[江苏]2012-2013学年江苏省如皋市东部共同体八年级上学期期中考试英语试卷

What       honest boy! And he is      best student of all.

Of the two T-shirts，I’d choose the ___one to save some money for a book.

—_______ your geography book here tomorrow. Don’t leave it at home again.
—_________ .

– Were your parents at home last night?
– No. We _____ went to Grandma’s birthday party.

—I will give you some nice picture books.
—Good. The _______, the ________.
A more; better    B many; good
C most; best      D much; worse

When the man walked _______ the library, he found a cat at the corner.

Walking there          more time than driving there.

You need ________ fit.

You may watch TV this evening, _____ you must finish your homework first.

You look nice ______ this fur coat, but I don’t think it looks _____ me.

Do you write a report ______ an animal _______ danger for the club?

We can see _____ and _____ in  Australia.

I never know this         he tells me.

The desk is made_______ wood and the wine(酒) is made______ rice.

I don’t want to watch TV this evening. I’ll listen to music _________.

When Millie got up this morning, it was a beautiful spring day. She saw  1  clouds far away, but she didn’t think about them. She got her dog, Eddie, and put him in the car. Then she drove out into the country  2 a picnic with her dog.
An hour later, the wind began to blow and it turned  3  . Millie and Eddie were warm from running, so they weren’t cold. Then when Eddie  4  with the ball, Millie saw snowflakes ( 雪花 ) in the sky. She called Eddie, picked up the picnic things and got back in the car. As she was driving home, the snow became  5  . Soon all Millie could see was white all round  6  . The road became slippery ( 滑的 ) and she had to drive very  7  . Then the car hit into a piece of ice and it went around in circles . It went down a hill and finally stopped.
Millie reached over for Eddie. He was shaking because he was cold,   8  he was OK. She got her mobile phone and asked for  9  . At last, the police  10  them. Next time Millie will listen to the weather report before going for a picnic.

A．little B．a little C．a few D．much

A．on B．for C．with D．in

A．warm B．hot C．cold D．cool

A．play B．playing C．is playing D．was playing

A．and B．or C．but D．so

A．helping B．helped C．help D．helps

A．shouted B．hit C．ran D．saved

You don’t have to be able to do it if you want to join the Sunshine Rock Band. What is it?

Who can teach you to play table tennis?

If you want to learn to play table tennis, you can go to Lantian Hotel on______.

If you want to work as a reporter, you can call________。

The ads may be from___________。

Vanilla is my best friend. She is a lovely girl with two big, beautiful eyes. But she always hides them behind a pair of black glasses.
One day, though, I nearly ended our friendship. I remember that day clearly. We were sitting in class. The teacher was giving us our results for a Chinese test. I had done badly. I felt so sad that I wouldn’t talk to anyone. At lunchtime, I even stayed in the classroom alone. Suddenly, I heard a voice. It was Vanilla. “You look very unhappy,” she said. “What’s wrong?” I looked up at her, but said nothing. I knew Vallina had got a good mark in the test. I thought she was making fun of me. I stayed silent(沉默), but Vallina didn’t go away. She kept asking me questions: “Is it because of the exam? Do you want me to show you the right answers?” I looked away from her. When I looked up again, Vanilla had gone. And so had my exam paper! I didn’t know what to do. I looked everywhere for me paper, but couldn’t find it.
In the afternoon, Vanilla came up to my desk and gave me my exam paper back. I looked at it and got a big surprise. Vanilla had written the right answer next to every one of my mistakes. My face went red. Vanilla had been trying to help me all along. How mean I had been to her when she was being so nice. I wanted to hug （拥抱）her, but all I did was to hold her hands and say, “Thank you.” That afternoon, Vanilla and I walked home together. I felt so happy that I had to thank her again. We were still best friends.
The sentences “ But she always hides them behind a pair of black glasses.” Really means _________.

The writer felt sad because ________ in the Chinese test.

Vanilla really came to the writer to _______.

Vanilla left the writer because she __________.

Which of the following phrases has the same meaning as “make fun of”?

