about how she and her family got their first television when she was a teenager. Of course it was black and white. She said she only watch it at night. She doesn’t remember over watching it in the morning or afternoon. When I was young we had only about 3 or 4 different channels(频道). My bothers, my sisters and I would sometimes fight(打架) about which channel to watch. But we usually enjoyed the same shows. Now we can get hundreds of channels on TV. I can’t believe it! There are channels with old films, cooking, fishing and so on. It’s surprising! There is a channel for everything. I wonder how much my bothers, my sisters and I would fight if we had hundreds of channels when I was a child. Of course we had only one television set. These days I find families with 2 or 3 or more television sets in their homes. I guess it stops people from arguing(吵架) about which channel to choose from .
In those days, how many television sets did people have?

What kind of TV channels do we have now?

Now how many channels can we get on TV?

When my mum was a teenager, her brothers, sisters and she usually enjoyed______.

Which of the following in NOT true?  

American schools begin in September after the long summer holidays. There are two terms in a school year, the first term is from September to January, and the second is from February to June. Most American children go to public schools.
High school students study only four or five subjects at a time. They usually go to the same classes every day, and they have an assignment(课外作业) for every class. After class they have many activities.
After high school, many students go to college. They can go to a small one or a large one. They usually have to pay a lot of money for college education (教育). But there are scholarships (奖学金) for good students, and many college students work part time in order to get money for their education.
How long do American students study in school every year? 

High school students take ______ subjects at a time.

______ can get scholarships.

Many college students work part time because ______ .

According to the passage, which sentence is Not true?
A. American schools have long summer holidays.
B. There are two terms in the USA.
C. American students don’t do exercises after class.
D. They do part time job to get money to pay for their education.

The Young Pop King

He is quiet and shy. He likes to hide his eyes behind his hair. He doesn't smile very often. However, if you talk to him about music, he'll have a lot to say.
This is Jay Chou, the 33-year-old Taiwanese pop king(天王). His fans are so excited because he will sing songs on November 30, 2012 in Wuhu, Anhui Province. Many pop stars will come, too.
Chou grew up just with his mother. He did not talk much and did badly in many school subjects.His mother noticed the boy's special interest in music and sent him to learn piano when he was only three years old. He loved it and kept on practicing.
Chou is not very handsome. He does not speak clearly when he sings or talks. But the singer has a lot of fans. "He is really good at music. It makes him attractive(有魅力的) to me, " said Liu Jiajun, a Junior 2 student in No. 101 Middle School in Beijing."He is true to himself. He never follows others, "said Zhang Yujie, a Junior 1 girl at No.23 Middle School in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province.
From this passage, we know that Jay Chou_________.

His fans are so excited because_________.

When he was a little child, he_________.

According to one of his fans,  Jay_________.

The sentence "He never follows others" in the last paragraph means_________.

Reading newspapers has become an important part of everyday life. Some people read newspapers as the first thing to do in the morning; others read newspapers as soon as they have free time during the day so that they can learn what is happening in the world. Sometimes, we do not have enough time to read all the news carefully, so we just take a quick look at the front page. At other times, we may be in such a hurry that we only have a few minutes to look at the headlines of the passages.
Newspapers can be found everywhere in the world. We can get many different kinds of newspapers in big cities, but in some mountain villages we can see few newspapers. Some newspapers are published once a week, but most of the papers are published once a day with many pages, some even published twice a day. You know different people enjoy reading different newspapers. Some like world news and others prefer short stories. They just choose what they are interested in.
Today newspapers in English have the largest numbers of readers in the world. The English language is so popular that many Chinese students are reading English newspapers such as China Daily or 21st Century. Also they bring us more and more information with Internet.
People read newspapers in order to _____________.

From the passage we can see that __________ when people get newspapers.

Newspapers have so many pages because _______________.

The most popular in the world are newspaper ____________.

According the passage, besides newspapers, people also get information from ___.