Can dolphins talk? Maybe they can’t talk with words, but they talk with sounds. They show their feelings with sounds.
Dolphins travel in a group. We call a group of fish a “school”. They don’t study, but they travel together.
Dolphins are mammals（哺乳动物）, not fish, but they swim together in a school. Dolphins talk to the other dolphins in the school. They give information. They tell when they are happy or sad or afraid. They say“welcome”when a dolphin comes back to the school. They talk when they play.
They make a few sounds above water. They make many more sounds under water. People can’t hear these sounds because they are very, very high. Scientists make tapes of the sounds and study them.
Sometimes people catch a dolphin for a large aquarium.(An aquarium is a zoo for fish.) People can watch the dolphins in a show. Dolphins don’t like to be away from their school in an aquarium. They are sad and lonely.
There are many stories about dolphins. They help people. Sometimes they save somebody’s life. Dolphin meat is good, but people don’t like to kill them. They say that dolphins bring good luck. Many people believe this.
A school of dolphins means_____.

A dolphin feels _____in an aquarium.

Which sentence is true?

People can’t hear the dolphins’ sounds because they are         .

From the passage we know_____.

根据句意和中、英文提示写出单词的正确形式。
Many__________（登山者）will take part in the coming climbing competition.
My father is good at cooking ________(tasty)food.
His grandfather was ill yesterday but this morning he felt even          .
Many people lost their               in the big fire in 1970.
It’s necessary for us to      (keep somebody/something safe from danger )wild animals.

根据句意用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。

Do you know the               of the tall building?
Help       to some soup，Bob.
Is he one of ___________ in the competition?
Giant pandas like eating bamboo shoots and          
Can you read the           words ?

用所给动词的正确形式填空

If it is fine tomorrow, Jack ________  a picnic .
—Where is Jack?
—He with his friends _______________ an important meeting.
I usually met my friends on weekend and had a great time_________ with each other.
Hurry up! Don’t keep your mother__________
My mother asks me  ___________ TV too much.

句型转换
It took me about one hour to do my homework last Monday. (改为同义句)
I _______  about one hour ______ my homework last Monday.
If you are quick, you will get to school on time.. (改为同义句)
        quick,          you’ll be late for school.
The giant panda is 100 kilograms (划线部分提问)
                      is the giant panda.
We won the match at last because we worked hard. (改为同义句)
We won the match at last ________ ________ our hard working.
The news is very good. (改为感叹句)
______ _______ news it is!

短文首字母填空
I read an article about London in a m      yesterday.
London is one of the c      with a long history in Britain. It is also the biggest  city in Europe. You can find some of the best theatres of the world there, such as the National Theatre, the National Gallery(画廊) and so on. You may visit many places of i     there. Most of the old and f    buildings are on the n    bank of the River Thames. On the south bank, there are some fine modern  buildings.
If you want to know the people there better, you should learn more about the history and the culture as well.

任务型阅读 阅读下面的短文，根据短文内容完成相关任务。
There is a family of ants close to my house, but I don't know when they came here.
They work hard all day long cleaning their house and looking for food outside. There is not a lazy one in their family. They are friendly to each other and help each other. I like them very much and often go to see them.
One day I went to see the ants just before a heavy rain. They were busy carrying earth in their mouths to stop up the door of their house. Just then the rain came down. I ran back into the house. I thought,“The ants will be in danger. How heavy the rain is!”
When the rain stopped, I went out to see the ants. The earth at the door kept the rain out. They were busy carrying it away.
It was late, and the people all went home. I thought that the ants must be tired.I went to see them again with the help of the lamp. They were still working quietly. What good, hard-working neighbours they are!
Who is the writer's neighbour?
What did they do all day long?
They aren't very kind to each other, are they?
What did they use to keep the rain out?
Do they go to sleep just as the people do in the evening?

书面表达
假如你是东北虎保护协会会员，请你以东北虎的名义给人类写一封公开信，呼吁人类保护东北虎。信得内容包括以下内容：
你们大量砍伐森林和树木，我们的食物减少，居住地缩小。
你们大量捕杀我们，买用虎皮制的衣服，用虎骨制药。
希望你们采取以下措施保护我们，比如：扩大我们的保护区，停止将森林变为农田，……
如果你们还不采取措施，将来地球上将没有东北虎了。
注意：1.短文必须包括以上内容。
2.短文用第一人称写。
3.字数80个词左右，开头已给出，不计入字数。
Dear Man,
I’m a tiger of northeast of China. I’d like to have a talk with you. We live happily in the forest for thousands of years, and then you come!  But now we are in danger.
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
Yours
A worried tiger.