阅读短文，按要求完成短文后的各项任务。

My dear friends, what do you often do at the weekends or on holidays? Do you like going hiking? Most people enjoy hiking, especially in spring or autumn.
Hiking is a healthy activity. But do you know why many people like going hiking? The reason why people go hiking is different from each other. Here are some of the most important reasons for people to hike.
First, hiking is a kind of good _______, and it is good for your _______ and not hurt your body. You can relax(放松) yourself during the hiking. And you can get fresh air, too.
(1)Second, hiking is easy and cheap. All you need to do is to wear a pair of hiking shoes to start.
(2)At last, hiking is the best way to get away from your everyday life. You could hike alone or go with your family or your good friends. And you can have a picnic together during hiking.
So why not plan your hiking day right now? Let’s go hiking together!
在（1）句的空白处分别填入一个适当的词使句意完整、上下文通顺。
________  _______
将（2）句译成中文。
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回答问题：How many reasons for hiking are there in the passage?
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在文中找出与You just need to wear a pair of trainers to start your hiking. 意思相近的句子。
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在文中找出最能表达该短文主题的句子。
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用括号内所给词的适当形式填空（每空不限一词）。
If you want keep fit, you should eat _______(little) fast food than before.
They love reading. They are ________(read) of your magazine;
Kitty enjoys cooking. She likes to cook _________(taste) meals at weekends.
People like going horse ____________(ride) in Inner Mongolia.
There _________(be) a lot of traffic on the city roads, but it got better later.
Our school football team played _________(bad) yesterday and lost the final.
I think his advice is ________(use), I don’t want to take it.
At the _________(begin), Mary didn’t feel well.
The Class1, Grade8 students ___________(plan) their class trip to the park now.
During this ________(year) Reading Week, I read the most books in my class.
My story makes the little boy ________(laugh) happily.
In cooking lessons, I can learn how ________(cook).
Our school life is different from ________(they).
Laura is a true friend. She likes to keep secrets to ____________(she).
The apples in the picture look like the real __________(one).

根据短文内容及首字母提示，补全空格内单词，使短文完整、通顺。
The weekend is usually a time of rest. B  1  today’s Chinese students cannot rest during the weekends. According to a survey(据调查), 24% of the junior students in Beijing have classes at the weekend. Over 40% of the Junior 3 have less t  2  eight hours’ sleep each night because o  3  too much study. Ji Ping, a junior student in Guangzhou, h  4  to get up at 6:30 am on Saturday. Then she has a whole day of classes. On Sunday she goes to extra classes for math and English. But she doesn’t complain(抱怨). She says that a 5 her classmates work hard on Sunday. Liu Yang is from Dalian. As a Junior 2 student, his weekends are less busy. But he also spends Saturday in school. On Sunday, after d 6    homework, he plays basketball. He feels happy b  7  he still has time to do the things he likes. A few students are a little luckier. Yang Qing, a Junior 3 student from Zibo, Shandong, is o  8  of them. And she is a top student. During the weekends, she usually gets up at 8:00. Then she s 9  some time doing homework. After that she is free to go shopping or watch TV. “Don’t push yourself too much. Learning well at school is e 10  ,” she said.

假如你叫李涛，你的英国笔友Mary正在学习汉语。她在给你的来信中介绍了她的中国朋友的情况。请根据以下信息用英语写一封回信，向她介绍你的美国同学Nancy的情况。
内容如下：

要求： 1.词数100个左右。信件开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
2.所写短文必须包括以上内容，省略号部分自由发挥，内容必须围绕主题，调理清晰，字迹工整。
3.文中不得出现真实的人名、校名、地名等相关信息。  
Dear Mary,    
Thank you for telling me something about your Chinese friend. I think you have a good friend. Now let me tell you something about my classmate, Nancy.                   
                                                                                   
                                                                                   
                                                                                   
                                                                                   
                                                                                   
                                                                                   
                                                                                   
Best wishes！
Yours Sincerely,
Li Tao